standstill. as people are honking their horns they're saying no, we're not having this. some of the things we've seen signs they say now human is illegal. you're seeing the amalgamation of protesters who are saying we're fighting for people to feel included. they're sending a message to those recently confirmed cabinet members. if they see terms of sievicivic rights infractions they want to show how quickly people can come together. >> i was saying yesterday, you can picture a new york city street on a typical afternoon. there were, you know, cab and people were honking and cursing, they were upset because traffic couldn't get through. have they shut down the street there? obviously, there's so much traffic in new york city. what's the deal? >> reporter: the streets have been completely shut down. interesting thing is not only on second avenue, down to third -- down to lexington. that's where we're seeing, just the number of people. this is more than they expected. we haven't gotten a final number from the nypd.