tony dokoupil has the details. >> reporter: the thornton law firm has ten partners but dollar for dollar one of the nation's biggest political donors. according to the firm's documents leaked by a whistle making donations partners receives money matching the amount they gave. >> once the law firm knew we had the record they didn't deny that this was the case. scott allen the globe spotlight editor. >> hundreds and hundreds of a times a lawyer would dough that money to a candidate or political party and almost immediately be given back the same sum. >> that is correct. if you give a donation and somebody else reimburses you for the donation that is a clear violation of the spirit and the letter of the law at the federal and state levels. >> federal law partnerships like the thornton law firm to maximum donation of $2700 per candidate. alleged to have made donations above the limit using a straw donor system using the firm's own money but making it appear it was from individual partners. vivica novak with the center for responsive. >> straw donor reimbursement systems are something both th

tony dokoupil has this story. >> say his name. sam dubose. >> reporter: hours after a jury failed to say guilty or innocent in the murder trial of a white police officer, protesters poured into streets. it all started with a traffic stop near the university of cincinnati last summer and escalated into what everyone could see was a fatal shooting. >> take your seat belt off. >> i didn't do >> stop! stop! >> reporter: but was it murder? on saturday, a dozen jurors, 10 white and two black, emerged after more than 25 hours of dlibbation to say they just couldn't agree. judge megan shanahan: >> by reason of your inability to reach a verdict, i declare this case a mistrial. >> reporter: officer ray tensinged fired the bullet that killed sam dubose, an african american. tensing walked free today but the prosecutor has until november 28 to decide on a retrial. >> i think people need to into this case by the state of ohio, and hope that everyone just take a deep breath. >> reporter: officer tensing testified that in this moment he thought

tony dokoupil reports from watertown, new york. track 1 rochester, ny) high winds and heavy snow whipped across western new york sunday night. (trak 2 -watertown) watertown, new york was blanketed during the day with more than half-a-foot of snow. (track 3) it was a chilly contrast from the day before when the town was basking in a record high 72 degrees(track 4 -syracuse) the massive shift first significant lake-effect storm of the season that dropped more than a foot in the region(nat) (track 5) (sat0160)the storm slammed michigan as it moved east across the mid-section of the u.s(track 7)by early monday morning, binghamton new york had received about fifteen inches of snow(nat: snow plow) (track 8) (sun0200)and batavia - east of buffalo - was covered.(sun0200)(mos sot) "too early, not ready for it at all and i heard we're gonna get more."(oncam tony dokoupil/cbs news, watertown, ny)pre-holiday travelers should expect delays. the busiest travel period of the year starts today. 40 million americans ar the road, much of them in wea

but, reena, the suspense continues. >> ninan: another tony dokoupil. thank you, tony. president obama is in lima, peru, the last stop on his final overseas trip as president. mr. obama is attending the asia-pacific summit and also talking about president-elect trump. errol barnett is there. >> reporter: president obama is trying to ease fears in latin america that his pull out of american trade deals. at a town hall meeting today, the president asked perivians to give president-elect trump a chance. mr. obama said despite mr. trump's stance against global trade deals, he predicts the president-elect will eventually see the benefits of those deals. >> once they look at how it's working, i think they'll determine that it's actually good both for the united states and our trading partners. >> reporter: president obama is meeting with chinese president vladimir putin on the sidelines of apec. if it happens, it would be putin and obama's first meeting since the white house blamed russia for interfering in the election by hacking democratic party e-mail servers. and presiden

here's tony dokoupil. >> it's a modern form of communication. there should be nothing you should be ashamed of. >> reporter: donald trump was talking about twitter, of course, one of his most powerful and problematic tools on the campaign trail. will he continue to tweet as president? oh, yes. >> i'm not saying i love it. but it does get the word out. i have a method of fighting back that's very tough. >> reporter: donald trump's twitter power is also relatively new. 5 million users total, compare that to trump's 15 million followers today. >> i think it helped me win all of these races where they're spending much more money than i spent. >> reporter: as president trump can hope to catch some of twitter's most followed users including katy perry, number one, and president obama. >> i'm picking up now, i think i picked up yesterday 100,000 people. >> trump's tweets are popular because they are raw. >> he has feuded with a beauty queen, and forwarded false data about african-american violence. trump tells lesley stahl he'll tone it down as preside

tony dokoupil has details. >> reporter: the thornton law firm has ten partners, but dollar for dollar it's one ofor the nation's biggest political donors. according to the firm's own donnels leaked by a whistle- blower days or hours after amount they gave. >> once the law firm knew we had these records, they didn't deny that this was the case. b >> reporter: scott allen is the "globe"'s spotlight editor. so hundreds and hundreds of times a lawyer would donate money to a candidate or political party, and then almost immediately be given back that very same sum.a >> that's correct. >> reporter: if you give ak donation and then somebody else reimburses you for the donation that's a clear violation of the spirit and the letter of the law at the federal and state level.n >> reporter: federal law limits r partnerships like the thornton law firm to a maximum donation of $2,700 per candidate. thornton is alleged to have made donations above that limit by using a straw donor system, using the firm's own money, but making it appear it was from individual partners. viveca novak is with the cente

scott, conditions are expected to improve in time for thanksgiving. >>> tony dokoupil, thank you. eric fisher, our chief meteorologist at cbs in boston, wbz, eric, what is coming next? >> scott, the winds will continue to crank. lake effect machine going through overnight into tomorrow. some towns will pass 30 inches of snow from the first big lake effect event of the year. tomorrow watching a developing storm in the middle of country. that will bring rain to chicago midweek. wintry mix across the upper miest. and a wintry mix, in the northeast. as we head into thanksgiving itself. the stormiest part of the country, the pacific north west. round of rain swinging into washington state, oregon, northern california. snow expected here and windy conditio at the coastline. that will go through friday. but look at our coast to coast on thanksgiving day. dry, mostly mild across the southern tier states. light, wintery mix, moving through the northeast. stormiest across the pacific northwest. not a major storm on thanksgiving day, scott, a few pockets here and there. >> eric fisher, wbz,

tony dokoupil reports from new york. (track 1 rochester, ny) high winds and heavy snow whipped across western new york sunday night. (trak 2 -watertown) watertown, new york was blanketed during the day with more than half-a-foot of snow. (track 3) it was a chilly contrast from the day before when the town was basking in a record high 72 degrees (track 4 -syracuse) the massive shift in weather was caused by the first significant the region (nat) (track 5) (sat0160) the storm slammed michigan as it moved east across the mid-section of the u.s (track 7) by early monday morning, binghamton new york had received about fifteen inches of snow (nat: snow plow) (track 8) (sun0200) and batavia - east of buffalo - was covered. (sun0200) (mos sot) "too early, not ready for it at all and i heard we're gonna get more." (oncam tony dokoupil/cbs news, watertown, ny) pre-holiday travelers should expect delays. the busiest travel period of the year starts today. 40 million americans are expected to take the road, much of them in weather l

we have tony dokoupil from the storm zone. and deepnopueled upstateto 50mph careening off the road. it was a frigid snap from the day before when rochester and watertown baed in 70-degree heat. jefferson county sheriff colleen o'neill. >> everybody wt from short sleeves and shorts to mittens and hats. >> reporter: the first major lake-effect storm of the season dropped as much of an inch of snow an hour.?4 the same storm whipped through wolverine football fans a snowy celebration in ann arbor. by monday afternoon lacona, new york, was buried in over two feet of snow, jackknifing this tractor-trailer. this is the tug hill region of new york, the snowiest place in america last year. the timing is not great for people in this region because the start of the hiday travel season is today. when you see the weather report showing snow, what goes through your mind? >> cars in the ditch, here we go. >> reporter: jefferson county busy since 5:00 a.m. how dangerous are winter driving conditions here relative to other places in the country? >> this is the worst i've ever seen. >> reporter: a wi

we have tony dokoupil from the storm zone. report winds gusting up to 50mph and deep snow pummeled upstate new york, blinding drivers and sending dozens of vehicles careening off the road. it was a frigid snap from the day before when rochester and watertown basked in 70-degree heat. jefferson county sheriff colleen o'neill. >> everybody went from short sleeves and shorts to mittens and hats. >> reporter: the first major lake-effect storm of the season dropped as much of an inch of snow an hour. the same storm whipped through minnesota and michigan, giving wolverine football fans a snowy york, was buried in over two feet of snow, jackknifing this tractor-trailer. this is the tug hill region of new york, the snowiest place in america last year. the timing is not great for people in this region because the start of the holiday travel season is today. when you see the weather report showing snow, what goes through your mind? >> cars in the ditch, here we go. >> reporter: jefferson county deputy steve gruber has been busy since 5:

here its tony dokoupil. >> it is a modern form of communication. there should be nothing you should be ashamed of. >> reporter: donald trump talking about twitter of course one of his most powerful and problematic tools on the campaign trail. will he continue to tweet as president? oh, yes. >> i'm not saying i love it. but it does get the word out. i have a method of fighting back. >> donald trump's twitter power is relatively new. when president obama first ran in 2008, twitter had 5 million users total. compare that to trump's 15 million followers today. >> i think it help me win all of these races where they're spending much more none knee. >> reporter: as president, trump can hope to catch some of twitter's followed users, katy perry and president obama. >> i am picking up. picked up 100,000 people. >> trump's tweets are popular, belter or worse, they're raw. >> he feuded with a beauty queen. white supremacists and forwarded false data about african-american violence. trump tells lesley stahl he will tone it down. >> very restrained if i use at

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tony dokoupil is at harvard where students are calling for a sanctuary campus. >> they rallied in big schools. and tiny colleges. but the focus was the same undocumented students like harvard freshman rosa vasquez. how does it feel to be at harvard? >> feels great. >> reporter: the california teen cried tears of joy when she got into harvard. >> congratulations you're going to harvard! >> oh, my god! >> reporter: now she is afraid in a trump presidency she won't be allowed to stay. >> i'm afraid for friends. i'm afraid for thousands of undocumented students across the country. >> reporter: donald trump won the white house with a message of opportunity for americans first. >> i want the children t to be dreamers. >> reporter: in an interview with lesley stahl on "60 minutes" last week he pledged deportation for millions of convicted criminal immigrants but left all others, including students, in a long suspense. >> after the border is secured and after everything gets normalized, we are going to make a determination on the people that you're talking about who are terrific people. >> th