at the top of the hour here, this is your cnn sunday morning. i m t.j. holmes. thank you for being here. we want to give a special good morning and welcome to the men and women of the armed forces watching now on the american forces network. thank you for being here. thank you for what you do. let s start with what we saw yesterday in new york. an extraordinary scene really. the brooklyn bridge is, again, open this morning after protesters shut it down. police took away as many as 700 demonstrators who had taken to the bridge as parts of a wall street protest. they re calling this thing the occupy wall street. that s what they call themselves. look, they did occupy wall street for a time and other parts of new york city. they ve been gathering in new york for more than two weeks now. this has been a loosely coordinated effort to protest what they say a financial system that favors the rich at the expense of everybody else. this is the biggest disruption we ve seen in the tw
way again today. the protests began last month and have now spread to several other u.s. cities. folks, sit down, please. folks, everyone, step down. there was the scene yesterday. today the brooklyn bridge is open after the group shut down one side of the bridge in protest of what they call corporate greed. 700 people were arrested. the u.s. state department has issued a worldwide travel alert for americans living or traveling abroad. it warns that followers of al qaeda figures killed on friday could stage revenge attacks. read the entire warning on the u.s. state department s website. and a former cia contractor who went to prison in pakistan was arrested in colorado yesterday. witnesses say raymond davis fought with another man over a shopping center parking spot when davis was eventually released from prison in pakistan early this year. he was charged with killing two men when we worked for the cia there. take a look at this live picture of the washington monume
we begin this hour with a travel advisory. the u.s. state department issued a worldwide travel alert for americans living or traveling abroad. it warns that followers of al qaeda figures killed on friday could stage revenge attacks. read the entire warning on the u.s. state department s website. and in a matter of hours, amanda dknox is expected to spek directly to the jurors hearing her appeal. the american exchange student will have about 15 minutes to convince them to overturn her murder conviction and set her free. she is serving 26 years for the killing of her british roommate. back in this country, the jury in dr. conrad murray s trial returns to court tomorrow. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in michael jackson s death. beth karas with in session from our sister network trutv previews what s ahead. dr. richelle cooper will be back on the stand to complete her toast testimony. she was the emergency room doctor on duty the day michael jackson was
pat on the back to president barack obama. well, i think the decision that has been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one, the right thing to do. president obama signed the law repealing, don t ask, don t tell. it went into effect last month. the brooklyn bridge is open today after a group of occupy wall street protesters shut it down saturday. police arrested more than 700 of the protesters. the loosely organized demonstration began three weeks ago today to protest what the group calls corporate greed. it has spread to other cities, seattle, los angeles, boston, san francisco, as well as a few other cities. we will have a live report at the half hour. a live picture of the washington monument in the nation s capital. no word, however, being done today to locate damage caused by that august earthquake. weather is keeping crews away for a second day. these are some spectacular pictures from last week showing just how dangerou
a very big get. he was the only american on an official u.s. hit list and his killing has touched off this firestone today among critics. they contend that this killing breaks u.s. and international laws. today the president made it very clear that no terrorist is safe. make into mistake, this is further proof that al qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. working with yemen and our other allies and partners, we will be determined, deliberate, and relentless and resolute in our attempt to aim americans. and to build a world in which people everywhere can live in greater peace, prosperity, and security. i want to bring in my guest, michael shoyer, cia osama bin laden unit. mike, you were the author let me get this title here why the west is losing the war on terrorism in a matter of five months, you have bin laden killed. are we still losing? no, we are still losing, ma am. awalk key is very important, a technical and english speaking