teargas and explosions in oakland, california, hours after thousands participate in occupy protests. demonstrators have shut down the city's port. in the last few hours, things have gotten just down right dangerous. also developing at this hour, the world is watching as president obama joins european

leaders all working to deal with the crisis threatening the eurozone and, of course t global economy. for the first time we're hearing from the young woman who posted a video online of her father beating her. why did she do it seven years after the fact? good morning. it is thursday, november 3rd. this is your a.m. wake-up call. it's 5:00 eastern time. breaking news out of oakland, california. major developments in the occupy wall street protests. parts of the city look like a war zone right now. police fired teargas in an effort to remove several hundred occupy protesters who said they ignored orders to disperse. we have no information on possible injuries. the protesters were the remnants of thousands who yesterday carried through a threat to shut

down the city in the port of oakland, the nation's fifth busiest port. mayor time operations had been effectively shut down. the port will reopen as soon as it's safe to do so. most downtown streets remain closed this morning. the scandal dogging herman cain's campaign for the white house is growing bigger and more acrimonious by the day. the lawyer for one of the women accusing the republican presidential candidate of sexual harassment says he will ask the national restaurant association to allow him to issue a statement on his client's behalf. cain led the lobbying group in the 1990s and is accused of making unwanted sexual overtures to at least three female employees. yesterday cain accused a consultant with ties to republican rival rick perry's campaign with leaking the allegations in a bid to destroy his presidential bid. a perry spokesman calls the charge reckless an false. the perry campaign in turn suggests the mitt romney campaign could be behind the leak. romney forces call the

assertions not true t. associated press is reporting that a third former employee of the national restaurant association says cain made sexually suggestive remarks and invited her to his apartment. herman cain for his part strongly denied any wrongdoing ever since the story first broke on sunday. he's trying to carry out his campaign events as if the allegations had never surfaced. that approach seemed to collapse yesterday when he became visibly irritated when pressed by reporters on the controversy. >> let me say one thing. i'm here with these doctors, and that's what i'm going to talk about. so don't even bother asking me all these other questions that you all are curious. don't even bother. >> but are you concerned about the fact that these women -- >> what did i say? >> are you concerned about -- >> excuse me. excuse me!

what part of no don't people understand? >> a new quinnipiac university poll shows cain leading the gop field with 30% support among registered republicans. that poll was conducted almost entirely before news of the allegations came out. president obama in france this morning to attend the g-20 economic summit. mr. obama arrived in niese a short time ago. looming large over the meeting is the surprise move by the greek prime minister, george popandreou, to allow greek voters to decide to accept a bailout plan to prevent the company from defaulting on its debt. the summit brings together the leaders of the world's largest industrial nations. two are expected to brief reporters near the bottom of this hour, 5:30 eastern time. we'll bring you those remarks live when they happen. the leaders of france and germany are mincing no words when it comes to the greek prime minister.

in a meeting yesterday they bluntly warned that greece might get kicked out of the eurozone if greek voters reject the european bailout plan. prime minister pom dre' oh, however, says he's confident voters will support the bailout plan. before the referendum, expect it to be early next month, popandreou must first survive a vote of no confidence in parliament. that happens tomorrow. let's head to atlanta and check in with reynolds wolf. good morning, reynolds. >> good morning. let's talk of the possible delays you'll have. unfortunately, yes, there will be quite a few. in chicago, we may have backups there, detroit same story. delays just under an hour due to the possibility of thunderstorms and wind. i'm saying possibility, it's all but a certainty. same story in st. louis and memphis, morning thunderstorms. wind is also going to kick in through the afternoon as the frontal boundary comes through. in dallas you have the wind that may keep you grounded at all your major airports. delays just under an hour. here is the big weather maker, it's a system that extends clear

from the great lakes back south of the great plains. we expect that to move eastward. that story will bring rain to spots like atlanta, nashville, back to charlotte, perhaps the nation's capital. right behind it, cool and breezy conditions and another storm system moves in the pacific northwest. that makes for rain in the valleys, but high in the wasatch range and also the cascades, might see a touch of snowfall. high temperatures, abracadabra. 70 in atlanta, 81 in tampa. new york, up to 59 degrees. how about that? it's your turn. let's toss it back to you, let's just give it back to you in new york. how about that? >> that's good. >> my mind is still on baseball. season is long gone. >> i always want to make a catch in the outfield when you say that. >> i know. it's time to stop this. >> thanks for the 59 degrees in new york. i'm looking that. >> we do what we can. >> see you later reynolds.

he denies it strongly. a woman accuses justin bieber of fathering her 3-month-old baby. enough fuel for late night comedians, right? here is your punch line. >> just a quick programming note. justin bieber will not be here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] apparently he had to go tape a last-minute appearance on "maury." >> a 20-year-old california woman has filed a lawsuit against justin bieber alleging he is the father of her 3-month-old baby boy. they say the kid looks exactly like him. actually the kid looks a lot older. actually the kid looks older. >> some more celebrity news today, a judge sentenced lindsay lohan to 30 days in jail for violating her probation. or as kim kardashian put it, 30 days, that's like four marriages. a long time.

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it is nine minutes past the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." quote, no country can get ahead when it leaves half of its people behind, end quote. who said that? melon verveer, she was speaking at about the role of women. she praised tunisia, but says egypt is complicated and worrisome because there were no women on the committee who drafted its new constitution and only one female member serving in the cabinet. a growing concern for anyone who own as smart phone. mobile security threats. one company is making a major proactive approach to the issue. let's head to hong kong and kristie lu stout. what is this major proactive approach? >> a mobile security council has been formed. while no major mobile threats have emerged, security experts have been warning that the risk

is growing. formed by sprint nextel, this council includes ibm, sysco, samsung and other major tech players. it is interesting to note that google and apple are not in the mix. sprint says it welcomes new partners to the council but still two very high-profile no-shows. tomorrow six men complete this pretend mission to mars where they were cut off from the real world for, what, a year and a half. why? >> that's right. i'll tell you why. on friday, again, 2:00 p.m. on friday, they'll announce this mission to know where will be over. this was all a simulation. six crew members with the european space agency, they a deal with 18 months of cultural barriers. a fake capsule in moscow, on board, three russians, two europeans and a chinese man.

they spent more than 500 days in windowless isolation. their only contact with the outside world was over the internet and phone lines with a 20-minute delay. it's all part of the $10 million mars 500 project. they want to show astronauts can handle the toll of a far-flung journey to the red planet. these crew members were the lucky ones. in this mission they had books, dvds and guitar hero on board. >> at least they had something to do. i can't imagine being stuck in a windowless room for that amount of time and they weren't driven crazy. >> that's right, 520 days. i bet they're pretty good at guitar hero by now. >> i bet they are. kristie lu stout live in hong kong this morning. thank you. >> take care. herman cain impatient and short with reporters. is the sexual harassment scandal taking its toll? we're talking about that in our political ticker. in a few moments we'll take you

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14 minutes past the hour. welcome back. after herman cain made interesting comments about china and nuclear weapon, some people like stephen colbert are questioning how much he really knows. here is your punch line. >> i do view china as a potential military threat. they've indicated they've tried to develop nuclear capability. >> nation, we cannot allow china to develop nukes, especially since they developed them in 1964. i am telling you, if you don't act fast, they might end up building a wall to keep foreigners out. what? no! >> you think i'm dumb enough not to study up on these issues?

i've been studying up on these issues for months. >> exactly, he has been studying up on these issues for months. he just hasn't worked his way up to the chapter on the 1960s yesterday. i can't wait to hear his plan on how to get us out of vietnam. stay strong, herman cain. if you get stuck in a next interview, remember, the answers are in the back of the book. >> wow. not a good time for herman cain. now it's time for your political ticker with tim farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius potus live from washington. morning. >> bonjour, carol. >> thank you. >> cannes, why not. >> let's talk about per man cain. he's having one bad week. things have gotten so bad, he's openly showing frustration and getting testy with reporters who again sxd him about these sexual harassment allegations. this is what happened yesterday

in virginia. >> let me say one thing. i'm here with these doctors, and that's what i'm going to talk about. so don't even bother asking me all of these other questions that you all are curious about. don't even bother. >> but are you concerned about the fact that these women do want -- >> what did i say? >> are you concerned about -- >> excuse me. excuse me! what part of "no" don't these people understand? >> tim, my guess, it's likely that conservatives will kind of like cain's expression of anger at reporters because he told them, i'm not answering any questions about that. of course, on the other side of the aisle people are saying, oh, my gosh, cain is losing it. >> yeah. it's still a better way to handle it. it reminds me, carol, and you've worked in washington, d.c. and you understand what the culture is like around here.

but you've also been on earnings calls with ceos. herman cain is acting like one of the ceos. he's saying, i answered your questions, don't ask me anymore or he changes the answer and says he seems to be playing with facts here and there. i think the big question right here is what's going to happen politically. you mentioned the quinnipiac poll taken prior to this whole series of events taking place. my guess is rick perry is the beneficiary long term perhaps it will probably be mitt romney. but the sniping has not made the republican party look good. we've seen some reaction, michele bachmann has already been on the road saying we need no surprises with our candidates. jon huntsman has been attacking mitt romney and herman cain on policy, not so much on what's happening here. newt gingrich says if there's somebody to blame, somebody in one of the camps that made this come about, that person should be fired. it looks kind of childish right

now for the republicans. my guess is remember man cain should figure out a way to go quietly for a few days and let this rest and hope something else takes over or have some big statement that just sort of lays it all out there and then say i've answered the questions, let's move on. it doesn't seem like he's looking at doing either right now. we'll see how it plays out. >> you know what's going to happen on thursday. one of the women who accused him all those years ago will put out a statement. she won't appear in person. she says she doesn't want to become another anita hill. she'll put out this statement, not detailing what happened, but at least saying, hey, in my mind these things did happen 12 years ago. >> one of the big problems here is that we keep seeing -- it's like the amelda marcos story, the shoes keep dropping. we see that happen. and we have an accusation by another anonymous person, another woman ap reported had been part of this. herman cain has to figure out a way to definitively state what

happened so people are satisfied. people will try to ask questions. i think bill clinton effectively did this with the jennifer flowers incident in 1992. these are the kinds of things that will dog people. it's not that there's so much substance to it. it's just the way herman cain and his campaign are playing it, blaming whoever, it's taking away from whatever message he has to deliver. he has to do a better job of managing the situation. that's a key part of it right now. he's looking less presidential every day. that's one of the biggest problems for him. >> tim farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius potus radio. thanks for joining us this morning. >> or voir. >> leaders are meeting on the french riviera trying to map out the future of the global economy. the u.s. and french presidents set to speak in a couple moments. we're take that live. let's head around the world with ali velshi who is live in cannes, france, the site of the

g-20 summit. good morning, ali. >> good morning, carol. stormy around here. all cloudy, heavy winds, sort of setting the tone for the g-20 which, by the way, is just getting under way right now even though all the excitement was yesterday in the meetings between german chancellor angela merkel and french president sarkozy with the greek prime minister george popandreou. we have just heard that popandreou has called an emergency cabinet meeting for 10:00 local time which is 6:00 a.m. eastern time. they look like they're going ahead with this referendum for december 4th. basically the rest of the europeans have said to them, if you go ahead with this referendum, understand that it is a vote about whether or not greece remains in the eurozone, even though that's technically not what the referendum is about. it's about this bailout, this european rescue plan that was passed by the european union on october 27. all that other stuff about mapping out the global economy that the g-20 was supposed to be about has sort of taken a back seat to this whole issue of this

european deal and greece and whether greece is going to go along with it and the uncertainty this is providing to investors and everyone else around the world. that's the backdrop we have of what's going on. moments from now we'll hear the president of the united states and nicolas sarkozy. france is the host country for the g-20. they meet about twice a year. the g-20 has been around since 2008, the financial crisis, basically the world coming together to try to have coordinated responses to bad things going on around the world. carol? >> i want to tell you to take cover because the weather looks bad. it's starting to look like the wizard of oz out there. >> a bit like hurricane coverage out here, i'll tell you. just across over there is the place where the cannes film festival is held. that's where they're having their meeting. everybody is sheltered except for us because that's what we reporters do, we like to stand outside when the weather is bat. >> i expect you any moment to

say "anti em!" again, president obama and president sarkozy are expected to speak any minute. we'll bring you their comments live. coming up on "a.m. wake-up call," the jury hears closing arguments in the manslaughter case against michael jackson's former doctor. it's 23 minutes past the hour. in one... burgers and soup. did you hear him honey? burgers and soup. love you. they're cute. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

it is 25 minutes past the hour. welcome back. closing arguments are expected today in the manslaughter trial against michael jackson's former doctor. if you missed any of it, casey wian gets you up to speed. >> reporter: dramatics moments at the conrad murray manslaughter trial including an audiotape of michael jackson slurring his words. and disturbing pictures of the singer's dead body. in court a procession of murray's former girlfriends and the constant presence of jackson family members. outside, supporters of both sides. several prosecution medical experts testified about the dangers of treating jackson's insomnia with the powerful anesthetic propofol, especially outside of a hospital. murray declined to take the stand. his former patients did. >> i'm alive today because of that man. >> do you have an opinion about whether dr. murray treats his

patients with care and caution? >> i have never had a doctor that was more caring. >> reporter: prosecutors clashed with medical experts for the defense which sought to portray jackson as a drug addict who could have injected himself with propofol. >> is there a reason why it's so difficult for you to answer my questions and so easy to answer mr. chernoff. >> objection. >> reporter: suggesting michael jackson has his own supply of propofol, an allegation not in evidence. the prosecution also extracted a seemingly key concession from dr. white, that he never would have treated jackson with twa murray allegedly did. >> if michael jackson had come to you, dr. white, and indicated that he would like to hire you to administer propofol to him to put him to sleep each night in his bedroom, would you do it? >> absolutely not. that would be a job that i would never consider accepting. >> reporter: murray faces four years in jail and the loss of his medical license.

>> casey wian reporting. deliberations on dr. conrad murray's fate expected to begin late today or maybe even friday. coming up, there's loud public outcry over youtube video showing a texas judge beating his then 16-year-old daughter. syria now says it will end its brutal crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators. all that and more just ahead. rvn at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get back to these invoices... which i'll do right after making your favorite pancakes. you know what? i'm going to tidy up your side of the office. i can't hear you because i'm also making you a smoothie. [ male announcer ] marriott hotels & resorts knows it's better for xerox to automate their global invoice process so they can focus on serving their customers. with xerox, you're ready for real business. so they can focus on serving their customers.

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good morning to you, it is thursday, november 3rd. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. it's 31 minutes past the hour.

it's hard to watch for many people. a video of a texas judge beating his then 16-year-old daughter as punishment, she says, for downloading music and games on the internet. >> no! >> bend over the bed! >> that video was taken in 2004, but posted on youtube a few days ago by the daughter hillary adams. judge willy adams tells the cnn affiliate he hasn't done anything wrong. >> in my mind i didn't do anything wrong except punish my daughter for stealing. >> you do acknowledge that's you in the video? >> yeah, absolutely it's me. >> this guy is a family court judge. what is she doing on the bench? when i started researching it, erin, it's going to be a harder situation than you might think. >> why is that? >> criminal charges very, very difficult because there's a statute of limitations.

this happened six years ago, and you can't tell from the video if she sustained a physical injury which is usually required to make out a felony charge. so it's probably a form of child endangerment. prosecutors are looking at that and they'll have a real hard time bringing curveball charges. >> the daughter, the girl you saw in that video clip is now speaking out. hillary adams says she's relieved the video has gotten all this attention. >> i feel exhilarated. i don't know if i could call it happy, but i'm very relieved that these things have been brought to light, and not because i want to see my father burn or anything like that. that's a hideous way of thinking. i don't want to inflict that upon him. i cannot stress it enough, i can't repeat myself enough, that he just needs help. >> since appearing on youtube, the disturbing video has been seen nearly 1 million times and has spurred an investigation into the actions of judge adams.

the number of deaths linked to a listeria outbreak to cantaloupe has risen to 29. this outbreak was first detected in september and traced back to a colorado farm. in addition to those deaths, it's also sickened a total of 139 people in 28 states. the arab league says sera has agreed to end its crackdown on anti-government demonstrators. additionally the al assad government pledges to pull its troops from the streets and release prisoners jailed during months of protests. there's also a call for talks with the opposition. the announcement comes as nearly two dozen people reportedly were killed across syria on wednesday. one of moammar gadhafi's surviving sons is challenging an interpol arrest warrant issued against him. the lawyer for saudi gadhafi says it's politically motivated and sought by a new likian leadership that lacks

legitimacy. his father, moammar gadhafi was killed after being killed by opposition forces last month. senate lawmakers propose a plan to rescue the u.s. postal service. many are already saying that plan is going to be controversial. we'll tell you about it. it's 34 minutes past the hour. s. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak. but i learned there's something more i can do. now, i take care with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. vesicare may cause allergic reactions that may be serious. if you experience swelling of the face, lips, throat or tongue, stop taking vesicare and get emergency help. tell your doctor right away if you have severe abdominal pain, or become constipated for three or more days. vesicare may cause blurred vision,

so use caution while driving or doing unsafe tasks. common side effects are dry mouth, constipation, and indigestion. so why wait ? ask your doctor today... ... about taking care with vesicare. 35 minutes past the hour. we're getting the actual details of how a group of lawmakers is proposing to save the u.s. postal service. let's check in with christine romans. she's live in new york with me. christine, what's the plan? >> the plan is a bipartisan group of senators, so the hope is if you get republicans and democrats in here together, you can try to find a way to fix the problems of the postal service. remember the postal service volume is down 20% over the past two years, lost $20 billion over the past four years. the plan would be tapping a $6.9 billion overpayment in a

retirement fund, offering a cash buyout to workers -- to take a buyout or give two years of credit toward retirement. that would allow them to cut the payroll there by 100,000 workers. that would save them ultimately $8 billion. also you would cut saturday service, that would start in two years. and close post offices, probably a lot of post offices. we know, carol, some of these post offices in really small towns or where there's overlap in postal service. a lot of talk about having to get rid of that redundancy. we know the postal service is facing some deadlines for payments into its retiree health care fund and the like, that this is a pretty critical moment. the controversy comes that anything that looks like a bailout won't be tolerated by house republicans. that's why this group is trying to come up with a plan to fix these problems, carol.

>> interesting. i know there's a november 18th deadline. that's when retiree health funds are due. so what's going to happen there? >> so that's why this is also critical to have a plan in place. the post office has said again and again, look, we need congress to fix our problems. we can't -- the irony is that it's its own stand-alone agency. but congress has to approve what it can do. it can't do anything until congress gets on board and that deadline is right around the corner which just underscores the urgency of all of this. >> payments will due. christine romans, i'll see you in about 20 minutes or so. thank you. herman cain, of course, as you know under fire over allegations of sexual misconduct. how he's handling the heat and the newest developments. that's up next in our political ticker. first time form your get smart question of the day. this week the house passed a resolution reaffirming "in god

we trust" as the national motto. what year did it become the country's national motto? let's head over to cannes, france, president obama and french president nicolas sarkozy are taking the podium. >> it's also nice to be back visiting in france. the last time i was in the south of france -- the first time, rather, was as a college student. i've never forgotten the extraordinary hospitality of the french people and the extraordinary views that are available here. this morning president sarkozy and i reaffirmed our strong and enduring ties, and i've said on many occasions that france is not only our oldest our allies, but also one of our closest. i consider nicholas to be an outstanding partner on the world stage. it's no surprise that we spent most of our conversation focused on strengthening the global economic recovery so that we are

creating jobs for our people and stabilizing the financial markets around the world. the most important aspect of our task over the next two days is to resolve the financial crisis here in europe. president sarkozy has shown extraordinary leadership on this issue. i agree with him that the eu has made some important steps towards a comprehensive solution, and that would not have happened without nicholas's leadership. here at the g-20 we'll have to flesh out more of the details about how the plan will be fully and decisivery implemented. and we also discussed the situation in greece and how we can work to help resolve that situation as well. the united states will continue to be a partner with the europeans to resolve these

challenges. we had the opportunity, also, to talk about a range of security issues. one in particular that i want to mention is the continuing threat posed by iran's nuclear program. the iea is scheduled to release a report on iran's nuclear program next week. president sarkozy and i agree on the need to maintain the unprecedented international pressure on iran to meet its obligations. and finally, i'm looking forward to joining nicholas and service members from both of our countries tomorrow to celebrate the alliance between our two countries which spans more than 200 years, from yorktown to libya. finally i want to make mention that this is our first meeting since the arrival of the newest sarkozy, so i want to congratulate nicholas and carla on the birth of julia. and i informed him on the way in that i'm confident that julia

inherited her mother's looks rather than her father's which i think is an excellent thing. and so now we share one of the greatest challenges and blessings of life, and that is being fathers to our daughters. so again, nicholas, thank you for your friendship. thank you for our partnership and thank you for your gracious hospitality. >> we're going to jump away from this and take a short break. we'll xw back with more from the g-20 summit and talking more about herman cain and the allegations surrounding him when "wake-up call" continues.

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call." back to your "get smart" question of the day. this week the house passed a resolution reaffirming "in god we trust" as the national motto. what year did it become the country's national motto? was it 1786, 1865 or 1956. the answer would be c, 1956. a year earlier congress passed legislation that made the appearance of "in god we trust" mandatory on all coins and paper currency. one of the women accusing herman cain of sexual misconduct says she will not do any interviews, but her lawyer may soon issue a statement in her behalf. in another new development, the associated press is reporting that a third woman says cain made sexually suggestive remarks and invited her to his corporate apartment. time now for our political ticker. joining us on the phone from our washington bureau is our washington bureau chief, sam feist. good morning, sam. >> good morning, carol. >> this woman's statement

supposedly is going to be released thursday. do you think it will go into any detail about what the allegations are against herman cain. >> it's not clear. her attorney joel bennett told cnn she wants to release a statement. she does not want her name to be released with it because she says, quote, she doesn't want to be the next anita hill. also, before the statement can be released, they have to get permission f you will, from the national restaurant association because this woman has an agreement with the national restaurant association that she wouldn't talk publicly about it. that's how she got that settlement some time ago. if it gets released, i think the most important impact is it will keep the story in the news for some more time which is not good for herman cain. it depends what's in the statement. if she goes into the details of the allegations and they are or sound credible, obviously that draws the herman cain campaign into it and him into it even more and makes life far more difficult for mr. cain. >> boy, you're not kidding.

the national restaurant association is sort of in the middle of this mess. it's got some difficult decisions to make. >> reporter: it sure does. it really is complicated. some people believe this story is going to come out regardless. kris wilson, a republican pollster said yesterday, told cnn ands with also on the radio said he witnessed this, and apparently a number of people witnessed whatever this incident was. so it may be that the jeanne is goi going to get out of the bottle regardless of what this woman says in her statement. it may be in the interest of the national restaurant association to make the statement. it sure is complicated. this is one of those things, you've got to believe that all or some of the story is going to get out one way or the other. it's just not going to be able to stay under wraps. >> you've covered politics forever. you're certainly in the know. herman cain had this meltdown

with reporters yesterday. would it be best for him to disappear for a while, let things fall where they may and then come back with a lengthy statement? >> reporter: after three days of this, you've got to feel for the guy a little bit in that he's incredibly frustrated. he came into this week edging toward the top of the poll. a poll came out showing him seven points above mitt romney. his message has been completely derailed by this controversy. so, yeah, i think he would love for this to pass. he's not going to have as many public appearances today. he's going to -- he's got a schedule in washington. we're not going to see him as much. and he's certainly hoping it will blow over. i'm afraid it's really unlikely to do that. i'll tell you this, carol, herman cain would give anything to be talking about his 9-9-9 economic plan instead of talking about this controversy with these women. >> i bet you're right. sam feist, thanks for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. breaking news from the

occupy wall street protests in california. parts of oakland look like a war zone this morning. police fired teargas in an effort to remove several hundred occupy protesters who say say ignoresed their orders to disperse. police say protesters threw rocks and shot off fireworks at officers. we have no information on any possible injuries. the protesters were the remnants of thousands from yesterday. the port of oakland is the nation's fifth busiest port. they said the port will reopen as soon as it's safe to do so. most downtown stores in oakland remain closed. coming up on "a.m. wake-up call," the offices of a french magazine burns the same day it was set to publish an issue featuring a cartoon figure of the prophet mohammed.

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call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. it's about minutes till the top of the hour. the offices of a french is a tear ka magazine burns on the very day it was set to publish a cartoon figure of the prophet mohammed. zain verjee is live in london. who burned down the building? >> well, some muslim group that was pretty angry and upset with all of this. it's not clear specifically who it is or who they are, but an investigation is going on. basically the french magazine was going to publish a cover with the prophet mohammed showing him bearded and turbined, and the headline was going to be "100 lashes if you're not dieing of laughter." this issue is supposed to be a commentary, satirically making fun of islamic law. one of the executives of this magazine who said the people who did this were just plain dumb,

they don't know what the content of the actual magazine is. this comes down to the whole debate that is happening between freedom of expression and journalism versus religious sensitivities and small extremist groups that interpret the whole idea of showing something like an image of prophet mohammed on a magazine cover and being mocked as just not okay. so this is something that we've seen before. let's see what the fallout is of it. it definitely puts that front and center in this kind of debated and this kind of an atmosphere, too, where there's a lot of misunderstanding between the different groups in france. >> zain verjee live in london. thanks. ford is already taking orders for its first plug-in passenger car. but it's the price tag that caught our attention. details and a live report from the nasdaq market site next. en. the way i always made it for you. one more thing.... those pj's you like, i bought you five new pairs. love you. did you see the hockey game last night? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

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it's three minutes till the top of the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." here are three things to put on yourry dar. at 9:00 a house subcommittee is set to vote on whether to subpoena the white house for solyndra documents. last year they loaned millions to the company that has since filed for bankruptcy. at noon eastern in los angeles, closing arguments set to start in the trial of michael jackson's doctor conrad murray charged with involuntary manslaughter. watching for developments in oakland, california. the city is the home to the fifth busiest port in the country. it was shut down yesterday after thousands of protesters have shown up. we've had reports of teargas being thrown at the protesters. now let's head to the nasdaq market site and check in with

carter evans. show us the numbers, will you? >> the numbers will probably be decided later after some of the reports come in today. the weekly unemployment numbers, we'll get those because it's thursday. we're getting a report on the service sector and the report on factory orders. we'll hear from a ton of companies including cvs care marc and starbucks after the closing bell. the numbers look like this, dow futures down 12 points, nasdaq down about eight, s&p 500 down about four. yesterday we were looking at futures that were a lot lower as well. we ended up with a nice positive close. >> hopefully the same will happen today. tell us about this electric card that ford is putting out. the first plug-in car, but boy, is it price see? >> price see. $40,000 ford focus. would you buy one? it's all electric. that's the thing. ford is taking orders for this car in new york, new jersey and california. it's more expensive than the nissan leaf. that's another