james mitchell. dr. mitchell, take us back to when the program first began and the mind-set of the cia and the interrogators who were actually charged with performing these enhanced interrogation techniques. what was the belief about the threat to the country? >> well, they had ongoing information that suggests that they were trying to smuggle nuclear weapons into the united states. so there was credible evidence to suggest that there was another wave of attacks coming. and we couldn't have it happen. they tried to decapitate us the last time. they tried to destroy our civilization, and people were clamoring to do anything and everything they could that was legal to take it right up to the line and save american lives because that's what our government is supposed to do, save american lives. >> how much pressure did you feel you were under? and how was it communicated to you? >> well, there were times, literally, when i was told that i'd lost my spine, that i'd become weak, that i must be starting to lik

james mitchell. dr. mitchell, thanks again for being back with us.you say the senate democrats in this report which was one-sided, did not include the republicans, that they "put a fatwa on you." explain that. >> it not only didn't include republicans, it didn't include the cia. from my perspective and from the other interrogators that were involved that i've talked to, it almost seems like some secret tribunal. it's like being caught up in a bad spy novel. you know, they think we're guilty of some horrible thing, we can't be prosecuted because what we did was legal and multiple investigations have shown it. so they had this meeting $40 million, five years, however long it was, but they already knew the result they wanted. they didn't give us a chance to explain anything. they didn't even bother talking to the people at the cia. or any of the people who were no longer at the cia though involved like the past directors. then they issue this report that essentially stirs up all of the crazies and all the jihadists. and so now we're getting death threat

earl per lease spoke to mitchell and unidentified man on phone linked to mitchell and urge her to come talk to her. >> the fact thaw just got out of jail a few months ago and he is out doing this is concerning. what he else will he do. what else will he do that he knows we're looking for him and he is on the run. is he going to commit more crimes? >> reporter: police say that bernard even swiped a victim's medical alert bracelet, on the way out the door, and police say if you have any information, to contact the west whitehall township police. the reporting from exton, annie mccormack for channel six "action news". >>> a florida police officer is dead and a 23 year-old man is charge with first degree murder. officer charles connsack a 17 year veteran and father of five, was gunned down responding to a call shortly after 2:00 this morning. the suspect was arrested a short time later there noise word on a motive. he was a a new york city police officer, for five years, before moving to florida. >>> and the gun man who fatally ambush two new york city police officers yesterday, had a long

this seems to have been an opportunity for mitchell and jessen.there were resistance trainers who have been part of a program to basically torture our own soldiers to try to teach them to resist. the two of them got the manual and wrote about it, and they claimed that they had special expertise because of their resistance training to break the resistance of al qaeda members. >> and talk about how and theant they were response by the american psychological association am a to what they were doing. it wasn't just the two of them. they started the program. they got tens of millions of dollars for it. they created this torture program and justified it. they did the assessment of the prisoners, to the torture itself, they did the evaluation of how worth -- how will the torture word. her self-promotion and level of --erest is her readiness harvard this. it started a virus of overseeing and directing enhanced interrogations. and what started very early on is the professional -- the american psychological association decided it was going to -- going to do

mitchell then called brad lee at home to repeat the appeal. it just boils down to this question, mr. ploor, of whether mr. mitchell said it or not and whether the "washington post" reporter identified himself as a reporter. and if he did that all my rec sits have been satisfied. mitchell's comments stayed in the paper. >> ben brad lee served as editor of the "washington post" for more than 30 years. he died in october at the age of 93. we will have his funeral service tonight. >> monday night on the communicators, amy mitchell of the pew research center on political importantlyization and where people get their news. >> you look at facebook in particular because they are still really the largest and the outlet that has the greatest percentage of the american public using it in terms of social sites. about half of our respondents said that they got political news from facebook in the last week. that puts facebook in particular about on par with local television and some of the other really top outlets among the 89% of the population. so it clea

mitchell. in fact people were so grateful to hear from one of the people that was actually involved as opposed to the armchair quarterbacks who we normally are listening to. i mean this guy was there and is sitting down there in florida right now wonderering whooir nobody came to traumatic to him when they were trying to do a comprehensive report on the cia interrogation program, which he in large part designed and which he in large part designed and he has encylopedic knowledge. >> tune in tonight at 9:00 for meg megyn's interview. man (sternly): seriously? where do you think you're going? mr. mucus: to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. man: you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. mr. mucus: oh, right then i'll swing by in like 4 hours... just set aside a few tacos for me. man: forget the tacos! one pill lasts 12 hours. i'm good all day. mr. mucus (to himself): wait! your loss. i was going to wear a sombrero. [announcer:] only mucinex has a bi-layer tablet t

mitchell has availed himself of a number of media outlets to make his case.inly is entitled as an american to do that. >> the senate committee doesn't reach out to him. >> i don't know whether or not the senate committee did talk to him. >> it aeks texas plumper wants how his truck ended up in the arms of extremists. he sold his ford f 250 to a dealership two years ago now it is being seen on the front lines in syria. you can see it there mark's company logo and phone number clear as day. he's now getting death threats because of it. auto nation says the truck went to auction from there switched owners many, many times. >>> $100 million researching meditation. your tax dollars pay for it. the federal government conducting 81 different studies on mindfulness a new aged meditation that some believe is a solution for disease and stress. one project is smart phone meditation act to help reduce blood pressure costs $1.3 million. >>> jewish people around the world lighting their menorahs. hanukkah commemorating the jewish up rising against the greek syrian kingdom.

. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports." they have definitive proof pyongyang was behind the sony hack attack. the question now is what will president obama do about it? no funny business. what began as a hollywood comedy turned into much more. some of the biggest stars and comedians are getting serious by a dangerous press depth by sony. >> so kim jung un gets to decide what movies we make. what do you make of that? >> i don't know how crazy they are so i'm going to ask you to stop talking about it. >> this is the wrong thing to do. i hear in the film merrill streep is great as kim jung un. >> review of scandals finds major failures in the security net around the white house. >> there is always room for improvement and in this case i believe based on the recommend algzs that there a number of things we can and should do to improve the way they conduct business. >> no more rapport. stephen colbert as an all-star send off. >> if this is your first time tuning into the colbert report, i have terrible news. >> we begin with bre

mitchell.urvey i shows more than half of the public, 51%, think that the cia's methods were justified compared with just 29% who say that they were not. melissa, i want to go to you first on this. a compelling interview last night. i mean, really fascinating, amazing work by megyn kelly. you heard dr. mitchell saying how he put his life on the line. >> yeah. >> the reason that he came out to do the interview was because the left, trying to seize this moral high ground in defense of khalid sheikh mohammed who took thousands of lives, put his life in danger. that, to me, was a really pivotal moment that interview. >> it was. he talked about the outrage of the idea that he's gotten calls in the past few days saying you need to leave your house immediately, that his life is in so much danger, but at the same time the folks who put all this out there didn't even have the dignity to talk to him, to bring him in and interview him for this report. he talked about how difficult it was when he was called

that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports."emember to follow online@mitchell reports. follow me personally. ronan farrow daily is next. ronan, you will have the police commissioner speaking. no tease. that's it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." take care. theraflu severe cold doesn't treat chest congestion. really? new alka-seltzer plus day powder rushes relief to your worst cold symptoms plus chest congestion. [breath of relief] oh, what a relief it is. olay presents the regenerist luminous collection. i will light up every room i walk into. renews surface cells to even skin tone. in just two weeks, see pearlescent, luminous skin. regenerist luminous. olay. your best beautiful. no question about that. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go freq

mitchell. rep. scott and nancy.hank you for the opportunity today to share my thoughts and experience on one of the most important healthcare issues facing the world, and facing the research capabilities of the united states. the issue of ensuring that funding is provided will prolong the quality and longevity of human life. while there is a very important need on health care coverage that congress has been working hard to accomplish, there's also the need that i know they are focused on as well to ensure that innovation within the united states __ that has delivered some a breakthrough __ so may break used for so many patients in the united states. i have worked in the united states for 32 years of my career, but have also had the great opportunity to travel the world. i've seen what is being done most recently both in the united states and in the world. i've also been able to work on a number of boards. also, specific care delivery systems. also, your life have been touched by cancer, i lost both of my parents, ma

that was james mitchell. so one thing led to another and i remember them calling him out of the blue and saying i have nothing to hide. when you see what's in this report, you realize how much there was to hide and what's still out there about what this program contained. >> one of the reasons i wanted to talk to you now that the report has come out, you broke so many of the details about the torture program over the years. i wondered if there was things that came as news to you or if you wondered if this was a different angle write-up. >> i think the narrative remains the same. i'm glad that we're able to tell the american public what was going on years before the government got around to being able to do it. but there's so much more detail here because of the ability to see the c.i.a. talking to itself in this report. i think it is a first-rate report with amazing reporting and any american who's interested in this should just go take a look at it. you are eavesdropping, basically, on the c.i.a. when you lo

mitchell's comments stayed in the paper. >> monday night on the communicators, amy mitchell of the pew research center on political polarization and where people get their news. >> you look at facebook in particular because they are still really the largest and the outlet that has the greatest percentage of the american public using it in terms of social sites. about half of our respondents said that they got political news from facebook in the last week. that puts facebook in particular about on par with local television and some of the other really top outlets among the 89% of the population. so it clearly does play a role in people's information environments and how they're learning and who they're communicating with. and what we found when we broke down the differences ideologically is that the consistent conservatives were much more likely to have circles of friends and see political posts that are more align with their own political thinking. more so than those that are mixed and also than consistent liberals. but consistent liberals are much more likely to actually defriend some

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mitchell. in fact people were so grateful to hear from one of the people that was actually involved as opposed to the armchair quarterbacks who we normally are listening to. i mean this guy was there and is sitting down there in florida right now wonderering whooir nobody came to traumatic to him when they were trying to do a comprehensive report on the cia interrogation program, which he in large part designed and which he in large part designed and he has encylopedic knowledge. >> tune in tonight at 9:00 for meg megyn's interview. vo: the good more is capturing heey! the moment they open their gifts from verizon. awesome, woah! a bose bluetooth speaker! and...cut. the not-so-good-more alright honey, this time face towards the light. is take two. were you naughty? were you nice? that's the tension i need to see. alright, we're losing light, people. action! wow. cut. i'm not feeling it, sweetheart. we're gonna have to go in a different direction. doug? vo: now get the samsung galaxy s5 for 0 do

. >> reporter: i reached james mitchell by phone in florida. he told me he could not confirm or deny if he was one of the two psychologists referred to in the report. but he criticized the report and praised the c.i.a. interrogators saying they did the best they could to protect americans. the report refers several times to two psychologists who helped the c.i.a. in the use of brutal interrogation. the report said it devised the enhanced interrogation techniq techniques including nudity, waterboarding and slamming detainees into walls. in identifying the contractors, their real names are reported as james mitching and bruce jensen, both former military psychologists. in a phone interfer interview with al jazeera, he said they were not through in realtime and men and women in the c.i.a. without confirming or denying that i was part of that interrogation program gave their lives to support the u.s. in our conversation he refused to confirm he was one of the architects of the program. he said people think i am. i'm not acknowledging it one way or

newsrooms andrea mitchell. and it goes on. thanks. >>> the nfl in the news tonight bombarded for months with bad news, negative headlines. today we woke up to some news that might be the worst indicator of all for organized football. a new bloomberg poll shows a full 50% of americans would not want their sons playing the game. that's a big bad bellwether number for a sport that depends on the youth leagues of today to fill in the big leagues of tomorrow. this number came on the day that the league announced a course correction in the aftermath of its domestic violence scandal with an announcement from commissioner roger goodell. he spoke with nbc's peter alexander who has our report tonight. >> i got it wrong. >> reporter: months after commissioner roger goodell admitted he fumbled several high profile domestic violence cases, goodell says the nfl is finally back on track. >> why should critics be confident that this time you got it right? >> well, we've changed the policy. we've strengthened it. we've toughened it. being part

we know about the psychologist bruce jessen and james mitchell, and their role in the torture. men --k eons these two talk beyond these two men as the attempt for them to be isolated, the role of the largest association of psychologists in the world, but then beyond that. psychiatrists, doctors, nurses. >> i think there's often been this narrative that mitchell and jessen were the lone gunmen of torture, that they were doing this out of their garage. they were operating inside the superstructure of medicalized torture. and what that means is that it wasn't just them alone. it was the office of medical services at cia, part of the office of technical service that allegedly employed mitchell and jessen, and entered alludes just looking -- and that includes just looking at the senate report, physicians assistants, doctors, and may include other professionals within oms. everything from "patient care" to actual monitoring calibration and design of the tactics with mitchell and jessen. >> explained. it traditionally has been said the american psychological association, despite a lot

mitchell, representative scott, nancy.hank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts on some of the important health care issues facing the patience of the world and also facing the research capabilities of the united's dates. that issue -- united states. that issue is making sure that they have funded medications of access to prolong the quality and longevity of human life. while there is a very important focus on health care coverage, expenditures, and financing that representative scott and congress have been working hard to accomplish, there is also a need that they are focused on as well. to ensure that the innovation system in the united's dates that has delivered so many breakthroughs for so many patients in this country and around the world, continues to be funded and understood. fortunate to develop these perspectives in terms of not only working in the united also afor 32 years, but great opportunity to travel the world in a global oncology perspective. i have seen what has occurred most recently in the and ar

mitchell said it or not. whether the "washington post" reporter identified himself as a reporter, and if he did that, all my requisites have been satisfied. mitchell's comments state in the paper. >> ben bradlee served as editor of the "washington post" for more than 30 years. he died at the age of 93 in october. we will have his funeral service monday night on c-span at 8:00 eastern. now an update on cancer research. dr. francis collins, director of the national institutes of health. the latest brick through his and challenges in developing cancer drug therapies. this forum was assisted by the aspen institute and friends of cancer research. >> good afternoon to everyone. i'm so glad we have not only a full house at the aspen institute, but that c-span is here so we'll have an audience. let me very briefly introduced dr. francis collins. director of the national institutes of health, the larger biomedical research in the world. he is renowned for his leadership as the genome project. among many awards, the na

can tell you that, going back beginning, some of the countries most important figures -- billy mitchell, who of world war i commander air forces -- they were both trained to fly by purdue graduates. got involved in flight from purdue was a guy named clifford. he graduated in 1908. his father sent him here from dayton, ohio. he paid out-of-state tuition son to come here and learn about internal combustion engines. great research going out. by the time he left, they said more about the engines. go back was for him to to dayton with his father, and they were going to build motorcycles. and they did. records in the smithsonian in washington dc. he says, in the evening near my to take long walks after dinner. i used to go past the workshop or the wright brothers were working, and i got to know them and everything. i don't believe a word of that. she, at that time, was a 22-year-old guy. he loved internal combustion engines. he loved the noise. he loved to make engine smaller and more powerful. knew the right brothers, in 1908, were working on airplanes. he made a beeline for the workshop. wh

ok, he said, give me all of mitchell's comments. but leave out mrs. graham's. tell the desk it is ok, he said. a top official of the nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he has been a cabinet member and so forth, he doesn't want to show up in the paper like that. he then called bradlee at home to repeat the appeal. bradlee recalled saying it boiled down to this question -- whether mr. mitchell said it or not, whether "the washington post" reporter identified himself or not and if you did that all my requisites have been satisfied. mitchell's comments estate in the paper. >> and bradlee served as the editor for 30 years and died in october. we will have his funeral service monday night on c-span. >> new year's day on the c-span network, here are some of our featured programs. 10:00 a.m. eastern, washington ideas form. energy conservation with david crane. ward brown and at 4:00 p.m. eastern, the brooklyn historical society holds a conversation on race. then, from the explorers club,

mitchell once more time just so you can hear the full professionalism of this expert.ten to this. >> a very good friend of mine named don hutchins who was captured by kashimiri separatists under the same guy that kidnapped daniel pearl before he turned him over to ksem, they let the women go but eventually killed the men. and i started trying to figure out, what is this about, you know? who are these people? so even though personally, i don't give a damn whether you worship, what god you worship, which way you face when you worship, what kind of building you worship in. i don't care. but literally, when you want to kill my friends and kill my family and you want to destroy my way of life, you've got my full attention 37. >> of course he doesn't care where they worship because he doesn't know anything about where they worship or anything else about these people that he was trying to get into the heads of. allie, go ahead. >> i think as i'm kind of considering the whole fact that mitchell did this interview in the first police place, which is a big deal because he hasn't

mitchell's comments stayed in the paper. to be honest, i was frightened.t from the former attorney general probably the official closest to nixon, was not normal in the course of business as we know knew it. the statement about doing a little story on all of us was chilling. we knew a lot about how they operated, dirty tricks, sabotage espionage. but ben didn't miss a beat. he was not just cool but hey this is a great story; get it in the paper fast. he couldn't wait to tell katharine graham, who stopped by my desk the next morning and asked with a smile if i had any more messages for her. [laughter] let's think about this for a minute. we live now in an era when too many of us run afraid. we look for and we embrace the safety play. what will the boss think? what will the president of the board of directors do? my god i'm vulnerable. i better be careful and i better seek comfort in the company line or the party line. how do i stay on the main road? an outlandish number of members of congress now, democrats and republicans, hold office in a gerrymandered sa

. >> reporter: i reached james mitchell by phone in florida. he told me he could not confirm oh or deny if he was one of the two psychologists referred to the reporin the report. >> reporter: the senate report refers to two psychologists who helped c.i.a.'s use of brutal interrogation. they said they used enhanced interrogation on subjects. it identifies two contractors using the pseudonyms. their real names are reported as james mitchell and bruce jjessen. they said they were not there in realtime and the men and women in the c.i.a. without confirming or denying that i was a part of that interrogation program gave their lives to support the u.s. in our conversation he refused to confirm that he was one of the architects of the program. saying people think i am. i'm not acknowledging it one way or another. but mitchell talks openly about the benefits of waterboarding. >> does waterboarding institute torture. >> you can do it in a way so it shifts' a person's priorities later on. it's like every tool in the tool bag. you can under use it or over

bush from the oval office, reaction from senate leaders, bob dole and george mitchell on capitol hill, and east german ambassador gerhardt herder from the national press club in washington. we will also hear the speeches that president kennedy and president reagan delivered in berlin in 1963 and 1987 respectively that galvanized berliners and the free world. >> first, we go to the white house where president george h. w. bush held an informal oval office press conference on november 9, 1989. as events unfolded in berlin, he was criticized for not appearing to share in the jubilation. later, his closest aides, together with historians, described a president determined not to provoke a backlash by soviet hardliners. >> well, we just want to make a brief statement here. i have just been briefed by the secretary of state and national security adviser on the later news coming out of germany. and of course, i welcome the decision by the east german leadership to open the borders to those wishing to immigrate or travel. and this,s if the's implemented fully, certainly conforms with the helsi

. >> joined by nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell who is the host of andrea mitchell reports. despite the warnings about possible violence, even a call last friday from secretary john kerry, diane feinstein insists that the report will be released at this point. any idea when it could happen? >> last we heard most likely on tuesday tomorrow. she is supported byron wyden and senator udall and others the majority democrats who feel this is long overdue. it's been five and a half years in writing, and that it was clearly warned to the intelligence agencies. it was vetted by dennis mcdonough and the white house chief of staff, and resolved a lot of disagreements over what should be redacted or removed for classification reasons. that said, there's a lot of pushback already from those named in the report. from people like michael hayden, as you saw, who is named in the report. other cia directors, george tenant was the cia director right after 9/11 when it was initiated. it was ordered by president bush. there was a classified findings and they argue their defenders argue that the

. >>> i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we are following breaking news in indonesia while they recover the plane and bodies from the flight in the straight of northern channel in the java sea. the latest from singapore including some horrific moments for the families. the victims's families earlier today. >> we should start by saying they are calling it a search and rescue and holding out hope there might be survivors, but today is a tough day in southeast asia as they confirm the wreckage and the bodies they found do belong to air asia flight 8501. they found it out by watching local and seeing bodies floating in the water without warning. there were 162 people on board this flight. 17 of them were kids and one was a baby. the search effort will begin tomorrow when it becomes light again. they'll send divers to an area where they saw a big dark shadow. they believe that's where the bulk of the wreckage is. # when they figure out if it was to blame. they will learn from the future. they made it to the final destination. to

james mitchell is one of two psychologists that designed the interrogation program. tough questions are now being asked about mitchell's qualifications. >> i think it's a partisan pile of crap. it's an attempt to smear the men and women of the cia as the democrats leave their position of authority. >> reporter: that's james mitchell who has been tied to the secret interrogation program by publications in a 2008 senate report. he's one of two psychologists slammed in the report for developing the program. it's the details that are jaw dropping. mitchell and his partner are believed to have landed in $180 million contract with the government, despite the fact neither had knowledge of al qaeda, background in counterterrorism or cultural or linguistic expertise. again, 180 million dlarls. the cia disputed that characterization saying that we believe their expertise was so unique, we would have been derelict had we not sought them out. mitchell says he's been misrepresented in the press. >> people are distorting my credentials and qualifications. >> it's the credentials b

and what about mitchell's cre t credentials?e report says he has no interrogation experience and yet he was paid $80 million. what does he say about this? >> that was a scathing report that said james mitchell didn't have interrogation experience, didn't have expertise about al qaeda, didn't have cultural literacy about that area of the world. i asked him and he couldn't at the time we talked confirm or deny -- he would later confirm that he was the architect but at this point i talked about, talk about being misrepresented in the press. do you think you're getting a fair shake? here's what he told me. >> i think people are routinely distorting my qualifications. i'm getting all of these phone calls about people being asked, what do you think of this and what do you think of that and 90% of the stuff that they are saying is just not true. you should read the cia response and they are saying, no, the two subcontra subcontractors did not misrepresent themselves, you know. >> i spoke to mitchell last night and he confirmed that he'

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mitchell was quite upset. he responded, "jesus" several times as i read the story. key then went on to threaten if the post were to publish a story. he also said, we will do a story on all of you, he hung up the phone. i called ben at home. woodward and i'd did not observe the changing commands. had mitchell been drinking? i couldn't tell. to __ did i properly identify myself? yes. tell the desk it is okay, he said. a top official of the nixon campaign called me a few minutes later to make an appeal that mitchell had been caught in an unguarded moment. he has been a cabinet member, and so forth __ he doesn't want to show up in the paper like that. an official called bravia home to repeat that appeal. bradley recalled that it boils down to this question of whether or not mr. mitchell said it or not, and whether the "washington post" reporter identified himself or not. mitchell's comments stayed in the paper. >> ben bradlee served as the editor of the "washington post" for more than 30 years. he died in october of the age of 93. we will have is funeral service on mond

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the senate intelligence report at 9/11 is expected to be released tomorrow despite a classified assessment that there is a high potential of violent actions of targets overseas. the report is accused of lying repeatedly. they defended the agency. >> we are fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the cia serving on our behalf. these are patriots. if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base. i knew the directors and the deputy directors and a lot of the operators. these are good people. really good people. we are lucky as a nation to have them. >> i am joined by ron white and a member of the committee pushing for release of the report for years and years. thank you for being with us. from your perspective, tell us first of all what about the warnings and the intelligence assessment that came late last week and there would be a high p potential of violence with the military posts overseas. >> as you know, there some around the world who are already an

andrea mitchell. no one knows more about foreign affairs and specifically about the relations with cuba than andrea. it's good to see you, friend. >> thank you very much. >> well we -- we've been aware of this for i guess about two weeks. about the imminent release of alan gross. but the caution was with cuba you'd never foe when something was going to happen. timing it for the jewish holiday of hanukkah which started at sundown last night. this was an important moment for him and his family. we all knew after the fifth anniversary something was happening. these negotiations were being conducted. i was aware senator leahy was involved. so it was a bipartisan effort by senators to go and get him out. leahy has been visiting him and -- senator leahy's staff of course had been visiting him. there was a congressional delegation this week. the house members were not as directly involved. so we are frankly agreed not to report this for the last days because it might have interfered with him getting out of p

james mitchell, the u.s.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 we know how to do it, and someone's actually going to have to go in and execute on this and get information from the terrorists. and the next thing he knew, he got the call asking him to do it, somebody who had never done enhanced interrogation techniques personally before, but he said, you know, it was tough, and he didn't enjoy it, but he said he felt like he had to do it. and what he said was when you look at those passengers of flight 93 and saw their heroism, this is his thinking, i can do what i need to do to protect my country as well. bill: and when he said, okay, yes, and here is how he answered that question: >> the exact incident was a person there had asked me if i would do these, and i was hemming and hawing a little bit. either him or another person said, well, after you've seen all that you've seen,

mitchell took a step back and said it's a shared responsibility. but you know, he is someone who absolutely believes that these techniques were effective. he also disputes the fact that he received $80 million. he said that's absolutely not true. would not give the amount that he received or what his company received, but, you know, he's very, very defensive of this. he also wanted to point out during this interview that while the senate report and other investigations said that he did not have any experience, he says that he has decades of experience. >> thank you very much. senator elizabeth warren is mad. >> this is a democracy and the american people didn't elect us to stand up for citigroup. they elected us to stand up for all the people. >> i'm going to take a guess that former congressman barney frank is also mad about the same thing, i'll find out when i talk to him, ahead. lood flow. cialis tadalafilod flow. for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cial

and so, i asked mitchell, which guy were you in that report? and he still wouldn't tell me which moniker was his. and that report says mitchell helped run and design the interrogation program. and he didn't have any particular expertise, according to the report. the cia disputes that. but the fact remains, carol, that the company he started made $80 million contracting with the cia, and there's real questions about whether or not he had the expertise to start to run that program. >> i'm sure you'll keep digging. chris frates, thanks so much. we appreciate it. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," the crumbnibus passed, and i'm not talking about a breakfast sandwich. i'm talking about the bill that keeps the government running and puts political foes on the same team. this is really strange. we'll talk, next. [ male announcer ] are you so stuffed up, you feel like you're underwater? try zyrtec-d® to powerfully clear your blocked nose and relieve your other allergy symptoms... so you can breathe easier all day. zyrtec-d®. find it at the pharmacy c

for more, let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. good morning. >> good morning, a little earlier this morning, we mentioned the pineapple express. this moisture, you can pick out the brighter greens are more moisture, the tap goes all the way back to hawaii and funneling the moisture in, california getting it now. yesterday, you can pick this out on the satellite, too, all the moisture coming into the area, yesterday it was more into the northwest, places like washington, now the heavier bands shifted into northern california and tomorrow southern california will get a bit more of this. in the meantime, high winds and when you combine high winds and rain, that can be a power outage nightmare, because the soil system, the trees are able to topple over once wet and you have to wind. the higher elevations, the pinks, that is heavy snow. here's the moisture as it spills in. northern part of california looks like they will get the most widespread areas, a half, a foot, some places six to eight-inches, as you get towards the mountainous t

even jessen and mitchell. they turned 24e78s into a company and collected $81 million in taxpayer money for their services in designing the torture program. plus they got a guarantee of legal immunity if they ever needed it. this is the only reckoning we're ever going to get. how can that be? my doctor told me about stelara®. it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ... stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization. before starting stelara®... ...your doctor should test for tuberculosis. stelara® may increase your risk of cancer. always tell your doctor if you have any sign of infection, have had cancer, or if you develop any new skin growths. do not take stelara® if you are allergic to stelara® or any of its ingredients. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems- these may be signs o

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. ray rice has been reinstated. an ash traitor overturned the indefinite suspension on friday. in an exclusive interview, they asked about the chances her husband will play again. >> what's it going to take in your mind for another team to take a chance on ray rice? >> for them to look past the situation which i know is going to be hard. at the end of the day, he is a football player and that's what they should be focused on. he has prison himself as a football player for seven years. there is no question of what he can do on the field. >> do you think the owner and fans of the team can get that images from the elevator out of their minds? >> we know it's going to take work. once he shows them who he is and they reach out to people here. they find out things he has done, i think it could help. >> joining me now is the host of

. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" fury over the chokehold case. after a staten island grand jury decides not to charge a new york city police officer in the death of eric garner killed on tape. his death already ruled a homicide. his wife reacts. >> it's not fair. what do they not see? how could they possibly not indict? you know, i felt hopeless. >> frustration, rage and helplessness throughout the five boroughs of the city and the rest of the country. no laughing matter for anyone, including jon stewart taping his late-night show after the surprising afternoon announcement. >> none of the ambiguities exist in the staten island case. and yet the outcome is exactly the same. no crime, no trial, all harm, no foul. >>> and two middle east mysteries and unrest in abu dhabi leads to more questions about why an american teacher was stabbed to death in an obabu dhabi shopping mall. >>> good day, everyone. on a difficult day throughout the country, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. you're monitoring, of course, the latest developments in a national reac