fdr had given away too much. especially as it became increasingly evident that it was no longer necessary. faced isenge truman how to wiggle out of fdr's commitment, especially yalta. themut violating any of and the solution lay on the agreements themselves. the only specific territorial changes fdr committed the united weres to were's ocalan -- -- they were theoretically limited by the joint use agreement and soviet control of outer mongolia was reaffirmed. but fdr made no formal written commitment for the invasion and occupation of japan's home islands. nor had he made any formal written commitment about korea. fdr, churchill, and shank kai-shek agreed korea would become independent. by the time of yalta, the independents or korea had morphed to three powers which included the soviet union but not great britain. , unlike the written commitment and yalta agreement concerning outer mongolia, manchuria and the cure-all islands, the absence of any formal limit for homeland japan and korea were truman's way out of f

fdr. with more on that and the rest of the commute, debbie duhaime is standing by. >> as you mentioned, because of the problem at the outbound brooklyn, you can see the delays building on the fdr drive. fdr is moving slowly heading north and southbound into the ramps to the brooklyn bridge. the ramps to the brooklyn bridge remain closed. you will be detoured to get around the problem. the ramps from the fdr to the brooklyn bridge remain closed because of the accident brooklyn bridge outbound. deegan northbound up by fordham an accident reported there as well. on the 5 trains, uptown delays with ongoing signal problems at 180th. george a five minute delays, lincoln 10. holland five minutes as well. back to you, michelle, ken. >> debbie, thank you. >>> now a check on the extreme heat today. >> heat wave is upon us. it will feel like triple digits. >> this morning a temperature of 78 to start the day. that is warmer than normal. you tack on humidity and it feels like it's about 80. it will st

as a result, we do have a heavy ride on the fdr drive. now, if if you are planning ongoing to the ed koch 59th street bridge, everything is moving well. no major problems there. we can show you a webcam, how it looks on the fdr drive. check out that delay. one lane is open. this is the northbound side. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect today. ken, over to you. >> thank you. >>> time's square or times bear. topless women causing the commotion sparking debate over whether bare breasts should be legal on the streets of new york city. maybe you noticed these women with their breasts painted working the crowd for cash tips. people on the floor are saying what is the difference. it's not illegal to go topless but it is a problem for visitors. >> a naked woman showing her body painted i don't see anything wrong with it. i consider myself a decent woman. >> people are here with kids including myself. i would avoid this whole area. >> she has the courage to walk around promoting it. >> let them enjoy it. >> many say the problem

covers the alliance of the american war effort but this time from the perspective of the president fdr and his war cabinet. the men who were responsible for assembly eng securing the forces of victory and this is a particularly interesting topic from fdr as the commander. so this will be an exciting program but before i call him up he didn't just come down here to talk this evening he did extra duty to go above and beyond to work with us through the leadership academy who came from around the country to put the headband struggle of world war ii and the 20th-century and with the shipyards and went to a variety of sites through this city and got them into the swamps with john was there with him to give examples and discussions on the broader issues and the country's leaders three -- during the war. you are beyond the call of duty. i appreciate it. [applause] now please join me to welcome jonathan to the stage. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction and thanks for coming out today so we can have some fun sharing some stories of the most remarkable wartime political accommodati

more volume on the fdr drive. fdr northbound heavy through the 70s a collision blocking two lanes. heading to the maps, fdr north in the 70s an accident blocking two lanes. and it's busy on the l.i.e. west into the van wyck with an accident still being cleared. taking a ride over to the northbound new york state thruway, exit 16 in harriman, a stalled truck. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, michelle, ken. >> debbie, thank you. >>> we have breaking news. there is a murder charge filed in the violent death of the granddaughter of oscar winning actor morgan freeman. lamar davenport was arrested in the stabbing of actress idina hynes -- edenahines. >> i see him on top of a woman. i can't really see what is going on. then the police came. like two police cars came and arrested the guy. >> morgan freeman posted the following on his facebook page. i want to acknowledge the tremendous outpouring of love and support my family received regarding the tragic and senseless passing of my granddaughter edena hines. >>> the summer is not over yet. by the feel outside, it's

after fdr fdr became president, henry became his secretary of the treasury.w this isn't widely known but henry junior was perhaps f dr's closest advisor. really intimate advisor. he he helped developed a new deal with fdr and he re- arms the country,, ordered the rearmament of the country in preparation of world war ii. the two men loved hatching novel ideas. when war broke out in europe, they wanted to help england but they wanted to do it behind the back of congress, which was dead set against u.s. involvement in world war ii. so, they assembled many warplanes and tanks, brought them up to the northern new york city and rolled them over onto canadian soil, then they flew them to england. they were technically obeying the u.s. neutrality act of the congress of america, but only technically. after america entered the war at least one secret meeting was held between churchill and roosevelt at the morgenthaler farm. the two powerful men drank, laughed, talked bravely, all of which was captured in a home will be taken by henry. one amusing scene in the movie dep

heather says problem on the subways and fdr. >>> subways are okay. fdr, we will talk about. but ed koch 59th street bridge no problems there. fdr, one long line of traffic 61st to 96th with ongoing construction. street cleaning rules are in effect today. ken, over to you. >> thank you. >>> a woman has taken an unusual approach to her job certainly she is handing out resumes on the side of the road. she has been standing by the off-ramp of a freeway in buffalo next to a sign that reads not homeless but hungry for success. see, she wants to try something different to stand out as she looks for a job in sales management. the 28-year-old tells the buffalo news she has gotten 13 job offers. >> some things you just don't need to describe. they are so cool you just roll with them. [singing] . >> i can't talk over this. at the very wonder for free -- stevie wonder for free in central park. the third of his pop up concerts to promote the key of life tour which comes back in a few minutes. he plays newark october 14th then finishes add madison garden november 24th. you have to buy tic

we have an issue on the fdr. we are going outside and bringing you to a live shot of the fdr. area. street. it is a crash. the fdr is not looking good for you. okay. so the reason we are showing you this, this is the fdr, the flashing flights and everything like that. not affecting the opposite direction. we are not dealing with the rubber necking delays. but the northbound side is heavy for you moving into 71st street. the trains... they are running on or close to schedule at this time. back to you. robert: thank you. service back to normal on the ronkonkoma branch after a small plane crashes on the tracks. >> that happened yesterday morning. three miles northwest of republic airport. the pilot radioed he was having troubles with the altitude. the passenger suffered a broken jaw and recovering in the hospital. the witnesses raced to the bufrning wreckage. >> it was a quiet sunday morning and talking about work and he screamed a plane is going down. i called 911 and hi u ran out here. >> that crash forced the clo

first, i don't think the nazis would have won the war fdr or no fdr, once they went to war with great britain -- number two, the government has touched on the latitude of fdr in the face of african americans and civil rights which is an obvious fact. i think he was a great president. did that live up to what he coulatd have -- when it came to three groups of people that were helpless and the president of the united states more than anybody else was in a position to play a role in helping them, number one african americans, number two jewish and number three japanese americans following pearl harbor. [applause] >> i want to thank -- did you want to address that question, i'm sorry? >> i think there's no question about it. i'm not sure given the political realities of the, you know, democratic south that he perhaps he could have used better -- [inaudible conversations] >> the leader from arkansas. >> almost all of the committees were headed in congress by southern democrats. it's hard to tell whether he could have or he could have done more on that. [laughs] >> well, unfortunately, we'r

fdr had a permanent style of leadership he didn't keep a lot of notes. it was a lot of one-on-one conversations with him and fdr trusted his cabinet secretaries with very examination his vice-presidents even less. fortunately for truman there were only two decision he had to make. germany was defeated. japan was on it last legs so the only thing truman needed to decide was whether to invade japan or drop the atomic bomb. truman took office knowing virtually nothing about the a bomb and it was up to henry system son, the 74-year-old secretary of war to tell him about this new revolutionary weapon. system son managed the development of the bomb, the manhattan project, and he was concerned as a former secretary of state, more with figuring out how to use the atomic bomb to preserve the peace of future generations rather than using to it end the war now or vanarrize a couple of japanese cities. after talking it over with the joint chiefs and stimson herb gave japan an ultimatum. unconditional surrender or prompt an utter destruction. stimson suggested adding

now this isn't widely known but henry junior was perhaps fdr's closest adviser.really intimate adviser. he helped develop the new deal and helped rearm the country and ordered rearmament of the country in preparation for world war ii. they loved hatching ideas and when the war broke out in europe they wanted to help england but they wanted to do it behind the back of congress, which was dead set against the u.s. involvement in world war ii. so they assembled many planes and tanks and brought them up to the northern city and rolled them over onto canadian soil and then they flew them to england. they were technically obeying the atrocity act of congress but only technically. after america entered the war, at least one secret meeting was held between churchill and roosevelt. of the two powerful men drank, laughed, talked bravely all of which was captured in a home movie taken by henry. one amusing scene in the movie depicts my husband as bright faced dressed in white making mint julep. he served in mint julep to churchill who with his protruding belly was sitting b

over to the other camera, the fdr, here is the accident on the fdr southbound into 116th street. police department emergency vehicles at the scene. watch for delays at the fdr into 116th street. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, shirleen, ken. >> thank you. >>> samsung unveiling two new devices and a new mobile payment system. >> in techbytes, samsung's big new phones. >> galaxy note 5 and s 6 edge plus feature nearly 6-inch screens with built in wireless charging. samsung unveiling its own mobile payment system. it's called samsung pay and will work with visa and mastercard. for those of you worried about wi-fi signals affecting the private parts, the wireless armor boxer shorts may be the answer. >> i can't believe we are covering this. >> sure are. >> silver is woven into the cotton. it will block the currents from the cell phone in pockets. women have to wait for a solution. >> major problem. keeps me up at night. >> who knew. >>> overnight earthquake striking new jersey. residents rocked out of their beds overnight. we will update you on the still brea

weather and traffic every seven minutes. >>> we have a mess on the fdr drive. traffic is bumper to bumper. crews are trying to get this cleared away. we have heavy delays. let's go to the maps and talk about the subways, 2 and 3 trains downtown delays signal problems at 14th street. metro north waterbury branch 5 to 10-minute delays southbound. long island railroad, new jersey transit trains are doing fine. ed koch 59th street bridge upper level slows inbound into the city. on the fdr a long line of volume because of that construction i was telling you about, 61st to 91st. hopefully they will get that cleared. chapa way, route 120 closed between douglas and march court because of another accident alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect today. michelle, ken, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news this tuesday morning, nick gordon speaks out for the first time on social media since the death of his girlfriend bobbi kristina brown. >> the unexpected special delivery by police officers on patrol tracking down a speed

her activism continued after fdr died. she was appointed by president truman for a position at the united nations. she was the only woman among the five american delegates. she continued to be very active in the democratic party, but she resisted all efforts to get her to run for herself. she was continuing to be a very, very strong supporter of civil rights. our next first lady is bess truman. or be poor bess, has to follow eleanor. bess isn't born in new york city. she's born in independence, missouri. her father dies when bess is about 18. her mother's family was wealthy but independence, missouri, standards. she attended high school and finished high school. bess married harry at age 34, and they had one daughter, margaret. bess was a worker. she worked in harry's business. she worked in his senate office. she became first lady at 60 years old. then she died at age 97. she is, to date, the first lady who has lived the longest. she's buried at the truman presidential library in independence. bess truman didn't want to b

she was the eyes, ears and legs of fdr. she took full advantage of the way that was paved by florence and by grace and by lou. and what most people don't realize is that the social activism of eleanor started well before she married fdr. because of her position in life, she had the ability to be a volunteer, to be involved in activities. when she was a young woman, she volunteered at settlement houses in new york city. she was involved in various organizations. she became an inspector. she'd go into the homes of the garment workers, to see what their living conditions were. she promoted exercise for particularly the women that were in the industry, because they lived in cramped quarters and worked in cramped quarters. she put together programs of dance and cal sthet ithet -- ca stettics. they worked on bettering the living conditions, of particularly the workers in the garment industries. in 1920, when fdr was the vice presidential candidate, eleanor went on a 1920 whistle stop campaign tour with him. but interestingly enou

fdr did not think that was the besti policy.ught americans could combat that by reading as many books as they can. he thought was a again use idea. and so he gave a speech one day about the power of books, and he talked about the book burnings a little bit and you can see the poster ended up being made that had an excerpt of the speech. he concluded that we know books arhee weapons. after the speech he had a press conference and one reporter asked, mr. president, what types of books should we ask to donate anything but algebra. [laughs] >> on the more serious note, you should donate any book that you read and enjoyed. the campaign actually met its goal to collecting 10 million books in 1942 which was a huge accomplishment. what do you notice about the books that were being collect snd they're all hardbacks. this was fine for people in stationary training camps. they weren't so ideal for people that were sent out to the front seat. this is actually north africa. you can see these people appear to have been marching for quite some

truman was confused and was trying to be both fdr and not fdr, he was blustering and vacillating and there is evidence for all of this in h asegawa's book. he was also not at this time in --5 determined at lee edly anti-soviet. sense tohis, i see no change my story of truman and the atomic tom. he wanted to end the war as soon as possible, period. reason, he was determined to maintain u.s. control of the occupation of if possible, to prevent further soviet expansion. one further biographical is towards, and that stalin. i can't prove this, but i am not can that professor hasewaga prove this either, but i am startled by his picture that stalin wanted to approve righteous in the last few months of war in ending this neutrality with japan and timing his actions against asia and so forth. i was reminded again of his fundamental character during a recent vacation when i dispersed with mainly protective -- mainly detective procedurals. one that is aend nice downer of a book for people to read. torigraphical observations of the book. how would i have changed what i did on teaching courses o

. >> unfortunately you're feeling brake lights here at fdr drive. northbound is where we will see the heaviest delays, and unfortunately for you, they stretch back to 71st street, and service from exchange place world trade center is temporarily suspended instead take the 33rd street via hoboken line to the new york city subways, and that's a better commute for you. alternate-side rules in effect citywide today. remember, be safe, don't text and drive. >>> rosie o'donnell and her 17- year-old daughter have been reunited after she went missing for a week. >> valerie castro has exclusive her. >> reporter: rosie emerged from her estate to say her daughter was found on the jersey shore. she didn't want to talk an come are a but said 7 days she's been gone, and she's very memberrally ill. i asked if she was found with friends, and rosie replied, no, she doesn't have any friends. she's really not well. she was reported missing to police on sunday, and on tuesday, rosie tweeted pictures of her daughter and her therapy dog bear. what she suffers from has no

and we have an accident on fdr drive at 71st street. we are starting to see delays as you make your way to the scene. the west side highway is also clear. be safe, don't text and drive. back to you. >> thank you. >>> now to the summer scorcher. we are in for the third straight day of 90 degree temperatures. >> this f this happens it will be an official heat wave. alana is live. >> reporter: it's already sticky here at coney island beach and it's only going to get warmer. if you're heading out today, be careful. dangerously hot weather expected to hit the area for the third day in a row. the sun unrelenting, especially at the beach. >> how does it feel out here? >> it's a scorcher, i'm melt joog if you're heading to the park, be aware. service temperatures on playgrounds and field cosine spike. jeffrey croft showed us how hot they can get on these artificial turf. >> these fields are heating up to upwards of 165 degrees. >> reporter: last summer, we gauged the temperature where kids were playing on the asphalt t showed 126 degrees. docto

fdr drive, construction delays. two lanes on the upper east side. it is a slow ride. that's from 63rd street up to 96th. heading over to the cross bronx expressway, it's a slow ride out there. westbound, you have two lanes shut down with roadwork as you make your way past the bronx river parkway. move your car. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> lauren, thank you. >> listen to this. a computer glitch at bloomingdale's, one guy fills up his big brown bag with big merchandise. thousands of dollars worth of stuff. the store's computers were issuing loyalty points as cash. in some cases people got gift cards for $5,000, $10,000, $25,000. one guy went on a shopping spree and bought $10,000 earrings, diamond. a louie vuitton bag and a $5,000 watch. >> if necessity gave it to me, it's mine. they gave it to me. >> i would not spend it. i would think something is amiss. one zero too many. >>> guess so. >> good for you ma'am. bloomingdale's says the cards were obviously a mistake sand buzz feed is reporting that the man was offered a $100 gift card if he rushes eturns the i

let's show you how we are doing this morning, fdr drive, the fdr drive slow construction wrapped up, delays northbound, on the southbound side you are fine, grand central parkway, wet roadways, fdr was wet, grand central joy ride, the rain is out there but the whole area fine this morning on the grand ovn. ines: you have me. ha >> reporter: hymen morning to both of you. i know we all come and angood morning to both of you. i know we all come and an early hours, different times but remember what it was like to travel into the city at rush hour, packed rain sometimes delayed, get to work late, and construction work on top of all of that and that is happening around the city including here on queens boulevard, i have talked to a few people that tell me the trains were already delayed at 5:30 this morning. in some cases the trains are very slow but in other cases not running at all. get ready to wait. new yorkers across the city feeling the effects of major subway repair work happening on some of the busiest lines. mainly in the lines that run along fleece boulevard and the 123 which car

but fdr realized if america were attacked, the current state of the military could not possibly defend the united states. the american army was only approximately 174,000 people in 1939 that was really small. and so he asked congress to please pass legislation to allow for a draft and congress worked on it over the summer and in 1940 they finally passed the selective training and service act. they also realized they needed to have funding so that the army could build adequate training camps for the new people coming into the military. so what ended up happening is people were drafted into the services before new training camps were built for them. instead of going to a training area with barracks and cafeterias and classrooms and ba bathroom and things of that nature for training, they ended up having villages of tents. i am assuming most of you are from new york and are familiar with what winter feels like. unfortunately the draft occurred over the winter so living in tents during the winter time in the north was really a miserable experience. so that alone made many people feel less

fdr responded anything but algebra. but really any book you have read and enjoy. so with the president support the donate -- of - - they met their goal but the was a huge accomplishment but what about the books that were collected? they are all hardbacks this was fine in stationary training camps to it was a teacher at the end of the day but not ideal for those who were sent out to different so this is actually north africa. and have up pack on their back. in favor necessities in the important things but as the men marched for a few more miles to look back if there is anything they could eliminate because the feet were blistered there were hot day and a comfortable so even though they brought a victory book to wherever they were dispatched to. that there is said to me theaters in in north africa so that they have entertainment they have to carry it with them but after days of marching and fighting they were reluctantly set aside because they could not carry the weight. it was

flooding on fdr drive by grant street. an accident by houston stroot so you have to watch out for that. expect delays on outer bridge staten island bound, ramp towards west shore route 440 shut down because of a flipped over car. go to our camera on the 59th street bridge no problem on upper, lower level. maintenance affecting a and d train. subway that is local at the moment. this is northbound between 59th street and 125th street. antwan and juliet. juliet: police need your help finding woman they say went ballistic when someone asked her to move her bag off the subway seat. : here's what we know. last friday morning this woman was riding an f train in queens headed to manhattan around 9:45. that's when another straphanger simply asked her to move her bag so she could sit down. when the woman went to sit down police he pulled her hair and bit her on the arm which then drew blood. she then ran off a the train at 21st street queens bridge station. now if you've seen this woman please call crime stoppers at 1-800-577-tips.

it shuts down the ramp from the fdr drive to the brooklyn bridge. if you need to get to manhattan, you can get there. it's the manhattan bridge or the williamsburg. i have know that sounds confusing. also on the major deegan. northbound, an overturned vehicle by fordham road. the ramp is also shut down from the northbound degree an to fordham road. ugly there as well. >> lauren, thanks. >>> hazy, hot and humid. 94 degrees. our first heat wave in central park so far this season. we could have a few pop-up storms later on today. bring your umbrella. it's sticky overnight with a low of 76 degrees. still hot and humid for tuesday. 90 degrees. temperatures gradually backing down to the 80s. it stays steamy through the end of the week. stormy as well. especially by thursday and friday. get ready to sweat. >> you heard it here first, guys. the "today" show is next. >>> that's what's happening "today in new york." >>> good morning. the hot zone. a big portion of the eastern u.s. bracing for a heat wave. while out west more than a hundred wildfires rage. doz

go to fdr drive. construction still has delays this morning. 619 and northbound traffic jammed head towards 96th street by the 70 crux construction cleared but trains are on or close to schedule. back to you. juliet: all right. robert: any chance you're taking vacation in late october to see d.c. juliet: prince arrival there we need to cover this clearly. let's talk about deflate-gate heads back into lower manhattan today to federal courtroom there. robert: new england quarterback back to the team after failing to reach a settlement and met four hours yesterday. judge has been pushing for both sides to reach a compromise. brady given a four-game suspension after they used underren flatted footballs in the championship game. the hearing begins at 11:00 today. >> jared will plead guilty, that is report from our sister station in indianapolis that comes six weeks easer authorities ceased electronics and other items from his home. he is expected to accept some sort of plea deal. the sandwich chain suspend

as you head to fdr drive street north we have some flooding. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. shirleen and ken over to you. >>> thank you very much heather, and it is 6:10. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, tens of thousands of firefighters started work battling dozens of fires out west. >> also ahead, a dangerous rip current nearly claims the lives of two girls. how a quick thinking surfer my name is amanda and i smoked while i was pregnant. my baby was born two months early and weighed only three pounds. this is the view i had of her in the nicu. my tip to you is speak into the opening so your baby can hear you better. you can quit. talk with your doctor. for more help call 1-866-ny-quits >>> now to a developing story this morning, somber moments at the scene of the western wildfires. the bodies of three fallen firefighters were removed from the spot where they died in washington state. >> his parents also work for the forest service. his mom was working nearby when he died. >> i texted him back and told hi

fdr told us we had nothing to fear but fear itself. we overcame the great depression and liberated the real axis of evil. president reagan told mr. gorbachev to tear down that wall. great rhetoric matched by great eventsis remembered. otherwise, it's just words. only one 19th century president, american president, attained the same level of successes as a leader. and he had things in common with ronald reagan, which is why i started thinking about that as i wrote this review. abraham lincoln -- well, basically he suppressed himself in a way that the vast majority of his fellow countrymen, without ever seeing him in person or seeing very often a photograph of him, without ever hearing his voice, he burned his image into their souls. they both came from modest backgrounds. ronald reagan became president at a time when you needed presidential speech writers because of the incredible number of speeches you have to get. legal pad, yellow sheet, handwritten with very few corrections would come out of whole short speeches or whole sections of

fdr told us we had nothing to fear but fear itself. we overcame the great depression and liberated the real axis of evil. president reagan told mr. gorbachev to tear down that wall. great rhetoric matched by great eventsis remembered. otherwise, it's just words. only one 19th century president, american president, attained the same level of successes as a leader. and he had things in common with ronald reagan, which is why i started thinking about that as i wrote this review. abraham lincoln -- well, basically he suppressed himself in a way that the vast majority of his fellow countrymen, without ever seeing him in person or seeing very often a photograph of him, without ever hearing his voice, he burned his image into their souls. they both came from modest backgrounds. ronald reagan became president at a time when you needed presidential speech writers because of the incredible number of speeches you have to get. legal pad, yellow sheet, handwritten with very few corrections would come out of whole short speeches or whole sections of

and cross bronx, construction going on on the west bound side, east bound you are fine, fdr drive has construction going on. let's go to other cameras here, through gracie mansion, 70s, two lanes closed in the 70s outbound to 96th street. very quiet this morning, lincoln and holland tunnel. pass trains, signaled problems, 15 minute delay from newark to the world trade center and service suspended, the world trade center, journals where to thirty-third, hoboken as an alternate. >> bill deblasio is defending his gym. team, he was blasted friday for working in park slope during an armed standoff on staten island. the mayor addressed the controversy today. >> my job is to be on top of all the subject matter of time. it also requires figuring out what helps me be as effective as i can be handled lot of ceos would say if you don't get exercise you won't be as effective as you can be. robert: the mayor says -- curtis is jumping at the bit. his aides no matter where he is. juliet: the interesting finger, on 770 wabc, the thing about this situation is it was a standoff where initially vote rep

fdr tried. he wasn't able to do it. harry truman had tried. he wasn't able to do it. but lyndon johnson managed to get it done. we want to start by showing you a few pictures of what it was like that day this legislation was signed. >> the harry s. truman library in independence, missouri, is a scene of an historic event, president and mrs. johnson and vice president humphrey arrive for ceremonies that will make the medicare bill a part of social security coverage. mr. johnson chose to sign the bill here as a tribute to former president truman. the former president campaigned for medicare 20 years ago, but it took two decades for his proposal to become law. the new law expands the 30-year-old social security program to provide hospital care, nursing home care, home nursing service, and outpatient treatment for those over 65. medicare would become law on july 1st, 1966. and for mr. truman, and historic souvenir from the. president. for mr. truman the passage of medicare is a dream come true. >> there you are. what a remarkable day. and linda, i want to start with you.

as far as fdr drive, traffic jams southbound, construction going on, delays from 60s 496th street and one lane blocked with the emergency construction vehicle on southbound overbuy i 70, expect delays. west side highway things are fine. juliet: police are looking for your help in harlem to catch a mugger who violently attacked a young woman. robert: this happened on sunday august 2nd. police said the suspect approached the 24-year-old victim from behind, threw her to the ground. juliet: looked at her fighting him. robert: he ran with your purse and iphone. police want to catch a. call 800-577-tips. elderly in brooklyn, so far struck six times and cops need your help tracking him down. police said the suspect tried to a victim on a bike and rips off their jewelry and everything from gold chains to bracelets. his victims live in the coney island area and people between 63, and 81 so he is targeting people who are looking a little older. if you have any information call crime stoppers at 800-577-tips. robert: bill deblasio is promising to do everything he can to put an end to the topless

the heav atiest delays on the fdr drive because of construction. as you said, pat, a lot of people ofy. the roads are empty otherwise. >> lauren is going to be reporting on this. this is what space travel may be headed. give you the shuttle schedule. canadian company has been granted a u.s. patent for a 12-mile high space elevator. at the top is a platform where spacecraft and satellites could be launched directly into lower orbit. you wouldn't need to launch a rocket. the elevator would cost $5 million and it takes five years to build if the project moves forward. they talked about that before. >> 12 miles? >> 12 miles. mind blowing. >>> it is 5:26. still ahead, an update on the wildfires burning out west, including this incredible -- this is called a firenado. like a tornado made of fire. >> reporter: the nypd wants your help in finding a robber on the run. a new video shows that he did not stop at stealing. i'upm tracie strahan live in harlem with that video coming up. >>> if you're about to head out the door, take us with you. keep watching "to

one lane on the fdr drive southbound blocked. heavy delays back to 145th street, making your way past the scene. imagine what it looks like farther north of here this is if you're traveling southbound, and the west side highway is clear for you. a disabled truck blocking the inbound lower level of the ed koch queens borough bridge. if you stick to the upper level that is a better ride. the southbound van wyck, heavy delays back, and they are growing. construction locking the two eastbound lanes on the staten island expressway at victory boulevard, and i wanted to end with good news but a the major delays have since cleared out. alternate-side parking rules in effect citywide. remember, be safe, don't text and drive. >>> in today's health watch a study suggests cutting fat in your diet can lead to greater weight loss. a study the u.s. national institutes of health examines the adulthoods during the 2- week periods, and it's good for reducing insulin and fat burning. >>> high fat toppings can cost anywhere from $5 to $10, and musta

we can tell you that the fdr drive is shut down as the investigation continues. again, a federal agent shot in lower manhattan. the circumstances surrounding that, though, remain unclear. >> and fox 5 health news, new guidelines for treating morning sickness. they've been updated now. expectant mothers can get safe and effective relief with a drugs. alison: this is dr. devi from the nyu school of medicine. nice to see you. >> there are two drugs. one is vitamin b 6. symptoms. antihistamine. you think of it in terms of allergies. it blocks acid production in the stomach, which can help. a lot of times the acid or acid vomiting. steve: that's a huge problem for many women. the morning sickness thing. a lot of people are trying to eat healthier, more organic, get rid of the pesticides, the fruits and vegetables. experts say when it comes to trying to clean off the vegetables, tap water is the best way to get the job done. alison: this makes me feel better. i barely do that. i'm terrible. >> you don't need the fancy washes. you can use the water pressure from the tap

. >> we have flooding on the fdr northbound grant street. the right and center lanes taken up there. weow have trouble on the outer bridge crossing. the off ramp is closed to the west shore expressway eastbound. it's causing big delays this morning. the gowanus and the prospect, that right lane is blocked westbound with that accident. you can see it's under that sign there. it's going to be a slow go trying to get around. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily, thank you very much. breaking news from bay ridge and brooklyn. a woman died after falling out of a car in bay ridge parkway. this happened before 11:30 last night. while that car was making a turn near fifth avenue. the woman was taken to lutheran hospital but did not survive. the driver of the car is now under arrest. police believe he's her husband but they've not released either of their names. at this point, charges are strahan is heading to th scene. she's going to give us an update as soon as she arrives. >>> there's an investigation under way at a b

she originally had been a supporter of the new deal and then turned against fdr's domestic policies. by the time she comes to congress, she is one of the more eloquent spokespeople of the fdr's wartime management. she is not an isolationist. she is an internationalist. she is a woman who supports the equal rights amendment and enhanced role for women in the military services and outside the home. so she is something of a feminist as well. >> this comes to the western front on a democratic mission. mrs. luce serve on the house of representatives military a affairs committee. the group travels towards the battle line, observing american weapons and supplies powering the big push to the rhine. off to look over newly liberated areas behind the lines, on their return home, they will make their report to the american nation. >> she serves two terms. this would have been in her 1944 reelection. about that time she suffers a personal tragedy. her only daughter is killed in a car wreck near stanford, where she was going to college. with that, she kind of lost a lot of her zeal for public offi

an accident on the fdr drive northbound after 71st street. you can see the delays building through here. that's in the right lane. otherwise the roads look pretty good. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >>> lauren, thank you. it's 5:01. a search is under way for the man who police say snuck into the staten island home and sexually assaulted a little girl, raped here. lori bordonaro is there now with the report. >> reporter: good morning, kerry. police here at the precinct are looking to question that 32-year-old man. he went in through the girl's unlocked back door and raped her in her bedroom. take a look here. this is the man they're looking for. he's about 5'2", 125 pounds. he was in police custody for a short time on the day of the alleged incident, august 6th. the family detained him. he was arrested for criminal trespass. it wasn't until the next day police say the 7-year-old girl came forward and reported what happened. the girl and her family do not know the man and they're trying to track him down. they say he was last seen w

in better news, an accident southbound on the fdr drive. that cleared but we have very heavy residual delays. you might want to head to the west side highway. on the bqe, heavy delays and westbound an accident by queens boulevard. a slow ride unc you're past that. >> also, if you're headed to jfk airport, we have an accident southbound on the van wyck by federal circle and the airport. shuts down two lanes. you can see a big mess out there. if you're getting on the trains, the subways included there. on or close to schedule. back to you, darlene and pat. >> lauren, thank you very much. >>> we continue to follow the breaking news on staten island. a firefighter has been shot. responding to a fire in mariners harbor. you're looking at live pictures from the scene. we understand that u.s. marshals were attempting to serve a warrant, execute a warrant. there was a manholed up in inside. there was a standoff. but katherine creag has arrived on the scene and has more details. kat? >> reporter: darlene and pat, a big situation this is. firefighter

on to the fdr drive going south, 96 to 76th street, one lane is closed. northbound 63rd up to 96th two lanes are closed down. that is causing a major delay. george washington bridge 20 minutes inbound. lincoln and holland minor delays. no major problems if you want to go to the tunnels. george washington bridge issue is because of the earlier accident cleared off the upper level. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect today. ken and michelle, over to you. >> thank you. >>> sad news to bring you this morning on the death of a political trailblazer an and a part of our eyewitness news family. >> congressman lou business stokes, the first african- american elected to the house died after midnight with his family by his side including my coanchor lori stokes. >> eyewitness news anchor bill ritter has a look at the legacy he leaves behind. >> reporter: louis stokes was raised poor living in one of the country's first federally funded housing projects in cleveland. >> i have been fortunate enough to rise from having begun in poverty to become

will be cleared, freely usable hurdle by the end of this year and will eventually be included in the fdr basket. even that we are incurring some fuel that has been lost, it's much smaller. the net benefit is better. if you look at the result we see which is a major improvement over the last three years, you can see the impact, at the same time managing that risk. glencore slumped to a record low after the ceo admitted in wrong footed by china, lost three by $5 billion in market value as it shares closed nearly 10% lower in london. from chinad the man has been a lot -- demand from china has been weaker than anybody expected and nobody can read the chinese commodity market right now. and cut reported a 56% earnings forecast for its trading division. now the continuing slowdown in macau has hit galaxy. haddad galaxy do compared to other casinos? -- how did galaxy do compared to other casinos? >> anytime you have revenue dow 36% and earnings dropping like they did -- revenue was in line with the overall gaming revenue of the industry. that is point number one. point number two, the vip busin

fdr told us we had nothing to fear but fear itself. we overcame the great depression and liberated the real axis of evil. president reagan told mr. gorbachev to tear down that wall. great rhetoric matched by great eventsis remembered. otherwise, it's just words. only one 19th century president, american president, attained the same level of successes as a leader. and he had things in common with ronald reagan, which is why i started thinking about that as i wrote this review. abraham lincoln -- well, basically he suppressed himself in a way that the vast majority of his fellow countrymen, without ever seeing him in person or seeing very often a photograph of him, without ever hearing his voice, he burned his image into their souls. they both came from modest backgrounds. ronald reagan became president at a time when you needed presidential speech writers because of the incredible number of speeches you have to get. legal pad, yellow sheet, handwritten with very few corrections would come out of whole short speeches or whole sections of

she originally had been a supporter of the new deal and then she turned against fdr's domestic policies but by the time she comes to congress, she really is one of the more eloquent spokes people in terms of criticisms of fdr's wartime management. she's not an isolatition, though. she's an internationalist. she also is a woman who supports the equal rights amendment and an enhanced role for women in the military services and outside the home. so she's something of a feminist, as well. >> from america, this congressional delegation comes to the western front on a democratic commission. mrs. luce, the congresswoman play wright and sparkman costello and thomas serve on the military affairs committee. the group travels towards the battle line, opening american weapons and supplies powering the bush push to the rhine. la over newly liberated areas behind the lines, on their return home, they will make their report to the american nation. >> she serves two terms, this would have been in her 1944 re-election. but about that time, she suffering a personal tragedy. her own daughter is killed in

towardit has made moves trying to get into consideration by the imf for fdr writes.tip.his is a we realized that the currency being cap stable against the dollar was probably not a good situation. the fact that chinese authorities deemed it is appropriate to change hold them in good stead. effectwhat is the ripple ? what do you take a look at in terms of the universe of bets that you can make? and what does the yuan devaluation mean? patrick: we need to realize why the this has happened now. since 2005, the yuan has appreciated 40% on a trade-weighted basis. that is inappropriate given how soft the economy has been or how the economy has lost momentum. this is a china story. it is not -- this is not a message to buy dollars. this is a message to adjust the value of the yuan against other currencies. angie: i have some breaking news that we need to share with viewers right now. that is japan's machine orders falling. they expected a drop of 4.8%. looking at the year on year change, orders rose 16 point 6% versus estimates for a 17.6 percent rise. disappointing news fo

only fdr did that. he won, he was vice president twice, lost -- won both times, lost the presidency in '60, won the presidency in '68 and '72, and '72 by the third largest landslide in history, won every state for, i think, except for massachusetts and d.c. [inaudible conversations] >> i've got one question, and we're almost out of time, so we'll make in the last question. i'm interested about the timing of doing biographies. you've got a number under your belt now. some biographies are done when the subject's still alive, some are done decades later. why, why is this a good time for a nixon biography, and is there sort of an optimal time? >> it's always a good time for a nixon biography! [laughter] i'm the 13th nixon biography. there are going to be 13 more, i guarantee, because he's an endlessly fascinating, complex guy. i don't pretend to have broken the code on anybodies son. i made a good run on it. there is an incredible amount of evidence. almost all the tapes have been released. it took years. n

the one i just mentioned, the letter with fdr saying he couldn't attend. he died the next week and they did cancel the dinner then. there haven't been any recent consolati consolations. >> what about protests? >> there were some involving women. there were pickets and there were protest dinners. there really hasn't been much of anything other than that. >> there are a couple of books behind you, chronicling the history of the gridiron dinner. as the historian, what is your job and what are you looking for that hasn't already been reported or researched? >> well i'm very grateful for these because i'm also a historian for the white house correspondent association and the frustration there is nothing was saved. we didn't know who the own presidents were or what years we had dinners and where we had dinners or who our entertainers were. and the contrast with the gridiron club is sharp. here is a book written only 20 years after. here is one 25 years, 48 years, 100 years. and if you -- i'm new to the job as gridiron historian replacing todd periodham and i hav