Major Fire Burning in Reno; Joe Paterno Reportedly Battling Cancer; Son of Muammar Gadhafi Captured in Libya
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. You're in the CNN newsroom where the news unfolds live this Saturday, November 19th. I'm Fredricka Whitfield. Within the hour Reno, Nevada authorities are going to let some people go back home. They were evacuated because of a fast-moving wildfire. It is now 65 percent contained. Official say it will be a while before they know how much damage was done, but they think they know how it started.</s>CHIEF MICHAEL HERNANDEZ, RENO FIRE DEPARTMENT: We have been able to rule out two causes. We've been able to rule out the homeless encampment potential cause and we've been able to rule out the possibility of teenagers that may have been in the area. We are currently working with NV Energy. We believe although this has not been confirmed but we believe the cause of the fire may have been electrical arcing.</s>WHITFIELD: On Capitol Hill the deficit cutting super committee has just four days to come up with a plan and right now still no deal. The committee must trim more than $1 trillion from the deficit. If there's no deal there could be cuts from defense spending and other federal programs, but that would not kick in until 2013. And 1,000 Detroit city workers face layoffs this holiday season. Mayor David Bing says they are necessary to make us the city's $45 million budget short fall. The layoffs could save the city about $14 million, but the mayor says he'll try to protect core services like police and fire. And there was a tragic accident today before the annual Harvard-Yale football game. Police in New Haven, Connecticut said a driver pulling into the parking lot lost control of his van. One woman was killed. A second woman is in serious condition, and a third woman was treated for minor injuries. Oklahoma State University football players held a moment of silence for two women's basketball coaches. Head coach Kurt Budke and Assistant Coach Miranda Serna were killed when their plane crashed on the way to a recruiting trip in Arkansas Thursday. A memorial service will be held on campus on Monday. And one of Joe Paterno's sons reveals a bombshell, that the 84-year- old is fighting a treatable form of lung cancer. Another son is speaking out about how the family is dealing with being under the microscope.</s>JAY PATERNO, PENN STATE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH: It's pretty surreal. It's almost like the book of Job. I'm not a Bible scholar by any stretch of the imagination but job went from having everything to having nothing. It's not quite like that. But I think to keep things in perspective, one thing that Joe has said to me is we need to keep focus on the victims of this whole tragedy.</s>WHITFIELD: And we'll take you live to the Penn State University campus in just a few minutes. Our other top story this hour, the arrest and capture of Saif Gadhafi. This is Muammar Gadhafi's second oldest son, one seen as the potential next leader of Libya. That was before this year's uprising and overthrow of his father. Saif Gadhafi was one of the few remaining high ranking Libyan officials still on the run. He was tracked down and arrested today in Libya's southern desert. Let's get right to CNN senior international correspondent Matthew Chance. So Matthew, tell us more about how this capture unfolded.</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It unfolded after a 15 day pursuit in the south of Libya. Apparently Saif Gadhafi was trying to cross into the neighboring country of Niger when his convoy was intercepted. There was a firefight that lasted a couple of hours after which Saif and a number of other close aides were taken into custody and flown to a town in the western area, a town which rose up against Colonel Gadhafi, Saif Gadhafi's father, of course, early on in February when the uprising in Libya began. He's currently being held there at the moment. The big question currently, and we've seen he seems to be in pretty good shape with a few injuries. The big question is where will he be tried? Libyan authorities made it clear they want to try him in the country but of course there are indictments at the international criminal courts at the Hague in the Netherlands. So there are negotiations between the ICC and Libyan authorities to decide what the outcome will be, where's he's going to be put on trial. Fredricka?</s>WHITFIELD: So Matthew one of the other sons apparently is in Niger. What is likely to happen to him?</s>CHANCE: There's still arrest warrants out for various members of the Gadhafi family. There will still be charges inside the new Libya, of course, for the alleged crimes committed by not just Colonel Gadhafi and his sons. One of the things that inside Libya and of course the criminal court in the Hague that Saif Gadhafi is wanted for supporting so ferociously his father's crackdown on the uprising which began in February in Libya, but they also want from him some indication, perhaps, of where the billions of dollars potentially of cash which is believed to have been snatched by Colonel Gadhafi's regime around the world, where that may be hiding. Saif Gadhafi headed a charitable organization and may very well be placed to give some information on that.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, and any other searches under way, whether it be any kind of evidence or any other witnesses that could help corroborate if the international -- if the Hague does indeed conduct its investigation and a hearing or trial, there are other people they're looking for?</s>CHANCE: Saif al Islam Gadhafi is really the big fish that remained after his father. The focus at the moment, Fredricka, is to make sure Saif Gadhafi doesn't meet the same fate as his father did just last month. There is a lot of international condemnation about the way that Muammar Gadhafi, colonel Gadhafi died. He appeared live first and then said to have been caught in the crossfire. There's an investigation underway. But clearly there was mob rule applied in that case. There's a lot of pressure coming to bear right now on the Libyan authorities, the new Libyan authorities to make sure that doesn't happen. Many organizations around the world, many governments are saying this is an opportunity for Libya to show that there is the rule of law in their country.</s>WHITFIELD: Matthew Chance, thank you so much from London. Back here in the U.S., the Penn State community reacting to news that Joe Paterno is battling lung cancer. They are dropping by the legendary coach's home, dropping off gifts and food, all this as the NCAA pushes Penn State to take a closer look at its policies. CNN Mike Galanos is life from university park, Pennsylvania. Tell me more about why people are turning out and feeling like they want to lend some support to coach Paterno.</s>MIKE GALANOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's a way of saying thanks, Fred. Think about, two weeks ago, Penn State was al about football. They were eigth-one and Joe Paterno was leading them to another great season. Two weeks later scandal, Joe Paterno is no longer coach and as you mentioned now has been diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer. And people, yes, on a game day, play their arch rivals Ohio state, going by Joe Paterno's house they want to let him know thank you for all the years, thank you for what you've done. They want to let him know they are supporting him with their thoughts and prayers. They pretty much a steady stream of people coming by, dropping off gifts, a Billy Graham book. Another person brought food for Joe Paterno as he begins to battle this treatable form of lung cancer. And I want you to listen to one couple who made a 100-mile drive to come by Joe Paterno's house, take some pictures and then go watch the game at one of the local restaurants. Here's what they had to say.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: As far as his health, I just wish that, you know, he could go into it with a positive mind. Mind heals the body. I strongly believe that. And the comfort of his family and friends with a positive feedback will help him recover.</s>GALANOS: And, again, Fred, we all have to keep in mind the perspective of what Joe Paterno has meant to this community. Again, coach since 1966, the head coach, a big part of the program since 1949. I was on a radio show yesterday and they will tell you, they will say Joe Paterno has done more for this university than any coach has done for any university ever.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, Mike Galanos, thanks so much. Appreciate that. American generals have a new plan for troop movement. Find out where next. And it's been four years since actor Isaiah Washington was fired from "Frey's Anatomy" for making an offensive remark. You may be surprised to hear what he has to say about the controversy now. My face to fay interview with him coming up.