first, a super moon. now a solar eclipse. the amazing photos and what the universe has in store next. good evening, everyone. today we saw it. american police officers shut down a demonstration. several were hurt. a few dozen arrested and the prediction of possible violence from the nato summit came true. they were loud but uneventful then it happened. something or somebody made all hell break loose. watch. chicago police say the crowd was,500 strong when the tension escalated and happened not far from where president obama and more than 50 world leaders were juggling issues facing afghanistan and nato. the city's top police officer blames a small group of troublemakers. >> if there was a group of what we commonly refer to as the black bloc folks who kind of rallied together, they put their masks on and found out from the crowd they would charge the stage and try to break through and assault our cops. that 'exactly what happened. they rallied, charged the cops and assaulted the officers. we responded, so far today we're up to 45 arrests today. >> and tonight cnn's paul vercammen is live down there in the crowd or where the crowd was earlier. what happened out there? who did what to trigger the mess? >> reporter: when you're looking at it from the inside out it's difficult to determine if there was one flash point as the superintendent said, he believed that the black bloc protesters were going to charge the stage, that's when it became clear that there were just way too many people in one small space, many of them trying to go in different directions. the organizers who threw their medal medals were walking west so it's hard to say exactly why or what's going on but i should note as you hear the sirens behind me, there are still groups walking through the streets of chicago right now. you can see below me there are police with their visor s up and riot gear on. every single one worried because it's gone on for two nights the group of demonstrators there go into their area, try to cross the chicago river here or whatever it may be. now back to today's protest, i pressed the superintendent and asked him why they used their batons. can you explain why they used their batons? >> to overcome an assault. >> it's not a pretty thing. >> ultimately the officers were assaulted. they don't have to stand there and take an assault. >> and the chief also said that he had been verbally assaulted not that that would trigger, you know, any sort of a skrirmish but have to tell you there were clearly protesters pushing the officers first and they have been enduring unimaginable taunts, repeated taunts with guys getting in their face and calling them all sorts of names. had they characterize it as the black bloc that might be an accurate depiction because i didn't see, for example, anybody who might be under the umbrella of an anti-war demonstrator waving a peace sign getting in the officer's face and them getting joss manied by the officers. >> paul vercammen in chicago, thank you very much for your reporting. while chicago preliminaries and demonstrators fought outside one word dominated the discussion inside. the summit and it was afghanistan. one key moment today, the president of france announced he would pull his 3,300 combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of this year. cnn's jessica yellin has more on that. >> reporter: before the summit kicked off afghanistan is dominating this meeting and it's so important that before the summit began the president sat down with afghan president hamid karzai and in public remarks karzai, the afghan president, thanked the u.s. taxpayers for everything the taxpayers have done for afghanistan, announced -- said that the afghans will no longer soon be a burden to the u.s. and assured the president that afghans will be ready to take over the combat lead when it's handed over. >> jessica yellin reporting in chicago today and also today nato leaders signed a deal to add five more unarmed 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obviously didn't get the obama campaign memo when it comes to attacking mitt romney. booker says issues like bain capital is a big distraction. here my conversation. >> this is nauseating to me on both sides. stop attacking private equity or jeremiah wright. it undermines to me what the country should be focused on, a distraction from the real issue, either a small campaign about this crap or a big campaign in my opinion about the issues that america cares about. >> first to lz. a democrat who says bain capital doesn't matter. and you say amen. >> why? >> amen, brother these side conversations that are happening that have been spurred on by our super pacs and by pundits like will and i, those simply don't matter but making the conversations dumbed down and stupid and he's correct. we need to stay focused on the important things, the economy. >> will, is this an example, a gaffe or do you think it's just -- he's speaking his mind and i don't know, will there be any repercussions? >> the politicians from new jersey have a tendency to speak his mind. he has integrity. this isn't an endorsement in any way but a reflection of reality and undertans capitalism and private equity. that's the only place i disagree with him. we're debating capitalism here. >> will, i think you're absolutely right. it is a big issue but what is refreshing about cory book ser that he's not teowing the party line and nothing more mundane than someone when the democrats can't do anything wrong or the republicans can't do anything wrong and they're infallible, nice to see someone who has integrity. good for him even if awe grow with him or not. the lieutenant governor, his view on bain capital. >> in the business of profit. nothing inherently wrong with that in order to maximize profit you have to maximize costs. what's the biggest cost, reducing personnel is the business of bain, not creating jobs this, is the proof point of the romney campaign that he can create jobs, that he has a better record, he's 47th out of 50 states in job creation when he was chief executive of massachusetts. >> he on message, will, i'll say to you and ask you first because you say it is a big issue, so is criticizing bain going to resonate with voters, will? >> well, i don't -- i certainly hope not, don. take gavin newsom. gavin's analysis isn't terrible. his conclusion can. if mitt romney was vehicling profit and that resulted in job losses, it's not intended to give everyone a job but that being said despite the fact that barnes & noble is out of business as george will pointed out shortly later barnes & noble is on its way out of business and tower records is on its way out of business, we have net new job creation every year. jobs are a by-product, not the purpose and capitalism is pro proving pretty good at this. >> lz, i'm going to move on if that's okay with you. i don't know if it's pertinent you respond. joe biden, he's the joe populist, he is a rare form -- in rare form in the capital in the rust belt of youngstown, ohio. take a listen. >> my mother and father dreamed as much as any rich guy dreams. >> absolutely. [ applause ] >> they don't get us. they don't get who we are. i don't understand, it seems to me. again, they're not bad, they just don't get it >> that's why -- listen, because of that, you either love joe biden or you hate him but this resonates with a lot of people, lz. >> yeah, you know what, it does. it's a very emotional moment as will cain would like to say, very emotional but i think you need to do more than just get us fired up. we need tangibles. we need a plan. we don't need to feel just fired up but where we're going when we get fired up. these are the things when we get past this, you know, rah-rah stage, this is what americans want to hear, plans. we already have the emotion. what we need now is the direction. what exactly are you going to do? >> thanks, lz and will, cory booker, by the way in the truth about bain capital, the subjects of our no talking point subject at the bottom of the hour. the super moon tonight. wait for it. there it is right there. the super eclipse, man, that is a beautiful picture, isn't it? been a long time since we've seen one of these and it's not done yet, all right so we're tracking it for you next. all right, there it is, take a look, it's the solar eclipse, bonnie schneider is tracking it for us. how much longer will we be able to see it. >> for the next couple of hour, live picture out of san francisco. another place to track it is in qui albuquerque, new mexico. we are tracking it. you'll see it as far as lubbock, texas, the weather for visibility in the u.s. has been great to take a look at the eclipse. i'll talk more bit and show you where else you can track it throughout the evening. don? >> so excited. same technology we use to track santa claus. appreciate it, bonnie. tropical storm alberto is hovering off the coast of south carolina but it isn't expected to make landfall. it has sustained winds of 45 miles per hour and the hurricane season doesn't officially begin until june. alberto is the earliest named storm to form in the atlantic in nine years. well, we'll pull out our crystal ball for what you can expect next week right now. what will affect your wallet and what to expect out of washington and hollywood? that's next. we want viewers to stay connected. want all of you to stay connected on the go. make sure you grab your mobile phone and go to cnn kp .com/tv. 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was in the right that they were reacting correctly to an assault by protesters. a few demonstrators and police officers were hurt and more than 40 people were arrested. cnn's ted rowlands was right in the middle of it. >> reporter: a small group of protesters was all that was left after a chaotic day after the nato summit and hundreds challenged a police line. police using their batons were able to push the protesters back and eventually they dispersed. ted rowland, cnn, chicago. >> i'm paul vercammen. what i saw was about 1800 to 2200 protesters jammed one intersection near the summit. that's when police and riot gear tried to clear out the intersection. you could see that there was shoving going on, cattle guards were being picked up. i saw eight being treated in a makeshift triage unit. they said they had been hit with batons but i also saw a lot of shoving by the protesters and police had been repeatedly taunting. >> ted rowlands and paul vercammen both in chicago. tomorrow is 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