Montel Williams Begs Obama To ‘Make the Call Today’ for Sgt. Tahmooressi

“It is right now 11:05. If this hearing is going to stop in the next ten  minutes, I think the president needs to pick up the phone in fifteen. Make the call, make the call today. If you are not going to call [indecipherable] call this woman. This woman’s child is a father -- I am a father. I need to say something else that I did not say earlier.

The reason why I jumped out and decided to become more public — and please, believe me, this is not about me — I have a daughter right now who is going through cancer treatment four-year. She’s in her second round and came back. It’s the worst of it the last couple of days. This woman, since June has sent a prayer to my family every day for my daughter. So those who wonder why I am here, this is a father and a mother who have two ill children, and a lot of us who suffer from posttraumatic stress don’t like to use that term 'ill.'

But, if we use it appropriately and use it the right way, that means that it can be treated. It is an illness. And so I would beg that the president make that call. If that can’t happen, then I would say that -- I would beg that maybe this committee -- we issue a joint statement directly to the President Nieto and say, 'The world is watching. It’s time for you to act.'"