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So they feel like they can take on a stumbling financial system? >> yeah, they -- no question they feel the wind is at their back. by the way, the people working for -- paid by unions for many years are now in a variety of administrative positions at every level of government. those people have wind at their back. we're feeling it every possible way you can. >> very good. thank you very much. we're going to peek at -- wall street, wall and broad, downtown manhattan but also other areas in midtown. meanwhile to the crackdown on illegals. lawmakers in fife states are pushing for very tough imm...

That was basically the tv sideshow act that year alongside the election. these gigantic beeping machines that could somehow tell who was going to win. watch this. >> in another part of the city, the rca501 computer is beginning to whir away, digesting these numbers now faster than we can even utter them. >> i'm down at wall street in mid manhattan with our rca501 computer. shortly, as soon as about, oh, only .1 of the total vote is in we're going to have what we call projections. that is estimates on what the final vote will be in a popular and what the final vote will be in the electoral coll...

Hearing from authorities, how many are showing up? we're told a lot of them are in mid manhattan brokerage offices. what's going on? >> reporter: well, looking for 10,000. my guess is 1500 to 2,000, we're two city blocks. as it gets later, more people are filing in. the crowd is interesting. all the noise is coming from the speakers. maybe it will pump up the crowd when a main speaker is scheduled to speak any minute. >> thank you very much. obviously nothing is happening to you given some of your comments you've made. charlie payne in the middle of a union protest against big business. my nex...