here is shepard. >>shepard: the news begins anew, on "studio b" with stocks on the rebound today, despite growing concern of the economic crisis in europe. coming up, gerri tells us and joins us and explains what is happening overseas and how it affects us. new details in the case of this little missing baby. what the little girl's father reportedly saw when he got home from work the night her parents say the baby disappeared. and, word the white house and the pentagon are starting to lay out plans for the final u.s. troop draw down if afghanistan. are the afghan forces ready to take a lead? we have the u.s. air commander joining us unless breaking news changes everything. >> but, first, from fox at 3:00, this is america's election headquarters. and the republican presidential candidate herman cain is struggling to contain the fallout over claims he sexually hard rationed two employees when he was head of the national restaurant association in the 1990's. we are told both accusers settled with the org

>>shepard: got it. tell me what it is that your client who will remain nameless, obviously, what it is your client seeks, now, in the way of justice? >>guest: well, the one that really caused me to come out with this his discussion, jeff, i know the work you have done, and i can't go public and i want to remain private and i said you can. but he said, i want you to give voice and volume to this fury i feel and the fear i have. >>shepard: the client said i want you to give voice and volume, those were his words? >>guest: those are the words i heard from his lips to my ears and i said i will honor your privacy and pledge to protect you as i will all survivors at all times and i also will carry your message from my heart through my lips and from your ears. >>shepard: counselor, i will bring in our legal panel in the studio. arthur aidala our criminal defense attorney, former prosecutor and on our staff and randy zelin along with him. jeff anderson will stay with us. it sounds like there are many mother if

>>shepard: thank you. after 30 years in the united states house of representatives bar any frank will not run for re-election this cycle. the 71-year-old, a lifelong liberal and one of the first openly gay lawmakers says there are several reasons including the prospect of a tough re-election and his other interests. >> i have been ambivalent about running, not because i don't continue to think the job is important but because there are other things i would like to do in my life before my career is over. >>shepard: president obama credited the congressman for work on affordable housing and leading the charge to pass new regulations on wall street. we hope he gets some time with bill o'reilly before it is over. and gerri is here. have you been shopping? >>gerri: red smokin' hot, the sales. >>shepard: we could break all kinds of records and folks will spend more than $1 billion online in 24 hours. >>gerri: 26 percent increase on black friday alone. not unfortunately all holiday sells but the holiday sales mak

>>shepard: thank you, dan.evelopments in the sexual harassment allegations against herman cain. we're now hearing from an ex-boyfriend of one of cain's accusers. we will tell you what he said. and herman cain's wife has broken her silence. stay tuned. [ male announcer ] are you considering a new medicare plan? time is running out. the annual enrollment period is coming to an end. you only have until wednesday, december 7th to enroll and get the coverage that's right for you. so don't wait another day, call right now to find out how a medicare plan from unitedhealthcare medicare solutions may have the coverage you're looking for. medicare has two parts, parts a and b to help cover a lot of your expenses, like doctor visits and hospital care. but they still won't cover all of your costs. now's the time to learn about plans that may be right for you. call now and tell us about your situation. we can help you select the right medicare plan. with some plans, we can help you enroll right over the phone. i'm looking f

>>shepard: what do we know of the suspect? >>reporter: well, he was actually in police custody early friday picked up across the potomac river in arlington, virginia, after people said he acted strangely. but, he was released, reported "missing," october 31 by his family in idaho. five minutes after the shots were fired police found an abandoned car with items that led him to hernandez and an assault rifle was in the car. the ballistics have not been confirmed. he has an arrest record in three states but not known to be tied to radical groups. >>shepard: and a 22-year veteran of the united states secret service providing four years of personal protection for ronald reagan and responsible for securing national events. nice to see you. >>guest: nice to be here. >>shepard: rarely have i heard of anything like this, especially hitting the president's residence. >>guest: well, there was a case a few years back where an individual fired at the press area at the white house. he was overtaken by citizens outside. in this case, the inv

here is shepard. >>shepard: that was creepy, megyn. >>megyn: fired and cannot work with kids on his downtime? >>shepard: you are the best, megyn. the news begins anew, in "studio b," greece, my gosh, good grief, i'll take mykonos, on the brink of financial collapse. it is very serious. we will tell what you could happen. a woman who pretended to be her ex-boyfriend using his facebook page and all the things she wrote. criminal charges with us. why the case could democrat how the court fines online crime and violence breaking out on the streets of oakland, california. but many of the protesters say it is just a small group that is causing trouble. it is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. on "studio b" but first from fox at 3:00, in new york, president obama today in france where leaders of the 20 largest economies are working to prevent nothing short of the economic collapse of europe. a disaster which would have devastating effects in the united states. the so-called g-20 meets to discuss the global economy but this yea

>>shepard: arthur?r: i presume he will be found guilty but i made that same error with casey anthony and i would be less surprised if he was acquitted because they were asked feelings about their doctors and how much they trusted them, et cetera, et cetera, and it could make them more angry or have a degree of sympathy, and to say, lock, michael jackson had a lot of people would helped bring him to the point where he was the night he died and putting it on this go is not fair. >>shepard: we have live pictures outside the courthouse and the major players are in place but you can see the camera wandering around. all involved have been following latoya jackson we watched walk in early and members ofhe

>>shepard: thank you, dan.nd now the biggest cyber criminal take down in history a group of online thieves targeting millions of computers in the united states and around the globe. and jonathan hunt is here with us. how did this work? than than two -- >>jonathan: two ways. you click on a website for, say, itunes but are taken to a different company or you kick on netflix and then you are take were to something called "budget match," instead, and then ad replacement. a user clicks on "wall street journal" and there is supposed to be an american for american express on the front page and, instead, they went to something called "fashion girl," and when a user went to those fault websites or different ads the hackers would get paid by those companies which were legitimate companies, they made something like $14 million in total. >>shepard: how do they make the changes to re-direct them to places? >>jonathan: that is a yes to someone with far greater techniques. >>shepard: they able to break into government agencie

>>shepard: right after this.o, no, i just paid my car insurance bill -- ou [ man whistles ] sounds like somebody paid too much. excuse m they showed me a range of coverages, and i picked the one that worked for me. i saved hundreds when switching. hureds? who are you? just a man that loves savings... and pie. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. shepard: the trial against michael jackson's lawyer has goneo the jury and deliberations are underway. they are meeting now. and now the lgal panel is mere, fox news legal anist, arthur aidala and defense attorney randy zelin. >>arthur: i don't know. i didn't think, the defense, they needed to hit the ball out of the ballpark, not a home run or a grand slam. the main point, the strongest point was, if it was anyone who died beside michael jackson this would not be going on. he does not have a lot to move on to. that is the strongest point. randy? >>randy: arthur, there are three compelling reasons why there should be a hung jury, if not an acquittal. keep

>>megyn: shepard smith is watching me. right now. >>shepard: always. always. always. and your upside down microphone. what is this new trick with upside down microphone. take it away. >>shepard: punishment day for michael jackson's doctor and a look at the judge's sentencing. and the state takes custody of a woman's 8-year-old son because the child is obese. really? you can do that? a live report on that coming up. and police name a suspect in the case of the missing florida mom who appeared on "the people's court," and her family saw it coming. all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." but first from fox at 3:00, this is america's election headquarters and herman cain now says his campaign is conducting an assessment of the state of the candidacy. but he insists he will not drop out after an accusation of a 13 year affair with a woman from atlanta. he made the comments during a conference call with the campaign staff. carl cameron, what else do we know? >>carl: we may find out more by the end of the week. the aides said this is no way he

>>shepard: nott is like hard math, can you not solve the problem without the electoral votes and almost every path you see toward a winning number, the 271 he needs to win including pennsylvania so he copes coming back. even with the economy getting better but slowly he has to make the case, and, especially to white working class voter whose have turned away from him. lat time heywood 43 percent of the white vote and now he is down in the low 30's in terms of what to expect. if he does not turn that back by appealing to college educated white voters and the increasing number of minority voters and young voters he could lose pennsylvania and lose the presidency. >>shepard: one thing that the critics, the harshest critics say, they are very good at putting on the right show. who the heck advised him on the most difficult night in new york city, when they are lighting that christmas tree at next, to come in here and mess up the roads? why understand how he could make such a terrible error? >>juan: is t

>>shepard: great to see you. the news begins anew, on "studio b" today, the mother of the missing 2-year-old boy says she left him alone in an unlocked car for almost an hour and now her pictures are on a dating website. she is a sugar baby who needs a "real man." break news in the occupy wall street protests we expect a court could rule momentarily on whether the protests could go back to zuccotti park in new york city. they cleared them out and then a ruling came. could this be the end? hundreds are under arrest. and the story of a anyone-year-old girl trapped in a car for almost two difficulties. with nothing to eat but pop-tarts and gatorade all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" but first from fox at 3:00 in new york, the former penn state assistant football coach at center of the disgusting child sex abuse scandal claim he is innocent and it was a bunch of horse play an extraordinary interview. as you know by now the former defensive coordinator sandusky, the heir apparent to

shepard smith. >> shepard: thank you. the news begins anew on studio b. american man accused of plotting to attack police and military personnel. what the cops say he was doing when they arrested him. >> plus, new report says the militant group hezbollah has captured more than a dozen americans. we'll talk with a former cia about the dire straits, a hezbollah target himself about what we could do and what could happen to them in enemy hands. >> plus, this little boy's mom told police he disappeared after she left him alone in her car on the road. now she is reportedly blaming her husband. that's all ahead. unless breaking news changes everything on studio b. >>> first, the congressional super committee has reached a stalemate. that's the word on capitol hill where the bipartisan group of lawmakers has failed to agree on a 1.2 trillion spending cut. the deadline is today to present a plan of some kind to trim the budget or face a series of automatic cuts. of course washington doesn't work and it doesn't today. there's still time for a last-ditch effort to

there you go, shepard. >> shepard: thanks.e of the world's greatest feats of engineering the suez canal. build did he vert from the mediterranean to the red sea. when it was finished it would eliminate the need to sail all around africa. first year only 500 vessels sailed through the canal. since become one of the most important shipping lanes in all the world. drew a line in the sand 142 years ago today. now you know the news for this thursday, november the 17th, 2011. initing coverage of the new accusations of sexual abuse at

>>shepard: thank you, jennifer.nd pakistani taliban, aup behind many deadly attacks in that country, has declared a ceasefire. somebody claiming to be a senior taliban commander say they have stopped the shootings and bombings to hold peace talk with pakistan's government. and now the author and filmmaker, who has visitedded the area and lived next to bin laden and knows the territory. seats fire this is awesome. >>guest, this is really because this is open hunting ground so they are asking for a ceasefire but they are getting hammered. >>shepard: what is, help us understand the motivation behind-the-scene your taliban, whatever, saying we have stopped firing. >>guest: well, what they have been doing are the terrorist attacks in and around pakistan and they have been facilitating the movement of weapons and fighter and suicide bombers into afghanistan against american troops. but, one of the few places that the pakistani army has gone in and decimatessed the power structure there, and we have our predator strikes wh

shepard? >>shepard: thank you, megyn. the news begins anew, stocks have plunged on concerns about italy. europe's fourth biggest economy, the dow off 385, and gerri will explain to us how this will affect all americans. breaking news in the search for this 2-year-old missing boy. investigators wrapping up a news conference, and what they are look for in the mom's car. and one of the juror who convicted michael jackson's doctor of manslaughter is speaking out. we are hearing what went on inside the jury room. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." but first from fox at 3:00 in new york and at state college, pennsylvania, the sex abuse scandal at penn state has brought down joe paterno and could force out the president after his long time assist amount was arrested on forcing young boy dozen have sex with him. officials say there were at least eight victims over a 15-year period, at least. and some said to be as young as 10 years old. today the coach will leave the team not now, but a

shepard? >> shepard: david lee miller at the college in pennsylvania. well, joe paterno was up for the presidential medal of freedom. the highest nation honor this nation bestows. what some senators are saying about that plus what joe paterno will leave behind in the way of legacy at penn state. fox news is america's election headquarters. and the texas governor rick perry says he is still trying to clean off his cowboy boots after he, as he puts it, stepped in it at the debate last night. he says is he still very much in the race. he said this ain't a day for quitting nothing. in case you missed it. some of what political analysts saying the worst debate moment in modern history. >> it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education, and the -- what's the third one there. [ laughter ] >> the third agency of government, i would do away with education, the. [ laughter ] >> commerce. and, let's see. >> i can't. the third onia, sorry. >> shepard: the presidency. but that's not an agency. governor perry eventually remember

the house will grill holder, shepard, next month. >> shepard: william la jeunesse in los angeles.s. the child sex abuse scandal at penn state university is threatening to end one of college football's greatest coaching careers. tonight, why the critics say that after 45 years as head coach of the nittany lions, joe paterno has to go. plus, is gambling the answer to a weak economy? voters have their say on this election night in the u.s.a. team fox coverage from america's election headquarters. bottom of the hour, top of the news next. music music music we're centurylink we're committed to improving lives and linking americans to what matters most with honest personal service 5 year price lock guarantees, consistantly fast speeds and more ways to customise your technology the new spark card from capital one. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had to up our game. with spark, the boss earns double miles on every rchase, every day. that's setting the bar pretty high. owning my own business has neve

here is shepard. but first from fox at 3:00 in new york, a dramatic emergency landing in poland, as landing gear on the airplane failed forcing the pilot to put the boeing 767, with 230 people on board. and the plane landed at the airport in warsaw. officials say the pilot had been circling for an hour trying to get the landing gear to work. he could not do it so he dumped the fuel to avoid a fiery crash. look at the touchdown. scary situation, jonathan. i don't think they really had any idea how this would end. >>jonathan: scary for the passengers on board. you imagine the pilot comes on and tells you this plane that weighs 200,000 pounds before you put a single passenger or luggage on it is coming to to land at 125 miles per hour with no landing gear available. not surprisingly we are told that some of the passengers were crying and panicked and saying final farewells. but watch the video, one aviation expert told us this pilot pulled off a quite extraordinary feat. listen. >> you need a long runway

>>shepard: thank you.ood news from nasa, the astronauts are now a step closer to returning to space. maybe mars. really? where did we find the pile of money? ♪ mp yees. not white collar or blue collar or no collars. we are business in america. and every day we awake to the same challenges. but at prudential we're helping companies everywhere find new solutions to manage risk, capital and employee benefits, so american business can get on with business. ♪ >>shepard: nasa could send astronauts back into pace, and officials say they had planned to destiny the capsule six years from now when the nasa built rocket is ready to propel it but scientists are so eager to start testing they will launch it in a commercial rocket instead and that can happen as early at 2014. orion will replace the space shuttle and could carry four astronauts to the moon or mars. not quite sure why. and, by the way, we are out of money. but the dow did well. our stocks did all right up 100 points. a few seconds left. down 70 at one poi

shepard?> shepard: there is growing talk tonight that penn state's president could soon be gone as well. i guess it's dependent on this meeting tonight. >> you are exactly right. we are told that meeting is now getting underway we asked for some comment on the creation here. they would not tell us one way or another whether or not the future of the president is being debated i can tell you many people say he should be ousted for the manner in which the sexual abuse investigation or lack of investigation took place, shep? >> shepard: what about the charges -- what about the suspect, the man accused in this, jerry sandusky, the former coach? >> you know, jerry sandusky was supposed to be in court today for a pre-trial hearing. that has been postponed. he is going to be in court next month. now, a judge has ruled at the family's request that he cannot be with his grandchildren in any unsupervised capacity. he was a man who was held in very high esteem here on this campus. now his name is mud. ear

shepard? >> shepard: and a new development tonight, it's my understanding david lee regarding the assistant who told the grand jury that he actually witnessed the assault that started all of this. >> that's right. mike mcqueary is coming under a great deal of scrutiny, mainly because of an email that he sent out that has been made public. in this email, which we have a full screen text of. this is part of it speaking about the sexual adding assault that he saw, did i stop it, not physically, but made sure it was stopped when i left the living room. he says i did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police. since that has become public, university police are now saying they have no record of any police report filed by mike mcqueary, local police and state college also say they have not been able to find any reports. the state police as of now are not issuing any comment. the bottom line here is it looks like mike mcqueary still has a great deal of ex

[explosion] >> shepard: and stopped the plot. plus, should retail staffers have to work on thanksgiving? >> people expect thanksgiving day off. >> the employees should be gung ho and say absolutely we are there. >> shepard: tonight, the black friday worker rebellion. but, first from fox this monday night, our government is dysfunctional. our debt crisis is growing. our congress cannot or will not solve it. the super committee charged with reducing america's deficit has failed miserably. and a tonight there is an effort underway to call off the fail-safe mechanism that was supposedly designed to ensure the lawmakers got anything done. the super committee announced its failure in a written statement. it reads, in part: after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee's deadline. important to note here, the super committee held off on announcing its failure until after the markets closed

they go up and up and up. >> shepard: and they keep going up. >> and they go up. >> shepard: they will find a way. >> they go up. >> shepard: gerri willis the best team in business. her program airs every day 5 eastern 4:00 central on the fox business network. fox news is america's election headquarters and today all eyes were on iowa where most of the republic presidential candidates were tending a forum on manufacturing jobs. most of them. but two of the frontrunners, the somebody can think they are going to run for president and not show up to talk about the importance of manufacturing. >> now, keep in mind, this comes even as herman cain's campaign struggled to deal with the fallout after word of sexual harassment accusations. yesterday, we learned that two women accused the the candidate of sexually harassing them while he was heading up the national restaurant association in the 1990s. herman cain denies he he did anything wrong. carl cameron is in washington tonight. how big of a deal is it that herman cain and governor romney skipped today's forum in iowa? we will get to it? >>

shepard? >> shepard: david lee now the graduate assistant who says he witnessed the rape of a little boy in the showers. he has come forward to clarify? >> that's right. we're talking about mike mcqueary, an assistant coach now on administrative leave. he has sent what are reported to be emails to a former classmate. the emails reportedly sent on november 8th and they are now being released to a local newspaper here and now the associated press has obtained them. in the emails, he describes a very different account of what took place, especially after the alleged assault. he said he did have discussions with police and with officials at the university in charge of the police. furthermore, he says, and i quote: i did stop it, not physically, but made sure it was stopped when i left that locker room. talking about the alleged sex assault. and if you look at the actual report by the grand jury, shepard, it says and i quote: the graduate student and by that we mean mcqueary, left immediately, dist

shepard? >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, thank you. good weekend. justin bieber baby accuser already has a bounty on her head in high schools across the nation. but if the accuser's claims are true and beibs is a baby daddy, could mom end up in jail? be careful what you wish for next. ♪ you will be my number one girl ♪ you wouldn't want your doctor doing your job. so why are you doing hers? only your doctor can determine if your persistent heartburn is actually something more serious... like acid reflux disease. over time, stomach acid can damage the lining of your esophagus. for many, prescription nexium not only provides 24-hour heartburn relief, but can also help heal acid related erosions in the lining of your esophagus. talk to your doctor about the risk for osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels with long-term use of nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. let your doctor do her job, and you do yours. ask if nexium is right for you. if

>> yeah, shepard.the sun goes down in los angeles we are approaching 17 hours past the deadline. we believe the mayor is going to use this new sign to evict protesteight. that's the thought. the sign now says that the park closes at 10:30 p.m. that wasn't there before. we have seen police out here. they have been counting tents. they set up an area where they are going to put their command station. they are already marking it off on the sidewalk. the thought is, shepard, they will come in after the late news tonight locally and evict a lot of these protesters who say they will not leave. shepard? >> shepard: adam, protesters reportedly filed a petition in federal court, right? what do we know of that? >> yeah. we know about this petition. it basically says that the city council had passed a resolution here saying the protesters were welcome and the mayor by kicking them out would be overstating and overstepping his bounds. so they want to file this -- they filed the papers and the federal court won't r

>> no, shepard. it was actually the judge, judge michael pastor had some pretty strong words, in fact, expressing concern that dr. murray was a flight risk now that is he a convicted felon and that is when those handcuffs came out. and they were slapped on dr. murray and he sat at that defense table hands behind his back for the remainder of the proceedings and then here is what the judge said next. >> dr. murray's reckless conduct in this case poses a demonstrable risk to the safety of the public. if dr. murray remains out of custody on bond and even though dr. murray is a medical doctor, even though he has been practicing public safety demands that he be remanded. >> dr. murray now being held without bail, segregated from the rest of the prison population because of the high profile nature of this case, shep. >> shepard: okay, casey. what happens next? >> well, next is the sentencing. and that will happen at the end of this month. november 29th at 8:30 in the morning to be exact. and that will be a

that report, shepard, coming from nbc news. back to you. >> shepard: the accused in this case, jerry sandusky, we now understand that penn state is still paying him a salary of sorts. >> that's right. he retired in 1999. he got a lump payment of nearly $150,000. and ever since then he has been getting $60,000 a year as a pension. he is not the only one who still cash ago paycheck. gary schultz, the former vice president for finance and business accused of perjury and failing to report the abuse when he retired a while back he got $421,000. shepard, he still receives a pension now of about $27,000 each month shep? >> shepard: david lee miller live at penn state. occupy wall street. cops have cleared out occupy oakland protesters for a second time as they respond to reports of violence, vandalism, death and illness. protesters are vowing they will come back. officers in heavy armor raided the plaza from city hall. police tore down tents and arrested several dozen demonstrators. the raid came days after a deadly shooting near the

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. >> shepard: this is the fox report. tonight, more allegations against candidate herman cain in what he calls a smear as he blames it all on rick perry. and now another woman has come forward saying the former businessman sexually harassed her, too. >> shepard: two former workers had already filed complaints. but the the candidate has repeatedly denied that he did anything wrong. >> these are false accusations. i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> shepard: now another one-time staff says he invited her to his apartment and that's not all. tonight, what will this do to herman cain's campaign? plus nearly a month ago this baby girl disappeared from her home. tonight, we are hearing what her parents were really doing the night little lisa irwin vanished. fox this wednesday night, republic candidate for president firing darts at each other. herman cain's campaign is now blaming the entirety of his sexual harassment scandal on a rival candidate, the texas governor, rick perry. just listen to what herman cain's manager sa