>> axelrod: tonight, taking it >> axelrod: tonight, taking it to the streets. >> i can't breathe! >> axelrod: across the country, thousands march with a message. they're not against police, just excessive force. juliana goldman and jericka duncan report from the demonstrations in washington and new york. bigad shaban shows us the west coast cleanup as heavy rains, mud slides and even a twister caused major messes in southern california. hold the whole grains and pass the salt-- congress gets set to roll back rules for healthier school lunches. mark albert reports. and would a fish by any other name taste as sweet as carp? >> can i have another piece? >> axelrod: barry petersen on the name change designed to turn this bottom feeder into the catch of the day. >> i said, hey, if you can't beat them, eat them. captioning sponsored by cbs

this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. and this is a western edition of the broadcast. after the grand jury in staten island chose not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of eric garner, civil rights leaders, also disturbed by the events in ferguson, missouri, called for a national day of protest. from new york to oakland and dozens of places in between today came the response. thousands of protesters demanding better treatments for minorities from police. it was mostly peaceful on the streets today, though demonstrators and police did clash in boston where state police arrested 23 people on a highway onramp. we have two reports beginning with juliana goldman in washington. >> reporter: jim, organizers say tens of thousands of people gathered here today. they came from all walks of life to protest the deaths of unarmed black men and boys at the hands of law enforcement. their message for the nation's leaders-- that the status quo is unacceptable.

standing side by side, the families of michael brown, eric garner, tamir rice, and trayvon martin marched down pennsylvania avenue-- >> hands up, don't shoot. >> reporter: -- to the u.s. capitol, calling for justice. esaw garner's son was eric garner. >> we need to stand like this at all times. and, you know, our sons, you know, they may not be here in body, but they're here with us in each and everyone of you. wu brought them here today. >> tell me what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: garner was killed in a chokehold by new york city police last july. earlier this month, a staten island grand jury decided not to indict the officers. a week earlier, a grand jury in ferguson, missouri, reached the same conclusion in the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. leslie mcspadden is brown's mother. >> what a sea of people.

if they don't see this and make ndchange, then i don't know what we gotta do. >> reporter: al sharpton's national action network organized saturday's march for justice. >> we have the same goal and that is equal protection under the law. and that's not black against white. it's right against wrong. >> reporter: sheila williams marched with two of her sons. >> if we don't make a change, he's going to be one of the trayvon martins or the michael morrells, and i'm trying to come out here and let them see what's going on hopefully make history. >> reporter: juliana goldman, cbs news, washington. >> reporter: i'm jericka duncan at the millions march in new york city. here, an overflow of demonstrators shut down parts of manhattan. families who had lost loved ones at the hands of police led the icrch which started in washington square park. >> signs like this in ferguson are everywhere.

the sounds of the crowd add to the calls for a more just society. nicole bell was front and center. she's the fiancee of sean bell who was unarmed when police gunned him down in 2006, the morning of his wedding. nicole says the marches are not about just losing black lives. >> everyone is outraged, and not just because we're black but because we're human, and we know that this is a human crisis, not just a black crisis. if you look out in the crowd, this is everyone's problem. >> reporter: 30-year-old matthew mcleod has participated in several marches in the last week. >> we are giving voice to something that's important, so if we say something that is then heard by someone else, then, then, yeah, it's worth it for everyone to be here. >> reporter: people of all races and ages walked side by side. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> reporter: police lined the four-mile route unfazed by the chants criticizing them. officer capers called the protest peaceful. >> it's america. you get to express your

feelings. i mean, the system will, you know, deal with it. and i'm just here to do my job, just to keep it safe and peaceful. >> reporter: the organizers of the march had a number of demands that include the firing of the officer involved in the eric garner case, and, jim, they also want the n.y.p.d. to create a training program that specifically addresses police brutality. >> axelrod: thank you. now to the weather on the west coast where one meteorologist estimates 10 trillion gallons of rain fell on california over the last 10 days. it was much-needed, but in some areas, drought relief came at a huge cost, and it's going to take some time to clean up the devastation. bigad shaban is in the hard-hit town of camarillo. >> this was a living room at one point. >> yes. >> reporter: it's almost like quicksand. >> yeah. >> reporter: ron tried to salvage what he could from his father's now-mud-covered home, one of 10 totally buried when a

rain-soaked hillside gave way in their camarillo neighborhood. it was too dangerous a job for his 86-year-old dad, jim, who can now barely recognize his house. early friday morning, he and his wife could feel their bed floating when mud and boulders crashed through their windows. at one point you can think you wouldn't be able to get out of it? >> yup. when windows started cracking and doors starting breaking and the mattress started going up. i said we're a goner. we're a goner. >> reporter: firefighter nick cleary helped rescue him and his wife. >> they were scared and didn't know what to do. >> the powerful storm spurred a tornado in los angeles. >> it was crazy. it was crazy. it was crazy. >> jamie captured it on his cell phone. as for his neighbor, lynn allen- - >> then i heard this boom! so i run to the door, and lo and behold, when i look out i see this tree. >> reporter: strong winds uprooted thousands of trees

throughout california. this one in sacramento fell on to travis presley's car. >> it's a serious bummer but i'm going to go ahead and say, just move on. >> reporter: back in camarillo, jim says his son had to dig through a foot of mud to find his wallet. were you able to salvage anything else? >> i don't know. we don't want to look at it. it's that ad. >> reporter: and this is where the wall of rocks came barreling through from the nearby hillside just above here. and this is actually jim's roof. we're standing about 10 feet off his backyard, and while the storm that caused all this mess has since cleared, california is now expecting more wet weather on monday. jim. >> axelrod: thank you. let's bring in meteorologist lauren casey from wcco. i guess they're not all done with the wet forecast in california, are they? >> no, they're drying out for now, but another storm system is it brewing over the pacific and will move onshore tomorrow into monday and bring another several-day bout of heavy rain fall to areas along the west

coast. meanwhile, the system that impacted these areas this past week continues to move east and will pose a severe weather threat to portions of the central and southern plains tomorrow with widespread thunderstorm activity across kansas, oklahoma, and texas. and as a low-level jet or fast winds in the midlevels of the atmosphere develops, the severe threat will increase into the day. more than 12 million people are under threat of damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes, including dallas and oklahoma city. the greatest risk for tornadoes is in southern oklahoma and northern texas. >> axelrod: lauren casey with a lot for us to keep our eyes on. thank you. with a midnight deadline approaching tonight the senate held a rare saturday session today and passed a temporary spending bill to keep the in the running through wednesday. the senate's move put off a decision on a $1.1 trillion spending package passed by the house. included in the house bill are plans to roll back bills for healthier school lunches. mark albert looked into that.

>> reporter: the campaign to make school lunches healthier has been one of first lady michelle obama's signature causes. she even held this state dinner for kids in july. >> you all have a right to expect that your hard-earned tax dollars will be spent on foods that meet basic nutrition standards. it's as simple as that. >> reporter: the 2010 legislation she championed took effect two years later and added vegetables, fruits, and whole grains to the meals 31 million kids eat each school day but house republicans have been trying to roll those rules back because even though they led to healthier and lower calorie and lower sodium meals and potentially lower rates of heart disease and stroke, it came at a cost. districts paid more than $1 billion a year for higher food and labor expenses. so republicans this week finally muscled through new rules. fewer whole grains required, and in some cases, a long-term delay to lowering sodium in meals. but in may the first lady was adamant-- any roll back would hurt kids. >> this is unacceptable.

it's unacceptable to me, not just as first lady but as a mother. >> reporter: but u.s.d.a. statistics show kids are rebelling, too. since 2012, 1.4 million fewer kids are eating the lunches. and students have been merciless on social media, tweeting pictures that are less than appetizing. one called this brownish treat mystery mush. another wrote next to this pile of something, yum. all added the hashtag thanks michelle obama. diane prat heppener with the school nutrition association supports the roll back. >> we have already seen school meal programs having to lay off staff and make tough decisions about what they're offering in the cafeteria. >> reporter: because students are not taking the meals. >> because students are not taking the meals. >> reporter: the white house press secretary says the weakening of school lunch rules may not be what the white house wants but "that's the nature of bipartisan compromise." jim. >> axelrod: mark albert in our washington newsroom. thank you, mark.

the ebola outbreak in west africa has now killed more than 6,500 people, according to the world health organization, that out of more than 18,000 who have been stricken so far. the rising toll is forcing drastic action in sierra leone, a largely muslim country, where nonetheless christmas celebrations are common-- or at least were common. debora patta has more. ♪ how can they know it's christmastime at all ♪ >> reporter: bob geldof's latest star-studded rendition of band aid was aimed at raising funds to stop the spread of ebola. ♪ let them know it's christmastime ♪ >> reporter: now, ironically, instead of good cheer and the joy of the christmas spirit, soldiers will be deployed on to the streets. the government has banned all public christmas and new year festivities. the military will be forcing people venturing out into the streets back indoors. head of the international red

cross, elhadj as sy, agreed that the precautions were warranted. >> it is a combination of a festive season where we have a >> reporter: these new restrictions are also intended to prevent people in the capital of freetown, where ebola is rampant, from traveling to see family in other parts of the country, where the disease has not yet spread. sierra leone has been overwhelmed by the outbreak and has now overtaken liberia with over 1,300 new infections in the past three weeks alone. debora patta, cbs news, cape town, south africa. >> axelrod: sony is in crisis mode. can the studio survive the hack attack? and some folks made today a day to remember when the cbs evening ayws continues. to remember when the cbs evening news continues. time like i did, you're gonna learn to deal with alot of pain.

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today, hackers released another round of embarrassing e-mails that made communication that was supposed to be private very public. so how can a corporation like sony recover? vinita nair asked a couple of public relations experts. >> reporter: mike paul works with hollywood executives in crisis. >> sony is in big trouble. to me, this is hollywood's edward snowden moment, and what's a problem with that is we don't know what's coming next. >> reporter: today, more e-mails lere leaked disparaging a hand full of hollywood celebrities. the daily beast reports the targets were leonardo dicaprio and willow and jaiden smith. that's on top of what's already been reported-- racially charged e-mails the president, documents that reveal movie plots and embarrassing personal information that was on sony's computer network. >> there are 6,000 e-mails that are out there. what other things are happening within the company that makes the company vulnerable? >> reporter: on a state official one to 10, 10 being the worst, how bad is this for sony?

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