tony guida does the math. cars without drivers and dash tbhoordz dazzle. bill whitaker kicks the tires at the los angeles auto show. and not just clean, military clean. hattie kauffman goes on patrol with a cleaning service run by veterans who are skilled at passing the white glove test. >> they cleaned places where i didn't know i had places. 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 politi

tony guida has more. >> when major league baseball players show up at spring training next february, they'll face a challenge they've never faced before, blood testing for h.g.h., human growth hormone. >> i think it's imperative to do it. >> dr. gary wadler, world renowned for his expertise on performance-enhancing drugs, is pleased with published reports that baseball's about to test for h.h. but still he's wary. >> in the world of doping, the devil is in the details. we need to see the program, not necessarily they're doing a test on a player once a year. >> neither the nfl nor the nba nor the nature l, no other major north american sport tests for hgh. when baseball breaks the barrier, fans will applaud. or will they? >> i'm not sure the huge bulk of fans care. they want to see the game whatever the game is. eporter: never was that clearer than in baseball's home run binges year, 1998. mark mcgwire of the cardinals and sammy sosa of the cubs blasting moon shots every other night, igniting the baseball nerver. years late ear contrite mcgwire would admit he hit those home runs on st

our tony guida is following the crowds. hard lesson for those three american students caught up in the turmoil in egypt. cynthia bowers talks with one of them. he's wanted for bank robberies across southern california, but is he really the elderly man he appears to be? bill whitaker is on the case. and meet judge jimmie. he's a no nonsense judge who believes the real answer lies in giving young offenders a second chance. 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

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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 opening ever. >> reporter: the turkey wasn't even cold when toys "r" us opened the holiday shopping season at 9:00 p.m. thanksgiving night. santa hats were passed out to customers to encourage a fustive mood for black friday spending. >> retailers have having to be more and more aggressive to go after their customers. >> reporter: so aggressive, retailers opened the night before in an all-out fight for that first piece of holiday spending projected to be $466 billion this year. >> with consumers being frugal, retailers really took a chance by opening at midni

some have decided to go global in their job search and tony guida met one of them. >> you built all ofs. >> right. >> reporter: building things is in kevin o'neill's dna. lincoln center and other iconic buildings in new york. and this an american dream for his wife and three kids in rural new jersey. but there's no demand for o'neill's skills these days. did you ever imagine you would have to leave your country to provide sustenance for yourself and your family? >> never, never in my wildest dreams. >> reporter: across 30 years o'neill made his name as a top construction manager in new york. but the financial crisis shut everything down. o'neill couldn't get a nibble. then in 2008 a call from halfway around the world, the middle eastern emirate of dubai. >> so how did they find you? >> the recruiter was given a mandate to find one of the most difficult, onery son of a bitches in new york that got things done. >> reporter: he jumped at the chance. >> i was very reluctant until i saw the job. to me it was building the pyramids again. >> reporter: for a year and a half he oversaw the cons

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