arrested with explosives and a plot for a terrorist attack, allegedly. what was he planning? and the national lead, a winter storm barreling towards the east coast. drenching rain, major flooding, four-hour delays at airports. and that is just the opening act. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in our national lead. the fbi and the department of homeland security just this afternoon warning all stateside law enforcement to be on guard as the u.s. troops and embassies abroad are also bracing in places like cairo and baghdad and riyadh, scouring message boards that extremists might be planning a plot in response to the release of a report describing in detail the cia s program of enhanced interrogation techniques, commonly referred to as torture.
the brutality is shocking. the report reveals at least five detainees were subjected to what it calls rectal feeding. interrogation procedures that went on for months. at least one detainee died from hypothermia. stripped naked, diapered, physically struck and put in various painful stress positions for long periods of time. they were deprived of sleep for days. reporter: one detainee had his lunch pureeed and poured into his rectum. much of the information kept from president george w. bush s own secretary of state. there are cia records stating that colin powell wasn t told about the program at first because there were concerns that, and i quote, powell would blow his stack if he were
the national lead now, a nor easter is bringing a wet, nasty mess to the east coast. just hours ago, the national weather service issued a flood warning for the boston area and there are warnings in place just north of new york city. this nor easter is already causing travel nightmares. new york s laguardia airport is reporting delays of more than four hours. let s go right to meteorologist jennifer gray live in the severe weather center. how bad is this going to get? this is just beginning. if you re watching from the airport, you have been there a while. look at these delays. all of the new york airports have been delayed three to four hours or more. philly airport, about an hour and a half. also in boston, about an hour delay. those are expected to get a little bit better as we get later into the evening because the winds are supposed to die down. we have had incredible amounts of rain and we have had very, very gusty winds. all of these rainfall totals are daily rainfall records.
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