more than 2000 detainees because of sequestration budget cuts. here are the numbers to call republicans 202-585-3881. .ou can also find us online or joined theet conversation on facebook. you can also e-mail us journal@cspan.org. here is the editorial in the la times. this is a commentary piece by the editorial board. what is certain is that those that were released did not pose an egregious threat to public safety. more than 70 percent of those detainees have no criminal history, according to federal officials. the rest, with the exception of 10 immigrants, had only misdemeanor convictions including shoplifting and minor drug possession the l.a. times says we saw this story brick a couple of weeks ago. ap the first to get the hard numbers. they had an exclusive story saying that b.a. just released over 2000 immigrants, people facing deportation. the reason homeland security gave them was because of looming budget cuts. said they plan to release thousands more. the gove
john, the president started off by giving that big cairo speech, reaching out to the world. see the president in a different way. not so hostile. not so aggressive. just on the geopolitical basis. things are spiraling out of control. the arab spring. crucifixions taking place in egypt over the last four days. people were dissenting or actually being hung up and crucified by those supporting, of course, mohammed more is i. this idea this vision that obama put out making america look stronger in the world. do you really buy that. the old conservative talking point of not being the policeman of the world it s interesting to now have obama attacked on that. i think he has had pretty strong decisive action whether you look at libya. laura: where, in iran. where you look at also the taking out osama. and i think also in caution in places where you need to have caution. where there is not an achievable victory or path to
frankly thanks to his policies places in syria because of george bush s policies. that s fine. blaming syria on george bush. rise has happened because of what happened in iraq. you can t further dissend that and castigate barack obama in egypt didn t turn out as we as americans would like it. am i happy about the muslim brotherhood, of course not. laura: do you think the arab spring has brought any kind of stability to the middle east. that s not what i said. i said democracy. there is a big difference between democratic elections an stability. i agree with you, there is no stability but you guys talked about bringing democracy to the middle east. if you subscribe to that theory in iraq why wouldn t you subscribe to that theory in egypt. when you talk about that theory. supported the iraq war and thought it was great. laura: john, do you think china or the united states today is growing in influence and strength? who is growing more?
8:00. adults should be there watching their children and what they are watching. we already know by the time the average american graduates high school. it 20,000 hours of television has been watched more time, it is the content. parents stop being afraid of the television and start having open dialogues and going do you understand what that nudity means in that context? no. there is a responsibility from the sec and the patients. we appreciate it on deck, comedian john loves the will be here to talk about previous criticism of barack obama. we ll be back in just one minute. unlimited talk. unlimited text. and a single pool of sharable data that powers up to 10 devices. the first pl of it s kind. share everything. only from verizon. add a smartphone for just $40 monthly access.
people talk this way all the time. it s nothing, if you ve ever been to a club what i said was nothing. i also said he s amazing what he s achieved in his own life. but that wasn t the headline. and why it went viral which is shocking to me, to me it s like who cares what i think. bill: anything like that, they re not going to take it into context. the reaction to you. well, yeah. yes. then, think that is part of the problem, too. is standing up for all comedians. people say just because you re a comedian that means you re joking around? the answer is yes. i m not saying i didn t mean what i said. i meant it. bill: i know. but i don t . no. no. and this is just. no. no. i respect the guy. i think it s amazing what he s achieved in his life. on this issue i think he s