obama finished up the conversation with wolf, robert wolfe, his wall street and former and turned his attention to policy that night. like so many he had given it would strive to conjure the spirit of king are least the spirit embodied in that well worn image of the man. but now those hard questions of economic justice gathered around him, those questions of the second, less familiar king. they gathered in the air like the clouds of a coming storm. obama gets a glimpse, and he does act. he is ahead of the curve. he gathers around him in the fall of 07 and the spring of 08 and ecumenical team led by paul volcker, democrats and republicans, bill donaldson, that fec cheese and the bush, robert rice, one of your favorites here. they're all together. the ubs wall street tighten. there together because they are afraid. people are feeling the shutters on the landscape, feeling it shake. and obama, right from the start, is saying that -- sang the things that almost no one else is saying. many to reform financial capital, reform the system of credit. the american economy rather than in some it

now looking back, she said robert champion's death could have been prevented. wolf story, lisa. thank you. >>> newt gingrich takes a huge gamble on immigration, separating himself from the gop pack and this week's presidential debate. all them came out swinging. how do they secure u.s. airports? plus the debate involving herman cain and me, the little guy. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the "situation room." it was the 11th major face-off among the candidate bus this week's cnn republican presidential debate focused in on national security. i moderated the contest at historic constitution hall right here in washington, d.c. among the many noteworthy exchanges was this one in which newt gingrich, a front-runner right now advocated what many conservatives clearly don't like. amnest amnesty. >> i think we ought to have a vees gentleman, graduate degree in math, science and engineering so people say here. about five blocks down the street you'll see a statue of einstein. einstein came here as an immi

wolf attempts in new york city. >> he was not part of a larger conspiracy emanating from abroad. he represents exactly the kind of threat fbi director robert muller and his experts have warned about. >> reporter: the suspect was arraigned sunday night in a manhattan court. larry jacobs, abc news, new york. >>> that's exactly what we have been hearing for months -- these lone wolf suspects out there inspired by the stuff they find on line and decide to carry it out here at home. >> it's scary. i wonder if he has some mental health issues. just doesn't make sense. and as a native new yorker, i'm horrified. horrified that my hometown seems to be the target so often. >> constant target. one of the dangers living in the city. always under that spotlight. >>> switch gears now, because outrage is growing after a peaceful protest on the university of california campus were pepper sprayed by police. two officers involved in friday's incident at uc-davis have been put on leave. the school's chancellor is now taking heat for initially supporting the police in all of this who claim they used the pepper spray because they were surrounding, clearly not

wolf terror attempts in new york city. >> he was not part of a larger conspiracy emanating from abroad. he represents exactly the kind of threat f.b.i. director robert mueller and his experts have warned about. >>> now to the bay area occupy most of the time. tonight we begin in san francisco where police moved in on the smaller camp at the federal reserve early this morning. >> lilian kim is live with the latest? >> we're at the federal reserve bank, protestors started gathering here this afternoon. they have been standing in the middle of market street to voice their opposition to what happened here this morning. >> hundreds gathered in front of 101 market street, site of federal reserve bank. you could hear in the early morning hours where san francisco police raided an encampment. it was relatively small one, about a dozen tents. even so occupiers are upset. >> this is our heart and soul. any part of the movement that gets taken out is a part of everyone. we are here unified and hold together. >> the early morning raid came three days after the city officially warned the protestors they were camping illegally. they arrested six people for trying

robert mueller and his experts have warned about, as american military and intelligence agencies have eroded al qaeda's ability to launch large-scale attacks. this case is also reminiscent of another lone wolfh two new yorkers, angry over the treatment of prisoners in iraq, plotted the bomb in the herold square subway station. like the current case, the harold square plot was uncovered by the nypd intelligence division. and as with still another case earlier this year, in which a lone wolf plotted to attack a large synagogue, the nypd teamed up with the manhattan's district attorney office to prosecute pimentell under statutes. al qaeda or al qaeda affiliates, there have been at least 13 previous terror attacks since 9/11 targeting new york city. this would be the 14th. because of such repeat eed threats, the nypd remains focused on preventing another terrorist attack. we assign a thousand police officers to counterterrorism duties every single day, and this is just another case where our precautions paid off. now let me ask commissioner kelly to provide details. ray? >> thank you, mr. mayor. over two years ago, the new york city police department became aware of a follower of the radical c

robert zimmerman, founder and editor of citizen politics. and professor chris metzler. herman cain is denying allegations of a 13-year affair with an atlanta businesswoman. here's what he told wolft i knew the woman. i acknowledge that i knew her for that period of time, but the accusation that i had a 13-year affair with her, no. >> is cain still a contender? robert? >> i can report to you with great sense of confidence that this most recent allegation in no way impacts herman cain's chances for the republican nomination. [ laughter ] >> because at the end of the day, he was never a credible, serious, legitimate candidate for the nomination. i think a bigger disgrace is that ultimately he's become a bore, and nothing is worse than a boring sex scandal. so ultimately, herman cain has lost all legitimacy and credibility in this process. >> patricia? >> if herman cain had a chance before, and i actually think he did. i talked to voters who saw him, loved him and also liked his policies, but i think with allegation after allegation after allegation, you can feel in the republican party just a fatigue for all these scandals of herman cain. they want someone who can win. they don't w

wolf. motivated by his own resentment of the fer can troops in iraq and afghanistan, as well as inspired by propaganda from afghanistan. he represent exactly the kind of threat fbi director robertller and his experts warned about. >> a federal law enforcement source tells cnn federal prosecutors and fbi agents were aware of the nypd's 2 1/2 year investigation. in the end, it was decided charges should be pursued at state level, stating there wasn't enough to make it a federal case. >> key to the investigation was a confidential informant who grew so close to the pipe bomber, the two went out and purchased some of the bomb component together. informant also offering his apartment to build the devices. holes were being drills, which was apparently the last mechanical step to complete the device. >> so to be sure, the fbi didn't think they should take charge even though u.s. soldiers, who are federal, and they were target that wasn't big enough for the fbi? >> it was a question and when this all started to pli out, was that in fact, federal authorities had no indication that in fact nypd was involved in this investigation. it was a 2 1/2 year long investigation. today we learn the

wolf motivated by troops in iraq and afghanistan as well as inspired al qaeda propaganda. not part of a larger conspiracy emanating from abroad. he represents exactly the kind of threat fbi director robertis experts have warned about. >> reporter: now, the fbi and other agencies were not involved and large will you inaware of this two-year long investigation even though the alleged target did include u.s. service personnel. nypd bombmakers actually built and detonated a similar device inside this car. look at it right there. this assumed that pimentel's device would have worked. a counterterrorism expert tells me that had they been done properly, had they didn't built and placed in the right location, they could have killed upwards of a dozen people, depending on how they were situated. pimentel pleaded not guilty. a joint strike in september accelerated this alleged plot taking it from aspirational to operational. >> wow. all right. deb feyerick, thank you very much. >>> we want to talk a little more about this with fran townsend, our cnn national security contributor and former security advisers to president bush. welcome. >> hi, carol. >> peter berger, our expert on al qaeda, says if