i'd rather stand with scott olsen than bank of america. think most of us in our right minds would agree with any. >> want to play another clip of the interview i had with him. i asked scott olsen about the state of the movement. where do you think the movement is now, scott? >> it's tough to say. it's been changing a lot, but i don't think it's going anywhere any time soon. i think it's -- the only place i think it's going is up, gaining interest. >> jesse, your thoughts on that. >> i totally agree with scott. you know, i heard there's a new chant in philly after the raid last night. "phase 2 coming soon." and i think that we need to change laws in this country. i think that's the first, you know, real step as far as finance reform, re-regulating wall street, bringing back glass steagall, a number of different issues. scott hit the nail on the head. this isn't going away. the movement is going to go forward and we're going to change things. >> robert, whether this young man wants to or not, he's a folk hero for a lot of americans right in

olsen, thank you so much for coming on the show.t's really nice to have you here p i've been looking forward to the chance to talk with you. >> thanks, raich p chel. great to be talking with you. >> how is the recovery going? i can hear your speech is different than it was before but you're speaking clearly. >> yeah, it's different. and it seems to be getting better most days. some days are better than others. some days aren't. but i feel like i'm getting better. >> the night that you were injured in oakland, why had you gone to occupy oakland? what was motivating you to be there? >> well, i got off work and saw a tweet on twitter, and i -- that occupy oakland needed help. they needed support. and i went over there to join them. >> do you remember the injury or any of the time after the injury? >> i remember the whole night. i remember getting to -- to there. i remember standing with the other veteran, josh, in navy blues. i remember -- even after i got hit, i remember people carrying me away and driving to the hospital. i remember

olsen in front of the pick and roll. nice clinic. olsen right behind. nice cut and-one. loyal extends their best art in school history to 8-1. it is a beer and cincinnati today. the programs do not like each other. xavier -- blowout erupts. a few punches landed. there will be suspensions in this one. thursday, david stern killed a trade that would have sent chris paul from new orleans to the l.a. lakers. the hornets had nice value coming. anyone who knows anything about the nba was stunned about that action. now the trade is cemented again, awaiting approval. i am thinking this one gets done. chandler, giving new york in inside presence far greater than anything on staff. chandler led the mavericks to the title last season. the wizards are part of this three-team deal. knicks did not want to pay a million-dollar salary. let's and with a perfect example of why i love sports. you never know if you will see something truly unbelievable. pa montana state lost today. the catch of the year. definitely in the building. by any means necessary. keeps the ball off the turf. thank

olsen has been recoverg from a fractured skull. he still has trouble speaking, but he says it feels good to be back with the protesters. >> police staid out of the occupiers way in oakland. in seattle television a different story. the protesters scattered. >> the oakland police department using the tear gas on occupied crowds congregating downtown. if commanders on scene said they needed them to disperse crowds. police first used tear gas on october 25th. the public record's request by the associated press shows undercover officers shooting video during the early morning raid. the confrontations led to several days of violent unrest in the city. in san jose, a get out of jail free card. the occupiers will have an opportunity to avoid legal trouble. the city of san jose is offering to drop all civil charges against demonstrators who had been cited for city code violations if they agree not to set up tents on if city hall plaza for the next two years. we are learning more people than originally thought are affected by the credit card

eric olsen, who?a guard on the practice squad, but he's a -- he's a guard on the practice squad, but he's a new yorker, so a natural on a thing we like to call know your opponent. >> it's time for another exciting episode of know your opponent. here's your host dave feldman. >> know your opponent with eric olsen from brooklyn, staten island. who are you? >> i'm eric olsen, a practice squad player for the redskins. i've been on the team since week one and kind of different playing for the rival team, growing up in new york, being a jets, giants fan, but i'm loving it and having fun with it. reporter: how did the new york jets receive their nickname? a, because the original owner of the jets was a fighter pilot in the war, b, because of the nearby jets that would fly over shea stadium from laguardia, c, elton john wrote his song benny and the jets at shea stadium. >> a. reporter: it's b because the jets flew over laguardia. >> that makes sense. reporter: name the five boroughs of new york. >> is taint i

economic activity the port au prince today and we should mention as a side note one veteran scott olsen who was injured critically injured during the protests in oakland was expected to be there i don't know if you saw him ali he was expected to be there as part of that protest or not i want to go to you i know you were up early in the morning covering the activity in l.a. it was a success was it a failure what did you say. well what we're hearing this morning from both the protesters and the police they're both declaring victory now the protesters say that they are victorious because they were able to disrupt traffic although it may have only been for a couple of hours they there was definitely a backup at one of the gates unfortunate for the protesters logistically the porter down in long beach is just massive so trucks were able to use alternate routes to get in but their point was not so much to shut down things economically now the demonstration there in long beach happened outside of s.s. a marine which is heavily. or partially owned by goldman sachs so they were very much trying

friend spoke on his behalf and says he told olsen about the investigation but has little confidence it will be impartial. >> they wanted an independent investigation, they should have gotten someone out of the law enforcement area. and last night, the mayor came in for more criticism when the vice mayor blamed kwan for allowing protestors to los down the port of oakland. and received police should be instructed not to keep the port open. >> i think we did our best and kept mostest port open. i'm saying that the way you keep the port open is get them to understand that that is not a good target. >> coming up at 6:00 we'll hear from protestors on that. i talked with a spokesman who would not confirm the story that businesses threatened to move their trade to los angeles rather than stay in the port of oakland. we've heard stories about businesses moving from the chamber of commerce and we have yet to hear confirmation from companies themselves. and in berkeley police have given a final eviction notice in a flyer last night. police say occupiers are in violation of a code that for bids

britta olsen is my patient.long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. >>> last night on "late night with jimmy fallon," jimmy talked about what remains after herman cain's recent departure. >> even though herman cain is suspending his campaign, he's launching a new website called thecainsolution.com. >> it's the only one that makes you click an "i'm over 18" button to enter. today is international anyone gentleman day. when people are encouraged to carry toy weapons and wear black masks. as i found out the hard way, my bank wasn't celebrating it. not good. >>> this is cool. microsoft is releasing a new xbox update that let's users control the device with its voices.

bobby olsen in the second half. shane led loyola with 20. loyal when 65-54. high school hoops.r against calvin coolidge. the turnover. nice finish at the other end. dunbar gets the job done representing baltimore. kentucky and indiana once gave us on an annual basis -- bases the must-see game of the season. they're back. game on. in his fourth year, searching for the signature when of his career against the top-rank wildcat. take note of this one. on the break for the three. remember the way that looked. 38-35. indiana. the freshman from indiana. great finish. 71-70. 5.1 seconds left. the fall. enjoy. yeah. got it. december madness. number one goes down. 73-72. now to this story of disappointment. espn first reported the reigning national league mvp ryan braun tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in october. he continues to appeal. it has rendered the parties involved quiet. he confirmed the positive test. he has been a showcase player by the league. braun disputes the testing continues an appeal. a check of the forecast is coming up. so to save some money, i trained

steve olsen was not home. had it been thanksgiving, a crowd of more than 50 would have been at the center of the damage. and there is a cabbin has been a gathering place since 1946. >> this is the house for us. it's got history. you know? >> and wind gusts started last night. officials say they reached up to 60 miles per hour on the ridge and this morning there were tense moment autos this is just rescued a gal and her young son from the house above us now. and. >> in the light of day, the weight of a falling tree crushed this truck near scott's valley. the clean up is underway, there is a fear more branches or trees could fall. >> there is pops and snaps. >> the biggest inconvenience foremost are the power outages. there are many businesses without, waiting impatiently. >> just dark and cold. and i'm sitting there hoping pg&e will come by. >> and there is 24,000 customer was out power in the area. most of them in the mountain region including businesses here. and pg&e says it's working fast to restore that po

. >>> iraq war veteran scott olsen was among the protesters leading the march last night. you see him in the center wearing a neck brace, received a traumatic brain injury in a confrontation with police during a march october 24th. >>> oakland mayor quan has called the port protest economic violence. her position is shared. the disruptions created backlog truckers are now paying fees to leave a container at a nearby lot. >> even one day puts everything behind. if you had a vessel to meet today that you are not going to meet, now you have to wait for the next vessel that could be a week or two. >> people have to think about who are they hurting? they say we want to get the attention of the ruling class. i think the ruling class is laughing and people in this city will be crying this christmas it's really gotta stop. >> police were able to take a hands off approach. >>> a search underway for the gunman who shot a man in the parking lot of an in and out burger. police believe it was a target attack. a witness heard three shots and everyone scattered. >> i looked in the corner

kate olsen reports. >> mt.ert island, off the coast of maine, widely known as the home to the spectacular acadia national park. here, at st. andrew by the lake episcopal church, a community of spiritual seekers gathered recently to hear about the christian practice of contemplation from martin laird. >> to navigate this ancient way of prayer is to "put out into the deep," as luke says, let down our nets for our catch. paradoxically, we discover that it is we ourselves who are caught and held in this net... >> this is the central insight and discovery in the practice of contemplation, laird says: that the god we are seeking has already sought and found us .we simply are not aware of this union. >> the great obstacle that actually creates the illusion that we are separate from god and therefore need to seek god as though god were in that room over there is what i call the great cocktail party going on in our heads - interior noise and that creates the illusion that we are separate from god. as god's creation, we

there were two rescues of residents, according to division chief, darren olsen. >> we had six units occupied and six families are displaced. >> brother and sister ran out of their building. >> we heard people running down the halls and we grabbed our pets and came outside. there was a lot of smoke in the exitway. we tried to walk out. we were able to get down and saw the fire on the other side of the building. >> just something you never expect to be in. it's scary. but we're praying that everyone is okay in our apartment building and animals and all. >> like many who live in bay area cities, ben says he hears fire sirens all the time. he didn't realize the ones he heard today were going to come so close to home. >> just a few days before christmas, what a tragedy. it's horrible. >> there were no injuries to residents or firefighters. besides those who live in six heavily damaged units, there are rough days ahead for everybody else here. >> there's an additional 12 units that have been affected by the fire and there may be up to 63 units displaced because the electricity for the entire build

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protestors clashing with police in a haze of tear gas. [ screaming ] >> reporter: iraq war veteran scott olsen hit in the head with a gas canister and later, the man behind the camera scott campbell injured by a police projectile seemingly unprovoked. >> the city spent $2.5 million to brutally repress protestors who were almost completely peaceful. >> reporter: for months, the city promised an independent investigation into the use of force. today the mayor introduced the man who will lead it. >> i started with the san jose police department in 1967. >> reporter: thomas frazier, san jose's former deputy police chief and two other retired deputy police chiefs, all with long histories in law enforcement, they will interview police and witnesses and analyze video in an investigation that will cost $100,000 and last 90 days. >> we have a terrific team. we're all experienced in -- in this kind of work. these are no-nonsense guys and our commitment is an honest, fair and straightforward investigation. >> we have been working very hard to come up with a team that would be independent. >> anything tha

of those protestors who arrived last night was scott olsen. he was a former marine who was shot by a tear gas canister a few weeks ago. he was right up front at the protestors surrounded by his colleagues. >> i'm glad to be at the middle of it so that i can make the best out of it. >> this is a big victory for the entire west coast. >> reporter: it definitely was a big victory as we take a live look here at one of the main entrances to the port. like i said, it's a smaller crowd than what we saw 24 hours ago. i talked to one protester who said he has been out here for the past 24 hours the first day of the protest and he said he is tired and he is going home. i think a lot of these people even though they are still excited about shutting down the port, maybe a second day, i think a lot of them are getting some common sense and going home to sleep. >> who can blame them if they have been out there for 24 hours since you were out there at 4:30 yesterday morning. how about a second wave? have you talked to them about another group perhaps coming

grenade canisters against occupy protesters but you know that you know twenty four year old scott olsen is hospitalized with serious head injuries. seattle the oldest victim of the family's turned paramilitary was in eighty four activist temporarily blinded by pepper spray the united states which bills itself as the pillar of international law and democratic freedoms has consistently placed itself on the world stage as the self-appointed beacon of moral authority he called on the iranian government to abide by the international obligations that it has to respect the rights of its own people instead of respecting the rights of his own. adoptee chose the path of brutal suppression. innocent civilians were imprisoned and in some cases be meanwhile at home as descend in america grows louder many say washington's glass house of hypocrisy has shown beautiful symmetry they want people to be able to have freedom of speech but they don't want that freedom to interfere with them in any way to be in any way disruptive or challenging to them the line that traditionally separated u.s. soldiers from

certainly made almost as many waves as new york did with the critical injury of iraq war veteran scott olsen also the port shutdowns there and also where you are there in los angeles some pretty big days talk a little bit about that. no that's right i mean here in los angeles the occupy movement got started just a couple of weeks after it started there in new york and it got going with a lot of enthusiasm i remember on day one there was more than a thousand people there people with signs people with noisemakers showing their discontent with the financial institutions of political institutions and what was interesting in a way that what i observed anyway was that these people were not the type of people that you would expect at protests we've been to a lot of protests here in los angeles we know a lot of the activists around town but what we're seeing at occupy were moms with their children soccer moms who were just unhappy that the war was still going on accountants teachers people from all walks of life and what was interesting and what differed here in los angeles compared to new york were

scott olsen in oakland be critically injured because the tear gas canister hit him in the head not to mention the police baton and the really really interesting treatment that's taken place in these clashes and i want to switch gears a little bit christine i know that you in addition to being very active in occupy wall street i know that you were also in egypt just a couple days before the revolution there began we're also today marking the one year anniversary of the arab spring talk to me a little bit about your experience in egypt what you saw from the perspective of being there right before everything started. you know i guess we should have known something was growing because at that time in tunisia is when everything began over there so as we were in egypt you know the revolution was going on in tunisia what shocked me see me and some of the john jay students we went out there to go talk to students at a high school and you know explain to them about how you can stand up for your government and you know we don't have to believe what they're telling us that you know corruptions g

. >> he says his team will compare descriptions against the video record and olsen couldn't speak after it happened and his friend has been speaking for him and expressed little confidence into the investigation. >> they should have gotten someone out of the law enforcement area. >> protesters expressed a similar skepticism, saying police had been harassing them. >> the port of oakland and the protests shut down the port cost millions of dollars in lost business. oakland's vice mayor called on the counsel to instruct the police to keep it from happening again. >> i don't understand what the resolution said. i think we did our best. >> the mayor told me a better approach will be to ask not to target the port for a third shut down. >> to get them to understand that that is not a good target. >> protesters seemed unsimp thet wrik to the plea. >> our point is capitolism. you do that by ending trade. can't trade, you close down ports. >> the investigation is expected to take 90 days. frasier will be join bid retired police officers as well as retired keft guard captain. in the newsroom abc 7