tonight to see if that kind of outreach and preparation will keep the peace in ferguson. >> pelley: michelle miller in ferguson for us tonight. michelle, thank you. rikki klieman has been a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. she's now a legal analyst for cbs news. rikki, let me ask you, if the grand jury were to indict officer wilson, what would they have to find? >> well, they have to find one of a number of charges. it has to be nine members out of the 12. they must find there is probable cause, that is a fairly low standard, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt, which we have in a trial jury, but he has a possibility of being charged with various forms of murder, murder one, murder two, premeditated, intentional, three forms of manslaughter, that is heat of passion, reckless, negligent or it all goes up to what we call this high bar, scott, which is the high bar because there is an absolute defense for a police officer, not only to just use deadly force in self-defense, but in missouri, a statute, which gives him extraordinary power to be able to go after a fleeing felon. >> pelley: cbs

michelle miller is with the the man who's trying to keep the peace. >> there's a lot of fear, a lot of people are afraid of what could happen. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with a college-level course in sportsmanship. >> we laugh together, we cried together. we all hugged. it was really a big family of huggers there. it was awesome. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the president, who was all about getting the united states out of iraq, is sending more troops in. late today, the white house announced that president obama has given the go-ahead for 1500 more troops to deal with the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isis. with this expansion, the number authorized has grown from 275 in june to 3100 tonight. david martin is at the pentagon for us this evening. david. >> reporter: scott, president obama is doubling down on his strategy to defeat isis, not only increasing the number of american troops in iraq, but also spreading them out to a half dozen locations across the country. until now, u.s.

michelle miller is there. >> the sunday before thanksgiving in and around ferguson began with prayers and questions. >> pastor tracy blackman of christ the king church sits on the governor's commission to find common groundment she saysity wait on a grand jury decision is making a tense situation even worse. >> it's not just the delay. it's a delay with rumors. it's a delay with limited relief of information. the anxiety level in the community as a whole is off the charts. >> a ring of security is tightening around ferguson as 1,000 local police officers have received extra training in handling protestors. >> our chief has said multiple times if we never have to use the riot gear, we won't. but sergeant brian shellman with the st. louis county police department says over the last several days, police have clashed with protestors and made arrests. two more early this morning. >> we have to make sure that we preserve life, property and make sure we know that the constitutional rights of those who are protesting are not tramped upon. >> yesterday the father of michael brown, jr. handed o

michelle miller is at the prosecutor's office in clayton, missouri, where a decision could come at any time now. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the encounter between officer wilson and darren brown took just 90 seconds. 90 seconds that have led to months of protests. new audio recordings this weekend are helping to establish a timeline of events but it's failing to answer some crucial questions on what actually happened. >> it's going to be a black male in a white t-shirt. >> police radio communications obtained by "the st. louis-post dispatch" shed more light on what happened on august 9th. officer darren wilson first approached michael brown shortly after 12:02 p.m. less than 90 seconds later brown was shot and the officer requested a backup. also obtained video showing officer wilson leaving the ferguson police department hours later, seemingly uninjured, a contradiction to what police previously said. this is the brown attorney. >> we don't see him holding his eye anywhere in the video. >> reporter: on sunday pro. ers braced for the cold. lying down in chalked o

tragedy into an opportunity to calm them and improve relations between blacks and whites here's michelle miller. >> if these were our white sons being stopped like this, that-- that would not be tolerated. >> reporter: sheila merrill is part of witnessing whiteness, a group of white residents hoping to better understand the black-white divide in the st. louis area. >> it's like a rosa parks moment. this cannot continue. this cannot be whitewashed. >> we're not going to talk about what your opinion is. >> reporter: mary ferguson is their facilitator. >> i think by having a group that's just white, we can ask what people may consider the dumb questions. we can say things that we're not sure how it would sound to someone. it could sound racist. >> reporter: the group has been meeting for the last four years, but their questions have become more important as racial tensions exploded in the wake of the michael brown shooting. when you the mayor of ferguson say, "we don't have a race problem here," what was your first thought? >> he's crazy. i mean, the whole region has a race problem. >> reporter: b

. >> pelley: reports from michelle miller, mark strassmann, bob orr, and jeff pegues. major garrett on the president, again confronting a racial divide. >> the fact is in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. >> pelley: vicente arenas reports holiday travelers are getting an early start to beat a storm. and dr. jon lapook on the federal government's new mandatory calorie count coming to a restaurant near you. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. we begin with breaking news from ferguson, missouri. more violence in the wake of the grand jury's decision not to indict police officer darren the governor of missouri is beefing up the national guard in the governor of missouri is beefing up the national guard in and around ferguso unarmed michael morell. unarmed -- michael brown. vladimir duthiers has the latest. >> reporter: there's been violence but not in ferguson. demonstrators are gathering in cities throughout

michelle miller spoke with those who are trying to head off a return of violent demonstrations. >> who do you serve? who do you protect? >> reporter: for the last two months, lieutenant jerry lohr of the st. louis county police has been in the thick of protest. his department was called in to keep the peace outside furg isn't's police station. during an alarm, he showed us this photo taken weeks after the brown shooting, but it this may be this photo with lohr with the same two protesters at a community meeting that shows the progress he's made in recent weeks. >> we as a law enforcement agency had an initial response. as time went on, i think we realized that we had the tweak our response. >> reporter: for both sides it's been a learning process, one lohr hopes will last through a grand jury decision. >> all it takes is one officer to go out and do something criminal, do something that gets captured on video, and now we're all stigmatized with that one action. >> reporter: what do you do to combat that? >> i try to reach out to people on a personal level? >> there have been, not me pe

. >> pelley: reports from michelle miller, mark strassmann, bob orr, and jeff pegues. major garrett on the president, again confronting a racial divide. >> the fact is in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. >> pelley: vicente arenas reports holiday travelers are getting an early start to beat a storm. and dr. jon lapook on the federal government's new mandatory calorie count coming to a restaurant near you. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the governor of missouri is beefing up the national guard in and around ferguson tonight. he is trying to head off a repeat of the convenience that broke out last night after a grand jury keclined to indict police officer darren wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed michael brown. governor jay nixon ordered in 2200 guardsmen, more than triple the number there last night. this is a live picture of some of those troops standing by. representatives of the brown family denounced violence and the gra

reports from mark strassmann and michelle miller. remember this? it's turning into this. after the record snowfall, jericka duncan shows us the preparations for the meltdown and flooding. juliana goldman reports the university of virginia is banning fraternities temporarily after a student says she was gang raped. and jeff glor reports a driver's homicide conviction in a fatal crash is thrown out. >> i never thought this moment would come. >> pelley: after gm admits the car was defective. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. protesters are gathering outside the police department in ferguson mo at this hour. this is a live picture. in a few minutes, we'll know the grand jury's decision in the fatal shooting of michae michaen by darren wilson, ferguson police officer. late today the announcement came that the jurors have decided whether there is probable cause to charge the officer with a crime. the announcement is expected about 6:00 pacific time. we have two reports tonight. fir

michelle miller is there where a grand jury is considering charges against officer darren wilson. chelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, a grand jury decision is imminent. and when it comes, it will be announced from here where protesters have been assembling each and every day. they see the activation of the national guard as a sign they won't get what they want an indictment. >> this is why we -- >> reporter: last night pastor robert white met with protest organizers at the great st. marks church in ferguson. >> it's almost like they're preparing for war. >> what are you telling people in the community? >> we believe we have the right to assemble until we're told we can. we're telling everyone be careful, be safe. allow yourself to protest. allow yourself to express your views and newt violate the law. >> reporter: the executive order was signed by governor jay nixon monday authorizing the missouri national guard to help keep the peace when the grand jury decision is handed up. >> we do not want to make military of our police department. >> reporter: the mayor addressed

michelle miller is with the the man who's trying to keep the peace. >> there's a lot of fear, a lot of people are afraid of what could happen. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with a college-level course in sportsmanship. >> we laugh together, we cried together. we all hugged. it was really a big family of huggers there. it was awesome.

. >> pelley: reports from michelle miller, mark strassmann, bob orr, and jeff pegues. major garrett on the president, again confronting a racial divide. >> the fact is in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. >> pelley: vicente arenas reports holiday travelers are getting an early start to beat a storm. and dr. jon lapook on the federal government's new mandatory calorie count coming to a restaurant near

we talk to michelle miller of cbs news. jeff toobin of cnn.r" magazine. >> the head of the missouri state highway patrol said last night was a disaster, his words. he mentions the fact that, one, he hopes to never see that kind of response again, and certainly not tonight. the mayor of ferguson has said that the national guard troops, those that-- who had been activated by governor jay nixon, the deployment here was woeful. he expected far more national guardsmen to be out in force. f

we talk to michelle miller of cbs news. jeff toobin of cnn. and jelanie cobb of the "new yorker" magazine. >> the head of the missouri state highway patrol said last night was a disaster, his words. he mentions the fact that, one, he hopes to never see that kind of response again, and certainly not tonight. the mayor of ferguson has said that the national guard troops, those that-- who had been activated by governor jay nixon, the deployment here was woeful. he expected far more national guardsmen to be out in force. >> if you are uncynical, you might say, look, this is a difficult case. it's a close case. why not give all the grand jury all the available evidence and let them make up their minds from the most informed perspective? if you are cynical, you will say this is a prosecutor who wanted to exonerate officer wilson, so he simply buried the grand jury in evidence, confused them with lots of stuff that wouldn't even be admissible at trial, and then reached the result he wanted to all along, which was no true bill. >> this really doesn't

reports from mark strassmann and michelle miller. remember this? it's turning into this. the record snowfall, jericka duncan shows us the preparations for the meltdown and flooding. juliana goldman reports the university of virginia is banning fraternities temporarily after a student says she was gang raped. and jeff glor reports a driver's homicide conviction in a fatal crash is thrown out. >> i never thought this moment would come. >> pelley: after gm admits the car was defective. captioning sponsored by cbs

reports from mark strassmann and michelle miller. remember this? it's turning into this. after the record snowfall, jericka duncan shows us the preparations for the meltdown and flooding. juliana goldman reports the university of virginia is banning fraternities temporarily after a student says she was gang raped. and jeff glor reports a driver's homicide conviction in a fatal crash is thrown out. >> i never thought this moment would come. >> pelley: after gm admits the car was defective.

reports from mark strassmann and michelle miller. remember this? it's turning into this.fter the record snowfall, jericka duncan shows us the preparations for the meltdown and flooding. juliana goldman reports the university of virginia is banning fraternities temporarily after a student says she was gang raped. and jeff glor reports a driver's homicide conviction in a fatal crash is thrown out. >> i never thought this moment would come. >> pelley: after gm admits the car was defective.

. >> pelley: reports from michelle miller, mark strassmann, bob orr, and jeff pegues.or garrett on the president, again confronting a racial divide. >> the fact is in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. >> pelley: vicente arenas reports holiday travelers are getting an early start to beat a storm. and dr. jon lapook on the federal government's new mandatory calorie count coming to a restaurant near you.

michelle miller is with the the man who's trying to keep the peace. >> there's a lot of fear, a lot ofeople are afraid of what could happen. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with a college-level course in sportsmanship. >> we laugh together, we cried together. we all hugged. it was really a big family of huggers there. it was awesome.

. >> pelley: reports from michelle miller, mark strassmann, bob orr, and jeff pegues.or garrett on the president, again confronting a racial divide. >> the fact is in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. >> pelley: vicente arenas reports holiday travelers are getting an early start to beat a storm. and dr. jon lapook on the federal government's new mandatory calorie count coming to a restaurant near you.

michelle miller is with the man who's trying to keep the peace. >> there's a lot of fear, a lot of peoplefraid of what could happen. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with a college-level course in sportsmanship. >> we laughed together, we cried together. we all hugged. it was really a big family of huggers there. it was awesome. captioning sponsored by cbs

michelle miller sat down for an intimate conversation with a musician. michelle? >> that's right.his book that his painful memories from his childhood in mexico came with it. a classic mexican sound had given way to a proud mexican man who's now finding inspiration in his roots. ♪ >> reporter: when carlos santana plays, it's his heart you hear. >> that would be like praying. cursing is ♪ >> reporter: the bluesy latin rock musician barely sings. instead he speaks through his notes, the melody, the rif. >> i love melting cynical people's hearts. people are like cement. i dare you to make me like you. >> reporter: in tijuana, mexico, the journey to melting hearts began unexpectedly with the violin. >> i never liked the sound or the smell or the feel of it. >> reporter: carlos's father jose came from a long line of professional folk musicians and was determined to pass on the family tradition. >> oh, that cute little mexican. >> you used to play with your dad. >> yeah. >> what was that like? >> scary. i always was scared to play with my dad because i knew i could never be add good. >>

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller. good morning. >> good morning. >> great to see you begin. >>> we begin with an overnight shooting in austin, texas, which paralyzed the city's center. a gunman fired several shots at downtown buildings including police headquarters before he was shot. >> much of downtown is still closed off this morning. bob orr is with us in washington and he's talking with law enforcement. good morning, bob. >> good morning. we're told now the immediate threat has been contained. overnight as you mentioned a man began firing in a number of downtown buildings in the texas capital city including police headquarters which then had to be evacuated as a precautions. highways and streets were sealed off and are still closed. the male suspect is dead. at this point we don't know if he shot himself or perhaps was killed by police. the bomb squads and robots taking part of a large police team sweeping trying to take care of the downtown area. police have not given us the name of the shooter so far and the mo

michelle miller is in ferguson, michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah.hese are some of the businesses that received the brunt of that anger here in ferguson. little caesar's over here to my right. and this is a jewelry store, what's left of it completely burned out. all quiet now. but a night of what was a peaceful protests quickly spiraled out of control. on the streets of ferguson protests that have been largely peaceful erupted after the grand jury's decision. clouds of what appeared to be tear gas enveloped the streets. a cbs news cameraman took cover in a parking lot when gunshots rang out around him. several businesses including cars in this lot fully engulfed in flames. restaurants and stores looted. shop owners assessing the destruction. zbrts got anger all over it. you know it's not just to take the stuff. it's more to do damage. >> reporter: west florissant avenue where violence shook the nation in august was again the scene of turmoil. >> it just spun out of control. what i've seen tonight is probably much worse than the worst night we had in

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving. so glad to be here with you. >> power outages. new snow is on the ground in several stat. a strong storm knocked down power lines and grounded traffic. >> it's not over yet. more snow could fall across the northeast today. chris is in nashua, new hampshire. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. about a third of the state is waking up without power. this storm dumped more than a foot of snow. with travel plans already under way, cancellations are under way and inevitable. the storm surged through new england wednesday night, three weeks before the official start of winter. it toppled electric lines leaving 1650,000 without power. >> 45 minutes now. >> reporter: area roads were treacherous as plunging temperatures turned highways into ice rainks. over 700 plows were dispatched. >> i slipped almost the whole way here. >> reporter: for air travelers it was almost as stressful. thousands more were delayed. >> started down the runway and we got shut down and we had to sit there and wait

>> all right, mark, thank you. >>> michelle miller saw much of the violence unfold. how bad is it there on the ground? >> good morning, norah. well, i mean, if you look behind me as this set of stores, little caesar to my right and an antique jewelry store to my left here, we're burned out. this store in particular. and if you look around the rest of the area where i'm at, this is north and it's not even in the heart of that main district, that main business district throughout ferguson. these stores appear to have been targeted. the little caesar's store manager came by. he wasn't wearing any shoes. he wasn't even wearing a coat. he said he had been out all night trying to send people away. he told me, this is a black-owned business. a lot of protesters from last night, when you started to hear the reactions from the announcement, there was a wave. people certainly were upset, they were angry. but i think that the people who were creating this weren't the people who came out to peacefully protest. those people have been prepping for the last 108-9 days to de-escalate

michelle miller went to ferguson and met a man determined to prevent further violence. >> we have to make sure we're respecting each other. >> reporter: err time captain ron johnson walked by the looted convenience store he's reminded of the anger from michael brown's death. >> it reminds you how fragile and crumbled things are here. johnson is a commanding officer with the missouri state highway control. he grew up in this community. brought in to restore order after the days and nights of clashes. the response to overwhelmingly black protesters seemed excessive. >> what did you tell your rank and file? what did you tell them? >> i tried to give them a sense that we have to get out and let them know who we are and the cross hairs have to come down and we have to have conversation. >> is there anything you learned that you wish you could have done differently? >> i think if we would have connected with the community early on maybe this wouldn't have gone on as long. >> reporter: so johnson's trying to make up ground meeting with local gangsters and students and ministers. >> what pla

for "cbs this morning: saturday," michelle miller ferguson missouri. >>> the new secretary says 1,000 v.a. workers will be punished some fired, over the biggest scandal in the industry. scott pelley spoke with him. >> if 1,000 people need to go give me a sense of what are some of the things they did? >> well we're simplistically talking about people who violated or values. >> and those values are what? >> it's integrity advocacy. >> reporter: but bob mcdonald can't write pink slips right now. to fire a government manager he has to put together a case and prove it to an administrative judge. >> scott, the reason this is okay in some respects is that -- >> a lot of people think it's not okay that they should be cleared out. >> absolutely. but we've got to to make it stick. >> how do you mean? >> we propose the action the judge rules, and the vilk has time to appeal. that's why we have a lot of people on administrative leave. we've moved them out because we don't want any harm to our veterans. >> tomorrow on "60 minutes" bob mcdonald explains the reorganization of the biggest system. >>>

i'm anthony mace within michelle miller. good morning. great to see you again. as you wake up in the west, we're learning new details about an overnight shooting that paralyzed downtown austin texas. a gunman fired shots at several buildings including police headquarters before he was shot. >> much of the city center was closed off for hours. bob orr is in washington talking with his law enforcement sources. bob, good morning. >> good morning. the investigation continues, but police in austin now say the immediate threat has been conta contained. overnight, as you mentioned, a man began firing at a number of downtown buildings in the texas capital city, including the police headquarters, which then was evacuated as a precaution. i-35, a major highway through the city, was closed off as police encountered the gunman. austin police say officers opened fire on an armed male suspect would was wearing some kind of a vest. the gunman now we're told is dead. but the bomb squad is trying to figure out if he had any explosives on his body, in his car or maybe his austin

. >> joining me is michelle miller of cbs news. describe for me the scene on the ground today. there is a peaceful protest. people out in force have been here over the last 100 days are continuing their efforts to get the message out beyond the decision made by the grand jury yesterday. they say people still need to talk about the issues at hand. are cleaning out. the two stores. one of them a black-owned business. they have cleaned up the rubble outside of their building to try to put things back in order. from the community standpoint that is how they are trying to recover. the police, a different response sets of factions. the head of the highway patrol said last night was a disaster. his words. he mentions the fact that he hopes to never see that kind of response again, and certainly not tonight. the mayor of ferguson has said that the national guard troops who have been activated by governor jay nixon, the deployment here was willful. he expected far more national guardsmen to be out in force. the governor said 700 were in fact in and around the ferguson community. 2200 on