and better benefits. here s cbs mark strassmann. reporter: brouhaha in omaha. you got that? reporter: striking union workers, bus loads of replacement workers. you have no future here! reporter: around the clock, two-month labor stare-down at kelloggs, makers of corn flakes and rice krispies. is this hardball? it s absolutely hardball. reporter: this mechanic is among 1,400 striking workers. union power! reporter: kellogs plant they demand an end to two-tier pay structure the union conceded to in 2015. new hires make less indefinitely. we re professional cereal makers. we ve been doing it our whole lives and they re not going to get anybody better than that. this is what democracy looks like! reporter: part of america s great resignation is a great repudiation, workers rises up, demanding better. no contract! no coal! reporter: ongoing walkouts by
violently disagree with this to have their say you are going to get this kind of reaction. reporter: the online bigotry has sparked an outpouring of support for the cherrio s ad. one fan posted to the cereal makers facebook page. i cannot believe the amount of racist feedback. pretty sad for 2013. another wrote, thanks cherrios for showing america the most important ingredient is love. a biracial law student said it may not be all bad. what i appreciate about the backlash, it brings to the surface things we thought were dead and gone. they really are not. reporter: may seem crazy to discuss the commercial, but that is because american companies are behind in reflecting today s society and their advertising. i think that this ad kind of opens the floodgates for advertisers to show more of the very, varied, fabric of american society. reporter: linzie janis, abc news, new york.
inside four weeks until iowa. a brand new poll showing newt gingrich as running away with it. now his past used by conservative critics. more disturbing allegations against jerry sandusky. another man saying he abused him and gave him alcohol as a boy. i have been excused of being a tramt traitor to both sides. a woman goes from wall street protester to wall street professional on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, december 7th. ali is off today. i m christine romans along with carol costello on this american morning. welcome, everyone. welcome and good morning. up first this morning, newt gingrich threatening to run away with the republican race. his bid for the gop nomination going gang busters. it s beginning to look like a gingrich juggernaut. look at the latest gallup poll. among republican voters nationwide, 37% now say gingrich is their choice. he leads mitt romney by a whopping 15
get ready to spend more on many of the things that you buy. prices are rising on everything. we re talking about groceries, to even the refrigerator that you put the groceries in. why are prices going up and by how much? we want to bring in christine romans from our money team. break it down for us, what s happening? well, it s interesting, because manufacturers have been able to, suzanne, absorb some of these costs. but now they re starting to tell investors, they re starting to say, look, we re going to start passing these prices on. meat, dairy, produce prices have all been rising. you can expect maybe a 3% rise here. most recently a freeze in mexico could mean shortages of tomatoes and cucumbers. that s the latest glitch there. you can see those prices rising. also cereal, up 3% to 4%. it may be some cereal makers won t be able to raise the box
out here. believe it or not, disney hasn t been promoting things for ambassador. they are doing body suits. getting them out and giving out about 200,000 by may and you will find 85 styles on sale at amazon, 9.$9.99 for two body sus and target. they are looking at targeting strollers and baby food, not just the clothing. also bath products, and they re doing this in 580 maternity wars. be prepared. if they come in, you know what s going on. don t kids look goofy enough, trying to get normal looking after their head is smooshed. cereal makers hearing the call about childhood obesity and doing something about it. a lot of big cereal makers