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And my answer is yes, absolutely. no question about it. and ill tell you one -- the first time, it was december. it was over in my hometown of mesa, arizona. we were at a rotary club. and i think it was all men at that time. and, you know, these are tough guys and kind of cynical about things. and heres this new guy in town. and one of them asked him, since it was december, he asked him, what about christmas in prison. and he told them a couple of stories. he told them one night when he was bein...

Door leaving me and one of the investigators in dead silence for two minutes and he said, things will be very bad for you now mccain. and the fun began. we call it either the bar and strap or the bar and ropes treatment and that has to do with putting my hands with my wrists opposed. they took the strap and tied it to the handcuffs. each time he laced that strap, he pulled and pulled and pulled until my arms are virtually parallel to one another and touchi touching. >> they were really, really r...

Release as a propaganda coup. mccain refused, sharing his guards with defiant profanity. he spent the next three years in solitary confinement being tortured with ropes. the experience pushed him repeatedly to the edge of death. he was sustained by fellow american prisoners with whom he communicated by tapping in code on the the walls of the prison. one of those was air force colonel bud day. >> bud day was the most steadfast, the most inspirational and the toughest of anybody that i -- must hav...

Family of senator mccain, our hearts and prayers with you. only melania recognized his service and courage, adding thank you for your service to the nation. jon, many say they will miss many things about john mccain, but one of those is his mentorship to other many young lawmakers basically showing them the ropes of capitol hill. back to you. jon: william la jeunesse in phoenix, thank you. reaction to senator mccains passing pouring in from his colleagues on capitol hill with sadness and fond ...

Darren mcgavin on the grounds of this church when he was a child. >> he put me over the table. he had the ropes from the vestments. he tied me hands to me legs over the table and began to rape me. >> reporter: from the age of 7, darren was abused several times a week for more than four years by tony welch, one of irelands most notorious pedophile priests. >> on one occasion i was raped with a crucifix. >> reporter: welch destroyed darrens life the years sense have been consumed by trauma and men...

Protests early that year. the kind of popular uprising that putin dreaded. >> he begins to see himself through the eyes of hosni mubarak. >> mubarak of egypt was facing prosecution. syria bashar al assad was on the ropes. libyas strong man, moammar gadhafi met a particularly gruesome fate. brutally killed after begging for his life. putin may have feared the same bloody fate for himself. just a few weeks later, rebellion arrived in russia. tens of thousands rallied in the

>> hes a very air ganlt person to deal with. >> very to stand up to his bullying. >> he is somebody who will take as much as he possibly can. >> but it was what happened in 2011 that marked a point of no return. it began with the arab spring protests early that year. the kind of popular uprising that putin dreaded. >> he begins to see himself through the eyes of hosni mubarak. >> mubarak of egypt was facing prosecution. syriasal assad was on the ropes. muammar kadavy met a particularly gruesome ...

He visits ireland. a grand jury report revealed over 1,000 children have been abused over decades of 300 priests. he plans to meet with abuse survivors in dublin. lets go to phil in dublin. >> reporter: good morning, dave. too many people are suffering because of abuse in the church here. the pennsylvania report added to the expectation that the pope must move to finally mix thfix . the time of sorrowful apologies has passed. there is no polite, easy way to explain what happened to darren mcgavi...

We are back with developments in north carolina overnight to start this mornings headlines. that is a look at protesters at unc chapel hill, cheering the fall of a controversial confederate statue known as silent sam. hundreds of students gathered around the statue, demanding it be removed. pulling it down later with ropes. today is the first day of class for students there, with the university saying in a tweet, the actions were, quote, dangerous, and they are investigating what the school is n...

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