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Depending which way you're going. >> reporter: yeah. there are certain streets blocked off and neighborhoods that are for the most part evacuated. all they're trying to do is to prevent anybody who doesn't belong there from getting inside well and potentially while they know that nobody is in. that is the bulk of the attention is for that situation. right now i'm on ocean drive in hollywood which has essentially turned into a ghost town. the winds have picked up slightly since we last spoke. you see there are some leaves on the ground here. a little bit of litter, debris. the dwellings, the mi...

Today demanding that mayor rahm emanuel resign. people filled downtown chicago blocking streets and chanting, rahm must go. a state representative introduced a bill opening the door to a possible recall election of rahm emanuel. and activists are calling for the department of justice to widen its investigation into cook county state's attorney anita alvarez. joining me with more is john yang who is outside chicago's city hall. >> reporter: kate, the mayor's not been seen today. no public events on his schedule. as you say, the protesters are pushing into streets to get the mayor out of office,...

So that's what we're seeing here. >> throughout the protests, we've seen moments of silence. let's watch as protesters are now pausing in the streets. >> reporter: all right. >> interesting to hear the silence after hours of protesters marching to suddenly hear such a large group fall silent in the middle of a city street. we'll check in with you, athena jones. we'll take a break. watch 360 on your dvr wherever you'd like. up next, officer daniel pantaleo, his testimony, little of it we know through testimony,

Vocal. a lot of questions from them about for what reason were they arrested. a very different tactic here in chicago. instead of allowing the protesters to cross major streets like this one, this is michigan avenue. if you're familiar with chicago, right in front of the art institute here, what they're trying to do is to say that they don't want protesters to cross the street. i've heard one of the officers say, did you watch the news last night? was that safe? so there's definitely a different sense among the chicago police. they don't want traffic disrupted in the city like it was yesterday...

Protesters split off from the side of street i'm standing on and were on the other side of the street and were detained. not exactly sure why. they were standing on the sidewalk but looks like the police officers are detaining them. i'm not sure if they'll ticket or arrest them but there are a number of officers. they've been going into the back of that van, and something's happening back there, but that has certainly been a question among the people who i'm standing with on this side of the street on what grounds were they arrested and why are these protesters being allowed to walk on the str...