getting ready that take on arsenal in the first leg of the last 16 in london been well, he called it closing a chapter. president obama has finally set out his plan for shooting down the guantanamo down detention center, seven years after he first pledged to close it down. well, it was set up 14 years ago in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. the but many were held for years without charge. obama said the facility undermined national security, and values, and would also save tax dollars $80 million a year in operating costs. pam said he didn t want to pass on the problem to his successor. and he added that the u.s. was holding what he called dangerous terrorists in the united states and was coping just fine. the next. it was one of his first promises in office. and now u.s. president barack obama is hoping in his last year, he can accomplish it. close the controversy detention center, at guantanamo bay cuba. i have been working for seven years to get this close. it is a bi
voters? he calls it a closure of a chapter in u.s. history. guantanamo bay was set up to detain and interrogate people that the u.s. thought posed extreme danger. but many were held for years without charge. obama said that the facility undermines american values and closing it would save $80 million a year in operating costs. obama, who is in his final year as president said that he did not want to pass on the guantanamo problem to his successor. he said they were already holding dangerous terrorists in the united states and was coping just fine. patty culhane reports. with that it was one of his first promises in office, but now u.s. president barack obama is hoping in his last year he can accomplish it. close the controversial detention junior in cuba. are we going to linger on for another 15 years, 20 years, 30 years? for all that time dozens of men have been held in limbo. many so desperate that they went on hunger strike only to be forcebly tied down and fed
days before a devastating cyclone. we ll have all the sport. we ll bring you the latest from the champions league. arsenal taking on barcelona, and it s still goalless. he called it closing a chapter in u.s. history. president obama has finely outlined his plan to shut the guantanamo detention center seven years after he first pledged to close it. the prison was set up 14 years ago following the september 11th attacks to detain and interrogate people the u.s. thought posed extreme danger. but many were held for years without charge. bomb said that the facility undermines u.s. national security and value, and closing it would save tax payers $80 million a year in operating costs. obama, who is in his final year as president said he didn t want to wa pass on the guantanamo problem oh to his successor. pattpatty culhane has this report. it was one of his first promises in office, and now u.s. president barack obama is hoping in his last year he can actually accomplish it.
wireless association. they represent all the wireless companies. mr. guttman-mccabe, overall what was the effect of sandy on your member organizations, the verizons, the at&ts, sprints, etc. guest: sure, peter, and thanks for having me back. if you don t mind, i wouldn t mind taking a half step back and providing perspective on this storm and ultimately the impact that it had. if you listen to mayor bloomberg who said that the damage was unprecedented, that it maybe the worst storm that the city has ever faced and the tidal surge previous high was 10 feet, for this storm was 14. governor christie said the damage in new jersey was unthinkable. i mean, we had fires, we had hurricane-force winds, we had massive flood, we had sleet and snow. if you look at that and the flooding through the subway systems and the shutdown of the stock exchanges, you start to get a sense of the massive scale and scope of this storm, and yet the networks performed. i ve read dozens of stories abou
one of the major effects on hurricane sandy was on telecommunications. that is our topic today on the communicators. christopher guttman-mccabe is our guest today. mr. christopher guttman-mccabe, overall, what was the effect of hurricane sandy on your organization, verizon, sprint, at&t and etc. guest: thank you. i wouldn t mind taking a step back and providing a little perspective on this storm and the impact it had. mayor bloomberg said that the damage was unprecedented. but it may be the worst storm that the city has ever faced. and the previous title search, it was 14 feet. governor chris christie said the damage was unthinkable. we have buyers. we had hurricane force winds. we had massive flooding and if you look at that in the flooding of the subway system and the shutdown of the stock exchanges, you start to get the scale and scope of this form. and yet, the networks perform. i have read dozens of stories over the last couple of weeks about how the many consumers