janay rice his now wife, powers her heart out about that night. his own son was gunned down and killed during a traffic stop. now he is pushing for change in ferguson, missouri. that father joins us live. two boys trapped under several feet of snow for several hours. >> i was thinking me and my cousin was going to die. >> we were screaming and telling him to stop, but he hit us. >> how they survived, next. hello again, everyone. welcome to "the newsroom." major news from the nfl. ray rice won his appeal and is eligible to play again as soon as a team signs him. that is the ruling of an arbitrator who said roger

goodell should never have raised his suspension to indefinite because he didn't lie about hitting his fiancee in an elevator. >> i was furious. we came home and we didn't talk the entire ride. well, i didn't speak to him the entire ride home. he tried to speak to me. i didn't want to hear it. i just knew he hit me and i was completely over it. i was done. didn't want to hear anything. i didn't even want to entertain it. entertain him, anything he had to say, any explanation. of course in the back of my mind and my heart i knew our relationship wouldn't be over. because i know this isn't us and it's not him. >> the nfl says it respects the arbitrator's decision and released this statement saying, "judge jones's 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 policy going forward. all of that from their statement. there's been no shortage of opinion on the ray rice incident. the attack last february was universally criticized. so was the way it was handled by the nfl. here's how some baltimore ravens fans reacted after the arbitrator's ruling last night. >> he was suspended two games. he should have did the two games. and then reinstated. >> we know what he did is wrong. but the penalty is what they gave him. >> do you think he'll play again? >> yeah, absolutely. somebody will pick him up. >> i'm not sure if i was the owner if i would. >> after backlash from the original suspension for rice, they announced new domestic violence sanctions. a six-game suspension for the first offense. lifetime ban for a second.

all right. to cleveland now. we're viewing will take place tomorrow for a 12-year-old boy shot and killed by police. last saturday an officer thought t a amir rice had been waving a real gun at people at a park. it turned out to be a toy pellet gun. now the community is having tough conversations about gun violence and relationships with police. rosa, take us inside these conversations. how are people feeling? >> it's a really tough time, fredricka. this is not an easy time for the family. imagine watching video of your son getting shot by police. so they've asked the community to have a dialogue of sorts with authorities. and the community is actually honoring that request. take a look at this church gathering where supporters shared their grief and applaud police. >> can we tolerate a world where

the lives of black people mean nothing? it's that basic. >> i've owned a gun 30 years and i've never had to shoot anybody. and i've been out there. >> 12-year-old tamir rice was shot and killed by police last week. survey a lance video and a 911 call were released. here's a snip et from the 911 call. the caller says the weapon could be fake. >> i'm sitting in the park at west boulevard by the west boulevard. there's a guy with a pistol. it could be fake. it's probably fake but it scarce the [ bleep ]. >> the dispatcher doesn't relay that the gun could be fake. we know the boy was shot by police. he died a day later.

the orange tip that indicates it was a fake was pulled off. all of this, of course, under investigation. >> all of this taking place while there was a separate investigation involving cleveland police. what's that a all about? >> we've been digging into this. the department of justice has been looking into police practices there over a year. a spokesperson telling cnn villa e-mail today that the investigation is ongoing and several incidents triggered the scruti scrutiny. the investigation focuses on the use of force, including unreasonably deadly force and adequacy of training, supervision and accountability. so we're going to keep an eye on it, fred, to see what is the outcome of this investigation. of course everybody looking at it in light of what happened most recently with tamir rice. >> rosa flores, thank you so much. >> you're welcome.

and a new protest march is just about to get under way in ferguson, missouri. it is a march tot state capitol in jefferson city and will wind up a week from now. naacp says it wants a new police chief in ferguson, among other changes. so this march is scheduled to kick off at any moment now. we will see a lot of people assembling or at least walking behind you. set the stage for us. >>reporter: fredricka, i'm going to set the scene for you. this is canfield street. that's where the altercation between darren wilson and michael brown took place, where he was shot and killed. and over the course of the last three months it has remained as a memorial where people have come and still gathered over the course of the last few months. this is where the naacp will be kicking off here in a little while. the church service kicking off

events a little while ago. they're in the process of getting on buses and coming over to this location and kicking off the martha will probably go about 10 miles or so. as you can see, this is kind of a scene that you see from time to time here on canfield street. it's just up this way, fredricka. you hit fluorescent road, the site of the most violent nights that occurred here in the last three months. but these organizers want this peaceful, nonviolent march to send a a stronger message and to try to take over those images of the violence and the looting and the rioting and burning of buildings and businesses that we have seen. and they hope what they see here and do here over the course of the next seven days sends a clearer and much different message. and they want this march to overshadow all the negative things we have seen over the course of the last week here in ferguson. fredricka? >> and then, ed, is there any

way of knowing who is making up the marchers, the protesters today? >> reporter: you know, it's interesting. it is spearheaded by the national office of the naacp. we spoke with some folks this morning who had come in from michigan and from texas to participate in this march. you have a lot of, you know, people here locally. what i witnessed so far in the church service this morning, a lot of older people. but a good number of younger people as well, which i found to be pretty interesting. and one of the things that some of the folks talked to us about is they hoped over the the course of the next seven days all of this builds momentum. we talked in the last hour about how this is done deliberately to kind of be reminiscent of the 1960s civil rights marchs. that's the reason why they are doing this. and the head of the naacp from the marches from selma to

montgomery grew exponentially as the days go on and they hope to see that in this march today. >> thank you so much from ferguson. >> you bet. pope francis is reaching out to muslims during his three-day trip to turkey. he led a mass today and a 17th century mosque. the pope's visit comes amid heightened tensions between christians and muslims. francis is the fourth pope to visit turkey. thinner clouds showing up for black friday sales across the country. in spite of that, shoppers are expected to increase their spending by 4% over last year. the national retail federation says americans will spend $616.9 billion in november and december. 140 million of us are expected to shop in stores online this holiday weekend alone.

and as a ferguson protest march gets under way, we'll talk to a man whose son was also killed in a police shooting. how his determination changed the way shootings are investigated in his hometown.

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21-year-old mychal bell jr. was shot and killed by police

during a traffic stop 10 years ago. here's part of a report from cnn's kim law. >> reporter: the officer and bell walked out of the view of the police dashcam, but you can still hear what's happening. >> i know my rights. >> reporter: as the the scuffle escalates, bell is handcuffed but still fighting. then in front of his mother and sister, a distinct sound. >> that was in wisconsin. within 48 hours of that shooting, the kenosha police department cleared themselves of any wrongdoing. they ruled the killing was justifiable. michael's father, retired air force lieutenant colonel michael bell,, sr. joining me from milwaukee. good to see you you were very instrumental in changing a law in wisconsin so is all police shootings are investigated by an

independent panel. tell me how you were able to do that. >> well, it took us 10 years. we weren't able to protest. what we did is we publicly challenged law enforcement. we put billboards up around the state. at one time our family had 43 billboards in milwaukee on the interstates and 12.5 million people driving by them each week. we called outlaw enforcement. we said when police kill, should they judge themselves. we knew a high ranking official had to be called out. we called out the the mayor of milwaukee at this time. finally the executive director of the largest police union in the state met with me. he said if you take down your billboards we will help you craft the legislation you seek. >> do you think this kind of legislation should be crafted for the state of missouri? >> absolutely. because right now there is a broken bond of trust between law enforcement and the community.

and i know that not only black people are killed with impunity but white people are killed with impunity too. because of the fact the system is broken. our own research showed in the state of wisconsin in 129 years we could not find an unjustified shooting by a police officer when it was reviewed by police, fire department or inquest jury. >> the michael brown family is pushing for a law, one that would require all police officers to wear body cameras. they have not necessarily laid the groundwork for it. but given that you have also tried to institute a new law, and you did that successfully over a 10-year period, what would advice be as to how they would proceed, what the expectation should be in terms of how long it might take them? >> well, the legislator i work with said this.

we need to sit down at the table and establish great dialogue. and that's what we did. every time there was a point or a counterpoint, we came to the table and we talked about it and we worked it out. and in the end, our law was supportive by five of the largest police unions in the state of wisconsin. and i urge the brown family to do the same. talk about this. remember police officers are human beings. they have a very difficult job. also the families are hurting badly. when you come to the table and sit down and work on it, that's when magic happens. >> whenever there is a police-involved shooting that you learn of, how much of that makes you think about your son and what you as a family went through? >> all the time. when i was looking at the tamir rice shooting in cleveland, i was sickened by it. i know the family is sitting down at the thanksgiving table and that child is not here. you don't know how to categorize

it. it is a tremendous amount of pain. >> clearly this grief really will be forever that you have lost your son. so what advice would you have for the michael brown family? how do you carry on? of course never forgetting the memory of your son. >> well, a couple of things. you need great therapy. you need to go out and you need to be able to talk about this. you need to be able to understand your grief. don't disregard it. the second thing is we tried to find families with greater pain than our own. one that lost 11 family members in a tsunami or 4 in a fire. when you look at what other people endure, it makes yours not so terrible to endure. >> thanks so much. michael bell, appreciate your time. >> fredricka, thank you sfor

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>> we got scared. >> we started screaming. >> we couldn't feel part of our bodies. >> i was thinking that me and my cousin were going to die. >> me too. >> 9-year-old jason rivera recalling the terrifying seven hours he was trapped with cousin elijah under snow. the boys say they were building a snow igloo when a plow driver clearing this parking lot unknowingly sealed them in. the boys became increasingly desperate and cold. the space so tight they could only move their legs. >> i was gasping for air. and i punched up towards the hole and made a little tiny space. >> when 10:00 hit and the boys be hadn't returned home, the parents began canvassing the

area. >> i said we have to call the cops. something is wrong. >> that launched a massive search effort from police and 30 people in the community. the search ended 2:00 in the morning thanksgiving day when an officer spotted a shovel out of a snow bank and started digging. underneath, two cold but relieved boys. >> i feel so happy. everything that we went through fell right off my back. >> wow. that is a a remarkable story. when asked what they wanted to do as soon as they got home from the hospital, both boys answered at the same time, eat and elijah claiming go to disney world. hopefully they both get their wish. coming up, fuel prices, they might be falling but that doesn't mean your plane ticket will be any cheaper this holiday season. why a airfares are actually on the rise. ♪

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bottom of the hour now. welcome back. . i'm fredricka whitfield. ray rice can play again in the nfl. an arbitrator ruled the league had no basis for increasing the penalty on rice from a a two-game suspension to indefinite for punching his then fiancee janay. protest march will get under way soon in ferguson, missouri. it is the start of a seven-day walk to the state capitol. protesters are demanding changes in the ferguson police department. overnight, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the the police station. some of them clashing with police and the national guard. 16 people were arrested, nearly all of them from out of state. a community meeting in cleveland, ohio, focused on gun

violence after a police officer fatally shot a 12-year-old boy carrying a toy pellet gun. the tragic incident happened last weekend. 911 tapes revealed police thought the boy was a 20-year-old man. the dispatcher failed to relay to police that the original 911 caller said twice that the gun was probably fake. overseas that was the scene in a cairo courtroom after a judge dropped charges against hosni mubarak. he was a commit quitted of conspiracy in the deaths of hundreds of protesters in the 2011 uprising against him. corruption charges were also dismissed. but mubarak won't walk free just yet. he is still serving a three-year sentence for embezzlement. we are in the middle of one of the busiest travel times of the year. if you haven't booked your

december plane tickets you might be in for a little sticker shock. one would think fares would be dropping as well as the falling oil prices. but we explain why that is not the case >> reporter: hi, fredricka. oil prices have been plunging. you're seeing it at the gas pump, in your heating bill but it is not showing up in your airfare. ticket prices keep rising up 3% even though jet fuel is down 18% since august. and that's the biggest expense for any airline. so why do technical et prices keep going up? because people keep traveling. why lower prices when demand is high. 85% of seats have been filled so far this year. that's a record. so essentially you're paying for a more crowded plane. now, passengers aren't happy with with that but investors are loving this dynamic. southwest is the best performing stock in the s&p 500 so far this

year. it's more than doubled. delta, american and united continental also very big winners on wall street. for now those guys are pocketing the profit and watching shares soar. fredricka? >> thank you so much. as you prepare to fly or drive home we have ways to help you avoid travel problems and ease some of the stress. that is next. but first, one sure sign of the holidays are going up in new york city, the original macy's in herald square revealing their holiday window display. vanessa goes behind the scenes. stphrr 20 soldiers, 5 graphic artists and one christmas story. that's the recipe for the windows. >> old school art activitiry

creating these beautiful scenes. >> it takes a village to create one of macy's windows. the first retailer to do it. >> what kind of investment is this? >> for us it's a gift of the city. we feel that you really don't put a price on a gift. >> but it's a pretty pricey gift. analysts suggest it can cost up to $150,000 each. and that's not including labor. but once you see what goes into it, that may not seem so crazy. >> at a warehouse in brooklyn, dozens of santa's helpers paint, sculpt, and drill around the clock. so this is where all the magic happens? >> this is where the magic happens. >> reindeer are made from 3d

printers, displays from styrofoam and there are 1,000 l.e.d. lights. they even let me in on the fun. >> i have so many dreams of going to the moon. this is such a thrill for me. >> when the windows are complete, they are boxed up and transported to herald square where they fit into this small door and this 12 pol.5 by 7.5 s. after each is loaded in one by one, this is what it's like to be standing in one of these windows. millions and millions of tourists and new yorkers will get to see exactly this. >> how can you measure whether or not these are a success or a hit. >> we are looking at the way the children react to our windows. many of us have seen the children coming right up to the glass and putting their faces against our glass. that's how we know this was a success.

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unscripted" and founder of travelpulse.com. you have tips for us. the first is leave after morning rush hour on monday. >> yeah. you know what, i don't understand why people want to drive back sunday night. i don't get it. you're going to be stuck in traffic. i used to travel between new york and new jersey and it could take five hours to get back from my folks's house. i just skipped it and came into work on monday. >> good advice for next year. plan on taking that monday off. >> yes. >> if you are flying, here's advice. see if you can change your flight to the first or second one of the day. there are bound to be delays. >> yeah. first off, book the first flight out in the morning. always a great rule of thumb on holiday weekends. secondly, if you're booked for a later flight, check the flights and see if any seats are open. go stand by for that first

flight. stand by is first come, first served basis. you may stand around at the airport all day as well. >> that's the worst. and there wouldn't be a change fee? >> no change fee. no difference if ares. so you get the benefit of getting out early. hopefully you'll get a seat. as you saw from your earlier segment, 85% of the seats are filled. so your chances are slim to the none. >> some are destinations in and of it themselves. you say give yourself a little extra time to enjoy that. how? >> well, you know what, let's face it, the airlines and, do they cole lewd to keep us happy when we're delayed? they have shopping malls, high-end shops, great restaurants. it depends on the airport. you can get there a little bit early, kickback, have low stress. maybe do a little cyber airport shopping if you would. >> all right.

and if your flight is canceled or delayed, heaven forbid, there is an app that might be a able to increase your chances of get a refund. what? >> so here's the catch. it's a little known european union law that says if your flights are delayed or canceled, you could be entitled on compensation on the price, up to 600 euros only from flights out of the european union cup or within those countries. if you're flying a domestic u.s. carrier from frankfurt delayed, you are entitled to compensation. >> oftentimes delays, cancellations, the airline is quick to tell you, sorry, if it's weather related, you're getting nothing out of us. >> a year ago, $1 billion worth of claims could have been made by u.s. travelers based on that existing law. >> okay. i'm going to remember that app. mark murphy, thanks so much. i love that holiday advice. good to see.

>> you you too. >> and plates in the nation are going to warm up a little bit. but for how long? meteorologist jennifer grey joins us with that. jennifer? >> fred, the next couple of days, people will be traveling back after thanksgiving holiday. and the conditions are actually pretty nice. we have high pressure in the southeast. warmer temperatures making their way into the mid atlantic and the northeast ahead of the next cold front. cold air will stay in place across the northern plains in the midwest. a little bit of rain expected in the south on monday. saturday and sunday looking good across the south. cold temperatures, like we said, teens and single digits sunday and monday in minneapolis. even cold in chicago. we warm up to the mid-40s before the cooldown. in atlanta, look at this. temperatures close to 70 degrees. by sunday and monday, even dallas, mid-70s today and tomorrow. new york city even warms up into the 50s before you drop down into the 30s by mid week. another big story, the rain in the west.

california could see rain in a big way. some areas six inches or more. good news for state. oregon picking up on some of that. we're looking at snowfall totals. up to a foot or more possibly. jackson hole, looking at rain. two to four inches across northern california. up to six in isolated locations. southern portion of the state, not quite as much. if you are traveling on sunday, aside from california, the west coast, the rest of the country, travel should be great. looking at quiet conditions. maybe a few showers as we work our way to the east. but sunshine across d.c., new york. a little bit of snow possible in detroit. fred? >> not bad at all. thanks so much, jennifer. our weekly look into the future. today we go to the bank. that is now in your hands. here's richard west. >> reporter: there was a time

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prestigious universities is facing widespread criticism on rape on its campus. even more disturbing, the magazine said far too many rape claims were never properly investigated. >> not one more! >> reporter: protests and angry accusations at university leadership. the fallout from an explosive article in "rolling stone" recounting in graphic detail the alleged game rape at a fraternity house two years ago of a female student named jackie. >> i can tell you that i spoke to 38 sexual assault survivors last year. >> reporter: this is dean nicole who heads uva's board that investigates sexual misconduct allegations. a few weeks before the article, in an interview with a student reporter defended the fact that

no student has been expelled for rape or sexual assault since 1998, not even the ones she said who admitted their guilt to her in informal sessions. >> if a person is willing to come forward in that setting and admit they violated the policy when there's absolutely no advantage to do so, that deserves some consideration, that they are willing to say i've done something wrong and i recognize that and i'm willing to the take my licks and deal with it. that's very important to me. >> reporter: the dean put the responsibility on filing a formal complaint on the victim. >> they're not looking for expulsion. they want to the look into the eye office that other person and say you wronged me in some way and are feeling quite satisfied that the person admitted they have done something wrong. >> listen to the student reporter press her. >> do you not think it is damaging for the person to see the person who sexually

assaulted them. >> i think it can be >> so why are they allowed back on campus? >> because i think we are trying to balance the rights of the individual who is being accused as well as the rights of the complainant. and sometimes that's very difficult. >> scores have written letters supporting the dean and despite the way her case was handled, jackie, the woman at the center of the storm, stepped back into the spotlight again to show her support as well writing dean eramo truly saved my life. if it were not for her, i don't know if i could be alive today. we reached out to dean eramo. we were told by an >> adrian: she would not make herself available for comment. the >> adrian: would not take our telephone number and said the dean would not call us later for a conversation on the phone. joe johns, charlottesville, virginia. in a few hours, the original series "the hunt" with john

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books. it is known to be small business saturday. they jumped right in. the president did his part by pulling out a credit card. this time it work. buying 17 books at this d.c. bookstore. he took a moment to shake the hands of a few customers that you saw there. what a great moment i'm sure that was for all the customers there. that's fun. a family in virginia put real meaning into the thanksgiving holiday by inviting a homeless man to dinner. in giving they got so much in return. beverly kidd with ktkr has the full story. >> reporter: they were strangers until today. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: but neil and ashley and cory macklemore bonded right away. >> oh, i love them. i love them. me and cory connect canned as soon as i met him. >> i almost felt like i knew him when i first pulled in. he was standing outside. just instantly connected. i reached out to shake his hand.

he pulled me in for a hug. >> that's all i was looking for, was a family to share, you know. because i used to do it with my family. and i miss that. i miss -- it's not the same at the mission. i went through it last year. i didn't want to go through it again. >>reporter: this year neil wouldn't have to spend thanksgiving at the shelter. >> i made some mashed potatoes and english peas. we already have a ham and a turkey. i love my grandmother's southern recipes. >> reporter: but today was more than just about sharing a meal. it was about sharing a life. >> a lot of people could capitalize off of this themselves. and every post that i have seen him post is the shelter needs this. the people in the shelter are hurting. it's never about neil. >> reporter: now the shelter, the union mission is getting

much needed help. >> i could sit there and cry because people are doing so much for the homeless now. >> reporter: and people also wanted to help neil. cory's co-workers pulled their money to help this stranger. >> they have donated $400 directly to you. and this is done in two days. so they really put forward and did everything they could to help you out. >> you didn't have to do this. i just wanted a meal. >> i hope people learn that the homeless are not what you picture the homeless to be. >> that's a great thanksgiving wish granted. thanks so much for joining this saturday. our news coverage continues with suzanne malveaux. in the cnn newsroom, i'm

suzanne malveaux. don't expect headlines in ferguson, missouri to fade any time soon. a demonstration last night resulted in 16 arrests, including one for assaulting a police officer. police say of those arrested, only one was from the state. nine from new york, three from illinois, two from california and one from iowa. a week-long protest march organized by the naacp is about to begin. this is called journey for justice. the march is going to take protesters from ferguson to the state capitol, about 135 miles. by next friday, organizers expect to rally outside the governor's mansion in jefferson city. now the primary goal of the march is to demand a change in leadership at the ferguson police department. and for improved relations around the country. ed is joining us