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The u.s. is committed to investigating exactly what happened. california police charging and releasing a woman who allegedly pepper sprayed fellow shoppers on black friday. the woman turning herself in to authorities last night. its going to be a wet and stormy weekend for a large chunk of the country. forecasters say a cold front will push rain into the mississippi valley and the gulf coast. another system is also expected to bring snow to the pacific northwest. >> arthel: to think all thos...

Of the wealthiest people? is it sort of like -- isnt the gop like the caymen island banks with legs at this point? >> i guess the point is, you can raise the taxes on the wealthy all you want. you can raise them to 100%. you can confiscate all their wealth. it will not make a difference. it is all in the entitlement program. thats where the money is. >> have i to jump in here. the republicans are not just saying, oh we dont want the rich to pay more taxes. they dont want anyone to pay more taxes...

This holiday week comes to an end. lets look back at the stories that made headlines from of course that failed congressional super committee. >> to the peaceful protestors at u.c. davis who were pepper sprayed by police. >> you are hereby pardoned. >> dont go home for thanksgiving before you get a deal done. or else go home and dont come back. >> its all politics. this is a divided congress it seems to me. and its difficult to get anything done under that climate. >> the party is the party of t...

charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest. take a look at this. near los angeles, one shopper actually pepper sprayed the people in line ahead of her at a walmart to get the years hot video game console and it worked. sandra endohas developments. what more have you learned about the attack? its almost impossible to believe that this actually happens during the holiday shopping season, but yet here we go again. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, jim. that video ...

Proper supervision at the scene. >> were seeing -- were seeing things like pepper spray being used essentially as what they describe as a compliance tool. not to stop violence being directed from protesters toward police but essentially to get protesters to do something police want them to do. in the case at uc davis, what they wanted the protesters to do was move and they werent moving. i have a lot of sympathy for police in dangerous situations. im just inclined that way as a person. and, yet,...

Davis. nonviolent protesters sitting on the ground. their arms linked in a show of unity. and campus police officers spraying pepper spray, essentially pointblank, directly into their faces. the protesters do not fight back. 11 protesters were treated for injuries. two had to be hospitalized. an investigation into the incident is under way and the schools chancellor is facing intense pressure over her supervision of the schools police department. in new york, where the occupy wall street protest...

Occasi occasions, the types of occasions on which force is used at all. seattle police, for example, probably would have never used guns and live ammunition to shoot this 84-year-old woman who was the defining image of occupy protests last week. when dorli rainey was at an occupy protest saturday night, police pepper sprayed her right in the face. she was escorted out of the crowd, into safety, by an iraq war veteran she met that night. before dorli rainey, there was a veteran named scott olson,...

By now youve probably seen this video shot friday at the university of california at davis. nonviolent protesters sitting on the ground. their arms linked in a show of unity. and campus police officers spraying pepper spray, essentially pointblank, directly into their faces. the protesters do not fight back. 11 protesters were treated for injuries. two had to be hospitalized. an investigation into the incident is under way and the schools chancellor is facing intense pressure over her supervisio...

Get pepper sprayed with us. were a continuation of the civil rights movement. its part of the american dream. no one wants a handout. we expect to work hard. whether its at school, whether its in the private sector, the public sector. we expect to work hard. we expect something in return. not too big to fail banks getting bailed out. >> the students were saying they were there to support the occupy sacramento and some other cities, occupy berkeley as well which has been going on. the occupy davi...

>> a journalist was in civic center park on another story when he found himself in the middle of a face-off between police and protesters. an officer shot a steady stream of pepper spray there into the crowd then come rubber bullets. this man got some of the spray in his face. people near him trying to help, calling for more water to help flush out his eyes. >> lets get the latest now from our news reporter nelson garcia. >> things are pretty tense right now. as you can see right behind me, the ...