they claim that electric shocks and other forms of what they call aversive therapies are the only way to control some students who are a danger to themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over an hour. it is difficult to watch. mccollins was 18. he s no longer at this center. his mom pulled him out. his family recently settled a lawsuit against the jrc. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central raptor juan mendez. the use of electricity on anyone s body raises the question of whether this is therapeutic or whether it is suffering tantamount to torture in violation of international law. we asked the justice department for an update on the investigation, they told us it s ongoing and they wouldn t comment. the school says that no one else will take their students and that
first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mckol lijs. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over an hour. it is difficult to watch. mccollins was 18. he s no longer at this center. his mom pulled him out. his family recently settled a lawsuit against the jrc. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central rap pa tore jouan mende. the use of electricity on anyone s body raises the question of whether this is therapeutic or whether it is suffering tantamount to torture in violation of international law. we asked the justice department for an update on the investigation, they told us it s ongoing and they wouldn t comment. the school says that no one else will take their students and that the electric shocks are better than huge amounts of prescription drugs. to be sure, the school has many supporters. parents who swear their kids are alive because of these shocks. but the national council on disabilities and many
security secrets. the leaks are the source of how president obama and his aids pick targets for drones. the other detailed iran s nuclear program. the fbi confirmed it is investigating that leak. senator john mccain says the fbi is fine but he wants an outside special counsel to lead the investigation. he said he suspects the obama administration is leaking this information to make the president look good. the portrayal of the president in these stories is of why usually nothing short of heroic. i agree with the cyberwarfare but why should we reveal it to the enemy and take credit for something that obviously does not deserve to be well-known? president obama s spokesman called allegations of intentional leaking grossly irresponsible. in a very rare show of bipartisan anger, this afternoon, the democratic and republican leaders of the house and senate intelligence committee say these leaks threaten to do iminent and ir represent parable damage to the committee. just momen
korea ahead. good morning from new york city. it s wednesday, april 11, 2012 and this is the daily rundown. i m luke russert in for chuck todd. after 32 states, 20 debates and $180 million of candidate spending and 15 more from super pacs effectively ended yesterday when rick santorum suspended his campaign. against all odds we won 11 states, millions of voters, millions of votes. we won more counties than all of the other people in this race combined and we made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins me now. mark, thanks so much for being on the program. this was a gift to mitt romney because it was on the cover of usa today.
are counting down and it is game time. it is the political game going on tonight. the republican candidate goesing for the deep south and we have big prizes up for grabs, mi mississippi and alabama, and the total delegates at stake tonight in those two states is 84. if you are keeping track, more than 8 million votes nationwide have been cast in 26 primaries and caucuses so far. the horse race over the past several days has been truly tightening for the states up for grabs the night, and sit down to the wire. we are less than an hour away from the polls closing and will it be sudden death for one of the four candidates to give this country a little clarity of who is in and who might be out of what is a roller coaster race? can newt gingrich rise again as we call canned we called it the triple lazarus. and a bad night for newt gingrich could mean he is out of the race. with rick and me together, we arelying him down and with some help from ron paul, and the country is sort o