Wilson, the officer who fatally shot the 18yearold, resigned from the Ferguson Police force. According to his lawyer, wilson tendered his resignation following Credible Threats to the Police Department and other officers. Ferguson mayor James Knowles says wilson will not receive severance or benefits as part of his resignation. The mayor also announced a civil can review board to monitor police conduct, as well as to recruit more africanamerican officers. The events in ferguson have crossed over into the world of sports. Yesterday during a pregame display five players on the st. Louis rams roster used the hands up, dont shoot gesture that weve seen so often by protesters. The st. Louis Police Officers association is condemning the players actions, calling the move tasteless, offensive, and inflammatory. The group is calling for the players to be disciplined and for the team and the league to apologize. Former Baltimore Ravens running back ray rice is free to play football again. Friday rice won his appeal of indefinite suspension and was reinstate by the nfl. Hes eligible to sign with any team in the league that will have him. In july, commissioner Roger Goodell suspended rice for two games for a Domestic Violence incident. In september rice was suspended indefinitely after dprafrk video surfaced showing the full extent of the assault that happened in that casino elevator. During arbitration the nfl argued goodell was misled saying he didnt have all the information when he first learned of the incident. But former district judge Barbara Jones serving as arbitrator wroteness, im not persuaded rice lied to or misled the nfl at his june interview. I find that the indefinite suspension was an abuse of discretion and must be vacated. The New York Times juliette macard asking, did goodell know all the details in the case when he gave rice the twogame suspension . Did goodell backpedal in september when the graphic video of rices punch was made public . Did goodell unfairly blame rice saying rice misled him by playing down the elevator encounter . Jones certainly suggests so. The nfl wrote in a memo this weekend to club own theres no part of the arbitrators decision questions the commissioners honest yes, integrity, nor goodfaith consideration on the issue when he imposed the indefinite fit suspension on mr. Rice. Matt lauer spoke to janay rice about her emotions in the the direct aftermath of that incident. I was furious. We came home and we didnt talk the entire ride i didnt speak to him the entire ride home. He tried to talk to me. I didnt want to hear anything. I just knew he hit me and i was completely over it. I was done, didnt want to hear anything. I just didnt even want to entertain it. Entertain him, anything that he had to say, any explanation. Of course in the back of my mind and in my heart i knew that our relationship wouldnt be over. Because i know that this isnt us and its not him. Espn is now reporting at least four teams have expressed an interest in rice, including the colts and the saints, though neither necessarily expected to pursue him. The Ohio State University community is grieving this morning after the body of a missing Football Player was found on sunday night. Police say that costa karageorge died of an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound after a fiveday search his body discovered in a dumpster not far from his apartment. Family members had reported him missing on wednesday and his pom had her son saying he texted her that morning to apologize for embarrassing her, blaming concussions that he had suffered. Fellow osu students held a visible jill in his honor on sunday evening. The Athletics Department said it was shocked and saddened to hear the news of his death. Cos Kosta Karageorge was 22 years old. We focus attention on Business News now. And cyber monday. The holiday Sales Numbers are in and it seems like a lot of shoppers may already be a little bit swiped out in advance of the full swing Holiday Season. Steve sedgwick joins from us london with more on that. Good morning. Yeah, very good day. Really interesting looking at this. You and i have discussed how the National RetailFederation Said this is the year when the consumer is back in the states. The figures they told us to recap was 4 increase they think were going to get in Holiday Season sales into december. To 617 billion. What we had was a damp squibb. The figures werent great for the first weekend of the holiday says. For instance, 11 drop to 50. 9 billion spending in stores and online, down from 57 billion the same time last year. People per customer were spending 381 dollars over the fourday period, as opposed to 407 a year earlier. Thats down. So theres a lot of sales going on before black friday. Obviously thanksgiving now, they started early, and expected to continue on this week. But very interesting that so far, those nrf expectations just havent happened yet. Despite the fact that weve got Oil Prices Going lower, gasolines cheaper, people can spend more money on consumer gifts. One very good area was in consumer electronics. They said about drive of shoppers bought electronics. That is more than in any of the last three years. So its still to play for for those Consumer Companies over the next month or so. Everybodys always looking for those Electronics Deals no matter what. They always get everybodys attention. The new big flat screen tvs. Everybody wants them cheaper. What other big headlines are you watching . We closed out the holiday week a mixed bag with red and green arrows. I want to carry on with those streams. The red arrows were in the energy stocks, under so much pressure. I was talking to viewers from vee yain that last week. Opec, the group that controls around onethird of world oil, didnt cut production. Energy companies in the u. S. Who are producing shale, they were hit very hard. And that is a continuation we expect again this week as Oil Prices Continue to fall. The other side, i want to recap the big movers to the upside over the last month. Consumer staples, consumer discretionary, were some of the best performers. The best performer in the dow was walmart up 15 . S p, whole foods up 25 . I think its the retail and energy themes which are going to continue as well this week. Have a look at airlines, theyve done really well in the cheaper aviation fuel. And the nonfarm payroll end of the week. Appreciate it, good monday to you. According to a new report, secretary chuck hagels departure from the Defense Department is the latest example of an increasingly strained relationship between the white house and pentagon. The am reports the president s desire to micromanage all aspects of its National Security team has hurt its relationship with the pentagon, the ap says the Obama Administration is seen as overly suspicious of the militarys desire to use force. The pentagon views the president as cool and detached compared to president george w. Bush. The report says the Obama Administrations reputation when it comes to these matters is impacting the white houses ability to find a replacement for hagel who gave his resignation as defense secretary last week. Still ahead on way too early, could the chiefs hold on to the lead against the broncos . Weve got all the highlights for you in sunday night football. Pope francis leaving turkey, now headed back to rome after calling on muslims to take a sharper tone against terrorism. Were going to have his message to Muslim Leaders after this. That story and a check on weather when way too early comes right back. Why that day . 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End of the second quarter, Aaron Rodgers connects on a big play with jordy nelson. 45yard touchdown pass, rodgers second of the night, helping green bay to a 2314 lead at the half. Patriots making asomeback, down five points on a big third down play at the end of the fourth. But the green bay defense gets to tom brady for the sack. The packers hold off new england for a 2621 win. Atlanta, another battle between first place teams as the falcons host the cardinals. A big game for atlanta receiver julio jones who caught 10 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown. Falcons remain atop the nfc south after a 2918 win over arizona. To pittsburgh. Steelers hosting saints. New orleans quarterback drew brees spread out the football, throwing five touchdowns in the game. The saints edge out the steelers 3532. Charm city. Baltimore and the ravens hosting chargers. Baltimore leading until the fourth quarter. Philip rivers to eddie roil gives chargers the lead with 38 seconds to play. The bolts hang on to win this one 3433. The ravens, tool penitentia man. Next to buffalo. Clevelands Johnny Manziel in for brian hoyer. Early in the fourth after the browns go down 203, look at that impressive manziel rushes for his first nfl touchdown. It cant change the games outcome. Buffalo remains in the playoff picture after a win over cleveland. Texans leading the titans. Tennessee quarterback jake locker is stripped by the texans j. J. Watt who scoops the loose ball, makes a nice 14yard return. Two plays later, watt in on offense, catches a oneyard touchdown pass. His fifth of the season. They win 4521. Look at that guy, thats huge. Huge. To jacksonville. The giants hang on to a depleting lead. Tight end Larry Donnell fumbles the reception which is picked up by the jags, returned for a touchdown, jacksonville lead. A final shot, less than 30 seconds to play, quarterback eli manning was sacked, fumbles the ball. Yeah. They hang on to win that one, a tough one, 2524, giants loss there. To st. Louis, raiders coming off their first win in over a year. But the rams youre showing highlights of this game . St. Louis scores 38 points in the tures half. Is it a slow news day . Go on to shut out oakland 520. Yeah. Just want to test my abilities after taking some time off for thanksgiving to see if i can still do sports. We spich gears to the nba. Theyre really testing me. The lakers get 129122 overtime win against the raptors. Kobe bryant notches his 20th career tripledouble and his 6,000th career assist. Bryant is the first player in nba history with that many assists and at least 30,000 career points. 6,000th career assist. I feel like christopher walken. Coming up in peter pan live playing captain hook. Anyway. Lets go to weather, yeah. Go to weather. Wrap it up. I mean, that was a lot of sports. Good effort. Yeah. Wasnt that a lot of sports . It was a ton of sports. Viewers at home, tell you what you think. It was a big sports weekend. The alabama auburn thing was a big deal. Yeah, movement in the ap poll, alabamas on top now. Well get to that in morning joe. Thats all everyone wants. Read it for yourself, people at home and on the treadmill, im tired. You should be, that was a lot. Tired. A lot of football. Happy december. You ready . Back atcha, december 1st, here we go, locked and loaded. Lets get it on. Deck rating the tree, the house, its on. I dont want to, no. Go back to bed and rest. Bah, humbug. Yesterday, very warm. It was a Beautiful Day for everyone returning, we had that miserable storm on the east coast on that wednesday before thanksgiving. Yesterday was a nice day for everyone to return home. It was in the 50s. Were still very warm. That cold front is coming. It was frigid yesterday in the middle of the country. It remains very cold. Look at the windchills. Theyre in the negative 30 range in north dakota. So that cold air will eventually work its way into buffalo, pittsburgh, the northeast. Its a very warm morning. A few showers, not a lot of troublesome weather. If were going to have issues maybe tuesday night in new england. We could be looking at just a little bit of a wintry mix changing to rain. So for your first day of december, minneapolis, a high of only 6 degrees. Its a lot colder today. Yesterday was near 80 in dallas. Todays about 41. The biggest weather story this week is going to be the west coast. This is a good story. We of course still have this historic, one of the worst droughts in history in california. Significant rain late tonight, all day tomorrow, even as far south as the mountains around los angeles. This is exactly what we wanted to see. This is the beginning of their rainy season. It really starts in november, peaks december, january, february. So thomas, this is what we need. Big rains for california. Its a start. They need like ten of these storms. Then we get into the mudslide issue. Yes, but we need water. Waters good. Thanks so much. I wont be such a Debbie Downer for this monday. Youre struggling. Perk it up. I know, we need more caffeine. A red bull funnel. On morning joe, more from janay rices interview with matt lauer. What she has to say about her husband ray rice. Did he mislead Roger Goodell, the nfl commissioner . She answers that question. Plus the first daughters insulted on facebook. The heat is intensifying on this gop aide who posted these disparaging remarks saying that these teens belong ponied up to the bar. Were going to explain exactly what she meant, why she said it, and basically how she had to apologize for it. [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. Wow [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbells chunky soup. Its new chunky beerncheese with beef and bacon soup. I love it. And mama loves you. To help spread some holiday cheer. 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Dear sasha and malia, i get you body in those awful teenage years but youre part of the first family, try showing a little class, at least respect the part you play, then again your mother and father dont respect their positions very much or the nation for that matter so im guessing youre coming up a little short in the good role model department. Nevertheless, stretch yourself, rise to the occasion, act like being in the white house matters to you, dress like you deserve respect. Not a spot at a bar. Certainly dont make faces during televised public events. So that got out, got a lot of steam on social media. She later apologized saying in part, after many hours of prayer, talking to my parents, and rereading my words online, i can see more clearly just how hurtful my words were. She went on to say, pledge to learn and grow and i assure you i have from this experience. Pope francis wrapped up a trip to turkey where he met with the leader of orthodox christians. The pontiff didnt mince words when it came to the threat of isis calling their pursuit of grave sins against god. Richard angle has more on those details. After three days in turkey the pope left for rome. There were no security incidents, no major protests in a country that is 98 muslim. So the visit can only be considered a success. The pope left sounding more convinced than ever that isis must be stopped, stressing it to reporters on his plane. I wont soften the phrase, they are forcing christians to flee from the middle east. On his last day in istanbul the pontiff met with the leader of the worlds 250 million orthodox christians. For over 1,000 years, relations between the two churches have been tense, at times descending into war. B