read the book facing the middle east. we built schools in the middle east. the american university in beirut and the american university in cairo. we have done quite a bit in the east in the middle east to try to good heartedly workout. i agree, but it is not wrong to say many of the poor people in those countries, they don t see it that way. sure. there is no question about that. and that is who is protesting. that is also very wrong. there is a message out there that poor people are the ones who commit terrorism. all studies show that is not the case. if you look at those who commit terrorism, they are generally better educated and better off than the society at large. yes, sherrod. i am not talking the terrorists. i am talking the protesters. those are two different groups. the protesters are people who don t have jobs. they are tired of the police beating on them.
d decide to observe what was happening in tahrir square. what made you decide to go, to be a witness to that? i study the middle east basically for my major at directional and the american university in cairo, and when the news started coming out it was basically history before my eyes happening less than a mile away from where i was staying. i fell like with my studies being focused on the area there s no way i could not go down and witness history in the making with my own eyes. gregory, you now a part of history, along with your two friends detained by authorities there. explain how that happened. well we were we started out in the square proper in tahrir square and right in that square area it s relatively safe environment. it s mostly peaceful. right around in a split second when walking around the square it becomes very violent where there s clashes with the police and there s distinct front lines going on, and so we started venturing around the area around the streets an
i actually received a message via voice mail i was traveling to work when i got the call from the american university in cairo. so it was quite unset. ing when i listened to that voice message. and then after that i just thought about greg. i had just had an opportunity being in cairo with greg the week before. i saw his comfort there, his ease with talking with the egyptian people, navigating the city. i had confidence greg would be able to hold his own and remain calm through that and my first opportunity that we got a call through to greg i was able to convey to him we had lawyers and gave him their names so he knew who to trust to get him home. mr. simon, explain your role in all of this in gregory s safe relief. i m very happy to do so. nancy called me at the request of some other lawyers on tuesday, recognizing i had familiarity and experience in this type of situation, and once i heard what was going on i said we needed to act immediately.
sexual abuse, but allowed it to go on, has surfaced. deborah has more from syracuse. reporter: hey, you know, kyra, once officials here at syracuse university heard that tape, there really was no other choice. they had to fiere bernie fine, which they did late last night. the accuser, bobby davis, lived in the fine household for a period of time. he made the recording shortly after the alleged decade-long affair came to an end. and the tape suggests that not only did the coach s wife know about what was going on, but in fact she had a role in it. and we want to warn you that the tape is both graphic and also disturbing. i didn t know what to think. i know everything that went on with him. bernie has issues. maybe that he s not aware of, but he has issues. you trusted somebody you shouldn t have trusted. yeah. bernie is also in denial. i think that he did the things that he did, but somehow through his own mental telepathy has erased it out of his mind. go to somewhere
and good morning, this is your a.m. wake-up call for monday, november 28th from the time warner center in new york city, i m christine romanss, here are the morning s top stories. the syracuse child sex abuse. the university fired bernie fine. fired him after a new phone conversation surfaced between allegedly the accuser and fine s wife. that conversation revealing that mrs. fine was worried about the sex abuse allegations and also that she had a sexual relationship with the accuser, as well. keeping our eye on occupy wall street, protesters in los angeles facing a deadline to clear out of camp. just two hours ago but many refusing to budge. wreck the malls. black friday was a blockbuster. early numbers are in. this holiday shopping season could be a huge boost for the retailers. according to the national retail federation, total spending hit a record $52 billion. that s up 16% from last year. besides the door busters, wow, online sales exploded too. where are people g