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Determined that 86 of the 166 do not present a security threat to the yoounited states and can le. so there has been an ongoing emergency at guantanamo for a long time. but there is a current crisis right now and that is a hunger strike that most of the men at guantanamo are participating in. it began two months ago. it's over 60 days old. when i was at the camp last week, i met with a few men who i represent. i sat across from them. they have lost 30 to 40 pounds. they are weak. they told me of men in the prison who are skeletal, barely moving, near death, losing consciousness, coughing up bl...

Right now and that is a hunger strike that most of the men at guantanamo are participating in. it began two months ago. it's over 60 days old. when i was at the camp last week, i met with a few men who i represent. i sat across from them. they have lost 30 to 40 pounds. they are weak. they told me of men in the prison who are skeletal, barely moving, near death, losing consciousness, coughing up blood. the way that the authorities are dealing with those people is when they are passing out, because their blood glucose levels are so low, they're being transferred from the communal camp at guanta...

That's a huge political liability. >> so the alternative at this point is that we have people in american custody who are starving themselves to death and in response you are now force feeding them which could be cruel and unusual punishment. they do oppose force feeding, so you have some outside involvement in the situation. and the military ak noejed that this point that the detainees are seeking attention. as you saw from the white house not a clear stance of what they're going to do. >> if it's a standoff, who is the one player who could just make something so it's no longer a standoff? on...

So, their controversial status, i think, makes the analysis a bit difficult. really, they fall under the department of defense policy, and the department of defense says it's their obligation to sustain the life and health of those that are under their custody, but the department of defense also says really that they are complying with the geneva convention and with u.s. law and i will tell you if these prisoners were, let's say, in a federal prison guided under u.s. law, most of the courts, the few courts that have dealt with this issue, have found force feeding constitutional. and so, again,...

Of force feeding a student crayons that were soaked in hot sauce, she could soon be back on the job. lillian gomez was a special ed teacher. a few months back she was fired after allegations that she poured hot sauce on crayons and play-doh and then made an autistic student eat it. she admits dousing items with hot sauce but says that she did it to prevent the child from eating them. >> i think she made a bad judgment in the way she went about it. but her purpose was -- was good. >> that's ridiculous. maybe she shouldn't work with children. maybe she should find another career. >> a judge has ...