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"cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> happy black friday. one in four americans says that he or she plans to shop on this busy shopping day and the crowds are coming out. at times, however, things do get out of hand like at this walmart near los angeles. authorities say a woman waiting in line pepper sprayed other customers, apparently, so she could get a better place in line. ten people were hurt when the crowd scattered. no serious injuries reported. the woman paid for her items and ra...

how would a president romney or gingrich or cain handle a situation like this? that is the kind of topic the republican candidates will debate tonight. its focus will be foreign policy and national security. cnn, the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute will bring it to you from washington tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. were talking to our deputy political director paul steinhauser, pentagon correspondent chris lawrence and joe johns at constitution hall where the d...

tensions have been building ever since. mary snow is there witnessing the protesters and shes joining us there by phone. so, mary, give me an idea of what the police presence is like and is this crowd growing? >> its been a massive crowd this morning, fredricka. down here in lower manhattan in the surrounding blocks around the new york stock exchange. we are on one intersection where there has been pretty much a standoff between police and protesters and there was a barricade up preven...

>> sexually attracted. i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. but, no, im not sexually attracted to young boys. >> cnns jason carroll is at penn state. so, jason, what kind of reaction is this interview getting this morning? >> not a good one. in terms of what students are saying this morning and a few last night that this interview actually made sandusky look worse. its not like some of these students after the allegations had a high opinion of him after the allegations came ...

investigation began into alleged sex crimes. in announcing the resignation of the ceo, he quoted a message from a mother who wrote saying, im saddened by the prospect of people losing faith in this amaze organization. what you have done -- >> second mile has said its begun its own international investigation and has hired outside attorneys and that includes lynn abraham, a long-time district attorney in philadelphia. suzanne, we havent heard directly from anyone at second mile. we have...

football coach mike mcqueary wont be at tomorrows game due to threats. he saw jerry sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in the shower in 2002. the lawyer for sandusky is speaking out saying the former defense coordinator has been tried in the court of public opinion. the lawyer says that sandusky is devastated by what happened to paterno. and pennsylvanias two u.s. senators are taking back their support for the nomination of paterno for the presidential medal of freedom. and now anoth...

a.m. you know what, the end of an era at penn state. the nittany lions have lost their coach of five decades, a university president has been fired and a sex scandal has rocked the campus and this country. last night you saw the students protesting on campus, in town and right in front of joe paternos home. >> hey, look, get a good nights sleep. all right. study, all right. we still got things to do. all right. im out it maybe now. thanks. pray a little bit for those victims. >> coach....

republican rivals in a presidential debate. but its possible he could soon face an even tougher crowd. all of his accusers at a single news conference. thats the idea actually being pitched by karen kraushaar one woman who accused him of sexual harassment in the 1990s. she said she is ready to go before the camera with women with similar stories. joe johns, that is video from a number of years ago where we were seeing kraushaar. we have no new video of her at this point. herman cain wa...

cain says its time to set the record straight. >> i will talk about all future firestorms. heres one thing people dont know about herman cain. im in it to win it. im not going to be discouraged. >> well, mary snow has the latest developments and mark preston is looking at the political fallout. mary, lets go ahead and begin with you. what caused cain to reverse course all of a sudden and decide to hold this news conference? >> you know, kyra, last week when herman cain railed against t...

alabama. >> its tonight. >> get that early start then. thats what its all about. t.j., thanks so much. we begin, it is a very sad day but at the same time a life is being celebrated, sad day for "60 minutes" and many of us who have loved watching andy rooney for so many years close out that program. rooney died last night from complications following minor surgery. he was 92. rooney got his start as a writer in the army and spent nearly 60 years at cbs, half of them on the air. he alwa...