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Lot of sydney residents show solidarity with the muslim community and there have even been -- there was a hashtag on twitter, i think it was "i'll ride with you." basically a bunch of sydney residents offering to share public transportation with anyone in the muslim community who was feeling nervous about any sort of tension with religious intolerance or any sort of backlash with this understand dent. so i think now that we have identified the gunman and have noted that he has a very sordid past, you know, i think the muslim community especially will rest a little easier. and i think police ar...

What are you seeing across the country? >> reporter: we've seen about a dozen protests in cities from los angeles to new york and most of those have been peaceful. but that wasn't the case in seattle where protesters and police clashed on a highway. now, in seattle that protest turned violent when marchers were throwing rock, bottles and large fireworks at police officers. who were trying to prevent them from walking on interstate a. police fired pepper spray's hurled flash bangs. macklemore joined the protests to be part of demonstrations. now in new york city at least 1,000 people marched fr...

The reason why we are coming here is because we understand that the authorities are threatening to clear this place out tonight. it has been occupied, for something close to three months now. it resembles a large fortified camp. as i get close, we are hearing a lot of explosive-type sounds, fireworks, and we're told that police officers were using flash bangs, stun grenades today to clear out this crowd. i have come up to what is the last barricade now, and tried to see around it. we believe there is some sort of police operation going on here, right now, and that they could possibly be cleari...

A little look at that. >> what's that do? >> you know how in the hollywood films they roll in things that make big lights and noises, flash bangs and stun people. this is a scaled down fun version for kids, for people at home. >> child safe flash bang. >> yeah. you know how i roll. >> these are all child friendly. i promise. so this one, this is -- no self-respecting stake out is going to not have hot coco or something for the parents, hot toddy end of things. it keeps things warm for a long time. you can be out there for four to six hours and your coco will be piping hot and keep you warm. >>...

Neighborhoods in this city that are simply unrecognizable at this hour because they've been turned into war zones. wow. that was, that was a huge explosion. it's not clear where that explosion came from. >> do you need to leave? leave if you have to. >> i think, i think -- i think we're okay. we're several blocks away from the front line where the standoff is taking place. it's not clear what these explosions are. we can tell you that a number of vehicles have been set on fire and when that happens, they tend to explode. there is also a gas station nearby that has been set on fire. the explosi...