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Death defying hunger strike i should say. according to the pentagon 23 of them are now being force fed which is quite a sight. at his news conference yesterday the president was confronted with this. he reiterated his conviction the facility down there at gitmo should be closed. that's an ideal thing. he doesn't tell us how. let's watch. >> gawn tauantanamo is not nece to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us in terms of our international standing. itlessens cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs t...

Now." the president telling reporters it is something the u.s. has got to do. but many prominent republicans oppose it. all this comes as military personnel there struggle to deal with a massive hunger strike among the detainees held there. reports that many are now being force fed. doug mcelway joins us live from washington. the president proposed this before, but it didn't get very far, doug, why not? >> that's right, jon, he proposed it under democratically controlled congress but couldn't get enough votes. in 2009 the then chairman of the house appropriations committee didn't budget any mo...

Some are them are being force fed because one of the orwellian damn nations of imprisonment is that you're not allowed even to die if you want to. >> will they continue to force feed these individuals? >> i don't want these individuals to die. obviously the pentagon is trying to manage the situation as best as they can, but i think all of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this? why are we doing this? i mean, we've got a whole bunch of individuals who have been tried who are currently in maximum security prisons around the country, nothing's happened to them, justice has been served...

There. and today that number has grown to 100 prisoners now at gitmo in a hunger strike. death defying hunger strike i should say. according to the pentagon 23 of them are now being force fed which is quite a sight. at his news conference yesterday the president was confronted with this. he reiterated his conviction the facility down there at gitmo should be closed. that's an ideal thing. he doesn't tell us how. let's watch. >> guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us in terms of our international standing. it lessens cooperation with ou...

Hunger strike among the dozens of detainees really over a hundred at this point who are refusing to eat because they've been held for over a decade without trial and have lost hope they'll ever go home alive. >> about those forced feedings getting nutrition into these hunger strikers the american medical association has been calling out the department of defense ethically. how difficult is this hunger strike in dealing with it? >> the defense department's position is detainees are allowed to hunger strike but not allowed to kill themselves, so if they grow dangerously malnourished or don't dri...