your new day continues right now. announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. it stopped raining for a minute. yes, and only a minute. good morning, welcome back to new day. it is wednesday, december 10th, just after 8:00 in the east. chris cuomo and alisyn camerota here. it is only a matter of time before terrorists strike. not my words, those are the words of top u.s. officials worried about the release of the cia torture report. this as more questions surface about how the agency got their methods approved and why agents used the brutal tactics when they were reportedly not effective. we get to white house correspondent jim acosta. reporter: president obama is standing by the release of this torture report saying mistakes were made but former top cia officials are only beginning to speak out and they are defending their actions. it was stinging criticism for the cia from a sitting president, in an interview with telemundo, presid
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who had been a drift since thanksgiving. the man was tired, hungry and dehydrated but otherwise okay. he s expected to be back on land today. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, december 10th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. we begin with the cia on the defensive following the release of the scathing report on torture. former heads say those interrogation methods saved thousands of american lives. but the report says the use of waterboarding produced no worthwhile intelligence. here now abc s karen travers in washington. reporter: humiliating abuse. physical assaults. death threats. it s all detailed in a sweeping, damning indictment of the enhanced interrogation techniques secretly used by cia officials after 9/11. america is big enough to admit when it s wrong. reporter: the senate
this this morning on world news now extreme weather. the rain, ice and powerful winds on the east coast and the sand bagging on the west coast. get the latest on a stormy day from accuweather. explosive report. the senate reveals cia secrets about torturing terror suspects. lawmakers say it s worse than expected. why the spy agency is defending itself. safety alert. the glass in your home that can spontaneously crack and shatter. it s a frightening trend, and we ve got a lot of complaints out there. the one thing about brad pitt s kids that horrifies him. parents, listen up. will you have the same opinion. it s wednesday, december 10th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning on this wednesday. glad you could spend some time
this morning on world news now extreme weather. the rain, ice and powerful winds on the east coast and the sand bagging on the west coast. get the latest on a stormy day from accuweather. explosive report. the senate reveals cia secrets about torturing terror suspects. lawmakers say it s worse than expected. why the spy agency is defending itself. safety alert. the glass in your home that can spontaneously crack and shatter. we ve got a lot of complaints out there. the one thing about brad pitt s kids that horrifies him. parents, listen up. will you have the same opinion. it s wednesday, december 10th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning on this