manhattan above ground level. infested,ted and weed it is a must-see for tourists all over the world. it is fascinating to see this in the sentry town. we are surrounded by greenery but at the same time there are these buildings around us. it is dorie -- it is disorientating. it is ready. preserving the idea of an industrial wasteland. another iconic image of new touch,iven the greek times square. a decade ago it was bursting with traffic and fumes, now partly pedestrian. all tables and chairs attract 52 million tourists per year for a much needed rest. walk quiteo have to a bit. now i can take a seat. people want to stop in times square. >> on the other side of manhattan, brooklyn has some new picturesces, including with the perk -- best view of manhattan's skyscrapers. the land used to belong to warehouses closed to the public. no more families and in particular french families are choosing to live in the neighborhood tucked away from the hustle and bustle. picnicsme down here for and meet the kids' friends in s

of people are getting priced out of manhattan. that's for sure. but i don't think people are fleeing because of the possibility of higher taxes. >> not only that but, look, a lot of people leave manhattan to your point in order to have their kids attend preschool somewhere else or schools anywhere. the universal preschool he's proposing i think is a fabulous plan and think that will add a lot to the new york city environment for awful us. >> going back to what you were saying originally, dolly, he may not follow through on these promises he made during the election campaign but if he does and he raised taxes, right, right, to what degree could we see prices plummet or at least go down in new york city? >> you know, i just don't see prices plummeting. i really believe that if there's a huge increase in taxes, then possibly absorption will take a hit so things won't sell as quickly. people don't have to sell in new york. that's just a fact. that's the reason during the last down many turn we didn't see a downturn in new york city be

and manhattan is so interesting always. i never, ever get bored. >> i never get bored and i always learn new things in manhattan. but there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo to me. from my perspective these are completely different cities. even building to building. pachenko down here. nightclub for men, nightclub for girls, nightclub for rock and rollers, hair salon. but all up. 15 different businesses in one building. one building. >> yes. >> i could spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. what is weird? what is strange? what do those things even mean, anyway? sure a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves, at least our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american porn industry catering to exactly the kind of dark urges we've been talking about but even nastier is a $12 billion a year industry that dwarves the hollywood prod

manhattan is so interesting, always. i never, ever get bored in that city. >> i never get bored and i always learn new things in manhattan. but there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo to me. from my perspective these are completely different cities. even building to building. pachenko down here. nightclub for men, nightclub for girls, nightclub for rock and rollers, hair salon. but all up. 15 different businesses in one building. one building. >> yes. >> i could spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. what is weird? what is strange? what do those things even mean, anyway? sure a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves, at least our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american porn industry catering to exactly the kind of dark urges we've been talking about but even nastier is a $12 billion a year industry that dwarves the h

and manhattan is so interesting, always. i never, ever get bored. >> i never get bored and i always learn new things in manhattan. but there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo to me. from my perspective these are completely different cities. even building to building. pachenko down here. nightclub for men, nightclub for girls, nightclub for rock and rollers, hair salon. but all up. 15 different businesses in one building. one building. >> yes. >> i could spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. what is weird? what is strange? what do those things even mean, anyway? sure a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves, at least our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american porn industry catering to exactly the kind of dark urges we've been talking about but even nastier is a $12 billion a year industry that dwarves the hollywood prod

i never get bored manhattan. >> i never get bored and i always learn new things in manhattan. but there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo to me. i mean, from my perspective, completely different cities evening building to building. nightclub for men. nightclub for girls. nightclub for rock and rollers. hair salons. but all up at 15 different businesses in one building. one building. >> yes. >> i could spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. [ laughter ] >> what is weird? what is strange? what do those things even mean, anyway? sure, a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves, at least our daytime sever time se. the american porn industry caters exactly the kind of dark images we've been talking about, even nastier, is a $12 billion a year industry that dwarfs the hollywood product. our own obsessions, arguably, are at least as crazy, violent and lurid as japan's. and we tend to actually carry out our violent fantasies more frequently. maybe

manhattan record label wants to drag him in to court. i guess they haven't done it yet. this is courtesy of "the daily news." they socked the brooklyn rapper and his record company with a copyright infringement lawsuit. saying he copied a '60s jam and he will have to defend himself. the track "run this town" features rihanna and kanye west and samples hook and sling dozens of times allegedly according to the suit.

after two hour hearing in a packed courtroom in the federal courthouse in lower manhattan twenty eight year old activist and hacker jeremy hammond was sentenced to one hundred twenty months behind bars he's going to spend the next decade in jail and march twenty twelve hammond was arrested for breaking into two hundred gigabytes of five million e-mails of information of private security firms stratfor and leaking this information to transparency organization we q leaks in these e-mails it was revealed that the private security firm was spying on human rights activists upon the request of corporation and the u.s. government earlier hamad had pled guilty to one count of the computer abuse and fraud act this was a classic case of whistleblowing where. malfeasance and criminal activity by a private corporation on behalf of both corporations and the government was exposed the government and the judge felt that the idea of causing mayhem or causing destruction was incompatible with that jeremy's stated political goals and.

but there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo to me. from my perspective these are completely different cities. even building to building. nightclub for men, nightclub for girls, nightclub for rock and rollers, hair salon. all up. 15 different businesses in one building. one building. i could spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. what is weird? what is weird? what is strange? what do those things even mean, anyway? sure a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves, at least our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american important industry catering to exactly the kind of dark urges we've been talking about but even nastier is a $12 billion a year industry that dwarves the hollywood product. our own obsessions arguably are at least as crazy, violent, and lurid as japan's. and we tend to actually carry out our violent fantasies more frequently. m

but there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo to me. from my perspective these are completely different cities. even building to building. pachenko down here. nightclub for men, nightclub for girls, nightclub for rock and rollers, hair salon. but all up. 15 different businesses in one building. one building. >> yes. >> i could spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. what is weird? what is strange? what do those things even mean, anyway? sure a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves, at least our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american porn industry catering to exactly the kind of dark urges we've been talking about but even nastier is a $12 billion a year industry that dwarves the hollywood product. our own obsessions arguably are at least as crazy, violent, and lurid as japan's. and we tend to actually carry out our violent fantasies mor

but there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo to me. from my perspective these are completely different cities. even building to building. nightclub for men, nightclub for girls, nightclub for rock and rollers, hair salon. all up. 15 different businesses in one building. one building. i could spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. what is weird? what is strange? what do those things even mean, anyway? sure a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves, at least our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american important industry catering to exactly the kind of dark urges we've been talking about but even nastier is a $12 billion a year industry that dwarves the hollywood product. our own obsessions arguably are at least as crazy, violent, and lurid as japan's. and we tend to actually carry out our violent fantasies more frequently. maybe with that

, manhattan, illinois. illinois. >> dan, good to talk you, you >> dan, good to talk you, you just heard me talking to jim, just heard me talking to jim, who sort of, i guess every who sort of, i guess every farmer gets it. farmer gets it. they know not just the micro they know not just the micro trends but the macro-trends. trends but the macro-trends. he was able to address this he was able to address this debate of ethanol, growing debate of ethanol, growing demand elsewhere and demand elsewhere and lowering lowering corn prices. corn prices. what's the situation from your what's the situation from your perspective? perspective? >> i think jim got it, and he >> i think jim got it, and he understands that price versus understands that price versus come down $3 a bush as your come down $3 a bush as your headlines suggested. headlines suggested. the problem we have is it's the problem we have is it's really three-fold about what is really three-fold about what is going to be hitting the u.s. going to be hitt

so supply contrained, not just limited to manhattan. new york city, manhattan and brooklyn, miami. >> he wants to build. >> he wants to build affordable housing. >> the new mayor bill deblass yo, who i have to say is a friend, is getting a bum rap here to a degree. he wants to expand housing. very pro-business. he's acknowledged what half of our city in new york is living where you have 49% of the city being poor and the only way out is that our economy has to become broader. but he's going to be good for real estate. florida, miami, on fire. miami beach is on fire. downtown is really getting stronger. and now, in fact, our incoming fed chair, mentioned las vegas. that's also beginning to bounce back which i thought would take a lot of time. there's some markets that are fundamentally unsound and will have some difficulty. >> you have a new mayor too. the only thing i worry about, the smart money, seem to be going to the same cities. when does somebody go to cleveland or detroit or? there's people there. >> where are the jobs? where is

but there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo to me. from my perspective these are completely different cities. even building to building. nightclub for men, nightclub for girls, nightclub for rock and rollers, hair salon. all up. 15 different businesses in one building. one building. i could spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. what is weird? what is strange? what do those things even mean, anyway? sure a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves, at least our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american porn industry catering to exactly the kind of dark urges we've been talking about but even nastier is a $12 billion a year industry that dwarfs the hollywood product. our own obsessions arguably are at least as crazy, violent, and lurid as japan's. and we tend to actually carry out our violent fantasies more frequently. maybe with that fetish

>> just in case y'all are wondering what manhattan as eighth avenue looks look. >> at rush hour. >> there's a bike lane. it's clear. >> that happens quite a bit, pedestrians walking on the bike lane. >> pedestrians have to follow the same rule as drivers and they get mad if bikers are on the sidewalk so they go in the lane of the bikers. >> if you're going to live in manhattan, one of the world's busiest cities, it's what you have to deal with. >> that's true. it is incredibly crowded. >> sure. this is during rush hour? >> yeah. >> he was by a crazy busy area, people getting on and off the train. you got to be able to dodge a million people. >> dudes of america, listen up. here's a free lesson on what not to say to your girl friend, wife, fiancee. >> hey, honey, how was your day? >> oh, my god, i just walked in the door, i don't want to talk about it! >> i'll tell you about my day but first tell me about yours. >> it was okay. hey, did you remember to get those tomatoes from the store? >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> i sure did and i also got you this baby bear. >> oh, sweetie. >> why don't you

in 1792, 24 men stood beneath a tree in lower manhattan and they signed an agreement that established a new market for a more orderly system of selling and buying securities. later, the invention of the telegraph in 1844, the rise of industrialization, and civil war spending lavished riches on wall street. and gave way to the gilded age. the term wall street had now become symbolic of the nation's securities market. by 1918, world war 1 had catapulted wall street into the epicenter of global finance. in the 20th century then witnessed great market runs and bubbles. both financial, innovation and regulation took hold. investor base expanded as did the array of new products. wall street does not connote just an address in lower manhattan, but the vast world interconnected through technology and geographic bounds no longer matter. so where were the women? they were not beneath the buttonwood tree. most people here tend to think that muriel seibert was the first to take up the path on wall street when she purchased a seat on the new york stock exchange in 1967. but she was hardly the firs

i'm sorry, i'm not in manhattan--that they're in manhattan a lot. and so he--he jets between manhattan and florida and decatur. c-span: how long has he been with adm? >> guest: he joined adm--he--he was brought into adm in the late 1960s when the company was--was really starting to fall apart. they weren't able to pay their dividend, they weren't able to-to report numbers that would make their shareholders happy, and somebody came up with the great idea that, 'well, there's this fellow, dwayne andreas'--who, at that point, was already a giant in the agricultural industry--'and he has a lot of influence. he knows a lot of people. he's friends with humphrey, he's friends with dewey, he's friends with ken--well, he's frie--he's fri--has a lot of friends in the white house. has--always has. why don't we bring him in?' and so a large block of shares were sold to dwayne andreas. he was placed on the board, and in no time he was the chairman, and he moved the company from its operations, which were then in minnesota, to decatur, illinois. c-span: what does

in 1792, 24 men stood beneath a tree in lower manhattan and they signed an agreement that established a new market for a more orderly system of selling and buying securities. later, the invention of the telegraph in 1844, the rise of industrialization, and civil war spending lavished riches on wall street. and gave way to the gilded age. the term wall street had thousand become symbolic of the nation's securities market. by 1918, world war 1 had catapulted wall street into the epicenter of global finance. in the 20th century then witnessed great market runs and bubbles. both financial, innovation and regulation took hold. investor base expanded as did the array of new products. wall street does not connote just an address in lower manhattan, but the vast world enter connected through technology and geographic bounds no longer matter. so where were the women? they were not beneath the buttonwood tree. most people here tend to think that muriel seibert was the first to take up the path on wall street when she purchased a seat on the new york stock exchange in 1967. but she was hardly th

>> trash from manhattan does not go that far away. it crosses the hudson river to a waste energy facility near newark. it becomes energy that is sold to the communities adjacent to the facility. if you want to know about trash from other parts of new york, other boroughs, it does go far afield. some goes by train. some goes by truck. it goes to pennsylvania, ohio, virginia. one of the carolinas. it goes very far away. >> why? >> we have nowhere to put it inside our own border. inside the border of the city. it had to go somewhere. it has to go somewhere. the somewhere had to be outside new york. >> why do the other states allow the garbage to come to them? >> they make a lot of money. we have to pay a hefty cost for transportation, but in terms of the host community, they charge a fee. in fact, some communities, the money has made a real difference in the economic base of the town. i know stories of towns in pennsylvania where because of the landfill they agreed to open and the trash they were paid to receive, they were able to buy ne

. >> since i've been driving this, i've stuck to the central business areas of manhattan. i seek traffic. the more i'm in traffic, the longer i last. >> and then there is the task of station. >> this is what is called a level three quick charger. it takes 30 minutes to power up this electric taxi, about the time of your average lunch break. but here's is the thing. there are only two such chargers in new york city, and they're both located in manhattan. that means the driver has to keep an eye on his battery and location. >> we think we'll need 500 chargers in parts of the city where taxi s operate. >> do you consider yourself kind of a pioneer? >> yeah, i do, but then again my fellow drivers think i'm stupid for volunteering. look, someone needs to try it. everyone will benefit later on. >> he said he can't lose time on the road charging an electric taxi. he doesn't own his car. he lease it is and they have to make $150 a shift just to pay money. >> i don't know how that system will work. if you go downtown at any gas station, there is a big line waiting to fill up the ga

this is along the hudson river in manhattan new york. people can come aboard the ship today and visit until 4:00 p.m. eastern time. it is only open for today. come on out if you are in manhattan and you would like to take a look he it ship. this is an active war ship in the u.s. navy. we are in the well deck of the ship. you can see behind me several military members and also some equipment that is used to fight several wars. otherwise i do also want to mention the ship was named at the after the tragic events on 9-11 after those who per michiganed. 700 tons of steel from the world trade center is used in the bow of this ship. just like i mentioned we have very cold temperatures across parts of the great lakes parts of the upper midwest well below average and even some snow flying around across parts of the great lakes. heather and ainsley as far as accumulation goes with the snowfall several inches are possible. when we talk about lake-effect snow we are not talking about a blockbuster event. many of the people are used to the amount of

. >> if you look like new york city manhattan and miami beach barrier island no real available the end with a very, very strong market no more new inventory comes out and downtown miami is emerging as a global city over the past 15 years has taken its place as a global keyways city so we watch any emerging city or even urging market assumed a place and that is the difference. melissa: chicago and detroit and boston? >> it is a broad economy with a focus on downtown urban development and the residents are moving into downtown. said you have the migration all of urban core. melissa: in detroit because things are so depressed? >> their problem a city of 2 million people it is hard to imagine the fifth year 60 yearssago it was the most important city in the united states it was one industry banal finally because of absolute chaos they are a more broader economy than ther will be greater opportunity and real-estate is so cheap downtown becomes more exciting for those who work in the suburbs actually commute to live downtown. melissa: you would avoid austin, texas? oh lot of the texas dallas

it all happened behind me on the other side of this building here in lower manhattan. the fdny is only about 2 feet wide. it is only accessible from the roof. they are the ones credited with saving his life. they alerted security they went looking for him. they are the ones that say they pulled the security guard here at nyu to check the roof. when he did he heard the student's cry and called 911. >> how do we not call the security guard the three of us 19-year-old students to check the roof. they would not have found him for who knows how long and he would probably be dead right now. >> that student is now recovering at a nearby hospital. he is listed in stable condition. that's the latest from tribeca this morning lower manhattan. >> thankful for his friends this morning. thank you teresa. >>> the time is now about 19 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up you want to see this horrific video of a woman being lit on fire at a gas station. why her husband is facing criminal charges for the accident. >> caught on camera the moment a skate border got a rude surpris

jim is a corn and soybean farmer in manhattan. not the one i'm in, the one in illinois, and he joins us now. thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> what are you expecting to happen. what is this discussion of corn prices going lower mean to you? >> well, it's a concern because we just, like you were saying, we raised a corn crop, and we need all the markets we can get for our--what we produce. you know, we're at low prices right now. if we lose another--they're talking $0.15 lower. right now we're at low cost to production. we've got a lot of high end put crop. >> when you say below cost production. what is your cost of production for corn? >> well, for me to plant an acre of corn it costs me $550 to $600 before i harvest a crop that i have invested in that acre to raise a crop. >> how do you see a slowdown? is it always prices? do you--do you harvest and sell the statement amount of corner but you get less money for it as prices go down? >> well, yeah, i mean, i do different things. i've got cash sales and we can do t

. >> if you look like new york city manhattan and miami beach barrier island no real available the end with a very, very strong market no more new inventory comes out and downtown miami is emerging as a global city over the past 15 years has taken its place as a global keyways city so we watch any emerging city or even urging market assumed a place and that is the difference. melissa: chicago and detroit and boston? >> it is a broad economy with a focus on downtown urban development and the residents are moving into downtown. said you have the migration all of urban core. melissa: in detroit because things are so depressed? >> their problem a city of 2 million people it is hard to imagine the fifth year 60 yearssago it was the most important city in the united states it was one industry banal finally because of absolute chaos they are a more broader economy than there will be greater opportunity and real-estate is so cheap downtown becomes more exciting for those who work in the suburbs actually commute to live downtown. melissa: you would avoid austin, texas? oh lot of the texas dalla

thousands came to manhattan to see the thanksgiving parade. if they are out they may as well get started. as i walk through the streets of manuel zelaya -- manhattan, many are open. >> save a spat no line for me. jennifer glasse out and about. >> thanksgiving - some think it's a celebration between the pilgrims and its native american neighbou neighbours. the history is political. it was claimed in 1777 to celebrate a war over the british. in 1789 george washington declared a day of thanksgiving and prayer in honour of the constitution. in 1863 abraham lincoln askeded the nation to celebrate triumph and battle. it didn't become an official holiday until 1971, franklin roosevelt signing it into law to lengthen the shopping season. macy's stealing a cue - the show must go on. despite high windows things went off without a hitch. john terrett was there for every step. >> macey's staff called them the gentle giants. 16 huge character balloons flying through the canyons of new york, narrowly making it through the skyscraper - as traditional as havi

northwest of manhattan. if you know the area, we are now learning that police, they are expanding their search initially where the crews have been rather with the s.w.a.t. teams going inside, looking for the shooter inside. now, we are getting new information that the shooter, they may have left the mall area. they were shooting out the surveillance cameras inside the mall. we're not sure what that is all about. but that's the good news here where there are no reports. once again, no reports of any injuries, we are hearing for the first time since the shots were fired from witnesses down at the mall to take a listen to what just came into the satellite center. >> we were not sure what it was at first. we thought it was a joke and then they started yelling. and it is almost into nordstrom. >> they came running towards us saying that shots were fired. >> and that they will be going on at the mall there in paramus. we'll keep a close eye from the satellite center. we'll get you more information just as soon as

jason carroll for us in manhattan. jason, thank you very much. >> the store ads, the shopping, the working, is it becoming too much? on thanksgiving day. i know a lot of you say yes. coming up next, we'll show you what these people are doing to protest the business of thanksgiving. >> hi. this is patty poole. gsa l & o, bagram air field. i wanted to say happy thanksgiving to my family. wish i was there, but i'll see you at christmas. love you. it's donut friday at the office. and i'm low man on the totem pole. so every friday morning they send me out to get the goods. but what they don't know is that i'm using my citi thankyou card at the coffee shop, so i get 2 times the points. and those points add up fast. so, sure, make me the grunt. 'cause i'll be using those points to help me get to a beach in miami. and allllllll the big shots will be stuck here at the cube farm. the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points on dining out and entertainment, with no annual fee.to apply, go to citi.com/thankyoucards pop

the co-founders of course work, by the way, if you live in manhattan, i am going do learn how to play an achordian because of you. >> thank you for joining us. today on twitter, i asked is today a good time to start a business, wages too high, employee benefit tuesday high, gary you are a killjoy. morgan tweets i think right now is the best time. best way to build up middle class america. tell me what you think or leave us a comment on facebook. no real prize, i just said that. final thoughts the fcc, the federal communications commission says it is going to propose letting people talk on their cell phones while flying. which i love. but the talking thing, that's way different than quietly playing candy crush during takeoff. take it from me, i am probably the most disruptive force you will ever encounter on public transportation. people regularly tell me to shut up, or they stair me down when i am talking on the phone. i don't know if 200 people talking in a long metal tube for hours on end is wise. i have often said i would not want to sit next to me while i'm on the phone. but, if t

i guess so, in manhattan, too, with higher quality interior design. did they rig all the traffic lights to see how fast it goes? prices for the base stingray start at just under 52,000. pretty color, too. >>> part of a mystery now solved, more than three years after being reported missing, the bodies of a couple and their two children have been found. still, so many questions. police say joseph and summer mcstay, along with two bodies, believed to be their sons, were buried in a shallow grave in a desert near los angeles. nick valencia joins me live now. nick, while they know the family has been located three years after, they still don't know how they ended up in this situation. authorities say they were killed. >> reporter: that's right. this investigation is far from over. want to take you back to march of 2010 when they were first reported missing. investigators did go over the house, all signs pointed to the family leaving on their own accord. investigators were baffled by what they found inside, eggs on the counter, dogs were there, popcorn stil

>> the manhattan institute is a conservative think tank clearly all against obama and obama care. they do need to tweak the law. michael, i hope you get decaf next time before you come on. the fact is we're talking about a small percentage of the people -- they say need to fix it. to fix the doughnut hole, i agree. but don't throw out the entire law. we're talking about people on the other side of me who never wanted this law, never wanted it to succeed and it works consistently to it try to see that it would fail. >> alan, you can talk all you want -- >> when did republicans get magic super powers to use their energy to change -- the law is collapsing because the staff of the president spent, quote, two hours a day overseeing its implementation according to "time" and it collapsed. the computer doesn't work. the math doesn't work the alan knows this more than most. if you don't have young healthy people overpaying there's not enough to pay for the older sicker people. what we're seeing all over the country state by state is the sicker people getting more money out are signing up

. >> thank you, brian, and thank you to the manhattan institute for the invitation. we were told each to speak on a different level. i find it interesting that i'm speaking at all, given i told linda this story a few minutes ago -- about two months before the book came out linda send me an e-mail and said, when the book comes out, if someone in the press wants to talk to you about your uncle and this book, would you do it? and i said, of course. and two months later the book comes out and it is the release of new book, "the reagan i knew" blah blah blah to schedule an interview with brent bozell or rich lowry, call the following number. didn't know i had gotten myself into this. it's interesting doing a book tour on a book you haven't written. try that some time. i just did it. last week, during the inauguration, i was doing a fox interview and was asked this question. what are the lessons that barack obama can learn from george bush, both positive and negative. the primary one i suggested was the first principle of politics, which is that in politics, you must defin

attorney in manhattan and mr. cohen goes on. he's basically saying it was a handful of men who pleaded guilty and whose conduct gave rise to sac's liability. the manhattan attorney for his part says substantial and pervasive insider trading was going on on a scale without preceden precedence. the war of words continues. >> it's a huge number, but no individual guilt. on twitter, a pew research center poll looked at not only how we use twitter, but who uses twitter, and it's pretty interesting. >> yeah, it is. and it's very interesting for the likes of you, who is a news man who tweets as well. 18 to 29-year-olds are the biggest grouping of people who use twitter and facebook as well. and around about half of them get their news from twitter and facebook as well. this is according to our pew research center study which looked at the habits of 5,000 americans. of course, twitter has 200 million users, facebook has a billion users, and of course, the former twitter is about to go to market, and as recently as yesterday are up to th

manhattan institute said 93 million people. the truth is somewhere between those two numbers. that's a ton of people. >> the early signs of this when ibm and time warner and big companies do that with their existing retirees, it's not a leap to say other companies do that as well. and then work down the food chain to active workers. >> it's a cost cutting measure. everyone is scared about the cost of this law and impact on workers and budgets and all that. >> if they all do it at once sometimes benefits are a big reason why young people like yourself will choose one company over another. because benefits package is great. companies save a lot of money. >> benefits are a recruiting tool. that's not necessarily their anymore. >> i just found out here the other anchors are paid. it's ridiculous. kate, thank you very, very much. meanwhile, it is no wonder we still have no clear number on how many people have signed up for this thing. we go right to ed henry who knows this stuff and maybe can enlighten us. ed? >> reporter: the early draft at least suggests that on day one, october

reason for the season, the 87th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade now winding through downtown manhattan. john terrett has been following the parade. he is in mid town. what was the reaction? because you were there when word went out that the balloons were going to fly >> reporter: there was a huge cheer went up. i have never heard anything like it. all of the people, 8,000 volunteers that macy's wrong els for this parade. when the word went out from amy cute, who is the chief parade officer, she said, we are flying. and everybody went hooray. a big cheer went up. >> that's good. in all seriousness, they took this very, very seriously indeed. and they have to because there are rules if not laws in place now after a couple of incidents in which people were hurt when these balloons came down too close to the ground during high winds. so had the winds been sustained at more than 23 miles an hour or gusting at more than 34 miles an hour, they won't have flown them because they couldn't have. i have a prime example here just behind me. we are on 34th and 8th. down there on 34th and 7th where

we know millions will be lining the streets of manhattan to watch this in person. even millions more of you will be enjoying the parade from the comfort of your warm and cozy home! now here is the big question, though. will those legendary balloons that tower over the city will they fly or not? the issue is wind. we don't know if the wind is going to tolerate -- is going to stand up to the levels that we need them to stay under for these balloons to fly. so we're going to be along the parade route taking a look at this and seeing what officials are saying and let you know if the parade balloons will be floating or not. >>> you've seen this dash cam video already and show it to you yesterday. a hero cop risk ing his own safety to rescue the man in the burning pickup truck. the officer will join us live this morning. we will see how he survived that. i can't wait to speak to him in person. >> thank you so much. >> uwelcoyou're welcome. >>> jason flores writes as you eat turkey and pass the gravy, let's give thanks to shos serving in the marines, army, air force and n