After a chilly night on the town theyre going their separate ways today, monday, december 8th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Hi, gang. Hi. How are you doing . Hi. You make it sound so ominous, theyre going their separate ways, will and kate. No, because theyre off to do separate things. Theyre going to see lebron james play at the Barclay Center and sitting next to jayz and beyonce. Shall we call him king james . And queen bee. Its like willy wonkas Golden Ticket everywhere they go. First to todays top story. Thats right, thats the imminent release of a damning report in the wake of 9 11. One official warning it will lead to violence and death in troubled spots around the world. Andrea mitchell is nbcs chief foreign correspondent. Good morning to you. Good morning, matt. Embassies and military posts around the world are, indeed, on high alert today after a statement that a release of a report on cia torture could lead to violent response. An explosive Senate Report on the cias use of torture ordered by president bush after 9 11. One of those briefed, the House Intelligent Committee chairman. Foreign leaders have approached the government and said you do this, this will cause violence and deaths. Our own Intelligence Community has assessed that this will cause violence and death. Reporter the wort is expected to accuse the cia of lying repeatedly to congress, the white house and the american people. It concludes that torture, notably waterboard iing, used o three detainees, including khalidshaik mohammed, did not lead to results. To say that extensively over a long period of time we lied, begs the question. Reporter cia officials briefed congress repeatedly and say the senate never interviewed any of the officials named. President obama acknowledged the torture program last august. We tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values. As for that classified intelligence warning for potential violence around the world, Senate Investigators viewed it and the followup call from secretary of state kerry and chair Dianne Feinstein an attempt to intimidate them. So far they are undeterred. Thank you, andrea. Two hostages in yemen, tragically, both hostages were killed. Now were learning one of them was about to be released even as that mission was getting under way. Kristen welker has the latest for us this morning. Kristen, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. The Obama Administration begins to assess the failed rescue mission, a teacher worked for the group was killed in the rescue mission to kill 33yearold luke somers, all of this creating new questions and criticism this morning. There is fresh fallout this morning with the news that South African teacher pierre kirky was hours from being released when he was killed in the failed mission to rescue photojournalist luke somers. The gift of the Givers Foundation wrote that korkies release was imminent. The director of the aid group reportedly told korkies wife, the waiting is almost over. Two hours later, the unthinkable. The director learned korkie was dead. The u. S. Ambassador to south africa told the Associated Press the u. S. Government was unaware of those negotiations and the Obama Administration is defending its decision to launch the rescue effort. Its still a policy of the United States, always has been, to get our hostages back. Reporter in a highstakes mission, Senior AdministrationOfficials Say friday night navy s. E. A. L. S landed two hours from their target, secretly approaching a cluster of buildings but their cover was blown, sparking a firefight and giving the captors time to shoot somers and South African hostage pierre korkie. It is believed a noise, possibly a dog, alerted the hostage takers. The al qaeda captors were likely on heightened alert after the u. S. Tried to rescue somers late last month. They set a deadline of saturday to kill somers. The president gave the order friday morning. The raid took place hours later around 5 00 am eastern time. Today, somers family and friends are mourning his loss. He was a very thoughtful, sensitive and remarkably intelligent person. Reporter somers body was taken to a u. S. Military base on the horn of africa. His family continues to mourn in private. No u. S. Military personnel were killed in the raid and they dont believe there were any civilian casualties but they also havent ruled out that possibility. Savannah, matt . Kristen welker at the white house for us. Thank you. Turning to much lighter news, the duke and duchess of cambridge are touring in the United States. Todays agenda is packed. Nbc National Correspondent kate snow is on royal watch for us this morning. Kate, good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Just moments ago, we saw Prince William leave the hotel here. He is headed for washington, d. C. Today, where he will give a sharply worded speech about illegal poaching of wildlife. Kate, in a few hours, will be headed up to harlem. Theyll reunite tonight for a Brooklyn Nets game, every new yorker hoping to get a glimpse. It was their First Time Ever setting foot in manhattan, and cheering fans got the best view of the royal couple amid the Christmas Lights sunday night. The royal baby bump showing under kates maternity coat, later stepping out for a private dinner, the duchess dazzled in a black lace dress. The couple flew in to jfk on a commercial flight, leaving baby george behind in london. They werent exclusecluded. The carlyle will be their home away from home, a favorite of williams mother, diana. When she came out, there would always be people out there. She would take the time to wave and acknowledge everyone before she got in her car. She was very special to us. Reporter the duke of cambridge will kickstart the tour in d. C. , meeting with president obama, Vice President and dr. Biden at the white house and later hillary and Chelsea Clinton at a new york reception for wildlife conservation, a cause he has long championed. At the center for Childhood Development in harlem, kate will gift wrap presents for the kids already busy but some of them dont really know who the duchess is. Hes expecting elsa from frozen. Will and kate may well meet up with music royalty jayz and beyonce, the royal couple going courtside to catch lebron james himself who says playing for them is a huge honor. Taking in a basketball game will be a great fun for them both f they are sitting next to beyonce and jayz, that will be brilliant. Reporter who knows, maybe well even catch them on the kiss cam. All lit up in sparkling red, white and blue in theyre honor. Going up the Empire State Building for a reception. Theres a report that maybe kate wants to join him. After all, what firsttime visitor to new york, matt, would not want to go into the Empire State Building . Its iconic. Kate, appreciate it. Well have much more on will and kates royal visit in just a little while. Tragic Chain Reaction accident in florida. It killed three people and injured at least eight others. It started when the first car hit a black bear, investigators believe. Julia has our story. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. Five people have gone home from the hospital. Three others are being treated by doctors here after this deadly series of crashes in the middle of nowhere. Police say the combination of accidents happened just before 7 00 pm sunday. The driver of the first vehicle hit a 300pound black bear in the everglades, killing the bear. The second group of people stopped to offer help, a third car struck the car that hit the bear, killing three people. This is a very unusual situation. From time to time you hear of Florida Panthers that are hit by cars, but black bear, i dont ever recall a similar situation. Eight people were taken to the hospital in ft. Lauderdale, four by emerge evacuation helicopters. Black bears are floridas largest mammal. Its estimated there are more than 3,000 in the state. This is a common bear with a wide range in the state of florida through wilderness areas and, yet, its not a bear that you often see because theyre not out and about, not out and around. Reporter now the five people that have gone, three people who were killed were the ones firefighters tell us who had actually stopped to help the first people in that suv that struck the bear. Savannah . What a sad story. Julia bagg, thank you very much. Tamron is here for natalie. Dylan is in for al. Youre starting this morning on the story about the fires out in l. A. Thats right. Good morning. A massive fire at an Apartment Building under construction near downtown los angeles. Heavy smoke forced officials to shut down sections of major freeways. There were no early reports of injuries at this point. A new protest and new violence overnight against Police Killings in missouri and new york. Hundreds of demonstrators in berkeley, california, took to the streets, some of them breaking windows and setting fires and later made it on to a freeway and actually blocked traffic. Police made at least eight arrests. The protests followed a grand jurys decision not to indict officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and eric garner. Today the Justice Department issued new rules that limit profiling. Pete williams has the story. Good morning. Now those rules are being expanded to bar profiling on the basis of gender, national origin, religion, Sexual Orientation and gender identity. While they will apply to most of the department of Homeland Security as well, they will not apply to officers who do airport screening or who enforce immigration laws at the border. They will also not apply to the Protection Mission of the secret service. Those exemptions are granted because of the need to protect the border and secure the skies. Attorney general eric holder wanted to get these new profiling rules out before he steps down early next year, and he will be urging local Police Departments to follow them, too. Tamron . Thanks so much, pete. Dozens are dead after a powerful typhoon ripped through the philippines. Miguel almaguer is in manila. Good morning. Tamron, good morning. Over the last several hours, this storm has delivered pounding rain and steady wind. While the storm system is deteriorating, it is still packing a very dangerous punch. After smashing into the philippines over the weekend, this massive killer storm claimed at least 21 lives, washed out roads and swept away homes. Now its rumbling into manila, as 12 million here take cover. Were safe here, says this woman, if we stayed near the coast, we would be dead. Once the largest storm on the planet this year, the super typhoon lost power. It is now a tropical storm, packing 84mileanhour winds. 38,000 raced to get out. Last year, typhoon haiyan killed more than 7,000. This time, more destruction, but no massive death toll. Our roof will be blown away, she says. Were scared. Thats why we left. With more than a million evacuated in some regions, power is out and floodwaters are rising. Now there could be mudslides. Today, this storm threatening even more damage while in some communities theyre still waiting for help. While the outer bands of this powerful storm are still pounding this region, forecasters say this could have been so much worse, this slow storm saving much of this region. Tamron . Thank you very much. Sickened by chlorine gas after a hotel in rosemont, illinois. Hundreds of people dressed in animal outfits among those evacuated. You ask why . They were at the hotel for the midwest fur fest, matt lauers favorite annual event. They were taken to the nearby convention center, hosting a dog show. I did not make that story up. Nor did i make up that matt loves the furry convention. Not sure what that was about. I googled it. This annual convention, this is their thing. Obviously our thoughts are with the 19 people who were sickened but, yeah. They were evacuated, had to stand outside in the cold but a lot of them said they were fine. They had furry costumes. I love that they were taken to the dog convention. Moment of silence. Dylan is in for al. If you like rain, youre going to love tuesday. Absolutely adore tuesday, yes. A noreaster is going to make its way into the northeast. It will affect cities y ies in form of rain and wind. Winter storm advisories and winter storm watch, rain and freezing rain will eventually turn to snow in the highest elevations. We really need to focus on coastal areas. Not only are we going to see about three to five inches of rain, we are looking at astronomically high tides, combine that with the northeast wind at 50 Miles Per Hour and we will most likely see coastal flooding. Here you see the rain moves in, extends all the way back into Central New York by 10 00 am tuesday. You have colder air that turns the rain and freezing rain over to snow. Were looking at the highest accumulations, especially in the Higher Elevations. This is a ski resort storm where parts of northern vermont and over into upstate new york, those areas will pick up 20 of snow in the lower elevations, were looking more like six to eight inches. As for the rain, we should see about three to five inches of rainfall throughout the day on tuesday. Thats a look at the weather across the country. So it seemed like a good time to sell my car. Well, we make it pretty easy. In fact, your appraisal should be ready, lets pull it up. Now, how long do i have to decide on this offer . Seven days, and well buy your car even if you dont buy ours. But if i decide to buy a convertible . The offer is exactly the same either way. Nice aaanndd. Here it is well take it terrific. Sell your car the fast and easy way, with no strings attached, at carmax. Start here. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Its cold outside temperatures will be climbing as clouds increase today. Look for high temperatures in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. Tomorrow, a noreaster coming together for the area. Heavy rainfall. 1 to 2 inches. But just rain with temperatures in the middle 40s in the afternoon. Then its a mix of rain and snow showers on wednesday and snow showers possible on thursday, high temperatures both days near 40 degrees. Warmer over the weekend, sunshine saturday and sunday. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you very much. Willie is covering for carson this morning. What have you got . Times person of the year comes out thursday. Well narrow it down to folks. Well get it down to eight a little bit later in this hour. Time magazine picks its person of the year. Last year it was pope francis. Some think it could be him again this year. 1982, sometimes it isnt one person. The computer in 82, 89, the planet. In 2006, it was you. 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