all 33 miners tonight on the cnn heroes. watch who will be named the cnn hero of the year. at this time, every weekend on cnn international. the news continues next on cnn. >> a terror plot, the suspect, a college student and naturalized u.s. citizen, fran townsend joins us live to talk about how this tragedy was averted. protests in south korea over that country's lack of response to a deadly attack this weekend by north korea. these aren't students expressing their frustrations.

they are former members of the country's military. and your spouse, your kids, your friends, and family, having a gift for each of them to unwrap on christmas morning may bring joy but it could also bring a strain on your wallet. advice to help you from bowing to the pressure to spend. i'm joe johns. don lemon has the night off. you are in the cnn "newsroom." in portland, oregon, a college student faces terrorism charges for allegedly blowing up trying to blow up a car bomb. he's a naturalized u.s. citizen from somalia. they say the public was never in danger. what do they mean? >> they knew exactly the whereabouts of the suspect because they had been tracing him owe following him for more than a year. what they did was set him up

near pioneer square, the very place that he said he was going to detonate a bomb. what happened is, once the feds interceded, they knew that they had a fake bomb that they planted on him. he had the cell phone. so just about 20 minutes before the tree lighting ceremony was going to go off, he dialed the phone number and then was subsequently arrested. i've talked to a lot of people around pioneer square. none of them had any idea that this arrest terrorism threat was going on at the time, joe. >> so they were watching this guy every step of the way. what else do we know about it? when did he come to the united states, for example? >> what we know is that he's a naturalized somali. he went to high school in this area, possibly beaverton. in august 2009 they intercepted an e-mail and thus began a chain of events.

the federal investigators have the fact that he mailed passport photos, was going under the phony name and provided the fbi with a thumb drive that has all of these detailed locations and bomb locations. as we said, he had targeted pioneer square and arrested him on an attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. >> all right. now, according to the affidavit, the justice department prosecutor's affidavit, there was even a rehearsal. let's talk more about that. a rehearsal using a real bomb. >> well, what they did was, again, he's working with undercover agents. they told him, we need to test your bomb and your plan. so they took him out to a remote part of lincoln county and on november 4th he, thinking that this was a legitimate test and worked this whole thing out for this thing to go off, he

detonated a bomb out there and thought he was on his way. he said very, very strong things about, basically, he's glad to hear that there were going to be families out there and thought oregon would be a great place for this to happen because nobody ever thinks about it. and what was kind of bone-chilling to the prosecutors was when he said, remember when 9/11 happened and people were jumping from the skyscrapers, that was "awesome." with us now is fran townsend. she was former homeland security advisor to george bush. now we have this thing. are we going to feel better because this didn't work or should we be worried because these people won't seem to give up? >> well, i think that they don't

give up and how persistent they are is the first thing we ought to take away from it. quickly behind that, joe, let's remember, the fbi got on to this in 2009. clearly, they communicated an investigation and stayed on top of him. and they thwarted this thing. just -- you know what i mean? and this is the good news. after all, the underwear bomb got on the thing. they attempted to detonate. this guy they actually inserted themselves early on in the investigation and were able to protect americans. that's the good news story. the problem here is, that this self radicalization, americans or naturalized americans from somalia pose a real challenge to the fbi ichlt when they are able to contact the technical knowledge to help them make a bomb, that's a problem.

now, obviously it provided them an opportunity to exploit. this is a guy who made statements to the fbi saying that he, really since he was 15, wanted to join the jihad. >> well, that's the next question. this guy has had these feelings since he was 15 years old. what do we know about this motivation? i mean, why has he had these feelings since he was 15 years old? >> you know, we can't really tell that from the complaint. and the fbi, the justice department, hasn't made any public statements. i'll expect that you'll hear more of that as the case unfolds and this guy makes his initial experience. there's bound to be an entrapment defense and everything that we see from the complaint tells us that all of the bad ideas, all of the sort of initial action, if you will, were on the part of the defendant here and not by the fbi. >> now, there may be people out there asking the entrapment question, if you will. were the authorities, you think, right and proper to let this

continue right up to the moment of the planned attack or didn't they have enough evidence all along to arrest him before now? >> you know, joe, it's interesting. because, of course, everybody may second guess, didn't they have enough to arrest them sooner. of course, as long as they could keep him under electronic surveillance, as long as they had the fbi agent and people were american citizens not really in danger, the longer they let it go, the stronger the case. each day that passes, each conversation, each act he takes in furtherance of this terrorist act, it's making for a stronger case against him. >> all right. thank you so much. fran townsend in washington tonight, thank you for coming in on your weekend, a holiday weekend to talk to us. >> sure. take care. some devastating images coming in tonight from pakistan. cnn's reza reports that eight people have died in a cargo plane crash in karachi. all eight are believed to be

members of the crew. the russian-made plane head for sudan took off shortly after takeoff. the houses were not occupied and still under construction. north korea issue as warning to the u.s. while protesters jam the streets and south korea clashes with the police. a live report from seoul ahead. and later, the battle for small business and big business for your holiday dollars. >> ( creature growling ) >> ( horse hoofs beating ) >> ( horse nickering ) >> ( train whistle blowing ) >> ( engine revving ) >> man: experience the power of progress. take advantage of exceptional new and certified pre-owned values during the season of audi event. ♪

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special forces groups took to the streets to protest what they see is a weak response by south korea. we saw riot police move in for about an hour. there was a back and forth. the protesters were charging the police. the protesters charging the protesters. but it shows how much tension there is. this is a heavy militarized region in the world. we've had this uneasy truce for almost 60 years and that attack on the island just the other day raised the tension. the marine commander warning a thousand fold revenge for that attack and north korea saying there are more provo indications and they are also upping the ante as the military exercise has begun and the uss george washington aircraft carrier group. and north korea watching on and waiting for their response. >> given the unpredick ta built

of the situation, is there a way that the other side might try to escalate while the diplomats are talking about peace? >> south korea was shelling around that area and that's why north korea says that it launched this action on the island. that it only take as miscalculation to spark something else. we've already heard from and the president with south korea warning them to except more provo indication from the north. words are often used as weapons. the rhetoric is always very, very high pitched. but that attack the other day, the fact that it was on south korean sole and the defense minister has resigned, there is

anger on the streets of seoul, people are expecting more, i think there's been a steady increase in provocation, a steady increase in this and with the exercises going ahead, the risk is miscalculation that could spark something wider. joe? >> stan grant, the worldwide look keeping your eye on the koreas. thank you for your reporting. in an interview with mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs, said the instability in korea could be very dangerous for all of us. you can see the entire interview tonight at 10:00 a.m. eastern and 1:00 p.m. only on cnn. the impending wik key leaks document has u.s. officials very concerned right now. the u.s. and its allies are awaiting the release of sensitive release of the website. the documents could be made public soon.

within the next 48 hours or so they are expected to contain delicate information, such as negotiating positions of the united states. secret intelligence and other confidential matters of former u.s. ambassador tells cnn the documents could damage u.s. diplomatic relations with its allies. and jacqui jeras is working here on the thanksgiving weekend. i did a little bit of flying and i didn't see that many people in the airport at all. >> really? >> that's a good thing, right. >> smooth sailing, right? >> i tell you what, this could all change tomorrow when everybody goes back. >> yeah, tomorrow will definitely be a very busy day. we had a couple of delays at the airports but right now it's zero. we do have troubles on the roadways. especially out west. take a look at our satellite radar composite, showing you a lot of moisture in the area. heavy moisture in the valleys and heavy snow i-5 from seattle

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as many as 138 million americans are expected to shop this weekend. that's according to the national retail federation.

online it appears more spending is going on. pay pal, an online payment service has logged a 27% jump in activity compared to black friday last year. forecasters say retailers could make $41 billion this weekend alone. many of you are making your list and checking them twice. but how closely are you checking the items that you buy? you may be surprised to learn how much counterfeit stuff there is out there. susan candiotti has the story. >> reporter: day in and day out they inspect and look for counterfeit goods. all of the boxes that you see over here, inside, everything inside the boxes is fake. today, yet another shipment has come in. robert perez is in charge of this operation. why has this shipment been singled out? >> well, susan, what we have here is just another example of a shipment where our offices have actually looked at the manifest information and deemed it not to be quite right.

>> reporter: all right. so we have some shoes in here and that's certainly a nike logo, isn't it? >> from our experience, we're highly confident that these are in fact not the real thing. >> reporter: talk about examples, you have a ton of them here. >> yes. >> reporter: these are all fake? >> yes, indeed. >> reporter: but this really catches my eye. it's marked brand xmx. but it really isn't, right? >> well, when you take a closer look of what actually is in this box, although it looks like alleged xmx nondescript boot, when you peal away the bottom of the sole here, you'll see that there is a counterfeit ugg marking. >> the box also peals away to be a fake ug box. it conceals the knockoff uggs with generic branding. and then these dur ra sell with

the energizer bunny. >> the lining does not look or feel the same. >> reporter: fake christmas lights could be a fire danger. and speaking of dangerous, this looks like a cigarette lighter, right? >> but if you flip this switch, the switch blade. >> reporter: this cell phone, it's also an illegal taser. in the last two years, u.s. customs seized the goods. what about all of the boeigus items that made it past the customs. eventually you will find them in stores or on the street. >> it's one that brand owners are working on worldwide. >> reporter: at state four industry, billions in lost revenue. they acknowledge that the battle is far from won. >> we're going to continue to

play this game of cat and mouse. unfortunately, for some time to come. >> susan candiotti joins us. we found a warehouse there full of seized goods. what happens to all of that stuff? >> you know, i asked that same question. you know what? a lot of it gets destroyed but the u.s. custom service also donates some of it to some needy organizations here in the united states and sometimes overseas as well, joe. >> got it. thank you so much. >> also, can we talk a little bit about the stuff that you have right in front of you there? you have two or three things. tell me what you got there? >> yeah. let's start with this direction to the other. we've got two nike sneakers. hopefully you can see that. joe, you want to guess which one is real and which one is fake? check out the soles? >> well, i'll guess, they are

both fake. >> no, actually, this is the real one. this is the fake one. but i tell you, until you look at the workmanship, it's very hard to tell the difference. when you look inside the shoe, the fake one has a sticker that you can pull off. the real nike brand has the insignificant knee yeah right there where the heel goes. so that's one way to tell. but we have other things, for example, ralph polo men's cologne. >> ralph lauren. right. >> ralph lauren. >> i go with the one with the label that i can see a little better that is on my left, you're right. >> this one? this one? this one? okay. >> the one in the sell low fan happens to be the real deal. this one, if you look closely -- and you've got to do that. it seems like there's a double image on here. and finally, it doesn't have to

be expensive stuff. this is do you have body lotion. and you look at these two bottles. can you tell which one is the fake? >> yeah. give it to me. which one? >> well, this is the fake money, this is the real one. this one doesn't tell you how many ounces are in it. this one does. coloring is a little different on this one. it boils down to this. if you have a question, ask. ask where it came from. if they start to hem and haw about t. that's one clue. price is another factor here. as always, you get what you pay for, right? if it's too good to be true, that old line? >> yeah, always is this time of year. thank you, susan candiotti in new york. a bizarre case unfolding in michigan of a possible abduction of three little boys, ages 5, 7, and 9. conflicting information out there about what happened. affiliate wdiv reportses that the police say that the children

may have been abducted and are believed to be in danger. another affiliate, wtol, reports that the father may have turned the boys over to a woman named joanne taylor and then try to take his own life. he's now hospitalized. the father believed the woman was the wife of a minister. we're watching that. in france, police seized 242 pounds of cocaine from a luxury apartment on the outskirts of paris. police told an affiliate that four people were arrested, too two french, one venezuelan and one and a new legal trouble for outlaw singing legend willie nelson. he's been arrested on charges of marijuana possession. details are still very sketchy but cnn has confirmed that nelson was arrested by the u.s. border patrol in texas.

his publicist has not commented on that arrest. a school in los angeles is setting new standards for parent volunteers. stee steve perry talks about how it's drawing attention in perry's principles. >> reporter: the students at overland elementary begin every morning on the right foot. their parents wouldn't have it any other way. after all, it was their idea. >> their brains are ready to go when they get into the classroom because their bodies have been exercises. >> reporter: and now this has gotten the attention of powerful people. >> we want to commend all of the parents and also the overland elementary parent association for setting an example for an active lifestyle, for their children. >> reporter: as i saw firsthand, parents involved in almost every

facet of running the school. >> it starts with an administration that is opened to having kids on campus and let's parents contribute to where they need to contribute instead of setting really strict boundaries on what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. >> we have a safety committee that works hand in hand with our staff. >> the parents fund raise annually to support instruction throughout the school. we fund a science lab coordinator, which is a new program that came on campus. >> i want to be a part of the thing that protected my biggest investment. why would i not want to contribute to a group molding my biggest investment? >> the school, the teachers, there's not enough time or money to do it. you step in and you help.

>> steve perry, cnn, los angeles. while you're out spending money with retailers, another group wants your attention. we'll explain next. ♪

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today, it's small business saturday. the day when we're supposed to buy from local shops. it's tough for small businesses to try to hold their own during the holiday season. the competition is like the retail of diversion of david and goliath. so the question is, how can these little store owners survive when walmart and other stores are offering online free shipping. maggie anderson wrote a book about her year trying to buy exclusively from black-owned businesses. it's called "our black year." and amy chang is with kbg deal, a national coupon buying

company. you're small business folks. how do you help them? how do you help them and why is it that people wouldn't use your service to go to the big guys? >> well, we're a group buying site so we definitely help out all of the smart merchants here in atlanta. while we want to build a larger clientele for these businesses. we bring customers in the door. >> and, maggie, the question is, why do this any way? i know your focus and book is about african-american businesses but there is this larger sort of movement around the country of buying local. >> uh-huh. >> what is the rational? >> well, the issue -- this for me is not just a one-day thing. we conducted the economic experiment and for a whole year every penny we spent went to the small, local black-owned businesses. and the point is, these are the

businesses that are likely to employ the local community. these are the businesses that provide the role models for local youth. and in the black community, we need more role models to come from business owners, not just your local gang bangers. we retain some of the wealth in that community, helping to fund the underfunded schools and providing role models for those schools. it's very important to do that. >> that's the idea. keeping the money in the community makes the community smaller. and it also applies to other communities, not just african-american communities wherever you live. >> right. >> and the point is, unfortunately, and the black community, that money does not stay there. we have about $1 trillion in buying power and less than 5% stays in those communities. so we're hoping this shopping season we can inspire more consumers to give back and give thanks by buying gifts in the black community, not just in the

giving of the gifts and it's got to be more than just getting a coupon service to help you out. how do they survive? >> well, you know, being able to reach all of these new customers, definitely drives businesses to the small business owners. so competing with the larger retail giants, you know, they are offering deals on the large marketing campaigns and for us we're offering holiday gifts to our subscribers, also. >> also, you have all kinds of social media. you can do facebook, myspace to some level. and it's the kind of thing where if you catch it by ear so as

featured on our group buying site, during the period of time when there wouldn't be that much business going on. >> amy change, maggie anderson, thank you for coming in on the holiday weekend. we're all watching to see how the economy does as a result of this. so thanks so much. >> thank you. all right. this is also the time of year when people tend to go into deep debt buying high-ticket items. next, ways to stop the over over spending if you will. back in a minute. ♪

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the holiday season is in full swing right now. between now and new year's, people are going to rack up big debts buying gifts. it is a trap. sure, it feels good to make someone feel good on christmas morning but the feeling doesn't last. it can take a deep toll on your mental health. the ought for of "just listen," the secret to getting through absolutely anything. he wrote about how to avoid falling into the trap of spending this holiday. the doctor joins us from los

angeles right now. to start it out, doctor, if i can call you that, why do people overspend? i mean, they've got to know better and they've got to know what they are in for if they do. >> well, we've become a nation of human buying. instead of human beings. we buy our way out of feeling bad, out of feeling bored, out of feeling frustrated. we buy our way out of feeling unloved. and when you add deprivation now for two years, with the economic dull drums that we're in, plus a rigorous advertising campaign, great sales, and then the herd mentality, you look around you and say, gee, they are in debt and they are buying. if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me. once you get a taste of something that you've been deprived of, it's easy to go full throttle and not worry about it until the next day. >> you mentioned things that will make them happier but won't

cost anything, which would be a great idea. specifically, i remember you talking about the power thank you. describe that, will you? >> well, gratitude is the gift that keeps on giving. you can't feel grateful and feel like there's anything missing in your life and gratitude helps others because it makes them feel valuable because you feel full and complete. and the best way to show gratitude is through a power thank you. the first part, you thank someone specifically for something that they did. the second thing is, you acknowledge the effort it took for them to do it. how they put themselves out to do it. and once you share with them, it is what it personally meant to you. so a quick powerful thank you from me to cnn, you actually book me, you selected me as an expert. you entrusted your audience to me for this segment. that was not easy to do. you take your audiences seriously. what it personally means to me is that you value my ideas and

gives me an opportunity to talk about them and about my recent book. see thank you. >> well, the other half of that, though, as you know, is impulse buying. and that's the idea of just going out and doing something in the moment, if you will. you've suggested that the way to combat that is taking a 24-hour hiatus. will it really help? >> well, if you can do it. i think one thing to add to the 24-hour hiatus is to think about the last three things that you bought that are about the same size as the things you're about to buy. and how did that go for you? did you really enjoy them? did they satisfy you? or did you have a lady macbeth moment afterwards where you thought to yourself, return darn purchase, return. and then felt nauseated as you were running back to try to return everything thaw bought. so think about your purchasing not just in the moment thaw

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checking other stories and making headlines. police in brazil made an ultimatum to gangs hiding in a slum in rio. surrender or face the consequences? a military assault on the slum is eminent. 35 people are left dead as the

government tries to take control of the slums from the criminals. south cokor korean veterans protested today. an attack left two marines and civilians dead. north korea warns of unpredictable consequences if the u.s. goes forward with deployment of an aircraft carrier near the peninsula. military joint exercises involving south korea and the u.s. are reportedly now under way. a man who had a relationship with missing pennsylvania college student jenny lynn watson has been charged with her murder. authorities found a body that is believed to be watson's this morning in north syracuse, new york. she dated the suspect on and off for the past 18 months. police had interviewed piper twice. he denies involvement. watson's parents reported her missing eight days ago. some of you may have shopped on black friday and even today. well, the frenzy is not over. as retailers gear up for cyber

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well the frenzy of black friday is already a memory, but there's still plenty of bargains out there. so let's look ahead to cyber monday, the day we all head back to work and start shopping online, as long as our employee don't catch us. how do you know you're getting the best deal? when katie linendahl tells us. katy, good to see you. i guess a lot of people will shop online on monday, but the question is, is there some hype here? you know we talk about cyber monday, is cyber monday a real thing or is it just a little bit of oversell? >> you know, a lot of people

think that black friday is the biggest shopping day of the year and that's actually not true. it falls somewhere in the second week of december and the second biggest shopping day of the year is of course cyber monday. and a lot of people hear cyber monday and they're kind of turned off, it's really tacky, i don't need a new modem or a new external hard drive. it's just the time where all of the retailers have their great deals online. of course in the great american day, 53% of online sales originated from work computers. kudos. >> and it sounds to me like the employer wouldn't be too happy because they're wondering what you're doing with your time if you're online and shopping. that's another conversation. which websites have the best deals? >> just about every location will have very hot deals on

monday. and it's actually hard to find them now, it's a little early believe it or not. but come monday, sign up for text lists, the walmart, target, best buy, even cyber monday.com which is kind of a conglomerate of all the big savings. if they don't, their online marketing manager should be fired immediately. also check out our facebook pages and their twitter pages. if you have a really great deal, send me a little note, i might give you a little shoutout. >> i will definitely look for you. the other thing we have been talking about all evening here is security online, do you have any tips for shopping safety? >> up to 40% of individuals will make at least one purchase online. so it's a really good question. what can we do to protect ourselves when we're making these online purchases? it's kind of fundamental, is this deal too good to be true?

are you getting $150 off something that's 2$200 or $300? and also if i had a dollar for every time i told somebody to protect and make better pass words. i have people who have 50 different sites and they use the same pass words and typically it's the word password. if you're out in the public, if you're at starbucks, think twice about entering that credit card, you would be surprised at how easy a hacker can hack in. >> keeping up withen t ten pass words is almost too much for my brain. >> i completely realize. but if you want the deal -- >> you got to play the game. all the best, we'll be back in touch. fake care. it looked cute and harmless enough, coming up a close and dangerous encounter with an otter. stay with us.

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office this thanksgiving holiday, but many of you remain attached to your work inboxes. a new survey finds 59% of americans check their e-mail on holidays like christmas. 57% of men are more likely to do it compared to 50% of women. 41% say they're annoyed, frustrated or resentful from receiving work e-mails during the holiday. all right. this is what it is like to flee a crazed otter. will givens was watching the animal swim beside his home in boca raton, florida, when suddenly it charged him nipping at his ankle. it's the third time an otter has