reporting live from macpherson square, i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. >>> president obama laid a wreath a sunken american ship from world war ii in australia overnight. this is the first time a u.s. president has visited the city of darwin. and a little while ago, he addressed australian troops at an air force base there. president obama thanked them for their service alongside american troops in afghanistan and iraq. the president is now arriving in indonesia this morning. >>> guilty verdicts for the protests last april when mayor vince gray was arrest with 40 others. a judge fined sick people who were arrested along with the mayor last spring and they continued their protests this week. a two-day trial just wrapped up with the superior court judge in the district ruling that they did block traffic and failed to obey police orders to disperse. >>> and 18-year-old college student from fairfax has died after being struck by a bus. jane wong was crossing the street when she was hit by its bus. police say she was crossing against

they looked at homeless shelters and the occupy camp at macpherson square. quare. >>> another big story we are following, cities across the current are you including right here in the district are bracing themselves for civil disobedience. demonstrators with the occupy movement will be stepping up protests to mark the two-month anniversary since their effort began. fox 5's stacy cohan is live at macpherson square with the details. >> good morning. folk with the occupy movement say today will be their biggest event ever since this movement was born back in september. there will be a demonstration here at macpherson square a march in fact, and in new york, the deputy mayor is expecting tens of thousands to participate although it is up clear whether or not that number is reliable. >> occupy protesters facing a crucial moment one day after being evicted from their long- time home in lower manhattan. oregon say they are far from finished and they are promising to get major attention on thursday. there are now almost more police than protesters in zucotti park, t

demonstrators a letter to have macpherson square today and head towards the key bridge in georgetown. went down to cover the march and she brings us this report from the bridge. i am standing here on the key bridge with the occupy wall street protesters they marched here from macpherson square it was about a two and a half mile walk and there were about two hundred of them so you see behind me this is georgetown washington d.c. and to give you a little perspective about where we are the washington monument is right here on the other side of this bridge this is virginia so the protesters have been standing here for the last few hours they're holding signs they're hoping the people driving by driving to and from work can see there's times you can hear their messages they say they plan to stay here until about six pm tonight one of the interesting parts of today at least for the occupy d.c. movement has been the police presence there have been just as many officers as protesters they've been parked at every corner they have walked with the protesters and if you take a look here in the po

stacy cohan at macpherson square this morning. >> good morning. there is a little movement at the tent city so far. not quite so much. they are not fully awake yet this morning. there is a big day of protesting head. the occupy movement is calling for a day of action and celebration. now, the movement started in september in new york with the occupy wall street movement. there has been a lot of activity there. today, they are planning to shut down the new york stock exchange with a march early this morning. they are also saying that will be a nonviolent protest and this comes a day after there was some fairly tense moments and standoffs with police as they were evacuated from a park in lower manhattan. they were eventually allowed to return minus their tents. the protesters say it doesn't matter because their movement is bigger than a park. >> they told us they wanted all we have and we need to come with all we have because it is not an occupation anymore. it is a revolution. >> here and in the different cities around the world, it is wonderful be

protest today where people marched over from macpherson square all the way over to the key bridge which as christine for us out showed you earlier spans the area from georgetown to virginia right now we've got david on the line so they have a thanks so much for joining us when we get started i am curious as to what you think in terms of all the action that we've seen today what stage do you think of this movement now two months and you and i have been speaking about this since it began and there's been a lot of developments since we last spoke what stage do you think the movement is in now. i think what we're going to see is a push and pull and i think that governments across the country to school governments have made a really big stake in actually helping it add fuel to the rationale for this move but every time i'm in a school government cracks down on people's basic right to protest it actually q u r q by wall street movement more energy to continue and frankly to to grow and i think that's because. it becomes then not only an issue of protesters questioning the economic system in t

more than 20 protestors expected to arrive at macpherson square finish ago a nearly 240-mile walk from new york city o their way, the protestors picked up supporters in new jersey, delaware, maryland and pep pen. also today, occupy protestifiers in alexandria will gather in oldtown at market square and then march back into the district. >>> a superfailure from the congressional supercommittee despite hundreds of hours of meetings. it could not come up with a deal to trim the deficit this. means that automatic cuts worth $1.2 trillion will kick in in january of 2013. about$4 other billion of that would come from defense spending with military officials warning of cuts to weapons systems and troop confidence tape down to pre- world war ii levels. president obama has for lawmaker who might try to undo the automatic cuts. >> already, some in congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts, domestic and defense spending. >> the commander in chief is absent from that. he needs to b

such was concern about the case that a full public inquiry was held in 1998, chaired by lord macpherson. the judge plrks tracy said this case aroused strong feelings. the police would be accused about their competence but told the court what happened in the past was now irrelevant. this case said it to start with a clean slate. >> judge said a reinvestigation of the case led to new scientific evidence. there would be an examination of its relyability. the two accused men questioned the handling of that evidence. the jurorless consider who killed steven lawrence -- jurors will consider who killed lawrence will expect a trial stretching into next year. >> for more on that story and all of the stories we're covering on newsday, do go to the bbc news website where you will find full analysis, background, video and audio content. >> this is newsday on the bbc. >> chris rogers in london. the headlines. king abdullah of jordan told the bbc syria's president, bash iral assad should step down. he's the first arab leader to do so openly. >> police in the united states have closed down an anti-wal

christie and what was the scene like at macpherson square and when we actually mark and fire away from here and it's not my job. that's mine and i'm not occupied this entire grads ah if you want to thank you for coming here that probably and asking people about. this modern day traffic is actually filing. day traffic was stopped when they first got here leave is that really the big story here about two hundred protesters participating in this. is mark. warner. here in the. police in the river making sure does happen i think this is really a testament and what he has said d.c. apart from the rest of the occupy movement the protesters stopped like they've really been working with only certainly not a negative as it turned out in on not in new york. just a couple hundred here but they are getting on the air and making. making sure that that message gets bad. as you said the occupy d.c. does that itself apart from some of the other protests where things have gotten a little bit more violent has it been mostly peaceful have we seen any arrests or any clashes at all in these secrets and i li

protesters in macpherson square and the next day they plan to march to capitol hill and the white house to make sure to keep you updated on the marchers progress. now coming up next we have our tuesday titian of show and tell and police tracking citizens with g.p.s. your supreme court is hearing a case that could set a precedent for fourth amendment rights to not. include only military mechanisms google would bring justice or. i have a right to know what my government truly want to know why i keep taxes. what i would characterize obama as the charismatic. of american exceptionalism.

count and macpherson square. for. last. year they are celebrating their arrival after the two week journey they plan their date of arrival today to coincide with the day before the super committee's deadline now that they're here protesters say they plan to spread their message throughout the nation's capital. but of course by now the super committee already announced their failure as a compromise on a plan plan to negotiate a one point two trillion dollar cuts to spending failed both sides not budging other themes as long wants to cut spending the other wants to raise taxes so it seems congress can't rise above their political agendas for the greater good of the two hundred now the finger pointing begins take a look at them a bit. no deal the bipartisan panel fails to come up with a plan to cut one point two trillion dollars from the federal deficit the whole she super committee was. misconceived there are still too many republicans in congress refused to listen to the voices we've been couple of hours so who is going to t

protesters in macpherson square and the next day they plan to march to capitol hill and the white house so we're going to keep you updated on the marchers progress. now coming up next we have our tuesday edition of show and tell police tracking citizens with g.p.s. the u.s. supreme court is hearing a case that could set a precedent for fourth amendment rights in a. very warm welcome to you it's past the hour i'm karen you with your headline russia switches on the longest underwater gas pipeline in the world to pump fuel direct to germany and beyond making european energy supplies more secure. the u.n. atomic watched. report alleging iran's running a nuclear weapons program has been published by the new york times earlier leaking of the documents contents and its timing sparked criticism from moscow russia says the report made night tensions while the u.s. does for pairing new sanctions against iran. and controversial italian prime minister minister silvio berlusconi promises to step down but only after the parliament approves the country's budget for next year and crucial economic refor

orange and trains will single track between foggy bottom and macpherson station. >>> four months afterpart of a popular capitol hill bar. its owners are ready to reopen. >> we are talking about the tune inn. it opens at 8:00 this morning. it's been a staple for congressional staffers and journalists since it opened in 1947, but it had been closed since a kitchen fire in june. it will have a kitchen and new interior. great to see it getting back to normal. >> let's hope the prices stay the same. have you been there, doug hill? >> yes. >> you probably have a hostile named after you. >> its been awhile. >>> the weekend weather is fine. we will turn the clock back one hour? before we go to tomorrow night. here is a brand new camera in arlington above our studio looking at the teddy road -- teddy roosevelt bridge. it's dark right now, but it will be sunny at this time on sunday morning. 43 degrees in brunswick right now. these are some of the coolest readings around. 44 degrees in leesburg and gaithersburg. the rest of the region is finding temperatures in the low 40's north and west of tow

here in the district, protesters marched from the macpherson's fair to the bridge in georgetown where they wanted to draw attention to the nation's crumbling infrastructure. nobody there was arrested. and then organizers say the group opens to reach d.c. by wednesday. that's the deadline for a congressional committee to decide to keep president obama's extension to bush era tax cuts. >>> and just a day before running out of money, they passed another bill to avoid a shutdown. they passed the bill, but before it cleared the senate late last night, 70-30. it will fund five cabinet agencies and fund the rest of the government through the 16th of december. it does not include the stricter nutrition guidelines for school lunches. >>> president obama is wrapping up his meetings with heads of state from the soassociation of southeast asian nation. he has held one-on-one meetings from leaders from indonesia, and overnight he announced he will send hillary clinton to myanmar next month. it's the first visit from a u.s. secretary of state to that country in more than 50 years. the president say

if we don't play as we make a rug macpherson's or if you know we are a very big effort to let the police know we consume part of the ninety nine percent we know they work for the one percent but they're part of the nine percent of their families and they will be better off in the kind of world we want to create we make a big effort to do that every time we see that we make that point over and over again in various ways not to solve the problem but let them know they want to human to human level these kind of revolutions are won when the people who force the wars for the one percent switch sides and so we on the other side the occupiers need to be very careful to be nonviolent to not not make the police the enemy but make their bosses the enemy and be very clear about that and so if we do that we will not only give the public support in the end will gain the police support as we have to try to do is to break the police let them see they've got to take sides either with the people or with the elites and you pick the people in the end and i should mention it's pretty interesting what's goin

peaceful and nonviolent, but another one of the reasons why things might not be flaring up here at macpherson square is that d.c. is not just the nation's capitol, it's the nation's protest capitol. this city is used to it. beyond the police, there are a lot of eyes on the occupiers. a steady flow of non-resident supporters come through the park daily, stop for coffee, ask some questions, or simply say hello. eric lotke is from virginia. >> i'm a middle aged guy i got two kids, i am in the p.t.a. i own my home, i got a job with health care, i'm doing just fine thank you, but i am with these folks in spirit. i think they are right, i think the economy is broken, i think the government is broken and i love it that they are out here trying to do something about it and i want to go stand with them, and i want to stand with them like a middle class middle- aged guy and a p.t.a. parent, not a hippie beatnick with purple hair. >> reporter: mid afternoon, the long-awaited marchers arrived, wet and tired. about 20 true believers who had walked for two weeks, 240 miles from new york city, joined by oth

jamie gordon published by a very small press, but we're -- macpherson, in the wake of the nomination and then the wind, the paperback was picked up by vintage, which is an imprint of random house. they also picked up the next level as well as one of her earlier backlist titles. so things like that, especially, i think, for small presses, it for all and is nominated for fiction for her collection, binocular vision. published, the very first title. his novel is also the fiction category, and he is published by dell to literary press which got on the map because of paul harding's pulitzer prize winner. so the plot -- the small presses, it is a tremendous boost, but it does not hurt the larger houses. >> the convert, gray wolf press. >> that is right. if she wins that will further boost the profile. they've already been helped win a title is nominated. i can think of the salvatore, the end, up to the fiction of years ago. in the wake of that the paperback was picked up by riverhead, an imprint a penguin, and i believe they also picked up his subsequent book as well. >> to the larger hous