thousands of people converged in front of st. paul s cathedral to hear wikileaks founder julian assange. he made an appearance today. several people were arrested in london. the most notable unrest was in rome. look at these images. police blame anarchists for taking advantage of the large gathering to throw fire bombs and break store windows, forcing riot police to move in with water cannons and tear gas. some of the protesters say their movement was hijacked by these troublemakers in rome. cnn s susan candiotti is in new york. this is where the movement began, with occupy wall street. and the protesters of occupy wall street, susan, have now entered times square in manhattan. what s happening there right now? reporter: well [ inaudible ] people are here in times square. inside [ inaudible ] a pedestrian area that covers several blocks in times square. you have members of occupy wall street setting up shop. they are chanting slogans. they are holding up signs. their me
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
his energy plans, his jobs plan, the first stage he has been attacked and criticized for not having a plan and he s bringing it out today. he was on american morning an hour and a half ago and one of the highlights i thought was the comment about his wife. in south carolina making some interesting comments. take a listen to what she said and what he said this morning. it has been a rough month. we have been brutalized, by the press and brutalized by our opponents and our party. down on this as anita seemed? you know, family members always take these campaigns than the candidate. i have been doing this for a long time and that s a diversion, frankly. this is the big leagues. everybody understands it s about the presidency of the united states and we re committed to this campaign. you know, some pundits criticizing perry, is he really into this? perry says, yes, i am. kyra? we re also hearing more from perry with regard to the mormon issue this morning. he briefly t
stoically, saying very little to reporters. not long ago he spoke about the man convicted of brutalizing his family. i m not surprised is at all. i thought from the beginning that he was a lying sociopathic personality. and probably at this moment doesn t think he s guilty of anything. he s convinced himself of that i suspect. you will hear more from dr. petit and debra feyerick who was right there in the courtroom. but first, herman cain has gone from underdog to possible top dog. the latest nbc wall street journal poll shows cain with support from 27% of republican voters. mitt romney is four points behind him. ranked third is rick perry with 16% saying they would vote for him. today, as you may have seen in the last hour on cnn, cain sat down with erin burnett for an interview that covered several topics. we begin on the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. watch. i happen to believe in a this attempted assassination, that iran has its fi
godfather s ceo. he leads in key swing and must win florida. cain beat romney 34-28. this comes on the heels of a national poll yesterday that put cain in the lead. cnn s poll s a poll show that cain is behind romney. 23 to 20. whatever the case, it s no question that herman cain s popularity is surging. the national poll has you at number one. now poll has you leading in south carolina and florida. what s your family thinking and why do you think this happened that you surged to the top? my family, they are not surprised because they mow me because of my business career because i have always done some challenging things. this happened for two reasons, first it was evident with the straw poll. it demonstrates the voice of the people is more important than the voice of the media, with all due respect. because for a while, as you know, some people in the media tried to paint this as a two-man, governor on governor race. the second key message is more powerful than money. i ha