at guantanamo, he now believes that not only is it time to close that facility down, he says that it never should have been opened in the first place. joining us for his first interview since retiring after 36 years is general leonard. thank you for being with us. thank you, rachel. it s good to be here. what are your impressions of the steps that may be able to be taken in the next year or so to try to get guantanamo closed down? do you think the facility could be closed under the legal authorities that exist now? rachel, i think that right now, we re at a moment in history where we have an opportunity to close guantanamo for good. the national defense authorization act is a great first step. senator levin wrote some very
rachel, i think that right now, we re at a moment in history where we have an opportunity to close guantanamo for good. the national defense authorization act is a great first step. senator levin wrote some very practical language into the act that would have allowed us to completely close it as you ve pointed out. we ll be able to have simpler rules to move those detainees that have been languishing for some cases up to ten years. and get them back to their country of orgin. he was joined by senator mccain. we have representative at the white house to make this happen and now is the time in history that we can make this happen. to hear your describe it as a
broke the senate rules in order to exercise the power grab. so i would sum it up by saying it s a sad day in the history of the senate. after today, advise and consent probably means to them 100% consent. senator dander will give you the statistics on how common a rejection of nominees has been in the past because i think it will be an eye opener for you. lamar? thanks, mitch. in my view, this is the most important and most dangerous restructuring of senate rules since jefferson wrote them at the beginning of our country. it s really not about the filibuster. it s another raw exercise of political power to permit the majority to do anything it wants whenever it wants to do it. it is obama care ii in that sense. senator levin said, repeating senator vandenberg s words after
do it just for the top 40 you d probably get about $3 billion a year from the 40 people alone. this would be, you know, i have here, i brought it because i thought it was relevant. to a piece of legislation submitted by senator levin, which is all of the worst tax phony loopholes for american companies, putting their money in the caymans, this is $220 billion over ten years, it s not about raising tax or anything, it s about closing the most disgusting, egregious loopholes we could feed our children decently without breaking a sweat. okay. margaret, why did there s been a lot today. i don t think they re being disingenuous. i think if you look at the record of the parties, there s one party absolutely taking an action to the party.
at the g-20 summit? that was before the press conference. steve: generally. gretchen: is that the cover part of it, or was this you know you re going to get asked a question. if you re john kerry, you know you re going to get asked a question about how could syria get themselves out of this? steve: i tell you what, given this particular administration s foreign policy, which they really don t have a strategy for anything brian: like the red line that got us into this mess. steve: now another gaffe got him out. i ll bet a dollar it was a gaffe. gretchen: i ll bet awe million it s a life saver for president obama. brian: senator lindsey graham says russia is playing us like a fiddle. senator levin says don t get your hopes up. shear what allen west said. the kgb guy now looks like the only adult in the classroom. the good news, but the thing it, it makes us look very bad because he has stepped up. assuming he can carry it out.