one guest actually says senator diane fienstein is an american hero. >>> senator fienstein released her so-called senate intelligence report bemoaning america's treatment on gitmo detainee as a stain on our history. my response people who kill thousands of innocent americans have no right to gentle and humane treatment and i for one will not hang my hang in shame because the cia did when the president, his cabinet and congress thought was right in a time of war, let alone apologize to those who killed us. and by calling it a torture report, the certainsenator turn enemy into the victim. >> the cia's actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history. >> and now calls for criminal prosecution of the american torturers, articles on how to prosecute americans, calls to actually compensate the deta detainees and suggests the u.s. investigate us for violating international law. context, diane, context. september 11, 2001, 3,000 of us killed in new york, washington, and pennsylvania. we don't know who the enemy is, where they are located, what their mission is, and fearing yet a

. >> senator dianne fienstein's response: was the c.i.a. honest when it discussed the programme with its civilian overseers. >> the record simply does not support the study's interest. that the agency systematically and intentionally misled others programme. >> senator dianne fienstein, former c.i.a. council, preston said: was the committee report a partisan attack? >> unfortunately the committee could not agree on a bipartisan way forward. senator dianne fienstein: for more, i'm joined by al jazeera senior washington correspondent mike viqueira. mike, good to see you. these two unprecedented event, a news conference by the director of the c.i.a. defending the agency, and at the same time the chair of that senate committee that issued the report cailenting him on twitter. and all your time in washington - have you ever seen anything like this? >> i guess it's a bold new world in a way, and technology facilitates that, things have changed. i was struckly dianne fienstein doing that. she's not the aggressive in our face-type. she's old school

dianne fienstein is exemplary of that. to have her taking issue point by point during the speech was unusual. almost as if they were trolling to use the term, trolling john brennan. she put out a written statement largely conciliatory really, but is taking issue with the phrase that brennan adopted from the white house talking point. he didn't use it in the statement on tuesday when the report was released. an unknowable phrase - whether or not the same information could have been gleaned from people who were intention interrogated, prisoners interrogated, detainees without harsh techniques. the white house said it's unknowable, may as well not discuss it. president obama certainly has not been eager to talk about it over the course of the last days. and jacob brennan is using the phrase as well. dianne fienstein certainly taking issue with that. >> so that point, let's listen to brennan defending the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. >> there was useful intelligence, very useful, valuable, that was obtained from i

and you can tell that diane fienstein was pretty -- was very conscious of that in her speech. in the beginning she was trying to justify why she was doing it saying we know it has the potential to do this, there is unrest in the middle east, but she's again looking to this idea of history that the biggest reason she's doing this is is that it doesn't happen again, as she put it, and that there's not going to be a good time to do it so we have to do it now. >> thanks for your time. >> thanks a lot. >> sure thing. >>> coming up, we will have more on that senate torture report, what if anything will happen to the bush administration officials who over saw one of the darkest chapters in our history. >>> plus capitol gridlock, one man with texas-size ambition could shut down the government. >>> and later we will look at promises of okung hearings. don't settle for 4g lte coverage that's smaller or less reliable when only one network is america's largest and most reliable 4g lte network: verizon. with xlte, our 4g lte bandwidth has doubled in over 400 cities. and now, save without s

i know what senator fienstein said in the forward of this report, look, context senior important. in this situation, we had a heightened swarm situation, and a tragic terrorist attack that killed 3,000 americans, and those in intelligence wanted to prevent another. she offered that as not excuse, but in context, and yes, the people in the tremendous community wanted to do everything to prevent another attack. so the existence of this report is not to scold those working in the national security arena, but look, with the benefit of hind sight, here's something that we did that was wrong, and we deserve to reflect on that and make sure that we can correct it so it never happens again in the future. >> jim, thank you for joining us tonight. and still to come, security concerns, american troops on alert. how the international community is reacting to this senate report. >> a deal went against they're own government >> egypt mismanaged it's gas industry >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin >> this is because of a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy

within 24 hours or so of the invitation to view the report, it was rescinded by senator dianne fienstein, she did not want me to see or be prepared for that report. >> what do you say to john mccain, and the fact that he said it could have come out. you wrote in hoept that you -- "huffington overwrote. >> absolutely. reasons to protect information, providing that you take appropriate steps to redact and otherwise protect the information that needs to be protected - absolutely. the information should come out. my problem is that it should be accurate. report. >> how do you respond to robert, and to a lot of other critics who stay that this report has gone too far in saying that the c.i.a. lied and misled not only government? >> this report is 6700 pages long. and although we only have the 500 page executive summary, it is very heavily footnoted and very well documented what happened. i mean, i don't know what the inaccuracies are. i don't think the report is making up the fact that enemas were used as a form of torture, and that torture was understated to the public, and that the c.i.a. m

i thought that senator fienstein's comments today about right on the mark, and i thought that senator mccain's comments, he gave the best speech of his career on the senate floor today. >> ambassador, good to see you, and thank you very much. >> thank you very much, good to see you, john. >> more now on the response. the agency said that it made mistakes and changed its policies. today, john brennon said that the interrogation tactics worked. he said that the detainees on who enhanced interrogation techniques were used did help to thwart plans and capture terrorists and save lives. they have set up a website defending the agency, cia save lives.com, said that the senate report is marred by errors, and at odds with reality. it includes the cia's full rebuttal of this report. >>> he was a prisoner of the u.s. in afghanistan and guantanamo bay, and he talked to aljazeera today. >> the bush administration tried to say that unless it's physical impairment, causing organ failure or beating, it's not torture, and it's unbelievable. so the fact that obama came into power, and he said we will

one guest actually says senator diane fienstein is an american hero. >>> senator fienstein released herport bemoaning america's treatment on gitmo detainee as a stain on our

dianne fienstein's representatives had no comment. >> the family of an american hostage luke summers released a second video pleading to al qaeda for his release. his mother sends a personal message. >> we desperately want you to be released and home with us again. it's been too long, and we need you here. we love you more than words can express. >> to put it simply, luke is a humanitarian, helping others who felt persecuted or those that felt he didn't have a voice. >> the family released new pictures of summers, some showing him in jamaica. david shuster has more on efforts to bring him home. >> luke summers was working as a photo journalists in sanaa when kidnapped by the al qaeda philliate al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the group released a message with a threat he would be killed within days. his plea: it's unclear when the message was recorded. a rescue mission was agreed weeks ago. members of a team raided a hideout. >> as soon as the u.s. government had reliable intelligence and an operational plan, the department of defense was authorised to conduct an operation to rescu

the cia was actually spying on diane fienstein's staff with relation to this report. the executive branch of government spying on the legislative branch of government, so the notion of democracy and human rights, this is a very deep issue. jane mayer won the pull pulitzer prize for her book about cheney and bush called the dark side that outlined some of these dark issues. so this will allow us to move forward past this terrible point in history. regrettably i don't see anyway not to proceed with the publication of this report. >> okay. >> even though i think they have taken a lot of measures to try to protect people that might be alluded to in the report. >> more discussion coming up on this. great to have you with us steve. appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> still to come, fighting against the chokehold of poverty. we'll talk about intersection income and racial equality play in all of this. we have a power packed rapid response panel coming up. >>> and later, college football playoff, the lineup, i don't like it! but next i'm taking your questions on

there's an apologize issued to senator fienstein that has been papered over. >> it did, john brennanogized saying certain cia personnel used computers from the committee to assemble this report and it tainted not just the report but the serious constitutional crisis, if you would, and seriously about a deterioration in relations between the cia and the senate committee that has over sight with this agency. so we may have the report tomorrow but we're not going to see an end, i don't think, to this whole controversy over the use of what many people consider to be torture. >> do you think the president is moving more aggressively this year to close guantanamo to get these guys actually out of the prison, do you think it mitigate what's he is doing with the senate torture report. >> he put cliff sloan in charge of closing guantanamo so you know he's serious. he ended torture quite ziesi decisively. he has done everything he can to close guantanamo. congress has blocked him, it's an argument but he's on the right side of it. i think the first job was to address the moral break down under

any case, within 24 hours of the invitation to view the report, it was rescinded by senator dianne fienstein. she did not want me to see the report or be prepared for what is happening today. >> what do you say to john mccain. and the fact that the report should have come out. i know you wrote in the most about how you think the report overstates its criticism of the c.i.a. . >> no question about that. with regard to whether the american people have the right to be informed with what has been done in their name, absolutely. reasons to protect the information, provided you take appropriate steps to adapt and protect the information which needs to be protected, absolutely. i think the information should come out. my only problem is it should be accurate information, and that is not what you find in this report. >> how do you respond to robert and others who say that the report has gone too far, in saying that the c.i.a. lied, and misled not only the american people, but the government. >> this report is 6700 pages long, and although we have the 500 page executive summary, it is heavily footnot

have taken precautions and done what is prudent to ensure personnel are safe >>> on friday, dianne fienstein was called to express concern over american personnel and intelligence officers abroad. some republicans say they are worried too. >> this is a terrible idea. foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and death. >> human rights activists disagree. >> some bad activists decide to use the engines. -- information. it's because we engage in torture in the first place, not because the americans or the world has an understanding. >> president obama signed an order in 2009 outlining torture, and admitted that the u.s. tortured people during the bush administration. over the weekend former president george bush was asked about the report. >> these are patriots. whatever the report says, if we diminish, it's out of pace. >> sources tell al jazeera that the review went beyond the law in the interrogation methods, lied to congress, the department of justice and president bush, and exaggerated the value of information gained through torture. >> say that we relentlessly over an ex-p

senator fienstein had this to say. >> at no time did the cia coercive techniques lead to the collection of intelligence on an imminent threat. >> washington has since put u.s. embassies around the world on high alart warning the report could spark attacks on the u.s. later we will hear how hayden justified the cia's actions coming up at 5:30. >>> we are tracking a powerful storm system currently off shore. we'll let you know how much rain fall we will get and our biggest concern in just a few minutes. >>> and it's not what you usually hear on board a flight. coming up what happened when a bay area flight suddenly got an extra passenger. >>> and a new cave hopes its food and drinks will bring you in but it's the people behind the counter that make you bay area proud. >>> these two district attorney's new at 6 sbl . >>> well passengers on board an early morning flight got a big shot when a passenger went into labor. >> definitely a flight to remember.ó'sr >> southwest flight 623, after taking off not long after that a passenger was born airborne. a baby was born in the air on a southwest

and what do you make of diane fienstein's silence on that issue in comparison?yeah, it's a very interesting because you know, this administration actually does not take any prisoners. they prefer to kill them from afar using drones. >> i'll give you a chase. get waterboarded or killed with a drone strike. i think i will take waterboarding. >> first off, torture is illegal, been outlawed by the geneva convention. president obama has kept many americans out of way by using drones. to draw a strict ethical relationship between drone strikes and torture is questionable at best. according to the pakistan government over 2,000 militants have been killed with 67 casualties. drone strikes are completely different from torture. meanwhile director hayden who over saw the program had this to say earlier today. >> put the two deaths aside. they have been investigated twice by career prosecutors and there's not been a decision to prosecute and they were not part of this program. deeply regrettable, different circumstances, but we'll put that aside. let's get to the program w

. >> throughout, dianne fienstein, unveiled her report on tuesday, and was tweeting back like a live block, taking issue with some of the things he was saying, agreeing with others. after the speech she put out a statement, largely conciliatory, but drawing a distinction, whether or not the information could have been obtained by other means, less harsh means is not unknowable, it's a fact that the harsh methods were not necessary. >> thank you. the online hacking group anonymous carried out cyber attacks in organises from corporate giants to governments and our own, and played a role in the arab spring. are they social crusaders, criminals or both. the mask is lifted as we talk to a high-profile member, a top hacker, and became an fbi informant. paul beban joins us with more on the group. >> anonymous supporters call the group digital crusadersor justice, but critics say they are pranksters or a cyber lynch mob. whatever it is, anonymous is a force to be reckoned with and it's here to stay. it is a group with no formal members and no official philosophy. when members appear in publi

earlier today senator fienstein made a solid report why this report had to be made public. >> i'm releasings report because i know there are thousands of employees at the cia who do not condone what i will speak about this morning and who work day and night long hours within the law for america's security in what is certainly a difficult world. it shows the cia's actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history. the release of this 500-page summary cannot remove that stain, but it can and does say to our people, and the world, that america is big enough to admit when it is wrong and confident enough to learn from its mistakes. releasing this report is an important step to restore our values and show the world that we are in fact a just and lawful society. >> minutes later, senator mccain took to the senate floor in support. >> i fliez supporise in support the long-delayed release of the senate torture report unclassified review of the so called enhanced interrogation techniques that were employed by the previous administration to extract information from captured terrorists.

i have to say i was a little saddened by some aspects when dianne fienstein was giving the executive summary. she refers to a number of c.i.a. officers who voiced questions about the programme. >> concerns. >> concerns, questions, evocation, and indicated that all of those concerns were kind of swept under the carpet. they were silent. it brought me back to a time, to what it's like to work for that organization. i left the agency in 2003. >> so right in the midst of all that. >> right in the midst. >> i was not privy to details of what was going on at guantanamo, beyond what was talked about in hushed tones in the hallways, and, you know, i remember a friend telling me so and so is back from guantanamo, and bragging about what we are doing to the guys down there. i remember thinking i'm glad i'm on my way out of here. >> let's talk about this. former senior integrator in both iraq wars and you've been an terrorism officer, you understand and have been concerned and critical about the programs. i guess that the pursuant of this is after everything we have learnt about the programmes,

dianne fienstein zeroed in on the high price of nukes in an opinion piece in "the washington post", arguing the level of spending is unnecessary and unsustainable and unilaterally reducing the arsenal could save hundreds of millions. what is bugging the pentagon is it can't take some of the money for things it doesn't want and spend it on things it wants. that's because the sequestration rules bars what the pentagon things are commonsense tradeoff. >> sequestration would render it impossible to execute the defense strategy that president obama signed out in 2012. >> reporter: if you are looking at whether congress is forcing congress to waste billions, look no further than the fact that one in five unneeded military bases, according to a decade-old study. the pentagon is barred from closing bases because they are in someone's congressional district >>> jamie mcintyre, thank you >>> it's been a tough week for uber, the popular car service, banned in several countries, and more big american cities are fighting the service. jonathan betz is here with more. >> an uphill climbs, first concerns i

new york times" reports that five officers that carried out searches that angered senator dianne fienstein will not be punished >>> the fight against i.s.i.l. has been an intense battle for kurdish peshmerga in iraq. they say they are making gapes in the sin jar mountains where the yazidi were trapped when i.s.i.l. took control. we have more. >> reporter: the fight for mt sinjar and the surrounding area has been intense. for almost a week kurdish fighters paced steep resistance from i.s.i.l. fighters stealing control of sinjar town, at the foot of the mountains. it's where they have been committing atrocities. the president of the kurdistan region of government visited troops on the sinjar front line and addressed the displaced families. >> translation: thanks to god we have opened and controlled all the roads and broken the siege imposed on sinjar mountain. we have liberated the whole area. liberation of sinjar town was not part of our perhaps, but we have managed to take control of a large area of it. we will not leave any member of the terrorist on any area where we can reach. brave pes

in the forward to the report, senator fienstein, the chairwoman of the committee herself, said she believedt cia personnel broke u.s. laws and violated international treaties yet there's no mention of that in the conclusion of the report itself. i find it very incongrewous. >> it is a withering document. thanks for your time. >>> come uing up what do detain at gitmo think of their enhanced interrogation. will talk with one reporter next. >>> and we'll talk about the upcoming deadline to keep the government open. ♪ you don't need to think about the energy that makes our lives possible. because we do. we're exxonmobil and powering the world responsibly is our job. because boiling an egg... isn't as simple as just boiling an egg. life takes energy. energy lives here. ring ring! ...progresso! you soup people have my kids loving vegetables. well vegetables... shh! taste better in our savory broth. vegetables!? no...soup! oh! soup! loaded with vegetables. packed with taste. the start of sneeze season.. and the wind-blown watery eyes. that's why puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin. so yo

senator dianne fienstein said the c.i.a. was tampering with senate intelligence work by going through the computers. the panel is finalising that issue >>> new revelations in the michael brown case much the prosecutor admitting that some witnesses lied under oath, yet he let them test any. ross shimabuku joins us with the latest. how do lies slip through the cracks on the stand? >> that's what everyone wants to know. the prosecutor says all he wanted was witnesses to testify, each those that did not seem credible. this is his first time speaking out to a grand jury, speaking about about not to indict darren wilson. including one saying michael brown was in the football position. then she said brown began to charge at the office. she told the radio that the story had holes. >> this was a lady who clearly was not present when this occurred, and she recounted a statement out of the newspaper. she was nowhere near the pleas. >> the prosecutor let her testify, saying it's up to the grand jury to decide if the witnesses were telli