and good morning. this is your a.m. wake-up call for wednesday, november 23rd, from the time warner center in new york. i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. i don t want a law that says after we lose a major american city, we re sure going to come and find you. i want a law that says you try to take out an american city, we re going to stop you. newt gingrich challenging ron paul over the patriot act. the new co-front-runner still getting high marks in his first debate with a bull s-eye on his back. we ll have more of the highlights ahead. it s going to be a necessme one. delays on one of the busiest travel days of the year. the east coast being soaked. and avalanche warnings in the pacific northwest. uc-davis trying to make good after police were caught on tape pepper spraying peaceful occupy protesters, now promising to pay medical bills and drop charges against students who were arrested. how would a president handle a nuclear iran or an uns