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>> i did. >> welcome to "american morning." >> first, let's get started. could be a tipping point in the wall street movement. patience with the protests wearing thin and more and more cities grown tired of the headaches associated with the protests. in portland, oregon, a standoff on the city streets overnight. more than a dozen arrested as police cleared the city parks of makeshift camps. the mayor of portland telling cnn the every campments are now public health hazards. and two policemen arrested when police tried to remove furniture and tents set up in a park. and in philadelphia, the city's mayor telling reporters what started out as a peaceful protest is now threatening public safety. >> occupy philly has changed. we're seeing serious health and safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis. occupy philly is fractured with internal disagreement and disputes. the people of occupy philly have also changed, and their intentions have changed. and all of this is not good for philadelphia. >> here in new york, with winter looming, volunteer doctors and nurses are providing the occupy wall street protesters with free flu shots. two new developments in the penn state scandal, both involving disgraced former assistant coach jerry sandusky. there are new questions this morning about the judge who granted bail to the accused child abuser and new concerns from neighbors after a cinder clock was apparently thrown through the window of sandusky's home. live in state college, pennsylvania, mary snow, what's the latest? good morning. >> reporter: good morning alina. you know, there have been reported siting of jerry sandusky. one report placed him at a local store and has left some residents in disbelief he's out on bail, given where he lives, which you're about to see. when he was charged with 40 counts of sexually abusing children, jerry sandusky was rae leased on $100,000 bail. one condition, the former penn state defensive coordinator was told not to go near children, but take a look where his house is located. this is the playground from lamont elementary school. right over here is jerry sandusky's house and from his back porch he has a clear view of it. the administrators of the elementary school say local police reached out to them following sandusky's arrest. the district superintendent is quoted saying the school which runs through the second grade has taken additional administrative action to ensure our children are safe. to be clear, sandusky's never been accused of harming random children, rather, of molesting young boys after developing close relationships with them through second mile, the charity he founded. sandusky's maintained his innocence. the road to his home is blocked off, and private property sign on his lawn went up this weekend after police say a cinder block was thrown through a window. nearby neighbors question why he's out on bail. >> it baffled my mind. >> i think presumption of innocence, we all like to believe in that, and we do in this country, but i think there's a level of protection that a neighborhood and a community is entitled to. >> reporter: melissa and carl anderson have two little boys. carl was such a fan of sandusky's as one time, he had an autographed limited edition copy of sandusky's book "touched." >> immediately alternates between anger and sadness, really. i mean, it really is a loss of kind of community, wholesale community innocence. >> reporter: have you seen more police here in the last week? >> yes. >> reporter: the andersons for one want to see a stiffer bail, and now a new revelation about the judge who set the bail. the judge's law firm listed her as a volunteer for second mile. cnn's legal analyst jeffrey toobin. >> the judge certainly should have raised the issue, disclosed her connections to the second mile, so that the parties in the case could decide whether they wanted to ask her to recuse herself. >> reporter: now, cnn has reached out. we did try to contact the judge in this case, but so far, alina, we haven't received a response. alina? >> mary snow live for us in state college, pennsylvania. mary, thank you. all right. president obama talking jobs. terror and torture. and nudging the super committee, too, all on his visit to hawaii for the apec summit. >> 18 other world leaders are there who may hold the key to job creation in this country. our dan lothian has the latest from hawaii. >> reporter: alina, christine, president obama touted progress but also addressed challenges in the effort to boost trade with asia, create more jobs at home, but also in dealings with iran and china. at a press conference marking the end of the apec summit, the president also took a swipe at republican hopefuls when i asked this question about their views on waterboarding. >> last night at the republican debate some of the hopefuls, they hope to get your job, they defended the practice of waterboarding which is a practice that you banned in 2009. herman cain said, "i don't see that as torture." michele bachmann said that it's "very effective." so i'm wondering if you think that they're uninformed, out of touch or irresponsible? >> that's multiple choice question, isn't it? let me just say this -- they're wrong. waterboarding is torture. it's contrary to america's traditions. it's contrary to our ideals. that's not who we are. that's not how we operate. we don't need it no order to prosecute the war on terrorism, and we did the right thing by ending that practice. if we want to lead around the world, part of our leadership is setting a good example. and anybody who has actually read about and understands the practice of waterboarding would say that that is torture. and that's not something we do. period. >> reporter: on a question about the super committee's different task of finding $1.2 trillion in cuts by the november 23rd deadline, the president said this -- >> my hope is that over the next several days the congressional leadership on the super committee, go ahead and bite the bullet and do what needs to be done, because the math won't change. >> reporter: but the primary focus of the apec summit, finding new opportunities for u.s. goods in asia, the president's saying that 95% of consumers are beyond u.s. borders, and he wants to see more of those consumer, with products that are stamped "made in america." aileen in a, christine? >> not a bad gig, if can you get it, in hawaii. also this morning italy is about to get a new leader, economist mario monti was nominated to replace silvio berlusconi as prime minister. italy's president praised him as a gifted, competent and experienced leader, and he better be, because italy needs him to help solve the ongoing financial crisis. and anders breivik is making his first court appearance in norway, charged with killing 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in oslo back in july. dozens of relatives and alleged victims are on hand. he has pleaded not guilty. the judge is expected to decide today whether to leave breivik jailed until his trial begins in the spring. and inquiry into the news of the phone hacking scandal begins today in london. headed up by a judge. the outcome could transform the way newspapers there operate. first witnesses are expected to be called next week. all right. ahead on "american morning with paula zahn," the -- one of them is making the move on the front-runners. gloria cain speaking out for the first time since sexual harassment allegations surfaced against her husband. why she says the allegations just can't be true. and the occupy wall street protesters who got the opportunity of a lifetime, and told hold of it serenading the president and 18 other world leaders in hawaii with a protest tune. the video you've got to see and how he got there with a guitar. that's at the top of the hour. meineke's personal pricing on brakes. i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. welcome back to "american morning." with seven weeks to go before the iowa caucus the republican presidential candidates are flocking to the hawkeye state this week. michele bachmann hosting two town halls in iowa today. newt gingrich has a meet and greet with employees at an insurance company then to a book signing. rick perry is raising money at a dinner and silent auction. right now in iowa it is all about shaking hands and being seen. cnn's deputy political director paul steinhauser joins us live from washington this morning. paul, a gop debate on saturday, and i guess the headline is, there was no big headline. right? >> reporter: exactly. it was very much calmer a debate than what we saw in our debate in las vegas last month. tomorrow, you mentioned, seven weeks until the iowa caucuses. where does the race for the gop nomination stand? two polls came out friday. there's mitt romney as we've seen. you can see all tied up. newt gingrich, seen him rising in the polls, basically left for dead back in may and june when his campaign seemed to collapse, but he is inching his way up. herman cain as 17% basically a dead heat. almost a three-way battle for the top spot. another poll in cbs shows a similar thing as well. cain at the top, but romney and gingrich, everyone with the sampling area and another thing, 17% undecided in both polls. a lot of republican voters still haven't made up their minds with seven weeks to go. cnn, we've been in the field, a brand new poll of our own out in a couple hours, alina. >> why the sudden surge for newt gingrich, do you think? >> reporter: the debates are one reason. he does very well in the debates and we saw it again saturday night in south carolina, and he also seems to be like the elder statesman, the ideas man when it comes to these debates. that's one reason's he has slowly but surely been rising in the polls. republican voters like what they hear from newt gingrich at these debates. one of the other takeaways saturday night, barack obama coming under attack over his stance on iran and other foreign policy issues. mitt romney not coming under attack from the other candidates and rick perry needed a big debate. we remember what happened last wednesday night, his gaffe in michigan. take a listen. had fun whip this on saturday night. >> governor perry, you advocate the elimination of the department of energy. if you eliminate the department of energy -- >> you remembered it. i've had some time to think about it, sir. >> me, too. >> reporter: a little bit of a fun moment. he actually made news as well as the debate. talked about aid to foreign country. start at zero with every country and go up from there. alina, remember, one more debate on foreign policy and national security, that's a cnn debate coming up a week from tomorrow night. >> can't wait. i could watch that perry video 1 million times. makes me laugh every single time. i want to talk more about iowa. the iowa caucus is seven weeks away. why the sudden campaign blitz now? >> reporter: i think a lot of the candidates have been waiting, saving their money. not at much money to go around this cycle as last time. they're waiting. people are actually starting to listen into the candidates, with seven weeks to go. that's why you'll see an explosion of visits to the hawkeye state this weekend straight through december. this saturday most of the candidates will be at a social conservative forum, family values forum. we'll see a lot more of that. we're just about there, alina. >> paul steinhauser, nice to see you. herman cain's wife is speaking for the first time since sexual harassment allegations surfaced. gloria cain on fox news saying her husband would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said. >> to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman, and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> four women have now accused the gop front-runner of inappropriate behavior during his days at the nosh restaurant association. two have come forward publicly. cain denied all allegations. i want to check today's weather. rob marciano in the extreme weather center way look at that. good morning. >> good morning. a storm that rolled through colorado over the weekend. the same storm, actually, or at least a part of it, that hit alaska last week and did all the damage along the alaska coastline. it did damage across the front range of the rockies as well with a decent amount of snow, causing trouble on the roadways and power outages because of big time winds across higher elevations. the snow totals across colorado and utah getting into the act. a lot of the ski resorts in colorado and california actually opened up this weekend. a good time. 11 inches at snowbird and 13 at brighton. in frisco, keystone, 115 mile-an-hour winds. not exactly good skiing weather. 100 mile-an-hour winds at as penn pass and wheatland, 68 miles per hour. a strong storm system pouring into the midwest. a severe threat of isolated tornadoes. wind damage with some of these storms. the more likely event with hail as well, folks. from the ohio river valley down through parts of the midsouth including paducah and the deep south, the mexica border, a lower piece of energy instigates storms across the rio grande and central and southern texas. the rain right now is reaching across parts of the great lakes. the back side is where the strongest storms are. severe thunderstorm and tornado warning early this morning across parts of east central illinois heading into indiana, where the severe weather threat will be over the next couple of hours, i think. along this front, slow to move off to the east. ahead of the front, i don't need to tell you this, temperatures have been balmy. up and over 70 in some spots over the weekend, and chicago had breezy conditions yesterday with high temperature near 70. 58 degree, cooler behind the front in chicago. most of the rain slides off to the east throughout the day today. 64 degrees in new york city. yeah, that's warm. 72 degrees expected in atlanta. if you are traveling today, delays possible this morning across chicago because of morning showers. i think most of that will stay south and east. east towards detroit. more significant rainfall expected and the threat for severe weather in cincinnati this afternoon especially. cleveland and denver, back side of the system, brings in winds across the lower elevations of the mile high city. denver, another win. tebow didn't exactly bring it, but they got another win against kansas city yesterday against the broncos. >> rob, thank you. still to come on "american morning," many call super mario. can he fix-itly's ailing economy? 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"minding your business" this morning. right now it's unclear whether wall street's rally will enter a second week. u.s. stock futures are mixed this morning. the positive political news out of europe. resolution there encouraging investors to buy. president obama stressing the need for increased trade with the asia-pacific region. at this weekend's summit of asian economic powers in hawaii, the president pitched his vision for a seamless-free trade zone. he stressed such a deal is vital to bolstering america's economy. nine days and counting until the super committee's deadline and so far no deficit reduction deal yet. republican congressman who co-chair, the committee tells cnn tax hikes may be a reality. the 12 lawmakers have until november 23rd to reach an agreement on at least $1.2 trillion in tax cuts, spending cuts and deficit cuts, over the next decade. expect a tense face-to-face meeting this week between lawmakers and head of the federal finance agency. the hearing is about the planned million dollar bonuses for top executives of freddie mac and fannie mae. they needed $170 million in taxpayer bailouts just to stay afloat. and approximately $18 billion, the airline emirates announcing yesterday it placed an order for 50 boeing 777s jetliners. the order is the largest in boeing's history. immortals battles its way to the top of the box office. the 3d action flick took in an estimated $32 million rounding out the top three, adam sandler's "jack and jill "and jay ed ger starring leonardo dicaprio. "american morning" will be right back after this break. ♪ ♪ if i should fall from grace with god ♪ ♪ where no doctor can relieve me ♪ ♪ if i'm buried 'neath the sod ♪ but the angels won't receive me ♪ ♪ let me go, boys, let me go, boys ♪ ♪ let me go down in the mud where the rivers... ♪ [ female announcer ] when you're responsible for this much of the team, you need a car you can count on. ♪ you know, if they find out or i said to myself, so what? >> an occupy wall street protesters gets a chance to play in front of president obama and 18 other heads of state. something the white house really didn't bargain for on this "american morning." all right. welcome back, everyone. about half past the hour. time for this morning's top stories. a turning point in the occupy movement. several cities cracking down on protesters over the weekend. in portland, oregon, more than a dozen people arrested after police tried to clear protesters from city parks. and in denver, two police officers injured trying to remove furniture from an encampment. new questions raised about the judge who granted bail and freed former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. district judge leslie worked as a volunteer for sandusky's second mile charity, and legal analysts say she should have disclosed that. reports that sandusky continues to get a large pension payout from penn state. president obama saying china needs to act like a grown-up nation now and play by the same rules as everyone else. he met one-on-one with president hu as he hosted the leaders of 18 pacific asian leaders at the apec summit in hawaii, and also warned iran that no options are off the table in light of the new report on this secret nuclear weapons program. did you see this? an occupy wall street protester really pulled a fast one on the white house. he somehow made his way in, actually got to play his protest song in front of the president, and 18 other world leaders at apec. >> call it occupy aloha. brianna keilar spoke to this very bold musician. >> reporter: christine and alina, as president obama and 18 other heads of state and their spouses dined on saturday night at the apec leaders dinner, they were unwittingly serenaded by a musician almost 45 minutes as he sang a song about the occupy wall street movement. that's matthew, or as he calls himself, mcconna. hawaiian for "the gift." here here on oahu rorg recognizr playing guitar. pe played for president obama, 18 other heads of states and their spouses. ♪ we'll occupy the streets we'll occupy ♪ >> reporter: a song about the occupy wall street movement probably wasn't