they have to understand my brooklyn english. >> charlie: all right. let me talk about.ead the tragic stories of these kids -- really bright kids, it looks like to me. committing suicide. >> yeah. what is that about? >> let me tell you something. >> charlie: it may be -- >> and i'm sad that five, six years ago if you were reading those stories you would have read about headlines associated with n.y.u., this year it's been another university, a great university, my colleague, the president of cornell where it's happened this year, david scortin is a great man, i know him personally, he and i now speak out widely on this. this is a national problem. every day, 365 days a year in this country, four undergraduates commit suicide. >> charlie: every day? >> every day. >> charlie: four undergraduates commit suicide. >> and it's not talked about enough and you know people talk -- it's very frustrating to try to explain in a society that has lost its appetite for complexity and nuance, people talk about why is it that the cost of a higher education is going up more rapidly than h

. >> in brooklyn -- in brooklyn we opened a roastery and a coffee bar. and it's been great. sort of our style, our beans out in brooklyn. it's been a lot of fun. >> what we do here seems to percolate. certainly on the west coast percolate across the country. let's talk a little about the importance of -- or not importance of organically grown coffee or fair trade coffee. what do you see when you're out talking to coffee lovers? >> well, you know, as a consumer fair trade is important to me. and what i'm saying when i talk to a lot of these third wave coffee producers in san francisco is that everyone is incredibly interested in fair trade and not only fair trade but more than fair trade, and also organic beans. >> and explain that a little bit, james, what fair trade would mean for a consumer looking at it. >> fair trade i think is a great thing. if you're looking at commodity coffee versus fair trade, i think it's great to urge the people who are roasting commodity-level coffee to move up to fair trade. fair trade is a charity-based initiative, and the minimum price for fai

i knew you grew up in brooklyn, not far from where i grew up.f we were kidding, but it's crazy. >> no, it's insane. it's insane. it's apocalyptic. >> jimmy: do you think now it's -- i remember being a kid, i think it must have been worse when i was a kid than it is now. >> yeah, well, i haven't been back on fourth of july in a number of years to really know. but you would just -- i would just get in the car to kind of joyride through the streets to see what kind of mayhem people were up to and just like, bonfire, turn a corner and just like, huge bonfires in the middle of the street. >> jimmy: people just burning things. >> boy with their shirts off running around, being really wild. >> jimmy: when you're in the car, you're not really -- you are driving, but they see you as, like, a -- if it was an arcade, you would be a duck to be shot at. the roman candles. >> they were involved enough in their insanity that we could be like, jungle habitat, like, oh, look at the insanity outside. >> jimmy: a wild animal safari. only more dangerous. it really

in time, the south street became puerto rican, displacing the italians, who moved deeper into brooklyn. the north streets were remained polish extending into green point. his parents purchased a house cheaply and over the years created a home that was a welcome place for their children and grandchildren. this haven was of such serenity that kenny often felt the same respect and awe that he experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. the defect of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. fleeing went the puerto ricans, escaping the same blackness, but impeled by the fear of blood, both physical and hereditary, fearing with greater horror the prospect of losing themselves in the anonymity that america forces on all of its people, both groups fought the country's wish for that homogenaity. they both retained both their irishness and

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the brooklyn born rapper and sat down with our team to discuss his new album america's nightmare partit watching children of war i would say first that. i think that most people regular force like myself. are interested in what we can do. and vironment to make it better. and a lot of times we are. we we are we're giving this this horse and we're just like was a pulse of believe in this thing what is person and. we've seen it done over and over and over and at times you have to realize like the truth is the truth you know like we're all human beings are all we all have responsibilities but i think that no one human being can save the world i think that people get involved like doing something like getting obama elected i think in a spirit of. the sixty's when they spoke out about injustices that was going or you had the elders had to come down and now say ok we hear that now we're going to be the faces for this thing so now we can catapult it across the nation i think that for centuries. people have known that the president has been the face of. corporation called america the united stat

and he wasn't afraid to be with people even though he was a jewish kid from brooklyn. he was not afraid to go out there and do what he had to do. and he did everything. and he came up with this idea for a stone -- he bought a star sapphire called the star of artieband. he named it the star of artiband and it was worth very little money. >> larry: but it had a name. he named it. >> larry: smart. >> he took it on the road. and he took it from town to town. he left grand central station or penn station, grand central i think, and went across the united states, and he had that star. and every time he arrived at a train station he had a brinks truck and he took that star, which was worth nothing, very little money, and took it to a hotel in the brinks truck and took it to a room and he invited all the jewelers in town. the jewelers came up to look at the star of artiband and they bought everything else he had in the place. so he sold them like crazy. but it was an event. he made an event out of it. i think that's what taught me about events. i really do. as i go back in lif

. >> i grew up in brooklyn, new york. my experience was landing by birth into an urban town land. my family, my mother is first generation i'm second generation. my grand mother lived in the apartment building with us. i had aunts upstairs. another aunt lived close by. pretty much 4 days a week my great uncle would come in and visit all of these people my uncle, my grand mother and so forth, all were from a town land called outside of robin. when i was growing up i would hear the names. and they would conjure the sense of another world i was no longer a part of but was connected to. i think the -- i came to the brink of this sort of, you know, really quest gradualy by hearing the names. the other experience i had when i was growing up is music in my grand mother's house. my grand mother live on the first floor of the apartment building the door was open. everyone in the apartment building stopped there after work. they would stop for a drink and play polka, not polka, poker. and lynched to john gibbons play an accordion on his wooden leg. you had the sense of people having come ov

a few years ago, i had been attacked on the streets of brooklyn. i am deaf in my left ear. >> sitting on the l, i was made a wear, my voice of louder. he didn't know about the hearing loss in one here. i remained silent. i didn't turn around to expose the scar on the back of my head. so that i wouldn't have to explain the origination. instead of business cards, i should explain, it would read as follows. my name is emaniel. i became a prostitute. i found my salvation? writing. i pushlished a book. i was recently attacked on the streets where i lived. >> the surgery left me deaf. i do not have aids. men are not allowed to be soldier. i am not asking for your money. please get home safe and keep this pen to share your story too. may be some day, i will get to hear your voice. this next poem is from my first poetry. this is for latinos in the house. can i get a woo. >> i want to break tradition about latino macheese mow. >> forget. i want to break tradition. because blood is supposed to be thicker. but you see, my friends and family, because they love

and on news of logs, and flicker and hundreds of demonstrators marched and new york across the brooklyn bridge towards manhattan. this about was waiting for them, to support legal snell, and 50 arrests were made, and if there were a lot of police officers surrounding that one person. and in phoenix, that in support of the law. if you'd like to read the latest developments on the controversial paris on emigration law? www.kron.com >> and-controversial immigration arizona law. >> and at the fire failed to come to an agreement with 50 firefighters will lose their jobs this weekend. that will save the city $6 million for the physical year. the union offered a 3 percent cut in benefits but the city requested 9%. craig sklar has a closer look on how this will impact fire protection of the people of san jose. >> it is midday, and the crew of 30 is on our third call and less than 30 minutes. and perhaps one of the last, and saturday, this station will only be open sporadically. because of the cutbacks, and reducing engines. >> the cuts will be department wide, and it will feel that at the stati

. >> when did they let the bride of chucky walk in brooklyn?> like sometimes they're mean people, i don't know, like that make fun of you. >> some people, they like talk behind your back. >> reporter: dr. hilfer says cliques are nothing new. teens have been trying to figure out how to deal with them for >> i would certainly tell a kid who was excluded from a clique to try to recognize that these groups aren't for everybody. >> that's the same advice carol weston gives in her book, "for teens only." carol says she often hears teens say "no one likes me. >> i would say there's such a difference between "no one likes me" and "i want to be popular." i mean, "i want to be popular," a lot of people feel that and then it's almost like they grow out of it and then they realize that it's more valuable to have a couple of friends than to be one of the, you know, popular kids. >> reporter: here's more advice in dealing with cliques, and some of it come from teens like you. don't be one of the herd. >> find people who you are more compatible with instead o

in new york, protests took place as people walked across the brooklyn bridge. arizona was the epicenter of the protests. no shortage of emotion on the streets of phoenix today. by noon they converged on the sheriff's office. >> just arrested 15-20 people. they went from the sidewalk into the jail. >> bill 1070 went into effect this morning. a judge bard police from checking immigration status while investigating crimes. she also voided the part of the law to -- even police are unhappy with the way the law was written. the governor disagrees and this afternoon she filed an appeal. the number of protesters kept growing. 13 bus loads from california. here is what a few of the ralliers had to say. >> it's crazy that one of our states would try to enforce. >> we have way too many illegal immigrants. i think everybody that comes into the country needs to do so legally. >> to let arizona know because they are going it alone with this effort and we want to let them know that they are people outside of arizona who support them. >> stiwith us as we continue to cover the

i said brooklyn. >> jimmy: yeah, brookline. very good, very exciting.l out. >> can we? >> jimmy: no. [ laughter ] very exciting. even more exciting when you realize that whoever wins here tonight will be celebrating with an all-expense paid trip to costa rica. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh, that's right, jimmy. tonight's winner and a guest will fly first class on american airlines and spend five days basking in the luxury of a king bungalow oceanfront suite at the all-inclusive hilton papagayo costa rica resort and spa in beautiful guanacaste, costa rica. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you know, each one of our nominees has worked so hard, and each one deserves this amazing prize. but, of course, there can only be one winner. and now it's time to find out who it will be. may i have the envelope, please? thank you. >> steve: it's exciting. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and the winner is -- [ drum roll ] [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] and the winner is -- contestant number one, joy landware! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: this is joy landwar

for those of you unfamiliar with diane, she was going in brooklyn, new york, 190034, not too many years ago. second generation american of italian descent. she began writing at age 7. she probably was ready before then, but formally at age 7 committed herself to a life of poetry. she found what she loves. she lived and wrote in manhattan for years and became very well known as a writer of the beat movement. for the past 34 years, she has lived and worked, wisely, in northern california. 68. that is about when i started life. [laughter] so, for the past 40 years, she took part in political activities with the diggers. she studied zen and tibetan buddhism, sanskrit and alchemy, raised five remarkable children. unbelievable. an author of remarkable 43 books. there on my desk, as well, including "pieces of the soul. " her language has been translated, and she received an award of lifetime achievement in 1993. congratulations. well done. in the spring of 2000, she was a master poet in residence at columbia college in chicago. in 2002, issue as one of three finalists not just for this positio

the york city, protesters went across the band brooklyn bridge, and also arizona was the epicenter ofll of the protests. >> no shortage of a motion on the streets of the next today with gathering at dawn. by 12 pm, they converged on the critic of illinois will immigrants. >> and i just arrested 15-20 people. they went from the side walk inside the jail. that saved a lot of gasoline. >> and as the 1070 what into affect midnight as much as the most controversial elements. yesterday, a federal judge barred officials from checking immigration status. also police are unhappy with how this was written. >> the only way to enforce this law was to take somebody's race into account into racial profile them. >> the governor of arizona disagrees and she filed an appeal of the judge's ruling. there of the day, the protesters grew, with 13 buses were arriving from southern california. >> we will continue to follow the latest as a watch people gather at 24 and mission street in san francisco. yesterday, streets were blocked at the federal building and will continue with the latest. and haaziq madyun

i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we talked about the state of knowledge. some of it was wonderfully obvious. and water goes down hill and collection areas and some of it was breathtakingly vague trying make a billion dollar decision about something. we talked about simple solutions and bold actions and diverse drinking water systems in san diego and we heard about thinking about discipline, winning over regulators and economic development agencies and environmental groups as getting them to work with us. today, we have the opportunity to make it much more useful because it's

the waves at coney island offered relief to brooklyn beach-goers, and in philadelphia, those who couldn't to the beach found cooling nonetheless. an impromptu shower was this prescription for relief, chasing a soccer ball was touch deutothis day. >> it's hot and it's hard to run around and, like, once you start running you want to walk again. >> reporter: i know just how she feels. temperatures this extreme, of course, can be very dangerous, and may have caused the death of one man in prince georges county, maryland, today. paramedics found the young man unconscious on a bike path. cause of death officially not established but they believe it was heat related. >> glor: tony guida in central park tonight, tony, thank you. the chicago area is dealing with extreme heat and severe flooding. more than seven inches of rain fell in some parts yesterday and overnight leaving residential neighborhoods underwater. heavy rain in eastern iowa has caused a dam to burst today. a swollen lake cut a hole 30 feet wide in the dam. hundreds of homes have been evacuated. overseas tonight, two u.s. service me

thousands of people from across the country joined in a historic walk across the brooklyn bridge to raise awareness and show support for recovery from addiction. the celebration took place at city hall park, and featured live music from several bands as well as appearances from a&e talent, national leaders, and special guest celebrities. alaska family services held its 2nd annual recovery celebration. several members from the community were invited to share their stories of addiction and recovery. the event also featured performances from other members of the community, as well as information tables set up with resources to help with the journey toward sobriety. the event concluded with a memorial to honor family and friends who have lost their lives to the disease of addiction. western dakota tech was the site of a south dakota recovery day celebration. two speakers stood up to share their stories about the

raney and plant its workman with inmates from the metal back door of labor camp which was a part of brooklyn both now we're entering the original tunnel a see huge tunnel as you can see with about twelve mistress. and this model you can see two. crossed. a b and forty six cross tunnels built by concentration camp prisoners in the last years of the war if you look don here you can see an origin no and which was moved from the behind here to show it to visitors. the prisoners spent half a year on the ground without seeing so much as a sliver of daylight at the time they didn't know the purpose of the tunnels but they later realized that they had been putting together a monstrous weapon designed to destroy the homes countries and loved ones they had to sleep in bets with thought any equipment only on a wooden nothing. the senate terry conditions were catastrophic people died after just two or three months of intolerable work the dead were replaced with new inmates soviet people made up one third of the door of prison population. the key to me once were unique weapons because these were the only

. >> reporter: at this wholesale market in brooklyn, prices of fruits and veggies have been falling. in some cases, the declines are weather-related. but manager michael scotto says, lately, extra supply is pushing prices lower for many items. >> now that an influx of produce comes in, like anything else, no one wants to get stuck with it. so what they do is drop the price so everything moves a lot faster. >> reporter: falling prices are great for americans struggling to buy groceries or fill up their gas tanks, but the drop in costs reported today raises concerns about the u.s. soon facing a prolonged period of falling prices throughout the economy known as deflation. the half a percentage point drop in june wholesale prices follows declines of three-tenths in may and one-tenth in april. the federal reserve is also growing more concerned the u.s. is at risk for the kind of deflationary spiral that japan faced in the 1990s. policymakers revealed their worries yesterday with the release of minutes from a recent fed meeting. economist cary leahy says the threat of deflation is real. >>

in new york city, hundreds marched across the brooklyn bridge. >> my mother was an immigrant. i feel very strongly about immigrants being able to come here. we're the ones who built this country. >> reporter: using saws, los angeles police cut through chains holding protesters together, and arrested them hours after they took over this intersection. why are you blocking this intersection? >> we're blocking this intersection because it has gone into effect. a partial victory is not a victory. >> reporter: although a federal judge blocked many parts of the arizona law, these protesters won't be happy until the entire law is repealed. among the provisions the judge struck down, police officers could check the immigration status of people they detain for another reason. immigrants would need to carry their papers at all times. and the part of the law that makes it illegal for the undocumented to look for work in public places. also demonstrating today, people who believe the entire arizona law should stand. >> i pay taxes. i don't like to see my taxes sucked away by people who are

that's the new willis avenue bridge passing beneath the brooklyn bridge.t nears the end of a journey of 110 miles. it sailed all the way down the hudson from the factory. that bridge is urgently needed to replace a centuries-old dangerously crumbling bridge between harlem and manhattan and the bronx. it will be lined up in place and hoisted up, ready for traffic in november. >>> today, for the first time seated in a wheelchair and using a custom-fitted gavel a member of congress with a disability presided over the u.s. house of representatives. five-term rhode island democrat jim langevin in a wheelchair since an accidental shooting as a teenager and the first and only quadriplegic to serve in congress was able to do this for the first time. the speaker's rostrum itself was made wheelchair-accessible. it marks the anniversary of the landmark americans with disabilities act. it transformed our country, making so much more of our country accessible while banning workplace discrimination against millions of americans with disabilities. 20 years ago, the first

the brooklyn born rapper sat down with our team to discuss his new album america's nightmare part two children of war for centuries. people have known that the president has been the face of the corporation called america united states. when we start dealing with the reality in. this great position you know the people. government you know and i don't think people realize that so. do you mean to tell me you don't think that. u.s. president barack obama can change the system the system that you say is led. by the corporations of the united states in my opinion i think he means well and i think that there are there are there are people who are going to run in this country way before brock graduate and probably thought about running for office or coming in senegal and yet you know and yet. but the big star to interrupt you but the reason most so many americans rallied around him is because he promised to change that pattern he vowed to as a matter of fact in two thousand and eight i think in october two thousand and eight you put a video up on you tube a letter to barack obama where he sa

in this building in brooklyn, prosecutors alleged there was a kickback room where people lined up to get cash in exchange for lying on medicare claims. this soviet-era poster written in russian hung inside, prosecutors say, warning even the walls are listening. don't talk. each year, medicare fraud costs american taxpayers an estimated $60 to $90 billion and experts say criminals see the system as an easy target. >> i think it's generally regarded as more lucrative than the drug trade now. i think it's regarded as much safer, you're not going to be shot by your competitors. >> reporter: still, with today's arrests, the feds hope to send a clear message that in the end medicare fraud does not pay. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >> couric: apple's c.e.o. steve jobs had a clear message to iphone customers today-- "we're not perfect." he apologized for trouble with dropped calls on the latest model and he offered a free temporary fix, a protective cover that should help the phones keep a strong signal. but bill whitaker reports the reception today wasn't all that good. >> iphone 4.

y para brooklyn centenarcións de personas y todavía quedan partes dañinaara comunidad y estamos pidiendo> vickyartíz eá enferma de cáncer y . decosass que no hacen nosotros nos arrestan >>> cuando peleaba la presidencia >>> este otro marchdo asó a obama de no cumpliru promesa de una reforma migratoria y este pequeño grupo mostraba su república día. a la ley y la decisión del jueza es calificado como una victoria parciales y todos. y muchos. y y a pesarue encontraba este que gente de . nosros somos bien por nuestros familias y también hiendol tbajo entrabajo, >>> bueno por supuesto que california un estado donde hay un gran población migratoria no e queda atrás y se une ante la implementación de la ley sb 1070. y los acto de desobediencia civil tuvieron a la orden el día >>> docena más de manifestante escogieron una intersección de los más transitado en los Ángeles para protestar >>> nuestro idea es derrotar la sb 1070 y a los leyes que son anti iignte >>> an fuerte presencia de policía miembro de la organización todos somos arizo >>> estamos aquí por eso >>> y hay que manifesr >>> la pro