clinton. but not the kind of birthday you d think. on hand, lady gaga, usher and el en ellen de generes. thchlts morning on the national mall, the four-acre, $120 million martin luther king jr. memorial will be dedicated. our athena jones is in the mall right now and joins us now live. good morning to you. reporter: good morning. as you can see, the crowd is building here. in just a little while, this dedication ceremony which was postponed, as you know, from august, will begin. we expect to hear from several civil rights leaders like jesse jackson, like john lewis. also martin luther king iii and bernice king. president obama will also be speaking. we thought we d take a look at some of the scup tur itself and some of the controversy surrounding it. powerful and imposing, a 30-foot tall statue of dr. martin luther king jr. emerging from a stone of hope. it made an immediate impression on his son. the very first time that i came to the site i was almost overwhelmed. i rea
jesse jackson and designer tommy hilfiger. and the price of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is about to go through the roof. we thought times were tough already we ll explain. and a special welcome to the service men and women watching on the armed forces network. we re so glad you re with us. first, this is the 30th day of the occupy wall street movement, and wow, what a month. what began with a small demonstration against big banks and corporate greed has exploded across the globe. the central web site for the movement united for global change says protests are happening in hundreds of cities in 82 countries. among them, berlin, rome, hong kong, and london. many of the protests are peaceful, but not all of them. dozens and dozens of arrests have been made. we are covering the demonstrations from pearl into london, all the way to melbourne, australia. reporter: huge peaceful demonstrations across germany. organizers say they believe around 40,000 people have com