and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture award winning journalist and author naomi klein joins me for the first half hour for a special edition of conversations with great minds a lot about the growing occupy wall street movement and what it means and crisis could mean for our nation and a local occupy protest here in washington d.c. took a turn for the worst possible months of an agent provocateur we'll talk with an activist about the chaos he witnessed firsthand. residents conversations with great minds enjoyed by award winning journalist syndicated columnist an internationally bestselling author naomi klein and the fine is a contributing editor for harper's and a reporter for rolling stone writes a regular column for the nation and the guardian is also syndicated internationally her writing has appeared in dozens of other major newspapers including the new york times the washington post newsweek and the los angeles times in two thousand and four reporting from iraq for harper's magazine earned her the james aronsen award for social justice journalism she is a former mi

welcome back to the big picture earlier this week i sat down with naomi klein a syndicated columnist who has become one of today's leading voices in social justice journalism she shared her insights on the ninety nine percent movement that has taken to the streets all across the country right now and gave us her predictions on the next major crises facing the united states and the world take a look. at the night's conversations and great minds enjoyed by award winning journalist syndicated columnist an internationally bestselling author naomi klein and me klein is a contributing editor for harper's and a reporter for rolling stone writes a regular column for the nation of the guardian is also syndicated internationally her writing has appeared in dozens of other major newspapers including the new york times the washington post newsweek and the los angeles times in two thousand and four reporting from iraq for harper's magazine earned her the james aronsen award for social justice journalism she is a former miliband fellow at the college and school of economics and holds an honorary d

naomi watts is here! [ cheers and applause ] naomi who? >> steve: naomi what?y is one of the best in the business, mega-producer brian grazer is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] this guy's done every movie that you love. this guy's made every movie that you love. he's got a new movie called "power heist." it's going to be another big, big hit. we love him. and we've got music from beirut, you guys. they're so good. [ cheers and applause ] they're so fun. you're just going to get out of your seats and start dancing and going crazy, yeah. even if you're not sitting in seats. so, say you're watching -- i don't know, maybe stand up and watch, yeah, at home. >> steve: you're at a bar, perhaps. >> jimmy: you're at a bar, perhaps. they should turn down the jukebox. >> steve: you're saying cancel the jukebox. >> jimmy: i'm saying -- they still use jukeboxes, right? at bars? >> steve: yeah, yeah. -- jukeboxes. >> jimmy: don't use the jukebox. turn on our television program when beirut is playing, and people will be like -- [ laughter ] >> steve: [ singing off key ]

i think that's important. >> i cut you off, naomi.ry. >> i think what people are rejecting there is the idea that they are just kind of the street heat for the democratic party. right? that they are just there to make obama do it. it is a deeper structural critique. i think what's best and most fun and most refreshing about hanging out at "occupy wall street." >> the circles and free hugs. >> aside from that. >> so much tofu. >> they issued a statement that said to the guys at wall street, not everyone wants a hug. >> that is awesome. >> the thing that was fun about being down there -- >> is that they are not talking about big "p" politics inside baseball, the election campaign. i think the problem, thinking about what they are doing is going to affect 2012. they are focusing on the issues. it isn't your only job, though. i think this country is more obsessed with electoral politics than any other in the world, i believe. it is corrupting and core roe sieve to the building of social movements. what happens is every two years, whatever

naomi, let's start with you.the "huffington post" party, and i was watching the protests, and they seemed peaceful. but you were taken into arrest. what happened? >> well, i was arrested while i was complying with the law. and peacefully standing on a sidewalk. very briefly i studied protests and permits in new york city. and so i understood that they had a right to be on the sidewalk peacefully. when i came out of the "huffington post" event where i'd been a guest. i saw police had moved them far away. when asked them why, they were told they had no right to march where they had been. i knew that wasn't correct, so i checked with the people in charge. they said the permit did allow them to walk without obstructing the sidewalk. i said i'm going to walk with my partner and anyone who wants to walk with us, please join us. so we were walking peacefully back and forth, not obstructing anything. suddenly 30 or 40 giant men in white shirts, apparently the nypd, appeared and stopped in front of me and one of them used

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coming up i'm talk with the author of shock doctrine naomi klein about the occupy wall street protests and what's next. just ahead. >>> welcome back. summer is officially over. according to the gregorian calendar, it ended on september 21st. but according to the presidential campaign calendar, it ended when presidential hopefuls stopped taking pictures at state fairs mid corn dog. for some candidates now is the time to get serious and show they're grown-ups. for example, mitt romney released his list of foreign policy and national security advisers today. tomorrow he'll make what his campaign is billing as a major foreign policy address in south carolina. this is what front-runners do. they explain how they will govern. they tell us what they will do. but mitt romney, to his great dismay, isn't alone on the stage this week. a new poll out shows him tied for first place with herman cain. herman cain, who used to be known to most people as the guy from the pizza company, the guy who said what about muslims in his cabinet? but now that guy, according to must silver at the must-read 538 bl

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naomi kelly was with us. purchaser naomi kelly was here. she is approaching reverend dr.o is also here with us. of course i really would get assassinated if i don't mention commissioner leroy king, sit -- sitting with former redevelopment commissioner benny yee. welcome, kim. we are really looking forward to working with kim to get students to come visit the kinsey exhibit. just one second. and also supervisor scott winer -- weiner is here also. let's welcome him. newly elected schedule. we're back on schedule and graced with the presence of our new mayor. we, as i mentioned earlier, we had the pleasure of working well. are city administrator at the time ed lee and supervisor ross mirkarimi in connection with the adoption of the slavery disclosure ordinance a couple years ago. and we look forward to working with him on many issues to come. please welcome mayor ed lee. >> hello, everybody. you know i don't like to read speeches. i've been doing that in the past, so i want to have a chance to speak from the heart. this is our celebration of black history month. and i am so

in 1996 i not only made the biggest mistake of my life by murdering ricky and naomi.vil. honestly. you can't change the horror of that, no matter what one says or does. my reaction at that time cannot be erased. it's blotted upon my life. it's blotted upon the subconscious of many people. whoever witnessed an interview such as this, they will always remember the murders, not the man. they will not remember the victims. they will remember the act. and i find it appalling. the victims should be remembered and i've done nothing but seek redemption since that point. but that's what people will always remember. nothing can change that.

and there was a huge outcry over time against globalization now ten eleven years later you've gotten naomi klein's in the michael moore's of these people finally realize it's the bankers stupid and now one banker has gone to jail over the last three years and that's bernie made up and everybody says that was a bad out all the rest of the system is fine and the financial system has collapsed by pure sheer coincidence nothing happened to cause it so we're going to turn to this headline made off whistleblower tells king world news banks stealing from pensions now this is harry my koppel is he's the one that ten years before the made off fraud collapsed he was the one that wrote to the f.c.c. a ten fifteen page letter out. lining exactly why bernie made off was a ponzi scheme and how it was operating well harry markopoulos is involved in this lawsuit against bank of new york mellon he's the one they gave all the evidence to the attorney general of new york and let's turn to this clip from king world news every day every time a state pension fund created but they could steal approximately three

going to be nearby they decided to shift the target of the march to this event and when they arrived naomi wolf became aware of their presence she actually to her credit engaged with them said let me take your demands inside to the huffington post event and then it was when she came back out and tried to assemble with them on the sidewalk that she and along with a companion well timidly arrested and now from what i understood from reading her account today it was there was some technicality that they claimed that the pub or the side walk had been rented out so that it couldn't be used by the protesters i mean i'm just curious right because of that seems like some crazy technical thing how many times since you've been covering this protest since day one have you found your understanding of the first amendment right of the freedom of assembly of the freedom of speech just be completely blurred or flipped upside down from the way that the police have been treating everyone. i would say every protest i've covered with occupy wall street it doesn't seem like they are permitted to assemble anywh

naomi grimley, abc news, westminster -- bbc news, westminster. >> hundreds of wild animals have beenshot dead in ohio after being released from a private zoo. local residents were encouraged to stay inside as police with assault rifles and did down tigers, bears, and gi -- hunted down tigers, bears and giraffes that escaped near zanesville. a -- >> a bear gets a taste of freedom, but a lion is shot dead. when police arrived at the wild animal preserve, they found the owner, terry thompson, dead. they believe he killed himself after opening all of the cages. and we're not talking about your normal, everyday -- >> we are not talking about your normal, everyday house cats and dogs. obviously, public safety is my number-one concern. i gave the order that, if animals looked like they were going out, they went down. >> motorist saw these bizarre and frightening alerts -- motorists saw these bizarre and frightening alerts. about 50 animals were on the loose. and that it is scary. you do not know where they are @ -- >> it is scary. you do not know where they are. >> in the dark, it is consid

naomi grimley, abc news, westminster -- bbc news, westminster. >> hundreds of wild animals have beenshot dead in ohio after being released from a private zoo. local residents were encouraged to stay inside as police with assault rifles and did down tigers, bears, and gi -- hunted down tigers, bears and giraffes that escaped near zanesville. a -- >> a bear gets a taste of freedom, but a lion is shot dead. when police arrived at the wild animal preserve, they found the owner, terry thompson, dead. they believe he killed himself after opening all of the cages. and we're not talking about your normal, everyday -- >> we are not talking about your normal, everyday house cats and dogs. obviously, public safety is my number-one concern. i gave the order that, if animals looked like they were going out, they went down. >> motorist saw these bizarre and frightening alerts -- motorists saw these bizarre and frightening alerts. about 50 animals were on the loose. and that it is scary. you do not know where they are @ -- >> it is scary. you do not know where they are. >> in the dark, it is consid

author naomi wolf was arrested last night and covering the protest for the covington post. tips of thousands are demonstrating around the country and saying corporations and banks have too much power. >>> president obama is pushing hard for support in virginia. he spent days share his job creation plan. before the bus tour wrapped up, he deployed one of the biggest assets. >> how lucky -- lucky am i to get married to michelle obama? >> i never get to do anything with my husband. i haven't seen him in three days. >> the president continued to richmond before going to the white house this evening. his jobs plan is constantly criticized by the republican presidential candidates. >>> sounds like voters are responding to the 9-9-9 plan of one of the candidates. herman cain is the new leader in a key primary state. he took 30% of the vote in south carolina. south carolina has the first primary in the south and the same poll, mitt romney gets 36% and rick perry at 9. newt gingrich at 6. the other candidates at 5% or less. >>> everyone's talking about the wild animals escaping in o

naomi klein. michael moore on and on and on. the only. magic. back of. this. not. a public protest or to. this. great event maybe. we can see the baby maybe as. many of the. first they started reading. some of the orders to get ready. for a week later. that's because. we're. in the very real. hour. there isn't one. population. hour. an hour and i hear what you're saying but on the other side of that you know you mention that the mainstream media has had to cover this now and that you feel like they're being more sympathetic but for every one of those reports i bet i could. so you have one that is dismissive or that barely touches upon what these protesters are calling for or that downplayed really what is going on there and certainly a far cry from what you described as far as how momentous this feels do you think that that is going to hurt the impact of this movement well sure of course. with. social change that. there are many people who are. great. or they are. our without. but. financial. writers are all. along or maybe. we're starting to see. that. there would

the latest incarnation of the anti-globalization movement it's called occupy wall street and you bet naomi klein i think is finally figured this one out and she's drawing the barricades so what do you make of the protest i think it's. a useful. i think those people are heroes to stand up in public their heroes but i think that we can also look at what everybody that's not player could do and this ties in to your campaign of points over in other words what kind of drew. actions can everyone do from the safety of their home without kids a risk risking arrest and so prying so we're closing your accounts that means your brains either reneging on your loans that you could never play or paying them off i mean exiting yourself from being a supporter of the banking sector three things i want to as to what about a mass default on mortgages across the country and it's on one designated day that would certainly put a box on the banks and oh that's a great idea so occupy wall street but it day in the next couple of weeks and say that we demand that the country the united states of america everyone has

peter of peter paul and mary you had michael moore came down naomi klein addressed people yesterday author of the shock doctrine the rise of disaster capitalism it is a place where people gather to learn to share to talk and i think part of its power is there is not one message but it is about the threads that connect all these different movements it's about people recognizing they or the majority we are the ninety nine percent basically you know i've always said we are not afraid of minority not even a silent majority but the silenced maturity silenced by the corporate media which is why we have to take it back so there's just a just to quickly get back to this it seems that there are there's this enormous power it's like the nation is pregnant in this moment with the revolution and the violence wants change and in fact if we were in two thousand a lot of people out we didn't get the change we got we had we thought we did but in any case and there are people on on. both extremes. trying to co-opt is probably too strong the language but i'm not sure how else to say it to say you know this

some of the protesters went into a post event where they wanted to talk to governor cuomo and even naomi wolf author got arrested there were you there can you tell us what went on. i was there during the initial march to the d.a.'s office which was in response to those we spirituality from the n.y.p.d. pepper spraying individuals i beating the. trojan horses into the crowd really anything you can imagine merely reading people who are actually running over a person in one case with a motorcycle but after a big repartee is up as they found out that governor cuomo was receiving a game changer award and hoping to boast about it which is very ironic considering that i. used to cheer. tax millionaires so i'm not quite sure how you changing the game in that respect but because he refused to tax millionaires. he became a target for occupy wall street so when they found out he was going to be nearby they decided to shift the target of the march to this event and when they arrived. became aware of their presence she actually saw her credit engaged with them said let me take your demands inside sud

. >> naomi riley was asked about the business of academics and publishing. >> i do not know the last time you picked up an academic publication. even harvard university press said the average circulation of one of their academic publications was 250 books. a lot of the books are actually just purchased automatically by libraries. that is harvard university. when you think about the smaller university presses, by the way, and the expense of the books. students complain, too. somebody write a paper where they said that the academic publication industry was driven by the producer and not the consumer. i think that says it all. >> academic publishing is in a crisis. when i published my first book in 1973, i was an unknown faculty member. i could count on selling 2000. now i can only count on selling 250. they're moving on line. i almost never look at an academic journal library any more. i access it online. and from my house. it is convenient. these reduced sales reflect lower budgets for libraries. my library has astonishing resources online. i can search hundreds of thousands of 19th c