Jersey to maine, strong waves are pounding the coastline up to a foot of snow in parts of new england. Jim axelrod is in scituate massachusetts, good morning. Reporter good morning. It is nasty out here this morning. I tell you what, though, it is not the snow thats not what the word is about here. Its the wind and the high tide thats been here just about an hour from now that has everybody in scituate and along the new england coast worried just how bad the flooding could be. As powerful wind and waves hammered the massachusetts coastline overnight, residents were nervous. I just dont want to feel the house shaking. I didnt sleep good last night. Reporter theyre bracing for a tidal surge as the late winter storm pounds the region for a second straight day. In the town of scituate, high winds sent waters spilling into neighborhoods thursday. Officials had to close several roads. Further inland parts of massachusetts could see more than a foot of snow combine that with high winds and dr
Others underwent forced rectal feedings, sleep deprivation, one for more than seven days. In one case, interrogators threatened a prisoner with a gun and a buzzing power drill. There were instances of slamming detainees into walls, keeping one in a coffinsized box. Making a sexual threat with a broomstick, and in one case, a partially nude detainee was chained to a concrete floor, died from suspected hypothermia. The report also reveals 119 prisoners were held in the program. More than the cia officials ever admitted publicly. And a quote, at least 26 detainees were wrongfully held. Its a horrifying account. But today, more debate our key question. Did the program work . Did these techniques stop terror attacks . Today, senators of both parties said no. Coercive interrogation techniques did not produce the vital, otherwise unavailable intelligence the cia has claimed. I know from personal experience, that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good in intelligence. And what
Agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized. Were abhorrent and rightly should be repudiated by all. But brennan would not call it torture. I would leave to others how they might want to label those activities. Brennans explanation, the c. I. A. Was not ready after 9 11. The program was uncharted territory for the c. I. A. And we were not prepared. And he maintained the agencys enhanced interrogation techniques or eits produced intelligence, even though he conceded it was unknowable if the same results were obtainable without harsh methods. It is our considered view that the detainees who were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques provided information that was useful and was used. In the ultimate operation to go against bin laden. Thats in sharp contrast to the torture report from Democratic Senate Intelligence Committee chair, dianne feinstein. She responded to brennan in a tweet that critical intelligence that led to bin laden was unrelated to
Haspel steps out of the shadows. Start with Stormy Daniels. Donald trumps attorney got about a half Million Dollars from a Company Controlled by a russian coal gasoligarch right e 2016 election. Nbc news reviewed financial documents that appear to support avenattis account of those transactions and we just learned, just minutes ago, that Pharmaceutical Company novartis made payments of 1. 2 million to cohens firm, essential consultants. Three times more than originally reported. Corporate giant at t also confirmed making payments. The question is why so much money went to cohens company, and Michael Avenatti raised a provocative possibility. Are you suggesting that Michael Cohen does not have a ph. D. In Aerospace Technology and pharmaceutical policy . Where youre i wont only suggest it but state that at a fact. Two real questions, i dont this guys the da vinci of our time. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is at the white house for us. I want to play the comments avenatti made here with Lawrence Od
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