price up to gibbons. falls down. 35 yard touchdown. gibbons, eight catches. wake forest wins it 31-10. terps lost seven in a row and

and lynched to john gibbons play an accordion on his wooden leg. you had the sense of people having come over if not in mass by a great number to this other place with a kind of echo of that place being transposed into the world that became my world. so that of my mother's side of the family. my father's side was more mysterious. over time i heard stories of lost aunts and saint john >> new found land which is not where they are from and a deeper echo further back. i had my grandfather's passport from 1918, you could smell the must on it. all of the mysterious presences were there. my father's side was a mystery which we will get to eventually. and the third component is similar to what margaret was talking about. i irish american. i didn't know what a pure american was. none of my friends were pure americans. a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation y

price up to gibbons. falls down. 35 yard touchdown. gibbons, eight catches.ins it 31-10. terps lost seven in a row and their record drops to 2-9. now to california. navy against san jose state. second quarter. proctor pitches to santiago. gets a block. awe going with a sweet cut. takes it 35 yards for the score. navy in front, 14-10. looking good. but back come the spartans. navy leads 24-20. 13 yard touchdown. san jose state hangs on to win 27-24. next up for navy, the seasonal finale against army in three weeks. down a level. strike up the band. the wcac championship. second quarter, good council with the ball. wes brown rolls in for six. 157 yards rushing. three touchdowns for the senior. falcons up, 28-0. later, pitch goes to o'daniel. break the tackle. rushed for 99 yards and two tds. and the falcons shut out the eagles, 42-0. and good council wins its third consecutive wcac title and completes the first undefeated season in school history. congratulations to the coach and his kids and his staff. what a great season for good council. college hoops, georg

gibbons had eight touchdowns. terps have lost seven in a row. their record drops to 2-9.ike up the band. council playing gonzaga. good counsel with the ball. rolls in for six. he finished with 157 yards rushing, three touchdowns, falcons up 28-0. later the pitch goes to dorian owe daniel. around the end, then breaks a tackle. 25-yard touchdown, o'daniel rushed for 299 yards. and they shut out the eagles 42-0. he completes the first undefeated season in school history. that's impressive. also college hoops, george mason loses to florida atlantic 80-75 in overtime. tomorrow redskins cowboys at fedex field. >> baltimore's playing too. >> yes. >> the weather will be good. could be an upset. >> the weather will be good tomorrow for the redskins game and the ravens game. one more check of the forecast. partly to mostly cloudy tomorrow, low to mid-60s. rain moves in quickly after the sun goes down tomorrow. rain likely for monday, tuesday rain likely for monday, tuesday and the big travel day wedne at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who

shawn fits gibbons' right leg was amputated as a toddler. >> but that didn't slow him down.and surfer in florida. alan mcnamara of wfts has more. >> reporter: shawn fits gibbons feels at home on the water, especially when he's paddling. >> so much to see out here when paddling. >> reporter: in fact, he just got back from a 200-mile trip in lee yoint. >> we paddled down the river 38 miles, out to the tip of pine island, around pine island. >> reporter: he and jeff fabazuski completed the journey, a trip that st. petersburg lemon brace helped make possible. it's a business he knows well. >> my mother was on a drug for morning sickness. i was born without the fibula in my right leg. >> reporter: shawn surprises a lot of people when he gets out of his yak. at the age of 3 his leg was am pew taitded. despite being different his family always pushed him. >> they did stuff to make me feel like i was part of everything, and they didn't baby me at all. >> reporter: as a kid he fell in love with surfing and today is a four-time national amputee champion. when he's not surfing you'll f

my gibbon friends like fresh fruit. are you eating a healthy breakfast? good morning washington. >> is better than the snake. >> we can handle that one. >> the time is 6:10 and we will check and the traffic and weather. today >>> is kind of like yesterday with scattered showers especially in lower southern maryland and route 50 is getting some action. further south we have heavier rain. throughout much of virginia, south of 66 and along the 95 corridor off and on showers and west into west virginia. some of this noteis rain could mix with snowflakes but there is no accumulation expected. we will mostly ever read. there is upper level energy swinging through. the rain will continue to push our way so often on showers for the first half of the day ended tapers off into early afternoon. we will have cleared later on today are around sunset. we're not expecting much in terms of actual some light. 45 degrees in frederick and 47 in quantico but temperatures are dropping due to our augusta gusty northerly winds. tomorrow a lot of sunshine but cool in the mid 40'

here to navigate the web is financial analyst vera gibbons.od for people to pass up. they are going to be doing the online shopping and overall for november and december sales are expected to come in and $37.6 billion, up over 15% than last year. >> what kind of deals? >> all over the place. primarily the electronics, flat screens, laptops, tablets on sale. toshiba has one for $299. >> are you ahead of the game if you use a smartphone for an app to do all of this? >> you need a smartphone. it's come to this. more people are using flare smartphones. millions used them on black friday. millions more on cyber monday. 60 million people combined to find the best deals. they sort of not only find the best deals, you can see the pictures of the products, do comparison shopping, and 21 million consumers buying right from their smartphone. that's the wave of the future. >> i've got to get with it. >> you don't have an iphone? >> i do, but whatever. i'll tell you about it later. i've got to get the apps. >> yes, do you. >>> coming up, taxes are the topi

we turn to vera gibbons. good morning. good to see you. what kind of numbers do we expect in the stores this weekend? >> they're all over the map. some say as many as 225 million shoppers will be out spending on average $385. that's more than twice the total holiday budgets. black friday counts for 10% to 11% of sales. >> even if you miss the doorbusters, because a lot might be gone by 9:00 in the morning. >> people camped out for them. they had their generators. >> it's like a bieber concert. >> limited quantities, those are gone and the doorbusters are gone. there's plenty of other deals. >> the first tip is research, research. >> you have to look beyond the circulars. these days you have to have a game plan. you want to go to the designated black friday site, blackfriday2011.com and find out who has what at price points and compare prices on sites like fatwallet or pricegrabber. look what people are saying about the products. you can do that on amazon, because there's a lot of products that aren't necessarily name brands this year in pa

msnbc financial analyst vera gibbons is here to give me some advice on what to look out for.d to see you. it's kind of like we fought the law and the law won but in this case consumers won against the banks in that the banks backed down from this. however, we wonder if there are other ways for them to charge us. >> that's it. banks stand to lose over $6.5 billion because of these new regulations that limit what they can charge merchants every time a consumer uses their debit card to make a purchase. right? so got to make up for the lost revenue somehow. they had originally planned on making up some of it with the debit card charge. that didn't go over so well. we're not having that now. so you're going to see sort of sneakier ways, more subtle ways, and the consumer will ultimately pay the price somehow some way over time. >> what is the likely route they will go? i know you say sneaky and subtle but what should we specifically look out for? >> they could do any number of things. they could raise minimum balance requirements, raise interest rates on credit cards, bundle servi

we have two reports from "independent television news" beginning with gary gibbon. >> reporter: germanncellor and the french president met in cannes ahead of their emergency talks with the greek prime minister. they want the greek greek referendum to happen sooner rather than later. it could now be next month. they also want the greeks to be asked a stark question about whether they want to stay in the euro. a greek government spokesman tonight said, that won't happen and referendum question will be on the bailout deal. earlier in berlin welcoming the turkish prime minister angela merkel said, germany urgently needed to know where greece was heading. >> ( translated ): we have to have clarity about what is coming next, chancellor merkel said. last week, we agreed on a program with greece and the e.u. and i can speak for germany here, we want to implement the program. >> reporter: in another curtain raiser to tonight talks in cannes, the european commission president came close to calling for a government of national unity in greece and he warned of dire consequences if greece doesn't s

gary gibbon reports from cannes. >> the eurozone leaders who are here at the g-20 gathered to talk about what they must do now to convince the world's markets that some of their biggest economies can't go bust. last night chancellor merkel and president sarkozy sent the greek prime minister packing, back to athens . they told him his country could soon be bankrupt and friendless, evicted from the euro and the eu. by phone, they told his opposition party the same. >> i don't want to give any idea that we're trying to get involved in greek domestic politics. but if we're talking about defending the eurozone, the euro and europe, then that's our obligation, our duty. >> reporter: was he pondering the lost dream of a summit that was supposed to be a showcase for france? a moment when the world's 120 strongest countries shaped a new, better world economy. instead today the eurozone crisis smoth erred everything. leaders checked their black berries throughout the meeting for the latest news from greece. >> i think the obvious resignation is ready. >> reporter: actually, he hadn't. many leaders

we have a report from gary gibbon of independent television news. >> reporter: over the weekend berlusconi waved good-bye to office and to imaginary supporters. most of the crowd here was anything but supportive shouting, "go to jail" and thanking god for his departure from office. ♪ hallelujah >> reporter: the new prime minister emergeded from the hotel that berlusconi wouldn't be seen dead in. he's still trying to form a government that he hopes can last for 18 months. the new man in place did manage to shift three billion euro of government debt on the market today. the new lousy euro zone record 1% up on just last month. in spain where anti-banking protestors have been on the streets, the price of spanish government debt entered the danger zone going above 6%. it's not clear whether greece's parliament will back the new burrus he wills-approved prime minister. he leads the support of the main opposition right wing party. the leader is tonight refusing to sign an e.u.-imf pledge and is itching for an early general election. the german chancellor angela merkel implied euro zone countries

i'm joined by msnbc vera gibbons.according to this study, have actually started their holiday shopping. a large percentage will start around black friday and then a few start just before the holidays. there's still a few procrastinators out there. i know how much you hate shopping. >> i really do. >> this is ak0rding to a market research firm that just came out with these. >> where are people shopping? because i haven't seen many people out? >> they are out there. 66% are shopping online. and a lot of people -- that's where the action is. and we're also going to malls. that's not that surprising but the surprising part is that only 8% of us plan to shop via catalog. i still like the l.l. bean catalog but i guess people are going online in lieu of the catalog. >>> cot red happeneded with his dancing shoes on on camera. it's the dancing shoplifter. he was tracked down in new jersey with the help of a video. he was caught dancing with a kmart store before stuffing a dress down his shirt. it seems like for every anti-agin

we have a report from gary gibbon of independent television news. >> reporter: on the march, tens of thousands of public sector workers. >> the biggest demonstration of determination and defiance this country has witnessed for almost a century. it looks like something of a damp squid. >> reporter: it didn't bring the country to a standstill, but around 60% of state schools in england were shut. in scotland, nearly all schools closed. labour members of the scottish parliament came out to support the strike. in cardiff, bus services were canceled. most schools closed. libraries and rubbish collection were affected. in birmingham, thousands of public sector workers marched. ambulance services were cut back to emergency only. the government claimed less than a third of civil servants went on strike but some of them were quite senior and included david cameron's number ten press offices, the one who normally answers questions about strikes. the travelers around the board is faster moving than normal thanks in part to a mass callup of volunteers to stand in for striking immigration officer

vera gibbons is joining me. many retailers are not waiting until black friday. >> right.so retailers are opening thanksgiving night and employees are mad because they want to spend time with their family. other employees are remaining mum because they have a job and need to protect their job and need the money, whatever the case may be. but shoppers are also disgusted with the way that the stores are opening. you don't see the staggered openings that we've seen in previous years. one opening at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and then 7:00. >> so versace and main? >> this is amazing. i think it's already qualifying as a success, given all of the brouhaha that is leading up to this. they have the animal for instance prints available today at 3 h and m stores. the doors open al 8:00 a.m. it will be crazy but not as crazy as the misoni target shopping. there are shopping limbs, time limits. it's more controlled and you won't see the crashing of the website because it's not available online. it's only available at the st e stores. >> what about heels? >> when things are down, people go high

i wrote dictum -- letter to commissioner gibbons encouraging him to do things. they are doing a registration, a first saturday or you get a photo id and it is free. in shelby county, there are two places on the extreme parts of the county. not easy to get -- get to. it is only one saturday a month. voting is the most important pillar of our society, and democracy. we have a lot of people talking about how we're spending trillions to get democracy in iraq but we're on the keeping drivers license and opened one saturday. it is sad. i got my photo i.d., too. when i was 60, i did not want to get my picture taken. i didn't. but then i realized i did. i had a passport. it took me an hour-and-a-half to go through the driver's license to get my picture. it took an hour and a half. it is going to be impossible for folks, people over 60, every day of my pictures look worse and worse. >> i want to say this is a problem in rural areas where there are not hospitals and many people give birth at home. a lot of jurisdictions will not give you birth certificates unless you have

we turn to vera gibbons. good morning. good to see you.ped out for them. they had their generators. >> it's like a bieber concert. >> limited quantities, those are gone and the doorbusters are gone. there's plenty of other deals. >> the first tip is research, research. >> you have to look beyond the circulars. these days you have to have a game plan. you want to go to the designated black friday site, blackfriday2011.com and find out who has what at price points and compare prices on sites like fatwallet or pricegrabber. look what people are saying about the products. you can do that on amazon, because there's a lot of products that aren't necessarily name brands this year in particular. you want to get the best product at the best price and the product is decent and more buying. >> it's not just about price. you say also consider the extras. >> there's a lot of extras out there. laptops might have a printer. the xbox might come with a game that nobody wants. might come with a gift card. might come with nothing at all. you have to look at

bret michaels and billy gibbons coming. it's going to be a lot of fun.to bring people together and support our veterans. >> tickets still available? >> unity.vets is our website and also just show up. >> a good idea, too. how much money have you raced so far? any idea? >> no. we do have a text to donate campaign. text honor. i forget. it's online. >> go to the website? >> yes, ma'am. that's our big thing right now. >> wonderful. cindy, before we go, i have to ask you one question about the political season. you know, when we're looking at the republican field we've got that oops moment by rick perry. we've got herman cain who has had his share of problems and mitt romney who some say can't energize the republican base. are you at all concerned about this and how much do you watch it? >> i do watch it. obviously, it's part of our life. you know something? anything and everything can happen in a political race. i don't count anybody out, having been there ourselves. don't count anybody out until the race is over. i look forward to seeing more debates and i

>> we got billy gibbons, anton fig, the concert will be awesome. bret is the perfect guy for this.people, we've got tickets. please come out. they can buy tickets at unity forvets.org and they can donate tickets to active military members. >> you're giving them to veterans to go. always doing great stuff. thanks so much for your service. great to have you there and bret, have a great day. i know it's going to be a great concert tonight. thanks so much for doing this. >> you're welcome. thanks for having me on. jesse and eric, see y'all tonight. >> along with the mccain family. back to gretchen and dave. >> all right. brian, thanks a lot. it's a twist you didn't see coming in the penn state scandal, a district attorney who knew about the accusations years ago turns up dead? >> then the ground shakes. buildings topple. people run for their lives. it looks like a scene from the movies but it's video all too real. >> and times square was just about one block from our studios and brian, literally racing over there right now for a huge surprise. we can't tell you more than that. you do n

in the first case we are going to examine gibbons vs. ogden, this case was in 1824. it is the first case in which the commerce clause was broad and beyond its original meaning under the constitution. here's a little background on the case. new york passed a law granting two operators, robert l. livingson and robert fulton the excusive right to operate steamboats within its waters, within the state of new york. operators from outside the state of new york wishing to navigate waters within new york required to get a special permit in order to do so. aaron ogden filed suit. arguing that this state sponsored monopoly was in opposition to congress' constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce. in his opinion chief justice john marshall ruled that the word commerce was found -- as found in the constitution includes in its definition the transport of goods between states. this ruling is inconsistent with the framers' intent. as you can see in federalist 42. when james madison wrote, to those who do not view the question through the medium of passion or of intere