THE DEMOCRACY SPRING ACTION IS GOING ON AS WE ARE FILMING
THIS FOLLOWING A MARCH OF OVER 100 MILES FROM THE LIBERTY
BELL TO DC, THE OCCUPATION OF THE CAPITAL BEGAN TODAY.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YOUNG TURKS THERE.
CENK UYGUR WAS THERE.
THE ACTION HAS LED TO QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING ARRESTED.
AS WELL AS HIS DESIGN, CENK UYGUR IS AMONGST THEM.
BEFORE HE WENT HE PUT UP THE STATEMENT.
MANY PEOPLE GOING THERE TO DEMONSTRATE ON BEHALF OF
RADICALLY CHANGING OUR SYSTEM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE, AS WE SAID
HE WENT THERE TO BE ARRESTED.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THIS VIDEO.
ALL RIGHT, CENK UYGUR IS BEING MOVED TO THE LINE AND HE
IS CURRENTLY BEING PUT UNDER ARREST.
HE IS GETTING THE WHITE ZIP AROUND HIS BACK.
YEAH, RIGHT NOW HE IS KIND OF RIGHT NEAR THE REPORTERS.
HE IS TOWARD THE END OF THE LINE OF PEOPLE GETTING ARRESTED.
THERE IS ABOUT ñ
THERE IS ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE NEXT TO HIM BEING ARRESTED.
AND, YEAH, HE IS SPORTING A BLAZER AND A ZIP UP.
OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS IN THE WORLD, CENK IS ONE OF THEM.
NOT THE MOST COMPELLING PIECE OF VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN.
JORDAN PROBABLY CAN'T GET ANY CLOSER.
DO YOU THINK CENK SHOULD BE HEAD-BUTTING OR BREAKING THE
TIES?
I WOULD TELL HIM I OBJECT TO THE BEGINNING OF HIS STATEMENT
WITH WHAT HE SAID.
READ THE FIRST COUPLE OF WORDS.
"I AM RISKING TODAY TO GET ARRESTED."
THIS IS GOING TO GO ON HIS PERMANENT RECORD.
WHEN WE REVIEW HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE
END-OF-THE-YEAR, THIS IS GOING TO STAND OUT.
YOU WERE ARRESTED.
BUT IT IS GOOD, THE EVENT IS IMPORTANT.
WE TALK ALMOST EVERY DAY ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, SOME OF THEM IN PART
BECAUSE OF OUR REPORTING BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF A LOT OF
ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE THAT COME TO IT QUITE NATURALLY AS
A NECESSARY SOLUTION TO A LOT OF PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE NEEDS TO BE
ACTION.
THIS IS THE SORT OF PROTEST THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GET SOME
COVERAGE.
WE KNOW CNN DOESN'T COVER PROTESTS ON THEIR FRONT STOOP
ANYMORE, LET ALONE THESE.
PERHAPS THEY WILL.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPURRING THEM ON ARE
ALSO WILLING TO DO IT.
LET'S HEAR FROM THIS GUY HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO PAST THIS?
WILL YOU MOBILIZE, GET YOUR FRIENDS?
I HAVE BEEN GETTING TO FRIENDS ALL DAY.
I SENT IT TO EVERYONE, EVEN PEOPLE THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T
AGREE.
MAYBE WE CAN CHANGE THEIR MINDS?
THANKS GUYS.
IS THAT GUY WEARING TWO TYT SHIRTS?
IS THAT A TYT LONG SLEEVE?
THE TYT LONG SLEEVE, I AM IN FAVOR OF IT.
IT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE ON OUR SHOP TYT STORE.
OR YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL AND REQUEST IT.
LOOK ñ
THIS MAY MAKE THE PROTEST SEEM LESS IMPORTANT THAN IT IS.
IT IS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
EXACTLY.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PEACEFUL PROTEST.
IF HE STARTS BODY SLAMMING COPS, THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
I'M GLAD HE'S DOING THIS.
YOU KNOW HOW DEVOTED CENK IS TO THIS ISSUE, OR TYT IS TO THIS
ISSUE.
I AM DOING A TED TALK ON APRIL 22,
ORIGINALLY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND
HOW IT IMPACTS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.
OF COURSE THE WAY YOU CAN MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET CORRUPTED
IS BY TAKING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
I SENT IN MY PROPOSAL, THEY GOT BACK TO ME AND SAID WE WANT
YOU TO FOCUS MORE ON THIS MONEY OUT OF POLITICS THING.
I SAT DOWN WITH CENK, I ALWAYS KNEW THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF
WOLF-PAC, BUT WHEN I SAT DOWN WITH HIM ABOUT HOW
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET THE STATES TO AGREE TO A
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, AND THEN KNOW THAT 38
OF THOSE STATES HAVE TO RATIFY THE PROPOSAL WITHIN THE
CONVENTION, HE HAS AN UPHILL BATTLE THAT HE IS DEALING WITH
AND HE IS NOT DETERRED BY THE CHALLENGES.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
WOLF-PAC WAS CREATED TO DO THE ACTUAL WORK OF MAKING THIS
HAPPEN.
EVEN THEN IT TAKES MANY PEOPLE, AND MANY OF THEM ENTER
POLITICS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS ISSUE.
IT IS BY DESIGN AS DIFFICULT AS ANYTHING POLITICALLY TO GET
DONE.
WOLF-PAC WAS LAUNCHED IN 2010,
SO FAR FOUR STATES HAVE PASSED THE RESOLUTION.
WE ONLY HAVE 30 STATES TO GO, THEN WE CAN HAVE A
CONSTITUTIONAL ñ I AM NOT TRYING TO BE A DOWNER.
I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, BUT I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE.
JUST TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THOSE CHALLENGES
MAKES ME REALIZE JUST HOW INVESTED HE IS IN DOING THIS.
IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IT'S GOING TO BE A GROUNDSWELL.
I SURE HOPE SO.
THAT IS IF IT WORKS.
WE ARE EITHER HOPING FOR THAT, OR WE ARE PROBABLY
OVERTHINKING THIS.
IF HILLARY CLINTON BECOMES PRESIDENT SHE SAID SHE WILL
GET RID OF IT.
WE WILL SEE ABOUT THAT.
SHE WILL PUT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE'S MONEY WHERE HER MOUTH
WILL THEN BE.
I'M SURE REAL CHANGE IS GOING TO COME.
I THINK THE THING THAT HAS CAPTURE IN THIS RACE AGAINST
THE POPULAR SPORT OF BERNIE SANDERS, I THINK SHE WILL TOSS
THAT IN THE TRASH.
BUT IT WAS GOOD OF CENK TO GO OUT THERE AND DO THIS, JORDAN
AS WELL.
JORDAN, GO GET ARRESTED BUDDY.
BY THE WAY, CENK SAID ñ THE POLICE SAID THAT THIS IS THE
MOST PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE ARRESTED.
THAT IS GREAT, THAT IS GOOD.
HE ALSO SAID IT WAS INCREDIBLY CIVIL.
AS CENK POINTED OUT THE POLICE ARE PART OF THE 99 PERCENT.
THERE HAVE BEEN REAL DEFINITE ISSUES, AND THEY ARE TIED IN
MANY CASES TO A POWER STRUCTURE.
THESE ARE FOR THE MOST PART BLUE-COLLAR, WORKING MEN AND
WOMEN, UNION MEN AND WOMEN.
THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS.