Heavy weight exposed by a cyber atook on sony. Attacks on big stars like tom cruise, and they wont like whats said about them. On the bright side, golden globe nominations out today, it was who was not nominatining getting the most attention today, thursday, december 11, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome, its thursday, if you live in hollywood, its all about you this morning, good and bad. Good side, golden globe, actors happy about their names mentioned this morning, but the other side of the coin, actors not happy having names mentioned in emails released in a hacking scandal. By the way, the weather is big out west, the top story. It is. Powerful storms slamming both coasts, and its just the beginning for the folks on the west coast. Absolutely. Well get to that. Lets show you whats happening. Two coasts, two storms. First one, this western wallop, the worst in six years. Flesch flood watches from the Pacific Northwest into southern california, and we got wind watches, high wind warnings. San francisco could see gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour, and the oregon coast upwards of 95 Miles Per Hour. Well watch it, and we got blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings in the mountains, 24 inches of snow above 6,000 feet, and up to the crest, up to 4 feet of snow. The storm system is pushing in causing problems. Theres heavy rain, especially in northern california. Were talking anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of rain, but even in southern california, tonight into tomorrow, upwards of 3 inches. Heres where its the jackpot, if you will. Tons and tons of rain will continue. Were going to show you, lets go to San Francisco right now. When we saw you last, it was dry. Well, its changed drastically. Reporter yeah, al, good morning. Good to see you again. Over the last couple hours, we have begun to see the heavy, steady rain, the first band of wet and wild weather push in to the San Francisco bay area. As you mentioned, we could see up to 8 inches of rain in the bay area. Its starting now. I want to show you pictures from earlier when the storm first hit the Pacific Northwest. That began hammering the area earlier in the week, and it caused localized flooding, beach erosion, two homes nearly slid into the ocean, near close to seattle, and now they are dealing with localized flooding. Here in the bay area, we expect heavy and steady rain over the next 24 to 48 hours. They are clearing storm drains yesterday, back at it today. Local School Districts cancelled classes here, the Silicon Valley told workers to stay home in areas because the roads will be a mess. Heavy, steady rain is just beginning now. Al, back to you. Thank you so much. Mud slides will be a problem. Lets move here to the east coast dealing with some pretty heavy snow. You see the wrap around, around this low pressure system, look at that, that moisture coming in, cooling off, and dropping in the form of snow. Were talking anywhere from 6 to 9 inches between western new york and western pennsylvania as we watch this push in. Lets go to dylan now. The snow stopped and cleanup is just beginning. Reporter thats right, al. You know, pictureperfect, like stepping into a Christmas Card here in new york, but theres wrap around moisture as mentioned from tuesdays noreaster that stuck in new england. The backside of it, we got one to two feet of snow across the area. Roads were tresh rous yesterday, a school bus rolled over with three students in it. That reported to have minor injuries. Syracuse closed for a time yesterday because of dangerous conditions, but now the heavy snow is making a mess of i90 from buffalo to eerie, pennsylvania, and until the storm moves away, al, well deal with scattered snow showers producing inches of snow throughout the day today. All right. So, guys, bad news out west is this is a two day storm, and then even if you think, oh, i dont live in the west coast, its headed east and probably 60 of the country will be affected by it. A preview of a coming attraction. Al, thank you so much. In washington, the head of the cia addresses troubling findings in the Senate Report on torturing against terror suspects later today. This, as former Vice President cheney and the man who helped design the Interrogation Program speak out. Nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent has the latest, andrea . The cia strikes back. Cia director john brennan makes first Public Comment at the agency headquarters, and now dick cheney has joined the debate. Hes going public after spending days trying to repair the agencys shattered morale. After the report, the cia has a strong defender in former Vice President dick cheney. Its a terrible piece of work, deeply flawed. Reporter on fox news, he was asked about the water boarding. What do we do . Kiss him on both cheeks and say, please, please, tell us what you know . Of course not. We did what needed to be done in order to catch those who were guilty on 9 11 and prevent a further attack, and we were successful on boeth parts. Reporter now, coming out of the shadow, james mitchell, one of two psychologists who designed the techniques. Its not always pretty, and i think there should be an honest debate in the united states. Reporter the firm made 80 million on the program despite having no experience in counterterrorism. Do you sleep comfortably at night . Always. Reporter contrary to the Senate Reports conclusions, the cia insists harsh interrogations in secret prisons produce results. Most importantly, the clues leading to the take down of bin laden, they say the agency is still misleading the public. Director brennan and the cia today are continuing to willfully provide interactive information and misrepresent the ethicacy of torture. In other words, the cia is lying. Reporter todays appearance could be awkward for brennan. At the confirmation hearing a year ago, he disagreed with the Interrogation Practices at the time, but did not agree stopping them because he had no authority over the program. Thank you. We should mention, actually, former Vice President cheney will be chucks guest sunday on meet the press. In the meantime, in the wake of Domestic Violence cases, the National Football league hopes a reworking of the personal conduct policy leads to big changes. Nbcs Peter Alexander spoke with roger goodell, peter, good morning to you. Good morning to you. In addition to play books, theres a new rule book for off the field behavior. The league, in particular roger goodell, took a lot of heat over the last few months, but with this new policy, goodell is promising big change. Admitting to dropping the ball in the past, the commissioner says the league is ready to attack problems head on. Why did confident its right this time . Toughened the policy. Reporter under the new policy, any player charged with a Violent Crime is suspended with pay. The nfl conducts its own investigation independent of law enforcement. Well collect all of the information. Reporter to independently investigate . Yes, we will. Well have experts to gather the information. Well determine if its a violation of personal conduct policy. Reporter the biggest change . Theres a counsel to oversee punishment, formally the commissioners rule. The commissioner still has the final word on appeal. This appears to be independent, but, nchin fact, is an nfl employee employed by the league office. Reporter this comes in the wake of high profile cases like the attack taught on tape. Last week, an independent arbitrator reinstated ray rice ruling against the leagues indefinite suspension. In an interview, matt asked rice about his future. What do you think it takes for another owner and another group of fans to put the images of that video behind and say, well take a chance on ray rice . I take full responsibility for everything i did. All i can hope for and wish for is a second chance. Your reaction to the reinstatement of ray rice . We dont agree with the arbitrators ruling, but accept it. Should a team pick him up . Thats up to the individual leagues. Reporter the National Organization for women calls the policy window dressing and the Players Union is upset saying they were not offered a chance to see the changes until they, quote, hit the presses. Thank you very. Back to hollywood now with the nominations of the golden globes, and birdman stretched its wings, you might say. We are live in los angeles with it all. Good morning, joe. Good morning. A lot of big names announced including for actors, jake gyllenhaal, and for actresses, reese witherspoon, julianne moore, and jennifer aniston. The awards are heating up with scoring notary puble innominati. Leading with seven nominations, bird man, the comedy about a washed up hollywood actor up for best comedy picture along with the big screen version of into the woods. Good day, mr. Wolf. The grand budapest hotel, st. Vincent, and a mild surprise, prize. How was your week . On the drama side, the five best are boyhood, a film shot over the course of 12 years with fox catcher, a movie about geniuses, imitation game, and theory of everything. And rounding out the list is selma based on the civil rights marches in alabama. Dr. King thinks its going to have to wait. Selma made history becoming the first africanamerican female nominated for best director. Perhaps the Biggest Surprise is no nomination for Angelina Jolies unbroken or sniper. What are you feeling . I have good days, bad days, and on my bad days, i feel like i cant find myself. Julianne moore wrapped up two nods in drama and comedy. Why is he mowing your dirt patch . Showing him how the world works. You work, get paid, and you drink. Are you Drinking Alcohol . Bill murray a twotime nominee, and meryl streep is far from cursed, ending her record breaking 29th golden globe nomination. Bring me the nomination or the child you wish for will never see the light of day on the tv side, surprises, no nominations for modern family, the big bang theory, or brooklyn 99, and no nomination for amy pole lar. Savann savannah. Joe, thank you so much. Just give meryl the nomination, make it 30. I cant wait until she is recognized for her work. Those are live sunday, january 11. Well be live with a complete cast the following morning. A very, very big day in the nations capital. The clock is ticking, count down for congress to avoid a government shut down, but the bill on the table is not sitting well with some lawmakers. The 1. 1 trillion pan cuts millions from the environment, School Lunches will be less healthy, and big donors could contribute ten times more. Republicans need democrats 60 or 70 of them to vote yes, and if lawmakers fail an agreement, the backup plan is another extension to keep the government running three or four more months. The motor city thriving under its own power again. They emerged from bankruptcy protection. The emergency manager says hes implemented a two year budget reflecting the elimination of 7 billion in debt. Frightening moments here in new york wednesday night after a car jumped a curb and plowed into a group of people at 10 00 last night. Six people were hit before the car then slammed into a forever 21 store. The injured were taken to the hospital with serious, but nonlife threatening injuries. The driver was taken into custody on suspicion of drunk driving. More on the story of survival from the hawaii sailor who is now back home, being rescue from the coast guard after spending two weeks lost at sea. Reporter after his first shaky steps back on dry land, he explained how he survived 12 days lost at sea. I caught fish, and thats it was not a sushi bar, but thats how i hydrated. Reporter two weeks ago as he sailed, a rogue wave tossed the 25 foot boat, breaking both mass, and kicked him overboard. The coast guard searched for the sailor in an area the size of maryland, but after three days of radio silence, it was called off and Funeral Plans were in the works. I thought i was going to die. Then tuesday may day, may day, anyone hear me . Reporter the coast guard did. They are heros, hard work, and effort, they saved my bacon. Reporter saving his bacon and boat. Now after 12 days surrounded by nothing but water dazed right now, and im headed to the barn. Reporter ready for anything but. Hes chipper. Quite the survivor. Well, heres a concept we have to get behind. Sleeping on the job not frowned upon. In fact, its strongly encouraged at a computer horde ware factory in southern china. Workers there are told by management to catch some sleep two times fer shift for ten minutes each. Some, though, bank their time and tack it on at the end of the lunch break and they can get in a longer nap. Oh, i could take a nap. I wouldnt sleep with all those people around. No . My mouth would be open, drooling. Thank you. Mr. Roker . Yes. Lets show you whats going on quickly across the rest of the country. As we said, a lot of wet weather on the west coast, cooler than usual conditions in the southeast into the gulf coast, and even up into the Northern Plains in the upper mid 50s, and river valley and sunshine. We can climb the highest mountain, reaching up to catch our dream together there is nothing we cant be. Dive into the deepest oceans, dance upon the rolling seas, make a moment, keep the memory. Youll lift me up, for we are free, v o wherever life takes you, take it with you. Pandora unforgettable moments. 7 17, meteorologist christina loren. Dangerous driving on the San Francisco bridge. Please travel cautiously. In addition to the rain, we have a lot of wind out there. Were still getting gusts to 50 Miles Per Hour from time to time. The entire bay area feeling the impact of this very strong storm. There is a line here of heavy rainfall, gusty wind on the way. Its going to be here by 10 00 a. M. And it is going to be very dangerous. More on the storm in the west coast just kidding, not you, al. I can only imagine what the Holiday Party will be like for sony. Can you imagine . Heres the deal. For over a week, theres been a lot of attention on the sony cyber attack, a massive leak exposing employees pass jds words, Social Security numbers, and salaries, but new material was leaked wednesday taking the damage to the next level. The material leaked involved biggest names in hollywood, tom cruise, ang lee that jolie, and leonardo dicaprio. They revealed comments on major celebrities they didnt want them to hear. In one email said to be from a producer about jolie, shes referred to as a minimally talented brat. In some countries, thats a compliment. I dont want to go there. Ruden responded saying in his statement, this is not about salacious emails batted around by gawker and defamer, but its a criminal act and the people behind it should be treated as nothing more nor less than criminal. The hacker indicated, guys, this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are more emails, perhaps, more virtual information and salarie salaries, but, again, jolie walks into the office and says, what happened . Its going to be chilling. Yeah. Something says she wont walk into the office. Thank you very much. Coming up, branded a liar . The woman behind a new federal lawsuit behind cosby nine years after accusing him of Sexual Assault right here on today. Diamonds may be a girls best friend, but would you buy one created in a lab . Could you tell the difference . Well look at them, but first, this is today on nbc. [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. Coming up, Melissa Rivers speaks out pcheck outor the all these airline seats. Coming up, Melissa Rivers speaks out publicly for the lots of them, right . But when you try to get one by using your travel rewards card miles. Those seats mysteriously vanish. Why . All the flights you want are blacked out. 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