ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.</s>KEILAR: Right now, we are getting breaking news out of the Pentagon. CNN's Barbara Starr is there for us. And, Barbara, there's an announcement about terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay. What are you hearing?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Good evening, Brianna. Just a few moments ago, the Pentagon announced the single largest transfer of detainees out of Guantanamo of the Obama presidency. There are three men from Afghanistan, 12 from Yemen, 15 in all that are being transferred to the United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf. Now, these men had been under review for some time. Some of them had approval reviewed some time ago. But now, they had found a country willing to take them. It is not so much about the men themselves, though they stand alleged of various crimes. It is about what happens with Guantanamo. The Obama administration very committed to trying to get as many out of there as possible. It is down to 61 men at Guantanamo Bay. In the height of it during the Bush presidency, over 600 or so. So, the Obama administration wanting to shut it down. Donald Trump, not related to this, but reiterating, he -- if elected -- would keep Guantanamo open. He's talked recently about sending American citizens accused of terrorism to Guantanamo Bay. No indication really that the president's plan to shut it down is going to move through Congress anytime soon. But, President Obama, by bringing the overall numbers down to 61 and maybe down further before he leaves office leaves a dilemma for the next Congress and the next president. Do you really spend the money to keep a handful there for an indeterminate amount of time or do you bring them to the United States? Brianna?</s>KEILAR: Barbara Starr at the Pentagon -- thank you. And, just ahead, more on Donald Trump's plans to combat ISIS. Could some of his controversial ideas like extreme vetting of immigrants really be carried out? And we are following breaking news in Louisiana where new rain could add to the danger and misery caused by historic flooding.
Pentagon Announces Guantanamo Detainee Transfer