cnn, alina cho, cnn, alina cho, cnn. >> but we weren't actually timing it so then we went back and looked at the tape and we counted and the official results 37 signoffs, previous record 27. i never want to play table tennis against you. you were so intense with trying to win. >> focused. thank you so much for joining us on "american morning." i'm not going to do that, again, "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips starts right now. >> good to see you, guys. talking about pep state. a community's trust is shaken, but for a brief moment, the shell shocked college town returned to the refuge of its beloved football. before the game, the stadium paused to remember the victims of the alleged child rape scandal that only gets uglier. mary snow at university park. one of the alleged victims may

inching towards a civil lawsuit against penn state. what can you tell us about that? >> a pennsylvania attorney has been making the rounds on the morning talk shows saying an alleged victim of former coach jerry sandusky has hired him to explore a civil lawsuit and that would reportedly include a potential lawsuit, not only against the former coach, but anyone who may not have reported any attacks or aware of them. that is still developing. a lot of anticipation that there would be civil suits filed. now, this comes as there are new questions about the judge handling the case and residents who live near a school where jerry sandusky lives are questioning, they're furious that he is even out on bail. when he was charged with 40 counts of sexually abusing children. jerry sandusky was released on $100,000 bail. one condition, the former penn state defensive coordinator was told not to go near children.

but take a look at where his house is located. this is the playground for lamont elementary school. right over here is jerry sandusky' house and from his back porch, he has a clear view of it. >> reporter: the administrators at the elementary school say local police reached out to them following sandusky's arrest. the district superintendent is quoted saying the school, which runs through the second grade, has taken additional administrative action to ensure our children are safe. to be clear, sandusky's never been accused of harming random children. rather, he is alleged to have molested young boys after developing close relationships with them through second mile, the charity he founded. sandusky has maintained his innocence. the road to his home is blocked off and private property signs on his lawn went up this weekend after police say a cinder block was thrown through a window. nearby neighbors question why he's out on bail. >> it baffles my mind.

>> i think presumption of innocence. we all like to believe in that, we do in this country, but think there's a level of protection that a neighborhood and a community is entitled to. >> reporter: melissa and carl anderson have two little boyed. carl was such a fan of sandusky at one time he had an autographed, limited edition of sandusky's book "touched." >> alternates between anger and sadness, really. it really is a loss of community, wholesale community innocence. >> have you seen more police here in the last week? >> yes. >> reporter: theands andersons, one, want to see a new bail. and a new revelation about the judge that set the bail. the law firm listed her as a volunteer for second mile. cnn legal analyst, jeffrey toob toobin. >> the judge certainly should have raised the issue and disclosed her deekz second mile so the parties in the case could

decide whether they want to ask her to recuse herself. >> and it's unclear whether the judge has any current affiliation with second mile. cnn has tried to contact her, but so far we haven't gotten a response. kyra? >> mary snow, we'll follow it, thanks, mary. just after the bottom of the hour, we'll look at the penn state child molestation scandal and the similar revelations of abuse and cover up that rocked the catholic church. presidential candidate herman cain faces accusation of sexual harassment from four women now. but the women who mattered the most, well, doesn't believe the allegations. his wife is now speaking publicly. our deputy political director paul steinhauser in washington. paul, let's talk about what gloria cain has to say. >> she is definitely standing by her man and the first time she talked publicly in an interview

with fox news. take a listen to what she has to say. >> to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> cain has denied and fought back against all these allegations against all four women but, kyra, it doesn't seem like this story is going away any time soon. another news conference today with some more new witness to one of the allegations of sexual harassment against cain. he's trying to get back on the issues but, again, this story not over yet, kyra. >> some controversy coming out of saturday night's gop debate. >> no doubt about it. this one is concentrating on michele bachmann. this was a cbs debate national journal debate on foreign policy and national security. this is, i guess, an oops moment when you don't want to reply

all, but cbs' new political and in that e-mail the cbs news director admitted that bachmann would not get that many questions during the debate. the bachmann campaign furious over that and they're trying to profit off of that. in an e-mail to supporters, please show your support by tweeting your outrage to cbs news and john dickerson. that's the new political director at cbs or posting on facebook to give them a piece of your mind. afterwards, i hope you will make a donation to her campaign. bachmann was on top of the battle back in june, july, august. she has dropped and in the single digits now. kyra, one more thing, another debate coming up a week from tomorrow. another debate on foreign policy. right here in washington, d.c., a week from tomorrow night, kyra. >> we'll talk about it all week

for sure. paul, thanks. your next political update in about an hour. for all the latest political news, go to our website. in hawaii the apec summit has wrapped up for president obama and the leaders of the other 18 nations. they discussed job creation and a rebellious singer who stole the spotlight at the saturday night dinner. ♪ >> musician ceserenaded the gro with a song about the occupy movement and even revealed a t-shirt that read occupy with aloha. most of the dinner attendees didn't notice. tensions are building as occupy protests enter a second month. >> sget back! >> this is denver where 20

people were arrested over the weekend. accusing the police of brutality and christine romans is in new york. christine, we're now going on two months since the protesters first descended on wall street and look at how it's grown and it's continuing. >> it really does. and that is making headaches, quite frankly, for public officials who say that they feel as though there's a turning point we might have reached here in the "occupy movement" as more and more cities are trying to move these protesters out of public spaces. i want to start with oakland because right now you have protesters in oakland at this very moment who are bracing, who are bracing for trouble with the police, quite frankly. the police moving in to try to keep people off public grounds. they're forming a wall right now as we speak around protesters. you can see some of these pictures here. the second and third notice to vacate have been issued and the third one came on saturday and right now we're following very closely the movements of the police and the people in oakland and that's happening now in

portland more than 50 arrests were made on sunday as police cleared two parks. there were some 300 police officers who took part in this, kyra. trying to move people out of makeshift camps. mayor sam adams there saying 20% increase in crime has been seen. have to move people out for their own safety and for the safety of the people on the streets. and then in denver, 20 protesters were arrested over the weekend, 17 arrested on saturday alone. they were moving out furniture from the encampment there. police trying to move that out. tensions very high between police and the protesters. multiple scuffles between these groups. you've seen this video right here and lots of video taken on cell phone and taken with cameras shared that they feel like in denver these police officers were too forceful. but in some cases, there is

other video that also shows protesters actually taunting police and not moving out. two officers were injured there over the weekend. one suffered a twisted knee and the other sent to the hospital after being struck in the head and then in philadelphia, the mayor there, michael nutter, he says that "occupy philadelphia" has changed. it's not like it was in the beginning. that there are people associated with it now that were not part of the original movement and there was an alleged sexual assault there and an arrest made in that and more security around there. but you're seeing public officials tiring of this now. saying that we're at a turning point here. >> we'll talk about it in 20 minutes when the markets open. hopefully a better week for us. christine, thanks. a week after criticizing syria after ignoring its neighbors help. jordan's king abdullah is upping the ante. he is saying he should step down after his long, bloody crackdown on opposition protesters. zain verjee is following this

for us. hi, zain. >> hi, kyra. this is a really big deal. he is the first arab leader to come out and call for that explicitly, the stepping down of another arab leader. king abdullah of jordan spoke to bbc world. he said this, "i believe if i were in his shoes, i would step down. i would step down and make sure whoever comes behind me has the ability to change the status quo that we're seeing." jordan has been pretty critical of this crackdown in syria on protesters of king abdullah in the past has said assad to create a whole new era of syrian political life. a couple other countries, too, that have protested. saudi arabia and qatar, kyra. they withdrew a while ago because of the crackdown. this is a huge deal, you have an arab ruler saying this. one thing if the u.s. says it

and a total other thing if an arab leader says step out, get down. a couple things the arab league which is seen as a toothless organization in the nation, they surprised everyone by kicking syria out, temporarily, of that group. the european union is also putting more sanctions on syria. so, the whole thing here is that they're trying to put more pressure and to isolate syria as much as they can to get bushar to bend. >> zain verjee out of london, thanks. just days after the south carolina debate, gop presidential contenders will soon get back in the ring, but not everyone is coming out swinging. also a statue on top of abraham lincoln's tomb is missing his sword and not the first time targeted by thieves.

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checking news across country. in new york a march for solidarity and better security. state and city leaders are outraged. they discovered vandalism. last week three cars were torched and local graffiti throughout a local neighborhood. in washington, the national cathedral opened its doors to the public for the first time since it was severely damaged by the earthquake. guard against any falling debris.

and thieves in springfield, illinois, make off with a piece of lincoln's tomb. the bronze statue of a civil war artillery statue is missing a three-foot copper sword. the same sword was stolen back in 1890s. well, just two days after the debate in spartanburg, south carolina, contenders are getting ready for the next one. this saturday in iowa. candy crowley shows us where things stand as of now. >> the thing about the primary season is there's always another debate, which is handy, if you messed up a previous one. >> governor perry, you advocate the elimination of the department of energy. if you eliminate the department of energy. >> glad you remembered it. >> i've had some time to think about it, sir. >> me, too. >> following wednesday's brain freeze heard around the world, rick perry went into comic

crisis control. if you step in, joke about it. >> number four -- >> i had a five-hour energy drink six hours before the debate. >> oh, no. >> perry's graph gaffe may be gingrich's gain. he may be the next anybody but romney candidate. if gingrich falls short of the gold, what about silver. this caught our ear. >> based on this campaign, would you evaluate romney's ability and change foreign policy perspectives? >> no, no. >> you said so last night. >> we are here talking to the american people talking about why every single one of us is better than barack obama. >> newt had the opportunity to take a swing at mitt and passed. vice president gingrich, anyone? >> and mark your calendars for next tuesday, november 22nd. that night, cnn will bring you a debate focusing on exclusively on national security and foreign

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zain verjee here with all the details and i love this cia agent that said to this guy, you have a hell of a hobby, my friend. >> he does. he sure did. i mean, fidel castro, moammar gadhafi. the ayatollah, this guy has something like 6,000 pictures signed, autographed from world leaders. even u.s. presidents. he has pictures and autographs from reagan, jfk, president obama, harry truman. that's where it all started. let's hear what he has to say about why on earth he does it. he's 81 years old. listen to what lewis says. >> it feels good to hear from strange people that you don't

know. it's very nice of them to take the time to reply back to you. i'm nobody special, just part of history and that's the way i like to be remembered after i leave the planet. >> kyra, you like to do that, write to strange people that you don't know. but he actually did it with moammar gadhafi back in 1969 when he took over as a young revolutionary in a coup. anyway, moammar gadhafi sent him a christmas card and then he said that he wished gadhafi well when he came to power and then gadhafi wrote this long letter slamming the u.s. calling it a terrorist state and how awful it was to support israel and various autograph pictures of himself. he said he stopped writing to moammar gadhafi after the locker bombing in 1988. you have the cia, the fbi and all these intelligence officials all of a sudden really interested with what this guy

was writing world leaders. i don't know, kyra, if you could be a world leader's pen pal, who would it be? >> i still can't believe the return letters this guy got. that's even more fascinating. that he had dialogue with some of these people. yeah, i'll think about that. >> exactly. that's what's intriguing. >> i'll pen pal you. see ya. well, so much for the weak economy. a new study says that americans are actually ready to spend some of that hard earned cash this holiday season. that's good news, alison kosik. >> oh, yes. and the money seems to be burning a hole in their pockets. guess how much money we're expected to spend, $60 million. that's up 16% from last year' most of us still feel like the economy isn't growing, but it is growing and that's why we're willing to spend more money. still, we're worried about

money. almost 60% of people are more price conscious than they were last year. what are we going to do about it. let our fingers do the work. opline shawning use our smartphones and tablets. do that bargain hunting. we're trying to find the best price for those holiday gifts. comparison shopping. to comparison shop we're going to head to online. that's the best way to find some deals. kyra, you know it's easier and faster than driving from the store. another store, wasting gas. shop online and definitely helps if you can get that free shipping. kyra? >> you can find everything online. and even get great ideas that you don't find. >> isn't it amazing? >> yeah. >> let's talk about the outlook for the markets today. we're about six minutes away. >> right now looking at a flat open. looks like investors will be a little bit cautious. this as we're seeing leaders get put into place in greece and italy because there is this realization that new leadership, it's not going to change the situation fast enough, as far as

the debt situation in europe. so, the reality is that it's just going to take a while for these reforms to be implementim. it looks like we're going for a flat open as investors sit on the fence in wait and see mode. >> we'll have the numbers in just a few minutes. thanks, alison. gloria cain breaks her silence and defends her husband, herman. the interview, next. a career change for former first daughter chelsea clinton. quite a sit, too, from someone you used to never hear from. what's this? it's progresso's new loaded potato with bacon.

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checking top stories now. the alleged child rape scandal rocking penn state appears to be moving towards civil court now. reports that one of jerry

sandusky's alleged victims may be preparing a lawsuit against the university. meanwhile, a school next to sandusky's home has taken steps to ensure the safety of its students. president obama wrapping up the asia pacific economic summit in honolulu. he stressed job creation during the two-day meeting. live pictures from the "occupy movement" in california. reports just this hour that some arrests were made in addition to dismantling of tents. well, breaking her silence, herman cain's wife is speaking out and she does it with fox news anchor greta van susstrn. >> to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her

as a woman. and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> gloria cain isn't the first women to defend a husband shrouded in sexual controversy. remember hillary clinton in 1992, gennifer flowers and her affair with bill clinton? well, hillary sort of stood by her man. >> you know, i'm not sitting here as some little woman standing by my man, i'm sitting here because i love him and i respect him and i honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. and, you know, if that's not enough for people, then, heck, don't vote for him. >> i wonder who l.z. granderson and will cain voted for back then. let's see, wait, will's too young. l.z., who did you vote for? >> hey, wait a minute, will's not that young. bill clinton is actually the first president i voted for. so, i lived through all of that i'm not standing by my man. i'm just going to stand near him

so i can be in congress later. >> and that's what i -- we'll get to that in just a second. why do you think political wives agree to do these interviews? l.z., i see where you're going with this. will, what's your take? >> well, they stand by their men because it works. i would say this, gloria cain's decision to give an interview and stand by her man is a reverse of a trend. we saw anthony weiner's wife and mark sanford's wife neglect to come out in public and stand by their men. polling shows the last thing voters want to see is that you've made a victim of your wife. so, if she's willing to stand by you, especially among blue collar or older voters, it will resonate with them. that will lend credibility to you that you didn't do what you're alleged to do. >> l.z., do you think people will believe gloria cain? >> no. will's crazy. no one is looking at her going,

oh, there's a credible source. they're looking at her and saying, there's a woman who wants to be sure that she stands by her man in this particular situation. i don't think anyone is saying, wow, well, i don't know why she waited too two eed two weeks to anything, but i'm glad she did now. will is being dilutional. >> will? >> i don't know how to respond to the argument thatyism i'm simply being dilutional. history suggests that voters will listen to the wife. if she shows she's not a victim of this incidence, they'll believe her. >> it used to be like that, but the whole hillary clinton thing blew that off the roof. >> last time, look, bill clinton was elected president. it seemed to have worked. >> no, what worked is that bill was actually a good candidate. herman cain is not a good candidate and now he has the allegations and that's why he's in the predicament that he's in. >> will? >> l.z., what he's doing is

pointing to a lot of trivial facts like that bill clinton subjectively and arbitrarily was a good candidate while herman cain is not. that might be true, it does not have any bearing on whether or not gloria cain is credible. >> and, l.z., let me ask you this, any benefit to gloria cain in this? >> yeah. because she's married to herman cain and, you know what, what you do want to do is show your spouse that you're there for them. in that case, i do appreciate what she's trying to do, but i feel that a lot of people and when you look online and you the comments by people who have seen the video, it just appears that she's saying what she needs to to stand by her husband and people don't really see her as a credible source in this conversation right now. >> will, final thought? >> you know, whether or not herman cain is a good candidate is not the point right now and whether or not gloria cain is doing this for her own benefit. no evidence she is doing this to benefit her husband.

no evidence that she's not credible. right now this is a positive step for the cain campaign and history suggests when a wife comes out and shows she's not a victim, voters support them. >> you want to wrap it up, l.z.? >> i'll let will stay in that fantasy land he's in because it seems to be a happy place for him. as for the rest of us, we all know that gloria is doing what she thinks she needs to do to be a support for her husband. i admire that. i think that's beautiful, but i don't think voters are looking at her and saying, maybe herman didn't do it. >> we'll see how many people tune in and we'll see if it has any impact and we'll readdress this issue. thanks, gentlemen. mark your calendars, next tuesday, november 22nd, we'll see what comes up in that debate. cnn will bring it to you focusing exclusively on foreign policy and national security. that is only on cnn. at penn state, football is

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it was a moment of silence that spoke volumes. penn state's football team and

rival nebraska all remembering the victims of child sex abuse. penn state, of course, in a horrific abuse scandal. for a lot of people, that pregame prayer called to mind the catholic church's own controversy and some similarities between the two. joining me right now dan. you actually wrote about this and we'll talk about it in a moment. but definitely parallels here. >> there are. some of the most striking are that the patterns follow not how the alleged abuse was committed, but also how the institutions both penn state and the catholic church responded to those accusations. in both cases you had these revered men. in the case of the church, of course, priests and in the case of penn state this coach. then, secondarily, you have how the institutions seemingly responded to these allegations. in both cases what appeared to have happened is that personnel reported these accusations up

the chain of command, but the people sitting at the top didn't make that final step and contact law enforcement. >> what's interesting, you could say college football is worshipped in that state. looking up to the coaches, looking up to the football program. in the catholic church, the bishops are worship. the leaders in the church, the priests are worshipped. >> that's right. i contacted a lot of advocates for abuse victims of the catholic church in recent days to get how they were responding to this scandal. what was striking is they said that calls and e-mails from abuse victims of the catholic scandal were coming in. an in rush of calls and e-mails and people were struck by how similar the institutions responded and particularly the hi hierarchy and in both cases, this is what advocates for victims say. were so taken and so obsessed with the need to protect the image, the sterling images that both penn state and penn state football had and the case of the catholic church. the church that that seemed to override concerns about

protecting young children. >> we've seen allegations swept under the rug, even people that knew things were going on swept under the rug within the catholic church and now this expose surrounding penn state. but there's one major difference here. and we haven't seen that in the catholic church. at penn state, i mean, it did not take long for the firings to happen. >> you know, within one week of this indictment being made public, there was the president of the university and the football coach both fired. >> gone. >> here we are ten years into the explosion of the catholic scandal it first broke in boston about ten years ago and we still haven't seen the firing of bishops in this country and a lot of catholics are asking after this penn state scandal and the rapid dismissals, what's going on? isn't it time that the catholic church followed suit? >> great piece, thanks, dan. >> thanks for having me. >> you can read dan's full piece on our belief blog. you can also weigh in and leave a comment. still ahead, singer justin

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old. a near whiteout in parts of denver after powerful winds raked through the mountains and into the metro area. some of the strongest wind gusts measured at 100 miles per hour. high winds and snow were blamed for several accidents in that area. in dubuque, iowa, an owner of t-shirt shop broke the guinness book of world record for wearing the most t-shirts. he was wearing 247 of them. how did he do it? tom was wearing just about every t-shirt size possible. well, it's official, chelsea clinton is stepping out of her parents' shadows and right into her own spotlight. kareen wynter joining me with the details on the former first daughter's new gig. hey, kareen. >> talk about a high-profile gig. chelsea clinton is about to join the fourth estate. chelsea clinton joining nbc news and listen to what she's doing. she's contributing to stories to

nbc's making a difference on "nightly news." they focus on volunteers who impact local communities. so, again, a huge move for someone who didn't seem to love the spotlight, although she's been raising her public profile over the last few years. and, by the way, this job will not preclude her from her work with her father's clinton initiative. not the first time nbc has hired politically connected offsprings. jenna bush hager, for example, works for "today" show and megan mccain contributes to . >> pop star justin timberlake made good on that promise to attend the marine corps ball and he even blogged about it, didn't he? >> he had a blast. in fact, justin timberlike his experience at the ball changed his life. you may remember when he was promoting his recent film "friends with benefits" they were both asked to separate

marine corps balls via youtube. over the weekend, timberlake acted on that promise. he blogged about the experience saying, and this is kind of cute. he said, i knew i would have an evening that i wouldn't forget, something i could tell my friends about. what i didn't know was how moved i would be by the whole experience. timberlake says his experience with the marines was like meeting michael jackson and michael jordan and he wanted to express his deepest gratitude to everyone he met. for her part, she seems like an impressive marine and she was so cool about this date, she autographed a picture of herself to give to justin timberlake. next up, mia will attend her marine corps ball this week. >> did she get a kiss good night? that's what everybody wants to know. >> i don't know.

we'll have to do some digging on that. we'll have to do some digging. justin i'm sure gave her a little peck at the end of the night. >> there you go, a total gentleman. kareen back with us next hour. coming up, is brad pitt really retiring? we'll hear what he said in an australian interview coming up at 10:00 a.m. eastern. most women don't sleep well and the effects go far beyond just being tired. we'll break down the best remedies for getting a good night's sleep rest right after this.

all right. hey, ladies out there. did you get a good night's sleep last night? word has it more than 60% of you are actually sleep deprived. liz cohen is here to talk about this. is it because we have kids and we're trying to be a mom and wife and work, or is it more than that? >> all of the above. it is all of the above that explains why women get about 6 1/2 hours of sleep on average, and the quality of the sleep is not as good as the quality that men have when they sleep. it's all those things. you're pregnant. it's hard to sleep. you have little kids. it's hard to sleep. menopause hits, the hormones can wreck havoc with your sleep. >> it sucks to be a woman, doesn't it? >> sometimes it does. the laundry and this and that and your mind is racing. >> like the hamsters. i can't get the hamsters off the while. some women are taking sleeping

pills. can you differentiate if they're all good bad, all bad, one that works and doesn't work? how do you address that issue? >> i have women say that sleeping pills were a life saver for them, and i've heard other women say i'll never do that again. that was a disaster and it messed up my sleep or made me feel depressed or whatever. i think each woman has to make that decision for herself, but there are statistics that 1 out of 3 women are are taking sleeping pills several times a week. think before you take a sleeping pill, because you want to have an exit strategy. are you going to be on on sleeping pills the rest of your life? a lot of doctors would say that's not a great idea. what do you do so you don't need the sleeping pills? >> what are you advising to women? i had horrible problems getting to sleep, especially on the early morning special. exercise helped tremendously. 30 minutes of wearing your ourselves. >> exercise is huge. i can exercise or take a

sleeping pill, i know exercise in some ways is the harder route, but there are no bad side effects of exercise. and a hot bath. >> exactly. there's nothing bad about a hot bath. establish a regular routine. don't go to bed at 9:00 one night and 1:00 in the morning another night. exercise is really helpful. avoid bright lights at night. turn over that ipad, turn around the clock radio. bright lights are not good and it's worse as you get older. investigate if you have a underlying problem. sometimes it's because you're up late doing the laundry and you get all keyed up, and sometimes it's a medical problem. also, limit your caffeine and your alcohol, especially at night. we have more tips on cnn.com/empoweredpatient. >> you make it sound so easy. >> i know it's not. make it a priority. sleep is number one in our family. >> agreed.

let's check on stories making news later today. the funeral of a former world heavyweight boxing charch joe frazier sat 11:00 eastern in philadelphia. at 3:00 eastern first lady michelle obama meets with military families and speaks at a job fair in hawaii at joint bay pearl harbor. at 7:15 eastern the premiere of break"breaking dawn: part 1" taking play in los angeles. we're checking with christine romans in new york. has the "occupy" movement reached a turning point. mother public officials are growing wary of the tensions and face-offs they're having with so many protesters, and that's happyi happening right now in oakland. i'll talk about where this movement is now and how it might evolve at the top of the hour. i'm mary snow at penn state, where new questions are ased

about the judge handling the sex abuse case against jerry sandusky. we'll have the latest at the top of the hour. i'm rob marciano. we're tracking storms and also tracking what's going on in outer space. some cool video, plus a russian rocket launched last night with an american on the way to the iss. kind of a blizzard. we'll show you that video in the next hour. kyra. also ahead, gloria cain defends her husband. she says he totally respecting women. we'll talk about it with patricia murphy next hour. the postal service is critical to our economy-- delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses,

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it's tebow. this is the guy that's got a direct connection to god. anything can happen. >> tim tebow is making it happen as quarterback of the denver broncos, even if it's a little unusual. we're going back to the days of the leather helmets. the broncos aren't relying on his arm, but whatever it is it's working. he completed two more passes than i did yesterday. one is a 56-yard game winner to eric decker. tebow ran for 44 yards and scored. denver wins 17-10. the broncos are 3-1 since tebow toox over. new england back on the winning track. tom brady, throws three touchdowns gets the jets including this 8-yarder to diein

bran branch. that puts the pats in front. the defense takes over. an interception seals it for the pats against the jets. the final score 37-16. the patriots are alone in first in the afc east, a game up on the jets and the bill. speaking of the bills, the cowboys blew out buffalo yesterday, but this is great. david nelson promised his girlfriend something special if he scored against the cowboys. he gets the touchdown, so he runs down the sidelines to his girlfriend, kelsey. she is a cowboys cheerleader. nelson gives her the ball. kelsey tweeter what a special day today was. i feel so blessed and proud. i won't let go of it. someone wondering if he'd propose. no. it's still sweet. talk about a tough decision. patrick whit is giving up an opportunity to be a rhodes scholar. he was scheduled to be

interviewed on saturday. it's the same day as playing harva harvard. he's playing and skipping the interview and he can re-apply next year. hopefully he gets his shot. that's a tough thing to give up, a rhodes scholarship. >> he's definitely making it work. >> his parents got to be proud. it's the top of the hour. thank you for joining us. we begin with tensions building as sop "occupy" protests enter a second month. more than 50 people are arrested in portland, another 20 are hauled away in denver, and this morning protesters are avoiding arrest by following police orders to break down tents and leave. then you have philadelphia. the mayor beefed up the police presence and says that the sit-in is becoming more disruptive. >> "occupy philly" has changed. we're seeing serious health and

safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis. >> senior medical correspondent liz bet cohen is looking at the health concerns, but christine romans let's start with you in new york. you say we're seeing a turning point. >> it feels like there's a turning point for city leaders who say now we have others that are using the "occupy" movement as cam flaouflagcamouflage, if crimes. in portland the police say they're using the camps as camouflage and seeing a 20% increase in crime surrounding the encampment. not for "occupy" people or people from the movement, but from others who have found this as a ripe target. so you had lots of arrests there this weekend. 50 arrests in portland. 300 officers taking part in a sweep there, and that mayor says this is a public safety and a

freedom of expression story altogether. i want on to take you to oakland, california now, where this is happening right now where you have police in riot gear. i would say hundreds of them, although they're not giving us an exact number, who have broken down the camp and cleared the camp there in the park there. they have cleared the camp and broke it down. they cleared it out, but there are still protesters around oakland police say. they say arrests have been made but would not tell us what the charges are or have not told us how many yet. this is all happening as we speak. they made a big ring, wall, if you will, around that plaza, and there have been three evictions notices for that, for those occupiers in those camps. now the police say they have cleared that campus. a turning point you can see, just the line of protestors and you can see the line of people there, and a real face-off with a lot of tension there. in denver it got pretty rough there this weekend, too. police went in and made 20

arrests, 17 on saturday alone. this is what a lot of people are talking about online. some of the pictures. they say it looks like the police were overreacting, although police have been saying in many towns they're being taunted by "occupy" protesters who are actually coming right in and blocking out walkways and the like. in denver police moved furniture out, putting out a campfire, trying to clear the area there around a plaz zachlt you mentioned philadelphia where mayor nutter is saying i'm the 99%. i represent the 99%. you have people who can't go to work. you got tourists who can't get around and you have a situation where we have all the police trying to protect the protest s protesters. there was an alleged sexual assault in the camp. he says this is not the "occupy philadelphia" that it started out as. something new is happening here. you're seeing a lot of concern and tension, and some questions about how this movement is going to evolve from here, kyra.

>> thanks, elizabeth cohen stand by for health effects we'll talk about. first, president obama's landmark headlight care law has arrived at the supreme court, and the nine justices have agreed to wait until the politically charged debate over whether or not it's constitutional. you remember at issue the requirement that nearly all americans get health insurance. a number of states complaints that this wasn't constitutionally fair. jeffrey toobin is live on the phone with us. jeffrey, dozens of states have argued it's constitutional. there's several cases pending. it's sort of confusing, so what should we pay attention to now that we've got the word? >> reporter: well, it's actually a fairly straightforward legal issue. the federal government has to abide by the constitution, and the constitution says that the federal government is allowed to regulate interstate commerce. under the interstate commerce

clause, we have social security, we have medicare, we had mve medicaid, and the obama administration says the health care plan is a reflection of the way the federal government has been involved in health care for many, many years. many states have challenged that. they have said this is something different. this is requiring individuals to buy a private product that is health insurance, and that is something that the federal government simply does not have the authority to do. the courts are split on the issue. more courts have upheld it. some republicans -- very influential republican judges have upheld it recently. but i think it's likely to be a close question in the supreme court, and it is certainly the most important case that the court has had since bush v. gore 11 years ago. >> kind of give us as idea of the time line how quickly or slowly this could all play out? >> caller: it's not going to be that slowly. the case will be argued either

in february or march, and it will certainly be decided in the last week in june. the supreme court term always ends right before the july 4th weekend, and the big cases are always decided then. so just at the heart of the presidential campaign, the health care case is going to be right at the center. people are going to really have an opportunity to make up their minds what they think about the plan, what they think about the supreme court, and it will be a great public education about what the constitution means. >> i think we can figure on out there will be legal and financial implications. you just hit the political implications of this. how could this impact the 2012 elections? >> reporter: well, you know, there's a lot of speculation about that. i think no one knows for sure what the impact will be. certainly it will call attention to the health care law. at the moment the health care law is more unpopular than popular, so that's probably

something that is not good for the obama administration. with my view about politics is winning is always better than losing. if the law is struck down, it's the central achievement of president obama's domestic policy. i think that will be very, very bad for him. the idea that he devoted all that time and energy to something unconstitutional. if he wins, i think it's a benefit. i think ratification by a basically conservative supreme court, i think, will be seen as a big victory for him and will likely give him some momentum heading into the conventions. but, you know, i think we really have to see. it's hard to predict. >> all right. jeffrey, if you don't mind, stay with me. jessica yellen who covers the white house for us joining us live out of the d.c. bureau. i don't know if you were locked in and held what jeff toobin said, jessica. we talk about the impact this could have now on the 2012

elections. >> reporter: first, administration officials insist they're fairly confident at this point, because three of four circuit courts have -- they've had success in three of four circuit courts, as jeff has noted. and they feel that that gives them some success, especially because in the most recent decision it was a very conservative jurist who upheld the individual mandate that was the d.c. circuit court. beyond that, you know, you never know with the supreme court. if it's -- if you play out the politics of this, if the candidate is mitt romney that they're running against, there's no doubt if this is overturned it is bad news for the president's re-election chances. it's bad news for the white house. on the other hand, if it's mitt romney they're running again, he supported an individual mandate in his health care law, so it's a bit of a wash. so they have a game to play there still, and it doesn't do as much damage as if it were

another candidate. >> it just so happens that -- go ahead. finish your thought, jessica. >> reporter: it's never a good thing. this was the signal achievement of his term in office. this was the -- you know, the greatest, you know -- his -- what he lobbied for more than anything else, and if it's overturned by the supreme court, it is not a happy day for the campaign or for the president. that said, they don't expect it to be -- they just don't expect it to be. >> jeffrey toobin talking about the legal implications and jessica yellen the political. we have elizabeth cohen here. we have going to talk about the "occupy" movement and health risks around the country, but since i have you and you have covered this as well from a medical perspective, what's your take of this news coming forward? >> what's interesting is what will happen if the supreme court strikes this down. i want to back up for a minute and explain what the individual mandate is and why it's there. health care reform, one of the

things it does that made a lot of people happy, is it says people with pre-existing conditions should be able to get insurance. that is huge, kyra, because previously they couldn't. if you had heart disease or diabetes, you could be told no. we're often told no or charged a ridiculously high price. under health care reform, insurance companies have to say yes to you. insurance companies afford to do by forcing everybody to get insurance, even young, healthy people. if the court says, oh, no, you can't force everyone to get insurance, how do you insure people with pre-existing conditions? the whole thing falls apart. the health care reform bill basically falls apart. that's why this decision is so important, by requiring everyone to get insurance you help out the people with pre-existing conditions who can't get insurance basically. >> we'll keep our eyes on it. thanks for weighing in. appreciate it. let's talk about another

major development that we've talking about and how it may take shape. we're talking about the alleged child rape scandal at penn state. a local attorney now says he represents one of the alleged victims and is now exploring a possible civil suit against the university. we'll have more on that in a moment, but first, new outrage and now questions over the suspect jerry sandusky being freed on bond. mary snow has the details. >> reporter: when he was charged with 40 counts of sexually abusing children, jerry sandusky was released on $100,000 bail. one condition, it is former penn state defensive coordinator was told not to go near children. but take a look where his house is located. this is the playground for lamont elementary school. right over here is jerry sandusky's house, and from his back porch he has a clear view of it. the administrators at the elementary school say local police reached out to them following sandusky's arrest.

the district's superintendent is quoted saying the school, that runs through the second grade, has taken additional administrative action to ensure our children are safe. to be clear, sandusky's never been accused of harming random children, rather he's alleged to have molested young boys after developing close relationships with them through second mile, the charity he founded. sandusky's maintained his innocence. the road to his home is blocked off, and private property signs on his lawn went up this weekend after police say a cinder block was thrown through a window. nearby neighbors question why he's out on bail. >> it baffles my mind. >> i think presumption of innocence, we all like to believe in that and we do in this country. i think there's a level of protection that a neighborhood and community is entitled to. >> reporter: melissa and carl anderson have two little boys. carl was such a fan of sandusky's at one time, he had

an autographed limited edition copy of sandusky's book "touched." >> it alternates between anger and sadness really. it's a loss of wholesale community innocence. >> reporter: have you seen more police in the last week? >> yes. >> reporter: the andersons want to see a stiffer bail, and now a new revelation about the judge that set the bail. the judge's law firm listed her as a volunteer for second mile. jeffrey toobin. >> the judge certainly should have raised the issue, disclosed her connection to second mile so that the parties in the case could decide whether they wanted to ask her to recuse herself. >> mary joining us now from university park. mary, what more can you tell us about the possibility of this civil lawsuit? >> reporter: yeah, it seems all but certain there will be a civil lawsuit, kyra. a pennsylvania attorney was on some of the morning talk shows today saying that one of the

alleged victims of jerry sandusky has hired him to explore a civil lawsuit, and it had been widely anticipated there would be these kinds of lawsuits and he would reportedly not only focus on a lawsuit against former coach jerry sandusky but against anyone who may have known about alleged sex abuse and didn't report kyra, the judge in the sandusky case, we have reechled out to her for comment about those ties to second mile. it's not clear whether she still has an affiliation with second mile. still haven't gotten a response from her. >> appreciate it. the london olympics around until next summer, but things are heating up between american and british security officials. we'll tell you about the tensions. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol

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protect our guys, and 500 may be fbi officials. the uk has limited stop and search power when is it comes to anti-terrorism. that's one of the issues they're raising. the bottom line is the committee underestimated the amount of security they would need. there's 32 olympic sites around the country, and they thought maybe they need about 10,000 security guards. it turns out they need 21,000, so the question is, where do they get the money? where do they get all the people from? they may draw in on the british ministry of defense, but they have to act quickly. the u.s. is woerried and is saying we will take care of our athletes or diplomatdiplomats. we don't want anything to happen. it's a target for al qaeda or an al qaeda-related group to attack. >> if your pad is open, may join us for a little olympics rendezvous. >> anytime, darling. the door is open. you just have to cook a little is all.

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we're talking about political wives defending their husbands. first, hillary clinton, 1992. >> you know, i'm not sitting here some little woman standing by my man like tammy wynette.

i'm sitting here because i love him, i respect him, and i honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. >> then silda spitzer standing by herman. and elizabeth edwards struggling with cancer by her man's side as he was accused of cheating. now gloria cain is breaking her silence. >> and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> joining me now is patricia murphy, founder and editor of citizen jane politics. you actually saw part of this interview. how did they come across? how will this play out? >> we don't know how it will play out. this is the wildcard, the big question for herman cain. at in the point in his campaign he needs somebody coming forward and saying, i know herman cain better than you do, and this is i know about this man. gloria cain comes across as

friends have described her to me, very composed and self-assured. obvious obviously, this rattling her a great deal. she doesn't seem scripted. this is what she knows the herman cain. the most important piece she says to viewers and this is crucial and why they're doing it, she says this is not the person i know, and that is the message they're trying to get across with the interview. >> how does this play out, if another accuser comes forward or another accuser comes forward? >> well, obviously, we don't know how it's going to play out. what the cain campaign is trying to do in this case, when it's a he said she said -- that's not easy to say -- they want to say, this is a man of good character. they want to build up the case for he said. he is a family man. we see his two adult children in the interview as well. he cares about his wife shs and his wife cares about him. that's the piece they're working on. at the same time they're raising questions about the women who were accusing him.

so building up his character, tearing down the women's character. >> you interviewed elizabeth edwards years ago. >> i did. >> when all the secrets or the allegations were coming forward about her husband. well, we saw how that turned out. >> that's right. i think the american public has gotten burned many times by listening to women who have come forward to defend their husbands, only to find out later that in some cases that wasn't true and the women may have known it wasn't true. when i interviewed elizabeth edwards, she's a staunch defender of her husband and it was after she learned about the allegations. we didn't know what was going on with john edwards, so the american public, i think, is going to take all of this with a grain of salt. gloria cain is not of the public stage. she's not a rehearsed media-trained woman. >> she's always wanted to stay private and protect her family as well. >> that's right. this is an instance where she and her family now -- it may be her worst nightmare. they have to come forward in the public spotlight to defend herman cain.

they wanted to roll her out what kind of first lady will you be? now it's i don't believe these allegations against my husband. it's on at 10:00 tonight. it's a fascinating interview sxi look forward to seeing the whole piece. >> we'll recap then. thanks so much, patricia. mark your calendars now for next tuesday as well. not just tonight's interview with gloria cain, but on november 22nd we'll have a debate next tuesday, 8:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. as we just mentioned gloria cain defending her husband against sexual harassment allegations. will it even put the matter to rest? we'll talk about it again, but this time with our political buzz panel right after the break. ♪

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there's reports that one of the jerry sandusky's alleged victims may be preparing a lawsuit against the university. meanwhi meanwhile, a school next to sandusky's home has taken steps to ensure the safety of its students. president obama wrapping up the asia-pacific economic sum knit in honolulu. he stressed job creation. police move in on "occupy" demonstrators in oakland this area. they're tearing down tents, and there are reports of a number of arrests. all right. political buzz. your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions and 30 seconds on the clock. playing today is dana losh, pete dominick and cnn contributor will cain. first question, guys. gloria cain is breaking her silence in an interview airing tonight. here's a clip. >> to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that

was totally disrespectful of her as a woman, i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> all right, guys. could this backfire and revive the issue? will? >> i don't think so. you know, herman cain, it there's a plethora of polls that show he's bleeding support not only among republicans but with women. a couple of months ago when anthony weiner had his troubles, there was an article that came out. i want to distinguish him from anthony weiner and other politicians' press conferences. the article suggested when wives come out, it plays well in the polling. it shows they're not victims and gives credibility to to their husbands. i think gloria cain will have a positive impact on the current situation. >> dana. >> yeah, i actually would agree with that. i think gloria cain coming out just shows him to be more likeable, and it helps his image

more. i don't think the issue has gone away. it's been in the headlines every single day for the past week and a half. it's already -- it hasn't gone away to be revived yet, but i think it will play out well for him. whether it up stops the mer hemorrhaging among support, that remains to be seen. we'll see how it plays out. >> pete. >> i think she'll probably just come on tonight and say, i have a bold plan for america. it's 9-9-9. she's probably going to plug herman cain's economic policies. the truth is, of all of these male politicians who get in trouble from bill clinton to john edwards to david vitter to eliot spitzer, to everybody, and the woman when they stand by them, there's always, always wrong. he can't think of one off the top of my head where the accusations were false and the wife didn't look wrong or bad. so i don't think anything's going to change here.

>> second question. >> it's sad. >> we're going to have fun on this. in an interview with gq herman names his competition's flavor. michele bachmann, tuty fruit yes, mitt romney vanilla and rick perry rocky road. with newt gingrich rising until the polls, what's his flavor this week? dana. >> this is difficult for me. i don't like ice cream. i'm going to get so much hate mail for that. i'm trying to think what the flavor would be. aside from better rhetorical skills, which i know isn't a an ice cream flavor the closest thing was cotton candy. i don't know. i'm going with that. i'm going with that. >> i didn't know that was an ice cream flavor. will. >> this is difficult for me, too, because i have limited creative bandwidth, but i guess something like a mystery flavor of the week. i still don't think we know how

this newt gingrich thing we play out. voters still don't know him shockingly because it's been around so long but he has a dossier of research downloaded on the public. accusations of of crony capitalism came out. mystery flavor. >> pete, they're so serious. give us something pete. >> i'm so surprised that dana would on national tv admit that she hates america. you don't like ice cream? >> i said i just didn't like ice cream. >> she doesn't watch baseball either. >> i don't love it much either. >> i love bacon, though. >> newt gingrich, if you were a flavor. i'd call him vanilla to, because he's the whitest guy up there. maybe a lemon sorbet. he has a sour expression on his face, disdain for the person asking questions and disdain for the person that disagrees with him. he's so transparent and disingeneral with us. lemon sorbet or vanilla.

>> he could be chunky monkey. you got it. >> no. i was going to say, there were a couple of other ones there we could have got. >> i forgot that, dane thaa. >> i don't like ice cream either. >> take your ice cream wars off air. here's your buzzer beater. 20 seconds each on this. our friends at pollposition.com are having a little fun. they asked this. if the gop primary were a reality tv show, who would you kick off first? well, michele bachmann was the winner on the poll position poll. what would be your first xhois, will? >> obviously for me is herman cain, because every time i appear on tv, the banner underneath my face says will cain survive sex scandal. not a positive move for my career here. >> dana. >> well, mine is completely

obvious. i'm just going to shock everybody by saying mine would be mitt romney. i would vote mitt romney off. i'm sure he's a likeable guy. >> she has to follow-up on everything. cotton candy ice cream. wait a minute. pete, give us an answer. >> well, i would not get rid of michele bachmann, although i do agree she's tutti-frutti. i'm so pro-woman. i'd let go of herman cain, but even though i'm an independent romney is the guy that can beat president obama up there because no one is supporting huntsman. i would vote mitt romney off the island. >> thanks, guys. appreciate it. i'm sending you all ice cream after the show. here's a program note. coming up next tuesday, november 22nd, cnn bringing you a presidential debate focusing exclusive on national security and foreign policy. that's next tuesday, 8:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn.

so much for the weak economy. a new study says americans are ready it to spend hard-earned cash this holiday season, and that's good news, alison kosik. >> reporter: they can't wait. yeah, americans, kyra, are expected to spend almost $60 billion during the holiday research, saying it's up 15% from last year. still americans are pretty worried about money. 60% of people are more price conscious than last year. we let our fingers do the work. we go shopping online using our smartphones and tablets, and not a big surprise. the job market is weaker this year. everybody is still trying to find deals. they're going on online to comparesison shopping and find deals. many think shopping online is easier and faster, you're in control and you don't have to drive from one store to another and waste all that gas, kyra. >> a quick market check. >> one of those slow days today. we are a bit in the red right

now. no major economic news to drive the market, so europe is driving this bus today. investors are keeping their eye on how greece and italy are getting new governments in place. they want to see the austerity measures implemented. although weapon don't see volatility today, they say expect to see more volatility until europe gets its debt problems in order. kyra. >> thanks. is actor brad pitt really ready to retire? if he is, it may have something to do with expanding his family with angelina jolie. the details are next in "showbiz." ♪

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his life. you may remember when timberlake was promoting his recent film, "friends with benefits," he was invited to this ball by kelsey desantos. he blocked about the experience and he said going to the ball changed his life adding, i knew i would have an evening i wouldn't forget, something i can tell my friends about. what i didn't know is how moved i would be about the whole experience. timberlake says his experience with the marines was like meeting michael jackson and michael jordan sxeand he wanted express his deepest gratitude to everyone he met. the last time we checked this last hour you wanted to know if she got a kiss at the end of the night. i did a little digging and investigating. don't get too happy just yet. i haven't been able to find out all the details. justin is too much of a gentleman to kiss and tell. you know, maybe she will tweet about it and spill the beans in some capacity. >> okay. >> we will see. >> the mystery continues.

brad pitt, what's going on there? calling it quits? retiring from acting? >> well, don't worry. all you brad pitt fans out there, this isn't an eminent change, so we can all breathe. pitt just told an aaustralian interviews he wants to walk away from acting in a few years and wants to direct and produce and yes, he needs time to concentrate on being dad. he said he and angelina jolie, they may decide to have more kids in the future, if you can believe that. they already have six kids, kyra, but pitt says he loves the chaos that comes with his big family. i can't believe they're thinking about more kids, though. mind-blowing. >> it's pretty remarkable. ozzy osbourne, reuniting with his band mates. this ought to be interesting. >> it's interestigoing to be in. the original members of black sabbath are getting back together for a new album and world tour. the ground-breaking heavy metal band was inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame in 2006,

and they had huge hits like "ironman" and "war pigs." they started the band in the 1960s. osborne's drug and alcohol use led him to leaving the band in 1979. over time various musicians have come and gone as a part of sabbath. the only original member that stayed the entire time is iome. other tour daiss haven't been announced yesterday. they haven't started recording, but according to ozzy osbourne, they have wrote about eight songs so far. that's definitely a start, and it's great to see that ozzy still has it, kyra, after all these years. >> listen to you. are you a black sabbath fan? is there an inner rocker in little corrine winter? >> i love a little bit of ozzy. i love him. remember when he had his reality show with his wife, sharon. i've been a long-time ozzy fan, and i can't wait to see them do magic again.

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first jenna bush and now chelsea clinton working for nbc news. the former first daughter has been hired as a full-time special correspondent. howie kurtz is joining us now. howie, yet again, big name and little experience. what do you think about this one? >> well, you know, i can't accuse the "today" show followings of being partisan because they hired jenna bush, but it strikes me as a cheap gimmick. what is this with hiring presidential daughters? they're fame from their time living in the white house. neither of these young women have journalistic experience. it's a way to put viewers in the seats by trotting out another big name. >> imagine the rolodex, though, come on, howie? they have serious sources i'm sure. >> look, i also think that when bill clinton has his next book come out or make exclusive

experiences during the 2012 campaign, do you think nbc might have the inside track on that sort of thing? we're talking about the secretary of state's daughter, and chelsea clinton, you know, no offense to her, very poises and talented young woman, who by the way, has recently joined the board of iac, which is the co-owner of news week and the daily beast, but i'm sure a lot of journalists would like to have that job. just tells you something about the whole direction in which the media business is moving, which is it's more important to be famous than to have any particular talent when it comes to this thing we used to call journalism. >> stay tuned. all right. another network, cbs, being accused of bias by michele bachmann's campaign and started with the e-mail fall. john dickerson accidentally replying all to a he colleague's suggestion that bachmann take part in a postdebate webcast this weekend. his response that the campaign

received. quote, okay, let's keep it loose, though, because she won't get many questions and she's nearly off the chart in the hopes we can get someone else, end quote. oops. >> a dumb move to send that to everybody by john dickerson, but who is regarded as a very fair journalist. and, you know, what did he do? he committed the classic washington gaffe of telling the truth? michele bachmann is going nowhere in the polls and down 4% to 5%. she got seven questions at the cbs debate, almost as many as the front-runners. the bachmann campaign understandably seizing on this and jumping on on this horrible media bias by cbs. in fact, one of our top aides called dickerson a piece of excree meant. i'm cleaning it up to your views. barshing the media is a good technique, and he gave bachmann's people the opening.

>> we know we've hit the wrong button from time to tim. howie, appreciate you weighing in. thanks, howie. >> thanks, kyra. all right. checking headlines making news today. the funeral for former world heavyweight boxing champ joe phrase zefrazier is at 11:00 ea phil philly. michelle obama speaks to service members and at 7:15 p.m. eastern the premiere of the "twilight" saga break"breaking dawn: part in los angeles. mitt romney says candidates are obsessed with him in our politicalticker.

second hour. evelyn lauder, the woman who helped create the pink ribbon symbol for pres cancer died. she passed away on saturday from complications of ovarian cancer. she was in her home and 75 years old. a near white-out in parts of denver after powerful winds raked through the mountains and met row area. some of the strongest gusts registered at more than 100 miles per hour. they were blamed for several accidents in the area. in dubuque, iowa the owner of a t-shirt store broke the record for wearing the most t-shirts. he wore 247 of them. how did he do that? all the helpers say tom was wearing just about every t-shirt size possible.

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well, mitt romney's presidential cam taken says that the president is obsessed with him. senior political editor mark preston, who we're all obsessed with. can you please explain this to us? >> kyra, there's something to be said about perhaps the romney campaign wants to get a restraining order against the obama campaign and democratic national committee. they put out a memo this morning highlights the fact they say the obama administration is targeting them solely. what's interesting about this, kyra, is they're trying to make the case that they're the most electable right now out of the whole presidential field, but at the same time the romney campaign is acknowledging that they are, in fact, the front-runner. i've got to tell you when you run for president and run for any elected office, you never want to acknowledge that you're the front-runner because it puts you at the top and everyone, of

course, is gunning for you. the romney campaign thinks, kyra, if they say they're the ones that the obama administration is targeting then, in fact, republicans will vote for them when it comes time to vote in january in iowa. >> i don't know if we're obsessed but we spend a lot of time talking about the national polls. one candidate is saying we need to be focusing elsewhere. >> we do. let's stay on the topic of iowa. rick santorum who polled in the low single digit force the entire race, kyra, is saying don't talk about the national polls anymore. it's really about iowa. rick santorum, a social conservative, feels like that that is where he'll jump start his campaign. iowa voters, of course, vote on january 3rd in the caucus, and social conservative it is play a huge role in helping whoever is going to win that caucus get to the finish line. kyra. >> all right, mark. thanks. we'll have your net political update in about an hour.