threat as well this morning. reynolds wolf standing by. he ll be here in a moment with the latest from there and all over the country. and herman cain is out. so who s in the best position to take iowa and maybe even take some of his supporters? we ve got new poll numbers out. going give us some clues. let s get through some of the morning s headlines now. police in riot gear swept into a portland park kicking out occupy protesters overnight. a number of them were arrested. they had set up camps there after being kicked out of another park by police a few weeks ago. after police cleared the park, city workers came through, tore down all the tent. while they were doing that, the occupy protesters roamed the streets looking for a new place to set up. one of the reasons that i ran for president of the united states was such that i could change washington, d.c., from the inside. plan b is that we are going to have to change it from the outside. [ cheers ] yeah. he moved on
i m christine romans along with my friend, carol costello. happy day before friday. up first this hour, iraqi officials honoring the service and sacrifice of u.s. and coalition troops as well as their own. special ceremony at camp victory overnight. vice president biden was on hand. the event coming just weeks before american troops complete their withdrawal from iraq. cnn s martin savidge live in baghdad. we were hoping you could attend that ceremony but you could not. reporter: good morning to you, carol. you are right. we were told about 12 hours before that ceremony was to begin that members of the media were not allowed to attend. even though the buildup a week and a half we were told absolutely we would be there. the explanation that was given was security. does not appear we were the primary security threat but the concern was that they honl limited space. this is going to be held indoors for security reasons at a palace out there at camp victory because they neede