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Al Qaeda Kills Hostages during Yemen Raid; Obama Condemns Hostages' Barbaric Murder; Chokehold Protests Erupt Across U.S.; NYPD Launches Pilot Body Camera Program; Rolling Stone Apologizes for UVA Rape Story; FSU's Jameis Winston Plays After Conduct Hearing; Janice Dickinson Talks About Cosby's Co-Stars; Best Year for Jobs Since 1999; Holiday Shopping Transformed; Starbucks' Coffee Factory

Aired December 06, 2014 - 13:00   ET

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We have so much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM. And it all starts right now.

An American hostage murdered by al Qaeda during a U.S. rescue operation. How the attempt to free the man from his captors ended in bloodshed.

Plus, "Rolling Stone" magazine apologizes for their bombshell article about alleged rapes at the University of Virginia. We'll hear from the fraternity at the center of the article.

And a massive typhoon lashes the Philippines. We're talking to a storm chaser who was watching the disaster unfold.

Hello, again. I'm Fredricka Whitfield.

We begin with brand new information we're learning this hour about the U.S. Special Ops rescue mission in Yemen that ended with the tragic deaths of two hostages, including American photojournalist, Luke Somers.

Our chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto joins us now on the phone from Kabul, Afghanistan.

Jim, what are you learning?

JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fred, the more we learn details, you see just how narrowly this operation failed. First of all, we're learning that the U.S. Special Operation Forces who took part in this, these were Navy SEALs, hiked six miles, 10 kilometers, from the drop zone. They were taken there by V-22 Ospreys and it was only in the last 100 yards that they were discovered by the captors.

And it is then, that they believe, that the captors shot the two hostages, Luke Somers and the South African Peter Korkie, an aide worker. So close. But even then they applied immediate medical attention to both of the wounded hostages. And then they evacuated them immediately. And one of them died, apparently, while being evacuated, on board a V-22 Osprey, which had a surgeon on board. The other one died on the ship, the USS Makin Island, that was just off the coast there.

So you get a sense from those details of just how narrow a failure this was. Only after a six-mile hike, only discovered in the last hundred meters, and then shot only in those moments when those U.S. Special Forces arrived, and then even with the application of immediate medical care, dying as they were being evacuated. It really just gets to some of the disappointment that you could hear when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was announcing some of these details earlier, as we've traveled with him here to Kabul in Afghanistan.

Listen to how he described his feelings and that of his team today.

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CHUCK HAGEL, DEFENSE SECRETARY: Our prayers and thoughts go out to the Somers' family. There was also another hostage who was also killed in that attempted rescue. And our prayers and thoughts go out to all the families involved.

I do think, though, that this is further evidence of America's continued commitment to always find its American hostages, no matter where they are, and make every effort to get those hostages returned.

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SCIUTTO: Keep in mind, Fred, that this was the second operation attempted to save Luke Somers in Yemen from his AQAP captors just this week. Another operation on Monday, that failed when they got to the site, they found that Somers had been removed -- been moved from that site a short time before.

These are risky operations. They involve the most elite special forces, in this case Navy SEALs. Resources, danger, risk, et cetera. You don't do them lightly. The president doesn't order them lightly, yet twice in one week, he ordered these risky operations, and unfortunately, this one, after coming so close, of course, didn't come with the result that they'd wanted, with the sad loss of two lives.

WHITFIELD: And so, Jim, there was a feeling that this was the best opportunity, and that's why that attempt was made at this point?

SCIUTTO: Yes, yes. One, that they had new intelligence in the last 24 to 48 hours that gave them a pinpoint as to where their location was, which turned out to be correct. Two, there was urgency, because they believed that today, Saturday, was the day that Luke Somers was going to be killed. Earlier in the week, his captors had released a video, saying he'd be killed within 72 hours, if their demands were not met.

We don't know what those demands were, but they believe that today was the day they were going to act on that threat. And they felt they had to act now to have a chance of saving him.

WHITFIELD: All right. Jim Sciutto, thanks so much from Kabul, traveling with the Defense Secretary Hagel.

President Barack Obama, meantime, explained his reasons for ordering the rescue attempt in a fairly lengthy statement released this morning.

CNN's Sunlen Serfaty is live for us at the White House.

So what more of it say, Sunlen?

SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fred, very strong words today by President Obama. He says in a statement, quote, "The United States strongly condemns the barbaric murder of Luke Somers at the hands of al Qaeda terrorists during a rescue operation, conducted by U.S. forces in Yemen, in partnership with the Yemeni government. On behalf of the American people, I offer my deepest condolences to Luke's family and to his loved ones."

And keep in mind, this mission was a direct authorization by President Obama himself, mid-morning on Friday. He then watched the raid, which started at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. He watched the live -- come down in real time here at the White House.

And I think part of his statement today, Fred, really was an indication that he is really feeling a heavy weight of the direction that this mission took, and in the end, this president really pushed back on any criticism. He said that he used every tool at their disposal to bring Luke Somers home -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: And then, Sunlen, what is this about the second hostage, the South African, who was scheduled to be released on Sunday? Was there any real believability in that?

SERFATY: Well, a U.S. State Department official says that they did not have any intel, that they did not know that this second hostage was a South African. Their intelligence just let them know that there were two individuals in that compound.

Now we have heard on a Facebook posting from the South African's employer called the Gift of Givers, they said that they were finalizing agreements for the South African's release on Sunday. But again the State Department says that they have no knowledge of any negotiations or any agreements that were taking place behind the scenes -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: All right. Sunlen Serfaty, thanks so much. From the White House.

For a third night, this was the sound of protests across America.

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UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: I can't breathe. I can't breathe.

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WHITFIELD: From Florida to California, thousands of demonstrators again took to the streets, angry over the grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold in Staten Island.

Boston was the site of one of the largest protests. About a thousand people poured into downtown streets there.

And demonstrators blocked intersections and bridges in some cases, creating traffic snarls, like this one in Miami. And that one stretched for miles.

In New York City, demonstrations took a different twist. Hundreds of protesters poured into two of Manhattan's most popular retail stores. Macy's in Harold's Square and the Apple Store on 5th Avenue to stage die-ins. Those protests were brief and peaceful, and no arrests were made.

Let's bring in Nick Valencia, who is in Staten Island right now.

So, Nick, what, if anything, is happening there in Staten Island?

NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Fred. It's a stark contrast to what you're talking about. You know, in the days leading up to today, we've seen hundreds of people out on the streets of New York, shutting down thoroughfares. Today here in Staten Island, the scene where Eric Garner took his last breath, you can see this memorial has been put up for him.

Not very many demonstrators out. It's cold, it's rainy, it's wet out here. That may have likely kept a lot of people at home. But we are standing by for a 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time replaying ceremony from the National Action Network and Reverend Al Sharpton is supposed to be on hand here.

I want to bring in somebody who knew Eric Garner. He's one of the demonstrators. He's been demonstrating the last couple of days.

Kevin, tell me about how things have gone so far in terms of the demonstrations here in New York.

KEVIN BUFORD, ACQUAINTANCE OF ERIC GARNER: Well, everything has been peaceful. Not only in New York, but all across the country. And I really feel it's the spirit of God moving upon the masses to make a change.

This horrific injustice that we have suffered for so many years, I think there's going to be a change coming. And on Saturday, in Washington, D.C., there's going to be a major march led by the National Action Network and we are calling for police reform. We must have it. Too many young men have died and there has been no accountability and the time for change is now.

VALENCIA: Thank you very much, Kevin. I appreciate it.

Kevin Buford is also into merchandise. He says he's had a lot of interactions with Eric Garner, paints him as a very nice man with a great character. So many of people that we've spoken to here say the exact same.

Again, Fred, we're standing by, in about 20 minutes from now we'll have a wreath laying ceremony with the National Action Network. And as Kevin was saying earlier, they expect police reform and accountability. That's what these demonstrators are asking for -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: All right, Nick Valencia, thank you so much in Staten Island. The very place where Eric Garner died.

All right, protests are growing over deadly police incidents. What is law enforcement doing about excessive force?

We'll ask New York's former police commissioner, Bernard Kerik, next.

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WHITFIELD: The NYPD launching its pilot body camera program yesterday. This while officers undergo retraining, following the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Bernard Kerik is the former New York police commissioner, joining me now.

Mr. Kerik, good to see you.

BERNARD KERIK, FORMER NEW YORK POLICE COMMISSIONER: Hi.

WHITFIELD: All right. So first off, is it possible for police to investigate and retrain and overhaul itself?

KERIK: Yes, Fredricka, I think it is. I mean, these types of circumstances have happened for decades and they will continue to happen every once in a while. And police will go back and look at what happened, why it happened, how it happened. See if there's anything they can do to fix it and be better in the future. And I think that's what will come out of this. They'll be looking at their use of force continuum.

Everything from their verbal confrontation of a suspect or of someone in the street, right up until the use of deadly force. And I think that's what's going on right now. They've put together a three-day program, and a part of that three-day process will be looking at the chokehold, restraining holds, takedowns, you know, head locks, if you will. I'm sure that's going to be a big part of what they're doing.

WHITFIELD: OK. And so it's retraining as it pertains to technique, what's permissible, what's not. You talk about the outlawed chokehold. And isn't it also about a mindset? Isn't it also about helping to train some of these police officers to not automatically have suspicions just by virtue of what they see in someone?

KERIK: Well, honestly, Fredricka, it's that and more. You know, the -- you know, the way they deal with the public on a daily basis. You know, a lot of times, and I remember when I was police commissioner, I wrote an article about this many years ago. Arrogance can be considered racism, depending on who you're talking to. You have to treat people with respect. You have to treat people with dignity.

Regardless of who they are, you know, and especially in those initial moments. You want to make sure that people don't take -- don't have the wrong impression of who you are, what you're doing, and why you're doing it. And it makes a big, big difference in those initial moments, how you approach someone, whether you're going to have an easy go or not.

WHITFIELD: And how was your -- how was your point of view on this? How was it altered or impacted just by your experience, formerly as the top cop, then spending time in jail and interacting with a number of people, where you saw the disproportionate number of people who were jailed or black men, and getting to know, talking to them, and understanding and hearing their perspective in a different way, versus when you were the top cop?

KERIK: Fredricka, the one thing that I think we are missing the boat on here, you know, everybody's focused on this -- on the race of what happened. You know what? If you really want to have an impact on the African-American community, the federal government, and state governments around this country have to look at criminal justice reform. They've got to look at the mandatory minimums.

They have to look at the sentencing guidelines. They have to look at the disparities in the drug laws that have an enormous negative impact on the African-American community. That is a far, far bigger issue than what we've been dealing with over the last couple of days. So I urge the president, and those civil rights leaders that say they really care, you want to do something, that's what you need to focus on.

WHITFIELD: Well, did you also hear, you know, from these young men, men that you interacted with in jail, about the disparity of the contact, the contact that they would have with police in their community, versus the contact that other people, non-black people, would have, with police, in their communities, and how that might, too, be a starting point?

KERIK: I heard some of that. You know, you have to keep in mind, that especially in the drug community, you know, those involved in the drug trade, they anticipate they're going to have interaction with the police. They anticipate they're going to have problems with the police. Unfortunately, you know, it happens. But I think, we have to look at the laws. I think -- I am a big proponent now, as you know, of criminal justice reform in this country.

And I think that's a boat we are really missing. We're not focusing on. And I think the legislators -- you know, you want to help the African-American community as a whole? That's what you need to be looking at.

WHITFIELD: And before that potential reform, what about the body cameras? This pilot program with NYPD. Do you think it will make a difference? Are you a proponent of that?

KERIK: I think it will make a difference. I was one of the first ones to put cameras in cars in the city, in the highway cars. And it made a difference. And it vindicated officers, immediately vindicated officers that were accused of wrongdoing. I think it will make a difference. We're going to see the pilot projects here in New York City, In Newark, Patterson, Camden, New Jersey, and I think good will come out of it.

WHITFIELD: Bernie Kerik, good to see you. Thanks so much.

KERIK: Thank you, ma'am.

WHITFIELD: All right, she is the student who claimed that she was raped at a frat house at UVA. And now the magazine that published her story says their trust in her was misplaced.

The latest on the fallout from the "Rolling Stone" apology, next.

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WHITFIELD: All right. "Rolling Stone" is now apologizing for an impactful article that it published about the alleged gang rape of a UVA student. The magazine's managing editor says they may have been misled by the accuser.

Sara Ganim has more.

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UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: Not one more.

SARA GANIM, CNN INVESTIGATIONS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After an article that prompted outrage at the University of Virginia, "Rolling Stone" magazine has apologized for discrepancies about an alleged gang rape on the Charlottesville campus.

"Rolling Stone" editors say they made the choice not to contact key figures in the alleged attack on Jackie, the woman who was the subject of the article for fear of retaliation against her.

The magazine said, "In the face new information, there now appeared to be discrepancies in Jackie's account. And we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced." The article also chronicled the school's failure to respond to that

alleged assault, which in turn prompted a UVA suspension of all fraternity activities until January, and a zero tolerance policy towards sexual assault cases.

TERESA SULLIVAN, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: We must find where it hides out and root it out.

GANIM: According to the magazine, Jackie claimed she was raped by seven men during a party at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. However the fraternity says there was no party the night of the alleged attack in September 2012. And the chapter's lawyer says he has the records to prove it. He also discredits other parts of the story.

In the meantime, Jackie's friends and supporters are left confused. They still believe Jackie experienced a trauma but the new contradictory information has left them questioning what really might have happened to Jackie.

The "Washington Post" talked to Jackie who stands by her story. She told the "Post," I never asked for this. What bothers me is that so many people act like it didn't happen."

Despite the latest developments in the story, students still turned out at a campus vigil last night, determined to keep the focus on combating sexual assault against women.

ANNE LESTER, UVA STUDENT: It's terrible that they are going against her now, and placing the -- and placing irresponsibility upon her, as someone who's guilty or someone who's untrustworthy, because I feel like they should have known from the beginning, publishing that story, that it was something they could never know exactly what happened. And again that is not the issue here. The issue is the wider problem of sexual assault on college campuses.

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WHITFIELD: And that's Sara Ganim reporting.

And just a short time ago, the Phi Kappa Psi released a statement to CNN. A spokeswoman said no member was contacted by 'Rolling Stone' fact checkers. She said the chapter will continue working closely with investigators.

And we are now just hours away from the ACC football championship and all eyes will be on FSU quarterback, Jameis Winston. But his focus this week has been off the field, defending himself against code of conduct violations.

What happens when big-time sports meets big-time controversy.

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WHITFIELD: Mortgage rates inched up this week. Have a look.

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WHITFIELD: Jameis Winston is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. And tonight he is leading his Florida State football team against Georgia Tech in the ACC championship game, but this week he is also in the spotlight for an accusation that he sexually assaulted a woman two years ago. Florida State University and authorities in Tallahassee have been criticized heavily for how they have handled this case.

CNN's Andy Scholes is live for us at the ACC Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. Also with me, Matt Baker, a sports reporter with the "Tampa Bay Times."

Good to see both of you guys.

So, Andy, let's begin with you. Bring us up to date on this conduct case involving Winston.

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS: Well, the hearing wrapped up on Wednesday. It was a two-day hearing, where Winston, his accuser, and other witnesses were called to testify before former Florida State -- Florida Supreme Court Justice Major Harding. Winston gave his account of what he said happened the night of the alleged assault in a statement. It was a very graphic statement.

I'm going to read part of it to you right now. He said, "I did not create a hostile, intimidating, or offensive environment. In the short period of time that we were together the accuser had the capacity to consent to having sex with me and she repeatedly did so by her conduct and her verbal expressions." He went on to say, "Rape is a vicious crime. The only thing as vicious as rape is falsely accusing someone of rape."

Now, Fred, when we find -- when we get a resolution to this hearing, it's still unknown, the accuser's attorney, John Cloon, said he does hope to hear from the former Florida Supreme Court justice in about two to three weeks. So hopefully we'll have it by then.

Even if they do end up expelling Jameis Winston from the university, he can appeal, meaning he will get to remain on the field for the rest of Florida State's season.

WHITFIELD: OK. And then, Matt, you cover Florida State and you've spent a lot of time in Tallahassee. What has been the reaction of FSU fans to Jameis Winston and the accusations that have been lodged against him. Overall what -- you know, what's been happening in that town?

MATT BAKER, SPORTS WRITER, TAMPA BAY TIMES: It's really ebb and flowed in the 13 months since this first became public. I can tell you as a guy who was the first one to look into it, I got about 120 prank calls because my name was on the first open records request. Since then, it kind of died down a little bit. And then the tide started to turn a little bit in the spring, when he admitted to stealing crab legs from Publix.

At that time, they were kind of -- you know, some people started saying, well, what about his judgment as you're learning. And again, before the Clemson game, when he made some inappropriate remarks at the student union there, again, there were some more -- people chime in, like, is he ever going to learn?

But in the last couple of weeks as the hearing approach, with everything that's gone here and with football as well, FSU is still undefeated, and fell down all the way to four in the playoff rankings and potentially in jeopardy of not being in the final four, the FSU fans have really kind of circled the wagons here lately.

WHITFIELD: And then with his character, with his judgment all kind of on the line or in question, Andy, how might this impact his aspirations to go pro?

SCHOLES: Well, you know, Fred, five or six years ago, you know, if you could play football and you were great in college, you were going to get your shot in the NFL, you are going to be a high draft pick. What we've seen happen with Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, you know, teams they're really going to start looking into players that have, you know, off-the-field issues, red flags coming into the draft.

That being said, Jameis Winston, he's won a Heisman Trophy. He's one of the best college quarterback that we've had in quite a long time. So he's going to get a shot in the NFL. Will it be a high first round pick? I sure don't think so. I think he's going to fall.

BAKER: I think it's an issue, it's certainly a concern, especially like you said, regarding Ray Rice and Greg Hardy and the NFL, but he's 25-0 as a starter. All that matters in the NFL is whether he can win. And you can't discount 25-0 heading into the game tonight.

WHITFIELD: All right. Matt Baker, Andy Scholes, thanks to both of you, gentlemen, appreciate it. There from Charlotte.

All right, hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing to higher ground as a typhoon slams into the Philippines. Winds are not the only danger. A live update, next.

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WHITFIELD: Here's a look at some of the other top stories we're following right now.

President Obama strongly condemning the killing of American hostage, Luke Somers, by al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen. The Pentagon says militants with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula murdered the photojournalist and a South African hostage during a rescue attempt by U.S. Navy SEALs on Friday. President Obama says he ordered the raid after receiving information Somers' life was in imminent danger.

And we are learning of a daring hostage escape in the Philippines. A Swiss hostage held for two years by Islamist extremists there managed to flee his captors during a military raid. According to a military spokesman, the 49-year-old hostage seized one of his captors' bladed weapons and attacked a guard and one of his kidnappers. And a group that hacked Sony is not done. In a new e-mail, the

hackers say they hope to destroy Sony Pictures and employees who do not cooperate will, quote, "suffer damage and their families will be in danger." The group hacked into the studio's computer system last month in one of the biggest cybersecurity breaches in history.

And entertainer Bill Cosby loses support from the U.S. Navy. Citing mounting allegations of sexual assault, the Navy stripped Cosby of his honorary promotion to chief petty officer. Cosby served as a Navy hospital corpsman in the 1950s.

And in Los Angeles this week, police chief Charlie Beck said his department will investigate any claims against Cosby, even if they exceed the statute of limitations.

The Cosby camp is fighting a new lawsuit, by the way, on those very grounds. The plaintiff, Judy Huth, apparently alleges that he assaulted her when she was just 15. Cosby's attorneys call it a failed attempt at extortion.

With mounting accusations of sexual assault by TV mogul, Bill Cosby, the U.S. Navy, universities, and television products have distanced themselves from Cosby within the last month. And this week, I talked face to face with his most famous accuser, former supermodel, Janice Dickinson. We talked about the price Cosby is paying and what she believes should happen next.

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WHITFIELD: That his shows, some of his shows have been taken off the air.

JANICE DICKINSON, ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY BILL COSBY: Quite right.

WHITFIELD: There are other people, I guess, on the staff, who would no longer receive residuals as a result of that.

DICKINSON: That's too bad. I'm sorry to the other actors. The network should do something about that, but I'm not in charge of network politics. I'm really sorry to hear that. But it's the right thing to do. This man is not a family man that he played on TV. He's a rapist. He's a rapist. And I would hope that the other actors would get behind me on this.

Look, you wouldn't want this happening to you, your wife, your daughter, your sister, your aunt, or your mama. This happened to me. And I am someone's mama and fiancee and I am a supermodel, and I do television reality, and it's going to affect my career. It's going to -- it has affected me in the communities. It's happening to me now with the derisive vibe that I feel from people that believe Bill and that are giving me that stink eye.

WHITFIELD: So you feel like you're being vilified --

DICKINSON: I do. WHITFIELD: -- because you told your story, you told your experience,

and now people are saying, you're one of those people that's taken down our beloved Bill Cosby?

DICKINSON: I am that woman and, you know, all of you, how you feel out there. You know -- the people out there know how they're thinking and they're feeling and how they're going to support this guy. Then there are the millions of women that applaud me for having the strength and the courage and the freedom of speech to tell you my side of the story.

WHITFIELD: One of the --

DICKINSON: And I'm not going to stop.

WHITFIELD: One of the most recent accusers -- and I know you don't like that word "accuser."

DICKINSON: Don't like it, stop using it. Please.

WHITFIELD: Why is that?

DICKINSON: I just don't like it. We are accusing him? This happened. This took place. Yes.

WHITFIELD: And he is losing his television shows on air, losing the opportunity for a new television program on NBC, universities are distancing themselves from him.

DICKINSON: Universities and networks are doing the right thing. Take away what -- if we can't prove -- if I can't prove that Bill Cosby had produced those pajamas, you know, and produce any DNA from that man and that I didn't report it to police because of the statute of limitation, I will tell you that I wasn't educated and I was embarrassed, afraid and humiliated.

WHITFIELD: Because of all the statements that Bill Cosby has had, you are the one that he has singled out.

DICKINSON: Why wouldn't he? You know? Why wouldn't Marty Singer, like, do his (EXPLETIVE DELETED) law lying for Cosby and protecting him? How come Bill Cosby is not talking to a publicist? Why does he need attorneys? Why does he need -- like -- why does he need an attorney if he's not guilty?

WHITFIELD: If he chooses to speak on his own, and he has, when he spoke with a Florida newspaper backstage after an appearance, and I do have a portion of what he said, he said, "I know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn't have to answer to innuendos. People should fact check. People shouldn't have to go through that. And shouldn't answer to innuendos."

DICKINSON: People shouldn't -- he's not even referring to himself as "I should not have." People? Screw you, Bill.

WHITFIELD: What do you want him to say at this point? What do you want him to do?

DICKINSON: You know damned well, Fredricka, that he's not going to take any responsibility on this, and neither are his attorneys. He says innuendo, I say, you raped me, Bill Cosby, you raped me in 1982 in Lake Tahoe.

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WHITFIELD: More ahead, face to face, with Janice Dickinson.

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WHITFIELD: And did you say, but this is my life experience, this is my story.

DICKINSON: I thought -- yes, Fredricka, I fought to have this put in the book because this happened to me. And I wanted to -- I wanted to out him and bust him for the rape that took place for me and for -- and to describe my spiral, you know, that took place afterwards. I moved out of New York.

WHITFIELD: Do you think Harper Collins ever saw your version, saw that in writing, your draft, those allegations against Bill Cosby?

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WHITFIELD: The answer from her book writer, her ghost writer, coming up in our next hour.

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WHITFIELD: In the Philippines, you're looking at the result of that typhoon Hagupit taking a big hit to the island there, making landfall shortly before 9:00 this morning Eastern Time. But it's not finished yet. It actually hit the east central area of Samar with heavy rain and 125-mile-per-hour winds. That's the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane.

And take a look at the latest radar. You see it there, making its way, as it hits the Philippine Islands. But we understand that it will continue to be a typhoon as it makes its way across land, because of the span of this system. And it will take roughly three days to cross over Manila, in that northern portion of the Philippines. So the people there bracing for a very heavy and very hard hit.

And now this is shaping up to be the best year in a very long time for the job market in the United States. The November jobs market report came in stronger than most analysts were actually expecting, prompting President Obama to say this.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: So we've got an opportunity to keep up this progress, if Congress is willing to keep our government open, avoid self-inflicted wounds, and work together to invest in the things that support faster job growth in high-paying jobs. And that means exports, infrastructure, streamlining our tax code, immigration reform, giving minimum wage workers a raise.

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WHITFIELD: CNN's Christine Romans has more.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Fredricka. The job market is gaining moment. 321,000 new jobs added in November, the most since January 2012. And the trend is encouraging. Ten months now of job growth over 200,000. The best year for job creation since 1999.

Now digging inside these numbers, Fredricka, the quality of the jobs is improving. The first several years of the recovery, well, it featured low-paid work. But now the Labor Department calls jobs growth widespread, spanning professional and business services, retail, health care.

Yes, the economy is still adding bartenders and fast food workers that tend to pay less, but hiring is picking up in warehouses, in factories, office parks, hospitals, labs. The jobless rate is 5.8 percent. Still the lowest in six years.

And wages grew slightly in November, Frederica, but this has been a missing part of the recovery for several years now. Even as demand grows for skilled and unskilled labor, wages have not risen. That makes workers feel the recovery less. Now the White House argues these numbers are encouraging, but that a higher minimum wage is still needed to cushion those lower paid workers.

On balance, Fredricka, this week taught us a lot about the health of the economy, the best November auto sales in years. Record high stocks, very strong job creation and the lowest gas prices in more than four years. All pretty good signs for the American economy and the American consumer -- Fredricka.

ROMANS: Excellent. Good news.

Christine Romans, thanks so much, in New York.

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WHITFIELD: As we enter the holiday shopping season, the way we buy gifts is being changed, of course, by technology.

Here's Richard Quest with this week's "Tomorrow Transformed."

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RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Remember the days when the only way to shop from your living room was with a catalog and a mail order form. That is until digital arrived.

(On camera): We may still leaf through the catalogs, but today when it comes to making the purchase, we probably use our smartphones or we go online where seemingly everything is available.

(Voice-over): In China, where there are more Internet users than anywhere in the world, not surprisingly, e-commerce is booming.

SHEN HAOYU, CEO, JD.COM: One in two online citizens in China are now buying online, and that penetration is going up.

QUEST: They're buying everything. Digital shopping carts are stuffed with computers, clothing, and even fresh seafood.

YU GANG, CEO, YIHAODIAN: In the future, e-commerce, the main battlefield will be on mobile devices. By next year, the overall smartphone users where you can see that PC users. So can say that mobile commerce is definitely the number one trend.

QUEST: In today's online, the future is about the race, the speed of delivery. How to get that instant gratification even quicker. Forget next day, what about within the hour? That's the hope as companies like Amazon and DHL experiment with deliveries by drone. It's all bringing us one brick closer to the demise of the brick and mortar stores.

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WHITFIELD: Wowie. OK. How about you coffee lovers around the world, gathering?

CNN's Poppy Harlow is going to take us inside Starbucks' new coffee wonderland. Starbucks founder calls it the Willie Wonka factory of coffee roasters.

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POPPY HARLOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Is this the new Starbucks?

HOWARD SCHULTZ, STARBUCKS CEO: This is not the new Starbucks, but I would say in our 43-year history, this is as historic moment as there possibly could be in opening up this roasterie and this majestic place that will take our customers on a magical carpet ride.

HARLOW: You called this the Willie Wonka of coffee.

SCHULTZ: I --

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SCHULTZ: I did. Let me tell you why. Nine and a half years ago, I wrote in a journal, let's create the Willie Wonka of coffee. And what I wanted to try and do is create this multi-sensory experience with theater, romance, drama, and have the coffee moving around and create a real roasting manufacturing facility and we've done it. You're going to be able to come into this facility and you can have multiple methods of how you want your coffee brewed.

And this is a great thing. So this is a -- this is a blend of coffee.

HARLOW: Yes.

SCHULTZ: Not a single varietal of Java, Guatemala and Colombia called Pantheon only created for this particular store.

HARLOW: Are you going to make money on these? They're big and fancy and expensive.

SCHULTZ: Yes. This is an expensive facility to build. This is not a vanity place for the company or for me. This is a working roasting facility and the coffee bar and the coffee facility will be profitable.

HARLOW: Is it fair to say this is your answer to those who say, I don't want Starbucks, they're on every single corner, I want my independent coffee shop?

SCHULTZ: Well, I think the independents have done a very good job. It's not our answer to that. But it is the demonstration to the entire world that the quality and the integrity of Starbucks coffee in my view, and in the view of millions of people is as good as any other coffee produced anywhere else.

HARLOW: The coffee here is about 40 to 50 percent more expensive.

SCHULTZ: That's probably true.

HARLOW: Do Americans want to learn about their coffee? Do they want to sit here and enjoy and take time? Because don't a lot of them just want to grab it and run?

SCHULTZ: I've talked for a year now about this seismic change of consumer behavior changing and going away from bricks and mortar traditional retail shop and to e-commerce and mobile. In order to mitigate that, I think it's incumbent upon the responsibility of the retailer to create these fantastic experiences that's going to swoop them away.

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WHITFIELD: An American hostage murdered by al Qaeda during a rescue mission by U.S. Navy SEALs. We asked a former Navy SEAL next hour the operators -- how the operators prepare for a mission like this and what could have gone wrong.

Plus "Rolling Stone" magazine apologizes for its bombshell article about alleged rape at the University of Virginia. We'll look at questions that were raised about the article and how --