Jailed U.S. Students Now Free in Egypt; Unrest in Egypt; Jailed U.S. Students Now Free in Egypt; Celebrities Testify on Phone Hacking
HOLMES: Well, just past the bottom of the hour on this Thanksgiving Day. Give you a look at some of the stories we are following. An attorney for Jerry Sandusky says the former Penn State assistant football coach is denying the two new allegations of child abuse against him. The cases were reported to authorities within the last couple of months. It involved allege victims who are currently under the age of 18. One of those alleged victims is a member of Sandusky's family. Jerry Sandusky's attorney says his client denies any inappropriate contact with a family member. Also, three U.S. students now free in Egypt. And the students had been arrested on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails during a protest against the military leaders in Cairo. Joy Sweeney, who's the mother of one of those students, she talked to us a short time ago.</s>JOY SWEENEY, FREED STUDENT'S MOTHER: It was confirmed officially he is -- they are all three of them have been released and the attorney general is not going to appeal and as I was speaking to Mr. Powers, the boys were being taken to a physician for a medical examination. And from there, they were going to be taking the boys back to the police station for them to be officially, all the paperwork being process for them to be released and then, from there, somehow either the university or the consulate, somebody was going to get them back to their dorm rooms and at that point and time we would probably hear from them.</s>HOLMES: Now, Joy Sweeney says it may not be safe for the three students to remain there in Egypt. We will return now to London and that British phone hacking scandal. Well, celebrities are now striking back, they are testifying about the media invading their privacy and the paparazzi hounding them. And just this morning, CNN's Piers Morgan who is a former British newspaper editor confirmed to us he will be called to testify. Our Atika Shubert is following this from London. What's the point of this probe? What are they supposed to get at, at the end of it?</s>ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's an entire inquiry of media ethics. And it's going to go for at least a year. And at the end of it, the judge, who's leading it, Judge Levison (ph) will make some recommendations that could turn in to regulations for the media. But frankly we -- it could go much further than that. While this is ongoing there are still three police investigations into phone hacking, computer hacking and police bribery all by the tabloid press. So it could go for quite a while and it could dig up a lot of dirt yet.</s>HOLMES: And Atika, how has it been going. We were -- we know when the story first broke we were hearing about Hugh Grant's name an awful a lot but he is not the only celebrity. It seems like several are lining up if you will to testify.</s>SHUBERT: That's right. I mean, as you can imagine, celebrities were the main target for many of these tabloid threats and so there's a lot of grudges to be had here and they're really airing it all out. We heard from Hugh Grant on Monday, today we heard from Sienna Miller and, of course, she was in the press a lot because of her on and off relationship with Jude Law. She talks about how she was terrified by the paparazzi as they surrounded her car, how they doctored photos of her to make her look like it's a much worse situation than it was. And she also talk about how she blamed her friends for leaking information when in fact what had happened was that her phone had been hacked and the tabloid press was listening in on her voice mails and that's how they were able to find out information. So this is the kind of stuff that's being dug up and aired in court today.</s>HOLMES: All right, Atika Shubert with the update for us from London. Thank you so much. Well, 35 minutes past the hour now and one company in Georgia has a new policy, "Kick Obama out of office, then we'll hire." We'll tell you why the company is sending this strong message. Also you may be going out tomorrow Black Friday. Beware though, the crowds may be the least of your problems. Somebody or something may be following your each and every move. Stick around for that. But first I got a Thanksgiving Day message for you.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi. This is Captain Met. And I'm in Kuwait. I'd like to give a shout out to my family in Chester, Virginia. I'd like to say Happy Thanksgiving to my husband Xavier and my kids, Leila and Ariane Beth. I love you guys, I miss you and try not to eat too much turkey.</s>HOLMES: All right, 38 minutes past the hour. Don't you wish you were there, Bonnie Schneider?</s>BONNIE SCHNEIDER, AMS METEOROLOGIST: We were bundling up and watching the parade.</s>HOLMES: You did?</s>SCHNEIDER: Yes. We went every year. It was fantastic.</s>HOLMES: OK how bad is it up there? I'm talking of course to Bonnie Schneider here, our meteorologist. She's giving us an update about the weather on your Thanksgiving Day. But you know, how many people did he say, 3.5 million or something show up for this day.</s>SCHNEIDER: It's incredible. And the weather turned out to be great, T.J. Because there was a lot of concern earlier that the winds may be a factor, but now we are looking at fantastic weather. You can see the sun is shining, the crowds are happy. It's not raining. That's the worst to be sitting out there in the winds and rain.</s>HOLMES: But it is a crowded city, no matter what, New York City. But on a day like this, you say you've gone all of your life for the most part, does it get annoying quite frankly to battle the crowds?</s>SCHNEIDER: No. No.</s>HOLMES: You are used to it.</s>SCHNEIDER: Well, I was a child it was so exciting to see those clips, I just want to have great memories of it and it looks bigger and better every year. Just the main thing is the wind that's what you always watch for. Because then they have to take precautions. But this year, so far so good, it looks good, nice weather. Temperatures will be climbing into the 50s throughout the afternoon in New York City. So you will be seeing some good weather. Now a lot of people are still traveling, believe it or not today. I know we've been talking about travel yesterday but Thanksgiving morning, still some people not quite where they want to be. San Francisco there is an airport delay. And I expect more of that as we go through the afternoon. Actually there's been rain in the Bay Area. So look for rain and wind in Seattle and San Francisco. But the rest of the country, most of these delays will be under an hour. And they are anticipated really for the morning hours only. So that's some good news. We have fog in Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kentucky. It is burning off and we will look for better weather. Another thing we like to do on Thanksgiving, besides eat turkey and watch parades and watch some football and maybe play football. So here's a look at your forecast. For M&T; Stadium, the 49ers versus the Ravens. In Baltimore the weather looks really good, 49 degrees. That's not bad at all. And Ford Field in Detroit just slightly colder but notice that south-southwesterly wind; that will make it feel a little bit more pleasant, so a mix of sun and clouds in Detroit for the Packers versus the Lions. Both games facing good weather. If you like the cold weather for football, I'm sure in the weeks to come, we'll be getting that for certain. But out west, look what's happening, we've got low clouds over much of San Francisco. A lot of that rain is pushing further to the east. So it may be a problem as we go through much of the day today. We already reported that one airport delay, we may see more. Across the country the rain is also going to be a problem in the northwest. We are monitoring that as well as the mountain snow. But really mild, lots of sunshine for today. High pressure dominating the eastern half of the country and that's going to make for some very fair conditions for this Thanksgiving Day. And temperatures reflect that. You can see the numbers soaring: 55 in Chicago, that's nice for Thanksgiving; 64 in Kansas City; and Memphis 64 degrees; Boston a little cooler at 46; New Orleans 72 and 68 in Atlanta after kind of a chilly weekend in the southeast. But for those of you that are just, you know, going through your Thanksgiving, you will have your turkey, watch some football, relax a bit and then tonight you are gearing up to head to the stores. This is what you can expect for those of you heading out there at midnight, I know some of the stores are opening at 10:00 at night. Temperatures will get a little colder this evening but not by much. It's actually going to be pretty mild. There are some places you'll have to bundle up if you are an early-morning shopper for tomorrow for Black Friday. 27 is the low in Denver, so that's where it will be cold. But most of the country is facing mild condition. And for your more traditional Black Friday, we're looking at nice weather, in the 50s and 60s, just a few 40s out west. But good shopping weather and good Thanksgiving weather --</s>T.J. HOLMES: All right. It's all good then. Bonnie Schneider, thank you.</s>SCHNEIDER: Sure.</s>HOLMES: As always. We are about 42 minutes past the hour now. And this campus cop in California. You have seen this video probably now and people were outraged, many were when they saw it. He is pepper-spraying protesters, pretty nonchalant about it when he is doing it. Well, a lot of people got upset when they saw this but others decided to get a little creative about it as well. We will show it to you.