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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 unstable pakistan? we found out last night. the candidates got at it in the shadow of the white house. here are the highlights. >> i think the patriot act is unpatriotic because it undermines our liberty. i'm concerned, as everybody is, about the terrorist attack. timothy mcveigh was a vicious terrorist. he was arrested. i have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. you can still provide security without sacrificing our bill of rights. >> do you want to respond, mr. speaker? >> yeah. timothy mcveigh succeeded. that's the whole point. timothy mcveigh killed a lot of americans. i want a law that says you try to take out an american city, we're going to stop you. >> is it okay for muslim-americans to get more intensive pat-downs or security when they go through airports than christian-americans or jewije jewish americans? >> no, blitz. that's oversimplifying it. i happen to believe that if you allow our intelligence agencies to do their job, they can come up with an approach. i'm sorry, blitz. i meant wolf, okay? blitz, wolf. >> thank you, cain. >> we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are getting very fired about where we find ourselves today. >> governor romney. >> let me respond. are you suggesting, governor, that we take all our troops out next week? what's your proposaproposal? >> i said we should draw down from 100,000 troops. many of them who can't even cross the wire. we need a presence more akin to 10,000 to 15,000. >> president ahmadinejad came to the general assembly. he said he wanted to eradicate israel from the face of the earth. he said if he had a nuclear weapon, he will use it to wipe israel off the face of the earth. he will use it against the united states of america. and that's why president obama has failed the american people. he has changed the course of history because at the time when we needed a leader most, we didn't have one. >> so which candidate will you be talking about today? the best political team on tv filed their scorecards. take a look. >> for the most part tonight, we saw a lot of what we've seen in prior debates. everyone trying to say newt's a smart guy, right? >> he didn't get a lot of grief. he got a little bit, but not much. i was expecting some of the so-called second-tier candidates to go after newt gingrich because he has emerged at the top. he's rough the front-runners, he and romney, the polls in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, both of them are doing really, really well. i thought maybe we would see a little bit more from michele bachmann, for example, or rick santorum or some of the other canned da candidates, but you didn't see a lot of that. >> ron paul continues to speak well for the libertarians. you can see them on twitter, they're all out there cheering him on because they thought he was strong. but at the same time, i think when gingrich and romney came out, they really speak for the majority of the republican party. >> it's fascinating when you look at all of these debates, the republican party, who's leading? the biggest established figures, mitt romney and arguably newt gingrich. who's not getting traction? rick perry. no-fly zone over syria, social security is a ponzi scheme, send congress home, cut their pay. the typical things that you think are red meat just around working this year. newt gingrich is the one who's propelled himself back from the depths. >> and here we are at cnn. we're gearing up for a new round of debates. so mark your calendar. thursday, january 19th, cnn and the southern republican leadership conference will host a town hall debate in charleston, south carolina. south carolina will hold the first in the south presidential primary two days later on january 21st. let's head to atlanta and get a check of the weather. thanksgiving is shaping up to be kind of a nasty day in places. >> well, the day before thanksgiving is. tomorrow's a little better. you know, we're going to be making progress. so glass half full, right, carol? think about it that way. the later in the day that you travel today, also the better the weather will be. now, your traffic might be more congest congested. there you can see our big storm system across the east. showers and thundershowers in the southeastern part. in the northern tier, we're dealing with pretty heavy snow across parts of upstate new york, vermont, new hampshire and into maine. looking at maybe 6 to 12 inches for the most part. that front's going to sweep through. and by this evening, almost everybody's going to be done with the rain and the snow. great weather across the nation's midsection. so it should be good for travelers there. in the pacific northwest, your storm really impacting you in the morning. and it's a cold front, carol, but not all that bitter. still not bad with highs in the 60s across the plains. >> okay. i'm looking at a glass half full. it's thanksgiving. >> i know. >> jacqui jeras, thanks so much. irch if you haven't left yet, you're already late. it's thanksgiving eve, and we all know what that means, one of the busiest days of the year. but with high gas prices and pricey plane tickets, amtrak is preparing for what could be a banner week. our ted rowlands is ready to ride the rails. ted, can you hear me? ted? ted? oh, ted. >> reporter: i don't hear anything off air. >> i don't think ted can hear me. >> reporter: well, we are at -- we're in st. louis right now. and we're going to be traveling from st. louis to chicago. normally, of course, we'd go to an airport on this day, the busiest travel day of the year, but instead of talking to angry airport passengers, carol, we've decided to take the train and talk to some of these folks. 42.5 million people will be taking the train, and we're going to be taking the train along with them. we're going to use this little backpack thing here. this will enable us to go live from inside the train . it's a 5 1/2-hour train ride. we'll be on the train reporting, talking to people about all kinds of things from the super committee to why they chose the train and where they're going. we're hoping our technology works. and we're hoping to meet some great people on the train. 42 million people traveling this week. but only about 1 million of them take the train. we did sort of a cost analysis on this trip from st. louis to chicago. and it's a little cheaper, actually. we found a round-trip ticket from st. louis to chicago runs you 80 bucks. costs you about 100 bucks to drive in gas alone. it's economical. and we're going to find out firsthand why people -- there's some folks right there getting ready for the train. why people take the train. and it should be an exciting couple hours coming up in our first report will come next hour during "american morning." carol? >> ted, can you hear me? i don't think ted can hear me. >> reporter: yeah. >> oh, you can hear me? o >> reporter: oh, i got you now. i didn't have you earlier. >> i know you didn't. >> reporter: wait, the train's leaving. >> go ahead, get on the train, ted. don't miss it. don't miss it. we'll check back with you later. >> reporter: no, i'm just kidding. it doesn't leave for another half hour. i'm just kidding. >> i was going to say, you're going to get on a train full of thanksgiving travelers, and you're going to talk about the super committee? >> reporter: no -- well -- yeah, i doubt it. i doubt people are really going to care about it. we're going to talk about everything, first of all, not a lot of us take the train very often. it's something you think about. but who actually does take the train? so we'll talk to people about whatever they want to talk about and get a feel for it all. >> all right. thank you, ted rowlands. >> reporter: if the super committee comes up, we'll talk about it. >> thank you so much. i'm just saying that we'll probably talk about the super committee at my thanksgiving day feast, and my family looks at me and says please be quiet. we want to talk about something happy. but maybe ted will have better luck on the train. in other news, uc-davis -- actually, they're in full damage control mode this morning. that's what i'm trying to say. the university held a town hall meeting last night in front of about 1,000 students. the chancellor offered to cover the medical expenses for protesters who were blasted with pepper spray in a video that went viral. she stressed that students have a right to demonstrate peacefully. >> i am requesting that those charges against the students who have been arrested be doctored. that any medical expenses incurred by any students involved will be refunded. and that i have requested an advisory panel to examine the events that took place and that these reports directly to the uc president. >> two officers and the chief of campus police are off the job after the pepper spraying. the chancellor who is trying to hang on to her job also said she wanted police to remove tents, but she did not approve of the use of force or any arrests. jerry sandusky's days as a free man may be numbers. this morning sources say pennsylvania child services is now investigating two new cases of alleged child sex abuse against the former penn state coach. these complaints only filed within the past 60 days which means these accusers are still minors and that the alleged abuse happened while the grand jury was investigating sandusky. yesterday sandusky's lawyer told abc news that he would not be surprised if his client went to jail if prosecutors brought new charges. still to come, caught on camera. terrifying moments when a helicopter runs into trouble and crashes. and even though the pilot was tossed out like a rag doll, he survived. new developments in that s.a.t. cheating scandal. investigators locate more students they say were paying people to take their college entrance exam for them. and before you tie up your holiday shopping list, the list of the most dangerous toys has been released. we'll share. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." it's 12 minutes past the hour. e, we're transforming tomorrow. your husband put this all together when emma was born. he was an amazing man. this is for you. it's all paid off. ♪ and this is for emma. so where do you think she'll go? 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[ male announcer ] head & shoulders: seven benefits, every bottle. 14 minutes past the hour. here's what's all new this morning. eight republican contenders faced off in the shadow of the white house at last night's gop national security debate. the evening's hot topics were the patriot act, immigration and securing our borders. it was newt gingrich's debut as the party's front-runner. and some analysts say he seemed appealing and positive. the s.a.t. cheating scandal widens on long island. 13 more students facing charges. nine are accused of paying people to take the s.a.t. and a.c.t. tests in their place. police say they accepted up to 3 $3,600 to scam the system. listen up, parents. before you start your holiday shopping, make sure you check the annual trouble in toyland report. it details the dangers in some children's toys. they found choking on small parts is still the leading cause of toy-related deaths. and many toys contain high levels of toxic chemicals. also, the report reveals what hazardous toys are on the shelves right now. let's head to atlanta and check in with jacqui jeras. good morning, jacqui. >> good morning, carol. checking on things on the airways at this hour. so many people flying today. aaa says 4% more people will be driving. as we take a look at our flight explorer, look at all the planes in the air already. the good news is no travel delays being reported by the faa, at least not at this hour. however, with rain up and down the east coast, we do expect to see some delays in places like new york city, also into washington, d.c. philadelphia, we're concerned about some flooding in that area. and then we're also going to see some potential delays even in places like atlanta because the cloud cover is going to hold on at tlooes through the early part of the day. as we look at your thanksgiving turkey day itself here, carol, look at that. things look better. much, much better, in fact. things clear out across the east. the midwest looks great. just a little bit of trouble as our next front comes into the pacific northwest for tomorrow. so get through today and things are looking a lot better. if you're home today, carol, right? what a better day to stay in with the rain and cook your turkey. get things started. >> all right. advice taken. jacqui jeras, thanks to you. a dramatic helicopter crash in new zealand overnight. stunning video now. the chopper's rotator blades clipped a cable while putting up a christmas tree. as you can see, it spent the helicopter spinning wildly out of control before the cop ter slammed into the ground. the chopper's tail snapped completely off. miraculously, the pilot jumped from the helicopter cockpit. he's okay. and so is everyone nearby. pretty amazing. three american college students arrested during the uprising in egypt will face more questioning this morning in cairo. u.s. embassy representatives are expected to be on hand. the students shown on egyptian state television are accused of lobbing molotov cocktails at police during the violent protests. one of their moms is speaking out. she says her son is the type of kid who would get involved but not one who would get violent. >> he is a very passionate person. he believes in democracy. he believes in standing up for what you believe in, standing up for what you feel is right. and that's the kind of person he is. so are we surprised that he would go down there and stand up for what he believes in? no. >> it is the fifth day of violence in egypt. bloody clashes between police and protesters in tahrir square this morning. demonstrators again throwing those molotov cocktails and rocks. cops hitting back with tear gas and rubber bullets. this just days before the parliamentary elections take place. so let's head live to cairo and check check in with ivan watson. good morning, ivan. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it's a violent morning here in tahrir square. we just came from the street that is the main battleground between the demonstrators and the riot police now going into the fifth day. tear gas thick in the air. kids refusing to back down until they're overwhelmed by the gas. and then periodically these momentary lulls in the fighting. i actually saw riot police, young people also crying from the tear gas, embracing and kissing some of the street kids who were fighting them. and then moments later the rocks and the tear gas canisters were out in the air again. last night the head of the ruling military council, he announced that he had accepted the resignation of the civilian government here, the prime minister, that he was going to push forward presidential elections. but that doesn't seem to be satisfying the people who gathered in tahrir square behind me by the hundreds of thousands into the early predawn hours. take a listen to what one of them had to say about the ruling military council. >> they don't even care. they just want them gone. you know. that's how big of a thorn he is in the people's hearts. they just want him gone. you know, no matter the costs. >> reporter: he's talking about the general who was hosni mubarak's defense minister who has been leading this ruling military council that's been governing the country for the last eight months. carol, one final point to make here, we're not seeing a presence among the throngs of people in tahrir square of the powerful muslim brotherhood. they have held back from joining in yesterday's million-man march, reportedly because they helped reach a deal with the ruling military council to push up the date of those presidential elections for this summer. carol. >> ivan watson reporting live from cairo, egypt, this morning, thank you. still ahead on "a.m. wake-up call," a couple of u.s. malls are going to great lengths to figure out how, where and when you shop, and they're hoping you and your mobile phone will help them figure it all out. ♪ what's that? 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