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The vote by fleaing from the state. >> the governor has to bring us to the table. he has to get everybody to sit down and come up with a better idea to repair the budget. >> this may look and sound like a sports arena, but this is the rotunda of the wisconsin with state capital. you can see tens and thousands of public workers that have come here to make their voices heard. >> hundreds of teachers called in sick to join the protests with so many year, at least 16 districts across the state were ...

Sick to join the protest. with so many here at least 16 districts across the state were closed including milwaukee, the states biggest. much to the dismay of parent. >> im stunned. we arrived here. rang the doorbell. no answer. >> reporter: milwaukee high school teacher jim obrien blamed the governor. >> we were kind of forced into this by our governor not allowing us to have a voice in government. >> that was nbcs john yang reporting. in chicago big developments on capitol hill this morning. ho...

Calls from people inquiring about loved ones. although they acknowledge that some of those people may turn up ask they may not call back to tell them theyve turned up. but officials do expect the water levels to recede today, the water levels to go down, and as a result, they do expect to find more bodies. alex? >> pretty grim. okay, john yang reporting from langley, arkansas. thanks so much. bill karins has more on that deadly arkansas flooding in the weekly forecast. good morning to you, bill....

>> reporter: market nevilles works at a restaurant across the street and doesnt expect large ferguson-like protests. >> once they look at news and find out what really happened, it will be done and over with. >> that was nbcs john yang reporting. sony pictures said it wasnt giving into hackers over release of "the interview" and now theyre doubling down on that process. moviegoers can see it today, christmas day, as originally planned. some 200 theaters will screen it. this just one day after ...

On average, youre seeing signs anywhere from 50% to 60% off. >> reporter: retailers are trying to fatten the bottom line after a lackluster season when they made 40% of their annual sales. by one estimate, holiday-related spending grew only 0.7% between october 28th and christmas eve. spending actually dropped from last year in the northeast and the mid-atlantic, the result of hurricane sandy. nationwide, spending stalled in december with worries about the looming fiscal cliff and the tragedy in...

60 years. but for the 68-year-old sandusky, 0 years is tantamount to a life sentence. >> john yang reporting for us.4t to a life sentence. >> john yang reporting for us. sandusky plans to appeal. anxious wimerkels visit to drew hoards of protesters. thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets battling riot police. lets get more on the story as we take an early look at the markets with geoff cutmore live for us in london. >> good morning. well, at time this is was a very ugly protest with ...

>> reporter: this family owned grocery store in chevy chase, maryland, has been without power since friday night. >> we have lost everything. we have lost everything that required refrigeration. >> that was nbcs john yang reporting. elsewhere, fire crews are battling to try and contain the wildfires burning in nine western states. montanas largest fire has burned at least 16 homes and charred 380 square miles. high winds are whipping up the flames of the ash creek fire, which is about 55% cont...

All we could do was watch him blow down and thank god he lodged in a tree. ive got a burcnch of boo-boos t its nothing compared to what my child got in the river. >> john is in arkansas with more. john? >> the search is big at it here in arkansas. theyre doing a 20-mile stretch. theyre on horse, theyre on foot, theyre in all-terrain vehicles. theyre even in kayaks to search the water. officials are afraid to put a hard number on the missing simply because they dont know how many were in the camp...