with us live is blaine alexander of our nbc station, wxia in atlanta. n this hot evening in atlanta with this march and everything from the air at least, we're above you, looks very peaceful. >> reporter: well, i can tell you that right now, there are a good thousand people, possibly more, making their way through downtown atlanta and kind of coming to an end at centennial olympic park. i have to say, it is a very hot day here in atlanta, it's about 95 degrees. the crowd started at the center for civil and human rights, right here in the heart of downtown, and they stood outside for a good two hours just over two hours before the program itself actually began. you heard from a number of speakers and the crowd then started to move. of course, you saw signs along the way, black lives matter, the signs that were invoking the names of the two men who were killed by police officers and i have to mention one thing we saw. we saw people of all ages and all different races. one thing that was very interesting to hear in the midst of of course all of the chanting