good morning, everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. we begin in los angeles. overnight, the police began to clear the occupy wall street camp. police are enforcing a monday morning deadline for them to leave their encampment at city hall. sandra hues, what is the latest. >> reporter: the arrests began a few moments ago. as you said, there are hundreds and hundreds of los angeles privers down here. most of them are inside that park and they are lined up on sidewalks, trying to separate the crowd. the three people who were arrested, it was not a very violent arrest from what i understand, but they did have to be pushed to the ground to be handcuffed and then carried out. there are about a hundred people inside the camp with their arms locked surrounding a symbolic tent. they tell me they have no plans of leaving the camp this

morning, that they are willing to be arrested for a cause they very much believe in. >> sandra, los angeles had been relatively tolerant of the protesters. why crack down now? >> well, it's a good question. you're right. the police have had a very good relationship with the protesters up to this point. in fact, l.a.'s mayor has said all along that he wants to give the occupy wall street campers ample time to tear down the camp, to take their tents with them, so many of them right now, say they feel very betrayed that this is coming down in this way. a police force i just spoke with said she is very hopeful this all takes place without any violent. so far, we have seen no tear gas and no real confrontations between the police and the crowd. i was just inside there a few minutes ago. there was some shouting from the protesters into the face of the

police but so far, no injuries to report. >> we will be watching. thank you. police in philadelphia cleared the occupy protesters camp there. protesters have camped out at the plaza near city hall. there were no arrests. politics now. the up and down candidacy of herman cain. he is said to be reassessing his campaign. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. >> reporter: cain is still denying all allegations of sexual harassment and this affair and now he needs to sdi if his campaign is too damage to continue. >> life can be a challenge. life can seem impossible. it's never easy. >> reporter: that's as close as herman cain got to discussing

his campaign troubles at a speech last night in michigan. in the latest in a string of attractions, ginger white claimed monday she had carried on a 13-year extra maymarital ar with the candidate. >> i was involved in a very inappropriate situation. >> reporter: cain denied the charge, calling her just a friend he had helped out financially. but in a campaign conference call, he acknowledged the accusation, especially on top of sexual harassment claims, could end his run for the white house. we have to do an assessment as to whether or not this is going to create too much of a cloud, he said, according to a national journal transcript, and told staffers, the allegations have, quote, taken a toll on my wife and family, as you would imagine. the campaign later denied they were even considering dropping out of the race. while cain struggles, newt gingrich is soaring. the former house speaker is

quickly picking up support and adding staff and campaign cash calling himself the conservative alternative. he is increasingly taking shots at fellow front-runner mitt romney. >> it's wrong to go around and a adopt radically different positions. >> reporter: and he is not counting out cain quite yet. >> remember, i was supposed to be dead in june and july. i will not go around declaring anybody else dead. >> reporter: cain has lost some republican support since this new allegation came to light. >> susan mcginnis in washington this morning, thank you. elsewhere in politic another apparent slip by texas governor rick perry. speaking at a new hampshire college yesterday, perry was seeking votes for some young. appears he didn't know since 1971 the u.s. voting age is 18. take a listen. >> those of you that will be 21

by november the 12th, i ask for your support and your vote. those of you who won't be, just work hard, because you're going to inherit this. >> perry made another slip too referring to november the 12th, election day 2012. it's scheduled for november 6th. meanwhile, perry has denied that the campaign is in the major staff shake-up. american businessman gary giordano is out of prison. he was released last night. he had been held for nearly nour months. aruban prosecutors are appealing to get him back behind bars. robyn gardner van issued in august. giordano said she was swept out to sea while they were snorkeling. >> reporter: jim bay home says he is not worried about his job. last night he complimented on allegations of sexual molestation leveled against his

long time assistant bernie fine. >> i do my job. what happened on my watch, we will see. when the investigation is done, we will find out what happened on my watch. we don't know what's happened on my watch right now. there is an investigation under way. >> three men have accused fine of abusing them as children. yesterday's syracuse chancellor gave coach boeheim a vote of confidence saying bay home is our coach. since the military seized power in 1962. while there, she will meet with human rights leader, winner of the nobel peace prize. iranian security guards stood by yesterday. they set fires, broke windows

and ransacked offices. david cameron called it outrageous and indefensible. president obama and u.s. security council condemn iran's government for permitting it to happen. why the price of the world's most popular prescription drug is going way down. plus, facebook settles up with uncle sam over the social network's privacy policy. that's coming up. this is the "cbs morning news." i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer.

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o'neill suffered a stroke on october 19th and died tuesday in a new york area hospital. patrice o'neill was 41 years old. on the cbs mondaywatch, stocks in asia lost some ground today. ashley morrison is in new york with that and more too. >> asian markets fell today after eu leaders failed to make any way that were in debt crisis talks. today, wall street gets the latest on the labor market. more on home sales and the latest fed economic data. tuesday, a jump in consumer confidence helped stocks finish with some gains. the dow was up 32 points, while the nasdaq lost nearly 12. wall street will be watching this morning for reaction after standard & poor's downgraded the biggest banks in the u.s. the following banks were among

those cut at least one notch. s&p says the changes reflect a new formula for determining risk. american airlines says its bankruptcy filing will have little, if any, effect on its passengers. filed for chapter 11 protection yesterday. 240,000 people fly with american every day. the carrier says it will continue to fly its normal schedule and honor all tickets and reservations. facebook has reached a deal with the federal government over charges it gave away too much information about its users to advertisers. under the settlement, facebook agreed to get customers approval before sharing their data and a blog post ceo mark zuckerberg admitted facebook had maide, in his words, a bunch of mistakes. now you can get maps to malls and other areas as long as you're using a cell phone that

runs android software. google is hoping more owners and operators will submit floor plans. i know it's pretty good for the malls. when i hit a new one, i like to know where i'm going. >> for a lot of folks who hit the airport and want to know where they are going. getting out of control to find a floor plan of your house. how did google get in my house. ashley, appreciate it. thank you. here is an example of the show must go on. brian williams was just beginning his broadcast when the fire alarms went off in the studio. take a look. >> well, perhaps not something special any more. again, we have an announcement going on here in the studio. tom costello, we should advise owner viewers there is no danger to us. we would love to make this stop. why don't you take it from our washington bureau. >> you got to wonder whoever scheduled that drill still has a job this morning. i thought scott pelley and diane

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on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. the system that brought snow and rape to the south is moving north and bringing several inches of rain and wet ♪ to the great lakes. new england is getting showers. the southern half of the country has mostly clear skies and mild temperatures. here is another look at this morning's top stories. los angeles police moved in on occupy wall street protesters early this morning. the demonstrators had been given

a monday morning deadline to leave their camp in front of city hall. republican presidential candidate herman cain is said to be reassessing his campaign following claims that he carried on a 13-year extramarital affair. so far, cain's campaign insists they will carry on. dr. conrad murray is still behind bars after serving the first night of his four-year sentence for the death of michael jackson. the judge who handed down the maximum punishment also gave murray a piece of his mind. ben tracy reports. >> dr. murray engaged in a recurring, continuous pattern of deceit, of lies. >> reporter: judge michael pastor delivered a scathing rebuke of dr. conrad murray. >> he engaged in this money for medicine madness that is simply not going to be tolerated by me.

>> reporter: he called murray a disgrace to his profession and seemed disgusted that murray never showed remorse for giving michael jackson the powerful anesthetic propofol. murray claimed that jackson demanded he give him it. the iphone recording of the drugged michael jackson so he could later use it as blackmail. >> that tape recording was dr. murray's. >> reporter: their attorney brian pannish read a statement. >> we respectfully request that you impose a sentence that reminds physicians that they cannot sell their services to the highest bidder. >> reporter: dr. murray was offered $150,000 per month to treat jackson, but was never paid. murray declined to speak before being sentenced and blew a kiss as he left the courtroom. murray's attorney jay michael flanagan said he was not

surprised the judge gave murray the maximum sentence. >> i think the judge probably wanted to hear from him too but then i think the judge would belittle whatever he had to say. >> reporter: despite the four-year sentence, dr. murray will serve, at most, two years behind bars and that is because of overcrowding here in california. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. this morning, on "the early show," more on why the judge threw the book at dr. conrad i'm terrell brown. and this is the "cbs morning news." keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee

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or may not be precious. gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> herman cain's lawyer says he has not made a decision about staying in the race. he also added that herman cain is not ruling out suing ginger white for the allegations which he says. coming up, political blogger will join us to discuss whether the cain campaign can survive another scandal and how the latest news about affect the other g.o.p. candidates. >> police appear to be keeping their promise to shut down the occupy encampment outside city hall in los angeles. earlier this morning, every street within a one block perimeter of city hall was shut down. these are live pictures of what's happening in los angeles right now. at last check, roughly 500 tents remain in