, a city known for its relations not just as an american city but a city that offers relationships between the people's republic of china and the people of the united states and offering cultural exchanges as well as sports exchanges, and i am constantly reminded of that because we have a chief of protocol. charlotte schulz has been such a wonderful participant in our government here, and to make sure that we keep attention as an international city, so i find myself as part of history, being very lucky to be the mayor of the city at this time and also finding ourselves to be so fortunate that we remember 40 years of history, 40 years of building relationships between our two countries, and i continue to feel that i am is a student of this activity because there's so much in our futures in our country working with china to understand how we could help in that relationship, help people to people, culture to culture, and then realize that we are as a city, a gateway to so much of this activity, making sure that we can celebrate this but also helpin

. ♪ oh, when the saints go marching in ♪ ♪ >> it's an american city unlike any other. >> this part ofountry had an entirely different colonial history. has different language forms, has different food, has different architecture. >> founded by france, briefly owned by spain, and once the capital of the slave trade, the bustling port city of new orleans has flourished as a multi-cultural haven. >> because there were french, spanish, english, american, indian, african and caribbean influences, you end up with actually different mixtures of people, names that you don't see anywhere else. >> that's pronounced tchoupitoulis. the allure of the city's rich history and culture has long masked a slew of modern day problems, a persistently high crime rate, corruption, racial and economic tensions and a troubled public school system. >> the big businesses in new orleans are tourism and the port. what do you do for tourism? are you going to say hey, we're crime capital of the world, surrounded by toxic dump sites and we have vicious poverty that you don't even understand but come on down and have

would you believe an american city filing for bankruptcy? they're blaming the same kind of thing we've just heard debated. out of control borrowing and pension costs, now it's left the people with very tough choices. nbc's ron allen has our report tonight from central falls, cc1: rhode island. >> reporter: it is the smallest city in the country's smallest state. 19,000 people tucked in a single square mile, crushed by massive debt. >> we were left with no other practical option. >> reporter: central falls declared bankruptcy after years of cutting services and raising taxes, up 20% last year, yet it's still swamped by $80 million in pension costs for cc: city workers, nearly five times the annual budget, and nothing but red ink in sight. >> i'm nearly 65. i don't have time for a do-over. >> reporter: deputy chief jerry conoyer says he gave his all fo: 35 years.cc1: now he and other retirees may only get half the pensions they were promised. as a bankruptcy court balances the city's books. >> the american dream is being : pulled out from unde

it's being transformed into an american city. >> lororna gordon of the bbc tes us why they're buildingsion of philadelphia. >> reporter: it's glasgow. or is it? the signs are being changed. american cars are appearing on the streets. hollywood is coming. with part of the center of the city standing in for philadelphia, for a big-budget film where humans are battling to stop zombies taking over the world. the star of the movie, brad pitt, is already causing a stir with his visit to the uk. it's thought he's visited glasgow bere. but this is the first time he'll have filmed here. >> i think most people are chasing brad. >> what about you? >> oh, of course. of course. why wouldn't i be? >> reporter: there's plenty of speculation about what is to come. >> there's going to be a car crash scene filmed on the road. that's about it, really. just car crashes and things. and zombies apparently. >> reporter: the city has been used as a backdrop for films before. this upcoming movie starring ewan mcgregor one of the latest to be shot here. but "world war z" is the largest production ever seen in g

because they go through the city almost everyone has an interest in the city. the americans have an interest. the pakistani intelligence agencies have an interest. the taliban are here, the afghan intelligence agencies are here. they all have a presence. >> not present is any consensus on how to govern among the political parties, which are largely drawn ethnic lines, competing for turf in convulsions of violence that have taken a huge toll. >> every time you strike or the city closes down, apart from the formal losses that are made, at least half a million households don't have any earnings on that day because they are day-wage earners, so poverty has increased considerably as a result. >> on karachi's streets, edhi says there's growing despair. these men pleaded with him to help them get more police protection in their neighborhood. it is encounters like these that edhi says prompted him to call for military intervention, much to the surprise of journalists at his news conference. >> do you want a dictator to come in, like musharraf? >> brother, if for the time being you h

was apparently sold to an international adoption agency, and eventually adopted by an american couple in liberty city. >> all i want to tell them is to return my girl. i don't feel anything against them, because perhaps they took my daughter without knowing she was stolen for me. >> she posted flyers and staged a hunger strike at one point. they say this is an emblematic case. >> it's an absolute tragedy. if something like this is what it takes for them to be real reform and oversight over the international adoption process, that portion is a good result. but i would never wish this on anybody. >> the american couple apparently had no idea the girl they were adopting was kidnapped. they had no comment when a local station in missouri asked for an interview. >> i would just have to think about, like, what if the situation was reversed and my own child was kidnapped. it's sad to know somebody in our community is going through that. >> and rafael joins me now. the adoptive parents had been quiet until now. >> very quite. a half hour ago the family spokesman issued a statement and the statement says the

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documentary that follows the people injecting fresh energy, drive and even entrepreneurial spirit into an american cityays. and it hopes to reclaim them as well. the documentary premieres tonight on planet green. joining us now, michael, the executive producer and director of this documentary, "detroit in overdrive." so you found good things happening in detroit. >> i certainly did. i found a lot of good things happening in detroit. jon: now, gm, the car company, commissioned this. did they say to you, go out and find good things happening in detroit? >> yeah. well, this is a co-production between general motors, planet green and discovery studios. and, initially, general motors did come to planet green with this idea, and i, i was skeptical as well. it's a big-branded puff piece. but actually i was quite impressed with general motors, and they were very adamant from the beginning that it would not be -- jon: so you're not schilling for them. >> i'm not. they wanted to focus on the people of detroit -- jon: and what is happening? >> well, there's certainly a lot of infrastructure in the detroit that ex

in pakistan, the search is on for an american abducted saturday in the city of lahore.f the kidnappers were terrorists. seth doane is following the story from afghanistan. >> reporter: today the state department said the f.b.i. is working with pakistani and u.s. embassy officials investigating warren weinstein's kidnapping. weinstein, a 70-year-old business development consultant, worked in pakistan for the virginia-based firm j.e. austin associates. he had been scheduled to return home to america today. a clearer picture of the brazen raid is now emerging. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that three hostage takers came to the american's front gate, offering food to weinstein's three guards and driver. after the guards opened the gate, five other hostage takers who'd climbed over an unguarded rear entrance showed up, carrying a.k.-47s and pistols, outgunning the guards. the eight then tied and gagged the guards and used weinstein's driver to trick the american into opening the door to his top-floor residence. jere van dyke, cbs news consultant, was held hostage in

city and county of san francisco. an opportunity to reflect on the many, many contributions of african-americans in this city and how each of us has changed the gee graval and cultural landscape of this city. how fitting that we celebrate black history month today, which is also the same as lunar new year and also an opportunity -- opportunity to reflect on the diversity of this city and how happy we are to be in a city which is so inclussive. so without forth delay i would like to welcome you on behalf of mator's office of neighborhood services. mayor lee will be joining us later. with the invocations, we would like to invite pastor stacey kerns. >> good amp. let us pause for a moment to invite the presence of god. shall we pray together? god, our help in ages past, our hope in years to come, we invite your holy presence to bless this celebration of african-american history month. we give up thanks and praise for the legacy, the creativity, the genius and contributions of african-american people everywhere. we pray that you would strengthen this organization and strengthen all organizations that support telling the stor

economic centers in europe, and we want to stay that way, and we are an attractive city for international business, like the american and asian companies that like to have business in amsterdam. it is a real nice place to stay. experts like to live in amsterdam, and is accessible from all parts of the world. it is also very important case of cycling. what irony said, 2.2 million and happens, but the last line may be the most important, about 120 kilometers per day traffic jams. that is qu7?) a lot. this distance is not more than 25k. we have a real problem. that is not good for business. for us, it is active transport, really important as a solution for being accessible. ok, does it work? yes. this is the city. at the red lines, these are the congestion. this is the pattern of workers who go to work in the morning and in the afternoon. most of the workers come from outside of the city of amsterdam. they come mostly by car, but also a big part from public transport. what was the conclusion of all the businesses? if we go on like this, we have a real big problem in one, two years, maybe a little bit longer, we will no

city. a naturalized american citizen parked an suv that was filled with the explosive combination right in the middle of time square. but he failed to detonate it and police not only disarmed the vehicle, they also tracked down the man who put it there. randy shandobil first brought us this report in may of last year. >> reporter: the doors to this jet were already locked preparing to take off from new york bound for dubai when the fbi stopped it and arrested the suspect in the botched car bombing of time square. 30-year-old fisal shizad who was attempting to flee. >> this was a terrorist plot aimed at murdering americans in one of the busiest places in the country. >> reporter: just as officials have admitted that shizad on saturday night drove a van to time square and parked it in front of the theater where the lion king was playing and planned to detonate it. court papers showed that the suv was packed with fertilizer, gasoline, fire work, propane and alarm clocks. shizad is being held on attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. the fbi today searched his connecticut home. offici

habhorrent to watch this, and the philadelphia mayor after a violent incident in his city went into an african-americanh and he delivered this lecture -- >> you damage yourself. you damage another person. you damage your peers, and quite honestly, you damage your own race. >> do you see it as an african-american problem, a youth problem? >> no, i see it as a youth problem just like when i see after a basketball game or football game i'll see white kids on the college campus turning over police cars setting them on fire, i don't see, oh, my god, what is happening with white college students. i see it as a college student issue. in this case you have mayor nutter african-american speaking in a predominantly african-american church speaking to the issue in that case you largely had african-americans, so he's making a very pointed issue. the problem here and i do believe this is going to be the problem that it becomes a copycat syndrome. because before philadelphia, it was a problem in chicago. and then it was on michigan avenue and they had a problem there, and so i think when people all of a sudden see t

and later we visit one american city that highlights the devastating consequences of an investor retreat once a buzzing urban center area is now an abandoned shell with more than half of the population running away from the national despair. asian markets have been hammered amid fears the u.s. is heading for a recession but india has reacted with all to as i'm saying it's ready to implement a fast track reforms to encourage domestic consumption and withstand the economic struggles priya shooter is bringing us the latest on the financial situation in asia from new delhi. asian markets have been tumbling in reaction to the latest news of the at the in p. downgrading of the u.s. economy but actually many politicians and many analysts in india think that this country will only be affected in the short term by what's happening in that they're actually better equipped than many western countries especially your p. in countries that handle what's going on in the united states indeed finance minister pranab mukherjee coming out and saying that this is only going to be really a short term impact

an active city. >> a lot of the old industrial, the american can co., goodman lumber. all that good stuff. >> wow. >> and this building is one of the examples of remaining 1906 earthquake damage. it has been repaired above, and that is where they repaired the damage. what did they found these buildings on, back in the early days? >> those days, remember i mentioned early on, it would use of redwood grillage and they would extend the grillage up far enough so it would spread out the load. today, one would know when to evaluate a building like this, we say to ourselves, there is no way this building can be standing. the bearing pressures that are being posed on the soil far exceed the strength of the materials present, yet it works. it could be such a phenomenon as arching and other things to keep the building standing. typically, today, we would support this building on pilings. we would support this going down to more confident material. within this is phil, bay mud, shall mud, and then down sand. re tom hill, at one time second street ended at howard. at that point, t

when i saw these facts, they are alarming facts for all americans but for an already hard-hit african-american community, especially these inner cityumbers are terrible. and in two and a half years, you at some point have to look at a benchmark. you can't keep blaming bush but what about the numbers? >> you are absolutely right. there is unhappiness in the african-american community because we didn't support this president for him to be president of everybody but else. the disparity numbers in unemployment and in a variety of other indices indicate that our community is suffering. and we are listening for his voice now. and expect action and activity in the balance of his term. but make no mistake about it, there are 10 other candidates running. none of them have a record that compares to barack obama. >> laura: mr. hutchinson we can go into what rick perry has done for the minority communities inside texas and job creation record is actually more impressive than barack obama's. stick to obama's record here the numbers are the numbers. my question is a simple one. what has barack obama identifiably done substance and jobs and so fo

an american contractor. the victim lived in an upscale neighborhood in the eastern city of la more. eight to 10 assailants trick their way into a man and said they were bringing them food which is a common act of sharing during the muslim holy month of ramadan. police won't reveal a motive but militants have been kidnapping foreigners for ransom. yew also new this morning, president obama and his weekly address is calling on voters to voice their frustrations to congress. >> if you have had it with gridlock and want them to pass stalled bills that will help our economy right now, let them know. if you refuse to settle for politics where scoring points is more important than solving problems, if you believe it's time to put country before party, and the interests of our children before our own, then let them know. >> the president says voters have a right to be upset and that the people voters at washington need to start doing their jobs. this week president obama will hit the roads starting monday. he's embarked -- setting off on a three-day campaign bus tour through the midwest. st

suddenly thought as an american this is american cisalpine egalitarians to be appreciating this landscape, which has been cloistered. so he had this epiphany where he thought the city beautiful landscape. as an american i really can't conscience trying to think about reproducing such relief gave. it should be for the masses. so the experience kind of been taken that as a pageantry comfort at the same time i'm in the cafeteria at heart. >> it was great because it very much influenced the way people looked at parks in the states at that time was really just wealthy enclaves, places that were fenced and you could only have a few. so for this country, it opened up an amazing difference in terms of what could happen. i think to talk a little bit about our friend cal three box. four feet 10 inches, statured, had problems. talk a little bit about vioxx, but also how important that relationship was to me -- olmsted did some really great work after, that he was truly a discreet is in a system some of those things. maybe chicago with sql, but we can't experience that now. but talk a little bit about that relationship and how that was so interesting. >> sure, as you describe

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in the midst of an increasingly unpopular war in asia and violent outbursts of rage in american cities, dr. king dedicated himself to non- violence, but that is not what made this speech so courageous. it was his insistence that our war in vietnam was destroying america, and he focused on the needs of the poor and disenfranchised right at home. could america survive? >> some of us have already begun to break the silence, have found that it is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. we must speak with all the humility appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak. tavis: martin luther king, jr. deliver hundreds of speeches. two of his speeches are as familiar as any and american history. price i have a dream that we will get to the promised land. >> those have been analyzed and memorize, but the speech he gave here, emphasizing a new commitment to social justice, is the one that arguably has the most to teach as today as we search for solutions to the conflict in iraq and afghanistan and seek to narrow the gap between rich and poor here at home. he was a young lawyer when d

perhaps there's hope yet for the old-fashioned game that the people of one american city at least have never abandoned. they're an hodgepodge of fanatics flipping small silver spheres across a flashing board, trying to score as many points as they can. >> you're playing defense and offense at the same time. >> reporter: noah davis remembers playing his first game at age five, and has been hooked ever since. >> there's something that is physically satisfying about hitting a shot in pinball that you don't get from video games. >> reporter: but at bars like over and out in portland, oregon, the crowds overflow. here pinball still reigns. portland is home to nearly 500 pinball machines, that's more than chicago or los angeles. portland also has something else: pinball gangs. >> we're pretty safe. for the most part, we just like to drink beer and play pinball. >> they hold weekly tournaments, vying for national ranking and bragging rights, but they may be the last of their breed. >> the market is dying, so i can see how there is only one company. >> mason: that one company: chicago's stern pinball. it's the only major

the giant fist crushing an american jet, a monument to adopt the's the finance when u.s. jets bombed the city in 1986. it was here when he tried to rally the city when there were nato air strikes. gaddafi is now on the run or in hiding. a few hours ago, the word was that he was heading to neighboring algeria. something that he may still be in tripoli. it will take rebels days to search the compound where they made their final stand. it covers several square kilometers and is believed to have an extensive underground system of bunkers and tunnels. after fighting their way house by house into the city, rebels and residents set up roadblocks to defend their gains. they have also seized large quantities of guns and ammunition, including heavy weapons that gaddafi's troops have abandoned. libya's civil war seems all but over. the dictator's hold on power has been broken. >> some extraordinary images there. i asked our correspondent to tell us more about what has been happening in tripoli. >> when you look inside the compound of gaddafi, you can see the big celebrations going on for about two hours

cities. philadelphia, new york, boston. 56 million americans braced for an epic disaster of hurricane, winds and water. the winds reached 115 miles an hour but what ended up killing the most people was the hazard in their own backyard. >> it was so dark, i was downstairs and i heard the tremendous crash. my first thought was my wife which was 15 feet away where the tree came down. >> 4.5 million homes have gone dark. more than 20 americans died. >> first let me say this is a storm that has claimed lives. our thoughts and prayers are with those that lost loved ones and those lives have been affected by the storm. you need to know that america will be with you in your hour of need. >> many other states dramatic rescues and finally in new jersey five teenagers were saved by firefighters. >> we didn't realize the current was as strong as it was. >> the landscape was transformed. this interstate before the storm. this, after. >> here is the southern tip of manhattan. there is little evidence of the water that came flooding over the seawall but up and down the atlantic coast this is a cleanup that

city, this is "nightline," august 10th, 2011. >>> good evening, all. i'm bill weir. an american woman missing in aruba.ight sound like a headline from six years ago, back when alabama student natalee holloway disappeared on that caribbean island and was never s sn again. but now a second woman has vanished there, and this time the case is complicated by the fact that those closest to her, including her live-in boyfriend back home in maryland, didn't even know she was taking the trip. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: even before her disappearance became the latest mystery to blemish aruba's coast, robyn gardner's life was already shrouded in secrets and lies. the 35-year-old dental assistant left her home in maryland on sunday, july 31st. she told her live-in boyfriend, richard forrester, she need aid vacation. >> she told me she was going to orlando with her family on a short vacation tuesday to thursday to go to their timeshare. >> reporter: it was the first of a tangle of lies she told forester. he was stunned to learn on monday morning that robyn wasn't in florida at all but in aruba. >> she e

according to the embassy, an american citizen by the name of warren weinstein, around 3:15 a.m. this morning, in the city of lahore, an sassailants brokeo his home and others scaled the walls. police say this house was being guarded by three very well trained security guards. they are saying they are retired military commandos. that is why police are considered these kidnappers were well trained to overpower these three security guards and get to warren weinstein and leave with him. these assailants left with two vehicles. we know weinstein works for j.g. austin. they do economic development and social development here helping create jobs in pakistan. >> no one is taking responsibility? we have not heard a peep from them? >> reporter: at this point, no one is taking responsibility. kidnappings are on the rise in pakist pakistan. a lot of people think they are linked with the taliban. a lot of times it is criminal gangs that kidnap for ransom. it is not clear who is involved. >> reza sayah, we appreciate you. >>> let's turn back to politics. the election is some 15 months away, but today is a big deal. to

schoolteacher in california who gave up most of his salary rather than see his city devastated by budget cuts. here's an americanle announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ >>> now, how often have we heard the term shared sacrifice? how about this story tonight. the cool teacher in fresno, california voluntarily gave up more than $800,000 in salary over the next three years to help soften severe budget cuts affecting his city's schools. the money can now be used for 325 schools with 195,000 students. this this superintendent, larry powell, actual rely retired fro his yjob and asked to be rehire for three times less. his salary used to be $288,000 a year. this american joins me tonight. fresno county superintendent larry powell. mr. powell, honored to meet you tonight. you are showing the country what america is all about. explain to us, if you can, how it came about and why you did it. >> well, my wife examine isand we had this question. how