Act Sell Rant News Today

First, look at the tree behind us. people are trying to take a you the ornaments of what remains of the tree. the people who came out taking a video of the tree engulfed in flames. a 49-year-old man is talking to police but hasnt said much as to why they may have done this. this happened right after midnight. thats actually a somewhat busy time around this year. we are a stones throw from rockefeller christmas tree. luckily, there were no injuries to this. the man was arrested on the scene short...

>> reporter: this is probably the biggest escalation i have seen here in a couple of weeks, george. we saw the huge fire barricade for the first time. this is pretty significant. they are about to light it on fire. yeah. they have an act sell rant. they are trying to block our camera view with umbrellas. they are lighting it on fire. they are trying to set up a barricade, set it a blaze. it looks like they werent able to get it on fire. but the strategy has been --