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>> reporter: posing atop the mountain with confederate flag, posting it on facebook, and later saying they would defend the monument. is it really etched into the consciousness of everyone who comes here? >> not necessarily. a lot of the people that take advantage of what the park has to offer really dont come in this area. >> reporter: john bankhead, the public information officer for stone mountain, says this summer for the first time in a long time, it received a cross burning request by a gr...

Mountain said this summer for the first time in a long time it received a cross-burning request by a group identifying itself as the klu klux klan. a request denied this month. >> how much of that is true? >> this request was made in may. and we had to go to legal people here in georgia, attorney generals office to get opinions on what we can do to deny it. and we never intended to allow that to go on here. given we know the history of this park. we know the history of this mountain. we just not...

Coming every night to protest. they are coming very well prepared. youre hearing the volleys of teargas and the rubber bullets and the water cannons that the police are using to clear the protestors out and the protestors here in the square dont have a lot to go up against the police with, a lot of rocks weve seen thrown, they are breaking up some of the cement around here. for protection all theyve got is safety googles has become a very hot commodity in istanbul and the street vendors are not ...

Combing through debris here. this is a trailer park. they have managed to -- they have lighted big sections of this park. this is a trailer park, but what they are doing when the light doesnt cover, they go further into this debris with flashlights, so its a very emotional time right now, and the reason they are doing that is because there are reports of two people, at least two people missing, in that particular neighborhood, that particular trailer park. i want to get back to you now, ken. wha...

well share that with you. in the meantime, good morning, welcome to early start. >> happy friday. we had some crazy weather here in new york overnight. maybe some tornadoes upstate. well have the latest in just a few minutes. plus dr. conrad murray is reaching out to the late king of pops mother now. youll find out why coming up. but first, well talk about politics and mitt romneys rocky start in london. this was a trip intended to charm the brits, to show off romneys statesmanship...

With envy at this assignment. people have lined up even before the sun came up, right? >> reporter: there was something like 5,000 people lined up before the sun came up, alex. all wanting to get in. its just packed to the gills. the line for butter beer extends to hogwarts castle. this made possible by the harry potter cast and crew. they all had input on this park. it was amazing. i was able to talk to daniel radcliffe how amazing this production was, he was actually auditioning for his part t...

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