burning. i saw people around me, they got it really bad. i tried to get away from it as quickly as possible, because i didn't think that was worth it. no deal is worth that. nba players and owners reached a tentative deal this morning to end a month-long lockout. they are set to resume on christmas day. if the players ratify the agreement, the plan is to start a 66-game season with a triple header. the lockout has lasted 149 days. president obama even commented on the deal, giving it a thumbs up. >> what's the nba story? good deal. and the family of a florida a&m drum major who died last weekend may be preparing to sue the school. authorities suspect robert champion's death was caused by hazing. no one has been charged but champion's family has hired an attorney. the school fired the band director this week and he has hired a lawyer to fight for his job. the federal government is investigating the chevy volt over fears the electric car's batteries may pose a fire risk. the national highway traffic safety administration says the volt's lithium ion batteries could catch fire in a crash. so far there have been no accidents involving fires and there is no recall. gm insists the car is safe. and liftoff of the atlas 5 with curiosity. >> nasa launches a mission to mars this morning. the rocket carrying the rover named curiosity will take eight and a half months to get there. it's about the size of a compact car. curiosity will look for life in moss and rock soil samples for about two years. back to our stop story. outrage in pakistan today after a deadly border raid. the government has called for review of its relationship with the u.s. and nato. choppers killed 24 of its soldiers. they are looking into reaction from islamabad. >> angry reaction here in pakistan, so what government officials are calling a nato air strike that hit two dozen pakistani soldiers. this sparked some anti-american and anti nato protest nz pakistan, some of those protests taking place in the city of lajor. this took place in moments. this is the tribal region that sits right next to the afghan border. this is an area where there is a lot of military activity. nato troops oftentimes conduct military operations there, and that's what was happening in the early morning hours saturday morning when this happened. the agreement between pakistan and nato is for nato troops to stay on afghanistan soil, but in this case, according to pakistani officials, that didn't happen. these nato air strikes hit targets on pakistani soil, and pakistani government officials not happy. the prime minister issuing a blistering condemnation saying he plans to protest this incident with u.s. and nato officials. here's what pakistan's top military spokesperson had to say about the incident. >> there is a great resentment, because these kinds of incidents happen and the excuse was given that it was by mistake or it was confusion because someone was chased because of the militants crossing over. but the fact is that they got together and exact locations were exchanged, and they were being manned by pakistani soldiers. >> calling an emergency meeting on saturday night with military and government leaders, trying to formulate a response to this incident. we should also point out that pakistan has shut down the two nato supply routes that take supplies from pakistan to afghanistan. that means roughly 40% of nato supplies are near pakistan, not clear when they're going to move again, not clear what other measures pakistan is prepared to take in response to this incident. c cnn. >> this is likely to impact already strained relations with the u.s. our soenior analyst peter bergmn explains how bad things have become. >> the incident have angered the pakistan and have contributed to the fact that this is one of the most anti-american countries in the world. the favorable views for out of the country are 18%. >> this is hardly the first time the relationship between these two countries has been put in jeopardy. back in april, supplies to nato forces in afghanistan were halted for three days in protest over drone attacks. in may when the u.s. took out osama bin laden, pakistan was not warned in advance of the raid. in june, top u.s. military chief admiral mike mullen admitted significant cuts in aid to afghanistan. in august they denied aid to pakistan, and in september, they accused pakistan of supporting the akhani military group in pakistan. they deny that. this is what the streets of cairo look like today. we'll take you there for a live report from tahrir square where the mood is tense after the death of a protester earlier today. and later, face to face with actor isaiah washington. four years after his controversial departure from grey's anatomy, he talks about how that role changed his life on and offscreen. >> like you say, it's a pinnacle. i'm winning, right? no, i'm not. i was almost that close to losing the most important thing to me, and that's my family. administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." ♪ vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. u.s.a.a. we know what it means to serve. taking some other international stories now, the man suspected in the disappearance of american high school student natalee holloway in aruba will stand trial for the murder of another woman. jordan van der sloot's peruvian murder trial is set to begin in six weeks. and on to syria now where protests continue despite a government crackdown. an activist group monitoring the situation leaves at least 11 civilians, including three children, claiming they've been killed by civilian forces today. sancti sanctions in syria over a crackdown on the protesters. one protester was killed in cairo after being struck by a police truck that was trying to lessen the chaos. egypt's parliamentary elections beg begin on monday. we're in kcairo right now. it is nightfall. people who are in the square demonstrating, what is it they're demanding tonight? >> reporter: well, they're demanding what they've been demanding for the last week, which is for the supreme council of the armed forces, the military council that took over from mubarak, step down. they want a transition to some sort of civilian rule. now, this evening mohammad baradai, the former head of the economic energy agency, he did put out a statement saying he would be willing to drop his bid for the presidency and serve as the prime minister in a national salvation government. now, we know he did meet today with the head of the military council, field martial kontaui. nobody mentioned or stated what was the content of that meeting, but clearly the military is looking for some way to break the gap between the people in tahrir and the government at the moment. >> how powerful a movement is it, then, for those who are not necessarily taking the side of the demonstrators who want the government change? those who are supporting of the military rule. >> reporter: let me put it this way. the people of tahrir are good at mobilizing large numbers of people and really getting people's attention. certainly they have a very loud voice. but there are many other people who have been standing on the sidelines who are concerned about the failing economy, the disappearance of tourism, foreign investment is drying up. they're worried about crime in the streets, which is way up from a year ago, and they feel there's been enough political change, enough instability and now it's time for the country to get back to normal, to hold elections as are scheduled to begin this coming monday, and to restore some form of stability so the country can get back on its feet. so those people who, in fact, have their own demonstration yesterday in another part of town feel that the tahrir people are taking the country in the direction they're not comfortable with. >> ben weideman, thanks so much from cairo. we are in the holiday season and that usually means eating a whole lot. are you trying to fight the temptation of eating your way through it? we'll show you some foods that you might not know actually do fight fat. tomorrow dr. sanjay gupta has a new show on cnn. this week he talks to emar emara kantu, a molecular astronomer obsessed with experimenting. he's talking edible menus. >> we serve an edible menu here, and that's because it makes a lot of sense. every month about 20 tons of paper are wasted in restaurants alone, so with that rationale, seeing menus made with organic products, you eliminate the paper waste. it looks like a sushi roll, but it's a menu. >> interesting. hopefully you'll indulge in "the next list." that's tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. hey... there's mom! hey, let mom try. ready, go! ♪ yeah, rock on, mom! 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i've never heard of it. >> the great thing about these two fibers, you can serve them by themselves, you can ask fruits and vegetables to them as well. you won't be hungry ten minutes or an hour later so you don't get that rebound, and they're loaded with all kinds of bonus nutrients. so think about quinoa and tibouleh during the parties or between the parties. >> you learn something new all the time. sometimes a pretty good appetite suppressant are great for acidic things. >> we have grapefruit in our own yard here in northern california. technically, it's in the neighbor's yard, but the grapefruit hangs over. >> then it's yours. >> grapefruits are loaded with water, so naturally they're going to fill you up. again, we mention lots of fiber and lots of good nutrition that goes with it. here's the important part of grapefutu grapefruit. it's loaded with sole ubl fiber which is good for your intestines as well, and it also lowers the bad kind of ldl fiber. it will help you get through the cold season, and before you're tem tempted to add sugar, pick a variety of grapefruit like the texas red. it tastes naturally sweet and you won't have to deal with the extra calories. >> i had no idea grapefruit was fiber filled. >> the soluble fiber, the good stuff. >> thank you very much, and i love the winter holiday sweater you got going there. >> we're drready for winter. he has stretched himself as an actor over the years playing a gay surgeon and a politician. he tells me how "grey's" role isaiah washington played dr. preston burke on the hit tv show "grey's anatomy." in the four years since the controversial departure from the show, he starred in tv's "law and order." he also wrote "a man from another land." in his book he writes it didn't take long to realize the impact the doctor had on his character. he was riding high in his career. >> before you get knocked off that horse and you were at the pinnacle of your acting career success, and you were able to say, you know, these have been some of my favorite bodies of work, what were they before "grey's anatomy"? >> it seemed like products i would choose like love jones, which was ten years before its time. i did it intentionally because i wanted people to think. ironically, this character's name was george washington. so that was my favorite film. and "clockers." any of my psych films, but "dancing in september" was one where i got to play at the height of my intellect, so to speak. >> so when "grey's anatomy" came calling, no one could predict it would be the kind of success that it was. >> i did. >> you did? >> i was the one who suggested calling it ""grey's anatomgr "g" they changed it to another name, and i said it's going to be popular as "grey's anatomy." >> you were loving dr. burke. you have become him, he has become you. what was the most gratifying thing about this role? >> actually understanding the glory of heart, of the human heart. and actually participating in several open heart surgeries. i didn't want to participate in one on a child because i had children, and i just couldn't bear it. >> so what came with this role was greater than, here's an acting opportunity, a regular gig every day, the popularity grows, the salary grows. there became a personal responsibility. >> yeah. >> -- that you embraced as being this dr. burke of "grey's anatomy." >> yeah. >> explain that to me. >> i really started believing that i could change the world with this guy. i never knew the power of isaiah washington. we were working a lot, and i didn't notice the power that existed after this crisis. i thought nobody cared about what i did or thought because i was so busy doing what i was doing. >> it took a physical and emotional toll. >> yes. >> you had to be totally invest nd this role working how many hours a day? >> 18. i would come home at 6:00 on a saturday morning and sleep through the weekend, kids trying to pull my eyes open. we had all the money in the world, all the adulation. >> $5 million a year. >> you know, great, but the moment i was off the show, i went to pick up my son, who was born in 2002, and he pretty much didn't see me his whole young life because 2004 the show took off. he was running around the school, and i thought he was running around playing. i got out of the car and he was crying. he had seen me pull up, and i got out to see what he was doing, and he was crying, running around telling the children, see, i do have a father. he really is my father. i do have a real daddy. i told you i have a daddy. >> my gosh, how much that had to hurt when you are thinking, i've done all the right things to get my career where it is, to be able to provide for my family the way i want, but then come to find out there is some deprivation that my child is expressing right here. >> that one rocked me. that one rocked me to the core. like you say, it's a pinnacle. i won. i'm winning, right? 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