authorities. outrage sky high this morning over the pepper spraying of occupy protestors by police in california. the incident at university of california-davis on friday. and got lots of attention over the weekend thanks to youtube. >> reporter: if the point of the protest ties dris to draw atten. this one worked by drawing outrage. >> it felt like my face was peeling off. >> reporter: campus police at u.c. davis fired pepper spray directly into the faces of passive occupy protestors who refused to move after being warned by police. >> i received a direct shot of pepper spray down my throat. i spent the next hour dry heaving and vomiting. >> reporter: 11 students were treated for minor injuries. campus police defend their actions saying their officers were surrounded by the protestors. >> it was for the safety of the officers and arrestees so we

couldly. >> reporter: two officers involved were placed on leave and the school's chancellor who was criticized for at first voicing support for police, has now ordered an investigation. >> i personally feel really, really bad about what happened to students and the whole incident. >> reporter: just how far can police go to control a crowd? >> tear gas you spray it in area. you want people to move away from. pepper spray is to keep the people from being automobile to mount an attack. >> reporter: an occupy protest around country, police have used pepper spray to push back protestors, many reacting to the video say it was too strong a punishment for this act of civil disobedience. >> the police officer had no reason to spray those kids. >> reporter: here in new york city where the occupy movement started police have also been heavily criticized for use of pepper spray. police here are now very clear about their policy. they can use it when some one is resisting arrest or when police are protecting themselves.

>> extraordinary. >> if they're sitting there peacefully there is no justification in the world to spray them luke that. the one photo, in the girl's mouth. >> it is outrageous. i would imagine there will be lawsuits pending. >> very winnable lawsuits. >> it's outrageous. police officers shouldn't do things like that. >> when it spreads through social media. that's what pushed administrators to put the cops on leave. shouldn't have taken that, that's what critics say it did. shifting gears, long time michigan congressman, dale kit. -- kildee is denying allegations that he molested a cousin. saying that the mol tale molest took place for five years. kildee, a 17-term democrat had planned to retire next year. the public opinion of congress could drop lower this

week now that the super committee looks likely to fail. the bipartisan committee was supposed to come with ways to slash government debt. instead members are blaming each other for failinging into come an agreement. failure will trigger a cut 2013 on defense spending and many government agencies. office the first lady downplaying what may have been michelle obama gettinging booed at the final nascar race of the year. this happened yesterday at the track near mime my. ta -- miami. >> now welcome grand marshals sergeant andrew barry and family, first lady of the united states, michelle obama, and dr. jill biden as they dlifrt most famous words in motor sports. >> gentlemen, start your engines! >> definitely audible booing there for sure. we asked abc's chief washington editor rick klein about this. >> it is a sad statement on our political discourse if the

booing was directed at mrs. obama and dr. biden. the white house though is downplaying this, saying this was a chaotic event with a lot of noise. not clear what the boos were. >> the first lady and dr. biden were at the race to honor military families. a report from associated press says they received a standing ovation at the prerace drivers meeting. >> if they booed the first lady and dr. biden, i think that's outrageous. >> unforgivable. >> we have seen other incidents of disrespect. you lie in the speech. weave avenue seen this before. a look now at your weather on this monday morning. severe storms from abilene, dallas, oklahoma city, little rock. thunderstorms from tennessee to ohio. showers in the northeast. rain from seattle to portland. up to a foot of snow in the cascade. northern rockies. rain, mountain snow in the four corners of the southwest. >> 67, phoenix. 57, albuquerque. 45, salt lake city. 40s. kansas city, chicago.

4 in boston. and a rainy 53 here in new york. >> take 53 in late november. i'll take it. all right. one michigan high school has been doing whatever it takes to support its football team. >> the boys from saint ignus-lasalle on a great run. they had their mothers as cheerleaders. no one wanted to lead the cheers. the moms took on the job. >> the cheers were great. loud. the team was undefeated. until last saturday when the boys got destroyed. the final score, 45-#. thanks to the moms they did a great job. >> i would have done that. >> yeah, good for the moms. we'll be back with more after this. >> yeah. ♪ i know who i am baby i'm your biggest fan ♪

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♪ ♪ >> they're so good. now again, we turn now to the next story. about the plight of the polar bear. hard to imagine one of nature's most majestic creatures, it is starving to death. >> bears are hunting in the middle of towns. what is it that changed. ron claiborne reports from canada. >> reporter: every fall hundreds of polar bears gather here on this wind blasted tundra off canada's hudson bay waiting for the water to freeze so they can go out and hunt for seals. the bears haven't eaten since july, they spent the last come months sleeping.

now they are hungry. this week we had a rare opportunity to see the polar bears as they gathered on the shore. >> that ice freezing is two to three weeks late, maybe up to four weeks late. >> reporter: in recent years the ice is forming later in the fall and thawing earlier in the summer. giving the bears a shorter feeding season. scientists say climate change is to blame. awful their food is out on the sea ice. >> reporter: which is why some ravenous bears come looking for food in the town of churchill. you are not going to want to fight a polar bear? when a bear gets caught, they get hauled off to bear jail. after a few days detention, they're tranquilized. blindfolded and air lifts out of town released into the wild. this bear is about 400, 500 pounds. kept in the bear jail for a week or so. it will take three hours for this tranquilizer to wear off hopefully he will go wandering off in another direction in

search of food. soont be soon the bear wakes up, watching us watching him. the ranger marks his back with green dye. if they turns up again they will know he is a repeat offender. soon he will join the bears waiting on the shores for their next meal. for the polar bears, the stakes could not be higher. their survival depend on it. ron claiborne, abc news, churchill, manitoba. >> the people that think there is, nothing abut this climate change, doesn't exist? >> a theory, right. see, trying to do my part. >> you need to do your part. >> trying to help out the polar bear. while the tranquilizer was in i fe -- in effect. just so we are clear. >> next, turning to ashton kucher for relaotitionship advi. >> and the big winners in the american music awards. next, in "the skinny."

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>> never. it's classic. what we are known for here at "world news now," time for "the skinny," last night the big amas, american music awards. i thought pretty entertaining show. a lot of moments to talk about. go through some of the big winners, from, sunday night. artist of the year went to taylor swift. she did have a big night. so surprised every time she won. i didn't expect it. >> getting tired. just own the success. >> own it. rap/hip-hop artist, niki minaj. and pop, rock, adele. pop rock, male artist, bruno mars. big winners from last night. interesting performances. j-lo great night. did this performance. some people were making fun of the outfit. thought she looked good as always. dancing, moving doing her thing. >> she never disappoints. >> and, she has this new commercial for fiat. had a fiat.

shameless product promotion. a little tacky. great performance. >> they're paying her. >> paying her well. the show ended with the guys here. and they gave a great ending performance. david hasselhoff inexplicably was there. justin bieber. widest ending to the show. those guys, cranked up the party. gave an exclamation point to a cool night. >> i loved it. ashton kucher wasn't there. >> no, busy with his new girl. >> he looks to give relationship advice, apparently. in "men's health" he is dishing out relationship advice apparently. and he also said some things in "women's health" which got folks talking. when asked the best advice he had ever gotten. i think it is about working on the relationship. when it is good. don't wait for a problem to work on things. the goal is not to get into a

relationship, the goal ties be in a relationship. >> whatever that means. >> i don't know who would take relationship advice from ashton. >> who cares, dude. oh, whatever, ashton. just enjoy "two and a half men" for six episodes. >> oprah, starting a series on own. coming back doing oprah's next chapter. she'll dole co lcool things, se penn, paula dean, doing all this going back to the air, the network is tanking. ratings are down. gayle king, rezosie's talk show. she really has to help save the network. >> i hope it works. she is the oracle. >> it is struggling. good luck, o. >> mila attended marine corps ball with sergeant scott moore. along the vein of justin

timberlake. really like it. not as glammed up as i thought she would be right. she is a beautiful girl. >> pretty. not the best we have seen her. did a good deed. for one of our brave men or whippen. >> i need a date friday, mila.

[ "jeopardy" theme song plays ] >> hmm. what is -- >> i hate sundays for $200, alex. used to beat only way to win on jeopardy was to be smart or super computer. a recent contestant found another way to succeed. >> it was so good it helped him set the all-time "jeopardy" record. what is his secret? here is abc's john berman. >> reporter: roger craig is "jeopardy" royalty. won a record setting $77,000 in a single day. more than the famous ken

jennings, more than ibm's watson computer. he just won the tournament of champions to boot. this dude is good. and smart. >> roger. >> who is kinsey? >> what is to be or not to be? >> what is unicef? >> what is walden pond? >> is this just smarts? this week he hit back to back daily doubles, bet everything each time, and nailed it. >> when i pick novels i went for $1,200. >> answer. daily double. >> and there was. >> i will bet it all. >> all right. >> when i got it. i doubled up. i immediately went to a different category where i thought there might be a daily double as well. >> languages $1,600. >> daily double is there. >> i immediately thought, whoa. i surprised my self that i had gotten two daily doubles back to back. >> reporter: luck, maybe not. roger developed a computer

program that helped him study. >> if you watch "jeopardy" enough, you will notice presidents comes up. shake peer, world capitals, novels. categories tend to repeat. >> reporter: game show experts say no program will talk you over that final "jeopardy" finish line. >> it is a total waste of time. you can't outguess the categories. you can't really outguess the specific material. >> reporter: still it is hard to argue with results. >> new record, $77,000. john berman, abc news, new york. >> i'm conflicted. i love "jeopardy" i guess and get them wrong. everything. i don't know he got some help. it feels like cheating a little bit. >> guy is a ph.d. in computer science. his streak was ended by final jeopardy question on sports. >> oh. >> just saying. me and alex hanging out. giving me answers. i paid off alex well, get all the answers. i do it all the old-fashioned

way. >> see.

this morning on "world news now" -- political failure. capitol hill lawmakers especially chosen to cut more than $1 trillion from the nation's debt say they cannot do it. >> the super-committee was to have a plan by thanksgiving, but members admit they're giving up. it's monday, november 21st. good monday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. you think if you were given an important assignment with a dead lewin you would work up until the last minute to make sure the job gets done. not so on capitol hill this morning. the negotiations over the debt crisis deal hit a dead end and

there could be some dire consequences that could hit home. >> can we agree this is an embarrassment for our democracy and country. the 12 people couldn't get it together. >> a spectacle. >> what it says about our politics. a dud. going to trigger some nasty cuts. details on that. our headline this morning. the arrest of a 27-year-old man here in new york accused of planning to set off home made bombs. police say he wanted to target squad cars, post offices even the armed forces. we'll hear from his family members coming up. another nasty plot foiled luckily by good law enforcement. >> good police work. later this half-hour, is it really worth your while to take advantage of black friday deals? or should you wait? what retail experts are saying now could save you money later. >> uh-huh. a lot of folks lined up in a few days. >> i want a tv. >> everyone has the one item. i will never understand the scenes like that. the stampede. before w

get ready for more anger towards lawmakers in congress. approval already at an all-time low. >> special committee designed to slash the federal debt is admitting it cannot diet. abc's david kerley reports from washington. >> reporter: silent halls, empty offices, a deadline and nonstop negotiations. >> reality is starting to overtake hope. >> reporter: all that is left the official declaration of failure with democrats claiming republicans wouldn't budge on taxes. >> we have to have on the table the revenue. again that is the sticking point. >> reporter: the summer debt ceiling debacle, downgrading of credit worthiness, led to the formation of the super committee, 12 members taxed with cutting $1 trillion. failure triggers automatic cuts, to defense, medicaid, medicare. not until 2013. so even creating a new procedure the super committee couldn't change the underlying political positions. only frustrating americans even more. as we found out when we set up

cameras to tell washington. >> wake up. you work for us. >> put the politics aside. do what you are elected to do. >> it shouldn't beep that difficult. >> reporter: the only good news, markets are not expected to react much. meaning your 401(k) may not feel an immediate hit. >> i think the market is really discouraged by what is going on in washington. i think they priced it in. >> reporter: members of congress are talking about changing the law, removing the trig tire save defense or medicare. that could change everything. >> if congress tried to rescind all or part of the automatic spending reductions then you would see a serious adverse market reaction. >> reporter: it may ultimately be the voters who decide how to cut more than a trillion in debt when they elect a new congress next year. will the congress want to increase taxes cut entitlements or both. david kerley, abc news, capitol hill. >> such a debacle. >> sad. triggers, that's the way they

set this up. months ago it will trigger massive cuts to defense and dough most uk programs. that will happen when they declare failure later this week. >> you would think they went into it in good faith. you would think. >> republicans at the start said no tax increase. pulled something big off the table. before it started. each party could have been better off putting, people in the middle, moderates, maybe they would have had better luck. just a complete failure. sad. >> of exactly. well our other major story is the arrest of a suspected terrorist in new york. jose pimentel was arraigned last night and is being held without bond. authorities say he wanted to bomb police vehicles, post offices, and members of the military. he is described as a home grown terrorist who admired al qaeda. wabc's lucy yang looks into the suspect's past. >> reporter: he told us that jose pimentel is his sister's son and lived with him all the same, the 63-year-old uncle said he had no idea what his nephew

was doing inside his bedroom which he always kept locked. when asked about his nephew allegedly growing up to be an angry terrorist, he says jose kept all thoughts of al qaeda to himself. the uncle adds pimentel was arrested on the street saturday. the police later coming to the apartment to confiscate evidence. residents describe jose as a loner, he would hang out bumming cigarettes keeping to himself. no one suspected any such terror plot brewing in the mind of one. pimentel was born in the dominican republic, came to the u.s. when he was 8, a u.s. citizen, unemployed and far from patriotic. >> i am shocked, of course, i have kids. for me it's -- something really to worry about. how come someone is making bomb here inside the building? >> reporter: jose pimentel was seen smoking on the street corner behind me, he was not allowed to smoke inside the family apartment.

not allowed to light up a cigarette inside. according to police, he had free reign to build bombs in his bedroom. lucy yang, new york. >> one of the motivating factor, the death at the hands of the u.s. government, the death of terrorist al-awlaki. >> interesting he was living with family members and they had no idea. we hear that often. >> yes, always hear that. yeah. good law enforcement work as always. stopped the tragedy. candlelight vigil held at university of arkansas following the mysterious death of a football player there. 19-year-old garrett ukman found unconscious in his dorm room late yesterday morning. he suffered cardiac arrest and died shortly after. ukman playing video games with friend an hour before he was found. the school was not aware of any pre-existing conditions. frantic search under way in

the or lane dope a t the. orlando mother. the same day she and her ex-fiance were featured in an episode of "the people's court." details from abc's dan dan kloeffler. >> you are suing your former fiance for $5,000, statutory maximum for an engagement ring. >> reporter: the florida exes turned to the people's court to settle a dispute. on the same day this episode aired. >> he gets malicious and vindictive. >> ended up smashing my camera. >> reporter: michelle parker disa disappeared. it happened thursday after she dropped off the twins at his orlando home. she was never heard or seen again. her abandoned truck found a day later. police gathered items from smith's home and searched the woods but have not gone so far to call him a suspect. as searchers organize, her family is making desperate

pleas. >> if anybody has her and you are holding her hostage, please let her go. let her come home so she can raise her babies. >> reporter: in their argument on the show, parker revealed deeper conflicts in their relationship. >> he shouldn't put his hand on me and shouldn't have put his hand on me, shouldn't have left me, three, four times over the past year and a half we have been together. >> reporter: the show could provide clues for investigators. >> you know it is always possible that any time you have a public display of animosity between two individuals in a relationship it is going to exacerbate the problems between the two individuals. >> reporter: it is not the first time daytime television has shared the headline with a case. back in 1996, a man was convicted of murdering an acquaintance after he claimed the jenny jones show ambushed him with a gay crush confessional. and for this case, a private dispute that played out for television audiences. >> it's been a hell of ale roller coaster ride. >> reporter: could be linked to

this family's nightmare. >> my wife is out there, everybody is searching. let's hope we find her. and bring her home. dan kloeffler, abc news, new york. >> have you feel for this family. important, reports out overnight say they cleared the ex-boyfriend. think this could, could have been a random act, not necessarily linked to the boyfriend in the base. >> important to know. see what happens as the case continues this week. for now a look at your monday forecast. >> right, heavy snow in the cascade and northern rockies. downpours, seattle to portland. rain, mountain snow, desert southwest. hail, dangerous winds, tornadoes, to little rock. thunderstorms, memphis to cincinnati. showers from new york to d.c. >> 57, baltimore. 73, atlanta. 80 in the big easy. indianapolis, 55. kansas city, 45. 46, seattle. 56, sacramento. 43 in billings. >> awe it's all over now. word from venezuela is that

everyone had a great time. >> great time at what is being called the world meeting of body art. what is better than four days of body painting, tattoo artistry, performances and workshops. >> the idea from they're telling us to use the body as a canvas and to try to have fun along the way. seemed like everyone did. >> looks like fun. look at that. >> i see. that looks like fun. looks luke a good time. put that on my calendar for next year. >> i knew you were going to say something like that. >> you know where i will be. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." >> ah-ha-ha. ♪ every time i look into your eyes ♪ [ female announcer ] removing facial hair can be irritating.

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♪ that's what i want ♪ that's what i want >> uh. >> i want a tv. >> what you want? >> uh-huh. >> i think other people want it too. come friday some 152 million people will be taking part in a time honored american tradition. they'll be shopping for great deals on black friday. >> amazing how many do it. some at the mall. others shopping on the line. if you are smart online. are shoppers saving any money. that's the big question. with an answer here is abc's yunji de nies. >> reporter: the lines. the camping overnight. finally, the stampede. yes, black friday is almost here. and the prospect of low-cost

laptops and cheap hd tv's has some shoppers salivating. case in point, tito hernandez camping outside best buy since last monday. that's right almost two weeks before the big day. >> enjoying hanging out looking to save money and get good deals. >> reporter: holiday sales make up a fifth of retailers annual sales. so some big box storeses are opening as early as 9:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. that's inspired a bit of a black friday backlash. >> i don't understand it. i think the stores have a lot of nerve doing this. >> reporter: is it really worth the crowds and chaos? retailers like target offer deals, half off this nikkon camera on black friday. turns out you may be better off waiting. according to consumer reports, last year a quarter of the most popular electronics were cheaper in the two weeks after black friday. >> if you miss black friday

weekend, fear not there are going to be more deals all the way through. >> reporter: the best way to got a deal ties know what you are buying. scan the circulars and web sites. retailers may also offer coupons that you can print out for added savings. and bring your smart phone. eight in ten stores plan to use social media to alert shoppers to the best bargains. >> take avail bufl the retail competitive environment now. never been more competitive. >> reporter: you could save big money and itch nothing else get a free adrenaline rush. yunji de nies, abc news, atlanta. >> everybody chill out. it will be okay. if you don't get out there friday. >> you can get deals, i didn't realize that. >> in a tough economy. they're going to offer good stuff. see, we look way too happy. look at me. got my little stewart smilie sweater on. happy as can be. >> we should go. >> want to brave the crowds. >> we should go. with you i would go. i want a television.

>> big one. 89-inch television. >> you cook for me. >> definitely. >> deal. christmas shopping is done for the year. coming up next, week 11 in the national football league. >> highlights, low lights, picks competition. smack talk presumably. please stick around. >> uh-huh.

welcome back. the music and the ball there. it all lead us to our coverage of week 11 in the nfl. of course, the "world news now" nfl picks competition. >> this is it. we feature games, matching teams it with ugly records. let's get to the highlights,

lowlights. whatever you think it is. starts in cleveland, browns/jaguars. colt mccoy, hit him on a short td pass on the fourth. that was enough. cleveland pulls out the win, 14-10 the final score. >> next to baltimore. an afc north battle between bengals/ravens. ravens' quarterback, joe flacco deep for smith. in for the touchdown. put baltimore up 31-14. bengals added another touchdown. just wasn't enough. baltimore wins, 31-24. >> seahawks flew in to saint louis to take on the rams. lynch rumbled for a short td third quarter. tacked on another score. seattle wins this one easily. 24-7. >> finally, titans taking on the falcons in atlanta. he threw two touchdowns. had tennessee by six in the fourth. titans' defense couldn't get the ball back. the dirty birds hold on to win. 23-17. >> so now the important part,

the new standings in the "world news now" picks competition. and this makes for some pretty unfortunate reading this monday. >> well our old friend, tanya rivero still on top, which just tickles >> all she does is pick the city she would rather visit. her seek rechcresecret. in first place. disgusting. fireman bob pulled ahead of rob, single game. 4-0. >> tied at second place last week. now i dropped to third place. i am still in the middle of the pack. literally -- picks competition commissioner, jack sheeha nchn, ahead of david. cannot get out of the basement. joining us, the commissioner himself, jack sheehan. you dressed up our girlfriend. >> yeah. >> i love it. >> got an invasion going on in the back. >> the second time. 4-0. >> it's 4 1/2 of us. whatever is left of him after the eagles' victory last night.

he attended. what i'm toad. we got news out of chicago. first of all -- you know what, an nfl game is 60 minutes. so you should -- play for 60 minutes. san diego's offense, they only played for 45 minutes. >> collapsed. collapsed. >> they had no yardage in the fourth quarter. none. >> 0. >> goose egg. >> 31-20 loss. and some news, chicago paper out there, reporting that jay cutler, the bears' quarterback, possible broken thumb. >> oh. >> possible out for six to eight weeks. >> that's the season. >> that's not good as they say. by the way, have the play of the week. cue up the play of the week from the very beginning of the week. from last thursday. remember this -- the super bowl-bound jets. >> yep. yep. >> tim tebow. watch, going to score. >> tim tebow. touchdown right there. against the jets. >> at this point you see any body beating the packers? still looking great.

anyone standing in their way? >> they're looking great. you know what a guam ame of fou quarters. as we said. detroit on thursday. >> could be -- >> short week. >> jack, appreciate that. i'm unthird place. bummed out. we will be right back. imagine... one scooter or power chair that could improve your mobility and your life. one medicare benefit that, with private insurance, may entitle you to pay little to nothing to own it. one company that can make it all happen ... your power chair will be paid in full. the scooter store. hi i'm doug harrison. we're experts at getting you the power chair or scooter you need. i didn't pay a penny out of pocket for my power chair. with help from the scooter store, medicare and my insurance covered it all. call the scooter store for free information today.

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>> ha-ha. >> this guy is really funny. >> make her laugh before we come back on the air. this story. >> morning papers. yes, "new york post." "new york post." this creeped me out. there is a church called widow's church in queens, it apparently delivers the sexiest sunday sermon in town in order to keep romance alive, the pastor, maurice johnson is asking the parishioners to go up to the front with their partners make out during the service and the most passionate kisses win $50

for date night. >> this is a makeout contest in the house of the lord in queens. >> yes. apparently while the makeout is going on, r & b tunes are being played, "i like it" by a keyboardist and a drummer. then they lock lips and tongues. >> sunday morning i want you to get your freak on today. >> i am creeped out. >> how do you? >> i'm not a prude. i am freaked out. >> the church has 75 members. >> yes. >> keep it interesting. >> yeah. enough. >> yeah. good luck at that church. i am going to go there this sunday. going to go there. see what is going on. meet a nice good, church girl. when people talk about performance art and all this stuff. something else going on in new york in tribeca, the artist, zefrie wrapped up a seven day performance art piece saturday. people playing strip poker. they were striping all the way done to the buff in the full

view of passers-by on the street in a storefront. that's what they were doing. this passes as performance art. kicked off november 12th. every day from 10:30 in the morning until 6:00. he calls it art. i call it people buck naked in the window store. >> i would look to talk about hot chocolate. >> yes, let's talk about it. >> i am a cook. like to cook. out of green bay press gazette. apparently a delicious new trend. basically milk shakes. for richer, hot chocolate. you add a donut. >> we don't mean dip a donut. >> you put it in a blender, donut and hot chocolate. put it on the stove. do a little taste test. >> this would grind it up. >> milk shakes. >> that's delicious. >> i believe it is delicious. donut, hot chocolate this time of year. >> to gets. some people are taking a piece

of pie, in a milk shake. >> i would eat that. >> cheers. >> see you in church on

this morning on "world news now" -- terror arrest. new york police round up a suspect accused of plotting to set off bombs and sympathizing with al qaeda. >> police even demonstrated the explosives fire power as they moved in to capture the suspect before he could act. it's monday, november 21st. happy monday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm sunny hostin. well police arrested 27-year-old jose pimentel who lived with his extended family in upper manhattan. detectives accused him of building home made bombs and plotting to plant them in police

cars. pimentel posted suspicious messages on the web. >> scorer story, al qaeda sympathizer on top of that. terrifying calls from bill collectors the number of threatening phone calls is up. what you can do. no one lukes to get a call from a bill collector, when they take a nasty threatening tone. >> it's illegal. the big winners and memorable performances from last night's american music award. i love that show. our own show business insider, bruno dechlt l -- delgranado is here. >> i like the way you roll that r. before all of that, new details about the arrest of an al qaeda sympathizer, who was plotting bombings here in new york. >> jose pimentel denied bail during his arraignment hours ago. detectives are describing the american born pimentel as a

textbook terrorist. abc's larry jacobs has the more. >> reporter: new york city officials announce they have thwarted a terrorist plot. >> new york city police officers arrested a 27-year-old al qaeda sympathizer who was plotting to bomb police patrol cars and also postal facilities as well as targeted members of our armed forces returning from abroad. >> our office today filed charges against jose pimentel of manhattan for conspireing to build a bomb for terrorist purposes. and for possessing a weapon, a pipe bomb he alileged to intendd to use to wage a campaign of violence. >> reporter: authorities have been tracking jose pimentel described as a lone wolf for two years. he used al qaeda inspired instructions on bomb making particularly an article, how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom. officials construct aid duplicate of the explosive device pimentel built and showed a video of how he intended to

use it. >> we think that an event that really set him off was the elimination of anwar al-awlaki. >> reporter: there have been 13 other lone wolf attempts in new york city. >> he was not part of a larger conspiracy emanating from abroad. he represents exactly the kind of threat fbi director robert muller and his experts have warned about. >> reporter: the suspect was arraigned sunday night in a manhattan court. larry jacobs, abc news, new york. that's exactly what we have been hearing for months these lone wolf suspects out there inspired by the stuff they find on line and decide to carry it out here at home. >> it's scary. i wonder if he has some mental health issues. as a native new yorker i'm horrified. horrified that my hometown is, seems to be the target so often. >> constant target. one of the dangers living in the city. always under that spotlight.

switch gears now, because outrage is growing after a peaceful protestors on the university of california campus were pepper sprayed by police. two officers involved in friday's incident at uc-davis have been put on leave. the school's chancellor is now taking heat for initially supporting the police in all of this who claim they used the pepper spray because they were surrounding, clearly not seen in the video. in the midst of this, 11 students had to be treated. >> hard individually to watch. important tests are being done today in the case of the missing todd tiller knee seattle. 2-year-old sky metalwala not seen in more than two weeks. authorities want to know if several items they found in a park are related to the case. komo's john humbert has the the latest. >> reporter: rakes and shovels, seem to be a grim indicator in what crews were doing in the search for sky metalwala, the 2-year-old who disappeared. teams worked through the day and into the night and called in crime scene specialists when

they spumab abstumbled upon pos evidence. >> we called out our csi investigators. they showed up. and -- looked at the items. >> reporter: extensive search in kirkland watershed park began hours after police reached a series of photos showing julia and her missing son. shots of the mom come from store surveillance cameras. taken in the hours and days leading up to when sky disappeared. images prompted fresh tips. investigators won't say if that's why they came to the heavily wooded park with shovels and rakes. >> i think that's just standard equipment for any search-and-rescue. a lot of leaves. pretty wet and damp back there. you know there is a lot of -- rabbit burrows, the land is soft back there. >> reporter: police are downplaying the significance of the items collected saying lab analysis will show if they have bearing on the case. sky disappeared november 6. the mother told police she left sky in her car to walk to a gas

station because she had run out of fuel. when she came back he was gone. police say the facts don't support the mother's story but have been criticized for not pressuring her more to cooperate. >> just be confident that we are looking at all of the evidence, all of the interviews, and kidding everything. and there is a reason for our strategy. >> still not clear how the surveillance video, images led police to the wooded area. >> it just doesn't make sense. what mother would leave her child in a car, 2-year-old to go look for gas. you don't leave your purse in your car. there is something that hasn't made sense about this story from the beginning. >> a lot of unanswered questions here. even more public anger will likely be directed towards washington as the super committee admits failure. supposed to come with a way to slash the federal debt. members have failed to reach an agreement and are already blaming each other. voters are ready meanwhile to give lawmakers quite an earful.

>> don't go home for thanksgiving before you get a deal done. or else go home and don't come back. >> it's total gridlock. >> it's all politics. it's, this is a divided congress it seems to me. and difficult to get anything done under that climate. >> we seem to be wanting to prove who is right rather than come up with a solution. >> if they would put politics aside and decide what is best for the country. it shouldn't be that difficult. >> walk up. you work for us. you don't work for yourselves. currently you are working only for yourselves. >> follow the rules, live within your means. >> people aren't willing to reach a compromise, because they feel that it's not politically advantageous for them for their party. >> take personal responsibility. >> we have to pay for things as we go. >> if you talk more taxes out of my retirement income, i'm not going to have anything to live on.

>> i have no problem paying higher taxes if i know that they're investing my money in the future and spending money. >> if i knew they were spending wisely, yes, i would be willing to pay higher taxes. >> i an not willing to pay any more. i'm not willing to vote to pay any more. we vote on taxes. >> put the politic as side. do what you are elected to do. make us proud of you. >> this is such a >> it's shameful. it's shameful. >> nothing got done. not just another political failure. they added, that trigger option here. basically if the committee failed to do this which they're going to this week it will trigger heavy, heavy cuts to defense, and domestic programs. >> it is shameful. >> our finances as a contry are important. we can get to tgether. both are to blame. really sad. >> shameful. >> here is your monday forecast on that lovely note.

gusty winds. hail, tornados west texas to dallas. oklahoma city to little rock. thunderstorms around memphis, nashville, louisville. cincinnati. showers from d.c. to new york. rain and mountain snow in the desert southwest. northern rockies and cascades. >> wet in the 40s from seattle to boise. 67, phoenix. 28 in fargo. 37 in minneapolis. and 46 in detroit. a nice 83 in miami. atlanta, 73. >> uh-huh. >> nice in miami. >> always nice in miami for many reasons. well, of course it is thanksgiving week. so everyone is feeling a little bit hungrier these days getting ready for the big meal. that include the animals at seattle zoo. >> the bears got their paws on raw turkeys over the weekend. and lots of animals, leopards. lions, lemurs, and kimono dragons involved in the feast. >> folks at zoot say feeding the

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in the wake of the financial crisis, fewer americans are buying things on credit and paying down their balances. but millions are still in debt. >> that's where debt collectors come in. are their methods of collecting going too far. here's abc's john berman. >> or am i going to -- >> imagine the fear?

imagine the shame. you're in debt behind in payments and you get harassing, horrifying, and illegal calls from debt collectors. the government says complaints about debt collectors jumped by more than 35,000 in the last three years. allen jones told abc's brian ross, what ate like. >> to have some body talk about my kids. the things that they want, that they was going to do to me like shake me. >> as a result of the financial situation, the country is in, debt collection is clearly on the rise and abusive, deceptive and unfair practices also are on the rise. >> reporter: the government filed three new suits against companies in the past eight weeks including citation as but these calls that threat tine kill a family dog. >> we're going to have your dog arrested. >> reporter: and seemed to taunt the death of a son. >> i'm asking if you buried him with some silver or gold.

all i'm asking. >> reporter: debt collectors are not allowed to use threats of violence, obscene language or say you will be arrested if you don't pay. you won't. what can you do? >> the harassing calls must be stopped. >> reporter: you are still responsible for the debt, debt is bad enough as it is without illegal harassment. john berman, abc news, new york. >> i'm floored. >> stunned. >> aren't you floored. are they -- it doesn't make any sense. >> some go so far, charged with withdrawing fund from customer accounts. charging the credit card. they go to any length. >> it is completely illegal. >> if it happens, please call and report it. don't hetz tasitate. >> we'll lighten the mood. we have stand out performances from last night's big american music awards. >> get the inside scoop on one

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♪ today was a fairy tale ♪ today was a fairy tale >> well, the stars of the music industry were out in full force last night at annual american music award show. >> quite a show last night. joining us live with a wrap-up of music industry's biggest night, "world news now" music and media consultant, bruno. >> beautiful naume. you have to say it the right way. >> i love it, sunny. >> welcome back, bruno. who were the big winners? >> taylor swift. 3-3. entertainer of the year. won it two weeks ago at the cmas.

>> she was so surprised. i never saw it coming! >> hello? niki minaj, 2-2, best hip-hop, best r & b album. give niki kudos against kanye, jay-z, and lil wayne. the girl keeps it real. she did very well. she has a long career ahead of her. she is the urban goddess, very unique, very original. niki deserved to win. >> i like that, urban gaga. >> and big night for hosts of music reality shows, right? >> jennifer lopez, two years ago, jennifer lolopez, adam levine, people had written their careers off. they were done. american idol revived her career. >> so has fiat. shameless plug for the car. >> she is fabulous.

i am biased from puerto rico my sef. come on. look at the show. >> the performance. and a big win. >> best latin favorite. latin artist. got to tell you. jennifer low petz pez, americai clothing line, sitting pretty. adam levin echt. one of the judges on "the voice" two major singles on the radio this year, and, they won best group first time they have ever won an award. maroon five, once again, one of the band people had writ in off a year ago. right now sitting on top of the world. >> great group. >> great voice. >> adele. >> she won two of four. next week when grammy nominations come around will probably have a slew. >> grammies are the more

prestigious. >> voted on by industry. peers. producers. record, engineers. american music awards are more popularity contest voted by the fans. >> got you. >> a good show. >> what was your favorite part of the show, the last? >> the lmafo, you have to be on mush rooms to watch david hasselhoff. >> i enjoyed the ripping off of the pants. >> energetic. you can say that. >> justin bieber there. straight out of a new york city club. >> i loved it. >> i loved niki minaj at the beginning. awesome. great way to kick off the show. >> i thought award came on early part of the year. now, january, february. >> used to be in february. moved it to november because of sweeps. also because it is the weekend before black friday starts. so they want to kick in -- the cd selling season.

>> ooh. smart. smart move. >> bruno is the expert. >> thank you for being here, man. good to talk to you. >> thank you, rob, sunny. >> very nice. >> the way she says it. >> yes. >> we'll be right back everybody. stay with us. medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying .up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call now, you'll get this free information kit... with all you need to enroll. put their trust in aarp p medicare supplement insuranc.

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. >> uh-huh. finally, time for "insomniac theater" the latest twilight movie "breaking dawn part one" sucked out almost $140 million. stagger money. >> joining us hit were review, digital news associate jackie fernandez. >> break it down. >> i know you are a twihard. it is so awful. it is two hours.

it could have been done in 30 minutes. i will save you your $20. sunny, you didn't watch it, two people, bella the human. edward the vampire that if get married, have a demon baby. they get to watch it through the stages. >> she is not a demon, she's half demon, half vampire. >> thank you, miss sunny. the people in the theater were twihards and people dragged by twihards. let's take a listen. >> i have been waiting a year for this movie. it is amazing for me. little ov. borders on ridiculous. >> actually, did really. going back to the book. >> some of the face she's makes are so weird. i don't get it. >> shouldn't have cut it in half. there was no plot other than her getting pregnant and having a baby. >> too much, bella, bella. should have been better.

>> i thought it should have been better. i was expecting. the bar was low for me. wasn't expecting much. i saw the first one. sunny, wish you had seen it. it was so bad. >> i couldn't get in this weekend. i was, mc at an event. i will be seeing it this week. i am going to love it. i love the book. >> when did it turn into a love story, pregnancy. >> she is in love with a vampire. she wants him to turn her. but she is victorian. >> it's weird. it's weird. such, a movie, given to tweens, tween market. but they deal with all these adult issues. abortion, pregnancy, abuse, during intimate relations, very weird. very graphic. >> tween crowd? >> i am giving it one star. if i could. i'd give it 0, you see taylor lautner, in the first scene, shirtless. other than that, awful, awful, awful. >> go see it. >> give you my own review. >> no, don't watch it, guys.

please. it's so bad. please. >> $140 million. >> ha-ha.

this morning on "world news now" -- terror target. new york detectives expose a bomb plot aimed at police cars, post offices and members of the armed forces. >> a 27-year-old al qaeda sympathizer in custody accused of a scheme to build powerful homemade bombs and then set them off. it's monday, november 21st. good morning, i'm sunny hostin. >> and i'm rob nelson. the suspect, jose pimentel, is described as a lone wolf who expressed interest in al qaeda. exactly the type of suspect the fbi has been warning local

police departments about for months. >> another big headline, campus police officers seen using pepper spray on occupy protestors in davis, california. the controversy they stirred up and trouble they face. >> hard to watch. >> that's remarkable. >> sitting there peacefully and getting doused with pepper spray. they're doing nothing. unbelievable. >> horrifying. >> also later this half-hour. one man's mission to win at "jeopardy" in a big way. find out how his computer program helped him prepare and see how it paid off big time. >> first, authorities say the terror suspect wanted to bomb police vehicles, post offices, and members of the u.s. military returning home. >> frightening story. that man is being held this morning without bail since prosecutors say he is an extreme flight risk. >> reporter: 27-year-old jose pimentel is accused of building a bomb and plotting a terrorist act. he faced a judge for his arraignment in criminal court, late sunday night. the mayor, police commissioner

and district attorney showed just what could have happened. then police commissioner ray kelly showed a model of the pipe bomb saying jose pimentel bought bomb making materials and began to build them into this. kelly said the 27-year-old drilled into pipes, prepared nails for shrapnel and had wires to ignite the bomb. >> the suspect was a so-called lone wolf. motivated by his own resentment of the presence of american troops in iraq and afghanistan, as well as inspired by al qaeda propaganda. >> reporter: pimentel under surveillance for a year. authorities say the hamilton heights man planned to detonate a bomb. his targets? government workers, returning military personnel and elected officials. >> he made some of his like-minded friends nervous by his extremism. >> reporter: prosecutors contend that pimentel maintained true islam.com with one link entitled make a bomb in the kitchen of your home.

the u.s. citizen and native of dominican republic faces felony charges that include criminal possession of a weapon as a crime of terrorism. the lawyer representing jose pimentel points out that his client was not trying to hide any of this and in fact he actually put it out for the public to see on a website. the judge has decided that his next court appearance is november 25th. he is being held without bail. >> decided to build the bomb in august. was trying to fast track the process to get it done when he got busted. >> interesting, obviously he was well versed how in to build the bombs. at least the police were tracking him for two years. >> the lone wolf. they track the guys because they start putting all this anti-american sentiment on line. the police -- that is a red flag. got this guy. another case they got the guy. >> good to know they're on the case like this.

>> make you feel good about law enforcement in this country. turn now to the middle east this morning where violence is break out in two countries. in cairo, egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators. at least 11 people killed. hundreds injured. the protestors are now demanding the military quickly transfer power to a civilian government. in syria, the revolt against the country's president spread. despite a brutal crackdown that left thousand dead. rocket propelled grenades hit deep within damascus over the weekend. president assad says militants are killing civilians and he is ready to fight and die. in libya, the fate of moammar gadhafi's son is up in the air this morning. sayed gadhafi was captured over the weekend. the country's new leaders say they want to try him at home and not hand him over to international criminal court. but the former rebel faction which captured gadhafi says it will not give him up to national authorities.

outrage sky high this morning over the pepper spraying of occupy protestors by police in california. the incident happened at the university of california-davis on friday. and got lots of attention over the weekend thanks to youtube. >> reporter: if the point of the protest is to draw attention. this one worked by drawing outrage. >> it felt like my face was peeling off. >> reporter: campus police at u.c. davis fired pepper spray directly into the faces of passive occupy protestors who refused to move after being warned by police. >> i received a direct shot of pepper spray down my throat. i spent the next hour dry heaving and vomiting. >> reporter: 11 students were treated for minor injuries. campus police defend their actions saying their officers were surrounded by the protestors. >> it was for the safety of the officers and arrestees so we

could leave. >> reporter: two officers involved were placed on leave and the school's chancellor who was criticized for at first voicing support for police, has now ordered an investigation. >> i personally feel really, really bad about what happened to students and the whole incident. >> reporter: just how far can police go to control a crowd? >> tear gas you spray it in area. you want people to move away from. pepper spray is to keep the people from being able to mount an attack. >> reporter: an occupy protest around the country, police have used pepper spray to push back protestors, many reacting to the video say it was too strong a punishment for this act of civil disobedience. >> the police officer had no reason to spray those kids. >> reporter: here in new york city where the occupy movement started police have also been heavily criticized for use of pepper spray. police here are now very clear about their policy.

they can use it when someone is resisting arrest or when police are protecting themselves. >> extraordinary. >> if they're sitting there peacefully there is no justification in the world to spray them like that. the one photo, in the girl's mouth. >> it is outrageous. i would imagine there will be some lawsuits pending. >> some very winnable lawsuits. >> it's outrageous. police officers shouldn't do things like that. >> when it spreads through social media. that's what pushed university administrators to put the cops on leave. shouldn't have taken that, that's what critics say it did. shifting gears, long time michigan congressman dale kildee is sde night allegation buys relatives he sexually abused a male cousin 50 years ago. saying the molestation took place for five years. also blame kildee, a 17-term democrat had planned to retire next year. the public opinion of congress could drop lower this week now that the super

committee looks likely to fail. the bipartisan committee was supposed to come with way s to slash government debt. instead members are blaming each other for failing to come with an agreement. failure will trigger a cut 2013 on defense spending and many government agencies. >> the office of the first lady is now downplaying what may have been michelle obama getting booed at the final nascar race of the year. this happened yesterday at the track near miami. take a listen -- >> and now, please welcome our grand marshals, sergeant andrew barry and family, first lady of the united states, michelle obama, and dr. jill biden as they deliver the most famous words in motor sports. >> gentlemen, start your engines! >> definitely audible booing there for sure. we asked abc's chief washington editor rick klein about this. >> it is a sad statement on our political discourse if the

booing was directed at mrs. obama and dr. biden. the white house though is downplaying this, saying this was a chaotic event with a lot of noise. not clear what the boos were. >> the first lady and dr. biden were at the race to honor military families. a report from associated press says they received a standing ovation at the prerace drivers meeting. >> if they booed the first lady and dr. biden, i think that's outrageous. >> unforgivable. >> it's offensive. >> we have seen other incidents of disrespect. you lie in the state of the union speech. >> it's so disrespectful. come on. >> we've seen this before. a look now at your weather on this monday morning. severe storms from abilene, dallas, oklahoma city, little rock. thunderstorms from tennessee to ohio. showers in the northeast. rain from seattle to portland. up to a foot of snow in the cascade. northern rockies. rain, mountain snow in the four corners of the southwest. >> 67, phoenix. 57, albuquerque. 45, salt lake city. 40s. kansas city, chicago.

63 in dallas. 48 in boston. and a rainy 53 here in new york. >> take 53 in late november. i'll take it. all right. one michigan high school has been doing whatever it takes to support its football team. >> the boys from saint ignus-lasalle on a great run. thanks in part to having their mothers as cheerleaders. their school has 215 students and no one wanted to lead the cheers. so the moms took on the job. awe always count on your mama. >> you can. >> things were great, the cheers were loud, the team was undefeated. until last saturday when the boys from saint ignus got destroyed. final score, 45-8. no wonder they had trouble finding cheerleaders. thanks to the moms they did a great job. >> i would have done that. >> yeah, good for the moms. we'll be back with more after this. >> yeah. ♪ i know who i am baby i'm your biggest fan ♪

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♪ ♪ >> they're ♪ ♪ >> they're so good. now again, we turn now to the next story. about the plight of the polar bear. hard to imagine one of nature's most majestic creatures, it is starving to death. >> it's so bad -- bears are hunting in the middle of towns. what is it that changed so dramatically? ron claiborne reports from manitoba, canada. >> reporter: every fall hundreds of polar bears gather here on this wind blasted tundra off canada's hudson bay waiting for the water to freeze so they can go out and hunt for seals. the bears haven't eaten since july, they spent the last come months sleeping. now they are hungry. this week we had a rare

opportunity to see the polar bears as they gathered on the shore. >> that ice freezing is two to three weeks late, maybe up to four weeks late. >> reporter: in recent years the ice is forming later in the fall and thawing earlier in the summer. giving the bears a shorter feeding season. scientists say climate change is to blame. awful their food is out on the sea ice. >> reporter: which is why some ravenous bears come looking for food in the town of churchill. you are not going to want to fight a polar bear? >> no, you are not going to win. even a small one. >> reporter: when a bear gets caught in churchill, they get hauled off to bear jail. after a few days detention, they're tranquilized. blindfolded and then air lifted out of town released into the wild. this bear is about 400, 500 pounds. kept in the bear jail for a week or so. it will take three hours for this tranquilizer to wear off hopefully he will go wandering

off in another direction in search of food. soon the bear begins to wake up, watching us watching him. the ranger marks his back with green dye. that way if he turns up in churchill again, they will know know he is a repeat offender. soon he will join the bears waiting on the shores for their next meal. for the polar bears, the stakes could not be higher. their survival depends on it. ron claiborne, abc news, churchill, manitoba. >> the people that think there is, nothing abut this climate change, doesn't exist? >> a theory, right. see, trying to do my part. >> you need to do your part. >> trying to help out the polar bear. while the tranquilizer was in i -- in effect. just so we are clear. >> next, turning to ashton kucher for relationship advice. >> and the big winners in the american music awards. next, in "the skinny." relaotitionship advice. >> and the big winners in the american music awards. next, in "the skinny."

♪ skinny ♪ so skinny ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> i never tire of that song. >> never.

it's classic. what we are known for here at "world news now," time for "the skinny," last night the big amas, american music awards. i thought pretty entertaining show. a lot of moments to talk about. go through some of the big winners, from, sunday night. artist of the year went to taylor swift. she did have a big night. so surprised every time she won. i didn't expect it. >> getting tired. just own the success. >> own it. rap/hip-hop artist, niki minaj. and pop, rock, adele. pop rock, male artist, bruno mars. big winners from last night. interesting performances. j-lo great night. did this performance. some people were making fun of the outfit. thought she looked good as always. dancing, moving doing her thing. >> she never disappoints.

>> and, she has this new commercial for fiat. had a fiat. shameless product promotion. a little tacky. great performance. >> they're paying her. >> paying her well. the show ended with the guys here. and they gave a great ending performance. david hasselhoff inexplicably was there. justin bieber. widest ending to the show. those guys, cranked up the party. gave an exclamation point to a cool night. >> i loved it. ashton kucher wasn't there. >> no, busy with his new girl. >> he looks to give relationship advice, apparently. in "men's health" he is dishing out relationship advice apparently. and he also said some things in "women's health" which got folks talking. when asked the best advice he had ever gotten. i think it is about working on the relationship. when it is good. don't wait for a problem to work on things. the goal is not to get into a

relationship, the goal ties be in a relationship. >> whatever that means. >> i don't know who would take relationship advice from ashton. >> who cares, dude. oh, whatever, ashton. just enjoy "two and a half men" for six episodes. >> oprah, starting a series on own. coming back doing oprah's next chapter. which will from premiere in january, she'll do cool things, sean penn, paula dean, doing all this going back to the air, the network is tanking. ratings are down. gayle king, rosie's talk show. she really has to help save the network. >> i hope it works. she is the oracle. >> it is struggling. good luck, o. >> mila attended marine corps ball with sergeant scott moore. along the vein of justin

timberlake. really like it. not as glammed up as i thought she would be right. she is a beautiful girl. >> pretty. not the best we have seen her. did a good deed. for one of our brave men or women. >> i need a date friday, mila. >> i need a date friday, mila.

[ "jeopardy" theme song plays ] >> hmm. what is -- >> i hate sundays for $200, alex. used to be the only way to win on jeopardy was to be smart or super computer. a recent contestant found another way to succeed. >> it was so good it helped him set the all-time "jeopardy" record. what is his secret? here is abc's john berman. >> reporter: roger craig is "jeopardy" royalty. won a record setting $77,000 in

a single day. more than the famous ken jennings, more than ibm's watson computer. he just won the tournament of champions to boot. this dude is good. and smart. >> roger. >> who is kinsey? >> what is to be or not to be? >> what is unicef? >> what is walden pond? >> is this just smarts? this week he hit back to back daily doubles, bet everything each time, and nailed it. >> when i pick novels i went for $1,200. >> answer. daily double. >> and there was. >> i will bet it all. >> all right. >> when i got it. i doubled up. i immediately went to a different category where i thought there might be a daily

double as well. >> languages $1,600. >> daily double is there. >> i immediately thought, whoa. i surprised my self that i had gotten two daily doubles back to back. >> reporter: luck, maybe not. roger developed a computer program that helped him study. >> if you watch "jeopardy" enough, you will notice presidents comes up. shakespeare, world capitals, novels. categories tend to repeat. >> reporter: game show experts say no program will talk you over that final "jeopardy" finish line. >> it is a total waste of time. you can't outguess the categories. you can't really outguess the specific material. >> reporter: still it is hard to argue with results. >> new record, $77,000. john berman, abc news, new york. >> i'm conflicted. i love "jeopardy" i guess and get them wrong. everything. i don't know he got some help. it feels like cheating a little bit. >> guy is a ph.d. in computer science. his streak was ended by final jeopardy question on sports. >> oh. >> just saying. me and alex hanging out. giving me answers. i paid off alex well, get all the answers. i do it all the old-fashioned way. >> see. old-fashioned

way. >> see.