cnn newsroom starts right now. happy black friday. one in four americans says that he or she plans to shop on this busy shopping day and the crowds are coming out. at times, however, things do get out of hand like at this walmart near los angeles. authorities say a woman waiting in line pepper sprayed other customers, apparently, so she could get a better place in line. ten people were hurt when the crowd scattered. no serious injuries reported. the woman paid for her items and ran out of the store and detectives are hoping that a security camera will help identify her. and there was another wild morning at a walmart near orlando and police say two men started fighting at the jewelry counter. one of them allegedly resisted arrest and officers ended up wrestling him to the ground. okay, hopefully these are just exceptions and it s an important day in the united states, as well. as far as the economy is concerned. so much of this economy relies on consumer spending. we
rules says joe paterno s football players got preference shl treatment because joe paterno demanded. she held the post from 2003 to 2007. in a statement to cnn, she says in part, over several years, there were numerous meetings and discussions about specific impending student discipline cases that involved football players. as a result, my staff and i felt compelled to alter how we handled cases involving penn state football players. the consequence of these accommodations put us in the position of treating football players more favorable than other students. joe paterno s lawyer says the claims are misleading and filled with inaccuracies. cnn has obtained a statement for air. we ll report that in a moment. all of this comes as pennsylvania s department of child and youth services is said to be investigating two new allegations of child sex abuse on the part of jerry sandusky. these are the first known cases involving alleged victims who are still underage. sandusky is fo
always get something new out of these and we certainly did last night. you won t see another one of these for another two weeks. so, we got quite a treat last night. we ll break down what we saw in that showdown, which was over national security and foreign policy. and these candidates, yes, they re all in the same party. it is clear, though, they are not on the same page. you see who will join me, our foreign affairs correspondent, she is jill dougherty. always good to have her. and deputy political director paul steinhauser. newt gingrich may have hurt himself last night. we ll start with a look at how far apart the candidates are on the issues of afghanistan, pakistan, homeland security and jill is breaking that down for us in this report. with eight republicans on stage, president barack obama got a few knicks. . if you love what president obama has done to our economy, you ll love what he has done to the national security. the candidates had the knives out for each
part of a possible terror plot against the u.s. plan to coincide with the 9/11 ceremonies. two of the three people are american citizens. we will give you the latest on the possible terror threat. listen to the week the firefighters have had in texas. they responded close to 200 wildfires since sunday. president obama declaring an emergency there as homes continue to burn. and today, nasa is heading to the moon. you are looking at the rocket that will launch in a few hours. i ll tell you what the mission to the moon is all about. it is saturday, september 10th. i m t.j. holmes. it is a weekend where the country will stop and remember and mourn, but also the government telling you to be vigilant as well. we have increased security, increased scrutiny, one day before the tenth anniversary of 9/11. here is the latest. i mentioned the word credible. credible and specific. it is not yet confirmed. american intelligence networks intercepted communications from pakistan. we ar
close. again, officially is the word. they may get an on core performance. john zarrella reports for us. reporter: the end is sketched in stone, or up in the air. two spags shuttle flights left. nasa s new budget signed by president obama calls for adding one more flight next june maybe. florida senator spearheaded the effort to get the added shuttle curtain call. it would allow nasa to stock the space station with tons of extra, computers, space walk gear, experiments, all kinds of spare parts. and it would save jobs for a few extra months. if i put on my parochial