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And continue to depend on to this day, and we'll fix it. >> for more reaction to that interview, i'm joined by michael lighter, nbc security analyst for nbc news. former director of the national counterterrorism center. michael, i want to focus on these guantanamo prisoners who were released. the five detainees were on the obama administration's list to be held indefinitely without charges. how big of a risk to release these detainees to qatar. >> this is significant, david. there's always a range of people in guantanamo, the low level fighters up to the other al qaeda operatives. these guys a...

Position, and i think actually getting more of them out will be harder now because of congressional reaction to the president's release in this case. there are still many people there who we cannot let go. >> michael, thanks so much for your expertise. i'm joined by paul rieckhoff and founder and ceo of iraq and afghanistan veterans. and adam kinzinger, republican congressman from illinois. he's an iraq and afghanistan veteran, still serves as a pilot in the air national guard. i have you both here to talk about the fallout from the va scandal, shinseki's resignation. congressman, let me start...

Bases, it's really no harder than walking into almost any other office building anywhere in the united states. in that sense, the military remains vulnerable to its own personnel that has already given a card of trust to. it's not immune from the pressures that lead to violence or the presence of guns in these sorts of facilities. >> michael lighter, again, i should mention was deeply involved in the nadal hassan investigation in the 2009 ft. hood attack. thanks for being with us. we are awaiting the press conference which will be the first press conference. the first opportunity to explain th...

This same base. after those investigations into what went wrong in 2009 at the same base. how is it possible that this happened again. at the same base. did the u.s. military succeed in what they said would make these -- what was aimed at making their bases safe? i want to bring in the former director of the u.s. counter terrorism michael lighter, he served in the bush administration and obama add men trace station. >> it's too soon to try to take a big look at what has happened because we're not sure what has happened yet? >> that's right looking back at 2009 -- did that change the shootings....

Holt and greg and michael lighter in washington, d.c. appreciate you're weighing in. all right, stick around, later this hour, we're going to look at the science behind that search we just discussed with renoned author. look at this video right here in the united states. >> evacuating the plane, oh, my god. the plane is on fire. oh, my god. my plane just crashed. >> you're looking at dramatic moments in philadelphia where passengers had to evacuate a florida bound plane last night after the front tire blew and the plane bounced and skidded down the runway leaving terrified passengers running t...