. >> i'm victor blackwell. thank you for starting your morning with us. >> we begin in tahrir square this morning where hundreds of protesters have been arrested during anti-government dmem k. demonstrations angry with their president over his new power grab. >> opposition leaders say he is now more powerful than former president hosni mubarak ever was. this week, leaders around the world praised him for brokering a cease fire between israel and hamas. . >> more now on his new powers and the anger it spurred. >> if anyone thought egyptians were tired or weary of protesting after two years of demonstrations, all you had to do was look at cairo's tahrir square on friday and it was clear that's not the case. the demonstrators appeared to be as determined as ever and this time they're going after their current president. outrage, clashes, and anguish in tahrir. thousands of angry egyptians back in a public square that has become the arab world's emblem for the democratic right to protest. this was where egyptians d

. >> i'm victor blackwell. thanks for starting your morning with us. >>> the emphasis on the election took a back seat brought on by superstorm sandy. both candidates put the talking points in their back pocket. but now with just three days left, the candidates are back on the trail with the talking points at the ready. we also have our correspondents spread out throughout the battleground states to bring you more on the election and the final push for both candidates. >>> let's step away from the map and let's get to the message for a moment. paul steinhauser is live in harrisburg, pennsylvania. paul, really a flurry of activity and travel for president obama and governor romney. what is their message for these final three days? >> victor, it's interesting, both of them have the same message. change. they're saying it in different ways. you're hearing a lot about change as they crisscross the campaign trail in the final days. both were talking about the message yesterday, last night in ohio. take a listen. >>

i'm victor blackwell. a person has been arrested in connection with yesterday's bus bombing in tel aviv that injured 24 people. we're told the suspect has ties to hamas and detonated the bomb with a cell phone. in gaza city today, palestinians celebrated the cease-fire that has held for more than 24 hours now. in a speech today, the leader of hamas declared israel raised the white flag. he also thanked iran for its support during the eight-day conflict. i'm victor blackwell in atlanta. >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left the port of civitavecchia. the more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board had no idea of the terror that was about to unfold. >> and all of a sudden, bang. the lights went out. and the ship listed. >> the side of the ship is now the bottom of the ship. >> everybody was panicking, everybody was running for their own lives. >> it showed the kind of chaos, the ill preparedness the company had. >> and i can remember thinking, oh, my gosh, we're g

i'm victor blackwell. it's half past the hour right now.ts of the northeast are still in need of help after superstorm sandy destroyed homes, shattered lives three weeks ago. vice president joe biden will head to jersey this morning to tour recovery efforts and thank first responders in some of the hardest hit areas in the cities of hoboken and seaside heights. >> we have seen the silver lining in this situation, and we have seen people come together in way i have never seen them come before that and in new york governor andrew cuomo continues to help his city. staten island, that's where more than nearly half of new york city's storm deaths occurred. >>> well, power has come back gradually to homes and businesses in new york and new jersey, but thousands are still in the dark. look at this. according to cnn's latest numbers, there are still 4,107 outages reported in those two states now three weeks in. for some, sandy took everything they had. i spent the week in new york with people who are struggling through this aftermath and searching

i'm victor blackwell. in israel, a person has been arrested in connection with wednesday's bus bombing in tel aviv that injured 24 people. we're told the suspect has ties to a musosque and detonated the bomb with a cell phone. palestinians celebrated it is cease-fire that held for more than 24 hours now. they said that israel "raised the white flag" and thanked iran for its support during the eight-daikon flikt. >>> it's official, black friday shopping has begun. doors at some retailers were open on thursday night. the national retail federation estimate that fewer shoppers will shop. at walmart, some workers are expected to protest. i'm victor blackwell. stay with cnn. >>> tonight, disgraced cycling legend lance armstrong defends himself at length on camera and under oath. first seen on an australian network, this investigation by reporter quenton mcdermott features armstrong in his only on-camera deposition passionately denying the repeated use of performance enhancing drugs. friends, former teammates an

i'm victor blackwell. happy thanksgiving. a person has been arrested in connection with yesterday's bus bombing in tel aviv that injured 24 people. we're told the suspect has ties to hamas and detonated the bomb with a cell phone. in gaza city today, palestinians celebrated the cease-fire that has held for more than 24 hours now. in a speech today, the leader of hamas declared israel raised the white flag. he also thanked iran for its support during the eight-day conflict. >>> the defense department has released e-mails that gives us more details about osama bin laden's burial at sea. according to those newly released but heavily redacted e-mails, the burial followed traditional islamic procedures. we also learned that fewer than a dozen top officers aboard the aircraft carrier carl vinson witnessed the burial. bin laden's body was placed in a weighted bag and slid into the sea. i'm victor blackwell in atlanta. up next, "cruise to disaster." >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left the

victor blackwell is on assignment today. we start in the middle east where the fuse is running short on the powder keg in israel. this has become a fairly common sight in gaza this week. meanwhile, militants on the other side have fired nearly 200 rockets into israel. israel is massing troops near the border with gaza. they have 30,000 troops there right now and have called up thousands more reservists to be ready. at least 39 people have died in gaza since the operations began, three have been killed in israel from the rocket attacks. meanwhile, world leaders from the united states and the united nations are calling on both sides to call restraint. israel stepped up the campaign. one air strikes leveled a key palestinian government building. it was the cabinet headquarters. our senior international correspondent sara sidner is there. >> around 3:30 this morning. a massive explosion. we know there have been at least four bombardments that have hit gaza. one of them hit the police headquarters. i'm going to move out of the wa

i'm victor blackwell. stay with cnn. >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left the port of civitavecchia. the more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board had no idea of the terror that was about to unfold. >> and all of a sudden, bang. the lights went out. and the ship lifted. >> the side of the ship is now the bottom of the ship. >> everybody was panicking, everybody was running for their own lives. >> it showed the kind of chaos, the ill preparedness the company had. >> and i can remember thinking, oh, my gosh, we're going to die. let's just get it over with. >> today, the costa concordia lies on its side off the italian island of giglio. one of the largest cruise ships in the world ripped apart by rocks. 32 people died on the ship, on that cold january night. a cnn investigation has pieced together the multiple failures of that night and their far-reaching consequences for the cruise ship lines. the tragic mistakes onboard the costa concordia raise the question, just how safe is going on a cruise? >> the safe

i'm victor blackwell, in israel, a person has been arrested in connection to the bus bombing in tel aviv. we are told that the person has ties to hamas and celebrated the cease-fire that held for more than 24 hours now. in a speech, the leader of hamas declared israel raised the white flag. he also thanked iran for its support during the eight-day conflict. >>> and it's official. black friday shopping has begun. toys "r" us, walmart, target, they opened their doors to black friday shoppers on thursday night. shoppers might see shorter lines. the national retail federation estimates 147 million shoppers plan to shop this weekend. that's down from 220 million lastier. one of the stores we'll be watching is walmart. some workers across the country are expected to protest. i'm victor blackwell. stay with cnn. >>> tonight, disgrace ed cyclin legend defends himself. first seen on abc, this investigation by reporters quinton mcdermott features armstrong in his only on camera deposition ever, passionately denying the use of performance enhancing drugs. friends, former teammates and experts provi

i'm victor blackwell. here is what is happening. in israel a person has been arrested in connection to the bus bombing in tel aviv that injured 24 people. we are told that the suspect has ties to a mosque and detonated the bomb with a cell phone. >>> in palestine, a cease-fire was celebrated. a leader praised israel for raising the white flag. >>> and it is official the black friday shop eing has begun. many retailers opened thursday night. the shoppers might see shorter lines as the retail federation say says that to a amount of people shopping is down 21 million from last year. one of the places we will be watching is walmart where some workers across the country are expected to protest. expected to protest. i'm victor blackwell. that remain unanswered -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> taking in tens of millions of dollars from well meaning americans, and what is happening to some of the money? there are a lot of good charities out there, but after what we found and you will see tonight, you may

i'm victor blackwell. back to programming. >>> welcome to this "360" special report, "the battlefield at home." the challenges facing vets, a tough economy, questionable charities and more. we look at charities, organizations promising to help wounded warriors, taking in tens of millions of dollars from well-meaning americans. what's happening to some of that money? a lot of good charities out there, but after what we've found and what you see tonight, you may think twice the next time someone asks you for a donation. that's a shame and that's why we're keeping them honest. starting with the group the disabled veterans national foundation, dvnf. that's their seal you're looking at. according to their own tax filings they raised nearly $56 million in the past three years, a huge amount of money. of that $56 million, we haven't been able to find even one dime that's gone directly to help disabled veterans. instead, the foundation sends tons of stuff, stuff they get for free, to veterans groups. now, the stuf

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>> victor blackwell in the far rockaway section of queens. dest-hit areas, post-hurricane sandy. victor, thank you. >>> it's 16 minutes after the hour. let's get you up to date. members of congress are demanding answers from the cia, the fbi and the white house about the chain of events that led to the stunning resignation of cia director david petraeus. he stepped down after admitting to an extramarital affair with his biographer paula broadwell. the affair came to light because of an fbi investigation into alleged harassing e-mails broadwell was sending to another woman close to petraeus. >>> investigators are still trying to figure out why a 64-year-old man walked into a detroit area police station and opened fire. he shot an officer in the shoulder yesterday, before other officers returned fire and killed him. the wounded officer is expected to make a full recovery. >>> the news director at the bbc and her deputy are both out off a broadcaster report wrongly linking a former conservative politician to child abuse. helen bowden and steven m

victor blackwell is on assignment. it is 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 out west. thanks so much for starting your day with us. we start in the middle east. this has become a fairly common sight in gaza this week. israeli planes have been carrying out air strikes over gaza since wednesday. meanwhile militants on the other side have fired more than 200 rockets into israel. israel is massing troops near the border with gaza. they have got 30,000 troops there now and have 75,000 reservists getting ready. at least 42 people have died since the operation began. meanwhile, world leaders including representatives from the united states and the u.n. are calling on both sides to show restraint, but restraint seems to be in short order right now. ourarah sidner is live in gaza with a bird's eye view of the conflict. are you seeing more air strikes right now? >> reporter: absolutely, and in just the past few minutes we could hear the loud blasts of air strikes all night long into morning, 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning, blast after blast after blast and could look into the sky a

. >> i'm victor blackwell. it's 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 out west. thank you for starting your day with us. >> we start with the shocking revelation from the now former cia director, general david petraeus. petraeus resigned from his post citing an extramarital affair. he had met personally with the president thursday to offer his resignation. the president reluctantly accepted friday. the general's affair was actually uncovered during an investigation by the fbi. the fbi's involvement has raised questions with at least one former cia operative. >> i'm not going to, but there are four or five cia directors that i know were carrying on extramarital affairs while they were director. the fbi was never brought in. the office of security was never brought in. it was ignored. it went away quietly. we'll never know about them. so this is absolutely extraordinary. i'm telling you it's more to do than with sex. there's something going on here which i can't explain and i think we're going to find out very soon. >> petraeus took over as cia chief after a long c

i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell.day here in the studio. >> it sure is. >> you follow us on twitter. we have been in negotiations over the temperature in the studio. >> i win. >> it's like nairobi in here. it's like 106 degrees. >> i can't help it. i like it like that. >> i'm cloaked in wool. here are some of the stories we are watching this morning. kicking things off, it's a $7 trillion mix of tax hikes and spending cuts that some fear could tip the u.s. back into recession. i'm talking about the fiscal cliff and it goes into effect just 52 days from now, unless a deal can be reached. both president obama and house speaker john boehner say they are willing to negotiate. but tax hikes are a sticking point. president obama will meet with congressional leaders on the issue next week. >>> and in florida, it is all over, but the vote count, as the state tries to finalize its tally of the presidential election. unofficial results are due to the secretary of state by noon today. cnn has yet to project a winner, but preside

. >>> good evening, i'm victor blackwell. happy thanksgiving. here's what's happening. in izrole, we learned tonight a person is now in custody in connection with yesterday's bus bombing in tell avoevhat injured 24 people and the death toll from the conflict over the last eight days rose today. en en. >>> meanwhile, the leader of hamas declared the cease-fire a victory, declaring israel had, "raised the white flag." >>> ben wedemen, our senior international correspondent is in gaza city tonight and, ben, i know a lot of celebrating there. >> there was celebrating earlier in the day. there was a large celebration organized boy various palestinian factions who do see the fact that israel did not launch a ground invasion and that the palestinians were able to get some important concessions like israeli commitment not to conduct military operations in gaza. they considered that a vectry. those are important concessions in their opinion. other gazans not so happy. they discovered, for instance that many of their -- met one woman whose roof was blown off by a bomb nearby. all

. >> i'm victor blackwell. thanks for starting your morning with us. five stories we're watching this morning. first up, an extra marital affair has ended the career of cia director general david petraeus. he admitted the affair in his resignation letter. after being married for over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extra marital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. michael morell will step in as acting director and he has been deputy director since may of 2010. more on this later in the hour. >>> turning to the economy now. with just 52 days to reach a deal, president obama is set to meet with congressional leaders to discuss the so-called fiscal cliff. both the president and house speaker boehner said they are open to compromise, but tax hikes on the rich are a sticking point. >>> number three, the teen girl shot in the head by the taliban for trying to go to school in pakistan is now walking and reading and writing and smiling. this is new video of mal

here's victor blackwell with the story of her new business that seems to be taking off. >> krista's business inspiration came from her dogs. >> that's why i started baking treats for my dogs. and they liked them. and i just thought, wow, this could really be something. i love to bake anyway. and then it made me feel really good to make healthy things for my kids, which were my dogs. during the initial taste testing process, i am not going to lie, i think my dog gained a few ponds. >> she started a bakery specializing in treats and muffins and cakes made for dogs. most of the products are sold wholesale to pet stores across the country. but for krista, it's the local customers who make it worthwhile. >> the idea behind this business is it's more than just treats for dogs, it's a place where people can go with their dogs. >> you're a little early but here is an ice cream. who knew dogs like ice cream, but they do. we thought, let's have a party. it started as a way to really advertise our business and promote ourselves and it just seemed to grow. like word of mouth. just a lot of fun. i mean,

i'm victor blackwell in for randi kaye. it's 7:00 on the east coast and 4:00 on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. we're starting this hour in the middle east where civilians are living in fear as israeli forces battle hamas militants across the border. for the past five days israel and hamas have fired rockets and bombed one another. israeli hair strikes have taken a heavy toll on civilians in gaza and so have hamas rockets hitting southern israel. there is, though, a hope for a slivg sliver of peace. they're trying to broker a cease-fire. this is what life is like for civilians on both sides. in israel they run for cover when those sirens sound. each siren is followed by an explosion. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke a short time ago. here's what he had to say. >> reporter: the israel defense forces have attacked more than 1,000 terror targets in the zba za strip and it continues at this very minute. it calls for significant blows to israel and its operators who send them. we're exacting it and israel defense forces are prepared for a sign

i'm victor blackwell in for brooke baldwin. the dow finishing in the green as shoppers empty the shelves across the u.s. in case you're curious, the stock market closing early on this black friday. find out what today's sales mean for the overall health of the economy. but first, mass protests are erupting in egypt after a sudden power grab. in cairo's tahrir square, thousands are chanting for regime change. they say egypt's new president is acting like a dictator. president mohamed morsi granted himself sweeping new powers yesterday, basically morsi now has absolute power for six months. his opponents say he's acting like a new pharaoh. the u.s. state department is calling for calm and encouraging all parties to work together. morsi declared all his laws, all his decrees are final and cannot be overturned or appealed until egypt's new constitution is put in place. just days ago, people around the world were praising morsi for his pivotal role in negotiating the israel/hamas cease-fire. today, protesters set fire to a symbol of

. >> i'm victor blackwell. thank you for starting your morning with us. here's five stories we're watching this morning. >>> number one, the lights are starting to come back on for some families in the northeast, but not fast enough for others. five days after the storm, more than 2.5 million customers are without power across 15 states ask d.c. it could be another week before power is fully restored while people have been lining up for hours just trying to get gas. many gas stations are still out of commission. >>> and new york mayor michael bloomberg has canceled the new york marathon for the first time in its 42-year history. people were outraged by his earlier decision to go on with the aftermath of the storm. it wouldn't divert resources but says in a statement that the race had become controversial and divisive. >>> number three, we're down to the last three days before the election. president obama and mitt romney campaigning across several key states this weekend. both candidates will be in colorado, ohio, iowa and virginia while romney also makes

our victor blackwell is live in far rockaway with the latest. orning. >> good morning, alina. tens of thousands of people still without power. the latest number from lipa about 95,000 across three counties. and in this community, although the sun is up now, some people got light before sunrise. power was restored about three hours ago to some people in this neighborhood. on one side of the street the lights are on. on the other side, they're still in the dark. now we can show you that there are signs. even when the sun's up, that this community was hit hard. sand from the beach still a block or more in to the community. even inside this woman's apartment. her name is dee arrington. and she says the beach was in her living room. water and sand. she tells us about the night that she heard that wave. she heard the sound. listen. >> something told me to go out and look outside. when i went to look outside, i saw this wave coming down the street and the way i heard that wave and that wind screaming, i said oh, no. i'm in trouble. i went back inside th

. >> i'm victor blackwell. thanks for starting your morning with us. here are five stories we are watching this morning. actor larry hagman has died, his family says the 81-year-old died of complications from cancer. we want to hear your thoughts on the passing of larry hagman. tweet us victor cnn 0 ocnn. we'll read some of them at the end of the hour. >> and number two, hundreds turn out to protest walmart on black friday. the group our walmart says it is fighting for better wages and hours for workers and that the company retaliates against employees who speak out against the company. walmart says the group doesn't represent its employees and that only 50 of its workers actually joined that protest. >>> it has been an agonizing week for the family of champion boxer hector macho camacho and now his mother says she will probably decide today whether to take him off life support. the 50-year-old puerto rican boxing champ is brain dead after being shot in the face on tuesday. the gunman and another suspect are still out there somewhere. one of camacho's

. >> i'm victor blackwell. 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 out west. thanks for starting your morning with us. >> we begin this hour with the downfall of general david petraeus. president obama accepted his resignation as cia director yesterday. petraeus cited an extra marital affair as the reason for stepping down. joining me now is cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly. suzanne, good morning. i know you've had a busy couple of days here. so, how is the intelligence community processing this? have they made any sense of it yet? >> i think it will take days for that, randi, for a couple of reasons. just a shot here in washington. if you had polled the top minds in washington a week ago and asked them about david petraeus, they would be more likely to talk about future career ambitions than what was going on outside his marriage. that was such a stunner yesterday. not only did david petraeus step down as head of the cia, but admitted to doing so in a letter that he wrote to employees at the cia and i think, you know, processing sort of the shock

victor blackwell is on assignment. 7:00 on the east coast and 4:00 out west. thank you for starting your day with us. we start this morning in israel where troops are massing on the border with gaza this morning. the move comes days after back and forth bombardments. israel has launched dozens of air strikes while militants in gaza have fired nearly 200 rockets into israel. we are on both sides of the border in the line of fire. our sara sidner is in gaza city. let's go to southern israel where israeli tanks are on the move. the israeli defense forces say at least 30,000 troops are being mobilized along the border with gaza and thousands more are getting their marching orders. as we said, cnn's frederick is live along the border. you have been on the front lines there. what type of military activity are you seeing? >> hi, randi. a lot of military activity going on here between the border area between gaza and israel. we just had armored vehicles come through here and moving in closer to the border. of course, a lot of people believe that israelis must launch a

>> victor blackwell, thank you. >>> the army private accused of are leaking u.s.n at the center of it all, wikileaks chief julian assange joins erin burnett out front tonight. erin joins me right here next. you can stay in and share something... ♪ ♪ ...or you can get out there with your friends and actually share something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> the u.s. army private accused of leaking all of those u.s. government secrets that ended up on the internet for all of us to see could testify as early as this week as part of his court-martial, this pretrial hearing for bradley manning. it's underway in ft. meade, maryland. he allegedly gave hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group wikileaks. manning is expected to testify about how he was treated in the brig at quantico, virginia. erin burnett, she's here. you have quite the big interview scoop. we'll talk about that in a minute. congrats on that by the way. but let's talk abou

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. 8:00 on the east coast and 5:00 out west. thanks for starting your day with us. starting with some sad news from the entertainment world. as we've been following this morning, the death of larry hagman. his family says at 81 years old he died of complications from cancer. >> you have dishonored my daddy's name and everything he stood for. maybe you and bobby can live with this, but i can't. >> that's the character he's best known for. the j.r. ewing character from "dallas," one of the best known tv characters of the last 30 years really. d "dallas" was a long running hit in the '70s and '80s and you may remember him as major nelson from "i dream of jean any." barbara eden said i had the pleasure of watching the texas tornado that was larry hagman. can i honestly say that we've lot not just a great actor, not just a television icon, but an element of pure americana. much more on larry hagman later in the hour. >>> black friday has come and gone, but the nation's retailers hope the effects will be long lasting. shoppers sprinte

. >>> i'm victor blackwell. here's what's happening. three days until election day. [ male announcer ] one in four americans can't sleep. are you one of them? drink dream water, the natural, fast acting sleep aid that helps you wake refreshed. visit drinkdreamwater.com. >>> we're done. >> president obama had won a hard-fought victory on health care but the country was still hurting. >> some economists are predicting that the unemployment rate could go higher. >> this is the first time ever that repossessions have topped 100,000 in a single month. >> as i've said from the start, there's no quick fix to the worst recession we've experienced since the great depression. >> by the summer of his second year in office, even some supporters seemed to be losing patience. like velma hart at this cnbc town hall. >> i'm one of your middle class americans. quite frankly, i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that i voted for, and deeply disappointed with where we are right now. >

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. it's 8:00 on the east coast. acout west. thanks store starting your day with us. >> we start this morning with politics and the countdown to election day. there are just three days left, and that means the candidates are going to be busy. this map shows the final stretch for the president. it means six swing states. mitt romney trying to hit eight states in his final push. that includes a stop in new hampshire this morning, and we'll take you there live in our next hour. we've got correspondents spread throughout the battleground states to bring you the latest on the election and the final push for both the candidates. >> now, one of the states where both candidates will be making several stops, ohio. you knew that was coming. cnn's white house correspondent dan lothian is in mentor, ohio where president obama will be campaigning later this morning. dan, the crowds for 2012 have not been as big as the 2008 crowds. big turnout expected for his last campaign weekend though? >> reporter: oh, definitely. i mean, the white house

our victor blackwell is there, also, in staten island outside of recovery center. so victor, give me an idea what the reception has been like for the president's second now visit, the first post-re-election there to staten island. >> reporter: well, i think the president today said what the people in the community wanted to hear. not just that he would come today and give hugs and kind words as he mentioned but the support they need to rebuild here in staten island and highlighted to come back and the federal government would support this community in the rebuilding but that's very expensive. and people here know that. the governor andrew cuomo asked for or in the process of asking for $30 billion to rebuild the homes and rebuild the infrastructure and improve some of the things lacking after superstorm sandy. right now, the fema fund is only at about $12 billion and considering the financial cliff that's coming, the fiscal cliff that's coming, the financial crisis, that's going to take some work on capitol hill to get $30 billion for new york if it's approved and t

victor blackwell is in staten island, victor, goo morning.e damaged homes from superstorm sandy are thinking much about climate change at the moment though. >> no. maybe that conversation will come, carol, but not today. they're talking about the people who have died in this community. they're talking about this, their businesses and their homes that have been destroyed by this storm. they're also talking about what's happening over here, the area set up for relief, for food, for clothes, for heat. they're also talking about the president's visit. and this is what the president will see. he'll see the relief workers. he'll see the firefighters. he'll see what people here have been dealing with for now going into the third week. we're actually hearing from some people that the president's visit is bittersweet in a way. they want him to come, but do not come just with hugs and kind words. >> it's bittersweet. it's going to create a lot of traffic. it's going to impede a lot of the work we're trying to do here. but at the same time, he wants to