charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> it's cbs moneywatch time on a friday. mixed day for stocks in asia. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. ashley, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. investors were cautious following signals china will not raise interest rates. japan's nikkei lost a fraction, while hong kong's hang seng had a late-day rally finishing higher a quarter percent. today, wall street gets the leading economic indicator list for november. on thursday, stocks got a lift. the dow gained nearly 42 points while the nasdaq added 20. >>> online shoppers have extra incentive today. more than 1500 retailers including macy's, toys are us and sears are taking part in the third annual free shipping friday guaranteeing free delivery by christmas eve if you order today. more than 60% of them have no restrictions or minimum purchases. a handful of retailers including amazon.com have extended their free shipping offers through this weekend. >>> washington's trying to crack down on debit card fees. the federal reserve proposed a 12

julian assange turned himself in earlier today but as charlie d'agata reports, the charge he is facing has nothing to do with secret documents. >> reporter: photographers tried to get a shot of julian assange left at a british court headed for jail. the wikileaks founder says he will fight extradition to sweden. a judge refused to set bail ordering assange to be held until his next court appearance on december 14. his lawyer insists the charges are politically motivated. >> this is going to go viral. many people will come forward to stand as sureties for mr. assange. many people believe mr. assange to be innocent myself included. >> reporter: assange is wanted for questioning over alleged sex crimes. two wikileaks volunteers accuse assange of sexual assault while he was in sweden in august. the 39-year-old australian handed himself in to british police tuesday morning. he denies any wrongdoing. assange has been hiding in the uk since his website unleashed hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. diplomatic documents. u.s. authorities say their release is a threat to national security and t

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charlie d'agata joins us from london about what julian assange is facing. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, juliet. he's been in hiding for more than a week, but as we speak, julian assange is in a court in central london. he will face a british judge about an hour and a half. that judge will decide whether the wikileaks leaker will be extra dilted to -- extradited to sweden. julian assange surrendered to british police in london tuesday morning, ending an international manhunt. the wikileaks founder has been hiding out in britain for a week as hundreds of leaked u.s. diplomatic cables spilled more u.s. government secrets. the 39-year-old australian is wanted by swedish authorities for alleged sex crimes. he's accused of sexually assaulting two women while in sweden last summer, charges he denies. his lawyer says sweden's boeing to u.s. political pressure to go after the wikileaks leader. >> this doesn't seem to be about an attempt to get at the truth or justice. it seems to be a persecution, not a prosecution. >> reporter: the wikileak

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> money watch time on a friday mixed day for stocks in asia.shley morrison in new york with that and more. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. investors were cautious following signals china will not raise interest rate. the nikkei lost a fraction and the hang seng had a late-day really finishing higher a quarter percent. today thursday stocks got a lift. the dow gained nearly 42 points and the nasdaq added 20. >>> online shoppers have extra incentive today. more than 1500 retailers including macy's, toys are us and sears are taking part in the third annual free shipping friday guaranteeing free delivery by christmas eve if you order today. more than 60% of them have no restrictions or minimum purchases. a handful of retailers including amazon.com have extended their free shipping offers through this weekend. >>> washington's trying to crack down on debit card fees. the federal will reserve proposed a 12 cent cap on the fees banks charge retailers for a transaction. that's far below the average of 50 cents they charge now. that would

i'm charlie d'agata in london. we will have the story coming up. >>> so, i wrote this book to my daughters and it starts off by saying, i have told you lately how wonderful you are. how the sound of your feet running from afar brings dancing rhythms to my day. >> very nice. that was the president reading to students of long branch elementary school of arlington. during the q & a that followed he revealed, the leader of the free world, has to bend down and scoop poop after his dog bo like everybody else. that drew a collective ewww from the second grade class. >>> a day after being released on bail, the founder of wikileaks said he fears that the united states is getting ready to do it him. but as charlie d'agata reports from london, julian assange insists his website will continue its work despite what he has called a smear campaign against him. >>> julian assange says he's worried the u.s. is preparing to try him as a spy. >> we heard reports yesterday, a secret indictment has been made against me, in the united s

. >>> charlie d'agata reports, the young children and their teacher were held hostage for several hours. >> reporter: french s.w.a.t. teams grabbed shields to take down a teenager who used swords to take young children hostage. the school siege began when the 17-year-old burst into a preschool in eastern france, just after it opened. he initially took a teacher and about 20 young children hostage. they were 3 to 6 years old. the suspect released most of them over the course of the morning. parents say the teacher tried to keep the kids calm. this mother says the teacher told the children to run outside, saying it was a game. but the teen intruder kept hold of five children and the teacher for hours. police say he suffered from depression. and family members said he topped taking medication. >> the drama ended after he overpowderred a teacher. the captive said the teen was gentle with the children, even letting them use the bathroom. charlie d'agata, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, trance's education minister says counsel will be made available to children and their families. >>> time now f

charlie d'agata has more on the dramatic rescue. >> reporter: french s.w.a.t. teams grabbed shields to take down a teenager who used swords to take young children hostage. he burst into a preschool in eastern france just after it opened. he initially took a teacher and about 20 young children hostage. they were 3 to 6 years old. the suspect released most of them over the course of the morning. parents say the teacher tried to keep the kids calm. >> this mother says the teacher told the children to run outside, saying it was a game. >> but the teen intruder kept hold of them for five hours. police say the suspect suffered from depression, and family members say he had stopped taking medication. at one point, he had reportedly asked officers for a gun to commit suicide. the drama ended after officers slipped inside this school and overpowered the teenager. the teacher he held captive says the teen was gentle with the children, even letting them use the bathroom. charlie daggad -- charlie d'agata, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the french education minister says the

charlie d'agata has more on the story. >> reporter: they grab shields to take down a teenager from a teenager who took up swords to take down a preschool class. he initially took a teacher and 20 young children hostage. they were 3-6 years old. the suspect released most of them over the course of the morning. parents say the teacher tried to keep the kids calm. this mother said the teacher told the children to run outside, saying it was a game. but the teen intruder kept hold of five children and the teacher for four hours. terrified parents huddled near the perimeter as negotiations began. the suspect suffered from depression and family members say he stopped taking medication. at one point he reportedly asked officers for a gun to commit suicide. the drama ended after officers slipped inside the school and overpowered the teenager. the teacher he held captive said the teen was gentle with the children, even letting them use the bathroom. charlie d'agata, cbs news. >> the french education minister said the children and families will receive counseling to make sure the incident is no

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charlie d'agata is in london to explain today's arrest as part of a sex crimes investigation in sweden morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, juliette. after being out of public view for more than a month, wikileaks leader julian assange is making his first appearance in front of a british judge who will decide whether he will be extradited to sweden. julian assange surrendered to british police in london tuesday morning ending an international search. the wikileaks founder has been in britain for a week as hundreds. leaked u.s. diplomatic cables spilled more government secrets. the 39-year-old australian is wanted by swedish authorities for alleged sex crimes. he is accused of sexually assaulting two women while in sweden last summer. charges he denies. his lawyer says sweden's bowing to u.s. political pressure to go after the wikileaks leader. >> this doesn't seem to be about an attempt to get at the truth or justice. it seems it be a persecution, not a prosecution. >> reporter: the wikileaks group called the arrest an attack on media freedom and is threatening to release more se

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charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> his lawyers say he is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day and denied any access to the internet. >>> there are compelling reasons to back up president obama's plan. u.s. senate is expected to pass the measure tonight or tomorrow but the plan faces its stiffest resistance in the house. many democrats believe it is simply too generous to the wealthy. >>> former white house chief of staff took the stand today. the key question is whether he meets the eligibility requirements. his attorneys say he owns a house and pays property taxes an votes in chicago. >>> hit hard by the deepfreeze in florida. the oranges have already taken a big hit. green bean and sweet corn fields trying to force enough warm air downward to keep frost from damaging tender crops but so far it has been too windy for the choppers to fly. >>> a rescue effort is unway in southwestern ontario, canada, to reach hundreds of trapped doctors some stuck out there for more than 24 hours. the canadian government was forced to declare highway 402 a disaster area. military ch

charlie d'agata reports for wjz. julian assange assange insists his website will continue to expose more secrets. >> reporter: julian assange says he is worried the u.s. is preparing to try him as a spy. >> we heard reports yesterday of a secret indictment has been made against me in the united states. >> reporter: the wikileaks founder is under what he calls high-tech house arrest at a friend's country mansion, three hours outside london, after being freed from a british jail on bail. >> very nice to be amongst good friends. you know, fresh snow in the english countreed side. to have my first martini. you know, in a long time. >> reporter: he'll remain at the 10-bedroom mansion on a sprawling 600af acre estate, as he fights extradition to sweden, to face charges he raped and molested two wikileaks volunteers. assange told good morning america he's been set up and has text makes between the two women to prove it. he says he's the target of a smear campaign. backlash over his whistle- blowing website. and its release

charlie d'agata reports this reports this is the latest. >> he says he is preparing for the u.s. to try him as a spy. >> we heard the report yesterday that a secret indictment has been made against me in the united states. >> reporter: the wikileaks founder is under what he calls high-tech house arrest at a friend's country mansion, three hours outside london, after being freed from a prittish jail on bail. >> very nice to be amongst good friends. fresh snow on the english countryside. to have my first martini in a long time. >> he'll remain on a sprawling 600-acre estate, as he fights extradition to sweden. to face charges he raped and molested two wikileaks volunteers. assange says he's been set up. and has text messages between the two women to prove it. he says he's the target of a smear campaign. backlash over his whistle- blowing website, and its release of hundreds of thousands of secret delay di plomattic documents. >> assange says he is far less worried about being extradited from britain to sweden than being extradited from sweden to the u.s. >> the big concern is onwar

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> assange's lawyer says he success kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day and has been denied any access to the internet. >>> did delvonte tisdale fall to his death from an airplane? his mother has questions. >> jeanette washington says her son was afraid of heights. investigators believe her 16- year-old son delvonte tisdale may have stowed away in the wheel well of a plane and fell to his death in boston. his mother told a boston newspaper, though, he had never flown in his life, and was very scared to be in tall buildings. tisdale lives in baltimore. but at the time of his death, he was living with his father in north carolina. he may have been trying to get back to baltimore by stowing on board that flight. denise? >> investigators say grief -- was found on tisdale's body. >>> three people, ages 17 to 20 and 19, were stabbed when the party got rowdy. police are still trying to identify suspects. >> reporter: maryland is ready for a public health emergency. that's the results of a new report out tonight. maryland scored a nine out of 10 in

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> assange's lawyer says he is being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. and he's not allowed on the internet at all. >>> if you're waiting for somebody to get home from work, let's check on the roads with kristy breslin, live at wjz traffic control. >> reporter: and definitely slowing down out there. northbound 95, now heavy there from mulaski highway to the harbor tunnel through way. and brake lights it whitemarsh to the beltway on that northeast corner. if you're on the north side outer loop, watch out for slow traffic there, dulaney valley to charles street. average speed, 30 miles an hour. west side inner loop, congestion. westbound 70, heavy there from 29 to marriottsville road. and we have an accident to watch out for that is beaver dam at warren road. also some congestion on harrisburg expressway in the northbound direction from shawon to belfast. and you can see brake lights 50 eastbound to sandy point. and a lot of congestion. >>> area police are arresting a bunch of drunk drivers. checkpoint strike force.net, back to you. >>>

cbs news correspondent charlie d'agata has details. >> reporter: dressed in black and white and bravelyed prince william to attend a fund-raiser to benefit a cancer charity. like his mother, princess diana, middleton is expected to make charity a cornerstone of her role in the royal family. i think you will see a rather low-key sort of involvement from kate, a bit more princess anne, rather than princess diana, which is not a bad thing. >> reporter: also a release of a new book on the newly engaged couple. it tells how her relationship with the prince developed, stalled and was eventually revived. the book details an early argument between the future king and his queen over a trip to africa, which william had planned with another woman he'd dated before kate. when confronted by middleton, the prince reportedly quipped do you know who i am? no one tells me what to do. despite the remark, william relented and wound up taking kate on their first summer vacation together. >> she got him basically by being a strong woman. all male royals look at prince charles and camilla all like strong wom

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> and a grand jury is also reportedly trying to decide if assanged face any charges here in the united states. >>> a disturbing story out of afghanistan, where they are celebrating the death of richard holbrook. he died last night after having surgery for a torn aorta. the taliban claimed his death was caused by the failures in afghanistan. president obama credited his special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan with the progress made in those countries. >>> maryland gets high marks for the readiness in the case of a widespread medical emergency. mary is live with more on this new report. >> reporter: the study looked at how prepared states are to respond to disease outbreaks, like h1n1, as well as bioterror attacks. maryland received passing marks in nine out of 10 indicators of emergency preparedness. the only area where they were lacking funding for public health programs, which dropped in the last year. the study found the continued cuts to public health money could put the country at a greater risk. 32 other states also cut public health funding

charlie d'agata has more for wjz. >>> julian asawmpleg say -- assange says he is worried the u.s.ing to try him as a spy. >> a secret indictment has been made against me in the united states. >> reporter: wikileaks founder is under what he calls high- tech arrest. three hours outside of london, after being freed from a british jail on bail. >> very nice to be amongst good friends. fresh snow in the english countryside. to have my first martini. in a long time. >> reporter: he'll remain at the 10-bedroom mansion on a sprawling, 600-acre estate, as he fights extradition to sweden. assange told abc's good morning america, he's been set up and has text messages between the two women two prove it. he says he's been the target of a smear campaign. backlash in the website. and its release of hundreds of thousands of u.s. diplomatic documents. >> reporter: assange says he is far less worried about being extradited from britain to sweden than being extradited from sweden to the u.s. >> the big concern we've always been worried about is extradition to the united states. and that seems to be

charlie d'agata has more on the dramatic rescue from london. [ noaudio ] >> now, the french education minister tells us that the children and their family will receive counseling. >>> a federal judge in virginia has declared the obama administration's new healthcare law, unconstitutional. u.s. district judge, hend henry hudson is the first judge to rule against the law. a lawsuit's challenge that citizens buy health insurance or pay a penalty starting in 2014. it questions the government's constitutional authority to force their requirement. both the justice department and opponents of the healthcare law agree that the u.s. supreme court will have a final say. >>> gop chairman michael steele is set to announce his future with the party. steele is expected to disclose sometime tonight whether he will seek re-election. his first term expires in january. there are already several republicans ready to challenge maryland's maryland's former lieutenant governor on the ballot. >>> a move today in new york. it is called no labels. and its goal it s to -- goal is to push for more middle of the

in london, charlie d'agata, wjz eyewitness news. >> and again, assange is now staying at an english countryby a wikileaks supporter. >>> more than two dozen refugees are confirmed dead in a ship wreck. that is likely to rise. it carried 100 people on sharp rocks. rescue officials say only 44 people have been saved from the water so far. authorities say the shipwreck is believed to be indonesian, carrying iraqi passengers. >>> it will be a double-blessed event for singer mariah carey. her publicist confirms, she's having twins. nick cannon first broke the news on his radio show. he told the audience, he didn't have his wife's permission, but he was doing it anyway. he also said both babies are healthy, but he did not reveal their sex. >>> sad news tonight. legendary director and writer, blake edwards has died at the age of 88. this is video of edwards, after achieving the lifetime awards at the oscar. he's best known for breakfast at tiffany's, 10, the pink panther series. he was married for 42 years to actress julie andrews. edwards died from complications of pneumonia. and we invite you to

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