professor adam dolnik, thank you. and we'll have the latest on the sydney hostage situation coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> meanwhile the senate report on the cia interrogation tactics is drawing harsh criticism from several former bush administration officials. in a broadcast yesterday, former vice president dick cheney said the performance is flawed and said some of the torture produced results. >> it worked. it worked now for 13 years. we avoided another mass casualty against the united states. we did capture bin laden and an awful lot of seniors who were responsible for the attack on 9/11. i'd do it again in a minute. >> cheney said, kuwait, it's what armed airline box cutters did to americans in london. >> a new plan is said to take place in the knewier. heavy traffic is expected on the healthcare.gov website. it's the deadline to change the plan they have. >>> most of the federal government is funded through the fall of next year. the senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill saturday night by a vote of 5

hostage taker inside. [ inaudible ] >> professor adam dolnik, thank you. i appreciate it. and thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "@this hour with berman and michaela" starts now. >> hello, everyone, i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the globe. at this hour, the hostage situation in the heart of sydney, australia, is over. nearly 17 hours after it began according to the police there, it did not end peacefully. there are reports of two deaths and three serious injuries. just a short time ago police stormed the lindt cafe where a man identified as 50-year-old iranian native man haron monis held people hostage. >> you can see it all developed around 2:00 a.m. local time there. that's about an hour ago. some hostaging running out of the cafe. there was gunfire, flash bang explosions. you can see police in their tactical gear wearing night vision goggles. you can see hostages fleeing off into safety again. they say the siege is over. the police from new south wales say the siege is over. how

. >> adam dolnik who trained australian police thank you so much for jumping on the phone with me. we want to dig deep own the suspect and find out more about his past and why police were familiar with him. how he used social media to his strange during the multiple hours, 16, 17 some hour siege. plus happening right now another standoff this one right here in the united states. this man has barricaded himself inside of a home after a deadly shooting spree. those new details are next. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it gave me the power to overcome the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some people had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix or history of seizures. don' take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin rea

communications so you're the only one influenced by the hostage taker inside. [ inaudible ] >> professor adam dolnikthank you. i appreciate it. and thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "@this hour with berman and michaela" starts now. >> hello, everyone, i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the globe. at this hour, the hostage situation in the heart of sydney, australia, is over. nearly 17 hours after it began according to the police there, it did not end peacefully. there are reports of two deaths and three serious injuries. just a short time ago police stormed the lindt cafe where a man identified as 50-year-old iranian native man haron monis held people hostage. >> you can see it all developed around 2