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These german police. i'm going to move this way so you get a picture of this -- >> have you spoken to protesters? what is their goal here? >> reporter: yeah, we have. look, they are -- i honestly think a bunch of them are following the crowd, even if those crowds are disbursed and small. they are just following leader and then there are clearly a group who are organized and one of those groups known as the black block, anti-g-20 protesters at these gatherings -- >> come from where? >> reporter: and they look for the opportunity -- some of them come from here and some of them come from around e...

Financial crisis, world leaders started to show up. in 2009 in london and pittsburgh, that's where you first saw this, the -- he referred to the black block, people who came in dressed in black with masks associated with anarchists, they are getting in and about the regular protesters. there are regular protesters there, protesting real issues and get permits from the police and get to do it. then there are other protesters who come in spoiling for a fight with police. for many years since 2009, we haven't seen that because -- either the security has been very heavy or the black block has pete...

Is out there protesting. if you can still hear me. you said thousands and thousands of people and polilease take ca of yourself, fred. but who's out there? >> reporter: yeah. look, a lot of them are sort of people who are left wing. it's a very international crowd. there's some centrist people as well. i would say the vast majority of folks here are peaceful and the demonstration up until now was peaceful as well. it was quite a good atmosphere over the past couple of hours. there's obviously a small, you know, arm of the people who are looking for a fight. you did see there were some sort of ...

Back. the black block protesters, they worry about that when they go in. but for now, the march will continue. >> atika, i'm having a tough time hearing you. you'll have to forgive us. this is live tv and this is all playing out here in hamburg, germany. it's a mix of, you know, media, bystanders and of course a crush of protesters here at the g20. about three kilometers -- fred pleitgen, let me go back over to you because it was so tough to hear atika. there was a pre-planned march in addition to these protesters, yes? fred, you're live. >> reporter: hi, yeah, brooke. i'm in the -- again, we ...

There's large fires that we saw burning on social media, as well as the police, talking about that, as well. saying that a police car has now been destroyed. so, there is a lot of consternation there, where there are folks here, who are concerned about that same group. the anti-fascists, who call themselves sometimes anarchists. and call themselves black block. >> let me explain what our viewers are seeing. you're seeing a police vehicle, with units hanging from either side of the vehicle. now, two police vehicles, with hefl heavily armed police officers moving through the streets in portland....