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His wrist walking home with groceries one day. after a security force came and took his sister and cousin, he took his wife and children and fled first to lebanon and now to egypt. they yearn to return to their homes and families, something they won't do until the regime falls. for,000 now, there's no indication it will happen. some say the conflict may drag on for years and they may be in power. the suffering will also go on. nbc news, cairo. pope francis making his first group abroad to brazil, home to 123 million catholics. nbc's anne thompson is traveling with the pope and has more. >> r...

Twice a week when he's not on the road, o'farrill mentors school kids in manhattan and the bronx. through his nonprofit, afro latin jazz alliance, he's raised $1 million to help groom the next great latin jazz musicians. what do you teach? >> you teach them life. you teach them who you are, how you walk, how you carry yourself, the commitment and dedication it takes to become a musician. that's real mentoring. >> reporter: on stage and off, o'farrill's devotion to his roots is for all to hear. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. ( applause ) >> and a reminder, you can see the grammy awards ri...

And a small ray of hope for the national economy as we head into the holiday season. word today that for the fifth straight month in a row, consumer spending was up. last month, it rose .5%, thanks in part to more spending on cars, electronics and building supplies. and now the showdown at the birthplace of the occupy wall street movement. what is known as zuccotti park in lower manhattan. for more than eight weeks, ground zero for protesters expressing outrage over income, inequality and corporate greed. but today, the park was transformed from the chaos to calm. the empty square, after the...

Stories from my life." mike, it's great to have you back. thanks for being here. >> thanks, rachel. >> am i right that you are at the tattered cover in denver? is that where you are right now? >> i'm at the tattered cover bookstore in denver. very famous bookstore here in this part of the country. >> before you leave give everybody a hug from me because i love that place. >> yes, it's -- >> so sorry. i was just going to say i know you were at occupy oakland a few days ago, occupy denver today. i've only been to occupy wall street so far. what kinds of differences are you seeing when you go to ...

Real broad cross-section of people. i think we're past the early weeks of showing the same shot of somebody dancing in a long skirt and a bongo drum. which i'm all for dancing in long skirts and bongo drums. don't send me any e-mails, bongo people. but what you see now are moms and dads bringing kids. you see grandparents. you see bus drivers. you see all kinds of people. and you see people who are suffering just complete abject poverty. so it really is quite a quilt, if i may say it, of what this country is. and on all kinds of levels, everybody has sort of come together on this one basic iss...