i want to go back now to deb feyerick. deb, you said from your source, it doesn't rise to the level of the times square bombing. but for the mayor, the police commissioner to come out on a sunday night at 7:30 eastern to hold a press conference to talk about this, there could be something in this, some details that we don't know and some safety concern for new yorkers and the general public outside of new york as well. >> sure, and one thing -- one thing that the new york police department is very good at, and that is at making sure that, especially, in anticipation of big holidays, when there are going to be a lot of people traveling, it is better for people to be on the alert to something that might happen, than sort of go off, not aware that, still, terrorism remains a very significant threat, especially to major cities, including new york city. now, one thing to keep in mind, again, putting this in context, and that is, the fbi was not brought in to this case. the fbi was not involved. and usually, the fbi is always bro

deb feyerick is live downtown. are protesters going in the park now or sort of spread out around it? >> reporter: they are, as a matter of fact, carol. a handful of demonstrators that you can see behind me, and as you say, they're no longer allowed to occupy the park, per se. they can demonstrate, protest, but they cannot set up any tent or generators. if you look at this park, this was covered with tents. now, actually, somebody remarked you can actually see covered. one person set up umbrellas. that's the only structure we've seen here. a couple of moments ago in was an altercation between some of the demonstrators and police lined up, but really, no more than a couple of dozen protesters who are here. yesterday far different scene when this park was completely cleared out. police in riot gear facing off against to the demonstrators, against the protesters, removing the tents and generators and everything they accumulated over the course of two months in order to clean this park. that park is now, in fact, clean,

our deb feyerick is there live from ssyracuse this morning. deb, why pittsburgh?igation is in the jurisdiction of federal authorities, because one of the three accusers said he was molested by bernie fine in a hotel in pittsburgh while fine was away on a home game. pittsburgh now stepped in. this was ten years old. or ten years ago that this happened. so it may be a little difficult to put the evidence together, but the pittsburgh police does want to be involved. also, it sends a very strong message. you have to remember. bernie fine was a man who was always traveling. he was traveling for away games. he had a home in florida. he was doing a lot of recruiting, talent development. so this is a man who did have access to large parts of the country, actually. pittsburgh, by standing up and saying, look, we're going to look into these allegations, it may bring other victims forward to say, you know what? it happened to me in a different state. christine? >> the status overall, then, of the investigation into this. you know, some time who passed since the original -- t

deb feyerick, thank you. >>> the sounds of surrender. it appears the super committee, oh, yeah, charged with finding ways to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal budget, and they have all but failed in their mission. with a wednesday deadline looming, their focus is putting the most positive spin on what they could not accomplish. cnn congressional correspondent kate bolduan is following developments and is live in washington. i was going to say, do you know how angry voters are? they're probably resigned because they probably expected this. >> reporter: this seems to be one more bit of evidence that washington, if you want to say, or congress, specifically, is just broken. barring an 11th-hour breakthrough of some sort, the super committee is headed towards failure as talks have fallen apart and no evidence of last-minute negotiations taking place. the gloomy outlook is quite evident in the change in tone among members of the super committee themselves. many took 90 sunday morning talk shows and much of the conversation there, markedly sh

deb feyerick is live with more. in this case with these allegations? >> reporter: yeah. it really is. because, really what you're hearing, you're hearing the alleged abuse described by the coach's wife. right now police are in the process of vetting the tape to make sure of its accuracy. though it does appear it was, in fact, the coach's wife. the accuser is bobby davis who lived in the home for several years. he made the recording. he said he made the recording after a decade of abuse happened. lori fine not only acknowledging she knew about the abuse, but even allowed it. what you're about to shehear is graphic and very disturbing. >> -- and i know everything that went on with him. maybe not that he's aware of, but he has issues. depressed and -- >> yeah. >> i think that the thing he did, somehow his own mental telepathy -- you know what, go to a place where there's people, go somewhere where there's gay boys. you know, get your rocks off and have it be over with. you know? -- he isn't interested in me, and becaus

we asked cnn's deb feyerick to investigate. deb, what did you find when you looked at the money?> it's so interesting, because at face value, it does appear to be a conflict of interest. you're taking this money from political action committees, from these special interest groups, basically. and this is all going -- while they're negotiating $1 trillion in debt savings. whether it's taxes or entitlements, publicly, everything is on the table and that makes the 12-member super committee, very powerful, but also extremely tight-lipped, even with their own staffs, and that's according to political watchers. nobody is talking about what's on the table, what's being cut. some groups have called for a moratorium on donations. others for total transparency when dealing with any special interest group or lobbyists. bottom line, let's take a look at the money. within six weeks of being appointed, 11 of the 12 committee members took in contributions totalling more than $300,000. on the republican side, congressman dave camp from michigan took in the most with 90 grand. his colleague also f

we asked cnn's deb feyerick to investigate. deb, what did you find when you looked at the money?g, because at face value, it does appear to be a conflict of interest. you're taking this money from political action committees, from these special interest groups, basically. and this is all going -- while they're negotiating $1 trillion in debt savings. whether it's taxes or entitlements, publicly, everything is on the table and that makes the 12-member super committee, very powerful, but also extremely tight-lipped, even with their own staffs, and that's according to political watchers. nobody is talking about what's on the table, what's being cut. some groups have called for a moratorium on donations. others for total transparency when dealing with any special interest group or lobbyists. bottom line, let's take a look at the money. within six weeks of being appointed, 11 of the 12 committee members took in contributions totalling more than $300,000. on the republican side, congressman dave camp from michigan took in the most with 90 grand. his colleague also from michigan, fred u

our deb feyerick in zuccotti park. an interesting past several hours and days in that park.ok like now? >> well, t.j., we can tell you, it is really virtually empty compared to what it looked like just a couple days ago. something going on in the middle there. one guy lying down. we're not sure exactly what is happening there. we can tell you that the protesters are tired, but determined. this tent city that was here was reallia tonmous. very different today. you see some of these security guards in yellow. they're stepping in and trying to break up fights. matter of fact, one man was arrested, but it appears that the man who was arrested was trying to de-escalate a very tense situation. you have to remember that some of these people have not slept in more than 30 hours. but the feeling really among some of the people that i spoke to inside this park is that they really have succeeded in changing the national dialogue, that succeeded in raising the national consciousness. they're angry about the disparity and wealth. they're trying to get that changed. they talk about studen

. >> all right, deb feyerick in syracuse following the story, thank you. >>> three bodies turning up in shallow graves in ohio. they may all be the victims of a new craigslist victim. they answered an ad to be a caretaker for a farm. three were lured in for the job posting, robbed and killed. a local sheriff says there are two suspects in custody connected to those killings. >>> the family of a drum major who died after a suspected hazing incident now plans to sue the school. they're holding a news conference. 26 robert champion died after a football game last weekend. he reportedly had been throwing up and complaining he couldn't breathe before he collapsed. no one has been charged but the university suggested dangerous band hazing may have been a factor. the school has fired the longtime band director but he's hired a lawyer to fight for his job. time running out for more wall street protesters. hundreds were told to take their tents and leave by midnight on the west coast but more showed up overnight. many of them haven't budged planning instead to hold an eviction block party. no

we have deb feyerick on the telephone. peter bergen and fran townsend who's a national security and national affairs expert. fran, i want to go to you again because we were told before that the fbi wasn't involved and the last question that was asked to the police commissioner he said the feds were informed. not that they were involved. he was in the process of completing this bomb. >> yeah. when he was asked that question, he -- commissioner did not seem exactly enthusiastic about having to answer it. they were informed but it sounds from the answer that it was at the last minute. and even so, if the feds were informed and understood about alaki's connection to the case, targeting of u.s. troops, interesting they're not there and we don't at least yet see federal charges. we have to see how this places out. if you don't see federal charges, it suggests the feds don't have the same confidence in the evidence and so there's a back story to this that we haven't gotten yet. >> peter bergen, does this jive with what they said

. >> deb feyerick for us on the ground in syracuse. as we mentioned, a third accuser against bernie fine has come forward. this one, however, may have some credibility issues. let's bring in susan candiotti who has been working that part of the story for us. what did zach tomaselli tell you. i know you talked to him on the phone. >> i did. zach is now 23 years old but when he was 13, he says, bernie fine molested him. tomaselli says he told police all about this just a few days ago and tonight tomaselli tells me that after meeting fine at an autograph signing in 2002, his dad told him he could go by himself to see a game in pittsburgh. he says his dad put him on a bus with syracuse fans and when he got to a hotel, fine says that -- he says that fine took him to his hotel room and molested him several times during the night. this is what he told our affiliate wchs. >> i was in the hotel room and he was -- he would put his hand down my shorts whenever i was sitting there watching tv. and he would basically fondle me four to maybe even fi

. >> thank you, deb feyerick in new york. for a third day egyptian forces are unleashing gun fire, teargas and batons on prodemocracy activists in chi rochlt take a look at the images. reuters is reporting at least 33 people killed with another 1,700 injured in the clashes. this is all happening in and around tahrir square. the hub of the protests that pushed hosni mubarak from power. we are working to get in touch with our reporter live. there has been much international reaction to the developments. a weekend of bloodshed and death. with protesters saying they are frustrated with the pace of reform. they don't trust the military anymore. >> that's why they are protesting. they think the military has too many powers and too much wide ranging powers. there's been international reaction. i want to give you an idea of what the newspapers around the world are saying. the daily telegraph in the uk says egypt's revolution is beginning to turn sour. the piece says the toppling of tyrants across the middle east this year has been an

>> all right, deb feyerick in new york, thanks very much for following that. e suspect is charged with state crimes as deb mentioned, not federal. listen to what cnn national security contributor and former homeland security advisor fran town sen had to say about this two-year long investigation. >> i'm a little troubled by the fact that the fbi was not involved. after all, this was a targeting of the u.s. service members, among others. he was inspired by anwar al awlaki, the man now deceased, inspirational leader of al qaeda in the iranian peninsula so the feds may have been able to help here. we don't know very much about the informant who was involved. what the basis of the investigation and the involvement of the informant was. there are a lot of reasons and guidelines that the fbi follows that are different for the nypd. >> fran townsend says federal authorities could get involved in this case if they believe they have the basis for federal charges. we'll stay on top of that was p well. >>> what do americans think about increasing taxes on the rich and cut

feyerick who has been working on this story all evening. and with us from washington, cnn national security analyst peter bergen. deb, to you first. police have been tracking pimentel for years. why did they decide to move on him now? >> he started collecting the material. he started building the bomb back in august. but the event that seems to have set him off according to police was september 30th. the killing of his sort of mentor anwar al awlaki taken out in a u.s.-led drone strike back in september. this is somebody who had been on their radar for quite some time. he talked about traveling to yemen. he is dominican republic originally but is now a u.s. citizen. his talk was really so radical that according to police, even like-minded friends became very, very nervous. he wanted to change his name to obama hussein on behalf of osama bin laden. he wanted to change it into osama hussein on behalf of osama bin laden and saddam hussein. his target was allegedly u.s. servicemen, army personnel, the marines and the police got very nervous when this talk morphed into action. federal agents, the fbi was not involved in following and t