thank you. >> intelligence sources tell fox that a former guantanamo bay detainee could have been the ring leader behind the terror attacks in libya. we will explain how he got out libya a few years ago. a man whose investigation found a dozen people at fault over "fast and furious" spoke out today on capitol hill. we are waiting for the space shuttle to land at andrews -- rather, edwards air force base on the west coast in california. we will watch as it happened. woman 1: this isn't just another election. we're voting for... the future of our medicare and social security. man 1: i want facts. straight talk. tell me your plan... and what it means for me. woman 2: i'm tired of the negative ads and political spin. that won't help me decide. man 2: i earned my medicare and social security. and i deserve some answers. anncr: where do the candidates stand on issues that... affe seniors today and in the future? find out with the aarp voters' guide at earnedasay.org and what they said is amazing. review 5-hour energy over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low

plus the death of one guantanamo bay's longest lasting tenants has raised questions as to why he was in the detention facility at all coming up will sort through the details of the case with former guantanamo bay official colonel morris davis. and get ready for round two of the fisa fight house republicans are debating today whether or not to reopen the bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program as democrats and republicans consider surveillance measures r t keeps a close eye on. is wednesday september twelfth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. . we're going to begin with the latest on the attack in benghazi libya that killed four americans including a u.s. ambassador ambassador jake christopher stevens and the others were killed at the american consulate tuesday night as they were trying to evacuate staff members there there were times by a group apparently protesting in a maryland american made video posted on you tube which ridicules islams prophet muhammad the new information has come out about other possible motives as well it's now

years we've heard some of the grisly details about the enhanced interrogation techniques used by guantanamo bay officials but now it appears as if the so-called approved drugs are being administered to detainees before they're questioned get to the bottom of these allegations coming up. it is monday september twenty fourth at four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching r t let's begin today with a pretty significant action taken by the u.s. state department to rebut remove a group of mujahideen a call from the u.s. government's terrorist list it's a group many americans have now heard of though many simply know it as the any k. because of the frequently played commercials the group has sponsored and that air on most cable networks. any k. is iran's democratic opposition working for a nuclear free iran founded on human rights unjustly listed a terrorist group and the k. is the victim of violence radical regime in iraq and their iraqi allies europe has delisted m e k and in two thousand and ten a us court ordered a review iranians u.s. lawmakers and former senior officials demand

see what they can do with that information what if anything right right so just talking about guantanamo bay for a minute let's take a look at the d.n.c. platforms from two thousand and eight until today so back in two thousand and eight they wanted to i mean president obama touted it he was going to close guantanamo bay you know what it took he signed an executive order on time away is still open you are an expert on one time always let's look at the guantanamo bay twenty twelve d.n.c. platform it says that is why we are reforming military commissions to bring them in line with the rule of law that is why we are substantially reducing the population our guantanamo bay without adding to. it and we remain committed to working at the branches all branches of the government to close the prison altogether because it is inconsistent with national security interests and our values a little bit different of a narrative from two thousand and twelve from two thousand and eight they were saying they were going to close it and now they're kind of saying. not quite as many prisoners and eventually will

plus, militants in libya reportedly say the government is treating them like prisoners at guantanamo baywe're live in libya as the army works to break up the militias after a deadly attack on the u.s. consulate there. it's all ahead as fox report live tonight [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. for the spender who needs a little help saving. for adding "& sons." for the dreamer, planning an early escape. for the mother of the bride. for whoever you are, for whatever you're trying to achieve, pnc has technology, guidance, and over 150 years of experience to help you get there. ♪ of more than 550 miles you'll inevitably find yourself on a desolate highway in your jeep gra cherokee. and when you do, you'll be grateful for the adaptive cruise c

phoria too bad this is where over half of americans get their news by the way let's get in the guantanamo bay a little bit because yesterday was the birthday of omar kotter a canadian citizen who's been locked up and get no since two thousand and two when he was fifteen his family sent him to afghanistan to translate for a group that the u.s. military identified as al qaeda. disclaimer the following photo is very graphic it's a picture of omar in the condition he was in when he arrived at baghran before he was sent to get special forces team attacked the camp where he was steyn blinding omar with shrapnel and crippling him with two gunshot wounds in the back during the special forces attack one u.s. soldier was wounded and later died now forensic evidence determined that his wounds were from a u.s. grenade while the camp didn't have any grenades members of the special forces team were throwing them into the compound but the u.s. military rewrote the report of his detainment making it appear as though he had thrown the grenade and that's a pretty smart move if you're trying to justify having j

the federal government said is still holding 167 detainees at guantanamo bay. dozens of them could get out soon. intelligence officials say some of those men are likely to rejoint terror groups with extra notoriety because of their time at guantanamo bay. what does that mean? we will get to that. more than 100 presidents, prime ministers, kings and the like, fighting for the attention at the u.n. general assembly. thank goodness jonathan hunt is almost always also there. you will decide which category he fits. you decide. [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the ultimate in wherever whenever investing. no matter what kind of investor you are, you'll find the technology to help you become a better one at e-trade. and i'm here to tell homeow

thank you well for the last few years there's been quite a bit of evidence that detainees at guantanamo bay have been involuntary drugged with powerful anti-psychotics and in the last few weeks the case of david hicks an australian how they get now is bringing more and more attention to this issue also bringing forth questions about the purpose of this the long term effects and the legality well it appears the department of defense is now trying to cover up some of these charges of drugging as suggested in a deal days inspector general report scott horton is a contributing editor at harper's magazine he's covered guantanamo bay for years and he joined me earlier from new york city. the big picture is whether it's consistent with the geneva conventions and other international instruments and we know that the bush administration originally set up the guantanamo bay facility with the expectation that it would be beyond the reach of laws and courts that it expected that the geneva conventions and other internet national convention since simply wouldn't apply to what was done there and this atti

the detention facility at all coming up we'll sort through the details of this case with former guantanamo bay official colonel morris davis. and get ready for round two of the face of fight house republicans debated today whether or not to reopen the bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program as democrats and republicans consider surveillance measures r t is keeping a close eye. it is wednesday september twelfth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for and you're watching our t.v. . well let's begin with the latest on an attack in benghazi libya that killed four americans including a u.s. ambassador ambassador christopher stevens and the others were killed at the american consulate tuesday night as they were trying to evacuate staff there and they were attacked by a group apparently protesting an american made video posted on you tube that ridicules islams prophet muhammad though we're getting a whole new batch of information about other possible motives it's also now been confirmed that u.s. surveillance drones have been sent to benghazi to try to find those responsible for th

let's begin with the story of an inmate at guantanamo bay who was found dead over the weekend in his cell one of the first detainees taken to the prison in two thousand and two. odd none farhan abdulla teef was from yemen and at the time of his arrest on the border of pakistan and afghanistan he told authorities he was seeking medical treatment for a head injury though the military claimed he was an al qaeda recruit twice his release had been recommended once in two thousand and six and then in two thousand and eight but it was later rejected by the u.s. supreme court and the details of how he died have not yet been released but he had attempted suicide in the past and his lawyers say he spent long periods of time confined to the prison psychiatric ward to speak more about this i was joined earlier by colonel morris davis a retired air force attorney and former prosecutor a quantum obey here's his take. you know i think one thing the american public or the public large doesn't understand i guess are one hundred sixty seven living men still at guantanamo in detention the majority of t

he spent six years in guantanamo bay. another prisoner died at the guantanamo bay prison. u.s. officials say the man was found unconscious. it's unclear what caused his death. he was from yemen, the ninth detainee to die at guantanamo bay since it opened back in 2002. >>> to politics now. former president bill clinton will campaign on behalf of president obama today in florida. he'll speak at florida international university in miami and discuss the economy. mr. clinton will campaign tomorrow in orlando. >>> mitt romney campaigned in the critical battleground state of ohio yesterday. no republican has won the white house without winning ohio. romney lashed out at president obama's economic policies. >> forward is his campaign's slogan. i think forewarned is a better term. we know what would happen if he were re-elected. we'd see more years of high unemployment. we'd see more years of massive deaf sitz. >> ohio has 18 electoral votes. both polls show mr. obama with a narrow lead there. >>> coming up on a tuesday morning, an update on chicago's teachers strike. plus the wildfire

a convicted terrorist head home after 8 years in guantanamo bay. why the move does not mean he is a free man. plus, amber alert issued for two children and tennessee. what police say happened to their grandparents that leaves that children vulnerable. >> protest explode into violence as demonstrators clashed with police in five days. thousands of protesters gathered near spain's parliament of step over new austerity measures. the country is dealing with a 25% unemployment rate and its second recession in three years. the youngest prisoner and last westerner to be held at guantanamo bay was sent and canada to finish his sentence there. a 26-year-old was transferred today to a maximum security prison in ontario. he received an 8 year sentence after pleading guilty for war crimes, including throwing a grenade that killed an army sergeant. in amber alert was issued for two children missing since their home for down last sunday. at first, the nine-year-old and half brother 7-year-old were presumed dead in the fire. the children were living with their gr

guantanamo bay is no man's land. it is not a part of the united states. we rented from cuba -- we rent it from cuba. to the extent that law exists in guantanamo bay, it iu.s. law. there is no other power. certainly castro is not controlling what is happening there. so the government has said get rid of habeas corpus. it does not extend to guantanamo bay. yet it does. for that purpose, it was part of the usa. and we have many cases still in the lower courts. so all of the terms are not in. >> so the next question is one i know you never get. what is your view of the nomination process? and how in any way might be improved to make it less, some would say, for straying or demeaning? >> and it was -- frustrating or demeaning? >> it has not always been the way. there were divided votes and all of those cases. people tend to vote along party lines. contrast that with the way it was when i was nominated in 1993 and justice fryer the following year. my biggest supporter on the senate judiciary committee was senator orrin hatch. and he confirmed that. he wrote an

. >>> more now on that guantanamo bay detainee or one-time detainee who we're led to believe may have attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. that's according to the u.s. intelligence officials who told fox news al-qaeda was likely involved in the attack. this is the guy. he was leased during the administration of president bush. according to his confidential file, which the web site wikileaks released, back in 2007, the military turned him over to libya on the condition that the former dictator there, moammar gadhafi, would keep him in jail. clearly he did not. jonathan hunt is with us. >> he is from the coast of libya, east from benghazi. that obviously is significant because that, benghazi, is where the consulate attack took place. he was originally a member of what's called the libyan islamic fighting group, but left in 1993 and went to train at a camp run by osama bin laden in afghanistan. in 1998, he joined the taliban in pakistan and in 2001, after the 9-11 attacks, he was arrested by the pakinstani and handed over to the u.s. in 2002, he was transferred to guantanamo bay and a

how the russian capital the russian president says western backed rebels in syria are basically guantanamo bay detainees run amok and inclusion spoke exclusively to r.t. in his first t.v. interview since returning to the kremlin. reportedly considers giving syrian rebels heavy artillery as part of increased support for anti-government forces paris is moving to protect opposition enclaves and help them create a government in waiting. and the european central bank announces a new crisis plan based on potentially unlimited from struggling eurozone nations. holding meetings across the continent some experts still believe they should just let the euro come out. in the eurozone up next artie's laura smith interviews a former chief accountant for the european commission marta and dress and she gives us her view on the status of the economy and accusations of a botched leadership. as european politicians go back to school after the summer break i'm talking to m.e.p.a. martyr and dress and who used to be the european commission's chief accountant with the eurozone crisis rumbling on we're talking about

the russian president tells me the western backed rebels in syria basically guantanamo bay detainees are running amok. coming up. as a frantic series of meetings between leaders having another go at solving the financial crisis some experts believe. and in the us barack obama's democrats nominated him for reelection but without telling americans why some of the president's promises of change have not been kept. from the heart of moscow with me rule re sushi welcome to the program lot of me says the u.s. and its allies need to wake up and realize that they are backing al-qaeda linked to extremists in syria and the president spoke exclusively to my colleague during his first t.v. interview since returning to the kremlin since flown out to the country's far east where nations making up half of the world's economy a gathering for a summit. bushel is in flood of all stocked with more. their child with brainstorming ideas to fight so global financial slowdown preparation here is in full swing up police are everywhere ensuring security it's an important meeting for world leaders really the

after five months at baghram, nassim was shipped off to guantanamo bay detention facility where he was as a medium risk prisoner. showing me his id band, the 36-year-old describes conditions inside. guantanamo was not like baghram, he says. every prisoner had their own small room, and after three months they took us to camp five where it was very strict. it was difficult to cope, but not as bad as baghram. after four and a half years nassim was finally released. the foreigners said we're sorry, but what to do with they're sorry? you take me away from my family, my children. i lost five years of my life. there are around 200 prisoners like mohammed nassim who have been transferred from guantanamo bay back to their homes here in afghanistan. some of them were low-level foot soldiers. others may simply have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. human rights groups say there definitely was a pattern of abuse at baghram prison. and a u.s. military investigation into the deaths of two prisoners at the prison found that abuse had been widespread in 2002 and 2003. during the same period,

. >>> a former guantanamo bay could be behind the deadly a -- jaun jason bay -- a former guantanamo bay person may be behind the deadly attacks. he was supposed to be kept hyped bars but he was not. >> americans died as a result of a terrorist attack? >> certainly on that particular attack, i would say yes, they were killed while under terrorist attack. >> hillary rodham clinton will face tough questions about the security of u.s. embassies while overseas. >>> we are hearing about stevens who was killed along with three other americans. coming up, there is a special web page his family set up and it is helping to keep his memory alive. >>> nothing is enough when it comes to disrupting council meetings. now tuesday's city council meeting ended early after they took over. they were demanding a police report on the fatal shooting of alan blueford. they are telling them new policies to prevent disturbing bans -- disturbances will be put into place next week. >>> also they need to cut spending if they want to keep their accreditation. the management team says city college employs twice as ma

the russian president says western backed rebels in syria basically guantanamo bay detainees to run amok and much more in exclusive interview to r.t. . a frantic series of meetings between e.u. leaders and new anti crisis plans from the european central bank but some experts believe the only solution to financial turmoil is to let the euro collapse. and france reportedly considers giving syrian rebels heavy artillery as part of increased support for anti government forces. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today. live in moscow vladimir putin says that the u.s. and its allies need to wake up and realize they're backing al-qaeda linked extremists in syria and the president spoke exclusively to my colleague kevin o. enjoying his first t.v. interview since returning to the kremlin putin has a sense of flown out of the countries far east where nations making up half of the world's economy a gathering for a summit in vladivostok with this report daniel bushell. their child with brainstorming ideas to fight so global financial slowdown preparation here is in full swing up polic

guantanamo bay is no man's land. it is not a part of the united states. we rented from cuba -- we rent it from cuba. to the extent that law exists in guantanamo bay, it is u.s. law. there is no other power. certainly castro is not controlling what is happening there. so the government has said get rid of habeas corpus. it does not extend to guantanamo bay. yet it does. for that purpose, it was part of the usa. and we have many cases still in the lower courts. so all of the terms are not in. >> so the next question is one i know you never get. what is your view of the nomination process? and how in any way might be improved to make it less, some would say, for straying or demeaning? >> and it was -- frustrating or demeaning? >> it has not always been the way. there were divided votes and all of those cases. people tend to vote along party lines. contrast that with the way it was when i was nominated in 1993 and justice fryer the following year. -- justice stephen brier, roof dedekind's bird. -- ruth bather ginsberg. my biggest supporter on the senate judic

. >>> tonight a man who was 15 when he was detained at guantanamo bay is back in his home. in 2010 he pleaded guilty to charges of murdering a u.s. soldier as part of a plea deal to return to canada. he was sentenced to eight years with no credit for time served. he could be paroled as early as next summer. the u.s. state department says 166 detainees remain in guantanamo bay prison in cuba. >>> at least 10 people are dead after flash floods swept through several towns. the torrential downpour following months of drought and turned streets into muddy rivers. >>> in syria, fire burned through a historic medieval marketplace in elepo. the marketplace is a world site that some residents consider the soul of their city. it is unclear how the fire began but there are reports that rebels were working near the marketplace. and rebels say it was started by incindiaris. >>> in libya, many people turned in weapons. there are reports at one site a tank was brought in. the weapons surrender comes on the heels of the september 11th attack on the consulate in benghazi. people who turned

in guantanamo where they should get the benefit of the additional procedures that you get at guantanamo bay you do not get at the detention facility there. i think a lot of good things would come, presumably in a second term, if we could have more of an honest conversation about guantanamo, which is that it is not going away, and we have really corrected the made us want it to go away. having just come from the democratic convention in charlotte, the rhetoric was exactly as he called it. still calling for the closing of guantanamo, though in a less forceful way and the president said not a word in his convention speech. to go there was a wonderful article the other day is that to the effect of 168 guantanamo detainees were released into the democratic convention in charlotte. [laughter] >> if there are questions of audience, we are prepared to go there now. just raise your hand. identify yourself and try to make it brief and a question, as opposed to some sort of statement. this fellow way in the vaccine to be the first hand that i saw. >> thank you. i work for voice of america my question

i think in the early guantanamo period right after 2001 when the prison in guantanamo bay was filling up, we have a kind of a clash of the to the institutions that were sort of alpha institutions on steroids at that time. we have the white house claiming huge on reviewable power to do what ever they want at guantanamo and we have the supreme court kind of getting up on its hind legs saying not quite so fast. there are certain norms and due process that apply even in wartime to a situation like this. the executive and congress had to step back a little bit. they pushed back. the supreme court pushed back and there were three rounds of decisions at guantanamo ending four years ago. it's now all dissolve into the lower courts and the supreme court has decided well, they said enough. they made their point. congress responded to some and they have nothing more to say about it at this point we so that conflict is sort of died down and now we have a new one coming up, we have a major challenge in the part of the health care decision that dealt with the congress authority under the spending c

make of all this talk that al qaeda may have planned this attack that we may have had a former guantanamo bay releasee maybe masterminding it, all the stuff that's coming out. how much credence should we be giving it, you think? >> as to that part of it, plenty. the fact is that eastern libya is a hotbed of these kinds of folks and when you combine that with the fact that this took place on 9/11, that these folks came with rpgs. they weren't there to demonstrate about some obscure film. the fact that the ambassador was not in tripoli, he was in benghazi, that visit was supposed to be confidential. they knew where the safe house was. put all of those things together and the notion that this was somehow due to some film is ridiculous. of course it was a terrorist attack. >> the name that's been floating around of this supposed ring leader, the guy who is supposed to have been released from guantanamo bay in 2007, that would have been on your watch. are you familiar with him? do you remember him? would you have been aware of -- >> no. also, the justice department had zero to do with guantanamo a

that go back to the field and return to terrorism. >> leader of the taliban is also a former guantanamo baye released in 2007. a federal law enforcement source tells fox there is a concern they recommit to the cause after guantanamo an bring with them understanding of how the military workers. >> bret: thank you. still ahead, while the u.s. military plans cuts, china unveils its latest military muscle. first, fine print on the bottom of the political polls can make the difference in the world. how can you get back pain relief that lasts up to 16 hours? with thermacare heatwraps. thermacare works differently. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. for up to 16 hours of relief, try thermacare. till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design

. ♪ ♪ >>shepard: a former detainee at guantanamo bay in cuba implicated, now, in the deadly consulateack in libya, was on the defense department's radar in the weeks leading to the attack. fox obtained a report that indicates the former detainee has "increasingly embodied al qaeda's presence in libya as indicated by active social media propaganda discourse and hatred of the west especially the united states." that is dated just weeks before the attack be on the consulate that killed the arch to libya and three others. intelligence sources tell fox the former detainee with ties to al qaeda may have led the assault in benghazi. this is the only picture we have ever had of him. he reportedly went tree from guantanamo bay in 2007 when the agreement that muammar qaddafi would keep him locked up. clearly that didn't happen. >>reporter: beside the attacks on benghazi, we first reported on this a week ago, there were two assessments indicating that conditions on the ground in eastern libya were deteriorating. this report by the defense department and the library of congress, specifically ment

who fox news sources say was at guantanamo bay released to libya to be imprisoned there but he went free. it's a fox news exclusive and it's coming right up. plus, the candidates try to use their rivals' words to gain an advantage. [cheers] >> we heard then state senator obama talking about redistribution of wealth. >> mitt romney and i are not running to redistribute the wealth. mitt romney and i are running to help americans create wealth. [cheers] >> and governor romney saying nearly half of americans believe they are victims. >> the president certainly doesn't think that men and women on social security are irresponsible or victims. >> shepard: tonight, how the candidates are trying to capitalize on their opponent's own words. plus, did jesus christ have a wife? tonight, a harvard professor says this ancient scrap of papyrus may help settle the debate. some scholars are skeptical. first from fox this wednesday night, governor mitt romney says he does have plans to help the poor and the middle class the white house says president obama does not want to steal from the rich. but tonight

guantanamo bay, cuba. the u.s. prison. let go in 2007. transferred to libya.n custody but wasn't. there are ties according to the gitmo files to 9/11 financiers. what about all of this? bill kristol editor of "weekly standard." mara liasson, national political correspondent of national public radio. jonah goldberg, at large editor of national review online. bill, if true, and we are developing this as it was happening, as we went to the show. we had a couple of sources telling us they believe this guy was a part of it. get very specific. we have the gitmo file right here for this guy. he is in libya. he was training jihaddists. they believe he was part of the attack. and it changes the whole dynamic, doesn't it? >> what is striking that some people, our >> manager: said they thought it was likely well-organized terrorist attack before we went to press last friday. we talked about it on "fox news sunday." plenty of evidence they organized the attack. al-qaeda people were involved. even in cairo, egypt. al-zawahiri brother seems to be involved in planning the at

he's a saudi national who was held at guantanamo bay fr at least 6 years. >> you might go to some more police at the stations. in montgomery county, those officers will be using a new safety tool. they have devices on their belts that detect radiation. the department also bought 40 of the detectors with federal grant money. >>> all day tomorrow, the vic m victims are remembered. in the morning, thousands of people will remember the victims at the world trade center memorial site. there will be four minutes of silence. at the pentagon, the private service is planned for survivors and families of the victims. >> next on news 4, a bison charges at some kids but park officials say the animal isn't to blame. >> also, the gnats. it could spell trouble for fans come playoff time. >> some people spent thousands on one ride. [ romney ] this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. [ female announcer ] here in virginia, we're not better off under president o

he was in prison for six years at guantanamo bay. he was involved in the failed underwear bomb plot on christmas day. the violence raged. four rockets destroyed a nato helicopter. three afghan personnel were killed and nato troops injured. this is a day after the u.s. turned over control to the prison and taliban inmates to afghan authorities. >>> to domestic politics. president obama and mitt romney temporarily suspending their campaigns and halt political ads out of respect for the 9/11 anniversary. this is a glimpse into the public reaction. a cnn poll shows the president leading 52 to 46 among likely voters. the same poll showed the candidates tied at 48%. however, a new abc news/washington post poll shows the president and romney is a tie among voters. should be noted, the president holds a six point lead among registered voters. romney campaign has been attacking his record, are you better off now than four years ago? 20% say they are better off. nearly half, 47% say their situation is about the same with 32% saying they are wo