call now. bright and early on a saturday morning. we're so glad choosing to wake up with us. i'm christi paul. >> good to be with you, i'm victor blackwell. 6:00 now. we start with breaking news out of ferguson, missouri. >> let's go! let's go! >> this is the scene outside the ferguson police department. at least 15 people were arrested as the police and the demonstrators clashed after a

day of nationwide protests over the police shooting the michael brown. >> yeah, other protests did turn hostile, we're told as proterritories took to shopping districts to try to disrupt black friday sales. police threw pepper spray at some common varts. we know 11 people were reportedly arrested in a mall in raleigh and similar arrests in oakland, california. also, the father of michael brown attended a memorial for his son, and the father of trayvon martin. >> back in missouri, governor jay mixon has announced he's calling in lawmakers for a special session to try to figure out how to pay for national guard and state patrol officers. >> and we learned on monday, attorney general eric holder will be here in atlanta to kick off a series of police and race

in cities. >> stephanie elam is in ferguson. stephanie, what does it look like at thus hour? >> reporter: it's calmed down after the clashes we saw between protester and law enforcement, christi and visibilitier. it was quiet, it was calm. and a group showed up almost at the same time with the arrests happening there last night. when you look at it, it's really pointing to the fact. something i heard from protesters before even found out the result of whether or not darren wilson would be indicted. they said is we'll continue to protest and come out here. and it's gained traction around the country. >> when you talk about them continuing to protest, we understand there's going to be his 120-mile naacp walk. >> reporter: right. it's going to start at the canfield apartments.

that's where mike brown died. right on that street there. they're going to walk, march from there to the missouri governor's mansion in jefferson city. they say it's going to take seven days. the point there is they want new leadership with the ferguson police department. starting with the chief. they want him to be gone. but they also want reforms and how police interact with the people that they're policing and change that relationship. that's what they said they're going to be focusing on. focusing on talk it's in evenings during the seven days on the road. the idea is to keep focus on what's happening there in ferguson and renewing that for the police chief to step down. >> stephanie elam, thank you so much. you've done a great job and worked very long hours to bring us the latest. darren wilson, the officer who shot michael brown. he understand he's in talks to leave the polices for. it's a question of when, not if.

>> he's not been back to ferguson since his address was made public to to the public online. >> christi and victor, we're learning new details about wilson's efforts to protect himself. there have been death threats, bounties placed on his head. as a result, wilson has been on the move, in hiding. >> reporter: despite not being indicted or charged in the shooting of shooting of michael brown, darren wilson is still living his life in hiding. cnn learned began just days after the shooting in august when officer wilson was mowing his lawn. he got a call telling him his home address was circulating online. within three hours, he was packed and gone. >> he had to leave the grass literally half mowed and he had to go in hiding because there were death threats out against

him. there were bounties placed on his life. >> reporter: since that day in august, wilson has moved from house to house, even stay for a short time with one of his lawyers. he said he's changed his appearance, growing a beard at one point. when he goes out, his lawyers say he often goes to movies which offers time cloaked in darkness. in an interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, wilson talked about his precaution us. >> from where you sit in a restaurant, you know, to where you drive. everything has to run through your head. all the time you're watching if they're following me. everything. you hear or someone look at you you know they tell someone a secret that second person looks at you and you think are do they know who had i am? >> reporter: in recent time, the press posted his address online, with the lease of his marriage license. one of his own attorneys told him if he returned as a police

officer, he could be executed in a blind alley. >> it's not a great leap to think that if officer wilson were to start patrolling the streets of ferguson again. that somebody sees what shift he's on, makes a call and pulls him into a bad situation. >> reporter: as for his future, expert ron hoskle said darren wilson will be prudent to keep changing his name, changing his appearance and he said wilson will always be sharpening his awareness, his alertness. he'll be looking over his shoulder for quite a while. >> brian todd, we appreciate that. thank you. police in austin, texas, are trying to figure out why a man went on a shooting rampage in the heart of the city's downtown area. this happened overnight as people were spilling out of bars. he fired 100 rounds at the courthouse, police headquarters. and they're within proximity to one another.

he had to travel from space to space. no one was injured. he's now dead but why he did this is still a mystery. >> reporter: >> reporter: this is the austin, texas, police headquarters, riddled with bullets shot by a lone gunman. according to police, 49-year-old larry mcwilliams now dead. police say mcwilliams lived in austin and had a criminal record. he began a rampage minutes after bars closed early friday morning. 2:22 a.m., emergency dispatchers are inundated with calls. reports of gunshots, lots of them. >> they're advicing there's someone in a white toyota highlander possibly firing an assault weapon. >> reporter: reports that mcwilliams is shooting at the new federal courthouse, the mexican cons solet building and the austin police department headquarters where at 2:33, a sergeant who was securing forces with the department's mounted unit hear, the shots and see

mcwilliams's shooting at the headquarters. >> as he held two horses with one hand. he discharged one round. at least one round with a single-handed shot. >> reporter: police say mcwilliams falls to the ground, although the medical examiner will have to determine if it's the officer's fault or a self-inflicted thought killed him. as officers rush to mcwilliams, they notice suspicious cylinders, possibly explosive devices inside his van. >> as the officers were dragging the suspect away from that vehicle getting ready to render aid, they noticed some type of vest on the suspect. the officers having seen the suspicious items in the vehicle and now this vest were unable to determine whether or not that was simply a protective vest or owe toshlly an ied suicide-type vest that is known to be used around the world. >> reporter: 2:40 a.m., the bomb squad arrives, then s.w.a.t. after an extensive search they find no explosive devices.

however, police say mcwilliams fired more than 100 rounds within ten minutes and ignited a small propane tank. the type most often used by campers outside the cons solet. fortunately, the fire was extingui extinguished. >> if you look at the consulate. >> reporter: police believe he acted alone. >> police have searched his home. although officers were on the lookout for bombs or explosives, they found none at his home. the officer is on paid leave. that's customary for police. the judge siding with ray race in the dispute with the

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quarterback that bad that they want to take on the media scrutiny. but because of that ruling he can start playing now. >> and the last season, i mean, it wasn't his greatest season as running back? >> no, he only rushed for 660 yards. his rookie season, he rushed for 1300 yards. so his production was kind of going down. they said he was doing well in camp prior those season. but obviously, this happened and things changed. >> i just wonder what kind of team makeup do you need to take on someone who has his profile, whos who his history and the bags that comes with ray rice? >> i don't really think any team would really want to take on that baggage. because i'm not really sure if a running back need is that dire this point in the season we probably won't see ray rice until next season. >> you do think he'll be picked up next season? >> seent really yes.

she's still a good running back. he's still a good running back. >> what about some of the other games coming up today? >> oh, yeah. >> there are a lot of rivalries. >> yes there were. >> michigan and ohio state, i know you have vested interest in that. >> i do we sent my dad and my brother there today. that was my dad's 70th birthday gift. >> happy birthday. >> and ole miss, number 4 against number 19 in the egg bowl. the florida versus florida state. i'm interested in that. 3:30 there. auburn versus alabama, that's definitely going to be a big one. you know how auburn won that game last year in the iron bowl. and oregon versus oregon state. so lots of great college football on today which i'm very excited about. >> i'm with you there. >> rashad ali, you know where we're going to be. >> oh, yeah. >> here's the hilarious part. i'm going to the mall. y'all can watch football. i'm going to shop.

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happy. i've been playing in this competition for almost 15 years now. >> i think it's an amazing day for sports in our country, in switzerland, you know, we're a smaller country, we don't win bigger events. every other week, so from that stand, i think it's a big day. >> the team returned to switzerland and was greeted by a crowd of 10,000 fans to help them celebrate what could be a seminal moment in the country's sporting history. >> i hope it can create things for the future for sports in general. and with tennis, that's great. but even for other sports to inspire a generation and many other people to invest more into sports.

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him. police have also arrested recordings of the 911 call and a dispatcher's tape. we're going to have a larger conversation about this in just a bit. although you bought a television or clothes, gun sales were up on black friday. and the federal background check system was expected to set a record of more than 144,000 background checks yesterday. just yesterday. fbi officials say 2% of those checks will probably fail because of insufficient information for records like court documents. and in weather, we feel for all of nut northeast who are still dealing with no power. hundreds of thousands of people, in fact. a lot of people in both new hampshire and in maine are still in the dark this morning. jennifer gray is in the cnn weather center. the pictures look a little daunting. jennifer, when can our friends turn the lights back on? >> this weekend. but it's so cold up there so folks very suffering through this. unfortunately, still about 4,000

people in maine. and 90,000 in new hampshire without power should get that back on today or tomorrow. a lot of folks out there help hadding to restore that power. the good news is for the southeast and even up the east coast, warmer temperatures are in place the next couple of days. we do have a cold front on the way bit end of the weekend. chilly temperatures stay in place. warmer temperatures across the southeast and much of the northeast. let's get to new york city. we'll be up to the mid-50s. atlanta, sunday and monday, close to 70 degrees. how about that for a change. mid-70s in dallas today and tomorrow. temperatures across the north, though, still stay very, very cold. teens and single digits sunday into monday. another big story we're watching today, rain in california. big time rain. we're talking northern california, some areas could pick up six inches or more. we're also looking at snow in the higher elevations which is also excellent news. so eureka all the way down to

san francisco. even southern california, picking up just a little bit of rain. but any rain across the state welcome, welcome sight. if you are traveling back on sunday, after the holidays, travel should be much, much better. we had some hangups on wednesday. this weekend, though, by the end of the weekend should be looking good. a little bit of snow in detroit. also could see some rain in california, but we are going to see pretty nice temperatures across much of the south. cold in the north. temperatures at 51 on sunday, guys. >> jennifer, thank you. still ahead, the faa crackdown on drones in the sky? this is why we ask. more and more pilots are saying they've seen drones come close to their planes. some say far too close. and suicide bombers blow up a mosque in northern nigeria. more than 100 dead. hundreds injured. i'll tell you who likely is responsible here and why. the volkswagen golf was just named motor trend's 2015 car of the year. so was the 100% electric e-golf,

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a month. alarm bells are ringing with the faa when a drone nearly collided with a passenger jet from florida. tom forehan is looking closely at some of these close encounters in the skies for us. >> reporter: new york's busy airports appear to be the epicenter of unmanned vehicles, or uavs. the new alarming report says recently three aircraft on the same day reported a very close call with a uav near laguardia. another pilot said he almost hit one. yet another spotted one just below his right wing. and two commercial jets almost struck a trash can-size uav, 5,000 feet in the air. the worry is rising coast to coast. remotely operated aircraft have unexpectedly popped up over government buildings, national parks, sports stadiums, highways and even at the airfield where

air force one is based. with the faa working up new rules to cover commercial new uva operation, the report could set the stage for tough operations. and markd dombroff says it should. >> reporter: with dropoffs from retailers. >> the industry is growing. it's an exciting time for drones. i mean, there's a lot of new technology coming out over month. >> reporter: but federal approval for any commercial use has been extremely rare. when a man used uav to shoot commercial video in virginia in 2011, the faa fined him $10,000. and the national transportation safety board just confirmed the agency's right to do that. so up until now, a lot of people have operated in this gray space, saying it's more like a model.

it's not really like an airplane. but that gray space is going away. >> you may not agree with the faa. but the faa has defined it as black and white. you're he's a hobbyist, recreational user, or you're not. >> reporter: amateurs will likely be able to fly their existing uavs with rules but the new investigation in weeks will almost certainly launch a new die bait about government power, private rights and public safety. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> all right, thank you, tom. as he mentioned the faa is in the process of formulating new rules governing commercial drone flights. let's bring in cnn aviation spirit mary schiavo on the phone with us also the director of the department of transportation. mary, good to have you. this gray space that is becoming more black and white. will this black and white include more training required for drone pilots?

>> yes, victor, and good morning to you, christi. it will and also include limits and requirements, and probably even categories of vehicles for the uavs. they'll have different weight classifications. and different ways of controlling them. right now, there are many ways to control uavs. you can actually have what they call remote flying. you can flying them with a visual or remote fencing. there will be training requirements and restrictions. what the government has said if you're under 400 feet and a hobbyist, you can continue to fly like a model aircraft. and if you're over that, then you have to get faa approval. you have to have training. eventually, you'll have to be licensed. there are already schools training licensed uav pilots. and we regulate it and it will be safe. one thing for sure, you cannot stop them. they're already in wide use in europe, for example, and other countries. >> part of the reason we're

talking about this this weekend, especially, so many people are going to be boarding planes, heading over after the thanksgiving weekend. it's a major concern the more we're seeing these close calls. i wonder these exemptions that are being extended to some of the film industry. and also in agriculture, does that concern you? >> well exemptions always concern me. in the federal regulations with it. and what will happen now, by the way, congress told the faa to get around, get these rules in place in 2012. and they didn't. so we're playing a bit of catch-up. and congress for once had the foresight knowing that this was a coming technology. but, you know, the loopholes will be closed in what they call special use permits. in other words, if the faa bans a commercial use, for these special purposes, they will have extra permits and extra requirements, usually for insurance, that people can get and continue to use them for very important functions.

for example, even law enforcement in the united states, they use them. canada, the mounties use them to find people lost in the woods. et cetera. even they will have to have some special permitting to use them even though a law enforcement agency. >> as the expert in tom's story mading the area more black and white, clearing up some of the confusion over the drones and airspace and access to that space. mary schiavo, always good to have you. >> thank you. good to be with. let's talk about five things you need to know for your "new day." number one, at least 120 people are dead and 270 are wounded after suicide bombers blew up a mosque in northern nigeria yesterday. authorities suspect boko haram is behind this. even though this isn't an islamic militant group, they target mosques, apparently, because, quote, they believe the

establishment is perverting islam. and number two, an egyptian court cleared president hosni mubarak today. he was accused of helping to kill more than 800 peaceful protesters during the arab spring uprising in 2011. he was also found not guilty of corruption. now mubarak will stay in prison as he continues to serve a three-year sense for embezzlement. number three, russia's government has successfully test-fired a missile. it landed in the barents sea and landed in russia's eastern peninsula. the test run was planned and it follows a previous test since september which was also a success. number four, legendary mexican comedian roberto go gomez has died. the 84-year-old who was known as "little shakespeare" changed comedy in latin america.

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you know, i always say, if you're going to rise, you might as well shine. and people in atlanta. look at that. >> we're talking about a beautiful city. i mean this is -- >> yeah. >> the ferris wheel helps. >> it is a standout, isn't it? >> it is, indeed. good morning to everybody. not just in atlanta. but all over the country. we are so happy you're waking up with us. >> a beautiful, beautiful start. >> we want to give you a smile today, too, matt, i want to tell you about him, had was just 21 when he died in a house fire in north dakota but he signed up to be an organ donor when he was a teen. >> so eight months after he

passed away, his family got to hear his heart again. to hear it beat again. our affiliate adrian voteis has this amazing story. >> reporter: throughout life, we all the way for someone or some thing. >> sometimes, it's rather quick, sometimes, not so quick. >> reporter: tom waits for an update on the condition of his new heart. >> just excited to feel it. >> reporter: casey heissler waits to hear the rhythm of that heart again. it was a sunday. the phone call came at 4:00 a.m. >> do have the right guy? are you sure it's matt? >> reporter: her brother matt was a student at the used of north dakota. in march, a house fire ended his life. matt was 21. >> he was very tender. from a little boy. he was always -- he had had a big heart. >> good to see you. >> reporter: and tom, he now lives with that same heart. >> you look awesome. >> i'm telling you, i feel

awesome. >> when you get your license, you check that box, you think it's just a small thing. >> reporter: at 16, matt signed up to be an organ donor. >> there was no alternative to me except a transplant. >> reporter: because of tom's age and other concerns, five different hospitals refused to consider him for a heart transplant. but the mayo clinic gave tom a lifelife, putting him on a waiting list for a new heart. >> i'm doing as well as i am. >> reporter: that's tom, two days after he received that lifeline, thanks to matt. >> proud of matt. really proud of matt. >> heart that i grew up with and felt in all my hugs when i hugged him, that it's still out there somewhere. >> the day is finally here, long awaited, by the way. long awaited. >> pretty excited about this. >> obviously, in my case, always going to carry a very, very warm spot in my heart. >> reporter: eight months after matt died, matthew's dad jarod,

his mom cheryl and younger sister casey embrace the heart they love. >> hi. >> you must be casey. >> i'm cheryl. >> reporter: the waiting is finally over. >> one more. >> i woke up this morning told you, matt, mom and dad's coming today. >> this is his graduation picture. >> reporter: both families shared memories and created new ones. because of matt -- >> what a good picture. >> reporter: -- tom gets more time with his wife ann and their four grandchildren. and the heislors get to hear from matt again. a sister who only wanted to feel

her brother's heart now gets to hear it. >> we're all going to listen. >> reporter: matt didn't just donate his heart. his generosity helped 60 people. a 46-year-old woman received one of matt's kidneys. the other went to a 56-year-old woman. the life of a 61-year-old man was saved by matt's gift of a liver. >> thank you. thank you. >> believe me, it's my pleasure. >> last one. >> all right. >> reporter: comfort found in a moment well worth the wait. >> that's awesome.

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pope francis is in istanbul, turkey. this is his second day of the three-day visit to the largely muslim country. >> he visited the blue mosque and the city's st. sophia

museum. and war is waging just across the border. >> cnn's arwa damon joins us live. arwa, this is more than just the presence of the pontiff there. this is a largely symbolic, highly significant visit. >> reporter: it is. and what pope francis is really trying to emphasize at this critical juncture for christians in the middle east is just how important it to re-establish that pillar of mutual trust and open up genuine interfaith dialogue. during his visit to the blue mosque. there he was accompanied and greeted by the grand of istanbul. the two held short pray. and moves on to what is known as aya sophia. it was originally a church. and later repurposed and refurbished to become a mosque, that happening when the turks

conquer constantinople. later transformed into a museum. but when you step inside you see islamic calligraphy, and you also see beautiful christian frescoes. very much both of those religions existing underneath one roof. and that is really symbolic when it comes to what it is that pope francis is hoping to accomplish on this visit. if we just take a look at the situation for christians in the middle east, it's arguably not been this dire or this desperate in about the large century or so. we've seen christians increasingly targeted and persecuted in syria. first by al qaeda and then by isis. and the great concern amongst many if the status quo is allowed to continue, we could end up seeing a middle east where in some countries christianity no longer exists. >> arwa damon, thank you so much for giving us the per pictuspec

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we have counted down the days until the worldwide broadcast of "cnn heroes: an all-star tribute." it's a cnn tradition at this point. it honors the top ten heroes and names of the year. >> while we're wait for that, we want to see how last year's top honoree is doing. cnn's anderson cooper checks on the man dedicated to cleaning america's rivers. >> reporter: in 17 years, he and his team picked up 8 million pounds of trash from america's rivers. last november for inspiring work, chad pick up the big honor. >> the 2013 cnn hero of the year is chad. >> reporter: yeah, one year

later, we caught up with him to get a look at what he does and how he does it. >> at the heart of his work is a grassive 800 ton barge to store the huge piles of trash that chad's team collects. it looks like a floating junkyard but it's also chad's part-time home. >> so pretty much everything is reclaimed or recycled out of either old buildings, old barns. >> reporter: the goal is serious but there's definitely quirk in this work. >> this would be our creepy doll collection. why we have it, i don't really have any idea other than we find a lot of creepy dolls. >> reporter: and trash isn't all we need to look out for on the river. >> one of the safety concerns is the flying carp. they really do fly on the water and they get rather big. >> reporter: it's all part of chad's work, work that also includes growing trees. chad started this environmental effort in 2007, but he was able to expand it after being named cnn hero of the year.

in the end, chad's crusade is about much more than cleaning rivers. >> it's about people taking action on communities. that's really what it's all about. that's how you change the world. >> tune in to see more of chad and rescuing the river. that's a "cnn heroes" special next friday night. sunday december 7, 8:00 p.m. eastern, watch "cnn heroes an all-star tribute." this is a star-studded evening. and it's going to give you inspiration which we all need a little bit of. a must see moment, everybody is still talking about america's got talent, the national anthem performance during the bears versus lions game. watch. ♪ o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

♪ o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> oh, my goodness! 12 years old, people. >> 12. >> way to go. >> wow! >> and he didn't forget any words. that is -- at least we're talking about an anthem where they did it well, right? i feel so sorry for those people that have those moments. congratulations to him. >> happy birthday. he turned 13 yesterday. great weekend. >> that's a fun birthday. there's so much more news to tell you about this morning. the next hour of your "new day" starts right now. if you're just joining us, we're edging towards 7:00 in

about 15 seconds. i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell. >> we've got updates on ferguson. there were days of calm. >> there were. fresh clashes can erupt overnight. 15 people were arrested as demonstrators faced off. >> just must in ferguson, more across the nation. let's take you to seattle where please used pepper spray and at malls when protesters tries to disrupt black friday sales. and back in missouri, governor nixon is calling back to figure out how to use state funding to pay for patrols. and stephanie elam this morning, stephanie, after what happened last flight, i'm wondering how things look there

right now. >> reporter: a lot calmer than what we saw last night, christi, good morning to you both. it's what we've been seeing in ferguson. what you see in the morning. throughout the day, it seems calm. at night, you may have protesters show up. sometimes, it's full of people, some nights more as you're seeing right now. we know 15 people were arrested but overall, it was not violent. a change of what we saw perhaps earlier in the week. a very different tone. but these protests continue, not just here in ferguson, but throughout the area. throughout the country, we saw a small group of people protesting outside the justice center. police shooed them away from there. we also saw in the mall, people were protesting and galthering outside the galleria mall. the stores did temporarily

close, but they did reopen, victor and christi. >> so, talk to us about this event, i understand it, the nacp picking off what is a powerful event today. >> reporter: right, it's seven days long. they're calling it the journey for justice. and the plan is to begin marching out of the canfield apartment which is is where mike brown died here in ferguson. they're going to march 120 miles to the governor's mansion in jefferson city. the plan is to bring focus to what has happened in ferguson. they're going to ask that the leadership be changed. they want the chief to step down. it's a renewed call for chief jackson to be removed from his position. and they want to find out how police interact not just here in

ferguson. but it's a tone that's resonated throughout the country. you saw protesters this week, 5,000 of them in london, taking to the streets there, too, talking about mike brown. but it's something resonating with people, the relationship with police and people in the community. and that is something that continues to be the drum beat and something that the protesters keep asking for, victor and christi. >> stephanie elam in ferguson, missouri, live this morning. thank you so much. we do want to turn to cleveland now, here's why, there's a story similar to ferguson that's getting a very decidedly different response. >> yeah, look at this. this was last night. you saw -- you look at ferguson on the left. on the right, this is cleveland where some people are gathered at a forum on gun violence and police relations. this is after a shooting of a 12-year-old boy by officers who thought that an air soft gun that shoots bbs was real.

tamir rice, the boy's name, he died the next day. rosa, a decidedly different response. tell us what came out from cleveland? >> it's such a traumatic time for the family. their response is resonating with observers because it's creating a dialogue of sort between the police and the community. now, i want you to take a list ton a gathering at a church in cleveland yesterday, you're going to see how church members first voiced their grief and then also applaud the police. >> this is a hurt crime, it hurts into my heart, i have to bull it back. i couldn't take it. >> i know that there is a great deal of unrest in the community and that's why we call upon you, because you are a god that can

make things better. >> i never had to shoot anybody. and i've been out there. >> now, you heard those applause there. it's a conversation triggered by the death of tamir rice, a 12-year-old killed by police. the surveillance video shows the 12-year-old walking and, brandishing the gun, sometimes pointing it at people. some of those people called 911, telling dispatchers about a black male, probably a juvenile, pointing a pistol and adding that it could be fake. that the pistol could be fake. two officers respond, the video shows that within two seconds upon arrival, the 12-year-old is shot. the police saying that the officers asked the boy to show his hands three times before shooting. the boy died a day later. turns out that gun was fake. it was actual a toy. all the details, of course,

still under investigation. and the two officers involved are on leave. again, christi and victor, what resonates here, the request from the parent for constructive dialogue and how the community is honoring that request, christi and victor. >> rosa flores for us this morning. thank you. let's talk about this. so many legal questions here we've got hln legal analyst joey jackson and cnn's analyst mel robbins with us. good to have you with us. >> thank you. good morning. >> we just showed that video, we're going to show it again, it was released this week, at the moments that police shot tamir. we're going to warn that it is shot. a child is shot. it is disturbing. you can see the car pulls up, within two seconds, the tamir rice is down. the dispute chief said the officer in the passenger seat yelled for him to show his

hands, show his hands, show his hands. he would have had to have said it that quickly at that speed to get it out at two seconds before it's shot. let's start it at one when you look at this, that's so close to pull up next to this kid. obviously, there are things they should have done differently. mel, i want to start with you. >> yeah, you know, this is a painful video to watch, and one of the things that's troubling, that's coming out of this. i'm sure joey is going through a litany of things that are problematic, that the dispatcher never relayed the pertinent information that the gun was, quote, probably fake. that the police officer never asked for pertinent information, was he alone, what did they see him doing. so they didn't know what they were pulling into. then we get into what is hugely problematic. which is outrageous, the "cleveland plain dealer" is reporting that there are

inconsistencies already. between what the police originally reported they saw versus what we see in the video. one of the first things the police said, guys was that tamir was sitting under that gazebo with a gripe oup of people. that they saw him reach for the gun and what we seem to be preposterous as pulling up on the grass that he was warned three times by police to put the gun down with the windows up and the door closed. that they don't even stop the car barely before the kid son the ground and shot. this is a major problem. and the other thing i find chilling guess how they're going to investigate it, it's going to a grand jury, christi and victor. >> joey, what do you say to all of that? >> well, mel brilliantly hit it

all. it starts with the dispatch information as mel robbins pointed out and there was clarity in the 911. and the clarity was it's probably a fake gun. why was that information not conveyed to police. it certainly would have affected the police's state of mind. number two, the police certainly should have asked for more information so that they should have been aware of what they were going into. number three, under what circumstance do you approach a potentially armed person and at that distance. there was no safe distance in terms of perimeter between the police officer and between the child. under that circumstance, how do you do that? how do you train to do that with no safe perimeter. obviously, it's going to cause the police officers to act more quickly, but why should that have occur? number four, would they're not have been, if they kept a safe perimeter, an opportunity to warn appropriately the 12-year-old. i don't know that they know. they didn't, apparently, they

referenced him as a 20-year-old potential person. wouldn't they if they kept that safe distance have said, hands down on the ground. hands down. and given some useful and valuable opportunity for the child to have his life. and obviously, number five, the actions in terms of what they did, suggesting that within those two seconds as mel robbins aptly points out that say three different times with windows up and door closed it defies common sense, it defies logic. and. >> and the law. >> absolutely. and finally, the fact that it goes to a grand jury, it's problematic. i'm one that police cannot investigate police. and prosecutors who are local to that community cannot prosecute police. there needs to be some independence, because that's where you get community support. that's where you get community trust. and that's where the system works. >> mel quickly, we just had on a split screen the response to the michael brown shooting. and the small response, just a few people we saw at that

community meeting after the shooting of tamir. why do you think we're seeing this case with small response, this seemed to be more cut and dried? >> well victor, that's an excellent question. i think one of the main reasons this is happening because from the very beginning, the police were proactive, unlike ferguson, they were proactive in cleveland in reaching out with the family. and meeting with the family. and showing the video to the family. and so the family was involved and respected from the very beginning which had a profound effect. but one thing that's also the same is that if you guys can believe it, that the local press has already started victim-blaming, smearing tamir rice's parents, somehow putting

out in the public that this was a kid from a broken home and that somehow that should play into it. so there are sickening similarities as well. in my mind, you know, look. the police have a hard job and they make split second decisions that they think about for the relevant of their lives. but in my mind, this split second decision was completely riddled with all sorts of negligence and problems. to me, i keep thinking about this as one of these wrongful death cases. and as i think there should be criminal charges. i mean, when you look at the inconsistencies between what the police said in the original report and the national video that we're now seeing, that's troubling. i understand that you act in the heat of passion. but to joey's very well stated points there so many problems with how they pursued this, that i hope we see a very different result in this case in terms of

what comes out of that grand jury. >> we'll wait. that's waiting to be seen. mel robbins, and joey jackson, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. ahead on "new day," ray rice i guess has been cleared. his appeal, a judge sides with him in the suspension related to domestic abuse. he won. and now he's free to return to america's most popular sport, but will any team pick him up? >> the white house and the hunt for a new defense secretary. the fourth in six years. chuck hagel leaving. who's going to replace him.

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rice has been cleared to return to the nfl. >> yeah, months after the abuse in the case, and a judge sided with him, free to play football again if a team wants to sign him. >> judge barbara jones rules the commissioner never should have reduced the two-game suspension because he didn't lie to the league about hitting janay in that elevator. >> janay is opening up about what happened in february. here's what she told nbc's the "today" show. >> i was furious, we came home and we can't talk the entire ride. well, i didn't speak to him the desire ride. i just knew he hit me and i was completely over it. i was done. i didn't want to hear anything. i just didn't even want to

entertain it. didn't want to entertain him, anything he had to say, any explanation. of course in the back of my mind, in my heart, i knew our relationship wouldn't be over because i know it's not us and it's not him. >> rashad ali joining us for this morning's "bleacher report." just to be clear, he's cleared essentially, can he start playing immediately if somebody says come join the team? >> exactly. he can start playing immediately but the question is what team needs a quarterback that bad at this point in the season. everybody is looking forward to the playoffs. i'm not sure anybody is that interested in picking up a running back at this point in the season. >> yeah. you know, he had a great rookie year. >> yeah. >> but it was going in the wrong direction for a running back. >> it was. >> he's 28 now? >> yeah, he's 28 years old. just 660 rushing yards last year. so production level had decreased tremendously. especially from the year before, rushing over 1100 yards.

but, you know, coaches said he was kind of giving that spark, looking back to his old self at the beginning of the season. but obviously, this took place and things changed. >> yeah. >> do you think that this interview they did, he and janay, it's is going to help at all, temper the feelings with them? >> well, i think them having that united front definitely made people feel a certain way. but the thing is you can't undo what he did. and we can't erase what we saw. >> that video will always be there. >> yes. so i don't think a team will pick him up this season, but somebody might. >> what are we hearing from the nfl? are they saying anything about this? >> well, the nfl has released a statement just recently. i can read you that statement coming up in just a bit. they're trying make sure they have judge jones' ruling underscores the urgency of our work to develop and implement a clear, fair and comprehensive new personal conduct policy. we expect this policy to be completed and announced in the

weeks ahead. our focus is on consistently enforcing an improved pose going forward." so, there you have it. >> all right. and i wonder if this suggest that we're going see more strict or extended consequences early on, so that if there is this rolling disclosure, there is a mosh severe punishment from the start. instead of we've learned more but we've only assigned you a two-game suspension. >> it will be much more stringent. >> rashad ali, thank you. i interviewed actor blair underwood and he's talking about his partnership to end that in the nfl. wait till you hear what nflers are saying about that. also chuck hagel going out.

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the white house is searching to find someone to replace defense secretary chuck hagel. he resigned this week, the reports are he was pushed out by the administration. >> all right two people, though, have turned down the job even before being offered the position. cnn's erin mcpike has more. >> new leadership should take over at the pentagon. and for the last two years, the president's term, that's what's going to happen. >> reporter: at least how the administration tells it officially. president obama and outgoing defense secretary chuck hagel agreed on that but it's leaded to more second guessing of the

president's management style. and even late night comics are taking shots. >> there are rumors in washington this week that joe biden is not happy with the way the white house forced the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. >> reporter: that narrative may be making the president's challenge of replacing hagel even tougher. >> i were-l always give you my honest and most informed counsel. >> reporter: when president obama was hunt for a new government affairs secretary after eric shinseki stepped down after the va ffiasco because th white house wasn't sure who was appropriate for the job. and the original choices deemed too controversial to pass the senate so he settled on little loan loretta lynch. now, heading into a difficult winter, the white house's only hopes to head the defense

department, jack reid and michelle floor that now said no thanks. >> they're going to have to send more over there. they're going to have to have controllers on the ground. they're going to have to have special forces people. we're going to have to have trainers. but the big complaint about the defense secretary's past, the obama white house micromanages. now topping the revised list. low-key but experiences homeland security secretary jeh johnson who has experience dealing with isis on the domestic front. and the number two at the pentagon, ash carter. >> let's go to erin mcpike at the white house. erin, how long do you think it will be before the white house finds a replacement for hagel? >> victor, what we have heard from administration officials is that president obama wants to name someone soon. but keep in mind, that at the

end of next month, there say relatively long congressional rece recess. and then in the first week of january, a new congress will be sworn in then a republican-controlled senate. so it will be a while before there are even confirmation hearings in the senate. and then that person will be confirmed but this could be another couple of months before there's a new defense secretary. >> erin mcpike at the white house. thanks so much. a university of virginia student reveals what she describes as a horrifying gang rape at a fraternity party. the way the university responded has a lot of not just students but people outraged we're talking to the student reporter who got a rare interview with a top school official about all of this. stay close. most my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara®. it helps keep my skin clearer.

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a little r & r for you on this saturday. welcome back, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you this morning. the university of virginia is apologizing to a student who says she was gang raped at a fraternity party two years ago. the school is accused of sweeping allegations under the rug. fraternities are currently suss spented through winter break as police investigate. cnn's joe johns went to charlottesville, virginia. >> reporter: protests and angry accusations at university leadership, the fallout from an explosive article in "rolling

stone" recounting in graphic detail the alleged gang rape at the fraternity house two years ago. of a female student named jackie. >> i can tell you that i spoke to you 38 sexual assault survivors last year. >> reporter: this is dean nicole urama who investigates sexual assault allegations. a few weeks before, eramo in an interview with a student reporter said no student has been expelled since 1998. and not even admitted guilt in a formal session. >> i feel if a person is willing to come forward in that setting and admit they violated the policy that there's absolutely no advantage to do so, that that does deserve some consideration. that they're willing to say i've done something wrong, and i recognize that. and i'm willing to take my licks and deal with it. that's very important to me. >> reporter: dean eramo also put

the responsibility on the victim. >> they're not looking for that conviction. they're looking to look in the eyes of that other person and say you wronged me in some way, they're feeling quite satisfied. >> reporter: list ton the student reporter press her? >> do you not think that it's damaging for a sexual assault victims to see the person who sexually assaulted or raped them charged? >> i think it can be. >> so why are they allowed? >> reporter: despite the way her case was handled, the jackie, the woman at the center of the storm has stepped back into the spotlight again to show her support as well. righting dean eramo has truly saved my life.

if it were not for her, i do not know if i can be alive today. we reached out to dean eramo on tuesday. she works in this building behind me in a uva campus. we were told by an aide that she would not take our interview and would not speak to us later on the telephone. >> let's talk to the student, student reporter kathryn valentine, she interviewed the uva associate dean there eramo who you saw in the piece. kathryn, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. obviously, you hear joe saying that dean eramo was going to keep distance from the media. what was it like for to you sit down with her? >> i had too much to digest in this interview. at first, i think you can see i'm visibly confused. i originally thought that dean

eramo's interview -- that in the interview she was conveying had her personal opinions. but now that i've had time to reflect, i think she was revealing the university's bad policy. >> let's listen a little bit here from dean eramo talking about students who have come to her and admitted that they raped someone. let's see this again. >> if a person is willing to come forward in that setting, and admit that it they violated the policy, then there's absolutely no advantage to do so, that that does deserve some consideration. that they're willing to say that i've done something wrong and i recognize that. and i'm willing to take my licks and deal with it. that's very important to me. >> okay. and you pushed back on that a little bit, right? asking her, you know, what about the student is raped? and seeing that person on campus? she didn't really have an answer for that. >> she did not. and it was difficult for me to reconcile those two statements

because i'm actually an honor support officer, and so, a few times a year i have personally -- you know, i personally see students who are expelled for cheating on things as small as homework assignments. so it's hard for me to understand that students can admit guilty and remain at the university. >> because rape say criminal act -- i'm not saying that cheating on a test is not worthy of whatever they deem as well. but, the fact that it's a criminal act is nothing is being done, do the student there we saw many of them, many of them standing up in protest. but generally, what is the feeling on campus there, catherine? >> it's an incredibly emotional time. it has been a challenging semester to say the least. with hannah graham's disappearance and with the release of the "rolling stone"

article, i think students are reeling right now. and that's in part because we love uva. i think thanksgiving break has given us an opportunity to really step back and remind ourselves of things we're obviously thankful for. but it's been an emotional, an emotional semester. >> they apologized at the governing board this week. i want to listen to a little bit here. >> i'd like to say to jackie and her parents that i'm sorry. and to all survivors of sexual assault and their families. i'm sorry. >> now, we know the board adopted a zero tolerance approach toward rape and sexual assault. do you feel do the students feel they're doing enough now, even though they haven't done enough in the past? >> i think the emergency meeting of the board of visitors was an

incredibly important first step. i think the zero tolerance policy is wonderful. but in the piece that i interviewed dean eramo i also found out that no student as whateveren expelled. it's going to be interesting how the university goes from zero expelled to zero tolerance policy. we're ready and ready for this administration to make changes. i think this is an important step. >> real quickly, how much faith do you all there have in this particular incidence that was reported in "rolling stone" and any consequences that might come out for any of these alleged seven rapists? >> i think, you know, you've seen this, i personal lly have read this all over the internet. i think the feeling is those seven individuals need to be brought to justice.

but i also think the administration is doing a lot right now. i think that while, you know, they just suspended fraternities. which i think it's important to note that there are, i believe, 87 schools under investigation for violating title 9. and half of those do not have greek systems. so this is not a greek problem and this is not a uva problem. but i think that first step by them should be taking it seriously which to be honest with you things that students are most concerned with. >> catherine valentine, a great interview. we appreciate you spending time with us. keep it up. 46 million people are traveling for thanksgiving. we know you're already dreading that drive or flight home. because everybody does it on sunday together. but don't worry about that. we have a travel expert that knows a thing or two about making the trip home a little more enjoyable.

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this had thanksgiving weekend. and all those people are going to be on the move again in the next couple of days, as everyone heads back to school and to work. happy holidays. >> yes. >> merry christmas, whoo! >> joining us is travel expert mark murphy. mark, good to have you with us. also the author of "travel forward." let's start with people who will hit the road because in atlanta, especially, we know that traffic can change your mood in a second. help us get through this. how do we make this experience better? >> leave the car at home or leave it at grandma's house -- no, that doesn't work. >> no. >> actually, what you want to do is leave now, like today. or if you can't leave today or later tonight. leave tomorrow morning first thing. but then again, i always have the option of call your boss and tell him you're not feeling well, you're going to be a little late to work on monday. and drive back monday, right after rush hour. >> that's not a bad idea. >> a void sunday is what you're

say yg. >> oh, man, avoid it at all costs. those the busiest days that you'll see for months and months, probably until next year. >> air travelers don't have the option until you want to pay a big fee of changing your flight. you just say enjoy the airport. what does that mean? >> yaeah, you know what that means, airports have been destinations to themselves. they literally have a mall in there. you can go shopping. we're talking cyber monday. how about airport sunday. shop in the airport, enjoy yourself. get a glass of wine. but the key is get there early. because the lines are going to be long. you're going to get frustrated. you're going to get stressed. lower your stress, get there three hours early. have a nice glass of wine, look at the planes taxiing in and out and do shopping. >> a network picked up the magazines in the the city.

i don't know why want to touch them, but i picked up the magazine, but i read about this new trend where travelers or anyone, really, you can share a meal with strangers. you go to their home, you know, they say we've got seats for six with ethiopia. eatwith.com. tell us about that. >> we've seen it with uber and other things. now you're seeing it with flood. i love this. when people travel, you want to connect with locals. what better way to be invited into someone's house, share a meal with them. now, i will warn you my background is irish and english. i don't know if i'd be eating with too many of my relatives. you might not be getting a great meal. but you'd definitely have a conversation and have fun. connecting with the locals, getting into that culture, seeing how they live. that's really why you want to do and travel forward. >> that's interesting. >> i'd try that.

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so, i wonder, while you're watching your favorite football game, maybe this weekend, have you seen these messages? it's a message from the current and former players, you see them during the breaks. >> that is no more. no more sexual assault, no more acting like boys but a call to be men. here's part of one of the psas. >> no more. what was she wearing? no more. she was drunk. no more he was drunk. no more she was asking for it. no more she never said no. no more not in this family. no more not on this team. no more we don't talk about that. no more bystanding. no more ignorance. no more excuses. no more. >> this is more than just the

nfl, though, or a group of football players. this is a coalition of hundreds of national and local groups. so i sat down with one of the directors, you know him well, actor blair underwood. i asked him how they are hoping this is going to make a difference. >> anybody in the public eye you are role models. so by the mere fact you are stepping up and you're saying how you feel about something, and they are doing it in numbers, not just one or two, doing it en masse, it makes a difference. young people, not just young people really. contemporaries will look at someone in the nfl, making a lot of money, who has all of the trappings of success, the trappings of success, perception of success. for them to say this is not cool, we don't agree with this, we're not putting up with this, you are making us look bad as a league, as men, it's a powerful

statement. and the fact that they are doing it as nfl players at this moment in time makes it that much more impactful. >> i was struck by william gay, open about the fact he lost his mother to domestic violence and chris carter. >> my boys will have an impact and it's always the right time to do the right thing. >> it's a new paradigm shift, i think, in this narrative and conversation in our country about being a man. and how to speak out on topics like this. so, you know what i found is people understand and these guys understood that by their presence they are saying a great deal. that said, some were more controlled and you know, restrained a little bit. but they knew they were doing a great thing and great service stepping up and saying it. not everybody is going to open up and not everybody did emotionally.

some did. on my shoot it was more straightforward. and there with all of the bells on, for all of the right reasons which was great. >> lastly, i've got three daughters, they are not 15 yet, they are younger, but i have those same -- >> i'm an old man. >> no you're not. i started much later than most people, i think. mine are 5, 8 and 10. but i have those same fears that you do about my daughter. you realize nobody -- no girl is immune to this. what do you say to her? how do you make her aware of her worth so that she can recognize when something isn't right and walk away? >> well, that's what it is exactly, christi. the worth. i drive my daughter to school every day if i'm in town, and we're listening to the radio talking about the nfl players and again the ray rice situation and i stopped the car and i

pulled over and i grabbed her hand and i said promise me if any man ever puts his hand on you, pushes you, treats you negatively in any way, but especially puts his hands on you, promise me that you will walk away. like yeah, okay. no, don't be flip about it. i mean this. the reason i said that is because as you know, these situations almost always escalate. if it starts with a verbal abuse, it escalates to physical abuse, starts with pushing, then hitting. it almost always gets worse. so, there's no talking around it. there is no excusing it. there's no more. there is no more. >> the no more psas run during the nfl games. blair joined with law and order mariska harg a ta to direct these. head over to no more.org, he

mentioned ray rice, going to talk more about news with him this morning as well coming up. >> at the top of the hour. stay with us. there is a lot going on. we've got it covered.

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good to see you on this saturday morning. >> coming up on 8:00 here on the east coast. >> we begin with ray rice being cleared now to return to the nfl. >> months after his fight with

his now wife wraut the league's 0 domestic abuse issues into the national spotlight the former ravens running back appealed his indefinite suspension and he won and now he is free to play football again. but that's if a team wants to sign him. >> judge and arbitrator barbara jones ruled that commissioner roger goodell never should have increased rice's original two-game suspension because he didn't lie to the league about hitting janay. >> janay is now talking about what happened that february night in atlantic city. here's what she told nbc's "today" show. >> i was furious. we came home and we didn't talk the entire ride. i didn't speak to him the entire ride home. he tried to talk to me. i didn't want to hear anything. i just knew, he hit me, and i was completely over it. i was done, didn't want to hear anything. i just didn't even want to entertain him, anything that he had to say, any explanation.

of course in the back of my mind and in my heart i knew that our relationship wouldn't be over because i know that this is not him. >> talk about with rick harow, a sports business analyst. so glad to have you with us. so rice, free to join the league immediately if he wanted to. do you think anybody would sign him this year? >> i think not. you know, he played six seasons, he is 27, 6610 yards, 37 touchdowns for the ravens. he was a great back who hasn't played for a year. and he didn't have a great year last year but that's not the point. there is a pr fire storm that masks the big issue about consistent punishment going forward. the nfl as you know has an amazingly powerful anti-abuse series of public service ads, but sponsors like procter & gamble and visa and campbell soup are looking carefully about

the promise from roger goodell having a uniformed consistent policy in place. before the super bowl. it is possible because in the nfl all you need is one team that need as running back. i'm not going to even believe that any team is going to take a shot. >> okay. what about the fact that he and janay now are speaking out? do you think any of whatever they might say could that temper some of you know, the feelings towards him? >> of course it could. but it could also increase the fire storm. ray rice has had a lot of good will in the bank not to excuse this, nobody should excuse this but he was 12th on a football list of our power 100. we did with bloomberg and others that talked about on field and off field endorsements. but he was at that level. he was a significant citizen in the baltimore community. the problem let's say is not ray rice this year or even next to year because he could play next year or the year after. his lawyers are saying he's in good shape which is a back

handed want ad to try to get picked up. the bottom line is this is much larger. remember roger goodell's press conference in september saying, i'm quoting, we need to create a fair, clear, consistent transparent process, and judge jones said this was arbitrary because it was basically the second bunnishment based on the first incident. now everyone cries out for a standard that frankly goes beyond ray rice. >> the league has given a statement. i want to read part of that. it says that judge jones' ruling underscores the urgency of our work to develop and implement a clear fair and comprehensive conduct policy. they go on to say we expect to be completed and announced in the weeks ahead, our focus is on consistently enforcing and improved policy going forward. we also understand that the players union is calling for collective bargaining so it can have a say in any new policy. do you think that there could be any sort of complications there? >> of course there's

complications when you have two sides bargaining on anything. it's not just semantics because as a lawyer you understand what the labor laws are about and this should be collectively bargained but the cycle doesn't allow for it. how about the head of the union and roger goodell sitting in a room and discussing these issues. i'm not being naive. this is just at a point of sponsor urgency. the calls to the help line have risen 2,000% but the bottom line the nfl average franchise is $1.4 billion and each franchise is increasing its value about 23% over the year before so. everybody needs to preserve the brand, the integrity and the consistency of the nfl. >> and we'll see what happens. always appreciate your voice in this. thank you for being with us. >> see you soon. let's turn to ferguson. protesters are just a few hours away from the start of a march to honor slain teenager michael brown. this kicks off around 1:00 p.m.

eastern. >> demonstrators plan to spend the next seven days walking 120 miles to the governor's mansion in jefferson. the event come as day after protesters clashed with officers outside the police station in ferguson. we know at least 15 people were arrested and across the country there were other protests over the grand jury's decision not to indict officer who fatally shot brown. >> in san francisco atv news van was smashed. look at this. demonstrators in nearby oakland disrupted public transit service, from wichita, protesters swarmed major shopping districts trying to disrupt black friday sales. let's bring in stephanie in ferguson. tell us, this 120-mile march, what do the marchers who are headed to the governor's mansion in jefferson hope to accomplish? >> reporter: well, good morning, victor and christi. the idea behind this journey for justice is to bring attention to

the fact that they are saying police brutality and racial profiling need to end and they are one clear goal is to get the police chief from ferguson police department to get him to step down. they say there needs to be new leadership in that one department. they say this issue is much broader than that, that they want people throughout the country to participate in this march and even if the you can't get to missouri they say, go ahead, go online, pledge how much you're going to walk. one person saying 18 miles, one for each year of michael brown's life. someone planning to do the 120 miles. they are asking people to do this in their communities. and they have to be prepared for the folks that are going to be in missouri. there is supposed to be rain, it's cold overnight, chilly, so they are asking them to bring warm clothes, two pairs of comfortable shoes. >> stephanie, we saw that everyone saw what happened on the 24th and the 25th, the day and the day after the announcement.

then there was some calm, then the rest overnight. what's planned for next week? what's the trend here? are we going to see even more unrest there in ferguson? >> reporter: it's not done, i don't think. it's much smaller, and it's not violent now. it's worth pointing that out. even when you saw clashes with people being arrested. some nights it's four people, some nights it's 100 people. it varies every night. you can see they are continuing to show up. what is worth noting, though, is that since monday when we found out that officer darren wilson would not be indicted is you've seen this message resonate not just in the st. louis area but around the country. even so far as around the world. one night 5,000 protesters in london taking to the streets talking about mike brown. there is something resonating with this message about police brutality and about the relationship needing to change between law enforcement and young people of color. and that seems to be spreading

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a community in cleveland is grieving this morning after a police officer fatally shot a 12-year-old boy last weekend. people gathered peacefully for a meeting on gun violence and police relations last night. this is video from that meeting. >> police have released the

surveillance video of the shooting and the recordings of the 911 calls and the dispatcher's tape. >> live from new york, we're looking at this. rosa, what happened at that community meeting? what was accomplished? >> reporter: it's such a tough time for this community and community leaders. the family of this young man asked the community to have a constructive dialogue. in a statement even said that the pain and that emotion should be used to create positive change. a church meeting yesterday embodies that. i want you to take a listen because not only do church members express their grief during this meeting, they also applaud police and it all happens during the same gathering. >> can we column rate a world where the lives of black people mean nothing. it's that basic. >> i've been on the job 30 years and never had to shoot anybody

and i've been out there. >> again those are applauds to the police officer. it's all a conversation triggered by the death of tamir rice, a 12-year-old who was shot and killed by police. surveillance video shows the boy walking around, sometimes brandishing his gun, sometimes pointing it at people. one person called 911 telling dispatchers about a black man, probably a juvenile, who was pointing a pistol. but adding that it could be fake, twice. two police officers respond t video shows that within two seconds upon arrival the 12-year-old is shot. the police say that the officer asked the boy to show his hands three times before shooting, the boy died a day later. turns out the gun was fake, a toy. all of the details of course under investigation and the two officers involved are on leave. again, what resonates here is how this community is honoring the request from the parents and having a constructive dialogue

between the community and the police. christi, victor. >> it was a beebe gun. thank you. let's bring in a private investigator and security specialist, also a former sheriff's deputy in littleton, colorado. rasheed, first i want to ask you when i look at this video, let's put it up there, did we lose the feed? looks like we lost rasheed. hopefully we'll get back to him. because we've got him back? all right. >> ask and you shall receive. >> let's go to the video. i look at this my first question is why did they pull up so closely to this boy? he's not even a teenager. is that standard procedure? >> totally against protocol. no trained officer would pull up right in front of a residence or any other scene where you have been dispatched that someone is there with a firearm or any type

of violent confrontation. i looked at the video and i could see that there are areas that they could have taken cover. there were areas that they could have driven to and observed what was going on prior to their approaching this young man. and i understand that it was a rookie police officer that actually did the shooting that was on the passenger side of the vehicle. but he was riding with, as they say, certified training officer. my contention is whomever that training officer was, he himself needs additional training. i don't understand it for the life of me why any police officer would drive right into a situation without observing what was going on, there was nothing going on that indicated that anyone was in any imminent danger or threat by that young man. and there's of course that disconnect between the information getting to those officers that it was possibly a toy gun. >> let's talk about that because

what came from the 911 caller was that it's probably a fake, and you know, we've been using the word toy. this does shoot 6 mm pellets, though it's an air gun the caller said that it was probably a fake. and that was not relayed from the dispatcher to the officers. that element of liability there, how often do those details slip through the cracks or is this a glaring mistake that does not happen? >> unfortunately it happens more often than you would imagine it does. for whatever reason, the dispatchers are getting information and they are under the gun, taking in calls, disseminatiing information. they have to stop and take a step back and give due diligence to serious type of calls. that type of information is crucial as we see. the results of it not getting to the officers. it certainly should have

tailored how they even responded to the call. you are correct, i shouldn't have said toy. i stand corrected. there is a difference between saying a toy gun and something fake or air pistol. >> that's all right. i appreciate that. let me ask you this. we all know what happened in. tell us what you would have expected after hearing this report. you said that you've seen areas where they could have taken cover. the reports are that the officer said show your hands, three times, but we see him pull up and tamir is shot within two seconds. how long would you have expected that exchange to last, what that conversation should have been? >> that conversation, it's not sensical that you would pull up that fast, and he said he rolled his window down and said put your hands up. it must have all been gashled. there is no way you could have given instructions to someone where they could respond to it

and for your counter response that quickly. it was just a total mishandling, debacle on the part of those two officers. and the most of the blame has to go to the veteran officer and he was supposed to be a training officer. so, it's just -- leaves me scratching my head. >> so many asking a lot of questions and you look at the video and you wonder if they'd just pulled a distance away and said show your hands, a 12-year-old boy possibly would have been frightened with the police yelling at him and would have dropped this air soft gun, that's assumption because within two seconds he was shot and killed. thank you so much. >> thank you, victor, christi. i know football's on a lot of your mind this is weekend. not just the nfl, it's rivalry weekend in college. big games, big national title

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iowa farmers if christie decided to run for president. >> a cast member from real world new orleans has died. police say 28-year-old ryan knight was found unconscious on thanksgiving morning. the cause of his legislate is pending a report. the real world new orleans aired back in 2010 and in a statement mtv says they send condolences to friends and family. earlier this month mtv lost another cast member from the show challenge, lost her battle with cancer. >> chuck hagel is out as defense secretary, but who will replace him. two people have turned down the job even before being offered the position. >> the white house is rushing to find the right candidate. cnn's pentagon correspondent has more. good morning. >> christi, victor, who sin, who is out, the question may be who wants the job? president obama scrambling for

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>> one advantage for choosing johnson he is steeped in isis telling cnn in a recent exclusive interview. >> the new phenomenon i see that i'm concerned about is somebody who has never met another member of that terrorist organization, never trained at one of the camps, who is simply inspired by the social media, the literature t propaganda, the message to commit an act of violence in this country. >> some officials say early front runner michelle flournoy withdrew her name not wanting to deal with white house micro management which had frustrated hagel. the same complaint raised by his two predecessors just days before hagel resigned. >> it was that micromanagement that drove me crazy. >> members of the cabinet and others that oftentimes go to a national security council meeting but by the time you get there, the fact is that the

staff has probably already in many ways determined what the president should or should not do. >> but gates, perhaps the most telling. >> i was touring headquarters in kabul and discovered a direct line to somebody on the nsc. and i had them tear it out while i was standing there. and i told the commanders, you get a call from the white house, you tell them to go to hell and call me. >> the president always could decide to shuffle some pentagon official into the top job. but he fired secretary hagel, people say, because he wanted a new direction so if he really does, many say he will have to make an innovative choice for a new secretary of defense, possibly someone nobody has thought of. christi, victor. >> barbara starr, thank you. telling anecdote from secretary

gates. >> goodness. >> fresh clashes overnight after a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer in the death of michael brown. so, what is next for ferguson? we'll talk with a retired police captain now a clergyman how that community can heal. first, we turn to an nfl star with a desire to help. new orleans saints quarterback drew brees has found a way to make an impact each week. here is more in this week's impact your world. >> as a super bowl champion drew brees knows how to lead others to victory. now he's using those skills off the field to rally professionals to volunteer in their communities. it's called the super so service challenge. >> no matter what business you're in, what industry, there is always something you can do to give back and to be able to do that on a skill based or pro bono level. >> i serve to share my strengths. >> my skills are in short supply. >> i serve to keep kids in school.

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19 minutes before the top of the hour now. let's take you to ferguson, missouri where we no protesters are gearing up to begin a 120-mile journey. it's a march to the governor's mansion to call for an end to police brutality. of course this is coming after the fatal shooting of michael brown. >> journey for justice kicks off one day after let's say a tenuous calm was shattered in ferguson. some demonstrators were pulled to the ground, shackled with plastic handcuffs. 15 people were arrested including one facing a charge of assault. what is it going to take for ferguson to move forward and heal now? we're joined by charles, a retired st. louis police captain and hopes to friend martin

luther king's message through his work with the king center here. so glad to have you with us. >> my pleasure. >> i know you have been to ferguson several times alodge with dr. king's youngest daughter. you were there this week. what do you make what's happened in the last few days? >> the king center was invited to ferguson. we took unique people there. reverend bolder who worked with dr. king and old gangster from los angeles that we met in the l.a. riots and took that team to ferguson and did a survey, information gathering, and we found a lot of information there. we talked to the leaders, the gang leaders, the clergy, the educators, the high school students, and we found a lot of complexity in that situation, a lot of anger, the young people are very, very angry and a lot of them are traumatized. >> what specifically are they angry about? >> feeling that nothing has been done, that their lives don't

mean anything. they want justice but they can't describe what justice is. is justice arresting a police officer, firing the mayor, so they are very, very angry and they are frustrated that nobody seems to care about them. >> do the people you spoke with feel anger toward the police department and feel that they are targeted? >> i think it's anger toward the system and the police and the national guard are the closest things to them. i think they are frustrated with the system because fee feel the system has not been fair and it is selective law enforcement and a lot of things that have been built up. i was born and raised in the city of st. louis and that situation has been there for decades and we knew as african-americans not to go in those communities because they were not fair and they leaned on african-american people and also ticketing. >> one of the things that has been brought up from this is that the disparity in the representation there that you know, two thirds of ferguson has

an african-american population but only 3 of 53 police officers are african-american. why do you think that is? is there a lack of hiring, a lack of application? >> i think there are several reasons. number one is that the system is not fair an doesn't do a good job of selecting people or trying to find african-americans. the second part is that a lot of people don't want to be police men. you join the police department you lose your friends. they think you are a snitch and you violated the whole culture. so we have to change the image. >> how do you change that culture of -- i would think if you could have more african-americans on the police department, if they could get there, there would be some sort of understanding, some respect. no? >> sometimes we have to be careful because it's not all about color. sometimes african-americans are sometimes there's abusive as other people. so police officers. so we have to make sure that there is a selection, interview,

the inspection of supervisors, how people are supervised as they perform their duties. i lean heavily on the supervision and the covering up of things that should not be covered up so we have to have a transparent situation, we have to have a clean internal affairs where people can complain and get results. and we have to have leadership that understands the community solve the problem, not the police. >> charles, we're grateful for your company. thank you for being wisconsin and giving us your perspective. >> thank you. we'll be right back. ♪ ben! well, that was close! you ain't lying! let quicken loans help you save your money.

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temperatures in the teens in new hampshire as well. a very, very cold morning, a lot of folks huddled around that fireplace i'm sure. we have good news in the coming days warmer air is going to start to move into not only the southeast but the mid-atlantic and the northeast ahead of a cold front. the very cold temperatures, though, unfortunately, are going to stay in place across the midwest and the northern plains, temperatures in the teens, sunday into monday. look at the south. dallas, in mid-70s for the weekend. gorgeous for you. we'll be close to 70 in atlanta by sunday into monday, even new york city gets a little warmer with the mid-50s by the early start of the week. another big story today we're watching, rain pushing into the west. yes, california getting some much-needed rain as we go through the weekend and to the early part of the week. also getting some snow in the west as well. that includes seattle and then points to the east. so we're looking at the possibility of 6 or more inches of rain across some areas in

california. however, most of the state will get about an inch or two with isolated amounts 2 to 4. if you are traveling back on sunday after visiting family for the holiday, travel looks much better sunday compared to wednesday when we had all of those troubles. especially in the east. looks much better if you travel back tomorrow with temperatures in the 50s and 60s across the east coast. sunshine, a little bit of snow around the detroit area, if you travel the pacific northwest, though, you may have a little trouble there. much of the country looking good with to go. >> travel expert says wait until monday if you can. >> roads are going to be busy. skies as well. at least as far as weather goes, you'll be all right. >> weather's not going to be your culprit. maybe the people next to you. thank you, jen. >> were you in the mob? the shopping mob. >> oh. yes. >> in this mob. were you doing this at the store? >> thursday night i was. i was. >> i am impressed. i didn't even venture out.

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so let's go straight to this video. i want to see this because you know, i go out for black friday shopping. i went out thursday. >> did you see this? >> no. i didn't really go anywhere that interesting. i bought socks and shirts and things. my stuff was boring. there are people who have black eyes, that video of the woman who loses her wig at walmart running in. >> that poor woman.

>> every year. >> i don't know how great the deals were. but gosh, did you guys pack the stores. look at this. a few fights broke out. victor talking about in houston police had to be called in after customers fought over $5 barbies at walmart. is there a boxing barbie? >> some guards up at least. so if you like christi who avoids the thursday shopping, the friday shopping, we've got your back. there are deals to be had. you need to know when and where and of course how. >> so mark elwood is the author of bargain fever how to shop in a discounted world. i live in that world, mark. >> you love hearing that. >> you say forget cyber monday. it's cyber weekend meaning if i go home today and i get online i'm going to get the same thing as i would if i waited until monday? >> look, cyber monday is a throwback. it's going the way of record

stores and paper airline tickets. it's weird we're thinking monday. the great thing is you can shop anytime. starting probably last monday you are going to get great deals, all weekend. you can see fantastic markdowns. get started now. it's great. >> this is blowing my mind. some of the things, this is going to shock people. >> i think so. >> some of the things you buy on black friday are not discounted, they are made specifically for the sale. in other words, they are a cheap alternative to the real item, the real deal you think you're getting. >> it's exactly. and i think it's important to remember this. it's like an outlet mall. between 60 and 70% of what you buy at an outlet mall may be cute but it was made to be at the mall. now black friday is pretty much the same. you'll go in the store and there will be a lot of stuff there that is cheap but it wasn't in the store last week. so always ask yourself, hey, was that tv here last week?

then you know the inside scoop. >> interesting. you say any time before christmas is a good time to buy, but with one caveat. you have to be ready to haggle. i don't know that i'm good at that. >> i love it. >> how do you do it? help us. >> one of the studies i read said that about 5% of americans are comfortable haggling. over black friday weekend about 50% of people will try. i think if people regular haggling isn't about being rude, it's smiling and saying hey, is there a way of getting a better sflis are there secret coupons? that is haggling as much as saying give me half price or i walk out. >> it helps to raise that one eyebrow. >> if you have dimples like you and mark. >> i wonder if there is a discount to be had. >> that's it. you 8 is nicely. working at retail over this weekend is a miserable time. if you are the quus tomer who says hey, how are you, how is your weekend?

what's going on with the deals. what do you think it's going to do, it's the charm discount. it's going to open up. >> the charm discount. what about price matching. >> at least 5%? >> what about price matching? >> that's a great question. price matching is really escalating. walmart said it will match all of amazon's prices. it's normally cheaper anyway but if you stand in a store with your smart phone you have a discount ray gun. you show that to the sales and say hey, it's 20 bucks cheaper on line. what do you reckon? normally if you ask nicely at most of the big box stores the manager has the power to match that price. they would rather you spend with them than somewhere else. >> a man with an accent like his says where do you reckon. you have the charm factor going. >> hey. how about a good 5% off that if you don't mind. mark, i've enjoyed it and learned a lot. >> thank you so much. >> happy shopping. >> you too. >> we've got much more to tell

you about this morning. >> cnn newsroom starts now. it is 9:00 on the dot. i'm christi paul. we are so glad to have you with us. >> i'm victor blackwell. you are in the "cnn newsroom." ray rice being cleared to return to the nfl. >> months after his fight with his now wife brought the league's domestic abuse issues into the spotlight. he appeal and won which means effective immediately he is free to play football again. he's got to find a team that wants to sign him. >> judge jones ruled that commissioner roger goodell never should have increased rice's original two-game suspension because he did not lie to the league about hitting janay in that elevat