Right now im joined by msnbc contributor jerry bernstein. Former chief economist and policy adviser for Vice President biden. And new york tannen. Former domestic policy direct or four the obama biden campaign. And jen saki and former Obama White House Deputy Communications director now seep your Vice President and manager director at global strategy group, i Public Affairs and Research Firm and back at the table, democratic governor mallory of connecticut. Good to have you back, governor. Good to be back. Were going live to the Vice President s residence of the naval observatory in washington by his swearing in of Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayer and the vice presidency is a job biden said he didnt want. In 2007, he told a reporter in iowa and this is an amazing quote which somehow doesnt get played enough i absolutely can say with certainty i would not be anybodys Vice President , period, end of story, guaranteed, will not do it. In the spring of 2008, according to the atlantic
People inside Guantanamo Bay may be fighting with isis. Jennifer has the latest details. Jennifer . Fox news has learned the u. S. Intelligence and Defense Community expect as many as 20 to 30 former Guantanamo Bay detainees have joined forces with isis and other militant groups inside syria. Many of the hardest core fighters have been released in recent years, cementing fears that the u. S. Military is once again encountering militants taken off the battlefield and released from gitmo. We know that some of the detainees that have come out of guantanamo have gone back to the fight, to the battlefield. Were aware of that. One example in april of this year, ibrahim shakaran was known to be killed while following forces. The chairman of the Armed Services committee called for an immediate suspension of detainee releases in a letter to the defense secretary today. Quote, the u. S. Government must not release terrorist detainees at the same time we have committed u. S. Service members to fi
That the u. S. Military is once again encountering militants taken off the battlefield and released from gitmo. We know that some of the detainees that have come out of guantanamo have gone back to the fight, to the battlefield. Were aware of that. One example in april of this year, ibrahim shakaran was known to be killed while following forces. The chairman of the Armed Services committee called for an immediate suspension of detainee releases in a letter to the defense secretary today. Quote, the u. S. Government must not release terrorist detainees at the same time we have committed u. S. Service members to fight isil. To continue to do so just as we have had to open a new front in the war on terror is unthinkable. Some of the former detainees are fighting with isis now. Some are supporting the al qaeda link front. Some are on the ground in syria and some are fronting operations and supporting the isis propaganda campaign. There are now 149 prisoners held at guantanamo bay. 80 are c
Then something unexpected happen. They got to New Hampshire, and george w. Bush got beat, out of the blue, out of the very back of the field came this guy, john mccain, who was not a crazy person or obviously eccentric or a total lightweight. John mccain was the only real threat that george w. Bush hadnt cleared out of the field, and john mccain not only won New Hampshire, he won it by a lot. He beat george w. Bush in New Hampshire by 18 points. Ahoh. The next big primary that year was in South Carolina, and that was seriously worrying to the Bush Campaign, because South Carolina is a big military state, tons of veterans. John mccain is not only a veteran but a nationallyfamous war hero. He was pretty much guaranteed to win in that state because of those things. But in context, because mccain had just upset bush in New Hampshire, well, then if he goes on to win a second big state after that, that would have been a huge deal in terms of the momentum in the race, changing the narrative,
And so he ended up running against guys like gary bauer. Whoops. Gary, careful. And steve forbes, remember him . He also ran against alan keyes. Remember alan keyes who was just stone cold crazy . He was not exactly running against a robust field. But the republican primary started that year in 2000 in iowa, the way it always does and george w. Bush ran away with it even though there were always these other evangelical guys in the field, george w. Bush won the iowa caucus that year by more than 10 points. Total piece of cake, obviously he was going to steam roll to the nomination. Then something unexpected happened. They got to New Hampshire and george w. Bush got beat. Out of the blue, out of the very back of the field came this guy john mccain who was not a crazy person or obviously eccentric or a total lightweight. John mccain was the only threat george w. Bush hadnt cleared out of the field. John mccain not only won New Hampshire, he won by a lot. He beat george w. Bush in New Hamp