. >> in harlem.o i did what my mom and dad used to do. i mm would always take money and put it under the mattress. it was a habit i had for many, many years. every payday, every friday, i would take a little bit and put it under the mattress, put it under the mattress. it ultimately ended up being a little over $300,000. and that's what i used to open up melba's. >> i clearly need to put more mattress money. >> let me ask you this, in all seriousness, when you see the challenges of restaurants, even those that are in prime real estate areas like a wall street or near rockefeller center, i believe the average time spent for a restaurant to stay open is about two years. >> yeah. >> you've beat the odds. and in an area that some would have passed on. the number one reason why is what? >> i think the number one reason why is that it's about comfort. and the thing of comfort, you get that at the door, when you call, and until the end of your meal. it's also about commitment. i'm not giving up on a neighbo

the other period, of course, would be the harlem renaissance. >> hinojosa: mm-hmm. >> the harlem renaissancehich was a time of... well, it's the... historian david levering lewis puts it, "it was civil rights through art." black people had the idea-- which was a not very efficacious idea, but they had an idea-- that they could change the image of the race vis-à-vis white people who doubted our ancestor's intellectual integrity and intellectual capacities by creating great literature and art. so there was this big revolution of writing and it was called the harlem renaissance, but it led to renaissances throughout the caribbean and even in africa. you know, the négritude movement, which was started by a martinican, aimé césaire, and léopold senghor, who went on to become the first president of senegal, they were students at the sorbonne. they heard about the harlem renaissance and they created the négritude movement starting in 1934. and langston hughes, probably the most googled and sited poet in the american cannon, translated works of these black american writers into spanish and french...

harlem eat up, the best chefs in the country, daniel boulud, emeril lagasse, and tons of harlem chefsdifferent foods? >> absolutely. just grab and just get free food. >> seth: okay. >> but it's going to be a fun festival. >> seth: okay, great. what are we making today? >> well, i'm not going to do anything. you going to do it. >> seth: perfect. >> no, you're going to do the cocktail. actually, i have a sous chef here, connie's here. >> seth: yes, connie, thanks for sticking around. >> so we're going to do a little dapper punch. >> seth: okay. >> right? so just throw some ice cubes in there. >> seth: okay. >> a little bit of whiskey. some super, super good whiskey. then you have a little bit of swedish punch. >> seth: okay, great. >> just mix that in. a little bit of citrus juice and shake it. and we got some cocktails. >> seth: okay. >> you my friend, put the gloves on. put the gloves on connie. you can do this. >> connie: oh, god. i don't even know if i can do this. >> no, you can do it. >> connie: no, trust me. this is not my -- look. look at this. >> no, you're doing great. you're

>> i grew i grew up in new york, and harlem. in the housing projects for the first nine years of my life and another housing project further up. >> was your childhood like? >> it was great. no it wasn't great. it was tough and odd ways. i was raised, my father died when i was young, as raised by my mother and sister who is very important to me and tommy to read. i ended up going to school, outside of my neighborhood once i had an interesting mix life where as part of the time in harlem with my family and part of the time as it is more cosmopolitan, very intellectually aggressive school. it was new york in the 80s, as hard, violent, we are not well-off at all. but in some ways that's where reading became an important part of my life. finding people in literature, it was life-changing, it people who not only were they doing work that i recognized as -- but there are voices that i understood and recognize, i think it was literally do the work in harlem. it help me rethink even my own experience of being a marginalized person from t

back to you. >> katherine creag live in harlem for us this morning.nk you. >>> today a temple hills man will be sentenced for killing a kidney transplant survivor. he could spend the rest of his life in prison for beating jonathan harris in 2015. last july he made headlines after a judge released him on unsecured bond saying the bail process was unfair. then he went missing triggering a manhunt. >>> speaking out is what a group of female fairfax county firefighters plan to do this morning. they are upset over the allegations of harassment within their department. news4's erika gonzalez is live with more on the new steps the county is taking based on the allegations. erika, good morning. >> reporter: that question, does harassment exist within the fairfax county fire is expected to say, no, it does not, this morning. and we'll be there for the announcement in less than an hour. this comes after more than a month of allegations that some firefighters wrote disparaging things about their coworker nicole mittendorff. she killed herself last month. and the

he has relatives in harlem and he is going and listening to street speakers in harlem. he is listening to pan african speeches in harlem, finds out about the leader of donna and the leader of guinea, find out about the condo so even in high school stokely is taking different traditions in. when we think about this hero period of the civil rights movement, a really short truncated history lesson, between may 17th, 1954, and august 6th, 1965, we have one of the most extraordinary periods in american history. when we think of that period in american history may 17th, 1954, is the brown supreme court desegregation decision. 1955-56 is the 13 month montgomery bus boycott. on august 28th, 1955, 14-year-old cammed pill's body is found in the tallahassee river, up hill had said by baby to the wife of a white shopowner and was going to be lynched because of that. his body is going to be put on display on the cover of jet magazine, the african-american working-class magazine of the postwar period and that is going to galvanize a whole generation of civil rights activists includin

>> guest: i grew up in new york in harlem in the grand housing projects for the first nine or so years of my life and further uptown. >> host: what was your childhood like? >> guest: it was great. no, it wasn't great. i was raised -- my father died when i was young. i was raised by my mother and sister who is very important to me, taught me how to read. i ended up going to a school, a very select a school outside my neighborhood. i had this sort of interesting mixed life where i was part of the time in harlem with my very religious family and part of the time i was with the more kind of cosmopolitan environment in this very intellectually aggressive school. but it was new york in the 80s. we were not well-off at all. but you know, in some ways that is worth reading became such an important part of my life and finding people in literature whose lives and families reflect my own was life-changing. reading the young person and certainly assert a expanding out to black arts poets and things like that. people who not only were they doing work as familiar to me, the voices i am there's been

i employ people from the harlem community. >> and harlem eat up. >> i'm super happy about that. >> whichs samuelson, dear friend and amazing chef, and the carlitz group. gets restauranteur was uptown and downtown the opportunity to cook together, to fellowship through food, and through community. it's a festival unlike no other. and when you -- >> it's quickly become an amazing event. >> it's wonderful. and there are so many free events for people from different communities to come and enjoy with us. we hope that you guys will be there. f i'm going to be thinking about you. think about. as we get your south this dish, we want to ask if you could have this meal with any person past or present, who would that person be? >> wow. if i could have this meal with anyone past or present, i would have to say it would be with the first family. >> free time on their hands. chef melba wilson, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> for more on the chef and the dish, head to cbsthismorning.com. >>> up next, our saturday session. when he performs with zooey deschanel he's the him in the band "she and hi

teacher in a school harlem and the bronx. charlie: your father was a big deal lawyer.we grew up thinking with a mom who came home from harlem and the south good saying you got education but that is not the way it is for all kids. i got out of high school and went to exeter and i talked with my mom. -- taught with my mom. i went from one of the best high school student -- schools to one of the worst. i decided this is what i wanted to do with my life. i was 16 or 17. when i went to stanford, i went out to college and i went out because it once you go surf and stuff like that but the truth is i wanted to do stuff for an advantage -- disadvantaged kids. the older i get the more i listened to mom at the divert -- dinner table waving her finger at us and telling us that we were very lucky to have the education we had and we needed to do some thing about it. we looked at our mom and both of our parents are dead and we would think, we have been really fortunate, we ought to do something about it and i was a civil rights lawyer, i ran the legal defense fund. i went to work on

the fire started with a small east harlem. the fire shut down service and stranded commuters. the metro north service is suspended in and out of grand central terminal this morning. we do have a live report from new york coming up at 5:45. >>> d.c. is once again named the fittest city in the country. this is according to the american college of sports medicine. some of the factors they looked at included how often people exercised, how much park land is available in the city and the rate of smoking. the other cities that rounded out the top four here, minneapolis, denver and portland, oregon. the midwestern metro areas like indianapolis, oklahoma city and louisville alsoranked last on the list. >> i'm not surprised. i'm always seeing people running, riding their bikes around the park, it's amazing. >> i think more and more people smoked years ago or quit or cut back. all those things factor in to be healthier and more fit. >> all right. good job, d.c. >>> well, you might have to get yo the storm team radar shows our area in the clear, but several of you are seeing rain this mo

patterson had been a lawyer in harlem at the same time paul robison was in harlem. they reignited their friendship in the soviet union in the 1930s and it was patterson's proselytizing along with robeson's own experience and helped to push robeson to the left. or not point he transpired. you may recall that robeson goes to the front lines are the special brewer 1936 to 1935, one of the first chapters in terms of the attempt by the fascist under adolf hitler to achieve world conquest, the spanish republic is overthrown because of this ample assistance provided by fascist germany. paul robeson tries to keep the spanish republic afloat, but to no avail. paul robeson probably would've stayed in london to the end of his life, but for the onset of august 1939, fearing for his family he decides to pack up and move back to his homeland. that is to say the united states of america. the united states of america is the negation into a debate about world war ii and the u.s. role in it. parenthetically, you should know that in the run-up to the bombing of pearl harbor, december

the officer is seen punching a guy in the face who was video taping a police encounter in harlem thefficer also pulled out his gun and threatened to shoot the man. the victim suffered minor injuries. >>> in case you missed last night's billboard awards, we have you covered. all that and today. >> a kindergarten teacher who moonlights as a wrestler. >>> it was a night filled with royalty including pop. >> it started with britney spears kicking off the show with her greatest hits. adele kicked off her new video. and month donna and stevie -- and madonna and stevie wonder honored prince. >> the recorded voice of a woman was played singing the national anthem. men had to stand on the field until the song ended. the team believes it was all a mistake. >>> take a look at this florida kindergarten teacher moonlights as a wrestler. classroom ando int the ring, his alter ego comes out. meet rachel, a lab mix who's been waiting in the shelter to be adopted since she was 2 years old it's been aong seven years. finally a happy ending. she found her forever home thanks to laura who saw a facebook

they allow the army to escape to harlem heights. they are involved in the first victory against british troops in 1776 at the bottom of harlem heights. they continue to fight through the campaign in new york city. there's a group of marylanders in fort washington. that is one of the great forgotten stories of the american revolution. we had about 3000 americans bottled up in a fort about a mile and a half long. if you know where the base of the george washington bridge is, on the manhattan side, this is a massive fort. it was a mostly lord of the rings in a sense. it was written, sharpened --birthday -- earthen, sharpened logs. something that occurs over and over in the american revolution. this book is also about the first civil war. the never wonders in this book -- the marylanders in this book had divided loyalties. many had to betray their own fathers to fight for the cause. in for washington, the adjective --adjutant fled the fort with the plans in the order of battle and gave it to the british. the men inside the fort were in

our last presentation is from matt mitchell, who runs crypto harlem. we've heard some ideas about the fbi versus apple encryption debate. we got to hear about it from the general counsel of the fbi this morning. now we're going to hear another version of that debate and how it relates to the concerns that have inspired this conference. so we're hearing from matt mitchell. matt, thanks so much for being here. >> okay. [ applause ] >> hi, everyone. thanks for sticking around, okay? all right. i'm going to get my slides up, and then we'll start. so just give me like five minutes of your precious time, okay? thank you. okay. is that looking good? just one second. one second. sorry. nope. this one. okay. all right. that looks better, right? no, something's wrong. let me try. nope, that's not it. sorry about that. let's try this again. >> control l. >> control l? i did it. cool. okay. hey, it's working. i'm not going to move around too much. i promise. i'll try not to. yeah, yeah let's do it. nobody will see that. let's rock, okay? so i'm talking about apple

a place near central that the marylanders make another epic stand and allow the army to escape to harlem heights . they are involved in the first battle, the first victory against british drill troops in 1776 at the battle of harlem heights. throughontinue to fight the campaign in new york city. they are involved in white plains. there is a group of marylanders in fort washington. for washington is one of the forgotten stories of the american revolution. we had about 3000 americans that were bottled up any fort that was 1.5 miles long. if you know where the base of the washington bridge is on the manhattan side, this is where -- itassive fort that was is here that our men are fighting. it is here that something occurs over and over in the american revolution. this book is also about the first civil war. what i mean by that is the marylanders in this book had divided loyalties within their own families. many of the men had to be traded on fathers to fight for the cause. washington, the second in command basically fled the fort with the plans and order of battle and gave it to the british.

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. >> harlem globetrotter stuff. >> mark, thank you. >>> the coverage continues right now on ktvu plus. ken and keba are standing by. what are you working on? >> staying on top of the story out of san leandro. a mother and her toddler dead after a collision between her car and a train. we will have a live report. >>> a body is found and cristina rendon will join us like with what she knows so far and why the police are saying it is suspicious. >> why spark fly on the campaign trail. donald trump is going hillary clinton and her husband, bill clinton and bernie sanders and firing back. these stories and more. join us at 7 on ktvu plus. hey, how are things going with your parents? not great. they hired divorce attorneys. you know, speaking of attorneys, if i ever needed a lawyer, i would not hire she-hulk. you know what? that was almost on topic. i'm gonna say, "good job, sheldon." wait, she-hulk's a lawyer? yeah, she works at a law firm in new york. yes, but she's the only monster at the firm. between you, me and the wall, i think she's an affirmative action hire. anyway, dad's gonna be

flames and smoke from north of the station in the east harlem station. the blaze brought service to a screeching halt and left travelers stranding on the way home. two tracks were operational for this morning's rush. 150,000 riders were affected by the delays. >>> lift it up -- sir -- >> this dash-cam video captured the dramatic moments when state troopers and others ran to help a man after his suv caught fire, his arm was caught underneath when the suv landed on its side. the troopers and others lifted the van so he could get free. >>> a man was bitten by a venomous snake at a lowes home inimprovement store. he was bitten while picking out flowers for his wife. he is in icu and being treated with an antidote. the snake was put into a bag for the doctors at the hop. >> we like to see the snake but i would prefer the people not to expose themselves to the snake unless they are sure it's dead. >> julie's husband has massive swelling and pain and is expected to be okay. >> a spokesperson from lots is trying tofic out how the snake made it on to the property

this happened in harlem yesterday. no one was hurt but the fire damaged the track causing reduced service and major delays. investigators say that propane tanks under the track exploded and helped to fuel the fire. it has some asking the question why were they there? >> what's going on under these sites? do they know what is there and are they thinking of the potential for this kind of tragedy? >> reporter: the rail service will run on weekend service level as they continue to repair the track. >>> streetcars could be coming to georgetown. leaders are looking to expand it from 8th street to downtown and end up in georgetown under the whitehurst freeway . it would likely need its own dedicated lane on busy k street but not happening anytime soon. if everything goes according to plan, it wouldn't happen for at least a decade. >>> hundreds of sieskleists across the streets for the ride of silence. chopper 4 over frederick , maryland as a few dozen riders headed out. the silent slow-paced ride honor cyclists injured or kil

in east harlem, new york, i'm elizabeth herr channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a guatemalan man is in custody of u.s. customs, officials say they caught him with $600,000 worth of cocaine and agentses at hartsfield-jackson airport were inspecting the man's bag and found uncooked red beans and found the substance inside of the bags. >>> the piece of space history arrived in los angeles, a barge carrying nasa last space shuttle exterior tank, it will be added to the orbiter endeavour and displayed at its final home at the california science center. >> for the third year in a row. washington, d.c. wins the fittest city in the entire united states. they released the ninth annual fitness ratings. it's based on the environmental fitness and the low rate of smoking pushes it to the top and is followed by st. paul and the denver area. >>> still ahead another check of the forecast stepping live outside, sky 6 hd showing you philadelphia international airport and david murphy has your update from accuweather. >>> universal screening for autism seems to be paying off. kids seem to be d

accomplish on his own. ♪ born in 1968, the puerto rican parents, anthony grew up in knock's spanish harlemn, but paid the bills by work can in a hospital lunchroom. what were your dreams early on? >> to get out of the neighborhood. >> anthony figured out in order to change where he was he needed to change who he was. what kind of kid were you? >> to my mom, i was a pain in the as. to my dad, light of his eyes. to me, awkward. my dad always told me, god's honest truth. son, we're ugly, work on your personality. >> no. >> swear. >> he said that? >> best thing. what happened is i'd stutter. i couldn't put a sentence together. so when i sang, i didn't stutter. >> stutter went away? >> yeah. and that was my preferred way of communicating. ♪ >> as a teenager he sang in commercials and offered to work for free as a backup singer for works like menudo. >> before i had my first single i worked on over 300 records. >> by the time that first single came out -- >> i had all the experience in the world. >> that first spanish language album took off in 1993. and since than he's had hits in both spanish

the dance evolved out of harlem ballrooms with participants that were mostly gay men. in the 1990s madonna pushed it into the spotlight and now it's getting a revival. ♪ ♪ >> every time i saw it, i love it more and more and when i came here, i love it more and more. >> one catalyst for the interest was the 2015 h and m ad campaign featuring kendall jenner. but she isn't necessarily the one to watch, front and center is javier madrid. she teaches voguing and it's tapped into the dark past saying there was a time when dancers had to gather in secret. >> a lot of kids back in the day, parents accept them to be gay. a lot got kicked out. it was an outlet to go and be who they wanted to be and, you know, and for one night they would be the stars of the night. >> but all those stars shine w now. his team has grown to 200 people including many who are not gay. >> it's freedom and fun. it's just like playing. it's playful. yeah. >> every week, this manhattan club holds voguing night where dancers can show off their skil skills. >> it brings everybody together. you have competi

in harlem. they reignited their friendship in the soviet union in the 1930's and it was patterson's along with robeson experience with germany that help pushed robenson to the left. from that point he's transformed. one of the first chapters under adolf hitler to achieve world conquest, the spanish republic is overthrown because of this ample assistance provided by fascist germna under benito melelini, keep the spanish republic afloat but to no avail. paul robenson would have stayed in london but because of war in europe, fearing for his family, he decides to pack up and move back to his homeland. that is the say the united states of america. the united states of america then is engaged in a debate about world war ii and the role in it. you should know that in the run up to the bombing of pearl harbor, the bombing of japanese forces of pearl harbor, hawaii, japan had made a very sustained and and not nonunsuccessful to woo black americans. all were united to a greater or lessor degree. so when j

so if you're a school like i used to teach in harlem with 35 kids in a classroom, you can target kidility to do math in an individualized way. so technology can be great for kids and for learning and it's facilitated dramatic shifts in our economy. at the same time, used badly, it's a huge problem, everything from addiction -- >> rose: do you get involved in the political discussions about all kinds of different programs under different presidents, whether no child left behind or something else. >> absolutely we do, and we say what we think. >> rose: and you lobby for the legislative goals you think are appropriate. >> that's right. and the one thing we don't do is we don't do partisan stuff. we are kid partisan, not bipartisan. we don't care if you're republican, democrat, liberal, conservative. we care what you actually do for kids. i think you actually have to shame people in many cases -- >> rose: you would think the is obvious for a politician to want to support and an obvious thing that you do not want to be on the wrong side because it's a connection for every voter, how do my

. >> fallout from the fire in harlem is a nightmare for the commuters. it stranded thousands of passengers. a firefighter suffered a minor injuries. no passengers were hurt. it is not clear what started the fire. service will be limited. commuters are told to brace for long delays. >> the bay area's largest city joined other voices against what many call the unfair treatment of the lgbt community. the san jose city council has a ban on nonessential travel to north carolina and mississippi. here is more. >> i feel like this is something we need to take a stand on a violation civil right. >> at the city council, the saturday majority agreed to ban the workers from traveling to north carolina or mississippi. >> enough corporations and enough governments that chime in, that will move the need expel have them rethink what they are doing. >> local technical giants are weighing in and speaking out. papal, google, and apple executives want the states to overturn the lays they call order discriminatory." toward the lgbt community. north carolina required we trans

and pete perhaps, the harlem globet turning 90 years old. continues to sell out shows. we will be right back. sandra: a record-setting night for lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers. we turn to jared mack with highlights, we will try to pay attention but there is something going on over here. >> i will trade you 25 for 75, anybody got it? the cleveland cavaliers, nba record books rewritten last night for the chapter on three.is, game 2 wasn't even close, cavaliers took a numtwo-0 series lead winning the game 123-98, the game was all about 3-pointers, jr smith led the charge hitting 7 from long range, cavaliers shattered two nba playoff records and rewrote the books one week after the golden state warriors had done the same, the warriors who doesn't 3s in one half, last night the warriors nailed 18 in the first half and 7 more after halftime to break the warrior record of 21, the new mark 25, 3-pointers, lebron james scored 27 points including four, 3-pointers and something else happened last night in this basketball game. what do you do

. >>> two workers were rescued after their scaffolding collapsed on an east harlem apartment building the two men were left hanging for a short time before rescuers pulled them in through a 12th floor window. near was seriously -- neither was seriously hurt. >> thankful for today. >> you're welcome. >> i won't be here tomorrow. no one can yell at me an average day and that's what you get sometimes, a beautiful day in may. >> yeah. >> let's start with a live look outside, it is our live michael & son weather cam, down to 72. humidity 37%, very, very comfortable air mass. and clouds are in place but you've got time tonight. your friday night plans are fine. you're dry until about 3:00 a.m. yellow weather alert saturday, no surprise there. rain and showers. cold rain, heaviest now 7:00 a.m. to about 2:00 p.m. and then more showers and thunderstorms on sunday both a.m. and p.m. right now we have resisted and we have not issued a yellow weather alert for sunday. for the preakness, 1041st running of the -- 141st running of the preakness. the heavier rain tapers off the light rain or showers

take a look at the fire that broke out under elevated tracks on the metro north train in east harlem last night. we'll try to get the video for you in a second. this started with a small explosion at a garden nursery. service is suspended in and out of grand central terminal in new york city this morning and is expected to affect thousands. we'll have video later. >>> this morning the female firefighters in fairfax county will hold a news conference to say there's no problems with harassment within their fairfax county board of supervisors hired an outside consultant to examine the working environment inside the fire department. allegations of harassment surfaced after the recent suicide of firefighter nicole mittendorf. the men claiming to be with the fire department were found on a community blog. last week a person was placed on administrative leave after posted on his facebook page. >>> and montgomery county police are asking for your help to identify this man who shot at someone but didn't hit them in wheaton last week. you can see the man holding a silver handgun in his left ha

dall that's in harlem. witnesses heard a explosion. service was suspended into and out of grand central terminal, a major commuter hub. several buildings had to be evacuated. the railroad is offering limited service today. nearly 289,000 commuters take the railroad each day. >>> the national transportation safety board says an amtrak engineer is to blame for last year's derailment in philadelphia. it also says the absence of speed-control equipment was a contributing factor. kris van kleave reports. >> reporter: national transportation safety board investigators now believe the deadly amtrak crash was caused by the engineer's "loss of situational awareness." he told investigators minutes before the derailment he heard radio traffic between the dispatcher and engineer of a philadelphia commuter train that had been hit by a rock. the dispatcher asked him a couple of times if he needed medical attention, he said. they went back and forth a few times. as train 188 appeared, bostian said, "i blew my train's whistle quite a bit. i was concer

it happened in east harlem. workers spent the overnight hours checking structure and making emergency repairs. thousands of commuters were essentially stranded in grand central station. one fire fighter suffered minor injuries battling the blaze, in one else was hurt, ten train cars are damage. >>> a home owner in maine credits his rescue dog with rescuing him. >> john was eating dinner when his pit bull abby start barking at their back door. at first they didn't pay much attention but eventually they got up to see what she was barking about and that is when he saw black smoke pouring from his home. >> i think maybe she's just barking at something in the backyard, a noise from something and i was annoyed at first. i better pay attention because she's going frantic here. >> reporter: fire burned so hot it melted siding on another neighboring home. lucky, and thankfully to that dog, nobody was hurt but the home is destroyed. so far there is no word on a cause of the fire. >>> time right now is 4:43. meisha is watc

. >>> take a look at this new video from a fire under elevated train tracks under east harlem, new yorkhat fire hit propane and fertilizer, causing an explosion. authorities say this fire may have blown bolts from the track it was so intense. train service has yet to resume. >>> we have more information about a septa project in delaware county we first told you about on monday that could impact more than 1,000 riders each day. the crum creek viaduct needs to be replaced. a new bridge had been going up right next to it. in june workers have to shut down this piece of the line to put the new bridge in place from june 18th through labor day, commuters will have to catch a bus that will take them to the swarthmore station where they can get a train. >> taking the bus, there's no big roads between here and there. i can't imagine it will add more than ten minutes. >> septa says they're sorry for the inconvenience but they shouldn't need to bother commuters here for at least another 100 years. there are public meetings from 4:00 to 8:00. >>> 4:48. speaking of travel, let's check your travel to

involved officer resale martinez trying to arrest a man suspected of illegally riding a dirt bike in harlem. officer martinez was also seen punching a spectate ner the face. -- spectator in the face. ronnie pinkerton was standing nearby and captured the incident on the cell phone. >> my heart raced a little bit. is he going to shoot right now? as soon as he walked out, he hit him. >> police can honestly do whatever they want and get away with it. >> and tonight, officer martinez has been placed on modified duty. he has also been stripped of his gun and his badge. >>> not the kind of thing you would expect to see on a busy highway in philadelphia. a two-person blimp making an emergency landing. the blimp floated over the delaware river friday night before landing on interstate 95 in the fishtown philly. drivers on busy i-95 stopped their cars and wept over to help the pilot -- went over to help the pilot and his passenger. both were able to walk away. >> pretty much stopped the car. went over the barrier. tried to help the pilot. he brought it down over here. and by the time it ended up, he

more than 150 firefighters responded to the blaze in east harlem.ire forced evacuations to buildings on both sides of the tracks and the governor says this fire was so hot they could actually hear rivets and bolts popping from the el. >> this morning students at a catholic school in iowa will be lean on their faith as that community deals with the death of a classmate who was killed in a bizarre accident. perry sagan was upon a hammock at her home on saturday a brick pillar she and her sister had attached that hammock to collapsed on top of the 13-year-old geller. des moines police do not suspect foul play and they believe that the collapsed column was not securely in the ground. >> also new a guatemalan man in the custody of u.s. customs. officials say they caught him with $600,000 worth of cocaine. agents atlanta's heart field jackson international airport were inspecting the man's bags when they noticed several packages of uncooked red beans. police found a white powdery substance inside those bags which they later determined to be cocaine. they

and this year's harlem book fair will be held on july 16th. for more information about the book fairs and festivals booktv will be covering and to watch previous pest value coverage, disturb festival coverage, go to booktv.org. >> this week "the communicators" goes to the intx show in boston, the internet and television exing poe sponsored by the national cable and telecommunications association. we interviewed four fcc commissioners. >> host: and this is a special taping of c-span's "communicators" program. we thank intx for providing us this opportunity. all four commissioners here, and i want to start a little broad, and let's start down at this end. commissioner rosenworcel, as a regulator and as a consumer, what's your view of the cable industry? >> guest: wow. well, first of all, thank you for having me here. it's a treat to be here with my colleagues and back in new england. i'm a native, so it's a real joy to be able to come back to boston. the cable industry strikes me as supplying some of our nation's most important infrastructure. i

in harlem, you have bad parents in terrible public schools. >> big problem, the african american kids are in worse shape now than they've ever been and we have a black president. this not supposed to happen. you have to create incentives for people to work. have you to create jobs and we have to create the kind of a economy where people are making more money than doing nothing. >> but that is the federal government creation. have you to get the private sector to do that. >> you can still you'll yat through incentives. >> to make the kids learn in school? what incentive? >> you've been saying it. you need parents. nothing like parents. it's a huge problem. i sit down with the best and brightest. we have a president that should have been focused on this and sure he cares about it, but did a poor job. if you're an african american youth now you're in worse shape than ever were in the history of the country. >> the culture is driving that. >> the tough culture. all of my life. all talk, no action and controlled by donors and lobbyists. >> next up, talking global terrorism with donald trum

the cotton club in harlem, where duke ellington first broadcast his jungle music, was gone.me a star. birdland, the club named for charlie parker, abandoned jazz for rhythm and blues. in 1968, the last club on 52nd street finally closed its doors. even the five spot, where ornette coleman and john coltrane first performed their demanding music, eventually went out of business. during the late 1930s, jazz and swing had provided 70% of the profits in the music industry. by the mid-1970s, it was less than 3%. in 1975, miles davis himself said that jazz was dead-- "the music of the museum." branford marsalis: jazz just kind of died. it just kind of went away for a while. there were still people playing. there were still people playing, but to be honest, with the exception of a few like kenny barron or ron carter or sir roland hanna-- who really just stayed with it, you know-- a lot of the more talented younger generation that was supposed to come up did something else, and that had never happened before. wynton marsalis: today you go in to make a modern recording, all this techn

charles: i grew up in harlem in the 70s. yet the old saying snitches get stitches.need to find some sort of way of making sure criminals are commit violent crimes go away for a very, very, very long time and cannot come out and terrorize people. >> absolutely. we need to be supportive of law enforcement, but people and communities all over, you have to protect your neighborhoods because they are law-abiding citizens. we need to support our law enforcement and help them with intel the rumors or whatever it takes. do the crime and pay the time. charles: a lot of political correctness. i don't understand that. the very communities that are being affected they should be stepping up and demanding harsher sentences. >> i don't care about i'm going to jail. a carrot the guy carrying a gun. i want them to go to jail because these are the same ones coming out. it is a revolving door. charles: i agree. >> the most important thing is our committee. there is a group called blue shield's. charles: let's leave it there. we appreciate you watching. lou dobbs next. ♪ lou: good even