that heads-up. something to be vigilant about today. protesters on wall street are accusing the nypd of tricking them into breaking the law. several hundred were arrested as demonstrators marched over the brooklyn bridge. the protests blocked traffic and jammed up traffic for miles. michelle franzen is joining me us. good morning. how did they get tricked? they re thinking they were lured there. they re saying the nypd lured them to this area. the protesters have been camping out the past two weeks at this park a few blocks from wall street. yesterday, their numbers swelled during that march across the brooklyn bridge. they were supposed to stay on the pedestrian path but spilled over on to the rote and closed off traffic as mentioned. nypd arrested some 700 protesters criticizing police for using excessive force yesterday and several incidents over the past two weeks. it was civil disobedience. it s still disobedience. but we were being peaceful. we weren t doing anyth
they re saying the nypd lured them to this area. the protesters have been camping out the past two weeks at this park a few blocks from wall street. yesterday, their numbers swelled during that march across the brooklyn bridge. they were supposed to stay on the pedestrian path but spilled over on to the rote and closed off traffic as mentioned. nypd arrested some 700 protesters criticizing police for using excessive force yesterday and several incidents over the past two weeks. it was civil disobedience. it s still disobedience. but we were being peaceful. we weren t doing anything bad. they weren t only arresting young kids either. they were arresting elderly woman and a 13-year-old girl. we realize that the marches stopped, the we couldn t leave. if we left, we tried to turn around and go back, that s when they would arrest you. the protesters are expected to be back out today. they ve been speaking out about big government, about how they feel that there s social i
want? that s a good question. a variety of platforms thaerg trying to come together and explain and get attention for. as you can see from those arrests since yesterday, that they are trying to get that message out that they mean business. certainly the arrests yesterday are also starting to give shape to their message. two weeks and counting. several hundred faithful protesters continue to camp out near wall street. their numbers grow each day, fueled by the power of social media. a few scuffles with nypd and the common threat of discontent over high unemployment and distrust of government and corporations. there s something unjust going on right now in this economy and society. john drove from connecticut to speak out. because we can t pay for big expensive lobbyists to work for what we want. the sit-in turned into a small community. complete with a food kitchen and media center. but by design, there is no one leader of this group and no organized set of demands
near wall street. their numbers grow each day, fueled by the power of social media. a few scuffles with nypd and the common threat of discontent over high unemployment and distrust of government and corporations. there s something unjust going on right now in this economy and society. john drove from connecticut to speak out. because we can t pay for big expensive lobbyists to work for what we want. the sit-in turned into a small community. complete with a food kitchen and media center. but by design, there is no one leader of this group and no organized set of demands. we re each doing our own thing but we re doing it together. we re coming together and saying things need to be changed. how are we going do this? we are the 99%. in los angeles, protesters took to the streets to show solidarity. i can t travel to d.c. or new york. so i think it s great that we are doing this in cities across the united states. even in portland, maine, 100 people turned out. t
that s two months sooner than they had originally planned. now, you know the tradition here. iowa is usually the first state to vote. so it s also thinking about pushing up its caucus. our political reporter, shannon is in des moines for us today. is that going to be the plan? if new hampshire moves up, iowa has to move up. we re talking about december, mid-december, could we go as early as november sthp. possibly not november, but definitely potentially december. i have to tell you, t.j., iowa s republican party is not happy at all with what florida is intending to do by holding this january 31st primary. as you mentioned, iowa is always traditionally the first contest in the presidential nominating season that holds the caucuses. iowa is banding together with new hampshire, with nevada and with south carolina. those are the four states that normally go first, according to the rnc rules. they re banding together and saying, look, we re going to move up our dates together,