and the american psychiatric association are as they should be strong unequivocal prohibitions against direct involvement in interrogation but the fact remains that neither of those associations have taken ethical action against members who allegedly or directly involved in the abuse of prisoners in u.s. custody. only one professional association approved of its doctors assisting interrogations the american psychological association or a.p.a. in two thousand and five it followed the recommendations of its task force on psychological ethics and national security or and. so for us the question is not whether psychologists may be involved in these process he's it how psychologists may be involved in these activities in an ethical manner we know from records and accounts of what went on at the task force that there was never was there a question a discussion about whether it was ethical for psychologists to participate in these interrogations that that was assumed from the very first moment the a.p.a. has never except when absolutely forced to by. by the public record that they're even pro

it was a collaborativest with the american psychiatric association. the illinois nurses' association and illinois medical society among others. >> we'll see what happens in illinois. good to have you in the programme. thank you. >> thank you. >>> a state of emergency declared in parts of minnesota tonight. heavy rains continued to flood the midwest. meteorologist kevin corriveau is here with the latest. >> that's right. this is part of the same system that brought us all the tornados we saw in the last couple of evenings. tonight it was a little different. we saw rain with the storm system from minnesota, from wisconsin and iowa. look at the shots. you can see the flooding. there are flood watches. some have been dropped. it will take a while for some of the water to go down, to last for the next 4-7 days. there'll be flooded areas. coming back, you can see what we are looking at. earlier we are looking across parts of minnesota. >> minneapolis had the second wettest june on record. as well as minnesota is now seeing the wettest year, as we start from

. >> steve ruddner point out that the american psychiatric association does not endorse this saying thatt work. kathy adams says that the organization didn't always have that position and only recently changed wit politics, not necessarily procedure. she believes in reparative therapy and thinks it works and she's gotten the endorsement of 6,000 delegates and a platform committee. others think it's a major step backwards as republicans inch towards this more toll rat tone, this is completely against that sort of theme. >> all right, nick. thanks so much. >> you bet. >>> hello again, everyone. i'm fredericka whitfield. it would have been incomprehensible to consciously leave an american behind. the words of u.s. secretary of state john kerry. speaking for the first time on the firestorm over the swap of army sergeant bowe bergdahl for five taliban leaders. kerry sat down for an exclusive interview with cnn this weekend. and she asked a question on the minds of many americans, how closely will the five released taliban prisoners be watched? >> we are told that these five can roam around th

the texas gop supported gay conversion therapy, which is opposed by the american medical association and the american psychiatric association. new jersey governor chris christie signed into law banning this for minors. he was booed in texas this weekend, by the way. republicans dropped moderate language approved in 2012 as a texas solution on immigration that had called for a national guest program. instead it adopts a hard line immigration stance that includes in state tuition for illegal immigrants. remember the issue he took out of rick perry. state senator dan patrick running for lieutenant governor led the charge on that one. >> we're not against legal immigration. we are against illegal immigration, and so are millions of hispanic-americans. people coming here illegally keep their wages down. they see the impact, in their crowded schools and overcrowded emergency rooms. they are with us on securing the border, and we as a party must be respectful. we must reach out. talk about issues. we must not step back from being bold on the issue that impacts this country and this state, and that's people pouring acro

. >> reporter: according to the american psychiatric association, the self destructive behavior.sts alignment with prejudices against homosexuality may reinforce the self-hatred felt by patients. dr. nick locey says that his therapy isn't harmful and only treats people who want to change. not true says ryan kendall. >> it led me to periods of homelessness and drug abuse and spending a decade of my life wanting to kill myself. it led to so much pain and struggle. and i want them to know that what they do hurts people, hurts children, has no basis in fact and they need to stop. >> randy kaye, cnn, new york. >> a quick programming note tomorrow night i will speak to a texas lawmaker who supports the notion of repairtive behavior. >>> the man behind the hidden crash phenomenon is no longer anonymous. he is spreading the free money cash to other cities. listen up, thunder dragons, it's time to get a hotel. hey, razor. check this out. we can save big with priceline express deals. hey you know what man, these guys aint no dragons. they're cool. these deals are legit. yeah, we're cool. s

jeffrey lieberman, who is president of the american psychiatric association, says it's not that unusualberman: you can be the most popular student, you can be the valedictorian of your class. and if you develop schizophrenia, it will change the functioning of your brain and change the nature of your behavior. >> kroft: you could be completely normal at age 20, perhaps a good student or a gifted student and a solid citizen, and at 21 or 22 be psychotic? >> lieberman: absolutely. >> kroft: dr. lieberman, who runs the psychiatry department at columbia university's medical school, says that schizophrenia has a genetic component and tends to run in families, affecting the way the circuits in the brain develop. you can see the structural abnormalities in a brain scan. >> lieberman: and you see people, a young adult, with a normal brain, same age with, who has schizophrenia, and you see that -- that degenerative process has already begun. >> kroft: this is really a disease of the brain. not a disease of the mind? >> lieberman: absolutely. >> kroft: it lies dormant during childhood and usually

right here no doubt waiting for the american psychiatric association has our american psychological association was i know still bally's i'd say yes to the kind of stuff to the show i bought it once was a does why do you want is a damage to people i didn't want to be i think nobody wants to force people into this therapy but it should be made available california has it is all about. use o.e. it is psychological abuse has to do is take the license away from the doctor if you don't make it michelle obama's husband is not licensed it's going to affect him because i read the california law and it doesn't affect people who are doing it based on religion anyway the point here is you guys claim you're for science you're not for science you are for the forcing people as taxpayers to pay for transgender operations but if someone says they don't want it then you have no compassion and no concern for a songwriter successor as rebirthing love to ban things coming up and the world's largest democracy has a new prime minister his name is not under modi and in two thousand and five he was actuall

i'm the american academy of pediatrics, american counselling association, psychiatric association, psychologicalociation, american school counselors association, national association of school psychologists, national association of social workers, they represent half a million mental health professionals. . they all say this is not a mental disorder or something that needs to be cured. >> there are members of those groups who feel differently. some testified before the committee, some testified in other places. people testified before the platform committee at our convention both pro and con. >> that's not true though. that's actually not true. i know people testified for it from the platform, but according to a number of gay groups there who weren't allowed to have booths where the platform was, they weren't allowed to argue against it because of a parliamentary procedure. debate was closed before they had a chance to voice their opposition. you're aware of that, right? >> i think we're conflating the process. in the platform committee, there was testimony on the issue. i wasn't there. but let

it highlights the importance of the american psychiatric association removing homo sexuality from its -- homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in 1973. it recognizes elaine noble as the first lgbt candidate elected to a state legislature and barney frank to come up as an openly gay member of congress in 197. it highlights the importance -- congress in 1987. it highlights the importance of eliminating the ban on hiring gay persons in most federal jobs in 1975. it celebrates harvey milk, making national news when he was sworn in as an openly gay member of the san francisco board of supervisors on january 8 of 1978. it praises the thousands of activists who participated in the national march on washington for lesbian and gay rights, to demand equal civil rights in 1979 as the national march on washington to demand that president reagan address the aids crisis in 1987. it highlights the importance of 1980 democratic national convention where democrats took a stance in support of gay rights. it highlights the importance of the supreme court ruling in roma vs. evans in may of 1996

during that time, the american medical association has said that care is medically necessary, the immigrant psychiatricssociation was standards for transgender health care, no medicare and the affordable care act, so we think now is the time that new york really needs to get on board. >> last month in new york, activists interrupted a speech by the new york state health commissioner to demand medicaid coverage for transgender health members. stagebers took over the of the health conference during a keynote address by commissioner howard zucker. they displayed a banner. one of the members spoke from the stage for several minutes. >> we are here to say that right new york state has regulation that excludes transgender people from accessing health care. mr. howard zucker has the power to change that. please join us in demanding commissioner zucker and the department of health [indiscernible] >> this is your organization, the sylvia rivera law project. poja gehi, explain how new york differs from other states like massachusetts. >> new york continues to have a regulation that specifically excludes all tran