. >>> protesters are vowing to shut down the port of portland. the problem these protesters have from other people joining in. more than 1,700 gallons of diesel fuel shuts down a building at uc berkeley, which had happen at the stanley hall where crews are still cleaning up the toxic mess. the clean up effort goes far beyond the berkeley campus. >> reporter: pumping out hundreds of thousands of diesel fuel from uc berkeley's housing hall. the research lab and classrooms, where last night the emergency generators spilled over. >> it sounded like a bunch of lanterns that were just poured out basically. a lot of fumes, gasoline fumes. it gives you a headache. >> reporter: there are concerns that the fuel could head into the bay. they are all monitoring the spill. >> right now, the coast guard is watching to make sure that it doesn't go into the marine environment, where we are setting up the booms, different types of booms that will, if it does go, it'll block it and we can gather it from there. they are taking and monitoring air air samples. the ca

drenching downpours and flooding from seattle to portland. up to a foot of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. rainy from boise to salt lake city and billings. a rain/snow mix through the dakotas, minneapolis, chicago and detroit. >> just 30 in fargo. 33 in the twin cities. 53 in omaha. mostly 50s across the rockies. but the pacific northwest. phoenix, you're going to climb to 71. sacramento, at 64. middle 30s in the northeast. and 60s from new orleans all the way to dallas. >>> well, coming up, detecting cancer with just your breath. >> an amazing breakthrough here. >>> then, the latest honda recall. the car giant doing something it has never done before. >>> and a lineman on the oregon football team, getting set for the rose bowl, stops to save a life. >>> and welcome back, everyone. bp employees could be facing criminal charges for last year's massive gulf well explosion and spill. "the wall street journal" says company engineers allegedly lied to regulators about the risks of drilling before the deepwater horizon well blew, killing

portland getting good. and heavier rainfall totals over the next 48 hours will be on the cascades, snow levels very high. very warm out there as far as rainfall total, a little bull's-eye from medford to portland. we get to the red, four to five inches of rain. possibility of some localized flooding is going to be there. you go throughout the next couple of days. the cumulative effect of the weather system. rain doesn't make it san francisco southward. just the pacific northwest this time around. the forecast for today, mild, that is the one good thing. snow levels extremely high for this time of the year. temperatures in the upper 40s, low 50s. nice from san diego to l.a. and sacramento to san francisco, slightly cooler. cloudso sunny and nice. california, no issues. >>> looks like the heavy rain will continue in the northwest. where the worst weather in the country will be it looks like until the weekend. >> going back to you taping new year's eve. >> does that work? >> you still have a vcr? >> no. i've g

through the looking glass at portland art museum. pacific event of the day. >> looks like a good one. huge photography fan. >> interesting. you have to teach me. >> okay. that's a deal. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. matthew mcconaughey asked his girlfriend camila alves to marry him. the fact they have two kids already probably mean she said yes. so cute! okay, lady gaga is being sued by a former assistants saying she owes her thousands in back pay. overworked and underpaid, she says life with gaga wasn't pretty including dealing with "spontaneous random matters" in the middle of the night. >>> robert de niro is a father again. the 60-year-old actor and his wife who is 56, had a baby girl through a surrogate mother. con gat lagss to them. >>> and currently "girl with a dragon tattoo" star daniel craig says he looks for variety in other film roles. he says, quote, i love playing bond. it's fantastic. >>> finally "people" magazine reporting hugh hefner and crystal harris are in a custody batt

and here in picturesque portland, maine, time really is money. with 750 members, this group trades talents and tasks, building up hours to swap for services later on. >> people who might say, i'm not very good at -- >> everybody has skills. everybody has skills, just -- period. if the only thing you can do in the whole world is bake cookies, there's a place for you, man. >> reporter: no matter the skill, it's give an hour, get an hour back. >> no cracks. >> christine banks time winterizing steven's basement. jennifer earned an hour of free health care. and across town, a seamstress is making a costume for 8-year-old ella, daughter of musician monique barrett. >> i'm busy, raising two kids and getting some of the things that i need that i don't have cash to pay for. >> reporter: more than just an exchange of time and talent, members say this movement is really about building communities. every month they hold a pot luck dinner, which typically leads to more exchanges. organizers caution the system won't and shouldn't replace a cash economy, they s

rain from seattle to portland and boise. snowshowers around the twin cities, green bay and northern michigan. rainy in chicago, indianapolis, cleveland and lexington. and moving later into cincinnati, cleveland and buffalo. >> 50 right here in new york. and near 60 in atlanta. 70s from miami to dallas. kansas city gets up to 54. and chicago, 44. 52 in billings. 57 in salt lake city. and 73 in phoenix. >> 73. 77 looks beautiful this time of year. >> yeah. >> not too bad. >>> coming up next, new outrage by verizon customers over a controversial, new fee. >>> and it's a busy week at the nation's theme parks, with some turning people away. >>> and an action-packed game. washington and baylor, in one of the highest-scoring bowl games ever. >>> verizon wireless customers have a new complaint this morning. the company plans to charge a $2 fee if you pay your bill with a credit or debit card. now, there are ways around this fee. you can pay directly from your bank account with an e-check or a paper check, even cash. verizon customer

it is part of a coordinated effort to shut down businesses at all west coast ports in seattle and portland. now there is a plan today near oakland city hall where they plan to march down to the port. for that march, protesters don't know until they start to show up. we will of course monitor the situation and let you know how it's going. stay tuned for mornings on 2 and shut down the port of oakland, showing their support to shut down ports, they meet outside the park center plaza 55 occupied protesters were arrested for sleeping on the sidewalk now police say the group was given ample warning that they would be subject to arrest for illegal lodging and some officers were spit on, one was pushed by protesters and unfortunately nobody was hurt. san francisco and elsewhere makes them the largest in the bay area and they have received very little attention since it was first shutout two months ago but many protesters have nowhere else to go. berkeley camp has 100 tents as well as a huge dining area. >>> coast guards crews are continuing to clean up after a navy tugboat started sinking. it is

work of major ports on the west coast being opened the port was almost entirely shutdown same in portland again l.a. they blocked tribes from approaching the board by doing that the occupiers hold to keep the message of the movement alive they are getting a government a city now a bit about wise for the protesters say they want to cut into profits of goldman sachs goldman sachs owns one of the world's largest transportation and shipping outfits so for the occupiers it's a way to make a point to get back of the jain bank which was very much contributed to the financial crisis in new york occupiers says marched in solidarity with their fellow protesters on the west coast they took their message to goldman sachs directly marching around the banks lower manhattan headquarters almost two dozen people got arrested during what looks like a peaceful demonstration so far as the orders have been quite successful in cracking down on these a peaceful protesters across the united states dismantling their camps a big thing demonstrators around five thousand protesters have been arrested in the last thr

of the action there we're getting reports that the protesters have shut down several terminals in portland and l.a. the poured in oakland has also been shut down we're also keeping a close eye on the police reaction there. you know we have begun in san francisco three people so far police officers in riot gear are on the move. so a lot going on on the west coast right now we might see a lot more arrests coming up and maybe even a brutal crackdown on protesters with the use of tear gas and rubber bullets something that we have seen in the past so far authorities have been quite successful in cracking down on these peaceful protesters across the united states dismantling their camps of the demonstrators around five thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested in the last three months and those arrest don't even make it to the headlines anymore they become something like business as usual dozens of demonstrators every week just over this weekend fifty five people were arrested in san francisco. thanks very much indeed for that live update from washington. kind. international austerity insp

wall street protesters across the west coast are blockading some of america's busiest ports from portland to diego but while they fight their cause on one side of america on the other riot police are busy arresting demonstrators in new york. the latest. almost two dozen people were arrested in new york during what looked like a very peaceful demonstration we're also getting reports that members of the occupy wall street media team there have been arrested they were providing a live stream of the protest on the internet so that's new york occupiers of march they are in solidarity with their fellow protesters on the west coast where thousands are taking on board from california to alaska to disrupt what they describe as an economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations this is being the message of the whole occupy movement which started three months ago with the protesters are marching down ports in san diego los angeles portland seattle tacoma. and courage that's in alaska this should give you a sense of the scale of the action there we're getting reports that t

craig: this is from lynn in portland, oregon, no, portland maine! oh, i hate when i get that wrong!in. geoff: i think it is zeeng. craig: zinc. plasticine. duct tape and hamsters. geoff: hamsters -- craig: don't say it, man. geoff: balls. craig: i like to travel but no matter where i go, no matter what type of year, i always meet british people on vacation. why is that? [laughter] dude, they live in britain. [applause] are we out of time? it is christmas, man. [laughter] yeah. can't we just do one more for christmas? can't we just do one more? [applause] could i have a day off on christmas with my little boy, geoff. he has got to have an operation. geoff: please, sir, i'm so sick. craig: he is very sick, sir. his nut also fall off. -- nuts will fall off. geoff: please, only one of me arps. craig: please. if we could have the day off on christmas day. if you give us a day off -- you can come down to our house and stuff the goose. [laughter] geoff: in my pants. craig: we'll be right back, everybody. i wouldn't do that. pay the check? no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. h

and portland in the state of oregon seattle and tacoma in the state of washington and courage in alaska so we're getting reports that the protesters have shut down several terminals in portland and los angeles or we're keeping a close eye on the police reaction there police in l.a. have issued a warning that if the crowd does not disperse they will use chemical agents police officers riot gear are moving are there are on the move in o'loghlin so a lot going on on the west coast right now we might see a lot more arrests coming or maybe another brutal crackdown on protesters with the use of tear gas rubber bullets something that we have seen in the past goldman sachs the fifth biggest u.s. bank by as it is a major target of occupy demonstrators who are on a march to shut down the ports right now they say they want to cut into profits of the company that spurred the financial crisis goldman sachs' owns half of one of the planet's largest transportation and shipping outfits they're going to these going to risk it seems the protest is a still trying to be. well bill so far authorities have b

voted to support this in portland they voted to support it and here in oakland the local ten. b. voted to not to have their workers not cross picket lines and they sent out a check to all of their workers last night that they were not be. escorted in by by police and so you know there is an overwhelming support of rank and file workers we have rank and file workers who are coming to our meetings we are going to file workers who have come out. to get are to receive help from us for example down in l.a. there are a great number of court truckers who are not unionized and they came to occupy l.a. and and requested their help with their struggles and also in hawaii they have seventy percent of their goods and and products are imported and their local you voted to not cross picket lines there and that sends an extremely. immense statement to the rest of the country that this small island chain state is. is going to shut down effectively shut down their. village get food and out for an entire day because they have their own issues they want to be a self sustainable state i think that's

in extreme portland. some areas of fog in the coast, mostly cloudy, starting off with 50 and 60 degrees. temperatures will be in the mid- 60s. 60s today, it clouded up on friday and it was warm to much warmer by sunday, pam. >>> 4:39 at the time, mom converged on target store not to go shopping, the unusual protest they carried out all across the country. >>> and the unusual tools police are using to crackdown on something this year. >>> it will take hot spots for fog, coming up. . >>> highs on the mild side, a few mid-50s to 60s. >>> a student is behind bars as part of a five-day jail sentence that killed a toddler. now the press democrat said caitlin was booked into the sonoma jail accused of texting behind the wheel when she hit and killed a two-year-old girl an injured her mother last year. she will also have to spend 115 days in detention and perform community service and pay restitution. >>> annan connection with a hit- and-run crash, he is suspected of hitting a two-year-old boy after his suv jumpe

we have a meeting with the representative from the city of portland. even they did not have the study. where money is g

then maybe just a sprinkle in seattle and portland. not a lot of rain there, but it will be a cloudy, cool day. tomorrow we get rid of the wet weather, but temperatures are kind of stuck. if you're watching us on knbc 4 in los angeles, california, in nearby huntington beach complex scenes in patterns within paintings. sculptures and video installations at calidoscope at the huntington beach art center. it took me five times to get that. that's your pacific event of the day. >> thank you so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. lindsay lohan was all smiles in court wednesday as once she heard praise from the bench. this is breaking news, people. the judge overseeing her probation gave her credit for completing all community service and therapy sessions and even discussed ending her probation as early as february. but this judge is no fool. when lohan's lawyer asked if she could skip january's next appearance, the judge replied, quote, if i say yes then she will not complete everything. i'm just

portland will be damp. i-70 from kansas city to indianapolis will be wet. >>> airport delays possible in memb memphis and new orleans. >>> a dad in wisconsin has had his christmas dream come true. he's reunited with his daughter after a year-long case. >> the girl was taken to japan by her mother back in to 08. the dad has been fighting to get her back ever since. japan has refused to sign a treaty to keep international abduction from happening. >>> a soldier was trying to break up a fight at party when he was shot. doctors believe he'll be paralyzed from the neck down. they can't operate yet. he survived a suicide bombing in kandahar last year and was state side to recover. the party was to celebrate his christmas homecoming. >>> an armed robbery suspect is supporting a black eye this morning. he came face to face with a fed up store clerk. the employee knocked the robber unconscious. emma wright has the story. >> reporter: it's a quick cash business. something to free at we buy gold on spartanburg highway

a lot of the consistent rainfall is here from portland all the way down to medford. they're going to see the brunt of the storm system as we head through the next 48 hours. we have a lot of moisture out here, but we're going to continue to see in pattern repeat itself. all this moisture is going to go right off toward oregon and washington, and unfortunately for us, as we head throughout the next three to five days, we don't have that big large storm system we need. not only catch up here in terms of rainfall, but in term s of snow. we'll see areas of drizzle with fog throughout the north bay. and throughout friday, just a slight chance of showers lingering. here's the good news. throughout the weekend it looks clear and dry for new year's eve. if you have any outdoor plans, that's what's in store for you. 46 in freemont, 44 in los gatos. remember a week and a half ago, temperatures stuck in the 20s and 30s. how dry is this december on record. right now it looks lik we'll go down in the history books in oakland with only a tenth of an inch of rainfall so far in decem

we are here to tell had you occupy portland expects to pull this off. >> reporter: with the port of oakland, the actual port of oakland in the back drop. they are calling it a blockade of all west post courts on monday. that list includes two the busiest. >> while we are exploited by the 1%, our schools and lie brayrys are shutting counsel. we have little or no access to health care and scarce public resources are directed away from the 99% and handed to the 1%. >> members of occupy portland along with a loose coalition of union members and educators held a press conference. on monday, occupy oakland and their supporters plan to shut down every port on the west coast. the reason behind the action are multiple. they want to send a message to the 1% of the wealthiest, you can't make money without the 99%. and they also want to send a message of sollity to long view union workers in washington state. >> the only time that people in this country receive any kind of concession is when we do something that cost the bosses money. >> we don't see how a shutdown of the port of oakland is going to he

there's moisture moisture in seattle and portland -- there's enough moisture in seattle and portland that maybe some of that will drag in. that's about it. we're getting in the 60s here. san jose, santa clara valley, upper 50s to 60s to everybody. again, if we don't see the rain on friday, it will be a record- setting territory for many here. today, mostly sunny, partly sunny. if you are near the coast, there's fog there. other than that, we will increase the clouds thursday night. i think we'll get some drizzle. but that's really not much to write home -- to write home about. upper 60s. as we welcome in the new year in a he have -- in a very warm and toasty note. july, it will be foggy. 55. 56 and cold. [ laughter ] >> it's funny how we'll get excited about some -- >> yeah. you look at the hills. they are brown. this is december. this year is almost mirroring 1976 which is the second driest december ever. >> and we'll see about the new year's forecast. >> yes, indeed. >> thank you. >> you bet. >>> there are only a few days left in 2011 and businesses are hoping to cash in big at the

, an inch here in portland. as you continue to push towards the south for tomorrow, it's going to weaken and fall apart. we'll get a little cooler air for our friday forecast. but overall, it's going to mean some areas of drizzle, embedded in this fog. and there's a chance of isolated showers. 60 for the daytime highs. as we head through the weekend, if you have plans, we're looking at a dry forecast. for tomorrow morning, we're going to be clouded in. not only at the coastline. but also interior sections. you'll be waking up to cloud cover. and the best chance of showers happening, 10:00 and 11:00 in the morning, not looking at much from bodega bay to santa rosa. our computers not picking up on anything to the east or the south bay. it's not going to be a big shower. that's for tomorrow morning. not too bad compared to the 20s we started off the week with. 30 in santa rosa. 44 in san jose. as for a highs tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds. and the numbers rolling to the low 60s. for the tri-valley, dublin, liver

. >>> more tension between police and protesters after an overnight crackdown on the occupy portland encampment. >> you must clear the intersection. failure to do so couldrupt in your arrest. >> portland city officials shut down south park blocks sending hundreds of protesters into the streets. demonstrators were told earlier in the day that overnight camping would not longer be allowed. more than a dozen people were arrested on charges of trespassing or interfering with officers. >> pg&e tonight says all power has been restored to the bay area, but to a few hundred people and those few hundred people are still in the dark in santa cruz county. santa cruz county boor the brunt power outages. there are still about 550 customers in santa cruz county without power. some santa cruz residents have lived for several days in the dark. a pg&e spokesman tells ktvu all power has been restored in the nine bay area counties. >>> the clean-up continues in southern california, days after fierce winds knocked down trees and power lines there. power is still out though for thousands of customers. a

occupiers message from the very beginning they marched on boards in san diego los angeles old glen portland seattle tacoma and courage in alaska the protesters cared for in need managed to disrupt the work of those major ports on the west coast in oakland the ford there was almost entirely shut down same in portland in alley the effectively blocked trucks from approaching the board by doing that the occupiers hope to keep the message of the movement alive as they say saved their targeting corporate greed and government complicity now a bit about why poor the protesters say they want to cling to the profits of goldman sachs goldman sachs owns half of one of the world's largest transportation and shipping outfits for the occupiers it's a way to make a point to get back to ed ed ed is future bank wage has very much contributed to the financial crisis in new york occupier says marched in solidarity with their fellow protesters on the west coast they took their message to goldman sachs directly marching around the banks a little lower manhattan headquarters almost two dozen people got arrested d

continues shut down yet another camp this time in the city of portland. commands keep on in the shotgun box are now closed you may freely press to the north and the west. no you do so on subject you do it all out police in a ride made a number of arrests but officers refused to specify how many were detained and this is the second time in less than a month the police have dismantled the occupy movement headquarters in portland protesters have vowed to establish a new plan made a little bit harder by a new that just lation bombing overnight stays in public parks and as often as a marina porton i reports the movements message is beginning to resonate even with those whose job it is to silence or. occupy wall street has become an undeniable american household name. and police crackdowns against the democratic movement have become something of the norm not so normal is seeing one side endorse the other. retired philadelphia police captain gray lewis became the game changer on nov seventeenth arrested while demonstrating with occupy protesters on the streets o

fv hlleaburing@no fvllack here in thefvors from tt @>>fvllbu noocc curepyc w2demonstrationso to portland managed to shut down the movement says it considegvrr the elgvllbu@ "wall stregvllbu@noc rec 2@noc ? 2>> tomno: c flreooc ds2 in tha silicon valley and wall floods t @emicondgvuclltobur gvllbu no 2he company llbu@noc rec disrupnoc rec 2.truments and algvtellrasuing profit warnings1 gersh reports, many investorareg rec hailand on itsllbu@noc 2noc rec 2 and sanford c.alyst stacy rasgonhv s like it when that happenhvllbu@ bu>> t@he pernocec ptreiot meetings with maer@y recenontc n - was different thanc 2 communication to the with a resu you eventualhvllbu@noc re @noc rec 2 >> reporter: intel tc harerdc 2 drive produc will pick up by the first half @ noc ingstar analyshvllbu@ 2@noc rec 2falling demand. bu once hard drivehvll llbuher sihvllbu@noc reback up,v noc or intel's processorsivllbu@ bu@noc rec 2outlook.noc rec 2 researchers trry say the personl ivll buivllbu@llbu@noc rec 2 grownoc rec 2 ivllemerging markets will boow with anivllbu@ivllbu@e c 2est@noc re billio2nk that perspectivefe

those major ports on the west coast in oakland before there was almost entirely shutdown same in portland in l.a. the effectively blocked trucks from approaching the board by doing that the occupiers hope to keep the message of the movement alive and they say they say they're targeting corporate greed and government complicity now a bit about why court the protesters say they want to cling to the profits of goldman sachs goldman sachs owns half of one of the world's largest transportation and shipping outfits for the occupiers it's a way to make a point to get back at those few bank which has very much contributed to the financial crisis in new york occupier so marched in solidarity with their fellow protesters on the west coast they took their message to goldman sachs directly marching around the banks a little lower manhattan headquarters almost two dozen people got arrested during you know what looked like a peaceful demonstration there in houston seeing solidarity demonstrations twenty people arrested so far it's already said being quite successful. in cracking down on those peaceful

portland, maine, has become a home for refugees. 30 girls from different countries have come together song. ♪ voices blended together singing of peace. the name of the choir, the pacintu. it means when she sings her voice carries far. what's fun about being in this chorus? >> it's good to sing with people because we do all our singing and we can hear everyone's voice. we clap, we snap, we move. >> i saw you guys raising the roof. that wasn't -- the choir's home of portland, maine, where over 60 languages are spoken has become one of the largest immigrant and refugee communities in the u.s. >> this community portland had an astounding number of diverse cultures and traditions. >> loud and proud. ♪ >> reporter: a musician started this year six years ago to brings the girls as well as the natives of portland to music. >> one of the things that happens when you first come to a new country is you lose your voice. so the choir was started to give those kids back their voices. >> choir members ekliss, rita and judith were all borng in sudan. >> right now, the region where my parents are from

spent more than half of the total spending seven million dollars followed by oakland and denver and portland but you know it's not the money as much as the treatment of these protesters who call themselves the ninety nine percent that is brought about so much attention is also highlighted a larger issue police brutality in america and has raised the question of who police are actually working for as our g. correspondent marine important discovers they may not be the one percent but when it comes to who they protect and serve it's often the one percent that reaps the benefits. when the very people employed to protect americans. leave thousands of bodies. burned i was. locked behind bars tasting their own blood. the land of the free adopts an entirely new image probably the most. part for so. far you've joined the force. for someone. not just walking. in recent months u.s. police officers have made an enemy. of those citizens using their freedom of speech to protest against corporate greed and corrupt politics today's breed of american law enforcement is dressed in riot gear and armed with hea

massive occupy action is happening on the west coast today with attempts to shut down ports from portland to southern california then president obama hosted iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki at the white house today and preparation for the last u.s. troops to leave at the end of this year but there will be contractors and guess what the firm formerly known as blackwater wants back in scott horton is going to help us hash it all out and then as congress engages in yet another battle over taxes are going to speak to one venture capitalist that says that taxes on the rich should be raised and then the real job creators can be rewarded so it's not the rich that create the jobs then who is it we're going to have all that and more food and i could in a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so today president obama hosted the iraqi prime minister at the white house and it was a big event with a joint press conference at an air of celebration or at the least the president one of that to be seen as a historic event. coming days

of anchorage the port of los angeles longview the port of maui port why nini the port of oakland portland san diego seattle tacoma and last but not least the port of vancouver now this is a major effort and we want to talk about what it means and how effective today's efforts have been and to talk about all of this i spoke just a little earlier to our own ramona window our producer lucy catherine of and journalist only winston i started off by asking all lead to give us his take on what he saw at the effort to shut down the ports in oakland where he was. before i was up there this morning around five thirty am there was a group of about three to six hundred people admit it was at the it was a bart station the regional rapid transit system and they marched from there out to the port of oakland which is about a mile and a half there also cars and buses taking people out there. and there was a little stand offs with wives of dr who's outside groups that opens about three different sections three different marches having to walk eight different births where there were ships her there were shi

. >> portland oregon protesters face off with police. but many of them stood their ground.here in baltimore remain at the interharbor. we are learns more information about a missing sanitation worker. he vanished friday afternoon while inspecting an air nor deer hunting. his boat eventually washed ashore but he was not in it. >> we are not giving up. please help us find him and keep us in your prayers until we do. >> the search will resume tomorrow morning. >>> >>> they found two men bleeding from gunshot wounds. police believe the victims were sitting inside a quare car when she were shot. >>> one day after herman contain dropped >>> the bat more may mayor is kicking off things in trial. look who is there, it's ron map and tim williams. the parade was also -- hundreds of families watched it go by. that parade seems to grow every year. stay with wjz, we have a lot more still to come, including volatile voters. we'll tell you what's behind these and revoters. >> we're not hiding anything. >>> a mega minister steps down. >>> and rioting football fans. how sell celebrating a w

we had one in portland i wouldn't portland we had very good public financing of campaigns system and basically the big interest money groups came in ran ads saying do you really want your tax dollars being spent by politicians to real what them so and everybody kind of you know caught that mean minute and it got blown up so it's i think that transparency is the key even even in that. you know i agree on that sense i think that transparency is important and we need more of it would be nice if our government actually remembered that transparency is something that's very american in our overclassified days thank you so much tom thank you. are coming up next in the sound doctrine you said i read it and we've told you about our stance on anti-piracy bills but today we're going to hear from a singer and songwriter who personally and by fred slater back in the. they there still believe the option of. what a protest that nobody seems to know. that never appropriate the face but hardly argument that they're being overly dramatic. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think yo

we are outside of portland, we can push in and you can see we are at the main gate at the port of portland. 200 protestors should down this port. trucks have been turned away, workers have been turned away. protestors gathered outside of this front gate. the police put up a chain-link fence. the police have been instructed to let the protestors stay. they are being very cautious because of arrests that were made. they stopped a car and found a sword and loaded gun. three people were arrested. i want to talk with someone from the port of portland about that this morning and why you are being so cautious and closing down this port today. >> one arrests were made last night. one involved a loading weapon. i think based on the available information a decision was made not to order some labor in today, and additional decisions have been made since then. >> who is this affecting? we know that the truckers have been turned away and port workers. >> a lot of these truckers are not paid by the hour. they'll go unpaid. it impacts dockworkers, office workers, rail workers, there is a domino effect ou

oakland that shut down the fifth busiest port in the nation today ports in los angeles long beach portland anchorage seattle and tacoma were turning at the long beach port several hundred demonstrators blocked trucks outside a shipping company it was partly owned by goldman sachs ports in oakland were disrupted and so too were ports in portland as a media spokesman for occupy oakland said yaki by movement is attacking the one percent at their point of profit for the latest on what happened today on the west coast as mark taylor canfield member of the occupy seattle media working group mark welcome to the program i come good to be with you again. great to have you with us thank you mark what happened today. well here in seattle there's basically a stand going on right now between police and protesters at pier eighteen which is near downtown seattle people marched here at one o'clock it was a really long march it was several miles long they got here and then several hundred people blocking entrance to the port the police actually then blocked the road themselves and although the protesters w