in new york city. children dow see about eight thousand murders by the end of elementary school five two hundred thousand violent acts by the age of eighteen from movies to television shows to video games to children. twenty four hour news channels ration is now seen every day formulate a stable industrial in. those flooded for shakespeare those while those who. if this link above. the artistic and journalistic future most of the violence get to see what i call. god came down from heaven and stopped. at the. moment in a pretty what. makes the pill easier to swallow. everybody was come. soon which brightened if you knew about sound from found stupid. stunts on t.v. dot com. says r t moskos one thirty am now i'm kevin on the top stories for you and extreme weather humpers efforts to rescue two vessels trapped in the ice shelf russia's far east coast for over a week. also among the stories that shape the week math deaths of birds and fish around the globe conspiracy and apocalyptic theories as some say sc

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this is a new york city public school with a curriculum that is mandated by the state of new york all of the classes and the whole curriculum is set up by the department of education. having spent a good part of my life. fighting against racism. what happened today and what has happened to the school. is is nothing less than races. when we were in the cell. the discrimination and the terror against black people. the stereotypes about their behavior. some of these theories types are playing again and it's forty five years later. it's a core sixth grade curriculum that these kids are starting with which is the basics math english history science and the kids are also going to be learning arabic which is an incredibly exciting and unique opportunity for these kids religion plays absolutely no part in the school this is a public school that wouldn't play a part in any of our schools the idea i mean which york city support jewish schools back to schools catholic schools the school is absolutely not a religious school gets public school without public curriculum and kids are learning arabic

news outlets all over the country all outgo except for the new york post which is a local new york city based paper. the new york post called the department of education insisting that i do an interview. on the departed. cations insistence i ended up speaking to that reporter. we began the interview with him asking about my filiation to this organization after saying to him i would never affiliate myself with any organization or individual who would be violence in any shape way or form basically is that to him i don't believe that these young women are going to be aging and he. the reporter asked me for the root word the word in to and my response to him was if you look it up in the arabic dictionary it is shaking up and i went on to explain to him that this word has evolved and has different meanings for different people based on the palestinian israeli conflict for thousands of people have been killed. i answered one other question for him about the school and at that point he said ok well thank you i'm done this is good. there was someone from the press office of the department of ed

news outlets all over the country go except for the new york post which is a local new york city based paper. the new york post called the department of education and sister i do an interview. on the departed. vegetations insistence i ended up speaking to that reporter. we began the interview with him asking about my filiation to this organization after saying to him i would never affiliate myself with any organization or individual who would be violence in a player forum basically is that to him i don't believe that these young women are going to being gaging and he. the reporter asked me for the root word the word into it and my response to him was if you look it up in the arabic dictionary it is shaking up and i went on to explain to him that this word has evolved and has different meanings for different people based on the palestinian israeli conflict where thousands of people have been killed. i answered one other question for him about the school and at that point he said ok well thank you i'm done this is good. there was someone from the press office of the department of educati

news outlets all over the country go except for the new york post which is a local new york city based paper. the new york post called the department of education and sister i do an interview. on the departed. and so i ended up speaking to that reporter. and we began the interview with him asking about my filiation to this organization after saying i would never affiliate myself with any organization or individual who would. sit in a play or a forum i basically said to him i don't believe that these young women are going to be. a. reporter asked me for the root word the word intifada and my response to him was if you look it up in the arabic dictionary and it is taking off and i went on to explain to him that this word has evolved and has different meanings for different people based on the palestinian israeli conflict where thousands of people have been killed. i answered one other question for him about the school and at that point he said ok well thank you this is good. there was someone from the press office of the department of education on the phone after we hung she called me ba

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

in defined new york city on our. world to. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms of russia. we've got the future covered. is. it what you need to live from moscow reminder of the top story sticks to city or doomsday thousands of dead birds and fish are dividing opinions and causing a media frenzy more deaths have now been reported and it all we were over a thousand dogs have been found dead in the past five days. sudanese refugees in israel say they want to return home but they fear persecution for seeking asylum in us that so cold and only stay this comes ahead of a referendum in southern sudan over whether to split from the north some say authorities there will have refugees killed if they find out they have returned from israel. and they're trying to serve and protect the country but it takes a lot more of bite off modern threats brings you a day in the life of russia's elite special forces. well we'll have more on those stories about thirty minutes time right now though let's take a look at the spe

news outlets all over the country all outgo except for the new york post which is a local new york city based paper. the new york post called the department of education and sister i do an interview. the department of education insist i ended up speaking to that reporter. we began the interview asking about my affiliation to this organization after saying i would never affiliate myself with any organization or individual who would . play or basically is that i don't believe that these young women are going to being a. reporter asked me for the root word the word intifada and my response to him. if you look it up in the arabic dictionary and it is shaking and i went on to explain to him that this word has evolved and has different meanings for different people based on the palestinian israeli conflict for thousands of people have been killed. i answered one other question for him about the school and at that point he said ok well thank you. there was someone from the press office of the department of education on the phone after we hung she called me back and said to me i think oh well w

news outlets all over the country go except for the new york post which is a local new york city based paper. the new york post called the department of education insisting that i do an interview. on the departed. insistence i ended up speaking to that reporter. we began the interview with him asking about my filiation to this organization after saying i would never affiliate myself with any organization or individual who would. play or a forum basically is that i don't believe that these young women are going to being a. reporter asked me for the root word the word intifada and my response to him was if you look it up in the arabic dictionary and it is shaking up and i went on to explain to him that this word has evolved and has different meanings for different people based on the palestinian israeli conflict for thousands of people have been killed. i answered one other question for him about the school and at that point he said ok well thank you this is good. there was someone from the press office of the department of education on the phone after we hung she called me back and said

here it is now in new york city. that monster storm has marched up the east coast and is slamming much of our region this morning all the way from philadelphia up into new england. some areas could see almost a foot and a half of snow, 6 to 12 inches expected here in new york. a messy wednesday morning commute. for all you lucky folks, you still have to go to work in all this. >> you could just see those shots. so many complaints after the first blizzard here in the northeast that the plows were not out and about. you can see them in that shot. >> they're out today. >> definitely out and about today. >> all right. >>> well, the man who michael jackson's family and friends say is to blame for the music star's death will now stand trial for involuntary manslaughter. >> a judge made that ruling late yesterday. now dr. conrad murray faces a very high-profile trial. miriam hernandez of kabc has the story. >> reporter: grateful siblings of michael jackson depart the courthouse with a ruling they wanted. >> very happy about

new york city, 6 to 12. but the worst of this storm is going to be across southern new england, where hartford brov dense, boston booster, massachusetts, they could see over a foot, with lots of blowing and drifting. >> reporter: this evening, new york city declared a weather emergency. >> what we sure know is that tomorrow morning's commute is not going to be easy. >> reporter: mayor bloomberg came under harsh criticism for the city's response for the last storm, even ending up the target of a "saturday night live" skit. >> tonight i am pleased to report that even as we speak, thousands of city sanitation workers are out in the plows. they're not plowing yet. right now, they're playing cards. that's in their contract. after they're done playing cards, they'll look at internet porn for an hour or so. >> reporter: today, he was quick to assure the city that lessons had been learned. >> you should know that our sanitation department has 365 salt spreaders and 1,700 plows ready. >> reporter: balances have even

new york city needs to be careful not to mount the conservative element of surprise to many children as their spirit held the department of education is going to let tabloid newspapers influence policy is beyond me and it's atrocious and it's unacceptable if this is the deal only school why are they standing behind it as the mayor where is a. gray . area. why over thirty days is the arabic language such a threat. we found ourselves in the crossfire of a media war against dilute your brand academy because we produced t. shirts a few years ago that were the slogan in the fight n.y.c. . my name is money. i'm founding director of arab women active in the arts and media. the educational programs that we provide for young women are not your average kind of program that you would see for us we engage in media production. and we start from their backyards. the mission of a way is to. basically encourage leadership among young women of color and community organizing with the focus being on empowerment through the media. once i was gone from school and the minute i stuck inside the bus some ol

york before bringing a coating to an inch in new york city. it's not the monster of the snowstorm weave seen but this is getting redundant here. we'll see yet another storm take much of the same path through friday. it's tracking over the great lakes. you get into the weekend and that's heading back toward the east coast. again, a chance for upwards of one to two inches perform really what we've seen so far has been remarkable. new york city, already about 60 inches of snow so far this season. that's putting us well above normal, even about 15 inches shy of the snowiest winter of all time. and, unfortunately, the thing to keep in mind, february could be a snowy month. we get a lot of cold air coming in out of canada and that draws a lot of storms up toward the northeast coast. back to you. >> i guess, thanks, ava. >>> here's the rest of your friday forecast. the dusting that hits the east today stretches as far south as charleston, west virginia. snow showers from minneapolis and green bay into chicago, detroit and cleveland. a wet day in the

cities like philadelphia and new york city got this down pat. but we are expecting some travel concerns as we go throughout the day, whether it be along i-80 and i-95. even though it's going to be three to six inches of accumulation, you need to take it easy for the slippery roadways. and even the airports, running into some delays and cancellations. the worst of the travel actually coming in across southern new england, from boston towards bangor, maine, that's where the storm is intensifying. about six to ten inches of snow just throughout friday. then the storm system exits into atlantic canada. and behind it, it will draw in some very cold air. air coming out of the arctic. the temperatures are dropping down in buffalo. high temperature at 20 degrees. 26 in syracuse. and although it's relatively looking mild across the east coast, new york at 37, we're going to see the temperatures dropping down into the evening hours. we look at the temperatures across the midwest, for minneapolis. you can imagine how much cold is to come. now, back to you,

to new york city. to long island. and in boston. some spots in new england could total 20 inches with whiteout conditions and a 35-mile-per-hour wind. in rhode island, government officials are urging all state employees to just stay home. >> keeping people off the roads allows the plows to do their job. >> reporter: in new york city, the mayor declaring a weather emergency early, trying to get ahead of the storm that would end by 6:00 a.m. >> we are enhancing our existing snow plan. and supplementing it with lessons learned during and after the christmas blizzard. >> reporter: 1,700 plows and 355 salt trucks out in full force. new york city usually gets 27 inches of snow a year. but with this storm, they surpass that average, getting 34 inches since december. that's almost halfway to the city's all-time record of 75 inches in 1996. and there's still three months left of winter. in philadelphia, the city wasn't hit quite as hard. but five inches of snow and icy roads kept drivers on their toes. boston's in for the worst of it, throug

of snow. >> new york city is take nothing chances this time. the tire chains are on. and the plows and road salt are ready. city officials are desperate to avoid the mess that follows the december blizzard. the garbage right after the christmas storm still lines the blocks. >> airlines have been cancels flights. american, united, continental, airtran, southwest and jetblue are allowing passengers to change flights without fees. >>> the winter watches and warnings have been posted. >> where is the snow going? ava dinges joins us with the answers. good morning, ava. >> vinita and mike, snow is returning to the northeast. the last thing people want to hear. but this is nothing compared to what we faced after christmas. that is beginning after the morning commute. new york city itself could see four inches. philadelphia, only about an inch. heaviest of the snow will be upstate new york, where they could see upwards of nine inches of snow. looming next week, the potential for a heavy snowstorm. we'll keep you up to date. back to you, vinita and mike

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new york city declared a weather emergency and overnight, 2 to 3 inches fell every hour. the city's area airports have remained closed until later this morning. the weather was even a problem for the president. arriving from wisconsin, he was due to return to the white house via helicopter, but marine one was grounded due to the storm forcing the president's motorcade to get into that heavy traffic there and it was slowed to a complete crawl by the snow. for more on this massive snowstorm we go to nbc meteorologist bill karins. all those folks on the west coast grinning ear to ear, thank goodness i live out here. >> it's been a blockbuster banner year. we have school cancellations in the public schools of new york, boston, philadelphia and washington, d.c. there's millions of parents out there scrambling trying to find out how they're going to take care of their children who have the day off. the snowstorm is exiting this region and these snowfall totals once again, new york city was the winner. i mean how many storms this winter can new york get the highest totals. phila

in new york city, this is "nightline," january 27th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the idea of the devil, evil incarna incarnate, has symbolic force. and the character of lucifer inhabits our greatest literature. but what about the devil not as a symbol, but as a willful being? a fallen angel in christian belief that cannot only affect human events but enter human bodies? tonight, we go inside the controversial and extraordinary right of exorcise with my co-anchor terry moran for our series "faith matters." >> it burns! >> reporter: in hollywood, exorcisms are full of spooky special effects and terrifying images. as in most famously, the film, "the exorcist." >> i demand you to depart from this servant of god. >> can you hear me? >> reporter: or, there's the battle with the devil in the movie "the exorcism of emily rose." >> demons exist whether you believe in them or not. >> reporter: but exorcism is more, much more, than just fodder for horror flicks. it is one of the most dramatic, profoundly moving and profoundly controversial of all religious practices. >> beli

a foot of snow is predicted here in new york city. but some areas, especially new england, could get up to a foot and a half. terrell brown is in times square. terrell, looks like the snow is sticking. >> reporter: oh, yeah. it's coming down here, betty. but relatively speaking it doesn't seem like this storm is as bad as the storm that we saw move through new york and the northeast during the christmas weekend. a couple weeks ago. it is interesting, though, it is still early. the worst of this storm could be yet to come. new york city had its salt spreaders in action as soon as the flakes started falling. more than a foot of snow is expected in the new york area. forecasters say it could be even worse in new england. blizzardlike conditions are in the forecast. and in new jersey, sandra hughes was surprised at how quickly the snow piled up. >> i came out to all the snow coming down, so welcome winter once again. >> reporter: here in times square, plows and spreaders have been keeping up with the snow so far. mayor michael bloomberg p

unlike most of new york city's subway system, which is burrowed through solid bedrock, the underwater tunnels sit just under a thin layer of silt and mud, leaving them vulnerable. so this crane, piece by piece, is lowering a protective shield to bombproof the tunnel. the reinforced casings are being lowered over the tops of the tunnels on the bottom of the hudson. the insides of the tunnel are being hardened, too, lined with steel plates. and finally as a last resort, flood gates are being installed at both ends. to plug the tunnel in a worst case scenario. new york police commissioner ray kelly told nbc news the $600 million upgrade stems from a 2006 terrorist plot. >> it was a plot to flood the so-called bathtub, the world trade center site and targeted the path tubes. it's a point that has to be given special attention, and that's what the port authority is doing. i think it's prudent and wise to do precisely that. >> reporter: to hardin it from above and put in flood gates to make it a tough facility? >> exactly. >> reporter: this camera room where we did the interview is also mor

none here in new york city. bill karins, not your -- >> amazing, over 60 people had all but one number even. there was a -- they won a quarter million each. they did all right, too. >> not bad. i'll take it. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> one annual tradition in china offers up a true winter wonderland. at the snow and ice festival, over 9 million pounds of ice will be used to create sculptures that will attract visitors from around the globe into january. in addition to seeing famous buildings, places and people, visitors can take part in various winter sports. >>> zookeepers in london are taking on a task of almost biblical proportions, you could say. they're counting all of the animals living within the zoo. it's not quite noah's ark, but the annual count of over 16,000 creatures takes three weeks. it's not an easy task, but with a little persuasion, zookeepers get the final head count on everything from camels to creepy c

new york city. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. today . whether. the last of five in the. far east coast. on the globe conspiracy. theories. science is struggling to come up with the answers. europe's asylum policy. last year as a string of terror arrests. for the spread of the threat. from iraq where people driven from their houses by the wall landfill sites their home. the opening of a public school in new york city has sparked an outcry and debate over freedom of speech in the u.s. we explore why that's coming up next. when chile is a place that represents the world community. the opportunity to teach arabic to students here in brooklyn i think is an opportunity that we we shouldn't we shouldn't miss. and so when people made statements that were truly discriminatory of course of pain me and said me. certain feel mongering groups the play of the disco all would be a religious school which is a public school in america it could never be and it will not be thes

in defined new york city on r t. v guide sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched the street fight. to fly in from the colonel of the chilean armed forces participated in keeping down a military revolt. come the. sergeant of the us army. trying to become an american by getting pardon the. franks and reasons differ but one thing brings them together once they disobey. broadcasting live. sunday morning. as a. referendum on whether to separate from the north many displaced. in the country see it as an opportunity. in the vote that starts on sunday. to choose independence from the mainly muslim. doomsday predictions. of. across the globe in the most recent to. have been found dead in italy. call of duty. the russian special forces unit for the. feared. those were the headlines up next as a special report on how and opening of a school in new york city sparked a. debate over freedom of speach. brooklyn surely is a place that represents the world community. the opportunity to teach arabic to students here in brooklyn i think is an opportunity

he's not old enough, so he decide to go to new york city, coming to you live from new york city, and just to spend a year, to spend a year in new york city. now, what's he going to do in new york city? he's going to go to union theological seminary, but you have to understand bonhoeffer already had his doctorate at age 21 from berlin university. you know, so this to him is like beginning to a community college practically. this was not something that he was not going there for a reasons of academics in particular, and he was not disappointed. the fact is that bonhoeffer gets to union, and i where about this in the book. it's actually quite funny. he writes in his letters home that he really is shocked by what quote on quote passes for theology at union, and in other words he found it to be shallow theologically. they had the right answers. it's interesting because in berlin university, they were very theologically liberal. he was not, but he respected the liberal theology of his professors in berlin. he respected them as academics, and he was able to learn a lot from them, but now he

new york city, peter mentioned 19. now the eight largest storm in new york history. get these stats. five of the top ten snowstorms in new york city have occurred in the past five years, and 3 of the top 11 have occurred in the past 11 months. it's been very snowy over the past couple years. seasonal snowfall average has gone by the wayside, meredith. over 6 feet of snow, meredith, so far in hartford, connecticut. blockbuster storms. >> mike, thank you so much. reporting for us from braintree, massachusetts. al is headed inside where he's tracking the storm. >> all right, meredith. record breaking snowfall. new york city breaking the old record back in 1925 for the month of january. newark breaks the record with 37.6 inches back in 1996. islip, long island, new record. bridgeport, 38 inches of snow. january, this snow, 19 inches of snow. that is coming down and we're not done yet. as we check out the satellite and the radar, you can see the radar pulling away, the snow starting to shrink as that system moves offshore. that's the good news. final snowfall totals befor

not very long ago in new york city. and the response to it, how things were not cleaned up as quickly as many would have liked, stale lot of garbage on the streets in my neighborhood. >> mine, too. >> eyes on new york city to see how it affects you across the country. >> good morning, everyone. this is erica hill, i'm chris wragge. have you heard about this ted williams' story by chancesome. >> sounds familiar. >> does it really? finally we have the reunion between ted and his mother julia. a long-awaited and finally didn't see each other in ten years and can't wait to have them both with us this morning. it's a great story. obviously, everyone across the nation is now heard about these two and now they're together at last and we have it here. going to be a good day. >>> let's get to the news of a moment ago. beginning with the new weather blast, winter warning for the northeast right now o. officials are not taking any chances with the snow this morning after taking a battering for the way they handled the christmas we

speaking of all that ice in new york city, this is live look or it was a live look at new york city. let's move on. [ laughter ] >> what we're facing today is patchy fog in the usual spots around the carquinez bridge and delta. otherwise mostly a mild start to the day. inland 39. up to 51 degrees inside the bay and 52 at the coast. we have talked about this winter warmup for more than a week. now we're talking about the possibilities of temperatures flirting with record highs. 72 degrees expected as the warmest of areas in the inland areas. we'll see about 69 degrees at both the bay and the coast. here's what's going on. while the high pressure system is locked in place it will dominate our weather through the close of the week so expect unseasonably warm temperatures to last. it's going to break down and temperatures back to seasonal averages. can we say it? a possibility of rain? say it ain't so! take a look at some temperatures as daytime highs today. 69 in santa clara and sunnyvale. 66 pacifica. look at half moon bay, 68 degrees. we might flirt with record highs today. 67 in danv

now, new york city a typical winter picks up 22.6 inches of snow. so far this year, and keep in mind we're only, what, two weeks or so into winter, we've already picked up 21.8. almost the entire season average and we're barely into winter. the big satellite and radar picture show as mid-atlantic storm so places like baltimore up to atlantic city up to two to six inches of snow but watching a storm push out of new mexico will be in texas tomorrow with a rain-snow mix. looks like snow for atlanta monday morning, around the carolinas tuesday morning and wednesday morning, all about where it goes. enough for the next nor'easter? we'll have to watch this one. that's a quick look at the national picture. here's a closer look at your weather for the weekend. >> wouldn't you know i'm out here in the wicked winter weather. rebecca, you are going to talk about that wicked winter weather, right? >> we are, lonnie and the doozy for your skin and hair. it can wreak havoc on healthy skin and hair, dry, flaky skin, chapped lips and fly-away hair problems you can'

year eve sell bra is in new york city. item our turn 2 and a half hours from now. >>> well as 2010 draws to a close governor schwarzenegger time in office is about to end after 7 yourself in office. pvl we are one of the few television journalist who cover him in sacramento full-time for the entire tenure. she looks back at what worked and what didn't. >>reporter: arnold schwarzenegger rode into office on a wave of optimism in 2003. >> con grat layings governor schwarzenegger. >>reporter: california voters hoping the political outsider could fix sacramento. >> every governor proposes moving boxes around to reorganize government. i don't want to move boxes around. i want to blow them up. >>reporter: at first the actor turned politician brought hollywood with him. using stunt to get his point across. lick the flood of red ink to illustrate sacramento pension to over spend and smashing a car how much he hated the car tack. he had early victory including bringing down worker come cost an getting approval for the economic recov

you are the director of the hayden planetarium in new york city. you're the host of nova science now. and you write books, and you dance, too. >> i once danced. not much anymore. that was an earlier chapter in my life. and odd that you would mention my ethnicity there. and i say that because i once thought about that. and i realized that i may be the most visible scientist of y discipline, of any ethnicity, of any skin color, in america today. and the reason why i went through that mental exercise was because there i am trying to bring the frontier of science to the public, and i said, "i don't want to do that alone. i want some others there with me." and i looked around to see who's there with me. you know, do we have a geologist there with me, and a biologist? and there are a few that are known-- you know, e .l. wilson and brian greene and michio kaku. but given the size of that science frontier, we need many more. and so i'm disappointed that i'm sitting there alone with that kind of distinction. >> hinojosa: so when i was growing up, e most fam

most forecasters had predicted a foot of snow but places like new york city and philadelphia woke up to a whole lot more than that. it made for dangerous roads. the storm is blamed for at least six deaths, and canceled flights more than 900 across the region disrupting air travel nationwide and schools were closed in a lot of districts, including the nation's largest here in new york. elaine quijano is in central park tonight, and elaine, this winter is a real record breaker. >> reporter: it really is, katie. this is the sixth snowiest winter, in fact, in new york city's history, and it's only january, and for residents all along the east coast, this truly is their winter of discontent. in the weather-beaten northeast, residents are fed up. >> i'm truly tired of the snow. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: this latest round of the snow hit especially hard. near boston, two men narrowly escaped serious injury after heavy snow caused the roof of this garage to collapse on to their car. the storm knocked out power to nearly half a million people. nearly 350,000 in the washington, d.c. area.

the new york city council to simply ban on the airport body scanners in new york. we are also going to be joined by a staff member for congressmen jason shavit which many of you know is the person whose response to the legislation that passed the house in 2009 to prohibit the tsa from making body scanners to the primary screening technique in u.s. airports so we have a brief break between 12:30 and 1:30 we will be backed with a very good presentation by bruce snyder and then closing panel. so if we could get under way please with our third panel. the biographies are included in the speaker package. they are available on the internet site, but it is a particular pleasure for me to be able to introduce our first speaker for this panel, professor jeffrey rosen from the george washington university law school, school fall. i think among all of the people that have written and talked about the significance of surveillance, the human body and privacy there is probably no person who has written as broadly and as thoughtfully more with a keen insight to a direction to law

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so you're in new york city. you've got the most talked-about song around. people are coming out every night to hear it. the natural thing is, "let's turn this into a record." "let's make a few bucks." and did anyone step up and say, "we want to put that out"? did the major labels step forward? well, the major labels cowered in fear. columbia was her label, and she wanted to get the song recorded. i mean, as you said, she sort of, you know, had a proprietary interest in it after a while, and columbia would not touch the song. columbia refused to record it. columbia was a national company. columbia had southern customers. they were afraid of offending people down south, and so billie holiday went to a place called the commodore record shop, which was across from grand central on east 42nd street, run by a fellow named milt gabler who had his own little, tiny record label and put out a few things, a guy whose politics were congenial to her and to the people at cafe society-- billy crystal's uncle, incidentally. billy crystal's father worked in this record stor

york city streets the average american is said to produce fifty tons of garbage in a lifetime new york city has reportedly accumulated as much as fifty thousand tons of garbage in just one week just because we're in a financial recession is sure to mean that we're in a moral recession but it will world recession is exactly what the trash invasion has turned the big apple into and while some officials have graded themselves and a plus for handling the situation new yorkers are outraged he was very upset about it it's gross it's ridiculous in a good enough job for taxes that we are praying for as an economic crisis leads to budget cuts that lead to boycotts in the sanitation department that lead to all this garbage out on the street it may be time to ask how soon before the big juicy apple turns rotten and. new york. two years of democrat dominance on capitol hill have come to an end and you are. has been sworn in with republicans now sitting in more seats the party seized control of the house of representatives in november's midterm elections obama's democrats did manage to retain a sli

new york city has already received twice the average snowfall this winter with crews working overtime to clear the streets. cities throughout the northeast are facing the same dlem moo, what to do with all that snow. >> it is hard, because it is not just the amount of snow, it is the frequency of the storms. >> reporter: in boston, open lots and park space are now designated snow farms. >> we have a lot of snow we have to put it some place. we are fortunate enough to be able to identify some lots of land that we can put it in. >> reporter: worth having it off the streets, but all that snow removal is adding up fast. boston has already spent more than two-thirds of their $16 million snow budget. new york city has already blown through its annual budget of $38 million clearing 56 inches of snow. even atlanta, which barely sees a dusting each year, has spent $9 million of its $10 million budget. new york city is literally burning through its budget ugz massive heaters to melt and recycle the snow. piles on this street alone have been trucked in from other areas of the city. >> that snow

two of the three airports of new york city area) now. will tran watching the back up for me on the west coast at sfo. >> right now there are no problems flying to the midwest. but once you get there you will experience problems appeared to flights on the best of all have been canceled this morning. that could change later this afternoon, according to a duty manager it seems that system is moving out of the area. as far this loved ones coming from jfk to sfo. you will see them today. they decided yesterday even before today started to cancelled 20 flights into sfo, they didn't want those people showing up at those airports to be stuck on a tarmac or sleep overnight. they knew the conditions were born to be terrible. all of those flights cancelled today. at bound flights call ahead this afternoon. >> with all of this, and everybody who has their hands full. we have our hands empty. sunny, warm temperatures. another day of '70s. >> i don't know what word or two about the sunshine. here's a look at current temperatures, cool in the north bay

here in new york city more than three feet of snow already has fallen this winter. the average for the entire season is less than two feet. >> ready for the warmth. >> reporter: off the coast of new england storm surge is the main worry. >> we get socks the size of potatoes sometimes thrown at these. >> reporter: later this morning the system will finally taper off. >> i'm hoping that today will be it. no more snow. we don't want no more snow. news cast, no snow. >> reporter: but that's exactly what's in the forecast over the next few days. and here in new york, mayor michael bloomberg has more than 2,000 salt spreaders, snow plows and other vehicles on the roads trying to prevent a repeat of that christmas blizzard that paralyzed this city. betty? >> no one wants that again. okay, scott goldberg here in snowy new york. stay warm out there. >>> in other news, it's reported this morning that before the tucson massacre, accused shooter jared loughner did online research on assassinations and the death penalty. meanwhile, congresswoman gabrielle giffords is amazing doc

now, new york city is supposed to get up to a foot of snow. but east of new york, and all the way up north, into the boston and cape cod area, could see even more. the winter storm started pounding the northeast overnight. plows and sanders hit the streets. some areas braced themselves for up to two feet of snow. parts of massachusetts declared a snow emergency for this morning. in new york city, officials said they're ready to combat an expected 8 to 12 inches, promising this wouldn't be a repeat of the slow response after last month's blizzard, when many streets went unattended for days and the city came to a halt. >> we do know that we didn't do the job that new yorkers rightly expect of us in the last storm. and we intend to make sure that that does not happen again. >> reporter: officials say the key will be preparation. trucks were ready to roll. and workers were split into different shifts. >> we're on a 12-hour shift. you know, midnight to noon. noon to midnight. we have the men to man the trucks 24/7. so, we'll be here. >> reporter: t

this is what 19 inches of snow does to new york city. you see the cars literally just look like bumps here in the snow. and it's a wet, heavy snowfall. and driving around this morning, we've seen a lot of branches come down, especially on the side streets. it makes for a pretty picture out here. a winter wonderland, with the snow sticking to everything. but, boy, it's a mess. especially on the side streets. avenues cleared out right now. you get block top. i think we'll get temperatures above freezing, melting some snow. 19 inches in the park. the snowiest january on record. george? >> jeff, it didn't look like the snowplows were having a bit of a tough time getting started. when i came into work, some of the major avenues here in manhattan were pretty covered. have they been picking up over the last couple hours? >> they were. when we were driving around earlier, a lot of the major avenues were covered in snow. and we saw a sanitation truck getting stuck. the wheels are literally spinning here. we're looking down one of the avenues righ

of course, we will go to new york city to bring it to our friends in new york city, the former home of the giants franchise. a complete listing of all the communities and dates are in the press kit, available to you. just a little bit about what happens when the trophy arrives in the community. each stop is expected to last about two hours. we would do our best to accommodate everyone. the viewings are free to the public. there will be an opportunity for a professional photograph to be taken of you with the trophy. those photographs will be available for purchase on-line. so once again, the test run, kick off to the trophy tour will be right over here from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. we are anxious to get started, anxious to bring the trophy to giants fans everywhere. the best fans in baseball. thank you very much. [applause] >> i do not know what more we can add that has not been stated. i want to again express our appreciation to the giants for beginning the tour here. thank you again for making this city what it is. without the fans, the giants' organization would not be what it is. your enth

to test this theory, we took this actress named jessica to a local gym here in new york city and asked her to cry on command. >> she's not actually upset at you. >> that's good. >> reporter: this guy admitted he did not like it very much. >> might be slightly annoyed. >> reporter: but this guy said there are some circumstances in which crying could actually work in a woman's favor. >> she's crying and start kissing me, that's different.

and think quite a bit of themselves because they write two i's. >> in new york city? >> yeah. >> what a shock. >> pay attention to the numbers. >> ahave been attacking this christian country, but, god is doing some great things. i'd like to have you step back just a minute and get the big picture. and then... if you really want to stimulate the economy, you cut taxes. next time on... >> today on abc 7 news at 5:00, governor brownishes his first executive order putting the brakes on the fleet of cars lawmakers use and calling back half the cellphones distributed. plus thinking of switching your i-phone plan to verizon? "7 on your side" gives you a checklist what to consider before you make the move. those stories and more at 5:00. >> if you haven't looked at the calendar, you're waking up to january 11th, 2011. that's 1/11/11. >> that moment of aseention would come at 11/11 this morning, about 16 minutes ago. >> anybody? >> no. most days it's fun to acknowledge the uniqueness of this day. as a wedding day the numeric imagine has been outweighed bay the fact it's a tues

york city compare to the rest of the country. >> right now, more snow on the ground in new york city than your hometown of minneapolis. go figure that. >> go figure. >> there you go. thank you, lonnie. >> and we have another story coming up. charlie sheen checks himself in to rehab while "two and a half men" goes on temporary hiatus. >> and later inside the frightening bank hostage drama all caught on tape. we'll be back. ,,,, never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i know i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physically. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. i knew that there was something really special about this event. when you accomp