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Dr. from the u.s. southern command down in miami $150 million in upgrades or more for gitmo over the next year or so. thats hard to justify at this point in time. they are terrorists living in caves in afghanistan. in mud huts, basically. now we are saying guantanamo bay, a federal facility in the caribbean is not good enough for these guys? how bad is it down there, really? >> well, basically guantanamo was never meant to be permanent. a lot of the buildings they are trying to replace with know...

Cinder blocks. there are now only 130 or so prisoners. it is strange to me for the military to say that that building which i saw which looked really robust and with the prisoner population 1/6 of what it was at maximum that they dont have room or the facilities. that may be right. >> general kelly whose the commander of the u.s. southern command in charge of the region is making this up? >> i find it hard to process exactly what they think they need that they havent got with a relatively small ...

Temporary house, and the last 12 years have taken its toll according to the head of u.s. southern command. >> the buildings, for the most part, are falling apart, and we really do need to get serious about taking care of our troops that are down there as well as improving the security. >> reporter: we need to tell you while all of this is happening with the realities of sequestration as well. uma: indeed. are there other signs the administration will not with closing the camp anytime soon? >> re...

In late may jill kelley, who is in tampa, has known general petraeus for quite some time, is quite prominent socially in the tampa area, starts getting these anonymous e-mails that are quite menacing a source close to her says, suggesting that shes been socializing inappropriately with high level generals from the u.s. southern command and central command which are based in tampa and that she ought to stop it. and as the e-mails continue, they make references to her socializing with why not pa t...

Lets get you caught up on our top stories right now. toyota is sending engineers to the san diego area to investigate a freeway scare that happened yesterday. the owner of a 2008 prius says his car suddenly accelerated. this is the prius now. and standing on the brakes didnt help. the car reportedly got up to more than 90 miles an hour before a highway patrol officer was able to help the driver stop. the u.s. naval ship "comfort" is coming home. its scheduled to sail away from haiti tomorrow. ...

Fox news alert. the united states is jumping forward to offer assistance to chile. the u.s. embassy has reached out to the government there. julyly live with the latest on that. >> hi. the u.s. says they are watching the situation and, of course, prepared to act. spokesman robert gibbs saying we are closely monitoring the situation, including the potential for the tsunami, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of chile this morning. we stand ready to help in this hour of need. thats from ...

Priebus days have been numbered and they have been numbered to 1. you have general john kelly, the secretary of homeland security and will leave that post at dhs and will take on perhaps a more tumultuous job at the moment, chief of staff at the white house, trying to steer the white house in a way that the president wants. obviously president trump has been a proponent of pulling in generals and using former military men as key figures in his administration. kelly is top on the list. the former...

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Pete: nobody understanding why. clayton: saturday morning quiet ease in to the weekend like an old man getting to know a hot bath. [laughter] not anymore on this show. pete: get some expresso going and join us this morning. abby: big four hours ahead. big news this morning is a new chief of staff in the white house. you have general john kelly now replacing reince priebus as white house chief of staff, hoping to get things a little bit more in order. i mean, just to give you a sense of his backg...

Overwhelm any defense we would deploy, russia as an example, but the minute, i would tell you, dana, the minute north korea gets a missile that could reach the united states and put a weapon on that missile, a nuclear weapon, the instant that happens, this country is at grave risk. >> how far away do you think that is? >> i think mr. trump will be dealing with this in real terms before he starts his second term. >> i want to ask something about what you said when you were stepping down from the ...