tensions have been building ever since. mary snow is there witnessing the protesters and she s joining us there by phone. so, mary, give me an idea of what the police presence is like and is this crowd growing? it s been a massive crowd this morning, fredricka. down here in lower manhattan in the surrounding blocks around the new york stock exchange. we are on one intersection where there has been pretty much a standoff between police and protesters and there was a barricade up preventing them from going any closer to the new york stock exchange and on the last few minutes we have seen some arrests. people were carried out and how we have seen, also, more police showing up at this intersection where we are with handcuffs. the police got on the loud speaker just a short time ago telling protesters to get on the sidewalk. they have blocked the intersection in this block right near the stock exchange and it s pretty much protesters just kind of in this standoff with police. it
you re in the situation room. first, an apparent shake-up in the republican race for the white house after a turbulent week that saw herman cain finding new allegations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling sadly in a debate. newt gingrich leaping towards the top of a pack in a stunni stunningcome back. jim acosta is watching the race for us as he always does. where do things stand right now? some candidates are stepping in it, newt gingrich is stepping it up. what s old is newt. he s back. it is a wide open race. consider campaign road kill over the summer, newt gingrich is peaking at just the right time. he is leaping ahead of herman cain in a new poll and falling within the margin of error for the lead in another poll from cbs. the former house speaker may be scoffing at his numbers. all of this effort to create a two-man race when it was perry and romney. reporter: he already has a new racer line attack for mitt roxny. you re not running to be super
attempt, congresswoman gabrielle giffords i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, an apparent shake-up in the republican race for the white house after a turbulent week that saw herman cain finding new allegations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling sadly in a debate. newt gingrich leaping towards the top of a pack in a stunni stunningcome back. jim acosta is watching the race for us as he always does. where do things stand right now? some candidates are stepping in it, newt gingrich is stepping it up. what s old is newt. he s back. it is a wide open race. consider campaign road kill over the summer, newt gingrich is peaking at just the right time. he is leaping ahead of herman cain in a new poll and falling within the margin of error for the lead in another poll from cbs. the former house speaker may be scoffing at his numbers. all of this effort to create a two-man race when it was perry and romney. reporter: he already has a new racer l