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These protesters are young men, 20something, teenagers, hard to say if theyre here fighting for democracy or here to cause some trouble. Those were chants of down with president morsi, down with president morsi. Were now starting to see these protests and clashes take place in cities outside of cairo. In the northern city, the first fatality of these protests. According to the Muslim Brotherhood, 15yearold Islam Massoud was killed when antimorsi protesters attacked the brotherhoods offices there. Massoud hit in the head with a club and pronounced dead before he arrived at the hospital. This is some of the violence taking place. Lets go to Tahrir Square shall things are a little more peaceful. Things much calmer here where you have a few thousand people gathered here. About 40 tents, very much reminiscent of the 2011 egyptian revolution. You have food stands, people selling tea. Here is a tea stand right here. Lots of people talking politics. If you look at these groups here, these are all people that are debating their political positions and demanding that mr. Morsi rescind his controversial decre decrees. To start with i want these decrees to be withdrawn and secondly, i would hope he starts to listen to us and the people. I am willing to stay until we oust him just like we did with mubarak. Hes bringing it down on himself. Reporter factions opposed to mr. Morsi continued to make moves to apply political pressure on the president. Prodemocracy activist mohammed el baradi calling on morsi to rescind his decrees. Its not clear how many judges are going to heed the call for a strike because remember a lot of judges in egypt support mr. Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood and so do a lot of egyptians. Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood have called for demonstrations throughout the next few days, and thats why theres a lot of drama that comes with these developments. You have mr. Morsi seemingly entrenched in power. The Muslim Brotherhood movement taking on opposing factions who are mobilizing, demanding for him to rescind his decrees. Rez sesay a reza sayah, cair. We have learned a delegation from gaza is now in cairo. The three sides will get back to hammering out the ceasefire. Adding his voice to the discussion, the leader of hezbollah in lebanon. He sent a stern warning today to israel threatening major retaliation if israel makes a move on lebanon. Hezbollah is not involved in the renewed hostilities but they have fought with israel in the past. Tensions their shared border really has never gone away. At least 117 people are dead after a massive fire at a clothing factory in bangladesh. It happened outside the capital city of dhaka. You can see every window is lit with flames. Some workers tried to escape out the windows. There were about 2,000 workers, mostly women, in that factory and they expect, unfortunately, the death toll to rise. Well, they took a week off for thanksgiving, but Congress Gets back to work starting tomorrow. Time is short, but they have a lot on their agenda. The Senate Returns tomorrow, the house officially goes back into session on tuesday. The socalled fiscal cliff is the biggest item that is sitting on the congressional agenda. If president obama and congress dont reach some sort of deal, huge tax increases and spending cuts would automatically kick in january 1. Todayself republica selveral red away from a pledge banning tax increases. When youre 16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming greece, and republicans should put revenue on the table. I want to cut rates to create jobs, but i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if democrats will do entitlement reform. I agree with saxby chambliss. A pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago is for that congress. If i were in congress in 1941 i would have signed supported a declaration of war against japan. Im not going to attack japan today. The world has changed. Does it mean we might be closer to a fiscal cliff compromise . Athena jones takes a closer look. Reporter thats, of course, the big question here. We know in the meeting the president had with lawmakers the friday before thanksgiving there was a lot of positive talk coming out of that with leaders on both sides saying the meeting was constructive, that lawmakers understood their responsibilities, and that they were going to Work Together to avoid this fiscal cliff. Today lawmakers expressed optimism that theyre going to be able to reach a deal. Lets listen to what senator john mccain of arizona had to say followed by senator dick durbin of illinois. We can and must get an agreement. Otherwise, i think, first of all, the markets are going to start reacting. Unfortunately for the last ten days with the house and Congress Gone for the thanksgiving recess, there hasnt much progress hasnt been made, but tomorrow theres no excuse. Were back in town. Reporter so there you heard senator durbin say no more excuses, theyre back in town, going to have to get back to work. Certainly there is more pressure on lawmakers to get this done. The clock is ticking. Some people believe that democrats and the president may feel that they have a little bit more leverage since the president was reelected on a promise to raise taxes on the wealthy. I can tell you that the hope coming out of the meeting, the prior to thanksgiving meeting, we heard from senator reade saying they hope to meet with the president again. Theres not a meeting on the president s schedule but that could certainly change. Thank you very much. A spectacular scene off miami beach as an 80foot yacht went up in flames in a matter of minutes. Three people were on the yacht yesterday when the fire broke out. They all managed to jump into the waters. Rescue crews saved them. Nobody was injured but they couldnt do much to save the yacht. The cause of that fire is still under investigation. All you powerball players, get ready. Wednesday is going to be a very big day. Huge you could say. Nobody won last nights top prize, so the estimated new jackpot is 425 million. Wow. That is the largest ever for this multistate lottery. More than 2 Million People did match some of the numbers last night so you won something. Those winnings numbers, 22, 32, 37, 44, 50, and a powerball of 34. Next, tis the season to travel, and today millions of you are taking to the streets and the skies. Plus, its something never seen before. A spys top secret tools of the trade. Weapons that could kill you in an instant. Well have the exclusive pictures in just a moment. Our pharmacist recommended it. And that makes me feel pretty good about it. And then i heard about a study looking at multivitamins and the Long Term Health benefits. And what do you know . They used centrum silver in the study. Makes me feel even better, thats what i take. Sorry, we take. [ male announcer ] centrum. The most recommended. Most preferred. Most studied. Centrum, always your most complete. Part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. Its changing the conversation. With odor free aspercreme. Powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. So all you notice is relief. Aspercreme. If you are watching me in an airport, i hope your trip is going well because traveling today could require a lot of stami stamina, whether you are flying, driving, or even taking the train. The sunday after thanksgiving is traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year for americans. So far its smooth sailing for most travelers. Susan candiotti is tracking the travel scene from new Yorks Laguardia airport where it appears to be going well. Hello, susan. Reporter hi, martin. Things have been remarkably smooth for travelers on this busy Holiday Weekend. Mainly because theres been good weather throughout the country. Weve spent the day at new Yorks Laguardia airport, and we have seen very few lines, if at all, as people check in and go through security. Now, lets talk to the deleon family traveling this day. Youre from chicago. You spent the weekend in new york. How early did you come here today . We were here probably a good hour and a half before our flight boards, which is totally unlike us. Were usually doing the flight to the gate. Here we are trying to waste time until the flight leaves. Reporter obviously you have had bad experiences as well, as we all have, with delays. Why do you think it happened this weekend . Its very bizarre. I think its unseasonably warm weather has to be part of it. Its been gorgeous weather. Maybe the planes have been going on time and everything has been good. So i dont know. Its a delightful surprise. Its better than getting delayed and not getting home until tomorrow. Reporter and pricewise, did things cost about the same as they did last year . I think so. It really wasnt so bad. I think pricewise i dont think it was aeal big difference from last year. Reporter and you will be taking another chance in a few weeks. Got to travel for the holidays. Thats what its about. Spending time with family. Well roll the dice on flights and hope for the best. Reporter thank you very much. Of course, they are still reminding people, whether it is this weekend or coming up at christmasti christmastime, its always best to come early just in case. Marty, back to you. Thanks, susan. It appears a weekend of black friday shopping has set a record. The National Retail federation says 247 million shoppers hit the stores and websites for postthanksgiving sales and thats up from last years 226 million. The nrf says shoppers spent an average of 423 each since thursday. In all the trade group says bargain hungry consumers dropped 59. 1 billion. And it looks like those thanksgiving door buster deals worked. The federation estimates 28 of this years shoppers hit the stores, get this, before midnight thanksgiving night. Well, a tense ceasefire in the middle east. My next guess says theres a behind the scenes force that threatens the current peace now and in the future. Well explain that. Theyve been committed to putting clients first. Helping generations through tough times. Good times. Never taking a bailout. There when you need them. Helping millions of americans over the centuries. The strength of a Global Financial leader. The heart of a onetoone relationship. Together for your future. [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind . Announcing the allnew 2013 malibu from chevrolet. With a remarkable new interior featuring the available chevrolet mylink infotainment system. This is where sophisticated styling begins. And where it ends . Thats up to you. Its here the greatest malibu ever. As we keep an eye on that tenuous ceasefire between israel and hamas, one writer sees a silent but influential force at work behind the scenes of this conflict. So lets talk with frieda. Shes a World Affairs columnist for the miami herald and a World Politics review. And an old friend from cnn. Good to see you, marty. Lets talk about the column you wrote for cnn. Com. I believe its called iran, an ominous lengthening shadow. And it basically goes over this conflict and talks about how what weve just seen play out in gaza is an indication of what may be to come. What do you mean by that . Well, the confrontation that we saw was between the palestinians of hamas in gaza and israel, but behind the scenes there was a strong power that was playing a role in some ways subtle and in some ways less subtle. Iran is a friend of hamas, even though they have had their problems, but iran has armed insurgent groups. Its armed groups that oppose any kind of negotiated agreement with israel. It has backed them and has cheered them on, and israel expects that if there is a direct confrontation with iran, a direct armed confrontation, one of the things that iran might do is activate groups such as hamas in gaza or hezbollah in lebanon to have them use their weapons to attack israel. So some of what we saw happening in gaza was israel looking at the weaponry that half mahamas might put in play should there be a war directly confronting israel. We found israel finding a way to counter those weapons. The iron dome and some of the other things. You write about the impact of the arab spring. In your words, where would key arab and muslim players stand in case of this confrontation between iran and the west, particularly if israel and the palestinians became the e epicenter of this fighting . Did we get any answers out of this conflict . I think the answer was, first of all, it was disappointing to iran because egypt especially did not jump in on hamas side. No, they didnt. Egypt paid a lot of lip service to hamas and it spoke very harshly against israel, but it didnt jump in, and neither did hezbollah, and the truth is that arab countries where the socalled arab spring has taken shape, countries where the ground is really shifting politically, they had their traditional antiisrael stance, which is to be expected, but the intensity of it was probably something of a disappointment to hamas. Hamas wanted to make itself relevant again during a time of turmoil in the middle east, and it worked, but not with the intensity they would have hoped. I think many were curious about what the new egyptian president , where he would stand, especially coming from the Muslim Brotherhood, and, in fact, many westerners looked on his stand as being pretty right down the middi. Le. It was i think a chance that israel took. Israel didnt know what egypt would do and this was very risky. Its one of the reasons why i think the people who claim that netanyahu had decided to take this stance, they claim that perhaps it was a politically motivated decision, that perhaps it had to do with the elections that are coming in israel in january. I dont think that makes any sense because this was actually very risky for netanyahu. Who do you think, and i always hate to bring it down to winners and losers, but out of this conflict when you have so many that are killed, who is perceived as the winner . You know, everybody is claiming victory. I think its very clear that the losers are the people of gaza. The civilians who are in the cross fire, and i think they should have something to say to hamas about why it does not use any of its resources to protect them. I think they are the clear losers. Hamas had a momentary victory because it did gain the headlines, it became relevant for the moment. Longer term i dont think hamas really won very much of anything. They lost a lot of their arsenal. They did not get the support from the Muslim Brotherhood, from egypt, that they wanted. They lost a lot of their top commanders. So i dont think they can count themselves winners. I dont think iran can have much to celebrate here because their rockets that it helps to provide to hamas did not fare so well. I think israel can celebrate the iron dome. It was more of a success much more effective than i think most people expected. But i think, you know, one of the losers is the prospect for peace. I think youre right. Every time there is a military confrontation, the chances that people are going to be willing to take risks for peace diminish. Youre absolutely right. Its a pleasure to see you with the miami herald. There is a new weapon that could soon patrol the skies over israel and even right here in the u. S. And its smaller than, well, the palm of your hand. Well have that story coming up in a moment. [ male announcer ] alkaseltzer plus presents the cold truth. I have a cold. I took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesnt work on runny noses. What . [ male announcer ] it doesnt have an antihistamine. Really . [ male announcer ] really. Alkaseltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fast acting antihistamine to relieve your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you [ male announcer ] youre welcome. Thats the cold truth [ male announcer ] alkaseltzer plus. Oh what a relief it is [ male announcer ] to learn more about the cold truth and save 1 visit alkaseltzer on facebook. To come home for the holidays. Thats double miles you can actually use. Sadly, their brothers White Christmas just got blacked out. [ brother ] but its the family party really jingles your bells, doesnt it . My gift to you the capital one venture card for any flight, any time thats double miles you can actually use how illuminating. Whats in your wallet . Let me guess, am i on the naughty list again . Ho ho ho and before the break we were talking about the ceasefire between hamas and the israelis. It has been a halt to the rocket barrage which bloodied the region forri eight days. Theres still one weapon hovering over right now. Right before the conflict started, you visited one of israels largest defense manufacturers and you got an exclusive and pretty neat look at one of the countrys most valuable resources, the drone. So why do israelis feel they need to keep drones in the air at all times . These drones are these unmanned piloted systems. So essentially its cheaper for them to do this, and they were there before the conflict and they are going to remain after the conflict and the number one reason i could tell you, martin, is surveillance. These are these hightech equipment and they have great surveillance capabilities. We went to a place near the Israeli Aerospace industries where they build the cameras they put inside the drone. The amount of surveillance theyre able to do, especially in such a fragile situation, i spoke to an engineer where they handcraft the cameras. He said you can see if someone is carrying a stake or a weapon. I could see your shoes from miles and miles away. Thats becoming increasingly important and its cheaper for them to do it. They dont have to put a pilot in them. I should mention its not just israel using these. About 60 countries around the world are actually using these new capabilities because theyre becoming more and more a weapon that the were seeing in modernday warfare. The u. S. Is big in the program as well. You got a sneak peek at one of the new drones that is smaller than the palm of your hand . Sure. This was fascinating. They brought out something that looked a lot like a butterfly. Youre looking at it right there. And essentially what this would be used for, it isnt going to hit the market for a couple years, lets say israel was contemplating a Ground Invasion on gaza. This is the kind of thing they can fly o

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