hill to get some of that clarification, thank you steve. bill: we have this morning, the occupy wall street protest movement taking an ugly turn in oakland, california, protestors clashing with police and police in riot gear now for the second day, firing tear gas to try and break up those crowds. listen: they shot tear gas into the crowds, women, children, grandmother, grandfathers, they re all standing in the same spot. it was ridiculous. they didn t need to do it. they weren t doing nothing but talking. bill: many of the protestors have left the area and police are patrolling the plaza where they were set up, removing what, if anything, has been left behind. there are dozens of arrests, just yesterday there. martha: well, we ve got in new polls out this morning from the battle ground state of ohio, and right now, there is good news in this data for president obama. he leads his republican challengers there. former massachusetts
issue many people thought would settle. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the the situation room. president obama is going around congress for his latest plan. he is out west focusing in on the ongoing housing crisis that continues to drag down the u.s. economy. he wants it make it easier for a homeowners who are under water to refinance and he is unveiling his plan in one of hardest hit housing markets in the country. we are talking about las vegas nevada. jessica is joining us now with details. jessica, what is the president doing? he is rolling out a new plan to help homeowners drowning in massive mortgage payments who can t take advantage of the historically low interest rates because the value of their home has plummeted. that s the policy but there s politics here too. nevada, a must-win for the president in 2012. statewide home values have fallen 53% since the height of the crisis, 59% in las vegas. so that s where the president is unveiling his latest housing plan. so
dan wheldon, leaving racing fans in shock and grief. i m wolf blitzer in las vegas, you re in the situation room. we are now in las vegas with the republican hopefuls will face off tomorrow night in the western presidential debate. it comes at a pivotal point in the contest with herman cain now near or at the top of the various polls. but he sparked an uproar over the weekend about a controversial remark about immigration. a very sensitive issue here if nevada. cnn s jim acosta is with us. this is a big one here and in a lot of other states as well herman cain said he made these comments before when he hosted his radio show in atlanta. he is finding out that those remarks can bring in viewers and listeners but may not work as well on a presidential campaign. herm yan cane insists these comments did not cross the line. it ll be 20 feet high. barb wire on the top. it will be electrified. and there is going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. warnin
new york city mayor michael bloomberg ordered the occupy wall street protesters to it leave the park they have been squatting in for three weeks. ilie activities. drug trafficking, sanitation problems. what about social aspects of the protest? here now the culture warriors, gretchen carlson from stanford, connecticut and mar rest hoover. neither woman would be seen within three miles of the protest. except i live two blocks from there. i live right around the corner. have you gone down? i brought you a newspaper last week. the occupy wall street journal. tell me what the hoover eyewitness report is. crack heads down there? what are they doing. not crack heads. soft drugs. bill: what are soft drugs? marijuana.
debt. and not going to okay another spending bill from the obama administration when all the money already spent failed. they are not going to do it. the first stimulus was 800 bill: all the spending, obama care, everything else. you know as a democrat in the republican wins next year and the senate goes republican bye bye obama care. you know that, right? there will be pieces they will try to eliminate. bill: all of it. they have to get 60 votes and i don t know that they will get that. i know there is some executive reform by reconciliation. bill: ing ecktive order. there are parts that won t and the supreme court will say okay to the mandate. bill: want to bet? i will bet you. bill: okay, a dinner at langens across the street. if you win, langens. if i win bill: , no, going to be langens. plenty more ahead as the factor moves on this evening. city of new york booting the occupy wall street protesters