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thanksgiving. this was something that she posted in relative ob security. it was barely noticed until a reporter at the african-american news website "the root" noticed it. that got it a lot of attention. that caused it to go viral. now there's been calls for her to be fired. i'm not so sure that will actually happen. we haven't heard from the congressman about this over the weekend. they may be trying to wait and see if it blows over. it really goes to the point of how the children of presidents have historically been off limits. that was true for george bush jush. that was true for bill clinton, and all into the past as well. it's one thing to criticize the president, to say, as she --s that your mother and father don't respect their positions very much or the nation for that matter. it's another thing to address them directly and say try showing a little class. that's what got her so much outrage. that's why people are waiting to see what the congressman is going to say. fred, back to you.
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>>. darren wilson, no longer a police officer in ferguson, missouri. why his resignation is now sparking controversy. a mother reunited with her son after four years. police say he was found behind a false wall in his father's home. details on the charges that the boy's dad now faces. then it's the hug that has so many talking. we talked to the police officer at the center of that moving moment. hello again, everyone. i'm fredericka whitfield. those stories, the tom ix of our news this hour. the mayor of ferguson, missouri, just announced the city has severed all ties with officer darren wilson effective immediately. that comes a a after wilson resigned from the ferguson police department. wilson turned in his resignation
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letter yesterday saying "it is my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal. this comes after a grand jury decided not to indict wilson in the killing of teenager michael brown. ed is in ferguson today. the city's mayor, james noelz, held a press conference earlier today. i know you are right near an outdoor church service because the church was burned during the unrest in ferguson, but what, if anything, are people saying about the resignation and about the mayor's words? >> the raexz is it took too long. especially for those that have been very critical of the police department and darren wilson's actions back in august. you know, it's interesting. the mayor did point out a couple of tidbits and the press conference that occurred a while ago. he said he didn't receive the resignation letter from darren wilson or his attorneys until several hours after it had been made public in news reports.
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kind of expressing some frustration with the way that was handled. the mayor made a point of making it clear that darren wilson would not be paid any kind of severance, and all the ties have been cut off immediately. one of the other things that was interesting as well is darren wilson's lawyer said last night that there had been threats made to the city of ferguson police department that darren wilson needed resign by last night, saturday night. the mayor says he isn't aware of anything like that. there have been ongoing threats throughout the course of the last three and a half months, but he didn't mention or know of anything specific to that saturday night deadline. the mayor really focused on moving forward. looking ahead. announcing various programs to recruit more african-american police officers to ferguson as well as outreach programs between the police department and the african-american community. >> i think it's best we continue to move on as a community. officer wilson and his family have moved on, and at this point the city of ferguson is looking to, again, talk about how we can
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bring this community together. >> just to kind of set the scene. this is the back of michael brown senior's church. it was according to officials here, set on fire last monday night. probably during the time of all of the unrest, the most violent time we saw here last week, that church cannot be used. atf and fbi are investigating and so is an arson team. that church today with michael brown sr. is holding its church services in the parking lot here this afternoon, enjoying those moments there under a canopy, and, you know, coming noticing a very makeshift fashion here. fredericka. >> have you had a chance to talk with anybody there, any of the members of the church, in terms of how they hope to build, how they hope to move forward after all that the city and the individuals there have gone through? >> that's been the theme of the church service throughout the day. making sure, inspiring people as
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the pastor was saying, to get involved, to do it peacefully, to get motivated, and that sort of thing. it's been striking those inspirational tones for the congress relegation here this afternoon. >> all right. ed, thank you so much from ferguson, missouri. for almost everybody across the country, it is one of the busyest travel days of the year. families across the country heading back home now after the thanksgiving holiday. flight tracking web sites, flight aware, puts together this misery map, so to speak. it shows the worst spots for delays and cancellations. it doesn't look so good in the west, particularly in denver. the east coast looks pretty good so far. erin mcpir is live for us at reagan national airport just outside of washington. erin, just before the holidays, you gave us an idea of what it was like to travel in the madness, and you actually had a pretty good commute, but then how does it look for folks now heading home? >> this actually is the busiest
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travel day of the year. i spoke to a triple-a spokesman who said it was the busiest travel day in 2013. the wednesday before thanksgiving never is. there are days in june, july, august, and may that usually beat that day because people tend to spread their travel out over sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday. even thursday morning of thanksgiving. today we're seeing places come in, rather than seeing delays. about a half hour ago we did see some long lines that were piling up of people trying to get into the terminal to take off, but that line is now gone because they've been moving people through so quickly. i want you to listen to two people we talked with earlier about how well their experience has been going. listen here. >> it's been surprising there haven't been as many people as we thought. when we got here, though, we had a bit of a problem.
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they told us to go to one baggage claim and spent half an hour waiting, and it turns out our bags were at another baggage claim. >> i think the weather this year especially. there was the snowstorm on wednesday. i think a lot of people maybe left earlier or drove to avoid it. dow think people get more used to it. the trouble around a and people are getting more used to what to pack and how to pack. the tsa spokesman i spoke with jerl said that today is their super bowl, but he also said that there are new systems in place and a lot of people are using that tsa precheck to go through the quicker lines, so that's why they're having fewer problems. i would also point out, fred, that the triple-a said that 90% of travellers are traveling by road, driving over 500 miles round trip in most cases, but that's why the roads are busier than airports. you will see bottlenecks into
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big cities. >> gas is low in a lot of places, so people have been taking advantage of that. it is day five now, and the search continues for an ohio state senior. football player kosta karageorge. went missing after texting his mom about concussion issues, adding, "i am sorry if i am an embarrassment." rosa flores joining me now. are there any leads, rosa, about him and where he might be? >> i talked to the police, and they say they are chasing every single lead, and that this case is still a missing person case, but imagine the agony, the worry, the pain for this family and for that mother whose last communication with her son was a text message. >> pumps. now steps up and runs. >> reporter: it's a move outside of kosta karageorge's playbook.
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>> to drop off the face of the earth is very unlike him. >> the college wrestler and football player went missing last wednesday morning. his mother telling police in a missing persons report that her son has suffered several concussions and confusion spells. his last text message at 1:30 a.m. saying i am sorry if i'm an embarrassment, but these concussions have my head all [ bleep ] up. in a statement, the team's physician wouldn't comment on player's medical care saying only, we we are confident in our medical procedures and policies to return athletes to participation following injury or illness. >> get his picture out there. get awareness of the situation. >> dozens of searchers have hit the streets, posting flyers with his picture. >> he is missing. >> and talking to people about the 22-year-old senior. according to the missing persons report, his mother and police try to call his cell phone several times with no luck. >> i'm very scared for him.
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i'm worried. i'm trying to remain optimistic. we love him and miss him tremendously. we want him home. >> police joining the search on horseback and following leads. his family taking to twitter and from his account asking for prayers and information about his whereabouts. so far no sign yet. >> head coach urban meyer releasing a statement urging anyone with information to contact police, and also saying he is a very hard worker and a very important player for the team. >> oh, my gosh. fingers are crossed. i know a lot of prayers are being said for his location. thanks so much, rosa. >> you're welcome. and then, police called to a house in the case of a boy missing for four years. they make a stunning find. the 13-year-old was actually hidden behind a fake wall. the details right after this.
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a 13-year-old boy missing for four years was found hidden behind a fake wall at his father's house. a father and the boy's stepmother were denied bond in court this morning. they're facing charges of false imprisonment and schild cruelty. investigators went to atlanta looking for the boy. officials say the boy called his mother and told her that he was behind a hidden wall. the boy and his mom were reunited yesterday morning. ryan krueger with our affiliate wxia spoke to neighbors of the boy's father and stepmother. >> i'm kind of shocked. you think you know somebody. >> julie had no idea that the 13-year-old boy who her son played with every day at this house was being held against his will. >> it was a shock to all of us, honestly. they were really nice people. they were open. you know, hey, come over any time you want. >> reporter: according to clayton county police, the
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13-year-old was kept behind a fake wall inside this home on duke court in jonesboro. neighbors tell me the family moved to this house about six months ago. they also say they saw the boy out here all the time out in the yard, but they had no idea he was being held captive. >> the mother told me he was homeschooled. i didn't question as far as why he was always home. >> reporter: a neighbor that lives across the street says he and his wife saw the boy nearly every day, and now is he left wondering if there were any warning signs that they missed. >> gosh, it's right up under our nose, and we could have done something, but he was never in distress, it didn't seem like. >> the young man didn't seem like he was under any distress or anything. just you never know behind closed doors. a family was devastated when they lost their 21-year-old son and brother. their loss was another family's gain. the emotional moment when they met and heard a very special --
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amazing and touching story. >> reporter: throughout life we all wait for someone or something -- >> sometimes it's really quick. sometimes it's not quite so thick. >> tomorrow meeks is waiting on the condition of an update on his new heart. >> i'm excited to feel it beat again. >> casey waits to hear the rhythm of that heart again. it was a sunday. the phone call came at 4:00 a.m. >> do you have the right guy? like, are you sure it's matt? >> her brother, matt, was a student at the university 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 just -- he had a huge heart. >> good to see you. >> see you, doc. >> and, tom, you notice lives with that same heart. >> you look awesome. >> i'm telling you, i feel awesome. >> you get your license. you check that box, and you think it's just a small thing. >> reporter: at 16 matt signed up to be an organ donor.
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>> there was no alternative for me except a transplant. >> reporter: because of tom's age and other health concerns, five different hospitals refused to consider him for heart transplant. the mayo clinic gave tom a lifeline, putting him on a waiting list for a new heart. >> i am doing as well as i am. >> that's tom two days after he received that lifeline thanks to matt. >> i'm really proud of matt. >> the heart that i grew up with and, like, felt in all of 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 they're always going to carry a very, very warm spot in my heart. >> reporter: eight months after matt died, matthew's dad, jared, his mom, sheryl, and younger sister casey embrace the heart
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they love. >> you must be casey. >> i'm sheryl. >> the waiting. >> nice to meet you. >> is finally over. >> one more. >> oh, man. >> i woke up this morning and told -- >> so nice to meet you. >> matt that mom and dad is coming today. >> this is his graduation picture. >> reporter: both families share memories. >> is this you? >> and created new ones. >> because of matt -- >> what a good picture. >> tom gets more time with his wife ann and their four grandchildren. >> would you like to listen to your brother's heart? >> and the heislers 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.
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do i do it this way? >> 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. >> oh, believe me, it's my pleasure. >> last one, tom. >> all right. >> comfort found in a moment well worth the wait. >> it's awesome. >> both families say they plan to stay in touch, and they'll meet again in march around the one-year anniversary of matt's death. then anger and frustration
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over the grand jury decision in ferguson erupted into violent protest around the country this week, but then there was this one image of tenderness and now it's gone viral. the police officer in this photo joining me live coming up. you don't need to think that makes our lives possible. because we do. we're exxonmobil...
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bottom of the hour now. welcome back. i'm fredericka whitfield. i hear the top stories crossing the cnn news desk right now. it is one of the busiest travel days of the year as people head home after thanksgiving, and it's not as snowy as it was on wednesday in some parts with many people who started their trips. bad weather is causing delays. especially in places like denver, san francisco, and los angeles. a 22-year-old woman shot in the head by her ex-boyfriend in a chicago nordstrom's store. she worked as a seasonal
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employee on black friday and then turned the gun on himself. her funeral is set for tomorrow. after looking at this video it is hard to believe the two men in this car are alive. they were involved in a fiery crash friday night in the los angeles suburb area. police say the speeding ferrari veered off the road, slammed into two trees, and then burst into flames. it is unclear what caused the driver to lose control. the mayor of ferguson, month morning has cut its ties with officer darren wilson. wilson resigned from the ferguson police department yesterday. this follows the grand jury decision not to indict wilson in the killing of teenager michael brown. wilson's lawyer tells cnn that wilson also feared for the police department, which had been threatened with violence if he stayed. earlier this afternoon the ferguson mayor addressed those concerns. >> i don't know. i don't know if anybody made a threat and gave him a deadline.
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we didn't make a threat and give him a deadline, so if someone else did, if there was some group that did, you know, i'm not aware of that intelligence, but that may be the case. >> as for darren wilson, his life has gone from protecting and serving to hiding and surviving. living on the run and fearing for his own safety, he says. here now is cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: we're learning new details about darren wilson's efforts to protect himself. there have been death threats, bounties placed on his head. as a result, wilson has been constantly on the move, in hiding always looking over his shoulder. >> reporter: despite not being indicted by a grand jury or charged with a crime in the shooting of michael brown, darren wilson is still living a life in hiding. something his lawyers say has now gone on for months. cnn has learned it began just days after the shooting in august when officer well son was mowing his lawn. he got a call telling him his home address was circulating on-line. within three hours he was packed
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and gone. >> he had to leave the grass lit we'll half mowed, and he had to go into hiding because there are death threats out against him. there are bounty that is have been placed upon his life. >> since that day in august, wilson has moved from house to house, even staying for a short time with one of his lawyers. he says he has 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 precautions. >> you know, from where you sit in a restaurant to, you know, where you drive. everything. everything has to run through your head as all the time you are watching making sure no one is following you. everything. you know, you hear or see someone look at you and lean over and tell someone a secret, and the second person looks at you, and you think do they know who i am? >> the "new york times" published wilson's home address on-line, likely inadvertently, as part of his marriage license,
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though he is not mn to have lived at that home for months. wilson wanted to return to his job as a police officer. one of his own attorneys told him if he did he could be executeed 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 is on, makes a call, and pulls him into a bad situation. >> as for his future, expert ron osco said darren wilson would be proven to change his name, keep changing his appearance, put his property in a trust so that it could be shielded from public view, and he says wilson will always have to be sharpening his awareness, his alertness. he will be looking over his shoulder for quite a while. frederick wra. >> thanks so much. brian todd. right now the public viewing is underwail for a 12-year-old cleveland boy who was shot and killed by police. an officer thought -- had been waving a real gun at people outside a park. it turned out to be an air soft
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gun similar to a bb pellet gun. surveillance video and 911 tapes now show us what police did not know before one of them opened fire on rice. our george howell has the video and details, but we must warn you this video capturing the moments the boy was shot is graphic and may not be appropriate for everyone to watch. >> this video was recorded on a security camera in a cleveland park. it shows tamir rice moving in and out of view. keep in mind, these are the last few moments of this 12-year-old's life. the video his family wants you to see. first, we see rice pacing the sidewalk, brandishing what looks to be a weapon. at one point even taking a two-handed shooting stance. all the while police say he was being watched. >> the gentleman sitting in the gazebo is the gentleman that called into our dispatch center. >> reporter: here's that initial call to 911. >> i'm sitting in the park at
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west boulevard. there's a guy with a pistol. he is, like, pointing it at everybody. >> in fact, the caller points out twice the gun is probably fake. >> the guy keeps pulling it in and out of his pants. it's probably fake, but it's scaring the [ bleep ] out of us. >> here's the clip that shows why the man called 911. the object that looks like a handgun we now know is really a toy pellet gun and rice seems to point it at this person whose identity is blurred. police say he is also seen here reaching for his cell phone and then having a conversation. minutes later rice moves to the gazebo where he is now alone. >> notice how she never relays the information that it may be a fake gun.
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>> on the swings pointing a gun at people. >> a few seconds later she describes rice, but, again, fails to pass along the words that 911 caller used about the gun probably being fake. >> in the park by the youth center there's a black male sitting on the swings. he is wearing a camouflage hat, a gray jacket, with black sleeves. said he keeps pulling a gun out of his hands and point it at people." >> what happens next happens very quickly. officer frank garmack driving and officer timothy lowman in the passenger seat. >> the officers ordered him to show his hands and to drop the weapon, and the young man pulled the weapon out, and that's when the officer fired. >> reporter: in the dispatcher's audio, can you hear the officer's grim call for help. >> radio. shots fired. male down. black male. maybe 20.
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black revolver or black handgun. send ems this way. >> even as they call for help, the officers still not understanding that they had shot a 12-year-old boy carrying a toy gun. >> this is not an effort to exonerate. it's not an effort to show the public that anybody did anything wrong. this is an obvious tragic event where a young member of our community lost their life. we've got two officers that were out there protecting the public that just had to, you know, do something that nobody wants to do. >> george howell, cnn, atlanta. a moving moment caught at a ferguson protest. it's gone viral. a portland, oregon, police officer and a 12-year-old boy hugging. the officer joining me live right after this.
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>> manufacture the protests about the shooting of michael brown look so familiar. police versus protesters. riot gear on one side. anger and frustration on the other. one image that's going viral is very different. a police officer and a 12-year-old boy with tears streaming down the boy's face. both of them hugging. this is from a protest in portland, oregon. the day after a grand jury decided not to indict officer darren wilson in ferguson, missouri.
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the boy devote hart was holding up a sign during the demonstrations there that said "free hugs." the officer, sergeant brent barnum asked if he could have one. i'm joibd now by sergeant barnum. sergeant, good to see you. it's a photo that -- >> thanks for having me. >> it's a photo that's touching so many people. are you surprised at the kind of reaction that that moment has received? >> i am. i am very happy too in the sense that hopefully it can bring some peace and calm to what's going across our nation right now. just filing fortunate that i was able to help devonte with facing some of his fears. it's something police officers do every day when we go out and we work the streets and we make these citizen contacts, and it just happened to be that this situation that day was highlighted through what i would
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have to say is a spectacular photograph and i was thoroughly impressed. >> what was that contact all about? describe that moment, how it happened, what preceded it. how did you get to that moment and what happened immediately following? >> i had a colleague of mine and i that we were dispatched to that particular portion of the free speech event that was happening that day, and the free speech event was going very smoothly, and we wanted just to provide our community members, our citizens in portland an avenue to congregate, to talk about the issues at hand, and to be able to vent their frustration. showing a minimal police presence just to provide them that layer of protection from the motor vehicling traffic was our primary responsibility, and as i sat there with a colleague of mine, we noticed devonte 10 or 15 feet away from us, and he would turn periodically towards us and i noticed he was crying.
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i look at my colleague at the time, brian, and said is that kid crying? we just kind of went from there, and i said i'm going to call him over and do what i do as not a police officer, but just a human being. >> what was his reaction, devonte's reaction, when you called him over? >> he was a little hesitant at first, but he mustered up the courage and energy to come over and talk with me, and at that point it kind of broke the ice a little bit. >> and you just simply said, hey, i want a free hug since you are holding up a sign? >> no. you know, i approached the situation just talking to him as a kid. i have two boys of my own that are now teenagers. i have been around kids my whole entire life. my adult life. and i've participated in numerous kids programs here in the portland area, and so having that experience and dealing with kids and sometimes at risk youth and just in general overall summer camps and so forth, you kind of get the flavor of what you need to talk about with a child, and so we just talked
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about life, we talked about travel, we talked about summer vacations. we talked about he enjoys art. >> i had no idea there was anybody else taking photos around us at the time. >> his mom did more than that. she was taking pictures, and she also posted something on her facebook page after this photo did go viral. i want to read a little bit of it, if you don't mind. saying this, "it was one of the most emotionally charged experiences i have had as a mother. he trembled holding a free hug sign as he bravely stood alone in front of the police barricade. after a while one of the officers approached him and extended his hand, and then she goes on to right, he asked devonte why he was crying. his response about his concerns regarding the level of police brutality towards young black kids was met with an unexpected
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and seemingly authentic, to devonte, yes, sigh, i know, i'm sorry, i'm sorry. the officer then asked if he could have one of his hugs. so wron if you got a hands to see that facebook posting before now, but what are your thoughts about what his mom is saying? >> the day after the event happened, i was forwarded her facebook post. to know that without the intent, to know that about the preknowledge whaf he was face and so now know the back story really hits home, and it solidifies what most all of us do this work for, this job for. it's just to create goodwill and
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to help mankind, help our fellow citizens in a community, and that's what police work is all about, and to know that i was able to help devonte face some extraordinary fears that he has as a young man, you know, it's really humbling to me as an individual, and it makes me feel good about the work i do. >> hmm. we've reached out to devonte's parents to see what they've been feeling since the image went viral and even after the posting on facebook. we haven't had a chance to connect with them, but i wonder is it your hope that, you know, will you get a chance to have contact with devonte and the family again, or do you plan to meet, or is that just a moment that both of you just kind of hold dear and it will have to be just that? >> you know, in light of the circumstances and the photo and the attention and hopefully the calm to the nation, i hope to, but it's a matter of timing, and when the time is right, we'll
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meet again. but at this point in time, you know, it's important. this is a lot to process for a 12-year-old boy, what's going on, and so for me to have that expectation to meet up with him any time soon is probably a little irrationale at this point, but in time, i hope i have that opportunity to meet up with devonte's parents and devonte and his fellow siblings. >> i wonder, you know, sergeant, what your hopes are as what are your hopes as a police officer? >> i just hope we can all just kind of relax and take a step back because the weighings and the photo, it's not about me or devonte. there are thousands of kids in
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his position, and there are thousands of police officers that did what i did the other day. when the community starts recognizing that and embracing that, i would say that the silent majority of the community really does believe in the good work that the police officers do do. the one thing that's very frustrating and the one thing that i hope happens is i really hope that the communities that are upset about what's happened and i really don't know the particulars, and i'm not going to try and fwet into the particulars of what's happened to michael brown and his family and darren wilson and his family, but what i hope happens is that those folks who want to vent and those folks who want to have their free speech events, they can continue that, and they can continue it in a peaceful manner so that they can move about their streets and their communities and be vocal. i just really hoept hope that those folks that are creating the chaos and doing the damage to their communities realize
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that they're setting everything back all the hard work to form those bridges and build those relationships, it's this silent, smaller entity that is really detracting from the larger picture and the change that folks want, and that's what's frustrating as a police officer. >> all right. sergeant brett barnum. we'll leave it there. thank you for your time, and thank you for sharing your moment with 12-year-old devonte. we'll be right back. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 14 years.
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>> all right. a new report has just been released on california's drought. ds pit above normal rainfall this month, the report says the situation will not be improving any time soon. some people are taking matters into their own hands. here is the report. >> reporter: desperation is growing in this california community. the drought is so bad, hundreds of people are now living without running water in their homes. >> when you come home and -- >> honestly, this is what
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happens. nothing. >> not even a drip? >> not even a drip. >> they never thought this could happen in america in this county alo alone, hundreds of private wells no longer reach wells. >> there was no water. >> angel ka has resorted to using baby wipes to keep her daughter clean. >> i don't know what's going to happen. >> homeowners able to spend thousands to get deeper wells dug learned there is a backlog of up to two years. >> there are about 30,000 of these privately dug well ace cross the county and one by one they are drying up. emergency services esmates the actual number of dry wells could be in the thousands and there is no quick fix. >> the thu is we expect it to
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get worse. >> the homes are not hooked up to government water lines which could take years to install. for things like washing and flushing toilets, the county has provided this huge water tank and granted to pay for bottled water. everything takes time and thirst won't wait. which is what compelled this resident to do something. she goes door to door delivering bottled water. some she buys, some is donated. what she sees scares her. >> it's almost like an illness. it just kind of sprets and all of the sudden it's a catastrophe. >> she alerted government officials to just how dire the problem has gotten. >> without water you can't survive. you can't keep your home and you can't keep water in it and my heart goes out to everybody.
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but but she says nothing of herself. turns out johnson's well has gone dry, too. >> all right. still ahead, a mother reunited with her son after four years. police say he was found behind a false wall in his father's home. that boy's dad now faces charges. at panera bread, we're celebrating the season with our chicken tortellini alfredo, made with five cheeses, and topped with smoked chicken, add a crisp, classic caesar salad for a pairing that brings comfort and joy to your dinner table. only at panera bread. i found a better deal on prescriptions. we found lower co-pays... ...and a free wellness visit. new plan...same doctor.
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>> it is one of the busiest travel days of the year but for millions of travelers, something unusual and unexpected is happening. the case of a boy missing for four years made a stunning find. the 13-year-old was hidden behind a fake wall. >> plus a ferrari crashes and burst into flames but the drivers actually make it out alive. >> hello again. a big change happening today in ferguson, missouri. the mayor says the city has cut ties with officer darren wilson. he said he feared for police department after
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