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Visas and they were rejected twice and if you can imagine, richard, what a big deal this is. they were heart broken because as any 14-year-old they'll say why can't i go, too, because this is a country where only 21% of the women in afghanistan actually make it past middle school. so take a listen to what someone from the embassy had to say. >> it was the people and the representatives here who supported the visa for the afghan students. we are here to appreciate that. it's very good to support such initiatives and to assure the afghan people. >> after being rejected, the president jumped in a...

I ended up with a 100-year sentence. i never really got involved in community service projects or stuff like that. it just starts transforming the way you act, the way you think. i think it's opened my eyes a lot to compassion, more to helping those around me. >> all quilts made by the inmates are donated to various organizations in the community. >> this is our main project. and this is for the homeless, for battered women's shelters, for flood victims. a couple of years ago, we had a major flood in this area. they were staying in gymnasiums and stuff, so we sent quilts there. this is our qui...

Opposed to the way he's done some other things. in the sense that he's inviting them into the room. he's showing the world. probably showing the world, i care what they think. i'm consulting them. i'm sharing with them. we are together. it's different than what he's been doing so far, no? >> it is certainly different than the way president obama did it. if we recall, president obama and his syria red line. he said, i'm gonna act, i'm gonna act. then he went, psyche, congress, you act. he tried a hand off to someone who wasn't in the back field. he saw congress as more a place to warehouse poli...

Administration and world community, assad and russia and hezbollah and iran, asserted their position in syria. that will not change anytime real soon. what we need to do is focus on the next step. we need to defeat isis. we have to start asking questions. what is the primary ground force to defeat isis in raqqah? who will hold that ground? once we do that, it changes the conditions on the ground. we can put pressure on the assad regime. i don't know what the trump administration's reaction is. after the last chemical attack, i spoke with then ambassador powell. my counsel to her was strike soo...

Going to go for everybody, the going to be decided. so many things are happening here. and as i say, when the knife hits the bone, you act. >> it's a gorgeous place and delicious one. i like it here. welcome back. some other top stories at this hour. the cybercriminals that hacked cia director john brennan's personal e-mail accounts are at it again. hackers have broken into an fbi website and the private e-mails of the fbi director and his wife. authorities were confident they would make an arrest within days of last month's attack, but the investigation has proved more complicated than firs...