for herman cain. here is part of his announcement, if you missed it yesterday. i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters, not because i m not a fighter. all right. but he won t be fighting on as a presidential candidate. the campaign is suspended. doesn t mean he s not still going to have some kind of impact. our political reporter shannon travis is here in studio with me. you ve been following herman cain for quite some time. he can continue this fight. plan a was being president, plan b is starting a website. plan b is also still being a playmaker in republican presidential race. plan b is this website, the cain solutions, where he says he ll keep promoting the 9-9-9 plan, he s going to promote energy independence for the u.s. and you wants to be a little bit of a kingmaker. there s also the talk of endorsement, who s going to win herman cain supporters,
let s get through some of the morning s headlines now. police in riot gear swept into a portland park kicking out occupy protesters overnight. a number of them were arrested. they had set up camps there after being kicked out of another park by police a few weeks ago. after police cleared the park, city workers came through, tore down all the tent. while they were doing that, the occupy protesters roamed the streets looking for a new place to set up. one of the reasons that i ran for president of the united states was such that i could change washington, d.c., from the inside. plan b is that we are going to have to change it from the outside. [ cheers ] yeah. he moved on to plan b because plan a didn t work out so well, that is becoming president. herman cain is now out, announcing that he s suspending his presidential campaign, that means he can still raise money and do some campaigning out there. essentially he is out of the race. said he s going to make an announcement
threat as well this morning. reynolds wolf standing by. he ll be here in a moment with the latest from there and all over the country. and herman cain is out. so who s in the best position to take iowa and maybe even take some of his supporters? we ve got new poll numbers out. going give us some clues. let s get through some of the morning s headlines now. police in riot gear swept into a portland park kicking out occupy protesters overnight. a number of them were arrested. they had set up camps there after being kicked out of another park by police a few weeks ago. after police cleared the park, city workers came through, tore down all the tent. while they were doing that, the occupy protesters roamed the streets looking for a new place to set up. one of the reasons that i ran for president of the united states was such that i could change washington, d.c., from the inside. plan b is that we are going to have to change it from the outside. [ cheers ] yeah. he moved on
ornament on it. if you live in rhode island, however, it is a holiday tree, taking christ out of christmas. the subject of this morning s faces of faith. but we begin with the end for herman cain. here is part of his announcement, if you missed it yesterday. i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters, not because i m not a fighter. all right. but he won t be fighting on as a presidential candidate. the campaign is suspended. doesn t mean he s not still going to have some kind of impact. our political reporter shannon travis is here in studio with me. you ve been following herman cain for quite some time. he can continue this fight. plan a was being president, plan b is starting a website. plan b is also still being a playmaker in republican presidential race. plan b is this website, the cain solutions, where he says he ll keep promoting the 9-9-9 plan,
turning to l.a., a woman actually used pepper spray to fend off her fellow shoppers. and in north carolina, an off-duty police officer pepper sprays an unruly crowd. happy shopping season, folks. these of course are just the exceptions. the one thing mostly the shoppers are out there trying to fight is just maybe some fatigue. the only thing they want to attack is their chris pass list. but still, 152 million people. that s the number the estimated number of people that will be shopping over this thanksgiving weekend. also roughly the population of france, italy and saudi arabia combined just to give you perspective there. still not impressed? a cnn poll finds 23% of americans plan to shop today, just today alone, on black friday. we re not going to know until much later how much they re actually spending and if that s going to help stimulate the economy at all. but the ceo of macy s feeling pretty good right now. we re having the best year we ve had in a decade. macy s