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>> who are you protecting? >> back off. >> they only had 400 officers on the streets initially, and there were i think at one point as many as 40,000 people downtown. maybe more. >> by 8:30 a.m. police begin ordering the crowds of protesters to disperse. >> if you refuse to move northbound on sixth avenue, you will be subject to arrest. >> mark leave is set up at the corner of sixth avenue and union street. >> i climbed up on a mailbox by a street lamp so i could have a sort of overview of the situation. and i saw this one guy who pulled out a big, you know, kind of red bottle. and it looked l...

The streets initially, and there were i think at one point as many as 40,000 people downtown. maybe more. >> by 8:30 a.m. police begin ordering the crowds of protesters to disperse. >> if you refuse to move northbound on 6th avenue, you will be subject to arrest. >> mark leave is set up at the corner of 6th avenue and union street. >> i climbed up on a mailbox by a street lamp so i could have a sort of overview of the situation. and i saw this one guy who pulled out a big, you know, kind of red bottle. and it looked leek a small fire extinguisher, basically. and this police officer approached ...

>> by 8:30 a.m. police begin ordering the crowds of protesters to disperse. >> if you refuse to move northbound on 6th avenue, you will be subject to arrest. >> mark leave is set up at the corner of 6th avenue and union street. >> i climbed up on a mailbox by a street lamp so i could have a sort of overview of the situation. and i saw this one guy who pulled out a big, you know, kind of red bottle. and it looked leek a small fire extinguisher, basically. and this police officer approached with pepper spray a line of seated protesters. and he simply walked up and started just spraying across th...

Line of seated protesters. and he simply walked up and started just spraying across the line. as he was walking, he was very casual. you know, like it was just sort of like he was out there spraying for weeds or something like that. walked across the line, saw somebody with a gas mask, took, it flipped it off, sprayed them in the face. moved on down the line. ♪ >> all over downtown seattle, police take action. >> crowds were throwing stuff at them, and they started throwing tear gas into the crowds and tear gas canisters. i just was stunned that things had gone to hell in a handcart so quick...

We see that activity increase through the afternoon. from dallas to little rock to san angelo, damaging winds and hail possible, isolated tornadoes as well. as we track the system the next new days, big travel day. that severe weather threat moves into the southeast. as we go through tuesday, heavy rain continues in the ohio valley and eventually big travel day on wednesday taking up the entire east coast, i-95 wet and stormy from boston to new york into jacksonville. showers and thunderstorms there. we are clearing out from chicago in through little rock and dallas. that is good travel news a...