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Sitting down in the middle of intersections, blocking traffic during rush hour here. Police have been leading the protests, blocking off intersections. For the most part, things have been peaceful here. Over the weekend, things started peacefully here in chicago and then escalated into violence, arrests later in the protests. So far its been peaceful here in chicago. Do police know where the protests go, or is this just kind of in the spur of the moment happening . Reporter it seems like theres ...

Anderson, good evening. We are in the middle of it, like you said. The protesters made their way on Michigan Avenue, if youre familiar with chicago at all, Michigan Avenue is one of the biggest tourist destinations. Its been peaceful. The protesters have been loud, sitting down at time in the middle of intersections and blocking traffic, but for the most part, things have been peaceful here. Over the weekend, things started peacefully here in chicago and escalated into violence, arrests later in...

Love for each other, for neighbors and for our fellow americans. Dr. Kings faith and his love for humanity led him and so many other heroes to courageously stand up for civil rights of africanamericans. Today we celebrate dr. King for standing up for the selfevident truth americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth we are all created equal by god. So thats what he said today in front of the cdroms. But remember behind the cameras this is what the p...

He went to venezuela to marry his girlfriend and they planned think return to the United States with her two daughters and start a life together. Days after their wedding the Venezuelan Police went door to door looking for them. The couple claims they were framed. The president tweeting, looking forward to seeing joshua holt, the great people of utah are celebrating. Cnns sarah west wowood has mor. Reporter thats right, fredericka. Josh holt has been housed in a venezuelan prison awaiting trial....

Went up in flames, and rumors of a rebellion against house speaker paul ryan in his remaining time in office. and now questions about how gop leaders will mend deep divisions within their own party just month before the critical midterms. here with some insights, cnn political commentators tara sethmeyer and joining us on the phone, doug haigh. tara, sumrumors of a gop uprisi against speaker paul ryan. republicans are trying to downplay those rumors. >> this is reminiscent of what happened wit...

Bipartisan fashion, not only because its the right thing to do but for their political survival. >> doug, this is not good for paul ryan and certainly not good for the party either. >> sure. i would say first, for paul ryan, theres a political adage that -- and sports adage we use thats absolutely true here, which is that you cant beat somebody with no one. so all of the speculation about is paul ryan going to leave i think is meaningless. until kevin mccarthy or someone else has 280 votes to be...

These targeted house races where we see at-risk members who have one thing to talk about, and thats the economy. >> all right. doug, tara, well leave it there. thank you so much. >> thank you. still ahead, more evacuations on the big island as lava from kilauea continues to flow, scorching anything and everything in its past. up next well take you there live. whats critical thinking like?

Economy. as tara mentions, midterms dont go well for the presidents party. the economy is still in a good place and the republicans can take credit for it. it will still be a negative election for republicans. the question is do they lose five seats in the house, do they lose 25 seats or more? when i was at the republican national committee in 2010, we ultimately not just took back the house but won 63 house seats. we were not talking about winning the house or taking back the house in may of 20...