Provisions are in place including many personnel in ferguson, missouri tonight. A town now synonymous with the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white Police Officer. And synonymous with the violence that followed on those streets in the heat of the summer. Ferguson, missouri is a community now known by name around the world for the worst possible reason. There have been public pleas to keep the lid on regardless of the outcome, but there is understandable tension. Nbcs ron allen remains on the story for us and he starts us off from there tonight. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. A decision whether to indict officer Darren Wilson in connection with Michael Browns death could come as soon as today from that grand jury with an announcement expected any time after that. As police and residents here in st. Louis and across the nation for that matter prepare for whats going to be a very emotional moment. Youre resisting . Reporter emotions raw at ground zero here. The doorstep of Ferguson Police headquarters. Dozens of demonstrators every night now tense facetoface standoffs with police in riot gear. After warning, officers clear the streets. Theres no need for them to come and back us all the way up to the sidewalk and smash people off the sidewalk. Reporter with tensions gripping the st. Louis region, many expecting no charges against officer Darren Wilson and a strong reaction here, and demonstrations planned beyond ferguson in as many as 100 cities. Todays top Law Enforcement officer called for everyone to take a deep breath. The Justice Department encourages Law Enforcement officials in every jurisdiction to work with the communities that they serve to minimize needless confrontation. Reporter today Business Owners like this one pleaded with residents not to destroy their own community. Will you be able to survive this . Well, well move somewhere else if this continues. Reporter Michael Browns father on television also calling for calm. I do not want my sons death to be in vain. Reporter rasheem is on the streets every night. At 20 hes the youngest on a state commission helping tasked with stopping violence in ferguson. Many saying enough is enough. Let justice prevail. Uhhuh. Reporter no . No. Because thats the way weve been going and the Justice System never prevails on the side of the community. Were tired of seeing the same old story of Police Brutality and justice not being served. Reporter hearing more unrest some schools have already announced they will close on monday and tuesday giving students the entire Holiday Weekend off. Police and protesters here continue meetings over what theyre calling socalled rules of engagement. And the fbi and federal agencies are also sending teams here on standby if needed to deal with specific threats. Brian. Ron allen starting us off from ferguson. Ron, thank you as always. That is the scene inside. While inside this grand jury room a very different scene is playing out. A deliberative process with very specific guidelines to consider. Our senior Legal CorrespondentCynthia Mcfadden here with us in the studio to talk about it. And for those, cynthia, who think this is a slam dunk either way, clear cut, talk about the tough job these grand jurors have and what they must consider. Well, of course they are sequestered so theyre living in the community that will be so deeply affected by this. Their job is to objectively decide what the law and the facts tell us. And we know that Michael Brown wasnt armed of course. But the missouri law gives very wide latitude to Police Officers to defend themselves, which means if a Police Officer reasonably fears that his life is in danger, hes entitled to use deadly force. So thats one thing the jurors are going to have to consider. What is the evidence in relationship to that. The other is that missouri unlike many states a Police Officer can shoot a fleeing suspect in a felony under some circumstances, another part of the law that must be considered. So theres a lot for this grand jury to decide in terms of the law and the facts and where they mesh. All right. Cynthia mcfadden, it is a tough job. Well have some of your reporting later on tonight in the broadcast as well. Cynthia, thanks. As promised as threatened president obama signed an executive action on the road today in nevada. It has the power to change the lives of millions of undocumented immigrants. But the move bypasses congress. Many are unhappy about this ro sesz. We get our report tonight from nbcs kristen welker. Im not giving up. I will never give up. I will never give up. Reporter a combative president obama chastising Congressional Republicans inaction rallied support for sweeping Immigration Reform here in las vegas. Even republicans who say that they dont want to pass this bill that was passed by these legislators, theyre not serious about trying to deport 10, 11 million people. Thats all rhetoric. Reporter the executive action could spare 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. I feel so excited. And i feel like so many is waiting for this opportunity for my kids. It means my family will stay together. Reporter a College Student and immigration activist has been fighting for this moment. Last night president obama held her up as an example. Are we a nation that kicks out a striving hopeful immigrant like astrin . Reporter and today she joined him. This announcement will change so many lives including my own. Reporter but not everyone inside was satisfied. Not everybody will qualify under this provision. Reporter and outside the high school, fierce opposition. He wants to give our taxpayer dollars and rights to illegals . Why dont we focus on our own people. And hes pandering to the hispanic community. Hispanics should be very offended. Reporter House Speaker john boehner vowed to reverse the president s actions. Hes damaging the presidency itself. Reporter the president held firm and shot back. I dont have a vote in congress. Pass a bill. You dont need me to call a vote to pass a bill. Reporter now, republicans who just won control of congress are considering a range of options to reverse the president , but some Republican Leaders warn that going against the president could alienate hispanic voters, a crucial voting block who helped president obama win the white house twice. Brian. Kristen welker traveling with the president tonight in las vegas. Kristen, thanks. In mexico city a violent protest in the streets in the main square overnight. Officers brought tear gas, demonstrators brought molotov cocktails. Anger has been building since september when 43 College Students were attacked by police accused of working for a drug cartel. The students have not been seen alive since. In this country the big dig weve been chronicling, folks are finally able to leave their homes and assess the situation after receiving over seven feet of snow in some places. The death toll stands at 13, and the problem now of course all that snow is about to mean a lot of water. Nbcs rehema ellis is in hamburg, new york where a total of nearly 80 inches fell. Rehema, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Even for folks here this is a lot to handle. Essentially a years worth of snow in a weeks time. Emerging from their homes in hamburg for the first time in four days. Residents began the enormous task of digging out from six feet of snow. I havent worked out in a while, so its been a pretty good workout. Reporter dozens of roofs like this have collapsed because of the heavyweight of several feet of snow. Officials now worry that many other buildings with flat roofs are at risk. Homeowners arent taking any chances and are clearing the roofs. Were you feeling nervous about the potential for structural damage . Yeah, we heard a little bit of creeking a couple days ago. Reporter and with rising temperatures, a new threat. The warming will bring melting. Melting will bring water. Water will bring floods. Reporter today, fire crews from new york city headed north to help. 1,600 trucks have hauled away 32,000 tons of snow. But the view from the air clearly shows thats just the beginning. People struggling to get to work. Carl was able to make it to work to fill prescriptions for customers in need. Youre the only one open. Exactly. Well, i mean, three feet of snow in the parking lot has a lot to do with it and obviously no one can get out. But we believe people need to be here when they need their medicine. Reporter snowmobiles picked up Buffalo Bills players so they could travel to detroit for mondays relocated game. And in neighborhoods across the city this is where buffalos at its finest. Reporter you didnt think twice about coming out to help. No, not at all. We do it all the time. Reporter the new york throughway has now reopened to essential vehicles only. Travel bans remain on other roads. But tonight a real potential threat, and that is of flooding. They have started moving pumps and equipment into place to handle what they say is melting, significant melting that could begin as early as this weekend. Brian. Rehema ellis in the thick of it in western new york tonight. All this leads us to meteorologist janice huff in the weather center. Janice, what are we looking at as temperatures rise pretty quickly this weekend . Exactly, brian. The flood watch for this area goes into effect sunday and lasts through wednesday of next week. And thats five counties between buffalo and the pennsylvania border. You mentioned how much snow has fallen, up to seven feet of snow on the ground since monday when it began. And it ended today. Thats the water equivalent of about six inches of water. All of that is going to start melting as the temperatures rise this weekend. Now, first the snow bank will actually absorb some of the melting. But then theyre expecting about a half inch of rain coming in with a front, and that will increase the melting as well. And then by monday morning the temperatures will be in the 50s, maybe close to 60 by the afternoon which will exacerbate the melting. And all of this will continue into the middle of the week before any of the rivers or streams will crest. So once it starts the melting, its going to take a long time before the waters recede, brian. Back to you. Thats a 30degree change, that is going to mean a lot of water. Thank you, janice. Four more women have come forward with allegations against Comedian Bill Cosby in the last 24 hours. 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The english language doesnt fit what im feeling right now. Reporter freed from prison, his sentence vacated. Jackson was one of three neighborhood kids convicted of a gruesome 1975 murder in cleveland and sent to death row. With no physical evidence, prosecutors based their case on the system of one 12yearold boy who recently came forward and said he lied. I felt extreme pressure from detectives to describe a crime i never saw. In 75 he was a 12yearold kid. And he was manipulated and coerced by the police. And they used him. It took a lot of courage to do what he did in that courtroom. Reporter also freed today jacksons codeft willie bridgeman, whose brother was pulled in 2003 and fought to help his friend and brother. What youre reading is the happiness of being released. Im at the end of that road. Reporter their first off lunch with the attorneys who fought so hard for their release. Many of them not even born when the men were convicted. Ricky jackson is one of the strongest men i know. I cant even imagine what it was like to be in prison for 39 years for a crime you didnt commit. Reporter they return to a different world. When they went to prison gerald ford was president and it was the first year of saturday night live. We asked Ricky Jackson this afternoon what he missed most. My 20s, my 30s, my 40s and nearly all of my 50s in prison, you know. And time is just something that you cant get back. So im not going to really cry about it. But i have plans for my life, you know . Reporter now he has to put his life back together. Ohio is one of 30 states that does compensate the wrongfully convicted, up to 40,000 for each year. But its an arduous process to get it and many dont get a dime. Today, no talk of that. Just celebration. Raise our glasses for freedom. Freedom reporter Cynthia Mcfadden, nbc news, new york. We are back in a moment with an extraordinary moment on camera. Another one. 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Theyre very intelligent, very motivated, very passionate about what theyre trying to accomplish in every facet of their lives. Reporter in a game of numbers, consider theirs. 17 high school valedictorians, s. A. T. Aces, thats 800 times three for you whizzes. And this season a perfect 90. As for majors and off the field interests . Well, quarterback Peter Williams is studying to be a rocket scientist, literally. His backup, spencer kim, has already played at carnegie hall. Brain, not brawn, rule here. M. I. T. s home to 81 nobel Prize Winners since 1944, conference football championships, one. As you might imagine, the Football Team has to fight for attention. And i know that my high school probably had better attendance than they have for their games. We generally are pretty busy doing Like Research and stuff like that. Reporter so off to battle they go to saturdays playoff game in maine. I call them renaissance men. Reporter and win or lose the real scores already settled. Theyve mastered yet another universe. Ron mott, nbc news, cambridge, massachusetts. As i recall, our high school Football Team s. A. T. Scores were just slightly lower than those. Thats our broadcast for a friday night and for this week. Thank you for being here with us. Im brian williams. We of course hope to see you right back here on monday night. In the meantime have a good weekend. Good night. Bill cosbys new outrage, joking about being an evil man at a womens charity. Now on extra. New video, scandalplagued bill cosby pretending to cry. You are an evil man. Why Camille Cosby is standing by her man as an avalanche of accu accusers continues to come forward. Shame on you, bill cosby. Robin williams son zach, his first interview since losing his dad. Our key thing is trying to build strength. Ryan gosling versus his alleged stalker. The woman claiming shes his twin flame and her campaign of terror revealed. Jen anistons message to kim kardashian. Kim k. 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