WHITFIELD: Three American college students are savoring their first full day back in the U.S. after a harrowing day in Egypt. Derrick Sweeney, Gregory Porter and Luke Gates arrived last night after being freed in Cairo. The three were arrested during pro democracy protests. They were accused of tossing firebombs at security forces. Gregory Porter is joining us by phone now from Glenside, Pennsylvania, just outside Philly. Gregory, what is it like to be home?</s>GREGORY PORTER, FREED AMERICAN STUDENT (via telephone): It is great. It is like an early Christmas present. I never thought I would be here. We were really afraid.</s>WHITFIELD: So, Gregory, take us back. What happened? What were you and your two friends doing in Cairo that night that police say you were throwing Molotov cocktails?</s>PORTER: Well, we went down to look at, you know, the protests, and there were kids that were throwing rocks and people that were doing some violent things, but we weren't doing that. We were just down there looking. And when the Molotov cocktails and we did see them go off, the next thing we knew, we were grabbed by police and taken to the police station. And my mother, they gave me a phone call, so I called my mom and, you know, she got my attorney, Theodore Simon. And you know, by the way Theodore Simon, I just want to say thanks to him for everything he did. The U.S. embassy in Cairo, Fifteen Foundation, the North Shore Animal League and Babul's Mocking Nuts.</s>WHITFIELD: What were you expecting would happen next when you were being detained? All right. All right. We're going to try and reconnect with the real Gregory Porter as best we can. Alright, some cyber Monday sales have already started, but is it really the best time of year to get online shopping deals? That story is coming up next. Plus, shocking new audiotapes in the Syracuse molestation scandal, we'll roll the tapes and talk to the reporter who broke that story next.
Three American Students Were Arrested In Cairo