. >> quijano: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm elaine quijano. happy thanksgiving. it has come this year with a serving of weather headaches. a storm in the northeast knocked out power to at least 338,000 homes and businesss. snow and ice made driving dangerous, and flying? nearly 1,000 flights were delayed or canceled. more now from katie brace from cbs boston station wbz. >> reporter: the first major storm of the season dropped as much as a foot of heavy, wet snow, taking down trees and power lines. airports already slammed by 700 cancellations yesterday were struggling to catch up. many of those lucky enough to get home for the holiday arrived only to find a cold and dark welcome. 200,000 here in new hampshire alone are without power, and it could be several days before crews get to some hard-hit rural areas. many were forced to improvise their thanksgiving plans. no electricity at home at newlyweds patti kenyon and her husband dined at whole foods. >> it's our first thanksgiving together, and i'm sure we won't forget this one. >> reporter: marc nozell support us

and elaine quijano on an honor at the capitol for a teenager whose murder helped inspire the civil rights movement. >> what goes through your mind when you see that? >> it doesn't go through my mind. it goes through my heart. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: good evening. the tension in the st. louis area is rising as a state grand jury gets closer to a decision on whether to indict ferguson police officer darren wilson in the fatal shooting of michael brown. today the governor declared a state of emergency and authorized the national guard to help keep the peace when that decision comes in. dean reynolds is at the courthouse in clayton, missouri. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> >> reporter: in 25-degree weather, protesters marched near the st. louis county courthouse today, where grand juries will soon make their decision known. >> 21 days and still no justice. >> deray mckesson is a protest organizer. >> we're helping people learn how to peacefully protest and disrupt systems and daily life here i

. >> quijano: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm elaine quijano. ray rice has not played a town this season, but he can claim a big win over the nfl and commissioner roger goodell. today, an arbitrator overturned rice's indefinite suspension for knocking out his then-fiance, calling the nfl's actions arbitrary. rice is now cleared to play if he can find a team willing to sign him. bob orr is following the story. >> what are you going to tell them? >> reporter: ray rice was suspended by the nfl and cut by the baltimore ravens for an incident that happened in an atlantic city hotel in february. this surveillance tape surfaced showing rice dragging his then-fiance janay palmer unconscious from an elevator. in a hearing, rice admitted to nfl commissioner roger goodell he had hit palmer during an argument. goodell suspended rice for two games and fined him more than $500,000. but in september, a second, more-graphic videotape emerged. this videoed in the elevator clearly showed rice hitting palmer, sending her to the floor. commissioner goodell, who cla

and elaine quijano on an honor at the capitol for a teenager whose murder helped inspire the civil rights movement. >> what goes through your mind when you see that? >> it doesn't go through my mind. it goes through my heart. captioning sponsored by cbs

and elaine quijano on an honor at the capitol for a teenager whose murder helped inspire the civil rights movement. >> what goes through your mind when you see that? >> it doesn't go through my mind. it goes through my heart. captioning sponsored by cbs

and elaine quijano on an honor at the capitol for a teenager whose murder helped inspire the civil rights movement. >> what goes through your mind when you see that? >> it doesn't go through my mind. it goes through my heart. captioning sponsored by cbs

elaine quijano takes a look. >> reporter: in 2007, when adam lanza was 14, the report says the yale child study center diagnosed pronownd emotional disabilities and offered him a treatment plan. but adam resisted, and his mother, nancy lanza, did not force him to go. a concerned clinician e-mailed his father saying, "i told him he's living in a box right now, and the box will only get smaller over time if he doesn't get some treatment." in an audio webcast today, the author said this was a lost opportunity. >> working with the mental health system in that case could have provided actually a great deal of help for the whole family and not just for adam. >> reporter: instead, lanza was athrowd sit in his room, playing violent video games for months. he was obsessed with mass killers, and although diagnosed with anxiety and extreme obsessive compulsive disorder, he refused to take any medication and received no mental health treatment at all after 2008. he was allowed to be home schooled but was rarely checked by school officials. >> he was really withdrawing from the world, but mrs. lanza's

elaine quijano shows us the settlement could benefit authors and amazon commerce. good morning. >> that's correct. some say that's given the company tremendous power to negotiate tough terms with publishers. authors say watching this symbolizes the big bat the book business. the fight between amazon and the publishing company hachette which featured popular authors is now in the books. in a joint statement amazon and hachette announced a multi-contract how they should be pried and how they should set the price. they'll give incentives to keep the price low. he said sales of his new book "blue lab rinneth" were affected by amazon's elaborate decision when the two companies kaud. agree it. >> they often have pages that would ee drelktd buyers to another book. >> he has used his popular comedy show to mock the ongoing fight. >> i'll tell you what, amazon. i've got a little pack an for you. wait a second. here it is. >> reporter: it's giving it significant leverage in negotiations. it affects hard cover sales which in turn hurt bookstores. >> they want bookstores to ex

elaine quijano is here with more. good morning. >> good morning. two cousins went out to build a snow fort but when they didn't come back hours later, the family got worry. that's when residents went out on a frantic search to find them. dramatic video shows police officers and neighbors digging to save two young boys. the two had been trapped for hours under 7 feet of snow. >> all i seen was his leg. she was like all right, he's there, he's there, he was saying, mommy, mommy. >> reporter: they were playing across the street from the apartment complex they were staying. their parents called and they were recovered just before midnight. >> somebody heard the muffled sound of the kids under the snow and they were digging them out. >> the boys were dug out by 17 rescue workers and relatives who used shu ed shovels and their b hands. >> when i left at 5:30, the snow plow was out here. he started plowing already. i don't know. he probably accident see them. >> the boys were alert when they were found. they were taken to the hospital to be treated. one o

elaine quijano shows us the settlement could benefit authors and amazon customers. elaine, good morning. >> that's correct. amazon has dominated the e-book market for years and some say that's given the company tremendous power to negotiate tough terms with publishers. authors watching this fight say it sill bombizes the bigger battle over the future of book business. the fight between amazon and the publishing company hachette which represents popular authors like j.k. rowling and james patterson is now in the books. in a joint statement amazon and hachette announced a multiyear contract ending a drawn-out dispute over how e-books should be priced and how to split the profit. both sides say the deal allows the publisher to set the prices of their e-books while also giving them an incentive to keep prices low for amazon shoppers. >> i was very relieved. >> reporter: best-selling author doug preston says sales of his new book "blue libabyrinth" were affected by amazon's elaborate decision >> they often have pages that would try to redirect buyers to other books. >> r

elaine quijano is here with that story. >> reporter: good morning. the two cousins, 9 and 11 years old, went out to build a snow fort yesterday. when they didn't come back hours later, their family got worried. residents pulled together and went on a frantic search to find them. >> trapped in a snowbank, two babies. >> reporter: dramatic video captured early thursday shows police officers and neighbors digging to save two young boys. the two had been trapped for hours under a seven-foot mound of snow. >> all i seen was the feet. the little boy's feet was hanging. >> reporter: the cousins had been playing in the snow in a parking lot opposite the apartment complex where they were staying wednesday night. their parents searched the area and called police to report them missing just before midnight. >> the dog was parking. it took the attention to where these children were at. somebody heard the muffled sounds of the kids under the snow. people were screaming for shovels. >> reporter: the boys were dug out by 17 rescue workers and relatives who used sho

elaine quijano sat down with a happy and significantly thinner pair. >> good morning. bill and crysta anderson used to weigh nearly 800 pounds combined. worried about their health and motivated by family they each decided to get bariatric surgeries that would reduce the size of their stomachs. this morning they leave for their money moon. a moment they both thought a few years ago night never happen. >> i knew that one day my weight was going to be what was going to kill me. >> reporter: for bill and crysta anderson losing weight was a necessity. >> i knew that i would get diabetes. the road i was headed down that i would definitely meet those n obstacles in my life. >> i was very tired all the time because of sleep apnea and high blood pressure and it was always a constant like fight to feel rested. >> were you always heavy or was this something that developed as you became older? >> as a youth i actually played basketball through high school and through junior college. >> reporter: they met at local hospital in 2008 where they attended a support group for people who

elan quijano sat down with a happy and significantly thinner pair. elaine good morning. >> bill and crysta anderson used to weigh more than 800 pounds combined. worried about their health and motivated by their families they each decided to get bear yat tick surgery that would reduce the size of their item pick. bill in 2008, crysta in 2009. this morning, they leave for their honeymoon, a moment they thought would never happen. for bill and crysta anderson, losing weight was a necessity. >> i knew i would get heart disease. i knew i would get diabetes. the road i was headed down i would meet those obstacles. >> i lived a life where i was very tired all the time. sleep apnea and high blood pressure. it was really the constant, like, fight to feel rested. >> were you always heavy? or was this something that developed as you became older? >> as a youth, i actually played basketball through high school and junior college. >> reporter: they met at a local hospital in 2008 where they attended a support group for people who had or were considering bariatric