temperatures in minneapolis have been as high as 10 degrees above average. and weather watchers say the city is nearly 8 inches below average for snowfall so far this season. so how are winter r orts lovers coping? molly rosenblatt found out. << "it's a big bummer." "well it's certainly been a bummer." is probably some of the worst we've ever had actually." here at theodore wirth park in minneapolis, green grass is whererehe snow should be. the snow cat is camped out in the parking lot and the rope tow sits idle. (jamie neldner/ park and recreation mgr.) "we just need cooperation from a temperature standpoint. so it has to be in the mid to low twenties for about a week to ten days in order to accumulate to the standard for the cross-country skiing, the tubing and the snow shoeing." but mother nature isn't cooperating. (jamie neldner/ park and recreation mgr.) "snow would be wonderful, a nice base to ssart with." at finn sisu in st. papal, business is a bit slower than usual. and for high school ski teams, practice is nearly impossible. (paavo taipale/ski coa

kandace montgomery is an organizer with black lives matter minneapolis.one of the defendants named in the case filed by mall of america against black lives matter activists. in tuesday's ruling, she was one of the three organizers barred from attending today's protest. jordan kushner is a civil rights and criminal defense attorney in minneapolis. he's representing the black lives matter activists who have been sued by the mall of america. i wanted to start off by asking kandace, you are one of the people -- you had a half victory with the court. the judge said she can't roll you have to say the protest is canceled, but you yourself are one of three organizers that she has ruled to not attending protest. will you be going? headed to the mall of america? well, we continue to still hold down the protest and we're not going to be intimidated by mall of america's tactics. juan: the why specifically yourself and two other organizers were single doubt and told -- singled out and told by the judge you could not attend? >> i think because the mall had me tied up a

then moving to minneapolis st. paul airport blocking a main entrance on one of the busiest ravel days of the year. thask snarled. many missing flights. >> it would have been upsetting to not get to see my family. >> the black lives matter protesters have been taking to the streets in minneapolis since jamar clark died november 15th after he was shot by white police officers. demonstrators say he was handcuffed when officers opened fire. authorities denied that, the police union saying clark was reaching for an officer's gun. several protesters were removed by police but they say the demonstrations will not stop till the officers involved are charged. those officers are on paid leave pending an independent state investigation. here an the airport the roadways are back open and the heavy police presence as authorities try to get things back to normal. alex perez, minneapolis. >> and black lives matter protesters shut down a major freeway in the los angeles area. the action started mid afternoon. this is on the 405 in

the protests quickly moved to minneapolis st.paul international airport where demonstrators blacked access to a terminal and caused significant holiday delays, police arrests a total of 15 people. >> lori: an american airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in lubbock, texas, a mechanical issue forced the plane to touchdown. they did not reach lax until 20 hours after leaving miami. a southwest flight circled for hours due to landing gere issue, smoke from the aircraft tires could be seen, luckily no injuries reported. >> nicole: right now we are turning it to the 2016 presidential campaign. ben carson pointing toward a major shake-up in campaign before early voting in iowa. >> i do have concerns about, everything is on the table. we are constantly looking for everything and see if there's a way to improve thing, if there are personnel changes that need to be made. >> nicole: carson telling the associated press, money must still be used efficiently. carson has been sliding in many national in early state polls. fo

minneapolis only 18 degrees on sunday. but watch out, not only for the blizzard conditions i mentioned saturday night into sunday but look at this. 33 in oklahoma city. we could see icing develop in parts of oklahoma and kansas, this is a changing forecast as we watch the models develop. but the main thing to note is the active weather pattern through tuesday. >> looks like minneapolis is the only thing that is like minneapolis. >> exactly. >> okay. thank you so much, bonnie. thank you. in charlotte, north carolina gun fire in a mall with shoppers. a police officer shooting and killing a man as people ran for their lives. nbc's blake mccoy has details. >> reporter: gun fire on christmas eve, causing chaos at the upscale northlake mall in charlotte. >> i heard six gun shots. they sounded like firecrackers to me. then i saw people trample, turning around running toward me and trampling each other. >> reporter: police say it started with an argument between two groups of people inside the mall around 2:00. an officer working

rob marciano with us from minneapolis. rob, thank you. >>> now, to the developing headline out of chicago at this hour, after authorities pleaded for calm there after video was released of a deadly shooting. well, the officer charged in the shooting death of laquan mcdonald has now walked free, just a short time ago after posting bond. the officer charged with first degree murder after this dash cam video showing laquan mcdonald holding a knife when officers moved in. authorities say 16 shots in a matter of seconds. abc's alex perez in chicago on the officer's release and the money now being raised for that officer's family, as prosecutors had demanded no bail at all. >> reporter: tonight, the chicago police officer accused of shooting laquan mcdonald, free on bond. he was back in court this afternoon, the judge viewing on a laptop that now infamous dash cam video where investigators say van dyke can be seen shooting mcdonald 16 times in 15 seconds. the judge then setting bond for van dyke at $1.5 million. van dyke's defen

like minneapolis.hank you so much. >> in charlotte, north carolina gun fire erupted in a mall packed with last minute shoppers christmas eve. a police officer shooting and killing a man as people ran for their lives. blake mccoy has details. >> reporter: gun fire on christmas eve, causing chaos at the up scale northlake mall in charlotte, north carolina. >> i heard six gun shots. they sounded like firecrackers to me. and then i saw people trampled, turning arounding toward me and trampling each other. >> reporter: police stay it started with an argument between two groups of people in the mall around 2:00. an officer working off duty heard gun shots and intervened. when he encountered one of the men with a gun, he opened fire. this woman became separated from her twins. >> people went running, they ran flew the store and they actually rushed right through the twins, grabbed the twins and were gone. >> reporter: her kids are okay. a terrifying ordeal the shoppers hadn't bargained for. >>> there were new

those protesters moving to minneapolis/st. paul airport, blocking a main entrance on one of the busiest travel days of the year. traffic snarled. many missing flights. >> not that i don't support the cause and what they're doing, but would have been upsetting to not get to see my family. >> reporter: the black lives matter protesters have been taking to the streets in minneapolis since jamar clark, a young black man, died november 15th after he was shot by white police officers. demonstrators say clark was handcuffed when officers opened fire. the police union arguing clark was reaching for an officer's gun. today, several protesters were removed by police. at least four arrested at the mall. but they say the demonstrations will not stop until the officers involved are charged. and those officers are on paid leave, pending an independent state investigation. here at the airport tonight, the roadways are back open and a heavy police presence as authorities try to get things back to normal. tom? >> alex, thank you. >>> let's tur

in minneapolis, cars in ditches and jackknifed tractor trailers. in kansas, tree limbs crashing right through vehicles. this storm coming on the heels of an icy mess that killed at least 14 people. oklahoma's governor declaring a state of emergency in all 77 counties. >> do it again. oh, wow! >> reporter: street lights exploding in el reno. more than 100,000 in the dark at the storm's height. in bethany, an 80-foot pecan tree landed on len capparo's house. >> it's going to get worse before it gets better, because of the weight of the ice as it melts. >> reporter: another danger overhead, ice-coated power lines. >> look how big these pieces of ice are. >> reporter: a 300-foot power line covered in an inch of ice adds more than 750 pounds to those lines. and that leads to this. >> oh, it's coming down! hit record! hit record! >> it's recording. >> reporter: further south, what didn't freeze flooded. and a warning about thin ice. a 32-year-old woman in utah also lucky to be alive tonight. she was chasing after one of her dogs when she fell through. >>

in minnesota, hundreds of black lives matter activists shut down sections of the minneapolis airport,the light rail and parts of the mall of america , the largest mall in america, on wednesday in order to protest police killings of african americans and rising islamophobia. actions to protest police brutality also took place in washington d.c., los angeles, san francisco, chicago, and chattanooga, tennessee. in minneapolis, protesters say they used the planned mall of america protest as a diversion in order to actually disrupt travel at the minneapolis airport on one of the busiest travel days of the year. several people were arrested. speaking on democracy now! one day before wednesday's action, organizer kandace montgomery recounted the death of unarmed 24-year-old jamar clark by north minneapolis police. >> in which jamar clark, many of which are saying was executive by the minneapolis police department, witnesses are overwhelmingly accounting that he was handcuffed while shot in the head. following that, immediately, the community called for action. they held a march in and black

disrupt travel at the minneapolis airport on one of the busiest travel days of the year.several people were arrested. speaking on democracy now! one day before wednesday's action, organizer kandace montgomery recounted the death of unarmed 24-year-old jamar clark by north minneapolis police. >> in which jamar clark, many of which are saying was executive by the minneapolis police department, witnesses are erelmingly accounting that he was handcuffed while shot in the head. following that, immediately, the community called for action. they held a march in and black lives matter began the occupation of the fourth precinct in north minneapolis, minnesota. and that was held for 18 days until shutdown by the minneapolis police department and our mayor betsy hodges. around that, we are really continuing to demand the release of the tapes in the incident to ensure justice for him as well as long-term structural change for black folks in the community. before theng just actions yesterday. clear this week, the mall of america lost a legal attempt to block the black lives matter pr

jim: police have also arrested some protesters with a black lives matter movement at the minneapolis st. paul airport. the arrests were made due to a significant increase in traffic disruptions as protesters caused delays. some of them headed to one airport, two terminals which a forced officials to close entryways. vicki: a plane full of southwest airline passengers got stuck circling for more than four hours. the pilots reported landing gear issues after takeoff.the pilot decided to return, the plane was ordered into a holding pattern to buell just burn fuel. -- to burn fuel. jim: and eight u.s. deaths due to an exclusive -- explosive the national highway traffic safety of ministration said a teenage driver died in the hospital a few days after being injure trash -- crash. a spokesperson learned of the death after the family lawyer contacted them. the nhtsa chess -- the board expects takata to be compliant with the recall. vicki: christmas shoppers are warned about a scam. it usually comes in the form of an e-mail that advertises a asks users to get your website, credit card inform

this is the official tweet of the minneapolis/st.rnational airport that there are now black lives matter protesters at the airport possibly shutting some parts of the airport down or at least causing commotion. now you're looking again at these pictures, official twitter account. the first one was from the minneapolis/st. paul international airport. and these are from wcco reporters, our affiliate. this one is from the mall of america. you can see the sign there that says "mall of america," showing the police officers out in force blocking people from there. but again, we're told the protesters have moved on to the airt. as you know, it is a busy travel day. today among the busiest of the year, tomorrow even busier than today. we will keep you updated. >>> moving on now, the body of staff sergeant chester mcbride is returning to u.s. soil, the 30-year-old georgia native and former football hero among six americans killed when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated near their patrol in afghanistan. joining me now a man who knew ju

chaos in and around minneapolis as activists protest at the largest mall in the country.... then moved on to the city's airport.... tying up holiday travelers. also... prisoners serving "hard time" work hard to fill christmas wishes. we'll take you to their workshop behind bars in springfield, south dakota. also... bowl bound! 34 marching band students from gehlen catholic prepare for the trip of a lifetime. they're heading down to florida to play in big bowl game to represent northwest iowa. and later... where do stuffed animals go when they need a little t-l-c? we've got the story of a unique store that offers intesive care for stuffed animals that have seen better days. << turn here today(at least it makes for a festive christmas eve)! a burst of snow is expected to skirt its way through the region this morning and afternoon with accumulations of 1-2 inches possible. the system will be a quick mover and will leave behind just some clouds this evening into the overnight hours. as santa takes off from the north pole he should not run into any bad weather, at least in our re

delays likeliest in chicago, new orleans, memphis, atlanta, new york city, los angeles, minneapolis. big list today. >>> the families of two people killed over the weekend by chicago police are demanding answers. one of the victims bettie jones, a mother of five, was remembered at a vigil yesterday. police said she was killed by accident when they responded to a domestic call. abc's alex perez is in chicago. >> reporter: the chicago police department again under scrutiny after another controversial shooting. 55-year-old bettie jones and 19-year-old college student quintonio legrier dead. >> we've got two people shot. shots fired by the police. just to confirm. >> yes, they were. >> reporter: early saturday morning, police responding to a domestic disturbance call on the top floor of this two-story home. legrier reportedly threatening his father with a bat. >> upon their arrival, they were confronted by a combative individual. >> reporter: jones lived on the ground floor. loved ones say she was opening the door for police when legrier began to make his way down the stairs and she was

they took a light rail train to the minneapolis st. paul international airport. they blocked roads and caused traffic delays. organize are say that rally was to draw attention to police shooting last month of jamar clark, a 24-year-old black man who died the day after he was the shot by minneapolis police who were responding to a domestic violence call. >> establishment liberal washington post publishes a cartoon detecting ted cruz's young daughters as young monkeys. are children fair game in american politics? we fak take it up with ed rawlins, and a ufo, a meteor or santa's sleigh. what was it? ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? i'm definitely able to see savings through using the car buying on usaa. i mean, amazing savings.

we have a storm that's advancing chance of a wintry mix hitting chicago and minneapolis. >> paul williams, thanks so much. >>> fires at two muslim houses of worship are being called arson. near sacramento, a fire bombing of an islamic center. members of that mosque demanding a hate crime investigation. no one was hit in either attack. >>> the head of isis in iraq and syria is speaking out after months of silence. he's also made a renewed threat against israel. abc's jim avila is traveling with the president. >> reporter: the voice of isis. after seven months of silence, and for only the second time, abu bakr al baghdadi appears desperate to rally his beleaguered fighters who have lost ground and leadership. iraqi forces backed by u.s. coalition air strikes have taken the strategic city of ramadi. 2015 has not been a good year for isis. losing its second in command to american bombs, its territory in both syria and iraq shrinking. >> isis is under a lot of pressure. and he felt the need of sending a message to his followers. we're still here, we're still strong, we're undefeated. >> report

in minneapolis, cars in ditches and jackknifed tractor trailers. on his way from can do to central wisconsin some brimner pulled off the interstate. >> snowing like canada usually does but didn't think you guys got this much snow. >> it was way too snowy for us to continue on the highway. >> reporter: that driver's daughter used the brake to build a first snowman of the season. kids reminding us why winter weather is fun. >> who couldn't like snow? we're going sledding. system moving through the middle of the country since thursday deadly. flash floods and icy conditions have killed at least 14 people. oklahoma's governor declared a counties. and from streetlights explodeing to ice coated power lines. >> oh, it's coming down. hit record. hit record. >> it's recording. >> reporter: the storm left more than 100,000 in the dark at the storm's height. megan hughes, abc news, washington. >>> this is a big storm system. storm warnings and advisories are up across the midwest and upper plains. the heavy wet snow could be a problem if too much builds up. >

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on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, last-minute shoppers at the mall of america in minneapolis greeted by police in riot gear amid a protest by the group black lives matter, demanding justice after a deadly police shooting last month. those protesters then moving onto the airport, linking arms abc's alex perez is there. >> reporter: black >> black lives matter. >> reporter: protesters in minneapolis discorrupting one of the biggest shopping days of the year. demonstrators vowed to bring mall traffic to a standstill. about 80 worried stores closing their doors. protesters quickly shot down by police. so, here we are inside the mall and police are actually pushing the crowd that's coming into the mall out. those protesters moving to blocking a main entrance on one of the busiest travel days of the year. many missing flights. >> not that i don't support the cause and what they're doing, but would have been upsetting to not get to see my family. >> reporter: the black lives matter protesters have been taking to the streets in minneapolis since jamar clark, a young black man, died n

the group wanted to draw attention to the recent police shooting of a black man in minneapolis. the families of more than a dozen victims of the sandy hook elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut have settled a lawsuit. they had filed lawsuits against the estate of the shooter' s mother saying she failed to legally-owned rifle. adam lanza used that gun to kill 20 students and six educators. he killed his mom before the shooting and himself after. the settlement comes from nancy lanza' s homeowner' s insurance. tom: a rule change means you may not be allowed to opt-out of body scanners at airports anymore. tsa screeners can now require anyone to go through the scanners. before, passengers could choose a full-body pat-down instead. a tsa spokesperson says the scanner improves threat detection for metallic and non-metallic objects that a pat-down might miss. shelley: a deadly line of storms pushing through the south tonight. the system is responsible for flooding in several states and it' s not over yet. >> severe storms take aim at the south, two days until christmas. >

minneapolis could see a foot before it's all over with. of course, all that snow making >> always the worst part. slick roads and low visibility mean trouble for the commute. paul williams has more on the changing conditions. good morning, paul. >> anks, kendnd, aditi. we're still expecting a good deal of snow from sioux falls down through anyplace 6 to possibly 1 inches of snow from the same system that was just a little bit of a problem with flooding to the west but changed over to snow showers. by wednesday, we'll actually have something that's going to help us out. the jet stream will divide us between church and state. a slow-moving cold front brings scattered showers along the east coast. we really want this jet to stick around because it will kp them separate because if not for the dividing line, we've have a monster of a snowstorm to tell you about. annoying snow showers maybe in the upper elevations. aditi, kendis. >> the state department released the largest batch of e-mails from hillary clinton's private server to date. these co

jamie yuccas cbs news minneapolis. ((paul joncich)) > hillary clinton visited the twin cities on tuesday and privately met with both men and other somali and muslim leaders. she praised their work in trying to stop online terror recruitment and emphasized more funds are needed. /// ((denise valdez)) the campaign manager for hillary clinton says its voter data was "stolen" by the campaign team of her democratic rival, bernie sanders. this as the sanders' campaign threatened to take the democratic national committee to federal court if the party organization doesn't restore their access to the voter database. this all comes after the d-n-c cut sanders off from the database and charged that the vermont senator's campaign exploited a software error and accessed confidential voter information -- which was collected by hillary clinton's team. sanders campaign manager jeff weaver vowed to fight the d- n-c in federal court if access is not quickly restored: ((jeff weaver- individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clint

even one as minnesota nice as minneapolis. on a cold winter's night, some comfort and even maybe joy can be found in the sound of bells. [ bells tolling ]. >> that was one of the >> reporter: she was on staff at central lutheran church ten years ago, when the church built a seven-story tower, a plan that had been abandoned during the depression. way up top, they put a keyboard that plays bells. 47 of them. as soon as the bells started ringing, so did rebecca's phone. >> people would call us and say, we love to hear the bells. i'm driving home from work and i hear the bells. >> reporter: it got rebecca to thinking. >> i realized there are these wonderful bell installations all over town, and some were silent. they needed repaired. i thought, if we organize and coordinate, we can do great things in our cities, with all these bells. >> reporter: so city of bells was formed. >> are there a lot of churches in town where the bells just weren't ringing anymore? >> absolutely. in fact, our first project was st. mark's cathedral. their

unlike the streets of minneapolis, mall of america is private property and can ban demonstrations. susan gaertner is an attorney for the mall. : "this was widely publicized, that an unlawful demonstration should occur on wednesday. all we are asking is for the same means to be used to say, 'hey this is against the law' and we are calling it off. that's all we are asking ..."four leaders of black lives matter say they received letters on friday, threatening arrests if wednesday's rally takes place as planned inside the mall. the facebook event pages promoting the protest and replace them with posts saying it's canceled. : "they are trying to force us to say something that they don't really have the right to do. this is an attack on not only on black lives matter, but everybody's rights and the right to speak out...." : "mall of america really is the coliseum of capitalism, right, in our day and age symbols are important. moa is the perfect symbol of how money and resources are mis- allocated in this state...."last december... as the black lives matter movement was gaining national m