kasim reed joins us from washington. hi. thank you for joining us to talk about this. >> what are you doing in atlanta to get them to take part in small business saturday? >> councilwoman in atlanta is moving forward with a resolution. we are talking about it all over atlanta. it's why i wanted to be here with you today. we are doing business with small businesses. we had $2 billion in procurements during the time i have been mayor. we have done 20% of those with small businesses. we are trying to live it in atlanta. >> there are a lot of resources available around the small business saturday movement. materials you can crank out. ways to put things on youtube and facebook. do you find small businesses are taking advantage of it? >> we are. we have a roll to play in educating people. we co-led a white house initiative that focused almost exclusively on entrepreneurship. we are starting a woman's entrepreneurship center in atlanta that is going to incubate 20 women owned businesses. we think we have a role to play in getting

. >> reporter: atlanta mayor kasim reed initially gave an executive order permitting protesters to occupyafter seeing a man illegally carrying an ak-47, he rescinded that order. >> they will have to respect our ordinances because i felt that the environment was getting dangerous. >> reporter: even with the city and protesters at odds, both sides are turning to civil rights icons who marched alongside dr. martin luther king for guidance. protesters are even taking nonviolence training here at the king center. >> renew your faith, keep your hope alive. >> reporter: the atlanta movement is getting encouragement from reverend jesse jackson who says he's hoping for a creative solution. >> atlanta's a part of the 99. >> reporter: atlanta's mayor tells us he turned to mentor and former mayor, ambassador andrew young, for guidance. >> i didn't want police getting out of hand and getting blamed for something that's not their fault. and i think that you have to err on the side of patience and i think he did. >> reporter: even joe beasley, a civil rights activist and one of the 52 people arrested, a

. >> reporter: atlanta mare kasim reed initially gave an executive order allowing pro-toaster occupyf park through november 7th but after seeing man legally carry an ak-47 and growing safety concerns, he rescinded that order and police arrested 52 people for staying in the park too long. >> they will have to respect our ordinances, because i felt that the environment was getting dangerous. >> reporter: even with the city and protesters at odds, both sides are turning to civil rights icons who marched alongside dr. martin luther king for guidance. protesters are even taking nonviolence training here at the king center. >> renew your faith, keep your hope alive. >> reporter: the atlanta movement is getting encouragement from reverend jesse jackson, who says he is hoping for a creative solution. >> man is in a mind, protesters are in a bind. atlanta is the part of the 99. >> reporter: atlanta's mayor tells us he turned to mentor and former mayor, ambassador andrew young, for guidance. >> i didn't want police getting out of hand and getting blamed for something that is not their fault. a