megyn: we saw a bit of that this weekend from newt gingrich this weekend. he has been challenging obama to a series of lincoln-douglas debates. then he said president obama can use his teleprompter if he wants to debating newt gingrich. is that the type of thing that makes republican voters love them, but could alienate independents? what they say to me is newt gingrich would be the perfect foe for obama in the debates. but there is no question those would be great debates. you would break all record audiencerd for those debates if they happen. but the other side of newt
basis on a god. we have no god in our government and no god in our constitution. the power is invested in we the people, not some divinitms t and if you compare the constitution you see the difference. what he is saying is historically inaccurate. if you just take the position of steven douglas in the lincoln douglas debates and the response by abraham lincoln was if that is true we ought to it tear up the statutes of the united states that make reference to the declaration of independence. we don t live under the declaration of independence. you can t understand our constitution unless you have a view that it is informed by the declaration of induniendence. shannon: we have to leave it there. fair and balanced debate. we would love to have you back to discuss it more. we are out of time for now. thank you. thank you. shannon: companies are
journalistic code of ethics. yes, cain giving lessons in ethics. says he s not talking about sexual harassment claims against him. reporters have not stopped asking. also, more arrests and violence at several occupy protests around the country. this is your cnn sunday morning. thank you for spending part of your weekend here with us. and a special hello as always to our military men and women watching us right now on the american forces network. thank you for being here, and thank you for what you do. let s start with the ground rumbling in central oklahoma once again. people there a bit unsettled after two earthquakes and a string of aftershocks. got some video here coming in from broken bow, oklahoma. the u.s. geological survey said the magnitude 5.6 earthquake, the largest ever to hit oklahoma, struck just before midnight eastern time. there are reports of damaged homes and buildings, what you re seeing on the video. a highway buckled as well in places. a report that
plus, herman cain clashes with reporters again. mr. cain, the attorney for one of the women who filed the sexual harassment complaint don t even go there. i can ask my question? no. because can i ask a question? where s my chief of staff? please send him the journalistic code of ethics. cain says he is not talking about sexual harassment claims against him. reporters, though, have not stopped asking. plus, they say they d rather die than have someone cut off their beards. we take you to an amish community where thieves are trying to steal the hair right off the faces of amish men. we re at the top of the hour. 8:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 5:00 a.m. in glendale, arizona. wherever you may be, we are glad you are height here. oklahoma s unsettling saturday. it started with a moderate strength earthquake that ended last night with the largest recorded quake in state history hitting the exact same place talking about lincoln county here. video you are see
there is blockbuster things that we don t know about but the things we do aren t going to be suddenly front page news. they will get retreaded through the front pages of the paper. i think people are desensitized because we ve heard it. this whole tactic of his about being sort of the good, nice uncle and being friendly with everybody. going attacking only barack obama and the media has worn very well for him. i am so surprised to he is a smart guy and he offers a lot to the field. he is doing so much better right now than i would have ever predicted six months ago. gregg: if he is the nominee he wants to charge barack obama to the lincoln-douglas debates which invites the question, which one is douglas?