was digging tunnels under the east river to be used on daily trains traveling from manhattan to long island. he was hired not as a digger. he made $2 a week on the same pay rosario offered him for far less dangerous for. generous so long to build monuments that would stand forever like roosevelts panama canal, not sell peaches that would be gone tomorrow. the subway was modern. new york was modern and working on the new york subway would make a modern, too. for $3 a month, general brennan to room in the same building where he gone for the poor antonio, which left him $5 a month for his needs and something he could send to his family. see which is caused 3 cents. he felt rich. generosa's dissent batter down the street of this new world pollute change town. under flickering lantern light, amid danger shadows, then blast with dirt and dust are taking to tunnels who ran side-by-side, deepening the areas. even on the coldest days committee are both hot and thick and except for the lack of pics hot babes, the most common sound of coughing. tons of dirt bucket by bucket were carried in the tunnels

we spent an afternoon with the world champion long island lizards of new york.also got to spend some time with their sponsored under 15 youth team, the junior lizards, and we were amazed at just how popular this sport is becoming. >> lacrosse is getting better and better. the skill level, you know, the amount of people playing, and you know, we got high schools in california, georgia, texas. it's getting big. >> i got it! i got it! >> the sport is growing all over at the high school level, incredibly. we had a tryout practice back in january, and believe it or not, 120 kids tried out for 30 sports. >> the fastest growing youth sport in the country and more kids go to college from long island in la crass, at a 2-1 ratio, than any other sport. >> in fact, college scouts from all over the country were at this weekend-long event. they're looking for america's next top players. and they take this sport very seriously! what got you interested in lacrosse? >> i've played my whole life. ever since i was a little guy like him i started. my older brother got me going, and

guest: long island. c-span: long island. and la bourget is in paris. guest: in paris. c-span: a -- and... guest: and... c-span: go ahead. guest: and it took him 33 hours. c-span: did he stop anywhere along the way? guest: no. c-span: and it -- had any woman flown--in 1927, that would've been, i guess -- had any woman flown over the atlantic at all? guest: oh, no. no. c-span: not in any planes? guest: no. c-span: 'cause somewhere in your book, you say that back when flying was really active, in the early days, that 95 percent of the passengers were men. guest: yes. c-span: why was that? guest: well, because -- women were afraid of flying, so one of the reasons why-- but this comes later, a few years later, when airlines started to come into being, they decided that they had to give publicity to women so that women would begin to think that they could, in fact, fly and that men would realize that if women flew, they shouldn't be afraid of airplanes. c-span: we'll come back to the book in a moment. i wanna ask you a little bit about yourself. where do you live? guest: i l

tiene un rango aproximado de 2.000 millas de distancia, dicen que están afectando desde texas hasta long island 2.000 mirllas aquí e chicago llegó al mediodía y ha comenzado a nevar con fuertes vientos y se cree que podría acumularse de una 1 a... de acumulación en estos días de nevadas. >> también los aeropuertos han sido bastante afectados el aeropuerto está trabajando solamente en una capacidad a su tercera capacidad y algunos aeropuertos también en los estados unidos han sido los vuelos, han sido cancelado de lunes hasta el jueves aproximadamente serían 10.000 vuelos los cancelados. >> muchísimas gracias por este reporte desde el frío de verdad en chicago. >> gracias por estar con nosotros y ahora nos vamos a washington con otra noticia porque un informe asegura que las deportaciones y los procesos de un migración han aumentado considerablemente durante la administración del presidente barack obama. y que además está en aumento lory montenegro está en washington con lo último sobre este reporte, lory adelante, buenas tardes. >> buenas tardes josé, cómo tú has dicho este estudio realizado en

in new york, both in long island and manhattan, the result is disaster. washington starts with 12,000 troops and ends up with 3,000. the others dead, wounded or captured or deserters. but what washington does by 1777, he loses a lot of battles, he loses more battles than any successful general in american history. he's not a great tactician. he's usually too complicated in his planning. he's not ever commanded anything more than a regiment. when we can't see all the troops, he doesn't know how to move them as well as other british generals do. but he has the great strategic insight. he is leading what we might call an insurgency. he does not need to win. the british need to win. all he has to do is not lose. that means never committing the continental army to a conflict in which the possibility of total defeat or annihilation is present. it's not quite a guerrilla war. because it is a conventional army. and it goes against his instincts. his instincts are to fight. he's very aggressive. he has to overcome his instincts to do this. in the process of doing

(cannon blast) long island. (cannon blast) kip's bay. (cannon blast) harlem heights. (cannon blast) white plains. (cannon blast) fort washington. (cannon blast) fort lee. finally, washington felt he had but one choice-- a retreat through new jersey. as they went through newark, george washington asked that young lieutenant of infantry james monroe to stand by the side of the road and count the troops. they had started with about 35,000 men in august, and he counted 3,000 men. they'd lost 90% of their command. narrator: in pursuit, 10,000 troops under british gen. cornwallis who likened this to a fox hunt. washington, of course, was the fox. the british were joined by hessians-- professional german soldiers-- and new jersey citizens who remained loyal to king george. fleming: the germans were mercenaries. they had been hired by the british, and plunder was what they were in the war for, so they ruthlessly looted every town they came through, and their officers did nothing to stop them. some british regiments behaved almost as badly. narrator: so now, it is december. wa

paul lives on long island and commutes daily to manhattan, where he works at columbia university. paul learned he had usher syndrome while attending college when he was 19 years old. at this point in his life, he has only a pinhole of vision left and uses a cane to assist him with travel. with usher syndrome, your vision is always changing, especially as you get older. some of these changes will have a significant impact on your life. i call these changes hits. for example, in your teen years, you start to experience night blindness where you lose the ability to travel independently or safely at nighttime. narrator: lauren is 13 and, like others with usher syndrome, is experiencing early night blindness. often, this is exhibited by a child tripping or bumping into things or, in general, being viewed as clumsy. i did notice that what i thought was her balance wasn't where it should be and that she seemed to be having some trouble seeing peripherally, but what was happening again now is, the ophthalmologists, too, were not seeing what i was seeing and basically were just telling me,

when he had the opportunity to make phone calls, they went to his wife and children in long island, and family. he even arranged for regular parent-teacher conferences with his son's school. >> gotti, jr.: i made them, in chains, drag me out of my cell every friday. and they put me in a room, belly-chained and handcuffed, and i had a conference, a parent-teacher conference, every friday at 2:00 with my son frankie's school every friday. and it's the only time they ever heard me. if they forgot to come get me for that call, that's the only time i bucked. i would buck in jail when i did that. otherwise, i was a model inmate. and basically, what would happen was they'd put me on speakerphone and i'd be in a room with all the teachers. my son's teachers would be there, his guidance counselors and whatnot, and we'd play out the whole week. >> kroft: but his deal with the federal government didn't work out the way he had intended. you thought you were a free man when you got out? >> gotti, jr.: absolutely. >> kroft: but it didn't turn out that way? >> gotti, jr.: no, it didn't turn out that w

inspired a young british boy, who fled with his family and headed to safety in great long neck, long islandi got to new york, i was stuttering. >> reporter: david seidler's parents urged him to follow the king's example, as a way to gain control over his stammer. >> if he could do that, maybe there was hope for me. so, he was my childhood hero. >> reporter: the story tells how he found his voice with the help of a australian commoner, lionel logue. >> this was in the box. >> reporter: this is the real king's speech. a few slim pieces of paper that stand as a powerful monument of one man's courage and another man's effort to help him. >> i have a voice. >> yes, you do. >> reporter: this sunday, oscar vote voters will speak with one voice. and almost everyone expects colin firth to take home an academy award. it would be a stunning upset if he didn't. i'm sandy kenyon, for abc news, on oscar's red carpet in hollywood. >> you have him picked for best actor, though. >> we'll see. take my chances. have a great weekend, everybody. >>> in the headlines, a despicable crime after a horrible tragedy.

and i would do hip-hop flyers on long island and queens, and all of a sudden, i got involved in being involved with a mobile deejay unit called spectrum with hank shocklee in 1979. and coincidentally, the first hip-hop records came out in july 1979 and october 1979. i was already a sophomore in college. so the bug had hit me. 'cause i thought it was inconceivable that there could be such a thing as a hip-hop record or a rap record, because it was a party thing about three hours long. so when the first hip-hop record came out-- or i should say that when the second one came out in october, sugar hill gang's rapper delight-- rapper's delight, it was 15 minutes long. but the ironic fact was how short the record was as opposed to how lengthy it was, so. how did you determine that you had talent? i never considered myself a talent. i always considered myself somebody who was like pete rose in baseball. i have to run and hustle and dive to first base. there's guys like big daddy kane, hands up and hands down the most talented rapper i've ever seen, somebody who can come off the top of their

actually in long island city which was just across the water. now, one of the defendants, a gentleman named william back shows up in court and he says, i don't have a lawyer. and there's a tradition in new york. it wasn't a requirement, and tradition that a capital case, they would find counsel for you. so the judge looks around the room and there's william howe in the front row in place in diamonds, waving his hand saying i'll defend you. so i think there's also the thrill of the chase. speaker do you think bribery is being handled more tritely two-day? >> great question. probably. i actually think new york city judges i think our aunt on his crew. i've known a couple of them. maybe i just know the nice ones, but i do think new york city judicial system is pretty sound. if you talk on a larger sense, i think bribery in the form of campaign contributions is more. i don't think it's gone away. as a person who said, a lot of things don't change. and human nature survey doesn't change. it survey doesn't change. but i ask or think our criminal justi

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waseteran's day 2001, there a plane crashed on long island. it was two months after september 11. is this terrorism again? i was in a brief. i was coming in at 7:15. i heard it on my car radio. i stayed down there with the president and i did not come up to greet until noon. that five hours -- they were furious with me. i made some enemies on the press that day because i would not briefs until i was ready to. i slowed down. the press has to go live. is it terrorism? yes or no? >> if you get it wrong, and you have to correct it. >> the consequences of us getting a wrong is that we lose a job. we lose credibility. the consequences of you getting it wrong is you do a correction and you fix it. >> it is a little tougher than that sometimes. i also know that it does change the decision making function. and the role the people are playing. when you have pictures coming directly into the white house. i know that when the russian attacked, the white house was watching those pictures in real time. when you elevate that, put all that on steroids and attach it to is part of it. look how diff

we saw the long islands, you can see the sierra nevada from the east bay hills. beautiful. >> coming down 24 heading toward oakland. the view just opens up. >> and at night, too. everything vibrates. the wind cleans out the atmosphere. >> thank you, bill. >>> far from earth, the sounds of live flute music thanks to a musical member of the crew. ♪ [ music ] definitely don't see that every day. astronaut, kathleen coleman staged a weightless concert on board the international space station, playing one of four flutes she brought with her. coleman has a doctorate of science and engineering. she says she sometimes finds herself bumping into things as she floats around playing with her eyes closed. >>> one bay area city has been chosen the sexiest city in the united states. plus, making a case when a california lawmaker told a high speed rail summit today about why the state of california needs high speed rails. >>> san francisco has been chosen as the sexiest city in the united states. the online site, orbitz conducted an online valentine's surveys. san francisco got

of more than 10 killer whales swimming in the waters between the golden gate bridge and the fair long islanday. passengers on the san francisco whale tour spotted these orcas. amarine biologist on board said it's rare to see killer whales this far south, especially in those numbers. usually they go up to puget sound or something like that. >> maybe their allergics drove them down here. >> may take some of it with them. >> me, i would just hang on to their backs and take a ride. is the pollen count really high? >> yeah. the tree pollen is. the pears and the plums we've been talking about. some other things popping, also. that season for sneezing. i was doing some research as we look down on beautiful bay this morning. the temperature in oklahoma is 28 degrees below zero right now. that's an all-time record low temperature for oklahoma. that's how cold that air mass is if you're heading to the east or if you have flight delays because there are some in just a minute. talk about how cold it is here. all right, by comparison we're like 60 degrees warmer. but it's still chilly for us. 29 in napa,

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this was a conference on the presidency on long island. it is only 30 seconds and it will speak for itself. upso many people would come to me when i was chief of staff and say this is a goofy, the president is making a terrible mistake. we have to give him to change his mind. i would say to review, we will make an appointment, we would take the guy in there and smoke would be coming out of his ears. he would walk into the president's office, genuflect, kiss his ring, walk out and say that should have set him straight. they'd turn absolutely to jelly when they walk into the oval office. i must say i found it frustrating. >> how often did you see that happen? >> all the time. i have been collecting things i called rumsfeld rules. they are inside a lot of people smarter than i am. one of them is that if you have proximity to a president, you automatically have an obligation to tell him the truth and what you really believe. people who do not have proximity and only go in and see him occasionally simply don't want to do it. they will tell me a

and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oakland and the whole built line railroad was redone. 19 is a pwa project and our great amphitheatres are from that time. this is santa barbara bowl. this is the forest theater in carmel and these are ccc workers putting huge bolder. here's 6 thousand people getting ready to enjoy oklahoma in that theater. big basin is a ccc project and this one, on the east river, new york. a project built where people from the lower east side could see performances and still do. our parks and recreation. almost all from them. that's the conservatory garden and i photographed that all the time. this is up at jeweliard park. i thought i would show you san francisco. i read they improved every park. i didn't believe this at first. this is the fly casting pools. here was a fly casting champion ship. here it is today. it's still in use. the stables out there. they are meant so the public would have the opportunity previously only available to the elite, as it so often the case, as is with golf. l

the layers of dangerous ice and heavy snowfall have closed airports from texas to long island. christin ayers reports the bay area is feeling the effects of the bay area this morning. >>> reporter: good morning. there certainly is an impact here at san francisco international airport. we just talked to a couple of people who have been standed here overnight. behind me you can see security lines are going moving. many more flights to the midwest and northeast have been cancelled on various airlines. we have flights that we have seen from american airlines, southwest, jetblue and continental all canceling flights to chicago, new york, newark and many other flights. that colossal storm has paralyzed travel as you mentioned from the northeast all the way out to texas. we actually just spoke to a couple of people who were on their way from texas to miami and are stranded here overnight hoping to get on a flight this afternoon. again, anyone who has flights going out particularly to the midwest and northeast in these areas is going to want to check with their airlines to ensure that

he lived on long island, but he was a new york city firefighter. anyone who knows anything about the health care bill knows that a new york city firefighter will not lose their benefits on labor day or any time else under this provision. but this poor man had listened to some talk rio and they convinced him that he was going to lose his benefits. but that is all fading. i haven't spoken to the gentleman since. i don't know his name. i just met him at a summer start treaty fair. but he -- a summer street fair. he found that his benefits are just as good as they were before labor day. it's funny he would say repeal the law a year ago, but wouldn't say so today. but there's an important reason why this law is gaining support as we learn about, and we owe some thanks to our republican colleagues. because they have given us a second chance to make a first impression. most who looked last year said the messaging, right or wrongly, falsely or truly, was done better by the opponents than the proponents of the law. now as people look at the law, they're lea

i am calling from long island, new york. -- my name is margaret. doctor should have their licenses tied in not be allowed to make money unless they serve as all people. host: how would you react to that? guest: we of taken an oath and that is the whole basis of going into medicine. unfortunately, and i have said this to some of my private sector colleagues, you may be as altruistic as you want to become a but if someone can put together enough money to come and see you and present themselves and you diagnose them as being a diabetic, how do you provid them that tester at some of the medication, and all the things they need? this is the beauty of what we can do. we have all of those resources available to us, and it is because of the critical fding that we get from the federal government that allows us to do that. and to serve the uninsured. the statistics you quoted earlier, the people that do not -- the thing people do not realize is most of the people are working people that cannot afford health insurance. they are not lazy. they work, but they c

>> long island. >> long island. erin, tell me a little about that sign. >> i brought you some gifts. >> okay. wow. and it says "good morning america." and has everybody's name on it. show me the gifts that you brought us. >> i brought you pot holders. >> you made these. and you picked out everybody's colors. you said this one's for me. which one are you giving george? >> this one. >> this one with the white and orange. i like that one. you made these yourself. these are fantastic. erin, thank you so much for that. can i get a hug? let's get to the boards. one or two things going on this morning. with my pot holder in hand. we're going to talk about cleveland. about six inches of snow out of this system. and chicagoland will come up with a good hit of snow, as well. this snow will spread anywhere from chicago to detroit, to -- yeah. even into burlington. it's a little bit north of new york city. but they'll get heavy rain out of it. the storm system will move across the country will spread could be flooding rain of three to five inches of rain. rapid, rapi

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courage inspired a young british boy who fled with his family and headed to safety in great neck, long islando new york, i was stuttering. >> reporter: david's parents urged him to follow the king's example as a way of gaining control over his stammer. >> if he could do that, maybe there was hope for me. so, he was my childhood hero. >> reporter: the child grew up to write the story of how the king found his voice with the help of an australian commoner, lionel logue, the son of a bar owner. mark loge is his grandson. >> this was locked up in a box in my uncle's attic. >> reporter: this is the real king's speech. a few slim pieces of paper that stand as a man's courage and another man's efforts to help him. >> i have a voice! >> yes, you do. >> reporter: this sunday oscar voters will speak with one voice and almost everyone expects colin firth to take home an academy award. it would be a stunning upset if he didn't. i'm sandy kenyon for abc news on oscar's red carpet in hollywood. >> we have a bet on this, best movie. >> i think it's going to take best movie. i know you're going with "the soc

i am calling from long island, new york. -- my name is margaret. doctor should have their licenses tied in not be allowed to make money unless they serve as all people. host: how would you react to that? guest: we of taken an oath and that is the whole basis of going into medicine. unfortunately, and i have said this to some of my private sector colleagues, you may be as altruistic as you want to become a but if someone can put together enough money to come and see you and present themselves and you diagnose them as being a diabetic, how do you provide them that tester at some of the medication, and all the things they need? this is the beauty of what we can do. we have all of those resources available to us, and it is because of the critical funding that we get from the federal government that allows us to do that. and to serve the uninsured. the statistics you quoted earlier, the people that do not -- the thing people do not realize is most of the people are working people that cannot afford health insurance. they are not lazy. they work, but the

york business groups, she's being paid to the answer questions on camera from the president of the long islandassociation. she's been briefed on the u.n. not been given any specifics. there was a major analysis of crib of lehman accidents of fines, thousand infants and toddlers are injured each year by a defective cribs, talbots. toddlr beds. the children are old enough to trying climate of those trips. let's give you another live look outside as we continue to follow the conditions out there as you make your way out the door here's a live look good over stanford's is go moving its way to the city we have modern shares coming down in san francisco also in walnut creek. we will be right back wih the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. were you one of the many in the bay area who saw this? hail coming down. we have reports of hail in san francisco, north bay, antioch. a lot of folks at this and we could see more today. in fact thunderstorm's do. louisa is following that. there's a lot of stuff going on rain now. >> louisa: a

agent who was very good at picking up some of the rings on long island. they got the guy before he was able to go after him, but the times never did the story. one of my immigration activist friends in washington said what's it going to take to get them to pay attention? does it need the beheading of a federal judge? there's another way they've treated immigration somewhat quickly and without the gravity that they really should. the issue of sanctuary cities, which came up in the 2008 republican presidential primary easily cities being places where immigrants are allowed to live without having worried about the documents being checked for any kind of ramifications from crimes committed that aren't serious felonies. gail collins said century cities was just a right-wing buzzword for freaking out right state voters. she said it had a sci-fi ring. she sat next time you hear a political ranting about a century city say is that rarity on new reeves was trying to get to in the matrix? the times has been extremely, if not absolutely silent on a dual citizenship

the race now just a couple months away but this could possibly be the last year for that long island foot race across san francisco. ktvu's jade hernandez joining us live to explain what this is all about. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. we're live along the hay street hill. this is part of the race's route. this morning the question is can this race survive the uphill battle to keep the tradition alive next year. there are a lot of people who are upset with the new race's restrictions. this year no floats and no alcohol. and thankers some folks. we spoke to a couple of residents in the neighborhood this morning. and you're taking a look at a website dedicated to preserving battuta breakers the way it's evolved over the years. they believe the death of the race is just around the corner. this year's race is not the last bay 2 breakers. there is talk without a sponsor the 12k race may be through. recent drunken debotchery including public urination and vomiting along the route has led to problems for residents who live along the route. there will be strict enforcement o

when it does it will mark the return of much-needed jobs to the long-abandoned island. we're shown what it means for the troubled city, too. >> reporter: a group of vallejo residents peered down the city's waterfront watching and waiting for the delivery of the "ss soul and". >> the building is where he spent a lot of his time. he was a rigger, shop 72. >> reporter: in the end, the ship's arrival from benicia's famous mothball fleet was delayed until thursday. >> it makes my heart feel good to know there's something going on. >> reporter: to understand the ship's importance, you have to understand maher island's ghost. the navy closed the island in 1995. former vallejo city officials al better lavetzo remembers it torpedoed the city's economy. >> we had foreclosures. we had a depressed economy because of the loss of jobs. >> reporter: the city recovered, but then plunged into bankruptcy during the recession. now for the first time the federal government has hired a private company on the island to dismantle the aging mothball ships rather than tow them out of state. >>

and on long island, new york, there's an increase in complaints about chest pains from patients who havehat snow. >> makes sense, but it is fascinating, isn't it? >> i know. >>> well, now for a look at your thursday forecast, it can't get any worse now, can it? but a new storm is bringing sleet and up to an inch of snow to southern texas. up to 3 inches in shreveport and jackson, mississippi. showers and thunderstorms in orlando, tallahassee and atlanta. light snow in northern wisconsin and some showers in the pacific northwest. >> meanwhile, 48 in seattle. 32 in salt lake city. and 61 in sacramento. teens in minneapolis and kansas city. 21 in dallas. 27 here in new york. and 22 in boston. >>> we turn now to our other major developing story this morning. the ongoing political chaos engulfing egypt. >> it is already midmorning in cairo and events through the night there have been violent, even deadly. for the latest now, we're joined on the phone by alex marquardt. hi, alex. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. that's right, it's 8:30 a.m. in cairo, and already we're s

he lived on long island, but he was a new york city firefighter. anyone who knows anything about the health care bill knows that a new york city firefighter will not lose their benefits on labor day or any time else under this provision. but this poor man had listened to some talk radio and they convinced him that he was going to lose his benefits. but that is all fading. i haven't spoken to the gentleman since. i don't know his name. i just met him at a summer start treaty fair. but he -- a summer street fair. he found that his benefits are just as good as they were before labor day. it's funny he would say repeal the law a year ago, but wouldn't say so today. but there's an important reason why this law is gaining support as we learn about, and we owe some thanks to our republican colleagues. because they have given us a second chance to make a first impression. most who looked last year said the messaging, rightly or wrongly, falsely or truly, was done better by the opponents than the proponents of the law. now as people look at the law, they're

host: long island. anthony, democratic column. caller: thank you for the opportunity.a question for the guest and a request for c-span. this is about the wikileaks. do you feel that wikileaks are playing it to the fact that these people are reading have they have been played by their leaders and the world government that is infecting the pain that they feel? number two, for c-span, would you look closer at the wikileaks and the content with dan? they demonize juliana staunch -- but i feel what, has happened in the name of the u.s. is more dubious. the truth is now against the law. breaking the law, the truth insuring year and is being hidden. -- the truth is in there. scott ritter, the u.n. weapons inspector, was also be prosecuted for a sexy again go by saying there were no weapons of mass destruction. and now-- prosecuted for a sex scandal by saying there were no weapons of mass destruction. and now assange is happening the same thing. host: at 9:15, we will talk about the internet and wikileaks. guest: i have mixed feelings about the wikileaks. i think the releasing

waseteran's day 2001, there a plane crashed on long island. it was two months after september 11. terrorism again? i was in a brief. i was coming in at 7:15. i heard it on my car radio. i stayed down there with the president and i did not come up to greet until noon. that five hours -- they were furious with me. i made some enemies on the press that day because i would not briefs until i was ready to. i slowed down. the press has to go live. is it terrorism? yes or no? >> if you get it wrong, and you have to correct it. >> the consequences of us getting a wrong is that we lose a job. we lose credibility. the consequences of you getting it wrong is you do a correction and you fix it. >> it is a little tougher than that sometimes. i also know that it does change the decision making function. and the role the people are playing. when you have pictures coming directly into the white house. i know that when the russian attacked, the white house was watching those pictures in real time. when you elevate that, put all that on steroids and attach it to is part of it. look how difficult it

host:buddy writes -- geno, a republican, from newport, long island. caller: mr. obama promised many things -- like taking the troops out of afghanistan. our problem is, of we have weak trade agreements. korea can send a million cars and we can't send them a thousand. same thing with china and japan. these are unfair trade agreements. on top of that, how can we compete with some country that pays 50 cents an hour when we have to pay our workers $10 an hour? it is impossible. i was involved in trading with japan -- we were going to send them some rice. they said, yes, send us our rice, but when i got there, they refuse to accept it, saying it was brown -- it was white rice and they like brown rice or something like that. they rejected it and i've lost $3 million. that is how i feel about the matter. host: chicago, illinois. james, independent caller. earlier get a caller who said it was ignored for anybody to believe exxonmobil didn't pay income taxes on their profits. host: right. caller: they paid income taxes on the profits but not to the united states. we buy t

long island, new york. you are next. cindy on our democrat's line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm calling to directly address your question. i do not think ronald reagan, who is a charming delightful man, a terrible president, i don't think he would approve of these, of today's republican party or at least the one whose have high jaked them. there are lots of good republicans. but ronald reagan for all the flaws that i know of him was a gentleman. can you imagine ronald reagan shouting at a guest speaker in our house of representatives shouting, you lie? these are just not people who are proper peeple. ronald reagan, for that man that called several calls ago from virginia, not the more recent one from west virginia, said well these democrats, they can't stand the truth. they don't want to hear the truth about ronald reagan. he was wonderful. ronald reagan did one of the most vulgar things that i can imagine doing and that man said he just told like it was. the ugliest thing i remember in my lifetime, and i'm 72, was when ronald reagan was going to announ

i'll never forget last summer someone came over to me, a jenman from long island.he said, i'm a democrat. i voted for you in every election, i'm not voting for you again. i said why? he said, i hate the health care law. i said why? i'll lose my health benefits on labor day. i'm a new york city firefighters. well, anyone who knows even a little bit about the health care bill knows that new york city firefighter will not lose their benefits on labor day or any time else under this provision. this poor man had listened to some talk radio and they convinced him he was going to lose his benefits, but that is all fading. i don't know the gentleman's name, i just met him at a summer street fair, but he found his benefits are just as good today as they were on labor day. it's logical to suppose he would have said appeal the law a year ago, but not today. there's another reason, a more important reason this law is gaining support, and we owe thanks to our republican colleagues. they gave us a second chan to make a first impression. most who looked last year said the messagi

in 2001, it was reported there was a plane crash on long island. the governor and the mayors at the bridges and tunnels. i was coming in about 7:15 and i heard it on my car radio. i did not come up to breathe until noon, until i was comfortable i had enough black -- enough facts. that five hours was an eternity. they were furious with us. i made some enemies in the press that they because i would not free until i was ready. i slowed it down. is it terrorism, yes or no? >> if you get it wrong, then you have to try to correct it. >> the consequences of us getting it wrong is that we lose the job. we lose credibility. we are not effective in serving the president. the consequence of you getting it wrong as a journalist, is you have to print a correction. >> it is a little tougher than that sometimes. i also know that it just changed the decision making function and the roles that people are playing. and you have pictures coming directly into the white house in the hostage-taking situation, i know for a fact that the white house was watching those pict

on veterans day 2001, there was a plane crash on long island. two months after september 11. the governor and mayor shut the bridges and tunnels. i wasn't going to breathe. i was coming in at 7:15 and very late to get to the white house and i heard it in my car radio and i stayed down with the president and didn't come up until noon until i was comfortable. that five hours was an eternity. they were furious. i made some enemies in the press that day because i wouldn't breathe until i was ready to. i slowed it down. the has has to go live. live from new york with the debris on the field, is it terrorism, yes or know? >> trying to correct something is worst. >> the consequences of us getting it wrong is that we lose a job, we lose credibility, we aren't effective in serving the president. the consequence of you getting it wrong, you do a correction. >> i know for fact -- little tougher than that sometimes. but i also know for a fact it does change the decision making function and the role the people are playing when you have pictures coming into the white house and decision mak