coast guard, the largest evacuation in the history of the world, manhattan island. it was not top down. >> i wanted to add something about responding to japan. we felt like we were very ready to implement and our employees were ready to donate, but surprisingly enough, we had to have the american red cross tell us to hold on. our local entity, the japanese red cross, says that they can take care of ourselves. at that point, they were not willing to let others help them. we were in this area where we were ready to give. we have so much we want to give to you. we had to wait a number of days. 48, 72 hours before of a sudden they said, yes, please. you have that cultural sensitivity with the government, local ngo's, and in this case is really played out, surprisingly. we just sat on our hands for a little while. we were ready. we were ancient. >> first of all, the u.s. was fairly arrogant after katrina as well. secondly, every disaster is different. he has a dysfunctional government. what do you do? what do you do with a dysfunctional government? every one of these are

that was originally swimp -- swampland and has grown to more than twice the size of new york's manhattan islands. >>> still to come, if you missed it, we have she lights for you of beatdown. ravens took it to the jets to go 3-1. the plays you want to watch over and over again. we will show you a few more when we return in a bit. and it's a heart warming story early on this monday morning. some call it a love store i would -- story. vandalism and we will look at news around the nation. that's right, you are watching good morning maryland first and only at 4:30 to start your workweek a live look at our nation's capital. >>> five things to know before heading out the door on this monday morning. the u.s. sproam court begins a new term today and topping the list of issues for review. a constitutional challenge against president obama's health care reform law. other charged issues could include immigration, gay marriage and affirmative action and abortion. communication director for the presidential candidate herman cain says her decision is firm but not finalized as she is working up the paperwork.

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i mean, technically the tramway i guess they call it which connects roosevelt island to manhattan ands connects main street to wall street. sorry, mitt romney, work on the metaphor. they are not connected. except by a vaguely swiss seeming thing you probably don't want to talk about. the front-runner having to come up with a snappy rejoinder to your protest, failing but attempting to come up with it, that's for the protesters a sign that their protest movement is catching on. another sign. media coverage of the cause. not media coverage of the organization necessarily or specific protesters but of the cause that the profest is against. in the month before the occupy wall street movement, there were two our account 164 mentions of the phrase corporate greed in the news. one month. 164 mentions. in the month since the occupy wall street movement has been under way, 1,801 mentions of that same phrase. corporate greed. in the news. here's another sign that your movement may be gaining some momentum. your protest which is narrowly focused at first to one specific geographic location, in th

district court in manhattan are accused in a widespread fraud connected longe long island railroad--.i.r.r. the scheme awarded disability payments to nearly every retired union worker who applied. >> employees in many cases after dlaiming to be too disabled to stand, sit, walk or climb steps, retired to lives of regular golf, tennis, biking and aerobics. >> reporter: the "new york times" first investigated in 2008 and videotaped supposedly disabled retirees enjoying golf, including former united transportation union official joseph rutigliano. gliano.tors say another defendant played tennis and golfed 140 times in 2008 while golfed 140 time collecting over $100,000 in ionual pension and disability payments. others were observed shoveling heavy snow and riding a 400-mile bike tour around new york state. also under arrest are two doctors who allegedly made millions running disability mraud mills. the complaint says dr. peter ajemian recommended disability for 453 l.i.r.r. patients over four years and made $2.5 million in revenue from them. th those patients got $90 million in disabilit

historical enthusiastic their aim is to reach the shores of keiji island to take part in a special performance. from the days of the manhattan project in one thousand forty two the university of california has been involved through the science of its provision and scientists and their relationship through versity you see since day one has been in charge of researching designing and testing nuclear weapons and to some extent producing weapons every single on nuclear weapon in cities arsenal was designed by university of california. we don't warm go. to university of california who was selected as the contract because the army needed scientists to leave their versity positions. a group of protesters interrupted a university of california border regions meeting to demand the school's sever ties with the nation's nuclear weapons program. at the beginning of the season the optical to see shipyard that's results to pall mall but. they had been ordered by the government of russia's northeast region of chukotka which is less than one hundred kilometers from alaska . but you will not spoil it but why is the opposing plate small. one

. >> always 10 to 15 degrees colder on libert ay island thant is in manhattan, but it is a great morningr the statue. on this anniversary, an inside look at a couple things most people normally never see. we get a tour of the only two people who lived here on liberty island and also show you a view from inside the statue's torch. she stood as a testament to the american dream for 125 years. lady liberty welcomed 12 million immigrants as their boats entered new york harbor. >> i see the real thing. well, it's wonderful. >> reporter: today, thousands of tourists board the staten island ferry for free to get that familiar and stunning passing glimpse. but only park superintendent dave lusinger's family is lucky enough to call liberty island home. >> my wife and i. >> it's a small city. >> very small city. >> reporter: true, the inconvenience of having to lug groceries three miles by boat. >> so, come on in. and see our little abode. >> reporter: but there are benefits. >> and there's the million dollar view. >> reporter: very quiet back here. i would imagine. except for the howling wind. >>

i mean, if you want to build a bridge today, i have had many islands to buy like near new york, near manhattanand i say, how long would it take to get a bridge built? they say maybe 20 years and not sure we can get it. 20 years. in china, they build a bridge. you know what it's called? build a bridge. they start working. >> why can't the bureaucracy be eliminated? >> it can't be eliminated but can be made quicker, better and more efficient. it's getting much worse. the epa is really, really tough. i know the head of the epa. she used to be in new jersey and i really like her. terrific. but you know what? it's gotten so bad. i have friends they want to do things, piers. they can't think of it. >> which of all the republican candidates at the moment do you think has it in him to get america out of the? >> i have to start off saying i think any of them are better than what we have now. we really have got a chief campaigner. you look at obama. and i don't know him. i never met him. and i think he's truly a nice guy and looks to me like a nice guy but all he does is campaign. he should be sitting b

long island just an hour from manhattan dealing with heavy rain. this is fine line, heavy snow and heavy rain. so basically the cooler air is when you start to see the snow. i want to point out a very heavy wet snow. lot of trees haven't lost their leaves. so when you get the heavy snow, trees come down and already reports of that happening as well, power outages with the heavy wet snow falling on top of the power lines and bringing them down. across the region, 6:00 p.m. saturday we'll see heavy wet snow in eastern pennsylvania and new york city. parts of albany and across western massachusetts and connecticut and by midnight tonight, you are still going to be dealing with it. it it's not as high what we're seeing in new york city. three inches of snow but snowing in albany. boston will get some of the snowfall by the overnight hours and 6:00 a.m. sunday it should be over in new york city. the storm will be coming down in parts of maine and eastern portions of massachusetts. take a look at monday, long gone nothing happening. it will be a beautifu

. >>> also this morning, we'll take you from lower manhattan a little further south to cuba. more americans are now visiting the islandctions have been eased. there are certain qualifications for you to go. we're going to tell you what they are. but most importantly, what you can expect and what you can see enough that opportunity. come along with us on a surgeonny. >>> but first, jobs and the economy will be the center of tonight's presidential debate in new hampshire. gop voters are shown to trust mitt romney most when it comes to the economy with herman cain second. jan has a preview of tonight's debate. >> good morning, chris. this is the seventh gop debate, but it's the first one devoted entirely to the economy. as we've talked about here, that is the n number one issue for voters. with the unmroit rate hovering at 9% and the white house struggling to get enough support in congress for its jobs bill, republican presidential candidates see an opening. >> my 9-9-9 plan. >> reporter: surging in the latest polls, businessman and front-runner herman cain has made headlines with his intention to replace the tax code wi

manhattan. this would be between what would be williamsburg or brooklyn. the river from long island sound down to battery park. and now that we see they have the skids, they have the helicopter at least up in the toward the top of the water, if there was somebody in there, they'd be able to get that person out. one still missing at this point according to the scanner. >> reminds me, we were covering it live, you remember it well. not the east river. the hudson river. sully sullenberger and the u.s. airways flight. a dramatic rescue operation underway. when i hear 66 or 68 degree temperature in the east river, that sounds relatively okay for people to survive for a while. >> yes, that's correct. at least 20 to 30 minutes. obviously, you would get cold, but that cooling of the body can be benefit for the body to be survivable under that water for a longer time. the cooler the water is, the longer you can survive under that water even after breathing water in and getting into the no oxygen levels there. you can survive it. you can be brought back because of the temperature of the water