way again today. the protests began last month and have now spread to several other u.s. cities. folks, sit down, please. folks, everyone, step down. there was the scene yesterday. today the brooklyn bridge is open after the group shut down one side of the bridge in protest of what they call corporate greed. 700 people were arrested. the u.s. state department has issued a worldwide travel alert for americans living or traveling abroad. it warns that followers of al qaeda figures killed on friday could stage revenge attacks. read the entire warning on the u.s. state department s website. and a former cia contractor who went to prison in pakistan was arrested in colorado yesterday. witnesses say raymond davis fought with another man over a shopping center parking spot when davis was eventually released from prison in pakistan early this year. he was charged with killing two men when we worked for the cia there. take a look at this live picture of the washington monume
the government has passed to get it out of its deep hole. president obama is on the west coast again today. he ll be in los angeles to raise some big money for his re-election war chest. a dinner tonight costs nearly $18,000 per person. the president was in seattle yesterday and he goes to denver tomorrow before president obama left for the west coast, he spoke at the congressional black caucuses awards dinner and he s really start to sound like a candidate now. i m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don t have time to feel sorry for myself. i don t have time to complain. i m going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and march on! the president also will be in the bay area today hosting a town hall event on the professional social network site linkedin. how about some d.c. deja vu? the federal government could shut down thanks to another budget face-off. i m sure you ve heard about it. lawmakers are butti