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What we're going to try to do is close guantanamo. the president has indicated it's too expensive, it's a recruitment tool for terrorists, it has a negative impact on our relationship with our allies, so we're going to make a renewed effort. >> that was eric holder renewing the administration's vow to close the prison, where a six-man hunger strike is now in the 30 straps to restraint chairs and force-fed. yesterday there was a code yellow medical emergency at gitmo, a regular occurrence at the prison. according to the a.p. medics were called to the cell after a prisoner was reported nonrespon...

Would continue supplying him with bags full of cash. he was getting ghost money totaling millions of dollars. on saturday, karzai, whose government has been accused of corruption, said the money has helped with problems. because of all these rumors in the media, ploes do not cut all this money because we really need it. we want to continue this sort of assistance and the cia station chief in kabul promised that they are not going to cut this money. the situation at guantanamo bay remains unresolved. dozens of detainees are now being force fed in a pretty gruesome manner to counter the effect...

Current and former detainees being held at gitmo. do you represent any of the folks who are participating in the hunger strike? >> we do we represent men who are currently on hunger strike who have been on strike now for nearly three months. most of the men actually at get mow now have been on strike since early february. >> any of the folks that you represent are they being force fed as well? >> a couple of them r some of them are longer term hunger strikers, to be clear what force feeding means at guantanamo it is strapping people into chairs, forcing a tube up their noses, down into their s...

I continue to believe that we have got to close guantanamo. >> why? >> well, i think -- you know, i think it is critical for us to understand that guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. >> that was president obama tuesday answering questions about the hunger strike at guantanamo bay. for the two weeks, noorn 100 of the remaining 166 detainees held there by the united states have been refusing to eat. 23 of them are now being force fed, at last check, we should note. the strike brought controversy over the prison on the southeastern end of cuba. a senior attorney for the -- at the ce...

It's stunning. >> groups of militia's controlling different territories, cooperating, and not cooperating depending on the situation. people in fatigues without any official status directing traffic. when you go to the airport, you leave your handgun before you -- take your clip, it's sort of like a coat check so you can pick your gun up when you leave. i was more charmed and hopeful than dismayed by this. i see people trying to make -- seriously trying to make a go of really post apocalypse-type situation. >> we have to take a quick break. more with the mayor and the president's promise to cl...