the controversial deal to release the taliban five for sergeant bergdahl. joining us at gitmo fox news chief correspondent catherine herridge. they know about this deal. that s right. there are 149 detainees here at guantanamo bay in the high school security camp which are about 2 to 3 miles from where i am standing right now at the courthouse. most of these detainees live in camp of. this is a camp where they have unsensorred access to newspapers and magazines and also have access to more than 100 satellite tv channels, including the all news channel. they learned about the bergdahl swap in retime. where the taliban five live and highly compliant camp. which means in exchange for good behavior they get a certain number of privileges. so they get access to satellite tv. this week they are watching the world cup. they get access to the print media and they also get class, language classes.
release the taliban five for sergeant bergdahl. joining us at gitmo fox news chief correspondent catherine herridge. they know about this deal. that s right. there are 149 detainees here at guantanamo bay in the high school security camp which are about 2 to 3 miles from where i am standing right now at the courthouse. most of these detainees live in camp of. this is a camp where they have unsensorred access to newspapers and magazines and also have access to more than 100 satellite tv channels, including the all news channel. they learned about the bergdahl swap in retime. where the taliban five live and highly compliant camp. which means in exchange for good behavior they get a certain number of privileges. so they get access to satellite tv. this week they are watching the world cup. they get access to the print media and they also get class, language classes.
also a whole variety of classes, language classes, something called life skills which teaches them how to build a resume if they ever get out of these camps. now the five 9/11 suspects are housed in what s known as camp seven, so a separate camp. they are back in the military court again this week for some pre-trial motions. even though they don t have the same access to the media, what we understand is that they are still in the loop. they are definitely aware of the swap. i can t say that ithere is n hope that anyone is going to be swapped for anyone else. you see when you re down here at the camps that you have these two conflicting objectives, the president is still going to push ahead with more transfers after the taliban five but at the same time, the military commission hearings are proceeding and no one can say here what will happen to those military trials and especially the 9/11 trial if
not doing any yoga, although i would like to do both those things. there are many people on board this ship who have many, many different skills so they have been sharing all those things. we ve had language classes, we ve had film marathons. i join in when i can. mainly i ve been writing and making videos with my colleagues. the researchers were there to measure the effects of climate change on antarctica, the effects of icing. i guess there is some irony you ended up stuck in the ice. well, there s some confusion out there. we re not stuck in sea ice. it s actually warmer than normal. it s raining outside. it s rare for antarctica. what happened, there s a lot of old, old ice stuck to land near
coverage at the top of the hour. that means a lot of police officers in language classes, right? okay, so, developing news on msnbc we re watching at the beginning of the hour. the president getting ready to name a budget director, replacement for outgoing omb director peter orszag, a man the president says can help cut down the deficit. live coverage at the top of the hour. also, reaction pouring in to the death of the man who built the yankees into a baseball empire. yankees owner george steinbrenner dead at the age of 80. and new, shocking audio tapes. reportedly, mel gibson blasting his girlfriend. if you thought what you ve already heard was bad, wait until you hear this. quick break here and then we re right back. hey! [ tires screech ] [ female announcer ] when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with free high-speed internet and free hot breakfast. comfort suites. power up. two times with comfort suites or any choice hotel, you can feed a family of four.