. >> on a recent trip to new york city, booktv visited the new york public library where we spoke with the library's president and ceo, anthony marx, but the history of the institution as well as its current operations and future. >> let's start with some numbers. how big is the new york public library? how many employees, budget, et cetera? >> new york public library combines the largest circulating branch library system in america, 88 branches, in every neighborhood in the boroughs we serve, as well as for important research libraries. this one being the crown jewel at the center of the system but also the schomburg center and harlem, the library for performing arts, the lincoln said, science industry and business library. have about 2100 employees. we have a budget of about $280 million a year operating about half comes from the city of new york. largely to pay for the circulating library system in all the neighborhoods. the other half comes from a return on a billion dollar endowment of the private foundation that employs me, the trust. and then we raced them are between 80-$100 mi

of new york has made around new york city's commitment to dealing with climate change and how significant it is. it is today on the front page of the "new york times." maybe someone has that paper. i think i see it over there. i will see if i can get a copy. it says in a sweeping effort to reduce the environmental impact new york city is planning overhaul the standard of all of the public buildings and pressure private landlords to make similar improvements. it is a pretty interesting number. the initiative is part of a pledge to be announced before the summit tuesday to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 from 2005 levels. the u.n. has pointed to that decrease as a desired target for developed countries to mitigate the effect it is of climate change. the significance is that new york would become the largest city in the world to make the commitment according to the mayor. >> we should have merged a long time ago. this is a good sign about what happens when people get together and is for things. it is a good thing to have a mayor like that who take its seriously and goes to w

york and new jersey. this is a super bowl of a lot of firsts. this is the first time it is being hosted by two teams, the jets and the giants. the first time it is being hosted by two states and one big city. the first time the game is being played in a northern city in a building without a roof. >> bringing the super bowl to the new york region has been a decade-long effort for tisch. it began after 9/11 when he began pitching the idea to nfl and local politicians as a way to jumpstart the stuttering economy. it was not until the metlife stadium was built in 2010 that idea caught on. >> the nfl owners liked to bring the game to some of the newer stadiums to highlight them. they wanted the world to see this great facility. >> millions of people around the world will be watching super bowl xlviii. perhaps no venue is better prepared or staffed for an event like this. 20 times a season, metlife undergoes a transformation. a staff of about 20 takes two days to change it from one team to the other -- from jet

new york city. this event was hosted by the new york public library, and last about 90 minutes. >> thank you, lois. i want to thank the library for organizing this event. can you guys hear me in the back? can you hear me now? no? yes? i will speak loudly. it is great to be in the city, lecturing on the city that he wrote about. in the very place in the city that you wrote about -- midtown manhattan. a couple of preliminaries before we roll into this illustrated talk. i like that better than powerpoint, as a term. i'm not good at powerpoint. luddite, i'm i'm a just a technological idiot. not the book i originally set out to right. the original idea was to do the whole city. all five boroughs, and stretch it out from world war i to world war ii. cute, itrying to be too took to bigger bite out of the apple. i discovered, as i was doing my research, that i was really drawn to a really compelling story within the larger story i had intended to tell. it is an untold story, actually. it has been told in bi

jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," charlie sits down with president hassan rouhani on his reactions to the crisis in syria. and best-selling author stephen king joins us in the studio with his latest movie, a good marriage. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> another victim fighting for his life, whoever pull the trigger is till on the loose and we have a live report from police headquarters in a few moments. >>> also developing right now this woman 24 year-old catherine knott is one of three people expect to surrender in the vicious beating of a gay couple in center city. suspects are all expected to turn themselves in this morning. >>> today is the day shuttered revel casino hits the auction block it cost 2.4 billion to bill but bankrupt atlantic city property is expected to go for a whole lot less. >>> good morning, is september 24th i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm quarter von tiehl. lets get a quick check with our f

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the new prime minister of iraq on the job only six weeks learned the hard way today that words have consequences. he made a comment to reporters here in new york today that caused a flurry of activity in american cities and across the atlantic to europe. he said he'd been told of a plot by isis to attack subways here in the u.s. and in paris. he was quoting his own iraqi intelligence. and because this comes during u.s. air strikes in syria and iraq, and a heightened alert status already, u.s. officials were forced to immediately scramble into action. and they ended up spending much of this day assuring american citizens they were in fact safe. it's where we begin tonight with nbc's kate snow. >> reporter: enhanced security today at new york city subway stations after the iraqi prime minister said his country uncovered a plot involving isis fighters from america and france. asked if the plot was imminent, he said he wasn't sure. virtually every u

jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, marlie. gm is going to offer cars that can almost drive themselves. ceo mary barra said sunday in two years the cadillac will be equipped with what they call super cruise, which includes hands-free driving. on a highway it will keep cars at cruise and a safe distance from the car in front. >>> on wall street the bull market has been soaring for more than 2,000 days. it is now the fourth longest bull market since 1928. on friday the dow add 67 points. the s&p added a new record after adding 10 points and the nasdaq added 20. >>> excitement is growing for what could be the biggest ipo every. the top exec alibaba starts a two-week road show in new york today. want to raise $24 billion. that is $8 billion more than facebook raised in 2012. >>> and the tech world is buzzing about apple's big launch party tomorrow. the rumor mill is saying the big company be will be unveiling its new iphone, the apple 6. >>> i can't wait. >>> straight ahead, highlights f

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. in just the past 24 hours american pilots have been in action in the skies over syria. an air campaign launched, we were told, to hit isis militants and their command centers. but we then learned today some of the first shots fired last night were aimed at a new terrorist group, one that few americans had ever heard of called khorasan. but u.s. officials were worried enough about it, apparently, that what they were planning to strike them as part of the first salvo. either way this escalation makes it a more complex world tonight. we have it all covered beginning at the pentagon with this military action. jim miklaszewski on duty there for us tonight. jim, good evening. >> reporter: 8:30 p.m. eastern time, the opening salvo was an all-american assault. 47 tomahawk cruise missiles launched from two u.s. navy ships, one in the red sea, the other in the persian gulf. the strikes were aimed at aleppo in northwest syria, site of a major isis tra

"new york times" was in a fight to the death against new york city which is owned by murdoch. >> i think it's fair to say that in asking ourselves, well, to which newspaper should we try to offer this story? it was clear that the "new york times" might be more interested in it than others because they were precisely under attack with the royal family private investigators. they do crazy things. it was good chemistry to get them involved. they went for it. >> oscar winner alex gibney's edge of eighteen. an intimate look... >> ...wait...is that a camera? >> at the real issues facing american teens >> whoa...code red.... >> dreaming big... >> i gotta make it happen... and i'm gonna make it happen... >> choices made.... >> i'm gonna lose anything left that i have of the mexican culture... >> fighting for their future... >> it is imperative that i get into college... it's my last chance to get out of here... >> the incredible journey continues... on the edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america on tech know, >> i landed head first at 120 mph >> a shocking new way to treat brain injuries >>

yankee great derek jeter delivers the game-winning hit in his file at-bat in new york. >> derek jeter takes his final game with a walk-off single. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, september 26th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, it is the end of an era for the national pastime. derek jeter, the most recognized player on major league baseball's most popular team played his final home game in new york city. baseball fans have followed jeter from the time he was a 22-year-old rookie of the year winner to be named captain of the yankees to finishing his career with the six most hits of all time. and last night he capped it off with another memorable moment. ko im has more from the captain's curtain call. good morning, ko. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. he said he would try not to cry when he stepped into the batter's box. he finishes here at yankee stadium with the same dramatic flair that made him an all-star hall of famer. and as his coach joe girardi said, quote, you can't even dream this stuff here. >>

i mean, i moved us out of new york. i said, when that play closed, "we're out of here," and we moved right after fun city. i just think they're not gonna like us. and i didn't spend all this time and all this energy to have this close. and it breaks my heart to see it die here. it won't die here. that's the only thing that's killing me, and i was thinking... billy: you're not gonna lose it. we won't let this go. and i know it's your... your work of love. i really think it's good, i really think... i know. okay, onward and upward. oh! hello, press! be kind. not too close. thank you. hello. very nervous. i don't like opening nights. i think you should celebrate second nights, when you're a success. i think anyone that celebrates opening nights is a fool, because you're not... the opening night is your walk to the executioner. so i will be very, very happy tomorrow, if all goes well, and very smug. i will throw some diva scene about something, when i know i have the power. right now i don't know if i have the power. [chuck

new york is such a big fitness scene. i knew it would be welcome in the new york markets. liz: you launched a year ago. no membership. but the classes. how much do they cost? >> so a single class is $40. but we offer packages so comes all the way down to 33 a class with a bigger package. first time is $34. liz: what i find interesting is that i do flywheel. there are people at fox do soul cycle. i like flywheel. but that is less expensive than $40. do you find that is prohibitive for some people to spend? how do you then expand? >> how do we expand? no, i think what main difference is, that it provides difficult benefits. and also, the we're only place where you can do it right now. so, when it is so unique, you have to pay a little bit of the price. liz: "vogue" magazine has covered you, business insider, "new york times," everybody is jumping on your story. you need investors. are you working on that? >> yes. it was really most important for us to open first location and explain the concept and show awe the benefits which we've done and it has been a year and been a grea

new york. >> how about how stores are using technology? >> we don't know where it will go but we are seeing apple technology ibeacon which is when shoppers go through a store, they can get pinged with promotions as they walk through the aisles and we see google for business. it is like goo labs for grocery stores. -- is like google maps for grocery stores. i talked to a retail expert as she says that might be something we see in the future. shoppers are using their phones. many people who are younger are shopping with recipes and anyway the stores can get in front of customers using technology, they are trying it. it is a competitive industry. >> i know mcdonald's is offering free coffee for the next two weeks in participating restaurants but if you are in new york, you can now go to this store called central perk which is a mockup of the coffee shop in "friends." they are marking the 20th anniversary of the shore so warner bros. offered a pop-up replica which will open tomorrow in soho and ser

the british captured him in new jersey and brought him back to new york, where they forced sam fraunces to, as a prisoner of war, to serve one of the british generals at a different location. and so sam fraunces was an entrepreneur. i mean he started this tavern, this fancy mansion, it was very popular. so being forced to work for free really rubbed him the wrong way. and as a patriot, he used this as an opportunity to help the cause. so he would listen in to what the british generals were saying at the dinner table and report that intelligence back to the continental army. he also would save table scraps and any kind of clothing and give them to the prisoners in new york city. not many people know this, but more men died in the prison ships in new york harbor than on the battlefield. so sam fraunces was really helping the cause. and finally, cut to the end of fraunces tavern's history throughout the war -- so, new york was a sad, sad city during the war. it was under british occupation, there was starvation, there were fires. and eventually we all know the end of the story, the america

don dahler is in new york. >> reporter: new york's top officials, including the mayor, police commissioner, and governor took to the subways this afternoon to show nervous commuters they had nothing to fear. mayor bill deblasio: >> with the evening rush hour about to gip, i have a simple message for all new yorkers-- there is no immediate credible threat to our subway system. >> reporter: police commissioner bill bratton: >> the people of this city should feel very comfortable and secure moving through the subways. >> reporter: the police presence in new york and new jersey was already increased by up to 50% in some places starting this week because of world leaders at the united nations, and the general threats by isis. new york governor andrew cuomo said the large number of officers now visible on streets and in the subways was a sign of protection, not panic. >> you're going to see a greater police presence than you have seen before. don't be alarmed. if anything, that should be comforting. >> reporter: but the mayor repeated the mantra adopted by the city after 9/11. >> if you see some

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york city. >> they will be brought to new york, to new york to answer for their alleged crimes in a courthouse just blocks away from where the twin towers once stood. >> july 2010, holder's justice department sues arizona over its immigration law, the goal: to stop police from checking immigration status at traffic stops. and who could forget this? june 2012. the house of representatives holding the attorney general in contempt amid the fast and furious gun running scandal. >> we're only asking the attorney general to turn over documents directly related to false statements made to ghong a coverup. >> accusations that attorney general holder brushed aside. >> truly absurd. truly absurd conspiracy theories. >> may 2013, the justice department caught with phone records from the associated press and days later, fox news james rosen named as a co-conspirator in a leak investigation and just weeks ago, the attorney general calling himself an activist saying is he proud of it and then, sparking outrage one more time with these remarks about his critics. >> there is a certain racial compon

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miss new york! >> yep, miss new york was crowned last night in atlantic city, the third consecutive contestant from new york to win. but despite the new york title, she is a bay area girl. as a teenager she attended las lomas high in walnut creek. she was a student body president and varsity cheerleader. for the talent competition she sang "happy" by pharell willi s williams. apparently she speaks three languages including russian. she went to college in new york. that's why she has a new york title. and she now plans to attend law school. so quite the smart lady from the bay area. >> miss new york but we're claiming her as a bay area winner. we don't accept the new york part of the story. >> who isn't from the bay area? >> we all have ties. >> it's beautiful here. >> it is. great weather today. and you can see it continues throughout this evening. clear skies in the santa clara valley throughout san jose. we have been talking about the possibility of rain this week. best chance at the coast in the

that includes the state of new york, the obama administration and including the mayor of new york. after the report came out, not a word from the chancellor, mayor or governor. not a word. and they silence speaks, i think, the fact that we accepted. now we find ourselves as a nation -- we are not at plussy even. that promise was separate but equal. we have separate and profoundly unequal. the two most important issues facing education today are not addressed. they are racial segregation and inequality in funding for schools. and despite the campaign for fiscal equitties ruling that should be addressed is a non-issue. we have known for years not only are unequal resources making the gaps in the in academic performance we call the achievement gap but we know whether we allow our schools to be -- when -- segregated the way they are it is difficult to generate support for public schools. leah's school probably does well garnering resources from the parents and i know of many schools that can't because the parents have no resources. so those affect the learn environment and whether or n

i'm john siegenthaler in new york. escaping isil, 130,000 refugees flee to turkey. >>> the united nations world leaders meet in new york, but will they be united in the fight against isil? >>> white house threat, disturbing new threat about the man who jumps the fence and walked right into the front door. >>> climate change protests, demonstrators stop traffic on wall street. >>>

new york-specific thing. but for a national audience, the democrats won control of the state senate in the elections in new york. and it's reported that andrew cuomo basically said he would prefer to have republicans control the state senate. >> that's absolutely right. it sort of proves what we've already known. proves it. he prefers republican control in new york state. he's not a democrat. that's where we're getting so much momentum. it's a democratic state. >> so, what do you make -- we say hillary clinton, another prominent democrat who has been out leading the charge for andrew cuomo, big de blasio. a lot of people new york and nationally look at the name de blasio and say this is a model progressive leader. are you disappointed with bill de blasio? >> on this, of course i am. his policies fit my policies, not andrew cuomo's, it doesn't make any sense. >> why do you think he's doing that in. >> clearly cuomo is calling in every single favor he can. >> ha do you think de blasio would owe a guy like cuomo

this due wet, in a new york state of mind. ♪ we're in a new york state of mind ♪ >> teaming up with belly joel and many more. the album debuting at number one tonight, making streisand the only artist with number one albums in each of the last six decades. >>> and the epic temper tan trem going viral tonight. if you have ever golfed, you'll understand this. watch and listen. chris and his meltdown after a round of golf, breaking his clubs, one after the other. telling me today he's just a little embarrassed now. now we're on the nation news showing the picture. >> yeah, you know, it -- here's what happened. you know, golf's a tough game. it's a frustrating game. >> are you recovering yet, or, better yet, has your golf bag recovered? >> that golf bag is at the bottom of the pond off the 12th green. >> you got rid of the bag, too? >> i put all the carnage inside the bag. and then threw the bag in the pond. >> don't feel too badly. you should see the way i golf. >> we'll have to play sometime. >> perhaps sometime. it will make you feel better. >>> when we come back here tonight, up for adopt

>> i would come to new york. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: after spending your whole career in new york, just do it. that would be a good place to do it. you know the good restaurants to go to. you have the place picked out. where you've been living for the past 20 years. it's a great idea. >> this is really hard. >> jimmy: no, no, no. lindsey, lindsey, please. lindsey, enough. are you stoned? [ laughter ] that's why he's wearing sunglasses. [ applause ] no, i'm just kidding -- certain states, it's legal. in certain states it's not. guys, we've got our pal lindsey here with an "e." and of course, derek jeter, our pal, is retiring after his long run with the yankees. and so if lindsey were a famous baseball player who played his whole career on the yankees, what he would say to a stadium full of people, is what a a wonderful time -- what a wonderful day it is for him and he wants to -- he's just really in town -- and just wants to see jeter. >> sorry. >> jimmy: you know, just in town, he just wants to see derek jeter, that's all he wants to say. >> i'm really sorry. >> jimmy: no, you're doing

the lobbyists were in new york in the final weeks of the fight working the press. the race scene is just a hollywood chase scene. it's no different than the airport race scene in "argo" and i have no problem with that, like i said, but key moments in this story are altered. and they're altered for dramatic reasons. we need to understand that if we're going to teach it and appreciate it. i call it fiction and i don't mean it as an insult, but i do think people need to appreciate the difference betweenviction and the record. the record is far more complicated. i think it's just as interesting, but it is messier. so with that, i wanted to wrap up my presentation and open it up for questions. i know a lot of people have seen this movie. i hope if i didn't cover a topic you wanted to talk up, you feel free to raise it now. thank you. [ applause ] >> yes, um, whether you're talking about ken burns and the civil war or godzilla, movies and television are first and foremost about entertainment. if it's not entertainment, it fails. >> right. >> this obviously didn't fail. m

you are seeing people coming into new york city, wanting to work in new york city, wanting new york city. that is where young families want to be. fortece just moved to greene. it is a huge trend that people want that urban experience. cadillac just announced from detroit they are moving their corporate headquarters to soho. it is continuing that trend of people who want energy, all of the amenities and cultural experiences that happen in new york city. handwringingome going on as these ultra luxury apartments and ultraluxury lifestyles are being imported into lower manhattan, that will -- edge outt income the lower income and middle income residents and move out the social services that aren't out there -- that are down there. >> today 60,000 people are living in lower manhattan. her has been a tremendous influx of people living downtown and investment. we have to encourage investment and building across the board for affordable middle income and high-end. diversity andout attracting people from all walks of life. concern is of obviously the security. we saw andrew cuomo last week ridin

new york. >> ♪ >> severe storms targeting the region. this iwitness cam video was sent to us from tom, the rain coming down so hard as you can see at this voorhees target that people were abandoning their shopping carts just trying to get out of the way. storm scan3 shows the storms moving across the region. some of them have been severe at this point. the entire viewing area is under a severe thunderstorm watch. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us. meteorologist justin drabick is tracking these storms for us at this hour. he's joining us live in the cbs3 weather center with the latest on where they're heading at this point. justin. >> good evening, natasha. looks like the impacted areas right now are in northern delaware and central new jersey. that's where we have the thunderstorm activity. little bit of light rain around philadelphia up to northeast philadelphia, through trenton but severe storm moving into ocean county as we speak. right now a lot of li

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. there have never been anyone like her and she changed the game for all who followed her. right after news broke here this afternoon that joan rivers had died at the age of 81, the "new york times" headline called her a comedian for whom nothing was too soon or too sacred. before joan rivers came along, we'd never heard anyone talk that way, at least not publicly. nothing was off limits with her. no one was safe. she lived her whole life outloud. she said she made jokes to get through life in fact. and while sensitivities changed around her, she never changed who she was right up until the end. she still said things no one else would. and that's pretty much how she is being remembered tonight. we want to begin our coverage tonight with nbc's rehema ellis outside mt. sinai hospital here in new york. >> reporter: good evening, brian. hospital officials say today there's been a flood of phone calls from well-wishers wondering where they can send flo

that's only half way to his mother, who paid a smuggler $4,000 to bring him to new york. it has been ten years since they last saw each other. >> josue told us that he had to leave el salvador. it had become unsafe for him. >> after his dad was killed by gangs, a gang tried to recruit his older brother, who fled to the states. this year josue, who has been living with his uncle, began to run out of options. >> josue was just one of the thousands of salvadoran children who have made the journey this year. >> violence in el salvador is rooted in structural, historical causes, one of which is poverty, the exclusion and marginalization of great portions of its population. >> hector silva is a salvadoran journalist. he says gangs have sparked the most recent exodus of children. >> i think now and for a decade, decade and a half, they are the most violent, and one of the most influential components of the whole equation, of violence, impunity, poverty, inequality, marginalization that has plagued these countries, my country, our countries for a long time. >> it's a weekday morn

york's picasso, and thanks to all the fighting, it's now new york's best-known picasso. >> reporter: the tapestry emerged unscathed, shrouded in bubble wrap. it now heads to massachusetts for a bit of cleaning. the new york historical society hopes to raise the curtain once more next summer. >> sreenivasan: some more news before we leave you tonight. the u.s. state department has issued an emergency message warning of possible imminent terror attack in uganda by al-shabaab. it instructed americans there to say home. secretary of state john kerry says iran has no role to play in the coalition being formed to wage war on islamic state fighters in iraq and syria. and in case you missed it last night, astronomers say vivid northern lights might be visible in the sky across the northern united states again tonight. thanks for joining us. i'm hari sreenivasan. see you tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized indiv

"new york times" was in a fight to the death against new york city which is owned by murdoch. >> i think it's fair to say that in asking ourselves, well, to which newspaper should we try to offer this story? it was clear that the "new york times" might be more interested in it than others because they were precisely under attack with the royal family private investigators. they do crazy things. it was good chemistry to get them involved. they went for it. ♪ ♪. >> the "new york times" didn't just report the story. it put three journalists on it, two of them winners of the pulitz pulitzer prize, the times on earth, nick davis hadn't gotten to and reinforced the guardian's contention news international's one rogue reporter defense was proving ludicrous. the times published in 2010 when the story was reaching a critical stage politically. four months prior, david cameron's conservatives took power. cameron brought a key murdoch player with him to 10 downing street, andy coulson as his communications chief. he was the former editor of the news of the world and had resigned taking responsi

our station here in new york, wnbc, says the white house couldn't find a top tier new york area golf course or country club that would allow the president to play given all the security shutdowns and concerns that come along with him. the president went back to the white house instead. it's not the first time a president has been turned away from a golf course or country club because of that reason. proof of how valuable perhaps a commodity at tee time can be on a beautiful saturday morning of labor day weekend for their members. >>> and a major landmark for the u.s. population. for the first time since the government started keeping these stats in 1976, single americans now make up over half of the adult american population. that's close to 125 million people age 16 and older. one research economist called it remarkable because of all the implications here. more renters than buyers, fewer children, and vastly different spending habits. >>> when we come back here tonight, a whole different perspective on some of our very best friends. >>> finally tonight, as an antidote to some of th

we're going to begin in new york. in a few hours, president obama will try to rally more international support for his plans to defeat islamic state militants. it was overnight the u.s. continued to pound i.s.i.s. targets in syria, for a second day in a row. as well as in iraq. and military officials tell nbc news, the air strikes are considered targets of opportunity. 100 missiles and bombs have been launch. they are successful. but are warning they could last for years. these are some of the first pictures on the ground in syria, after the air strikes. and residents say this town was hit by four rockets in the first day of the raids. and the u.s. has stressed there was an international coalition. a top official with the joint chiefs of staff says the u.s. has carried out most of the strikes. the obama administration says the air strikes are legal, under the iraq war authorization act of 2002. president obama is praising the five arab allies and promising that the countries will not let up on i.s.i.s. >> america is p

. >> all right, and that is all of our time for this news hour, i am tony harris in new york city, inside story is next. on al jazeera america. >> once again scientists and politicians are streaming from across the globe for a science fest on climate change. can new york 2014 escape the fate? it's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. ten of the hottest years ever measured have been in the 21st century. shocking amounts of canadian arctic ice and green land glacier packs have melted in recent summers. areas are finishing their ho hottest summers. scientists and activists have converged on energy. it's wide degreed that the worldwide temperature rise is the limit the planet can safely stand, and reports say holding the line is getting close to impossible. for one day only more than 100 leaders from around the world came together at the united nations tuesday to plot a new road map for combating climate change. >> we are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it. >> reporter: the plans and pledges are non-binding and a

spike films everything in new york. we know him to be a lover of new york city. one of my critiques of spike, and i have said this before so i'm not trying to hate on him, but he doesn't know how to close a movie sometimes. it goes on and on. >> summer of sam. great movie for two hours. >> yeah. just close the movie, man. he don't know how to close. i raise that only because your books are not all the same size. your novels aren't all the same size. how do you know when to close this thing? how do you know when enough is enough? in los angeles was -- there's everything we have discussed up to this point in this interview. there's the fact that everybody was scared, afraid of imminent japanese sea and air attack. everybody's chain smoking. everybody is having fabulous love affairs, great fist fights. there's parties because we're frightened. it's a -- so i decided to set the book in real time because nobody could sleep. >> right. >> the homicide investigation i describe is going on around the clock. i've got my characters. i wrote a 700-page outline for that book.

more than 4,000 people gathered outside apple's new york city stores. the lines, the flagship location on fifth avenue stretched ten city blocks. some had even been there since labor day. and companies like mcdonald's were cashing in on free publicity handing out sliced apples to weary iphone groupies. but the big winners were folks like andreas gibson. >> this has been kind of fun. >> reporter: at the palo alto store, ceo tim cook made a surprise appearance and shook hands and selfies with people who lined up to get the new phones. when asked if he was using the iphone6 or 6-plus, cook said? >> both, i'm lucky. >> reporter: now, demand is going for these new iphones. apple said the pre-orders reached 3 million in just 24 hours. and analysts say apple could sell 10 million iphones just this weekend. josh lipton, "nightly business report," palo alto, california. >>> well, you know, tyler, i got my iphone but i pre-ordered. i was one of the four million. >> you have it now? >> i could be getting it in four weeks, i am glad i didn't stand in line. >> and i

new york, new york. alibaba's sales pitch hits the road today. mind the gap. scottish -- fears of an activist as china crackdown on a bankers pay. money to singapore. the city on the equator is hot again. good morning to you. markets trading in the asia-pacific. this is what it looks like right now. the nikkei to 25, fractionally higher. this after second-quarter gdp came in, contraction mode. 7.1%, contracting more than expected. in australia, we are seeing a bit of a selloff, 1/10 of 1% down. singapore is among the markets opening next hour, and checking the latest indications, it is pointing to a higher open. it is on a street little bit, turning bullish on singapore -- a lot of people doing that. after not receiving as much love from foreign investors, the shares have started to receive attention once again. zeb eckert joins us with what has happened. >> is looking more attractive. with a shot like that, why wouldn't it be? traditional choice among foreign investors, very solid thanks. oc bc, you will be, they comprise the biggest portion of the inflows, t

york concrete jungle these streets will make you fill better the lights will inspire new york new york, new york ♪ >> one of the great upnets? u.s. open history. >> great britain has a men's grand slam champion! >> the queen of american tennis. >> an era has ended. >> over the last 21 years, you have pulled for me on the court and also in life. you have willed me to succeed, sometimes even in my lowest moments. over the last 21 years, i have found you and i want to -- will take you and the memory of you with me for the rest of my life. thank you. ♪ in the big city streetlights make dreams all looking pretty but your light is in the air new york concrete jungle where dreams are made of there's nothing you can do when you're in new york these streets will make you feel better the lights will inspire you now you're in new yor ♪ >> for all of us at cbs sports. >> this is collins. >> brett musburger. >> bill macatee. >> saying so long. >> so long from the national tennis center in flushing meadows, new york. >>> you might want to keep your eyes to the skies tonight. severe storms coul

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jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >>> in "monday night football" matchup you the new york jets host the chicago bears. in the first minute of play chicago's ryan mundy returns an interception 46 yards for a touchdown. four minutes later, the jets turn the ball over again, this time on a fumbled punt. that sets up another bears touchdown. chicago never trailed in a 27-19 win. >>> week four of the nfl season kicks off right here on cbs this thursday night. the new york giants head to the beltway to take on the washington redskins. our coverage starts at 7:30 eastern, 6:30 central. this is the "cbs morning news." y with up to 27% more brush movements get healthier gums in two weeks guaranteed. philips sonicare discover the brush that's perfect for you. (birds chirping softly in background.) (loud engine sounds!) what! how's it going? heard you need a ride to school. i know just the thing to help you get going. power up with new cheerios protein. the heavy lifters.ers. just for men does more than get rid of gray, your facial hair looks fuller, thicker, the best beard ever. after all, yo

that is the latest from here in new york, i'm jay gray. back to you. >> thank you so much, jay gray, again in lower manhattan for us. >>> the nfl has the infamous fist swinging video of ray rice in april. at least according to the associated press we're learning. it gets worse though. a 12 second voice mail from an nfl office confirms that. the league is in full damage control using former fbi director robert mueller to investigate this. it comes as rice gets support from a once banned player himself. >> i think he deserves a second chance. it is going to be -- >> reporter: as criticism of the nfl's handling of domestic violence grows, a plea from one team owner. >> i ask that you consider not to be too quick to judge. we have worked extremely hard to build an organization, integr y integrity. >> members of congress sent a letter to roger goodell. they want to know where -- or rather were the investigation and where the investigation failed. >>> verdict watch in the murder trial of oscar pistorius. the judge is going through all the eviden

new york. up next, we travel to authorurgh where retired david fitz-enz, author of "the final invasion: plattsburgh, the war of 1812's most decisive battle," takes us on a tour of key locations to tell the story. >> pilot joseph baron. ship saratoga. september 11, 1814. battle of plattsburgh in cumberland bay. this is a battle that is lost to american history. it is the first 100th anniversary, it was known by everyone. this was a huge celebration. people knew how important the battle of plattsburgh was. but in the meantime, things have changed. that poem became the national anthem. baltimore is in the center of a populated area. and people have been taught what took place there and what took place there was very important. but it was a diversion. the real battle was up here. you see, if the british can take plattsburgh, there is no troops between here and washington, d.c. there is no american -- the cavalry is not coming. and with plattsburgh gone, they can sweep down the lake, they can go on

york, new york" and "give my regards to broadway." plenty of friends from hollywood filled this temple. howard stern was cracking jokes inside during the ceremony and dear friends like deborah norville who spoke about rivers inside and also speaking columnist cindy adams, a long time friend of joan rivers. people inside by invitation only say that the ceremony was upbeat and that it was uplifting and there was plenty of opportunities to laugh and that that is really the way to honor joan rivers. >> joan went through life believing that people who laugh are happy. her mission in life was to make people happy. i got to tell you, i don't know how many blocks it goes down here but she would be so thrilled to see how many blocks are filled with people who wish her well. she's up there loving every minute of it. >> reporter: another request of hers had been that hugh jack hajackman would perform at her funeral and he did perform "smile" something that put a smile on everyone's face during what would have been a sad occasion but a time to re

jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," charlie sits down with president hassan rouhani on his reactions to the crisis in syria. >>> plus we'll look at the black market for iphones overseas. >>> plus, best-selling author stephen king joins us in the studio with his latest movie, "a good marriage." that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and i'm frank mallicoat >>> good morning, it is wednesday, september 24. i'm michelle griego. >> the weekend is out there somewhere! >> yes. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 4:0. >> the rain is on the way. we have drizzle out there now so damp around the bay area but looks like a storm system coming our way. some rain headed toward the bay area. we'll talk about that coming up. >> slick roads out the door. you will need windshield wipers in parts of the bay area. some slight delays in the cash lanes and there is an accident now coming into daly city southbound 280 at mission. >> i

anything that happens in new york takes on global importance. new york has led the pack. it has the biggest bike share program in the u.s. and it has an amazing biodiversity. great retailers and some wonderful races and events. a strong advocacy community and a tremendous bike commuting public. >> this idea that -- this is not just recreation. this is a commuter inspired move. tell us how this has changed retailing. >> for people to get to work and get to the parks and enjoy infrastructure without having to integrate this into their lives, this is where folding bikes and those alternatives command. >> let's talk about bicycles and falco motors. how can you turn a regular bike into a falco bike? >> a falco bike? the inspiration, we have seen e-bike as an extension. we have tried to mesh the two and a seamless integration power. >> how does it work? >> if you bike as a normal bicycle, power on demand. you do not have to pedal. it will give you power and the third is a cardio control that you set your heart rate through the smartphone and the drive itself will compute your b

the new york march was the largest social demonstration in new york in the last decade. that is a bit from bloomberg. we're asking you this morning how big of a priority climate change is for you. our phone lines are open if you want to call in on this topic. you can send us tweets and e-mails. you can check out our facebook page as well. a few comments are already on our facebook page. we will look for your tweets and phone calls as well. the phone lines are open. more from the "washington post" story. there are some key absences who are showing up for this climate change summit. some of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases have led skeptics to belittle the new york gathering as meaningless. we want to get your thoughts this morning. we will start with angel calling in from washington on the line for democrats. caller: hi. did morning. you are so handsome. thented to say that i think carbon emissions and the idea of having to carbon tax people is only going to crush the middle class and the lower class people. it is not going to hurt or harm the people like al gore.

i am originally from new york. i am a product of the public schools in new york. so, going to those schools -- outside columbia as an undergraduate, going to those schools were really my first exposure outside of new york and got those degrees and then spent really a career before the bench trying to look at the workings of our institutions. and studied relations between the branches of government at the brookings institution and at georgetown. senator daniel patrick moynihan, who had been my professor at harvard, and i was his teaching assistant, he .as on my oral exam because of him, i became a judge. ofwe have got some videotape you from 1993 testifying. where would you have been? >> i can tell you exactly what i was doing, that day in fact. i was accompanying risk data ,its -- ruth bader ginsburg meeting with the senators on the hill. senator moynihan had asked me if i would work with her. she did not need any work because she was so fully prepared and everything. and i made every meeting with her that was scheduled except one, with barbara boxer, because the