lilia luciano is here with us in new york. you've been there a couple of hours.e you seen the crowd swell? >> reporter: well, the crowd is definitely organizing, alex. they are moving on to start a rally at around 3:00 p.m. they are moving from the park here into washington square. originally it was going to be a march but it sounds like that's been called off. they are just going to move out there. they are going to rally there and then tonight they plan to hold what they usually do, where their concerns are voiced out, where their plans for the rest of the week, for the days ahead are also explained. but one thing that i found very interesting, yesterday, last night, i went to one of those general assemblies and because they can, they don't have a permit to hold a microphone. what they use is what they call a people's microphone, where one person speaks, they voice out their concerns and talk about what they want to see and what type of change they are looking for and then the rest of the crowd will repeat it so everyone can hear it. they continue to organize i

nbc's lilia luciano is joining us. >> reporter: good morning. >> do you see more people coming there this morning? >> there is. there is more people showing up around the country. it started three weeks ago with a small group of young protesters and now, as you can see, it's probably turning into a national movement. the demonstrations have lasted so long and expanded so widely that even with the funny outfits, they are hard to ignore. occupy wall street, a protest against economic and social inequality has spawned marches in 45 states. in just the last 24 hours, protests from houston to washington, d.c. hundreds took over a los angeles intersection. 4,000 marched in portland and in tampa, they embarked on the banking district. and those protesters, not always who you would expect. >> we used to have $100,000 a year salary job. >> reporter: he lost his job and it brought him to manhattan. >> it's our job to let them know that the system is in need of repair. >> reporter: occupy wall street is drawing historical comparisons. >> the first stage of any movement is a lot of people showin

>> thank you so much, lilia luciano. >>> another case that has drawn nationwide attention.e in florida accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband but her accomplice was actually an undercover agent and the entire sting was caught on videotape. dennis murphy has the latest on this. dennis, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. for people following in this notoriously not so happy couple the news is they finally had gotten a divorce in the last few days. by the time this case went to a jury it wasn't clear whether this was an attempted murder or botched attempt to get on a reality tv show. dahlia depolito plead the not guilty to attempted murder. dalia sitting in a car rigged for pictures and sound passing over a downpayment to a man she thinks would gun down her husband, mike. the hitman was actually an undercover officer with the boynton beach police department. dalia had walked into a scheme. a few days later officers delivered bad news to dalia outside her home. >> sorry to tell you ma'am he's been killed. >> reporter: the husband michael was very much

nbc's lilia luciano downtown. thanks so much. >>> in minutes, more on the firestorm stirred when a pastor called mitt romney's religion a cult. people around the world continue to pay tribute to the late steve jobs, and this morning there's word his life story will hit the big screen. more on that in a moment. also ahead, settling in. how is life for amanda knox now that she's back in her hometown. and in politics, msnbc 's mike barn ik'll. you're watching "weekends with alex witt" on msnbc saturday. [ spectator ] gun it, bro! what's this guy doing? dude. [ laughs ] whoa! whoo! no way! go, go, go, go! are you kidding? [ cheering ] oh, my god. did you guys see that? maniac. [ male announcer ] the midsize nissan frontier with full size horsepower and torque. innovation for doers. innovation for all. ♪ for fastidious librarian innovation for doers. inemily skinner,ll. each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of

nbc's lilia luciano has more. >> what happened to kylee shea's parents wouldn't think was possible.ickly collapsed. without the life saving efforts of two teachers she may not be alive. until september 26th kylee shea seemed to be a perfectly healthy seventh grader. as she walked the halls she felt short of breath. >> i sat down and fell over and i don't remember anything from that. >> reporter: kylee collapsed to the ground and passed out as seen on this surveillance footage. her frightened classmates alert the teacher kristen goodgion. >> i had to get help. >> reporter: brent reese arrived and immediately applied cpr. goodgion grabbed an automatic defibrillator, a device used to jump-start the heart. in the video both teachers are seen desperately trying to save young kylee. >> it's the pain, you see the situation as an emergency. >> reporter: with the help of the defibrillator the teachers stabilized kylee until a first responder team arrived, she was then air lifted to children's medical center. >> if it wasn't for this machine and for what they did our daughter still may be her