this is the first time they have seen each other since she left guantanamo bay, cuba, for a new life in the united states. >> i'm so thankful. >> reporter: back in the 1990's, many cuban refugees waited at guantanamo bay before we relocated to the u.s. he was an 18-year-old soldier when they met at the >> she had an infectious laughter. >> reporter: after she left the base, they tried to write letters. >> some daily see you, ok, one i don't know. you be a good little girl and stay out of trouble. love always your friend and godfather p.f.c. chester gardner. >> reporter: she was able to track him down after he bought a home in anthem. it was a blessing an honor to meet her. >> reporter: time only brought more gratitude. >> you showed me the true meaning of friendship and you showed me we can love others even if they are not like us or they don't come from the same place or same background and that is what you did for me. it has been a humbling experience to be in guantanamo a?nd have soldierslikeyou help us. you d loved us. for that, i'm grateful. >> reporter: a friendship built under

there will not be torture at guantanamo bay? >> i am confident there will be not torture at guantanamo bay. >> reporter: most of the 60 remaining detainees whose faces we could film lounge in open cell blocks where they eat regularly. 21 cleared to other countries in the coming weeks, despite congressional concern. >> no indication to me we are trying to rush out the door any detainee that is not safe to transfer. >> reporter: lee is the admi closing guantanamo bay. he cited the exorbitant cost soon to be $2 million per year per detainee and the security risk of keeping it open. >> we have all seen out isil is inspired by guantanamo by putting their prisoners on the marked's accusation in guantanamo type orange uniforms. >> reporter: but there are still detainees too dangerous to sheikh mohammed. they say bringing people like mohammed to the prison is a bad idea. >> they will be a magnet to other terrorists to come and try to break them out or just to punish the computes. >> reporter: lee disputes that. >> today there is no evid

. >> trump wants to load up the prison at guantanamo bay. ahead and only on "cbs this morning," the facility's commander explains what could change under the trump administration and what won't. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. >>> "the washington post" says syrian forces are pressing on in aleppo as attacks kill civilians. aleppo. the barrage reportedly hit a housing area for civilians forced out of their homes in the eastern part of the city. video from the syrian army shows government troops advancing. smoke can be seen rising from buildings. the fighting has pushed tens of thousands of residents from their homes. >>> the "los angeles times" says a follow-up on members of the california national guard told to pay back improper bonuses. house and senate negotiators struck a deal as part after defense field. under the agreement the pentagon must prove that soldiers knew they were recei bonus in order to require repayment. the deal will likely result in the forgiveness of the debts. remember this is a s

the aging guantanamo bay prison is slowly shutting down. four of the original seven camps closed. ll blocks sit empty. the past eight years, 180 detainees have been released. but also president obama defies congress, guantanamo prison will not be shuttered before he leaves office and his successor has vow to reverse course. >> we are going to load it up with some bad dudes. believe me, we are going toledo it up. >> reporter: admiral peter clark commands the guantanamo bay detention facility. he said there is plenty of room for more detainees but he would refuse to use harsh interrogation methods like waterboarding which donald trump has considered reviving. there will not be torture at guantanamo bay? >> i am confident there will be not torture at guantanamo bay. >> reporter: most of the 60 remaining detainees whose faces we could film lounge in open cell blocks where they eat regularly. 21 cleared to other countries in the coming weeks, despite congressional concern. >> no indication to me we are trying to rush out the door any detainee that is not safe to transfer. >> reporter: l

detainee that is not safe to transfer. >> reporter: lee is the administration's envoy for closing guantanamo bay. he cited thexo soon to be $2 million per year per detainee and the security risk of keeping it open. >> we have all seen out isil is inspired by guantanamo by putting their prisoners on the marked's accusation in guantanamo type orange uniforms. >> reporter: but there are still detainees too dangerous to release like 9/11 master mind sheikh mohammed. idea. >> they will be a magnet to other terrorists to come and try to break them out or just to punish the computes. >> reporter: lee disputes that. >> today there is no evidence of that. we have consistently housed dangerous terrorists in our federal prison system without incident. >> reporter: and with the war on terror entering its 16th year, congressman thornbury says the should, once again, start terrorists. >> thank you, margaret brennan, reporting from guantanamo bay. >> that is outstanding to here that $10 million per -- no, per detainee per year. incredible. >> a very big number. >>> the search for life on another planet yields

elizabeth warren said branyan will embrace bigotry in the white house. >> forget closing guantanamo bay. donald trump may make it bigger. president obama was closing it and he wants to keep it on and load it up with bad dudes. >>p contact building a pipeline asked federal jm for permission to circumvent the obama with the disputed section the line. energy transfer partners wants support to lay the line under missouri river reservoir and a plan that threatens drinking water and cultural sight. >>> and finally byow, bring your own weed. in denver people can use marijuana at bars, restaurants and public spaces thank to a new law. you cannot smoke it and from neighbors before getting a license to allow marijuana use. >> so you can bring it but can't smoke it. >> does that mean bring it in brownie. >> there you go. >> i never thought i would live to see bring your own weed in and out public in a bar just saying. >> all right, colorado, stay strong. >> coming up on "fox5 news morning" local leaders meet totis cuss bringing new forms of transportation to george town. >> and new position for th

well, eight years have gone by, and guantanamo bay remains open as we speak. for many of us, guantanamo has become symbolic of the stalemate of politics, of the fact that names and faces might change, but policies rarely do. you know, i'm appreciative that we have the secretary of the department of homeland security here, but facts are facts. in the last eight years, the patriot act has been renewed, unsupervised wiretaps and government surveillance has increased, the entrapment of dozens of young, innocent men and women via the fbi's evil entrapment program has increased, the situation in the middle east has spiraled out of control, and worst of all, the immoral, unethical, counterproductive tactic of drone strikes, which has caused untold civilian deaths, has increased more than ten fold. last month's issue of "the atlantic," which was one of the most mainstream magazines in this country -- it's been published for 160 years -- last month's issue of "the atlantic" had a cover story that highlighted the fact that after 15 years after 9/11 we have spent over $1

and there is guantanamo bay, the naval base leased by the u.s. from the castro regime since 1959. after the controversial practice of housing terror suspects, castro repeatedly denounced the u.s. occupation saying the land ten american presidents tried to isolate castro and hoped for his demise. then in 2013, this defining moment, president obama shaking hands with president raul castro at nelson mandela's funeral paving the way for renewed diplomatic relations. >> this is not merely symbolic, with this change we will be able to substantially increase our contacts with the cuban people. >> rte obama calls for the 53-year-old embargo to finally be lifted. and as for guantanamo bay naval base the lease of those 45 square acres does not seem in any danger. it can only be dissolved by mutual agreement. dan and paula. >> martha, stand by. we want to ask you a few questions. as you reported, president obama recently restored diplomatic relations with cuba but his successor, president-elect donald trump has promised to september. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal made by exe

from the missile crisis to elian gonzalez to questions about our prison in guantanamo bay. the potential impact of castro's death on american policy going forward let's go to washington and abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. martha, good morning to you. >> good morning, dan and paula. for a generation of americans the threat from cuba was real and frightening. a tiny country just off our shores, 90 mil shores, 90 miles, with a powerful ally. from military disasters to near nuclear war, the 50-year feud marked by tension and tragedy. the country's alignment with the soviet union led to the icy international relations with the u.s. during the cold war and the two nations' newfound resentment escalated quickly. >> the purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the western hemisphere. >> reporter: while his allies agreed to remove their missiles, castro's animosity towards the u.s. survived. in 1999 the custody battle elian gonzalez playing out as castro demanded the little boy's return to cuba. his mother

>>> right after the election, president obama all but conceded he would not be able to close guantanamo baythat would represent a major defeat for his administration. tonight kathericatherine herrid what happened and what could still happen. >> guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. >> reporter: on january 22, 2009, president obama signed an executive order. one of his first acts as commander in chief to shutter the guantanamo detention camp. at the close of his second term, the promise is unfulfilled. mr. obama blames a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers. >> with reintespect to guantana. i have not been able to close the darn thing because of the congressional restrictions that have been placed on us. what is also true is we have greatly reduced the population. >> reporter: when he took office, there were 242 detainees. nearly seven years later, through controversial deals, owe be a obama administration transferred 182 men to other nations reducing it to 60. in the final days of his second term, the president's team is negotiating the transfer of so-called high value det

they spent ten months at guantanamo bay where they befended a private. he was stationed at the base she was eight at the time and 20 years later she tracked down that soldier in anthem. >> i don't have words to describe how i'm feeling. i think i'm having -- i feel blessed. >> the two tried to write each other letters but the first time they seen each other. >> i'm so grateful right i'm so thankful. >> back in the 1990s, cuban refugees waited at guantanamo bay. gardner was only 18 when he was sent to the base. >> she had an infectious smile and laughter and just everything. and then it helped us all get through. >> she was eventually able to track gardner down. >> i knew who it was. >> and the years that have passed only made her more thankful. meaning of friendship and you showed me that you know that we can love others. even if they are not like us or they don't come from the same place or same background and that's what you did for me and it's been a humbling experience to be in guantanamo and to have the soldiers like you help us and you did more tha

was part of the house panel that investigated the benghazi attacks, he is opposed to closing guantanamo bayok at his twitter account will tell you he is vehemently opposed to the iran deal vowing to roll it back, so let's begin there, we have cnn political commentator and count terrorism analyst buck sexton and kim dozier is with us as well. so kim, let me begin with you, really, really, really imprisonive resume but limited when it comes to intel. yes to the house oversight committee but does that translate when you're talking about the head of the cia? >> limited resume yes but he is known as a bit of a national security geek he gets into these issues and studies them thoroughly. we had reactions this morning from both ends of the spectrum politically from representative adam schiff who is the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, knows him well, says he's bright and while they disagree on some issues he expects him to be a good person for this post, then you have former cia director michael hayden saying when he heard the news he said okay, that's good, that can work so the

though many will go to guantanamo bay. each soldier on base will receive one. "my heart is in every one of those boxes..and the next time those trees see daylight it is going to make someone else happy" in whitefish bay deandra corinthios fox6 news trees from home is already working on it's shipment for the organization or volunteer for them, click the "links" section on fox6 now dot com and the fox6 news app you'll also find many of the thank you notes...sent to julie from the troops overseas. adlib to weather weather clear and cool this e temperatures falling through the 40s. overnight lows will be the coldest of the season so far with inland spots dropping into the 20s and right around freezing lakeside. sunny this weekend with highs in the low 50s tomorrow and then back near 60 sunday. there is the slight otherwise we stay dry and sunny next week. tonight: clear and cold. low: 32 wind: w 5-10 mph saturday: mostly sunny. high: 51 wind: wsw 5-15 mph sunday: mostly sunny. am low: 35 high: 58 wind: sw 5-15 mph 40 high: 56 wind: w 5-10 mph tuesday: partly sunny w

they felt seriously, for example, pompeo wants to keep guantanamo bay open.re's less parameters on torture when it comes to prosecutions on terror. the other thing is you have people talking about build that wall. you have a strong positive pony ent in immigration reform and building a wall in jeff sessions. >> but you can't do that as attorney general. >> next week will be economic week. i suspect we'll see economic appointments there. to the point of the article, i don't think it is a list of priorities or appealing to the base at all. just the way he is taking things. >> you don't think it sets the tone in the beginning, this is what i'm going to tackle first? >> he did set the tone when he said i are reince priebus here and steve bannon, people who saw the up rising against government before anyone else did, that's steve bannon, and he has a pragmatic conservative in priebus. >> they're loyalists, people who are consistent with his world view. but, look, again we don't know what is going to happen next week. i don't think this is going to happen, but ther

protector rat and we took over guantanamo bay. havana became a playground for tourists. while the people suffered. so castro came along and led a rebellion from the mountains. people fed up with corruption and abuse joined the fight and swept castro into power in 1959. america was hopeful about castro at time. you may not believe what he said at the national press club in washington. >> we have peace all time of dictator. >> but after he spoke out a communist dictator seized billions in american asset and jailed and murdered critics. declaring castro a hero of the soviet union. america severed ties. in 1962, a u2 spy plane revealed soviet yet missile bases going up. president kennedy ordered a block aid. >> all ships of any kind it took us to the pg brink of world war 3. turning back ships with missiles on deck. when the soviet union collapsed cuba suffered. american leaders continued to squeeze cuba in hopes to drive the rejem from power. until december 2014, when president obama changed more than 50 years of foreign policy in one fail swoop. >> today the united states

. >> reporter: as a teen, this man ran through a mine field, then scaled the fence at guantanamo bay just to reach the anti-immigration stance could produce laws that rip families apart. >> i know men in the united states that have been here for 30, 40, 50 years, and they are illegal but they're paying taxes. >> reporter: cars driving by honk their horns in agreement. some drivers even yelling their support from their car windows. concerned trump's temperament could lead to a conflict sending her son to war. while their hope of trump stepping down isn't likely it's not stopping these immigrants from making their voices heard. >>> good evening, everybody. clear skies across the area. temperatures already down to the low to mid-50s in our northern counties. plant city 59. warmer closer to the beac here is a look at wake-up temperatures. anywhere from the lower 50s, even upper 40s possible across our northern counties. clearwater 6 1, downtown tampa 59. 49 quite possibly low 50s in citrus county and low to mid- 50s down south. skies will be clear, temperatures will be cool, at least ear

nobody would accuse president obama of not wanting to close guantanamo bay and make this hope materializeefore our very eyes, but everybody knows the restrictions the u.s. president faces. that is good news also in case of president-elect trump, and what he did, and from a german perspective, his lasting imprint is to bring the transatlantic closer together after eight years of george w. bush where the partners did not talk much with each other. brent: also angela merkel saying she is his closest ally and her standing in the world of liberal democracy definitely has to be going up. thank you very much, we appreciated. nikolas: always a pleasure. brent: european leaders have been busy trying to determine what impact obama's successor, donald trump, will have on their countries. jean-claude juncker says he is worried about europe's ties with the u.s.. others see an opportunity. here is brussels. reporter: the world in brussels has been turned upside down by this man. officials in the european commission are determined to put europe back on its feet. >> i think this is the right chance for u

as a teenager augustine scaled a fence at guantanamo bay to others who went to such great lengths to get here are worried that trump's stand on illegal immigration could produce laws that rip families apart. >> man that has been here for 30 or 40 years, they are still illegal but they are paying taxes in this country. >> you're trying to send back people who have been here for years back to their country. >> while their hope of trump stepping down is not likely, their voices heard. >>> a wesley chapel high school teacher under investigation for a politically motivated community to a student. john sousa approached several african-americans in the halls. sousa then said to them don't make me call donald trump to get you sent back to africa. he coaches the boy's golf team. he's now on administrative leave. >>> breaking overnight, tampa police thousand searching for the suspect responsible for a homicide. officers respond t of nebraska avenue and columbus drive. first responders rushed that man with upper body trauma to the hospital where he died. so far no word on a suspect or a motive,

as a teenager augustine lumbar ran through a cuban army mine field and scaled a fence at guantanamo bay just to reach the u.s. now he's worried that trump's anti-immigration stance could produce laws that rip families apart. >> no man in the united states 50 years and they are still illegal but they are paying taxes in this country. >> protestors say they want president-elect trump to step down, which they realize is unlikely. >>> many protests were peaceful, but there were some shocking moments of violence. take a look at this video from chicago. it all started with a minor traffic accident. several people dragged david wilcox out of his car and beat him up because they thought he voted for trump. you can hear witnesses yelling don't vote trump in wilcox tried to get back in his car several times. the attackers wouldn't let him. one of them drove his car out of the way. witnessesclaim wilcox used a slur. >>> president-elect trump responded to the protests on twitter calling them, quote, very unfair. in a tweet trump also said the protestors were incited by the media. this comes after t

the two spent 10 months at guantanamo bay and there, the then 8 year-old befriended private first class "chester gardner" who was stationed at the base on a humanitarian mission. he was just 18 at the time, but the two bonded instantly. after she left the base, the two tried to exchange letters. but time took it's course. and over the weekend, the two met for the first time since she left to start her a friendship built under difficult circumstances and a reunion that was two decades in the making. nieves says with every year that passes-- she grows even more no closed captioning is the florida gators are playing for the sec championship this weekend for a 2nd straight year... while this is a lopsided matchup with alabama... the tide is favored by 24 points.. . the gators have to get a lot of credit for just getting here... florida has taken another hit to their starting roster.... hillsborough grad jordan sheritt is out... the defensive end injured his knee in the florida state game.... he joins seven other starters who won't play..... still jim mcelwain is getting it positive and does

he also wants to keep the prison in guantanamo bay, cube aopen. pompeo was a coauthor of a republican report critical of state department actions before the 2012 benghazi terror attacks that killed four americans, including u.s. ambassador chris former secretary of state hillary clinton on her communications with stevens. >> ambassador stevens did not have your personal e-mail address. we've established that. >> yes, that's right. >> did he have your cell phone number? >> no, but he had the 24-hour number of the state operations in the state department that can reach me 24/7. >> yes, ma'am. did he have your fax number? >> he had the fax number of the state department. >> reporter: the president-elect will meet tomorrow with 2012 g.o.p. nominee and romney. we are told the president-elect harbors no acutely hard feelings and likes the sim plism of party unity but we're also told a cabinet position for romney is, well, extremely unlikely. >> dickerson: major garrett for us in washington, thanks, major. so what did the democrats think of mr. trump's c

military prisprizon for terror suspects in guantanamo bay, cuba. dozens remain locked up there. margaret brennan got a rare inside look at the >> reporter: these are the remnants of guantanamo's notorious camp x-ray, where hundreds of suspected terrorists were caged in the panicked aftermath of 9/11. the picture today is far different. the 60 remaining detainees, whose faces we were not permitted to film, lounge in modern, open cell blocks, eating and praying regularly. over the past eight years, 180 detainees have been released from guantanamo, leaving most of the prison empty. donald trump has vowed to reverse course. with some bad dudes, believe me. we're going to load it up. >> reporter: admiral peter clarke, who commands the ketension facility, says there is room for hundreds more prisoners. but he vowed never to use harsh interrogation methods like waterboarding which trump has considered reviving. >> that's the debate in washington. that's not the debate here. there is no can be here because we are grounded on safe and humane care and custody which will continue to be so.

military prison at guantanamo bay, but mr. trump has vowed to load up gitmo with, quote, bad dudes. keith jones, nbc10 news. >> president-elect trump's white house victory also means new jersey governor chris christie could be following him to d.c. governor christie was on stage during the president-elect's victory speech early this morning. there he is on the right of your screen. christie has been heading up mr. trump's transition team. we know that. experts we spoke to say christie is poised to take on a bigger role. by the way, the governor is scheduled to be on the "today" show tomorrow morning. >>> new at 11:00, another area code is coming to a town near you. today the pennsylvania public utilities commission announced plans to add an additional area code by the spring of 2019. it will service philadelphia and the surrounding counties. the new number has yet to be chosen, though. >>> well, you're only as old as you feel. >> that's right. today one woman in chester is celebrating her 108th birthday. she showed us she still has a lot of spunk. >> but does she have the secret to

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