but phoebe would be -- phoebe kept things to herself. she internalized a lot of pain or stressful situations. so my point of warning the school or, you know, advising the school was that she wouldn't necessarily come right out at the beginning and say, oh, this is happening. she would initially internalize it. >> you were doing this as a mother, but also as a teacher yourself. so you know how schools can work. you know how some kids can prey on vulnerable people in a school situation. so you laid down a marker. you said, just keep an eye on phoebe because she's had a bit of a problem with bullies before. >> mm-hmm. >> what did they say to you? >> oh, that will be no problem. and one of the vice principals was actually called on a personal call and asked to keep an eye out for phoebe. >> so they knew. they knew right from the start there was a potential from trouble. >> they knew right from the start. >> when did you discover for the first time that phoebe was being bullied? >> november. and it happened, i suppose, 14th, 15th of november.

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you remember this sad story. 15-year-old phoebe prince hanged herself last year. reporter for "slate" sued and received access of details on the settlement. >>> in business news, last minute shopping caused a surge in holiday sales according to industry analysts. mall shoppers spent $44 billion in the week before christmas, up almost 15% from last year. maybe you can tell from all of the video. >> thanks. the other major stories of the year, that's coming up to a close. this saturday, new year's eve, at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern, we bring you you all the best and worst of 2011. tom foreman previews pop culture. >> harry potter. >> reporter: the final "harry potter" film exploded into theaters. >> harry, harry. >> reporter: conjuring up more than $380 million million in ticket sales, according to box office mojo. >> it was sweet. it was a nice movie. >> reporter: putting an exclamation point on one of the most successful lit rare and cinematic series of all time. >> nice to see a movie where you want to eat popcorn, drink soda, just lose yourself in it and that w

but it was phoebe snow who knew all about the poetry man. ♪ you're the poetry man ♪ you make things all man about or who is it about? >> obviously i was having an affair with a married man. don't you think? >> osgood: a revealing comment but not nearly as revealing as this. itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini that she wore on the first time of day. we have songwriter lee pockrest to thank for that little number. and this man knew a thing or two about keeping rhythm. he invented the first implantable pacemaker. quite the opposite hollywood sex symbol jane russell was a heart stopper. >> thank you, gentlemen, that was a charming introduction, but it doesn't move me. and i want to go. boys? >> osgood: now speaking of knock-outs, boxer joe frazier had 27 of them in his legendary career. >> i get a kick out of seeing a man crumble to his knees more than anything, you know. >> osgood: we'll miss you, smokin' joe and these other sports greats too. >> osgood: they all had their share of glory days. so did saxophonist clarence clemons for more than three decades he and bruce springste

the phoebe thousands of retailers -- the freebies thousands of retailers will offer in a few hours. lier this week. but, >>> well, first there was black friday then cyber monday. earlier this week we had green monday and we're not done yet. on the consumerwatch, julie watts explains there is yet another shopping holiday. oh, boy. >> reporter: we're not done yet. free shipping friday. another holiday manufactured by retailers. tomorrow thousands of them are offering free shipping with pre- christmas delivery and added discounts. but not everyone is happy about the latest extension of the holiday shopping season. >> enough's enough. >> enough is never enough. >> reporter: opinions are mixed when it comes to the seemingly endless addition of shopping holidays. >> it's an industry like any other so they will do whatever they can to get people to spend. >> reporter: but according to new research from the price tracking website the newest holidays are paying off. black friday shoppers saved an average of 34% while online shoppers this week are saving more with an average markdown of 42%,

if that's phoebe's legacy, then that's -- that's okay. >> anne, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and betsy and beth, thank you both very much. >>> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. here are the top stories. iraq is preparing for a landmark event, the withdrawal of nearly all u.s. troops left in the country. vice president joe biden is joining officials on thursday which will honor troops from iraq and the co-lags who fought during nine years of war. elsewhere in iraq police say ten people were killed and 30 wounded when a car bomb was blown up at an outdoor village market, 75 kilometers north of bagdad. in a separate incident, seven people were killed when a gunman struck a town. when he meets with the eu foreign ministers thursday, hague shutdown the embassy and expelled diplomats in response to an attack on demonstrators on tuesday. he says iran should be ashamed of failing to protect britain's interest. >>> today is the 24th annual world aids day. people, organizations and retailers are working together. in 2010 34 million people have the virus, nearly 17% than a decade ago. i

i ink that betsy and beth have changed how bullying is viewed, and if that's phoebe's legacy, then that's okay. >> anne, thank you very much for coming. >> thank you. >> and to betsy and beth, thank you very much. that's all for us. we begin keeping them honest, herman cain and ginger white, the woman who said she had a 13-year affair, both speaking out, he's denying the affair, she's recalling details of it and saying he's not fit to be president. someone's not telling the truth. wherever the truth may be, however, herman cain is in full damage control mode and could drop out of the race. cnn's jim acosta caught up with the candidate in dayton, ohio. >> reporter: mr. cain, mr. cain, jim acosta with cnn. are you vowing to stay in the race? >> we are reassessing and re-evaluating. >> reporter: are you staying in the race. >> we're re-evaluating and reassessing. >> reporter: how soon will you have a -- >> in the next several days. >> cain appeared on fox news. we should point out he routinely refuses to come on this program. we asked again and his campaign said he was unavailable all week.

but it was phoebe snow who knew all about the poetry man. ♪ you're the poetry man ♪ you make things allis it about? >> obviously i was having an affair with a married man. don't you think? >> osgood: a revealing comment but not nearly as revealing as this. itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini that she wore on the first time of day. we have songwriter lee pockrest to thank for that little number. and this man knew a thing or two about keeping rhythm. he invented the first implantable pacemaker. quite the opposite hollywood sex symbol jane russell was a heart stopper. >> thank you, gentlemen, that was a charming introduction, but it doesn't move me. and i want to go. boys? >> osgood: now speaking of knock-outs, boxer joe frazier had 27 of them in his legendary career. >> i get a kick out of seeing a man crumble to his knees more than anything, you know. >> osgood: we'll miss you, smokin' joe and these other sports greats too. >> osgood: they all had their share of glory days. so did saxophonist clarence clemons for more than three decades he and bruce springsteen stuck together.

received a copy of his latest book, "iraq: its neighbors and the united states," which he co-edited with phoebe moore and scott levin si. our third speaker is trita parsi. he's the president of the iranian -- the national iranian-american council, a former public policy scholar at the wilson center, and his upcoming book, "a single roll of the dice: obama's diplomacy with iran," will be coming out in the new year, and we have planned a book talk for mr. parsi in february. um, i think i would stop here. i will ask each of our speakers to speak for 15 minutes so we have enough time for a discussion, and there is an overflow on the fourth floor. we will take questions in writing from the overflow. david, you have the floor. >> thank you. um, i'm going to focus on the recent rapprochement between saudi arabia and turkey. and look at it from the turkish viewpoint more than -- from the saudi viewpoint rather than the turkish viewpoint which i have a feeling henri will deal with later. i think the first thing that strikes me about this new relationship between saudi arabia and turkey is that if you lo

. >>> a lawsuit brought by the parents of phoebe prince has been settled for $225,000.etts. on tuesday civil rights activists forced the details of the year-old settlement to be released. >>> juliana rancik isn't letting her battle with breast cancer slow her down. she was back at the news desk two weeks after undergoing a successful double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. we'll talk to juliana live on friday. >>> a quick roundup of what has you talking online. an online privacy advocacy group is warning social media users what might be the wrong things to say. a watchdog says homeland security trolls facebook and twitter for terms including "collapse, infection and outbreak." if you use the words the dhs might monitor online activity and share its information with governments and law enforcement so be careful what you tweet. >>> sinead o'connor ended her 16-day marriage to her fourth husband. o connor says the marriage went sour just three hours after their las vegas wedding and that herridge had become unhappy with their relationship. >>> this ranked up hundreds