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Let's dig a little bit deeper with our chief political analyst, Gloria Borger.
Reza Sayah in Cairo watching this story -- very tense situation over there at Tahrir Square right now.
They're trying to clear up a mystery. You were there earlier in the day. Two years later, his wife said
that she wishes she had torn up the ticket, their lives in shambles.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
BLITZER: CNN is learning exclusive new details about the woman at the center of the scandal that
cost the CIA Director David Petraeus his job.
While the scandal undoubtedly hurt David Petraeus' reputation, CNN's latest polling finds a lot of
people still like him, 44 percent of U.S. And it says this: "Republican voters know that elections have
consequences and that Mitt Romney's defeat means there will be policy defeats too, but they will
give the House and Senate GOP credit if it fights for its principles and drives a hard bargain."
So, standing up for your principles is what this is about, letting your team know you're still leading
the team. Also, Tartt says, making someone else happy and having a sense of purpose, also
expressing gratitude, that those are the true keys to happiness.
CARNEY: So to suggest that we should now that the election's over stop talking to them about these
vital issues I think is bad advice. You're in THE SITUATION ROOM. And they did find if you smoked
or took marijuana before a certain age, it was more likely to have a long-term impact.
So for example these children who started during an average age of 8, but teenagers as well, by the
time they were 38 they had a loss of about eight IQ points compared to the general population. Their
17-year-old granddaughter was dead after struggling with a drug addiction.
Whitaker faced multiple lawsuits and was arrested twice for drunken driving. Enrique Pena Nieto,
he's here in Washington. Sanjay, thanks very much. ambassador to Libya, died in what we now know
was a terrorist attack.
BASH: Exactly. There's never been an incompetence of that magnitude at that level. We'll see if
secretary of state does she testifies and they have a chance to question her.
BLITZER: Mary, do you think there's anything she can do to win over the skeptical Republicans?
MATALIN: I honestly do not believe this is about Susan Rice. I mean, otherwise why pay?
FEYERICK (voice-over): More than a dozen people we spoke within hard hit storm areas not just
here were equally upset.
(on camera): How many of you are less than happy with the experience of your insurance company?
(voice-over): Insurance critics call the pushback delay, deny, defend.
AMY BACH, INSURANCE CONSUMER ADVOCATE: The worst is just saying we're not going to pay

2. for this when in fact it's covered or lowballing saying we're only going to give you 50 cents on the
dollar.
FEYERICK (on camera): What we're hearing is, is that a number of these insurance companies are
finding ways to say no before they're finding ways to say yes. But the reason we have a standoff is
that Mr. They reviewed his claim and again promised him a check for $10,000. Of course, people
have made mistakes. So who doesn't want to win the lottery, right? In fact, I bought my lottery ticket
already. The civil liberties group says the policy is unconstitutional. I think that really is what
happens. And, Friday, a road trip to a Pennsylvania manufacturing plant. It's good for the economy.
But there's either a horrific intelligence breakdown, something broke down where this
administration through the MBI chairman says he took out the real facts about what was going on,
on the ground.
BASH: Accompanied by Acting CIA Director Michael Morell, Rice explained she was using these
unclassified talking points which were stripped of references to al Qaeda, still classified by the
intelligence community. It is a party that is struggling right now to find its way, but also trying to
consolidate and say we're still the fiscally conservative Republican Party that we always were and
we don't like raising taxes. But GOP senators argue it's proof Rice was putting pre-election spin
before national security.
CNN's Reza Sayah is joining us from Cairo once again.
Reza, we're hearing about attacks against several Muslim Brotherhood offices in Egypt. She's the
woman whose affair with General David Petraeus forced him to leave the CIA. Lisa Sylvester is
monitoring that and some of the other top stories in THE SITUATION ROOM right now.
What is the latest, Lisa? LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, the former PLO leader's
body was exhumed today and reburied a short time later. At least 29 people were killed and 126
wounded in a string of car bombings around Iraq today. And we have to have a better answer than
talking points given to her like she's some kind of flak.
BLITZER: These polls that we have, James, these latest CNN/ORC polls, how has the Obama
administration handled the Benghazi attack, 40 percent say they're satisfied, 54 percent dissatisfied.
Sanjay Gupta has a report.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
BLITZER: The movement to legalize medical marijuana is gaining support, but what if the patient is
a child? In July, a 7-year-old was diagnosed with leukemia.
Broadwell's brother also told us earlier today that it's been hard for her family to see the picture
that's being painted of her and that her real focus is her family, her husband and her boys and trying
to restore the trust that she had with her husband and trying to protect her children from the
publicity."
Now, we haven't heard much from her publicly, Wolf. It's not about Susan Rice.
We begin with the Obama administration's latest attempt to explain the misleading information
given out in the days after the September 11 attack on the U.S. We see the tents. ambassador to the
U.N., Susan Rice, she met with three of her toughest critics, Republican critics up on Capitol Hill
today. If you win, you can buy a lot of stuff, but what about happiness?

3. Well, it turns out those cliches money can't buy you happiness, money doesn't make the man, a fool
and his money are easily parted, there's some truth to them. Tuesday, a meeting with small business
owners. I had a chance to sit down with him and ask him about the war on drugs, immigration and a
whole lot more. I believe she's a smart person. We're told it's an effort to put out what they call a
more realistic picture of who she is after two weeks of being cast as something of an obsessed
mistress.
BLITZER: She hasn't spoken publicly about all of this. Both Congress and the White House are trying
to make a deficit reduction deal to avoid the financial chaos. A deadly day of eight car bombings in
Iraq. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, the question of safety
is the first one that comes up every time you talk about this.
SEN.
GLORIA BORGER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Yes. In New York State alone Sandy
destroyed more than 300,000 homes. They kept on the spirits. Long lost family members may hound
them.
SEN. But you know, Wolf, believe it or not there are some former lottery winners who say they wish
they had never won.
BASH: Rice did not answer our question. Another friend, Michael O'Hanlon, with the Brookings
Institution, put out an op-ed over the weekend in "The Baltimore Sun", also not defending her
behavior but letting people know that some of the betrayals of her just don't match up with the
woman who he calls a friend. That was the real thing.
BLITZER: Yes.
SYLVESTER: If you looked around, you had your favorite stores. You're seeing it a little bit on the
Republican side. So a lot of the data that we talk about actually comes from other countries.
So for example, there was a study out of the Netherlands looking specifically at adolescence who
smoked marijuana or who took marijuana and comparing them to people who are adults. While we
certainly wish we had had perfect information just days after the terrorist attack, as is often the
case, the intelligence assessment has evolved.
BLITZER: That campaign mode worked for the president in getting himself reelected.
BLITZER: Lisa, thank you. He sees nothing to disqualify her as secretary of state if the president
decides to nominate for her.
What's the latest, Dana?
DANA BASH, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, the three Republican
senators who had vowed to block Susan Rice from being secretary of state if the president
nominates her had really softened their rhetoric in recent days. So we'll get all the facts and the
public will be able to discern what it is.
Go back to what Tom Ricks says that he thinks this whole thing is overblown.
BLITZER: Usually, they do put the U.S. Dan, thanks very much.

4. BORGER: Because you know what? The message, the one mandate from the public was fix things.
BASH: A source inside the meeting tells CNN Rice admitted to GOP senators she was aware of
classified information suggesting al Qaeda was behind the attack.
BLITZER: Probably a good strategy. Those were a lot of the people he's been meeting with, including
the CEOs, taking the show on the road, taking a page I would argue from Ronald Reagan's book,
going over the heads of the Congress to the American people, which by the way Republicans will do
as well. She's explaining what happened and some big-name Republicans clearly are not very happy
with her answers.
CARNEY: It does not, I think, you know, make a lot of sense to simply say, never mind, the American
people and business leaders and small business leaders and civic leaders and labor, you know, cut
them out of the process and stop the conversation with them.
And this year's Cyber Monday being called the biggest online shopping day ever.
BLITZER: Fix it. An adjuster came, assessed the damage and instead of getting zero, the adjuster cut
a check for $7,500, a partial payout for hurricane and wind damage not flood.
As for Tom Sullivan, we called his insurance company. You really can't get too close, but it is really a
sight to see -- Wolf.
BLITZER: Thanks very much, Lisa.
Mexico's new leader is here in Washington to meet with President Obama, but first he sat down with
me for an exclusive interview today. "Reuters" reports the Navy plans to buy 25 new helicopters
used to transport the president. And that's the main reason why she didn't go out and that Susan
Rice was kind of the most logical choice to do that. More troubled now. And yet GOP senators point
out she still said this publicly. The president is meeting with small business, and the Republicans will
meet with small business. They're looking for a toxic radioactive element called polonium.
The Palestinian Authority believes Israel is behind any poisoning of Arafat. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE
IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Happening now: Susan Rice goes to Capitol Hill, but doesn't quiet
Republicans' concerns she and the Obama administration misled the American public about the
deadly attack on Americans in Libya. There are a small number of disputes that do occur and when
you have as many as a million claims, yes, they do.
FEYERICK (voice-over): Robert Hartwig speaks for the insurance industry. There's something wrong
when this administration allows their U.N. I'm sure the secretary of state will be testifying at some
point in this too or be heard from. And there's a funny thing about money and happiness you may not
realize.
ALDUAN TARTT, PSYCHOLOGIST: You win the lottery and so you spend a lot of money. In fact, the
Homeland Security chairman, Joe Lieberman, also met with Susan Rice this afternoon, Wolf. She's a
distraction here.
But what Senators McCain, Ayotte and Graham are talking about is we live in a dangerous world.

5. This approach did not escape the attention of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who
questioned the president's leadership on these fiscal challenges. What we have is a Republican Party
that's kind of searching for this new message.
BLITZER: He won't be in the next Senate, and the lame-duck Senate is not going to that if -- and it's
still a big if -- if the president goes ahead with this nomination. LOTHIAN: But that didn't stop a
barrage of questions about when the president would next meet with congressional leaders or why
he was spending much more time with stakeholders than lawmakers. And he came out and told
reporters he's satisfied with her answers. White House spokesman Jay Carney saying that it is not a
comprehensive solution, but "a significant step toward a solution in order to avoid the fiscal cliff" --
Wolf. Her Deluxe homeowners' policy covered hurricane and wind, not floods.
TAYLOR: She said you're not entitled to anything. adults still have a favorable opinion of him, 28
percent say their opinion is unfavorable and another 28 percent are unsure.
Our poll also finds an even split 48 percent to 48 percent on whether General Petraeus should have
resigned as the CIA director.
In Egypt today, one man is dead after violent clashes with police. And the biggest I'm told actually
came up in this meeting today with Republican senators, which is, why wasn't Hillary Clinton who, of
course, is secretary of state now, why wasn't she out there? The answer was that she wasn't feeling
well. And both of them are trying to work together to give her some time to get through this. There
was open source intelligence.
I don't know anybody, neither do you, Wolf, in all the administrations I've worked in or you've
covered where you get talking points handed to you and you don't ask questions. Happy they do it.
Republicans want to force Attorney General Eric Holder to turn over certain documents tied to the
gun trafficking operation. My exclusive interview with the brand new Mexican president, that's
coming up.
Also, today's strategy session takes a closer look at whether today's trip to Capitol Hill helped or
hurt Susan Rice's chances of becoming the next secretary of state.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
BLITZER: All right, let's get right to our "Strategy Session." Joining us right now, Democratic
strategist James Carville and Republican strategist Mary Matalin. Boy, does it make for a beautiful
sight, beautiful pictures. Maybe it will work for him right now in this crisis. In anything they do I
think the public has a good grip on this.
SEN.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
BASH: Now, Rice's Democratic supporters argue the Republican senators are the ones who are
politicizing the Benghazi attack by continuing to go after Susan Rice.
Mexico's getting ready to swear in a new president. You're seeing it on the Democratic side. That
investigation is ongoing.
BLITZER: And do it quick. He cannot talk about the denied claims instead saying payment of Sandy-

6. related claims is going very well.
HARTWIG: People are paid the amount of money that they are entitled to under the terms and
conditions of the policy, yes.
FEYERICK: And that may be a big part of the problem. The suit is filed on behalf of four women who
served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The Defense Department recently allowed women to serve in some combat units and it says the
defense secretary is strongly committed to examining the expansion of roles for women in the U.S.
Morsi. Also, a growing number of shoppers there used mobile devices like smartphones or tablets to
make their purchases. No claim of responsibility for the three Baghdad attacks yet, but police are
pointing the finger at al Qaeda in Iraq. Again, we have the report coming out that they audit by
ambassador pickering who is probably one of the most respected people in the last 30 years in the
State Department.
That was when the Tea Party was on the ascendancy, the Republicans were emboldened in the
House of Representatives.
BASH: CNN is also told Rice tried to clarify to GOP senators that what she meant was al Qaeda's
core leadership had been decimated. But they're going to have to make a deal. LINDSEY GRAHAM
(R), SOUTH CAROLINA: I'm more disturbed now than I was before. Are there other medications for
nausea, Zofran, for example?
You could even take THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana in a pill form known as
"Marinol." That's something that's FDA approved.
SYLVESTER: Exactly. I've seen that pictures time and time again. She's looking at this story.
SEN. She was also a professional, a mother.
As O'Hanlon put it earlier today, Petraeus will likely be able to bounce back from this because
people who knew who he was before the affair broke, it will likely be far tougher for Broadwell
because most people are just getting to know her because of this affair.
And, of course, we have a full story on this, Wolf, along with all of these photos on
CNN.com/securityclearance, which I know you love to read. Gloria, thank you. That's a big concern
for them as well.
BLITZER: Certainly should be. Bombers attacked in Baghdad. Now, what's interesting is right after
the 2011 uprising, these zofran lawsuit charlotte nc factions were all divided.
LOTHIAN: But White House spokesman Jay Carney insisted the president is fully engaged in getting
an agreement while taking his case to the public. You don't have flood insurance.
FEYERICK: Down the block, Tom Sullivan was having a similar problem with a different insurance
company.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The water was coming out of the tubs, out of the toilet.
FEYERICK: After initially being told he would get $10,000 for sewer backup, he was then told no

7. because his damage was caused by the storm surge.
(on camera): When you agreed to this policy, was it your understanding that if I pay you and my
home suffers damages, you will make it right and cover?
TOM SULLIVAN, SUPERSTORM SANDY VICTIM: That would be the understanding with anyone.
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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. Lisa Sylvester's back. ambassador a fair shot? Because there's all
the indications we're getting the president maybe wants to name her the next secretary of state.
MARY MATALIN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, whether she was misleading purposefully or
unwittingly, we come to the same end.
Now, the president has been reelected. But, again, there's that legal issue hanging over her head.
And so the president found himself in that deal if you will recall negotiating with himself and some
Democrats thought that was just a little bit too early. Right now, what we're seeing, OK, the
president is taking his show on the road.
Elsewhere in the Middle East today, they exhumed the body of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
And a source close to her says the FBI hasn't given her any indication as to how long it might
continue. In the state of Oregon alone, of the 2,200 people who are on the marijuana registry, 52 of
them are children. These are the opposition factions. If she's not misleading, then she's incompetent.
BLITZER: What about that, James?
JAMES CARVILLE, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, we got that report by ambassador -- going to come
out in January. They can do all of these things and there's been no evidence of any cover-up or
anything. Diagnosed with cancer and taking medical marijuana. It's been difficult for her they say
before putting her out in any public capacity. There's a guilt factor, who to help out and who not to.
Morsi, the president, has given no indication that he's going to back down from these decrees, Wolf.
At the president's first meeting with congressional leaders more than a week ago, there was a sense
of optimism. Lisa's back. Sanjay Gupta -- Sanjay.
DR.
Unfortunately, for Susan Rice, as you know, Joe Lieberman won't get a vote because he is retiring at
the end of the year. They're both CNN contributors. But those close to her have described her as
being absolutely ashamed, embarrassed and trying to recover from all of this. And I've actually --
well, you know I went to high school on the big island.

8. JAY CARNEY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The focus on, some might say obsession on
comments made on Sunday shows seems to me and to many to be misplaced. Abraham Shakespeare
in Florida was murdered after winning $31 million.
But after that meeting, their criticism was harsher than ever. Thanks very much, Suzanne Kelly,
good report. Morsi to step aside. Winning the lottery will change your life often for the good, but
sometimes for the bad.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SYLVESTER (voice-over): This is the stuff of dreams.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'd probably buy my wife a new car.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'd be able to pay off my student loan.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Retire most definitely.
SYLVESTER: A $500 million before taxes, that's how much you can win in the Powerball jackpot. The
administration's got some work to do, James.
CARVILLE: They have made some mistakes here. I'm the person that doesn't know anything about
this.
Our White House correspondent, Dan Lothian, is joining us now with new information. So how do
the Republicans need to finesse their message given where the American public stands?
BORGER: I think we see that playing out in public right now. Thank you. She's got the details.
What are you learning?
SUZANNE KELLY, CNN INTELLIGENCE CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, we're seeing these images first
in THE SITUATION ROOM. KELLY AYOTTE (R), NEW HAMPSHIRE: The information given to the
American people was wrong. It's an effort being rolled by her friends, family and the P.R. Consulate
in Benghazi, Libya. If the president does appoint her, which frankly now I hope he does, she'll be
asked openly and she will testify and the public will see the whole thing.
They've already launched an investigation director of central intelligence to testify, the director of
overall intelligence to testify. That's a lot, not much depending on your perspective.
But with adults, they did not find the same long-term impacts in the studies. Navy wants to replace
the aging fleet of Marine One helicopters.
I'm Wolf Blitzer.
RICE: We have decimated al Qaeda. But go ahead.
BLITZER: Good. These are people the White House said who answered an e-mail, talked about how if
those middle class tax cuts are not extended how it would impact them. She has an attorney that
she's hired here in D.C., as well as a P.R.

9. (END VIDEOTAPE)
LOTHIAN: So, again, tomorrow here again at the White House the president will meet with middle
class Americans.
SUSAN RICE, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: Extremist elements
came to the consulate as this was unfolding.
BLITZER: Only spending cuts, 29 percent, but a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, 67 percent.
She did release a statement admitting her talking points -- quote -- "were incorrect in a key respect.
BLITZER: But a lot of reports, she's getting professional advice in terms of damage control and how
to deal with this. It's now legalized for medicinal purposes in 18 states and two more states for
recreational purposes.
So this is an issue that's going to come up again and again. Carney hit back. Many people don't
understand the terms and conditions of their policies until after they need them.
(on camera): What does this mean? We may not limit our liability to pay damages for which we've
become legally liable to pay?
SULLIVAN: I don't know.
FEYERICK: Some people will say, look, it's your responsibility to understand this?
SULLIVAN: But what does that mean?
FEYERICK (voice-over): Arguably, some insurance companies may count on exactly that. With the
lottery, the money is just handed to you. Is it a safe treatment for a 7-year-old girl? Standby. The
Brotherhood says these protesters were carrying Molotov cocktails, clubs and knives and destroyed
and heavily damaged these offices.
Remember, Muslim Brotherhood had called for a one-million-man demonstration of their own today
to rival the opposition's demonstrations.
Some of them renouncing Grover Norquist's no tax increase pledge.
But take a look at this editorial, something from the editorial that the conservative editorial page of
"The Wall Street Journal" wrote today. Did somebody try to kill him with poison?
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
BLITZER: The latest on what really killed Yasser Arafat. firm.
What are you learning, Dan?
DAN LOTHIAN, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, while senior members of the
administration, including Secretary Geithner, Chief of Staff Jack Lew, also top adviser Valerie
Jarrett, are meeting with members to fix the debt, the president himself is trying to sell his vision to
the public, but some top Republicans say it's not a winning strategy. So people have an opportunity
to do all the things they dreamed of and sometimes those are good things and sometimes they're not.

10. SYLVESTER: Christmas 2002, Jack Whitaker of West Virginia had the only winning ticket in the
$340 million lottery jackpot. So we'll see where it goes.
I'll agree with Tom Ricks who was on our competitor network, Fox News, said he thought the whole
thing was overblown. Four Americans, including the U.S. What is going on?
LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, that is something else, Wolf.
BLITZER: How much of what we're seeing from leaders on both sides is simply theatrics?
BORGER: A lot of it. Friends of Paula Broadwell are coming forward to paint a more sympathetic
picture of her both as a professional and as a human being.
Our intelligence correspondent Suzanne Kelly is here in THE SITUATION ROOM. They then
contacted us here at CNN to find out whether Sullivan's story would be included now that the matter
was resolved -- Wolf.
BLITZER: Deborah Feyerick, thanks very much. Officials in New York State and New Jersey say
they'll need more than $70 billion to recover. Others want him to reverse his decree. By law, they
take effect automatically and many experts fear will throw the U.S. So what happens is you actually
have to spend more money to get the same level of happiness.
SYLVESTER: But what about the lottery winners who do end up happy? What's their secret? Experts
say they don't lose their sense of self and they can separate their identity from their money.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
SYLVESTER: And Tartt says, you know what makes people really happy is actually the pursuit of
happiness, enjoying the journey of setting a goal and reaching it. But we have some suggestions
from Democratic sources I have been talking to. The Republicans will take their show on the road.
Only about half of all lottery winners are happier three years later says Michael Boone whose Seattle
firm advises big lotto winners.
MICHAEL BOONE, PRESIDENT, MWBOONE AND ASSOCIATES: I think Henry Ford said it really,
really well.
And President Obama's reverting to some campaign mode right now to try to make sure things are
done his way. That's at least what I have been told by insiders.
The other argument that I'm told by Democratic sources is that she wasn't just talking about
Benghazi, but she was also talking about the protests that really were happening across the Middle
East because of that video in Cairo and elsewhere. It's the first time the lava has flown into the
ocean in almost a year.
Experts say it's very dangerous and they are warning people to stay away. Well, I think that her
friends say, you know, she's still very much concerned about the ongoing FBI investigation into what
classified materials she had, how she treated them and where they came from. He has a lot of
credibility on deficit reduction. So, I think I'm still --
BLITZER: You did the old fashioned way and new way. Late last night, they called it off to avoid
violence. Wednesday, meetings with middle class Americans and CEOs from some of the country's

11. biggest companies. With regard to this 7-year-old, she has this treatable form of leukemia.
I think it's just becoming easier. Wolf?
BLITZER: Good points, Lisa.
BLITZER: The pictures we're now getting, the pictures you're showing our viewers, they're different
than the ones we saw before.
KELLY: They are very different. Great point. Wolf, hopefully we'll get a chance to continue to talk
about it.
BLITZER: I'm sure we will.
On Monday, a White House report on the impact of middle-class tax cuts on the economy.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LOTHIAN (voice-over): It doesn't take a GPS to find the way to the fiscal cliff.
KELLY: Yes. In some ways the property devastation was worse than Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
combined in some ways. Much more difficult, finding the off-ramp. There was no protest or
demonstration in Benghazi. Today, Rice is up on Capitol Hill. The demonstrators are voicing their
anger with President Mohamed Morsi after what some are calling an unprecedented power grab.
The president's calendar is packed with sales pitches to the public, which he hopes will strengthen
his hand in negotiations with Republicans.
And we're learning exclusive new details about the personal and professional life of the woman at
the center of the scandal that forced the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus. So they'll have
a chance to question Ambassador Rice presumably going to be secretary of state nominee Rice and
she can give her answers.
That's the way the system should work and they'll have the benefit of the report audited by the
administration. Protesters are camping out in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in a scene strikingly similar to
what we saw in the revolution almost two years ago. As people start to rebuild, are insurance
companies trying to help or are they just trying to help themselves?
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
BLITZER: The price tag for Superstorm Sandy is growing. ROBERT HARTWIG, PRESIDENT,
INSURANCE INFORMATION INSTITUTE: I would disagree.
We're now only 35 days away from the so-called fiscal cliff, deep cuts in federal spending coupled
with sharp tax increases.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BASH (voice-over): The way these grim-faced GOP senators tell it, Susan Rice's attempt to calm their
criticism backfired. Our Dr.

12. BORGER: Fix it. They want to put out the message that she wasn't just a mistress. Guys, thanks very
much for coming in.
As you know the U.S. And that's the way --
BLITZER: Did you buy anything on Cyber Monday?
SYLVESTER: I bought a couple of things. She was very upset about the fact that one of her
ambassadors was killed in the line of duty. out before the big United Nations General Assembly
meetings, which were about to begin. Holder tells CNN, quote, "I think there's a deal that can be
struck."
And we will bring you more on this very important story in the next hour of THE SITUATION ROOM.
And the U.S. We stress that neither I nor anyone else in the administration intended to mislead the
American people at any stage in this process."
And the White House had this to say. The volcano has been continuously erupting for almost 30
years. A few days later, she joined Oregon's medical marijuana program.
Her mother says the cannabis oil helped put the cancer in remission, but is it safe? We asked CNN's
chief medical correspondent Dr.
The election was only three weeks ago, but President Obama's about to shift back into campaign
mode. Thrust them into a world of wealth that is foreign to them. Listen to what Senators McCain,
Graham and Ayotte said after the meeting.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: We are significantly troubled by many of the answers that
we got and some that we didn't get.
SENATOR KELLY AYOTTE (R), NEW HAMPSHIRE: I want to say that I'm more troubled today
knowing having met with the acting director of the CIA and Ambassador Rice.
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: Bottom line, I'm more disturbed now.
(END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: More disturbed now. And what they have to demonstrate is, yes,
they're the party of fiscal conservatism, but they also have to show, Wolf, that they can be a little bit
flexible when it comes to the details, because they do want to solve the deficit crisis, which is why

13. you see a lot of these people coming out talking about a balanced approach, which after all is what
the president is talking about. While I would argue, nobody has a mandate other than to fix things on
this fiscal cliff, the president feels that he has a mandate particularly from the base of the
Democratic Party. Obviously, they're going to find some mistakes were made. They're from
Broadwell's private collection. They like the Black Friday experience of actually going to the mall
and seeing all the Christmas decorations. military.
And check at this amazing video from Hawaii. Our Dr. He said that money doesn't change a person,
it simply unmasks them. We'll find out what they are and assess and go on from there.
BLITZER: We'll see if the president goes ahead and nominates her to succeed Hillary Clinton as the
secretary of state.
Broadwell has been laying low since news of her affair with former CIA Director David Petraeus. But
I also bought some things on Black Friday too. Arafat died in 2004 after having a brain hemorrhage
and slipping into a coma.
And the Justice Department and House Republicans have started talks on the Fast and Furious
lawsuit. This is a senator, liberal Democrat, part of the gang of six, somebody with a lot of credibility
on deficit issues. In fact, Ambassador Rice said today absolutely it was wrong. The president thinks
that's a big mistake. These are all Muslims like much of Egypt, but you're not going to find many
hard line Islamists here.
These are the people who represent the secularist, the moderates, the Western style liberals, the
women's rights groups, and they've banded here together to rise up in opposition against Mr.
Look at this. This gives you a great indication of what people are trying to do with the portrayal of
her. Lava from a volcano in the big island of Hawaii is reaching the ocean. This is about positioning
yourself to get the best deal you can get for your constituents. International investigators led by the
French took samples from Arafat's body to test for poison.
Our senior congressional http://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/ondansetron correspondent, Dana
Bash, is following what's become a pretty long day, a tiring day for the U.S. I'm told the reason for
that was because it was a courtesy in order for them to wait until they had a face-to-face meeting
with her which they had today. I think that opens the door a little bit.
GRAHAM: It was unjustified to give the scenario as presented by Ambassador Rice and President
Obama three weeks before an election. BASH: GOP senators also complained Rice neglected to ask
key questions before telling the public what turned out to be wrong information. Our new poll this
week, the CNN/ORC poll, asked how to resolve this budget problem. You might recall in 2009 the
Navy failed at its attempt to buy new Marine One helicopters when a program run by Lockheed
Martin went way over budget. Why the public push now by her friends?
KELLY: Right. And then we'll watch the fight up on Capitol Hill. And by the way, if Secretary Rice -- I
mean, Ambassador Rice is appointed to be secretary of state, they can get more answers.
They have subpoena power in the House. I can't imagine any U.N. Eight car bombing on one day in
Iraq. Marijuana can be especially effective for treating what is known as neuropathic pain, the pins
and needles sort of feeling.
The question that doctors want to know is if it's safe, effective and more effective than what else is

14. out there? Sure enough. But again, this is going to be a decision between patient and their doctors.
Macayla, by the way, isn't the only one. Mary, are they giving the U.S. Now her friends are coming
to her defense.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: My hope is, is that this is going to be the
beginning of a fruitful process. ambassador to the U.N. Let's hope the little 7-year-old is going to be
OK. So Rice used the word extremist. Are these winners just unlucky or is there something more?
Psychologist, Alduan Tartt, says big payouts can isolate people.
BLITZER: Both sides are going to have to open the door more than just a little bit. It takes up a lot of
time. The Obama administration has withheld these documents under executive privilege. It's
estimated Cyber Monday sales topped $1.5 billion. ambassador to the U.N. And as CNN's national
correspondent Deborah Feyerick discovered, it means a lot of homeowners are looking for answers.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When Superstorm Sandy
hit Garretson Beach, Brooklyn, Peggy Taylor thought she was ready. She's a rogue scholar and
understands all of that.
BLITZER: Reza, we're also seeing and I want to show our viewers some live pictures from Tahrir
Square in Cairo not far from where you are right now. The president's meeting with CEOs, the
Republicans will meet with CEOs. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY), MINORITY LEADER: In other
words, rather than sitting down with lawmakers of both parties and working out an agreement, he's
back on the campaign trail presumably with the same old talking points that we're all quite familiar
with. That's a lot of homes that have to be rebuilt. Guys, thanks very much.
Hundreds of thousands of homes were torn apart by Superstorm Sandy.
BASH: Rice requested to meet with her chief Republican critics in order to explain why five days
after the September Benghazi attack that killed four Americans she went on Sunday talk shows
suggesting it was sparked by a spontaneous protest. That's an overwhelming majority. But in these
two particular cities north of Cairo, they didn't avoid violence.
And while he said Medicare and Medicaid, changes in those programs should not be part of the first
step, the Democrats have to look at that down the road in order to be constructive on deficit
reduction. ambassador, any secretary of state just taking prima facie, that kind of information that
was belied in realtime by Libyans on the ground, by our own people on the ground, by a realtime
drone aerial picture of it would go out a week later and say that. That's according to a draft request
for the proposal. Stand by.
And, later, a 7-year-old cancer patient tries a controversial treatment, medical marijuana. But as
long as there's a possibility of legal action, she's being careful.
Now, that said, her brother also says that her mind is very much focused on fixing the damage
within her family. She was found dead of an apparent drug overdose. The first of the new helicopters
would be ready in 2020. So it's hard to do the studies and especially hard to do them in children.
Then there's Amanda Clayton, a young mother who won $1 million in the Michigan lottery.

15. She made headlines when she continued to collect food stamps. The spokesman for Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells our own Wolf Blitzer that Israel had nothing to do with Arafat's
death. Dana, thanks very much.
Do we have a clear answer yet why the White House decided to put Ambassador Rice out on that
specific Sunday five days after that September 11 attack on the consulate in Benghazi? Why did they
decide to select her to make the administration's case?
BASH: Do we have a clear answer? No. firm she's hired to help her managed all this. I mean, again,
this whole thing is probably some mistakes made here I think the entire thing is -- I think the public
has a pretty good grip on it.
That they've made some mistakes and they weren't intentionally misleading people, but we're going
to have real answers. I've actually been relatively close. ambassador to the United Nations Susan
Rice said when she went on national television five days after the attack. She's got more -- Lisa.
SYLVESTER: Hi there, Wolf.
SYLVESTER: That's right. Even the presidential daily brief, the PDB, is intended to be asked about.
Not to be read, to be read deeply into and asked questions. She paid decades' worth of insurance
premiums to be covered for catastrophe.
(on camera): So this is the letter basically denying --
PEGGY TAYLOR, SUPERSTORM SANDY VICTIM: I went to the office and this is what they gave me.
FEYERICK (voice-over): She says her claim was denied. Sanjay Gupta will report. What do you know
about that?
REZA SAYAH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, according to the Brotherhood's
spokesperson, two of their offices in the cities of Mansoura and Mahalla were attacked by anti-Morsi
protesters. Many of them want Mr.
SYLVESTER: But you know what, Wolf? A lot of people actually like that. And that will come before
trying to fix any damage to either her career or her reputation. economy back into a recession.
You're going to hear his strong words over the so-called "Fast and Furious" gun smuggling
operation.
And the Powerball jackpot reaches half a billion dollars.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
BLITZER: The jackpot for tomorrow's Powerball drawing, get this, is now a record $500 million, but
it may come with a catch.
And this is all part of the theatrics that goes along with finally settling down and getting to the
serious negotiations. But you got to admit, it's really easy with a few clicks of a button here and
there and presto.
BLITZER: A lot of times now, there's free shipping, too.

16. SYLVESTER: Well, especially on Cyber Monday. What's going on?
SAYAH: Yes. About a 79 percent or 80 percent chance of putting this in remission.
She's taking this medical marijuana to try to alleviate some of the symptoms, for example, the
nausea that's associated with chemotherapy and also the pain. The deadly attacks come a day after
officials agree to talk about disputed areas including in (inaudible).
And the ACLU is suing the Pentagon to lift all restrictions on women serving in combat. And what
happens is you get used to having a lot of money and spending a lot of money. Who are these
protesters? And there are huge numbers there. Did the Obama administration try to intentionally
mislead the public on the Benghazi attack, 40 percent say yes, 54 percent say no. Now, they've all
banded together. You could certainly find some deals.
BLITZER: So, those retail stores going to wind up like newspapers, do you think?
SYLVESTER: I think people still like going into the store and trying it on, particularly when it comes
to things like clothes and shoes.
BLITZER: It's not like you have to look for a parking spot, wait in line, spend hours over there.
But that isn't what the U.S. ambassador whose read-in at that level to go out and mislead the
American people on a terrorist attack.
BORGER: Right. Thank you.
. But today, for example, Dick Durbin, the number two leader of the Democrats in the Senate, came
out and gave a policy speech. The state's chief insurance regulator, Benjamin Lawsky, is tracking
insurance companies who fail to do the right thing.
BENJAMIN LAWSKY, SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES: If it ends up that there is a
pattern where particular companies are not paying what they promise to pay, they are going to have
a huge problem doing business in this state.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
FEYERICK: So what happened? Well, Peggy Taylor got help from the New York State Department of
Financial Services, which called Taylor's insurance company on her behalf. Her brother, a
Washington-based attorney, is among those who have been the most vocal in their support, not of
her behavior but her as a person.
AYOTTE: That's troubling to me as well why she wouldn't have asked. According to IBM's Smarter
Commerce, online sales were up 30 percent over last year.
Gloria, for some reason, this sounds very familiar, the summer of 2011, the debt ceiling debate that
was going on. And as you might imagine, it is difficult sometimes to get some of those study results
back.
In the United States for example, it's an illegal drug that we're talking about.
BLITZER: But the White House has a little different strategy this time.

17. LOTHIAN: There was a follow-up phone call with House Speaker John Boehner, but a much different
approach this week.
BORGER: Well, first of all, the White House I think is in a very different political position than it was
in the summer of 2011. They've testified we're going to know in January what happened.
Are we going to find out somebody made some mistakes? I'd be shocked if we didn't. JOHN MCCAIN
(R), ARIZONA: We are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we
didn't get.
CNN's getting exclusive new information and photographs of Paula Broadwell. I'm going on every
single show.
BLITZER: And so that's probably one of the reasons they selected her as well