after all, when a drum circle starts in zucotti park, all other music in new york stops. (laughter) besides, the founders never intended indefinite free speech. they assumed after two weeks any protest would be wiped out by smallpox. (laughter) plus, let's remember, folks, these so-called peaceful protesters could have turned violet like their fellow occupiers at u.c. berkeley last week. look at these vicious students attacking these billy clubs with their soft, jabable belly. (laughter) these students, of course, naively thought they were the ones being helplessly truncheoned. but berkeley chancellor robert birgeneau educated the students saying "linking arms is not non-violent civil disobedients." (laughter) that's right. linking arms is a dangerous act of aggression as taught in the ancient martial arts of red roving, square dancing, von trapping, and, most dangerous of all, yellow brick roading. (cheers and applause) tear gas those anarchists. you don't need a house, mr. , you need a job! i already know they dropped a house on a witch and you know she's in the 1%. the

but as our own samantha bee reports from a visit to zucotti park, on the occupation's final day, the movement was already being threatened by forces even more powerful than the city of new york. the prospect of becoming the very thing that they were fighting against. >> reporter: occupy wall street. it was born out of the loftiest of ambitions. >> we're trying to build a new society. >> all equal and civilized with each other. >> an open, horizontal, leaderless process. >> reporter: and two nights ago, the occupation ended. but maybe it was a good thing. as it dragged on the movement had been in danger of becoming the very thing it was fighting against. >> the more people that came, the more people kind of, like, seg gailed into, like, their own little groups. it split in half. >> up there is, like, "where the college hipsters who live in brooklyn if. and try to rule the park from, you know. and down here it's more of the poor people's encampment and it's kind of contentious. >> reporter: occupy wall street was divided by class. on the one side the elite with their library, apple pop

know, two night ago, the powers that be in new york city answered the people's call and reclaimed zucotti park in lower manhattan. aka, the park no one-- even those of us who live across the street from it-- had heard of until the occupy wall street movement. apparently, it's a park in lower manhattan where people from wall street would go to smoke around noon. ( laughter ) anyway, we got it back! as for the movement, protesters have vowed to retake the park, if only to erect a monument to what was perhaps the original occupiers' biggest challenge. ( laughter ) they truly were the least toileted generation. but as our own samantha bee reports from a visit to zucotti park, on the occupation's final day, the movement was already being threatened by forces even more powerful than the city of new york. the prospect of becoming the very thing that they were fighting against. >> reporter: occupy wall street. it was born out of the loftiest of ambitions. >> we're trying to build a new society. >> all equal and civilized with each other. >> an open, horizontal, leaderless process. >> reporter: and two

i arrived at zucotti park ready for a revolution. my mission: blend in. become one of them and hopefully earn their trust. i had to find a way into their world. just as the skies opened up, so did my window of opportunity. it was time for a call to action tend lockout. end it. i was making connections. do you guys believe wall street planned this rain? >> what are you talking about? >> stop the rain! stop the wall street rain! >> as i left the park, i had a real sense of what these young people were fighting for. where's the limo? i had found my rebels. two young idealists who could get me inside the movement. i invited these occupiers to occupy my penthouse suite overlooking zucotti park. thanks so much for talking to me today. >> i will, stephen, thank you. let's just get your names here, you are? >> justin rivas. >> and you are ketchup. >> stephen: i think i might have misheard that. >> ketchup. >> stephen: do you have a last name, ketchup? >> i have one. i'd prefer not to say on camera. >> stephen: are you wanted by the police? >> no. >> stephen: are

violent early this morning when police in full riot gear fifth try to clear demonstrators out of zucotti park police arrested more than a hundred people for refusing to leave the privately-owned park. mayor michael blumberg says protesters can return but without tents sleeping bags, or tarps. >>this developed into a situation prohibiting lots of people from expressing their views >>a new york supreme court judge has ruled that the demonstrators can bring tents and camping equipment back to the park >>other cities are also clearing out protesters because of health and safety concerns police shut down occupied oakland protests at the city's central square said they could clean that officers arrested 32 people who refused to leave one demonstrator was arrested for spitting at police but the encounter was mostly peaceful oakland police say that people are free to rally in public but there will no longer be allowed to camp or sleep at the rally sites >>former penn state football coach gerry sandusky response for the first time to accusations he sectors sexually molested a least eight boys julian c

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i went deep undercover in zucotti park and i met two young rebels-- justin and ketchup. i invited them to my penthouse suite and offered to co-opt the movement for their own well-being. (laughter) i worry about you especially, justin. ketchup can take care of herself. she's tough. i'm not worried about ketchup. she looks like she can take some punishment. you, justin, you i'm worry about. you're fragile. let me be your sugar daddy. and now dramatic conclusion of my co-occupation. you have something i want. i'll be open. you have a movement. i wanted in on the tea party but i dragged my feet and dick armey jumped on it with freedom works and i feel like a tool for not getting a piece of that. what do i need to do? whatever whatever it is, any boots on the ground on this one? >> i don't think we can give that to you, stephen. >> stephen: you're not going to give it to me, i'm going to pay for it. >> it's not about your money. it's about the thing we're trying to build here and it doesn't require your superpac money. >> stephen: excuse me, i'm sorry. oh, hey, come on in. he

they are as many as 200 people kick down the zucotti park. there were campers in the big apple. now many of them plan to move -- to their home base of washington. as the occupy controversy grows do you think d.c. police should follow the lead of the york police? we invite you to weigh-in on our facebook poll. and in due at noon, vincent gray just announced plans for two additional walmart locations in the city. one will be at the sky land town center in southeast. the other will be at fort totten northeast. in all, the new stores are expected to create 2400 jobs. some stores are expected to open up next year. prince george's county investigate two deadly shooting last night. the first happened in district heights. the man was shot dead outside an apartment building. shots also rang out on oxon hill killing one man. police have no motive in the attacks. turning to the latest twist in the penn state sex abuse scandal, when jerry sandusky took to their way to defend himself and the allegation this week, one family was listening to every word. now one of the mothers of one of the vi

. >>> occupy wall street protesters returned to zucotti park for a peaceful thanksgiving celebration. turkey, vegetarian and vegan dinners were handed out to keep the group in accordance with the newly enforced rules. police were called in, but that was only to respond to noise complaints. >>> finally, a crying kitten has at least eight more lives after being rescued by california firefighters. the animal was trapped in an underground pipe for nearly eight hours before the rescue crew pulled him out using a makeshift pole. the kitten will be put up for adoption if unclaimed. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> did you have a nice turkey day? >> i did. i said i was going to set my alarm, go shopping and come straight to work. i might have as well get some deals. i looked at the alarm and i couldn't do it. >> you probably wouldn't have made it into the stores yet. the lines when we were all coming in were insane. you can get my christmas present after the show. >> well, good morning, ev

we want to take you to a live picture right now of zucotti park. testors were told they could return to the scene later today. as you can see there, daylight hours, they're starting to return to the park. you can see police are still on the scene, the situation there. protestors had been told not to bring back sleeping bags, tarps or tents. it is difficult to tell from these pictures but it does look like encampments have not been set up thus far. protestors began marching at two locations in lower manhattan where they plan to hold rallies. now, reports say this morning's action came as protestors were announcing they were actually going to shut down wall street as of thursday with demonstrations there. the event really to commemorate the fact that they had been occupying that particular park for two months as of thursday, a movement which has gone on to inspire movements across the country, including occupy d.c. right here. andrea and mike, back to you. >>> thanks, jess. latest on the occupy wall street from new york, again, getting cleared out of

the tent city at zucotti park is gone and the police have cleaned it up. the police had to move in overnight in order to make it happen. that may have cleared out hundreds of people who camped out there for two months. there was some resistance, dozens taken into custody but it is not clear that they can keep demonstrators from coming back in. >> around 1:00 in the morning, the center of the occupy wall street world turned upside down. hundreds of police officers in riot gear occupied the park where the movement started. after two months, the mayors said health and safety conditions at the camp at lower manhattan became intolerable. >> there is no ambiguity in the law. the first amended text speech, not the use of tents and sleeping bags to take over a public space p down the city's plan was simply to clean the park and the protesters back in without camping gear. lawyers with protesters got a court order blocking the restrictions and the part stayed close as both sides battled it out. >> the suite comes one day after police in oakland did the same thing.

. >>> occupy wall street protesters returned to zucotti park for a peaceful thanksgiving celebration. turkey, vegetarian and vegan dinners were handed out to keep the group in accordance with the newly enforced rules. police were called in, but that was only to respond to noise complaints. >>> finally, a crying kitten has at least eight more lives after being rescued by california firefighters. the animal was trapped in an underground pipe for nearly eight hours before the rescue crew pulled him out using a makeshift pole. the kitten will be put up for adoption if unclaimed. >>> that's a look at the national and regional weather. let's check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. your turkey hangover wore off? >> i'm ready for leftovers. >> let's go. >> bring it on. >> a little cranberry, i love it. >> open-face turkey sandwich? >> uh-huh. >> nice touch. good morning, everyone, we are watching outside quiet weather pattern, at least quieter than yesterday when the rain and winds blew through in the high-ep vags snows. we just about done with this, a cold front moved through and some i

. >>> well, without zucotti park to call home occupy wall street protesters in new york city took theironstrations to mayor michael bloomberg's block this weekend. the group banged drums and held signs decrying the mayor outside of his townhome. the protesters said the purpose of the rally was simple and that was to annoy bloomberg and his neighbors. last week a court upheld an order that evicted the protesters from the park that had been their camp site for two months. >>> clashes between police and protesters in cairo's tahrir square have erupted for a third day. police and egyptian soldiers threw tear gas at demonstrators who then threw rocks back at officers. this comes after a weekend of violence in which at least 22 people were killed. the use the military of trying to cling to power since hosni mubarak stepped down nearly a year ago. elections are scheduled for next week and more vio expected between now and then. >>> today celebrities and others affected by the british phone hacking scandal will testify. it's part of an inquiry into media ethics and could change how residents ge

the encampment at zucotti park has become the focal point. about 1:00 a.m. this morning, police ordered everyone to leave, saying the park had become unsanitary and hazardous. officers arrested anyone who resisted. for nearly eight weeks, demonstrators have used the park to protest corporate greed and economic inequality. it sparked a movement around the country. but people who live and work near the park have increasingly complained about their neighbors. >> a lot of waste and dump behind my alleyway where i dump the garbage. >> human waste? >> human waste. >> protestors have been told they can return once the park is cleaned but they will not be able to bring back tents or sleeping bags. new york is just the latest city to see this happen. monday, police in oakland dismantled an occupy encampment. sunday, protestors were kicked out of portland parks. manhattan protestors were planning a demonstration to mark the two-month anniversary of their encampment. manuel gallegus, cbs news, new york. >>> here's a look at other stories making news this morning. anothe

just behind me you can see that police are letting occupation wall street protesters back into zucotti park, but tents, sleeping bags, tarps, those aren't permitted and no one will be allowed to sleep here tonight. >> all persons must temporarily leave the park. >> reporter: occupy wall street protesters were given just minutes to grab their gear and clear the private park they'd occupied for nearly two months. >> if you refuse to leave immediately, to remove your property from the park or refuse to leave the park, you will be subject to arrest. >> reporter: 220 people were arrested in the sweep, including dozens who chained themselves together. new york mayor michael bloomberg said the camp had become a health and safety hazard. there have been reports of businesses being threatened and complaints about noise and unsanitary conditions. >> reporter: tents and tarps were confiscated. the park's stone steps washed clean. beth joy has been participating in the protest for three weeks. >> it makes me sad to know that they're attempting to crush an idea but you can't crush an idea in one square

in zucotti park, a police officer was slashed in a confrontation with a demonstrator. buddy bolten was a witness. >> the police just stormed in and started grabbing people and throwing people to the ground. >> we are the 99%! >> reporter: to mark two months since the start of the occupy wall street movement, demonstrators promised to shut down wall street. they sat down in several intersections of the narrow streets of the city's financial district. >> move back, folks, move back. >> reporter: and were arrested for not staying on the sidewalk. but it was business as usual on wall street. no trading was disrupted. protesters also threatened to disrupt subway travel. we witnessed a handful, not the thousands organizers promised. do you think you can gauge the health of the movement based on a day like snowed. >> yeah, i think this is a big day sparse the movement goes. i think it's a referendum on whether the movement grows stronger or peters out. >> reporter: despite today's arrests and restrictions prohibiting tents and sleeping bags in the park demonstrators like ange

there are now almost more police than protesters in zucotti park, the birthplace of the occupy movement. one day after police raided their camp there, demonstrators are dismissing that raid. >> they told us they wanted all we have and we need to come with all we have because it is not an occupation anymore. it is a revolution. >> here and in the different cities around the world, it is really wound. because it gets people together and a venue for people to come down and see what is going. >> reporter: police in riot gear forced protester out and removed their tents. a judge's ruling allowed them to come back to what the protesters renamed liberty square but this time without tents and sleeping bagged. >> the first amendment is not just about freedom of speech. it is about freedom assembly and expressing yourself. >> reporter: butt city says it was a health and public safety hazard. >> the final decision to act was mine and mine alone. >> reporter: what can we expect here in d.c.? we are told according to the occupy d.c. web site, the protesters here are going to begin a demonstration so

protesters can return to park in lower manhattan but they cannot sleep there the protesters have used zucotti park as their home base for nearly two months yesterday police in riot gear cleared out that park but the demonstrators returned later after the court ruling the courts as the protesters are not allowed to camp out in the park which is privately owned and they cannot bring tents or generators there the park is open 24 hours a day and people can pass through or set they're if they wish >>president obama announces in australia today that the united states will expand its military presence in australia the president said that more u.s. service members and equipment will be sent to australia about 250 marines will be deployed there beginning next year followed by that the number of troops will grow to about join to 500 over the next several years the president claimed that the mission will build better cooperation between its states and australia he also insisted that it is not designed to counter china and its expanding influence in that region >>the secret service says that a bullet hit the

what newt gingrich is focusing on is the excesses we saw at zucotti park.ll play well in the primary, but once you get into a general election discussion gets a lot more complicated. megyn: there are some folks out there infiltrating this movement. but does the movement itself have a sense of entitlement? does it clash with our fundamental capitalistic ideas? is that aoint that's fair for gingrich or does he deserve to be criticized for what he said. >> occupy wall street is a destructive farce with no real end game. independents are ouring on the movement because of the violence and mayhem. it goes against the center right values of hard work and personal responsibility. republican primary voters wanted a bold leader who will keep one eye on the economy and one eye on government reforms. megyn: dan, do you see a danger the message by some of the young folks associated with the movement when it comes to income inequality? yes it's bigger now, but do you see danger in complaining about it as opposed to doing more to get the income yourself? >> the excesses w

police cleared zucotti park. they first told everybody to leave so the park could be cleaned. most left on their own. police arrested about 70 people, including a group that chained themselves together. ty steling protesters hay can return to the park once it's cleane cleaned. >> police are on the lookout for a suspect two tried to kidnap a girl from a popular trail. marla tellez is live with more. good morning, marla. >> laura, good morning. what is so disturbing about this attempted abduction is, one, it happened in broad daylight. and two, it happened right here on lark avenue at one of entrances to the wildly popular los gatos creek trail. this is a haven for runners and walkers. it was about 4:15 sunday afternoon when the man drove up to the 17-year-old girl as she was walking on lark avenue. asked if she wanted a ride. when she said no, he got out of his car, grabbed her and tried picking her up. she was able to fight him off by punching him in the face and the groin. we have a suspect description this morning. police say he's a hispanic man, about 45 years old. 5'6" wit

but this was the case zucotti park protesters bennett called a message we are back after scrubbed upoomberg >> incredible people who want change >> nypd want to change as well barricaded entry points heavy police presence at the new rules like to know occupy kitchen no doubt overnight makeover is a major blow to the movement protesters unexpected >> 3 year old daughter i teach the purpose of responsibility and hard work every day teach this to my daughter at the end 10 years i do not want her to say i thought hard work pays off >> it does according to many including alex snyder upset that two month old movement is back >> commuting from new jersey we can up at 6 here at 9 every time i leave at 5 and these people are out i am and that $177,000, if they are in debt $177,000 that is what they should do working they need to get a job they are hippies >> those are chants of protesters here in chicago outside mayor emmanuel's office and your budget cuts slashed number of mental health clinics office says more than $3 million of the city opponents say costing the city even more than that al

violent clashes with police in riot gear as they cleaned out and forced the protesters out of zucotti park of international action. >> i'm really excited for the hopeful shutdown of wall street itself. >> i think this is an opportunity today and tomorrow and for days to come that larger and many ways of a different modality and we can in some way go into different ways of behaving that will be more successful. >> reporter: here in washington, what is planned is around 2:30 this affect from macpherson square, you will have the occupy d.c. movement begin marching all the way to the key bridge and then their plan is to remain on the key bridge throughout the afternoon rush hour. that could cause some tricky commuting. they say they chose the key bridge, according to their web site, to highlight the aging infrastructure across our city pointing out that the government in their opinion is not directing money where it needs to be but instead funding and supporting wall street bankers. there you have it. that is it from now. i'm stacy cohan, back to you. >>> the suspected white house shooter migh

i'm talking about the conditions at zucotti park. it was filthy. it was dirty.th department in the city felt it was a chance of disease spreading. again, to me, any group that wants to be taken seriously should not be conducting itself that way. to me there was nothing about that them would resonate with the american people. to me they were people living in their own fiflt. >> you're supporting to specific examples. there was an exchange shown onli online but is it? a lot of people say it was the same thing done to the tea party. they're all calling for x, y or z. >> if you look at zuccotti park, there's nothing isolated about the conditions this which these people wanted to live. to me there was absolutely nothing there that was with middle america, if you will. i didn't see the purpose. i had no idea why the media was covering it the way it was. you have a small, tiny percentage of people taking over a park, sleeping over a park, sleeping in their own feces and urine. that became a national movement. i don't see the nexus between what they were doing and anyth

.  >>> occupy protestors in new york city are back in zucotti park in lower manhattan.he adown ruled they could return but their free speech rights do not include setting up tents. in california, a man was shot by police at uc berkeley after he raised a gun. berkeley students joined the occupy cal movement but it is not clear in the gunman was part of the protest. >>> tax hikes till a sticking point for the supercommittee. -- still a sticking point for the supercommittee. >>> the red rink just keeps on piling up for the postal service. it says it lost more than $5 million in the past year and expects even higher losses in the coming year. that is mostly due in part to faster than expected declines in first class mail. the postmaster general is urging congress to give a reprieve on a big health benefit payment which is due friday. >>> the race to the white house tightening in iowa now. the details from the campaign trail coming up next. it is official. the nba is canceling more games. so what are the chances of getting any kind of season in. we'll have the answer after t

we are taking a live look right now at zucotti park in new york. is part of the occupy movement. the protesters are being removed by police from that park saying that they had to clean the area. it is a safety hazard so they had handed out notes telling people to leave but the police have been out there trying to make that happen this morning. some live pictures again. >> they just moved the camera. they'd scene where there were just hundreds of people a few seconds ago. more than 07 people arrested because they refused to leave. some of the folks had changed themselves together. live pictures from new york. we'll stay on top. situation and let you know what is happening there. >>> checking in with tony perkins to get the latest on the weather here. >> not a bad start to the day with temperatures in the 60s early this morning. not bad at all. late are on today, we'll see our highs in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees but take the umbrella with you as we could see some rain showers. some of you are eking rain showers right now. hest-- some of you a

and in new york, a few demonstrators returned to zucotti park without tents, after police shut down theampment early yesterday. protestors said they plan a rally tomorrow to disrupt the financial district. >> brown: the occupy movement; the bi-partisan congressional super committee; deficits, taxes, fairness, economic inequality. they're all very much in the air right now. over the past few months, we've been exploring these issues in a series of reports and conversations. tonight, we hear from a group that wants higher taxes on itself. they call themselves "patriotic millionaires for fiscal strength" and members were on capital hill lobbying today. joining us now is one of the group: garrett gruener, founder of ask.com and now director of the venture capital firm, alta partners. welcome to you. >> nice to be here. >> brown: first i want you define this group. who are you? how many and where do members come from? >> these are about 200 folks so far who make a substantial amount of money and who believe that the... it's time to roll back the bush tax cuts. that essentially what we need t