he was warned in downtown manhattan in 1807. along with ira aldridge, robert e lee will shadow ira aldridge. ira aldridge was a free black not many opportunities for free blacks. one of the biggest challenges was to stay out of the hands of kidnappers to be taken back into slavery. ira aldridge would go to the free black school in downtown manhattan and that is where he becomes introduced to the performing arts and theater. in a nutshell, he is known as the great black african american shakespearean actor of his age. he was one of the most visible black people of his era. mainly in europe and england not in this country. he went to school in new york city. in his early teens, he will start acting at the african growth theater, which was the first african-american theater in the u.s. what amazes me is how this show man in his early teens, 13 years old, and knew what he wanted to do in life to the point where he realized that he was not going to make it as an actor -- as a black actor in the united states, so he goes to england. t

ira would go to the free black school in downtown manhattan. that is where he becomes introduced to the performing arts and theater. in a nutshell, ira is known as the great black african american shakespearean actor of his age. he was one of the most visible black people of his era. not so much in this country, but mainly in europe and england which we will get to any minute. in any event, he goes to school in new york city. in his early teens, he will start his acting at the african grove theater, which was the first african american theater in the united states. what amazes me is how this show man in his early teens, 13 or 14, knew what he wanted to do in life to the point where he realized at about age 15 that he was not going to make it as a black actor in the united states. he takes himself off to england. talk about initiative. he is still mid-teens. this is 1824. he will leave new york city bound for london. in 1824, robert e. lee has just won acceptance to west point. in 1825, lee will gain admittance. he has to wait a year, but he wil

. >> reporter: like this one in downtown manhattan.e much now but this will one day turn in to a trophy apartment. as the exclusive brokers they will make $110 million on just this building. >> it seems like a lot of money, and of course it is but once again 2 1/2 years of work and we didn't get paid until the whole building closes. >> reporter: and it's made him a rich man. you have a place in here right? >> yes, i bought this apartment a few floors below. >> reporter: what did your apartment cost? >> i never talk about my own prices. it's -- you know a few million. >> reporter: fredrik enjoys the fruits of his labor. his main mode of transportation a chauffeur-driven range rover. >> it is a luxury but also necessary because i'm with clients all day long and take them around. >> reporter: fredrik insists he's like the rest of us. >> i came here with nothing. i didn't know anything about new york. i had never done a real estate deal in my life. >> reporter: he was born in sweden and moved here knowing no one when he was just 25 years o

>> i'm in downtown manhattan where tragedy happened yesterday at one west street in lower manhattan in the financial district page -- thomas j. hughes hughes took a slight hughes took his life. a 29-year-old jumped on the 24th for this residential building. he was an investment banker. tom is a talented indicted member and positive force in our firm. he will be greatly missed. his father and family members speculating that his drug use had something to do with his death. the new york post backing that up by saying the nypd uncovered bags of cocaine in his apartment calling it and i quote a wealth of wall street type batch. this is going to be the 12th death in the finance world just this year alone according to the daily mail. i spoke to somebody who witness to this yesterday. >> people were shocked. firefighters, police officers. they were totally shocked. >> from lower lower manhattan until then stay tuned for "chasing news" and. >> check out this photo. it's a black suv with two windows smashed and a fire hose running thread. that's what happens when you park too close to a fire hyd

in the heart of downtown manhattan. >> we started with a hacksaw.er conspicuous, noisy and took a while. >> as the video shows, more than a dozen people watch him and do nothing. >> just hacking through that chain, waiting for somebody to grab me on the shoulder. waiting for somebody to ask what i was doing. >> the second theft takes place directly in front of a police station. >> i'm going to use every criminal's favorite tool, the crowbar. >> in two minutes, the lock is off, and casey rides away. >> i wish the cops would bust me. >> the nypd doesn't seem to notice. he might as well be invisible. >> for this next experiment, my friend malik is going to steal the bicycle. >> i'm black. >> brandishing a pair of large red bolt cutters, malik strolls into a public park and cuts several large chains off the bike. do onlookers behave any differently when the thief is african-american? >> they didn't. it's just like, it speaks volume to just how little people give a [ bleep ] about bike theft. >> i just got a lot of glares. one person screamed somebody wh

freely in cuba including a man thought to be involved in a notorious bombing of a tavern in downtown manhattanhat killed four innocent people and injured 50 others. a bombing carried out by the domestic terrorist group which advocated puerto rican independence also living in cuba is joanne chessmore. washington's desire for chessmore and the other fugitives to be returned to u.s. custody was kept separate from the decision to delist cuba from the terrorism list. >> the united states sees these as separate processes. the review of cuba's designation as state sponsor of terror was instructed by the president. and we have had a separate process of discussions with the cuban government about re-establishing diplomatic relations and reopening embassies. >> ongoing talks between u.s. and cuban delegations have failed to reach an accord on all points of the so-called normalization of diplomatic relations. but a further announcement about the reopening of embassies in each capital is expected soon possibly jenna, as early as next week. >> wow. james, thank you. >> you bet. >>> fox news alert now, seth

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they established a china lobby organization in downtown manhattan two blocks from the public library. it was a china lobby organization that was staffed by american missionaries and as a front man they had henry stimson who is called the first washington wise man. henry simpson was former secretary of state secretary of war. he was a wise man genius of the 1930s. so this committee seem to have an american front but it was funded by china lobby money from the songs then chiang kai-shek. this propagandize the united states. extremely slick rushers very excellent arguments in the newspapers and on radio and this was the pitch. you christian americans must feel guilty. you are fueling japanese aggression in china. there is something you can do to save your souls and that is cut japan's oil. if you cut japan's oil the japanese military will be humiliated in china and they will withdraw. and china will arise, this new china will arise as a christianized a democratized country the china mirage. the songs knew it they were talking about. what about the possibility of ward? would you plan to a

. >> geller led the 2010 crusade against building an islamic center in downtown manhattan. >> we willvail. >> the controversial ground zero mosque never opened. she and colleague robert spencer co-founded what are considered two thinly veiled anti-muslim group, the american freedom defense initiative and stop islamization of america. >> we list that group as a hate group. i would rank pam geller at the top of the list for anti-muslim figures in this country. certainly she and her very close ally robert spencer at the top of that list the ones who influenced anders and his anti-muslim rage when he did that norwegian rammage in 2011. >> he's a norwegian mass murderer who set off a car bomb in oslo and opened fire at a youth summer camp, killing 69 people. geller and spencer were cited multiple times in geller's manifesto, the killer defending geller as a decent human being. geller's group has spend upwards of $100,000 on bus and subway ads in new york san francisco, and chicago, ads, against jihadists. attempts to quash the ads were unsuccessful. a federal judge in manhattan ruling they

. >> reporter: geller led the 2010 crusade against building an islamic center in downtown manhattan.evail. >> reporter: the controversial ground zero mosque never opened. she and colleague robert spencer co-founded what are considered two thinly veiled anti-muslim groups. the american freedom defense initiative and stop islamization of america. >> we list that group as a hate group. i would rank pam geller at the top of the list for anti-muslim figures in this country. certainly she and robert spencer are at the top of the list. the one who funded the rage back in 2011. >> he was the nor weej as mass murderer who set off a car bomb and then opened fire at a summer youth camp killing 69 people. geller and spencer were cited multiple times in the far right manifesto. the killer defending geller as a decent human being. in the last several years, geller's group has spend upwards of $100,000 on bus and subway ads in new york san francisco and chicago. ads against jihadists. attempts to quash the ads were unsuccessful. a federal judge in manhattan ruling they were protected under freedom

i love the aspect of the size of it in downtown manhattan and the story of it. making a story.pting five buildings and having -- thomas: i went to school in greenwich village and cooper union, and it has a wonderful legacy. brendan: it is great to hear your nostalgia for new york. new york is always changing. what is the best relic that is left of that? where do you go to feel that it is still 1962? thomas: it becomes harder and harder. some of the smartest people are saving bits and pieces of them. bill: greenwich lane, of course. brendan: we need to date him for a shameless plug. [bell rings] tom: i want to have you explain to the audience why you have people spend $300 extra on your breast joy. -- on your brass joy. thomas: it is a thing you put yourself in. you should have it be better quality. take your time. the best homes and the best things come over time. brendan: i want to drag this back to the stuff that we talk about every day, meritocracy and income inequality. you went to cooper union. it is a beloved education in part because it is -- it was free. should it be fr

. ♪ >> we are in downtown manhattan at irving plaza historic spot, and we are xwraltsing national concertit was a party. when i say party -- that's just ginger ale. we're about to go through a run through. this is the teleprompter stuff unlike i have on my show, except we don't have anything in the teleprom ter. we will do a run through, practice saying the words kid rock. kid rock. florida georgia line. florida georgia line. i might get my own concert. i'm supposed to be working but this is my concert. come on. ♪ hey everybody. welcomes to the first ever live nation national concert day 2015 summer spotlight. it's kind of like cinco de mayo another excuse to drink. ♪ >> okay. i'm about to do a sneak attack on florida georgia line. ♪ this is how we roll ♪ >> this is their trailer. i'm sure they're going to love this. >> oh. >> i'm so -- >> how are you doing, girl? >> when i heard you were going to be here asking me about the schedule, i said oh, my god i have to do it. >> thank you for having me. >> love you guys. >> you're very supportive. we appreciate it. >> love you. >> great to see y

i like to come here because it's so close to downtown manhattan.our girls to go with us when we did the grand canyon trip. we floated on the colorado river and then hiked out of the south rim of the grand canyon. as i remember you and all the girls hiked out in four hours and i and all the old mothers hiked out in seven hours and we barely made it out. >> reporter: we were ready to get out. we shared a tent. >> we shared a tent. i had to wear goggles every night because the sand blew and it got into my contacts. >> reporter: i was leading you around. where are my contacts? but those trips were fun. >> that was the nerd in the national park. >> reporter: you are a nerd in the national park. she may be a nerd in the national parks, but she's also one of the finest ladies i know. so i asked for some words of wisdom. what is your advice since mother's day around the corner for a new mom about how to do a job like you've done? >> well i would say to treasure every moment of being a mother. and being with your children. because they grow up so fast. befo

. >> he over saw whitney's move of 49 years on upper east side of manhattan to the trendy meat packing district downtownrew the old space. >> i always say it's a little bit like a wonderful suit, fantastic thing but it's still too small it does not function for all of the things that we need to do. whitney originally opened in 1956 we had two thousand works of heart. now we have 22,000. >> once you say it's right in the financial district. on this side of the city, when you lock out on the west side, you see the rest of the world. >> famed italian architect was enlisted to design the 422 million dollar whitney reboot. i noticed the ceilings. >> the ceiling that puts the lighting or the sound or need to put light and sound. also to suspend things. the artists come and use like the factory. the shelter. >> he has design add true artist's museum. there arepp aroximately 50,000 square feet of indoor gal prespace and 13,000 square feet of outdoor space for artists to use. >> it's a dream come true. to be an artist in the whitney and then have people actually sitting on my art is amazing. >> artist mary heilm

you will if you fly into manhattan, maybe going to a couple meetings downtown and head back to the airporter a day and a half, you're not going with uber you're going with a rental company. that said they've got a lot of issues they need to fix. as they try to convince people this is a business that can be profitable for investors. >> thank you. it seems like the only market in the world that is oversupplied and overpriced. i don't know how that happens, right? ten car companies in o'hare alone. >> all right. >> hey brian, real quick -- >> yeah. >> -- i guarantee you if you don't book in advance and you wait until the last minute, they've got cars. >> yeah but then i'm shuttling my 7-month-old and other kid, they got cars. >> at o'hare? >> you can do that. >> 76 bucks a day at o'hare like a tiny little car that -- the car should rent me. thank you very much. all right. >> okay. >>> coming up -- the most expensive painting ever -- maybe. stay with us. e financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise (vo) rush hour around here starts at 6:30 a.m. - on the nose. but for me, i

downtown all the way to malibu in the ocean. [music playing] welcome to "open house." today, i'm coming to you from a historic carriage house on the upper east side of manhattan originally by jp morgan in 1907. it has clearly been transformed into a state

downtown. how's the view? >> it's incredible. this is a view usually reserved for those expensive sightseeing helicopters. and we're actually looking down on many of those helicopters as they fly around manhattan us. we're on the 102nd floor. you're seeing all of manhattan looking north. you can see the river crossings, all the way to brooklyn. 360-degree panoramas here. the elevator ride up is also really cool. we also want to show you the ride down. the elevators are filled with floor-to-ceiling l.e.d. screens and a virtual helicopter ride on the way down. it's a little disconcerting. but both the ride up and down have day and night versions. it takes 47 seconds to travel 102 floors. this space here is event space that you can rent out. there are three restaurants below us on 101 and the 100th floor is basically all observatory. >> beautiful. and i know just adjacent to that are the two footprints from where the buildings stood. what about 9/11? how is it portrayed in the experience you just talked about? >> there's definitely an air of reverence in the building. there are some similarities to the 9/11 museum here. there's a hall they call of voices where you hear the voices and see the peop