NGUYEN: Take a look at this, a sea of people in the streets of Beirut this morning. Here's what they're doing. They are marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of popular prime minister Rafik Hariri. The attack on Hariri triggered a massive anti-Syria protest in what came to be known at the Seder revolution. Now the U.S. has promised another $6 million for the special tribunal investigating that assassination. I want to take you now to CNN Cal Perry. He joins us live from Beirut this morning. Give us a sense as we look upon this huge crowd there, what's is the mood today some four years after the assassination?</s>CAL PERRY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: You know, it's interesting to see the mood was more of a festive mood than anything else. You can see behind me the cleanup has now begun in earnest, 120,000 empty chairs behind me Betty. I can tell you there were upwards of I would estimate around 200,000 people that came out today to mark this anniversary which really changed the course of Lebanon forever. As you mentioned, the Seder revolution really which took shape a month after he was assassinated when millions of people took to the very same spot here in downtown Beirut at that time to protest against Syria to start really a new political movement which was born on that day born from March 14th and called the March 14th alliance which is now led by Rafik Hariri's son Saud (ph) Hariri. So, today people coming out, really a festive atmosphere in may ways, coming out to mark the day in which things here in Lebanon truly changed forever -- Betty.</s>NGUYEN: CNN's Cal Perry joining us live, thank you for that, Cal. And there is much more to come right here on CNN SATURDAY MORNING.
Beirut Marking Fourth Anniversary of Rafik Hariri's Assassination