by the rams if support of the protesters sparked new controversy. good morning, ed lavadera in ferguson. >> reporter: qui set a good thing. >> we have not severed ties with officer wilson. >> reporter: after six years on the police force, officer darren wilson turned in his badge. >> the city of ferguson will not be making a severance payment to officer wilson. >> wilson says the risk of violence to police prompted his res ig nation. which reads, if part, it is my hope my resignation will allow the community to heal. city officials will move on. >> now it's the time to begin the process. >> reporter: protesters in ferguson and around the country from oregon, to washington, d.c.

aren't ready to let go. >> he got away with murder. >> reporter: during sunday's match-up between the rams and raiders, 50 extra security officers surrounded the st. louis stadium while protesters chanted outside. while inside. >> many are joinered by the rest of the receiving core. >> reporter: several rams players showed solidarity as they took the field, displaying the hands up, don't shoot pose by protesters. michael brown struck a sour note. the organization business manager said if a statement, i remind the nfl and their players it is not violent thugs burning down buildings that buy their advertiser's products. it's the cops and the good people of satellite do. the community is the polarized and if need of money. jay nixon called for critical funding to cover the payroll of thousands of national guard and

state highway patrol member was have been policing ferguson's restless streets. this as the naacp calls for reform, taking tear message on a 120 mile palm beach from ferguson to nixon's mansion. >> our goal really is to bring about a reform of policing and an end to racial profiling. >> reporter: and president obama will be meeting with various official civil rights leaders in the white house. attorney general eric holder will also begin a nationwide tour conversation to improve relationships between local law enforcement and the black community across the country. alisyn, back to you. >> a lot of meetings to watch today. thank you very much. now to an embattled police force, filing a federal lawsuit saying they endure harsher disciplines when it comes to officer-involved shootings of african persons, all of that unfolding in the wake of last weekend another tragic police

shoot tag left a 12-year-old boy dead. cnn's alexander shield is following the developments for us. >> reporter: hey, this lawsuit is filed, in the wake of the shooting, the officers say they have been the ones treated unfairly. over the week, family and friends in this cleveland neighborhood mourn the life of 12-year-old tamir rice. many in this community outraged over a police officer's split second decision to fatally shoot rice, who was flashing a pellet gun. the officer says it looks like rice was reaching for a real firearm when they arrived on scene. frustrated community members taking to the streets, demanding police reform. >> not one more family loses their child trot public outcry calm but firm. >> so far, cleveland has been spared the racially charged

violent protests that have been rocking ferguson, missouri, after a grand jury decided not to indict white police officer for killing a black unarmed teen age worry officers say attacked him. now, eight whoefrs officer, one hispanic officer with the cleveland pd filed a federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. the officers claim their superiors subject them to harsher discipline than african-american officers when it comes to shootings of african-american civilians. the lawsuit stems from a 2012 car chase, african-americans are killed inside their vehicle by a hail of 137 bullets. later, a grand jury indicted six of the officers involved, including one faszing two counts of manslaughter. cnn reached out to the city and the police after hours. we have not yet heard back from the six officers indicted. as for the oefrgs involved in

th officers involved in the lawsuit are speaking unspecified damages. >> it's an ongoing strugglele for police officers in cleveland. said rick alexander, a deputy chief officer of public safety if de kalb county. it's very good to have you with us, as always. >> good morning, chris. >> let's go through all these headlines, what do you make of this lawsuit when we shoot a black guy it is treated a different way, more leniently. do you ever see anything like that? >>. >> no, i haven't, in 37 years of policing i never heard of. that i think that speaks to where we are in this country in terms of police-community relations. we really got to do something to begin to have not only conversation but really some real die lock so that we can begin to resolve some of this, because this is really getting

out of control as it relates to public safety in this country. >> water your big concern? >> the big concern for me is, i'm glad it's here today, the president and his administration and his cabinet will set down and look around this issue of policing and community relation across this country. as you and i have spoke about before as you well know, ferguson was just a tipping point of this historical events of bad relationships between policing community and it just came to a boil again. even though a lot of given a has been made, we still have a lot of work to do, so i'm grad to hear that the president is taking time out of everything he has to do to address this very important domestic issue this the country. >> do you think he should have gone to missouri sooner the governor of missouri should have been more visible? has there been a vacuum of

leadership? >> right from the beginning, the government should have got out there a whole lot earlier. i think some of the decisions he made earlier, too. >> should the president have gone? >> i don't think the president should go at all. i don't think it's necessary to do so. i think what's occurring right now is we have the attorney general who will be here in atlanta today and also will travel to several other countries, i mean other cities, across this nation to begin the dialogue and start talk about and begin to take some action so we can begin to confront this issue of policing. >> what do you think of the action taken so far, in terms of darren wellson resigning, no pension, no benefits, from the law enforcement perspective, why is that okay, if he was exonerated by the grand jury, why should he have to resign? >> i'm not sure he was made to resign. >> is that an ad mission he did

something wrong? >> what i think it is, it is a healing for that community him dock forward, potential other changes need to be made of that community will help that community, chris, begin to heal and there is no way that darren wilson would be able to stay in that department, quite frankly, without that community continuing to feel weight that it does now. that's the very hurt community they have not had community relationings there. i think he is moving on with the rest of his life. whatever he decides to do is up to him. that was a decision he made. >> whant the rams players holding up their hands? >> very interesting. again, a group of young bhoen have their own thoughts about that holy bit there in ferguson. they made a statement. but here again, it speaks to nationally and internationally,

chris, that concerns that people have about community concerns. that was their statement. >> you know, doctor, it's hard to find a young black man that doesn't feel that cops in his community have been unfair to him at some point. it may sound like a generalization. that's the reality. if terms of their perspective. >> in terms of their perspective. we all have perspectives depending on race and demographic as well, too. this is what we have to fix, address, there are no easy answers. we got to begin to set down and not talk about it. quite frankly, i'm tired of talking about it. we got to come up with some real answer, some real actions that we can put into place to help move this country along, the police got to have community.

community must have police. >> right. >> there is fundamentally important. >> well, you got the main dialogue between your cops and your communitys, tear gas, talk is a good thing, though. >> that doesn't work. >> we will take progress as we come with it. it is an important conversation. thank you, sir. >> a lot of news. >> sure is, chris. ten minutes past the hour. police are investigating now the death of an ohio state football player who had been reported missing for several days the 22-year-old was found in a dumpster from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. they are concerned recent concussion he suffered could have led to his suicide. the search for missing ohio state football player is now over. >> we are able to confirm through tattoos here at the scene that it is the body of

kosta karagorge. >> reporter: according to police the 22-year-old's body was found inside a dumpster sunday afternoon, a handgun was also recovered at the scene. >> preliminary investigation is showing that he died from what appears to be a self inflicted gunshot wound. >> according to missing person's report, his mother told police her son had been complaining about confusion, possibly due to a concussion. she says her brother sustained a concussion in december and suffered four or five others in his live. just a half hour before he went missing, the football player texted his mother saying, i am sorry if i am an embarrassment, but these consuggs cushion versus my head all [ bleep ]ed up. they did not competent on the player's medical care saying only we are confident in our medical procedures and policys to return athletes to participation following injuries

and illness, his teammates joining hundreds of students gathering in memory of the athlete sunday night. ohio state police officials say they are shocked and saddened by his death. we will continue to follow that story. u.s. coalition warplanes pummeling isis in and around syria, a london-based human rights groups says more than 30 targeted positions overnight, including an airbase isis seized from government troops, up until now, much of the focus has been around kobani. quite a disturbing story, a sten pots accused of hiding a 13-year-old boy behind a war if their georgia home. they will remain behind bars. a judge denied bond. they are charged with cruelty to children. that little boy was found over the weekend behind a wall camouflaged with towels. somehow, he was able to text his

mother, which led police to his location. he is now reunited with his mother. he had been reported missing four years ago. sorry, very close to our heart, former fork governor mario cuomo spent thanksgiving hospitalized treated for a heart condition here in manhattan. theio-year-old was last seen in public. he had been rushed to the hospital for a heart condition the next day. he served three terms in the state's highest office between 1983 and 1994. it's no secret the connection has to your pop as you call him, chris. how is he doing? >> he is doing well. i love having him in the news, i want to hear this from me, obviously the team here knows everything that is going on the life. like many people my age, my parents are getting old. my shortstop dealing with some old man issues. he is in the hospital. media got that right.

he's fighting along pretty well. he is watching the show right now. i am sure he is not happy to hear us talk about this. not because of his health. it's a waste of valuable news time he would say, but i appreciate how much you are reaching out. it means a lot to my family. hopefully, i will have good news. >> pop, sorry, my job, now i'll move on. a lot going on with the weather. so we'll go that way. >> let's get to drain peterson, how is it looking? >> a lot of people struggling. not seeing too much out there. yes, there is showers, back in through texas that overall we are not looking for too many delays, we are looking some places out towards southern illinois, also into missouri, for a hint of freezing rain. it quickly makes its way to the

east. tomorrow morning, some flurry, yes, it is december. it is that time of 84, quickly exits out of here, not a major storm. a couple flurries out there. the temperature drop, this is not stopping any time soon. d.c. almost 70 degrees today, let me show what happens in through tomorrow. look at that drop. down to the 30s in one day. the good news, it's not lasting. it will look a lot better out there. the bicker story will be woift. this is a big deal. we are talking drought conditions. a lot of rain will bring strong flooding concerns in an area that hasn't seen it in a long time. >> not at all. >> tanks so much. >> ray rice and his wife jen nay making their first public comments after he was suspended

for punching her. he appealed and won. now he's a free act. is any team interested? that's up next. a bloody attack on a mosque in nigeria. 100 dead. the culprit, a familiar name now. boka haram. we have a live report ahead. .

when we mets with ray rice and his representatives, it was ambiguous about what actually happened. >> but what was am big with us about her laying unconscious on the floor dragged down by her feet? >> there was nothing ambiguous about that. that was the result of what we saw. we did not know what led up to the details of that. >> that was nfl commissioner roger goodell back in september suggesting ray rice had not disclosed all of the details of a domestic abuse incident to the nfl. on friday, rice ruled he should

be reinstated to play. his wife speaking out for the first time of that infamous elevator video. a columnist for bloomberg view and george martin, co captain and super bowl champions new york giants and author of "just around the bend, my story for 9-11." great to have both of you here. >> good morning. >> so jenay rice is speaking out. she addressed what we saw, that moment, where the commissioner says we didn't know all of the details. we weren't in the, we ladd no clue about that. here's her response to him saying they were in the dark. watch this. >> when the commissioner of the nfl says ray was ambiguous and the nfl says it was a starkly different sequence of events, is the commissioner lying? >> i can't say he's telling the

truth. >> you think the league and the commissioner covered their butts? >> i think they had to do what they had to do for themselves. >> jenay is obviously sort of choosing her words carefully. she doesn't want to throw roger goodell under the bus. in her ruling, the judge in the appeals basically said the nfl and representatives present at the june meeting in which he claims that ray rice was misleading in his testimony. they didn't take enough notes. they weren't asking if you have questions. they didn't need claire information or ask for clarification on what happened. thankfully, there was a union representative present who did take proper totes. she was able to clarify exactly what happened. so from that and the claims that the league didn't actually see the second elevator video, it seems there has either been incompetence in the investigation or injure a willful ignorance on their part to be able to minimize what

actually happened. >> it sounds like they didn't want to know. they weren't asking protect questions because they didn't want to know the answers. >> i think the fact is they didn't want to know the severity of it. i think it's a sweet vindication foray. i hope the nfl is wise enough not to compound the errors they have made by not allowing him to come back and earn a living for himself and his wife. >> the associated press reported long ago the tape was actually sent to the of course there was confirmation. >> they received it. do you know they watched it in. >> we can't say that for sure. i can't imagine nobody at the league office saw it. if they didn't see it, as you said, they wanted deniability when this issue actually came

up. >> is there any team willing to take a chance and pick him up? >> i can't say there are a chance that can pick him up. i think it would be a travesty if the nfl turned his back on this individual. he was forthcoming as stated earlier in this incident. i think he is vindicated. she should be allowed to come back and earn a living. >> after michael vick came back and everything, i think we have seen a public disaster can be mitigated. there has been talk that last year was ray rice's worst of his career, he is on the decline, he hasn't played this season. he is apparently in great shape. there are four teams reportedly interested in him. the coltss and we will see hoyt works out on the field. >> it started a national conversation about spousal abuse, domestic violence and why men hit and why women stay and jenay rice is speaking out about

this she addressed what her reaction was after she saw the elevator video. so let's watch this. >> we've only seen you months after the incident. >> yes. >> and i can't imagine that you were that calm when you started to realize exactly what happened in that elevator. can you describe those emotions? >> i was furious him 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 few he hit me and i was completely over i. i was done, i didn't want to hear anything. i didn't want to entertain it, entertain him, anything that he had to say. any explanation. of course, in the back of my mine and my heart i knew our relationship wouldn't be over because i know that this isn't us and it's not him. >> george, it's interesting to hear her, she talks about her own ambivalence, i was done, i was over, ten i knew our

relationship wasn't over in my heart. might that help his future career? >> i think it's not only given the rice's a place to talk about i. i think it's given the country a chance to have a platform. i think we should not victimize jenay twice for continuously denying her husband access to what he does so well, that is to play professional football. >> do you think it helps ray get picked up by a team if they come out and publicly share what their process is? >> absolutely. it shows he is taking steps to rehabilitate himself and go to counseling forward in this relationship and in his own life. i think it's very important they come out and talk about this as george said, this has parked a national conversation. there are reasons staying in

this. if jenay doesn't think she a victim. it's important to hear her mentality and psychology and get an understanding of what is a nebulous topic here. >> that is the silver lining that's come out of this. thanks so much for talking about all this. we want to know what you think. will any team pick up ray rice? tweet us at "new day." let's go over to chris. we have breaking news for you overnight, boka haram extremists continue their bloody rampage. can anything be done to stop snit we have the latest for you coming up. could isis go nuclear? now, shocking reports they've gotten their hands on material that can lead to bomb making. experts weighing in. how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.?

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violence is unfolding right now as terrorists attack a university. running gun battles and explosions reported in a northerny algeri nigerian city. they are concerned it is a part of the boka haram group. we are tracking reports from london. what do we know right now, emma?

>> reporter: locals say they were awoken by the explosions, this wasn't just limited to that university campus and absolute mayhem after that, some of those that we managed to get on the phone were cowering in their homes. they said nobody has been able to step outside their rooms out into the yards to see what's going on him one lady heart breakingly told us she had to get off the phone, she believed they actually stormed her house. the last thing she said to us is please, please, pray for us. this has been a horrifying few weeks, the violence seems to be ratcheting up. they are pushing back, they don't seem to be having much success. >> that's the problem. prayers should not be the first line of defense against a terrorist organization. we know there were phone calls trying to negotiate. we are trying to find out the

fate of the missing girls. >> themy ger /* /- nigerians elections if february, the passing previous elections has been the violence ratchets, ratchets up, before the elections happen, boka haram weren't even as strong before the last election. people are bracing themselves, expecting the worse. >> thank you very much. we will check back in with you. a lot of other news as well. >> here are the headlines remember good morning, once again, secretary of state john kerry appealing the qatari government to clear a country after the death of their 8-year-old adopted daughter.

they were acquitted by an appeals court sunday. however, they had the their passports confiscated at the airport. secretary kerry is urging the foreign minister to allow the couple to return back to the united states. today, the supreme court will consider whether violent rap lyrics, ranthony le monis posted a series on facebook about killing her. he argued it's a form of expression. it should not be considered threatening if he did not mean it. >> we will start off with the hardest question of all. >> imagine that, a close call for a news reporter shot at during a tv report. she was putting together a report on a shooting in charleston when shots rang out during the interview he was conducting. fortunately, they were not hit by those shots. police are now searching for the

gunman. legendary actor kirk douglas is still with us, despite what you pay have read on "people" magazine's website. his obituary was written by mistake. thankfully, they have since removed it from the website. kirk douglas, by the way, will turn 98 on december 9th. 78-years-old. >> god bless him. word of his death briefly exists. >> briefly. cnn money time, christine romans is here with all the dirt on cyber monday, jingle, jingle. >> it didn't exist more than a decade ago, cyber monday, black friday, blending together, 127 million americans are expected to shop on these cyber monday deals. >> that is actually fewer than last year on the heels of a disappointing black friday, retailers s outsell by about 7%

this year. store traffic is down, why are you so frugal? more people are shopping online the holiday deals are no longer concentrated to a few days, they are pushing week-long shopping, to give people more opportunities to spend. just because it's labeled a cyber monday sale, if you can wait, there will be better deals closer to christmas and after the holidays, if it's not free shipping and at least 40 or 50% off. >> she stopped me mid-purchase. >> there is a lot of 30% off today, free shipping. you can get that any day, if you wait. be very careful. don't spend money you will not be able, don't buy something you can't pay for in the next 30 to 60 days. >> can we make a christine roman's app you turn on? >> husbands across the country are in love with christine romans right now.

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all right. welcome book to "new day." intense fighting overnight along the turkey-syria border as isis is renewing its push for the city of kobani. tr new reports isis grabbed nuclear material from po sul back in july. what could that mean? let's bring in retired major general james spider marks. sir, always a pleasure to see you, help us understand this, having nuclear material, how close is that to having a bomb? how real a threat is this? >> it's not a real threat. the fact that they had the uranium they took from mosul is a concern because it demonstrates the lawlessness we

have been witnessing over the course of many, many months, this is ungoverned territory and isis can do essentially what it wants to do in northern iraq and pushing over into syria. the fact that this uranium is not enriched, it would take a very long process, so the short answer is isis does not have a capability to create either a nuclear weapon or a small nuke in some capacity. that's a very extensive process they have to go through. >> appreciate it. the next headline is we will familiar for fighting for kobani, the border town, is it relevant that isis is now attacking from the turkey side of the border? >> well, yes, it is, i think it is important in that what that really demonstrates again is the lack of what i would call integrity that exists among those nations that are in the levant. the fact that turkey has decided not to get involved directly in

this fight a very complicated discussion because it has to do with kurdish fighters that have turkish blood on their hands, they're in that part of the world, in syria, very specifically, turkey doesn't want to do anything that would support the pkk, those kurdish fighters, even though they're fighting against isis, the fact that isis can get across the border where turkey agreed not to get involved should not be surprising. however, turkey is not going to allow that to encroach into their territory. >> they certainly have the largest military capabilities in the region. that's a part of the frustration with them. bottom line, general, what is going on? are we making progress? are they winning? what is going on with the coalition? how is it evolving? >> i think what you see, chris, is a very frustrating state of what a new normal looks like, everyone in our national security arrangement here in the united states has said this is

potentially a generational fight. this has a very long horizon. nobody in this administration would expect to have a conclusion to this fight any time soon. in fact, this will be handed over to president obama's successor. so what we see is a form of containment. it's keeping what is within a certain box, certain immense amount of atrocities will take place within that box and, frankly, that's okay. we don't want it to expand any further, that's very frustrating. >> what seems to be the renewed threat from taliban and afghanistan? it seems the past is the present once again if terms of their capabilities to get close to highly populated areas and, more importantly, that, once again, we see people in the outlying community starting to embrace the taliban because there is no one to protect them from the taliban. >> there is no alternative, frankly, afghanistan, has been

essentially defined by the borders of its neighbors. it doesn't have this deep cultural history as a nation. it does in terms of tribal relationships, those are the pockets throughout the country. so kabul is not unlike las vegas, what happens in kabul, stays in kabul. it doesn't emfate out into the countryside. so the local tribesmen will embrace that which they can and those who are going to provide either the security or what they need in forward exist in the way that they want to exist. so, if terms of any type of central government in trying to control water taking place, again, during this period of transition, the government if kabul has just changed. so the taliban is taking advantage of it. also, it has to do with our ability to share intellijen and to continue to work these intelligence networks that we have put in place over the course of the last decade, how well can the afghans pick up on that and take the lead in that effort? clearly, we are seeing that they can't. attacking the taliban is all

about good, solid intelligence, that starts with human sources oak and real deep knowledge, what i have said is you don't have that deep knowledge inside kabul. >> right. unfortunately, human resources is code for u.s. resources, there is supposed to be an extraction plan there. we will have to see what happens going forward. general, always a pleasure to have you on "new day," sir. >> congress is back in session this morning. first up, the brewing immigration battle. and a possible government shutdown. what exactly can they get done in their final two weeks? 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.

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accomplish in the next weeks? >> this will be the lamest lame ducks. anything ambitious off the trabl. >> might they shut it down? >> look, the government will shut down if money isn't misappropriated. the white house and the republicans aren't getting along, but there is a lot of bad blood out there. >> at this point should we say, fine, it's a rush until you get the new people in place. it's the inevitable? >> mostly, i think that's right, chris, we will not see them tackle immigration reform. this is simply a matter of keeping everything e everything running, keeping every alive until the next session. >> look, in the past couple sessions, we seen the gutless wonders in congress say they couldn't do anything until the lame duck had a controversial vote. that ambition is absent here.

this is keep the body alive. >> we have a couple polls. they were just released in the past hour. this is a new cnn poll that shows the public's opinion of the new gop-led congress. it asks gop control of both houses for congress will be good for the country. 44%, bad for the country, 50%. mark, is this remorse after the mid-term? buyers remorse? >> this is exactly what the republican party knows it is, which is that news flash, we got a brand problem. all right. that's stuff we know. what we also know is that with republican unified control of congress, there is an opportunity to show stark contrast, actually get things done and set the table for 2016. so, actually, just because people feel badly about republicans, you know, we know. that we actually now have an opportunity to help them feel bad about republicans, that's

what i think and mitch mcconnell and john boehner will do. >> what people think it means is gridlock. let me show you the next pom. this says gop victories in 2013 will mean more gridlock. yes. 52%. less gridlock 9%. >> you got the american people agreeing on something. >> the amount of cynicism and low expectations this is kind of stunning, that 9% number is important. mitch mcconnell's argument is if you elect me, gridlock will end. margaret was arguing youing, look, they need to show they are getting things done, 9% of the people are buying that, that's a hey man, we seen how things are run, that will be a heavy lift to show they can get things done. >> historically, the most legislative achievement happened

when one party and the presidency is in another party. health care reform, social security reform. so you know what, it actually is the functioning of our democratic balanced government. let's see what happened. >> i hope you are right. let's talk about brand problem. i think what happened with the obama kids over the weekend is a metaphor. it is so wrong, talking crash about politician's kids. yes, i'm a politician's kid the cuomos were raised differently. you don't go after the kids. she did it. don't you think she should have been fired right away? >> i would have had no qualms about her being fired arguments relatively mid-level staffer, let's be clear, there were 435

members of congress. it's very well known. >> unmitigated. >> i think you are over estimating how important this was t. tone was awful. children of presidents should be totally off limits. what i despise, a, was how she acted. but, b, is this notion that she represents the main stream republican party. there is an effort, it seems to me, by some. >> no. >> to presend the this is what is happening everywhere. the leadership is right on her, because within what a few hours she had a massive apology on her facebook page. >> the reason this resonates is because it's emblem attic of something bigger. we have a long history of republican staffs and officials saying stupid racist and hateful

and hurt. things. the persistent self-respect and the way it's evidences for the first lady is an indication of a tone that is really troubling. it doesn't affect the vast majority of republicans, they should be condemning it. >> is this social media? >> fleece things that would have been set if private but are surfacing in public. >> that didn't happen in the past. social media wasn't a factor in the bush presidency or the clinton presidency. >> there are times in the bush presidency and the clinton presidency we did see the daughters attacked. by the way, everybody bristles when the kids are brought into it. she didn't like the way they were dressed and forcing kids to

enjoy a turkey pardoning is something else to talk about. >> they don't feed a defense. these are teenage kids desperate to be like their friends. they have been put in a very artificial set of circumstanceles. it's a great privilege for the family to observe. they're dealing with that. it's so cool to see a turkey get pardoned. not when all you want to be is normal. do youp to change your brand, say this is the worst thing eve ever. >> i think you are exactly right. >> i think she's not good at her job. >> she's awful at her job, actual actually. >> she's like a hate chairman. here we are.

>> all right. we are following a lot of news, so let's get right to it. >> the rams acknowledge the defense in firgson. >> darren wilson is no longer with the police department. >> our number one goal is to bring together the police department and our community. >> these are the last moments in this 12-year-old's life. >> three commands were given, show your hands. >> this is a crime. >> ray rice reinstated now looking for work. >> in my heart, i knew our relationship wouldn't be over, this isn't him. >> good morning, welcome back to "new day." president obama about to get an earful on the often tense and volatile ferguson, missouri. he will meet with a group of young civil rights leaders and law enforcement officials. >> back in ferguson, the mayor

is announcing efforts to recruit more minorities to serve on the force remember they only have three, that was an issue. he revealed that officer darren wilson did not receive severance pay for his decision to resign over the weekend. there are some st. louis rams players. the reaction is very interesting. police are calling on players to be disciplined. >> reporter: good morning, chris, well, you know, that pick, that image of the st. louis rams players coming onto the fields in that hands up don't shoot pose that has been become synonymous with what has been going on here in ferguson, ruffled the feathers of the police officers association. they condemned that, as you mentioned, asking for players to be disciplined. ferguson waking up to another

quiet night, which is good news for folks around here, also the news that darren wilson is no longer a member of the city of ferguson police department. the mayor announcing he accepted darren wilson's resignation and made the point of making it clear darren wilson will not be receiving any compensation or severance package. the mayor is pointing to efforts to try to turn the page and look ahead. efforts to recruit more police officers, african-american police officers to the force here as well as out reach programs implemented over the course of the next year to bridge that gap. what he sayst the black community here in felgerson and the police department as well. one other photo, chris, alisyn. there is a lot of talk, a lot of criticism of the police chief here in ferguson as well. he said yesterday he has no intention of resigning. >> thanks so much for that update. attorney general eric holder will hold a town hall meeting in atlanta. he will have a round table

discussion about the relationship between police departments and their communities in the wake of the tragic shooting in ferguson and cleveland as well. it will be at the ebenezer atlantic baptist church. the author of the "divided mind of the black church" and the senior pastor of the ebenezer baptist church. good morning. >> good morning, great to be here with you. >> tell us about the conversation. >> when i met with my staff a couple weeks ago and said that shortly after the decision came down in ferguson, we should pull towing a town hall meeting at ebenezer church. so the opportunity came to invite the attorney general. we are happy to have him tonight, a fight which incidentally is the 59th anniversary of the start of the

montgomery bus boycott. 59 years ago today the people of montgomery decided they could take it no longer. they engaged in a local struggle which morphed them into a national movement. which changed america for the better. 59 years later, we are dealing with this issue of police brutality and i'm really inspired by the young activist on the ground in ferguson and across some 130 city, more in the united states of america. this is a very critical moment. we are glad to be a part of that conversation. >> i do want to ask you about that conversation. you are reaching out to high school and college students. what perspective do you think they have? >> well, as i said, i am very inspired by them. there has been a focus on the looting that has gone on. dr. king used to say the riots

are the language from to the unheard. that i are focused on an issue we have been dealing with a very long time. several years ago, within i was a young student at union theo logical seminary in 1999, an east african immigrant was shot dozens of times by a fork police officers and that got our attention. i went with scores of new yorkers arrested in the wake of. that all of these years later, we are still dealing with this issue. i came across an application for the naacp in the 1940s him they were dealing with this issue of police brutality. this is an issue americans can no longer ignore. dr. king a preacher at the time of the boycott said that the time comes when endurance runs over and the human spirit says i can take it no longer for this issue and for this generation that, time is now. >> you know, people are angry, the african-american community

is angry in ferguson that officer darren wilson was indicted. they want to see him convicted. the fact, he never even went to trial, of course, looting and destroying property isn't the answer, what are you recommending to people who have still so angry today? >> well, that's why we are good we are going to hear tonight from the attorney general. there is still a federal investigation going on. we want to hear more about that. of course. his family the brown family, can pursue civil charges, but i want to put anger and perspective. as a clergy person, i have to tell you anger in the face of injustice is not all right. it is absolutely the right response. that anger has to be channelled into discipline and into a response that can actually change america. so the looting and the destroying of property, we do not support that.

it's somehow undermines your moral authority. but as we look at what's going on in ferguson and across several counties in st. louis, the truth is there is more than one way to loot and steel. we are witnessing in that county and across the country a kind of poverty, capitalism in which municipal government, very, very small, operate on the backs of poor people, through speeding ticket itself and traffic violations and other minor violations that get ramped up into fees and interests. some of those municipalities, as much as 40% of their revenue or more is supported by these times that rest inordinately on the backs of poor people. we are not talking police brutality. we are talking profit and prison and industrial complex. the truth is the land of the free is the prison capital of the world. so we focus sharply on the

shooting of a young man, as important as that is, we really miss the issue. michael brown, like trayvon martin, like jordan davis, is the victim of a deadly cocktail of systemic injustice in which young black men are profiled, warehoused through the largest prison system in the world. they come out as pariahs. and if you can manage to dehumanize someone, turn them into the hope. turn them into a demon, not only can you take their life. you can take their life and have very little to pay as a result of it. that's the issue we have to address. >> it sound like you will be having a very interesting discussion tonight when eric holder arrives. we will look forward to hearing more about that. thank you. >> thank you. >> alisyn, sheer another story that speaks to how flawed the situation is currently to cleveland, where nine police officers, eight white, one hispanic are suing. here is their claim.

they endure harsher discipline of african-americans than their black colleagues. all of that is unfolding in the wake of last weekend's tragic shooting that left 12-year-old tamir rice dead, a kid with a toy gun. he wound up being shot because the cops thought it was real the boy's family is claiming he didn't have to die, alexander field has the latest. >> good morning, chris, this is a case where the officers say they are discriminated against, they sold out two years after two people were killed in a police shooting. over the weekend, family and friends in this cleveland neighborhood mourn the life of 12-year-old tamir rights. many in this community outraged over a police officer's split second decision to fatally shoot rice flashing a pellet gun. the officer says it looks like rice was reaching for a real firearm when they arrived on scene. frustrated community members take to the streets demanding

police reform. >> now, not one more family loses their child. >> reporter: the public outcry calm but firm so far cleveland has been spared theationally charged violent protests rocking in ferguson, missouri. after a grand jury decided to not indict an unarmed teenager who the officer says attacked him. now eight officers and one hispanic officer filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging racial discrimination. the officers claim their superiors subjected them to harsher officers when it comes to shootings of african-american civilians. it stems from a high speed car case to unarmed african-americans killed inside their vehicle by a hail of 137

bullets. six of the officers involved, one is facing two campaign 2000 u counts of manslaughter. those six officers worn do it all pleaded not guilty. the nine are suing for unspecified damages. we have not yet heard back. alisyn. >>al sand tra, thank you so much for that update. as fergusononships between law enforcement and community members. jim acosta joins us live with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, after a long holiday weekend, president obama weighs back into the politics of ferguson later toda today. the white house schedule, the president will meet with members of his cabinet, this lack of faith in law enforcement that exists in so many communities, later on in the afternoon, he will be meeting with young civil rights leaders. after that, a larger meeting between the president, vice president, church groups and community groups around the

country and that meeting partially will be opened to the press. so we may hear from the president just briefly make some remarks during that meeting, but still no word on the lingering question of whether or not the president will travel to ferguson, the white house is not saying whether he will make that trip. attorney general eric holder will be in atlanta later on to meet with church leaders, meet with civil rights leaders about this issue of law enforcement and race. we should point out the white house is offering candid talk. the white house is saying last night in a statement there is really a disintegration of trust that exists right now in some minority communities when it comes to police and the people they are supposed to protect. >> tanks so much. there is other news to cover. >> good morning, guys. here we go, u.s. led coalition warplanes pounding a few target. the defacto isis capital, more than 30 coalition airstrikes

targeted positions in ra ka overnight, including an airbase they seized from government troops. up until now, much of the focus is on the turkey-syria border. violence escalating between police and pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. torts are moving in on the biggest street camp after they surrounded hong kong's government offices sunday fight. police are using pepper spray and batons to boat back the crowd. at least 40 were arrested. the death of a missing ohio state football player is raising new concerns about sports related concussions, they found him in a dumpster near campus killed by the apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. his parents say he had several concussion and confusion spells and complained shortly after he disappeared after practice last wednesday. something many thanksgiving travelers were not thankful for, the journey home.

13,000 flights delayed sunday. some 200 others cancelled altogether. in the ultimate test of endurance, screening lines at chicago's mid-way airport, you know how long they were? 1.2 miles long. >> stop. >> one reporter that was in the line measured it and she clocked it at around 1.2 miles long. >> stop. >> they said that happens, occasionally, after those first rush of flights left apparently, it cleared out. they were back to formal. >> you know what happens, in those apocalypse movies, everyone is booking for the frinl bridge. >> look at those pictures. those tell the story interest we got lucky. we stayed close to home. you were in jersey. i was driving around. >> all good.

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i'm down with crestor! make your move. ask your doctor about crestor. . >> nfl running back ray rice was reinstated. the hard part will be what does it mean for the league and for him? will a team take him? when a judge ruled friday rice did not lie to the nfl or commissioner goodell, therefore, he should not can be disciplined because the league didn't have a real policy on this, that was straight law. you remember all this it came out of the video that came out of him knocking his fiancee and now wife unconscious in an elevator in atlantic city. that's the back story. now it's all about what happened next. let's bring in former nfl player raleigh williams. good to have both of you here. is one of you willing to make

the case that ray should be in on a team and playing? are you comfortable making that one? >> oh, yeah, of course. i am very comfortable. >> you sure you don't want to take the other side? let start with roger goodell. >> actually, no, chris. >> let's start with goodell. how does goodell survive when this league, wally, had no policy, then had too little a policy, then ignored its own policy on how it dealt with ray rice. how does he swriev? >> you know what, that is the million dollar question. you does he survive after this? this is a governing body of the nfl sparked with players and signs and everything taco insides with what these guy versus to endure off the field. he is the legal system and now, this is a situation where the legal system is totally at fault in dealing with ray rice. i to the the baltimore ravens were at fault in releasing him. the trickle downesque of this thing is just starting as far as

the legal aspect and where does the go with the nfl player, the nflpa and the governing body now who has roger goodell who is looking at him for mistakes, who is going to discipline him? >> you know who is looking at him, wally knows who is looking at him. the owners are looking at him. you know what they are saying? we are making a lot of money. let's let this ride until we have to do something. you think that's what's going on? >> you know, chris, wally wall it the multi-million dollar question, the only one is the owners. they don't want him out. if ray gets picked up by a team everybody stays quiet, the fact that goodell lied about anything they know. in the interview he gave i think to cbs, he said, yes, we knew what happened, now we know based

on what the former judge found, that's not true. >> it was ambiguous what about what happened, wally, please, you are not a forensic investigator, do you think you need to be to find out what happened in the elevator? >> no, you don't, look i'm surprised at the posturing the nfl took on a situation where it was obvious they made the mistake of amending the rules, to a six game suspension, when do we get off talking about having somebody suspended in i don't understand having an arbitrator involved in the first police place, i think it's the arrogance of the nfl owners, rhode island hospital kraft getting online and supporting what roger goodell is doing. there is the answers there. the owners are behind roger good

em. they are praising what he has done. until there is outside source, whether the media, nflpa or the public, i don't think anything is going to happen as far as disciplinary actions. >> what happens with ray? he is getting the help. she believes in him getting the help. >> that itself the marriage part. that's for them. that's none of our business. now it comes to will a team pick him up? robin, you are more qualified. the jets, do you pick up ray rice? >> well, if i need him for the lineup, absolutely. look, chris, domestic violence is a very, very serious problem in this country, but let's be honest about the reality of the situation, ray rice did everything we would want somebody bo committed thcrime t do. he went through a program.

ese gotten counseling, he has gotten sober according to he and his wife. they are committed to working things out. i think he deserves a chance, you know this, chris, he was the no. 1 picked up player in the fantasy leagues as soon as he was reinstated. i think if the team wants him, they should take him. >> there will be negative fallout. i would argue what you do with people, that will get me in trouble with everybody. i said it. the question now, though, wally, you know, don't you think to the theft e test is this? you better make sure your house is clean. you don't have guys that knowingly were allowed to play when they got in trouble with the law. do you think the league is fear that standard of moral cote code of conduct of its players? >>. i think there are guys playing right now who have had domestic

violence issues and are still on the field. >> that's right. >> they're not having to deal with any of the situation ray rice has to deal with. if you want to talk about more double jeopardy, there are sessions that persist today. i think there is a great area that the nfl has with tear actions. how well, it comes up if owner's meetings or a new cva, which i'm sure the nflpa will use this as a piece of leverage in negotiating a new deal. all these answers, questions are still there. until these things are found out, i think we are moving forward in different situations. >> we got to jump. we appreciate you joining the show. >> congress is coming back for its final two weeks and there is a battle brewing over a potential government shutdown. we will get all the details on "inside politics." ♪

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good to have you here with us on "few day." in just a few hours time, president obama begins a day of white house meetings on this situation in ferguson. he will meet separately with cabinet members, civil rights leaders and law enforcement officialsful several st. louis rams players are being criticized before sunday's game. st. louis police are calling for those players to be disciplined. congress comes back in session, they will be busy. they will try to cram two years of left over business into two

weeks. the first avoiding a government shut down in the ten days, house and senate committees are negotiating a trillion dollar plus spending bill. they are promising to have it ready in a week. an american couple blocked from leaving qatar after they were cleared. an appeals court overturned the conviction of matthew and grace wang in the death of their adopted daughter. their passports were confiscated at the airport. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. welcomes the court ruling, expressed concerns about new delays preventing the couple's department cure. miami heat super star dwyane wade video bombed by his wife, wade was making a return from a hamstring injury, his wife clearly not that impressed. take a listen. >> wow, i mean, to come back with 27 points, we will talk about the free throws later,

and, he did good for an old geezeer. it's nice, it's good. >> old geezeer at 32. i love that. that's why we are giving husbands, wives, to keep us humble. >> in case you are having too good a day. >> are you so good. >> i love that. >>let get to inside politics with mr. john king. hello, brother, i missed you. i hope you had a good thanksgiving. >> back in the saddle on monday, though. it's a busy day, let's go to it. with me is julie pace of the associated press. let's start with the series. not just one meeting, a series of meetings, the attorney general is having another meeting about ferguson, maybe stop transfers of military equipments to police departments, maybe have some federal rule about training or some civil rights rules in these cases. then there is a symbolic cases, will he meet with the brown

family? listen to the pennsylvania governor. he is till the government for a few more weeks, duval patrick saying the president here has an interesting delicate balance. >> i think he wants to go, by the way, that's not because i know that, i just sense that knowing the man, i think also the president is in a really tough place trying to be and having been elected to serve as president of the whole country and having higher expectations on issues related to race. >> what do we expect from the president? do you expect anything quickly? or is this more meet, think, plan and have the reaction? >> if you look at the way the white house has been taking to ferguson over the last weeks or so, say this is a larger issue of the way law enforcement interacts with communities of color, the distrust that can exist there.

let's not focus on this one town, let's focus on the broader issue. i think one of the tricky things is he takes this 30,000 view of this, you maybe look as though you are not addressing this example where we have a problem happening right now in this community. >> things are still raw, so there are changes, does the president show up and bring aught all that wit, attention and focus. there is a federal civil rights thing. >> that may keep them out, one step on that investigation. but you know he has to want to get out there, john. this is who this president is. i'm sure he is equipped to go out there. my guess with president obama and how he thinks is his play would be to go to that church that was burned down the stepfather of michael brown, go out there with blacks and whites there, make a statement about

that. a unifying moment of bringing folks together. we will watch that. the other ting that's important, given the military strikes, he needs a few defense secretary. >> i read a great article that apparently nobody wants this job. >> people say they are trying to manage the pentagon and the white house, you profile gates, he was a carryover from the bush administration, you quote him saying the president wants high control of the white house, in a micromanagement, that's not bureaucratic, that's political. many democrats say he's complaining, leon panetta has a timing issue that a lot of democrats think hillary clinton will win the next election.

why not wait? >> this is a tough time to find somebody to take the job, one, the pentagon relationship with the white house, while obama has been president has been uneasy, there have been a lot of people who said the president doesn't respect what the military is bringing forward if terms of options, then in terms of timing, this is a president going into a seventh year. the approval ratings are down, he is under a lot of criticism for his national security strategy, somebody taking this job will be coming into it under the white house' thumb. >> it will be hard for this white house and future white houses to attract top tier talent if this pattern of white house centralization keeps up. it didn't start with the a bowl folks, certainly, it increased under them, you have a handful of white house aides and the president run everything, you have senior respected officials

in these cabinet posts taking orders from people that in the white house, it's very tough to convince people at the peak of their careers or the end of their careers to take these jobs if they won't be in power to do the jobs. >> watch the president get someone to take that job. the president calls, it's hard to say no. let's move on to congress, congress will be back in session. remember, this is still the old congress, democrats still control the senate. republicans control the house until january, when you get full republican control. we will be talking a lot about this over the next ten days. there is a looming possibility of a government shutdown. the government runs out of money. look at these new poll numbers, the american people just voted for this, right? yet a majority think we will get more gridlock next 84. 52-plus 37, that is amazing, 90% of the american people think it

will get worse. should the president cooperate more? 57% say yes. here's an interesting football, should republicans cooperate with the president? look at that, big numbers, 68%, are they cooperating enough? i'm sorry. 68% say no. 29% say yes. they want more cooperation, here's one more as we discuss the dynamics. the republicans victories in 2014 are mostly a pan date for republicans? . rejection of the democrats. that's a lot of republicans saying that. this is not the republicans saying we have some great pan date here. >> these numbers speak of the continuing challenges the gop faces, their victories were much more a reflection of unhappiness of president obama and the new formula for success, they have to find tear way back before the next national election. the fact is, they're still less popular than democrats. the poll numbers, the democratic party suffered a terrible review

last month. it's still more popular tan the folks that won in their sleep. >> the soeters get the fact republicans have a high bar of responsibility now. how does speaker boehner or eventually leader mcconnell, there are people angry about the presidential policies. they want to do something to vent their frustration and anger. if they shut down the government, the republicans will lose, whatever air is in their balloon will be gone. >> a huge challenge for mcconnell, they weren't able to fend this off from members of their party. can they go back and say, hey, look, remember how it happened last year? the president's health care law overshadowed the fallout from the shutdown. it was bad for republicans. there are a lot of people in that party, not just in leadership, other rank and file numbers. >> the key for boehner is can he find ways to modify hard liners in hess caucus, finding narrow

spending bills that they can seize on, try to block the president's action on immigration with alisyn, a whole sale meat cleaver that can shut down the government. can they pull that off in the next two weeks? >> we will watch the next ten days and see how he handles it. alisyn, get back to new york. is this a good hair day or a bad hair day? anne romney tweeted this out. this is mitt romney on thanksgiving weekend. it looks likes a guy wrestling on the carpet. either with the grandkids or the dogs or something. jonathan marks, a regular guy, maybe he's had a little too much pass, i'm not sure what that is. >> he has really let his hair down since the election. wow, that is quite a photo. >> mr. cuomo is leading in, thinking what is happening there. >> you should see chris with all the moose, very similar. >> i never had moose in my head since 1976.

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there with is growing concern this morning with football and concussion. rehad this discussion before, it is renewed, an ohio football player, the 22-year-old athlete was found dead in a dumpster sunday. apparently a self inflicted gunshot wound ended his life. his mother is telling police her son had been complaining about bouts with confusion after suffering four or five head injuries. i want to talk about it with dante staalworth, he joins me this morning. first of all, i know you join me mourning the loss of a very important man, starting out, a potential career in football. we don't know. first of all, your thoughts upon learning about the 22-year-old's death. >> whenever someone loses a life. it's always a very sad ting, but

especially this young man, he had such a bright future. ohio state was playing really well. he was a fifth year senior so that means he was close to graduating. it's very sad to hear the news and i'm really sorry for his family. i send my deepest condolences. >> i think we all do. we struggle to understand. we are bringing up this conversation with you. when we hear those words like concussion and head injury and confusion, we are usually hearing about slightly older players, guys in the nfl, former play, guys out of the league, not someone in college, is that concerning to you? >> i think any type of brain injuries are always concerning. the brain is a very, very, it's an organ in your body that you can't come back from when you sustained injuries of two

concussions. you give him a lot. in football, it's unfortunate. i see it happen all the time. those are very scary, now it's happening in college and some high school in pop warner leaks, usually become concerned. you want to do the research and physical out what it is that's happening to these kids. >> have youed a your own run-ins with concussions? you had a long history in football. >> thank god i haven't. i haven't had concussions officially i can say that. >> good point. >> yeah, there have been instances i have been in a pile or something, you know, it was a mentality where you get back up and play, that's something i have become concerned with over the past couple of years, you know, i was blessed to play ten years, but it enabled me to be able to walk away from the game without really having any effects up to this point? who knows, ten, 15 years down

the road. >> that's a good point. we don't know the long-term effects of those hits. those hits are hard. i want to talk about a point you just made. i think it's really key to this discussion is that that mentality, right, you are warriors, are you on the gridiron, you are there for the big hits, the big tackles, the big saves. is there a stigma within the organizations within the teams, the leaks, that is you just shake it off? >> i think it used to be. >> you think it's changing? >> for sure, it's definitely changing, the culture around the nfl especially with concussions, in particular, has changed from the team i first was drafted in the nhl in 2002 up until my last year in 2012 t. culture has definitely changed. there is procedures now that the players and the coaching staff or the training staff must take when it gets dinged up. he has to come out. you know he is out for at least 15 minutes undergoing that

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welcome back to "new day." park rangers and veterinarians in south africa say they're waging a war to save the rhinos. they're trying to tag, track, relocate them before poachers take their deadly aim. hunters kill rhinos for horns which are more valuable than gold on the black markets. diana has more. >> above the poaching hot spot, a veterinarian takes aim. this is a dart gun. his goal is save not to slaughter. a flash of pink on the rump. hit is good. on the ground a veterinary team stands by weary around the stunned animal ready with a blind fold as the drugs kick in. >> so the rhino is darted with a mix of immobilizer and tra tranquilizer. from that moment on the process

is fast. oxygen helps with breathing. the horn is i micro chipped for poaching endeavors. dna samples are taken. >> if a rhino gets poached you can take a piece of the horn and link it to a car cuss. >> and then the reverse of the anesthesia. >> this is the getting the rhino up having given it a partial reversal of tranquilizer. we have to make sure we don't get in the way. >> the team haul the rhino to its feet. it takes a few steps toward the trail their will carry it to safer ground in the protected zone in the national park. this is why. just a few miles further north, a rhino caucus lies where it was shot ten days ago. they have such a backlog of

cases it's taken them now to get here. the national park shares a 350 kilometer border. this is right beside the caucus, all that separates the countries. it's no deterrent when rhino horn can fetch 100,000 on the black market n. asia they wrongly believe rhino horns can cure diseases like cancer. the park operator estimates there are 15 poaching groups in the park at thiany one time. >> if i give you a particular month, we know for a fact 600 poachers infiltrated. >> this push to relocate the rhinos helps, but south africa has lost a record 120,000 rhinos so far this year.

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fixing ferguson. president obama holding white house meetings with civil rights leaders as protests continue in ferguson. pressure is growing on the president to visit the city. how to fix the issues between law enforcement and communities across this country is the question. president obama's daughters told to show a little class. a gop staffer apologizing for criticizing the girls for their thanksgiving day outfits and facial expressions.

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the mayor insisting no severance was paid to office per darren wilson when he resigned. and a hands up don't shoot gesture by five st. louis rams players before their game sunday is getting a thumbs down from a a group of st. louis police officers who want the team and nfl to act against the players. ed is following all these developments. what's the live in ferguson, ed? >> reporter: good morning alisyn. it was a quiet night in ferguson. around here, that is a very good thing. >> we have not severed ties with officer darren wilson. >> after six years on the ferguson police force. officer wilson turned in his badge over the weekend. >> the city of ferguson will not make a severance payment to officer wilson. >> wilson says the risk of violence to his community and fellow police officers prompted his resignation. he says it is my hope that my

resignation will allow the community to heal. protestors in ferguson and around the country from oregon to washington d.c. aren't ready to let go. during sunday's matchup between the rams and raiders, 50 extra security officers surrounded the st. louis stadium while protestors chanted outside. while inside, several rams players staged a show of solidarity as they took the field displaying the hands up don't shoot pose adopted by protestors. the player's support for hikele brown struck a sour note with the st. louis police officers association. the organization business manager said i remind the nfl and players it is not the violent thugs burning down buildings that buy their advertiser's products. it's cops and good people of st.

louis that do. a community poll larized and in need of money. jay nixon called for critical funding to cover payroll of thousands of national guard and state highway patrol members policing ferguson's restless streets. this as the naacp calls for reform taking their message on a 120 mile march from ferguson to nixon's mansion. >> our goal is to bring about reform of policing in this country and end racial profiling. >> reporter: chris and alisyn, you see behind me a lot of boarded up windows. there are groups of people that spent the last couple of days walking around the city and painting over those boarded up windows where they're smashed out over the last week leaving behind beautiful works of art. this is something we've seen seeing popping up dozens of

times across the city. >> we see that message come in open and that peace sign there behind you ed. thanks so much for showing us that. as ferguson continues to deal with the fallout from the michael brown shooting, president obama mounting an effort to improve law enforcement nationwide. the president holding key meetings today to discuss options he says will strengthen relationships between law enforcement and minority community members. jim a coste is live at the white house. what is the president saying? >> reporter: good morning. after a long weekend, the president is waiting in a long meeting about ferguson. first the president will sit down with members of his cabinet to talk about what his administration will be doing to deal with this issue of lack of faith and law enforcement in communities. then the president will sit down with young civil rights leaders in the oval offers. after that, the president and vice president will be in a larger meeting with law enforcement leaders, church leader, civil rights groups from

around the country. they'll come to the white house. part of that will be open to cameras. we may hear the president speak briefly this afternoon. no word on whether the president will travel to ferguson. the white house is not tipping its hand on that question. attorney general eric holder will be down in atlanta later today to get this national dialogue going. he'll go to various cities around the country to keep that conversation going. we should point out there's pretty stark language in this white house statement we received last night. the white house talking about what their calling a desent grags of trust between law enforcement and people they're protecting. this is handed down to other communities around the country. >> thanks so much for that preview. let's get to chris. >> the problems are obvious, but

the solutions have been vaseoth vasive. we have the mayor of ferguson, james knowles. it's good to see you. unfortunately you're standing in front of this great mixed message behind you that's going on now. the shops all boarded up yet saying come in we're open for business. do you feel you can fix ferguson? >> absolutely. this community over the past 15 years has gone through a lot. just a few years ago we went through several tornados that damaged these businesses. we've come back stronger than before. the resiliency of residents and is business owners has shown in the past. you can see behind me it's shining through again. >> when a hurricane is gone, it's gone. this is about a mood, culture, community. what do you do to change the feelings of the black and poor

communities there about how the police treat them? >> well, that's why we're looking to try to engage both the african-american community and law enforcement community bringing them together so that we can have mutual understanding and have some growth and healing. one of the things we've been focussing on is citizen review board that we started the process on several weeks ago to create an opportunity, an outlet for citizens to give input into law enforcement policies and is roars. it gives opportunity for law enforcement to kind of educate the citizens and let them know as far as how policies and procedures are implemented and why. so creating that mutual understanding between the community i think is key in moving forward. >> good start to be sure. what about more black cops? i remember the last time we spoke, you had 53 on the force. only three were black. you said you had problems getting black recruits who wanted to become cops.

they get stolen by bigger jurisdictions. you have a fix for that as well, i hear. what's the deal? >> so what we're looking to do is instead of going out on graduation day and trying to get african-americans from the police academy, competing with other law enforcement agency, we're going to take it furtherer and go to high schools, community colleges, colleges. we're going to get people who are near completion maybe with their education interested in law enforcement and get them to make that commitment, hire them then and put them through the police academy so we can get young men, african-americans, other men of color to come be a part of our police department starting at lowest level, high school, community college and others. we think this is going to be very helpful. outing them through the academy, there will be a commitment to work for the city of ferguson. >> men and women, and they'll get a scholarship to go through the academy. that's incentive.

>> absolutely. >> now you have to deal with the hard work of putting the community back together. darren wilson resigns. you come out and say we're not paying him severance. when someone resigns, do they get severance? >> it depends on what's negotiated. in this case, officer wilson did not ask for a severance. typically if someone resigns on their own, they're not given a severance package. >> why come out and say we're not giving him severance? what was the point? >> we knew you would ask, someone would ask if he was getting one. that's clearly a question. we preempted up front saying he wasn't. >> if he was exonerated by the grand jury and deciding to step down, is this your way of saying you think he should be punished? >> absolutely not. we're not saying -- not making any judgment on officer wilson. officer wilson did this

obviously for his own safety and safety as he stated in the resignation letter for the resident of the ferguson and fellow law enforcement officers. for the past 110-120 days we've stood by officer wilson on paid administrative leave throughout this process. by no means is the city trying to abandoned our law enforcement officers. officer wilson did this on his own. he felt this was his way of helping the city and law enforcement going forward. so that was his decision. in fact he committed his resignation to the media before he submitted to us. there was no conversation, no ask for a severance package. >> what do you think about the rams players holding hands up in what seems to be a hands up don't shoot gesture? >> i think it's misguided unfortunately. i think we don't -- we try not to have political statements on the field. the nfl doesn't allow them to celebrate like they use to.

i think we should be focussing on the game and not political statements. >> you know inside every one of those helmets doing that is a young black men. right now they have mixed feelings about law enforcement. that's why we see it echo across the country. important to point out for people, you're trying to step up as a leader of the community. mayor of ferguson is supposed to be a part time job. it's turned out to be anything but that for you. appreciate you joining us. >> thank you chris. >> we've had breaking news overnight. an fbi bulletin warning isis is calling for attacks against u.s. military members on u.s. soil. they're looking for sympathizers to carry out those attacks. pamela, what do we know? >> reporter: we're learning the fbi sent this warning last night urging caution to members u.s. military in the homeland

according to the bulletin sent out. there are renewed calls by isis members overseas for like minded individuals here in the u.s. to attack members of the military. according to this bulletin, it asks members to review online social media presence for information that might attract the extremists. they advise to use caution posting. this is in regards to isis chatter calling on attacks from lone wolves here in the u.s. isis has urged hit and runs, beheadings, anything on the street that could instill fear. this is renewed calls by isis. they've done this before with member of the military as far as warnings from the fbi and law enforcement and members of media. >> we know you're at the supreme court because the justices today

are hearing this important case about online threats in social media. tell us more. >> reporter: that's right. this is the high court's first examination of free speech rights and social media. this ground breaking case could decide the limits of what you post online. it centers on this man named anthony posting on his facebook page. initially he was posting messages that were seemingly targeted at his estranged wife. one of the messages said there's one way to love ya, a thousand ways to kill ya. after posting that and a couple other messages, his estranged wife received a court order, protection from abuse order. after that he posted on his facebook page, fold up your protection abuse order and put in your pocket. is it thick enough to stop a bullet? those are a couple of examples. we spoke to his attorney. he says these messages were therapeutic for him, similar to

the way a rapper blows off steam in a rap song. the attorney contends that what should matter the intent of the person posting the message not how a person would perceive the message. the government disagrees with that. don, the solicitor general arguing on behalf of the u.s. government today said it's similar to a bomb threat. it doesn't matter the intent, it matters what kind of reaction it would cause. this is interesting today when oral arguments take place. >> it will be fascinating to see which way they go with that decision. thanks. more news with michaela. >> 13 minutes past the hour. police are investigating the death of a ohio state football player reported missing last week. he was found in a dumpster dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. his mother told police he had

concussions and spells of confusion. she says he sent her a text message before the apparent shooting and said he was sorry for an embarrassment. an american couple will be allowed to leave qatar and return soon. until now officials would not let them leave even confiscating their passport at the airport. the delay is procedural and a matter of paperwork getting completed. we'll update when they're able to leave. lawmakers come back today to try to cram two years of left over business in two weeks. the first order of business, avoiding a government shutdown. house and senate committees negotiate a spending bill. they're promising to have it ready in a week. >> several unreleased films

leaked online after a massive cyber attack. at least five sony pictures are getting early exposure including the remake of annie. the leak comes after a group calling itself #gop boasted about internal data and threatened to leak to the public. they're investigating a possible north korean link to that hack. >> don't encourage it. >> the legal way. ray rice, here's the latest. he was reinstated by the nfl. they had to. the legal system told them they had done the wrong thing. will a team pick him up? that's the question. >> that's as his wife janay explains her side of the story. what she's saying about the vicious emphasis punch. my name's louis,

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was there ever any incident of violence in your relationship with ray or has there been any incident of violence since that a incident? >> no. there's no way. he know what is he would have to deal with if this was something -- i'm not going to sit there in silence and let something happen to me god forbid in front of my child. that was janay rice talking the in an search warrant interview. that comes after the nfl reinstated the running back

immediately. he is no longer part of any team. espn sat down with janay rice getting the first interview after the ugly incident. good to see you. >> good to be here. thank you. >> i want to start with that sound bite we just played where matt lauer asked janay if ray hit her before or since that elevator incident. frankly i found her body language a little strange when she was answering that. it seems clear he hasn't hit her since. she seemed to not answer directly whether or not he had hit her before. did you ask that in your sit down interview with her? >> yes, i did. i asked if he had hit or spit on her before. she said no. i asked if they had disagreements in the history of their relationship she felt in fear of something happening.

like if they had any kind of confrontation whatsoever she would consider or would lead her to believe he was capable of something like this. she said no. >> i know you got the first interview since the elevator incident with her. you had to agree to conditions to make them comfortable. did they try to control any of the content you put out? >> no, they really didn't. i realize on the outside looking in how it sounds, but it was more of a collaboration if anything. realize this, as a career journalist in this network and what we stand for, we would have never ever published something we didn't feel comfortable with or didn't feel -- it would have done me a disservice and de definitely done her a disservice is. eventually she was going to have to answer these questions.

i asked her everything lauer did if not more. it wasn't where she told me her story and i accepted that. he was asked three pages of questions, not only about that night but the history of their relationship, her family, everything. i wanted a complete story. >> one of the things that came out this morning is another thing that so many have speculated about which is why after she was knocked out cold in the elevator ray rice didn't help her. he didn't seem compassionate. he milled around the casino lobby. watch this. >> i asked him after i saw it. why did you just leave me there like that? >> did you see that part? >> uh-huh. >> why didn't you comfort me? >> he said he was terrified. >> so that's a big issue. he seemed to lack compassion. it seemed he might have done this before. what was her response to you in terms of how he left her like a sack of potatoes?

>> i asked her in general what was your reaction when you saw the video? then i asked her, what did she make of his reaction, obviously essentially the same question. she told me something similar. she said that she asked him why didn't he try to pick her up, why he seemed callus and cold? she asked questions once she saw the video. his explanation was he was terrified, in shock, didn't know what to do. that was -- i think this was a big reason why she never watched the second video. at least that's what she maintained to me. she never saw the second one. seeing the first one was so traumatic for her that she realized seeing the second video was not in her best interest. >> she maintain had the again this morning that she never saw what happened inside the elevator. she intentionally didn't watch that part of the video.

she watched the after math where her body was pulled out by ray. you also asked if they told the commissioner of the nfl, roger goodell, everything. if they shared with him all details. what was their response to that? >> well, based off what she told me, she said they had always known there was a video of this. she knew there the first night. their assumption was that at some point the nfl or ravens that they were all going to see the video. it didn't make any sense for them to go into the commissioner's office and lie. they thought they knew a video existed if not had already seen it. it just didn't make any sense for them to tell them a mistruth, a story or even try to shade the truth and make it not seem as bad. she said ray told the commissioner everything. the only thing that seemed to change for nfl was really video.

they finally saw it. once they saw it, obviously you know what the reaction was. >> what was your take away after sitting down with her so long and talking to her. what's your take away of her? do you think in their speaking out to you and today that this will help restore ray rice's career? >> well, i think he'll get another opportunity to play. i felt that absent of this interview, because this is the nature of nfl, a talent production based business. we've seen other player who is have done serious things and have been allowed to play. josh brent with the cowboys. he killed his teammate in a dui accident. he's on a football team. stall worth hit a man in an accident and killed him. he played in nfl. certainly ray rice i think will get his opportunity given the nature of the league. now as far as what i felt about her, i think what will be for

people that hear her interview, it's a matter of we've been told a narrative of domestic violence. she is not willing -- in her mind she does not fit that narrative. i found her overall to be genuine, very thoughtful, had great perspective on a lot of things. i met her family. given her support system, you know, i just found her to be extremely genuine. obviously only the future will tell. you can say everything you want. actions tell the story. i walked away being impressed with her. >> thanks so much for sharing your reporting and perspective with us. great to to see you this morning. >> thank you. we want to know what you think about this story. will any team pick up ray rice? should they? message us at facebook.com/new day. find us on twitter. a congressional staffer is apologizing, sort of, after attacking the first daughters and their appearance.

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five things for you to know for your "new day." number one. president obama will discuss tension in ferguson, missouri and relationships between police and minor theties in a series of white house meetings with cabinet members, civil rights leaders and law entorsment officials. the family of the 12-year-old boy shot and killed by police insist his death could have been avoided. they claim officers reacted too quickly before they realized he was carrying a toy gun. big battles shaping on two fronts, immigration reform and possible government shutdown over the budget. after winning an appeal and being reinstated by nfl, ray rice and his wife janay are talking publicly about the

incident. a judge has denied bond for father and stepmother accused of keeping a 13-year-old boy hidden behind a fake wall this their georgia home. he has been reunited with his mother. he was reported missing four years ago. we have updated those five things. visit cnn.com for the latest. >> that story was some shocker. >> four years. the kid winds up making a phone call to his mom. we don't know how they avoided detection. we'll get to that for you. that's for sure. did you hear about the congressional staff their took the shots at the obama girls about how they were dressed and acting? she offered an apology sort of. has this gone too far in politics, and should it cost her her job? we'll take you through that. die hard shoppers know what today is, cyber monday. we'll break down the best deals. stay with us.

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a republican congressional staff area under fire this morning for comments she made on facebook about sasha and malia obama. the communications director for tennessee republican congressman criticized the obama girls for their appearance at the white house annual turkey pardoning event. she wrote dress like you deserve respect not a spot at the bar. try showing a little class. she is now apologizing for those comments aftertriggering a social media fire storm. joining us to discuss this is

cultural critic and writer angela davis. good to see you. >> good morning. >> so, what was she thinking? >> you know, i don't know. the litany of pathetic ironies are endless. it was really like oh my god, did you see what the obama girls were wearing? it was so adolescent, her response. the fact she's a communications director, talking about having class, saying they're teenage girls and digs at them on facebook. it's endless how ironic it is, her position and how she's supposed to be a role model. she's talking about them being role models. she literally kind of bullied girls on facebook. this is what we're trying to tell our girls not to do. have some respect for each other. >> a prime example of all conversations we've been having about how to social media etiquette et cetera. she just stepped over the lines. it's interesting. i was sort of trying to reflect

on past presidents and past first daughters et cetera. they have their share, but it's a game changer when you add the interweb. >> and the bush girls had their drama. chelsea had drama. >> it was all wrong, but context matters. these kids are young. >> 13. >> they may be tall. it makes me feel old. i remember they were little, and now they're big women. but, okay, the bush kids it was wrong. it should have been condemned at the time. i'm sensitive to this. i grew up in politics and know how hard it is for these kids. you'll do things in your life to get extra scrutiny because your mom or dad is who they are. they have done nothing. they were standing there. >> there's been no administration with this level of social media. you can't control it -- i think every administration tries to protect their children. the social media landscape is so

different. >> the delivery device is more toxic and accessible. >> the filters are off too. >> the poison is the same. she's in politics. this is about politics as much as it's about women. i get that perspective about mean girls and with daughters i get it. i think something has to be done here. the question is, what do we do about this? >> she says she's interested in pink, green, pearls, cats, christ. >> christ shouldn't have been last. maybe that would have helped. >> pink, green, pearls. you're in politics and that's what you say is important? we should consider the source. just on process. who would trust someone that would go on facebook -- >> she's apologized. i'll read what she says. after many many hours of prayer, talking to my parents and rereading my words online, i can see clearly how hurtful my words

were. >> talking to her parents. this is a grown woman. that's what teenagers would do if they said something about what friends were wearing. i talked to my parents. she had the audacity to go at them directly. on facebook, she said dear sasha and malia. she didn't have the dignity to apologize to them. i think it was interesting no one above her has said this is a new low. we don't agree with it. kids are off limits. like all of that. i feel the silence among others is something we should be looking at. >> i was thinking about this. just to go political which you would not expect from me, it's just interesting to think this is happening at a time the gop is struggling to reidentify itself and reach out to younger women. >> or they could use this as an opportunity to come out, this is not who we are. >> yes. very good. >> i think this is a teachable

moment. they have missed it. i hope we don't miss it as adults. how are we behaving on social media? how are we talking to each other? >> i think it's the first example we set. >> for our children, you're right. i see adults that say awful things on social media to each other. we say to our girls, don't be mean. >> don't do what i do. >> exactly. >> hopefully it changes one thing about social media, the reiterations, cycles so tight and short now. it immediately went, what about the bush daughters? same thing happened to them. yes, let's say -- i don't agree with that, but let's say they were. so what. that doesn't make this right. that's a problem with politics. my nasty thing about you only matters if you've never said anything about me. >> the palin girls ray hot es many. they had the party dragging people around and pregnancies. there's something about this administration -- >> do you think this has to do

with race? >> this in particular has to do with idiotcy. we've never seen scrutiny to this level. everyone has seen the way they've gone after this family and amount of disrespect for the office. it's unprecedented. >> your point about the palin daughters, shouldn't they be off limits also? >> yeah. they're not first daughters. >> they did a reality show. >> come on. >> they put themselves out there. i still think you've got to focus on objective. this is politics. you run for office, you know it's blood sport. it is. we wish it weren't, but it is. you get in and you're going to take the lumps. we've always left the kids alone. >> they've done a good job of trying to make their girls have a regular life as much as you can. >> this is a grown woman on facebook. i can't get past that. how teenager is she?

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for many hopeful retailers, black friday turned out to be bleak friday. spending is down 11%. could it be shoppers waiting for today, cyber monday to open wallets for online bargains. joining us great cyber monday deals, analyst bret larson and also to talk about the money aspect, global analyst. i want to know what she's buying for the holidays. here's a question right off the bat. do we know right now early indications if the protests and brown friday had any impact on sales friday? >> i don't think it's a significant impact. i think the broader retail trend is about the season being stretched out, sales starting earlier. >> okay.

i want to go bret if we can go philosophically about cyber monday. is it not everyday cyber day? >> yes. >> it's turn into that now. is cyber monday kind of a thing of the past? >> it feels like a thing of the past because of what we saw last week. deals started last monday. we saw amazon and wal-mart and target and big retailers rolling out deals and giving you, by the way, friday it's going to cost this much if you want to wait. i look to my two sisters of what the average test eggs would be. both of them did not go out. they are die hard shoppers. neither of them went to stores friday. they went online. >> it's not about us being lazy in our pajamas all day. it's the online component driving sales. >> last year you saw a change in

people doing their shopping online. the season would last several months. if you looked at black friday contributing last year to growth in sales, it was only about 1% of 3% uptick from the previous year. it's really not a big component in the jump up of retail sales. they're still expected. this is the best economic environment in the financial crisis. consumer sentiment is high. unemployment is down. growth is high. i have no reason to think that a sales by the time we see a christmas aren't going to be better than they were last year. >> all right. we have that aspect, but now we need to know, what do we look for today? if there are deals to be had. >> there are deals. the retailers are going to take advantage of media talking about any way to shop. of course cyber monday we're going to see more deals. >> what does the savvy shopper look for today and smartly find a deal? >> still got good prices on tv. i saw a high definition tv under

$400. this is a great time to buy a television. this is the ultrahigh definition. it's four times the resolution of current high definition television. something like this going $500 down. this is a tv that's going to stick around four or five years before it's outdated. >> there's not a lot of content for that. >> i saw this morning dell on their website, one day only -- oh my god. i have to buy it right now. i almost bought it this morning. they have a desk display for $500. can't beat that. >> you said you found android tablets. >> tis the season for tablets. they're all updated towards the end of summer. they hit back to school, holidays. you've got up to date stuff for at least another eight or nine months. >> i see a deal on a smart watch. >> it's true. google has the smart watch for $100 off. >> you have to be a smart

shopper. don't be the type that says, oh there's a sale on. if you don't know the actual price. you have to be a savvy smart shopper. >> that's what online shopping has done. it's making so much easier to comparison shop all year long. why would you go out thursday and stay in line. i did stay in one line. >> don't you know you just put a bunch in your cart and don't press buy. what's wrong with you? that's just me. >> if you do that the price might go down. i had stuff in my amazon cart. the the price went down. >> i googled cyber monday. it's interesting to see a lot of places clearinghouses of where you can find the best deals. you said you found apps that kind of help you. run through those. there's people that might have missed them. >> shop advisor is great. tag things as you like.

as prices change they alert you. retail me not is great to find coupons when out shopping around. then of course amazon has become the go to for how much cheaper can i get it? in a lot of instances it's cheaper. sometimes you'll have to pay for shopping which off sets that. >> i want to know what you're doing at home. if you're shopping at home, what you're looking for, having success, any deals you may have found. let your girl know. here we are, cyber monday. >> we have so much stuff, we couldn't fit it in your apartment when we were moving you in. what happened to the six foot candles? >> i was going to put them in your office. >> you need one that's sizable. what's wrong with you? >> good stuff. plenty of it, that's all. remember the man thatt wantd a thanksgiving? he got it and so much more.

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it's time for the good stuff update style. remember the homeless man. it's good. all he wanted was a family just to share the day with, nothing else. it went viral. >> i am lonely like 365 days a year, but christmas and thanksgiving are two of the worse days. it would mean the world to me if somebody took me in just for that one day. for a couple hours you know. >> someone to take me in just a couple hours. i mean how hard must that have been for him to ask. here's the good news. his call was answered in a big way. no surprise it was a military family. they know what it's like to be lonely on the holidays and know what it's like to serve. they did in a big way. everybody just loved each other. >> i honestly felt i knew him. reached out to shake his hand, and he pulled me in for a hug. >> me and corey connected as soon as i met him.

>> it wasn't only neil who benefitted. his story brought after tension to his shelter. they got a ton of donations. corey, the other guy you saw there, the military guy, he raised $400 among his coworkers for neil himself. the point is, it was never about the money. >> i hope people learn that homeless are not what sometimes you picture homeless to be. >> that's the thing. you and i have had so many discussions about this. we see so many homeless people on the streets of all of our cities. it takes on urgency this time of year when the weather changes and temperature drops. they're just people. they're people who have their share of troubles. >> it's so inspirational to see strangers reaching out to va strangers taking them in. it obviously pays dividends to you too. >> renewed his hope in humanity. >> and ours. >> media is guilty of this

often. there's a lot of bad out there. that doesn't mean there isn't good. there are good people doing good things. >> that's the good stuff. >> hence the good stuff. >> that was my imitation of you. >> it was excellent. i couldn't tell who was talking. >> much more intelligent and sophisticated. i wish i had that hair. a lot of news this morning. let's get you to carol costello. >> michaela is so talented. talk amongst yourselves. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. happening now in the newsroom, hands up. a show of solidarity. the st. louis rams entering the ferguson debate. the police officer's association not pleased. today the president holds high level talks. front and center. the wife of former baltimore ravens running back ray rice

speaking out. >> another tt the end of the da football player. that's what they should be focused on. and hacked. sony pictures calling in fbi this morning, unreleased movies on pirate websites. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? some are asking is north korea behind it? lines from hell stretching more than a mile long, thousands waiting to get home after thanksgivin thanksgiving. also, sliding sales. black friday going from this to this. is our an annual shopping frenzy