0 approved for feeding tubes. detainees are strapped to chairs and force fed and now 40 medical reinforcements have been sent to the facility including nurses and specials. the white house has not wanted to talk about guantanamo. the president s message was clear gitmo must be closed. i think it is critical for us to understand that guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe, it is expensive, it is inefficient, it hurts us in terms of our international standing, it lessens cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts, it is a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs to be closed. after a follow-up question about force feeding the detainee, the preds said president said emphatically he did not want those people to die. the idea that we would still maintain forever a group of individual who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are. it is contrary to our interests and it needs to stop. i think for a lot of americans the notion is out of sight, out of
0 out he had taken taxpayer money and shown up with uruguay that s an ingenious exoneration, didn t leave the place. we ll have you back. all in wi all in with chr hayes start right now. good evening. from new york i m chris hayes. thank you for joining us. truly amazing stuff to cover tonight. how wild conspiracies are causing an absolute gun frenzy in this country and how washington politicians are legitimate m legitimizing them. and a state so out of control, citizens are willing to go to jail to protest the laws. you might remember this bit of comedy from the white house correspondents dinner on saturday night when president obama joked about the criticism of not working with republicans more. maureen dowd said i could solve all my problems if i were just more like michael douglas in the american president. i know michael s here tonight. michael, what s your secret, man? could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy? some folks still don t thi
0 good evening. from new york i m chris hayes. thank you for joining us. truly amazing stuff to cover tonight. how wild conspiracies are causing an absolute gun frenzy in this country and how washington politicians are legitimizing them. and a state where the legislator is so out of control, citizens are willing to go to jail to protest the laws. you might remember this bit of comedy from the white house correspondents dinner on saturday night when president obama joked about the criticism of not working with republicans more. maureen dowd said i could solve all my problems if i were just more like michael douglas in the american president. i know michael s here tonight. michael, what s your secret, man? could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy? some folks still don t think i spend enough time with congress. individuals who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are. it is contrary to our interests and it needs to stop. i think for a lot of ame
correspondents dinner on saturday night when president obama joked about the criticism of not working with republicans more. maureen dowd said i could solve all my problems if i were just more like michael douglas in the american president. i know michael s here tonight. michael, what s your secret, man? could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy? some folks still don t think i spend enough time with congress. why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask. really? why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. today the president sent washington reporters scrambling with the surprise announcement of a press conference, his first since march and took a more serious tone, though the theme was familiar, repeatedly asked about the first hundred days of his second term and his failure to avert the sequester or passing gun bill, the president disabud reporters that he has some sort of magic power that he refuses to use that will alter pu
good evening. from new york i m chris hayes. thank you for joining us. truly amazing stuff to cover tonight. how wild conspiracies are causing an absolute gun frenzy in this country and how washington politicians are legitimizing them. and a state where the legislator is so out of control, citizens are willing to go to jail to protest the laws. you might remember this bit of comedy from the white house correspondents dinner on saturday night when president obama joked about the criticism of not working with republicans more. maureen dowd said i could solve all my problems if i were just more like michael douglas in the american president. i know michael s here tonight. michael, what s your secret, man? could it be that you were an actor in an aaron sorkin liberal fantasy? some folks still don t think i spend enough time with congress. why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask. really? why don t you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. today the president sen