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Glass of the chocolate shops front window. and as heartbreaking as their plight is, there is something equally mysterious at another window from the south id. we were hearing from a reporter at the scene who said that one of the local tactical teams had several of its men pressed up themselves with their faces looking into the shop. >> right. >> their bodies protected by a large tactical shield but the way he described it and our imagery was not able to capture it, there were police officers lit...

>> have you heard about retiring congressman dingell. he is 88-years-old and broke his hip. he is still walking around and he voted on the house spending bill before going to the hospital we are told no surgery is needed, just recovery time. hes the longest serving member in the house ever. he arrived back there wont when dwight d. eisenhower was president. >> that means he logged 59 years on capitol hill. his congressional seat will be staying in the family. his wife debbie dingell is replacing...

Wrong. >> we saw that tree coming right in front of us and then we hit it head-on. there was nothing that could be done to stay in that boat. >> i was in the current and things happened so fast, that i dont remember exactly the sequence of things. but i grabbed on to that tree. >> grateful to be alive, mike clambers into the tree and considers his options. >> the current was so strong that i couldnt even move a couple of yards upstream. it was very dangerous and i just stayed where i was. >> fur...

Boldly arrogant and out of touch? thats her rationale for why she didnt ever go forward with any charges. >> exactly and it was 30 years ago and the world has changed. well have to see how things go on. she makes a point that one of the reasons she didnt come forward as well recently was because what she saw of the plight of the black male and the idea that another black male does not need to be pulled down by the system. she came to the recognition that this has nothing to do with michael brown...

Nobel peace prize who still fights with her younger brother. >> she jokes theyre working toward peace. there was a moment of drama when the committee handed her the medal as her parents looked on, a demonstrator ran on stage and unfurled a mexican flag. see here. security quickly took him away. malala, what an incredible story. all the kids and grandkids and nieces and nephews and everything else who complain day to day about going to school like i did back in the day, think of the plight of so ...

Women, 300,000 domestic helpers from the philippines and indonesia working here in hong kong, that these women are sick and tired of being treated as slaves and second class citizens. so they are hoping her case, this 23-year-old domestic helper from indonesia, this was her first job as a helper here in hong kong, that her case highlights the plight of what many domestic helpers go through. >> it seems to be this -- it represents any way this class issue that these domestic workers are far from ...

D.c. >> is there a plan to turn this into planned action? >> reporter: after one or two days of these kinds of protests weve been talking about, it caught the attention of city hall. the mayor came out and said not only does he empathize with the plight of so many in the community but talking about retraining the new york city police department, the largest police department in the country, with 35,000 members. thats larger than the entire town of ferguson, missouri, where so much of this has sp...

As a result of that we dont see nearly enough coverage of dysfunction. >> sympathy toward the plight of the. >> something you and i talked about. >> sympathy toward the plight of the african-american overrides any kind of personal responsibility call which is why your letter ended up in the dumpster. >> maybe. maybe. >> it gets a little more complicated with eric garner because, unlike michael brown. >> yes, it does. >> who was violent. eric garner was hapless, hapless. all right? he was just se...

On the steering wheel. >> right. >> im not in anyway comparing the plight of white young folks to blacks but i do think that not only could this happen to white people but its good for us to know that because i think its important that were all invested in fixing this problem. we dont know this was racially motivated. but i think its good for white people think this could be your child too and all the things that we need to do resolve this -- its good if we all buy in. >> matt, three months ago,...

Flowers who cant stand up to any kind of criticism. as a result of that we dont see nearly enough coverage of dysfunction. >> sympathy toward the plight of the. >> something you and i talked about. >> sympathy toward the plight of the african-american overrides any kind of personal responsibility call which is why your letter ended up in the dumpster. >> maybe. maybe. >> it gets a little more complicated with eric garner because, unlike michael brown. >> yes, it does. >> who was violent. eric ga...