park. police said, tear the structure down, get out. they are refusing. and so our athena jones is live there at the site of the protesters. number one, athena, why did they built it? earlier, you said they built it because of the cold weather and they wanted some place to go in and keep warm. now this. what s going on where you are? reporter: well, that s right. i just wanted to update you. we saw, as you said, a few minutes ago, someone somersaulted off the edge of this structure on this giant inflatable cushion that the police have blown up, right next to the structure on the backside. a few minutes after that, another protester jumped on to the cushion, so there are now four people left atop this building, as you can see. now, they said they built it because it s getting colder and they want to be able to have daily meetings inside, their general assembly meetings, they call them, to make plans and to talk about what they stand for. this is a group, occupy d.c. proteste
university marching band under investigation for the death of a student. we ll hear from mothers of two band members. and the blame game and herman cain. it s always someone else s fault, and he s not alone. it s our no talking points segment. these false and unproved allegations continue to be spined in the media. it s all right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. winter is coming. occupy protesters have been getting ready. this plastic bubble recently went up in buffalo, new york. it was donated by supporters so demonstrators can stay warm and dry. in portland, oregon, police moved in when people set up camping tents. but the real drama today has been in washington. police and protesters have been in a standoff over a wooden building that went up overnight. let s get to cnn s athena jones. athena? hi, don. you know, this ended just a little while ago with the police finally being able to take down the last protester who wa
and good morning, everybody. this is your wake-up call for monday, december 5th. i m christine romans, carol has the morning off. newt gingrich, the one to watch in the gop race in a new nbc marist pole leading the pack in iowa but mitt romney is still ahead in new hampshire. although his support has dropped from only a month ago, less than 30 days from the first gop nominating contest in january. he s taking some time off. atlanta megachurch pastor eddie long made that announcement yesterday. he says he needs time to work on family issues. long s wife of 21 years vanessa filed for divorce on thursday. last spring long settled a lawsuit piled by four young men who accused him of sexual coercion. the u.s. and pakistan mending diplomatic fences after that nato air strike that killed two dozen pakistani troops. president obama called pakistan s president yesterday making clear the incident was not a deliberate attack on pakistan. both presidents agreed to stay in touch. le
that will not be my endorsement. all right. let s bring in our paul steinhauser. so cain won t be supporting obama s re-election campaign. no surprise there. what a surprise. exactly. where do you think he ll throw his support? you know, there s a lot of speculation that maybe he throws his support to newt gingrich, the former house speaker. they are both from georgia. it was interesting on saturday. soon after cain suspended his campaign, gingrich at an event in new york city said some very, very nice things about herman cain. a lot of the candidates would like that support. here is the drama. late last night, gingrich adds a news conference today in new york city at 1:45. there s speculation, will cain be there or not? cain aides and gingrich aides saying no to that one. gingrich s people tell us at 1:45, gingrich will outline his 50-state strategy. a lot of the candidates would like cain s backing. no doubt about that we saw michele bachmann and ron paul yesterda
the prestigious florida a&m university marching band under investigation for the death of a student. we ll hear from mothers of two band members. and the blame game and herman cain. it s always someone else s fault, and he s not alone. it s our no talking points segment. these false and unproved allegations continue to be spinned in the media. it s all right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. winter is coming. occupy protesters have been getting ready. this plastic bubble recently went up in buffalo, new york. it was donated by supporters so demonstrators can stay warm and dry. in portland, oregon, police moved in when people set up camping tents. 19 people were arrested. but the real drama today has been in washington. police and protesters have been in a standoff over a wooden building that went up overnight. let s get to cnn s athena jones. athena? hi, don. you know, this ended just a little while ago with the police fin