in albany, new york in the new york state capitol building, finished in 1894. we are also pleased to have join us a studio audience of albany area residents. some college students and historians, some people interested in al smith. they will also have a chance to ask some questions about al smith and the 1928 election, as will you. we will put some phone numbers on the screen so you can start to dial in now. this is the 6th in our 14-week series. "the contenders," the focus the 1928 election and al smith. john evers, what kind of a candidate was al smith in 1928? >> he was a fighter. if you look at him and you see the short stature, the pugnaciousness of him, his gravelly voice comes out all across america. this is one of the first campaigns where radio plays a role. he campaigns from the back of trains which is very common. he goes out there and he tries to engage in america on issues that are important to americans. they did not want to talk about those issues. prosperity was there so he could not say they were the issues -- he was not the candidate of prospe

he wanted to stay in new york. said, "i will be your most loyal supporter, and all i ask in return is that you be supportive of me in my efforts." and so, i said, "well, we got a deal, and we'll go forward." >> narrator: as the weeks wore on and just as that investigation about the car incident seemed a thing of the past, o'neill attended a conference of other agents in florida. >> we were meeting in bal harbour, at the marriott. john came in. he is just... i don't remember seeing john as distraught as he was this night. "what has happened?" he told me he left his briefcase in this room of 150 fbi agents and got a phone call. couldn't hear on his cell phone, so he just walked outside to take his call. walked back in, his briefcase was gone. he was completely freaked. >> narrator: o'neill's bag contained classified documents. taking them out of his fbi office was against the rules. >> and he knew even if there had been nothing in it, his sense was, because the bureau had come down hard on him the time before for some

about here and i want to bring in ryan devereaux reporter for democracy now he is in our studio in new york and ryan i want to just talk to you about the protest last night in new york outside of the fundraiser for president obama i know you were there and just talk to me a little bit about what it was like. well first say that i wasn't there for the entire duration of the protests but i did arrive early on and i was there for what the n.y.p.d. roofer to as a freeze when i first arrived there were probably about one hundred two hundred fifty protesters gathered near the hotel where president obama was expected to arrive they were kept in a pen be an area has become common in these demonstrations and the n.y.p.d. told some of the protesters that they were going to begin this quote unquote freeze at a certain time i was there when the freeze began and what it consisted of was blocking the protesters in they gave people that they gave me the option to you know stand inside the pen or stand outside the pen but i did not to stand inside the pen because it was very cold in it having been in some

occupy wall street's first camp in new york as a victim. journalist arrests at occupy wall street go public december twentieth eleven one of the most famous political prisoners in the world held in the u.s. taken off death row after thirty years but gets life behind bars without parole in moscow tens of thousands of people protest election results he gets protests in twenty years. in the u.s. despite initial promises to last only until. the occupy wall street movement still very much alive. protest a symbol of twenty eleven some have brought changes others results uncertain or even none at all news events come and go on the media can inflate them down play them or just question well the lessons of two thousand and eleven we learnt the your head will show so stay with us here at r.t. . r t your quite a bit of ground cover there highlighted and a lot of it i should mention she was on the front lines for so i want to bring in our to correspond honest. with me to talk about a few of the items we just saw in the report. i remember this the mounta

and occupiers in new york take on president obama might surprise surprise they were greeted by the end life he will tell you are not conflicts and it after the break. ins would only. do the work up to bring justice or. i have the right to know what my government would want to know why i pay taxes. i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you. see some other part of it and realize that everything is all. part of the big picture. mr. the police corruption is. what a protester nobody seems to know. that never happened sprayed the face but already argument that they're being overly dramatic. well wiki leaks is up and running again i'll be it not in its top form and founder julian assange has domes a cache of information this time regarding surveillance and a press conference earlier today in the u.k. response detail the spy files shedding light on a five billion dollar industry that is in high demand among governments around the world thus far several hundred docum

winds gusting to 37 in boston. 23 in new york. 35 in philly. well away from the center of the storm. we're seeing a blustery morning. the cold air has moved in. windchills in the 20s in most areas. it's a blustery day. winter coat and glofs for the first time in about a week. temperatures this morning compa compared to this time yesterday, about 22 degrees colder in new york. 23 in d.c. our dose of reality has returned. much of the country is feeling chilly. it finally looks a lot like winter in december. as far as we go, the storm is existing. things will improve today into the weekend. >> thanks. >>> banks rise. boeing makes peace. what makes a perfume cost $1 million? that's straight ahead. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. how about both? with covergirl lashblast fusion. our biggest brush meets our fiberstretch formula for a blast of volume and length. lashblast fusion. from easy, breezy, beautiful cover

tell them the story of martin luther king, in new york, malcolm x. some day, some time -- and a lot of black people go to church. those ministers in church, i tell them, do not preach about the hereafter, preach about none now. we are losing too many young minds. do not tell me that there are no good african-american doctors. my grandson became a doctor. there is nothing there to stop him -- he is supposed to graduate in april. [laughter] what i am saying is, the american school of public system -- the american public school system, the lower income population is not playing the role they should play. we are not adequately educating these children. the classrooms are too crowded -- that is all over the tv in new york. they blame it all on teachers. i think the youth deserve better. that is what i think. [applause] we have to start not when they are a teenager, but pre-k. [applause] >> you have said what families need to do. as a person in school, we know how much of our children's time is spent in school. we are often the surrogate parents for a lengt

tell them the story of martin luther king, in new york, malcolm x. some day, some time -- and a lot of black people go to church. those ministers in church, i tell them, do not preach about the hereafter, preach about none now. we are losing too many young minds. do not tell me that there are no good african-american doctors. my grandson became a doctor. there is nothing there to stop him -- he is supposed to graduate in april. [laughter] what i am saying is, the american school of public system -- the american public school system, the lower income population is not playing the role they should play. we are not adequately educating these children. the classrooms are too crowded -- that is all over the tv in new york.

in london. then they went to new york, los angeles, honolulu. and then when they landed in manila they flew, i think, a couple of people out of hong kong to see the producers. >> hinojosa: and is that... like, that kind if international search, is that common? >> i think it depends. i think if they're able to find somebody in the city that they're first looking, then i don't think that they would have needed to go all the way to the phillipines to search for the lead of this particular show. >> hinojosa: and did you know at that point... did you know at that point that there had been, like, a search, that they had auditioned... >> no. i was not aware of how exhaustive the seach had been previous to their arrival in manila. i had no idea. it's probably better that i didn't have any idea, that i didn't really have the bigger picture of who these people were. and i knew that they had created les miserables, and that cameron had produced all these other shows, but it didn't really occur to me, and i really had no idea, how big of a deal these shows a

obviously, deutch bank has major offices here in new york. e package which was packed with explosives and shrapnel obviously very dangerous indeed, was addressed to the outgoing c.e.o. of deutch bank due to step down in 2012. mr. ackerman is based directly in frankfurt, the headquarters of deutch bank, but, also, obviously, spend as good deal of time here in new york. so we are run this down right now. deutch bank has said them call us back and the new york police department asked us to e-mail any questions we have. the information is very scarce. the basics and package intercepted in frankfurt germany and may have been on way here to new york and for that very reason the nypd is tightening security around all deutch bank offices in the city. >>trace: the definition of that, when you say "tightening security of deutch banks," around new york city area are you talking about not letting people going back-and-forth? or packages? is it more of a cautionary defense of the banks or actually a physical defense? >>jonathan: more likely cautionary prog

christina is co-hosting in new york. >> it's beginning to look a lot like the holidays in new york. e twinkling lights, and ice skater. but everyone here in new york city on the arms of their princes, kate middleton and katie holmes. today, the tale of two kates. the duchess dazzled. at an award ceremony awarding soldiers. kate was all smiles as she walked the red carpet. stunning in a dress designed by alexeneder mcqueen. a strapless gown that showed off her figure. >> you have to look they designs of the designer of the bridesmaid dress. she know house to access her best asserts. >> with a ruffles an homage to princess diana. >> there were elements of the dress that were similar. the jewelry bore a resemblance and of course, the same ring. >> tom and katie on the red carpet. towers in heels, 5'9" katie in her own krea united nations and black stockings. is she brings back on ald style. and the stars of "mission impossible" all smiles before it guys in theaters tomorrow. >> are you doing anything here in new york city? >> we want to the nut crack interwent to rockefeller center and

tell them the story of martin luther king, in new york, malcolm x. some day, some time -- and a lot of black people go to church. those ministers in church, i tell them, do not preach about

. -- atn in new york. it -- atm in new york the. the ad would run for ten seconds or customers cannot view the ad and pay the surcharge. additionally at bottom of the atm receipt there's a coupon which could be redeemed at local businesses. and we want to know what you think about this. go to the facebook fan page or you can get there through abc2news.com/facebook weighing in would you be willing to watch a 10 second add to -- ad to avoid a atm charge. >>> 250 toars a chair for the green bay packers. it doesn't pay dividends and you don't have value. the money will be used to make improvements to lambeau field home of the defending champions. our producer wants tree mind everyone of that every chance she gets. >>> chance to sample burger king's new fries. it will be used from thicker cut potatoe. they will give away super sized value orders of this at the stores on friday, december 16th. >>> okay. check this out. tennessee students in nashville will give up all forms of technology in exchange for extra cred

and the empire state building in new york will get the same treatment today. world aids day has been marched each december 1st since 1988. >>> and coming to an end in san francisco. and 72 students are in for worldwide attention. they're the first class to graduate from the oprah winfrey leadership academy for girls. and all 72 of the girls have been accepted at universities in south africa or in the u.s. some even got full scholarships. definitely one of oprah's best legacies. >>> nba teams open their practice facilities today for optional player workouts. that as the league's new labor deal moves toward completion. >>> as for college hoops, the highlights, now, from will selva at espn news. >> good morning. we had a top-ten matchup in college basketball between wisconsin and north carolina. tar heels coming off their first loss of the season. badgers getting the steal here. ben, just throws up the circus tent, why don't you. wisconsin down two. harrison barnes doing his thing. tar heels up by three. second half. still a tight game. wisconsin down four. frank

we've lost the opportunity in new york, for four years we had democrats all around. ng to happen overnight. but it takes optimism and you have to start, as dylan said, you have to bypass the legislation in congress and go to the people. if you don't have a leader who does it, maybe when cuomo runs for re-election and he wants to be president, he'll have to understand those of us in new york who want new york to be number one are not happy. >> the most interesting thing about the nature of this debate, whether it's talking about the 20th amendment or redistricting or these type of things, is that it takes us away from the race to the bottom of ideas about, you know, a given tax proposal or a given health regulation, where we can all fight with each other, and forces us to look at the actual goldfish bowl and the toxicity in the water that we're all swimming in, regardless of our political point of view. and one of the reasons i was really excited to have you here, bill, was because of your alignment with the principles of justice beyond the politics, which go to those

closest precipitation, up over the great lakes, lake effect snows in the northern new york state. round maryland, passing clouds, some rain offshore of north carolina with a little area of low pressure. drier, colder air funneling in to the day tomorrow and across the northern tier of the u.s., see how cold the core the fresh shot of canadian air is. 28 in erie and detroit now. the trend shows passing clouds tomorrow, a decent day. in to sunday, a sunny scenario, great for christmas eve night and day. overnight 30, less windy. tomorrow 44 at the airport. sun and clouds, again, seasonably cool. tomorrow night, santa, getting in the action here, 28 degrees, clear, calm, cold, and as we look to the seven-day forecast, again, interesting, this mild trend continues to hold up. we warm up closer to 50 on sunday. tuesday and wednesday talking about temperatures back near 50. interesting, kickoff tomorrow at 1:00 with cleveland, mt bank stadium, might be closer to 39, 40 degrees. dress warmer if you are going to the game. >> i have family from texas, they want to hear white christmas. >> i

in 1853 in response to a freight elevator accident in new york city. until that time, elevators were quite common in buildings but typically used just for handling freight. elisha otis -- elijah otis successfully demonstrated the safety device he had created. even of the elevator and he cut the device, and he did not fall. everyone was impressed by that. in 1857, the oldest brother's company installed their first passenger elevator on broadway in new york. believe it or not, many of those first elevators were actually started and stopped by a hand broke. >> what drove those old elevators? what was their motive power? >> in some cases, they might have even been hp. >> and then changed to electric? >> electric cited to come in the 1890's, and that was around the time when the elevator stopped from material handling and started to be used more frequently for passengers. in 1878, there was a demonstration of the other thing that allowed architects to build taller buildings was the advent of a higher quality steel manufacturing. in 19003, the first productio

fight their cause on one side of america on the other riot police are busy arresting demonstrators in new york. the latest. almost two dozen people were arrested in new york during what looked like a very peaceful demonstration we're also getting reports that members of the occupy wall street media team there have been arrested they were providing a live stream of the protest on the internet so that's new york occupiers of march they are in solidarity with their fellow protesters on the west coast where thousands are taking on board from california to alaska to disrupt what they describe as an economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations this is being the message of the whole occupy movement which started three months ago with the protesters are marching down ports in san diego los angeles portland seattle tacoma. and courage that's in alaska this should give you a sense of the scale of the action there we're getting reports that the protesters have shut down several terminals in portland and l.a. the poured in oakland has also been shut down we're also keeping a

from the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are the top stories. >>> one of bernie fine's accusers is expected to announce he's filing a lawsuit in civil court. zam tom selly accused the former basketball coach of sexually abusing him in a pittsburgh hotel room in 2002. the fda hearing evidence about whether the birth control pill is dangerous. the government looking at side effects including claims about an increased risk of blood clots. there are allegations the drugmaker bayer hid evident of risk. >>> heavy rain and wet snow coming down in the eastern united states. check on your flights to. let's get a check on today's weather. jacqui jeras is in atlanta. good morning, jacqui. >> good morning, carol. the good news is, things are looking a lot better in about five hours. so as we progress throughout the day things will be improving but it will be a slow go of it. the radar picture, we're looking at about prove dense towards boston and northward, the rain and a little freezing mix and the snow into the interior parts of t

always accountable. 39 in york. 20s back to the west. the cold air made it down to the gulf coast where it's 27 in jackson mississippi. they are in the 40s in north florida. that storm system has cleared out the east coast but as you can see, up in new england, i don't know why the maps are jumping around. we are on the edge of the clouds and influence is producing a little windy conditions this morning. future trend highlight. this next push of cold air comes at us with cloud to the west on saturday. moisture in the form of rain on the lower eastern shore. squeeze play in between. we may go partly to mostly cloudy and may turn wendy -- wendy as well. but today -- wendy as well. 4 -- windy as well. winds last night over 40 miles an hour. today, 15 to 25-mile-per-hour push will be average. but there's gusts over 30 this morning. tonight we will settle back down to 28 degrees under a clearing sky. the wind will settle down. we have the forecast updated in bottom of the screen. and we didn't expect any school delays this morning. we only exp

it's also reflective of the much more radical nature of the occupations in the west coast whereas in new york they are a little bit sort of more intellectual and talk about these big issues in oakland they are and there is i'm sure they are not not ashamed to say that they want to bring down the system of capitalism and that divide sort of the sort of more radical side of occupy wall street and people who sort of want to work more within the system is one that the movement is going to have to grapple with and resolve somehow before the spring and kristen you were mentioning earlier a little bit about the unions and about some of the things that the occupy demonstrators want to bring to light i guess i want to get your take i don't know how much you know about the international longshore and warehouse union i know that they wanted the support that you guys one of the support of them and it didn't happen talk a little bit about this relationship and what you're still hoping to achieve regarding unions we even without their full support. well in regard to support we do have overwhelming support

>> daggeroni, baby. >> jimmy: dag in new york city. david alan grier in new york. ed to be traveling. i'm usually on tour. i'm doing, i don't know, dingle berry's comedy club. [ laughter ] in -- long island. >> jimmy: such a great club. >> i'm like, "what are you, nuts? it's broadway!" no, i love new york. i love being here. but you know, new york is like its own deal. it's like its own deal. you guys do your own thing in new york. you order food differently here. it's true, you know the deal. i was dating this girl and she said, "will you go get me a bagel?" i said, "yeah baby, i'll do whatever you want." she said i want an everything bagel. and i was like, "okay. you want a bagel. everything bagel, i got that." so, i went to the bagel place. you know, i was like, "may i get a bagel with everything on it." [ laughter ] and the dude was like, "oh, you mean an everything bagel?" you know, he's trying to get in my face, you know, new york. [ laughter ] i'm like, "no, man." >> jimmy: he wasn't trying to get in your face. >> "nah man, hey, hey man, excuse me, hey, man,

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or not artsy in new york. so add on our phase one invade iraq force regime change and spend billions of american tax dollars in the meantime phase two new prime ministers ring. us over iran what could possibly go wrong that story coming up in. just burned your eyes right right i mean it's like a derivative of pepper it's a food product essentially. it's much stronger than anything you see by. thousands of times we're stronger than any kind of ever put. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't like tarp was a big. it was a celebration of sorts at the white house today president obama met with iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki to discuss the end of the war in iraq and what's next for the two countries in terms of diplomacy security and trade we're here to mark the end of this war to honor the sacrifices of all those who made this day possible

reporting there and our correspondent lucy cover of this in new york following the protests across america and updating her twitter account and you see here that she reports that the police are arresting protesters on mass in new york and also some arrests reported on the west coast in l.a. and san diego follow her twitter updates at the moment at the. international austerity inspectors the so-called troika are in greece to put in place a second lifeline for the debt ridden country athens narrowly avoided default in december after it received a vital cash injection but still remains at risk as cracks are widening in the e.u. after what's considered a major divorce between britain and other members of brussels summit. has more. it's not easy running a business even a small one like this german company which produces isolation materials for gas turbines loans taxes salaries competition it's enough to keep any business man's head busy but many still wonder why rules different when it comes to the big book or in this case the euro. when a business takes a loan and can't paid back it announces

in years past, this gain has held in new york and baltimore. game has been held in new york and baltimore. the army fell short in this game. have a full wrap up coming up in sports. >>> thank you for that. we have more games to come. a man accused of threatening cantor maybe heading to jail. >> let's -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> a tennessee man threatened house leader eric cantor. guilty to making inne calls to eric cantor october. to destroy the congressmen and kill his wife. expected to get a 13 month sentence. >>> this morning, volunteers laid 100,000 wreaths at arlington national cemetery. this decoration is the most impor

first let's get to the news live at 50 50:30 at 30 rock in new york city. the gingrich campaign is ramping up efforts in iowa as new polling shows the former house speaker opening up a big lead. with less than a month to go before voting, an abc news/"washington post" poll shows newt gingrich with 33% support of likely republican caucus-goers in iowa. that is 15 points ahead of mitt romney and ron paul who are tied for second place. ron paul obviously should be on that list. he's in second place. gingrich putting renewed focus on new hampshire where a new ad casts him as the republican candidate best equipped to deal with the challenges ahead. >> i was amused by the newt gingrich ad because he talked about how he's going to bring the country together to solve problem. talk about the godfather of gridlock, the guy who two decades ago invented the kind of tactics that have become commonplace in washington. this is a whole new newt. >> we heard it here first, the obama case against newt? >> i think it may be the public's case against him. i don't think people w

balmy, 61 degrees in new york. enjoy that. highlight flight delays. >> did you say 61 in new york. >> high temp. go out. it's going to be kind of muggy and rainy and soupy. >> who cares, though. it's december, baby. >> sprinkler in the summer. >> i'm going to. good advice. it'll be ugly looking but i'll do it. thanks, rob. >>> a suicide blast rocking a shrine in kabul, afghanistan. at least 18 were killed in that and a second explosion in another city and police, well, they expected to find more carnage. zain verjee has more on this and the rest of the world headlines. anybody taking responsibility for these explosions, zain? >> good morning, carol, no, so far no one has taken responsibility, just a short while ago, we heard from one spokesperson on the ground in kabul saying 40 at least are dead and at least 100 are wounded. this happened at a shrine called abdel faisal shrine. we're getting reports that the other attack in the area has killed four. we'll continue to follow the story. this is the situation on the ground and th

i live in brooklyn, new york, a place called garrison beach. in coney island, brooklyn, and i do construction for a living. my father was being treated at the va hospital in baybridge hospital in brooklyn, new york. he had bladder cancer and his body had enough, and he had his last breath and just took a lot out of me. you know what? >> i knew he was in a better place. at least i thought that's where he was going was to a better place. the next day i went to the daniel george funeral parlor to make arrangements for my father to be laid out. the owner of the establishment kind of made everything go smoothly, made me feel good and comforted me. i actually picked out a wood-type coffin. with my father being that he was a carpenter loved wood. i didn't want to go with the aluminum because it was kind of cold and just -- not -- there was no warmth to it, and picking out a coffin for your father is not something that you want to do. there were a lot of things that i wanted to stipulate to, as far as that. i did not want to have my father embalmed pip

weather-wise, we're looking good in new york city. at midnight, temperatures will be in the mid, even upper-40s. look at the rest of the nation and find your place. fair skies and relatively dry almost everywhere. we'll look at the start to 2012. i think you need to know this. a cold blast of air to start you out in 2012. that means that your january, with windchills below zero. that's for new england, other parts of the northeast. spots that really have been very mild, about to get that change. old man winter coming in, right as we good morning, washington, at the new year's eve. it is almt balmy o out there around the 50s degree mark. is moist acroross some of the ars withth a coldront t that has tough. there is some she activivity the city whicich dissipate as we go through the day. pary sunny and temperatures 55- d degre. nicer to more wi more sunshinine >> you learn so much being up here on a platform like this. this switch, when i turned it on, that's not somebody just flipping it. this thing actually works. so much coming up on

>> well, i live in new york now. ool in new york? >> yeah. >> jimmy: what's your major? >> acting. >> jimmy: oh my gosh. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i got your first role. i got your first big role right here, ryan. what's your last name? >> norfleet. >> jimmy: ryan norfleet. >> yeah. >> jimmy: ryan norfleet. all right, here's your first -- your first character, is a man who has to fit into this sweater? [ laughter ] >> i think i can do it. i think i can do it. >> jimmy: and enjoy the show, ryan. here you go. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] oh. [ cheers and applause ] ryan, you are pulling it off. this is looking good. >> oh, thanks. >> jimmy: oh my god, thank you so much. congratulations. ryan norfleet, everybody. congratulations. we'll be right back with sarah jessica parker, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ great prices. i just wish you could guarantee me they won't be beat. oh, actually... then i'd be like, you rule! and my kids would be like, you rule! oh, load up the sleigh; this is going to be a great christm

announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 30th, 2011. >>> good evening, all, i'm bill weir. for american troops serving in afghanistan, one killer has surpassed all others. the improvised explosive device. they have either taken the lives or shattered the bolds of more than 8,000 u.s. service members of that war. and they are such a relens lent scourge because they are so easy to make, with a couple of ingredients that end up being disturbingly easy to buy. here's nick schifrin with our series, "nightline investigates." >> reporter: down every rutted road in afghanistan, nothing scares u.s. troops more than this. an ied, just blew up beneath this truck. >> is everyone okay? >> reporter: ieds are the u.s.'s enemy number one in afghanistan. >> oh, my ears. >> reporter: they killed or wounded more than 8,000 american troops. and the numbers are getting worse. >> [ bleep ]. this is close as we get to the source of all our problems. ieds. >> reporter: meet this sar jet. he's an explosives techni

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