PHILLIPS: Three eleven Eastern time, are here are some the stories that we're working in the CNN NEWSROOM. Dangerous roads, canceled flights, hundreds of thousands of people without power, all part of life in the heartland right now. At least three states are declaring states of emergency because of a paralyzing ice storm. The U.S. Sentencing Commission meets this hour. They are going to decide whether their move to ease crack cocaine sentencing guidelines should apply retroactively to nearly 20,000 federal inmates. "Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek now in a Los Angeles hospital. A spokesperson says that the 67-year-old Trebek had a minor heart attack last night at home. He's still expected to resume taping "Jeopardy" in January. Senate Intelligence Committee grilling the CIA director today over the destruction of interrogation tapes. The tapes reportedly documented the use of water-boarding on two al Qaeda suspects. CIA Chief Michael Hayden says the videos were destroyed to protect the identity of interrogators. But he's getting pushback from many people in Congress now who question that decision and say they weren't kept in the loop. As Hayden entered the briefing just a little while ago, he had this to say.</s>GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN, CIA DIRECTOR: And I just want to let you know that this is what the agency wants, to come down and lay it out in front of the committee. I think Senator Rockefeller said it very clearly: It's the committee that should be looking at all these facts. And I'm very delighted to come on down and lay out the facts as we know them, and we will be very happy to let the facts take us where they will.</s>PHILLIPS: Now, tomorrow, Hayden will brief the House Intelligence Committee again right behind closed doors there where you saw. Now, we know what the Colorado shooter did, but we don't know why. A forensic psychologist will try to get inside the killer's head. We will talk about it.
Senate Grills CIA Director Over Destruction of Interrogation Tapes