but laguardia is really no stranger to birds colliding with planes. remember the miracle on the hudson back in 2009 when geese flew into the engine and sully sullenberger really became a hero for keeping all 155 people on board safe. >> he certainly did. thankfully no such heroics necessary today. >> thank goodness. >>> much more ahead on the fight against the islamic state. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says this must be an international effort. the united states cannot act alone. so who joins and in what way? that's coming up. . . . >>> the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says america cannot fight the islamic state alone, adding it has to be a global effort. ambassador power also announcing that president obama will head a security council meeting on the threat of foreign terrorists including the islamic state fighters. that's set to begin about three weeks from now. leah gabriel is live in our newsroom here in new york city with the rest of the details on this. leah? >> well, shep, speaking to a group of reporters today, ambassado

the story goes that when the berg collection opened in 1940 and it was a big event mayor laguardia was there it's all fact that we have a tradition that the mayor being rather robust gentleman sat in this chair and burst through the caning. and then it was retained so supposedly that is the only original part of this chair. >> host: but that's not documented story? >> guest: i have not seen it documented in any way that is passed to the oral tradition. >> host: thank you for showing us her collection. >> guest: my pleasure, thank you for being here. mary ruwart and jeff waddoups talk about the minimum wage law and whether it's beneficial. the two spoke at the freedom is the largest libertarian conference in the country for about 15 minutes. ♪ >> thank you very

the story goes that when the berg collection in october of 1940, was a big event and mayor laguardia was invited here that is all fact. we have through moral tradition that the mayor, and being rather robust gentlemen sat in this chair and burst through the caning. supposedly that's the only non-original part of this chair. >> but that's not a documented story? >> i've not seen it documented in any way. but that was what was passed. >> thank you for showing this regular collection. >> my pleasure. thank you for being here. >> and booktv is on location with the new york public library in mid town manhattan. ann thornton is joining us from the library. but you do your quick >> i am the director of the research libraries for the near public library. >> what does that mean quick >> or for research libraries. this one in midtown manhattan. the schaumburg center for research in black culture. the library for the performing arts at lincoln center in the business library at 34 street and madison avenue. >> as director, what you do? >> collections, exhibitions, fellowships and research servic

story goes that when the berg collection opened in october of 1940, it was a big event, and mayor laguardia was invited. that's all fact. but we have it through oral tradition that the mayor, being rather robust gentleman, sat in this chair and burst through the caning. so -- and then it was recaned. so supposedly, that's the only non-original part of this chair. >> host: but that's not a documented story? >> guest: i have not seen it documented in in any way, but that's what was passed to me in oral tradition. >> host: thank you for showing us part of your collection. >> guest: my pleasure. thank you for being here. >> here's a look at -- >> next booktv is live with steve almond, author of "against football -- >> top of the list is syndicated radio host steve harvey: >> that's this week's list of nonfiction bestsellers according to the washington post. >> next, booktv is live with steve almond, author of "against football," and gregg easter brook, the author of "the king of sports." they discuss the impact of football on american society and why it must change by examining the brutality of

now, these were three separate incidents happening at laguardia airport between 7:45 and 8:45 as the planes were approaching the airport for landing. two were delta flights, one an express flight. all three planes landed safely. >>> this morning, the president had strong words for isis after the u.s. government authenticated the video of beheading of an american journalist. the state department still said it is not putting timetable on military action in syria, but the president is sending more troops into iraq. nbc 10 national correspondent tracie potts has the report today from washington. >> this morning, president obama is calling the beheading of a second american journalist stephen sotloff a horrific act of violence. >> americans are repulsed by bash barbarism. they do not intimidate us, only unite us against terrorist. >> reporter: it will take time and effort, the president said. airstrikes continue in iraq, switch units in and out of iraq resulting from 350 more troops the there. >> it's not a group we can safely co-exist with and this is increasingly clear. >> they accuse t

between one hour and two hours at laguardia and philadelphia. the rest of the country looking pretty quiet. some quiet weather heading in our direction. more on that coming up in about 10 minutes. >> thank you. new developments after a virginia state police investigation. we are learning more about a deadly police shooting in percival, virginia that took the life of a loudoun county teenager. >> we are still poring over that report. loudoun county just posted it on their website. officials released information from the report summarizing the report by virginia state police of what happened during that police involved shooting that kill aedoudoun county teenager. the commonwealth's attorney said the team was at a friends house when he began threatening his own life. the commonwealth attorney went on to say that a tropical -- a struggle between the teen and his friends began inside and spilled outside. there were seven witnesses to the incident. all of whom were talk to during the state police investigation. officers responded to the scene. one of

andme delays at laguardia travel delays in san francisco. on view pop-up showers in south -- a few pop-up showers in south florida could hold you up. other than that, clear skies and temperatures cool here to the 60's this evening. a chilly night for baseball, and that we will talk about the rain in the forecast that we could use. that is coming up from the bill for -- belfort furniture weather center coming up. national -- it is national voter registration day. upre are locations set england burnie and columbia. in 2008, 6 million americans reportedly did not vote because they missed a registration deadline where did not know how to register. a big vote happening in the district -- the d.c. council is expected to vote this afternoon on whether to allow the carrying of concealed firearms in public. the vote comes after a federal judge struck down the ban on carrying her home gun -- carrying handguns outside of the home. mayor vincent gray spoke about the bill this morning on our sister station news channel 8. >> the bill is about whether it

the woman could be sentenced to as much as six months at laguardia. [ laughter ] hard time.an called portland police monday to report that traffic was being held up by a chicken attempting to cross a road. then on tuesday, he called back to report a priest and rabbi walking into a bar. [ laughter ] "what? no, i don't know what the bartender said. oh, my god, seven ate nine!" [ laughter ] this is incredible. a 4-year-old girl has been found after she spent two weeks wandering through -- she was wandering through a bear infested forest in russia. even more amazing, she walked out of the forest, wearing a bear skin coat. [ light laughter ] [ russian accent ] i do not have bear problem. bear has little girl problem. [ laughter ] there is no more bear problem for any of us. little girl has taken care of bear. [ laughter ] be this a lesson to all the bears, little girls will not be trifled with. [ laughter ] and finally, i love this story. a former zookeeper has started a cat circus called cirque de pussy. true story. it features trained cats and incredibly disappointed audience m

. >>> 6:45, just in three bird strikes within an hour at laguardia airport.ctures of the airport now. good news, no injuries, no damage to any of the planes, two planes were delta, one an express jet. the planes were all approaching laguardia from portland, cleveland, and greensboro but managed to land safely. >>> time to look at the microclimate forecast this morning. taking a live look outside, much closer to home, overlooking downtown san jose. check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. i've been on a plane right after one of the bird strikes and they do a thorough check after that, takes an hour. we'll get you more information coming up. as for our local airports, sfo, flight delays. thick, low ceilings out there and comfortable temperatures to greet you when you walk out your front door. 59 the temperature now in san jose. 61, good morning to you, livermore. it's going to be hot out there today. but everywhere else, with exclusion of your extreme east bay valleys, temperatures right at average. that's where we have

if you are traveling today, big-time delays at laguardia. everything else looks pretty .ood across the country futurecast will show you some of those stray showers this afternoon, mainly a long and west of the blue ridge, kind of fizzled out in the evening hours, but watch what happens as we move into the overnight -- a couple showers we develop, especially north of the city. some of this will happen while you are sleeping. some of it will linger into the early morning commute tomorrow. it's something will be watching closely, but still only looking at maybe a 20% or 30% chance that you will get wet in your backyard. most of us will be dry. a nice afternoon. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70's. we do expect more of that fog to develop overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. hell give way to a little more sunshine late in the day. we'll show you the chance of showers and thunderstorms this week. there's that fall-like conditions, 60's this weekend. cracks about to get those long sleeves out. jackie, thank you. prince george's

the pilots each reported bird strikes yesterday while approaching new york's laguardia airport. increasing danger. jeff pegues is in queens, new york, where the bird strike first captured the nation's attention five years ago. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these bird strikes can cause loss of life and serious damage to planes and laguardia's airport has seen its share of them over the years. because it owes over the water there's a large amount of geese, but the reports are happening over the country. the first air strike came after 7:00 a.m. as an express jet plane was coming in. at 8:523 another suppress jet reported striking a bird after taxiing on the same runway. less than three hours later a pilot of an air canada jet reported a third strike 12 miles northeast of the airport. it's just the latest example of dangerous and potentially deadly aviation hazard. earlier this year a pilot struck a bird near the runway in ft. myers, florida. >> a board hit me in the head. >> reporter: and in march another incident on a flight heading to palm beach. in january of 2

the faa started doing ground stop in laguardia, jfk, and logan. those heroes of the day already started doing their jobs to try to contain the event that was unfolding before our eyes. 09:05, the white house chief of staff down at booker elementary school whispered in the president's ear, "mr. president, a second airliner has just struck the south tower of the world trade center. america is under attack." everybody remembers if you saw the video, the president's face went stoic. he was looking out over students in the classroom, and you could see everybody getting news reports, all the press corps that travels with him. he decided to remain calm and stay in that classroom because he knew his national security staff behind the scenes was doing everything they could to get the president options to respond. by 9:30, he made his comments from the school. they got him in the motorcade and whisk him back to sarasota as fast as they could and got him back on air force one. anytime we have a national emergency in america, we want to get our president to a

a delta flight from new york's laguardia airport to palm beach, florida made an unscheduled stop in jacksonville. a woman reclined her seat and disturbed the woman behind her, who was trying to sleep on her tray table. >> she was like i lost a dog and lost two dogs in the last month and i want her off of here or i'm -- i want you to stop this plane. >> this woman next to me knitting tried reclining her seat back. the woman behind her started screaming and swearing. >> police escorted the woman off the plane. this is the third fight about the seat reclining in two weeks. >>> the raiders could be on the verge of a new stadium deal that would keep them in oakland. according to the "san francisco chronicle" the city of oakland has offered to pay $120 million as part of a proposal to build a new stadium. it's not clear yet where that money would come from. the decision to stay in oakland ultimately rests with team owner mark davis. in recent months, he talked about moving the team possibly to l.a. or san antonio. >>> michael sam is hooked up with another nfl team. the first openly gay player drafted

. >>> in new york, the faa is investigating after three bird strikes were reported at laguardia airportithin one hour yesterday morning. they happened after the planes were landing or shortly after setting down. all three planes did land safely with no damage. >>> and investigators want to know what caused a water main break that led to this giant sinkhole that swallowed a bus with 13 people on board. look at that. everyone was able to crawl out through the windows. one person had minor injuries. >>> well, animal control officers in southern california are trying to catch a cobra on the loose. the venomous snake bit a dog. look at that, it's an albino cobra. officials are warning that the cobra will strike if cornered. >>> in utah picky eaters are rejoicing. 300 pounds of broccoli spilled on the interstate yesterday morning. it took two hours to clean up the broccoli. a car tried to swerve to avoid the mess and flipped over. no one was hurt. >>> an arkansas woman is accused of stuffing handfuls of makeup in her purse and her mug shot isn't doing her lawyer any favors. police say she sto

. >> he'll make everything in your world fit by the time you get to laguardia. >> if it's a white englishspeaker, i get out, because he's clearly made some wrong choices in his life. >> there was the courteous cabby that wears a tie with an american flag on it. i think he was culled the courteous cabby. >> maybe it's time we got punished by abstention of the female cab driver. >> i know where you're going with this female smell thing. >> okay. on that point, coming up, what is the most swankified place in town? we find out. but first, get your hate hat on. we hate on isis after the break. >>> our enemies will burn. but not until next term. the obama administration is reportedly planning a campaign against isis that may take three years to complete. according to "the new york times," the first phase is focused on air strikes. the second phase involves training or arming kurdish fighters. the last phase, destroying the enemy in syria might not be funnished until the next administration. the president said it will look like a counterterrorism campaign. monday, the white house press secretary

. >>> pilots each reported bird strikes yesterday while approaching new york's laguardia airport.ork where bird strikes first captured the nation's attention five years ago. good morning. >> reporter: these bird strikes can cause loss of life and serious damage to planes and laguardia airport has seen its share of them over the years because it's located over the water there's a large population of geese. the first bird strike was reported around 7:00 a.m. and then at 8:53 another express jet reported striking a bird after landing on the same runway. less than three hours later, 11:15, a pilot of an air canada flight reported another bird strike. earlier this year a pilot struck a bird near the runway in ft. meyers florida. in march, anothers in department on a flight headed to west palm beach. >> be advised we hit birds here. >> in 1995 when sullenberger hit a flock of geese, he landed in the hudson river. >> even though the word of the bird strikes have increased, there is more to be done. >> it has increased from 1,900 in 1990 to a record 11,315 last year. but the number of bir

. >> the 118 passengers were put on another flight to laguardia two hours behind schedule.te troopers in pennsylvania say they've recovered an s-u-v belonging to their prime suspect in a police ambush. police say eric frein is a survivalist with a lot of weapons, and a vendetta against law enforcement. authorities believe frein was the sniper who shot and killed one trooper and critically injured another last friday they even let the tiger stick his head out of the squad car window. so many reported as the dead tiger and thus have the road here turn out to be just a stuffed tiger. >> that's what you say about arkansas. a group of marine biologists have captured on video a rare deep-sea creature in the gulf of mexico. what you're seeing here is a *sy-fawn-of-for . i have to say it correctly. but the hard-won. >> better you than me. >>it's not just one animal. it's a living colony made up of many individual organisms working together. each of these tiny organisms has a highly specialized function... to ensure the *sy- fawn-of-for* can move, eat and breathe. the creatures are

laguardia was there it's all fact that we have a tradition that the mayor being rather robust gentleman sat in this chair and burst through the caning. and then it was retained so supposedly that is the only original part of this chair. >> host: but that's not documented story? >> guest: i have not seen it documented in any way that is passed to the oral tradition. >> host: thank you for showing us her collection. >> guest: my pleasure, thank you for being here. mary ruwart and jeff waddoups talk about the minimum wage law and whether it's beneficial. the two spoke at the freedom is the largest libertarian conference in the country for about 15 minutes. ♪ >> thank you very much. i appreciate this conference so much. marc and joanne formed a long time ago. i've been helping out since 2002. i find this is one of the greatest meetings of the mind ever conceived when you go from a session on confucius versus saint thomas aquinas to a debate between gold and bitcoins in l. a. debate on minimum wage. we are covering the waterfront in this conference. the debate before is now one of i believe

. >>> a delta flight from laguardia to palm beach florida diverted to jacksonville after two passengers got into a fight. a witness says it started when one passenger tried to recline her seed sooet and the passenger behind her got upset. >> this woman sitting next to me, knitting, tried to recline her seat back. the woman behind her started screaming and swearing and then flight attendant came over. that just exacerbated what was going on. then she demanded that the flight land. >> the upset passenger was escorted off and the rest of the passengers continued on to palm beach. >>> a jury is expected to continue deliberations against former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife. who the governor says he is putting his faith in this morning. >>> plus the excitement >>> yep. it is back to school for the last holdouts of summer. nearly 400,000 students across northern virginia, fairfax, loudoun and prince george's counties. kristen wright is live with the change coming to school. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we were watching parents walking their children into the element

and the story goes that when the collection open in october 1940, mayor laguardia was invited.hey had it is a tradition that the mayor who was a rather robust gentlemen, supposing that that was the only non-original part of this. >> that is not a documented story. >> that was what is fascinating in the tradition. >> you for showing me your collection. >> it is my pleasure. >> this week, the national book foundation announced their long list for the national book award for nonfiction. the list will be shortened to five nominees next month in preparation for the announcement of the winner on november 19 in new york city. this year's national book award long list titles for nonfiction are roz chast, "can't we talk about something more pleasant", "john demos, "the heathen school", a story of hope and the trail and the urge of the early republic. >> this is a story of faith. to help to understand our history. we don't like to think much about failure. american history is supposed to be a success story and most if you look at it, it is not. and yet, i think it is important what we ca

. >>> there were three bird strikes at new york city's laguardia airport two. two express jet airline flights hit a flock of birds an hour apart. one was landing and the other was taxiing. there was no danimage to the planes and no one has hurt. a bird strike near the same area let to the miracle on the hudson. he landed the plane in the hudson river and earn was ee ve evacuated safely. >>> a bus was carrying a high school volleyball team and their coaches. home from a competition last night. the driver of the car was trying to cross the highway when it hit the back of the bus. the passenger in the car died. the students injured are expected to be okay. >>> madoff's last surviving son has died after a battle with cancer. he died at a new york city hospital. he was first diagnosed in 2003 but it went into remission. it returned in 2012. andrew and his brother mark worked for their father. he was arrested for his involvement in a $65 billion ponzi scheme. two years later, mark took his own life. funeral arrangements for andrew will be private. >>> a pennsylvania

a delta into it from laguardia in new york heading to palm beach, florida had to make an unscheduledville. apparently a witness says a woman reclined her seat and disturbed the woman behind her who was trying to sleep on her tray table. >> she was like, i lost a job, two dogs in the last month and i want her off of here. i want you to stop this plane. >> this woman who was sitting next to me knitting actually just tried reclining her seat back. the woman behind her started screaming and swearing. >> the woman was removed from the plane in jacksonville. this is the third fight about seat reclining in two weeks. >>> check your food labels for calories and fat content and you can check the politics behind the brand. our cate caugiran has details on something that gives new meaning to voting with your wallet. >> there's so much more to know. >> reporter: it's the politics of grocery shopping. >> a way to find out where my money is going. >> reporter: a way to find out if that cleaning product of yours is a democrat or republican. the app, by partisan. you download the app, pick a product

. >>> well, it has happened again more rage, delta airlines flight from new york's laguardia to palm beach had to land in jacksonville where things got heated in the cabin. apparently a woman tried to rekline her seat a move that was not well received in the row behind her who was trying to sleep on the tray table. that woman, was taken away by jacksonville police. she told police she was upset over recent death of her two dogs. >>> midair scare that was caught on camera, this is an a legionnaire lines flight where passengers had to put on oxygen masks when the plane lost cabin pressure. that plane was in route from grand rapids michigan to orlando, florida. they made an emergency landing safely, in greenville, south carolina fortunately no one was hurt. >>> well, we know labor day weekend is the last, long weekend of the summer were you there are some opportunities in the fall, to get away and you can usually do it in the lower price. >> that is welcome. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan has details. >> reporter: beach season may be drawing to a close but fall offers

i had to fly from laguardia and if there is a doubt in the mind of the desperate need for infrastructureake that flight and separate question on how to pay for it but that is aside for a moment. the subject of the topic is climate change and two comments and then ask jack and lew and michael green stone to join me. one is i have gotten pretty involved in this and the reason i've gotten pretty involved are twofold, one, as i learn more about it i began to realize you not only have the most likely scenarios which are pretty serious and in many cases severe over time but you also have the real possibility unfortunately and maybe a fairly high probability that what ultimately happens are consequences that are vast multiples of the base case and effects instead of just being i shouldn't say of just being severe but in addition to being severe in the long run become catting catastrophic and we can expand on that in your conversation. secondly, i said to a friend of mine the other day who is a well-known business man that i developed this intense concern about this and he said well you know the

. ♪ >> three planes make safe lanning at laguardia airport in new york city after reported bird strikesuthority officials say the three planes were coming in this morning when they were hit by birds. all of this happening in less than two hours. luckily no one was hurt and there's no damage to the planes. the faa says they will investigate. >> we now know the identity of a third american sick with ebola 51 year old dr. rick sacra in liberia where he got sick. the president his missionary says he originally went from there boston to help deliver babies. the president also says he doesn't know whether he will return to the united states for treatment. meantime 59 year old ebola survive nancy wright bowl is talking about her terrifying or dole after weeks of battling ebola writebol was released from emory university hospital late last month. the american aid worker says she is thankful to be alive today. >> there were many times when i thought i don't think i'm going to make it any more. >> wait bowl and kent brantl bry are believed to have contracted the virus while treating patients at e

incident of reclining seats and the lack of leg room in economy led to a delta flight of new york laguardiawest palm beach making an unscheduled stop in jacksonville, florida. local police took an unruly passenger into custody. no excuse but what about those airlines squeezing the space between rows to maximize the number of passengers on planes? narrator: summer. you know it can't last forever. but that's okay. because a fresh start awaits. with exciting worlds to explore, and challenges yet unmet, new friendships to forge, and old ones to renew. it's more than a job. and they're more than just our students. so welcome back, to the students, and to the educators. ready to teach. and ready to learn. >>> any regrets, governor? >> is this a nervous moment for you? >> that was former governor bob mcdon knell as the jury begins deliberations today in his corruption trial. pete williams is live for us in richmond. you were in the courtroom, you heard the judge's instructions. the defense i understand was repeatedly objecting before the jurors were brought in to the way the judge instructed the j

. >> seth: that would be -- so, you stayed in new york and you stayed at laguardia. >> pretty much. [xpress. and there's food, all different kinds of food. >> it's -- it's -- rabbit express. >> seth: over there, over there it's rabbit. >> yeah, yeah. it's rabbit, it's rabbit. >> seth: lapin. >> yeah. >> seth: la -- oh, i got it right. >> how do you say it? is that how you say it? >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. they used to make fun of me on the, on the, on film because -- incredible catering and french crews. and they would -- the first day we ate, they had served rabbit. and -- look, i, i eat chicken and -- but i don't -- >> seth: right. >> i can't, i can't eat rabbit. >> seth: mm-mm. >> i just grew up -- and i said, "sorry. i can't eat it." so they would all affectionately call me their little rabbit. [ laughter ] they thought that was very cute that i didn't eat rabbit. >> seth: working with a french crew, is that intimidating? like, how did you communicate? how was their english? >> well, you know what? pascale ferran directed this film. absolutely brilliant but she doesn't speak much en

. >> catherine: this delta flight from laguardia to palm beach had to be diverted to jacksonville mondayas an 'unruly passenger.' witnesses say a woman had tried to recline her seat. enraging the woman behind her, who'd been trying to sleep with her head on her >>"this woman who was sitting next to me knitting actually just tried reclining her seat back and the woman behind her started screaming and swearing and the flight attendant came over and that just exacerbated what was going on and then she demanded that the flight land." >>"she was just going nuts. she was like 'i lost a dog, i lost 2 dogs in the last month and i want her off or i'm going to leave or i want you to stop the plane." >> catherine: they 'did' stop the plane. >> catherine: where authorities in jacksonville escorted the woman off the flight. but this is at least the third mid-air seat rumble in just over a week. >> catherine: wednesday august 27th an american flight was re-routed to boston after two passengers came to blows when one of them tried to recline. >> catherine: august 24th, a fight started on a united fligh

southwest f you want to ride the elevator in chicago or go through the lincoln tunnel or fly out of laguardia airport -- >> or speak english and not german. >> or speak english and not germany, which is hugely important, you've got him to think. he doesn't exist without his distant fifth cousin theodore roosevelt in whose steps he was desperately trying to follow as a young kind of too ambitious, too charming young man. it was only ironically when he couldn't take another step, struck paralysis at age 39, that he got the allowed him to be the best president of the 20th century and i think as a lincoln man, that he comes up to lincoln. you have to put george washington first always. without him, there's no country. had once you again to rate things like that, he's always up there. he's always been number two, but i think that he really came up. i've been working on this film for seven years and understanding the complexity. all three of these people -- by the way, they've never been done before united as one. i think we assume in kind of a shallow, superficiality that because t.r. is a republi

bill, national park, laguardia, power in the tennessee valley or northwest or southwest, this is a partialhe panama canal for business, this is a one or more of the roosevelts was involved in that. that makes them the most consequential, good and bad. these are people who are not perfect. they're deeply flawed and deeply wounded people. so this is the roosevelts and intimate history. >> that said, in terms of -- human beings, which of the three do you find most interesting some. >> it's very hard to say. eleanor is a miracle of the human spirit. the fact she survived her horrible childhood orphaned at an early age is amazing she could go on to then become the most consequential first lady and arguably the most consequenceal woman in history is amazing. franklin roosevelt is the greatest president of the 20th century i think inarguably and i'm a lincoln guy and he's almost up to parody with lincoln in my eyes. if someone was going to say look let's go out to drink and have a drink with one of these guys or drive across the country you would pink theodore because he's a larger than life pers

air or united flight into laguardia begins to become more of a a problem. the thing is, i think we are pretty capable. we could probably handle all of it i'm trying to figure out what are we actually getting done about ebola or getting done about other aspects of national security? i just see it as sort of an interesting discussion as we watch these presidents. but i'm not sure it really advances any purpose. >> greta, you sound so cynical. you sound as though the only thing that happens at the united nations is talking. who would ever say such a thing. >> let me ask you -- let me get back to the president's speech then. he made some domestic references. international speech. one of them get heated about. he mentioned ferguson crisis this summer. is that -- does that, you know, should he mention domestic issues? >> i think there is sometimes a place for it it look, with respect to the ferguson, missouri situation. >> you know, ambassador. >> very important. >> this is a fox news alert. police announcing an arrest in the case of missing uva student hannah gr

if you've ever flown out of laguardia airport, you're in something that franklin roosevelt did, or went through the lincoln tunnel, or took a drive on the skyline drive, or the blue ridge parkway -- blue ridge parkway, our road the elevated in chicago, expected in the tennessee valley to see lights come on when you turn on a light switch, or in the northwest or the southwest. you have traveled over thousands of bridges built during the era. you've seen or attended thousands of high schools. you have driven on miles and miles of roads that they originally placed in this country. and more importantly, you will enjoy or you are enjoying catching a social strategic. you like the idea that our government takes its soldiers and pays for the college education with the g.i. bill. i'm sure you're thrilled that your children do not work in mines seven days a week, 14 hours a day, that there are such concepts as a minimum wage and livable ours. i think you're certain that big monopolies ought to be at least regulated, if not broken up. i think you enjoy visiting our national parks and national for

and i and ray price, and i think that was it, just the three of us, flew in a small plane out of laguardiay 1, 1968, to -- into logan, and then we took a car, took nixon up to nashua, new hampshire, where we got him into a room under a phony name, bepg my chapman. he was going -- benjamin chap match. he was going to go into manchester the next day and sign up for the primary. and i remember when we were going down the hall in this motel, bepg my chapman -- of course, richard nixon -- was going down the hall, and this inebriated fellow was walking toward him. and he's walking toward him, and he kept looking at him and looking at him, and he passed by. you could see there was some recognition on his face but not a great deal. but that's how we got nixon into new hampshire. but that very day was the first day of the tet offensive in vietnam. and i was concerned because i had my little brother who was with 101st airborne in vietnam had just gone over. but in that month the tet offensive dominated the news. you've got to take a look at "the new york times," there's a picture of richard nixon, h

i had to fly in from laguardia. any doubt in your mind for our desperate need for infrastructure, take that flight. just want to make a substantive comment. i have gotten pretty involved in this. the reason i've gotten pretty involved is that is a learn more about it i begin to realize that you have not only the most likely scenarios, which are pretty serious in many cases and severe over time, but you also have the real possibility, unfortunately a hive of ability -- high probability, that consequences would be vast multiples of the base case. instead of just being severe, in addition to being severe, in the long run it would become catastrophic. we can expand on that in our conversation. i said to a friend of mine the other day who is a well-known new york this newsman -- this newsman that i had developed an intense concern about this. he said we can deal with this decades done the road. i said no, the reason, as many of you know, the decay rate of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is hundreds of years. what we d

. >> fly out of laguardia airport, go through the lynn i don't know tunnel, turn a light in the tennessee coal mine that there's minimum wage you think that big corporations should be at least regulated. >> and then there's world war ii. >> and then of course franklin roosevelt who couldn't probably get out of the iowa caucuses today because he was crippled is able to lift us up through the depression and world war ii. >> beyond the fact that he was crippled crippled, what's the differences in terms of the two men as leaders? >> well, i think t.r. is excitable. he's a little bit unstable. he's hugely popular. everybody embraces him. franklin is a little bit more opaque opaque. able to communicate even better than theodore does. and he's i think, moving the ball down the field relentlessly. t.r. is sort of all over the place. they're both superb politicians and they care about us. theodore said the u.s. government, which is the enemy of so many people is us you and me. i think they understood that it was the obligation for everybody. you've got to complaint about it, change it. and they di

and laguardia airports now director of cries and emergency manage lent at red land security concern is with us. this fire started by a contractor who tried to kill himself. we hear how secure we are post 9/11. what about the background checks? how did guy slip through security? >> they do very effective background check in the beginning and renew it every year, but they're looking at the past. this individual, it looks like right now was reacting to something that had happened, a transfer that was going to be done in the last couple minutes. that's what set him off. >> how do i feel knowing how much this government has spent over the past decade to fortify these place and all of a sudden a guy comes in with a can of gasoline and shuts down the busiest airport in the country? >> he was not at an airport. >> he got to the infrastructure. >> he got in, had i.d. the bag should have been checked. he should not have been able to get in with that. they probably need to tighten up their security procedures even for people with i.d. >> i want to talk about the white house. all of a sudden, we a

i had to fly in from laguardia. if there is any doubt in your mind about our desperate need for infrastructure, take that flight. i just want to make a substantive comment. i have gotten pretty involved in this. the reason i've gotten pretty involved is that is a learn more about it i begin to realize that you have not only the most likely scenarios, which are pretty serious in many cases and

if you've ever flown out of laguardia airport, you're in something that franklin roosevelt did, or went through the lincoln tunnel, or took a drive on the skyline drive, or the blue ridge parkway, or road the elevated in chicago, expected in the tennessee valley to see lights come on when you turn on a light switch, or in the northwest or the southwest, you have traveled over thousands of bridges built during their era. you have seen or attended thousands of high schools. you have driven on miles and miles of roads that they originally blazed in this country. and more importantly you will enjoy or you are enjoying cashing a social security check. you like the idea that our government takes its soldiers and pays for their college education with the g.i. bill. i'm sure you're thrilled that your children do not work in mines seven days a week, 14 hours a day, that there are such concepts as a minimum wage and livable hours. i think you are certain that big monopolies ought to be at least regulated if not broken up. i think you enjoy visiting our national parks and national forests and othe

would anyone of good conscience in either party want that person to be able to come back and land in laguardia airport with a u.s. passport and walk unmolested onto our streets? the obvious answer is no, and it saddens me that we could not see republicans and democrats come together. it saddens me that in an election year, the democratic senators up for election chose to block this commonsense legislation rather than to work together to protect the american citizens. i hope in time we see less election year politics and more service to the men and women who all of us are obliged to protect. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: earlier this morning, we had an opportunity to hear from ukraine's president petro poroshenko. ukraine is a friend of the united states and it has looked to the west to meet naked russian aggression. as president poroshenko's speech reminded us, there are many shared objectives that bind our countries like the pursuit of freedom and representative government. so let's make it clear, we stand with uk

this one a delta flight going from new york's laguardia to palm beach, florida.'t know if you heard about what happened last week. witnesses say the altercation began when one of the passengers tried to recline her seat. and the passenger behind her got upset. the airline says the pilot diverted to the closest airport out of an abundance of caution. last week of course a flight was diverted after a fight broke out when a passenger used a so-called quote knee defender. that's this new little gizmo you can use the device prevents a seat from being reclined. >> what? >> so you can put something into the seat -- >> is that legal? >> well apparently not. >> unless it's -- kind of a health issue. >> you should be able to do -- >> i can't wait to hear where sorkin is like, manhandling a little baby or something, and trying to physically take it back into coach, and they have to divert to get to -- because you want -- >> kissing the baby. >> who got in trouble the leaner backer? >> the person who put the device on that's preventing the leaning back. coming up more tax in

the delta flight took off from laguardia headed for west palm beach.he woman behind a woman became irate demanding that the plane land. it was diverted to jacksonville. police removed the passenger and the flight continued on to west palm beach. >>> a huge search is underway this morning after a mass breakout from a youth detention center in nashville, tennessee. a spokesman said about 30 teams escaped overnight by squeezing through a weak spot in a fence. officials don't know yet if the escape was planned or spontaneous. >>> good news out of the middle east this morning. all 25 people on board a u.s. marine helicopter rescued monday after the chopper crashed at sea. a helicopter like this one was attempting to land on the uss mesa verde when it went down. 17 marines and 8 sailors went down. the crash was not the result of hostile activity. >>> family and friends of joan rivers are holding out hope this morning the comedienne will make a recovery. stephanie gosk is outside mt. sinai hospital with the latest on her condition. good morning. >> reporter:

. >> about seven years ago i was on a flight from cincinnati to laguardia.s reading and i was having trouble seeing and then i look up and then i see the cabin is filling with smoke. just as the pilot gets on, we're going to deploy to philadelphia just everybody hang tight, we'll be on the ground in 15 minutes and it was the longest 15 minutes. >> what did you do? >> i started writing a letter to deborah and things to tell the kids. we were hitting some turbulence and people are screaming and i thought, this is it. >> when you landed you called deborah. >> it was about 12:30 and she said, why are you calling me e? do you know what time it is? >> you wrote her the love letter of a lifetime. >> i'm alive. that's all you need to know. >> you want a phone, too? >> i would like one. get me the nice one with all the fixings. >> you want one? >> you want the gold? >> you want gold? >> you are the best. >> thank you so much, tamron. >> seven to ten days. yeah! thank you, tamron hall. >> with all the features, too. >> you have to get -- >> not if you buy them just ou

. >> seven years ago i was on a flight from cincinnati to laguardia, late-night flight.i'm like i'm having trouble seeing. i look up and the cab sin fillinwith smoke. the pilot gets on and says we're going to deploy to philadelphia. everybody hang tight. we'll be on the ground in about 15 minutes. it was the longest 15 minutes. >> what did you do? >> i started writing a letter to deborah, things to tell the kid s. we were hitting turbulence and people were screaming. i thought, this is it. >> when you landed you called -- >> i called deborah. >> what did she say? >> it was about 12:30. she said why are you calling me? do you know what time it is? >> bringing her the love letter of a lifetime. >> i'm alive. that's all you need to know. >> it's all good. you want a phone, too, right? >> yes. >> now everyone -- >> you want one? >> you want the gold? >> you want gold? >> you are the best! >> thank you so much, tamron. you're the best. >> all right. seven to ten days! yeah! thank you, tamron hall! >> with all the features, too. >> you have wait for an upgrade. >> not if you j

i had to fly in from laguardia and if there's any doubt there is any doubt about the desperate need for infrastructure, take that flight. the second question is how we pay for it but we believe that aside for the moment. the subject is climate change and i will make the substantive comment and ask jack to join me. i've got a pretty involved in a state of the reason i go to the involved as i realize one, you have not only the most likely scenarios, which are pretty serious and in many cases of severe over time, but you also have the real possibility i think unfortunately maybe even a fairly high probability that what ultimately happens are consequences of the vast multiples of the case and that the effects in addition instead of just being in addition to being severe in the long run they become catastrophic. and i think that we can expand a little bit on that in our conversation. i said to a friend of mine there are a lot of pressing issues and you are right but we can do with this decade down the road and i said no. and many of you may know this the rate in the atmosphere is hundreds of

this was a flight, a delta flight from laguardia to west palm stopping short of that in jacksonville. and the passenger dispute over leg room. something we have heard of before here, and in this case, there was a traveler who had their head down on the tray table. the woman directly in front of her wanted to recline her seat, that did not go over well. this is what happened next. >> the woman sitting next to me knitting tried to reclimb her seat back and the woman behind her started screaming and swearing and the flight attendant came over to exacerbate what was going on. she demanded the flight land. >> that flight did land safely over jacksonville. we are told no one on board was hurt but this is not a new problem here. just last week two similar incidents occurred including a high-profile case where a knee defender was used to block the person in front of them from reclining their seat. this is a recurring problem up in the skies. >>> a prince george's county mother wants to know why anyone would want to kill her son. 20-year-old everett brown was found shot and killed saturday in