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And let me start with this report. it talks about more than waterboarding and i want to clarify something we said at the top of the program. they talk about the threat of sexual abuse to family members of detainees and they had threatened to do so. it also talks about force-feeding detainees through their anus and i wanted to read to you the quote, glenn. five detainees were subjected to rectal rehydration or feeding without necessity and it talked about one detainee saying, the lunch tray of hu...

Until today. finally able to bring this to fruition. hes over joyed. looking forward to learning spanish and reuniting with his family and try to rebuild whats left of his life after 13 of his prime years have been on hold for over a decade. >> huge debate is a question of force feeding which continues and there are videotapes of it and theres a ranging debate whether they will be released. the u.s. insists it is legal if it is, why cant we see it. are you optimistic over what is being done in t...

Through this procedure as opposed to intervenous feeding which involves needles and other somethings. lets not forget, as we speak, the current government of the united states is using force feeding on detainees at guantanamo who also are refusing to eat. >> is that rectal? >> no, its not. and im not prepared to tell you why one method was chosen over another at some point in the past. i would think, though, before making that kind of accusation, somebody may have wanted to talk to someone and g...

Good? >> yeah. and i think the report goes into great details about the way the members felt they werent getting the full story. in hindsight, its important to know we dont know if theyre trying to distance themselves, but certainly these briefings dont sound like they were, you know, satisfactory for informing them completely of what was going on. we should remember, even to the extent if there were a list of techniques that may have been authorized, theres a whole other sort of activities incl...

The hunger strike at gitmo may have its first owner. a navy nurse rest recently refused to carry out tubal feeding of detainees in the first military rebellion against the prison policy of force feeding. a spokesman would not confirm, but told the paper there was a resin stance of a medical provider not willing to carry out the feeding of a detainee. the matter is in the hands of the individuals leadership. word of the refusal came by way of a lawyer for one of the detainees, a hunger striker. a...

And the teacher assistant said she made jason put the crayons in his mouth. they suspended her and ten months later fired her following an investigation. jasons parents were satisfied with the decision but would be surprised to learn what happened next. gomez complained about being fired and went to an administrative court. she admitted putting hot sauce on the crayons but denied the force feeding. in the findings, the court declared ms. gomez peeled the paper off several jumbo sized crayons and...

I do so like green eggs and ham. thank you, thank you, sam, i am. >> so that happened last night. not to say it was one of my all-time favorite moments since the show has been on air, ted cruz has gotten quite a bit of attention for his dramatic reading of dr. seuss green eggs and ham. mr. cruz explained he was reading the story to his daughters, and some cruz fans couldnt get enough of it. >> and reading the story to his daughters, i thought was great. he is a dad like everybody else. if you th...

Thank you, thank you, sam, i am. >> so that happened last night. not to say it was one of my all-time favorite moments since the show has been on air, ted cruz has gotten quite a bit of attention for his dramatic reading of dr. seuss green eggs and ham. mr. cruz explained he was reading the story to his daughters, and some cruz fans couldnt get enough of it. >> and reading the story to his daughters, i thought was great. he is a dad like everybody else. if you think about green eggs and ham, it ...

I do so like green eggs and ham. thank you, thank you, sam, i am. >> so that happened last night. not to say it was one of my all-time favorite moments since the show has been on air, ted cruz has gotten quite a bit of attention for his dramatic reading of dr. seuss green eggs and ham. mr. cruz explained he was reading the story to his daughters, and some cruz fans couldnt get enough of it. >> and reading the story to his daughters, i thought was great. he is a dad like everybody else. if you th...

>> bill: back of the book segment tonight, watters world on labor day weekend, thousands of muslims gathered in washington for the islamic society of north america convention. today, of course, the 12th anniversary of 9/11 so this edition of watters world is especially appropriate. ♪ ♪ >> what is the muslim convention? >> im here to gain more knowledge about my own religion. >> great to be with your fellow americans who happen to be also muslim. >> im not muslim. >> but you are here at the m...