baltimore. >> that's baltimore. >> reporter: gotham city without batman.s an image i couldn't shake. >>. >> it needs heroes. >> reporter: so we set out to find some. in the neighborhood i grew up, too many medicating against old pains. >> brandon, you getting started early? >> no. sometimes you need something to wind down, you know? >> reporter: wind down in a city where nearly one in four live in poverty. an unemployment rate in some neighborhoods four times the national average and crime soaring. on the same streets where i walked to school, my bag was stoll stolen out of our car. i found it in this alley. >> 20 seconds. >> reporter: and yet, on those same streets. >> go up pennsylvania and go up. >> reporter: a resilience that felt familiar. >> i got shot right here, right here. it's like a baltimore thing, everybody got them. >> reporter: he was an addict, a drug dealer, arrested for attempted murder. >> instead of just wanting to lock everybody up -- >> reporter: but now he works for a state and federally-funded program called safe streets, mediating

. ♪ mark: ben carson drive-by got them city today -- dropped by gotham city today to meet with carson was a place with all the food. dr. carson, your first time to sylvia's. how did it go? dr. carson: it was wonderful. the food was spectacular. i loved it. mark: what are the other landmarks in new york city that you would still like to go to? dr. carson: i have not been to the 9/11 memorial until this morning. that was really eye-opening. i have never been to the top of the statue of liberty. i have been on ellis island. i would like to do that. mark: this is a great city, but it has problems like most urban places. what are one or two cities that are working as models as the way urban areas should work? dr. carson: i'm not sure that there are any that are absolute models, but i do think there is some general principles that are very important. fiscal responsibility. the cities that have both governors and mayors that are fiscally responsible obviously are the ones that have done the best right now. i think that is a general principle. as we look throughout the nation, it's just, i gu

. ♪ mark: ben carson dropped by gotham city today for a visit that included a powwow with business leadersin harlem. john and i took a taxi uptown to the fabled sylvia's restaurant to meet with carson. we talked about the leaders of his party in capitol hill, affairs both foreign and domestic and of course, the , place with all the food. dr. carson, your first time to sylvia's. kind of a landmark thing. how did it go? dr. carson: it was wonderful. the food was spectacular. the people here were wonderful. i loved it. mark: what are the other landmarks in new york city that you have never been to that you would still like to go to? dr. carson: i hadn't been to the 9/11 memorial until this morning. that was really eye-opening. i have never been to the top of the statue of liberty. i have been on ellis island. i would like to do that. mark: this is a great city, but it has problems like most urban places. what are one or two cities that you think are working as models as the way urban areas should work? dr. carson: i'm not sure that there are any that are absolute models, but i do think there

because detective pulled over the dark knight for driving with a license plate only valid in gotham city. the march 2012 dash cam video went viral. >> i approached the vehicle and there is a man dressed up in a batman outfit. we are talk about the real mccoy. the gene win outfit. in reality, batman was headed to georgetown university hospital. to brighten the souls of sick children. a mission he lived for until his sudden death near i-70 in hagerstown sunday night. >> that is why he has a heart of gold. in my mind he is a hero. gotham lost a hero. ♪ batman reporter: detective says the traffic stop will remain a highlight of his police career. the handshakes, the photographs and the good-hearted laughs with a superhuman character. >> if you wait long enough you will see everything. >> i don't think too many people can say they pulled over a caped crusader. i was honored to meet lenny/batman. >> in silver spring, i'm kevin lewis. >> take care of yourself. take care of those kids. kevin: abc7 news. kimberly: elsalvadoran teenager nightmare as a sex slave is over after a man was arrested on

it looks like gotham city with low overcast. your full forecast coming up. >>> the man charged with kidnapping a milpitas boy is expected to enter a plea. alfonso david edington is accused of abducting a 3-year- old from a milpitas library in june. the boy was found later after a vta driver spot the pair on the bus. edington is charged with felony kidnapping. he faces 11 years in prison. >>> authorities in fresno county are searching for a missing hiker. the 62-year-old woman set out on a group hike a week ago but got separated from the group in the sierra national forest. she was last seen on thursday. the national guard is using a blackhawk helicopter to look for her but smoke from nearby wildfires is making search by air difficult. >>> a bay area woman thought she would never see a treasured family painting again after it was swiped off her doorstep. but then something unexpected happened. kpix 5's christin ayers reports. >> reporter: nelly hill has loved it since the day her parents brought it home from paris back in 1957. t

. >> it's dark and looks like gotham city. >> the good thing about today is, the fact that we don't have the morning rain. despite the look of that sky, we don't have the heavy downpours of yesterday morning. there could be pop-up showers or thunderstorms especially inland. don't think we make it to 90 either. tonight, may be a couple of spotty showers. low temperature of 73 degrees. pretty much locking into a pattern to give us more showers and thunder showers towards the end of the week. we've had a good run of weekends. our luck may run out soon. >> there's an upside to this. >> how are the roads looking? >> roads are looking better. we had that accident on the george washington bridge jamming things up. that accident just cleared but you can see heavy on the span. a ten-minute wait into the tolls. it can ease out. over to the lincoln or the holland. we'll take a look at your commuter checklist. everyone getting on the trains. the transit path, all running without delays or service changes. >> 10-4 good buddy. >> do you like the movie the goonies? did you like that movie. apparently a

you know, it makes sense, a new york city tycoon, with absurd wealth, who wants to save gotham and make america great again, but if you listen to his republican rivals they say he's no dark knight. they say he better resembles the arch nemesis the joker. he's been robbing attention from others, kidnapping scott walker's lead in iowa, plus there is the hair. he has a new immigration plan or statement unleashed yesterday, and all the other candidates are bound to be asked about it. i want to bring in cnn washington correspondent jeff zeleny. you just got back from iowa, the way state fair, you say all of this in person, the donald trump summer continues. >> it does. i've been to a lot of iowa state fares. this is something week we've never seen before. more of like a celebrity than a candidate. well, of course he's both. that's something that republicans are trying to grapple with. up until now they've given up the idea his star will fade at the end of the summer. even as they worried his plans may expand. donald trump arrived for his civic duty in a black limousine, reporting for jury du

this resolution is adopted >> item 32 [inaudible] in the domestic terminal building with gotham enterprise and the city for replacement premises in terminal 1 and extending the term of 2 years >> same house same call. without objection the resolution is adopted unanimously. >> item 3 approve 3 emergency public work cracktds under administrative code 660. [inaudible] geo stationization international for telegraph hill rock slope improvement to provide design support and stabilization. nob inwith a amount not to exceed 9.5 million >> without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously >> item 34 resolution to authderize the department of public health to enter into agreement with california health care service to receive reimbursement for healthy kids program to extend amount up to [inaudible] to refinance the policeman >> same house same call. without ubkwleckz resolution is adopted >> iletment 35 rez dugz tew prove and authserize the [inaudible] from kaiser foundation for approximately 54 thousand to be used by the city under the water system improvement program, the regional ground water storage

this resolution is adopted >> item 32 [inaudible] in the domestic terminal building with gotham enterprise and the city for replacement premises in terminal 1 and extending the term of 2 years >> same house same call. without objection the resolution is adopted unanimously. >> item 3 approve 3 emergency public work cracktds under administrative code 660. [inaudible] geo stationization international for telegraph hill rock slope improvement to provide design support and stabilization. nob inwith a amount not to exceed 9.5 million >> without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously >> item 34 resolution to authderize the department of public health to enter into agreement with california health care service to receive reimbursement for healthy kids program to extend amount up to [inaudible] to refinance the policeman >> same house same call. without ubkwleckz resolution is adopted >> iletment 35 rez dugz tew prove and authserize the [inaudible] from kaiser foundation for approximately 54 thousand to be used by the city under the water system improvement program, the regional ground water storage

this resolution is adopted >> item 32 [inaudible] in the domestic terminal building with gotham enterprise and the city for replacement premises in terminal 1 and extending the term of 2 years >> same house same call. without objection the resolution is adopted unanimously. >> item 3 approve 3 emergency public work cracktds under administrative code 660. [inaudible] geo stationization international for telegraph hill rock slope improvement to provide design support and stabilization. nob inwith a amount not to exceed 9.5 million >> without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously >> item 34 resolution to authderize the department of public health to enter into agreement with california health care service to receive reimbursement for healthy kids program to extend amount up to [inaudible] to refinance the policeman >> same house same call. without ubkwleckz resolution is adopted >> iletment 35 rez dugz tew prove and authserize the [inaudible] from kaiser foundation for approximately 54 thousand to be used by the city under the water system improvement program, the regional ground water storage

like this one built in 1924, now called gotham hall is now a venue for weddings and special occasions. >> this is the last great classical bank built in new york city. and probably in the united states. the columns are five feet in diameter solid limestone. >> charles belfoure is an architect and historian. >> you would go into the tiniest town in america and you'd find this really ornate classical bank. even as a kid i knew it was a fancy building. that it was a special building. just like a church would be. >> like a church, the covered ceiling and soaring pillars were intended to inspire awe and reference, for money. >> the vault was sort of the heart. these bright, shiny objects the strength. >> and the vault was a show piece. built to be seen, admired and trusted. >> they wanted to show the depositor that their money was absolutely safe. >> but it was an illusion. banks could fail. and often did. >> throughout america's financial history, hundreds and hundreds of banks failed and depositors would lose every nickel they had. >> yet only a year after the great panic of 1893 bowery built this shrine in downtown manhattan y. did they keep spending

gotham. her writing has appeared in the nation, new york times magazine in the "wall street journal". as manyas many of you know she previously served on new york city landmark preservation committee and new york sustainability advisory board emily jane jacobs she splits her time between new york and new orleans. >> thank you for sponsoring this evening. i'm going to introduce my friends and colleagues. he's going to lead us in conversation. we lost john behrens to the evening for very good reason we will manage to self organize. we expected to be a lively conversation, and at some point we will open up for questions from the audience command there will be cards passed around for you to put questions and and post them to us. i am going to start on my right with jed, who i have told everybody i felt after katrina he wrote probably the best post- katrina book called breach of faith. [applause] >> the best. yes. >> and he became aa good friend, source, and even an editorial critic of my over the years. he was on city and metro editor at the times at the time of the pulitzer-winning coverage of katrina, and then,, and then, of course, you know breach of

gotham bridge, bradley avenue. normal stuff for the construction zone. approaching verrazano and the guanas and belt parkway. george washington bridge, if you're driving into the city, pretty good option. lincoln tunnel normal 40 minutes inbound. holland tunnel, 15, to 20 minute delay. i got to tell you guys, did you see the picture ben tweeted with his beard. a lot of people are talking about it. he tweeted that picture how he should keep it. carolina from ktu, talking about how cute ben is. >> really. >> from the carolina shoaf. >> we love those guys. >> sports that juan day on the air. i think he should, right. >> next time i have a week off i will grow it and have the guts to keep it. >> really? >> took about a week. >> nice, right? >> keep it. >> very in. >> thanks for bringing that to our attention. >> a lot of people talking about it on twitter. just saying. >> the other thing people are talking about? >> yes. >> the stock market. they're very concerned. a major selloff going on overseas right now. looks like it will be a rough day on wall street. we have the bottom line for you coming up. >> we do. how it is looking this morning when we come back. feel like