CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Compared to yesterday, things in Washington were a little more calm today. There were still thousands of protesters demonstrating close to where the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank meeting was taking place, but only five people were arrested. Police say four of them have been charged with carrying a possible explosive device. Here's CNN'S Kathleen Koch with what else happened.</s>KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thousands of protesters calling for change. The demonstrations began at the base of the Washington Monument, where protesters blasted what they called the destructive policies of the IMF and World Bank.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The World Bank and the IMF collect enormous, insane, illegitimate Third World debt, which should be canceled immediately.</s>KOCH: Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader backed their push for greater social justice.</s>RALPH NADER, FMR. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We have to subordinate the power of corporations to the sovereign power of the people.</s>KOCH: Other issues competed for attention as well.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The real product of nuclear energy is nuclear waste.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Water, forests, the environment, workers, society as a whole, oil, gas, mining, they sound like a plethora of issues, but it's all the various areas of harm that the World Bank and IMF cause.</s>KOCH: A small pro-capitalist group had to be separated from the protesters by police. Finally demonstrators marched on the World Bank and IMF buildings, where meetings had been going on all day uninterrupted. Many marchers unaware that inside, finance leaders pushed for a groundbreaking agreement toward resolving poor country's global debt, a key issue for protesters. (on camera): Marchers had hoped to quarantine, essentially cut off the IMF World Bank facilities. Well, they didn't succeed. And the protest ended as they began, peacefully. Kathleen Koch, CNN, Washington.
Protesters Demonstrate Near IMF, World Bank Buildings in D.C.