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ACTIVITY EARLIER TODAY. BUT WE BEGIN WITH ����vlog KAYLA JAMES, WHO’S AT A PROTEST AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING, AND KAYLA, THERE IS A STRONG RESPONSE THERE TO DOCTOR ROBERTS ARREST. AND LAURA AND BEN, THAT RESPONSE JUST KEEPS GETTING STRONGER. NOW THIS DEMONSTRATION STARTED AT 4 P.M. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID BACK THEN, THERE WERE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. NOW WE KNOW FOR SURE THERE’S EASILY MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE. AND THERE’S PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE METRO AREA WHO ARE HERE, INCLUDING SOME TEACHERS THAT I SPOKE WITH, BOTH DMPS TEACHERS, AS WELL AS SOME TEACHERS WHO TOLD ME THEY ARE NOT WITHIN DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT. THERE ARE ALSO STUDENTS HERE. WE SAW A FEW SIGNS, ONE SAYING RELEASE OUR SUPERINTENDENT HELD BY A YOUNG GIRL. NOW PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO US AND THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE WORK THAT DOCTOR IAN ROBERTS HAS DONE FOR DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE, WHICH IS WHY SOME SAY THEY WERE SHOCKED AND UPSET AT THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN DETAINED EARLIER THIS MORNING. WE’VE ALSO HEARD A FEW DIFFERENT CHANTS, INCLUDING FREE DOCTOR ROBERTS AND NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE, BUT AFTER EVERY MORE GENERIC CHANT ALWAYS GOES BACK TO DOCTOR ROBERTS. NOW WE SPOKE WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO SHARED EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE OUT HERE. TAKE A LISTEN. I JUST THINK IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER, AND WE SEEM TO BE AT A SPOT THAT THAT’S NOT WHAT’S HAPPENING. AND I CAN SAY THAT’S WHAT I HEARD FROM A FEW PEOPLE OUT HERE TODAY. NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE DID SPEAK WITH SOME TEACHERS WHO ARE HERE FROM DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. I HAVE NOT RUN INTO NOT SAYING THEY’RE NOT HERE, BUT I HAV