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Protesters, and we also heard this from now president donald trump. so to say that he was joking, to me that insults the intelligence of the american people, but i think another important part of this story is what president trump has talked about on the campaign, not just the disregard for the rule of law here in america, you know, for domestic policies, but also internationally, too. he's talked about war crimes, talked about bringing back torture. talked about a lot of these things that were banned by the international community. >> so you see this as a window into his true feelings. you do...

But the question is now given that is your policy, that is your world doctrine, what is your response. >> tim? >> i think as a candidate for the presidency, donald trump was the only republican in recent memory that both served some red meat to the neoconservative crowd and also the libertarian crowd. he criticized the war in iraq, the war in libya, also talked about george w. bush being responsible for 9/11. but at the same time talking about bombing the expletive out of isis, taking their oil, bringing back torture. nobody quite knows, i think, at this point how donald trump views the world,...

And the answer was yes. absolutely. i want to do everything within the bounds of what you're allowed to do legally but do i feel it works? absolutely i feel it works. >> the president of the united states last night explicitly endorsed the idea the u.s. might bring back torture. while claiming he would stay within the bounds of what you're allowed to do legally, trump repeatedly praised torture. to be clear, even when the bush administration called torture enhanced interrogation techniques, it was still torture. trump, however, didn't bother renaming it. he called it torture. he used the war t...

>> this was going to be a wonderful meeting, basking in the -- with the president. trying to get this deal between the uk and the u.s., and the brexit negotiations, it would really burnish her credentials, although her visit is very much overshadowed by what's just happened when the u.s. and mexico and the war and the wall and who is going to pay for it and plus she's going to have to on behalf of her own country, challenge or advice the president not to bring back torture, or black sites all the things he's been saying and tweeting over the last 24 hours

That the government's eyes and ears are everywhere surveilling citizens is not any more concern during trump administration than during barack obama's term. the book also saw a spike in sales in 2013 when edward snowden leaked information about nsa surveillance. >> very, very interesting. coming up breaking news in the first interview since inauguration president trump says he supports water boarding. senator john mccain is warning him we are not bringing back torture. america's beverage companies have come together to bring you more ways to help reduce calories from sugar. with more great tas...