five or six new york police department officers guarding front door and keeping control of the crowds. some people coming out and sharing stories, even seeing philip seymour hoffman in their neighborhood. he was a recognizable face. we re told he was friendly person in the neighborhood. spoke to the owner of the restaurant. on washington street, a regular at the restaurant, often stopping in for brunch, obvious talking to the wait staff. sometimes with friends, sometimes alone but never attended by hollywood entourage, low key customer, neighborhood customer that seemed to blend in with her other customers. we have seen a few people who have come out of their doors, there s brown stones along with the apartment building hoffman was found. they came out, wiped away tears. we ve seen a few people who walked into and out of that apartment building. right now they are not stopping to answer any questions. police are letting them come and
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demonstrations are losing the steam. i look up at the chicago river to where they have gathered on washington street, it is happening without a lot of sound and furry and numbers of demonstrators. a hundred or less right now. they are hanging out in the front of boeing headquarters right now. they claim victory. they say they have shut down boeing in the process. what happened is earlier in the week the management of boeing just told the people who work at the headquarters here in chicago just not to report to work. so without a lot of numbers they stand in contrast to what we saw over the weekend. what we saw were the demonstrators showing up in the street with their numbers in the thousands. and the segment of the demonstrators who wanted to have a clash with police over the weekend ultimately got one. they got one when they arrived at the end of the planned march and tried to keep going into mccormick place. they tried to keep going and the police drew the line and said you re not g