created equal. there s a study that claims some fried foods aren t all that bad for you. well, are you up and at them under this sunday morning. it may only be 3:00 a.m. in california, but occupy protesters in oakland there are preparing right now for a big rally later today. this, of course, is coming up for a very violent day in the streets. what you are looking at there is a scene in oakland earlier yesterday. protesters threw bottles, metal pipes, even flares, and then you can see how police responded. they fired tear gas and beanbag bullets. some protesters say they were hit by rubber bullets fired by police. we know as many as 200 protesters were arrested, and we get more on the clashes and the controversy from patty lee of cnn affiliate ktvu there in oakland. taer gas and flash bombs filled this plaza where occupy erdz faced off with police. one of multiple clashes in oakland tonight. the tear gas is multiple times. all we were doing was marching. nothing. we did
good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, december 14th. i m christine romans along with carol costello on this american morning. good morning. good morning, good morning to all of you. good and bad news this morning for the gop front-runner newt gingrich. with less than thee weeks until the iowa caucuses his political director in the state stepped down after calling mormonism a cult. two gop candidates, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. gingrich is already working with a bare bones staff in this state and meantime, gingrich opened a commanding lead nationally over mitt romney, but head-to-head with the president, well, that s another story. cnn political director paul steinhauser got your title wrong, paul. it s all good. you re the best guy at cnn. paul steinhauser, and you re here on this american morning. okay. let s talk about these polls. reporter: yeah. starpt with t staff with the numbers. brand new from nbc wall street journal numbers. the battl