julie: if you closed gitmo would it pave the way for detainees to be tried, before military commissions, and if that were to happen, how difficult would it be to decide, then, who gets the civilian trial, and, who gets the military tribunal? i think it is important to keep in mind the following principle: there is no linkage, really, between closing or keeping gitmo open and military commissions, military commissions can commence now and implementing rules are almost ready and congress passed the law in 2009, upgrading the rules from the bush era. and, i think the general principle, one should follow in terms of trying folks, before military commissions is if you are a war criminal you go to war crimes trial and if you are a fraudster, a doing wire transfers pretty much every detainee should get a military tribunal, they are not robbing banks. all right. i disagree. many should be held preventively for a long time. julie: a have long time but
released and order them released into the u.s., and if they stay at guantanamo bay, the only constitutional rights they received so far is the constitutional right of habeas, i.e. the challenge to challenge their detention overall and those who were words ordered release, by the way, in guantanamo today are awaiting transfer to a third country and have not been brought to the u.s., and that is the difference. julie: the key difference, releasing them to yemen, for example so they can rejoin terror cells and rejoin al qaeda s fight against america? yes. fortunately at least temporarily, the obama administration suspended the transfer of those folks, back to yemen but, forget don t forget that the obama administration has approved over i think it is little over $100 million, in aid to yemen to fight terrorists, that is a good thing, but i suspect some of the money may be going towards a rehabilitation program, in yemen, which they have failed to set up, so far.
beat democrats up with and the polls, in the fall, they might as well have a bill to show for it. now, house leaders made it a little easier pill for members to swallow. by allowing to vote on the president s fixes, before voting on the senate bill whip many chf them don t like and will be the law of the land for a time and senator harry reid came along today with a letter signed by more than 51 members of the senate, promising they will vote for the president s fixes and not leave the unpopular senate bill the law of the land and the white house will continue to play its part by not really celebrating until the senate actually corrects that bill and votes for the house fixes. julie. julie: wendell goler live at the white house on this saturday, thank you, wendell. gregg: first day of spring, officially and you went know in parts of the country and oklahoma. blizzard conditions, are whipping up, heavy snow is
you can see. julie: gregg: a federal judge holding off on a ruling for ground zero workers and will not approve a proposed $657 million settlement, until more negotiations are heard and he wants lower legal fees and dollar amounts given out to 10,000 workers, before they make a decision on a claim. julie: and, acorn possibly on the verge of bankruptcy. the group reportedly holding a teleconference this weekend, to discuss their plans, for the future. over the last six months, at least 15 of the group s 30 state chapters have been disbanded. gregg: democrats expressing confidence this afternoon they have the votes to get the president s health care legislation passed. still a lot can happen, between now and the vote, and, president obama is leaving nothing to chance, making a rare visit to capitol hill to rally the troops and did he seal the deal, we ll
binge a deficit reduction of $100 billion, and it is just not going to happen and in the out years, it will skyrocket, so, they just use the zombie economics to try and prove a point that is just not true. it will be very costly and drive people away from providing, and doctors. julie: okay. i just opinion. julie: and, you addressed one another without even looking at even other and that is exactly why this will not be a bipartisan bill. we were instructed to look at the camera, and we know each other and that is not what it is about. we do not agree on this this piece of legislation. it is a no vote, we ll have a number of democrats that understand that this is costing too much and i ve had a number of them, who told me they will vote no. julie: all right. because it is too costly for everybody, and, it is too costly for government. julie: all right, we have and, bipartisan vote is no. julie: we have to wrap this up. it is a