banned from talking about torture and silence to military tribunals the complaints of attorneys for guantanamo detainees who say the defense of the prisoners is being jeopardized. and after months of protests over a failing economy we report on how spain's the session affects more than just its people as many of the country's horses are condemned to death by their partners. hello and welcome to our team this wednesday i am karen tara and that is two o'clock here in moscow well syria's deputy prime minister says foreign military intervention would be an infringement on the right of the syrian people to decide their own future the comments came after a meeting with russia's foreign minister in moscow to look for a political solution to the ongoing crisis but as artie's lucy coffin of reports western media came up with a rather different picture of what was actually discussed i want to play to you something that the syrian deputy foreign minister had said during the talks that was grossly missed interpreted and exaggerated in some of the news headlines. recommending resignation as a condition bef

plus several inmates of the guantanamo bay detention center in cuba are finally getting their day in court but talks of torture to extract confessions those are strictly off limits for defense attorneys are to take a look at the case of trial and error. and president obama and western leaders offer condolences and praise for a deceased ethiopian leader a man described by some though as a genocidal tyrant so why the diplomatic double speak from bahrain to libya syria to ethiopia we'll show you how military interests have the power to crown kings and criminals. it's wednesday august twenty second six pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. let's begin this hour with a look at a subject you're probably not hearing about if you're watching the mainstream media we're going to talk about the war in afghanistan now the wars in both afghanistan and iraq were central to discussions at this time four years ago as candidate barack obama and candidate john mccain laid out very detailed plans for ramping up and then winding down the wars there are still a few months left

gagging the true guantanamo lawyers say they're banned from bringing up a legit torture inside military tribunals but the notorious prison still open despite president obama's promise that it's also. where it was in washington and the u.s. is not our father or teacher to punish us we have the same rights as they do i would always foreign minister talks exclusively to our team spanish channel saying his country will go as far as the hague to defend its asylum for chile in a song. hello and welcome to our team this wednesday i'm karen tara broadcasting to you from the heart of moscow where it is five o'clock well the conflict in syria has long stopped ending up at its borders the drawn out fighting has seen a mass exodus of syrians and to neighboring states also clashes of pro and anti assad supporters in lebanon have left seven killed and dozens injured here's our middle east correspondent paula slayer. the crisis in syria continues to spill over into neighboring countries for the second straight night on tuesday several people were killed in the northern lebanon city of tripoli during t

national security interests at a pretrial hearing at guantanamo bay the defense attorneys will challenge u.s. secrecy groups and a litany of other restrictions that experts say undermined the right of detainees to receive a fair trial and defense counsel may want to communicate or single letter you know provide the current updates on news and information to inform them of certain things that that may apply to their case and every one of those pieces of correspondence is then run through a vetting system where the government is reviewing all of that to determine whether or not it's proper material the confidences are being contaminated directly by the u.s. government over the years the u.s. military has gone as far as dosing detainees with high levels of psychotropic drugs . according to reports released by the pentagon good most prisoners were forced to take mind altering drugs often against their will before being interrogated a story first broken by truth out's lead investigative reporter jason leopold what the inspector general said was is that detainees were interrogated while they w

disrupted the internet connection to guantanamo during president obama's campaign he pledged to shut down the natori is present but never has. explains. as the saying goes everyone remembers their first walk talk most will be closed no later than one year from now and us president barack obama's first executive order delivered on a promise cemented over the years as president i will close guantanamo reject the military commissions act and it here to the geneva conventions i've said repeatedly that america doesn't torture and i'm going to make sure that we don't torture nearly four years after america's change took office one hundred sixty eight detainees are still being held at guantanamo awaiting their day in court before a military commission but even then the obama administration will not allow them to testify about the alleged torture and harsh interrogation techniques some claim to have suffered according to the government there is no scope. to the advocates that defended six count of his torture in the course of treatment the government's justification for that is that disclosi

to morris davis who formerly served as the chief prosecutor of guantanamo bay says the u.s. is trying to keep embarrassing facts of the wraps and explains why he quit his post . but think they're using the pretext that disclosing it will be harmful to national security i think the truth is that it will be an embarrassment to the country and this is more about what we did in the past then the potential harm going forward in the future what really put me over on the other side was being compelled to use evidence obtained by torture i think folks could make a an argument whether it's morally justified to engage in torture to collect intelligence to maybe prevent an attack eminent but then to take that same information and hand it over to me and say ok now use this as evidence in an american criminal proceeding to obtain a conviction a potential potentially a death sentence was just a step too far and so rather than go forward with tortured evidence i chose to resign. this is r.t. still to come this giving greece rooms have been baffled exhausting for some space while it tries t

military base at guantanamo bay. today canceled a hearing for five men accused in the attacks of 9/11. >> it's an easy call in terms of human life. we can redo the commissions. we can do other things. i can't redo human life. >> shepard: 500 miles to the east of guantanamo bay puerto rico's government has declared a state of emergency and enacted the national guard there as a storm is approaching. some airlines have already started canceling flights in the caribbean. that begins team fox coverage tonight. catherine herridge guantanamo bay. extreme weather center and chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. how strong is it and where is it going. >> hitting the lesser an tis lease right now, shep. it's a really big storm. when it moves through a lot of people are going to have some sort of impacts from this though. right here across the lesser an tis lease heading to the direction of puerto rico. the center of it will stay far to the south in puerto rico. they will see very heavy rain shouldn't see much in the way of storm

we have waited now for 11 years. >> bret: catherine herridge live at guantanamo bay, cuba.e travels. the government is urging police across the country to be on the look-out for hints of possible disruption to the political convention in tampa and charlotte, north carolina. bulletin from the f.b.i. and homeland security mentions possible violent tactics by anarchists, trying to shut down roads or transit systems. the afghan government is blaming the wave of so-called green on blue attacks on infiltration by foreign spy agencies. 40 nato personnel, including dozen of u.s. soldiers have been killed in 3 # insider attacks by afghan this year. they are promising to tighten the veteran process for army and police recruits. british prime minister david cameron is adding to president obama's warning that the u.s. of chemical weapon by syria regime could lead to military intervention, saying today, the u.s. and great britain agree that the use or the threat of the use would trigger military action. activists say syrian troops shelled two damascus districts and went house to house t

. >>> and guantanamo bay, cuba, like you have never seen it before. we will go inside of a prison and the prayers, and i will talk to a reporter who was there. >>> and political comedy and why paul ryan may hurt political paul ryan may hurt political funnymen everywhere. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, everyone. happy sunday. i'm randi kaye, and it is 7:00 on the east coast and 5:00 a.m. out west, and glad you are starting your morning with us. the white house is getting more heated this morning as republican vice presidential campaign paul ryan and the president battle it out over the future. the president taking it to ryan directly over his bucket. and a familiar topic over recent month, mitt romney's taxes. >> his new running mate, congressman ryan, put forward a plan that would allow governor romney to pay less than 1% taxes each year. that's a pretty good deal just paying 1% in taxes. you are making millions of dollars. here's the kicker, they expect you the pick up the tab. >> the president is referring to paul ryan's 201

and david told me told all the audience about his trip to guantanamo bay and this is something that we could expect to do it if not worse because david hicks was a very nice reply so. i'm terrified what will happen to my son. so christine you're here in ecuador or to support his request for political asylum you've met with the foreign minister you've met with the president do you think that he's going to get political asylum here i can't say that all i can say is that . was very impressed by the level of intelligence and knowledge already that the foreign minister and the president and his other ministers of the with other ministers to do is will head off the case much more that my government is willing to reach if they do know already given the evidence has no understanding of. this trip is it you two people there was doing was. i feel very confident going to be with these good people i thought that the concert for julian was genuine. they have expressed that they believe the case is political and it. really disgraceful the way that the rule of law has been abused and the use of my so

reporting about that bill you said in quote included powers that could bring the authorities of guantanamo to america's courthouses streets and backyards in may a judge suspended section ten twenty one of the n.d.a. you were actually in the courthouse it's quite amazing this this judge more than anyone so ok the national defense authorization act is absolutely terrifying piece of legislation so section ten twenty one was the section that explicitly said this gives the president the power to round up anyone without charge or trial and hold them forever. chris hedges a very brave journalist brought this forward as well as many activists including an occupy activist from london and. the president's lawyers were in the court and i was there. listening to this and to my shame there was like there were like one and a half reporters and in the room you know none of them from each or u.s. news outlets well the most important thing ever to have happened to that point was happening and the government's lawyers basically confirmed that chris hedges could be detained forever for reporting on the talib

president obama came to office with a promise to close it down guantanamo bay but it hasn't been cause and effect this thirty billion dollars with the. fiberoptics going to do as we speak. told me told all the all you guys about his treatment guantanamo bay and this is something that we could expect to do if not worse because david hicks was a very moderate by so. terrified what would happen to myself. so kristina here in ecuador or to support his request for political asylum you've met with foreign minister met with the president do you think that he's going to get political asylum here i can say that all i can say is that. was very impressed by the level of intelligence and knowledge already that the foreign minister and the president and his other ministers of that with other ministers today as well head off the case much more that my government was willing to meet they do know although given the evidence has made no understanding of. this trip is if you have people there was very warm. i feel very comforted by being with these good people i feel that they can secure chile was to yo

a bit told me told all the all you guys about his treatment guantanamo and this is something that we could expect that you were if not worse because david hicks was a very mild reply so. terrified what will happen to my son. so kristina here in ecuador or to support his request for political asylum you've met with foreign minister met with the president do you think that he's going to get political asylum here i can say that all i can say is that. was very impressed by the level of intelligence and knowledge already that the foreign minister and the president and his other ministers of the with other ministers today as well head off the case much more that my government was willing to. do you know almost given the evidence has made no understanding of. the strip is if you have people there was doing was. i feel very confident by being with these good people i feel that they can securely was to you and. they have expressed that they believe the case is political and it. really disgraceful the way that the rule of law is being abused and the views of my son's human rights and equal rig

affected navy base in guantanamo bay, cuba.e of the accused 9/11 attackers couldn't access information on government servers ahead of tomorrow's pre-trial hearing. that four years ago then senator and presidential candidate barack obama said he would close the detention camps but of course today so. 9/11 victims family members are there in gitmo to witness the proceedings. our catherine herridge spoke to them. she joins us live from guantanamo bay just yards from the courthouse, catherine? hour ago heard from defense attorneys that complained exactly what happened in the baltimore train derailment wiped out 80% of internet service. >> we had no access to our servers and files or the motions we filed or the information we planned to present. >> late today the military judge granting emergency motion so both sides have more time to prepare for that pre-trial hearing that's scheduled now for thursday. that means the 9/11 families will have to wait one more day. >> my son-was the gentlist. >> when her son was killed in a pentagon c

is to extradite a saunter to us and then have him be the highest profile you know journalist in guantanamo and you know where where you go from there people have been there for ten years without charge or trial and i think that that's not just to silence him again i think it's also to send a message to anyone else who might leak you know compromising or embarrassing or problematic material about the united states government earlier this year you threw your support behind a class action lawsuit filed against us president barack obama and his defense secretary over the national defense authorization act when you were reporting about that bill you said in quote included powers that could bring the authorities of guantanamo to america's courthouses streets and backyards in may a judge suspended section ten twenty one of the n.d.a. you were actually in the courthouse it's quite amazing this this judge more than anyone so ok the national defense authorization act is absolutely terrifying piece of legislation so section ten twenty one was the section that explicitly said this gives the president

detracted up towards guantanamo tomorrow in southern cuba -- the track takes it up towards guantanamo tomorrow in southern cuba. still a threat to florida and the gulf coast. the storm looks like it is getting stronger. around here, we have a weaker system on the coast. a chance for a shower on monday, scattered thunderstorms on tuesday. >> stick around for late night with jimmy fallon. >> ryan is here. >> one event michael phelps would gladly not win. some players have the perfect job title. >> it is a mega millions. >> it is friday, august 24. the jackpot is an estimated $65 million. he must match all of these five white balls. 45, 34, 46, 25, 49. megaball is 34. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >> as the number of games left in the regular-season continues to shrink, the orioles' hopes of going to the playoffs continues to expand. the orioles open their homestand with a 6-4 win over the toronto blue jays.s -- the first one came in the second. right field and gone. 1-1. davis with the sequel. gone a

>>> for today's "faces of faith" we are focusing on unlikely place to celebrate a holiday, the guantanamo bay detention center where more than 150 detainees will end the holy month of ramadan today and we are getting a very rare look inside. remember, this is where the u.s. keeps some of the world's most notorious suspected terrorists. u.s. soldiers have had to make several changes around the detention center for the prisoners and say there is a notable change in the mood. it is quieter, and the photos are from t"the miami herald" wh was granted special access to