dancers and bagpipers and new york city mayor michael bloomberg joining the parade today. today. >> crazy outside. all right, hyundai rehe leasing the first hybrid car and gas prices on the rise. 2012 so nota could draw interest in consumers. and that's a popular car, grgar gastelu takes us for a spin. >> and they vie for supremacy, a new ambassador arrived hoping to bring an end to the conflict. >> this is the hyundai sonata hybrid. it has a motor up front and party back in the rear. it's a polymer design smaller than traditional packs and more expensive.

our guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and i went to new york city mayor michael bloomberg announced in secret the bloomberg has waged a full on war against who i read labels for the calories and more so than the solstices study and contents i will admit whether it's helps my waistline is a debatable wind up with a lot less sodium in the food what we eat is really crucial to our health and our government levels must make healthy solutions with social. now recently gloom found a new or demographic to force his food regulations on the homeless and now look i get it there's a very real obesity epidemic in america people are shutting their faces with food eating themselves and that it's hard it's incredibly hard to get access to healthy food but don't you think that of a little too far when we're trying to monitor the sodium intake of the people who live their lives on the streets never knowing where their next meal is coming from now apparently bloomberg has really think that it's too far new regulations in new york ban the donation of food to homeless shelters and you heard t

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later, new york mayor michael bloomberg and antonio villaraigosa. >>> following the outcome of the 2010 census. some redistricting plans have landed in courts. stanford law school held a conference in january and what is ahead for the redistricting for the coming decade. this panel on the voting rights act is 90 minutes. >> we're going to get started again. thank you all for coming back in. thank you for being here. one of my favorite philosophers is satchel paige. who is famous for many things. telling you to avoid eating fried food. thank you for helping us with the lunch along those lines. to the people at the levin center. one of the things that he says is let whomever sits around recollecting, i'm looking up the line. that is redistricting partisanship of the voting rights act. i want to start with the past of the voting rights act. it situates many of the debates today. the year the voting rights act was passed, a poem was published called "long view negro." through the telescope of dreams, emancipation loomed large. turn the telescope around and look through the larger end. wonde

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new york mayor michael bloomberg weighs in on the presidential race and cutting the deficit.t's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. i'm betty nguyen. ,,,, >> an overnight altercation in the east bay, what may have led to a fatal shooting of a father in oakland.

new york city mayor michael bloomberg says he supports the release of this information. >> parents have a right to know every bit of information we can possibly collect for the teachers in front of these kids. this is about their kids' lives, not about anything else. >> but dennis walcott wrote a letter saying, quote, it would be irresponsible for the press to u this information in isolation to render judgments about individual teachers. steve, how much faith should parents put in this data? and how important is this -- i mean, unprecedented release of basic lay teacher's score? >> it's essential. every single parent must have a right to know or has a right to know how effective their children's teachers are. too many of our parents know more about their kids' travel coach's winning record than they do about the effectiveness of the teachers that their children are saddled with or blessed to have. when you don't have school choice, you don't go from one good school to another. and you have to choose from the charter or public schools. you don't get the choice to choose the teachers when

new york city mayor michael bloomberg is weighing in in an op-ed in today's new york wall street journal. >> mayor bloomberg, good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." >> thank you. it's a great show. a great set. sorry you have to work with charlie. >> well, we'll talk about that later. >> he's like clooney, unrelenting. many similarities between you and george clooney, by the way. >> there are. >> federal budget and class warfare. i support, you say, letting the bush tax cuts expire but the obama plan isn't a serious strategy. by the obama plan you mean what? >> the obama plan to raise taxes on the wealthy will only raise, roughly, $1 billion more per year. we have a deficit of $1.2 trillion a year. so, it may be a political solution to a problem but it is not a solution to our fiscal problem. if you want to balance the budget, you have to raise taxes on everyone, and you have to cut programs and do them slowly. you can do them intelligently, both, but you cannot either cut your ways out of the problem or close your eyes and think it's going to go away

our guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight once again go to new york city mayor michael bloomberg a man to really seems like bloomberg is trying to give santorum a run for his money and the battle for told times the privacy right but then i bloomberg has taken the time away from his own war on food to address someone else's parts local ops weren't going to be exact is he last night historic co-op which has been around and politically active since the seventy's they voted on whether or not to ban israeli food products from the co-op and protests of israel's treatment of palestinians and that's the minutes are that shoe thousand people attended the meeting last night and it took two hours for all of them to get inside the gym where this meeting was held so this video of the line well basically is so long you could play this entire segment and still not reach the end of it because of the vote on the issue became a national story cause so much controversy of the debate the vote also to become obese if it's a new york magazine writer chadwick matlin who attended this meeting mockingly

. >> but new york city mayor michael bloomberg continued to defend his city's cops today saying they nothing more than anybody in this country. >> a lot of the world trade center terrorists that killed 3,000 people went back and forth to new jersey. so to say that the nypd should stop at the border is a bit ridiculous. yes. >> let's welcome back mr. lewis. is >> this is a bull elephant on the other side of the hudson finally speaking back against a mayor who has not gotten much push back when it comes to public safety, certainly not within new york. when chris christie speaks, he has authority that a lot of people don't have. former prosecutor, tough as nails, nobody is squishy liberal, a guy who has a lot of power. one of the more statutorily powerful governors, probably the most in the entire country. he controls a lot of law enforcement apparatus even as governor. when he says this isn't working, this needs to be coordinated. we need to be kept in the loop it has the authority that the civil libertyies union might not have. >> is this as far as he wants to go because mayor booker

following leads and up until today commissioner kelly of the police department as well as mayor michael bloomberg have not been able to tell us what those needs are the documents and a secret documents bored out by the a.p. are only showing us that the reason why we're being surveilled is because we are muslim they are muslim owned businesses muslim communities muslim community center is an islamic centers i think it's really interesting that you bring up some of these investigations by the associated press they've really stayed on this story the a.p. of course very far reaching and police commissioner their new your in new york ray kelly has kind of turned it around saying well it's the a.p. scott because they're targeting us and so he's trying to spin this and saying the police department being targeted by the a.p. as opposed to what the a.p. is saying that's going on which is that police are in a widespread way targeting. communities. there's also a crisis has no relationship to the community there would be no reason for them there are journalists there basically providing a poor investigative

looks like a cut and dry terrorism incident stop before anything could happen and of course mayor michael bloomberg and y.p. chief ray kelly held a press conference praising law enforcement for stopping this attack before was carried out. you were. going to spread. the robber is that screws with one of them. now it's funny that bloomberg added f.b.i. is robert mueller interest speech because the f.b.i. was actually involved in this case at all in fact the f.b.i. was aware the n.y.p.d. had been tracking him intel for two years but the feds never felt that he was a serious threat because he was mentally unstable and they declined opportunities to take the man down so that's why the family was the defendant was arrested by the n.y.p.d. process in a state court whereas usually terrorism cases are handled on a federal level with the f. and prosecuted in the federal court system but the f.b.i. wanted nothing to do with this case so yesterday tell us back in new york state court so he could enter a not guilty plea now defense lawyers think they have enough information to prove that business an example of

new york mayor michael bloomberg, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa and chicago mayor rahm emanuel our jafa education secretary arne duncan. this hour-long event was moderated by andrea mitchell. >> good morning. i'm neal, president of american university. secretary duncan, mayors, andrea mitchell, welcome to america university. and it is very important discussion, education now, cities in the forefront of educational reform. i'd like to think you picked the right university to host this very important event. american university has for decades to our school of education teaching and help provided teachers for these great cities, provided professional development education for the teachers of washington, d.c. in all eight of our warts. the cities represent the education of 2.5 million students. some of them facing some of the greatest personal challenges one can imagine, but they also represent some of our best and our brightest. i wish this morning a fruitful and engaging and a stimulating panel, and once again welcome all of our distinguished guests to this very special event. [a

eleven of the muslim american community last week during his weekly radio address new york mayor michael bloomberg trying to downplay the surveillance which has been a lightning rod of controversy for both the n.y.p.d. and we were for the past few months. everything the new york city police department has done is actually it is legal it is appropriate it is constitutional we don't target individuals based on race or religion. you got that last part we don't target individuals based on race or religion. yeah see if i were bloomberg i might stop talking about that publicly because it seems like the a.p. is just slowly continuing to release information there proves what he said is a lie this week the a.p. released documents of prove the secretive and demographics unit has been targeting muslim owned stores and places of worship and i might be asking yourself how this is different from the other reports of the a.p.'s put out unfortunately for the n.y.p.d. and for mayor bloomberg the new documents show the unit was working undercover in these places because they were places of muslim muslims owned or f

newly elevated cardinal timothy dolan celebrated the mass attended by mayor michael bloomberg.ted several events, including the funeral for robert kennedy in 1968. >>> president obama stopped at an irish pub for a pint. the president and his entourage showed up at the dubliners. the bar owners got a 30-minute heads up from the secret service and could not stop talking about the visit after mr. obama left. >> so honored to have him here. i do not have a lot of words to express it and i have a lot of words. >> it was especially exciting for us and my husband patrick. we are here on inauguration day and met colin powell here and here is, four years later on st. patrick's day. the president sport add button that said, vip guest. tell them danny sent you >>> you. >>> and it was a beautiful day for the top of the morning parade. they were joined by talented performers, too. >>> just ahead on news at 10:00, one of the men behind the kony 2012 video arrested. the lewd act that got him behind bars and why he is now in the hospital. ospital.  chili's $20 dinner for two has a bold n

spectators flooding the streets and hundreds of irish dancers and bagpipers and new york city mayor michael bloomberg joining the parade today. today. >> crazy outside. all right, hyundai rehe leasing the first hybrid car and gas prices on the rise. 2012 so nota could draw interest in consumers. and that's a popular car, grgar gastelu takes us for a spin. >> and they vie for supremacy, a new ambassador arrived hoping to bring an end to the conflict. >> this is the hyundai sonata hybrid. it has a motor up front and party back in the rear. it's a polymer design smaller than traditional packs and more expensive. contributing to the $26,000 price tag. and 37 miles per gallon, 9 better than the standard. i can't say i've done that well. perhaps i should check and see if there's some lead in my right shoe. under certain conditions it can go to electric mode at speeds up to 74 miles per hour, in an aggressive attempt to save fuel. but mostly switches back and forth between battery and gasoline power at lower speeds. combined with a six speed transmission, the system is balky, compared to season hybrids as n

we have los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, new york city mayor michael bloomberg and chicago mayor rahm emanuel. and education secretary arne duncan. in a few minutes we will be joined by the superintendent from all of these school districts to talk about how they are dealing with the bureaucratic and hierarchical problems some of them have inherited as well. education is at the forefront of all of the problems we face in the nation. every social and political problem comes together at the crossroads of our school system. it is the core of the crisis of unemployment and wagging behind in global competitiveness. today's conversation will address how each of our mayors are addressing these challenges and what their successes are and what they're continuing challenges are. this is a work in progress so we are going to address all of that. we are looking forward to a thoughtful conversation to engage you in questions and answers as well as the superintendent very shortly. first you, mayor villaraigosa. you, unlike mayor bloomberg and mayor emanuel inherited a system where you do not ha

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new york mayor michael bloomberg backs it but says it as fine line to walk. >> take every precaution possible to not do anything that ever violates the law. you just got to be very careful not to take away the rights that we are trying to protect. >> and new york police director samuel demayo who was not in charge at the time says two newark officers did accompany new york officers for a couple of days during the 2007 secret surveillance but were never briefed on specifics of the antiterrorism investigation. demayo also disputed reports that his department received a copy of the report on newark's muslims. >> thank you very much. >>> let's talk about the weather now and a waterspout jumping on shore in hawaii turning into a tornado. take a a look at this. it almost flattened several homes. this whole thing happening so fast that residents said they didn't even know what was happening. >> just heard that whoop and the big whoosh and it was gone in a matter of seconds. >> came like a hurricane and blew for five, ten minutes and then reversed across. and during that time we had this lou

villaraigosa will be at today's educational summit with the chicago mayor and the new york mayor, michael bloomberg, and the panel will be moderated by my friend, andrea mitchell. mr. mayor, welcome. >> great to be on the show with you, in person. >> it's good to have you out here in person. and we'll talk about the dodgers in a minute. but i want to go through, this is a stunning stat. the three districts combined. l.a., chicago, and new york, 2.5 million students, 77% of them are poor. this is your challenge, this is, i take it, so i guess my we to you is, you hear the president basically begging governors to give you more resources. is there just no federal government resources there that can help you out in this case? >> first of all, i agree with the president that the governors need to do more to put their money where their mouth is and invest in our schools and in our education. i also believe that we need to connect that money to reform and accountability, to improving our schools. and, yes, i think there is something the federal government could do. they get allowed districts like los ange

." >> new york mayor michael bloomberg, no mean philanthropist himself, admires broad's uncuddly approachhas given to new york schools. >> eli broad sets the standard. i think it's really being a role model for others. and they look at eli, and because of him, they get the ideas, "i'm going to be innovative and be philanthropic and do some other things." the leverage of eli broad is really quite amazing. >> amazing to the extent of almost $1/2 billion he's poured into improving public education. he spends even more on medical research. he teamed up with harvard and m.i.t. to create-- you guessed it-- the broad institute in cambridge, massachusetts. the broad is the world's leading genomic medicine institute. all discoveries are free, available to anyone. let me be rude and ask, how much have you put into this institute? >> $600 million total. >> broad grew up in detroit, the only child of immigrant shopkeepers. at 21, he married edye lawson. >> we borrowed $25,000 from her parents. >> and that $25,000 led ultimately to... >> a lot of money. >> in 1957, broad and a partner launched a no-fr

new york city mayor michael bloomberg claim food participatories banning donations to homeless.me to an end in spain. every year the city of valencia honors st. joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. it isn't officially over until wooden sculptures are set ablaze in the streets. wow. we need to do that here in new york. >> brian: no, we don't. serious stuff now, the shooting death of a black florida teen-ager is sparking public outrage. now the f.b.i. and the justice department have decided to investigate the case. late last month, mr. martin, unarmed, was walking home from a 7-11 when he was noticed by a neighborhood watchman, his name george zimmerman. that's when zimmerman called 911. >> we heard break-ins had my neighborhood and there is a real suspicious guy. this guy looks like he's up to no good or on drugs or something. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> we don't need you to do that. >> brian: right after that phone call, zimmerman not only followed him, but approached him. a fight broke out and that's when zimmerman shot martin, claiming self-defense. because of tha

rahm emmanuel questioned about losing the g 8 summit can cover from a colleague new york mayor mi michael bloomberg >> techny there are coming to new york? what is wrong here? we should have both and you are being criticized? you are bad at 500 you get into the hall of fame. i did not know what the problem is. >> hand wringing about losing the g 8 summit both mares making the point nato summit certainly nothing to sneeze at in terms of positive exposure for a city. >> argument waukegan a burger king turning deadly 29 year old man shot in the head restaurant parking lot 5:00 this evening identity of the victim remains on known until the family has been notified nobody arrested in connection to the shooting. major safety flaws cta newest "el" cars steel parts next to the wheels being defective. supporting most of the train's weight and could cause a derailment if they break. parts come from china transportation company of pennsylvania and stop them cta purchased 706 "el" cars for more than $1 billion axles and wheels sent back to the company company paying for the be placed at work. batt but they did

. >> reporter: the new york mayor michael bloomberg is steering clear from comments of the fbi and chris christie, but he is defending ray kelly saying the program is working well, and we should know when he talked about this at the top, megyn, eric holder says the justice department now will look into this matter about the nypd surveilling mosques and businesses in new jersey. breaking news, megyn. megyn: indeed. i think we had reported last week that mr. holder had said they were considering reviewing it. now the news is they are reviewing it at the department of justice and this additional tidbit of eric holder saying he is disturbed by what he's learned about the program. trace, thank you. >> reporter: okay. megyn: well, again, we are awaiting white house reaction right now to these reports coming out of israel that claim president obama told the israelis he would offer them new weapons if they would hold off on attacking iran until after the u.s. presidential election. well, until the end of 2012. we are live in israel with the complete story just ahead. >>> and since when does chan

we're also joined by new york city's mayor michael bloomberg. mr. going to make a difference. >> let's talk about that. because new york city has made a commitment. what is new york city's commitment? >> we have roughly a quarter of a million veterans here. about 3% or 4 prsz are unemployed and our commitment is to try to get all of those working. we try to help. we waived some fees on civil service exams. we give preference points. we have some volunteer lawyers that help them deal with legal problems, with the v.a. and other organizations. i try to make sure my company does things. we have a hiring program and a mentoring program. but we have the police department here. the corrections department here. we have a veterans affairs department here. all trying to recruit the best and the brightest. and these are young men and women who have what we really look for. and that's interpersonal skills and a dedication and a work ethic. they can survive in the military, they can survive in new york city. and there's a kind of employees that we want. >> you h

. >>> new york mayor michael bloomberg has shown his support for the nypd but wants to make sure nobody'snal liberties are sacrificed in the process. heather, back to you. >>> and the investigation will kin. anna live in the new york city newsroom. thank you, anna. >>> occupy wall street in new york city is running low on cash these days. a report on the group's website saying they could be out of money in a matter of three weeks. now, the document also showing donations are plummeting to about $1,600 a week just six weeks ago, though, the occupy organization in new york had about $45,000 left in its main account. the group did not comment on that report. >>> heavy rain forecast across portions of texas and the south and the pacific northwest. and take a look at this. an unusually stormy week in hawaii. they are picking up the pieces after a waterspout jumped ashore. this is at lana kai beach where it became a tornado and flattened several homes. >> blew that piece of metal from our neighbor's roof and wrapped it around the coconut tree and demolished we had two sheds here and just flatte