. we are following breaking news in the nation s capitol and quite an interesting scene. on the left you are seeing the mother of all rallies. this was initially designated to be a protrump support rally in which republican and democrats are getting together and talking about uniting the country and following the lead of president trump. a few moments ago, some black lives matter demonstrators took over the stage there. they were actually handed the microphone by some of the mother of all rallies organizers in the interest of free speech. on the right hand side not far from this demonstration, you are watching a juggalos march, this is a group dedicated to the rap, metal musical group that peeked at popularity who were dedicated
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bills that do everything from limiting ammunition magazines to require universal gun background checks. as a result there s been widespread backlash in the state. two of the senator colleagues faced recall elections in september. they were ousted from office and she resigned to help preserve control of the colorado senate for democrats as a result of two of those lawmakers being ousted in september. they had a single seat majority in the senate. she was doing it to protect her party and to protect people of colorado in that it would cost $200,000. there was a support rally for her last wednesday, people carrying signs saying thank you evy. with that said, the opposition of this political director of the rocky mountain gun owners says this is a cowardly way out of a recall.
one other pro-filner support rally. this was last month. there were a few dozen people there. what we re expecting this time is we just don t know. we don t know how many are still willing to show up in public in support of this embattled mayor. i can tell you he does have a stronghold of support. minority groups as well as labor unions are still throwing their support behind filner, quiet though they may be, carol. so it will be interesting to see whether mayor filner shows up at the public support rallies. who knows? stranger thing have happened. right now we still don t know where the mayor is, right? reporter: you know what, i don t know. there have been some reports i spoke it a source at city hall in san diego city hall who said there have been some sightings of the mayor at his downtown san diego highrise apartment. some. we actually saw the mayor s suv at city hall, but he wasn t there. so people have been chasing this suv all over the city. i ve been chasing the chief
and then give a little grab to my derriere. your newly favored congressman bob filner. sources are telling cnn mayor filner, back at work tomorrow. after taking some time out to undergo behavior therapy. right now, something is happening in san diego in response to this story. protests staged across the city along with petitions to see the mayor kicked out of office. but you know what s happening right now? a support rally is under way and casey wian is there for us. casey, gosh, i don t see many people behind you. i don t know if it s begun yet. is there any turnout? what do supporters of mayor filner have to say? reporter: it hasn t started yet. it s expected to start in a couple minutes. you may be able to see over my right shoulder some of these folks, several dozen of them, who have begun to gather here. they are going to be holding a press conference in support of mayor filner.