Egypts new president rewrites the rules. The crowds are rowdy, rough, and down right rude, and the Holiday Shopping season has only just begun. Good morning, everyone. Im radi kaye. Its 8 00. From maine to florida, millions of people are heading home as the thanksgiving holiday is wrapping up. Today is usually one of the busiest travel days of the year, but so far it has been surprisingly quiet. Cnn National CorrespondentSuzanne Candiotti is in new york hanging out with a few travellers this morning. Suzanne, good morning to you. So i guess its still pretty early in the day, but it should probably get pretty busy there later on. Oh, it probably will pick up, but the best news of the day at this hour, anyway, is that there are virtually no backups to check in and no lines at security. There was a little flurry of activity earlier this morning, but now its practically dead. This is the best time to fly on this busy, busy holiday weekend. Of course, it is expected to pick up as the day goes on, but some of the things that are working in new yorks favor, the weather is good here, and weather across the country generally is good too. Nevertheless, they still want people to check in at least an hour and a half ahead of time because they do expect things to change as the day goes on. Visiting with us now is mary who traveled very early this morning. You left at, what, 3 00 in the morning . From cleveland to fly back to new york. Why did you fly so early to avoid the rush . To avoid the rush as well as cost effectiveness rsh. Thats the major reason why, right . You saved money. How much money did you save by taking an early flight . I think it was Something Like 200 in the return flight. Essential well wolt it, and i hope your vacation was good too. Did you pick up any go shopping while you were away . I did a lot of black friday shopping, and we have two dogs, and i spent a lot of time with my dogs. Youve right at the right time. Thank you, mary. Remember, tsa is also reminding people that if they, like mary, took advantage of all those sales on black friday, then they should remember to keep any gifts unwrapped as you pack them buzz, otherwise, you could have some problems with security. By the way, that other reminder, if you decided to take back leftovers with you from thanksgiving dinner, not the whole turkey, but the leg is okay. Randi, back to you. That is an important thing to note. What about la guardia. Im just curious, it was closed after Superstorm Sandy. Are things fully back to normal there now . Reporter they are. You know, it was not normal for a few days, but they got things together fairly quickly as airports often do. It was under water, but they managed to get things cleaned up, so everything really has been running normally. We do expect things to pick up as the day goes on, but for now its the best time to be here. All right. Susan candiotti, enjoy the peace and quiet while you can. Thank you very much. Now for a broader look at holiday travel. All those planes, trains, and automobiles. Im joined by nick valencia. Nick, good morning. Good morning. Susan is at la guardia. How does that stack up . Its not the busiest. Its nothing like Los Angeles National airport or chicago, but its among the top five airports that see busy travel. Like susan was saying, its not that bad out there so far. I just got off the phone with an American Airlines spokeswoman, and she said things are looking good. Its cold where she was in chicago. Seeing a little fog also in los angeles and san diego, and thats impeding traffic, holiday traffic there, a little bit, but so far people are seeing clear skies and traveling pretty easy right now. Tempers arent flaring just yet. Thats good. Not like black friday. Wow. That video is something. What about the roads. Nine out of ten americans travel this holiday season, will be traveling, by road, by car, actually, so theyre not going to be taking flights. We got about 2. 4 Million People traveling on planes, but nine out of ten americans traveling on the road. Amtrak, interestingly enough, we were looking at their figures from last year. They had about 720 people traveled last year. This year the numbers arent out, but some factors. We were talking about Superstorm Sandy there with susan. Some factors do impact travel with amtrak. We saw amtrak rails, a lot of the train lines in the middle east. They partner with a canadian rail system to make it easier for those traveling. The word of advice is pack your left joerz and pack your patience as well, maybe. Get out there early too. No doubt. All right, nick. Thank you very much. Thank you. Members of congress are traveling back to washington. The senate is back tomorrow. The house is back on tuesday. The machinumber one issuing fac them all is the fiscal cliff, now just 31 days away. Athena jones is live in washington this morning. We saw the president get involved before the holiday break. What is the plan in terms of meeting again with congressional leaders . Reporter good morning, randi. You are probably sick of hearing about the fiscal cliff bushgt this is the most important thing facing them heading into next year. We know the president is going to be meeting with members of congress again, the congressional leadership of both sides and both chambers just as did he the friday before thanksgiving. Eventually. The keyword there is eventually. Theres not yet a meeting on his public schedule, but we know that after that meeting, that friday before thanksgiving, leaders of congress on both sides came out and talked in positive terms about the idea that they this was a constructive meeting that, they knew where they stood, they knew what they had to do, they knew what their responsibilities were. There were cornerstones of being able to work out a deal. We also heard from Senate Majority leader harry reid that the work on this would continue over the break and that they hope to meet the president this week when they return. Right now that meeting is not yet on the schedule, but that can certainly change, randi. Has there been any concrete movement as far as we can tell that they are edging maybe just a little bit closer to a deal . Well, thats really the question here. I mean, as i said, the work has continued among staffers discussing this. We know what the big holdups are, the big sticking points, and thats how to raise more tax revenue. We know republicans can put revenue on the table, but they dont want to see tax rates go up for anyone. We also know that the president ran on this idea of raising taxes on the wealthiest among us. The other issue is entitlements. Republicans want to see democrats reform programs like medicare, so those are the sticking points. Now, if theres been progress that hasnt been made public yet, and i can tell you that right after the election the president spoke with House Speaker john boehner, and they talked about a great phone cal, courteous phone call, they say, but that aides talked about how each side talked about the importance of not making all these public statements so that each side could have room to negotiate. If theres movement being made, we dont know that yet. Athena jones, thank you very much. Coming up in about ten minutes your brain on the fiscal cliff. Dont worry. 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Demonstrators are angry over president Mohammed Morsis decision to increase his power. Morsi stripped powers from judges to overturn any of his decrees. Cnns reza sayah is in cairo this morning. We had hopeful seen the protests in the capital. Are they spreading now . Reporter it looks like it, ramdi. A number of protesters trying to attack the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood. Thats when they say the Muslim Brotherhood fought them back, and thats when you had clashes between the two sides. A number of people injured and arrested there. Also, reports of demonstrations south of cairo, but the heart of these demonstrations continues to be here, Tahrir Square. Were going to give you a live look of what things look like right now. A few thousand people there. Many of chem with their tents pitched. These are people who represent the liberal factions, the youth rights, the womens rights groups, the secularists here, and when you talk to them, they say theyre determined to stay here until mr. Morsi, the president , heeds their call. Theyre the peaceful protesters. At times this morning things have gotteningly. A number of clashes sparked by young men, teenagers, who seem to be out looking for trouble. What happens is they start throwing rocks at police officers. Police officers respond by firing stun grenades. You may have heard a few of them a few seconds back, and weve had that type of daj russ cat and mouse game going on in the past few hours here in Tahrir Square here. Theres been a call for promorsi demonstrations. We know theres the big one on tuesday. Anything before that . Reporter even today according to a spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood there are demonstrations to show support for the president and his decrees, and its so important to point out that the Muslim Brotherhood and president Mohammed Morsi have an incredible amount of support in this country. The Muslim Brotherhood is maybe the most powerful political movement, and thats why you have this drama. Have you the president that seems to be firmly entrenched in power, the political movement, the loum brotherhood. Its powerful. Taking on these opposing factions that say theyre determined to have mr. Morsi rescind this decree. Critical days ahead for this country. No doubt about that. Reza sayah, live in cairo, thank you. In bangladesh overnight at least 117 people were killed in a clothing factory fire. As many as 200 others injured. Hundreds of workers on the top floors of the ninestory building were trapped by the flames. Some jumped out of the windows, actually, to try to escape. 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S. , and the fiscal cliff is so critical that some economists worry it could throw the country back into a recession if congress and the Obama Administration just cant make a deal. For many americans, the idea of a fiscal cliff is a hard one to wrap their brain around, but my next guest says the brain may be exactly what is needed get washington out of this whole mess. He is david rock, cofounder and author of your brain at work. Good morning. Good morning to you, radi, good to be here with you. I have a lot to get through with you, but you say that our brains are inherently wired to categorize other people in one of two ways. In groups and out groups. Can you explain what that means . Absolutely. Its an inle function, and we see it in many other animals, including mammals as well. Its not just an american thing or western thing. Its very much a part of who we are, to decide if everyone were speaking to is on our team or on another team. Millions of years we lived in quite small communities so, we tend to only have a small number of people in our in group, and everyone else is kind of dangerous and potentially not to be trusted. Its very much a part of who we are. So youve broken down the impact of the in groups and the out groups, as you call them, into these three levels. Per september wals, empathy, and motivation. How do these Different Levels play out in washington, and what are the political consequences . Well, there are many, many findings about this in group and out group thing. There are over 70 labs just in the u. S. Study this kind of issue. How we understand each other, persuasion, empathy and all of this, and what happens is there are three main groups of impact. Firstly, if you think that im an out group member then when im speaking, you hardly process what im saying, and you use very conceptual circuits, but if you think im similar to you just because you think we have similar goals, when im speak, you process my words using the same circumstance cutes as using your thoughts. Its so much easier and robust just at a if you are theres little empathy at all if im in the out group. The insidious one is motivation. If im in your in group, youre motivated and your brain is sending reward signals when i win, but youre actually this is the scary bit, youre motivated to if im in your out group, youre motivated see me lose. Its quite an insid with us thing, and this works at the unconscious level. We can become conscious of these things, but theyre really driving up behavior, and essentially the two groups really it might look like theyre speaking to each other, but really from a newerlogical level theres very little processing of the other persons ideas. Lets talk about a possible