and all that stuff. >> he moved to new york city and moved to new york city as a junior.was a culture shock. >> whether and the food. 80 degrees. we have local food here, and my jacket freezing. your friends teas you about the movie coming to america. they do. >> they say coming to find my bride. >> the 6 foot 9 sof more is a leading shock blocker. to me defense is winning championship. i love playing defense. whatever we do to stop the other team we do. >> it's a big thing for me. >> his iq or feel, court sense is exceptional. as he gets stronger he has a fright future not just at st. johns, but the next level. >> have your parents seen you play? >> a couple of times, on tv though. >> what do they say when they see you on the basketball court. >> they are proud of me. >> mum almost stopped crying. they stopped crying. they are proud of me. >> he is loving life and hoping to play at the next level like his idol and fellow countryman. >> i can't imagine what it feels like. he is from where i'm from, he came here and made a name. that's what i wanted to do. i'm looking at t

joining me now on the phone is thomas, former new york city fire commissioner. ea, you know the new york fire department. set the scene for me, if you will, what's happening on the ground, what are the priorities? >> well, i think the biggest concern for these guys at this point after an hour is the fact that they are unable to get in there and search. some of the reports are saying there's nobody in the building. if that's the case, that will make everybody really happy. they probably will not take that as verifying until they get in there themselves and check it out. that's the difficult part, all that debris that's come down, fire is still roaring underneath, water hasn't put the fire out, probably not getting to it, this being run off in different directions, so all that smoke, difficult for guys to even tunnel through from the back. i'm sure there's rescue units, collapsed units, special operations units are trying to figure out how to get in there if there's anybody that needs help, and if there is somebody in there, they are at a desperate situation at thi

first, new york city settles a seven-year lawsuit over discrimination hiring policies of the new york city fire apartment, the largest in the country, second largest in the world. >> there was open and blatant discrimination in the department for at least 100 years. black africans applications would be thrown in the garbage. they would do well on tests and would never be called. a black african would have committed some minor offense, literally jumping a turnstile, and would be excluded because of that. >> all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the latest disclosures from edward snowden show the national security agency is recording every single phone call in an undisclosed foreign country. a surveillance system called "mystic" stores billions of conversations for up to 30 days. phone calls are also being recorded in another four countries on a more limited basis. the washington post" has withheld from naming the countries in the request. jay carney declined to comment. >> i have not seen the report and i do

first right here in new york city. look at these pictures. mounts of smoke, deadly scene there in harlem as fire crews and new york police department's bomb squat went after an explosion and two buildings collapsed

for organizers who have been working in new york city real estate for decades, a lot is at stake in the wake of the recent housing bubble. the boom in new york city real estate grew out of a time in the 1970s and 1980s when the city lost nearly a million residents, and large portions of the city were deserted. >> so what it looked like in the 70s and 80s was that you could stand on some corners in the south bronx or the west bronx, uh, turn around, and not see an occupied, multi family building. see for basically blocks and blocks, buildings that had been vacant and abandoned. >> shultz worries that the mistakes of the past could be repeated during the new recession. >> one or two bad buildings can have a very bad effect on surrounding buildings and on a neighborhood. you don't want to have all the investment that's been made by both the city and private entities to improve many of these neighborhoods to, in effect, be wasted because people did stupid things like over mortgaging their buildings. >> predatory equity deals aren't inevitable. when the bank forecloses, the court sometimes a

the death toll is rising after a new york city gas explosion. michelle miller has found there's pipeline danger in many cities. we learned that g.m. knew about a faulty part for 13 years as it continued to build cars with deadly consequences. jeff glor has details. and a little boat launched on a tide of misery is sent home with a cargo of hope. >> definitely mind blowing thinking that this boat traveled upside down two years all the way across the ocean to get here. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it has been nearly one week now since malaysia airlines flight 370 left linda lane for beijing, and seemingly vanished into thin air. but it has to be somewhere, and tonight the search for the boeing 777 is moving farther into the indian ocean because there is evidence the plane may have changed course toward the west after losing contact with air traffic controllers and that it continued to fly in that direction for quite some time. bob orr in our washington bureau begins our cove

. ♪ >>> we begin with the breaking news story we have been following in new york city, a five-alarm firen an apartment building in spanish harlem that collapsed around 9:30 this morning. now the new york city police department, the nypd reporting that 15 people have been injured. authorities say there may have been an explosion that caused the building to collapse. but that explosion would be consistent also with natural gas explosion. pictures of the smoke rising from the building. more than 150 emergency responders now on the scene. metro north service has been suspended until further notice. dwran mills is on the scene, she joins us by phone. what have the latest? >> police are confirming that there was an explosion followed by a building collapse. the officers tell me it appears that a gas main may have been ruptured, but they don't know that for sure yet, but it appears that that may be the case. i have also been hold that there are injuries, but i am not being told how many. i see a massive response here. i'm at 118th street and park avenue, literally a block from the scene. i see

when we talk about the infrastructure of not just new york city and new york state but throughout the country, there's a massive need for investment. we've identified transportation related plans, mass transit or bridges and what's often forgotten about and neglected is our suh and areas that we have to understand is due for an upgrade, meaningful life for many of these projects are 40, 50 years, we're pushing 100 and counting. >> there's a lot of risk out there. we appreciate you being with us, robert rodriguez, thanks. >> when we return, mystery on the high seas or not? the search for answers in the disappearance of malaysia air 370 and how any of us could play a key role in helping to find it. >> we had tens of thousands of people helping us comb through hundreds of thousands of kilometers. we were able to convert all of that imagery into individual structures and damaged neighborhoods so that they could get the best help for the recovery effort and for the rebuilding. >> director of product development from digital globe, thanks very much. we hope your contributors do find somethi

in new york city, the charters have done even better. ven among that group, the success academy charters run by the former new york city councilwoman, that's the group that mayor de blasio says he won't let expand even though this expansion had already been approved by mayor bloomberg. this is basically a cancellation of the previously approved expansion. so there's just absolutely no justification for it. parents line up around the blocks for these schools. and for mayor de blasio so say, listen, participaents, we don't if you want this school. we don't care if you're leaning up overnight for this school. we're going to not let you have it. >> leslie, it comes down to one word. unions. >> i don't think so. because they didn't back de blasio. they backed thovp son, who was not the mayor. honestly, i don't feel this is about unions. obviously, everything a politician does is political to a degree. i think this is about improving the public education school district in new york city, which needs to be done in every school system. >> but the

in new york city if you buy goods outside the city and bringing them into the city you have to pay an 8% sales tax or use tax. the manhattan district attorney, prosecutor in new york city found out many people were buying expensive art outside the city, bring it in but failing to pay that sales-tax. so they were watching calories and large purchases and happened to see a purchase where the sales tax wasn't paid and saw the name dennis kozlowski, a name a prosecutor recognized. this was someone who had been on magazine covers, had a big presence in new york city so the man henry d. a broad sales tax evasion charges against kozlowski. think about when you make a purchase. do you submit sales tax to the state? personally for everything you buy? the vendor collect and submits to the taxing authority. isn't that the normal way we do it. you are told what the purchase price is, you pay it and assumes sales taxes get submitted to the state. that is what kozlowski thought about his art. he thought he paid the purchase price to the gallery, and the arts agency was using submitted the sales tax

new york? >> well, first of all, technically, yes, we can directly import them from the netherlands if you like. and use them in new york city . architectly, you may want -- be architecturally you may want to -- they pay not fly in new york city. >> things that we as americans get used to, the idea that report began with the bathtub being the heaviest thing in that lady's home. in america we have big expectations, big appliances and a lot of things that are quite different. >> definitely so but those can be sof solved through the architecture and engineering. importing these to new york city and also in general to the issues. first of all, one issue is that until haas year, float -- until last year, floating homes fell under maritime law. >> so they are technically considered in the sea as it were? >> technically they were considered boats. but the supreme court last year said they're not boats. they should be considered houses. and therefore they should not fall under maritime law but they should fall under state law. but the state has not regulated these homes or these floating homes as homes. and therefore, there is no re

these were the times new york city were in very dark financial shape. aders of the city at the time came together to talk about how to save new york city. >> and they did it right here? >> everyday they would say, where should we meet? my father said, it is a bit selfish on my part because i only had to take an elevator, but let's meet at the regency. [laughter] and then the term power breakfast started. we established the regency at the home of the power breakfasts were people want to come see and be seen. >> coming up, what kind of hotel room does $100 million buy? >> the bathrooms are very expensive. ♪ >> just before it reopened, jonathan tisch gave me a tour of the newly renovated loews regency in manhattan. >> here we go. after you. >> all right. newly renovated rooms. you have designed -- you pick out almost everything in this room. >> i can tell you stories behind the carpet, behind the finish on the dresser, behind artwork, behind the pillows. you have a color idea. there might be a gray scheme. it will be presented as a warm grey scheme and then

cuomo ask himself to leave new york city or new york since he said new york had no room for conservatives, he just became one through an act of common sense. the greater issue is why did the greatest city in the world under two decades of incredible strength and leadership, hand power over to an abject moron? it's like building a beautiful jumbo jet and choosing a pogo stick as a pilot. de blasio is a left wing lurch. he's harming more children than lawn darts and freddy krueger combined, and the reason is they're not his kids. this reflects every liberal politician who kills school choice while sending their children to private schools. >> he's only been in office for a couple months. >> he's evil. this progressivism is evil because it's about money and power. you know what the school chanceler said. she came out and said these kids are on their own. >> you know where the evil cell cpac. >> detour. >> cuomo took de blasio. he realized de blasio was on the ropes in a corner, and what andrew cuomo did was smart. this is going to be my first venture towards the 2016 presidential run. i'm go

take a quick break here on cnn. >>> this is ashleigh banfield, reporting live in east harlem, new york city. welcome to our viewers in america and right around the world as we continue to update this breaking news in manhattan. we are awaiting a live news conference from the new mayor of new york city, mayor bill de blasio, who himself has come to this location. it it is thick with smoke, it is still blowing ash in the neighborhood, and we are told he is getting ready to update the most current information. at this point, we know two people dead, both women. we also know there are 17 injured, which was our last count to our poppy harlow, as the nypd had told her, 17 injured. and still, the serve goes on for those who may be unaccountsed for. andy peralta lives within a half block and watched the explosion happen. your windows were blown out and you could see bricks blowing? >> yes. it looked like when they came over -- first you feel the heat. like something hit me when the explosion came. >> let me explain, there is a con edison truck passing between us and into the scene right now. and co

in 1912 workers for a construction company who are expanding the new york city subway the irt stumbled if you want to call it that. they were working down there and the new york times knew of the beach tunnel and sort of suggested that in the course of building this extension they might bump into something down there and sure enough they did. they have broke zero wall and remarkably they found this car that had been the very first subway car that beach used. it was an amazing find and one of the saddest things of that find is that the response was that is sort of interesting. moving on and they didn't save it or preserve it. they just kept going. there's a great photo of a guy and you can see it at the car was in pristine condition. it was rotted but you could see it and it was a great project. they discovered it in 1812 and it was never preserved which is a shame because it was a great piece of history. >> you talked about how you researched it. it's pretty old and not well-written about. >> a couple ways. the research comes from a couple of great sources. first of all newspapers and

in new york city, it has a backstory. mpaign to end horse-driven carriages in new york city by animal rights activists has been e forgffective and what knocked christine quinn out of the mayoral race. a group of horse lovers helped back the first major ad buy in the entire mayoral campaign, an ad against christine quinn. was a campaign that helped campaign deblasio past quinn to become the democratic nominee for mayor and win the entire race. which is why as soon as he got into office one of mayor deblasio's first acts was to end the horse-drawn carriages in new york city. so enter this guy. >> i don't know what you want. if you're looking for ransom, i can tell you i don't have money, but what i do have are a very particular set of skills. skills i've acquired over a very long career. skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. >> yes, liam neeson raced to the aid of the ticked off owners who don't want their business banned. neeson, working on this issue since 2009, has even drawn the ire of peta, but he's not s

a battle is heating up in new york city and state over the future of charter schools. new york city mayor bill de blasio recently blocked three privately run charter schools from using rent-free space inside public schools. the city also announced it will cut $210 million in charter school construction funding and use the money toward universal pre-k and after-school programs. >> the moves have set off a fierce debate in new york and the country and have even pitted de blasio against new york governor andrew cuomo, a fellow democrat. a pro-charter group called families for excellent schools recently launched this television ad campaign. >> i voted for mayor deblasio because he talked about looking for the have-nots. >> mayor bill de blasio talks about the tale of two cities but he wants to take away options from the communities that need it the most. >> my daughter would have a better opportunity at a charter school. >> the charter school was doing so great for my son, i do not know why he would not be supported. >> despite this success, mayor deblasio wants to take gre

new york city mayor bill the blodgett says -- build the deblasio says there was a report of a gas leak. those heading southbound into the city will only be able to go as far as the bronx, at which point they will transfer to subway service into manhattan. president obama will host the ukrainian prime minister this afternoon in the oval office. that meeting comes just ahead of a march 16 referendum on crimea russianthe roug federation. it is being seen as the president's latest demonstration of support for ukraine's new government. julianna, why is this meeting so important? >> it's all about showing support with the ukrainian government at the highest levels of the u.s. government. ukraine's prime minister and john kerry went into a meeting at the state department and they will travel over here to the white house where they will meet in the oval office with president obama and vice president joe biden. all eyes are watching ukraine and crimea at head of this referendum on sunday. they got something today. a statement from the g7 disapproval of the upcoming referendum and saying that it

not the embassy, but the consulate in new york city. he was within blocks of we thought she was residing in this 15,000 square foot apartment. i got an the gunslinger and city. had a late dinner that night and the phone was ringing as i got in that. so i picked up the phone and she said this is huguette. she's actually my cousin. but she knew that i had wanted to meet with another cousin of his who is known to huguette commode should never met him. [inaudible question] >> yes? oh, thank you. [inaudible question] >> we speak into the microphone. >> hello, this is your aunt you called. so anyway i'm getting long time. the fever went down and everything is much better. and thank you for the pictures. your daughter is beautiful. and your little grandson is adorable. >> so at that point the answering machine had timed out. >> i detect kind of a french accent. >> i was her first language. >> yes. >> is important that the senator had all of his children to have him speak several languages and push hard for his education for them. >> and he was

cuomo ask himself to leave new york city or new york since he said new york had no room for conservatives one through an act of common sense. the greater issue is why did the greatest city in the world under two decades of incredible strength and leadership, hand power over to an abject moron? it's like building a beautiful jumbo jet and choosing a pogo stick as a pilot. de blasio is a left wing lurch. he's harming more children than lawn darts and freddy krueger combined, and the reason is they're not his kids. this reflects every liberal politician who kills school choice while sending their children to private schools. >> he's only been in office for a couple months. >> he's evil. this progressivism is evil because it's about money and power. you know what the school chanceler said. she came out and said these kids are on their own. >> you know where the evil cell cpac. >> detour. >> cuomo took de blasio. he realized de blasio was on the ropes in a corner, and what andrew cuomo did was smart. this is going to be my first venture towards the 2016 presidential run. i'm going to distance

new york city is only 21 degrees. but like you said, once you add in these winds -- and they are strong -- we're talking about gusting as high as 40 miles per hour out towards new york city, philly also seeing gusts about 43. now we talk about the feels-like temperatures, right? many places feeling like subzero again. i mean, it's march! what is going on? detroit feels like 4 below. pittsburgh right now feels like 7 below. it is a rough day. the good news, it's not going to last long, but let's talk about what we have seen from the storm that's already been out there. cleveland, ohio, about 4 inches, detroit saw about 6 inches, but again, out towards buffalo, they had a blizzard, saw over a foot of snow and more snow still expected on the way, but you can tell it is winding down and pushing off toward the northeast. still some places could see heavier amounts. i doubt we're talking about almost over a foot of snow here still, but it looks like 3 to 5 inches still expected in the northeast, more likely than what we'll t

it will be the third tallest building in new york city. >> what did it take to convince them to move re? >> it did not take a lot, actually. >> fancy new buildings in new york to fancy buildings in las vegas. hotel suites when only the best will do. >> think amazon delivery drones are controversial? a drone that shoots stun darts. the wing suit -- one adventurer plans to fly at the highest peak on the planet. ♪ >> in today's innovation, we are taking flight. first, the helicopter opened its first plant in the united states 10 years ago. the european company moved to the u.s. to gain access to government contracts. it seems to work. they're the largest helicopter provider to the department of homeland security. it also accounts for more than 50% of all commercial helicopters sold in the u.s. here's look at how these are made. >> i work for euro copter because i like to fly. -- i like the product. i have been flying for 31 years. there are a lot of different models. i like the responsiveness of it. i like the power. it is the largest in the united states in terms of sales. we are a glob

good morning everyone. >> the sunrise in new york city. very cold in new york city. up to the right side. i got the 90th floor. it is like the gdp of madagascar are to buy -- >> the view out of central part. got to have it. empire state building. good morning. >> company news. general electric is filing for an ipo of its north american retail finance business. it is the first step towards a planned exit of the retail finance business. volkswagen is ahead of schedule. it may sell more than 10 million vehicles this year. that is four years earlier than planned. its expansion is part of the efforts to overtake toyota become the world possible are just carmaker -- world's largest carmaker. a civil investigation into business practices. this is a win for bill ackerman. he has been trying to convince regulators to shut down the company. that is today's company news. >> a big announcement from herbalife. >> the president will be making a big announcement at around 2:00 p.m. on the minimum wage and overtime issues he has been pressing so hard on. >> gap said it was going to

new york city police and firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire. 16th upper manhattan. according to the "new york times" and bloomberg, one person has died from the explosion. officials are saying there could be much more fatalities and minor wounds are too numerous to count at the moment. windows were blown out as far away as 10 blocks from the actual site, and cars across the street were destroyed as woelfel stub you are seeing live pictures of the scene right now. police say it was a gas explosion. the major utility said emergency crews were in route and they have no information on whether a natural gas leak might have played a role. service on the metro north, the commuter rail that goes in and out of grand central and runs nearby the building was also suspended. "market makers" will be right back after this break. ♪ >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this is "market makers," with erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. >> welcome back to "market makers." i am stephanie ruhle. >> and i am erik schatzker. president obama hosts the ukrai

this is going to brew to be a huge battle. >> i'm going to have an oversight hearing in the new york cityd out how she was able to close the schools, to look at her salaries and to investigate the charter school situation overall in new york city. >> is mayor de blasio correct in his efforts in your opinion? >> absolutely. mayor de blasio has been fantastic on this issue. his trip up to albany today to support pre-k is vitally important to the future of new york city students. >> where is the governor going to come down on this? >> i'm not sure. i understand he did attend this rally today, we will see. we need pre-k. >> mr. drum, thanks for joining us tonight. this is a battle that we'll talk more about, because it's happening all over the country. it's hot here in new york. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >>> good evening, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight from miami. tonight's lead, republicans playing politics with national security. obama the president is facing a major crisis wit

financial, his ability depended on infrastructure, and switching can pose problems in cities like boston, philadelphia, and new york, where the pipelines date back to the turn of the last century. new york city has a lot of cast-iron pipes, likely to leak than newer piping. that's a safety concern in a conversion to natural gas. >> one spark is all it takes for an explosion after the surrounding air is filled with 5% of natural gas, and 6,000 miles of pipelines run beneath new york city, half installed before 1940 when cast iron and unprotected steel were the order of the day. >> if we invest in natural gas in this country, we have to reduce the leeks through the pipeline system. >> the problem is cost. in big cities like new york there's layers of underground pipeline from watermains, phone, electric, making for a muddled and extensive process of removing gas lines. it costs in manhattan about $2,000 a foot. when you get to rural areas it drops to $300. conedson says replacing all gas mains could take decades and cost $10 million. other cities may be in worse shapes. efforts to replace lines could take 80 years, a

these were the times new york city were in very dark financial shape. aders of the city at the time came together to talk about how to save new york city. >> and they did it right here? >> everyday they would say, where should we meet? my father said, it is a bit selfish on my part because i only had to take an elevator, but let's meet at the regency. [laughter] and then the term power breakfast started. we established the regency at the home of the power breakfasts where people want to come see and be seen. >> coming up, what kind of hotel room does $100 million buy? >> the bathrooms are very expensive. ♪ >> just before it reopened, jonathan tisch gave me a tour of the newly renovated loews regency in manhattan. >> here we go. after you. >> all right. newly renovated rooms. you have designed -- you picked out almost everything in this room. >> i can tell you stories behind the carpet, behind the finish on the dresser, behind the artwork, behind the pillows. you have a color idea. there might be a gray scheme. it will be presented as a warm gray scheme a

new york. in new york city everybody lived in the fourth as part of downtown new york city. crammed into the finnell of the island of manhattan, and was only when college began to speed up an electric talley came along and other means of moving people around started to come along that in paper able to move out and without of the city. at first it was a mile, two miles, then for miles and eventually six miles. the city began to expand and grow and that was critical to get people further out from the downtown area where they were living. that was a big moment in the second half of the 19th century that happen with expansion of cities. the book sort of developed from the pivotal moment when city started to expand. what happened was a couple pivotal moments happened. the blizzard of 1880. in 1888 a storm unlike nothing we have ever seen since then crippled the entire northeast. at least 400 people but some people estimate 11,000 people were killed in this blizzard. it just devastated the entire northeast. new york, boston and everything in between ground to a standstill. when th

the difference in new york there are a couple stations, couple parts of the city of new york if you for it around manhattan subway or you have to take an elevator way down deep in the washington heights area around 88th street and other places. if you think about what manhattan is, it is a rock. it is a giant rock and they had to build a subway through this. they were able to cutting cover, but there were places where they were not and that's why they had to tunneling using dynamite. is risky and dangerous and bad things happen and there is some big explosions that happened because they weren't familiar with how to control dynamite. it set off a blast, for example, under the city and there is a pattern if we wait 10 minutes before we go under their because that gives time for loose rocks to follow things to happen. sometimes they would wait 10 minutes, go down and then the rock would fall. there were some spots for they did some actual tunneling. did he live to see either one of these open? >> said he did not. each died in 1901 u.s. open in new york and died before the new york subway o

in new york city if you buy the goods outside of the city you have to pay 8% sales tax. the manhattan district attorney prosecutor in new york city found out that many people were buying expensive art bringing it in to pay a sales tax so they were watching the galleries and large purchases and happened to see where the sales tax wasn't paid in to solve the name that the prosecutor recognized so this was someone that had been on magazine covers and had a presence in new yor new york cid the so they brought the sales tax charges against kozlowski. think about when you make a purchaspurchase do you submit ts tax to the state for everything you buy? the vendor submits the taxing authority. you are told that the purchase price is in the u.s. whom they are submitted to the state. that is what he thought about his art when he was told of the purchase price. the gallery or the art agency submitted the sales tax when in fact the sales tax was never submitted. the obvious thing to do would have been to charge the agent for the gallery. but he gave them in the nab and instead went a

and right now, new york city's st. patrick's day parade marching on, but the new mayor of the city and some major sponsors like guinness, they are boycotting the parade over the policy banning gays and lesbians from marching openly. we'll take a look at the backlash and join our conversation on twitter. you can find me @tamronhall. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> now to the weather. this is just not a headline we should be reporting in mid-march, but we are. for the fifth time this winter, government offices in washington, d.c., were shut down for snow despite that man still running in his shorts there. schools were closed, too. south jersey and delaware, same story. up to nine inches fell. meantime, new york city was spared the powder but not the cold as the city prepared for