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For the second time in just over a week, a grand jury failed to indict a white Police Officer in the death of an unarmed black man. And new york city, about 30 arrests made there. Eric garners widow said she could never accept the officers apology. Hes still working. My husband is six feet under, and im looking for a way to feed my kids now. An american man being held captive is begging for help. My life is in danger. Rainfall saturating california. It has created a flood of headaches up and down the state. It created a giant sinkhole. Getting bigger and with the rain its going to get worse. Scrubbed for today. Nasa says it will try again tomorrow. A successful run could be one step closer to a mission to mars. Details as a boy is shot and killed by a Police Officer in cleveland. The officer had been previously judged as unfit for duty. Police officers are public servants, not james bond with a license to kill. More women have come forward to accuse Comedian Bill Cosby of sexual abuse. Three made an emotional appearance. Two claimed they were drugged and assaulted. A toddler falls on the train tracks. Comes to rescue. A man crashes into a car dealership in texas costing nearly 300,000 in damage. It was a boom. Got it the 76ers have won their first game after losing their first 17. And all that matters he wasnt very far away when he went down. Dakota. The golden retriever fell in through the ice and a local fire captain came in to save the day. Once in a why, its good to have a happy ending, you know . On cbs this morning. 17 states filed a lawsuit. To stop obamas immigrant action. Theres just so much partisan rancor. Republicans say leave john boehner alone. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose is on assignment, so jeff glor is with us. Nice to have you here. Were going to begin with a big story because more protests are planned across the country this morning over the decision not to bring charges against the new york Police Officer involved in the chokehold death of eric garner. Protesters poured into new york city streets after wednesdays grand jury decision. Rallies were mostly peaceful. At one point about a thousand demonstrators clogged the brooklyn bridge. Police let them cross but arrested people who would not move. This case started back in july, when police tried to arrest 43yearold eric garner. An officer grabbed him around the throat. Garner said he couldnt breathe 11 times and later died. The grand jury decided wednesday not to indict that officer. Midtown man had enhattan the site of rallies. Michelle, good morning. Reporter good morning. And good morning to our viewers in the west. The nypd made dozens of arrests that through the night was mostly peaceful but all across the city protesters shouted those three words that are now synonymous with the takedown and death of eric garner. I cant breathe i cant breathe reporter the last words of eric garner have become the rally cry. Its not about black and white. Its about life and death. Reporter the grand jurys decision not to indict an officer in the death of a long island man sent thousand of protesters in the streets of new yorks five boroughs last night. Some people tried to push through police barricades. Hundreds made their way to landmarks like new york citys music hall. Others tried near rockefeller center. Police arrested dozens lying on their backs in the middle of sixth avenue. I cant breathe reporter protesters streamed through times square swarming and shutting down the west side highway, a heavily traveled route in manhattan. Some drivers stuck in the gridlock honked their horns and gave high fives, while others left their cars and raised their hands in solidarity with the demonstrators. Charles waite is a Community Organizer who said he flew from ferguson, missouri to new york as soon as he heard the news. These Police Officers now seem like theyre an extension of the military. Citizens are at war like were the target. The movement has started. The train is leaving the station. Reporter earlier on wednesday, dozens of demonstrators staged a diein at one of the citys transit arteries, Grand Central terminal. Im angry and im furious. And this is what i can do right now. Reporter unlike ferguson there are no widespread planned oregoned protests though police do expect some spontaneous demonstrations throughout the day. Protesters are promising to disrupt the daily routine for as long as they can. Jeff. Michelle, thank you very much. Eric garners family is outraged this morning by the grand jurys decision. They say the officer got away with doing wrong. Jim axelrod is on Staten Island where the family promises to keep fighting. Jim, good morning. Reporter good morning. 23 grand jurors spent five months combing through the evidence and listening to the testimony about what exactly happened here in front of this Beauty Supply store last july, and as weve been seeing, the decision not to bring any charges in the death of eric garner is producing outrage. How can we put our trust in the Justice System when they fail us like this. Reporter the anger and frustration flowed from eric garners family following grand jury decision not to indict officer panteleo, the officer in connection with garners death. He should be here celebrating christmas and thanksgiving and Everything Else with his children and his grandchildren, and he cant. Why . Because a cop did wrong. I cant breathe, i cant believe. Reporter a new york city medical examiner says this choke hold contributed to garners death but the grand jury found no reasonable cause to bring charges against the officer. In a Statement Wednesday pantaleo said i became a Police Officer to help people and to protect those who cant protect themselves. I feel very bad about the death of mr. Garner. When told about his remorse for her husbands death, teresa garner had this reaction. Its time for remorse. My husband was yelling he couldnt breathe. That would have been the time to show concern for someone elses life. He was screaming 11 times that he cant breathe. Reporter after meeting with garners father mayor bill de blasio talked about his own familys dilemma, educating his half black son with dealing with police. Weve had to talk to dante for years because of a history that still hangs over us. Weve had to literally train him, as families have all over this city for decades, in how to take special care in any encounter he has with Police Officers who are there to protect him. Reporter officer pantaleo is currently on modified duty stripped of his gun and badge. His lawyer says when his client testified in front of the grand jury, he said that he subdued mr. Garner using a technique he learned at the police academy. Jim, thank you. In the next hour eric garners wife and mother will be here in studio 57. President obama says he wants to rebuild trust in the police and he spoke about the garner ruling last night. This is an american problem and not just a black problem or a brown problem or a native american problem. This is an american problem. When anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, thats a problem and its my job as president to help solve it. The president set up a task force this week to recommend how police can work more closely with minority communities. The announcement on Staten Island came just nine days after a decision in ferguson, missouri. Last night a minivan struck a crowd. One person was seen crouching on the hood of the vehicle as it accelerated. Several protesters backed away after the driver waved a handgun at them. Moments later, a wreck went through the vans rear window. Police arrested that driver. Theres startling information about the cleveland officer who shot and killed a 12yearold boy last month. The rookie officers former boss believed he was not qualified to wear a badge. Dean reynolds is outside Police Headquarters in cleveland. The city is hosting a regional roundtable today with eric holder. Dean, good morning. Reporter good morning. And good morning to our viewers in the west. Eric holder is hoping meetings like this one today will foster better relations between police and the communities they serve. But that will be harder in cleveland where the background of a white officer who shot a black sixth grader last month is now coming into question. At the funeral of 12yearold tamir rice on wednesday, it was a mix of reflection and frustration. Tamirs uncle, michael petty, was critical of the officer who shot and killed the boy last month. The family objectives are to first celebrate the life of tamir, mourn his death and then seek justice. Reporter park Surveillance Video from november 22nd showed the youngster holding what appeared to be a gun and pointing it at people walking by. A 911 caller alerted police but also warned the weapon might be a fake. Theres a guy holding a pistol. You know, hes like pointing it at everybody. Reporter but that uncertainty was never passed along to responding officers and less than two seconds after arriving at the scene, 26yearold officer Timothy Lowman shot the boy dead. The weapon turned out to be a toy pellet gun. Shots fired, male down, black male, maybe 20. Reporter now a twoyearold personnel report on officer lowman raises serious questions about his qualifications to be a cop. The report, for example, described his handgun performance as dismal. It was written by the police in independence, ohio, where lowman worked before joining the Cleveland Force and describes him as emotionally immature, adding that he would not be able to substantiateally cope or make good decisions during or resulting from any other stressful situation. Deputy jim polak wrote, i do not believe time nor training will able to change or correct these deficiencies. The Cleveland Police are now investigating the use of force by officer lowman but they acknowledge that they never reviewed that controversial personnel file before hiring him last march. All right, dean. Thank you so much. This morning an Al Qaedalinked Group Threatens to execute an american hostage held in yemen. The militants kidnapped photo journalist luke somers more than a year ago in the capital city of sanaa. A videotape shows the plea by the prisoner. Reporter the video shows a chilling threat. Either meet their demands or somers will be executed. It is not clear what those demands are but usually terrorists want money and the release of prisoners. I am looking for any help to get me out of this situation. Im certain my life is in danger. Reporter dressed in a buttondown shirt and wearing glasses, the 33yearold american citizen pleads for his life. I ask if anything can be done, please let it be done. Thank you very much. Reporter earlier in the threeminute video, one of his captors warns the u. S. It has three days to meet their demands or somers will meet his, quote, inevitable fate. Somers, a photo journalist was abducted off streets in the yemeni capital of sanaa in 2013. The video comes one week after u. S. Forces attempted to free somers from a mountainous region in the eastern part of the country. Its believed he was moved to a different location just two days before the raid which was successful in rescuing eight other hostages and killing more than half a dozen al qaeda militants. The pentagon had asked news organizations not to report that the raid had been carried out by american commandos for fear it would only increase the danger somers is in but the story got out anyway and now the captors are threatening to execute him. David thanks. This morning, a suspect is under arrest in the united arab emeralds in the killing of an american teacher. She was stabbed to death monday in the capital city of abu dhabi. The suspect is also blamed for another attack on an american. Announced the arrest of the female suspect in the stabbing. It comes after u. S. Embassies in the region issued a specific warning of a threat to americans. Abu dhabi Police Released this Security Camera footage showing the alleged attacker complete with a bizarre eerie soundtrack. The suspect is fully veilmillion a traditional black robe. After an hour and a half in the bathroom, the alleged murderer emerges in a hurry, dodging between scrambling shoppers. The stabbing victim has been identified as 47yearold ebolia ryan a mother of 11yearold twins. She used to teach school in colorado. The blood splattered floor is where her new life came to dramatic end. Released new video, showing a bomb outside an american doctors home. They say this was the raid of the suspects house and her arrest. They showed the suspects getaway car and the bloodied steering wheel. Cbs News Senior National security analyst juan zarate says the attack comes as isis and other terror groups have encouraged lone wolf attacks. This could be an episode of an individual inspired to kill an american citizen abrupt, following the call also of al qaeda in the Islamic State to actually attack in place, to attack citizens where they can. The u. S. Embassy confirmed the killing took place on monday. Saying the teacher was attacked because of the color of her skin and both she and the doctor were targeted because theyre americans. Norah. Such a terrible story, charlie, thank you. This morning wet weather in the west is moving into oregon and washington state. Leaving cars under wire and causing a big rig to jackknife. Elizabeth wenger of cbs station kpix is in San Francisco. Good morning. Reporter good morning. You may just call the bay area the gray area. Over the past several days. Even though the worst of this recordbreaking pacific storm has passed the threat of mudslides is still here in the days and weeks to come. Or even longer. The skies opened up over the bay area on wednesday causing the streets of San Francisco to do the same. The biggest of at least three sinkholes measured 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep breaking a water main underneath. The downpour the past two days has been so huge that local rain totals are hitting or surpassing the normal annual range for the first time in the states threeyear drought. It caused flooding at a high school in petaluma north of the city and at a santa cruz convenience store. I thought we were having a tornado because it had that kind of harddriving train sort of sound, it was hammering on the roof so hard. Reporter the rain has been good news for lake tahoe, almost 200 miles northeast of San Francisco. Elevations above 7,000 feet were covered in 10 to 14 inches of fresh snow. 200 miles to the south, waterfalls that had slowed to a trickle are flowing again at Yosemite National park. The states rainfall totals have been impressive. As of late wednesday, nearly 10 inches have fallen in yukaipa ridge and five inches over the peak. More than the water, its the mudslide potential thats the problem for us, back behind our house. Reporter in southern california, homeowners near the fireravaged hillsides must be on the alert for mudslides long after the rain clouds disappear. The problem itself remains. And it will remain for the next three, four years. Until we see some more vegetation grow back on the hillsides. Were talking 60plus homes from this area down to the end where we could see some sort of mud or debris flow at some point. Reporter the harsh reality is it will take several more storms like this one to pull us out of californias drought. Before this weeks storms, the sierra snow pack, which accounts for most of the states water supply, was only 24 of normal. Jeff, back to you. Elizabeth. Minutes ago, nasa postponed the launch of the orion space capsule until at least tomorrow. The unmanned test flight is being hailed as a big step to sending astronauts to mars eventually. Chuck reid is at the Kennedy Space center just north of the launch site. What was supposed to happen today is an orion space capsule which they call an apollo space capsule on steroids, was supposed to be launched into a 4 1 2hour test fly by a huge delta rocket. High winds and technical issues delayed this test flight for quite a while. They finally decided just to scrub it. Theyre now going to try again tomorrow morning. And well be watching with you. Chip thank you so much. And it is 7 19. Ahead, why you flu shot may fall short. Dr. Holly phillips will joi good morning. From the kpix 5 weather center, lets head on outdoors where we do have mostly cloudy skies, some lowlevel moisture in the form of drizzle and mist and also according to hidef Doppler Radar, we do have a little bit of light precipitation right there in the santa cruz mountains. That will be the case today throughout the day a few scattered random showers clearing out now at sfo. But what you have to realize is that we will have a few sunny breaks, therefore a few rainbows with highs in the 60s today. Next bona fide rain shower will arrive on friday afternoon. Announcer this National Weather report sponsored by walgreens at the corner of happy and healthy. The battle u. S. Troops did not expect to fight. Wheres your combat patch at . I gave it to a little kid. Why is your flag so low on your shoulder . It should be up here. Ahead, real servicemembers trying to stop phony soldiers. The news is back on cbs this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. 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The city says the site is unsafe and unsanitary. And it will be about two weeks to clean it up. The city is arranging for places to stay for some of those being evicted. Traffic and weather coming up right after the break. Good morning. Unfortunately, more new problems now for marin county drive. It was rough going yesterday. And now we are just getting word of this new accident. Thats involving several cars a truck and two other vehicles southbound 101 at lucas valley road. Its already backed up to delong coming into novato. The good news once you get past lucas valley everything looks clear all the way through sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge. But another reminder the roads are slick, please be extra careful. The bay bridge is definitely backed up through the maze. 80 and 580 are the worst approaches. That is kcbs traffic. Your forecast now heres roberta. Those roads are slick because of light rain. Good morning. Dont leave without the umbrella. Showers are in the offering. Right now partly to mostly cloudy skies and we are in the 50s. Showers today, temperatures in the 60s. No indictment in the death of eric garner. A grand jury in new york city has decided not to charge a white new york city Police Officer in the death of an unarmed africanamerican man. I honestly dont know what to say. I think what is so utterly depressing is that none of the ambiguities that existed in the ferguson case exist in the Staten Island case and yet the outcome is exactly the same. No crime, no foul all foul. Were definitely not living in a postrace society and i imagine a lot of people are wondering how much of a society are we living in at all . Jon taking a somber tone. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Eric garners family has just arrived here at studio 57. Well talk to them a little bit later in the program. Well also talk about the angry protesters. The grand jury declined to charge anyone in his death. A lot more on that. Plus this this morning. That flu shot you just got may not do you that much good. Dr. Holly phillips in the toyota green room with a new cdc alert. The Austin American statesman says texas is challenging president obamas immigration order. States want to block his plan to protect up to 5 Million Immigrants from deportation. The Washington Post says a new Pentagon Survey finds sexual assaults in the military are rising. This year there were more than 5,400 complaints by servicemembers. Thats up 8 from last year. The alleged victims may be more willing to come forward. Bloomberg warns aboutut the hackers. They released the bududget for the moviee including rogans salary of more than 8. 4 million. Row again rogan cowrote and stars in the movie. The first station in the country selling gas at 1. 99. Look at that guys in oklahoma city. Gasbuddy. Com said its the first time in four years that any station sold gas for less than 2 dlurs a gallon. Gas prices have fallen fast in recent months. The average is 2. 73 a gallon. Thats pretty amazing. We often show you how servicemembers are targeted after they return home. Some scammers even pretend to be part of the military and then they tried to cash in. Jan crawford is in washington. She shows us how the real troops are fighting back. Jan, good morning. Good morning. If you sacrifice for our country, few things must be as outrageous as seeing people lie about being a soldier and serving in the military. Now in a world where everyones got a smartphone with a camera, some veterans are saying enough. Hey, sir. Hey, my son looked at me. He really admires guys in the army. Reporter at a suh bush ban malin philadelphia the scene was caught on camera. The man in the army rangers uniform is sean yetnan. The man behind the camera is army ranger ryan burke. He noticed something wrong with his uniform. Wheres your combat patch . I gave it to a little kid. Why is your flag so low on your shoulder. It should be up here. You got me on that. Where did you get your three at . In after gap stan. You know you need to be in three campaigns. Let me show you, if i wasnt, phoney, i wouldnt be wearing this. Then you are phoney. I called you out about ten different things. They have no record he ever served. The video has millions of views on youtube and its hardly the only one like it. Armed with smartphones, active duty troops and veterans are calling out imposters, some who are looking for money or discounts officered to the military. Theyre now sharing that evidence online. Guardian of valor, the website that first posted the video told us it gets dozens of emails a day of soldiers who spot fakes. It even has a hall of shame for those who are caught. Its very disappointing, frustrating, and one of the reasons we went forward with this law. He sponsored the stolen valor act last year. The law makes it a crime to benefit financially by lying about military service. Im appalled and its not the first time weve seen these imposters going around trying to hold themselves out to be something. Stolen valor, right here. Stolen valor. He has previously pleaded guilty to impersonateing a public servant. If he pleads guilty or is charged he could be fined and even imprisoned under the stolen valor act. Norah . Jan thank you so much. An advisory sent to doctors last night said only 48 of flu virus samples taken through last month were closely related to this years north american vaccine. Our dr. Holly phillips is with us. Good morning. Good morning, norah. Does that mean for those of us who had a flu shot or flu mist are going to be affected . Its not going to be as effective. The new virus is called hd 3 n 2. Its mutated in some way since the vaccine has made to right now when its actually circulated. Less than a 50 rate does not seem very good at all. Thats a big mutation. Right . It is. Its not unheard of but it is pretty unusual. You know 18 of the last 22 flu seasons the vaccine has been a good match with the dominant strain. In 97 98 we saw a shift like this where it wasnt well match and we saw many many more flu cases. So does it mean youre going to get a flu shot . Youre not going to get another shot but its still good. It covers several strains of the virus, h1n1 and others. Also with h3n2, even though its not a perfect match, you might get some coverage. You may get the flu, but youll not get as sick. There isnt anything else you can do. Why should you get this information . People should know even if you had the flu shot and you have symptoms, get in to a doctor. I have a friend who has not had her flu sethot yet. Im not mentioning her name. Her name is gayle king. Bam. No apologyies. I have a friend who did not have a flu shot. Now she says well now im definitely not getting one. Would you advise against it . No. Youll get some coverage. Call your doctor. Theyll treat you with it. 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Saudi arabia is one of the most socially conservative societies in the role. Women need permission from male relatives to travel oversea, work, or even go to college. Holly williams reports that change is coming from the kingdom. She joins us now from london. Good morning. Good morning. Saudi arabia women do not have the same rights as men and some say theyre not even treated with the same rights. Some saudi women are refusing to let those obstacles stand in their way. In saudi arabia some islamic hard liners say this is a sin. The countrys religious conservatives believe womens sports are unislamic. Theyre still banned in public schools. But this woman disagrees and founded the Womens Basketball club. I dont think it has anything to do with religion. I do think its out of chauvinism and male dominance. Saudis on the internet were calling them prostitutes. We have been called names before. Weve been labeled before. Its very i would say, really sad to have people from the same country call each other that. Saudi arabia is an ultra conservative Islamic State. The male guardianship system means all women need a male relatives permission to work go to university, and travel overseas. For some like this high school principal, those restrictions are not a problem. Foreign women have more freedom than we do she told us but i dont want to be like them. These are our customs, and we follow them. But saudi arabia is changing. Women now outnumber men in saudi universities and their government is encouraging them to join the work force. As this university female students are planning careers in everything from engineers to filmmaking. This woman told us her students have futures their mothers could only dream of. It has been a huge change huge transformation in almost every way. It has been a change in the mentality, in the acceptance of women in the workplace. The saudi king is himself a reformer whos promoted womens rights but the king has to contend with religious conservatives whose support helps keep him in power. He recently made 20 of the Council Members women. Some of the women told us any change has to be carefully managed so that the islamic establishment doesnt fight back. Do you feel frustrated by the pace of change sometimes . Change that happens overnight and people are not ready for it sometimes is what fires back you know backfired. Shes working on a proposal that would effective libya end the male guardianship system. Men and women over 18 will be independent citizens of the kingdom of saudi arabia they will make decisions about their lives. Thats according to this proposal for family law. But all of them told us change has to come from within saudi arabia. I think it is our right to live the way we want to live without having somebody come from anywhere in the world and say youre doing this wrong. Its nobodys right to say that. Some saudi women told us that many women in the west assume that because they wear the veil theyre victims. They urge us to look beyond the veil and see the progress that theyre making even in a country where they face such enormous challenges. Gayle . All right, holly. Thank you. Every country has different customs, different traditions but to hear the women say we can lead them. And hats off to Holly Williams and her whole team for taking us behind the scenes behind saudi arabia. Nice job. I got an email from kirby who said shes on team norah. Shes hanging her head. Thank you, kirby. Were going to get your mom a flu shot. No guts no glory. The race where you good morning. From the kpix 5 weather center, lets head on outdoors where we do have mostly cloudy skies, some lowlevel moisture in the form of drizzle and mist and also according to hidef Doppler Radar, we do have a little bit of light precipitation right there in the santa cruz mountains. 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This is what it looks like right now if you traveling to the bay bridge toll plaza. It is backed up well east of the maze now. It looks like 580 is definitely the worst approach. An earlier accident there has traffic jammed up to highway 13. I can show you what were talking about. 24 is looking okay right now as you pass Childrens Hospital and the eastshore freeway. You may have seen that drive time 40 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. Were also watching an accident in marin county southbound 101 approaching lucas valley road. Traffic is backed up once again out of novato approaching delong where the backups again and it clears out past lucas valley. Thats kcbs traffic. For your forecast, heres roberta. Due to a low ceiling sfo is reporting delays on arriving flights up to 42 minutes. Thats the scene at sfo. Meanwhile, lets kick it on over to the city by the bay, the city of San Francisco under partly to mostly cloudy skies. We see a few raindrops this morning. Temperatures 50s to 60 in san jose. Another view sporting today that your weather headlines weather showers with sunny breaks temperatures in the 60s. Good morning to our viewers in the west. It is thursday december 4th, 201. More real news ahead i colluding the anger over no charges in the death of eric garner. His family is here in studio 57. But first, a look at todays eye opener at 8 00. Protesters shouted words that are now synonymous of the death of eric garner. The officer said he subdued mr. Garner using a technique he learned in his training. You may just call the bay area the gray area. The threat of mudslides is still here in the days and weeks to come. High winds and sum technical issues delayed this test flight. They finally decided just to scrub it. The video delivers a chilling threat. Either meet the terrorists demands or else somers will be executed. They never reviewed that controversial personnel file. Police in abu dhabi announced the arrest of a female suspect who tried to place a bomb outside the house i have a friend who has not had her flu shot yes. Yes. Im not saying who she is. My name is gayle. Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. It was magical. It was lit with 45,000 led light bulbs. Said to be the Worlds Largest celebration of someone putting a plug in an electrical sock socket. Im gayle king with Norah Odonnell. There is new outrage across the country this morning over the decision not to charge a new york city Police Officer in the death of a suspect. Officer daniel put eric garner a chokehold. Garner repeatedly told officers he could not breathe. A grand jury wednesday found no reasonable cause to indict him. That decision spurred protests in several cities. Knoxvilles common demonstrations were disruptive but mostly peaceful. More protests are planned for today and later this month. At a News Conference yesterday eric garners widow rejected a statement of apology. She said she demands justice. My husbands death will not be in vain. As long as i have a breath in my body i will fight you the fight to the end. Thank you. Esaw snipesgarner is here along with eric garners mother and the reverend al sharpton president of the National Action network is here with us this morning. Thank you for coming. Im so so sorry it is under these circumstances. Were glad youre here to share, to talk with us today. So many people share your anger, your frustration, your disappointment. I want to know what you want them to do and how youre getting through it. Esaw . Well, its been really hard since july 17th. Im just trying to you know make sure that his death is not in vain, that you know it makes a change for my sons as well as sons and brothers and fathers and grandchildren of other people that may be victim like i was a victim. I didnt choose to be a victim. You know . This is something that happened. I didnt expect when my husband left me that morning that i would never see him alive again. That was the last thing i expected. Of course. And to get that phone call it was just i didnt know what to i didnt know what to think. You know . One minute they were saying he was okay he was on his way to the hospital. The next minute they were saying he stopped breathing. And im on the phone like i just didnt know what to do where to go how to i didnt know what to do. That was my life my husband. He was my life. Weve been married 27 years. How do you wake up the next day without your life partner . He was somebody that i was supposed to share the rest of my life with raise my grandchildren, you know . And hes no longer here. And we need justice for this. Somebody needs to pay. What is justice look like to you . What does it look like . Justice is when everyone who was involved in my sons death that day stands accountable. And then ill feel like i was justified, because that was so inhumane what they did to my son and her husband. I mean no mother no grandmother, should have to ever go through the pain that we went through. Its just its its horrible. It is horrible. It is horrible. Reverend al let me ask you because now that the criminal phase of this is over, the fate of the officer rests in the hands of the police department. What do you want chief bratton to do. First of all, he violated Police Procedures with the chokehold. Commissioner bratton ought to uphold the policy that they established. But i do not agree the criminal process is over. Attorney general holder said that the federal government is going to investigate. They can bring criminal charges. In the past we fought cases, National Action network was out in front, that policeman is still in jail this morning. The state didnt prosecute him. The federal government did. Rodney king after the state courts acquitted him, the federal government came in and tried those officers. They were convicted. So pantanelo is not out of this. The difference here weve seen ferguson, 12yearold kid in cleveland, weve seen this all in 90 days. The difference here is a videotape because people im very proud to see americans of all races and ages saying, wait a minute now, a grand jury is not supposed to say whether someone is innocent or guilty. The grand jury says, is there probable cause to go to trial. That tape says everybody, lets go to trial and see what happened here. But for a grand jury to look at the tape and say lets not even go to trial, thats kind of hard for a lot of people to swallow. Can we talk about the chokehold maneuver that we saw . It was supposed to be banned in 1993. Right. How much of it is still being used . Its apparently been used a lot, according to some of the data weve seen. But the officer in this case the commissioner himself bratton who ive been critical of says it appears like a chokehold to me. The officer said, well, no it was some martial art maneuver. Thats why you go to trial, so you can try in a court of law. There are no adversaries in the grand jury. The other thing that i think is important about that, all cops are not bad. Most cops are not bad. But those that are we should have a process that we can deal with that. It protects good cops and protects citizens. I think with this tape unlike other cases, people can say lets unite and see where theres structural change. Not just outrage and anger but change. Interesting corporation this morning. Is it a matter of i agree with you because i do believe that most cops are good. Do you think its an issue of cops using Excessive Force or do you think its a racial issue . I think its both because they seem to use more Excessive Force on the young men of color than they do of the white boys and young men. And usually when there is some fatality or some heinous, you know death by the police hands, its using our boys of color. Do you wonder what tape the grand jury was looking at . Have you all looked at the tape . Have you all seen the tape . Yes. They wasnt looking at the same one. They couldnt have been. What do we know about the grand jury . What have you heard about the grand jury . Well, ive heard that there were three blacks, five latinos, and the rest were caucasian. Out of 26. Out of 23. 23. 23 total. But see, i think youve got to remember the grand jury only the prosecutor puts up. So he could put up tape have the policeman walk us through the tape and theres no other side. Thats why you need a public trial. Theres a famous saying a judge in new york used to say you can indict a ham sandwich if you want. That means you cannot indict one if you want. On the racial angle, the majority of people in black community killed by other blacks put the Majority Community in the quhats kill whites. Asians ss and asians. Its only in our community that we see a disproportionate amount. Why dont you know how to correctly police in ours. Some people say theres al sharpton again. You are viewed as a polarizing figure. Is he really helping the situation . What do you say about it . I say the Police Unions are there every time the policeman is questioned. Heres the union there. They need structures that are there for them to help them get through funerals. They dont have the expenses the resources, the contacts. How to deal with the media. We are an infrastructure like the police have a union. I know going in im going to get attacked by the left and the right. Its better that you have a structure that can absorb that better than do it for the family. Weve been doing it well for so long. I have to Say Something about the protests. I saw the traffic was blocked. It was so peaceful and you saw protesters of all ages all colors, children black, white, laying on the street. Are you all comforted by that gratified by that . I am. I appreciate everyone that is out there marching for my husband because had it not been for the tape for the people for reverend al putting it out there, he would have just been another black man killed and it would have been over three days after he died, there would have been a funeral, he would have been gone and nobody would remember his name. This way his name will be remembered. My grandchildren, they know who their grandpa was. Its not like i can say to my granddaughter at 3 years old, do you remember grandpa . She says yes, grandpa is in heaven and hes an angel now. He said he played santa. Yes, he did. For three years. Every year. He put a santa claus hat on and he would dance around and ho ho ho and he would buy them anything they wanted. He made sure that we had everything. Like my kids never wanted for anything. Do you think the time will come that you can accept an apology from the Police Officer . He does appear to be reaching out to the family to say hes sorry. Honestly ill be honest . Yes. No. No. Because hes gone. Maybe if he would have been tazed and maybe disarmed and like not not disarmed. Say incapacitated or some way and still lived, in the hospital, maybe a little slower now because of the oxygen was cut off to his brain or something for a few minutes. But he was here, maybe then i could accept his apology. But now, hes gone. And ill never have my husband again. I think we should understand her anger and ive talked about it. But you do learn to grow. I was stabbed once during a american and guy went to jail for stabbing me. I went to jail and forgave him. Sometime you grow. I look at that scar every morning and remind me how bad violence can be. Thats why we want peaceful protests. Important thing to say. Thank you all very much. Youre welcome. Thank you for having me. Condolences to you. Thank you. Coming up here what nasa is doing today to help astronauts reach mars some day in the ahead, the man who knows women from head to toe. Theres a red soles that have graced red carpets around the globe and will be speerking to world famous designer Christian Louboutin in paris, the city where it all began. We will have that story coming up on cbs this morning. Paris it all started. Im Charlie Dagata. Youre watching cbs this morning. Suffering from the flu is a really big deal. With aches, fever and chills theres no such thing as a little flu. So why treat it like its a little cold . Theres something that works differently than overthecounter remedies. Attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. And call your doctor right away. 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Were making memories today fa la la la la. Come on everybody say. Fa la la la. Heres some news you may find surprising. Were for an open internet for all. Were for creating more innovation and competition. Were for Net Neutrality protection. Now, heres some news you may find even more surprising. Were comcast. The only isp legally bound by full Net Neutrality rules. A great idea can shake everything up in a good way. There are the 85th most disruptive ideas in the past 85 years. Television is fif octoberen the list. Fourth is walmart. Third is the green revolution 2 is the micro chip and the most disruptive, josh. Hes not number one, although hes number one at the magazine, i should say. Thats comforting. The jet engine. Why . Because when you start to thing of all 85 things you get down to what makes other things possible. The jet new jersey generates the size of the world. We travel where weve never traveled before. We collaborate with other places an cultures like we never have before. When you think of the microchip and the background and the manhattan project, things couldnt be made without a globalized world. The jet engine we surprised ourselves in these conversations when we tried to track. When we arrived at it there was a form of eununiformity. Its helped made the world more flat. Yes. You say the pill is on the list at number 9, why . I think we forget. Whats interesting when you look at these ideas you forget what life was like before them. The income of professional women has risen dramatically since the introduction of the pill. Not having to worry about reproduction and not being a slave to the possibility you are going to get preg flanlt early allows you to manage your life in ways you couldnt have before. And it helps with cramps. As far as i know. Just saying. Okay. But jeff goes okay. Most think disruptive is a bad thing. Nothing on this is a bad thing. I love that you have motown on the list. Not rap, not country. Why motown . So motown really was about declaring universal emotion. In america in particular, it showed a lot of white peoplele a lot of b black people. It was a reel. In 30 seconds you couould intrtroduce cultures. What you discover is that evererybody wants to be loved. W we do, we do. We picked the photo for the nd the jackson 5 meeting the brady bunch and now it summarizes what motown was doing for america. Kitty litter is on the list. Yeah. Yeah. This goes back to that notion about what happens before that we forget about. In 1950s people didnt have cats in their homes . Really . There was an entrepreneur who took sand and said you know what . If you put this in a box, your account can go to the bathroom. If you had this then you wouldnt have the smell anywhere. This is a great business story. A guy sees sand writes kitty litter and a complete new product line is born and people have cats in their house. Also in the snow. Kitty litter is great. I think youre great but it says youre going become president. Thank you for bringing that up. 20 seconds or less. Im very surprised. I have your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. Shooting. Police say an officer may have its 8 25. Were following breaking news in san leandro where there has been an officerinvolved shooting. Police say an officer may have been injured. This is a live picture from chopper 5. Its happening on the 600 block of broadmoor boulevard around 7 30 this morning. We are gathering details on what led up to the shooting and the extent of the officers injuries. Theres a huge hole in a San Francisco neighborhood after the storm swallowed part of lake street in the richmond. The sinkhole keeps getting bigger and scattered showers are expected to continue today, to make it worse. The dismantling began this morning at the jungle the homeless encampment at coyote creek. 200 people were living there off story and center roads. The city says the site is unsafe and unsanitary and will be about a twoweek process to clean it up. The city is arranging for places to stay for those being evicted. Stay with us. Traffic and weather in just a moment. Wow something sounds sweet in here need a little honey in the bowl. Yeah badabopbopbopa no . Must be the honey good morning. Checking the ride on 580 through oakland, its still a mess after that earlier crash. You can see all the delays in our sensors now westbound. Unfortunately, 880 is not a whole lot better. Heres a live look as you pass oakland airport, oakland coliseum. The drive time is 41 minutes from 238 if you are continuing out toward the macarthur maze there is a stall in all that mess approaching high street. The marin county commute is better this morning out of san rafael between san rafael and the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza. Its still clear even though you will find some delays still southbound 101 out of novato. That is kcbs traffic. Your forecast, heres roberta gonzales. Other hurry, take a look at this before it goes away. Theres a rainbow in san jose because we have some sunny breaks and we have a little bit of light rain. Can you see it there . Ah, thats pretty. All right. Right now, we do according to hidef Doppler Radar have light rain falling at the golden gate and moving onshore towards bolinas. Thats the scenario today, scattered showers. Carry the umbrella. Temperatures today in the mid 60s. Definitely rainbow weather with this sunshine and the rain mixed. Tomorrow a brandnew storm works its way in, in the afternoon. It will be a rainy evening commute but dry for the weekend. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour inside this mornings oryanh orion mission, nasa says there hasnt been a launch like this in more than 40 years. Chip reid shows us how this orbital ride will make it easier to get to mars. Hey, look at this. An internet sensation. Kids testing toys for other kids. You may not see these kids on magazine covers but Toy Companies are scrambling for their endorsements this Holiday Season and that makes sense. That story is ahead. That looks like a barbie drone. C bhristina pulled over and was able to get all 38 kids out of the bus safely. Nobody was hurt. Later somebody sent her a photo of that burnt bus with a rainbow over it. She said its a sign they were all being taken care of. Look at that. Wow. That just gave me look i have the goose bumps. Goose bumps. Wow, very nice. Our partners at cnet says gang em style broke youtube. You havent lived till youve seen charlie rose do gang numb style. Hes quite good. Too bad hes not here to demonstrate since the video came out two years ago. It never thought that this video would top the two bill upmark. The way charlie is able to do that part hes got an arm like i ive never seen. Around the Washington Post shows the White House Christmas tree. First Lady Michelle obama says the tree is the biggest ever. 18 feet tall and 12 feet wide. They had to take the front door off the hinges to get it inside. From the cat walk to the sidewalk designer Christian Louboutin has come to design footwear for women all around the world. Only on cbs this morning Charlie Dagata shows the fashion and vision behind the designers empire. I sort of can put myself in a womans brain definitely. Get into their heads before you get into their shoes. Exactly. I would like a pair of shiny louboutin shoes, you know, the ones with the shiny heals and red bottoms. Reporter Christian Louboutin has been getting into the womens heads and their shoes for the past two decades. Towering heels have embedded themselves in popular culture. From hiphop divas in racy videos to strong fee mail characters in tv series such as sex and the city. Hello lover. Reporter the red carpet a catwalk for his red lacquered soles. A statement and a state of mind. Sometimes i do exactly the same play with the woman in front of the mere looking at herself and thinking this looks good. Lets go for your the shoes. Reporter it all began very small when he opened his first boutique in paris in 1991. And are most of your shops boutiquey, smallish . Absolutely. Reporter back then he dream thad just maybe one day hed open another shop in new york. Now his empire of 93 shops worldwide sells almost a million pairs of shoes a year to women and men. Growing up in the french capital he became intoxicated with the moulin rouge. He began by sewing sequins onto costumes before honing his skills on a cobbler, frens designer jane jordan. I have for sure this thing that women reporter is there any danger that women dont want to be considered show girls . I dont think there is any danger about thinkings about women who dont want to become show girls. Im not engaging any woman to wear my shoes. I feel offended when people tell me youre gading women to wear super high heels. Its crazy and out of nature. Out of nature or not, hes taken some criticism for those super high heals. Wearing some of his super stilettoes can be a killer but louboutin said there are times when sexy should trump comfy. I do a work which is not about comfort but beauty. I put everying, which can make it easier but im not going to say five inches of heal is comfortable. No. Its not comfortable. Reporter its the perfect fit that counts and the super perfection that stands out in his workshop where alifters and those the world over come for their made to measure shoes. This is the Operations Manager who keeps the famous feet under wraps. There are sometimes celebrities we cant name but we would know who they are. Yes. First molds are taken. We have to point out these are christians feet r before the pain stake progress says of making louboutins begin, highquality leather is measured and cut for the upper part of the shoe. Then a fakfabric specialist sketches out the exact mold a leather will take before a seamstress me meticulously stitches the material together chltz an assembler creates the base before putting thelet and mold on the heel, allowing it to set. Then theres the red sole. The all important red sole. Every one gets the red sole. It was born more out of an accident than a design. One afternoon a design he was working on didnt pop. An assistant was painting her nails at the time. I grabbed her nail polish and painted the sole became the trademark. They love passion blood. Its anger, its blood, all of those things. Yes. That all seems good. It all seems good. Reporter this summer in a nod to where it all began, he tried cosmetics on for size by launching a nail varnish. The bottle shaped like, yes, a heel inspired by he said the spires of istanbul. At his paris Design Studio where the brainstorming takes place, his craftsmanship bears the hallmarks of an extensive foreign travel. The essence to take his experience and putting it ins he shoes. This is coming from here but this comes from cairo. Reporter along with exotic patterns are souvenirs from around the world, borneo, italy. Although his passion has always been about creating beautiful designs louboutin says what matters most is how women feel about themselves when they step into his shoes. Definitely high heels makes you never give up. You just stand and walk differently. You stand for yourself. Definitely. Reporter for cbs this morning, Charlie Dagata, give up. Sometime is want to give up. Youre right when he says at the end of the day its not about comfort. Its about beauty. Louboutins on the table. Hes right. Theyre very beautiful shoes. So you cant walk at the end of the night. Never give up. Never give up. The toy industry is watching an 11yearold named gracie. How youtube buddy was sent where the special elves work. I love bud yo so much. I love buddy so much. This year many boys and girls arent looking to elves for inspiration. Theyre going online where other kids are influencing toy sales and christmas lists. Adrianna diaz is where toys are all over. Good morning. Reporter toys will be swooped off thash shelves headed to the arms of lucky children but the ageold question of which to get now has some new age advice. Dont be fooled by her small size. This 11yearold with fiery red hair and bed azled glasses has become one of the most recognizable young faces on the internet. Her name is gracie hunter. She and her mom alyssa are the stars of the aptly named mommy and gracie show where they put toys to the test. Their quirky videos have been put to the test over 100 million times. Did you ever think it would be this popular . I dont think ever. I remember the first time we got comments we didnt know and thought, people are watching us. Reporter they decided to make the video after mom was faced with multiple sclerosis. I thought, what can we do all summer given that i could. Go outside and do the normal things that you can do. Said lets start a youtube channel. Reporter their show quickly became a hit. Bede spite lacking shall we say the polished look of other productions. We dont do like retakes and stuff so if we mess up words, if we drop stuff, knock it over i mean we just keep going. I cant tell you how many times weve dropped stuff off the end of the table. That happens so many times. I go pick it up. And i keep going. Gracie is part of a pointsize toy reviewer. Theyve become increasingly popular because kids want an opinion. Who better to give it than one of their own. Oh, no shes going to sing. You get reviews, this study stinchs or its really bad. Reporter these channels can generate big bucks for families. With millions of viewers, these techsavvy tots can drive billions. Companies like spinmaster have paired up with hundreds of online reviewers including gracie who they call influencers. Over time the level of influence from these influencers get people looking at our website, the toys checking them out and eventually seeing it. Last im going to put these on. Reporter and buy a lot. Spinmaster contributes a 0 sale to one of the toys from influencers. But these partnerships are not without controversy. Toy Companies Often give reviewers free toys and some kids are even paid to promote products. Blurring the lines between advertising and genuine opinions. Even though Toy Companies aring you toys do you feel the responsibility to tell the truth . If its something we really like, were going to love it and say yes. If somethings terrible, were not going to were not going to say its terrible. Were going to say it politely. Now as for in money that gracie and her mom do get from companies they donate it to charities like toys for tots to help kids in need. Gayle . All right. You know what i like best . The relationship with gracie and her mom. Loivg that its called the gracie and mommys show. I think gracies headed toward the stage. She may end up on the stage on broadway or something. Shes just coming back. When we come back the nasa Mission Heading for two trips around mars. Are you ready to go . Youre w get set for the season. With extra savings when you shop late friday and early saturday at kohls. Plus, visit kohls dot com for a Friends Family pass, and take an extra 25 off when you spend 100 or more youll earn kohls cash too. Find your yes. Kohls. 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Also a testing of enormous parachutes to soar the speeding capsule into the atlantic ocean. Bolden is bullish on the ultimate goal, though he concede concedes it will take a long time. Anything we do between now and the 2030s is critically important to be able to confidently put humans on the surface of mar, but we are going there, and were going to do that. You say youre going there. But, in fact doesnt it depend on future congresses and president s to peny up the money . It is a long journey. By demonstrating that we can do what we plan to perform, people can have trust in you and faith in you. Thats why im confident were going to be able to sus establish this. Were on our way to mars. Repeat after me. Were on our way to mars. Reporter but, again, thats going to be a long time away. The 2030s. Which is why nasa is partnering nicely done. Thanks for having me. For th your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. Good morning, its 8 55. Were following breaking news in san leandro. There has been an officer involved shooting on broadmoor boulevard. Police say an officer may have been injured. This happened a little before 7 30 this morning. Police are holding a briefing right now. Well have the latest on kpix 5 news at noon. A grand jury has decided not to indict a new york city Police Officer for the chokehold death of an unarmed man. Protestors took to the streets in response. There are more demonstrations planned for today. The jungle, a large homeless encampment in san jose is being dismantled today. The city says its unsafe and unsanitary and it will take two weeks to clean it up. Now heres roberta with the forecast. Lets head out and look at the transamerica building because we have partly to mostly cloudy skies even rain out there. You put all that together, it spells rainbow weather. Right now according to our hi def Doppler Radar, some scattered light rain showers here and there. Thats why its advisable to carry an umbrella today. Right now we have some light rain across the Golden Gate Bridge and also mount tam. So todays temperatures will top off in the 60s with an occasional lingering light rain shower. South winds five to ten. And it looks like once all this is said and done its over with here comes the brandnew storm on friday afternoon through the evening commute. It will taper off Early Saturday Morning leaving with us partial clearing. Well have some sunshine sunday then cloud up by the evening hours leading to the potential of rain on monday. Thats a look at your local weather. We have traffic with elizabeth next. Good morning. Silicon valley commuters heads up. 237 pretty jammed up. Theres a crash on the shoulder approaching Great America parkway in the westbound lanes of 237. So in the commute direction, and it is backing up to the 880 interchange coming out of milpitas. 880, 580, you name it in oakland, its been a mess. 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