good luck with your black friday shopping. >> good luck. >> yeah, just be nice out there. relax. >> yeah, chill. us. happy black friday, people. gregg: protesters filling the streets of cairo, egypt, demanding an end to military rule. [gunfire] glsh. gregg: a week of violent exchanges between protesters and security, forces already claiming dozens of lives, and now activists say expect the biggest day of protests yet. good morning, everyone, i'm gregg jarrett here in "america's newsroom." heather: and welcome, i'm heather childers. the white house releasing a statement on the situation in egypt saying this, quote: most importantly, we believe that the full transfer of power to a civilian government must take place in a just and inclusive

manner that responds to the legitimate aspirations of the egyptian people as soon as possible. gregg: reena ninan is live in jerusalem with more now. reena, what are we seeing today in tahrir square? >> reporter: what we're seeing is a bit of more families and children. they're asking for people not to bring out political or election banners, they are continuing to demand in the military council transfer power to civilian rule. overnight they appointed a new, interim prime minister. the religious czar in favor of this man, but the other poo testers -- protesters say this is ridiculous. he was part of mubarak's regime, and they want him out. thousands of protesters are expected to march from tahrir square to the capitol and will try to prevent him from entering the office tomorrow. gregg: we understand that syria is really going to begin feeling

some international pressure. can you tell us why? >> reporter: well, the arab league had given them a deadline which has now, a couple hours ago, come and gone. they said allow 500 international observers to monitor the protests, but syria said we don't agree with 500, we'll allow 40. they're going to face sanctions which include stopping business with the central bank, that's very key. that effects the economy big time. and also keep in mind that arab neighbors, they rely on about half of syria's exports, syria does, and a quarter of its imports. so sanctions from the arab league can really have a damning effect on syria's economy, and a lot of people are starting to question whether this might put into motion much more faster the fall of assad's regime. gregg: reena ninan in jerusalem, thanks very much.

heather: tenses of thousands in israel protesting at friday prayers. after 30 years in office, president ally abdul saleh has yet to step down. now reports of heavy fighting in the capital city of yemen. armed men in civilian clothing, you can see firing at protesters marching in the capital, at least five people are dead. in a separate attack, government forces reportedly hurt 41 people, dozens of them suffering from gunshot wounds. activists say their demands have not yet been met. president saleh is the fourth leader to leave office as a result of the arab spring unrest. gregg: we are now beginning to learn more about the people killed in wednesday's fiery plane crash in arizona. among the victims, family of

four including a dad who was the pilot and three young children. another father and soon-to-be married man were the other fatalities. authorities tell us the plane was traveling about 200 miles per hour when it suddenly crashed into a jagged peak in the superstition mountains. >> no one could survive that crash. and so we didn't want to give false hope even though our efforts are to rescue and to save life. we have to maintain our professionalism and courtesy. i just wanted to tell them personally that we were doing everything possible to maintain the dignity of their loved one. but we all have much to be thankful for, and with the families if there's something that they can be thankful for is to have these loved ones in their lives to this point and the good memories that they have with them. gregg: no word yet on what caused that crash. police say the body of one of the boys was found, crews are still searching for the rest of

the victims. heather: another story we're following, police now hunting a man suspected of gunning down his ex-girlfriend. this happened at a chicago hospital. the deadly shooting happened late thursday night in a parking garage at the university of illinois at chicago's medical center. police locking down the facility to search for the suspect, but they were unable to find him, and the hospital has resumed normal operations at this point. the suspect still at large. gregg: a scary start to black friday in north carolina. gunfire ringing out at a shopping mall, happened about 2 a.m. fayetteville, north carolina. police say the shots were fired close to a food court entrance. here's the good news, nobody was injured. police are now looking for two suspects in that incident. heather: a bomb scare stopping the holiday shopping bonanza at a walmart near phoenix. a worker reporting a suspicious package in the building. police decided not to take any chances, they oirded everyone --

ordered everyone out. it turns out their fears were warranted. >> we found a suspicious package in the break room that appeared to be an explosive advice. we did render it safe, took care of it, and the store is now clear. heather: an investigation into that incident now underway. gregg: well, many folks who traveled to visit family or friends for thanksgiving now beginning to make their way back home. others are putting off the trip until later this weekend. right now the nation experiencing some really terrificwet for holiday travel, but will it stay that way? maria molina is following it all. >> reporter: we do have some changes, unfortunately, for most of the country, especially if you live further off to the east. a lot of sunshine from the northeast down to the southeast and into the plains, we do have two storm systems that are going to start bringing in some major changes to these areas. right now pretty quiet to the

east, but we do have two storms that are bringing in cold air across portions of the northwest and a second system across portions of the four corners. we're starting to see some snow showers and rainfall, not a huge deal as far as snow with this system, it's really the one further off to the north that is producing more widespread snowfall amounts across parts of the cascades, and you can see some of that snow filling further off to the east across parts of montana, idaho and also colorado. both of those storms will kind of unite across the great lakes all the way down to the south, and we're going to start to see some heavier rainfall, a heaviest across parts of the mississippi valley saturday amp, so we could be looking at delays along these areas. and as that system continues to head eastbound, if you're doing traveling on sunday, watch out for possible delays from the southeast up into the ohio valley. rainfall should be around parts tennessee valley into the

northeast. i-95 corridor airports like laguardia, jfk, you guys should be found sunday, and by monday anyone doing traveling there in the northeast, that's when you could be looking at some problems. but as far as temperatures for black friday, looking good. pretty warm across parts of the southeast, we'll be warming up into the 60s, 50s across the northeast, and that's the cold spot out across the northwest. gregg: it's going to be over 60 in some places here in new york. kind of good news for a while at least. maria, good to see you. thanks. heather: it ended up being beautiful for the macy's thanksgiving parade. gregg: it was. it was one of the best parades because of that. heather: i looked out over the top of it. gregg: i saw sponge bob. that was the highlight for me. heather: i saw kermit. just one of the many stories we're following on "america's newsroom." coming up, republicans blaming the anti-tax pledge for the

supercommittee's failure to reach a deal on spending cuts. greg greg and north korea stepping up its rhetoric following military drills by south korea in dispiewted waters. what they're now vowing to do that could create even more tension. heather: and, gregg, i know you're ready for this, but the bargain hunting begins. black friday shoppers, there they are, out in full force. in fact, this weekend can account for up to 40% of annual sales. gregg: whoa, get out of the way! heather: we're live with a report on the shopping madness. >> the shake weight. everyone else is going for those tvs, but i've been camping out here since 8 a.m. for that shake weight for my dad. >> the excitement of getting what you wallet. >> $193 for a 42-inch television. >> a couple weeks from now she'll be calling me saying, mom, i need gas money. remember, you were out here getting a tv on sale. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them.

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gregg: a fox news alert, police have now arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a woman at a chicago hospital. the shooting took place overnight at the university of illinois of chicago hospital. a spokesman says uic police pulled the man for a routine traffic stop. he fled the car, but he was busted a few blocks away. they say he worked at the hospital for 15 years. police say they've recovered a weapon there, but they vice president yet confirmed it was -- haven't yet confirmed it was used in the fayal shooting. heather: north korea threatening to unleash a sea of fire following military drills. the south apparently conducted the drills on wednesday to mark one year since a north korean artillery attack on a south korean front line island. two marines, two civilians died in the attack. south korea's demanding the north apologize for the shelling if it wants relations to

improve. gregg: democrats now blaming the supercommittee's super failure on the gop's refusal to raise taxes, and they are pointing fingers at this man, grover norquist. outspoken, anti-tax lobbyist. insiders say the norquist no-tax pledge which a lot of republicans have signed in congress, basically killed the possibility of compromise inside the supercommittee. so the democrats making norquist an issue. does that put added pressure on the gop? david drucker joins us, staff righter for roll call. good to see you. >> hey, good to see you. gregg: is there any incentive for republicans to now change course, do an about face and accept tax increases anytime between now and the november elections? >> no, there's no incentive. they don't believe in it, they think it would be bad for

economic growth, and republican primary voters across the country by and large would throw them out of office if they decided to raise taxes on any income bracket. i think there's room for doing away with corporate loopholes because the idea of crony capitalism has really taken hold in republican and conservative circles. but if you're talking about raising taxes, forget it. gregg: let's talk about norquist, now, and the supercommittee because here's what you folks wrote in roll call, and i'll quote it, we'll put it up on the screen: gregg: how much of a role did norquist really play in the failure of the supercommittee? >> i think norquist might like to think he played a huge role, but he didn't in the sense that it's not like he came up with

this idea to oppose tax increases and then threatened republicans that he would create voter opposition to them if they did this. when senator toomey came out with his plan that caused this reaction and it was going to do away with some deductions for high earners even as it lowered rates and made the bush tax cuts permanent, there was a huge reaction in sieve circle -- conservative circles outside of washington. a lot of bloggers and commentators threatening republicans saying it would split the party and saying it would cause them a huge problem. there are many groups that oppose these kinds of tax increases, and they have been around for a long time. i think what grover norquist has done is harness a sentiment that already exists, and it's convenient politically and possibly smart to go after him because maybe you can show that republicans aren't opposed to tax increases on principle, they're simply afraid of some guy. but i don't think -- i think that's overly simplistic. gregg: you know, i ran into

norquist, we had an off-camera conversation, and he predicted the failure of the supercommittee and suggested, you know what in that's not a bad thing. and then he explained why. he said, look, the cuts don't kick in until 2013. in the interim, of course, there's a huge election. that could change the political landscape in such a way, presuming that republicans win and i think that's what he was intimating, such that major tax reform could be undertaken and then voluntary, severe and deliberate spending cuts could also be undertaken. i mean, is that a pretty good point? >> i think a lot of people in washington both democrat and republican thought that a bad political deal would have been worse than simply any deal because they think they can fight it out in the 2012 elections, whoever wins can do whatever they want. the triggered cuts don't into into effect until 2013 and, therefore, they may never have to happen. gregg: i wonder how much of a

political weapon norquist will become on behalf of democrats to thrash republicans, that here's -- and i can just envision the political ads that'll be airing on television -- here's the man who controls republicans in the congress, and they'll try to portray him as nefarious. that's probably inevitable norquist will be a scapegoat. >> yeah, he probably will be, but i don't know that it'll work. it's similar to republicans trying to make democrats union lackeys. it really as the end of the day doesn't work by and large, but i think particularly in 2012 because it's a presidential cycle, everything's going to be about president obama versus his republican opponent, and all of the house and senate races down the ticket are going to be defined by that, particularly house races. some senate races can separate and will, but norquist, i think it's fun to talk about in new york and washington. not as many people outside of those circles know who he is, nor care. they only care about the policies. gregg: they're going to. >> they care about taxes going

up or down, they care about social security and medicare reformed, overhauled, spending cut or not, and that's really what will define a lot of these races, i think. gregg: a hero to some, a villain to others. we're going to see and hear a lot more of grover norquist. good to see you here in new york for a change. >> yeah. it's fun. thanks for having me. gregg: heather? heather: mitt romney now catching some heat for a campaign ad that maybe twisted the words of president obama. we'll let you be the judge on that. the spot that's causing all the controversy straight ahead. gregg: black friday shopping madness now well underway, but in some places each crazier than others. what one woman did to beat others to the big sales, straight ahead.

gregg: developing right now in "america's newsroom", the christmas tree industry taking a big hit in the southwest after wildfires devastated the area as well as drought. some tree farmers now importing them from other states, but they say this will still put a damper on the business. and the former first lady of chicago, maggie daley, has died after a nine-year battle with wrest cancer. -- breast cancer, 68 years old. nicolas sarkozy defending his choice to pursue nuclear energy despite worldwide wariness after japan's fukushima disaster. france's 58 nuclear reactors provide the country with 75% of its electricity needs. heather: black friday shopping off to a painful start for shoppers at a los angeles-area walmart. police say that a woman sprayed fellow shoppers, this actually happened with pepper spray, in

the packed store. bob by castro from kkt-tv is live in california. what is the latest? >> reporter: oh, my gosh. to boot, this woman is still sort of on the loose. police are still looking for her. i asked the cops why, how she was able to actually pepper spray a group of people and walk out of the store. apparently, there was so much mayhem after she pepper sprayed even children inside the store trying to get to this xbox 360 that they didn't know who did what, and she was able to get to the register, she was able to check out and get the xbox 360 at half price. it's what she really wanted. but 20 people were injured, what police are calling shoppers' rage when she went in and tried to get this xbox 360, and there was, apparently, a huge scrum in the store, people scrambling to try to get this merchandise. and she was able to ward off those competitive shoppers and

get exactly what she wanted. so they're going to be looking through some of the surveillance video, there'ses also some cell phone video from shoppers for police to identify this woman. heather: that is absolutely unbelievable. i have to ask you, um, how serious were their injuries though? >> reporter: yeah. the injuries with respect that bad -- weren't that bad, you know, the children, some of the other customers were complaining of, you know, the irritation that you would get from pepper spray which could be pretty painful. some folks were trampled on in all of the chaos, but no one was sent to the hospital. so the injuries with weren't vey serious, they were minor as i was told, but still this woman could be charged with assault. apparently, they got a pretty good shot of her from the surveillance video, so i don't think she's going to get away with it. heather: yeah. i don't know how quickly she'll be playing with that xbox 360. >> reporter: and what's

interesting, the store stayed open after all of that, and shoppers went about their business. i guess they had some shopping to do. heather: it is craziness. everyone needs to just calm down. thank you very much, glad that everyone is okay. thank you. gregg: assuming she didn't pay cash, you could trace her through the credit card. heather: i don't have an xbox 360, so i'm not sure if sale was that great, i can't speak to that -- gregg: pepper spraying fellow customers. [laughter] unbelievable. heather: come on. now, you know you've thought about doing that a time or two. gregg: come on! the nasty campaign attack ad which many are calling misleading, even false. why romney is, and his team, making no apologies for their latest ad against president obama. heather: we'll tell you all about that. and there are so many studies about coffee, but could this latest one actually save lives? be -- ♪ welcome idaho,

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gregg: welcome back. we are awaiting the release of three american students being held in egypt. there are new reports that a court there has ordered their release. the three americans were arrested during that violent rally there, one of them, and are accused of throwing gasoline bombs at security forces. all have been attending american university in cairo on a semester-long study abroad

program. we're closely following the story, we'll bring you any developments as they happen. heather: bell, new fallout over an ad made by mitt romney's presidential cam pay. his campaign now being accused of dishonesty for its use of an out-of-context quote by president obama. in the clip you can hear the president saying if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. but he was actually quoting an aide to 2008 republican rival john mccain. take a look. [cheers and applause] >> thank you! i am confident that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis. who's been in charge of the economy? we need a rescue plan for the middle class. we need to provide relief for homeowners. it's going to take a new direction. if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.

heather: in a statement, the president's campaign press secretary said this: just last week fact checkers scolded mitt romney for distorting a comment the president made about creating american jobs, and now romney launches a deceitful and dishonest attack rather than outline his own record or plans for the future. juan williams, fox news political analyst, and adam geller, former pollster for new jersey governor chris christie join us with their insight. hope you had a great thanksgiving. >> you too. heather: juan, i'll start with you. so deceitful and dishonest or fair game? >> well, as you point out, heather, if you look at it as a matter of fact and a fact-checking organization says this is a total, total lie. i mean, it's just totally deceitful in the sense that you are taking someone out of context, you're misusing their words to attack them. on the other hand, what we've heard from mitt romney's

campaign is we got under their skin, they've got the obama team reacting to them. so we'll see how it plays out from the romney team perspective. it raises the issue of the economy as a problem for president obama, and certainly that's legitimate. heather: and, adam, your thoughts? >> yeah. i mean, i agree with juan for the most part. look, the fact is that we're talking about the ad. and i'll tell you this, when you think about republican primary voters for a moment, the one thing that they criticized about romney or had doubts about was does he have the fire, does he have the aggressiveness. and this little back and forth here is maybe showing them that, you know what? he is going to be able to play tough, to block hard, to tackle hard, you know? and they see the obama team, a tough group of their own, criticizing them for this. so the fact is that this could actually have a net positive. that being said, could they add some context, could they add some graphs that say taken from a 2008 quote? sure, they could do that. in fact, i think they should because i think it would point out the hypocrisy of obama

criticizing mccain back then, and now we could talk about his failures on the economy since then. heather: and that is, actually, a good point to bring up, juan, the fact that the economy hasn't changed, it hasn't gotten any better. >> well, i would argue that, you know, clearly, we were headed into a very deep, deep spiral here, arguably deeper than any of us, including president obama, understood. and he, and the steps that he has taken has ameliorated some of that problem. you know, we still have 9% unemployment, but if you look at the rate of job growth, i think we've had job growth for the last 13 months, gdp is looking a little better. if we didn't have the problems in europe right now, i think we'd be, clearly, on an upward trajectory. so the question is, what president obama, the steps that he took, have they been sufficient? the i think it's like 45% approve of his handling of the economy. that's not very high. it's a big drag on him. but to lie about him, to say that those are his words, i

think that introduces the question of deceit, and i wonder how republican primary voters, you know, will react to it. do they want someone who will, you know, stoop to that level? heather: i don't know, i think they do want someone that shows some fire though. go ahead. >> i don't know. i mean, to say that it's a deceit and an outright lie is a little much. the fact is that in a press release that they sent out with the ad, they did put the ad in context. did they put it on the screen? no, they did not. this is a minute-long ad talking about president obama's failure on the economy. this is what the guy campaigned on in 2008, what he promised and promised, you know, the shovel-ready jobs, the recovery, even when he was president. we know about all of this. and here's the thing, we're talking about the economy, we're talking about president obama's tenure as president and the failures of the economy. in many ways, again, it stems back to this ad, but this is a net positive for romney because this is what the discussion is.

you know, remember, it's not, it's not necessarily what you say, what you're talking about. can they switch the ad up a little bit? they can, but it's the same message. criticizing an ad is different than criticizing a message. can't argue with the message. heather: yeah. we've got to move beyond the ad to the message, though, and that will come in the days ahead. >> yep. heather: thank you for joining us, we appreciate your insight. >> have a great weekend. heather: you too. gregg: all right. six minutes after the bottom of the hour which means the markets have been open about six minutes. not much trading activity today, kind of a slow day, the first day after thanksgiving, just up eight points. but the indices are poised to end their worst week since september. once again, worries about europe's debt crisis flaring up. so we'll continue to follow it. heather: and occupy protesters across the country, speaking of the economy and such, one of the things that they're protesting, looking to deliver their message to black friday shoppers.

among them, members of the occupy oakland movement. protesters today gathering outside a major retailer like best buy. the group says they just want to get a basic point across to shoppers who may or may not be listening. >> you need to shop, shop with a conscious. occupy oakland encourages diversity of tactics and sort of feels that people have, um, should be empowered to do autonomous actions. >> until people change their behavior and send a different message to the system about what their values are, um, then the system will start to respond. >> this is kind of a telltale sign that there's not going to be much of an occupy black friday. >> are we need stuff for our family, and i work every day, and i think this is the best deal i'm going to get, and they're not writing my checks, so i'm here. heather: good point. an occupy black friday web site says that the campaign is not an attempt to punish small businesses or hard working

people. gregg: wonder where those folks shop? heather: i don't know. gregg: all right. black friday shoppers out in force in new york's times square and all over the country. there it is, times square. the national retail federation is expecting some 152 million people to shop today. wow. tomorrow and sunday. [laughter] of course. the crowds can get pretty crazy, but pokes are hope -- folks are hoping to find some serious deals. >> the excitement of going in there and getting what you want for the cheap. >> i need a 3-d ds. >> you want the good deals? >> oh, yes. >> this is fun too. waiting in line is fun. >> it's become our tradition. we strategize, we come the night before, and then we're here today. [laughter] so we know where everything is, and we're all set. >> i was, like, excited and then at the same time a little bored of sitting here. but, you know, once you get in there -- >> i'm waiting in line for a tv that i desperately need and a computer for my mom. >> the shake weight. everyone else is going for those

tvs, but i've been camping out here since 8 a.m. for that shake weight for my dad. he says he wants to get better at exercising. gregg: the shake weight. my favorite sound bite of the day. peter doocy live from bethesda row in maryland. peter, how are the crowds so far? >> reporter: well, there's no shake weights here, so everybody is kind of keeping it on the quiet side. no, you look behind me, gregg, there's a big christmas tree. those are all stores on either side of it, and you can see the crowds are on the smaller side but, again, a lot of the shops here are on the smaller side as well. there's no targets, best buys or walmarts. places like pink palm and ginger. there are some good deals to be had here, especially if you get here on the early side, but the early side for this crowd is about 9 a.m. nothing here was open in the middle of the night, you didn't see anybody waiting in long lines in the freezing cold. the only place that had a line was the apple store which is right behind where our camera is

right now, and all that was was about 15 people waiting about 15 minutes before the store opened at 8:00, and even right now the crowd inside the store is not that big. the international council of shopping centers says 34% of americans are going to be shopping today. clearly, a very small percentage of those are shopping at places like this, gregg. gregg: well, listen, peter, the shoppers who are out, what are their attitudes? >> reporter: well, it's completely night and day coared to, like, what you heard about a few minutes ago where people are getting pepper sprayed for cut anything line out in los angeles. you don't see people leaving with arms full of xboxs or flat screen tvs. it's very civilized, people have just a few bags, they're minding their business going from store to store, the people who are actually out. and, you know, at some bigger malls in california and virginia, a lot of shoppers on this black friday had privacy concerns because some of the retailers are tracking them and their movements within the malls by their cell phones. if they want privacy, come to a

place like this because, again, lots of personal space, lots of parking, and it's a lovely morning. greg tbreg go check out sassaloona. that sounds right up your alley. >> reporter: okay, yeah. christmas right around the corner. i hope my mom's not watching. gregg: peter, thanks very much. heather: gregg, you're getting a shake weight. gregg: oh! like, what is up with the shake weight? heather: it's on my list. gregg: does that work? heather: you'll find out. people in kansas city doing double takes on thanksgiving, at least a few people called police to report what seemed like a kangaroo on the loose. turns out it was noah, the wall la by. >> he's much like a baby, that's why i call him my little brother. he got out this morning while my brother was filling up his little pool of water. >> it was actually a wallaby, this is a new one.

>> he doesn't kick, he doesn't box, he actually likes to lick your hand. heather: ah. all right, take a look. i know you were wondering, you can see how much a wallaby and a kangaroo look alike, so understandable the confusion. both, by the way, are native to australia. gregg: i remember the shoes. they're back now. everything that's old is new again. heather: really? including you. [laughter] just kidding. gregg: touche. a woman minding her business in her home on thanksgiving night, suddenly a car comes crashing through. she wasn't injured, but it wasn't from the crash. that's straight ahead. heather: and new studies show that a cup of java can help you, especially if you're a woman. we've got those details up next. [ coughs ] what is thishorty? uh, tissues si i'm sick. you don't cough, you d't show defeat.

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heather: terrifying moments for a woman in massachusetts when a car slammed right into her home

on thanksgiving night. cops say the driver veered off the road straight into the house, but here's the thing, she wasn't hurt from the crash. but she did sustain mild injuries after tumbling down the stairs when she ran to see what all the commotion was about. and in california another unexpected thanksgiving visitor. police investigating a truck that ran straight into a building moments after hitting a car. luckily, no one was hurt there. both drivers claim to have had the right of way. ♪ gregg: all right. got my cup of java here, and for women who are fans of coffee, some pretty good news. there's a new study out suggests that several cups a day of this could help reduce your risk of a certain kind of cancer. heather: yes. ed meet reel cancer claims the lives of more than 8,000 women a

year. dr. sue matty joining us with more on the study that you say is a good study. >> with the fact is that they have about 6-7,000 women enrolled in this, and they have a 26-year follow up. you would figure who's going to fund this study, well, it's done from harvard university, and i like it because in the past we have covered the same link between coffee and prostate cancer. something about drinking three to four cups of coffee a day -- not less, not more, but three to four cups a day has reduced the risk of that cancer by 25%. and that's significant. so for years we all thought maybe caffeine has something to do with it, and now we're finding out that's not the case because they did is same study with tea or decaffeinated coffee, and they didn't get the results. gregg: so if it's not the caffeine, what is it? >> excellent question. it's something called antioxidants. that's a medical term we're

using all the time in raspberries and strawberries and the different types of berries. how much berries can you eat a day? this you can have three or four cups of coffee a day. antiox adapts are good soldiers in the body, free radicals want to harm ourselves. by drinking the coffee, you're going to get antioxidants to go in and get those free radicals and block them from damaging us. this is a great study that shows the link between coffee and endometrial cancer. so i really like it. i think there's something in coffee now that is actually helping us. now, if you ask me what else is going on with this, i think there's something with coffee and estrogen because the link between prostate cancer and endomeet reel, it may be reducing estrogen. it's a great study and certainly i as a surgeon cannot go on without drinking this good guy over here. gregg: right.

>> now, the big message is as you drink this, make sure you limit your sugar and your milk because then you're going to defeat the whole purpose. heather: so the peppermint mocha latte -- >> you'd better show down because with sugar and milk, you're right, you're going to get more calories and more cholesterol, so you want to be very careful with that. and i can tell you since i cut down sugar with this guy, i feel much better -- gregg: really? >> yeah. i've lost three pounds. gregg: well, you look great. heather: just cutting out the sugar? >> yeah. and happy holidays. heather: you too. gregg: cheers. all right, thanks very much. and don't like the idea of getting frisked by the tsa? who does? heather: yeah. wait until you hear about the new measures airlines are thinking about putting you through. gregg: plus, the lack of a supercommittee tet deal could -- debt deal could soon trigger automatic cuts to the federal budget. why this may cause huge problems

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gregg: and we have got some new holiday video to show you of santa claus visiting a zoo. let's call this one fleece-and-a-half dad. [laughter] a south korean zoo using sheep instead of reindeer to escort st. nick around the park. [laughter] that's interesting. dressed in flocks, providing a nice, soft alternative for chirp. that's kind of cute. heather: that is very cute. well, the age of sweat pants, flexible waistlines and shoes that don't tie up, there's new talk of having to wear something a bit more presentable as your mother would say when 234r50euing on an airplane.

claudia cowan is live in san francisco with more on this. so, claudia, what is going on? >> reporter: well, you know, heather, from skirts to shorts, pants too low, some passengers are learning the hard way that their wardrobe can keep them grounded. several high-profile incidents have fliers' rights groups calling on airlines to public dress codes just as clearly as ticket fares and baggage restrictions. >> people aren't mind readers. they don't know what that flight attendant's going to want to see when you get on a plane. >> reporter: this activist argues the lack of consistency leaves passengers exposed to the judgments of the flight crew who may take offense at clothing that wouldn't be considered indecent off the plane but sometimes ends with the passenger getting kicked off as in this incident in san francisco last june. in the air line's view, those passengers became a list, but if that's the case, it's the airline's fault. >> the airlines should step up and do this on their own just so

that passengers can predict and appropriately dress. if there's a requirement to wear a certain type of clothing or not wear a certain type of clothing, tell us. >> reporter: indeed, most airlines scoff at specifics in their contracts of carriage. american, for instance, won't give a maximum weight but can turn anyone away deemed too fat. too smelly because of poor hygiene or dressed in a manner, quote, that would cause discomfort or fence to other passengers. but then us airways allowed this man to board wearing lingerie. airlines say dress codes would be hard to enforce and could expose them to lawsuits if flight crew overreacts which, according to the head of virgin, is what happens. >> if an airline is going to be so unreasonable to kick people off for wearing baggy pants or being slightly overweight, to me it just seems impolite. >> reporter: if passengers wear appropriate clothing and

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heather: serious new fallout from the failure of the deficit-cutting supercommittee just in time for the holidays. we're hearing that the neediest americans may be the first to feel the pain. welcome to "america's newsroom,"

i'm heather childers. gregg: and i'm greg jarrett, bill and martha have the day off. the bipartisan council could not reach an agreement, and their failure triggered more than a trillion in automatic spending cuts, and now state lawmakers say their constituents could soon suffer the consequences. heather: doug's life for us in washington. hi, doug, first of all, and how hard are states going to get hit? >> reporter: well, you know, the impacts, heather, could be considerable, and in part that's because of the way most states look at their budgets. it's not the same way congress does. members of congress look at these potential cuts, and they think they have plenty of time to figure in the out. the cuts that hit social programs and the pentagon don't go into effect until 2013, so congress has time to ride to the rescue on this. most states, though, are required to submit balanced budgets each year, so they have to take these cuts as they are scripted. and "the washington post" says that lawmakers in some states are already trying to figure out how they'll make up for these funding shortfalls, and this impacts everything from school

lunch assistance to home heating health. heather: is it possible that congress can maybe come up with new spending cuts before the end of the year? is that possible? >> it's possible. and that's something we're kind of waiting to see. congress has a lot on its plate now starting next week because so many things expire at the end of the year. we've got payroll tax cuts, long-term unemployment insurance, a whole lot of stuff. but it's possible that congress as a whole could try to pick up the pieces after the failure this week of the deficit supercommittee. >> they're going to get stopped at the supermarket and stopped at the gas station, and people are going to recognize them and put a bug in their ear about doing something, so i think they may well return to washington with the notion that they've got to do something in december that the typical voter realizes is progress in some way. now, the republicans and the democrats have very different ideas about how that should be done. >> and, look, that comes down to the very basic question of tax hikes versus spending cuts.

we'll hear that over and over again. the other issue that some states are going to have to grapple with because of this, big penalty gone cuts. -- pentagon cuts. huge impacts on local community that is depend on those jobs. heather: thank you so much, reporting live for us. and coming up, former director of the congressional budget office doug holtz-eakin joins us to explain the fallout of the supercommittee failure, what it means for the state programs and services that you use. gregg? gregg: mall madness nationwide, it is black friday to be sure. the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season. and it's a time when retailers can make up to 40% of their annual revenue. across the country millions of folks lined up in the wee hours of the morning or, in fact, yesterday afternoon in some cases. many of the shoppers even willing to camp out in order to save a few bucks. >> i was, like, in between excited and then at the same time a little bored of sitting

here, but, you know, once you get in -- >> definitely. definitely worth it. we're saving money, and it's a good time to get together, everybody laughing and having a good time. gregg: rich edson from the fox business network is braving the crowds at the rockaway town square in rockaway, new jersey. hi, rich. >> reporter: hey, good morning, gregg. you know, last night this started at macy's, and a lot of folks got here, shopped at macy's, and the mall itself opened at 4:00 this morning. we're at ant a point now where it's just a regular saturday. it seems as far as the crowd is concerned, at the mall. so with that you get the black friday concept, they're here about 4:00 in the morning, so we're going to show you toys and flying toys at that. we go to brook store and jay and jason. jay, what do we have here? >> this is our combat copter. it has a built-in gyroscope. it's fun for yourself and with two people. you can battle each other and shoot each other right out of

the sky, and it's a great toy for everybody. it runs for 69.99, we do have a special on two, it's for 120. our specials go all weekend long, though, so if you can't make it to the mall today, it's fine. >> reporter: have you been busy this weekend? >> you know, it's really good. we're getting started. we do have some good foot traffic, and we're just ready for a good weekend and a good holiday season. >> reporter: compare this to other black fridays. >> well, you know, it's hard to say because the last two years have been a little iffy with the economy and everything like that, but i can tell you what, it's been a great turnout so far. the one thing that we have in particular, we have over 300 items under $50, so we really do have something for everyone this year. >> reporter: jay, thanks so much for your time. helicopters, gregg, black friday, can't have much more fun than that. greg grab a couple for me, would ya, rich? >> reporter: you got it. gregg: rich edson in rockaway.

heather: a fox news alert for you now on new outrage in egypt as protesters learn about their new prime minister. tens of thousands in tahrir square reacting to the news that a man who served as prime minister under hosni mubarak was asked to lead their new government. and kamal gone sowr ri saying the military has given him greater powers than his predecessor. the 78-year-old saying in a news conference he will not be able to form a government before parliamentary elections start on monday. gregg: fox is america's election headquarters. newt gingrich, a man most known for his brash personality and political aggressivenesses has seemingly done a 180 these days. some think he's reinventing himself to win over some voters, and maybe it's working. there's a new nationwide poll from real clear politics which shows gingrich in a virtual tie

with mitt romney. does the new newt have a chance here? byron york is a fox news contributor and chief political correspondent of the washington examiner. byron, good to see you. >> good morning, gregg. gregg: when richard nixon ran for president in '68, he had a serious impackage problem -- image problem. so in a stroke of genius he recast himself by staging all these media blitzes to soften his image, and reporters then began to write about the new nixon, and it worked. well, guess what? reporters now are writing about a new newt and, in fact, here's one of them. we'll put it up on the screen: gregg: so, byron, is gingrich reinventing himself in much the

way nixon did? >> well, he's certainly changing the way he presents himself, and i cannot tell you how many voters i have spoken to in iowa, south carolina and other early states who have said they were very impressed by the fact that gingrich does not really go after his fellow candidates in debates, he often goes after the moderator, and then he says any one of these candidates up here would be better than barack obama. it's that sort of non-bickering newt that they're very, very ip pressed by. gregg: you know, his position on immigration, for example, may be a part of the new newt showing a, well, a humanity that could help to so soften his image. but you wrote about that issue in your latest column, byron, so my question to you is at what cost? especially in iowa? >> well, it could be a big cost. what he said at the foreign policy debate on tuesday night is not different from what he's said in the past. as a matter of fact, he said virtually the same thing at the

reagan library debate on september 7th, but nobody noticed because he was an also-ran at the time, and nobody was paying attention. now he's a front runner, it's a very big deal for him. so, um, what you're seeing in iowa right now is a number of social conservatives who want to stop mitt romney are trying to settle on one candidate to back. they pretty much narrowed it down to newt gingrich versus rick santorum. and at that critical time when they're making a dis, gingrich comes out and says what he says about immigration. gregg: he knew he'd take heat for it so he gets, perhaps, some props for conviction. but, look, there's some irony here. again, back to 1968, nixon won the nomination by beating mitt romney's dad, george romney, but nixon also had something that gingrich doesn't have. nixon had money. he had an elaborate organization. and mitt romney now has both. how much of a disadvantage is it

for gingrich? >> well, as time goes on the money is going to be a major problem for gingrich. what we've seen is an unusual situation so far in this campaign in which the debates have is played an enormously important role. and, basically, all you have to have to get in the debates is 1% of support, a suit and a plane ticket, and you're there. so gingrich has had, taken the opportunity of these debates, really made a lot of hay with it, and has shot to the top of the polls. but at some point you've got to do a lot of retail politicking, you have to have offices opened in early primary states, people who drum up support for you. gingrich doesn't have a lot of money to do that. gregg: all right. byron york, great to see you. thanks. >> thank you, gregg. heather: we have some horrifying new allegations to tell you about of sexual abuse against former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. this time he's accused of molesting his own grandson. we'll have more on that ahead.

gregg: then, no deal on capitol hill could mean no meal for needy children. the free school lunch program now on the chopping block. we're going to ask the former director of the congressional budget office what else could go. heather: and stay tuned for this story. swimming with the sharks in nothing but a bikini. no cage, no protective suit, nada. and all live on television as it happens. that is the premise of a brand new tv special. we'll talk with the scientist behind the idea ahead. >> one of them came right up, full frontal, straight up to me and just stared. right up close in the cage. we had a real moment that i shared, and that was really special.

heather: and welcome back. a car rams into a group of people in a store parking lot, killing one of them. all this happened outside a home depot in high yachtville,

maryland. officials say apparently it looks like the driver of the car passed out behind the wheel, lost control. they say that a passenger, though, in the vehicle tried to steer away from the people but ended up crashing into a wall. several others were injured, no word on their conditions. greg tbreg and back to our top story, funding for school lunches, home energy assistance, even hiv care now all on the chopping block, just a few of the state programs at risk after the failure of the deficit-cutting supercommittee. doug holtz-eakin is the former director of the congressional budget office, president of the american action forum. and thank you so much for being with us. so explain how failure on the federal level impacts states and, obviously, individuals. >> well, gregg, it's evidence that not all ways of cutting $1.2 trillion are created equal. had the supercommittee been

successful, we'd have seen those cuts coming out of the big entitlement programs, the social securities, medicare, medicaid, affordable care act, and had those cuts occurred, they would have taken a long time to implement, they'd have been relatively modest up front and gotten larger as the decade progressed. instead with the failure, we're going to get across-the-board cuts in annual discretionary spending, they'll happen right away, and we'll see a lot of pain at the state level as well. half of those cuts will come out of the defense budget, so those states with a big military footprint are going to feel that right away, and another substantial chunk will come out of the non-defense discretionary spending, and that'll hit the programs you mentioned, the food stamps, the health programs. gregg: in your mind this is evidence of bad policy when you just across the board without thought and deliberation. >> certainly. i mean, the whole notion of the across-the-board cuts was it was supposed to be a threat sufficiently awful that they would do the right thing in the supercommittee. it didn't work out that way, but the fact remains this is not the

way to go about solving our fiscal problems. gregg: does this raise the stakes on congress? >> i think so. um, beginning immediately there are some things that congress have to take care of business, and one would be the payroll tax holiday that is in place and which i would expect both parties would want to extend, the other would be long-term uninsurance, unemployment insurance which i think both parties are going to want to extend. we've seen no particular ability for the parties to get together, extend these programs and not increase the deficit, but those stakes are very high. if congress doesn't do it, again, it's going to fall to state governments to take care of those out of work and unemployed. gregg: want to get your reaction to the remarks by newt gingrich who's now at the top of most national polls and, in fact, in individual state polls. he said if you're serious about real health care reform, abolish the congressional budget office. it is a dishonest institution. [laughter] now, you used to be the

director. talk to us about -- i mean, what's your reaction to that? >> well, first of all, he's wrong. and in no uncertain terms is he wrong. i've had several conversations with mr. gingrich when i was the director of the cbo and afterward about the analyses put out on health issues. he disagrees sub substantively with the analysis, and that is his right, but in the end congress makes the decision, and he should be looking at the congress, not the cbo. gregg: newt gingrich as well as some of the other gop presidential contenders all have various tax reform proposals. in your judgment what does this country need in terms of tax reform, if any at all? >> oh, it needs a dramatic tax overhaul. we really have three big problems. problem number one is that our corporate tax makes us internationally uncompetitive. our best global firms are at a

serious disadvantage in trying to get the new markets that are going to be the future. the second is we don't have a tax code that supports growth. we have it, taxing too much return to saving to investment. we instead ought to have it taxing the kind of things people consume, and the third is it's just riddled with loopholes and exemptions that leads to a lot of waste. so we are overdue for a tax overhaul. it's refreshing to see that everyone running if or president including the ip couple bent has committed to tax reform, and i'd hope we'd see it in 2013. gregg: doug holtz-eakin, thanks very much for being with us. >> thank you. heather: protests in egypt are reaching a fevered pitch now after the announcement that someone from the old regime will be heading up the new government. we'll ask a former state department official what this could mean for us. gregg: and police in ohio nabbing two suspects they say stole dozens of thanksgiving

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gregg: two men in ohio facing charges for pilfering poultry the today before thanksgiving. michael robinson and ricky jones accused of stealing $540 worth of turkey and ham on wednesday. the due woe stuffed the meat into a shopping cart, barreled past the checkout lines, threw it in a car and took off. well, an officer outside saw the whole thing, and the men were caught a short time later.

heather: pilfering poultry, say that five times fast. well, some of the nation's major shippers have a plan that they say would cut traffic. they're asking lawmakers to increase the weight limits for trucks on highways. the idea is that trucks would be filled to capacity, increasing their efficiency. but the request is sparking a big debate. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta for us so, jonathan, forgive the pun, what's driving the debate? [laughter] >> reporter: hi, heather. well, what's driving this is that you have these major shippers that really like this legislation because, ultimately, it would reduce the number of trucks that they need to pay for on the roads. they say this would cut down on what they spend on fuel and also reduce emissions. vermont and maine have been testing heavier trucks, especially with their big logging industry there, but here in georgia transportation officials have yet to make a recommendation to their legislature as they consider the

impact of heavier loss on their roads and their budgets. >> if we advocate for higher weights, it's going to be more wear and tear on our roads which means more money. so we have to balance that with an economic picture of the future as well. >> reporter: now, supporters say that these heavier trucks would require six axles so that the additional weight would be evenly distributed. the supporters also say that additional fees could help offset any highway maintenance costs, heather. heather: and how does the trucking industry feel about the increased weights? >> you know, you find opinions across the board. there's really a disagreement going on right now between some of the large company fleets and an independent operators. at issue is the short-term impact of all the retrofits and upgrades involved with increased loads. listen. >> the manufacturer will be able to offset the cost of new equipment with the economies of scale that they gain.

the productivity they get out of it. the for-hire trucker who doesn't do manufacturing will be faced with the costs, but all the benefit will go to his customers. >> reporter: now, the bill would give individual states the ability to opt out of the higher weight limits which raises the question whether the u.s. will continue its current patchwork of weight limits or whether these heavier trucks will soon become the new normal on america's highways. heather? heather: all right. thank you very much, jonathan serrie, reporting live for us from atlanta. thank you. gregg: there is a storm system that is threatening parts of the u.s. meteorologist maria molina has your travel forecast for you in just a moment. heather: and we've been following this story for you in egypt, tens of thousands protesting in tahrir square. the demonstration expected to be the biggest yet this week as military rulers announce a new prime minister, a former senior adviser with the state department joining us up next. nationwide insurance, what's up ?

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gregg: christmas shopping season is in full gear already. some parts of the country seeing wintry weather. how could it affect your plans this weekend. maria molina live in the fox weather center. >> reporter: we have wintry

weather to talk about in the northwest. up to 11-inchess of snow has been reported over the cascade mountains. that is affecting some of the passes. please drive carefully out there. we are experiencing good weather across the northeast, southwest and parts of the midwest. today we have high pressure in place, that is bringing in a lot of sunshine. get out and enjoy it. if you're doing any shopping for black friday, no problems out there. across west text cast and new mexico we are starting to see showers across new mexico, and west texas. here is a look at the second storm system with the wintry weather, most of it dying down across the cascades, some of it moving into montana, idaho and across utah. where are the two storms going? they are going to unite,

basically by saturday you'll see unsets eld weather from the great lakes to the west down. the worst weather will be in the mississippi valleys. delays will be possible from the gulf coast all the way through the great lakes. if you try to head home after the thanksgiving holiday you could be looking at problems out there. by sunday the storm system continues heading eastbound. rain from the ohio valley down into the southwest. it could be heavy across parts of the tennessee valley into the southeast. we could be looking at even some possible flooding out there. as far as your temperatures for today if you're headed out for black friday, not too bad in the northeast, 60 in new york city. a lot colder as you head into the west. ma montana only 33. gregg: thanks very much. new outrage in egypt has tens of thousands rallying for end to a military rule.

they are reacting right now to news that a hosni mubarak-era prime minister has been asked to lead. he will be given greater powers than his predecessor. we have a former state adviser, thank you very much for joining us, christian. >> heather, great to be here. heather: christian he's 78 years old. he's already said that there is no way that he can form a government before elections, which are slated for monday. do you see this as a strategic move off behalf of the military, or are they that out of touch with what is going on? >> i'd say it's another misstep. heading into elections which will be very significant beginning on monday it's just another cautio cautionary flag. the military played a large role in moving hosni mubarak aside

and creating the path to elections that we are seeing now. it had a great amount of popularity and goodwill. unfortunately it's losing altitude. it's been fairly heavy handed to protestors. it's subjected civilians to military tribunals. it's been seen as partial to hosni mubarak's cronies. it's another signal that the military has a tin ear when it comes to politics. heather: is this good news or bad news for the u.s.? >> i'd say it's a very bad sign. in places like this we look for the military to play a bit of a stabilizing role as a counter weight to islamists like the muslim brotherhood, the political parties. if you look at turkey, for example the military there played a very important role in counter balancing islamist sentiment and preserving secular rule. it's changed lately as the country has resolved but it's a

very historic role. if we're looking for that to occur in egypt you want some sort of sign that the military has a political acc accumin but we are not seeing that so far. heather: talk a little bit more to me about the arab spring itself. we've seen egypt, libya, tunisia. what about u.s. interests does this particular incident that is happening in erupt right now, how does this play forward? >> a major political contest going on across the arab spring. it's really going to be a contest between islamists, people who want clerical rule. they want the type of government we see in iran, and liberals if you will, classical liberals, people who want democracy, accountable government. some of them tend towards socialism. some toward free market

economics. there are some who want similar government to what we want. they are worst organized than the islamists. they've been around for a longtime especially in egypt with the muslim brotherhood. you have to contest. you've already had some indications. in tunisia the islamist came out a phraour alternate but not a majority. they'll have to work with more liberal parties. these an okay outcome. libya looks pretty well. egypt is at the other end of the spectrum and a loss there would giv impact us negatively. heather: that being the case as we wrap-up here and continue to take a live look at tahrir square. the u.s. involvement, more involved, less involved, what should we do from this point forward? >> right, because we do have our interest at stake it would be a shame to push all these strong

men aside and see islamists come into hower. our power is not infinite in influencing political outcomes a broad. we should certainly try. people who are our natural allies, the good guys, people who want freedom are under pressure. so far we've done very little. the administration probably doesn't take a favorable view of the invisible hand of the market but seems to take that view when it comes to politics abroad, thinking that any democracy is a good democracy, that we don't have to find ways to help the good guys, which is a shame. the last political contest between communism and freedom, we did take a strong role and we oubt to do that again. heather: thank you very much. christian whiten, thank you. gregg: new allegations against penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. this time family members claim it was his grandson who was

sexually abused. could this be the final straw that revokes bail and sends sandusky to jail? we'll ask our legal experts. heather: not many people would want to be in the water with sharks, let alone swim with them, but one scientist wants to prove it's safe to do so. you think? in a series of experiments broadcast on tv says so. live as they happen, we'll talk with the scientist who came up with the idea, coming up. >> the more the surfboard stays in motion the more interested the black tips become. and when this species hunts in packs their curiosity can prove fatal

heather: welcome back. we have new video for you of the aftermath of devastating wildfires in australia. at least 39 houses destroyed by this. dozens of home forced from their homes. electricity knocked out to more than 500 families.

conditions are improving today. firefighters say that they are now close to containing the fires. gregg: former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky facing yet another sex-abuse accusation. this one reportedly involves his own grandson. sandusky's daughter-in-law reportedly filed the complaint wednesday night. he's free on bail. it's possible any fresh criminal charges could send them to jail as he awaits trial. joining me is a former prosecutor, and a defense attorney. does this change bail? one of the considerations the judge has to make is whether the accused poses a threat to the community. >> yeah, absolutely gregg whether the accused poses a threat to the community or a flight risk. i'm not sure it changes the flight risk element. prosecutors might argue, look the more people that come

forward the more likely this guy will be convicted and he's facing a whole lot of jail time. as far as danger to the community, in the sense if these allegations are alleged to have occurred more recently, the incidents i think there is a real good argument. a lot of people were critical of what was perceived as a relatively low amount of bail set for such a high profile figure in this case. it's possible that it could be revisited. >> the defense attorney for sandusky says wait a minute, these are allegations, they are not true, we contest them, and in fact he says we believe there would be a number of copy-cat allegations, people who maybe did not have direct contact with jerry but trying to jump on the bandwagon. in your experience how often does that happen, false claims by people who are mimicking other accusations. >> false claims do occur, that is true. i understand that this family, there is a divorce happening in the family, there is a possibility that family members sometimes make allegations,

usually against the opposing party, the nats an father and mother. rarely likely they make allegations against an extended family member. but copy-cat allegations do happen. gregg: i'm sure you read the 23 pages. what aeu miers to be the star witness in one incident is another football coach, mike mcqueary who according to the grand jury said he saw a ten-year-old boy in a shower being sexually assaulted by sandusky and immediately left to his father, then the next day went to paterno. now mcqueary sent out an email saying, no i talked to police. police say we have no evidence that he ever talked to us. what does that do to the prosecution case, tom. >> i can tell you what it does to the defense case. it's clear their strategy is to put mcqueary on trial. they are going to try to

undercut his credibility, gregg by saying, look, do you mean to tell us that you walked into a locker room and you saw a defenseless, pre teen boy being sodomized by a gentleman you knew and worked with and you didn't intervene physically, and you didn't call 911 immediately? when someone calls 911 that is recorded, we know that. there is a record of that. that can be subpoenaed. he either made the call or didn't make the call. the fact that this happened back almost ten years ago might make that history a little more difficult. but at the end of the day, you know, if mcqueary is saying he called the cops immediately somebody is going to be able to find out if it is true. if it's not true it will undercut his credibility. gregg: if you disbelieve one part of a witness' story you may disregard awful it, that is a jury instruction. trini there is another issue here. one of the individuals not

identified in a grand jury report has according to the defense attorney now been identified by them, he's prepared to come forward and say it never happened. what does that do to the prosecution's case. >> it's not shocking that someone would recant. victims often recant. the victim is an adult at this point maybe he didn't want it to go this far, maybe he didn't believe that it would become such a sensationalized manner. you can prosecute a case against a sexual abuse victim without their consent, so i don't think it's going to affect the case. >> the 2002 victim seems to be the victim that mcqueary says he witnessed this incident. there's been no indication at this point that that victim has come forward and accused sandusky of anything. that charge is based on what mcqueary saw, and if the boy who

is the subject of the incident is saying no, that never happened, i was never sexually abused, very problematic for the prostitution. gregg: fair point. thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. heather: "happening now" is coming up at the top of the hour and jaime colby standing by. what are you working on? >> reporter: i'm working on my food coma after eating so much yesterday. coming up on "happening now" we are waiting on word of the expected release of three teens from egypt. we will talk to the parents of the young men and bring you the latest on their plight. what are they charged with? what happened there. newt gingrich defending his illegal immigration proposal. and if black friday just isn't your thing, don't worry you have cyber monday coming up. we'll tell you where the best deals are on the web. you can even shop in your pajamas. heather: that is my type of

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gregg: a very happy reunion this thanksgiving for a u.s. marine and the dog he took in while serving in afghanistan. he won over chloe by bathing her into the base using cliff bars.

she became a big hit with the troops. >> she is very loyal, she is very sweet, she kind of kept the morale up of our base. just like a dog, she'd play with you, so she came with us on all our patrols, kind of figured out that we didn't want too many people getting around us. if they came at us a little too aggressively she would run in between and bark at them. that's really all she is, though, she is all bark. gregg: he is stationed at camp pendleton and will be out of the the service next month. he will spend more time with chloe and take her on a road trip. heather: she deserves it. a brand-new special putting researchers in the water with the ocean's top predators. nat geo wild producing the first ever live shark attack

experiment and broadcasting them around the world. check out this footage, scientists swimming with sharks to teach you to avoid potentially deadly attacks. >> sharks mistake a person as a seal. you can put out signals that they don't like, it could be a territorial-type thing, hey, get out of my water, i'm going to come in and bite you. heather: here is shark researcher ryan johns sons. there is a slight delay, about a four second delay, because he is in south africa after all. my question to you is pretty basic, should we be a phrase of sharks? >> yeah, hi, heather. the question, should we be afraid of sharks? a very relevant question. i don't believe so. i do believe we should be respectful of sharks. shark of big ocean predators,

they have a massive arsenal, big teeth and we all know on occasion, very rare occasions they do bite humans, and when they do bite it does cause a lot of damage. heather: the goal of the special, explain it to me a little bit how it's going to work. it's alive and researchers will take us through different myths to either dispel them or prove them, correct? >> yeah, that's right. we've gone around and talked to a lot of people who have been bitten by sharks, and got their beliefs and their ideas on what caused the attack, whether they did something wrong that led the shark to attack them. from this information we designed a number of experiments to test whether their beliefs or true or they are myth, things such as wearing yum-yum yellow colored wet suits. where you whether bling on your

arms. we are doing this live. by taking it live we allow the viewers to determine for themselves how the sharks respond. do the sharks make more attention to our guinea pigs, or are they ignoring them. heather: live, there is potentially a lot of danger there. what if something bad happens, the character attacks? >> yeah, we are not kidding ourselves, what we are doing is dangerous, there is no getting around that. what we have done is put together probably one of the most experienced shark diving teams in the world to conduct these experiments. what else we've done, we have a cage in the water so if any of the girls ever feel threatened they can quickly get into the cage, close it up, lock the sharks out. we have two medics on board specifically trained with dealing and treating shark attack victims.

we have prosions to air lift anyone out who has been bitten. we believe we know how far we can push the sharks and the experiment. fingers crossed that everyone will be safe. heather: we have to wrap-up, but have you ever been attacked by a shark? >> i've had some pretty close even counters, but i love sharks and luckily to say i've never been attacked. hopefully that is going to stay the same. heather: hopefully that holds true. thank you so much. we appreciate you joining us. for our viewers at home shark attack experiment live, it is on tonight 9 eastern and pacific on nat geo wild. gregg: there are a lot of jobs i won't want to have. they are frightening to look at up close and personal, no thanks. the crowded republican race to the white house showing no signs of thinning out any time soon. so why are so many second-tier candidates sticking it out for

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