created equal. there's a study that claims some fried foods aren't all that bad for you. well, are you up and at them under this sunday morning. it may only be 3:00 a.m. in california, but occupy protesters in oakland there are preparing right now for a big rally later today. this, of course, is coming up for a very violent day in the streets. what you are looking at there is a scene in oakland earlier yesterday. protesters threw bottles, metal pipes, even flares, and then you can see how police responded. they fired tear gas and beanbag bullets. some protesters say they were hit by rubber bullets fired by police. we know as many as 200 protesters were arrested, and we get more on the clashes and the controversy from patty lee of cnn affiliate ktvu there in oakland. >> taer gas and flash bombs filled this plaza where occupy erdz faced off with police. one of multiple clashes in oakland tonight. >> the tear gas is multiple times. all we were doing was marching. nothing. we didn't throw anything. >> occupiers claimed innocence, but our cameras caught protesters pulling rocks, bottles, and bleach bombs. at least two officers were hurt. >> their intent is to commit acts of violence and vandalism and break something that doesn't belong to them. we can disburse orders. they don't disburse. unlawful assembly orders to disburse, and i suspect everyone arrested tonight will be chashlged. >> police spent the night coraling these protesters who had declared their intent to take over an unused space tonight and turn it into the new center for the movement. >> there are cops on one end. we turned around. there are cops on the other end. there's essentially no way out. >> the plan fizzled around 7:00 when police surrounded the crowd on broadway and 25th and warned of imminent arrests. hundreds of protesters ran towards a nearby ymca to escape. a few made it out the back, but the majority were arrested while ymca members watched. >> the cop said all the protesters, or the occupiers lined up in the front against the wall. >> but the night was far from over. while mass arrests took place at the y, ten blocks away a mall group of protesters met brooklyn city hall. >> our doors were unlocked. people started tipping over stufr and said i left because i didn't think that was right. >> police barricaded the entrance to the building where a crowd was starting to gather. city hall is ground zero for occupy oakland. >> they burned some of the flags there in the center that they threw trash on the ground, that they broke into one of our electrical boxes, and they turned over the historic model of city hall on the ground floor, and they destroyed the children's art exhibit on recycled art. >> we're going to have our eyes there in a little bit too. we'll keep you posted throughout the day as to what's happening. protesters targeted a prestigious event for dignitaries. these protesters lined up outside the entrance to the alfalfa club dinner. protesters outside were chanting "we are the 99%." there weren't any arrests, but awe couple of people, such as senator joe lieberman got hit by so-called glitter bombs. guests included president obama and former president george h.w. bush. >> i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt gingrich for president of the united states. >> there you go. herman cain making his choice there at a campaign event in west palm beach last night. that's where the former candidate threw his support behind gingrich. newt gingrich right there behind them. cain said it's been in his heart for a long time. gingrich thanked cain and invited him to head a new committee on -- >> rick santorum has canceled all his campaign events. 3-year-old bell la santorum was admitted to children's hospital in philadelphia last night. the santorums aren't saying why, but we do know that bell la suffers from a genetic defect. only around half of all children with the condition survive the first week of life. she's 3 years old, and glad, obviously, that she's been able to battle it this far. certainly keeping our thoughts with them today. meanwhile, a couple of new campaign ads airing in florida are drawing some fire. not from the candidates, though. this one from the romney campaign uses clip from a 1997 nbc newscast talking about gingrich's past ethics problems. nbc has asked romney to stop using it, and then former presidential candidate mike hucka beis asking the gingrich campaign to stop airing a new ad that uses parts of huckabee's 2008 commercials. the clock, of course, red cross out on to get in their last shots. cnn political reporter has more for us on what they're doing to get the word out here in the 11th hour. >> the two republican front runners are blitzing the state. romney is visiting naples and pompanno beach. he is also going to visit the miami area to try to shore up support with hispanics. newt gingrich, meanwhile, is trying to shore up support among conservatives. he is running to romney's right. he is hitting two baptist churches today as he tries to appeal to evangelicals. he is also going to visit the villages' sprawling retirement community near orlando. all of this is unfolding amid a blitz of negative tv ads. the romney campaign is running most of them. they think if they deliver one more knock-out blow against gingrich, that will get them the nomination. gingrich is brushing all that aside. he said yesterday that he is in this race all the way until the convention in tampa this fall. in plantation, florida, peter hamby, cnn. a programming note. we've got you covered. keep it here on cnn for the florida primary. special coverage begins at 6:00 eastern. you know who else is up early? meteorologist reynolds wolf in our weather center. we've been talking about the high winds in california. >> not only that, but you have the drying conditions, which means we have a real fire threat in that part. fire threats in texas and even into alabama and just a little sliver of florida and also a chance of some scattered snowshowers that we expect for parts of the ohio valley. yeah, it's coming back too, which means delays nationwide. we'll have more on that coming up in just a few moments. >> all righty. good to see you, reynolds. >> good to see you too. >> i want to give you a heads up for some of the stories we're working on today. first of all, the founder of a breast implant firm is under arrest charged with providing faulty implants for as many as 300,000 women around the world. then children were forced to play a game called catch a slave. >> it was a game where slave catchers catch slaves. >> you might be surprised by how the school has run into this. we'll take you panning for gold and brewery hopping. on the road with reynolds wolf. of course, we can be seeing the highest gas prices of all time. $5 a gallon. you asked a lot of questions about this yesterday. we've got your answers today. for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. ...which meant she continued to have the means to live on... ...even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >> right now i want to show you this the cold waurtsdz of the chesapeake bay. they are braver than i. the annual polar bear plunge. it's this charity event that's sponsored by state police in support of special olympics. look at them go. maybe the fact they had that many gave them a little body warmth. i don't know, reynolds. really that's the only thing that would make me do it is a charity. >> yeah. pretty much. i mean, you know, it's a wonderful event, i know, it's a great thing. it's a time for togetherness. it's a time for massive discomfort. we're talking about major cold out there. >> they're in and out, you know? >> yes. >> look at them. half of them are going in. half of them are coming out. >> probably more embarrassing for guys. i'm just going to leave it right there. cold water, hey, you have seen the "seinfeld" episode. >> in the words of elaine, i don't know how you walk around with those things, but you go right ahead. >> that's right. a lot of people are not just going to be walking around, but they're going fly around the nation. let's take a look at the list. chicago, detroit, cleveland, and miami. read them and weep. the reason why we're going to see delays plain and simple for parts of the great lakes and into chicago. right there you see scattered snowshowers moving through. some of this come through just as a little bit. you notice the pink there, but then the heavier snowfall farther back to madison and along parts of the i-39, i-90 corridors. we're not talking about heavy precipitation. a line does, but certainly enough to cause back-ups in o'hare. just keep that in mind. a little patience need odd a day like today. the reason why we have this big weathermaker is right there. that frontal boundary that's going to sweep from west to east. you have a lot of cold air right behind it. with it we've seen other installments from minneapolis back to green bay. this will be mainly due to a warm front that will be coming in from the south. a warm front you would think will warm things up. that's on the other side of the frontal boundary like in omaha where it's fairly mild also in kansas city and still has cold air and with the more snowfall will be expected in pictures. the heavy, heavy wind. you're talking wind gusts and about the range -- 74 miles per hour or higher. it meets the criteria. even near jackson hole, wyoming. you have to deal with the strong winds. you will feel the wind pushing the vehicle a little bit and making that drive also with the wind and very dry conditions. we have, of course, the red flag in the -- it's not just on southern california, but also points east or southeast rather into alabama and parts of georgia. very low humidity, and the breezy conditions. it won't be too strong, but still really the big issue will be the low humidity. plenty of sunshine in the southeast. mix of sun and clouds as we mentioned in parts of the northeast. snow in the great lakes and then still over the great basin. we have an area of high pressure. it's beautiful in salt lake city. 57 in atlanta. 44 in new york and in boston. christi, back to you. >> i have a blast from your past to share with you. you remember this? >> i'm scared. >> fried butter. that's right. fried butter. it's hard to belief you have the two together. let's give this a shot. >> oh, how many fried things. >> that was quite possibly one of the greatest days of my life. that was absolutely incredible. >> that was the texas state fair. tracy, our photographer who basically made her blood type puddy. it was great. you could basically pop your arm and squeeze and it comes out like toothpaste. good times. delicious. >> that's an image, as all of you are probably at home eating something healthier than that probably. you know, cereal or something. reynolds, i have good news for you. you did not do your body a whole lot of harm possibly that day because fried foods may not be as bad for you as originally thought. >> i knew it. >> dare to dream and sometimes things just happen. you wish upon a star and blamo, there it happens. >> please don't go out and do that again to yourself because i need to give this disclaimer. the british medical journal studied more than 40,000 people over 11 years when they found fried foods are not linked to heart disease or death only if those foods are fried in olive or sun flower oil. there's a cavat. the head of a now defunct breast implant company is facing charges. what investigators say is wrong with those implants that could affect hundreds of thousands of women around the world. hello, how can i deliver world-class 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>> all these other women, for example, the british government is saying they have basically said be careful. we're not going to pay unless it's regards some kind of reconstruction, but the british government has definitely issue a warning around these implants. if you asked me earlier about the u.s. -- >> i mean, are there women here at risk? >> no, because this particular company, pip, and you mentioned their founder was arrested on friday, came to the u.s., and they wanted to register their saline implants, and the fda won't register those. they never tried to register these silicone implant. by the way, the same silicone that is used in mattresses. >> what? >> yes. the same silicone is in people's bodies. now, on friday the founder jean claude mass, 72-year-old man who is the founder of the company, was arrested and charged with involuntary injury. again, it's hard to quantify what it is and if this medical -- this nonmedical grade silicone leaks in the body. it's hard to quantify exactly, but it's scary for hundreds of thousands of women, and as i said to you, in france the government is offering to pay jean claude mass was arrested and charged. >> he is out on $100,000 bail? obviously, we'll keep watching this. thank you for bringing it to our attention because there are decent people watching who have p.i.p. implants and don't realize the injury at this point or the potential injury. thank you for having you. of course, in addition yashgs also want to let you know that some parents -- parents ticked off after learning their children played this game. it's called slave tag. they did this at school. they're enacting slave catchers, basically, chasing down slaves. wait until you hear what the school said and their reaction to this. plus, newt gingrich getting a vote of confidence in florida from herman cain. here's the big question. you're probably wonder this at home too. should cain's support help sway voters? will it sway you? i'm asking citizen jane politics, patricia murphy, just a few minutes. general mills bi, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first. get more whole grain than any other ingredient... just look for the white check. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. ♪ a lovely day well, good morning to all of you waking up in atlanta with us here. i know, the sun isn't even up yet, but it's good to know you are getting a head start on the day. i hope the coffee is going down smooth. we're just glad to have your company. the district of slafry and beating were used to teach math is back in the headlines again. the first time students were asked questions like is frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week? this time it's over a game of tag where some students were slaves and others were slave catchers. amy from affiliate wsv reports. >> we played a game and it's kind of like tag, but we were slaves and slave catchers. >> this is what erica says her 8-year-old daughter told her after school at camp creek elementary in lilburn last tuesday. she said she was a slaf and other students were slave catchers. she said her teacher proposed the game based on what they were learning in class and also participated. >> she would sit at the bench, and the slave catchers would say did she have any slaves? >> sharvia says both her children tell a different story. >> that's how [ bleep ] described the game. >> how? >> that it was a game where slave catchers catch slaves. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: we asked a district spokesperson about the game. according to a statement, the school district looked into concerns regarding four students that participated in a playground activity. the district determined that the activity was student initiate and that allegations regarding the teacher's involvement were unfounded. they say the teacher was participating and telling her and other so-called slaves when to run. >> she was right there on the bench. >> both rivers and lasli say the game was inappropriate and insensitive. >> it is demeaning, dehumanizing, and hurtful. >> we want to know what you think about this story. tweet me@christi paul. >> a homecoming for nelson mandela. we'll tell you why he is returning to johannesburg. first, though, inspiring stories that really touch a nerve. enough so to make you do something about it. actor rain wilson is known for his work on the show "the office." he may be more proud about his work with out of our cnn heroes. >> i was literally sitting in my trailer at "the office" and i was looking at the cnn website and had this -- i think it was in the first year, and i saw the story on this guy aaron jackson. this is a young kid from florida, grew up on a golf course and didn't have much direction in his life, and then he went traveling in the third world, and he saw poverty and he decided to just devote his life to making the world a better place. >> today we dewormed estimated maybe a little over 100 people. >> it's been great to be able to help out aaron jackson and doing some fundraisers. i got to introduce him to people and help raise money and just help his organization really get moving. he is the amazing guy doing all the really hard work and, you know, giving him the cash and just letting him go do what he does best. they have four or five orphanages in haiti, and i also went out when they distributed the deworming medication out in the rural villages and towns. >> you're distributing food, aid, all around the country. so many kids can be, you know, eating their fill, but because they're so filled with worms, they're unable to digest and process that food so it's really just kind of a waste. you deworm a kid, and the worms shoot out within 24 to 48 hours. it's amazing. you see