>> two weeks ago, a new york, it was 400 years ago that new amsterdam was found at -- was founded. they convinced the general director of the new york port authority to put into action a bike accessibility plan, a bike plan for the more than 200,000 employees of the new york port authority. so they convinced these men that it would be a benefit to invest in bike accessibility. the thing is, i don't know, maybe you could put out an opportunity to meet them. we are mainly preaching for people who like our message, but i hardly meet people -- the opposition. i don't know, maybe there are some people who are against too much like accessibility in the room here, but up until now, we have not met them. >> back in my town, i meet them very often. one of the most, one of the best arguments concerns air quality and the problem of noise. also, the numbers of young families not wanting to have their kids growing up in town and moving out. they're really looking at what arguments can you put forward to say we cannot continue the way that things are going. >> think in copenhagen, the status of t

tornado touched down near amsterdam, new york, it caused some property damage but officials say there were no rorh of serious injuries there. >> -- oh, my god is what i think he said. over and over. mike is here with the forecast. >> you see interesting things the first time they see a tornado. let's take a look outside. we do have clouds hanging around and promise you warmer weather on the way. >> thanks a lot. and did they promise too much? a bay area culinary college where graduates are now asking for a refund. >> and special attraction getting lots of attention off the southern california coast.  >>> take a look at whale watchers dream across the southern california coast. sister station took aerial picture of two blue whales, possibly a mother and calf swimming off the coast. speculation the whales are staying in the area because it's well stocked with their favorite food called krill. they are hundred feet long, some of them weigh 200 tons. some of them have hearts that weigh a ton. >> so they are not bothered by the rip currents. >> absolutely not. >> i wouldn't think so. >>>

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new york state. a tornado spawned by violent thunderstorms in the wake of irene did some damage to albany. the twister was a half mile wide and touched down for more than 10 minutes in amsterdam, new york. trees and power lines were knocked down. windows were broken, and parts of roofs and siding were blown off. there were no serious injuries. >> wow. near amsterdam, roberta, where my little sister lives. scary. >> did you speak with her? >> i haven't talked to her yet. phone service was out. >> i spoke to my son about irene. he slept through it >> typical college student. >> the weather genes are not running in the family. >>> looking out from the city of san francisco towards the bay waters where a small craft advisory is in place. boy, could you not ask for a better looking labor day in the city by the bay? due east to dublin. looking out towards mount diablo. the winds beginning to pick up late day. let's look at the currents in and around the micro climates right now. we're in concord currently, clear at 83. oakland visibility is unlimited in the upper 60s. 70s in cab jose in the south and to the north and santa rosa, 63 in san francisco. average high is 70 this time of

there's a major cleanup in upstate new york, cell phone video of a tornado tear ag cross a state throughway through amsterdam, new york. >> oh my god. >> screen left as it happened, and screen right is the after effects, residents cleaning up countless fallen trees and some, more than 100 years old. >> i can't believe what i'm seeing. bill: people there are still in the state of disbelief. >> oh my god, i can't believe what i'm seeing. >> i cell phoned my mom, she goes honey, there's a tornado warning for amsterdam, i'm like n n don't get tornadoes here. >> i'm more than shocked. you hear it, you see it on the news, but to have it in your face is so different. bill: i bet it is. it traveled 7 miles before breaking up, that's an ef-1 tornado, known to pack winds of about 100 miles an hour. and it would send a scare through you, too. martha: we're hearing today on capitol hill about the future of the postal service. right now it's facing a decifit of more than $9 billion, folks, the postoffice already cut 212,000 jobs over the last decade. right now, more than 3700 branches are facing the possibility of closin

. >> she was right, amsterdam, new york, just north of albany, wild weather spawn ago full-fledged tornadoar, though, no reports of any serious injury. lindsey phillips who actually shot that video from her car joins us over the phone with more. hi lindsay, thank you very much for joining us. >> how you doing, thank you. >> i want to know how you aring doing -- how are you doing after seeing something like that up close, and we can hear what you're saying. obviously, you didn't know what to think. >> i'll still kind of in shock. i can't believe it happened. you know, i was just in the right place at the right time, i guess, depending upon your perspective. >> depending upon your perspect i. what were you hearing? we always hear that it sounds like a freight train or something coming through. what did you hear? >> there was a lot of lightning very close to me, so i was hearing just booming thunder, the rain, hitting the car windows, the wind, blowing street signs near me, and it was just complete and total chaos. >> lindsey, were you in the car alone? obviously, you pulled over to the side

>> that is what they have been doing in new york city where they have been doing that in amsterdam and copenhagen for decades. we are seeing more like portland and seattle swap the parking so there is a physical buffer. now you put the bike lane on the inside. this is for some places it can work great. that is something we love to see. you will see in the fire there is images of how to build out. you are getting the safety perspective and some greening opportunities. it is great because it is a buffer for people walking. pedestrians are not pushed off against the traffic. there is a buffer. the mayor's office -- we are cosponsoring this next week. it is an event happening in nine cities across the nation. they will be here monday, september 19. there is a group of dutch planners. help us figuring out some things out. there is the dutch touch. they have done some things we think we can learn from. at either end, the mayor will be here and at the end, there will be a closing reception. there will be looking at places like the business corridor. it is an interesting exercise. >> i would l

perry's security detail while he relaxes on the beach or while his wife takes solo trips to amsterdam, madrid and newamp says any of perry's trips were to promote economic development for the state of texas. and perry defends the cost to taxpayers saying that he's promoting texas no matter where he goes. but yesterday perry was promoting himself to one of the republican party's kingmakers. "the new york times" reporting that perry met with news corp. head honcho rupert murdoch last night. perry was raising money in a world he knows rupert murdoch's pockets are enormously deep and important. joining me is jim moore, the author of ""adios." these expenses, first of all, what do you make of the meeting between rupert murdoch and the governor of texas? how important was this? >> when i first heard about that, i was thinking maybe he's setting him up for a television program after he loses the election. who knows? obviously this is a guy whose favor he wants to curry. murdoch's reach in this country obviously with fox news, his network, his publications is very wide and he wants to curry favor with him. a

amsterdam monday. >> in serving the global audience, nhk employed all the traditional broadcast elements of good journalism and excellent technology on a new media platform via the internet to serve an incredible thirst for information. >> after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern japan march 11th, nhk world provided minute by minute disaster updates for two straight weeks, on both television and its website for live stream broadcasting. during that time, the nhk world website was visited by more than 5.4 million people from around the world. thanks very much for your viewership. this concludes this edition of news line. thanks for joining us. /s -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

amsterdam on monday. >> in serving the global audience, nhk employed all the traditional broadcast elements of good journalism and excellent technology on a new media platform via the internet to serve an incredible thirst for information. >> after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern japan on march 11th, nhk world provided minute-by-minute disaster updates for two straight weeks on both television and its website for live stream broadcasting. during that time, the nhk world website was visited by more than 5.4 million people from around the world. thanks very much for watching and we appreciate your viewership. >>> now let's take a look at the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item sent by irib iran. iran has made its largest donation of humanitarian aid to stricken somalia. the iran red crescent society's 5,000-ton shipment includes rice and other food items. the group has already sent 12 installments of aid worth about $25 million. somalia is suffering through its worst drought in 60 years. tens of thousands of people died, most of them children. somalia has not had functioning gove

new york. an amateur storm chaser captured the image of this funnel cloud in amsterdam.hat is just outside of albany. and based on the video, the national weather service has confirmed that this was indeed a tornado. and now, local officials are beginning to assess the damage. >> it is just devastating. houses were damaged. roofs were torn off the houses. trees are down all over the place. they look like toothpicks. and you know, thrown aside. >> amazingly though, there are no reports of serious injuries or deaths. >>> one time tropical storm lee has now been deplote -- demoted to a tropical depression but more trouble could be ahead for states along the gulf coast and elsewhere. drew levinson has a look at the damage lee has caused. >> reporter: front yards look more like lakes as lee dropped more than a foot of rain along the gulf coast. low-lying communities are taking the brunt of the storm. the tiny town of lefitte louisiana is under several feet of water because of overflowing bayous and sandbags in some places are failing to hold back the flood waters. >> a couple

incredible video out of upstate new york as a massive tornado plows through the town of amsterdam. oh, my. i can't believe what i'm just -- what i'm seeing. >> that voice you heard was from amateur storm chaser lindsay phillips. she just happened to be driving home when she spotted the twister touching down. initial reports show several homes were damaged. thankfully, nobody was hurt and talk about a job hazard. a photojournalist covering a high speed chase in california becomes part of the story when the suspect speeds off in his car. the journalist's car and that's not the worst of it. >> oh, my god! >> oh, my god. my wife and 2-month-old kid are in my car. [beep]. >> you heard right, carlos rodriguez says he left his family in his car for a couple of minutes to set up a shot. when he returned, the suspect was already speeding off. incredibly, rodriguez kept the cameras rolling. eventually his wife and baby were let go unharmed. jeesh! all right. on this year's anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, prayer won't have a place at ground zero. new york city's mayor michael bloomberg says

more weather trouble in upstate new york, which is still struggling to recover from hurricane irene, which hit last week. this twister touched down near the town of amsterdam, west of albany last night, traveling along the mohawk river, tearing off roofs, blowing out windows and damaging more than 2 dozen homes. >>> an even more horrific storm in japan. the worst typhoon to strike that country in seven years. this deadly storm dumped heavy rain, washing out roads and bridges, triggering mudslides, and killing at least 34 people. with dozens more missing. in a country still reeling from the earthquake and tsunami six months ago. >>> back in this country, there's little to celebrate this labor day for the millions of americans desperately looking for a job. 14 million americans are out of work. the unemployment rate is stuck at a stubbornly high 9.1%. president obama will unveil a jobs plan thursday that he says will include bipartisan ideas from the past. but at times the tone at the detroit labor council rally he attended today was anything but kumbaya. abc news' jim sciutto is at the white house this evening. jim. >> reporter: kicking off a possible defin

new york. look at this thing. an amateur storm chaser captured the images of the funnel clouds in amsterdam.t looks massive of the just outside of albany. based on the video, the national weather service has confirmed that this was indeed a tornado. some houses were damaged. but there were no reports of serious injuries. >>> one time tropical storm lee has now been demoted to a tropical depression. but more trouble can still be ahead for states along the gulf coast and elsewhere. drew levinson looks at the damage lee has already caused. >> reporter: front yards look more like lakes, as lee dropped more than a foot of rain along the gulf coast. low-lying communities are taking the brunt of the storm. the tiny town of lefitte louisiana is under several feet of water because of overflowing bayous and sandbags in some places are failing to hold back the flood waters. >> a couple of days ago, this wasn't even a named storm. i would hate to see if a hurricane really came up. >> parts of the nearby community of crown point are under two feet of water. people who live here are gathering their belong

amsterdam. and then i ended up here in the united states, the country that helped to overthrow the government. but it's my country in some ways. i was brought up as a kid in new, especially to find some sort of compassion deep inside yourself toward all of humanity. and i think it turned me into a human rights activist, which i wouldn't say i was when i left chile. it's not that i have stopped believing in the need for very radical definite change, but i think the way i understand it is the idea that we can bring together those who disagree on things, if we can, as nelson mandela -- and i gave a lecture in his honor just a year ago -- if we can funnel that idea that there are ways in which we can reach common ground between ourselves and respect our differences, and that's not an easy thing to do. >> the last 40 years, as you point out, have quite literally been a journey for you, since 1973, buenos aires, amsterdam, then to the united states. who or what were you fleeing from exactly? >> in one sense i was fleeing from a repressive dictatorship that would kill me. and when i did go back to chile, they arrested me, deported me, and then i was beaten up by sol