good monday morning. i'm craig melvin in for tamron hall. this is "newsnation." developing now u.s. diplomatic and military posts around the world are on heightened alert in anticipation of the imminent release of a senate report on the cia's use of torture. president bush ordered the use of harsh interrogations. president obama has referred to many of the methods as torture. the chairman of the house intelligence committee is warning the release of the classified report could trigger a violent response. >> thing is a terrible idea. our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths. our foreign leaders have approached the government and said you do this this will cause violence and deaths. our own intelligence community assessed it will cause violence and deaths. think about of the cartoons in denmark and how many people died. and think about the burning of the kwor rans and how many people died as a result.

they will use this to incite violence. >> the report is expected to accuse the cia of lying repeatedly to congress the white house and the american people about its use of harsh interrogations. it is also expected to conclude torture, notedly water boarding used on three detainees did not produce results. the cia director at the time disputes all of that. >> to say that we relentlessly expanded over a period of time lied to everyone about a program that wasn't doing any good that begs the information. i recommended we reduce the program, that we reduce the number of techniques, but that the program had been so valuable that we couldn't stop it all together. >> joined by nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell who is the host of andrea mitchell reports. despite the warnings about

possible violence, even a call last friday from secretary john kerry, diane feinstein insists that the report will be released at this point. any idea when it could happen? >> last we heard most likely on tuesday tomorrow. she is supported byron wyden and senator udall and others the majority democrats who feel this is long overdue. it's been five and a half years in writing, and that it was clearly warned to the intelligence agencies. it was vetted by dennis mcdonough and the white house chief of staff, and resolved a lot of disagreements over what should be redacted or removed for classification reasons. that said, there's a lot of pushback already from those named in the report. from people like michael hayden, as you saw, who is named in the report. other cia directors, george tenant was the cia director right after 9/11 when it was initiated. it was ordered by president bush. there was a classified findings

and they argue their defenders argue that the bush order was renewed every year. it was reviewed every year, and briefed extensively to at least 30 members of the senate and house. >> how worried are lawmakers, andrea, that the release of the report is going to lead to this global outbreak of violence? >> well, you have different views. there's going to be a minority report by saxby chambliss, and a dissent from the cia. they, of course, are arguing there is the potential threat that military posts and embassies around the world have been put on alert. that said, the democrats argue that the american people need to know what their government did. i mean, you're going hear a lot of back and forth over the next couple of days, weeks, months perhaps over this report. the big concern is are there

going to be reactions, especially because of isis and more radicalized groups. more radical than al qaeda, let's say. the counter vailing view is that the american people have a right to know. >> andrea mitchell on this monday, thank you so much. andrea will have more at the top of the hour. ron widen will andrea mitchell reports at noon on msnbc. for more on the pending release i want to bring -- the director of national security program. it's a public policy think tank found bid clinton administration staffers. thank you for being with me. you were quote the by bloom burg as say, quote, the administration's reactions to senator feinstein have been surprising and suggest there are competing forcesed in the executive branch with no strategic direction. elaborate on that.

>> what you've seen is the president has said he wants the report out. he supports the report. he himself has said that the techniques that were used a the time were -- in order to stop the techniques. but then you have the 11th hour attempt to try to quash the release of the report when senior administration officials have been working for months and months closely with the senate and the staff toward the release of the report. >> you indicated that you think this is a good time to cleano house. what do you think the reaction could be? could the release of the report trigger the violence around the world as intelligencerogers ind? >> i think so you a volatile situation in the world. there might be no good time to come clean, but the thing about america is we come clean. and the key here is to make clear to the rest of the world that these are techniques no longer use. and those who defend the

techniques sow doubt that perhaps we haven't really stepped away from the past as cleanly as we should. and that sensitive punty leads people to outrages we've seen in other protests. >> 6,000 pages, we're told. that's the expected length of the report. how surprised do you think the american public is going to be about some of the things detailed in there? >> i think the american people have had a pretty good sense of what is coming in the report. we've had a long discussion about the techniques. we saw the photographs. we talked at length what it is. various media outlets have done simulations of water boarding. i think people have a good sense of what is going on. the questions are, what was really going onned in the agency, how forthcoming were they with their own leadership, and forthcoming where they with senate investigators? >> any recommendations to your knowledge or is it going to be a rehashing as you indicated,

rehashing of stuff we already know or is there going to be more to it? >> i think time will tell. they're only releasing a small portion of the report. >> thank you so much. i want to update you on the failed mission to rescue american hostage luke somers. defense officials say his body is going to be flown back to the united states tomorrow. meanwhile, we're learning more this morning about the raid to try to save him. senior officials say friday night navy s.e.a.l.s landed about five miles from the compound where the hostages were being held. secretly approached a group of buildings in a remote part of southern yemen. about 100 yards from the target their cover was blown, possibly by a barking dog. it sparked a fire fight. defense secretary chuck hagel defending the decision.

>> is it imperfect? yes. is there risk? yes. but we start with the fact that we have american being held hostage and that american's life is in danger. that's where we start. and then we proceed from there. >> nbc senior white house correspondent chris jansing continues to follow the story. how real is the possibility that the united states reviews its policies on rescuing hostages in the wake of two deaths during the particular raid? >> good morning, craig. well, there is an ongoing review now. because there have been more rescue attempts because there have been more hostage taking even though the white house and intelligence officials won't say how many foreign captives are being held. it is a money making operation for al qaeda, isis, and other terror offshoots. they have found that even while governments like the united states will not pay ransom, they can get it from private sources. the united states made it clear as they review their policies,

they will not review whether or not they will pay ransom. they say that only encourages more hostage taking, so that's not on the table. other procedures are -- but that is part of an ongoing review just as a part, craig, of the simple fact that unfortunately more hostages are being taken. >> chris, what more do we know about the south african hostage that was ability to be released? peaier ko, kie he was about to be released. it ties in what we were talking about. there was no no knowledge by the united states. the white house said that the u.s. didn't know, and also, that the ambassador, the south african ambassador said there nofs no knowledge by u.s. officials that he might have been even hours away from release. both he and his wife were taken about 18 months ago. she was released in january. and family and friends had raised about $200,000 and had come to an agreement to release

him. but again the united states didn't know that when they were launching this raid and obviously so that could not play into the decision making at all. it's another reason that the united states and other countries believe this is very risky because these people essentially go off on their own. folks who obviously have this tremendous need to see their family members gotten out alive but then if there is no coordination with a government entity that means there can be no coordination in a situation like this, craig. >> chris jansing from 1600 pennsylvania. thank you. we have breaking news right now from the white house. this video just in. prince williams there he is with president obama. the duke spending much of the day in washington. in just minutes he's going to be delivering remarks at an anti-corruption conference. not far from there at the world

bank. the prince will also be attending a working lunch there, we're told. meanwhile his wife, duchess kate, here in new york. we will have more on how she's spending her day in a few minutes. developing right now the justice department announced a new policy to ban profiling by many federal law enforcement agencies. coming up, what it means, who is exempt, but who also could be affect bid that. i'm going talk to a new york city councilman right after this. moment tos ago the state panel investigating chris christie released the preliminary report. it doesn't mean that the governor is in the clear. it's today's first read. we'll look at that. you can join our conversation online. you can find the team on twitter or on facebook or instagram. ♪

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we're following breaking news right now in the philippines. the typhoon you're looking at the remnants of the typhoon there. it weakened into a tropical storm. hundreds of thousands are returning to their home after their massive evacuation ahead of the storm. the red cross now saying that the storm itself killed at least 21 people, it destroyed a thousand homes in the philippines. it made landfall late saturday. it came some 13 months after super typhoon devastated the islands leaving more than some 7,000 dead or missing. again, we continue to watch the aftermath of that typhoon there. back here we're following developing news at home. the justice department unveiling changes to the policy on profiling by federal law enforcement agencies. the new guidelines announced by attorney general eric holder ban

prod filing on the basis of religion, gender, national orig origin, sexual orientation and gender identity. it means that federal law enforcement officers cannot use these chafblgts as the basis for making routine or respondent use law enforcement decisions like traffic stops. the new policy comes amid outrage over recent officer-involved deaths including the choke hold death in new york of eric garner. garner's widow did not directly address profiling but she did say she believes her husband's death was the culmination of prolonged police harassment. >> they knew him by name. they harassed us. they said things to us. we would go shopping, you know, they hi, cigarette man. hey cigarette man wife. stuff like that. i would say eric, keep walking. don't respond. you know, don't give them a reason to do anything to you. and, you know, he just felt like

they keep harassing me. i said just ignore them, eric. he said how much can i ignore them? >> as protests continue over garner's death and the death of michael brown over the weekend, hundreds of demonstrators took part in the peaceful protests throughout new york city and across the country. demonstrations in california turned violent for a significant straight night. some in the crowd of 500 protesters vandalized stores there. police officers used tear gases as protesters blocked the freeway. an outrage to the garner street was not limited to the street. a handful of nfl players wore shorts bearing the words "i can't breathe" before yesterday's game. the last words spoken by eric garner. i'm joined by new york city councilman who represents part of brooklyn here in new york. let's start, sir, with some of these new guidelines that were announced today by the justice department.

i want your reaction. we should note as a result of a process five years in the making, and it goes further on t. it does not extend, we should note, to tsa agents who are screening airline passengers, border agents at the southwest border. doesn't extend to the secret service, either. what would a similar policy adopted at the local level, what would that mean? >> i think in addition to what we've seen in terms of the reclassify of marijuana arrest, in terms of the decrease and under jutlization of stop and frisk. it could reduce a negative interactions between black males and the police department. so we think that once you, you know, profiling has been an issue for communities that i represent for decades. so just having that language out, even though it's federal,

having that language out kind of reshapes the way that the interaction between police and communities of color will be given. >> i want to talk about numbers here. a new nbc poll is out. we looked how americans are reacting to not only the eric garner case here in new york but michael brown case in ferguson as well. 47%. 47% of americans say that law enforcement applies different standards to blacks and whites. 47% of americans say that. 44% disagree with that. when you break it down by race. these are the startling numbers. startling to some, perhaps not to other. s 82% of african-americans say police have different standards based on race while half of while americans say the opposite. when it comes to confidence in the legal system, period, nearly half of those we asked say their confidence in the legal system has decreased in the wake of these scandals. and in previous interviews you said it's time to focus on solutions. but what do those numbers tell you? >> i think those numbers are consistent with what we know in

our community and what black people around america have known forever. the actual increase in other ethnicities coming on board to the realities of black life in america is a little bit startling to me. 50% is a number that certainly has increased. i don't know how much but i'm clear that's a number that increased. even the most conservative who saw the eric garner film said something is wrong with american justice. >> president obama talked about the cases in a new interview with b.e.t. i'll talk to you after it a snippet. >> as painful as the incidents are, we can't equate what is happening now to what was happening 50 years ago. if you talk to your parents, grandparents, uncles, they'll tell you that, you know, things are better. >> do you agree? >> i think, you know, the funny thing is once we got a black president some of us were aware

that some of the attacks would increase because the idea is that you, you know, you can have a black president but we don't want everybody to think they can be the next black president. we knew the things we were seeing was consistent with the way the country looked at blacks for so long. >> talk to me about the red arm band. >> in solidarity for the people who lost their lives, the city council today, has decided to wear all black and red arm bands to represent the blood that has been spilled in the streets of new york and all over this country. >> have you been out with the protesters? >> yes. i've had an opportunity to be in union square and my district yesterday we had a robust clergy enacting medical response where the churches cut their services short and had a vigil. the most well organized, well attended, well populated vigil that i've been a part of it. >> thank you so much for your time, sir. coming up saying sorry.

again a rolling stone issued a second apology after that exclusive report about the university of virginia. we're going to get an update on that. also, developing now this monday morning a busy l.a. freeway remains shut down after a massive fire there. firefighters on the scene are calling it a career fire. it's still smoldering now, as you can see. it's one of the stories we're following around the "newsnation," and in case you haven't heard. they're here! royals in america. we are live with what the duke and duchess are doing right now. including a possible meeting tonight with some america troilty. ♪ mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mm mmmmmm here we go, here we go, here we go. ♪ fifty omaha set hut ♪ losing feeling in my toes ♪

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with president obama at the white house a short time ago. the prince is looking for support for his campaign for wildlife conservation. just a short time ago, his wife, duchess kate. she's visiting a center for child development with new york new york city's first lady. nbc national correspondent kate snow on royal watch for us. she's live in harlem this morning. kate, first of all, why this particular child development center. what do we know about the visit? >> well, it's interesting, you know, the duchess of cambridge has taken an interest in children's issues and interests around education and early education and head start programs in is a place where families from all over harlem in northern manhattan come. low-income families, mostly and get services like mental health care and education and preschool. really cute little kids, craig. we were with them over the weekend as they were preparing their picture frames they were making for the duchess.

some were unclear who was coming to visit they knew it was a princess. they were pretty excited. but, look, it fits into the theme of their trip. there are several things they're doing here in the u.s. one they're visiting with places to see the best practices out there. trying to see places that are working because they want to then invest with their foundation money in some of those programs. two, they're raising more money for their foundation, and for saint andrew's university which is their alma mater. they'll have a big gala tomorrow night at the met. they're having fun! they're going to a nets game tonight. they'll see a little bit of the town. they've never been to new york city before. >> really? i didn't know that. the nets game -- my understanding is that at the nets cavs game that they may rub shoulders with some of america's royalty as well. is that right? >> could be jay-z and beyoncè. they're usually there. the palace is not confirming whether they're going sit next to each other or whether they're going to be there tonight. but we know they're going to go to a dinner for the first half

of the game and second half they'll be court side. court side seats so, you know, they may well get a chance to meet with jay-z and beyoncè. we'll be watching. >> and the king will be there as well. lebron james. >> yeah! >> thank you. kate, covering the duchess kate. up next the preliminary state report of chris christie and the lane closure scandal is about to be released. details on what we're learning about what investigators found. we'll look at that with political editor mark murray. >> what does that make hillary clinton to the bush? >> my sister-in-law -- >> interesting. >> president george w. bush comparing hillary clinton to family, but does he think his substanti sister-in-law beat his brother?

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the special committee investigating whether new jersey governor was connected to so the called bridge gate scandal is expected to release the interim report any moment now. a copy obtained last week, the report finds the no conclusive evidence that chrissee was aware or not aware to close the lanes. nor any conclusive evidence as to whether christie did or did not have involvement in implements or directing the lane closures. i'm joined by nbc news senior political editor mark murray. the report coming out any moment. it says that many critical questions remain unanswered. several witnesses have not testified in front of the panel. it doesn't sound like the report itself exactly clears christie. does it? >> you're absolutely right about this. it said there isn't any evidence that links him to the lane closures at the george washington bridge that, of course, turned into a big scandal for the christie

administration. it means there's nothing more. let's move on. it was pretty much the conclusion from a christie-led report that had the same type of result. chris christie might say i have a clean bill of health here. the problem for christie is that even with this democratic investigation and it is a democratic-led investigation there are still some issues that are still being played out at the legal level. you have prosecutors in new jersey and new york who are continuing to probe this. who are asking questions whether or not there might be a plea deal from one of the aids and the port authority aids. this is far from over. but this is a talking point christie to say there was no evidence that even democrats could find pointing me to the lane closure scandal. >> the u.s. attorney conducting an investigation as well. quinnipiac university recently asked a question that we ask a lot here. who would you vote for in 2016 for president? and the numbers are a bit

surprising. top of the list? mitt romney. 19%, jeb bush in second at 11, and chris christie 8%. then dr. ben carson at 8% as well. any idea at this point what this preliminary report might do to the numbers? it's worth taking all the numbers with a grain of salt. they change rapidly. this is the time right before the 2008 presidential race. you had hillary clinton in front on the democratic side. you had rudy giuliani leading the republican field. things can change. what can i tell you when bridge gate scandal is done turned 2014 for a lost year for christie. in 2013, he won re-election resoundingly. was going to use that as a spring board to have potentially line up fundraisers, other types of people to get the christie presidential bandwagon going. 2014 didn't turn into that. not saying how he might not be a play for he decides to run but 2014 turned out to be a tough

year for him. at least in the presidential sweep stakes. there's more to be seen. we'll see what the other investigations on this bridge gait turns out. >> the presidential sweep take stakes. thank you. let's turn to a story we covered when it made headlines. rolling stone's article detailing an alleged gang rape on the university of virginia campus. the magazine backtracking from the reporting. there's new fallout this morning. peter alexander joinings me now with more on the story. hey, peter. >> good morning. this morning we're now hearing from the alleged victim jackie's freshman year suite mate at uva. she's coming to jackie's defense. she penned the letter to the uva student newspaper today. her name is emily clark. she was one of the few people that jackie told about experiencing that assault. she said she witnessed jackie's intense depression and withdrawal from her social life. clark writes specifically this story is not a hoax, a lie, or a

scheme. those are her words. meanwhile in a revised apology this weekend, rolling stone appeared to shift some of the blame from jackie back on to itself. >> after kicking up a storm of controversy after the shocking article describing an alleged brutal gang rape of a freshman named jackie at the university of virginia, rolling stone is changing the story again. this weekend rolling stone revised the initial apology after being criticized for seeming to blame the alleged victim when it wrote we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced. the revised version deleted that sense and added these mistakes are on rolling stone not on jackie. overnight the cavalier daily, the student newspaper published an editorial arguing it should not disrupt the momentum toward addressing the issue of sexual assault on campus. the retraction of rolling stone's story doesn't undo the need for policy and cultural change. the article's reporter hasn't

commented publicly since the apology. as the controversy over the article grew, she spoke on msnbc. >> i thought it was important to tell the story in as graphic a way as jackie, the main character of my article tells. >> rolling stone admit it is should have worked harder to get the other side. we were mistaken in jackie's request to not contact the alleged assaulters to get their account. anti-sexual assault activists insist focussing on rolling stone i stone's mistakes misses the bigger picture. >> we're facing a serious epidemic, a crisis when it comes to sexual assault on college campuses all over this country. >> so now back to the latest developments. several national fraternity groups are urging the university of virginia to end the suspension of fraternities and sororities on campus to reinstate them immediately. they say the decision to suspend hurt the reputations of thousands of outstanding student leaders who had nothing to do with the alleged events but,

craig, important to note last month the fraternity council president at uva admitted that sexual violence is a problem in our fraternities. the issue certainly doesn't go away. >> peter alexander, down in d.c. thank you. developing right now in cleveland, ohio. the family of tamir rice just wrapped up a news conference a few moments ago about the death of a 12-year-old boy who was shot and killed by cleveland police by holding a toy gun in november. the attorneys say the family has been poorly treated and they believe that the officer should be indicted. tamir's mother talked about how she found out what happened to her son and what happened next. >> two little boys came and knocked on my door and said the police just shot your son twice in the stomach. after i couldn't get to him, and they told me to calm down, they gave me an ultimatum of whether

i stay with a 14-year-old or go with the 12-year-old. this is what they told me. so of course i went with the 12-year-old. they made me sit in the front of the -- like i was a passenger. >> the mother of tamir rice. she went on to say that, again, she wants the officer to be indicted convicted in her son's death. the family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer who fired the shots. they also sued his partner, and the city of cleveland friday. right now several prisoners from guantanamo bay are on the move for the first time in nearly five years. what will their new life be like? i'll talk live to an attorney who defended gitmo detainees before and also has a client still there. plus. >> as long as we're not alone we still have each other. it's going -- we're going to do it. >> we're going to make mommy

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gaithersburg right outside washington, d.c. we'll stay on top of this. we'll pass along the new developments as the situation continues. six prisoners held at guantanamo bay for a dozen years have now been sent. comes amid a new push by president obama to close gitmo. all six had been in prison for suspected ties to al qaeda but none were ever formally charged. they had been cleared for release since 2009 but the united states struggled to find a country willing to accept them. they agreed to do so as a humanitarian gesture and they were taken to a military hospital in the capital to be examined. they include four syrians, a palestinian, and tu knee shan. among them a syrian man on a prolonged hunger strike to protest his detention without trial and brought up high profile lawsuit to challenge the military's procedures for force

feeding him. joined by a senior star attorney at the center for constitutional rights which has been challenging the detention of prisoners. for some time now. let's start with number of clients, correct? >> yeah. the center represents eight men currently, and we also recruit and train private lawyers to represent other men. we've been involved in many case sfwlps who are the eight men and for what are they being held? >> we represent all kinds of men who are detained. we have some clients from yemen who have been approved for transfer for many years that aren't being released. we represent one of the high valued detainees who is in the cia detention prior to guantanamo. we represent many. >> you say so called high value. >> because that label means nothing eastern the fact that someone was held in cia

detention. it doesn't necessarily mean they have lot of value. >> are you familiar with the six prisoner who were transferred? >> well, we did provide a little bit of assistance this is an individual who left tunisia as a young man, lived in italy for many years and ended up in pakistan he was cleared for transaction for in 2008 by the bush administration. cleared again in 2009 remained in guantanamo for many years. >> after the transfer to u ur -- they're supposed to keep track

of the detainees. how real is the threat they could slip out to their home countries? >> well, again, these are men who have been approved for transfer by every law enforcement military intelligence agency. these are men that the united states government has said don't pose a threat. you don't need to take my word for it. but they're men that come from countries that are unstable. four of the men are from syria. they do not have any desire or intent to go back to syria to engage in the conflict. these are people who lost 10, 12, 13 years of their lives to guantanamo and looking to rebuild those lives and they're going to do that in urguary. >> you're probably more familiar with lots of the countries than most. word that the senate report imminent. what do you think the response to be the report is going to be

in countries like yemen? >> i think that this report -- this report will end that debate once and for all. that's what the report is going to do. >> all right. thank you so much. appreciate your time, sir. overnight fire that closed down two major freeways near downtown los angeles tops our look at stories around the "newsnation" today. more than 200 firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed an apartment building that was under construction. that fire also spread to two other buildings. no injuries were reported. at this point, we don't know anything about a cause. the live look right now at the screen where crews are watching for hot spots as that fire smolders. firefighters on the scene this morning called it a career fire. meanwhile, in the florida everglades a tragic train reaction accident kills three people and injuries eight others. a woman in an suv hit a

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>> new details about the horrific mall stabs that left an american teacher dead in abu dhabi. according to the state run agencies, officials believe that he acted alone and planned to attack a former at random. her ex-husband and children are acting out, saying they are promising to make her proud. the family's emotional message and the latest on the investigation from abu dhabi. >> reports say that the with woman the police arrested, they believe that she was inspired by extremism. she found on the internet. this was an act of terror.

the family of the victim say they did this interview in part to let their folks back in denver know they are okay. her family, 11-year-old twins adam and aaden and this 13-year-old and dad paul want to remember her for the good person she was. they created a facebook page in her memory. >> she always wanted to help you. she sacrificed herself for other people. would never rest if she knew that someone needed her help. >> the boys were with their mom at the mall and waited for her, not knowing what happened. now the family are trying to be as brave as their mother was. >> she wasn't scared a little bit. >> she wasn't frightened of anything? >> yeah. >> as long as we are not alone. we have each other and we are going to do it. >> we are going to make mom proud. >> certainly.

>> what would she say to you, do you think? >> if she saw us like this? i think she would be really proud, first of all. she would be proud of how we got through this and tried to give us strength. >> the younger boys don't know the details how a woman dressed in black allegedly entered the mall and repeatedly stabbed their mom. they left the room before their dad explained more. >> it was clearly a random thing. the boys didn't realize what happened and didn't hear their mother crying for help. >> there is no reason why your ex-wife was targeted. no reason whatsoever other than she was an american. >> other than she was a westerner, i would say. this lady, i shouldn't call her a lady, this monster of a person was lying in wait for someone like her to come along for an hour in the bathroom.

unfortunately it was my kids's mother. >> the royal family of the emirates offered to pay for the education of the children. paul is deeply grateful for that, but he may have to decide whether to pardon anyone convicted of the death penalty. >> for us with abu dhabi. time now for the gut check. we told you about the controversy surrounding the release of the report on the cia's use of torture. that report is accusing them of lying repeatedly to congress and the american people about the agency's use of harsh methods. it is also expected to conclude those methods especially waterboarding did not produce results. former cia director is disputing the findings. dianne feinstein has been fighting to get that report

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>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports." embassies and military facilities are told there is high potential threat of violence after the release of a long awaited torture report. the report will accuse the cia of lying about practices after 9-11. >> to say that we relentlessly

after an expanded period of time lied to everyone about a program that was not doing any good beggers the imagination. >> the former cia officials are pushing back. we will talk to ron white who has been pushing for the release for years. failed rescue mission, the tragic details of the special forces operation to save an american journalist held by al qaeda. >> it's extremely difficult. much easier trying to get osama bin laden. trying to rescue someone is very, very hard to do. >> on a much, much lighter note, the royals have landed. william and kate are in new york, but not everyone knows who they are. >> it's a letter for the princess. >> he is expecting elsa from frozen.