from the south through the mid-atlantic, on up to new england and including here in new york. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. snow all over the place. this one was the real thing. and there are piles of snow throughout new york city. for that matter, throughout the eastern seaboard. this is what an average new york city side street looks like. piles of snow this big and larger. cars buried. the problem is, this isn't an average new york city side street. we're standing in the middle of 49th street, just near the base of the world famous 30 rock christmas tree where millions of people come to see this site every year. this churning blizzard starting in the south, came up through new york city. again, the mid-atlantic, all the way through new england. and this was a whiteout here at this time yesterday. a history maker, no doubt. records fell along the length of the storm. 80 million americans were impacted by the storm, and look at that stat, 35 million americans witnessed blizzard conditions. transportation completely p

philadelphia and new york some stretches will be impassible as the snow continues to slam northern new england. wet on i-5 from seattle to portland. slick and icy on i-15 and i-90 in the northern rockies. >> and as you're flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, boston, philly, new york and washington, d.c. >> the blizzard could bring up to 2 feet in some places before it tapers often finally this afternoon. this is what it looks like at the george washington bridge, crossing from new jersey into new york. >> right now, the storm is moving away from the new york area toward massachusetts and maine. jeremy hubbard has a look at the conditions in boston. >> reporter: rob, mike, good morning from a very snowy boston. it's bad now and this isn't even the worst of it. the snow's been falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches every hour in that in the overnight hours that is expected to double, 2 to 4 inches of snow falling here in boston overnight. it's going to be a mess. forecasters are calling this a blockbuster storm. road crews are trying to get a leg up but it's a futile exercise, ove

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. >> york said a national search will begin for a general manager who will then hire a new head coach with york's approval. we'll have more on that interview. very insightful about where this organization is coming. it's very insightful, you hate to see the head coach lose his job but they had those expectations. >> 11:30, we'll tune in. >>> the timing couldn't have been worse for hundreds of travelers trying to make it home. and this is a look at new york city. the storm has hauled travel in the air, on the ground, even in the rails. amtrak has shut down all service from new york. ripple effects have stranded travelers right here, tom. >> reporter: no one wants to waste travel time going to where they want to be. but that weather has left people stranded all over the country. we talked about how they are coping. meredith wentworth is stuck hatch way across the country after a trip to alaska. >> not a bad thing to be stuck in san francisco. >> no it's not, but i've been in the air for 14 hours already today. so i'm just looking forward to getting into a hotel room. >> reporter: it's b

documents that's not true at all they only were putting stuff up on their web page when you go to the new york times or spiegel or the guardian or you swear putting up or very useful to the united states government in some ways there is a severe slanting in the output. that is the new york times got to go through as many document as it possibly could in the several weeks or several months given to it by we keep leaks to go through these documents and pick and choose those documents that are most conducive towards the new york times there's a lot of mystery surrounding wiki leaks but what's on the surface now are examples of double standards everyone is after we can leaks but not for example the new york times question is why going to shut down our t. washington d.c. . coming up to eight minutes past the hour here with r t live from moscow still to come in the program where those of gardens are picking up the pieces after what's been called the worst on rats in a decade after lawmakers approved a hike intuition fees. was a boat fit for

story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we talked about the state of knowledge. some of it was wonderfully obvious. and water goes down hill and collection areas and some of it was breathtakingly vague trying make a billion dollar decision about something. we talked about simple solutions and bold actions and diverse drinking water systems in san diego and we heard about thinking about discipline, winning over regulators and economic development agencies and environmental groups as getting them to wor

two-hour airport delays in atlanta, boston, newark and new york. the blizzard stranded more than 400 in north dakota overnight. they were trying to get to minneapolis, but couldn't. >> it was crazy. completely packed, like sardines. >> reporter: on the highways, it isn't any better. blizzards snarling traffic in iowa and wisconsin. and it's not just snow but rain, too. along the east coast. in places like new york city, where there's finally a reprieve tonight after some areas nearby were drenched in two to four inches of rain. and then, the fog. flights in washington, d.c. grounded for hours. for travelers, no relief in sight. next to get walloped by snow, indianapolis, cleveland and pittsburgh. that stretch of i-90 near buffalo where hundreds of travelers were stranded ten days ago is about to get snowed on again. and in syracuse, where they got 46 inches of snow in the last week, another one to two feet is in the forecast. but in chicago, there is good news. >> i'm going home! i hope. >> reporter: after hours on the phone, katherine finally got

it is the first major snowstorm of the season for upstate new york. and it has completely paralyzed a vast stretch of the region's main highway. drivers stranded, sharing mare misery on cell phones on the local evening news. >> i was very optimistic up until midnight. then the state troopers came through and said it will be a while. >> well, we started building a snowman. >> reporter: this woman sat in traffic for more than 11 hours. >> it just halted to a stop right around 9:30, quarter till 10:00. that's where i sat all night until this morning. >> reporter: the blizzard conditions are the latest act of a powerful storm that swept up the eastern seaboard, starting with tornadoes in the southeast. more than 50 homes destroyed outside atlanta. in buffalo, near the great lakes, all the white stuff is what's known as lake-effect snow. >> lake-effect snow happens when you have cold, arctic air pouring over that warmer lake water which right now is in the low to mid 40s, picks up that moisture and dumps it, creating these lake-effect bands. >> reporter: ne

brooklyn, new york. washington, d.c. newport news, virginia.ther nature with an army of plows. durham, north carolina, with an old broom. >> everybody go to the back! >> reporter: in new york, more than 500 passengers were stuck inside subway cars. some upwards of eight hours. they could see the train platform but couldn't get the doors open. >> we're not going nowhere. not one damn train. no heat. >> reporter: negotiating city streets proved difficult for pedestrians, impossible for some drivers. highways were littered with cars. drivers stranded for hours. >> i was so scared last night. i've never been scared with a snow storm before last night. >> reporter: for andrew louda, home from a six-month deployment, was stuck on the side of the road with his wife and 3-month-old baby for eight hours. >> just feeding him as much as we had, the apple sauce we had in the trunk, the bottles we had made. we had him wrapped up in three snowsuits, his regular clothes, two blankets, bundled up against us trying to keep him warm. >> reporter: those who tried

we heard from michael bloomberg, the mayor of new york, with new york 50 centimeters of snow dumped on the city. he expects the worst is past. the storm is still inching up the northeast coast and forecasters predict the rest of the week will be quite nice. in terms of the worst, it may have passed, but officials are dealing with the aftermath. >> new york, boston, all areas used to cold weather, but the sheer volume of snow is difficult to prepare for. >> there is only some much planning you can do when you talk about 50 centimeters of snow landing in a metropolitan area. the mayor of new york, just to add to more information, said they put contingency plans in place and their advice is the only make it very necessary journeys. the hundreds of people on the streets overnight in anticipation of the blizzards, they say that helped to keep the roads clear and he hopes in the next few days, things will be up and running in the city. thousands and thousands of flights, international and domestic from the york have been delayed. by 6:00 p.m. eastern, at john f. kennedy and newark are planne

burns, london bureau chief of "the new york times." he joins us from the studios of westminster live, located across the thames river from the house of parliament. >> john burns, the last time we chatted, i ask you about a book, would you write your memoirs? >> i thought about it. there are a few agents in new york who can tell you that i am remiss. i came back from iraq after quite a few years a couple of years ago. i really did not relish the idea of the solitude of writing the book. i would have told you that when i was in iraq and afghanistan that i was relishing the assignment. i hated leaving. i had not anticipated was the difficulty of readjustment. coming off of a very big story, partly, it is because of the camaraderie, the exhilaration. but part of it, too, it is being in a place which is beyond, in some respects, the consciousness or imaginings of people, notwithstanding television and everything else. and i think, probably, i am talking now about how the season has receded by this assignment here, which turned out to be som

a gliz -- blizzard warning remains in affect for new york city and parts of new jersey that could see 20 inches of snow by tomorrow morning. more than 1400 flights were canceled out of new york city's three major airports alone leaving thousands of post christmas travelers stuck for now. u.s. airways has canceled 110 flights for tomorrow and other airlines don't expect normal operations to resume until tuesday. it was a frustrating day at the airport for many. >> we were supposed to leave at 5:30, and they are opening up new reservation for tomorrow morning. >> they have given us a flight for tomorrow morning, but then they said don't count on it. >> they canceled service from new york to maine and bus companies halted routes up and down the coast. they declared a snow emergency and urged people to stay off the roads. it was so bad the nfl rescheduled tonight's philadelphia eagles game against the minnesota vikings for tuesday. >>> and the grounded planes on the east coast caused a domino affect that stretched all the way to san francisco international airport. that's where johnal sto

right now. >>> speaking of new york, oh, by the way next on the schedule lebron, new york jets have now disciplined this coach. sal alosi suspended him indefinitely after they got, quote, new information that the strength and conditioning coach personally instructed five players to stand in a wall before he tripped a dolphins player sunday. to i guess shield him. rex ryan and jets management denied they instructed him to form the wall saying he acted alone. he acted alone. >>> you know, it's been over a year since michael vick was released from federal prison. one of the conditions of his release, he can never again own a dog. but in an interview with nbc's degreo.com he explains he thinks a dog would help his rehabilitation. >> i would love to have another dog in the future. you know, i think it would be a big step for me in the rehabilitation process. i miss having a dog right now. i wish i could. my daughters, they miss having one and that's the hardest thing is telling them we can't have one because of my actions. >> interview with nbc here. michael, we're happy if you're doing w

it out of queen's new york airports in new york are the hardest hit. it will be in effect until this afternoon 20 in. of snow could fall. we have nine airports in new york shut down right not now because of this. it is just as bad on their roads. they're feeling the effects of the blizzard. a lot of rhode island snowplow slams into a car is bin said and put it on its side amazingly nobody was hurt. in connecticut the same thing. blizzard warming in effect there as they brace for its first winter storm of the season. many people are just paying off the road. calling in sick keeping kids then. police and national guard on standby to help anybody who might be stranded. the weather in the east coast is affecting flights to the bay area all those flights canceled all of the travelers have to be ready for that jackie sizzle is live at sfo where there'd not even dealing with that delay but we are also dealing with their own fog delayed. >> we have good news of bad news, bad news situation let's start with the immediate news we talked about some of the of grou

push on in. >> ava, thanks. >> here's a look at some of the day's highs around the nation. 30 in new york. 31 in baltimore. 34 in atlanta. after freezing morning temps along the gulf coast, new orleans gets up to 50. and dallas 62. those are the highs. >> unbelievable. 20s from kansas city to detroit. a biting 7 degrees in minneapolis. just 10 in fargo. meanwhile, 40s from seattle to billings. a wet 50 in portland. and 64 in colorado springs. >>> the 12-year-old virginia girl kidnapped after her mother was killed is reunited with her dad and the rest of her family. britney smith was escorted back to virginia last night three days after she was found unharmed in san francisco with her mother's boyfriend. jeffrey eastly is a prime suspect in the mother's death. his extradition hearing is set for today. >>> hundreds of people could be laid off from internet giant yahoo! as soon as today. the "new york times" reports that 600 employees could be let go. that's about 5% of yahoo!'s total workforce. the california-based company has been struggling to increase revenue as it competes with giants g

we just like to see the city. >> reporter: the storm is continuing to take aim at new york city, withore than 35 miles per hour. the blowing and drifting snow is making any kind of travel tonight here dangerous. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >>> this morning on "the early show" the latest on the blizzard blanketing the northeast. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." what's going on? we ordered a gift online and we really need to do something with it... i'm just not sure what... what is it? oh just return it. returning gifts is easier than ever with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. plus i can pick it up for free. perfect because we have to get that outta this house. c'mon, it's not that... gahh, oh yeah that's gotta go... priority mail flat rate shipping only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship and return. and i figured i would take these... "dietary supplement weight-loss pills." ooh, "consult a physician if you experience rapid heartbeat, "dizziness, shortness of bre

whit johnson in new york. moved up the east coast and is battering new england now. cbs news correspondent seth jonas in cambridge, massachusetts with part of that story there. good morning, seth. >> reporter: good morning, betty. yes, that's right. many people are heeding officials' warnings and staying indoors taking a snow day. a number of schools already cancelled because of the holiday and now, of course, many more are as well. you can see foxboro there. we have a live picture of the stadium. snow covered seats and scoreboard, even the patriots themselves have been snowed in. they're stuck in buffalo after their win last night. now, just north of foxborough, coastal flooding that poured two to three feet of water on roadways. something the local residents say they have not seen in years. many non-essential personnel through the region are being asked to stay home. employers asked to stagger or delay opening hours. there are pretty much just plows out on the street as. as you can see behind me, and a couple

to be a correspondent in "the new york's times" is to have a front-row seat. i have had an enormous amount of fun in my life. i have had an ongoing paid education. honestly, had i won the lottery when i was 25, i would have wished to do exactly what i have done. i cannot think of anything else that i would have been well suited for. my father persuaded me not to go into the royal forces. -- into the royal air force as a pilot, which was my mission. many times on the golf course, he said, when i persuaded you not to do that, i was not thinking so much of your welfare. i said, what were you thinking about? he said i was thinking about the royal air force. i said, i came to the conclusion by the time you're 13 or 14, you would have made the worst officer the royal air force ever had. i was sitting myself from -- he said i was saving myself from embarrassment. that was a turn well taken. i fell backwards into this business. i would not change a day of it. >> john fisher burns, "the new york times" here in london. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. it has been a

. >>> 30 years later after that awful night here in new york. unheard until now, john lennon tonight in his own words. >>> and some very bad news tonight ant another music legend, aretha franklin. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. >>> good evening. it doesn't seem quite real, but the world is in the midst of a >>> good evening. it doesn't seem quite real, but the world is in the midst of a kind of electronic war. the mysterious man who runs wikileaks and keeps his secrets in a military bunker is tonight in a london jail and today forces loyal to him took down the websites of mastercard and visa and there's no real telling where this ends. every day, we learn more previously confidential state secrets on the web for everybody to see. every day there's new diplomatic damage done. and now there's this counterattack going on, hitting big financial interests in the u.s., the same companies behind the credit cards carried every day by millions of americans. our own peter alexander remains on this

in new york?>> people are talking about that. >> people are talking about that. >> it is the end of the year, íl today, we gather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. >>> killer storm. another direct hit for california and the cleanup from the last storm is far from over. >>> lingering danger in new york. the anger and despair over unplowed streets. >> this was a royal screw-up. >> conditions that cost lives. >>> and, cinema cowboy. jeff bridges talks about his successful starring role. it's thursday, december 30th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we both saw "true grit" and loved it. it really was a good movie. jeff bridges is great in it. he's totally believable. the remake of the john wayne classic. he's funny, he's good. >> tough with remakes. sometimes they're not as good. i think this o

this is happening here in new york.ive me a senior class versus a freshman class because i had heart problems and these freshmen are crazy. they didn't end up giving him the freshman class, so now he is suing the school involved in all of this. he basically says, in 2009 he had five freshmen that led him to high-intensity interactions because they were so badly behaved. he said he couldn't deal with the outbursts. it actually caused him physical pain. he doubled over in pain so he had a physician's letter saying he has to have a senior class because they are less prone to these crazy outbursts. >> a doctor's note excusing him from teaching freshmen. >> right. >> oh, wow. man. >> speaks highly of freshmen everywhere. >> no kidding. not everyone who you think is trustworthy, doesn't mean they necessarily are. this is a story out of reuters in new york. there's a catholic nun here in our state who is known for kind of going -- she enjoyed casinos in atlantic city, taking gambling trips. apparently now she has been fired fo

>> right now it's snowing heavily in new york city. basically anywhere from dover, delaware, through new york city, long island and boston as we speak right now moderate to heavy snow pretty much everywhere. we're just beginning to see the real impact of the system right now. >> mitchell: how powerful if is storm overall? >> this is not your average nor'easter, this is not even your average blizzard. we're talking about an intensity in terms of the central pressure that rivals that of a category two hurricane. now, we're not going to see the impacts of a category two hurricane but because it's so intense we're going to see thunder snow, we're going to see frequent wind gusts to 60 miles an hour and snowfall rates to the tune of around two to four inches an hour for several hours. and what that means is we're going to see a widespread swath of around two feet of snow from the jersey store straight through new york city, long island, connecticut, all the way up to providence and boston. >> mitchell: you were telling me earlier the effect

york said a national search will begin for a general manager who will then hire a new head coach with jed york's approval. we will more of that tonight. >> thank you very much. >>> well, the timing couldn't be worse for millions of travelers trying to get home after the holidays. a blizzard is slamming the east coast tonight dumping more than a foot of snow on major cities. it has stalled traffic on the air, ground, even the rails. more than a thousand flights has been cancelled and amtrak has shut down all service from new york. >>> that's right, ann, no one wants to waste precious travel time, but as you pointed out, that's happening all over the country. we talked with some of the folks here tonight, they told us how they are coping with it. >> reporter: she is stuck halfway home to boston after a visit to australia. steady snowfall back east forced cans legs. >> i'm now stuck here until wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m. >> it's not a bad thing to be stuck here in stand fran. >> no -- stuck in san francisco. >> i'm just looking forward to getting into a hotel room. >> reporter: 29 fli

at that time, the bank of new york own the property. there was no compliance and the case was scheduled for the directors hearing. the notification at that time went to bank of new york. between the time of the notification and the hearing, title was taken to the property. nobody showed up. the order was then issued. in march, the order of abatement was mailed to the bank of new york. the owner claims that mail should have gone to her and not the bank of new york. she made repairs, is that true? >> yes. the invoice and reinspection took place. it was repaired within less than 10 days. commissioner murphy: so she made the repairs as soon as she was aware of them and then mailed it to the housing inspector in july. for some reason, the inspector did not verify those repairs until october. commissioner lee: i think you just made your case that the board of abatement went to the wrong party. commissioner murphy: yes, so i see the present owner -- commissioner walker: and that is what we are looking at. i feel the same way. i feel the order

anywhere from new jersey, new york city, all the way into maine. ch of that snow has already fallen in new jersey. new york city still picking up a couple more inches throughout the next couple of hours. boston still going to get another half foot. for maine, the bulk of it's still yet to come. that's going to be a problem throughout much of the day. please be careful if you plan to be driving outside. hopefully you don't have to be outside through today. now back to you, rob and mike. >> all right, ava, thanks a lot. >>> as mentioned the storm system also left its mark on the southeast over the christmas weekend. historic snowfalls there. >> that's left an enormous amount of holiday travelers stuck in their tracks. as abc's david kerley reports, that's only part of the story in philadelphia. >> reporter: well, this winter wallop is making it difficult to get home from the holidays. flights have been canceled all up and down the east coast corridor. and it's not just the airlines. the roads are treacherous as well. and in the south too. this is virg

back to you in new york. don't forget, for all your highlights, watch "the highlight express," on espn news. >>> as has been the tradition for the past 36 years, michigan's lake superior state university is out with a list of words and phrases to be banned in 2011. there's 14 of them. let's go. >> funny ones on here. we start off with viral. also on the list, epic, fail, wow factor and aha moment. >> aha. still have a day to do it. next on the list, no love out there for backstory, bff, manup, which we heard during the campaign season. also, the sarah palin-uttered refudiate and momma grizzlies. >> rounding out the list, the american people, say should go, too. i'm just saying. using facebook and google as verbs. and last, but not least, live life to the fullest. >> i have a feeling they're not going away. >>> up next, the stories we'll be following today, including the big western storm. plus, more setbacks for space shuttle "discovery." details coming up. [ mike ] my name is mike and i quit smoking. i knew f

about 1,000 flights have been cancelled in the new york city area airport alone today. and more are expected. a blizzard warning is also in effect for parts of new england. >> the snow will be wet and heavy. the temperatures will be at or below freezing. and winds will be high. >> reporter: amtrak has cancelled some trains in the area, including its service between boston and new york city. the mid-atlantic region also gets heavy snow. states of emergency have been declared in most of the areas. up to 18 inches of snow is expected in delaware. and more than 6 inches in the nation's capitol. the same weather system already laid a thick snow blanket in the southeast. >> it's absolutely beautiful at christmas. this is a real treat. >> reporter: it brought atlanta the first white christmas since 1882 yesterday. the storm also knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses in the carolinas. >>> forecasters predict that the snow will exit new england by tuesday morning. but the gusting winds could remain for the next couple of days, producing some harsh weather co

of course the same thing here in new york. the seamstresses to mothers who would accept these low-paying jobs. exploitable largely. so these women, these were teenage women, jewish, italian, many barely spoke english. they were glad to have any job that they could get. there were just trying to get a foothold. and so that is kind of why it appealed more to women workers and by the management also sought them. you know, a lot of these people unions became like plg w you, the first real part of america that they could identify and identify with it much more than their jobs. wherever a lot of these factories are worked by women. >> support of the male union workforce? i think the question was having to do with is there will of activists fighting for economic and social justice, where they the vanguard? >> well, in new york the 1910 strike was the male cut makers. even though it was called the ladies' garment maker union, that had to do with the garment, not the workers. the male cub makers also were very militant. yes, they large

corresponsal en new york.casos d algunas personas afectadas por esta tormenta. la saludamos isolda, buenas tardes. adelante. >>>isolda: buenas tardes rogeo, para que tengan una idea 3 días después de la mega tormenta del 2010, aquí en new york, la ciudadue nunca duerme, capital del mundo, hay calles que no han sido limpiadas. por aquí no ha pasado una remolca dora de nieve como pueden ver en este condado de queens. hay mucha gente quejándose de que cómo es posible que la capital del mundo 3 días después de la tormenta, continúe sumergida bajo nieve. >>> don Álvaro ayala, describe una palabra, la nieve que 3 días después de la tormenta, fue removida de la calle donde vive. >>> entre las quejas de la lentitudue las autoridades han manejado la remoción de nieve. vimos a varios camiones remolcadores estacionados cerca de la calle n vive don Álvaro. que a consecuencia tiene 3 días sin poder mover su limusina para ir a trabajar. >>> porque tiene que pensar que tenemos que trabajar ellos han pasado porquí 20 veces, 3

the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. over the last few days the senate's finally to vote on judicial nomination that have been waiting on the executive calendar for months. there are currently three judicial emergency vacancies on the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit and the judiciary committee has reported qualified nominees to fill each one with the consideration of ray lohier's nomination, the senate will finally fill one of those for the people of vermont, connecconnecticut and new york. he has served as a federal prosecutor in the southern district of new york and special counsel to the u.s. attorney. he previous served as the chief and deputy chief of both the securities and commodities task force which investigates and prosecutes offenses on wall street and the narcotics unit he has the strong support of senator gillibrand and myself. the judiciary committee unanimously reported his nomination on may 13th, and i move the nomination. the presiding officer: who yields time? the presiding officer: the que

smith went on to be the governor of new york. robert widener turned out to be a senator in the roosevelt administration and of course the wagner act of 45 that guarantees bargaining which is part of his domingo and perkins was successful in creating something called the factories investigating commission new york state factory investigating commission which became a sort of template for such commissions around the country and they went all over new york state she and her they not only looked into the fire hazards but also they got into an area that was just beginning to see a decrease of attention which is what you would call the toxic waste chemicals and gases produced in manufacturing process these called the dillinger straight. no one had looked into this much before and those kind of effects are often hard to spot because they can take years to develop frances perkins also put herself into trying to discover and reform along those lines as well so that period of 1909, 1911 eisel the emergence of the three developments. use al

>> kristen welker in california. >>> here in new york, new problems from the blizzard that hit three days ago as tourists are pouring into the big apple for new year's eve, locals are struggling to get back to normal. and there are a lot of complaints about how the city has handled this snow emergency. nbc's jeff rossen is in brooklyn for us. jeff? >> reporter: hi, lester. good evening to you. as you pointed out a couple nights ago, new york city prides itself on a great response to emergencies. and normally they are. even the mayor admitted today, they made some mistakes. take a look around, the evidence is here. this street is a mess, many streets around here are a mess. and now two people are dead, including a newborn, because the ambulances simply couldn't get to them. tens of thousands of new yorkers woke up to this today. untouched, unplowed side streets three days after the storm. buses, ambulances, even plows themselves stuck. >> not even a fire truck could get through here. there's an old age home right down there. they never cleaned the streets. >> reporter: these impassabl

whereas in new york, everyone is in their own tv show.n my show. how are you doing. i like that feeling. >> rose: exactly. >> it's relaxing. >> rose: i know, i couldn't agree more. how about asia, though, is the asian market for music and performance different, more enthusiastic, is it -- >> well, i'm glad it's there. >> rose: of course, it's billions of people. >> i'm going there next month in january. i'm going to seoul actually. >> rose: to do this. >> yes, to do with the korean orchestra, then a japanese organize tra in tokyo. >> rose: so you just show up and you can do this with any organize tra. >> you should. it is a miracle. you show up with the score and put it down in front of them and they play it instantly. a little tweak here and there but it's almost like pressing play in a studio. it's fascinating. >> rose: see, i would bet that they see itsay night. i mean this is time to do something different. >> yeah. >> rose: you know. sting is here. let's party. >> but you go to asia is always fun. it's always interesting. it is a dif

what was the beginning of commerce here in new york?ll, i guess commerce would probably predate even hudson if you're talking about native americans trading with you one another. they had a tremendous number of animal pelts, and they had lumber. the place was loaded with wood. >> reporter: while native americans are rich in resources, europeans have depleted much of theirs, including animals used for clothing. >> europeans had no more beavers because they had already trapped them all, and their lumber was diminishing. so all of that lumber, all of those beaver pelts begin to be shipped over to amsterdam. beaver pelts would become very fancy hats, waterproof hats. that was the bling-bling of the day. lumber went into making masts for sails. and those masts for sailing ships then all of a sudden became sailing ships that came back over here to pick up more goods. >> europeans bring beautiful textiles and sophisticated farming tools tore both native americans and settlers. >> and that helped them grow more food, helped them become more set

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r t new york. i'm joined live now from our studios in new york by r.t. correspondent oren lister now laurent congress members of course are patting themselves on the back right now they had a successful lame duck session where thanks to a compromise on tax cuts they also did extend unemployment benefits but there's this entire part of the population the they didn't get included and they're right these people who have been unemployed for more than ninety nine weeks i mean how many of them are there that would like to receive you spoke to. yeah you're absolutely right there are an estimated five million people in this situation and the others in my story that has been unemployed for more than two years that are they call themselves ninety nine er's and these people they don't they don't believe they're counted in the unemployment statistics and there's reasons to believe that they're not you know nine point eight percent is what is that number of unemployment that we always throw out and then the broader measure which is more realistic according to many is

the new york took a beating from the storm with more than two feet of snow. this i tis square, people can't get home to go to work. terry? >> thousands of people here in the bay area impactedy the flight cancellations, here are the latest numbers at sfo. 17 departing flights cancelled. 30 incoming flights cancelled. you adto that 35 flights diverted from san francisco. add it up you have some very unhappy holidays. >> this is toe tapping for -- i'm waiting. this woman had a basketball practice to get to in upstate new york. >> i'm just trying to get back to the east coast. >> what time is practice? >> 4:00 p.m., i'm not going to make that. >> they couldn't get a straight answer on the phone or on the internet about their cancell flight to new york. >> if i don't get a flight by tonight or tomorrow i' go to another airline. >> after they reopened, passengers trying to rebook will have a hard time finding open seats, one, they ar scarce and fewer seats due to fewer flights because of the down economy. a flight on friday, he has already paid big money for a tour

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. some are calling it a hurricane with snow. a final storm for 2010 and one for the record books. it dumped 32 inches of snow in some places, and concealed cars under drifts five feet high. all of it delivered by fierce wind, some gusts topped 80 miles an hour. the snow and wind made travel difficult and dangerous, blamed for at least a dozen deaths on the road. air travel stopped. about 6,000 flights have been canceled turning airport terminals into makeshift dormitories. states of emergency have now been declared by seven governors and a look at where this storm has been over the last 24 hours explains why. from virginia to maine, snow and more snow. since christmas eve, tens of millions of people snowbound or close to it. we have several reports on the storm and we begin with national correspondent jim axelrod in new york's midtown manhattan. >> reporter: it was a nasty one, harry, and while it's clear now, as you can

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening. katie is off tonight. we begin tonight with the tale of two coasts, the east still digging out from that monster blizzard christmas weekend, and now the west, where another big rainstorm has landed. it comes just days after a week- long deluge, and along with it, new worries about floods and mudslides. bill whitaker is in waterlogged highland, california. bill, good evening. >> reporter: harry, there are 78 houses here encased in mud. residents had barely begun to clean up when this storm happened. the sentiment around here-- enough already. in highland, california, they're shoveling. bagging. scooping. and hoping that today's storm doesn't bring more of last week's mud and misery. >> we wish mother nature would learn to moderate and spread out over the years and over the months, not dump it all at one time. >> reporter: this latest storm blasted into northern california last night, flooding streets, knocking out power to at least 10,000 hou

a blizzard warning remains today in new york city along with parts of new jersey which could see up to0 inches of snow by tomorrow morning. more than 1400 flights were cancelled out of new york's three major airports alone leaving thousands of post-christmas trafficers stuck for now. u.s. airways cancelled 110 flights today and other airlines don't expect normal operations to resume until tomorrow. it was a frustrating day at the airport for many. >> supposed to leave 5:30 this afternoon. made reservations for 11:00 tomorrow morning. >> gave us a flight for 8:00 tomorrow morning but don't count on it. >> amtrak cancelled train service from new york to maine and bus companies have halted routes up and down the east coast. in philadelphia, the mayor declared a snow emergency and you urged people to stay off the roads. it was so bad, the nfl rescheduled last night's philadelphia/eagles game for tuesday. flight cancellations are affecting travelers at sfo as well. john allston reports. >> with all flights to the northeast cancelled, the jetblue ticket counter at sfo looked like a ghost tow