Face in the News: Looking ahead on Ferguson, immigration
WASHINGTON (CBS News) - Protests in Ferguson, Missouri, quieted down over the Thanksgiving holiday, but tensions on both sides are simmering after a week of unrest in the streets---and across the nation.
Last week, a grand jury there declined to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who fatally shot unarmed teen Michael Brown back in August. Benjamin Crump, attorney for the Brown family said Sunday on 'Face The Nation" that the family is considering a wrongful death civil suit against the officer.
"The family greatly wanted to have the killer of their unarmed son held accountable. They really would look at every legal avenue," he told Norah O'Donnell, who filled in for Bob Schieffer on Sunday.
Crump also said the Brown family wants a new law that would require "every police officer in every American city" to wear body cameras so that future incidents could be prevented. His comments were covered by Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, The Hill and the International Business Times.
Later in the program, we spoke to two future senators: Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.). They were both elected in the November midterms and will be sworn in early next year.
Tillis unseated incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan in a close race - one of eight seats the GOP picked up. But the senator-elect said that his party's across-the-board wins did not translate into a broad mandate.
"The American people did not give Republicans a mandate, they gave us a chance," Tillis said. "They gave us a chance to lead and I'm glad to be a part of that."
Tillis' comments were covered by The Hill, National Review, the Washington Times, Newsmax and NPR.
In a show of bipartisanship, both Tillis and Peters said that Congress should debate a resolution authorizing President Barack Obama's military strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria.
"Congress needs to be intimately involved in these decisions," Peters said. "And I think it is absolutely essential that we come together to show strength in the world community."
His comments were covered by The Hill and Fox News.
Finally, we spoke to Archbishop Blase Cupich, who was recently appointed by Pope Francis to lead the Archdiocese of Chicago. He weighed in on the pope's leadership style, same-sex marriage bans getting struck down and immigration reform. He also spoke about the "tragedy" in Ferguson, Missouri.
"We need to do a better job not just in terms of justice to make sure those who are involved in law enforcement conduct themselves in a proper way, but, also that we deal with the deep, series social problems that provide a context of unrest whenever tragedies like this happen," Cupich said.