everything are asking for a big punishment from the man up above. >> reporter: for people who are supposed to live very simply, life has become complicated and very intimidating. gary tuchman, cnn, carrollton, ohio. a sad day for fans of former cbs commentator andy rooney. he died last night after complications from minor surgery. rooney retired from cbs' "60 minutes" in october. earlier i spoke to his colleague, bob simon. >> i think people looking at him on camera might not realize what a fis guy he was. he really was. when i joined "60 minutes" and "60 minutes" is not the easiest club in the world to join, he was awfully, awfully nice. he invited me to lunch. he'd call now and then to see how i was doing. he's a sweetheart of a human being which didn't always come across from his commentary.

>> rooney's funeral will be private but a memorial service is expected to be scheduled. former heavyweight boxing champ joe frazier has liver cancer. frazier's manager says the 67-year-old is seriously ill and currently in hospice care in philadelphia. he was diagnosed just last month. fight fans will remember that frazier was the first man to meet muhammad ali back in 1971 but then he lost two later bouts with ali. thousands of connecticut power and light company customers can expect another cold night without service. that freak fall snowstorm that hit the northeast last sunday left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark. and as of this morning, some 215,000 of them are still without power. the utility vows 99% restoration by tomorrow night. and a little more breathing room for greece which has been teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.

prime minister george papandreou met with the country's president said just hours after narrowly winning a vote of confidence. he says he will do whatever he can to form a coalition government. his next objective, to push through approval for an international bailout package. civil action groups urged americans to take their money out of big banks today. these protesters in washington went to a bank of america branch and closed their account saying, i did it, when they left. the move, your money and bank transfer day movements were started by people fed up over fees. a national survey shows against 650,000 customers joined credit unions after the bank of america announced that it had plans to impose debit card fees. the bank has since reversed that decision. tiger woods' former caddie is apologizing for a racially charged remark aimed at his old boss. steve williams was in china at

an award dinner for caddies when he made the comment. woods fired williams this summer after 13 years together. the golfer's agent says the comments were regrettable. on his website, williams says he never intended to offend woods or anyone else. that brutal storm that hit the northeast a week ago is still testing the patience of hundreds of thousands of people. connecticut was among the hardest hit states. and many residents there are still without power. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti is live now in west hartford where all those downed tree limbs tell the story of why so much power is out. >> reporter: they sure do. hi, fred. more utility crews than ever before are working feverishly to get people back online. for example, in west hartford, connecticut, twice as many crews working here as we've seen in many days. this is what they're up against. this old tree next to a house, snapped off right at the top,

the branches came down on top of these power lines. you can see that it is leaning right over the road. and this is what takes the extra time to repair. people are really pretty much fed up and are more than anxious to get back online. at nearly every turn, fallen trees, twisted limbs and tangled lines. leaving hundreds of thousands of connecticut residents in the dark more than a week after a freak storm. >> at night, we come home and do the best we can, with little -- with no heat and cold water. >> no generator. >> no. we don't have one. >> reporter: you just have to handle up? >> we have to handle up. we haven't bundled up like that in years. >> reporter: what do you have here? >> inflatable bed. >> reporter: audrey and bob are keeping their fireplace going, sleeping on an inflatable bed in their den. >> i'm cold. oh, my god, do we have to go

through another day like this? >> reporter: residents are fed up waiting for power to come back on. the state's attorney general is investigating whether the utility company failed to properly prepare. west hartford's mayor is frustrated. >> i'm running out of words to describe how furious i am about it. this has been -- it's been hideous. there's -- >> reporter: she agrees with you. as we spoke, a resident chimed in. >> i'm furious. this is ridiculous. >> and she should be. >> yeah. we've been without heat since saturday. the house -- it's cold. and where are the trucks? where are they? >> reporter: connecticut light and power crews are hard at work, now getting help from 22 states and canada and the national guard. do you think you were prepared enough? >> i do. i think we were as prepared as we could have been for this storm. it has hit us a bit harder than we anticipated. but i think we have ramped up our workforce just as quakely as we can. >> reporter: governor dan malloy

is keeping an eye on the clean-up and the utility's promise to get 99% of its customers back online by sunday night. >> i'm worried that they're not being realistic about it. that's why certainly i'm out here. >> reporter: bob and audrey are skeptical, too. >> forget it. >> we'll believe it when we see it. >> reporter: for now, they're holding on to hope and each other. the numbers certainly are improving. the latest we're hearing from connecticut light and power is that they're down to 15% of their customers who remain in the dark. remember, they're trying to make a goal of having 99% of their customers back online by midnight tomorrow. let's see if they make it, fred. >> yeah, let's hope so. and we fall back one hour. they have an extra hour in which to do so, right? susan candiotti. >> reporter: that's right. >> thank you so much. andy rooney won many awards during his long career with cbs. but first and foremost, he considered himself to be a

writer. today as we remember the passing of the legendary journalist, we wanted to take a look back at his last commentary. it was delivered just over a month ago. >> a writer's job is to tell the truth. i believe that if all the truth were known about everything in the world, it would be a better place to live. i know i've been terribly wrong sometimes, but i think i've been right more often than i've been wrong. i may have given the impression that i don't care what anyone else thinks. but i do care. i care a lot. i have always hoped that people will like what i've written. being liked is nice, but it's not my intent. i spent my first 50 years trying to become well known as a writer. and the next 30, trying to avoid being famous. i walk down the street now or go to a football game and people shout, hey, andy, and i hate that. i've done a lot of complaining

here. but of all the things i've complained about, i can't complain about my life. my wife, margie, and i had four good kids. now there are grandchildren. i have two great grandchildren, although they're a little young for me to know how great they are. and all this time, i've been paid to say what is on my mind on television. you don't get any luckier in life than that. this is a moment i've dreaded. i wish i could do this forever. i can't, though. but i'm not retiring. writers don't retire. and i'll always be a writer. a lot of you have sent me wonderful letters and said good things to me when you meet me in the street. i wasn't always gracious about it. it's hard to accept being liked. i don't say this often, but thank you. although, if you do see me in a restaurant, please, just let me

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we've seen the graphic pictures of moammar gadhafi's final moments before his death. now you're about to hear about the former libyan dictator's final hours on the run from someone who was very close to him. >> reporter: they call them the black box of the gadhafi regime, he was one of the former dictators, top security officials who remained by gadhafi's side until his final hours. we met with him at a detention

facility in the city of misrata where he's being held. he was in the car with gadhafi during the chaotic escape from their final hiding place, their hometown of sirte. >> translator: he wanted to go to his village, maybe he wanted to die there or spend his last moments there. >> reporter: he remembers a frantic scene after their convoy of more than 40 vehicles was struck by nato jets twice, followed by an escape on foot that ended with heavy fire from fighters who had surrounded them. he says he lost consciousness after he was hit by slab nellhr his back and does not know how gadhafi died. it was two days before anti-gadhafi forces entered tripo tripoli. he later followed the former leader to sirte. he says their living conditions

went from bad to worse in the besieged city. they moved around abandoned houses every few days. they survived on the little food they could find. and towards the end, they had no power, water or communication with the outside world. he says gadhafi spent his final days writing and reading books he had stacked in suitcases. but the situation got to him. >> translator: he was have worried and erratic. this could be because he was afraid. >> reporter: he says gadhafi believed he could remain in power. some members of his inner circle tried to convince him to leave the country since march, but it was his sons who refused. >> translator: it's not easy for someone who has been in power for 42 years to believe that it is all over in a minute. >> reporter: he says gadhafi felt betrayed by world leaders he considered allies.

some of the friends gadhafi said let him down. with the regime he served for decades now history, he awaits trial by libya's new rulers. he says he's being treated well, but says he has not gotten a lawyer yet. he says he regrets being part of the regime, not specifically about the crimes he's accused of. >> translator: sometimes i regret everything. i have even regretted being alive. but unfortunately you sometimes regret when it is too late. >> reporter: cnn, misrata, libya. perhaps you need another reason to exercise. well, a new study says moving around can help prevent cancer. we'll take a closer look in a few moments. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories --

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time is running out for greece's finances. but first this, a new reason to get up and move. research shows many cases of cancer could be avoided if people just exercised. earlier this week, i talked with cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen about that. take a look and then, maybe take a walk. time to get up out of your seat. a new study says people who spend a lot of time sitting could be more likely to get cancer. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to

explain all this. so draw the correlation for me, now. cancer and sitting too much. >> yes, the data that exercise is good for you, not just for your heart but also for cancer is so strong that we're going to take a walk while we walk. >> let's do it right now. >> get up off our seat. >> let's go. i'll lead the way. this is called the walking meeting. we're having a walking meeting. >> power walking. >> power walking. even just walking a little bit a day can help. of course, we'd like for people to get more. but this new data shows that nearly 100,000 cases of cancer could be avoided if people had more physical activity. so -- >> period? just exercise, work it? >> do something. do half an hour at least four days a week. that's what we want people to do, or even more. but we know that's not always possible. so go for a quick walk. do what you and i just did. even a quick walk. get up from your chair a couple

of minutes an hour. >> break it up throughout the day? >> yeah, break it up. >> ten minutes here and there? >> yeah. >> take the stairs? >> that's one of ours -- not the elevator. there we go. have walking meetings. if you have to sit and talk to someone, you might as well be moving. that's important. and then the other thing you want to do is exercise in your office. i know this sounds crazy. but even if you're in a cubicle -- >> like with the chair? >> leave weights in your cubicle or do stretches against the wall. even that kind of thing can help. also if you're on the phone, we all spend tons of time on the phone, get on your cell phone and walk around with it. use your headpiece and walk around while you're on the phone. go to cnn.com/empoweredaction. >> what is it that cuts the risk of getting cancer?

>> probably several different ways. here's one of them. 1yus keeping your weight down can cut down on your risk of getting certain types of cancer. just losing weight and especially that belly weight. that belly weight can be really bad. that's one of the reasons exercise is so important. >> men or women? >> both are good. >> work it into the whole family regimen. >> right. a doctor once told me, i wish i could write a prescription for exercise. it's more powerful than a prescription for drugs. >> and in the end, it makes you feel so good when you do keep yourself moving. >> it does. make it a priority. >> elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. >> elizabeth and i did a little walking. jacqui and i doing a little stretching, some lungs. >> how about some toe raises? >> how's it going? >> it helps to keep you warm. >> it does.

keep moving. >> absolutely. unfortunately, there's still a lot of people. >> it is not a laughing matter. it's very uncomfortable, it's cold. 200,000 people without power. but maybe, according to the governor, maybe tomorrow -- >> by midnight tomorrow night. not tonight. they're hoping to meet that deadline. they're less than 300,000 without power. still a lot of people, unfortunately. >> i'm going to take my lungs out here. >> she's going to exercise while i do some weather. feel free to do that at home as well. temperatures in the upper 50s and upper 40s in the northeast. if you don't have power and you don't have heat, it's definitely uncomfortable. that continues to be a concern for these folks. we take a look at the five-day forecast for hartford, for example, we have warming temperatures. that's the good news. tonight, we could drop down around the freezing mark. but that's it. the rest of the week looks a lot better. and dry weather expected all through the week until thursday. that's a big storm we're going to be watching. not just for hartford but the

entire country, in fact. that storm right now, we're calling it storm number 2. first, we're going to talk about storm number 1. this is affecting millions of people across the plain states and the rocky mountain states bringing in incredibly strong winds and heavy snowfall. we have winter weather advisories and warnings. this is the fourth storm for colorado in two weeks. looking at 4 to 8. we'll see significant accumulations at the higher elevations, 8 to 16. makes it happy for the people who are still able to ski out there. we're getting incredible wind reports. i've seen some wind reports pushing 100 miles per hour. but that's in some of the passes, though. keep that in mind. 60-mile-per-hour gusts are going to be more widespread. it is possible with winds that strong, you guys could see power outages. talking from the dakotas all the way down into parts of texas and new mexico where we have those wind advisories in effect. we'll talk about storm number 2

and what this thing is doing, it is bringing in rain across parts of the west. there you can see the snow beginning to move into parts of the cascades. we have some warnings in effect as well for parts of the sierras. that's where we're expecting to get as much as a foot-plus of that snowfall. taking a look at tomorrow's map, as it moves toward the plains, it's going to pick up moisture from the gulf of mexico and we could see an outbreak across the middle of the country. that's monday and into tuesday. last but not least, don't forget, before you go to bed tonight, set those clocks back one hour. >> i like that extra hour. >> everybody gets extra haur of sleep. except for those of us who have children and get up with the sun no matter what. >> bedtime is one hour earlier, too. >> sure. works for me. >> thanks so much, jacqui. greece, the nation is near bankruptcy. and now the prime minister wants

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athens, greece, where all of this is unfolding. jim, tell me, what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, the latest is that this prime minister is trying to form a coalition government. it could take a couple of days. he is in negotiations with some of the minor parties. but that kind of nitty-gritty doesn't worry the markets too much. what worried the markets over this past week is just when this huge bailout had been agreed with the international monetary fund, the european union, there had been a big sigh of relief in the markets, stock markets rising around the world. it all came apart here in athens for very good reason because it looked like it was going to be difficult to get an approval through this parliament. now they're trying to rebuild a coalition and try to then get this agreement through parkingment. things are looking a little bit better this weekend than they did just a few days ago, fred. >> how might all of this impact the u.s.? what would be the real ripple effect?

>> reporter: it's called contagion, isn't it? we saw it happen with lehman brothers in 2008. we saw when the banks stopped lending to each other overseas. there was a real fear here in europe that the euro could collapse or greece could be pushed out of the euro. greece would default, would bankrupt itself, run out of money. there would be a run on banks, there would be panic, stock markets would fall, all those scenarios playing out. greece needs money by mid december or it will run out of money. so then this whole theory that you see banks stop lending to each other would affect mortgages and interest rates. that fear came back again this week. that's what this government has to try to rebuild, confidence. fred? >> jim boulden, thanks so much, from athens. a look at our top stories right now. he was witty, engaging and kind of everybody's guy. that's how some people are remembering andy rooney today. the legendary cbs news

commentator has died just weeks after making his last regular appearance on "60 minutes." he considered himself an average guy who wrote about life as he saw it. rooney was 92. and a big report is expected next week about iran's nuclear program. sources tell cnn the international atomic energy agency will make its most detailed charges to date about the country's weapons developed. the iaea report apparently shows that iran has been secretly developing technologies to build weapons including computer models of a warhead. iranian officials say the program is a peaceful one. a former penn state assistant football coach has been charged with sexual child abuse. two current university officials face charges of covering it up. a grand jury brought down the indictment against jerry sandusky who retired from coaching back in 1999 and was founder of a charitable organization for young people. the state attorney general accuses the former coach of

repeatedly preying on young boys. he faces seven counts of involuntary, deviant sexual intercourse and a litany of other charges. the jury in the conrad murray involuntary manslaughter trial will continue its deliberations on monday. jurors worked for seven hours yesterday after getting the case. they are trying to decide if the doctor was responsible for michael jackson's death from a drug overdose. ben stiller and eddie murphy team up for a heist on the big screen. >> hey, them two pair of drawers don't cost $50? >> $12 scented candle. >> okay. we'll get to work tomorrow. >> wait a minute. we all just proved ourselves. how do we know you can pull this off? >> i stole $264 in cash. never give your wallet to a thief. >> our movie critic joins us next with her grade on "tower heist."

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we? this is going to be fun. >> we do. >> we've got "tower heist." we've got eddie murphy and ben stiller. where could you go wrong? let's take a look. >> in a robbery, things can change quickly. go from hot to cold, just like that. you have to be ready to adapt to the situation. you have to be able to think on your feet. i was on a job a few days ago where a homey got shot in the face. >> is he serious? >> if you get shot in the face, it's over. >> there's matthew broderick, too. gray, did you like? what is this about? they're trying to plan a heist. >> exactly. the employees of ben stiller's building that he manages have been swindled by a bernie madoff-type character played by alan alda.

i could describe this movie as competent, adequate, tolerable, like it's fine. >> those are not words that i want to hear with side-splitting comedy. >> i know. it's not side-spliping, although there are some good laughs. now, that is due largely in part to mr. eddie murphy who's doing two things in this movie right. the first one is he is not wearing a fat suit of any kind. uh-huh. and secondly, he is making fun of lame white people, which is exactly what he should be doing. >> okay. >> yeah, i'm hoping that he remembers this when he hosts the oscars next year. it's completely average. i give it the average grade of "c." >> let's move on to the next movie. i did not see the previous ones. do i need to in order to appreciate this? >> yes. >> okay.

let's take a look. >> i don't smoke anymore. >> what? >> i felt that a lot of times when i got high, things would go really wrong. >> but, harold, weed is so good. it gets you high. >> i have nothing against weed. but i'm an adult now. and i'm glad the craziness is behind me. do you smell something burning? >> the movie is filled with inappropriate and offensive humor. it is very depraved. there is a lot of inebriation. so, in other words, it's just like christmas at courtney love's house. you're going to love this movie. >> it sounds like a build-up to a much better grade than you gave "tower heist". >> very much so. i love it when stoners prove me wrong. i give it a wholehearted "a." it's fun for fans of the series. they took the story in a new direction and i'm very

impressed. time for a cnn equals politics update now. we're keeping an eye on all the latest headlines at the cnnpolitics.com desk. the white house council is not complying with the subpoena about sliolyndra. solyndra later filed for bankruptcy. the white house says the initiative was more about partisan politics than being a balanced investigation. and one of the women accusing presidential candidate herman cain of sexual harassment is standing by her decades-old complaint but she's not coming forward. she issued a statement through her attorney alleging that cain made unwanted advances and engaged in inappropriate behavior. and president barack obama and republican presidential hopeful mitt romney are running even in the latest nationwide poll.

it is the second national poll showing the two in a virtually tied position in a hypothetical contest for the presidency. the campaign trail led to iowa's capital city last night. five of the republican candidates spoke at the annual ronald reagan dinner in des moines. mitt romney and herman cain, however, were not there. texas governor rick perry drew applause from his plan that would freeze the salary of a lot of federal workers. >> until the budget gets balanced, i'm going to impose an across-the-board freeze outside of the military and the public safety areas. >> iowa's first in the nation presidential caucus is january 3rd. and for the latest political news, you know exactly where to go, cnnpolitics.com. some of the occupy protests have been taking violent turns in some cities. but here in atlanta, they seem

to be taking a page from the civil rights movement of the '60s. cnn's george howell takes a look. >> reporter: we've seen police clash with protesters in cities across the country. but in the cradle of the civil rights movement, it's a different story. >> everywhere we walk in this neighborhood is in the steps of dr. king and it's a big shadows. >> reporter: in the heart of the south where images like these from the civil rights era are still fresh in the minds of some, tim says the stakes to keep the peace are higher for both sides. >> it would be painful to see acts of civil disobedience met with physical brutality. i do think the mayor is in a precarious situation. >> i think we've handled them consistent with our values. we didn't use any tear gas. we didn't use overwhelming force. >> reporter: atlanta mayor kasim

reed initially gave an executive order permitting protesters to occupy woodruff park. but after seeing a man illegally carrying an ak-47, he rescinded that order. >> they will have to respect our ordinances because i felt that the environment was getting dangerous. >> reporter: even with the city and protesters at odds, both sides are turning to civil rights icons who marched alongside dr. martin luther king for guidance. protesters are even taking nonviolence training here at the king center. >> renew your faith, keep your hope alive. >> reporter: the atlanta movement is getting encouragement from reverend jesse jackson who says he's hoping for a creative solution. >> atlanta's a part of the 99. >> reporter: atlanta's mayor tells us he turned to mentor and

former mayor, ambassador andrew young, for guidance. >> i didn't want police getting out of hand and getting blamed for something that's not their fault. and i think that you have to err on the side of patience and i think he did. >> reporter: even joe beasley, a civil rights activist and one of the 52 people arrested, agrees -- >> we're trying to work it out in a traditional way. >> reporter: turning to the playbook of the past to find solutions for the present. george howell, cnn, atlanta. a protest from another era, do you recognize this photo from the '60s? 1968, mexico city, in particular, that's john carlos on the right. then he was protesting discrimination and he was making a stand for human rights. and now he is part of the occupy movement. he will be our guest tomorrow in the 2:00 eastern hour.

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state farm. a rarity in mississippi politics. an african-american is the democratic nominee for race for governor. johnny dupree if elected would be the first african-american to hold statewide office since reconstruction. but the only color he wants to talk about, green. cnn's don lemon has this "black in america" report. ♪ >> reporter: few thought the johnny dupree for governor would be celebrating, except for johnny dupree. couldn't win the mississippi primary because he's a black man

in a race stigmatized by racism. because he didn't have as much money to spend as his white opponent. >> you can fill in the blanks. >> reporter: but primary voters made history by making dupree the first african-american ever to have a real chance of becoming the governor of mississippi. >> that's awesome, isn't it? we live in a place called america that allows things like that to happen that have never happened before. >> reporter: but is it realistic in a race where not much distinguishes one candidate from another. they disagree mostly over how to pay for universal health care and whether voters should show id at the polls. and those two ideas aren't enough to motivate voters according to this professor. >> most white voters in mississippi vote for the white candidate and most black voters vote for the black candidate. >> reporter: parker says to win as governor, dupree would have to get all the black votes and at least a third of the white. he did it in 2001 when he became

the first black mayor of hattiesburg. but can he do it statewide? >> if he does, it will be like moses rolling back the red sea. >> i'm here to talk to you about color -- green. >> reporter: the only color dupree wants to address is money, something his state, the nation's poorest, desperately needs. something his opponent has a lot of, outspending dupree 7 to 1. but dupree is confident. >> i have 100% chance of not winning if i wasn't in the race. but i have a 50% chance of winning because i'm in the race. >> reporter: dupree has proven the polls, the pundits and the naysayers wrong before. but with this much at stake, can he do it again? cnn's soledad o'brien brings you "black in america," a silicon valley special that airs sunday night. much more of the "newsroom"

coming up and more conversation about mr. dupree with don lemon's reporting there. very interesting. is he finding that while there may be that 7 to 1 kind of ratio versus his competitor -- is he finding that, i guess, his campaign is resonating with people? is he drumming up more support? is he feeling like that 50/50 is more favorable for him? >> he is. and he's done it before, where people have counted him out. and you know sometimes when you're the underdog and people underestimate you, it works to your advantage. so he certainly believes, and his wife, that it's going to work to his advantage this time. not a lot of polling done there. as you heard the professor say in my story, he says, you know, the white voter votes for the white candidate -- he'd have to win over at least 40% of the white vote in order to win. it's going to be tough. but there's not a lot of polling. so we don't know. following him around on the streets, yes, i would say he has

a chance, just from the limited time i spent with him, but not going statewide, i can't really tell you. >> fascinating piece. you have a lot more coming up straight ahead in the "newsroom" this evening. >> oh, yes -- >> and the purple and gold -- >> yes, we understand what that's all about. louisiana guy. >> there we go. >> now we have to get some alabama folks on the scene because they're going to look for a little equal time now. all right, that's tonight. >> come on, tigers, come on, lsu! you can do it. >> finding its way in the "newsroom" tonight -- >> yes, of course it is. but i have to tell you quickly, we told you about the 16-year-old girl in texas, the video online of her dad who's a judge, allegedly beating her. then she -- you know the super nanny? >> yes. >> her know is jo frost. she was so outraged that she reached out to us and said, you know what, i want to be on to

talk about this because there's a right way and a wrong way to discipline. >> she wants to talk about that corporal punishment. >> a lot of people online are saying, there's a difference between abuse and sparing the rod, spoiling the child. there are some that agree with what he did and that you should discipline your kids with the belt, with the rope, whatever it is. they believe in that corporal punishment. she says there's a right way and a wrong way. so coming up a at 7:00, the super nanny is going to have a lot to say. >> we'll look forward to hearing from her. one more time, i know. got to get that -- >> go, tigers! go, tigers, go! >> don lemon, thanks so much. we look forward to you this evening. and joe and more lsu. a hotel burglar taken down by a couple of mix t martial arts fighters? sounds like a movie, doesn't it? it actually happened in california. we'll explain when we come back.

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all right, let's take a look at some of the other stories we're following. there's cop-on-cop badmouthing in florida after a state trooper pulled over a speeding miami police officer.

the two sides has been name-calling and insulting each other on a law enforcement blog. miami p.d. says the highway patrol shouldn't have stopped their colleague at gunpoint. the highway patrol says he shouldn't have been driving 122 miles an hour. the officer says he was rushing to get to an off-duty job. rescuers in china pulled out the last 45 miners who were trapped after an explosion on thursday. eight miners died but a total of 67 were saved. and a space experiment in moscow is over. six men were placed in isolation last year to simulate a mission to mars. the agency wanted to find out how the mind and body would deal with a long flight to that planet. lights, camera, action, a man accused of robbing a hotel clerk at gunpoint was captured by two martial arts experts. it looked like something out of a movie, but it was real life. melissa mccarty has the story

from our los angeles affiliate. >> reporter: brent and billy are in town to compete in a martial arts competition but they got some unexpected training. >> i heard, he's got a gun and he just robbed her. >> reporter: police say the gunman held a 9 millimeter gun toward the clerk at this hotel demanding money on wednesday. after he put the gun into the duffel bag, the clerk held down his arms and yelled for help. >> i grabbed him, locked him up from behind, his hands, positioned him down. >> reporter: athey are both trained fighters. they wrestled with the gunman for several minutes talking the guy down. >> said, hey, this isn't the decision you want to make. >> i had his hands up. but i had to hold the bag also. >> reporter: the gunman kept

trying to escape, pleading with the men. >> he needed the money for his daughter. >> reporter: they used their moves to hold him. >> took him to the ground, took his arm out, wrapped him up. >> reporter: seen here on security video, they held their positions until police arrived. >> danger never really crossed my mind. we should have just knocked him out. >> reporter: but they held him back and restrained him while telling him, life isn't over, he'll have another chance to make it right. >> wow, what an incredible story. we'll have much more straight ahead in the "newsroom." don lemon is coming up next. i'm fredricka whitfield. fall back one hour tonight, don't forget. set your clocks back. see you later.

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hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining us. i'm don lemon. you're in the "cnn newsroom." we're going to start with this. on a huge saturday for college football, shocking allegations of sexual child abuse against a former coach for the revered penn state nittany lions. a pair of university big wigs are accused of covering it all up