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" Does that I had a a wet soaking. Griff Jenkins in the background in India in the shot that. I don't know if you hear us -- you have us."

" I can hear you know what's going on Boeing let's not --"

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" Well I -- thoughts exactly way out what's going on a few questions for you have to give us -- set the scene for us. -- we are and Eric Lafayette park here the White House obviously just over my shoulder here. Lafayette park we have the tactic he party there are going to be to you may have heard Eric one -- one also the Treasury Department. There's a permit -- Confusion there and they canceled the treasurer -- Interestingly. At 7:30 this morning a million tea bags arrived here they didn't have a permit for that so they had to be. Taken away but -- king day we also had. About an hour ago a suspicious package was thrown over the fence of the north side the line. Everybody was evacuated was moved. Cleared out of Lafayette park. And now protesters have who had been let back in and they're doin' their thing it's been. But pretty amazing day bit over 1100. Plus people turned out in -- because they're mad about high taxes the matter of the bailout they're mad. About the deficit that this budget may create. And you know if you look back -- 17783. -- Boston last week sort of gone through the history of it. It was America's first grassroots movement. There were upset about what monopoly and the -- The -- out of the east Phineas T company it was floundering. And there are sipping -- governed American -- into -- So it -- of passing day it but I just think one -- I can't Eric this is Rebecca whales -- organizer Rebecca just very quickly. Give a shout out to strategy room and tell us why people turned out today in what they're mad about what -- angry about."

" The port in the stimulus package that man that there -- 9000 earmarks in this stimulus bill that nobody got to read and they want change."

" In his -- your favorite has -- and of course theater I Eric. He cannot take that I -- bank how are you repaid -- I've a couple of questions for backing -- hang out there for one section or bring a -- here's a publicly. Surely number one question how many does she sleep -- did you parent you know it's how many -- expecting -- actually turned out first question. Rebecca -- how many did you expect to turn out how many really did."

" We I I'll I'll is that I was gonna be happy if we had five people and we -- actually certified at 3000 about ninety minutes before the before we got kicked out."

" Okay there you go semi bad it was a -- matter does upwards of 3000. I think your tennis -- of --"

" The questions -- report -- on Twitter -- I'd have been asking people about. The -- parties agree disagree why it's got them you know literally hundreds of responses. A couple of people said that there. They're living in democratic areas that would they're they're classifying -- democratic areas they were appalled. That they had -- to move on after 11 o'clock or 11:30 this morning any -- idea why that may be number one and number two what about that suspicious package. That on the deployed between bite -- some people may be against the part trying to get people -- out."

" OK so two questions for it. What is -- Twitter he's been hearing that downfield and told them move on are you hearing anything living here at -- party -- attacked fifty -- from any other organizers -- people agreeing persuaded to you know do their thing and move on and shut down early. Any reports of."

" I haven't heard from I haven't been on because -- even the you know. Been a little bit crazy here. Play you know it wouldn't surprise me that people are just saying that shut down early in the -- and mean. It that's what happened that protests that that they just told that it's not worth that we've been hearing that from before though that. You know it doesn't that this is something for the rich this is something for that -- isn't really grassroots protests that were being funded so it wouldn't surprise me that."

" Eric also -- suspicious package and of the Secret Service talkin' to you. Is this any indication that this was a ploy of someone to disrupt -- brain. No planted on on your. Protests here or and I would add to that what did a -- backs."

" They have they have not told us what it is but I want to let everybody know that it was his fault that they said that that it was -- that I think he's read that room."

" I did not absolutely are -- energized to be out here still despite Barack."

" They go a lot of energy DNA defiant. Organizer Rebecca wells. Rebecca has been on -- before 6 AM. Hey Greg I just sent -- in a little bit more what the -- of the people that are out there any young people is it what's the demographic. -- that is a fantastic point there -- been a a lot of young people out here today. There. Podium I am to -- you -- what -- wearing front. The you've got here from Chicago I'm actually spending mastery OK now your student and I see your sign party like it's 17783. Reference to the Boston tea party. Why you come out where you partners what are you upset of."

" well I just wanted to giant that my fellow Americans out here and tell the president's -- content that -- that. That's what they're doing because we they're spending money that's. That blogs does. And now they're running up huge deficits and we think that."

" I tell young people here in just a quick question. Are a lot of your friends -- fellow students upset or concerned about the expenditures are seeing what the government this administration and congress. Oh definitely yeah quite in my and I. And -- rent them. That's right your pick it up -- down. I there you go it was a lot of -- in fact Derek and that one guy that literally. Just out of the military and he said this is my first opportunity -- come out and voice my opinion. After giving so many of their right to voice that Ayers I -- Jenkins your cameraman -- your favorite guys that shot the White House in the background again."

" Yeah ladies that shot again of the lighthouse in what you CNN is democracy in action. -- on tax day protesting. Higher taxes bail -- in the light in the White House in the back side superstar that he got Greg Jenkins thank you very much about Washington DC."