i'm megyn kelly. all across the country tonight we are seeing large-scale protests, demonstrators shutting down roadways and bridges in new york where eric garner was killed a few months ago by a white police officer. boston where we are being told thousands have now gathered near city hall. and president obama's hometown of chicago hundreds seen marching through the streets chant iing "hands up, don't sho" in reference to the michael brown case in ferguson, missouri. >> i can't breathe. >> i can't breathe! >> i can't breathe! >> i can't breathe! >> can you hear that? i can't breathe, that's a reference to what happened in staten island and the cries of mr. garner as he died at the hands of a police officer trying to make an arrest. in our nation's capital we are hearing reports of protesters blocking traffic in busy dupont circle. news reports there saying there have been clashes between protesters and commuters. all comes after civil rights leaders called for more federal involvement in officer-rela

megyn is next. please remember the spin stops here because we're definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight, new protests erupting after a second grand jury in as many weeks decides it will not indict a white police officer in the death of an african-american man. but does race have anything to do with either case? welcome to "the kelly file" everyone. i'm megyn kelly. this latest case revolves around a man named eric garner who died over the summer after a confrontation with police in new york city. for hours now we have witnessed growing protests in new york and washington with marchers shouting about both the garner case and the decision in ferguson. right now we're getting reports that they are heading to the west side highway here in new york city. we are working to confirm that, but it has been quite a situation on the ground right beneath us. eric garner was tackled after he claimed -- a medical examiner ruled that death a homicide. but we'll get into what that actually means. you c

i'm megyn kelly. right now lawmakers are scrambling to approve a more than $1 trillion spending bill that up until a few hours ago looked like it was on the way to passage. that is until liberal democrats staged a revolt led by a woman in the upper chamber, senator liz warren, who caused them to split with the white house and depose the deal president obama himself endorsed. the house getting back in session moments ago. the white house dispatching the president's own chief of staff to capitol hill, an extraordinary move tonight to try to personally hammer out a compromise as the president and the vice president worked the phones to try to get this thing back on track. but as of now the message back from his own party appears to be, you're not the boss of us. it is a stunning reversal of events. remember, it was just one year ago that democrats across the board relentlessly slammed republicans over the 2013 shutdown calling them unhinged and referring to them as hostage takers with president obama lea

i'm megyn kelly. right now demonstrations in washington, miami and new york where the miracle on 34th street became the nightmare at macy's tonight as protesters disrupted christmas shopping at the flagship department store in midtown manhattan. watch this. this is the latest thing. look. the protesters chanting "black lives matter" and "die in" and lying down in the aisles. shutting down one of new york's most popular landmarks at the height of the shopping season. at grand central station commuters had to deal with a holiday die-in as well in the middle of the iconic landmark. as these dramatic protests gained steam, the white house comes under new pressure. the congressional black caucus urging president obama now to make alleged police racism the central tenant of his state of the union address. and they're pushing the president to invite to that nationally televised address the families of michael brown, the 18-year-old killed in an encounter with a missouri police officer, and eric garner, the m

i'm megyn kelly.onight we take a hard look at the senat=0 intelligence report produced by all democrats that has divided the country2íÑfç an officials say endangered american service personnel overseas. arguments for and arguments against so-called enhanced interrogation techniques used by the cia in the fight against al qaeda. but first we must start at the beginning. trace gallagher reports from our west coast newsroom. trace. >> and, megyn, let's begin with the part that everyone including president obama agrees toÑmvr t the days and months after 9/11 were unprecedented times. and there were credible reports attacks against the u.s. including reports that osama bin laden was trying to acquire nuclear weapon. six days after 9/11 president bush authorized the detention and interrogation program. the cia admits at the time it had very little if any experience housing and interrogating detainees. in essence agents were learning on the fly. ten months after 9/11 hai)t then-attorney general john a ashcr

megyn. >> trace, thank you.eantime at the university of virginia while the "rolling stone" magazine continues to apologize for problems with its reporting of an alleged gang rape of a freshman on campus by several members of a fraternity, the university president is standing by her decision to suspend all fraternities and sororities and in a statement yesterday she managed to squeeze in a reference to the protests over the deaths of both michael brown and eric garner as well. writing, quote, many members of our community are grieving over the deaths of young black men in staten island and ferguson. all of you are aware of the most recent incidents affecting the university and students as a result of the article in rolling stone and its subsequent retraction. brit hume is back with us now. she not only refuses to revoke her suspension of the greek system but now she's deciding to talk about the traumatic events and she includes in that still this "rolling stone" piece, not what it's done to the university but how

i'm megyn kelly. the senate intel committee report on the cia enhanced interrogation techniques against terrorists detainees has been five years in the making. tomorrow, over the objections of the cia, fellow lawmakers, the secretary of state john kerry and former president george bush, democrats will make it public. in advance an advisory has gone out to all u.s. personnel overseas warning them to reassess their security measures ahead of the expected potential backlash. undercover cia officers are fearful that they may be exposed despite the fact they've devoted their lives to trying to protect us. and it is accepted that this may put them and others in harm's way. >> i think this is a terrible idea. so our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and death. our foreign leaders who approach the government and said you do this this will cause violence and death. our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and death. >> the release of the report could lead

megyn is next. the spin stops here cause we're definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight, ferguson on the agenda. the topic of not one, not two but three meetings at the white house today. and the subject of a new promise from the president himself. welcome to "the kelly file" everyone, i'm megyn kelly. president obama summoning leaders from across the country today to discuss last week's grand jury ruling in ferguson, missouri, and the ongoing racial divide in america. included in today's meeting the president's go-to man on race issue, al sharpton. noticeably absent from that meeting, any ferguson city or ferguson police leaders although law enforcement representatives from some national organizations were there. afterwards president obama vowed a new task force will help make things better, but likely will not solve every problem. listen. >> as i said last week in the wake of the grand jury decision, i think ferguson laid their problem that is not unique and that is a simmering distrus

i'm megyn kelly. tonight we are learning tragic new details about two lives cut short and nypd officers gunned down in broad daylight just five days before christmas. their accused killer a career criminal who earlier that day shot his ex-girlfriend in maryland and then traveled to new york intent on killing cops. he laid out his plans on social media, saying he planned to put "wings on pigs today" with hash tags noting the deaths of eric garner and michael brown, two black men killed by police in the line of duty. baltimore cops learned of his plans and tried to alert new york, but by then it was too late. on a brooklyn new york street the suspect approached a marked police car from behind telling a witness to watch what he was about to do. then from the passenger side of the patrol car he opened fire through the window striking officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. ramos a father of two sons, assassinated for the crime of being a cop. police believe the two men never saw it coming. their murderer t

i'm megyn kelly. in a symbolic sign of surrender today, hollywood billboards for the movie "the interview" were torn down. look at this. 24 hours after sony pictures caved to terror threats and canceled the christmas day release of a comedy film involving a plot to assassinate north korean dictator kim jong-un. tonight we are getting word that two more movies set in north korea will not be seen in theaters any time soon. one is stalled before production begins. the other is being blocked from the big screen. all because of 31-year-old tyrant in the world's most desperate regime apparently cannot handle anything that even looks like criticism. even if it is meant as a joke in a stupid comedy. the impact of this censorship by cyber attack raises new questions about the strength of our liberty and kwha we are told is the most powerful country in the world and not to mention the land of the free. in moments we will hear from wup of the nation's most passionate free speech defenders on why he thinks this i

megyn. >> trace, thank you.e're going to get back to ferguson in a moment with an extraordinary sheriff out of milwaukee who is making big headlines for standing up to eric holder. but up next, senator rand paul is here on how the gop plans to counter president obama's most sweeping executive action yet and why a 2016 white house run is in the work. what got north korea so upset that they declared war and have now become the prime suspect in the hacking attack on sony pictures? this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain. dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday.

megyn. >> trace, thank you.e're going to get back to ferguson in a moment with an extraordinary sheriff out of milwaukee who is making big headlines for standing up to eric holder. but up next, senator rand paul is here on how the gop plans to counter president obama's most sweeping executive action yet and why a 2016 white house run is in the work. what got north korea so upset that they declared war and have now become the prime suspect in the hacking attack on sony pictures? thththththth my name is michael. i'm 55 years old and i have diabetic nerve pain. the pain was terrible. my feet hurt so bad. it felt like hot pins and needles coming from the inside out of my skin. when i did go see the doctor, and he prescribed lyrica, it helped me. it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda-approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions, or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or

i'm megyn kelly. here why the democrats chose to release this report. >> there's never a perfect time to release a report like this, but it was important for us, i think, to recognize that part of what sets us apart is when we do something wrong we acknowledge it. >> it demonstrates a commitment to transparency, demonstrates commitment to accountability in terms of fessing up for falling short. one substantial way we can rebuild that moral authority is to be honest about what happened, to be as transparent as possible about it. >> when we in america do something wrong, we acknowledge it. we are transparent. accountable. we fess up. so we can claim our moral authority. like when the president immediately came clean about his, if you like your plan you can keep your plan promise, when he sold us the obamacare mandate by denying it was actually a tax as he went before the supreme court to say exactly the opposite. when his spokesman told us the white house did not alter the benghazi talking points, when

>> megyn, i disagree with you. there is precedent for this.ard voted to delay exams because of antiwar protestors. >> you can't justify a -- >> harvard? >> harvard is -- >> these events affect people differently the minority community, they're disillusioned it's what we call in psychological literature learned helplessness f they want extra time for exams, i think they should get it and i think it's interlem twablly dishonest to say they should be compared to a different group of people. people experience trauma in different ways. >> do you these these traumatized young law students should be giving continuances? because things happen a lot and it can happen to you the judge will tell you if you say i can't go on, he'll say give me your law license. >> these events have historic pro portions we have to be sensitive. >> do you know what? that sensitivity is making these folks have this learned vict victimization. >> what better way to celebrate the constitution by allowing people to engage in civic activism. >> on your own time, pete. >> i'm le

megyn. >> trace thank you. and two officers fired on while monitoring traffic despite the fact they were in two separate cars. and breaking we're learning new york city's mayor will act to try to tamp down the mess we're seeing here. he'll meet with the heads of five different police unions tomorrow including some of his harshest critics. one of those leaders joins me now. sergeant ed mullens, president of the sergeants benevolent association and one of the men who turned his back on the mayor in a now-viral video the night those officers were killed. ed, good to see you tonight. >> thank you. >> so you're going to meet with mayor de blasio tomorrow because it has finally reached a boiling point and the mayor's now paying attention to the feedback he's getting from the nypd. why? what did the trick? >> megyn that's a great question. but before i get into that, i want to thank law enforcement across the country for supporting the nypd and giving us an outpouring of support for the funerals they have attended thi

megyn. >> trace gallagher, thank you. in his latest column charles krauthammer called this a travesty of a report writing that the democrats who put it together are guilty of condescension and hypocrisy. charles is a syndicated columnist, a fox news contributor, and author of "things that matter," which has sold more than a million copies. charles, welcome to you tonight. so the democrats appear to be justifying the release of this report, acknowledging that it may be placing american service personnel in danger, by saying in america we must hold ourselves to account. your thoughts. >> well, that's not what the democratic leadership of the intelligence committees were saying at the time. it seems that they were in support of this until ten years later, many years later, when we are now safe, and now all of a sudden they are appalled by it. and it's not just the hypocrisy. we know, for example, that nancy pelosi, who was the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, was briefed on these interrogations. porter gos

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megyn is next.n stops here cause we're definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight, ferguson on the agenda. the topic of not one, not two but three meetings at the white house today. and the subject of a new promise from the president himself. welcome to "the kelly file" everyone, i'm megyn kelly. president obama summoning leaders from across the country today to discuss last week's grand jury ruling in ferguson, missouri, and the ongoing racial divide in america. included in today's meeting the president's go-to man on race issue, al sharpton. noticeably absent from that meeting, any ferguson city or ferguson police leaders although law enforcement representatives from some national organizations were there. afterwards president obama vowed a new task force

. >> lost last night, megyn kelley sat down with james mitchell who says waterboarding isn't what broke 9/11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed. >> what was it that finally broke khalid sheikh mohammed. >> we felt that waterboarding wasn't particularly effective on him. >> it was not? >> it was not. >> so how did you get him to the point where he wound up providing what we're told is very useful information? >> the other eit, i don't really want to say which ones they were. >> mitchell also described how the release of the report by the senate democrats has him fearing for his life. >> how many times in your life have you had a law enforcement official call you up in the middle of the day and say, leave your house immediately. that happened to me a couple of days ago. >> do you feel your life is in danger? >> of course. you have to be cautious and you do feel your life is in danger? i don't mind, i do not mind giving my life for my country, but i do mind giving my life for a food fight between two people who should be able to work it out like adults. >> i want to play one more soundbite

i am megyn kelly.we take a hard look at the report produced by democrats that divided the country and endangered american service personnel overseas. arguments for and against so-called enhanced interrogation techniques used by the cia in the fight against al qaeda. first we must start at the beginning. trace gallagher reports from our newsroom. >> let's begin with the/@;kñ pa that everyone including president obama agrees to in the days and months in unprecedented times. there were incredible reports of a second and third wave of the attacks in the midwest. including reports osama bin laden was trying to get a nuclear weapon. they recognized the intention and interrogation program. the cia admitted at the time it had little if anycqyp experienc housing and interrogating detainees. tentpu months after 9-11 then attorney general john ashcroft included a list of enhanced interrogation techniques or eit including sleep deprivation, use of diapers and waterboarding. here is cia director john brooks. >> the

i'm megyn kelly in washington tonight. we first learned james mitchell's name earlier this month after senate democrats released a report slamming the interrogation program. >> the cia's actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history. >> the senate report singled out the two cia contractors who helped develop the controversial program attacking both their motives and their methods. the report used pseudonyms swaggart and dunbar. but they were quickly identified including dr. james mitchell as swaggart. they were not fit for the job, writing, both swaggart and dunbar had been psychologists for the u.s. air force, neither had experience as an interrogator, nor did either have specialized knowledge about al qaeda, a background in terrorism or any relevant regional, cultural or linguistic expertise. they did not speak with the men about any of that. who is dr. james mitchell? before working with the cia, he served as a u.s. air force psychologist and helped create a program through which thousands of military

i'm megyn kelly.kelly file." >>> live from america's news headquarters, i'm robert gray. president obama signs a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill to skeep the government running through next fall. it funds obamacare and pays for the war against ebola. some don't like it because it rolls back some banking regulations. further debate is expected next month when a new congress returns with republicans controlling the house and senate. >>> there's a man hunt underway for this man. he had four pipe bombs out of his car. all the twidevices were found before they could explode. he recently led them on several chases. he's considered armed and dangerous. "hannity" starts right now. >>> welcome to "hannity." this is a fox news alert. the race for the white house is officially on. jeb bush announced today that he's planning to explore a run for the presidency in 2016. now, the twitter and

bill: so megyn kelly with me now. megyn, good morning to you. >> hi, bill. how you doing? really appreciate your time, he said an awful lot in his interview. he wanted to remind us that al-qaeda wanted to decapitate the united states by trying to take out lawmakers in washington. that did not happen. did he say why or even how he developed this program of waterboarding? >> yes. he was in the air force for years and then working with the cia, and he's a psychologist. and so he had some expertise in these areas. they came to him and asked him to take a look at what's called the manchester manual which was being used by al-qaeda. it was based on information they had gotten from a united states soldier back when the afghanistan war was going on with the russians. in any event, they came up with their ways to resist our interrogation methods, and they asked james mitchell, dr. james mitchell, the u.s. did, to take a look at this manual and figure out ways to sort of counteract our own resistance techniques that al-qaeda was prepared to use. and then they figured out, okay, now

i'm megyn kelly. we have new details tonight on what may have inspired the lone gunman who staged a dramatic hostage taking in australia that ended with lee dead including the hostage taker. he was a self-described islamic cleric who demanded police deliver him an islamic state flag as he held more than a dozen people at gunpoint. we will get to that later on in this broadcast. but first, tonight, we examine the controversial cia interrogation report from a perspective you have not heard. dr. james mitchell was approached by the cia in the months after 9/11, asked to develop a program to get more information from terror suspects. at the time intel suggested bin laden wanted to get ahold of nuclear weapons. and washington was very worried. before he was done, mitchell himself would not only help shape the controversial enhanced interrogation effort, but he was personally part of the team that questioned 9/11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed. joining me now, dr. james mitchell, who is a psychologist. d

i'm megyn kelly.nate intel committee report on the cia enhanced interrogation techniques against terrorists detainees has been five years in the making. tomorrow, over the objections of the cia, fellow lawmakers, the secretary of state john kerry and former president george

i'm megyn kelly in washington tonight.ned james mitchell's name earlier this month after senate democrats released a report slamming the interrogation program. >> the cia's actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history. >> the senate report singled out the two cia contractors who helped develop

i'm megyn kelly. on what may have inspired the lone gunman who staged a dramatic hostage taking in australia that ended with lee dead including the hostage taker.

megyn did and she said it didn't go well. >> did you talk to the first lady?conds to get in and get out without embarrassing myself and i blue it. -- i blew it. >> and speaking to my house, doug, next to me, i said "maybe we'll be here two years." and he was like, "what?" it was like a joke that we would run for office and we'd be here two news. all i can think is she's from fox news, oh, i don't like fox news, she must be a republican. is that a shot at me? >> that's exactly what it was, megyn. >> i think it's easy to get tongue tied in front of any president, it doesn't matter republican or democrat. you might think of all of things you might want to say to them but when you walk into the room, something happens to you. >> did you ever have any embarrassing moment talking the president? >> obama? >> you got along with president bush. >> i can't think of any at the moment. >> the last time you talked to the president, what did you say? >> i asked him for a light. >> but you and the first lady -- >> this is interesting because when i was at the white house and

i'm megyn kelly.why the democrats chose to release this report. >> there's never a perfect time to release a report like this, but it was important for us, i think, to recognize that part of what sets us apart is when we do something wrong we

miss megyn is next. the spin stops here.u. >>> breaking tonight, new alerts from the fbi, the department of homeland security and the pentagon tonight while 6,000 marines overseas are on high alert after democrats dump hundreds of cia secrets on the senate floor raising warnings about the risk of a terrorist backlash. welcome to "the kelly file," i'm megyn kelly. the cia's use of enhanced interrogation techniques, how the cia in the aftermath of the september 11th attacks extracted secrets from the terrorists who mean to do us harm. the cia says the intel stopped terr