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CNN Live At Daybreak

Interview with Bruce Alan

Aired September 30, 2002 - 06:50   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It was an interesting weekend in our nation's capital, to say the least. And we want to get the scoop in our Talk of CNN segment with Bruce Alan from WTOP Radio News in Washington.
Good morning, Bruce.

BRUCE ALAN, WTOP RADIO HOST: Hi, Carol. It was a wild weekend.

COSTELLO: Oh, was it as bad as they said with those protests going on?

ALAN: Well, no, actually it wasn't. Friday was the worst of the three days. That was the day that featured the most in the way of unpermitted demonstrations and protests. And police dealt with it pretty quickly. And it was interesting, because there was a variety of different types of protest. There was the traditional march and sit-in. There was a bicycle protest. And the most unique one was actually a protest in front of a retail store, where demonstrators stripped to their underwear to protest some of the policies of a clothing chain.

COSTELLO: They stripped to their underwear in protest?

ALAN: Stripped to their underwear. And what was neat was they were starting to get frustrated when the bullhorn couldn't be heard because of a police helicopter overhead. So they negotiated with police and said, look, if you move the helicopter, we'll get out of here in 20 minutes.

COSTELLO: Really? They'll put their clothes back on and everything else, huh?

ALAN: The police moved the helicopter. They had their demonstration. They got their message out. It was a creative demonstration. And they left.

COSTELLO: Unbelievable.

Hey, we did hear that two people were arrested with some kind of explosive ordinance and they're going to be in court this morning. Can you tell us more about them?

ALAN: Well, police, they just happened to see these people down an alley. This was on Saturday. It was, Saturday was a fairly orderly day. But they saw these people with a bunch of coffee cans and they checked them out and found things they shouldn't have found inside those coffee cans. And so, yes, they're going to take care of those folks today, arraign them today.

But really it's, they were just a handful out of a rather well behaved group of protesters.

Saturday was marches and other demonstrations, but mostly permitted and they didn't have to trigger police response.

COSTELLO: Well, that certainly is good news for the people of Washington, D.C.

Thank you very much, Bruce. We'll get back to you next week.

ALAN: All right, Carol.

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Aired September 30, 2002 - 06:50   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It was an interesting weekend in our nation's capital, to say the least. And we want to get the scoop in our Talk of CNN segment with Bruce Alan from WTOP Radio News in Washington.
Good morning, Bruce.

BRUCE ALAN, WTOP RADIO HOST: Hi, Carol. It was a wild weekend.

COSTELLO: Oh, was it as bad as they said with those protests going on?

ALAN: Well, no, actually it wasn't. Friday was the worst of the three days. That was the day that featured the most in the way of unpermitted demonstrations and protests. And police dealt with it pretty quickly. And it was interesting, because there was a variety of different types of protest. There was the traditional march and sit-in. There was a bicycle protest. And the most unique one was actually a protest in front of a retail store, where demonstrators stripped to their underwear to protest some of the policies of a clothing chain.

COSTELLO: They stripped to their underwear in protest?

ALAN: Stripped to their underwear. And what was neat was they were starting to get frustrated when the bullhorn couldn't be heard because of a police helicopter overhead. So they negotiated with police and said, look, if you move the helicopter, we'll get out of here in 20 minutes.

COSTELLO: Really? They'll put their clothes back on and everything else, huh?

ALAN: The police moved the helicopter. They had their demonstration. They got their message out. It was a creative demonstration. And they left.

COSTELLO: Unbelievable.

Hey, we did hear that two people were arrested with some kind of explosive ordinance and they're going to be in court this morning. Can you tell us more about them?

ALAN: Well, police, they just happened to see these people down an alley. This was on Saturday. It was, Saturday was a fairly orderly day. But they saw these people with a bunch of coffee cans and they checked them out and found things they shouldn't have found inside those coffee cans. And so, yes, they're going to take care of those folks today, arraign them today.

But really it's, they were just a handful out of a rather well behaved group of protesters.

Saturday was marches and other demonstrations, but mostly permitted and they didn't have to trigger police response.

COSTELLO: Well, that certainly is good news for the people of Washington, D.C.

Thank you very much, Bruce. We'll get back to you next week.

ALAN: All right, Carol.

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