advocacy groups pushingi ishes -- issues related to education. >> pretty good turn out there at the lincoln memorial. >> reporter: i think we have some great video of the crowds turning out here on the national mall, right here at the reflecting pool in front of the lincoln memorial. really there are a range of issues that they're touching on here from the podium and from the signs i see in the crowd. but what it comes down to seriously is jobs and november 2, those will the two big themes that we're hearing here. a coalition of liberal and progressive groups coming together including civil rights groups, union groups, gay rights groups, environmentalists, just to name a few, all coming together for this rally, really aimed at getting out the vote and stirring the same emotion and the same energy that we have already seen amongst conservative groups and that we have seen here on the national mall with glenn beck and tea parties earlier this summer. the president, naacp as well as ed schultz the speaker here. listen. >> we're not the answer to the tea party, we're not the alternative to the tea party

. >>> thousands rally at the lincoln memorial. it's being billed as a one-nation working together, liberal coalitions fighting for jobs, education, calling them the antidote to the tea party. school lunches are full of junk food that kids love to eat. and it's making them fat and unhealthy. some say is government should shoulder some of the blame. >>> plus terry mcmillan, the author of "how stella got her grove back" tells how she got her happiness back after a betrayal that sparked anger that was eating her alive. it's saturday october 2, and this is the newsroom. >>> we begin with new worries about security for americans abroad which could lead to some important new warnings if you're traveling to europe. our senior state department producer joins us now by phone to explain, elise, what do we know about these potential warnings? >>. >> reporter: well, we have been hearing all week about potential threats to westerners in western europe, perhaps britain, france, germany that al qaeda could be plotting some signed of new attacks. w

pictures taken about 15 minutes ago of probably a few thousand people gathered right in front of the lincoln memorial. they're continuing to stream in. ben jealous of the naacp says that they have confirmed 2,000 buses coming here and other people coming by various means, but we're going to wait and see how many people do show up for this rally. it is expected to be a very eclectic group. we're talking about civil rights groups, gay rights groups, some church groups. they're all here with varied message as well. part of the agenda is talking about jobs, putting americans back to work. they're talking about education and then they're also going to be talking about equality for everybody. we're talking about various people from different races, religions, different classes, but at the end of the day, the organizers say this is not an anti-tea party rally. these are people on the left, progressives, who are very worried about what's going to happen in the november election. these are sort of, you might look at them as the get out the vote voters, the die-hard true believing democrats who really want to

. >> harry belafonte and addressing more than 100,000 peop gathered at the lincoln memorial. he was one of many speakers at the one nation speakers rally. first, brazil postelection heading to a runoff. the leading candidate will become the first woman to lead brazil. all that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. bank of america has joined j.p. morgan chase in suspending foreclosures in 23 states following relevant -- revelations that employees and lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. in massachusetts, an employee admitted she signed as many as 8000 foreclosure documents and typically did not read any of them because of the high volume. attorneys general in california, colorado, connecticut, and illinois have launched investigations into what seemed to be widespread fraud. it is unknown how many hom owners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million homes this year, a 12-fold increase since 2005. in

beautiful shot of the lincoln memorial this morning. got the rain out of here although, when you head out, you might notice that the roads are a little bit wet because of some of the rainfall we had yesterday afternoon and in the overnight hour but temperatures mild to start this day. tucker is in with the official forecast. >> it rained a little bit overnight, we have wet roadways and we have mild temperatures. >> i'm just the unofficial weather watcher. >> satellite-radar showing you our area of low pressure is getting out of here. but it is a slow mover. the good news is it presses off to the north and east. we'll be left with more and more sunshine today. going to be beautiful, highs in the low 70s t will be a little breezy here. our winds will be gusting up to 0 miles per hour for later today so hold onto your hat. -- gusting up to 30 miles per hour for later today. we'll have nice temperatures through the holiday weekend. >> right, it is lull bus day. a lot of people don't remember that. >> winds will be out of the west and northwe

it will end at the lincoln memorial. >> for the second time in just over a month, workers are puttingplace the stages for a massive rally. august 28 was the plan back rally. this week is the political left. some arrived early let it known to have their own agenda. >> we want justice, good paying jobs and unions. >> the organizers are coalition of environmental, union and civil rights groups. they say they are bringing in 2000 buses. >> i think that people are getting on buses. >> the naacp insists that it is not about supporting president obama, but about supporting the needy. >> we should be thinking less and less about war and more on jobs. >> for many, it is about their effort to stem the two voices like glenn back's. -- beck's. i do not like to sit back and listen to the rhetoric and not get my opinion heard. >> streets around the lincoln memorial will be closed. the metro will be opening an hour earlier. we could find no one who was willing to predict how many people would come. a number of media personalities will be here. tom joyner from the radio and ted schulz. there is also

. >>> thousands gathered on the steps of the lincoln memorial today for the one nation valley. the event -- rally. the event was planned by labor groups. billed by some as the american answer to the tea party movement. getting americans jobs was the theme here. some with anti-republican sentiment at an event that was supposed to be non-partisan. >> we are not red states or blue states. we are people together for one common cause. >> speakers here at the march blasted lawmakers for what they described as a weak response to our economy. the one nation movement claims jobs, justice and education are three key issues of the movement. [ music ] >> well, a very pleasant fall day today. the temperatures are just right on the mark as far as the seasonal is concerned. one or two degrees difference. 72 at national today. 70 at dulles and 70 at baltimore. a great day to get out. hopefully you did. sunshine in the forecast for tomorrow. also have some changes. let's begin with a look at true view. show you what's going on. an area of low pressure system actually stalled in the upper midwes

you can see a little bit of blue sky reflected off the face of the lincoln memorial and the washingtononument as well. it will be very breezy night with a much earlier temperatures. healthy rainfall amounts. over an inch there and almost an inch in burk. the official numbers for reagan national, 61 high. 69 and 50 are the averages for this day in october. we're all right locally, but we are still fighting the try to moderate to severe drought out in the mountains and the potomac highlands. the wins will be picking up later tonight and it will be a chilly night. this storm is expected to move in fully overnight. there's the possibility of gusty winds and a german -- intermittent sunshine and clouds. saturday, dry air builds in a lot -- a large amount of high pressure. partly to mostly cloudy, breezy and don white windy at times tomorrow. temperatures -- downright wende @ * tamara. temperatures in the 60's. -- temperatures are downright wende tomorrow. the temperatures in the 60's. >> the coach would not say whether gilbert arenas will start the game. he says that he told the coach that

it just kicked off at the lincoln memorial one month now before midterm elections. in the crowd there reporting on this event, cnn's own kate bolduan. give me an idea what the turnout is looking like. what is the sole purpose of this rally today. >> you definitely alluded to it. one month to the midterm elections. that times is no coincidence. today what you're seeing here and behind me, they are getting ready, doing like a pregame show, i guess you would call it before it kicks off at noon eastern. we have a range of liberal leaning progressive groups coming together really pushing a get out the vote message. the groups are arranged union groups, civil rights, gay rights, faith-based groups as well as environmental groups all talking about issues that they care about. very broadly the big issue, i know they say they are going to be talking about today, jobs. job creation. more assistance for the unemployed as well as improving public education. also talking about immigration reform as well as stopping discrimination within the criminal justice system. as you can tel

went from the washington monument all the way to the lincoln memorial. a mile. as a magical day. if you weren't there, i wish i could explain it or others could. i know we have a documentary that is at glennbeck.com showing the making of it. and all the behind-the-scenes. still, that is such an amazing documentary. it still doesn't capture the feeling that was there. i challenge people to restore honor in this country. people have mocked it now in the media. they say when did we lose our honor? i don't know. when we started lying to ourselves and lying to each other and lying in business and government. the way to restore our country is to look at the small and to fix things in ourselves that are broken first. i reissued a call on that day to take the 40-day and 40-night challenge. i expanded it to this. blueprint for national survival. to fill your life with faith, hope and charity. fill your children's lives with it. i tell you, i don't know what the future holds. in the words of abraham lincoln keeps come back to me. the world will little remember what we say

where liberal and progressive activists have gathered at the lincoln memorial. organizers are calling the one nation march an antidote to the tea party, which gathered at the same spot five weeks ago. today's rally is mention to focus attention on working class americans including jobs and education. >> we need america to deal with the issue of jobs. our young people need education, but we need jobs. we bailed out the banks. we bailed out the insurance companies. now it's time to bail out the american people. we need to rebuild the infrastructure and provide jobs and training for american people. >> all right, kate bolduan is there at the lincoln memorial. looks like a healthy crowd as we get to the end of this rally, right? >> reporter: yeah, the rally is still going on right now, fredricka. a large crowd gathered today, starting to thin out under the afternoon heat. a lot of issues and you talked about a lot of them. jobs, education, immigration reform, support for unions and we wanted to speak to some of the people who turned out today. part of the afl-cio out

this happened at the lincoln memorial. pectrum of liberal causes organized what they called the one nation working together rally. so what message were they trying to get out? cnn's kate bolduan was there. >> reporter: this was organized by a coalition of liberal and progressive leaning groups, including liberal groups and civil rights groups among them, focusing on a range of issues, but really talking about the need for job creation, improving public education, also talking about immigration reform -- all of this set against the back drop of the upcoming midterm elections. >> we've got to go home, and we've got to hit the pavement. we've got to knock on doors. we've got to ring those bells. we've got to get ready for the midterm exam. we can't stop in '08. we've got to get ready in '10. we're going to pass the midterm exam. >> reporter: with polls showing that democratic members of congress are in trouble in the upcoming election, people turning out here said they wanted to present a show of force and wanted to have their

. >> organizers are gearing up for what is suspected to be a major rally at the lincoln memorial. they will host the one nation rally. we have more on what to expect this weekend. >> the crews are busy at work at the memorial. 2000 charter buses are on their way. organizers are calling this the most diverse march the country has ever seen. they are standing up for jobs, they say. it will be part of a very busy saturday here on the mall. in stark contrast to the glenn rally, it will be a coalition of organized labor unions. >> right now, there is so much divide. >> as thousands arrive in d.c. tonight, hundreds attended a church. of the naacp held a rally. >> we are a different response. attendance is increasing and prosperity is decreasing. >> they want to get the nation to focus its attention on jobs. >> you can not only let the tea party and the right wing mobilized three or mobilizing. >> participants from environmentalists and their rights coalitions got the reality is that with tens of thousands converging on the mall, they have stepped down. >> this family knows that maneuveri

i had the honor of kicking off the one nation rally on the steps of the lincoln memorial on saturday. the passion in the crowd was unbelievable amongst the great americans who traveled all across this country to fight for a better life for all of us and to try to right what has been wrong over the past few years as the party of no has tried to stop the progressive agend. forces of evil in the conservative movement are on a mission. to take down the rally and marginalize the diverse crowd that attended. conservatives want you to believe that -- well, first of all, nobody showed up and they're absolutely dead wrong about that. this sunday the "washington post" reported that more than 400 groups endorsed the nation working together rally, which organizers said drew a crowd of 175,000 people. about what they expected. now, conservatives want you to believe that glenn beck's phony religion revival was way bigger than the one nation rally. well, let me take you back to the day of the beck rally on august 28th, 2010, at 6:32 p.m., cbs.com proved beck's crowd was, as i said, no big shakes. an

thousands of people are takenning the one nation march working together rally at the lincoln memorial. organizers say it's an antidote to the tea party. the reverend al sharpton said it's time to focus on the struggles of the american people. >> we bailed out the banks. we bailed out the insurance companies. now it's time to bail out the american people. we need to rebuild the infrastructure and provide jobs and training for american people. >> alan: the event is taking place where the restoring honor rally, attended by sarah palin and glen beck, was healed in -- held in august. >>> oakland citizens, tired of violence, lobby neighbors to support a plan for more officers on the streets. also, beneath the surface of tahoe, scientist find a way to pull the invasive weed from the bottom of the lake. >> leigh: we have pockets of dense fog mainly near the coast. a nice overcast over much of the bay area. even a few sprinkles out there going to be [ male announcer ] sacramento and silicon valley are only one hundred thirty miles apart. they may as well be on different planets. sacramento, mi

i had the honor of kicking off the one nation rally on the steps of the lincoln memorial on saturday. the passion in the crowd was unbelievable amongst the great americans who traveled all across this country to fight for a better life for all of us and to try to right what has been wrong over the past few years as the party of no has tried to stop the progressive agend. forces of evil in the conservative movement are on a mission. to take down the rally and marginalize the diverse crowd that attended. conservatives want you to believe that -- well, first of all, nobody showed up and they're absolutely dead wrong about that. this sunday the "washington post" reported that more than 400 groups endorsed the nation working together rally, which organizers said drew a crowd of 175,000 people. about what they expected. now, conservatives want you to believe that glenn beck's phony religion revival was way bigger than the one nation rally. well, let me take you back to the day of the beck rally on august 28th, 2010, at 6:32 p.m., cbs.com proved beck's crowd was, as i said, no big shakes. an

. >> on washington's national mall and the steps of the lincoln memorial, a rally called one nation working together. >> one nation demanding jobs, justice, and education. >> tens of thousands of people, representing hundreds of individual groups from all over the country -- their agenda, jobs, justice, peace, education, equality, and a lot more. among the featured speakers, the rev. al sharpton. >> if we can get connected, blacks connected to whites, latinos connected to asians, strait's connected to gays, immigrants and all of us that are naturally born, if we can connect, we can make it back. >> there is nothing that we cannot do when we stand together, side by side, shoulder to shoulder. >> there were those against the war, those holding out for immigration reform as well. >> there is no need to be afraid of immigrants. >> unlike the recent tea party rallies, blasting president obama and his party, this was a crowd of reliable democratic votes. it was also aimed at boats -- voters in the middle. one rally to bring together many different groups, now at the ballot box in november. >> sti

tens of thousands of people gather at the lincoln memorial to make their voices heard. but will it be enough to energize voters and help the democrats retain control of congress? >>> and first meeting. a father and daughter are brought together for the first time after looking for each other for more than two decades all thanks to facebook. and we're there for the emotional meeting. >>> and dan is off this morning, and deborah is filling in for bianna. who is still on her honeymoon. we have a lot to get to including sparks flying at the meg whitman-jerry brown debate. in front of a latino audience in california. the two candidates for governor of california are neck and neck in the polls and they went toe to toe after whitman's employment of an undocumented housekeeper. all the fireworks. >> lots of tension in that race. >>> plus, students at rutgers take time out of their homecoming celebration to remember tyler clementi. the freshman who committed suicide after being harassed online. we'll take a look at how support groups and celebrities around the country are speakin

literally, thousands of individuals and ordinary americans will come to washington to the lincoln memorial to help reclaim the american dream for all of us. there, we will urge members of congress and the administration to help refocus the nation's priorities on what matters most to the american people. and that is a public-private partnership to help create jobs for those who need them and extending unemployment benefits for the 99ers, helping to provide equality public education for every child regardless of his or her zip code because we know that jobs are essential, rather education is essential to the jobs we need. help -- and you know helping to repair the broken immigration system, all of that, ed is really necessary. >> is this supposed tibwake-up call to the democrats? >> it's definitely a wake-up call to the democrats but it's a wake-up call to the nation as well. look, when you have 8 million people who have lost jobs since the recession, 15 million who are unemployed today, five unemployed workers for every job that becomes available, our national security is at risk, the count

than 150 national, local and state organizations are participating watch live coverage from the lincoln memorial >> on friday, president obama officially announced the departure of rahm emanuel. leaving the white house to run for mayor of chicago. this is about 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentleman. the president of the united states. >> thank you. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to the least sustain pensful announce. of all lime. my chief of staff, rahm emanuel has announced he will be leaving office for a new challenge. i knew we were about to face some of the most difficult years this country has seen in generations. the challenges were big and margin for error were small. two words, an economy on the brink of collapse. choices about healthcare education, how to rebuild the middle class that had been struggling far too long. i knew i needed somebody at my side who i could count on day and night to help get the job done. in my mind there was no candidate for the job who would meet the bill as well as rahm emanuel. that's why i told him he had no choice in the matter. it wasn't just his exper

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waters are expected to recede over the next few days. >> thousands gathering near the lincoln memorialany were affiliated with progressive and civil rights groups, unions and reledge swrus orders. the race for in in -- religious organizations. >> the race for governor in california is heating up. this event comes after a report surfaced that whitman's former housekeeper was working in this country illegally.$f'Ñ whitman blaming brown for orchestrating the scandal. broken shot back saying whitman won't take responsibility so she is not fit to be government for. -- fit to be governor. >> midterm election campaigns in high gear. there's just about 31 days go, but who's counting before americans have their say. now new insight into what could sway vote areas head of election day. peter doocy is live to tell us more. >> reporter: we've been foe -- focusing for senators and kong pan. this poll asked voters if they would vote to reelect the president. 39% said they would. a majority, 54% said they would vote for someone else that is not all. midterm elections now less than five weeks away. w

. >> progressive groups diverged -- progressive groups assembled at the lincoln memorial. >> we bailed out the insurance companies. now it is time to bail out the american people. >> speakers say the rally is a counter to the tea party movement and is a stark contrast to the conservative gathering here one month ago. >> this rally is about showing that this is one nation pre- dawn we will persevere. we need to work together. >> this lady traveled from seattle. she says she was the nation's leaders to focus on getting americans back on their feet. >> it is all about america. >> personal stories from out of work americans, immigrants, and veterans. those in attendance a they are fired up. they hope it won't carry on into the mid-term elections. >> we have not gotten everything we wanted in the first two years. we have to stand behind our leader. >> tonight, the white house shooting down reports that robert gibbs is about to change jobs. democratic insiders are considering gibbs to become the democratic committee chairman next year. he says he is happy with his current job. >>> a tornado

many view it as a reaction to last month's tea party rally at the lincoln memorial. with mid-term elections about a month away organizers say today's rally was also about re-energizg their base. this time it was the left and progressives rather than the conservatives among today's speakers? the reverend al sharpton. >> and if we can get connected, blacks connected to why this, latino connected to asian, straights connected to gays, immigrants, it's all about tht. if we can connect this, we can make it. >> what the balance of power in congress at stake in the upcoming mid-term elections more political rallies are expected on that mall over the next few weeks. immigration also dominated today's tense debate between california's gubernatorial candidates. they sparred before an audience that was mainly hispanic and it was televised on a sanish language network. jerry brown says that meg whitman knew her housekeeper of nine yrs was in the country you will legally whitman insists when she found out she fired her. the republican candidate and former ebay ceo spent $119 milli

the one nation working together rally is scheduled for tomorrow at the lincoln memorial. more than 400 organizations including labor unions, faith and environmental and gay rights groups are expected to be there. metro is opening an hour early to accommodate the crowds and you want to be careful. a lot of road closings in the area around the mall. speaking of roads, let's check the evening rush. patranya bhoolsuwan is in the traffic center. >> before we get to tomorrow, a lot of things are happening this weekend. we have to get home tonight and still seeing a lot of traffic out there on 495 north of town, especially on the inner loop from silver spring in to college park. tracking a lot of brake lights. no accidents but a lot of volume. be aware of that if you are heading out anytime soon. switch over the maps here. an accident to tell you about. this is 95 southbound in maryland. off ramp on to 175 an overturned tractor-trailer there. you want to take 32 to get around this. if you are heading northbound 95 at bw parkway to baltimore right now all lanes are open. and final

work on the reflecting pool in front of the lincoln memorial could take up to two years. ovements will be made to the pool's water circulation and filtration system. the $31 million project is being funded by federal stimulus money. >>> the government rolled out tougher crash test standards for 2011 cars. the rates system includes side crash testing and they will receive safety ratings from one to five stars and the revamped readings will help re-evaluate readings. >> we know that car manufacturers are putting new technologies in their cars and we want consumers to know how those technologies work. how effective they are. and that's why they have been included in our rating system. >> reporter: the 4:00-door bmw series and sonata received the highest ratings and the versa got two stars and the first time ever female dummies will be used to see how car collisions impact women differently than men. >>> a winchester, virginia, man drove drove to detroit, michigan to pick a bone with general motors. as ron a maloney reports he got the idea after being challenged by a gm phone

to take part in tomorrow's one nation rally on the steps of the lincoln memorial. i am honored other than more than honored, to be a part of this and be a featured speaker. i've spent countless hours crisscrossing this country meeting some great people, meeting americans who feel like their voices aren't being heard. my mission tomorrow is to speak for them. one nation is an extremely diverse collection of the largest labor organizations, the naacp, and happens of other groups who want to make sure that their voices are heard. what can be more american than that my friends? of course america's fake profit and resident hate merchant across the street doesn't seem to think that it looks that way. look at what beck said about people going to this rally tomorrow. >> and i mean this sincerely. is it not a watch an fbi watch list under any other administration? >> oh, absolutely. >> under any other administration it's an fbi watch list. this is holy supported by his president and his allies. >> beck is doing his absolute best to talk down this rally because he's afraid a

it's scheduled to start at noon tomorrow at the lincoln memorial. lk show host tom joiner and al sharpton are scheduled to speak. >>> look at the weekend forecast. >> should be good for any events you are doing tomorrow. tonight also high school football and if you are going to the games, go to dc.high schoolsports.net. weather will be crisp and you will want a jacket. falling from the 60s in to the 50s by the time the gamesnd and a big thank you to everyone who submitted photos and storm reports through wusa9.com. makes it better to have your eyes out there for us, and thank you for that. let's get going on this nice, turning out to be a nice friday afternoon. although a little breezy. the day at a glance, 73 or so at 3:00. 70 still at 6:00. by 9:00, clear, 66. here in town, we could be talking upper 50s for the games tonight. again, you want to take a jacket or sweatshirt. good air quality and breezy, too. winds are gusting in places close to 30. the winds will drop off after midnight. northwest winds five to ten. we will call it 5 to 15. they will

. >> reporter: though toy thousands of like minds turned out for yet another rally at the lincoln memorial. >> who are we? we are one nation, working together, united to demonstrate and to recommit, to change and to secure ahance of our children's future. >> reporter: the one nation rally was billed as an event that would reenergize the liberal left and progressive. a part of the political spectrum that not long ago was electrified. so when did the fire go out? >> when stuff didn't happen fast enough with ama. >> reporter: tom woods came from tacoma, washington to take part and do his part to reverse the trend that he says hasn't served the left well lately. >> republicans circled the wagons, and the liberals attack our own guys. >> reporter: and while you ha been har president pressed to find a tea party member at this party, darryl bolden is the national coordinator of cfee party progressives. >> from my own state of tennessee where i'm from, they're exceptionally motivated by ignorance, weren't out protesting under george bush. so this is not a reaction to the tea party, this is the ant

today thousands streamed past national monuments to gather at the steps of the lincoln memorial. it was a patch work of progressive causes. >> we're going to do exactly what we did for obama. we're going to unify and continue the struggle for working families. >> reporter: coming little more than a month after conservatives met in the same setting, today liberals said that they too are angry about the direction of the country. >> we've bailed out the banks. we've bailed out the insurance companies. now it's time to bail out the american people. >> reporter: but with election day exactly one month from today speaker after speaker called on democratic voters to go to the polls. >> we marched too long for the vote, bled too much and died too young. don't give up now. stand up and fight back. >> reporter: with voter apathy a continuing concern for democrats, president obama has launched a series of rallies for party faithful, asking for more time to address core concerns while also touting his record on everything from health care to student loan reform. >> and they have a right to be

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the water connects it to the lincoln memorial. it will install a recircling system to up prove the water quality. >>> -- to improve the water quality. >>> it was a natural segue to water issues an here lately. >> wehood the rain but it wasn't nearly like what we had earlier in the week. so -- or last week i should say and we are going to start a drying trend. that doesn't mean that rain is out of the forecast. but it means that at least gradually we will lower the chances of rain and then end up warming things up. it will take a couple more days. unsettled for tomorrow in to wednesday, as well. there's a great looking shot to show you the clouds out there in the district. most of what we have been today, cloudy skies and temperatures have been on the cool side. numbers today for high temperatures, very, very cool. 73 is where we should be for a high temperature. so, everybody is coming in today in the 50s. reagan 57. dulles 55. bwi marshall 54. we should be warmer for tomorrow. and we'll see some sunshine, too and that will help to

we have a crowd shot to show you of participants in the area stretching from the lincoln memorial backngton monument and organizers are hoping that people will make what they're calling the 10 to 10 pledge. 10-2-10 is the date. they want each people to call 10 people. recruit two friends to make more calls and commit to 10 volunteer hours to help get out the vote. in the crowds, people representing various causes, environmentalists, anti-war, pro choice, civil rights, gay rights, and unions. they think it's the most diverse march in history. juliet. >> molly, what's the ultimate goal there? tell us a little more detail about that. >> well, you know, it's in response to some of the tea party rallies and meant to energize liberals and progressives on the issues and some people here say they're venting frustration against businesses and corporations while others say hey, we're exactly one month before the mid term elections and we need to get people united to vote. here is more. >> this is a transform tiff moment in america. this is about inclusion, not exclusion. this is about coming tog

they've already seen amongst conservative groups, among conservative rallies, right here at the lincoln memoriallike the glenn beck and tea party rallies over the summer with an eye toward the upcoming election one month away. kate bolduan, cnn, washington. >>> seams like it's been the year of rallies in washington. we did see it, conservative glenn beck and the tea party gathers, now this one, one nation rally, a liberal, as you heard, a left-leaning, progress-leaning groups getting together there. thousands came together at lincoln memorial. the focus on jobs and education and a pledge to support democrats in november. joining me on the phone is national tea party federation spokesman david webb. thank you for hopping on the line with us this morning. after seeing what happened yesterday, would you have liked to have been there at that rally yesterday? do you think there was something you and other tea party movement folks could have contributed to it? >> i think the more important message is not that we sit and count for each earother which t is the rally versus rally at not fear. they don't

it's scheduled to start at noon tomorrow at the lincoln memorial. radio talk show host and al sharpton are among those scheduled to speak. for some perspective on this, we turned to derek mcginty and let's be real. >> well, anita, they say 100,000 folks are coming down to the one nation working together rally tomorrow. maybe that will happen. but you can be forgiven if you're never heard of the event. search cnn.com and find exactly one story. the new york times had two. the same one turned up a few a few weeks ago and google trend says so few people have searched for information on tomorrow's martha it doesn't even register. the problem? folks welcome to the notoriety society. a bizarre ultimate universe where small-time celebrities make sex tape to become big time. they tell congress about immigration reform and a fake joke march set for a month from now gets more play than an actual rally set for tomorrow. now, beck's hoe down was about restoring honor and does it matter how many people came when millions more checked out the coverage? conversely

it is wednesday more than, october 1th, 2010 as we give you a live look at the lincoln memorial. we are off to a nice start after just a lovely day yesterday. a few puffy clouds out there. all in all, just about perfect and maybe we can keep that going for one more day. tucker is making his way slowly in. >> not slowly. i'm right here. it will be cooler today. >> that's okay. it is mid-october so it ought to be. >> you might need a jacket as you head out the door because temperatures have fallen into the 40 in some spots. talking about a lot of sunshine today as the cold front has pushed to our south, drape ad cross the carolinas bringing some rain showers to places further across the south. later this afternoon, some of the clouds out to the west will move in. not a perfectly sunny day but we'll go mostly sunny and it should feel great out there. low humidity, high temperatures will be noticeably cooler than red with highs in the mid- to upper 60s. humidity, no problem, 64%. winds are breezy out of of the northeast at 1 miles per hour. this is pushing in the cooler and drier air

under the shadow of the lincoln memorial and we even found abraham lincoln himself hello mr lincoln tell me a little bit about what you're doing here today good to see you i'm down here with the citizens of the united states who have come from all corners of the country to demand jobs demand that the government works for main street and not wall street also in attendance union members birds pigs prisoners even superheroes the way superman very here public school wasn't supposed to be a corporate profit it was really supposed to be that you learned among the main issues the war america the united states. a trillion dollars in military spending we could cut us. military spending by ninety percent and the united states would still be spending the war on military spending than any nation in the world. poverty five years must ask question why already. there and corporate greed we are still suffering and reeling from an economic crisis where the people that were most strongly had were the working families the working poor and those who never got a bailout a lot of people out here are comparing

vincent gray is urging residents to attend a rally at the lincoln memorial on saturday. organizers say hundreds of groups will come together to call for job creation and a justice. the leading candidates in the maryland governor's race gear ready to face off. martin o'malley and bob ehrlich will hold their first debate on october 11. they will do this at a baltimore tv station. bob mcdonnell's plan to privatize the state's liquor stores is getting a boost. he can move ahead with a modified version of his original proposal. >>> we turn now to the political minute. president obama is about to lose a top adviser. >> chief of staff from emanuel is expected to resign to run for the mayor of chicago. we have more on the details. he is out. does this help or hurt obama? >> he is even more of an insider than rahm emanuel. one of the criticizes is that he is too focused on playing an inside game. the personalities of these men are very different. obama did not look outside of the west wing to choose somebody to replace rahm emanuel. some people think he should have. the critical t

at the foot of the lincoln memorial again at washington, d.c. well were presented with a similar choice. we'll compare and contrast 8-28 and what happened this weekend with 10-2-10. but we'll only use the facts and pictures. next. ♪ ♪ >> hello, america. i want to tell you that we have some pretty shocking video for you at the bottom of the hour that was placed on theblaze.com earlier this morning. it is horrifying. absolutely horrifying. we'll show it to you but i warn you this is a show you want to tivo if you have kids in the room and you want to see it first. start with what happened over the weekend. i want to ask a question. a question that i asked you last week. who are we? who are we? critical that you know the answer to this question yourself. you really are the leader. looking for another great leader. that is you. it's critical that you know these answers yourself. more critical that you get others to start thinking about their answer to this question. who are we as people? are we really just about the money? are we willing to do anythi

a number of popular areas downtown including the national, lincoln memorial, and even the white house will serve as backdrops for the latest installment of the blockbuster series. today the crew and a portion of the cast begin shooting at the headquarters of the american red cross and constitution hall. robert and tyler are visiting from virginia, and have seen the two previous movies. they wanted to catch a glimpse of the third movie. >> that would be awesome. >> during filming this week driving around town could get complicated. some roads will be closed around the national mall. parking restrictions are also in place on dozens of roads. if you're planning to drive near the memorial in arlington tonight, watch out. a section of columbia pike will be closed from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. >> you go to the movies and then you see everything we're used to seeing around us right in the background. it is neat. >> the crew members tell us that the a-list stars will ride this afternoon to begin filming, and moved over to the national mall for the next couple of days. for the complete list o

it's a rally that will be held on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the big question, can they rival the energy the tea party has generated? we're going to talk to one of the organizers coming up. >> so much energy on the right right now. it will be interesting to see if they can counter that. >>> you probably heard the word, maybe even read the book. now, you can see the movie. "freakonomics" the best-seller that looks at the surprising ways our world really works. it's coming to the big screen. it asks and answers questions how does bribing a 3-year-old, their favorite candyburg potty-training. how does that backfire on the parents? >>> we're going to start with the weather. and the aftermath of the huge storm system that roughed up the east coast this week. we had heavy rain and winds, which caused flooding from north carolina, all the way up to new england. dozens of people had to be plucked from the rising waters. and six deaths are being blamed on this storm. things are drying out. several rivers are still flooded. j.c. monahan, who is from our b

off in the distance there, you see the lincoln memorial. 65degrees in the d.c. area.n new york. take a look. severe thunderstorms swept through parts of new york city. a lot of thunder and lightning. some areas even saw hail the size of marbles last night. some people thought a snowstorm had actually hit. >> look at that. that is in brooklyn? wow! that is pretty impressive. >> one way to cool off in the heat like this. go grab a handful of hail. water running down the street as well. >> that was a pretty shot we showed of the lincoln. >> and the kennedy center with a nice start to the day. later on today, we could see some rain showers here and there. let's start with the bus stop forecast as you get the kids ready to school this morning. we know they are not going to school yet but by later on this morning, we'll see partly sunny skies. sunrise at 7:14. a mild start to the day. temperatures will be in the mid- 60s for many of you across the region. current temperatures look like this. 65degrees right now in the district and in annapolis. leonardtown is at 63 degrees.

there's the lincoln memorial on the beautiful west end of the reflecting pool right smack in the middlef downtown. a beautiful day to be out cruising through the monuments around downtown washington, even if you're a local, get on out there and enjoy it. it's like livi in the middle of a national park. that's what i like about living in downtown d.c. the dew points continuing to fall now now into the mid-40s. northeast wind at 5 miles an hour is driving in some slight ly cooler, sliltly drier air. that's the reason our dew points have been on the decline for the last couple of hours but you that little boundary, that little weather front bringing the dry air in f now isn't going to make it too much further before it will lift back up to the north. so temperatures now in the upper 50s, nearing on 60 degrees. 55 now in manassas and warrenton. 55 in new market, maryland, this morning. out on the wider view, the real chilly stuff is just about halfway up the new jersey turnpike. once you get into the northern suburbs, a lot of spots in the 30s this morning. the cold air wasn't far away but

as we take a live look outside over the city, the lincoln memorial there in the distance you can seeing lights. i think that may be the movie shoot wrapping up thismorning. some of those lights any way. >> i thought they were twinkling stars. >> they are close to the ground. 55 degrees here in upper northwt washington right now. and don't think we're seeing rain right here. the forecast says there's some rain and moving in closer to us as we speak. >> meteorologist tom kierein is here to detail that forecast. >> light rain in the viewing area to our south of washington. our viewers who live in spotsylvania, stafford and prince william counties now having sprinkles outside your door. as we take a look around the region, we do have temperatures that areenerally in the 50s. reagan national is at 57 and it is rather damp with an east-northeasterly wind. right now theadar is shong this rain advancing southwest to northeast. the heaviest, largest area of rain is in the panhandle of west virginia. that's now moving into western maryland. just now coming into allegheny coty. that's about to

thousands of people attended the one nation march at the lincoln memorial. is weekend's memorial was an ain't deot to the tea party. >> we bailed out the banks. we bailed out the government. now it's time to bail out the american people. we need to rebuild the infrastructure and provide jobs and save the american people. >> the event took place where the other rally, restoring honor rally attended by sarah palin and conservative commentator glenn beck was held back in august. >>> a manufacture and child are safe this morning after a high-speed chase on bay area freeways. san jose police say the baby's father was behind the wheel. now, according to investigators, the little girl and her mother were being holding at knifepoint. the incident started in san jose just before 11:00 last night. police the highway patrol and other law enforcement agencies all chased that truck all the way to san francisco on highway 101. the driver changed directions and headed south into daly city and back down the peninsula on 280. just after midnight it ended. police say the truck