we ll hear from him in a moment. but let s begin with this developing story. the occupy wall street movement turns two months old today and protesters in new york are planning a massive protest aimed at shutting down streets, bridges and even the subway. mara? reporter: chris, good morning. you can see behind me the park is empty. there is a lot of activity takes place just a few blocks away. a march is taking place, protesters are headed to wall street by our count, about 700 people areรง there right now. their plan was to get to wall street and actually disrupt the beginning of the work day. i spoke to someone who said they wanted to take all of their anger and frustration directly to the financial institutions that they were directing that at but they were not able to reach wall street because of police barricades that had been put up. police have also erected checkpoints around the stock exchange where they are checking people s work i.d.s to make sure only people he
manhattan. at this moment, we re tracking it all from the air and on the ground. now, in a few hour, protesters say they re going to take their fight underground as activists plotting to gather at seven subway stops in five boroughs, but right now, let s go downtown to mara schiavocampo with the latest. good morning. thomas, good morning. at this time, we have several hundred protesters gathered here at zuccotti park. they went to wall street as part of a national day of action. their goal someone told me was to bring the anger and frustration that they have towards financial institutions directly to those financial institutions. later today, they are planning a large rally and march to be joined by union members. their plan is to go akroz the brooklyn bridge. i m joined at this time by russell simons, whose been extremely active in this movement. now that the focal point seems to have move frd this park, where do you think things are headed? the mayors across the country
it is wednesday november 16th. only two days until friday. ali velshi has the day off. i m carol costello along with christine romans. welcome to american morning. first up a severe weather warning right now for the new orleans area. jacqui jeras is in the extreme weather center. a rote taiting thunderstorm that could produce a thunderstorm any time. jefferson and including the city of new orleans. probably 15 minutes away. get to your safe place right now this morning. this is in effect until 5:30 local time. a radar indicated tornado that could drop down. the threat stretches from louisiana through parts of mississippi on into alabama, and we think that line will intensify as it heads towards the east today. so we ll continue to track the storm. any new information we ll bring it along to you. a tornado warning possible right now for the city of new orleans. back to you guys. thanks, jacqui. now to penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary speaking out for the firs
on the streets of major cities wow. good morning, everyone. herman cain does explain his libya answer. we re going to have that coming up. welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, november 16th. with us onset, we have mike barnicle. what? herman cain. we re going to miss him when he finally falls off the tracks. we are? yeah. we have the chairman of deutsch. once a year, show up with the shoes, everything s okay. really? it s from the heart, that s what s important. they are lovely. i will say. i brought mike a tie, but i forgot it. what s going on? nothing for me? i got you a pair of birkenstocks, but i left them you know me so well, donny. i ll take the shoes. also editor in chief of news magazine the daily beast. rick perry has new plans. occupy wall street s in the news, but we re going to start with newt gingrich. and this is very, very interesting. by the way, joe is off for a few days. he had a second sinus surgery. he s miserable
on the streets of major cities wow. good morning, everyone. herman cain does explain his libya answer. we re going to have that coming up. welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, november 16th. with us onset, we have mike barnicle. what? herman cain. we re going to miss him when he finally falls off the tracks. we are? yeah. we have the chairman of deutsch. once a year, show up with the shoes, everything s okay. really? it s from the heart, that s what s important. they are lovely. i will say. i brought mike a tie, but i forgot it. what s going on? nothing for me? i got you a pair of birkenstocks, but i left them you know me so well, donny. i ll take the shoes. also editor in chief of news magazine the daily beast. rick perry has new plans. occupy wall street s in the news, but we re going to start with newt gingrich. and this is very, very interesting. by the way, joe is off for a few days. he had a second sinus surgery. he s miserable