bianca. >> no estÁ. >> lili! lili!vier pose soy yo. >> y acÁ seguimos con esto que estÁ sucediendo en este halloween tan particular. nos vamos con la polÍtica. perry trata de recuperar el terreno perdido en las encuestas. dijo que el mandatario no tiene idea de lo que ocurre en irak y dijo que barak obama habÍa convertido la economÍa de estados unidos en un frankenstein. >> hostigamiento sexual en dos ocasiones cuando presidÍa la asociaciÓn del restaurante en 1990, dijo que esas acusaciones son sin base. >> y volvemos con uno de los hechos noticiosos de la semana y es que en la semana de elecciones de alcaldes, diputados, senadores en colombia, un ex guerrillero es el segundo candidato en importancia en colombia. el triunfo de petro es la noticia mÁs importante y las repercuciones polÍticas que tiene. >> el triunfo de gustavo petro, ex guerrillero, es el titular de todos los medios de comunicaciÓn hoy en colombia. un hombre que ha aspirado a la presidencia de la repÚblica en dos oportunidad y donde no ha logrado llegar

lily was created for a new prime-time special and doctor jeanette betancourt helped bring her to lifelly can talk to children and have their point of view. >> reporter: in a special, lily and her family rely on soup kitchens and community gardens to get three meals a day. >> and then when i went to the food pantry, my friend amy was there, and i didn't know amy was having the same struggles my family was. >> reporter: according to the department of agriculture, more than 50 million americans are at risk of not being able to afford the food they need. so many are forced to rely on food banks. an estimated 17 million of them are children. >> in new york city, that's one in three kids in places like the bronx. we are seeing record numbers of people turning to kitchens and food pantries. >> it's a sad, sad thing ( sighs ). >> reporter: eight-year-old alex mercedez receives free snacks after school from his community pantry. >> sometimes i feel that i don't get enough food. >> reporter: his mother, jacqueline receives free vegetables at the pantry. she's a single parent who works part time

lily, i want to begin with you. how and why did you get involved in this film?d you weren't bullied yourself, as you talk about it. you had the gift of gab growing up accident but your brother was. >> my younger brother richard was bullied relentlessly, you know, to the point that he stopped going to school. he would hide out. he was terrified to go to school. and my brother was fun-loving and energetic and industrious. he is fine -- he is fine today. i don't want to even suggest for a moment that something happened, something fatal happened to him. but he had a terrible childhood and adolescence. until he got to be at an age where he realized that he was a totally worthy human being. but bullying really dismisses and discounts kids and people. but kids, we're talking about here. they take it so hard. they want so desperately to be accepted or to fit in. if they don't have the right support group around them, or people at school really intervening and helping, and reinforcing the fact that they're meaningful, worthwhile, decent, good human beings, they just abso

lily joins us.oo, miss erica. thank you for having us. >> this is a tough topic for not only grown-ups to talk about but for kids to talk about too. you wanted to talk about it. why? >> well, because one of the most important things for me was not feeling like i was alone and the more i got involved with my community and everything, the more i felt like not only that i was helping other families, but i was -- i just felt really important to give and reach out to people, so that is why i think it's important for us to let as kids. >> which is such a great message, lily. this is the importance, too, of tackling this topic and using kids like lily and other friends we know like elmo and grover to help do that. what struck you guys at sesame workshop and thinking hunger is what we need to talk about? >> i think it's the striking statistics. 1 in 4 out of those children, 9.6 million are under the age of 6. so we knew we had to do something and make a difference. >> this is such a difficult thing for so m

vamos a darle la bienvenida a lily estefan. >>> lily. >>> quÉ linda lily.lily. oye javier, estoy aquÍ con m >>> gracias lily. >>> y ahora vamos amo ratito contigo, y ahora los participantes de lo que promete ser el show de los shows, pasemos con fÉlix con las noticias del dÍa. >>> gracias. >>> muy bueno. >>> muy bueno, muy bueno felicitaciÓnes nos vamos con las notici noticias. 7 semanas antes de lo esperado el invierno se hace sentir letal que causÓ la muerte de a once personas. y la mayorÍa daa victimas fallecieron en accidentes provocadds por la nieve que alcanzÓ 30 pulgadas de rrebo Árboles dejando sin luz a unos 3 millones de hogares. y muchos de ellos aÚn siguen sin luz, especialmente en massachusetts que llevÓ la peor parte y autoridades dicen que podrÍa tomar dias reestablecer el servicio elÉctrico, partes de new york. new jersey y tras estÁn en estado de emergencia. precisamente el mal tiempo obligÓ a cancelar vuelos dejando varados a pasajeros, y personas que estuvieron siete horas en un aviÓn. y estacionado en la pista de aeropuerto uno algunos d

and for lily, the surprises kept coming. >> this is james. you are so sneaky i didn't see you. oh my god it's like a production. >> reporter: well it is because you're on the "today" show. so is she supposed to know that? >> we're on the "today" show? >> reporter: knowing this just happened but you also have pictures of everything from when you entered the park to now. >> well, thank god because it's been a blur. >> reporter: a proposal in perfect focus. ♪ i think i want to marry you >> reporter: james is based here in new york but expanding his business to san francisco and chicago. as for dan and lily, planning to marry in portsmouth, new hampshire, next open. >> and sarah will be there possibly you were more excited than our bride. >> i might be the flower girl. >> you're hoping for a role. sara, great story. >>> up next a columbus day feast from the scottos, but first this is "today" on nbc. >>> this morning on "cooking with the scottos" a dinner in honor of who else, christopher columbus. >> mary and john, anthony, elena and julia of fre

>> les presento a lily tiene aÑitoÁ de visita en plaza sÉsamo quieren crear c entre los niÑos de pobrezabre que ajoqueja a muchas familias. >> nompre tne con quÉ comer.>> momento de nuestra Última pa hoy pero al regresar una historia de patri y hero inmigrante hispa que desafÍo Ó para salvar a las otros militares en peligros. >> no sesta historia. (♪♪). >>

meet lily!reet.lily and her family face a huge problem though... not enough food to go arounn the table. it's trend of introducing characters facing real life iss. issues.that brings us to our question f the day.what do you think about seeame street's decisioo to introduce characters with real life problems to children?our phone lines are open now.. 410- 481-4545. kim - baltimore baltimore kim - baltimore baltimore kim - baltimore bbltimore alvin "i think that kids need to exposed to people of diffeeent backgroonds so they can understand why some peoppe struggle and others don't. this will benefit them in the with others." has been living in a traahcan since i can remember." remember."keyon "it's a cctch 22 withhthis, if this was the 80's i wouldn't agree, but a things of thhs nature today. h its good to prepare them for thhngs like this in the real world on a show that catches street? wow wowelanda " i think that's a bit too advaaced for kid's and they should be learning about things thht gonna

her name is lily. lily is an impoverished puppet.ll be revealed in a one- on-one, or one-hour sesame street prime time special, called growing hope against hunger. >> that must be lily's mom? >> good question. i don't know. >> her adventure? >> her guardian angel. >> we see her land there -- hand there, too. >>> straight ahead. left behind in shark-infested waters. how the diver kept himself safe and alive until help arrived. >>> begging for mercy. the parents of a missing baby break their silence. >>> and it doesn't get better than this in october. bob is updating the first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a coal mine accident in southwestern china leaves 28 people dead. when a gas leak filled the mine. 13 managed to escape, but three later died. the because of the coal and gas outburst is under investigation. >>> a police dash cam catches a suspect, trying to elude officers in michigan. the video shows mitch gan police on the pursuit of a mass murder suspect. three police cars rammed the police car of robert dansl

>> big night for lily. so neat to meet her. so many have helped after our hunger at home reporting. and you can still help at abcnews.com/help. >>> we have also been reporting here for nearly a year on made in america. asking if we all just bought a little more american, could it create jobs? and economists across the board have repeatedly told us the answer is yes. so, this week, the made in america team is back here. this time, traveling 2,100 miles from our studio in new york to find out if homes can be truly built with only american materials. and if so, how many jobs would it create? tomorrow night on "world news with diane sawyer," we begin and we'll give the answers for you tomorrow night here. >>> still ahead on "world news" this sunday night, not only made in america, but made in their own homes. three moms, three hobbies. and a new way to make ends meet in this economy. what is their secret? >>> also, the famous beatle and his bride. what sir paul sang to his newest bride and -- all you need is love. >>> and for all o

lily will be revealed in a one- hour primetime special &poctober 9th called, "growing hope against hungern't the first time the show.. aimed aa ppe- schoolers.. has had characters facing real-life roblems.on an african version of the aboot honesty and trust.'e - trust.'but when it omms to money... that apparently goes out thh winnow for some people. people. a new urvey by credit counseling shows nearll a quaarer of americans said they would hide money troubles from their spouses. spouses.some say they would -& keep from worrying their ssouse. spousss.others sayythey'd kkep quiet out of fear the kkep keee quiet ouu of fear the y'd - information could damage their relationships. ,3 we hhve been hiding the identity of oneecool decoration this morning... now it is time to reveal what is.thissis a pumpkin creatively made into a cheeseburger... with the wwrks.it was sent to us by valley view farms. farms.this morninn we aaked thought thii pumpkin wassee was. here's someeof what you hought this as. --a llt of viewers saying it's - p cake.---brandy says it's play dough.--thomas was thh first to g

if you didn't know, it's a garden on lily and octavia, which is right off near page and oak. and everyone is invited to come by and check it out. it's a great garden. it's just a place for homeless people and recently housed people and just all types of people, any people, people in the community, citizens of the city to just come by and enjoy a time in nature and just be at peace and also learn job skills and, yeah, it's been a great experience for me. i just appreciate it a lot. so everything in this basket was grown in our garden and we have some mental health herbs and plants that are good for making teas. people say tomatoes don't really grew in the city but we grew some. if you want to learn about those plants that are in there, just come by to the garden octavia and lily. thank you very much. appreciate it. [applause] >> thank you. >> so thank you to barbara and all of the other founders that we get to celebrate today and we look forward to our 50th event. and 60th and 70th because as mayor lee said, this is a pioneer project. which what makes it pioneer isn't the city

major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lily endowment, a private family foundation dedicated to its founders's interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. the estate of william j carter and the jane henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm sitting in for bob agger nethy. thank you for joining us. a federal judge upheld most of alabama's controversial immigration law. they ruled police officers can be required to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect is in the country illegally. public schools must check the status of students. the part of the law opposed most vigorously by many religion groups was struck down. christian clergy outlawed transporting or harboring illegal immigrants and prevented them from minstering to certain people. the judge's decision is expected to be appealed by both sides. >>> an american-born radical preache

so lily and i are back on the road again. love the air®. >>> let's take some time now for a look at a truly extraordinary individual. eight years ago sheila may advento's hands and feet were amputated after a bout with meningitis. she lived with prosthetics until a year ago when she had a chance to undergo a hand transplant which changed her life. imagine having to learn how to use someone else's hands as your own. >> pinch. pinch. >> that's the reality for sheila may advento, the first woman in the united states to undergo a double hand transplant. >> i just remember being rushed to the hospital and that's it. i was out. >> advento's hands and feet were amputated after she contracted bacterial infection. >> they were so lifeless and so black. >> she got prosthetics for her hands and feet but the possibility of a future hand transplant was always on her mind. when the opportunity came from the university of pittsburgh medical center, she went for it. >> i'm amazed by my own progress. i have no expectations. >> it's been a yea

>> big night for lily. great to meet her. so many have helped after our hunger at home reporting before. and you can still help at abcnews.com/help. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news" this sunday night. before we continue, we want to tell you about our made in america series, ask you that if we just bought a little more american, could it create jobs? economists across the board have repeatedly told us the answer is this. this week, made in america is back, we will have that. >>> still ahead, sir paul mccartney tying the knot once again. more about his american bride, and what song did he choose to sing to her today? and what song did he choose to sing to her today? we'll be brigright back. at. guinea pig: row...row. and what song did he choose to they generate electricity, which wlets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...row. little chubby one to yell row! guinea pig: row...row. that's kind of strange. guinea pig: row...row.

. >> les presento a lily tiene aÑitoÁ de visita en plaza sÉsamo quieren crear c entre los niÑos de pobrezaante hispa que desafÍo Ó para salvar a las otros militares en peligros. >> no sesta historia. (♪♪). >> ¿qué te parece esta? ¡camarero! no, no esta tan bien. ¿qué es eso? ¡es un pescado! intentemoslo juntos. dos mundos que encajan en una cocina. perfecto. ahorra hasta el 20% en una cocina ikea. ¿estás atrapado y no sabes cómo escaparte de tu adicción al cigarro? uno de cada dos fumadores habituales morirá prematuramente por fumar. no tienes que ser uno de ellos. escápate de la trampa. di ¡ya basta! para dejar de fumar llama a la línea gratuita de ayuda para fumadores 1-800-45-no fume. al cumplirse una dÉ de la guerra en an son muchas las histori trÁgicas,o tambiÉn herÓicas salen de ahÍ. pocas como las que nos presenta a ctinuaciÓn sandoval une hispano que se negÓ a cumplir Ó para salvar compaÑeros en peligro. >> (disparos). el rescate de3 ldos estadounidenses y 23 afanesganos el valle de las misiones Ás dramÁticas en los 10 aÑo de guerra en Án pero no muchos saben bajo su ndo. >> Íbamos

balancvows and i will be your true love forever red is the rose that beyond the garden grows there is a lilyf the valley here is the water that boasts from the spring but my love is [inaudible] ♪ ♪ down by killarney the moon and the stars they were shining the moon shone she was sure she would be my love forever red is the rose that beyond the garden grows there is delayed of our valley there is the water that flows from but my love is better than any ♪ [applause] >> over in the corner, and john's father. we are so thrilled that this long overdue that we hang your picture on our wall. you have supported our 1906 survivor dinners and luncheons over the years. i do not know what i always see you at 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, but you are always there for us. 1983, there was a fire at jon's grille. your guys came in. in those days, i think it was guys. they got the bar out, they got chief bill murray's picture off the wall. but mayor christopher's picture off the wall. we have been rebuilding ever since. but we are a little short on beautiful ladies. we are happy to have you on the wall. [appl

>> uh-huh. >> steve: six-year-old lily doing the happy dance.t to go to disneyland, you would do the happy dance, too. do it. that just says happy! when she's not crying, she's doing the happy dance. very nice. come on back here, we're going to continue the conversation with them in two minutes. you're watching "fox & friends." >> if you could go anywhere, where would you want to go? disneyland. >> why don't we go, now? >> we're leaving today? >> i'm serious. >> are you joking? >> no, i'm not joking. >> are we going? >> yes, we're going. (crying). (crying). >> are you excited?♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $7.8 billion to small businesses across the country so far this year. becau

and he called it the lilies and urine principle. in the darkest and most abject of places, there is still beauty, and the idea that beauty is not something that arises from everything being perfect and symmetrical and orderly and straight. beauty is the thing that manages to grow in the cracks in the sidewalk, and manages to struggle out between the buildings and between the barbed wire. my earliest sense of being aware of a world much bigger than my six-year-old reality came from books. and i lived and breathed and ate those books. and i was acutely sensitive to the themes of loss and change and suffering. i remember when i was six years old writing a poem about the golden years are passing by in the winds that whistle. i had this real sense that nothing lasts, and a real sadness about that. a real sense of wanting, wanting everything to be golden and stay golden, and it didn't work like that. and i was also very sensitive to the land around me, and i grew up in a region that was rapidly being developed, and where what used to be h

. >> una pregunta que me hizo llegar lili rodrÍguez por facebook: quiere saber si esta ley es sÓlo contrao si es un perfil racial. >> saber que la mediÁtica a todas las personas sin importar si son latinos, asiÁcos, lo que sea, mientras que la policÍa cree que sean inmigrantes. la ley estÉ incriminatoria en contra de todas las personas. pero sabemos que para el racismo que existe es posible que las que mÁs sufran el aÑo de la ley sean los latinos. si es discriminatoria por el perfil racial como dice ella. >> muchÍsimas gracias maría elena por estar con nosotros esta noche. >> gracias a ustedes. >> en otras cosas, el departento de justicia y el congreso -una investigaciÓn sobre un operativo de 2007 cuando george w. bush era presidente que habrÍa dejado pasar armas a mÉxico. la tÁctica es similar al aire actualmente se investiga, rÁpido y furioso. la operaciÓn de 2007 involucro unas 200 armas de los cualesal -20 acabaron en mÉxico. esta noche duermen tras las rejas en texas mÁs de 800 pandilleros vinculados al trÁfico de armas y drogas. los operativos de arrestos tuvieron lugar en varios co

to the stagnant unemployment numbers, lily luciano is live in manhattan's financial district with more. good morning. >> good morning to you, lester. you know it all began with just a happenedful of protesters, 50 cents right here across them in the new york stock exchange. the demonstrations lasted so long, they're hard to ignore. >> occupational wall street. >> occupy wall street, a protest against economic and social inequality has spawned organized marchs in 45 states. in just the last 24 hours, protests from houston to washington, d.c., hundreds took over a los angeles intersection. 4,000 marched in portland and in tampa, demonstrators descended on the banking district. protesters not always who you would expect. >> we to have $100,000 a year salary job. >> buddy lost his job a year ago pb frustration brought him to manhattan. >> to let the government know that the system is in need of repair. >> occupy wall street is historical by comparison. >> the first days of any movement is a lot of people showing how unhappy they are at the situation. the anti-war movement. if it lasts long

lili. she really did. the dynamic with her family and that.u like it? >> yes. this is my first time directing. and i am in love. i love it. and you'll see me behind the camera more often. >> uh-oh. let's give everybody a taste of what you were just talking about. this is lili, the character that alicia directed. >> it's your cousin's wedding. and you are going. you are going unless you are in jail. or giving birth. or having cancer. you're going to the wedding. >> mom? >> mom? >> mom, she does. okay. lili has cancer. she has breast cancer. okay? are you happy? >> i don't think they heard you back there. >> lili's family, i mean, it's such a powerful dynamic because everyone is their own, interesting person. but who is going through what and all they're going through together. and that's what we do with the family. to make that all connect in that family. >> and each director has their own distinct fingerprint, you know? >> i want to play your character. >> okay. >> charlotte. here we go. >> he took my necklace. >> what? >> you took her necklac

meet lily, a 7-year-old who comes from a family that struggles to have enough food. sesame street is debuting the character for an upcoming muppet special on hunger in america. you know, sesame street always does a phenomenal job highlighting issues going on and this is more a sad sign of the times, more than anything. >> yeah, i guess spreading the message early and get more help and attention to it. >> hopefully they will. >>> this comes to us from wmaq nbc 5 in chicago, illinois, where one man has won the right to call the museum of science and industry home sweet home op on october 19th the welcome mat will be laid out for kevin burn, winner of the annual museum for a month contest. he beat out hundreds of people for the unique opportunity to explore the museum and all of its exhibits while living inside. burn, who works as a digital media artist says he's excited about the prospect of living and breathing science 24/7. sounds like something you would love, bill. science guy. >> it would be okay but i'd want to experience it with you so we could go through all th

you have an odd situation where you have petrodollars' supporting a lily pad in venezuela being pushed forward by narco dollars. it is a dangerous situation and what we saw last week wasn't something that sort of was viewed very highly along our screen. all we need is for something like this to succeed by pick your terrorist working his way through the southern border to be a wake-up call to the nation. god forbid it should never happen. >> would you like -- >> i joined dr. scales's comments. the dominant concern we in the united states have is criminal activity distributing hundreds of metric tons of drugs in our cities and we end up with -- pick a study. five million americans are chronically addicted to illegal drugs. i was in utah yesterday. statewide nationwide conference on troubled youth and at the end of the day the problem affecting the united states is cocaine, methamphetamine, alcohol abuse by youngsters. that criminal activity is what we need to focus on. your point is entirely correct. how could we pretend to protect america if the federal law enforcement agencies lack the

. >>> well, says early street welcome as new character beginning sunday, lily is an impoverished puppet. she will be unveiled in a one hour special. the special will star brad paisley and his wife, along with the mupeds and feature stories of real life families with dealing with how and where they will get their next meal. >>> well, bravery on a racetrack. it is not all about competition. b when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast, i could use all the help i can get. like nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast, even whole-wheat waffles,

just last week sesame street introduced the new character, lily, an adorable, fun-loving little girlo has nod idea where her next meal is coming from. >> there's so many people without food. >> when you don't even noah blaustein whether you are going to have a next meal or not. that has been pretty hard. >> that segment was brought to you by the legal g, as in jesus christ, what was the hell was that? [ laughter ] i just wanted my kid to sit still for a minute while i folded laundry, now i have to explain starvation! snrks. if a foot shortage is your problem get ridcwa of this guy. what an (bleep). [ laughter ] jon? >> lewis black, everybody. we ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight the c.e.o. of aspen institute as well as a best selling author. his new book is called "steve jobs." please welcome back to the program walter isaacson. sir -- [cheers an