i'm anna cabrera. here are the top stories crossing the cnn news desk right now.bill is headed to the president's desk. the senate passed this bill last night. not after a couple of junior republican senators define an agreement between senate majority leaders. the money will keep this government funded through next september. >>> a manhunt underway for an accused murderer until alabama. he is still at large after breaking out of jail with two other inmates yesterday. now, just hours ago police praebded one of his accused cohorts already overpowering. sflimplg take a look at some really stunning images from our cnni-reporters. these are their views of the meteor showers, and all of this light, big show really happens every year around mid-december. last night it was the showers predicted peak of up to 120 meteors per hour. again, it's the geminid meteor shower. you can still catch it tonight. >>> gas prices keep on dropping. the average national price is now $2.56 a gallon. that dropped 10 cents in the last week. last year at this time the national average was $3.

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i'm anna cabrera in for fred yeek whitfield. for sony pictures, the hack attack may not be over.

and we want to turn it over to anna cabrera. >> love that story. thank you guys.t now. two major stories out of our nation's capitol. first, thousands preparing to march against police brutality and racial profiling. they want justice for those who have lost their lives. it is an anguish and pain this mother knows all too well. >> that is horrible. to -- for a mother to see her child laying there dead in the street. >>> plus the senate returning to the hill in about an hour to try to avoid another government shutdown. the latest on the spending bill showdown. and then? >> god [ expletive ]. >> this is the terrifying sight that tears through downtown l.a. a look at the tornado that ripped apart tree, damaged buildings, those stories straight ahead. >>> thanks again for being here. i'm ana cabrera in for fred today. 000 thousands are gathering in the capitol and within the hour begin a march on washington, part of a nationwide day of protests expected today. this is the culmination of a week of outrage over the recent killings of the eric garner in new york, 18-year

cabrera covering this for us. and we know that the family is also, anna, condemning how crawford's girlfriend was interrogated afterand killed. >> that's right, tasha thomas his girlfriend with him at walmart on that day. now, she says the two had gone to walmart to get some items to make s'mores for a family cookout and during that time when they were shopping, he got a phone call from his ex, who is the mother of his two children and wandered off to take that phone call. and it was during that time he picked up the gun and was eventually shot by police. now, just minutes after the shooting, tasha thomas was whisked away to the police station and sits down to do an interview with a detective. detective rodney kerr who you see in this interrogation video just grills her over and over and over again asking her why crawford had the gun, which she continues to reply, she knows nothing about it. and he doesn't believe her. he even goes so far as to threaten jail time, accusing her of lying. and after about 90 minutes of this, he finally tells her that crawford is dead. watch. >> well, to let you know, you know, unfortu