michael nut second quarter mayor of philadelphia. he's a democrat. and mick cornett is a republican , mayor of oklahoma city. gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us. here on "newsmakers." also joining us is our press panel. lisa mascaro is a reporter with the "los angeles times." if the i could start with a general question. kind of building on what you were saying in the -- we had a taped press conference, mayor nutter, right before we came onto this live program. how dependent are u.s. cities on congress and the federal government at this point? and we'll start with you, mayor nutter, and then -- >> the federal government plays a significant role and affects cities and states all across america. the federal budget obviously is huge. many departments and agencies directly fund programs and services to states and in some instances directly to cities and so when the federal government makes cuts, or when they invest, you can see the difference right on the ground in cities and states all across america. >> well, we're at the bottom of the fund

philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engineering concepts that are still the basis for our water systems today. europeans flocked here. it was a destination point to see the new world technology. when charles dickens visited us in 1840, he was truly blown away by high water pressure on the fourth floor of the hotel he was staying in. nowhere in europe had he experienced that. this technology was doing something to support the life and the growth of the city. philadelphia, throughout the 19th century, was the major industrial city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new y

we have twoam of america's leading mayors, michael nutter is the mayor ofd philadelphia,mi a democrat and nick cornett, mayor of s oklahoma city. wsmake." also joining us is our press panel. lisa mascaro is a reporter with the "los angeles times." if the i could start with a general question. kind of building on what you were saying in the -- we had a taped press conference, mayor nutter, right fore we came onto this live program. how dependent are u.s. cities on congress and the federal government at this point? and we'll start with you, mayor nutter, and then -- >> the federal government plays a significant rolend affects cities and states all across america. the federal budget obviously is huge. many departments and agencies directly fund programs and services to states and in some instances directly to cities and so when the federal government makes cuts, or when they invest, you can see the difference right on the ground in cities and states all across america. >> well, we're at the bottom of the funding stream. cities operate within the enabling legislation set up by the federal

places like boston, new york, and philadelphia. but if you were traveling particularly to the west, you would be -- you would see a lot of western paper. which was discounted, shaved based on the bank. you'd want to have the strongest and be able to buy up the cheap paper at a discount. >> did the continental congress or constitutional convention address the issue of money? >> well, the continental congress gets into a lot of trouble during the revolution. they start printing their own to fund the war. they are -- they need money. there's really no options for them. they are isolated like a british blockade, can't tax the states, they start printing legal tender currency which becomes inflationary and amount sinks of revolutionary efforts. >> no addressing of the thousands of different types of currency? >> well, what happens is when they sit down to right the constitution, the memory of those all of those colonial currencies and more vividly, the crisis with the continental currency means that virtually money of america's leading

he was a new york correspondent for the philadelphia press. that was great time for news, i forget how many daily papers new york had. philadelphia had 50 daily newspapers in the 1890s, and everything was very competitive. e.j. edwards heard this story, this rumor going around, and he found the out the name of one of the doctors, the source of this rumor. it was actually the dentist who had administered the anesthesia. so he went to the dentist and play add little trick, i think within the fair bounds of journalism of the time. he kind of let on that edwards knew more about the story than he did, and he said i understand that an operation was performed on the president, that he had a cancerous tumor removed, and this was performed on benedict's yacht, and the dentist said, well, somebody on the boat must have told you all that and went on to spill the beans and confirmed the operation and named a couple of doctors. and on august 29th, now about two months after the operate, edwards published the story in the philadelphia press under the headli

just the year before they build a brand new terminal in philadelphia which stood until the 1980's the 1893 the writing went bankrupt and was a bad sign. railroads were hopelessly overbuilt in the 1880s and the 1890's, and this was a speculative bubble much like we've had recently with other and 1890's was railroads. the number of lines doubled more than doubled after the civil war with a population only grew about 50, 60%. multiple lines running between cities at competing railroads and the bottom fell out. 119 railroads went bankrupt in 1993. and about 20% i believe was the number of railroads in the country, and course all the people had invested stock in the railroads were wiped out, and this sparked panic on wall street and sent the stock market down. there was another thing going on that qtr did it to the panic of 1893, and i won't get into it here size of to say in the book i write about it in sparkling detail it is amazing pros i came up with that it's about the debate over gold versus silver and that is what should our currency be based on. should it be based on gold or should

in philadelphia. he may have been referring to the philadelphia dropped where there was a cost estimate at a small cost but because it was small enough, they were able to keep it. while i would agree we do not have the range the ordinance is written, this seems to be an absolute test. with the fuzziness seems to be is in the numbers because they say they are not sure. it could be a cost or a savings that i would like to have you keep that in mind. that is my prepared remarks. supervisor chu: thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: base of a conversation we had with our controller, i don't think the problem is competing data. we do not have much data as everybody seems to agree various scenarios seem to be indeterminable at the moment. the problem is the way proposition b was written is that it has not enabled the city based on the commentary by the controller's office to study the program. in a way that presents a variety of scenarios. what is before us three very strict interpretation is the fact

jonathan sanchez, making the start for philadelphia. top of the fifth, sizemore on second. ryan howard to end the inning. top of the sixth. no hits by either team. matsui will change that. a line drive to center. victorino can't make the play. this is broken up for the as. now, it's the bottom of the ninth. the baseball team went from extinction to elation two months after the program was set to be discontinued. >> i think we were forced to come together early on. especially when we got cut back in september. we had to become a family quickly. i think it helped us throughout the season. we didn't finish as well as we should have in the regular season. we played well.

we will keep the story in pennsylvania talking about school districts philadelphia is trying to close a massive budget shortfall. over $600 million hopes a tax on soda can help out, asking residents to swallow a two cent per ounce increase. they will have 10 days to decide whether to pass a price spike on local soda. darrell clark is the majority and joins us this morning. imator offered two options they want to tell everybody. we have the soda tax and a hike in property tax that i know people in philadelphia went through this time last year. where do you stand on the issue and why? >> good morning. first, i would like to applaud the mayor for take thatting on the tough challenge and that has been put in his lap related to the states and the national government. he stepped to the plate and make an aggressive proposal. i applaud him, but don't necessarily agree with him. my concern is four-fold. it's not clear that it will pass legal muster currently in the state of pennsylvania. sugary drinks are already taxed by the state. the question as to whether we can impose an additional tax. e

and from the philadelphia 76ers, evan turner and andre iguodala. that is them right there. earlier tonight, we put each of our teammates in a soundproof booth, or something like that, and we asked a series of questions about their teammate. tonight, we're going to find out just how well those answers matchup. each question is worth five points and we'll start with the 76ers. now andre, we asked evan, what is your most irritating habit. something you do that irritates those around you. >> oh, man. probably make fun of them. >> jimmy: making fun of him. what is the answer you gave? he twists people's words around. is that true? all right. now evan same question. what is your most irritating habit according to andre? >> andre always makes fun of my voice, so, it might be my voice. >> jimmy: his voice, andre? >> no, no, no, whoa, i got a better answer -- >> two tries? >> yeah, let me have a second one. >> jimmy: just remember that because that will happen for you guys. remember it all evens out. >> he says i have no filter, i say whatever i think. >> jimmy: you have no filter a

that's the same forecast for philadelphia. even new york city has the chance of being up around 96 and 98 degrees. especially on thursday. looks like we've had a break here in the east coast, and then it's really going to come in in a hurry the middle of this week. today enjoyable from new york and new england, and as we mentioned, lynn, that's going to end shortly. everyone is getting a little taste of it. there's really no one getting the break. >> not even summer yet. all right, bill. thanks so much. apple is ready for steve jobs return. how pirchging pennies landed one man in hot water. your first look at business headlines is straight ahead. sdmrimplgts also, the heat hold on. the king of clay reigns in pair irks and fat albert takes another bite out of the cubbies. you're watching first look on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm lynn berry. in yemen anti-government protesters have been celebrating the departure of their president. ali abdullah saleh is in saudi arabia recovering from an operation to remove shra

♪ statue in philadelphia [ cheers and applause ] ♪ statue in philadelphia statue in philadelphia that will soon be removed ♪ ♪ that will soon be removed by the people of philadelphia ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it was up for a while, though. >> steve: ran for a while, didn't it? >> jimmy: this is pretty crazy. a woman in florida called 911 after she found a bear swimming in her backyard pool. that's right, there was a bear in the water, or as sarah palin calls that, soup. [ laughter ] needs more salt. check this out. a new survey found that 29% of video game players are over 40 years old. that explains that new game, wii prostate exam. [ audience groans ] [ laughter ] i don't know how you play. i've never played it. >> steve: keep the controller. >> jimmy: "keep the controller." [ laughter ] i just saw this. doctors have developed a new procedure that uses radio waves to treat asthma. so the next time someone has an asthma attack, don't do cpr -- [ in announcer voice ] "just put on 101.5, the zaniest morning zoo in all of scranton with dirty mike and the platypus. we're taking call

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and from the philadelphia 76ers, evan turner and andre iguodala. that's them right there. earlier tonight, we put each of our teammates in a soundproof booth, or something like that, and we asked a series of questions about their teammate. tonight, we're going to find out just how well those answers match up. each question is worth five points, and we'll start with the 76ers. now, andre, we asked evan, what is your most irritating habit, something you do that irritates those around you? >> oh, man. probably make fun of him. >> jimmy: making fun of him. what is the answer you gave? he twists people's words around. is that true? all right. now, evan, same question. what is your most irritating habit according to andre? >> andre always makes fun of my voice, so it might be my voice. >> jimmy: his voice, andre. >> no, no, no, whoa, i got a better answer -- >> two tries? >> yeah, let me have a second one. >> jimmy: just remember that because that will happen for you guys. remember it all evens out. >> he says i have no filter, i say whatever i think. >> jimmy: you have no filte

. >> i grew up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey. i went to school up and down the east coast. i went to undergrad at duke university. i went to law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here in 1997. i have been here for the last 14 years. i have always lived in the castro. i am an attorney. i started out in private practice. i settle private law firm during complex commercial litigation. in 2002, and moved over to the sentences the city attorney's office where i worked on the trial team doing trials for the city, handling my own cases, and supervising a team of attorneys as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? >> i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area since that is where my family is. i was always interested in san francisco in terms of what it is as a city, its culture, it's amazing lgbt community. i came out here for a summer, fell in love with it. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i worked on campaigns as a teenager. i was involved campaign against senat

a star philadelphia chef shares his secrets you won't soon forget. >>> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with air travel and the new data out today that the fees airlines took last year for checked baggage and reservation changes added up to $5.7 billion. the anger many americans have long felt over those fees crystallized last week when soldiers coming home posted a video to youtube explaining how delta had charged 34 of them a total of almost $3,000 of additional luggage. ryan owens discovered when it comes to airlines and your bags, there are some surprising twists. >> reporter: it's the eye popping number sure to send frustrated fliers into orbit. $5.7 billion. that's how much we paid in airline fees last year. most to check bags. some to change reservations. in exchange for shelling out all of that dough to check a bag, you would expect it to be there when you land. 99% of bags make it, but every year, millions do not. >> excuse me. hi, you lost my bag. am i supposed to spend the entire weekend with the clothes on my back? >> reporter: it happened to b

mississippi as a little town of about a thousand people went to philadelphia mississippi to open his presidential campaign and give a speech on states' rights and you know what happened in philadelphia mississippi you have you have three or four civil rights workers murdered there it's the only reason he went there and he gave the speech on civil rights it was he kicked off his presidential campaign by saying basically he was pitching to the to the to the races soon the south so that you. i don't know who i'm being asked to defend here or why i'm being asked to develop and i'm not the only member of john this is the antithesis of of you know this is ronald reagan this is the antithesis of social justice is is dog whistle calls to to to bigots basically but what does this have to do with anything that i'm talking about well i think that you know fighting racism is part of the social justice thing and ronald reagan opened and i'm all for fighting racism in a way said outside of the buzzword of social justice i mean the idea the idea of social justice it's a term that is frequently used

[applause] >> the san diego padres -- the atlanta braves, the philadelphia phillies, the texas rangers, they are all otta here! [applause] -- outta here! i came to this organization in 1982 and i only knew the couple of things about it. one, it had a really bad ballpark. it used to have a center fielder by the name of willie mays. its current center fielder was some guy named chilly. i also knew that it had not won a change in ship. my daughter started in 1982 and i am happy to say, thanks to these gentlemen here, the torture is over! [applause] how great was that parade? i know everyone up here felt it. i know you felt it. everyone here today, you are standing here, and you are not standing alone. you are standing with the person who taught you the great story of the san francisco giants, whether it is your dad, mom, friend, a sister, grandpa. they taught you right. they thought you had to be loyal. you have to love your team. to a man on this team, to a man back in august, you fuel and energized this group all the way through september, and through the epic month of october, and what

presidential campaign and give a speech on states' rights and you know what happened in philadelphia mississippi you have you have three or four civil rights workers murdered there it's the only reason he went there and he gave the speech on civil rights it was he kicked off his presidential campaign by saying basically he was pitching to the to the to the racists in the south to the. i don't know who i'm being asked to defend here or why i'm being asked to develop them i'm not a member of justice is the attitude this is of of you know this is ronald reagan this is the antithesis of social justice as is dog whistle calls to to to bigots basically but what does this have to do with anything that i'm talking about well i think that you know fighting racism is part of the social justice thing and ronald reagan opened and i'm all for fighting racism head outside of the buzzword of social justice i mean the idea the idea of social justice it's a term that is frequently used by the left and it's generally used to mean things like pro-choice it's generally used to mean things like big gover

>> reporter: record-breaking highs of 99 degrees in baltimore and washington, while philadelphia hit a record-breaking 97 degrees. blistering conditions for work crews, but not everybody was miserable. >> i like the heat. i've waited for it all winter. >> reporter: the broiling heat meant a short day of classes for students near philadelphia and in new jersey. >> it is hot in the schools. they don't have air-conditioning. >> reporter: no ac needed for these kids in camden as temperatures soared all the way to texas where it's very hot and very dry. >> we've gone 134 days without a half inch of rain in the city of houston. >> reporter: rain and water were not a problem in monroe, michigan. where these youngsters kept cool the old fashioned way, with squirt guns and super soakers. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> anything that works. >>> amid his so-called twitter scandal, the pressure is mounting for congressman anthony weiner to step down, and it's building within his own party. new revelations have made the timing of the new york democrat's career crisis all the more painful. nbc's tracie

readings were on track to break 100 in philadelphia this week, where sticky air smeared the skies with haze. some schools in the northeast planned to close early for a second day so students wouldn't have to suffer. >> it's really, really hot. it's, like, 100 degrees and the classrooms are baking. >> suarez: for others, like these construction workers in virginia, there was no reprieve from the heat. >> today, we got a little breeze, but it's still hot. it's real hot. >> suarez: still, forecasters said there was some relief was on the way. a cold front was expected to move into the midwest tonight, and then head east. >> we take a closer look now at the heat wave and what relief is in store for the country and the fire-ravaged southwest with evan myers of accuweather. evan, welcome. what's going on overhead to create such high temperatures in such a big chunk of the country? >> well, ray, there's a couple different reasons what's going on. number one, we can just tell in the short term there's just a massive area of high pressure, a big ridge in the upper atmosphere that extends from t

they had assembled in may in philadelphia to work on the future of america. one of the most controversial points during the convention was how the power to the larger and the smaller states was to be distributed, and until then each state had one vote but now the largest state favored proportional representation because the would give greater leverage in congress and surprisingly the smallest states wanted to keep the one state, one-vote rule. it was overturned and by july, the convention was at the verge of collapse. then someone suggested a visit to bartram's garden. on saturday the 14th of july, 77, seven delegates arrived here at 6 o'clock in the morning and it was by then run by john bartram's son, william, and i know it is obsolete but i am still going to show you a picture of bartram's garden. the delegate spends three hours here. they add my ear the trees and shrubs bartram's had collected from all 13 states and wherever they turn the basically saw yet another specimen from yet another part of the country. it seems america's entire floor was assembled

philadelphia came in second. jeff bush gives us a closer look of the problems in the san francisco. >> san francisco does a pretty good job but you can see with travel and leisure is talking about. cigarette butts are everywhere which is common for a city deeper and gross water collected in pot holes. on the sidewalks and even an old toilet in a nob hill. garbage is everywhere. also a lesson of killing is not uncommon to see an entire side wall with old chewing gum. potato chips, bottle caps, and i will not even show you the worst. is lincecum a careless and what people do here for some reason? it is sleazy--it is careless. people think that this would be a nicer place to live and work if it was cleaner. >>pam: the best cities to raise a family according to parenting magazine madison, wisconsin. no. 6. that was third last year, parenting magazine says that madison wisconsin has the fourth drwith cultural activities. c'mon, i was is number five. the city's highlight-to mourn, iowa the morninthis morng desmoine, io

we've got government here running in philadelphia like it was 1902 sometimes. we can't operate like that. that is not only a time stop but draining resources, taking away from our money. maybe that's why we're broke. >> hi, i'm ebony, i'm 21, and a member of the ye pushout. instead of cutting education and putting month nye into police force and military they need to take money from there and tut put it into school. knowledge is power. we need knowledge. without it, what are we going to do? ♪ >> sarah hoy, great piece. thank you so much. if you want to hear republican conditions for president debate the economy and many other issues, join us next monday evening for the new hampshire presidential debate. 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. >>> you know the saying, a picture is worth a thousand words and in this case, 21 words helps this man get the point. take a look. meet the guilted ex-boyfriend behind the billboard's shocking claim. [ male announcer ] you sprayed them. thought they were dead. [ laughter ] [ grunting ] huh? [ male announcer ] should've used

. >>> in philadelphia, some bottom of the ninth heroics by shane victorino. he smashed a two-run single to tie the game against the marlins. in the tenth, carlos reed hits the game winning rbi. philadelphia rallied to beat florida 5-4. >>> and in washington the nationals could do no wrong, practically scoring at will against the visiting cardinals. hernandez pitched a three-hit shutout. washington crushed st. louis 10-0. >>> when we return another look at this morning's top stories and the baby thinks this is a funny game. but the lion, not so much. parentheses have a place. but not on your face. juvÉderm® xc is the gel filler your doctor uses to instantly smooth out lines right here. temporary side effects include redness, pain, firmness, swelling, bumps, or risk of infection. ask your doctor about juvÉderm® xc. if he's into big games... ...big projects... ... or big fun in the sun... ...only sears has the perfect gift sale for any dad. sears. [ female announcer ] now, just pop, click, switch your lids whenever you like! choose from over 20+ colors and d

court of appeals in philadelphia reversed the decision and directed it to conduct a do over that duel for that the f.c.c. had to hold more public hearings about consolidation they held six between october two thousand and six and november two thousand and seven it was artists spoke about corporate media popular musicians off the air really is the travesty of it is all these fans and all these people that have grown up in these communities listening to those radio stations it's just gone to me that is just the most anti-american thing i've ever heard in my life thank you. it's all of. europe. about the demise of independent producers in hollywood however the days of independent producer taking his or her created on a series or movie of the week to completion is a thing of the past but in the democrats and republicans joined in opposition to more consolidated media but a competitor can start a local bank or a restaurant you just can't go in and start a radio or t.v. station. because the airwaves are finite and not only are they finite. their own not by the seller but by the people but o

spent three years in philadelphia. came back, and ever since coming back to the bay area, professionally, i have been a corporate attorney down at palo alto. i left after about three years and became an investment banker here in san francisco at thomas was all partners. working the industry for about five and a half years. in the summer of 2009, joined a venture capital firm. i am happily married. my wife and i lived around laurel village in district 2. we have two small children. our goal is five and our boy is three. how parents and excited to be here on the board. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? and tell us about what motivated your interest in politics. >> choosing to live in san francisco was natural, given that i was born and raised here. when you are a child, you do not understand what you have until you leave home. i have the fortunate opportunity to live in los angeles and abroad in ireland and in philadelphia. there is no place like home in san francisco is your home. very natural and somethin

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