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also, live pictures of blizzard conditions near denver. this truck was no match for the snow packed roads. i'll be back with more news at the bottom of the hour. right now, time for the premier of "the next list" with dr. sanjay gupta. >> you're about to meet marco tempest, a cyber illusionist. now i really have no idea what that means. but what i can tell you is this, like most agents of change he is a force in his field. you see in marco's world, what is often perceived to be real, is just an illusion. and he uses technology to blur the lines between what is true and be what is not. still confused? well, truth is even after getting to know him over the next 30 minutes, you may still be left scratching your heads. but you will understand why marco tempest is on "the next list."
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>> my name is marco tempest. i'm a cyber illusionist which means i combine magic and science to create illusions. it's deception, it's science, technology, gadgets. calling myself a magician evokes a certain image like if we hear magician we immediately know what that is. it's a guy who does a magic trick. a cyber illusionist requires explanation. a conversation starter. that is what my work is all about. >> reporter: magic as old as time and throughout history it's been celebrated and feared. but now this age-old art form is being reimagined by tempest and he's taking it to another level. >> my tools are very outside of
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the realm of magic. i us computer vision, high-speed photography, video graphic designs. thermal imaging, robotics, muriel network, learning, sim mantic systems, all these things which enable me to create my illusion. >> do you see the umbrella. >> yeah. >> all right. ♪ >> i'm kind of completely abandoning magic as we know it. >> reporter: some might say technology is magical. it makes possible what may have once seemed impossible. technology blurs the lines of what is real in our lives. that's the concept at the heart of tempest's work. >> my ultimate goal is to tell a story and to maybe explain real
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life in a magical way and evoke this kind of conversations within my audience. so they might reflect on things that have happened in their life which is seen in my magic. when we're little kids everything is magic. like soap bottles, rainbows, snowflakes. then we grow up and magic disappears out of our lives somehow. now a magician if he does it right, has the power to reenchant people, give them that feeling back, for a short amount of time and then i think that's a really good cause. >> reporter: he performs for audiences all over the world, from random side walks to grand stages, even on-line. >> one of my favorite magicians is carl jermaine. he had this wonderful trick,
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where a rose bush bloomed right in front of your eyes. but it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful. >> ladies and gentlemen. the creation of life. >> for me it's very important that my work is understood by large audiences and also by international audiences. that it's easily translated into multiple languages. i love to perform in local languages where i am. [ spoking foreign language ] >> reporter: he has also found a niche, helping corporations it tell their stories. >> i make my living by doing a lot of corporate performances, which means i help companies emotionalize their content, messaging of products.
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♪ as technologies evolve i have to evolve with them and the great way to do that is to work for big corporations which make these technologies. so a lot of times i'm actually out there introducing new products or new concepts, future concepts of living and interaction and i have the opportunity to get access to these technologies at a very early stage. sometimes i might have a product, six months or almost a year, before it's out in the public. and that gives me just a little bit of an advantage over the general audience. innovation is really essential seam in my work and pushing boundaries, working and collaborating with people outside of my comfort zone, completely different backgrounds and, expertise and creating tools that might not have existed before to actually create my magic.
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>> okay. hey, marco. >> how are you doing? come on in. >> coming up we go further into the mind of cyber illusionist marco tempest. [ male announcer ] one-hundred-nineteen data points. this is what we can gather from an ordinary crash test dummy. two million data points. this is what we can gather from a lexus crash test genius. [ engine revving ] when you pursue industry-leading safety, you don't just engineer breakthroughs in simulation technology, you engineer amazing. ♪
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hey, marco. >> how are you doing? come on in. let me show you around. >> this is where the magic happens. >> it's my secret magic lab. >> i feel magical already just being here. so, what are we looking at here? >> this is a new piece i'm working on. it's a magical crossword puzzle. there's some empowering words and this should like kind of show this in a fun way. i can start it up real quick, maybe give it a shot. i don't know if you recognize any patterns within the letters which are on the table right now. you can just arrange them if you feel that you see -- >> a little embarrassing if i didn't get this. now, i'm just moving these and i saw that when you touch the letters, they didn't have these letters on them in the beginning. >> right. >> you did something to bring these letters --
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>> it gave you complete and we have another one. >> wow. >> please. >> i'm just trying to see what you did there. it was fascinating. >> this is just kind of like a prototyping station and kind of to figure out how things could look later on. that's my domain, actually. quickly. put this together. >> got that one pretty quick. >> do you mind if i pick one of these up? >> sure. yeah. these are the smallest possible screens available right now. they're kind of educational toy, which lends themselves excellent to do some magic with and make it very tactile and possibly have audience members interact with it and do magical things. >> you have cnn. you're pushing all the right buttons. what is your thinking? what is your process? how do you come up with this stuff? >> sometimes it's inspired by technology, like these. i was able to get ply hands on
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these. i got a developer agreement so i can put my own content on them. sometimes it's the technology which starts the process and other times it's a story or a fragment of a piece of information which might lead to a trick. so there are different roads which can lead to a finished trick or finished segment. >> someone may show you this and say this is the smallest screen and in your mind thinks i can do something with this, something that's a deception or a con or magic. >> yes. it was just so compelling. it's such a playful way. it's like the most minimal computer you could think of. there's no interface. the interface is how you relate these to each other. so it is magical and that makes it perfect for the kind of things i'm looking for. >> tempest's love of magic started out like many in his field, with a magic kit at a
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young age. by the time he was 12 he was performing with the children's circus in front of thousands. >> back then i didn't really know what magic was all about or how the tricks would actually work. but, magic very soon provided a sort of an escape from reality. i think for a lot of kids this is exactly what magic is. >> he began winning awards and competitions but within a few years tempest got bored. >> there was a time for me i started disliking magic. magic felt old and boring and almost dead. as i it turned away from magic i discovered that there's so much other stuff out there. in popular culture which are relevant to today's audiences which could be brought into magic and make magic relevant once again. >> reporter: for tempest adding pop culture to his tricks in the mid 80s meant emulating what he loved most of all, special effects like those he was seeing in the movies. >> people would actually go to
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the movies to see special effects. so, if i could bring the special effects of the movies to the stage, then in my mind, sure enough, i would have a recipe, the dna to do magic which is contemporary and which would attract larger audiences. >> equipment to create special effects was hard to come by at that time. so tempest made a bold move and called companies that had the high-ends gear he needed and asked to use it. >> i said if you let me use that gear, in return, i'll be abe to show you a magic show which has not existed before, which will incorporate your products and i give you a free show. >> the companies agreed and it tempest found himself with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment at his disposal. his magic would never be the same. >> is this what magic is going to look like in the future? >> i think so to a large part. at the same time i don't think
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that all magicians should now use technology. magic is such a huge feeling, so many ways to express yourself. it technologies are saying use it, if it's not then do something else. >> a youtube phenom, a street sensation, but wait until you see what happens when marco tempest takes the stage. more "next list" continues after this. what's in the mail? well, it just might surprise you. because this is how people and business connect. feeling safe and secure that important letters and information don't get lost in thin air. or disappear with a click.
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in my corporate performances, a lot of times it's about revealing a product or bringing on a speaker in a stage environment or giving a key communication message in a magical way. so the corporations approach me, they give me their messaging, their products and i incorporate them into, you could say, a magic routine and i try to incorporate as much as possible without it being corny, but at the same time like stay true to their messaging and make it fun for the audience. i'm from switzerland and over there, we love it when technology makes our lives easier. there's really only one thing we like more, and that would be chocolate. i work with a marketing
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departments and i look at what they try to say about their products, how they want to position themselves in the marketplace or what ways there would be to make their products resonate with their audiences. yeah. that's actually a super fascinating process, to get access to technology before it's outside in the marketplace. i get a glimpse at a possible future sometimes, like what is going to happen in pattern recognition or speak recognition or computational photography, so these are very, very exciting themes which then later on can be incorporated back into my magic. >> come on. ♪ ♪
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some of the companies i work for are like apple computers, ibm, intel, mitsubishi, toyota, panasonic. there are pharmaceutical companies, there are services companies, big telecommunication companies, everything which is loosely related to technology. there's also fashion brands and luxury fashion brands, so there's a broad range and there are many, many markets all around the world. ♪ [ phone ringing ] >> i think marco's biggest contribution is that he takes one of the oldest art forms in
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the world of magic and modernizes it and able to dance this dance between virtual reality and actual reality in a way that is inclusive and open and appeals to everyone. >> i feel that i succeed when i can give them that moment of being enchanted and maybe give them a glimpse at a possible future and if within that i manage to somehow have a corporate message which resonates with me and them, you know, even better. making art is not my aspiration. my aspiration is to do what i love, like to show my passion to my audiences and if i can be passionate about something in a corporate event, and i can show that to my audience, that's
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so the type of magic i like, and i'm a magician, is the magic that uses technologies to create illusions. so i would like to show you something i've been working on. it's an application that i think will be useful for ar it tests, multimedia artists in particular. it synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices. i've borrowed these from people in the audience to show you what i mean. one of my favorite magicians is carl jermaine. he had this wonderful trick where a rose bush would bloom right in front of your eyes. but it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful.
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>> ladies and gentlemen, the creation of lights. [ applause ] >> when asked about deception, he said this -- magic is the only honest profession. a magician promises to deceive you and he does. >> i like to think of myself as an honest magician. i use a lot of tricks, which means that sometimes i have to lie to you. i feel bad about that. but people lie every day. he's going to say, hey, where are you? i'm stuck in traffic. i'll be there soon. we've all done it. >> not me. >> stop this quick. >> so yeah, the secrets are all behind. >> there's a little butterfly. >> actually, this is one of my
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biggest secrets here. this is the prompter, the teleprompter and if i start this, this kind of tells me where i am in the piece. >> really? >> but -- >> so you look up there and have at least some sense of timing. >> sense of timing but the most important thing about this is how it starts. this is my super trade secret. i have smiley faces on the back of all of my props to remind me to have fun with what i do. because sometimes this stuff is very, very challenging, but this is kind of a reminder to enjoy myself no matter what. >> that's so funny to me, because here we are in this technologically sophisticated lab and you have a smiley face to say, you know what, have fun with this. that's great. you know, technology meets i guess just old-fashioned little reminder like that. >> a lot of people think performing magic is quite easy.
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actually it's nerve-racking to be in front of a room full of piece and do something that has to be very precise. this is a very good way to prepare mentally, to say hey, let's have great fun. >> technology as we all know can fail. i mean, things may not work. my phone fails on me all the time. what happens in a situation like that? >> i found that when things go wrong, the audience typically is very forgiving. it's like you smile, and say, let's start this again. everybody is laughing. they go see, even he's not perfect. it's like it usually a situation can be diffusied easily. a lot of times little things go wrong and nobody knows because the audience never knows what to expect. >> it's a little bit of a peek behind the curtain for them into what you do. >> but at the end of the day i hope things go as planned. >> that's fascinating. this is just something anybody could get, this particular
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software? >> the software is called multivid available for free at the app store. i try to give away the technology, but maybe not the poetry. ideally they will make their own contents but -- >> that's an interesting way of putting it. you would like to give away the technology but the poetry is still a very -- that's an individual thing. >> absolutely. i think everybody should use these digital tools to express themselves in their own way. >> in their own way. you've come up with a very clever way to do it. >> thank you. i think maybe a theme or like an overarching theme, will be that in my work, i constantly have to solve problems and get acquainted with new things and that's a big theme in all our lives. our lives change so rapidly and we have to adjust to all the new things coming into our lives and maybe watching my show puts that in a more lighthearted view, so to speak.
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what i put out is not the end of things. it's the beginning. if i succeed. it's the beginning of a conversation, it's the beginning of real engagement. i think artists these days, have to find ways to show what they do and their point of view, who they are, to find audiences which attracted to that, to that combination of things. so, i think my work talks about creativity, being yourself, showing yourself to your audience, hopefully, and treating them nicely and giving them a magical experience. >> like marco, everyone you're going to meet on "the next list" is is a force in their field. they often see opportunities where others do not. they chase personal passions often in the face of challenges and resistance and sometimes those passions, they come about
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quite by accident. other times it's as if they were born to do it. they are a unique collection of people coming from all sorts of different worlds but they have this one thing in common, they are all agents of change and that's what earns them a spot on "the next list." i'm dr. sanjay gupta. hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. you're in the cnn newsroom. we begin in italy where the president has picked mario monti as the next prime minister. monti a former european commissioner. if approved he will replace silvio berlusconi who resigned last night. back in the u.s., police in an occupy protesters are facing off over a deadline. these pictures show portland police storming the demonstrators just after midnight. that was the deadline the city set up for occupy portland to clear out.
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protesters stood firm. one officer was injured, one protester was arrested. i'll talk with a reporter live in a few minutes. president barack obama is in full asia pacific mode today in hawaii. he's hosting the annual apec summit hoping to re-energize u.s. based business in that region. the president told ceos that americans need to stay to use his word, hungry n attracting new investments from overseas. >> it's important to remember that the united states is still the largest recipient of foreign investment in the world, and there are a lot of things that make foreign investors see the u.s. as a great opportunity, our stability, our openness, our innovative free market culture, but we've been a little lazy i think over the last couple decades. we've kind of taken for granted people want to come here and we aren't out selling america.
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new york police investigating what could be a hate crime in brooklyn. they say someone or some people set cars on fire and scrawled swastikas in a jewish section of brooklyn. police received emergency calls about it friday morning. the vandalism coincided with a 73rd anniversary of a infamous nazi backed attack against jews and their property in germany. boxer manny pacquiao key de fended his wbo welterweight title in a nail biter. he beat juan marquez last night. they went toe to toe for all 12 rounds. and after the decision, marquez left the ring apparently pretty upset. his fans were as well. they launched bottles and cans into the ring in response to that ruling. a busy night in several western cities as police made a move to clear out occupy encamments. a denver police in riot gear arrested 17 people as they
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cleared tents and furniture near the city's civic center. in salt lake city overnight, 19 arrests. in oakland, police issued a third notice for protesters to vacate city parks. in st. louis saturday, police arrested 27 for defying a park curfew j this brings us to portland, oregon, where police tried enforcing a midnight deadline to clear pro tessers out of city parks. the protesters however, refused to go. let's bring in jenny hanson a reporter with our portland affiliate koin. one officer was injured, another protester was arrested. what's happening right now? looks like an awful lot of people behind you. >> well, we're standing in the location with the two parks where there are a large amount of protesters, still gathered. they say they will remain out here. they have no plans to leave. in fact, they're supposed to be a general assembly meeting with the occupy portland camp a few blocks from here. these people tell me that general assembly meeting will
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then come this way and stay with these people. in fact, they've set up a food line, if you can see it, a little chow line. there are police that are stationed at every corner of the parks here and they are letting people come in and out, but they are searching backpacks and bags and, in fact, they checked one of our own photographer's bags. you can see if you look in the other corner, there are riot police on every corner and a lot of cleaning out here. this is a very different scene from last night when there was still many tepts here. you can see a lot of tents are gone. right now it's just a matter of cleaning them out. we have a lot of dumpsters and dump trucks bordering the parks as they clear out that stuff. once they do, they will be able to come in and put the fences up. they plan to close down these parks for cleaning and for repair. there's been a lot of damage done to chapman parks in portland. a lot of protesters remain and no word from the police on their tactical response, what they're going to do exactly, to get niece people out.
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we have not seen them use force, we haven't seen them come in and haul people out physically, so for now, these people plan on staying out here. they've been singing, they've been chanting, and they say they are not leaving. jenny hanson, reporting live, back to you. >> for those who have left, have they said anything about is there another location they are eyeing to set up shop if and when these city parks are completely cleared out? >> have they asked if they're going to go to another location? is that what you asked? >> are they going to another location? right. there has been talk about maybe moving to some other parks but the mayor and city have been very clear they are not going to allow them to do that. they tried to do that, actually, about a week ago, they tried to locate to another public park in portland and the police did come and arrest dozens of people. they did make them leave. there's been talk about them moving to our waterfront park a few blocks from here.
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the police have said no, we're not going to let you do that. it's a matter of now these stragglers, these people that remain and what they're going to do about them. police have said all along they want this to remain peaceful and don't want to use violence to get people to leave. >> jenny, thanks so much for that report from portland. keep us posted. meantime some tough talk last night on iran's nuclear program at the tenth republican presidential debate. and to the streets of italy, what made people break out in the hallelujah chorus.
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gop presidential candidate michele bachmann's campaign says it now has proof of media bias against their candidate. it comes in the form of a mass e-mail sent to cbs staff. the e-mail suggested bachmann wouldn't be getting questions in last night's journal debate. the memo stated bachmann is, quote, nearly off the chart in recent polls. bachmann's campaign spokesperson was on the e-mail list. last night's republican debate was about the u.s. as a world player. it was the tenth gathering of gop candidates in this kind of setting. this time it was the spartanburg, south carolina. the topic, american foreign policy. listen to candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich seemingly in full agreement about a possible worse case scenario conflict with iran. >> if all else fails, if after all of the work we've done there's nothing else we can do
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besides take military action, of course you take military action. it is unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon. >> i agree with governor romney if in the end despite all those things the dictatorship persists you have to take whatever steps are necessary to break its capacity to have a nuclear weapon. >> jill dougherty is cnn's foreign affairs correspondent joining us from washington. good to see you, jill. did any of the candidates rule out military action against iran? >> well, the list that i put together, basically you romney saying if worst comes to worst you have to do it, you have santorum kind of in that area, gingrich, combination of sanctions, covert action for the opposition, and also possible military action. the one person who was very obvious and overt not wanting that was ron paul. he said look, this reminds me of the run up to iraq, we shouldn't go there, forget it. herman cain had a more kind of i
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think nuance, a little bit more economic force to be used as opposed to military force. but i do have to point out one thing, you know, the rhetoric that they were using, reminded me more of what's going on in the arab spring countries than in iran. let's listen to rick santorum, who was talking about what he said are rebels. >> i've been working on iran since back in 2004, and i proposed exactly the things that herman and mitt romney suggested, which was to give money to the rebel forces there, to help the pro-democracy movement and put tough sanctions in place. >> so rebels and in iran it's usually understood that is a peaceful opposition force. in fact, they are so peaceful that is why they are basically getting their heads bashed in and worse, by the iranian government.
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also, romney mentioned insurgents. so there was a bit of rhetorical confusion, i think, there. but basically the overall message is, very, very strong against iran. and you would expect that because after all, this is the primary debate, as we know, instead of the final debate. so they want to get -- to say the things that will get people in their party who might be more conservative than the average voter to support them. >> one of the candidates on that stage, herman cain, in the past has been criticized for having little international experience, how did he do? >> well, i mean, he seemed to make no major gaffes and that's important because these are difficult debates as you know. a lot of these issues are very, very nuanced into really, you know, you can step in very quickly as we've had that phrase bandied about, but i think you would have to say, huntsman, who is really the person with the most international experience after all, he is does was obama's envoy -- i'm sorry, ambassador to china, does know
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that subject but doesn't have a lot of traction in the party. >> all right. jill dougherty, thanks so much from washington, appreciate that. and, of course, you want to join us every sunday afternoon at 4:00 eastern, and when we dedicate an entire hour to the presidential contenders in the 2012 election. just maybe an hour and a ten minutes away. international headlines now. rallies in the streets of syria, reportedly in support of the president there. state run media showed crowds waving syrian flags and pictures of president bashar al assad today, a day after the arab league suspended syria's membership. a network of opposition groups reports 23 people have died in violence today alone. in iran, at least 17 people, including a general, died in an explosion on a military base near tehran. state media said a munitions depot accidentally caught fire at the base during an operation to move equipment. he said at least 16 people were injured.
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♪ hallelujah hallelujah >> a chorus of "hallelujah" why? for silvio berlusconi's exit as italy's prime minister. and now we know his likely replacement, italy's president just picked mario mun ti, a former european commissioner, as the successor to berlusconi. a special military task force has taken over some of brazil's largest and most notorious slums. 3,000 police and security forces in rio backed by helicopters moved in last night. it's a drive to root out drug gangs ahead of the 2014 world cup and the 2016 summer olympic games. we're going to talk about severe weather in this country. heavy snow and dangerous, nearly hurricane-force winds, in colorado's mountains. yesterday, one gust was clocked at around 100 miles an hour. will it be that treacherous today?
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hi. i'm cat, managing editor of cnn's etokcracy. this is your etokcracy minute. now there is a real art to excellent hosting. most of us think of a generous host as someone who has just all the bases covered, food, drink, plenty of places to sit. they say things like no, you're so kind to offer but bring your lovely self, but when thanksgiving rolls around there's a little bit of a twist. it's such a deeply personalized holiday and no two families celebrate its same way. to satisfy your guest's stomachs and souls, when you issue your invitations which you should be doing soon, ask them to finish this sentence "it's not thanksgiving without" if they can they'll offer to bring it themselves. not only one less dish you have to make but your guests get to share a little of themselves with everybody around the table.
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the folks in denver, colorado, they know blizzards but i don't know, this time of year in november. take a look at these pictures right there. pretty severe. a powerful winds combined with the heavy snow making travel pretty treacherous and, in fact, they're experiencing near hurricane-force winds, something like 70 miles per hour. and the roads are very icy, so while a lot of folks are dreaming of going to the ski resorts to get in early skiing. >> don't do it today.
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wouldn't want to be on those roads. look at this. this is what happens. a lot of folks have gotten into pretty nasty trouble. jacqui jeras, how long is this going to last? is this one of those quickie blizzards or going to hang around for a while? >> they've dealt with this much of the day yesterday and today it's still going on. came in two separate waves. you mentioned how bad the travel is. this is i-70 near loveland pass, loveland pass is closed, you can't get through there. there have been a number of accidents. you can see how slowly traffic is moving and roads are ice and snow covered. so it's really a bad deal. those winds that fredricka mentioned, beyond hurricane force, at least beyond category 1, to 115 miles reported in the frisco area. the big story is really, this storm which will be pulling out of the rockies. a difference between pressures here and that's why the wind is strong and the wind is the key to this storm and why it's making things so treacherous for all those folks. now we do have blizzard warnings in effect, it's not denver, it's west of here, on up into the
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high country, and when all is said and done we're talking one to two feet of snow in the highest elevations. this storm system is going to head eastward for tomorrow, fredricka, and we'll be watching it from the great lakes to the gulf coast for showers and thundershowers, not the snow. >> okay. that's good. thanks so much, jacqui. >> sure. take a look at this. this is the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant in japan. reporters got an up close and personal look at it. we'll show you some other pictures when we come right back. no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance.
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don't bet. alison and the cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow take a look ahead at what's expected on wall street this week. >> hi, fredricka. stocks were all over the place this past week. the dow posted triple digit moves in four out of five days as the turmoil in europe continued. the focus shifted to italy as that country's ten-year bond yield spiked to a record high and hit a level that could indicate a need for a bailout. wall street bonuses are set to tumble, up to 30% this year. johnson associates says it will mark the weakest bonus season since the financial crisis. big firms are getting hit by new regulations and a weak economy. poppy harlow has a look at what's coming up in business news. poppy? >> thanks so much, alison. the upcoming week on wall street brings notable economic reports. we'll get the latest looks at inflation and also home construction. meantime earnings from walmart, target, jp penny and new retail sales numbers will put a focus on consumer spending and the
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senate banking committee will hold a hearing on fannie mae and freddie mac's compensation practices. the mortgage giants sparked outrage with plans to hand out $13 million in bonuses this year, despite having received $170 billion government bailout. keep a close eye on all of it all week on cnn money. back to you. >> thanks so much. for months now, we've been covering the occupy wall street movement and it's still going strong. cnn's susan candiotti wanted to know how this group is holding it together. she found an interesting money trail. >> reporter: since occupy wall street began its rallying cry against corporate greed 50 days ago the movement has grown and so has its needs, including feeding hundreds camping out, providing sleeping bags for those who need them, distributing tarps and waterproof floor boards and medical supplies. >> grateful to all the donations that have come in.
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>> reporter: what isn't donated has to be bought. ows released its first month spread sheet to cnn. the group took in nearly 4 a $55,000 and spent nearly $55,000. quite a balance sheet, $400,000 in black, helping to keep track is money man pete who says his job is -- >> like having an office job in a move pit. it requires a lot of leg room to keep on top of receipts and accurate and making sure each account when it's opened gets closed. >> reporter: some donations are made on the spot. people walking through the park. >> seems to come and wave, people standing around, one person sees one person, and it's like a chain reaction, you know. >> reporter: some campers help the cause spray painting occupy slogans on t-shirts for a donation. cash deposits mainly go to a
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bank, ows says it was chosen for its ethics. >> they are a for profit bank but donate all their profits to charity. >> reporter: the alliance for global justice manages on-line donations and checks accountable to the irs. some critics have raised questions because of agj's support of the san da nis tas among other causes. >> we've been on the side of right and justice and alleviating poverty in the world. >> reporter: for occupy wall street loyalists a perfect fit for a movement that shows no signs of dying down. will all those donations be spent and not squandered? >> i trust them completely. i'm not concerned at all that money is being inappropriately spent. >> reporter: what worries ows whether the $10,000 a day they're taking in, will keep on growing. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. a look at our top stories. police and occupy portland
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protesters are facing off over a deadline. these pictures show portland police storming the demonstrators just after midnight. that was the deadline. the city set for occupy portland to clear out of the parks but protesters stood firm. one officer was injured in the confrontation and one protester arrested. president barack obama is meeting leaders from asia and the pacific rim today in hawaii. it's the first time the united states has hosted the annual a peck summit since the clinton administration. the white house is kicking off a new foreign policy era that focuses heavily on asia and the pacific region. and for the the first time since the tsunami last march we can take you inside japan's fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. a team of journalists were actually allowed inside within the last 24 hours. there's still levels of radiation around the plant but the reading is within safe levels, they say. the tsunami came after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, 15,000 people lost their lives.
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