from any american airport, when selected for a full body scanner say no. you'll be pulled aside by a tsa agent and that's when the fun begins. and you never know who your agent will be. >> it could be me. >> or me. >> or even me. >> but it probably is going to be us. >> there you go. it's not always good when you're a federal agency that's the butt of jokes but -- >> you know what, it's sometimes helping to laugh and smile. >> that's going to do it for us. hope to see you tomorrow morning. >> thanks for having me. "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips starts now. happy thanksgiving. >> happy turkey day. here are some of the stories. part of germany's parliament building is closed to the public because police are denying reports that terrorists might be planning a strike. they insist no specific threat

exists but the public is not allowed on the rooftop terrace for security reasons. >> officers in utah tracking a person of interest in a shooting of a park ranger. he is believed to be armed and dangerous. officers looking for him in connection with the shooting of a ranger now in critical but stable condition. and the pope talking about condoms. pope benedict xvi says they may help in the fight against aids. roman catholic church firmly opposes contraception but this is the first time the church has ever talked about it. >> we begin with airport security lines. now battle lines for travelers who say they don't want to sacrifice privacy for the sake of safety. the tsa is feeling major pushback on full body scans and pat-downs. even the white house is weighing in. you have probably seen or experienced the new pat-down

procedures at airports. secretary of state hillary clinton says no thanks. >> and i understand how difficult it is and how offensive it must be for the people who are going through it. >> final question, my time is up. but would you summit to one of these? >> not if i could avoid it. no. i mean, who would? >> it's a question a lot of people are asking. when they see videos like this. it's gone viral online. a shirtless little boy getting patted down in salt lake city. the tsa says the little boy was searched after he set off a metal detector so. the boy's father took off his son's shirt to move the family through security faster. but incidents like these are further fuel for critics of new screening procedures. in north carolina, a flight attendant and cancer survivor says she was asked to remove a prosthetic breast during a pat-down. >> i had to pull it out and show

her the prosthesis which was very embarrassing and very degrading. >> a tsa representative tells wb-tv that incident is under review. but says agents are allowed to see and touch prosthetics. in detroit, a retired special education teacher and a bladder cancer survivor says his urostomy bag broke. >> i had urine dripping down my leg on my shorts. this was so embarrassing and humiliating. i wasn't prepared. >> sawyer plans to file a formal complaint and the tsa promises to review the incident. the tsa maintains it's sensitive to public concerns about enhanced pat-downs but says the extra security is necessary, meanwhile, tsa chief john pistole now finds himself answering to critics who say something has to give. >> we're always looking at ways that we can evolve our

technology and protocols. in the short-term there will not be any changes. >> the tsa points out millions of americans fly every day, that the number of complaints is extremely low. but a lot of those people will be facing the new security measures for the first time this week as the holiday travel rush kicks into high gear. carol costello live at reagan national airport outside d.c. so, what do you think, carol? what's everybody talking about? >> reporter: kyra, i've been here four hours. i have not heard so far. >> what is that? >> don't touch my junk. i have not heard that. >> i think somebody coined that term. my guess is we'll hear other lovely phrases in the next couple of days. >> reporter: maybe so. but i haven't heard any this morning. passengers seem rather resigned to the fact they have to go through these full body scanners. i'm at reagan national behind me

you see the full body scanner. very few people have opted out. perhaps knowing if they opt out of the full body scan they have to go through the inva sif pat-down. passengers are mixed which they prefer. i talked to several. take a listen. >> i'm going to opt for the pat-down. >> even though some say it's very intrusive. >> it cannot be more than the full body scan and the image. >> the body scan. for everyone. simply because i'd prefer them not to be touched by strangers which i think many parents feel that way. >> reporter: and parents are suffering the most anxiety. they have to explain to their children when they go through this body scan what it entails. how do you tell an 11-year-old. i guess you wouldn't tell it to the 2-year-old but the 11-year-old you have to tell her something. and parents don't want the pat-down although i must say after that youtube video that

you showed went viral with the boy with his shirt off being patted down, the tsa has modified its pat-down procedure for children 12 years and uner, so if you opt out of the full body screening for your child is pat-down is supposedly less intruetive. but if the child sets off the alarm with the metal detector it doesn't matter how old the child is. they get that full invasive pat-down procedure. >> it's going to be interesting to see how this goes through the thanksgiving break and what more stories we're going to hear, carol. should be interesting. >> reporter: well, what choice do you have, though? if you don't go through the full body scanner, if you opt out of that, you don't do the pat-down you don't get on the airplane. you don't get to see your family for christmas or thanksgiving. what are you going to do? >> interesting to see if there is consistency from airport to airport. we'll track it. carol, thanks. >> you know you have a pr issue

if "saturday night live" is lampooning you. what better way is with laughs about the new procedures. >> spending time with a tsa agent couldn't be easier. simply book a flight departing from any american airport. when selected for a full body scanner say no. you'll be pulled aside by a tsa agent and that's when the fun begins. and you never know who your agent will be. >> it could be me. >> or me. >> or even me. >> but it's probably going to be us. >> serious scare for passengers aboard a moscow-bound jet out of jfk airport. minutes into the flight the pilot radioed the tower about trouble with the left engine. >> delta 30 we declare an emergency. >> we did see some flash on the departing aircraft.

>> the boeing 767 made it back to jfk with one engine, dumping fuel over the atlantic ocean on its emergency approach. there were no injuries. they eventually hopped on a jet to moscow. the faa is investigating. >> north korea appears at it again. stanford university professor who visited a uranium enrichment facility sthaet the program is way beyond what anyone imagined. the professor says about 2,000 centrifuges at the facility could be converted to produce enriched uranium bomb fuel. the joint chiefs chairman says the development raises concerns, it shows north korea is quote a very dangerous country. >> you could say the weather is spinning out of control in minnesota. freezing rain and ice covered roads that led to nearly 400 accidents in the minneapolis-st. paul area. local newspaper there reports that it was so bad even some snow plows were sliding off the

roads. rob marciano monitoring not only minnesota but other parts of the country. >> a lot of folks are going to get a taste of this. minnesota, this is the first of three ice storms that they are dealing with, the second coming right now. and the third one is going to come around wednesday and thursday of this week. looks like a big mess across the northwestern third of the country. and it is going to be a bit of a mess as well. some of these temperatures and some of these storms more like the middle of january. that's for sure. from cleveland to detroit, chicago right now getting into heavy thunderstorms. we have ground stops at the chicago airport because of this weather between chicago and milwaukee. across lake michigan at this hour. but that is where temperatures are warming up for rain. you get through minneapolis, we're looking at temperatures here that are cold enough to support frozen precipitation. so, we're looking at temps in the upper 20s, moisture coming on top of that, we've got light freezing rain and freezing drizzle happening right now in

minneapolis-st. paul. so this will accumulate. probably not enough to take down power lines but enough to slow down at the very least travel. and traffic snarls. so freezing rain advisories are up for this part of minnesota. and parts of wisconsin and also iowa. check out these temperatures. 61 right now in chicago. it's 30 in minneapolis. what do you think the cold front is there. between those two. minus 8 in billings. it's 29 degrees right now in seattle. and snowing. that would be unusual for the middle of january let alone the middle of november. so, last year at this time we had a very -- pretty quiet travel week for thanksgiving. feels like we're going to pay the piper. >> it's been beautiful here in atlanta. gorgeous. we've been lucky. thanks, rob. >> the catholic church and condoms, two things that have never gone together until now.

the pope quoted in a new book says condoms are okay sometimes. that's a talker. we're going there after the break.

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i want to update you on a talker from last week about that new jersey pastor who told married church leaders to get after face book. he said it made adultery too easy and he's seen marriages suffer. here is the news flash. turns out the reverend miller was part of a three-way sexual relationship with his wife and a married church assistant in 2003. the other man's wife was with them sometimes too. miller admitted this after the ashbury park press dug up the info. >> for any pain my past mistakes caused you i again as i did many years ago, ask for your forgiveness. >> everybody make mistakes. everybody have a past. you know. and he's only human. he's a human being like anybody else. >> even with that skeleton in the closet miller is sticking by

his commandment to sign off face book. let's talk about condoms and the pope. how could we not talk about that. maybe you heard about it over the weekend. pope benedict is bending. a new book quotes him saying that they are okay to use in certain circumstances, like to prevent disease, not birth control. it's the first time the church has ever talked about exceptions to the condom rule. listen to how some catholics responded to the news. >> like merrill lynch, when he talks we listen. >> i think it's modern thinking. >> i'm also thankful for the comments. >> tackling the social issues of the day. as catholics we take them one at a time. it's not going to happen at once. i agree with what the pope's doing. >> here's part what if the pope says in the book. see if your eyebrows raise. it says quote there could be single cases that can be justified, for instance, when a prostitute use as condom.

say what? doesn't it sound like the pope is justifying prostitution too? surely not but what a bizarre analogy. let's talk more about this. interesting reactions across the country. >> reporter: well, definitely. but some of the best reactions have come from h.i.v.-aids campaigners who are welcoming the news because they feel it's going to help them in the fight against aids so. for them they are saying they want to see more comments like this from the pope and they hope that it is a shift in vatican policy. >> so, the head of the aid fighting group saying this is a positive step. wasn't the pope slammed last year for saying that condoms were not okay to control aids in africa? >> reporter: he was. in fact, when he visited last year in march he was roundly condemned because he suggested at the time that the use of condoms promotes promiscuous behavior and therefore worsens

the hiv aids epidemic in africa. this of course was held -- health campaigners were not happy. this recent statement could be seen as a way of the pope trying to clarify his position, saying that in certain exceptional circumstances it may be -- condom use may be justified. but he also says he doesn't find condoms to be a real or moral answer. he makes that very clear. and he says it's really on very single cases where it may be acceptable. >> okay. so the comments don't exactly rise to the level of official vatican policy. what's your take? is the pope "going rogue" here? or is he being realistic? >> reporter: he's not going rogue. it is his personal opinion but a considered opinion with weight and theologians will study every word in this book. but it isn't vatican policy either. what it reflects is basically his thinking of how catholicism

should be practiced in this modern day and age. this book is an incredible interview basically the journalist who wrote it spent an hour of every day for a week with the pope, and that kind of access is really unprecedented. he talks about contraception, condom use, but also even the possibility of the pope resigning if he's mentally or physically unfit. so there is a lot of frank and candid stuff in there. we'll probably hear more about it when the vatican has a press conference on it tomorrow. >> we'll look forward to it. thanks so much. what do you think? this a stepping stone to policy change in the vatican or the pope thinking out loud? leave your comments on my blog. thanks. >> and what you got going thanksgiving night so how about paying tribute to the every day people changing our world for the better. >> i'm not feeling like a rock star but of course my life has changed and i'm going back to chile with one of the best

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wall street is coming off a volatile week. the dow gained 10 points because investors couldn't shake fear fws the global economy. hopefully better news today. hey, alison. >> it is looking better for ireland but you know, the reality is the debt crisis isn't over. still word from overseas is helping to lift the mood on wall street. what happened is ireland requested a bailout from the eu,

the imf and this lifeline is likely to be more than $100 billion. european debt problems were really the big fear last week on wall street. that's because ireland is the second country to need a bailout. who can forget greece was the first. it shows the problems are spreading and leaves that question in everybody's minds, how far is this debt crisis going to spread? who is next? it matters because it's a really small world, you know. someone else's debt crisis can quickly become a dent crisis here. we can't forget that the u.s. subprime crisis spark add global recession. it could work the other way around. we got the opening bell. the dow right now up right now, up, just turned lower. one of those days. >> thanks. it's 9:30 on the east. should defendants in the u.s. courts be able to use islamic law in their arguments? a federal judge is taking up the

question today. >> oklahoma voters approved an amendment banning the muslim law in state courts. counsel has sued arguing that. it looks like the case against bishop eddie long may not go to trial. it's reported that lawyers for the bishop and the four men suing him want to reach a settlement. >> and we've been telling you about heightened security in germany due to concerns about a possible terrorist attack. the germans closed off public access to part of their parliament building. police deny a report that terrorists may have been planning to hit that site. >> security here in the u.s. is sure under fire in some corners. people like secretary of state clinton included. not happy with the tsa's body scanners and pat-downs. we're hearing more passenger horror stories as we enter the holiday week. the head of the tsa tells cnn

don't expect changes in the security line either. >> in the short-term, there will not be any changes but what i'm looking at is how can we best use the information we have, both the intelligence from overseas what we saw this weekend about how they design and concealed the toner cartridge bombs in flights out of yemen, that coupled with the thoroughness that we believe is appropriate. >> he's talking about thoroughness. but the bigger message is privacy takes a back seat to security. he told candy crowley some of the horror stories he heard are inaccurate. we heard one horrifying story this morning from a bladder cancer survivor who has a urostomy bag attached. his encounter in detroit left him feeling violated and humiliated. jim acosta talked to him last hour. i tell you, what he went

through, it was horrifying to listen to his story. >> stunning. absolutely stunning. and you know, for all of those folks who may doubt that there is an issue here with the security pat-downs at the airport ought to listen to the story of tom sawyer. he went to the airport on november 7th to head to a wedding down in orlando. he was going through security at the airport in detroit, when he was asked for an enhanced pat-down. and you know, he told the security agent there, look, i've got a medical condition, do you mind if we go the a private room. he got to the private room. this gentleman, mr. sawyer, suffers from bladder cancer, he wears a you aurostomy bag that essentially holds his urine. and essentially what happened is that this agent in doing this enhanced pat-down ruptured the bag, causing urine to spill all over this man. and as you said, he felt

humiliated. and i think what we really hit our finger on here with this story, kyra, is perhaps some of these agents just aren't trained in dealing with people with medical conditions and special cases like mr. sawyer. let's take a listen to what he had to tell us earlier this morning. >> i don't think he was trained to deal with me. as i reflect back on it now, i think maybe he was as much shocked as what he's done than what i was and he didn't apologize, didn't offer me help. i don't think he was trained for -- he didn't know what a urostomy was. they need to be trained on medical conditions and emotional conditions of some patients. >> he makes such a good point because from airport to airport, it seems like there's no consistency in how we, the passengers, are handled, jim. this is just -- this is awful. what did mr. sawyer say -- >> that's right.

>> in regard to the tsa, john pistole, you know, saying to candy crowley that they are going to continue these pat-downs as long as they feel it's necessary. >> well, sawyer said he absolutely disagrees with that position, he thinks the tsa needs to take a look at this policy and whether or not each individual passenger who goes to the airport is somehow going to be subjected to this. we should mention that not everybody who goes to the airport is going to be put through this process. but if you set off some kind of alarm among the agents you could be pulled aside for this. and he brings up a very good point. that is that we sort of have a one size fit all cookie cutter approach to this enhanced pat-down procedure, and there is no wiggle room for people who have medical conditions like this gentleman here. here's a guy who has a urostomy bag that is susceptible to any kind of touching in an overly sensitive way and he tried, as he said in this interview, to

explain this to this agent, and the agent was essentially you know, sort of like so what. and i think if there's any lesson to be learned it's that there needs to be additional training to some of these agents to make sure they know that they may be dealing with people with medical conditions that are very, very sensitive. >> probably won't be the first time we hear a story like this. thanks. >> there is a story about jimmy carter being attacked by a killer rabbit. the former president is talking about it.

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mark preston at the desk. what do you have for us? >> there has been all of this talk about whether hillary clinton is going to leave her job as secretary of state, is she going to challenge barack obama. one of these parlor games we play in washington, d.c. and what all of the political junkies do. they said yesterday during an interview with fox news that she's not going to run, she has no intention to run, she said i am not in any way interested in pursuing anything in elected office. so will it put this storyline to bed? i'm afraid not. i think we'll continue to talk about it as long as we have these advisers. once in a while kind ever raising the spector that hillary clinton might run for president. as you said, a lot of talk about 2012 yesterday. we had rick perry, the texas governor who won re-election. he said he's not interested in running for president either which is kind of interesting because a lot of people thought that rick perry was trying to

put together an operation where he would in fact try to do so. he's going to they had republican governors association. he has no interest in coming to washington. and bobby jindal running in 2011 said he's going to focus on his own re-election, and he has no desire necessarily to run for president or i should say he didn't say he had no desire, he deferred the question in general. so we have those three talking about it. and mike huckabee who won the iowa caucuses back in 2008, he was in iowa yesterday. he said he still is considering a run. so, certainly a lot of 2012 talk. we're still in what now, 2010. so, there you have it. one person that's getting a lot of talk about running in 2012, and in fact is generating some is sarah palin. she said recently she thinks that she could defeat president obama. she has a book that's coming out "america by art" and a gawker had gotten excerpts of this and

they posted it on their website. a federal judge ruled over the weekend they have to pull down those excerpts, as they were pulling those down sarah palin put them on her facebook page. she talks about what she thinks makes america strong and why america is under assault. the book gets released tomorrow. she kicks off her book tour in arizona. kyra. >> okay. what is this story about jimmy carter attacked by a killer rabbit? >> a lot of people said that jimmy carter didn't have it in him. he was attacked by a killer rabbit or so goes the story. yesterday he really explained what happened in 1979, he was out kish fishing in plains, georgia. he said that hounds were chasing a child rabbit. it jumped in the water, started coming toward his boast boat. the president says he took his paddle, knocked on the water and pushed the rabbit to go the other way. so at the time it was big news

that the president had been attacked by a killer rabbit when it was this wild rabbit trying to get away from the dogs. >> i'm glad we have after all of these years set the story state. thank you, mark. we're going to have your next political update in an hour. for a reminder go to our website cnnpolitics.com. parker spitzer takes on topics. the bush administration lawyer who wrote the memos saying torture is okay. >> part of the job of being a lawyer is defending sometimes unpopular decisions that your clients make. and i'm willing to put that -- do that part of the job. but i also think that there's no escaping responsibility of people who make policy decision. just because a law says you can drive 65 miles an hour doesn't mean you have to drive 65 miles an hour. there is still a lot of discretion and choice that elected leaders of government had the make and i'm prepared

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for women who lost one or both breasts to cancer reconstructive surgery is a way to feel whole again. but not all breast cancer survivors qualify for those implants. now a relatively new procedure is helping those folks measure up. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen with more on health for her. >> can you imagine you are diagnosed with cancer, you get through that, and then you're told you can't have implants. so that these breasts that were taken from you, you can't do what a lot of women do. we met a woman who had to find out on her own how to get her body back. >> i had many looks going through chemo. >> when liz anderson was

diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2009, she had to act fast. she had both breasts removed, the very next month. >> this is zero. this is two scars on your chest. this is absolutely nothing. to look in that mirror and not see anything it just isn't -- it doesn't feel right. >> anderson, who was 46 when she was diagnosed, says it's time to get says it's time to get her girls back. >> my goal is to reconstruct myself, to be whole again. >> reporter: she's leaving her home in florida and heading to a surgeon in new orleans for a new type of surgery she found out about on her own. the doctor will take fat from anderson's hips and form it into breasts. it's a procedure that's particularly helpful to her because she had radiation, and, therefore, can't get implants. you don't need your breasts. you can live quite nicely without them. why go through all of this? >> the sum of what is the injury of a very difficult event and

that is a diagnosis of breast cancer and then the devastating deformities that can occur with mastectomy. >> reporter: i met up with anderson the next day. for the first time in a year and a half, she has breasts. you haven't seen them yet? >> i haven't. >> reporter: do you feel ready to see them. >> i'm excited. >> reporter: let's go ahead. >> wow. it's amazing. >> reporter: what's really amazing is that anderson got this surgery at all. her cancer doctor never told her about it, and that's actually pretty common. out of every ten women who have their breasts removed and qualify for reconstructive surgery, only three are fully informed of options. when a woman has her breasts removed, does the doctor immediately say let's talk about new breezes. >> unfortunately, often not. >> reporter: anderson had to do her own research in her request

for breasts. >> gotcha, cancer. that's my motto. you you can took them from me. i got them back. >> so why did she have to find out about this on her own? >> the way it works is when you have cancer, an oncologist treats you, and oncologists don't dough breast reconstruction, and they don't know the ways, and they're very focused on getting the cancer out of you, and it's not their thing, so to speak, about new breasts. they may know about implants but not about this surgery, which is very unusual. she learned about it by talking to other breast cancer survivors and going on the internet. >> how expensive is it? did she pay out of her own pocket? >> it is very expensive but insurance by hau has to pay for her reconstruction. she had to pay deductibles and co-pays.

>> we should follow up. >> this was a month ago, and we did talk to her recently and she says she's doing great. she has to go back for another surgery but she is definitely loving her new look. we have a lot of developments in the next hour of cnn newsroom. first, alison kosic in new york. >> time to shop till you drop, kyra. black friday a few days away. how many people are going to be spending money this holiday season? a new survey coming out in a few minutes. >> i'm rob marciano. severe thunderstorms or at least rough ones heading through chicago, and up the road in minneapolis, the second of three ice and snowstorms hitting the city right now. weather at the top of the hour. if you missed the american music awards last night, no problem. it should have been called the justin bieber show. kids today have j.b.

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>> my, my, my music hits me so hard. >> when tony appears on b.e.t., you can't touch this. welcome back. >> i was out there for the cnn heroes show, the taping of the show that airs on thanksgiving night. i totally picked the hero of the year. i won't go beyond that because i think there are disclosure forms. >> really? >> yeah, nondisclosures. how are you? >> good. >> want to talk football. the jets are leading the game. cool highlights. get to some best video. the jets are leading this game, and then they lose the lead. okay. so check this out. this is with about ten seconds or so left in the game. here rego again. no, that's the play that sets it up. this is it. ten seconds to go. this is ball game on the line. santonio holmes again, second week in the row.

>> i thought the 42-yard pass was pretty nice. >> the jets have something special going on now and they're rocking that new stadium. they made it all of the way to the afc championship game last year. maybe they will go to the super bowl this year. great story so far this season. you know another great story taking shape? >> michael vick. >> here's the thing. what's set be up right now, these teams, the atlanta falcons, playing tremendous ball, 8-2, right, leading the nfc. here's michael vick last night against the giants, running for a touchdown, playing really, really clean football. >> passes off the football, too. >> we could have a scenario where the top two teams in the nfc are the falcons, michael vick's former team and the eagles, where they play in the nfc championship game.

where? right here in atlanta. >> atlanta, georgia. >> how cool would that be? you know how we watch and keep an eye out for big events, that would be cool in the city. there would be as many michael vick jerseys in the stadium. how about jimmie johnson? nascar, jimmie johnson, fifth year in a row, the chase champion. all right, so a great race until -- i was at the heroes thing. i'm totally faking this. i didn't see a single snap in the nfl. how am i doing? not a single snap. >> i'll help you out. >> he's on one of our shows this evening, i believe. jimmie johnson fifth year in a row is your chase champion. we haven't seen that dominance is so long. a couple sports with dynasty

teams. this is one-man dynasty. >> how about this cup? this is canadian students taking part -- this is for real. international stackup competition. >> you know what this looks like? >> this is a world sport stacking association. >> so teams from all over the world of participating? >> yes. >> young people involved in this? >> yes. this is what your kids grow up to do. this is the next scholarship to college, cup-stacking. >> certain to be an pk sport in brazil, right? >> exactly. >> there you go. you rock. >> see you tomorrow. >> you rock. >> i can touch tony harris. >> any time. it's like tsa in here. >> c'mon plett me give you a pat-do pat-down. wait, can't touch this! 10:00 a.m. on the east coast. here are the stories that have

us talking. icy roads in minnesota mean a lot of spinning wheeling. slick streets led to nearly 400 accidents in the minneapolis-st. paul area. it was so bad even snowplows were sliding off the roads. should defendants in u.s. courts be allowed to use islamic laws in her arguments. oklahoma voters approved a ban on it. they are suing that it violates the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom. the pope talking about condoms. pope benedict says they may help inhe fight against aids. this is the first time that the church talked about an exception to the condom rule. get ready for crowded planes, trains and automobiles this thanksgiving holiday.

aaa says more than 42 million people will travel at least 50 miles,en increase of over 11% last year. many airports are already packed. take a look at this video shot friday out of chicago. the security lines rapped around the terminal. airport security lines now battle lines for some travellers who say they don't want to sacrifice privacy for the sake of safety. tsa is feeling pushback on pat-downs and scans. a shirtless little boy is getting patted down in salt lake city. tsa says the little boy was searched after he set off a metal detector, and the boy's father took his shirt off to move the family through security faster. then there was detroit, a retired special education teacher and bladder cancer survivor says his urostomy bag broke during a pat-down and he believes that poor training is

the root of the problem. >> i don't think he was trained to deal with me. as i reflect back on it now, i think maybe he was in as much shock to what he had done as i was, and that's why he didn't respond at all. he didn't apologize, didn't offer me help. he didn't know what a urostomy was. these people need to be trained on medical conditions, and emotional conditions of some patients. >> mr. sawyer says he plans to file a formal complaint. the tsa points out that millions of americans fly every day and that the number of complaints is actually low, but a lot of people will be facing the new security measures for the very first time this week as the holiday travel rush kicks into high gear. kate baldwin looks at the tsa facts, fiction and frustration. >> reporter: kyle whitney could hop on a plane and be home for the holidays in just one hour, but this season he's opting for what he considers the

hassle-free option, a seven-hour train ride to avoid new airport security measures. >> i don't like the practices that i have seen, and it's just one more reason not to go through with the ordeal of flying. >> reporter: the new measures from the transportation security administration have set you have a wave of criticism and frustration among passengers. shown here in photos from denverpost.com, are the pat-downs some call extreme and there's also the revealing full-body scanner machines. so what can air travellers expect this holiday season? most will walk through metal detectors. only 69 airports in the country, about 12%, have full-body scanners. for those who do go through full-body scanners, the tsa says they're safe. the exposure to radiation is less than you'd receive in two minutes of flight, and passengers will only receive the enhanced pat-down if he refuse the full-body scanner, set off

the full-body scanners alarm or metal detector. children under 12 who require extra screening will receive a modified pat-down. john pistole told candy crowley, the challenge is finding a balance between passengers's privacy and doing their job to keep those passengers safe. >> clearly, if we are to detect terrorists who have, again, proven innovative and creative in their design and implementation of bombs that are going to blow up airplanes and kill people we have to do something. >> reporter: pistole says the procedures are staying in place for now despite the controversy. kate baldwin, cnn, washington. a developing story out of eastern utah we we are closely following a manhunt for a person of interest in the shooting of a state park ranger. the sheriff of grand county

identifying him as lance, lee row ariano. broed young was hit three times in a gun battle with the motorist he pulled over. law enforcement has been combing the terrain around there since then. they haven't found the man but found a rifle and blood-soaked t-shirt. he is considered armed and dangerous, and an impending storm could force him to come in out of the cold. we'll keep you posted. wenter is making harsh early appearance in salt lake city, roads remain closed today, same story in minnesota. icy roads are the problem there. state patrol reporting hundreds of accidents including a fatal one. in california, good weather for skiers but not tractor trailers. the sierra mountains got up to

two feet of snow. >> how about that? great news for skiers but you have to turn off the spigot if you want to get where you need to go, right? that's the problem today and through much of this week. we have a couple storms rolling across the northern tier, and that will affect the great lakes back to the west, and the one dropping noun across the pacific northwest has unusually cold weather with it, and it's going to have a tremendous amount of wind energy with it. in some cases we'll see blizzard conditions come tuesday and wednesday. we have travel issues already. in d.c. and philadelphia, we have some delays because of low ceilings and a fog. in chicago and milwaukee, we have issues because of thunderstorms rolling through those areas. and, there we go. in chicago, there are your thunderstorms rolling through lake michigan and getting into south bend and back through

minneapolis. we are looking at -- we're working a little slow. monday, wake up, wall. we have pink on the map, which means freezing raindroping across minneapolis and st. paul and freezing rain advisories out for this area through tonight. this is the second of three snow and ice situations rolling through minneapolis. the next one is wednesday and through thursday. this will not take down power lines but make the roads slick. we had hundreds of accidents across minneapolis and will see more today. here you go, another 10 to 18 inches across the sierras and another potentially 3 feet across utah and colorado rockies as the next system drives down into the inner mountain west. the ski resorts opening for holidays, but tough to get to grandma's house in some spots.

north korea appears to be at it again with its suspicious nuclear program. a stanford professor who visited a facility there says the program is way beyond what anybody imagined. the professor says about 2,000 centrifuges could be readily converted to produce enriched uranium bomb fuel. the development raises concerns and shows that north korea is quote a very dangerous country. >> back street boys, new kids on the block together on the same stage. a must-see moment from the american music awards. has gingko for memory and concentration plus support for bone and breast health. a great addition to my routine. [ female announcer ] one a day women's.

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the 16-year-old stardom nated the show and took home more statues than any other. we are talking about that now. a.j., how does he come across in person? what did you think? >> he's a nice guy. he has wisdom beyond his years for stur. make no mistake about it. it was a beerer-ific night. he cleaned up. he performed and did really well. it he took home four awards, artist of the year, favorite pop album, break through artist and favorite male pop artist. showbiz tonight was backstage and we caught up with justin after his big win. >> i like to stay calm and collected but inside i can't believe what's happening. it's been an amazing night for me.

i'm going to go party and have fun and stuff. >> see, he's remaining humble but still remaining a kid, which i really like. it was teen guys with good hair like justin and formerry teen guys with good hair. the '90s boy bands new kids on the block and back street bands brought down the house with this big joint finale they did. the nine guys say they are excited to be joining forces for a brand new tour next summer. when word of this tour got out, a lot of people are saying, what's it going to be like and it if this performance was a preview, it's going to be a pretty cool tour to see and people are excited about it. >> talk about hair. these are guys that are our age, a.j. it's a good thing they still have their hair. >> hey, hey, come on, come on. i was thinking about it last night when they were performing, it was more than 20 years ago when the new kids had their

first hits. >> we should through menuto into the group and have all of the hot boy bands from our time, a.j. did you get a chance to see the new harry potter? how did it do this weekend? >> i haven't seen it yet but they didn't really miss me at the box office. it did pretty well. harry potter and the audience as big as ever. the audience loves the midnight shows. the movie took in 125.1 million bucks at the domestic box office and $205 million from nearly every major foreign markets according to warner brothers. that puts among the two biggest movie openings, and the other one the twilight staug ga "eclipse." the numbers are close to what "harry potter and the goblet of fire." the one to beat is 2001, the

first movie in the series, still the best box office performer of all of them, $975 million total worldwide, but i do look forward to see this. it's sort of a tradition that i get to go with my niece or niece and nephew, and i haven't had an opportunity. they may see it before i have a chance to grab them and see it. >> uncle a.j., such a good guy. a.j. doesn't like to get mushy. if you want information about everything breaking in the entertainment world, watch showbiz tonight. quarterback kurt warner talking about one of most debated topics in the nfl right now. >> i think for a long time it was felt like if you didn't get up dizzy or with no memory, you didn't really suffer a concussion. >> his candid conversation with dr. sanjay gupta next. back in the 80's, it was really tough for me and my family.

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helmet-to-helmet hit. last night, but about 100 of these concussions a year. what's unsettling is what is happening to the brain. we know more about this than ever before, and we also know that after a first concussion, the brain is much more likely to actually be subjected to a second concussion. this is unsettling, but it is also a concern that there is an ignorance about how to treat players with concussions. i did speak to former quarterback and super bowl mvp about this issue and his personal story as well. >> snap, blitz coming. warner steps up. >> reporter: it's a chilling moment in football. >> kurt warner is hurt. >> reporter: a player is hit and does not get up. >> kurt warner on his back. >> reporter: january 16th, 2010,

kurt warn earp was that player. he got up, and later he returned to the game. do you feel like now in retrospect you every stayed in the game or were sort of pushed to stay in the game when you shouldn't have? >> yeah. there's no question that's happened. a lot of guys when they get those hits or those concussions, they think, i'm going to play through it here for the short term. >> he was just lifted up. >> reporter: playing through it is part of football, says warner, a big part. >> probably 100% of the guys that played my sport in the nfl have been there. i think for a long time, it was felt like, well, if you didn't get up dizzy or with no memory, then you really didn't suffer a concussion. >> reporter: what does a concussion feel like? >> it's like a mental fogginess. you almost feel like you are separated from the situation. you're in it, but you're kind of looking at it from the outside looking in. >> reporter: according to the nfl, there are more than 100

documented concussions every season. after a big hit, doctors on the sidelines test players for signs of concussion, memory problems, confusion, dizziness but there is no definitive answer to the most important question. who should continue playing and who should come out of the game? >> how many of you by show of hands have had a concussion? >> reporter: this former pittsburgh steelers trainer studies concussions on the brain in high school players. and retired nfl athletes. >> during the scan -- >> reporter: in his study, players who have had three or more concussions get mris and memory tests. >> i'm going to say three words, apple, penny, table. you say them. >> apple, penny, table. >> what were those three words i asked you to remember earlier. >> i don't remember. penny. that's all i remember. >> reporter: memory problems are

not the only things they are finding. concussions may be shrinking memory and learning centers in the brain stopping it's abilities to transmit signals. did you retire because of concussions? >> no, but there is no question as i contemplated the big picture and thought about life after football are, do i want to put myself at risk for another won cushion? >> reporter: many players, of course, decide to play through it. >> oh, dropped! >> now, kyra, kurt warner knows a lot about this topic. he suffered at least five documented concussions and thinks about the problem as two-pronged. a lot of players want to continue to play, so they'll minimize their symptoms, and also teams want to win. that's part of this. he was never told he had to play despite having symptoms but does worry about the culture overall.

the nfl says, if anything, we're going in the other direction where people sit out until totally symptom-free. if a guy get the pulled out of the game, he can't go back until cleared by the team daughter. ellis hobbs, actually in a stretcher, the thumbs up sign. we hear he got x-rays of his neck and there's no evidence of a fracture. tomorrow, we're going to talk about high school football as well. not just professional football. 3 million kids playing. their brains are still developing. what is the impact of their hits? max conrad is someone we will be profiling. that's tomorrow. tens of thousands of black farmers have spent a decade waiting and fighting and protesting on capitol hill. and now they are one step closer to a billion-dlash discrimination payout from the government. what's next and when they could

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a little more cautious buying out there. >> a new cnn poll came out last week saying 80% of americans think the economy is in poor shape. how big a factor do you think this is when you think about holiday spending and improving the economy? >> when you think about it, it really impacts it a lot. because how you feel impacts how you shop and how much you spend. do people feel like they have money? is the economy doing well? do people feel secure in their jobs? people ask themselves this, and their ans determine how much they're going to spend and shop. since the recession, people use strategies to shop. take a look at this. they have been spending less, shopping for sales, using coupons more frequently, and they're comparing prices from online to what they find in the stores. so for many people, shopping for the bargains like we do on fr , friday, it's like black friday every day.

some stores are opening on thanksgiving and announcing black friday deals in advance to lure everybody in. >> let's hope it goes well. thanks, alison. ail's tell you who is happy. thousands of black farmers. they're finally going to get their money from uncle sam. we are talking about a billion dollars for racial bias claims. they have been waiting for the payout for more than a decade. they won a class action lawsuit against the usda in 1999 but for so many it has been red tape be setbacks ever since. 11 years of splitting time between the fields and capitol hill, staging protests and even riding tractors through downtown d.c. to get attention from congress. that's what jon voight did. he's the president of the black farmers association. you called this wait a living hell. i interviewed you a number of times on this issue. now the bill heading to the house where it's expected to pass. then it has to go to the oval

office and get signed by the president. how soon could you and other farmers get the cash in your pocket? >> hopefully very soon. i'm just so pleased to have the bill out of the senate where we tried ten times to get the bill passed. leader reid worked very close will i with senator chuck grassley. that's what happens when democrats and republicans work together, good things happen. black farmers who have been waiting so very, very long, and many have died at the plow, kyra, just waiting for this justice. so it was very, very good to get it out of the senate and hopefully we'll be able to reconcile the bill in the house soon, after thanksgiving, and i'm looking forward to working with leaders on both sides, republicans and democrats to bring that long overdue justice to black farmers. >> you bring up a good point. many people haven't lived long

enough to see the cash. how much are we talking about? >> $1.25 billion at about $50,000 per farmer. >> that's a nice chunk of change. >> it doesn't put the farmers back into business but what it does do is it give vindication to farmers and bring law long overdue justice. this is about justice. when america is tried, america stands up and does the right thing. that's what happened in the senate. people heard our plight. >> you said you think this will bring the country closer to racial harmony. what do you mean by that? >> i think by dealing with this issue because this issue has resurfaced. it's a very, very old case. we first filed our first lawsuit 26 years ago, and this case has continued to resurface and resurface, and i think by settling this case and actually putting the resources into the farmers' hands, we can begin to rebuild that trust factor between black farmers and the

united states states department of agriculture where there has been historically bad blood there. we are looking forward to rebuilding that fence and getting in there and getting the black farmers back involved in federal programs there. >> we know that shirley sherrod, who made huge headlines not too long ago, her family has been involved in one of these lawsuits as well. >> yes. >> john, let's have a reality check. this is great news and hopefully the farmers are going to get the 50 grand soon. >> yes. >> but you still zr an uphill battle with regard to access to credit. >> yes, we do. >> what's the next step? i know there's going to be another fight or two down the road for black farmers. >> absolutely. we are trying to look forward to getting black farmers into the farm subsidy program and farm lending programs and other cases we want to be involved in to help work on, the women's case, the hispanic case and indian case, and we want to be involved and help toes persons get

through this process, too. there's a lot of work to be done and we're just pleased that we're making so much progress. the white house, who has been very, very supportive over the last couple of weeks, have played their role there. we are looking to work with the leaders in congress and get this done as quickly as possible for our nation's black farmers. >> congratulations. always good to talk to you. >> thank you for having me. >> my pleasure. 10:30 on the east coast. here's stories we're going to update. fears of a terror attack in germany. the government closed par of the parliament building to the public. it's usually a busy tourist stop. security here in the u.s. under fire. people including secretary of state hillary clinton not happy with the tsa body scanners and pat-downs. the head of the tsa says privacy takes a back seat to security and not to expect any changes during the busy week this week.

a delta jet headed to moscow had to return to jfk. the boeing 767 was having engine trouble. everyone is okay. they caught another plane to russia and the faa is investigating what went wrong. catholic church and condoms, never went together until now. the pope quoted in a new book says condoms are okay sometimes. that's a talker. we're going there right after the break. [ male announcer ] opportunity is a powerful force. set it in motion...

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failed. a robot has been sent into the mine to determine the next step for the rescuers, and workers are drilling a small bore hole. let's talk about condoms and the pope. pope benedict is bending a little bit on this long-time church taboo. a new book quotes him as saying condoms can be okay sometimes, like to present disease but not birth control. it's the first time the church ever talked about exceptions to the condom rule. listen to how catholics heard the news. >> he's like merrill lynch, we listen when he talks. >> i'm thankful for the comments. >> tackling the social issues. as catholics, we take them one at a time. it won't happen all at once. it's a process, and i agree with what the pope is doing. >> here is what the pope said in the book. he says, quote, there could be

single cases that can be justified. for instance, when a prostitute uses a condom. doesn't it sound like the pope is justifying prostitution, too. surely not, but it's a pretty bizarre analogy. let's talk more with atika shubert. what's the reaction been like since these quotes have surfaced? >> well, for a lot of aid workers who are working to prevent the spread of hiv/aids, these are very welcome comments. they really want to see more of this kind of stuff coming out of the vatican for a number of reasons. for one thing, for catholics around the world, it is a way of accepting what has been known in health circles that condoms prevent hiv/aids. this is a message they want to spread. i talked to the head of the unaids and he says the biggest impact is that catholic aid agencies will now consider when they do their work, promoting the use of condoms.

he says they may not do it right away but they are now actually considering it because the pope said it may be justified using condoms in certain circumstances. that's a big boost for those who work to prevent hiv/aids. >> the head of the hiv/aids fighting group says it's a step forward but didn't the pope say last year it was not okay to use condoms in africa? >> he did. he said it was causing the spread of hiv/aids and that's what got him a lot of neglect comments and condemnation from health workers. this is seen as a way to clarify his position. even though he says there may be some cases, he also says it is not a real or moral solution, condom use. he says that there should be other solutions, mainly, chastity and refraining from sex. >> so the comments don't really

raise to the level of official vatican policy. what do you think? is the pope going rogue or just being realistic with the times? >> he's not really going rogue. it's really his personal opinion about the way catholicism should be practiced in the modern world. obviously his opinion holds a lot of weight and is considered opinion and every word will be forred over by theologians. he is really commenting on how he sees the world today. the vatican itself has taken out several studies on the use of condoms. should they be used? he's been reading this and this is what prompted him to make the comments today. >> atika shubert, we will continue to follow this. we asked your thoughts about his comments. paul says, if they are so confused about the usefulness of condoms with awful the scientific research available to scholars, i put no faith in their moral compass.

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fast-moving current in the los angeles riv. they were finally able to hoist him out to safety. in minnesota, a rough weekend on the road for drivers and police. more than 300 accidents, which kept tow truck drivers busy. people took to the streets in boise, idaho to light up in a blaze of protest. we're talking about laws that criminalize cannabis. the event wasn't about getting high but to make the point about marijuana legalization. police say they found out about the smokeout on social media but did not make any arrests. tea party activists putting pressure on congress now. paul steinhauser with more on the story. hey, paul. >> they helped to get some of these republicans elected to congress, and now they want them to do things, and one of the things they're asking is lower taxes.

this is a letter from tea party nation, they signed it and 180 other tea party organizations, and it's a letter to john boehner, who will be the new house speaker, and mitch mcconnell and it asks to keep the tacks low, cut spending, don't fund or give money to the new health care law and gets into social issues like don't ask, don't tell and it says sthoe not repeal it. that's interesting because it's kind of a pushback against another letter that came out from another group of tea party activists led by gop proud, saying stay away from social issues and deal with fiscal issues. looks like a fight. something else i want to talk about? 2012. it's still 2010 but never too early to talk about the next presidential election. mike huckabee yesterday in iowa was asked if he decides to run, when will he announce.

he says this could be months from now. not just muckby, but other possible republicans are not planning on announcing any time soon. march, april, may. very different than four years ago because four years ago you already had a bunch of people already announcing for the white house. seems like everything is being pushed back this time around. >> what about the possible 2012 obama/palin matchup? >> we can't talk about that hypothetical matchup enough. if she decides to run and wins the nomination. from quinnipiac university, a national survey, according to this hypothetical matchup say 48% for the president and 40% for palin. we saw a similar thing. when you break that quinnipiac poll down by independents, they are going slightly for barack obama. the polls are a snapshot of how americans feel right now. 2012 is a long way away.

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this day in history forever burned in the collective psyche of our nation. on this day 47 years ago, president john filts gerald kennedy was a sass natsed in dallas. lee harvey oswald arrested hours later, and vice president lyndon b. johnson was sworn in soon as the 36th president of the united states. we are learning more about that assassination and its aftermath. two secret service agents protecting the president that day are revealing fascinating details, including the fact that one of them almost mistakenenly shot the newly sworn in president. >> reporter: they are a pair of stoic 78-year-old grandfathers.

gerald blaine and grant hill still carry themselves in an upright position and still have a bond and still have vivid memories of that clear, crisp day in november nearly half a century ago. >> we couldn't help but feel like we failed. we all had the same mission and it was a terrible feeling. >> reporter: blaine gives rifting new accounts of that feeling in his new bobs and reveals how less than 24 hours after kennedy's assassination, he almost caused another unspeakable tragedy. he stood guard outside lyndon johnson's house in the early morning darkness and heard footsteps and readied his submachine gun. i put it to my soldierer and steaded my feet and around the house, i recognized right away, it was president johnson by his profile. >> reporter: johnson had just come out to get some air. how close did you come to shooting him?

>> my finger was on the trigger. i had nightmares about this for months afterwards. >> reporter: johnson, he said, turned white, said nothing, and went back in the house. i spoke with blaine and clint hill just a few feet from john kennedy's grave. hill wrote the forward to blaine's book but has rarely spoken about that day. you had a tough time there in the years after the assassination, after your resignation. can you talk about what you went through? >> i had nightmares, and it seemed like every time i turned around, there was something that reminded me of what had happened. so i just clammed up and went in my basement with some alcohol and some cigarettes and stayed there for a few years. >> reporter: clint hill was the first secret service agent to get to kennedy's car in dallas. he broke into a sprint after the initial shot was fired. he says if he could relive those moments, if he could jump on the back maybe two seconds