that's all, visit us at aljazeera.com/caljazeera.com/co. and you can find me @amoratv. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york torture debate - the senate report on harsh c.i.a. tactics. fears of a backlash. u.s. troops warned. >> we have taken the necessary precautions yemen raid - a second attempt to free an american hostage. questions about what went wrong. >> we are unable to save luke. >> sony hacked - the cyber attacks keep on coming. what north korea has to say about them

no frontieres - an n.a.s.a. probe awakens after nearly a decade - the mission to go where no spacecraft has gone before tonight the c.i.a. is bracing for a backlash, the result of a senate investigation into a spy agency's interrogation techniques are expected. thousands of u.s. soldiers are on alert. >> the president believes that on principle it is important to release the report so people around the world and at home understand what transpired. >> the report is the result of a $40 million investigation by the democratic-led senate intelligence committee, the committee plans to release a declassified 480 page summary. it's expected to reveal new details about the c.i.a.'s use of torture on al qaeda's prison. the enhanced tech nation

techniques include sleep depravation, waterboarding and others. anticipating the possibility of harsh reaction around the world the white house says american embassies and military units have been told to get ready. >> we have taken precautions and done what is prudent to ensure personnel are safe on friday, dianne fienstein was called to express concern over american personnel and intelligence officers abroad. some republicans say they are worried too. >> this is a terrible idea. foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and death. >> human rights activists disagree. >> some bad activists decide to use the engines. -- information. it's because we engage in torture in the first place, not because the americans or the world has an understanding.

>> president obama signed an order in 2009 outlining torture, and admitted that the u.s. tortured people during the bush administration. over the weekend former president george bush was asked about the report. >> these are patriots. whatever the report says, if we diminish, it's out of pace. >> sources tell al jazeera that the review went beyond the law in the interrogation methods, lied to congress, the department of justice and president bush, and exaggerated the value of information gained through torture. >> say that we relentlessly over an ex-panned period of time -- expanded period of time, lied to etch about a programme not doing any good, that beggars the imagination. >> senator dianne fienstein, with president obama's support appears determinate telling the "the los angeles times":

jim walsh is a research associate with m.i.t. security studies programme and is in boston. welcome. is the reaction, the potential reaction to this report exaggerated? >> well, we'll have to wait and see. we'll see in another 24-48 hours. on the one hand it's prudent to prepare that something might happen. listen, i travel all over the world in the region, and the middle east. people think that the u.s. are torturing. if there are people that use this opportunistically to organise a protest or an attack, it's not because it's a revelation, they are trying to use it for political purposes. if it wasn't this, it would be something else. we have dozens of stripes in syria, we are active, i am sure they'll organise around that. this is a large thing. in a democracy you tell your people, your citizens what your

government is doing, that will win a lot more friends than causing enemies. >> if the report is critical of the c.i.a., how much could it damage the position of troops around the world? >> you know, i don't think it damages them at all. these are separate things. obviously again, people in the world want to do the u.s. harm. they'll take every opportunity to use whatever is in the news to organise or rally people to their cause. it is true today, it will be true a year from now, five years from now. we can't live, you know, scared. we are the most powerful country in the world. we are a democratic society. we should be able to say hey, we have an independent branch of government, the congress. it investigates. here is what we found, we are not happy. some are bad. that is what strong countries do. weak countries deny they do anything bad or hide it, and keep lies or secrets. that's not what we are doing,

it's a proud moment for the u.s. >> what about some republicans that argue the report shouldn't come out. >> i disagree. not only because it's an important topic. whether torture works or not, it's important. whether the u.s. uses torture, that is important. but beyond that, i just thiook of this particular report, this was a report that an independent branch of congress, the senate intelligence committee, which is supposed to do oversites, the checks and balances in the system, they investigated this, and the intelligence people tried to thwart the investigation and cross lines they shouldn't have crossed. that, alone, should be reason enough for this thing to be released. we need an independent congress and executive who everyone keeps tabs on one another. that is how things are supposed

to work. >> the former president bush had little to say about anything when it comes to u.s. policy, and yet he seemed to get out in front of the report before it was released. why? > great, great question. i think living former presidents in general - republican or democrat - and president bush deserves credit for this, tries to stay out of the other guy's way, as deference to the office. it's a healthy attitude. i think president bush observed that. clearly the issue of torture is a lightening rod, an electric rail, raising fundamental issues about who we are as a people and in the balance of fighting terrorism and being a strong and healthy democracy. i understand if he's sensitive. he's been terrific about not staying out of the fray. this probably touches a nerve.

>> jim walsh, good to see you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> big changes out of washington that could impact law enforcement nationwide. they expanded the programme. >> the new rules are a long-time priority of attorney-general eric holder. federal rights groups say they leave gaping holes. the new guidelines come in the wake of anger sparked by the death of three african americans at the hands of police. >> we can't afford to profile, to do law enforcement on the basis of stereotypes it undermines the public trust and makes us not good at what we need to do. >> in 2003 the bush administration barred profiling. the new rules ex-banded to in -- expanded to include national

origin. law enforcement can consider characteristics, including race or gender when they match a suspect. the rules cover federal law enforcement and don't apply to local police, unless they are part of a federal task force. there are exclusions. the t.s.a. can use profiling at airports. parts of u.s. customs and border protection can profile the southern border and other points of entry. and an federal bureau of investigation programme that collects information on race and neighbourhoods called mapping, can continue. civil rights groups say the new rules don't go far enough. >> it's a bit of policy slight of hand. at the end of the day the process doesn't apply to all agencies. >> the attorney-general defends the rules. >> it's a substantial step forward on the part of what we are doing, certainly with regard to the justice department

component, and the law enforcement agencies that work with us. again, you know, those components that are part of the department of homeland security will have - they have unique needs and things they'll have to work through. >> to make sure the new rules are followed. the department of justice is calling for training and accountability checks. even though local law enforcement is not included it is hoped it will become a model. it was local police in new york city, ferguson, missouri, and cleveland whose actions are upped scrutiny libby casey, thank you. protests are held for a sixth straight night in response to grand jury decisions in ferguson and new york. in berkeley, california, tonight, hundreds of u.c. students are marching again. police have been trying to prevent demonstrators from getting tonne a freeway -- getting on to a freeway. protests over the weekend turned

violent. demonstrators clashed with police and broke windows. a the mayor said a fraction of police are causing problems calling for nation-wide policies. in brooklyn new york, hundreds outside the berkeley center, where prince william and his wife kate were attending their first n.b.a. game. several streets were shut down. [ chanting ] in new york, protesters making their way through times square, chanting and blocking traffic. they held up foot traffic staging a die-in during rush hour at grand central station. and the mother of a 12-year-old cleveland boy shot and killed by police says the officer involved in that shooting should be charged. we'll here were her this hour more reaction to the failed attempt to rescue an american journalist held captive in yeg.

navy seals tried to rescue luke somers hours before his planned execution. randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: president obama says he ordered the rescue attempt because luke somers's life was in danger. u.s. intelligence held that luke somers was held in a compound outside yemen with a south african hostage. friday night, hours about luke somers faced a reported execution deadline, three dozen navy seals, counting on the element of surprise landed six miles from the site. something went wrong 600 yards from the compound. a dog barked, a fire fight broke out between the commandos and the guards, and the captives shot the hostages. >> it was a dangerous and complicated mission. but like always in these efforts there is risk.

>> the seals fled the wounded hostages. one died during transport, the other on the operating table. this was the second time the u.s. tried to rescue luke somers. on november 25th members of seal team six raided a hide out on a yemeni mountainside and discovered luke somers had been moved two days earlier. as a result of that mission, al qaeda threatened to kill luke somers by the weekend and warned the u.s. against another rescue. >> with somers and his family pleading that his life was in danger... ..president obama authorised another mission. >> this time they were unable to save luke. >> pierre corky's family was specting a different out come. he was kidnapped in 2013 with his wife. his wife was released in jan, he

was expected to be released the morning after the failed raid. the charity had negotiated a $200,000 ransom. the u.s. and south african government have a policy of not paying ransom. the u.s. did not know about the ransom or the private plan to free pierre corky. 6am saturday pierre corky's wife received a text message saying the wait was over. two hours later she received a call that her husband had died. a message on the website reads: now family and friends are left to remember pierre corky and luke somers. >> luke is by far and away not the person this should have happened to. he was a passionate, kind, thoughtful person six former guantanamo bay prisoners are in uruguay tonight. that country's president says they are free to leave.

the men spent more than a decade in the u.s. military prison suspected of ties to al qaeda. daniel schweimler has that story. >> reporter: freedom, it seems, is a great cure. the six men that arrived here from guantanamo are said to be recovering well in this hospital behind me, having medical and psychological tests before being allowed the difficult process of integrating into life here in uruguay, getting used to freedom after years of being tied up, hooded in the guantanamo bay camp in cuba. the lawyer for one of them, has been talking to the media here, having spent a day with some of the six men in the hospital, saying that they are recovering, but with the revelation this they arrived still shackled, hooded and were not released until they landed. >> i don't think any of us will

know what it could be like for these men after 12 years in prison, no trial, no charge, cleared for release, to taste freedom, to speak to their loved ones. >> the six men have been expressing gratitude to the president, and the people of this country. one of men writing a letter to the main newspaper here saying that if it weren't for the people, they'd be lingering in what he called a black hole in cuba. >> they are thinking about the men they have left behind them, and we are hoping that this positive example in uruguay will encourage other countries in south america to maybe accept some of the cleared men. >> reporter: they are looking forward to starting a new life, overcoming problems after so many years in captivity, but they are delighted to be here and getting used to freedom for the first time in many years.

>> now to oil, and the price fell again, and took gas prices with them. fuel prices are lower than they have been since 2010. "real money" ali velshi has more. >> yes, oil prices fell to the lowest level today in nearly 5.5 years. oil futures settling at $63.05 a barrel. signalling good times to come. anyone filling up at the pump, gas prices comes do to its lowest levels. a lag, so it may go down further. national average fell to $2.67 - a dollar drop a gallon since june. forecasters say it's bound to come down to $2.50 by christmas, and dip lower in the new year, an analyst says u.s. household will notice a saving in energy, $715 in 2015. since june oil fell 41%, the main culprit is over supply and decreasing demand.

in europe the economies were slowing down. the business with russia slowed them dawn. asia slower growth in india and china. at the same time america's fracking boom is adding to the oversupply of oil. as much as $1 million a day more than the world needs. saudi arabia is the one party that can swing prices upward by cutting the outlook. even though other countries begged for it, saudis said they would keep the levels flowing for the foreseeable future. here the falling prices are effecting some negatively. donetsko phillips announced plans to cut spending, hitting north america unconventional place, things like fracking. chevron and exxonmobile will announce more cuts. oil extracted by tracking, deep sea drillings cost more to

produce than if you sunk a well in texas and oil shoots out, basically free. all three depend on oil trading at higher prices. new drilling will slow down or stop. economists are rewriting their growth forecasts around the world because of the falling energy costs. if oil prices continue to fall. oil producers like russia, iran and venezuela will fare well. in the european union, japan and the u.s. - they'll do better investigators in maryland are trying to find out what caused a small plane to crash into a house this morning. all three people in the plane died. so did a mother and two young children inside the house. in los angeles, a huge early morning fire investigated as possible arson. the flames broke out in a building under construction, spreading to nearby buildings. several highways were closed

also ahead of this hour - sony hit by hackers again, and what the company is calling an unprecedented attack. sandwich secrets - why one food chain is preventing former employees working in other sandwich shops.

noncompete causes are not just for 6-figure workers, some

fast-food workers are asked to sign them as well. >> reporter: this is the jimmy johns blt. there's nothing about it that is considered a mystery,mysty, unlu are jimmy john's. to them, this simple sandwich is a trade secret to be protected at all costs. >> for kaitlin and emily, that has placed a lock on their job prospects. emily, 22, is an assistant manager at a store near chicago. a salaried employee, her hourly pay amounts to less than minimum wage. until recently, kaitlin, 25, worked at a jimmy john's. >> we wouldn't be able to work here. >> you wouldn't. >> no. end of discussion. >> kaitlin is talking about this, an agreement which all jimmy john's workers must sign. for two years, former employees are forbidden from working for

any business that derives more than 10% of its business from sandwiches, if it's within 3 mills of a jimmy john's store. >> reporter: even a restaurant that is not a fast food joint you are not able to work for them. >> yes. waiting tables is out of the question. >> is this a place you'd like to work? >> yes, i am sure people tip well here. >> reporter: under the agreement, caitlin and emily can't work for a food company, not just apps an employer, but owner, partner, investor, management or advisor. this shows how limited job prospects are. anywhere there is red, you can't work for a competing business. >> i can't work at a gas station, a mum and pop shop, subway, anything like that. anything that serves sandwiches.

>> jimmy john's declined a request for an on camera interview, and we followed up asking why junior employees had to sign the agreements. they declined that as well. >> i want to try to leave and find something different. i feel like scared to leave. i don't know if i can find anything else. we are being treated like we are property of the company. like we can only work there, and all of the experience that we have there is useless. you are a tool for them. a new federal report says climate change is not to blame for california's record drought. the report says natural weather patterns like la nina is the most likely reason it is in its third year. the west and the north-east are bracing for major storms, the

north-east expecting a powerful nor-easter, bringing rain and strong winds, meteorologist rebecca stevenson is here with more. what can we expect. >> like you said, both coasts - the nor-easter to a pacific plume, continuing to get the rain. it will be the number one thing that we are seeing in common with both of the storms. the nor-easters moving in now. as we speak. rains are moving in, and the number one concern is the immediate concern of icing. these are the primary areas that we expect to see, freezing rain and drizzle and icing as we get going, stretching from new jersey all the way up to massachusetts. the rain full will be causing a problem as we get through the day. not just urban flooding.

long ireland will be the hardest hit. we'll throw in snow, colder temperatures with the nor-easter. most of the snow heaviest, high heels and elevations as expected. it is the wind. this nor-easter will bring us wind gusts, 40 up to 60 miles per hour. impacted, long island. parts of the outer blankets towards massachusetts and into maine. it will be a blustery soggy day. i got a hit on the north-west. the rain arrived here, and we are getting rain rates over the olympics of up to half an inch an hour. that is going to total up major river flooding. now they have had two days of record-high temperatures. we are looking for all that flooding rain fall in the next several days in washington state, focussing in in california. they are not spared. they'll get thursday into

friday, fast hit of several inches of rain, even in the valleys. good news is mountain snow, but they'll get the hit of the wind it's that time of year a university student at the center of the rape claims gets support from a former room-mate a fraternity faces consequences after hosting a racially-charged party. back after this.

this is al jazeera america, i'm john seigenthaler. coming up, defending the rape claims. a former room-mate of a u.v.a. student who was attacked stands by her story. sony pictures hacked again. the group behind it explains why. and n.a.s.a.'s new horizon spacecraft is awake and about to embark on 162 million mile journey to pluto we begin this half hour with a call for justice from the

mother of a 12-year-old boy killed by a cleveland police officer. tamir rice was carrying a pellet gun when he was shot to death. his mother called for the indictment of the officer who pulled the trigger. bisi onile-ere reports. >> tamir rice's family hired crump that represented michael brown and eric garner's families. the video shows there's enough evidence to indict both officers. we heard from tamir's mum. she explained and shed more light on what allegedly happened after she her her son was shot twice. she said her 14-year-old daughter was tackled by police and eventually handcuffed following the shooting. >> as i was trying to get through to my son the police

told me to calm down or they will put me in the back of the police car. and so, of course, i calmed down. and i arrived the police to let my daughter go. i arrived them what was going on. they weren't telling me anything, but calm down. >> the justice department released a report showing that the cleveland police department has a history of using excessive force. sweeping changes are on the way. the family of tamir rice filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against the city and the two officers involved in the shooting. >> thank you bisi onile-ere a party with a gang theme led a south carolina college in pun irk a frat earnedy. it happened over the weekend at an off-campus residence, and

robert ray reports. >> a misguided party from fr fraternity members, where they had a party theme dressing as gang members of the cip gang, that started and can be found with thousands of members in chicago, florida and los angeles. the president of the university made this statement over the weekend: clearly there have been racial tensions at the university over the past few years, just a couple of years ago. other folks had party, where they painted themselves in black

face, an issue that did not go over well with many of the students. african-americans and others came out on sunday to protest this. they did it peacefully. they wanted to talk with the president, letting him know that this cannot be accepted. >> in new york city, a gaol guard is under arrest in the death of a rikers island inmate. the man died when his sell reached 101 degrees. a broken cooling system was to blame, the guard was accused of failing to check on him. she's charged with falsifying business records and official misconduct at the university of environmentalia a form -- virginia, a former room-mate is speaking out in defense of a woman who accused members of a fraternity of gang raping her. she wrote: the magazine that report the story, "rolling stone" says its reporting didn't go far enough. the problem of sexual assault on

college campuses is reel. lori jane gliha reports. >> i've been where you have been, it's hard to have so many people disbelieve you. but there are so many people that do believe you, i'll one of them, i know there's many more and every survivors goes through this. you'll have a better day in the future, i hope more information comes out. don't for any moment think that you are alone. >> reporter: laura dunn is a rape survivor. at the university of wisconsin, madison, two men, fellow students, assaulted her after a fraternity party. >> it was almost like it wasn't happening to my body. at 1.1 of them got on top of me and started pressing himself into me and i remember putting my hand up and saying, "no, i'm a virgin, please stop." >> reporter: as a new victims' rights lawyer and advocate, she

was quoted in the "rolling stone" article that feature a story about a woman named jackie. >> i was not surprised about the context of the story. i heard of several gang rapes on campuses. i, myself am a survivor of a 2-person assault. i know it was common and to hear they were digging into the issue, i was excited thinking the coverage would be important. [ chanting ] >> reporter: jackie's story of college gang rape garnered worldwide attention, causing the university to shut down social activities of fraternities and sororities. >> initially when you saw the attention it was getting, can you describe the attention and what was going on in your heart and head. >> i was thrilled, pleased to see people having the conversation. now there has been changes, and people are calling it into

question. >> reporter: after "the washington post" reported discrepancies in jackie's story, "rolling stone" admitted it did not independently reach out to the alleged attackers. the post reported that it reached an accused who said he never met jackie and was not a member of the fraternity in question. the fraternity said there was no event at the night of the attack. "rolling stone" published an apology calling trust in jackie misplaced. dunn called it victim blaming. >> what's wrong with saying her story doesn't add up the way it does, we are saying it out loud. why is that victim blaming. >> jackie heard the trust. survivors cannot remember details because of dishonesty, but because of trauma. i have a lot of discrepancy. i didn't know the date i was raped. it was after i went to the

police, i went in a calendar, figured out what happened. i had no idea. >> tell me what happens in the mind of a rape victim. once you've been traumatized, how are the details distorted? >> it's a great question. during the moments of trauma you are in survival mode. i disattached from my body. my eyes were open. i was in and out of consciousness at different points. a lot is vague details. i know enough to know i was harped, and the next morning i have zero memory of what happened. i woke up in a strange place next to someone, i was naked. in that moment i was just - there was no thought other than i need to get away now. >> were you skeptical of all the details in there, knowing what you had gone through as a rape victim as well? >> i was surprised about how detailed it was. just all the little nuances. there is some aspect to putting

together a story, having it be fluid. i would hope there was not a lot of liberties taken. there were issues arising. >> the inconsistencies in jackie's story prompted a response from the fraternity and political action committee who asked the university to apologise and reinstate greek-like parties. dunn worries the most important part of the conversation about sexual assault on campus could be lost in the fall out. >> maybe it was not the best to back check it. maybe there was liberties to fill in the story. doesn't mean it didn't happen, that the story doesn't have an important role leading forward the conversation. it speaks to making sure you are careful about moving forward.

the way you do that happens a top executive involved in bernie madoff's $17.5 billion scheme is headed to prison. daniel was sentenced to 10 years, convicted this year, along with four other madoff employees, and ordered to forfeit $155 billion. it is considered symbolic. codefendants are expected to learn their fates in the next few days. one of the key witnesses was madoff's personal assistant. she worked for him for 25 years and tells her story in the documentary "in god we trust. >> we are not one of the big guys that lost all that money. we lost our life savings. >> we have lost everything. i have lost everything.

>> people have killed on oath. people have lost their health. >> $50 billion. >> gone. >> vanished. there are alleges that this long-running business was, in fact, a giant ponzi scheme. >> banks all over the world put money with bernard madoff. he seemed like a good guy. >> when it came out that he screwed over ellie wisel, that was the one that got to me. that nobel laureate who survived the holocaust. and this man stole all this man's money. >> this man stole the life of the hard work of so many people, people who are immigrants, jews, christians,s muslims. it's a microcosm of america. >> my name is eleanor. for the last 25 years, i was bernie madoff's secretary. i felt there was more to the man

and crime than i could ever have imagined. playing out 15 feet from my desk. >> the morning after the arrest i had come into work. the phones were going crazy, and the fax machines, a woman called in. she was sobbing. she didn't know how she was going to pay the bills or what she was going to do. there are so many people, leaving feeling vic simized and -- victimized and ashamed. all they wanted to know was what do they do. you tried to do what you could. pretty much it was not much. >> why did you do it? anything to say to your victims? >> i was going to do something about it. i didn't know what. i was going to do everything i could to help the authorities. i knew i was the person that worked for him. i knew in my file there had to

be stuff that would be helpful. >> eleanor is the ultimate pot of gold. she's honest. she knows all the players. she can basically teach you as an investigator the landscape of this business. they would create a phoney spreadsheet on this ib m400, and they would create a phoney portfolio on the spreadsheet. and each month, you know, it would show a gain and mail it out to investors every month. >> white collar crime destroys lives. it can happen to any one of us. >> the documentary "in god we trust" airs on sunday sony and hacking - that company has been the target of repeated cyber attacks. the group, responsible, it's making demands known now. the guardians of peace. the g.o.p. wants to stop the

release of the movie, "the interview", it's a satirical depiction of two american journalists hired by the c.i.a. to kill north korean leader kim jong un. sunni calls the cyber attack unprecedented. sony's online store down for two hours, after another cyber attack. peter shankman's attack. media and marketing consultant is back to talk about this. you said they can't catch a break. >> it's been a bad month for these guys. >> once you know people are hacking you, you can't protect yourself? >> you can. but you are putting the fire after the horse's - whatever that phrase is. different security firms are going in. you basically have to restart from scratch. every computer is connected to them. every laptop. it's all infected. all has to be re-evaluated and looked at, costing millions. >> do you does it sounds like

the north koreans? >> it sounds like some of the people involved could be north korean. i don't know that it originated in north korea. at a guess i'd say eastern europe. north korea's admonishment of this wasn't us, we deplore this, ha, ha, ha, ha, i don't take it seriously. >> do we know anything about the level of sophistication that we are talking about. >> they are strong hackers. they knew what they were doing, this was not a bunch of kids. from the information they have got, the way they disseminated it, and offered we won't do it if you do this, and having it ignored and they put the information out. >> i guess i'm saying sony was not prepared. >> no company is. >> how is that possible. these are billion dollar companies worldwide. >> you can have the greatest suppression system. >> seems like a lot of things are going up in olympic games.

>> same thing happened to walmarts and home depot, they are prepared. the problem is anyone could be an expert and claim to fix this stuff. >> at the same time it could be the simplest opening, right. >> the biggest problem is not so much are the computers safe, it's a question of social engineering. if you are friend with someone. you have to ask a simple estion all of us use bad passwords. i can talk to the average person, ask the cats name and kids birthday - chances are i'll have the password. human error starts this off. >> how big a deal is this. it went down for a couple of hours, playstation - the purpose is designed to let people connect. >> who do you get to stop this? a hacker, former hacker. >> there are firms out there, former hackers. kevin mitnit, who were in gaol going this. they are coming back and charging - they have the driver's seat. >> we had him on.

they make a lot of money doing this, they know what they are doing. >> the bigger question is with any luck this will motivate other companies to hire people and say you know what, get us before this happens. >> i doubt it. it would be nice. >> let's say a country that is mad at a company can do this, what other damage could they do? >> well, the key is when state-sponsors terrorism, then you are looking at unlimited funding. a lot of these hacks in this country are from - starting out in russia, and we don't know if they are funded or not. used to be in the '80s, it was a bunch of kids in a basement. it has grown from that. if you do have funding, and you have good computers and the knowledge of this stuff, the gradesy stuff is a lot of hackers that go back got education in american universities. >> a lot more to talk about on this one. thank you.

>> president obama now the first president to write computer code. "wired" magazine said he kicked off computer science week by writing a simple program. president obama and the vice president were talking technology with middle school student from newark, new jersey when it launched pluto was a planet. tonight n.a.s.a.'s new hozon spacecraft -- horizon is awake of and is about to become the first craft to visit pluto. jacob ward has more from san francisco. >> it's been an exciting year for space exploration, the u.s. space agency handed on an asteroid and a japanese satellite taking a bike from one. and now an 8-foot nasa spacecraft. the size and shape of a baby piano, about to rip past pluto, which is strange, hostile,

something that we have not visited before. we are not going there to get it ready for human habitation. the light of the sun looks like a dim, distant flashlight. it takes four hours to reach the surface, making the place cold. the surface temperatures around negative 382 degrees farenheit and because of its weird elongated orbit cuts a huge obviously in the journey around the sun. you can't predict the seasons. it makes it a hard place to set up shop. we are going there because pluto is part of a kyper belt. as this probe passes through that belt, it will be like a rapid fire tour of the beginning of the universe. here is pluto, rocks, boom, we are gone. that makes this a tricky mission. not only did the spacecraft have to be put to sleep. it's reliable, hard to turn

something on remotely once we turn it off. it will be an improvisational thing. it has to shoot in passing, and get ready for what is next. other than pluto, we don't know how it was sfoffed. it had to choose its targets at the time. it won't slow down or enter an orbit. n.a.s.a. built it to travel 27,000 miles, or 43,000km. slowing down readjust an orbit. that is part of what is cool. the baby grand piano rips past, snapping picks, taking measurements. it took a decade at that speed. it shows how enormous space is. >> no question. >> our picture of the day coming

up next. plus, the truth about king richard, the skeletons in his closet.

a coastal storm in development now along the east coast brought wet snow to new jersey early in the day. the cold rain will be all up the east coast and a little further inland, where we have a slippery icy mix. rain, snow mixing, changing to

all snow inland. it will be a heavier wet snow. we are looking at trees and powerlin powerlines, potential problems as the storm moves through, as we get flow the day tomorrow into thursday, when it will be further up in main. the west coast looking at moisture, starting out for washington, tuesday, moving to california by thursday. we have a lot of snow coming down to the mountains of british columbia. heavy rain washington state is worried about. the flood warnings have been issued. we expect the rivers to rise through the day. ultimately, watch out for 5-9 inches of rainfall with record-high temperatures. coming out. that's leading to the river flooding. there's so much moisture into the storm. we are hitting three lined up. it will bring flooding into parts of california, where it's so dry the waters will run off.

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continued. a discovery on earth in a parking lot in england may change the history books forever in the u.k. it's the body of king richard iii and it only took a little modern science to discover the secret. joie chen has the story. >> reporter: it was a humble end for a legendary and notorious figure of england. richard iii long portrayed as a ruthless, power-grabbing king of york - you may remember him from high school english. richard iii felled in the war. his remains unsermoniously

dumped and for all intents and purposes disappeared until researchers tracked him to a parking lot two years ago. >> it's absolutely incredible, the fact that somebody can be killed in battle 525 years ago, thrown away, buried somewhere, and then all these years later the body is discovered in a car park. >> but it took scientific sleuthing to find and concern that the bones found in the car park matched the last scene description of richard. >> he was age 32 when he died. we know within his lift he was described as having one shoulder higher than the other. the team tracked down known descrantsd. -- descend ants. it's 99.9% that these are the remains of richard the iii.

results turned up skeletons in the closet. genetic evidence that he was not who they thought he was. >> they look at the d.n.a., traced from his sister, the d.n.a. it's a living people. they discover on the mother's side, it's identical. and then you look on the father's side and it's different. that means there's some hanky panningy. >> what he is saying is that science has turned up evidence of royal indiscretion. the dirt on our son richard is that he wasn't the king's son, which means those folks at buckingham palace today are not his direct descendants. >> what is fascinating people is the possibility that because the male line is faulty, obviously somebody crept in between the bedclothes who was not royal to father this current strand of

d.n.a., that does throw a question mark over the legitimacy of the present line of the throne. >> based upon the prince mrs.... >> reporter: that's a bit of a royal kerfuffle, especially to those loyal to richard's history. >> we have never gone in search of an anointed king and never found one before. it's huge, absolutely huge, and we'll rewrite the history books tonight's freeze frame is the royal - or what we think the royal visit to the whis house. president obama and prince william chatting. seeming to have a good time. it's the first visit to the executive mansion. after that meeting he spoke at the world bank about wildlife trafficking. he and his wife went to an n.b.a. game at the barclays in

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