notables i want to ask you how long did it take you to write that essay that was published in the "washington post"? >> guest: i have to thank my editors at the post because it took a lot of my year. probably late 2020 is when i had the idea okay the anniversary is coming next year. i want to look back on the literature of 9/11 and my editor at the post said go for it. first started putting together a spreadsheet of relevant books and when i got to a few hundred i realized there is no way i can do this in a comprehensive manner so i have to be ruthless and how i select the books so i ended up picking 21 books and i was reading them on and off i would say from march of 21 this year to the end of july. i was reviewing other books along the way but i was trying to focus as much attention as i could and then i spent a good chunk of august writing it. i've never devoted that much time to a single essay. i devoted that much time to the book i wrote and published but never to something writing for the post and i am just grateful i have that opportunity. >> host: as the nonfiction book editor at the post,

i'm missy ryan, national security reporter for the washington post.en five months since the us withdrew its remaining forces from afghanistan. in this time the taliban has consolidated control and afghanistan's future remains uncertain at best. i'm delighted to be here with the head of the un refugee agency for a conversation about the ongoing crisis in afghanistan. commissioner filippo grandi, welcome to washington post live. >> thank you for having me on this important topic. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> commissioner grandi, afghanistan's economy is in shambles. winter is setting in and the nation is gripped by food insecurity. over 3.5 million people are displaced within afghanistan including at least 700,000 uprooted during 2021.how would you characterizethe humanitarian crisis in afghanistan right now ? >> you gave already some of the most important elements of its very very serious humanitarian situation. now, a little correction if i may to your initial presentation. in the video. the 3 and a half million people that are displaced, thi

welcome to "washington post" life.ank you so much for having me and happy new year. >> happy new year to you too. let me start with the news of the day if i may. we have a record-breaking million cases out there and president biden has called for increased testing and doubling the number of anti-viral pills available and a state of emergency now with the increasing number of hospitalizations. what is your take on the possibility of this new variant? >> i call it the oh my. variant instead of the omicron variant. just to make a little bit fun of it even though it is not fun to be experiencing this at all. variants are coming because we are allowing the virus to circulate around the globe continuously so as the virus circulates the virus makes copies of itself and it makes copies of itself and anyway it's possible for the virus to come back around and cause more harm. in the case of omicron obviously it's better at being transmittable from human-to-human. there is previous immunity whether it be from a prior infection or

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welcome to "washington post live." martin: thank you. jonathan: i saw you maybe a couple of weeks ago. let's talk about a tweet to put out an hour ago. you twisted, until our freedom to vote is secure, we don't see progress on issues that matter most to us, abortion access, gun violence prevention, economic equality, racial justice, climate change. president biden and congress, do what is right and pass voting rights legislation, all caps, now. i hear you. millions of americans hear you and agree with you. why don't you think any action has been taken or will be taken on voting rights? chair: -- martin: i would first of all say i was greatly disappointed yesterday to hear senator sinema and senator manchin take positions that appear to close the opportunity for something to be done. but what i am perplexed by more than that is, there are 50 democrats, those two included in the 50, who say they do support the bills. i don't know how you can support the bills without stating that you want a pathway for that to happen and no one seems to be

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capitol. >> good afternoon and welcome to washington post life. dozens were injured physically. many more have wrestled with emotional and mental trauma since then. yet most are now back at most are back at work. even for us against city members of congress. i am honored to be joined by the police sergeant. you're joining us today in your personal capacity and your comments are your own and not on behalf of the capitol police. sergeant, i want to thank you for how you have been open over the past year with us and others about the long journey that it has been for you to recover. you've discussed some of your injuries and even your surgeries. i know you've had the capital back on patrol. one year later, how are you doing and what is it like to be back in the capital? sgt. gonell: thank you for having me. [indiscernible] i'm back at work. this whole past year has been very difficult, challenging. it. the amount of physical therapy has been painful. mental health sessions trying to help me cope with some of the moments that i endure, they >> trying to help me cope with some of thes

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hosted by "the washington post," this runs half an hour. jonathan: welcome to "washington post live" and another in our series on race and american. this is a weekend when we as a nation celebrate dr. martin luther king jr.. but the civil work of that great man remains undone. his eldest son is using the holiday to focus on voting rights, with action in arizona tomorrow the birthday of martin luther king, and here in washington on monday, the holiday. joining me now is martin luther king iii, chairman of the drum major institute. welcome to "washington post live." martin: thank you. jonathan: i saw you maybe a couple of weeks ago. let's talk about a tweet to put out an hour ago. you twisted, until our freedom to vote is secure, we don't see progress on issues that matter most to us, abortion access, gun violence prevention, economic equality, racial justice, climate change. president biden and congress, do what is right and pass voting rights legislation, all caps, now. i hear you. millions of americans hear you and agree with you. why don'

"the washington post" explains it in their story this morning. the u.s.conomy sent more confusing singles in -- signals in december adding just 199,000 while pushing the unemployed it right down to a new pandemic low. according to the labor department monthly jobs report. it was the second month where job month -- job growth came in well below expectations. economists had forecast more than 400,000 jobs added in the month while the unemployment rate sank from 4.2% in november to 3.9%. that means unemployment is nearing what was a 50 year low of 3.5% achieved in february 2020. the october and november initial reports with 546,000 and 210,000 jobs added respectively were revised upward. in interviews, many economists said they felt the report was stronger than the topline jobs figure. but the numerous economic forces unleashed by the pandemic in 2020 including inflation, labor shortage, and supply chain woes continued to weigh on the labor market and make it hard to predict what will happen next. we want to know from you what your job situation is. before w

here the headlines for you from "the washington post." for workers, home sick, worsening a labor shortage. "washington post" eli rosenberg reporting nearly nine million people missed work in late december and early january as the omicron variant either infected themselves or caring for someone who was. pam in royal, arkansas, democratic caller. hi. good morning. caller: hi. i'm ok. just recovering surgery and i'm sitting here watching television. in your top news -- host: your top news story? caller: what i'm calling for is everybody talks about president biden being old and being in office. what about mitch mcconnell, the wishy-washy, changes his mind all the time? there are a lot of old people in there that can't make up their mind trump was right, trump was wrong. and all the other issues that are happening that biden had throwed at him he was trying to fix when he got in there. he's only human. host: ok. eddie in massachusetts, republican. hi. caller: good morning. as calvin coolidge said, the business is business. sr.ry to say last m

forines the washington post is hosting a discussion with martin luther king iii about voting rights. >> arizona was always since legislation has already occurred and arizona. in addition to legislation, there has been a court ruling as well. when you look at the black and brown and most of all indigenous communities that are there, it is the right area to be. finally, because senator sinema is there. we want her to know and all of her constituents have to have some level of influence on her. if it all comes to a head on january 15, that's very important. >> have you had a conversation with senator sinema about voting rights? >> no. we have requested to have conversations and up to now, we have not been able to have a conversation. senator daschle we have had a conversation with but senator sinema, no. even our constituents have not been able to get meetings. i don't know if that is true, but that is what we have heard. host: what does it say that you have not been able to successfully engage in dialogue with her? >> the main things disappointment. as i said yesterday, history is not

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fauci's nih is blocking and stonewalling "the washington post."hey spent tens of millions of dollars on you super dangerous virus research in places like china. more flip-flopping from dr. fauci. more rules for thee, not for me. democrat alexandria ocasio-cortez getting blasted not wearing a mask in florida after cortez slammed florida. we have this story, even progressives want to replace biden with their own far left candidate on the 2024 democrat candidate ticket. will we see more jockeying for power and voter alienation? will it get worse. reports that nancy pelosi will retire after the midterms according to the washington post. first time ever, fentanyl outpaces heroin seized at border. crime in u.s. cities is growing fueled by drug gangs. more families find their loved ones are getting sick dying from fentanyl in fake prescription drugs. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: happy new year, everybody, thanks for joining us. we're going to start with this, more than 14 million under

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and welcome to "washington post live." i am arianna sotomayor,, congressional reporter at the "washington post" covering the house of representatives. that's why i am very excited to have this time the conversation with congressman jim clyburn. he is of course the third-highest ranking democrat in the house serving as the majority whip. congressman thank you for joining me today. >> thank you very muchrn for having me. >> there so many things come so many things is want to ask you about but, of course, i need to start where the news has been in the last 24 hours which is of course the supreme court. i know there are now several names that are being floated, and you have been someone who has counseled biden for hiscally the beginning of campaign to this day, even though a lot of your colleagues are actually thinking that judge brown jackson seemed to be the front runner. there's been one consistent name for you, one consistent recommendation combated courses judge childs. can you tell us a little bit about her, why you like

robert costa is from the washington post, susan ferrechio his chief congressional correspondent at thehington examiner. susan, i wonder for our viewers who do not know your publication, tell us about it. we are a news website in a magazine based in washington, dc and our team of reporters cover breaking news, congress and the white house and politics in general and elections and we also have a team of opinion columnists added into the mix. we are grateful for you joining us. our final guest is zing tsjeng, editor in chief of vice uk. and zing, for people who don't know vice well, what is your editorial remit in charge of vice uk? we are a global youth culture website and we have a tv film studio and we are on tick—tock, social media and snap chat and we also publish a website very retro in this time and age for men and the audience and we have audiences all over the world from la to new york and london and asia. we are at a stage where websites are retro — that's where we have got to. unfortunately, if you're talking to people who are 18 and 19 years old it very much is. let us go back

from the washington post, this runs one half-hour. robert: i am robert barnes and i covered the supreme court for the post. former federal judge -- christine rodriguez who was the chair. welcome to washington post life. robert: old friends getting back together again, i see. tessa rodriguez, would you start us off, please, and tell us the impetus for this committee and sort of the unusual mandate that you had, which was not really to make recommendations to the president. >> the committee was effectively making good on a campaign promise that then candidate joe biden made during an interview when asked about the prospects for the supreme court reform. he said that he would form a committee in order to study those ideas. the committee was set up not to make recommendations, but to candace as wide a range of views as possible in order to provide an actual analysis of the proposals that are prominent in the public discussion for the presidents benefit to better inform his understanding and the public debate over whether discipline court

. >> next, a discussion on democracy, domestically and around the world, hosted by the washington post, it's 50 minutes. >> welcome to washington -- thank you for joining us for this special two part conversation looking at the future of democracy at home and abroad. 2021 was a divisive year here in america, starting with the insurrection at the capitol in january. abroad, summary for me was the atlantic monthly's cover story this month that showed a line of chinese, russian, turkish and other leaders striding forward and the headline was "the bad guys are winning" last week, president biden convened a virtual summit to rally support around the ideals of democracy, urging likeminded country to see support one another on human rights and right to free press. we'll talk about all these issues this morning with extraordinary line-up of guests. first guest today is elizabeth coalman, heads reaching out to countries on all sorts of countries in democracy. >> thanks for having me. >> let's start with last week's summit for democracy, let me ask you the basic question. what was the message, e

"washington post" in their piece on this today also has this important new piece of news. quote, vice president pence's chief of staff marc short e tells the "post" that rudy giuliani forwarded to pence's office letters arguinglectors sn these states that biden, in fact, won. mr. short reviewed it but was not persuaded. so rudy giuliani and associates directly conveyed to vice president pence and his staff that pence should count the fake ones, should open the forged fake elector counts and count those instead ofct the real one when it came time to tally up the electoral college results. and per today's reporting mr. giuliani led the efforts at a nuts-and-bolts level, incluing distributing the drafts. it'sin interesting. all reporting on this says some version of this, rudy giuliani and company, rudy giuliani and associates, or rudy giuliani and others from the campaign. well, who else? well, we've got direct evidence, evidence on tape, that other people at the trump campaign were involved in trying to get state legislators -- state legislatures to pretend the fake electors

judge griffith, professor rodriguez, welcome to "washington post" live. cristina: thanks for having us. judge griffith: hi, cristina. cristina: good to see you. robert: old friends getting back together again, i see. professor rodriguez, would you start us off, please, and tell us the impetus for this committee and sort of the, i guess, unusual mandate that you had, which was not really to make recommendations to the president. cristina: the committee was effectively making good on a campaign promise that then candidate joe biden made during an interview when asked about the prospects for the supreme court reform, he said that he would form a committee in order to study those ideas. the committee was set up not to make recommendations. but to van cass as wide a range of views as possible in order to provide an actual analysis of the proposals that are prominent in the public discussion for the president's president to better inform his understanding and the public debate over whether the supreme court needed reform in the first place and over which types

. >> good afternoon and welcome to washington post live. i am an investigative reporter. it has been almost one year since the attack on the u.s. capitol and while the aftermath continues to ripple across america, the last year has been the focal for members of the capitol police. last january, they found themselves on the front line of the insurrection. members were injured physically and many more have wrestled with trauma since then. most are now back at work and they are there even though threats have only increased. i am honored to be joined today by u.s. capitol police sergeant aquilino gonell . thank you so much for joining us. before we get started, i want to mention to our audience that you are joining us today in your personal capacity and your comments are your own and not on behalf of the capitol police. sergeant, i want to thank you for how you have been open over the past year with us about what a journey it has been for you to recover. you discuss some of your injuries and you have posted about your surgeries online. i also know you have been back now at th

on the tensions with russia here's the washington post.age story, allies all over the map on ukraine. reporting for the post that is russia amasses tens of thousands of troops on its borders with ukraine along with tanks and artillery, missiles capable of striking the capital, officials in washington, a key evan across the nation are weighing the timing of invasion. one camp is convinced a russian strike is imminent. but ukraine's president is now personal -- is not persuaded that the intelligence western nations of shonen backed up their dire assessment. some think russia could strike but are not sure of the timing and whether he will accept diplomatic compromise that he can sell as a nato retreat. that in the washington post. tom in north carolina, republican. tom, good morning. caller: yes i'm here. host: we are listening. caller: nancy pelosi kicked the two republicans off the committee -- host: you keep breaking up, apologies. hopefully you can call back. new jersey, independent. caller: i believe americans in this country have a real

welcome back to washington post live. we have spoken about this, your vantage point on and before january 6 was unique. your team piece together a broader landscape of intelligence before the sixth, and that led you to conclude if it really was a danger of extreme violence. your office was not in the mainstream of law enforcement discussions about planning for that day. so years passed and i want to start with a candid question. is there anything you wish you had done differently with the intelligence with what you know and what you believe the day leading up to january 6? >> i struggled with that over the last year, and i actually struggled through the last 15 minutes with the interview had with sergeant canel. i will tell you he is not unique. i will tell you firsthand that the officers are struggling with what's happened that day. if i knew then what i knew now, there would be, i think, an opportunity to have prevented what those law enforcement officers at the u.s. capitol, and from the d.c. metropolitan police had to

>> let's bring in associate editor of the washington woes, bob woodward and reporter for "the washington post" bob costa, co-authors of the best-selling book "peril." bob woodward, it is fascinating adam kinzinger was tweeting out on january 5, something bad is happening, something bad is going to happen tomorrow. other members of congress were doing the same. i think the incredible service you all have provided in reporting is showing what happened not on the 6th but what happened on january the 5th. you all have put that together. tell me your thoughts a year later about that day and how that was actually the planning for the chaos we saw a day later. >> well, what we found in our

philip rucker, pulitzer prize-winning reporter for the washington post, coauthor with carol leonnig of "i alone can fix it". alexi mccammond, a reporter from from axios. and harry litman, former assistant attorney general. he helped prepare justice breyer for his hearings in 1994. he now hosts the podcast "talking feds." thank you for joining me on this historic night. phil, let me start with you. a week after the filibuster carve out for voting rights, we are now looking at how a new justice will be seated. how contentious could these confirmation hearings, potentially even with a democratic majority? >> they could be incredibly contentious, in part because that democratic majority is so slim, 50/50, decided of course by the tie breaking vote of president harris. president biden is going to need to count on all 50 democrats to support him in the supreme court nomination. there is not going to be much margin for error. he is going to be thinking, i think, about what kind of nominee can he put forward that is going to not only galvanize and win over support from progressive democrats, l

newman, welcome back to "washington post" live. dr. newman: well, thank you,-page. i really appreciate having the opportunity to speak with you and your audiences and i appreciate the focus of "the washington post" on children. it's so important because frequently kids are not thought of in these types of situations. >> i'm looking forward to our conversation and i want to get into some of these questions about the i. -- impact of the pandemic on kids. but first, i want to ask you about your own hospital. we've seen these surges around the country in the last couple of weeks, but how has the omicron surge impacted the availability of beds? mr. newman: the children's hospital in washington, d.c. and we serve the region. and we've seen the trend that is affected hospitals, health systems, communities all across the country. we through the beginning parts of the pandemic with the original variants, we would see routinely at a peak maybe 20 patients in the hospital. and they before sick -- and they were sick. and about 1/3 of them would go to the i.c.u. people were thin

homeland security remembering the events of january 6 with the washington post. then a pro-public a reporter talks about the spread of violence from far-right groups in the u.s.. later, president biden on the federal response to covid-19 as infection rates continue to rise as a result of the omicron variant. more than 90 security recommendations are being followed by capitol police in response to last year's attack on the u.s. capitol. the police chief joined members of the capitol police board for a news conference to highlight the steps taken to prevent another security breach like the january 6 attack. this is 15 minutes. >> is everybody all set? good afternoon. the chief will make a statement and then we will open it up for a few questions. we are joined by the house sergeant at arms who is also the chair of the capitol police force. the senate sergeant at arms, architect of the capitol, and u.s. capitol police chief tom mager. here's tom major. >> thank you. good afternoon everybody. thank you for being here. the united states capitol police , as an organiza

this washington post event runs about 25 minutes. >> hello everyone and welcome to washington post live, congressional reporter at the washington post, i am covering the house of representatives. that is why i am excited to have this conversation with jim clyburn, the third highest wrecking democrat in the house, serving as the majority whip. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> there are so many things i want to ask you about. i need to start where the news has been, the supreme court. there are several names that are being floated and you have been someone who has been counseled by basically the beginning of his campaign, to this day, even though a lot of your colleagues are thinking that another seems to be the front runner, there has been a consistent name for you, a consistent recommendation and that is judged childs. tell us about her, why you like her so much and white -- whether you have spoken to her or biden in the last 24 hours? >> do for having me. let me start with your question, no, i have not talked to president biden or miss childs in the last 4

on the tensions with russia here's the washington post.-page story, allies all over the map on ukraine. reporting for the post that is russia amasses tens of thousands of troops on its borders with ukraine along with tanks and artillery, missiles capable of striking the capital, officials in washington, a key evan across the nation are weighing the timing of invasion. one camp is convinced a russian strike is imminent. but ukraine's president is now personal -- is not persuaded that the intelligence western nations of shonen backed up their dire assessment. some think russia could strike but are not sure of the timing and whether he will accept diplomatic compromise that he can sell as a nato retreat. that in the washington post. tom in north carolina, republican. tom, good morning. caller: yes i'm here. host: we are listening. caller: nancy pelosi kicked the two republicans off the committee -- host: you keep breaking up, apologies. hopefully you can call back. new jersey, independent. caller: i believe americans in this country have a re

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columnist for "the washington post."ader, if you can respond to what we just heard, to say the least, you are a critic of how democrats and republicans deal with the elections in this country and what happened yesterday. and then move on to overall what president biden said yesterday. >> well, the two hour news conference was deliberate. i think you wanted to show his stamina -- i think he wanted to show his stamina. yet an opportunity to communicate a lot of important things, which he did not do. by the same token, the media did not make itself crowd. it had a very narrow range of questions and huge areas were never asked. they never asked about climate disruption and the republican opposition to doing anything about it. they did not ask about the military budget where congress gave biden $24 billion more than the pentagon even asked for. they did not ask about the drain on the treasury from hundreds of billions of dollars of corporate welfare -- which is a kind of corporate socialism. they did not ask about the corpora

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produced by pfizer and moderna. >> hello and welcome to washington post live. it is, norma's pleasure to what -- it's an enormous pleasure to welcome a viral immunologist, a key scientist behind the invention of the mrna vaccine. a very warm welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. happy. -- happy new year. >> let me start with the news of the day. we have a record-breaking number of cases out there, president biden has called for increased testing. in maryland we have an increasing number of hospitalizations. maybe you can give me your take on omicron and the possibility for new variants. >> i call it the oh my gosh variant. [laughter] we are allowing the virus to circulate around the globe continuously. in the case of omicron, you are seeing it being more transmittable, there is some evasion of pre-existing immunity whether from prior infection or vaccine responses. because of that, we are seeing record numbers of cases. the interesting thing and most important part of it is just like with the previous variance, largely the vaccine is keeping people safe

for the washington post. -- foreign affairs columnist for the washington post. our next guest about threats to democracy at home and abroad is the former ambassador to russia mike -- michael mcfall and the former director of cybersecurity infrastructure at the apartment homeland security, chris krebs. michael and chris, welcome. >> thank you for having us. >> good to see you. david: chris, let me lead with you. you got sacked in the last months of the trump administration for pride to protect our elections. i want to ask you how you would gauge elections at home and abroad, particularly in your area of spencer lesage and -- specialization. what would be your report card as of now? chris: i think i am best situated to talk about the to -- domestic election landscape. the unfortunate reality is we probably are backsliding from an elections administration perspective. it is not to -- not due to the 2020 election, it is because of political interference at the state level in federal elections. in arizona. look at

"washington post," democracy dies in darkness. really?reporting on this because an industry persuaded them to do it. marginalized immunity? if got the entire -- if got the dash you've got the dash if got the president. issuing executive order the first day upon taking office to redefine sex to include gender identity throughout the federal of of law. marginalized? i don't think so. >> tucker: probably fair to say she doesn't have any friends who watch fox news. she may not have any friends at all after they see this interview, but she did it anyway because she thinks the subject is that important. it's not just some crazy thing the left is doing, it's the wholesale transformation of our civilization. and we think she's right. you can watch the whole conversation on fox nation, get it for free at tuckercarlson.com. so violent crime in major cities is completely out of control. thousands are dying, americans, dying. this week in chicago, for example, an 8-year-old girl was murdered, here's the local news report telling what happened. >> 8-y

. ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon and welcome to washington post life. dozens were injured physically.y more have wrestled with emotional and mental trauma since then. yet most are now back at work. they are there even though threats against sitting members of congress and our entire democracy have only increased. i'm honored to be joined today by u.s. capitol police sergeant. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. >> before we get started, i want to mention to her audience that you are joining us today in your personal capacity and your comments are your own, not on behalf of the capitol police. sergeant, i want to thank you for how you have been open over the past year with us and others about the long journey that it has been for you to recover. you've discussed some of your injuries and even your surgeries. i know you've had the capital back on patrol. one year later, how are you doing and what is it like to be back in the capital? sgt. gonell: thank you for having me. [indiscernible] i'm back at work. this whole past year has been very difficult, challenging

and wrapping up our look at the washington post's best-selling. nonfiction books is novelists and patchett's collection of essays these precious days. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch their programs anytime at book tv.org. just as stephen breyer recently announced his plans to retire from the supreme court appointed by president clinton in 1994. his departure will provide president biden with his first supreme court nomination last october justice breyer discussed his latest book the authority of the court and the peril of politics. here's his response to protesters asking him to retire. of best-selling books from different eras. so before i introduce our guests, i do want to thank our sponsors like so many of our programs tonight's program is sponsored by the wish you well foundation and by connecticut public wnpr, and it'

they had done interviews with cnn, with aptn and with the washington post about their journey, aboutknow, we were mindful of the fact that we had perhaps only 15 minutes to talk to them. and at that point, they were very clear that they were innocent, right? because i understand that since alexanda kotey has changed his plea. yeah, well, innocent... sort of innocent with caveats, i think you might say. they admitted in that conversation that they had... what they termed as a peripheral role, that they were, you know, elsheikh said he was driving the van, so i asked specific questions about david haines. what sort of answers are you able to offer bethany? i can't answer- specific questions. i can only offer answers - to things which i witnessed. as for the execution - and the remains, i'm afraid i can't offer any answers - to those questions cos i don't have any knowledge of it. he said his role was to take hostages from place to place. did you move david haines from place to place? i moved a bunch of prisoners. what about david haines? he could have been amongst them. - you don't rem