that the order to start questioning the military aid to the ukraine is from the president personally. the president has seen something in the media about the u.s. giving aid to ukraine, that sparks him having questions that about that aid. we don t know what he might have seen in the media. i can tell you there was a defense department press release, maybe i saw something in that release that bugged him. that s when the paper trail starts, the president expressing concerns about military aid to ukraine. then our witness mark sandy goes on vacation for a while, early july, comes back july 18th, as soon as he s back from vacation, big news in his office. his boss comes to talk to him, michael duffy comes to talk to him. and tells him since he s been on vacation, it s no longer just
report and that he was seeking additional information. so that s june 19th, and according to this deposition that we just got tonight, according to this testimony on june 19th there is an e-mail that proves that the order to start questioning the military aid to ukraine is from the president personally. the president has reportedly seen something in the media about the u.s. giving aid to ukraine. that sparks him having questions about that aid. we don t exactly know what he might have seen in the media. i can tell you that there was this defense department press release the previous day on june 18th announcing the u.s. military aid for ukraine. so maybe he saw that press release or saw something in the press about that that bugged him. regardless, that s when the paper trail starts. the president expressing concerns about military aid to ukraine. then our witness mark sandy goes on vacation for a while. comes back july 18th. as soon as he s back from vacation, big news in his
president personally. the president has reportedly seen something in the media about the u.s. giving aid to ukraine. that sparks him having questions about that aid. we don t exactly know what he might have seen in the media. i can tell you that there was this defense department press release the previous day on june 18th announcing the u.s. military aid for ukraine. so maybe he saw that press release or saw something in the press about that that bugged him. regardless, that s when the paper trail starts. the president expressing concerns about military aid to ukraine. then our witness mark sandy goes on vacation for a while. comes back july 18th. as soon as he s back from vacation, big news in his office. his boss comes to talk to him, this political appointee michael duffy comes to talk to him and tells him now since he s been on vacation it s now longer just the president asking questions about the aid to ukraine, the president is now ordering that aid to ukraine be stopped.
remaining. 64 are approved for transfer. since the briefing now 127 detainees are left in the camp. and the defense department press release about the latest group is characteristically vague on what security conditions have been agreed to for the men in kazakhstan. some recent cases there have been no security requirements at all. guantanamo is not an issue internationally. maybe the guardian in england will mention it once in a while, but the world has moved on. the president hasn t moved on. there is no pressing reason whatsoever to release the terrorists. in fact, the rise in islamic state and other resurgence terrorist groups i think has gotten the world s attention. the center for constitutional rights represents some of the detainees said in a statement today, quote, we are encouraged by additional transfers and resettlements and hope they will continue until all guantanamo prisoners the administration does not intend to charge the
there are acting as drug pushers in some ways. the reports document eight confirmed overdose deaths between january 2010 and december of last year, harris? harris: catherine, what about the army s response? well, we asked the army specifically about these eight deaths because a defense department press release for one soldier only described noncombat related injuries. an army spokesman saying regardless of the circumstances. there is an in person notification for all deceased casualties to make sure that families of the fall rn notified of the death of their loved one in a dignified professional manner. the army says it makes every effort to provide as much information as possible to the family, harris. harris: catherine herridge, thank you. you re welcome. harris: a plane carrying 127 people have crashed. at this hour it appears no one survived. the boeing 737 went down in a violent thunderstorm as t was trying to land in pakistan s capital of islamabad. one witness who sa