. >> woodruff: robert grenier, former director of c.i.a. counterterrorism, we thank you for joining us. >> you're very welcome. >> ifill: the supreme court today ruled against amazon warehouse workers who argued that they should be paid for the extra time it takes them to be screened at the end of the work day. cases like this are often argued by a relatively tight circle of lawyers who are well known to the justices, and are more likely to share the same education and private firm pedigrees. reuters looked at 17,000 petitions filed with the court to try to put numbers to that conclusion, and uncovered an

robert grenier, you just listened to what senator feinstein said. i asked her essentially what you and others in the c.i.a., former c.i.a. officials are saying, that this report is just way far exaggerating what actually happened. >> yes, i think that the report gets a lot of things factually wrong. i think that it incorrectly analyze as number of things. not to say everything is false by any means, but many of the true assertions in the report are presented in a very misleading light and lead to false conclusions. >> woodruff: the picture that comes through loud and clear are extreme methods taken time and again for dozens, scores of detainees being held, in some cases leading to their death. >> you know, this is a really important case in point. one of the things that is pointed out -- in fact, in the press summary that was handed out that was first released, it states that the case of a detainee in afghanistan, actually an afghan national, an individual who died as a result of exposure. he was being guard bid afghan militiamen at the time. this i

police tell us robert grenier played several two liter soda bottles on the road so drivers would have swerve around them. he's been doing that for the past several months. officers tell us they caught grenier inç the act early this morning. >>> a coast card cutter that recovered $800,000 worth of cocaine and rescued 42 migrants are back in new jersey this evening. the dependable returned to cape may after a 60-day deployment. the cutter traveled through the florida straits to the eastern caribbean sea during its tour of duty. crew members were excited to greet their families waiting on the docks. >> fantastic. there is anticipation, the last day or two, we call it channel fever. people watch tv because we can't sleep because they're so excited to get home. >> a proposal to raise the retirement age of pennsylvania's judges causing some concerns, right now there's a proposal, a proposed constitutional amendment that would raise their retirement age from 70 to 75. 20 judges turn 70 next year. under current law they'd have to resign. if the measure passes it could complicate next year's

dig into the details of the report, with senator diane feinstein who led the investigation, and robert grenier, former head of the c.i.a.'s counter terrorism center. >> ifill: then, we continue our series on innovations and inventions that could affect how we relate to man's best friend. scientists develop new ways for

. >> let's bring in al jazeera english contributor, robert grenier, a former director of the counterterrorism center and was iraq mission manager from 2002 to 2004. justin raddick is a security and human rights director for the human rights project and was a whistleblower in the john walker lynch investigation, and has been an important advocate for other whistleblowers, including edward snowden. it is good to have you both on the show. robert, you were at the c.i.a. for part of the time - the whole time that the report looks at in different capacities, and you were offered the chance to read the report before it was published you declined to do that. >> jonathan gainsaid the report needed to come out. what is your response to them and those that say it was important. >> to correct the record, i was briefly invited to read the report and before. i was not interested and the cost of agreeing to see the report in advance would have been that i could not have commented on it until after today's release. that was not a good bargain so far as i was concerned. in any case, within 24 hours of the in

. >> robert grenier, thank you very much for your perspective, certainly you know what went on. >> i do. >>> all right, president obama getting laughs last night after he took over the "colbert report" he poked fun at himself, gop leaders and even stephen colbert who is known to mock the commander-in-chief daily. the president also talked shop. let's get to senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. how did it go, jim? >> the white house is going beyond the mainstream press to get its message out on some of the biggest issues facing this president. from immigration to ferguson. [ cheers and applause ] >> with the white house scrambling to contain crises at home and overseas, president obama sought some comic relief on the "colbert report" and the punchlines came with a public. >> are you still president after the mid-terms? because the republicans are quite surprised that you're doing anything at all. >> look, the election didn't go as it, i would have liked. you know i made a little correction there. i had a little thought bubble. but -- as president, the only office where you're