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Up to ten inches of rain is expected in some areas. Waves are hitting the the coast at 20 feet in the sierra, nevada, mountains, a few feet of snow will fall, whipping winds will make out for whiteout conditions, mudslides also a danger. The river in the sky called an Atmospheric River is a band of heavily moist air hundreds of miles wide. The National Weather service tweeted this overnight satellite picture showing much of the storm still offshore but its getting closer. Cnns dan simon is cover...

Just want to be together. New developments in a years long standoff between the government and a New York Times reporter. Attorney general eric holder has decided that james risen will not be forced to name his confidential source. He talked about a botched plan for the iran nuclear program. Risen was facing the prospect of jail time because he was refusing to give up the source. Now sources tell cnn evan perez that its off the table, jail time is not a possibility and risen will not have to rev...

Members and the clergy and also members of the Police Department at that Memorial Service this evening. Thats live pictures now from sydney. Joining me now from australia as well is anna coren along with vicky jarredin. Shes a reporter fon channel 9 news in sydney. Anna, to you first. We now have a picture and more information about the victims from this horrifying standoff. I want you to tell us what we know about the two people who lost their lives. Reporter yeah, tragic details emerging about...

From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. As desperately as they need the rain, these are desperate hours in parts of the state of california tonight. A huge western storm caused the need for fastwater rescues today. Rampant flooding, power outages, mud and rock slides. Local rain bursts have brought up to two inches of rain in an hour, way more than the ground can handle. Some of it falling on land where wildfires have left nothing...

Or the American People . This fight isnt about conservatives or liberals. Its not about democrats or republicans. Its about money. If Big Companies can deploy their armies of lobbyists to get congress to vote for special deals that benefit themselves, we will simply confirm the view of the American People, that the system is rigged. It is time for all of us to stand up and fight. Lots of democrats did stand up and fight. The bill passed the house late last night, but republicans were warned. The...

Youre used to seeing the republicans like this. Washington is about lobby, not parties so much. There are a bunch of provisions in that bill that i really do not like. We are moving backwards on wall street reform. Wall street has dominated the white house. This is really congress at its absolute worst. There are deep divisions. Had i been able to draft my own legislation and get it passed without any republican votes, i suspect it would be slightly different. The 113th congress is wrapping up i...

Communication that was stolen. I accept full responsibility for what i wrote. In a separate leaked exchange, a major hollywood producer referred to Angelina Jolie as, quote, a minimally talented spoiled brat. They cited the movie the interview about taking out north koreas leader. Here is a trailer for the movie. Oh yeah. I would watch that. Okay, jill, this is pretty terrifying. Especially for you. You are known to send some colorful emails. I do not mind offending people here and there. I thou...

A major lawsuit making headlines has struck straight out of the heart of the banking industry. After hundreds of nonstop robocalls from bill collectors, a judge sided with a family from florida ordering bank of america to pay them more than 1 million. Abcs brian ross with the story. Reporter saturday, 7 41 a. M. This is michael with bank of america. Reporter the automated robocalls of the coniglio family about their overdue mortgage payments. Please call bank of america home loans. Reporter came...

For interrogation tactics the president himself has described as torture. Do those details warrant going back and reexamining whether people should be prosecuted . Decisions about prosecution are made by career federal prosecutors at the department of justice. The Justice Department says the federal prosecutors who looked into the program wont be launching a new investigation. Based on the report from the Senate Intelligence committees democratic chair, dianne feinstein, trial or no trial, the c...

Way. Bill karins, secret santa just given away. Great to have you with us this morning. A lot to get to. We want to start off the top of the show with the weather and that super soak over the west coast. That is our top story this morning. According to the National Weather service, its going to be the strongest storm to hit california since 09. Flood watches, highwind warnings and blizzard warnings in effect for parts of the west coast. Msnbc meteorologist bill karins, a noreaster on the east co...