new york city just got nailed. we have thousands of people lined up forá@ maroon five in "today" show. this is some of the lightning we just captured from moments ago. as far as the forecast, this will all be gone in a hurry from new york city. we are still watching extremely strong thunderstorms from wilmington, delaware, to philadelphia. all of southern half of new jersey is going to get hit by these storms over the next hour. it looks like north of baltimore too. if you are leaving your houseçn the next hour, from new york city to ballty nor, you are going to have a pretty slow commute. stay inside if you possibly can. want me to show you how hot it is going to be in the next three days? you are 108 in saint lewis. many areas above 100. for the first time, now, we are going bofr 100 to washington, d.c., raleigh, charlotte. we are going to do it again on saturday. on saturday, the humidity is going to be up. the heat index is going to feel like 110 to 115 from the southeast. even into sunday, brew dal. >>> ch

as new york city's mayor proposes a controversial new ban on sugary drinks over 16 ounces. could your town be next? >>> and the sweet sound of a child's giggle. it could be a sign of a rare brain disease that's no laughing matter. tonight, meet the doctors racing to find a life-saving cure without a single stitch. >>> plus, he produces everyone from nicki minaj to justin bieber. and just can't get enough hit so songs himself, as a member of the black eyed peas. we hang for a day with will.i.am. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," june 1st, 2012. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, are those super-sized drinks really responsible for the escalating obesity epidemic? new york city's major michael bloomberg seems to think at least in part they are. this week, he proposed a city-wide ban on sodas and juleses over 16 ounces. and while those sweet drinks do contain a shocking amount of sugar, many opponents are drawing a battle line between big government and big so

york city, we know the companies spin off from them will start in new york city. now, i have no doubt that many of you here today will be a part of these discoveries. your work will reshape our understanding of the world, everything from the origins of the universe to a cure for cancer. for the nonscientists here, you, too, will have an important job to play. you business and finance majors, you may be providing the capital for the discoveries to be brought to market. education and journalism majors, you may be writing or teaching about those discoveries. nursing and premed students, you may be talking to patients about them and you future lawyers, yes, lawyers always have to be involved in everything we do, you will be needed to protect patents and of course, fight off other lawyers. but technology revolution that is reshaping our understanding of the world and the freedom that you join to pursue your dreams are complementary which is why i mention both of them. they reinforce each other. the more we learn, the freer we will be, and the freer we are, the more we

kids in new york city playing by the dead horse. i don't know -- i don't know the actual street has been identified where the specifically was, but this, of course, is the other extreme of life in new york. by the 1870's you have a growing sense of to new york's which might come into collision, chilly in the streets of the city during the 1870's, starting in 1873 there is a bad recession , the recession of 87 victory last for several years and bring some of these class antagonisms to ahead. this is 1874 tompkins square park, allocation in this city which currently has been as site of controversy and confrontation between new yorkers. this was during the depression. various labor unions and working men's groups wanted the city to provide public works projects to fund public works projects of the people were not starving. and .. a misunderstanding they -- the police basically attack them, as you see in the background. you have all these liberal radicals, labor militants. i mean reformers in some cases basically fleeing for their lives

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

institutions of the irish-american community in new york city. so they're marching between these two big architectural symbols of the irish presence in new york. and as you look at this, i am not sure you can see the details easily, but there is a flag they use, a regimental flag, all green with an irish harp in the middle. and right next to it and also down the way a little bit as well is the american flag. so you have both symbols, both expressions of identity, american and irish mixed together. when they were recruiting this regiment, they were waving this green flag right next to the american flag, and they were arguing this is a way to really prove to those doubters, a way to prove to those know nothings that catholics can't be good citizens. that you really are good, loyal americans, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice that any american would make. and so you end up getting sort of these public symbols, these public expressions of identity in which both halves of these people's identities are expressed, both the irish half and the ameri

pleasant across new york city 66 and 70 in cleveland. those warm temperatures are a seen we have moisture headed our way. we are basically on the warm side of a cold front. you can see moving into parts of the northeast. you need umbrella right now if you head out the door. heavier downpours to the east. scattered showers across pennsylvania. all of this moisture will continue to head eastward. from boston down to philadelphia by the big airport hubs. we have heavier downpours the southern parts of arkansaned southern portions of louisiana slow as you go out to work. slight chance some of these storms could produce severe weather. we have severe thunderstorm watch in effect right now across northern parts of lawsuit yaw basically because the conditions are favorable for large hail and damaging winds. morning travel shouldn't be impacted much in philadelphia but i think we could see a slight chance later on in the morning hours at 8:00 a.m. you are going to have the temperature at 72. atlanta not expecting any rainfall just yet. you can s

. >> racial profiling in new york city. last year the police department stopped, frist, and interrogated people nearly 700,000 times, mostly black and latino men. the justice department is being asked to investigate. we will speak with jamel mims, a victim of stop and frisk, and the naacp's ben jealous. >> it is terrifying to see the richest person in the city, the mayor, a media titan, say we have to do this to make our cities safer. >> the new york police department has sued for spying on muslims across the northeast. >> i am not exaggerating when i am saying is bone chilling when you see the debt the nypd went to investigate people who were just worshipping and going about their daily lives. >> "5 broken cameras." and award winning documentary filmed by a palestinian man who got a video camera to record his son's growing up. he ended up documenting the resistance movement to the separation wall in the west bank village of bil'in. >> it takes a bullet three milliseconds to hit my camera. in that time, before the experienc

her daughter was born into a new york city shelter. her rent subsidy helps homeless people live out of homeless shelters. the blowback administration defended the program three months ago, leaving a thousand people stranded in the permits they cannot affordkatrice paid $50, now responsible for more than $1,000 per month. >> i have been trying to look for another job may be on top of the job i have to see if i can work two jobs. it has been very stressful because trying to figure out what is more important by making sure i have food in the refrigerator, making sure i have lights on. then i do see homeless people out here in the streets. i think to myself, i wonder, i hope that is not going to be me and my daughter in the next month or so, being out on the streets because of the fact i tried my best. i work. it is not like i don't work. i do what i have to do for me and my daughter, but it is not enough. >> bloomberg officials claim the city can no longer afford to spend the $140 million a year on rent subsidies. critics note four times

that's a big closet for new york city! this is nice. i'll give michael that area and this can be mine. this is not about michael. this is about michael buying this place. >> there's a second bedroom and second full bathroom. go check it out, and i'll meet you. >> okay, that sounds great. i have to say, i am impressed. it's remarkable. >> great. let me call my driver, and we'll head to the other place. we're going to a building called the sitai. on 37th and 5th avenue. >> okay, very exciting. hey, siggy, welcome to 52-i. >> kitchen, okay, i don't really care about the kitchen, but okay. >> okay. >> no -- this is not real. this -- oh, my god. that's my building that i work at. we have to stop for a second. this is magnificent. now this is a two-bedroom apartment? >> two beds, 2 1/2 baths. >> how much more is this than the first? >> about $1.7 million more. >> oh, just about $2 million. okay. >> come into the second bedroom. >> toni, seriously, you want me to have a heart attack? nobody can throw me off -- you're throwing me off with this

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. >> center in new york city, one of show everyone the places you go to a new york city and had the opportunity to go with her to. >> well, she loves new york city. 76 anonymous in an apartment there in the 34th floor, beautiful place, wonderful hotel. she looked at various restaurants here in new york like the party have become a french restaurant that i understand no longer exists. please decide that the various museums here in new york city. and she was central park, but she was unable to really go into central park because of the crowd problem. >> so you know, as we were being introduced, the thing that people know you missed for that day in dallas. i'm always tried to make us put, you know, as much about the good times is the bad times, of course that was the day that changed everything. so can you take us back to that day on november 22nd, 1963? >> yes, that's the date that was the end of the age of innocence. it was a day that there was a beautiful sunny day in dallas and the crowds were extremely large. they're on both sides of the main street of dallas. before hanging out of windows, b

. >> thousands of people held a silent march in new york city sunday to protest the new york city police department's controversial stop and the risk policies. the search initiative has drawn accusations of an unconstitutional and primarily targeting people of color. organized by the naacp, it proceeded down fifth avenue from harlem to the home of their michael bloomberg on the upper east side. eight people were arrested at the end of the march after a large group protesters remained in the streets. war on the stop and frisk marched later in the broadcast. new figures show the median pay for the country's top corporate executives increased at nearly double the rate of the average worker. according to the "new york times," the top 200 ceo's made an average $14.5 million, a 5% increase over 2010. workers saw a pay increase of just 2.8%. ceo pay has outgrown worker pay more than 120 side and times faster the last three decades. -- more than 127 times faster than the last three decades. an employee of a public relations firm tied to the corporate giant walmart has been found to opposed as a

it hot and-- in new york city. i hope you don't mind, i'm going to just take a sip of a comically oversized movie theatre beverage, it's so hot. >> it could be the end of the big gulp, new york city mayor bloomberg wants to ban the sale of all sugary drinks that are larger than 16 ounces. he wants the ban at all new york restaurants, movie theatres, sports arenas and more. (laughter) (applause) (laughter) sorry, what? you are going to ban-- no! >> they can still sell 32 ounce of sugar drink to you but they have to put it in two containers. we're not taking way anybody's right to do things, we're simply forcing you to understand that you have to make the conscious decision to go from one cup to another cup. (laughter) >> jon: mr. mayor works these giant cups where are homeless people going t to-- [bleep] (applause) >> jon: are you going to tell them to take two smaller [bleep] because i'm not. wow. wow. wow, mayor bloomberg. wow. i love this idea, you have of banning sodas larger than 16 ounces. it combines the drac

home at the entrip id here in new york city. we send our warmest welcome. dylan is next. dylan, how are you? >> i'm well. i couldn't think of the effort in europe to persuade merck el to accept the deficiencies of the ruben debt from all those years ago as i was listening to your last word, martin. i hope the world he sees the connections and echos and makes a different set of decisions much earl in the process this time. you say things that really i think con texturalize this in a way tha no one else can. >> thanks, dill dylan. >> and there's got to be a bet are way out of europe than a bavarian bond offering, if you know what i'm saying. >> i hear you. >> anyway, show starts right now. good wednesday afternoon to you. i'm dylan ratigan. today's big story, auction 2012. special interest election of course is what this year's election will be a prototype of, if you're confused as it what we have been talking about the past few years, you're in luck because, well, the games have begun. the most recent tutorial, wisconsin recall,

tomorrow 99 could be the high temperature in new york city. cleveland we are expecting high temperature of 93 degrees. out west where we are having strong storms through north central we will be seeing more of that today across wisconsin and into parts of iowa. some of these storms are producing flash flooding. minneapolis under a flash flood watch. we also have a flash flood emergency going on with parts of the interstate 45 shutting down. be careful everyone. that is in duluth in northeastern parts of minnesota. >>> a lot going on out there. >>> alec baldwin is the focus on a criminal investigation after allegedly attacking this photographer from the new york daily use. marcos santos you see him on the right filed an assault complaint with police in new york city. he claims the actor's punch left him with pain in the chin a headache and dizziness. he went ballistic after leaving the marriage license bureau on wednesday. he was spotted using a white sheet to shield his face as he walked through the city. baldwin says his actions against the p

to the city of new york that we have this museum. i encourage you even if you have taken the tour before to take it again because there are new to wars and the floors are changing and it is a wonderful experience. as morris mentioned, to talk about my book jackie 18, i will show you some images, some of these are in the book and others are not in the book. the book itself really covers four centuries but starts with henry hudson bailing into the harbor in 1609 end initial encounters here. in 2001 and beyond. a narrow chronological focus of my presentation to really kind of make it go hand in hand with the period of 97 orchard street down the block which was built in 1863 by a german immigrant and occupied by successive generations of mostly immigrants. a slice of the store from the civil war through the 1930s and the onset of world war ii. the book does deal with a bunch of overlapping themes like economics and political and defense and the fortification. what i want to do in addition to narrowing the chronological focus is to focus

now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn to a new plan to improve public health in new york city. it's attracting national attention and raising questions about whether the government is going too far. city hall's new target: that bottle of soda you may be drinking. new york city's image may be larger-than-life, but part of it's in for a downsizing. mayor michael bloomberg is formally proposing a 16-ounce limit on high-calorie drinks sold by restaurants, movie theaters, and other vendors. grocery and convenience stores would be exempt, as would diet sodas and milk-based products. the mayor made his case on msnbc. >> it's not perfect, it's not the only answer, it's not the only cause of people being overweight but we've got to do something. >> woodruff: bloomberg has campaigned against obesity, since becoming mayor. the city already banned trans- fats in restaurant food and required chain restaurants to list calorie counts on menus. in 2010, bloomberg supported a state tax on soda-- a measure that failed in the legislature. today, the new york beverage association characterized the

now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn to a new plan to improve public health in new york city. it's attracting national attention and raising questions about whether thgovernment is going too far. city hall's new target: that bottle of soda you may be drinking. new york city's image may be larger-than-life, but part of it's in for a downsizing. mayor michael bloomberg is formally proposing a 16-ounce limit on high-calorie drinks sold by restaurants, movie theaters, and other vendors. grocery and convenience stores would be exempt, as would diet sodas and milk-based products. the mayor made his case on msnbc. >> it's not perfect, it's not the only answer, it's not the only cause of people being overweight but we've got to do something. >> woodruff: bloomberg has campaigned against obesity, since becoming mayor. the city already banned trans- fats in restaurant food and required chain restaurants to list calorie counts on menus. in 2010, bloomberg supported a state tax on soda-- a measure that failed in the legislature. today, the new york beverage association characterized the m

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i don't believe it's necessary to do this in the city of new york or the city of philadelphia or any of the cities where the stop and frisk policies are in place now. you cited the numbers. the bottom line here is that black and brown men are being subject to search, illegal search and sometimes seizure for no reason. the mayor of new york city and other mayors of these big cities will tell you these things have certain benefits in terms of reducing the crime rates. but there's other data that shows there's reduction of the crime rates over time. >> i live in new york city, i walk home, to and from work. i see black police officers all the time. when the story came out, i thought, i wonder what they're thinking? where are the black police officers? you have this former sergeant who obviously walked the beat, saying there's illegal activity taking place. if that's the case, what does the city to have to do? what do the residents have to do? >> when you talk about something being institutionalized, it doesn't matter if the officers are black, white, or latino, they're indoctrinated to

-- no, no, that the new york city. i get confused easily. i'm old. we're been here on the planet mercury for a couple of days. here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> no way that arm is reaching all the way over here. not bad. i'm impressed. made it through the heat wave, that's good. very concerned about the elderly during the heat waves. the heat continues to be the story in the northeast. it will all be over with this afternoon. some big thunderstorms will roll through. that will be the end of our heat wave. the weekend looks nice. this morning, some showers, but the thunderstorms will be mid afternoon, probably around the peak heating, 4:00, 5:00. this morning, still feels very hot. a bit of relief. the humidity will go away by sunday. also i mentioned the chance of strong storms. new york city, philadelphia, d.c., damaging winds. could be some small hail and damaging winds. the heat returns from texas to colorado. also the gulf of mexico, we could have aropical storm forming over the weekend. it won't move towar

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we had some of it across up state new york. we could see hit or miss showers in new york city. not a big deal. not going to be rain during the day. not anticipating too much through out the entire day. 4e6yer downpours across carolinas down into floor dall. we will continue to see that through out the day. they are producing rain higher elevation snow and a lot of wind will finally begin to wind down. goodies for us acoulds part of the country. we will be seeing some strong storms firing up across parts of colorado. they could produce severe weather with the stoechl srm sy. because of all of the activity it won't be heavy in nature. patty ann, ainsley? >> maria, thank you. >>> sheryl crow reveals she has a brain tumor but it's benign. she showed up during a screening she had done in november on a hunch. she became concerned about her spotty memory after she forgot the words to her own song during a recent performance. is oprah winfrey about to lose her own network? national enquirer seems to believe so. discovery communications the company that partnered with the tv host is goi

i teach all these moves at equinox in new york city. you can certainly do them from the comfort of your own living room with a couch or chair, even on the floor. they're really awesome, effective workouts. >> maybe even in my dress and heels. i know i need to do something. i'm a mother. busy. what are some of the moves you have today? >> different exercises on and off the couch. get the heart rate up. it's recommended people work out at least 30 minutes most days of the week. and most programs are 30 minutes to an hour. so if you just get up and moving while watching your favorite program. i love to do this while watching "dancing with the stars." so take your feet. for you, squeeze your legs all the way together which is really great. i'm going to take my legs wider for more stability. come up and then come down. it's super simple. functional training. this is what you do every day. as people get older, this movement of coming in and out of the chair can be quite challenging.- >> i can feel this. >> you'll feel it if you do it repetiti

a ton in new york city. were they busted? >> absolutely not. the kids would tell us about the areas you get busted in. never in manhattan. you are never busted in park slope certain parts wiiams bx, you are gciallyo get e interesting. >> in man hattedan there are a lot of rich folksmented in the end, it comes down to class. >> absolutely. everyone is smoking we'd. there are a lot rich white kids in manhattan smoking we'd but they are not the ones getting arresteded. there are a lot rich white kids in manhattan s ones en support marijuana. is this where they do to de decriminalize a small amount of possession so at least they don't have it on their record? absolutely. it's a huge step in the right direction. all over the united states, our entire country has been in this skits phren i can't about what do we do about weed the legalization of it? there are states that have taken steps in the right direction and you take a place like new york where they haven't and it's ruining kids' lives. a kid has a nickel bag on him and a miss 19or? >> it. thes

all of this is legal in new york city. until god forbid i want to wash it down with a little pure and refreshing -- megyn: you wrote the book and naked calories. what do you think? does he have a point? >> we have to ask the question, who will watch the watchers. nobody is more passionate than i am about helping to fix the obesity epidemic. we cannot take away the funding amountal rights of an individual, what america was founded on. if we start to take away our ability to make choices as to what size soda. maybe next time it's what size steak. next time can i raise my child as a vegetarian. we do not need government telling us how to handle our nutrition. >> if governments are taking money out of schools and not allowing kids to become part of phys-ed programs, then government has to do something. >> we ask government to regulate food so there is no arsenic or pesticides in certain foods. we ask government to do that. you can look at sugar as toxic. a recent paper, researchers proposed sugar be regulated like a toxic subs

. >>> first to the news. here at 30 rock in new york city. the obama campaign's attack on mitt romney's business record ran into a road block. bill clinton. president clinton praised romney's background at the investment firm bain capital. >> i think it will affect some people who relate well to businessmen. and i think he had a good business career. the -- there's a lot of controversy about that, but if you go in and try to save a failing company and you and i have friends here who invest in companies, you can invest in a company, run up the debt, loot it, sell off the assets and force all the people to lose their retirement and fire them. or you can go into a company, have cutbacks, try to make it more productive with the purpose of saving it. and when you try, like anything else you try, you don't always succeed. not every movie you made was a smash hit. >> that's for sure. >> i don't think that we ought to get into a position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. no question that in terms of getting up and going to the office

york city. >> reporter: in 2008, he banned artery-clogging transfats from new york city restaurants and insisted calories be posted on menus before setting his sights on soft drinks. susan kneely is with the american beverage association. >> the mayor seems to have an obsession with soft drinks. i don't think it's going to solve the obesity crisis by any stretch of the imagination. the problem is, what, you're going to be at yankee stadium with your family and you can have as much beer as you want and as much -- all the food that you want, and then you've got to have a limit on your soft drink? >> reporter: the mayor's ban only applies to restaurants, movie theaters and concession stands, not to groceries and convenience stores. >> i just heard someone on the radio say you're legislating the joy out of life for new yorkers. >> oh, come on. we're not taking away anything. you don't have to pay attention to calorie counts, stop buying big bottles or stop drinking two cups. >> reporter: americans consume 200 to 300 more calories a day more than three years ago, likely due to sugary sof

new york city mayor michael bloomberg calls our approach to immigration suicidal. so how should we handle immigration? does anyone do it better? in this hour, and in a "time" magazine essay, we'll journey to japan, europe and canada. we'll find out what they're doing right, what they're doing wrong, and what we can learn. first, let's visit a country with one of the strictest immigration policies in the world. a place that has tight control of its borders, few illegal immigrants, and a strong, coherent national identity. what are the effects of keeping foreigners out? let's get started. >>> japan's economy was once the envy of the world. now it's limping along, projected to grow less than 2% a year over the next five years. here's one possible reason. the nation's population is shrinking, dramatically. japan's current population is around 127 million. it's on pace to be just 90 million by 2050, a dropoff of almost a third. the nation is also aging. almost one in four people are 65 or older, making japan the oldest country on earth. >> by 2040, the median age in jap

york city. even though president obama promised to close the prison at guantanamo bay or get him out it remains open why this week let's talk about that and i think the logistics of closing it to prevent that president obama from making it happen do you think it was a mistake for him to make such a promise no i don't i think that. i think he's i think you're still committed to the policy he's trying to roll the rock and it's a tough rock to roll i say that i'm ready to. us. you should deal your own you huge first and then you will deal. with the world after a get is one time obey just an example of our imperialism of course it is an example you know because you want to impose democracy in some countries and you're not even able to impose democracy in your own country i think it's an issue i think it's hard for us to you know as being this sort of promoter of human rights while also keeping people in prison for as long as they have without any trials or any any chance that us just as applied to t

philadelphia through atlantic city up through new york city. this will briefly cool things off, but not to long. heat advisory out for new york city, as well. but there you you see the core of the heat. there's really no cool air south of the canadian border really to speak of. so try to get through. >> like everybody has to brace themselves. thank you, rob. >>> and rob was talking a lot about that waldo canyon fire. there aare at least a half doze others out there. 36,000 people from colorado springs alone chased out of their homes. one family was forced to live out of their car until a total stranger offered to take them in. >> by the grace of god, we were in the middle of the night welcomed into the home of perfect strangers who acted like we were their family, who literally said what's ours is yours. anything. they gave us their beds, their food, they cooked for us. >> when i heard their story, there wasn't any, you know, thinking about it. it's you're absolutely coming to our house and we're taking care of you guys. >> pretty heartwarming

she had a couple of kids. >> she's still working. >> this comes from new york city where a new exhibit would make james bond feel right at home. but unlike the movies everything here is real. from fake pijs to the ice ax that killed the russian communist leon trot ski. thousands before never before seen items have now made public. if you're wondering if any of these make the federal government nervous, i think again. they helped provide some of the artifacts. that's pretty cool there. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> welcome to "news4 today." for this wednesday, june 20th, 2012. new this morni

she had a couple of kids. >> she's still working. >> this comes from new york city where a new exhibit would make james bond feel right at home. but unlike the movies everything here is real. from fake pijs to the ice ax that killed the russian communist leon trot ski. thousands before never before seen items have now made public. if you're wondering if any of these make the federal government nervous, i think again. they helped provide some of the artifacts. that's pretty cool there. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. big-time heat in the forecast starting with today. we have mostly clear skies right now. 73 at the airport. 72 degrees in westminster. hazy sunshine. the temperatures will climb into the midnight bus. the heat index is about 101. it will be a scorcher. will let you know how long the heat will stick around in just a few minutes. >> 72 degrees on tv hill. >> the first day of summer and it will feel like it. precaution state heal

york city. and so through her i have this sort of -- and i grew up in the 60's. i am very much a product of that era. one of the things that i would observe is that i have now published, i would say, three generations of conservative writers. each one is different. each generation is very much marked by the culture, the temper of the culture in which they grew up, so i have to say i am a product of my time in that respect, but i am also the son of a well-known novelist. a fellow who had a sort of classic kneele conservative trajectory. he started out as a trust used in the 1930's. like many jewish leftists began to move to the right when communism was undeniable. his concern about the security of israel and men in general, would say this, he did not take the 60's very well. it was something that he thought was an attempt to jettison 2500 years of western civilization which he as an immigrant and non native english speaker had observed and used in his development as a writer. so he thought there

york city. you don't have a gun unless you see a psychiatrist. you got to go and talk to him first. second, you got to have a mental person -- this guy could be in the tenth grade mentally and it could be an out and out psycho. he looked like a psycho. and you want to tell me that if you threaten me, you're lunch, i'm lunch. this is garbage. >> i hear you. >> do you have any question? >> thank you for your comments, sir. >> she carries her own. >> a lot of times -- first of all, thank you both, thank all three of you. it's great to be here. a lot of times when we talk about the impact of partisan, it seems kind of distant from the lives of the american people, it's like regulations, but one of the things that i think partisanship has done in this country is to keep black and white people separate. we've done a lot of work as independents to create ways for what we call the overtaxed, which is the right middle class and the underserved which are people of color and poor people in general to come

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seven weeks later, he's come to new york city. you look amazing. >> thank you. >> reporter: it's obvious, he has lost a lot of weight. what does this number have to be? >> at least 317. >> reporter: all right, 317 or lower or i win the bet. 315.2 that is incredible. i've never been happier to lose a bet ever. nick, his mother toni and i go out for a healthy lunch. she tells me it hasn't been easy, he's vomited a lot. he's been on an emotional roller coaster. >> i cry at sad movies and chick flicks and stuff. >> reporter: but he's determined to keep losing weight and is ready to make an even bigger bet with me. six months, you weigh 315 today. >> i'm going to go 100. >> reporter: you're going to weigh 215 six months from now? >> yeah. >> reporter: i'm with you, pal. >> all right. >> reporter: we stayed in touch with nick for the last nine months, all through his senior year. he joined the swim team and the water polo team. and a few weeks ago, nick agreed to meet me in central park for the big weigh-in. look at you! oh! you feel sm