held by mayor michael bloomberg. they're upset over reports about the new york city police department using informant to follow activities of islam. >>> happy birthday to matt lauer. he turns 54 years old today. all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. a florida marine shares his tale of survival after dodging bullets in a hometown robbery. tv host juliana rancic and her husband update her progress on the fight against breast cancer. keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

reportedly smiling from ear to ear now this story shows us not only that michael bloomberg has a complete disregard for the violence and the first amendment violations that happened under his watch but you know that something that should be all that shocking considering that this is the man the bought his own election and who consistently defends wall street bankers from public anger but there is something much worse here to be said about the press the accounts of those that were there said the journalists either laughed along with bloomberg strokes or some stood there all quickly looking uncomfortable apparently not a single one of them spoke up said something about the mayor's actions and his jokes i guess in the presence of someone so all powerful they just decided to be silent and play along who would dare risk not getting an invite to this annual holiday party next year if they dare make a wrong move that king bloomberg didn't like you know it's all a perfect example of the relationship between the media and the power elite it's become all too close it's a relationship that's meant t

michael bloomberg, the mayor of new york, a billionaire, has said ballot access is an issue.e has money to spend, but he doesn't think there's a real pathway to win. what makes you think that a third way is more viable now than before. >> a couple of statistics talked about that. 81% of the american people are disappointed in the governance in washington. when ross perot was running it was 58% were happy with the government. that's completely flipped. the number of independents that are dissatisfied with the choices of two-party system served up has expand over that same period of time. if if yyou look at people participating in the political system for a long time as voters or young people, they're not as tied to party system as they had been. what they're looking for is leaders that step forward and put the issues, concepts, ideas, all of them which booevwe've be committeeing and seeing in the different formats actually forward getting them through the legislature. for us and for this this organization it starts with presidential leadership. >> let's see approximate if ther

michael bloomberg could be president. and the fourth, harold ford. >> i thought we were going with mike barnicle's wife. >> no, ann is too smart to do that. but let's talk first of all about the huntsman ad. >> yeah. >> a big buy up in new hampshire and i guess the flood gates are about to open up now. first of all the message with huntsman, what they put there is basically what we've been arguing all along, and now george willis saying it, erick erickson saying it, "the wall street journal" saying it, "the national review" saying it. >> right. >> that huntsman is the conservative. >> there are two things. the conservative and also the discussion we've been having here is who could really give the president a run for his money in the general election? >> yeah. >> and they have that in the ad as well trying to bring that message home. but i think the thing that's interesting here with these ads coming in is that there are a lot of voters who say they could change their mind, that are undecided, that it is somewhat open and

the social networking site got a helping hand from mayor michael bloomberg and senator schumer. new york city as historically been a place for companies to come. facebook looks to new york to bring in top talent. the initial public offering will happen next year and will begin trading over the new york stock exchange or nasdaq. reporting from new york. >>> for december these temperatures have been pretty comfortable out there. right now current temperature 54 degrees. humidity near 80%. pressure is holding steady. visibility holding up as well. there was fog to zeal with late last night -- deal with late last night. in baltimore generally overcast conditions. not a lot of sunshine. that's definitely the case. in annapolis we had a little bit of peekaboo sunshine but the clouds thicken un. there's a new weather system approaching in towson. not much sun here either. radar scanning all clear despite the heavy cloud cover. the nearest rain is far west. there are a few showers west. temperatures pretty comfortable. still 60 or near 60 at the beach. winds are just light and variable.

michael bloomberg says he has seen her in action and she is a great entertainer.ll the action in the comfort of your own home. watch the ball drop saturday night at 10:00 right here on abc 7. >> no. matter where you are, we have to have it on. it is a big tradition. >> you are we keep up with this at 37 degrees. >>> to result of an interesting audits on the irs. how hundreds of inmates have found

new york mayor michael bloomberg delivering the bbd news...ponsible for paying millions of dollars in costs related to the project. bloomberg says, "i'm sure we're going to work out something with the port authority. they've got a difficult budget situation, i'm sympathetic to that." despiteethis set back... tourists from around the world and all fifty states have made the memorial a regular stop on their visits to the big apple. ddniels says, "one million people, one million visitors from all around the world have come to this site. the idea that one million people have come here and set foot on this ground a place that they have not been able to stand in ten years makes all the work that's gone into building this very ssecial place worth it." - thousand visitors a day. at this rate... the memorial is on track to match or exceed the amount of people who visit the statue of liberty and empire state building each year. rafferty says, "all visitors to the 9/11 memorial must reserre free tickets in advance and pass through a security screening. &

the museum was supposed to open next year alongside the 9/11 memorial, but new york mayor michael bloomberg says it won't open on time because of a dispute over financing. >>> and this is the newest spot on earth. volcanic ash from an underwater volcano formed a new island in the red sea just off the coast of yemen. but don't pack your bags just yet. it may soon disappear since it's made solely of volcanic debris, but pretty to look at. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off indicate. the dow opens at 12,287 after rising 135 points yesterday. the s&p gained 13 points. the nasdaq was up 23. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei was up 56 points. while in hong kong, the hang seng added 36. >>> on more positive signs for the economy, stocks rallied thursday ahead of today's last trading day of the year. the only remaining suspense is whether the s&p 500 will end positive for the year. thursday's rally left it up 0.4%, the closest it's been to unchanged for a year since 1970. traditionally the last trading day the year is a down day. novembe

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here now new york city mayor michael bloomberg and rick schultz from the american enterprise institutethey are working on solutions to the immigration problem. new york city has a reputation and it may not be founded, being a sanctuary city for illegal aliens. >> it's an entry city. people from around the world want to come here. we have record population 8.4 million highest the -- biggest the city has ever been. this year we will have 50 million tourists come to new york city. a place people want to come. >> bill: with a half million illegal aliens you are not doing what arizona does or alabama does or other states where they are cracking down and saying look, we don't really want these people here, you are not doing that in new york city. >> part of the economy, everybody that's here undocumented should find a way to get documented. this country should be in control of its borders. this country should not be undocumented but it should be open to people around the world. without that we are not going to stay a super power, bill. >> bill: what do you say to people who say mr. mayor the

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mayor michael bloomberg blames the holdup on disagreements with the port authority of new york and new jersey, which is responsible for part of the project's finding. more than a million people have visited the 9-11 memorial since it was opened this year. >>> just a few clouds out there right now and on the whole a very big shift in temperatures from a frigid winter like day to yesterday, and a very butty day abc 2 we go back the day before that. today we're in the mid-50s in spots. the southerly breezes will keep temperatures from dropping terribly quickly, though. depends on where you are. further points south, low 50s this evening for a few hours. baltimore north ward 40s. we'll talk about how things shape up for the first day of the new year coming up. >>> if you text wmar to 46988 right now, you can download one of our apps and get the latest news and information you need wherever you go. that app features live traffic cameras, baltimore's most accurate weather forecast, and breaking video of news as it happens. >>> the big fire works are on in downtown baltimore tomorrow night. s

the museum was supposed to open next year alongside the 9/11 memorial, but new york mayor michael bloombergit won't open on time because of a dispute over financing. >>> and this right there is the newest spot on earth. volcanic ash from an underwater volcano formed a new island off the red sea off the coast of yemen. don't pack your bags, no vacation just yet. it may soon disappear since it is made solely of volcanic debris.ç >>> covering thousands of miles of our nation's coastlines every year, the coast guard comes to the aid of countless citizens and saves hundreds of lives. well, turns out, they're also sort of video stars. and as ted greenberg from philadelphia's wcau reports, the coast guard released the top ten rescue videos of 2011 and they're asking for you to vote for the favorite on its facebook or youtube page. >> reporter: they captured the drama in the raging surf. >> the mast was swinging around so violently -- >> reporter: and high above it. >> the only thing i could think of is, wow, we're doing that. >> reporter: these are the coast guard's top ten videos of 2011. real l

he has been called on by the left and the right, bill clinton in michael bloomberg have called on him for a variety of projects to have the first and maybe last person on the to be e same hometown as i am, indiana, but the same high school i went to. what are the chances you would get two black men out of the corn field in indiana on pbs? only in america. it is an honor to have you on this program. i am sure the folks in indiana are proud to have hoosiers on national television. your story is fascinating. i want to start at an unlikely place. there has been so much conversation about herman cain. those who are turned on to him like his business background and his 9-9-9 plan, the partite keep coming back to, apparently people like how he wound up where he is given where he began. he started and poverty and he did it the hard way and they're right way. it suggests that most black folks who do not succeed do not do with the same way. it is not that unusual if you succeed, whatever that means. what you make of all the conversation about his success? >> it is a story that has followed me m

the museum was set to open next september 11th, but now mayor michael bloomberg said it won't be completed in time. the memorial portion opened three months ago, and that has already gotten 1 million visitors. >>> the obama administration announced it's sending its top diplomat for asia, south korea, and japan. curt campbell of the state department will meet with leaders of those three countries to discuss developments in north korea following the death of kim jong-il. campbell is the most senior u.s. official to visit the region since kim's passing last week. >>> meanwhile, north korea says, despite a new supreme leader, there will be no changes to its foreign policy and defense strategy. the country's national defense commission said it will never deal with south korea's president while he is in power. north korea has ended official mourning for kim jong-il, and top officials have rallied around his son kim jong-un, declaring him supreme leader. >>> protesters in syria are calling for even larger demonstrations today to show visiting arab league officials the desperate situation they're

mayor michael bloomberg and lady gaga will flip the switch at midnight tonight.ficials expect 1 million revelers out there. in the leadup to the big moment, volunteers will be stationed on rooftops and terraces and buildings in times square fluffing up a ton of confetti and dropping it on to the crowd below. nypd officers will be blanketing the area by the thousands, up in the air, on the ground, on horseback and in plain clothes, blending into the crowd making sure everything goes as planned. >> aditi, thanks and happy new year to you. >>> finally, apparently cats do have more than one life. firefighters were working in the rubble of a fire when winnipeg, florida, when one of them found a kap cat that somehow managed to survive the flames, the water and the collapsed building. they are now looking for its owner. those are your headlines. now let's send it back to jeff. >> thank you so much. so cute. >>> i noticed tara and aaron over here, hello to our kids in iowa. i love that you left them back in home so you could enjoy times square on new year's. why? >> well

and mayor michael bloomberg adds that construction of the museum at ground zero has been halted becausemoney dispute. the foundation are at odds. the museum is supposed to open next september 11th. >>> turn, now, to sports and an extraordinary record college football bowl game. >> good morning. and welcome to your espn news update. the alamo ball. robert griffin iii, return to baylor. the other question, would the scoreboard explode. baylor up 14-7. the heisman trophy winner, the stiff-arm off the defender. 21-7, baylor. second quarter, all knotted up at 21-21. keith price, washington's quarterback, a gem of his own. flushed out of the pocket. pump fakes. runs 15 yards. and over for the touchdown. take one more look. baylor defenders bit on that pump fake. terrance ganaway who was the star for the bears. takes it up the gut 89 yards to the house. he had 200 total in the game. baylor received. they got a field goal. they're down three. ganaway again, as baylor knocking on the door. griffin under center hands it off. one yard later, 53-49 bears. price, used his feet quite a bit on thursda

new york mayor michael bloomberg says there's no chance the museum is going to open on time. it was scheduled to open next september 11th. >>> still to come when the news continues the fight to put out a burning nuclear submarine is over. now though, the fears of contamination. >>> i'm manuel gallegus in new york. it's one of the latest health trends. detoxing and losing weight by only drinking juices. but is it safe? we'll have that story coming up. >>> specialist police, just sending best wishing and happy christmas and kwanzaa and all that good stuff to my family out in maryland. my mom, my brother, my sister- in-law, all the other siblings, i love you guys and see you soon. >>> welcome back. here's a story about foreclosure and a mess that will have you shaking your head. a florida couple tried to do the right thing as tea started to fall on -- they started the fall on hard times. they were trying to save their home but as elaine quijano explains the bank got in their way. >> reporter: if you're wondering why the real estate market has been slow to heal -- listen to what

today mayor michael bloomberg says that will not happen. in recent months the foundation in charge of that project has been arguing with the port authority of new york and new jersey on who will pay for the project. the memorial portion of the project opened this past september and has already drawn a million visitors. >> only four days now until the iowa caucuses and the roller coaster ride continues. on the way up, some surprises. rick santorum, ron paul and the candidate who practically wrote iowa off, mitt romney. >> reporter: suddenly the iowa front-runner, mitt romney, is storming the state. >> this is not an election just to change presidents, it's an election to save the soul of america. >> reporter: romney has changed his strategy. while michele bachmann rose and fell and then rick perry and then herman cain, romney mostly stayed away from iowa. his super pac hammering the latest front-runner. >> ever notice how some people make a lot of mistakes? >> it was probably a mistake. >> i made a mistake. >> reporter: newt gingrich has los

mayor michael bloomberg and local businessmen lit the 74 foot tall tree at rockefeller center last night. neil diamond and the radio city rockettes performed at the annual ceremony. the rockefeller christmas tree which has 30,000 l.e.d. lights will be on display until january 7th. >> love neil diamond. love trees! >> beautiful sight! >> the time right now is 4:35. at 4:40, news of the world's central banks are coming to the rescue of financial institutions. that sent stocks on a nearly 500 point surge. >> that lifted things up. >> at 4:48, d.c.'s fire chief is proposing key change which will impact 75% of the department's work force. >> we're back with your weather first in two minutes. find out what you need to wear today. >>> 4:38. a chilly start to the day. most of us in the 30s. some wind chills down in the 20s. winds will be out of the northwest at 10. a little bit light later this afternoon. temperatures into the low 50s. i'll come back, talking about your weekend ahead. let's go over to monika samtani. she's talking timesaver traffic. >> taking a look live at route 50, i just got

michael bloomberg said today there is no chance it will open on time. >>> up next on the news edge we've got a look back at the beginning of apple computers. the company has come a long way since the early days. >>> we've got the cure for that new year's hangover. don't waste your money on those so-called remedies you buy at the store, the natural foods that will put the pep back in your step. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> i think you would agree apple computer has been a major influence in society and technology for 35 years. now the company is making sure that history is protected to help future generations understand how a garage startup changed the world. reporter: this 1984 super bowl ad introduced americans to an l's macintosh computer. -- apple's macintosh computer. it's just one slice of apple history you'll find in the silicon valley archives of history. stanford is home to the largest collection of historical materials from the company that steve jobs and steve wozniak started 35 years ago. through this one collection you can sort of trace i

mayor michael bloomberg saying there is no chance that the 9/11 museum at ground zero will open on time to coincide with the 11th year anniversary, remembrance of the attacks. david lee miller live from the newsroom with details on this. david lee, why the delay? >> reporter: heather comes down to one word, money. let's take a look at computer animation that shows the way the museum will hopefully one day look when it is completed while i elaborate on the problem. the national september 11th medical moral and museum foundation is fighting with the port of new york and new jersey. who is who? the port authority owns the trade center and building the museum. they claim the foundation owes them $300 million. the foundation claims the port authority owes it for delays. mayor michael bloomberg chairs the foundation and he explained the foundation's position. >> the memorial foundation believes that we have fulfilled all obligations. the port authority has to spend the money to do the infrastructure that they had agreed to and we think we have documentation to that. we also think that we have

and new york major michael bloomberg is leading the charge, cracking down on dealers who sell billions of dollars of weapons online. even to people who say they could not pass a background check. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has the video and the story of how . >> reporter: you're watching what cops say is an illegal gun sale. >> that's it, huh? >> reporter: the illicit trade, all set up online. a world where rules required in lie sensed gun stores are not a factor. in this sting, investigators shopped on ten websites where buyers could choose from 25,000 listings, in statesy the nypd said gun laws are sidestepped. what they found, 62% of the time, internet gun dealers agreed to sell to a buyer who said he probably could not pass a background check. >> no background checks, anything like that? >> no, i'm just a private person. >> oh, that's good. because i couldn't pass it. >> i probably wouldn't, either. >> reporter: the police chief and mayor are angry their city is awash in guns shipped from another state. the report says there's been a massive increase in online

of whether or not their conduct is lawful the fourteenth richest man in america billionaire michael bloomberg showed the generation coming up in america right now how the power of the state can be used against people protesting corporate crimes in that case the crimes of the banks was on wall street my generation saw that power when the military industrial complex as gassed arrested and even shot and killed at kent state protesting the war in vietnam. for congress to create a category of crime called terrorism for which the normal rules of the constitution and law don't apply from surveillance to detention to prosecution is wrong on its face it's also unconstitutional and to extend that terrorism label to people who are hurting the profits of one particular category of industry in this case the industries that use animals for food for research is unconstitutional in the extreme most americans and even most activists don't know so much about this and may just think it's done such a big deal but just wait until congress passes the banks or enterprise terrorism act which alec is likely working o

in meantime, after that lady gaga will join mayor michael bloomberg and flip the switch to 2012. back it you. >> dede, thanks so much. when nightly news continues on this saturday evening, why some people are saying go ahead, raise my taxes. >>> and the story behind the song that's synonymous to new year's eve. do you know the words? do you know what they mean? . detto see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress with many areas on the gulf coast having their best tourism seasons in years. i was born here, i'm still here and so is b

michael bloomberg the mayor of new york has said that he feared that the occupy movement would gain too much of a foothold and would continue to expand and i was there at the raid on zuccotti park in downtown new york and what i saw from the n.y.p.d. reminded me of demolitions i witnessed by the israeli army and the israeli border police inside israel and in the occupied west bank and as i reported there has been since nine eleven since the war on drugs transferred into the war on terror nine thousand american police officers have been trained by israeli security and intelligence officials hundreds of top law enforcement officers have gone to israel to train and what they're learning there is counter terror training by a country that is spent sixty three years dispossessing in controlling an indigenous population now they're bringing that back into the streets in the united states against the civilian population so you see you're seeing a process since the war on terror of israel if occasion and this is extremely dangerous in terms of what it means for the relationship between civilians

media and i know last time you came on the show you told alona about a letter sent to mayor michael bloomberg from a dozen or so different media outlets condemning what happened at zuccotti park when they really kept the press as far away from possible from that raid that happened there. found to me at least like the mayor took any of this to heart. well i mean i think i think the maybe some officers have made an effort but we have seen a lot of the same behavior that has been going on for the past couple months here in new york city with regards to the way bts treatment of the press colleagues that i know of here in new york city that were trying to cover the protests last night were you know treated as if they were spies or something traded the police were trying to keep them away from the area when they identified themselves as journalists they were shoot a way i attended protests here earlier in the week at a human university where i saw a reporter for a new york of fairly mainstream publication here in the city struck by a police officer when he simply tried to the reporter tried to step

on fox news sunday said it was a bad idea to raise taxes, warren buffet, michael bloomberg, steve jobson? roll the tape. >> would you raise taxes on the wealthy? >> today, no. i think this economy nationwide is at a point where it could go either way. >> okay, now. let me put this in context. mcdowell wins again. you both got it right. stole mcdowell's card. >> i have been a bad boy. >> you have no idea what is going to happen to you. he will be back this we're. should i suspend him for a week. >> mccallum and mcdowell next week. she suspended you. >> m&m before p and p. >> next up... >> the great american news quiz. i was at the white house last night. as usual the christmas decorations were stunning. neither ducey or maccallum were there. >> we only goes on the years you are not there. >> we have been going through your office since you have been gone. >> we found interesting things. >> question number one. white house addition, john adams became the first president to reside in the white house while it was still under construction in 1800. >> it will soon be ready, sir. >> building

someone like billionaire mayor michael bloomberg for example to be a strong runner for their ticket or corporate advocates who have suggested it might be a good idea to do some variation of turning social security over to wall street people like republican buddy roemer a corporate friendly democrat evan by. the website and the whole watching process looks to me more like an astroturf meet up like the tea party where average americans think they're bucking both parties and voting for a moderate when in reality they're just dancing with millionaires in another corporation it's not about political parties a truth that even americans elect acknowledges and for progressives who want to put an end to corporatism the answer will not be found in a corporation running a candidate the real grassroots movement is already in the streets the ninety nine percent movement is putting incredible pressure on democrats and eventually can lead the whole party to follow in the footsteps of past progressives like teddy and franklin roosevelt one republican the other democrat who both fought against too much

our guys aside tonight still time awarded rights because two new york city mayor michael bloomberg i don't last couple of months bloomberg is taking a break from outlawing smoking and cracking down on trans fats unleashed the full weight of the n.y.p.d. against the peaceful protesters occupy wall street and so far the n.y.p.d. has arrested hundreds and hundreds of those protesters thank you. thank you thank. you thank you. and also being caught on video becoming violent with the protesters with everything from baton separate spray after all who can forget the original occupy wall street occupy wall street pepper spray incident which came before so many others. i. was. her. right. to our eyes. was and most recently the n.y.p.d. isn't responsible for censoring the media during their late night eviction of psychotic park. thing the thing. i'm crossing. you. i spoke. now according to bloomberg that was actually for their own good he was protecting the press not trying to make sure that as a vixen was reported on properly but last night mayor bloomberg and speaking at mit well he just kin

turns around it will plunge than it did in america and that will cause a credit crunch they call michael bloomberg this look like a picnic. and then that could make lehman brothers look like a picnic we know it's going to be horrible speaking of the us financial sector since you bring up u.s. banks we have seen on this news that the federal reserve was going to be on board with the basil three capital requirements yesterday financial stocks tanked we saw bank of america go below five dollars a share we saw morgan stanley and citigroup and j.p. morgan fall substantially is this because do you think that basically people know that banks are so highly leveraged they can't afford to raise capital and that they either need to go bankrupt or be nationalized. yeah and the banks so fundamentally the banks are insolvent right now that we've been trying to pretend that they're not for the last four or five years and of course this is exactly what you pan did back in the not in nobbys and i remember a certain very was man called ben bernanke you advise in the japanese that they should shut down those on the

people packed the center last night and mayor michael bloomberg flipped the switch.>>it is a great event every year. >>> we have ours locally and president obama will help lead the national christmas tree tonight. >> there is a brand new star of the show this year. jummy olabanji is live on the e lips and has details. >>> good morning the brand new start as a brand new tree. the trade that was out here since the 1970's toppled over this year due to high winds and a new tree will be unveiled this evening. this is the hottest ticket in town 14,000 people were lucky enough to get one. the rest of us will have to watch on tv or the internet. the crew is out here now getting this stage set for the star- studded event that will happen later this evening. we know that the first family will be here and this event will be hosted by carson daily and plenty of act will be heading the stage today like the air force band, holiday tunes and country music stars. as we mentioned 14,000 people got tickets but this will be streamed live on the website washingtontree.org. this will sta