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Government calls some of the worlds most hardened terrorists are being held. Gitmo. One of president obamas signature promises was to close gitmo. But will he end up leaving that decision to his successor . World news tonight anchor david muir gained rare access. Fire, fire, fire, fire. Reporter we fly to one of the most notorious prisons in the world. On the u. S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, cuba. Since 9 11, nearly 800 detainees have been brought to guantanamo. Were now on the sprawling naval base, 45 square miles. The only way to get to the Detention Center is by boat. We make our way to the prison. Driving through what looks more like a mini american suburb. Rows of colorful homes. A mcdonalds. Even a high school. For the American Families stationed here. We arrive at the Detention Center. The barbed wire. The gates. Tonight, 19 more detainees have been cleared for transfer to other countries. It would leave just 41 left. Will they be brought to prisons here in the u. S. . Will the president s promise to close guantanamo be kept . There was no single cell we meet the prison warden. He takes us down the darkened hallways of one of the camps still open here, camp 6. So this is a typical cell block. Reporter some of the detainees still here at guantanamo are the worst of the worst. Khalid shaikh mohammed, accused mastermind of the 9 11 attacks. They show us many of the detainees who have been here more than 14 years. We are not allowed to show their faces. You can see theyre getting ready for prayer. Some of them are, yeah. Reporter we watch as the detainees use army mats for prayer. We can actually see the detainees, they cannot see us back through this glass. We just watch as the guards placed these orange cones in front of the doors here. Thats a signal to the other guards not to open the doors, not to disrupt them during prayer. We notice through the glass the fence, their own sign, prayer call. They turn it around when theyre done. It can inflame tensions when theyre making unnecessary noise. Reporter there are so many signs of their daily routine here. Their laundry hanging, meals, detainees carrying cups and plates. We watched as one of the guards put on these face masks. Lessen the risk of them getting something put in their eyes or mouth. Reporter hes talking about a cocktail of bodily fluids, blood, urine, feels seals. They call it splashing. They show us the kind of cell for detainees who protest, who are noncompliant. We see the evidence of the splashing on the ceiling. It does happen. Reporter the colonel tells me there have been fewer clashes with the guards because he says many here sense they could be getting out. The state department is working very hard to find these detainees places to go. Are they ready to go . I think a lot of them are. Reporter the u. S. Government says they have increased vetting. Now six agencies deciding which detainees are transferred. Were heading into the control room attention carry on. Reporter there are monitors inside and out. We see the rec yards. Once watching hundreds of inmates, there are now 60 detainees left. Do you have any idea how much american taxpayers are paying per detainee . No. I dont. Ive got to be prepared for the worstcase scenario. Reporter tonight the state Department Says american taxpayers are spending more than 7 million per detainee every year. This is our pharmacy. Reporter those prisoners are aging. Americans paying for their medicine. This is for people who are aging in front of you . That is correct. Ill let you go first. Reporter then a rare moment. When was the last time you came up to the roof with cameras . Ive never done this. Reporter we approach the edge. We notice the track for exercise. Now a worn path through the gravel. We see them walking on treadmills. Then they start to yell our way. Hey, whats up, camera, i see you, shut it off, im going to saudi arabia reporter a request. We need treadmill and ellipticals reporter they take advantage of a rare moment to speak to the world. Abc news, tonight i watch the tv, put me on cnn news, abc news theyre aware. They are. Youve heard donald trump say he wants to send more people to guantanamo. I have. This morning i watched president obama talking about gitmo, Guantanamo Bay. Which by the way, which by the way we are keeping open and were going to load it up with bad dudes, believe me, were going to load it up. You did tell me there was progress here. Would it fight the progress youve seen . Well, bite certainly go against what we started. Reporter 20 days now until the election. Hillary clinton says she stands by the president s plan to shut guantanamo down. Because of what it represents around the world. The history of torture. We are an islamic army. Reporter orange jumpsuits evoking guantanamo, now used in isis recruitment videos. We heard from president obama after he was elected the first time, close guantanamo. There we go. Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. Fearly eight years letter its still open. Do you see a day when it closes . Absolutely. Reporter the ambassador, u. S. Special envoy tasked with the effort to close guantanamo. What do you do with the 41 left . If theyre a safety risk, the worst of the worst as i dont have heard what do you do . Theres no question guantanamo houses some dangerous, hardened terrorists, including individuals who are responsible for the 9 11 attacks. What we intend to do is work with the congress to find a suitable facility in the united states. Excuse my french but we say hell no reporter near florence, colorado, at a town hall meeting, some of the americans against it. We are at war. You have to have a place to put war prisoners. Its an invitation for an attack locally. Reporter they live not far from one of the most secure super max prisons in the world. President obama bringing detainees here reporter outrage growing across the country. Two conservative radio hosts who call themselves the americhicks helping lead the charge. Its serving its function well, thats why it should stay hope. We sacrifice so much to get these bad guys put away, theres no common sense in doing it. Families who live in these communities dont want highrisk detainees in their communities. They have in their communities already very hardened terrorists. They have mr. Moussaoui, they have the shoe bomber, they have the underwear bomber. Reporter so far, congress has blocked any move to bring any of the detainees here. What do you think of americans who might say, move the detainees here, youre simply creating a guantanamo in the u. S. It wouldnt be guantanamo in the u. S. Youd have 40 detainees stuck here in the u. S. Thats true. But theres an independent threat that guantanamo itself presents. The image of guantanamo forever is going to be of individuals in orange jumpsuits and open air cages. Reporter he argues not everyone at guantanamo is dangerous. 711 detainees have now been transferred to 59 countries all over the world. Uruguay. Albania. Even bermuda. We traveled to bermuda to find halil mahmoud. He spent seven years at guantanamo before being dropped off in bermuda. Halil . Reporter hes lived here seven years. No passport, no papers, no way off the island. Youd never heard of bermuda . We heard about the bermuda triangle. Strange place. Where the people go and disappear. Reporter halil argues thats whats happened to him. In limbo here. And he says he never should have been at guantanamo in the first place. Im not terrorist, never ever. Innocent. We have done nothing wrong against u. S. Reporter he tells us he was swept up after 9 11. He is a chinese uighur, part of a Muslim Minority group that escaped persecution by fleeing to the tribal areas of afghanistan and pakistan. During the war, the u. S. Military advertised bounties for suspected terrorists with leaflet drops like these. He was captured and sold to the u. S. , labeled an enemy combatant. He was later cleared for release by multiple u. S. Courts yet he still sat at guantanamo for seven years. Now in bermuda, married and raising two children. Unsure whether he and the three other detainees dropped off with him will ever be able to leave. No passport, nothing yet. You know, me and my sons, stateless. Reporter in most cases the u. S. Government does ask receiving countries to monitor detainees and to restrict their travel. Are you still angry that you were brought to Guantanamo Bay . No, im not angry. Because when i left Guantanamo Bay, i left everything behind. Reporter unlike halil, there are some released detainees who do turn to terror. In fact, a new government report reveals two more released detainees reengaging in terrorism. A total of nine under president obama. 113 returning to terror under president bush. When you see these new headlines that two more detainees are now involved again, what do you say to the americans who say, this is simply too big of a risk . Well, it is a risk. However, you have to measure that against the risk of keeping the facility open. Reporter but if its closed, perhaps the Biggest Issue of all, what to do with the detainees deemed too dangerous to transfer . Colonel, youre aware this president has suggested there are maximum Security Locations in america back in the u. S. That could take the handful of prisoners who are left. True. Would you have any hesitation in doing that . No. These guys are no more dangerous than any of the prisoners we have in maximum security facilities in the united states. Already . Already. Reporter tonight the fate of this prison known around the world now lies in the hands of the american voter. Next here, its the story that has dogged Hillary Clinton throughout this campaign. Emails. She says using a private server was a mistake. Donald trump says she belongs in jail. Our team sorts fact from fiction. One smart choice leads to the next. The new 2017 ford fusion is here. Its the beauty of a wellmade choice. Turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. Pantenes prov formula makes my curls so strong they can dry practically frizz free. a because strong is beautiful. Get Even Stronger results with pantene expert, our most intensely concentrated prov formula. The possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. And how to deal with my uc. To me, that was normal. Until i talked to my doctor. 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There was donald trump today pursuing one of his favorite lines of attack, Hillary Clinton and her emails. This is elaborate criminal coverup questions over a classified email email account emails. In one form or another. They have been dogging clinton throughout this campaign. More emails that are from the account of the Clinton Campaign what do you think is at the heart of this . Theres the drama of the fbi looking into it and everybody else looking into it. On top of that, youve got now wikileaks adding to that. Reporter for the past 18 months, my colleague martha mad d rad dates and this team of journalists have been sifting through emails trying to make sense of them. Clinton email releases led to the birth of the candy drawer. I spent my weekends reading pages and pages and pages of emails. Would it be safe to say at the heart of this, can we trust this person . Thats part of the issue for Hillary Clinton. Its like any election. If you sort of feel some way about a candidate, then something happens to validate that in a way, then it magnifies it. Reporter all of this has its roots here in benghazi, libya. In 2014, a Congressional Committee was looking into the attack on the consulate. What difference at this point does it make . Reporter when they made a discovery. In requesting records from the state department, they noticed that clinton was using a private email. She turned over about 55,000 pages of emails. New questions this morning about Hillary Clinton and her use of private email. Reporter it wasnt just private emails, clinton had a private server too. The state department began releasing to the public those tens of thousands of emails under a court order. But clinton didnt turn over everything. She deleted 30,000 emails she deemed herself, with her lawyers that were personal. That gave her opponents the opportunity to say, hey, look, shes got something to hide. The thing you should be apologizing for are the 33,000 emails that you deleted. And that you acid washed. Secretary clinton, i do want to follow up on emails. The fbi said there were 110 classified emails that were exchanged, eight of which were top secret, and that it was possible hostile actors did gain access to those emails. You dont call that extremely careless . Obviously, if i were to do it over again i would not. Im not making any excuses. It was a mistake and i am very sorry about that. Then he came back and said, why didnt you ask an email question . Wait a minute, i just did. Why arent you bringing up the emails . We brought up the emails. No, it hasnt, it hasnt been finished at all. Reporter at the core of the investigation, was clinton dealing with classified information on that personal server . The answer was yes, she was receiving quite a bit of classified information. Over 110 of those emails had classified information at the time they were sent or received. What was the fbi investigating specifically . The fbi was investigating whether there were any crimes committed by hillarys use of the private server. If the question of whether there was classified information on her server and do people know they were sending classified information . Although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. This is where we get to the stuff that confuses me. How could you be sending classified information and not know it was classified . There were markings on three emails, down in the body of the emails, a little c. Hillary said she didnt know what the c meant. Reporter in the end heres what the fbi decided. No charges are appropriate in this case. Reporter and this is not the only email imbroglio hounding clinton. Just over a week ago wikileaks started to release a trove of emails allegedly hacked from the personal account of Clinton Campaign chairman john podesta. The Clinton Campaign and their number one response is, the russians did this. The russians hacked these emails so our job is to dig through those every day and see if any news is made. So far no smoking gun, nothing that i think is probably going to sway this election either way. But theyre pretty telling inside the Clinton Campaign. You see how calculated they are. Reporter and how concerned the campaign has been about her own private email controversy. Really it shows that the Clinton Campaign knew really early on that this was going to be a huge issue for her campaign. We had like another top dem adviser writing to john poe december that, campaign chairman, saying why doesnt she just apologize . Her inability to do a National Interview and communicate genuine feelings of remorse and regret is becoming a character problem. I see no downside to her saying im sorry. Yeah, john podesta replies, were all in the same place trying to figure out how to get her there, the best way to execute. A week and a half later we see her about on with david muir of abc. That was a mistake, im sorry about that i take responsibility. Im trying to be as transparent as i possibly can. Actually kind of cool in a way to see the inner workings of how these things unfold, how they came to be, how they happened. Reporter with the election less than three weeks away, how is this playing in the real world . Youve gone out and spent time with real voters. What are you hearing . The email story absolutely has relevance nated. Im not a hillary fan. For me its a bigger trust issue than anything else. If you ask somebody who supports Hillary Clinton, they will say, everybody makes mistakes. You had no problems with the emails . Absolutely not. And why not . I dont really think she did anything wrong. There are bigger things that they could be focusing on in the election, aside from this particular situation with her issues with emails. Reporter the email issue will undoubtedly be combustible once again in the next debate, now just hours away. Abc news will have full coverage of tomorrow nights third and final president ial debate starting at 9 00 eastern. Well be right back with more nightline. [ on the road again, by Willie Nelson ] on the road again [ rear alert sounds ] [ music stops ] just cant wait to get on the road again [ front assist sounds ] [ music stops ] [ girl laughs ] on the road again like a band of gypsies we go down the highway [ beetle horn honks ] no matter which passat you choose, you get more standard features, for less than you expected. Hurry in and lease the 2017 passat s for just 199 a month. With another new flavor you never saw coming. Grilled, glazed korean bbq shrimp. And try as much as you want of flavors like new parmesan peppercorn shrimp. 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