gets a chance. >> he did make history as well as one of the first openly gay congressman, correct? >> absolutely. right. that's what i mean by being a teacher. he's taught this country so much about the gay community in the united states and what it means to be to been openly gay member of congress, a leader in fact on capitol hill. >> we have to leave it there, joe. thank you. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ted rowlands. hey, ted. thanks, suzanne. he is an outspoken liberal, a frequent target of conservatives, and he soon will be gone as we just heard. 16-term congressman barney frank says he will not run for re-election next year. the openly gay massachusetts democrat announced his retirement just a few minutes ago as you just heard. we'll have much more coming up at 1:30 in "fair game" and in our political ticker at the bottom of the hour about the retirement of barney frank. they had a revolution. they've ousted a ruler and now they are about to do something that is probably the most

important thing that they have done and that is get out and vote. egyptians are hitting the polls today. they are out voting. it is the first in a series of elections for parliament and president. they are all under way. even in the midst of egypt's second major uprising of the year. the goal of both is the same -- an end to military rule which replaced the regime of long-time president hosni mubarak in february. turnout is surprisingly strong. voting for parliament will take stages. the presidential elections are set for june. pakistan says no more business as usual with the u.s. after a weekend air strike that nato calls tragic and unintended. nato helicopters from afghanistan opened fire on pakistani forces at the border killing 24 and wounding several others. afghan officials say the allies were returning fire from pakistan but pakistan denies it. so show their displeasure pakistanis are blocking two

border crossings used by trucks supplying ally troops in afghanistan and demanding that the united states vacate a pakistani airbase. cnn's reza sayah sat down today exclusively with the pakistani prime minister. >> there is a lot of pakistanis that are fed up, that say enough's enough. has pakistan reached a point of no return with its relationship with the u.s.? >> business as usual will not be there. therefore, we have to have something bigger so that to satisfy my nation, the entire country. >> res za will join us from islamabad in moments in our "face time" segment. sex abuse allegations first lodged in 2005 have now led to the firing of an assistant men's basketball coach at syracuse university. bernie fine is accused by two adult step brothers of repeated molestation dating back to the 1980s.

the 2005 investigation by the school found no cooperation or evidence, but when the men went public earlier this month, fine was placed on administrative leave. now a third man has come forward and, so has an audio recording between one of the first two men, and fine's wife, laurie. you'll hear some of those recordings and what the family has to say about the you a then t authenticity of those recordings. protesters in occupy l.a. are still there after the campers were ordered clear out. instead the deadline brought hundreds more protesters to the area. but police did succeed in dispersing demonstrators who had blocked a main intersection and they cleared the streets for morning commuters. a few protesters refused to go. police say four people in all were arrested. syria is blasting the arab league for its decision to

impose economic sanctions. meeting over the weekend, arab league ministers agreed to punish syria for its violent crackdown against dissidents. they voted to freeze syrian government assets to stop dealings with syrian central bank and to ban high-profile syrian officials from visiting arab nations. supporters of syrian president bar s bashar al assad held a rally today. president obama is weighing in on the european debt crisis today. he's meeting with european union officials at the white house. they are covering a wide range of issues but a lot of the talk was expected to center on europe's troubled economy. some experts fear that europe's problems could help push the united states for the brink of a new recession. many americans are back to work today for the first time since thanksgiving but not all of them are spending the whole day working. don't tell the boss but today of

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as we've been reporting, u.s. relations with pakistan's volatile in the best of times are now in tatters after a weekend air strike by nato forces in afghanistan. two dozen pakistani troops were killed in what looks to be a disastrous case of miscommunication. the fallout goes far beyond street protests. pakistan has cut off a pair of overland nato supply routes and demand that the u.s. forces leave an airbase in pakistan. pakistani leaders say business as usual is no more. and that brings me to cnn's reza sayah who is in islamabad. and in washington, brian fishman, counterterrorism analyst at the new american foundation. reza, first tell us about your exclusive interview with the pakistani prime minister. how upset is he and how upset is the government there? >> he's upset and so are other government officials. pakistan and the u.s. have certainly seen their share of crises. they've had a lot of low points

but today pakistan's prime minister says this is the lowest point he's seen since his administration. he says no longer is it going to be business as usual with washington. he said pakistan is re-assessing its partnership with the u.s. because he said this partnership is fast losing support among the pakistani public. >> is your prediction that this relationship will continue with washington? >> that can continue on mutual respect and mutual interest. >> are you getting that respect? >> at the moment, not. >> you're not getting that respect. >> if i can't protect the sovereignty of my country, how can we say it is a mutual respect and mutual interest? >> reporter: this was clearly a prime minister who was angry after this incident. but it is important to note that he was also very diplomatic, offering a lot of measured thoughts, saying, look, he doesn't want to cut off ties with the u.s. but there must be

some changes. he wasn't very clear on what those changes should be, ted. he said that's going to be up to pakistan's parliament. >> what specifically, reza, happened? we are getting two different stories. both sides say the other fired first an both said they communicated with each other. what's the story on the ground there? >> the most detailed account we're getting is from pakistani officials. they're describing this as an unprovoked attack against two pakistani military check posts on pakistani soil. we've had statements from nato and u.s. officials. they've been regretful, remorseful, but they have not corroborated pakistan's account which suggests perhaps they have another account. there's been some reports coming from afghanistan that perhaps they drew fire first, these nato troops drew fire first. but then those claims are being rejected vehemently here in pakistan. nato says they're still investigating. >> reza sayah, thanks for

joining us. brian fishman, is this a low point for pakistani-u.s. relations? >> absolutely it is a low point. but i think it is important to remember where we've come from. it is not as if relations have been good over the past year or so. beginning with the bin laden raid, he was found just a half a mile or so from a pakistani military academy, i think really undermined trust on the washington side of this relationship and what we see here with this incident is that a lot of that trust, what trust did exist, has been undermined on the islamabad side of the relationship. >> publicly both sides either aren't saying much or they're being rather aggressive. i would rather in the back channels there is a lot of communication going. how dire could this situation be specifically of those supply routes are left closed for an extended period of time? >> yeah. the supply route question is a really important one. that is a major source of pakistan's leverage on the

united states and nato effort in afghanistan. but i think it is important to remember that nato and the united states have been taking measures over the past couple of years to reduce their dependence on the pakistani sort of line of communication. they've been moving that dependence so that we are sending more and more of our resources through central asia and into afghanistan. i think pakistan can apply a lot of leverage and that will create real problems for the nato effort in afghanistan, but we have planned for this eventuality and i think that there are probably measures in place where you can continue the mission in afghanistan, even if pakistan keeps that -- keeps those supply routes closed. >> all right, clearly a situation still unfolding there on the border of afghanistan and pakistan. brian fishman, counterterrorism research fellow with the new american foundation. thanks for joining us. chances are you've never

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which is why it is in our "undercovered" story segment today. we're going to bring in chris calabrese from the a krmpltclu. how serious a problem is this across the country? >> it is hard to know exactly but these are very local issues. but one reporter from "usa today" called around to a couple legal aid societies in florida and found dozens of cases. we've seen other cases reported in california and south dakota so it is clearly a national problem. >> to be fair here, you can bring in other documents if you want to renew your license. you can bring in a valid unexpired u.s. passport, an original or certified copy of a birth certificate, a report of birth abroad, a certificate of naturalization, certificate of citizenship. a lot of different things you can bring in here. so is there really a problem? can't people -- it may take them a while to find this but can't

people apply -- get these things and get their license without too much trouble? >> well, it can be difficult. there's layers of trouble. i mean there's multiple trips to the dmv kind of trouble and there's people for example one gentleman in florida, his name had been changed without his knowledge as part of a custody proceeding when he was 12 so his birth certificate didn't match up with his other documents. it took him eight months to get that resolved in florida. eight months without a license, without the ability to do all those things you discussed earlier. that's a big deal especially when you consider that many states have decided not to do real i.d. at all and have actually opted out of the law. so in many cases it really feels unnecessary that people are being put through this. >> a lot of people disagree with you. advocates of the act say that it is necessary and what is at stake here is safety. >> you know, it's not though. because states tighten their license requirements after 9/11 and really made very secure

licenses. and in fact, real i.d., which is the law we are talking about, repealed a process that was supposed to bring federal agents, state officials and civil liberties groups together to find a good, secure way to do licensing that also respected people's civil liberties. that process was eliminated by real i.d. and now we've got this mess. >> is there a feasible alternative here to replace it or are you advocating just getting rid of it? >> i think at this point you can repeal it. the states have already done many of these things. in fact in 15 states it is against the law to comply with it because it is so expensive and such a burden. there's no way to not say states are just handling licensing fine on their own. >> thank you from the aclu live for us from washington, d.c., talking about something i'm sure a lot of people don't even know could be a potential problem for us. thanks, chris. another university coach

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the university of syracuse fired bernie fine yesterday after news that a third accuser had spoken to the police and a graphic taped phone conversation between fine's wife and another accuser became public. you'll recall that syracuse had put fine on administrative leave earlier this month after two accusers alleged that fine had molested them. ed lavendera is outside the syracuse basketball training center in syracuse. ed, what's the reaction on campus to fine's firing? >> reporter: well, the timing of this announcement, ted, very interesting. many students on campus here coming back from their thanks giflg holiday break to this news. they hoped that perhaps after the initial wave of this news

had broken a little more than a week ago that all of this would begin to die down but obviously that's not happening now. all of this in the midst of the -- these taped recordings made back in 2002 between the principal accuser, man by the name of bobby davis whob sa say recorded these phone calls with bernie fine's wife. listen to these phone calls. it kind of seems to bolster his case that he said he had been abused by bernie fine several hundred times over the course of 16 years. >> i know everything that went on. you know, i know everything that went on with him. bernie has issues. maybe that he's not aware of, but he has issues. and you trusted somebody you vunt that trusted. barney is also in denial. i think that he did the things he did, but somehow through his own mental telepathy he's erased it from his mind.

he needs that male companionship. if it was another girl, it would be easy for me to step in. because you know what you're up against. when it's another guy? you can't compete with that. >> reporter: we've been making repeated attempts to speak with laurie fine since this story first broke more than a week ago. went up to her door. the family actually lives directly across the street from the head basketball coach here of syracuse university here, jim boeheim. we have been denied any kind of comment from the family repeatedly. we've also been reaching out to bernie fine's attorney. they've not put out any new statements based on this. jim boeheim the head basketball coach here at syracuse university's reaction has been very interesting. early on he put out a statement fully supporting his long-time friend and assistant coach and at one point in the interview calling the principle two

accusers liars. the comments and statement he put out last nim backtracking dramatically from those early comments and saying he actually apologized if his comments created an atmosphere that would have prevented other people from coming forth. as you mechanintion there is a accuser that's coming forth. he lives in maine. but his father is basically saying his own son is lying about that case, so all of this in the midst as authorities here in syracuse continue to investigate these allegations. >> ed lavendera live for us in syracuse, thanks, ed. most said he was out of the race before it even started but a lot can change in a short period of time. now a big endorsement for newt gingrich. it is a game changer. that's "fair game" next. but first, our political junkie question of the day. so i was the guy who was never going to have the heart attack.

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678 6789s. before the break we asked you which new hampshire primary winners the union leader newspaper actually endorsed? there were four over the past four decades of primaries. the answer -- john mccain in 2008, pat buchanan 1996, ronald reagan 1980, and richard nixon back in 1968. this is the part of the show where we go beyond the partisan talking points to the heart of the political debate where all sides are "fair game." today we are talking about newt gingrich getting the big backer,

the new hampshi"new hampshire u" newspaper endorsing the former speaker of the house for the republican nomination. here's how "the union leader's" publisher explained it -- republican voters too afternoon make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running. joining us, ed espinoza and ford o'connell. is this a vote of confidence for newt gingrich for a vote of no confidence or mitt romney? >> i think given the emphasis that mitt romney's put on new hampshire i see this more as a slap in the face to mitt romney than a boom for newt gingrich but it shouldn't be discountsed. average recipient of this endorsement gets 29% of the vote in new hampshire. this is positive for gingrich but a slap in the face for romney. >> obviously this helps newt gingrich, especially during a

week when there is no debate. it gives him some traction. does newt gingrich scare the obama administration? >> the anyone but romney narrative is actually one you are seeing taking place through the republican primary right now. you've had a different front-runner every month and you've got a new one in november. we could have a new one in december all together. as to who obama wants to run against? i think he has a strong record to stand on and we're willing to -- democrats are willing to stand on what we believe and what we're fighting for for the rest of the year no matter hot nominee is. the problem here is that if romney has made new hampshire his fire dull wawall and is not the endorsement of the daily paper, that's a problem. because the people who know him best are the ones who have a problem with him. not a good sign six weeks away from the first primary. >> you read the endorsement,

let's take a listen to the paper's editorial page editor. it is not exactly a ringing endorsement. take a listen. >> we consider the candidate overall. i mean we don't just look at the poll numbers. this isn't a game where we're trying to win the primary so we can have a record of "x" number of wins. we don't look at it that way. we're not trying to attach our name to a winner. that's not really leading -- that would do our readers a very big disservice. we're looking at who we would like to see as president. >> ford, what does newt gingrich have to watch out for in the coming weeks so that he doesn't have the same fate as the other non-romney candidates who have made it to the top of the polls? >> well, he has to demonstrate messaged discipline. he seems to be somebody with a lot of ideas in his head. he can't sometimes seem to put the brakes on his mouth. i think that's the big thing for him but i think he has to win iowa if he wants a realistic shot at the nomination. he has to organize

demonstrational tenacity. gingrich's campaign is just now solvent. romney is still in the best position to win the nomination from a fund-raising and organizing standpoint. >> barney frank stepping down. what does it mean for him to step out and the way did he it staying that redistricting was a factor here and he says he doesn't want to be a lobbyist here. he wants out. >> well, retirement's a part of congress. we see them every session regardless of who's in the majority or who's in the minority. but barney frank has a long record of service and we'll miss him in congress but i don't think this is anything too abnormal from our regular political cycles. >> politically, ford, this is not a seat that republicans are looking at to possibly win. >> well, we have zero republican congressmen in the state of massachusetts and in 2012 we'll still have zero republican congressmen in the state of massachusetts.

>> no matter who retires. >> you got it. >> all right, thanks, ford o'connell and ed espinoza. that is "fair game" for the day. john king will sit down with newt gingrich later today, that's at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on "john king usa." it is one of the country's where the arab spring began but as early spring has turned into late fall, we've seen new protests and new violence. today they're holding an election. do you know what country we're talking about? the answer when we go globe trekking right after the break. you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's myorld. that's my world. ♪

time to go globe trekking to egypt we go, which is holding the first election since the ouster of president hosni mubarak. the vote comes after two weeks of demonstrations against egypt's interim military rulers. cnn's ivan watson is in cairo. ivan, some of the protesters were talking about boycotting the elections. is there any indication of a boycott? are people turning out? >> reporter: we've seen probably the opposite of that, ted. i'm in a polling station where last-minute voters are coming in. it was extended to 9:00 p.m. local time. people here have about 25 more minutes to cast their ballots, then a second additional day of voting tomorrow. we've seen long lines going around the blocks of these polling stations, many very

enthusiastic, many telling us this is the tirs time ever they've voted in an egyptian election. listen to what some of them had to say. >> i've never voted before, because you know, we didn't have such, you know, awareness and we didn't have this faith in, you know, fair elections and fair voting. that's why. >> why didn't you vote before? there were other elections in egypt. >> no. because i am real ly know that y vote or my voice hasn't any importance. do you know -- >> under mubarak. >> yes -- no, under mubarak, under sadat. >> and now? >> and now i think maybe i'm wrong. it is free, or it is good direction.

>> reporter: that's part of why people are so excited. take a look at this ballot. people have 67 choices to choose from. 67 independent candidates and party lists. and they say in the past there was basically only one party, the ruling party of hosni mubarak they could vote for. that's part of why people are so excited today offense these momentous elections. >> ivan, we're losing your signal there but obviously good news that people have come out to vote. you see those images in tahrir square. then you think, well, there is an election, are people going to come out? is it safe? but clearly it is a very safe situation there in cairo and around egypt and people are out in force voting and getting their voices heard. back here in the u.s., the deadline has come and gone and defiant occupy protesters in los angeles say they're not going anywhere. so what happens now? that's coming up next. but first, have you seen

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it had all the makings of a violent clash between police and occupy protesters. a midnight deadline for campers to clear out of the park around the los angeles city hall. well, deadline came and went. there was no violence, thankfully. the l.a. police say the last thing they of course wanted was a repeat of the heavy-handed evictions that occurred in oakland, new york and a few other cities. sandra endo is right across the street from city hall. the tents are still up, sandy. what's happening right now? >> reporter: that's right, it is pretty peaceful, pretty calm right now, ted. but you can see a lot of protesters did decide to stay.

you can see the tents behind me. but overnight quite a different scene. hundreds of protesters descended here, they shut down the street behind knme in a last stand to defy the order to end the encampment at midnight. cops were also out in full force but there was no real clash. the chief of police says that will be a gradual process to end the eight-week emkankment. listen to this. >> we've always said, always, that 12:01 was the time at which it would become illegal to be in that park and we would enforce the law when it made sense, when it makes sense, when it is going to be safe for police officers and safe for people in the park and last night didn't make sense. we knew it wasn't. there was no plan to do any movement last night and that's what you saw. what we did have to respond to was a large group that descended on the camp and then tried to take the street so we had to respond to that. >> reporter: now there are only four arrests made overnight and police did leave the scene as

the crowd dispersed as well. this is the largest encampment in the nature in terms of the protests affiliated with the occupy wall street movement. this has lasted the longest time but again the police chief here wanting to make sure this is a peaceful process to end the protests here. a lot of protesters we spoke with, ted, say they refuse to leave. they say their cause is worth getting arrested for. >> the bottom line is they're just going to stretch this out, days, weeks? or what's their plan here? i guess people want to be taken out in cuffs, huh? >> reporter: well, that's going to be a gradual process. they don't want any violence. a lot of protesters we spoke with say, hey, if they're going to get arrested, they'll be peacefully but they'll have to be forced out. the police say when the time is right, this is a misdemeanor, they are break being the law but they'll go in there. they know where these guys are so they'll go in there when the time is right and make sure this is all cleared out in eventual

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neutrogena®. let's head across the country to check stories making headlines from street level. first, we head to lithonia, georgia, parents of a drum major who died after apparent hazing is suing the university. robert champion died last saturday after a football game. authoritieies have yet to determine the official cause of death. during a news conference today champion's family says this lawsuit is about sending a message against hazing. >> you have to make a change. this needs to stop. no one wants to be standing in oush shoes.

no one wants to hear on a phone call that your son collapsed and died over the phone. >> the family's lawsuit comes just days after florida a&m fired its lastlong band director and the president suspended all band performances. a university of utah professor is in court today in boston, massachusetts, for allegedly looking at child porn on his laptop during a flight police arrested 47-year-old grant smith on saturday when his delta plane landed in boston where he was to attend a conference. another passenger used his cell phone to record smith allegedly looking at porn. smith is a professor of material science and engineering at the university of utah. he has been placed on administrative leave. some big college sports news heading to columbus, ohio, don't call urban meyer a florida gator anymore. now he's an ohhighway highway

buckeye. he has taken the head coaching job at ohio state. the 47-year-old who led the gators to two national championships stepped down as florida's coach amid reports of health issues. after weeks of speculation, ohio state is expected to make the announcement at a news conference in a few hours. coming up at 3:00 eastern, emma sullivan it talks about her controversial tweets with cnn's brooke baldwin. be sure to tune in for that, again, 3:00 eastern time. now on to cleveland, ohio, where an 8-year-old boy was taken from his family and put into foster care not because he was being physically abused but because the little boy is severely obese. the third grader weighs more than 200 pounds. according to a newspaper, social works say his mom wasn't doing enough to control his weight. his mom says otherwise. this is reportedly the first time state officials can recall a child being taken away from his parents because of weight. this case raises a lot of questions and fuels the

intensifyi ining debate over childhood obesity. dr. joanne is a pediatrician and child obesity expert. she joins us now with more. give us some context of this story, if you would. >> absolutely. this boy weighs about 250 pounds. he's 8 years old. he is severely, severely obese. apparently officials had been working with his mother for a year and they felt like she was not making enough progress they decided to take the child out of the home and put him into fooster care. i have to say i strongly disagree with this zige decisio >> disagree. why is that? >> there are several causes for childhood obesity and to blame this mother for it solely, it's really an injustice. this could be genetic. i'm not sure if they did genetic tests but there was a case of a family in britain, the

government was about to take the child away until they discovered that child had a genetic abnormality. also, no parent has complete control in school the kids can get seconds and third lunches and as you know the schools now decided pizza is a vegetable so it's not like they're getting healthy nutrition there. i also believe that the separation, taking the child out of the home, is going to cause so much stress for the child, that just leads to cortisol release which causes us to eat more and to convert more of our calories to fat. i think there has to be a better way. >> when you take a look at the averages of roughly what an 8-year-old should weigh, depending on their height, it's obviously way under the 200 pounds, boys typically are under 64 pounds, girls under 65 pounds. when you see a 200-plus-pound eighth grader, what are the inherent health dangers, too, this child is up against and

does taking this child away from his parents, this 8-year-old, does that create more stress and possibly even more problems, health problems, for him? >> that's the whole point. yes, this child is at major risk for medical problems. being overweight or obese affects every single organ system many the body. so this child is at risk for heart attack, stroke, liver failure. and there are probably many changes in his body already. studies have shown thickening in the arteries, fatty deposits in the arteries of kids as young as 6. so, yes, he is in grave danger. the issue, in my mind, is what's the best solution, and i think rather than disrupting this child's life by taking him out of had his house, it's much better to focus on supporting the family more. apparently this mother did enroll her child in the weight loss program and the child lost weight. then, as what happens very often, the child gains the

weight back. the mother has tried to get the child to exercise, bought him a bicycle. we see the mother is making an effort. i think as a society we need to do what we can to support her. we need more funding for programs to help children lose weight, more support for the families. i think that's the real answer. and, in in fact, we've offered to reach out and help this child if they'd like to accept our help with my own weight loss program for kids. you know, i think we need to do whatever we can to get this child back with his mother. >> his mom's lawyers say that the county is overreaching and says that the medical problems may -- his medical problems may be a risk for further imminent danger right now. obviously that family very upset, the mother very upset, that her 8-year-old has been taken away from her. quickly, this is an extreme situation, if your child is overweight, though, what specifically can you do? >> you really want to watch how much your child is eating. you know, portion distortion is a major problem.

so you want to watch serving sizes. you want to make sure your child is having lean proteins, whole grains and getting a lot of exercise. >> all right. and we have heard from a spokeswoman from the county department of children and family services. they basically are saying the following -- this child'ses problem was so severe that we had to take custody. the agency worked with the mother for more than a year before asking the juvenile court for custody over the child. a case that we will be watching. joanna joanna dolgof, thank you for your help. obviously a difficult situation for all parties involved. let's check in with cnn's mark preston for today's political ticker. >> i tell you what, ted, big news in washington and massachusetts. barney frank, the 16-term congressman, surprised everyone by announcing today he will not run for reelection. now, he was very much intending to do so, at least that's what he was telling people, however,

he came out just a short time ago, said he did not want to run in a new zriblgt. he also had some tough things to say about the political process. in fact, let's listen to what he said, ted. >> i think i was pretty good at being a legislator. i think i have been pretty good at working inside it that framework of government. but, to my disappointment, the leverage you have within withe government has substantially changed. the kind of inside work i have felt best at is not going to be as productive for the foreseeable future and not until we make some changes. >> now, ted, it's not sure what he meant by the changes but clearly there's a hyperpartisan effort in washington and across the country. barney frank a partisan himself, somebody who would go toe-to-toe with republicans. now, ted, he's not the only democrat now that has announced his retirement. in fact, nearly 20 democrats

have decided they will not run for reelection in the house, eight of them will run for the senate, run for governor or run for mayor. however, charlie gonzalez, a texas democrat who cheered the hispanic congressional caucus, said on saturday he will not run. as well he's decided to do something else. as we're heading into 2012, a lot of politicians here in washington are reassessing whether they want to actually come back to washington. ted? >> won't be a big political change with barney frank giving up the seat there, but it will change washington a bit. he was quite a character. i know you had personal experience with him. we've got about 30 seconds left. he took you to task, i guess. >> he did. he did. ted, he actually acknowledged today that he was sometimes abrasive to people, but i've got to tell you when i was a young reporter covering the clinton impeachment hearings i asked hill a question he didn't like. he literally tore me apart piece by piece to the point i -- a

couple of reporters came up to me and said, you've arrived. if barney frank hasn't yelled at you, you haven't arrived on the hill. >> thanks for watching. randi kaye returns tomorrow. i'm brooke baldwin. as always, let's get you caught p up on all things making news. rapid fire, disturbing allegations in the syracuse university sexual abuse case. there is audiotape. the school fired assistant basketball coach bernie fine just last night after a third he man accused fine of molesting him when he was a boy. also a phone recording from nine years ago is emerging, the voices is claimed to be fine's wife laurie fine who says she knew quote, everything that went on. we're going to get reaction when i speak with wendy walsh, psychologist. pakistan'ses prime minister has a warning for united states,

no more business as usual. saturday's nato air strikes that killed pakistans has caused new damage in relations between the countries. the u.s. relies on pakistan's cooperation to help go after islamic militants. we're also watching the u.s. markets, huge numbers, the dow up 280 points. why? you had record-breaking sales of course a couple of days ago on black friday and hope, hope, that european leaders may be working on ing solution to thei crisis. also today, the family of that florida a&m drum major who possibly died in a hazing incident is suing the attorney. an attorney says champion's family is concerned about a cultural of cover-up fam-u. election day in egypt,

voters are choosing who will sit in the lower and upper houses of parliament. this is the first democratic exercise in all egypt ever since hosni mubarak was pushed out of power several months ago. we are live from cairo in minutes. a high school senior who blasted kansas governor sam brown back on twitter says she'ses not apologizing. she is 18-year-old emma sullivan. she tweeted during this youth in government field trip a brownback staffer spotted the tweet, contacted the group. sullivan was with called to the principal's office. >> he started off saying he had to do a bunch of damage role and i need to do damage control and i needed to fix this. >> we in fact just got a statement from the governor's office. he says his staff overreacted. coming up next hour, emma sullivan is going to join me live. i'll talk to her about the tweets, the blowback over this story and her refusal to apologize. also, the u.s. border patrol

plans to replace and extend this surf fence. you heard of this? surf fence, 300 feet into the pacific ocean. this is at the westernmost point of the u.s./mefl co-border so this is between imperial beach, california, and tijuana, mexico. according to "the l.a. times" a new steel fence 18 feet tall will replace the barrier which has several gaps in it. mitt rol ne getting ripped in a new ad from the dnc today. this ad here paints the gop presidential candidate as wavering on issues like abortion, health care. it's called trapped. it's airing in in five states and in washington, d.c. in a statement, romney's campaign spokesperson says, democrats focus on the gop candidate was a distraction from real issues like jobs and the economy. and a high-profile fighter for the liberal causes is retiring from politics. congressman barney frank of massachusetts has decided not to seek reelection. frank says when he leaves the capitol he's not coming back. >> there is no way i would be a

lobbyist. look, i will miss this job and i'll have twinges of regret when the new kong grcongress is sign, but i'll tell you this. maybe you'll laugh, but one of the advantages to me of not running for office is i don't even have to pretent to be nice to people i don't like. so some of you may not think i've been good at it, but i've been trying. >> congressman frank clearly known for his sense of humor, quit wit, and for being one of the first openly gay members of congress. >> p got a lot more for you to cover in the next two hours, including this. a damning conversation recorded long ago. we're hearing whoo what the wife of a syracuse basketball coach told his accuser. did she try to cover for this alleged pedophile and what on earth would make a wife want to

do that? wait until you hear the details. and then a teenager's crude tweet about her governor lands her in the principal's office. >> i'm doing damage control. >> now she's at the center of a national conversation about free doll of speech and what words are better left untweeted. >> i didn't say anything that i couldn't say at school. >> her deadline to apologize to the governor is today. she joins me live with her decision. then -- we unlock the clues to the best coupons and secret discounts this cyber monday. and when shopping turns blood sport. the backlash against big box stores. plus, does obesity amount to child abuse? sunny hostin on an 8-year-old taken from his mother. [ screaming ]

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brother, mike lang recently came forward as well. the first part we're going to play for you is laurie fine seeming to suggest that she not only knew her husband was abuse davis but allowed it to go on. take a listen. >> i know everything that went on. you know, i know everything that went on with him. bernie has issues, maybe not that he's aware of but he has issues. and you trusted somebody you shouldn't have trusted. bernie is also in denial. i think that he did the things he did, but he's somehow through his mental telepathy has erased it out of his mind. >> at one point davis asked for bernie fine for a couple thousand dollars which he claimed was for student loans. now she pressed for what he wanted in exchange for that cash. >> what did he want you to do? you can be honest with me. >> so what do you think? what he always does.

>> what? he wants you to grab him or [ bleep ] him? >> no, he's not -- he's trying to make me -- >> you never had oral sex with him? >> no. i think he would. >> of course he would. why wouldn't he? >> on this next audio, laurie seems aware of his predilections. >> you know what? go to a places where there's gay boys, find yourself a gay boy, you know, get your rocks off and have it be over with. >> yeah -- >> you know, he need that male companionship that i can't give him, not that he's interested in me and vice verses sa. i care about you. if it was another girl, it would be easy for me to step in because you know what you're up against here. but had it's a guy, you can't compete with that. it's just wrong and you are a

kid. you're a man now, but you were a kid then. >> one more piece of this tape i want to share. you'll hear laurie fine and bobby davis appear to degree bernie fine believed he was untouchable. >> i said to him, bobby and i talked, i know some things about you that if you keep pushing are going to be let out. he didn't even flinch. >> i know. he doesn't think he he can be touched. >> he thinks that i think he thinks he's above the law. >> espn says an independented audio analyst confirmed the voice you just heard was that in fact of laurie fine. bobby davis it should be noted laurie fine also had a sexual relationship with him when he was 18 years of age. davis then gave the syracuse post standard newspaper the tape 0 shortly after he says he recorded it in 200 2002.

at that time fine said he selectively edited that tape. cnn has made multiple attempts to contact laurie fine. thus far she has not called us back. just yesterday a third man told cnn he had also been accused by coach fine. but that accuser's father says his son is lying. fine's attorneys released this statement, let me read it, quote, mr. fine will not comment on newspaper stories beyond his initial statement. any comment from him would only invite and perpetuate ancient and suspect claims. mr. fine remains hopeful of a credible and expeditious review of the relevant issues by law enforcement authorities, end quote. so now that we've listened to this together, wendy walsh, psychologist, based upon what you just heard, would you call laurie fine an enabler? a predator? pick the noun. >> well, i definitely would say she's an enabler. she has some confusing sexual issues herself about where the

law is and where the line is drawn. i also -- you know, this is a real messy case. if you're comparing this to the sandusky stuff where you have clear witnesses, eyewitnesss, you have grand jury testimony of a litany of victims, it seems more cut and dried when the media tries it in the public eye. in this case you've got a young man asking for $5,000 from fine for his college tuition. you have a sexual relationship with the wife potentially alleged. and then you have these advances, at least. now, i mean, again, no graphic testimony of any sexual act, but, remember, even groping and grabbing is illegal so we definitely have some reports of that. >> yeah. i don't even really want to compare the allegations at penn state to, of course, what's happening here at syracuse. you can see the obvious comparisons, but really if we can just stick with the call that you heard and also just -- wendy, her behavior, her tone of

voice, what did you make of that? >> she seems to be confused herself. she's confused abo ed about her marriage. she said, he's not interested in me. he needs a male companion. she seems to think that's okay for her marriage. i'm wondering if in fact she did have a sexual relationship with this young man when he turned 18 if that wasn't a little bit of retribution, a little bit of anger at her husband. and also this piece of, well, if it was another girl i'd know how to intervene but i don't know how to deal with the two men. >> let me revisit that. that struck me as well. i'm just reading part of the transcript. quote, this is laurie fine talking, it's hard for -- if it was another girl like i 20e8d you it would be easy to step in because you know what you're up against. when it's another guy, you can't compete with that. it's just wrong. you were a kid. you're a man now. you were a kid then. so, according to this transcript, is that essentially saying, well, if it was a girl,

is more of an even playing field? it's denial? what is that? >> what she was saying is she would feel more jealousy if it was a girl. but what she's losing sight of talking gendered and not age was this was an underage boy, somebody under the age of 18. >> 12, 13? >> exactly. so the point is she's thinking like a wife, saying, i know how to be jealous if he gets another girlfriend. but if he gets a boyfriend -- but she's losing sight of the fact this is a crime and this was a child, if it in fact happened the way it's been reported. >> but how does one -- again, these are just accusations -- in a marriage, according to these transcripts, go on being married to someone and seemingly knowingly understand what your husband is engaged with? >> oh, brooke. you would be amazed at the it amount of arrangements people have in their marriage.

we would love to think marriage is just undevoted and unconditional love and committed sex, but marriage is all kinds of things. she may have needed him for economic support. she may -- there may be other pecks in this marriage that kept her there and her mouth shut. there's all kinds of reasons we protect a spouse who may be a bad guy. >> not all picture-perfect. i realize that very much so. wendy walsh, thank you for the context. appreciate it. an hisses torque day today in egypt. it's election day for 17 million people, and, after weeks of violent protests, people are now standing in line for hours and hours to cast their ballots. and for most egyptians this is the first time they've ever been given the opportunity to vote in a free election in decades. >> i feel my vote will change egypt to a better future. >> we'll take you live to cairo in two minutes. plus, this man is arrested

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globetrekking now. to egypt now. a day many egyptians thought

would never come. an election with people truly believing their votes will be counted. this is the first time the egyptians are goeing to the polls since the ouster of longtime ruler hosni mubarak. ivan watson is in cairo, the polls closed just a moment ago, ivan, we know this is not the first election in egypt, certainly a unique one. tell me, how was the turnout today? >> reporter: it was quite large, especially considering all the violence we saw in the preceding week with at least 41 people killed in the streets here. we routinely saw lines stretching around the block at the polling stations. they extended voting hours today to 9:00 p.m. it's a little bit after 9:00 local time, 9:20, and we just watched the polling station workers here closing them down because the ruling military council here has decided to give an extra day for egyptians to

vote. so people who didn't get a chance to cast their ballots are expected to come back 8:00 a.m. the polls are supposed to open up again. we saw them sealing the ballot boxes, using even wax to protect the ballots so there can't be any tampering overnight, brooke. >> reporter: ivan, i know you talk to a number of people who cast their votes today. let's listen to what they told you. >> i feel good. i feel like my vote will change egypt. >> before the government was a dictator. now no dictator. the people in egypt, they controlling the country. but maybe before some people paying money for the people to vote for them. but now there are no like that. all free, all clean and -- >> reporter: does this feel like a good day for egypt? >> yeah. yeah. very nice day.

>> nice day for egypt. just to be clear, ivan, as we mentioned these are parliamentary elections. this was not a presidential election. so what happens next? >> reporter: a lot of electio elections -- lower house of parliament elections are being phased so only one-third of the country votes at a time. then another third. that's going to go on until january. then there will be runoffs. then you start voting for the p upper house of elections. this election season is going to go up until march. so egyptians will have a lot of time to work out the kinks, and there were kinks in some polling stations. the ballots didn't arrive until hours late so people were stuck waiting. some shots fired in a southern city today when one former member of the former ruling party of hosni mubarak was banned from being able to run in the election and some of his

supporters started firing guns. so there's going to be an awful lot of time to practice elections in egypt over the next four months. and i have to point out, the ballots themselves, 67 candidates people can choose from for parliament. >> 67 candidates, wow. ivan, one more question as we saw images of people calmly waiting in posed with the clashes with tahrir square. how is tahrir square today? >> reporter: you know, i haven't been around there i've heard report that's the numbers have diminished somewhat. this is going to be an important message to those demonstrators as well for a boycott of the election because they say that the military council is still running the show here. that's primarily i think the numbers of people we saw out today will be a strong message that many egyptians endorse this

political process, this historic first election. and maybe -- since there's so -- or a space shuttle or -- >> ivan watson, i'm going to jump in. the signal is not wonderful. i think we understand the significance of this day and as he mentioned again they're continuing to have the polling places open through tomorrow. ivan watson for us in cairo. back here at home, we're seeing a huge rally on wall street, the big board up 297 points here, an hour and a half away from the closing bell. but at what cost? we have the details on the crazy incidents on walmarts on black friday. plus, we'll talk to economist peter mauricy who says basically walmart is creating this kind of

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then this from a walmart in arizona. this grandfather handcuffed, facedown on the floor. he was charged with resisting arrest and shoplifting. and this takedown, it got quite bloody. in fact, we can't even show you some of the worst images of this man. police say they're investigating that arrest. but, given all of this, i want to bring in peter morici, a professor of international business, what is it about black friday and these stores -- i don't know if it's one store in particular or the big box stores in general -- for black friday to get so out of control? >> 20 years ago it was a celebratory event. you got a head start on the christmas shopping season. often the men took care of the kids and women went out shopping and it was a lot of fun. over time, retailers recognize the big day so they have a lot of come-ones. $2 waffle irons, $50 wide screen

tvs and more. but not nearly enough supply. they encourage people to come out at midnight. look at the crowds. do you see any meaningful crowd control on the part of walmart? no. they've encouraged basically a ruckuses that has turned into mayhem. they haven't exercised discretion and responsibility in managing these crowds. it's no wonder a few people get out of hand. police lose control of themselves even. >> speaking, peter, of crowd control, i do want to tell you we reached out to walmart. here's what we got from them, part of the statement, quote, we have worked with nationally recognized crowd management experts to create and put in place successful and comprehensive plans at our stores around the country. these plans incorporate proven crowd management techniques into the unique circumstances. do you think these are effective? >> i'm an economist. look what you just saw. did that look like a crowd being managed effectively? walmart is very good at spinning these negative r events to their

advantage or at least trying to diffuse the negative credit civi6. i think we need to take a close look at how this company does business. if you check my record, i'm hardly eye left-wing economist for trashing people for selling cheap. >> aren't these stores kind of setting themselves up? as you mentioned, you can shop late, late in the evening hours before even the black friday, friday morning. you have all of these sales, marketing, commercials. at what buoyant dopoint does thl on the retailers. >> i think quite seriously. i want to know if walmart was within the constraints of fire code yesterday. all public buildings have limits on the people you can put in them. it seems as though walmart was way over the limit yesterday. where are the fire inspectors and why aren't they issuing citations? but, no, walmart is the equivalent of yelling "fire" in a movie house. walmart is creating the

conditions for a riot. >> but, peter mmorici, these ar the people who go out and shop and the shoving and one woman had the pepper spray. it cannot all fall on the stores. >> absolutely. people need to behave more responsibly. however, the institutions need to set guidelines and talk to folks about what is considered to be responsible behavior and create conditions for them to act responsibly. we need a reasonable dialogue. i don't want to throw everybody in jail, but i want walmart to start accepting some responsibility for the mayhem that took place yesterday and start doing something more constructive than issue the flowery statement you received. >> professor peter mauricorici up about black friday. thank you, sir. if you stayed out of that mess on black friday, cyber monday may be your cup of tea. now we have inside information about how you can get even better deals. that's in two minutes. but first, 'tis the season for shopping. we have a list of five companies with great return policies, all according to "consumer reports."

up first, microsoft customers have up to 45 days to return hardware or software, even after they've installed it on their computer. next company gives fans three days to cancel ticket order and allows them to exchange seats for better ones that become available that being live nation. and this adventure company lets you return or exchange items at any time for any reason to any location. got to like that, rei. coming up, couple more places that won't give you a hassle when you're making a return. here is a hint, one is a super martial, the other a credit card company. find out next. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol

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you want to know if you can take things back that you buy. we're giving you a list of companies with great return policies from "consumer

reports." recapping, microsoft, live nation, rei. next on the list, american express, customers can get refunded p up to $300 even if the original merchant refuses. this supermarket says they'll double your money back on anything purchased, bi-lo super markets. for a $2 waff iron, really? if you wanted to avoid this, do your shopping today, cyber monday, huge deals online, no crowds, no lierns, no pepper spray. tech expert katie linendoll is back to help you hunt down the best deals. katy, huge, huge sales this past friday. what are we expecting for cyber monday? >> you didn't play that video long enough. the lady in blue, her pants fall off. i'll give you the money for the waffle iron. it drives me crazy. cyber monday, one of the pluses

is not fighting the mayhem. last year according to com score, $1 billion brought in on the day, we're projecting $1.2 billion. if you've been waiting for something online, today is the day to pick it up because 8 out of 10 retailers are offering deals online. it's interesting, too. i think consumers have become smarter in taking advantage of sales today. if you go to google.com/trends, i use this a lot to see what's trending in the u.s., you can see what's hot and what people are searching for now. 10 of the 20 fastest rising searches on google are cyber monday related. these include cyber monday 2011, best buy, walmart, target, macy's, kohl's coupons, sears, office max. i also reached out to google and asked them for general insights on cyber monday. they say searches in general are up 125% year after year and also cyber monday coupons are up 50% year over year. so, again, consumers getting a little savvy.

love it. >> good. let's talk those coupons. this semi-dominated our morning meeting. we're always online. you always kind of google around trying to find those legitimate coupon code sites. give me a couple of good options. >> oh, my two favorite options in terms of great coupon sites, this isn't just good for today, i use these year round, i never make a purchase without having a promotional code, retail me not.com and also savings.com. you can typically get at least free shipping but oftentimes 10% to 20% off. the other sites to look for, overstock.com, amazon known on cyber monday for having lightning deals. last year was their highest selling day on amazon, 13.7 million items ordered, that's 158 items per second, brooke. amazing. also interesting, the kindle fire is their best selling product online right now. also take advantage of facebook. hit that "like" button. they're rewarding their fans. if you have a brand you love,

check them on twitter and the facebook side of things. >> so those were your favorite sites. somehow we'll tweet those out. we'll get them up on twitter this afternoon. we also know that u.s. authorities announced they shut down 150 web sites selling counterfeit goods. so you have to keech that in mind, too. how do you shop safely and intelligently on this monday? >> absolutely. something to be aware of because with the good comes the bad. we have scammers outs on a big day like this. let's hook you up with tips. the big one is phishing. that ipad that's $20, news, that's not $20, doesn't exist. beware of those links and promotional things you are clicking on. be sure to understands it. also, use a credit card instead of a debit card. this will ensure if your credit card number gets stolen you'll face liability and you can get the number back. you can stop a purchase on a credit card, not debit card.

shop on a secure web site. look for the padlock on the screen. what i love to say, restocking fees, i had people calling me at 6:30 this morning, i found an amazing deal! i'm, like, make sure you don't impulse buy. you can get upwards of 25% in terms of a restocking fee if you don't want that item. also, be careful shopping on public wi-fi, easy for hacker hes to come in. 53% of consumers are shopping on a smartphone. download an app that will protect you and wipe your data should your phone get jacked. >> good stuff, katie, thank you. we'll get the tips on twitter. the race for the white house after a busy thanksgiving holiday weekend, where do the republican candidates stand? also, dramatic rescue video. have you seen this? this is from california. a dozen or so strangers lifted a pickup off the ground to free a woman trapped inside that car. you're going to see it in two minutes. be right pack. all energy development comes with some risk,

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i want you to take a look at this. this is amazing rescue video. a highway rescue in california, three people are trapped when this truck rolls over. this is i-10 near san diego. this crowd rushes in to help, begins to lift this pickup truck up, pulling one of the female passengers to safety. california highway patrol says two of the passengers survived but the driver of the truck died. police are just trying to figure

out what caused the truck to roll over in the first place. and it is just about a month until the first gop primary kicks off the election year. wolf blitzer joins me now with your america's choice 2012 politics update. wolf blitzer, how are the candidates looking here a month out? >> you know, it's looking like it's going to be a great political contest for all of us political news junkies out there because this could go on and on and on. right now obviously romney is one of the front-runners but newt gingrich doing incredibly well especially because a lot of us had written him off last summer. he's eye merging as the non-mitt romney if you will. as you know, a lot of republicans don't like mitt romney, they don't think he's conservative enough. in fact, mitt romney made that exact point earlier in the day. he said, mitt romney isn't as conservative as he is. he said, i'm more conservative than romney. he's trying to out-flank him

from the right if you will. when i say this contest could go on and on and on, for the first time the republicans in all of these contests, it's not going to be winner-take-all in iowa or new hampshire, south carolina, nevada, florida. it's a proportionate vote. some of the delegates could go to different candidates depending on how well they do, which would stretch things out into february, march. four years ago when there was a huge fight among the democratic candidates we didn't know that barack obama would get the nomination until june after puerto rico, if you will, because he was in this a fierce contest with hillary clinton. i wouldn't be surprised to see something like that happen this time around as well. but it's totally, as we say, up in the air right now, a lot could still happen. >> we have a couple of these candidates on cnn today, right? we have herman cain and newt gingri gingrich. >> herman cain will join me live in "the situation room" at 4:00 p.m.

gingrich will join john king during the 6:00 p.m. hour. i have a lot of questions, so does john. john's in south carolina right now, getting ready for that interview with newt gingrich. the two important live interviews here on cnn coming up in the next few hours. you will want to watch, brooke, because you're a political news junky yourself. >> i am and i'll be talking to john king in the beautiful charleston, south carolina, about that upcoming interview our next hour. coming up here, a woman is raped, she gets pregnant from this rape, and then she's imprisoned for adultery. now, after the story gets huge coverage globally, the president of afghanistan is now stepping in. we're going to take you live to kabul to get the details from our own kate walsh, next.

we have an important follow-up to a story that folks continue to ask me about, continue to tweet me. after we aired this last tuesday, the story of a woman who was raped and then imprisoned for it in afghanistan. >> reporter: her rapist was the husband of her cousin, but in afghanistan's draconian society, this 19-year-old was also blamed. her rape, sex with a married man, was seen as adultery by the courts, and she was sentenced to 12 years in jail. >> as we said, a lot of reaction to this particular story, even the state department has weighed in tepidly. some are saying. let's go to nick peyton walsh. he's live in kabul. since we first aired your report, the officials in afghanistan reduced the victim's sentence. that didn't satisfy critics. today there is some movement. what can you tell me about that?

>> reporter: well, we have had an interesting reaction today from the presidential palace who have told us the afghan president hamid ckarzai has called on thursday a meeting of high judicial officials to discuss this case and other issues as well. clearly that's the president taking an interest in the plight of this woman. you mentioned the sentence was reduced and that caused outrage to many because in fact whoo had happened is a judge had looked at her circumstances, decided that the adultery she was serving time for wasn't serious enough and her sentence could be reduced. but that she failed to report the crime against her fast enough and therefore could spend another year-plus in jail with her young daughter. but some good news today because it does appear the presidential palace here, the man who has the possibility to pardon her, has taken interest in this case and called legal advisers in to talk about it. brooke? >> that's right. you said she hadn't reported it fast enough so she's still in jail. to say, nick, bigger picture,

the system in afghanistan is stacked against woman would be an understatement of epic proportions. but, nick, how bad is it? >> reporter: well, in many ways society in afghanistan is stacked against women, enormo enormously different life to them here than you would find in the west. of course there's complaints from human rights activists. the prosecutor and judiciary here a lot of the time enormously disinterested if not blatantly prejudiced against women when it comes to them reporting assaults against them, particularly sexual assaults. they'll find they're prosecuted for crimes against morality like gomes was. there are had hundreds or thousands of cases like this. this is the tip of the iceberg. these are the ones that get reported that find themselves in a state where the judiciary is paying attention to them and often sadly result in the woman being punished often more if not as much as the man who attacked

them. >> please let us know where this story goes, nick paton walsh, we really appreciate it. and you probably know cyndi lauper's songs. now she is singing the blues. >> cyndi lauper on this "music monday," two minutes away. and s, "you just beat the widow-maker." i was put on an aspirin, and it's part of my regimen now. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go see your doctor now. [ male announcer ] it has an hd webcam, killer audio, and lids that switch to start every semester fresh. but mostly it helps me try new moves on and off the court. ♪ [ male announcer ] powered by the 2nd gen intel core i5 processor: not just smart, visibly smart.

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the name cyndi lauper probably brings to mind songs like "true colors," "girls just want to have fun," maybe the sound track to goonies. blues wouldn't be the first genre you may place her, but today's "music monday" shows another side of cyndi with the release of her new album. ♪ so, cyndi lauper singing the blues. i heard this was eight years in the making. yes? so i guess the question is, what took you so long? >> really, my first job as a singer, a lead singer, was singing the blues. the kind of thing i lernled in queens, actually, when we used to do laundry and my mother played the fats and louis armstrong record and we'd all dance and sing and laugh. >> so that's where this comes

from, this queens girl from back in the day and your mom. that's when it was instilled in you, the blues. >> but it was joyful. it was never sad. ♪ i ask you baby please have mercy ♪ so what do you say to the people who think, hang on, cyndi lauper and memphis? what? >> well, people who don't really understand the blues and don't really understand music would think -- but people who know that blues is the basis of pop, rock, jazz and hip-hop, dance, it started with blues, 1-4-5. ♪ have mercy on me >> do you play anything on "memphis blues"? >> i play dulles ama.

i needed to do something on this one song. and it worked and everybody is, like, yeah, i like that. >> how many instruments do you play, cyndi lauper? >> i don't really play anything. i just pick stuff up. >> you have such a unique voice. when did you first discover it? >> my speaking voice is awful, but it's very unique, my singing voice. >> how did you find that? >> it's a gift that i could always sing, and it was my entertainment growing up. i never met barbra streisand, but she was my best friend when with i was 9 because i sang with her breath for breath. ♪ personally, you were like the sound track of my youth and i'm sure so many people come to you and say that. you're ike conic and legendary.

>> for many reasons. >> in the '80s, who did you draw your inspiration from then? >> same people. >> for example? >> i loved big maybell. i spent many hours singing with her in my one-room apartment and dancing wildly. and marvin gaye and john lennon and the beatles and, you know, all the rock abilly stuff that was coming out, the police. there was so much great music then. ♪ girls just wanna have fun >> if you could shier the stage with any one of the newer artists, who would you want to collaborate with? who would be the cyndi lauper dream collaboration? >> oh, my dream is to create artist community where everybody collabora collaborates. i love that. i would collaborate with just about any kind of music because i think it's all connected. >> how many years have you been at this? has it