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Person. most mostly importantly, there's data that shows crime doesn't go up. when 30,000 people were let out in 2011, guess what, crime went down. >> do you not agree there isn't a prison overcrowding problem? >> i think there's an overcrowding problem but i also think part of the problem is we let them -- put people in and we let them out so quickly that it doesn't seem like it's a real place for people to actually go when they do commit crimes. i'll give you an example. it's not actually funny, mark. if you talk to somebody who's been addicted to drug or watch a kid die from an o.d., it's n...

>> all right, let's bring in our legal guys. avery friedman, civil rights attorney and law professor, joining us from cleveland. good to see you. >> hi, fredricka. and richard herman joining us from miami. good to see you, as well. >> hi, fred. all right, gentleman, i have a cough drop in my mouth. hopefully as i talk, it doesn't come flying out of my mouth or anything like that. that's my trick. but y'all are my treat on this halloween. let's talk about this. avery, you first. this prisoner release, it helps ease the whole prison overcrowding problem, but at the same time, does it make a very...

piece of the empire state building. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." and good morning to you. this is your "a.m. wake-up call" for wednesday, november 30th. from the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are this morning's top stories. herman cain now reassessing whether to keep his campaign going after a woman named ginger white accused him of a 13-year affair. cain denies that he cheated on his wife, but a top campaign staffer telling cnn that cain admitted the ongoing sex scandal has taken its toll on his family. bernie fine's second accuser, mike lang talk...

overshadowing the game -- on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, november 30th. ali velshi is off i'm christine romans along with carol costello. good morning. >> good morning. the dismantling the occupy l.a. camp is under way right now. hundreds of riot police moving in. more police officers than protesters by some accounts. police issued several ten-minutes warnings throughout the night, that were pretty much ignored. how much arrests so far, sandra endo? >> reporter: still no exact number, carol. the scene i...