In for wolf blitzer. It is 1 00 p. M. In washington, 6 00 p. M. In london, 8 00 p. M. In ankara, turkey, and 9 00 p. M. In baghdad, iraq. Wherever youre watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. We begin at the white house where the Holiday Season in the u. S. Has officially kicked off. First Lady Michelle obama and her daughters welcomed the White House Christmas tree. It is an 18. 5foottall douglas fir, it was grown in pennsylvania, and this tree will be on display in the blue room. And speaking of the Holiday Season, 140 million. Thats how many shoppers the National Retail federation estimates will take advantage of deals in the u. S. This weekend. From the pictures, it does look like its off to a good start. Many beginning their black friday holiday on thursday night actually, braving huge crowds for deals at this macys in heralds square in new york city. But in some cases, shopping for the best deal turned into a battle for bargains, literally. In texas, police had to
As we say, we are being cautious we learned from airasia sea tony fernandez, they are looking for the right hand side and we dont know if that is what they found on the that point. Reporter yeah look i think we have to be cautious inially they physically have those black boxes, they are still searching. But certainly, several hours ago, the head of the search and rescue agency here in indonesia made the announcement that they he had found the tail. They came across it at 5 00 this morning. Thats when the sonar picked it up. At 10 00 a. M. They sent out another sonar that was then authorized that, yes, lets send divers down if in to the water to confirm what they had found and sure enough it was the tail. We dont know if it is completely intact and here in lies the problem. If its not in tack then perhaps the tube like boxes and the cockpit audio recorder may not be there. This is a as good as it gets as far as information and discovery itself certainly hope that we will now get some an
Coverage, im natalie allen. An american in north korea is publicly condemning the u. S. Brutality. He gave a 4,000 word statement in an unusual News Conference in north korea sunday. He says he entered the country illegally. And the 29yearolds mother says he tried to enter north korea before. She tells cnn her son is very intelligent but has bipolar disorder. The u. S. State Department Says it is aware of reports that a u. S. Citizen is in north korea but has not said much more. With more on this lets go to will ripley, life in tokyo, you have been to north korea and talked with americans before. Now we have a new case to consider. Reporter we do have a new case, natalie. This one is a bit different, though, because it appears from what north korea is telling us with the mother of Arturo Martinez is telling us, he very much wanted to enter the country so much that he wanted to try to swim across the river and did not make it. He got out of the hospital. Got a pay day loan and according
They were peaceful and it seemed as if the weather got the better of them. Its chilly out here and they may have decided to leave. This walmart not opening until 8 00 this morning. Unusual for a walmart on black friday to open that late but given what happened out here last night, there are several demonstrators at walmart showing up, including this one. The National Guard showing up, blocking off the entrance, blocking the parking lot, telling those people that the walmart would not open until 8 00 this morning. And it wasnt just walmarts, it was also at a target located in brentwood just about a half hour from ferguson, another st. Louis suburb. Protesters, demonstrators sh showing up there dozens of them shouting hands up dont shoot and shut it down for Michael Brown. Calls for boycotts of black friday have been spreading throughout social media, on twitter and facebook. Demonstrators and organizers basically saying that theyve heard their voices on the street but they also want to
The terror group isis released a disturbing manual that describes details on how to properly beat and rape nonmuslim women held and beaten as slaves. According to their rules, they can have intercourse with a girl before she reaches puberty. It is quite an alarming document. And joining me now is cnns ian lee with more on it and reaction that is probably there to come in the region. Ian . Reporter well, natalie, this is something we have been hearing and know has been going on for quite sometime. It now has been coming out in a formal way, we talked to three residents in mosul in iraq about this pamphlet, and they confirmed it. And like you said, some very horrific things coming out from it. As you said, the fighters having sex with young girls, owning them as slaves, beating them if they get out of line. Really a horrific manual on how to own slaves. And looking at it even further, it talks about trading women. It also talks about having them or also talks about having them do your be