now with a culture shed on the north end, and the development of the westside, it was so empty in many ways in terms of public traffic. charlie: into short generations, the whitney has gone from being part stern but carrying homeless shelter to its chic and eager tourist destination. adam: i think that -- charlie: you are happy with tourists. adam: the more the merrier. the whitney has always championed the artists of our time. mrs. whitney is an artist. she's one of the only founders of a major museum who was also an artist. charlie: did she try to do this? was in her dream turned down by other museums? adam: she offered to give her collection to the metropolitan museum. they said we have a not of that not very interesting stuff in the basement. it was out of a curious refusal that the whitney was born. she was interested in the art as she was in creating some museum. charlie: so she said i will create my own museum. adam: it was out of a need, not just the desire to show off what she had. ♪ charlie: you said you were forced to consider the symbolic value that it will have. part of yo

we can do traffic reports looking at the westside highway and the rest of manhattan.ning vista. no question about it, 360 degree panoramas, 50 miles of visibility on a clear day. we showed you the elevator ride up earlier, the ride down called sky pods, floor to ceiling l.e.d. scenes and a helicopter ride, you fly in a cork view around the tower. they have day and night versions, each takes just 47 seconds to travel 102 floors. one of the fastest elevators in the world, guys. >> unbelievable. there was a plane when you were looking outside that was below where you are. so we could see that going on. rick leventhal, great stuff, thank you very much. liz, you didn't want me to say it, i'm going to say it anyway. for 7 years it's been my privilege to be working with a tv legend, liz claman. unfortunately that won't happen beginning monday. i'll have melissa francis next to me. you'll see liz every day at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. but it really has been a privilege. >> check out the brand-new fox business lineup. it's the best. >> see you on monday. . gerri: hello, everybod

. >> and booktv pc in new yorkew york city.ty we are at the javits convention job center on the westside of manhattan. we have been here all j week because this is the time of year when the publishers have their annual convention of known as bookntion known a expo america. we thought we would take advantage of this opportunity take and bring you some of the panels that recover and give you chance to talk with some authors andhance tal publishers in call-in shows. ers. coming up in the next couple of hours you will see panels on women in publishing the impact of digital technology and diversity in publishing. you will also have the chance to talk with two authors gary kasparov of who has written a book about vladimir putin and his native russia, pulitzer prize winner chris hedges has a new book out on revolution and he will join us for call in as well and you have a chance to talk with 3 to publishers susan weinberg end jamie robbed of grand central publishing. up first, is a panel we taped this past week in new york on women in publishing. you are watching booktv on c-span2. [inaudible c

new york city officials are searching for a coyote wandering through an upper westside park. are in a new york city park tonight, and you hear howling, it is probably still not a coyote. [ laughter ] because it's not coyote time. [ applause ] don't go running into the bushes feeling like you found a coyote. because you are going to see some gnarly stuff. also don't go ever chase a coyote. come on you guys. [ laughter ] the city of san francisco announced that on january 1, 2016 tobacco of any kind will be illegal. tobacco of any kind will be illegal. so you'll finally -- yeah. [ applause ] and i'm assuming you are clapping, because you will finally be able to say to a police officer, "no, no, this is just weed." [ laughter and applause ] drivers in scotland faced extra traffic this morning after a dog took control of a tractor and drove it on to a highway. the dog is facing a year in prison, but could get out in six months if he's a good boy. [ laughter ] are you a good boy? do you won't parole? [ applause ] do you admit your role in your crime? [ laughter ] do you show remor

westside shares are tumbling. by the most in five years.bank announced a profit of $3.78 billion australian. let's get to paul allen in sydney. the analysts surveyed were expecting a $3.85 billion profit. not a huge miss. the decline was due to earning in treasury business falling and lending margins have been falling as well, while bad debt charges have increased. capital ratio has improved. up to 8.8%. regulators are looking at requiring banks to have -- carry more capital. they plan to increase capital by $2 billion. overall, the market is pretty unimpressed with this result. following the most in five years, now off three and a half percent. the big four banks announced strong results, they tend to get sold off, so no surprise that for one is having an impact. though, shares were up 11% over the year. and shareholders get an interim dividend of $.93. not all bad. angie: thank you for highlighting that for us. one of the top decliners in australia today. back to the top story. four days of talks between greece and creditors have left the

, homes, offices overtop and build the west side and begin the developer would then complete the westside. we're not only create a new transportation system in washington but a new neighborhood. it's really a very very exciting project. to do a project like that will take a very long time and we need a stable source of funding and we need certainty that something. we have proceeded, however for the past couple of years into the planning an early design and literally the way we been able to do that because our partners are private developers in amtrak public-private at a nonprofit. we literally at the beginning of the or sit down and look at what we wanted and what we need to do to keep the project on schedule and invariably at least one partner does not the end of fiscal year if you're going to have the money to put up to fund the project. fortunately, one the other partners at the table including the nonprofit has been able to sleep we will front you the money this year so we can keep the project going. that's how we've been able to get into the planning. that works with hockey but tens

there is the hudson river westside highway, all the way up past the george washington bridge.he empire state building right in the center around chrysler building in center of that. you can see most of the island. you have wide panoramic views 360 degrees from the top three floors of this tower. up to 50 miles in every direction. not just any elevator ride to a viewing platform. the elevator ride itself is an experience. it is called a sky pod. you're surrounded by virtual time-lapse video shows manhattan transform over 500 years from swamp land to farms and homes and buildings. you see landmarks appear like the trinity church and the brooklyn bridge with a time clock rolling through the years and a floor counter that whips higher and higher. when you reach the 1970s the twin towers appear and disappear. then you see the construction begin. 102 floors and 500 years in 4seconds. >> the building itself is unique and special. we wanted to, to do something that was in concert with that where people would come away and say, wow that was a whole experience. we really had a great tim

he is on billboards on the westside. he is here live the man, the and only. we have a lot to react to today. >> we sure will, but we want to begin with verizon buying aol for almost $4.5 billion. surging by about 18% right now. verizon down by a tad. more on what this deal means for investor and the media landscape. >> as you mentioned, it is not your parents's aol that we remembered that did represent the internet back in the early to mid-90s with the wild garden and the enormous market value that let it go into a quiet time-warner. a disaster for all the companies involved. not aol shareholders. back on that fateful day in early 2000 it was. aol goes on to be spun off by time-warner in 2009. as i said it's not that company any longer. the focus of the company while it has a lot of content sites including the "huffington post" and tmz shifted to ad technology. selling and delivering ads into digital mobile devices. that's the key and the company has been one of the key players in doing that. that seems to be the main reason why verizon is interested. they we

we are only a few miles up the westside highway from where you are at headquarters. we'll speak to barry diller later in the hour talking about iac and the many changes taking place in media. late they are morning, i'll be talking to lesley moonves the ceo of cbs which reported numbers after the bell that were better than expectations. we'll keep an eye on that stock price. >> we look forward to all of that. see you back in a few. >> david, could you ask les, could you get those guys on thursday night to play better football? he highlights that like the first paragraph. it's teams you don't want to see and the over is like 12th. >> yeah. they have had a little bit of trouble with competition thursday nights. they did note that jim. obviously, always plenty to talk to him about including the pacquiao/mayweather fight, including he was involved putting it together and now with the litigation no shortage of topics when it comes to mr. moonves. >> except "csi brooklyn." we do not have that yet. >> sumner redstone may have given you one, as well. we'll see you back in a m

putin wants in a very simple way he wants the westside of ukraine and he wants ukraine out of the west. i believe he will bring pressure on the government and kia and tell the simple is not. mr. putin wants ukraine as a part of his influence anyone a state that is not leaning towards nato on his borders and i believe he will continue to pressure towards that. that is my opinion. i know about as much as you have. i've been back here getting ready for testimony in the senate. you have followed in the press and i'm not touching your question. i just don't know anymore. i think they are signaling that is what is spent in the press. i do not have any more exquisite information on that. >> general, in the past plants have called for the navy to begin deploying soldiers and romania to do the missile defense about this time. if that's still on track? if they get there and it becomes operational, i would change the situation you described between us and the russians or nato and the russians? >> so i have a broad understanding of the schedule. it is not down to and sailors are supposed to lead s