Transcripts For KCCI CBS Morning News 20151125

Im annemarie green. There are new calls for calm in chicago this morning after protests over the release of a video that shows a black teen shot to death by a white Police Officer. We have a warning for you. The Police Dash Cam video is graphic and its disturbing. The video shows 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald in the street. Police are on the left, including the officer charged tuesday with murder. He fires 16 shots at mcdonald in about 14 seconds. Officer Jason Van Dyke is the First Chicago Police Officer charged with murder for an onduty murder in decades. Hundreds of demonstrators slashed with police overnight and gathering near a Police Station and briefing blocking traffic. Marlie hall reports. Reporter the video from the october 2014 incident shows Laquan Mcdonald jogging down into a street and slows down into a walk. Two officers approach. Prosecutors say officer Jason Van Dyke started shooting six seconds after he got out of his vehicle. The silent video shows van dyke continued to shoot mcdonald while the teen was on the ground. A few hundred protesters took to the streets shortly after the video was released. Some biefly scuffled with police and were led away in handcuffs. Protest what we are mad about. People have a right to be angry. People have a right to protest. People have a right to free speech. But they do not have a right to commit criminal acts. Reporter prosecutors say van dyke fired 16 shots in 15 seconds, despite accounts that mcdonald never threatened him. The 14year veteran was charged with firstdegree murder on tuesday. People will judge this splitsecond actions of my client. However, the standard in this case is what was my client experiencing at the time in which he made the splitsecond decision to fire . Mcdonald was carrying a knife at the time of the shooting and take the drug pcp was in his system. Marlie hall, cbs news. Coming up cbs this morning, we will be live with the latest on the Police Protests in chicago and reaction to the shooting video. One of the pilots of a russian jet shot down by turkey is in the hands of the syrians army and is being burned to his base. Turkey said it fired on the war plane along the Syrian Border after it invaded turkish air space. Video shows the fighter jet on fire before it crashes. Russia says Syrian Rebels killed one pilot as he parachuted to the ground. Russians president Vladimir Putin warns there will be significant consequences for turkey downing its jet. And signs of normal life this morning in brussels. Schools in a subway are reopening in the belgian capital after four days of security lockdown. But the government is maintaining the highest level of safety alert over fears of an imminent parisstyle terror attack. Hundreds of police and soldiers are on patrol. Prosecutors in paris have charged the man who housed the apparent ring leader of the terror attacks. Jawad bendadad is the first person linked to the terrorists. Jawad says he doesnt know who they were. Prosecutors revealed the ring leader Abdelhamid Abaaoud returned to the theater after the attacks and while the police were still there. In egypts sinai peninsula, seven people are dead. The attackers penetrated heavy security. Video shows a Sophisticated Network of isis tunnels under the iraqi town of sinjar. They were used to store ammunition and a shelter from Coalition Air strikes. Kurdish troops found boxes of u. S. Made ammunition. The white house tuesday, shouldertoshoulder with french president Francois Hollande against isis. I will not be tolerated. It must be destroyed and we must do it together. They pledged to escalate terror strikes against the terror group. The president called on russia to join the western alliance and end suppor for syrians president. The heightened of concerns of terrorism comes as millions get ready to hit the road for the holiday. According to aaa, nearly 47 Million People will travel 50 miles or more this thanksgiving. That is the most since 2007. Don champion is at new yorks penn station with more on what is being done to keep holiday travelers safe. Good morning, don. Reporter good morning, annemarie. It is getaway day. The day before thanksgiving and one of the busiest travel days of the year. Behind me, penn station will be busy today. The mad dash out of town comes just days after the state department issued that worldwide terror alert for americans in new york city, you can already see a steppedup security presence. Hundreds of officers are on guard. Heavily armed soldiers on patrol at laguardia airport. Its part of an increased effort to prevent a terror attack like the one in paris. I was surprised at, like, the amount of soldier types. I was like, wow, its getting really serious. Its a little bit scary but i trust the way everything is under control. Reporter new York City Police putting up barricades and standing on guard. The nypd rolling out its counterterrorism group, including extra cops and specially trained officers. More than a Million People are expected to line the streets for the thanksgiving day parade. Some of those officers would be equipped with the long guns, as we refer to them, the rifles. We will have additional hercules teams, those are the heavily armed entities that are around the area of the parade but, i think the Police Presence will heighten the sense of security. Reporter despite the Officials Say its not necessary to change your plans. What this is not saying is dont travel. We want americans to travel to travel domestically, overseas. Reporter but some travelers are still a little jittery. We were very, very nervous and anxious about it all. We were, like, i dont know if we want to go, but we didnt want to cancel this because we wanted to see family. Reporter even with the warning, it is important to note there are no credible or specific threats against the homeland. There is a bit of good news for the millions of americans who will be driving this week. Gas prices are at their lowest level since 2008. The National Average for a gallon of regular unleaded stands at just over 2 a gallon. Gobble, gobble. That is good news. Don champion at new yorks penn station, thank you very much, don. Some drivers will be battling the elements this holiday season. Pacific northwest is spreading wintry weather to the east. Heavy snow is in the forecast for the Mountain West today and could move into the plains by thanksgiving. Snow blanketed roads in the roads in oregon making travel dangerous. Some drivers put on chains for traction. Crews are still working to restore power to families in poe to thousands of families in spokane, washington, nearly a week after wind knocks down power lines. Meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz shows us the forecast on this big travel day. Reporter of course, you know its a busy day for travel across the country. Good news anywhere east of the mississippi, not much going on at all this wednesday. Quiet and cool in the northeast. Quiet and seasonal weather across the southeast, and a few showers moving through the upper midwest as we move into the afternoon. Most of the action we are watching is across the interMountain West with rain and snowfall and pretty significant mountain snow. Sierra picked up more than a foot and more snowfall coming down today and spreading across idaho across the wasatch Mountain Range and across much of wyoming. Muchneeded snowfall. Great for the ski areas but watch out for treacherous travel in the passes. Quiet on the west coast and the mess in the middle. Rain breaking out on thanksgiving day. Snow coming down across parts of the rockies and watch the ice driving across the plains, especially into parts of kansas and western oklahoma on thanksgiving. Then the story for the end of this week and this weekend is heavy rainfall developing. The dallas area stretching up through oklahoma and moving into missouri and arkansas. In dallas, we are likely going to see our wettest year ever recorded set with this storm and keeping an eye out for some flooding. Im meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. Travel safe coming up on the morning news. A shooting investigation into the nfl. Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey is injured in a shooting incident. We will tell you about that. Upstage by an impersonator. Donald trump meets his match. This is the cbs morning news. Campbells star wars soups. Thats gotta be the worst vader ever. Made for real, real life. 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Hell arrive in nairobi, kenya, before traveling to uganda and the Central African republic. The pope will speak to africas fast growing catholic population. An nfl player is injured in a shooting. A new finding in a deadly air strike at an afghan hospital. Those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstands. The New York Times says the pentagon will release details today on the u. S. Air strike of an afghanistan hospital run by doctors without borders. The attack last month killed 30 people. The times reports the investigation found a series of human errors, failures in procedure, and technical problems. Usa today reports st. Louis rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey is in the hospital after being shot in the head. Bailey is reportedly in critical, but stable, condition, right now in miami after a gunman shot him twice while he was sitting in a car last night. The injuries were not considered lifethreatening. He is expected to undergo surgery later this morning. The Minneapolis Startribune reports Police Arrested three white men in connection with a shooting at a protest by black lives matter. Police say the men turned themselves in following mondays shooting that wounded five protesters. Prosecutors may treat the shooting as a hate crime. The myrtle beach sun news reports that Donald Trumps family joined him on stage. While he was campaigning in south carolina, the gop frontrunner says he has never done that before and he also brought up a supporter of a crowd from thousands and someone who looked remarkably familiar. Do you believe this guy . Look at that. What the hell . Come here a minute. Trump described the supporter as having a big, beautiful head of hair. The Washington Post honors the 100th anniversary of albert einsteins generally of relatively. It explains gravity and how it affects matter, light and time. It explains black holes, the big bang, and its even used to make your gps work more accurately. Still to come, amazon space mission. The online retailer makes a big splash in the race for reusable making Space Tourism a reality. Heres a look at todays the country. Private Space Company blue origin, founded by amazon ceo jeff bezos, says it achieved a milestone. On monday, it launched a rocket from texas, then landed it bezos announced the news on cbs this morning. The rocket flew 62 miles high before releasing a capsule and touching back down. Its designed to carry space tourists. Bezos tweeted the rarest of beasts. A used rocket controlled landing, not easy, but done right, can look easy. Elon musk, ceo of spacex tweeted back the following. On the cbs moneywatch amazon is involved in a subway controversy, and another e. Coli outbreak this time centered on a warehouse store chain. Jail wagner it he is New York Stock Exchange with that and more. Reporter there is an e. Coli outbreak linked to costco Chicken Salad. The cdc says 19 people in colorado are sick. Anybody who brought the Chicken Salad before last friday should throw it out. The s p 500 gained two and the nasdaq was flat yesterday. The u. S. Department of transportation may loosen its role on selfdriving cars. Right now the cars are limited to testing only with a licensed driver behind the wheel to take over in an emergency. Goobleg google wants to remove the Steering Wheel and pedals once the car is space. Is causing controversy in new york city. This subway car is covered inside and out promoting the man in the high castle. The show imagines what the world would be like if the allies lost world war ii. Amazon is pulling the ads. A whole lot of controversy and a whole lot of attention. All press is good press, right . Yeah, right. Jill wagner at the New York Stock Exchange, thanks a lot, jill. Coming up on cbs this morning, we will speak with the ceo of target, brian cornell. Still ahead, a miracle baby. A newborn is discovered abandoned in a nativity scene at a new york city church. And the demolition of a smoke stack goes terribly wrong as it crashes down on the driver of an exeavator. Well, and take of what makes you, excavator. Excavator. Excavator. Excavator. Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion with the goodness of active naturals oat just one day. Healthy skin equals beautiful skin. And for shower softness, add the body wash, too aveeno naturally beautiful results when your cold makes you wish. You could stay. In bed all day. You need the power of. New theraflu expressmax. Heres a look at todays the country. The demolition of this old smoke stack in alabama nearly cost one worker his life. As it came down, the smoke stack fell the wrong way, nearly on top of the excavator and the man operating it inside. Fortunately, the cab protected the man inside from the falling debris and he was able to walk away. President obama awarded the naigss highest civilian honor to 17 americans. The recipients of the medical of freedom included Steven Spielberg and barbra streisand. The grandnephew of shirley chisholm, the first africanamerican woman elected to congress, accepted the medal on her behalf. Police are searching for mother who left her newborn at a Nativity Center at a new york city church. The newborn was found at the holy child of the jesus church. The baby was checked out at a hospital and is healthy. The church is meant to be a home for those in need. Pope francis preaches about mercy and this is actually a year of mercy. What more merciful way to live, but a way to give a home or somebody in need. State law allows newborns to be dropped off to a safe haven like a church. There is already an adoption under way. Golden state warriors are owners of the nbas bestever start to a season. The warriors win their record 16th straight game. The defending champions had no problems beating their instate rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers 11177. Golden state has won 20 straight regular season games dating back to last season. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, the fight against shrinking airline seats. News. Fact you wont find the brand pharmacists recommend most for cold and flu relief at the shelf. Advil cold sinus is only behind the pharmacy counter. Hundreds of protesters faced off with police overnight in the streets of chicago. They are upset about a video that shows the shooting of a black teen by a white Police Officer. We have a warning for you now. The Police Cruiser dash cam video is pretty disturbing. It shows 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald moving away from police as he is shot. Officer Jason Van Dyke fires 16 times. He was charged with murder tuesday. Cbs news digital journalist alex pena is covering the protest and is joining us from chicago on the phone. Alex, good morning. We know now that the officer has been charged. So give us an idea of why protesters felt the need to reporter right. Well, the protesters here, despite the indictment yesterday, there were still a lot of Unanswered Questions regarding the tape that they wanted answers, which is one of the reasons that they took to the streets. One of the protesters told me one of the reasons is they wanted to know why the video hadnt been released until now. This happened in october of 2014. Why did that video take so long is one of their questions. Second question was why was the officer charged so late . Why was he charged today . Why was he indicted yesterday when this had happened so long ago . In fact, according to the city attorney, she says that the video was one of the most graphic and one of the most violent she had seen in her time serving as state attorney. Protesters are asking if this was the case, why did it take so long . Of course, her response was these sort of things, they take time and particularly Police Shootings, they take time. The protests protesters had a lot of questions so they took to the streets. Alex, you have actually spent the past few months covering a number of protests. How would you characterize what you saw here in chicago, compared to some of the other places youve been . Reporter sure. Well, the situation here is certainly very different. For one, the group is much smaller. The protest we saw last night, we probably saw a hundred protesters, more or less. It was much less. The protests were overall peaceful and very little violence like what we saw in ferguson or baltimore. In baltimore, it was an indictment of the Police Officer that actually ended the massive protests, whereas, here in chicago, it was an indictment that essentially brought them out into on the streets. So we are looking at a different scenario in terms of how the Police Shootings were being handled. We talked about a much, much smaller number of people and much more peaceful than what we saw in baltimore and ferguson. Alex pena in chicago, thank you so much, alex. Reporter thank you. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, we will tell you about a push to give Airline Passengers more seat room. Plus, new pressure on the boy scouts of america to allow girls as members. And we will meet a chef who is part of the game to table movement, which encourages the use of wild animals in our meals. That is the cbs morning news for this wednesday. Thanks for watching. Im annemarie green. You are watching kcci 8 news. Elizabeth right now at 4 30, a kcci exclusive. The missouri highway patrols negligence killed brandon ellingson. What a water patrol sergeant is now saying. Eric plus travel alert. Millions of americans are already traveling for the holiday. Why this year comes with a warning. Elizabeth and demonstrators rally against governor branstads ban on syrian refugees. The personal interest these demonstrators have in fighting that ban. Good morning. Thank you for waking up right and early with us. Metinka the getaway whether is just a little bit of drizzle the afternoon. It is a warm morning, 50 degrees. Nofault to slow you down no fog to slow you down