here's chris cuomo. >> reporter: it is a sport derived from warfare, that is all about violence. espn sports science says these crushing blows can be the force equivalent of a sledge hammer blow to the head. one study found the average player takes 900 to 1,500 head shots a season. we all know what happens out here on the football field. the pass is thrown, the player makes the catch, there are a couple of quick moves and then an explosive collision that makes the crowd go wild. but what we're learning about what happens to these players once they leave this field may be even more shocking. today's study finds football players suffer a higher risk of death from brain-related diseases. >> there is a possibility that they might be at risk for develops degeneration later in life. >> reporter: the rate of death varied dramatically by player's position. quarterbacks and running backs, who play at higher speeds, were three times more likely to die from a disease from damage to the brain than less dynamic players such as linemen. the nfl announced today it is donating $30 million to fun

it's still cuomo is ignoring jessica's law, while across the river in jersey, they're going to pass thatw momentarily. >> no reason not to do it. you can't get behind that, what can you get behind. >> bill: in people magazine, are you on the cover? >> no. blake lively and ryan reynolds are on the cover. >> bill: but you're in there examine some hair controversy or something? >> let's just say they decided for some reason, they included my high school photo. there was personal and a hair spray. >> bill: so europe embarrassed about your high school year book photo. >> but i'm proud of my beautiful children ho are in there. >> bill: were you most likely to succeed or most likely to give o'reilley a hard time? >> yeah. i'll take b. >> bill: were you a home coming queen? >> i was a home it is coming princess in the sophomore year. >> bill: how did i know that? >> when it got time for the big senior year, i didn't make it. and i didn't even make prom court. things went down for me quickly in high school after tenth grade >> bill: always an intellectual experience for everyone. up next, celebri

yeah, i think the big question is whether or not hillary runs. >> if your name is cuomo, you don't wantk reluctant or shy. if he's serious about it -- >> put mario cuomo on the national stage, there was a big address at a democratic convention. his skeenote address as powerful as a keynote address has been done. is there a speech here other than the president's that you're most interested in. >> actually i'm looking at the play yors. i you willty think if you look at the bench the political talent, we had a story featuring a number of the mayors. they will be the people to watch over the next i would say several cycles. >> somebody we're not thinking about? >> i'm thinking about the first lady and the reaction to her. not strictly speaking political, but it will tell you what you need to know about what the democrats plan to do with regard to mobilizing the women's vote. >> i think president clinton's speech will be huge, for a lot of reasons, but in part because he's made the case better than in some cases the obama campaign has, in terms of the choice of the selection, and i think in

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presidente barack obama y su rival republicano parecen estar de acuerdo en el tema de la educaciÓn, pero cuomojo reciba la atenÓ que merece. >>> hay una atenciÓn personalizada cuando hay menos alumna alumluminoso >>> sin embargo en la educaciÓn pÚblicas las escuelas cerradas, programas recortados y demasiados estudiantes son una realidad que tampoco discuten, el presidente obama y romney dicen que estÁn de a skurdz cue mejorar la educaciÓn en los estados unidos es una proi prida pepio ridrioridad >>> la soluciÓn fundamental es meter m meter profesores, pero su rival republicano dice que le darÍa los recursos directamente a familias necesitadass >>> los cupones serÁn usados para los pobres y desabilitado para su que ellos puedan ingresar en cualquier escuela en el estado. >>> la otra diferencia significativa que quedÓ en evidencia con lo que pasÓ de huelga en chicago, y aunque tienen difÍcte diferencias con ellos sindicatos de los profesores >>> pero el Éxito del programa educativo que los padress participante y se involucren, vi villanueva a versegura que vale pena >>> la mejor herencia >>> cr

>>neil: you are crediting the occupiers with getting cuomo to blink on that? >>guest: i am crediting occupy with part of it, absolutely. they are feeding the hungry in oakland, right? they were able to get or get a medical lab, these are small protests that do not get covered by the mainstream media. this is what they are doing every day. it is actually more effective. like you said with the family, they went local. it is actually more effective for them to get local, figure out what they want to do locally, and, then, have that emerge as a much larger movement. at the end of the day, movements take a long-term to get started. >>neil: their numbers are a fraction of what they were. the movement takes time, it takes numbers, they are going the other way. the numbers are declining. they might change that but they are going the other way. >>guest: it does take numbers and numbers come at flash points. if you think thunderstorm -- there were 100,000 people planning the march on washington, or you think rosa parks was the first to sit on the bus and get arrested, t

andrew cuomo and michael bloomberg announced raft night construction will proceed, once again.eum is about three quarters finished and was scheduled to open in 2009. >> we're going to complete the museum which will give us a chance to tell the story of what really happened there in a very moving and thoughtful way. >> dispute occurred other construction management -- over construction management. the estimated price tag, $1 billion. >>> a late-summer heatup is headed to the bay area. for some of us, it will feel pretty good. for some of us, it will be hot. a little bit of fog there. as you look toward the city, the marine layer deepened a little bit. the results of a very weak system passing over california. outside of that, it really has not done a whole lot to bring us any cool weather. we're looking at an offshore breeze at sfo. you can see it's helping to eat away at the marine layer at the coastline. the north bay were dealing with a few clouds and then cloudy half moon bay into santa cruz. little in the way of an onshore breeze. fairfield recording a wind only 5 to 10 mil

chris revealing look with cuomo. >> we are concerned about what's n our schools.here's a police presence now all over the country. a good thing.t's if the question is, do we go too far in what we punished and how. tens of thousands of kids in the country are arrested every year. showsvestigation tonight often they are meaningless crimes arrestedare getting for. it matters, because when you are a kid, it means a than when you are an adult. it can change your life. so it's not just important to be tough. >> also, you are interviewing a who was locked up as a of inappropriate contact student. this is a good one. we know this classic debate. when it's a male teacher and a student, and they go to jail. when it's a female student and a male teacher, it's a gray area. this case pushes the limits kids were 18he years or older and the teachers 25. wrong. says it is still >> we will be watching. it.ppreciate that entire segment is at 10:00 right here on abc 7. then state-owned for abc 7 news at 11:00. on "katie" we will hear from handler, the author and comedienne. is there

i think the sunset district had a number flush of the holocaust victims but also jewish experience cuomo to that had gone to china and from shanghai came to san francisco's the first port on the pacific rim of china. was that your recollection growing up? >>> yes in fact my uncle on the other side was a shanghai jew and settled here in san francisco and that took from my aunt and uncle and my mother to the city of san francisco. >>> ditch your group during chinese around two as well in your family and other languages >>> 0 yes very multi lingual and syrian and yiddish and politian chinese because of the neighborhood >>> it's fascinating. so today how does it change for you when you come to the jewish high holy days? greta one tradition of picked up the disassembly do with the family greenock the love doing especially with my family now is where between the dais refined to lake where there are fish and you kind of stroke breadcrumbs into the lake and it symbolizes kind of your behavior such you want to give up and the things about shoe that is contemplated that you no longer want to go fo

mario cuomo in '884. he could have had the nomination off that '84 speech. richards at the 1988 convention. two years later they're calling her governor. when i look at castro, i see a problem. he's still in texas. a generation ago as become a very reliably conservative state and the hope for democrats has been the demographics in that state are changing in a way where it's going to be more hispanics, a bigger share of the democratic vote and maybe that makes it work. i look at castro and am like, where does he go from mayor of san antonio. >> i don't think he can become governor or senator in the next few years. there's a lot of potential. i don't see the path. >> that's one of the reasons why the republicans need to get on the stick when it comes to the hispanic vote at large. when you look the an a state like texas and you touched on it, the demographics with shifting there. i would not blanketly say that someone like castro doesn't have a political future in a state like texas because we know what texas is turning into in terms of the diversity of popula

they're not and i told cuomo a number o times, take them back. >> so far manchester mayor michael isosoki-woww have not caused any problems in the town. good news there. we'll keep you posted on assemblymen's banter. >>> a video posted on youtube vows it can get ugly nen begin to argue over who flagged first and that's when this happened. it posted onhe website of "the new york daily news." first, pushing, i think we're okay. here comes the flying arm bar. nice move to g him down, try get in the ca the e t he finally gives up, throws him the cab and pats him on the head. you're out of here. i like how he close the door for him. let's watch it one more time. not sure where it e. thesgrow men in business tify attire slap frighting over a cab. still ahead on "way too early," why you're awake. your e-mails are next and "morning joe" minutes away. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less expensive option than a traditional lawyer? at legalzoom you get personalized services for your family and your business that's 100% guaranteed. so go to legalzm.m toda orsozeffbl eg

remember the great address andrew cuomo gave on behalf of mondale? look what happened to mondale. look at the great speech given in 1956 and what happened to at least even sen. the great speech given by ronald reagan on behalf of barry goldberg. look what happened to him. keynote speeches are not positive. >> can i ask a question? why would romney risk his reputation by a speech that -- why would ryan missed his reputation, a speech that was full of energy, why would he risk all that by putting it into things that were overly false? >> it is just a guess -- he is learning what it is to be a vice-presidential candidate. they are going to sell their point of view. they are going to sell that barack obama took $700 billion out of welfare -- medicare. if the candidate does not want to say it, the vice-presidents has to say it. m at the vice-presidential candidate is usually the type person, but you have to have some kernel of truth. blatant lies being told. >> a word on the republican party on minorities. >> if you look at the speaker, you have the strongest bench any party has ever h

here is abc's chris cuomo. >> reporter: it is a sport derived from warfare that is all about violenceespn sports science says crushing blows look this can be the force equivalent of a sledgehammer blow to the head. one study found average player takes 900 to 1500 head shots a season. we all know what happens out here on the football field, the pass is thrown, player makes a catch, couple quick moves then explosive collision that makes the crowd go wild. but what we are learning abut what happens to the players witness they leave this field may be even more shocking. the study find former football players suffer a higher risk of death from brain-related diseases. four times more likely to die of alzheimers disease or als than the general population. >> there is a possibility even high school football players have experienced more than one draw matic brain injury might be at risk for developing neurodegeneration lateren life. >> reporter: the rate of death varied by player position. quarterbacks and running backs at higher speeds were three times more likely to die from a disease from d

the last politician was mario cuomo. we're in this together. we have a bunch of multinational corporations and they no longer tied their success, their profits, their personal lives to america anymore. bring it back home. another good thing we could do is change the tax system on corporations, lower the taxes that hire and do their business in america and close the loophole on the corporations that move their production overseas. they get a tax break. they get a tax break for moving jobs offshore. is that stupid or not? i cannot believe it. that is something -- people should march on the street about having a more sensible tax system. we ought to put the heat on congress to say it is impossible for people who are opposed to raising taxes and making the system more -- improving the system. it does not matter who gets elected if we do not start addressing these issues. we will be in the same area. we will be better off in one instance and worse off in another but i am not here to push one candidate or another. i am here to do with the fundamental

the city says the port authority which is controlled by governors christie and cuomo suddenly stopped construction nine months ago and the port said it's the city-controlled memorial that owes tens of millions of dollars. >> the museum was supposed to open this year. and we understand that it has to happen. >> reporter: memorial and museum president joe daniels tells me if construction resumes soon, the museum could open in a year. >> we want it done as soon as possible. >> reporter: until then, visitors peeked behind the glass at steel beams and other artifacts that will one day be exhibits. >> i think that's the one that was affected. i think it would be a more rewarding experience to see details that would be a more fulfilling visit. >> reporter: an echo of what 9/11 relatives say without a museum like the skyscrapers around them, the experience is incomplete. >> this latest delay means the museum may not open before the new high-rise is likely to be finished which is in early 2014. >>> and coming up at 5:00, an easy equation to solve a complex problem. hard work, dedication, and a

remember the great speech andrew cuomo gave a behalf of walter mondale? look at what happened to mondale. look at the speech in 1956 on behalf of at least even sen. >> barack obama 2004. >> the great speech given by ronald reagan. this is the time for change. on behalf of barry goldberg. >> can i ask a question? why would try and risk his reputation -- why would ryan risk his reputation with a speech that was full of energy -- he is the darling of this convention in some ways -- why would he risk all that by putting into at the things that are overtly false? >> i have a guess -- just a guess -- he is learning what it is to be the vice-presidential candidate. you are the hatchet. you are the hammer. they are going to sell your point of view. they are going to sell that barack obama took $700 billion out of welfare. -- medicare. if the candidate does not want to say it, then paul ryan has to say it. >> who is barack obama's hammer? >> joe biden. the vice-presidential candidate is usually the taft person, but you have to have some kernel of truth. there were

just last night new york governor andrew cuomo, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, and new jersey governor chris christie struck this deal so construction of the $700 million museum which was supposed to open in 2009, is expected to resume very soon. no date has been set yet for that opening. >>> al qaeda in the arabian peninsula suffers a major blow. yemen's military has killed the second in command there. abu said al shihri. he was responsible for improvement and fund-raising. local officials say he was killed by a u.s. drone strike on a car. >>> participation is building for release of the iphone 5 tomorrow. not only could it apparently boost apple's bottom line a jpmorgan economist says the sales could give a significant boost to the overall u.s. economy. yes our economy. he estimates it could add between a quarter and a half percentage point to the country's gdp in the fourth quarter. analysts expect apple to sell 8 million iphone 5s in the last quarter. >> 8 million one, counting me. >>> a scary moment during wwe's monday night raw. jerry "the king" lawler collapsed during l

you have been watching that of course you saw momentarily a shot of governor cuomo at the sermon notspeaking, but there. >>> just released report highlighting potential dirty bomb danger at hospitals across the country. "washington post" says four out of five hospitals nationwide have failed to safely store radiological material that could be used in a dirty bomb in one case a hospital kept the highly poisonous chemical cesium in a locked room the come -- the combination written on a door frame in a busy hallway. >> the anticipated iphone from apple, the next one could provide a huge economic boost to the economy. apple is expected to reveal iphone 5 tomorrow analysts predict up to eight million could be sold this year. if that happens, overall retail sales could beat expectations according to "the new york times." analysts say it could lift the country's gdp. >>> people get rid of 30 million computers, more than 120 million cell phones every year. michael finney has tips that will keep your information private. >> reporter: good morning. before you dispose of your electronic devices

much as the next movie goer but to be super a hero cannot be selfish, we need a 21st century mario cuomo-likeonvention speech to rally us. we need to answer compassion not selfishness. we want you to remind us we're part of something bigger wart of that wagon train, that we're in a wagon that carries all of our american family to new ground. we don't leave the orphan because he is too small to contribute, we carry our broth we are a disability and our sister who is ill. that's who we are. that's what we do. we do celebrate individuals who overcome and we help to remove barriers for those still struggling on the journey. so call us mr. president, call us to serve each other. please remind us of that nobility. take us to higher ground. make my soul sing. make our hearts full. talk about certainly your economic plans and your foreign policy achievements and domestic vision. but more importantly, please feed our hunger for a leader who asks us to give and not to take. in other words, sir, next week >>> as we know, communities of color are feeling this great recession more than others in fact, for

new york city mayor michael bloomberg and andrew cuomo flashing over who foots the bill. it will cost 60 million a year to operate the project. the expected cost about $700 million. >>> team obama getting up close and personal with voters on the campaign trail. first president obama gets a lift. have you seen this from a pizza shop owner in florida. giving him a giant bear hug. the president who weighs 176 pounds easy lifting for him apparently can bench press 350 pounds by the way. a female biker getting cozy with vice president biden visiting a diner in ohio. that is your 5@5:00. >> republican president nominee mitted romney turning up the heat on president obama over the country's dismal job numbers. he is focusing on medicare instead. kelly wright is live for us. >> good morning. >> good morning to you well. sharp distinctions with the convention behind them they are campaigning very hard making their appeal to voters. governor mitt romney will be in ohio today. that's a key battle ground state. romney needs to win it. he is taking aim at president obama on the sluggi

janet napolitano, and for cuomo, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, the new jersey gov. chris christie, and former new york city governor rudy guiliani were in attendance but did not have the direct speaking roles. [bagpipes playing] >> [reading names] [both reading names] and my husband patrick adams. you are gone, but not forgotten. we miss you mainly on sunday morning. we missed that. you would get the table ready by the best time possible and make breakfast. we miss that. we love you. you are gone, but will never, ever be forgotten. >> and my beautiful brother michael francis. thank you. [both reading names] we would like to extend our thanks to those who try to save them on that horrible day. god bless america. [applause] >> and my son paul. you are a shining star. you remain in our thoughts and art. we love you very much. we will never forget you. thank you. >> [both reading names] and my father james amato. i love you, dad. i miss you every day. >> and my dad. >> [both reading names] >> and my uncle, who my brother and i missed meeting by 10 days. even though i di

janet napolitano, andrew cuomo, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, the new jersey gov. chris christie, and former new york city mayor rudy guiliani were in attendance but did not have direct speaking roles. here is a portion of the memorial. [bagpipes playing] >> [reading names] [both reading names] [both reading names] we would like to extend our thanks to those who try to save them on that horrible day. god bless america. [applause] >> and my son paul. paul, you are a shining star. you remain in our thoughts and heart. we love you very much. we will never forget you. thank you. >> [both reading names] and my father james amato. i love you, dad. i miss you every day. >> and my dad. >> [both reading names] >> and my uncle, who my brother and i missed meeting by 10 days. even though i did not get to meet him, i feel like i know him because my mom talks about camelot. -- talks about him a lot. he was up proud, happy american. i think about him every time i hear about 9/11. >> and my uncle and my aunt. [both reading names] >> and my father. >> and my brother james. i would

tax cuts and easing up on regulations, but did mario cuomo have a point when he said you have to start offering more specifics and he is not being specific enough? >> right, i totally agree with that. they pointed out the facts. you can argue you don't like a democrat or republican, but hopefully we will start voting individuals on their records. he really a release date on that. i agree 100%. what i want to hear is who is going to make the changes? where are these cuts would come through? coming to you are going to go and cut the epa's 40%. tell me you will go and got the usda. tell me you will end these endless subsidies to big corporations. we keep talking about small business, but we are not telling them what we're going to do for small business other than cutting taxes. i am one of these guys that says you can cut my taxes, but until i have a profit, it doesn't affect me. neil: people in general, and we talked about this, they need to be engaged and excited about something. what would it take to excite you to get you engaged? >> i know they are going to have a tax cut and a forese

defenders cite cuomos saying that politicians campaign in poetry but govern in prose. i am not surprised that 9 president has to talk about mechanics in getting a bill passed but that does not mean he has lost it but he is fulfilling his responsibility to hit it out of the park by inspiring you with the values of america. >> he spoke by conference call today with supporters to express his regrets over the shifting of the venue and the fact that many, many supporters will not see him speak but he said "i can't wait to share my vision for the future with you tonight," and expect him to say it is thought about me but what we want to accomplish for the country. >>shepard: thank you, james, from charlotte, north carolina. that's president obama's side and well have more of a look ahead to tonight's speech, and his rival, governor romney, has been keeping a low profile but his vice presidential nominee, ryan, is way out there today and now we are getting word from him on his thoughts about last night's speeches and how this particular convention has been going. well hear mor

who came before him who are, when i told democrats, when we're left, with all due respect to andrew cuomo and joe biden and hillary clinton, the generational gap has not exactly been handed down, but the question again is did he make a sale. i do not feel he made a sale. he looked to me like you're too young to remember this, but when harry truman ran, there was the man on top of the wedding cake, the republican, smith, and he looked every bit like the president last night, and every bit like the man on the wedding cake. >> we want to get to something. there was another movie moment with dana. we were sitting with her when jeb busch spoke and what he said to say sticking up for his brother. >> mr. president, it is time to stop blaming your predecessor for your failed economic policies. you were dealt a tough hand, but your policies have not worked. if the fourth year of your presidency, a real leader would accept responsibility for his actions and you haven't done it. >> eric, a lot of people said the bushes have been statesmen, they've not hit below the back, they stand -- below the bell