. >>> and abbey road, why fans are once again pouring into one of >>> and abbey road, why fans are once again pouring into one of the most famous streets. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. we begin with a horrible air disaster here in new york city today. a sightseeing helicopter carrying a group of italian tourists collided in midair with a small single engine private plane. tonight, a total of nine people are feared dead. it hand in clear skies above the hudson river. stunned onlookers on both sides of river watched as the aircraft fell to the water and hurled debris onto the new jersey water front. we have two reports on the collision and the many safety questions it is sure to prompt. let's start with nbc's jeff rossin here in manhattan with the latest. jeff? >> lester, good evening to you. here's what we know at this hour and the story is still developing into the evening. the helicopter took off around noon today from here at the heliport on the west side of manhattan just seconds after takeoff, authorities say it collide with that small plane over th

and it was put together here at abbey road studios in london four decades ago.ine the exterior walls of the studio affectio,í messages from fans. this man said they called their last recorded album abbey road because this was their second home. >> well over 90% of all of the music was recorded, the real heart and soul of all the music at abbey road. >> reporter: with most of the album complete on august 8, 1969, the beatles stepped outside the recording studio here on abbey road to shoot the album's cover. it would become the one of the most iconic images in music history. george harrison, paul mccartney, ringo star and john lennon. it made the cover world famous. some artists who have imitated the walk. as you can imagine, tourists the world over have made the trip to the famous black and white stripes to have their own history. >> abbey road studios reckon about 125,000 people a year cross abbey roadment i think it's more than that. we're talking 3,000 a week easily, if not more than that. a lot of people. >> reporter: richard porter is a beatles fanatic. he o

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studios on abbey road recording what was to be their final album.ning 40 years ago, there were no crowds. photographer ian mcmillan and the beatles came down to the famous crosswalk and he took exactly six shots, three of thel walking one way, three the other. it was all over in 10 minutes. that image, arguably the best known album cover in history is still a hot favorite with fans. richard porter, who owns the nearby beatles cafe says it was paul mccartney's idea. >> because a sketch exists, of how he went to the album cover to look for the beatles on the crossing. >> reporter: since, the image has inspired countless knock-off from sincere aherty to spoofs. it has also created a tourist hot spot and traffic hazard that is as enduring as the beatle's legend itself. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. later on cbs, "48 hours mystery." russ mitchell will be here tomorrow night. i'm jeff glor, cbs news, in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh

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road studio, 125,000 people a year cross abbey road.hink it's more than that. i think we are talking 3,000 a week, easily if not more than that. a lot of people. >> richard porter is a beatles fanatic and owns the beatles coffee shop, founded the beatles lon con fan club and created a walking tour of milestone beatles' locations. on this day he welcomed 55 tourists from around the world. >> this is from 1968, 1970s, the building was owned by the beatles. ♪ >> reporter: it is a testament to the in pact the beatles had on music, popular culture and musicians for decades to come. so although it adds a few second to a driver's commute even the crew and i couldn't resist. erol barnette, cnn, london. >> thank you very much. a lot of you are weighing in on some of the things on the air here. some people talking about the helicopter, plane crash in new york city. others the townhall meetings. here he is talking about the executions increasing in iran. yes, we did. we are waiting to hear back from him. i agree with you on that one. thank you. tw

tom aspell live from london's abbey road this morning.m. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. beatles fan, young, old and in between, are celebrating the day 40 years ago when john, paul, george and ringo crossed a london street for a photograph on their album "abbey road." >> here we go. >> reporter: this mania, all over again. music lovers from around the world gathering all morning outside the london studio where the beatles made hisly in the 1960s. a walking tribute to the group made famous by the most successful pop band of all-time. ♪ 40 years ago, london was the epicenter of the swinging '60s. fashion, peace and love, and most of all, music. and nobody played it better than the beatles. ♪ let it be, let it be >> reporter: in 1969, they recorded the sound track for the film "let it be." but they delayed its release and made "abbey road" instead. the iconic photograph on the album cover was shot on a crosswalk right outside the studio. >> come on. you can walk. >> reporter: this man leads people across for $10 a head. >> the picture tak

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beetles fans came together to celebrate abbey road. they marked the 40s anniversary of john, paul, george, and ringo's stroll across the street and that photo of the period ended up being the cover shot for the band's last album together and it's an image that has been so iconic and imitated and parodied over the year. as you can see yesterday was no exception. a tribute band dressed just like the beatles of yesteryear recreated the cover. >>> you know what? your canine companion may be smarter than you think. research shows that most dogs can reason, count to about five and recognize roughly 165 words and gestures. so that meanses that the average pooch may be smarter than a 2-year-old toddler. so what are the smartest breeds? turns out border collies, poodles, retrievers, german shepherds, and dobermans. okay, so the not-so-bright one r, one,s, borzois, chow chows, bulldogs, basenjis, and afghan hounds. >>> michael vick had a trip planned for atlanta. then he showed up in atlanta on saturday. i've got to check my ipod on that. vick d

. >>> beatles fans come together to celebrate 40 years of abbey road. hundreds swarmed to london's abbey road crosswalk where the fab four strolled across the street. that was the cover shot of their last album. it's been imitated over the years. today was no exception. a trivia band dressed just like the beatles of yesteryear recreated the cover for a sea of people capturing the moment. >>> planning to get away to sunny san diego any time soon? we found a luxury resort offering a $19 room. seriously here. before you book it, you should know you are going to have to pack a few extra things here. what this survivor package and includes and doesn't. >>> when a luxury resort offers rooms at $19 a night, you figure there has to be a catch, right? guests get to sleep in a tent here. no lights though, no ac and don't forget to bring your own toilet paper. the hotel staff came up with this whole discount idea during a brain-storming session. >> easy stuff, towels and sheets and pillows. there is savings. we tried to discount from there and we got more and more

i'm standing on abbey road almost where that famous picture was shot.en the beatles stand-in showed up this morning in their trademark roles to restage the iconic walk, you con see the crosswalk because of stalled traffic and a crash of cameras. even on ordinary days a constant stream of beatles fans make the pilgrimage. >> i came to aeb road to walk in the foot steps of the beatles. >> abby road, they shot the cover right there. >> reporter: the fab four were putting the finishing touches to what would be emi studios. on august 8, 196 they came out of the studio, crossed the street and made history. 40 years on, photographer ian mcmillon's image is still a hot favorite with fans. richard porter runs the nearby beatles cafe. >> he took six picks pictures in all, three going one way across the street, three the other. the whole thing took ten minutes to do. >> reporter: since it's inspired countless imitators from sincere flattery affection yat spooks. it's als created spoofs and a traffic hazard. the traffic jam here earlier was monst monsterous. remark

. >>> finally, 40 years since the beatles strolled across abbey road. on the intersection where the picture was taken, and a tribute van re-created that famous most from the summer of 1969. do you remember the interpretations of the cover? >> we did it. we once -- >> of course, we did it. >> we once replicated abbey road. >> that's right. >> we had our shoes on. >> good morning. >>> good morning, typhoon morakot pounding taiwan. take a look at this. this is one of the capital city's oldest and most treasured hotels. all the 100 inches of rain that has fallen in the past two days toppled that building in one, two, three. two days, 100 inches of rain. that's typhoon morakot. it's right now heading toward china. here in the united states, we're keeping an eye on hurricane felicia, category 1. packing 50-mile-an-hour wi >> thank you so much. more on the heat in the midwest and the rest of the outlook later on in the show. kate? >> marysol, thanks. >>> congress is officially on its august recess now. and with that, the health care debate has shifted outside

abbey road was the final album recorded by the beats as a group.mbers went their separate ways back in 1970. >> him being barefoot set off that whole thing of paul is dead playing the song backwards. that was just -- i was in sixth grade. that was wild. it completely possessed us. >> stop bragging. it set up a whole bunch of signs in store windows. no shoes, no shirt, no service.

. >>> finally, 40 years since the beatles strolled across abbey road. on the intersection where enthe picture was taken, and a tribute van re-created that famous most from the summer of 1969. do you remember the interpretations of the cover? >> we did it. we once -- >> of course, we did it. >> we once replicated abbey road. >> that's right. >> we had our shoes on. >> good morning. >>> good morning, typhoon morakot pounding taiwan. take a look at this. this is one of the capital city's oldest and most treasured hotels. all the 100 inches of rain that has fallen in the past two days toppled that building in one, two, three. two days, 100 inches of rain. that's typhoon morakot. it's right now heading toward china. here in the united states, we're keeping an eye on hurricane fe >> get ready for a tropical heat wave. looking at radar this morning, we have shipped heavy shower activity over philadelphia. that will not affect us. the warm front is coming through. the temperatures are already in that 70's. it is very sticky air. a high temperature foroday will

beatlemania is surging on abbey road. all because 40 years ago john, paul, george and ringo were photographed strolling down the crosswalk, turning the ordinary london street into a musical mecca. the famous photo that you're looking at right there is the cover for the "abbey road" album which was the last album for the fab four they recorded together. the photo shoot lasted about 15 minutes on august 8th, 1969. but the picture became an enduring rock 'n' roll icon. i can't even read because i'm listening. i love the beatles. i listen to them all the time. you don't like the beatles, do you, eric? oh, boy. here's what some of you are saying about the stories we are covering. cartel fix equals divide and conquer. the only sane solution to drug profits is decriminalization.

i'm here on abbey road. studios are behind me.n that at a 40 years ago john, paul, george and ringo came out of the recording studio and walked across abbey road. they walked on a crosswalk right about where that red london bus is standing. they made the trip across the street three times in one direction. three times in the other. the photographer on a step ladder about where i'm standing took six frames and later in the afternoon that day they looked at the sheets and picked one and that became the cover of the album. that happened 40 years ago today. you can see scores of fans here to mark the moment the young, old, in between, all of them great fans of the great music 40 years ago. >> what is it you think that keeps fans still coming to this kind of thing? what is it about the beatles? is it just because they're the beatles? the music? when people tell you why they love the beatles, what are they saying? >> reporter: the younger ones appreciate the mausic as fresh as it was in those days still fresh today. if you talk to the o

. >> true, england has westminster abbey but we had yellowstone. >> they has the louvre, we had yellowstone>> what did you talk about on the trip to west. >> there was a group of historians he had at the white house and i got to talk a little bit about my book on tr, the wilderness warrior and i went to the interior department and got to speak with secretary salazar, who is accompanying the president on to these national parks and they are just very keene, i think the american people to know that some of their tax dollars are going to keep these great parks up and running. >> if roosevelt were alive today, what would he think of the state of the parks? >> i think he would be sadly dismayed, in fact, not just our national parks -- incidentally here, we need to -- it is a great american triumphant success story the national park system, and the national monuments but still need places that need to be designated as parks, big sur, the alaska, we are sitting in the state parks of california, arnold schwarzenegger is about to try to close 50 to 100 of them because he says he doesn't have money,

recorded the accompaniments in london's abbey road studios.the studios of course of players thplace that famous musicians record almost all of their albums. two of the beatles. john lennon and paul mccartney stleen in this photograph from 1968. will the pope achieve rock star status as his previous predecessor pope paul benedict ii did? we'll have to see. comes out at the end of october. and on that note that is "worldfocus" here in friday evening and this week. if you missed any of this week's programs, you can catch up with them again by going to our website, that's worldfocus.org. i am martin savidgk. as always, thank you very much for joining us. we'll look forward to seeing you back here on monday. until then, have a great weekend. >>> "worldfocus" is made possible, in part, by the >>> "worldfocus" is made possible, in part, by the following funders -- -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

international teddy bear convention i thought i was in for a lot of craziness but then i met 13-year-old abbey the 53 bears and discovered there is a serious side to collecting teddy bears. what does your family think about you collecting bears? >> i. >> i. i love that glitz' great. >> speaking of bears, they entered the yard. put them over there, i will loot them later. -- you right and i read. >> david from pop -- david from popular bluff, missouri, writes -- >> greg: i also didn't know there were viewers that were such dorky, dork dorks. bud from idaho writes in about our discussion on hobos. you are just know hobo. >> greg: i never said anything candidates tie hobo. i'm all for hobos marrying and i think they should be allowed to serve in the military as long as they keep their hobo sexuality to themselves. silvia checks in. >> my goodness. >> even when they are on a toilet, they are messy. final word, women do not pee in the shower. >> something tells meow are taking this a little too personally. we actually struck a nerve with you. don't be ashamed, sometimes behavior i'm in a rush i wil

this morning, melissa frances and i interviewed abbey joseph cone who has a stellar record for stock market calls on the way up and the way down. i was humbled she echoed my call of last week, this is a new bull market, heralding the onset of a new economic recovery. take a listen. >> we do think that the new bull market has begun. it may prove that it began in march of this year. clearly, many people were looking for better signs on the economy and we're now getting the them. >> i then asked her about the outlook for profits which is crucial for the new bull market call. please take a listen to this. >> are companies now mean and lean enough with all the business cost cutting to give us a lot more torque in profits and would that really blast the stock market higher? >> larry, you're right on target re

she was at a party at the abbey, a bar in west hollywood.lk. can you see liquid there. witnesses say she was peeing in broad daylight on on the busy sidewalk in front of this bar in hollywood. they say she was actually taking a leak, if you will. she is defending herself and saying that's not the case at all. she says notice my hand in the back is pouring a bottle of water. >> it looks like she's on the phone while she's peeing. >> there's also video of it at the time. and people are reacting to the video when she's doing it and they seem shocked. it seems like it's really happening. >> if fergie can live down peeing in her pants on stage, jamie presley, you're in good company. you're going to be fine. >> big news for the kardashian sisters. it's not kim, though. it's courtney kardashian who is confirming that she is in fact pregnant with her first child. she's not commenting on who the father is or how far along she is. they're kind of teasing her new show called "miami," which debuts this sunday. if you watch the show, you've seen her with

goldman sachs' abbey joseph cohen told us on the call yesterday the new bull market is underway. here's what she had to say. >> we do think the new bull market has begun. it may prove it began in march of this year. clearly, many people were looking for better signs on the economy, and we're now getting them. not every sign is positive, but we've seen an upturn in things including business equipment, the labor news is better. it's still not good, but it's better than it was. >> all right. so let's duke it out. are the bulls back in charge on wall street? how can you make money right now? that's the important question no matter what side you're on. joining us now, douglas roberts founder and chief investment strategist for channel capital research.com. and for the bears, we have fred burns, founder and principal adviser of burns advisory group. let me start with you, john. what do you think? is the new bull market on? >> yes. we're definitely seeing we're in the early stages of recovery. we've been talking about being recovery ready since last fall and winter and spring. the s&p i

the polish patriot is buried under the cathedral of krakow which is the westminster abbey of poland and the honored names of that country. kosciuszko lies in a vault beneath the marble floor of the cathedral. as i looking up on his tomb i thought how small the world is after all and how curiously interwoven the interests that bind the people together. when i visited the tomb i placed a rose on it in the name of my race. thank you very much. [applause] >> i'd be happy -- i'd be happy to take any questions and there's a microphone in the back for anybody. there's a gentleman over here. >> hello. >> hello. i'm sorry, can you speak up a little bit so we can hear you. >> three things came to mind when i was listening to your presentation. one of them was theology, one was philosophy, one was topography. could you flesh those topics out as to what you feel influenced him in terms of those three points? and also i have another one but i'll send you an email. [laughter]1q >> all three of those sound like books in themselves.ádñ well, topography, obviously, kosciuszko was always warning about t

abbey calling and confirming yesterday what larry kudlow said, we are in a new bull market. we're going to talk about that. we'll talk live with the ceo of blue nile, the online jeweler. their stock has downed this year. sales are actually doing well. interesting story. also ahead including the latest on aig.ahead, including the latt on aig. first, "squawk box" on the back after this break. announcer: some people buy a car based on the deal they get. others buy the car of their dreams. during the lexus golden opportunity sales event, you can do both. it's an opportunity today. it's a lexus forever. special lease offers now available on the 2009 is 250. call or click today. >>> time now for the fan favorite. yes, indeedy. the friday trade. for some reason we call it peanut butter and jelly time. i don't know why. >> i'm naming it meat and ice cream time in honor of our host. >> vice president hilliard lyons back at hq chris, managing director of capital management. allen, give us an idea. >> verizon, especially verizon wireless. apple and the iphone got a lot of publicity, an

. >> forty, the number of years since this iconic cover of the beatles abbey road was photographed. the shot was taken on the road in st. john's wood in north london on august 8, today. >> dave: the summer of 69 my friend. immaculate house is coming under fire for calling on supporters to snitch, if you will, and anyone who opposes the president's health care plan. here is an excerpt from their blog. some critics say the move may be illegal. with more on all this, i'm joined by former press secretary to president bush, in a perino. good morning, dana. >> the morning, things are having made the fee -- >> dave: i can't help but think how would this have been received if you had done this, if the bush administration had tried this tactic to give. >> i got a good piece of advice this week when someone told me to give up on worrying about double standards of fairness. but imagine with me for a moment that we're in the middle of social security reform, that president bush was trying to pass in the first year of his second term, and we were frustrated that there was disinformation that was

>> hi, my name is abbey. i'm from the university of central florida. [no audio] >> sorry. my parents own a small health insurance agency. they sell health insurance. and so i think it's really important that everybody learns all they can about health insurance because i think that's the best way to bat what we're facing in washington right no now -- the best way to combat what we're facing in washington right now. but i also wonder what you think about -- i think a lot of the problem with health insurance right now is that people want it to pay for everything, even private health insurance. and i want to know what you think of that because i think that's why we're in this mess right now. >> well, two things. first of all, on health transformation.net, our center for health transformation has lots and lots of information on health care. and second, i think you're right. part of the reason i've begun talking about two-plus-two equals four is to try to get people to slow down and be honest about life. okay? the fact is, there is no free health insurance. if you go -- if you w