Kate middleton arrive in new york city. After a chilly night on the town they are going their separate ways today monday, december 8, 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. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on monday. Weve got a lot of royal action going on. The royals arrived. William is going to washington, d. C. Today. Kate will be here in new york city and then they convene tonight at a basketball game where they see king james. Lebron james, cavaliers playing the nets. They are going to sit next to jayz and beyonce. Will lord be the singing royals. All comes together. First we want to get to our top story. An intense fire in los angeles thats created huge problems for commuters. The flames so intense they could be seen for miles away. Look at the live scene now where the debris is smoldering. Hallie jackson is there, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The Los Angeles Fire Department call this is one of the biggest fires in this city in more than a decade. The scaffolding all thats left of this new Apartment Building behind me. As the wind shifted you can smell the smoke in downtown l. A. , hundreds of firefighters working to put out the flames here as this brought traffic to a halt for hours. Flames could be seen for miles early monday, lighting up the Downtown Los Angeles skyline as photos and videos of the blaze quickly took over social media. You feel that heat. The fire started at the site of a new apartment complex. Almost twothirds of it was engulfed. At its peak we had one quarter of the on duty firefighters on scene of this fire which is 250 firefighters. Reporter los angeles firefighters were able to contain most of the blaze in the first 90 minutes, but not before parts of the building scaffolding fell and the threat of more collapse brought traffic to a halt. Were concerned about the collapse, the wood frame construction could potentially fall on the freeway. Thats why the northbound is closed at this time. Reporter two buildings also suffered damage, one of them partly catching on fire. They dont believe any one was in the building at the time the fire started and dont know what caused it though several arson teams are on site. We have no injuries. Cause is under investigation. And the loss is being tabulated. We estimate in the multimilliondollars of loss range. Reporter firefighters working on the building another fire started down the road but officials think the two fires are not related, at least at this point. As for whats happening behind me here, firefighters say this is mostly contained but they are working to put out hot spots, setting up on the freeway which is still shut down, rush hour today will be a mess. Matt, savannah. Hallie jackson in los angeles, thanks very much. Now to washington and the imminent release of a damming report on harsh cia interrogation used in the wake of 9 11. One official warning it could lead to violence and deaths in troubled spots around the world. Andrea mitchell with the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Embassies and posts are on heightened alert after a classified intelligence assessment that the torture reports release could trigger a violent response. The u. S. Embassy in egypt is one of many on alert as washington braces for the release of an explosive Senate Report on the cias use of torture ordered by president bush after 9 11. One of those briefed the chairman. Foreign leaders 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 report is expected to accuse the cia of lying to congress, the white house and the american people. It concludes that torture, waterboard, used on three detainees including shake mohammed did not produce results. Former cia leaders are firing back. To say that we relentlessly over expanded period of time lied to everyone about a program that wasnt doing any good, that biggers the imagination. Reporter the program did help find Osama Bin Laden and prevented other attacks. Defenders claim 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. Reporter as for that classify nd tell against warning of potential violence, Senate Investigators viewed it and a follow up call from sogss so kerry as an attempt to intimidate the senate. They are undeterred saying the report will not be buried. Well be watching for it. Thank you very much. Turn now to the famed u. S. Led attempt rescue two hostages in yemen including an american, tragically both men were killed and now were learning that one of them was about to be released even as that mission got under way. Nbcs Kristen Welker has the latest on that. Reporter good morning. The Obama Administration begins to assess its failed rescue mission a south African Charity is expressing anger that a teach here work forward the group was killed in the risk emission to free luke somers, all of this creating new questions and criticism. There is fresh fallout with the news that Pierre Korkie was hours away from being released from his captors when he was killed in the failed mission to rescue photo journalist luke somers. The charity wrote on its website that corkys peaceful release had been negotiated and was imminent. The director of the aid group reportedly told his wife the waiting is almost over. Then two hours later the unthinkable. The director learned corky 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 high Stakes MissionSenior AdministrationOfficials Say friday night navy s. E. A. L. S landed about two miles from their target, secretly approaching a cluster of buildings in central yemen. But their cover was blown, sparking a fire fight and giving the captainers time to shoot somers and South African hostage Pierre Korkie, an official says its believed a noise, possibly a dog, alerted the hostage takers. The al qaeda captors were likely on heighten aid lert after the u. S. Tried to rescue somers last month. The captors set a deed line of saturday. The president gave the order friday morning, the raid took place hours later at around 5 00 p. M. 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 base on the horn of africa. He is likely to be flown aboard a transport to Dover Air Force base in delaware tomorrow. U. S. Officials say no military personnel were killed in the raid, and they dont believe there were any civilian casualties but they havent ruled out that possibility. Kristen welker, thank you. To the duke and duchess of cambridge they are busy on this first full day of their visit. William is in washington meeting with the president apartment the white house, and kate will spend the day at a Child Development center in harlem and kate snow is following all of it. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Were in front of the north side Child Development center where the kids are excited to neat duchess of came bay bridge. They went their separate way the royals in washington, d. C. The duke recently arrived on the plane at National Airport there, he will go to the white house as you say and then give a speech with critical language about poaching of illegal poaching of wildlife, then meet up in new york tonight for a nets game in brooklyn. Right along the street here, crowds lined up just hoping to get a glimpse. It was their First Time Ever setting foot in manhattan and cheering fans got the best view amid the Christmas Lights sunday night. The royal baby bump showing under kates maternity coat. Later stepping out for a private din ter duchess dazzled in a black lace dress. They flew into jfk on a commercial flight leaving baby george behind in london. There were people, yes. So they were mingling with everybody else. Reporter the Carlisle Hotel will be their home away from home, a favorite of williams mother diana. There would always be people there and 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 kick start the tour in d. C. Meeting with, Vice President and dr. Biden and hillary and chelsea clinton. At the north side center for Childhood Development in harlem kate will giftwrap presents for the kids who are busy making decorations for their royal visitor. But some of them dont really know who the duchess is. Expecting elsa from frozen. Reporter will and kate may meet up with jayz and beyonce, the couple going courtside to catch lebron james who says playing for hem is a huge honor. Taking in a basketball game will be great fun for them. If they are next to beyonce and jayz that will be brilliant. Maybe well catch them on the kiss cam. The Empire State Building is lit up in red, white and blue for the next couple days in their honor. Tomorrow, Prince William is due at the Empire State Building, the duchess of cambridge wasnt scheduled to go but maybe shell show up. Its her first time in new york. You would think she would want to go to the Empire State Building. Kate, fingers crossed on the kiss cam. Thank you. A lot more on the royal visit later on. Tamron in fortunately this morning. And more demonstrations parts of california overnight. That is correct. Good morning. New protests and new violence overnight against Police Killings in missouri and new york. Hundreds of demonstrators in berkley took to the streets, some breaking windows and setting fires and made it onto a freeway and blocked traffic. Police made at least five arrests. Today the Justice Department issued new rules that limit profiling by federal Law Enforcement agencies. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams has details. Reporter since 2003, the Justice Department has barred federal agents from using race or ethnicity as the basis for routine enforcement decisions like traffic stops. Now those rules are expanded to also bar profiling on the basis of gender, national origin, religion, Sexual Orientation and gender identity. And 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 enforce immigration laws at the border and wont apply to the protective mission of the secret service. The government says those exceptions are granted because of the need to protect the border and secure the skies. Attorney general eric holder wanted these out before he steps down early next year and he will urge local Police Departments to follow them too. Thank you very much. A bizarre accident that started with an suv hitting a bear left three people dead and eight others injured. It happened sunday night on a dark road in the florida everglades. Police say one driver struck the 300pound bear, killing the animal. Three people in another car got out to help, and they were hit and killed by a third vehicle. Dozens of people are dead after a powerful typhoon ripped through the philippines. Miguel, good morning. Reporter tamron, good morning. Over the last several hour this is storm delivered pounding rain and wind and though the 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 wed be dead. Once the largest storm on the planet this year, the super typhoon lost power and is now a Tropical Storm packing 84mileanhour winds. In tacloban, 48,000 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 flood waters are rising. Now, there could be mudslides. Today, this storm threatening even more damage while in some communities they are still waiting for help. While the outer bands of this powerful storm is still pounding this region forecasters say this could have been so much worse. The slow storm saving much of this region. Miguel, thank you. At least 19 people are recovering after they were sickened by chlorine gas at a hotel in rosemont, illinois. Among those evacuated hundreds people dressed in animal outfits at the hotel for the annual midwest fur fest. They think the chlorine was released intentionally. Those evacuated were taken to a convention center. It is now 15 minutes after the hour. Obviously its quite a sight see those people. They are investigating this as a possible criminal matter. Thank you. Miss dylan in for al. Weve got rain on both coasts. Not today but tomorrow. Well talk about rain. Were looking at our heaviest rain expected on wednesday into thursday in Northern California but up in seattle we have a few lighter showers. Weve got temperatures in the 50s right now and later on this afternoon well tap out in the 60s. Its foggy especially across southern california. Across the rest of the country were looking at the chance of some scattered showers along the eastern coast of the carolinas, all because of this area of low pressure thats going to develop into more of a noreaster into tuesday. A rainy, windy noreaster, snow would be in the highest elevations. Weve got temperatures in the 30s expected across the Northern Plains, tomorrow in the Pacific Northwest we will see mountain snow but we could see several inches of rain especially across western parts of Washington State and then again it will take until wednesday night into thursday morning before we see the heaviest rain in Northern California. 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What have you zbhot that time of year, time person of the year comes out on wednesday. Were going to help narrow it down. Were going to get it down to eight later in this hour. As you know every year time picks its person of the year. Some of the more notable covers. 1982, it sometimes isnt one person. The computer. The planet. In 2006 it was you. So were going to have someone to narrow the field for us. Well get it down to the short list of eight and coming up later this week on this show, Time Magazine announces its person of the year. This is really always good dinner table conversation to try and hash out who you think belongs on the cover. Thank you. Coming up, a warning if youve done a lot of Holiday Shopping online. Thieves caught on camera following delivery trucks and stealing your packages. And why Rolling Stone is revising its apology in the wake of its story on an alleged Sexual Assault at the university of virginia. First, this is today on nbc. Coming up. 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