investigators say -- actually, let's listen to police in chattanooga. >> i'm with the chattanooga police department. we are here to give you an update on the criminal investigation, as you all might remember from are previous briefings. there were two investigations con current but separate, an administrative investigation by the ntsb and the criminal investigation by the chattanooga police department. that is what we will talk about. sergeant austin garrett, the commander of our traffic division will give that briefing. before he does i'd like to say a couple things we repeated earlier. please be careful about reporting any investigation about this investigation that does not come from the shooing police department. we are committed to giving you information in a timely basis when we have updates, today should serve as a prime example of that. we have a couple significant updates, as soon as we got them we arranged this press conference so you could get them and help us communicate them to the community as quickly as possible. we are committed to giving you information as it comes to us

scott mclane is in chattanooga. scott? scott: yesterday, more than 30 kids ended up at the hospital injured after the horrific bus crash. there are six still in critical condition. collecting donations and saying prayers. they will need them. five children on the bus have already been killed and none are older than the fourth grade. >> the school bus flipped off the roadway. they believe there are two sections. scott: a school bus packed with children slammed in a tree. it practically flipped flipped - split the bus in half and flipped it on its side. according to the elementary three were in fourth grade. one in first grade. one only in kindergarten. >> it could have been my kids. these are babies trying to get home. scott: police arrested the driver, 24-year-old rikaya johny walker who charged with reck lessen dawngerment and reckless driving. >> he was going fast. mailbox and flipped over. hit a tree real hard. scott: as the investigation continues into what caused the tragedy the community is coming together to grieve.

in a bus crash killed at least five children in chattanooga, tennessee.also... police shoot and kill a man who robbed a sheboygan bar at gunpoint.why the bartenders are now demanding six million dollars good morning. i'm susan i'm vince vitrano.let's start off with a check on the weather... with meteorologist brian gotter. after morning wind chills in the teens, yesterday was sunny with a light wind, but highs could only warm into the upper 30s. after a clear and cold night, clouds are increasing

jacob rascon, nbc news, chattanooga, tennessee. >>> a hollywood star spoke out for the first time on television today about a personal battle with prostate cancer. ben stiller rose to fame in some of the biggest blockbuster comedies of the last couplead serious, hoping to save lives by sending a message, every man should talk to their doctor about getting tested. we get his story from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: a man of many roles, today ben stiller celebrates one of his most important -- real-life cancer survivor. >> anybody who's had cancer, you know you have to keep on checking on it. but i'm really fortunate. >> reporter: speaking to matt lauer on "today" with his surgeon, stiller wants to send a message to men about getting >> if it was up to me, i'd say every guy should go and get tested after the age of 40, 45. especially if you have a family history. >> reporter: the test itself, known as the psa, is easy. simple blood work. but some experts caution against routine testing, saying the psa can be unreliable and lead to overtreatment with painful side effects. >> this

overnight, police in chattanooga arrested the children. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. it's ---. good tuesday morning! here's a know today. overnight, police arrested a bus driver in chattanooga, tennessee after a crash that killed 5 children. charges include reckless driving. police in des moines say they are more vigilant after more officers have been shot just a few weeks after a shooter killed two des moines area officers. president-elect donald trump wants to make some cabinet decisions before thanksgiving. he has released a video address of his plans when in office. the salvation army in cedar serve at least 400 people tomorrow. "everything that we need we can purchase from a locally owned business here " eastern iowa businesses encourage shoppers to think local this saturday when out spending money. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first plan on rain to push into eastern iowa. today's rain will break a 19 day run

nick valencia, cnn, chattanooga, tennessee. >>> thank you, nick.icer shot in detroit tuesday night has died. 29-year-old collin rose was patrolling a neighborhood near the university when he spotted a suspect on a bike. he called for back up. the back up arrived and officers found rose on e ground with a gunshot wound to the head. a person of interest is in custody. >>> here is one more reason not to smoke. look at the terrifying surveillance video from the liquor store from the grand central terminal. he is working the register and the e-cigarette explodes in his pocket. he tried to pull the device out of his pocket. he required surgery overnight according to his attorney, for third degree burns to his legs and hands. >>> mortgage rates at highest this year. we will tell you why. >>> are you going to go shopping tonight? i'll tell you which stores are open and which are closed for thanksgiving. that's next. >>> welcome back. tater and tot pardoned in the rose garden on wednesday. president obama was joined in the ceremony by his nephews. his daugh

kirsten joyce >> it happened yesterday in chattanooga. the bus driver has since been arrested and now faces several charges. >> 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us in studio with some new information. nia, what have we learned about the young victims? ((nia wong)) >> brian and kirsten. the interim school superintendent just had a press conference this morning. he victims. among the dead are three 4th graders, a 1st grader and the youngest being a kindergartener. six children remain in the i-c-u this morning .. 6 others also in the hospital .. the other children have since been released from the hospital and returned home. >> right now we know 24 year old johnthony walker was driving this bus when it crashed into a tree...almost splitting in half. 37 students in total were on board. their grades ranged from kindergarten to 5th grade. we're told they all came from a single school--woodmore elementary school. about the tragedy: ((kirk kelly:."yesterday was the worst day we have had for woodmore and hamilton county schools that i can recall

we're going to go to chattanooga. expected to hear from official there is about what may have caused this crash and about the bus driver and his history. let's listen in. >> we're committed to giving you information as it comes to us. if we're for the giving it to you, it probably means we don't have it. if we don't have it, its reliability is probably of dubio dubious accuracy. i'd appreciate it if we can be careful about that. some of you have been very careful about that. thank you for that. criminal investigation, brief update, a few questions after sergeant austin garret, a 24-year veteran, commander of the trained division, the lead of this investigation is going to give you those details. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> i'm sergeant austin garret, traffic division, overseeing the criminal division into the accident that occurred on monday. the investigation is still ongoing and we're still in the very early stages of the investigation. there's a great deal of physical and testimonial evidence to acquire and pr

nicki. >> nichole: the ntsb is heading to chattanooga this morning. while you were sleeping, the man behind the wheel of the bus at the time of the crash was arrested. investigators released this photo overnight at 24-year-old joh johnathy walker. they suspected he was speeding. of the 23 children hospitalized after the crash, at least 5 of one of the children who was on the bus at the time of the crash explains what he saw. >> he wasn't paying attention. he was going real fast. he had hit a garbage bag, and he had hit a mailbox and flipped over a hit a tree real hard. >> nichole: that little boy said he was going real fas and hit a garbage bag and hill a mailbox when the bus flipped over and hit the tree real hard. the bus driver has been with five counts of vehicular homicides and reckless eng dangering and reckless driving. we're awaiting the arrival of ntsb investigators this morning. once they arrive, we'll share answers with you throughout the morning. tia and brian. >> tia: word of the crash in tennessee, has a lot of apparents understandably o

bill and renee. >> mikaya another chattanooga connection for you. you have family living there. actually on the same street where that crash happened. >> reporter: that's right. i spent all night and early this morning still talking to them as recently as an hour ago. i can say they are devastated. >> what a horrific situation. >> mikaya thurmond in raleigh. thank you very much. >>> state board of elections officials are gathering again today in handling election complaints. the board declined to intervene in the vast majority of complaints. >> instead they will offer legal guidance. the mccrory campaign filed protests in half of the state's counties alleging voting by dead people, active felons and people voting in two states. those protests so far have largely been dismissed by boards as either factually incorrect or unproven. democrats say if they were upheld it still would not change >>> durham police will get body cameras. >>> donald trump is taking ability his top priorities after the inauguration. >> what he said he's going to do in his first 100 days of office. >> also a

we have breaking news in tennessee, just about 20 minutes of the school officials in chattanooga held a press conference on that deadly bus crash that happened yesterday. stephanie johnson is at our breaking news desk and has new details. what have we learned? >> this is what they had to say, six children are in the icu and six others are in the hospital. we learned one child did die at the hospital, those reports are mixed. the district attorney plans to press charges. the bus driver who was driving school district. the ntsb will be in tennessee today. >>> right now it is 6:21 am on this tuesday morning, two days until thanksgiving. up next, how a pair of man will be honored when iowa takes on nebraska this friday. >>> the weather forecast is offering up some okay whether as long as you do not mind the >>> live look over downtown. 36 right now in cedar rapids. wins out of the north and west at 5 to 15. iowa city at 36 degrees, and right now we check in around the dubuque area. taking a look at the planner, earning 7 degrees at drop off this morning, the satellite had through the day

jr, abc news, chattanooga. the man charged with killing a san antonio police officer says he was angry with otis mckane on a capital murder charge in the deadly shooting of detective benjamin marconi. he said he was angry because the court system didn't let him see his son. police captured mckane after an intense manhunt throughout monday. investigators say the detective was on a traffic stop when mckane walked up to his vehicle and started shooting. meanwhile, in iowa, des moines area police continue to mourn the loss of 2 of their own officers. des moines sergeant tony beminio and urbandale officer justin martin were the des moines police department, there are boxes of sympathy cards from across the country. police say the latest ambushes are a reminder of the danger that comes with the job. "it definitely makes us a lot more vigilant about our safety but we can't get paranoid because we start getting paranoid and we bunker up and then we're not gonna be able to do the things in the community that they deserv

scott mclean is in chattanooga and has the latest from the scene. roadway. it's occupied with children. they believe there are ejections." a school bus packed with children slammed into a telephone pole and a tree -- and flipped on its side. 911: "up in the back, i can see an arm moving, but i don't know if anyone can get to it." according to the children's elementary school -- four girls and a boy were killed in the crash. three were in fourth grade. one in first grade . and one in kindergarten. ariane adams/victim family friend: "it could've been my kids and these are babies that was trying to get home." police arrested the driver -- 24 year old johnthany walker. he's charged with five counts of vehicular homicide -- reckless endangerment -- and reckless driving. child in crash: "he wasn't paying attention. he was going real fast. and he had hit a garbage bag and he hit a mailbox and then we flipped over and hit a tree real hard." as the investigation continues into what caused the deadly crash -- the andy berke/-d- mayor, chattanooga: "most unnatural thin

joining us from chattanooga, tennessee. any minute now we are expecting an update on the investigation from the governor as mariana just mentioned and the chairman of the ntsb will be joining me live later in the hour. so many questions people want answers to. >>> we're going to move on. it is thanksgiving. the holiday travel madness is already in full force just one day before the big holiday. many are hitting the nation's airports with 1 million more expected to travel. one year ago it has already been a challenging started with a blast of snow in some areas. look at the best team in the business tracking the travel frenzy and the forecast. i want to start in dallas with nbc's jacob rascon smack dab in the middle of rush hour. how is it looking? >> reporter: so if you're going to leave the day before thanksgiving, right now is actually the time to do it. even though it's one of the busiest days of the year in terms of travel, it's later in the day that it really gets busy. we're expecting, according to aaa, nearly 50 mill

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good morning, everyone, i'm new details related to that school bus crash in chattanooga, tennessee the bus driver has been ahe wassed he is charged with five counts of vehicle laffer homicide and reckless driving. 35 students were on board the bus when it crashed. mortgage crews responded to find chattanooga's police chief calls eight single driver incident. >> that is being investigate as a possible cause. >> this is an absolute nightmare for the community, for the police department, fire and ems. i can assure you, the public safety professionals in chattanooga are prepared and trained to veth investigate it tools and the communities need. >> it comes days before thanksgiving. the school will be opened for student and staff. this morning, the suspect is in jail for an ambush style killing of a police officer. the suspect was captured by a s.w.a.t. unit monday afternoon. he was driving with a woman and a baby when arrested. challenge murder. he was caught outside a san antonio police headquarters walking inside for less than a minute. four hours later officer ben marconi was shot in th

tonight in chattanooga the authorities tell nbc news there are six like so many as to school buses in this country there were no seat belts. >> thank you, kerry. >>> there are late-breaking developments for a hunt in the suspect in the ambush shooting style death of a texas police officer. the 50-year-old san antonio pd detective was one of four law men gunned town in three states in a 24-hour period. it has been an exceptionally deadly year for the nation's law enforcement officers. jacob rascon is in san antonio with the latest. >> reporter: tonight after a two-day manhunt police have captured the man they say executed one of their own. we arrested otis tyrone mccain. >> reporter: the suspect seen in new surveillance video pacing nervously outside san antonio police headquarters sunday morning, walking inside at 7:45 for just 20 seconds. >> he asked a question, the clerk said that they would help him with that and he said nevermind and walked out. >> reporter: four hours later detective ben marconi was shot twice in the head. >> i have an officer down in front of headquarters. i nee

>> reporter: scott, it is an absolutely horrific scene in chattanooga, tennessee. here is what we know: close to three dozen elementary school students were on a school bus this afternoon when it crashed. police do confirm multiple fatalities. it is unclear at this point just how many. now, these are kids on the bus ranging in age from to fifth grade. the name of the school is woodmore elementary school. at least 23 passengers on that bus were take on the area hospitals in chattanooga. this is a fluid situation. the last child was rescued a short time ago. the bus was apparently the only vehicle in the crash, and pictures from the scene show a tree slicing through the crashed bush. again, a very grim situation in chattanooga, tennessee, tonight, what the governor there is more information. just as millions of americans are starting to hit the roads for the holiday, some of them have become very dangerous. in the east, many are covered with snow and ice. parts of new york state got about two feet of lake-effect snow. and another foot is possible by tomorrow. we have

jacob rascon, nbc news, chattanooga, tennessee. >>> a hollywood star spoke out for the first time on television today about a personal battle with prostate cancer. ben stiller rose to fame in some of the biggest blockbuster comedies of the last couple decades, but now he's getting serious, hoping to save lives by sending ss doctor about getting tested. his story from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: a man of many roles, today ben stiller celebrates one of his most important -- real-life cancer survivor. >> anybody who's had cancer, you know you have to keep on checking on it. but i'm really fortunate. >> reporter: speaking to matt lauer on "today" with his surgeon, stiller wants to send a message to men about getting screened for prostate cancer. the right men. >> reporter: the american cancer society recommends all men talk to their doctor about the benefits and risks of having the test, starting at age 50 for those with an average risk, and age 45 for high-risk patients like african americans and those with a family history. but according to those guidelines, stiller, age 46, wi

six children were killed when the bus crashed in chattanooga yesterday. others remain in critical condition this morning. the driver, a 24-year-old man, is facing five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving. police say excessive speed was likely a factor. >> do you have anything to say to his family? >> i'm sorry. emily: new, the suspect in the murder of a san antonio police officer apologizing to the officer's family. otis mckane was arrested last night, accused of ambushing officer benjamin marconi while marconi was writing a traffic ticket. mckane says he was upset at the system over a custody battle. randy: we've learned the powerful earthquake that rattled japan's northern coast was an aftershock of the deadly earthquake. cameras show the 6.9 magnitude japan meteorological agency reported this. japan's meteorological agency warns of another large quake in the next few days. emily: a small vigil for a lowell woman beaten to death. loved ones gathered to remember 44-year-old gloribel orengo, killed during an altercatio

kerry sanders has the latest from chattanooga. >> reporter: tonight, a community in mourning, remembering the five lives lost in monday's tragic school bus crash. >> he was hurt. one of them was out. >> reporter: the driver of that bus, 24-year-old johnthony walker has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless driving and reckless endangerment. according to the affidavit, walker was driving well over the 30-mile-per-hour speed limit, on a narrow winding road when he lost control of the bus. tonight nbc news has learned from state records that walker had his license suspended in 2013 for 25 days for failing to show insurance, and he bus accident just two months ago, no one was injured. at least one mother from woodmore leamtary school complains she complained to the school about his erratic driving. >> i done called the board of education. i done called the school. >> reporter: among the five children killed in monday's accident, 9-year-old zoe nash, her younger brother also in the bus, survived, but is in intensive care. >> there's no bringing her back, but we take the

a-b-c's elizabeth hur is in chattanooga with the latest. new details outlined in court documents allege. causing 24-year-old johnthony walker to lose control and first swerve to the right then to the left eventually, overturning and crashing into a telephone pole and a tree killing 5 children at the scene.. the youngest in kindergarten. neighbor "it's just a horror story a tragic scene we saw children escaping through the roof hedge." according to school officials 37 children from this chattanooga elementary school were on the bus the school open today with still in disbelief. parents "so sad, no words. you can't explain this." parents "i thought about that all morning, do i want to take him to school. he's here because maybe they can explain it to him differently than i can." n-t-s-b investigators from d-c are now in tennesee to get to happening again? police in the meantime.. revealing so far.. a warrant has been issued to remove the black box and video cameras from the bus and they are also awaiting blood test results from the driver for

schools will be open today in chattanooga, with additional grief counselors on hand. at seven thirty this morning an n-t-s-b team is heading to the crash scene. they're set to depart from reagan national airport at showing nazi salutes is sparking outrage. this video is posted on "the atlantic's" website. it show a white nationalist group, the national policy insitute, at the reagan building over the weekend. the group's president, richard spencer, had his twitter account suspended last week for hate speech. during the meeting, he used hitler era references, including one for "lying press." maggiano's in hosted the group friday, when a nazi salute photo was taken of former mtv star tila tequila. the restaurant has apologized, and is donating proceeds from the meal to the anti-defamation league. trump's campaign responded to the video, saying, quote: "president-elect trump has continued to denounce racism of any kind, and he was elected because an investigation is underway in montgomery county, after a trump supporter found a swastika painted on the door of his home in

more on the investigation in chattanooga, tennessee. good morning come everyone new details to come in on this horrific n bus accident which tk the lights have six children. hours after the crash chattanooga police made a shockinga announcement. we have a rest of the bus the schoolbus. his name is walker, 24 years old he is being charged with five counts of vehicle or homicide, recklesss driving. play say more chargesc could be coming. i nightmare for safety professionals and parents rushing to thesi crash site. shortly after 3:00 p.m. monday, the school bus schoolbus curing more than 30 children lost control and flipped. a tree split the schoolbus almost in half of the bus on its side partially crushed. the children all elementary school, fifth-grade the youngest inft kindergarten. one of the children who was on theh- ar bus talked about the driver. he hit a tree will lillard. the t bus , click data and video recordings, please hope that information to shed light on the circumstances of the crash. many in the community trying to help m

mortgage crews responded to find the bus wrapped around a tree chattanooga's police chief calls eight single driver incident. >> that is being investigate as a possible cause. >> this is an absolute nightmare for the community, for the police department, fire and ems. i can assure you, the public safety professionals in chattanooga are prepared and trained to veth investigate it thoroughly and we have all the thanksgiving. the school will be opened for student and staff. this morning, the suspect is in jail for an ambush style killing of a police officer. the suspect was captured by a s.w.a.t. unit monday afternoon. he was driving with a woman and a baby when arrested. he was charged with the challenge murder. he was cau walking inside for less than a minute. four hours later officer ben marconi was shot in the head. now, the driving this call mccain allegedly pulled up and walked up to the detective and shooting him in what has been described as an assassination. first person who was the law was the person he targeted. >> his family asked in lew of flowers, a donation that supports c

new at learned that the sixth child died as a result of the bus crash in chattanooga, tennessee. investigators say walker was not on his route when the bus went off the road and chattanooga police say there was no drugs or alcohol in walker's system that has investigators look to whether fatigue played a role in the crash. alzheimerary. >> a drug failed in studies. the drug company testing the drug and says it will not pursue getting it approved. it was reducing the build up of plaques in the brain thought to be a contributor. no drugs show that getting rid of plaque benefits patients. >> jim: our furry friends can do amazing things. research shows dogs watch us and remember what we specifics of what we did last thanksgiving. researchers say they found evidence dogs had episodeck memory. humans performed an action and the dogs encouraged to repeat it and the ordinance made the same thing the dogs remembered what their people did. so, the next time you do something you have not done and your dog pecks up remember, your dog is watching you. tell from u.s. astronaut on the space sta

tonight in chattanooga the authorities tell nbc news there are multiple fatalities. there are reports there could be a dozen dead children in this accident. the medical examiner is now at the scene. the authorities say that the bus driver is indeed cooperating with the investigation. lester? >> absolutely horrible, kerry, thank you. >>> there are also late-breaking developments in the style death of a texas police officer. the 50-year-old san antonio pd detective was one of four law men gunned down in three states in a 24-hour period. it has been an exceptionally deadly year for the nation's law enforcement officers. nbc's jacob rascon is in san antonio with the latest. >> reporter: tonight after a two-day manhunt police have captured the man they say executed one of their own. >> we arrested 31-year-old otis tyrone mccain. >> reporter: the suspect seen in new outside san antonio police headquarters sunday morning, walking inside at 7:45 for just 20 seconds. four hours later, detective ben marconi was shot twice in the head. >> i've got an officer down in front of he

nbc's mariana atencio is in chattanooga with us and has the latest details, mariana? >> reporter: katy, what you said is right. according to ntsb, the bus driver was not supposed to take the children home on this route behind me, towny road. chattanooga police also confirmed the driver's toxicology report came back clean but the company who hired the driver is being sued by the family of one of the children who was injured and i want to read what was said about the company at ntsb's presser last evening. they said this bus company was operating on a conditional safety rating from 2007 to 2015. that means that the federal motor carrier administration, katy, found some problems with that company. however, the problems were resolved by 2015, by august of last year. and this company's rating was upgraded to satisfactory, however, the ntsb said they plan to look into those deficiencies and the history of that company. this company, to put things into perspective, it owns 13,000 buses in 32 states and here in chattanooga, katy, six families are grieving now that a sixth chi

nick valencia is in chattanooga with more. >> good morning, carol.aying that this is going to be a devastatingly sad thanksgiving holiday for a number of families here in chattanooga. any time a child's life is lost it is all the more tragic. here you have kids ranging in age from kindergarten to filth grade. unimaginable to think about the small, lifeless bodies being pulled from the school bus. the investigation is ongoing. ntsb investigators are here. federal investigators are here. 24-year-old johnathonny walker remains in custody charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. we know this individual mr. walker was going above the speed limit just around the corner from the school. the school bus not having dropped off any kids it was packed with 37 on board. twelve of those kids still remain hospitalized, outside of children's hospital here in chattanooga. six are in critical condition. stick in stable condition. this as governor prepares to visit the elementary school to bring some sort of comfort to the families, and to the colleagues of -- t

(sot / demetrius jenkins - chattanooga resident :25 - :31) think about anything right now." 35 students were on board monday when the bus driver johnthony walker was going well over the 30pmh speed limit before losing control of the bus. now he's facing five counts of vehicular manslaughter reckless endangerment and reckless driving. (sot / dr. kirk kelly, interim superintendent for hamilton county schools :52 - :57) "they will always be with us throughout our lives. this is something that we will never forget here as a community." school leaders kept classes as scheduled tuesday to provide counselors for those who need it most. (sot / yvonne woodruff - chattanooga resident 1:04 - 1:08) "pra for the families that lost their children." while police handle the criminal side of the investigation, the n-t-s-b will evaluate bus safety and how to protect kids moving forward. an investigation that could last up to a year. for now though, the focus is on the children. and helping their families and the community get through this unimaginable loss month one in linn county here in iowa, others in

we begin with breaking news on a deadly school bus crash in chattanooga, tennessee. police have arrested the bus driver, 24-year-old johnthony walker, pictured here behind me. cnn's scott mclean joins us live from chattanooga, where the n-t-s-b is headed right now to look into monday's crash. good morning scott--- ((this was the scene of the crash yesterday afternoon that can only be described as a nightmare. of the crash yesterday afternoon that can only be described as a nightmare. you can see what's left of the bus here... split in half point, only that conditions were good when the bus left the road... and that six children are dead. )) <

ntsb investigators arrived in chattanooga early tuesday morning. fist, investigating the scene headquarters going over the mangled wreck wreckage to anything that might point to the cause of the wreck. >> it was horrible. >> reporter: the buss plowed into a tree in front of her house. >> i heard the bus driver hit that tree. he must have been going fast because i heard the children. they were crying. i looked over there and i'm like oh, my god. wood moore elementary school were on the bus when it flipped on its side. the children were between kindergarten and fifth grade. five students were killed, six critically injured, 12 remain hospitalized. johnthony walker was arrested for vehicular homicide, reckless endangserment, reckless driving. no other vehicle was involved in driving too fast. >> i wanted to pray and ask god to hold those families. >> reporter: she came to pay her respects. like so many others in the close-knit community, she had a connection, some of the victims' families attend her church. >> i pray for those mothers and fathers who

manuel bojorquez, cbs news, chattanooga, tennessee. in the south of england this week, an unusual item went up for auction, the skeleton of a bird taller and heavier than a turkey, hunted into extinction centuries ago. mark phillips has the story. >> i'm going to start the bidding with me at 250,000 collection of old bones was on the block at this auction. those bones, once assembled, formed the world's most famous dead bird, the dodo. >> "dead as a dodo" just rolls off the tongue sort of beautifully, doesn't it? >> reporter: the phrase stuck, says dodo expert errol fuller, not just because it was catchy, but because the dodo's extinction is so well documented. hungry european sailors found the bird on the indian ocean island of mauritius in the late 1500s. within about 80 years, the hapless and significantly flightless bird was gone, dead as. the dodo has been extinct for more than 300 years, yet it is still the most important symbol of what mankind can do to nature if it isn't careful or if it doesn't care. yet, the dodo, and its les

." >>> the young victims of the chattanooga school bus tragedy are laid to rest. concerns were raised about the driver weeks ago. >>> and, the online holiday shopping rush is on. could cyber monday shatter an internet sales record? >> it's going to be a very >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> oliver: good evening, i'm meg oliver, with a western edition of the broadcast. 21-gun salutes will fire in cuba's largest cities monday - as the island-nation begins a week-long, choreographed farewell to its longtime leader fidel castro. the communist dictator - who wore his animosity towards america - as long as his trademark beard - died friday at the age of 90. manuel bojorquez is in havana. today as the death of fidel castro has started to set in. while a diswissi divisive figur, here on this caribbean island, he was loved by many. as flags flew at half staff over havana, some cubans couldn't hold back their tears. >> no podemo. >>> victor manuel he felt he had lost a patriarch. the father of our family, the said. havana's normally bustling revolution plaza was quiet. w

this was the scene yesterday in chattanooga, tennessee. police now say the 24-year-old driver was speeding, leading to the crash. elementary students are on around the clock healthcare --six of them listed in critical condition --along with the five deaths. andy berke/-d- mayor, chattanooga: "the most unnatural thing in the world is for a parent to mourn the loss of a child. there are no words that can bring comfort to a mother or a father, and so today the city is praying for these families." a memorial servias remember the children killed in the crash. the school district had also set up a fund through united way to help their families. a six-year-old student is accused of sexually abusing other students on a school bus. boston police say some of the victims are as young as seven-years-old and were apparently molested multiple times and even threatened by the child. the school notifying parents --but many parents found out days later on social media. /kiara grinkley/parent :08 "i honestly think they should have at least notified us as so