Comments he made over the past few years. Glibs, thoughtless and down right insulting comments. He they were irresponsible, incredibly disrespectful, and did not reflect reality. And they were, indeed, insulting. I behaved sadly and i have to live with that my own inexcusable flawed. Dr. Grubers statements gave republicans Public Relations gift. Are you stupid . I dont think so, no. Does mit employ stupid people . Not to my knowledge. Okay. So you are a smart man who said some as Ranking Member said really stupid things. You would not deny today that in these statements that you made that obamacare is a tax, would you. He obamacare is a large piece of legislation with many parts. And is one of those parts a tax, mr. Gruber . There are some taxes in obamacare, yes. Well the president , as you know, argued that obamacare was not a tax. You were trying to say, i think, is that the bill is convoluted, you agree its a very confusing statute. Call it the stupidity of the American Voter but b
Throughout objection and we carried them out. Former director hayden also denied he Mislead Congress during testimony he gave back in 2007 as the Senate Intelligence Committee Report claims. Meanwhile president obama reacted to the report in an interview with jose diazbalart. Some of the tactics that were written about in the Senate Intelligence report were brutal, and as i said before, instituted torture, in my mind. Thats not who we are. Lets start with nbc news perry bacon joining us live from washington. When the White House Press briefing starts, we will bring it to you live here. Perry, lets start here. The reaction at this point in the report appears to be predictly divided along political lines. Republicans i did nou s denounc report as a sloppy partisan effort that got the facts wrong. How is it democrats and republicans seem to come to different conclusions. One of the key reasons why because theres a core question in the report about whether these tactics worked or not. Ther
Stand up and fight. Plus, an incredible protest scene on the steps of the capitol. Yet, another block buster allegation against bill cosby and another report casts even more doubt on Rolling Stones campus rape story. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. The government is facing prospect of a shutdown at midnight if lawmakers in congress cannot pass a bill to fund the government. Both backing a massive 1. 1 billion spending bill known as the cromniwus. House Speaker John Boehner backs a bill. But senator Elizabeth Warren and House Democratic leader have come out against the bill, revolting over a provision designed to weaken doddfrank wall street in a moment nations. 219 to 206. Im still getting confirmation full support, providing an i was alerted to the fact that will president of the United States and jamie diamond from chase manhattan were making these calls. I quickly went into action and started to call around some of the very strong opposition to this bill, member
For the lobbyists and special interests here in washington. I will not be voting for the bill. I am frustrated weve gone through, now, eight years of domination by the majority leader in the senate, denying even simple amendments to be allowed to be voted on. I certainly dont see any reason why we should agree to move forward then and not have any assurance that we would at least have an opportunity to vote. On an amendment that would impose a spending limitation on the president s ability to implement his executive amnesty action. Im sorry, thats were in the senate and were going to have to rearrange our schedules for the weekend. So here they are, back in action today. But can they make a deal . Joining us now, Mike Emmanuel standing by on capitol hill with how todays Senate Session is playing out. Well watch very closely as the top Senate Leaders go back into session momentarily. Lets take a live look at the floor. All indications are this hour theyll go through a bunch of president
Sleep. It goes on rectal feedings, beatings, near drowning and even a death all in the name of intelligence gathering and the goal according to this u. S. Intelligence committee with the u. S. Senate indicates that that goal was never actually achieved. When you hear from the cia side of things, they are unapologetic claiming the enhanced interrogation techniques did indeed help stop terror attacks and helped lead to the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Two former cia directors say the report itself is inaccurate. The democratic report is deeply flawed. Many of its main conclusions are simply not correct. What we had here were cia officers who were acting under the direction of the president of the United States and who were told by the department of justice at the time that this was legal, that this was not torture. Now the rug is being pulled out from under them. I dont believe that anybody can honestly tell you, including president obama, including senator feinstein, exactly what they wo