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Nfl catches of all time. The cowboys came back to win the game. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, november 24th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We begin with the uneasy waiting game in ferguson, missouri. Protefsters and police facing of yet again. More demonstrations and more arrests as grand jurors took the weekend off. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter they start again in the morning. The grand jury behind these windows, nine white jurors and three black jurors, debating ponl charges in this racially explosive cass. Everyone here is ready for a decision. Untold numbers of demonstrators prepare to give a piece of their mind. Outside Police Headquarters its getting more violent each night. We recognize theres going to be a an increase to the unrest or to the protest. Reporter one group is now promising action in at least 82 american cities, no matter the decision here. The grand jurors have spent months poring over images. These images of Michael Brown s
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I along with that millions of my fellow citizens along with the hundreds of millions in iraq and the middle east, for what you have done. As the nation marks veterans day, we remember tomas young, the paralyzed iraq war veteran turned peace activist. He has just died at the age of 34. Last year he published, a message to george w. Bush and dick cheney from a dying veteran. We will hear tomas in his own words and speak to the legendary talkshow host phil donahue who codirected a film about tomas called body of war. , i had never seen a sacrifice this close up. And now that he is gone, i remember him now and always, especially on this veterans day. And i realize as i looked at him in bed inert, he was just one of thousands of young men and women who more than sacrificed for this nation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has issued his strongest statement to date in favor of a free and open