From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. As desperately as they need the rain, these are desperate hours in parts of the state of california tonight. A huge western storm caused the need for fastwater rescues today. Rampant flooding, power outages, mud and rock slides. Local rain bursts have brought up to two inches of rain in an hour, way more than the ground can handle. Some of it falling on land where wildfires have left nothing to hold it together. Theyre headed for a weekend of cleanup there. And nbcs Miguel Almaguer starts us off tonight from camarillo, california, where rock slides have changed the grade. They have actually changed ground level in one neighborhood. Hey, miguel, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. I want to show you exactly what came down. This path of destruction is both wide and long, roughly the size of a city block. Rocks and mud are everywhere. Our second camera is positioned 200 feet uphill. E the mudslide began. Once it started there was no stopping it. It all came crashing down just after 2 00 a. M. The pounding rain triggering a mudslide, weak soil giving way. I heard the door behind me have a loud thump. So i knew i was in trouble by then. Reporter inside, mud pouring through windows. No time to put on shoes. A desperate scramble to stay alive. Firefighters rushed doortodoor helping those in need. Wrnget. Where is this medication . Here, let me show you. Reporter a dozen mostly elderly pulled from their homes. Helen boswell had just enough time to save her best friend. Its scary. I want to go back to my house and my little car and my christmas tree. Reporter ten homes were buried. Many more were damaged. Incredibly not a single injury. Everyone escaped alive. The firemen knocked on my door and advised me to leave and i told him id rather stay here than to get on the freeway. Because it was pouring down like cats and dogs. Reporter frightening moments captured on home video. Oh this is a swift water rescue reporter in los angeles a day of rescues. Many pulled to safety on the river and the road. More than 100 accidents on the freeway, ten times whats normal. Tonight, much of california is a mess. A roof collapse at this San Jose Grocery store, one person injured. Floodwaters trapped 53 families at this mobile home park, rescues by boat. The Russian River burst its banks, while in San Francisco the Union Square Christmas tree went dark. Crews scrambled to restore power for nearly half a million people. In the sierras its beautiful but dangerous. Interstate 80 is standstill, three feet of snow. Tonight, the brunt of this storm has passed, but the damage is here to stay. It rained here for hours, but the destruction was over in a matter of minutes. These rocks are at rooftop level roughly 20 feet tall. Its going to take months to do the cleanup here. And tonight, brian, in the forecast more rain. What a scene in camarillo, california. Miguel amma gar, thanks. Up in the Pacific Northwest police in portland, oregon searching for an assailant who opened fire outside a high school, wounding three students, two boys and a girl. All victims expected to survive thankfully. Police say the shooting may have been gang related. Overseas a glitch on the ground created a mess in the skies over the uk today. A computer failure caused delays at several airports including london heathrow. Where all flights were grounded for a time. Air space was restricted over london until the system was back up and running. No word yet on the cause. And now to the other major story about the perils of our trust in technology. The electronic attack that remains underway against Sony Pictures. A fresh round of secrets came out just today. All of the documents, stolen from the company. And its creating another dilemma, one that pits the right to privacy against the right to know. Our report tonight from nbcs stephanie gosk. Reporter gossiping, potentially damaging secrets do sometimes leak out of hollywood. But now Sony Pictures is dealing with a flood, everyday. The latest revelations published by the website, the daily beast. George clooney is going after Rupert Murdoch in a movie about the uk phone hacking scandal, a list of actresses who want a role in the remake of ghostbusters and sony cochairman amy pascals take on movie deals with screen writer aaron sorkin. She already apologized for emails exchanged with producer scott rudin that included racially tinged speculation about president obamas taste in movies. I certainly think that the decision ms. Pascal made to apologize was the right one. Reporter after two weeks little is known about whos behind the cyber attack. Sonys not commenting on the investigation. The north korean government angry over the release of the interview denies any involvement. And some Cyber Security experts believe theres a chance a current or former employee at sony could be involved. The scope and depth of the Data Collected as well as the type of data is that that someone in i. T. Or in the Security Team would have access to. Reporter hackers are relying on Media Outlets to publish the documents. Creating unethical dilemma for journalists. The editor of variety compares the cyber attack to the recent leak of naked celebrity photos. I dont believe the public has a right to know. This was private information. However, what has transpired now, right or wrong, has thrust this into the public eye. Reporter in an interview with the website deadline, amy pascal says, can we all make a pact not to read these, whether theyre mine or somebody elses . Because im not the last person this is going to happen to. A challenge a bit like putting the genie back in the bottle. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. Back east, the showdown tonight over a possible Government Shutdown has now moved on to the senate chamber. An extension gives them until wednesday to pass a spending bill that would keep the government funded through much of next year. The house passed its own version in a narrow bipartisan vote last night. And they didnt let the doors hit them as they headed off for their winter break in the dark of night. Tonight, we have the First Television interview with the man the president brought in to clean up and fix up the u. S. Secret service. And between reports of drunken agents, prostitutes and fence jumpers, there is a mess to clean up. On monday an independent commission is coming out with a toptobottom review of the agency that protects the president and over a dozen others. Its expected to be tough. And in the interim to toughen the agency. The president has turned to a man who once protected him. You may have noticed him, maybe not. He was the man looking stern and robust at the president s side as the head of the u. S. Secret Service President ial protection division, joe clancys job was to look for trouble. These days hes got all the trouble he can handle. He retired in 2011, but hes been called back in to fix the place. And he couldnt believe what he saw happening to his home of almost 30 years. First it was shock. Initially youre thinking how did this happen. And then i immediately started thinking about the men and women of the secret service. Because ive been there. I know what pain they feel when theres a failure. Reporter there were many failures, but the one hes talking about was in september. A disturbed iraq war vet armed with a knife, made it across the lawn, through the unlocked white house front door and well inside the peoples house, way too close to the first familys residence. People used to always assume the president is safe, but we have new reason to ask, are you convinced . Do you go to bed at night assured the president and his family are safe and secure . Yes, absolutely. If you look at our history, weve been very successful at the white house. We failed on september 19th. It was a convergence of failures on that day. But a couple weeks later someone attempted to climb the fence, got over the fence and our canine and their handlers responded appropriately. The plan worked. Just two weeks later. Reporter they always seemed to look the part. While president s come and go the members of the secret Service Always looked squared away, a kind of comforting constant in american life. While their presence and equipment have become massive and menacing in the modern era, they are still haunted by the Jfk Assassination and the shooting of ronald reagan. And their job is to be perfect every day. Their behavior has been far from perfect in recent years. How did drunken agents and prostitutes in cartagena ever get mentioned in the same sentence with the United States secret service . Were an agency of human beings. And some of us lack selfdiscipline. And, you know, its going to occur. But we do have zero tolerance with misconduct. And weve got training in place. Weve got an integrity board in place. Weve got a table of penalties in place to try to address those types of issues so that were consistent. Reporter consistency is tough because of tedium, the long days and nights of standing guard watching their post. And its complicated by the fact that there are two job categories, secret Service Agent plainclothed and officers, the whiteshirted division originally called the white house police. For them especially morale is a problem. And on september 19th reaction time was a problem. There have been reports over the years of real morale problems. What do you do to and for the Uniformed Division to bring things up to snuff . The second day back on the job here, the first thing we did we had a meeting with all the agents and all the officers at the white house complex together. Its one team. And we continue to stress that, this is one team, were in this thing together. Reporter for now this philly native, former history teacher and onetime west pointer, joe clancy, is the acting head of that team. Who these days is using the language of contrition were not used to hearing from our government officials, especially those who carry guns. Id asked the American People to allow us to earn back their trust and their confidence. We know weve lost that trust because of the events over the past several years. But weve got a good model. Weve got a good foundation. Give us some time to earn that trust back and prove ourselves. Before getting called back to the public sector, clancy had the job of running security for our Parent Company here, comcast. Joe clancys own son in the Uniformed Division may or may not be recommended to stay on as the permanent director. The sense among active agents appears to be, they are hoping the new director will be from inside the agency. Tonight, our justice correspondent, pete williams, has broken a big story about a highly anticipated decision from the feds. Attorney general eric holder has decided not to force veteran New York Times National Security reporter james risen, to reveal the identity of a confidential source. This is a fight thats been going on for years over risens bombshell book that revealed among other things, a cia effort to sabotage Irans Nuclear weapons program. Without this decision from the justice department, risen would have faced possible jail time for contempt of court had he refused to comply. Still ahead for us tonight, a startling new look at an often misdiagnosis. The signs of adhd, how they can be so different in boys than in girls, leaving so many girls to suffer alone. Also ahead, a dogs life. What the pope told a little boy about the possibility of our pets meeting up with us in heaven. There are over 6 million children in the u. S. Currently diagnosed with adhd. And theres been a lot of controversy lately about the ever climbing numbers of kids who are placed on medication. In fact, a recent study says one in ten boys is now taking adhd drugs. And while theres worry adhd is being overtreated, overdiagnosed, many doctors say theres growing concern at the same time that when it comes to girls, the signs of adhd are often unnoticed. We get our reporting tonight from nbcs cynthia mcfadden. Reporter this is usually what we picture when we think of adhd. A boy bouncing off the walls. But this too is the face of adhd, a girl with a calm exterior, masking inner turmoil. Theyre suffering in silence. But hard to notice because theyre not disrupting a classroom. Reporter dr. Steven hinjar, professor of psychology at berkeley, estimates there are hundreds of thousands of girls going undiagnosed. Hes conducted longterm studies of the effects adhd has on girls. Adhd in girls may have a set of consequences quite devastating. We have found that by early adulthood, girls with adhd back when they were girls, are now internalizing, likely to engage in serious selfinjury, cutting and selfmutilation and serious suicide attempts. Reporter diana minton is one of those undiagnosed girls. My brain was at warp speed. And i fidget, but im not going to run around the room three times in order to Pay Attention to a lecture. Reporter you break the stereotype though, right . Absolutely. Reporter from the time she was in preschool diane knew she was different, but she worked hard and did well in school. So nobody knew she had adhd. But by high school she could no longer keep up. And her life began to fall apart. Her mother desperately tried to figure out what was wrong. The group of friends she was associating with became smaller. And was spending more and more time here alone in her room. Reporter isolated and depressed, dianas selfesteem plummeted. It just felt like no matter what i did i couldnt get there. I couldnt be good enough. Reporter thats a pretty hard way to spend your childhood. No one should have to go through any amount of darkness like that. Reporter in her darkness diana became so riddled with anxiety she made herself physically ill. She started missing school. Eventually racked up so many absences she had to drop out. It was only then that doctors finally started treating diana for adhd. Today shes a junior at depaul university. And with school support, counseling and medication, her life is turning around. Its been a long journey, but im just happy to have gotten where i am. Reporter cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, chicago. And we are back in a moment on this friday night with a spectacular, rare phenomenon today at one of the consensus most Beautiful Spots on the planet. A rare event inside the grand canyon today. Its called a total cloud inversion. The clouds fill up the canyon and are forced down there by warm air and unable to rise. Its a bummer for those who came to see the canyon and a bummer for those on pack trips in the valley below. Michigan democratic congressman john dingle has been hospitalized in washington days after suffering a fall. And one day after casting his last vote in the house to a thunderous ovation. He is 88, the longest serving congressmen of alltime. He has served with onequarter of the house members ever. Hes one of the last two world war ii vets leaving congress this term and marking the end of an era. President obama is on the board, joining other critics of how the nfl has acted of late. He tells espn the recent Domestic Abuse scandals indicate, there have been some blind spots. And the nfl like other institutions has been behind the curve in sending a clear message. He went on to say, theres an Old Boys Network in terms of how it operates. There are red faces tonight at greenpeace. They have apologize to the government of peru for trampling on an ancient heritage site just to spell out a protest. Theyre said to have caused long lasting damage to a monument of a humming bird carved into the ground 1,500 years ago. Even the peruvian president isnt allowed to walk there. The ultimate insult, the message is spelled out in english, which is not among perus three official languages. And an unrelated item, a new analysis published in the british medical journal finds men are idiots. Specifically they are much more likely to engage in stupid or risky behavior than women, often at risk to their own health or finances. They cite an armed robber who disguised himself by spray painting his face gold and then promptly died of the paint fumes. An actual quote from this study, men are idiots and idiots do stupid things. To which men around the world offered a twoword rebuttal. Chuck yeager. When we come back, the comforting words the pope had for a little boy who is missing his dog. If you have ever loved a dog, then you know when the time comes for us to say farewell it is like losing a member of the family. But something the pope said recently to a little boy is giving new hope to believers that theres somehow a big backyard in the sky where all dogs go, a place we can only hope is full of rawhide and tennis balls and slippers and pantlegs. The story tonight from nbcs anne thompson. Reporter its a longheld dogma that no one can resist these faces, even the man upstairs. Not to worry, youll go to heaven. All dogs go to heaven because unlike people dogs are naturally good. Reporter now, official confirmation from no less an authority than pope francis, comforting a boy whose dog died the pope reportedly said, paradise is open to all of gods creatures. Im not so sure about humans, but dogs definitely go to heaven. Reporter its not surprising when you consider francis took his name from the patron saint of animals, st. Francis of assisi. For years blessed gods creatures. Got to make you wonder if theyve ever seen the dog shaming web page where canine sins are publicly chronicled. But now they can go through the pearly gates. This muddy guy, accepted. The one who really ate the homework, accepted. Even those bad to the bone apparently have a shot at heaven. At new yorks aspca shelter theres never been any doubt. Is this of the answer to tina and ricochets prayers . I dont know. Now we know as we always did that when they die theyll go right to heaven. Reporter it turns out mans best friend has a friend in high places. Anne thompson, nbc news, new york. Thats our broadcast on this friday night and for this week. Thank you for being here with us. Im brian williams. Lester holt will be here with you this weekend. We, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. In the meantime please have a good weekend. Goodnight. We really worry. Because thats our place. Thats where we live. Right now at 6 00, reeling from that storm as the rain is moving out of the bay area, leaving behind some deep wounds. Good evening and thanks for being with us on this friday. Im raj mathai. Im janelle wang. Well have more on the local impact in just a moment. First what that same storm that hit us did to Southern California. Take a look at this tornado. Its the only tornado reported in the country today. And its in south l. A. You can see the twister rips up rooftops, knocking down trees. This is south of usc. The National Weather service says the small ef0 tornado touched down just before 9 30 this money. Wind speeds reached 65 to 85 miles per hour. In addition to this twister Southern California is seeing flooding and devastating mudsli mudslides. That storm in l. A. Left behind serious damage here in the bay area. A trail of swollen rivers, streams, and soaked neighborhoods. In some cases the damage done could take weeks or months to repair. Including this. You see down below, two large holes. This is the roof of a safeway in san jose. We have multiple reports on the storm cleanup. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking tonights showers. Scott budman has the cleanup in san jose. Robert handa has the drought impact. Michelle roberts in redwood city
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