Right now. Good evening. There are calls for calm as protests gather in baltimore, hours after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Police Officer in a case that triggered riots throughout the city in april. It was the first of charged in connection with the death of freddie gray who died while in police custody. Late today the judge declared a mistrial in the case of manslaughter and now the decision whether to retry him. Ron mott with late details. As word of a mistrial spread, cries of protest and scuffles. A jury failing to reach a verdict in the case of william porter, charged with manslaughter in the tonight his family and supporters remain hopeful justice will be served. This is just a temporary bump on the road to justice. We are calm. You should be calm too. Reporter the start argued porter showed indifferent to gray while not securing him in a seat belt following his arrest last april in a van and not getting him medical help. The jury deadlocked, including seconddegree assault and Reckless Endangerment and misconduct in office. Gray suffered a broken neck and died a week later. Touching off more than a week of fiery riots, the worst violence in the city in decades. This admitted gang member sought to squelch today hours before the mistrial announcement. You are mad and angry and want to tear stuff up. I understand. But that is not the right way to go. Is it worth retrying him . I would like to know the divide in the jury. Reporter legal analysts contend the mistrial could make upcoming cases against five other Police Van Driver charged with seconddegree murder even more challenging for prosecutors. This was one of the easier cases to defend because he was not one of the principals that placed freddie gray in the situation he was in. Reporter and tonight city officials also called for calm. All of us, if we believe in justice, must have respect for the outcome of the judicial process. Reporter the family of freddie gray had already reached a 6. 4 million settlement with the city, a city bracing for what could be a long night of demonstrations. The second trial set to start next month and the defendant is the officer who drove that van. Ron mott, thanks. Big news about the economy tonight and it affects everything from your mortgage to your 401 k . For the first time in a decade, the Federal Reserve raised Interest Rate a quarter point. It is a major sign the economy is improving. On wall street stocks but after years of the cost to borrow money nothing it is getting more expensive. Explains. Reporter like so many families, the hepners new this day would come and when they found their dream home, they acted fast. Our feeling is that if Interest Rates go up and you are paying more por month on your mortgage that is less of a house you could buy. Reporter and today, a week after they moved in, the Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise the Interest Rate affective immediately. It reflects the committees confidence that the economy will continue to strengthen. Reporter the increase will affect rates on everything from credit cards to 401 k s, mortgages and car loans. The hike is just a quarter percent but the fed is expected to raise rates. Mounts over time. So if we get down the road over 12 months and they hike the Interest Rates a few more times, that is when you notice. For a family looking to take out a 300,000 mortgage, the quarter rate hike could mean paying additional 530 per year. If they raise it twice more, that payment would jump by nearly 1,600 a year. But a rate hike isnt all bad news for your wallet. It helps encourage saving, may lead to more income for retirees and a stronger dollar is good for americans traveling abroad. Despite the hike, rates are still near alltime lows. And Americans Still looking for their dream home still have time to buy. And lester, the focus is on how fast the rates go up the next 12 to 18 months, only if the economy continues to improve. The last thing they want to do is raise them too fast and course. Olivia, thank you. And last nights debate was one of the fiercest so far. Senator marco rubio had one of the most talked about performances of the debate. And today Hallie Jackson talked with him, and donald trump came out swinging. Donald trump sticking the landing on a victory lap, like he is the nominee, promising if he is not, he wont run as an independent. Im totally committed to the republican party. I feel honored to be the frontrunner. Reporter the donald trump battle everyone expected with ted cruz never materialized. But one with jeb bush did. You will never be president the United States by last night i have jeb come at me. Low energy. And in another corner, cruz versus rubio hammering over National Security and immigration. The ted cruz rule out ever legalizing country senator . I will i have never supported legalization and i do not intend to support it. Cruz counter punch aimed at the pathway to citizenship, part of the Immigration Reform he tried to pass in 2013. Now a liability. Do you regret having been a part of that process. No. I went to washington to solve problems. You cant do it on one piece of legislation. I do not believe it is good for america to have millions of people permanently living here that could never become americans. Our interview part of a fastmoving day on the campaign trail. The tape between you and mr. Cruz. In New Hampshire and in iowa. Do you always have the Des Moines Register on the plane. No. Only when we are here. Were happy about the headline today. Hes campaigned less than ted cruz. Im motivated by speaking to people because that is where i am and where i come from. I feel very optimistic about it. Reporter and while rubio still trailed his republican rival in iowa, both sit behind the frontrunner nationally. In this republican race, there is donald trump and then everyone else. Just like donald trump. Just like trump. But smaller. Reporter nationally nobodys poll numbers in the race are just like donald trump. But across the early states cruz and rubio have become part of the top tier. Those three candidates have the momentum before last nights debate and they still have it heading into the holiday break. Lester. Hallie jackson, thanks. In southern california, back to normal after hundreds of schools back open after the hoax in the second Largest School district. Crisis counselors were on hand for kids who wanted to talk about what happened. The fbi is still trying to determine who was behind the threats. There are new revelations in the investigation of the terrorist attack in what the fbi is now saying about reports the female killer posted jihadist messages on social media that werent caught during a background check to earn her visa to the u. S. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams on the trail of terror. It is an urgent question. Why did the government give malik a visa to enter the u. S. If he was posting projihadist messages before she got here. Simple, said the fbi director, she never did post messages back then. Sent only emails and direct private communications to her fiance in the u. S. , farook. So far in the investigation we have found no evidence of posting on social media by either of them at that period of time and therefore reflecting their commitment to jihad or martyrdom. Reporter after the time of the shooting, malik did post a pledge of support for isis on a facebook comby said the fbi has found no indication that the couple was in direct contact with Foreign Terror Organization before the shooting or part of a cell. Still unanswered, he said, what else were they planning. And the secretary of Homeland Security said he will begin issuing periodic bulletins to describe the changing nature of the terrorist threat nationwide. Without raising the overall threat level as the old system did or waiting for specific threats. We want to put in one place for the public to see what we are seeing concerning the homeland and what we are doing about it and what the public can do about it. Reporter the first such bulletin on the dhs website today describing the selfradicalized extremists who could strike with little or no notice. Future bulletins may advise more screening at placed like the super bowl or when security is ramped up. And tonight the white house said the with shooting victims and family members in San Bernardino on friday. He will then head on to hawaii with his family for the holidays. Pete, thanks. A new study out today could change the way doctors treat an all too Common Health emergency. For decades the goto for appendicitis is surgery. But now as rehema ellis explains, doctors are skplaning a new options for children that may eliminate the trip to the operating room. Today this 12yearold remembers the painful appendicitis that nearly ruined his familys trip to disney world. It was kind of like somebody was stabbing me over and over again every time i would move. She had never been sick like this before so i was very afraid for her safety. Reporter but instead of surgery, she was treated with ant antibiotics. Being the first study on using them for early and mild cases of appendicitis in home a day or two later. Reporter the small study found with antibiotic as loan, 95 of the children improved within 24 hours and were discharged without undergoing surgery. A recent study in europe showed similar success for adults resulting in less Recovery Time and lower health costs. The classic symptoms include pain around the naval, moving to the right side. Also nausea and fever. The new study found one in four young patient cases were mild enough to avoid surgery. In order to meet that criteria, you have to have pain for less than two days an the inflammation has to be contained within at pendism. So there is no sign it is about to rupture or has ruptured. Reporter and for most it didnt flareup again. They didnt say you must have surgery or antibiotics. We were able to choose and that was a wonderful thing for us. Reporter a choice that worked for the disney world and she has been symptomfree for two years. Rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. 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