opportunity to enjoy a waffle house or two myself. the manager apologized profusely. good night. ♪ ♪ ning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: pure evil, in a house of prayer. hundreds are dead after militants attack a mosque in egypt. while in london, panic after reports of shots fired. >> oh, my god! >> quijano: also tonight, americans get a jump on their shopping online and at the stores. >> they've been talking about the death of black friday for about ten years. >> quijano: there's a call to boycott a university after a professor is accused of preying on female students. and steve hartman's at a high school where lunch is a feast for the soul. >> meeting someone who really listens and cares what you have to say really makes a difference.

this is the "cbs evening news." >> quijano: good evening. i'm elaine quijano. and this is our western edition. anthony mason is off tonight. they were attacked as they worshiped. at least 235 were killed by a bomb and bullets in the sinai peninsula. it was egypt's deadliest terror attack and the first on a mosque. president trump called it horrible and cowardly and phoned egypt's frot offer his condolences. here's elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: here's the al- rawdah mosque just after the attack. inside, shocked survivors walk among those gunned down by about 40 armed men who detonated a bomb near the mosque and then slaughtered worshipers as they ran for their lives. some gunmen even hid, waiting to ambush vehicles evacuating the wounded. egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi went on national television and vowed he would respond to the attack with brute

force. but for the past four years, egyptian security forces have been fighting a losing battle in the sinai against islamist extremists, especially the local isis franchise. this well-armed group has staged brazen attacks on checkpoints, barracks, and army posts, and murder both soldiers and police. isis in the sinai also claimed responsibility for the bomb that brought down a russian passenger plane in 2015, killing 224 people. early this year, isis in the sinai released a new video, calling on its followers to attack christians. weeks later, two churches were bombed on palm sunday and 45 people died. then in may, the coptic christian community was shattered again when a bus full of pilgrims was blown up. today's attack is not only the first on a mosque, but also the

deadliest yet, leaving egyptians shocked and shaken. it's likely that worshipers at that particular mosque were targeted because they're followers of the sufi branch of islam, which isis considers blasphemous. elaine. >> quijano: elizabeth palmer. liz, thank you. there was a major scare today in one of the busiest parts of london. multiple reports of shots fired in the subway sent black friday shoppers scattering. police flooded the scene and closed three stations. london has been on high alert after five violent attacks this year. but an hour later, police gave the all-clear saying there were no shots and no one was hurt. here at home on this black friday, retailers have high hopes for the holiday shopping season. 164 million americans are expected to shop online or in stores this weekend, up from 154 million last year. michelle miller has been checking out the action. ( cheers )

>> reporter: there was the usual frenzy, but in some places, black friday was relatively calm. >> this is a thousand times better. >> reporter: retailers are better organized and smarter about launching their holiday shopping season. that began with jump starting the traditional holiday experience a day ahead of schedule. how long you been waiting in line for this morning? >> all night. >> reporter: you were here-- >> we got here at almost 1:00 in the morning. >> reporter: longer lines in stores shows that plenty of shoppers are eager. charisse jones is a national business correspondent for "usa today." do you see the demise of black friday anywhere on the horizon? >> they've been talking about the death of black friday for about ten years, and i don't think it's going to go completely away. most sales still happen in stores. 80% to 90% of all sales still happen at a brick-and-mortar storefront. so it's going to be a while before black friday completely disappears. >> reporter: bargain hunters are not only hitting the stores.

they're letting their fingers do the shopping. at the close of thanksgiving night, shoppers had spent $2.87 billion online, an 18% increase from the year before. >> about $1.4 trillion is going to be spent by consumers, so retailers are prepared to clean up. they're rolling out the experiences and the events to get folks in store, and they're going to really try to get their share of the bounty. >> reporter: there's actually science backing these black friday crowds. in fact, one m.i.t. professor who studies line behavior found that people actually enjoy this one day of inconvenience for the thrill of beating out the competition at finding the best bargain. elaine. >> quijano: all right, michelle miller, thank you so much. president trump played golf today with two of the game's greats, including tiger woods. as errol barnett reports, the president and woods are more than golf buddies. they're business partners.

>> mr. president! >> reporter: at a florida golf club bearing his name, president trump played alongside the world's top golfer, dustin johnson, and perhaps the world's most famous, tiger woods. today's golf club visit is mr. trump's 52nd as president. the president's golfing life is usually kept secret, but today, in a rare disclosure, he acknowledged he would be playing quickly before heading back to his mar-a-lago club to work. he even add the name of the venue-- trump national golf club. >> i'm going to be working for you. i'm not going to have time to go play golf. >> reporter: it is in stark contrast to his campaign promises and consistent criticism of president obama. >> everything's executive order. because he doesn't have enough time because he's playing so much golf. i have a no-conflict situation because i'm president. >> reporter: mr. trump promised to separate himself from his businesses as president, but since taking office, he has spent all or part of 126 days at trump-branded properties. and consider this: tiger woods is designing a golf course with the trump organization in dubai.

no word from the white house on if president trump discussed that business with him today on the golf course. elaine. >> quijano: all right, errol barnett. errol, thank you. lawyers for mr. trump's first national security adviser, michael flynn, have cut off communications with the president's legal team. this could be a sign that general flynn is ready to cooperate with the special counsel's russia investigation. more now from nancy cordes. >> reporter: the calm outside the flynn household in virginia today masked what could be a major turning point in special counsel robert mueller's investigation. cbs news has confirmed that michael flynn's attorney, robert kelner, called trump lawyer, john dowd, on wednesday night to inform him they could no longer communicate about flynn, leaving the president with one less ally, as mueller probes potential collusion between his campaign and russia. >> mike flynn is a fine person, and i asked for his resignation. >> good afternoon, everyone. >> reporter: general flynn

lasted just 24 days as national security adviser, stepping down after it was revealed he lied to the vice president about his communications with russian ambassador sergei kislyak during the transition. white house spokeswoman sarah huckabee sanders in july: >> to my knowledge, he did not collude with anybody to influence the campaign. >> reporter: flynn came under scrutiny by the special counsel for his private-sector work on behalf of the turkish government. flynn's son, who worked for his father's firm, may also be caught up in the probe. mr. trump's former campaign manager corey lewandowski: >> if michael flynn did something wrong by not disclosing the relationships he had with turkey and other governments, then he should be held accountable for that. >> reporter: president trump's attorney, jay sekulow, tells cbs news he's not worried about the prospect of flynn cooperating with mueller. "if it is a plea, that doesn't necessarily mean it has anything to do with the president." elaine. >> quijano: nancy cordes, nancy, thanks.

there are new questions about the murder of baltimore detective sean suiter. he was gunned down nine days ago, one day before he was set to testify in a federal corruption case against fellow officers. here's kris van cleave. >> hello? >> reporter: that is believed to be baltimore police detective sean suiter's final radio call. the f.b.i. is trying to enhance it, looking for any clues about the suspect who managed to wrestle away suiter's gun and shoot the 18-year veteran officer in the head at close range. baltimore police commissioner kevin davis: >> we don't know exactly what he said, but he was clearly in distress. >> reporter: suiter, a father of five, was killed the day before he was to testify in a federal corruption case against eight baltimore police officers. >> people have asked me, you know, how can it be possible that detective suiter was shot and killed on the eve of his grand jury testimony, and for

that murder not to have anything to do with the grand jury testimony?" and people-- people said, "is that possible?" and the answer is, of course, it's possible. >> reporter: police don't have much on the suspect, but say suiter spotted a man acting suspiciously and went to check it out. investigators have unreleased video showing his partner taking cover at the sound of gunfire and calling for help. suiter's murder prompted a citywide manhunt and a lockdown of the neighborhood where it happened. a small memorial now sits at the scene where some are offering prayers. >> he deserved that prayer. the family deserved the prayer. our city of baltimore deserved the prayer. >> reporter: the reward for information leading to an arrest now sits at more than $200,000. suiter's funeral is scheduled for wednesday. elaine. >> quijano: kris van cleave. kris, thank you. attorney general jeff sessions has ordered a review of the background check system for gun purchases. that's after the massacre this month at a texas church. the gunman's prior conviction for domestic abuse should have

blocked him from buying guns, but the air force failed to enter his conviction in a federal database. paula reid reports this is not an isolated case. >> every time one of these mass murders happen, it just brings everything back emotionally for me. >> reporter: jim sitton's six- year-old daughter, mchale was killed on thanksgiving eight years ago. investigators later discovered the shooter, paul michael merhige, had been committed to a mental institution three times. that should have kept him from passing a federal background check. >> it's ridiculous that someone can have all of that history-- mental and legal-- and still the state will give him-- he can still carry and the fed will sell him as many guns as he wants. >> reporter: the f.b.i. background check system is stored in three databases and relies on state and local industries as well as u.s. military to report criminal history, but many fail to be uploaded.

take domestic abuse records. the military has entered only one name in the database, and the f.b.i. wouldn't tell us if there are any others. >> there's no question that if the data's not in the system, people are going to die, and they do die. >> reporter: kim gandy leads the national network to end domestic violence. so this isn't just a few people slipping through the cracks. this is systemic. >> yes. it's a systemic problem, and there are tens of thousands, maybe even more prohibited abusers who are not in the system, and who are out there buying guns and endangering lives. >> reporter: the system has prevented some sales of firearms. in 2016, almost 9,000 people were denied a firearm based off of a domestic assault conviction. but in 2007, virginia tech shooter seung-hui cho killed 32 people after he legally purchased a weapon. the state of virginia later admitted his documented mental illness should have blocked the gun sale. >> the system is only as good as the records within it. >> reporter: the national rifle association has estimated seven million offenders are not in the system.

the group supports better enforcement, but the international organization of chiefs of police told us there's no national standard nor funding to ensure local agencies contribute. >> well, you're going to spend the money one way or another. you're either going to hire the manpower to enforce the laws that are on the books, or you're going to buy body bags. >> reporter: a new bill has been introduced in congress to close some of these gaps. it would penalize agencies that fail to provide records and reward those who do. it will also provide additional funding as the police chiefs were calling for. >> quijano: paula, thank you. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," why are hundreds of professors demanding students boycott a university? later, steve hartman's at a high school where loneliness at lunch is not accepted.

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it claims that school officials were not protecting students. the 111-page complaint alleges yaeger used overtly sexual language with his students, used his influence to sleep with female graduates, and even pressured a student to live with him. that student is dr. celeste kidd, now a professor at the university. >> he made it clear, explicitly, by telling me that if i had a problem with him, and i expressed that, there would be professional consequences. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news, university officials say "the fact is that many students, faculty, and administrators at the university do not recognize the institution described in the letter circulating on the internet." >> the sort of response that we're seeing from the administration there to suppress this to the point of actually putting those victims at risk, i think was most troubling to me. >> reporter: yaeger remains on paid administrative leave. he did not respond to our request for comment. the university has launched an

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into the courtyards and split into their social groups, but not everyone is included. as we first reported last march, here at boca high and schools across the country, someone always sits alone. >> it's not a good feeling. like, you're by yourself, and that's something that i don't want anybody to go through. >> reporter: denis estimon is a haitian immigrant. when he came here in first grade, he says he felt isolated, especially at lunch. now he's popular, but he has not forgotten that first grade feeling. >> to me it's like if we don't go and try to make that change, who is going to do it? >> reporter: so with some friends denis started a club called, "we dine together." >> we dine. >> together! >> we dine! >> together! >> we dine! >> together! >> reporter: their mission is to go into the courtyard at lunchtime to make sure no one is starving for company. >> denis. >> i'm new here. >> you're new here? when did you first come here? >> reporter: for new kids, especially, the club is a godsend. >> this is gabriel.

>> reporter: since it started last year, hundreds of friendships have formed, some very unlikely. you're probably meeting kids you never would meet on the football team. >> never. >> reporter: jean max meradieu actually quit the football team, gave up all the perks that come with it, just so he could spend more time with this club. >> i don't mind not getting a football scholarship. this is what i really want to do. >> reporter: just imagine how different your teenaged years would have been, if the coolest kids in school all of a sudden decided you mattered. >> we'll get to know each other better. >> reporter: it, obviously, takes a lot of empathy to devote your lunch period to this. >> yes. >> reporter: either that, or firsthand experience. >> i went from coming from a school where i always had friends to coming to where i had nobody. so-- >> reporter: club member allie sealy transferred a few years ago. she says with no one to sit next to, lunch can be the most excruciating part of the day. >> it seems really unfair. it's, honestly, an issue, meeting someone who actually

cares and listens to what you have to say, really makes a difference. and that could happen at lunch. that could happen at our club. >> reporter: since we first told this story, denis has graduated from high school but not from this mission. >> start a club at your school. >> reporter: he's now traveling the country opening "we dine together" chapters at other schools, 15 so far, with more than 100 slated for the new year. and if we're lucky, when he's done showing kids how to make outsiders feel accepted-- >> i'll be around tomorrow if you want to eat lunch together. >> reporter: ...he can teach the rest of us. steve hartman "on the road" in boca raton, florida. >> quijano: a small kindness can make a profound difference. bravo. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm elaine quijano. thanks for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

relationship. a japanese city-- cutting ties with san francisco over its we begin with the statue that has destroyed an international relationship. a japanese's city cutting ties with san francisco over the monument to sex slaves. good evening.>> we will have more on that story in a moment but first we're following breaking news and concord. chopper five over buchanan field where a small plane had to make an emergency landing. the plane is parked right there in the middle of broadway. emergency vehicles secretary are also on the scene. it looks like they might be able to tell the plane off of the runway. the pilot radioed in some kind of trouble. we do not know what it was but emergency crews have been standing by. the airport is closed until they can get the plane off the runway. now to a developing story out of will beach.

a spear fisherman was it -- attacked by a shark at stillwater cove. it happened just before 2:00 this afternoon. emergency crews rushed to the scene. we are told the driver suffered a bad light to his right leg and was rushed to the hospital. another driver was in the area at the time and posted this on his instagram account. >> it was a pretty bad trauma to the leg. there was blood in the boat. they got into the sure and they got him to the emergency room so it looks like he will be all right. they say that injuries appear to be consistent with the great white attack. shark warning signs have been posted as authorities investigate. the victim is in stable condition. his name and age have not been released. sister cities no more. the mayor of osaka japan is ending a six decade relationship with san francisco. he is furious that the city is officially accepting a statute paying tribute to women who were forced to