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Thank you so much. and as you can understand. i want to spend more time with you. because of the breaking news we need to got to this. >> i understand. >> our thoughts are with the family. if we can get you back. we will. thank you so much. okay. >> thank you. >> thank you. want to get back to brooke baldwin in china town in manhattan. brook spechlt. what have you got? >> we just, we have been walking with this group, don, for at least sex hours. this group, young, men, women, old, black, hispanic. a diverse group. started six hours age where we ended uh. where the group has stopped has been o...

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 ...

The minute that it gets a little bit heated, they tend to let them move on. what i found interesting is a lot of the people i've spoken to said tonight was the first night they came out, despite the fact that there has been ongoing protests in new york. >> interesting. >> i think that for some new yorkers, this particular one struck a chord, and new people came out. >> i understand. kate osborn reporting for us. from out on the streets among protesters who right now are crossing the brooklyn bridge from manhattan toward the brooklyn side. thanks very much. we'll be back in touch. it's interest...

From the manhattan side 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, but there is some coming from brooklyn into manhattan. >> okay. >> so a good part of it is shut down at this point. >> in terms 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 ton...

Traffic in both directions between brooklyn and manhattan now has come to a halt. no one is going on to the bridge or coming off of the bridge right now. all traffic being diverted. they are going through this vehicle very, very closely right now to see if anything, anything untoward is unthis vehicle. why would someone leave an unattended vehicle with no license plates, with no vin number, right in the middle of the bridge? ross levet is our new york producer who's joining us on the phone right now. what else are you learning, ross? >> hi, wolf, i'm at the mouth of the brooklyn bridge. i can ...