together in the morning, but will in the afternoon. that s the nature of compromise. the aclu really grew out of the red scare of the 19-teens. just heard this isn t america. unfortunately, this is america. we shouldn t blink. we shouldn t shy away from the darker aspects of our past. whether it s fighting a civil war over slavery, or woodrow wilson resegregated the federal government and curbing civil liberties through the war. all the way, japanese internment. one of ronald reagan s first political speeches in a way came in a ceremony to honor the japanese-american soldiers, despite internment had gone and fought so heroically for the allied cause. he went with joseph stilwell to southern california to present a medal to a family of a soldier who had died and ultimately president reagan, 40 years
writing in the limousine those lines back into his speech on the way over to the brandenburg gate. you have to think about the symbolism and recognize how powerful the country is, 17, 18 months into the job. the president of the united states recognizes the leadership capability and the skill set that we have inside the united states to help force the world towards greater community. got to give the president credit for that same as reagan. ainsley: is that why the president chose this date to do it. i don t know. ainsley: he never mentioned it. i think it may be a coincidence but wish him an early happy birthday. is he going to be 72 years old. steve: on thursday. lesson for young people, don t drink, don t smoke and travel around the world and not sleep when you are 72 years old. energizer bunny lesson to people don t drink, don t smok steve: lesson we have seen. i just sounded like mormon evangelical there like mormon missionary i will tell you it works. steve: all good star
loggers and minors. i want to look every single one of them in the eye today and say good for you. go ply your trade. 84,000 jobs. that s in addition to the 300 and some thousand construction jobs. 300 and some thousand manufacturing jobs. not only did coal mining and logging and industries like that not go out of business but they are on the rise under this president s leadership. ainsley: you mentioned josh holt. if folks are not familiar with his story, set guy with the flag draped around him, grandmother hugging him. he was down in caracas. there is the picture of him coming home. he was a mormon missionary traveled to marry a mormon he met online while he was looking to improve his spanish. they were both arrested charged with bogus charges of stockpiling weapons. how did the president intervene to get him back home safely? you saw it take place in
you know, i think to eugene s point, the president has an enormous mega phone through social media and through the distraction that you so expertly cataloged at the beginning of the program. every single day, every moment of every single day we in the media and the american people by consuming all of this are not focussing on one thing for an extended period of time. and he does it so expertly and the white house media machine and the president s own instincts here, we had the wonderful return negotiated by bob corker and oren hatch and others from utah of a mormon missionary who had been in jail with his wife in venezuela in a hideous situation for two years. it s a great moment. they came right to the oval office for a photo opportunity on saturday night. so the president was embracing this as i was at andrew s air force base when the korean detainees arrived at 4:00 in the morning. they don t go to bethesda naval
26-year-old holt set out for venezuela to marry his fiancee. then he ended up in prison without trial after police claim to have found weapons in the woman s apartment, joining me now, charles shapiro. he served as ambassador to venezuela from 2002 to 2004. before we get to the circumstances surrounding holt s release, how usual u unusual is this to here, how he and his then fiancee were detained because they found weapons. bs is the way it works. his crime is essentially bag gringo and a mormon. they are paranoid. mormon missionary worker. he was not a missionary in venezuela. right. that s his background. he may have been targeted or once that discovery was made, it s enough? they are again paranoid, people are doing bad stuff to