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Very peaceful. they circled back around and probably did a 20 block loop and came back to where they started on that 36th street if youre familiar with miami where the arts district begins and now they are starting to go home. they say they may be back on tuesday. >> brian andrews, i appreciate that. lets go to jason carroll who has been following a group of protesters throughout the streets of new york. jason, they left grand central terminal and how big is the group of protesters if you can gi...

Central situation. then they left. they went on the move. theyre on the move right now. our chris welch is with them. chris, what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah, well, poppy, really within the last hour or so it was a pretty strength -- pretty strengthy march. people went from grand central station where i believe you showed video of a die-in. there were probably about 75 people there laid down on the ground for 15 1/2 minutes of silence. now, those 15 1/2 minutes signify 11 times that eric g...

These marches the last few nights. there have been very few confrontations between the police and protesters. and in a lot of occasions these protesters are even stopping at crosswalks waiting for the light to be in their favor, megyn. this is a very different kind of protest and series of protests than we saw in ferguson. these people are passionate. they are angry. but these protests have remained almost entirely peaceful. >> jonathan, have they said to you why this is racist? >> reporter: meg...

>> jason, you were saying there were several hundred protesters, as many as 700 who had gone inside macys. >> reporter: it was incredible. it was an absolutely incredible moment as you can imagine, anderson, to walk in the middle of that store and see all of those demonstrators there and the shocked look of shoppers who were there as well. the people working there, just trying to figure out whats going on as they marched in there and chant, i cant breathe. the same thing theyre now chanting out ...

This is the latest thing. look. the protesters chanting "black lives matter" and "die in" and lying down in the aisles. shutting down one of new yorks most popular landmarks at the height of the shopping season. at grand central station commuters had to deal with a holiday die-in as well in the middle of the iconic landmark. as these dramatic protests gained steam, the white house comes under new pressure. the congressional black caucus urging president obama now to make alleged police racism th...

Sturdier shelter, at least putting roofs over families heads and not just tents, prepositioning of food and supplies for easy access and perhaps most of all, the philippine military on high alert to take over the relief and rescue operations if necessary. youll recall that last year in haiyan, you couldnt find a philippine soldier for three or four days after that. so its been an education process. and people are just, generally speaking, more prepared than they were a year ago. >> dont want to ...

Store. one of the busiest stores in manhattan right now and one of the busiest shopping days of the year. and i want to get to washington, d.c. you are looking at boston where there are police and protesters in washington. athena jones is there and protesters are gathering in china town and they want to make it difficult for people to get around, go to an nba game. so athena, what are you seeing? >> reporter: hi, erin. right now we are outside of the verizon center where the wizards are playin...

This is the latest thing. look. the protesters chanting "black lives matter" and "die in" and lying down in the aisles. shutting down one of new yorks most popular landmarks at the height of the shopping season. at grand central station commuters had to deal with a holiday die-in as well in the middle of the iconic landmark. as these dramatic protests gained steam, the white house comes under new pressure. the congressional black caucus urging president obama now to make alleged police racism th...

Not prosecuting their buddy cops. thats just a reality. >> i want to show images. this is grand central terminal in midtown 42nd street in new york and now we have protesters going into grand central terminal. jason carroll anticipated this is perhaps where they were going to go but if we can, do we have contact with jason? jason, if youre there -- . >> reporter: yes, i can hear you. >> its a sight to see protesters entering grand central on their own. >> reporter: thats true. >> hes too far und...

Good morning. >> reporter: hey, there, good morning, christine. no question about it, these protests gained momentum in their second night and garnered more attention. that has to do with where theyre happening. right here in times square. along the west side highway, on the brooklyn bridge where traffic was also being stopped. these protests happening in at least three boroughs overnight from manhattan to brooklyn where there was a so-called die-in which was staged and in staten island where di...