guantanamo, since the beginning of the u.s. lease gave us guantanamo bay, dating from 1903. the reason is that cuba retained sovereignty at guantanamo. the u.s. was given control and jurisdiction there, and that m big uty led to the -- ambiguity led to app development of a place beyond the reach of u.s. constitutional law, cuban law and international la starting in the 1970s, and again in the 1990s, different administrations began to use guantanamo bay to detain refugees in haiti and cuba, because of the loophole. theoretically nobody had legal jurisdiction there. >> i want to push on that point a little bit hard. you visit american military facilities that are on foreign soil. the air force base in italy. okinawa on japanese soil. when you are on the base itself, there? >> that's right. the supreme court cases confirm that. the important front, zerm ni - that has not been the case at guantanamo bay, historically for the reasons that i suggest, because of its ambiguous stats. if we were to end up in another conflict, unforeseen, could we see guantanamo used in this way again

there is -- at guantanamo. i think there was a wide ranging hunger strike for mid to be forcibly to said it did not voluntarily drink their nutritional supplement or eat. people pointed out that the british debt with their own hunger strike at times extremely harshly. there are other analogies to be made. the case of shakur armor, he is been clear for number of years. he is a british resident who was born in saudi arabia who i understand has disavowed his saudi citizenship. the only place he could go, unless he were to voluntarily agree to go back to saudi, which he has not, would be the u.k.. they have asked for him back but there is something going on behind the scenes in that case. even though he has been cleared in the public has requested his release, the obama administration has not made the deal. i think -- which we could know more about that story because on paper even think the administration would have returned him to the u.k. as the u.k. government generally once the return. host: the facility is in

citizens rely on have said he can leave guantanamo. >> why has he not been allowed to leave? >> what's remarkable is that that question is playing out right now in realtime in washington, d.c. i filed a motion for his release because he's so gravely ill, and asked the government not to oppose it, to speed his release so he can get to medical clear. it appears that the department of defense dug in its heels and is defiantly blocking a common sense solution. it's shocking. >> the justice department has until august 15 to respond to the prisoner's petition and on the other side of the i'll, stay tuned for special custom out of a cuba as the u.s. flag begins to fly over the embassy in havana. we have a special hour of coverage at 9:00 eastern. >> coming up, painting the blueles away. we will take you to a town in mexico trying to revamp its gritty image one brush stroke at a time. >> they believed in what they we >> a pharmaceutical plant is shut down in north carolina after testing positive for legionalla found in the plant's cooling tower. >> in new york city, building owners a

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the yemeni native has been in guantanamo for 14 years and on a hunger strike since 2007. force fed through a feeding tube he reportedly weighs only 75 pounds now. the obama administration is divided over what to do with the case. his lawyer spoke to randall pinkston. >> by the unanimous determination of six national security agencies, the office of joint chiefs of staff, department of defense, justice, homeland security, all of the agencies that u.s. citizens rely on to keep him safe have said that he can leave. >> why has he not been allowed to leave? >> that question is playing right now right real time in washington, d.c. i filed a motion for his release and asked the government not to oppose it, to speed his release so he can get medical care. and it appears that the department of defense is blocking this solution. >> the justice department has until august 15th to respond to the prisoner's petition. >>> stay tuned for special coverage, out of cuba this freye as the u.s. flag begins to fly over the embassy in havana. antonio mora hosts a special hour of live coverage,

. >>> the plan to close guantanamo, why it's back to the drawing board when it comes to transferring prisoners. >> they believed in what they we >>> china's decision to devalue its currency is having a big impact on wall street. the dow is down more than 250 points right now. several world markets also down. >>> president obama's pledge to close the prison camp at guantanamo bay cuba before he leaves office has hit a new roadblock. the justice department is reportedly opposed to transferring some of the remaining detainees to a prison in illinois. as jamie mcentire reports that is just the latest obstacle. >> reporter: it was one of the first promises the president made. he campaigned on it, and has repeated it many times over the past seven years. in 2009 he signed an executive order to close the detention center as soon as practicable. but so far the pentagon has failed to come up with a plan to make it happen. the obama administration has promised to offer a concrete plan to congress for the shutdown of guantanamo bay. one idea was to send several dozen of the most allegedly dange

guantanamo day. and then a look at policing practices in cities. >> thank you all for coming. express special thanks to my wife. also to the doctors and hundreds of the well-wishers here who have sent in letters and e-mails. i would like to outline what is happened so far with my medical condition. toward the end, what i plan to do in the future, i will answer questions from the media. in may i went down to guyana. i had a bad cold, came back here to emery. i wanted them to check me over. in the process, they did a complete physical examination. the mri showed there was a cancer or growth on my liver. they did a scan that lit up so they were pretty sure there was a cancer. the tumor was only two and a half cubic centimeters. they removed a 10th of my liver. they did a biopsy and found out it was cancer, melanoma. right now, they have a very high suspicion that the melanoma started somewhere else in my body and spread to the liver. doctors told me that 98% of all melanoma is skin cancer and 2% is internal. then i came back after that and they did a biopsy and found -- i think t

it's 2015, he is still at guantanamo. his lawyer filed a petition to force the government to release him. they are fighting his case in court in order to win the authority to continue to held him. despite having cleared him for release, and despite the oft repeated statement. what makes the case significant, he's not eden voluntarily in more than eight years, and the weight dropped to less than 34 kilos, lawyers call it a life-threatening situation. and the case comes at a time when officials at guantanamo and the pentagon struggled to deal with detainees to protest the situation. officials will not say how many men will refuse to eat or are being force-fed. they don't want to highlight detainee's political actions. the lawyers said they tried to stay focused on the client's situation. >> they force-feed a man to prolong his detention, despite the fact he has been clear of police. >> the case is before a federal judge. they stress that they carry out the president's goal >>> greek authorities say they are working around t

have gone through guantanamo bay. and everyone one of them including those who have been cleared for release and released, have been denied any access to justice for what happened to them. to be absolutely clear, quantum on a meadow they is -- guantanamo bay is a rights free zone. in the interrogations that happened there are unlawful because the entire system of detention in guantÁnamo they is unlawful. in human rights, it is absolutely clear that torture is just completely prohibited along with cruel and inhuman derating treatment of punishment, but there is an imperative of all states to investigate and prosecute those responsible for torture. that is how strong the prohibition is. and yet we have this link which about moving forward, recognizing the circumstances in which this happened -- people being patriots, the defense is there engaging in torture. what that sends is a message of, yes, we know it is unlawful. yes, we know it is absolutely prohibited, but ,wink wink, when you need to come he can get away with

he is also the author of "the terror courts: rough justice at guantanamo bay." he joins me now from washington, d.c. first let's talk about the class of detainees that this individual falls into. he's supposed to be one of 52 who have been cleared for transfer. what does that mean? who cleared him? >> well, most of those 52 men were cleared in 2009 and 2010 by a task force of military intelligence and law enforcement officials who the president appointed to review the situation at guatanamo bay. a few of them were cleared more recently by what's called a periodic review board that's supposed to reexamine the detainees' cases from time to time to see if they are a threat to u.s. security. >> sreenivasan: so it seems on the one hand you have the u.s. state department who wants to get on with this and transfer them away to other countries. and then on the other hand, you've got the department of justice and the department of defense fighting to keep them there, or apt least not to have a rule imposed to make them move. >> well, right. there's a very-- there are man

has done with guantÁnamo, because the u.s. has criticized cuba for not being democratic and yet they have this sort of beachhead there and what do they use it for? a showcase of democracy? they use it for more than a decade now to hold well over 100 --actually, hundreds of men many of them have been cleared for release, a number have been tortured by u.s. soldiers. that is what they're showing the people of cuba a government should really be doing. it is quite something. will raisey kerry the issue today when he meets privately with the foreign minister rodriguez about the situation of human rights in cuba. and i'm sure foreign minister rodriguez will say, well, there's a human rights issue right down the road at guantanamo, which you are involved in, and you need to address. , these point is discussions are now going to take place in a much more formal way -- hopefully, under a different kind of framework of relations. i'm waiting for the day when dr. carlos alzugaraytreto another toan officials are able basically have the co

in 2009, he signed an executive order to close the guantanamo detention center as soon as practicable, but so far, the pentagon has failed to come up with a plan. the obama administration has promised a concrete plan to congress that spells out specifically how guantanamo would be shut down. and so far, they have stymied the closure. one idea, to send several dozen of the most dangerous dap he's, who the pentagon said cannot be released or set to other countries, to the thompson correctional center, a prison in illinois that has 1500 empty cells. but the obama administration forgot that former attorney general, eric holder, promised the senate judiciary committee, we will not move people from guantanamo to thompson, so it's back to the drawing board. >> we strongly port the secretary, supporting president obama's determination made from the very first day of his administration to close guantanamo. it's obviously a top priority. it has remained a challenge throughout. >> the administration hoped to get a plan to senate services committee member, john mccain before the recess, and now t

military has held this man in guantanamo since 2002. in 2009 the obama administration decided that he no longer posed a security risk and should be released. but it's 2015, and he's still at guantanamo. his lawyer has filed a petition to force the u.s. government to release him on humanitarian grounds. >> they're fighting his case in court in order to hold him despite having cleared him for release and the president often repeated the public statement that they will be clearing the center. >> his lawyers call this a life-threatening situation. it comes at a time when officials have struggled to deal with detainees launching hunger strikes to protest their situation. officials won't say how many men are refusing to eat or are being forced fed but lawyers say that they're trying to stay focused on his client's case. the case is now before a federal judge, but they are committed of carrying out the president's goal of closing guantanamo. >> six people have been killed in a suspected boko haram attack in northern nigeria. >> sexual violence

military has held this man at guantanamo since early 2002. in 2009 the obama administration decided that he no longer posed a security risk and should be released. but it's 2015, and he's still at guantanamo. his lawyer has filed a petition to force the u.s. government to release him on humanitarian grounds. >> they're fighting his case in court to win the authority to hold him despite having cleared him for release, and despite the president's often repeated public statement that he intends to release the prisoner as quickly as possible. >> what makes the situation significant, he has not eaten voltairely for more than eight years and his weight has dropped. his lawyers call it a life-threatening situation. and it comes at a time when guantanamo and the pentagon have struggled to deal with hunger strikes in pro fest to the situation. they won't say how many men are being forced fed because they don't want to highlight what they call the detainee's political actions. but he said he's trying to stay focused on his client's situation. >> they'r

but that's not closing guantanamo. that's not what he promised to do. it's simply transferring it to u.s. soil. >>> the united nations is calling on iraq to close what it describes as secret detention centers where suspected fighters including minors are tortured. it says it wants access to the facility. >> we received numerous reports from different organizations, same people in the way disappeared and reappear, if they reappear, after a long time. where the problem of treatment torture is acute is especially in those places of detention, around by the ministry of defense, that is one of the recommendations we made was to transfer the authority of the prison system to the ministry of justice. >> meanwhile, thousands of iraqis have marched through the streets of baghdad to show support for the reforms suggested by haider al-abadi. aal jazeera's mohammed jamjoom has more. >> he and his friends decided it was time to hit the streets. >> i'm left with no other option but to go out and fight corruption. >> reporter: the medical student and activist like so

guantanamo prisoners are currently in prison. they are not going to be resettled in american backyards. they are going to be moved to another prison. actually i think it is going to happen this year, if this is the quality of the remaining arguments against it. "first look" is up next. >>> friday august 28th. right now tropical storm erika takes a deadly turn. this as we have the tenth anniversary. >>> more of the mab that gunned down two tv journalists on live television. >>> donald trump tries to say tu pay or not "first look"

is the guantanamo system moving to the mainland? several various men in indefinite detention. many questions over the policies towards guantanamo remain. >> two rivers in colorado in our back open after a toxic mine spill. the san juan&animas rivers have reopened. people are warned not to drink the water and they will be monitored for farming and animal life. >> five are dead after two planes crashed. authorities are investigating. the planes caught fire when they hit the ground near an airport in southern san diego county. the ntsb are investigating. >> remembering civil rights activists and icons julian bond. we'll look at the former head of the naacp's impact on that race and equality. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down cause we are so close cause we are so close >> welcome to al jazeera america. 7:45 a.m. here in the east. we'll take a look at your top stories right now. egypt's president approved strict laws designed to top what he called terrorism. human rights groups say the new legislation will be used to crush dissent. anyone found guilty of being part of a terr

president bahama said he would shut down guantanamo. he signed an executive order to the effect that it would be shut down within a year of taking office in 2009. so much for that. there's a question whether the admission is serious. if they were serious about closing down guantanamo, why is the department of justice standing in the way of repatriotizing the 52 men cleared for release at guantanamo most recently on friday. tariq was cleared for release six years ago. he's been on hunger sfriek for eight years and forcefully fed through his nose. he's 34 kilograms now, and yet on friday at the request of the pentagon the doj blocked his release in the courts. if the court simply was allowed to give a court order for his release, he would be repatriated. the pentagon feels hunger striking is a weapon of war and he shouldn't be allowed to win and to release him is capitulation. that's how the doj thinks. the civil liberties folks say, look, he has to either show he's committed to closing down guantanamo and push aside the doj generals are

what will be the stat stop sign of these people, and is it somebody exporting the guantanamo model to the mainland. some are tortured with due process. there are questions and we're not clear what this administration is doing with guantanamo bay and whether there's a huge rift and whether president obama will step in and show leadership. >> we will con for to monitor the story from washington, thank you. >>> in egypt a military court sentenced 26 officers on charges attempting to overthrow the government. they were charged with spreading muslim brotherhood yads within the army. they've been sentenced between 10 to 25 years in prison. two senior muslim brotherhood leaders have been sentenced to 25 years in absentia. >>> ten people including palestinian protesters and far right jewish activists have been arrested after clashes in an israeli city at a protest of a palestinian man on hunger strike while being detained in an israeli prison. elsewhere around 1,000 children marched through the streets in the gaza strip in solidarity with him. he lost consciousness on friday after a 60-day fa

military has held this map at guantanamo since early 2002. in 2009, the obama administration decided that the map from yemen no longer posed a security risk and should be released. it is 2015 and he is still at guantanamo. his lawyer filed a petition to force the u.s. government to release him on humanitarian grounds. >> they are fighting his case in court in order to win the authority to continue to hold him, despite having cleared him for release and despite the president's oft repeated statements that he intends to close the prison. >> he has not eaten voluntarily in more than eight years and weight dropped to less than forth eight-kilos. his lawyers call it a life threatening situation. it comes at a time when officials at guantanamo and at the pentagon have struggled to deal with detainees launching hunger strikes to protest their situation. they won't say how many are force-fed because they don't want to highlight what they call political actions. his lawyer said he said trying to stay focused on his client. >> they are force-feeding a

guantanamo prisoners are currently in prison. they are not going to be resettled in american backyards. they are going to be moved to another prison. actually i think it is going to happen this year, if this is the quality of the remaining arguments against it. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> our latest gun tragedy has given us our newest gun control advocate. >> it's not about the guns. it's about mental instability. >> presidential election and we are having the gun debate. >> too bad somebody can't figure that out. >> we have to find a way to keep crazy people from getting guns. >> sadly these kinds of events happen too often. >> i'm not going to sit by while

they don't want him at guantanamo. they just need a place to send him, a country to take him that will take responsibility for hi him. the other thing is that he sounds extremely sickly. if they're willing to take him to a rehabilitation program where his family lives, it's not clear at all to me or others who have looked at this case whether he's well enough to travel. he is a sick man, michael. >> thank you, carol rosenberg, for joining us this morning. >>> latest sign that democrats may be having reservations about a hillary clinton nomination. >>> next, will rick perry be the first candidate out of the race for president? one of his most prominent supporters weighs in. that's next. stay with us. mmm yoplait! it's snack time! oh, look! yoplait original now has 25% less sugar. time to taste it. how is it? it tastes good! congratulations yoplait! you did it! yoplait! look aon tripadvisor.l hotel wait. why leave the site? don't you know the tripadvisor you've always trusted for reviews, book! now checks over 200 websit

guantanamo prisoners are currently in prison. they are not going to be resettled in american backyards. they are going to be moved to another prison. actually i think it is going to happen this year, if this is the quality of the remaining arguments against it. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> our latest gun tragedy has advocate. >> it's not about the guns. it's about mental instability. >> presidential election and we are having the gun debate. >> too bad somebody can't figure that out. >> we have to find a way to keep crazy people from getting guns. >> sadly these kinds of events happen too often. >> i'm not going to sit by while more good people die. >> what could have prevented him from killing them whether with a gun, knife or bomb. >> i don't want to see another alison tragedy like this before. >> we need to have common sense reforms. >> hillary clinton reaction something more sophisticated. >> i don't see candidates deviating from the

between the two countries, issues of guantanamo bay, and the fact that it's cuban land to the united states by agreements, signed many years ago. the u.s. occupies it. do you think the big issues will be discussed people getting their homes back. will ever be discussed. >> the cuban freedom act shows that the guantanamo bay will be for a future government. the point i want to make, is to do with people getting their properties restored or taken back by them. historically. the united states made a great mistake by too often condolling or tolerating the regime. a u.s. posse linked to cuba is the best way to consolidate and have normal relations with the u.s. >> that's been going on for half a century and failing. >> it had success, it had success in weakening the soviet union. number two, the embargo has been important in supporting a pro-freedom movement. a peaceful movement growing and struggle. fighting against the regime. it reduced resources that the regime suppressed. it's empowered, and a growing segment is in favour of change. it's been a long-term support for cuba. policy. is.

closing guantanamo, means moving it. at least part of it alex. >> some of the detainees have been there, what 13 years? >> it opened in january 2002 and there are a number of men who arrived in the first month and on the first day. some of these people have been in american detention held by the u.s. military since after the september 11th attacks. so late 2001, yes. >> so you mentioned these 52. but the remaining 64 who are not being recommended for transfer, whether to yemen oren other countries, they are being recommended to be transferred, is it auto to super max sites in the u.s. on u.s. soil. who are these mainland bound detainees? >> the obama administration in order to close guantanamo made a decision some years ago, what they would do is move the men they could not release back to the u.s. so they would continue in some sort of a detention setting. lately we've heard about super max-style setting. it's pretty much been thought what they want to do is put them in another military detention setting. who are they?

military the einvolve them as sites for guantanamo detape -- detainees. and senator pat roberts said not on my watch will terrorist be put in to kansas. the white house seems to be testing the waters with site surveys. >> this was a campaign pledge on president the president part to get rid of gitmo and erase the stain on our national honor that is git me and a international. >> he would like to get it done before he heaves. >> that was support on the day that skerry was there for the reopening. this is all he would say. >> at this point there is no rain to ruin or i know, i can't tell you what will happen over the years. and now, there is no plan to do that. >> there are 116 detainees in guantanamo. and pohave been approved for trances fer two other. the transfer for the detainey's is agained the ren rthey are stepping down after a 39 year military career. ynl ordrnths iowa near. and then call him theac ash recollect of the >> i have been the luckiest person in the problem be to long alongside them for frop years. snrngs gentlemano spent more time in the

but it's 2015 and he's still at guantanamo. his lawyer has filed to release him on humanitarian grounds. >> they're fighting his case in court to win the authority to continue to hold him, despite having cleared him for release, and despite the president's often repeated public statement. >> what makes his case significant, he has not eaten voluntarily in more than eight years, and his weight has dropped to 40 kilos. his lawyers call it a life threatening situation. detainees, the officials won't say how many men are forced to eat or are being fed because they don't want to highlight the political actions, but his lawyers say that he's trying to stay focused on his client's situation. >> they're force feeding a man who is gravely ill to keep him alive so they can prolong his detention, despite that he has been cleared for release. >> his case is now before a federal judge, but they do stress that they are committed to carrying out the president's goal of closing guantanamo. >> this friday, history will be made with the flag rai

one issue not only the table, the transfer of the guantanamo bay naval base to cuba. secretary kerry: at the moment there is no plan to change the arrangement with respect to guantanamo. kellye: republican presidential candidate marco rubio blast at the diplomatic outreach. he says that he would sever diplomatic ties to cuba if you were elected president. cost so painting is back with its owner, the french government. 001 disappearance was a mystery, and this past winter it was discovered by u.s. custom and border protection officers. they were personally thanked by the french embassy in washington. celebrating the repatriation of this picasso painting. we would like to thank all of the agents involved. mike: "the hairdresser" was painted in 1911. >> to think it is over 100 years old, and the idea that kosovo with his hands -- the idea that picasso this is amazing. mike: it was returned to the national museum of modern art in when thet in 2001, museum cannot located in its archives, it was reported stolen in drupal -- and interpol was notified. last december it was fo

some argued no prison would have the amount of security as the one in guantanamo bay. administration officials tells the washington post newspaper that the defense department is looking into which sites can hold the detainees securelily and humanly. pentagon sent lawmakers a plan to close the prison some time after congress gets back from congress. let's go to adam goldman now who co-wrote that story today. what is the major concern among these lawmakers? is it all political or something more? >> no. i don't know it's necessarily political. i think senator john mccain rightly so wants a detailed plan and how they're going to shut guantanamo bay down and where they could potentially house these inmates. the white house needs mccain's support. to lift the ban so they could potentially move some of these inmauts into the u.s. either to be tried on the military commission or housed or imprisoned indefinitely. without the support it raises a potential battle between the white house and congress where the president defies congress. >> it is the reporting of fox news like 51

military prison in guantanamo bay should be closed before president barack obama leaves office. he said the pentagon is looking at sites in the u.s. to move detainees currently being held. sec. carter: hi, everyone. afternoon. well, i want to begin this afternoon by congratulating the most recent graduate of the u.s. army's ranger school. as many of you in this room have reported, two remarkable women are among the 96 remarkable people who graduated. they're the first two women to pass through this elite proving ground for military leadership. earlier today, i had the privilege of offering my personal congratulations to the two of them, who, along with their fellow graduates, have now earned the right to wear the ranger tab. truly, it's a huge credit for anyone, man or woman, to endure the intense training and curriculum at ranger school, and to prevail and graduate. clearly, these two soldiers are trail blazers. and after all, that's what it means to be a ranger. rangers lead the way. these recent graduates will be leaders of our army, of our force of the future, and like every

amy: and worked at guantÁnamo. >> he did. he was supervising these interrogations. amy: and in dayton, ohio. >> i believe he is at wright state. what is important today is that larry james was the lone voice, that everyone else on this council who voted yes or no, everyone else voted in favor of this i'll see change. -- policy change. refusals, butew we voted overwhelmingly in favor and he was the lone voice against. amy: why was this so important to you personally? why did you wage this tenure battle? >> well, i come from a family where people were tortured in the holocaust. i have seen what happens when standards of decency, human rights, and ethics are thrown out in a wave of to tell a terry and or -- totalitarian or zeal, when ahe ol government turns to the dockside and breaks the rules in favor of whatever they want. i've spent my life trying to uphold those standards, trying to make it -- i'm a psychologist because i believe we answer to an authority that have what is right, not what is law. what is law can be twisted into evil. so this particular fight, when

she has drawn in guantanamo bay, abu dhabi migrant camps and rebels in syria. the guardian characterized her equal part vosh william s. burr ro and cirque du soleil. i would add francis -- and lenny bruce to the mix. jangle gold will not be with us. he got stuck in chicago with bad weather and problems with planes flying out. our moderator is distinguished journalist and author. all i will say about him is that it is said he wrote an article in 1971 that interested a man named steve jobs in computers. i want to ask everybody to please if you haven't already turn off your cell phones. there will be a q and a. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you all for being here. i'm honored myself to be among these artists since i'm a person has trouble drawing stick figures. but at least we have some of the best and brightest was really a crucial moment in the history of free speech. i mean, once there were sensors, once there were state laws who were jailed dissident cartoonists and graphic artists, now we have murdereremurderers. we're meeting 12 months after 12 people wer

she has drawn in guantanamo baya abu dhabi migrant camps an the rebels in syria. the guardian has characterized her as equal parts bosh, williau s. burrow and cirque du soleil. i would add that francis goya and lenny bruce to the mix. t django goala will not be with ou us. he got stuck in chicago where there iswithwe bad weather and problems with planes flying out. our moderator is ron rosenbaum, the distinguish journalism and author. alll i i will say about him ist it is said that he wrote an article in 1971 that interested a man named steve jobs in i want computers. i want to askry everybody to please, if you haven't already,f turn off your cell phones.e a there will be a q&a later on. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, ralph. you a thank you all for being here.i' i'm honored, myself, to be among these artisans since i'm a person who has a trouble drawing stick figures. but at least we have some of tht best and brightest at what is really a crucial moment in the history of free speech. once there were sensors and ate state laws and they would jail dissident c

they are not sent to guantanamo. the only case of an american sent to guantanamo was a detainee who they did not realize was born in the u.s. until after they got him to guantanamo. it was built, in effect, for foreigners and enemy combatants and not for americans who -- one trouble with the constitution, right, is americans have rights, legal rights. >> this is something that president obama talked a lot about when he was closing gitmo. where does that stand now? >> it's something that we're reporting out today. there have been delays over the course of years. one is the number of gitmo attorneys who returned to court, one in four. the other is when those are not returned to their home countries, where do you put them? the president says that they will have a plan that they will show to congress. one thing they are considering now, brooke, is putting some of the detainees into military facilities here in the u.s., military briggs as opposed to civilian prisons but they are still working on the plans and there have b

julie: president obama's push to shut down guantanamo bay hits another wall. his own justice department is saying no. >> we'll close the guantanamo bay facility in the interest of justice, i hereby order and we provide the process where guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. nd. so they scheduled at safelite.com... they didn't have to change their plans, or worry about a thing. and i fixed it right away... ...with a strong repair they can trust. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost to you. really?! being there whenever you need us... that's another safelite advantage. safelite repair, safelite replace. iand i'm jerry bell the third. i'm like a big bear and he's my little cub. this little guy is non-stop. he's always hanging out with his friends. you've got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat and be ready to get up. there's no "deep couch sitting." definitely not good for my back. this is the part i really don't like right here. (doorbell) what's that? a package! it's a swiffer wetjet. it almost feels like it's m

moment there is no current discussion or plan to change the arrangement with respect to guantanamo. jonathan: also today, the presidential candidate marco rubio blasted the diplomatic outreach. rubio the son of cuban immigrants said he would sever diplomatic ties with cuba if arrested president. jonathan: still ahead at 6:00 -- horror in china. the latest on the explosion that killed dozens and the investigation going on now. maureen: also, might al gore run for president again? there is growing buzz but mixed reports. jonathan: consumer alert for volkswagen drivers. hundreds of thousands of cars are recalled. jonathan: the pictures are amazing. hard to watch when you consider how many people lost their lives. no word on what caused the mistypings explosion at a port city in china. at this point we know 56 people were killed. 700 others injured. there were glimmers of hope. firefighter rescued today, 30 hours after the blast. many others remain missing. small fires are still burning. crews in hazmat gear testing the air quality and so far the air quality is okay. maureen: presidenti

prison guantanamo bay in cuba. the u.s. defense department said that it's evaluating new sites in the u.s. to house detainees. the pentagon is looking at prisons in kansas and south carolina. president obama pledged on his first day in office to shut down guantanamo bay. >>> argentina province buenos aires rivers have started to recede, but thousands have been forced out of their homes. they say the government could have done more to prevent the floods from happening. we report from one of the affected areas, in the town of oliveira. >> going back home after days in a shelter, this family living in the province of buenos aires. they were forced to leave their house when the river flooded the area. >> i cried. that was the only thing i could do. thinking about what we went through. it's the second time in a year. if they don't do anything this would continue and continue and we would lose everything. >> she's one of thousands affected by the flooding in the province of buenos aires. people here tell me when she saw the water

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prison at guantÁnamo bay in cuba. it's evaluating new sights in the u.s. the pentagon is looking at prisons in kansas and south carolina. president obama pledged on his first day in office to shut down guantanamo bay. >>> thousands of iraqis marched through baghdad. the measures came in response to weeks of protest against corruption and poor public services. we report from baghdad. >> reporter: tired, seemingly endless road blocks, they decided it was time to hit the streets. >> translator: i'm left with no other option but to go out and fight corruption. >> reporter: the medical student and activist like so many other members of his generation, says he's tired of feeling despair and decided to do something about it. >> translator: we created groups to help our friends and families. we are all in need of important services that aren't being provided. the most basic ones are electricity, clean water and jobs. >> reporter: now he meets regularly with a growing group of like-minded activists discussing and debating strategy, they use every tool to plan demon

in 2009, he signed an executive order to close the guantanamo detention center as soon as practicable. >> congress can lift restrictions that have so far stymied the closure. one idea was to send several dozen of the most dangerous detainees who cannot be released or sent to other countries to the thompson correctional center in illinois that has 1500 empty cells. also reported by the washington post, the obama administration forget that former attorney general eric holder promised the senate judiciary committee he will not move people from guantanamo to thompson. >> it's obviously a top priority, it has remained a challenge throughout. >> the administration hoped to have a plan to send to armed services committee chairman john mccain before recess. now officials say it will be next month at earliest before a proposal goes to the hill. mccain promised to work with president obama to close guantanamo but only if the administration can provide and alternative that addresses congressional concerns. it's not just the current ban on moving prisoners to u.s. soil to be addressed, it's the c