morning in politics. listen to this. word we are just getting that could further boost newt gingrich s still-surging campaign. the influential new hampshire union leader newspaper has now endorsed the former speaker. they have thrown their support behind him now for the republican nomination for president. they have put out their endorsement in today s paper. let me read you a bit from it. and it says, and i quote, republican voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running. that candidate is newt gingrich. new hampshire, as you know, holds the first in the nation primary. that s happening a week after the iowa caucus. so gingrich who has seen his campaign surge over the past several weeks actually is now picking up an influential endorsement. he has moved up in the polls in new hampshire as we know, going up to the double digits but still it has been mitt romney who has been surging and had at least 40% i
there a big, new chill in relations between russia and the u.s.? it s all about one man. i ll explain. next up, where does innovation come from? we ll ask the man who totally reinvented a household appliance you use every week or at least you should. then a look at jobs, inequality, and the economy with the nobel prize-winning economist michael spence. think you can solve the euro crisis? we ll tell you how you can try. first, here s my take. this is thanksgiving week in america, and it s a time we re meant to be thankful. except no one is feeling particularly grateful because we are in a deep funk. the united states seems to have stopped working. discussion of dysfunction and decline now dominate the national conversation. so i thought i would try to bring a note of optimism to the thanksgiving table. every time i turn on the tv, i hear some politician talk about how europe s woes should be a warning and that we re next. this is a fundamental mistake. the united stat
charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest. take a look at this. near los angeles, one shopper actually pepper sprayed the people in line ahead of her at a walmart to get the year s hot video game console and it worked. sandra endohas developments. what more have you learned about the attack? it s almost impossible to believe that this actually happens during the holiday shopping season, but yet here we go again. reporter: yeah, absolutely, jim. that video is so amazing, and incredible to see the crowd as they go after these discounted items in walmart. and police say they are looking for a woman in her 30s who pepper sprayed the crowd as that deal went on sale. a large number of people were surrounding the area where xboxs were diswouldncounted and ten p were treated at scene last night. one person affected by the pepper spray and recorded the frenzy on tape. tell me about this woman. did you see her before? line waiting for this deal to open up
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god don t like to be laughed at. how a 30-year-old playwright is challenging the way we remember the last day of dr. martin luther king jr. s life. plastic wars. why is this man wearing 500 plastic bags and hanging off the side of a boat? and why is the plastic industry out to get him? hunting down sharks. they re the most feared predators in the ocean. but we reveal how sharks have more to fear from us. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents with your hosts tonight, soledad o brien and sanjay gupta. we begin this evening with a cnn presents special investigation. it s a story that sounds all too familiar. catholic priests accused of abusing children. church leaders accused of covering it up. but this familiar story has a disturbing new chapter. hundreds of these priests live unmonitored in unsuspecting communities. as we learned in some cases, they live next to schools and they live next to parks. gary