police and residents in ferguson, missouri wait for the decision. a new report may finally answer the question of who is and is not to blame. and removing the sigma of autism. pope francis once again extends his hands to those in need. we're going to have a live report from the vatican on his latest efforts. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. glad to have you with me for another hour. i'm zain asher. we're going to begin in the u.s. city of ferguson, missouri where people are on edge waiting for the grand jury to decide the

fate of a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. it's a story we've been following for the past three months. the 12-member panel is debating whether or not to charge the officer with a crime. president obama and the teen's family are urging everyone to stay calm no matter what the jury decides. >> the grand jury's decision is imminent on whether or not to indict officer darren wilson in the killing of mike. brown. even as the grand jury debated wilson's fate. ahead of that, cnn sources say officer wilson is in final negotiations with the city to resign. wilson reportedly expressed concern about resigning while the grand jury is hearing evidence. wilson's regular nation would

mean nothing to protesters if they don't get indictment and arrest. >> the cray of the people is overwhelming. democracy the cry of the people and all we're asking is for a fair trial for the system to do what it's supposed to do and for him to be put into the same system that we put in every day. as the city of ferguson wiets, depositions are raising. eight people are arrested other the past two nights. protesters sometimes baiting police, sitting or stand in the police refusing to let motorists pass. when the police arrive, protesters moving toward them and everything starting to escalate. as the michael brown's family and the u.s. attorney general are urging for peaceful protests. >> i know for firsthand experience that demonstrations like this have the potential to spark a sustained and positive

national dialogue to provide momentum to a necessary conversation and to bring about critical reform. but his has also shown us has that the most successful and enduring movements for change are the one that move toward nonaggression. >> but days, perhaps hours from a suspected decision, many businesses are boarded up. even the i love ferguson office bracing for a broken heart. >> governor jay nixon of missouri has declared a state of emergency in ferguson and activated the national guard in advance of that decision. just president barack obama is in las vegas this weekend. mr. obama signed the executive orders above air force one on friday. they could provide temporary legal status for nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants. he told a crowd he had to take

action because republicans in congress would not. there is no short damage of krit critics of the president's plan. republican leaders say he overstepped his constitutional authority. but some immigrants say the measure doesn't go far enough. susan malveaux reports. >> reporter: a lot of people who attended the speech of the president also attended the one in 2013 and 2008 where 11,000 people showed up to hear the president's vision. it's controversial for a number of reasons. a lot of people very happy that the president did something happen they feel this is somewhat a relief for older people who are undocumented workers in this country. but there's also a great deal of frustration larly from some young folks who do not believe that their parents are included, swept up in the order to allow them to stay. i want tow to hear this exchange. this is the president talking

during his speech. he was interrupted. went on for five minutes or so as a young man in the audience challenged him why he didn't go further. listen to this. >> we're still going to have to pass a bill. this is the first step. it's not the only step. we're still going to have to do more work. so i've heard you. i've heard you, young man, i've heard you and i understand. i've heard you. but what i'm saying is this is just a first step. young man, i've been talking to a lot of people here. i've been respectful to you. i want you to be respectful to me. >> he's jose, a high school management teacher within a graduate of arizona state university. and his friend, we had a chance to speak with his friend who was right beside him during the exchange. the young man actually left. he was crying, very updebt and emotional about it. he does not believe that his

parents are included in the executive order and this is something that people in the community severe on daily basis whether or not they're going to come home and not have their parents there. i want to point out it was even before the speech occur there had was a small group of protesters but very, very vocal. this was a group of tea partiers, veterans and bikers who were confronted by an obama supporter. it was very emotional, very hot. i want you to listen to this and what's behind it. >> you're a racist, buddy. >> there's only two people that really belong in the united states anyway and that's the mexican and the indian. everybody else is a vagrant. >> these illegal aliens are going to become legal aliens sooner or later. we're going to have what, 10 million new aliens over here. >> we live within our means, we

balance our budgets, we pay our taxes, we do everything we're supposed to do. we obey the laws, we're a nation of laws. >> reporter: you can see very emotional. this is not something people are shirking away from. we've had a chance to get know a lot of people in the country. this is something the president has a lot of work to do to sell it to the american people. it was important to do it here because of the hyla teen no population because she needed this state so desperately in 2008 and this is also something he's going to be selling as he goes around the country. tuesday in chicago he's going to have a round table to discuss immigration reform, try to sell this to the people because we know back in washington there are threats of government shutdown as well as calls for impeachment. >> there are just under 12 million undocumented immigrants in the united states. president obama says he will focus on deporting those with

criminal backgrounds. well police in kenya say gunman have killed 28 people on board a bus near the border with somalia. no one has claimed responsibility. kenya's interior ministry says the security agencies are in pursuit of the bandit saying the bus was headed to nairobi with 60 people on board when the gunman attacked. a congressional report says there was no stand downorder to cia operative the. but it does mention weak security overall and says the way the cia later wrote some so-called talking point was in fact flawed. four americans were killed that day including peter christopher stephens. well world leaders are scrambling to reach a deal with iran on its nuclear program and

britain's top dip mate says there's serious gaps. they have until monday to come to an agreement. nic robertson joins me live from vienna, austria. so they've delayed their travel plans on friday to stay in vienna to hammer out a deal. is that a good sign or a bad sign overall. >> reporter: this is a gad sign. it's a real sense that there is a real deadline and they're working towards that. that's what john kerry is doing. the u.s. state department continues to tell us that. we understand this morning that the french foreign minister also delayed his departure yesterday. he's headed back to paris. will continue to have consultatio consultations. john kerry still here expected to maintain consultations by

phone with other interested parties. we're expecting later today for the german foreign to arrive here. he's likely to meet also with secretary kerry. but the fundamental here is there are still have, very big differences and we heard that from the foreign secretary yesterday, philip hammond just before he left. this is what he said. >> well we've had a series of useful discussions. as i said earlier, these are very complex issues and still a very significant gap between the parties. we're all going to go away and have further technical discussions with our experts and we'll resume again over the course to have weekend. thank you very much. >> reporter: and that's what we're expecting now, discussions here likely to continue, expected to continue but more likely at the technical level today rather than the level of the sort of senior partners getting togd.

we've seen secretary kerry meet three times with the head of the iranian delegation. that's not yet expected on the card. so the fact they stayed to talk, yes. important that they're not meeting today as far as we know so far. it's still a process ongoing and very few concrete details on what's happening inside those talks. very few details leaking out. >> discussions are set to continue at least some point through the weekend. you mention there had are still so many unknowns. but want to add, let's assume the best happens and there is a deal by monday. what will this mean for u.s.-irani u.s.-iranian? >> reporter: there's calculation, if you will, in part that a deal that the iranian delegation and for the

president ra hand any viewed in the united states as mod rates. this would enhance our position in iran. it's sort of a longer term game, if you will. we have heard from secretary kerry all along that part of the outcome or a significant result of the outcome would be essentially to deny iran a path way to making a nuclear weapon. that would be a positive outcome. that would be viewed as deescalating tensions in the region. but in the longer term, enhancing the position of mod rates inside of iran is perhaps a longer term goal but we're a long way from that right now. we're a long way from having a deal by monday. what we're sort of led to expect is the possibility more likely of an extension to the talks. but all of that still keeps the talks in play and keeps the possibility of a positive outcome and all of the potential

out comes of it keeps it in place. >> there are two days left. i'm almost stern that an extension is likely and i'm sure that iran desperately wants to see the sanctions lifts. thank you. we appreciate it. could 2015 bring the end of the current ebola outbreak? the secretary general of the united nations thinks that's a possibility. plus, hundreds of people filled the streets for the funeral procession for a murdered beauty queen and her sister. new details about the suspects in their death. that's coming up.

well what started as a protes over the lack of answers over the case of 43 missing college students has become a bigger issue. on thursday demonstrators took to mexico city's main square to give voice to some 27,000 mexican citizens who have simply disappeared. we have a report on the movement demanding government action. >> an ancient call to battle and the first protesters march into mexico city's main square. tired, wet, shouting out the numbers one to 43 to mourn to abduction and likely murder of

43 college students. hours later the demonstration erupted in violence with the protesters throwing molotov cocktails at riot police. pitched battles and stampedes. now the inevitable question. what next? >> the president condemned the violence but said the demands were legitimate. society is tired of feeling violated, tired of impunity and crime. a recognition of what was hard to ignore. tens of thousands of mexicans taking to the streets to demand answers. what really happened to the 43 students who disappeared in late september after a clash with police? and what will the government do

to tack tl lawlessness an the corruption that have become endemmic in mexico. for a long time the country has kept quiet, she says, because it's not just 43. it's thousands and thousands who have disappeared. protesters most it will help launch a national movement to investigate the cases. it's hard to tell anything really happened at all. and talking to people, they seem to be divided about whether or not the massive protest was a historic turning point or whether it will be back to business as usual. >> translator: nothing has changed from my perspective. i think people will get tired of it all before anything really changes. now the government has to respond, she says, the 43 aren't the only ones. we all have children. the cathedral bells ring out across the main square, the

protests still fresh in people's minds, at least for now. cnn, mexico city. >> and the mayor has been arrested in connection with the case of those missing students. he's also been charged with aggravated homicide. well in west africa a highway robbery gone wrong. listen to this. bandits high jacked a van transporting blood samples to guinea. the robbers probably thought the cooler contained gold but actually the blood samples are believed to be contaminated with the deadly ebola virus. they were to be taken to a meddle call lab for analysis. right now the officials are appealing to the thieves to return the samples. well the head of the u.n. says the spread of the ebola virus could be cotand within months, saying the outbreak can be ended by the middle of 2015

in the world speeds up its response to the crisis. the rate of new cases is slowing in parts of west africa but he warns that maly is of great concern. nearly 300 people attended a funeral for murder beauty bu and her city. police say the main suspect in their death is someone the young woman knew well. >> an incon soluble mother saying good-bye to two daughters one last time. they killed my two duties, she says, standing between two wooden coffins. maria jose al var ra do and her sister were shot and killed according to hon duran police. their bodies were found on thursday. two men have been arrested in connection with their deaths,

including the boyfriend of the older sister. just 19 years old, maria jose alvarado has an impressive résume. she was the final list in the pageant in 2012. this year she won the honduras title in april. she was also working as a model for a hon duran tv show. >> the organization issued a statement in relation to the news. we're devastated by the loss of these two young women who were so full of life. the director says, alvarado was supposed to fly to london on thursday to get ready for the pageant to be held in december. >> translator: this was going to be her day. she was supposed to travel to london, england and now the

dream she had of representing the women there can't happen there. >> in her profile on the pageant's website, he talked about her dreams beyond modelling, she wanted to be a diplomat for her country, a dream that will go unfilled by her untimely death. >> by the way, honduras does have the highest murder rate in the world. well there is so much snow blanketing buffalo, new york right now, the best way to see it is from the skies. we're going to give you an aerial tour and tell you about the next big unfortunate threat that city is facing. that's coming up. lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, no discomfort, because it's milk without the lactose. and it tastes? it's real milk! come on, would i lie about this? lactaid®. 100% real milk.

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welcome back, everyone. 13 people are dead after a crippling snowstorm that hit the u.s. city of buffalo, new york. more than two meters fell in three days. that's almost a year's worth of snow. cars, trucks and school buss are buried. you can see these aerials here. and dozens of rooftops have collapsed. brian todd went up in a helicopter to show us what the city looks like from the sky. >> flying over some of the hardest hit areas of buffalo. snow up to the windows of many of the houses. more than three days after the snowstorm began, still just massive levels of snow in these neighbors south of buffalo. there's a guy digging snow off of his roof. several people are doing that in the buffalo area because this

has been a major problem. snow drifts on the top of roofs overnight thursday into friday, about 30 roofs had collapsed in the area. schools in buffalo have been closed all week. look at those school buses and how much they're skill covered. this is ralph wilson stadium where the buffalo bills play their home games. a big story this week has been whether the bills can play their home game on sunday against the new york jets. it was decided they could not clear the snow from the facility on time. the bills are going to play in detroit on monday night. this is what a completely unplowed street in bufbl looks like. most of those cars are still snow bound. these people may not get out of here anytime soon. we're getting another snow shower here in buffalo. this is an extraordinary snow event. we've talked to people who have lived here 50-plus years saying

they've never seen anything like this. >> one year's worth of snow in just three days, incredible. joining nenow is derek van dam in our weather center. all of this snow is going to melt and the homeowners have another problem on their hands. >> now the possibility of flooding. zain, by the way, the cnn world center did a few math calculations and the average house, 2,000 square feet for instance, with four feet of snow on top of it has 50,000 pounds of weight on the roof. it niece wonder why they had roof collapses. now we start to focus on a warmup and the possibility of rain into the weekend and the early parts of next week. look at the temperatures on the incline from saturday to monday all the way into the middle 50s by the start of the early workweek and on top of that we've got good chances of rainfall. we could exceed maybe a half to an inch of rainfall over the next three days, only adding

more concerns so that region. here's the rainfall. you can see the large storm system that's going to develop over the great lakes, bringing a swath of participation in by monday. look at these impressive snow totals from the event. the snow machine is done. now the big dig commences. 224 centimeters of snow. that is 88 inches above seven feet. very impressive. that's the winner or the loser, depending on which way you look at it. of course, with the heavy snow pack on the roofs of the houses, we have rainfall and warming temperatures. the snow on top of the structures works as sponge, it absorbs the rainfall and it is going to add additional weight, potentially bringing more roof collapse to the area. that is the immediate concerns. but going forward into the next three to five days is the possibility of flooding.

if we squeeze out all of the available water just from that heavy band of snowfall that took place, we would receive four to ten inches of rain and on top of that we have the possibility of more rain on top of that. there's in reason we don't have the flood watch in effect for this area. we do in fact for five counties over western new york from sunday into wednesday. we warm up briefly but another shot of cold air settling in behind it just if time. zain, back to you. >> that polar vortex. >> i hate to be the bearer of bad news but don't hate the messenger. >> it has warmed up a little bit in atlanta. >> but more cold air coming. >> thank you. we appreciate it. well the fate of a u.s. policeman who killed an unarmed teenager is in the hands of a grand jury. coming up, a lawyer of the teen's family explains what happens next if the officer is not charged with a crime.

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i'm zain asher. here in atlanta it's 5 clon 30 in the morning. let's get straight to our top stories. police many kenya say no one has claimed responsibility for killing 28 people near the country's border with samala. authorities say a bus was headed to nairobi with 60 people on board today when it was ambushed. a congressional report finds no intelligence failure prior to the 2012 attack on the u.s.

compound in benghazi. also saying there was no standdown order to the cia operatives but does mention there was weak security overall and the way that the cia wrote some talking point was in fact flawed. president obama and michael brown's family are urging for calm in ferguson, missouri when a grand jury makes its decision expected any day now. brown was the unarmed black teenager shot to death by a white police officer. that was back in august. the grand jury is deciding if it will charge the officer with a crime. there have been dozens of protesters since the teenager's death. well benjamin crump, a brown family attorney says the waiting game has been a huge emotional roller coaster fer the family. he tells anderson cooper what's next if the grand jury does not charge officer darren wilson with a crime. >> obviously if the grand jury decides to indict the course of action is clear. if the grand jury chooses not to indict, what then for you?

what then for the family? >> well, certainly, anderson, we will explore all legal avenues for the family of michael brown, jr. and you know, you can imagine how they must feel after three months of losing their child in this terrible way that they are waiting on this decision whether they're either going to be relieved because they will have a chance at justice or if they come back and return no true bill for indictment, then it's very likely that the person who killed their unarmed teenage son will never be held accountable. obviously we'll have to wait on the federal government to see what they're going to do. but they really want their missouri officials to treat the police officer as if they would treat anybody else under these circumstances based on the american constitution. >> this best chance for any charge -- i mean for those who

want charges brought against darren wilson, the best opportunity for that is through the grand jury, you would agree with that, yes, rather than the federal case in. >> well, i think that's historically been the case. it's much more likely for the state to hold somebody accountable versus the federal government. but remember, i've said on your program many times before. they didn't have to have a grand jury. this was a choice by the prosecutor to take it to the grand jury. there was enough probable cause existed based on all of the multiple witnesses saying he had his hands up as well as the forensic evidence. probable cause is only a tipping scale. it's not like the criminal proceeding beyond a reasonable doubt. if they indict him, he will have his day in court. nobody is saying he doesn't get his constitutional rights of being innocent until proven guilty. we want to know if we're going to have a chance at justice. that's why you see the people in ferguson and around the down

trifrustrated because they're saying, why don't we get equal justice for our children when they're dead on the street. >> that was the attorney for michael brown's family. but officer darren wilson, he also has husband fair share of supporters. they're raising money for him and are worried about the future of the man once hailed as a hero by his department. ted ro lynns talked to the people saying they're standing behind darren wilson. >> 28-year-old ferguson police officer darren wilson has remained in hiding for more than three months. his supporters have been relatively silent since showing initial public support for wilson. >> we want to declare that we steadfastly believe that officer darren wilssowilson's actions w justified. >> this was the site of two rallies for wilson. financial contributions for his legal fees have totaled more

than $400,000. >> right, wrong or indifferent he has to be afforded the due process. we can't just throw him to the wolfes. >> he served with the ferguson police department for four years. he started his career in the city of jennings, another st. louis suburb that disbanded its police force because of the tension. wilson was born in texas but spent most of his life in st. louis and his childhood was difficult. his mother was divorced twice and charged with forgery in the year 2000 and pled guilty of thousands of dollar. his mom died of natural causes when darren was just 16 years ol. this man is a friend of darren wilsons chl i'm obviously sad for the family of michael brown but i'm sad for darren and his family too. every law enforcement officer

draeds the time when they're forced to make the split second decision whether or not they have to take someone's life. >> in february of this year wilson was commended for his work during a traffic stop where he managed to arrest a man allegedly in the midst of a drug deal. now as he faces the possibility of criminal charges, supporters say they're worried that darren wilson may not get a fair shake. >> everybody is wondering why we're raising money for him. he has to live, he has to survive. >> he reportedly testified for four hours in front of the grand jury to tell his side of what happened in august when he shot and killed michael brown. while many people around the country are hoping that wilson will nas charges for killing brown, there is a group of supporters that hope that officer wilson will remain a freeman. cnn, ferguson. >> we want to give you a closer look at the grand jury investigation in this case.

the 12 member panel has been meeting since late august to review evidence and to listen to witness testimony. for the proceedings and identity of the grand jury members are being kept secret. grand jury members will decide whether or not officer darren wilson should be charged with any one of several possible crimes including first degree or second degree murder, voluntary or involuntary manslaughter and possible criminal action as well. nine of the 12 grand jury members must vote yes in order to indict darren wilson. pope francis is calling attention to autism. you're loorking at live pictures here. he's meeting with children who have been diagnosed with autism. the conference is the biggest of its kind and is meant to break the sigma attached with the disease. john allen is cnn's senior vatican analyst joining me now. so, john, why did the pope

choose to get involved with this cause and why now. >> reporter: well, this is a conference that's being put on by the vatican, it's called the pontiff call council for health care. it's a department within the vatican the focuses specifically on health care issues. the catholic church is the largest nonprofit provider of health care all around the world. so it's been on the front lines of trying to cope with the realities of autism and the challenges that the families face that have members that suffer from this disease for a long time. pope francis of course is a pope who like to reach out to people he believes have been marginalized or forgotten about or ignored. this was right in his wheel house. and i think he wanted to come to this meeting today to make a statement that he wanted to pledge the support of the catholic church for what he called encounter solidarity and

outreach to people who suffer from this disease. obviously theest here, zain, is to try to raise consciousness, put this on the global radar screen so to speak and say these people should not be swept under the rug but we need to reach out to them. >> you mentioned an interesting point. you mentioned that pop francis does like to reach out help the people who have been marginalized. he comes across as very liberal. but overall how is he being viewed by the ultra conservatives within the catholic church overall? >> reporter: well, these labels liberal and conservative are a little hard to provide to the catholic church. but overall there is no doubt that the liberal wing of the catholic church is elated over much of what they see from pop francis and there are some in the conservative camp who are more ambivalent. i think pop francis is well aware of that.

he is a political savvy figure. he wants to try to be everyone's pope. i think what you're going to see over time is him reaching out to the con tich whencies in the church that are feeling a little left out of the party and trying to bring them along. i don't think this is a pope that want to govern from the left or the right. i think he wants to try to govern from the center. >> he's certainly been very inclusive, done a lot for the image of the catholic church. and yes, as you mentioned, he's coming across as everyone's pope. thank you. we appreciate it. let's give you a few facts now on autism. according to the u.s. center or disease control, about 1% of the world's population has autism stem trum disorder and that's across all racial, et tick and sociogroup. autism is five times more common among boys than in girls.

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pps u.s. vice president joe biden met with turkey's prime minister in istanbul on friday. he emphasized a long-time friendship between the two countries. turkey's prime minister wants to see a no fly zone over syria and the removal of president bashar al assad. the ukrainian government now owns a large shipment of missiles compliments of the united states. three of the systems were on the same fleet that brought vice president joe biden to visit. while technically they're considered nonlethal, they have the capability of firing in return. during his visit biden told officials that actions of russian spraiss against ukraine are illegal. russia is in an economic crisis right now and it's affecting all aspects of the country were particularly many of its people who are falling deeper into poverty. cnn's matthew chance shows us

the faces of russia's troubled economy and where they go if ar hot meal and a place to sleep. >> reporter: every weeknight they come to this mobile soup kitchen purr thap only hot meal, soup and bread. more of its citizens are depending on charity to survive. men like this, not homeless, not even unemployed, just poor. i have work, he told me, but don't get much salary. after the rent for my flat there's not enough for food. with rising prices in russia, that shortage is cash is forcing whole families into poverty. alina sends her pension supporting her close relatives. without this free food she would just go hungry.

zblth the economic situation in russia isn't very good. i'm responsible for three people, me, my granddaughter and my son. half of 0 my pension goes own rent and what's left is too far. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: you know, you hear a lot about the economic crisis in russia, the sanctions from europe and the united states, but these are the people it really affects. in many ways, russia's most vulnerable citizens. the business concern is if the economic crisis continues this situation is only going to get worse. this soup van operated by a charity works across st. petersburg serving thousands of meals a year to the city's poor. organizers are bracing for an even greater demand in the

months ahead. >> so yes, we anticipate that the number of jobless people will increase and increase significantly and that salaries will drop. and of course -- this. >> that's going to increase the number of people that come here potentially. >> yes, sure. >> reporter: for me middle class rurk shans, the economic downturn so far has been teetering. but for so many, it's already a disaster. >> and the eu is also imposing sanctions on individual separatists in eastern ukraine. a paralyzed u.s. marine vowed to walk again as he received his bronze star he kept his promise. his amazing story after this break.

well this is clearly a miracle. a window washer in the u.s. is alive after falling 11 stories. the man fell from a build in san francisco on to this car. witnesses say the car was actually totaled from the impact but the driver was not hurt. the last check, the window washer was actually undergoing surgery for life threatening injuries. authorities are not releasing his name and don't know what caused his fall. well, this week has

certainly been a pr nightmare for bill cosby. his attorney says the growing number of sexual assault claims of sexual assault are ridiculous saying the media should stop airing these stories. he did get a standing ovation during his appearance at a comedy club on friday night. at least nine women alleged cosby raped or assaulted them since the mid 1960s. at least one protester showed up outside the florida venue friday night holding a sign that says rape is no joke. these allegations recently resurfaced at recent comments by a comedian. nbc has pulled the plug on a sit come in development featuring cosby. and now a performance scheduled for february in florence, south carolina has been postponed indefinitely. well he has been marry to his

wife camille for nearly half a century and she's almost always at his side when he's out in public. susan candiotti reports on the woman standing by her man. >> she's the formidable wife of bill cosby, camille, seven years younger than her husband, she also has a commanding presence. during a november 6 interview as cosby declined comment on a sex allegation, it was hard to take your eyes off camille even when he asked the associated prez to quash his off camera answer. >> can i get something from you? >> what's that in. >> that none of that will be shown? >> i can't promise that myself. but you didn't say anything -- >> i know i didn't say anything, but i'm asking your integrity that since i didn't want to say anything but i did answer you in terms of i don't want to say

anything of what value will it have. >> camille looking on, a smile never leaving her face. during the hit "cosby show" his tv wife was based on camille, camille making a guest appearance, smart, beautiful, wise, unflappable. in real life the couple exuding charm and gla mower. married 50 years, she was only 19 when they tied the knot meeting on a blind date. she dropped out of college, his career dropped off with "i spy." it was the height of the civil rights era. the couple has five children. their son enus murdered in 1997. while grappling with his death, the couple battles a claim from autumn jackson eventually convicted of trying to extort $40 million from the median.

the entertainer admitting to an air fair and payment to autumn's mother but denying he was her father. at the time camille's pub la cyst reading a statement on her behalf. >> all all negative issues between bill and me were resolved years ago. >> now at least five women are alleging cosby sexually assaulted them since the 1960s. he's never been charged with a crime and never publicly admitted any sexual assault. in a 2000 interview oprah asked camille about tough times in their marriage and fooling around. camille talks about partners being selfish adding, quote, you look at each other and determine whether the relationship is worth al vajing, whether you really love each other and want to be together. does this hold true now? so far camille, like her husband, is silent. susan candiotti, cnn new york.

>> well no matter what you believe about bill cosby, she's certainly one strong woman. the los angeles school district will pay more than $139 million to the families of 80 children. 's said to be the largest settlement a u.s. school district has ever paid out. the children were abused by an elementary schoolteacher now serving a prison sentence for lewd connecticut. an attorney for one of the plaintiffs said the school administrators miss are or ignored allegations against him for decades. a u.s. marine was honored on friday for bravery on an off the battlefielding with wounded in afghanistan, a sniper's bullet left him paralyzed. but with the help of a device, he was able to stand tall.

>> what makes this marine special options captain a hero is not just his actions on the battlefield. we were on the roof top observing some suspicious activity in the valley to the north. >> it was just after sunrise june 14th, 2012, he was leading a patrol. >> all of the sudden i felt kind of a pulsing sensation in any back. >> it was an ambush, a bullet lodged in his spine. >> as iz was laying there i immediately knew and had some pain and just kind of almost felt like electrical stimulation. >> everything in your life has changed very suddenly. >> it was, in an unstant. an inch one way it would have missed me completely, an inch the other way it would have gone to my heart and killed me. >> a new battle for the officer adjusting from being completely

paralyzed from the chest down. >> of the many friends i've had who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the country, any one of those guys would be happy to be in my position and continue to live. >> tell me about your bracelet. >> i wear that every day just to try to remind myself and try to have a small visible reminder of the sacrifices that these guys have made and remind myself that, you know, that i have a gift and that i'm happy to be here and still able to continue to move forward. >> and moving forward is literally what he's doing. he just needs a little help. this is the rewalk exoskel stan, an fda approved 70,000 dlarps wearable device that powers his hip and knee motion. it allows him to walk on his own. the first american to own one. >> the president of the united

states takes pleasure in presenting the bronze starm me l medal. >> now to stand and walk as he receives his award. >> to be able to stand and receive the award will be a symbol and show others that i'm not out of the fight. >> the captain retires out of the service today. his next battle already under way. cnn camp pendleton. >> very courageous man there. thank you very much for joining me. i appreciate you being with me this hour. i'm zain asher. for our viewers in the u.s., "new day" is ahead.

♪ ahead on "new day" -- activists police the attorney general, president obama even calling for calm this morning. right now, we're waiting for a grand jury decision in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by a ferguson, missouri, police officer. and with rape allegations swirling, bill cosby taking the stage before a sell-out crowd. this is in florida. wait till you hear the reaction he got. and look at this video, aerial views for the nearly 7 feet of snow that's fallen in the buffalo