who for one how mayor mike bloomberg has been that literally given the brush off by demonstrators after asking them to vacate their camp in the park so it could be clean. and ukraine's former prime minister and opposition leader yulia tymoshenko faces a new criminal charges two days after she was sent to jail for seven.

mike bloomberg wants to be mike bloomberg on "saturday night live." >>> coming up, no question those growing in number and intensity, but what constitutes victory to those who have taken to the streets? great question. what do they want to see happen? we'll talk to two of the protests and get a sense of what's the message. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the occupy wall street movement is nearly a month old now, believe it or not, and continues to grow. this past weekend saw protests spread across the country and even overseas, including in europe and asia and even india. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets around the world, but people are still asking questions about what does the movement want to achieve? what demands will they make eventually? and is there a unifying cause or theme that unites them all? "the new york times" this morning suggested the only thing uniting the protesters is a mood of anger. they report, "while the protesters seem united in feeling that the system is stacked against them, with the rules written

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mike bloomberg is doing a ton of stuff through his company. they are hiring hundreds of people. worked at bloomberg 15 years ago, and i was in europe as a foreign correspondent. there were 40 journalists, and now, there are thousands. i think it depends on the interests of certain people, but they are being tapped, and you can get them to lend to foundations and do this type of stuff. it is just creating the bridge from the journalism world into that world, and it is not as hard as you would think, in my experience. >> i would just say that a few of those individuals you had mentioned are not examples of the types of progress of journalism that i think a lot of people are here to talk about and listened of route -- was it about. these guys are kind of villains in a sense of where we want journalism to go. fox news and the daily, who knows where that is going to go, but they are not necessarily public-interested, public radio, public tv, public press minded people. >> that is an opinion that has probably been ill-served in my opinion, having worked in two of those companies and s

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suffer meanwhile protesters have literally given the brush off to a call by new york's mayor mike bloomberg for them to leave a park so it can be cleaned with demonstrators saying it's merely an attempt to remove them after he recently attacked their campaign parties report my explains why the protesters are doing their own cleaning. the occupy wall street protesters are taking part in our massive cleanup effort today on wall street all the demonstrators hundreds of them that have been camping out there and sleeping there for weeks are pulling out their brooms their mops even toothbrushes to clean every square inch of zuccotti park the park that they've been camped out in the reason why the demonstrators are doing this is because new york city mayor michael bloomberg paid a visit to the park personally on wednesday evening walk through and told all the the protesters that they would have to temporarily leave the park on friday so that it could be cleaned up now the protesters believe that this is an effort city officials are making to remove them from the grounds that they have been camping

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gratian of him as of me but he knows the system he has to stand up for because he's tied to it to mike bloomberg is tied to wall street. if people come here from the opposition people that consistently been a part of taking advantage of the people that are here that are upset at the who are doing because it exposes what they've been doing this whole time which exposes the corruption behind closed doors then we know we're on the right. and for the full interview with hip hop artist and political activist immortal technique as our web site at youtube dot com slash r t america. and you know a major chapter of this story is the chapter on the media how the movement was largely ignored by the mainstream media i first went spun in interesting ways but there is still one network that seems to be spending a less time covering the protests than the others it's the network most people still turn to when there are major breaking news events going on and with this breaking news they're just not there. through the lens. and onto the screen it took some time but much of mainstream media is finally showing up

they don't understand why the occupy america protesters are upset, even though new york mayor mike bloombergffect, predicted all of this. we have a lot of kids graduating college, can't find jobs. that's what happened in tie row, that's what happened in madrid. you don't want those kinds of riots here. the very next day, september 17th, hundreds of protesters convened in lower manhattan for day one of the occupy wall street protests. at the top of profiles and greed last night, we told you the results of a congressional budget office report on income distribution in the united states over the last three decades. the top 1% saw their income increase a staggering 275% while everyone else, 99% saw their incomes increase between 65 and 18%. the cbo report also found that the share of income received by the top 20% now exceeds the share of income received by the other 80% of americans. joining me now is doreen warren, an assistant professor at columbia university and a fellow at the roosevelt institute. what do you -- how would you explain this remarkable graph over the last 30 years at the top o

sean: tonight on our great, great american panel pollster to bill clinton and new york mayor mike bloomberg book incredible story true strength my journey from hercules to mere mortal and now nearly dying saved my life and kevin sorbo here. miss america 2008 kirsten hag haglin. >> treatment center in chicago. >> sean: good to see you. just telling me about your book. just gave me a copy. i never knew you had four strokes? >> i suffered three that stayed with me. i had furt one that had the speech go away. i started slurring heavily. that's when i knew i was living in denial. i knew something bad was happening one day period. >> sean: you are hercules. >> it was something i didn't want out there in public and i kept quiet. >> sean: how old were you. >> 38 at the time. >> sean: obviously profound changes. >> 14 hours a day on the set. literally my days in new zealand that's where we shot the show 18 hours door to door. had aneurysm. clavicle exploded. not only was this arm filled with collapsed. i have loss of vision in both eyes took me three years to get 100%. suffered from balance issues.

to live down there, and they are violating those rights and i don't understand why this mayor, mike bloombergo calls himself a libertarian, is allowing them to violate the rights of people who leave downtown manhattan. it's deplorable. >> they are reporting that tomorrow it will spread around the globe, the protests, new zealand, alaska, london, frankfurt, new york. i don't know where this leads us. but i do -- i do sort of -- i am sort of curious as to what they are seeking to achieve at this point. you know, i remember when you had to -- protests usually have a particular goal and a message. >> right. is there anything happening here? i'm quoting one of those lefty '60s song. is there anything happening here really other than the protests? i'm wondering if we are giving this way too much credence. a thousand people out of the whole population, it ain't that much. and i mean are we blowing a vocal, very vocal, very small minority of the people, you know, blowing this out of proportion by covering it like this? i just wonder if we are giving them too much freedom. >> i hope it doesn't get vio

. >> it's interesting that just a week or more a ago, mike bloomberg, the mayor of new york, was on the radio, his radio show, saying if you keep having people graduating from school without the ability to get jobs you're going to have protests. he used the term, riots in the streets, and he seems to be anticipating this. we've certainly seen it all over europe. there's protests and walkouts in greece today. but here in the united states, what we're seeing is profits, record-breaking profits. but companies sitting on their profits, they're not spending their money, they're not hiring. they say it's because of uncertainty, but you can sense the growing anger that people are feeling about the growing disparity in income levels. >> well, i think that's right. it remains to be seen exactly what this movement is about and how broad its support is, but i've been saying that since the bailouts of the banking system, the social contract has fundamentally changed. yet, prior to september 2008, you could work on wall street and say, i am getting rich by making society better, ambiguously. i'm spr

. >> and you know what mike bloomberg and ray kelly have done is engage the protesters. they talk to the protesters. they say you respect us, we'll respect you. you can have the park. we p want to clean it out, they said we're not leaving, and bloomberg said, okay, i need you not to do this. there have been small incidents, sure, but it's been going on more than a month in new york. >> no doubt about it. let's go on, mika. i know you've got a story in washington. it's crazy how washington seems so disconnected. we're going to read a story -- >> great point. >> they seem so disconnected from the pain of tens of millions of americans out of work. >> and disconnected from, i think, the battle cry or the anger of the people in these protests, which i think we know at this point that they want to be heard. and they will be heard. i mean, in one way or another, we cannot mock them and washington should take them very seriously for whatever it's worth. with the deadline fast approaching for the so-called super committee to submit a plan to cut the nation's debt, the committee's

i was laughing in the brick tt i could probly replace my prepared remarks with what mike bloomberg said. he hit a lot of the right points. he did a great job. i thi my role is coming from academia. i am not personally and academic. but i would like to discuss what emigration means to us as a research university and what some of the policy's main toward where students can do after they graduate. for those of you who are not familiar with it, we are the largest school in the nine states. there are some people who think we're pretty good. we are ranked as the force -- the fourth best engineering school in the u.s. that is not a plaid place to be. it ranks as the seventh best university of all types in the country. and we are broad. we're not just good at one thing. we have 12 different disciplines in engineering. we are actually top 10 in 11 of those categories. we do not offer the 12th one, which is agricultural. we do not have any cows. i think we're strong across the board. and we are in atlanta appeared as you might expect, ever since the civil rights era, we have a strong record of gr

it could be mike bloomberg. in don't know who else it could be. he says it won't be him. nk. but i just don't see it happening because bloomberg won't do it snipe don't know if that's true. do we know for a fact? i think he'll do it. i don't know the man well. my gut i look at human behavior, the guy has 20 billion. why not. why wouldn't he take 5 billion to do it. what's the reason he wouldn't do it? >> that's how he got to 20 billion by not spending 5. >> he's looked at it. he can appeal to both side. he's looked at it very hard and made the assessment it's not worth his money because he doesn't think he can win. very simple. >> at least in the recent past he doesn't want to spend $5 billion to elect one of the other guys because there's no way to keep it out of the house. you don't get to 270 it goes to the house. and so he would be perot plus. >> can mitt romney carry the day? "new york" magazine has a fascinating article on him this week on romney. >> this is an older picture of mitt romney. >> looks like rick perry. >> he does. mitt romney the 1% economy. of course,

mike bloomberg, his political positioning is such that how is he going to win?t's not that he couldn't get a lot of votes. in the electoral system, particularly, how is this guy going to win? we calculated in 2008 he wouldn't win a single state and he's probably made the same calculation. not that he wouldn't be a great candidate. he's been a great mayor in my view, but the math doesn't work. you've got to have a somewhat different system. and if you're going to change the system, start with four years out, not 14 months. >> it's an ecochamber thing. you can affect the election. if bloomberg wins, obama loses, if tea party wins, republican loses. >> howard dean says never. what do you say? i think there's no doubt it's very much stacked against it. at some point i think either this election or in 2016, somebody is going to test that proposition and do sort of what howard dean is the godfather of, which is using technology as a great equalizer. being able to organize people much more quickly than you could in the past. and the question is, does anyone come in? pa

herman cain, mike bloomberg, i've got $3 billion to $4 billion to spend, why not? and we, the press, i'm not going to let this election be over in six weeks. >> he didn't have to explain it until he was at 27% in the polls. now you're at 27%, you're top of the heap, now you've got to face the fire. >> and you've got to get rich lowrie from toledo to take a train in. did he come in on the greyhound? >> it's like an episode of "curb your enthusiasm," they're making it up. >> it's great. it's very entertaining. >> good stuff. >> and this too shall pass. >> it's pin code -- >> you sit here and go, why is this happening? why could a guy like herman cain come up and get a guy an accountant out of toledo or wherever it is. herman cain doesn't know where he is. >> on prime time. >> it's happening because mitt romney can't make the sale. there were two fascinating comments yesterday, one from peggy noonan who is considered a more moderate tempered republican and one from rush limbaugh. listen to what they both said yesterday. i'm sure they weren't calling each other on the

. >> last night simmons sent this tweet to new york mayor michael bloomberg. dear mikepported you and you have been a good mayor. don't take me to jail. >>> colorado police in riot gear have been clearing the occupy denver protest near the capital. they set up dozens of tents in a park and refused to leave when they were ordered to. there were a few minor skirmishes, and a handful of people have been arrested. >>> will and kate's baby girl could be a queen. and no, i'm not announcing a pregnancy, but possibly a new deal in london. max foster, tell us more about this royal succession buzz. >> yeah, we're waiting for that story, aren't we. but because of this looming issue, politicians are getting a bit concerned. whoever takes the throne is not decided by the queen, it's decided by the system. at the moment, ancient laws dictate that if katherine had a girl followed by the younger brother, the younger brother would become king over his older sister. it's fundamentally sexist and the british prime minister, david cameron, wants to change it. but he can't change it on his

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you don't live here, mayor bloomberg is cutting out salt and-- >> he has times has appeared to be pandering, a little bit. at first he was strongly out against them. >> mike>> alisyn: he came out critically and was strong and since then people think he is he' back pedaled and went to visit the protesters. >> dave: he's done a 180. >> alisyn: all organic material and-- >> he showed leadership early on and wilted and he also took on a-rod, bloomberg pointed out you should go protest at a-rod's house. and some others. so-- >> occupy a-rod. >> dave: i'm rich, but there are other people's houses you should go to. >> alisyn: a good point. >> mike: as we've been telling you today, a historic day, the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr., the memorial dedication begins in about an in our half. >> ahead of that, the the apprentice program to the exclusive access to some of the women in the civil rights i-con's family. >> bernice king, dr. king's daughter talked about growing up with her father he and tells the story when jfk was assassinated her father knew it could happen to him. >> when kennedy was assassinated my mother and father were together and he said, you