peter taylor has been given rare and extensive access to film inside guantaunmo bay. here is his special report. >> within days of taking office president obama promised to close guantaunmo and with it a chapter of american history. >> the process whereby guantaunmo will be closed no later than one year from now. >> but more than two years later there are around 170 detainees held without trial, many al qaeda's hardcore. some have been ill treated in the past. we were only allowed to film a few and forbidden to show their faces. >> well, we have been with these guys for nine years. we know who we picked off the battlefield. we know what type of guys they are as far as compliant and not compliant. just because they are compliant does not mean their ideology has not changed. they want to kill our guards and want to disrupt our organization. they are still in the fight. >> president obama pledged to try many of the detainees in civilian courts in america but proved almost impossible. much of the evidence obtained through torture and ill treatment is likely to be thrown o

. >> taylor won two oscars during her remarkable career. nbc's peter alexander joining with us more of her life and legacy. peter, good morning. >> good morning to both of you. this is sad news. obviously elizabeth taylor will be remembered than larger-than-life hollywood star. unforgettable performances on the silver screen. her personal courage off of it as well. she was described it is a last of a breed traveling with huge entourages, spending lavishly on diamonds and living a life of old-style hollywood glamour. she was one of the last of the screen goddesses from hollywood's golden age. >> one more crack. just one and i will not only spit in your eye but i will punch it black and blue. >> at the height of her career in the '50s and '60s, some of the most memorable movies. >> help me. >> don't. >> now i sound insane, don't i? >> are you trying to? >> born in london to american parents in 1932, elizabeth taylor moved to los angeles just before the outbreak of world war ii. >> eat your bread. >> small but memorable roles in movies like "lassie came h

. >>> elizabeth taylor's life was not all glitz and glamour. peter alexander has more on that. throughout the country and the world today. of course, elizabeth day lore's career filled with so many memorable movie moments you can but her passing isn't the loss of one of hollywood's brightest stars, also the end of an almost 70-year soap opera that americans couldn't get enough. ♪ >> reporter: for a nation obsessed with royalty, elizabeth taylor was hollywood's queen, as famous for film as she was for diamonds, drama and divorce. with those stunning looks and violet eyes, taylor was a household name by the tender age of 12. >> all day and every night, i want to be a famous rider. >> reporter: taylor later earned critical acclaim starring opposite her generation's top leading men. >> i tried with you, baby. i really tried. >> reporter: but her off-screen dramas would eventually become as memorable as her glittering performances themselves. more than 50 movies, sure, but the sultry starlet also had seven husbands. the first, a wealthy hotel heir, the last a construction worker. ta