local time, portland, oregon, where thousands of people have ignored a deadline from police to leave one of these occupy encampments. we're keeping a close eye there. portland is not the only city that is trying to evict occupy protesters. albany to salt lake city, all over, you've seen some of the biggest clashes between police and protesters. in fact, in oakland and denver. the same kind of thing has been happening in atlanta and st. louis. but again, we will not go too far away from the story. give you updates throughout cnn sunday morning on what's happening right now in portland. >>> we attorney politics and national security. that was the focus of last night's republican presidential debate in south carolina. each of the eight candidates trying to set themselves aside in the minds of voters with two months to go until the first votes are cast. i'm going to take you through some of the highlights last night. and one moment that people will be talking about today and throughout this week. the issue of torture came up, tor torture or enhanced interrogation techniques. the issue of

police have moved in against anti capitalist demonstrations held in portland, oregon, and other cities across the united states. the protesters may have to find more conventional methods to get their message heard. >> the norwegian government u.s. confessed to killing 77 people and shooting rampage in july has. in open court for the first time. he attempted to give a speech justifying his actions but was cut off by the judge. >> as we was brought from his prison cell to court, brei vik knew today it would be different. for the first time, the hearing would be open to the public. outside the courtroom in the capital, long queues of people, including relatives of those killed in the attacks and some of those who survived. this, their chance to be face- to-face with the man responsible for the atrocity. >> i want to try to understand why, or not understand what sort of get the meaning of why he did what he did. >> the hearing itself was to decide if breivik could be kept in prison before the full trial next year, which the court agreed to. >> were not allowed to show pictures of him durin

it came just today after 50 people were arrested during a similar camp in portland, oregon. jonathan joseman reports. >> under the glaring flood lights of a police helicopter, officers move in, their mission simple, close down anti- capitalists protest camp that's become a featured in oakland in california. hundreds have been displaced for several weeks, inspired by contemporaries in new york. but last week the situation on the ground changed. a man was murdered in vicinity of the capp. police suspect a link to the protest. authorities say the latest effort to clear the protests is cautious about the drain it's causing on police resources. >> we came this morning because the occupier began to take a different path from the original movement. it was no longer about the abuses of the financial system or for closures or unemployed. the encampment became a place so we had repeated violence and this week a murder. >> dozens of arrests were made and despite the hard-line action, a heavy police presence remains in downtown oakland. deaths in burlington, vermont, and new orleans has

we have been seeing imanls all day from the occupy portland, oregon. the protesters have been moved out of the park. they are blocking a street now. one of the protesters for occupy portland is joining us by phone. i'm not sure if you were able to hear the mayor but he said for public safety reasons, he had to move you guys out of the park, and he thinks that occupy movement, the occupy movement needs to involve beyond just occupation. >> i was able to hear the mayor's words there and -- i appreciate what the mayor is saying but unfortunately it's not the mayor's call as to what occupy movement looks like. that's the call of the people directly involved with occupy portland. and i think we have been evolving over the last five weeks. we have been tholding down this camp and last night we saw that despite all of the things the mayor tension mentioned, 7,000 people flooded in to downtown portland to support occupy portland and the values that we stand for. the values of addressing inequality and often ouer is so egregious. we feel strong the community sup

meanwhile, the anti-wall street protesters in portland, oregon, are considering their next move. more than 50 demonstrators were removed yesterday. >> reporter: police in riot gear pushed anti-wall street protesters out of their camp site in downtown portland, oregon. officers carried out demonstrators who refused to leave on their own. authorities starting tearing down tents and cleaning the area, while fences went up to block protesters from getting back in. >> if they want to take it over, they can have the tent, just don't take me! >> reporter: portland's mayor ordered police to shut down the site, saying conditions were unhealthy. protesters started clashing with police early sunday morning when officers first arrived to evict them. >> it was actually a fairly controlled movement and although it was noisy and confrontational, our officers performed in an exceptional manner. >> reporter: after a day-long standoff, demonstrators marched to a new location to regroup. >> there is a large group of people who are saying just take a breath, back off, let's reboot, let's do occupy p

we have bridget with the latest from portland, oregon. >> can you please stand up. ♪ >> reporter: protestorsang songs from the civil rights movement as they were cuffed and led away by police this morning in oakland. officers in riot gear went tent to tent clearing demonstrators. calls to end the occupation have intensified after a man was shot and killed near the camp last week. >> we had to bring the camp to an end before more people were hurt. >> reporter: in portland, oregon, chain-linked fences topped with barbed wire are in place to keep protestors from reoccupying camps. sunday, police carried away demonstrators who refused to leave. more than 50 people were arrested. portland's mayor says the police actions were necessary because the camps are unhealthy. portland is one of several cities trying to cope with the occupy camp but protestors showed no sign of ending their demonstration and sanitation is become being a problem. city officials want to reopen the portland park to the public but are concerned about hazardous materials in the mountains of garbage left behind. >> it is hard to

richard rohr, a catholic priest, is addressing a packed house at trinity episcopal cathedral in portland, oregon. >> i love beautiful spaces. but if creating beautiful spaces like this for one moment leads you to think that god is not equally out there on the streets of portland, then religion is not doing its job. >> reporter: for the past 25 years, rohr, a franciscan priest, has run the center for action and contemplation in albuquerque. he calls himself a "radical traditionalist." for example -- >> it's not correct to say jesus is god. now, don't run and report me to the bishop, all right? it's not correct to say that. jesus is the union of the human and the divine. that's different. i've been a priest 43 years. most of the catholics christians i've met would for all practical purposes believe jesus is god only, and we are human only. we missed the big point. the point is the integration, both in jesus and ourselves. >> reporter: such provocative ideas make him an enigma to some, and a modern-day prophet to others. richard rohr is one of the most popular spirituality authors and speakers in t

. >> police in riot gear in portland, oregon, started cracking down on protestors. they're tearing down tents and shutting down campsites. in some cases, they put protestors in twist ties and carried out those who refused to leave. portland's mayor and police chief ordered the shutdown of the sites because of the unhealthy conditions. protestors have moved to another site and coming up in the next half hour, we'll look at some of the cases around the country, some of the violence and clashes there with police. that's coming up in the next half hour. back to you. >> all right, surae chinn reporting live from northwest d.c. >>> police have a lot of evidence to examine after a deadly crash involving four vehicles. the crash happened last night in laurel, maryland on laurel bowie road near the intersection with montpelier drive. one person died in the crash. three others were injured. we do not have an update on their conditions or what investigators believe caused the crash. >>> d.c. police are looking for whoever fired three shots into a metrobus near fort dupont park

check out this video from portland, oregon. police had to start arresting some of the protestors at two city parks there. >> hours later, the protestors fought back. that's not the only place this is happening. surae chinn is live at the occupy d.c. camp in northwest washington. surae, good morning and how are things there? >> well, things are going very peacefully. it is calm here at mcpherson square. 15th and k streets northwest. as you were saying, not the case across the country. we do have some local protestors here, joe and rusty, to talk about the reaction of some of the clashes between police and protestors in places such as portland, albany, new york and oakland, california. >> definitely stand in solidarity with the other movements. they're our sister movements. it is really tearable that they are facing that kind of violence from police. luckily we've been able to avoid that here. >> rusty and joe, talk about the violence that may have occurred here because of police chiefs saying you have been increasingly confronta

one of the most contested area is a portland, oregon. just a short time ago, i spoke with one of the protesters and the mayor about the police action. >> we worked really hard to keep the peace here in portland. this is our fourth or fifth police action. there has not been any serious injuries. we've not used tear gas. we've not used rubber bullets or those kinds of things. we work really hard, even in passionate moments like you're seeing now, to make sure that the coolest heads prevail. and i want to really give a shout out to the portland police bureau for their professionalism and also the organizers of occupy portland, who worked really hard as well to keep the peace. >> we feel strong that this community supports us. and we feel -- i'm sorry, i should say that i can't speak on behalf of occupy portland, i can only speak on behalf of myself, but i feel like i am extremely disappointed that the mayor chose to crack down on these parks when the outpouring of support from the community was so strong and clearly in favor of occupy portla

in portland, oregon, a standoff on the city streets overnight. more than a dozen arrested as police cleared the city parks of makeshift camps. the mayor of portland telling cnn the every campments are now public health hazards. and two policemen arrested when police tried to remove furniture and tents set up in a park. and in philadelphia, the city's mayor telling reporters what started out as a peaceful protest is now threatening public safety. >> occupy philly has changed. we're seeing serious health and safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis. occupy philly is fractured with internal disagreement and disputes. the people of occupy philly have also changed, and their intentions have changed. and all of this is not good for philadelphia. >> here in new york, with winter looming, volunteer doctors and nurses are providing the occupy wall street protesters with free flu shots. >>> two new developments in the penn state scandal, both involving disgraced former assistant coach jerry sandusky. there are new questions this morning about the j

in portland, oregon, where you are looking at a live picture of where protesters occupy protesters have defied a deadline to leave an encampment where these demonstrators that been for the past several weeks. they were giving a midnight local time deadline to leave. that order came from the police and from the mayor. but here we are, five hours after that deadline has come and gone. but the protesters have not gone anywhere. we did get word from police, at least one police officers was hit with a projectile. he had to be taken to the hospital. told he is going to be okay. but for the most part we have not seen violence break out but police are standing by in riot gear. we don't have word of whether or not they are about to move in and try to get people out. we did get word a short time ago -- at least a local paper, police are now telling people you need to get out of the streets or face arrest. again, we have been watching these pictures throughout the morning and we are five hours past that deadline for people to leave the encampment. but yes, it is 5:00 a.m. local time and people are

and then portland, oregon, this is where we've seen pictures.n-17, as in november the 17th movement, they're trying to disrupt the city's banking activities. they are blocking the streets there. police have shut down that steel bridge in anticipation of crowds. i want to go to new york. that is where mary snow is on the ground. she's in the middle of the occupy wall street protests that have taken place there. mary, things have changed moment by moment. how are things now? what is the mood like? >> reporter: the mood is pretty peaceful here, suzanne, here at zuccotti park. and you can see behind me, there are protesters, in the middle here, some are just sitting around. others are beating drums. but some of these protesters have left a short time ago and our producer, julian cummings is saying that he just witnessed some clashes between police and protesters and about three or four arrests that he witnessed, just a few blocks south of here. talking to one of the spokespeople for the occupy wall street movement down here, saying that the intentio

. >> and breaking news now in portland, oregon, we're monitoring the situation at a public park where police from other cities now we're told have joined portland officers to put up fence lines to keep protesters from returning to a park they have been occupying. and we could see a push to stem the tide of demonstrations building as authorities in dozens of cities across the country issued eviction noticing, sending a clear message to occupiers nationwide, go home. this week in showdowns between police and protesters seem to be marking a shift where the movement could be headed from here on out. right now, you're looking at portland and the pictures freezing up a little bit and we're going 0 try to take a live look and the demonstrators met at midnight, a deadline to get out of a public park with defiance, a few hundred officers in riot gear, and con bining a crowd of nearly 3000 at one point and the standoff ended in nearly two dozen arrests earlier and not one officers, we're told was hurt in that chaos when something hit him in the leg. hours later, crowds took down their tests and

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. >>> and this was the scene over the weekend in portland, oregon. police in riot gear forced occupy portland demonstrators out of their camps in two city parks. officers made at least 50 arrests over the weekend. the city has put up chain- linked fences with barbed wire to keep the protesters out of the parks. many protesters vowed to return. >>> stay with us for continuing coverage of the occupy protest stories and you can get updates any time by going to ktvu.com and mobilektvu. >>> there's word controversial b.a.r.t. spokesperson lincoln johnson has been reassigned. he's been on an extended family leave that started in august shortly before that, he came under fire for recruiting riders about coaching them what to say, and spending more than $00 for vehicles to bring them -- $800 for vehicles to bring them to these news conferences. b.a.r.t. says this is not a punishment and that johnson will work on special projects. >>> ahead -- you will hear a new development linked to the suspect in the penn state sex scandal and this time it involves a judge.

call or click today. >>> move, move, move. >> in just the past hour in portland, oregon, police in riotosing in on the few remaining occupy portland protesters telling them to move. about 200 demonstrators are defying the city's eviction order. police are warning anyone who resists will be arrested. and we also just got these pictures in, showing portland police tearing down the protesters' tents and then carrying off personal items. the protesters had stored there. meantime, president barack obama greeting leaders from asia and the pacific rim in hawaii. this is the first time the united states has hosted the annual apec summit since the clinton administration. and we're live from honolulu in just a couple of minutes. >>> an interim prime minister for italy has just been nominated. mario monti, an economist, and a former european union commissioner. monti's nomination has to be approved by italy's parliament still. ♪ hallelujah hallelujah ♪ ♪ hallelujah hallelujah ♪ >> they were singing upon notice of the former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi stepping down, singing "halleluja

perhaps most evident in portland, oregon, where hundreds marched in the streets after >> there were arrests in chapel hill, north carolina, after protestors broke into a car dealership. >> reporter: protestors are hunkering down despite warnings to leave the camp. >> i'm going to stay tonight and make sure people are safe. >> the whole world is watching! >> reporter: tensions are mounting as police are losing patience with the protests in cities across the country. in portland, two demonstrators and an officer were injured in a clash. >> this isn't a game. this is real life. and people's lives and safety are at stake here on all sides. >> reporter: sunday police began dismantling part of the encampment. >> we want to ensure that parks can get their job done. we get the streets back open. >repficic1 condition in camps and that they attract drug users and crime. in philadelphia, the mayor increased police presence outside of city hall after a woman was sexually assaulted in a tent. >> occupy philly has changed. we are seeing serious health and safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis

. >>> a tense situation in portland, oregon, this morning between members of the occupy movement and portland police. the protesters defied a midnight deadline to leave public parks. there are no reports of arrests, but police surrounded the protesters. >>> thank you very much for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. tune in for my interview next week with former secretary of state condoleezza rice. next sundays, 9:00 a.m. eastern and pacific. up next for our viewers here in the u.s., "fareed zakaria gps." >>> this is "gps," the "global public square." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we have a terrific show today, it goes all over the world. we start with the news about iran's nuclear program and a debate as to whether the time has come for military action. >>> then, europe at the breaking point. we ask muhammad al-aryan, one of the most important financial minds about whether the sueuro zone is about to come apart. why can't nurses and doctors come home from the middle east? it's a fascinating tale. >>>

the mayor of portland, oregon, told cnn he was sympathetic to the occupy movement but their encampments had become public health hazards and had to be torn down. ies ka from koin is in portland and joins us from pioneer courthouse square with the very latest. tell us what's going on around you. has everyone cleared out or are they still in the face-off with police? >> well, right now, don, they are actually in pioneer courthouse square which is basically in the center of portland and the heart of downtown portland. they moved here after being moved out of three public parks in the downtown portland area. and there was actually a long standoff situation before the protesters came here to pioneer courthouse square. a standoff with police and riot officers and protesters from the occupy movement. but also others -- many who are called anarchists who have been sparring with police. they are a more violent portion of these protesters sparring with police. that standoff situation lasted for hours. no one was seriously hurt but the tensions were very high. the sides went back and forth. the po

reporter: from coast-to-coast, they turned out to show solidarity, holding rallies in houston and portland, oregon. sparked by outrage and fueled by social media is faced with the challenge of holding on to public support, beyond a day of protest. michelle franzen, nbc news. >>> president obama is ushering in a significant change in u.s. foreign policy with mee an mar. secretary of state hillary clinton will travel there next month. this will be the first visit of its time in years. underscoring the commitment to human rights, president obama acknowledged flickers of progress from the government. however, white house officials stress the move is only a first step toward diplomacy. the success of which depends on how their government continues on the road to reform. >>> a homeless idaho man suspected of firing shots at the white house is charged with attempting to assassinate the president. according to newly filed documen documents, he was convinced the federal government was conspi conspireing against him and he called president obama the antichrist. he sat inside his car and fired off nine round

. >> and breaking news now in portland, oregon, we're monitoring the situation at a public park where police from other cities now we're told have joined portland officers to put up fence lines to keep protesters from returning to a park they have been occupying. and we could see a push to stem the tide of demonstrations building as authorities in dozens of cities across the country issued eviction noticing, sending a clear message to occupiers nationwide, go home. this week in showdowns between police and protesters seem to be marking a shift where the movement could be headed from here on out. right now, you're looking at portland and the pictures freezing up a little bit and we're going 0 try to take a live look and the demonstrators met at midnight, a deadline to get out of a public park with defiance, a few hundred officers in riot gear, and con bining a crowd of nearly 3000 at one point and the standoff ended in nearly two dozen arrests earlier and not one officers, we're told was hurt in that chaos when something hit him in the leg. hours later, crowds took down their tests and

in portland, oregon, more than 50 arrests. in riot gear faced off with protesters for hours. >>> in denver at least 19 arrests as police tried to take protesters and tents and furniture from a camp. >>> 39-year-old jerry is standing trial this weekend in new york. he is accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend simonea sumasar and framing her for a string of robberies last year putting her behind bars for seven months. she's expected to take the stand later this week. >>> bp says new rules are in the works to help shrimpers rebuild their businesses after last year's gulf oil spill. that means those who filed claims now will get more money soon, but it's not good news for everyone. those who already filed claims and received cash are not eligible for this new larger settlement. >>> a successful takeoff from kazakhstan. a russian soyu sfwl rocket carrying one american and two russian astronauts took off for the international space station during a blizzard last night. it's expected to dock on wednesday. >>> and in sports

. >>> one group in portland oregon is trying to counter the occupy movement. the members of unoccupy portland say they are fed up with the traffic congestion and vandalism some stem demonstrators have caused. >> i think it's hurting the retarialers that are trying to go into the biggest time of the year. >> members of unoccupy portland call themselves the 98.999%. they walked a block behind a march of occupying protestors. they are encouraging occupiers to work toward measurable goals. >>> a set back for occupy oakland movement this morning. the overnight raid on the last remaining camp in the city. >>> plus overnight flames take a look at that on a san francisco street. we'll tell you about the heroic rescue from that burning car. , so, open your eyes and check out your new living room! [ gasps ] honey, the tv's over there! yep, we got you the new at&t u-verse wireless receiver so you can put your tv pretty much anywhere you want. and that stand... anywhere? like, we can put it over there? and that coffee... or we could t it on the patio for watching the game

and in portland, oregon, protesters defying officers' orders to stay off the city's steel bridge. and some of them sitting down right in the middle of the street. let's get to rick leventhal to kick off our coverage from the foot of the brooklyn bridge tonight. rick, if you would, set the scene for us. >> a very large crowd down here tonight, shepard. thousands of people estimated to have filled folly square and have now made their way up into the area around city hall and at the base of the brooklyn bridge and are, in fact, now crossing the brooklyn bridge. the crowd is unified, excited and loud carrying signs and doing a lot of chanting. there were this afternoon a reported 177 arrests. there are dozens more that have been arrested this evening though. several of them camped out on the street on center street, would not move off the street. so police arresting dozens more people this evening, shepard. >> shepard: rick, we're learning about some officers who were hurt today; is that right? >> yeah, one officer had a bad gash on his hand cut apparently by broken glass that was thr

several days of tension boiled over on the streets of portland, oregon. you can see police in riot gear. they were forcing occupy portland demonstrators out of their camps in two city parks. the city put up chain linked fences with barbed wire to keep them out of the park. but many of the demonstrators vow to return. >>> tensions are running high between occupy protestors and police in denver, colorado. the police made dozens of arrests this weekend. in one confrontation works police officers suffered minor injuries. several demonstrators were hurt during the scuffles with police. >>> the nor we again right -- norwegian right-wing extremist that opened fire killing several people had his first court appearance today. he has pleaded not guilty to terror charges, claim is that he is in a state of war to keep europe interest being taken over by muslim immigrants. >>> the sex case scandal has called for pennsylvania for a tougher law in reporting child sex abuse. jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys. joe paterno reported the allegations to his s

if you are watching us on news channel 8, portland, oregon, cease the benson automobile. built over 10 o0 years ago. i will give you a plane ticket and you will go there to your pacific event of the day. you need to educate yourself. >> okay, bill. if you are buying a ticket, done and done. >> thanks so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning headlines in entertainment. is losing product placement privileges another sign ashton kutcher is losing power at "two and a half men"? on the show, kutcher's laptop used to feature the logos of companies he's invested in. well, suddenly the logos are gone, as are disclosures in the credits of kutcher's investments. >>> well, it hasn't been a good week for film maker brett rattner. his latest movie "tower heist" underperformed and then he apologized for sleeping with an actress on howard stern. now he's forced to resign as next year's oscar telecast producer for using a gay slur at a screening. >>> on the eve of being honored as latin grammy person of the year, shakira got a star on hollywood's walk of fame. in the wake of

. >>> police near portland, oregon, have released this dash cam video showing a terrifying crash. a squad car racing to a call slams into another car before careening into a house. luckily no one was seriously injured. the police department says the driver is to blame for not yielding to the officer. >>> while staying on the road y roadways, a look at the road conditions. rain making way for slick drives in oregon, and washington state. on i-80 into sacramento, a little damp as well. >>> and if you erie flying weather-related airport delays are possible in a couple of cities, san francisco and los angeles. >>> friday morning right there. >> yes. >>> we are hearing gabrielle giffords speaking with a clear voice for the first time since she was shot ten months ago. >> it's part of a remarkable interview giffords and her husband did with abc's diane sawyer. >> to be able to stand up and just say it like it is. >> there she is, vibrant and spirited. someone called congresswoman gabrielle giffords the most positive person in congress. seconds after these pictures were taken january 8th

this was the scene in portland, oregon. police on horse back cleared pl protesters from their camps. >> paul beeman is joining us with the latest. >> in city after city, officials seem to be rung out of patience. they say the camps are unsafe and unsanitary. it's time for the protesters to leave. in okakland, california, the tension is rising. they're warning protesters to move out or else. >> a lot of people felt like it was time to go. >> reporter: there have been violent confrontations and a deadly shooting in oakland. officials elsewhere want to avoid that. >> this isn't game. it's real life. people's lives and safety are at stake here on all sides. [ chanting ] >> reporter: in portland, lis in riot gear emptied the parks. and after a woman was sexually assaulted in philadelphia, the mayor called it intolerable. >> occupy philly has changed. we're seeing serious health and safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis. the people of occupy philly have also changed. and their intentions have changed. >> reporter: in

coast to coast, turning out to show solidarity, holding rallies in los angeles, houston and portland, oregon, the movement sparked by outrage over the economy and fuelled by social immediate wra is now faced with the challenge of holding on to public support beyond a day of protest. michelle franzen, nbc news. >>> elsewhere, president obama is ushering in a significant change in u.s. foreign policy with myanmar, also known as burma. and announcing that secretary of state hillary clinton will travel to the southeast asian country next month. this will be the first visit of its kind in more than 50 years. underscoring his commitment to human rights with the asia-pacific region, president obama acknowledged recent quote flickers of progress from myanmar's historically repressive government. however, white house officials stress the move is only a first step towards diplomacy. the success of which depends on how willing myanmar's government is to continuing on the road to reform. >>> well a homeless idaho man suspected of firing shots at the white house has been charged with attempting to assass