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new at noon, writer director spike lee will serve as grand marshal of this year's tcs new york city marathon. the brooklyn native will participate in race week festivities including the opening ceremony, and he'll of course ride in the grand marshal vehicle through the 26.2-mile marathon route on race day sunday november 1st. you can watch this year's tcs new york city marathon right here on channel 7. the race starts at 9 a.m., but our coverage begins at 7. >>> nyu getting a huge donation, and it could result in a helping hand for students. it's almost $100 million we're talking about. the nyu polytechnic school of engineering will change its engineering. the donors have challenged the school to raise a separate $50 million for scholarships. >>> a student from new york city died in a tragic accident in swath more college. the school is located in suburban philadelphia. sophomore anthony kherenza when he accidentally plunged 40 to 50 feet off a cliff in a wooded section of the campus. he was from bay side queens. >>> a woman on the run accused of master mining the murder of for hire plot of

this year's grand marshall is film director spike lee will be attending along with top officials from the new york's runner club. and back with another update in 25 minutes. "cbs this morning" returns in have a great day. listen up new york. there's a new drug out there. and it's trying to destroy our generation. it's called synthetics. . . so, some guy thought it might be a good idea to spray poison on some herbs, and then sell it to you. no, it's not marijuana. it goes by names like k2, spice, rocks. causes hallucinations, rapid heart-beat. vomiting, seizures. and it can kill you the first time you smoke it. we gotta have each other's backs. this is our future. and the future of new york is saying no to synthetics! >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, jonathan franzen is here and he is making headlines and hitting a few nerves with his best selling novel. he is here in our toyota green room. we will talk about his newest book called "pureity." he has critics who say he is anti-woman. the pressure. >> yes. >>> time to show you some of this morning's he

. >> a movie director and notorious knicks fan, the brooklyn native spike lee will participate in race week festivities. including the opening ceremony and he'll ride in the grand marshal vehicle along the marathon route. i love new york city. i'm always pulling for fork city. promoting new york city. and this is one of the biggest events in the world. with the greatest runners and everyday people come together to run this marathon. >> lee described the marathon as the world's biggest block party. remember channel 7 is your home for the tcs new york city marathon. we'll have everything you need to know ahead of time. and live coverage on race day, sunday november 1st. >>> well it earned a standing ovation at its premier last night. at the new york film festival. this morning hollywood is talking about whether bridge of spies could bring director steven spielburg another best picture nomination. amy sat down with the director and star tom hanks. he's here now with more on that. >> i have seen the movie and i can see why the oscar buzz for the movie has all ready begun. any film directed

spike lee. he never ran the marathon but he grew up like a lot of us watching it. this year he gets a special honor. >> he is so new york. >> the renowned director will serve as the grand marshal. he is the third person to get the honor in the 45 year history. sandy kenyon caught up with him and he is in the newsroom with the story. >> reporter: for a man who has watched the race with his family steps from where he works near where he grew up, this honor clearly means a lot and spike lee embraced his role as grand marshal as we found out when eyewitness news paid a visit recently. >> the new york city marathon wants to do the right thing in the borough where he made one of his most famous films. we caught up with spike lee at his headquarters in fort greene. >> at the corner here, south elliott and lafayette is the path of the marathon. >> reporter: promos and public appearances are all part of the job he calls an honor. >> to me, the biggest blessing is the one that huh are not expecting where they come out of nowhere. >> reporter: spike is going the extra mile for the marathon by directing a short film to open sunday's telecast on abc 7. >> co

director spike lee was with commissioner bratton and others yesterday commissioned to be the grand marshal to help in the finish line. he is also directing short films to air at the open of the race, more than 50,000 runners are expected to hit the streets. >> it is a great event. juliet: so much fun. morning. we have our surprise in the weather center. mike and lynnes donned a the first costumes of of morning. wait for it. let's see if we can put you over is there. juliet: look at this outfit. supergirl. it sold out. ben: my superman, duke. the weather that last year? >> meteorologist: pretty sure he did. ben: do these costumes circulate around here? >> meteorologist: like pink eye. juliet: curtis sliwa was on ben: she is self-conscious about this. it is friday night. >> meteorologist: love my background, thank you very much with our weather producer doing a fine job. good morning. i like it underneath, that looks goofy. i did not have time to do that with 52 degrees, almost halloween, clear skies, winds at 17 miles per hour, kind of a cool start to the day, looking at a temperatures abov