>> it's been a pleasure. it's [ speaking foreign language ] >> wow. you like my eyes. it's been a pleasure. thank you. well, good sunday morning to you all. we're at the top of the hour on this november 20, hello as always to our military men and women watching us now on the american forces network. thank you for being here, and thank you for what you do. the republican presidential candidate has a message for the occupy movement, and i quote, "go get a job right after you take a bath." we'll tell you what else you missed from the candidate forum last night in iowa. also, her fiance died in

afghanistan. so to honor him, she joins the marines to finish his mission. let me get you caught up on the headlines, what you might have missed while you were sleeping. first of all, president obama came home, he's back at the white house now after wrapping up a nine-day trip that took him to hawaii, australia, and indonesia. the trip was meant to promote american business and manufacturing in the region. also on capitol hill today, live picture you are seeing. work will be going on. members of the deficit supercommittee promising to keep working to get a deal done. now one member of the so-called supercommittee is openly admitting that a compromise is unlikely. a live report just a couple of minutes away.

[ crowd noise ] what you're seeing here, police firing teargas into crowds of protesters in cairo's tahrir square trying to break up demonstrations. the second straight day of protests aimed at the military government that took over for former egyptian president mubarak. he was forced from office this year. two people have been killed in the clashes. we'll have a live report from there minutes away, as well. and firefighters say they have the upper hand on the wildfires in reno, nevada. thousands of people were forced from their homes, but now many being alloweding to see back. at least 30 homes were destroyed by those fires. also, according to the "hollywood reporter," actor christopher walken has hired an attorney to represent him in the reopened investigation into actress natalie wood's death. walken was on the boat, the one that wood and her husband were on, the night she disappeared and died. again, that was 30 years ago. the sheriff's department told the paper that walken is not

considered a suspect in the case. also, protesters were back at it overnight. on the campus of u.c. davis, they pitched tents on campus. they're protesting rising tuition costs. they were back in place a day after this happened. [ crowd noise ] >> we first showed you this yesterday. the school's chancellor ordered an investigation into this pepper spray incident. police used the pepper spray on the protesters. they say they felt threatened, but this is how one of the protesters described the scene. [ chanting ] >> they broke into our circle to remove our tents, which was apparently the aim of the riot cops in the first place. after they removed our tent, they made five arbitrary arrests. it could have been any student, it wasn't one person in particular that was acting out. they just arrested who they could, which we felt was unjust. we stood in solidarity with them

-- actually, we sat in solidarity with them and asked for them to be set free. that's why we didn't move from the crossway. >> some people calling for the chancellor at u.c. davis to step down. she says she's not going anywhere. police in portland using pepper spray, as well, on the protesters. you see that? they're trying to break up the occupy demonstrations there. this protest was part of the nationwide call to action on the two-month anniversary of the occupy movement. last week we brought this to you live. when police first moved in to try to force the protesters out. the sign maybe says it all. they're not going anywhere. occupy protesters have kept up the marching on banks, telling them -- turning their focus to problems with the health care system. occupy protesters in the streets of washington, d.c. the police arrested about a dozen people after they occupied an abandoned building that was being used -- used to be used as

a homeless shelter. firefighters had to be called in to help clear protesters out of there. and in des moines, iowa, occupy protesters gathered outside a forum with the republican presidential candidates. it was hosted by a group called family leader. inside, current front-runner now, newt gingrich. he had this message for the protesters outside -- >> all the occupy movement starts with the premise that we owe them everything. they take over a public park they didn't pay for to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn't pay for, to beg for foods from places they don't want to pay for, to obstruct those going to work to pay the taxes to sustain the bathrooms and to sustain the park so they can self-righteously explain that they are the paragons of virtue to which we owe everything. go get a job right after you take a bath. >> now, answering a question about occupy. the main focus of that presidential forum was faith and

values. an important opportunity for the candidates to reach out to those conservative voters with just six weeks to go until the first in the nation caucus. highlights for you from last night that you may have missed. >> those of us that are people of faith and strong faith have allowed the non-faith element to intimidate us into not fighting that. i believe we've been too passive. we have maybe pushed back, but as people of faith we have not fought back. >> how do you fight back? >> the way you fight back is not be afraid to express your faith in any setting rather than worrying about the political correctness police. >> gay marriage is wrong. as abraham lincoln said -- [ applause ] >> the states do not have the right to do wrong. there are folks who said that states can do this, and i won't get involved in that -- i will

get involved in that. states as a president, i will get involved because the states do not have the right to undermine the basic fundamental values that hold this country together. >> my challenge for all of you and for every elected official out there, forever governor and for the next president of the united states is to not be afraid to be a faithful individual every day. to live that life, to stand up for your values, to be able -- if you are a pastor, you need to be in the pulpit every sunday and every day that you had the opportunity to be in the pulpit talking about values because values are going to get decided. somebody's values are going to get to decide what the congress votes on or what the president of the united states is going to deal with. >> we'll have more on that forum and how the race is shaping up coming your way at the bottom of the hour when patricia murphy joins us. she'll be our guest in studio. reminder, tuesday night the republicans running for

president will gather steps from the white house for a presidential debate on national security and the economy co-sponsored by the heritage foundation and american enterprise institute. that's the cnn republican debate, 8:00 eastern on tuesday. a big story today. it will be a big story tomorrow and throughout the week. this deficit supercommittee, working all weekend because a deadline is looming. they have to have this wrapped up by tomorrow. we have more from capitol hill, lease amp was there any movement yesterday? do we expect any today? >> reporter: no, no movement yesterday, and to be honest, we don't expect any. to say that the supercommittee is working over the weekend -- to be honest, we're not sure how much work they're doing. they haven't met as a committee. republicans spoke over the phone yesterday, but that's the only thing we know as far as actual

action. there's great divide over many issues, and right now republicans and democrats simply have stopped talking. t.j.? >> we heard in interviews it sounds like they're waving the white flag. are we moving on to politics? and who gets the blame if this deal doesn't come together? >> reporter: right. listen to the last piece of sound from any member of the subcommittee. yesterday, john kyl talked to reporters. >> the hope was that even at this late day you could take things that had been scored and put them together. i think it's doubtful at this point. obviously nobody wants to quit until the stroke of midnight, as you see by my presence. >> reporter: now, he was asked, who should get the blame for this. senator kyl said, i'm not saying. t.j., behind the scenes even for the last four or five days, the blame game has been underway with some republicans saying, oh, president obama needs to get

involved. always a sign that talks are probably not to go over -- about to go over the cliff. democrats saying that republicans simply won't compromise. certainly the seeds of the blame game have been planted. >> last thing to remind viewers. if they don't get a deal done, what happens? >> reporter: right. across the board cuts for most of government. that means the defense department and most everyone else, not medicare recipients, not social security. most everyone else in government would get an 8% to 9% cut. but -- a big but, t.j. -- it won't go into effect until 2013. if the subcommittee fails, congress has all of next year in theory to rework this if they can get the votes. that's unclear, as well. >> all right. they said they'd be working. >> reporter: i don't see them. >> not a creature is stirring so far. we'll check in with you again. thank you very much. ten minutes past the hour. we know our military men and women are a brave, brave bunch for what they do on the

battlefield. but it really took some guts to do this -- >> sergeant scott, i want to take a moment out of my day to invite you to the marine corps ball on november 18 in greenville, north carolina. >> love this guy. cool as a fan, asking that lady, one of the hottest actresses out there, mila kunis, out to the ball. the ball just took place. did she show up? we've got the update. ] spreading joy in a pair of santa swimtrunks? [ buzzer sounds ] scoring a kindle with special offers for only $79 at radioshack. so right.

at 12 minutes past the hour. welcome back to this cnn sunday morning. thank you for being here. we'll turn to a situation in california. they're monitoring a landslide that's creeping across san diego. they believe it could be getting more serious. take a look at this. a major chunk of road swallowed by a sinkhole. that hole may be getting bigger after storms expected there

later. city crews say the landslide is moving four inches a day. in november, it was moving an inch a day. they say the sinkhole was caused by a rupture of an old water line under ground. again, we're about 13 minutes past the hour. let us say a very good good morning. alexandra steele, good to have you with us. >> good morning to you. >> you told me we're talking snow? >> first snow of the season for some yesterday. >> is that right? >> and talking tornadoes concurrently. a lot going on. and 70-degree temperatures in the northeast. lots going on. everyone, hope you're having a great sunday morning. let's show what it looked like. minneapolis, first snow of the season, three inches. places could see and did see 12 inches of snow in rapids city. south dakota taking the brunt of the snow. late, about four weeks late for areas. average snow, first of the season, october 3. well later than that. let's look at the big picture. here's the radar perspective from paducah to bowling green to

lexington. there's a cold front. along the cardinal front, showers and thunderstorms. believe it or not, the potential for severe weather. it's called a succeed tornado season. second half of october into november. there is the chance for some isolated tornadoes. we do have that. you see dallas, ft. worth, to little rock, the potential for strong storms. synoptically everything coming together. the warm, moist air from the south. the lifting mechanism with the front. that said, in the northeast, enjoy it. boston, you see, new york, washington, 60s today. tomorrow, a cold front moves through. temperatures drop to the 40s and 50s, although staying mild in the southeast. big picture, cold temperatures here in the northeast. warm in the southeast. this massive storm in southern california, could see up to 12 inches of snow in the sierra. four to eight in the southern california mountains. we'll talk about that. wednesday, huge travel day. we could see problems.

we'll hit that next. >> we don't like problems. thank you. always good to have you with us. we're always singling out our military men and women for what they do on the battlefield, for their bravery there. it really took some bravery to do this -- >> sergeant moore, you can call me scott. want to take a moment out of my dad to invite you to the marine corps ball on november 18 in greenville, north carolina with yours truly. take a second, think about it. get back to me. all right, bye now. >> i love that guy. cool as a fan. there he is, though, he got his date, the marine corps ball friday night in north carolina. and mila kunis, the one he was asking out, sergeant scott moore, she showed up, and she was his date for the ball. she's not the only one to do this as of late. you may remember justin timberlake, there's a picture of

him, he starred with mila kunis as one of his running buddies. they had a bet going back and forth. that young lady, corporal kelsey disantis, called out j.t. in a youtube video. that got out, he decided he would go with her. mila kunis decided she would go with sergeant moore. so really, nice to see celebrities giving back in such a way. this might be the theme. a lot of military men and women might start calling out celebrities. not going to turn down a member of the military. we're at 16 minutes past the hour now. former president hosni mubarak forced out by arab uprisings. now egypt looked like it was about to turn a new page. this is actually what it looks like in reality today. chaos in tahrir square once again. two people dead. 750 wounded. we'll take you live to cairo. edd to helping our students succeed in america's most in demand careers. we provide you with instructors who are professionals

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visit onstar.com for retailers. 18 minutes past the hour. in egypt, violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police are now escalating. [ crowd noise ] >> the health ministry says two people were killed. about 928 people injured. early today, tahrir square was packed with demonstrators who barricaded the streets and blocked traffic. ben wedeman in cairo. these scenes looked familiar from several months back.

why are protesters again back in tahrir square? >> reporter: yeah, it really is like old days. in fact, this cairo newspaper says flashback, blood, fire, and tears in tahrir. what they're protesting is the scoff -- the supreme council of the armed forces which took over from deposed president hosni mubarak on the 11th of february. many people increasing ly impatient. they feel it's time for generals to go back to the barracks, angry at police brutality. almost 1,000 wounded. one dead in cairo, one dead in alexandria. we're just eight days away from egypt's first democratic election, post the fall of hosni mubarak. and of course, the military rulers are increasingly nervous about the possibility of violence during the elections. but they're really stuck between

a horock and a hard place. the elections could be violent. on the other hand, if they cancel them out of fear of violence, there could be more violence. this is really a vivid display of this newfound egyptian freedom. a desire to come out and express their anger in ways that a year ago would have been simply impossible. t.j.? >> you mentioned the elections. is it up in the air right now for what they might do? or at this point they plan on making sure they go ahead with that vote? >> reporter: their position is still full steam ahead. the vote will go ahead. it's going to be a very long election. there's going to be four different rounds, and each one has a runoff. we're talking about well over a dozen elections in egypt between the end of this month and march of next year. certainly these will be critical elections, which will sort of set the tone for the atmosphere

in the country. they'll be taking place in most of cairo and alexandria. the two biggest cities in egypt. so there's a lot of expectation. but it will probably go ahead. but as i said, many egyptians i've spoken to very worried about what could happen when the ballot books begin, when -- boxes begin, when the voting begins on the 28th of november. >> ben wedeman in cairo. thank you as always. let us switch to syria. president bashir al assad is sending a warning to the world despite his nation's increasing isolation. [ chanting ] he's saying that any military intervention against his country would lead to "very dire repercussions." he also told a british newspaper that he is willing to die resisting foreign forces. the arab league voted last week to suspend syria's membership and the west is threatening economic sanctions over the eight-month crackdown on

protesters. the united nations says more than 3,500 people have been killed in the violence. assad's office places the death toll at 619:00. the occupy movement has created headlines as protesters clash with police. in fairbanks, alaska, the bigger fight is over the bitter cold and tents to keep the protesters warm. also, it's the holiday season. a lot of people going to be out there shopping. maybe a few dolls are going to be bought. talking dolls. you're not going to believe what this doll might be saying to your child. we'll explain. blagojevi

blagojevich. 25 minutes past the hour. in stories across country, we start with an occupy protest in fairbanks, alaska.

the challenge here is the weather. the occupy fairbanks has kept its vigil at veterans memorial park for two months. temperatures midweek plunged to minus 36 degrees. town officials want warmup tents removed, calling them squatters. protesters say they have the right to stay warm. in tampa, a severely wounded iraq war veteran has a new home thanks to an organization called building homes for heroes. the organization's founder says sergeant joel tavares' courage is unbelievable. he lost both eyes, rights leg, and suffered burns over 60% of his body after rockets hit his suv. the army awarded the him the purple heart and bronze star. >> walking through and thinking, man, this is a huge home. i might get lost in here. that's my own home. in marietta, another sign of the tough economy.

hundreds lined up for free dental care saturday. many waited for hours. volunteers for an organization called dentistry from the heart saying so many showed up, it had to turn some away. i want to turn to a story we were telling but yesterday. it's christmas time. a lot of people are going to be buying gifts, holiday gifts. maybe toys. toy dolls. one being sold at toys 'r' us, people have an issue with. i have one in my hand now. and people are concerned with what it says. all right. i want to let you hear what this doll says. listen closely -- you tell me what you think you hear. >> okay. [ muffled audio ] >> okay, folks. it -- we have it here. and we were trying to let you hear, but you judge for yourself. people think they are hearing the doll say, "hey, you crazy blank." the b word. this is called the u and me interactive triplets doll. it's made for kids ages -- you see right there, 2 and up.

parents heard this, and of course they said, wait a second. something is wrong here. however, toys 'r' us where the doll is sold, they put out a statement saying, hey, this is just a coincidence. if you think you hear that, it's not quite right. here it is. they said anything that sounds similar to a swear word is just coincidence. what you are hearing is baby babble. so cue it up one more time. listen to this. we have it, right? >> hey, crazy -- >> there you go. so you decide, is that baby babble, or do you think something's up here? i mean, babies can say all kinds of things that sound like swear words. maybe this is just a coincidence, or is something else up? should this be pulled? please get involved in the conversation. parents are concerned. others saying, what do you do? just baby babble. you know where to find us. talking to some of you on twitter. always keep that up here next to

me at the desk. also you can find us at cnn.com/tj and@tjholmes cnn. we're at 28 minutes past the hour, getting close to the bottom of an hour. we'll have an update on the stories making headlines in a moment. also, something in new york to keep a close eye on. 150,000 kids, possibly left standing on the curb monday morning. trying to get to school. yeah, new york city making plans in case school bus drivers decide not to show up. also this morning, time is running out. will the supercommittee come up with a deal, and will it be a big deal? will they live down expectations and start blaming each other once again? that's next. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis,

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congressional supercommittee. sick of the 12 members appear on television talk shows today, looking increasingly doubtful. they'll reach agreement on how to reduce the nation's deficit by tomorrow's deadline. the main sticking point for reducing the deficit by $1.2 trillion, of course, over taxes. also the president missed much of the committee's struggle during his nine-day trip to hawaii, australia, and indonesia. we're told he did keep updated. he arrived back at the white house earlier today. he says trade agreements involving boeing and g.e. will increase exports and save 130,000 jobs. also, the new government in libya says it wants moammar gadhafi's son, saif al-islam, prosecuted. he was taken into custody after a gunfight. the criminal court in the hague wants to put him on trial for war crimes. his capture set off celebrations across libya. his captors say he was trying to make it to niger which has

granted one of his brothers asylum. tragedy at one of the oldest college football rivalries in the country. an accident outside the stadium at yale university killed a woman and injured two others as they tailgated before the game against harvard. the driver of a u-haul lost control, suddenly sped up, and crashed into the women. >> you could see the path of destruction coming in. >> they were kind of pinballing off -- one hit the other. >> we thought it was an accident. then you see the people on the ground. it was horrible. >> yale is now reviewing policies related to tailgating before athletic events. also an undercover video showing chickens being abused at an egg farm has cost that company dearly. mcdonald's and target both dropped sparto farms after this video went public. the video by the group mercy for animals shows chicken crammed into crowded cages and unsanitary conditions.

the fda already had cited the company for serious violations. the company owner says in a statement, "i was deeply saddened. this isn't who sparboe farms is. acts depicted in the footage are totally unacceptable and completely at odds with our values as egg farmers." also the new york city school system worried about a possible strike by bus drivers. and if that happens, more than 150,000 public school kids would be affected and may not have rides to school. maybe starting as early as tomorrow. the amalgamated transit union wants to protect jobs. the city, though, is looking at plans to get students to school, including providing metro cards and reimbursing parents for gas. we turn to some politics now. the republican presidential candidates speaking to conservative voters in iowa. most of them were there for a faith and values forum. here are some of the highlight. >> in the declaration where it says "endowed by their creator

with certain unalienable rights," and then it delineates three of them -- life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. it says that among these are those three. i happen to think there was another implied -- the right to protect yourself, your family, to protect your property. >> the declaration of independence is signed by a group of people who are going to sign an eight-year war. a declaration in britain, in effect. washington is in the field for eight years with one week at mt. vernon. the people who wrote the documents understood the grim reality. i believe we should not go to war if we can avoid it. and when we have to go to war we should do it decisively with overwhelming four seek the quickest possible victory. we should be quite prepared to do whatever it takes to win once b we begin an engagement. >> there is nothing more importance to me than the little lives that we raised.

i didn't give birth to them, moms didn't give birth to these kids so that they become wards of the state or servants of the state. we raised these kids to grow up and be happy, fulfilled adults, to carry on our society and live wonderful, fulfilled lives. that's what we want. how do they achieve that? they achieve that by all that we pour into them as little people, but then also through the education system. this is what moms are concerned about. that is a common good. >> those are the two places when we talk about the common good, is obviously the defense of this country, the security this country, and the economic security of the family. >> who did you not see on that age? you did not see mitt romney. he skipped out on the forum in iowa and instead held a town hall in new hampshire, the first primary state. listen to him. >> a year from now, you're going to turn on your tv, and the announcer may come on and say

president obama has been re-elected. and that's the case -- i hope that's not the case. [ crowd noise ] >> if that's the case, what you'll know is that we're in for another three or four or five years of distressed housing prices, you'll know that median income will most likely continue to go down. and you'll know that it's going to be tough being in the middle class in america. now there's an alternative. you can turn on your tv and hopefully what you'll see is someone coming on and saying help is on the way. mitt romney got elected. >> that's where the candidates maybe stand on faith and values. but coming up next, political insider and someone who is quickly becoming a good friend of our show here on cnn, saturday and sunday morning. there she is, patricia murphy in the house taking a look at where these republicans stand and the week that was and the week that will be. stay with us. washington, d.c., gorgeous pictures. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967.

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40 minutes past the hour. we turn to politics in the raiders. the republican presidential nomination six weeks from casting votes in iowa. the latest polls show newt gingrich in a dead heat. he's a front-runner now. joining me, a good friend, patricia murphy, founder and editor of citizen jane politics. we were talking about a moment -- i think we had it queued up. something that happened at the forum last night which i thought was almost cute. it was interesting. it was michele bachmann -- can we roll the video here for a second? this is the forum starting, the candidates sitting down. we're not making a big to-do. but listen to the sound. she starts getting everybody water. >> i want to begin by thanking representative bachmann for taking care of the water for today's events. >> i'm used to it, frank. >> you know, this was -- >> moments like this happen on the campaign trail. does this tell us something about her? this is just her nature? >> it totally tells us she's a

mom with five kids. there is no mom who is going to let a table sit with empty glasses. this is michele bachmann rolling up her sleeves, and getting in much there the men are like, thank you for the water. thank you, michele. >> let's turn now to actually what they were talking about. it was a faith and values forum, yes. but newt gingrich, a lot of eyes on him. something i heard that he said, about the occupy forum-said get a job after you take a bath. >> he's not wasting time on the occupy wall street movement. he knows the conservative base has issues with that. for me it sounded incredibly harsh, and it's than people aren't looking for jobs. there's 9%, 10%, 11% unemployment in these states. there aren't jobs, that's why they're protesting. this is newt gingrich being, you know, newt gingrich.

>> did he peak too soon? someone told me that. it would be better if he would have gotten to the front-runner status maybe after the thanksgiving holiday. >> of course everybody wants peak the day of the iowa caucuses. we've had with the candidates an incredible series of booms and bust. so you boom, you break out, you're a front-runner. then the media visits and bring up everything you've done in your past life. newt gingrich has been in public life for so long -- >> we're not going to learn anything new, right? >> no, but we'll be reminded of things. if newt gingrich's name was, you know, danny -- i don't know what. if his name was not newt gingrich -- excuse me -- >> anybody else? >> yeah, if he was joe smith and he had supported t.a.r.p., which he did, if he had supported an individual mandate, which he did, if he had been paid by freddie mac, which he was, for his advice and counsel in washington, if any other candidate had done that, conservatives would not be giving them a second look.

but it's newt gingrich. those things have been on the back burner because he's not been getting a lot of attention. now that he is getting attention, what he has done in his past life is coming back in ways to haunt him. yes, he may have peeked. >> you talked about boom and bust. why hasn't mitt romney gone bust? >> he is mr. steady eddie, flying below the radar. he learned his lesson in 2008. he is doing everything right. just taking care of business in these early states. just opened an office in iowa. isn't it real -- isn't playing strong in iowa. but he's going to cover his bases just in case. he's going big in new hampshire. that's where he wants to get the headlines. it's not helping him break out of the polls, but he is at least just nice and steady. he may end up being the nice guy who eventually asks you to the prom. he's not the exciting, whiz-bang guy. >> solid -- >> just a solid, just solid, straight arrow, maybe that's going to be who they end up with at the end of the day. >> the one that mom wants the daughter to settle down with. >> you can trust him, can't you? look at him. >> herman cain going to be okay?

>> herman cain, listen, he's still holding on in the polls. iowa, he is still leading in iowa. and if he pulled out a win in iowa, that changes the race dramatically. iowa, you know, none of these votes about counted. whoever wins iowa is a contender, the real deal. right now these guys are vying who could be a contender. if he stays this strong in iowa, in january as he is today, he's going to still number great shape. >> patricia murphy, i'll go ahead and say it here, will be a regular on -- on our show. >> thank you. >> it's so good to have you here. >> what a pleasure. >> it's good -- she's not a morning person. i'm giving her a hard time. good to have you as always. >> great to be here. a quarter to the top of the hour. a former white house chief of staff, now the chicago mayor, rahm emanuel, said the field of republican candidates, a bunch of -- and i quote, "turkeys." maybe appropriate language for the thanksgiving holiday coming up. he was the keynote speaker at a democratic fundraiser in iowa while the republican thanksgiving family forum we were talking about was going on across town. take a listen.

>> i don't know about you, but i've watched a couple of those debates. i've got to be honest. i never thought i'd say this -- i'm beginning to miss the wisdom of sarah palin. [ laughter ] >> their debate was called the thanksgiving daily forum, a great thing because i've never seen such a collection of turkeys. >> romney was harshest on him calling him cold. and john huntsman dropped by "saturday night live" to talk about being an underdog. how did this if? >> isn't it true that nationally you're polling in the low single digit? >> it is true, seth. but only a few months ago, i was polling at margin of error.

so to have any digit at all is a big deal. >> thank you very much for coming. >> are your parents registered voters? >> my mother is a democrat, my father is an independent. >> say hi to your dad for me. >> how was his performance last night? >> pretty good. it was pretty good. someone pulling a margin of error to get on "saturday night live," a big deal. >> he didn't seem to break out and show that much personality. >> that's a lot of personality out of john huntsman. >> wow. the standard is so low. it was a good performance. all right. huntsman said he did not care it the national poll numbers while he was in new hampshire. he's putting his campaign on new hampshire, as you might know. spending all his time there. the nation's first primary. he needs a good showing there. about 12 minutes off the top of the hour. we'll attornturn to sports. tiger woods brings it home for the american team at the president's cup. is tiger back?

♪ california dreaming on such a winter's day ♪ ♪ i stopped into a church ten minutes off the top of the hour on this cnn sunday morning. a lot of them home on a cold night -- >> a lot of wet weather. let's talk sports. going to be on the sideline -- not going to be on the sideline, going to be home. here's the forecast.

welcome back. giants hosting the eagles, 8:20. decent looking weather. the antithesis of that, green bay hosting tampa bay. 1:00 game. temperatures 32. if this game were at 8:00 tonight, it would be 27 degrees. so very chilly out this if you're going to be out there at all. and also what we're going to see in terms of the wet weather, not so much in those areas, but there's a stalled cold front we've been watching. in the northeast, temperatures mild. 60s, floating with 70s in washington. enjoy. tomorrow temperatures really drop. snow in the sierra, up to a foot. southern california mountains at about 6,000 feet. getting four to eight inches of snow. wednesday a big travel day. we'll talk about that in a while. >> always good to have you with us. we'll see her plenty throughout the morning. we turn to sports and tiger woods, he won it all for the

u.s. team at the president's cup in australia. his match, his round, he beat his guy head to head, sank the putt that put the u.s. on top to win the president's cup. he had a rocky start to the whole president's cup. certainly in the first round. he bounced back and won it all. does this mean tiger is back? well, a lot of people hoping he will be for a lot of reasons including for golf itself. the president's cup goes to the u.s. team. tiger woods winning it with a winning shot. all right. and in football, college football, this weekend was wild. if you didn't keep up with this, the bcs championship picture is now just hazy. three out of the top five teams lost this weekend. oklahoma state lost. oklahoma lost. oregon lost. so that opens the door for your arkansas razorbacks to get into the national championship picture. anybody who knows this show, knows me at all, knows why i'm putting this out there.

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you he enlisted, he went to war. he sacrificed for his country. you know, it sounds like he did do his mission. what part of you feels it's not complete, that he didn't get to finis finish? >> well, just the fact that it was such a short time that he was over there and has so many like plans in the marine corps that he never got to too. got do. he didn't get get to start. >> have you ever thought about military service for yourself before? >> no, not at all. not at all until recently, about two months ago. >> now, how long after his death did this idea really come up? and how long did you go back and forth debating about doing it? >> well, i started thinking about it not even a week afterwards. like it just popped into my head. and it kind of stuck there. and i didn't really say anything

for a while, but probably want to say almost two months afterward is when i want to the recruiting station. and it went from there. >> when did you all plan to get married? >> he proposed march of this year. march 20 is when we got engaged. and he was supposed to be back from afghanistan february or march time frame. there's no direct time. but whenever we got back we were supposed to have our wedding. we had it planned out. >> madeleine, it is an absolute pleasure to talk to you. i'm sorry these circumstances brought us together, but a lot of people have heard your story. and they have certainly touched by it. so sorry for your loss. but i really hope we can keep up with you and check in as you begin his mission, as you say. but a mission of your own, as well. >> thank you, t.j. >> we will keep up with her story. we're getting close to the

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top of the hour here on this cnn sunday morning. from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, i'm t.j. holmes. want to get you caught up on what you may have missed overnight. at first, president obama came home after that nine-day trip that took him to hawaii, australia, as well as indonesia. it was meant to promote american business and manufacturing in the region. also, capitol hill today, supposed to be a busy place. should be a busy place. what's the point? some are even telling you, the deficit supercommittee that is facing down this deadline now, they have to work this weekend for any hopes of getting a deal done. according to reporters, not a lot of meetings going on. maybe phone calls here or there. and also some members of the supercommittee coming out and saying a compromise is unlikely. we will go live to capitol hill here in just a couple of minutes. [ crowd noise ] you're seeing this scene here, this is police firing teargas into crowds of protesters in cairo's tahrir square.

this was happening today. they're trying to break up democratonstrations. this is the -- demonstrations. this is the second day of demonstrations aimed at the military government that took over when former egyptian president hosni mubarak was forced from office earlier this year. two people were killed in the clashes yesterday. turning back to the states and reno, nevada. firefighters there say they do have the upper hand now on wildfires. thousands of people were forced from their homes, but now many are being allowed to go back, at least 30 homes were destroyed by the fires. also, according to the "hollywood reporter," actor christopher walken has now hired an attorney to represent him in the reopened investigation into natalie wood's death. walken was on the boat along with wood and her husband the night she died 30 years ago. the sheriff's department told the national airport walken, however -- the paper reported that walken, however, is not a suspect in the case. we turn to the occupy protests and one going on the campus of u.c. davis. thach pitched tents on campus to

protest rising tuition costs. the protests and protesters are back in place a day after we saw this scene play out. >> we are nonviolent. >> you saw this first here yesterday. and people were outraged when they saw a lot of this video. the school's chancellor has ordered an investigation into this pepper spray incident. police were pepper spraying protesters who were on the ground. police say they felt threatened and defended their right of using that pepper spray. one protester design edescribed the scene. >> they broke into our circle to remove our tents, apparently the aim of the riot cops in the first place. after they removed our tents, they made about five very arbitrary arrests. it could have been any student. it wasn't one person in particular that was acting out. they just arrested two they could, which we felt was unjust,

so we stood in solidarity with them -- actually, we sat in solidarity with them. and asked for them to be set free. that's why we didn't move from the crossway. >> you have some people now calling for the school's chancellor to step down. she says that is not going to happen. continuing with occupy movement now, police in portland used pepper spray. see the highlighted area we're showing there? this was a couple of days ago. a lot of people are pointing to this as a sign of police kind of going over the line here. now this was a demonstration, you see the woman sprayed directly in the face. the protest was part of a nationwide call to action on the two-month anniversary of the occupy movement. last week, though, it was us right here that brought this to you live, the scenes on the streets of portland overnight when police first moved in to try and force protesters out. how is that going? maybe this -- you see the sign, "we are not going anywhere." the protesters is kept up the pressure, they're marching on local banks, and some are turning their focus to problems with the health care system.

streets of washington, d.c., as well, occupy protesters, you can find them there. police ended up arresting nearly a dozen people after they occupied an abandoned building that used to be a homeless shelter. firefighters had to be called in to help clear out protesters in that building. also in des moines, iowa, last night occupy protesters gathered outside a forum for the republican presidential candidates. it was the faith and leadership forum hosted by a conservative group called the family leader. and inside, the current front-runner, newt gingrich, he did speak about the protesters. they might not like what he had to say. take a listen. >> all the occupy movement starts with the premise that we all owe them everything. they take over a public park they didn't pay for to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn't pay for. to beg for foods from places they don't want to pay for. to obstruct those who are going to work to pay the taxes to sustain the bathrooms and to sustain the park so they can self-righteously explain that they are the paragons of virtue

to which we owe everything. go get a job right after you take a bath. >> the main focus of the presidential forum was faith and values. an important opportunity for some of the candidates to reach out to those conservative voters just six weeks now until the first in the nation caucus. some of the highlights you may have missed last night -- >> those of us that are people of faith and strong faith have allowed the non-faith element to intimidate us into not fighting back. i believe we've been too passive. we have maybe pushed back, but as people of faith, we have not fought back. >> how do you fight back? >> the way you fight back is not be afraid to express your faith in any setting rather than worrying about the political correctness police. >> gay marriage is wrong. as abraham lincoln said, the

states do not have the right to do wrong. and so there are folks here who said that states can do this, and i won't get involved in that. i will get involved in that because states as a president, i will get involved because the states do not have the right to undermine the basic fundamental values that hold this country together. >> my challenge for all of you and for every elected official out there, for every governor and for next president of the united states is ton be afraid to -- is to not be afraid to be a faithful individual every day, to live that life, to stand up for your values, to be able -- if you are a pastor, you need to be in the pulpit every sunday and, frankly, every day that you have the opportunity to be in that pulpit, talking about values. because values are going to get decided. somebody's values are going to decide what the congress votes on or what the president of the united states is going to deal with. >> and a reminder to our

viewers. tuesday night on cnn, the republicans running for president will gather in washington, d.c., not too far from the white house, for a republican presidential debate on national security and the economy. it's co-sponsored by the heritage foundation and american entertainment institute. and now to the deficit supercommittee, supposed to be the big story over the next couple of days. it is not looking good right now. our lisa desjardins is on capitol hill for us. there was a thanksgiving deadline to get a deal done, that's wednesday. in all reality, they need to have something done by tomorrow. monday is a real deadline. >> reporter: here's the deal, the through put the supercommittee into effect said that the supercommittee can only vote on a proposal if it has all the estimates for the costs of that proposal two days ahead of time. oh, that means really tomorrow, they need to have all those estimates in place. and i also think really there's kind of more of a theoretical

deadline here, as well. at this point, talks have completely broken down. we don't think democrats and republicans are talking to each other. they're still in their party groups. in fact, we had one phone call yesterday. no in-person meetings up here. so at this point, it feels like staffers and supercommittee members are starting to think about plans to go home for thanksgiving. and i'm starting to wonder, are they making travel plans? when will they do that? probably tomorrow and the next day. so i think in the next few days we will have a sense of when this all could end. >> well, it's not looking good. remind our viewers, the consequences of not getting a deal done. >> they're serious. 8% to 9% cuts across the board, across federal government. that means 8% to 9% cuts at the defense department. and then on the other half of government, discretionary cuts to the rest of spending. that was meant to kind of share the pain equally between the pro-defense or public ends and democrats concern good social

programs. both defense and social programs would get hit. i know there might be medicare recipients who are worried. in this deal, though, medicare recipients, beneficiaries would not get hit by the cuts. perhaps medicare providers would, t.j.? >> we'll let you go. i want to be clear, they told us they would work through the weekend if they needed to. from what i gather, they don't have meetings planned. there weren't meetings face to face. i know they get work done on the phones. for the most part, what is the evidence that work and negotiations are going on this weekend? >> reporter: there isn't any evidence that serious negotiations are going on. it is very possible -- i mean, this whole supercommittee process has mostly been in secret. supporters up here have been staking them out, outside their doors, trying to get pieces of information. but there haven't been any in-person meetings since friday. even then, it was really kind of everybody in their corners, republicans meeting with themselves, democrats meeting with themselves. right now, t.j., there is no sign that negotiations are

ongoing. the interesting to watch state of the union in a couple of hours coming up on cnn, and see what supercommittee members say on air today about how things are going. that might be thenegot -- the negotiations may happen on air. >> on the air. thank you, we'll check in with you again there on capitol hill. we're about 11 minutes past the hour. we'll attorney some weather and nasty stuff moving into the upper midwest. going to have traffic issues. i know a lot of people starting to travel now, trying to get to grandma's house for thanksgiving. well, need to stick around for the forecast. tell you what's coming up. also, we've been asking you to weigh in on this talking doll story. parents were outraged when they think they heard what this doll was saying. do you think it has a potty mouth, or is it baby babble? you all have been chiming in. we appreciate it. one person saying, "just saw the piece about the doll with the potty mouth? seriously, you should hear the kids at the mall around christmas time." point taken. more after the break. it's good. honey, i love you...

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right? it's three weeks late. on the average, they see the first measurable snow november 3. so it's a little bit late. three inches. now also last year, remember the first measurable snow, eight inches. this pales in comparison. it was the first measurable snow for minneapolis. rapids city coming in with big numbers, a foot of snow. that system moving east. here's what's happening, the stalling cold front, showers and thunderstorms firing off. we're talking about rain, but also today we're going to talk about severe weather. the potential for isolated tornadoes. now that may seem late to you, but the second half of october and into november, there's a second isolated tornado threat that we see here. that's what we're going to see. kind of all the synoptic features coming together. warm, moist air from the south, this uplift with the front. uplift mechanism will fire off the storms. the potential for isolated tornadoes today, dallas, toward little rock. but that being said, we'll see that today. but another big story, the temperatures. watching us from the northeast this morning, you'll say, we're bomby this afternoon.

look at these temperatures. 60s flirting with 70s in washington, d.c. really five to 15 degrees above average. here in the southeast, as well. but watch what happens tomorrow. that cold front moves through. behind it, much colder air. look at these numbers dropping from the 40s to the 50s. in the northeast, kind of from the mason dixon line north/south, you stay mild. so pretty nice conditions there today. cooling off tomorrow. a big picture also into the west coast. a big storm system, t.j., coming in. sierra, a foot of snow. and even then the southern california mountains at about 6,000 feet. maybe four to eight inches. we'll also talk about wednesday, of course, huge travel day. obviously. where will the troubles be? so we'll get to that coming up. >> is that the day people still go on wednesday? >> absolutely. >> the day still? >> yes. although i think it's migrated a little bit more toward thanksgiving. and that kind of thing, kind of shifting because people got a little smart. so we'll talk about -- 90% drive, and then the rest other or fly. of course. >> all right. always good to have you.

we'll see her again shortly. about 17 minutes past the hour now. earlier we were telling but this story. about a new doll, all right. the holiday season, people out there shopping. a new doll at toys 'r' us. a talking doll, people think they hear the doll saying something that a doll should not be saying. you take a quick listen. it's hard to hear, you need to pay close attention. but you tell me what you think you hear -- >> hey, you -- >> we have one of the dolls here even. some people think they hear the doll saying, "hey, you crazy blank," the b word. some of the responses saying, "be a parent and make the decision to buy or not. don't wait for someone else to raise your child." a good one. another from daveyboy saying, "first the breast-feeding baby, now this. what is going on?" from doug in p.a., he says, "where can i get one of those dolls? i need a christmas present for my ex-wife." come on, be nice, doug. another saying, "i'm not even hearing the hey crazy part, say

nothing of the expletive. somebody may be looking for a lawsuit." for the part of toys 'r' us, saying we are not going to stop selling this doll. it's a coincidence. if you think you hear a swear word, you're just hearing baby babble. parents, you make the call on your own. of course, it is that shopping season. and are you one of those folks who like to shop early and get it done? that might not be the best way to go. our financial analyst clyde anderson tells you what you should be doing to make sure you don't go broke over the holidays. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943.

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. as we get close to the bottom of the hour, we've got advice. in particular, our financial

analyst, clyde anderson. you're about to go shopping, there are things you need to do to not go broke, all right? common sense things, but maybe thing we don't keep in mind often enough, including do not go shopping with a credit card. make sure you got cash only. yeah, that's one tip clyde has for you now. >> i like to call them financial success plans. we want a plan going into it. people will create a budget and not stick to it. you want to create a budget, but the goal is not to just hit the budget, come under the budget. make it a game with yourself. >> when you say a budget, you say, all right, i'm going to spend this much, and everybody goes over? >> that's what they always do. i feel good that i made it. now stick to, it and try to hit under it. >> that's important to know. a gift list. you say make one that works. what's the difference in one that works and the one doesn't? >> a lot of times we make a list, we want a list that's strategic, who's on the list, what are we getting? be specific about the products. don't just say i need a gift for dad or monm. what am i getting mom and how

much does it cost? that will help you stick to the financial success plan. >> do you need to be specific about who you need to give gifts to? >> yeah. especially these days, i think you do. everybody doesn't need a gift. we have to shrink that list down a bit. food we're talking about. shopping and eating? >> when we're talking about food, use things you have in the pantry. cut back on eating out a bit. we've got to think about it. where are we pulling money from? the average person spends about $704 annual on christmas gifts. that's average. we want to figure out where we're pulling money from. is it something we've been saying up, or are we -- saving up, or are we cutting back? if you're saving on food costs, use stuff in your pantry. >> good point. i was asking this during the break, the best time to start shopping. i was thinking about we were talking about middle of the day morning or night. you're talking about the time or season? >> start early and also shop late as far as you want to make sure that you're getting the

best deals. you know, we've got black friday coming up. people are always saying, well, that's the best time -- there's time to shop throughout the holiday season. you know, those aren't always the best days. you want to figure out when i can start right now, but also you're going to get deals after the holiday, as well. >> on this one, do i start early, or you just need to monitor it throughout and figure out -- >> monitor throughout. don't try to lump it all, it's stressful. >> some people want to get it over with. >> i've got to get everything done today. if you take your time and pace yourself, you can find the true bargains. be a bargain shopper. look on line, figure out the prices, compare prices, don't just feel that today they're having a sale so i've got get it. >> cash or credit, clyded? >> cash, cash is king. again, we're not -- people haven't budgeted and aren't prepared for the interest they pay on credit cards. they're not going to pay it right away. don't feel like i'm going to charge this and it's going to disappe disappear. no, you blew the budget out the window when you use the credit card. >> another deadline looms in

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as we get close to the bottom of the hour now, stories we are keeping a close eye on. the spotlight on the congressional supercommittee. six of the 12 members on the committee will be on television talk shows, in the sunday talk. it's looking increasingly doubtful they'll reach agreement on how to reduce the nation's deficit by the deadline. the main sticking point for reducing the deficit by $1.2 trillion appear to be over taxes. the president was gone while much of the back and forth was going on in washington, d.c., with the committee. he gone on a nine-day trip to hawaii, australia, and indonesia. he did arrive at the white house earlier today. he says trade agreements involving boeing and g.e. will increase exports and save about $1 -- 130,000 jobs. the new government in