kyra. they were there for about two weeks and authorities in oakland had thought it had gone on long enough and they thought it was a si safety situation over there and health problems with people living in those tents for so long. they decided to disband those protesters and cleared everyone out yesterday afternoon and a few hours later about 7:00, 8:00 at night about 500 protesters decided they wanted to take that area back. so, they started rallying towards city hall and that's where they were met by police who were in riot gear, who threw tear gas into the crowd. it was a very unsettling situation about 100 people arrested. there were some people with minor injuries. this went on all throughout the night. things as you said, now, are calm, carol. i'll step out of frame and you can see a live picture of what it looks like now. some barricades set up just behind those barricades are city hall. just a few protesters now. police monitoring the situation. things seem to be under control right now, but i think we'll have a better sense as the day begins of what things are like. kyra? >> dan, you talk about the police being concerned about violence and things getting worse. do we know yet what exactly triggered what the police did and triggered these measures? you know, pretty aggressive measures. are they receiving criticism for that, as well? well, police are saying the crowd got violent. some water bottles hurled at police. some people threw paint at the officers. they felt they had to respond in kind to prevent things from getting any uglier. from their point of view, what better way to do that than to dispense tear gas. in terms of what the community response is going to be, it is unclear at this point, clearly the protesters feel like that the police overreacted here, but in terms if there will be any outcry from respectable community leaders, i think, we'll also wait for that, as well, as the day begins, kyra. >> we'll follow it, dan simon in oakland. thanks. here in atlanta, police arrested 53 protesters who refused to abandon their tent city in woodruff park. police say the arrests were o orderly and peaceful. organizers are vowing to return to the park and resume their protests as early as this morning. wall street protesters, live pictures now that we're monitoring. apparently some neighbors are complaining about the beating of a drum circle and the city established a complaint hotline. so, protesters have now agreed to limit their drumming to four hours a day. president obama says that he understands the public anger that's fueling all these protests and other peaceful rebellions against the nation's power brokers. here's what he had to say last night on jay leno. >> look, people are frustrated. and that frustration has expressed itself in a lot of different ways. it expressed itself in the tea party and expressing itself in "occupy wall street." i do think what this signals is that people in leadership, whether it's corporate leadership, leaders in the banks, leaders in washington, everybody needs to understand that the american people feel like nobody is looking out for them right now. >> coming up in just a few minutes, we'll talk with congressman charlie rangel about "occupy wall street." he has come out in support of the protesters. president obama tosses a lifeline to young americans drowning in college debt. from the class of '09 have racked up an average college loan debt of $24,000. the unemployment rate for college graduates age 24 and younger rose to 9.4% last year. that's the highest since the labor department began keeping records in 1995. the president will now unveil a plan to help. christine romans is crunching the numbers and brianna keilar looking at the politics of the equation. just give us the nuts and bolts of the plan. >> sure, okay, two different proposals that are sped up here. under health care reform there was student loan reform and the president wants to push up the start date to next year. originally planned for 2014 and now it will be graduates for 2012, kyra. they'll be able to do a couple of things. one is what you pay for your student loans will only be 10% of your discretionary income. you won't be going broke every month paying for your loans. also, speeds up your loan forgiveness. after 20 years, whatever balance is left on those loans, if you faithfully made your payments, it will forgive the rest of those loans. also, the second program allows current graduates to have a bunch of different kind of federal loans to consolidate them together and for a limited time get a lower interest rate. the white house is hoping that will allow people freeing up for money for right now are buried under a bunch of student debt. two points i want to make. doesn't address rising tuition. tuition is still going up and up and it still shows that we're just taking on so much debt, we've got to do a better job of educating kids about what kind of debt, how much debt and where they should be going to college and what kind of majors they need to be taking on so they can, you know, get through this pile. it will still take years to get through this pile if you take all these loans, kyra. >> brianna, president obama is bypassing congress on this. >> that's right, he is, kyra. he is using his executive authority and not only the first time he's done this this week. you know, president obama has been pushing his jobs plan urging congress to pass it in parts. but what he's doing with this, with the student loan program and also with something he unveiled on monday in las vegas, assistance for homeowners who are under water on their loans. refinancing assistance. he's sort of got this message this week and you've heard it throughout the week. you'll hear it again today when he touts this program today at the university of colorado. it's called, we can't wait. that's the message that he has. he wants to do things on the economy. if it's congress, republicans who are standing in his way, then he's going to sort of highlight that and, in this case, bypass congress altogether doing what he can executive authority, kyra. >> brianna keilar at the white house. thanks so much. live coverage of president obama outlining his plan for college loans. his remarks are scheduled for 12:45 eastern at the university of colorado's denver campus. oh, herman cain, not just the top choice among republicans for the white house, but for their house, too. meantime, rick perry really struggling. paul steinhauser joining us. rick perry still trying to save himself. >> no doubt about it. plenty of time left. still over two months until the start of the caucuses in iowa. rick perry is going up with his first campaign ads to pay television commercials of his campaign. this ad running starting in iowa, kyra. what does it do, it touts rick perry and he touts it himself. i think you'll see a lot more ads when it comes to rick perry. he has $15 million cash on hand. that will buy commercial time in iowa. this is a brand-new cbs/"new york times" poll. the poll indicates his drop from 23% support from just 6% support in the polls. you can see it right there, cbs/"new york times." that's a national survey. rick perry himself said it probably has to do with my debate performance. perry said last night, you know, the biggest mistake i made maybe, going to all those presidential debates. but they're kind of hard to turn down. who's on top of that cbs/"new york times" poll herman cain followed very closely by mitt romney, kyra. >> questioning whether he should even debate. we'll get our panel next hour to weigh in on that. paul, i'm sure they have a comment on that. herman cain and his rise in the polls, what is behind it? >> probably that 9-9-9 tax plan and likability. republican voters, according to the surveys, like herman cain. this is a brand-new one, of all the republican candidates, who would you most like to have dinner with? gingrich at 22% and romney at 17% all the other candidates in single digits. our poll from last week indicated the same thing. likability, one reason why herman cain has soared right up there. kyra? >> paul, thanks. joe the plumber, remember him from the 2008 race? he's launched his campaign for congress. did it last night in toledo. he's running in ohio as a republican and he's using his real name now. sam wurzelbacher. we'll hear from him next hour if he's ready for the transition. that's coming up at 10:45 eastern. your next political update in an hour, but you can always go to our website, cnnpolitics.com 24/7. in eastern turkey a race against time in the search for survivors from sunday's deadly earthquake. the likelihood of finding people alive in the rubble declines by the hour. some people are beating the odds. zane zurnlg zain verjee joins us live from london. couldn't get enough of the pictures of that 2-week-old baby being pulled from the rubble. >> the baby, her mother, her grandmother all survived. some really other incredible stories, too, that are out there. 461 people have been killed, but just take a look at this video. some of the latest emergency rescue efforts have rescued a 27-year-old woman. she was in the debris, kyra, for 67 hours. she's a teacher, she has some breathing problems, but she's going to be okay. she's being treated. then there was this other guy, 18 years old pulled from a collapsed building after 61 hours. these are some of the scenes of jubeulation after the rescue effort happened. let me just show you what the headlines are saying around the world, kyra. the "wall street journal" says cheers, tragedy in turkish rescues. this newspaper points out the temperatures are falling and it could snow today. also, rescue teams are racing to find survivors. take a look at "daily telegraph." this is the headline. after hours of searching, we heard babies cry in rubble. the article talks about the miraculous rescue. you were saying no one could get enough, but they also add that these pockets of jubialation. >> turkey stands united in the face of earthquake disaster. that paper says the quake really has shown, kyra, that turkey stands united as a nation, whether their difference. kyra? >> all right, zain verjee, we'll continue to follow this story and every move that those rescuers are making. coming up, we'll ask a man who has been in congress 40 years what it is like to get a 9% approval rating from the american people. later, we'll take you to a town where there's low unemployment. people making six-figure salaries left and right and a housing shortage. in fact, the town is so hot, it's stealing strippers from vegas. tmoisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. 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>> it's painful. even though i normally poll between 80% and 90% of the vote during the general election, i am still part of the congress. i'm still part of government and i don't blame them one bit. so, you know, it doesn't give me that much satisfaction that democrats and republicans that republicans polled much lower. but the fact is that they have every right to believe that the government can do more than we are doing to make it a little easier for them to go through this crises. so, that's why i go down to wall street and that's why they know who i am and i walk among them and i take the arrows and the bows because they are frustrated and something has to be done. >> they are frustrated. they are mad as hell when you look at the occupy wall street protests. they're mad as hell with the system and congressman, that includes you. you're a part of the system and now we're seeing protesters calling you a sell out and anti-trade protesters showing up now calling you out for supporting free trade agreements with panama, columbia, south korea. you're basically wall street's pal here. you sold out u.s. jobs and ensured big corporations. how are you responding to the specific criticism about you right now? >> i can say without a question of doubt that half a dozen of people that appeared on the same street and not in my office complaining about my vote on the united states trade bill had nothing at all to do with the protesters of wall street. and, of course, as a citizen, as well as an elected official, i think it's right when people have a problem with my votes that they express themselves, especially at the polls. again, i've been there for over 40 years. i guess i'm doing something right. but it doesn't make anyone feel good to be the subject of criticism. but it's deserved and, as it relates to being a part of government, but the most important thing is that under our great country people can say what they want and that's in the constitution. and i don't feel badly about that at all. but i want to make it clear, anybody that jumps up and say that they're part of the wall street protest, they're not. and i know that there's limited resources that the press has, but it shouldn't take too much of an effort to find out they were totally, totally unrelated to the wall street protests. >> let's take a look at the violent scenes that broke out in oakland last night. should protesters be able to stay or police just doing what they need to do? >> i'm not in oakland. i can't see the clip that you probably are showing, but i think it's abundantly clear that there's just no, there are limits to the right of free speech and when it interferes with other people's right, it has to be weighed. but i'm at a terrible disadvantage since you know that i can't see the clip that you're talking about. >> well, you watched the news it was all over last night and i suggest you do take a look at it. we're talking about tear gas and protesters being broken up and police say they were worried about it getting violent. it would be interesting for you to definitely take a look at this and get your take on this. >> well, it's happening around the world and when the congressional budget office says that 1% of the high earners own 42% of the nation's wealth and people in the middle class are pushing into poverty and it will take more than just tear gas to bring equity there to the system that we have in this great country of ours. >> that means congressional leaders like you, charles rangel. i mean, there is definitely frustration about what the leaders within our country are doing all the way up to the president of the united states and we're seeing through these protests all types of frustration from politicians to corporate america. i think -- >> there's room for everyone to participate. there's room for reporters not to look for violent things and to report the disparities that exist in our great country. there's room for the clergy to talk against the wars and talk for the people that are poor and the sick and the aged. and there's a heck of a lot room for the congress and the united states government. so, you're right. >> well, there's room, there's room to see that approval rating on congress to go up, as well. a lot higher than 9%. congressman, thank you. >> i agree with you. >> thank you so much. more on the occupy movement in just a few minutes. the author on how "corporatism conquered the world." he explains when he joins us live at the bottom of the hour. the most wanted holiday gifts of 2011. last year it was peace and happiness. what do people want this year? we'll go to new york stock exchange for details. imagine gift shopping for 7 billion people. the u.n. says the planet is about to hit a new plateau, population wise. cnn ireporters try putting the figure into context, next. 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