too much ofot have a problem with waterboarding.ver 5-10 sessions, he has had dousing's with water. he knew that the cia would stop after 10 seconds. he would count. they would see his hand counting and then they would stop. but what got him was sleep deprivation. that was what worked. charlie: why is that? >> the body breaks down. theael hayden says that point of enhanced interrogation is to bring them to the zone of court ration. they don't ask questions when they are doing it. it is not like movies. they waterboard them, they bring them to that moment where they give up, between the lack of sleep, the temperatures, you don't know where you are and then you start to talk because they can't take it. >> what's happening now is what happened in paris, when we did the interviews a couple of months ago, they all were saying about isis, when the bad guy tells you they are going to come here and get you, you better believe it. the climate that we are seeing, right before one happened in the pre-9/11 climate where we believe them and what

you want to go a step further than waterboarding?h that, too. >> in the past, trump said he thinks waterboarding is peanuts to compared to what they do to us. comparing to isis. >> once again, donald trump is known as a straight shooter who says what is on his mind. we haven't seen anything really from donald trump yet that we see from typical politicians where they hedge their bets. they are looking ahead to the general election. they are thinking how do i get the moderates base of support. donald trump is speaking to his base and exciting people who feel really unhappy with the direction the country is going. he is giving them what they want. we talk about red meat. i don't know if the majority of americans believe in or not. there is a subset that love what donald trump is saying. >> absolutely. the polls are consistent. nice to see you this morning. >> thanks for having me. >>> it is the hockey hat trick on steroids. the teddy bear toss. the great holiday tradition in minor league hockey, but this toss may have been premature. co

> the practices detailed in a heavily edited congressional report released a year ago included waterboarding, sleep deprivation, isolation, exposure to extreme temperatures. >> the c.i.a. program was far more brutal than people were led to believe. >> california senator dianne feinstein fought to make the report public. >> it shows that the c.i.a.'s actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history. >> human rights watch says no one has ever been held accountable. it wants a criminal investigation into nearly two dozen former bush administration officials, including president bush, vice president cheney, c.i.a. director george tennett, attorney general john ashcroft and national security advisor condoleezza rice. the group called on president obama to appoint a special prosecutor to look into possible charges. it wants the president to acknowledge u.s. wrongdoing, apologize to victims, and offer compensation. in a statement, the c.i.a. told al jazeera it has acknowledged "the program had shortcomings and the agency made mistakes." the c.i.a. pointed out that the justice depart

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. >> reporter: the billionaire arguing for racial profiling and bringing back waterboarding. trump even taking it a step fururer to target the families of suspected terrorists. the heated rhetoric not exclusive to the frontrunner. >> we're seeing the evil of radical at home, murdering >> this is the world we now live in. united statat. he was a u.s. citizen. >> reporter: republican voters say they are afraid and as of now the man most say they want protected them is >> you're not going to be scared anymore. they're going to be scared. scared. >> reporter: republican voters say they're going to vote for they do believe donald trump is the most qualified candidate when it comes to foreign despite his inexperience. all of this. for the first time york times" ran an editorial today. it calls for greater regulation of guns in this country following the string of recent >>> >>> a bystander recorded the confrontation confrontation. wewe want to warn you -- >> i know there are videde out there in the media. if you slow those videos down carefully, you will see that the weapon is rais

waterboarding is just fine. we're going to win. >> reporter: trump says americans know he would protect the homeland. 46% say trump is the candidate best equipped to handle isis, and 42% think he would be the most effective at solving the world's problems. the other candidates surging as the country grapples with the terror threat. ted cruz visiting a gun range in iowa. >> you don't stop bad guys by taking away our gun. you stop bad guys by using our guns. >> reporter: david, that new something else interesting. trump, carson, cruz, rubio, even jeb bush in a statistical tie with hillary clinton. >>> more ahead on this friday. other news of the evening, word about the e. coli scare at a restaurant change much larger than we first thought. >>> the forecast for the rest of the month leading into the holidays sure has got our attention today. >>> the battle brewing between trader joe's and the favorite cookie company. did they steal their famous recipe? you'll see it side by side. (exec 1) well, directv beat us in c

instead, the 9/11 families have been quote emotionally waterboarded" by the delays. one defense attorney recently said a trial may not happen until 2020. long says: "the american public isn't even aware that it's not occurring. and it's really it's a personal struggle to really maintain a balance of moving on with your life at the same time fighting for what's right for what's happened in the past." at the year end news conference, mr obama once again promised to close the detention camps, and seemed dismissive of the guantanamo legal process. president obama says: "some of those folks are going through the military commission process. but there's going to be a challenge there." president obama has not laid out a detailed plan for the 9/11 case if the detention camps are closed. there have been 14 rounds of pretrial hearings, and the military judge has scheduled six more for 2016. underway near turkey's coast after a boat carrying migrants to greece capsized. at least 11 people, including lives. the number of migrants and refugees entering europe has now topped one m

waterboarding is just fine. we're going to win. >> reporter: trump says americans know he would protect the homeland. the new polls show republican voters agree. 46% say trump is the candidate best equipped to handle isis, and 42% think he would be the most effective at solving the world's problems. the other candidates surging as the country grapples with the terror threat. senator ted cruz, today, expressing support for the right to bear arms, by visiting a gun range in iowa two days after a mass shooting in america. >> you don't stop bad guys by taking away our gun. you stop bad guys by using our guns. >> reporter: david, that new national poll revealing something else interesting. trump, carson, cruz, rubio, even jeb bush all in a statistical tie with hillary clinton. david? >> tom llamas from new york tonight. thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" from california. the other news of the evening, there is word tonight about that e. coli scare at a major restaurant chain, much l

waterboarding? is it really out of line in this case? >> remember radical was when your friend got you who tickets? kennedy: do you think we should stop using the term "radicalized." >> i think this is not a period of self-radicalization where you are seeing things on facebook and social media where you have say i want to emulate these people. we are seeing young male short. just as we have seen in so many others. we start out of hearing these terms where they say radicalized and lone wolf and we can't figure out what made them go off like this. but when you look closely and find out different things, it turns out they are in touch with all these people. where did this money come from? there was some level of organization involved. you have the attorney general going over and saying no, this wasn't a cell. this wasn't something going on in an organized fashion in america. kennedy: is it a brand-new category so we have 0 invent a new term? >> i'm not sure you have to invent a new term. but you have to say this is from their perspective a

. >>> and california water agencies are asking the state waterboard for leniency with rising expectations of the wet el nino weather. some are finding it very difficult to make conservation targets. >> in the bay area, the rules may remove -- may remove incentives to invest in projects like recycled water plants. state water officials say they will fine tune their regulations within a month. >>> the u.s. supreme court has turned down an appeal to an assault weapons band in the chicago suburb. the ban in highland park covers semi-automatic guns and large capacity magazines and yesterday, the high court refused to hear an appeal that tried to invoke the second amendment. this is the latest signal that the high court is becoming legs likely to overturn gun control laws in states which enact them. >>> san francisco's bike yield law is expected to hit a stop sign when it gets to mayor lee's desk. the board of supervisors expected to vote next week on the proposal that allows bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. but the mayor says he will veto the legislation. the board need 8 out of

the auburn grave of torture and waterboarding. i would like to see the place closed. there has to be a viable alternative. we have seen the results of seven years after the commitment to close guantanamo. be secure in the knowledge in those who could be released would not be released. >> i guess i will ask the trump question. if there was a general election, between a former secretary of state and real estate developer. what is the case for voting for the real estate developer over the former secretary of state? senator mccain: i hate to get into hypotheticals too much. if we have a republican platform, which i think we would, which reflects the principles of the republican party. i think mr. trump or any person would want to get a majority vote. that means appealing to the center. i am a loyal republican. i believe my best efforts have been devoted to making the republican party the party of reagan and the lincoln. i think you are very well aware that the quote tea party have designated me is not their number one target that their only target. i understand that. i wo

somebody who says he's going to bomb the hell out of isis and bring back waterboarding.nd fix things. they don't want shades of gray. they don't want diplomacy. they want somebody who is strong in what they say has been weakness in the fight against terror. according to them the weakness is coming directly from president obama. >>> people certainly do overuse the trope of playing into the hands of isis, what donald trump has called for, a total and complete shut-down of muslims entering the u.s., seems like the genuine article. his position will make headlines worldwide just as his stance on mexican immigrants became a focal point in mexico. joining me now, msnbc foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin. ayman, as someone who spent a lot of time in the middle east and in different parts of the muslim world looking at how what the u.s. does reverberates there, will this get play? >> it will in some circles. i don't think on the official level it will -- a lot of the governments will not pay a lot of attention to it. i don't think you'll hear a lot of commentary in terms of o

more hardline on the position to say that he would restore the pay tri yat act and bring back waterboardinge family members, and no matter that the red cross calls it torture, and that f family members can be considered a war crime to target family members, but they want somebody who is unequivocal, and strong and black and white when it comes to fighting the terrorism, and comes to fighting isis and they don't want shades of gray or diplomacy, but they want somebody to go out there to keep them safe. they are scared here, and a lot of them believe that donald trump is the one who is going to be protecting them. they don't need a plan so far. they believe it is going to be coming on later on when he gets into the office and has the appropriate generals and experts around him, alex. >> katy, when donald trump makes a statement like the one we play played as we were rolling into you, and he says definitively that he thinks that the sister knew exactly what was going on because he watched the interview, and thinks that the grandmother knew what was going on, what kind of pushback does he get e

. >> in your piece you say, carpet bombing, waterboarding, surveillance of everyone, the republican strategies dealing with the so-called islamic state sound like a laundry list of the monumental failures from the 9/11 decade. >> definitely. i think that the republican party wants to sell itself as the military minded alternative to the democratic party but the fact is that it's an unelectable position to advocate some of the things that would be necessary to take on isis. so if you actually press any of the candidates on what their policy is, it's going to be basically a different version of the obama doctrine. >> so none of them, for example, lindsey graham was the only one who was saying let's send in the significant number of troops. he wanted to see 10,000 troops go in there. none of the rest of them say they want to send in any troops and that's why we get this rhetoric from guys like ted cruz saying carpet bomb because what they want to suggest is we want to be better and heavier bombers than barack obama is. >> of course. if you think of that from a practical perspective, it's insane b

he's been unequivocal about bombing the hell out of isis, bring back waterboarding. they want to see black and white they don't want nuance, diplomacy or anything related to what president obama has been doing. >> why jack it up? he was already the man in the cat bird seat and seen as toughest on illegal immigrants, anybody that might be somebody he doesn't like. why does he have to raise the heat saying we are going to slam the door on muslim people? how do you tell somebody is a muslim if they don't tell you? >> they don't want somebody necessarily who has been part of the establishment. they don't care that he doesn't have the experience. they believe he's going to put the people around him who will be smart. they just trust him, trust his opinion. they trust the way he sees the world. they like that he speaks directly to them. these are people who believe in donald trump whole-heartedly. they come out to see him in drove and they like what he is saying. they don't like the establishment. the closest person that said they like second to donald trump is ted cruz. f

i missed a lot of the debate because i missed the opportunity it be waterboarded instead.at trump is insane, i would remind you sometime in the last night john kerry talking about france said at least there was a rationale for the one before that. >> charlie hebdo. >> rationale. that's crazy that's insane to me. not trump. that's crazy. >> look, you and i do these shows and we go out and have fun. at the same time the overarch is the country is in trouble. is there anyone you can see that might be able to turn the thing around in your mind? charliemain. >> go back to politics in the middle east. >> winston churchill. any of these guys would be an improvement over hillary clinton. you know what i have told you on the road. everybody says the country is at the edge of the cliff. i don't. you know it. it went over the cliff two years ago. i'm just lookingk to stay frosty. i think the country is in deep, deep trouble. i don't know if anybody can bring it back. >> what is a very miller christmas? i know you have your annual christmas special and i think it's on netflix or somet

. >> would i approve waterboarding?our -- i'd approve it. >> reporter: cnn/orc poll was conducted before wednesday's mass shooting in california, an event trump predicted would pump his popularity even more. >> every time there's a tragedy, everything goes up, my numbers go way up because we have no strength in this country. we have weakness. we have weak, sad politicians. >> reporter: in the last month alone trump's lead increased by nine points, jumping from 27 to 36%. a month of controversial remarks that could have crushed any traditional candidate. re-tweeting racist and wrong data about black crime, insisting thousands of muslims in new jersey were cheering on 9/11, seeming to imitate a disabled reporter. >> i don't know what i said. i don't remember. >> reporter: perplexed competitors are hoping to learn from trump's appeal while trying to knock him down. >> because being president isn't just about seeing what's in front of you. it's about understanding what will happen next if you don't do what needs to be done.

they like hearing that he's going to bring back waterboarding.estore the patriot act. this is the extreme part of the republican base who stated they have scared, scared being the victim of a terror attack, and they think donald trump is the best person for the job to keep him safe. we're going to see how this plays out in the next couple of months. and of course we have a little while to go until the caucus february 1st? iowa but we have not seen donald trump take a hit in his numbers so far this season, no matter what he said. we have a hard time believing this is going to change things. >> in fact, his numbers have gone up ever since paris, when he started ramping up his criticism of muslims. this was donald trump earlier today on abc, george stephanopoulos' program, his analogy is also as troubling. he talks about what fdr did with the japanese americans after pearl harbor, which was a congressional apology in recent years. >> you're increasingly being compared to hitler. does that give you any pause at all. >> no, because what i'm doing is n

i missed a lot of the debate because i have the option to water waterboarded so i did that instead. >that you can see that might be able to turn the thing around in your mind? >> sharla main. >> okay. we have to go way back to french politics in the middle east. >> can we exhume winston churchill? >> no. >> winston churchill? good name. >> any of these guys would be improvement over hillary clinton. you know what i told you on the road. everybody says the country is at the edge of the cliff. i don't. you know that. it went over the cliff two years ago. i i'm just looking to stay frosty. i think the country you is in deep, deep trouble. i don't know if anybody can bring it back. >> country singer wily nelson getti business. marketing his own brand of marijuana called willie's reserve in states where pot is legal. >> i'm running and looking over my shoulder a lot. >> god willie smokes a lot of dope, doesn't he? he is committed to the dope. you get the feeling if you were in molokini and went scuba diving he would put hash in the tanks fill it up while he was diving off the reef. i have

know, the sounds from some on other side, in middle after white house campaign, let's bring back waterboardingrpet bomb the desert, go after family members, that stuff is thoughtless. i would like to see ideas better than the president is using at this point, if they exist, specific ideas other than sending more armies to the middle east and planting more flags in the sand. we need leadership, no question about that we need to provide leadership in the middle east. i don't think you do that by providing more american boots on the ground. liz: senator lemieux, what are the better ideas? candidates weighing in right and left. donald trump tends to do verb wall waving of arms, 140 characters, that is a little tough. he is questioning president mentioning we have muslims as our neighbors, muslims as our sports heroes. what sports heroes. donald trump didn't remember kareem abdul-jabbar and muhammad ali. that is icing and fancy lace on idea. where is the real idea beyond lindsey graham concept of just piling in boots on the ground? >> i agree with my friend senator dorgan that it is a serious probl

chests, stomped on their heads, and poured bottles of water on their faces in a modified form of waterboardingne of the detainees was beaten so badly that he eventually died from his injuries. four u.s. soldiers reported witnessing the abuse, but navy commanders chose a closed disciplinary process usually reserved for minor infractions. the seals were cleared of any wrongdoing. two of the seals implicated in the abuse of the detainees and their lieutenant have since been promoted. bowe bergdahl has received far different treatment. his arraignment this week came after army general robert abrams ordered him court-martialed on charges of desertion and misbehavior against the enemy. abrams' decision came despite the recommendations of two independent army experts. the army officer who led the bergdahl investigation, major general kenneth dahl, testified that imprisoning bergdahl would inappropriate -- would be inappropriate after years of taliban captivity and torture. dahl also raised concerns about bergdahl's mental health, saying he may have been delusional but that his beliefs about wrongdoin

(trump) "would i approve waterboarding ? you bet your ass i'd approve it. you bet your ass."are they ying to make e america swear again?(graham) "and you know how you can make america great again? tell donald trump to go to hell."oos standup) "gon are the days when politicians on the bible."even mild- mannered jeb bush erupted... (bush) "we're americans, dammit."most credit the donald for lowering the bar.... (trump) "but it's political bullllbleep) do you understand? but everyoyoe seems to be following in trump's well-manured footsteps.(rand paul) "we need more phone surveillance....bull(bleep) (cheers).""foul-mouthed and proud of it" is how the new york times put it.(trump) "i would bomb the (bleep) out of them (cheers)."it adds to the macho factor, makes them sound like one of us. even cerebral bernie sanders got sick and tired of hearing....(sanders) " about your damn emails." (hillary clinton) "thank you me too me too." and president obama complimented the u.s. women's soccer team by saying...(obama) "play like a girl means you're a badass."of course presidents are expec

. >> would i approve waterboarding?] i'd approve it. >> reporter: the cnn/rnc poll was held before wednesday's massive shooting in california. an event trump predicted would pump his popularity even more. >> every time there is a tragedy, my numbers go up. we have no strength. we have weak, sad politicians. >> reporter: in the last month alone, trump's lead increased by 9 points, jumping from 27 to 36%. a month of controversial remarks that could have crushed any traditional candidate. retweeting racist and wrong data about black crime. insisting thousands of muslims in new jersey were cheering on 9/11, seeming to imitate a disabled reporter. >> oh, i don't know what i said. oh, i don't remember. >> reporter: perplexed competitors are hoping to learn from trump's appeal while trying to knock him down. >> as being president isn't just about what's being in front of you. it's about understanding what will happen next in you don't do what is done. >> reporter: marco rubio, himself, is coming under fresh fire. juj governor

> the practices detailed in a heavily edited congressional report released a year ago included waterboarding, sleep deprivation, exposure to extreme temperatures. >> the c.i.a. program was far more brutal than people were led to believe. >> california senator dianne feinstein fought to make the report public. >> it shows that the c.i.a.'s actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history. >> human rights watch says no one has ever been held accountable. it wants a criminal investigation into nearly two dozen former bush add, officials, including president bush, vice president cheney, c.i.a. director george 10 net, attorney general john ashcroft and national security advisor condoleezza rice. the group called on president obama to appoint a special prosecutor to look into possible charges. it wants the president to acknowledge u.s. wrongdoing, apologize to victims, and offer compensation. in a statement, the c.i.a. told al jazeera it has acknowledged "the program had shortcomings and the agency mace mistakes." the c.i.a. pointed out that the justice department previously invest