nbc's michelle franzen is in mus, turkey, with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. the earthquake struck in the lake van area closest to the iranian border, it was felt several hours away including here in mus. the lake is surrounded by mountains and dotted with small villages and towns and the place where rescuers are in the race against the clock and cold

nbc's michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: a young man pulled from the rubble more than 30 hours after being buried alive. a toddler freed from a cage of mangled steel and concrete and carried to safety. rare survival stories giving hope to this devastated town. scores of building were simply flattened in an instant. no one knows just how many people might still be alive, trapped in the rubble. rescue workers are racing agaou6s"á(sjt)háo reach survivors in time, clearing debris with heavy equipment, shovels and by hand. the grief here is overwhelming. families have begun making çh# funeral arrangements for loved ones and the full scope of the disaster is not yet known. turkey's prime minister sent troops to the region and came in person to see the damage and comfort the victims in this largely kurdish part of the country. people here say they just need more help to save those trapped. >> that was nbc's michelle franzen reporting from turkey. >>> elsewhere, facing gridlock on his jobs plan in washington, president obama has launched a new economic and political plany to jumpstart th

nbc's michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: a young man pulled from the rubble more than 30 hours after being buried alive. a toddler freed from a cage of mangled steel and concrete and carried to safety. rare survival stories giving hope to this devastated town. scores of building were simply flattened in an instant. to one knows just how many people might still be alive, trapped in the rubble. rescue workers are racing against the clock to reach survivors in time, clearing debris with heavy equipment, shovels and by hand. the grief here is overwhelming. families have begun making funeral arrangements for loved ones and the full scope of the disaster is not yet known. turkey's prime minister sent troops to the region and came in person to see the damage and comfort the victims in this largely kurdish part of the country. people here say they just need more help to save those trapped. >> that was nbc's michelle franzen reporting from turkey. >>> well, facing gridlock on his jobs plan in washington, president obama has launched a new economic and political plan to jumpstart the stalled e

>> michelle franzen on the rescue effort in turkey tonight. michelle, thanks. >>> almost seven months since the devastating earthquake and the resulting tsunami in japan. the numbers are still staggering from there. more than 15,000 people dead, 130,000 people forced from their homes. and tonight an amazing kind of environmental delayed reaction. a huge island of trash and debris from the quake drifting across the pacific ocean toward u.s. shores. nbc's kate snow with us in studio with more on this. kate? >> just after the tsunami hit scientists at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and the university of hawaii started making models using calculations based on tides and currents to project where all that debris from japan would end up. but now they have proof -- sightings from a ship telling them where potentially millions of tons of trash is and where it's headed. march 11. tsunami waves crash over japan wiping out entire communities, sweeping everything that isn't nailed down out to sea. more than 300,000 buildings, cars, bo

michelle franzen reports from lower manhattan. >> reporter: protesters fed up with the autonomy and social inequality took to the streets again, including this former marine who, despite having a job, worries about his future. >> i have two degrees, i barely make enough money to pay my way. i don't even pay my student loans each month because i can't afford it. >> reporter: several hundred turned out one day. after some 700 were arrested for blocking traffic on new york's brooklyn bridge. growing tensions along with the movement that has taken off in recent weeks w protests spreading around the country. labor experts say uprisings overseas have empowered protesters to speak out. >> those movements, those revolutions led by young people. and i think they've been unemployed and wondering what to do. so i think that's another, let's say, inspiration for why they're sitting in now. >> we are nowhere on that same level and we're nowhere facing the same kind of opposition. but we can still be inspired by them. i think a lot of us are. >> reporter: even before the protests began, new york's mayor

nbc's michelle franzen reports again tonight from the town of ercis on the rescue against all odds of a newborn baby there. >> reporter: out of this jagged mountain of rubble, a tiny life saved. a fragile baby girl born just 14 days ago pulled alive from the collapsed apartment building that was her home. her name is azra. somehow she survived for two days and frigid nights. cradled by her rescuers, she was rushed to a waiting ambulance. nbc's john ray was on the scene. >> reporter: the baby is well? >> the baby is fine. very well. >> reporter: very well. that's a miracle, isn't it? >> yes. >> reporter: that's a miracle. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> reporter: azra was not alone. her family had been buried with her. her mother, sakin, still trapped, had managed to lift her baby to the arms of rescuers. she was pulled out soon after and rushed to the hospital. then azra's grandmother was found, and she, too, was carried to safety. three lives, three generations saved. the exhausted rescuers were overjoyed. rescue after rescue, but searchers did not give up. they went right back to work in th

michelle franzen in lower manhattan tonight. thank you. >>> when we come back here this evening, the millions of american women left wondering in this economy if they can ever stop working and afford to enjoy their golden years. and for one special audience on one special night they changed kwtd the lion king on broadway. we'll explain in our making a difference report tonight. >>> back now with tonight's installment of our ongoing series of reports about the american economy hitting home. tonight, women and retirement and a challenging financial picture for single women of the baby boomer generation in this country. according to the latest research, they are the least prepared financially for their later years. our report tonight from nbc's chris jansing. >> we're going to need more needles. >> reporter: terry has been a nurse for 42 years. the last 12 at a school where many students have medical issues. >> that doesn't look bad, whitney. >> reporter: it's rewarding. >> what is this? >> one of my kids is in the hospital. >> rep

nbc's michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: a young man pulled from the rubble, more than 30 hours after being buried alive. a toddler freed from a cage of mangled steel and concrete and carried to safety. rare survival stories giving home to this devastated town, scores of building were simply flattened in an instant. no one knows just how many people might still be alive trapped in the rubble. rescue workers are racing against the clock to reach survivors in time, clearing debris with heavy equipment, shovels and by hand. the grief here is overwhelming. families have begun making funeral arrangements for loved ones and the full scope of the disaster is not yet known. turkey's prime minister sent troops to the region and came in person to see the damage and comfort the victims in this largely kurdish part of the country. people here say they just need more help to save those trapped. >> that was nbc's michelle franzen reporting from turkey. >>> back at home, facing gridlock on his jobs plan in washington, president obama has launched a new economic and political plan to jump start the s

we sent nbc's michelle franzen to find out. >> we are the 99%! >> reporter: two weeks and counting. several hundred faithful protestors continue to camp out at a park near wall street. their numbers grow each day, fuelled by the power of social media. a few scuffles with nypd and the common threat of discontent over high unemployment and distrust of government and corporations. >> there's something unjust going on right now in this economy, in this society. >> reporter: john drove from connecticut to speak out. >> because we can't pay for big expensive lobbyists to work for what we want. >> reporter: the sit-in has turned into a small community, complete with a food kitchen and media center. but, by design, there is no one leader of this group and no organized set of demands. >> we each do our own thing but we're doing it together. we're coming together and we're saying, things need to be changed. how are we going to do this? >> reporter: protestors may still be working to define their message, but the complaints of corporate greed and social inequality are resonating far beyond the

nbc's michelle franzen joins us from loper manhattan where protests continue tonight. michelle, set the scene for us? >> reporter: well, kate, protestors continue to gather at a park nearby wall street. hear them singing at this hour. they say they will also camp out here indefinitely. their message, the economy and big corporations, still taking shape. but drawing attention with each day. protestors fed up with the economy and social inequality took to the streets again today. including this former marine who despite having a job worries about his future. >> i have two degrees, i barely make enough money to pay my ways. >> reporter: several hundred turned out in one day. after some 700 were arrest ford blocking traffic on new york's brooklyn bridge. growing tensions along with the movement that has taken off in the past few weeks, with protests spreading to other cities around the country. labor experts say overseas have empowered protestors to speak out. >> those revolutions led by young people. i think they have been unemployed and wondering what to do. i think that

>> michelle franzen on the rescue effort in turkey tonight. michelle, thanks. >>> almost seven months since the devastating earthquake and the resulting tsunami in japan. the numbers are still staggering from there. more than 15,000 people dead, 130,000 people forced from their homes. and tonight an amazing kind of environmental delayed reaction. a huge island of trash and debris from the quake drifting across the pacific ocean toward u.s. shores. nbc's kate snow with us in studio with more on this. kate? >> just after the tsunami hit scientists at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and the university of hawaii started making models using calculations based on tides and currents to project where all that debris from japan would end up. but now they have proof -- sightings from a ship telling them where potentially millions of tons of trash is and where it's headed. march 11. tsunami waves crash over japan wiping out entire communities, sweeping everything that isn't nailed down out to sea. to sea. more than 300,000 buildings,

we sent nbc's michelle franzen to find out. >> reporter: two weeks and counting. several hundred faithful protestors continue to camp out at a park near wall street. their numbers grow each day, fuelled by the power of social media. a few scuffles with nypd and the common threat of discontent over high unemployment and distrust of government and corporations. >> there's something unjust going on right now in this economy, in this society. >> reporter: john drove from connecticut to speak out. >> because we can't pay for big expensive lobbyists to work for what we want. >> reporter: the sit-in has turned into a small community, complete with a food kitchen and media center. but by design, there is no one leader of this group. and no organized set of demands. >> we each do our own thing but we're doing it together. we're coming together and we're saying, things need to be changed. how are you going to do this. >> reporter: protestors may still be working to define their message, but the complaints of corporate greed and social inequality are resonating far beyond th

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nbc's michelle franzen reports again tonight from the town of ercis on the rescue against all odds of a newborn baby there. >> reporter: out of this jagged mountain of rubble, a tiny life saved. a fragile baby girl born just 14 days ago pulled alive from the collapsed apartment building that was her home. her name is azra. somehow she survived for two days and frigid nights. cradled by her rescuers she was rushed a waiting ambulance. nbc's john ray was on the scene. >> reporter: the baby is well? >> the baby is fine. very well. >> it's a miracle, isn't it? >> yes. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> reporter: azra was not alone. her family had been buried with her. her mother still trapped had managed to lift her baby to the arms of rescuers. she was pulled out soon after and rushed to the hospital. then azra's grandmother was found, and she, too, was carried to safety. three lives, three generations saved. the exhausted rescuers were overjoyed. rescue after rescue, but searchers did not give up. they went right back to work in the hopes of finding others still alive. but rescue efforts have reached

nbc's michelle franzen reports again tonight from the town of ercis on the rescue against all odds of a newborn baby there. >> reporter: out of this jagged mountain of rubble, a tiny life saved. a fragile baby girl born just 14 days ago pulled alive from the collapsed apartment building that was her home. her name is azra. somehow she survived for two days and frigid nights. cradled by her rescuers, she was rushed a waiting ambulance. nbc's john ray was on the scene. >> reporter: the baby is well? >> the baby is fine. very well. >> it's a miracle, isn't it? >> yes. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> reporter: azra was not alone. her family had been buried with her. her mother still trapped had managed to lift her baby to the arms of rescuers. she was pulled out soon after and rushed to the hospital. then azra's grandmother was found, and she, too, was carried to safety. three lives, three generations saved. the exhausted rescuers were overjoyed. rescue after rescue, but searchers did not give up. they went right back to work in the hopes of finding others still alive. but rescue efforts have reache

michelle franzen has more. >> the frantic search for earthquake survivors intensified in germany. the dramatic rescue and these bodies pulled from the rubble. amateur video shows the terrifying moments from the major earthquake hitting. so far, at least 200 dead. more than 1000 injured, hundreds still unaccounted for, many believe to be pinned beneath the rubble. >> the situation is bad. many friends and relatives are still trapped. we have not heard from many of them. >> rescue efforts were hampered by darkness and freezing temperatures. using what equipment they had and digging with bare hands, they dug through chunks of concrete to reach victims including this scared a 10-year- old boy. along with the desperate search for victims, thousands are seeking shelter. they have set up 4000 tents. the last time a major earthquake struck was back in 1999. it killed 20,000 people. they are hopeful even after 24 hours that this -- that they hope they can find more. more pictures from turkey on our website, wbaltv.com. he will serve eight years in prison for threatening to murder this pass

we begin with michelle franzen in new york. >> reporter: hundreds of union members join the growing numbers of protesters in a march of what they see as corporate greed, government corruption and a broken economy. >> americans who have been hurt by the economic crisis, who have been hurt by the political corruption. >> there's no protection. no matter who we vote for, it doesn't happen. people feel like they are getting shafted. >> reporter: the message of social inequality and rising unemployment struck a cord with the largest and most powerful unions. >> they are fighting to make sure that the rich, the multibillionaires pay their fair share. we believe in that same concept. >> reporter: what started as a grass roots rally in this lower manhattan park two weeks ago, swelled into a nationwide movement. sympathy protests have been held in 50 cities from coast-to-coast. >> until we start coming together and acting out, no one is going to hear. no one is going to know it's going on. >> reporter: protesters united in frustrations and passion. >> this is the beginning of the people's revolution

michelle franzen nbc news, new york. >> park owners say they've delayed the cleaning to have park. no new date for when they will try to move the demonstrators again. >>> if there are people out there trying to occupy d.c. today they're in for a nice, breezy day. >>> no kidding. we're color coordinated today. >> this was not planned by the way. >> not planned. great minds think alike. >> our weekend looks very nice after what promises to be a very breezy day today. no doubt about that. perfect weather for -- >> for what? >> kite flying. what else would you do? >> you have to prep me better. >> how many people still fly kites? >> aren't they all motorized? >> no. are you kid mega? outside right now -- we call those ultralights. outside a clear sky. not terribly breezy just yet. boy, that's going to be changing. the sun will mix down the winds at higher elevations down to the ground. as a result a breezy day today. temperatures many tupper 40s and low 50s. not much going on on the radar. the highlighted counties north and west of town a high wind advisory for the remainder of the day

>> michelle franzen live for us in ercis, turkey, michelle, thank you. >>> president obama's message is changing from pass this bill to we can't wait, as he rolls out a new economic offensive today. his new campaign will include new rules for federally guaranteed mortgages, ease student loan repayment and future plans to help returning vets to small businesses. the president will announce a new plan to jump-start the troubled housing market in las vegas, ground zero of the housing bust. diana olick joins me now from cnbc. what do you hear about the housing plan? >> this was a refinance plan announced this morning by the fannie mae and freddie mac's regulator. it tweaks to an existing program that wasn't working and it's for underwater borrowers, that is people who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are actually worth. this plan was in place for people who owed up to 125% more of their home's value. now it goes to no cap at all. so no matter how far underwater you are on your mortgage, if and only if you're current on your payments right now, you are eligible for a refinance

nbc's michelle franzen is in with the protesters. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: chris, demonstrators are entering their third week of protests, and they show no signs of letting up. still camping out and sleeping out at this park near wall street. their message of discontent over the economy and big corporations is still taking shape, but their movement is drawing more attention with each day. >> we got sold out. >> reporter: protesters fed up with the economy and social inequality turned out en masse over the weekend. demonstrators included this former marine who says despite having a job, he is worried about the future. >> i barely make enough money to pay my way. i don't even pay my student loans each month because i can't afford it. >> reporter: voicing their discontent and marching for change. some 700 were arrested for blocking traffic on new york's brooklyn bridge saturday. growing tensions along with a movement that's taken off in the past few weeks with protests spreading to other cities around the country. labor expe

. >> michelle franzen joins us live on the phone from the hardest hit city of ercis. what is the condition of this baby? >> reporter: doctors, when the baby was taken to the hospital say that the baby is doing very well, a lot better than what they expect. the little baby two weeks old, baby girl, pulled from beneath the rubble. she survived nearly two days after being trapped beneath the rubble of that building and apartment complex and search crews had been working throughout their feverishly throughout the day. search teams tell us that they had originally brought their dogs there to train them and that right away they got a hit or their keen sense of smell led them to these areas where they were able to find the baby and then a short time later, veronica, the mother, the mother had, in fact, lifted the baby up to rescuers to give her daughter a chance to get to safety first. then, she was pulled out and then a short time later, the grandmother as well. it was unseen when the grandmother was pulled out. it is an amazing sense of emotion pulled out not for just fami

nbc's michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: a young man pulled from the rubble more than 30 hours after being buried alive. a toddler freed from a cage of mangled steel and concrete and carried to safety. rare survival stories giving hope to this devastated town. scores of building were simply flattened in an instant. no one knows just how many people might still be alive, trapped in the rubble. rescue workers are racing against the clock to reach survivors in time, clearing debris with heavy equipment, shovels and by hand. the grief here is overwhelming. families have begun making funeral arrangements for loved ones and the full scope of the disaster is not yet known. turkey's prime minister sent troops to the region and came in person to see the damage and comfort the victims in this largely kurdish part of the country. people here say they just need more help to save those trapped. >>> just hours ago since the report was filed, amazingly, a 14 day old baby girl was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building. some 46 hours after the earthquake struck. >>> elsewhere, facing g

michelle franzen, thank you so mu much. now live in new york city, are learning how well funded and stocked the protesters are in new york city. what are some of the details? >> since the beginning they have been getting support from all over the world and that seems to be snowballing. they get cash donations here. people can come by and drop off cash. organizers say they raised $300,000 in donations and then there are the donated supplies. multiple times a day they wheel in shipments of donated supplies, boxes and boxes, up to 400 a day. that includes everything from sleeping bags to people who will call local restaurants and have pizza sent here. so they are definitely well stocked. they say they need it because they are in it for the long haul. today they mark the one-month anniversary here. they say they may get a cake. there is a bag piper playing happy birthday for them here. in terms of what is next after this month offen from zied activity, a lot of people are asking what are their goals. they haven't gotten to esta

nbc's michelle franzen is in ercis and joins us now. michelle thanks so much. you've been struggling to get there and what have you seen and what can you tell us about the devastation and the rescue efforts? >> andrea, it's a very remote area around the lake area, the lake van area just as you mentioned, not far from the iranian border in southeast turkey. we are her in ercis at the city center, close to it, surrounded by a pocket here of destruction of buildings that have been toppled by that earthquake. to the right an apartment building. over to this area there was an islamic school, where several children were missing, three of them were pulled out today, did not survive, one is still missing at this hour. in another section of this city, near the universe there was a six-story building that housed families as well as students in that building, rescue workers focused their attention most of the day there today because they believed that there were signs that there were people still alive there, and there have been signs, here in ercis as well as 50 to 60 mi

nbc's michelle franzen joins me nofrom ercis, turkey, with the very latest. michelle, how's it looking there now? >> reporter: well, we are on the outskirts of ercis, where a tent city has been set up. this is -- >> all right. so we've been having some problems with that shot, but you can see, the rescue efrts that continue to go on. you probably saw yesterday the 2-day-old baby that was rescued. now more today, these folks have been working absolutely around the clock, but i think we have michelle back. from what i'm hearing, they're feeling like the clock really is ticking now. they don't have much time, given the weather and the amount of time that people may have been buried for these rescues, right? >> reporter: well, that is right, chris. the temperatures have dropped even further tonight, than what they have been in the previous nights, and as we mentioned before, we are in day four here since the earthquake struck. it is hard -- >> yeah, unfortunately, as we said, there are some difficulties with that shot. and you can imagine what the situation is th

michelle franzen is there. >> indefinitely, as we know now, veronica. look behind me, 200 tents have been set up roughly here in front of st. paul's cathedral. this square occupying this space is nestled all around surrounded with the financial district here in london. very close to the london smokes which was the original december tags where protesters wanted to march over this past weekend. police had barricaded that area so they occupied this space instead. take a look to our left here. again, st. paul's cathedral. they have the okay from cathedral officials to stay in this space. that has helped them sort of reduce the tensions with police. but they also have to make sure that they do not also occupy the space in front and detour tourist going into the cathedral. this area a big draw for the people who just want to see the architecture of cathedral but also where princess diana married. >> michelle, thank you. >>> and like you've seen now, these protests have gone global but questions remain about whether it's over-arching goal can be achievable, ev

michelle franzen is in turkey and joins us now. is there hope for more people to be rescued. >> there is, andrea, tonight they are still working around the clock here. you can see behind me that they are working in this area. this is the area where little baby adra was found earlier today. crews are still continuing, hopeful that they will find more people. they also have recovered more bodies in this area and others. as you mentioned, only two weeks old, pulled from that rubble earlier today after spending 48 hours trapped beneath the rubble. a short time later, her mother was also pulled out and then again, the grandmother pulled out. all are said to be doing well. the baby is in an incubator. it is a very critical day here, andrea. we are in the third night here. temperatures are expected to be freezing. also, we have had the addition of rain today and crews are trying to reach people as soon as they can. when you see stories of these rescues, it also gives families hope but it also makes them nervous knowing that their loved on

michelle franzen is live in new york city for us. we are now hearing reports about occupy boston, washington, d.c. tell us about it. >> reporter: certainly the movement has taken off. they are in week three here the protesters are. you have die hard demonstrators sleeping here in this park a few blocks from wall street. their message of discontent over big government and social inequality and the economy as well as corporations is resonating nationwide. over the weekend, rallies held here in new york and that came after more than 700 demonstrators were arrested for disorderly conduct and charges of blocking the roadway as they made their way across the brooklyn bridge and blocked traffic that day. many protesters say they believe the new york police department allowed them to go on the bridge just so they could make the arrests. but the nypd released their own video showing officers warning those demonstrators before the protest started that if they didn't leave or if they blocked the roadway they would be arrested. as you mentioned

nbc's michelle franzen, many thanks for that. let's go to 2012 politic. americans clamoring for another candidate. may get their wish. new jersey governor chris christie is seriously considering running for president. his advisers are analyzing if they can move quickly enough to get a national campaign in place. meanwhile, mitt romney is looking to make it clear, he's a different candidate now than he was in 2008. last week he sat down with mike huckabee and spoke about why he failed in the last election. >> if you asked at the end of the campaign, right down to one word what barack obama stood for, you would say change or hope. they said about hillary clinton. can't come up with anything. how about mitt romney? same thing. i talked about a lot of issues. but it wasn't clear what i stood for. i wanted to make sure in this race, win or lose, people know i'm the guy that will put americans back to work. >> governor rick perry's drawing controversy for comments made yesterday in new hampshire. the texas governor says that he would consider getting the u.s. m

nbc's michelle franzen is live in one of the hardest hit areas. michelle, tell us the latest. >> reporter: well, the latest is that nightfall is here once again. it's probably one of the coldest nights since the earthquake struck. we are here just outside the city where tents are set up, a shelter area for the thousands who were displaced from their homes or just too scared to go back in. there has not been enough tents to go around, and the demand has been such that people lined up all along the route leading into ercis today just to wait for shipments as they arrived. and the long line wrapped probably for about half a mile. in the meantime, those rescuers are continuing their work by day and by night. as you mentioned, more rescues today. people pulled out alive. we had heard of four people overnight. and one more this morning. a 27-year-old school teacher who taught english. she was also pulled. and of course yesterday, what many people are calling a miracle when baby ezra was pulled out as well as her mother and grandmother. ezra and the mom

nbc is in new york and michelle franzen is in london. let's start with you, mar a, i understand the demonstrators have shown they won't be ehave itted from the park and they're going to march on times square. what's next? >> reporter: absolutely. in terms of planning, they want to keep this momentum going. as you mentioned, today marks the one-month on verseanniversa. they released a statement saying while they are gratified they are not celebrating because there is still so much work to do. one thing that is clear though is their support continues to grow like you mentioned, financial donations pour in. also donated supplies. multiple times a day dozens of shipments come here up to hundreds of boxes a day, donations of everything from sleeping bags to pizza coming from all over the world. there are also working off momentum from this weekend. they had large weekend of protests all over the country. here in new york and times square, thousands came out. it was part of a gloelk day of protests which saw demonstrators gather all over the w

>> michelle franzen on the rescue effort in turkey tonight. thanks. >>> almost seven months since the devastating earthquake and the resulting tsunami in japan. the numbers are still staggering from there. more than 15,000 people dead, 130,000 people forced from their homes. and tonight an amazing kind of environmental delayed reaction. a huge island of trash and debris from the quake drifting across the pacific ocean toward u.s. shores. nbc's kate snow with us in studio with more on this. >> just after the tsunami hit scientists at the national oceanic and atmospheric association started making models to project where the debris would end up. but now they have proof -- sightings from a ship telling them where potentially millions of tons of trash is and where it's headed. march 11. tsunami waves crash over japan wiping out entire communities, sweeping everything that isn't nailed down out to sea. more than 300,000 buildings, cars, boats, refrigerators, furniture, you name it. and this is where it all is today. giant fields of floating debris

michelle franzen has the latest. >> reporter: hundreds of union members joined the growing numbers of wall street protesters in a march against corporate greed, government corruption an a broken economy. >> american who is have been hurt by the economic crisis, the political corruption. >> there's no protection. no matter who we vote for, nothing happens. people feel like they are getting shafted. >> reporter: social inequality along with rising unemployment struck a cord with the largest and most powerful unions. >> they are fighting to make sure the rich, the mull pi billionaires pay their fair share. it's why we joined forces. >> reporter: what started as a grass roots rally over two weeks ago swelled into a nationwide movement. sympathy protests have been held in 50 cities from coast-to-coast. >> until we start coming together and acting out, no one is going to hear and know what's going on. >> reporter: protesters united in frustrations and passions. >> this is the beginning of the people's revolution. >> reporter: and determined to keep going now that the movement has become mor

michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >> when news 4 at 4:00 continues, the fbi says it solved the celebrity hacker case. >>> a family's trip to a corn maze turn sboos an adventure they will never forget. >> beyonce plans to make a new fashion line for women. >>> what we need to know about allergies and w >>> fashion giant liz clay bourn is going down in size. they haven't made a profit since 2006. they plan an selling the brand to jc penny for $288 million. liz claiborne plans on vamping the image by changing the name and focusing on their high end brand including juicy couture, lucky and kate spade. they are expected to generate $328 million to be put against the company's debt. >>> there's one fashion line thanks to a baby bump. beyonce's house of daron is taking on a maternity collection. she wants to design clothes that flatter pregnant women. she says her focus is designs that are edgy and sexy. beyonce has been wearing city let toes. >>> talk about fall fun gone horribly wrong. a family's trip through a seven acre corn maze took a turn for the worse when they couldn't find their way o

. >> michelle franzen live on wall street. thanks, michelle. justin elliott joins me. he was down reporting on the protest over the weekend. what did you see? >> one of the most interesting things we saw was the informal meetings discussing the question that the reporter just mentioned. what is the goal of it? there is an active debate. some say the goal is is just to continue growing. some people are saying let's settle on one message. it's about economic injustice. >> so interesting that they don't have a true goal, but this has been going on since september 17th and even after a stated goal and leader, they are attracting more and more people down there. it's spreading in boston, chicago, l.a. and several others. what does it say? >> there is a strain within the movement about whether there should be goals or what they should do. one thing is if you name a specific demand right now, they can get pigeon holed or dismissed easily. that strategy of not naming a goal seems to be working. it is growing at an amazing rate. the solidarity movements popping up in cities all

in london, michelle franzen, nbc news. >>> the case against michael jackson's personal physician back in session today. >>> also, low impact exercise that's good for bodies of all ages. learn more in what's your work out. >>> if you are on nbc 4 facebook fan, win tickets to jay zee and kanye west. just like the nbc washington page on facebook and sign up to >>> it is the most simple form of exercise and something most people can do, walking. we are going to meet a group of people, 200 strong walking since 1989, power walking. we asked them what is your work out. >> i don't think i would be around if i hadn't started walking. >> first walk here, march 13, 1989, 22 years. >> i kind of felt like i was laying around too much. my doctor suggested that i walk three days a week. i said yeah, right. then i heard about this program and i love it. on any given day, 200 to 250 of us come out. the fast walkers walk upstairs. those who like to talk and walk, we walk downstairs. >> when you walk, you raise your heart rate, increase your circulation, make your lungs and muscles work. we are talking

michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> park owners say they delayed the cleaning of the park. no new date for when they will try to move the demonstrators. >>> schoolteachers will not be required to check the immigration status in alabama for the time being. they blocked the controversial part of the immigration law. they also blocked part of the law that makes it a crime for immigrants not to have the proper documentation. they will detain immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally. alabama's new immigration law is one of the toughest in the country. >> doug has a look at the weather. it's looking good. >> it is looking good. i was at a charity golf event earlier today. everybody was like we have the meteorologist guy. what do you sigh? >> rain. we got in four holes of golf. we had three glorious holes, then the downpours. that was to benefit pat's family. i wish you all the best. a lot of people willing to play golf even though it was rainy. we have had so much rain it's been ridiculous. we hope to see things change a little bit. maybe a bit of a drier path. stil

nbc's michelle franzen is in ercis, turkey, with more. michelle, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, savannah, it's day four here since the earthquake struck and the chances of surviving beneath the rubble now diminish with each hour but still, there are stories of dramatic rescues, just four overnight and another one just taking place a short time ago, that's giving workers the hope they need to keep searching. a university student was pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building overnight, injured, but alive. the 18-year-old was trapped for more than 60 hours before rescuers in ercis reached him. the city is the hardest hit by sunday's major earthquake. it comes just hours after the miraculous rescue of a baby girl, born just two weeks ago, pulled alive from the collapsed apartment building that was her home. her name is azra. somehow she survived for two days and frigid nights. her rescue triggered jubilation. cradled by her rescuers she was rushed to a waiting ambulance, but azra was not alone. her family had been bu