we're about a mile from ducati park, where the original occupy movement started here in lower manhattan. i will step out of the shots and can you see what is going on behind me. a protest started a few minutes ago here and there is a lot of organized labor movements mixed in with some demonstrators. since then, their movement grew across the country and in some parts of the world. mostly today in manhattan, what the demonstrators are causing is a traffic nightmare. hundreds and hundreds of them started early this morning and they were block offices in wall street so workers couldn't get to where they needed to go. there was also some demonstrations like this one but most of what we have seen has not been violence. there have been some police officers that were taken to the hospital and some demonstrators after some fist fights and some skirmishes that took place, but nothing major, by and large, the crowd is peaceful. just sort of irritating, if you're trying to get around lower monwant to. >> sharon -- lower manhattan tonight. >> where are the protestors staying since they were kicked

. >> a state judge against the encampment in ducati park. protesters camped out before but this morning, in riot gear they evicted them. >> mayor bloom berg is interested in preserving the financial substitutions rather than expressing our right of free assembly. >> our city has two principal goals guaranteeing public health and safety and guaranteeing the protest's first amendment rights. but when the two goals clash, the health and safety of the public and our first responders must be the priority. >> reporter: the court's decision comes after a hearing of the legality of the eviction! they like to say it's a camping. it's a first amendment. >> we're not anyone trying to stop it. we do not want and do not allow people to arrest with tents. >> reporter: come under fire in several cities as residents and business owners complain. but the movement protesting economic inquality continues to spread. >> reporter: right now, there's one way in and out of the park. police are checking protesters on the way in. can't bring the tents, sleeping bags,

. >> reporter: on a rainy wednesday, there are almost more police than protestors in ducati park, the first place of the occupy movement. a day after police raided their encampment, demonstrators said their idea is laryngologier than the park that called home for almost two months. >> they wanted all we have and weed in to come with all we had because it's not an occupation anymore but a revolution. >> here and in the different cities around the world. they're really wonderful and the have an use for people to come down. >> protestors are out, remove their tents and didn't allow them back into the park tuesday evening. a judge's ruling allowed them to come back to what the protestors remanned liberty square, but this time without tents, tarps, and sleeping bags. >> the first amenment is not about a freedom of speech but a freedom of assembly and freedom of expressing yourself. >> reporter: the city said it was a health and public safety hazard. >> the final decision to act was mine and mine alone. >> but protestors say they will not be stopped and while they plan their next move, an u

park. some protesters returned without their tents and sleeping bags. early this morning police ousted the campers from the privately owned parks so that san new station workers could clear debris and disinfect the area. officers made about 200 arrests. >>> abc news has learned that one of the gunshots fired near the white house last week actually struck the building, and new information about the suspected it gunman has federal investigators increasingly concerned. a manhunt is now underway for oscar ortega from idaho. police say she mentally ill, deranged they sai. he has an extensive record, and it is believed ortega has a fixation of some kind on the white house. last friday night gunshots were reported near the white house. an assault rifle was recovered. this morning a bullet was found lodged in the ballistic glass of a white house window. >>> a jury found a man not guilty of assault where police ended up shooting him as he sat in his wheelchair. a passerby captured this video in janu

park. some protesters returned without their tents and sleeping bags. early this morning police ousted the campers from the privately owned parks so that san new station workers could clear debris and disinfect the area. officers made about 200 arrests. >>> abc news has learned that one of the gunshots fired near the white house last week actually struck the building, and new information about the suspected it gunman has federal investigators increasingly concerned. a manhunt is now underway for oscar ortega from idaho. police say she mentally ill, deranged they sai. he has an extensive record, and it is believed ortega has a fixation of some kind on the white house. last friday night gunshots were reported near the white house. an assault rifle was recovered. this morning a bullet was found lodged in the ballistic glass of a white house window. >>> a jury found a man not guilty of assault where police ended up shooting him as he sat in his wheelchair. a passerby captured this video in janu

you can see pictures here from what happened in ducati park earlier today. demonstrators tried to shut down wall street itself. doesn't look ike that went so well. craig bosswell has the latest from lower manhattan. >> reporter: two months after the occupy wall street movement got started, thousands taking to the streets of lower manhattan in a show of civil disobedience. they're trying to block the entrance to new york's financial district. some locking arms to perform a human chain. >> we rattled their cage and they're cracking down. we have to show them we have to keep going. the harder they push us, we're not going to break. we will bend but not break. >> reporter: demonstrators facing an army of police in riot gear. two groups clashing at times with more than 100 arrests. some wall street workers started a protest of their own, voicing their frustration with the demonstrations. >> we saw it on the way to work and thought tell be nice to show support for the fellow wallstreet workers. >> they're animals, touching us and ripping us. >> reporter: similar p

-- ducati park. >> i had a tough time telling the difference between the protestors and the homeless people. i saw a dude with a dirty shirt questioning "i want change." >> you will see the one guy protesting demanding free housing, he will be trying to score free weed off the guy protesting vietnam still. it doesn't make a lot of sense. >> it is a grab bag of weirdness. >>> will i get through the next story? from black friday to blacking out friday. according to the latest gal lop poll we are all stupid drunks. america is drinking at a level not seen since the late 70s. not 1970s, i am talking 70ad. >> 64% of our citizens admit to a little. and it places our parting at a 30-year high. and look no further than empty audiences. says one consultant, people have lost their jobs and had more free time. >> the state most likely to be inebriated, 3.8 gallons of liquor per person. live free or pass out, am i right? we asked a resident to show us what booze means to him. >> bill, are you still in touch with carl? >> carl is not only still occupying wall street, he is 28 years old. 28 years o

. >> reporter: occupy wall street protestors lined the streets outside ducati park, waiting for police to let them back in. >> these guys are getting paid to be here and we're here because we believe. they're going to run out of money before we run out of faith. >> you'll be subject to arrest. >> reporter: new york city police evicted demonstrators. promising to let them reenter but without tents and sleeping bags. police arrested about 24 runs who refused to leave. >> unfortunately, it became a place not for protestors, but for those who wanted to come and violate the law and cause harm. >> reporter: the mayor came in the middle of the night with the raid because he wanted to not disrupt the neighborhood. >> some residents claimed that the noise hurt their business. >> imoang anyone has the right to take over someone else's property. >> reporter: demonstrators say their fight against corporate greed and economic inequality will go on. they are going to mark the two- month anniversary of the occupy wall street movement. in new york, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> mayor bloom

. >> andrea: what about the small businesses in ducati park. >> bob: they make a mistake when they interrupt business and wal-mart. and where you shop, the nordstrom and those places. what is the place with the blue box. >> kimberly: tiffany's! >> dana: one of the big banks you don't like. commercial last night, they had, it's small business saturday tomorrow. they're sponsoring it. they are doing promotion and encouraging people if you have a small business in the local neighborhood or community, try to support them. that is being promoted not by the government but by -- >> bob: the tea party people shop on black friday. they are closer to th -- >> andrea: look at this. this woman hit the streets and she is trying to beat everyone else out. and she unleashes pepper spray. >> kimberly: we don't do that. >> andrea: upward of 20 people industryed i sprayed in . that's someone who wanted a pair of shoes badly. >> eric: i went downtown, because there is supposed to be a protest. i show up no, protest. the place is packed. >> andrea: there you are. >> eric: people were out buying. it will be fant

this will be the first major demonstration since police evicted protesters from ducati park overnight tuesday. >>> one occupy wall street protester will not be taking part in today eepts demonstration. police arrested hem after they say he made a terrorist threat. >> i want them to make that decision so they can see in a few days, a monthly to have cocktail will do. >> that's a 29-year-old who was arrested yesterday after being seen in this youtube video threatening to attack macy's. police aren't sure if he had any bomb making materials, but they wanted him off the streets. >>> there could be big traffic problems later today. demonstrators are planning to march to the key bridge and hold a protest there. demonstrators say they're protesting the deterioration of our infrastructure and public services. there are some reports that demonstrators are planning to block traffic on the bridge. >>> today, a pro gun group will hold an all-day demonstration at the site of the worst school shooting in history. they're protesting efforts by the university to ban weapons on campus. virginia tech a

. >> reporter: occupy wall street protestors lined the streets outside ducati park, waiting for police to let them back in. >> these guys are getting paid to be here. and we are here because we believe. and they're going to run out of money before we run out of faith. >> you need to leave the park. if you refuse to leave the park, you'll be subject to arrest. >> reporter: new york city police arrested demonstrators overnight, promising to let them reenter, but without tents and sleeping bags. police arrested about 200 protestors who refuse the to -- refused to leave. >> unfortunately, the park was can becoming a place not for people to come protest, but for a place to violate laws and harm others. >> reporter: the police moved in overnight, and without warning. mayor bloomberg said the raid was timed in the middle of the night to minimize disruption to the protestors and to the neighborhood. >> i think it's unnecessarily provocative. >> it's just going to rally the troops. >> reporter: but residents complain the protestors' presence hurts their business. >> i don't think anyone has the

. >> reporter: some of the marchers left ducati park in lower manhattan on november 10th. their first stop in d.c. was for lunch at the rhode island metro station for some, it was their first hot meal in awhile. >> not too bad. as long as you keep the enterration in your heart, and we're doing what we believe yet in, that is all that matters and keeps you motivated and going. >> reporter: the republicannal plan was for protestors to arrive tomorrow and that is when the supercommittee was supposed to vote on measures that might create new jobs. as we know now, that won't happen. >> i was very upset. i cried, you know, we have been walking here to -- we're the american people and we walk to come speak to the people who govern us and they have been playing games, and failed to come to a conclusion. >> reporter: the group finally arrived at 3:00 p.m. at mcpherson square. some clapped and others offered hugs to those who have come a long way. >> you made it. how do you feel? >> i feel great. feels good to be here. >> and many protestors plan to stay in freedom plaza tonight whe

park. what is going to happen here, in the next hour, the park will reopen and some protestors canes bring their tarps or sleeping bags back in and they're marching through downtown new york city looking for a new place to stay, coming after a surprise police raid this morning in ducati park. hundreds of officers holding plastic she'lls and batons and arrestd about two -- shields and batons and arrestd about 200 people. >> y that knew we were making a move tomorrow with concerted effort to expand the new space. >> reporter: michael bloomberg defends his decision to clear the park saying that the situation became intolerable. >> the first amendment protects speech and not the use of tents and sleeping bags. they will have to occupy the space with the power of their argument. >> reporter: today's eviction comes ahead of plans by protestors to shut down wall street on thursday and they want to protest. police in other major cities cluing oakland and portland, made similar sweeps. there were fa

a smaller group braving the cold this morning in new york's ducati park. some of the protestors walked all the way to d.c. this week and others were arrested during a week of action yesterday. there is a group dedicated saying they're not going away any time soon. >> and that includes many die- haroccupy d.c. crowd and bob barnard has more. >> reporter: just a few blocks from the white house, the okay boy d.c. movement is settling in for the long haul. yes, that means a long, cold winter as well. >> the pilgrims came over here with nothing else. they were out in the winter and the cold. and in those days, winter was more severe than today, you know in. >> you're not worried. >> worried about what? >> reporter: the fact on many winter nights, it's downright bitter coal in the city. >> i'm not concerned enough to make a general announcement twice a day and walk through the encamp metand ask people the condition of their wellness. >> reporter: he runs the mash tent, occupy d.c.'s makeshift medical clinic, stuffed with blankets, thermal underwear and lots of m

. >>> in new york, some of the protesters ousted yesterday from a downtown park, ducati park, have moved back in. they were not allowed to bring tents or other tenting gear. >>> in campaign 2012, the latest polls indicate four different candidates have a legitimate chance to win the iowa caucus in january. national correspondent dean reynolds is in des moines with the latest on that. hey, dean, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. according to the pollsters here, while the race in iowa is still in flux, the top tier of candidates appears to be set. a four-way dead heat in the latest iowa polling with herman cain, ron paul, mitt romney and newt gingrich all within striking distance of each other has a sobering statistic for each one of them. 60% of the survey's respondents say they could be persuaded to support someone other than their top choice. >> things are crowded now and getting more so. i think you're seeing the candidates put on their final push and caucusgoers are responding by spreading out their votes. >> reporter: having raised $3 million since october 1st, gingrich