erin, first to you. from the economic experts you're talking to, i take it this was the right move, but it was an act of desperation. >> i think that's the right way to characterize it. the markets rejoiced. that's a big jump and puts the market solidly above 12,000. that's good news. i will say this, wolf. in talking to some investors, i talked to some people at pimco, the largest bond investor in america, they said the issue here is it's down the line when you start to wonder what happens. what the fed is doing is providing money for european banks who aren't able to get dollars other places. what the fed does is essentially print more dollars. a dollar's a dollar. whether in japan, kazakhstan or mexico. so, we are inflating the value of the u.s. currency to deal with the european crisis. for now, a good thing, but that could carry a heavy price down the road. >> richard, you're in london. what's been the reaction there? do they believe this will revolve the crisis? >> this is got nothing to do with re

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live in london, erin mclaughlin. what are people protesting there, erin? >> reporter: to let you know where i am, outside st. thomas' hospital in london where some of the 400,000 public sector workers on strike have turned up to picket today. at the center of all this are the public sector pensions. put simply, government workers want public sector -- i'm sorry. government officials want public sector workers to contribute more to their pension and work for longer. with me is chris remington a union leader. chris har chris, what has brought you out here today? pensions decimated under these proposals. we will see how working life extended, benefits reduced. we will see -- two major -- the pension, does not go back into this, but into the treasury. we've been maligned by these proposals. >> reporter: how has this affected the strike today? >> every hospital entrance restricteded. we have got all in-patient sections reduced. anything non-emergency has been reduced even though we work very hard to make sure emergency and emergency coverage is available for pa

"erin burnett outfront" starts next. >>> i'm erin burnett "outfront" tonight. >> that's right. and given enough time he can transcend them. >> all right. cain as a lawyer issued a statement, this appears to be an accusation of private alleged is consensual conduct between adults. mr. cain alerted his wife and discussed it with her. he has no obligation to discuss these types of accusations publicly with the media." paul, true? be on the ballot in nevada on february 4th. he's in over ten states he filed. the herman cain train is full speed ahead. he's got precinct captains in iowa ready to nominate him. the herman cain train is moving full steam ahead. i think that's not only healthy he is a rocket scientist. he worked for the navy. graduated from moore house college. pro-life man and all of that. this really boils down to if you have two african-american men in the general election with opposing political views, the race card goes away. there can be no question of race. they're both black men. and it will change that base. many people who voted for mr. obama in the last electio

>> "erin burnett outfront" at 11:00. >> we're going to continue talking with latest on herman cain, whether he's making a decision on getting out of the race in the next couple of days. the niece of martin luther king is our guest tonight. she's known herman cain for the past 11 years, she spoke with him today what he's thinking and she's has a specific reason believing him. an amazing story of forgiveness and redemption. the oklahoma city bombing, which claimed hundreds of lives, a woman tonight who lost both-of her grandchildren, she's been corresponding for the past seven years with terry nichols who is in jail and she talks about why she chose to forgive him. that's coming up at top of the hour. >>> coming up, a guy in vermont makes t-shirts in his garage and threatened by a major fast food corporation. >>> time now for the ridiculist. congratulations. congratulations. congratulations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire businesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bott

i'm erin burnett. "outfront," we begin with breaking news. herman cain losing key support in new hampshire one day after a georgia woman claims she had a 13-year affair with the candidate. one new hampshire state representative, william panic, confirming to "outfront" that he was withdrawing his support for cain and switching to newt gingrich. adding the alleged affair was quote, the final straw. and within the last hour, the presidential candidate sending a message to his supporters. and i read it in part, quote, this woman's story is completely false. i am asking for your friendship. i am also asking for your prayers and support. this is a trying time for my family, my campaign, and for me. i'm looking at the letter here which concludes with, the ability to buy herman cain t-shirts and donate money. money is what this is going to come down to. cain's plea for support comes after telling staffers this morning that he is, quote, reassessing his campaign. a top campaign aide told cnn today, a decision will likely be made within a couple of day

>> "erin burnett outfront" at 11:00. >> we're going to continue talking with latest on herman cain, whether he's making a decision on getting out of the race in the next couple of days. the niece of martin luther king is our guest tonight. she's known herman cain for the past 11 years, she spoke with him today what he's thinking and she's has a specific reason believing him. an amazing story of forgiveness and redemption. the oklahoma city bombing, which claimed hundreds of lives, a woman tonight who lost both-of her grandchildren, she's been corresponding for the past seven years with terry nichols who is in jail and she talks about why she chose to forgive him. that's coming up at top of the hour. >>> coming up, a guy in vermont makes t-shirts in his garage and threatened by a major fast food corporation. congratulations. congratulations. congratulations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire businesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the peop

. >> erin, thanks. good evening, everyone. we begin with new word from mike lang, one of three accusers making sex allegations against bernie fine, syracuse university's fired associate men's basketball coach. he spoke to our gary tuchman who joins us shortly. new revelations about what might have been done when first accuser called police with his allegations but wasn't. it's a procedure followed in other big cities but not in syracuse. the accuser's name is bobby davis, a former su ball boy who is now 39. he told espn the abuse started in 1994 when he was 12 and continued for more than a decade. he waited until 2002 to phone syracuse city police who told him they couldn't pursue charges because the statute of limitations had expired. the city's police chief admits they could have done a better job. he said that in 2002 that the procedures which are in effect today were not in effect back then, the procedures that would mean an allegation would be logged into a computer database. back then they did next to nothing. not only d

i'm erin burnett. "outfront," we begin with breaking news. herman cain losing key support in new hampshire one day after a georgia woman claims she had a 13-year affair with the candidate. one new hampshire state representative, william panic, conif i recalling to "outfront" that he is withdrawing his support for cain and switching to newt gingrich. adding the alleged affair was the final straw. and within the last hour, the presidential candidate sending a message to his supporters. and i read it in part, quote, this woman's story is completely false. i am asking for your friendship. i am also asking for your prayers and support. this is a trying time for my family, my campaign, and for me. i'm looking at the letter here which concludes with, the ability to buy herman cain t-shirts and donate money. money is what this is going to come down to. cain's plea for support comes after telling staffers this morning that he is recessing his campaign. a top campaign aide told cnn today, a decision will likely be made within a couple of days. as of ye

. >>> "erin burnett outfront" is coming up at the top of the hour. one of post market bad news dose for the nation's top financial institutions, including bank of america, goldman sachs, how big of a deal is this? >> that's right. obviously, getting a downgrade from standard and poor's, the same agency that downgraded the united states in august, john. they changed the criteria by which they were evaluating banks. so this is not a shock, but it still is not good news especially for american borrowers. look at bank of america, the stock plunged this year. this downgrade means they have to put billions of collateral up and that means that could affect their bottom line, could affect their willingness to make loans and the interest rate at which they will make those loans. they are the biggest mortgage provider in the united states. so these stories are not insignificant. you need strong banks with high ratings in order to have cheap loans. the reason for the downgrade is in part regulation of the united states, but also that exposure to europe, which i

everyone always talks about erin rogers but drew a freeze is also amazing, so is tom brady. they are all going for that dan marino record. >>gary: they are right there. the 49ers the vineyard giants in three weeks ago and they have been on a downward slope. drew breeze is not that tall. by all accounts, he has the leadership skills. those are pretty good guys to emulate. >>darya: it makes for a monster season for these guys. three quarterbacks is showing incredible stuff serious >>gary: as far as pure excitement, you are talking about the three best quarterbacks, rogers, brady and dry breeze. >>darya: if it is not fun to watch like the indiana--like the colts. should you not show that in the market where they are considered the home team? in fort wayne, they have the choice. they were supposed to show the game. they were supposed to show the game of the television station decided, there is more fun and more, watching the bears. they did not show you the colts because they were losing and they lost again. >>gary: the colts have not won a game. that is the only thing i can say

a connecticut judge has agreed to extradite erin thomas to prince william county. he was arrested in march. he is a suspect in attacks of women over the span of a decade. six rapes in virginia alone. >>> the d.c. council is holding a hearing on a bill that would permanently end the practice of arresting drivers for expired license plates. the new bill would impose a $100 fine for tags expired less than 30 days and a $200 fine and vehicle impounding for over 30 days of expired tags. >>> cab drivers could be cashing in big time at your expense. the cab commission is look into an increase that would nearly double the rate a mile. a vote could come on the issue today. >>> dale hunter faces his first test as the coach of the capitals tonight. it's a home game against the st. louis blues. the caps fired bruce boudreau. in spite a record winning start to the season, the caps faltered in recent weeks. the cap's general manager said bruce boudreau had to go after the players stopped responding to him. we have reaction from some of the caps stars now. >> he is a legend here.

erin? >> reza, thank you very much. going to be interesting considering the u.s. put quite a bit of its military on hold. >>> now to russia where putin formally accepted his party's nomination for the 2012 elections. matthew chance, are russians happy about his third presidential run? obviously, he's currently the prime minister. >> in general, i think they are. but we have seen indications that there's a growing sense of unease with vladimir putin returning to the kremlin. recent opinion polls suggest his ruling party may not win the overwhelming majority it usually enjoys. earlier this month, putin was actually heckled by a crowd, which is unprecedented for a man who's often hero worshipped by the russian public. erin? >> thank you very much, matthew. >>> it's been three weeks since 2-year-old sci metawala disappeared in washington. so far investigators have not come up with a solid lead. according to his mother, she ran out of gas and left 2-year-old sci alone in the car as she walked fo

erin? >> reza, thank you very much. going to be interesting considering the u.s. put quite a bit of its military on hold. >>> now to russia where putin formally accepted his party's nomination for the 2012 elections. matthew chance, are russians happy about his third presidential run? obviously, he's currently the prime minister. >> in general, i think they are. but we have seen indications that there's a growing sense of unease with vladimir putin returning to the kremlin. recent opinion polls suggest his ruling party may not win the overwhelming majority it usually enjoys. earlier this month, putin was actually heckled by a crowd, which is unprecedented for a man who's often hero worshipped by the russian public. erin? >> thank you very much, matthew. >>> it's been three weeks since 2-year-old sci metawala disappeared in washington. so far investigators have not come up with a solid lead. according to his mother, she ran out of gas and left 2-year-old sci alone in the car as she walked fo

. >>> erin, thanks. good evening. we begin with breaking news. new explosive sexual allegations against gop presidential hopeful herman cain. these do not involve allegations of inappropriate contact or harassment. they're allegations of a consensual affair. an atlanta businesswoman claims she had an affair with cain that lasted 13 years, an affair that only ended some eight months ago when he began running for president. here's what ginger white told waga, an atlanta television station about the alleged affair. >> it was pretty simple. it wasn't complicated. i was aware that he was married, and i was also aware that i was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship. >> ginger white on the affair she claims she had with herman cain. she also showed waga cell phone records showing 61 calls for tex messages she claimed were from cain's private cell phone. >> we've never worked together, and i can't imagine anyone phoning or texting me for the last 2 1/2 years just because. >> cain upstaged his accuser's announcement when he appeared on

erin burnett out front" starts right now. >>> thanks, john. in egypt, voters go to the polls today and an american college kid who was jailed in cairo comes home. he's out front tonight. >>> and late breaking news on herman cain's campaign. a woman claims she had a 13-year affair with him. is this the end of cain's candidacy? and the latest on the economy. something nice to say tonight. something nice to say tonight. let's go out front. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, ratings agency fitch affirms of the united states aaa credit rating but says guess what, we're going to downgrade your outlook to negative from stable. this happened after the markets closed. obviously, something negative and all relate the to the lack of action and the failure of the supercommittee, still stocks is soared on wall street. because the markets closed before that action happened. the dow up by nearly 300 points. the reason was a wow weekend for the american economy. retail sales over thanksgiving surged. that's a fair wo

. >> now, erin, mr. cain also said this, explaining the relationship with the new accuser -- >> trying to help a friend because not having a job, et cetera, and this sort of thing. that's all there is to the relationship. and here again, i don't know what's going to be claimed in the story. it was someone who was supposed to be a friend, but obviously they didn't see it as a friendship. >> now, he's trying to get ahead of the story by going on earlier before it came out. was that smart or not, erin? >> it depends on what there is. if it comes that there are pictures or hotel receipts or text messages of some kind that prove him wrong, he's in trouble. he should have gotten out in front of the story before, if he knew this was coming. gingrich has affairs in his past but we knew about them. people don't seem to care about gingrich's past as much. but cain -- these accusations are new. if we see some evidence, he's in trouble. >> perry, mr. cain's attorney just released this statement. let me show you to i

erin burnett "outfront" is coming up at the top of the hour. she is here to give us her take of the start of the holiday season. with all these bargains, everybody gets in early, and pull back. the markets sure liked it today. >> the market sure did. nearly 300 points higher and that was the reason. there's been so much doom and gloom. and a lot of the punditry is saying we'll have a double dip recession. even though a lot of the business executives around the country did not see it coming, it still surprised the markets when we saw this. when you give the numbers for what we saw over the week, the $52 billion, it is 16% higher than a year ago. a big jump. the big question to your point will be whether a lot of that was just people who said, hey, look. things are cheap. things are on sale. i get it. i'll front load my spending. the overall might not be as strong. it was nearly four 00 on average spent this weekend which is a big total. it could show more strength than people think and on the same day we found out that debt in america, the avera

john king today down in south carolina will have gingrich and, of course, jon huntsman on "erin burn net." >> paul steinhauser. busy month for you. that interview will be in south carolina with john. what he needs to do to maintain his momentum as poll numbers rise and picks up the endorsement of that largest newspaper in new hampshire. tonight 6:00 eastern. make sure you catch that. >>> 41 after the hour. a check of what's coming up at the top of the hour on "american morning." alina cho joins us. good morning. >> hey there, christine. welcome back, by the way. coming up in 20 minutes, bizarre twist in the syracuse child sex abuse case. they fired bernie fine after a phone conversation revealed his wife knew about the allegations. we're going to ask john wertheim about this new evidence and what it could mean for syracuse's legendary head coach who fishily defended bernie fine. >>> prince william, not just second in line to the throne but saves lives too. the royal air force pilot rescued two russians from their ship in sinking waters. a live report from london where you can imagine

this morning you'll find her speaking her mind to erin moriarty. ♪ come with me > ellen barkin has made a name for herself playing a certain type of sexy "in your face" broad, a broad who at first was told she wasn't leading-lady material. that didn't discourage you? >> no. tenacious. i'd say really? i can't do that girl? really? not sexy? not pretty? okay. >> reporter: ellen barkin, coming up on sunday morning. >> osgood: we all want a little wiggle room in our daily lives. this morning our martha teichner has found some. >> reporter: jurassic park demonstrated the seismic properties of jello. but we'd like to show you gelatin as you've never seen it before. this is all jello? >> we've made pancakes with syrup and some eggs. >> reporter: by now you must be positively quivering with anticipation. jello, later this sunday morning. >> osgood: seth doane guides us through a world famous exhibit of art in venice. dave edelstein checks out some holiday movies. ben design has some thoughts about what is happening or what is not happening in washington. and more. but first here are the headlin

after all, he said, it has to go well for his 4-year-old daughter erin. >> i want to see her get married. i want to see her have kids. i want to be there for all that. that's the reason why i'm going to do this. not for me, for her. i have to be there for her. >> i just took a look at chris' facebook page. he posted a video there. his surgery went successful so far. he sounds as every bit as optimistic as you saw in that piece. l if you want to donate to help chris go to www.wbaltv.com and click on "hot topics ." >> a tentative deal reached by the nba. that when we come back. first a look at events going on around town this weekend. >> now to the announcement that made a lot of basketball fans happy. players will be back on the court by christmas day. more from mark potter. >> once again it appears to be game on. the wee morning hours brought news of a tentative deal pending ratification by nba players and owners. >> we are optimistic that 6 that will all come to pass and that the nba season will begin on december 25th, christmas day. a triple header. >> if the agreement is approved, the

the majority of folks we met told us they ate thanksgiving din erin took a nap and came out in the cold to stand in line. for more traditional and less stressful shopping experience stick with smaller local stores and if you didn't get he to them today, tomorrow will be another -- get to them today, tomorrow will be another opportunity called small business saturday. don't expect to find shoppers lined up trampling over each other to get into the stores on the avenue in hampden. >> we walk up here all the time to shop local as often as we can. >> reporter: don't get them wrong. business owners don't mind the holiday rush but for charlotte who lives here black friday shopping felt like she was spending time among friends. >> it was relaxed up here. people going around and no one pushing anyone out of the way and people say good morning. >> reporter: the home furnishings gift store used to be be red tree and here they say when you shop small you are helping the local community and you are also helping yourself by insuring you won't get your loved ones the same gift someone else gets them.

it's not a problem of whether they should be to erin's not a problem that they are to ones that id only legitimate well for us that we should act upon such situations but the problem is that they are exceeding their limits and they are exceeding their authority and nobody wants to sit all night at some barricade and then like like we nobody have something better to do the problem is that people are really scared there are threats old time there are incidents from the albanian side they are there people getting shot there are all sorts of pressures. plenty more from kosovo on our website r.t. dot com including pictures and video from the clashes here's what's also a click away right now a brand new weapon of mass destruction dutch scientists create of virus that could potentially kill the house of humanity check it out at. last middle east spy games heat up as iran announces the arrest of twelve alleged cia operatives said to be tasked with cyber ties and sabotaging the country's nuclear program all the details and more i don't dot com. that has become and is the creation of the of the f

he and my wife erin are watching right now. i love you guys. but i wanted to say that she gave birth out here in los angeles and i was in georgia shooting the show and i was covered in blood and mud and i went to check on my dogs in my trailer and my phone was inging. i grabbed the phone. she said, my water broke. what does that mean? i don't know. i ran to andrew lincoln, he didn't know, either. he called his wife and he said, get on a plane right now! i'll take over. just go. so, i high tailed it to the airport. called my brother tom, i need a flight to l.a. he got me a ticket because he's a great brother. there was one seat left, the middle seat in the back of the plane and there was this enormous guy that i was going to be sitting next to. i was like, all right, that's cool. i'll ride in the bathroom to see my son born. you know, doesn't matter. we'll cuddle. it will be good. as he saw me walking down the aisle, i saw that he was eyeballing me, man. and he looked at me, he said, shane? is that shane from "the walking dead?" i go, hey, man.

medic and staff sergeant erin gibson loves it here. she's a 4'11" single mom from ohio nicknamed mini medic. >> we meet people on some of their worst days and our job when that happens is to try to keep their worst day from being their last day. >> reporter: she's been deployed twice to iraq, once to egypt and now twice to afghanistan. her parents take care of her 10-year-old son, elijah. does he understand why mommy's away? >> he has come to the understanding of why i'm doing what i'm doing. >> reporter: never before have medics like gibson had such advanced medical technology that they can get to the front line so quickly. these helicopters are stripped down mobile emergency rooms. >> you can do an ekg on here. this is the oxygen saturation in your blood. >> reporter: if a u.s. is soldier makes it to the hospital to , he has a 90% chance of surviving. it's saturday, and gibson is preparing her equipment for her latest assignment and what will end up being a long and dangerous night. an ied has exploded near the pakistan border. sever

medic and staff sergeant erin gibson loves it here. she's a 4'11" single mom from ohio, nicknamed mini medic. >> we meet people on some of their worst days and our job when that happens is to try to keep their worst day from being their last day. >> reporter: she's been deployed twice to iraq, once to egypt and now twice to afghanistan. her parents take care of her 10-year-old son, elijah. does he understand why mommy's away? >> he has come to the understanding of why i'm doing what i'm doing. >> reporter: never before have medics like gibson had such advanced medical technology that they can get to the front line so quickly. these helicopters are stripped down mobile emergency rooms. >> you can do an ekg on here. this is the oxygen saturation in your blood. >> reporter: if a u.s. is soldier makes it to the hospital , he has a 90% chance of surviving. it's saturday, and gibson is preparing her equipment for her latest assignment and what will end up being a long and dangerous night. an ied has exploded near the pakistan border. severel

erin rogers, 65 yds to james jones. the packers won the game 27-15. there are now 11-0 for the first time in franchise history. the dolphins and the cowboys. 16-10 in at the third. the cowboys rallied with three seconds left. the final was a 20-19. did not move, we have more. third >>vern: for today there was a shift in the balance of power for san francisco high school full bar. the championship trophy was at stake. this there was a 93 yd punt return. mission came storming back. for the first time since 1954, they won the city title, a 12-7. some >> they have been able to make this place fun, a fun atmosphere. the program has grown. >>vern: the game is at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. >>pam: have a good evening and happy thanksgiving. good night. @p@po' ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends, so, open your eyes and check out your new living room! [ gasps ] honey, the tv's over there! yep, we got you the new at&t u-verse wireless receiver so you can put your tv pretty much anywhere you want. and that stand... anywhere? like, we can put it ove

. >> medic and staff sergeant aaron gibson erin gibson is a 4'11 mom from ohio nicknamed mini mic. shs been twice to iraq, once to egypt and now twice to afghanistan. her parents take care of her ten-year-old son elijah. does he understand why mommy's away? >> well, this is number five for me so i think he has come to understanding of why i'm doing what i'm doing. we meet people on some of their worst days and our job when that happens is to try to keep their worst day from being their last day. >> rose: jake tapper joins me now from washington. welcome. >> thanks, charlie. >> re: tell me about how this project came around for you. what was it about the story that made you want to tell it. >> rose: i've been standing here on the north lawn of the white house since january, 2009, talking about afghanistan and the war in afghanistan and i was really curious as to what it actually looked like. i had an occasion to go there for a few hours with president obama about a year ago but we were in bagram and a hangar and we were there just if ar few hours in and out. i didn't get a sense of