VAUSE: An American icon packed with tourists for the July 4, Independence Day holiday, was shut down when a protester took her demands to another level. Brynn Gingras has more on the standoff at the Statue of Liberty.</s>BRYNN GINGRAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: For more than three hours, there was a standoff between New York City police officers and a protester who was standing her ground at the foot of Lady Liberty, her protest against President Trump's immigration policy, a part of a group called Rise and Resist. A group formed here in New York City back in 2016 and direct reaction to the election. Their website says, "they aim to oust the Trump administration" though we talked to that group, eight protesters and all went out to the Statue of Liberty, to protest, wearing abolish ICE t-shirts. But this eighth protester climbs the actual statue and all eight of these protesters were arrested. But as I said, it took more than three hours for officers to actually get to this protester using a system of ropes to safely bring her down and finally put her under arrest. In the meantime, though, we know on this Fourth of July here in the United States and New York City, the New York Harbor was shutdown, that island, which attracts tourists on the July 4th holiday, was also evacuated. We learned that a company that brings tourists there and also the nearby Ellis Island turned away, 3,000 tourists who wanted to get there as this was all unfolding. But the good news, this protester, brought to safety, now under arrest for an immigration policy that she was against but now, under arrest for, back to you.</s>VAUSE: Brynn Gingras there, reporting, thank you for that. And thank you for watching CNN NEWSROOM, live from Los Angeles, I'm John Vause. "WORLD SPORT" starts after the break.
Protester Temporarily Shuts Down Statue of Liberty.