child sexual abuse acase. the day after protesters march across the country, what is next for the movement? a hollywood mystery. nearly 30 years after the death of movie star natalie wood, detectives reopen their investigation. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, november 18th, 2011. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. ebegin this morning with another alleged child sex scandal in a major college sports program. police are investigating allegations against an assistant basketball coach at syracuse university in new york. the school has placed bernie fine on administrative leave. espn reports two former ball boys have come forward accusing fine of molesting them for years. the university says it conducted its own investigation back in

2005, but concluded the allegations were unfounded. in a statement, fine's boss, syracuse head coach jim boeheim has fine has his full support. quote, i have known bernie fine for more than 40 years, it says. i have never seen or witnessed anything to suggest that he would have been involved any of the alleged activities. had i seen or suspected anything, i would have taken action. on the syracuse campus last night, students reacted to the allegations against bernie fine. >> my first reaction like did anybody know about this? like how long has this been going on? >> the whole thing with joe paterno just happened, it's so close to home, too, just being a part of the university, you never think something like that can happen. i just hope it's not true. >> i hope to god it's not true. i hope so much it's not true, but i hope with the rumors that the investigation is taken seriously. >> there has been no word from fine who has been a coach at syracuse for 35 years.

now to the occupy wall street protests. the movement was two months old yesterday and marked the occasion by hitting the streets in cities across the country. there were confrontations with police and numerous arrests, especially here in new york. terrell brown is at zuccotti park in lower manhattan where the protests began. good morning, terrell. what is the mood down there right now? >> when i last counted, less than 30 protesters inside zuccotti park. it is chilly out here too. the temperatures in the upper 30s. a different story than what we saw yesterday. thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, not only here in new york city, but across the country. occupy wall street dreremonstras marched to music in new york city. thousands jammed this plas a last night before walking across the brooklyn bridge. nearby, a light shined 99% on the side of a building. >> it's just an incredible thing to be a part of and i feel like

it's part of history. >> reporter: earlier in the day, the protests turned violent and bloody as police arrested more than 300 people, many for trying to block city streets. several officers were also injured. >> police just stormed in and started grabbing people and throwing people to the ground. >> reporter: the protests comes just days after police cleared occupy wall street headquarters here in zuccotti park. despite the restriction of no sleeping tents. >> people ought to start listening. this is growing every day and not any time soon. >> reporter: that sentiment can be felt across the country. hundreds of activists marched through downtown los angeles thursday. they pitched tents in the middle of the street before police moved in. >> we are getting arrested because we are showing to the u.s. and l.a. and california, the need for change in this country. >> reporter: in chicago demonstrators jammed this bridge. there appears no end in sight for the two-month-old movement.

occupy oakland is calling for another action tomorrow. beyond that event in oakland, it is not clear what this group has planned next. what we do know is this movement is costing money. new york city alone, overtime cost for police is in the millions. betty? >> really? terrell brown in new york city, thank you. in politics, republican presidential candidate herman cain is now guarded by the secret service. he is targeted by threats and he asked for the protection. secret service protection is always provided to major party nominees but is allowed earlier in the process if a threat is perceived. a man who charged with trying to kill president obama apparently believes he is jesus. ortega-hernandez is accused of firing nine shots at the white house last saturday. one slug hit the family's living headquarters. in this videotape made in idaho state university, ortega claims

to be the second coming of christ. >> it's not just a coincidence that i look like jesus. i am the modern day jesus christ you all have been waiting for. >> people who know ortega say he has called obama the anti-christ. if convicted, ortega faces life in prison. the president is on the indonesian island of bali why he announced is he sending secretary of state hillary clinton to myanmar. the president said he now sees, quote, flickers of progress. the army has conducted its first test of a new weapon capable of traveling at five times the speed of sound. the hyper sonic unmanned aircraft traveled 320 miles over the pacific in less than half an hour yesterday. the air force has already test flown a similar weapon.

on the cbs "moneywatch," price stocks fell again in asia today. ashley morrison is in new york with that and more. >> reporter: asian markets slumped today on more uncertainty on the global economy. tokyo's nikkei lost more than 1%. today, wall street gets the index of leading economic indicators. on thursday, it was another rough day for the market with more jitters over the euro debt crisis. the dow lost almost 135 points, while the nasdaq gave back 51. a new report warns we aren't yet even halfway through the foreclosure crisis. the center for responsible lending says more than 3.5 million homeowners are on the verge of losing their home. that is more than 8% of the entire market. between 2004 and 2008, 2.7 million mortgages ended in foreclosure. yelp hopes it gets a

five-star rating. the site which does not charge for access took in $58 million so far this year. they make most of their money from advertising. more people plan to hit the road this thanksgiving than last. aaa says 42.5 million americans are expected to travel this holiday. that is 4% more than last year. and the highest number since the start of the recession. and, finally, we are all sick of the hassles of air travel, but this is certainly a first. hundreds of passengers traveling from india to england were stranded for six hours in vienna when their comtel airline flight stopped for fuel. the charter service asked passengers to kick in more than $131,000 to buy for gas and even asking some to get off the plane so they could hit the atm machine. that is not a joke and probably the worst flight they have been on. >> they were on board the plane

when they said we need more cash from you and cash indeed is what the airline wanted. i heard some of the airline is going to refund some of that, or all of it just ahead on the "morning news," a hollywood couple makes it official. they are splitting up. after 30 years of live tv, regis takes a final bow. this is the "cbs morning news." like kenmore, craftsman, nordictrack, die hard, samsung... and our gifts will be top notch. our wrapping? that's another story. only sears has this collection of leading brands you can't find anywhere else. now that's real joy, guaranteed. sears.

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los angeles police have reopened their investigation into the death of actress natalie wood 30 years ago. police say they will review new information about the case later today. what was a three-time oscar nominee, including her role in "west side story" drowned after a night of partying off a boat anchored off catalina island. christopher walkin and her husband were on board. the death was originally ruled an accident. >> there was a lot of conjecture about that night and what happened because, you know, we really didn't know what happened. you know? nobody heard anything. there was no -- i mean, if we had heard something, one of us would have, you know, done something. >> wagner's spokesman says he has not yet been contacted about the reopened investigation. in other hollywood news, demi moore and ashton kutcher are calling it quits.

after six years of marriage they divided to divorce after rumors of kutcher's. and kutcher sent a tweet saying, quote, i will forever cherish the time i spent with demi. marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and, unfortunately, sometimes they fail. and the morning maestro, regis philbin hosts his last "live with regis and kelly" this morning. over his career he spent 17,000 hours on television. wow. last night, he appeared on "the late show" with david letterman. he and dave are pretty good friends, perhaps not as good as it appears when letterman kissed regis thursday morning.

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stunned the new york jets last night, capping a 95-yard drive. tebow bulled his way into the enzone, giving the broncos a 17-13 victory. it was his third last quarter comeback win in a month. after the game, he talked about all of his critics. >> you always are going to have them and i think that is just part of the game and, you know, i think early on at florida, i learned just, you know, to only worry about what i can control and i probably shared this all with you 20 times, but that is my attitude, my effort and my focus every day and not worrying about everybody that tells you that you can't, you know, because it's never going to get you anywhere. >> the broncos have won four of the five games tebow has started this season. and major league baseball has a new playoff format. two teams may be added to the postseason possibly next year. details are still being worked out. but customer bud selig says a

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on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. there will be heavy snow in the mountains of the northwest. as a potent prewinter storm moves east. temperatures in the northern rockies will dip into the teens, but it will be mild in the southern plains. here is another look at this morning's top stories. police are investigating allegations of child molestation against a long time syracuse university basketball coach bernie fine. two men tell espn that fine molested them for years when they were ball boys for the team. and homicide detectives in los angeles have reopened their

investigation into the death of natalie wood. the three-time oscar nominee drowned in 1981 in what was ruled an accident at the time. cleanup is under way this morning in the south, one day after a series of deadly storms. at least six people died in tornadoes in north and south carolina and four other states wednesday. friends and neighbors are helping people whose homes are destroyed and they are also helping in the search for personal effects. in washington state, heavy snow has been falling overnight in the cascade mountains. some forecast say the total could reach two feet. snowplow crews are working 12-hour shifts just trying to keep up. there has been no shortage of wild weather across the country and around the world for that matter. and forecasters say this winter could bring a lot more of the same, thanks for the phenomenon called la nina. >> reporter: in the past year, americans have seen stronger than usual tornadoes, prolonged

severe drought in texas and more powerful atlantic hurricanes, intense weather that scientists note often coincides with the global weather phenomenon called la nina. the last la nina dominated world weather from july 2010 to june of this year, bringing brought and famine to the horn of africa and once in a century flooding to australia. now scientists see another la nina brewing in the pacific, gaining strength since august, an unusual back-to-back occurrence, a 1-2 punch. jan null is a meteorologist with san francisco state university. >> forecasts are for the rest of the fall and into the early winter for it strengthen possibly into a weak to moderate la nina. >> reporter: la nina is part of the normal back and forth flow of carolina water called the southern oscillation. the better known warm water system el nino brings storms to california. with la nina, cold water build

up at the equator. that means colder wetter weather in the pacific northwest and bitter cold in the plains and great lakes and continued drought in texas. right now, this la nina looks weaker than the last one but add in variables like a blast of cold arctic air this winter and even a weak la nina can pack a punch. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. scientists expect to gain new insight into ocean conditions from a fleet of sea-going robots. three of the solar power boats called wave riders will cross the rim of san francisco collecting data as they did. they will reach hawaii and then continue to australia and japan. it's all pretty interesting. i'm betty nguyen. and this is the "cbs morning news." th are hidden in the contours of your teeth & tongue. introducing a breakthrough for aquafresh. new extreme clean pure breath action. its micro active foam penetrates those hard to reach places.

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good morning and welcome to 9news now. guess what is this today is -- >> thank god. >> friday, november 18th. i'm andrea roane, good, good morning. >> we made it. beverly farmer is in for monika samtani. i'm mike hydeck, mr. bernstein with the weather first. >> cold. >> yeah, yeah. >> we expected this after the system yesterday dropped temps in the 40s and had a little sun in the afternoon to finish the day. that wasn't bad but skies have cleared and the cold air poured across the region. you will need the hats and gloves this morning. i got the 180s and the heavy

gloves with me. we'll have temperatures -- sunshine all day. temperatures will be in the 40s this afternoon. let's just move on there. with sunshine -- you can see the clear skies some late snow showers going on across new york state and pennsylvania. high temperatures 45 to 50 today. this morning, clear skies, 30 degrees in hagerstown and frederick, 37 down in southern maryland. cambridge at 39 but lots of areas between 30 and 36 now at reagan national. when you factor in the winds, windchills are down in the mid- to upper 20s in the valley. 27 at andrews air force base. sunshine today but a cold one. highs only 45 to 50 and about 47 here in washington. beverly farmer is in for monika samtani. she's got the latest timesaver traffic. howard, right now picking up construction for you or in the process. inner loop of the beltway heading out of bethesda into silver spring, still along the right side of the roadway here at colesville road. also the ramp still blocked off at the last of the construction. they should be pulling out of there in the next few minutes. no incidents to report

otherwise on the 270 corridor, 95 maryland, beltway through prince george's county aside from construction pulling out of your way. virginia drivers, 95 corridor the pulling the barrels out of your way and look at this, the light volume inbound on the 14th street bridge. we look good on 66. there's been work, beltway in tyson's, crews were working each way but they should be pulling out as well. back to you. syracuse university has placed an assistant men estimable coach on administrative leave following allegations of child molestation. bernie fine is accused of molesting two bays. syracuse police are in their early stages of the investigation. this comes just two weeks after the child sex abuse scandal rocked penn state university. ken molestina has more. >> reporter: espn is identifying bernie fine's accuser as 39-year-old bobby davis, the allegations leveled

by davis are now being investigated by city police. according to davis the sexual abuse began in 1983. he was a ball boy for the team and lived near fine's syracuse home. in 2005, his accusations were investigated by the university but they were later dropped because of lack of evidence. earlier today those same accounts were reported to the syracuse city police department who reopened the investigation. the accuser claims the abuse continued for more than a dozen years. he told espn it happened at fine's home. at syracuse basketball facilities and at team road trips. i'm ken molestina, 9news now. >> fine is in his 35th year as coach at syracuse. penn state's board of trustees has hired a large pittsburgh based law firm to represent them in the child sex abuse scandal. >> it's going to work on the issues connected to the arrest of jerry sandusky as well as the administrators tim cur lee

and jerry schultz. a california congressman is now calling for a capitol hill hearing on the scandal and whether or not changes need to take place in federal laws protecting them better. cities across the country are trying to return to normal this morning follow agday of wall street protests. yesterday activists jammed streeted and tied up traffic to mark two months since the month began. >> at least 300 people arrested most of them in new york city. terrell brown has more. [ people chanting ] >> reporter: "occupy wall street" demonstrators marched to music in new york city marking a peaceful end to a day of nationwide protests. thousands jammed this plaza last night before walking across the brooklyn bridge. [ people chanting ] nearby a light shone 99% on a building. >> i feel like it's a part of history. >> reporter: earlier in the day the protests turned violent