after a deadly nato air strike. now the country's prime minister has a warning for the united states. good morning to you. this is your "a.m. wake-up call" for tuesday, november 29th. i'm carol costello. here are your morning' top stories. a new twist in the herman cain saga, a third woman has come forward claiming she had a 13-year-long affair with the gop presidential hopeful. atlanta business woman ginger white says the affair ended only eight months ago. cain denies any sexual relationship. general motors in damage control. the auto giant is reaching out to every owner of the chevy volt and assuring them the car is safe. the volt is under federal investigation after the batteries caught fire during crash tests. winter is coming a little early in the south. it's wet and snowy in parts of tennessee. winter storm warnings are in effect until later today. forecasters predict some areas could see up to four inches of snow. one of those forecasters is jacqui jeras in atlanta this morning. that's just weird, jacqui. >> weird? it happens almost every year. it's not an everyday thing and certainly not the end of november. usually more of a january or february kind of thing. we do have some of that snow out there. if you saw the picture, by the way, did you notice the streets didn't look that bad. our ground temperatures are so warm because it's been in the 60s across the deep south, so much of it is melting on contact. bridges and overpasses could be slick because they'll ice up first. memphis you had about a half inch of rain or snow, excuse me. a little snow into northern mississippi as well as alabama and maybe a few flakes sneaking into the atlanta area as well. the northern tee, talking all rain here, for detroit over towards indianapolis and the northeast most of the morning is dry, but the rain moving in by the afternoon. that's going to cause some travel trouble, carol. we'll talk more about the cities that could be impacted the worst because of weather today cog up when i see you again. >> i hate those words, travel troubles. >> yeah, part of life. >> i know it is, especially this time of year. thanks, jacqui, we'll get back to you. another bombshell against republican presidential hopeful herman cain, a new accuser has come forward with her story, this time a store rye of infidelity. atlanta business woman ginger white claim she and cain had a 13-year affair. >> -- not a fun thing. >> reporter: i asked ginger white why she decided to come forward with her story about an affair with herman cain now. >> there were leaks. there were people. there were threats of people coming out with their version. not that any version is really pretty, but i thought that it was important to at least come out with my story and my side of the story. >> reporter: she tells me sharing details of something she's not proud of has been hard on her family. she also says she's sorry for any pain the story has caused cain's family. white says she had an affair with cain for more than a decade. that's a claim cain is denying. >> he's saying it was not in response to a sexual relationship in response to you saying it was a sexual affair for 13 years. he's denying that. are you sticking by your original story that it was a sexual relationship? >> absolutely. i can only imagine -- i can't imagine him actually confirming. it's the name of the game i guess. >> reporter: white went on to say to anyone questioning her credibility that she has no reason to lie. she also said this was not something she wanted to do. >> i couldn't imagine anyone coming out and lying about this. who would want this. it's really not been fun. >> cain admits to knowing ginger white, but tells cnn's wolf blitzer there was no sexual relationship. >> tell us about the nature of your relationship with this woman. >> friend and trying to help a friend because, not having a job, et cetera, and this sort of thing. that's all there is to the relationship. and here again, i don't know what's going to be claimed in the story. it was someone who was supposed to be a friend, but obviously they didn't see it as a friendship. >> when you say friend, i'm asking -- these are awkward questions, but i'll ask you the questions you will be asked. was this an affair? >> no, it was not. >> there was no sex? >> no. >> none? >> no. >> cain went on to say his wife supports him and he has no plans to drop out of the presidential race. new developments in the syracuse sexual abuse scandal. former coach bernie fine will become the center of an investigation. three accusers in pittsburgh came forward with claims that fine arrested them. in the meantime fine's wife plans to make a statement about a taped conversation she reportedly had with one of the accusers where it appeared she knew about the abuse all along. cnn's gary turk mgary tuchman c up with lori fine. >> i was hoping i can ask you, your nephew has a statement. >> we have no statement. >> you have no statement? >> no. >> is the tape misinterpreted? >> no comment. >> fine was fired from his coaching job on sunday. former penn state football coach jerry sandusky is turning the tables, hired his own private investigations to look into sexual abuse allegations against him. the lawyer says he's on a quest to prove his innocence. the long-time coach is charged with 40 counts related to alleged sexual abuse of eight young boys over a 14-year period. sandusky claims he only horsed around with the boys. it's sentencing day for dr. conrad murray. michael jackson's mom is speaking out. katherine jackson says she hopes murray will get the harshest sentence possible, that's four years in prison. jail overcrowding could land him a shortened sentence. murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter three weeks ago. prosecutors say his inappropriate use of propofol led to jackson eels death. the prime suspect in the case of the missing american woman in aruba, gary giordano is expected to be released, he spent more than 100 days in an aruban jail. he's been grilled about the disappearance of robyn gardner who went missing in august. tomorrow a three-judge panel will meet to discuss the decision to release him. pakistan's prime minister tells cnn its country is re-evaluating its relationship with the united states. the u.s. is investigating an incident. a cnn pentagon reporter barbara starr reports, tensions on both sides remain high. >> reporter: the death of two dozen pakistani soldiers in a u.s. air strike along the pakistan-afghanistan border is the most serious cross border incident since u.s. troops were sent to afghanistan a decade ago. a senior u.s. official tells cnn the situation with the pakistanis is so sensitive public comments from the administration are limited to announcing an investigation and offering condolences. >> we mourn the brave pakistani service members who lost their lives. >> reporter: with anti-u.s. demonstrations already under way in pakistan, the u.s. military hopes an investigation into what happened may ease pakistan's anger. but that's not likely. >> business as usual will not be there. >> reporter: pakistan holds a vital card, access into landlocked afghanistan. the pakistanis quickly shut down two border crossings, about 30% of the supplies for the war into afghanistan come through the check point. >> if they hold it for more than a week or two to have a notable impact on u.s. operations in both eastern and southern afghanistan. >> but the u.s. has longstanding alternate routes, about 40% of supplies come through russian and central asian rail and truck routes. pakistan also called for the u.s. to leave an air base where cia drone operations targeting al qaeda and tall pan in pakistan have taken place in the past. with billions of dollars in aid and military sales, senior u.s. lawmakers are also warning they're out of patience with pakistan. >> they need to understand our support for them financially is dependent upon their cooperation with us. >> reporter: the fear now is either side may miss calculate as pakistan vows to protect its sovereignty. pakistan's radars on the border are focussed on any threats. >> i would suspect there's popular support now for a pakistan retail tore strike. this is a very, very dangerous period we're at between the united states and pakistan. >> reporter: all of this may have more direct security implications for the united states which has been trying to get pakistan to crack down on al qaeda and taliban militant groups for some time. don't expect to see pakistan rush to do that any time soon. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. he's prom meant, outspoken and one of congress's most liberal voices. now representative barney frank is about to retire. the 16-term democrat from massachusetts says he will not seek re-election on 2012. so what's next for the 71-year-old? >> there is no way i would be a lobbyist. look, i will miss this job, and i'll have twinges of regret when the new congress is signed up, but i will tell you this and maybe you're going to laugh, but one of the advantages of me not running to office is i don't even try to pretend to be nice to people i don't like. some of you may not think i've been good at it, but i've been trying. >> the veteran congressman says he'd always planned on retiring by 2014. america's toughest sheriff will give his nod to texas governor rick perry. joe arpaio is set to endorse him in new hampshire today. arpaio is known for his crackdown on illegal immigrants. in the past arpaio has -- perry rather has come under fire by republicans for not taking a hand enough stance on border security and illegal immigration. still to come, a family reveals why their teenage son took his life. they say he felt he had no way out because of his immigration status. general motors is taking big steps to help worried owners of the new chevy volt. see what's causing so much concern. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? 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>> it's a long process, and this is going to be the first stage of it. they're basically voting in parliamentary elections, and this round is for the lower house of parliament. it's important for two reasons. first of all, many egyptians who are voting have never voted before, so it's a really big deal. also, it's the lower house of parliament that's actually going to be drafting the new constitution for egypt. there have been some observations of irregularities, carol, things like logistical problems, delays in ballots. observers are saying generally the process has been relatively organized. a lot of women, carol, have turned out to vote in this election round. one of the reasons is because they don't want the islamists, the muslim brotherhood to get too much power because they feel it may become an issue for the future rights and the liberal values. there has been a little violence where 25 people have been injured. carol? >> let's switch our attention to china now because it's ordering a ban on advertisements during tv dramas. why? >> no ads during tv dramas about 45 minutes long. they're starting this on the 1st of jaary. why? the communist party it says wants to develop a socialist culture. that was a quote from an official. a lot of people don't really know exactly what that means. another opinion was because they wanted to conform to public interests and aspirations. this is going to kick in. a lot of the tv stations in china, a lot of the executives are really upset because that means they'll take a big hit on revenue. carol? >> what's a drama on television like in china anyway? >> i guess it's kind of like a soap opera or just some kind of a tv show. you remember there was the reality tv shows like "super girl," singing contests and things like that that they wanted to ban in china. one of the reasons many people said was because they don't want a situation in china where too many people are voting freely and democratically on tv shows like that because it's such a state-controlled environment. that's an issue. perhaps it's being -- this is being extended to gaining more control over television stations in china and what they can and cannot show and what they can do or cannot do. >> total control over tv content. zain verjee, thanks as always. still ahead on "a.m. wake-up call," fitch ratings allows the united states to keep its aaa credit rating, but there's another story when it comes to rating outlook. plus, we're getting preliminary numbers of how cyber monday added up for online retailers. it's 20 minutes past the hour. is your "a.m. wake-up call." of any small business credit card. it's hard for my crew to keep up with 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. 2% cash back. that's setting the bar pretty high. thanks to spark, owning my own business has never been more rewarding. 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