the new jersey nets in brooklyn. >> the brooklyn nets, and the second i open it with the concert. open the arena right here with a concert the b-1, maybe two, maybe three. >> the new barkley center in brooklyn, 18,000 seats 100 luxury suites. if he's been any time in new york, if you want to be cool, you go to brooklyn. and how to have a basketball team in brooklyn with a big beautiful arena playing the knicks in madison square garden will be something. >> a difficult of brooklyn when you were in new york? >> i was not cool enough. >> i did not think so. [laughter] >> i never leave manhattan. but you thought this 0 yes, i hang out there all the time i am telling you, some young guys a soprano irina and brooklyn and just the idea to meet jasey and beyond say they may start to get some good players there. and to come from brooklyn, he came from a tough background and had to do some things that were a little illegal, did not hurt anybody but the drug stuff. where he is now, why is that so funny? when you're young and you have no other opportunity, and you want to eat, that is all i'm

at the historic brooklyn academy of music, better known as b.a.m.e's meeting with karen hopkins and her team to finalize plans for a unique partnership between the two organizations. a beer called the bamboozle. >> well, the beer's in the tanks and should be ready in a couple of months. so we're excited about that. it's going to be a belgian style beer. it will be refermented in the bottle 100% like champagne. and we added -- we're buying honey from a beekeeper in upstate new york. >> reporter: steve has created the bamboozle beer especially for the brooklyn academy of music. which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this fall. >> the howard gillman opera house. it has 2,000 seats. it's one of the great historic theaters in the country. every presidential candidate used to make big political speeches here before there was television. this is the picture of the old theater. >> reporter: the history of this place makes this project like no other. and steve knows it. so he's doing what he's done on many occasions. donating a portion of the proceeds to

>> guest: in new york, in brooklyn. the meeting was actually in brooklyn. c-span: what were those meetings all about? >> guest: they were rather ludicrous from any point of view, and even at the time i think we thought that they were rather odd, rather bizarre. there we were young, very militant socialists who thought we were going to reform the world. i forget -- the young people's socialist league fourth international i think was the grand name that was given to this little group, and we were going to convert this little group of -- we, this handful of people were going to convert the masses to socialism, i suppose, was the idea. so that was the ostensible background of all of is. c-span: where did that come from in your life? why were you even interested in doing that? >> guest: socialism was very much in the air. remember, this was just before the second world war. this was post -- depression period. we were still, in fact, in the middle of the depression, but socialism was a very powerful influence among young people. there was this socialist impulse t

do we have any images from the actual ninth district of brooklyn and queens? thank you. that's much better. any how -- lucky. mmm, mmm. ask your parents. any who, if you remember, the former holder of that congressional seat was democrat anthony weiner, who for some reason was unable to complete his term. what was that? >> congressman weiner, a contract, is now infamous for some revealing self-portraits sent to women online. jon jon oh, yes, the self-portraits he sent to women online. you know, that's a little grandiose to call this a self-portrait. i mean, seriously, these self-portraits show none of the monochromatic grand -- grandeur of pi -- picasso's work or seurat's works. if you enjoy these, there's plenty more in our book, "jokes for history majors." [applause] by the way, that's... it's pronounced [bleeped]. [laughter] sorry. i just do imagine an art history major watching the show right now going, oh, my god, oh, my god, oh, my god, they're talking about us. anyway, special elections, but still it's a fait accompli. whoever the democrats ran are going to take t

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

he's still in critical but stable condition in a brooklyn hospital.as an argument between the shooter, you'll see in the red shirt, and the victim, who's on the right side of the screen. >> the craziest thing to me is look how many other people are around. this is like a city block. >> look what happens. he rolled on the ground into traffic. the shooters goes out the back door of the mcdonald's. in the second video, you'll see a man sitting outside of a brooklyn barbershop. this is 79-year-old andrew burke. two young guys in the video come up and attempt to shoot through the barbershop window. he was sitting inside. andrew burke actually died. you'll see two men run up. on the left side of the screen, you can sort of see andrew burke. >> you always think no way will they ever find the guys who did this. a lot of times people say, that looks like so and so. connect the dots and these guys are caught. you keep your fingers crossed that, you know, they'll figure it out. >> for millions, coffee kind of gets your motor running. >> right. >> for this car, i

we've also met steve hinde, the brooklyn brewery boss. after years of planning, his investments are finally starting to at that time company to the next level. and of course we haven't forgotten sarah shroud at my wardrobe.com. >>> previously on the boss. pride and satisfaction for steve hindy as brooklyn brewer's expansion begins to take shape. >> this is a total thrill. a total turn on to be expanding your brewery. >> and francis lui says there's room for improvement. >> even though we are achieving great results, i still think that we can be better. much better. >> as his team continues to iron out those details, making the product the best it can be, francis lui has thrown himself in to his next big project. making his casino resort even more attractive to his customers. today he's taking a hard hat tour of construction for galaxy square, an area within the galaxy casino resort, which shall comprise nine 3d sin in a a made screens and a karaoke complex. >> the purple, red and green, they are very distinct. that is our entertainment ce

around 5 o'clock in the morning at a home on towsend avenue in brooklyn. three masked men pistol whipped the residents inside and sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman.police say the suspects also shot a man in the stomach. investigators say the suspects at this house were not police impersonators. if your questioning whether the officer at your door is real... police say remember there's a new department policy that requires plain clothes officers to wear a jacket that has police written across it....they'll usually have a badge around their neck as well.. unless they're working truly undercover.live from city police headquarters, mmgan gililland, fox45 morning news. 3 first on fox... a baltimoree city police sergeant is at the penter of a hit and run investi. investigation.it hhppened at this royal farms store in highlandtown.there's a police sub-station inside.the police report indicates an officer inside at the time witnessed sergeant carlos villa leave the scene... after hitting a delivery truck.the victim declined an on camera interview... but says

well i live in brooklyn and the first time i came was on a sunday night the first sunday and. i've been there because it's just such an important issue as far as our middle class is disappearing i mean so is the health and the peace of our country it's terrible what happened people have been held accountable in our government is incredibly corrupt they're being paid by the very people they're supposed to be regulating and and everyone is suffering it's really interesting you being in new york city i'm in washington of course but i read something recently from forbes magazine that you know out of the most the four hundred most wealthy people in this country that fifty of them live in new york and that their combined wealth is something like two hundred something billion dollars and yet the poverty the number of people living under the rate of poverty has risen to almost twenty percent so certainly you are in the city where you're feeling perhaps much heavier than people from around the other parts of the country what is happening here in terms of what you say the gap i'm wonder

lot subway stop in east brooklyn, ethan allen was held prisoner, not really held, but wondered to a tavern each day, and he lived on clams because that's what the farmers provided for the $2 a month rent he paid as a prisoner. -too much for him. he broke his parole, crossed to manhattan, saw the horrible conditions of other prisoners. some 10,000 americans died in prison ships in wallabout bay off brooklyn because of the same decision of the british ministers, what they had decided was that habeas corpus could not be served on a ship, and so the fate of american prisoners was to be held on ships where virtually all of them died in the course of the war, and if you think about it, i think about where we have prisoners right now, it's a naval base. you have to wonder if there's not some legacy of that decision of the british in 1775. well, ethan allen couldn't keep his mouth shut in long island either, and he complained bitterly about the prisoners' treatment by the british, and this time he was arrested and taken to the provost jail, worst jail in british hands in new york city, and

and then he and 300 other officers were sent to brooklyn which was farmland the time and what is now the new subway stop in east brooklyn he was held a prisoner wasn't really held, he wanted to beat walked into a tavern each day he didn't have money to buy anything and he lived on clams because that is what they provided for the $2 a month he had to pay as a prisoner. it was too much for him. he broke his parole and crossed the manhattan and he saw the horrible conditions of other prisoners. some 10,000 americans died in prison ships in wall about day off of brooklyn because of that same decision of the british ministers what they had decided was that habeas corpus could not be served on the ship so with the fate of american prisoners was to be held on the ships virtually where all of them died in the course of the war. if you think about, think about where we have prisoners' right now it's a naval base you have to wonder if there isn't some legacy of the decision of the profession 1775. welcome even island couldn't keep his mouth shut in long island either and he complained bitterly

around 5 o'clock in the morning at a home on towsend avenue in brooklyn. three masked men pistol whipped the residents inside and sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman. police say the suspects also shot a man in the stomach. investigators say the suspects at this house were not police impersonators. if your questioning whether the officer at your door is real... police say remember there's a new department policy that requires plain clothes officers to wear a jacket that has police written across it....they'll usually have a badge around their neck as well.. unless they're working truly undercover.live from city police headquarters, megan gililland, fox45 morning news. authorities are still investigating two homicides in baltimore.two homicides in still investigating authorities are still investigating two homicides in south east baltimore wednesday... is now dead. authorities say 26-year old antonio blackwell was shot in the head.he was rushed to the hospital where he died.no work on suspects or a motive. and in northeast baltimore... a man is dead after

brooklyn vote new york district nine is huge. for several reasons that's a 3-1 democratic district. it's not only a district that votes democrat it is heavily jewish and voted overwhelmingly for obama. 61 percent of the vote for anthony weiner in his last election 7 terms there hadn't been held by a republican since 1920. that was seismic. it was not just sort of an oh an upset. it was a seismic upset of gargantuan proportion. i think it bodes very sadly and badly for barack obama in the next election. for two reasons. politically he can't afford to lose the jewish vote particularly in florida and pennsylvania and new york and still be president. secondly, he can't afford to lose what is a huge cash cow for the democrats in general. that is the jewish constituency largest single ethnic group that gives overwhelmingly to democratic candidates. >> to me this is a clear example of what i have always thought is a real principal of american politics unless you are a lame duck president and running for nothing you won't get anything past in the mid eels because you are afraid of jewish vo

hundreds streamed across the bridge to brooklyn. verily guiliani orders ever one of lower manhattan. sfo was completely evacuated. >> we are taking trash cans and cubbyholes. >> a declaration of war on the united states by terror >> is. in washington, one more remarkable sight. members of congress gathered on the steps of the capital in an expression of a bipartisan it patriotism. at the white house president bush right into his diary. >> the people on board flight 93 may have helped save even more lives. a bay area man played a key role that. rob levels book to a bay area and other son made the ultimate sacrifice. >> 9-11 was a terrible and tragic day. it has changed our country. we cannot afford to become complacent. i have felt an immeasurable sense of grief into loss. (...) mark bingham was among those who died of united flight 93. bingham fought back and died a year. with >> him to miss him. i am glad to speak about him. >> if the war of terror is far from over. >> 10 years after, america still has an unfinished business. we st

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 a 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 lo

. >> and my brother-in-law, engine company 240, battalion 48, of brooklyn. michael, you are missed and dyno will meet again in haven't. thank you. >> gary h. lee >> hyun joon lee >> juanita lee >> kathryn blair lee >> linda c. lee >> lorraine mary lee >> myoung woo lee >> richard y. lee >> stuart soo-jin lee >> yang der lee >> stephen paul lefkowitz >> adriana legro >> edward joseph lehman >> eric andrew lehrfeld >> david leistman >> david prudencio lemagne >> joseph anthony lenihan >> john joseph lennon, jr. >> may your name and memory live on for my brothers and i and to all of those courageous men and women who actively serve in the new york police department. >> and my dad, to my hero, i love and miss him so much. [applause] >> john robinson lenoir >> jorge luis leon >> matthew gerard leonard >> michael lepore >> charles a. lesperance >> jeff leveen >> john dennis levi >> alisha caren levin >> neil david levin >> robert levine >> robert michael levine >> shai levinhar >> adam jay lewis >> jennifer lewis >>>> margaret susan lewis >> ye wei liang >> and my

the brooklyn brook festival begins on september 15th with authors including walter mosley. literary walking tours will be a feature of this year's baltimore -- baltimore book festival. in st. augustine of florida heritage but festival focuses on local literary history. and from the national mall book tv brings you live coverage of the 2011 national book festival. watch two full days of live event coverage, author interviews, your calls, and

a follower at the blind shake at the brooklyn mosque.nnon darrell was an eyewitness and took these photographs. >> out of nowhere came some person that shot him right here. the bullet came out like that. he had been practicing for years. he was part of the blind sheik cadre of leaders. >> three years later, another follower of the blind sheik, ramsey yousef drove a van filled with explosives into the garage of the world trade center. >> one of the real miracles that i think has ever happened in the modern history of the world is that only seven lives were lost in the world trade center attack. >> in october of 1995, the blind sheik was convicted of terrorism and sent to prison that personal translater and his family moved to south florida. >> that there was another terrorist cell linked to the blind sheik and al qaeda linked to the fort lauderdale area. that was the community at which he was growing up. >> new details of the hijacker's movements in arizona, florida, virginia, connecticut, and new jersey. and why was anwar al-awlaki invit

joining us today from brooklyn, new york, please welcome phil stein.

>> is this the same as brooklyn bowl? >> this is a different route. -- group. >> these folks have another business on to visit deerow -- divisidero. they are planning to go into the border now. we are rowling. >> when i moved here there was to bowling alleys, one in japan town and the other in the haight. >> the other thing about the bowling alleys, commissioner newlin, for every permit half -- officer? we could ask someone. >> [inaudible] >> maybe if we could find out that way. moving on, then to the staff and office update. staff attended several meetings in north beach and the fillmore. nicholas attended the north beach meeting. last wednesday, july 20. i attended a meeting july 21. my meeting was regarding outdoor events in the fillmore, hosted by the fillmore and the lower fillmore. there was a discussion about juneteenth that had problems regarding security. the -- it was an interesting discussion. they are eager to learn about how the city would like them to manage those outdoor events. do you want to chime in brie

around 5 o'clock in the morning at a home on towsend avenue in brooklyn. in that case... three masked men shot a man in the stomach... and sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman. baltimore city police are still searching for serial firebombers this mor. morning. someone threw molotov cocktails at nine homes in the city.you can see from this map... the locations range from south balitmore to northwest baltimore. a homeowner... hit in northwest baltimore says the molotov cocktail thrown at their house... woke her entire family up. she says... when she walked outside, she saw flames. this is just one of nine incidents in less than three weeks.because they are scattered across the city... police believe there are several suspects. if you see any suspicious activity you are asked to call police immediately. intense video out of florida... as a police dash cam captures this scene.it's a young boy trapped under a car. car.the six year old was being dropped off at school... when he was run over by an oncoming car.police and a group of bystanders lift the car off of him... while a

. >>> a shooting on the parade in brooklyn left three people dead. gun shots rang out after the parade, marred by deadly shootings in 03 and 05, post parade parties are common. police won't say it was related to any events. >>> wild fire burns out of control in texas. thousands of people have basketball forced to evacuate. the forest service says satellite images shows the fire stretching 25,000-acres and firefighters are used black hawk holters to douse the flames. they are in the middle of the worst fire season in history, worst brought since 1950. >>> quick thinking grandfather is hail adhere hailed a hero. >>> a missing dog has a family going to extremes to find him. what they are doing to get their beloved pooch back. >>> grandfather in chattanooga, tennessee is being called a hero. they were visiting from memphis for a family reunion, rising flood waters carried their car several feet. he thought quickly to save himself and dprapped kids. >> i had to pick -- grand kids. >> i had to pick both of them up. >> i wanted to get out of the water, that

they would rename themselves the brooklyn nets to open the new arena. the brooklyn native jay-z will perform eight concerts dates in $15,400 for an all access pass. no word on whether beyonce becomes part of that all access. by the way, that's aguirre money. we're going on aguirre money. >> i can't wait for that. i want to go for aguirre money, too. i haven't seen that. >> that should be a lot of fun. i would guess that's a ticket worth buying. >> thank >>> for a full half-hour of bay area sports coverage, you can watch sportscast center. >>> they're making move after a nightmarish month. they're joining forces with dream works. the agreement will allow net flix to stream tv specials beginning in 2013. the financials haven't yet been released but in the past couple months, netflix stock took a beating on wall street after changing its pricing structure. today the share rose about 1%. >> joining us now for the 7:00 show. >>> an initiative called education nation, a week devoted to improving schools in america. tonight i'll introduce to you a school with

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lecciones diarias en la academia de artes y letras, una escuela intermedia de 425 estudiantes en brooklynesta escuela es bien buena antes de hacer trabajo nos hacen pensar y despues hacerlo. uno de los principales objetivos de centro educativo es enfocarse en cuantos minutos del dia los estudiantes estan pensando. mientras que joyanet prado y otra maestra enseÑan matematicas juntas, le piden a los alumnos que escriban las respuestas en vez de levantar la mano. asi saben que todos estan participando. joyanet prado, 1424 tenemos diferentes rutinas en las clases de como podemos reforzar el pensamiento pero no solo usan el pensamiento para problemas de matematicas, los estudiantes tienen otro incentivo para asistir contentos a la escuela. damaris hernandez, 13, estudiante 2346 me intereso el programa de arte que tenian, y ahora estoy haciendo teatro. 55 mientras otras escuelas recortan el presupuesto y abandonan los programas de arte y musica, aqui es obligatorio 6 veces a la semana en 6to y 7to grado. para asegurar que ningun niÑo se quede atras, cada maestro esta encargado de un grupo de es

around 5 o'clock in the morning at a home on towsend avenue in brooklyn. three masked men pistol whipped the residents inside and sexualll assaulted a 25-year-old woman.police say the suspects also shot a man in the stomach. investigators say the suspects at this house were not police impersonators. if your questioning whether the officer at your door is real... police say remember there's a new department policy that requires plain clothes officers to wear a jacket that has police written across it....they'll usually have a badge around their neck as well.. unless they're working truly undercover.live from city police headquarters, megan gililland, fox45 morning news. baltimore city police are still searching for serial firebombers this mor. morning.someone has thrown molotov cocktails at nine homes in the city.you can see from this map... the locations range from south balitmore to northwest baltimore. a homeowner... hit in northwest baltimore says the molotov cocktail thrown at their house... woke her entire family up. she says... when she walked outsid

parades has been marched by deadly violence and a shooting a few blocks from the west annual parade in brooklyn. they also saw fatal shootings in 2004 and 20005. they celebrate the music of the caribbean islands. >>> only on 2 has security breach, staff is demanding all the locks be changed. hospital police confirmed that a patient stole keys from a staff member on sunday. the patient is described as extremely dangerous. now police say they can prevent a dangerous patient even one with keys from escaping from a secure part of the hospital but neighbors are worried. >> there is a reason to be very concerned because i have kids. i wouldn't want the keys to fall into the wrong hands so i would hope they would bump up security and everything. >> they were able to reach any napa state hospital officials for comment. >>> saturday marks the deadly explosion in san bruno. san bruno mayor will be at the site of the explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. hill will be advocating for legislation he introduced for safety standards for gas pipelines. they are expected to vote on the bill

on the day in july in 2009 of political figures, mainly in northern new jersey, and rabbis from brooklyn, from the orthodox community. these two guys decided to write a book about that case, and i want to start by asking them why. why did you write this book? >> because nobody understood what happened, why it happened, when it first happened. ted and i were as close to it as anybody who was not handcuffed. frankly we did not understand it. we come into the office on a muggy july morning having been tipped off the night before that something big was going to come down. and in new jersey there is always something big and a politician getting arrested and a corruption case. my god, we are there and getting reports from our colleagues that are out at the fbi headquarters or in brooklyn. it is a dozen politicians, two dozen. rabbis in black coats with ritual fringes flowing in the breeze. the deputy mayor of jersey city who shows up handcuffed. seventy years old and wearing a look cut dress. what is this? >> and we didn't even know. >> all we knew is we had this will put together business lad

he has released two albums to critical acclaim, taught at brooklyn college, new york university, the school in columbia university, and is now touring lyrics for lockdown. one of those is sponsored by the naacp. i learned that he is beginning rehearsals for the remakes of "the wiz." let's welcome him. [applause] our moderator for this afternoon, world renowned anti- racist, multicultural educator. [applause] yes. as many of you in the audience know, she is an accomplished front line teacher. a teacher, educators, researchers, writers, consultant, speaker. she is like a mother, auntie, big sister, all in one, for me. she has taught in canada, the caribbean, and the u.s. and has been involved in the development of teachers for two decades. she consults on anti-racist inclusion very and equitable education. she assists school districts and schools to continually restructure themselves for equitable outcomes for all students.

holland tunnel several blocks to my north which comes in from new jersey and beneath we have the brooklyn battery tunnel. at both spots there are checkpoints. the police are visually inspecting cars, wearing radiation detectors, using license plate scanners as well to try to detect any stolen vehicles or suspicious vehicles. in addition, the people of new york city are on alert. an example, yesterday reports of suspicious packages increased threefold from a regular day, and reports of suspicious vehicles increased double. so people are on the alert and frankly new yorkers who were here ten years ago during the attacks, we all have some pain inside of us. new yorkers know the best way to respond to that is be vigilant. if you see something, say something. new yorkers certainly -- remains a potential target. also many people feel very much the same. athena jones is standing by at the fbi field office there. athena? >> reporter: here we are outside. you can see behind me a bomb squad, the fbi's mobile command center. this is a public show of force. there's an increased law enforcement presen

sweeping across brooklyn and queens. a lot of people expected to be a lot closer than that final poll number. we could be looking at some very, very late results in this race to replace anthony weiner. rachel? >> andrew, do either of the candidates in this race have a real claim to having been a particularly good or particularly bad candidate? were there major gaffes or major successes that marked either campaign in this race? >> i think democrats privately will say david weprin was a very weak candidate, but candidly they'll also say that they thought they could probably almost rubber stamp the win. republicans have not won a seat her since 1920. it seemed like almost any name they picked would win. it quickly became apparent that wasn't necessarily the case. over the last few days it became apparent that might not be the case at all. i think there might be some hand wringing about could they have picked a better candidate, a more prominent candidate, a more politically disciplined candidate? david weprin didn't particu

. >> only people from brooklyn uses the word geez. your letter doesn't have a single worthwhile sentence in it. i will not buy you any notebooks. i repeat no notebooks. but i will send you decals that are not to be placed in my room, around my room or on the window of my car. >> okay. who was this guy? and why did you set out to tell this story? >> this guy was my fantastic, magnet, bossy, difficult, older brother carl. he was the red state to my blue state. all you have to understand to know about how complicated and difficult this relationship was my first memory of my brother was with when he sail me out a window when i was 2 years old and in the san antonio emergency room with a cut on my eye brow. he gave me the gift of a hard head. he went from there to being the youngest member of the john berk society and coming into my room to smash my joan biaz records because she was on the list. he was complicated, but saying all of that he was mysterious. he grew up to be a trial lawyer turned apple orchardist. part of the madening siblin