industry. >> now, live from albany new york, the life of is profiled in "the contenders". >> i come here tonight knowing i am the underdog in these final weeks. if you know where to look, there are signs of hope. even in the most unexpected places. even in this room full of proud manhattan democrats. i can't shake that the link that some people here are pulling for me. [applause] i am delighted to see you here tonight. >> i was thrilled to get this invitation. i feel right at home here because it is often said i share the politics of alfred e. smith and the ears of alfred newman. it is an honor to be here with al smith. i never knew your great- grandfather. everything senator mccain told me, the two of them had a great time before prohibition. [laughter] >> i am not surprised by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. when this matter was submitted, they would readily see it had no place in our constitution. it would be very difficult if not impossible to explain to those who come to this country to make it their business to seek that no such matter as this is ever again made the su

fluke. new york state reapportionment was so heavily weighted in favor of republicans, that his democrats rarely held in this chamber. he was here 12 years and was only in the majority twice. it only became democratic once in the 1930's. they had to go to the 1960's before the democrats took over. i think smith would be proud that they finally got equal representation. they changed the system to make it one-man, one-vote. you could then allow new york city to send its proper amount of legislators to new york and has resulted in another manhattan speaker. >> we talked with speaker sheldon silver about al smith. here is what he had to say. >> i think he was a man ahead of his time. his reaction to that triangle shirtwaist fire, putting in legislation to deal with child labor, with labor generally. providing rights. we today commemorate that triangle factory fire. we commemorated the 100 anniversary of it. all of the legislation protecting workers are things that we in the assembly do today. al smith when he was the governor of the state, he talked about having the wealthier pay a

park in new york from this morning a sight you don't see every day thousands of people standing their ground fighting even action from the park they were told by new york mayor michael bloomberg that they'd have to leave for cleaning that they would be able to return but they wouldn't be able to bring back their tents or their tarps so protesters cleaned up the park themselves and the mayor and up letting them stay but also in new york a video that is going viral right now. this is video of a new york police officer apparently running home or in a wall street protester and we're not sure of all the details here at these pictures are certainly being seen by a whole lot of people and generating some. now on to seattle where ten people were arrested overnight police also took down tents were knocking pyar was staying but this is back down saying those protesters in seattle will be able to stay indefinitely. i was not the case in denver colorado where the school or not the procession was in the park where they've been staying part was cleared by state and local police at three o'clock thi

in new york during 12 years of governor. he and his family and the closest aides gathered in this room on election night. corning me is richard norton smith. it is november 2, 1948 at the roosevelt hotel. what happens here? >> well, the day began with a virtual unanimity in the nation's press corps that this election was over. it was thomas e. dewey's to lose. there were pollsters who had stopped polling after labor day. they were so convinced there was no contest. gov. dewey and mrs. do we want to vote at midday not too far from here. he got out of his car and decided to walk back to the hotel. reporters thought it was a good sign. he was a new dewey,a warmer dewey that people have seen on the campaign trail. they had an election night tradition of having dinner with their friends, robert strauss who was a publisher. the family went there for an early dinner. while they were there, some disturbing returns came in from connecticut in particular. thomas dooley had relied along the accountants as much as anyone else, almost -- always had a respect for the numbers. the numbers were a

glad you have joined us. "new york times" excessive editor and olympian john carlos coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. kcet public television] tavis: a few quick programming notes. first tonight, some terrific conversations coming up tonight and all this week. tomorrow night nile rogers is here. a conversation with anita hill. hard to believe it has been 20 years since the scandal that propelled her into the public eye and jerry west on thursday and friday jackie collins. tonight, though, we are pleased to kick off this week with jill abramson.

despite a series of arrests and scuffles with police which continue in new york activists accuse the police of heavy handed tactics against people peacefully expressing their opinion on this account and it has all the details. well the occupy wall street protests continue to spread across the united states here in new york city and not only have occupy wall street protesters camped themselves into cody park but here in union square they are now marching against police brutality that is the new focus of the protests in the face of increasing arrests increasingly tally they say by not only the new york city police department but also police departments across the world now over the weekend approximately nineteen protesters were arrested in downtown orlando in florida one of them was an armed u.s. army soldier and a man in a wheelchair their crime not moving when the police officers told them to move even though they say they were simply trying to stand up for their first amendment freedom of speech rights to call out attention to the corruption both in wall street and in washington now

and that month this movement has transformed into an unstoppable force occupying not just new york city but the entire planet over the weekend hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in europe south america and asia in solidarity with the occupy wall street movement in iran demonstrations turned violent as police cars the government building were torched causing over a million dollars damage here in the united states where protests of remain peaceful despite ongoing brutal police crackdowns tens of thousands of people filled times square this weekend in new york city and tens of thousands more occupied hundreds of cities across the country and as we've seen each day there were also mass arrests uttered seventy five people arrested in chicago for a gauge. in civil disobedience seventy were arrested in new york city's times square nearly one hundred people arrested in arizona couple dozen more arrested in denver and here in the nation's capital princeton professor cornel west join your early twenty other people in getting arrested in front of the supreme court as they were pro

long. new york police got heavy handed with thousands of angry protesters demanding social and economic reform in the u.s. . back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim of the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns up alive and well forcing several media into backtracking. prescribes to halt the biggest twenty four hour nationwide strike in three months turns violent as the cuts to be brought to cash still runs out. in moscow i'm not treasurer good to have you with us here on r t our top story police in the u.s. have been filmed beating back protesters out of mass demonstration in new york in the biggest event yet in the three week long rally called occupy wall street but also reports pepper spray was used against the crowd and police have confirmed they've made dozens of arrests at the rally thousands were taking part in sustained protests to demand social and economic change activists say they're fed up with breaking their backs at work while wall street bankers route big bonuses argues marina horton has more. than twenty thousand demonstrators

as new york sees yet more reza sayah peaceful demonstration. of the youth finance chiefs in need yet again in brussels with their latest round of crisis talks euro skeptics in the u.k. are pushing for a nationwide referendum on leaving the e.u. . and a new twist in the case of the russian agent alexander litvinenko is down when dad made ties with britain's intelligence services. international news live for most of this is r.t. with many thanks for joining us live is interim government says it's looking to hold elections within the next eighteen months as the war torn country prepares to celebrate the day of liberation following the death of gadhafi but the unclear at circumstances of the from what leaders that have sponsored international calls for an investigation with every new piece of video casting a deeper shadow on the official version that he died in crossfire his body is currently being kept in a chilly room in a shopping center in his rant or are they just hordes of the revolution to oust him hundreds of live in something putin thought photo opportunities with the bloody blo

bank of new york mellon he's the one that gave all the evidence to the attorney general of new york and let's turn to this clip from king world news every day every time a state pension fund created a bank would steal approximately three tenths of one percent of every transaction every time a pension fund bought a currency the bank would mark a high price but today they would look because currency trades at a twenty four hour clock what the bank of new york would do is look back twenty hours and i find all the state pension funds purchased transactions at the high of the day and every time i mentioned one try to sell a currency they would find the price of a lot of the day and they would pocket the difference and they did it not for just ten years but for decades every day for decades well that brings up three points as i count them number one that pension funds are abused this is where banks dump risk when they. make a bad bet and it's a losing bet they dump it in the pension account i myself have done this on wall street many times when i was working on wall street we did these lookba

evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. first up tonight a conversation with "new york times" excessive editor jill abramson. her thoughts tonight on a very busy last several days in the news business and her new book "the puppy diaries." and also john carlos. his defiant salute at the 1968 summer olympics. he is out now with a new memoir called "the john carlos story." we're glad you have joined us. "new york times" excessive editor and olympian john carlos coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial liestaec t more esclwe to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. kcet public television] tavis: a few quick programmi

. your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. it's a countdown to a showdown. the mayor of new york says protesters need to leave the park so it can be cleaned. occupy wall street organizers say they are staying right where they are. in fact, the protesters have begun cleaning up the park themselves as they see it, the mayor's cleanup is really an eviction notice. >> mayor, we do a lot better up cleaning up wall street than this park. not only that we have more than 650,000 signatures from every country in the world. supporting the people we're occupying wall street. the mayor needs to not evict them. >> they've been there for almost a month protesting the weak economy and a political system many deem corrupt. >>> the best response tore the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador. sanctions are paying off and they vow to ratchet up the pressure. several lawmakers want stronger measures like crippling their currency by pressuring other countries to stop buying their oil. senator bob corker sees the plot at a provocation. >> the early part they were w

should we just go with the flow and embrace the brave new world of mood control? we'll ask new york magazine journalist ariel levy and washington psychiatrist dr. brian doyle. >> >> if. for such a small if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. together we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we're metlife. a.d.m. the nature of what's to come. >> welcome. ariel levy, you authored a cover story for "new york magazine" which we see here "what are you on?" and you described new york today to -- you say sound the alarm, there is a new drug epidemic in town and most of the city wants in on it. in certain circles of new york, it is regular table conversation. we have entered the golden age of self-medication. drugs have become like hair products or cosmetics. this is brain styling, not mi

clean the park themselves and the mayor let them stay but also in new york a video that is going viral right now. this is the video of a new york police officer apparently the really running over an occupy wall street protester not sure of all the details here but these pictures are certainly being seen by a whole lot of people to read some anger as well. now on to seattle where ten people were arrested last night police also took down a so-called tent where an occupier was staying but has since got down saying those seattle protesters will be able to stay indefinitely. that was not the case in denver colorado where peaceful or not part protesters have been staying in what was cleared by state and local police at three o'clock this morning for all we understand police set up a large perimeter around that park moved in slowly and cleared everybody out in some cases dragging people by the arms even carrying them to nearby tractors and driving them away tents were torn down and more than twenty people there arrested so much as the new york times have to say about this well the front page

can stay there the boardroom that are there and not just in new york but all over this country where there are many many encampments around the u.s. the board this that goes on the more public support that they're going to get they already have the majority of public support on this and and i think pretty soon when you start seeing if you hopefully we won't see any more of this kind of. terrorism really but if we certainly do people are going to start to sympathize more and more with what the occupy wall street folks are getting done and what they're about then some of these other folks that are trying to undo it and and i hope the mayors are taking notice of this as well and they do have great public support and i really really commend them for their courage of convictions and for hanging out in what is not great weather all the time not just in new york but all over the country and it's going to get worse and worse and worse the weather is in a way it's and it's really remarkable how these these was tenuous david was in lancaster this week and it was great yeah we're doing a great

to the top. >> we hit it off right away. >> reporter: the cbs news/"the new york times" poll says tea party favorite herman cain tied with the lead with romney. they say it's because voters want something different. >> i don't have national name i.d. and i don't have a kajillion dollars. like some of the other candidates. when i say i have never held office, i get a spontaneous applause because they are tired of politicians as a usual. >> reporter: if obama wins re-election. christie could be at the top of the republican contenders for 2016. the big question now, betty, is who he will endorse. >> all right. susan mcginnis in washington, we will be watching. thank you so much. >>> an investigation is under way to determine the cause of a deadly hospital crash here in new york. five people were on board the tourist helicopter when it suddenly plunged into the east river just south of the united nations building yesterday. one passenger was killed and three others injured. terrell brown is at the crash site this morning. terrell, what is the latest there? >> betty, good morning to you. >

new york police get tough on thousands of occupy wall street activists furious their taxes are being used to profit the big corporations. skewing syria a woman seen as the symbol of the regime brutality against its own people after reportedly being beheaded reappears alive and well. and eurozone finance chiefs look to helping our banks that may suffer a blow from greece's debt crisis which sparked violent protests against ever toughening austerity measures. or welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching our she was me and he said no way it's four pm here in the russian capital eight am in new york where pepper spray and batons have been used against thousands of occupy wall street protesters people angry with their government for favoring banks and corporations doing a little to how their own have been rallying all over the country for a third week running. the details. about ten to twenty thousand demonstrators were out on the street but i want to be you may have actually ruled out way out of the crowds part of the crowds that are here in your l

it's four pm here in the russian capital eight am in new york where pepper spray and batons have been used against thousands of occupy wall street protesters people angry with their government for favoring banks and corporations while doing a little to help them have been rallying all over the country for a third week running. has the details. about ten to twenty thousand demonstrators were out on this street but from what we're being told may have actually broke out when the crowds part of the crowds that formed in lower manhattan by a lot street surge has to barricades around the new york stock exchange and officers moved in to contain the protesters from what we saw on the video officers swatted protesters with the times sprayed them with made use of for spray according to some reports even one local news reporter who is sprayed with pepper spray his camera man was hit with a big time things clearly getting violent down by wall street as this demonstration was carrying on all day long cops how arrested dozens of protesters but the final tally is not yet known or t. has checked

human smoke machine who provided us with our smoke screen. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> leave it to jeanne. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer. join us weekdays in the situation room from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. eastern. every saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern. and at this time every weekend on cnn international. the news continues next. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> top of the hour, thanks for joining us. the last week of october feels a lot like the depths of winter for millions of people tonight. you're lucky if you're at home and be out in it. snow is falling from the mid-atlantic states through the northeast. and the winter, well, the winter-like blast, i should say, is causing all kinds of problems. snarling air travel and knocking out power to thousands of people. we're on top of all this for you. cnn reporters and anchors out in forceful our weather anchor chad smirs in pennsylvania. and standing by in the severe weather center. we want to start with our meteorologist out in the field. i spoke to you a little while ago. is it still snowing? >> reporter: it's s

now. stocks in asia dipped. ashley morrison with more on that in new york. >> reporter: asian markets finished lower with more fears on european debt. nikkei lost 1.5% and hang seng down more than 3%. on wall street dow finished 141 points higher but the nasdaq was down nearly 68%. asian markets are, in part, reacting to news that greece says it will not meet its deficit targets imposed by international lenders. the government is implementing, but greek finance officials say they will miss their targets for 2011 because of the deeper than expected recession. >>> in this country, good news at the gas pump. aaa reports the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular is $3.42. that is down 8 cents from just a week ago. >>> the cost of child care has become a major burden for families. the most expensive state is massachusetts where it costs an average $16,500 a year to raise a child. that is 16% of the average family's income. massachusetts is followed by new york, hawaii, colorado, and minnesota. >>> and despite the fact that income is down and fears of another recession, more folks

. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live this morning from new york. >>> herman cain begins this week fighting off allegations of inappropriate behavior. political reports, at least two women accuse cain of sexually suggestive behavior when he was president of the national restaurant association in the 1990s. here's how he responded when confronted about those allegations. >> i'm not going to comment about two people you won't tell me who they are. that's like negotiating -- i'm not going to comment on that, because i think that that is one of those kinds of things that -- >> that was the last question. last question. >> have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? >> cain's campaign has also released this statement, it reads in part, since washington establishment critics haven't had much luck in attacking mr. cain's ideas about how to fix the economy and create jobs they are trying to attack him in any way they can, end quote. >>> more than 2 million people in the northeast are waking up this morning without power. it's because of an unusual october snowsto

police in the u.s. have been filmed beating back protesters at a mass demonstration in new york in the biggest event yet in the three week long rally dubbed occupy wall street there are also reports that pepper spray had been used on crowds and police have confirmed they've made dozens of arrests out the rally thousands have been taking part in sustained protests to demand social and economic change activists say they're fed up with breaking their backs in war while wall street bankers are big bonuses parties marina portnoy has more from new york. about ten to twenty thousand demonstrators were out on the street but from what we're being told may have actually broke out when the crowds part of the crowds that formed in lower manhattan via wall street surge has to barricades around the new york stock exchange and officers moved in to contain the protesters trying what we saw on the video officers swatted protesters with the times sprayed them with mates at first for a warning to some reports even one local news reporter who is sprayed with pepper spray his camera man was hit with a

from moscow our top story wall street protesters in new york say they will continue demonstrations the pledge comes out their police violently dispersed a rally and arrested more than seven hundred people after a dramatic showdown on the brooklyn bridge well thousands have now joined the movement dubbed occupy wall street angry at what they call corporate domination and as large as maybe the portnoy explains the action of police is likely to bring more anger to the streets of new york and beyond. right about now most of the protesters that were arrested from what we're being told more than seven hundred of them have been released or in the process of being released from prison from where they were being held i spoke with one of the protesters who said he wasn't sure if he could come on camera because he has to speak with his lawyer first all of these folks are being charged with disorderly conduct but as we could tell from the video and the images that were taken on saturday this was quite a clash a clash between thousands of americans that began their demonstration at a park by a

pictures coming in to cnn. helicopter has crashed into new york's east river and a dramatic rescue operation is now underway. we're told by the fire department of new york, a spokesman saying that at least two people were seriously injured in the crash. the chief coast guard petty officer eric swansen tells cnn there were at least three people on board when that helicopter crashed into the east river in new york. in an interview with a local affiliate, a former fdny commissioner says the water temperature right now is approximately 68 degrees. we're told it happened maybe 35 minutes ago in the east river at 34th street and 1st avenue on the east side of manhattan. chad myers is watching this unfold with us. what else are you pick iing up we seize these live images coming in. >> wolf, literally, we are listening to scanner traffic all the way back to how we used to do it in local tv. scanner traffic from fdny saying there were five, five on board. four are out of the helicopter. one still missing. three of the four were passengers. one of the four that got out was the pilot. one, i

new york city right now. the rain is coming down. three to five inches of snow is expected when it's all over. the city is among those preparing for the early snow. and the big apple isn't alone. snow is expected from baltimore all the way to boston. and here's what the radar looks right now. one of the biggest problems besides the snow is what happens next? and that's potential power outages. >> the trees. still plenty of leaves on them. you have forecasters saying heavy, wet snow. high winds. those are all the perfect ingredients for potentially a large problem with the electric grid. >> all right. we want to bring in our alexander steele with a closer look at what we're expecting in the northeast. and boy, oh, boy, i just can't believe it. i can't wrap my head around this, alexandra. >> it's unbelievable. as you said, it's rare but not unprecedented because we have had it before. he made some good points. power outages will be the big story tomorrow. of course, new york, new england in full foliage. to all those leaves on the trees, heavy snow coming down coupled with 30 to 40-mil

could still decide to run. joining me now, national affairs editor for "new york magazine" john heilman. and aol, "huffington post" analyst, howard fineman. thank you. you were chuckling as we were ramping back into the latest christie fever, christie indecision 2011 discussion. what's so funny? >> i was chuckling at the definitive politico report. >> the definitive maybe. >> the definitive maybe. here's what i know. i'm in john's town here. so i'm calling new york sources. he's seriously considering. a political consultant close to him, also by the way close to karl rove, and others who have been going around saying, i said this on the show last week, they're saying to professionals around the region and the country, if the governor were to decide to do this, would you be willing to go with him? either as fund-raisers or as professional staff people? that doesn't mean he's going to do it. the last word i had before i came on the air was one guy who worked for him at one point who said, look, if he's gone radio silent, that definitely means he's seriously considering it. that's

he proclaimed he was gay on his blog over the weekend. >> the 14-year-old new york boy committed suicide after enduring bullying for years. >>> continuing on, i'm brooke baldwin, here we go, t.j. holmes live in las vegas for tomorrow's presidential debate. matthew chance is in gaza covering the prison exchange and karina huber has news about your cell phone bill. time for reporter roulette. we'll begin with matthew chance. matthew? >> reporter: brooke, thanks very much. that's right within the next few hours there could be one of the biggest prisoner exchanges for some time here in the palestinian territories with isra israel. 1,027 israeli -- palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails will be swapped for just one israeli soldier, gilad shalit, arrested in gaza five years ago. a lot of anticipation, excitement here in gaza for that to take place, in israel a lot of concern that too much of was given away for the release of just one man, brooke. >> when do we know yet we can expect the exchange to take place? >> reporter: they're keeping those details very much under wraps, at le

hampshire grants. they're still wasn't vermont. against competing claims of new york. preserving the homesteads until the revolution came around. he was a prolific author. i was surprised how much he wrote but better known as the land speculator and the two things connected because ethan allen bought and sold land as cheaply as he could and sold in small parcels to hundreds and hundreds of frontier families but if he didn't have money to buy a piece of land he sold you a pamphlet. you got a few acres or bought it with a shilling. he really is a founding father of vermont. without him new york could not have been held at bay and neither could the british. by one means or another. he is also the reason why we have a prisoner of war policy stretching down to the present time. i will explain that more. because the case of ethan allen, prisoner of war set the precedent how prisoners are treated and diplomatic relations between warring governments in the civil war. he had quite an impact and yet we know little of this. he wrote a narrative of his own captivity that went through eight editi

at the new york state assembly for allowing us to broadcast live. we want to thank our studio audience and our cable partner up here in albany, time-warner. we're going to leave you with a few of al smith's own words on his career and life. >> i was elected to my first public office in 1903. i remained in the assembly for 12 years. then i was elected sheriff of new york county. then i was elected president of the board of aldermen. in fact, i ran for office 22 times. i was element -- elected 20 times and defeated twice. i've worked for the county, i've worked for the city. i have worked for the state. and you will probably remember that i tried to get a job down in washington but something happened to me at that time. [laughter] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] . the series airs live every friday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern through december 9. you can see tonight's program again at 11:00 p.m. eastern. for more information, go to our website, c-span.org. you will find appraisals by historians and por

markopoulos is involved in this lawsuit against bank of new york mellon he's the one that gave all the evidence to the attorney general of new york and let's turn to this clip from king world news every day every time a state pension fund created but they could steal approximately three to one prepare but every transaction every time a pension fund bought a currency but they would mark a high price but today they would look at currency for it at twenty four o'clock what the bank of new york would do it look back twenty eight hours in a fine holding a pension fund purchase plan. and every time a pay pension fund try to go a currency they would find the price of a lot of the day they would pocket the difference and they did not produce tenure but for decades. rather brands of three pointers i count them number one that pension funds are abused this is where banks dump risk when they. make a bad bet and it's a losing bet they dump it in a pension account i myself have done this on wall street many times when i was working on wall street we did these look back trade is this here jim cramer

&a," the executive editor of "the new york times, jill abramson, discusses her job, her life, and her new book "the puppy diaries." >> jill abramson, new editor at "the new york times, brand new. you have a new book. "the puppy diaries." it is painful to read. i want you to tell us about it. >> it was a may day in 2007, and i was going to work out before going to work at "the times," and at 44th and seventh avenue, i began to cross at the light, and a big white truck that was turning right ran me down, and, you know, i was pretty badly hurt. i was in belleview hospital for three weeks and in icu for a long time. i had several broken bones. i broke my femur, which is the biggest bone in the body, i am told, probably hard to break, but mine broke. it was tough for a while. and, you know, it taught me a little bit about what i am made of. you know, i had to go through months of physical therapy and learn to walk all over again. people have gone through far worse things in their life than what i did, but that is basically the story. >> i want to go on just a little bit longer, because it

arrest of hundreds this weekend in new york. the movement, known as occupy wall street, has gained momentum, spawning similar demonstrations across the country. francis coe reports. >> reporter: protesters out in force, stretching into their third week in new york city. their concerns range from the environment to social change, all seemingly unified by beefs about the economy and inequality. >> i want to see more opportunities for my children and for my students and for all americans. >> on saturday, police arrested more than 700 in the growing group of demonstrators on the black lynn bridge. but the arrest didn't dampen the outpouring of support. >> i wouldn't be here if it weren't for twitter and facebook, that's how i found out about it. >> reporter: solidarity showed in the form of hundreds this weekend, from california to colorado. >> we are 99%. >> reporter: north carolina to upstate new york. labor experts say the arab spring uprisings overseas have empowered protesters to stand up. >> those movements, those revolutions led by young people. and i think thooeb unemployed and

next we'll have a live report from new york. and a tactical victory for the movement this as protesters in oakland take back their square defending themselves from the tear gas and stun guns and from those very same police that attacked an iraq war veteran. that letter should be fired. strong words for strong emotions and support a fellow military officer supporting not only this severely injured marine the occupy wall street protests as a whole and he is not alone so as those who fight abroad join the fight at home lots to change. despite some of the negative reporting from the mainstream media the movement continues to spread this as protesters try to clean up america's mess fighting against corporate greed and those in the one percent but how does this movement fix what it says is broken talk to peter joseph founder of the site guys movement with his solution. it's thursday october twenty seventh eight pm in washington d.c. and christine and you are watching our team start this hour with a look at the occupy wall street movement protesters around the country are standing t

on something. new york police get heavy handed with thousands of angry protesters demanding social and economic reform in the u.s. . back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim of the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns up alive and well forcing several media outlets into backtracking. greece and gripped by a shutdown or showdown as police round out an angry public these leaders are struggling to save a catastrophic default. and russian markets are following gains in asia and wall street but good step troubles and declining u.s. growth remain a result will be discussing the issue in our business bulletin. one pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story police in the u.s. have been filmed beating bad protesters out of mass demonstration in new york and the biggest event yet in the three week long rally dubbed the i.q. pile wall street there's also reports pepper sprays being used against the crowd and police confirm they've made dozens of arrests at the rally thousands were taking part in sustained protests to deman

it was operating well harry markopoulos is involved in this lawsuit against bank of new york mellon he's the one that gave all the evidence to the attorney general of new york and let's turn to this clip from king world news every day but every time a state pension fund created would be approximately three to one but every transaction every time a pension fund bought a currency but they would mark a high price but today they would look at the currency for eight to twenty four o'clock what to think of new york would do it look back twenty hours in a fine old state pension fund purchase program. and every time i pay a pension one hundred dollar currently they would find a macwrite with a little today but i would pocket the difference and they did it not for just ten years but for every day for a decade rather brings up three points as i count them number one that pension funds are abused this is where banks dump risk when they. make a bad bet and it's a losing bet they dump it in a pension account i myself have done this on wall street many times when i was working on wall street we d

weekend is no treat. strong wind, freezing rain and snow. snow in amounts new york city hasn't seen this early in more than 100 years. it's part of a storm that's been pushing up for from the deep south and, ready or not, it could dump as much as a foot of snow in parts of new york state and southern new england starting tonight. jim axelrod is in midtown manhattan. jim? >> reporter: scottcott, has as 5 million americans could be affected. the winds could gust up to 50 miles an hour and heavy snow expected to knock down trees and power lines from maryland to maine. the snowplow moving through the sunny streets of washington, d.c. may have looked a little out of place today, but that could very well change tomorrow if the brewing snowstorm matches what's forecast. >> this is a first i've seen in a long time in october where we're here preparing and talking about a snow and possibility of a nor'easter coming our way. >> reporter: plow drivers up and down the east coast are now checking their rigs. this new system is expected to form tonight off the north carolina coast and strengthen as it