those attackers, those fighters had some information that we were not able to glean in intelligence because they got it fairly recently. there are a lot of questions to be answered here. the one thing i will say, erin, is that no matter what this investigation finds, absz luteally nothing should take away from the sacrifice these brave men made and i think from the top down, we need to make sure we honor their service and wraparound these families. they need our support. before we go, bob, the president in the past few weeks talking about how well his administration is doing against isis. here he is. we have done better in eight months of my presidency than the previous eight years against isis. we have made great strides against isis. isis is now giving up. they are giving up. here they are active in a country most americans don t often hear of. 50 in one village.
moms saying we ll feel safe having our children sleep in their own beds now. i m wondering this investigation into clinton correctional facility in addition to all the lapses that led to escape did the people in the community, many of whom work at the prison or have worked at the prison have a since of just how bad things were before this escape? i think they had some sense of it. look you said a lot of the community either is working for the correctional facility or noes some one is related to some one. i thin thshgk there is a lot of protecting your own and maybe a little fear in want to turn other people in because of that desire to protect their own. i think there was some people were in the dark about how bad it actually was, but there was a little bit of knowledge going out in the community. wool se ll see what the investigation finds. thank you very much. a taste at the top of the program of how the manhunt for sweat ended. our next guest, paul meldrom was
he turns up the heat on russia, and they are discussing not only the importance of making sure that russia does not continue to arm the separatists there, but also having discussions about sanctions, richard. that is going to be one of the key things moving forward. earlier this week, president obama announced the stiffest sanctions yet against russia. the eu didn t go as far, so there are some discussions about pushing the eu forward to have them step up, ramp up the sanctions that they might impose, and of course, that will be dependent on what this investigation finds. but you heard the president start to really build his case against russia yesterday when he drew that link between the russian-backed separatists who the administration believes shot down that plane, and the weapons provided by russia to those separatists. the reaction here, kristen, to what the white house is doing now also looks back i mean, critics saying that the president should have acted sooner and had he a
bites that we ended up finding in these 26 hours of tape will end up in a political ad somewhere if, in fact, the investigation finds that his aides did order this, it s going to open up all kinds of questions about, you know, what kind of people is he surrounding himself with, how does he govern, is he a bully and is this what he does to the people that he has been elected to govern. you certainly, i think, will see that. one of these bites play out politically as we move forward no matter what the investigation finds. sound bites. sound bites. want to make sure our viewers know what you re talking about. thanks very much for that, chris frates reporting. thank you. up next, president obama gets personal about his own past to help young men of color. an african-american congressman standing by live, will weigh in on the president s candid remarks. congressman elijah cummings will talk about the president s new initiative. and later, crime-fighting from the sky. a new surve
his life today. and the first secret service agents being forced out over a prostitution scandal in colombia. now one of the escorts is talking about a fight over her cash money. that s what she called it. the reason this whole story left the hotel. and rocker ted nugent has a date with the secret service to explain inflammatory comments he made about the president. and airport naked guy is now speaking. why he says that he doesn t regret taking off all his clothes at a security checkpoint. more on that one to come. new details on what happened in the secret service prostitution scandal in colombia. three of the 11 implicated agents are now out. one of them, a supervisor is being allowed to retire. another is being forced to leave the agency. and cnn has learned he plans to fight his dismissal. a third agent has resigned now. eight others remain on administrative leave with their security clearance revoked. they are accused of bringing prostitutes to their hotel in co