narrator: it was august 26, 2011, and hurricane irene was barreling towards new york. guys, guys, guys. this storm is serious. luckily, you are friends with a former boy scout. and a boy scout is always what? unpopular? beaten up? going to the movies with his mom? a boy scout is always prepared. prepared to spend lunch in his locker? prepared to die a virgin? prepared to paint his sister's nails? prepared for emergencies! that's why a week ago, when irene was just a tropical depression-- you're a tropical depression. (laughing) this guy got us... a disaster backpack, and a rental car that seats five, parked right outside. we're gonna drive up to my place in westchester where we'll all be safe. boy scouted! you're welcome. ted's right, we should go. hey, on the way out of the city, do you mind if we stop at my place so i can get something? okay, what did you have to get? my drink on. we're not going anywhere. what? no! we don't have time for this! we gotta get going! ted, i'm older than you. yeah. and taller. just older. and when you reach my age, and height, you'll see

mccain say they haven't retaliated so we can attack them anytime we want i am steve i'm irene i'm lisa my name is tom i'm a graphic designer a college freshman stay at home mom with a full time job scholar on social policy. and i'm just like you i'm going to bomb a supporter i support president obama but the president needs your help our president can't launch into another war without you that's why we're here at the americans for whatever brock obama wants to do you know he spends it's aisy have launched a kickstarter campaign to fund world war three in america is dead so our goal is to raise one point six trillion dollars on behalf of the u.s. government that's where you come in even a small donation and make all the difference. a hundred dollar donation to sue a day pass to leave your local refugee camp you'll probably end up in references it'll have three mile walk. because obama because obama. senator graham won't if the u.s. won't attack syria a new hit south carolina's charleston home on the very same day a nuclear warhead without schools through as a signature was transferred t

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is you had mccain say they haven't retaliated so we can attack them anytime we want i am steve i'm irene i'm lisa my name is tom and i'm a graphic designer a college freshman stay at home mom with a full time job scholar on social policy and embraced and i'm just like you i'm going to bomb a supporter i support president obama but the president needs your help our president can't launch into another war without you that's why we hear the americans for whatever brock obama once did you know his friends it's easy have launched a kickstarter campaign to find world war three in america is dead so our goal is to raise one point six trillion dollars on behalf of the u.s. government that's where you come in even a small donation to make all the difference. one hundred dollar donation get through a day pass to leave your local refugee camp you'll probably end up in references it'll have for a long walk. because obama because obama. senator graham won't if the u.s. won't attack syria a new hit south carolina's charleston harbor on the very same day a nuclear warhead without school throws in signa

. >> i'm irene. >> i'm leesa. . >> i'm tom m. >> i'm a graphic designer. . >> college professor. >> i'm like you. . >> i'm a president obama supporter. >> i support pam ax. >> the president needs your help. our president can't launch into a war without you. when we voted this 2008-2012, we promised to support him. together we can do it. >> that's why we here at the americans for whatever president obama wants - did you know he's friends with j zee have launched a kick starter campaign to fund world war iii. america is dead-arse vote so we aim to raise $1.6 trillion. that's where you come in. ... ... >> you are watching al jazeera. i am thomas drayton. these are the stories we are following: >> the united states and russia are committed to the elimination of syrian chemical weapons in the soonest and safest manner. >> the u.s. and russia reach a deal on destroying syria's chemical weapons. >>> president obama says it's a concrete step. some republicans call it a sign of weaknets. while in syria, itself, some rebels launch a new effort to combine forces. >>> plus hundreds unaccounted for,

. >> i'm irene. >> i'm leesa. . >> i'm tom m. >> i'm a graphic designer. . >> college professor. >> i'm like you. . supporter. >> i support pam ax. >> the president needs your help. our president can't launch into a war without you. when we voted this 2008-2012, we promised to support him. together we can do it. >> that's why we here at the americans for whatever president obama wants - did you know he's friends with j zee have launched a kick starter campaign to fund world war iii. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. >>> up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the entertainment industry there. next. >> sending the syrian chemical weapons deal to the world, the u.s. secretary of state heads for his first stop, israel. the patients the is really army won't talk about the syrians being treated in israeli hospitals. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome i am stephen cole in doha with the world news from al jazerra also head. >> reporter: reporting from the city in southern p

if you recall hurricane irene back in 2007. it sustained extensive damage. well, the governor of colorado has now called the governor of vermont to find out how they can handle public transportation. you remember how it was in maryland. very similar in many respects here in colorado. as we continue our coverage from colorado the flooding now day 5, charley crowson reporting for abc2 news. >>> we're continuing to follow this. charlie will have another up date for you tomorrow. >>> still a suspect tonight in a deadly shooting in east baltimore. 500 block -- rescue trues transported the victim, but did not survive. >>> early saturday morning another deadly shooting in the city, 37-year-old man shot in the head, that's in northeast baltimore. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. police do not have any suspects in that case either. >>> inmate murdered. he should never have been in a cell with another inmate with another inmate with a death sentence. the medical examiner is now calling his death a homicide after he died of blunt force trauma. his family fo

sacarlos de las calles 3;11 28:42 quizas probarlo por un tiempecito y si funciona hacerlo permanente 28:47 irene montiel/apoya el toque de queda 1:07 otegerlos hay mucho crimen hach que de queda 1:14 se opone al :13 pienso que es una perdida lionar un problema un mes dos, y volvemos a lo mismo segun gallo, despues de dos veces, los reincidentes se expondrian a multas, suspension de licencia de conducir u horas de trabajo comunitario..... damaris martinez/estudiant e de preparatoria 1:29 33:49 no creo que es justo, nos estan tratando como si nosotros fueramos criminales 33:53 habria excepciones si estan con un adulto o iendo al trabajo...aun asi adamaris dice que no es suficiente. 34:04 queremos ir casa de amigos y no tenemos carro y los buses vienen tarde, podemos caminar 34:11 sin embargo su mama via telefonica expreso una opinion contraria. via telefonica/brenda martinez-mama de damaris 33:24 a las diez de la noche que tienen que estar haciendo los ninos, nada, los ninos tienen que estar en sus casas 33:29 la medida esta siendo preparada en conjunto con la policia dijo gallo y esta buscando re

sacarlos de las calles 3;11 28:42 quizas probarlo por un tiempecito y si funciona hacerlo permanente 28:47 irene montiel/apoya el toque de queda 1:07 30:24 hay necesidad de protegerlos hay mucho crimen hay mucha posibilidad de que se enreden en una pandilla o en algo 30:31 miguel giraldo/se opone al toque de queda 1:14 26:13 pienso que es una perdida de tiempo, de repente va a solucionar un problema un mes dos, meses y volvemos a lo mismo segun gallo, despues de dos veces, los reincidentes se expondrian a multas, suspension de licencia de conducir u horas de trabajo comunitario..... damaris martinez/estudiant e de preparatoria 1:29 33:49 no creo que es justo, nos estan tratando como si nosotros fueramos criminales 33:53 habria excepciones si estan con un adulto o iendo al trabajo...aun asi adamaris dice que no es suficiente. 34:04 queremos ir casa de amigos y no tenemos carro y los buses vienen tarde, podemos caminar 34:11 sin embargo su mama via telefonica expreso una opinion contraria. via telefonica/brenda martinez-mama de damaris 33:24 a las diez de la noche que tienen que estar haciendo los

incomparable star and businesswoman irene dallas. the man who helped launch the industry when he invented pong the video game and architect who spent more than three decades re-creating the city of san francisco. we've got a lot of great stories to share, and it all starts now.

announcer: artworks is made possible in part by the mpt new initiatives fund founded by irene and edward h. kaplan. [captioning made possible by friends of nci] >> dad-- >> martin. >> mom--how are you? >> i'm fine. >> how was the flight? >> well, a bit bumpy out of lisbon. >> all right, the car's this way. ahem. your letter didn't say--are you here on holiday? >> we need a reason? >> well, no, i mean, it's just--it's been--it's been some years since we spoke. >> really? has it been years? >> 7. >> oh. good of you to collect us. hope you didn't have to reschedule any important patient care. sore throat? lumbago? [mr. ellingham chuckles] [cows moo] >> oh, god. >> bless you, martin. my car's given up the go. so you couldn't drop us off at my place, could you? [martin sighs] >> get in. >> all right, hang on a minute. >> sorry about this. >> maureen-- >> oh, louisa, i'm sorry. my mom had to drag me out of bed this morning. i could sleep for england at the moment. >> well, if this is you tired, i can't wait to see you when you got some energy. >> i wondered if it could be my thyroid. >> yeah?

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. ♪ principal irene pearl says trinity methodist girls school is committed to admitting children from poor families, many of them from the christian minority. but there's no hint in the morning prayer of trinity's religious affiliation. >> we do not talk or quote the holy bible. we say let us be good human beings. let us be good daughters, let us be good pakistanis, but above all let us be good human beings. >> reporter: it is illegal in pakistan for a muslim to convert to any other faith, and pearl wants to dispel any notion that the school is trying to convert muslims, who account for 60% of her students. >> i have to be extremely careful how i word myself. sometimes, you know, like we have a christmas concert. the children want to participate, the muslim children want to participate, but i say no, get a permission letter from your parents. >> reporter: she thinks muslim parents are mostly satisfied that their children are getting a good education with patriotic values. but she fears few would come to her support in a pinch for fear of their safety. just two years ago a prominent po

that was very important to me and it just shows you how the government works i mean a big thing like irene khan covered up and of course if you study history everything is always covered right unfortunately only decades later does it out slowly is the truth as i know and of course the multiple commission members actually resigned they said it was set up to fail and talk about this in the memo that was leaked from the nine eleven commission that talked about government minders that actually were directed to a company witnesses testified in from the commission what role does minders serve in the testimony process well i tell you to go to breakfast every morning i made every commission here and you see you actually had you know it's almost like you had minders with the commissioners you know they had no clue what was coming down some of me i remember sitting in a table next to curry curry and he says are you what's going on today what do you want to what should i say what this and that and minders were handling testimony from other you know they would mine the people who were test the testify

but it was over a year and hurricane irene came through before we knew that something was here. so we did come back in the summer of 2012 trying to find anything that would corroborate his story. and we weren't able to. >> so the fact that he buried something, his story is, there's evenf no way to confirm that? >> no, there's no way to confirm that. >> r he told us what he did with the murder weapon. he told us what he did with bill courier's gun. and they were exactly where he said he put them in new york state. >> straight ahead, she was the last known victim of israel keyes, he was a young alaskan coffee barista, just miles from where keyes lived. we'll take you to alaska next. >>> also you are going inside the interrogation room. you will hear the raw truth from a cold blooded ski ee eed kille. israel keyes in his own words. the fbi needs your help to try and identify some of keyes' victims who have yet to be discovered. wit's hard to find contractors with the passion and the skill, and that's why we use angie's list. online or on the phone, we help you hire right the first

it was over a year and hurricane irene came through to before we knew that something was here. we did come back in the summer of 2012 trying to find anything that would corroborate his story. we weren't able to. >> the fact that he buried something is his story and there was no way to confirm that? >> that's correct. >> but he knew enough to tell you about the area? >> he did and he told us what he did with the murder weapon and what he did with bill and lorraine's gun that they were where he said he put them in new york state. >> straight ahead, he was the last known victim of israel keyes. a young coffee barista working on a cold snowy night miles from where keyes lives. on the record takes you to alaska next. you are going inside the interrogation room. you will hear the raw truth from a gold blooded killer. israel keyes in his own words. plus -- how the fbi needs your help in trying to identify some of keyes's victims who have yet to be discovered. ♪ [voice] hu-rry up, is cold in here. [jelly bear] relax. we're checking the manual. [jelly animal] whoa,this minivan is load

names like sandy and irene bring back troubling memories. in 2011 alone, 12 severe storms created more than $50 billion in damage, more damage than all the storms from the 1980s combined. whatever the cause, the severity and unpredictability of weather has changed for the worse. not surprisingly, weather-related power outages have changed, both in frequency and duration. prolonged power outages are increasingly more the norm. when events like these happen, a standby generator allows you to remain comfortably at home. the alternative? a total disruption of your life. >> when i lived in north jersey, we had a well and septic and we had hurricane floyd. i think that was 1999. we were without power for five days. that meant you had no water in the house. no water, no toilets flushing, so that was really horrible. when it got dark, my neighbor said she felt like a farmer. when it got dark, you went to bed. when it got light, you got up again. i pretty much tell everybody, "get a generator." i really do. i have my generator installed since january

the time, now, is ripe if those statements to be matched by concrete steps by iren a. >> on thursday the secretary of state john kerry meets with his iranian counterpart. as for syria, president obama will call on the u.n. security council to approve a resolution that would mandate cons for syria if it fails to item over the chemical weapons. syria's president said inspectors trying to access syria's stockpiles could face security threats. >> police in pleasanton say they have promising leads behind an attack that left a father in a coma. authorities say 51-year-old david lamont want outside after midnight to confront teens making loud noises. he was beaten and suffered head injuries is sever he is in a coma. it is believed teaches -- teens are responsible for attacking him. there are several leading including a vehicle description. >> it is 6:07. san jose's city council will consider a deal today to pay a man nearly $5 million after police shot him more than two dozen times. are? -- officers say they shot him when he reached for a weapon which was a toy gun tucked into the belt of a

but it w over a year and hurricane irene came through, too, before we knew that something was here. so we did come back in the summer of 2012 trying to find anything that would corroborate his story and we weren't able to. >> so the fact that he buried something that is his story and there's no way to confirm that. >> that's correct. >> he knew enough to tell you about the area? >> he did. and he also told us what he did with the murder weapon. he told us what he did with bill and lorraine currier's gun. they were exactly where he said he put them in new york state. >> straight ahead, she was the last known victims of israel keys a lounge ang rage alaskan coffee barrista living miles from where keyes lived. "on the record" takes you to alaska next. also you are going inside the interrogation room. you will hear the raw truth from a cold blooded killer. israel keyes in his own words. how the fbi needs your help in trying to identify some of key's victims who have yet to be discovered. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don'

the year before superstorm sandy we had irene. when my movie came out a few years ago, the single most vitriolic critiques were against the part of the movie that showed an animation of the world trade center memorial site filling up with ocean water as sea level rose and the tomorrow storm surges got bigger. they said "that's ridiculous, how demagogic will s that?" well, it happened years before it was scheduled to and it's happening around the world. these extreme temperature events are 100 times more common than they were in the mid-20th century. >> to tell you why i think he's right about this and why -- what you should think about if you're not as obsessed with this as we are, i just made an announcement today of a commitment by the rockefeller foundation, a remarkable company that handles big data and helped us to manage the aftermath of sandy and employ volunteers to fix it up. and the city of new orleans and the architects who deal with sustainable building. and the big lee insurance company, the headquarters are about ten

names like sandy and irene bring back troubling memories. in 2011 alone, 12 severe storms created more than $50 billion in damage, more damage than all the storms from the 1980s combined. whatever the cause, the severity and unpredictability of weather has changed for the worse. not surprisingly, weather-related power outages have changed, both in frequency and duration. prolonged power outages are increasingly more the norm. when events like these happen, a standby generator allows you to remain comfortably at home. the alternative? a total disruption of your life. >> when i lived in north jersey, we had a well and septic and we had hurricane floyd. i think that was 1999. we were without power for five days. that meant you had no water in the house. no water, no toilets flushing, so that was really horrible. when it got dark, my neighbor said she felt like a farmer. when it got dark, you went to bed. when it got light, you got up again. i pretty much tell everybody, "get a generator." i really do. i have my generator installed since january

principal irene pearl says trinity methodist girls school is committed to admitting children from poor families, many of them from the christian minority. but there's no hint of christ in the morning prayer. >> we do not talk or quote the holy bible or anything. we say, "let us be good human beings, let us be good daughters, let us be good pakistanis, but above all let us be good human beings." >> reporter: it is illegal in pakistan for a muslim to convert to any other faith, and pearl wants to dispel any notion that the school is trying to convert muslims, who account for about 60% of her students. >> sometimes, you know, like, we have a christmas concert, the children want to participate, the muslim children want to participate, but i say, no, they have to get a permission letter from their parents, because you never know. >> reporter: although she thinks muslim parents are mostly satisfied that their children are receiving a good education, with patriotic values, she fears few would come to her support in a pinch, for their own safety. just two years ago, a prominent moderate politi

the year before superstorm sandy we had irene. when my movie came out a few years ago, the single most vitriolic critiques were against the part of the movie that showed an animation of the world trade center memorial site filling up with ocean water as sea level rose and the tomorrow storm surges got bigger. they said "that's ridiculous, how demagogic will s that?" well, it happened years before it was scheduled to and it's happening around the world. these extreme temperature events are 100 times more common than they were in the mid-20th century. >> to tell you why i think he's right about this and why -- what you should think about if you're not as obsessed with this as we are, i just made an announcement today of a commitment by the rockefeller foundation, a handls big data and helped us to manage the aftermath of sandy and employ volunteers to fix it up. and the city of new orleans and the architects who deal with sustainable building. and the big lee insurance company, the headquarters are about ten minutes from my house. t

it was over a year and hurricane irene came through to before we knew that something was here. we did come back in the summer of 2012 trying to find anything that would corroborate his story. we weren't able to. >> the fact that he buried something is his story and there was no way to confirm that? >> that's correct. >> but he knew enough to tell you about the area? >> he did and he told us what he did with the murder weapon and what he did with bill and lorraine's gun that they were where he said he put them in new york state. >> straight ahead, he was the last known victim of israel keyes. a young coffee barista working on a cold snowy night miles from where keyes lives. on the record takes you to alaska next. you are going inside the interrogation room. you will hear the raw truth from a gold blooded killer. israel keyes in his own words. plus -- how the fbi needs your help in trying to identify some of keyes's victims who have yet to be discovered. ♪ from the classic lines to the elegant trim in each and every piece, ♪ kohler will make your reality a dream. [voice] hu-r

i think we're already working -- the governor in vermont, they went through this with hurricane irene and really found some fast and official ways to rebuild better than before. he's sending by 11:00 tomorrow morning, we'll have three of his top engineers coming out here meeting with our people because we realize time is of the essence. the weather is going to clear up either tomorrow morning or tomorrow afternoon. we're hopeful that we'll get a dry patch in here, get the water out of the system. but we can't wait, even as we try to continue the rescue, we have to plan how to rebuild so we're better off afterwards than we were even before the flood. >> colorado governor john hickenlooper, you will be doing work long after this is out of the headlines. thanks for your work. >> you bet. >>> back to the deal between the u.s. and russia to eliminate chemical weapons, joining me now from beirut, arwa damon. arwa, what is rich sha is the main patron but there are a lot of rebels, the syrian opposition which isn't one group but many, what are you learns about how they feel about this deal? >

names like sandy and irene bring back troubling memories. in 2011 alone, 12 severe storms created more than $50 billion in damage, more damage than all the storms from the 1980s combined. whatever the cause, the severity and unpredictability of weather has changed for the worse. not surprisingly weather-related power outages have changed, both in frequency and duration. prolonged power outages are increasingly more the norm. when events like these happen, a standby generator allows you to remain comfortably at home. the alternative? a total disruption of your life. >> when i lived in north jersey, we had a well and septic and we had hurricane floyd. i think that was 1999. we were without power for five days. that meant you had no water in the house. no water, no toilets flushing, so that was really horrible. when it got dark, my neighbor said she felt like a farmer. when it got dark you went to bed. when it got light, you got up again. i pretty much tell everybody "get a generator." i really do. i have my generator installed since january of

. >> sandy, moore, oklahoma, isaac, irene, now this. are we looking at the new normal. >> we can't attribute any one thing to global warming but there are all of these weather events and seem more severe. >> in this kind of situation, what's the best thing you can tell people at this point? >> we're not going away. after the camera is gone, after we're not covering this anymore, take a look at where we've been before. we're not leaving. we'll do everything possible to make people whole. >> meantime, i heard some other topics came up with the vice president including the big handshake heard around the country. the inauguration. >> yeah, he did bring it up. >> come on. >> comen. come on. >> i got so much trouble for coming over in the inauguration. i got so much heat. i walked out and i said hey. >> the invitation is open at any time to come do the "today" show with us. >> i may need a job. >> you'll do great. thank you so much. >> you tried, al. >> i keep plugging. >> the handshake that will never go away. >> you heard your telling of it

that are irenic would appeal to the nation, even a president, one soon dead, another rising from the heated center of this out to be calm our advocate. because the president was not in control of providence. that there was a god who spoke from washington dc, now from our christian experience, for all of the writer at of the religious roots, that we rejected as evidenced by her own behavior that seemed any god that we could claim to be our own. these people remind us that ultimately a cosmic sense of purpose and to which they tapped would be enough to see them forward for economic transformation and leonard had captured that resistance and that relentless spirit that had assigned power that can never be, if you will, put out by the forces of men and women who failed to see the light. i am so proud to be associated with this project. and i am proud to be with his wife who freed us from this memory and is now documenting with aesthetic glory to beautiful and clam dignity and the wise purpose of human beings when they are in search of freedom. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> it is as

over the past 4.5 years, our nation has faced hundreds of disasters including hurricane irene which happens when multiple states were already doing with historic floods, making a bad situation even worse. we confronted deadly tornadoes in joplin, missouri, tuscaloosa, alabama, and moore, oklahoma. today, as we find ourselves every summer, we are fighting devastating wildfires in the western states, particularly california. as with our counterterrorism efforts, we two important lessons from each of these events, most notably -- we built upon the lessons of hurricane katrina to put us in the best possible position to support the response to a major hurricane and make sure that response would be fast, flexible, and comprehensive. we understood the importance of pre- positioning mass quantities of assets before the storm so they will be quickly available to those in need. we recognize the value of early outreach to governors, mayors, and emergency managers so everyone knows the plan and how to execute. we incorporated rate assessed or declarations into our planning some localities would have th

we lifted it on november 18 for hurricane irene and the missouri river basin flooding. we lifted it on september 30, 2008, for hurricanes gustav and ike. we lifted it on may 25, 2007, for storms in the state of california. we lifted it on december 20, 2005, for hurricanes dennis, katrina, rita and wilma. all told, congress has waived this $100 million cap 14 times in the past 25 years. it is routine, it is normal when there is a major disaster that causes major highway damage in excess of $100 million. and senator udall and i have been working with our colleagues in the senate. nearly all of them have indicated a readiness to work with us to pass this bill, and i am very grateful for that. i also want to thank my colleagues for working with us to get this done quickly for colorado, in recognition of how badly we need this cap lifted and this federal funding made available, and i would urge my colleagues to pull together and work with us to quickly clear this bill in the coming days so that we can get coloradans the help they need. if you will indulge me just a few more

it seems like with a regular -- in the last 18 months, sandy, moore, oklahoma, you name it, isaac, irene, now this. are we looking at the new normal? >> you can't attribute any one thing to global warming. there are all of these weather events seem more severe. >> in this kind of situation, what's the best thing you can tell people at this point? >> we're not going away. >> after the camera is gone, take a look at where we've been before. we're foot leaving. we'll do everything possible to make purr whole. >> meantime i heard other topics came up with the vice president, including big handshake heard round the country, the inauguration. >> yes. he did bring it up. >> let's take a look. >> come on. >> so much trouble for coming over in the inauguration parade. al was over there, hey, hey. i walked out and said, hey. >> invitation is open any time for you to come do the "today" show with us. >> i may need a job. >> you'd be great. thank you, sir. thank you so much. >> you tried, al. you tried. >> i keep plugging. >> a hand shake that will never go away. >> we heard your telling of it time