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syracuse scandal. another man accuses syracuse assistant basketball coach bernie fine of molesting him as a child and a shocking tape seems to implicate the coach's wife. >> i know everything that went on, you know. i went -- know everything that went on with him. showdown. occupy los angeles protesters stay put defying an order to leave their camp as police prepare to move in. point, click, shock. after black friday's big numbers, online retailers are ready to cash in on this cyber numbers, online retailers are ready to cash in on this cyber cybermonday. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, november 28th, 2011. and good morning, everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. syracuse university is in shock this morning.
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sunday, the school fired long time assistant basketball coach bernie fine after a third man accused fine of sexually mow molesting him as a child. now sexually expolice sit and startling recording out this morning that seems to implicate fine's wife. a warning some of what you're about to hear is graphic. >> he said sometimes friends will help each other and touch each other. >> reporter: 23-year-old zach tomaselli is the third man to accuse bernie fine of molesting him. he says the assistant coach repeatedly molested him during a 2002 hotel stay in pittsburgh. >> i fell asleep to him fondling me. woke up the next morning and he was fully dressed in a suit, ready to go for the game and he gave me two thumb's up and said "gameday." >> reporter: the new allegations follow those of two ex-syracuse
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ball boys. bobby davis now 39 says fine molested him for years beginning when he was 11 years old. sunday, espn's outside the lines broadcast a bombshell audio tape davis secretly recorded with speaking with coach fine's wife lori. in it, she seems to know all about her husband's appetite for young boys. >> what did he want you to do? did he want you to grab him? >> he tried to make me grab him. at first, he grabbed me and started you know -- me. >> you never had any oral sex with him? >> no. >> no? >> i think he would have let me. >> of course he would. why wouldn't he? i know everything that went on with him. >> reporter: in the call, lori fine acknowledges having a sexual affair with davis and says her husband never seemed to fear davis or anyone else going public. >> i said to him, you know, bobby and i talked.
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and i know some things about you, that if you keep pushing will be let out. >> reporter: reaction on the syracuse campus was a mix of shock, sadness, and outrage. >> it's crazy. i honestly didn't believe it at first. >> the important thing is being good to people and bernie fine is -- and get him out. >> i feel like a lot of crazy stuff is going on with people molesting all their people. it's going on everywhere. >> syracuse head basketball coach jim boeheim, who rallied along his assistant coach, now says he supports the firing. in a statement, boeheim said the following. there is another alleged victim in the penn state child abuse scandal. university police say they have been contacted by a man who says he may have been assaulted by former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. the letter comes from a man who is currently in prison in
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oklahoma. sandusky is allegedly charged with abusing eight boys. and in california, students at uc-davis called for a general strike today. they are protesting that incident over ten days ago when campus police pepper sprayed unresisting demonstrators. two policemen and campus police chief placed on administrative leave. there are calls for the university chancellor to resign. in los angeles, occupy wall street protesters stare down a midnight deadline to leave their encampment and, instead, plan to hold what they describe as an eviction block party. sandra hughes is in los angeles with more this morning. sandra, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. and that midnight deadline for occupy wall street protesters here in l.a. to leave has come and gone. as you can see behind me, basically, the crowd from the tent city has now moved into this intersection and the street behind me. they are basically blocking off all traffic. now, we have not seen a very large police presence here so far, but we do understand and i can see right down the block
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from here that they are starting to -- they are starting to line up around the perimeter and may be moving in soon. near l.a. city hall, hundreds of occupy wall street protesters refuse to leave camp. the plan is to keep it nonviolent? >> oh, yes, definitely. we don't want any violence. >> reporter: an eviction order went into effect overnight and still only a handful of people broke down their tents sunday. >> the city itself passed a resolution saying we have the first amendment rights to remain here and now they are reneging on that agreement. >> reporter: ahead of the deadline, the city's mayor issued a statement hoping for, quote, a spirit of cooperation. city officials urged protesters to clear out, but promised to continue listening to their message against corporate greed. >> that's why i'm here, to let people know we can work together, we can work together civilly. >> reporter: this is one of the oldest and largest camps on the west coast. since october, it's grown from a
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few dozen tents to hundreds, but protesters here aren't the only ones being asked to leave. in philadelphia, an eviction order came and went sunday without any confrontations. >> folks are still here, tents are still here and people are not planning on leaving. >> reporter: nearly 50 people locked arms, refusing to budge, even though the city says it's trying to make way for a $50 million construction project which would create jobs. >> we are the heart of philadelphia. philadelphia is hurting. philadelphia has a lot of poverty. >> reporter: even if the city breaks up the camp, the protesters, like many across the country, say it won't break their spirit. now all along, the los angeles mayor has said he wants to give plenty of time to the protesters here to pack up, put their tents away and leave to avoid any kind of a confrontation, any violent confrontation. of course, many of the people that i've already spoken to this morning say they aren't going anywhere. terrell? >> sandra hughes in los angeles for us this morning, thank you. overseas voting is under way
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in land mark parliamentary elections in egypt. the first elections since hosni mubarak was ousted out of office in february. today's voting begins the first stage of an election process that runs until march. protesters remain in tahrir square demanding egypt's immediate rulers step down immediately. clashes between protesters and security forces over the past ten days have left at least 43 dead and more than 2,000 wounded. those three american students arrested during the cairo uprising are home this morning. derrik sweeney, luke gates and gregory porter arrived in the u.s. saturday. they had been arrested for allegedly throwing fire bombs from a roof. derick sweeney says their first night as captors was brutal. >> we were in a near fetal position with our hands handcuffed behind our back and with our shirts still over our heads so we couldn't see anything, even in the dark. they said if you move, you would get shot, they would shoot us. >> sweeney and the others said
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never did anything to harm anyone, never handled explosives and were never on a roof. air strikes that killed pakistani soldiers over the weekend they say was unprovoked. some of the soldiers were buried yesterday. the attack has prompted protests in pakistan which has closed its western borders to trucks delivering supplies to nato troops in afghanistan. nato war planes struck two posts on saturday. afghan officials say afghan and nato forces were being fired on from bases. a pakistan army spokesman denies it. nato is investigating it. coming up on the morning news, britain's prince william to the rescue in stormy seas. the black friday shopping weekend was a good one for retailers who now hope there is more to come. this is the "cbs morning news." w.
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to pull her out. the truck rolled over on the highway sunday morning. police say the woman and another person survived but the driver of the pickup died. cbs "moneywatch" time on a monday. something we haven't heard much lately. asian stocks were up today. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. ashley, good morning to you. what is the good news? >> good morning to you, terrell. >> reporter: that is right asian markets finished on the upside with investors increasingly optimistic about the u.s. economy. tokyo's nikkei was up more than 1.5% while hong kong's hang sang gained almost 2%. today wall street gets the latest on the home sales. the market is looking to bounce back after worst thanksgiving week since 1932. the dow lost close to 5%. the worst week for the blue chips in two months. the nasdaq dropped more than 5%. recession? what recession? black friday was a block busting success. a record 226 million americans went shopping this weekend, up
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7% from last year, with the average shopper spending $400. it's a major relief for retailers with holiday shopping accounting for 25% to 40% of annual revenue. and today is another sales gimmick. it's cybermonday. the now traditional start of the online holiday shopping season. retailers are offering big discounts and deals on shipping to get you to point and click. americans didn't wait. research form com score says e commerce jumped more than 20% this past weekend and today a big hit with office workers. about half of today's sales will come from people at work. and at the movies "twilight" saga "breaking dawn part i came in first. it's made more than 220 million dollars since opening. "the muppets" in second place earning almost 30 million and "happy feet 2" coming in third.
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>> ashley morrison in new york this morning, thank you very much. appreciate it. a royal rescue in the storm irish sea. a russian cargo ship sank about ten miles off the coast of northern wales. prince william was co-piloting the helicopter that answered the mayday call. this night vision video shows rescuer being lowered to a life raft, grabbing a crewman and then raced to safety. another crewman was also rescued. one person died. another five crewmen are still missing. coming up on this monday morning, we will have your weather forecast. in sports, a fling and a prayer. it is tebow time. highlights from the broncos/chargers game next. they came to see us in florida... nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama... once folks heard mississippi had the welcome sign out, they couldn't wait to get here. this year was great but next year's gonna be even better. and anyone who knows the gulf knows that winter is primetime fun time.
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eric decker for a 38-yard strike. willis mcgahee in overtime. he had a big gain. then the winning kick. broncos win with tebow at the helm and now have won four in a row. eagles fill-in quarterback vince young threw a strike to riley cooper but the patriots tom brady took over from there. he threw 361 yards and three touchdowns. new england won the rematch of super bowl xxxix, 38-20. a grudge match between the steelers and the chiefs in kansas city. in the second ben roethlisberger tossed a three-yard td to wesley saunders who managed to keep both feet inbounds. in the fourth chiefs driving for the win but tyler palko threw an interception. his pass was picked off. pittsburgh beats the chiefs 13-9. remember a few years ago when then giants receiver plaxico burress was arrested in new york after shooting himself in a nightclub and shot himself in the leg? yesterday, stevie johnson did a
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mocking dance after scoring a touchdown pretending to shoot himself in the thigh. new york over buffalo 28-24. sweetest revenge is winning. finally, it is game on in the nba now that players and owners have tentatively agreed to a deal. the season could start on christmas day. teams will play 66 games and on april 26th. that deal still has to be ratified. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. congress returns with a backlog of important work to do, but the bickering continues. captain, we have to keep going!
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syracuse university has fired long time assistant men's basketball coach bernie mine. it happened as a third man came forward saying fine molested him as a child and there is a recorded phone conversation that appears to implicate fine's wife. occupy wall street protesters in los angeles are defying a deadline to leave their encampment outside of city hall. police say demonstrators will be given time to leave but will face arrests if they don't. in politics this morning. newt gingrich won the endorsement of new hampshire's biggest and most influential newspaper. the conservative new hampshire union leader decided against newt gingrich and endorsed gingrich, even though it disagrees with him on some issues. in the paper, it says, quote. romney holds a big lead in the latest new hampshire polls but the primary is just six weeks away. congress returns from thanksgiving break today with barely a month to deal with some big issues. they include extending benefits for americans long out of work and the payroll tax holiday
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that has kept extra cash flowing to those with jobs. as whit johnson reports, lawmakers are still split down the all too familiar party lines. >> reporter: packed in the backlog of legislation set to expire by the end of the year are long-term unemployment benefits and the payroll cut. >> if we don't provide the tax relief that president obama has asked for, families will see an increase in taxes. >> reporter: democratic senator dick durbin to keep the tax in place but on increasing tax on wealthier americans to cover the 112 billion dollar price tag. a nonstarter for republicans like john jon kyl who say it won't help the economy. >> the payroll tax holiday has not stimulated -- >> reporter: republicans argue if you want to keep payroll taxes low do it by cutting spending elsewhere. same goes with extending long-term unemployment benefits which, without a deal, will cut aid to nearly 2 million jobless in january alone.
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national journal congressional correspondent major garrett. >> legislating by crisis that will be the defining characteristic of this very ineffective congress in december. >> reporter: with an approval rating of just 9%, the 112th congress may go down as the least productive in modern history. so far, it's passed only 44 public bills that were signed into law. even the so-called do nothing 80th congress under president harry truman passed 906. >> both sides know they are arguing past each other and intentionally so to make a bigger political point? why? because next year is an election year. >> reporter: some republicans say passing bills just for the sake of passing bills only means more spending. as they attempt to win back the senate in 2012 continued gridlock is expected. whit johnson, cbs news, capitol hill. this morning, on "the early show," a new study that shows
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. tim williams in for marty bass. make it formal. good morning, don. good morning everyone. happy cyber monday to you. if you plan on being signed, you are going to be missing a nice day. starting off with the temperatures in the 50s. 64 patuxent river. 58 in oaks city. we will go up today to comfortable high in the mid- 60s. tonight rain moving in. we will talk about how that impacts your week ahead coming up. crash in howard county leaves three dead, two injured. the car hilt a tree. a court hearing for a man charged in the death of his
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girlfriend in hagerstown and walt disney cancels plans to build a 500 room resort at the national harbor in washington dc. assistant coach at syracuse faces child sex abuse allegations and has been fired. what his wife recorded is saying. federal government looks in to the potentially serious problems with the chevy volt. more news, first warning weather and traffic report of the morning and workweek in a couple of minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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