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>> garrett let me ask you this, because we also heard in the briefing from mcmasters saying he says the president wants options, on u.s. justice system, options on terror suspects. what kind of options might be on the table? >> well, so i mean one of these is the question of whether he is officially declared an enemy combatant in which case he could be potentially sent to a military brig or gitmo or leave him in the criminal justice system and whether that ends up putting the death penalty on th...

That is just not the problem and i think we can talk about the fact that a lot of people of color dont get treated as well as they should in the criminal justice system but its not that we need to get rid of our processes that protect people who have been accused of crimes so im not even sure what sarah sanders was talking about, that the process was moving too slowly. i dont know which process is moving too slowly. >> well, i would agree with you that the process is moving slowly but there is a...

I suspect because the folks who work on these issues within government, who have the experience asking the question, how do we take a bad actor like this off the battlefield for as long as possible, those folks said to the president, here are the tool and your tool kit that you want is criminal prosecution. you want this in federal court where justice can be served, where a lengthy sentence can be imposed and theres been a ton of success in the pass. >> if you look at the boston bomber, he was s...

Diversity lottery, it sounds nice, its not nice, its not good. this man that came in, or whatever you want to call him, brought in with him other peopl people. and he was the point of contact, the primary point of contact for -- this is preliminarily, 23 people that came in or potentially came in with him. so we want to get rid of chain migration. i would certainly consider that. send him to gtmo, i would certainly consider that. its very simple, what we are demanding is a merit based immigratio...

Sent to guantanamo? >> i think thats another issue. im not sure thats the most effective way to deal with this. but the idea that we treat an enemy combatant, which this person truly is, the same way wed treat someone who committed a murder -- >> they dont have to be mirandaized. >> you can interrogate without miranda warnings to protect public safety. as to the senators point and to the presidents point, to say that wed be better off treating this guy as an enemy combatant, i think theres a mis...

>> martha: think about the boston bombers tried in this court. he was designated in enemy combatant. do you consider him to be an enemy combatant? >> they usually use those terms to put them through a military tribunal. very few trials actually occurred and their legal status is fluid with the supreme court. we have a system to try terrorists and in a couple of high-profile cases. the conviction rate is astronomical. its one of the highest in the united states. a case like this would not be a ch...

So theres that. also, sarah sanders announcement today that the white house considers the alleged killer an unlawful enemy combatant. how it jibes with todays decision to charge him isnt clear. i want to bring in the panel, kiersten powers, rick santorum, maria cardona, ed martin, paul callan, and phil mudd. kiersten, is it appropriate for the president to say that about the criminal -- >> well, i think, generally, his entire reaction of this hasnt been appropriate. >> how so? >> attacking senat...

On the pickup he rents, they found knives, a stun gun and isis literature. he rented a truck to practice it. a neighbor took this picture in patterson, new jersey. he realized the home depot pickup truck in the background. it was taken on october 22, the day authorities say saipov rented to it practice. the neighbor said he saw two other bearded men with saipov driving the vehicle, but so far authorities say saipov is the only suspect. meanwhile, here on the west side where this horrible attack ...

Into an enemy combatant, if he actually went through the criminal justice system, he would probably be found guilty faster, given the history of how long people have sat in the bringing or going down to gitmo. brian: no one is worried about a conviction. 99% end up in quingz. stop the next attack. we are now hamstrung. steve: luckily is he talking. ainsley: you talk about the families. james drake father of darren drake 32 years old. he said his son was a miracle baby. he said they tried for 12 ...

Former, not the latter, and hes not going to change. >> thats correct, fish got to swim, birds got to fly and he has to do this, whats he does. its a metabolic urge that he has and we just have to accept that. >> well, lets talk about designating this suspect as an enemy combatant. john mccain, chairman of the m armed services committee, released a statement calling for that designation. i want to listen to a little bit of it. >> the law allows to hold someone like this as enemy combatant. if so...