and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built u

york city i live in new york city now and what i really found really really sort of shocked me in the sense that. i always knew that new york city was a bubble onto itself and very different unique but what i didn't realize was how absurd it is and how ridiculous it was and that's really the one that's one of the major takeaways that i had from from traveling across the country what i noticed was what i kept reflecting upon was the things that people would drive people in let's say a place like new york city and washington d.c. and and those things seem to be to me you know power money ego the things that do tend to drive humanity in a lot of ways however when taken to an extreme you get you get the sort of society that we have today which i think pervades itself in new york city in washington d.c. and what i found across the country that i visited the areas that i went was it was a lack of obsession with those three things and so i really i really felt that the rest of the country having suffered already through those through those through the bush years they've they've adjusted to i

york city i live in new york city now and what i really found really really sort of shocked me in the sense that. i always knew that new york city was a bubble on to itself and very different unique but what i didn't realize was how absurd it is and how ridiculous it was and that's really the one that's one of the major takeaways that i had from from traveling across the country what i noticed was what i kept reflecting upon was the things that people with the drive people in let's say a place like new york city and washington d.c. and and those things seem to be to me you know power money ego the things that they do tend to drive humanity in a lot of ways however when taken to an extreme you get you get the sort of society that we have today which i think pervades itself in new york city in washington d.c. and what i found across the country that i visited the areas that i went was it was a lack of obsession with those three things and so i really i really felt that the rest of the country having suffered already through those through those through the bush years they've they've adju

york city i live in new york city now and what i really found really really sort of shocked me in the sense that. i always knew that new york city was a bubble onto itself and very different unique but what i didn't realize was how absurd it is and how ridiculous it was and that's really the one that's one of the major takeaways that i had from from traveling across the country what i noticed was what i kept reflecting upon was the things that people would drive people in let's say a place like new york city and washington d.c. and and those things seem to be to me you know power money ego the things that they do tend to drive humanity in a lot of ways however when taken to an extreme you get you get the sort of society that we have today which i think pervades itself in new york city in washington d.c. and what i found across the country that i visited the areas that i went was it was a lack of obsession with those three things and so i really i really felt that the rest of the country having suffered already through those through those through the bush years they've they've adjusted

most circulated paper in new york city. and getting bigger as time goes on we'll try to engage in some of this thinking where people are thinking of this early and not just presented with a plan to go, thumbs up or down on it. the idea of putting sustained conversation with consistent information is very important. this is new york city does not preclude the water utilities thinking about climate change and water and the things that go along with that and trying reach out nationally. one more. last one. >> i'm representing the endangered species coalition. made up of four hundred different groups. i guess my question from yesterday revolved the impacts of global warming like the, eco basis. >> i don't want to disappoint you but we're not going to be able to do questions. so i hope you can make this a comment. >> i would encourage water managers and people included in water matters try to preclude or include other species and in the process early on rather than late in the game which has occurred down through history where w

york city i live in new york city now and what i really found really really sort of shocked me in the sense that. i always knew that new york city was a bubble onto itself and very different unique but what i didn't realize was how absurd it is and how ridiculous it was and that's really the one that's one of the major takeaways that i had from from traveling across the country what i noticed was what i kept reflecting upon was the things that people with the drive people in let's say a place like new york city and washington d.c. and and those things seem to be to me you know power money ego the things that do tend to drive humanity in a lot of ways however when taken to an extreme you get you get the sort of society that we have today which i think pervades itself in new york city in washington d.c. and what i found across the country that i visited the areas that i went was was a lack of obsession with those three things and so i really i really felt that the rest of the country having suffered already through those through those through the bush years they've they've adjusted to i

first tour of duty in new york was as chief of the new york city transit police. if you were in that role today, how concerned would you be about the threat of terrorism in the new york city transit system? how would you approach mitigating that threat? >> 5 miilion people per day get on and off of that system. fortunately, the city of new york does prioritize that, because we have had clear evidence of planned assault against the subway system that have been afforded. the subjectt-- have been thwarted. the subway system does remain a high priority target. that is one of the difficulties that the nypd has to face. fortunately, they have a very those threats.nt focused on%- i cannot think of anything i would be doing differently from what they are doing in new york at the moment. they're getting the camera3 a big thing. we know the importance of those systems to be coordinated to be activated, and to be in place. >> do you feel they are getting the attention and money needed to transmmt? >> in terms of the limitations, once again, there is only so that is where pri

as was mentioned, new york city in 1999 and torture by moving completely. i spoke with a fire inspector last week in new york city and he asked them about that ordinance and he remembered the fire, brought back to the city council on behalf of the fire marshal, who said that this would be a good idea for york city with his preponderant of wood frame buildings. the concerns of increased costs in addition to the effect on small roofers, they will adjust in 11 years. new york city has infinitely more construction than seven sisters and a density that is on par. as a constituent here, seeing the apart -- department's response and the fire department's lack of response, we went for this legislation two years ago. they know it is a consistent issue. to date if you have concerns regarding the band, personally i have yet to see anyone with a vested interest in terms of a written policy or any part of the fire department to proactively address this issue. and it is an issue. seven to 10 fires each year but there is no change in the permitting process, enforcement ad

york city i live in new york city now and what i really found really really sort of shocked me in the sense that. i always knew that new york city was a bubble on to itself and very different unique but what i didn't realize was how absurd it is and how ridiculous it was and that's really the one that's one of the major takeaways that i had from from traveling across the country what i noticed was what i kept reflecting upon was the things that people would drive people in let's say a place like new york city and washington d.c. and and those things seem to be to me you know power money ego the things that they do tend to drive humanity in a lot of ways however when taken to an extreme you get you get the sort of society that we have today which i think pervades itself in new york city in washington d.c. and what i found across the country that i visited the areas that i went was it was a lack of obsession with those three things and so i really i really felt that the rest of the country having suffered already through those through those through the bush years they've they've adjuste

york city without water. so they chose to keep them open. as a result, there has not been significant inspection, maintenance, or repair of the tunnels in decades. no one knows their current condition. hurwitz: currently, city tunnel 1 and city tunnel number 2 would be feeding each half of the city. so you'd lose half the city if you didn't have a replacement. narrator: without half of its water supply, the city would shut down. for nearly 40 years, new york has been in the process of constructing a solution. man: this project is water tunnel number 3. we started on this project in 1969. i'm a sandhog. i've been a sandhog for 37 years. narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 f

as was mentioned, new york city in 1999 and torture by moving completely. i spoke with a fire inspector last week in new york city and he asked them about that ordinance and he remembered the fire, brought back to the city council on behalf of the fire marshal, who said that this would be a good idea for york city with his preponderant of wood frame buildings. the concerns of increased costs in addition to the effect on small roofers, they will adjust in 11 years. new york city has infinitely more construction than seven sisters and a density that is on par.

this is in new york city, quite close to lincoln center. it is a large public wall that has a field of glass elements that for jet off the wall, and those glass elements basically capture light and project light and color across its surface. it's very much i debates a wall on the building that was otherwise nondescript, and it serves the role of activating this neighborhood -- it activates a wall on the building. another project that illustrates some of our work using light is in chattanooga, tennessee. these are very tall lighting towers that basically extend the city's main street out to be river in chattanooga. the tennessee river. and allows for gatherings on this large pure -- pier around these lighting elements. the point of this is that the use of light in creating spaces or gathering people is something quite consistent with our work, and in this case, it you have been to the international terminal, these are the large trusses that support that mean move -- main roof and within the stresses are these fabric structures and glass that

new york city around 90, boston, 89. the heat will fuel localized stronger storms later this afternoon into this evening from boston down to new york city, including philadelphia, atlantic city and now our nation's capital. behind theer weather will be in place. however, it's still going to be humid but not quite as warm. syracuse, 84, buffalo, 80, burlington around 81. across the south central, it's been very hot with temperatures well above the normal. rob, vinita, back to you guys. >>> the nation's midsection could be hit with severe storms. des moines and cincinnati could see storms. >> denver is having a heat wave1 soo. southern california has cooled down to more reasonable readings. anchorage is a cool spot at an enviable 64 degrees. >>> when we come back, new criticism over the shuttered gm. that's part of your business news straight ahead. >>> and deadly flooding in kentucky. thousands are without power and water and it could be that way for a week. stay with us. ♪ [ instrumental: upbeat ] hey, max. [ announcer

he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan. those were happy times and years later became a happy tomic with me, convinced early on that my father inhabited a magic world. a few years ago, while listening to a recording of cuban blues by chico, i remembered in new york in those stories of the 40's that chico and my father met at club cuba in manhattan and again in havana in the mid-50's. the sessions of chico's house in our neighborhood became so famous that even my father, not particularly fond of cuban jazz, c

i remember i was living in the wide new york city totally alone i don't just to put my bathroom sascha rock hung it sort of share. and why i got down was because. my friends. i had made after the war who had been through the same thing i had and i felt if i did that to myself i would betray. the bond we had. coochie vietnam federer for taint nineteen sixty six by a.p. they call it hell's half acre because of the american boy. that had been still there tonto to island via cong snipers have done most of the damage today was no exception. on the. twenty seventh and for a tree the framed wolfhounds moved out to attack the snipers open up from such perfectly camouflaged positions the most of the a copy i want the whole day what i see in one of the enemy a sergeant was hit in the shoulder and leg as he rolled over a third shot ripped to his by. a medic broke from call of and rushed to his side as he dropped to his knees to begin given a bullet smashed into the stomach. both the sergeant and the medic to. an artillery barrage was laid down to screen a squad gone after the wall and it especial

york city let alone greenwich village. >> charlie: nobody said new york was perfect. >> unless your going to create a university that has a study-away site in philadelphia and toronto but no place else, you're going to have to get people out of their comfort zone. getting people out of their comfort zone doesn't mean core values -- >> charlie: who is out of their comfort zone? >> the whole purpose of the global network university is to get our students -- >> charlie: you're saying having to accept certain things -- having to accept certain things about people and nations and institutions that are outside your own comfort zone as to where you would like to be. is that the idea? >> yes. and you engage -- look, this -- the whole notion of this university is you don't look through the window, you're looking at the facets of a diamond. that means looking at other people's viewpoints and trying to engage with them. now, there are core values about which we feel very strongly, ok, and they have to do with things like academic freedom, and access, and discrimination, and so forth. you encou

i remember i was living in the wide new york city totally alone i don't just to put my bathroom sascha rock hung it sort of share. and why i got down was because. my friends. i had made after the war who had been through the same thing i had and i felt if i did that to myself i would betray. the bond we had. coochie vietnam fed were for taint nineteen six to sixty five eighty they call it held high afaik or because of the american blood. that had been spilled there tano to all in viet cong snipers have done most of the damage today was no exception. on the. twenty seventh and for true the framed wolfhounds moved out to attack the snipers opened up from such perfectly camouflaged positions the most of the a copy i want the whole day what i see in one of the enemy a sergeant was hit in the shoulder and leg as he rolled over a third shot ripped through it by. a medic broke from cough and rushed to his head as he dropped to his knees to begin given a bullet smashed into the stomach. both the sergeant and the medic. and artillery watch was laid down to screen a squad gone after the wall and

new york city, the water temperature, about 76. off ocean city, maryland, 82 degrees. >>> no heat around san francisco this morning. a lot of low clouds. fog, sea breeze that will keep t.s in the 60s. hour by hour, notice a warm-up quickly inland again. places out toward the tri valley to be the thotest around bay area. maybe not quite as hot around fairfield. mid to upper 90s inland. close to 90, san jose. 70s around oakland. the weekend is going to start off hot inland. then we'll see cooling thanks to stronger sea breeze late in the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. an emotional day for casey anthony. the florida mom accused of killing her own daughter as she comes cefao faceither h fami [ female announcer ] the jerry brown story. the real story. 40 years in politics... and failure has followed him everywhere. ♪ in the sixties, brown enters politics and later serves two terms as governor. his big spending turns a surplus into a billion dollar deficit. brown appoints liberal judges wh

york city but she has a weekend place upstate new york that's totally off the grid, she spends about half her time there. a lot of people are more than you would think, wealthy people are starting to do this. >> it struck me the first world problem. we can afford the luxury of making that choice. there are so many people in the world that don't have that choice. which just to me seems like a naval gazing exercise. yes, you can do this, but people probably in new york didn't think that they could -- this was even possible. >> quickly, amy. >> all of the above solutions. i find it fascinating redefined gender roles here. as a follow up, we were talking about the last story how men aren't happy in the current paradigm, they redefined ine their own little life who did what, that's possible. >> right. more of the traditional female compare taking in the house. she was the income earner and he was the caretaker, the gardeneri and all that sort of stuff. in terms of that, you go, beavan. that's it for this edition of "to the contrary." next week democratic senator amy klobuchar talks about

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from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but it's cut down a lot. hurwitz: city tunnel number 3 will be an opportunity to take city tunnel 1 out of operation and rehabilitate it. city tunnel number 1 had one va

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this four-foot-tall, thin electric car charger is the first of its kind in new york city. well, that's not exactly true, there's another one on display at the smithsonian cooper hewett museum celebrating innovative design. the charger we're talking about is available for public use, located at a commercial parking lot in midtown manhattan. scott miller works for the california company that installs the chargers. he says encouraging electric car sales not only helps the environment, it also creates jobs. >> we are creating a whole new industry. detroit is revving up for electric vehicle productions. all the vendors for the major automobile companies are gearing up. the battery manufacturers are gearing up. so there will be some substantial job creation due to this. >> reporter: the chargers are part of the chargepoint america program, funded by the federal government. in addition to new york, eight other regions are also participating: los angeles, sacramento, california's bay area, austin, washington d.c., detroit, orlando and redmond, washington. they will be getting a co

he is performing this weekend at caroline's on broadway right here in new york city. and he's featured on the dvd, "i am comic." please welcome tommy davidson, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ the roots! the roots! the roots are on fire! ♪ ♪ we don't need no water and i cannot say the rest ♪ >> jimmy: welcome back to the show. tommy davidson. [ cheers and applause ] nice move there, my friend. >> wow. >> jimmy: i know, right? i was watching this dvd, "i am comic." >> i am in it. >> jimmy: you are in this dvd. but there's a bunch of stand-up comedians in there and it's kind of like a documentary about the ins and outs and just the lifestyle -- >> yeah, it's the life we live, the stand-up life. >> jimmy: i'm watching this. you're like, "oh, my gosh." you got all these stories. >> like i was in west palm beach one time, and i was opening. and you have to stay in the house. they don't have you in a hotel. they have a house that's owned by the club. >> jimmy: the club owns a condominium. >> like "the adams family" meet

of new york city totally although i don't just to put my bathroom sascha rock hung it sort of share. and why i got down was because. my friends. i had made after the war who had been through the same thing i had and i felt if i did that to myself i would betray. the bond we had. coochie vietnam federer for taint nineteen sixty six by a.p. they call it held high afaik or because of the american blood. that had been spilled there tano to all and the kong snipers have done most of the damage today was no exception. on this you know the twenty seventh and for true the framed wolfhounds moved out to attack the snipers opened up from such perfectly camouflaged positions the most of the a copy what the whole day without seeing one of the enemy a sergeant was hit in the shoulder and leg as he rolled over a third shot ripped to his by. a medic broke from cough and rushed to his side as he dropped to his knees to begin given a bullet smashed into the stomach. both the sergeant and the medic. and artillery lodge was laid down to screen a squad gone after the wall and a specialist for what won't

i remember i was living in the why of new york city totally although i don't just to put my bathrobe sasheer rock on it sort of share. and why i got down was because. my friends. i had made after the war who had been through the same thing i had and i felt if i did that to myself i would betray. the bond we had. coochie vietnam federer for taint nineteen sixty six by eighty they call it hell's half acre because of the american boy. that would bend steel there tom will do well and the cong snipers have done most of the damage today was no exception. on the. twenty seventh and for a tree the framed wolfhounds moved out to attack the snipers open up from such perfectly camouflaged positions the most of the a copy i want the whole day what i see in one of the enemy a sergeant was hit in the shoulder and leg as he rolled over a third shot ripped through his by. a medic broke from call of and rushed to his as he dropped to his knees to begin given a bullet smashed into the stomach. both the sergeant and the medic. an artillery barrage was laid down to screen a squad gone after the wall and

here in new york city, 15 days of 90-degree temperatures or better. just for the month of july, that's more than double what we and the way things are going that's more than double what we and the way things are going here the east coast, we are summer another heat wave roasted the east coast and midwest. >> it feels like every pore in you is just sweating. >> reporter: with temperatures dangerously above normal. >> i'm baking in this town. turn the thermometer down. >> reporter: on saturday more than 20 states were under heat advisories and new record highs were set over a dozen cities including philadelphia, atlantic city and richmond. with climbing temperatures, heat-related deaths reported this summer. in maryland, a 20-year-old ma biking in 100-degree heat. with temperatures digits, the u.s. is baking. >> man, it is hot in washington, the records are being shattered falling as fast as the heat is rising. the temperatures are rising, very humid. a heat index of 109 degrees. so for the tourist, water, ice cream, maybe a little bit of shade to try a

in new york city, this is "nightline," july 20th, 2010. >> good evening. i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin tonight with a strange phenomenon that many find simply unbelievable. animal hoarding, it's called. these are people that are far more than pet lovers. no, they are truly obsessed by the need to obtain and keep pets, sometimes by the dozen, sometimes by owning 100 or more. many of them choose to live in squalor rather than parting with their pets. our yunji de nies peered into this world and the psychological mind-set of animal hollywooders. >> reporter: olga watched helplessly as investigators removed dozens of animals, dogs, cats, pigeons, even a fox, some alive, many dead from her philadelphia home, a place where she says the animals were well cared for. >> i spare no expense. they're my babies. i have no husband or children to worry about. they were my children. >> reporter: this shocking scene is all too common. >> one of the biggest animal hoarding cases ever. >> 250 dogs rescued from a home. >> pit bulls and more than 100 pigeons found

resign back new york is hundred miles north of new york city. -- rhine back, new york. >> i will say without a doubt that she will be married here. >> he went one step further and told us whose names were on the place settings, the mom's boss and few other faces you might recognize. >> if it's announced earlier or late, people will want to know and people want to come. >> this isn't the first time that something festivities were kept in the dark. j.f.k., jr. kept people guess go to the end. and beyonce and j. z., they didn't even trust caters, they cooked most of the food themselves. but most residents here say they know what it is cooking and it smells like a wedding cake right in their backyard. >> that is going to do it for us. we're off early because of sports. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. have a good afternoon.

jenny wanted to do was incorporate text that spoke to the joy of new york city. this was access to believe the visitors that would walk by, but she wanted to make something that people who work there daily would be able to see. this is another image from the world trade. this is one of jenny's latest projects using l.e.d. technology. this is at the m.g.m. grand in las vegas. one of the more interesting things about this project was she was able to use new technology, video technology that would really make effects that were spectacular, grand, but also subtle. i'll be showing you some video of that later on so you can get a sovense what -- sense of what jenny could imagine having at the transbay transit center. >> for transbay, jenny is proposing just over 90 feet that will display white horizontally scrolling test. the sign's composition will be elegant and well-married to the underlying structure. great white l.e.d.'s will be set into aluminum bars, each 11 feet tall and one inch wide and deep that will be mounted vertically to articulate the curve. the glass.

." >> announcer: from the global resourr resourr resources of ab b kr nubc news york city, this is "nightline," july 29th, 2010. >> good evening. it began in the early hours of wednesday morning at a campground in montana, when a grizzly bear started tearing into tent after tent, mauming the sleeping occupants, eventually killing one. the horror of the attack was captured in frantic calls to the emergency services, and by the accounts of survivors that you're about to hear. meanwhile, the wildlife officials have trapped the bear they believe to be responsible, and are conducting dna tests to be certain. and are conducting dna tests to be certain. ryan owens now reports from the fatal scene of a showdown between man and beast. >> reporter: tonight, steel cages dot this usually busy campground on the edge of yellowstone national park. inside one of them, a nearly 400-pound grizzly bear that wildlife officers say mauled a 48-year-old man to death as he slept in his tent. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> hi, i'm in cooke city right now, and we have someone that's been attacked and bitten prett

it's on a national stage now. >> reporter: but tim brown, a former new york city firefighter who lost 93 colleagues on september 11 calls the proposal a slap in the face. your message today to the developers behind this? >> stop it. stop hurting the families. everyday there's stories in the newspaper, they're hurting the families again. they don't deserve it. these american families have paid too much. >> reporter: brown and others, including new york gubernatorial candidate rick lazio, are calling for an investigation into the financing behind the $4.8 million building purchase. their concerns spurred in part by comments it is center's imam made to "60 minutes" in 2001 just weeks after the 9/11 attacks. >> i wouldn't say that the united states deserved what happened. but the united states' policies were an accessory to the crime that happened. >> reporter: citing anti- americanism, opponents are pushing to have the building declared a landmark which would make it far more difficult for any muslim center construction to begin. jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and we'll be rig

york city today. that's a quick look at the national picture. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >> look at those faces. look at those faces. i got to tell you, you know, they were so animated and excited when the wiggles were out here and the weatherman comes and it's a blase moment. i've got to tell you this isn't -- hello sweetheart. one of my favorite moments is my shout out hello to all our friends in roanoke, virginia, located in the beautiful blue ridge mountains originally called, get this, big lick in the 1800s all due to a large outcropping of salt, downtown now features the virginia museum of transportation. we thank everybody for watching on wbg 7. we'll be back with more but back inside to you. >> we'll speak exclusively to the man whose car you see right there plunged into this massive hole and also joined by the man who rescued him and "early show" exclusive coming up next on cbs. for those of us who have lactose intolerance, let's raise a glass to cookies just out of

in new york city, this is "nightline," july 22nd, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a classic business battle being waged over an iconic magazine, "playboy." once a place that pushed the boundaries of sex in american society is now attempting to remain relevant in the internet age. hugh hefner is determined to put the hop back in the bunny. as john donvan reports for our series "modern sex in america." >> reporter: icon. that overused word, but this one really qualifies. you know what it is and what it stands for. you know who created it, because he is as much an icon himself, as much the face of playboy enterprises as that flat rabbit he launched an incredible 57 years ago, which makes him as of this week, when we sat down together at the playboy mansion in los angeles, 84 years old, announcing his retirement -- not. why not let go? why not retire? >> because i think that retirement is the first step towards the grave. >> reporter: to the contrary. right now, hefner is on a mission to buy back all the shares of playboy enterprises still held by

here we are live in new york city. the general assembly is expected to hear from the queen shortly here live on c-span. [applause] >> the meeting of the general assembly is called to order. this afternoon, we will hear an address by her majesty, queen elizabeth ii, on the occasion of her visit to the united nations. your majesty, you can have a short statement. [speaking foregign language] >> and we are honored to hear your address to the general assembly today. as clean and the united kingdom and 15 other countries, -- as queen of the united kingdom with 54 member countries, you represent over 2 billion people from the asia, pacific, the americas, the caribbean, to the british isles. your majesty embodies the globalized world and shared humanity of which also defines these united nations and gives its purpose. your majesty, when you last addressed the united nations 53 years ago, the world was rebuilding following a devastating world war. cold war tensions and nuclear annihilation threatened the existence of all lived