arab emirates. we re really standing about 50 miles from iran, where u.s. officials called an escalating conflict with america urgent. an interesting word. iran claims it shot down an american drone in a looks a lot like the one you see on your screen. it s an rq 170 cen continual. it s a drone that s so secretive it s image can only be found on a few websites. it comes with the most sophisticated spytek nolg there is. it was used in the killing of osama bin ladin. if that s true, the technology could be in the hands of iran and other countries. this weekend leon panetta called iran an international pariah. we re hearing headlines left right and center here, the clock ticking on iran, getting a nuclear weapon. which is something nobody in this region looks it forward to. so far, recently we ve had israel threatening to bomb iranian nuclear facilities. iranians attacking the british embassy. you had countries like british, france and the netherlands taking out their ambassador
stock by corporate insiders who have access to nonpublic information that could affect the stock price can be a criminal offense. just ask hedge fund manager roj roger rat number who got prison for doing it. congressional lawmakers have no corporate responsibilities and have long been considered exempt from insider trading laws. even though they have daily access to nonpublic information and plenty of opportunities to trade on it. we know that during the healthcare debate, people were trading healthcare stocks. we know that during the financial crisis of 2008, they were getting out of the market before the rest of america knew what was going on. steve croft from 60 minutes is going to join us in a moment. what was going on was gop congressmen like spencer back us of alabama and fellows of the house financial services committee were getting dire top secret briefings on the crisis from treasury secretary hank paulson. at the same time, according to 60 minutes, congressman b
big time around the world wherever you look. the dow posting its best day in more than two and a half years with a rocking 490-point gain. that puts the dow back in positive territory for the year. above 12,000, which is a psychologically very important level for the 401(k) s in this country. the nasdaq and s&p up more than 4% as well. why? well, it began with america s top economic man bailing out europe which is on the verge of bringing down the economy. former new york stock exchange floor trader, obviously, it was ben bernanke working with other central bank chiefs around the world. this is europe-related? this is definitely europe-related. there s more to it than that. but futures were roaring very, very early as a direct of ben bernanke, the federal reserve s move to effectively lower the cost of gaining access to u.s. dollars. kr? because u.s. dollars, that s the world s reserve currency. that s what the euro zone needs for their banks and financial institutions to p
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
south carolina. where robbers attack two people who were leaving a walmart. in kissimmee, florida, a fight breaks out at a big box jewelry counter. turning to l.a., a woman actually used pepper spray to fend off her fellow shoppers. and in north carolina, an off-duty police officer pepper sprays an unruly crowd. happy shopping season, folks. these of course are just the exceptions. the one thing mostly the shoppers are out there trying to fight is just maybe some fatigue. the only thing they want to attack is their chris pass list. but still, 152 million people. that s the number the estimated number of people that will be shopping over this thanksgiving weekend. also roughly the population of france, italy and saudi arabia combined just to give you perspective there. still not impressed? a cnn poll finds 23% of americans plan to shop today, just today alone, on black friday. we re not going to know until much later how much they re actually spending and if that s going