mentioned in the senate, the freedom to vote act as modified in the senate. that s a good bill. hr 4, the john lewis voting rights act. and today when i leave here, i ll go to the 10th anniversary of mlk memorial dedication. ten years it s been. imagine. martin luther king was 58 years ago, nearly 60 years ago when he stood near that place and talked about justice and democracy and the beautiful speech. i had a dream speech. this fierce urgency of now. now martin luther king is there on the mall as john lewis called it, america s front yard, with washington and lincoln and jefferson. presidents of the united states and reverend martin luther king. so we ll go down there and honor dr. king, of course, being inspired by his work and words
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
up the east coast all the way to canada. this is a huge storm, folks. just check out the view from the international space station. we re all over irene, where it is, where it s going. we ve got jim spellman riding out the storm in the bahamas. john zarrella is in wrightsville beach, north carolina, and jacqui jeras here in the hurricane headquarters. jim, let s start with you. what s the situation there? reporter: good morning. the winds have been blowing like this for hours now. about an hour and a half ago they really picked up a lot. you can see the sea is being blown over the sea walls here, a lot of the low-lying roads along the coastal areas already have water on them. fortunately so far we have yet to see any major damage to structures. reports coming in just within the last hour of widespread power outages across the island, as you may expect, as lines get blown down. so far they have avoided that main blast. just about all of the tourists in the area that could ge