the police and we have more details on what's happening on times square now from our correspondent kareen important. but sparked the tension was probably the fact that the and why p.d. the new york city police department was overwhelmed with the unprecedented amount of people that turned out in support of this occupy movement i don't think even journalists were prepared for a crowd this large the sidewalks for power everybody standing shoulder to shoulder there were also helicopters flying in the air overhead above the crowd this was a crowd that while i was there was protesting peacefully there were police officers telling some protesters if you leave now you won't get hurt one journalist had his press pass confiscated by the police officers because he for failing to remain on the sidewalk we did see some paddy wagons come in we did see some riot police before the environment got as tense as it has i did get an opportunity to speak with many people in the crowd and i think they're going to very powerful message. i think it sends a message because we're going to continue to people are just going to keep going and it's going to keep building until we can come to some instructing do working. it's time i

p.d. the new york city police department was overwhelmed with the unprecedented amount of people that turned out in support of this occupy movement i don't think even journalists were prepared for a crowd this large as as you mentioned before speaking with lucy it's it's very similar to the size of a crowd that turns out for new year's eve this sidewalks were packed everybody standing shoulder to shoulder a lot of excitement but also frustration excitement that people were looking at one another to see that this is support is spreading wider for the occupy wall street movement but of course that support centers around frustration frustration with the way elected officials are leading this country and the fact that the majority of these people believe that they do not recall the benefits of the rewards of what decisions are being made in washington but but times square going back to what lucy was just illustrating and talking about i think the one thing i could add is the fact there were also helicopters flying in the air over head above the crowd if this was a crowd that by i was there was p