And the backlash is growing after the Obama Administration releases five more suspected terrorists from the Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay in cuba. Welcome this is edition of happening now. Im jon scott. Gerri i hope youre having a great day so far. Im jenna lee. A showdown is looming on capitol hill because of it. The president s renewed push to close gitmo once and for all. Gop lawmakers are working on a bill that would halt the president s ability to transfer gitmo prisoners. The worry that these detainees will eventually return to the battlefield. The five yemeni prisoners are suspected al qaeda fighters captured in pakistan. Years theyre being transferred to two different countries, oman and estonia. Defense Officials Say it is no longer necessary to keep them behind bars. Doug mckelway with the latest on our top story today. Doug . Reporter after that firestorm that erupted over the failure to send a high level delegate to the uppity march last week and release of five yemeni
Eventually it makes it into the show. I did that. Tom thank you, andy. Lets welcome our guests. Back again, the double h. Hitha herzog. Comedian luis gomez. Hes a huge fan of all things hulk hogan, especially his recent work. Sam roberts. And its weird, his last name is smith. Hes never had any heat in his career. Sitting right next to me, comedian dave smith. Okay, lets start the show. Tom is it too late to cancel hawaiis statehood . On wednesday, a federal judge in hawaii threw a wrench into President Trumps effort to make america safe again. A judge has just blocked our executive order for travel and refugees coming into our country from certain countries. Tom as the news broke, Trump Supporters began canceling trips to the island paradise. In a new hashtag was born. One woman tweeted boycott hawaii, i was taking my kids and grandkids to hawaii, we just canceled. Go hawaii. Another wrote just wish my vacation plans, heading east instead. Key west, florida, here we come close go. And
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