enemies. hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. ahead this hour -- >> let me be clear. i ain't mad at you, all right? >> the u.s. attorney general rolls with the punches after a group of protesters interrupted a meeting. find out what promises he and president obama make. plus student leaders had hong kong begin a hunger strike to pressure china to answer their demands.

we are live at the protest site with reaction to the new tactic. and later, we hear for the first time from a boy who escaped after being hidden inside a false wall inside his father's home. you have to hear the clever way he called for help. and thanks for joining us, everyone. as protests over the ferguson verdict continue all over the united states, president obama is setting up a commission to study the relationship between police and the communities they serve. it has 90 days to make concrete recommendations. michelle kosinski has the latest in the anger and the obama administration's measures to ease it. >> reporter: the emotion and demonstration has spread well beyond ferguson, missouri. from california to new york, a die in outside the department of

justice. the st. louis rams unapologetic over their hands up on the field sunday. officer wilson who shot michael brown resigned. there were serious threats to his safety. the white house knows this is an issue with a far deeper current that isn't going away, and he's trying to figure out what to do about it. today the president spent his entire day not in ferguson, but on it. >> there have been task forces and conversations and nothing happens. what i try to describe the people as why this time will be different, and part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the united states is deeply invested in making sure that this time it's different. >> reporter: he held meetings with his cabinet, young civil rights leaders from the country and leaders from law

enforcement. attorney general holder is in atlanta on the same issue, all looking for ways to build trust. what the white house is doing now is asking congress for more funding for local police departments, more than $200 million that would include training and some 50,000 body cameras for officers, potentially answering some of those difficult questions in the future that are unanswerable in ferguson. and some are talking about the militarization of police departments. nearly half a million pieces of equipment given over the last few years, more than 5,000 humvees. but there's a glaring lack of consistency and training in these federal grants. the white house wants to fix that and get at sol of the roots of unrest. >> these are the kind of issues that i don't think anybody expects these issues are going to be resolved overnight. he recognizes not one

presidential trip to ferguson is going to solve the problem there. >> and as michelle mentions there, attorney general holder was in atlanta monday night where he promised new guidelines to fight racial profiling. he spoke from a church from the 1960s civil rights movement. >> reporter: this is the first of what are said to be a series of community meetings the attorney general plans to hold across the country. it began with the mayor and the chief of police of atlanta and a number of other civic and political leaders. then after that came the community meeting. it was there that attorney general holder delivered an address and updated the audience on the federal investigations that are still ongoing, he says, in ferguson, and that drew a large round of applause. them he began to talk about other changes he planned to implement, including new guidelines he expected to implement soon that would limit racial profiling for federal law

enforcement. then he began to talk about the family of michael brown, the young man who was killed in ferguson, but he was interrupted by protesters. here's some of what happened. [ yelling ] >> reporter: this disruption lasted for about 30 seconds, and then the protesters left the church. as for why atlanta was chosen, there is great historical significance. the ebenezer church is where martin luther king, junior preached. it was always his cause that stressed non-violence, seeking justice for all. that non-violence message is one that was reiterated by the attorney general. martin savage, cnn, atlanta. all right. we turn now to hong kong where the stakes are being raised between pro-democracy protesters and the government. one of the most prominent faces of the movement, student leader

joshua wong is now on a hunger strike with two other students. they say they won't stop until the government responds to their demands for a free election. their action comes after some of the worst violence to hit the protest in weeks. ivan watson joins us live from hong kong with the latest. what is hong kong's chief executive saying about this new tactic on the part of the protesters, and how does student leader joshua wong expect this is likely to play out? >> reporter: well, comments came out to the press saying about the hunger strike, i hope that students involved take care of their health, especially in this cold weather. joshua wong, he kind of responded to that, and he said, you know, this is basically a measure that we have to try to take to get the government to sit down and meet with us. even though there have been

televised meetings between the student protest leaders and the hong kong government in the past, but what the student protest leaders and it's important to note that joshua wong, only a teenager, just 18 years old, just to give you a sense of the youth of some of the leaders of this protest movement. but they have also acknowledged that some of the measures and strategies particularly in the last 48 hours have failed, to block off the government headquarters in an attempt to paralyze the hong kong government was rapidly crushed by the hong kong police who then went and called the protesters violent radicals. the protest movement clearly feeling the pressure that after more than two months after this sit-in began here, it is losing popularity and support among the hong kong people, according to a couple of surveys.

despite that, though, we have signs that people are continuing to support this. at least one segment of society. you have, take a look, rosemary. this is the student study section that has been established here that even has exercise bikes here for people who are participating in this protest movement. rosemary? >> yeah. they have been extraordinarily organized, haven't they? and as you've mentioned, after these two months of pro-democracy demonstrations, is there any sense that the hunger strikes or anything else is likely to change china's decision to screen candidates for the elections in 2017? >> reporter: no. we haven't seen any signs of compromise or willingness to negotiate from the central government in beijing. and mainland china. no signs whatsoever. and it has defendantly said that the hong kong authorities are

adequate and appropriate and empowered to deal with this rather unprecedented protest movement. and, again, it does seem that the hong kong authorities have basically decided to wait this out. they have not used force against this remarkable tent city that has sprung up, really, in the center of the city, blocking a main artery here, running through hong kong for more than two months. and as the protest movement has continued, we have seen signs of fatigue coming from some sectors of hong kong society that actually supported this protest movement in the first place. and one of the initiators of this protest movement, one of the founders of the occupy movement, he's actually gone back to teaching classes, reportedly. just to give you a sign that some of the original people who began this have actually started to peel away as time has

progressed, and as the protest movement has grown less and less popular in hong kong society. >> yeah. that is certainly an interesting point, and we will be watching very closely to see how this new tactic on the part of the protesters pans out. and to see how the hong kong administration responds to to. ivan watson, many thanks to you for your report there from the hong kong streets. now we turn to a developing story in kenya where al shabab is thought to have killed people. ktn reports about 20 gunman targeted workers. 28 people were killed in a bus attack just last month. the wreckage lingered off italy's coast for two years, an

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court. he's facing charges that could put him in prison for more than 20 years if convicted. >> reporter: the former captain is finally getting his day in court. nearly three years after the cruise liner ran aground off the italian coast. he is facing charges that include multiple manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship. the trial started last july, but this is the first time he'll get to testify. the costa concordia struck rocks in italy in 2012, killing 42 of the people on board and injuring hundreds of others. it took engineers almost two years to raise the ship upright, and an additional ten months to re-float it and transport it to genoa for dismantling. he is expected to answer why it

took more than an hour to abandon ship and why he jumped into a lifeboat with hundreds of passengers still on board. his plea deal request was denied. he maintains he did nothing wrong. >> translator: some people have already plea bargained, admitting their guilt. i am taking part in the trial. so before talking about who is responsible and who is guilty, i am taking part in the trial and others have admitted their guilt. >> reporter: with the defense's case to follow, if he's convicted he faces at least 23 years in prison. linda kincaid, cnn. freelance journalist barb barbie daknow joins us. >> reporter: it's the first time

he's going to put his testimony on record. he'll be answering questions by the prosecutor and cross-examined by any number of 100 attorneys representing people who have cases against him. he will be cross-examined also by the lawyers for a young ballerina who was his guest the night of the crash and who has filed a suit against him for ruining her reputation, things like that. it will be a very, very interesting day of testimony. yesterday, though, we saw that the prosecution entered five, relatively new pieces of evidence into the court case, into the dossier today. so he may argue that he doesn't have time to defend on those, although that is not exactly ground-breaking information. two of them are interviews he gave the morning after the crash. this is just to get these things

in the record so he can question them about them today. the testimony is expected to last all day and could go into tomorrow as well. and we could also see if another date next week, the his command during the accident, they have taken plea bargains, and they are not serving sentences and they were given prison times up to two and a half years. the fact at that there is guilt already that has been admitted in this case means that the captain has very little chance of escaping as well, without some sort of a guilty verdict, according to most people we talk about. whether or not he has to spend any jail time or not, that's going to be the big question, and if he has to serve it, it

would be in a house arrest situation. he's been on several levels of house arrest since the accident. he's not able to leave his town where he lives. it's a difficult situation, though, i think, in terms of how they're going to end up sentencing him if they find him guilty, how they're going to make up their mind how many years he'll have to serve. >> we'll be watching very closely, barbie nadeau, thank you for joining us and updating us on the situation there. comedian bill cosby resigned monday from the board of trustees at temple university over the rape allegations against him. he had been on the board for 32 years. the school in philadelphia, pennsylvania was under pressure to cut ties with one of its most famous students, after at least 17 women accused cosby of sexual misconduct of the one of them worked at the university back in

2004. cosby also recently resigned an honorary co-chairmanship at the university of massachusetts at amhur amhurst. one of the accusers is janice dickinson. she spoke very candidly to cnn about the allegations, and you can see her entire emotional interview on cnn.com. well, we'll soon find out more about the 11 years michelle knight was held captive in a home in cleveland, ohio. lifetime is making an original movie about the horrific ordeal based upon her book. knight is the first of three women ariel castro kidnapped before keeping them locked up in his home and raping them for more than a decade. the women were rescued after one

of them screamed for help from the home. here's more on the movie. >> reporter: you're on the set of the new lifetime movie, missing in cleveland, the michelle knight story. we're working a scene at the burger king where amanda berry went missing in 2003. they were kidnapped and held by ariel castro for 10 years. the movie script is not an exact re-write of michelle knight's best-selling book. she hints that people will come away with a feeling of hope. >> sometimes miracles do happen. the more you know about this story the more you feel that it is a miracle and to have hope is something i think is a good thing to encourage. >> reporter: the cast, "orange is the new black" actress, taryn manning is michelle knight. raymond cruz will be ariel

castro. ariel castro's home long gone here on seymour avenue. and i've been told that michelle knight has been talking to producers of the movie since last year. you're going to see some new details you've never heard before in this new film. the film will be in cleveland and michelle knight is expected to visit the set. >> we've met with michelle a lot. our writer has worked very intimately with her. and i think there are things about the story that people don't know. >> and that was scott taylor reporting. ariel castro was arrested and convicted and later killed himself in prison. well, pope francis is speaking out about the fight against human trafficking. our chief international correspondent crist christiane

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slides. so imagine this now moving in. and i'll show you the water vapor here. here's l.a., san francisco. hawaii's on the corner there. our low is pulling this tropical moisture from the south and west. we have this tropical connection, and there is a lot where this came from. so the rain is about to move in, and you can see that tail that extends all the way down into the tropics here. so l.a. about to see some showers. the rain will begin in the morning and will get heavier through the afternoon. watch the clock. we will set you into monday afternoon where we see those pockets of very heavy rainfall. it will be snow for some of the mountains here. and then what will happen is the rain will wane by the time we get into the afternoon and late into the overnight. and by tuesday we'll begin to clear things out as we head through the day on wednesday, excuse me. and then san francisco, central california to the north, we'll

have another stream of moisture that will continue wednesday through thursday as well. so the heaviest will end from south to north. and that's the way the story is going to go. because of that, we do have the flood watches that are going to be up. so generally, 1 to 3 inches across the los angeles area. snow across the mountains, and then 2 to 4 inches further to the north, and that is going to fall in a very short amount of time, rosemary, that is why we have flash flood watches. and here to the north, this is where we had the fires through the summer. those are the areas, the burn areas, that are going to be very susceptible to debris flow and flooding. we'll watch that very closely. >> they've had to deal with so much on the west coast, haven't they? thanks so much, appreciate that, ivan. we'll take a short break, but just ahead, the iraqi military is down tens of thousands of soldiers, not because they are leaving the ranks. we'll explain the so-called ghost soldiers.

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and a warm welcome back to cnn. i'm rosemary church. we do want to check the headlines for you this hour. with more protests over the ferguson shooting, president obama announced a commission to study the relationship between police and the communities they serve. it has 90 days to make concrete recommendations on improvements. the stakes are being raised in hong kong between pro-democracy protesters apartment government. student leader joshua wong is now on a hunger strike with two other students, saying they won't stop until the government responds to their demands for a free election. their action comes after some of the worst violence to hit the

protests in weeks. al shabab militants are suspected of killing 36people in kenya. the victims' bodies were found in a quarry just a few kilometers from mandera. about 20 gunmen targeted workers at the site. al shabab rebels killed people in a bus attack last month. mexican protesters want their president to step down. they marched in the streets, protesting the government's handling of the murder of 43 students. the president has been in office for two years. a poll by a mexican newspaper says 60% of mexicans are unhappy with his job performance. the fbi says isis militants or sympathizers may single out u.s. military personnel for

attacks on american soil. it's warning service members to be mindful when they're traveling in uniform, particularly now around the holidays. the bureau also suggests they minimize references to their military service on social media. well, in some parts of iraq, government security forces have been no match for isis. we now know why. an investigation has uncovered some 50,000 ghost soldiers on the payroll. >> reporter: they were scenes that shocked the world. a few hundred isis militants into mosul and swiftly taking control of iraq's second-largest city with little or no resistance. but how? some soldiers abandoned their posts, others did not show up. an investigation into iraq's security forces by the new prime minister has so far revealed almost a quarter of iraq's

military exists only on paper, not on the battlefield. he calls them ghost soldiers. >> discovered in november. in record time, without even sending inspection teams into the field, only by checking paperwork i was able to eliminate 50,000 ghost soldiers in four army divisions. what's worse is that this was allowed to go on for a long time and didn't take much effort to discover. >> translator: i feel sad all this time we were paying salaries, and we don't have money. while some are getting killed, some are getting paid without attending. he believes this is just the tip of the iceberg, expecting, quote, wonders to be revealed after field inspections. iraq is known as one of the most corrupt countries, even permeating the ranks of those supposed to uphold the law. less than three months in office and he has promised an overhaul of the security forces.

last month he fired 26 military commanders and pushed others into retirement, signaling the start of an overdue shakeup of security forces. he's now promising a harsh crackdown. we will not let the people responsible get away with this, and the people responsible for wasting public funds will be held accountable, he warns. reforming and restructuring iraq's military will take time, and time is not something iraq can afford in the face of a brutal and organized enemy. a funding crisis may cause almost 2 million syrian refugees to go hungry this winter. the world food program is strapped and stopped issuing food vouchers in jordan, lebanon, turkey, iran and egypt. cnn's international correspondent arwa damon has more on the tough road ahead for these refugees and their

families. >> reporter: around 1.7 million of the poorest syrian refugees are now going to struggle even more when it comes to trying to find ways to feed their families. the world food program has just announced that it is suspending its food vouchers. these are vouchers that were given out to families that they could then use in local markets. a lot that we had spoken to that relied on these vouchers were constantly telling us that they still have to supplement them. the suspension of this program means it's going to be even harder to make ends meet and feed children as winter is drawing close. the world food program is warning this could have disastrous consequences, not just for the syrian families but for the countries trying to host them. the main reason for the suspension of this program is the lack of money. there quite simply is not the funding. and many of those donor countries or others that have pledged financial assistance to the world food program, that

money simply has not come through. this is a source of great frustration for the syrian population, especially the refugee population who are constantly wondering why it is that the world is willing to seemingly stand by as they fall victims to violence and a fate over which they have little control. this is something that global donors can actually do something about. the world food program says it urgently needs $64 million so it can start the program up again for december. arwa damon, cnn, istanbul. 3.2 million people have fled syria due to the civil war. more than 600,000 are in jordan, over 220,000 fled into iraq, and egypt has taken in more than 130,000 refugees. well, back here in the united states, a missing

13-year-old boy found inside a false wall in the u.s. state of georgia says he's feeling great. the boy and his mother, who lives in florida, were reunited over the weekend after four years apart. now she says her son was being abused, but she didn't know it. daniel will kerrson, from cnn affiliate, wgcl spoke ex-exclusively to the teenager and shared some disturbing details on the case. >> i'm feeling great. i just thank god i'm feeling great. >> reporter: the 13-year-old police say was hidden for four years is going home with his biological mother. he says his stepmother abused him during the entire four years. >> i wasn't nervous. i was just ready to go home. >> reporter: police found gregory this weekend at his biological father's home in jonesboro. officers say the couple, had him hiding in a fake wall in a storage room when police

searched their home. smith says before friday it had been one year since she talked to her son and she didn't know his address. the teen had gone to visit his father four years ago and wasn't allowed to go back home. then last friday she received a friend request from him on facebook. that's when he gave her his address and told her about the abuse he'd been enduring. smith says the couple basically used her son as a slave. he did all of the yard work and all of the cleaning. after hearing this, the mother called police right away. at the same time, gregory found a phone in the home with no service and used his computer skills to call his mother and in real time led police to where he was hidden. >> i just went on and downloaded an app called magic jack and called my mom. >> reporter: smith said she had no idea the woman accused of beating her son was in 2004 convicted of cutting her own biological son's tongue with hot

scissors as a way of disciplining him. if she had known about it, she would have tried harder to find her son sooner. >> extraordinary story there. and that was daniel wilkerson. the boy's father and stepmother didn't stop them from searching the house, but denied the boy existed. want to go to india now where two sisters are being applauded for something you don't often see in their country. the young women fought back against men who taunted them on the bus. here's cnn's reporter with the video of the incident. this video has gone viral in india. the two college-going women you see here said three men were harassing them inside a moving bus. when none of the fellow passengers offered to help, the sisters took matters into their own hands, literally. their fight did not end here.

encouraged by their parents and the woman who shot this video, they reported the incident to the local police. a bold decision in a country where many cases of violence against women often go unreported. >> translator: we hope this acts as a deterrent against such men the young woman told us. and their parents must teach their sons how to behave with women. acting quickly, the police arrested the boys, who will remain in judicial custody until december 6. social media and news channels are buzzing with the story of these sisters. many expressing their horror that no one offered to help. others are taking to twitter to praise the women for fighting back. even this state where this incident took place is praising the girls. it says it will honor them at a

public function next month. cnn, mumbai. >> amazingly brave girls there. coming up here on cnn, reviving japan's economy. we'll explain the new problem facing prime minister shinzo abe. plus how does one of the largest online retailers deal with cyber monday? we will take you inside one of its massive warehouses next. this is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it's cloudy, we use more natural gas. this ensures we can produce clean electricity whenever our customers need it. ♪

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well come back, everyone. after a disappointing holiday shopping weekend at the malls, many of americans turned to the internet in search of cyber monday bargains. ibm analytics reports sales jumped 8.1% in 2013. that's less than 2013's year to year increase, likely because many cyber monday deals now start early and extend through the week. cyber monday is huge for amazon.com. the ontine retailer has distribution centers all over europe and america. cnn spent time at one of those warehouses to see how this works. >> reporter: you take a look at this space, it is massive, the size of 28 american football fields. inside this building are some 15 million products. as in any amazon facility, you look at the conveyor system,

there is a system of 8 miles worth of conveyors within this one building. and some of these belts go about 25 miles per hour. they are moving them speedily to get them out of here. and even if you live close to one of these facilities, it doesn't mean that what you are ordering is coming from there. they have an efficient system of getting things to you. this is scott with amazon. part of what's important here is the labeling. tell me about this part here. >> as the packers are putting the items in the boxes for the customers, the last thing they do is apply the white label. and what that tells the computer is where does this need to go, what's in the box and who needs to get it how fast. the system measures the weight of the box and decides, okay, we need to print a label, apply it to the box, get it on the correct truck at the correct time. >> reporter: the fourth quarter is important to retailers, you have on average 426 orders per second. >> that's correct.

last year cyber monday was our busiest day of all time. >> reporter: it's got to be efficient, and they really are here. >> stephanie elam there. japanese auto parts maker takata has reached a u.s. deadline to recall the air bags. the driver side air bags have been issued faulty or they have to face hefty fines. the air bags can explode and blow shrapnel into the car. we've seen dreadful injuries occur because of that. and they've been linked to at least four deaths. takata has only issued regional recalls so far and has resisted efforts for the national recall. japan is dealing with another problem, reviving its economy. campaigning has begun. prime minister shinzo abe is facing a fight to keep his seat

after economic data showed japan slipped back into recession. well, now moody's investor's service has also downgraded the country's credit rating. andrew stevens joins us live in tokyo with more. so andrew, i mean, how damaging is that downgrade? this is going to be the fight to the death for shinzo abe, isn't it? >> reporter: it's, it couldn't have come at a worse time, obviously, to have a downgrade on top of news that you are in recession. but i think it is important to note that this downgrade is on the back of mr. abe actually postponing a consumption tax which is due to come in april of next year. and he postponed it because the economy is just not strong enough to bear it, basically. so consumers here will be thankful for that. and the reason moody's downgraded japan was because without that tax, it's going to be difficult for japan to balance the books.

so it becomes a slightly beggar credit risk. that means japan is lower than south korea and china now as far as its risk profile, which is not good. certainly, japan's always seen as a very reliable economy. so to have that is certainly not good news for shinzo abe. but really, he's going, rosemary, he's going to the snap elections on the fact that he thinks he can sell the electric story that abenomics is indeed working. if you look at a couple of key metrics, it is doing well, one, which is very important in virtually every way you look at the economy is job creation. now economists tell me that since abe came to power two years ago he's been steadily creating that 130,000 jobs per month. that is key. people are going back to work. wages are not yet rising. so people don't feel wealthier, but there is a bit of more job security than there was in japan. and the other thing is that corporate profits have nearly doubled in the past two years.

they're at record levels as well. and we've seen a big jump in the nikkei stock exchange, up some 70% since abe has been in power. so there are some good news stories for abe to tell. so he's going to tell those. but we're on the right track. >> that's the big question, isn't it? what are the alternatives, and what, when you talk about a backdrop of recession. what is the likelihood that abe can win this election? >> reporter: it would have to be a huge turn around for abe to lose this race, i mean, he does have a pretty clear majority in his own right, in the ruling party's right. they have something like 280-odd seats in the 480-seat parliam t parliament. they are in a very strong position. these people will say that we

will count any victory as anything over a simple majority. so they look like they're prepared to lose quite a few seats in this. and, as you pointed out, it's the opposition. are they a credible opposition? the answer would appear, at least at this stage to be no. their approval rating is under 10% in the single figures. abe's is around 40, 45%. that doesn't make them a real threat to abe. so a lot of people would tell you if this is his election to lose, he will certainly take a hit, but not to the extent where he will be kicked out. and he will keep on saying that abenomics, i'm here to do a job. i've gone to the election clearly because i want another clear four years to complete my work and to show that abenomics was indeed the right policies at the right time, rosemary. >> and we will see what the voters think in just a few days. andrew stevens covering the

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over for many hobbit fans. monday was the world premiere of the battle of the five armies. the film was streamed live to more than 160 countries from a cinema in london. some fans camped on the streets for five days to get a glimpse of stars like orlando bloom on the red carpet. it will release in the u.s. on december 17. well, could a comedy about a plan to assassinate north korea's leader be the reason sony pictures commuters were hacked? jeanne moos explores that theory. >> reporter: it's not nice to make fun of the dear leader. >> president kim jong-un. >> reporter: but is it possible north korea hacked sony pictures because they made a movie called "the interview", between seth rogen and james franco out to

assassinate kim jong-un. >> take him out on the town? >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what? >> reporter: that's pretty much how north korea first reacted back in june, complaining to the u.n., calling it an act of war. those who defamed our supreme leadership can never escape the stern punishment to be meted out. in reply, seth rogen tweeted, people don't usually want to kill me for one of my movies until after they've paid $12 for it. >> you want to go kill kim jong-un? >> totally. >> reporter: last week sony pictures was hacked. the company's e-mail crippled. this image appeared and then at least five of sony's films were stolen, brad pitt's movie "fury" to the yet to be released

"annie." sony called it a criminal matter. is north korea really the culprit? honestly? we don't have a clue. the tech site re-code quoted sources saying the link to north korea is being explored. it was a decade ago that team america. >> i'm so lonely. >> reporter: mocked the current leader's father, kim jong il. well, he's not alone now. his son's riding shotgun. >> nice tank. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. >> it was a gift to my grandfather from stalin. >> in my country, it's pronounced stallone. >> reporter: new york. >> what do you think? we'll have more on that a little later. you are watching cnn. i'm rosemary church. errol barnett will take over at the top of the hour with the top

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hey there, everyone, i'm errol barnett. back to those watching around the u.s. and around the world. coming up, barack obama acts in the wake of the ferguson, missouri shooting. vowing things will be different between local police and the minority communities they're sworn to protect. >> part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the united states is deeply invested. >> also coming up, hollywood hacked. sony's newest films stolen by cybercriminals. the fbi says more cyberattacks could be on the way. also, a diplomatic climb-down. vladimir putin drops plans for agas pipeline