program and say they are innocent. porter was clearly happy to be back in the u.s. tonight. >> i'd like to thank the nebs cairo for all the thing thez did for us as well as the administration at the american university in cairo for all their help and support. and my lawyers ted and both in egypt and here who worked tirelessly to obtain my freedom. i'm just so thankful to be back. and i love to be in philadelphia right now. >> the other two students arrested with porter, derrick sweeney and luke gates are also returning to the u.s. from egypt at this hour. syria is running out of allies. you can add the arab league to its list of critics. finance ministers from the league want to punish damascus for its crackdown on protesters. new video on youtube showed enthusiastic demonstration with syrians pledging with the league to hit the regime hardment something you don't normally see in public. proposed sanctions would include freezing government assets and those belonging to syrian officials along with travel restrictions. sunday morning foreign ministers will decide whether to enforce the proposed sanctions. pakistan's relations with the u.s. and nato are hitting another rough spot. islamabad blames those two for an attack launched from afghanistan that left 24 pakistani soldiers dead. the battles took place in the rug he will terrain between the two countries where the border isn't always clear. in the aftermath of the attack, pakistan cut off two vital supply lines into afghanistan. >> translator: this morning at 9:00 a.m. there was an attack on sovereignty. learning of this, i was going to attend meetings with my sons and brothers. but i'm now going to islamabad to hold a special security session of the dcc. i'm calling on all the leaders of pakistan to come and discuss this situation so that no one can even dare to attack pakistan's sovereignty or pakistan's security. we have a report on the fallout from the attack. >> reporter: an angry reaction here in pakistan to what government officials here are calling a nato air strike that hit two pakistani military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least two dozen pakistani soldiers. this is an incident that sparked some anti-american and anti-nato protests in pakistan. some of the protests taking place in the city. government officials here say this incident took place in a district that pakistan's tribal region that sits right next to the afghanistan border. this is an area where there is a lot of militant activity. nato troops oftentimes conduct military operations there. and that's what was happening according to nato officials in the early morning hours of saturday morning when this incident happened. the agreement between pakistan and nato is for nato troops to stay on afghanistan's soil. but in this case, according to pakistani officials that didn't happen. the nato air strikes hitting targets on pakistani soil and pakistani government officials not happy. the prime minister issuing a blistering condemnation saying he plans to protest this incident with u.s. and nato officials. here's what pakistan's top military spokesperson had to say about the incident. >> there's a great resentment. in the past these kind of incidents happen and the excuse was given that it was by mistake or it was confusion because somehow there was a case because of the militants crossing over. but the fact is that we got together and exact locations. we exchanged and said these are the border force being manned by pakistani soldiers. >> reporter: prime minister calling an emergency meeting on saturday night with military and government leaders trying to formulate a response to this incident. pakistan shut down the two nato supply routes. that means roughly 40% of natu e supplies are parked here and not clear when they're going to move again and what other measures pakistan is prepared to take in response to this incident. >> well, it will be a little late and a little short. the nba season is now going to happen if a deal holds between players and owners. the agreement to end the 149-day lockout still has to be ratified. but if it stands up, the season would be 66 games instead of 82. and it would start christmas day. bashg fisher and david stern made the announcement. >> it's a greater good requiring us to knock ourselves out and come to this tenant of understanding. and so i think that there is still a lot of shall we say other issues to be finished because we have the broadest outline. >> the most important key thing here is that our fans and the support from the people and the patience, you know, through a large part of this process, you know, that's to a lot of his credit. >> as we mentioned, december 25th, the regular season will begin with a tv triple-header. here are the matchups. miami heat versus the dallas mavericks, boston celtics and new york knicks and the chicago bulls against the l.a. lakers. florida a & m university fired the director of the marching band days after a drum major's death. police believe hazing was involved. a former band member says he's not surprised. he actually sued after a brutal beating led to kidney failure. >> i was taking into a room blindfolded and paddled with, you know, they have these wooden paddles. after the paddling stopped, it was actually physical blows, face slapping, just all sorts of things to cause pain and suffering. >> lisa sylvester has more on this culture of violence on campus. >> reporter: they are one of the best with precision and technique, florida a & m university's marching 100 has stood out. the band program began more than 100 years ago, a proud tradition for the university. but the entire band is now suspended indefinitely after the death of a drum major robert champion. authorities are investigating if hazing may have played a role. >> i do want to know what happened because that would give me more understanding and something like this i can accept knowing what happened. >> reporter: saturday night after the florida classic, champion was found on a university buts outside of a hotel. he was throwing up and said he couldn't breathe. he died shortly afterward. the orange county medical examiner has completed the autopsy. he says more information is needed before determining a final cause of death. the university announced that it's also forming a task force to review the circumstances of champion's death. >> the purpose of this review is not to establish culpability of individual band members in this particular case but rather to determine whether there are patterns of behavior by the band or members of it that should be addressed. >> reporter: 30 band members were let go earlier this year because of hazing. those investigations are on going. marching band members at historically black colleges have been tight knit groups, much like a sorority or fraternity. hazing has long been a problem. at clark university, the band director says a student handbook spells out it's against university policy to haze another student. and robert clampon, his band director says he was to have been named the head drum major next year but he never got the chance to tell him. a mother of a marching band student came forward detailing her many concerns with hazing within the program even though there is a zero tolerance policy there, she says it is still happening. her son told her it is a right of passage, like a gang initiation. the quote she said is you have to be beaten to earn respect. and she spoke to university officials before this happened and now looking back, she says that robert champion's death could have been prevented. lisa sylvester, cnn, washington. will curiosity solve the mysteries of mars? nasa launched the new rover with that name today. we'll tell you how the space agency is already working on its next exploration mission. lot of money on car insurance. feels nice going into the holidays. ohhhh.... will you marry me? oooh, helzberg diamonds. yeah, 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64% of the people said if we didn't have to stay here, we wouldn't. now that doesn't mean that, you know, five years from now they'll say this is a great city. we want to be herement we're going to stay here. but it just has shaken them up more ways than one. >> there is no end in sight. there is no indication this is going to end. >> it tapers off. any time you see an earthquake of great magnitude like we've seen in haiti or south america, they do start to taper off. but this is an on going process. the plates are re-adjusting and they continue to do that. and that's why the after shocks will continue for quite some time. in some cases more than a year. but when you are right at that yearly point, they really do start to diminish dramatically. i want to tell you about some travel weather. we've got a frontal system stretching from the great lakes to the gulf coast. behind this weather system in chicago, we're looking at temperatures that go from readings in the 60s to in the 50s. we did see some earlier delays coming out of houston's bush airport. but now this weather system is traveling towards the east. so guess what? just in time for tomorrow's big travel day. if you're going into or out of atlanta's hearts field jackson international airport, i think we're going to see some pretty significant delays. you headed out tomorrow? >> no, i'll be here through tuesday. >> all right. >> looks like for atlanta tomorrow, anticipate some of those delays coming up. the rainfall may be heavy at times. not so much in that all important corridor in the northeast for places like new york and boston and philadelphia. it looks like those temperatures fairly mild tomorrow. but much colder going in towards monday. and we start to see the rainfall occur then. so that's when we start to see problems. >> all right. thank you, karen. appreciate it. up next, a check of our top stories and from sesame street to wall street, creative gift ideas for kids to save money and even make money. stay with us. # this was the gulf's best tourism season in years. all because so many people came to louisiana... they came to see us in florida... make that alabama... make that mississippi. the best part of the gulf is wherever you choose... and now is a great time to discover it. this year millions of people did. we set all kinds of records. next year we're out to do even better. so come on down to louisiana... florida... alabama... mississippi. we can't wait to see you. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. what's vanishing deductible all about ? guys, it's demonstration time. let's blow carl's mind. okay, let's say i'm your insurance deductible. every year you don't have an accident, $100 vanishes. the next year, another $100. where am i going, carl ? the next year... that was weird. but awesome ! ♪ nationwide is on your side the holiday season for shopping is clearly well under way. but before you head out to the mall, the best gifts for your children may be just a click away. joining us live from orlando, not chicago as normal, terry savage. she is the author of the book "the savage truth on money." all right, terry, i hear you've got some great ideas for kids that will help them not spend as much and even maybe make some money? is that true? >> you know, we're giving gifts to kids. you know they're going to be broken before the holiday season is over. they're going to be given away, worn out. so how about some gift that's teach children about personal finance? who better to teach than sesame street's elmo? >> elmo did the jostle well. >> on tuesday, he brought lots of bot ltles back to the stoor. when all the bolt ttles added u earned him $1 more. >> so these are free dvds. this is a wonderful new program by the ses me street work shop. they're available on line. you can get the dvds in english and spanish. so what a great way to start your little kids out learning about money. the new dvds about personal finance from sesame street. give you another one. little kids like piggy banks. but what do they know about piggy banks? there is a terrific piggy bank at a website called "msgen.com. it's a four chambered piggy bank. it costs $16.99. there is a category for save, spend, for donate, for invest. you can see your money into each of the categories for #$.7 acan you get another little work book and activity book. so it's msgen.com. the m