we are, that melting pot that we've become. >> well, words of wisdom tre, steve. i think barack obama should read your book. >> thank you very much. >> it's a fascinating read, and you make a lot of sense. thank you for coming in. >> yes, sir. hello, everyone, i'm hala gorani at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. here's what's making news. the occupy movement in new york now and throughout the day going global. it began as a public demonstration in a small park in lower manhattan on saturday, spread to cities around the world. tokyo, london, rome, sydney, hong kong, toronto, jakarta and indonesia, to name a few. it was a worldwide display of sympathy and solidarity with the protesters of occupy wall street. most were peaceful, though some arrests were reported.

rome got ugly, throngs of peaceful demonstrators fled as anarchists began throwing moltov cocktails. shop windows were smashed, riot police moved in. occupy participants were upset by the outbreak of the violence saying their demonstration was hijacked. prosecutors call it a first of its kind indictment charging a bishop and a catholic diocese for failing to report suspected child abuse. st. joseph, missouri, deny the offense which is a misdemeanor. the jackson county prosecutor says finn did not report for five months that a priest in his charge had child pornography. and among the more off beat

stories, a mcdonald's employee in new york city is charged with felony assault after confrontation with two female customers. this is youtube video showing how one of the women cursed, then jumped the counter. the cashier beats the women to the horror in some cases of other customers and employees. the women were hospitalized and charged with menacing, trespass and disorderly conduct. it all started when the cashier questioned a $50 bill one of the women gave him. let's go back to our top story, everyone, and take a look at these images. today from the occupy wall street movement in the united states. dozens of arrests were made tonight. a large police presence moved into times square to clear out thousands of occupy demonstrators who had packed the site.

what is the situation now? we're in times square, new york, with susan candiotti. so i understand about 70 people arrested, about 40, 42 people in times square. tell us what happened. >> reporter: well, at this hour, it's pretty calm here in times square. there are some protesters in the distance behind me, over my shoulder. but earlier tonight and around 8:00, there were, as you mentioned, 42 people arrested mainly on one of the streets that shoots off times square here, it's 46th street, heading east as police were moving people off the street because they said they wanted to clear that street and that intersection. they said for the most part all the protesters tonight were orderly, but those 42 people were not. they said they were not following orders to get themselves off the street and off the sidewalk and some protesters all along were chanting, the world is watching, the world is watching, wall street, wall street, and some of

them urged fellow protesters to sit down. they did, on the street and on the sidewalk, and that's when police moved in, some of them wearing riot gear, to arrest them. we didn't hear of any injuries to any of the protesters. they were picked up, some of them smiling, and then carried away. however, a couple of police officers did suffer injuries. one to the head and one to his feet. they were taken to the hospital for injuries. at this hour, hala, the main event or action seems to be going on in greenwich village where there are other protesters moved down there and deciding whether they're going to camp out all night. if they do, that could be a problem, because there's a midnight curfew. >> if i understand you correctly, there is a bit of background noise. we are having a little bit of trouble hearing you and making out your words, but some protesters have peeled off and might stage a sit-in in another neighborhood in manhattan? another part of manhattan? tell us more about that.

>> reporter: hala, a little bit hard for me to understand you right now, but we were in the thick of it on that street, 46th street, getting jostled around as people were walking shoulder to shoulder and we heard and witnessed the police asking people repeatedly to get off the street, to clear the street. we stayed just ahead of it so we could see what was going on and to avoid being arrested but did see some people taken down and arrested, many of them. we counted at least 20 of them of the 42 that were picked up and taken away. >> susan candiotti is in times square, of course there's background noise there, making it hard for her to hear me and in some cases for us to hear her, discussing there the 70-plus arrests that took place tonight in the occupy wall street movement and these protests that took place not just in times square but in lower manhattan as well today and perhaps a little bit later in another neighborhood, a sit-in in new york. we'll keep on following that. now, there were also protesters demonstrating in las vegas, the

site of the next major test for the republicans battling to be the next president. cnn is hosting a debate on tuesday with the western republican leadership conference. t.j. holmes is standing by live in vegas for us right now. so, t.j., first of all, let's talk about these occupy movement demonstrators today in las vegas. >> reporter: well, we were here, as you know, we have the debate coming up next tuesday and we started hearing rumblings about occupy las vegas, and they were going to be doing something today, and also we found out they have a plan to do a demonstration at our debate next tuesday. today they focused on downtown las vegas today. still a local area, more so with locals than tourists. you get some tourists down there, but they were loud, they made their voices heard, and just like a lot of the demonstrators around the country, they have a lot of anger directed toward the federal government, but hala we

know a lot of anger and local problems to be upset about, given the unemployment rate here at 14.2% and the vegas metro area, number one in the country among areas with at least 1 million people, and this state, nevada, 13.4%. it is the highest of the 50 states. so i -- it's very peaceful still. loud voices, you have families out there as well. kind of some typical stuff you're seeing and the typical complaints you have, but once again, another peaceful and calm, yet loud, occupy rally. >> you mentioned nevada and how brutally it's been hit economically since the crisis a few years ago. let's talk about the controversy over when nevada republicans have chosen to schedule their caucus. >> reporter: yeah, this should be an easy thing. you would think. but they say it's all because of what florida did. florida decided to move their primary up to january 31st. so that means everybody had to go a little earlier. well, the problem we run into now is that nevada republicans, the gop, has decided to have

theirs on the 14th. iowa, tentatively has scheduled theirs for january 3rd. there's not enough room in between those for new hampshire to go. if they follow their state law. so new hampshire now threatening to do theirs in december some time, maybe before christmas. well, i asked the head of the gop here in nevada, could you just move it back three days, play nice, everybody gets along and problem solved. listen to her answer. is it even an option? is it even on the table for nevada to switch its caucuses from the 14th back, just three days to the 17th, is it even on the table? >> no. it's absolutely not. we're going to stick to our date. our state is working really hard in finding their locations. >> okay. i asked her several times and she was direct each time, said this is not an option. we're staying on the 14th. now, to our viewers, they might be wondering why is this a big deal? who cares when it is, what's the point who goes first and so on and so forth.

well, the point of this is, voters will have less time with the candidates, first of all, moving up all of these primaries and caucuses. also, the candidates get less time to sell themselves as well. but now you have real repercussions in that five republican candidates said they will boycott the nevada caucuses if nevada does not change the date. and we have at least one candidate, jon huntsman, who said he's going to boycott the cnn debate as well. he has some political reasons for doing it, but the dominos are starting to fall, and who's going to lose out, actually, the voters. >> okay. t.j. holmes in las vegas, nevada, live. thanks very much. so who will be the big winner in this cnn republican presidential debate? join us tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. cnn's anderson cooper will be asking the questions. coming up next, actor samuel jackson takes on history, playing a less flattering side of dr. martin luther king jr.

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the 30-foot statue honors the civil rights icon, we know. but a broadway play that just opened shows a king we don't know. what the man could have been like behind closed doors. cnn's don lemon has that story. >> reporter: samuel l. jackson and kenny leon are masters of make believe. leon is a director of stage and tv, honored with tony, golden globe and emmy nominations and is a star of this gathering in atlanta, celebrating his induction into the georgia music hall of fame. >> thank you. >> reporter: jackson is a highly recognizable film actor, famous for his roles in the star wars movies, iron man and his term in "pulp fiction." together the men are taking on real life history. the assassination of martin luther king, jr., to the broadway play, "the mountain top."

>> because i've been to the mountain top. >> reporter: the title comes from his last speech, the day before his assassination. the place setting? the hours after he just spoke these words to hundreds in memphis. >> i've looked over, and i've seen the promised land. >> reporter: jackson plays king. tired, in his hotel room. angela basset is king's maid. the mountain top is about their conversation. a fictional take on what king was like when he was away from the podium and some criticize the play for the way it humanizes the civil rights icon. >> you know, when i talk to 18, 19-year-old kids and they say things like, dr. king, that's that civil rights dude, right? you know, that's disappointing. so i want them to come and see the man in hopes they would see him as a human and say, wow, i want to find out more about him. >> reporter: you play him.

you don't look -- you barely look like yourself in the play. >> oh, that's great. >> reporter: yeah. as an actor, you like that, right? >> on purpose. i spent a lot of time digging through archives and finding interviews that he did on television talking about the vietnam war and talking about other things. >> reporter: listened to his voice. >> fortunately i went to moore house during a time there were a lot of people still like him at moore house teaching us. >> reporter: what do you mean? >> as a way of speaking and carrying yourself that's very southern ministerial in a specific kind of way. >> reporter: how do you think dr. king would feel about today, the current situation, the current climate. >> disappointed. >> reporter: the president. >> it would be totally disappointing. young people graduating from college, what is their hope? >> the haves have more. the have nots have less. i think it's time that we hear a

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ten people were killed in clashes why the in the yemeni capital of sanaa, according to witnesses. a medic called it a sad day for the revolution, as tribal fighters battled yemeni security forces. activists said snipers sprayed the crowds with gunfire trying to end the demonstration. protesters are demanding that the president step aside. meanwhile, security officials

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