times for people who aren't rich players or owners. take san antonio. the spurs are the only major pro sports team. some 4,000 people depend on them for a living. and then cities like sacramento, orlando, portland, salt lake city, the nba is the only major pro sport in that town. we'll see the economic impact there for sure in those cities. so, let's talk more about this with mike pesca from mpr. mike, it's a complicated money dispute, no doubt. what is the main sticking point at 9:01 eastern time on this tuesday? >> money. lots and lots of money. the players get 57% of all basketball relate under come and the owners get 43% and the owners are saying just not a high enough percent for us to have this be a viable business. inowners are saying 22 of the 30 teams don't make a profit. they're willing or at least publicly saying they're willing to blow up this system. nba players are very well paid. the best in professional sports in the world. their average salary is between $5 million and $6 million. the nba players association will point that out, but the median salary between $2 million and $3 million. the problem is when your clarification is the median is only $2 million or $3 million, you don't have the sympathetic stance that will rally behind. >> billionaires and millionaires caught up the scenario. this has to be a pr nightmare, as well, for the nba. >> i reported on a number of work stoppages and sports disputes over money and the fans usually do come back and the senate would say it's because they're suckers. but, really, i think the nba is our entertainment. if it's there, you'll find it entertaining. why punish yourself. a hollywood strike for a while, but people aren't going to watch movies. maybe the most essential thing to life of fans but if it's there, sometimes the commitment and all that is required of you you'll watch a game on a national cable station and the miami heat's on and you're interested in them and you watch. why would you say, oh, i'm never going to watch again. >> can the battle here be justify would ratings and with attendance? is it that good to say, hey, i deserve millions and millions of bucks? >> the players do definitely deserve millions of bucks because they're generating millions of bucks for the owners. the question is, how many millions? this is a highly, highly profitable industry with very few workers. you know, it's so different from the rest of the economy, as we know. there are very few strikes in america. last year i think there were nine strikes in companies with over 1,000 workers. here look at the nfl and nba, they're having work stoppages and they're unique because they're lockouts. the owners were saying it is better financially for us to do nothing and not pay you than to have to keep paying these salaries. that's at least their stated position. who knows. you could do a lot of cooking the books and making money in ways that don't show up on the balance sheet. >> mike, always great to wake up and listen to you as i'm driving into work. you gave us a great segment today. thanks. >> bye. well, in baus on toston the anti-demonstrations. police tussle and arrest 60 people here. meanwhile back in new york, protesters there are going to expand their reach today and march on the posh neighborhoods that house billionaires and c ceos, the very people they blame for corporate greed and corruption. kiran, you have been down there on wall street since the protests began. how has the atmosphere changed within the week? >> well, kyra, yeah, i've been coming down here every couple days since it started about three weeks ago and the support for this movement. right now i'm sitting in the park and i'm surrounded by a sea of what looks like sleeping bags with people inside of them and i'm told that a recent head count shows that 400 people spent the night in this relatively small park that incompai encompasses in manhattan. i saw a sign that is new today that said we're here, we're unclear, get used to it. yesterday was columbus day, so, the number of people down here grew a lot. kanye west made an appearance. reverend al sharpton did his show here and lots of celebrities and newsmakers, as well, coming in to take a look and support the cause that has been growing not just here in new york, but around the country, as you mentioned. >> as you follow those protests into the neighborhood of ceos and big businessmen, you call into us, we'll follow those protests throughout the day. kiran, thanks. all right, the republican presidential candidate debate tonight and a lot has happened in the week since they last met. paul steinhauser joining us now. four candidates have the most to gain or lose tonight. lay it out for us. >> yes, i think they do, kyra. 19 days since the last presidential debate, that was in orlando, florida. tonight they meet again in darmouth college. new hampshire the first state to hold a primary in the battle for the gop nomination. let's start with rick perry. he needs a break-out performance because at that debate he had a pretty uneven performance and basically freefalling in the national and state poles and rick perry needs a big performance tonight. he was the frontrunner and then perry took that from him and now the frontrunner in the national polls and most of the state polls. when you're on top, they're gunning for you. mitt romney, expect that tonight. herman cain, the former godfather's pizza ceo, jumping in the polls the last couple of weeks and now number two in a lot of the national and state polls. expect more scrutiny for herman cain and his 999 plan. finally jon huntsman the former ambassador to china. why does he have a lot at stake? he is spending all his time up in new hampshire. he needs a breakout performance tonight. >> paul, paul, paul, just when you thought he went away. joe the plumber, who is not a plumber, back in the spotlight, i guess you could say. >> maybe he will become joe the candidate for congress. maybe. let's rerack three years ago. it was 2008, the fall of 2008, then senator obama was in ohio campaigning for president when joe, the plumber, whose real name is samuel, he questioned obama about his economic plans and proposals and whether they would work. well, john mccain, who was running against obama immediately, immediately kind of embraced joe the plumber. we heard about him in the debate and he was on the campaign trail with palin and mccain. back to present day. he announced yesterday he is thinking about running. he'll decide by the 25th of october whether he's going to run in ohio for a seat held by the democrats, but he did take steps yesterday to file papers. kyra, stay tuned. maybe more to come on joe the plumber. >> i'm so excited. thanks, paul. well, mitt romney seems pretty reluctant to talk about the pastor who called the mormon church a cult, but the other mormon presidential candidate isn't holding back. former utah governor jon huntsman says voters should leave religion off the table calling the controversy a side show. listen to what he told our wolf blitzer. >> the fact that some moran can stand up and make a comment like that. first of all, it's outrageous. second of all, the fact that we're spending so much time discussing it makes it even worse. >> well, it begs the question, do mormon candidates have an extra hurdle to clear in the eyes of voters? we asked richard land who heads the ethics and religious liberty commission. if it comes down to obama and romney, will evangelicals vote for romney? >> i think the vast majority will, yes. because, first of all, they h e have, they understand that when you're voting for president, you're not voting for someone to be theologian in chief. you're voting for someone to be commander in chief. >> richard land talks more about stirring the line between church and politics. that's coming up in just about an hour. your next political update in about an hour and a reminder for alle the latest political news, cnnpolitics.com. an iranian actress and filmmaker learns her faith. max is here with the details. let's start with the back story here. what was the big deal about this movie? >> it is called my tehran for sale and in it the actress actually plays an actress. it's an actress who is being banned from working in iran and she tries to escape. let's just have a quick look at the movie for a moment. now, clearly, the government didn't like this movie, but she didn't write it, she didn't produce it or direct it, but she's ended up in prison and sentenced to 90 lashes. getting very little information on this, kyra. we don't know what the charges are based on. but, also, we heard from the international campaign for human rights in iran. they have spoken to her husband and her husband is, obviously, completely worried about this. he's saying, why should my wife be punished for the producers and directors who really should be punished here. a bad reaction both inside and outside the country. that's what her husband is saying and certainly a few people in agreement on that around the world right now. >> what was she actually convicted of? >> we just don't know. we're not getting that information. the website we're relying on cannot get that information. seems very odd and human rights lawyers are very concerned about that and it just says so much about freedom of speech, freedom of expression in iran right now. >> sure does. we'll follow it, thanks, max. it's your money, but you're paying more to get your hands on it. the fees lurking that neighborhood bank as part of our week-long look at the extra charges that americans keep discovering. plus an attempted robbery turned into a pretty dramatic gun battle. hi honey, what are you doing? just having some chicken noodle. starting my progresso soup for lunch plan, huh. nope, just having some tender chicken and some tasty noodles. let's see... south western vegetables... 60 calories, oh beef pot roast... ...ya' know those jeans look nice. they do? yup. so you were checking me out? yup. 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