live pictures from chopper 5. the rally at city hall will be followed by a march in the streets of oakland. don knapp explains how the local movement has captured the national spotlight. don? >> reporter: that's right. as you can hear behind me now, a lot of talking, a lot of discussions about what happened on tuesday. the police brutality that is alleged, when these folks were evicted from the area right here in front of oakland city hall. well, of course, now they're back and welcomed back an the occupation continues. >> -- and the occupation continues. >> we've been waiting for the rally to get under way for some time. we know once it is over this evening, at about 8:00, we will see a march. that march is also to protest police brutality. but we've also heard that the folks here have disassociated themselves formally from that march. suggesting that they don't want to be connected with it or