mr. bennett's career, and they will pay tribute to mr. bennett in song. tony bennett, your dedication to young people is known through countless projects such as your exploring the arts foundation and your founding of the frank sinatra school for the arts. you have proved to be a timeless link between artistic generations. and, of course, your inspiration continues with such incredible and wonderful projects as your recent "duets ii" cd. i have a copy. anybody else? [applause] and check this out, mr. bennett picked up two grammy awards sunday night for that album. [applause] so we congratulate you on that. i believe if you are scoring at home, that makes it 17 grammys in his career. [applause] what we love -- well, we love the cd, but today, we have gone one step further. not just a duet, but an extraordinary trio. i'm pleased to present this trio, performing for the first time together, young people from the choir of the san francisco school of the arts, the san francisco boys chorus, and the san francisco girls chorus, take it away. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ the

mr. bennett, you have always had the key to our hearts. now you have the key to our city.back here soon in your city by the bay. thank you for this wonderful gift you have given us all these years and thank you so much for letting us honor you today. tony bennett day in san francisco. once again, for the man of the hour. [applause] thank you all so much for celebrating with us today. happy valentine's day. we will see you at the ballpark. ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for

who is the secretary general of the world customs on this issue mr bennett queen recently russia bellicose and. having created the so-called customs union so how did it affect the relations of the three countries with a w c o well having supportive of this creation of a customs union really and when they set up of course there are many issues which are problematic therefore i sent to many experts to ensure that those three countries have a harmonized unified a system of custom procedures and actually from two thousand and ten to two thousand and eleven to see or hostage to the launching of eurasia community to the brussels european union and other countries so this is how we are supporting this very important initiative well it's interesting for me to understand from the outside as the leader of the world customs organization do you now consider these three countries i mean the union to be made to be like a single customs space or do you still consider that they are differences in dealing with the. past and well if you look at the european union with the twenty seven countries it started w

mr. bennett. you have an outstanding congresswoman. they're wonderful -- your wonderful mayor.nd all of you are here and, which makes me excited. [applause] this is the second stop on our 48 hours marathon extravaganza flying around. we are pulling an all-nighter. we have just come from iowa. do we have some iowans here? [laughter] nevada andway to we'll go to florida and virginia and ohio. i will also stop in chicago. vote. i cannot tell you who i am voting for. buts a secret ballot, michelle says she voted for me. that is what she said. [applause] you can vote early in illinois just like you can vote early in the colorado. this might not be the last time you will see me. [cheers and applause] i have come to ask you for your vote. i have come to ask you to help me keep moving america forward. we have gone through three debates and too many tv advertisements. oh, yes. got an amen over here. romney has been running around saying he has a five point plan for the economy. don't do. vote. -- don't boo. vote. that is a way to show your opinion. romney only has a one point plan. he w

mr. tony bennett, the legend. ♪ the best is yet to come ♪ and baby, won't that be fine ♪ sweet caroline >w you doing there, person? >> do it, do it. >> party girl nicole "snooki" polizzi and her fiance jionni lavalle. >> thank you, dr. oz. your wisdom knows no bounds. ♪ >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. here's a look at one of our top stories. a taxicab driver is in critical condition this morning, shot during a robbery in east baltimore. police say the driver was transporting a fair just after 8:30 when the suspect the man that money and shot the driver in the chest while he was still driving. driving. the car stopped on as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i would not want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, therefore i should not deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. this law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and protecting all marylanders equally under the law.

mr. tony bennett, the legend first hit the charts back in 1951.ng forward to that. >> sounds great. don't forget our annual halloween extravaganza. did you know it's just eight days away? >> no. >> i couldn't believe that. >> so if you're coming down to the plaza, better get going on that costume. we're going to crown a winner, as we always do, and, of course, we all will be getting dressed up as well, so be sure to join us for all the fun next wednesday here on "today." >> i have a fitting today. costume fitting. >> interesting fitting. could be interesting. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> let's see what we've got for you starting with today. we are looking at snow out back through the rockies, the cascades and inner mountain range. rain throughout the great lakes. that shower activity moves into the northeast later today. rain along the pacific northwest coast. southern skies will have plenty of sunshine as they will tomorrow. risk of some strong storms through the upper mississippi river valley. rain lasts into tomorrow morni

mr. tony bennett. the legend. ♪ the best is yet to come ♪ sweet caroline >> so good.y girl. snooki and her fiance. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, dr. oz. wisdom knows no bounds. ♪ let's go ♪ i'm talking here and now >> is governor romney trying to portray someone. >> no. >> three states are going to decide it all. >> you do your thing. >>> good friday morning. 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. giants fans celebrating another big win. that was actually the scene on the virgin american flight that left sfo last night. a 2-0 win over the tigers. the giants lead the series two games to none. let's check the forecast for today and beyond. pretty nice. rob. >>> they are leaving nice weather behind. upper 70s and low 80s inland out to the tri-valley. cooler next week. more news coming your way in just 30 minutes. >>> we're back now with more of "today" on a friday morning. it's the 26th day of october. it's 2012. it's cloudy here in new york, but we're going to have a pretty nice weekend in the northeast until sometime on sunday. then we start to watch out for hurricane

mr. tony bennett, the legend. ♪ the best is yet to come ♪ and baby, won't that be fine ♪ sweet caroline >w you doing there, person? >> do it, do it. >> party girl nicole "snooki" polizzi and her fiance jionni lavalle. >> thank you, dr. oz. your wisdom knows no bounds. ♪ >>> 8:56 on this friday. metro is gearing up for the heavy rain and flooding from hurricane sandy. crews will put sandbags around the system where high water is possible. they are checking drains and pumping stations. personnel expected to work through the storm. tom kierein is here with more on what to expect in terms of the first signs of sandy, tom? >> it's getting closer to the metro area than yesterday. unfortunately, beginning sunday into monday/tuesday, late sunday in the evening hours and into monday and tuesday is when we'll likely have wind anncr: which do you believe? what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully rever

by the way, just before i left this morning, " bennett to it -- pope benedict the 16 pulled me aside and asked me to deliver a message to both candidates. mr. president, governor romney, do you know what the holy father asked me to tell the two of you? neither do i.. he said it in latin. [laughter] when you think about it, only this dinner could bring together two men of the same colin who disagree on almost everything, both of whom think they are the world's experts on everything, who do not usually even like being in the same room together. roger and chris matthews. it is amazing. [applause] the al smith dinner, in thanking all of you for your presence and support, might i suggest this annual dinner actually shows the united states of america and the catholic church at their best. think about it. here we are, in an atmosphere of civility and humor, posted fittingly by a church which claims joy is the infallible sign of god's presence, men and women, young and old of every ethnic and racial background, democrats, republicans, independents, catholics, protestants, jews, latter-day saints, people of no particular creed, people of wealth, bu

mr. weston will come from george bennett. >> congressmen come your part has based a lot of his campaign on the controversial things that you say. you have, for example called members of the congressional progressive caucus communists. you said not the propaganda minister would be proud of the democratic talking points. i think i was on the budget last year. he told conservative women's group that they should stand up against liberal women's groups that were in your words, neutering american men. your critics say that makes you a polarizing and divisive figure and that it might be great for cable tv, that makes it an effective as a congressman. how do you respond? west: first of all, my legislative agenda speaks for itself. i didn't see any people for my campaign hurrying out patrick murphy. we can see a lot from the ads have been run as well. i have to tell you, i think we have to have a discussion about political ideology here in this country people we talk about progressivism in history and where it came from, it's very easy to talk about communism, marxism, socialism and modern-day a ci

by the way, just before i left this morning, " bennett to it -- pope benedict the 16 pulled me aside and asked me to deliver a message to both candidates. mr. president, governor romney, do you know what the holy father asked me to tell the two of you? neither do i.. he said it in latin. [laughter] when you think about it, only this dinner could bring together two men of the same colin who disagree on almost everything, both of whom think they are the world's experts on everything, who do not usually even like being in the same room together. . . >> some folks barely get by, guest from westchester, grateful for all of us to be people of faith and loyal americans. loving country. convinced that faith is not who is happy i hope they are to be here with us this evening would much rather to be at home with michelle and their families. that speaks volumes. all of us, recalling a man of deep catholic faith and ringing patriotism who had tear in his irish eyes in what we would all the uns of the world. the unemployed, the uninsured, the unwanted, the unwed mother, the innocent fragile unborn baby in her womb, the undocumented, the unhouse, the un

by the way, just before i left this morning, " bennett to it -- pope benedict the 16 pulled me aside and asked me to deliver a message to both candidates. mrpresident, governor romney, do you know what the holy father asked me to tell the two of you? neither do i.. he said it in latin. [laughter] when you think about it, only this dinner could bring together two men of the same colin who disagree on almost everything, both of whom think they are the world's experts on everything, who do not usually even like being in the same room together. roger and chris matthews. it is amazing. [laughter] [applause] the al smith dinner, in thanking all of you for your presence and support, might i suggest this annual dinner actually shows the united states of america and the catholic church at their best. think about it. here we are, in an atmosphere of civility and humor, posted fittingly by a church which claims joy is the infallible sign of god's presence, men and women, young and old of every ethnic and racial background, democrats, republicans, independents, catholics, protestants, jews, latter-day saints, people of no particular creed, people of w