in rome, a peaceful rally turned violent.an police say anarchists infiltrated the protests and began torching cars and a building. dozens have been arrested. protests elsewhere have been mostly peaceful. >>> and a march in washington today, reverend al sharpton echoed some of the sentiment witnessed in the occupy wall street movement. he called for congress and the white house to get america working again. >> it's time for us to occupy wall street, occupy washington, occupy alabama! we come to take our country back to the people! >> sharpton backed the president's jobs bill and is urging congress to pass it. >>> american troops are heading to central africa to help hunt down the leader of a notorious rebel group blamed for thousands of rapes and murders. the pentagon says the troops will be armed but only to defend themselves. >>> one of warren jeffs' wives ran away from the religious group's compound and is at a shelter. they're treating her as an abuse victim. warren jeffs once led a church that preaches polygamy. he is doi

this marquee there were the fiery and now the media mess that is the ana she in rome about is not so and also doesn't make any sense because to attack the police is completely meaningless to the real problem that they were screaming in all the demonstration was a known money to bank and money to people money to street no money to bank that was a message screamed the police is in that one situation of the student because in some city they don't even have a gas to go to patch will they have to wait to be cool and they just move in with the car only when they're on the cool because they have no gas in this iteration of the police is a really bad is all the people in need and so the police is not the enemy manager will these protesters be listened to that's the question. well. actually the people that are. attacking police were very young people not even university people they were really like teenagers in the course they were. doing to attack. but just briefly that was originally and finally i mean they want to have an impact on governments and of course the corporate world that seems t

the anger turned to violence in rome. protesters set cars on fire in the streets of the italian capital. barbie nade, au from "newsweek." what more can you tell us about what's taking place. apparently large crowds, cars have been burning. what else is happening? >> reporter: that's right. right now you've got a standoff where generally protests -- a spot where demonstrations are held. between the police and a violent faction of these protesters. i think it needs to be noted the majority of these people who come to the demonstrations, hundreds of thousands of italians are not the violent ones causing the problems now. police are telling us around 500 anarchists have infiltrated this peaceful demonstration. they came to rome today with the sole purpose of butting heads with the police and that's what they are doing now. the area is thick with smoke and tear gas. molotov cocktails, explosions are echoing on the cobblestones of the city. it is really quite a tense situation. a lot of the protesters have gone home. a lot of a

dozens of demonstrators have been injured in rome as italian police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds protests to smash up windows torch calls and hold bottles as the demo against corporate greed and austerity measures turned violent while for more on the situation in the italian capital i'm now joined by moritz year he's a journalist and presenter thanks very much indeed for being asleep being with us now. in a very different situation to what we just heard about in madrid where quite a festive atmosphere and indeed also in london so tell us just how bad is the situation now of things getting out of control. this mission now is very controlled actually there were two demonstration or one huge demonstration of one hundred thousand people. exactly the same like in my dream. people with no future but educated people with a degree a university degree who is not only no chance and that was the majority of the people then there was another demonstration that five on that of the so-called black blocs they were in the beginning of the demonstration and they started to attack

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greg is in rome. where tens of thousand of protestors are taking to the streets and demonstrators becoming violent. what is the latestt there? >>reporter: really quite violent. there is a lot of tourist in rome, today you would want protection and maybe a gas mask or helmet. there are bottles flying everywhere. it was supposed to be the italian version of occupy wall street. but it got more violent and quickly as protestors burned cars and attacked cash and banks and throwing big robs at police . many of them are armed with sticks and some of them wearing helmets and they are signs that you are looking for trouble and they certainly have found the police and answered that with tear gas and water cannons. it is still going on. across europe there are demonstration and greece is in the center of this, at time riulent. and longg before the occupy wall street protest started. there were vilept protest as demonstrators went after the government cuts. they are trying to make drastic cuts there. and belgiumm

mason: tonight, occupy wall street, the movement goes overseas from violent clashes with police in rome to a peaceful march in tokyo, anger spans the globe. charlie daggetta and celia hatten have the latest. in some polls, herman cain is the g.o.p. fund-raiser. what's a homeowner to do when giant snails attack? we're on the front lines in miami. and san francisco politicians going to the dogs. john blackstone looks into a political action committee for man's best friend. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with anthony mason. >> mason: good evening, i'm anthony mason. the occupy wall street movement that began with a hand full of people in lower manhattan spread to at least 85 cities on six continents today, including europe, where government austerity measures are helping to stoke the rage and asia, where income inequality is hitting particularly hard. we have two reports on the overseas demonstrations, beginning with charlie d'agata in london. >> reporter: in italy, what began as a peaceful protest turned bloody as hundreds of demonstrators fought running battle

our greg burke is streaming live from rome, greg? >> paris, wow did it get rough in rome today. is a lot of demonstrations and strikes and not normal they get riulent. but sometimes they pop and dozens of people were injured. this could have been called lets get the cops. that's what it looked like and what should have been peaceful turned violent quicklyy and several hundred on the radical fringe throwing cobble stones and setting a van on fire and burning cars and trash bins. and a couple of buildings set on fire and a huge dangerous mess right in downtown rome. police using a lot of tear gas as they tried to break up the most violent faction and water canyons as they tried to protect the barchings and property and public properties from being destroyed and it was a restrained thing on the part of the police. they have been subject to a lot of police pressure and can't be too tough. in the end they protect the property most of the all. there was only a dozen arrest even though there were violent members in the protest. you have been to rome and there is still a lot of tourist

in rome, we are monitoring the "occupy italy" protest that turned violent a few hours ago. about 500 anarchists infiltrated the otherwise peaceful protest setting a government building on fire. police are firing tear gas into the crowd. news reporter tells us many of the peaceful protesters left once the violence began. we are reaching out by phone. noda will be joining us in a few minutes. >>> a much calmer gathering in washington, d.c. it is a march for jobs and justice being led by civil rights activist, the reverend al sharpton, heading for the new martin luther king memorial which will be officially dedicated tomorrow. >>> a catholic bishop has been charged with failing to report suspected child abuse. bishop robert finn knew about foreign graphic pictures of children on a priest's laptop last december. if convicted, bishop finn could face a year in jail. >>> actor larry hagman says he has been diagnosed with cancer. the 80-year-old, best known fr his role as j.r. ewing on the tv series, dallas, didn't disclose the type but says it is a very common and treatable form o

this pixelation could be better of course it was freezing up a bit but those were live pictures from rome people in almost a thousand cities and eighty two countries from asia the americas to africa and europe they're all united in protest crowd. gathered in australia and new zealand italy and germany south korea and the philippines in hong kong hundreds called for the occupation of its central district where multinational corporations have offices in tokyo protesters took to the streets decrying big business and income inequality as well as directing their anger at nuclear power companies taiwan's capital taipei is so people rallying outside the city's financial tower which they view as a symbol of corporate greed. but are throughout the day here on r.t. our correspondents are in europe and all around the world and in america as well bringing you the latest on the occupy together running so do stay with r.t. we all global for you this weekend with our special coverage. of the. country's waging wars. and social spending people. against their government's economic policies sold worldwide a

joined the occupy movement as people around the world say no to a culture of corporate control in rome protesters are smashing windows and setting fire to the cars. and in other news on r t syria divided seven a month long revolt seized the regime of supporting capital ready to wait for reforms while cities outside damascus want the president gone. plus ukraine's attempts to spruce up its image ahead of its hosting of the euro two thousand and twelve foot ball championships comes under fire from animal rights groups they're accusing the government of turning straight dogs alive. it is good to have you with us here on r t we're broadcasting live from moscow i'm wrong reception we've had enough that's the message being sent from many around the world to big business and government people in almost a thousand cities are taking their anger to the streets let's try and get our heads around exactly where this all began the occupy wall street movement started in new york quickly spreading across the u.s. to l.a. and washington then global to asia joining in with the demands for change there o

the most notable unrest was in rome. look at these images. police blame anarchists for taking advantage of the large gathering to throw fire bombs and break store windows, forcing riot police to move in with water cannons and tear gas. some of the protesters say their movement was hijacked by these troublemakers in rome. cnn's susan candiotti is in new york. this is where the movement began, with occupy wall street. and the protesters of occupy wall street, susan, have now entered times square in manhattan. what's happening there right now? >> reporter: well -- [ inaudible ] people are here in times square. inside -- [ inaudible ] a pedestrian area that covers several blocks in times square. you have members of occupy wall street setting up shop. they are chanting slogans. they are holding up signs. their message against corporate greed. along with the protester. they're yelling slogans like "they got bailed out, we got sold out." this is one of many demonstrations in the city. certainly here and also at wall street, where that original camps

susanne carella sigra lives in rome with her husband alessio and her son orso maria. [translator] i work because i was brought up to do so. my mother always taught me that independence is a fundamental, even for a woman, so when i finished studying, i started to work immediately. [speaking italian] women now do lots of things. they take responsibility for a lot of things, always according to the family problems that they may have. undoubtedly, women without children get around more easily and get involved in more things. also, they have more time available, and therefore they can produce more and commit themselves to more-- both to their own job and to their different interests. [speaking italian] probably women like that can have a career and have more interesting jobs. but people with children who are tied to the family with one or more child-- they're always limited because they have someone else to think about, another type of duty, and so they can't do more than that. [speaking italian] i work until 2:00 in the afternoon, and then i help my husband, family commit

a scene live in rome, the parliament, where deputies are preparing for the final vote. it is not very clear especially after some members of berlusconi's governing freedom party left their support in doubt. many are expecting a close result. let's go to rome and our correspondent who is monitoring developments as they happened. david, so, he has a very narrow majority in the house. what do you reckon? >> the arithmetic is clear. 630 members of parliament altogether. to get a majority, he has to have half of that plus one, which means 316 votes. it is not absolutely clear whether he can get the votes. some members of his own freedom party have left him in doubt as to whether they will vote for him. i hold no crystal ball. i don't really know. but the general feeling is that mr. berlusconi is a very canny politician, very good negotiator with members of his own party, and he will survive this confidence vote as he survived all 52 previous confidence votes. having said that, the country is in a very difficult state at the moment. >> as you say, he is the ultimate survivor

rome, however, stands out as the exception today. thousands of peaceful demonstrators suddenly scattered as anarchists began lobbying cocktails. now, numerous fires broke out. you can see riot police there on your screen responding. and a fire broke out in a government building, as well. protesters broke out shop windows, riot police moved in with water cannons and tear gas. and let's go to "newsweek" reporter barbie nango. did they take advantage of the protest, this occupy movement to create havoc? is that what happened today? >> reporter: that's absolutely what happened. anarchists by nature are against police than they are government. and in a situation with a planned protest that everyone's known about for weeks and weeks ahead. they had an ample opportunity to get themselves set up. and we saw police in italy saying 500 anarchists all considered to be part of the most violent anarchists infiltrated the protests. and it started about 20 minutes after the protest began with the breaking of windows and then the torching of a car a

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they're getting -- >> that's rome.rrests, "occupy wall street" organizers announced the group has received $3,000 in donations, plus, storage space loaded with donated supplies. the donated goods are being stored "for a long-term occupati occupation." >>> at the dedication for the martin luther king memorial yesterday president obama suggested he would support the activists. >> peace without justice was no peace at all. that lining our reality with our ideals often requires the speaking of uncomfortable truths and the creative tension of nonviolent protests. if he were alive today, i believe he would remind us that the unemployed worker can rightly challenge the excesses of wall street without demonizing all who work there. >> sam stein, saturday night with my friends, a heated debate about "occupy wall street." the ultimate question was whether or not you agree with them and whether or not they have a message. who is it going to hurt? obama or the republican candidate? >> it's been telling to watch. i was in new hamps

epicenters of financial global capital demonstrations not just years djoko soul manila all the way to rome paris london of course wall street at this this demonstration very different from london like the demonstrations of the late by today cheese because they are targeting capitalism avatar the city of london far more powerful arguably than the houses of parliament where we normally have demonstrations because he's the people that pay the elected representatives of the people in this country would you saying this event was getting the coverage it deserves as you alluded to a very dangerous tactics by the british police they are not allowing people through their living journalists through so that we get minimize numbers being covered in the mainstream media across the country to limit the understanding by the british people of how there are people supporting the ninety nine percent as they call them very dangerous tactics certainly no freedom of the press today in the city of london helicopters overhead police kept laying trapping the protesters in and not allowing protesters to grow more

unlike in rome, the london protests remain peaceful. financial protests are going on in at least 82 countries, rallies against corporate greed, grinding poverty and government cuts. it began last month in new york's financial district. >>> civil rights leader, reverend al sharpton is urging washington to get america working at a march today. he called for congress and the white house to enthe gridlock and do a better job of reducing the unemployment rate. right now, it stands at 9 poichb 1%. sharpton backs the president's jobs bill and wants congress to pass it. >>> american con bat troops are heading to central africa to help hunt down the leader of a notorious rebel group blamed for thousands of rapes and murders. president obama says they will not fight unless necessary for self-defense. >>> the next republican candidate debate is set for tuesday in las vegas. you won't see former utah governor shljon huntsman on the stage. he will hold a town hall meeting on the stage. he is skipping the debate out of deference for new hampshire loc

and these images from rome, where they set countless fires. it's now been a month since this began and so, tonight, abc's t.j. wink with a look at the protests by the numbers, and we ask here, what is the end game? >> reporter: 1,500 protesters showed up that very first day. outside of wall street, few noticed. yesterday, 6,000 marched from wall street to times square. and that was just new york. some 250 cities in this country have now joined the protests. around the world, it's more than 1,000 cities. they have been mostly peaceful, except for this clash in berlin and rome saturday, where rioters shattered windows and set cars on fire. rome says it will cost them $1.4 million to clean up the mess. back on wall street, where it all started, police say they've already spent $3.4 million in overtime. occupy wall street claims to speak for 99% of americans. that top 1% now holds almost 36% of the nation's total wealth. this, as most americans struggle. the u.s. unemployment rate frozen at 9.1%. perhaps that's why 37% of americans, according to a

as rome burned the protest spread like wildfire. from berlin, where 4,000 people tried to march through the city's parliamentary building, some scuffles broke out. to frankfurt, where they converged on the european central bank. to madrid, a huge show of force. and in london, the numbers swelled throughout the day. they were pushed away from the london stock exchange by police so they took their voices to st. paul's cathedral. >> let me go! >> reporter: wikileaks founder julian assange was one of them and addressed the crowd. >> this movement is not about the destruction of law. it is about the construction of law. >> reporter: as night fell the protestors pitched tents and slept wherever they could, under the watchful eye of the police. diehard protesters call this an occupation, saying they're not going anywhere any time soon, vowing to stay through december. >> not just in europe, it's here in new york as well. demonstrators have been on the move, making their way to times square where thousands staged a noisy rally and protests

control reverberates across the globe as hundreds of cities join the occupy movement has pulled over in rome with riot police using tear gas against protesters. and in other news this hour syria divided the several months long revolt sees the regime's supporting capital ready to wait for reforms while cities outside damascus want the president out. plus ukraine's attempts to spruce up its image ahead of its hosting of the euro two thousand and twelve football championships come under fire from animal rights groups who accuse the government of the earning stray dogs a line. around the clock around the world this is our live in moscow good to have you with us the global outcry against corporate greed has risen up and almost a thousand cities worldwide people have taken their anger to the streets saying their governments are being taken over by big business and you'll keep our wall street movement began in new york quickly spreading across the u.s. to los angeles denver and washington among others it since gone global with asia joining in the demands for change in europe to hundreds of cities a

. >> reporter: we just learned amanda knox's family is at an airport in rome. she is boarding a flight home, expected to take a british airway's flight from london and seattle. we heard from the brother of maredith kircher, the family feels it's back to square one and left to wonder who is guilty. before the verdict was read, amsat trembling before the judge when she heard the decision to overturn her conviction she broke down and sobbed. her family who had opinion fighting to clear their daughter embraced each other. for mirrorfor maredith kircher's family, they don't understand how it can be overturned. amanda was sentenced to 26 years and spent four years in prison. she made an emotional plea to the court proclaiming her innocence. >> i lost a friend in the most inexplicable way possible. i'm paying with my life for things i didn't do. >> no word on what time aman danda and her family will arrive home. the family is at an airport in rome and boarded a flight back to seattle. >>> if you live in southwest baltimore, double check your car. police say there have

except for this clash in berlin and rome.says it will cost them $1.4 million to clean up the mess. back on wall street, where it all started. they have spent $3.4 million in police overtime. occupy wall street claims to speak for 99% of americans. that top 1% now holds almost 36% of the nation's total wealth, this, as most americans struggle. the u.s. unemployment rate frozen at 9.1%. perhaps that's why 37% of americans support the protesters. they tell you they want bank reform and tax reform. press them on how to get that done, their answers are considerably more vague. one thing is clear, they're not going away anytime soon. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >>> technology exec tys and famous faces got a place to pay final respects to steve jobs. a private service was held for jobs at stanford university. google ceo larry page, former vice president al gore all apparently among the guests ushered into a church under extremely tight security. >>> turning to sports, here's todd grisham. >> we start with baseball and the st. l

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amanda knox's family is in rome at an airport. she is expected to take a british flight to london and catch a connecting flight to seattle. moments ago, we heard from the family of maredith kircher, it's a shock, very upsetting and feel like they are back to square one. moments before the verdict was read yesterday, 24-year-old amanda knox sat trembling. when she heard the decision to overturn her murder conviction, she broke down and sobbed. her family had been clearing to clearler daughter for four years. her and her former boyfriend were convicted of sexually assaulting and killing maredith kircher. her family doesn't understand how the conviction from the first trial could be radically overturned. >> we don't want the wrong people paying the time for the crime they didn't commit. it maybe a case of waiting another year now to get the truth. >> no word on exactly what time amanda and her family will arrive in seattle but at an airport in rome about to board a flight. we will keep you posted. >>> this morning, we got something c

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we have fresh pictures coming out of rome.ts going on there. we'll be following that. the occupy movement began with just a handful of people here in new york. nearly a month ago. kierra simons is live for us in london. good morning, set the seen for us. is it anything like have been reported the past few days, violent run-ins with police? >> reporter: good morning. it is beginning to appear that way. in the last few minutes, julian assange from wikileaks has just arrived here to huge cheers from the crowds and has walked up to the center of where the crowd is sitting down and is now speaking to them. mostly it's peaceful in front of the cathedral here but there have been skirmishes with police, in particular early on when the crowd attempted to push their way into a square in front of the london stock exchange. that is a private square. it was blocked off by the police. they weren't able to get into that area. but there has -- i did see one arrest of a young man who appeared to be trying to lie down in front of a police van.

she is reunited with her family in rome. head out of italy, presumably back to seattle, washington. her hometown. dramatic announcement just a little bit under two hours ago. becky anderson was watching outside the courthouse. she is on the scene for us. it's over for these two individuals, but it's certainly not over for the italian justice system. a lot of people are going to wonder what happened here. >> some people think it's over for the italian justice system, if you know what i mean. a very divided audience here on the streets of perugia. many of the youngsters here who are students as amanda and sollecito were at the time of this murder in 2007, many of them are absolutely furious about what they heard today. there were boos outside the court when the decision was delivered earlier on today. what is this italian justice all about? what happened? how could they have gone this far and overturned on appeal these convictions? who is or who are the people who killed meredith kercher november 2nd, 2007. others say this sho

what are they so mad about in rome? >> it's interesting, because the actual demonstrators who came here with legitimate gripes against the government, against the economy, against job cuts, especially against education cuts, the students in italy have been protesting for months, again sylvia berlusconi's win yesterday. those people are not the problem. it is this group of anarchists who have taken over the demonstrations, who have hijacked it who don't have any particular gripe except anti-everything, basically, and they're the ones causing the problems right now. it is not the italians who came here to demonstrate people. >> interesting to point out, barbie nedeaux, thank you very much. we're back after this. there's a big reason to lower your high cholesterol... dangerous plaque that can build up in arteries over time... high cholesterol is a major factor. but these other health factors can also contribute to plaque buildup. so if you have high cholesterol and any of these other health factors... it's even more import

he was told to go back to rome and present himself again on wednesday with a credible plan for austerity measures. he passed an austerity budget in august, but this does not appear to have convinced the market that italy is serious. since then there's been a lot of infighting between members of his coalition. his popularity rating has reached an all-time low. last night they called a cabinet meeting and were not able to agree on pension reform, which is his ideas for paying off the decks. -- debts. there was no plan overall. people are seeing that he cannot deliver. this puts him in a very difficult position here at home politically. these negotiating weith the head of the northern league, but they not been able to reach agreement so far. >> thank you for that reports from rome. in tunisia there's been the first voting in a democratic election. draft a new constitution. official results will be released later. un secretary general ban ki-moon is worried about a palestinian request for full membership in the united nations. if successful, unesco may lose funding from the united states. pa

the village east of rome wants out of italy's financial crisis. the mayor has proclaimed the place a principality. that has attracted media attention, but so far, no printce. yet filettino has something to offer, a giant reservoir that supplies much of the capital. >> we are required to keep the spring functioning, but we don't see the return. that is why we are going to do everything to take to get a divorce situation. -- to take advantage of our situation. >> filettino, like the rest of italy, wants a piece of the pie. that is why folks here love the mayor's idea. the village is already benefiting from a surge in tourism. the mayor understands marketing. when he goes to the cafe, he first quarters a local concoction. he pays in the new bills that are now printed with his likeness. >> our aim was to print -- to create something completely different, and then we had this idea for principality. we examine the issue in detail, got advice from a very good lawyer, and realized that the project was feasible. >> there was another reason, too. the villag

. >>> 1.4 million dollars that's how much rome's mayor says it will cost the city to recover from a weekendent occupy italy protests. heavy smoke billowed in downtown rome yesterday after a group of rioters took over a peaceful demonstration against corporate greed. the mayor calls the rioters animals. >>> israel has released a list of names of palestinian prisoners to be freed in exchange for captured israeli soldier shalit. the list includes hundreds serving life sentences for attacks. israel will let the public file objections to specific releases in exchange for shalit. but likely not going to reject any parts. palestinian group hamas captured shalit in 2006 during a raid. more than 1,000 will be swapped for him. the first exchange happens this week with the second scheduled for later this year. >>> bay area training exercise involving emergency response teams and military units from around the world wraps up this morning. the exercise known as urban shield was in action yesterday. the scenario involved terrorists taking over a building with hostages. urban shield is designed to have me