now cnn's atika shubert has tracked him down. >> ali al marri, convicted al qaeda agent.his rare 2005 video shows how he spent many of his 13 years in u.s. custody as an enemy combatant on u.s. soil. a kill status placed him in military hands, stripped of any civilian rights. >> you american, you cook, you use the slow motion torture. you cook me for 13 years. >> now al marri has spoken to cnn, his first u.s. television interview since his release in 2015. he claims he pleaded guilty because he was tortured in military custody on u.s. soil. he now denies the evidence presented against him in court. you trained at al qaeda training camps in pakistan. is that true? >> false. >> they say you provided material support to khalid sheikh mohammed, the man believed to be behind 9/11? they sathat you had covert communications with him on e-mail that were found on your computer. >> false. >> this was al marri's world for years, solitary confinement in a three meter by two meter cell, his bed a metal rack. the defense intelligence agency recorded his treatment and his interrogations

for more on that, let's get to cnn's atika shubert. live in dublin, ireland. a, what is the next step for the irish government? it is trying to put the legislation in place by the end of the year. >> reporter: that is right. it belongs to lawmakers and the government. a draft bill has been drawn up. it has to be submitted and debated. it is not likely to happen immediately. this is something that will take a few months to process. this government was instrumental in pushing this referendum through. it seems to have the public mandate. we had a chance to interview the health minister simon harris at the dublin castle when the vote was announced. he told us why this vote means so much to him. take a listen. >> i was always hopeful this would pass by majority. when the numbers were as large as they were, i was taken aback. people across ireland, men and women, voted yes in large numbers. pleasantly surprised and overwhelmed. people voted for compassion. >> reporter: because there is a summer recess, it is likely if a br bill is submitted later, it will not be deba

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for more on that, let's get to cnn's atika shubert. she is live in dublin, ireland. atika, what is the next step for the government as they try to get this legislation put in place by the end of the year? >> yeah, there already is a bill they've drawn up, but they have to tweak it. they have to submit it to parliament, and then it's got to be debated. and there is a summer recess in all of this coming up. so it's not likely to be debated probably until the autumn. but there is enormous pressure now to get this done. and of course the momentum is there. this is something that was initiated, the referendum was pushed by the current government with the irish prime minister and his health minister in particular saying this has to get done. so i think they really do want to try and get the legislation as quickly as possible. but the reality is it's probably not going to be done until the end of this year, rosemary. >> and, of course, atika, abortion is legal in the united kingdom, but not in northern ireland. and this abortion vote has brought pressure to bear now on prime

atika shubert is watching it all live from dublin. first of all, tell us about how important this is and what more are we learning from these exit polls? >> reporter: well, it appears that this will be an historic day. it would be a significant public shift here if these exit poll numbers are correct. what the irish broadcaster has said in their exit poll numbers is that nearly 70% of respondents voted in favor of amending the constitution and legalizing abortion here in ireland. with only 30% against. so that's a tremendous change. now we're waiting for the vote to continue to be counted. actually tallied here in dublin castle. and then we'll get the official results in a few hours. but we're already starting to see reaction from those yes campaigners. abortion rights campaigners. they have been, obviously, very happy with the exit poll numbers that have come out. we've also been hearing from the other side as well. specifically from the save the eighth campaign. the eighth referring to the eighth amendment in the constitution which

we have atika shubert live in dublin to tell us why. >> reporter: good morning, alison. it was a tremendous weekend. incredible energy as ireland voted to legalize abortion. one of the things i noticed in dublin castle, it says the north is next. that is where the attention is shifting. campaigners here want to build on the momentum they have from the vote to pressure britain to liber liberalize the abortion laws. northern ieshreland is a unique case. the british prime minister is under pressure to do something about it. the problem is that even though mps in her party are pressuring her, she is actually in a coalition with the democratic unionist party. this is a very staunch pro-life party out of ireland. she will take a tricky position. >> thank you, atika. >>> amimazing video from paris. a man scaling a building to save a child dangling from the balcony. that story is coming up next. then he the love of his life. who came with a three foot, two inch bonus. for this new stepdad, it's promising to care for his daughter as if she's his

atika shubert is following all of this.usly these results will be clear in the coming hours, but tell us more about what you're learning from the exit polls suggesting that a large number of people are voting for change. >> reporter: absolutely. those ballot boxes just opened 15 minutes ago. we will get the official results in a few hours. but meanwhile ireland has already woken up to the exit polls. rte the irish broadcaster showing that 70% of respondents voted in favor of amending the constitution and liberalizing abortion laws here. only 30% against. and those are some decisive numbers. we'll have to see how the official results compare. the count will actually be tallied here in dublin castle and then of course we'll get the results shortly afterwards. but it does appear to be an historic day for ireland. and it is something that a number of people have been looking forward to, campaigners for decades campaigning for abortion rights and ireland's prime minister last night putting out a tweet thanking everybody for voti