Democrats, 202 7488000. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you composed your comments on facebook. Spanwj or on we will start with the front page of the Washington Times. Their headlines of what president obama announced yesterday. Is the latesture obama plan to get snubbed from the gop. Republican said they would not entertain the president s plan to move terrorist to the mainland. They said they would not rule out closing the military prison through executive action. Return to you about the idea of closing down Guantanamo Bay. Is it a good one . First, lets show you what the president had to say yesterday, outlining his arguments for the reasons the reasons for closing down Guantanamo Bay. Pres. Obama it is counterproductive for our efforts against terrorism because they use it as propaganda. It drains military resources, with nearly 450 Million Dollars spent last year alone to keep it running. More than 200 million in additional costs to keep it open Going Forward for less than 100 detainees. Harms our partnerships with allies and other countries, whose cooperation we need against terrorism. When i talk to other World Leaders they bring up the fact that guantanamo is not resolved. Moreover, keeping this facility values. Contrary to our it undermines our standing in the world. It is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standards of rule of law. As americans, we pride ourselves as being a beacon to other nations, a model of the rule of law. 15yearsafter 9 11, after the worst terrorist attack in American History, we still have to defend the existence of and a process where not a single verdict has been reached in those attacks. Host that was the president s argument about why america should close Guantanamo Bay. We want to know what you all think. Randy is a republican from fort worth, texas. Itler the president said cost to keep it open. Actually, the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are living like kings. Prayer rugs and all kinds of necessities they dont need. He said it is a recruiting tool. How can that the if you bring the prisoners to the United States of america, that is going to be a recruiting tool. What will happen is it will become a target. President closes Guantanamo Bay, i personally believe that the russians will put a missile site there and theet it toward us in United States. Everything the president has done has been wrong, in my opinion. Host what do you think of him not ruling out, the white house not ruling out, executive action . Caller well, as i said before, all of his policies have been executive orders. The American People have stated that we want to keep Guantanamo Bay open for the safety of american citizens. Like i said, when you close Guantanamo Bay they will have hearings in the United States. The prisoners testifying against our soldiers, the harsh treatment they have been receiving, the unfairness. The technicalut cases where they get the cases thrown out. I think it is a terrible idea. Host randy mentioned americans are opposed to it. Cnn surveyed and found 53 of americans wanted the prison to remain open while 44 thought it should be close with prisoners transferred. States planning to receive detainees oppose president obamas plan. Governor nikki haley will block, kansas lawmakers are blocking, and they denounced having prisoners located to or near their states on tuesday. It is a widely held not in my backyard sentiment. Week,gning last republican president ial candidate said they would oppose closing guantanamo and would reverse mr. Obamas plans if he carries them through before he leaves office. Let me share what Michael Bennet said. He said none of the prisoners should be transferred to his state where many terrorists are already held in the super max in colorado. He gave this before even mr. Obama spoke yesterday. Caller i support the president s view of closing the facility. Like Michael Bennet said, we have a super max prison, and we arty have a couple of those terrorists in super max. They arent getting out, no one has tried to get them out. I do think it is a recruiting tool for terrorists good what do we do when we have prisoners overseas and we want other countries to release our prisoners . They look at us and they say, you have hours, you will lead hours go, we wont let yours go. Ours, you wont let ours go, we wont let yours go. Host john is a republican. Caller i think it should be closed. 50 million to house 91 prisoners, 9 million apiece is ridiculous. 100,000 to house a prisoner at a super max prisoner, which is outrageous. You need to transfer these guys to the states. There are 91 of them. Ess than 2 visitors per state you can put them in a super max risen and never hear from them again. It will be the end of it. Are a republican. What do you make of the reaction on capitol hill . Saying we will not jeopardize our National Security over a Campaign Promise. He said the proposal is dead on arrival. Pat roberts from kansas put together this video, you can see him taking the ninepage plan, crumpling it, and throwing it in a wastebasket. Saying this is what i think about the plan to close gitmo and send terrorists to the United States. Senator mike rounds will be on our show. He says transferring detainees to the u. S. Is a direct himselfn of laws potus has signed. And do have senator dan coats saying i will fight any plan that closes guantanamo without congressional approval. Caller or hundred 50 million is not my money. 450 million is not my money. Host the Washington Times says transitioning to a u. S. Detention civility would have a onetime cost of 290 million to 35million, but within years the lower operating cost could offset the transition cost according to the pentagon. Brenda, democrat. Are you with us . We are on the last call for brenda. Moving on to pennsylvania. Good morning. Caller i am with obama. Close it down, save the money, take the black mark off of our already destroyed image around the world. Try to make amends. This is one of the best examples, every few days it comes up with something. This is one of the best examples for democrats to vote. We have to get rid of the republicans. They wont do anything other , number one, and get the lowinformation voters riled up. Get rid of them. Int an independent pennsylvania. Tom is a republican in fairhaven, massachusetts. Caller good morning. I believe if president obama does not go through congress, it is a lawless move by rogue president. It should have been appeased long ago. Also, you just mentioned the offset and costs that will occur. That was my second point. Themwill it cost to house in the u. S. . The 450 Million Dollars spoken of is really a moot point. Also the terrorists are not housed with americans in prison. From what i understand they will be. Potentialhuge pool of radical islamists. That argument is ridiculous. Also, our presence in guantanamo helps us in keeping an eye on cuba to prevent the russians from placing missiles in cuba, 90 miles off of the florida coast. By closingou think down this detention facility that obama is also trying to close down this military base . Absolutely. Absolutely. Cuba doesnt want them there. Host the white house says that is not part of the plan. Caller its not part of the plan, but what is the eventual plan . That is what im saying. He just tradednt them ride of the u. S. And put them back in . Put them through the american courts, which is different than the military innocent. D find them there they go. You andwant to stop have you listened to president obama yesterday. He talked about what will happen Going Forward. Would try terrorist Going Forward, military commissions of verses federal court. Also talked about how they would be held in the United States. [video clip] as we usea even military commissions to close out the cases of some current detainees, which given the unique circumstances of their cases makes it difficult for them to be tried in article three courts, this use of military commission should not set a precedent for the future. Wars,y have been in past military commissions will be an option when individuals are detained during battle. , the mostred option effective option for dealing with individuals detained outside of military theaters, must be our strong, proven federal courts. Finally, we will work with congress to find a secure location in the United States to hold remaining detainees. These are detainees subject to but alsocommissions, includes those that cannot yet be transferred to other countries or that we have determined must continue to be detained because they pose a continuing, significant threat to the United States. We are not identifying a specific facility today in this plan. We are outlining what options look like. Congress has imposed restrictions that currently prevent the transfer of detainees to the nine at states. We recognize this will be a challenge, and we will keep making the case to congress we can do this in a responsible and secure way, taking into account the record of our maximumSecurity Prisons. Let me point out that the plan we are submitting is not only the right thing to do for our security, it will also save money. The Defense Department estimates of this plan, compared to keeping guantanamo open, with million as by 85 year. Over 10years it would generate million. F 300 20 years, 1. 7 billion. Was president obama announcing his proposal. A nineaid plan he sent to capitol hill, not a lot of details in it. Chairman john mccain said he will hold hearings on the proposal, but he rejected the plan saying that it was too appropriateas not for National Security. On the same day that president obama submitted his plan, this is from the hill. Detainee ismo arrested for isis ties. The president says the number of detainees that has returned to terrorism is a small number. You just heard what the resident had to say. Let me go back to you. Caller if the number is 85 million, what the heck is that . Is that security worth 85 million . I think so. Terroristsr converted, is that worth 85 million . I think it is. Vague. U said, it is very there is no commitment. He is holding back to use any , if he that he wants uses the options he mentioned of using a military tribunal. We are at war. Our president has not declared war on islam. That is what needs to be done. We are at war. Are warrrorists criminals, whether they are in direct battle or not. If a terrorist is a u. S. Citizen, even is aiding and intting radical islam terrorist activities, they are as guilty as anyone else. If i go into a Variety Store with a friend of mine innocently , and that friend, unknowingly to me, pulls a gun and rubs the place, im with him, and i jump in the car with him, am i not part of that crime . Herald hasiami this, guantanamo is the most expensive present on earth. In 2005 a desk officer at the made aent of defense list of the cost of doing business. The waters around guantanamo are defended from a terrorist 9 million were spent on a temporary coast guard. The pentagon held 660 were on terror prisoners in cuba. Another 3 million to run the dining hall have prepared their and fed prison staff. They were forbidden to furnish those figures by order of a superior. Now reply to a decades old filing found that secrecy was wrong. They note in the miami herald on their website they have this headline about the 91 Guantanamo Bay prisoners that remain are vastly outnumbered by the 2000 staff that iran the detention facility. You are a democrat in upper marlboro, maryland. Caller i am a moderate democrat. I believe that they have some detainees there since 9 11. We knew from the beginning it was wrong. We have detainees there that are innocent and should be given a trial. Those that are guilty, we should kill them. Then we close Guantanamo Bay. There is no need to spend that much money. I am upset with republican this fiscalve conservative that wont spend it, but you want to spend 85 million a year at a prison. It doesnt make sense. Give the detainees at trial that need to have a trial, the ones that are guilty, execute them. Save the money. Host we will keep getting more phone calls. You can join us on twitter and facebook as well. President obama submitting the plan to close guantanamo in the final year of his final term. This has been on the agenda since 2008. It was a Campaign Promise that he made when he first ran for president. Other news, campaign 2016 and the results from the republican caucuses in nevada. After donald trump scored his third victory, the front page calls him the nominee. That is what they put on their banner. Lets look at the results. Donald trump in nevada with 46 of the vote, followed by marco rubio with 24 , and senator ted cruz at 21 . 5 . Carson trailing at john kasich with 4 . Look at the number of people that voted. Keep that on the screen. 38,000 people voted for donald trump, 17,000, ted cruz with a vast number as well. That is significantly more people that participated in the republican caucuses than the democratic caucus, where Hillary Clinton got 6300 votes. Bernie sanders around 5000. Those were the total numbers for the democrats versus, look at the numbers that turned out for the republican caucuses in nevada. Also, if you look at the entrance and exit polls, they the firstnotably in state with meaningful gop turnout among nonwhites, trump even won spanish caucusgoers with 45 . As good as ted cruz and marco was, trumpluence also did well among those that were uneducated. Caucuses inada previous years, 39 versus 24 in 2008. Outsider and angry voters, trump had his best showing among evangelicals winning 410 of inir votes, versus 310 earlier contests. This is what donald trump said turn his victory speech. [video clip] we won with evangelicals, young, old, highly educated, poorly educated i love the poorly educated. We are the smartest and most loyal people. Do you know what i am happy about . With the hispanics. 46 . Number one with hispanics. [cheering] im really happy about that. Trump]anting thank you. I am very proud of you. This is an amazing night. I love the country. We love you more. [cheering] going in the are wrong direction. We are keeping gitmo open. We will load it up with bad dudes. We will have our borders nice and strong. We will build the wall. You know that. We will build the wall. I have a lot of respect for mexico. We just won hispanics. Mexico is going to pay for the wall, right . Its going to happen. Host three straight victories for donald trump here the get the delegate numbers. If you go to cspan. Org you can find this information. It is automatically updated with the latest numbers. On the republican side donald trump in the lead with 79, ted cruz with 16, marco rubio with 15. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton with a wide lead over Bernie Sanders, 503 to 70. The superdelegates can change their mind. Bernie sanders is trailing Hillary Clinton in their next contest, South Carolina this saturday, followed by super tuesday on march 1. A little more from the campaign trail. Journal is street as ted cruz must win texas. With more than the first four and losingt stake, ground in the more conservative states, Ohio Governor john vermont andrking massachusetts. It also says that ted cruz is leading mr. Rubio and the money. He entered the month with 13. 6 Million Dollars in available cash. Looking at super tuesday, look cruz leadsphic, ted his republican rivals in political donations from super tuesdays states. He has 1. 8 million compared to over 700,000 for marco rubio. In the papers, less about ted cruz and the labels he has received from marco rubio and donald trump about him being air and using dirty tactics. The headline in the washington aid have given his campaign a black eye. Milbanks column in the Washington Post he writes where have these guys been. M a good guy. As early as april 2013, i have observed a perplexing tendency at the capitol when republicans are willing to look the other way when ted cruz assaults the facts. One of his first acts as a synergy was to spread slander that chuck hagel may have been on the payroll of the north koreans. This piece in the New York Times says the devil in ted not. He writes that i have attacked and quotes ted cruz by saying, i have not attacked my colleagues in the senate, democrats or republicans. He writes is he suffering from dilution or amnesia . He called the republican majority leader a liar. He also like in the Senate Republicans who recognize the impossibility of do funding obama care to not. Said during one president ial debate i am pretty sure mitt romney french kissed barack obama. This in the New York Times, a profile on his campaign manager. They say that in interviews his clients and current colleagues defend his ethic. Memberselped reelect 41 of congress, six senators, five governors. They say hurt feelings is to be expected. Theikes to win, says representative of arizona who won her seat in 2014 by 167 votes. First working for mr. Cruzs fireent produced a attacking his legal work for chinese company. He has a reputation for being aggressive and winning according to the New York Times. On 2016 asupdate donald trump scores his latest victory. You can see marco rubio edged him out for second place by a