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road manager who had a front-row row seat on one incredible ride. ♪ ♪ welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. the interrogation methods used by the cia on some al qaeda prisoners after the 9/11 attacks amounted to torture. that is the conclusion of the democratic senator who heads the intelligence committee and presented a damning report today on the senate floor. the c.i.a. director answered that, and bidding some mistakes were made, but insisting that the tactics were valuable -- the c.i.a. director answered back. >> september 11, 2001, downtown uponork, a day now seared

the consciousness of america, the day that started the war on terror, and the effort to find those responsible by any means. a captured terrorist has information about a plot against our homeland, we need to know what he knows. >> so what was done by the cia to find out what these people knew? sleep deprivation, where detainees were kept awake in painful positions, their hands shackled above their heads. it talked about dungeons, where subjects were kept in complete darkness in isolated cells with loud noise or music. they say the use of waterboarding was harmful, inducing convulsions and vomiting. and this conclusion from the committee chair. >> the report released today examines the cia's secret ofrseas detention

individuals and the use of coercive interrogation techniques, in some cases amounting to torture. that theport finds white house was actively lied to by the cia. perhaps most troubling is the way people were taken away to the secret locations, where intensive interrogation, nothing useful was found in terms of intelligence gathering. >> it produced little useful intelligence. >> this former presidential republican candidate, who was .ortured as a pow in vietnam >> i know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad .han good intelligence i know that victims of torture will offer intentionally misleading information if they think their captors will believe it. work todayership

apologizing for past mistakes, but for those who served after 9/11, there is anything but nutrition. -- contrition. >> this was intelligence that saved in numeral lives -- in -- untold lives in the u.s. and in britain. >> a large amount of the community believe they have nothing to apologize for. washington. >> a short time ago, i spoke with the top democrat on the house intelligence committee at the time of all of this, and she is now the president of the woodrow wilson center. let's break down this report. it has gotten a lot of attention around the world.

torture, the interrogation techniques, whatever you want to call it, did not work. would you agree with that? >> that was my believe when i served on the intelligence committee, and i was briefed from two thousand three until 2006, and i believe what john tocain believes -- from 2003 believe what john mccain believes is true, that it gravitas.avitons -- work iswould did not the extreme techniques, which were used far more often. >> you said at the time that when you were briefed on this, you sent a letter to the cia, and concerns.ons

>> as soon as i was brief, i wrote a letter to the general counsel of the cia, who briefed me, and i said, what was described raises profound policy questions, and i am concerned about whether these have been as rigorously examined as the legal questions. here is my letter. it was classified at the time and declassified a few years later. i never got a substantive answer, and what worried me is lawyers moved in and out, and they were wording -- writing documents that were toer shown to congress justify it, and i think we could dispute in hindsight that these things were illegal. it did not make it a good idea to do as policy. those are not the same things. we are now learning that president bush may not have been fully informed about all of this. the report say,

one of the charges they make, is that it should not be released because it harms u.s. interests around the world, particularly in the middle east. what do you make of that? >> well, i think dianne feinstein made a tough call. this some years back, and because of all of this to and fro with the cia and was not able to do it. i think she made a tough call but the right call. under threat everywhere in the world right now, but what this report does that may reduce the threat -- of course, there could be an attack at any moment -- but what it does, and she said this breed she said history will judge us by our ability to face the truth. if we are looking for a better narrative for the united states, one that tells people in some of these regions that our values are very different from their

lesson this is a civics in how democracy works, and that includes the fact that not everyone thinks senator fan sign -- senator feinstein made the right decision, and i think when all of the dust settles from all of this, number one, the chapter will be closed. not happen again. but number two, america will have a better narrative in the middle east. >> thank you very much for joining us. news of this report is getting attention around the world, and david cameron immediately acknowledged that after 9/11, he said things that happened that were wrong. >> torture is wrong. torture is always wrong. those of us who want to see a safer, more secure world and want to see this extremism defeated, we will not succeed if we lose our moral authority, if we lose the things that make our

country successful. so let's be very clear about that. >> british prime minister david cameron there. for more information on the impact this is having with other countries, i spoke with john a short time ago. >> i think the people have broadly condemned what happened during that period. it is made easier by the fact that the political generation in power was not in power was not empowered them, so there is no tony blair in downing street, which means david cameron is free to criticize some of the activities that took place, and you have to make sure -- you have to understand that they have been very preoccupied over the past four and five years with improving the american image of what was perceived to be in sensitivities of the bush era, and what we know now happened when the cia were taking people through extraordinary rendition and all the rest of what has been

detailed in this report today. >> john, how much has opinion changed in entries, written, in particular? -- how much has opinion changed in countries, in britain, in particular? i think what has happened in britain if you have to say possibly that you have in america -- there is a group of people who are diehards who believe that tony blair was either absolutely right to go into iraq and support george w. bush and a sizable community who think he was wrong, that the british people were lied to over reasons for that war, and the same thing in america, too. the cia were doing a difficult , andn a difficult time there are those that will say no.

you have to stick by the rules, and that what the cia did was wrong, and i think in the middle, you have the vast majority who probably are not thinking about it that much as they get to their tea this evening. ok, john, while we wish this was all over, john, thank you very much. >> fighters from the islamic state sees the biggest oil refinery in the city of baiji, and it was a defeat for the iraqi army -- fighters from the islamic state seized the biggest oil refinery in the city of baiji. one of the first journalists to report.iji sent us this >> the destruction is enormous, --baiji,in livvix

there is the fight to take back the islamic state. the country's biggest oil refinery has been surrounded by nowor months and only liberated, thanks to foreign help. he told me when the new commander came, he moved us forward, but we did not have any planes, only helicopters. they started their airstrikes, clearing the road of bombs and giving us cover to move in to take the refinery. toare the first journalists make it here since it was liberated. the fighting has been fierce, and it is not over quite yet. place. a huge, strategic the iraqi army has largely only no defeat and surrender -- only known defeat and surrender.

the iraqi army tells us they have cleared most of the is fighters in this area, but not all of them. this gun battle was all the more extraordinary because we were traveling with iraq's new defense secretary. he then had lunch with his commanders. gunfire, were the problem. >> honestly, as i had said to the eu, these operations are not enough. they could weaken is capabilities by 70% or 80% with

more airstrikes. >> this is one victory that comes after a string of defeats. the airstrikes are making a difference. they are back in the fight. , in northernji iraq. western countries have promised to increase to 100,000 the number of syrian refugees they will except for resettlement. germany is among one of the countries that may be overwhelmed. >> in a single room shared with strangers, a family tries to settle in. they have just arrived from syria. tellwould have died, they us, if they had stayed, but leaving nearly killed them, too. "we took a small boat to literally -- italy. the waves were high.

we ran out of water. it was a horrible situation." refugee camps have been overwhelmed. this year alone, it is thought people will claim asylum here, and they just keep coming. takes more for asylum than any other country in the european union, and even the government admits it cannot go on like this. imagine crossing the mountains on foot. it is how some refugees arrived in this small border town. .hey learn the language they hope for asylum. politicians worry. immigration in germany is at a record high. other eu countries, they insist, could and should be doing more. of refugees lot already. we take 40% of those arriving in

europe, but at some point, you run into difficulties explaining all of this to the public. seems, inlly, it bavaria. it has one of germany's largest refugee populations. " there is no question we should take them in and help them," she saiys. hard for the ref yuji's, and it is hard for us -- for the refugees, and it is hard for us, too." "they were killing the children," he says. "no one cares." what he likes most about germany, and he said, i just feel safe. >> an important thing. you are watching "bbc world news america." is visiting the

9/11 memorial on their last day of their visit in the united states. and how do you like your nuts served? that is a question that is being asked. from koreanresigned air, and the airline apologized to passengers for the delay. >> jfk airport in new york. hassan jurors were just settling down to their flight -- for their flight to -- passengers were just settling down for their flight. and then they were delayed, all because of these, macadamia nuts. the vice president of korean air got annoyed when the nuts were served to her in a packet instead of on a dish. she then resigned.

her behavior did not go along in south the people korea. >> i am not sure what she was thinking. .ut it was likely she was bossy it was an abuse of power and the wrong action to take. >> and the airline crew will now be checking the first way to --ve first class passengers the best way to save first-class passengers. >> angela merkel has consolidated her role after a 10-minute ovation at the annual conference in cologne. has national public approval ratings almost unheard of in a european democracy. the new poll suggests that 67% , nearly 10back her years into her leadership.

continuing to preach tough reforms. ♪ now, on their final day of their visit to the united states, the duke and duchess of cambridge have visited the 9/11 memorial. contrast to quite a them watching showbiz royalty last night at a gain in brooklyn. our correspondent. a morning for sightseeing. the weather was terrible, with torrential rain, but the duke and duchess were fulfilling an obligation for vip visitors to new york. they had been brought to ground zero, to the spot where the world trade center had stood until the events of september 11, 2001. the duke and duchess pause to buy one of the memorial reflection pools, set in the footprints of the original twin towers -- the duke and duchess

memorial'sne of the reflection pools. many died in the attacks, including 67 from england. there were the names of those who died. above them, the new freedom tower, the top of which was hidden by the rain clouds. made their catherine way into the september 11 memorial museum. of lives shown images lost. and then the exhibit, the wreckage of a fire truck, ladder company 3. getof the members went to to trapped people in the north tower. they were all killed. it is a reminder of the city's darkest day. moments in, other the past 24 hours have been lighter. the couple met the top basketball player, lebron james, him, and they met

young kids at a project that helps develop potential. so a brief visit. the couple will leave new york tonight after a final fundraising dinner. a successful visit? yes, in that both of them, and particularly william in washington yesterday, have managed to raise the profile of causes that matter to them. bbc news, new york. from royalty to rock 'n roll. janis joplin changed music with her powerful vocals and signature sound. her firstthe ride was and only road manager. he teamed up with her in the 1960's and was with her until the end when she died of a hero when overdose. -- a heroin overdose.

any singer is to involve you in the emotional content of the song, and janis did not just do that, she grabbed you. ♪ john byrne cooke, and i am the author of "on the road with janis joplin." this was a singer like no other i wentver seen, and when to work with them, what surprised me most was finding that she was highly articulate, and she was often very funny. ♪ be a roadtrying to manager, and it sometimes really felt like a 25 hour per day job. andting pictures of janis big brother seemed like a very natural thing to do. ♪

but when i ask you to, you just say ♪ toin the winter of 1969 1979, she cleaned -- 1969 to 1970, she visibly clean herself up and was proud. ♪ in there pitfalls addictive personality, so she started using a small amount, but she was not returning to her former habits, certainly not in terms of frequency and dosage, but she was killed by a batch of heroin that hit the streets that stronger,o 10 times so taking what she thought was a safe dose proved to be fatal. well, you unexpectedly, suddenly lose a dear friend, and it would affect you like anybody. it was devastating.

but we had things to do for at least a few weeks. ♪ ice on tape, sovo when we were listening to the vocals, she was there, and that was enormous only comforting, and that made it easier for people to do the work. -- that was enormously comforting, and that made it easier for people to do the work. making a living, i was looking for what came next for me, and i took the job of road manager tom is thinking of it as a transitional job, and if i took any inspiration from -- the job of road manager, thinking of it as a transitional job. ♪ of janis joplin bringing the show to a close. i

am katty kay. for all of us from "bbc world news america," thanks so much for watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. ♪ >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, and mufg. >> it is a global truth. we can do more when we work together. ♪ at mufg, our banking relationship spans cultures and

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