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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. the curfew in ferguson, missouri did not stop is the curfew in ferguson, missouri, did not stop the violence, so governor jay nixon lifted it today and is trying something different tonight, he is sending in national guardsmen who keep order after more violence sparked by the shooting of michael brown by an unarmed white officer darren wilson. an autopsy shows he was shot at least six times. a third autopsy was performed today at the request of the justice department. president obama took a break from his martha's vineyard vacation to get a briefing on ferguson and other issues. this was the president late this afternoon. >> well, i understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of michael brown. giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos. it undermines rather than advancing justice. >> pelley: the president also said he asked governor nixon today to makes sure the national guard is used only in what he called a "limited and appropriate way." we have a series of reports tonight beginning with vladimir duthiers in ferguson. vladimir. >> reporter: scott, about 80 members of the national guard is expected here in the next few hours and we're told most will be military policemen. the national guard will be under the command of the state highway patrol, the same agency now directing security here, but the guard's mission will be limited to protecting the police command center. last night, police fired tear gas to stop what they describe as a coordinated attack of molotov cocktails and gunfire. three were injured. officer ron johnson: >> we will ensure the safety of the citizens of ferguson and ensure that peaceful protest will be allowed in the city of ferguson. we with will not allow vandals, criminal elements to impact the safety and security of this community. ou reporter: news of the national guard deployment brought hope to ibrahim ramaha. his store has been looted twice. what do you think they can do? what would you like the national guard to do? >> bring the city back. give rest to the family, the community and business owners. >> reporter: the independent autopsy released by michael brown's family answered one key question. it found brown was shot at least six times, including twice to nce head. but it's unclear how far away brown was from the policeman who shot him and whether the unarmed 18-year-old was moving away or if he had his hands up. shawn parcell worked on the autopsy. >> if i put my hands up, you see where that wound is at. it could have happened if he put his arms across in a defensive manner. we don't know. >> reporter: two witnesses say brown was surrendering when he was shot, but police say he struggled with the white officer after the policeman realized he was a suspect in a store robbery. the ferguson police chief says brown hit officer wilson in the face and tried to reach for his gun. ferguson city council records supplied this photo of an officer d. wilson receiving a commendation earlier this year. wilson has not commented on the shooting incident. now, a grand jury could get the case as early as wednesday, scott. the governor's office has lifted the curfew here, but there is a ban on large gatherings in one place. >> pelley: vladimir, thank you. the president said attorney general eric holder will go to ferguson on wednesday. we're joined by justice correspondent bob orr. what was the value of the independent autopsy done for the brown family? >> reporter: it was peace of mind for the family but the autopsy done for the family will not be considered by prosecutors likely. dr. bauden did not find gun powder on the body. he did not have access to the clothing which may or may not heve gunpowder residue. he did not see x-rays taken after the shooting, showing locations of the bullets done in the body. the autopsy done by st. louis county will be considered. but there is wide distrust so the governmet is conduct ago third autopsy to be compared to the county medical palmer's results and up to the prosecutors to determine whether or not to bring charges against the police officer who shot brown. the justice department is pushing forward on the civil rights investigation. >> pelley: night after night, many of the protesters are not from ferguson but have come from far and wide with many motives and we asked mark strassmann to look into that. >> tony davis let the cops know he's angry. the 21-year-old lives in michael brown's apartment complex. he's frustrated with police and with outsiders who have come to do more than shout. >> those are the people that were coming to take advantage of the situation and that's not right. >> disperse immediately! >> reporter: when night falls, new faces appear in the largely peaceful crowd, the identities often concealed. >> we have the same ammunition you've got, man. >> reporter: the new black panther's party is here also the revolution club of chicago. but there are also voices for calm. >> we all know there are two sides to everything. >> reporter: dinah tatman is a pastor from nearby bell fountain and comforted residents victimized by looters. >> how did you feel? >> my heart sank. >> reporter: who mostly is doing the acting out? >> i can't tell if they're from the community or not because all have been down here since day one. i try to go and diffuse. >> reporter: the crowds get bigger as time goes on. is it harder to tell who's who? h yes, because if nothing else, you have the one or two that you can encourage or plant a seed that what you're doing is wrong. i had a young mantle me after we dialogued, with his hands full of merchandise, when i turned to walk away, his voice said, "ma'am, i'm sorry." >> reporter: 15 minutes ago 200 noisy but peaceful protesters were gathered behind me. in five minutes, all scattered as 50 officers converged here and ran them off. scott, there was a lot of anger and shouting but no arrests. >> pelley: mark strassmann in ferguson for us this evening. thank you very much. the president also announced today iraqi and kurdish forces have retaken the largest dam in iraq. the mosul dam on the tigris provides electricity. mr. obama today called i.s.i.s. a "savage group with no values other than death and destruction." though the president declared victory in this battle today, charlie d'agata found plenty of fighting still. >> reporter: kurdish fighters known as peshmerga have been pouring in three days to recapture the dam from i.s.i.s. militants. the push came with the help ofo 15 u.s. air-strikes and nearly 40 since the battle began. it could be a symbolic and strategic victory. i.s.i.s. took control of iraq's biggest dam on august 7, blowing it up or opening floodgates could unleash a wall of water 65 feet high, destroying mosul and flooding baghdad. just beyond this lake is the dam itself and although iraqi and l kurdish force may have taken control of it, the battle is still raging in the villages tat surround it. i.s.i.s. militants aren't giving up without a fight. kurdish fighters said they dismantled 170 roadside bombs today, and the fear is the dam itself is heavily rigged with explosives. peshmerga fighters took us to the new front line separating i.s.i.s. and erbil. i.s.i.s. came within 15 miles away until lt. general ali and men launched a counterattack against their enemy, often better armed than they are. how long did it take to push i.s.i.s. out? >> maybe two hours. >> reporter: two hours? yeah. >> reporter: but it's not over yet. you have confidence you can hold this line? >> yes. >> reporter: i.s.i.s. militants fired a mortar that exploded just in front of us. >> get down! >> reporter: followed by four more mortar rounds, crashing around on all sides. the militants were zeroing in and sending the message "we're still here." the pentagon says the battle for the dam is not over yet, scott, and that was certainly the sense we got this afternoon as kurdish forces tried to stop us from getting any closer to the dam saying they were trying to clear land mines and they're taking fire and mortar rounds from i.s.i.s. militants. >> and the president said this afternoon that the air-strikes will continue as he said for some time. charlie d'agata, thanks very much. this evening a federal grand jury has indicted three managers at a california slaughterhouse linked to a recall of nearly 9 million pounds of tainted beef. they're accused of processing diseased animals. the rancho feeding corporation supplied wal-mart and other national chains. it was closed in february. a report out today by america's largest food bank network is evidence of a crisis that goes unseen by most of us. the survey by "feeding america" says one in seven americans is receiving food assistance. the percentage is even higher for veterans. we asked manuel bojorquez to look into this: >> reporter: james voris served 13 years in the military. he now relyons a food pantry to eat. >> i think it's a sad day in america when we realize a lot of us veterans have to rely on this resource to get through the month. >> reporter: today, 20% receiving food are veterans. the number is higher for those currently serving. post-traumatic stress and injury sustained in iraq prevent voris from working full time making it hard to seat himself and son nicholas. >> it's the difference between eating oatmeal three or four times a day and having something a little more, you know, substantial. >> reporter: what's it like for that struggle to be constant? it's always there. >> sometimes i just want to crawl over in a corner and just give up. the only reason i don't give up is because of my son, nicholas. >> reporter: voris is one of 200,000 charleston residents who rely on the low country food bank. it distributes more than 21 million pounds of food a year. pat walker runs the food bank. she's not only seen a rise in military families needing help but also people with medical conditions. >> 70% of all of the clients we serve have high blood pressure, hypertension. >> reporter: 50-year-old eunice samuels is one of those people. >> there are times when i haven't eaten for almost a week. >> reporter: a week. >> yes, almost a week. i drink a lot of water. water fills you up. >> reporter: she's now able to get a free daily meal and fresh produce through a charity that works with the low country food bank. this has helped improve her health. >> now that i'm eating healthier, dropping off the weight, i lost ten pounds in the last month. >> reporter: samuels hopes that will make her healthy enough to work full time and no longer be one of nearly 50 million americans who struggles with hunger every day. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. >> pelley: feeding a child accounts for about 16% of the cost of raising him or her, and an agriculture department report out today says the cost of raising a child born last year will by the age of 18 adds up to $245,000. then comes college on top of that. cbs news has been investigating the fatal police shooting of another unarmed teenager. this one by the border patrol. and donations are pouring in, thanks to the ice bucket challenge. when the "cbs evening news" continues. when the "cbs evening news" continues. s humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage in many adults. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you have an infection. talk to your doctor and visit humira.com this is humira at work shingles the pain in my tremendouscalp areailot. and down the back of my neck was intense. it would have been virtually impossible in that confined space to move to change radio frequencies. i mean it hurt. i couldn't even get up and drive let alone teach somebody and be responsible in an airplane. as a pilot that meant i was grounded. >> pelley: much of the nation is focused on the police shooting in ferguson, missouri, of course, but tonight a cbs news investigation found the same questions have been raised in several shootings by the u.s. border patrol. an insider in u.s. customs and border protection tells anna werner many deaths at the hands of border patrol are highly suspect. >> reporter: drug shootings are common along the border but this 16-year-old boy was not gunned down by mexican criminals. jose antonio elena rodriguez was shot eight times in the back by a u.s. border patrol agent who fired from behind this fence. "what were they doing," a mexican dispatcher asked. they were throwing rocks, a border patrol agent told her. but other witnesses said rodriguez was just walking by. since 2010, 28 people have died at the hands of border patrol agents. reviewing those fatal force cases was part of jim tomsheck's job as head of internal affairs at the border patrol. >> i'm familiar with several incidents where the persons appeared to be fleeing and were shot in the back or the side at some distance from the border patrol, when the shots were fired. >> reporter: he calls seven of those shootings "highly suspect," but he told us his bosses ignored his concerns and he did not have authority to punish agents. he was reassigned in june. >> there were certainly many cases where border patrol agents or c.b.p. officers engaged in excessive use of force or abuse of migrants at the border that should have resulted in discipline where it did not. >> reporter: one of those not disciplined is the agent who shot rodriguez. he remains on the job. rodriguez was one of 12 reportedly unarmed people shot by border agents. autopsies on three of them ckowed they were shot in the back or the back of the head. gil kerlikowske is the new commissioner of customs and border protection. are you willing to say that the number of shootings is too high? >> i'm willing to say that i am more than open to look at all of these cases, those that haven't been adequately answered or the questions that are left need to be resolved. >> reporter: kerlikowske blames problems in the investigations in part on what he calls, "antiquated computer systems." >> we have trouble tracking the complaint numbers because the systems were put together from a variety of agencies. >> reporter: how much money goes into customs and border patrol per year? >> about $13 billion. >> reporter: do you think they peould have found some of the $13 billion to at least track complaints? >> yes. >> reporter: kerlikowske's agency is now reviewing 67 excessive force cases including the rodriguez shooting. scott, the rodriguez family recently had to file papers to learn the name of the agent who killed their son. >> pelley: anna werner reporting for us, thanks very much. how much have you saved for retirement? we'll tell you what a new survey found, next. t a new januvia (sitagliptin) is a once-daily pill that, along with diet and exercise, helps lower blood sugar. januvia works when your blood sugar is high and works less when your blood sugar is low, because it works by enhancing your body's own ability to lower blood sugar. plus januvia, by itself, is not likely to cause weight gain or low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). januvia should not be used in patients with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. tell your doctor if you have a history of pancreatitis. serious side effects can happen, including pancreatitis which may be severe and lead to death. stop taking januvia and call your doctor right away if you have severe pain in your stomach area which may be pancreatitis. tell your doctor right away and stop taking januvia if you have an allergic reaction that causes swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat, or affects your breathing or causes rash or hives. kidney problems sometimes requiring dialysis have been reported. using januvia and a sulfonylurea or insulin together may cause low blood sugar. to reduce the risk, your doctor may prescribe a lower dose of the sulfonylurea or insulin. your doctor may perform blood tests before and during treatment to check your kidneys. if you have kidney problems a lower dose may be prescribed. side effects may include upper respiratory tract infection, stuffy or runny nose and sore throat, and headache. for help lowering your blood sugar talk to your doctor about januvia today. even 10 miles away. they can see the light of a single candle. look after them with centrum silver. multivitamins for your eyes, heart and brain. now, with a new easy to swallow coating. >> pelley: how about >> pelley: how about this? every day, more than 9,000 americans turn 65, ready or not, and it turns out many are not. according to a report out today, 36% of americans have not saved a penny for retirement, and among those closest to retirement, age 50 to 64, more than a quarter have an empty nest egg. the new owner of the l.a. clippers put his stamp on the team today by holding a rally at the staples center. thousands turned out for t-shirts. steve ballmer paid $2 billion for the clippers after donald sterling was forced to sell. chances are you or someone you know has received the ice bucket challenge. donate to a.l.s. research or get doused. celebrities are braving the cold water bucket after bucket. many people are writing checks instead. donations to the a.l.s. association topped $15 million in three weeks, and that's esspared to less than $2 million during the same period last year. 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