and other news the american civil liberties union hailed a historic victory of through a case involving the cia's torture program was settled on thursday was filed against two psychologists who raked in more than eighty million dollars developing the country's all the agency's so-called enhanced interrogation program because of their status as private contractors the lawsuit targets of the most private citizens the plaintiffs were to torture survivors the family of girl run on a man who died in a secret cia prison partially declassified cia report described the events leading up to his death. treated rahman harshly because of rahman's alleged. uncompromising reactions he didn't tarry geisha in lack of cooperation the pressure on to break him and lack of experience with a committed interrogation resister on november two thousand and two ordered or approved the guards placing rahman in the short chain position whereby he was compelled to sit on the concrete floor of his. raman was only clothed in a sweat shirt. directly led to roman's death by hypothermia the cia torture methods have repe

so there are new stories this hour the american civil liberties union house hailed a historic victoryafter a case involving the cia's torture program was settled it was filed against two psychologists who earned over eighty million dollars from developing the agency's so-called enhanced interrogation program because of their status as private contractors last to target as private citizens the plaintiffs were to torture survivors the family of google rama a man who died in a secret cia prison yourself partially declassified cia report described what happened to him. treated rahman harshly because of rahman's alleged he's uncompromising reactions who didn't tarry cation in lack of cooperation the pressure to break him and lack of experience with a committed interrogation resist on nov two thousand and two ordered to approve the gods placing roman in the short changed position whereby he was compelled to sit on the concrete floor of his so roman was only clothed in a sweat shirt they sent directly led to romans death by hypothermia. of cia's torture methods have repeatedly been criticize

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the american civil liberties union, the aclu, which helped white supremacists obtain the permit that allowed them to march on charlottesville is now placing conditions on when it will defend the first amendment rights of such groups. chief white house correspondent james rosen reports that it's coming under fire from champions of second amendment rights. >> if it hadn't been for the legal assistance they received from the american civil liberties union, white supremacists who led the ill-fated margin charlottesville would likely have been forced, to accept a venue far removed from the statue of robert e. lee that was at issue. >> we were unfortunately sued by the aclu and the judge ruled against us. that rally should not have been in the middle of downtown, and it became a powder keg. >> the day after charlottesville, a boardmember for the aclu virginia chapter resigned, citing the difference between legality and morality and adding "i won't be a fig leaf for nazis." the aclu said they would no longer defend hate groups whose members assemble peaceably but carry firearms to the prote

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i think the cia dodged a bullet here now there is a second case the american civil liberties union has filed the case after pup was a beta arguing that the cia and mitchell in jest and tortured up was a beta that case is going to be more sensitive so the cia hasn't really put the issue in its entirety behind it yet we have to wait and see what happens with that was a beta my guess is that because the opposite of he is so much more serious because i was afraid it was the guinea pig of the cia's torture program that the cia will seek to have that case dismissed mitchell undresses contractor the cia was terminated in two thousand and nine and two thousand and fourteen a torture report published by the senate determined no useful intelligence was produced by their techniques in two thousand and fifteen a report conducted by medical professionals and human rights activists accused the american psychological association of corden aiding with the cia to shield and endorse the torture program several months later the a.p.a. voted to ban its members from participating in torture in washington o

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. >> senator john mccain and the american civil liberties union have spoken out against the pardon.rizona's governor spoke in favor of the move. now, mayor jim canning slammed the president's decision saying this participated like many of the president's actions contradicts his professed claims for respecting the rule of law. arpaio does not represent american values and the lauren forcement officers who do their job with professionalism and fairness every day. >>> right now, tracking harvey. the deadly storm is lingering over the south after causing one death. and injuring a dozen others. nbc10 first alert meteorologist erika martin has an update as the state continues to get pounded by tropical storm. >> right now, harvey is a tropical storm. wind speed 50 miles per hour. sustained wind speeds. notice it's moving at 1-mile-per-hour east north earli easterly. just not moving at all. eventually will continue to weaken, becoming a tropical depression by sunday. so that's something that we're at least looking forward to because it will be a lot less strong, a lot weaker. we're still e

. >> that brought a sharp response from the american civil liberties union. you can hear the president's helicopter land behind me. he supposed to be leaving in about ten minutes times. the aclu said "every american should be concerned about the trump administration's threat to step up its effort about whistle-blowers and journalists. a crackdown on leaks is a crack down on the press on the hole." he said this was a dangerous threat to the freedom of the american people. shep, this has raised the idea that will the president leave mueller in his position or seek to remove him? lindsey graham and others are introducing legislation that would subject any attempt to remove mueller to a judicial review from a three-judge panel. at the same time, lindsey graham says when it comes to leaks, mueller better run a tight ship, too or he's doing a disservice to the president. >> john roberts on the north lawn. to chris wallace, host of "fox news sunday" live in washington. hi, chris. >> hi, shep. >> shepard: on the matter of leaks, there's more than one way to look at th

>> after the stop, we went to the american civil liberties union and filed a complaint because i triedthe justice department and they said they would return our call and never did. a few occasions i called and they never returned the call. my son-in-law called forethree another three or four times. i went to american civil liberties union and they took the case and put me in the racial profiling lawsuit that they had filed against sheriff joe and maricopa county sheriff's office. >> daniel, i appreciate you taking the time and telling us your story again. "outfront" right now, david gergen, april ryan, douglas brinkley, presidential historian. donald trump is very proud of this pardon. will it help him or hurt him when it comes to voters? >> well, it will help in the short term to enforce his base. that's clearly why we have this bizarre story. we all thought he was trying to hide the announcement and he made the announcement because of the storm, he said. but i must tell you, erin, in terms of the long term politics of the united states, with the latino vote growing ever more importan

the american civil liberties union in their twitter feed, i want to give joe credits for tracking this town and getting it to me. the aclu in their twitter feed is set both came for violence. the video you're looking at, you see people on the left who are being violent, people on the right being violent. the truth is president trump is telling the american people the truth and the elite media headset and the left hates it. he's gone right at the heart of the big lie on the left. most of the violence we've seen politically this year has been on the left. they're not putting a $9,000 escape door into the chancellor of the university of california berkeley's office to hide from right-wingers, they're hiding from students. the students who blocked conservatives from speaking went on the right, they're on the left. let's be clear here what we are with in this country. i think we should condemn neo-nazis. they are an anti-christian, totalitarian, anti-semitic movement. we should be tough on them. i think we should condemn racism. i think we should condemn racism on both sides. i think you ha

they're suing metro with helping the american civil liberties union. this lawsuit filed today also naming as one of the plaintiffs women's health collective, carafemme had an abortion ad rejected as well as the lcu, had ads about the first amendment rejected by metro. all of this goes back to 2015 decision metro made to banish ooh ads, we'll get to that in a first we hear from the aclu legal director why they filed this lawsuit today. >> they thought they were controversial. or they might make people think about issues. and we think that's a wrong reason for rejecting advertisements by a government agency, which is covered by the first amount: first amendment protect freedom of speech. and metro is sensoring the speech of these organizations by refusing to post their advertisements. >> metro usually does not comment on litigation. but did issue a statement today saying in short it intends to vigorously defends its commercial advertising guidelines, which are reasonable, and viewpoint neutral. that's metro's statement. also mentions that it turned its f

the psychologists james mitchell and bruce jessen were sued by the american civil liberties union on behalf of two former cia prisoners who were tortured and the family of a man who died after being tortured in a secret cia prison. the undisclosed settlement was reached just before the case went to trial. aclu attorney dror ladin said -- "this outcome shows that there are consequences for torture and that survivors can and will hold those responsible for torture accountable." in voting rights news, the state of texas has been ordered to redraw the map of its congressional districts after a federal court determined some of the districts were designed to dilute the power of latino and african-american voters. the maps were drawn by texas's republican led state legislature. mother jones reports this is the seventh time since 2011 that a federal court has found that texas intentionally discriminated against voters of color. in news from florida, two members of the ku klux klan who worked as prison guards have been convicted of plotting to kill an african-american prisoner after his relea

the american civil liberties union in their twitter feed, i give joe desantos credit for getting this to me, they said both sides came for violence. the aclu said, the video you are looking at, people on the left who are being violent, people on the right are being violent. the truth is, president trump is telling the american people the truth and the elite media hates it and the left hates it. and he's going right at the heart of the big lie on the left. most of the violence we've seen politically has been on the left this year. they're not putting a $9,000 escape door into the chancellor of the university of california berkeley's office to hide from right wingers, they're putting it in there to hide from left wing students. the students at middlebury college who blocked a conservative from speaking weren't on the right they were on the left. be clear here, what we're faced with in this country. we should condemn neonazis. they are an anti-christian toe tail tearian, anti-'mettic movement. we should condemn them. we should condemn racism on both sides. and i think you have a very str

the american civil liberties union says the ads were branded too hot for transit. the aclu claims pulling those billboards is a violation of [indiscernible]. >>> we hope you got a chance to get out and enjoy this beautiful weather. howard is going to be on the other side of the break to tell us when the storms are rolling in. >>> we're hearing from one -- they say a day care expansion is a bad idea. >>> and what to know about the express lanes coming >>> hey, more fun with montel williams as he keeps his week long scent. look at those sweet exercise moves. montel and shepherd will be joined by bbq master mixon. a lot to look forward to. >> exactly. >>> people want to stop a day care from expanding in their neighborhood. this is a battle heating up all summer. as sarah reports it's going to come to a head. >>reporter: to drive down this street is to see -- they're fighting a proposal to allow a day care in their neighborhood to expand from ten kids everybody in this neighborhood, yeah, it's very angry and very much against it. >> well, i'll put it here. >> neighbors

. >>> new at noon, the american civil liberties union, has filed a lawsuit challenging president trump's ban on transgender individuals joining the military. the federal lawsuit was filed earlier today by the aclu of maryland, on behalf of several service members who are transgender. trump directed the pentagon on friday to implement the ban on transgender individuals from joining the military, which he first announced in a tweet. he also gave the pentagon the authority to decide the future of openly transgender people already serving. the lawsuit says it predicts the rights of transgender service members who now have grave reason to fear for their careers. >>> one man is dead, and another is critically hurt after disappearing in the potomac river. one of them fell into the river in georgetown late last night, and died. not knowing his cousin was dead, the second man went in to help, but he was pulled under by current, and taken down the river. crews rescued that second man, and medics took him to the hospital. >>> fairfax, and prince william county students are headed back to the classr

allison: the american civil liberties union is faced with a question -- is all speech worth defending. some critics have said it has blood on its hands for letting this month's march happen. aclu leaders say they're horrified by the violence but did not cause it. an envoy to the vines committee has resigned because of president trump's response to charlottesville. his memo spelled out the word impeach with the first the president spoke of unity today. it hours of what critics say was a speech in phoenix that inflamed racial and cultural divisions. jonathan: congressional investigators found an email references a previously unknown effort to set up a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. cnn is reporting that the email is from white house chief of staff rick dearborn, seen behind the president at the top of your screen. committees in the house and senate as well as special investigator robert mueller are investigating russian meddling in last year's election. right now we are waiting to see if anyone is taking home the $758 million power ball jackpot. we're putting the numbers

the american civil liberties union filed a suit in maryland this morning on behalf of several service members who are transgender. the lawsuit says president trump's policy violates the equal protection rights of service members and puts their careers in jeopardy. president trump directed the pentagon to implement the ban. the white house has not responded to news of the lawsuit filing. >>> uber's search for a new ceo is over. who the company is bringing in to lead its turnaround and amazon's takeover of whole food and the wolf huffed like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formot

. >> reporter: even the american civil liberties union is grappling with its own role. long known for siding with progressive causes, the group has also defended far right groups in court including the white nationalist protesters in charlottesville. but a virginia board member just resigned tweeting, i won't be a fig leaf for nazis. >> we believe that freedom of speech attaches to everyone in the u.s., to peacefully and lawfully assemble and to protest, even to groups we hate. >> reporter: white nationalists have said they'll return to charlottesville. today, at a shaken university of virginia, tamika shirley helped her son move in. >> to see something like that so close to home knowing this is where he's going to be, the first thing i thought was, what are they going to do to protect my son? >> reporter: for her the stakes in this fight for free speech could not be higher. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, charlottesville, virginia. >>> across america tonight, millions are planning a long three-day weekend for the event of the summer, monday's solar eclipse. it's the first co

. >> senator john mccain and the american civil liberties union have spoken out against the pardon. arizona's governor spoke in favor of the move. >>> well, still ahead on nbc 10 news at 6:00, video of a cheerleader forced to do the splits went viral this week. new fallout from the cheerleader controversy. ♪ >>> why a famous singer performed at a philadelphia block party. ♪ >>> r&b singer keyshia rocked point breeze this afternoon. this block party was held in honor of choreographer anthony borel, awarded the living legend award. from south philadelphia, most famously worked with mariah carey, also beyonce, katie py p and was on "so you think you can dance." borel thanked the community for always supporting him. >>> a line of people wrapped around the corner of the police district in logan today. the reason, free haircuts and book bags for kids getting ready to head back to school. 400 book bags were handed out to kids in the community. >> i can't say it's like christmas but it's good to see a smile on their faces. it's a good opportunity to see the police in a different light. and

. >> according to the hill, a short time ago the american civil liberties union announced that is suing president trump over his decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military. trump in a memo last friday directed the defense department to stop accepting transgender people who enlist for military service. he earlier announced his plans on twitter. read more at thehill.com. >> tonight booktv in prime time looks at authors who are on the summer reading list for members of congress. david mccullough talks about the american spirit. lynn olson on her book troublesome young men. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> i'm in the middle of reading testimony which is a mystery, not mistry but it's a suspense book that is too close to reality as it talks about the struggles of human rights violations against the burma population. i am about one-third through. can't wait to get home to finish it. >> one last question. what does it take to get you interested in a book, especially with your busy schedule? how do you

. >> american civil liberties union is suing metro.ads were from groups like a woman's healthcare collective peta. at first the ads were accepted by metro but then they were removed after riders complained. metro says they've had these say they intend to vigorously defend their commercial advertising guidelines which they say are reasonable and viewpoint neutral. >> a giant inflatable chicken with orange hair is now sit outside the white house. >> and it wasn't delivery, it was digiorno spread over an arkansas highway. >> the time right now is 4:51. the temperature is 69. back in a moment. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ ♪harry's meeting clients...♪ ♪...from far away. but they only see his wrinkles.♪ ♪he's gotta play it cool to seal the deal.♪ ♪better find a way to smooth things over.♪ ♪if only harry used some...♪ ♪...bounce, to dry.♪ ♪yeah!♪ ♪he would be a less wrinkly, and winning at life.♪ >> ♪ >> time right now is 4:53. did you see this? a massive anti-trump demonstration within viewing distance of the white house. activists put up a 30-foot inflatable

it is not uncommon that an organization like the american civil liberties union when they deem justified could file possible litigation. it is not clear at this oint whether or not they're going to move in a step in that direction, but what does appear very clear tonight is that the aclu statement to governor terry mcauliffe has not scared off governor mcauliffe one bit. this order is going to remain from his office until they've decided in the interest of the public safety and public property that they're going to allow any of these types of demonstrations to move forward. interesting to see how this fight is going to play out. you can certainly understand the perspective present the governor saying we want to make sure what happened in charlottesville, that situation doesn't happen again. we are still talking about public property so who knows. haunted the dnc and its chairman debbie wassermann schultz during the election. now these ' playinged with a different type of internet public. we're going to talk about this when the 5@6:30 comes right back. welcome back, the federal case again

earlier i spoke to the executive director of the american civil liberties union of virginia, claire guthrie dispersed the rally, which was about noon, the situation has evolved into one in which there are marauding bands of thugs going around charlottesville looking for a fight with people who are willing to give it to them. this isa are willing to give it to them. this is a situation in which people are engaged in violent conduct with other individuals whose views they don't access and with respect to the car crash, for example, that is clearly a purposeful act of ten arrays and it should be seen that way. unfortunately, right afterthat happened, one of the people who is from the white supremacist organisations said he was glad that people from the other organisation we re people from the other organisation were heard, at which point they went after him and engaged him in a physical confrontation. nothing good is happening now and any pretence that there was anybody trying to vindicate freedom of speech right now is certainly lost and gone. the news is coming up shortly with kate silverton

. >> maryland governor larry hogan slapped with a lawsuit by the american civil liberties union accusing him of blocking people on face book and deleting their post. back in february the baltimore sun reported staff deleted comments urging him to ban the travel ban. they labeled them span and band the posters. governors in kentucky and maine facing similar lawsuits and aclu is critical of president trump of block being people from twitter. >> brian hawkins was fired for violating va policy by sending sensitive information via email. hawkins firing comes a few months after an alarming report revealed dirmenty conditions at the facility and $150 equipment. >> and happening today 4:34 is the time attorney general jeff sessions will number columbus, ohio meeting with family affected by the country opiate price is he will also meet with law enforcement to discuss the national epidemic. ohio is one of the hardest hit states with 8 people a day dying from accidental ove overdose. more than 52,000 americans died overdoses in 2015. >> good news for you today amazon is hosting first ever job day a

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i think we're heading to a very dark place and it scares me quite a bit meanwhile the american civil liberties union tweeted this image you can see now the child wearing a t. shirt with the words free speech on it the group wrote this is the future that a.c.l.u. members want. some claiming that the image amounts to racism critics calling a white child holding an american flag calling it racist is taking racial sensitivity too far in response to the a.c.l.u. there were angry tweets coming in such as you want a single white child to be our future others though defended the image saying that they see nothing wrong with it and that people are simply over reacting the a.c.l.u. responded sarcastically joking that white supremacy is now everywhere ok let's discuss this growing of racial sensitivity in the united states now we've media and legal analyst lionel joins me on the law i believe you see a line oh it's hard to know where to begin with this a picture of a white child holding an american flag doesn't sound offensive to me but i can't put it in the context of of how people are thinking in the u.s. is

compensation frankly i think the cia dodged a bullet here now there is a second case the american civil liberties union has filed the case on behalf of what was a beta arguing that the cia and mitchell in jest and tortured it was a beta that case is going to be more sensitive so the cia hasn't really put the issue in its entirety behind it yet we have to wait and see what happens with that was a beta my guess is that because the opposite in a case is so much more serious because i was afraid it was the guinea pig of the cia's torture program that the cia will seek to have that case dismissed mitchell and jessen its contract with the cia was terminated in two thousand and nine and two thousand and fourteen a senate torture report on torture determined no useful intelligence was produced by their techniques and twenty fifteen a report conducted by medical professionals and human rights activists accused of the. in psychological association of cordoning with the cia to shield and endorse the torture program several months later the a.p.a. voted to ban its members from participating in torture in washingto

that his numbers have had their privacy violated that's why he's teaming up with the american civil liberties union to fight with he's calling in overreach by the federal government they can to having a law enforcement officer come in and rummage through your medicine cabinet well he said the database. this includes more than just not katic like harmonise and antidepressants and he's not alone tops the ridiculous i don't think that anybody should be able to go into any type of records like that. however some think it's an idea headed in the right direction try to do their job cut down on crack down on people that are abusing the system kicked in the butt for our privacy but it's also maybe beneficial some of the utah attorney general's office said they would not be appealing the u.s. district court judge's decision robertson is hoping this case will make its way to the supreme court in washington it's a sweet party the u.s. senate intelligence committee just passed a bill specifically targeting wiki leaks and its senior personnel including julian a songe as quote a hostile non-state intelligence ag

on the line from charlottesville is the executive director of the american civil liberties union of virginiahe rally. thank you forjoining us this evening. can you tell us what has been going on in the last hour or so. been going on in the last hour or so. unfortunately, in the hours since they dispersed the rally, which was about noon, the situation has evolved into one in which there are marauding van is of people looking for a fight looking for people who are willing to give it to them. this is a situation in which people are engaged in violent conduct against other individuals whose views they do not accept and with respect to the car crash, it was a purposeful act as terrorism and should be seen that way. u nfortu nately, and should be seen that way. unfortunately, right after that happened, one of the people from the white supremacist organisation said he was glad people from the other organisation were hurt and they went after him and engaged him in a physical confrontation. nothing good is happening now and any pretence that there was anybody trying to talk about freedom of speech ri

for the permit was unite the right the right wing group and they actually backed by the american civil liberties union surprisingly in this protest and so they had their current from the police police also the n.t. agitation was coming in normally the police are then responsible for protecting. a gathering and protecting them from the protest that's normally how it works and so for for some reason that doesn't seem to have happened maybe it was just they were overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of these. protests that were bussed in from out of town i think the majority of these people probably quite far away i would venture to guess certainly that was the case in california and other places where you see them popping up the right wing demonstration probably had people from. even the one of the drivers implicated in. allegedly we're hearing from from. drive away from charlottesville virginia. police to. give protection to a lawful protest and you know if you have people coming across state lines in an organized way. really to just cause violence certainly that's the police. they're not responsible for th

the american civil liberties union of maryland filed that federal suit, accusing the governor of violating the first amendment constituents. >>> president trump has signed a bill that orders sanctions against russia. this news comes as senate republicans are turning their attention to taxes. tracie potts tells us how lawmakers want to change the way you pay the government. >> reporter: the senate plans to debate tax reform after labor day. >> our message is pretty simple. we want to have a fair and more simple tax code. >> reporter: battle lines are already shaping up between republicans and democrats. >> most of the principles that would get the country growing again, they're not interested in addressing. >> reporter: 45 democrats signed a letter outlining what they want, no tax hike for the middle class, no tax break for the wealthy, open hearings and no increase to the deficit. could this end up in gridlock like health care? >> if they decide to cut democrats out them. >> reporter: the white house is reaching out. >> we've engaged many democrats in the conversation. >> reporter: there i

the american civil liberties union is suing president trump for banning transgender americans from servingmilitary. -- suit says the processes the president's order violates equal protection cause of the constitution. the president has given the pentagon six months to return to the previous policy that hard transgender officers. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: treasury secretary steven mnuchin continues to urge congress to raise the debt limit as soon as possible. but his estimation, the u.s. government will have trouble paying its bills on or around september 29. the bipartisan center does its own analysis and it says the x date is likely to be in early to mid october. steve bell is joining me. we ask you to give away the secret sauce. how does your analysis differ from what the cbo is doing or the treasury department is doing? mr. bell: very close. we do daily analysis, the team does a daily analysis of all the treasury statements. we've been doing this for seven year