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September 23, 2014

Over 100 Arrested at "Flood Wall Street" Protest Against Climate Change 
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Here in New York, one day after the largest climate march in history,
thousands of protesters marched on Wall Street Monday to highlight the
role of corporations and capitalism in fueling climate change. At a
protest dubbed "Flood Wall Street," people sat down in the streets just
blocks from the U.S. Stock Exchange. They remained for more than eight
hours until police deployed tear gas and began arresting more than 100
people. The action came ahead of today's United Nations Climate Summit,
where leaders from 125 nations will discuss an international agreement
to cap record emissions of greenhouse gases. We will have more on the
protest and today's summit later in the broadcast.

 

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