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workweek. december 12. i m frank mallicoat. it is tough on a monday. i m grace lee. it is 5:00 a.m. we begin with shutting down the ports. the goal of occupy protesters on the west coast today. it is a big day. gil diaz is in oakland where protesters plan to march to the port in just about a half hour. he joins us with more, good morning. reporter: good morning. that s right, the protesters were told to organize right behind me at the west oakland bart station. as you can see behind me, a lot of them have shown up. they will be here, despite the drizzly weather, they say they hope to get a huge turnout and of course today s marches are inspired from last month s event. the first rally to the port of oakland. as you see right there. and more than 7,000 people showed up to that first rally. shutting down and crippling the operations of the port temporarily. now, today, there are three marches planned. one at 5:30 this morning. another one at 3:00 this afternoon. a ....
we re back now with more of today on a wednesday morning. it s the 3rd of march 2010. it is a little bit messy, nasty out there. you can see the water on the lens. we ve got some rain, some sleet, some snow, a little bit of everything out there, but thanks to those people for sticking around on rockefeller plaza. inside studio 1a, i m matt lauer along with natalie morales and al roker. ann is, of course, covering the earthquake down in chile. and coming up in this half hour, the latest on the investigation at one of the nation s busiest airports right here in new york. we re talking about jfk, where a child was allowed to direct flights from the control tower a couple of weeks ago. it was all caught on tape. you ll hear some of those transmissions and we ll talk about how it could happen in just a little while. all right, also, with the nation s unemployment rate still at a whopping 9.7%, we ve got some advice on what you should do with your 401(k) if you ve been ....
there. that is news4 today. thanks for starting your day with us. have a great day. we hope you join us tomorrow morning. we start at 4:55. see you tomorrow. good morning. are you kidding me? a child caught on tape directing flights at new york s busy jfk airport. jetblue 171, contact departure. over to departure, jetblue 171. awesome job. air mex 403, contact departure, adios. now a controller and his supervisor have been relieved of their duties as the faa launches an investigation. a father s pain just hours after police discovered a body in the same park where san diego teenager chelsea king disappeared. her father addressed thousands at a moving vigil. we ll hear from him. and the sit-down and the stand-up. wow! this is a thrill of a lifetime really. and alaska being so different from los angeles. here, when people have a frozen look on their face, i find out it s botox. sarah palin shows up on the tonight show and even does her own monolo ....