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Calls them as he sees them. i actually agree with the president. i believe in the power of the executive. i can understand why congress is frustrated. i also understand that jay carney last year said under no circumstance would any prisoner release happen without consulting congress. they did not consult congress and i think that the senators are right to raise the question just as i would have expected and they did expect senators clinton and obama to question things that president bush did. the hypocrisy is unbelievable. the amount of front page coverage given to the fake outrage that democr...

Calls them as he sees them. i actually agree with the president. i believe in the power of the executive. i can understand why congress is frustrated. i also understand that jay carney last year said under no circumstance would any prisoner release happen without consulting congress. they did not consult congress and i think that the senators are right to raise the question just as i would have expected and they did expect senators clinton and obama to question things that president bush did. the hypocrisy is unbelievable. the amount of front page coverage given to the fake outrage that democr...

For all the jind elation, and there is a lot of it, upon the release of sergeant bowe bergdahl, there's also some criticism. >> specifically in regard to the prisoner release, the five guantanamo detainees in exchange for bow derg dal. house intelligence committee chair mike rogers said, quote, the fundamental shift in u.s. policy signals to terrorists around the world a greater incentive to take u.s. hostages. let's talk about that. cnn political commentator and host ben ferguson on the right. cnn analyst maria cardona on the left. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> maria, let m...

Further more, israel has put actual concrete steps forward to show its will. they've released hundreds of palestinian prisoners including terrorists. what exactly has past -- abbas given? there's been talks, but they haven't done anything concrete, so i think for secretary kerry to turn on his allies and say israel is -- breakdown and talk, it's not helpful and i don't think it's true. >> saying both sides have shortcomings, but clearly, he made it clear that israel was responsible by virtue of not implementing the prisoner release. >> the palestinians are signalling with activity of sign ing ...

Secretary kerry announced yesterday that he would be coming here today. but late last night, he changed his mind. clearly the americans very frustrated by all of this. secretary kerry has really invested a lot of time and effort to get these talks moving again. and i think his late night cancellation may signal that he is starting to lose his patience. >> yes or no, was the offer of jonathan pollard on the table something to appease the israelis because they didn't think they were getting anything out of the peace talks? >> reporter: i think it was allure to get them to go ahead with this pris...