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Response to the grand jury decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed his stepson. all this raising the possibility of a stunning twist. will he face criminal charges while the former police officer darren wilson walks free? were learning more by the way about wilsons life right now. and police efforts to protect him and his family from death threats. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. theyre covering all the new developments in missouri. lets begin with brian to...

Good morning, here are the big stories were following this hour. at the world cup, theres a huge game for team usa coming up in a few hours. they go up against portugal. and if they win, the u.s. is guaranteed a spot in the next round after beating ghana in the first game. but the u.s. will have to do it without one of the star players who is injured. portugals team has its own worries. rinaldo is expected to play with a knee injury. a florida couple lucky to be alive after treading water 14 h...

Relieve herself in a seat. when he got up the flight attendant yelled at her again. the pilot announced they were turning around because a noncompliant passenger. an offduty pilot sitting in front of her came to her defense. she joins me now. thank you for your time. >> sure, thank you. >> you were the buzz of the internet when people parent and nonparents saw that story. and knowing what your daughter went through there. tell me about the interaction and what happened. >> i was traveling with m...

Investigating. >> cell phone video captured rain pouring from the ceiling of a mall in hong kong where powerful storms have killed nearly a dozen people. crews rescued several workers after severe flooding trapped them in their factory in oregon, an offduty sheriffs deputy says she heard this suv slam into trees and catch fire so the climbed into the vehicle and pulled two people out. >> i didnt want to see somebody die there. stuck in a car.

Retail stores for protective assignments in the mall. anybody premeditating or could be deterred by reasonable force that could be used against -- if they were shared of getting shot themselves, this might not be the place because, as rod pointed out, they are highly trained. i know for a fact they are. police are highly trained. its a great department. that is a place we can go and the shooter can stop breathing real easy. long answer to the short question is its very difficult to get into the ...

In minnesota, when you hear a huge snowstorm is coming, you know schools out. >> kids across minnesota and kids in milwaukee and madison, wisconsin that get an extra day to play in the snow. >> so officials have canceled school because of a dangerously potential blast of cold weather thats expected to blast the midwest today. and places could feel the coldest temperatures in more than a decade. there was a close call in lexington, connecticut. a 12-year-old boy fell in a frozen pond. and offdu...

Was no connection to the tsa. i bring this only because i bring this up only because there had been reports that perhaps this was an offduty or former tsa official. weve been told repeatedly that is not the case. they dont seem to see any connection at all between this young man and the tsa. instead they say, their initial check is that this was a someone with very strong anti-government views. why this person chose the tsa as his target, we dont know. but we believe that the shooting victims he...

Of gang assault and felony assault. his lawyer says he is cooperating with police but worries simms may not be fairly treated. >> they need a fall guy, somebody to take the weight for this. >> reporter: while the investigation moves forward, the police are now coming under fire. senior nypd officials tell nbc news an undercover officer may have been on the scene as well during the final moments of the attack but didnt intervene because he was worried about blowing a sensitive operation and there...

He has been charged with atte t attempted assault in the first degree. gang assault in the second-degree and criminal possession of a weapon. fred? >> and so an official says, margaret, that an offduty police officer may have been riding with the group and saw the confrontation. do we know if that was true and what was the persons role in all of this? >> right. susan candiotti reported one off-duty police officer was riding in the group. but hes just part of the motorcycle group. he could be a k...

That would be appropriate? could the suv driver have done anything differently? >> in my opinion he was in fear for his life. he has a baby in the car. i dont think he has any other option. >> so what is the advise for the average person? >> call # 11. basically yield the right-of-way to the bicycles. the issue here is really the volume of motorcycles. the issue here is the operation of these motorcycles. >> now theres one more twist to the story. there was an offduty police officer on the scene...