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Were going to return them back to guatemala, honduras and el salvad salvador. do you think thats the case? >> i dont see the democrats stepping out and becoming champions of keeping them here. there are some like the congressman but doesnt look politically like its a feasible thing right now. >> you are doing awesome reporting on this issue and know more about the border. buzzfeeds john stanton, thanks for your time. after the break as violence escalates in jerusalem the crisis between israelis ...

Today. >> no problem. thank you so much. with me now is washington bureau chief for buzzfeed, john stanton. john, thanks for joining me. you heard the congressman critical of the white house position, also saying its -- its time for the president to visit the border. im shocked at how quickly this has turned from an issue thats bad tore republicans and democrats, to one that seems to be heading in the direction of being really worse for the administration than anyone else. given the fact that ...

People it astonishing to me. i wasnt prepared to believe it. hes convinced some sunni leaders hes a consensus candidate and he has overcome to them and hes convinced the kurds to support him, some. so his trick will be can he built up enough to support him as prime minister and the issue you dealt with in the priesiece could he be a leader? is anything believable and all that? >> a lot of times with chalabi you worry the spin or stories about him are coming from him. is he spinning the notion he...

Malaki. >> reporter: how does the obama administration feel about becoming iraqs next leader. the white house and state department says its not the role of the u.s. to support any candidate. our efforts to get chalabi to comment for this story were not successful. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> as brian mentioned, keeping track of chalabi is no easy job. aaron has done it better than most and writes for "buzz feed" and authored the book on the man that pushed america to war, their extraordinary...

Stories about him are coming from him. is he spinning this notion that he is a viable candidate? you just said you duly believe it could happen. >> im not saying he is a great candidate. but he is doing a good job at gathering support, even from some sunni leaders. we wrote in buzzfeed, he has got some sunni support. limited sunni support. but some people believe he is some sort of consensus candidate. now, he has no constituents on the streets of iraq. when there have been votes, when this have...

>> one of the things that happened when they started futzing with the news feed, they were able to, just turning a knob to increase the traffic of buzzfeed. you had out lets, all of a sudden, 300% growth and crazy explosion. it makes you realize the power they have. facebook can just say, were going to change one little thing and youre going to get twice as many readers. >> absolutely. >> what if they say they want to topple the government of sudan? >> this encourages people to participate in mu...

>> one of the things that happened when they started fussing with the news feed, they were able to, just turning a knob to increase the traffic of buzzfeed. outlet, all of a sudden, 300% growth and crazy explosion. it makes you realize the power they have. facebook can just say, were going to change one little thing and youre going to get twice as many readers. >> shabsolutely. >> what if they say they want to topple the government of sudan? >> this encourages people to participate in multiple s...

Mccarthy and ralph reid. there he is in the middle spiling. everybody enjoys some ice cream in the summer, including the president in minneapolis on thursday, president obama stopped at a local ice cream parlor where he told the workers, quote, my first job was scooping ice cream. one of you might be president. hillary clintons new book "hard choices" will not be sold in china. according to buzzfeed, distributors effectively banned the sale. the memoir is critical of the chinese government. ...

Shocking i thinks from baghdad. a massive show of force as an estimated 20,000 shiite militia men march through the streets of the capital bearing weapons, including what looked like suicide vests. their message? theyll fight to the death to keep the mostly sunni forces of isis from taking baghdad. mike giglio is the middle east correspondent for buzz feed. he saw all of this unfold and joining us on the phone right now from baghdad. so, tell us what it was like, mike. you were there, you saw th...

John stanton, d.c. bureau chief for buzzfeed. thanks for your time tonight, john. appreciate it. >> always. >> i will say for all of the ink spills already talking about what to do in iraq, even about the washington debate about it, this dynamic that john was just describing there as members of congress try to find ways to avoid having to exercise their constitutional responsibility to be the ones who decide, that is phenomenal to me. and it is every single member of congress ought to have to an...