rebecca black has matured as an artist. i'm guessing all the people who blasted her for "friday" are eating their words right about now. and so they should. so you should. the reaction to "friday" was outrageous. people wrote absolutely horrible things online about rebecca. she even got death threats, which police took seriously enough to investigate. much to her credit, rebecca took it all in stride. she posted this video about what her summer was like. >> over the summer i got to do some amazing things that i never thought could happen. i got to join katy perry on stage and sing "friday" with her. i got to attend the "glee" premiere. and i also won a teen choice award. >> yeah. at

rebecca black has matured as an artist. i'm guessing all the people who blasted her for "friday" are eating their words right about now. and so they should. so you should. the reaction to "friday" was outrageous. people wrote absolutely horrible things online about rebecca. she even got death threats, which police took seriously enough to investigate. much to her credit, rebecca took it all in stride. she posted this video about what her summer was like. >> over the summer i got to do some amazing things that i never thought could happen. i got to join katy perry on stage and sing "friday" with her. i got to attend the "glee"

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rebecca black, good for you. congratulations on your success and new song. all you critics, lighten up and let's all keep partying part i yg, yeah, on the ridiculist. that's it for us. see you again at 10:00 p.m. eastern. thanks for watching. "piers morgan tonight" starts right now. >>> tonight -- breaking news on the money trail. how did jerry sandusky's charity keep raising big bucks while rumors swirled about the penn state sexed scandal? just how strong is the case against him? i'll ask someone who prosecuted the most nou notorious sex crimes in manhattan. >>> plus, should the world be worried about iran's nukes? we talk about the nuclear program. >> and is this any way to win a presidential election. >> i don't care what the rest of the country feels, that's not important. i do care what the people of new hampshire think. >> is he just too honest for his own good? or perhaps he's too moderate? and can a man whose daughters do this in a campaign ad really make it to the white house? i'll ask jon huntsman and his daughters tonight, who just might be his s

rebecca black, good for you. congratulations on your success and new song. all you critics, lighten up and let's all keep partying partying, yeah, on the ridiculist. that's it for us. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> on the front line is the prosecution's case as open and shot as it seems. the tsa says their body scanners don't cause cancer, but they're of penn state not going to taste them. . are they right? the bottom line on america's place in the world. china trying to become the superpower. what does the super committee and the president need to do? let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the market slid nearly 200 points today. the reason, fear and uncertainty. fear of europe and fear of the super committee. we are counting down to a huge moment for america on a day our commander in chief was warned china's military is building up with one main goal, taking on america. i'll get to that in a moment. first, the super committee is exactly one week away from its deadline to cut a minimum of $1.2 trillion from america's d

so you're back, rebecca black. good for you. congratulations on your success and your new song and all you critics just try to lighten up and let's all keep partying, partying, yeah. >> yeah! >> on the "riduculist." >>> on the front line is the prosecution's case as open and shot as it seems. the tsa says their body scanners don't cause cancer, but they're of penn state not going to taste them. . are they right? the bottom line on america's place in the world. china trying to become the superpower. what does the super committee and the president need to do? let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the market slid nearly 200 points today. the reason, fear and uncertainty. fear of europe and fear of the super committee. we are counting down to a huge moment for america on a day our commander in chief was warned china's military is building up with one main goal, taking on america. i'll get to that in a moment. first, the super committee is exactly one week away from its deadline to cut a minimum of $1.2 trill

i'm chris wragge along with rebecca jarvis. erica hill is probably online at best buy. >>> we have heard sharks get a bad wrap. because all they do is eat people like us. they deserve our respect and protection tonight. people in south africa are ready to put their bodies on the line to prove that no cage -- >> it sounds like you contradicted yourself there. one second you said they eat people and then you said they don't get enough respect. >> for the scientists, not us. >> these people are going to be swimming with the sharks in the ocean literally around the clock. 24-hour experiment under way on television. coming up, we will talk to their adviser who has gone swimming with great white sharks 50 or 70 times himself and done it and live to taell the tale. >> i say you need a bigger boat. >>> here is terrell brown at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines for us. >> good morning. >>> millions of americans nationwide hit the stores early this black friday morning. many retailers open their doors to the big crowd

i'm chris wragge along with rebecca jarvis. erica hill is probably online at best buy. >>> we have heard sharks get a bad wrap. because all they do is eat people like us. they deserve our respect and protection tonight. people in south africa are ready to put their bodies on the line to prove that no cage -- >> it sounds like you contradicted yourself there. one second you said they eat people and then you said they don't get enough respect. >> for the scientists not us. >> these people are going to be swimming with the sharks in the ocean literally around the clock. 24-hour experiment under way on television. coming up, we will talk to their adviser who has gone swimming with great white sharks 50 or 70 times himself and done it and live to taleell the tale. >> i say you need a bigger boat. >>> here is terrell brown at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines for us. >> good morning. >>> millions of americans nationwide hit the stores early this black friday morning. many retailers open their doors to the big crow

good morning, i'm chris wragge. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. >> the latest on black friday as the official holiday shopping season gets under way. it really began late last night, early this morning and thousands of stores across the country and this morning millions of people are already at work. >> all right, take a look at the hawthorn shopping center west of chicago. there is a giant traffic jam of shoppers right now it has all the scene of rush hour traffic. maybe a rush to spend and start the holiday retail season and correspondent elaine quijano is back here at macy's where thousands of people were waiting at midnight. great to see you, elaine. >> good morning to you, rebecca and chris. well, this is, as you noted, the official start to the holiday shopping season. and the holiday is actually account for 25% to 40% annual retail sales. so, for stores, there is a lot on the line. black friday has always been a big day for retailers. but despite the 152 million consumers expected to shop this holiday weekend, it could be a bit of a bust. >> there's no jobs program, there's no tax reba

. >>> they are lining up already in many areas for those black friday deals. one guy in michigan even dressed in maya tigger costume to keep warm. >> rebecca cooper is live in alexandria tonight. >> we talked a lot of shoppers in northern virginia. some shoppers are trying to get ahead of the black friday it shoppers and stay home tomorrow. some shoppers eager to do a little advance work so they can go back out again tomorrow. some shoppers admit they would like to stay home tomorrow, but they could be had by a great deal. there are many shoppers, bargain hunters waiting until friday deals. this egad -- dad is shopping for christmas today. he has no intention of being here tomorrow. >> be with the kids and family and not be here. it is ridiculous. >> others admit they may be tempted by big bargains tomorrow, even if it is a holiday. >> it is going to be really crowded tomorrow. i would rather spend it with family. but if i can get out, i will. >> she already has her list for santa. her mom is ready to find the best deals and will not wait until friday. >> afte

time for the special black friday edition. rebecca jarvis is here with the help line. good morning. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you too. happy turkey day. part of our ask it early series comes from alexandra. >> so my question is, i love all the sales but i hate the crowds. so how i do avoid the crowds on the holiday? >> can you even avoid a crowd on the holiday? >> you can avoid it on-line. other than a slower internet connection can be the case when so many people are bombarding the website, the good news is can you go on-line. most web sites are offering deals and discount for black friday, about 92% of them are offering deals this weekend, 78% of them are offering deals on cyber monday. that's of course, next monday and the monday after thanksgiving. which is one of the biggest shopping days for people. >> next question is from charlotte in l.a. >> i have to work on black friday and i'm wondering if i can't get out, am i really going to be missing all the deals? >> back to going on the computer. no, you're going to be okay. basically when you look at the black f

time for a special black friday edition of ask it early. cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is here with the help line. good morning. happy thanksgiving. >> to you too. happy turkey day. >> so we have questions from our viewers which is part of our ask it early series. the first comes from alexandria. >> my question is i love all of the sales but i hate the crowds. so how do i avoid the crowds on the holiday? >> can you even avoid a crowd on this holiday? >> you can if you go online. other than having a slower internet connection which so could be the case you go online. most of the web sites out there are offering deals and discounts for black friday about 92% of them are offering deals this weekend. 78% of them are offering deals on cybermonday and that is, of course, next monday, the monday after thanksgiving which becomes one of the biggest shopping days for people. >> one of the least productive days at work. >> exactly. >> next question from charlotte in l.a. >> i have to work on black friday and i'm wonderin

our team coverage begins -- continues with rebecca cooper in alexandria. >> as you know, some target employers were so upset at the idea that would have to work this thanksgiving that they started a nationwide petition urging consumers to stay home. this target does not open until midnight but they are lining up here. many stores -- kmart and walm- art -- were open, and consumers were flocking inside. they were first in line. >> my mother brought some fruit frost. or us. >> with stores open all thanksgiving day some families are making shopping and selling part of their thanksgiving tradition. >> it gets everybody kicked off for christmas. >> wendy smith said she enjoys the discount. >> i tried one time to go out on black friday to walmart and it was wall-to-wall people. i screamed to the security guard to help me get out. >> michelle and her family have thanksgiving dinner with a honduran twist. >> chicken pollow with ketchup. >> anthey found good discounts for his daughter's new apartment. they have time for old fashioned a thanksgiving traditions like football. >> there are three

joining us now to break down the good news is business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis. always good when we can say good news when it comes to the economy. >> it is nice for a change. >> cyber monday was super monday, right? yes. $1.2 billion sales online, that's the estimate. the retailers that fared the best are the department stores, the likes of macy's, nordstrom. apparel stores, their online stores were up 24%. and this is the most interesting component of the information to me. it shows a very new trend. that is that the sales on mobile devices, people making purchases from their smartphones were up 8.5%. when you think about where things are trending here in the world, in our economy, it's trend to go that space. >> which is a pretty significant increase year over year. looking back quickly, too, we mentioned off the top. but the numbers for the weekend really, really strong. we're learning a little bit more about those. >> yes. the big approximately out of the weekend numbers is that sales topped $50 billion. $52.4 billion in total sold and the good things here t

joining us now to break down the good news is business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis. always good when we can say good news when it comes to the economy. >> it is nice for a change. >> cyber monday was super monday, right? yes. $1.2 billion sales online that's the estimate. the retailers that fared the best are the department stores the likes of macy's nordstrom. apparel stores their online stores were up 24%. and this is the most interesting component of the information to me. it shows a very new trend. that is that the sales on mobile devices, people making purchases from their smartphones were up 8.5%. when you think about where things are trending here in the world, in our economy it's trend to go that space. >> which is a pretty significant increase year over year. looking back quickly, too we mentioned off the top. but the numbers for the weekend really really strong. we're learning a little bit more about those. >> yes. the big approximately out of the weekend numbers is that sales topped $50 billion. $52.4 billion in total sold and the good things here that's c

. >> of those numbers and the record-setting results from black friday are giving wall street a boost, as well. dow jones industrials gained 2.5% on monday. joining us to break down the good news is rebecca jarvis, always good when we can say good news. >> it is nice for change, isn't it? >> cybermonday was super monday, right? >> super monday. $1.2 billion in sales online yesterday during the day. that's the initial estimates. sales up 20%. the retailers that faired the best are the department stores. the likes of macy's, nordstroms their sales were up 29%. apparel stores their online sales were up 24%. and this is the most interesting component of the information to me because it shows a very new trend and that is that the sales on mobile devices, people making purchases from their smartphones were up 8.5%. when you just think about where things are trending here in the world and in our economy, it's trending to that little device in the palm of your hand. >> which is quite significant increase year over year, that seems like a lot to me. i admit i figure into that percentage. but l

you have arrived. >> okay, i am rebecca made off. the graduate tax to get rid of that and we are throwing around the word that like it's the worst thing ever. there's different kinds of debt. this healthy diet and healthy diet. go in spending thousands and thousands of pounds on handbags and shoes is on healthy debt. that is not going to benefit you in the future. but if you make the calculation that universities are going to mean you can have a salary you want, then surely that's the calculation you could make and you can invest in not any should say okay, i'm going to have to pay it back slowly and transform a thousand pounds now that you pay it back. you pay that last amount. so shouldn't you look at that. it's an investment in my future. [applause] >> thank you. what about the woman in the third row here. thank you. >> i had any mccullen and ever-present admin. it has been proven not going to university and getting a degree as 12,000 pounds to your salary. if you think about it, and authority more one year of your degree paid off