. >> mitchell: and good evening. we begin tonight with a disturbing story-- story involving a college football powerhouse. a former long time assistant coach for the penn state lions is out on bail tonight after being charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of underaged boys. also, two more penn state officials are expected to turn themselves in amid charges of a cover-up. dean reynolds has the story. >> jerry sandusky. >> reporter: for 67-year-old jerry sandusky a jubilant career at penn state has dwindled to a per walk and prosecution. >> jerry is very, very depressed, he's very up set. he's very distraught about the charges, the allegations. >> reporter: in a 40 count indictment ending a three year inquiry sandusky is alleged to have targeted at least eight boys for sexual advances or assaults over 15 years. pennsylvania attorney general linda kelley says this case a sexual predator who used his position within the university and community to repeatedly prey on young boys. for 32 years sandusky was a top assi

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. as the thanksgiving weekend draws to a close, retailers are breathing a sigh of relief and adding up their sales. a record 226 million shoppers visited stores and web sites this weekend, an industry survey says. that's up 14 million from last year, and they spent a record $52.4 billion. tony guida has been taking the pulse of the american shopper. >> reporter: recession? what recession? americans are shopping and spending this holiday weekend like their pants are on fire. >> the deals are great this weekend. you just got to have the patience to stand in line and weave through the crowds. >> reporter: and the luck to survive occasional mayhem. at a wal-mart in mesquite, texas, thanksgiving night, shoppers flipped out over d.v.d. deals. they ripped them out of cartons in a frenzied scrum. one woman was nearly trampled. the siren song of savings lured shoppers into stores early and they spent, on average, almost 400 dollars each, a record. >> the retailers that opened at midnigh

brian david mitchell, however, is not.chell starts each day at court in song, prompting the judge day after day to remove him to a room where he can watch the trial remotely. after listening to six weeks of witness testimony, the jury reaches a decision and finds brian david mitchell guilty of kidnapping and transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of having illegal sex. no one is more relieved than elizabeth smart. >> today is a wonderful day. and i am so thrilled to be here. i'm so thrilled with the verdict. but not only that, i'm so thrilled to stand before the people of america today and give hope to other victims who have not spoken out about their crime -- about what's happened to them. i hope that not only is this an example that justice can be served in america, but that it is possible to move on after something terrible has happened and that we can speak out, and we will be heard. once again, thank you so much. i am excited to go back to france and complete my mission. thank you to everyone for ever

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. the white house tonight is calling on the congressional super committee to do its jobs and produce a deficit-cutting plan by the wednesday deadline. that's easier said than done because signs of progress are virtually non-existent tonight. while the sounds of partnership are mounting to a roar. whit johnson in washington is tracking the debate. >> reporter: staring down another congressional failure. >> i think we're deep into the fourth quarter, but there's still time on the clock. >> super committee members seem resigned to their opportunity. >> it's not entirely too late. it's still possible to reach an agreement, but it's going to be tough given where the clock is. >> reporter: after ten weeks of closed-door meetings, the bipartisan group tasked with reducing deficits by $1.2 trillion over ten years, came up empty. committee co-chair democratic senator patty murray blamed republicans, accusing them on being unreasonable on tax increases on wealthy americans. >> will it be

wi >> mitchell: and good evening. one day after the latest republican presidential debate, the candidates and the white whuse continue to trade attacks. that debate, seen here on cbs last night, was seen as make-or- maeak for some candidates. and they saved most of their punches for the obama heministration. chief political correspondent jan crawford has more tonight from washington. jan, good evening. >> reporter: this was the 10th republican debate, but the first to focus solely on foreign policy, to test which of these d ndidates could be trusted the most to handle that 3 a.m. phone call in the white house. >> the issues were complex. the answers serious. >> this is a very dangerous time. timeeporter: there were no gimmicks or slogans, no real jabs thrown, when given the chance to take a shot at front- >>nner mitt romney, newt gingrich pulled back his punch. >> we're here tonight talking to the american people about why every single one of us is better usan barack obama. >> reporter: throughout the debate, the cand

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. nine months after the popular uprising that seemed to herald the new egypt, cairo's tahrir square is once again the center of turmoil. at least one person was killed and more than 600 injured today. clashes between security forces and demonstrators in the square where last winter's democratic protest began. charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: it's some of the worst violence egypt has seen since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak. this time, protesters led by the muslim brotherhood are demanding an end to military rule. it presents a potentially dangerous confrontation between the most powerful political group in the country, and egypt's military leaders for the fears time. thousands of police cracked down on demonstrators who were determined to take over tahrir square and stay there. >> as the protesters were taken back into police lines they ran almost a gaunt let of riot police and plainsclothes men viciously beating them with sticks, with rocks slapping them with

>> mitchell: tonight, black friday record. retailers report their wiggest day after thanksgiving sales ever, but will consumers keep up the pace? elaine quijano is tracking the shoppers. pakistan's government demands the u.s. evacuate a key airbase an apparent nato blunder kills at least 25 pakistani soldiers. the space rover "curiosity" launches towards mars. a report on the multibillion-dollar fission noigz figure out if life could exist on the red planet. and a rebound for the n.b.a. and the planets. tony guida looks at the tentative agreement to start the basketball season on christmas day. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. some encouraging news for the economy tonight. new figures out this evening show retail sales yesterday were the biggest in black friday history. up 6. the 6% over last year for a total of $11.4 well. that's a full billion more than 2010. as elaine quijano tells us, the hopeful predictions follow the earliest black friday openin

blessed is the nation who is alive and lord blesses the nation that blesses his brothers. >> chris mitchell, cbn news, budapest, hungary. >> we know christians are concerned and cbn news has started a new show by chris mitchell, jerusalem dateline. go to cbnnews.com. >>> when "christian world news" returns, young hispanics in america are leaving the catholic church to join evangelical congregations and way they do church. >> in the u.s., researchers report a major trend in church demographics, young hispanics raised as catholics are joining evangelical congregations. it will have a significant impact on the on the immigration. >> you are looking at second and third generation that are moving away from churches. >> with the process of integration, a greater pentecostal faith. an issue of pentecostals saying you can bring your culture with us and accommodate accordingly. it is mass customization. above all things a personal relationship with jesus. greater assimilation means greater influx. >> what is it that is drawing them to the church? >> becoming part of the greater canape. i call either

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. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. republican candidates are trying to portray themselves as outsiders while saying obama grew up in the lap of privilege. well, if you're confused, you're not alone but manager editor of post politics.com chris cillizza, help us avoid confusion. >> i'll try. >> a few identity changes along the way. >> i mean, look. you rightly point out, andrea, everyone is trying to clammer for a hybrid title, one is anti-romney because the recognition is that mitt romney is likely to be one of the last two people standing in the republican nomination fight. they are trying to be the anti-romney but also the outsider. everyone knows who watches politics that that's what the primary voter is clammering for, someone not part of the system. i do think this story about freddie mac is damaging potentially for newt gingrich, not just because of the money involved and that's significant but also because it reminds people or maybe it tells people for the first time, this is someone who is very much a creature

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this makes mitchell spooked. so he gets back on the road and starts to hightail it back to indiana. >> there's a cop before him and after him. they're guiding him back to the freeway because he lied and told them he got lost and is trying to get back to indianapolis. >> there's a continuing conversation about whether or not, you know, he'll turn around, whether he's going to come. >> they're going to pick him up. there's no way he's coming back tonight. >> all right, here's the situation. >> frank from perverted justice alerts the sheriff's men about what's happening. >> they can take him right now before he leaves the state. it'll be a different county, but they've got him. >> he had been with perverted justice since august of 2003. he came across the website while perusing the internet and almost instantly became interested in becoming a volunteer and been with p.j. ever since. >> we don't want to spook him. >> del has another conversation with glen mitchell. and says, look, you were going to come over. what's

nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: a terrifying mob attack. hundreds of people screaming death to england, storming the british embassy, breaking windows and running off with a picture of the queen. a violent echo of the takeover of the american embassy in tehran during the islamic revolution in 1979 when 52 americans were held for 444 days. iran's government tv covered it all live. a tipoff that the storm was backed by the militant regime. iran's russian allies joined the u.s. and others in condemning the attack. >> i strongly urge the iranian government to hold those who are responsible to task. they have a responsibility to protect diplomatic outposts. >> reporter: tehran's bureau chief is there. >> we have to assume that incidents like this have casted approval from the very top. spontaneous demonstrations are not tolerated here by the government and are crushed by an iron fist. last week they cult off all dealings with the central bank. much tougher than u.s. sanctions. >> iran is doing this because of the sanction. and the sanctions are

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andrea mitchell has our report. >> reporter: a terrifying mob attack. hundreds of protesters screaming death to england. storming the british embassy, breaking windows, even running off with a picture of the queen. in 1979, 52 americans were held for 444 days. today iran's government tv covered it all live. >> britain should be accountable. this is not my word, this is the word of experts. >> reporter: a tip-off that the sanction was supported by the regime. today even iran's russian allies joined the u.s. and others in condemning the attack. >> i strongly urge the iranian government to hold those who are responsible to task. they have a responsibility to protect diplomatic outposts. >> we have to assume that incidents like this have tacit approval from the very top. spontaneous demonstrations are not tolerated by the government and are crushed by an iron fist. >> what set it off, last week the british cut off all dealings with iran's central bank because of the country's nuclear activities. much tougher than nuclear sanctions. >> you feel isolated beca

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"andrea mitchell reports. president is having trouble with but the middle east as well. the old u.s. playbook of supporting whomever could maintain power, went out with arab spring. the question is, how should the world's lone superpower deal with a people newly empowered? joining us to talk about it, aman. good to have you with us on this friday afternoon. we were talking about the role in the united states in the middle east earlier. you said in the past that every time that the u.s. does something that wins arab approval, they turn right around and they blow it. what are some examples? >> well, i mean, the most recent one obviously was the vote that took place on monday at unesco. that was this united nations education and scientific body, authorized full palestinian membership. the united states turned around and decided to cut $60 million of supporting one of the most, you know, popular united nations organizations. and what that does is it sends a message across the arab world that the united states is o

my character ryan and elizabeth mitchell are trying to have a baby through in vitro but i'm also having an affair. i think it's one of the films right way the first scene people say, i couldn't breathe it grabs you by the throat and it's relentless and it's -- and i think that people are finding empathy in it because there's a lot of relateability in the characters and the darkness. >> i had chelsea handler on recently, one thing she won't poke fun at are ugly babies and people dying. do you have a similar bar you refuse to dip under? subjects? >> no. i think that, you know, you go through -- you certainly go through years, as you're coming up where you say, how far can i let the ship leave the shore before it's never coming back? and i -- i definitely took my hits in that regard. i think comedy's all about breaking down barriers and jumping over those hurdles and going right for the heart. and if that means, you know,

state's population mitchell says that cook county selected pat quinn gov. weld practically every other county voted for republican bill brady and he blames democrats for a massive tax hike abolishing the state's death penalty and legalizing same-sex civil unions all against the wishes of downstate boaters they say their voices are just being drowned out ... >>mitchell wants a statewide vote on cook county secession and then a vote of congress to approve the split >>aaa predicts 42 1/2 million americans will travel of the thanksgiving holiday this year the city aviation department expects nearly 1.7 million travelers to pass through o'hare and midway airports before the holiday period ends next monday new and improved screening measures are making things a little bit easier for passengers with the addition of special family lanes and children under 12 no longer required to take off their shoes on security lines it is a quicker tractor airport's security and onto awaiting flights it's all part of a shift in focus for the transportation security administration

i'm andrea mitchell. the new steps for the super committee, if there are any, are unclear but the blame game is being played from capitol hill to 1600 pennsylvania avenue. that's where we begin our daily fix with chris. this was ultimately predictable, but at the same time there is still an effect. >> yeah. sadly predictable, andrea. for people who watch washington, the idea that the two sides were going to come together a year before a consequential presidential election, and you have the parties divided by the right way forward, probably the outlook was never all that bright. there are consequences. this is a congress that had somewhere between 9% to 14% approval. this is not going to help. i think there's already an anti-washington, anti-status quo sentiment in the electorate. i think this will double down on that in some meaning way. i think it could hurt both parties. i think washington generally will come in for blame, but not a great day for congress and for politics. >> at this hour, john kerry, s

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i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. herman cain continues to make headline, perhaps not the kind he wants. his latest? he says he doesn't need to read up on foreign policy to be president. it's a platform that seemed a little familiar. a little shall we say cartoonish to us? >> who knows every detail of every country of every situation on the planet? nobody. we need a leader, not a reader. >> i've narrowed your choices down to five unthinkable options. each will cause untold misery. >> i pick number three. >> you don't even want to read them first? >> i was elected to lead, not to read. >> well, we were neither elected to read or lead but we're right here. herman cain is where we begin our daily fix today with msnbc contributor and manager editor post politics.com mr. chris alissa. hi, andrea. >> hi. you are the ironman. >> we're making it. >> it's friday. let's talk about herman cain. he's a motivational speaker. that's the way he's been making his living. but the slogans, we don't need a leader -- we need a leader, no

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. >> before he was a running back, mitchell played at penn state from 1968 until 1972. he says the scandal is a sad day for penn state football. >> news hit home for a lot of penn state fans and alumni. >> i think like most people and probably the penn state family, you felt a sickness in the stomach where we always felt we did the right things and did it with class. it is devastating to all of us. >> he played a football at penn state before going onto the nfl. he worked with sandusky and kept in touch over the years. he was shocked as anyone to learn of the allegations. >> i don't know what to think. obviously, we never suspected anything like that. >> mitchell was coached by a younger joe paterno. he says he was a great person. reports have surfaced that he knew about the scandal years ago but only passed it up to higher ups at the school. >> against what it comes down to, why did you not go further? why did you not move forward with this and talk to some other people? >> paterno released a statement earlier announcing his retirement at the end of the season. it will

andrea mitchell is -- andrew mitchell said they reported no more needs to be done. >> these prisoners released, bright hopes of the future. students, still incarcerated a very long way from their home. those people need to be released immediately and we also need to see the engagement of others in the political protest. there were a lot of bielections because of that. unlike in britain if you're a member of parliament you become a minister then you become an m.p. and some of the parties which were not eeininvolved in the elections before can now engage. >> also there in burma is our correspondent david, who said there's still uncertainty over those prisoner releases. >> we just don't know. it became a rumor that the 14th they were going to be released. in the last year there's been a whole serious of graduated moves and now they are sying something significant. now there's an expectation that several hundred more political prisoners would be released. it's believed by the nlb and party there may be some 400 or so still in gail, and until they are released, the international sanctions

andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> now here's a first look at news going on around america today amazing scene erupted on a san diego street after a car ® plowed over a fire hydrant. a powerful geyser held up the back end of the unoccupied car for over an hour. the allegedly stolen car's rear wheels returned to the ground after firefighters shut off the water. >>> a controversial depiction of president obama is forcing virginia republicans to do some serious damage control. a mass e-mail from a group of ç loudon republicans featured a halloween-themed cartoon featuring a zombie president obama with a bullet wound to the head. the group's communication director has apologized and taken full responsibility for what he called a poor choice. >>> lubbock police have more than arson on their hands after discovering 50 pounds of marijuana hidden in a truck's incarcerated remains. firefighters had a difficult time dousing the flames due to small explosions inside the vehicle's exterior. sheriff's deputies are looking for the owner but finding it difficult since the truck's identificati

the international development secretary, andrew mitchell, is visiting burma. he says the reforms being introduced are grounds for cautious optimism, but more needed to be done. >> we need to see these prisoners released, especially some of the bright hopes for the future still incarcerated a very long way from their homes. those people need to be released immediately. we also need to see the engagement. there are a large a number of elections coming up as a result of members of parliament becoming ministers. unlike in britain -- it creates election opportunities. some of the party is not involved in the election before to now engage. >> andrew mitchell, the british developed a secretary. blighted by a feminist and border conflict -- by famine and border conflict, that's the ethiopia we hear about. you might be surprised to know it's one of the fastest-growing economies. no wonder it's attracting the attention of investors long nervous about putting their money in africa. >> struggling to keep up. this vast open-air market. this is ethiopia's emerging class. th

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our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: a terrifying mob attack. hundreds of protesters screaming death to england. storming the british embassy, breaking windows, even running off with a picture of the queen. a violent echo of the takeover of the american embassy in tehran during the islamic revolution in 1979, when 52 americans were held for 444 days. today iran's government tv covered it all live. >> britain should be accountable. this is not my word, this is the word of experts. >> reporter: a tip-off that the takeover was sanctioned by the regime, and carried out by a powerful force, the government militia that crossed student protests during elections it in 2009. today, even iran's russian allies joined the u.s. and others in condemning the attack. >> i strongly urge the iranian government to hold those who are responsible to task. they have a responsibility to protect diplomatic outposts. >> reporter: nbc's tehran bureau chief ali arouzi is there. >> we have to assume that incidents like this have tacit approval from the very top. spontaneo

i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. from 9-9-9 to no, no, no. herman cain has gone from defending his economic plan to defending himself against sexual harassment allegations going back 12 years. it's clearly not the conversation that he wants to be having right now. so what is it going to take to get control of the message. msnbc contributor and managing editor of post-politics.com chris cillizza joins us with the daily fix. hey, chris. >> hey, andrea. >> this is not going well. had a couple of appearances today. cancelled a news conference and just brushed right out of there, and as you saw what happened outside in the hallway there. >> yeah. i mean, i think he's in the middle of a media maelstom and is trying to fight his way out, not as you point out, andrea, that successfully. look, we've talked about this for a couple of days now. until he has a story that's consistent and is backed up by what is publicly available or what will become publicly available, it seems to me he's going to be in the same place which is going to try to change the

. >> lidel mitchell played under joe paterno and jerry sandusky. mitchell says he was blindsided by the allegations and the involvement of the penn state football program to report it is a sad day. i think we all feel that. >> and state alumnus and former baltimore colts alumnus was as shocked as anyone to learn about jerry sandusky. he had to started working with pan state during his freshman year. >> i don't know what to think. obviously we'd never suspected anything like that. we had never seen any tendencies like that. >> you can't make any excuses for him or say he was sick or this or that. it is what it is. it is unfortunate. >> while at penn state, mitchell was coached by joe paterno the was only at the program for a couple of years. he says he is not only a great football coach, but a great person. >> he let him know what he knew. i guess what it comes down to when people look at it, why did you not go further? i guess that will always be the question. why did you not move forward with his entire to other people. >> he says it is unfortunat

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