This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Quijano good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im elaine quijano. Happy thanksgiving. It has come this year with a serving of weather headaches. A storm in the northeast knocked out power to at least 338,000 homes and businesss. Snow and ice made driving dangerous, and flying . Nearly 1,000 flights were delayed or canceled. More now from katie brace from cbs boston station wbz. Reporter the first major storm of the season dropped as much as a foot of heavy, wet snow, taking down trees and power lines. Airports already slammed by 700 cancellations yesterday were struggling to catch up. Many of those lucky enough to get home for the holiday arrived only to find a cold and dark welcome. 200,000 here in New Hampshire alone are without power, and it could be several days before crews get to some hardhit rural areas. Many were forced to improvise their thanksgiving plans. No electricity at home at newlyweds patti kenyon and her husband dined at whole foods. Its our first thanksgiving together, and im sure we wont forget this one. Reporter marc nozell support us pictures of his familys thanksgiving. Keeping the beer cold was about the only easy part. Mother wendy thomas was thankful nonetheless. Thats the big thing everybodys home. Were safe. Its going to be one of the stories that well talk about at the taiblg for years to come. laughter reporter if its any consolation, the road home from thanksgiving should be much easier. Elaine, the forecast calls for drier conditions and temperatures reaching around 50 degrees this weekend. Quijano all right, katie brace, thank you. The weather helped turn down the temperature in ferguson, missouri, where there has been so much anger after the grand jury decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the fateag shooting of Michael Brown. Vladimir duthiers is there. Reporter cold and snow brought some calm wednesday night. Scores of demonstrators protested outside the Police Department where hundreds had squared off the previous two nights. But this time, there were only two arrests. The presence of 2,000 National Guard troops helped, too. Their numbers were tripled after last mondays melee. Ferguson mayor james knowles. I dont think they had the manpower to monday need nightto do what they needed to do and the National Guard helped that. The troops received a thank you from governor jay nixon but theanger and outrage triggered by the racially charged shooting of a black teenager continues to spread. In new york the thanksgiving day parade was briefly interrupted by protesters. Seven people were arrested. In los angeles, 130 people were arrested after block traffic. And in oakland, a march ended with arson, rock throwing and arrest. Now a new round of protests may threaten black fridays sales. Last night, one group of protesters marched through a st. Louis mall chanting, shut it down. There was no damage and no arrest but the start of the Christmas Shopping season comes as ferguson is still cleaning up from this weeks destruction. Checkpoints still limit travel within the city and stores are boarded shut. Were not out of the woods yet. Reporter not out of the woods yet. Weve got to plan for several more days, if not more, of unrest, but then weve got to work on the healing. Reporter last nights protests may have been limited by the cold weather and the fact that it was thanksgiving eve. But its expected to warm up tomorrow, and a ferguson security plan could face another test. Elaine. Quijano Vladimir Duthiers in ferguson, thank you. There are signs that the healing is beginning, thanks in part to the kindness of strangers. Heres Mark Strassman. Reporter in fergusons scarred downtown, this is how darcy edwin and her husband, eddie, spent thanksgiving morning. They were painting hope on the boarded up reminders of a terrible week. Its a symbol of unity and strength of ferguson. Couldnt think of a better way to spend thanksgiving than, than obviously with my wife, with family. You want a donut. Reporter reverend shanda evans and her daughter, zuri, came along with coffee and donuts. Oh, perfect reporter they trove five and a half hours from indiana to join the peaceful protesters. Steve moore was serving hope at his celebrity soul food restaurant. His thanksgiving meal was free for any riot victim. Happy thanksgiving to you, bro. When theyre feeling pain im feeling pain because it could have been my building that got burned down, but with the grace of god, just sparing this place, i feel a pain. Reporter vandals found natalies cakes and popular, and then this photo of owner Natalie Dubose weeping went viral. 7200 strangers have donated 233,000 online to help her reopen. Celebrity soul food needs help, too. Business is down 80 since Michael Brown was killed august 9. Moore had 18 employees. Now he has six. And youve had to stand guard over your place as the rioters come up this way . Ive been staying . My car, going home maybe a few hours, taking a shower, and hoping and praying when i come back my bus businessis still a safe place. Reporter nights get scary here . Nights get very scary, and you get very lonely because you dont know who these people are. Reporter one of the diners at that restaurant told me shes been guarding her home with two loaded guns, but she came to that dinner unarmed. She told me she just couldnt see herself carrying a gun on thanksgiving. Elaine. Quijano Mark Strassman in ferguson, thank you. In whats becoming a bigger part of thanksgiving, more and more stores will be open this evening so folks can get a jump on their Holiday Shopping. Retailers expect sales this month and next to total nearly 617 billion, a better than 4 increase over last year. Don dahler tells us many shoppers will have more to spend. Reporter retailers got an unlikely gift this Holiday Season low gas prices mean consumers could have an extra 40 billion to spend this year. Richard barry with toys r us hopes some of that money finds its way into his stores. We love the fact that the customer is out and willing to spend. We know that parents are going to spend plenty of money on the kids between now and christmas. Reporter about one out of every 7 spent will be online. A dobie has measured data from more than 1 trillion visits to web sites since 2008. Brad rencher is in charge of adobes digital marketing. As were sitting at thanksgiving dinner with their friends and fam leesh when somebody grabs their mobile device and starts to engage in that, odds are theyre proposing shopping for their Christmas Gifts and we call that shopping on the sly. Reporter over the next month, the average shopper is expected to do 40 of their Holiday Shopping online. I. B. M. Tracks every purchase, including which Devices Online shoppers are using, desktops this morning with mobile growing throughout the day, and the average order of each order, peaking around 195 at 5 00 a. M. Eastern time and averaging 131 in the afternoon. Seasonal hiring is up this year, too. Movie those jobs will turn into fullsometime positions. About 20 last year of our seasonal employees went on to work in our stores and distribution centers, over 9,000 people last year. Reporter shippers are adding extra workers as well. Upsfedex, and the post office are up more than 20,000 temporary jobs. Theyre adding those extra workers to try and avoid a repeat of what happened last year, elaine. Because of bad weather, as well as lastminute orders, some 2 million presents never made it under the tree. Quijano don dahler in manhattan tonight for uthank you. Irans Supreme Court leader Ayatollah Khamenei gave his pleasing today to continue negotiation overs its nuclear program. When the deadline under an agreement passed this week, the talks with the u. S. , britain, russia, china, france and germany were extended until march. In the meantime, sanctions on iran will continue and Elizabeth Palmer reports they are taking a heavy toll. Reporter in iran, an ordinary working salary is just 500 a month, so price hikes of about 30 , driven by u. S. Sanctions, really hurt. The fact is millions of iranians do want a deal. In 100 ways, every single day, they constantly feel the pinch of sanctions, and they hope that sooner or later air, compromise in negotiated settlement will bring relief. No one will be watching those negotiations more closely than the longsuffering investors in the tehran stock exchange. Theyve seen share prices in Iranian Companies dive, but mojtaba shabazi, a trader, thinks it doesnt have to be that way. What would happen if there were no more sanctions tomorrow . I think the market will be explode. Reporter the market would explode. Yeah, exploarkd yeah. Reporter the companies that trade this exchange reflect irans diverse economy, not only oil, buting, too. Pirouz rouzbeh is one of the most Influential Investment managers in iran. Iran is very rich, both above the ground in terms of its Human Resource and below the ground in terms of its natural resources. Its one of the last, great, untapped emerging markets i mare world. Reporter so where western politicians see a nuclear threat, investors, especially europeans, see a bonanza. In irans vast oil reserves and beyond. But American Companies facing massive penalties for breaking sanctions have to be much more than cautious. They have to get a clear signal, yeah. Reporter or a deal. In other words, a deal. In other words, a deal, yes, exactly. Reporter something that, for the moment, remains a great big if. Elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tehran. Quijano Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg was released from a Washington Hospital today. 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I dont want to say get out of jail free card, but reporter overnight, proposition 47 downgraded drug possession and many nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. That means lighter sentences, possibly no jail for about 40,000 people a year. Thousands more now serving sentences will be released early. Even previous felony convictions can be expunged. Prop 47. Reporter san franciscos District Attorney and former police chief george gascon, backed proposition 47. Under the umbrella getting tough on crime, we were doing things that made no sense. Reporter what brought you around to this point of view . People that we were incarcerating, 60 of those people were being reincarcerated within three years and the people continue to reoffend because were not dealing with the problem. Reporter sending fewer people to prison will save the state nearly 1. 25 billion over five years. That money is to be spend on mental health, truancy prevention, and drug treatment programs. 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Com thanksgiving this week to 18 extraordinary people, presenting them with the medal of freedom for, as he put it, making america stronger and wiser, more humane and more beautiful. Among those receiving the nations highest civilian honor was a woman who the president said had changed the world. Juliana goldman has her story. Reporter in this cluttered office, behind reems of paper and stacks of books, sits one of the greatest minds in the field of physics, 84yearold Mildred Dresselhaus has worked at m. I. T. For more than 50 years and still comes here every day. Saturday and sunday. Yeah. Reporter why . Ive been doing this for a very long time because i just enjoy it. I have fun. Reporter her students know her as millie. Her peers call her the queen of carbon. The main thread of my work is property relations of materials. Reporter i dont really maybe thats a little too technical. Reporter dresselhaus pioneered research in the electrical propertyes of carbon, studying graphite, like whose found in pencils. She also pioneered her own path in a maledominated field. When she pursued her ph. D. At the university of chicago in the 1950s, her thesis adviser wasnt particularly interested. He was very happy to see me get lost. Reporter he told that you . What he said is that there isnt much place for women in physics. You see, there arent any. Reporter that adviser has since apologized. Today, dresselhaus and her work continue to inspire women in the sciences, even her own granddaughter, who is a grad student at m. I. T. Dresselhaus has more awards lying around than she can count, including the 1 million cably prize in nanoscience science. Shes gotten awards from the white house before, too. She even has a designated blazer for these white house ceremonies. Dresselhaus says it helps the president remember who she is, not that shes likely to forget the m. I. T. Legend. So at what point would you stop coming in here seven days a week . I think when health or if i had no more ideas of things to do. Reporter it doesnt sound like youre running out of ideas. Every year there is something new that comes along thats too exciting to quit. Reporter at the very least, she says, she has to organize her office. Juliana goldman, cbs news, cambridge, massachusetts. Glee quijano thats the cbs evening news for this thanksgiving, for scott pelley, im elaine quijano, thank you for joining us, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org we have a special thanksgiving day show. All our reunions from this year. Love boat. Ips, wonder year brought back the cast after decade off the air. What would you do you have to see winnie, kevin, paul. Interview one another. 25 years after the wonder years. Many pressures on set. Yeah, we all loved you. Also tonight . Chips reunion with the cheryl underwood. 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