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afghanistan. they won't say whether it's the type that contains highly classified information. security experts say if it is that drone, the u.s. military has lost a lot. >> the important point to take away here is that the iranians now have a very sensitive piece of american military technology in their hands. i hope that there's a self-destruct button attached to it. after months of bloody crack jouns against protesters, syria now says it will let observers into the country to monitor what is going on but only if the arab league agrees to drop sanctions against syria. the u.n. says more than 4,000 people have died in sirrian protests this year. once again, southern california is bracing for powerful, dangerous santa ana winds. we're talking gusts hitting 60 miles an hour in the mountains. that's happening today. 50 miles an hour in los angeles, ventura counties. what has it been like to deal with santa ana over the past week? >> cold, number one. scary and going to bed real early at night because there's nothing else to do. >> i didn't think it was going to be out for as many days. i got a generator. we have a lot of food we don't want to lose. >> the high wind warning is in effect through tomorrow. check it out n. is the scene here in washington where police on a cherry picker forcibly removed occupy protesters as folks around them chanted, let him go. the demonstrators were on top of this wooden structure you see built to hold the meetings and to keep them warm. now more than 30 people arrested. maintenance crews, they dismantled that structure once the stand offended. attorneys for several of the men allegedly molested by jerry sandusky are reacting now with disgust to his interview in "the new york times." the lawyers say the former penn state defensive coach is trying to convince the public his behavior with boys is normal. they call the interview, however, uncomfortable to watch. >> if i say, no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth because i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls. >> yeah, but not sexually. you're tract the because you enjoy -- >> that's what i was trying to say. i enjoy spending time with young people. i enjoy spending time with people. i mean, my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young. major college football bowls are passing over penn state. the knit any lionlions. snail mail will get even slower next year. just this past hour the postal service announced that first class mail usually arrives next day, maybe takes a day or two. now it could take three, four, five days. the postal service also plans to cut about half of the 500 processing centers and 3700 local post offices as it's fighting off bankruptcy. car wrecks usually making a crunching, grinding noise. this one actually kaching. a crash in japan made scrap metal of eight ferraris, three mercedes and a lamborghini. ten people got hurt but none seriously. the damage could run into the millions of dollars and a couple toyotas got in the action as well. total of 14 cars involved in that. all right. roler coaster, ups and downs. many of the republican candidates. newt gingrich is steadily surging in the polls. right now he's looking for a very important endorsement. we are waiting for that. could it come from none other than herman cain? our paul steinhauser with us in washington about the impact. paul, first of all, do we think this is going to happen? could this happen? >> listen, on saturday when he suspended his campaign he said he would make an endorsement and do it before the iowa caucuses. that's four weeks from tomorrow. he wants to have an impact on the race for the white house even though he's given up his bid for the gop nomination. could it be gingrich? both from georgia. they both spoke very fondly of each other over the last couple of weeks. about an hour or two after cain dropped out, suspended his campaign, gingrich had an event in new york city. gingrich, his campaign added an event in new york city, 1:45 news conference. there was a lot of speculation for that late add. would that be herman cain? looks like it won't happen. cain on his way to oklahoma city today for an event. gingrich campaign telling us that, no, he'll be speaking about his 50-state strategy. a lot of candidates, a lot of them would not mind having a herman cain endorsement. >> let's talk a little bit about iowa. we're a few weeks away. the first real contest here to see how these guys are doing. do we expect it would really make a big difference if he had those cain supporters? >> it could, especially in a close contest. cain had su porkts even though it was dropping in iowa, he still had support among other tea party activists and conservatives. in a close contest, yeah, could it make a difference? i think so. take a look at this. this is interesting. it goes to show with four weeks left a lot of voters, one in ten in this poll in iowa, people likely to attend the caucuses, one in ten undecided. look at that, about one in five say i may change my mind over the next four weeks. suzanne? >> voters a little fickle at this time. if cain endorses gingrich, how do we suspect romney is actually going to do with this? >> it's probably not a great thing for romney if that happens. why? because with cain in the race that antiromney, antiestablishment vote was kind of divided between cain, gingrich, perry, santorum, bachmann and ron paul. you take cain out there have and those voters goes to gingrich. newt gingrich in that nbc poll, now the front runner in iowa with just four weeks to go. newt gingrich has a lot of baggage. a lot could happen between now and then. paul's going to be back in 20 minutes. give us a look at what the other candidates are doing to get noticed in this fast-changing republican race for the nomination. also, rundown some of the stories that we are covering. first, how damaging is iran's claim that it shot down a secret u.s. drone filled with highly classified information? 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[ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. postal service deep in debt scrambling to cut costs. this latest money-sfg move came within the last hour. karina huber is at the new york stock exchange. first class mail often arrives the next day. that's what we're used to. that's actually about to change as i understand it. >> right. that is what's being proposed, suzanne. first class service you can get delivered between one to three days. now they're proposing to change the delivery time to two to five days. this will help cut half of their mail processing facilities. the reason they're proposing these measures is they're heavily in debt. they have lost nearly $14 billion. analysts say they could run out of cash as early as next summer. >> that's a long time to wait for something in the mail first class. you're paying first class and three to five days later. what if you want a dvd, you have something more important like a prescription by mail, you're counting on that. what happens to those kinds of services? >> what you don't have to worry about is your newspaper delivery. you will get that in the morning. that's because that doesn't go through the u.s. postal service. things like prescription drugs, yes, that will impact you. you have to take this into consideration. order them a little ahead than you usually do. same thing with people who pay for their bills by using an envelope and a stamp. you want to get them in time for when your rent is due or any of your utilities, be sure to send them a few days in advance than what you usually do. otherwise, you might get hit by some of those late fees. >> i must confess, i'm still one of those people that puts it in the mail with the stamp and the envelope to pay some of my bills. i know it's a little old school there. it's true. are there any other things that the post office is doing to try to cut some corners here? >> right. they've been talking about all kinds of proposals, worker buyouts, cutting saturday service, closing some of their offices. we know that some processing facilities have already been closed. before we see any major changes to how the postal service conducts its business it will have to win congressional and union approval. there's still some things that need to be worked out before we can see some drastic changes to how their business is run. suzanne? >> how are the stocks doing today? >> looking pretty good. we're up 148 points on the dow. we're seeing the banks really taking off again. europe is driving the markets today. there's some optimism as we see european leaders getting together this week to hopefully come up with a plan to deal with the debt crisis. >> we want to know what you think. will the post office plan to eliminate next day delivery. will it affect you in any way? facebook.com/suzanne. we'll read your responses later in the show. in the 1:00 hour in the newsroom the postmaster general will talk live to cnn about the latest changes. karina, obviously we'll start holiday shopping. this might be surprising for you because we're talking about 1 out of 11 folks across the country have sticky fingers. this national trade group says that shoplifting is going to cost retailers $119 billion this year alone. what are they taking? nike athletic shoes are a favorite. iphone 4 accessories. they're disappearing. some shop lifters, they've got to smell good. they steal axe deodorant and sprays among the most stolen items. what's the most shop lifted? >> i got full disclosure here. i know about the report so i do know what the number one most shop lifted item is. do you want me to give it away or do you want to give it away? it's filet mignon. >> i don't get that. >> do you get that? >> i'm not sure i really get that. >> how are you going to go carry that home? it's a messy item. >> that movie, dan acroid, eddie murphy. he has that meat in his little santa outfit. remember that movie? how do people walk away with that? i don't get it. i don't understand. >> i don't get it. you know what, just spend the money, get the skirt steak. you can make tacos. don't risk it. you can't sell it. you've got to live close to home because it's got to go straight to the freezer. that was a head scratcher, that one. >> much too messy. all right. thanks, karina. question today, have we heard the last from herman cain. a lot of people in washington saying, not too fast. to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. 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