when he was mayor here, it grew to become romania's largest. that, too, is a symbol of his political ambitions to build a future with traditional values. >> well, that's it for today. feel free to get in touch with any comments -- negative or positive. always good to hear from you. last week, walter got in touch on twitter after our report about volunteers fighting for russia in eastern ukraine. he says that vladimir putin is being demonized in a lot of western media. do you agree? let me know what you think. for now, thanks very much for watching, and see you next time. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] visit ncicap.org] garrison keillor: a native of michigan, bob hicok worked with cars and computers before becoming a teacher. he's the author of five books of poems, one of which, animal soul, was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. he says, "i can't separate what's serious "from what's funny. "i'd like the mix in my poems t

when he was mayor here, it grew to become romania's largest. that, too, is a symbol of his political ambitions to build a future with traditional values. >> well, that's it for today. feel free to get in touch with any comments -- negative or positive. always good to hear from you. last week, walter got in touch on twitter after our report about volunteers fighting for russia in eastern ukraine. he says that vladimir putin is being demonized in a lot of western media. do you agree? let me know what you think. for now, thanks very much for watching, and see you next time. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] visit ncicap.org] steves: since the romantic era in the 19th century, luzern has been a regular stop on the grand tour route of europe. [ whistle blows ] its inviting lakefront now includes a modern concert hall, which incorporates the lake into its design. the old town, with a pair of picture-perfect wooden bridges, straddles the reuss river,

most people, when they come to romania, they only stay in bucharest a day or two.

remo romania has been hit with back-to-back storms for week and are resulting with one of the longest streaks in over 30 years for this country. the rainfall has saturated the soil resulting in overflowing rivers and banks. including homes as you can see in this picture. i'm afraid to tell you that the rain will be continuing across some of the areas, clearing out in romania, where the video is come coming from from, but upper trough and this low pressure system combined are bringing us conditions. we have three waterspouts reported around greece and precipitation will then take you to turkey. we have a second level highest level of warmings for heavy rainfall across western turkey today as we speak, but as you can see, the winds and rain will be tapering off, but take a look at this. this massive system is still an ongoing event. we have reports of about 70 to 80 kilometers per hour in and around the scandanavian peninsula. we still have a potential for 100 kilometers per hour gusts that could be a potential across denmark and the heavy rain patches could be across the british aisles

so our friend this morning, romania, romania, josh escue was our favorite. because they were always probing the soviet union. when we came in, we said, no, that's not the right measure. we're trying to liberalize. romania went from the top right down to the bottom. poland went to the top because were trying to change their system. we had a general sense of where we wanted to go and how. but there were lots of parallels that we weren't sure would work. >> it was such a sensitive topic at the beginning that there was some debate and reluctance to use the word "unification." friend will remember that. i'm trying to remember what we called it for a little while. some different name. >> no, we wanted to stay away from that. again, because we didn't want much of thrown out. gorbachev't want thrown out. there was a coup later on. it was too late. >> you spent a lot of time with him before and after that period. i recall you were out shooting sheep with him in mongolia. >> no, he wasn't shooting sheep. [laughter] i didn't say i wasn't shooting sheep. ask you again -

guest: poland and romania and other countries have nothing to do with intelligence officials in those countries that their secrets have been disclosed. the backlash has been all about the public in those countries finding out the governments were secretly complicit from our report. guest: yes, that's how they found out. guest: i think that's not a problem from the perspective of revealing the crown jewels. as we have a right to know what our government is up to an hour name, i think the people of poland and romania have a right to know what their government is up to. it's not fair to us to object to the disclosure of this report and the grounds it might harm another country's ability. that's the agreement these countries made when they participated in this program for those governments di e

the country joined the european union in 2007 and romania's skilled and educated 30 to 40-year-olds.ore than 60% turnout for voting in the recent presidential election and faith in a democracy earned through bloodshed remains strong. paul brennan, al jazeera, bucharest. >> now, a group of residents in argentina's capital buenos aires says it's at threat. lucia newman explains. >> it's often referred to as the paris of the americas, with its stunning 18th and 19th century european architecture, argentina's exam buenos aires is considered as a jewel. fellow activates from an ngo called no more demolitions take a petition to the city council to try oto freercht the destruction of whato prevent whl heritage. >> the courts ordered the city to restore the original cobblestones. >> stopping work on a metro station, or a french plaza that would have facilitated access to a nearby shopping mall. >> now the city government is suing us for damages for the 24 million pac pesos it cost them o stop construction for seven months. >> these late 19th century lifts represent the dilemma when thbetween

themselves romania and the students in the youth movement dream of an moldovia in romania and aspirationsere are hopes to be more european and they are intertwined and draw support from the young. suspicions that moscow will continue to exert pressure voiced by the moldova propersons the liberal democrats and need to form a governing coalition. >> translator: i think that in the near future what has been happening will become more obvious, the embargoes and pressure for citizens who work abroad and manipulation through russian media that strongly influence maldova and this will allow us to continue our european journey. >> reporter: and sunday vote saw the socialist win the highest number of seats and the leader says a big proportion of society wants to turn its back on the eu. >> translator: maybe the eu and the u.s. are cheering right now because mathematically the government won, maybe they can form a majority but this majority is a luxury, most citizens voted against the government and against european integration. >> unification they shout, activists who dream living under the umbrel

romania's skilled and educated 30 to 40-year-olds are driving the country forward. >> the monument to the revolution forms a traffic island. the fall has long since succeeded. there was a more than # 0% turn out for voting in the election, and faith in a democracy urged in bloodshed remains strong >>> while american ginseng has been popular in china and other countries, it's helping to revitalize a sluggish economy back home. john hendren reports. >> reporter: from the shaded mountains if the autumn gold rush has begun. chris and his family have been digging up ginseng roots in the kentucky wood lapped, waiting years and -- wood lands, waiting years and dodging copper head snakes. >> most have theed idea that you can sow seeds in the ground and stay in there 10-12 years before coming up. >> reporter: chinese and koreans value it as a medicine, a sting u land, chinese -- sting u land, chinese med sen. >> most of the dry market goes to china, and the chinese consumers prefer the wild root. it's grown slower. they feel like in their philosophy that they have more energy, information from

the torture was carried out at black sites in afghanistan, lithuania, romania, poland, thailand, and a secret site on the guantanamo naval base known as strawberry fields. speaking on the senate floor, the chair of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinstein, said the report forces the u.s. to say "never again." >> there are those who will seize upon the report and say, see what the americans did? and they will try to use it to justify evil actions or incite more violence. we can't prevent that, but history will judge us by our commitment to adjust society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say, never again. >> the report concludes the cia failed to disrupt a single plot despite torturing al qaeda and other captives in secret prisons worldwide between 2002 and 2006. cia officials were also found to have routinely misled the media, congress, and the white house on the torture methods and their ineffectiveness. in response to the report, president obama said the findings underscore why he ended the torture program after taking office. tactics that wer

so romania went from the top right down to the bottom. and poland went to the top because they were trying to change the system. so we had a general sense of where we wanted to go and how, but there were lots of parallels and we worked toward it. >> you know, it was such a sensitive topic at the beginning that there was some debate within our administration and some reluctance to use the term reunification or unification. brent will remember that, and i'm trying to remember what it was we called it for a little while, something -- a different name. >> no. we wanted to stay away from that again, because we didn't want -- we didn't want gorbachev thrown out. we didn't want a coup or any -- there was a coup later on as jim said, but it was after it was too late. >> mr. secretary, you mentioned edward shevardnadze. you spent a lot of time with him both before and after that particular period. i recall that you were actually out shooting sheep with him in mongolia when -- >> no, he wasn't shooting sheep. i didn't say i wasn't shooting sheep. >

but once romania capitulated, he realized that the american prisoners being held in romania were likely to be liberated by the soviets, and he didn't trust the russians released the americans. and as we now know, many americans were not released in the soviets. so constantin cantacuzino stuck an american senior pow in the fuselage of the smasher smit with a crudely painted american flag on the fuselage and flow down to the 15th air force headquarters. and in about two days arranged a massive airlift to fly bombers up to the bucharest area unloaded the pows aboard and take them back to freedom in italy. and he made the mistake of letting an american fighter pilot fly his measure schmidt and wrapped it in a ball. so in order to guide the relief force, constantin cantacuzino needed an american airplane. the only american airplanes available was a p. 51 mustang and the only ones of those heatsink were in his gunsight a few weeks before. but he was one of these natural born pilots who said show me the tabs, in other words, how to start the thing to keep it off, put on a world-class aerobatic

there were a couple other kids diagnosed in romania and they didn't make it. >> reporter: carrie who became addy's foster mom heard about a drug that could help. it wasn't available in romania, so she flew to city of hope in california. >> with chemotherapy alone his survival at that time was probably less than 20%. >> reporter: he was given a prescription to take back to row a plan ya -- romania and carrie started the adoption process. addy has been cancer free almost 10 years and is dreaming of his future. >> i want to pitch for the dodgers. >> reporter: he'll see the rose parade the first time this year riding on the city of hope's float with other families fighting cancer. >> we were given very little hope that he would survive and he's here today. so there is hope when it seems hopeless. >> doctors say addy's chance of relapse is close to zero. >>> a washington state couple is telling their story tonight after surviving two avalanches. >> this incredible video of the second one sent colby dotson and his girl friend running on saturday. the first avalanche came crashing down mome

guest: poland and romania and other countries have nothing to do with intelligence officials in those countries that their secrets have been disclosed. the backlash has been all about the public in those countries finding out the governments were secretly complicit from our report. guest: yes, that's how they found out. guest: i think that's not a problem from the perspective of revealing the crown jewels. as we have a right to know what our government is up to an hour name, i think the people of poland and romania have a right to know what their government is up to. it's not fair to us to object to the disclosure of this report and the grounds it might harm another country's ability. that's the agreement these countries made when they participated in this program for those governments did so even though they are under far more aggressive regimes. his program for those governments did so even under far more aggressive regimes. it makes in which clear that these actions are illegal in europe compared to the slightly murkier laws under u.s. laws. i set our credibility will hurt with for

here, beside the car carpathian mountains in romania, just a seven hour drive from moscow. romanians and other eastern europeans who remember russia aggression, willingness to stop an emboldened russian president vladimir putin. >> now this is a new cold war reality. now we live in a new cold war but it's a danger for real war. >> not everyone shares the former romania president's fears that russia and the u.s. are bound for armed conflict. yet an increasing presence has left no room for error. when russia launched an unusually large number of combat aircraft near nato air space. nearly 2 dozen russian bombers and fighters swooped over the north sea, the black sea, the gulf of finland and the baltic sea. that intercept was captured here on never-before-seen video recently declassified by the norwegian military. it shows russia's newest fighter jet the su-34 which can travel more than 2500 miles carrying a payload of eight tons of precision enjoyed weapons. events like this happen more than 100 times in 2014. three times more than in 2014. -- 2013. >> essentiallily what it i

that is to say, if you look at berlin, romania contributes troops.lared war before russia did. bulgaria, it's more the matter of volunteers. in the first world war, what about syria, iraq? what about the kurds? why weren't they offered states? the interesting point is that none of them actually contributed major legions or detachments to the war cause. zionists, you have the jewish group. you had for whatever it was worth the british made it sound like it was worth more than it was, the arabs attached in some fashion to the army. the armenians had some. the balkans, it's more which side you chose. if you were on the right side in the war, that that is what determined it. it may not have been arbitrary, that it to say decisions being made about the future of of the minority people, whatever wilson's rhetoric and ee deals, were based on contributions to the war effort. >> of course, with the hungarians they lost. that's their problem. the arabs were on a winning side and they still lost. >> do you think?6+ñ >> jordan. >> well, i mean, sure. but the bul

. >> we go underground in romania to meet homeless people living in the sewers. >>> and after $15 billion investment, more on airbus passenger plane. >>> and italy's football titles will be decided in qatar. we have more coming up later in the program. >> news out of iraq. battles are now under way with fighters from the islami islamic state in iraq and the levant. let's get more now from erbil. bring us up-to-date on the latest on the fighting. >> reporter: the reports we're getting is that fighting is going on in the middle of the town where isil fighters are reported to show resistence against peshmerga forces, who earlier in the week had broken a siege that isil fighters had laid on mount sinjar. the kurdish fighters are supported by ethnic yazidi fighters, and we can confirm now that kurdish guerrillas from syria have joined the fight on the border of syria and iraq. heavy fighting still going on. jet fighters are cutting out airstrikes on positions of isil. >> what does this mean in the bigger picture in the fight for sinjar? >> well, it's a strategic town. it's very important, firs

. >> this is a chimney 280 meters feet high in romania, about 918 feet. you see the amazing size of this thing. he is going to climb it. this is like an old cold war chimney in serious disrepair. >> how in the world -- suction cups? >> he is just climbing on cables that are hanging down. this is impressive strength. he just goes hand over hand. >> they could split at any second and crumble in his hands. >> look at the rickety metal he starts standing on when he finally gets to the ladder. this looks like the picture of safety. it is rotting and falling away. this entire area of safety fall away. he gets to the top 918 feet above. wow. heig hole in it because it's a chimney. >> does he jump off it? >> he is going across it. >> he has no fear. >> he seems to be in the circus. he does juggling, things like that. he does the high-wire stuff. this is another day at the office. he's got to get down. >> three traffic camera videos that show it's just not your time. this guy in china crossing a dark street. probably not a good idea to be crossing where he is. he

in the report, it says that eu countries like sweden, the u.k., italy, and romania have cooperated with the cia through rendition of prisoners to the usa without any guarantees. and in sweden, they have allowed the cia to float five people out under inhumane conditions. the truth can make us free. we have to find the truth. there has to be an end to impunity. the perpetrators have to be judged. and accountability has to be demanded. thank you. >> thank you very much. do you accept a blue card from mr. arnold? >> yes. >> i know you agree with me that torture is immoral, illegal, and must always be condemned. do you also accept military expediency requires the possibility of proper interrogation? i refer in the u.k. to the words of tim collins, "since i was serving, interrogations have been tightened up because of lawyers. we are no longer able to carry out tactical questioning. the effect of ambulance chasers is that we have gotten the point where we have lost operational capacity." >> you have 30 seconds. it does not help if you speak so quickly because the translators cannot translate

that is to say, if you look at berlin, romania contributes troops.ared war before russia did. bulgaria, it's more the matter of volunteers. in the first world war, what about syria, iraq? what about the kurds? why weren't they offered states? the interesting point is that none of them actually contributed major legions or detachments to the war cause. zionists, you have the jewish group. you had for whatever it was worth the british made it sound like it was worth more than it was, the arabs attached in some fashion to the army. the armenians had some. the balkans, it's more which side you chose. if you were on the right side in the war, that that is what determined it. it may not have been arbitrary, that it to say decisions being made about the future of of the minority people, whatever wilson's rhetoric and ee deals, were based on contributions to the war effort. >> of course, with the hungarians they lost. that's their problem. the arabs were on a winning side and they still lost. >> do you think?6+ñ >> jordan. >> well, i mean, sure. but the bulg

a romania company has become one of europe's fastest growing car manufacturers.es at the former communist state-owned company dachia grew 35% in the first six months of this year. the company's success is causing friction with labor unions as paul brennan reports. >> the production line at the factory north of bucarest almost can't keep up with demand. the economic crisis which gripped europe has created a significant niche for low-cost, no-frills vehicles. the entry level cost just 9 and a half thousand dollars. last year, it generated turnover of 5 and a ha$5 and a half bill dollars. it's a world away from the days when this company was state-owned. >> i worked under the communist system, and now i work using the international standards of rand. the difference between the two is incredible. there is just no comparison. >> 65 cars an hour are coming off of the end of the daicha production line. the company flat-out to meet demand. but the dilemma of how to reward the workforce that makes that possim. >> in 2008 after a 15-day strike, a deal was kneed to raise --

>>> this is a chimney 280 meters high in romania. for those of you that don't know meters, that's about 918 feet. just the amazing size of this thing. and flavia is going to climb it. this is like an old cold war chimney. it's in serious disrepair. >> how in the world? like with suction cups? >> to get up the first 20-odd meters, he's just climbing on some cables that are langing do -- hanging down. this is impressive strength. >> it could split at any second. >> it gets worse. you wonder about the cables. look at the rickety metal he's standing on. this is looking like the picture of safety. the whole thing is already falling away. but he keeps going, gets up to 100 meters. this entire area has fallen away. there's all these bricks, because apparently the bricks are falling off this chimney as well. but he gets to the top. 918 feet above. >> wow! that's crazy. >> and then there's a big hole in it because it's a chimney. does he jump off of it? >> yep! >> he >> you can see from his facebook page, he seems to be in the circus. he does

. >> in romania's tunnels in bucharest there are people who live in an underground society. we meet their charismatic leader and some may find this report disturbing. >> reporter: this looks like another manhole cover but this is a door to the world beyond the reach of the authorities, and it is right beneath the feet of commuters in the european capitol. the first sense of a claustrophobic heat and pungent, nauseating smell. then you see syringes and needles everywhere. presiding over all of this is bruce lee the so-called king of the sewers. >> i want to stay here. i don't like it outside. i feel asphyxiated between four walls. here it's different. here it's my life. here all is lost. i don't have dreams or hurts but they do. but they do. i work for them to create a better life. >> reporter: bruce lee creates light stolen from the main supply. he uses other items scavenged from above ground. many here are hiv positive. this there is tb and hepatitis. there is lice and flees. >> there is pungent smells but you don't get used to the needles. there are neededdels on the floor

i think that having walked out of romania with the clothes on his back and rejected by country afterssed what was going on in the old world in germany, i think that he felt enormous debt of gratitude to his christian neighbors for welcoming him to this new land. >> the secret zbift a fascinating story, a great book. you have done him a mitzfah for writing it. when we come back my time with fidel castro. talking about osama bin laden and his offer to help the victims of 9/11. stick around. wagesign-then-drive event. right now, for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a new volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta and the precisely engineered passat tdi. ah, the gift of clean diesel. for the new volkswagen on your list this year, just about all you need, is a pen. festive, isn't it? get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models. sea captain: there's a narratorstorm cominhe storm narrator: that whipped through the turbine which poured... surplus energy into the plant which gene

and romania's skilled and educationed 30 to 40 year olds are driving the economy forward.t to the revolution now forms a traffic island in central bucharest. the euphoria which followed the fuel has long since subsided but there was a more than 60% turn out for voting in the recent presidential election, and faith in a democracy earned through bloodshed remains strong. paul brennan, bucharest. >>> wild american ginseng is revitalizing the economy in some. it's very popular in gina and other asian countries because of its ma dismal properties. >> reporter: the autumn gold rush has become in appalachian country. chris mills and his family have been digging up ginseng roots for nearly-a century, waiting years and dodging copper head snakes in search of what some call the most lucrative legal plant on earth. >> sometimes it stays in the ground a lot longer than most people would have ideas about. sometimes you can seow seeds in the ground and they stay there 10 or 12 years before they comee up. >> reporter: chinese say it's it does a lot of things. there is a market for cheape

. >>> the number of homeless families is rising in romania, it's in part the result of a government policyt as paul brennan shows us, one group in the cap al bucharest is taking a stand. >> reporter: winter is almost here. and the only heat available is a small campfire. for five years these families paid rent and lived inside the two handsome town houses which they now camp outside of. on september 15th despite having nowhere else to go they were thrown out. >> translator: i agree with giving back the house to the owner but what are we supposed to do, stay in the a street where the children? is that reasonable? >> translator: we are at the end of our strength. we are cold, we can't endure the cold and the snow and the rain. what are the authorities doing? >> reporter: these roma have become the unintend victims of romania's restitution laws which return private property snatched by the state during the communist years. although in theory, no homes can be reclaimed until the authorities or the new owners provide alternative housing the existing tenants in practice as many as 50,000 people

that is to say, if you look at o the treaty of berlin, romania contributes troops to the russian war.serbia actually declared war before russia did. bulgaria, more of a matter of volunteers. in the first world war, you hea, about what about syria, what about iraq, mesopotamia, what ku about ther kurds, why weren't they offered states. the interesting point is none or them contributed major allegiance to the allied war cause.use. zionists, you have the jewish ledge coming to syria. you also had for whatever it was worth, the british obviously made it sound like it was worth a lot more than it was, fizzo and the arabs, who were also attached in some fashion to the army. i guess in the balkans, it seems like it's more a case of which side you chose, right? if you were on the right side or the war. s that that is what determined ita the decisions being made about the futures of these minority peoples, whatever wilson's tever rhetoric and ideals were based at least in part on contributions to the war effort >> with the hungarians, they lost. that's their problem.ing side but the arabs were

and while romania's property boom in bucharest have left many roma out in the cold. >> today on "the stream". >> nine million americans are taking prescription drugs that may have very dangerous interactions. are you one of them? find out on "the stream". >> "the stream". today at 5:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. >> now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the pakistani government has stepped up its military campaign against the taliban. al jazeera understands that the suspected mastermind of the peshawar school attack could be one of those skilled in airstrikes. >>> iraqi and kurdish peshmerga forces are making progress against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. they advantaged to open a second corridor at sinjar mountain. and cuba's president raul castro said that his toronto faces a long and difficult struggle before the u.s. lifts the economic embargo. that's despite the agreement this week to restory diplomatic ties between the two countries. four afghan prisoners from guantanamo are now back in afghanistan after being released by the united states. the foreme

. >> romania made significant progress in housing its homeless. in the tunnels in syria below buickar rest, there's people that stay -- bucca rest there's people that stay below the reach of society. some viewers may find some images in this report disturbing. >> reporter: from afar it hooks like a mann hole cover. this is a door to a parallel society, a world beyond the reach of the police or the authorities. and it is right beneath the feet of commuters in a european capital. the first sense is a claustrophobic heat, and a pungent smell. then you see the sirrings and the needles everywhere. syringes and needles everywhere. presiding over all of this is bruce lee, the so-called king of the sewers. >> i want to stay here. if don't like it outside. i feel as fixiated between four walls. here it's different. here is my life. for me, all is life. i don't have dreams or hopes. they do. for them i have everything. i work for them to have a different life. >> bruce lee connected life. he hands out drugs and cigarettes in return for scrap metal or other

nato made a mistake, in my opinion, when they moved the nay those in the baltic states and maldova, romaniabulgaria. you're in russia's front yard. and i think that's the main problem we've had with putin. it's right in their front yard. >> ah, i still would rather talk about the elephants. >> if you think about the united states, we are carrying the weight of international security. the big problem with the european union is because they've had mote that have failed, unemployment in europe and spain. people in the economy have proved that. the pressure to reduce the spending is relentless. and it'll continue. but if the problem is, if you have an alliance, there's mutual responsible. yes, the uk is letting the united states down. if they're talking about that floating humanitarian platforms, that's a problem because it speaks to power generations deficits. >> are they weakening? >> it's improving at the moment, growing. but at the level of state spending, it's crowding out -- precious defense spending. it's easy to get the united states to pay the weight of that. >> but from euro, it's rec

he was -- he fled romania and made his way to france. it was important for the u.s. other countries to address the global refugee problem, but the reason i'm here is that there was a church in portland, oregon and a couple other people that sponsored his way to come to america. i think you need both. >> is the real problem you are trying to get, is the real problem the apparatus, the straktustra structure we have, for trying to do good? if it's not a problem, what is the solution? >> i mean the problem is essentially lack of opportunity. we all know about inequality in this country. there's obviously a profound problem when the top 1% of the country owns more than the bottom 90%. more important than the economic inequity is opportunity. it is so clear that there are kids out there who don't have anything like the chance at the starting line and so many others. there are ways we can create greater equity. the only thing i have seen polling at 97% in this country is there should be more equalized economic opportunity. people disagree with transfer payments and other so

. >> i am paul brennan in romania where the extraordinary success of a home-grown car maker producing a real dilemma for the workforce. am >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. ♪ >>> welcome back. you are watching al jazeera live from doha. let's take you to the top stories, an american journal accident and south african teacher have been killed. president barack obama declared the men's deaths as barbaric. al nusra front said it killed a lebanese policeman it was holding captive because the government is holding some of the wives of the leaders. tie off and on has made landfill hitting the east coast of the central

black sites in poland, lithuania, romania, afghanistan and thailand. former vice president dick cheney says the interrogations paid off big time. >> we asked the agency to go take steps and put in place programs that were designed to catch the -- that killed 3,000 of us on 9/11. and make sure it didn't happen again. and that's exactly what they did. >> reporter: their biggest success, the takedown of osama bin laden. the agency even helped the producers of the film "zero dark thirty" dramatize how they say waterboarding helped identify bin laden's courier whom they then followed to his hideaway. the senate report says the vast majority of the intelligence was originally acquired from sources unrelated to the cia's detention and interrogation program. and the best information came from an al qaeda operative named hassan ghul who officers said sang like a tweetie bird before being tortured. he was subjected to 59 hours of sleep deprivation. the report says he began hallucinating and never provided further threat information. dana priest who won a prize f

he spent the past year overseas in both afghanistan and romania.y completely surprised by the whole thing but what a joyous homecoming and a well deserved kiss on the cheek for a newborn baby. well done all the way around. >>> we thank you for watching "eyewitness news" here on the cw philly. for kathy, rob and all of us here, i'm chris may. have a good flight. we'll see you at 11 o'clock on cbs3. >> ♪ ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself some people think vegetables are boring. but with green giant's delicious seasonings and blends, we just may change their minds. ho ho ho green giant!

so, romania went from the top right down to the bottom. and he went to the top, because they were trying to change a system. so, we had a general sense of to go and how d -- bbut there were lots of rils. >> you know, it was such a topic at the there was some debate within our administration and some reluctance to use the term reunification. he will remember that -- we called it for a little while, something by different name. to stay away from -- we didn't want gorbachev thrown out. was a coup leader later on, but it was too late. >> mister secretary, you mentioned edward. time with him -- you went out and shooting sheep -- i didn't to sheep. [laughter] i really wasn't shooting sheep, the national security advisor leaked it to the "washington post" that i wanted to hunt sheep, and they wouldn't let me do it. [laughter] days of hose opening storm, you and he were doing something. know, we were negotiating arms control in siberia. we were sitting there and i got a call from the state -- bob kennedy -- he are really worried is ut what intelli

poland and romania and other countries have nothing to do with intelligence officials in those countriess have been disclosed. the backlash has been all about the public in those countries finding out the governments were secretly complicit from our report. guest: yes, that's how they found out. guest: i think that's not a problem from the perspective of revealing the crown jewels. as we have a right to know what our government is up to an hour name, i think the people of poland and romania have a right to know what their government is up to. it's not -- it's not fair to us to object to the disclosure of this report and the grounds it might harm another country's ability. that's the agreement these countries made when they participated in this program for those governments did so even under far more aggressive regimes. it makes in which clear that these actions are illegal in europe compared to the slightly murkier laws under u.s. laws. i set our credibility will hurt with foreign intelligence services. what impact this will have an foreign policies for the next few years -- we will have

i do think integration with eastern europe during the cold war, which nixon did, going to romania, reagannd those, they did, that undermined those corrupt, communist governments and eventually led to bringing them down. >> i appreciate the perspective of people like marco rubio and senator menendez. they have had -- their families had property taken from them. they have a very personal experience. but they are battling history on this one. and you can't keep an iron clamp over this island nation. we were the only country supporting this embargo. it wasn't helping the united states. certainly wasn't helping the cuban people. >> well, president obama certainly changed the subject, didn't he? how many times have you met with castro? >> i've met with him about seven or eight times. and on many, many occasions through an entire dinner. >> how far back does it go? >> it goes back over 20 years. >> well, how are you impressed by the man? >> i, i tell you that i found him to be an absolutely fascinating man, an extraordinary personality. he was wonderful to see the way he interacted with the peop

then we started projects in thailand, peru, romania, and around the world. but we haven't done anything in our own backyard. how do we go upstream, not just pulling bodies out, getting people out an saying you're free, because the next question is i'm free for what? >> how do you go forward. >> so we started programming here in the bay area and it's around the notion let's reinvent the bay area so no one is taken advantage of. or being exploited in our own backyard. >> how does that work? >> we created a training program where we work with a whole range of shelters and services in the bay area. let us work with those individuals who you believe are able to start doing training and that training program is about how to get a bank account, how to show up for a job on time every day, how to get skills that are technical or retail oriented and put them into one of our own companies that we've started. so we have a cafe here in the bay area, one on market street and one in the dogpatch. so two cafes and they give training in baristas and retail. then they go to c

these pictures out of romania where the warmest christmas in years, now they have driving snow coming across much of the region. this time of year we should look at maximum temperatures of minus 4 for bucharest and turkey and greece. the temperature in athens for instance should be about 14°. as we head through wednesday and thursday the temperatures fall away minus 10 in bucharest and 4° expected in athens, bazia. >> thank you richard. homecoming for some of the survivors of a ferry fire offer the italian coast. >>> find out how the u.n. could soon take up a palestinian peace proposal. how real madrid caps another night in sports. details coming up. >> top news on al jazeera. debris from the missing plane have been spotted and several bodies recovered. flight qz8501 went down in the java sea on sunday. >>> alexi navalny is calling for the putin government to be destroyed. he has received a suspended sentence and will not be serving time in jail. >>> security forces say air strikes were used to target armed group i.s.i.l. the group has controlled the city's north end since june. >>> 2

is something that only became public knowledge last had, when we representatives from poland and romania on the subject. clearly, there is no real ability to face up to what happened. because we were so deeply involved. and i think that when it comes violations ofd european values, something needs to be done. happenede what has when these values are not guaranteed and we are not protecting anyone's interests. it is democracy itself that is being threatened by this. legislators to stand up to tyhihis. >> thank you very much, and thank you for respecting your time so precisely. for one minute, or colleague. colleague. that's the very fact that it was the territory of poland that e could have been conducted is a condemnation. even though some are trying to justify those practices, and eld inhough people h detention centers were suspected of murdering thousands of people. will be published signed by hundreds of speakers condemning those practices. i would like to draw your attention to double standards and the question of mutual trust amongst allies. cia did not conduct such interrogations o