police and they say they built that structure in the middle of mcpherson square park to represent a place of shelter for the 99% of americans they say have been displaced by this country's economic policies. u.s. park police did not see it that way. u.s. park police arrested about half a dozen protesters earlier in the day. when they tried to join the 20 or so occupiers already inside the structure which sprung up overnight at mcpherson square. >> let the world know that america arrests people who put up structures, not the ones who are kicking families out of their structures. >> reporter: this morning u.s. park police and d.c. police surrounded the structure and closed off the area as they made preparations to remove the occupiers. >> we're a peaceful nonviolent movement and we are just going to sit and, you know, they're going to do what they want to do. >> reporter: some of the homeless people who live in mcpherson square park poo-pooed the occupiers. >> they just want to be on tv. they ain't homeless. they got a place to stay. they don't represent us. >> reporter: moments ago u.s. pa

protesters yesterday and in a standoff in mcpherson square. began after protesters dissipated police orders to wooden structure that will building in the park. >>> former republican potential candidate herman cain is indorse onetime rival newt gingrich this afternoon. suspended his campaign allegations of sexual-harassment and the 13- affair.ramarital willhe d.c. council hold a cabinet meeting to discuss the fbi investigation of thomas. almost certain minorities weekend. these vinca investigated for using $300,000 in city funds for gain.al -- he is being investigated. >>> a murder suspect accidentally released on bond released again. released scott was of 500,000 bonds this time. among the reasons he was allowed because he turned himself into police. glass got police issued alerts was let go of $75,000 bond. >>> some maryland teenagers will be able to stay out all .ight much longer frederick, county, the age of 18 will streets fromf the midnight? quad a.m. and parents could receive a fine. >>> several fans got dirt after afteray's football gam

. >> they put up a wooden building in mcpherson square on saturday night. on sunday morning, police told them to remove t for the latest now, we turn to fox 5's stacy cohan live with mcpherson square live with what happened on the weekend. >> reporter: good morning t -- good morning. it would appear that tents are one thing but a wooden structure is another thing. when the occupy d.c. perot testers decided they would building a wooden structure saying it was to show how affordable housing could be built and that it would be a green building and keep them warm, that is where park police would draw the line a city inspector came in and declared it unsafe for habitation and the standoff began. by the time it was over, half a dozen protestors had scrambled up to the rooftop. they eventually came down with the help of a cherry picker. >> when air building a building in a municipality, there are government inspecks to assure public safety. clearly that was not something that took place and our concerns were safety issues. >> reporter: it took an armored car and a

it's a developing story at mcpherson square. the standoff began early this afternoon, and it is still unfolding as we speak. news 4's darcy spencer joins us now live from mcpherson square with more on what's going on now. darcy? >> reporter: jim, a lot's been going on, just here in the last 20 minutes. police gave another warning that arrests would be made and they went into the structure here and made several arrests here, just again within the last 20 minutes. you can see that police have that structure surrounded. they've told people that they need to come down from the roof of the building. obviously, they're not complying with those requests and it's unclear at this point how police are going to get them down. >> that's an iraq secrvet! >> reporter: a dozen d.c. occupy protesters were arrested sunday over this, a wooden structure put up at mcpherson square. a building inspector came out and posted these "danger" signs on the building. >> a peaceful protest! >> reporter: police surrounded the structure and set a deadline for

park police overnight found another structure inside mcpherson square.course, the first thing that comes to mind to those of us covering the movement for some time is the incident about three weeks ago when they first build another structure that ended with about 31 arrests and perhaps one of the most confrontational standoffs with police here so far. police got an anonymous call about this one around 11:00 p.m. last night. arrived to find a 12 foot by 12 foot structure built with planks. no one claimed responsibility for this one, unlike last time. police adeclared it abandoned and said it violated federal law and then dismantled it. the last time three weeks ago the protesters said that volunteer architects designed it to federal regulations so it would be temporary and would be ok to stay in the park but police insisted that it looked permanent and that the protesters did not have a permit. ben eisler reporting from north west, abc 7 news. >>> three men wanted for robbing a seven eleven store in northeast washington around 12:00 third new this morning

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. >> surae chinn is live at mcpherson square with a look at what's happening today. good morning. >> good morning. it is quiet in the tent city at mcpherson square. a lot of the protestors are asleep. had a cold, cold night after a full day yesterday. and potentially, a big day today because three of these protestors will be launching their hunger strike. they are refusing to eat anything until d.c. gets its full voting rights. well, i talked about yesterday, it was rowdy. it was loud. there were dozens of arrests. occupy d.c. protestors joined our d.c. they marched through the district but it was on k street, a very symbolic area for big lobbying groups. it is here where most of the arrests happened. more than 60 of them arrested after they formed a human chain. it tied up traffic after rolling barricades and demonstrations. >> most of the things that are being pushed through are in favor of corporations, not in favor of the people. >> there are no good jobs for d.c. residents, especially ward eight. >> now, the occupy d.c. protestors are not sponsored by the group

camp in mcpherson square. it was made of planks and snails and was found last night.ok it down because it violated federal law. >> investigators searching for suspects in a series of daring daytime burglaries in cheverly. police say the suspects may be behind at least seven burglaries in the prince george's county town and could be linked to burglaries in other towns as well. >>> equipped a check on traffic and weather. we do that every 10 minutes. >> traffic looks pretty good right now. in springfield, moving smoothly from 95 around dale city. around the beltway, no accidents or incidents. still doing wdealing with the closure of the car parked in parkway in potomac. your best bet is river road. >>> the big headline in the weather is the wind. winds gusting up to about 40 miles an hour with air temperatures in the 40's. it will feel like the 30's all day long. warming on the weekend. very cold. >> new year's day looks nice. >> good morning

. >>> mcpherson square is quieter this morning after a standoff yesterday. police arrested dozens of occupy d.c. protesters after they refused to take down a wooden structure they built in the square. ben eisler the is in northwest with more. that looks like a two-store in dallas. -- two-story house. >> police arrested about 31 protesters. this is the first coincidencincident of mass arrest there. they and a destructor temporary and easy to move on stilts with no foundation. but it was deemed unsafe because they know permit. the protesters refused orders to leave ended they were arrested. police charged 15 would crossing a police line and 16 would disobey police officer. the occupiers had built a structure saturday night. after refusing to leave repeatedly, some of them climbed on top of a chance some remained below. police brought in the chair in iran and the swat team to finish the job -- police broadcasught in a cheery pictureker and a swat temam to finish the job. >>> the search will resume later this morning for a utility worker who went missing in mary

back to you. >> thank you, surae live in mcpherson square this morning. a montgomery county high school student is being charged as an adult in connection with tuesday night's stabbing outside a basketball game. 17-year-old briana hughes is being held on attempted homicide and assault charges. investigators say she stabbed a girl who was trying to break up a fight in a parking lot at northwood high school. the unidentified victim suffered minor injuries and is expected to be ok. >>> it is 5:35. it is time for another "your money" report. >> one of the hottest gifts turning out to be this holiday season? >> jessica doyle has a preview. check it out. >> taking a look at some of the consumer searches out there, you're getting a sense of what some of the hottest gift ideas are. give us a sense of what they are. give us some ideas for our own shopping needs. >> it looks like consumer electronics will be a big gift this year, jessica. we have searches for things like ereaders, tablets, chrome books, all up by 200 to 300% from where they were last year. it seems

protesters and occupy chicago protesters will meet at mcpherson square at 10:30 a.m. then march to an undisclosed lobbying firm on "k" street for a demonstration. then back to mcpherson square and "t" strek" street for a pary say, will near the kind of parties that politicians and lobbyists have together. then they march to the white house and on to the supreme court for demonstrations there this evening. last month occupy d.c. organized a march across the key bridge that was expected to cause a traffic nightmare but did not. the peaceful demonstration across the bridge at rush hour that had little to no traffic impact, but last sunday a demonstration in mcpherson square resulted in 31 people being arrested as the occupiers built a wooden shed in the middle of a park. it was the most confrontational demonstration between police and occupy d.c. protesters today. it may be a peaceful demonstration with no impact, or it could make your afternoon or evening commute a nightmare. just plan for it, and if you can avoid these areas, then do it. tracee wilkins live this mornin

protestors out of mcpherson square. representative darryl issa sent a letter to the exterior secretary saying demonstrators are ruining the park and that the national park service should be enforcing the no camping rule. just last year, more than $400 how in taxpayer stimulus money was spent refurbishing mcpherson square. some people living and working nearby agree with issa. >> it used to be our park, a center piece of this neighborhood and it is no longer a friendly or safe place for us to go. >> obviously, there will be some wear on the ground due to the structures that we erect and it will take a little while for the grass to regrow. but other than that, it is just grass j demonstrate ours are not require to have a posterior mitt in the crowd we haps under 500 they are not camping by law if they are not sleeping in the tent. >>> jerry sandusky waived his right to a hearing yesterday. the hearing would have included testimony from at least some of sandusky's reported victims of sexual abuse. now, prosecutors will hav

issa also accused the park police of breaking their own rules by allowing them to remain at mcpherson square. >>> a new movement is launched called occupy the dream. it will be comprised of african-american clergy members across the country. they plan to take action next january the 16th. that's martin luther king jr. day. organizers will lay out their demands here in washington. >>> a new poll says a large chunk of americans believe the 112th congress is the worst ever. co

they resurrected in the middle of mcpherson square. park police tied a rope around each of the protesters and then forced them inside a cherry picker. the confrontation between d.c. protesters and park police came shortly after security officials condemned the structure, deeming it unsafe. protest leaders say they built the wooden structure for homeless people. by the end of sunday night, 15 people were charged with crossing a police line. 16 people were charged with disobeying an official order. half a dozen were taken off of the structure with a cherry picturer, including one of the protesters who was charged with urinating off of a structure, indecent exposure, and also resisting arrest. hear now from park police. >> park police and the national park service firmly support people's rights to assemble and to seek redress from their government. in this instance, it's a life safety issue, the structural integrity of the structure put up. >> reporter: the structure has been taken down at this time. as i said, it's really quiet here this

specifically this is mcpherson square park.rotesters off of this structure that they erected overnight against police orders. police have been telling them to take the structure down, to get off of this building. they're saying no. now police are going up with the cherry picker. for those who volunteer, they put them in a harness. for those who don't, they rope them, put them in the cherry picker in a bucket and take them down. there's one person still left. i want to tell you this, though. this is tape -- this is of one of the last people. this was a person who was waving a plag who refused earlier. yes. this is the person -- the other people they had before when the police came up in the cherry picker they said okay. they put the harness on and brought them down. this one person refused. they put a rope around him and got him down.

tracee wilkins is live in mcpherson square now with the latest. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. this tense standoff between the protesters and police lasted for several hours. 11 31 people were detained by the end of the night. take a look. it's quiet at the encampment. it had been quiet for months since occupy d.c. began in washington. here's what it looked like just last night. this was the scene sunday night as park police pulled protesters off one by one from the top of a wooden structure they resurrected in the middle of mcpherson square. park police tied a rope around each of the protesters and forced them into a cherry picker. the confrontation between occupy d.c. protesters and park police came after they condemned the structure deeming it unsafe. protesters built the wooden structure to keep warm and assure it was temporary and would be easy to remove. park police argued they had no permit to build the shelter. by the end of sunday night. 16 people were charged with disobeying an official order, and half a dozen were

encampment at mcpherson square one day after the police condemned a wooden structure. police said it was built without a permit. 31 demonstrators were arrested when they disobeyed orders to take it down. police dismantled the structure. occupy d.c. will meet tonight to discuss building another one here. >> obviously, we need a plan for a structure because the weather is becoming worst. >> reporter: occupants cleared up mcpherson square. >> in ferms of surviving the winter, it's going to be hard. it's gotten freezing a couple times. i don't think they have all the supplies they need. >> i feel for them. i know it's all a part of us. we are a part of what's going on. >> reporter: at freedom plaza, nationally known singer/song writer jackson brown made a surprise visit. >> i came to express my solidarity with people occupying the plaza. a good friend of mine, a lifelong friend of mine is here. my god daughter is here. her kids are here. i made up my mind to come here as soon as i could. >> reporter: on the national mall between the washington monument and the u.s. capital

>> reporter: good evening, it is peaceful tonight here in mcpherson's square. it's quiet all day with standards for occupy d.c. police are on patrol here. so far today, there have been no confrontations, no incidents to report. things seem to have returned to normal here at the occupy d.c. encampment at mcpherson square one day after they condemned the makeshift wooden structure occupiers constructed to hold meetings in. 31 demonstrators were arrested when they disobeyed orders to take it down. police dismantled the structure. today, we learned occupy d.c. plans to build another one. >> we'll have another general assembly tonight and come up with proposals which we will discuss and have a consensus or we will disagree with the proposal and decide where to go from there. we need a plan for structure. the weather is becoming worse. >> reporter: occupants cleaned up mcpherson's square. >> we don't want them to think we are not cleaning up. >> reporter: nationally known singer song writer jackson brown showed up to support the movement. >> lifelong friend of mine i

bulldozed more specifically from the camp here at mcpherson square. it was on the southwest corner of the camp i am told. the protestors here this morning, all is quiet. i will tell you the metropolitan police department have been casually strolling through mcpherson square all morning long. there are several police cars parked on the circumference of the park. but there's been no conflict. total of 31 protestors were arrested yesterday. reporting live, i'm stacey cohan. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> new this morning, montgomery county police on the scene of a possible break-in at a sears store in white oaks shopping center. a store alarm went off after 12:30 this morning. police are currently on the hunt for suspects inside and outside that building. as soon as we get more information on this one, we'll pass it along to you. >>> the search is back on for a sanitation worker who disappeared friday. charles duckett went out to retrieve a dead deer at the triadelphia water shed. his boat returned with the deer inside, but duckett was nowhere

this was at mcpherson square.gan when demonstrators refused to tear down an unfinished wooden structure. >>> authorities will resume their search for a missing washington suburban sanitary commission worker. he appeared -- he disappeared on friday while trying to recover a dead deer in montgomery county. >>> the redskins are now 4-8. they came up short against the jets yesterday. they were ahead at halftime but they fell apart in the final quarter. the jets won the game 34-19. we'll take a last look at traffic and weather. >>> downtown 14th street is blocked both ways. it is between constitution avenue and pennsylvania avenue with police activity. traffic will be directed away from that for the time being. on 270 and fatherly boulevard is very slow. >>> there is some fog close to the bay and in southern maryland but otherwise partly cloudy day and some rain showers tonight off and on through the day tomorrow and some rain chances thursday. we go from 60 degrees today to the lower 40's despite sunshine on saturday.

tracee wilkins is live in mcpherson square with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. police went ahead and took down that building. protesters said they built it to try to keep warm during the winter months. as you can see behind me, it's all quiet in the occupy d.c. camp. it was definitely anything but quiet last night. here's what it looked like. here's the scene as park police pulled protesters one by one off the top of a wooden structure they resurrected in the middle of the mcpherson square. park police tied ropes around each park protesters and forced them into a cherry picker. the standoff began shortly after city officials declared the structure unsafe. they built the structure to keep warm and followed park guidelines, assuring it was temporary and would be easy he to remove. park police argue they had no permit to build the shelter. >> they were told that they're allowed to build structures as long as they move it every four days. there's no stipulation on the size of the structures. so this should be a nonissue. >> the park police and the national park serv

occupy protesters refused to take down a building they had put up in mcpherson square saturday night. u.s. park police brought down equipment to try to take down the structure. let's get the latest from stacy cohan. >> reporter: there are still the tents here and that has been the primary means for these protesters in which to live is a tent city. but not so with a structure they built over the weekend. that was a building and park police, while tolerant of the tents, did not feel the same about a permanent structure being erected here in mcpherson square over the weekend. so the park police said the structure was illegal, there were for permits. it was ruled unsafe for habitation by a city inspector and protesters were warned they had to take it down. they did not do so. they were given until 11:45 a.m. on sunday. a stand offensued. when the group failed could comply, police moved in with the vehicle and a cherry picker to retrieve protestors who had fled on to the roof. >> we built it because there were people who were cold. it was going to have a green technology way of keeping peo

as many of you know, this tent city here in mcpherson square has been tolerated by police.many other cities around the country, this occupy movement group has been largely left alone by law enforcement. that changed this weekend when the occupy protesters erected a wooden structure on saturday. they planned to make it a house. they were told by law enforcement, they had no permits, it was unsafe and it needed to come down by 11:45 sunday morning. when it did not, a standoff ensued. i an armored car was brought inform a bulldozer was brought in and when half a dozen protests are fled to the top of the roof, they brought in a cherry pick engineer when you are building a building in any municipality, there are government inspections to assure public safety. clearly, that was not something that took place and so our concerns were life safety issues. >> reporter: thachery picker plucked the half dozen protestors from the roof. a total of 31 were arrested in the events yesterday. that structure was bulldozed flat. the encampment remains in place. they are still asleep at this hou

protesters and occupy chicago protesters will meet at mcpherson square at 10:30 a.m. then march to an undisclosed lobbying firm on "k" street for a demonstration. then it's back to mcpherson square for a party they say will mirror the kind of parties politicians and lobbyists have together. at 5:00 p.m., they'll march to the white house and then on to the supreme court for demonstrations this evening. last month organize d.c. planned a march across the key bridge that was expected to cause a traffic nightmare but did not. the peaceful demonstration included hundreds marching during rush hour, and it had little to no traffic impact. but last sunday a demonstration at mcpherson square resulted in 31 people being arrested after occupiers built a wooden shed in the middle of the park. it was the most confrontational demonstration between police and d.c. occupiers to date. given what just happened last sunday, there's no telling what we can expect for today. what officials are suggesting we do is plan. if you are commuting this evening or this afternoon in any of these are

fox 5's stacy cohan near mcpherson square with the details on this. jot protests are going to center around k street sometime around 11:30 this morning is what we are told. so people in this area should expect possible disruptions. we are at mcpherson square but the protests will be around 16th and k, throughout the k street corridor although this is where the occupy d.c. protesters are camped out. yesterday, protesters marched to the u.s. capitol building as part of a rally called take back the capital. that was organized about a different group. since occupy d.c. has been to up to, we've seen several offshoot groups rallying. part of what happened yesterday was that, as the group marched to the u.s. capitol, they stageed a sit-in at mitch mcconnell's office. >> we are gathered here today to tell our congressional representative, we need jobs. we need jobs now. we have the unplowed, the retired, the temporary workers. folk who took off from their job, from montgomery county, prince george's county, frederick county, ellicott city. they're here to say

protestors at m mcpherson square.people was erected in the overnight hours and sparked a showdown with police that lasted for hours and ended in 31 arrest arrests. >> what were you charged with? crossing a police line. don't see how you are crossing a police line when they formed around you. it's confusing. basically, i mean not going to pay it. >> the police decided to usurp nigh rights as an american sit isn't to be able to assemble. i got take any way for it. >> d.c. building engineer declared the building unsafe. when protestors reap fusefused to move. police moved in. 16 were charged with disobeying an official order. police used a cherry picker to chuck half a dozen appropriate testers from the roof of the structure. tying a rope around them. police lifted them into the bucket. the last protestor could be seen relieving himself from the roof of the building he was charged with urinating in public indecent ex-popeposure. >> as far as the police if you look at the rope tied around. that is a safety issue. >> twopr

saying demonstrators are ruining the park and that the no camping rule should be enforced at mcpherson square. people living and working nearby agree with issa. >> at first, i was sympathetic. but now, enough is enough. >> enough is enough? that is an eyesore. >> the garbage is strewn. they are not taking care of t they are not respecting the property. this is my neighborhood. >> i think a $400,000 hit is well worth the price of the voices that are dissenting but also voices that are speaking something that needs to be heard. >> demonstrators aren't roird to have a permit if the crowd remains under 500. and they are not camping by law if they're not sleeping in the tents. >>> jerry sandusky waived his right to a hearing in court. the hearing would have included testimony from at least some of sandusky's reported victims of sexual abuse. prosecutors will share the evidence against sandusky faster and will not raise his bail. >> we would have heard a recitation of the allegations without realistically being able to cross examine the witnesses who testified as though their credibility and as all

we will follow the developments at mcpherson square park.nd of listening to see what is going on. mcpherson square park where they put up a permanent struf. they have been ordered to take it down. they are defying police's orders and they are chanting, stay, stay, stay. we will stay with it. more after the break. re you go. driver's license. past five years' tax returns. high school report cards. and i'm gonna need to see a receipt for that watch you're wearing. you know, you really should provide us with a checklist of documents we're gonna need up front. who do you think i am? quicken loans? at quicken loans, we provide a checklist of the mortgage documents you'll need up front. it helps keep you in the know every step of the way. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. ♪ imagine me and you, i do ♪ i think about you day and night ♪ ♪ it's only right ♪ to think about the girl you love ♪ ♪ and hold her tight ♪ so happy together [ male announcer ] when life changes, so can your insurances needs. use travelers free guide to better c

protests will move from mcpherson square to capitol hill. darrell isssa will be their target. >>> demonstrators hope that disrupted the flow of goods will cut corporate profits out west. >>> police evicted occupied ball -- baltimore protesters. police were in riot gear and there were several incidents including a stabbing at that camp. >>> locally, police have no motive in the murder yesterday in reston. investigators say they're looking for three suspects. at the scene police found the body of a man who had been shot in the head. investigators have not released his identity or any possible relationship between the victim and the gunmen. there is no threat to the community say the police. >>> we are learning more about a plan to crackdown on flash mob crime across maryland. this comes after a series of high-profile attacks in montgomery county. but one anyone arrested in connection with a flash mob robbery and to be held responsible for every item that was stolen. >>> a dupont circle nightclub will fight to keep its liquor license from being

lots of rain out to the west, mcpherson square after police arrested dozens of occupy protesters. >> it was mostly peaceful when the whole thing started two months ago. this started all over a shed protesters were building this weekend. surae chinn joins us live with more on the mood this morning. how is it going? >> reporter: right now no clashes, no loud noises. you can see everyone mainly asleep and that makeshift shelter has been torn down since last night. things have been peaceful up into this point until they started building the shelter and police really clashed as you can see in this video. things really got out of hand. there was no permit. protesters were told to tear down the shelter within the hour. they refused. park police moved in on horseback. 15 people were initially arrested for crossing a police line. then another round of people were arrested. police had to bring in a cherry pick tore pluck them off the roof. one man relieved himself as hundreds of people watched. >> he exposed his genitals as he was urinating in the direction of the officers underneath him. >> r

gray expreso hoy que los gastos de mantener los parques freedom plaza y mcpherson square donde han estadorotestantes desde octubre, ascienden a un millon seiscientos mil dolares... e indico que la ciudad tiene un presupuesto para protestas pero no de tanto dinero... la ciudad recibe reembolsos frecuentes del gobierno federal por marchas y congregaciones que realizan en washington... una patrulla de la policia de washington arrollo hoy a un ciclista... ocurrio en la zona de sherman circle a la altura de la calle 7 en el noroeste, a eso de las ocho y media de esta manana... segun testigos, el oficial permanecio en el sitio hasta que llegaron autoridades y rescatistas.. se desconoce la condicion de la victima y si el oficial de la policia recibio algun tipo de citatorio al respecto.. faltan pocos dias para que se venza la fecha limite de la reinscripcion del tps para hondurenos, nicaraguenses y haitianos... organizaciones comunitarios urgen a los centroamericanos elegibles que no han sometidos sus documentos, que lo hagan lo antes posible... y que no esperen hasta despues de las celebracione

police arrested 39 people sunday mcpherson square after they dismantle a wooden structure. of them were given citations and will have to pay a $75 fine. today, the occupy d.c. encampment was relatively quiet. jackson browne gave a concert for the protesters. >>> an effort to add to the occupy protest. are expectedpeople make their way into the tonight. some of them are coming from as as chicago. they're part of a weeklong event at the capitol. we're live in top left washington with more on this. >> you can tell from the lavish not theat this is that we havent accustomed to. a lot of people will be gathering here the next couple of days. >> they started early and the date -- early in the the day. some traveling thousands of miles. >> chicago. >> los angeles. >> thousand expected to camp out mall this week called take back the capital. although not directly affiliated the occupy wall street is thet, the mission same. >> we're hoping that congress will hear us, see yes. >> he made a cross-country trek, seen and heard. >> if you hear any of the people, it feels hopeless. only w

encampment at mcpherson square. police made 62 arrests. as the demonstrations continue into the evening, they expect more. the demonstrators call it a day of action. action that disrupted downtown washington. they marched up one side of connecticut avenue and down the other been noon, chanting and spreading their message. when the demonstratored got to 16th and k street, they met up with our d.c. and people from all over participating in the effort called take back the capital. organizers said there were 1,000 people here in the street. >> we are here to send a message to these guys that we need jobs and we need them now. >> i'm part of a generation that grew up economically worse than my parents. i don't want that for them. >> reporter: between noon and 1:00, they blocked the intersection at 16th and k street. most of the crowd marched down k street. this group of 11 demonstrators, people who came from across the country, including two members of the clergy stood their ground on 16th and k despite police warnings to move. >> you will be a

: for more than a month, protesters challenging economic disparity set up a peaceful camp at mcpherson square. clash with d.c. police wednesday, blocking rush hour traffic. 60 people were arrested. sunday, u.s. park police arrested demonstrators after construction of an illegal housing frame in the square. some are urging city and federal officials to shut down the camp sights for health, safety and commerce reasons. on wamu politics hour friday -- >> there's not a city in the country, except the washington, d.c. area that accommodated them. we are a flash point of trouble. mcfepherson square will be a toc waste dump for a couple years to clean it up. >> reporter: the mayor told nbc 4 on the viewpoint program that airs sunday morning people are losing patience. >> people are increasingly losing their patience because of the infringement on business. it's a balance. we support their right, of course, to exercise their first amendment rights. at the same time, we will not tolerate bending the law. >> reporter: if they want to complain, some say the protests aren't hurting the business. proteste

sometime last night, police protesters building structure near mcpherson square. they were building it on park which violates federal law. was arrested. >>> new at noon, d.c. is on than $80collect more tickets thisrking year. means police have issued tickets to drivers. that is an average of 53 tickets per day. parking fines range from $25 to $100. >>> turning to politics, we are days away from the iowa caucus. some are expecting an upset. congressman ron paul could win contest and his rivals of course are taking aim. you look at ron paul's record, and you look at his newsletters, and then you ads, -- you vote for him? >> no. meanwhile, ron paul is going on the defensive himself. he just began running new campaign ads. iowa caucuses are january 3. texas governor rick perry is ballot battle against to court. he is suing the state board of to get his name on the republican primary ballot. perry and newt gingrich did not have enough signatures to get on the ballot. the voting is march 6, which is "super tuesday." a rare look inside of north korea. a memorial for dict

at mcpherson square. >> battling the elements out there. thank you. >>> a washington, d.c. research firm is taking a close look at who the occupy d.c. protesters are. they did an informal survey at mcpherson square. 40% don't identify with the party. 2% say they are republican. 25% claim democrat. one in three is a college graduate and under the age of 24. nearly 60% say they are underemployed or unemployed. >>> it was 70 years ago today that the japanese launched a surprise attack on pearl harbor. more than 2,000 people were killed during that early morning attack. today, defense secretary leon panetta placed a wreath there in honor of the victims. panetta and others observed a moment of silence at "taps" were played. >>> when we come back, the search for suspects after a stabbing outside montgomery county high school after a basketball game. >>> sentencing day for former governor rod blagojevich. how much time is he going to spend behind bars. >>> >>> former illinois governor, rod blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison. 18 counts of corruption including a count to se

porque no han desalojado a los miembros de ocupando d-c que llevan semanas acampando en el parque mcpherson squareeformas del gobierno en una carta al secretario ken salazar, indica que el parque acaba de ser renovado a un costo de cuatrocientos mil dolares en fondos de impuestos, y que los protestantes han destruido la grama entre otras cosas.. el departamento del interior esta evaluando el cuestionamie nto.... la crisis economica magnificada por el creciento desempleo y la reposecion de viviendas estaria originando tambien el aumento de la cantidad de ninos que se quedan sin casa y junto con sus familias se ven forzados a buscar la cobija de un refugio...maria rosa lucchini amplia... ¿sabia usted que mas de 1.6- millones de niÑos terminan desamparados anualmente ? y esta triste realidad podria agravarse... "una madre que viene a pedir ayudar a estos programas no viene sola y detras de esa persona es raro encontrar un nino solo, siempre hay dos, tres, cuatro ninos detras de cada familia" se culpa a la crisis economica.... un informe del centro nacional de familias desamparadas seÑala que el numer

winter living inside a tent and as we speak, there are many protestors doing that at mcpherson square and the plaza. the next big protest is scheduled for mid-january and is called occupy congress. having his morning cereal after a cold night sleeping in the tent, barry night said this has been his routine since the movement on october 1st. >> that is financial equality for americans leftup employed or in his case, unable to make a descent wage. >> and all had to go through was my did 10-hour -- $10-an- hour job. >> reporter: there have been exceptions. you will recall when they erected a tall structure, the police had to use cherry pickers to arrest protestors who refused to come down and three protestors were hit by cars when they tried to block the roads near the convention center and another when protestors broke into the franklin school. mayor gray talked about it on friday and on wtop. >> they were arrested and charged and they will be, you know, they will go through the justice process. >> reporter: visiting from new york, he said he has been following the occupy movement acros

they want to explain why they have been allowed to camp at mcpherson square for so long. >>> 4:35 and a probe into money spent by the u.s. veterans agency and american airlines could clear it to use ipad. >> to explain all of this is linda bell at bloomberg headquarters. good morning. >>> american airlines is going high-tech. the first major airline to get fda approval to use ipad. now, when you are trying to trim costs, every little bit helps. in the end it adds to a savings of $1 million per year. in rep joe donnelly, the top democrat of the house veterans' affairs committee, is looking into billions of dollars that may have been spent improperly. in a letter he said, it was spent on drugs and other medical products without contracts. it may not meet federal safety standards. if you feel like you are being watched when you are out shopping with security cameras they are doing more than looking for thieves. more on that coming up in the next hour. i'm linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. tunnel>>> 40 degrees. not so bad this morning. >>> still ahead, new details in a police involved

several police cars were parked in a row on blocks all around mcpherson square. on l street, k street, and other streets nearby. we saw police officers parked and ready to go for several reasons. first of all, the demonstrators will be visiting a firm, and police officers are dispersed and prepared just in case. last month occupy d.c. organized a march across the bridge that was expected to cause a traffic nightmare but did not. the peaceful demonstration included hundreds marching during rush hour but had little to no traffic impact. but last sunday a demonstration resulted in 31 people being arrested after they built a shed in the middle of the park. it was a confrontational demonstration to date. and no telling what we can expect today. there's a schedule for what is supposed to happen. any minute now, we are expecting occupiers to go to a lobbying firm located here on k street, and then they will come back to k street, and also the mcpherson square area to have a party, and they are saying this party will resemble the same parties that are held between politi

speaking of which, occupy protestors in dc are accused of damaging mcpherson square. california representative sent a letter to the interior secretary pushing for national park service to enforce the no camping rule. just last year more than $400,000 in taxpayer stimulus money was spent refurbishing mcpherson square demonstrators are not camping by law if they are not sleeping in tents. >>> baltimore's inner harbour is clear of occupy protestors. they removed occupy protestors from a downtown plaza yesterday morning. they had been camping out there for months. the major said the city would protect individual's rights to protest but cannot use public parks as a permanent camp ground. >>> in new york, hundreds of people arrested during occupy wall street demonstrations are expected to pack a new york city courtroom starting today majority of protestors were arrested back in october on charges of disorderly conduct. >>> the price of taking a cab in dc could skyrocket how much could fares go up and how soon. >> coming up after the break, jerry sandusky waived his right to

the closest station, farragut west, mcpherson square, metro center and federal triangle. but once you're there, first of all, bundle up. it will be cool but so nice. lots of security to get through. once you're there, you know what i like to do especially on the weekend with the family is walk through the pathway of peace. great weekend to do that. >> exactly. we'll talk more about that plus there is a new entryway on 17th. big closures there. they have warm cider already there, too. >> that's a good thing. >> thanks, monika. >> well, this year is national christmas tree is a new one. we've been telling you about that. remember the old one fell last february. it blew over during strong winds. the tree had been be on the ellipse since 1978. >> to tell us more about the new national christmas tree, we're joined by neil mulholland, the president and ceo of the national park foundation. neil, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> good morning. happy holidays. >> happy holidays to you as well. so, we have the tree already decorated. of course, we took a look at it thi

protestors have been in mcpherson square for two months. learn who is saying now it is time for them to go. >> right now, monika has a quick check on traffic. including this, monika. >> the big story of the morning, andrea. southbound 270, a serious accident here at route 118 in germantown. if you're planning to head southbound 270, i'll keep you posted on this situation and what you need to do to get around it. coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> we're back at 6:30 and we're following breaking news out of germantown, maryland. sky 19 live over southbound 270, the exit there. the pedestrian was struck and killed in some sort of accident. this happened about 45 minutes ago. the investigation is still going on right now. and the back-ups on southbound 270 are stretching back to route 121 right now. in a moment, monika will have some advice on how to get around this. >> thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terra

movement is being accused of damaging mcpherson square. california representative darryl issa says he sent a letter to the exterior secretary pushing for the national park service to enforce the no camping rule. just last year, more than $400,000 in tax payer stimulus money was spent refurbishing mcpherson square. demonstrators are not required to have a permit if they keep the group to under 500 people. >>> a deadly attack on a crowd of holiday shopper overseas. the latest as investigators try to determine what set off the suspect. we're back in a moment. time now 6:07.  south the debate continues in ohio over a bill that would enforce the strictest abortion rules in the nation. it would ban abortion at the first detectable heart beat. the votes could come this week. >>> new this morning, the search for answers as to why a man in belgium threw grenades into a crowd of holiday shoppers and opened fire on them. four people were killed. that includes the gunman. but another 120 were injured in the tax. police say they also f

accuses the park service of breaking its own rules by allowing the protesters to remain there in mcpherson square. >>> and occupy d.c. protesters plan to demonstrate tonight at a fund-raiser for republican presidential candidate mitt romney. that event will be held at the new downtown restaurant lincoln. mitt romney will not be there at tonight's fund-raiser, but his son tag is headlining the dinner, which is aimed at young professionals. >>> this morning presidential hopeful jon huntsman will visit virginia f virginia for a fund-raiser, according to "the washington post." he ranks six out of seven candidates in the nbc news poll. governor bob mcdonnell is scheduled to stop by the breakfast at the country club in richmond and speak with huntsman. mcdonnell has spoken with nearly all of the republican presidential candidates. >>> the two men leading the race for the republican nomination have a very different road to the white house. a new poll shows newt gingrich has a strong hold on republican voters, with 23% saying he's their first choice. romney trails. nearly two-thirds of republicans classi

esten al tanto de dichas politicas los grupos de protesta "ocupando dc" que acampan en la plaza mcpherson square el proximo mes... la concentracion esta programada para el 17 de enero, cuando la camara de representante regrese a sus labores.. mientras que quienes acampan en freedom plaza, recibieron una extension para permanecer ahi hasta el 28 de febrero... muy buenas noches... luego de un dia lluvioso y nublado disfrutamos un dia soleado con temperaturas frescas y con el factor viento en rafagas que han complicado un poco el panorama en especial a quienes andan en sus bicicletas y por su puesto caminando... las rafagas han alcanzado incluso una velocidad de 34 millas por hora... actualmente en nuestra ciudad capital tenemos una temperatura de 36 grados, una humedad en el ambiente de 44%... despejada se ve la region metropolitana y las condiciones atmosfericas a nivel nacional se han calmado sobre todo en la costa este a excepcion de los alrededores de los grandes lagos que aun tienen la presencia de la nieve... asi estaran las condiciones para los ultimos dias laborales que nos depara el 2011.

mcpherson squash. he claims the tax-pair fund -- square. he claims the taxpayer funded renovations are going to waste and demands answers. >> representative darrellist sarks the republican from california who chair -- is -- darrell issa, the republican from california who chairs the committee wants an answer. issa sent a letter to the interior secretary ken salazar. the congressman says more than 400 grand in taxpayer stimulus money was spent last year refurbishing mcpherson squash and he contends demonstrators are ruin -- square and he contends demonstrators are ruining the park by camping out at the park. camping is against the law in the park. we asked people who work and live nearby what they think. reporter: by day occupy d.c. is trying to send a message about corporate greed. at night especially as the temperatures drop it looks more like a scene out of yosemite. dozens of demonstrators now living in mcpherson square in tents. would you say that people are spending the night here and sleeping? >> yes. multiple nights of. reporter: but

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