jackie gerris, thanks. >>> violent protests in cairo.esters, at least 24 are dead, hundreds injured. the violence is escalating after four days of clashing between security force ands protesters. so let's head to cairo and ivan boston. good morning, ivan. >> reporter: good morning, carol. that's right. thousands of people slept here overnight on blankets that were being brought in to support them. the crowds are swelling throughout the day. meanwhile, in the streets leading away from the square in direction of the interior ministry which is a five-minute's walk away, that's where the battles are raging between riot police and angry young ee jipgszs. there are clouds of tear gas back therement we just came from there and we had the good fortune to be equipped with gas masks. the young people in there don't have them. they are spitting and puking from the effects of this gas running up to us with canisters. one of them i saw today showed that the gas had been manufactured in jamestown, pennsylvania. and we can see another cloud billowing u

thank you, jackie gerris. see you back here in a bit. >> i'm don lemon in cnn headquarters. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer begins in just a moment. >>> a revealing new snapshot of republican race for the white house as rick perry tries to recover from his cringe inducing stumble. also, a decorated u.s. army general relieved of duty after criticizing the afghan president. but what he said was true. plus, electronic chinese parts discovered inside the military's most sensitive equipment. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and aren't world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." a week of twists and turns in the race for the republican presidential nomination. with two of the candidates in a very hot spotlight. herman cain facing accusations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling badly if the latest gop debate and now struggling to recover. cnn's jim acosta is watching awe of this unfold. so what's going on right now? there are certain there is certainly a lot at play. >> certainly. there is an unromney and his name is newt gingrich. t

meteorologist jackie gerris joins us now. >> i know. >> not good. >> it's not good.h that the snow is going to be so heavy. you know, you're used to that in the high country. it's november. but the winds with this thing are particularly brutal. and we've been seeing some wind gusts reports beyond hurricane force. we've got a strong area of low pressure that's pushing it here. heavy snow can be expected. in fact, a couple of feet will be possible by the end of the day tomorrow in parts of the wasatch and the rocky mountain range. this is certainly a very large storm. colorado, the 9 miles per hour. that is what your wind gust report was. utah, 74 miles per hour. we have a live picture to show you from the web cam out of the ski resort there in alta. you can see the tree tops and that's about it. the snow is coming down so heavy there today. they're likely going to end up with a foot before the day is over. snow basin, 63 mile per hour gusts there. boulder, colorado, 62. and sun dance getting a wind report of 58 miles per hour. we have strong winds in denver, too. that