nancy hollander, can you describe what happened to him when the u.s.efore guantÁnamo, and then at guantÁnamo? in his book, he says one of the interrogators said, "i know i can go to hell for what i do to you." >> what that guard was referring to was specifically not letting him pray. one of the things that was on the list of special interrogation techniques that the secretary of defense donald rumsfeld approved specifically for mohamedou is that he not be allowed to pray. he was also put in what they call the for gawre fire program, which meant he was not allowed to sleep. he was interrogated around-the-clock and maybe he would get an hour or two of sleep, then they would wake him up. this went on for almost two months or maybe even longer. they dragged him out on a vote. first, they came into his cell with a dog terrified him, put a foot over him, put goggles on put your muffs on, dragged him. we were able to learn from his medical records that he complained that his ribs were broken. in fact, they were broken when a beat him. they took him out and as

larry siems, nancy hollander, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: to politicsnd the 2016 race for the white house. on saturday, nearly a dozen republican hopefuls made their way to iowa to woo conservative activists at the inaugural freedom summit. speakers included donald trump wisconsin governor scott walker and new jersey governor chris christie. >> let me ask you this, if i was too blunt, too direct, too loud and too new jersey for iowa then why do you people keep inviting me back? >> if you're not afraid to go big and go bold you can actually get results. >> it can't be mitt, because mitt ran and failed. he failed. the last thing we need is another bush. >> woodruff: then, on sunday focus shifted west to palm springs, california. senators marco rubio, rand paul, and ted cruz participated in a forum before some 400 potential donors at the winter meeting of freedom partners, a conservative group aligned with the billionaire koch brothers. joining us now to talk about it all are amy walter of "the cook political report" and nia-malika henderson of "the washin