they did last year, and a lot of people are going to be shopping this week, 152 million americans are going to be shopping this weekend. that would be record-breaking numbers, about 10% more than last year. so, we ll see, we are in the thick of it right now and the crowds are definitely lining up. jon: you have the festive holiday coat to do this assignment. reporter: i do, i do, i do. trying to stay warm here, jon, it s cold, you know chicago. jon: i understand that. you re outdoors i guess there. all right. thanks, sandra. reporter: we have to give you new information on that tragic plane crash we reported on yesterday. it killed a father on history children. they were headed for a thanksgiving weekend in arizona. we ll bring you the very latest on the search. jon: also, we overindulge during the holidays, cocktails here and there. reporter: rile. jon: some folks are known to that. all the parties, you could end up with more than a buzz, if you re not careful.
reporter: she this is her son will go straight to the airport when he is released and the embassy is working on a passport and other paperwork to leave as we speak. jon: what about the other families of the other two, have we heard from them. reporter: my colleague steve centanni spoke with the father of luke gates. he had this to say. we re just ecstatic. we are just so happy, so happy for the other boys as well, and their families. continue be a nicer thanksgiving. absolutely not. and you have a lot to be thankful for. yes, very much so. reporter: we spoke to a state department spokesman moments ago who could not tell us the exact status of the three students. the assumption is that they will be on their way home very soon, jon. jon: jennifer griffin in washington. thanks. reporter: let s share with you a timeline that is sparking
start making money. you look around, it might look quiet, but inside the store there are people steadily as the day goes on starting to shop. as the sidewalks fill up, a lot of the cash registers are filling up as well. jon: peter doocy thank you. jamie: the penn state sex scandal, a wake up call around the country. parents are demanding that things change. we ll tell but one lawmaker who is trying to do something to stop anything like this from happening in his state. we ll take a look at the challenges of choosing a jury in the case of sandusky seen there. we ll be right back. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn t need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i ve been earning. .i flew us to the rock i really had in mind.
demonstrations is that the pro-democracy people who helped get rid of mubarak, i think, are undercutting their own position by the irrational nature of their objectives. jon: it s a big question, but give us some sampling of what you fear could happen if a muslim brotherhood-oriented government takes power in egypt. well, i think there are a lot of people who have portrayed themselves as relative moderates in the muslim brotherhood who really do have the agenda, one person, one vote, one time. and want to see a really radical islamist agenda pursued. certainly, if you ask the coptic christians in egypt, they are very concerned about the prospect for a muslim brotherhood victory. over 100,000 of the coptics have already left egypt entirely. so i think there s a lot to worry about here, and conditions of near anarchy are not conducive to a stable, democratic, representative government process. jon: we are going to watch that
civilian non-military government is going to spring out of nowhere is really a very dangerous notion. democracy is not decided by how many demonstrators you turn out in public squares, it s decided in elections. once you vary from that principle, you re really taking a huge risk. jon: president obama and the white house shocked a lot of people back in the spring when they essentially said hosni mubarak has to go. well, he s gone. is this a case, this result, a case of being careful what you wish for or what you ask for? well, exactly. i think we have got more instability in egypt, i think the camp david accords with israel and geopolitical stability in the middle east as a whole are more in danger. our arab allies in the gulf region in particular think that we threw mubarak under the bus, so their confidence in our leadership has declined. i mean, all in all, the united states and its friends, i think, are in a worse position. and what s ironic about these