allen fisher reports. >> it was a short stretch of defiance and anger, that targets chicago's busiest shopping street on the busiest shopping day of the year. after the killing of black teenager la quan mcdonald by a white police officer. on the front, civil rights leader jesse jackson. >> the man who saw it didn't try to stop him and didn't report what happened. that's the cause, the blue code of silence that protect each other and makes them less able to be credible. even in the new police infrastructure and culture. >> the 17-year-old was shot 16 times by one police officer. video of his death was released the day jason van dyke was charged with murder, 13 months after the incident. demonstrators, infiltrated stores on the magnificent mile. >> this is a normal holiday for many. hundreds and hundreds of people have come out on the street to demand change on the streets of chicago and the way their complaints are being handled. >> we want justice, simple as that. >> killing innocent people, they don't have to, that doesn't make sense for anybody. >> shooting down young black people i

allen fisher reports. >> it's the biggest deal of its kind worth $160 billion. >> we need to say what lives are we touching today and make matter. >> pfizer is taking over botox maker allergan. allergan is technically buying the bigger company the way the deal is structured. it is known as an inversion. >> another way of saying it is going to basically pay a lower tax rate in ireland than in the united states presently which will allow it to report higher quarterly earnings going forward. so this is really a deal about optimizing or minimizing corporate taxes, tax rates from pfizer's perspective. >> yes, president barack obama has in the past promised to close the loophole. he called it unpatriotic. >> a small but growing group of u.s. companies are fleeing the country to get out from paying taxes. they're keeping most of their business inside the united states but basically renouncing their citizenship and declaring they're based someplace else just to avoid paying their fair share. >> the tax rate in the u.s. is 35% one of the highest in the world. in ireland it will be just 15%. pf

we can talk now to allen fisher, who is in chicago for us. llen, give us better idea of the circumstances here. why did it takite so long for this video to emerge? >> well, that's certainly the question that has been asked by many of the community leaders here in chicago. this incident happened more than a year ago. the police viewed the circumstances around it. the investigation was carried out. the request for information request was release just released. it is what is bringing people out in protests on tuesday and on friday. now friday is the day after thanksgiving in the united states. one of the biggest shopping days in the country. and they're calling for a protest on michigan avenue, the main shopping area in chicago. they're saying that they essentially want to stop people doing business because they want change. they want change in the police in chicago. they want change at the top. they want the police superintendent to resign because they're angry this inquiry has taken as long as it has. >> looking more widely at the situation, th

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allen fisher reports. >> reporter: a moment of silence in texas for the victims of the paris attacks here and elsewhere in the u.s. there is growing concern about who was to blame, with reports a syrian passport was found near the body of a u.s. governor and says it is enough and will accept no more refugees from syria, not here, not now. >> i am now requesting that the president and the federal government cease sending refugees from syria to north carolina. >> as governor of the state of texas i will not roll the dice and take the risk on allowing a few refugees in simply to expose texas yanukovichs to that danger. >> reporter: it's not clear if the governments can block resettlement, the federal government makes the decision who to admit and once here people even refugees have freedom of movement. >> the u.s. is one of the resettlement program in the world with a very strong vetting system. it receives people on the bases of vulnerability which means people who have been tortured and heads of household and by definition and not the sort of person one should fear. >> reporter: one c

where they appeared in court in new york, allen fisher has more. >> this is the four-page indictmentn face in it accused of trying to import five kilograms or more of cocaine in the united states and the key words are more because some reports suggest there were as much as 800 kilograms and what we were told was a sting operation and the men were invites to a hotel in porto prince in haiti and met by authorities and hand them over to drug enforcement agencies from the united states and the men were put on a private plane and flown to new york on tuesday night and during the flight they confirmed they were nephews of nicholas miduro and they could face life in prison and a question was asked at the white house briefing and the spokesman said he can confirm two men had been arrested and gave no more details and nicholas has no official comment from caracas but a tweet that says no attacks or ambushs will effect the people of liberator, we have only one destiny, victory and you remember last year the head of intelligence services was arrested in aruba and wasn't deports to the united st

allen fisher explains. >> it is the biggest deal of its kind, worth $160 billion. >> we need to say whatives are we touching today and making better. >> pfizer is taking over botox maker allergan. bit the way the structurbut thes structured, allergan is taking over pfizer. >> it is going to pay a lower tax rate in ireland. this is really a deal about optimizing or minimizing corporate tax rates from pfizer's perspective. >> u.s. president barack obama has in the past promised to close the loophole. he called it unpatriotic. >> a small group of u.s. corporations are fleeing the country to get out of paying american taxes. they're keeping most of their business inside the united states but basically renouncing their citizenship saying they're based someplace else just to avoid paying their fair share. >> in ireland it will be just 15%. speaking to the wall street journal yesterday, pfizer's president said they will be outside the u.s. even that's where most of their work comes from. >> with fighting the one hand tied behind our back. >> pfizer says it expects to complete the deal in the se

allen fisher reports. >> reporter: it's the bigs deal of its kind, worth $160 billion. >> we need to say, what lives are we touching to make lives matter. >> allergan is technically buying the bigger company, allowing it to be headquartered in dublin. it is known as an inversion. president obama last promised to close the loophole, he describes it as undemocratic. >> keeping most of their business inside the united states but basically renouncing their citizenship and declaring they're based someplace else just to avoid paying their fair share. >> the tax rate for u.s. businesses is 35%, one of the highest in the world. in ireland it will be just 15%. speaking to the wall street journal, they will be based outside the u.s., even though that is where most of their business comes from. >> i have foreign companies that can invest two to $3 billion more in research than we can and fighting with one hand dyed tide behind our back. >> it could generate $2 billion in savings in the first three years. it will create the world's biggest drug company in terms of sales. but the deal still needs

it is being held in milwaukee where allen fisher joins us now. the economy is going to be one of the key topics, who is most under pressure to perform in this debate, do you think? >> well, of course, when you've got eight candidates on stage, this will be a much smaller field, they'll all be under pressure to make the mark. jeb bush has to do something special. he has performed badly in the first three debates when he decided to put the slogan "jeb will fix it" around, he needs a good performance. after his poor performance he saw support and backers go to marco rubio. donald trump is under pressure as well. he spent the weekend hosting aiconnic comedy show in the united states. many believe this presidential campaign is just publicity for the trump machine. he has to show that he is series. and marco rubio made such an impact, he is everyone's second favorite republican. he has to get his message out to the american people. these debates are being watched by record numbers. so there is no doubt that the audience is engaged and interested and th

in court in new york and they are accused of conspiring to smuggling cocaine into america and allen fishere. >> reporter: this is the four-page indictment that has their face in it accused of trying to import 500 kilograms or more in the united states and the keyword is more because they say as much as 800 milligrams and this was a sting operation, the men were inviteed to a hotel in porta-prince and were handed over to drug agency of the united states and put on a private plane and flown to new york on tuesday night and during the flight they confirmed they were nephews of the president nicholas maduro and if convicted both men face life in prison and there has been no official comment from the venezuela mission in the united states and the white house press spokesman he can confirm two men from venezuela have been arrested but gave no more details and no comment from the palace in caracas and nor attacks or ambu ambushs will stops and we have one victory. and head of intelligence services was arrested in aruba and not deported to the united states but nicholas madura said it was a plot t