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Comedian tracy morgan is still recovering from the near fatal highway accident. it left him with broken bones and a brain injury. >> the accident blamed on a truck driver who had not gotten enough sleep. we're "up all nightline" with abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: the accident caused a moment of recognition in our sleep deprived nation where experts say we now get two hours less sleep every night than we used to. it's a tragedy that ben howard and his daughter know all too well. >> right here on the side of the road, my family died. i lost my wife, my son and my daughter because someone was...

With the national institutes of health, 40% of american adults of sleep deprived. and the consequences that result from too little sleep can be catastrophic as the natgeo doc points out. experts believe sleep deprivation may have played a role in the exxon valdez oil spill, the staten island ferry crash and the nuclear meltdown and the derailing of a chicago train. according to the national traffic safety board, the conductor admitted to falling asleep. >> it's far from ideal for someone to be operating heavy machinery or driving a car or bus when they are sleep deprived. >> reporter: it's dri...

Here tonight. all the way south into l.a. by friday. likely bringing flooding and mud slides. back to you. >> jim dickey, thank you as always. to the protests in northern california. hundreds of people spilling into the streets of oakland and berkeley to rally against excessive force by police. extra police patrols clashed with protesters firing rubber bullets at the crowd. a train station was temporarily shut down again and amtrak suspended service in the area. new details on the cia interrogation methods for terror suspects. those methods included weeks of sleep deprivation, simulated dr...

Drowning demonstrated here, was halted years ago. but the majority senate intelligence committee findings conclude that the cia misled the bush administration about the methods and the results of the coercive interrogation conducted at so-called black sites outside of the u.s. the former president is standing by the cia. >> these are patriots. and whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base. >> reporter: the cia argues that waterboarding was key, not only in stopping future plots against america but finding osama bin laden. >> there's going...

>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm t.j. holmes. glad you could spend some time with us. we begin with the controversial new report on cia torture being released in hours. former vice president dick cheney is among those defending the cia saying harsh interrogation techniques were absolutely, totally justified. >> cheney accused senate democrats who insisted the report be released for trying to rewrite history. abc's martha raddatz has more. >> reporter: despite the risk, the white house supports the release of the report described as extremely graphic with shocking detail about waterboar...