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Question them. we must be clear. terrorists are not merely criminals. they are unlawful enemy combatants. >> jesse: that is significant. >> dana: ive always been for keeping gitmo open. the purpose of it, which was to hold enemy combatants and able to question them and theres been this constant tension of should you bring them to the united states where they would get all the due process afforded to people in the united states. i think the answer that should be no. al-baghdadi was a prisoner at ...

Who we are and show us what we can be. >> melissa: of course, the speech being met with mixed reaction. were hearing from the white house now principle deputy press secretary raj shah joining me live from the north lawn. thank you for joining us. a lot of emotion in last nights speech and a lot of people standing up and cheering panning out to the crowd and seeing the people that were being honored. talking about the policy, though, there was something for everyone to love and something for ever...

Divisive way on immigration. then there is gitmo. gitmo got a standing ovation. it was sort of an uncomfortable moment. if you want to keep gitmo open, it should feel like a necessary evil, not something you stand and applaud. its not happy day to keep gitmo open. it should feel like well, unfortunately we have to -- >> good point. >> i sort of like that one really sort of startled me. what are we cheering about gitmo? so it wasnt the speech that they sold it to be. and honestly, i just dont -- ...

Prison. 41 prisoners remain, including accused 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed. keeping gitmo open is expensive. $10 million per detainee in year. if they were held in a super max facility it would only be $100,000 per year. >> bret: jennifer griffin, thank you. fox news alert, update to the story. the arrest of an active-duty u.s. army soldier on terrorism charges. fox news has confirmed the arrest of ikaika kang. fbi says hes been under investigation for more than a year. accused of swe...

Donald trump promising to not only keep the terror prison at guantanamo bay cuba open but to repopulate it with new detainees. there may be some progress tonight toward doing just that. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us about it from the pentagon. >> among president obamas first orders after taking office was to close the u.s. detention facility at guantanamo bay. the obama administration released more than 200 prisoners in eight years. president bush released 113 of the ...

Donald trump promising to not only keep the terror prison at guantanamo bay cuba open but to repopulate it with new detainees. there may be some progress tonight toward doing just that. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us about it from the pentagon. >> among president obamas first orders after taking office was to close the u.s. detention facility at guantanamo bay. the obama administration released more than 200 prisoners in eight years. president bush released 113 of the ...

Prison. 41 prisoners remain, including accused 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed. keeping gitmo open is expensive. $10 million per detainee in year. if they were held in a super max facility it would only be $100,000 per year. >> bret: jennifer griffin, thank you. fox news alert, update to the story. the arrest of an active-duty u.s. army soldier on terrorism charges. fox news has confirmed the arrest of ikaika kang. fbi says hes been under investigation for more than a year. accused of swe...

>> happy new year. >> to you as well. coming up next right here on "hannity." >> this morning i watched president obama talking about gitmo, right, guantanamo bay, which, by the way, we are keeping open. which we are keeping open. >> fill it up. president-elect trump promised voters he will keep gitmo open, but president obama is now reportedly rushing to free detainees before he leaves office. dr. sebastian gorka is here next with reaction. and later, legendary conservative thomas fellow is ret...

You. >> happy new year. >> you as well. coming up next right here on "hannity" >> this morning i watched president obama talking about git gitmo, right, guantanamo bay -- which may bithe way we are keeping open. >> president-elect trump promised voters hell keep gitmo open but president obama is now reportedly rushing to free detainees before he leaves office. dr. sebastian gorka is here with reaction. and later, a legendary columnist is retiring after a decade long career writing about poli...

Thousands of people in the community. >> the fear is if given to another country, this administration says we can trust they will keep a close eye on them. that would be the worst case scenario. the best case scenario is the president says we will keep gitmo open or says nothing and leaves it open >> i think he is going to wait it out like he is with isis until he leaves. >> you will have to guarantee any facility that president obama choses in this country is safer than guantanamo bay? >> i hav...