it makes me quite frankly angry. reporter: there s no one cause for the shortages. there are various things at play: manufacturing delays, recalls, sometimes pharmaceutical companies can t get raw materials or because many of the drugs have been off patent for years, they re generics when they need to upgrade a line, rather than putting expense into it, they say the profit marge sin so slim, let s stop making the drug. there is legislation before the house and senate that would try to change all of this, it would mandate that manufacturers give more advance warning of a looming shortage and provide penalties if they didn t but jenna, that legislation has been stuck in committee since february of this year. gen jen what an interesting story, jon. john, we ll continue to follow it. john roberts from atlanta, thank you. gregg: protestors on wall street, getting the boot. something big is going on right now in lower manhattan rick folbaum will have the very latest on this developing st
trump, mitt romney repeatedly, michele bachmann, rick perry and now herman cain. that s no cut at herman cain. he s a great guy, people like him because he s not a politician, but on the whole why should we believe the new front runner will sustain that status any more than the other four who had it? this is a volatile, dynamic process. it s a roller coaster. up and down and all around. and there are weeks to go. gregg: right. even if new hampshire moves into december. gregg: right. and your other point is with the exception of eisenhower, americans really don t in modern american history select somebody who s never held public office before. larry sabato, thanks so much. good to see you. are thanks, gregg. jenna: here s a switch of topics for you. a crackdown on pot, a new crackdown, gregg, hitting the medical marijuana business very hard. we re going to show you why just ahead. also, breaking news for blackberry users after another
up for the morning commute, which is still in full swing out on the west coast. back to you. gregg: sure is. rick, thank you very much. jenna. jenna: turning to politics now, a brand new poll showing herman cain surging to the top, leading the republican field of presidential candidates. that s not all the polls show, though. we certainly have seen different candidates take that top spot. mitt romney, though, has been holding steady. one of the questions we re asking today, will slow and steady win the race? have you heard that before? steve cnn tani has more. reporter: according to democratic pollster peter hart, along with bill mcenterf, the thing that s remarkable about cain s sudden rise is how quickly he came to single from single digits to leader of the pack. he says it s a dramatic move
to start using synthetic forms of marijuana or thc in medications that will hit the market in the next two years. jenna: adam shapiro, thank you very much. gregg: we are awaiting a verdict in the connecticutinvasion and murder trial of a man accused of not only abducting a mother and her two daughters, sexually assaulting them and setting them on fire. we ll be right back. [ male announcer ] what s the beat that moves your heart? how about the beat of a healthy heart? campbell s healthy request soup is delicious, and earned this heart, for being heart healthy. feel the beat? it s amazing what soup cano.
bugle. some folks definitely not complaining, executives at apple and google who are blackberry s top competitors. a lot of people, no doubt, throwing away their blackberry and going and buying an iphone or an android phone this week with all of the outages. gregg: and isn t it interesting that it happened simultaneous with the release of the new iphone 4s? jenna: uh-oh, conspiracy theories. reporter: very interesting. i ve got to go, guys, i have some e-mails to return. [laughter] gregg: okay. all right, jenna? jenna: uncle sam is pulling out a new weapon in the fight against marijuana, taxes. one medical marijuana dispensary in california which calls itself the oldest in the nation, by the way, getting hit with a million dollar tax bill. the owner says she was told she can no longer write off experiences like any other business. adam shapiro s live in fairfax, california, with this story. but, first, adam, how d you get this assignment? reporter: we ve been following this for a c