ranks and let everyone go back on. >> the protesters walking across to the brooklyn side, are they blocking all traffic in that direction? >> just a moment ago they stopped and sat down on the bridge. we're actually on the pedestrian part of it. so we're not blocking traffic as of yet. the cops had stopped. the traffic that wants to get on to the bridge. there is some coming from brooklyn into manhattan. >> okay. >> so a good part of it is shut down at this point. >> in term of the character of the protests that you're in, you were with some other protest groups including the group, among the group blocking the west side highway tonight. what would you describe as the, sort of the character of the protest? the vibe and how they are relating to police? >> well, generally, it has been pretty copasetic. there has been some side