violence returns to ferguson, after the grand jury does not indict officer wilson in the shooting of michael brown. while here in chicago, a calmer scene as protesters march through downtown. we'll have a *live report. and, newly-released evidence gives a more- detailed description than ever, from the ferguson grand jury. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m.* of our weather. >> and >> after interest and we are expecting brings to clear up. much cooler. yesterday at this time we were at 50 degrees. today we will be

lucky to reach the mid to upper 30's. credit conditions early on. mainly, this afternoon becoming partly cloudy by tonight. the class will break up. 25 degrees right now. up to 17 in lansing. it will make it feel like single digits across much of the area. in the city it feels like 10 or 11. solid compounds such as light flurries. no additional accumulation as the system continues to press off to the east. 20 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. the three days forecast shows the high temperature of 35 degrees on wednesday. a big travel day. others day, high temperature 29 degrees would partly sunny conditions. cuts check on the roads. >> did you guys miss me? it

has been a while. with some overnight construction ... dan? a little bit? the south bound to have the left-wing closed until 6:00. a bit of a slowdown but nothing major. at 142 we've had this reduced to one lane for some time from indiana. the good news is, that should be picked up by tomorrow. the construction will end. otherwise you're looking good. we do have a story developing from overnight, three vehicles involved in a car accident with a car into a building including act a bus. wash for slow spot in that stretch as the watch that crash. you can see damage to the vehicle. two people were on the bus and were injured. sent to hospitals with none of life- threatening injuries. >>we have a story

developing overnight. purchasers in ferguson taken to the streets when they decide not to indict the officer in the death of michael brown. >> at least a dozen building set on fire cars overturned, store windows smashed. guns were fired into the air. 29 people have been arrested. police say the violence is worse than anything they saw back in august just after brown's death. >> i don't have any hesitation in telling you i did not seek peaceful protest tonight. i am disappointed. announcing there weren't peaceful people are they're announcing that wasn't the case, but i do say that this did spin out of control. >> to st. louis county prosecutor says scientific evidence backed up by eyewitness testimony led the grand jury to conclude that the officer shot michael brown in self-defense. >> the family reacted with this statement, your profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequences of

this action. attorneys for officer darren wilson also issued athey said, "officer wilson followed his training and followed the law... we would encourage anyone who wants to express an opinion, to do so in a respectful and the violence in ferguson comes, despite president obama's personal plea for a *peaceful response to the grand jury's decision. he said people must *respect that decision. >> we are a nation built on the rule of law. we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury's decision to make. americans agree with it and americans who are disappointed. even angry. understandable reaction. >>protests have been mostly peaceful. demonstrators are geared up to head back to the streets this morning. tonya francisco is at state and jackson with the details. >> the morning. did together

here at the corner of state and jackson are around 7:00 a.m.. another protest is scheduled for later. the protest that took place here in chicago mostly peaceful. no arrests here. it actually turned out to be an impromptu display. protesters and activists had planned to gather at the if public safety headquarters at 35 and michigan. but after that the protesters took to the streets. >> who street? our streets! >> heading east and then north, they headed over to lakeshore drive shutting down both sides of the drive. while police officers made a largely peaceful track. elsewhere, jesse jackson denounced the grand

jury decision calling it is said commentary and not credible, also calling for peaceful protest. >> i urge people to discipline because violence will not solve the problem. it could be a distraction. >> after exiting the drive, protesters headed north to the thompson center were the crash with police who deployed the same tactics they used during the native summit. calling for more demonstration. >> shut down the sheep streets of chicago and the highways, >> >> 9:00 a.m. city hall! >> despite protesting, there's still a lot of anger and distrust of police the

protesters feel they must focalized. they are gathering at seven a m at the corner of state and jackson and another protest scheduled at 9:00 a.m. at city hall. that is right outside the mayor's office. we will keep our eye on those protests and bring you updates through the day. live at the corner of state and jackson. back to you. >>in other parts of the country...mostly peaceful protests. in oakland, california...hundreds blocked the eastbound lanes of interstate 580. they opened fire hydrants to flood some lanes. police closed the other side of the freeway for safety... it re-opened after about an hour. the scene was similar in downtown seattle, where demonstrators blocked interstate-5. four arrests were reported after the protesters and police exchanged volleys of bottles, rocks and pepper spray. in new york city, protesters gathered in union square, then marched to times square.

following the grand jury's decision, evidence including the testimony of officer wilson has been made available to the public for the first time. andrew spencer gives us a first look at what the grand jury looked over for three months. >> amid chants of no justice no peace the grand jury met starting in august eventually finding no probable cause to charge the officer with a crime. >> it's a serious charge. this simply cannot decide it on anything less than complete and critical examination of the evidence. anything less is not justice. >> newly released photos part of the evidence made public after the decision. the show him in medical examination after shooting and killing michael brown carried in the testimony to the grand jury he described brown punching him through the window of his patrol car. after that happened, the next thing he said he remembered was have to get this guy away from me, what do i do to not get beaten

inside my car? almost witnesses corroborated at least some credit altercation at the car, the descriptions the cave of the shooting was a very. >> many of the same witnesses acknowledged it didn't actually see the shooting. some ran for cover, some related what they heard from others or they said what they assumed happened. >> the prosecuting up attorneys said the grand jury could not rely solely on wilson's testimony. >> in any case, the target or the suspect has the most interest in the case. >> the witnesses who stories stayed consistent were consistent with each other and consistent with the physical evidence all african-americans. most of the witnesses did agree that brown was moving toward wilson when the officer killed him although one witness said brown was standing still. >>keep it here on wgn t-v for the latest on the developingwe'll have updates all morning long, with

*live reports from tom negovan in ferguson starting at 6 a-m. visit our website for more, *wgn t-v dot-com slash- ferguson*. another quick look at the forecast. >> good morning. a cold day today. yesterday's high early on was in the low 50s. today we will be lucky to make it to 30. michigan city is reading at 26. lansing reading at 27. when chicago is 17. some light composite show's polite line of snow moving crew much of western cook county. not a big deal it will press through quickly. no additional accumulation. clouds will break up. 29 degrees for the high. tonight that the 21. tomorrow the weather will be agreeable. possible snow but not much. for thursday a big cool down. friday and

saturday we warm up. >> coming up, a suburban cop had to arrest a chicago police officer. >> and the president comes to town. plus -- defense secretary chuck hagel is stepping down, and may be replaced by a woman for the first time ever. and -- ahead after 4:30 -- we'll tell you *where and when* you can see the trailer for "star wars: the force awakens".

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a chicago cop has been stripped of his police powers while the department investigates a suspected drunk driving stop and confrontation with merionette park police. a department statement does not name the morgan park district officer involved in the situation sunday afternoon. it *does say the officer may have fired shots at the suburban officers who pulled him over. now that defense secretary chuck hagel has agreed to step down, president obama may choose a *woman to succeed him. michele flournoy is the number-three official at the pentagon... the undersecretary of defense for policy. she would become the first *female defense secretary. as for hagel, he says he'll continue to serve until his successor is confirmed by the senate, possibly after the first of the year. he >> it's been the greatest privilege of my life to lead and to serve. to serve with the men and women of the defense department and support their families. >>hagel and obama reportedly disagreed over the

administration's defense strategy. white house officials insist that hagel's resignation was a mutual decision, and that a different kind of leadership is needed -- particularly in the fight against "isis." hagel was the only *republican on obama's cabinet. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. president obama comes to town this afternoon to sell his new immigration plan. he'll speak to members of the polish american association at the copernicus center in the jefferson park neighborhood. an estimated 16-thousand poles are living in illinois illegally. the president's executive order allows un-documented parents of u-s citizens, to stay in the country for three years if they pass a background check. a high-ranking member of mexico's infamous sinaloa drug cartel was sentenced to 22 years in prison. alfredo vasquez was a trusted friend of the cartel's captured leader, joaquin guzman. he was the man who received shipments of cocaine from mexico to chicago, and distributed them to other american cities. the f-a-a has announced an overhaul of its air traffic control system, in the wake

of a september fire that shut down its aurora radar center for almost two weeks. the head of the f-a-a says, when the overhaul is done, the system should be restored to 90 percent of full operation within 24 hours of a major outage. security will be improved... and f-a-a facilities will improve communication, flight planning and sharing of weather data. big changes in the weather. we went from balmy and wet over the weekend... to ice and snow yesterday. weather delayed more than 400 flights at o'hare and midway and more than 100 flights were canceled. and the national weather service says we may see temps in the 30's and more light snow tomorrow. is this true? >> it is. what if i said no? it is true that. light snow. the '30's would be an improvement though for much of this month. we have been colder than normal. today we don't even make it to 30. it's 21 right now. light snow is falling. the dew

point temperature is at 16. here we have our current temperatures. wind is stiff out of the west. 14 mi. in bartlett. wind chill makes it feel like a seven degrees. nine in joliet. 10 in midway. satellite composite shows align of snow moving through in and out quickly. after that the clouds will break up. really not a significant snow. tonight, partly cloudy, wednesday we have sunshine early. the next system moves in from the west bringing to light chance of snow grazing as down to the south and west. later in the day into the early thursday. a picturesque type of snow that will keep you from going over to grandma's house. it will stop you. wednesday ... thursday we're back up to 29.

>> nice and light. if you slow spot because of the overnight roadwork. one of them is on the o'hare expressway. the work continues eastbound with a have the right lane closed until the top of the hour. and construction on 88, the right and moral heading eastbound and westbound both directions, two lanes are out. that will last until 5:00 a.m.. the road work is fairly light. >> markets is live at the chicago chicago's ag school on the far south side this morning. hi marcus! >> good morning we're getting ready at the chicago agricultural and science school. we just want to tell people if the have not been to the high-school or heard of it, what goes on? >> we are the only functioning school like this. 25 a. of this farm is farmland. tonight's dinner

is from farm to table, grown here on the farm and will be served by the students. >> there feeding the seniors in the area, they do this every year we came back out last year added this was really neat. a contest for they are in the running for $100,000 grant. >> the school is one of 15 finalists. the only school here in this state $100,000 grant. they want to build a riding stable in the back for the students and for children and adults with special needs. the special olympics would benefit. >> how do vote? >> go online to think a million teachers dot com. there are five days left in the contest. you can vote once a day every day. >> that's the chicago way. and finally ceased to thanksgiving dinner. lucky will not be served at the dinner. i love because you walk around every corner you

don't know what you are going to fight. there's a whole or coarse and dogs and cats running around. you never know what you are going to find. we have more coming up. look how well behaved the turkey is. last year at the turkey try to attack me i think every year it gets different. >> slowly warming up you are making new friends. >> at turkey ... >> coming up, the clydesdales are hitting the road.

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college hoops and undefeated illinois hosting brown. the illini trailed by four at the half, but rallied in the second with 73- percent shooting and 58 points. aaron crosby scored 13 of his team- high 18 points in the first five minutes of the second half. illinois wins 89-68 and improve to four- and- oh. elsewhere illinois state lost to seton hall. the bears are still assessing injuries to lance briggs and kyle fuller. football last night... the bills blew out the jets 38- 3 while the ravens beat new orleans 34-27. the blackhawks are off until tomorrow night in denver... but we want to send you to a game when they return to thewe're giving away a pair of tickets to a regular season game plus an autographed patrick sharp sweater. >> a sweater? >> you seen it. it's in the back! >>go to wgn-tv- dot- com- slash contests to enter and we'll pick a winner at noon today. >> how did you guys not know and i knew? their jerseys

but they are sweaters. this is ever 90's girl dream--setting a world record for the largest pillow fight with former nsync member joey fatone. this is actually not my dream. 4-thousand-2-hundred-and-1 people showed up for the historic event. they scored the coveted titled of " worlds largest pillow fight".... beating out the previous record holders, by one additional person. the massive one-minute long fight was sponsored by the super 8 motel, during saturday's football game at south dakota's state university. >> if thethey have justin timberlake killing in music and joey fatone is killing it in the pillow fights. >> he's a nice guy. his career may stop. >> he made a cameo in my big

fat greek wedding ... >> we can always google him to figure him out. let's take a look at the weather. 21 degrees right now. when shall 29. and by 5:00 p.m. we're down to 28.

violence in ferguson after the grand jury does not in that the officer in the death of michael brown. >> here in chicago, racine's marched downtown. >> newly released evidence gives detailed description into the grand jury investigation. >>good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. how long will this snow stick around? >> the change is coming. we had warm temperatures

yesterday. the sweeping front moved through changing from rain to snow. now we find numbers in the mid-20s and upper teens. some light snow showers continue to move through. we are expecting these snow showers to exit quickly. clouds will be on the breakup. today's temperature up to 28. typical high is 43. much of this month is colder than normal. we will be like that for much of the 70 forecast. tomorrow we make 35 degrees. generally calm conditions possibly light snow in the afternoon and evening. thanksgiving will be breezy high 29. friday and saturday will warm up highs reached the upper 40's saturday and sunday. >> a few things to watch out for. with a flashing lights downtown at madison. expect delays there. on the o'hare expressway traveling eastbound one lane blocked until 5:00. watch for things

to be slow and there. word of a crash on mid wacker drive at lake shore drive. we will be posted on that. and video of a crash that happened overnight. the bad crash with seven people injured when a car stuck struck act a bus. it happened around midnight on pulaski and ontario. the driver of the car and 2 people on the bus were injured. they were sent to area hospitals with non- life threatening injuries. protesters took to the streets of ferguson, missouri to vent their anger over a grand jury's decision not to file criminal charges six oaks in the police shooting death on michael brown. some of the protests turned violent and destructive. at least a dozen buildings were set on fire. cars were overturned, and store windows smashed. several people fired guns into the air. at least 29 people have been arrested since the mayhem began. police say the violence is worse than anything they saw in august, just after brown's death.

the say it's worse than what they saw in august. >> i don't have any hesitation in telling you i didn't see a lot of peaceful protests. i'm disappointed. i'm not saying there weren't any peaceful protests, but i will say that unfortunately it spun out of control. >> prosecutor says the scientific evidence, backed up by eyewitness testimony, led the grand jury to conclude that officer darren wilson shot michael brown in self-defense. president obama says, despite the disproven claims that the shooting of michael brown was *racially motivated, american race relations are getting better. >> i think that it's denying americans capacity for change. what is also true is that there are still problems and they're not making them up. separating that from this decision,

there are issues in which the law too often feels as if it is being applied in discriminatory fashion. >>protests have been mostly peaceful. demonstrators are geared up to head back to the streets this morning. tonya francisco is at state and jackson with the details. >> peaceful and no arrests. that is the news. a lot of people here are happy to see that chicago is putting on a positive display of anger for that decision that came down. there was already a protest planned at 35 in the brownsville neighborhood. but as the grand jury came back with the decision not to indict the officer, the protesters took to the streets. >> protesters headed east

on 35 then it north. eventually heading over to lakeshore drive shutting down both sides of the drive. all the while, with officers making the large but peaceful and vocal track with them. elsewhere, jesse jackson denounces the decision calling it a sad commentary and not credible. also calling for a peaceful protest. >> i urge people to be disciplined because violence will not solve the problem. it's a distraction from the problem. >> after exiting the drive, protesters headed north to the thompson center where they clashed briefly with police who deployed tactics they used during the native summits of 2012. calling for more demonstrations and peace. >> get outside on the peaceful streets and chicagos.highways highways.

>> before the protest at 9:00 a.m. at city hall, the protestors are scheduled to gather here at state and jackson. a lot of messages have gone back and forth urging people to come out here at 7:00 a.m.. we are here to see you what type of a turnout they will have. 9:00 press conference scheduled at city hall right outside the mayor's office. they will discuss more about the grand jury's decision. live at the corner of state and jackson. back to you. >> passionate but mostly peaceful protest broke out across the country including oakland where hundreds of boxes where marked off.

the scene was similar in downtown seattle where streets were blocked off. four arrests were reported after bottles and pepper spray was thrown. and in new york city they gathered in union square and marched to times square. >> the evidence used to reach the decision is now being released to the public for the very first time and it includes photos of the officer during a medical exam after the confrontation. but injuries to his face, it supports his testimony that brown punched him through the window of his squad car. the prosecuting attorney says the statements taken after the shooting were buried. >> many of the same witnesses acknowledged they did not actually see the shooting. some ran for cover, some related what they heard from others or what they assumed had happened. >>prosecutor robert mccullough said the physical evidence and several african american witnesses backed up wilson's contention that brown was moving toward him when he fired. keep it here on wgn t-v for

the latest on the developing situation in ferguson. we'll have updates all morning long, with *live reports from tom negovan in ferguson starting at 6 a-m. visit our website for more, *wgn t-v dot-com slash- ferguson*. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. a chicago cop has been stripped of his police powers while the department investigates a suspected drunk driving stop and confrontation with merionette park police. a department statement does not name the morgan park district officer involved in the situation sunday afternoon. it *does say the officer may have fired shots at the suburban officers who pulled him over. the f-a-a has announced an overhaul of its air traffic control system, in the wake of a september fire that shut down its aurora radar center for almost two weeks. the head of the f-a-a says, when the overhaul is done, the system should be restored to 90 percent of full operation within 24 hours of a major outage. security will be improved...

and f-a-a facilities will improve communication, flight planning and sharing of weather data. president obama comes to town this afternoon to sell his new immigration plan. he'll speak to members of the polish american association at the copernicus center in the jefferson park neighborhood. an estimated 16-thousand poles are living in illinois illegally. the president's executive order allows un-documented parents of u-s citizens, to stay in the country for three years if they pass a background check. the final day of filing for chicago mayoral candidates produced a field of ten. seven of them filed their nominating petitions yesterday. among them were alderman bob fioretti, cook county commissioner jesus garcia and perennial candidate william "dock" walls. mayor emanuel filed his nominating petitions last week, on the *first day of filing. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas. tonight marks the 101st annual christmas tree lighting in chicago. the 57-foot colorado blue spruce will light up daley plaza. the program starts at 4:30... with headliners like dee snider, hansel, gretel and the grinch.

the tree lighting ceremony will begin at 5. the tree comes from the atkinson family from elgin. it will be on display through january 6th. i think we are actually having one of our reporters during the tree lighting. >> good morning to you weather. >> where is the program lobby? where are the thanksgiving lubbers saying it's just too early? we are talking about court temperatures. it's 21 right now wind of the west at 12 mi.. two point at 16. it's 24 in chicago. a far cry from the 50 degrees we had yesterday. decaled reading at 18. 22 in morris. as you walk outside this morning it's good to feel colder. down to five degrees. it's eight degrees at o'hare 10 degrees in lansing. bundle up if you can carry temperatures don't warm up much with the light snow this morning. sublet

composite confirms the light snow moving through chicago and the downtown area. nothing too big. this note won't release dick very much. 29 degrees for the high. typically we are closer to the '40's. colder than normal. tamara's high 35 degrees. thursday, then giving debris make 29 degrees. >> still had, how wifi could harm your health. >> and a woman may become the next defense secretary. and it will cost you more to rent the beedis and video games from red box. details coming up. >> good morning. we are at the chicago high school for agricultural science. the students are awake bright and early getting ready for their annual thanksgiving dinner for seniors. they do everything here from scratch from raising the animals and a growing all the vegetables and making all of

the table settings. we will tell you more coming up. thenow that defense secretary

chuck hagel has agreed to step down, president obama may choose a *woman to succeed him.

michele flournoy is currently the number-three official at the pentagon... defense for policy. she would become the first *female defense secretary. hagel recently expressed frustration over president obama's military strategy, east. obama insists, he and hagel agreed that new pentagon leadership is needed. the united states and iran failed to meet yesterday's deadline for an agreement that would see iran dial back its nuclear ambitions. so once again, the deadline was pushed back. the new deadline is next july. hope to reach a deal on the *substance of a final agreement. but secretary of state john kerry says there are still significant points of disagreement. police in rome has slapped a 24-thousand dollar fine on a tourist... who was caught carving his initial onto a wall of the coliseum. the 42-year-old man was damage... after a guard caught him carving the letter "k" into the brickwork. the graffiti was found on a ground floor section of the nearly 2-thousand-year-old structure. it's the 5th tourist caught

carving graffiti on the coliseum's walls this year. stocks continued to close high on monday. the dow added 7 points. nasdaq jumped 41. s-and-p lifted 5. redbox is raising d-v-d prices starting next month. rentals will increase by 25-percent, climbing from a- dollar-20 to a-dollar-50 a night. blue ray rentals are jumpingbeginning in january, video game s will see a 50- percent increase to 3- dollars per day. redbox hopes to bring in more revenue from a shrinking audience that's turning to services such as netflix. more than 3 million people believe their radio waves emitted by wifi and other devices are harming their health. the conditions is called electro magnetic hypersensitivity syndrome. headaches, feeling lethargic and nauseous, having breathing difficulties and even paralysis. extreme cases include cancer and

neurological disorders. they can't go anywhere where wifi is in use which is basically everywhere. so far sweden is the only country recognizing this as a medical disability. >> let's go back out to the market's slide at the agricultural school. >> good morning. this is one of my favorite events. it did this last year for the first time, all the students put on a thanksgiving dinner for seniors in the area. this is the animal science teacher here with me. let's talk about the spirit is not like you go to the store and buy turkeys or vegetables and then the kids put together. you raise everything here at the school. >> we raise the turkeys, a lot of the crops that we use. the centerpieces are the flowers. it's really bringing the whole school together. >> last year you did this for the first time. >> last year it was wonderful. such a great

thing. even this year starting into timber they ask me when the bank which would be making sure we were going to do it. they wanted to be part of it. >> that starts tonight for seniors in the area. it's full? we are here because you're going for a grant. in the running for a $100,000 grant. how can people help you get the grant? >> we're the only chicago finalist for this grant for the schools. and online voting contest, for anyone they can go vote on line. think a million teachers dot com you can find our school and we would really appreciate it. >> back here and want to talk to the students. what are you making? >> we're making turkey centerpieces. order culture is to implant centerpieces. designing and building the turkey will fit into. >> you guys were here last year how did it go being here?

>> it went great. everybody cooperated the students were great and the seniors were deleted. >> and all the food was cooked properly? very good. what are you doing? hold on let me get over. >> with the centerpieces that they make, we're putting the flowers inside. >> and you guys grow all this? >> we ordered these early enough to sell them for a fall of and that we had. >> coming up, we should do the turkey before shot now we go to the kitchen to show you the aftershocks as to prepare all the turkeys for the big dinner. we will get some tips from a famous chicago chef, gramm elliott will be here we will speak with him coming up. back to the studio. >> that's pretty cool. >> a cold thanksgiving is coming today i mean two days from now. let's take a look at our day today. i am one

of those kids. i think it's thursday already. >> are you doing the turkey and aaron does the sides? >> she is sick right now. i am redoing the plane ticket and she's doing the boston chicken. satellite and radar composite shows light snow showers. not much today. 29 ft. high. tonight down to 21. a big trouble day, 35 for the high that's erin super bowl on thursday. that the travel day. are you ready for tomorrow? >> i worked last year on thanksgiving and we did get boston market and it was pretty good. a good option. taking a look at the north suburbs, just a bit of ice cover to watch out for. and some snow here at 176. still some slick spot out there. flashing lights we're watching at madison. and then it crashed on wacker

drive at lake shore drive. a car into a wall and the light pole is down. >> coming up, the budweiser horses are taking a break from television. >> is only one place you can see the new star wars trailer. we will tell you we're coming up. >> and we're having a food drive tomorrow morning. drop off your nonperishable items and the donation benefits the greater chicago food bank. here are a few storit

are trending online this morning ... president barack obama awarded 18 notables with the presidential medal of freedom on monday. the nations highest civilian honor is reserved for trailblazers in arts, sports and politics who make meaningful contributions to the u-s. among those honored were stevie wonder, journalist tom brokaw and meryl streep, who the president confessed he has a crush on. he has a crush on meryl streep or maybe it's tom brokaw. >>a bad start to the week at sony pictures. the corporate tech systems were hacked... and the attackers made off with lots of data. the staff was greeted by wallpaper of a skeleton and a message warning that the hacking was just the beginning. the attack was believed to have been made by a group

called *guardians of peace . the company has been asking staff to turn off all computers and wi-fi. the budweiser clydesdales... iconic ad symbols since 1933... will not be a part of the company's holiday commercials this year. in-bev, which owns anheuser-busch, says the horses will be back for super bowl spots and public service ads that promote responsible drinking. industry analysts say budweiser is going in a new direction in its holiday commercials as the brand loses market share to lite and craft beers. the "star wars: the force awakens" trailer will debut in select theaters this weekend. only 30-theaters in the u-s and canda will be showing the tease from friday november 28-th to sunday november 30-th.

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