always look for winners players will do whatever it takes, no matter how grueling the work or how long the fight. >> he is bringing -- >> eric legrand is doing the work because he not only wants to walk again. he wants to run. >> just hearing that crowd and celebrating with your teammates, i'm still pumping, only 21 years old and it will be pumping a lott long time. cnn, wood brij, new jersey. at the top of the hour, say hello and happy thanksgiving to fredricka wit shield. >> happy thanksgiving. >> how are you doing? >> good. i know you have had a busy morning. >> i have. >> you know what comes after a. >> black friday. i heard the conversation earlier about that. i will not be in that melee.

it will not be happening. >> got to be. >> you will be. >> love it. >> just to see the melee. not looking to buy anything just. >> people watch. more power to you. >> thank you. >> little cup of cocoa or hot java. >> or whatever. >> nice holiday festive beverages. >> it's okay. >> good to see you. >> have fun with that shopping. we will be looking for you in the live shots. >> don't do that. a lot ahead, let's begin in egypt. i'm fredricka whit field, welcome to studio 7. it is happy thanksgiving day. military leaders in egypt are apologizing for the deaths of prob pro democracy protester d . . at least 38 people have been killed in the last six days. 3,000 others have been injured.

the apology was posted on the facebook page of the supreme council of the armed forces. an egyptian american journalist in cairo is accusing the military police of sexual assault. mona tweeted she was quote beating and arrested. her arms are in casts. she has been released an mona now joins me on the phone from cairo. mona, first of all, how are you? >> hi, fredricka. as you said both of my arms are broken and they are both in casts. i want to correct one thing. the military police -- it wasn't the military police but the egyptian police. i wasn't assaulted by military police. >> when we hear them issue an apology for the many deaths and injuries as a result of all that has transpired the last six days, what's your reaction to

that apology. >> reporter: my reaction it is long overdue and that it is very clear to me from what happened to me and from what has been going on the last few days the supreme military council which is supposed to be running egypt right now is not in control of the police force and that apology is too little too late because of the horrendous violence that has been unleashed by both ordinary police that belong to the military interior and the soldiers that have joined in the attacks against. i want to use my case as one tiny example of what has been happening to activists in egypt and this is not why we had a resolution, we had a resolution to be free of brew tl tallty and we will not let the police or the military hijack our resolution. >> explain what happened the

conditions that unfolded. >> reporter: i was on the front line of where the confrontation had been happening between the protester and the military police on the street. there was some shooting from the police side and myself and a group of people ran for shelter close by and the riot police stormed in to our area where the confrontation is, beyond their -- and many people around me scattered and ran and i was corned and surrounded by four or five riot police and their blows from their sticks rained down upon me. on my arms and head and they were groping my breasts. had their hands in between my legs. so many hands tried to go in to my jeans. i tried to fight them as much as i could. they were dragging me by the head to the military interior. it was an awful assault. i have never experienced anything like it in my life but it is the tip of the iceberg

compared to the brutality that jipgs have faced and this is why we had a revolution. it was launched to protest this brutality and it continues. and i blame the military that it continues because they are in charge of the country cannot control the police forces. >> you said you were with other people but you got separated from them and you were cornered before those four or five pal trollmen or officers then cornered you. did you ever reconnect with your other friends or were you left alone and then were arrested? >> no. i was followed by the riot police who were also beating those around me and i think one other person was arrested but not taken where i was. so it was the riot police who did all of the beating and assaulting and took me away. and i heard that the other person was arrested at the same time had been release. i'm fwlad to hear that but we

haven't made contact yet. >> what happened when you were detained, the place where you were held, what happened? >> i was take on the the ministry of the interior where i was held for five to six hours where they wouldn't tell me why i was being held. they said it is because i didn't have i.d. with me. i left it in tahrir square because i didn't want to leave it on the front lines and they kept making excuses why they couldn't check my i.d. this went on for five hours and then i was take on the military intelligence and blindfolded for two hours, questioned for an hour until i said i am a civilian and refuse to take their questions anymore. >> what were they asking you? >> they were asking me identification questions like what's my name, where was i born, what's my address, family relations and why i moved to the u.s. because i moved to the -- i was married to the american

citizen. with what was his name, personal questions. they claimed they were trying to determine my identity and i kept telling them call my hotel and they will tell you what my identity is but i have a feeling because i have a long history of anti-regime in i have been interrogated bf they realize they have someone with anti-regime rioting and didn't know what to do with me. in the end the military police, the military intelligence officer said to apologize. he apologized for what the police did to me. he took down a statement about the sexual assault i experienced and said they would investigate it. they took pictures of my arm and hand which were really bruised by then. they wouldn't let me see the doctor for the 12 hours i was there. i spent 12 hours with a broken hand and broken arm.

and i kept saying bring me a doctor and i emphasize what i experience is a tiny drop compared to what egyptian experience from state security and the military. and have experienced a long time. we will not allow them to hijack our revolution which is one reason i'm getting my story out there. our revolution is against brutality, against many things but against brutality and we will not allow them to hijack our revolution. >> i know you were blindfolded for a period of time. once the blindfold was removed did you have an opportunity to see anyone else detained or talk them or get an idea to experience or witness how others were treated? >> no. during the whole time i was detained, all by military intelligence, i was the only person in deteng. when they took my blindfold off i was unable to see the military intelligence office who are had been questioning and interrogating me but there was no one there but me. at one point he said i honestly don't know why you are here.

which to me was a shock because if you don't know why i am here, who does? the military is supposed to be running the country. again, this is an indication to me of how the military is not in control of the police force and that is exactly what so many revolution -- have been saying for a such a long time and we will not allow this lack of control by the supreme council and armed force tols hijack our revolution. our revolution will succeed. >> mona, you said you were on the front line of the protesters when all of this began to unfold. were you there as a protester? a working journalist? >> i was there to take pictures with my phone. i was standing on a rock taking pictures across no man's land of the police with my phone. . i was tweeting my observations and also taking pictures to post on twitter. that's what i was for. because i don't have a press card in egypt because i don't

live in egypt they were saying how to we know you are a journalist and not a spy. i said to thel, look up the hotel where i am staying, call up the military information that used to give me a press koord when i was a journalist. i don't think it was a question of ideas when they discovered who i was by looking at the files at the military interior where i had been interrogated in the past they realized theyed a what journalist and didn't know what to do with me. they know what to do with a lot of jipgs they arrest and treat with extreme brutality. i'm speaking out because i want the world to know the kind of horrendous brutality that egyptians routinely face at the hands of security and now the army because the army was fighting alongside police against protester and this has to stop because our revolution will not be hijacked by the police or the army in mona, how long will you be staying in cairo?

are you -- does this inspire you to leave anytime soon, leave earlier than previously scheduled? you live state side, but what now? >> as you can imagine my parents are in the u.s. right now and my brother and sister are in the u.s. and worried sick. paramount on my mind is what my family would be thinking. i knew they would be worried sick. i managed to tweet from the military interior. even when i lost my phone, an a activist came in and i managed to use his phone quickly to tweet i was arrested. i tweeted when i was freed and i knew my family would be worried sick and my dad sent me a moving e-mail asking if i want them to stop worrying to come back to the u.s. i haven't had a chance to reply yet but i want to stay at least one more day. because there will be a message

gathering. and a message our revolution will succeed. i came earlier than i was supposed to to take part in the gathering atta here square to say we will safeguard the revolution and not the military. i want to hopefully get people to sign my cast. >> mona, thank you so much for joining us and sharing your experience with us. we are glad you are well enough to share those experiences with us and do take care. >> thank you, fredricka, thank you. meantime, three american college students have been released in die row. they had been accused of throwing fire bombs at security forces during pro democracy demonstrations. it is unclear why they were suddenly are released. they attend classes at the american university in cairo. look at the rundown for what is coming up the next two hours. how troops are spending the holiday in kuwait.

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the uniquely american holiday of thanksgiving is being celebrated a half way around the world in afghanistan. our nick peyton walsh is at bagram air base with a thanksgiving spread only the pentagon could put together. >> reporter: this isn't just about people's holiday meal but an enormous operation for the pentagon. around the world they have moved 168,000 pounds of turkey to iraq and afghanistan. nearly 100,000 pounds worth of beef, a huge chunk of it there on the table over this. a lot of it is being consumed in this dining facility in bagram are air base. >> not this big. i'd like to tell pam i love her and will see her soon. >> tell the camera, not me. >> hey, pam, how are you doing? i love you.

i will be back soon. >> people are pouring down the line to get salad and various desserts. >> i'm from california. >> reporter: is this your first afghanistan thanksgiving. >> my first. >> reporter: and your last? >> probably not. >> reporter: why did you want to join the military? >> i wanted to do something bigger than myself. it was my calling. >> reporter: there is a ridiculous amount of food. >> there is a ridiculous amount of food and people here. i am getting food for my comrades. >> reporter: that's your excuse. why are you still alive. >> not enough cooking. >> reporter: do you expect to survive the day? >> i hope so. >> reporter: they haven't been aggressive to you yet. >> not yet. >> reporter: is this all the time. >> just i for today.

>> reporter: less dangerous being a turkey tomorrow. there is a tinge of sadness and remembrance here. this is the missing man table. around that alternate insignia the hats of many nationalities who served and lost people here and below it an ineverted cross and words behind it saying we can't toast these people at this time. an enormous operation of terrifying numbers here. to see people here at thanksgiving and remember this is america's longest war, a decade now here in afghanistan. for many of these soldiers as the drawdown begins in the coming year it could be the last time they come back to have thanksgiving here. a sense of success for some, remembrance of others they have lost and also celebration of course with an excessively large amount of calories. >> hello to the united states of america. i can't wait to get back. i love everybody. in happy thanksgiving! >> cnn, bagram, air base. >> happy thanksgiving to all of

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number two your ass went from kourtney to kim. and the number one sign you have eaten too much at thanksgiving dinner, you have to loosen the buckle on your watch. >> so bad. so before getting stuffed on that turkey, you have to cook the bird, right, and everything that goes with it. right now many of you might be panicking because something has gone wrong in the kitchen. managing editor of cnn.com website is here and she is answering the most common questions that the website readers have been reading. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving, fred. great to be here. >> great. help, what can i do if the bird is still frozen? do not panic. refrain from panicking. you are hardly alone in this situation and there's a simple solution. you have to just put the bird in to a plastic bag. this is key so the bird doesn't got too water logged and put it

in to cold water. the cold water is key also so you don't accidentally start cooking the bird or get to a dangerous temperature situation and change out the water every 30 minutes and that should bring it to temperature. at that point, if you are behind, you want to pick a slightly kicker cooking method. you can stick it in to the microwave but then you have to cook it immediately. >> really? >> yeah. depending on how big your microwave is. but use the defroster, get it to temperature and pick a quick cooking method. i recommend cutting out the backbone and spread it like a library book. >> spach docking. it is fun to say and do. spread it open like a library book and while you won't have the giant turkey on the tray you are i making up for lost time. >> okay. clearly it has to be pretty thawed out to do that. safe stuffing the turkey that's another question. how can i safely stuff the turkey? >> everybody is always worried

they are going to kill all of their relatives. no. as long as you exercise caution. the number that you should have tattooed on your body for this day is 165 for the meat and stuffing. you can safely stuff your bird as long as you exercise a little caution. cook the stuffing before you put it in the bird, that easy. get the ingredients together and make sure you have cooked the mushrooms and onions and make sure it is hot when it goes in the bird. put it in the microwave if you need to. put it in there and it will help your turkey get up to temperature. and speed it along quickly. and you want to make sure that at the center of the stuffing itself it is 165 and you will have a juicy, delicious bird with tastyty stuffing. >> i thought people were concerned about the raw drippings and that's why that lot of people cook it on the side and not in the bird.

>> it is a concern but as long as everything gets to 165 degrees it should be smooth sailing and if you are nervous cook it on the side. eliminate the fret from the side. you have enough to worry about today. >> often what comes with big family gatherings maybe some heated moments. maybe not over the fact that the bird wasn't cooked well enough but other stuff. how do you help this person deal with what they call annoying relatives? >> well, as my therapist is always happy to say, magic bubble, magic bubble, magic bubble. it is just a meal and it will be over. short of putting ax in your turkey or something like that. >> oh, no. >> never hurts to take the high road in any conversation that is happening. comport yourself with grace and you will never forget the decision. assign yourself a task only you can do. i admire martha stewart because she was asked a question and

just said i want to concentrate on my salad. >> it is thanksgiving. be thankful you are there with relatives, right? >> exactly. it is a fantastic day. comport yourself with grace. make sure everything gets to 165 and don't forget the spatch dock and you will be fine. >> you have heard of the though nightmare scenarios of deep frying turkeys. your turkey and maybe your home going up in flames but they say you can safely fry that bird. don't want that to happen. we will have the tips next hour. it is thanksgiving and that means food, family, football and of course parades. our jason carroll is live at the 85th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york. oh, jason, is it all wrapped up? >>. >> yeah, but it was great. st. nick who is the highlight of

the parade, he is down central park west heading towards harold square some 30 blocks down this. but what a parade it was. i have to tell you, out here the weather was nice. people were friendly. it wasn't raining or snowing. everyone was in a good mood. one of my favorites happens to be snoopy. everyone is saying i want to get on tv. snoopy is one of my favorites, hedgehog came back after an 18-year absence. that was one of the giant balloons that came down. another popular one spongebob squarepants another popular balloon we see. spoke to folks out here. 3.5 million spectators came out to view this parade this year. spoke to some earlier about how early they came out and what was the highlight for them. >> hello kitty. >> hello kitty. >> mary j. blige had on fabulous shoes. >> i liked spiderman.

i thought spiderman made a good representation today. snoopy as well. houn for you. >> kobe bra starship. >> i like santa. >> santa at the end. >> any favorites. >> santa. >> and fredricka, the woman who you heard from who was talking about mary j. blige being one of her favorites, she was out here at 1:00 a.m. that's a real die hard to stake your claim to a spot at 1:00 in this morning. can you believe that. it shows you how many people like to come out here and enjoy this. i remember watching this parade as a kid, right and to come out here and see it like this is a lot of fun. >> and you have the best view there, too. the one woman who was eyeballing mary j. blige's shoes i love the turkey hat the one young lady had. i want to get my hands on that. that is hilarious. i am glad you had a good time

and so did the many other millions that were watching the thanksgiving day parade. happy thanksgiving, jason. >> you too. >> all right. american troops are withdrawaling from iraq so fast that they are ending up in a bottleneck at the first stop. they may be stuck but not forgotten. this thanksgiving we will show you the magic of military logistics taking care of the troops, no matter where they are. and so many of you wrote in response to carol kos tell loes low's talk back question. we are sharing more. she asked what are you grateful for this thanksgiving and katie wrote, i'm grateful my husband and i can pay our rent next month and our 6-year-old daughter has a place to call home for christmas. i'm grateful for my family and during these hard times we are all together this holiday. and joshua says, i don't believe in god so i always say thanks mom for a great meal. shouldn'n in an amazing way?

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here's what is ahead on the rundown. next standing in the thanksgiving chow line in kuwait. we will check in with servicemen and women on their way home from iraq. and then a construction worker in texas survives a bizarre staple gun accident. that has to hurt. and then behind the face paint with glam rock band kiss. more than 250 georgia soldiers are home just in time for thanksgiving. two planes carrying troops touched down at dobbins air reserve base. they have been serving in iraq the past year. >> today's probably one of the best days of my life honest honestly. i'm so happy to have him home. >> what's your first order of

business? >> go home and play with this one. he's been telling me for weeks now he has a whole list of things he wants to do with me so we will go home and knock the list down a bit. >> happy thanksgiving to them. no one is forgotten the servicemen and women who have just left iraq, but aren't home yet. there's a huge backup of troops at camp virginia in kuwait. the first stop where the masses of u.s. troops withdrawaling from iraq by year's end. martin savidge joined them for thanksgiving dinner. >> reporter: here i am in the line waiting for thanksgiving dinner at camp virginia in kuwait. this is the big transit base where all of the sold yoiers cog out of iraq. but it is thanksgiving so get aload of this. everyone washes their hands before you have dinner. excuse i us. this is what you come to see. moms, don't worry, if there is anything on your table for thanksgiving i guarantee it is here and here in massive amounts.

everybody is getting served. it's going on several hours. no one, trust me, is going out of here hungry. let's talk to the woman in charge. this is sergeant first class sue porter. she's from the minnesota national guard and i like to refer to her, even though she is the supervisor as the head mom. looks after everyone here. how's it going? >> very well. >> how many people are are you anticipating. >> 6400. >> in touch time. >> 3 1/2 hours. >> what's on the menu? >> turkey and all the trimmings. we also have -- >> dessert. >> pie, cake and all kinds of goodies. >> i will show you in a minute. normally you would be at home making dinner for your familiar lichl you are a mom and grand kids as well. >> i do. >> reporter: who's taking on this year? >> my daughter. >> reporter: we wish you happy

thanksgiving and good luck fieding the family here. >> thank you. >> look at. this have you ever seen a cake like that? that's just one of them. there's another one floating around here. so, as they say, nobody, nobody is going hungry here this thanksgiving. camp virginia, kuwait. i'm martin savidge. an unusual rescue taking place in washington state. we will tell you how this car landed right up against a tree. and many of you are telling us what you are grateful for this thanksgiving. heather says i'm grateful for being married to my best friend and that my daughter was born healthy and beautiful. and chelsea writes i'm grateful for the chance i get to make a difference in someone's life every day that god gives me to live. and also grateful for my friends and family. you know organization is key... and so is having a trusted assistant. and you...rent from national.

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it has been a year since

gabrielle giffords was shot in the head during a voters event. last night, piers morgan talked to her husband, mark kelly. >> does gabby have any thoughts toward the man who shot her? >> well, she doesn't spend a lot of time being angry about it. early on, i asked her what she would like to see happen to him as a sentence and it was interesting that for a woman that had a difficult time with words at the time that she was able to sum it up with one syllable which is rot is what she said. i think she feels differently now. she understands he is very sick and needs to be treated. >> kelly and giffords have written a book about their experience called "gabby, a story of courage and hope." we are getting up close and personal with kiss. it's an all-access pass. go behind the music and the makeup with one of rock music's most enduring empires.

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♪ >> images of kiss, the band are everywhere. for rockers with iconic painted faces have created one of the most enduring and successful music empires. we get a look at the world of kiss when the band invited us to go on tour. here's poppy harlow.

♪ i want to rock 'n' roll all night ♪ >> reporter: it is almost midnight and kiss isn't showing any signs of slowing down. ♪ i want to rock 'n' roll all night and party every day ♪ >> reporter: tonight the band's rocking hard in oshkosh, wisconsin. it's what they have been doing since 1973, putting on a spectacle to devoted fans. their painted faces known worldwide. what got us here began eight hours ago, when we met the band in minneapolis aboard the kiss jet. not every day you get picked up in a private plane band members are in the front. eric singer and gene shimmons. >> we didn't goe until 10:00 and then i got to sleep at 4:00 in the morning. >> you get the much needed sleep and tonight the same thing. >> the thing you are hearing is

not bad cnn sound but the jet warming up. >> reporter: we are off to oshkosh and 30,000 kiss fans. >> what makes you guys different. >> kiss is unique. where do you start. the whole imagery, the out fits, makeup, pyro, everything is over the top. >> what about the groupies. will we see some tonight? >> i don't partake as much in that now since i'm married. >> what could you walk away from this one show tonight with? >> a million. >> not bad. >> not bad. you have 20 shows this summer. touring makes sense. >> that's why it is good to be me. er. >> reporter: here we go. that's a touchdown. oshkosh, wisconsin. backstage, it's a maze of trailer and port-a-potties. s this no running water but kiss still gets fed well. going to see their private chef. he goes everywhere with kiss.

>> what's the catch of the day, deer. >> actually sea bass. >> see what my dressing room looks like. paul has his own dressing room and the others share one in a nearby trailer. >> not bad. >> not bad. everything is set up. >> i love that he has an eyelash curler. >> i don't know how to use it. >> reporter: i could teach you. >> at dinner the long-time manager reveals the song list. it has to be cut down. >> we have to only do and hour and a half. >> this is tough because kiss has 400 songs to begin with and a set of 18 songs. >> reporter: you won't find any large entourage here, kiss is anything but high maintenance. they do their own makeup and as they prep and primp, we head out with doc mcgee who is fabulous in his own rite. >>s this kiss stuff sold there.

>> reporter: merchandise payoff is huge, especially in big venues. >> extra large and double extra large. >> it is quarter to 10:00. kiss has been in makeup for two hours, which is longer than i take to put my makeup on. but they are getting ready, rehearsing and we will get a rare glimpse in to them finishing up the intense makeup process. look at you guys. what a transformation. look at these heels. look at these heels. gene, is this all of your real hair. >> mostly. >> some extensions in there. >> some of it is in there. >> how many years of practice did this take? >> 38 years. >> how does it not drip off during the show. >> we bake it in. this is a series of layers. >> reporter: >> reporter: and this stays on the whole show. >> actually some of it drips off but they love it when it does. >> reporter: can i help? >> yes. >> how many people can say they have done gene simmons makeup?

>> i would say none. >> reporter: how did i do? >> good. >> what is your method. >> my method is, look at gene's pig pen. now look at mine. i wipe everything off. i'm meticulous about it. ♪ >> reporter: very nice. what about these costumes. look at these shoulder pads. >> this is not a costume. this is my space outfit. >> i don't play in the boots. >> you wear this when you are drumming. >> i save the best for last which is cheap red lip stick. not bad, huh? >> not bad. >> like a true woman. by the way, notice the knee pads. >> i started to wear knee pads because my knees are all scar tissue. >> what are the fake nails for. >> because i play guitar so hard i literally wear through my nail. i put on a fake nail and cut it

off. so basically it is a shield. >> who knew? >> who knew. >> the secrets of kiss. >> the full regalia, it is time to meet the fans. ♪ >> are you a little obsessed? >> a little bit. now the fun begins. >> it is about show time, 11:00. i just went to check out the crowd. 30,000 screaming fans. >> the hottest band in the world -- kiss! >> we take tremendous pride in what we do. when you come to see us, you are apummell apummelled, deafened, blind, the whole experience. the whole deal. that's what kiss is. >> wow. that's just a taste -- that's kiss, band. what about kiss, the brand? this rock institution is big business with their images on

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time to check stories cnn affiliates are covering cross-country. in texas, a three-inch staple was accidentally shot into a man's head. it could have paralyzed or killed him. he says the only pain he felt was when the staple was remove. he'll be back to work in about a month. in washington state, the driver of this car says he lost control, went over an embankment and landed right up against a tree. firefighters had to use a lad dr truck to get him out. in wisconsin a man turns himself in for drunk driving. here's the unusual 911 call.

>> i've been driving. i've been drinking. i just kind of want to turn myself in. >> were you just driving now? >> well, no. i just -- i just parked myself but i've been trying to figure out how to call the police department and not 911. >> a clip-on tie could hold a new clue in the d.b. cooper skyjacking case. scientists lay out what new evidence could mean about the man who leapt out after jet with $200,000, they be disappeared 40 years ago.dv i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms

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this thanksgiving marks 40 years since d.b. cooper parachuted out after jet with $200,000 cash and then disappear. >> this was the tie worn by d.b. cooper. >> reporter: the new evidence was lifted from this clip-on tie left behind on the plane by the hijacker known as d.b. cooper. the seattle fbi gave a team of private scientists unprecedented access to the tie and other artifacts from the nation's only unsolved skyjacking. what did you find? >> one of the most notable particles we found that had the most excited was titanium metal. >> reporter: here is a titanium particle on the tie. it is used from golf clubs to

cookware but back then it was extremely rare. >> boeing laid off a lot of people in the titanium industry so certainly cooper could have been part of that fallout. >> reporter: boeing canceled its super sonar transport, one of the first civilian planes to use tie tanian just months before the 1971 hijacking. could cooper have been unemployed and so desperate he'd threat ton blow up a passenger jet and then perish with $200,000? >> because he wore a tie we think he was a manager in the company that went out on the shop floor regularly. whe >> reporter: scientists say the titanium pure. they say he was probably

employed at a chemical plant. >> does the fbi feel the same way? the bureau of seattle spokeswoman confirms they received the evidence. they say it is a low priority after all this time and points outle scientists are all volunteers who conducted their tests for free. > top of the hour. we're getting more details about the brutal attack on the egyptian miles an hour journalists arrested while covering the pro democracy protests in cairo. she says she was beaten and sexually assaulted by an unspecified number of riot police. the photograph shows her arms are broken and are now in casts. she pland by phoexplained by phr what happened. >> i was on the front line of

where the confrontations had been happening between protesters and the military community on the street coners. there was so the shooting from the right police side, then myself and a group of people ran to shelter close by and the riot police stormed into our area of where the confrontation was, no-man's land. i was cornered and surrounded by four ow five riot police, their blows from their sticks just rained down hon upon me, on both arms, on my head. and then they were groping my breasts. they had their hands in between my legs. so many hands tried to go inside my jeans. i tried to fight them as much as i could but i was being beaten at the same time. they were dragging me by my hair. it was an awful assault, i have never experienced anything like it in my life but it is just the tip of the iceberg that egyptians have faced for so

long. this is why we have a revolution. in brutality continues and the military is in charge of the country and clearly cannot control the police forces. >> you said you were with other people but then you got separated from them and you were cornered before those four or five patrol men or officers then cornered you. did you ever reconnect with your other friends or were you left alone and then you were arrested? >> no. i was followed by the riot police who were also beating those around me and i think there was at least one other person who was arrested but not taken to where i was so it was the riot police who did all the beating and took me away and i heard that the other person was arrested at the same time has been released so i'm very glad to hear that but we haven't made contact yet. three american college students are getting checked out by dock o taurus after being

freed in egypt, accused of throwing firebombs at security forces during pro democracy demonstrations. it is unclear why they were suddenly released. the three attend classes at the american university in cairo. sweeney's mom is overjoyed that they are safe. >> i cannot wait to give him a big hug. i'm going to say i love him, i love him, i'm ecstatic that he is home and i just can't express how jubilant i am right now. i just am so happy. >> these developments come as egypt's military leaders apologize for the deaths of pro democracy protesters. at least 38 people have been killed in demonstrations since saturday and more than 3,000 others have been injured. "despite the violence,

parliamentary elections are s t expected to go ahead on monday." american troops fighting america's longest war line up in afghanistan for a traditional thanksgiving meal. this is the last thanksgiving in afghanistan for thousands of soldiers. they are part of a big troop drawdown and thousands of peeps leaving iraq for good were served turkey and all the trimmings at their layover in kuwait. harry potter author testified in the british inquiry on ethics in journalism. the latest of a string of famous faces who say they have been bullied by the media in the uk. >> i think the point here is that i, like a lot of people, who have agreed to testify in this inquiry are not looking for special treatment. we are looking for normal treatment. i don't regard myself as entitled to more than. i'm just simply asking for the

same as. i'm sick of suffering the fall-out on behalf of my children. >> london metropolitan police made the first arrest today in a probe related to the hacking probe. also today the british government backed inquiry announced it will call on cnn's piers morgan as a witness. more gran is former british newspaper editor. he says he will appear before the panel. here's a look at what's coming up in the next hour. first we are taking you to the front lines in afghanistan where thousands of troops are celebrating their last thanksgiving before coming home. and nasa is working to save us from asteroids while searching for life on mars. and then, cnn's go-to food expert will have some tips to keep you save from your deep fried turkey. finally we check in with a football player paralyzed a year ago. his had inspiring story that will put this thanksgiving into perspective.

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year's parade. this is the last thanksgiving in afghanistan for thousands of u.s. troops serving in america's longest war. the 33,000 surged troops president obama ordered to afghanistan almost two years ago will be out by the end of next summer. even so, all is not quiet on the front lines this thanksgiving. but there is one place where soldiers can get away from it all. nick pay tton walsh is our may afghanistan. >> reporter: here at bagram airbase, many helicopters have taken off a few moments ago but still thanksgiving celebration provides a wonderful relief for many of the soldiers serving here. they've been fed a remarkable dinner by the military here. a huge amount of people. the pentagon saying they shipped around the world 168,000 pounds' worth of turkey, 100,000 pounds' worth of beef. we heard from some of soldiers what the day means for them.

>> this is my first deployment. >> your last? >> no, probably not. >> how you doing? love you. i'll be back soon. >> i love the united states of america. thank you. i love everybody. everybody. >> certainly this thanksgiving a moment for many here and the united states to reflect on this war and how its second decade that's brought both afghanistan and the united states. many troops will not spend another thanksgiving here. the surge being drawn down and the total number of u.s. troops only being at 68,000 by this time next year or perhaps even less. many are asking now if public opinion and public finance for this war diminishes radically in the united states, wondering how much more america can achieve here. many we've spoken to remember rg the loss of their friends, talking about how they soon may be home and enjoying a moment of celebration as they feast in the many dining facilities around

here. >> it's been almost a year since arizona congresswoman gabeelle giffords was shot in the head during a voter's event. last night piers morgan talk with her husband mark kelly. he opens up about his wife, the suspect and that fateful january day. >> has gabby had any thoughts towards the man that shot her? >> she doesn't spend a lot of time being angry about it. early on i asked her what she would like to see happen to him as a sentence. and it was very interesting that for a woman that had a difficult time with words at the time that she was able to sum it up in one syllable, which was rot. it what she said. i think she feels differently now. she understands he is very sick and needs to be treated. >> for 13 minutes you thought your wife was dead. >> yes. yeah. it was tough. it was a tough situation.

my mother screamed. kids started crying. i just got up, walked into the airplane's bathroom and just broke down and it was a difficult period of time. but in hindsight looking at it, that was the low point and it's all been pretty positive since then. >> certainly compared to that half-an-hour, it was quite a while before you could tell gabby that people had died. how did she react in the moment when you were able to finally tell her? >> well, we had a plan that we would tell her things as she asked in the beginning she didn't ask any questions. it was very important she knew what happened to her. as soon as she could understand i told her she was shot. i didn't tell her about the other people that died that day. she would read the arizona papers and "new york times" every day and "wall street journal." she'd go through it. sometimes she would see -- in

this one day -- saw the little teaser article on the bottom that talked about an update on her recovery. so it was very interesting to see her go to that page and she wanted to read that article. it was kind of like she was saying you guys have been lying to me this whole time. now i'm going to get the real truth. so i read her the article and i saw ahead where it mentioned people that had died so i thought i very seamlessly skipped over that and she caught me, she was reading over my shoulder and pointed out that i had left that out so at that point i read -- didn't have the names but i read the paragraph, six people being killed. >> how was she able to react to it? >> well, initially she -- she was shocked. but then it was time for her to go to speech therapy. like then. so she left the room. couple minutes later she broke down in the middle of her class. it was tough. >> kelly and giffords have written a book about their experience called "gabby, a

story of courage and hope." if you think asteroids are not a threat, think again. nasa just may have a plan to save us. we take you live to the kennedy space center for more on that and life on mars. and so many of you wrote in responses to carol costello's "talk back" question yesterday. she asked what are you grateful for this thanksgiving? arthur writes i'm thankful to see many of our troops coming home for the holidays. i'm thankful for the service of our troops that still remain overseas and especially thankful the sacrifice that they and their families endure. allison says -- i'm thankful for the birth of my healthy and adorable son graham. every day is his first nine months have added so much joy to our lives. nothing compares to that experience. ( phone ringing )

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you remember who and what you're thankful for this thanksgiving, you may want to add nasa to that list. they are working on ways to save us from aide trosteroids. john zarrella joins us from the

ken space center. asteroids, a real dilemma for nasa scientists. >> reporter: yeah, it is not science exactly. it is not science fiction at all. we're here at the kennedy space center visitor complex. just a couple of miles from here in a couple of days nasa is going to be sending a tur yos it, a lander, to mars to look for signs, evidence, of past life or present life. so we thought, while everybody's doing all this stuff looking for life out there in the universe, who's doing things about what happens if something from out there threatens our life? a nuclear blast. humanity never wants to see another one of these on the planet. but off the planet, that's a different story. rather than destroying life, it could save us from asteroid extinction. >> if you don't think they are a clear danger to us -- >> while scientists are making

for great strides searching for life in the u.n. force, they are also working on ways to prevent massive asteroids from ending life here. like one did the dinosaurs. >> bad things happen to good planets. we know that the earth has been hit by asteroids before. in the long run i think our species has to learn how to protection the earth in that way. >> reporter: scientists say there are methods that should work. a nuclear blast knock being the asteroid off its collision course, or simply running into it with a spras craft. to get a better handle on these flying rocks, nasa's first human deep space mission around 2025 is going to aen an asteroid. down in the florida keys they're already planning. astronaut mike gernhardt is developing tools an astronaut

would need. >> this is a device -- >> reporter: just offshore an asteroid proving ground of sorts which the tools are tested beneath the surface. but don't go losing any sleep over an asteroid impact. new findings show there are fewer of the really big ones the size of a mountain than was thought and none will threaten the earth for centuries. there is a downside, like the one that flew by earth a couple weeks ago, well, astronomers say they don't know where most of those are. about 15,000 of them. >> we only had found a very small fraction of those objects yet and they could still cause considerable damage. >> reporter: like taking out a metropolitan area or an entire state. but scientists are confident, if there's enough lead time, say 10 to 20 years before it would hit, they are pretty sure they'll get the asteroid before it gets us. and now the scientists out at

the jet propulsion laboratory in california also say -- they're working on all this -- say that there may be a real simple way if we go out there -- you can actually spray paint the asteroids. that would add weight to the asdestroyed and it would actually force it to kind of shift its direction just a little bit to miss the earth. >> that would be an incredible aim, too. so, john, you had mentioned curiosity before seeing your piece. you have more on that testimony. give us a preview. >> reporter: this is an enormous, enormous mission for nasa. curiosity is a rover that's the size of a volkswagen. it dwarfs any rover nasa's ever sent to mars. it is launching saturday morning from here at the kennedy space center and it is a critical huge mission because nasa is actually going to go -- with this rover,

they have the scientific ability to test whether there are signatures of life. in other words, organic material on mars. so if they find that, that changes everything. >> yeah. and hopefully it won't get lost. >> a big deal. it is a big deal. all right, we'll look for your details tomorrow. thanks so much, john zarrella. here's something else that is out of this world. brody smith and friends -- you're used to seeing this -- pretty amazing stuff. he's made more than one of these viral videos and we have no idea if this is really real. but just have fun. just fun to watch.

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abercrombie. in about 15 minutes, paralyzed football player eric lagrand's inspiring story to walk again. if are you in a panic over pulling together your thanksgiving feast, don't. don't panic. the managing editor of cnn.com oeatocracy's website is here, don't panic, stay calm. some of the most common that our readers are asking. every year we do stories about people trying to fry their turkey, and it is a disaster, things go on fire that people didn't spent to go up in flames do. this is the question -- how can i take precautions to have a dlishd deep fried bird and stay safe. >> apparently this is a matter of national security because the department of homeland security actually put on their twitter feed yesterday linked to that video you've been showing all day. i wish it weren't so delicious but it really is one of the most

dlishz ways you can prepare your turkey. you just have to stay safe. i think the mistake that a lot of people make, they don't fully defrost the bird. any little bit of ice, any beloit of moisture will make the oil spatter out and cause small and giant harm. another problem is most of the turkey fryers are not usually stable enough so they're bound to tip over and this huge amount of oil comes spewing out there. people overfill it with oil as well. the best precaution you can make is to put your turkey into the fryar while it is still cold, measure how much oil it will take, take the turkey out and heat the oil. do it all slowly and with goggles and gloves on and it really will be the most delicious bird ever that cooks up so quickly. i do mine all this all the time. >> you do? >> i thus far have all my hair, all my limbs. it can be done.

just with a tremendous amount of precaution. and also make sure that it is not around anything flammable whatsoever. >> like your long hair! >> oh, i have frying clothes. i put my hair up in a frying bun. no danger. >> oh, good. it does take good but it is really a lot of work. so this question also comes from a viewer. says what if things get dried out? how do i keep this turkey from getting really dried out? >> first, cook it low and slow or put butter or oil under the skin. before you cook it make sure that -- get butter, put some heshz in it, salt, whatever you want the bird to taste like. put it up under the skin and keep basting while you are going. >> we are not talking about the fried turkey. this is the turkey that goes in the oven. >> you'll have no dryness issue when you are dealing with a fried turkey that's perfectly moist. but with this -- you sort of

make sure to take time ahead of time to make sure that it is properly moist and with oil. but if you are at a point where it is onrepair and you haven't done all of the things, it is a little bit dry? i would say gravy is generally your best friend. it is a bev rang and a sauce. all these things. slice your turkey and serve it that way with the gravy already on it or you can never have enough chicken stock ever, ever, ever. it is great to rehydrate your sides. put your turkey flavors in a pan with a little bit of it and put that into the oven or the microwave and you add a little bit of extra flavor in there and probably nobody will ever know. >> stop it already. then you have your side dishes. everything's gone just dandy and you have eaten and you want to have leftovers. how soon after can you put these things in the fridge? sometimes there is a temperature issue.

right? >> as soon as you possibly can. last thing you want to do is make your loved ones sick. so the main offenders is stuffing because it has the most potential for salmonella. you want to get that into the refrigerator within two hours after it comes out. make sure that you refrigerate everything separately. your gravy, your meat, your stuffing, all in separate containers and you should be able to eat that for the next couple of days. i wouldn't push it too far past that. we discovered a really fantastic side. especially if you're frying the bird. we call it the stuffed puppy. you get your wad of mashed potatoes, surround that with stuffing, coat it in potato chips, put that in the dreep fryer. it is the turducken of the side world. we made it up at eatocracy. then you dip it in a little bit of gravy or cranberry sauce. but really, just make sure you get everything into the refrigerator as soon as possible

and get the stuffing out of that bird especially. >> it is all about breaking some of these rules. i know that food stays out on the table much more than two hours. >> have a little break. >> i know. thanks so much. happy thanksgiving. tickets to ride a low-cost airline doesn't usually include the finer things in line. but top selections on a plane in one couple says what they encountered and now they are suing. find out what our leeaguele eage about that. a cnn program focusing on some of the world's most creative minds. this week, sanjay gupta looks at what's next in food. >> we have almost since day one edible menus here. it makes a lot of sense. every month about 20 tons of paper are wasted in restaurant

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we have a chance to look at some of our legal stories that you might have missed over the past week. joining me from las vegas, criminal defense attorney richard her man. feels like a saturday but, no, it is it is thanksgiving thursday. this summer abercrombie & fitch publicly offered to pay cast members of the jersey shore not

to wear its clothes and it looked like fun publicity stunt but now one of cast members is kind of turning the tables here. explain what's going on with this situation. >> well, it is a good thing i haven't eaten yet and i've taken my anti-nausea medicine. because apparently this brilliant shooting star has developed catchphrases like "the fitcuation. and gtl. gym tan laundry. he develops these things and trademarks them. someone gave them great legal advice to trademark them. abkrom by used those without his permission, he's suing abkrom i by. they demanded he stop wearing their clothes. then they apparently go out and

use his brand to try and sell merchandise? >> great, great publicity stunt. everybody's talking about it. and this guy, rumors say he just dropped $10 million, he could get a recovery. he's suing for $1 million in royalties and $4 million in damages. he's not going to get $5 million, but he's going to get a recovery here, fred. >> pretty smart. here's another interesting case, richard. let's get this straight. a couple is on a plane. they see roaches. they take pictures and now they are suing air tran. over what? >> i'm from new york. roaches are like pets. right? what's the problem? i don't understand. apparently they saw a couple roaches on an air tran. >> they're suing but what's the argument? that they felt uncomfortable? they feel like the plane is not clean? >> they sue for negligence.

they sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress. that means air tran intentionally put those cockroaches in there to shake them up. and this is the best -- false imprisonment at 35,000 feet. they were falsely imprisoned on the plane. >> okay. where is this case going? >> for $120 anybody can sue anybody. this case is going in the toilet and probably one of our top ten worst cases of the year when we get close to christmas. unbelievable. >> at least they made the list. right? >> nothing. nothing. >> "a" for effort. okay, thanks so much, richard. i'll see you this saturday. >> absolutely. >> eat up today, enjoy the family. give thanks. we thank you. this thanksgiving what is being called the last is upper to a land where traditions diehard. at stake -- bragging rights for life. ed lavendera reports on the final battle in a rivalry as big

as texas. ♪ ♪ ♪ going. >> reporter: no one ever imagined the good-byes in the fight songs of the university of texas and texas a&m would mean good-bye forever. on this thanksgiving though a 117-year tradition comes to an end. thanksgiving dessert in texas has been watching the aggies and long longhorns play football. there are dinner tables that aren't big enough to safely sit these bitter rivals. when you hear longhorns what do you think. >> revulsion. >> piece of beef to me is something i eat for dinner. >> i want to throw up a little bit. >> when you say aggies what do you think? >> it is almost like a derogatory term. >> little whiners that ran off after 100 years of abuse.

>> reporter: u.t. and texas a&m are separated by miles -- >> but this rigid conservative college station mentality is one way of looking at a&m and texas being in austin -- >> reporter: evan smith is editor in chief of the texas tribune website, a new york outsider by birth, now a reincarnated texan. you know your rivalries. how does this compare to the yankees? >> it is much worse. you've never fought with your family on thanksgiving in this is a day of rage. at the end of the day it is about food and rage and football. it all fits together very well. >> reporter: this is where the last game will be played and thanksgiving in texas may never be the same. texas a&m is leaving the big 12 athletic conference, moving to the s.e.c. it is mostly a fight over u.t.'s $300 million deal with espn to create the longhorn tv network. but trying to figure out when both of these teams will ever

play again is like listening to both sides of a bitter divorce. we talked to longhorns athletic director who blames the aggies for leaving the big 12 conference. >> they made a conscious decision to move to the s.e.c. which we're going to live with. if they wanted to come back, we'd take them back. >> reporter: then we headed over to talk to the texas a&m president. he says the longhorns should make room in its schedule to keep the rivalry alive. >> it is clearly texas' choice in our opinion whether it goes on or not. we hope they will simply reconsider. >> reporter: historic traditions like the aggies bonfire will disappear. no need for the longhorn text rally. this rivalry has defined more than a century's worth of generations. ed lavendera cnn in austin and in college station, texas. we know a football player whose fight song just might be always look on the prit sibrigh of life. his outlook after a devastating

tragedy. a real story at thanksgiving. his inspiring words in a minute. i'm currently had helmand province, afghanistan. i want to give a shout out to my mom, dad, and friends and fast in western ohio. happy thanksgiving. te, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." ♪ oh, brother. hey, guys. ni-i-i-ck. oh... i thought those were put out for me. i did it again. no worries, nick. [ sighs ] say, nick, you must be busy this holiday. oh, yeah, with all the great savings

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instant on a football field one year ago. but he still has everything to be thankful for. >> reporter: football coaches always look for a player with a great motor. it means an athlete who doesn't give up on a play, who sur spura passion and adapts on the fly. barely a year ago, eric lagrand motored head first into the rest of his life. in an instant, two fractured vertebrae. the strongest player on the cut gers football team couldn't lift a finger. doctors said at 20 he never would again. how do you describe what this past year's been like? >> i refer to it as a blessing. i've touched so many people i

would have never touched in my lifetime. >> reporter: character guys challenge themselves and motivate others to found the outer boundary of their capabilities. eric lagrand cannot be deterred. once garly able to keep even his eyes open he is now trying to coax his body to walk again. >> in the face of the spinal cord word, there was christopher reeves before me but then he passed away. a lot of people were forgotten. now i'm hoping to try to find a cure for this spinal cord injury. >> reporter: eric genuinely makes you believe he's going to get up out of that chair. we don't know when it is going to be but we're going to keep fighting and we're going to keep believing. >> reporter: lagrand has gotten his own motivation from the sports he loves with dozens upon dozens of messages support conveyed on balls and helmets and jerseys. >> it is crazy all the people that you never thought, you see them on tv, you hear about them, but now i'm getting to meet people like that. all these people are telling me i'm going to get up.

i take it as a responsibility. that's what keeps me going. >> i just stand back and i watch in amazement. what his positive -- his positive energy and what it is doing. it is gravitating everyone, not just the average person. your pro athletes. your politicians. everyone's gravitating towards this kid. >> reporter: football coaches always look for winners. players who will do whatever it takes no matter how grueling the work or how long the fight. eric lagrand is doing all the work. he not only wants to walk again, he wants to run. >> to hear that crowd and just celebrating with your teammate.? >> eric lagrand says when he is able to walk again, he will go

back to the spot of that final tackle and lay down on the field, and then he'll get up and run off. under his own power. a heart attack survivor says no to open heart surgery choosing to change her diet instead. hear what her doctor says certain foods can actually make your heart attack-proof. and tell us something we are grateful for this giving. janet says -- i am part of the 9% unemployed since july. i can be thankful though for freedom of religion and the fact that we can give thanks to god for my family and friends that have stuck with me through this difficult time. and donald says -- he's thankful for waking up every morning. everything else, good or bad, is aby news. nice ring. knock it off. ignore him. with the capital one venture card you earn... double miles on every purchase. [ sharon ] 3d is so real larry.

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i can just take you right down to o.r. and operate on you right now. my son was in there and he was ready to wheel me down to the operating room because he was frantic. it is terrifying. >> reporter: what she did next may surprise you. she turned the surgeon down cold. said no to open heart surgery and decided to take a chance -- >> always have sweet potatoes on hand. >> reporter: using food as medicine. >> i love these. these are wonderful. >> reporter: like president clinton, she's given up the food she loves, like butter and cheese. betting her life on this diet. >> she a heart attack. >> the doctor recommended she had an intervention. she is not doing it. is there a downside? could she be putting herself as risk? >> no. i think that's an excellent question. there are data now going back over 100 years, or the last

decade, once you start eating this way you'll make yourself heart attack proof. we know if people are eating this way they are not going to have a heart attack. >> reporter: he thinks heart disease is completely preventable no matter what sort of family history have simply by eating right. >> it is a food born illness and we're never going to end the epidemic with stents, with bypasses, with drugs, because none of it is treating causation of the illness. >> like sharon, there are things you can do right now to prevent a heart attack. watch dr. sanjay gupta reports, the last heart attack friday, 7:00 and 11:00 p.m. having a baby is a big expense. now more and more couples are putting another kid on hold because they are worried about making ends meet. we'll hear one of those families explain their decision to wait. o defeats dandruff after just one use.

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two, that's another big chunk of change. >> reporter: the couple spends $11,000 on child care for olivia. she's 1 1/2 years old. ryan, a detective, gets extra income working in his family's business, but lori's job is a major factor in their family planning. >> did you get the letter back from us? >> reporter: 14 out of 21 people have been laid off at the child car association where she works. lori isn't sure if she'll have a job come january. >> i'm 39 now so there is a window and so that window closing while the job window closes at the same time are potentially will close is a little unnerving. >> reporter: no question women are already waiting longer to have kids and they're having fewer of them. in 2010, 4 million babies were born in the u.s., down from the peak of 4.3 million in 2007. dr. jack moritz has delivered

about 3,000 babies. >> you're going to cost $250,000 by the time you are 18. >> reporter: $226,920 to be exact from the government. that's up more than $60,000 from ten years ago. >> there is no doubt that the economy matters in having children. it has mattered throughout history. in the depression it went down. in other recessions it went down and in boom times it goes up. >> reporter: the recession is technically over but for most people it doesn't feel like it. >> couples are telling me that the economy is tight. having a kid, it is a great expense. i think the bigger expense up in your head than in reality. but still people think about kids and college and education and all the costs involved. they're right. they're seeing the moment right now how could we ever do this and they're postponing it. >> reporter: he says women think they can't afford to have a baby but for many they can't afford to wait. you can't wait for the economy to recover. >> biological clock. the stock is up, stock is