street. and facing dozens of counts of child abuse, coach jerry sandusky speaks out in an interview and denies he s a interview and denies he s a pedophile. captions by vitac www.vitac.com in a predawn raid, occupy wall street protesters were driven out two months after they started camping out. a court is deciding whether they should be allowed in. let s go to poppy harlow. what happened in zuccotti park and what happens next? well, wolf, at about 1:00 a.m. this morning, hundreds of new york city police officers raided the park behind me. completely cleared it out of occupy wall street protesters. i was here from 2:00 a.m. on. there were clashes in the streets from protesters and the police. the scene now, this park is surrounded by protesters and supporters of the movement waiting for a result from the courts. the hearing going on right now. what happened is this morning, a new york state supreme court judge issued a ruling saying it was illegal for the protesters
out for the first time about some shocking revelations that cremated remains of american war dead were simply dumped in landfills. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com it may have been the most awkward 53 seconds of the presidential campaign so far and certainly the most widely seen. texas governor rick perry s brain freeze during last night s republican presidential debate was the most viewed video on youtube in the united states earlier today. if you haven t seen it, you re about to as we look ahead to what happens to rick perry s campaign now. jim acosta is in auburn hills, michigan. the scene of perry s monumental stumble. how does he recover from this? wolf, after last night s debate and rick perry s meltdown in michigan, the candidate and his campaign seem to have a new strategy. get the voters to laugh with him and not at him. commerce, education and the what s the third one there? let s see i
presidential candidate will speak out about the latest allegations of sexual harassment dogging his campaign. he s scheduled a news conference that we ll bring you live at the top of the next hour. it comes one day after a fourth woman said he groped her. we re also revealing details about one of the other accusers. jim acosta is following this for us. wolf, herman cain s campaign is making the politically risky move of raising questions about the woman who came forward yesterday to say the republican contender harassed her. in the meantime, the identity of one of the women has been revealed. with more revelations and the identities coming out, he insists he is innocent. i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. his comments come as another accuser has been identified. a long time federal employee seen here working as a spokeswoman for immigration authorities in 2000 and now at the treasury department. she confirmed on national public radio she, too, accus
ripples of relief spread from europe across the world market. a deal has been reached to tackle the e.u. financial crisis. european leaders have agreed to expand the e.u. bailout fund while private sectors will take a 50% loss on greek bonds. the european agreement translated into a huge day for u.s. stocks. let s go to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the closing bell just rang. how did stocks finish? we don t know the final number, but we know it s very positive. it is. the numbers are settling. we re seeing the dow up 340 points. the nasdaq s&p up more than 300%. the bulls busted out of the opening bell and never looked back. this is what investors have been waiting for. these debt problems plaguing greece. and besides plugging greece s debt hole, this plans to safeguard against future shocks. it s a step forwards in instilling stability in the marketplace. being there is such a powerful positive reaction, do investors see this as a done deal? is this crisi
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com he s plunging in the polls and in need of a boost. will a new plan help rick perry climb back to the top of the republican race? his rival, herman cain, is leading the pack according to a brand new poll and perry is a distant fifth with cain apparently benefitting from his 9-9-9 tax plan, perry today unveiled his own new tax plan and 20 is the magic number. he proposes a flat tax of 20% for individuals and corporations, but in a twist, perry would let people choose to pay his flat tax rate or file under the current system, which he derived. the size of the current code is more than 72,000 pages. that s represented by this palate right over here and the reams of paper. that s what the current tax code looks like. the best representation of my plan is this postcard. this is is size of what we re talking about right here. taxpayers will be able to fill this out and file their taxes on that.