Tonight from the release of the socalled cia torture report that all the world has now been allowed to see. Tonight, six different u. S. Embassies overseas have issued security advisories in case of a violent response t whats detailed in that report. Last night on this broadcast we heard the cia director under esident bush strongly defend the program. Tonight, one of the psychologists whos been called the architect of the cia interrogation program, and a man who profited financially from it, is speaking out and defending the brutal interrogation techniques used on prisoners. And detailed in the report. We begin here tonight with our chief Foreign Affairs our d. C. Newsroom. Ea mitchell in andrea, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Cia leaders try to restore morale at the agency. And one of the architects came out of the shadows. James mitchell, one of two psychologists who came up with the torture techniques today in florida. Its not always pretty. And i think it still should be an honest debate in the united states. Reporter do you sleep comfortably at night . I always sleep comfortably. Reporter no training in al qaeda, its language or to interrogate. I dont think its the right thing to do. I dont think its the wrong thing to do. I think you can do it in a way that it constitutes torture. I think you can do it in a way that constitutes training. I think you can do it in a way that helps a person shift their priorities so they experience less abuse later on. Its like every tool in the tool bag. You can underuse it. You can overuse it. Reporter they were paid 80 million to lithuania, romania, afghastan and thailand. Former Vice President dick cheney says the interrogations paid off big time. We asked the agency to go tape steps and put in place programs that were designed to catch [ bleep ] that killed 3,000 of us on 9 11. And thats exactly what they did. Reporter their biggest succe success, the takedown of osama bin laden. The agency even helped the producers of the film zero dark thirty dramatize how they say waterboarding helped identify bin ladens courier whom they then followed to h hideaway. The vast majority was acquired from sources unrelated to the cias detention and interrogation program. The bex information came from an al qaeda operative named hassan ghul who officers said sang like a tweetie bird before. He was subjected to 59 hours of sleep deprivation. The report says he began hallucinating and never provided further threat information. Dana priest who won a prize for uncovering the secrets in 2005 was surprised by the details. There was more systemic abuse that seems more sadistic than it does any kind of technique to extract information. Reporter cia critics on the Intelligence Committee say the agency is still not coming clean. The cia is lying. This is not a problem of the past, madame president , but a problem that needs to be dealt with. These folks having the rug pulled out from underhem, people w thought they were doing what we wanted them to do, thats unprecedented. Reporter Officials Say cia director john brennan spoke to the workforce today. Trying to pick people up off the ground. Brennan will make his first Public Comments tomorrow at cia head quart sglekwarquart. From our d. C. Newsrooms, thanks, andrea. The nfl in the news tonight bombarded for months with bad news, negative headlines. Today we woke up to some news that might be the worst indicator of all for organized football. A new bloomberg poll shows a full 50 of americans would not want their sons playing the game. Thats a big bad bellwether number for a sport that depends on the youth leagues of today to fill in the big leagues of tomorrow. This number came on the day that the league announced a course correction in the aftermath of its Domestic Violence scandal with an announcement from commissioner Roger Goodell. He spoke with nbcs Peter Alexander who has our report tonight. I got it wrong. Reporter months after commissioner Roger Goodell admitted he fumbled several high profile Domestic Violence cases, goodell says the nfl is finally back on track. Why should critics be confident that this time you got it right . Well, weve changed the policy. Weve strengthened it. Weve toughened it. Being part of the nfl is a privilege, it is not a right. Reporter with new rules governing how the league handles the personal conduct of all nfl employees. Ervegtive immediately any player charged with a Violent Crime will be sidelined. The league will also hire a new disciplinary officer to oversee punishments and to supervise new independent investigations of players accused of Domestic Violence or sexual assault. They have to be dealt with firmly, consistently, quickly. And we also need to make sure that were doing the right things for the victims and survivors. Thats the key thing for us. Reporter still, goodell will remain the ultimate arbitrator ruling on appeals. This in a way is Roger Goodells saying i dont care about player criticism, i dont care about union criticism, i dont care about the outcomes of these disciplinary hearings of the last couple weeks. I am retaining a lot of power. This is goodells attempt to not be completely declawed as commissioner. Reporter critics have been slamming the nfl for what they call an anemic response and for being unresponsive to womens concerns. I asked the commissioner how he explains this controversy to his two teenage daughters. Did you say i screwed up . Of course. The most important thing in leadership is to be able to say when you make a mistake. And the most important thing is to be able to say this is what i did to correct it. And this is what we did to try to take this situation and move forward. Reporter americas most lucrative sports brand still trying to tackle a major off field crisis. Peter alexander, nbc news, irving, texas. Again tonight we have dangerous weather in the news and its battering both coasts in the east, a nasty noreaster dropping snow and temperatures. To the west this is the view from space, put it that way a monster storm that has millions of americans bracing for the kind of rain and wind that can break records. San francisco for one could be hit with its worst storm in years. Tonight, nbcs Miguel Almaguer is there. Reporter the western wallop is delivering its first punch in washington state. Rivers and roads are flooding, 13 inches of rain could fall before weeks end. Near seattle tens of thousands have lost power. Along the coast beach erosion has swallowed two homes and threatens even more. Dangerous pounding surf has also arrived as this weathermaker is now headed to california. In the sierra mountains blizzard conditions could close critical highways. The whiteout wont match the power of whats already falling in the northeast. In upstate new york more than a foot of snow today. Interstate 81 near syracuse shut down. 10,000 homes without power and heat. Nbcs dylan dreyer is there. Snow will continue on the backside of this noreaster tomorrow with heavier rain expected along the new england coast. In the northwest a plume of moisture coming in off the pacific nicknamed the Pineapple Express will create a massive storm that will create wind gusts as high as 60 to 70 Miles Per Hour tonight and tomorrow for much of the west coast. Reporter it could be a record storm in san francisco. Theyre already running low on sandbags. Hows it looking for you . Looking like were going to be here a while. Reporter up to eight inches of rain could fall in 48 hours. Theyre saying its going to be bad, so i think its going to be pretty bad. Reporter for a city known for its beauty, its about to get ugly. With clouds rolling in and the winds picking up, we could see 75mileanhour or hurricaneforce gust winds tomorrow. Some local schools have already canceled classes. This could be the wettest most Violent Storm weve seen here in the last halfdecade. Brian. Miguel almaguer in the bay area for us tonight. Miguel, thanks. In the Nations Capital congress has to pass a spending bill tomorrow or risk another government shutdown. A deal was announced on this, but apparently that was before all the people who will vote on it actually looked at what was in it. And now the public is learning what was jammed into the bill when a lot of us werent looking. It may all fall apart just below the deadline. Our report tonight from nbcs kelly odonnell. Reporter your congress was gearing up to claim a big victory. Im proud of the work theyve done. Reporter keeping the government open. Not with another crisisdriven shortterm fix, but a real yearlong budget for nearly all federal departments. What were talking about here is a monumental achievement. Reporter a 1. 1 trillion deal that includes new money to fight ebola and isis militants, beefing up food safety inspections and giving a small raise to most of the military. A huge package hammered out by a select group of democrats and republicans. Sounds promising, right . Not so fast. When the 1600 pages went public, surprise and anger, mostly from democrats, who threatened to pull their support when they learned the details in this mustpass bill. Our members are just very, very concerned about it. Reporter Many Democrats dont like a lastminute change from the Top Republican leaders to alter Campaign Finance rules so big donors can give ten times more money, up to 324,000. Watering down requirements for School Lunch Nutrition backed by mrs. Obama. Cutting staff at the Environmental Protection agency. Stopping the District Of Columbia from legalizing marijuana. And most controversial, rolling back a current ban on taxpayer bailouts for big banks that engage in high risk investments. Liberal lawmakers like Elizabeth Warren say that cant happen even though it was part of a compromised deal. The public says it wants compromise. Has this compromise gone wrong . This isnt about compromise. This is about reckless behavior. Warren wants lawmakers to drop that bailout provision tonight, but that seems unlikely up against the deadline. Senior democrats who negotiated this deal tell me they think they got the best package possible, especially when you consider republicans will have more members and more power next month. Brian. Kelly odonnell covering another day in congress. Kelly, thanks as always. There is health news tonight for women diagnosed with Early Stage Breast Cancer. A new study has found twothirds of patients are getting radiation treatment for twice as long as they actually need. And its causing patients to be unnecessarily inconvenienced. And its a lot more expensive. For years the conventional treatment for Early Stage Breast Cancer has been lumpectomy and then five to seven weeks of daily radiation. But now theres strong evidence that a higher dose of radiation for only three to five weeks is just as good at preventing cancer occurrence. Its easier for women to tolerate, has the same cosmetic outcome and it saves money. Our dr. Nancy snyderman on this new study that will provoke a lot of questions among patients and their doctors. The experts say the reason so many women are getting longer treatment that they dont need is that it can take years for doctors especially to change established medical practices. History was made in norway today when Malala Yousufzai accepted the nobel peace prize. At 17 shes the youngest recipient ever. She survived an assassination attempt by the taliban in pakistan. Since then shes become a tireless advocate for educating women and girls in her native country and elsewhere. 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And beyond the gossip of it theres no joy in this for any of the other companies watching it play out. Our report tonight from nbcs stephanie gosk. Reporter in a town where privacy is at a premium, the hack on Sony Pictures is rocking hollywoods very foundation. The industry, words and all, exposed. Its a massive leak of information. The curtain has been ripped back. And we are seeing all kinds of things that we would never have access to. Reporter emails purportedly exchanged between the studio, producers and agents about actors like tom cruise, leo dicaprio and angelina joly. Tom hanks uses a pseudonym. This is much more than a tantalizing snapshot of mind the scene tinsel town. The document dump which was leaked to several Media Outlets includes employees personal information, passwords, emails and 47,000 Social Security numbers. A spreadsheet detailing salaries and bonuses, mountains of business details. The hackers say they want to block the release of an upcoming movie believed to be the interview a comedy about the assassination of north koreas president. The cia would love it if you could take him out. For drink sns. For dinner . Reporter someone claiming to be the groups leader sent a threatening email to sony employees. It reads in part what we have done so far is only a small part of our further plan. The damage from the attacks could affect sony for years. Including the possibility of lawsuits based on contract and salary leaks. You also have to think about all the relationships and the impact and damage that might have been done. Theyre going to have to be making a lot of apologies, a lot of difficult phone calls to a lot of top talent in the coming days. Reporter and perhaps even more daunting, the message some Cyber Security experts have for everyone. Today sony, tomorrow, hospital, gas utility, electrical utility, a Government Agency that nobody should look at this and take refuge in the fact it was sony rather than a hospital. Reporter in other words, Cyber Security isnt just sonys problem. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. We are back in just a moment with the new royal babies born today. They are twins, so how do they decide which one is heir to the throne . Thpain feel tight like a vise. How can i ease this pain . man when i cant go, its like rocks piling up. I wish i could find some relief. announcer ask your doctor about linzess a oncedaily capsule for adults with ibs with constipation or chronic idiopathic constipation. Linzess is thought to help calm painsensing nerves and accelerate bowel movements. It helps you proactively manage your symptoms. Do not give linzess to children under 6, and it should not be given to children 6 to 17. It may harm them. Dont take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. 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Since 1927 only three individual women have been featured compared to eleven covers for groups or concepts or objects. While its also true the cover was called man of the year until as recently as 1999. New video from the navy shows what may be the future of modern closein warfare. Its their new laser gun which is shown hitting targets on ships at sea and shooting a drone out of the sky. Because it doesnt fire or launch anything, its a fraction of the cost per use of other weapon systems. It comes out at under a dollar a shot compared to some missiles costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each. There are new royal babies, as we mentioned, to talk about tonight. There was a 42gun salute today for Prince Albert of monaco and his wife princess charlene. Gabrilla and jacques, she was born two minutes but he will be heir to the throne in accordance with the historic custom. This was not only the sweetest photo we encountered today, but the perfect antidote. 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We get our report tonight from nbcs joe fryer. Reporter how does it feel to be back on dry land . Reporter Warren Ingraham couldnt help but kiss dry land. After nearly two weeks lost at sea. His sailboat managed off the coast of hawaii and 12 days had passed without a single distress call until the silence was broken yesterday. We got a mayday here, mayday. This is for real. Anyone picking this up . Reporter plea in the air and caught by the coast guard. Great job by the command center to hear it and recognize it. Reporter grainy video from the coast guard shows a Navy Destroyer rescuing ingram. I got really lucky. But its all about these guys. Theyre real life heroes rrtd heefs sailing from molokai when bad weather knocked his 25foot weather knocked his vessel on the side flinging him to the water. That i was going to die. I flung myself in and hung in there. Reporter with no mast and no radio communication, it didnt look good. I was hydrated on fish. Wasnt as good as the su shi bar, but thats how i hydrated. Reporter he fashioned a makeshift dr out of coat hanger and wire launching the garbled message that eventually brought him home. Im a little dazed right now and headed to the bar. Reporter his legs might be shaken but his faith in people is not. Joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. Heres to you. Thats our broadcast on a wednesday night. Thank you for being here with us. Im brian williams. We of course hope you can join us right back here tomorrow evening. Good night. Maria shriver versus miley. How marias making it loud and clear she doesnt approve of patricks naughty new girlfriend. Now on extra. Patrick schwarzenegger caught between his mom and his girlfriend. Do you think patrick and miley are going too far . New videoof maria. Did she make an extreemg move to avoid running into miley . Inside joan rivers will. Who gets what from joans 150 million fortune. Melissa rivers today turning a joan tribute into a roast. 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