once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. another week, another frontrunner this time it's former house speaker newt gingrich, who has used the debate stage to catapult himself into the lead in national polls and we hear today nevin new hampshire, where he is neck and neck with mitt romney. >> you know, things can change very rapidly. in my case, a lot of news media said i was dead in june and july. and yesterday afternoon in jefferson, iowa, someone entrusted me as the frontrunner. so you can't tell what's going to happen. gwen: as cain, bachman and rick perry have learned before him, the spotlight always brings scrute fully. but first, how did gring rich get to here now? >> that large measure he was waiting for the debates. gingrich back in the summer was saying wait for the debates because he's very good at them. he's knowledgeable, he's quick and he has very clear messages. so he was waiting for them to elevate his position and his intellect for the voters and he did that and then he had to wait for the other guys to all

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. last week we told you about why herman cains star was on the rise. this week we tell you about the worst week of his campaign. it all started with a story broken by "politico," which reported that two former employees accused him of sexual harassment in the late 1990's. his responses to the charges have been -- to put it charitably -- all over the place. >> was there any behavior on your part that you think may have been inappropriate? >> in my opinion, no. but as you would imagine, it's in the eye of the person who thinks that maybe i crossed the line. i was aware that an agreement was reached. the word "settlement" versus the word "agreement," you know, i'm not sure what they called it. >> the first phase is they ignore you. the second phase, they ridicule you. the third phase, they try to destroy you. well, got a little of that this week. >> now we're getting the high-tech lynching of a beautiful man, herman cain. >> what is known as the mainstream media goes for the ugliest racial

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i'm pete williams in for gwen ifill tonight, all that tonight on "washington week." republicans gather for another debate with a moment to remember -- >> the third agency of government, i would do away with the education, the commerce and let's see i can't, the third one i can't. oops. >> how rick perry is trying to turn around his onstage brain freeze. while herman cain defends another sexual impropriety. >> he puts his hand under his legs under my skirt. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. >> are the allegations against cain affecting his white house bid? and will leadership changes in two troubled european nations help calm the european storm helping to affect the u.s.? john harwood of cnbc, michael duffy of "time" magazine, karen tumulty of "the washington post" and greg ip of "the economist." >> live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill," produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for "week week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875, we've been there for our c

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hi, gwen. >> hi. the weekend continues to be pretty on the upside. the details coming up in your full forecast after the break. stay with us.  >>> plenty of sunshine today and temperatures some 3 to 4 degrees above the seasonal average. we hit 64 degrees at national airport officially. 62 in dulles and the same at bwi. temperature right now 54 in annapolis. 51 in d.c baltimore at 54 degrees. 50 at dulles and 51 degrees at haggerstown. we see some clouds roll in a little bit tonight but a ridge of high pressure is going to hold us into the course of the next few days or so, including tomorrow. partly cloudy skies tonight but by tomorrow, we'll be back to a fair amount of sunshine. we've got one frontal system coming through. we have chance of thunderstorms on tuesday. in the meantime for tomorrow, bright skies and plenty of sunshine for you. going to be an actually very beautiful day. by mid day, we'll be around 59 degrees with a few clouds. by 4:00, 60 degrees. here is a look at the five-day forecast for you. temperatures will be on

no word on where the turkey is. >> gwen is puzzled. how did the turkey run through glass? >> well, you know, if somebody was trying to eat me, i would run through glass. >>> if you think about it, through never better, it's gorge just, unseasonably warm. >> very much so. anywhere from 9 to 18 degrees sooner. >> like that word, unseasonably. i'm becoming a weather forecaster. >> you are listening to my forecast every night. i love it. >> skies are fairly clear, few high clouds. not a lot to talk about, beautiful shot of the cathedral. we have done excellent in terms holiday and in terps the weather during the curse of the weather so far. we'll see a few more cloud starting to sneak in. wind will pick up as well, so it will be a little bit object breezy side. as we move into midweek, we'll see a lot of improvement. what a big difference for the temperatures here. they were prep on the upside. . 70 in baltimore. thinks the second day in a row baltimore hit 70 degrees, 18 degrees warmer than the seasonal average for the day. mother nature has been extremely kind to us with the

>> it's the expectations game, gwen. it's what you in the media and what the pollsters all say it's going to be. we've had people win the new hampshire primary who, if you ask anybody in the street, they'll say they lost. lbj. ed muskie. the expectations for romney i think would be pretty high. he's from next door. he has a house in new hampshire. he has spent considerable time in new hampshire. even brought me a of coffee at the red arrow diner. he's a well known quantity. he's got a big, wealthy-on ergs here. i asked him last week why his team continues to fire at rick perry. this may not be true any longer. but as of last week he said because he's got the money. i think you're going see that with perry and romney and big tv campaign ads. gingrich is catching up but he doesn't have nearly as much cash on hand as they do. >> ifill: joe mcquaid, that cup of coffee didn't take mitt romney very far at least not yet. thank you very much for joining us tonight. and susan page of usa today as well. >> you're welcome. >> woodr

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. >>> reporter: gwen smith? we want to talk to you? >> reporter: when we first caught one gwen smith it was late october in the town of forrestville in sonoma county. she sped past our cameras as we friday to ask her about eight court judgments against her, judgments in favor of landlords like connie cook sebastopol. >> she started claiming that the apartment was unhabitable, the water was not healthy, there was a gas leak. >> reporter: a judge ruled smith's conduct of not paying rent and filing numerous legal actions malicious and a tactical delay and awarded cook $49,000 in damages. after leaving cook's house, smith moved to oregon renting a room in this house. >> if she had been set up there -- >> reporter: the landlord says within days he realized he had made a big mistake. >> i got, you know, the roommate from hell. >> reporter: she put a lock on her room and started complaining about everything. >> it's all about her. i mean you life is -- she is like a full-time job. >> reporter: smith then moved into pamela joy's house and soon

gwen is here with a look at the weather. >>> good morning melanie. you might have noticed in that shot the flag was flapping quite a bit. we will see gusty winds, not too bad now, but they will pick up. let's look at weather maps here is where we hit in terms of highs yesterday. 63 national airport, 62 dulles, 62 baltimore, these temperatures some 3 to 4 degrees warmer than the average for the day. right now 46 at national, 34 dulles and 34 bwi. a little on the chilly side, skies not bad just a few high clouds rolling in. we have a ridge of high pressure going to come nate our weather pat -- dominate our weather pattern overall. we will see however some sunshine and a pretty bright day mostly sunny winds the factor for the day, a beautiful afternoon at 63 degrees, winds expected to gust from the south up to 25 miles per hour, and stick around for tonight as well and just a note there is a small craft advisory in effect. if you plan on spending the nice sunshine out on the waters, do be careful. >>> thank you. well, for the first time since the august

. >> reporter: gwen smith, we want to talk to you! >> reporter: when we first caught up with gwen smith, it was late october in the town of forestville in sonoma county. she sped past our cameras as we tried to ask her about eight court judgments against her, judgments in favor of landlords, like connie cook. >> she started claiming that the apartment was unhabitable. the water was not healthy. there was a gas leak. >> reporter: the judge ruled smith's conduct of not paying rent and filing numerous legal actions, malicious and a tactical delay and awarded cook $49,000 in damages. after leaving cook's house, smith moved to oregon, renting a room in this house. >> she had a bed up there. >> reporter: landlord lance hill says within days, he realized he had made a big mistake. >> i got, you know, the roommate from hell. >> reporter: she put a lock on her room and started complaining about everything. >> it's all about her. i mean, your life is -- she's like a full-time job. >> reporter: then smith moved into pamela joy's house and soon s

. >> gwen toll bert is in the weather center with an update. happy thanksgiving. >> same to you. >> i'm not going accept complaining. >> you're right. shouldn't be complaining. >> we shouldn't. >> i'm thankful. >> no, my mother had snow in canada and could have been snowy. >> >> reporter: you're right. >> a fabulous day to get out and walk off all of the heavy food you may have had into the course of the afternoon and let's look temperaturewise and from 6 to 7 degrees above the seasonal average and 61 at national airport; 61, dulles; 60 degrees at baltimore and fabulous. once again, the temperatures were on the rise and this is curritly 60 at nashville; the northwesterly wind at 12 miles per hour. it was a little windy. the winds gusted earlier today and they're now starting to improve pretty much everywhere. 54 degrees at baltimore and 52 at dulles; 57, hagerstown and that is a nice day. the winds are starting to die down and not gusty at all and the ridge of high pressure in control with no clouds to speak of. tonight, we're going to do nicel

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we assess what the chapter 11 filing means for air travelers and the industry. >> woodruff: then we get two views on the obama administration's campaign to crack down on the sale of counterfeit goods online. >> ifill: margaret warner has the story of very different elections in two african nations, egypt and congo. >> woodruff: we examine a bloomberg news investigation of secret low-interest loans made by the federal reserve to rescue big banks in the wake of the financial crisis. >> ifill: jeff brown profiles legendary jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, still performing at age 81. >> you really feel that you're not satisfied? >> oh, no, no, no. i'm far from satisfied. that's why i'm still practicing. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> intel. sponsors of tomorrow. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting scien

i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we have excerpts of cain's news conference, and we talk with political editor david chalian about the candidate's efforts to move beyond the scandal. >> ifill: then, ray suarez talks with former united nations weapons inspector david albright about a new report on iran's nuclear arms capability. >> woodruff: margaret warner gets an inside look at the violent crackdown in syria from ramita navai, a "frontline" correspondent who sneaked into the country. >> ifill: the supreme court hears argument on whether police can use g.p.s. devices to track suspects without a warrant. we talk to marcia coyle. >> woodruff: from california, special correspondent michael montgomery has the story of federal raids on legal medical marijuana growers. >> open up. we have a warrant. i said, "i'm opening the door right now." they grabbed me, slammed me up against the wall here, cuffed me. >> ifill: and we close with another in our "american graduate" series on the nation's high scho

>> sreenivasan: watch more of gwen's conversation with condoleezza rice on the rundown blog. on our world page, find a list of the five things to watch for during the g-20 summit. plus we preview two upcoming stories about nicaragua. we debriefed ray suarez on the country's election this weekend and efforts to bring a lifesaving vaccine to nicaraguan children. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the heart of local communities, providing jobs, keeping people at work. they depend

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we assess what the chapter 11 filing means for air travelers and the industry. >> woodruff: then we get two views on the obama administration's campaign to crack down on the sale of counterfeit goods online. >> ifill: margaret warner has the story of very different eleeioio in two afo ririanan nattnsnsegypt and cocoo.o. >> woodruff: we examine a bloomberg news investigation of secret low-interest loans made by the federal reserve to rescue big banks in the wake of the financial crisis. >> ifill: jeff brown profiles legendary jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, still performing at age 81. >> you really feel that you're not satisfied? >> oh, no, no, no. i'm far from satisfied. that's why i'm still practicing. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> intel. sponsors of tomorrow. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we assess what the chapter 11 filing means for air travelers and the industry. >> woodruff: then we get two views on the obama administration's campaign to crack down on the sale of counterfeit goods online. >> ifill: margaret warner has the story of very different elections in two african nations, egypt and congo. >> woodruff: we examine a bloomberg news investigation of secret low-interest loans made by the federal reserve to rescue big banks in the wake of the financial crisis. >> ifill: jeff brown profiles legendary jazz saxophonist sonny rollins, still performing at age 81. >> you really feel that you're not satisfied? >> o, no, no, no. i'm far from satisfied. that's why i'm still practicing. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> intel. sponsors of tomorrow. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting scienc

. >> thanks, gwen. >>> we begin with the dc protess that sent a dozen people to the hospital, and it wasn't "occupy" dc. >> it was contentious at times,, as the protestors clashed with the police, they were inspired by the "occupy" dc movement.nt they want the city to restore the franklin building at a homeless shelter. activists say it was a similars occupation in 2002, thatat convinced the city to turn itit into a downtown shelter until ir was shun down in 2008. supporters say the home listst activists have a point.nt >> on the cuss of hypo they wero i can't season, we have a lot f folks in -- hoo hypothermiahyp season, we have a lot of folks that need a place to go. so right now, we have community space lying empty that should be used for the public good.d. >> there's a health at 801 east, but that's far from the services that they need and support that is downtown.ntow >> the activists who were arrested and supporters vow this is the last we've heard from them, they want the city to lett the community decide what should happen to the old schoolhool building. >> protestors are cal

. >> thank you, gwen. >>> and this is what we're working on for the news edge at 6. several stores are not waiting for black friday to offer deals to the customers. we're live talking to the shoppers and getting a really early start this year. >> and the governor tattles on the teen tweeter. what the high school posted that had the governor staff and her principal upset. >> this holiday season is a gadget lover's dream. the hottest items you're going to want to add to your wish list coming up on the news edge.  >> a new 3d movie is getting a lot of buzz. martin scores sayee pays tribute with toa new family movie called "hugo." >> what is your name, boy? >> how longo. >> reporter: -- hugo. >> reporter: an exploration into early film making, director martin scorsese tells the story of a boy's encounter with a famous french filmmaker in hugo. the film follows a resourceful on fan who attempts to unlock a secret by his father. it was a fun adventure. >> and i would -- i would imagine the whole world is a maseen. >> you watch them become a film.