that s what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we ve invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. big week of politics and the round table. i m joined by jane harman from california, now president and ceo of the woodrow wilson international center, newt gingrich, former republican speaker of the house between 95 and 99 who ran for president in 2012. rana far hoo har, assisting managing editor at time and
these guantanamo prisoners who were released. athe five detainees were on the obama administration s list to be held indefinitely without charges. how big of a risk to release these detainees to qatar. this is significant, david. there s always a range of people in guantanamo, the low level fighters up to the other al qaeda operatives. these guys are very close to the khalid sheikh mohammeds. they are serious leaders. the deputy defense leader of the taliban, a key governor. these are people who helped lead taliban s relationship with al qaeda pre-9/11, helped fight against u.s. interests post-2001, and they will be in the coming years once they finally are released from qatar, they will be key in the future of the taliban. and they could be back in afghanistan. you re a terrorism expert. part of your job in the government was to protect america or our forces in the field in war against terrorists.
athe five detainees were on the obama administration s list to be held indefinitely without charges. how big of a risk to release these detainees to qatar. this is significant, david. there s always a range of people in guantanamo, the low level fighters up to the other al qaeda operatives. these guys are very close to the khalid sheikh mohammeds. they are serious leaders. the deputy defense leader of the taliban, a key governor. these are people who helped lead taliban s relationship with al qaeda pre-9/11, helped fight against u.s. interests post-2001, and they will be in the coming years once they finally are released from qatar, they will be key in the future of the taliban. and they could be back in afghanistan. you re a terrorism expert. part of your job in the government was to protect america or our forces in the field in war against terrorists. what s changed that would make
and continue to depend on to this day, and we ll fix it. for more reaction to that interview, i m joined by michael lighter, nbc security analyst for nbc news. former director of the national counterterrorism center. michael, i want to focus on these guantanamo prisoners who were released. the five detainees were on the obama administration s list to be held indefinitely without charges. how big of a risk to release these detainees to qatar. this is significant, david. there s always a range of people in guantanamo, the low level fighters up to the other al qaeda operatives. these guys are very close to the khalid sheikh mohammeds. they are serious leaders. the deputy defense leader of the taliban, a key governor. these are people who helped lead taliban s relationship with al qaeda pre-9/11, helped fight against u.s. interests post-2001, and they will be in