president of turkmenistan. the state department contends he is a dictator with a laundry list of human rights violations. a spokesman for j-lo says she had no idea, would never have performed had she known. she isn t the first celebrity to accept a paid gig with a dictator. hilary swank attended a party from chechnya s president, beyonce admitted to being paid to perform for the gadhafi family. they reportedly donated their paychecks for those gigs to charity. independence day will be quieter this year at several military bases across the country because the fireworks have been furloughed. camp will he jean, fort brag, shaw air force base, and pearl harbor have opted to go a cheaper route july 4th to comply with budget cuts necessary because of the sequester, we re told. the commanding general at camp
sentenced. we will let you know as soon as the sentence comes down. the new york district attorney investigating claims against former associate basketball coach bernie fine says the allegations are credible but no charges will be filed because the statute of limitations has expired. two boys accused fine of molesting them 20 years ago. bobby davis told the district attorney in 2002 that fine had molested him. fine denies all allegations. gave a rare tv interview to walters on tv where he said that some troops may have gone too far. nobody killed no government in the world kill its people unless it s led by crazy person. i became president because of the public support. it s impossible for anyone in this state to be ordered to kill. do you feel guilty? i did my best to protect the people. i cannot feel guilty when you do your best. the u.n. estimates more than 4,000 sirians have been killed since the uprising started in march. one by one, they are speaking tod
waiting in line for an xbox video game console. the line quickly cleared. she paid and then left. paramedics treated 15 people for pepper spray burns. and a shopper shot in the foot outside of a walmart in myrtle beach, south carolina, early today. police say two men robbed a group of bargain hunters and cross creek mall in fayetteville, north carolina. the shooting began outside and then moved inside. no one was hit. police are looking for two suspects. pro and anti-government demonstrations held across egypt today. protesters paused for friday prayers. this ghon stra demonstration is dubbed last chance rally. a former prime minister has been renamed to the post by military leaders and asked to form a government of national salvation. egypt s interior ministry is responding to claims by a journ journalist who says that she was beaten and sexually assaulted by riot police. a spokesman says its police do not treat journalists or females in that manner and if she claims t
hello, everyone you re in the cnn newsroom where the news unfolds live this saturday, november 19th. i m fredricka whitfield. within the hour reno, nevada authorities will let some people go back home. they were evacuated because of a fast-moving wildfire. it s 65% contained. it will be a while before officials know how much damage was done. they think they know how it started. we have been able to rule out two causes. we ve been able to rule out the homeless encampment potential cause and we ve been able to rule out the possibility of teenagers that may have been in the area. we are currently working with nv energy. we believe although this has not been confirmed but we believe the cause of the fire may have been electrical arcing. on capitol hill the deficit cutting super committee has four days to come up with a plan and right now still no deal. the committee must trim more than $1 trillion from the deficit. if there s no deal there could be cuts from sfoed program but
but there is a force greater. a force at work here much greater than those who would try to destroy me and destroy this campaign and this journey to the white house. and that force is called, the voice of the people. that s why we re doing as well as we are in this campaign thus far. y all were supposed to applaud. here s another development. one of his accusers may go public. her attorney says that she can only break her silence if the confidentiality agreement is lifted. that decision will be up to cain s former employer. i have not had any direct contact with the national restaurant association. in the interviews i ve given, i suggested that would be the right thing to do so that she can tell her side of the story since mr. cain is telling his side of the story. if they agree to that, then i will confer with my client again and see what she want to do. ultimately, it s up to her. we re covering all the developments. brian todd has the latest on the story at hand. pau