nathan's is part of coney island's past.rides are part of the future. >> what is your favorite ride? >> this one. >> reporter: i can't believe what you are going to do to me. i have a fear of heights. i'm not kidding. i'm so glad you are not afraid. >> it is just an elevator. >> reporter: no! >> how are you? knees shaking? >> reporter: completely shaking. i don't know if i can walk. >> the rides are exciting. i'm optimistic. i just want to keep building. >> reporter: hope you can say is soaring on the boardwalk. felicia taylor, cnn, new york. >> if you want to comment on the stories, get in touch with the team through our facebook page. facebook.com/cnnwbt. that's it for this edition of world business today. thanks for joining us. >> are you watching cnn. the world's news leader.

. >>> third, coney island makeover. the long island beach is getting a new look.multimillion dollar makeover and whether or not it's lead to more tourists. 23360. one for border agents bored. 2 for gadhafi's former nurse, and 3 for coney island makeover. winning story next hour. >>> after some ugly fights on the debt ceiling, budget, even over when the president can address congress. some say president obama is getting pushed around by the republicans, so as the leader of the free world really let letting the competition lead him around? or is there a greater strategy at work. joining me is david gergen to talk about all of this. thanks for joining us. we have seen, and it's quite extraordinary when you think about it all of the things that have been written, particularly over the weekend from president's biggest supporters, liberal pundits worried about a crisis of leadership. maureen dowd calling it one and done, the president's chances of re-election slim. what do you think? are we seeing president obama weakened by the compromise? >> is he particularly weakene

for 20 years, a new york city cop, patrolling the streets of coney island.g? always off-limits. she was painfully shy as a child. you weren't the class clown, you weren't the cutup, you weren't the one on stage. >> no, just the opposite. i was the person who loved to laugh. so, if there was a class clown, i was their best audience. and that's what i always was. i was the audience. >> reporter: did you imagine that you would be a standup comedian? i mean, is this -- >> oh, absolutely not. >> reporter: but after two decades of service, gina was ready for a break. still, like so many people terrified of public speaking, she didn't think she could take on what was both her biggest fear and her secret passion. >> no one wants to fail. but you got to just take that first step. >> reporter: so, as if she were chasing down a robber, gina decided to chase down her fears. she took two critical steps. she tested the waters with a class. >> they just kind of pushed me on the stage, okay, gina, you're next. i didn't have time to panic. >> reporter: one other nugget of wi

for 20 years, a new york city cop, patrolling the streets of coney island.icing a family tradition. but performing always off-limits. she was painfully shy as a child. >> reporter: you weren't the class clown, you weren't the cut up, weren't the one on stage -- >> no, just the opposite. i was the person who loved to laugh. so if there was a class clown, i was their best audience. that's what i always was, the audience. >> reporter: did you imagine that you would be a standup comedienne? is this -- >> absolutely not. >> reporter: after two decades of service, gina was ready for a break. still, like so many people, terrified of public speaking, she didn't think she could take on what was both her biggest fear and her secret passion. >> no one wants to fail. but you got to just take that first step. [ applause ] >> gina! >> reporter: as if she were chasing down a robber, gina decided to chase down her fear. she took two critical steps. she tested the waters with a class. >> they just pushed me on stage. gina, you are next. i didn't have time to panic. >> report

the device was discovered yesterday inside the women's rest room at addi's coney island restaurant. says she picked up the black bottle and was about to throw it away but decided to call police instead because it looked suspicious. >> a water bottle like for a bicycle, it looked kind of like that that was wrapped about black electrical tape all the way around it, a couple of wires, a red wire and black wire and some keypad buttons. >> police say the bottle was filled with glass and gasoline and could have caused serious damage. that device was detonated by officers. right now investigators are reviewing surveillance video from the diner to try to find the person that left it. >>> a southern california father and daughter are in the hospital this morning after police say they were burned while trying to steal electricity. it all happened on friday in inglewood. police went to a power pole and that's where they found a father and daughter on the ground with burns to their body. it is believed the two were shocked by the transformer which is at the top of the pole. southern california

favorite island, coney. firefighter italian prime minister, berlusconi. favorite restaurant, shoney's. favorite dessert, freshed mixed berries. you thought i'd say spumoni or tortoni. no, he's lactose intolaroni. this gives me an idea. this tony baloney is a television series waiting to happen ( laughter ) and i'm about to happen it. >> in a city gone mad, tony baloney was the fine mist of the law. but then he went too far. >> you pepper sprayed five ladies in the face? >> i got results. >> you're a loose nozzle, baloney. turn in your badge. and your spray can. all of it. >> lucky for new york, bilini doesn't need a badge. >> it's baloney, chief. he's gone rogue. >> that's bad news, no matter how you splice it. >> aahh! >> maybe you're right. >> this fall, justice has a first name. it's spelled t-o-n-y. and it's gonna burn. chris baloney is tony baloney in "the vigaloni." >> jon: we'll be right ( cheers and applause ). >> jon: welcome back. as you know, as you know, when barack obama was elected president, one group in particular very concerned. >> while

heather: they say the raping queen and king of the world famous coney island hot dog contest as el. -regg: it's amazing what she can do. heather: i wonder if there's a strategy, the hot wing. gregg: she tries to expand her stomach. days in

but let's look at coney island. six flags. they permit these women to wear this religious garb.y a group of muslim girls went to that park and were allowed to ride all of the same rides wearing their religious head gear that is the subject matter of this dispute. so i'm questioning why the arbitrary, why the lack of consistent enforcement on these rules. megyn: that's the thing. that's where they are going to go. you have got your policy, but other parks don't have that policy and even you have allowed muslims to wear their head scarves on rollercoasters. was it too many muslims? was it ramadan? was it discrimination? >> that's where they will go. but it won't succeed. the fact that other parks are more la imrks doesn't make it other parks right and this park wrong. if they don't -- if the other parks -- god forebid someone gets hurt. what do you think the first thing they will say if they sue. if a woman riding a rollercoaster, they will point to the fact that other parks have this rule. a rule on its face is not intended to discriminate. it's intended to provide safety. i don'

thousands, 15,000, 20,000 roam coney island and just southeast of cincinnati not far from the ohio river, a picnic every year celebrating workers, not just organized workers but workers generally. i met a woman there who by -- by the name of lillian brayhound. miss brayhound was wearing a t-shirt that said service employees international union. i asked where she worked. she's a custodian in downtown, cincinnati. i remember a story that three or four years ago i was at a dinner and there was a group of workers, mostly -- all ailed aged women, mostly minorities, mostly african-americans, a couple latina women and they this had just signed their first union contract to represent the custodians in downtown cincinnati office buildings. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you. i sat down at this table and i said what is this new union contract mean to you, to the workers there? and a 50-year-old woman turned to me and she said this is the first time in my life i've ever had a paid week vacation. think about that. this is the first time in

go through the second phase of the expedition is about to begin and will visit the coney peninsula on the on ski islands where the maritime sector is will see eagle nests check the bears and tags the lines for now this part of the trip is done. already. three hundred kilometers from the previous campsite and tugboat fashioned into an expedition vessel into the sea of a. series several killer whales appear near the ship they seem to be to which the ship's captain many happy returns for his sixty fifth birthday get the boat ready for a large check point is on the horizon. the station on the coney peninsula is home to ranges of the merits of the state nature reserve the environment is very harsh. accompanies the group of researches at this stage of the expedition with a service record of more than twenty years he's one of the reserves veterans so again began his career as a rank and file employee now he is in charge of the ranges guarding the reserves maritime sector they are on duty for about a month at a time the rangers are a self-sufficient community. apart from guarding the territory they keep records

. >>> coney island was a must go to -- to plate, right? now they have a new focus, with a bunch of new rides, they are calling the scream zone, wyatt. >> reporter: right in the beginning, it is stopped and speeds up. you feel like your stomach is about to fly out of your body. >> the rides are part of a multi-million dollar development project in coney island. although lots of things are changing, nathan's famous hot dogs will not be touched. a lot of you were glad to be off work for labor day today, we are in pittsburgh now wher [ male announcer ] we asked real people if they'd help us with an experiment for febreze fabric refresher; they agreed. [ experimenter 1 ] relax, take some nice deep breaths. [ experimenter 2 ] what do you smell? lilac. clean. there's something that's really fresh. a little bit beach-y. like children's blankets. smells like home. [ experimenter 1 ] okay. take your blindfolds off. ♪ hello? [ male announcer ] and now new and improved febreze fabric refresher with up to two times the odor elimination so you can breat