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The notion of comparing any class of people to a subhuman category has been seen throughout history to really preface atrocities like the holocaust. my father survived the holocaust. guess what? they compared jews and other classes of people in germany to insects and pests and animals. what is really galling here is that the president is continuing this language and theres no one in the administration that is speaking up and saying enough is enough. >> whats going to happen? i know you are plugg...

Both of whom pleaded not guilty. theres going to be a status hearing, on november second, on this thursday, at 2:00. probably to talk about detention issues. and for now, it appears that both men will be allowed out on bail. the governments requesting $10 million bail for manafort and 5 million for gates. >> how usual are those kinds of numbers? >> well, theyre high, naturally, but the government is saying that theyre just trying to figure out what the assets are of both these defendants after p...

You, thank you, and yes we can, yes, we can. >> stand by. well bring out one of our fellow colleagues that you know so well, ari, are you hearing the same thing? >> reporter: yeah, i am. like chris, ive been out here a little bit. i was not outside the courtroom but i just spoke with an aclu attorney who was inside and who is confirming as you know this dramatic stay being granted. he explained this protects anyone who has already achieved lawful status in any way. and they believe will address ...

We got a deal. i think what john bellinger is saying, international law matters. and the further prosecution of the issues matters. one of the thing thats been missing is what are we going to do in afghanistan? the taliban is not al qaeda. they are a very large incumbent force that we are going to have to deal with even after we leave afghanistan. we need new look at the strategic context of bergdahl, not the narrow sense of one guy for five taliban commanders. >> those five taliban commanders, ...

I think what john bellinger is saying, international law matters. and the further prosecution of the issues matters. one of the thing thats been missing is what are we going to do in afghanistan? the taliban is not al qaeda. they are a very large incumbent force that we are going to have to deal with even after we leave afghanistan. we need new look at the strategic context of bergdahl, not the narrow sense of one guy for five taliban commanders. >> those five taliban commanders, come out of a l...

Im not sure an indefinite stalemate is in our interest. >> you talk about failed stalemates. a lot of people point to guantanamo as a failed stalemate for this administration as well as the last. its prufed to be an intractable problem. detention issues are not easily resolved. something that flew below the radar this week as im sure you noticed, is that the state department is simply closing the office that was in charge of diplomacy related to shutting guantanamo. theyve now shut that office a...

Moving forward on that. >> really quickly on afghanistan to the article you were mentioning, our goal and our strategy and our objective is not to destroy every last vestige of the taliban, nor is it to fix afghans economy, its to destroy al qaedas senior leadership and weve done an extraordinary amount of work towards that goal. i want to make sure we right-size our objectives in the reason to gitmo, i totally agree with you that congress has put up every possible obstacle to prevent guantanamo...