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you were out there all day on a route that started at the united nations, went south to 42nd street, all the way up fifth avenue. what were you seeing out there today? laurence, it was interesting. we ve been out here for about 14 hours. we saw the first trickle of protesters come in about 7:30. then it was completely packed on 1st avenue by 10:30. 60,000 people already filling the streets by 1:30 in the afternoon. for those familiar with new york, they were intended to walk down second avenue but they filled up lexington. we saw buses in a gridlock pattern. they were empty because there was simply no place to go. the protesters had filled the crevices of all the streets. what s interesting, when i spoke to the protesters they said they were here for a myriad of reasons. they were here because of education, abortion, immigration rights. but they also said they were aware they could not change the results of this presidency. when i asked why they chose to demonstrate knowing that dona

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