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>> reporter: posing atop the mountain with confederate flag, posting it on facebook, and later saying they would defend the monument. is it really etched into the consciousness of everyone who comes here? >> not necessarily. a lot of the people that take advantage of what the park has to offer really don't come in this area. >> reporter: john bankhead, the public information officer for stone mountain, says this summer for the first time in a long time, it received a cross burning request by a group identifying itself as the ku klux klan, a request denied this month. >> how much of that is tru...

Mountain said this summer for the first time in a long time it received a cross-burning request by a group identifying itself as the klu klux klan. a request denied this month. >> how much of that is true? >> this request was made in may. and we had to go to legal people here in georgia, attorney general's office to get opinions on what we can do to deny it. and we never intended to allow that to go on here. given we know the history of this park. we know the history of this mountain. we just not going to allow that to happen. >> as a request like that happened often, this year? >> first time ...

Coming every night to protest. they are coming very well prepared. you're hearing the volleys of teargas and the rubber bullets and the water cannons that the police are using to clear the protestors out and the protestors here in the square don't have a lot to go up against the police with, a lot of rocks we've seen thrown, they are breaking up some of the cement around here. for protection all they've got is safety googles has become a very hot commodity in istanbul and the street vendors are not selling turkish coffee any more but gas masks that go for 2 to $3 to provide protection to these...

Combing through debris here. this is a trailer park. they have managed to -- they have lighted big sections of this park. this is a trailer park, but what they are doing when the light doesn't cover, they go further into this debris with flashlights, so it's a very emotional time right now, and the reason they are doing that is because there are reports of two people, at least two people missing, in that particular neighborhood, that particular trailer park. i want to get back to you now, ken. what are your volunteers reporting back to you after getting on the ground? >> again, they are just s...

we'll share that with you. in the meantime, good morning, welcome to early start. >> happy friday. we had some crazy weather here in new york overnight. maybe some tornadoes upstate. we'll have the latest in just a few minutes. plus dr. conrad murray is reaching out to the late king of pop's mother now. you'll find out why coming up. but first, we'll talk about politics and mitt romney's rocky start in london. this was a trip intended to charm the brits, to show off romney's statesmanship and raise some cash along the way. plus he's facing some tough headlines across the pond. on...