it probably would be considered that but one other claim to fame it's the we have three mitch lynn stars in london and the only ones in upon europe that have it and we got one for the one in new york we opened. >> where in new york is your restaurant? >> in hells kitchen. it was like here and basically a christian book store that maybe had a bathroom and build this beautiful palace and like that one and on the second floor of the large flat iron building and had maybe a bathroom and just office spaces. >> yeah. >> pretty striking view up third street. >> any other questions? >> what public outreach have you connected so far? >> you mean giving people in the neighborhood opportunities to -- we posted -- required to give people an opportunity we were applying for this permit for 30 days. >> have you actually reached out to neighborhood organizations or anything like that. >> >> not that i'm aware of. i know we have spoken to some of the police officers that come by and with the inspections and talk to us about the security that we have there and not only for the guests' sake and the hostes

mitch. he stepped in and bought the foreclosed house for just $100. he then used his charity to put in $20,000 worth of renovations. that allowed the woman to return home. >>> i'm lynnerry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> a ship yard aims to pay tribute to the triumph and tragedy of the "titanic". nearly 100 years after the infamous sinking. the city of belfast, ireland honors the birthplace of the ocean liner. the new exhibit features artifacts, models and panels to tell the story of the ship. there is even a recreation of the grand staircase for visitors looking to re-enact their own kate and leo moment. >>> well, it is hard to get an audience with the pope unless you're a rare urban croc. it was smuggled in but will be flown back to its native country. not before it got a chance to meet the pope. the croc was received as part of the pope's general audience in january. the return of the animal to cuba will be a sign of good relations between the two nations. >>> finally in thailand officers get ready for a mother's worst nightmare. police underwent training to teach them how to deliver a baby in an emergenc

. >> lynn, in the light of what professor dyson has just said, how does the president win over mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, speaker boehner, who have already openly said, no increases in tax rates? >> well, you have to splinter off some republicans, in the senate it will be easier because you just have to get to 60. you might pass the december 31st deadline where you have a few more democrats in the senate. but the problem is always going to be the house. i think there may be a bargain in the -- in the side of coming to republicans and saying, here are cuts. but the price of those cuts will be that 2%. republicans will face a very tough choice in just a very short time. are they the ones that are going to be responsible for giving 98% of americans tax hikes? do the republicans want to be known as the party that raised your taxes for everybody but 2%? >> right. and i think, martin -- >> so, the 2% solution may be a noose around the republicans' neck. >> i think the republicans have little leverage. not just for that reason but a couple of other reasons. if you consider the fact that ta

lynn park, kansas says "no. and when you say no one is willing to talk about it. have you heard ron paul or mitch daniels?ng about it are obama and his administration. where's harry reid, nancy pelosi and the president on his state-of-the-union address? pete in florida writes "of course not but they will while each party points its fingers at the other for their incredible dishonesty. incompetence and lack of character. what a charade." you want to read more on this go to my blog, cnn.com/cafferty file or through our post on the situation room's facebook page. >> thanks, jack. thanks very much. see you tomorrow. it's a bird, it's a plane, and no, they're people flying almost. jeanne moos is next. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and tha

lynn for fourth all time. that's his team now not the big three. they will face miami starting on monday night. nelson crews. toriba and mitchraight. but they would need a far more dramatic blast to win it. it came off of the bats of josh hamilton. run away favorite for the mvp at this point 20 home runs leads the big league. 52 rbis. game winner came in the 13th. walk off they pitched to him with a base open. 8-7 your final there. to college baseball now. something you don't often see. in fact, i don't recall ever seeing this. in a dramatic sec tournament game. it's vanderbilt and florida. the commodores complete the rare triple steal. you saw the steal home. there is the stealing second base and they also stole third. six stolen bases in awesome the triple steal came in the ninth inning as the commodores, florida that is fantastic. tristen haste one of our followers on twitter brought that if you have a good sports story send to dave briggs tv. >> or comments. mark la roy sent us a picture of a vietnam vet at the memorial is he there celebrating this morning. also good commentary about this next story which we are talking