financial district of new york right now. the demonstrators say they re trying to form a human wall around the new york stock exchange as a way to try to shut down the financial district. rallies are being held in more than 30 cities around the world today. hundreds of penn state alumni and fans demanding the president and board of trustees step down. they held a rally this weekend, angry over how the jerry sandusky and joe paterno s firing was handled. they want legislative restructuring of the board. six members of an oregon family are being called heroes after saving eight children from drowning. the gibsons were having a reunion on the lake near portland when they noticed things had gotten quiet and some kids playing in the water has disappeared. the family rushed to the shore after hearing cries for help. i started yelling, they re drowning, they re drowning! i went out and we just sort of formed a chain. i had tripped over a couple of them. so i was trying to get down and
calling mitt romney to release his returns. a couple months later, it is still relevant. texas a&m students form a human wall to protesters from soldiers funeral. yeah to texas a&m m. i want to say team usa basketball, we beat brazil yesterday! maryland s own kevin dur anlt, kevin durant. we love you. that s it for this edition of the daily rundown. coming up next on msnbc, chris jansing and company. a big, big interview at 1:00 p.m. take care. i ll be back tomorrow. the goatee, not back until the end of the week. you got me again. hope you come back. and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision.
reporter: good morning. it s been a very interesting 24 hours here in mexico. the pope arrived yesterday afternoon. as you say, he was met by the president of this country, but then when he went to where he s staying overnight, and he s still resting at this hour mexico time, he saw 21-mile human wall, many standing for days, just for the opportunity to see the pope and the pope mobile passing by. the pope this morning will have a private mass. then, alex, later this afternoon he ll have a private meeting. this is the first time the two leaders will meet and the first time the pope arrives to mexican territory. he will speak 20 feet behind me in a balcony here in the incredibly historic city of
leave power quickly. better in cairo as the army erected a large barricade to separate the riot police from the the protesters and a call on facebook and twitter for them to come out with a human wall to separate two groups before egypt once again plunges into violence. back to you. harris: leland vittert, thank you very much. rescue workers searching for russia s east coast. more than 67 men aboard an oil rig that capsized and sank north of japan and four people confirmed dead and 14 others rescued. nearly 300 foot long platform hit by waves up to 20 feet while it was being towed and planes and helicopters calling off their search for the night and russian authorities are investigating the incident. back at home, the search underway in maine for a missing toddler, turning up no sign. and now detectives pressing on
were going to establish a human wall preventing the westboro baptist church from disrupting the service. that s really how the first amendment is supposed to work. the cure for bad speech is good speech. not lawsuits where people are sued for millions of dollars. i think everyone, any sane person, is extremely sympathetic to the snyder family here. the pain of losing a son is bad enough, but to have it really is sort of an exaggeration for say it s a church and it certainly has nothing to do with the broader baptist church. it s ral jueally just one famil fred phelps and his crazy family. but what they were doing was expressing political opinion as horrible as they were. and that s what the first amendment exists to protect. that s right, freedom of speech in the united states.