i'm natalie allen. ahead this hour -- ♪ >> children brainwashed by isis. cnn's exclusive look inside an indoctrination camp run by the islamic militants. also ahead, this banker now charged in a gruesome killing at a hong kong high-rise. one of the victims found stuffed inside a suitcase. and later -- she spent the final chapter of her life fighting for the right to die. brittany maynard is now dead at the age of 29. we will get to her heart-wrenching story later this hour. thank you again for joining us. but we begin with isis. it has carried out another ghastly display of brutality, this time in iraq. we are going to show you pictures isis tweeted out, but we want to warn you they are graphic. the militants say they executed members of a sunni clan in anbar province west of baghdad. these pictures show the aftermath. a tribal leader says about 50 members were abducted early saturday. they're part of a sunni militia fighting isis in anbar. iraq says ice igs may have killed more than 300 members of th

natalie? >> you are right. u.s. air strikes have been pounding kobani, correct? and haven't been able to get isis out. do we have any idea how many isis fighters are there? you did mention that the peshmerga troops are well equipped. are they more heavily equipped than the isis militants? >> reporter: isis have a remarkable array they managed to steal. so, they have quite a remarkable amount of weapons, including humvees, all u.s. supplies. the peshmerga do have good weapons. we have no idea how many isis are in that particular city. we know the pentagon said, at one point, hundreds had been killed. the human rights put out a figure four or five days ago, 451 isis were being killed in the fight. they have thousands trying to secure kobani. it's a difficult task. the air power means they can't move in large convoys to resupply. we have to see what the next move is and what they bring with them, heavy weapons, truck-mounted machine guns. that could change the fight to some degree. natalie? >> we

absolutely, natalie. i mean the temperatures from a fahrenheit standpoint will get up to 108 degrees here tomorrow in brisbane but the chill around vladimir putin will certainly cool things down at this g-20 summit. if you just consider the welcome that the russian president received here in australia, the prime minister tony abbott only sent lower level members to meet him at the airport. he, you know, tony abbott in recent days said he wanted a shirt front, an australian football term, vladimir putin saying he wanted to basically lunge at vladimir putin and knock him off his feet which is essentially what shirt-fronting means and said in recent days he thinks putin wants to create the days of the soviet union and that's not all. the canadian prime minister stephen harper in his remarks to vladimir putin according to a spokesman for the canadian prime minister said he said, well, i guess i'll shake your hand but you need to get out of ukraine. those are the comments from stephen harper and then president

i'm natalie allen. ahead this hour, it is deadline day for talks over the future of iran's nuclear program. but both sides still appear to be far apart. plus a grand jury reconvenes monday in the shooting death of michael brown. we'll take you to ferguson, missouri to show you how the community is bracing for a decision in the case. and later -- >> we felt sick and we just -- >> we still feel sick. >> yeah. we just wanted that baby to know it was okay. >> tra >> trapped for days in a storm drain until bikers came by. now a newborn baby was able to survive. we will have that later in this hour. we begin in vienna. diplomats there coming down to the wire, trying to reach an agreement. on iran's nuclear program. negotiators gave themselves until monday. so far no signs of an agreement. joined by nic robertson. he's in vienna where the talks are going. and reza sayah is in tehran. nic, let's begin with you. how much time is left? >> reporter: 15 hours left. the talks are still going on in earnest, it appear

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natalie, it's a very important weekend and nice. we're lucky to have this great weather this morning, of course, one of the main attractions for the fall of the wall festivities is our own cnn trovant. the little girl is the daughter of our camera woman claudia, sophie and she's waving back. but behind me is the other main attraction which is, of course, the berlin wall, this is the east side gallery which is the longest remaining stretch of the berlin wall that is still standing turninged too an art gallery when artists simply came over here and started painting on the wall and it has survived until today and now is today one of the main attractions and next to that wall, you have those lanterns that you were talking about before that border of lights which is going to be lit up every evening and then on november 9th at precisely 7:20 p.m. local time those balloons will be released into the air because that was the exact moment when one of the members of the east germany politburo announced the wall was going to be open at that poi

i'm natalie allen. u.s. officials say more than a dozen federal investigators will be in california's mojave desert for about a week examining the huge eight-kilometer site of virgin galactic's spaceship disaster. the national transportation safety board says friday's flight was heavily documented with six cameras aboard the experimental craft when it suddenly broke apart high above the desert and crashed killing one pilot, injuring the other. still, the agency says it could actually take one year before its investigation is complete. >>> virgin galactic founder richard branson says the dream lives on and met with reporters saturday. here's some of what branson said. >> we are determined to find out what went wrong and we're working with the authorities to get that information. it is too early for me to add any details of the investigation at this stage. we've always known that commercial space travel is an incredibly hard project. we've been undertaking a comprehensive testing program for many years and saf

natal natalie. >> thanks so much. thank you all for sticking with us for this hour of special coverage. again, two americans are back home after being held in north korea and we will probably be learning more about their ordeal. kenneth bae stepping off the plane there just about an hour ago followed by matthew miller who had been detained since april. thank you for watching. cnn. be a weekender and book weekenour stay at hampton. ♪ >>> it's the weekend, and five women hit the road. like more than 10 million americans, we travel for our jobs. we're independent. we're providers. >> nothing is ever handed to you. i don't rely on any man to take care of me. >> wherever we go, we learn things. meet new people and hear their stories. >> i've met doctors and lawyers who want to tell me all their secrets. >> we get the job done. but only one of us keeps our

i'm natalie allen. iraqi military and tribal forces are battling isis militants in the city of ramadi. we're told at least 23 tribesmen and isis militants have died in the fighting. the battle is happening close to the main government complex in the province. >> reporter: a critical battle for ramadi, the capital of iraq's anbar province, is being fought with isis militants coming as close as a couple hundred meters from the government complex in the city which includes the military command for anbar. isis militants have cut off the main military supply line from the air base when they launched their offensive on friday. it was a coordinated attack on a number of areas. from talking to people in the city, including the deputy governor, the battle is fluid. while the army and tribes manage to put back isis from some of the areas, fighting is ongoing in the eastern suburb that's along the only military supply line into ramadi. isis controls almost all of anbar province, living the sunni territory to neigh

>> yeah, natalie, good morning. opec is basically in a bind between losing market share and its market share is already shrinking as you see, more oil being pumped online by the united states because of its own shale oil boom over there. and the other thing they have to consider is of course price. the pendulum swung definitely in favor of market share here because they decided to maintain their current pumping capacity at a ceiling of over 30 million barrels of oil a day for these 12 members here. they already pump a little more than that. they already have a tough time getting their members to police their own targets for the reasons that errol just mentioned there. because every extra bit of cash that comes into their revenues is badly needed. they definitely err on the side of market share to keep their momentum going, refusing to turn off some of these pumps but that's really difficult for a number of opec members. why? because they've been budgeting for the oil price and about $100 a barrel to balance their bu

natalie? >> thank you, craig. >>> we're learning more this morning about the man who opened fire thursday in the library at the university. the fsu graduate believed the government was targeting him for persecution. he apparently detailed that in journal and videos. may opened fire in the library's lobby, wounding three people. officers shot him dead outside the library after he refused to put down his weapon and shot at one of the officers. >>> another arrest at the white house thursday night. a michigan woman was spotted walking along the north fence of the white house with a gun in a holster. she was taken into custody. it comes just a day after an iowa man was arrested after agents found a rifle and a knife in his car. >>> protests turned violent in mexico city thursday night. thousands of people took to the streets to rally against the government's handling of the apparent massacre of 43 college students. gasoline bombs and fireworks were thrown at riot police, who responded with tear gas

natalie? >> fighting words. peter alexander in washington, thank you very much. >>> staggering numbers this morning about child homelessness in the u.s. homelessness among children is at its highest level ever with one child in every 30 without a place to call home. the report by the national center on family homelessness says nearly 2.5 million children in america were homeless at some point last year. >>> a cruise ship docked in los angeles is undergoing a thorough scrub down this morning after hundreds of people got sick with the norovirus. some of the passengers started feeling sick a few days into the trip. the captain enacted strict sanitation measures to try to keep the virus from spreading. >>> a big showdown sunday night between two of the nfl's best quarterbacks, new england's tom brady and indianapolis' andrew luck. brady threw two touchdown passes in the second half and gray added four touchdown runs for the pass. they would go on to win it 42-20. new england now owns the afc's best record at 8-2. li

the key issue according to americans right now, natalie, is washington gridlock and the economy. tonight could be a long one. we could be going to overtime in some places. decision 2014 may not be done until 2015. >> results are in at 10:00, 9:00 central time right here on nbc. >>> new details this morning about the moments leading up to friday's crash of the virgin galactic spacecraft in the

the key issue according to americans right now, natalie, is washington gridlock and the economy. tonight could be a long one. we could be going to overtime in some places. decision 2014 may not be done until 2015. >> results are in at 10:00, 9:00 central time right here on nbc. >>> new details this morning about the moments leading up to

hosted the skyscraper walk. >> willie, natalie, how are you guys doing? >> nik, we're doing great. you look amazing out there. you look -- >> i can hardly hear you, natalie, but thank you for saying that i look amazing. so do you. so blessed for these opportunities. god is so good. you guys watching think i'm crazy, but this is what i was made for. >> and he didn't stop there. he turned around and did a second high wire walk, this time blindfolded. in an interview afterwards, he said he was shaking during the stunt. wallenda said he would have walked a little slower if the wind hadn't been blowing in his face. that is courage. >>> no word yet into what caused virgin galactic's deadly accident, but federal officials are starting to put together a timeline. the ntsb acting chairman says the device called the feathering system was activated before the experimental spaceship reached the sea. it lifts and rotates the tail of the spaceship to create drag. investigators used one of the cameras inside the cockpit to make that determination. >> in review of that c

natalie azar is here with a closer look. good morning, natalie. >> good morning, natalie. thank you. here is what's intriguing about this study. it was sfepecifically looking a whether taking a baby aspirin, if you at risk for heart disease, diabetes or hypertension but never had a heart attack or stroke before, could taking a baby aspirin prevent that primary event? it was discontinued early, after five years, because the study authors could not find a significant difference between the aspirin group and the placebo group in the composite end point of death from any cardiovascular cause as well as nonfatal heart attack and nonfatal stroke. take-home message, baby aspirin may not be good at preventing a primary, first event in people at risk. more research needs to be done. this is not about people who have already had a heart attack. we do recommend a baby aspirin for those individuals. >> dr. natalie azar, great information. thank you. >> thank you. >>> let's get another check of the weather with dylan in for al, in erie, pennsylvania. >> announcer: "today's" weather is

. >> all right, natalie, thank you, mr. roker. >>> a quick look at our forecast. 23 are watching heavy wind make its way from california up to the pacific northwest. they need that, rain in east texas. we are watching a severe weather system that may be out breaking later this weeken earning unlimited cash back on purchases. that's a win. but imagine earning it twice. introducing the citi® double cash card. it lets you earn cash back twice, once when you buy and again as you pay. it's cash back. then cash back again. and that's a cash back win-win . the citi double cash card. the only card that lets you earn cash back twice on every purchase with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay. with two ways to earn, it makes a lot of other cards seem one-sided. >>> this morning, clouds will clear out and we'll see lots of sunshine. but the winds pick up this afternoon. so after we peak in the lower 40s this afternoon, the colder air starts moving in. you'll really feel it tonight. and by tomorrow morning, 25 degrees. just 36 tomorrow a

how did it feel, natalie? >> it wasn't as gut wrenching as the grand canyon walk. >> i was astonish ed he's sit tlg, talking to you and willie. >> took a selfei. it was incredible. he was trying to talk to us. i was like, nik, focus. it's a little thin wire, less than an inch thick in front of you. >> how cold was it up there? >> freezing but i'm sure much colder for him. >> exactly. we'll check back in in a moment with nik. we're going to ask him what he might do for an encore. he will join us live in a few. >>> big holiday deals are already being rolled out. should you jump at them now or will they get bigger the closer we get to christmas? we'll talk about that. first this is "today" on nbc. ryan costello went into politics. in 2001, doctor manan trivedi joined the marines. trivedi served as a battlefield surgeon in iraq. costello served himself by voting to raise his own pay. and while trivedi cared for patients in pennsylvania, costello gave millions in government contracts to his campaign contributors -e

natalie? >> right. it's like they needed yet another issue to do this and cause more violence and tension and anger. what do we know about the controversial rabbi that sparked this and how he's doing? is he expected to recover? >> reporter: well we're still waiting for an update from hospital officials as to his condition today. as of yesterday hospital officials gave a press briefing in which they seemed optimistic about his prognosis. they characterized him as being in serious by stable condition. he underwent a surgery yesterday on his abdomen for intestinal issues. hospital officialing say he could possibly have another surgery next week, though they didn't say why. but they say it is possible he could make a full recovery. >> thank you. live in jerusalem. >>> up next here in our coverage, halloween at the pro-democracy protest site in hong kong brings out a notorious dictator. ouncer ] are you so stuffed up, you feel like you're underwater? try zyrtec-d® to powerfully clear your blocked nose and r

i'm natalie alan. a space ship crashed friday in southern california. branson's company says the experimental spaceship 2 suffered a serious in flight anomaly breaking apart high above the mohave dessert. it had just separated from the plane that carried it up 15,000 meters on the test flight. one pilot who was killed, the other who managed to parachute to the ground was seriously injured. ceo george whiteside said they are very sad. >> space is hard and today was a tough day. future rests in many ways on hard, hard days like this, but we believe we owe it to the folks who were flying these vehicles as well as the folks who have been working so hard on them to understand this and move forward, which is what we'll do. >> virgin galactic founder said we've always known the road to space is extremely difficult and everything transportation system has to do with bad days early in their history. investigators will now try to determine exactly what caused friday's deadly tragedy. more on that from cnn's tom foreman. >> reporter: ground control lost contact wi

i'm willie, along with al, natalie and tamron. i have an interesting new study to tell you all about. >> really? >> new research that your most significant birthday -- you probably think it's 20, 30r, 40 50. >> right. >> it's actually the birthdays that end in nine. >> so right before. >> you're more likely to take a hard look at your life, take action because you feel 30, 40 or 50 coming. >> who did the research? >> probably an australian group. i'm 39. >> you're 39? >> are you doing that? are you taking a hard look. >> before you turn 40? >> no. i have a few months before i turn 40. i wouldn't call it that significant yet. >> but they say 39, this is when you say i want to run a marathon by the time i'm 40. >> i'm not running a marathon if that's what you're trying to push me to do, natalie. it's not going to happen. >> what are you doing? he's just being willie. >> you believe that study? >> no, i do not. i'm 44. when i turned 40, those milestone birthdays were for me. 25. that's the only other age outside of 30, 4025. 25 i sai

back to you. >> natalie, thank you very much. pence, we are checking out some of the best toys for your children for the holiday season, courtesy of sammy and max. >> they are making some of the most educational toys out there, what to add to your kids' christmas list. check them out. >> and affordable, by the way, which is really good. we got much more >>> you're watching today in the bay. >> a very good morning to you. it is 8:26 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. happening now, a live look at the port of oakland. it and all bay area ports are shut down following the death of a worker last night. trucks are being turned away at all ports, long shore workers staying off the job for 24 hours, pending a safety review. >>> pg&e may learn today what kind of penalty it will face from improper e-mails sent to the puc. those private messages were sent by a now-fired pg&e vice president. >>> now a morning commute with mike. how's it looking? >> starting to back off as far as the volume goes. this is thursday before thanksgiving week, t

i'm natalie allen. hugs, tears, and words of thanks. this was the scene of washington state about three hours ago as two americans imprisoned in north korea return to the u.s. kenneth bae, seen here, had been held for more than two years. matthew todd miller had been detained since april. they were freed after u.s. director of national intelligence james clapper flew to pyongyang the capital at the north's invitation. clapper carried with him a letter from u.s. president barack obama for north korean leader kim jong un. kenneth bae expressed his gratitude at a news conference shortly after he landed in the u.s. >> i just want to say thank you all for supporting me and standing by me during this time. and it's been just amazing to see so many people involved getting me released for the last two years, and not to mention the thousands of people that have been praying for me as well. so i just want to say thank you all for supporting me, lifting me up and not forgetting me. at the same time not forgetting

i'm natalie allen. ahead this hour, president barack obama, takes immigration reform into his own hands. >> we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. we were strangers once, too. and whether our forbearers were strangers that crossed the atlantic, the pacific, or the rio grande, we are only here because this country welcomed them in. >> an emotional appeal from the president for his executive action. details on what's in the plan. and personal stories from the people it will affect. >>> also, what congress plans to do about it. we'll dig into republican claims that mr. obama is overstepping his authority. >>> also ahead, word that the police officer involved in the shooting death of michael brown plans to resign. we'll see how the community is preparing for a possible grand jury decision on friday. >>> we begin in washington, where u.s. president barack obama, has unveiled his executive order to overhaul immigration. it would allow as many as 5 million people to stay in the u.s., offering them l

i'm natalie allen. our top story, a u.s. defense official says new air strikes in syria appear to have killed a key member of the al qaeda-linked khorasan group. david drugeon is described as a french jihadist and skilled bomb maker. sources say he has been developing explosives to be smuggled on to airplanes. officials believe he has also been helping move fighters to and from europe and plotting attacks in europe. air strikes targeting drugeon back in september failed. cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank explanation what may have changed. >> suggesting the united states has very good intelligence about the movements of khorasan operatives, particularly of drugeon suggests they either have a guy inside the group or near the fringes of the group, or they were able to pick up specific electronic transmissions indicating their movements. >> drugeon is believed to have been in a vehicle hit in a series of five strikes in sarmada. official says the strikes destroyed several khorasan buildings, including a suspected bomb facto

natalie? >> richard engel in erbil, iraq thank you. >>> a suicide bomber killed at least 48 people this morning and wounded about 80 others at a school assembly in northeastern nigeria. a teacher said the bomber was dressed as a student and that most of the victims were young people. the school is in an area often targeted by boko haram rebels who are notorious for their kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in nigeria. >>> a prominent minister and his wife were among the nine people killed when their plane went down on an approach to grand bahama island. it took off from nassau and tried to land in freeport. it collided with a construction crane at a shipyard. pastor miles monroe and his wife ruth were killed in the crash. monroe was a well-known author and leadership consultant in the bahamas. >>> and new information this morning on that massive recall of general motors ignition switches "the wall street journal's" reporting that gm ordered a half million replacement ignition switches to fix

the victim, natalie bree hajac. richardson said she followed her out there. natalie asked her to quiet down her child who was throwing a fit. >> she came to the side of me and told me not to tell her child what to document do. i asked you very nicely to calm down your child just a little bit. >> natalie, also admits that she also told her to go to hell. the punches knocked three of her teeth loose. >>> tonight, 49ers defensive end ray mcdonald says he is ready to move on. this is the first time we have heard from him since the da dropped the domestic violence charges. >> i know what kind of guy i was and the upbringing i have. i respect women. i knew the truth would come out. it was weighing on my mind a little bit. because you know. all this stuff that people were saying about me that i know wasn't true. it sucks man, it sucks having people saying this stuff about you when you know it is not true. i had to keep my mouth shut and let the whole process play out. >> prosecutors say there is not enough evidence to show he assaulted his pregnant fiance. >>> china

willie, over to you. >> natalie, thanks a lot. if shopping is not for you today, maybe you want to catch a movie. there are a lot of premieres today and throughout the holiday season. deciding which one to see can be harder than finding the perfect gift. dave, always good to see you. >> great to see you, too. >> this is a good collection of movie. >> there's something for everybody. you can't always say that. >> no. >> let's break it down to categories. sequels and "horrible bosses 2" is the first one. >> one of my favorite comedies of the last couple of years. jason bateman, jason sudekis, charlie day and jennifer aniston steals her scenes because she plays a very sexually inappropriate character. it's fun to hear the dialogue coming out of her mouth. and the battle of the five armys, a series that's been doing so much business, it's made $2 billion. >> wow! >> the first two movies have. peter jackson, also "lord of the rings" film. it's more action orient ed, little more dangerous maybe than from the other ones. it's grth be a g

natalie phillips is on the job and living her dream. >> great to see you again. >> reporter: she said her god given gift is cleaning. >> i love to clean. i love it. >> reporter: natalie who studied finance at temple university started paradise cleaning ten years ago but she says that she nearly gave up suffering from not only the recession but the pain of an abusive relationship. >> it made me lose myself. i was literally lost like lost. >> the one thing that domestic violence does is it kind of leaves a scar, it makes you you feel that you can't. >> reporter: malika gave natalie the lift that she needed. malika oversees pathways to independence, business coaching for domestic violence victims a free eight week program. >> part of what the program does in addition to helping them learn how to develop a business plan, and to help them kind of create a platform for their business is to help them to regain their wholeness. >> reporter: natalie hook up with mentors to prove her business outreach and is landing bigger commercial contracts. man linda engel, one of natalie's long time client

good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning to you. you better believe there are people watching us, eyeing their spot to camp out for the black friday door buster deals. this season, there may be a reason you don't have to. >> that pre-dawn crush is as much a part of our thanksgiving tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie. could that black friday stampede for deals be a thing of christmas past? this season, retailers are trying to entice shoppers with supersize sales over an entire week him wal-mart is stretching its discounts from one day to five. target is proposing holiday deals starting the sunday before thanksgiving. >> i'm always ab sales. i usually don't pay full price for anything. >> reporter: if you to the battling those black friday crowds earned you the best bargain, the experts don't buy it. >> the fact is some stores are advertising door buster deals that, frankly, they've promoted previously or plan to promote later in the season. >> reporter: take this 50-inch rca tv at k-mart, according to the website nerd wallet it will

the victim natalie richardson told us that the woman followed her out there after the two argued in the checkout line. natalie had asked her to quiet down her child who was throwing a fit. >> she came to the side of me and told me to the to tell her child what to do and i said i didn't tell her what to do i asked her to calm down her child. >> natalie admits that she also told the woman to go to hell. the punches knocked three of her teeth loose. terry is facing felony battery charges. >>> aaa jump-started the holiday giving season in san francisco. one of its trucks pulled up at glide with dozens of donated turkeys in tow. glide says it's a great start but they need at least 1500 turkeys to get through the holiday. they are also looking for hundreds of happens and 500 volunteers to help prepare and serve all that food. >> we want the whole bay area to pitch in and say we are ready and we are going to show that you we're ready by stepping up and stepping in and helping the people who are really in need. >> glide's annual turkey dinner starts at 10:00 thanksgiving morning and they expect

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good morning, natalie. a ground breaking show took over saturday night hooking viewers with steamy sauna room scenes and keeping them there with story lines of heart, humor and drama. from steamy confessionals to over-the-stop story lines. >> oh, my gosh, i'm going to shoot up frankie's we hadding with a shotgun. >> to heartwarming reminders that no matter what, family comes first. >> these are the memories, the moments, the celebrations that make us a family. >> sisters captivated audiences for six seasons with the complicated lives of four very different women. alex, the eldest played by swoosie kurtz, teddy played by sela ward, georgie played by patricia kalember and frankie, the baby of the family, played by julianne phillips. all back together for the first time in 18 years. >> being here with these guys again today. >> i know. sorry, i have a little lump in my throw. i just can't even believe it. >> yeah. that's fine. >> i can't even believe it. >> sciola, swoosie, patricia and jeeliane didn't miss a

natalie? >> chris jansing at the white house. thank you, chris. >>> kidnapped by al qaeda, free this morning after a raid in yemen. they also freed several yemeni hostages. yemen is home to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and is regarded as one of the most active branches of the terror network. >>> university of virginia's governing board will hold a meeting to discuss the school's sexual assault policyies, in th wake of a "rolling stone" article in an alleged gang rape. the university has temporarily banned fraternity activities. >>> tornado tearing across the field near dundee, south africa. pictures like this one are popping up all over social media sites. no injuries reported here but several homes damaged in that storm. that is just a huge force of nature there in south africa. >> it's summertime down there now. they get violent thunderstorms. 20 homes actually badly damaged. >>> we got the holiday rush coming up. how is that looking? >> it's not looking great. especially here in the no

natalie? >> ron allen in ferguson. >> weekend "today" sheinelle jones is here with breaking news out of texas this morning. >> yes. a gunman is dead after a shootout with police on the downtown streets of austin, texas. the suspect was shooting at police headquarters and other nearby buildings. he was shot and killed by police. police still aren't sure about the motive. no one else was injured in the incident. >>> some dramatic video this morning of two new york boys being can pulled to safety after being buried in a snow bank for several hours. a plow operator inadvertently pushed snow over their fort norkts realizing they were there. >> the snow was probably six or seven feet tall. >> early thanksgiving morning, captured on a cell phone camera, shows police and residents frantically digging out two boys buried in snow for hours in subfreezing hours. >> wasn't thinking much, just trying to get to the kids. >> police say the cousins, ages 9 and 11, were building a fort when a plow driver, clea

let's get a check of the top stories from natalie. natalie? >> thanks, guys. once again in the news, history being made today as the landing probe dropped from the rosetta spacecraft headed toward its rendezvous with a speeding comet. cheers erupted after the probe separated after an earlier glitch. it's mission to help gather gases and chemicals on the comet that could help us learn about our solar system. >>> at least seven states in the midwest and rocky mountains had single digit temperatures overnight. friday, mild weather in cities like atlanta, new york, boston will give way to temperatures in the 30s and 40s and more than half a foot of snow could fall in the great lakes region. >>> the search for a dog that missed its flight has entered its second week. his owner says the dog disappeared before a delta airlines flight from los angeles to tampa and he wants some answers. >> i think of him as a big teddy bear basically. he's the friendliest dog i've ever met. >> reporter: hoping his best friend, ty, turns up soon. >> on my mind 24/7. >> reporter: he pur

this has been going for quite a while, natalie. the trial has been over three years, people waiting to see what the outcome will be. initially he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, which in egypt means 25 years. and mubarak in his 80s, that would mean he'd spend the rest of his life in jail. but he was moved to a military hospital because of health issues and more recently, really in the past few months, we've seen pictures popping up on social media, him posing with people, taking pictures, looking a lot healthier. the feeling today outside the courthouse, there are people there supporting the former president and also people against him. the people supporting him believe he'll be acquitted. they say there's no hard evidence to pin him and that there will be acquittal. talking to the other side, there are people who believe that he will be acquitted too. they say the way the government is going, a president from the military is in power, they will be they'll be lenient. talking to others, they hope god's justice wil

is that what you do, natalie? >> because that's johnny depp. >> i am going to call you out for that. >> good try. >> you know what? he's eccentric. >> he is. >> he is but that's not what you thought when you saw that video. >> no. >> no. >> i love eccentric johnny depp. >> by the way, that mike was really weird, the microphone. >> oh, my gosh! >> somebody has to defend the guy. >> the next time you get -- the next time you get an award, willie and i are stumbling out like that. >> it might be more fun that way. everybody had a good laugh over here. >> except for shepp gordon. >> oh, my gosh. i mentioned mike myers directed the documentary. he was asked about it afterwards. he said it was, quote, very rock 'n' roll. >> very pirates of the caribbean. it's a lot of things. but eccentric is not -- >> it was a weird mike, says natalie. that's the quote of the day. >> eccentric mike, too. >>> so what's in a kiss? this may gross you out a little bit. how much bacteria do you think is transferred when you kiss someone? we

. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. from a city still reeling from a massac massacre, the worst here in six years and fearful, braced really for more trouble, fearful that there could be more copycat attacks. at the synagogue where many survived a mass murder, they prayed again this morning. bullet holes the only reminder of the horror here that took the lives of four worshippers. they have been buried. the fear here remains. and the grief. three of the dead were american. one the son of a prominent family of boston rabbis. israel's prime minister, demolition of a home of a palestinian involved in a previous attack. yesterday's killings were carried out by two cousins, who police say had no criminal record and acted alone. they were shot dead by police. one of the policeman hit in the gun battle later died of his injuries. clashes between police and protesters followed the attack. but the violence that has scarred jerusalem for months now is random. israeli authorities are struggling to find ring leaders and to contain

i'm natalie allen. and we begin with news the united states is preparing to accept another ebola patient from west africa. he is a doctor who became infected in sierra leone although it is not clear if he was treating ebola patients at the time. the surgeon is a sierra leone national and is married to a u.s. citizen and they have children. the surgeon will arrive in nebraska this weekend if his condition is stable enough to allow travel. the surgeon will be admitted in omaha to the unit where two other patients were successfully treated. the staff there says they're ready. >> we hope this patient is stable enough, healthy enough where they can get him to us and hopefully we can do what we have been doing with the last two patients and care for them appropriately. >> sierra leone has seen more than 5300 cases of ebola and more than a thousand deaths. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen talked with cnn's anderson cooper about the u.s.'s track record so far. >> eight patients have lived, one h

>> natalie had a three musketters. actually she only had 1 1/2. >> you better go run a marathon. >> that fun size is never enough. >> you were up until 4:00 am covering the election. >> i left the building at 2:00 am. >> incredible night. >> yeah, it was. >> a political standpoint. republicans had a crazy night. >> good thing if you dozed off tom brokaw was awake. >> providing inside analysis during the election and then this happens. >> could that be me? >> no. it's not you. it's something ambient. >> no, i'm afraid it is, unfortunately. the alarm goes off and there you are. >> i thought that was -- i thought you were a fire. yeah. >> yes, i will remember to bring home the milk. and don't worry about it. and i'll feed the dog in the morning. just sleep in. it's going to be okay. i'm sorry. >> throwing meredith brokaw under the bus. >> his ringer is like an air raid siren. >> finally, deborah said no. stop it. >> it's annoying. >> it is. but it wakes you up. it does the job. 2:15 in the morning you are up. >> you think

natalie and willie? >> dylan, thank you. >>> when it comes to money, mistakes can cost you big time. the best thing to do is learn from other people. >> the biggest money eras people make in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s and advice on how to fix them or avoid them all together. rachel cruz is the author of &2ñ "smart money smart kids." good to see you this morning. >> good to see you guys. >> these look very familiar. whipper snappers in their 20s, not getting serious about student loans. >> that's right. students have taken out loans, graduate and keep them around for a long time. i want you to get serious. i want you to sacrifice your lifestyle. live on a budget. pay off your student loans as quickly as possible. >> how do you avoid new debt at that age? >> avoiding all new debt. stay away from the credit cards. remember if you're in your 20s, you're not in your 50s. some may want to live like their parents. don't go out to eat all the time and take the fancy vacations. live below your mean. >> don

one bake ry called natalie's cakes and more owned bay woman named natalie duh beaus. she was already facing a pretty tough year because of all these protests and on monday night her shop was completely ransacked. it was looted. so she actually set up a crowd funding campaign online to raise donations and she is quite successful. as you can see in just a couple days she raised over $5,000 donations to an amount of about $170,000 to be able to rebuild her shop. >> and today is thanksgiving in the u.s. what do you have for us? >> yes. thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks and traditionally a time to have a family gathering around a large meafment it can sometimes be a little awkward though, and you can -- it can turn into an obstacle course. >> don't argue over dinner. >> because sometimes it can be about argument over politics and religion. >> slate has the solution. it says don't argue. instead of that solve these conundrums. other debate to takes are perhaps more fun. there's a long list of them. but if you were condemned to be a tree or a fish, which would you rat

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm errol barnett. here are the top headlines we're following for you right now. >> president barack obama has put forward america's most sweeping immigration reform in decades, and all by executive order. his plan offers some five million undocumented immigrants temporary protection from deportation. >> this was the chaotic scene in mexico city just a few hours ago. the demonstrators gathered to protest the government's response to the disappearance of 43 students. police used fire-extinguishers who disperse some protesters who they say threw molotov cocktails in front of the national palace. >>> with japan in a recession, prime minister shinzo abe has set up elections december 14. days ago, he said he'll day plans for a second sales tax increase due next year. he'll delay that until 2017. now back to our top story. president obama's immigration order caps years of bitter debate in congress. he called on lawmakers when he first became president and again when he was re-elected two years ago. mr. obama

natalie. >> bill neely, thank you. the secret service in the hot seat on capitol hill today acting director joseph clancey will answer questions from lawmakers about a series of recent security lapses at the white house. some lawmakers expressed concerns over procedures regarding the secret service's mission to protect the first family. >> republicans in the senate are promising democrats they haven't heard the last of the keystone xl oil pipe line, a vote to approve the project fell short in the u.s. senate tuesday night, all 45 republicans backed the controversial project but only 14 democrats voted yes. senate republicans say they will bring the bill back up for a vote in the next congress when they will have the votes to pass it. >> and playing in the snow not just for kids or poler bears, this is one of the two giant pandas at the toronto zoo on loan from china. might not be used to all of the wintry weather but seems to love every minute of it. the zoo cameras catching him sledding down the hill over and over aga

natalie phillips is on the job and living her dream. >> great to see you again. >> reporter: she said her god given gift is cleaning. >> i love to clean. i love it. >> reporter: natalie who studied finance at temple university started paradise cleaning ten years ago but she says she nearly gave up suffering from not only the recession but the pain of an abusive relationship. >> it made me lose myself. i was literally lost like lost, the one thing that domestic violence does is it kind of leaves a scar, makes you feel thaw can. >> reporter: malika gave natalie the lift she needed. malika oversees pathways to independent, business coaching for domestic violence victims a free eight week program. >> part of what the program does in addition to helping them learn how to develop a business plan and to help them kind of create a platform for their business is to help them to regain their wholeness. >> reporter: natalie hook up with mentors and improved her business outreach and is landing bigger commercial contracts, melynn a angle one of her long time client say she's thrill. >> such a sma

abby, good morning. >> good morning, natalie. you know, it takes such incredible courage and loyalty to step up and serve. we owe so much of our freedom and safety to members of our u.s. military who risk their lives each and every day. we also need to remember their families who are sometimes overlooked but in many ways making sacrifices, too. ♪ >> they were so much alike in so many ways. >> reporter: comrades and best friends, now side by side at arlington national cemetery. >> they pushed each other a lot to be better. >> reporter: navy s.e.a.l. brendan luney and travis mannion were roommates at the u.s. naval academy. they became inseparable, two peas in a pod. travis was sent off to serve in iraq. there he was tragically cut down by a sniper in 2007. his best friend was understandably devastated. >> he was a great friend and i miss him. >> reporter: three years later, he, too, was killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan. retired marine colonel tom mannion is travis's father. he considers the young men brothers forever.