i love to be around them. but, no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> cnn's jason carroll is at penn state. so, jason, what kind of reaction is this interview getting this morning? >> not a good one. in terms of what students are saying this morning and a few last night that this interview actually made sandusky look worse. it's not like some of these students after the allegations had a high opinion of him after the allegations came out. but, clearly, from what we're hearing at least so far, kyra, after that interview, those who thought he was guilty before, their minds have not been changed and some others who were sort of dipping in and out of the story who happened to catch the interviews now say whatever they felt about him before, they now feel even worse. kyra? >> well, jason, you know, sandusky also addressed one of the key questions of this scandal. what exactly did joe paterno know and when did he know it? listen to a continuation of the interview with bob costas. >> to your knowledge, did joe paterno have any information regarding questionable activities on your report prior to that activity in 2002? >> i can't totally answer that question. my answer would be, no. >> did joe paterno at any time ever speak to you directly about your behavior? >> no. >> never? >> no. >> so, jason, sandusky dismisses all of this as just innocent goofing around. i know you had a chance to sit down with sandusky's attorney. i know you talked to him for more than an hour. how did he portray all of this to you? >> well, a couple things here, kyra. i think a lot of this is going to come under a great deal of scrutiny because back in 1998, as you know, according to the grand jury report, sandusky had showered with a boy here at penn state and that was actually brought to the attention of university police as well as police here in the community. so, it would stand within reason that the coach and some others here would know coach, meaning coach paterno would know about this situation of showering. that's one point. second point is this, again, in 1998, sandusky admits that he showered with a boy. he apologized for that. apologized to the boy's mother and promised not to do it again and then he did it again in 2000 and then again in 2002. i asked joe's, excuse me, sandusky's attorney about that. why he continued to shower with boys. want you to listen to what his explanation was. >> jerry sandusky is a big, overgrown kid. he's a jock. for anybody who's ever played sports, you get showers after you work out. i mean, when people hear he got showers with kids, oh, my goodness, you know, he got showers with kids. that makes him guilty, right? i mean, obviously, anybody who gets showers with kids who is an adult has to be guilty of something. the bottom line is, jocks do that. they kid around, they horse around. >> well, joe amendola also says that after that incident in 1998, sandusky was just trying to make things better. that's why he apologized. but he said he never thought he had done anything wrong. that's why he didn't see a problem continuing to shower with young boys. kyra? >> all right, jason carroll at penn state there, jason, thanks so much. in less than 15 minutes from now, we'll talk to a state senator from pennsylvania. he wants to beef up the legal requirements for reporting child sexual abuse. wane fontana joining me live at 9:15 eastern time. well, for the second week in a row, republicans stumbles and suffers an embarrassing memory lapse. this time, it's herman cain. the setting, a meeting with the editorial board of milwaukee herald sentinel. >> so you agree with president obama on libya or not? >> okay, libya. president obama supported the uprising, correct? president obama called for the removal of gadhafi. just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing before i say, yes, i agree. i know i didn't agree. i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reasons. that's a different one. i have to go back and see. i have all this different stuff twirling around in my head. specifically, what are you asking me did i agree or disagree with obama on? >> deputy political paul steinhauser. herman cain is laughing this off as no big deal. what is your take on how odd this is. >> tough to watch. damaging. bad timing for herman cain because he's dropping in our brand-new poll. listen, this thing went viral last night and was the talk of twitter. the campaign put a statement out pretty quickly saying he got the answer right, just took him a while to get his bearings. cain was asked about this at an event in wisconsin. as you mentioned, here's how he answered it. >> they asked me a question about libya and i paused so i could gather my thoughts. you know, it's really complimentary when people start documenting my pauses. it's one thing to document every word. it was a pause. that's all it was. good grief. >> now, kyra, we're talking about libya here. not talking about some obscure issue, libya. story that has been in the news all year. foreign policy not herman cain's wheel house. remember a couple weeks ago one of the controversies surrounding him was whether he knew or did not know if china had a nuclear weapons program. so, remember, another debate coming up, a foreign policy debate coming up. i guess herman cain will have another chance to prove his stripes on foreign pall peace. >> our all debates and polls and all the different leaders every week. it's hard to keep track of it all sometimes, paul. where do the republican candidates stand as of right now? >> right now, seven weeks until the first vokes in the caucuses. take a look at our latest poll. independents lean towards the go. . mitt romney where he has always been at 24%. newt gingrich, here's the big story at 22%. basically all knotted up with romney. that's a big jump. 14 points in the last month for gingrich. cain, as you can see down to 14 points. he dropped 11 points. rick perry and ron paul kind of where they have been. >> paul, thanks. as paul just mentioned, you can join us one week from tonight for the first debate of the 2012 presidential election. focus exclusively on national security and foreign policy. co-sponsored by the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute. that's next tuesday night, 8:00 eastern. wolf blitzer the moderator. our next political update in about an hour and you can always go to our website, cnnpolitics.com. lr, let's turn now to the "occupy wall street" movement. new york police went into the tent city early this morning breaking up the encampment. poppy harlow of cnn.com was actually there on the scene for the crackdown. poppy, was it mostly peaceful? >> no, it was not mostly peaceful, kyra. it was just quite a scene here. starting at about 1:00 when the protesters from zuccotti park started getting evicted. they started filling the streets here in new york. police barricades were set up for blocks and blocks around zuccotti park. a protester called me to tell me what was going on and i ran down here. even the press was not allowed anywhere near zuccotti park. we were held for three hours behind police barricades and we made it through into the park to see them finishing up the cleanup. as you can see now, kyra, the police are in the park, the protesters are not. they have not been allowed back in this park, even though they were told they would be allowed back in this morning to occupy, once again. i want you to take a listen to a man named john murdoch. he was arrested last night and he said for being a block away from the park, he was arrested, he was just released from jail and i asked him, what does this mean for the movement? are you going to stop? >> it's not about a physical space per se, it is now worldwide. the terms of the debate have changed around and the deal is now we have to evolve. this means it gets harder, but it's now more important than ever. >> and that, kyra, is a sentiment echoed across the board from all the protesters that i talked to. they are not quitting and they are not standing down. what the new york city police department tells us is that 100 protesters were arrested overnight and no injuries in terms of police officers. mayor bloomberg issuing a statement overnight and then having that press conference just saying, look, it's been two months and he said inaction was not an option at this point. we'll follow it very closely. i suspect the moment they open this park, it will be filled with protesters, kyra. >> we're monitoring a live picture from our affiliate on the other side of the screen. things looking calm at the moment. you keep us updated. it's been a long night for you. thanks, poppy. reports of new fighting and it comes a day before the country's suspension from the arab league over its violent crackdown on the opposition. zain verjee is following that for us out of london. zain, what do you know? >> i've been looking at newspapers around the world. the guardian here in the uk has a comment piece and its headline sa says losing friends. syria's expulsion from the arab league tomorrow marks a change for an organization whose more traditional posture is astride a fence. the move is largely symbolic, but symbolism matters. this is an analysis piece that says, all signs are pointing to the end of the line for the syrian regime of bashar al assad. the overwhelming majority of arab states now openly oppose the syrian leader, and even iran, is now edging its bet. on syria, rare arab west reproachment. revise to the full extent. consistent in supporting the uprising and calling upon president bashar al assad to step down. rare to be on the same page here, kyra. and a big deal have monarchs calling for one of their own to step down. king abdullah of jordan has done it and let's see who may do it next, kyra. >> we'll follow it with you, thanks. congresswoman gabrielle giffords in her own words. she smoke to diane sawyer in her first full interview since the january shooting rampage in tucson. she does hope to return to congress some day. >> she wants to get better. >> you want to get better. >> better. >> and so you think to yourself, i'll go back to congress, if i get better. >> yes, yes, yes. >> and that's where you are right now? >> yes, yes, yes. >> giffords' husband, mark kelly, said she's too tough to let this beat her. the alleged crimes at penn state could change pennsylvania law. coming up, we're talking to the lawmaker who introduced a bill dealing with child abuse in 2005. we'll ask him why it didn't pass back then and if it could have brevented this scandal. black friday. just over a week away, but this year it's turning into black thursday. retailers are opening up on thanksgiving day as billions of dollars are on the line. 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>> well, the bill was introduced in 2005, as you mentioned. it's changed numbers and actually senate bill 549 at this point. what i was thinking was that if 549 was law, that graduate assistant would have been required to report what he's seen directly to and immediately to either child protective services or law enforcement. >> so, senator, why wasn't this bill passed in 2005? >> well, there was some issues and concerns from groups. one of the issues was false reporting and another was immunity and another was confidentiality but we vented all those issues and concerns in the last few years. i would think now it's just a matter of the legislation being bogged down here in harrisburg. we need to move it. leadership needs to step up and move this bill. it already went through committee back in may. it was rereferred to appropriations committee. which i'm not sure why it's there. but at this point in time, the leadership here in harrisburg can move this bill as quickly as tomorrow, if they want to. >> well, and i'll get to that in a second, but it's a shame to hear that this could have possibly been prevented. this scandal could have been prevented if, indeed, this law was in place as you saw it should be. i'm curious what the talk is like among you and others there looking at what has happened there and the fact that you could have done something about this. >> well, there's no question that the talk here in harrisburg is, the pennsylvania law needs to be tougher. it needs to be more precise and it needs to be clear. this bill makes it clear as to what the procedure should be and reporting all child abuse. sexual, physical, it puts everybody on the same standard on the same page as to what to do, no matter who the perpetrator is, no matter what the child abuse is. you report it to child protection agencies and/or law enforcement. that's the first step. you can continue and you should continue to report it to administrators, but they're not the ones that would be required to report it to child services or law enforcement. the first person that's seen it is the one that you're reporting. >> you say that this could be passed tomorrow. what exactly are you going to do, senator, to make that happen? >> i stood on the floor of the senate yesterday and pleaded with my leadership to put it on the agenda and move it to the senate full floor and let us vote on it and hopefully they'll hear the plea and they'll move this legislation this week. >> we're talking about 549 now. let us know what happens, senator, we'd like to follow up. thank you for your time. >> thank you for inviting me. >> we'll talk more about the penn state scandal with espn writer l.z. granderson. he says it's another example of how heroes like joe paterno are human. l.z. is with us at 9:40 eastern time. coming up a mega mystery in china. satellite photos show huge structures. what the heck are they? ♪ [ female announcer ] we never forget the nearly 12 million cancer survivors in america today... and the countless lives lost. we owe it to them to protect funding for cancer research, prevention and access to care. congress, make cancer a priority and give millions of americans what they need most. gives you the lowest plan premium in the country... so you can focus on what really matters. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. conspiracy thaurrists are working overtime on this and so is zain verjee. looking at the satellite photos over the chinese desert showing strange design, structures just laid out in the middle of no where. zain, what do ask you think? >> i'm a little worried because it's true, i've been spending a ridiculous amount of time poring over these images you can see from space, kyra. what are they? conspiracy the conspiracy thererists. you have circles here as well as these grid-like patterns and weird structures out in the middle of the desert in china. these photos on google maps. kyra, a multiple choice for you. could it have something to do with china's space program. testing nuclear military hardware here or just kind of using this environment for some kind of military target practice or the other option, kyra, are these marks from visitors from other planets? >> all i could think about is peru and the lines and you can't explain that one either, right? >> right. that's true. i mean, this is like a mile long, 3,000-feet wide. it's inexplicable. we don't really know what this is. it is happening in an area of the desert where it is known typically that china does test military space and other nuclear hardware. so, i'm hoping it was visitors from space, but it seems maybe, you know, the practical explanation will have to fly. >> all right, my dear, you just keep studying that and let me know what more develops. appreciate it. >> i will. well, black friday. the kickoff to the holiday shopping season moving up on the calendar. get this stores will open on thursday, thanksgiving. alison kosik, you'll chow down on all that turkey and get really tired and then get in the car and work it off. >> exactly, go work it off. just when you thought retailers, kyra, couldn't mess with thanksgiving day, here they go doing exactly that. in the old days the doorbuster deals met a friday 4:00 a.m. wakeup call. but target, macy's, kohl's said let's open at midnight on thanksgiving and then, of course, walmart trying to one up those retailers said we're going to open even earlier at 10:00 p.m. on thanksgiving and, of course, not to be outdone, toys "r" us said we'll open even earlier at 9:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. now, here's why these retailers are doing this. we spent almost $11 billion on black friday last year. this is the kickoff to the big holiday shopping season for retailers. and not surprisingly, some people aren't taking this sitting down. there is some backlash. in fact, petitions and boycotts on facebook and change.org with one target worker saying he's going to miss thanksgiving altogether because he has to sleep during the day just to be ready for work at 11:00 p.m. kyra? >> what kind of open are you expecting on wall street today? >> expect a second day of losses, kyra. there's a new report out of europe showing that it is growing, but lair barely and eu is on a brink of recession and also we have those continuing worries about how europe's going to get a handle on its debt crisis. we did get decent reports on retail sales and inflation and that will keep the losses in check. the opening bell is ringing in about three minutes. kyra? >> all right, alison, thanks. dire warnings over potential budget cuts. we'll go live to washington just ahead. in "showbiz" news new role for pamela anderson. can the playboy play mate become the virgin mary? mary? what are you doing here? it's megan. i'm getting new insurance. marjorie, you've had a policy with us for three years. it's been five years. five years. well, progressive gives megan discounts that you guys didn't. paperless, safe driver, and i get great service. meredith, what's shakin', bacon? they'll figure it out. getting you the discounts you deserve. now, that's progressive. call or click today. checking top stories now. former penn state coach jerry sandusky denies abusing any young boys, but he does admit horsing around and showering with them. sandusky talked to nbc's bob co costas by phone. the players-union turned down the league's latest offer. the league is prepared to file an anti-trust suit against the nba. check out the newest tourist attraction in congo. this latest volcano has been erupting since last week and shooting lava 100,000 feet into the air. well, the pentagon turning up the heat over budget cuts. leon panetta says cuts triggered by the failure of the supercommittee would be devastating to the military. today he's testifying before the senate armed services committee. barbara starr is joining us from the pentagon with more. barbara, how much money are we actually talking about? >> you know, what panetta is focusing on is first the $450 billion in cuts that the pentagon's promised to make and if that supercommittee plan doesn't work, perhaps as much as another $500 billion coming down the road in an additional across the board budget cuts. at the pentagon panetta calling it devastating. it's the new dooms day scenario around here. he set a letter to this very committee he's testifying in front of of all the cuts that would have to happen in airplanes, warships, combat vehicles, all of it. he says it will lead to a hollow force. so, what is a hollow force? here's what the secretary has to say. >> it's a ship without sailors. it's a brigade without bullets. it's an air wing without enough trained pilots. it's a paper tiger. >> now, we've talked to a number of analysts about this. so, if it's such a problem, what would it mean for national security? many analysts say it means that if you went to all of these cuts, the u.s. military would not be able to prosecute to fight two major wars. perhaps one in asia and one in the middle east. it is beginning to raise this really interesting question. will the u.s. military ever, again, prosecute a major land war overseas. will it have the forces to do it. this is washington and the congress is working on an out for all of this and a backdoor safety mechanism to put some of those cuts back in place in the coming months, if it all happens. >> talking about leon panetta. barbara, the story last week that was just devastating was this scandal at dover air force base. the fact that remains of men and women killed in combat being dump under to a landfill. what has happened in regard to that? has anyone been fired over that? will panetta face criticism over what happened? >> we'll watch this hearing very carefully to see if any of these senators even bring this up. this story is far from over. panetta has ordered two reviews, but, both of those reviews have been problematic. he did not know about some of the devastating conclusions that an independent council came to criticizing the air force. this is very problematic right now. families are very upset. it may not be getting a lot of attention outside of washington, but for u.s. military families, this is really a very heartfelt issue and panetta has promised to address it in the coming weeks. but so far, nobody has been fired and many in congress say that's the key issue for them. who is going to be held accountable for all of this, kyra? >> well, we'll definitely stay on the story. barbara, thanks. coming up, gq magazine crowns jay-z as king. all right. you know jay-z as the music mogul and owns his own clothing label and part owner of an nba team and is there anything else he needs to accomplish? kareen wynter has the latest accolade, i guess you should say. >> of course, kyra. there's always something for mr. jay-z to accomplish. i know you probably have a couple cds from back in the day in your collection. so, this will excite you. gq magazine have named jay-z king. decided to crown jay-z which names multiple men and one woann in various categories. "watch the throne tour" in collaboration with kanye west. plus, kyra, he's also had a pretty good year personally as he and his pop star wife, beyonce announced they are expecting a baby. he was asked if he plans on changing diapers. of course, 100%. g kyra, this guy doesn't do anything halfway. >> no, he doesn't. >> some other people include jimmy fallon, justin timberlake and knockout mila kunis. guess we can't get enough of these two people. >> you know, it's all about the marine corps ball. >> we're talking about it still. >> yes. this is one that caught everybody's attention. pamela anderson and the virgin mary. >> i'm still trying to figure this out. this is interesting. a little bit of interesting casting, wouldn't you say? pamela anderson will play the virgin mary in a christmas special. while the role of virgin played by sex tape star anderson doesn't seem like a good match to me, call me crazy. it is a great publicity stunt, right? russell peters christmas is a sketch comedy for a comedy special for a canadian television starring canadian common peterson. they released a publicity photo in a manger with a baby jesus. anderson is canadian and i'm sure that appealed to the show producers. the idea if you cast her as the virgin mary, a lot of people might be paying attention to it and talking about it, as we are today. anyway, the special is scheduled to air early next month. so, a lot of people will keep an eye out for that. i'm speechless. kareen, you will be back with more on "showbiz headlines" including one of the most anticipated movie premieres of the year. the wait is almost over for twilight saga fans. police move in and move protesters out. those who won't leave go to jail. we'll show you the overnight raid that happened from city to see right after the break. the death of heroes. it's on a lot of people's minds with this penn state scandal and the focus of l.z. granderson's op ed this week. portable navig, a bluetooth connection, a stolen-vehicle locator, roadside assistance, and something that could help save your life -- automatic help in a crash. it's the technology of five devices in one hardworking mirror. because life happens while you drive. for a limited time, get an onstar fmv mirror for only $199 after a $100 off. visit onstar.com for retailers. it's good. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. 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"occupy oakland" has cost them $2.4 million now. then you have "occupy portland" in limbo. camps where protesters once gathered are fenced up and now they must find a new place to come together. well, a new opinion piece on cnn.com says that we're living in a new kind of america. one without gods, role models or heroes. l.z. granderson wrote that op-ed. once i got past being depressed, l.z., i guess putting people on a pedestal is not practical. >> you know, one of the things that i found really shocking about last week's events regarding penn state was the amount of passion people had and defending joe paterno's involvement with the allegations. i can understand wanting to not see bad happen to people that you really like, but, in my opinion, if you don't really know the person, you're just going upon what the media told you. there's been a lot of coaches involved with scandals. so, if you just pay attention, you could see the plausibility of another college coach being involved with the scandal. i didn't understand why people were so shocked by that. >> bigger picture, l.z., do we have the wrong idea of what a hero is? >> i think we have unrealistic ideas of what a hero is. you know, in the past, as i mentioned in the piece, we just didn't know these type of stories of people in the public eye. we didn't know all of their flaws and all of their business. today that's not the case. we know everything, right? you can go back and say, when did that start? i don't know, was it bill clinton saying boxers or briefs? i'm not sure when it started but we know everything. because we know everything, now our heroes that used to appear flawless we now see all of their flaws, too. we're a little confused, i think, culturally. we overreact and we tear them down completely because we think they've committed one thing wrong, they must now be a villain. we have to get more mature as a nation and as a culture and understand that therare good guys, bad guys and there are guys in the middle and most of us are the guys in the middle. >> maybe we have the value wrong things in our heroes. maybe we need to reevaluate that. >> absolutely. i think one of the most heroic things you can do is admit you're not perfect. a great deal of pressure we put on our selves and we put on the public figure to live up to the great expectation and i don't think there's nothing braver than saying, you know what, i am flawed. i am greatly flawed and screwed up in the past and guarantee i will screw up in the future. >> i'm curious, before i let you go, who's your hero? >> wow, my son. my son's my hero. you know, he really does, he made me a better person and a better man because he just demands more. when you are there and you see your child's eyes looking at you, you just expect more out of yourself and each and every day he comes back to me and he wants me to be a better man. so, because of that, he is my hero. >> wow, now you're my hero as i tear up. you're right, kids are so humbling. i'll tell you what, it's a miracle. >> absolutely. >> they are true miracles. l.z., thanks. you can read l.z.'s latest piece. >> thank you. >> you bet. >> cnn.com/opinion. if you like, join the conversation, as well. talk about your hero. nba arenas across the country hosting nothing but dust. another stumble in efforts to kickstart the 2011 season. checking stories making news later today. nasa announces its process for selecting the next class of astronauts, that's at 1:00 eastern announces its process f selecting the next class of astronauts. that's at 1:00 p.m. eastern in washington. president obama leaves for australia at 1:30 eastern. and 2:00 eastern, the stars of the movie "west side story" get their hands and footprints in front of graumann's chinese theater. kara, this morning i'll be talking about the occupy movements. in those parks, urine, trash, feces, viruses -- i'll be talking about that at the top of the hour. i'm paul steinhauser at the cnn political desk. remember rick perry's oops memory lapse moment last week? now herman cain has his own memory lapse. the consequences at the top of the next hour. penn state university takes its first financial hit. one major advertiser is jumping ship, and others could follow, kyra. i'll have details in the next hour. also ahead, the sex scandal at penn state. the accused child molester speaks out, and his defense is not likely to tamp down the outrage. for their clients' futures. never taking a bailout. helping generations achieve dreams. buy homes. put their kids through college. retire how they want to. ameriprise. the strength of america's largest financial planning company. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you, one-to-one. together, for your future. ♪ what you got cooking in sports? >> it's all about the nba right now and what's not happening. we're not seeing any games because it's not looking good. the negotiations between players and owners going nowhere. we've moved from talks to threats. the players rejected the latest proposal by the owners. that led nba commissioner david stern to warn the league is headed for a, quote, nuclear winter, and that is entire season is at risk. we might not see a game all season. the players now say they'll disband their union, which will allow them to sue the league. they're hoping the threat of lawsuits can get the owners to make a better offer. monday night football featuring the undefeated super bowl champion green bay packers, kyra's favorite team. they toyed with the minnesota vikings. it's just not fair. the pack's rookie randall cobb, like green bay needed another offensive weapon. he takes the kickoff back for a touchdown. right now the packers have the best quarterback in the game, aaron rodgers. in a word, awesome. four touchdown passes, this one to greg jennings. the final 45-7. right now there's a big gap between the packers and everybody else that are still undefeated. college hoops -- at least we have college hoops with no nba, right? uconn picking up where it left off. after winning it all last year, shabaz napier controlling the floor. the guard led everyone with 21 points. huskies win 78-66. uconn hasn't lost a preconference game on its home campus since 1973. new york jets coach rex ryan just could not keep his mouth shut. a fan taunted him during the jets' loss sunday to the new england patriots, and their coach bill belichick. this is youtube video when the jets were heading to the locker room at halftime. kyra, listen. >> hey, rex, belichick is better than you. >> [ bleepshut the [ bleep ] up. >> he told him. >> ryan has apologized. the nfl hasn't announced if ryan will be fined. the thing about rex ryan, he doesn't have that filter. he knows the league has rules. rex ryan, he doesn't have a filter. what comes to his mind, it comes out of his mouth. >> i can relate. why do you think i'm always in trouble? thanks, jeff. it's not exactly passionate. cnn's jeanne moos reports on a musical way of puckering up. >> reporter: in the movies, you've seen accidental. ♪ >> reporter: shy kisses. and passionate kisses. and even spider-man's upside down kiss. but if you think a kiss is just a kiss, pucker up. >> this is the mommy kiss. ♪ >> reporter: we're not talking about transmitting germs when we say the 2-year-old harmonic kiss has just gone viral. typical reaction, what the hell did i just watch? >> 1% just to say ooh. >> reporter: this man is well-known in the field of overtones even if his harmonic kiss sounds a little dirty. >> take a person's mouth cavity and put it next to your resonator. >> reporter: founder of overtonesinging.com explains a person can sing more than one note at the same time by changing the shape of their mouth. it becomes -- ♪ but the harmonic kiss got the kiss-off from many. gross, you guys. get a room. they're like fish. "not quite the mermaid man kiss in splash." tranquang hai goes in like patrick swayze in ghost. >> i use it for music therapy. >> reporter: therapy to solve marital problems, but some might consider it grounds for divorce. tranquang hai definitely has a display of whim si, displaying his musical talent, using a credit card, his fingers, and spoons. when it comes to the harmonic kiss, this is one of those things that, once you see it, cannot be unseen. sort of like the al gore-tipper kiss. at least women can say to the harmonic kisser what deborah kerr said to burt lancaster. >> nobody can kiss me the way you do. >> nobody? >> reporter: nope, nobody. jeanne moos, cnn. ♪ new york. and it's the top of the hour. thanks for joining us here in the cnn newsroom. this morning jerry sandusky admits he horsed around but insists he's innocent. his first public comments may leave people even more sickened and more outraged. the former penn state football coach says he is not sexually attracted to young boys even though he admits to showering with them. he says it was just poor judgment. listen to sandusky in his own words with bob costas. >> in retrospect, you know, i shouldn't have showered with those kids. >> that's it? >> yeah, that's what hits me the most. >> are you a pedophile? >> no. >> are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underage boys? >> am i sexually attracted to underage boys? >> yes. >> sexually attracted, no. i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. i -- but, no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> jason carroll was at the penn state campus. he actually spoke with sandusky's lawyer. >> kyra, as you noi, i spoke to sandusky's attorney for a lengthy period of time. he says that, yes, sandusky admits to showering with young boys on several occasions. yes, now he has come to regret that. but he also says that sandusky did not sexually assault anyone. >> jerry sandusky is a big overgrown kid. he's a jock. for anybody who's ever played sports, you get showers after you workout. when people hear he got showers with kids, oh, my goodness, you know, he got showers with kids. that makes him guilty, right? obviously, anybody who gets a shower with a kid who's an adult has to be guilty of something, but the bottom line is jocks do that. they kid around. they horse around. >> reporter: kyra, a bit of a followup here. back in 1998, sandusky did shower with a boy here at penn state. that was brought to the attention of university police. sandusky promised not to do it again. then he followed that up with repeated behavior, doing it again in 2000 and again in 2002. so i asked his attorney, why, after getting in trouble in 1998, would he repeat that behavior? and he told me, quote, well, that was pretty stupid. once again, kyra, he says that does not mean he sexually assaulted anyone. kyra? >> our jason carroll at penn state. jason, thanks. we'll talk to the managing editor of the "altoona mirror" and hear how pennsylvania is react to go that interview. let's talk about the occupy wall street movement. just moments ago a judge issued a restraining order that would seem to benefit the protesters. it not only allows their return to zuccotti park just hours after being evicted, it also reveals they'll be allowed to rebuild tent city. poppy harlow is there. you've been there through the night and the morning. what's the reaction to this news? >> reporter: there aren't a lot of protesters around zuccotti park, kyra, they're marching down a different ways. but this ruling coming from district court judge lucy billings, if this is upheld at the next hearing at 11:30 a.m., this is a huge win, at least in the near term, for the protesters down here. it not only says that the police and also the private company that owns zuccotti park cannot ejikt them, it also says they do not have to abide by the rules, the rules that have been posted here saying there's a 10:00 curfew. they can't bring sleeping bags or tents. you can imagine the reaction from the protesters would be absolutely huge. it is relatively calm down here right now. you hear one protester yelling, but it's relatively calm compared to what happened last night. if we can bring up video last night as we were reporting live, starting at 2:00 a.m. in the morning, as the evictions were taking place. there were 100 arrests overnight according to the new york city police department. that said, there were physical clashes. we were caught in the middle of some of them, kyra, between protesters and between police officers that were throughout the streets here, right between ground zero and wall street. those went on until about 6:00 in the morning. that's when the protesters moved a few blocks away to congregate elsewhere. one of the protesters was arrested last night that i spoke with, kyra. he told me that he just got out of jail. he is planning to stay here even if they can't stay in zuccotti park. he says, this movement will continue. you certainly feel they are not giving up, not slowing down. if anything, they are mustering more support. >> poppy harlow in new york for us. one of the many reasons for clearing the park is health concerns. not just for those who lived among these mountains of trash and filth but also the people who live nearby. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joining us now. pretty serious health risks, right, elizabeth? >> kyra, yes. serious health risks for the people who are in these occupy movements. we've been speaking with infectious disease experts, and they say with winter coming, it's a perfect storm. with winter comes flu and other viral illnesses. you have that many people packed together in a small area, and that is just a recipe for illness. in addition, you have not great sanitation doctor garbage, feces, just not a great situation. so the experts we talked to were concerned, if something wasn't done, you definitely could have people getting sick. >> what could be done to keep people and these protests from getting ill? >> one thing is flu shots. in some places, they have had folks go in and try to give people flu shots. but the other thing is that people need to -- some of the folks who were in these movements need to realize that their liberties might be curtailed by public health concerns. if someone said to them, look, you look sick, we want you out here. please go home. please go away, that may have to happen in order to keep everyone healthy. >> is there any risk of diseases starting in the occupiers and moving into the rest of the public? >> the experts we talked to said no. they said, the risks are really for the people who are right there in the movement, not for people living any distance away. >> got it. elizabeth cohen, appreciate it. thanks. seven weeks from today, iowa voters helped shape the presidential field. with those caucuses inching even closer, it's no surprise that candidates are on the campaign trail. this morning rick perry holds a town betting in bettendorf. fellow republican herman cain holds a rally in dubuque. this morning herman cain has something else in common with rick perry, an embarrassing memory lapse over his own policies just one week after the perry blunder in the debate. cain also stumbled. he was meeting with the editorial board of the milwaukee journal sentinel. here it is. >> do you agree with president obama on libya or not? >> okay. libya. president obama support ed the uprising, correct? president obama called for the removal of gadhafi. just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing before i say, yes, i agree, or, no, i don't agree. i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reasons. no, that's a different one. i got to go back and see. got all this stuff twirling around in my head. specifically what are you asking me did i agree or not disagree with obama? >> deputy political director paul steinhauser in washington. it makes you sort of uncomfortable wondering what's going on because that's not the herman cain we usually hear, paul. >> it is a little uncomfortable to watch. especially since the poll numbers in our recent survey are dropping. kyra, that went viral online, and that was the talk of twitter. herman cain eventually did get the answer right. it took him a little while to get his bearings. here's what the candidate himself said last night while campaigning in wisconsin. he was trying to down play it. take a listen. >> they asked me a question about libya, and i paused so i could gather my thoughts. it's really complimentary when people start documenting my pauses. it's one thing to document every word. it was a pause. that's all it was. good grief. >> reporter: two things come to my mind. this is libya. this is a story in the news nonstop this year. that wasn't an obscure thing they're asking him about. second thing, foreign policy, not herman cain's wheel house. the economy is. one of the other questions on cain was whether or not china had nuclear weapons. he gets another chance in the next cnn debate. >> another debate, another poll. let's talk about where the republican candidates stand right now. >> reporter: you mentioned it's seven days until the iowa caucuses. those are the first set in the caucus calendar. brand new report from bloomberg in iowa among people likely to vote in republican caucuses. basically a four-way battle for the top with cain, ron paul, the congressman from texas, mitt romney, the massachusetts governor, and newt gingrich, whose numbers have been on the rise. anything can happen between now and seven weeks from now on january 3rd in iowa. >> just look at how things have changed in the past couple of weeks. thanks, paul. as paul just mentioned, you nid to mark your calendars right now for next tuesday, november 22nd. cnn is going to bring you that debate, focuses exclusively on national security and foreign policy. next tuesday 8:00 eastern on cnn. there's reports of new fighting between syrian forces and anti-government protesters. it comes over the suspension of the arab league on the crackdown of the opposition. >> reporter: let's take a look at what the papers are saying. let's go straight to "the guardian" here in the uk, a simple headline that says "losing friends." it's a common piece that says "syria's expulsion from the air league tomorrow marks a change for an organization whose more traditional posture is astride a fence. the move is largely symbolic, but symbolism matters." assad's regime has few friends left. "all signs are basically pointing to the end of the line of the syrian regime of bashar al assad. the overwhelming majority of arab states now openly oppose the syrian leader, and even iran is now hedging its bets." from the uae "the national," its headline "on syria rare arab-west rapprochement." "this surprising alliance evolved to its full extent with the unfolding events in syria and now the arab and western position,completely consistent in supporting the uprising and calling upon president bashar al assad to step down." but the warning he's not going anywhere yet. he has a lot of important cards that he can play. he still has a strong solid base of support. he has a very powerful military machine. also, russia on the security council would have to support any decision that the u.n. makes, and iran and hezbollah still wild cards. some analysts say they do still fully back him. kyra? >> zain, appreciate it. coming up, a 9-year-old girl survives being pinned upside down in a car for two days. we'll tell you what she did to stay alive. i have astigmatism. my old contacts would sometimes move and blur my vision. then my eye doctor told me about acuvue® oasys for astigmatism. he said it's the only lens of its kind designed to realign naturally with every blink so now, i'm seeing more clearly. 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>> my -- i can't totally answer that question. my answer would be no. >> did joe paterno at any time ever speak to you directly about your behavior? >> no. >> never? >> no. >> neil, what do you make of that? >> well, i think that this is -- you know, we've said that this is the end of the beginning may have taken place last week, and now we're going to be in another lengthy phase of who's going to say what and what is going to be believable and how many other people, particularly university officials, will be implicated in some sort of testimony. there was -- the district attorney in 1998, as we know, looked into an allegation against jerry sandusky from the mother of an alleged victim, and it was ultimately unfounded. it started with university police and then went to the district attorney. i can't believe that joe wouldn't have known that or that university officials wouldn't have known that if a district attorney in a very small town is looking into your top assistant coach on that level of a charge. but as jerry got on there last night and is presenting his perspective, i'm guessing joe will have that same opportunity as this progresses. >> well, and you evidently, your website, once this interview came out, you said has just been flooded with comments. what are people saying in the community? >> well, every story on this subject has been flooded with comments not only at our paper but every paper. there's some people that say there's been a rush to judgment. other people say everybody had to go the minute this story came. so there really is not a lot of middle ground of taking a wait and see. i think the court of public opinion ultimately convicted paterno, graham spannier, and the board of trustees acted, and they have a national crisis on their hands. whether they're guilty or not, they had to stop the bleeding, in their estimation. >> neil, you've had a chance to talk with so many players within this story, and you've talked with friends of jerry sandusky. does he have any supporters left? is does he still have friends there that are saying we're standing by him? >> you know, that's a good question. his home has been vandalized. i can't imagine what it's like to be him right now. listening to the interview last night -- and i've interviewed him for many years -- he clearly sounds totally shaken and even much older than the 67 that he is. i can't imagine. i think his circle is very small. i know that one former letterman reached out to him and sent him some money and the one former letterman encouraged other people to do it. i don't know that anybody else has done that. i know some former teammates are all crushed because nobody -- none of his former teammates saw this coming. >> neil rudel, managing editor of "the altoona mirror" newspaper. i know you'll be working with story day and night, neil. we'll keep reading. owners and players apparently can't agree at the negotiating table. so it looks like they're going to face each other in court. will there be an nba season? 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[ male announcer ] head & shoulders: seven benefits. every bottle. if you're an nba fan, prepare yourself because this could sting. the players union has turned down the league's latest offer in a dispute over collective bargaining and might take the league to court. charles grantham is the former head of the nba players association. what do you think? is there any hope for a regular season here? >> there is hope, but it's definitely diminishing. there's no question that this latest move by the players will jeopardize this season. >> charles, what is the advantage of filing an antitrust suit against the league? >> well, clearly, an effort to gain a little leverage at the bargaining table. the process will be very timely and cost-consuming. the idea is to add a little bit of leverage at a time when they feel the deal on the table is unacceptable. >> does that mean the negotiations stop? >> the negotiations will not formally stop. they're still allowed to have discussion, but it does add a little bit more pressure, and it does create an environment that will probably make the process a little longer. >> and you and i well know, when it comes down to it, fans don't care about the legal jargon. they want to cheer on their teams, have a beer, have some fun. how do you keep players in the league from alienating fans from all of this? >> well, it's unfortunate. this is the worst nightmare for the fans because clearly they've got to sit and watch the agony of the season disappearing, on the one hand. on the other hand, it could very well be sort of the last effort and could very well end up in an agreement sometimes between now and early january. >> so what is your take? why can't the nba and its players resolve this like the nfl did? >> well, it's -- as you know, it's all about money, and it's an economic pie here, and it's got to be divided. quite frankly, the players don't believe that it's being divided evenly. of course, this is just a dispute that will always end probably unfavorably for one side. >> what do you think, before i let you go, just personally and with your background? what's the most disappointing part of all of this for you? >> the disappointing part for me as a former director is to see the potential loss of income for the players and their families. clearly, this is not a good time for anyone to be out of work. it's doing damage to a sport that we love. it's been a very prosperous business, and we're just hopeful that they could come to some resolution here. >> charles grantham, thanks for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. newt gingrich's double digit leap in the polls. we're going to talk about that with our political buzz panelists. what's behind the big surge? ♪ do you believe in magic? [ male announcer ] there's just something about werther's caramel that makes a chocolate so smooth and creamy, you don't just taste it, you feel it. ♪ magic [ male announcer ] werther's original caramel chocolate. what comfort tastes like. checking top stories now. former penn state coach jerry sandusky denies abusing any young boys, but he does admit to hugging, horsing around, and showering with them. sandusky talked to nbc's bob costas by phone. in a few hours, president obama will leave hawaii for australia. he will address parliament and head to the military stronghold of darwin. he's expected to announce a plan for a more pronounced military presence in that country. check out the newest tourist attraction in congo. the value kolcano is in nationa. it's shooting lava nearly 1,000 feet into the air. the government wants tourists to camp out and watch the show. all right. political buzz. your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions, 30 seconds on the clock. democratic national committee member rob ert zimmerman. georgetown university professor chris metzler. and patricia murphy, founder of citizen jane politics. newt gingrich surging in the cnn poll, now basically tied with mitt romney. it's a double digit leap. what's he doing right? chris? >> a couple of things. first, what i think you're seeing is newt is he's not herman cain. so he's doing that right. secondly, newt is coming across in the debate actually going after the moderators with their questions. so people are actually loving that. and, third, he's coming across as the conservative intellectual that he is with a serious grasp of the issues. as a result of that, republican voters are saying, well, maybe we'll take another look at him. if you also notice, he didn't go after his -- despite the baiting, he didn't go after his opponents directly. so as a result of that, he's doing well. >> robert? >> what he's doing right is avoiding scrutiny. let's remember, when he launched his national campaign, he was vilified by the republican party because he condemned the medicare plan, and when he discussed his personal life, he became an object of scorn amongst his own party for those reasons. you've seen him turn his unfavorables around, and the improvement is because it speaks to how astute and strategic gingrich is and his understanding of national politics. i'm not saying his surge is going to last long and he'll be the nominee, it's going to last longer than the others who have surged against mitt romney. >> he did a couple of things right much the first thing is he's looking good next to his competition. as the professor said, he is not committing a lot of the problems. he doesn't have a lot of the same problems that rick perry has. he's able to complete sentences, for example. he also just has incredible depth of experience. that's really coming across in these debates. and he may have had many scandals in the past in terms of spending too much money on his wife's jewelry, but compared to what herman cain's going through that, doesn't look like much of a problem. he really is surging forward because of who he is. he also has a reputation for not being so disciplined. he has to keep that together if he wants to stay ahead. >> president obama's health care law, now before the u.s. supreme court. what do you think? how's it going to impact the 2012 election? chris? >> i think, if, in fact -- i believe that there's going to be a 5-4 decision, and the court's going to strike it down. if that, in fact, happens, it works for both sides. both sides can then run against the establishment supreme court. they can, in fact, say, listen, this is why you need the republican in office, or this is why you need to keep the democrat in office. to the extent there's an opening, we can change that. the supreme court is unelected. but, in fact, it is running your life. so i think it's going to have a tremendous impact. the question is how both sides are going to play it. >> okay. robert? >> the standard partisan line you'll hear from my party, the democratic party, is that this will energize the base. you can have someone else recite the talking points for you because politically, analyzing this issue, i have never seen an election yet or a contest yet where the supporters of obama's health care reform -- and i'm one of them -- has shown more energy or more ability to pull the vote than the adversaries, the opponents of the obama health care reform act. i'm very concerned about what this means in terms of mobilizing our democratic electorate, and it also takes us away from the jobs issue, and that is the defining issue in 2012. >> patricia? >> this health care decision will have a huge impact, no doubt about it. this is going to come down more than likely in june of 2012, right in the heat of these elections, and i think that, if this comes down and it is upheld, obama really needs this to be upheld. he cannot have his signature issue, what he spent all of his political capital on, he cannot have it be struck down as unconstitutional when he is a constitutional professor. for the republicans, if it's upheld, that will really energize their base, and they're already energized already. but if this is upheld, the only way they can get rid of it is to repeal it by having a president that will sign it into law. >> first there was rick perry, now herman cain and his oops moment. >> so you agree with president obama on libya or not? >> okay. libya. i got to go back. i got a lot of stuff twirling around in my head. >> okay, guys. what else is twirling around in cain's head? robert? >> we know it's not public policy issues. in addition to not being able to speak to the position on libya, he also was not able to discuss his own 9-9-9 plan adequately, often times redefining it and acknowledging it didn't add up, and he didn't know that china had nuclear weapons. the only thing maybe twirling around in his head is how he can get out of this and land a reality tv show. that's his only gig coming up. >> patricia? >> i have no idea what's twirling around in that head of his. i hope it is newt gingrich's phone number. those two need to get together, and newt gingrich and he can sit down and go over the finer points of foreign policy, domestic policy. they can do it over pizza. i think it's high time. >> chris, bring it home. >> there are three things. the first of which is why didn't i get condoleezza rice to be my foreign policy tutor? the second is thin crust or thick crust? and the third is what does a guy have to do to win the nomination? occupy godfather's pizza? i mean, those are the things that are twirling around in his head at this point, or at least that's how it seems. >> thanks, guys. twirling around now in rick perry's head, we're going to find out because we're going on the ground in iowa. he's making a speech called uproot and overhaul washington. let's listen in. >> the monuments of bureaucratic failure and put in place a smaller, more efficient federal governme government. washington insiders won't address belt way decay. they won't try and totally new way. the reason is because they kind of like it the way it is. the lobbyists making their living on protecting corporate loopholes. securing those ear marks for the special interests that they represent. status quo is good for washington insiders. it's good for overpaid bureaucrats. it's good for the power players who trade favors to build fiefdoms of influence. while the rest of america remains mired in the ruins of this economic recession that we're in, and it's been caused -- the recession's been caused by washington's out of touch, big government economic policies. that area up there is doing just fine economically. in fact, washington metro area is the most affluent metropolitan area in the country. that's because all the lobbyists and the contractors and the overpaid czars and bureaucrats haven't suffered one bit. during this worst recession that we've had in 70 years in this country. you know, while main street's windows are getting boarded up, cash continues to flow to those wall street financiers and belt way profiteers. let me ask you a question. if you built a house and the walls, when you moved in, were crumbling down, had faulty wiring, had a leaky roof, would you call the original incompetent builder to fix it? and if it was fundamentally flawed, would you add on to the same faulty structure, or would you tear it down and rebuild again with a totally new crew? i think i know what your answer is. our country's foundation, the american people, united states constituti constitution, there's nothing wrong with them. they're still strong. it's what the politicians and the bureaucrats have built on the backs of the american taxpayers that's got to be replaced and rebuilt. those who got us into this mess cannot get us out. those who increased the debt by $4 trillion in the last three years cannot be trust ed to brig in a new era of fiscal austerity. those who made the crisis worse don't have the capacity to make it better. in recent weeks, the president has taken the one finger of blame instead of taking responsibility. we said americans lack ambition and imagination. mr. president, americans aren't soft or lazy. americans don't lack ambition or imagination. it's washington that has failed us. we need a new builder. we need a washington outsider. i'm unique in this republican field. i've never been an established figure. i've never served in congress. i've never been a part of an administration. i've never been a paid lobbyist. my career has been that of a washington outsider. and here's my plan to fix three broken branches of government. part one of my plan is to reform the federal judiciary by ending term limits -- or i should say ending term limits on federal judges. >> rick perry live in bettendorf, iowa, giving a speech there we will continue to follow, uprooting and overhauling washington is the topic. we'll monitor it. and also mark your calendars now for next tuesday, november 22nd. that night cnn will bring you a debate focusing exclusively on national security and foreign policy next tuesday, 8:00 p.m., right here on cnn. the fallout has started for penn state. we're talking about the financial fallout from the alleged sex abuse scandal. alison kosik has the numbers coming up. his establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment portfolio, research stocks... wait, why are you taking... oh, i see...solitary. just a man and his thoughts. and a smartphone... with an e-trade app. ♪ nobody knows... 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in two hours, nasa reveals its process for selecting the next group of astronauts. details after the break. think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain... two pills can last all day. ♪ two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. job alert here. must be willing to travel, though. and i do mean travel. the international space station, maybe mars, perhaps an asteroid? rob marciano, it sounds like your dream job, my friend. >> you and me both. you know what? we just might qualify. listen up to some of these requirements. first of all, all touf do is go online if you want to apply. do it today. go to usajobs.gov and search in the search bar, astronauts, and you'll get right to the application. you might say, well, you know, the space shuttle is done. so what are they going to do? new astronauts are going to have to advance research on board the iss, international space station, and use some of that obviously for earth. but also learn how to develop those skills and go beyond that, search for asteroids and maybe go to mars one day. all right. they're looking for 9 to 15 astronauts. currently, there's 59 active. might add as much as 15. you got to be a u.s. citizen. look at the salary there. $64,000 to $141,000. this is all commercial -- or government grade pay grade there. not too shabby on the pay grade. bachelor's degree in a physical science, check. vision 20/20. correctible. you can get lasik. bloop 140/90 or less. and height restrictions 5'2" to 6'3". that, i think, includes kyra. here's what i think is hilarious. on the website, they actually have a recruiting video, like you actually need this. >> you have to convince us to do it? >> you have to convince people to do this? seriously? >> let me fly. i want to go in space. end of story. >> it's like having a recruiting video to become a major league baseball player or football. you either have the goods or you don't. most everybody wants to do it. >> you know what's a bummer, though? during the war, you know my relationship with the navy, and a lot of my buddies are fighter pilots. one of them actually became an astronaut. it's changed because there aren't shuttles anymore. he said, okay, it was still amazing. i loved being able to do it for a couple of years, but it's not what it used to be. a lot of young men who dreamed about, hey, walking on the moon, the program's changed a lot. >> but now astronauts are going up, like just yesterday they went up in that soyuz rocket, which is an old school one, and it crashes from time to time. it's kind of old school astronauts, more risk takers. >> what the heck? astronauts go old school. >> apply today. help wanted, astronauts. >> you'd be great working for nasa. driving people right in. thanks, rob. we're going to check sports. it's looking more and more like a nuclear winter for the nba season. players have once again turned down the owners' latest offer. the players union is looking into filing an antitrust lawsuit. the players hope the threat of the lawsuit will get the league to give in. monday night football. green bay packers toying with the minnesota vikings. rookie randall cobb, like green bay needed another offensive weapon, returns the punt for the touchdown. aaron rodgers was his typical self, in one word, awesome. this touchdown pass to greg jennings. the final score 45-7. right now there's a big gap between the packers and everyone else. coming up in the news room, police actually forced people in zuccotti park to get out of that area. at 11:30, a judge is going to hear arguments from protesters about why they should be allowed to use that park. plus former penn state coach jerry sandusky denied being a pedophile in an interview that aired on primetime tv last night. for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog cart, and it's on a really good corner. let's see if we can buy the property." and the branch manager said, "all right, i will take a chance with the two of you." and we've been loyal to bank of america for the last 71 years. constipated? 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[ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. despite some polls showing support is fading for herman cain in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal, a new survey suggests the opposite. the bloomberg news survey actually indicates 20% of iowans polled plan to support herman cain. 19% say they'll back ron paul. and 18% said they'll support mitt romney. 17% backing newt gingrich. senior political reporter mark preston joining us now. the poll is out. just seven weeks before iowa's january 3 caucus. cain on top here. perry lagging far behind, and he's unveiling a new plan today, right now, in iowa. >> good news for herman cain, especially since this poll was conducted after all the news of allegations of sexual harassment have hit herman cain. the problem for herman cain in iowa is he has no real ground operation. in order to win the iowa caucuses, you need a ground operation. i should tell you as well that herman cain is using iowa to raise money. they've been sending an e-mail out over the past week to try to raise $1 million that they said they would focus entirely on iowa. but as you said, rick perry there at 7% in iowa, which is a terrible number for the texas governor. he is unveiling a new plan to, what he says, dismantle washington, d.c., as we know it. a couple of those proposals would include cutting congressmen and senators' pay in half, making congress a part-time legislature, much like we see in many states. also put a moratorium on federal regulations as we know it right now. not only is herman cain holding events right now in iowa, but rick perry is as well. which goes to show you how important the state is. >> it's interesting. rick perry had his brain freeze moment. herman cain had it. the polls up and down, newt gingrichni