a block closer to the white house, now three blocks from the white house. you can see that this group is trying to shut down a major intersection. i just spoke with the d.c. police department and they confirmed there have been just two arrests since the major protest began. so they ve been trying to make sure that this stays peaceful. we ll be watching all night. we ll see what happens. athena, thank you very much. we ll have much more coming up on the violence that erupted around the country, especially of the protests in california overnight. let s go to berkeley. cnn s dan simon is standing by. what s the latest over there, dan? reporter: hi, wolf. police here in berkeley are preparing for another round of protests tonight. the word has gone out on social media for the protesters to organize near the university later this evening. what has happened over the past few days is the marchers sort of
romed the streets, and thenspli and vandalize the area. police are trying to keep these areas secure, but obviously when you have a group that s intent on causing violence, it s hard to keep things contained. dan, thank you very much. let s go to new york right now. protests are planned outside the brooklyn nets basketball game. it s being called a royal shutdown, because prince william and the duchess kate will be in the stands tonight. that s the schedule. the game is supposed to start a little more than an hour or so from now. our correspondent is joining us from brooklyn. what s the latest over there? reporter: we ve seen about 60 police officers just a short
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according to two leaders in al sadr s movement there. they say he was held for the past nine months and that he was, quote, captured in battles. u.s. officials have not confirmed this information. pentagon officials say there have been no active duty military personnel missing in iraq. it s an interesting story with lots of twists here. we are going to continue to follow this story and bring you the very latest information as it comes in to cnn. stay tuned. new details paint a very clear, much clearer picture of the soldier accused of a brutal massacre in afghanistan. the portrait of staff sergeant robert bales seems incomplete. it doesn t explain how or why a decorated combat veteran could carry out such a grisly rampage. dan simon is standing by for us outside lewis-mcchord where bales is stationed. we are starting to learn more about bales. what are you hearing? reporter: the focus is whether or not there were any clues or warning signs that may have caused bales to go o
from the devastating tornado in the st. louis area. thank you so much, and dan simon is standing by at lambert field. dan, we re waiting on the governor and mayor. do you have any idea what they re going to seor when they re going to have access again to this airport? i think they re going to talk about whether or not the power will be restored. that s the key to getting this airport reopened and getting the community back to flormal for those people who aren t dramatically effected if their homes or businesses are damaged in a significant way. they ll be out there shortly. we ll updates you on statistics, if there are any. thank you very much. also coming up here on cnn security forces open fire in syria, killing at least ten protesters. we re going to have an update for you. plus the president of yemen accepts a deal to step down. a live report from the state department about what that