good morning, t.j. this is cnn saturday morning. 10:00 a.m. in atlanta and still a very early 7:00 a.m. in los angeles. where you are t.j. and there s a lot to talk about. this venetian hotel will be the sight of the republican debate that with him be hosting next week. but already, one of the candidates is boycotting the cnn debate and several others of the candidates are actually going to be boycotting the nevada caucuses. we ll get into that more in just a moment. but if i just ask you to take a moment right now, folks b, and what s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of las vegas? there s a couple of landmarks, and that famous vegas sign that says welcome to the fabulous las vegas that s not the first thing they re thinking about here in this area. metro areas with at least a million people and unemployment rates. 14.2%, the state of nevada, 13.4% unemployment. and the foreclosure rates right here in the las vegas area, highest in the country. it s
that is booming in this weak economy. it s literally growing. we ll show you what it is. and we ll take you to the place where it s happening. occupy wall street goes global. an important day in the movement today. organizers are taking to twitter to gain support. protesters are taking to the street all over the world. we ll show you where it s happening and what s ahead. we begin with politics. nevada is the next stop on the gop road to the white house. cnn and the western republican leadership conference are sponsoring a presidential debate in las vegas. that debate will take place tuesday at the venetian resort hotel casino and preparations are under way but not all the not presidential candidates will be there. jon huntsman is boycotting the debate saying nevada locked in a scheduling fight with new hampshire moved up the date of its primary. well, we call out all of the candidates to do similarly. they should be boycotting. unless there s a political interest in th