whenever they come up with the us is going to get back to congress and congress is going or mended and mikel the changes to it. they just might walk away from the table these other countries soup co this month in the fast track to actually kill the treaty altogether you might think you have kept pressure on on both sides of its salaried a secretive. the process and this is going to significantly increase the pressure knowing the congressional move but the fact that for the first time country's proposals are are exposed in the united states is visibly isolated by this clearly lost the debate on end is simply trying to bully and pressure countries it by hook or by crook i into lining up with pig farm in hollywood and where the nineties can get that agreement but it's it's really not looking very good for those performances here this enormous power to transnational corporations and it weakens the power and to some extent of sovereign governments fail to pass laws that affect their own citizens. this presented this whole dispute resolution process in the sky the courts that are created in this t

mikele? >> the weather's a little bit better here in atlanta because it's the destinations that are the issue. alina, you must be happy, yesterday you were in the rain. george, there is more nasty weather on the way. we'll see where it's headed and we'll turn to jennifer grey at cnn's weather center in new york. >> this is basically a rainmaker right now. still seeing a little bit of snow in some interior sections. but most of the east coast all up and down the east coast is just a lot of rain. it is still coming down. and we'll continue to see the rain throughout the day and then in the overnight hours for tonight. some of the snow totals we've seen, up to 10 inches in some locations. could see an additional 3 to inches in places like upstate new york and then 2 to 4 inches of rain across a large portion of the northeast. so the rain will still continue for another day or so. but by thanksgiving, this should all be pushing out, which is good news. we are going to see better conditions as we

hala and mikele? >> zain asher is at a macy's in new york, kyung lah in los angeles. thanks to both of you. zain was talking about this deeply discounted sweater. we've read reports how retailers from the very beginning never intended to sell the item at the full retail price and the discount was built into the say price they anticipate. >> we're going to talk about that later. christine romans has been talking about that showing how it's a little artificial. maybe they're not the deals they appear to be. now, black friday might be uniquely american phenomenon. that doesn't mean the rest of the world isn't getting in on the deal, as well. >> check out these pictures from bristol in england. apparently a man lost it when he was told he couldn't buy two big tvs at a popular discount chain store that walmart owned. security guards wretalled him to the ground. >> the chain is alled azda. also a department store called john lewis. pretty upscale place. overall, though, black friday isn't nearly the big deal it is in the united states. we asked people in london if they even

mikele? >> ivan, we know this is considered somewhat of a bombshell discovery.have in this investigation surveilance photos from the police that also show the mayor not behaving well in addition to this. what do woo see him doing? >> yeah, this he were following one of his friends and sometimes driver, a man named and dro leasy who was released on bail today just about an hour or so ago after being arrested on charges of extortion. and in these videos and these photos that have been taken from surveilance, you see them meeting, exchanging packages in the past. one incident it shows them getting together in mayor ford's car. mayor ford then steps out of the car and proceeds to urinate publicly next to basically an elementary school, throws something into the garbage. the police officers recover that evidence. and they a that they found in the bag that he threw away a bottle of iceberg vodka, a bottle of russian prince vodka and some mcdonald's receipts. this is not necessarily the kind of behavior that i think torontoians would want to see of their elected mayor

mikel mention 1 -- i think collie who just spoke referenced one and that is compensate based credit. -- competency-based credit for the current financial aid rules do not allow institutions to engage extensively in copper muncie-based credit. -- incompetency-based credits. the availability of educational materials and resources -- just courses themselves that people can access for free and learn material and why not have a system that would allow them to demonstrate that knowledge they have as part of their higher education experience and get credit for that learning? partme ways, it is already of the higher education system. most of our institutions accept advanced placement credits. that is competency based credit. we allow some students to take credit by examination as competency based credit. this is not a foreign idea to hire education. we just need to recognize it and support the kind of change that would allow institutions to become more active in this approach. >> do you have something? >> i will mention a few things. this may seem small but it is indicative. we can go to a l