mr. hull fought for this country in vietnam, served his country and he is now fighting eviction. ining us tonight is bobby hull here on "the ed show." mr. hull, thanks for your time tonight. when are they going to foreclose on your home? how much time do you have, and what's your plan? >> well, i have until february 17th, and my plan is to stay here. we plan to fight. >> what does that mean? >> well, means that i can gather all my neighbors, friends and community that are willing to stand up with me and we're going to fight. >> i see you got -- >> we need to change what's been wrong. >> yeah, change what's been wrong is for sure. i see you got a lot of friends with you there tonight. do they feel the same way? i mean, are they going to be there with you when the cops come to foreclose on your house? >> absolutely. that's the plan. >> how emotional is this? >> we don't plan on doing it just for myself. we plan on doing it for anybody else who's in foreclosure who wants the help. >> sure. how emotional is this for you? you've lived in that house i understand since you were a child.

mr. hullsand eviction, as you just heard, is protesting his foreclosure and eviction by staying put. today, as you saw there, he has a lot of support. there were anti-foreclosure protests planned today in two dozen cities across the country. here's what that looked like in chicago today. protesters served as the welcoming committee of a family moving illegally into a foreclosed homes. the occupy the hood chicago organized volunteers and donated materials and rehabilitated a foreclosed vacant home in order to house three homeless families there. in portland, oregon, debby austin told supporters gathered on her lawn how after illness and bankruptcy she and her husband were pushed into foreclosure. >> ours is not just a house in some community in some city. this is home. it's our home. we have ties here. i'm sorry. my kids went to school here and i volunteered at those schools. we help our neighbors and they help us. we belong here and we're not leaving. >> in southgate, michigan, supporters heard

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