and on veterans day, mark strassman with a slaenl new mission-- to stop the emdemmic of military suicides. >> it's not a sign of weak tons get help. it's a sign of strength. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in the blink of an eye, the the change as the post sent colder air. st. cloud, minnesota, got more than 13 inches of snow, a record for november. here's how quickly it's spreading. wichita, kansas, tie aid record yesterday at 77 degrees. it could plunge to 15 overnight. sanford, texas, has gone from 85 to an expected low tonight of 12. we have more now from jamie yuccas of wcco, our cbs station in minneapolis. >> reporter: in nebrask aicy roads and stuck cars brought traffic to a crawl and put people power tout test. curtis flowers spend the morning moving cars off the road. >> the secret, is put the vehicle in low, stop spinning, and let it roll. >> reporter: slick roads in minnesota caused a semistruck to jackknife overnight when another semilost control and slammed into it and the surrounding police cars. there we

mark strassman and vladimir duthiers are in ferguson. after dinner don dahler tells us it's off to the stores. >> we know that parents are going to spend plenty of montheir kids between now and christmas. >> and juliana goldman with the queen of carving. >> i've been doing this for a very long time because i just enjoy it. i have fun. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> quijano: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm elaine quijano. happy thanksgiving. it has come this year with a serving of weather headaches. a storm in the northeast knocked out power to at least 338,000 homes and businesss. snow and ice made driving dangerous, and flying? nearly 1,000 flights were delayed or canceled. more now from katie brace from cbs boston station wbz. >> reporter: the first major storm of the season dropped as much as a foot of heavy, wet snow, taking down trees and power lines. airports already slammed by 700 cancellations yesterday were struggling to catch up. many of those lucky enough to get home fo

here's mark strassman. >> he killed my son. he murdered him in cold blood in broaddaylight. >> on "cbs this morning" michael brown's parents talked about officer darren wilson who says he has a clear conscience about killing his son. >> how can your congress be clear after killing somebody even if it was an accidental death. >> we don't have that voice in our community right now that both sides trust. >> reporter: faster robert white leads a coalition of ministries in st. louis. detective gabe crocker is president of the st. louis county police association. police officers, do they by and large trust the kids on the street? >> no. and i don't know how to bringa i lot of police officers to the table and get them to understand why they're having trouble policing minority communitys. >communitys. we couldn't put a young white officer and a young black male in the room right now. >> reporter: you deal with a lot of young, black men. by and large, do those kids trust police officers? >> no, there is no trust. there's a huge gap betw

elaine. >> quijano: mark strassman in ferguson, thank you. in what's becoming a bigger part of thanksgiving, more and more stores will be open this evening so folks can get a jump on their holiday shopping. retailers expect sales this month and next to total nearly $617 billion, a better than 4% increase over last year. don dahler tells us many shoppers will have more to spend. >> reporter: retailers got an unlikely gift this holiday season-- low gas prices mean consumers could have an extra $40 billion to spend this year. richard barry with toys "r" us hopes some of that money finds its way into his stores. >> we love the fact that the customer is out and willing to spend. we know that parents are going to spend plenty of money on the kids between now and christmas. >> reporter: about one out of every $7 spent will be online. adobe has measured data from more than 1 trillion visits to web sites since 2008. brad rencher is in charge of adobe's digital marketing. >> as we're sitting at thanksgiving dinner with their friends and family, when so

mark strassman is at the courthouse. >> reporter: police in riot gear cleared protesters blocking the street in front of ferguson police headquarters last night. there have been eight arrests here over the last two days. >> everybody's on edge. n'e tension's high. >> reporter: sergeant brian schullman is with the st. louis county police department. the biggest concern as we head into the weekend? >> the biggest concern would just be that, you know, regardless of the decision, that we see the violence that we saw in august. somebody, whether that's a policeman, whether that's somebody protesting and exercising their rights, that is seriously injured or killed. >> reporter: 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed by ferguson police officer darren wilson on august 9. michael brown, sr., the teenager's father, released this video statement pleading for peaceful protests in the days ahead. >> hurting other or destroying property is not the answer. no matter what the grand jury decides, i do not want my son's death to be in vain. >> reporter: 1,000 local police officers have received

mark strassman, cbs news, boston. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news on veterans day.sored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org students were detained, ogated, and put on trial. >>> now at 6:00 they went to russia for a conference, instead the bay area students were detained, integrated, put on trial. good evening i'm veronica de la cruz. >> i'm ken bastida. bay area women suddenly had the enter of the international incident. new at 6:00, ann notarangelo spoke to all four of them after touching down at sfo. they were in russia for supposedly two weeks, but arrived at sfo with a very different story to tell. first out of customs at sfo, lianna from san jose followed by chico who were much happier to see this group than the crowd in russia who put the brakes on their trip. >> all of a sudden these people would slide in to the back of the room. officials were talking to the director of the program. >> reporter: representing the california association of the student council. a non-profit designed to inspire and cultivate youth leadership. instead

. >> axelrod: reports from vladimir duthiers, mark strassman, and bob orr. dean reynolds has cleveland police video of an officer gunning down a 12-year-old carrying a toy pellet gun. and chip reid with a lesson for would-be white house turkeys-- or how to gain entree without becoming the entree. >> whoa! >> you don't want that. >> like i said-- >> that's what you don't want to happen at the white house, right? >> yup. captioning sponsored by cbs

mark strassman and vladimir duthiers are in ferguson.er dinner don dahler tells us it's off to the stores. >> we know that parents are going to spend plenty of montheir kids between now and christmas. >> and juliana goldman with the queen of carving. >> i've been doing this for a very long time because i just enjoy it. i have fun. captioning sponsored by cbs

. >> axelrod: reports from vladimir duthiers, mark strassman, and bob orr.olice video of an officer gunning down a 12-year-old carrying a toy pellet gun. and chip reid with a lesson for would-be white house turkeys-- or how to gain entree without becoming the entree. >> whoa! >> you don't want that. >> like i said-- >> that's what you don't want to happen at the white house, right? >> yup. captioning sponsored by cbs

. >> quijano: mark strassman and vladimir duthiers are in ferguson.fter dinner, don dahler tells us it's off to the stores. >> we know that parents are going to spend plenty of money on their kids between now and christmas. >> quijano: and juliana goldman with the queen of carbon. >> i've been d for a very long time because i just enjoy it. i have fun. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs eve n

mark strassman and vladimir duthiers are in ferguson. dinner don dahler tells us it's off to the stores. >> we know that parents are going to spend plenty of montheir kids between now and christmas. >> and juliana goldman with the queen of carving. >> i've been doing this for a very long time because i just enjoy it. i have fun. captioning sponsored by cbs

and on veterans day, mark strassman with a slaenl new mission-- to stop the emdemmic of military suicides it's not a sign of weak tons get help. it's a sign of strength.

. >> axelrod: reports from vladimir duthiers, mark strassman, and bob orr. has cleveland police video of an officer gunning down a 12-year-old carrying a toy pellet gun. and chip reid with a lesson for would-be white house turkeys-- or how to gain entree without becoming the entree. >> whoa! >> report: you don't want that. >> like i said-- >> report: that's what you don't want to happen at the white house, right? >> yup. captioning sponsored by cbs

mark strassman is in the county courthouse in clayton, missouri. >> reporter: good morning.rs were out yelling, screaming, they blocked traffic, one point causeded a car accident. over the last three nights there have been a total of 11 arrests, as police in riot gear clashed with protesters blocking streets and exercising constitutional rights while police are saying they go too far. the backdrop is this grand jury proceeding that's going on will officer wilson be criminally indicted for the shooting death of michael brown? there are 12 grand jurors 9 have to agree on a charge the criminal charge from murder to involuntary manslaughter all the way to no charge at all. nine jurors have to agree in a charge. the prosecutor's not recommended one. jurors have to go over the material that they've been presented, including testimony from officer wilson himself, and try to decide did he do something criminally wrong here when he shot and killed michael brown on august 9th? anthony? >> mark strassman, thank you. >>> for more on this we're joined by cbs news legal analyst riki kleem

a robust $10 billion league but mark strassman is going to show us many of the teams are facing a new challenge getting fans off the couch and into the stands. >> plus, gratitude and good health, why saying thank you could actually be beneficial to you. >> we'll be back with a look and weather and traffic in 25 minutes to keep you safe this holiday. >> i want to say happy thanksgiving to everybody. >> thank you. >> we're on the mobile app. take us when you leave the house today. have a great thanksgiving. it's thursdayov nember 27th 2014. happy thanksgiving day and welcome to "cbs this morning." a blast of wintry weather delays thanksgiving travelers and plunges thousands into the dark. more icy conditions are on the way. >> ferguson tries to move forward, but across the country, new overnight violence. >>> plus threats to disrupt the thanksgiving day parade have the nypd on high alert. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> it could be worse. >> a lot o