in 2013, we were able to open a port of entry here in the park. so visitors that come to big bend can cross into mexico. people go down there expecting it to be like this big commercial port of entry and are like, it s a rowboat? cool! we ve got a big line over there. mike is one of the partners with the park. he has the commercial permits in order to run the international ferry. essentially it s a rowboat. recently i sat down with the filmmaker david fried and asked him what drew him to this story at big bend national park. well, the wall was a big story. still is. at the time we were researching, we made 40 films in our first year. were constantly having our ear to the ground for a great story and we were looking into the wall and we found mike davidson, our ferryman. looking for a wall story? we were looking you didn t know wasn t a
inside one of the plants for the first time. anna? well, score one for christmas. a new jersey mayor fighting the pc police renaming his town tree a christmas tree. for several years it s been called a holiday tree, and now the mayor is saying, enough is enough. the people across the nation are really rallying behind him. david fried, the mayor of robinsville township, new jersey, is here. good morning, thank you for having me. thanks for being here. you ve been mayor for eight years, a small town of 17,000 people. you had a menorah celebration and christmas tree lighting. what happened in 2007. we started calling it a holiday tree.
concluded can t be prosecuted and are too dangerous to release. the justification for detaining them is pursuant to the laws of war so long as there is a conflict going on. and my point in that op-ed was that we need to start if we re serious about closing guantanamo, we need to start thinking about when does this conflict end? when does the underlying justification for these detentions end. here s the problem with that. which conflict are we talking about? are we talking about al qaeda and osama bin laden? osama bin laden has been killed. al qaeda is in disarray. are we talking about new conflicts like syria? there s always going to be a conflict. i think we have a realistic plan. president obama needs to appoint a new special envoy to replace david fried. we currently have no plan, no direction. i think we need a clear pathway to do it. there needs to be a clear pathway over the coming weeks and months. i want to jump in here. please.
them is pursuant to the laws of war so long as there is a conflict going on. and my point in that op-ed was that we need to start if we re serious about closing guantanamo, we need to start thinking about when does this conflict end? when does the underlying justification for these detentions end. here s the problem with that. which conflict are we talking about? are we talking about al qaeda and osama bin laden? osama bin laden has been killed. al qaeda is in disarray. are we talking about new conflicts like syria? there s always going to be a conflict. i think we have a realistic plan. president obama needs to appoint a new special envoy to replace david fried. we currently have no plan, no direction. i think we need a clear pathway to do it. there needs to be a clear pathway over the coming weeks and months. i want to jump in here. please. i think in 24 hours from now there actually could be transfers that resume. i want you to hold that thought because when we talk abou
concluded can t be prosecuted and are too dangerous to release. the justification for detaining them is pursuant to the laws of war so long as there is a conflict going on. and my point in that op-ed was that we need to start if we re serious about closing guantanamo, we need to start thinking about when does this conflict end? when does the underlying justification for these detensions end. here s the problem with that. which conflict are we talking about? are we talking about al qaeda and osama bin laden? osama bin laden has been killed. al qaeda is in disarray. are we talking about new conflicts like syria? there s always going to be a conflict. i think we have a realistic plan. president obama needs to appoint a new special envoy to replace david fried. we surcurrently have no plan, n direction. i think we need a clear pathway to do it. there needs to be a clear pathway over the coming weeks and months. i want to jump in here. please. i think in 24 hours from now there ac