get the [ bleep ] on the sidewalk. exact words to me. >> that was the key difference. from the beginning, it was a hostile interaction? >> good wednesday morning everybody right now on first look protests following the ferguson grand jury decision spreads to hundreds of cities throughout the u.s. and north america. >> to those that think that what happened in ferguson is an excuse for violence, i do not have any sympathy for that. i have no sympathy at all for destroying your own community. >> and hear directly from officer darren wilson. >> plus a nor'easter is off the north carolina coast and the police in hot pursuit as a perp thinks he is outrun the law.

>> support for the family of michael brown. nearly 200 protests. early this morning police in ferguson held a news conference after a second night of looting and objects thrown at police officers. >> we were able to seize a cocktail in the area of church street in front of city hall. there was a arrest made following that. i had it on the tailgate of the pick up truck. we seized earlier in the evening a .9 millimeter semiautomatic pistol. rocks, bottles, tent poles, pieces of asphalt, small bottles filled with probably something you could drink, perhaps water or gatorade. other small bottles filled with what appears to be urine. >> our plan moving forward is to make sure this community is safe, businesses are maintained and that people still have their

rights for freedom of speech and protests. >> the chief said police made 44 arrests. mostly misdemeanors and four felony arrests including several outside of ferguson police department. the national guard stood near barriers. he explained his decision to increase the national guard number from 700 to 2200. >> all together that will be more than 2,200 national guardsmen in the region. lives and property must be protected. this community deserves to have peace. >> meanwhile, in oakland california a peaceful protest turned chaotic. large groups of protestors blocked major highways, vandalized police cars and set fires in the streets. this t-mobile store was among several cities looted. and they called for justice by shutting down major freeways. in los angeles they tried to prevent demonstrators from

entering this freeway. several were arrested there. in portland, oregon they used pepper spray and several arrests. on the east coast in boston 1400 protestors with traffic on major roadways and they blocked major thoroughfares during the height of rush hour. president obama addressed it. >> for those that think that what happened in ferguson is a reason for violence i have no sympathy for that. but for the overwhelming majority of people that just feel frustrated and pain because they get a sense that maybe some communities aren't treated fairly or some individuals aren't seen as worthy as others, i understand that. and i want to work with you and

i want to move forward with you. your president will be right there with you. >> and for the first time, officer darren wilson is speaking out about the fatal shooting. >> i had reached out my window with my right hand to grab on to his forearm. i was going to try to move him back and get out of the car and when i felt it i felt the immense power he had. it was like a 5-year-old holding on to hulk hogan. that's how big this man was. >> hulk hogan. >> he was very large. very powerful man. >> you're pretty large. >> yeah i'm above average. >> we also heard from his father that spoke to al sharpton on politics nation. >> they crucified his character. for people that don't even know my son, they probably wish they did because the things that they were saying is just terrible.

it's terrible. >> now the eyes of the world are on ferguson following the grand jury decision not to indict officer wilson. when asked about the unrest in ferguson a spokesperson for the chinese says there's no such thing as perfection when it comes to human rights no matter which country you're in. >> the guardian ran the headline ferguson ablaze after michael brown verdict. this swear zone now. in germany the fact that so many people between new york and loss angels he is are convinced that justice has not been administered is another tragedy and the russian foreign minister issued a statement saying recent developments in ferguson are another very disturbing signal to the u.s. authorities that it is time to finally focus on large-scale internal problems rather than engage in baseless and fruitless mentoring and moralizing against other

countries. that from russia. well, thanksgiving travel is going to be a bit stressful today. a nor'easter is set to nail the northeast. in the skies the military is helping out. it has opened restricted air space for flights. wendy is live in chicago o'hare. wendy, how are things looking right now? >> reporter: good morning betty. as you can see behind me the lines are already building at this very early hour and overnight all of the major airlines cancelled hundreds of flights as a preemptive strike against that storm as you mentioned that's moving up the east coast and that's not good news when the thanksgiving travel numbers are up. whether by air or by roadway an estimated 46 million people will travel this holiday weekend. >> i'm coming from the twin cities, i'm going to ohio. >> reporter: and with gas prices

down 84 cents since april drivers will have a lot of company on the highways this year. >> under $3 it's free. >> reporter: what isn't freebie any stretch is airline travel. in fact, ticket prices are up slightly from this time last year. >> what we tend to see for this holiday period is that people will travel regardless. the extra $50 or $100 per ticket isn't going toe keep them from going to visit their family. >> reporter: but could hinder the visits, the weather. >> very happy. >> reporter: other travellers won't be so lucky as a nor'easter is forecast to make its way up the eastern seaboard and a major storm on the east coast can have a ripple effect across the country. the airline advice, check your e-mail and download your airline's app for the latest delays and cancellations. >> we'd rather have people wait out storms at their homes as

opposed to being stuck at the airport. >> reporter: no matter what your method of travel always pack your patience. the good news here at o'hare international is right now all the boards say the flights are on time. i'm certain that is going to change at some point during the day. meanwhile the airlines have waived the rebooking fees but that's not a lot of consolation for the weary travellers. back to you. >> no, people just want to get to their destination. thank you. let's check in with bill karins and see what the weather is going to do today. maybe it will help out. >> if you want to drive across oklahoma it's not bad today. we just have this mess called the east coast and millions of people today. the storm is here and thankfully things will trending warmer instead of colder. more rain problems than snow. we're going to see snow but more in areas away from the big highways. the storm is just off the south

carolina, north carolina coast. it's moving to the north about to arrive in new york city. it's raining in philadelphia. that's plenty warm. no problems. it's just a rainstorm on i-95. i'm sure there will be airport delays because of volume, wind, rain and low visibility but if we're going to get snow out of the morning hours, central pennsylvania, watch i-81 and then later today interior sections of new england. how much snow -- again, i-95. not expecting much but anything. very little of anything and same with boston but albany and the hudson valley area and now even northern new england too they're going to be digging out come thursday morning for about a foot of snow. >> my goodness. >> some areas are going to get hit hard but it's more the areas that are more hearty. >> be careful traveling today, thank you bill. a high speed chase ends in a crash and a thud. it happened in oklahoma city

after a 20 minute high speed pursuit police surrounded the car at i dead end. then the suspect got the bright idea to drive in reverse and then actually slam on the gas and try to break through that barricade. you're going to see what happens. yeah, didn't work so well. the driver then decides to make a run for it. after a short foot chase officers catch him in a nearby parking lot. the suspect is already wanted for a felony. the three people in the car were caught and taken into custody as well. just ahead, first the blowout, then the apology. plus a woman falls into a deep sinkhole while hanging laundry.

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welcome back. 13 minutes past the hour. crowds in cleveland shutdown the highway yesterday. they're not only protesting the decision in ferguson but the shooting of a 12-year-old boy on

saturday. police shot the boy after reaching for his pellet gun which looked like a real weapon. >> enforcers wiped through camps with pepper spray. more than 100 were arrested including key student leaders. >> and attorney is accused of hypnotizing women for his sexual pleasure. they would lose track of time during phone calls and meetings forgetting what happened. for now he is suspended by the state supreme court. >> so imagine hanging up your laundry outside when out of nowhere a 7 feet hole opens up beneath you. it was a sinkhole caused by an old well. she is okay but might consider having to use a laundromat for awhile. let's get the latest in sports. >> happy thanksgiving eve. let's get you started with sports this morning. he denies running up the score on his team's 87-26 blowout

against savannah state monday but his comments after the game raised some eyebrows, listen. >> no, i don't like to see any team struggle like that. i really don't. i tried everything. we played four white guys and an egyptian. we tried everything. >> yikes. >> what is right. texan's defensive end j.j. watt bought lunch for the firefighters on tuesday. he just wanted to thank them for their service. >> that's nice. >> we know that marshawn lynch was fined 100 gs by the nfl for refusing to speak to the media. they got creative to rant about some issues. take a look at that. >> it seems like we're in a league where they say players, you know, you don't endorse alcohol, no duis please but yet

a beer sponsor is their biggest sponsor, how do you feel about that? >> very hypocritical. >> it's fun to use your time in the nfl to speak about something you care about right? because you don't get fined 100,000. you don't get fined at all for this. this is how they want us to talk. they want us to advertise, right. >> sounds about right for me. >> got to make some money and got to not get fined. anybody got any questions? >> no, i don't think so. >> all right. >> got to have a big day. >> that's one way to do it. he's done. >> safe to say, point taken. >> he had plenty to say, that's for sure. >> the female that may give hilary a run for the money, the gq list obama doesn't want to be on. and i'm learning about this. scrambled politics is next.

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call 1-888-xarelto, or visit goxarelto.com. time for your prethanksgiving helping of scrambled politics. peter king is weighing in on the ferguson fall out and his suggestion to the white house is this. >> i think it would be helpful if president obama went and met with the police and invited him to the white house and said you have gone through four months of smear and slander and the least we can do is tell you it's unfortunate it happened and thank you for doing your job. >> a former ceo wants the biggest job of all. she actively explores 2016

presidential run but faces gop critics. fiorina once ran hewitt packard but her run for senate was less than impressive. >> flournoy drops out as hagel successor. she was considered a front runner for defense secretary and now johnson looks like the top candidate. >> the gq list is out and president obama is one of their least influential people of 2014. the magazine sites handling of russia and ebola. also making the list is bono and roger goodell. remember this seinfeld classic. >> it begins with the airing of grievances. >> festivus was the december 23rd holiday from seinfeld but in the huffington post it could

be a holiday for washington workers under new law. >> it's a festivus miracle. >> and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me now from washington, lee. good morning to you lee. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to ask you about chuck hagel. he stepped down. many reported he is forced out. does that even begin to solve the root of the president's military problem or is more wide scale change needed? >> it's been reported on a lot following chuck hagel stepping down is the fact that this white house is fairly insular when it comes to making national policy decisions and national security decisions. the president spends a lot of time working with his own advisors and tends to not necessarily take the input of the defense secretary with as much weight. so certainly right now a

potential successor will be facing those same sort of problems. >> well one of the candidates as we just reported for the job already dropped out. any chance that gop members will block any nominations as maybe pay back for immigration reform? >> that's definitely a possibility. at this point we've heard from a couple of lawmakers that said they expect this confirmation process to be a very difficult fight. it's certain that there will be a lot of difficult fights starting in this next congress. we also have another potential nomination of an attorney general and it's unclear which one of these two confirmations will be the first one. >> well, top democrat is criticizing his own party for what he says is blowing the opportunity americans gave them by focussing on the wrong problems so what issues should democrats really zero in on right now? >> well, his remarks were talking about the past. he was talking about how in 2008

democrats dealt with health care, with obamacare immediately after the elections, after they felt like they received from the public a requirement to deal with the economy and other issues like that that he wanted to be seen and dealt with first. >> all right lee thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. when it comes to fighting ebola some countries are not putting their money where their mouth is and notice something different about jennifer anniston? look at this? if you don't notice we'll tell you what it is next. is dedicated to what you could do with all that energy. energy to take the road less traveled.

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startling numbers in the daily beast. millions promise for ebola not adding up. of the countries that promised money to fight the ebola epidemic little has been delivered. 17% of the 467 murder in the second degree promise by the european union institutions have been provided. the u.s. actually has one of the higher numbers 72% of the $572 million pledged has been delivered and both the silicon valley community fund and larry paige family foundation pledged $25 million. neither group delivered any money. on nbc news.com two minnesota men charged with trying to aid isis but only one of them is in custody. he was arrested in may. the other man actually slipped out of the country to turkey that same month. he is believed to still be

overseas and last month the fbi estimated about a dozen americans have joined terrorist groups in syria. >> the trailer for jurassic world it was released early yesterday and in it we see the wonders of dinosaurs return to the big screen. >> that's like seaworld dpon wrong. >> with chris pratt. it's going to be good and alfonso was crowned the king on dancing with the stars or should we say king carlton. he's the 19th star to win the title. >> stand up please i want to see how pretty this is. >> this is my version of the kim k but the forward one. >> she might have some back problems with that. >> we have just proven that more is not better. >> on allen she showed off a new look while promoting horrible bosses too. she managed to take a little dig at kim k. >> this week saw the unveiling of jimmy fallon's name atop of

the entrance to 30 rock. that's where the tonight show is filmed. it's about time he got his name in lights. >> it's a cool thing to have out front. millions of people go by that. >> i'm betty nguyen this is first look on nbc. way too early with thomas roberts starts right now. >> is there anything you could have done differently that would have prevented that killing from taking place. >> nothing. >> no. >> and you're absolutely convinced when you look through your heart and your mind that if michael brown were white, this should have gone down in exactly the same way. >> yes. >> no question. >> no question. >> so officer darren wilson breaking his silence after being cleared in the shooting death of michael brown. why he said he had no other option but to shoot and there was nothing in retrospect he would do differently. and if you're not yet where you need to be for thanksgiving good

luck because we're tracking a winner storm that could be a mess for you that have the holiday travel out there plus the long lines that you're going to see at the ticket counter. and it is back. we're going to kick off the holiday season by waking up one of the current giant of football. recently said that the best body in the nfl but did you know he has one of the biggest hearts too? place your bets. this is way too early. >> hi, good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it's wednesday november 26th. welcome to way too early. the show that wishes our arms were bigger than our hearts. we're ready for this holiday season. yes we are. we have a lot of news to get to this morningme. we want to begin on this serious note. we have been talking about what's happening around the country nationally. the big