she's commissioner emily loyd and the head of department of environmental protection of new york city and appointed by mayor bloomberg to head this agency in 05. the department is responsible for imagining new york cities waist water and treatment, drinking supply, handling hazard materials and emergency x toxicities and removal of those and enforcing cities air and noise codes. they also have substantial responsibility outside of new york city managering 2 thousand square miles of the hudson valley. prior to heading up this agency commissioner loyd served as executive vice president for public affairs at colombia university and was in the administration for ten years and commissioner for sanitation under mayor, jenkins and was ma developer at port an authority and commissioner for traffic and parking for the city of boston. emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had original

and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built up

while less and less is being said about the country's crippling economic situation here inside new york city's largest department of labor office as some ways. americans are fighting to keep food on the table because there are bigger things like this unemployment here in new york everywhere. for people to people living on the street homelessness in new york city is at great depression levels nearly ten. cent of the country is out of a job and last month nearly one hundred thousand homes were foreclosed on this. is a house of worship something struggling americans are concerned with me personally know millions of people at work no but it is an issue that drives attention to the media among the employed five thousand are refusing to work construction workers have signed a pledge refusing to build the islamic cultural center if it is to rise if anything can trump america's capitalism clearly its anger. artsy new york. anger fear those can all be dangerous things now while some would like to say that the debate over the ground zero mosque is just a distraction or just political fodder for the upco

>> mitchell: tonight, from new orleans, president obama says the government will not forget this city or its people five years after katrina devastated the gulf coast. >> it was a natural disaster, but also a manmade catastrophe. >> mitchell: i'm russ mitchell. also tonight, a force for change. the new top cop here battles a history of corruption inside the new orleans police force. rescue efforts are set to begin to save those trapped chilean miners, as the government seeks a plan to reach them sooner. and pitching in: the legendary music makers of new orleans and how they helped rebuild this city. ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening from new orleans. august 29, 2010: it has been a cloudy, rainy day here, but no match at all for what this city saw on august 29 five years ago when hurricane katrina rolled in with a vengeance. in the next 30 minutes, we'll take a look at new orleans' past, present and future. but first, the news of the day. president obama ended his vacation this sunday and came here to new orle

hypocritical of me to tell someone else they can't practice their religion. >> this morning a new york city and buildings commission will decide whether an existing building can be knocked down to make room for the mosque. >>> two men convicted in a plot to blow up fuel tanks at new york's kennedy airport will be sentenced december 15th. one man is a former cargo handler. the other is former member of guyana's parliament. they face life in prison and plan to appeal. prosecutors say the pair wanted to kill thousands of people outdoing the 9/11 attacks to avenge what they perceive as the u.s. oppression of muslims. >>> violence erupted in pakistan this morning. gunmen shot to death at least 37 people in karachi. this follows yesterday's assassination of a popular lawmaker. karachi has a long history of ethnic and religious violence. >>> meanwhile there is more rain and new flood warnings in pakistan this morning. at least 1200 people have died so far in some of the worst flooding the country has seen in decades. now one of the country's biggest dams is threatened and nearby residents have bee

-- i don't know 30 blocks north in new york city and having it go forward-- is exactly the biggest blow to religious freedom in the history of the united states. projects like this, religious projects in particular, run into protests and zoning issues all the time, even when they aren't being built in and around a site where 3,000 americans lost their lives. i don't think when we look back on the history of u.s.-islamic relations over the last 25 years that having a mosque-- having a mosque built in new york city but not right in this spot is a deep blow to america's image in the muslim world. and i would also say, eugene is absolutely right about the place that soufies hold in the islamic landscape. on the other hand, if you look at what the imam has done, historically, the bridges that he's tried to build-- and i believe he's done this with the best possible intentions-- they've often been bridges to factions within the muslim world who whose values he may not share that i think a lot of americans

and where should they pray in new york city? >> there are hundreds of mosques in new york city. there are many, many blocks. right around here. >> reporter: can you hear the call to prayer? >> i don't know. i vice president gone in. >> reporter: there are strip clubs, a betting parlor and a planned shopping mall that will be underground at ground zero itself. well, you know, does the commercial activity, the shopping ball they're going to build here take away from the sacred nature. does the strip club? >> i think there is different, because of the intention. you know, imam ralph said he wants to leverage 9/11. it's meant to make a statement. and it's a statement that we don't want to be made here. >> reporter: brown is talking about the man behind the planned 13-story, $100 million core boba house. imman ralph. brown criticizes ralph for failing to disclose the source of his funding. and also questions ralph's background, saying, he refuses to denounce the palestinian group hamas. but ralph has worked with both the bush and obama administration on outreach to muslims overseas.

as well. >>> cheers to jack daniels, the kidden -- kitten stolen a year ago is back home from new york cityo san francisco. the mystery of the missing cat has been solved. jack was recently picked up by animal control in new york city. they scanned the accountant found a chip that was able to trace him back to the san francisco a spca. so with the help the airlines he arrived home today. >> i wanted to see him get here safely and i would not be happy unless i could make sure he did arrive safely. i fell in love with him the men i saw him. >> nobody knew how jack who is blind even got to new york. thanks to that chip he is back at the a spca and guess what, he is a available for adoption. >>> it could be a logistical nightmare. the city has a plan, how firefighters will tackle a blaze on the crookedest street in america. tonight's good question: how does the san francisco fire . >>> it is the worst case scenario for sure but think about it, how does the san francisco fire department get a fire truck down lumbard street if there was ever a fire. what do we do? >> reporter: it has been called

city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but it's cut down a lot. hurwitz: city tunnel number 3 will be an

new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have the united nations -- failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. so there's a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. things corrode, they rust. they get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. but it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. narrator: two massive underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the city's water supply. they run hundreds of feet below

wednesday, the city council committed $500,000 for a staff dedicated to helping residents and business owners get rid of the pests. >> put it on your skin. >> reporter: it's here in nework city that the blood suckers are making a buffet of my forearm. >> you can see the blood coming into it. >> reporter: we're doing this on purpose. jeremy ecker will use these bugs as bait for the latest weapon in the war on the insects. meet cruiser. highly trained pugle, and his cohort, a beagle named freedom. they're working dogs trained to pick up a scent from bed bugs like the ones we just fed with my blood. find a bug, get a treat. >> the dogs only eat when they find bugs. >> good boy. >> reporter: ecker is part of a growing number of bed bug sniffing dog owners. he gets $350 a pop for every apartment and house his canines check for infestations. and they are very good at finding bugs. researchers say a well-trained dog is more than 95% accurate at discovers even one small bed bug in a home. cruiser came to this apartment in nearby yonkers, new york, and sure enough -- >> good boy. >> so, he alerts. you can let the dog sniff around. they are pace back and forth until they pick

on some new york city buses. and new york's governor david patterson offered state assistance to cordova if it does decide to move the site further from the world trade center. many voices have weighed in on this in recent days. we hear from four, including two who lost relatives in the 9-11 attacks. charles wolf is a commercial pilot who lives in lower manhattan. his wife was at work in an office in the towers. neda bolourchi is an iranian- born american citizen who lives in california. her mother was on one of the planes that struck the world trade center. also joining us: nihad awad, executive director of the council on american-islamic relations, the largest muslim civil liberties advocacy organization in the united states. and michael medved, a nationally syndicated radio talk show host whose show reaches some four million listeners weekly. charles wolf, i'll start wu. you've spoken out in favor of building the mosque as an example of american tolerance. explain. >> exactly. first of all, i should say i'm not

. >>> this morning a new york city college student is held without bail for an anti-muslim hate crime. lou young of our new york station wcbs-tv spoke with the victim. >> reporter: 43-year-old displays his wounds with sorrow. a deep cash on his forearm, a defensive wound on his hand and slashes to his neck and upper lip. the handiy work of a passenger, police say, the cabbie in an explosion of anti-muslim in a new york city taxi. >> he asked where i was from. second question he ask, are you muslim? i said yes. >> reporter: the passenger was 21-year-old mike enright, a. shareef says the young man began ridiculing ramadan and began a rant. >> [ bleep ] i have to put you down. >> reporter: that's what he said? >> yes. you have to bring abdullah down. >> reporter: he said he lunged through the cab partition with a knife and the men struggled as the cab struggled for a block half. enright was charged with attempted murder as a hate crime. it's swept through the muslim community like a shock wave. inside, the victim, despite his injuries, continues to espouse his beliefs in the american dre

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captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. th of the pragmatic approach google is adapting looks for new parters in and avenues of growth. now from san francisco, michael copeland from fortune magazine. his article appeared in the july 29th issue and chris anderson from wired and his piece, the web is dead in the upcoming issue and jessica vascellaro writes about google for the wall street journal and pleased to have you as well. michael, since you wrote this thing, google is over. saying it's a juggernaut with new competition looming google's best days may be behind it. how so? >> it's a changing nature of how we use the web and the internet and with the rise of things like facebook and twitter and yelp, we're not so much going to the google search box as we are reaching out to our network and looking for answers and increasingly those answers are coming from places like facebook, for example, that google doesn't have access to. so if the last ten years of the web were all about the google search box, the question becomes, is

it made me think in a city like new york city if they could make these things ham, we should -- happen, we should be able to as well. you could do a pilot without going through a lot of process and give them people a case that would show them it could work. we could paint the street and check it out just like the sunday streets and the success that took off there. president miguel: there was an excellent example. and i think the one thing in everyone's mind was how quickly they were able to get things accomplished there. it was absolutely amazing. also had the pleasure along with commissioner borden and commissioner lee being at the mayor's signing of the candlestick unter's point legislation. actually signed in effect. as per on tuesday michael and peter were there to present the section of the extension of the underground that is going eventually into china town but basically the section that is south of market street and the two stops there. and a really full discussion of the south of market stops. we haven't heard so much and in that kind of detail as to the south of market with a

as was mentioned, new york city in 1999 and torture by moving completely. i spoke with a fire inspector last week in new york city and he asked them about that ordinance and he remembered the fire, brought back to the city council on behalf of the fire marshal, who said that this would be a good idea for york city with his preponderant of wood frame buildings. the concerns of increased costs in addition to the effect on small roofers, they will adjust in 11 years. new york city has infinitely more construction than seven sisters and a density that is on par. as a constituent here, seeing the apart -- department's response and the fire department's lack of response, we went for this legislation two years ago. they know it is a consistent issue. to date if you have concerns regarding the band, personally i have yet to see anyone with a vested interest in terms of a written policy or any part of the fire department to proactively address this issue. and it is an issue. seven to 10 fires each year but there is no change in the permitting process, enforcement adm

create a world o the ballot measure to relyize marijuana -- legalize marijuana has a brand-new opponent. >>> a city with high sammys for -- salaries for employees is not being hit by the economy for everyone else. out of line, the rant that pushed radio host doctor laura to apologize. >> and knowing when to say when. how gambling addicts can take away temptation. >>> the news starts now. budget cuts are happening everywhere around area. most often because of budget deficits. but that's not the budget cuts are happening everywhere. you know that, we talk about it every night, most often because of budget deficits. that's not the case in the town of san ramon. >> reporter: er friday they come to the sr. center for their afternoon bridge game, car oh kay and other classes. and even though they are enjoying the reserve and not a deficit, the fees are going up in some cases a few bucks. this in a town where the manager makes 35 $6,000 a year after his 10% raise in 2008. >> it doesn't seem right to me that they start at the bottom and it's cut, cut, cut and as it gets higher up, it's let cuts and more pa

diet tastes better on the mountain. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from new york city with terry moran. >> after katrina, the new orleans police force fell apart, hundreds of officers abandoned their post. some who stayed are charged with committing ghastly crimes. five years later, the force has yet to win back the public's trust. so, can a new chief make good on his vow to clean up the force? bob woodruff reports. ♪ >> reporter: they call it the big easy. but life on the streets of new orleans can be pretty hard. in the city that has already suffered so much, a heartbreaking epidemic of drug use and guns. there is a homicide here every other day. the highest murder rate in the country. and sadly, a police force in a downyard spiral. accused of deep corruption and unimaginable acts of violence. >> i had no idea what to expect. all we had was what was on the local radio station. >> reporter: the story really started in the chaotic days following the storm. >> we had no police communications at all. we knew it was bad. >> reporter: on patrol in the french quarter, mike fields reme

new york. and that's on foot. this is definitely a walking city. in fact, on a beautiful day like today these streets are literally packed with people. i probably walked more the past month than i did in all my ten years in new orleans. a ten-minute ride and 40 bucks later, we hopped off, took some time for a short break, then plunged into the city's legendary subway system. a stranger in a strange land for sure. >> really pay attention to the signs. just ask a lot of questions. >> who's the best person to ask if i feel like an idiot down here? >> someone reading a newspaper or talking on the phone because you can tell they're from new york. sir? >> no. >> reporter: i guess there are always a few exceptions. ♪ >> reporter: we eventually made our way to penn station. another hectic scene where the learning curve is also pretty steep. can i have a copy of one of the maps? it's pretty hard to hide your confusion in a place like this. but people who have mastered the system already did offer comfort. >> if somebody has a question and you look lost, you'

the question about religion leads to a vicious attack on a new york city cab driver. and results in hate crime charges. >>> the long count in alaska. it could be weeks before we know who won the republican senate primary there. >>> and a major mistake. it's costing new jersey hundreds of millions of dollars for schools. >>> good morning. and thanks for being with us. a college student who once promoted interfaith dialogue is under arrest this morning for a brutal attack here in new york city. the incident took place during a cab ride on manhattan's east side. >> police say the cab driver was stabbed repeatedly, after confirming that he's a muslim. aaron katersky has more on the attack and the young suspect. >> reporter: new york cabby ahmad sharif described house he was attacked. >> he had a knife. when i see the knife, it came right here. >> reporter: the father of four picked up a fare on tuesday evening. on the drive, michael enright asked, are you muslim? when sharif answered yes, enright pulled out a leatherman life and slashed him on the face, neck and arm. >> he

city. >> i think it is beyond outrageous. >> cbs5 news finds out how much your city leaders are really making. >>> taking their love of shopping to a whole new level, how some young easterners are spending their money on fashion. >>> and lindsay lohan is not free just yet. >>> and we will pinpoint when to expect the weather, the news will be right back. oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. [ female announcer ] with our state in crisis, we need a governor with a plan. you need a real plan, something i'll acknowledge i did not have. [ female announcer ] jerry brown. no plan then. no plan now. meg whitman. a plan for jobs. log on. learn more. leaders earning unusually high salaries. that got us wondering about how much money bay area leaders are making. dana king shows us the surprising numbers. welcome to san ramon, population 58,000. a small east bay town . >>> now it may have a new claim to fame, the bay area city was one of the highest city paid managers. a survey of 15 bay area cities finds 10 cities made more than $500,000 in 2009 and one made a lot more,

i have to say as a confessed new york giants fan who has come to love your city, i have learned that you can call the new orleans saints just a football team at your own personal peril. please, the toughest question i will ask you will be to con dense in 30 seconds what the new orleans saints and the superbowl victory mean. >> resurrection and redemption. going from worst to best. they move that we could actually win. this town was set to lose in every aspect that when the saints won, when they won the nfc championship, when they finally won the superbowl, it was a cataclysmic event for the people of new orleans, and that's when the people started saying, you know what? we're going to make it. >> that was the sign. >> and chris ivory's run the other night said it all. >> i'm telling you, only sports fans welcomes here in new orleans. to both mary landrieu, senator, and mayor, thanks for coming to our table this morning. >>> up next here on "meet the press," my interview with brad pitt whose make it right foundation is among those private efforts to rebuild and transform, in this case,

the empire state building has stood alone on that new york city skyline in that part of town for closers, and now that might be about to change. the new york city council will decide if developers can put up this skyscraper, almost as high and just 900 feet away from the empire state building, just to the west. its owners are calling the proposed newcomer a monstrosity. the owners of the competing empire state building, that is. the fight has fired up the purists, while others say new york city needs the jobs that the new building would bring. >>> when we come back here tonight, why the comforts of home and the great outdoors just don't always mix. >>> i saw some detour signs. >> i didn't see any. >> i saw them when you and mom were trying to fold the map. >> audrey, when they close the road, they put up big signs, like this one. >> an icon to fathers everywhere, the classic clark w. griswald. since that movie was made in 1983, one thing has changed, we americans take a lot more stuff with us on summer vacation, especially electronics. digital cameras, gps locaters smart phones. and as

and new york city police cadet. >> are we not american? are not muslims on the line in iraq and afghanistan? >> i'm not against people practicing their religion. i just don't think it should be in the shadows of the world trade center. >> jim rich's son, jimmy, also died on navy, a new york city firefighter, like his father, he lost his life saving others. >> move it five, six blocks away, whatever the location is, but this is overlook ground zero. we think it's wrong. >> reporter: the debate has sparked controversy and confusion over the details of the project. the planned complex will not actually sit at the ground zero site but two blocks north. it will include a mosque, a library, fitness facilities, a restaurant, and a september 11 memorial. open to all. last week, the project received final approval from the city, allowing it to move forward, but a recent poll found a majority of americans, 68%, do not approve of building a mosque so close to the place where the world trade center towers fell. jeff. >> glor: elaine quijano in new yor

-islamic relations over the last 25 years that having a mosque-- having a mosque built in new york city but not right in this spot is a deep blow to america's image in the muslim world. and i would also say, eugene is absolutely right about the place that soufies hold in the islamic landscape. on the other hand, if you look at what the imam has done, historically, the bridges that he's tried to build-- and i believe he's done this with the best possible intentions-- they've often been bridges to factions within the muslim world who whose values he may not share that i think a lot of americans would rightly consider beyond the pale. if you look at the comment he made about the violence surrounding the iranian election the advice he gave to obama was to give a speech where he recognized the foundation ruled by islamic jurists in iran. again, these are not the worst things in the world to say. arguably, you can see the geopolitical picture but at the same time you can see why people would raise an eyebrow. >> brown: brief last word from you, eugene robinson. do you see it? do you see any w

city has come. summertime and the living is easier in new orleans. the saints are n.f.l. champions. their superdome is an icon of the city's rebirth. that was unthinkable back in 2005. new orleans was drowning. 24,000 katrina refugees wandered into the superdome and were trapped inside horror. >> it was an absolute cesspool. just a living hell. >> reporter: doug thornton, the superdome's general manager, recalls the building itself was left for dead. how damaged was this roof in the end? >> 70% of the roof membrane was blown off. >> reporter: rebuilding would cost $250 million. naysayers included thornton's own wife denice. >> spend millions of dollars to rebuild a stadium when most of the people are homeless. it didn't make sense. >> reporter: but it did to city and state leaders. to jump start downtown business and inspire others to rebuild. 13 months after katrina, the superdome had a new roof, new field, new life. a huge success. >> it was like everything's going to be okay. and i think it was pretty special. >> reporter: emotional. >> yeah. >> reporter: even today. >> even today

a revamped pension plan for new city employees also will go before voters in november, but the council decided not to put a sales tax increase on the ballot. >>> san francisco was the first city in the nation to ban some nations from using plastic bags. now it wants to ban all of them from doing so. >>> today i am introduced an ordnance that bans plastic bags entirely in san francisco. >>> ross mcgraney says his new ordnance would add to his current plastic bag. >> this would be the strongest as i understand in the united states. >> reporter: the mayor's ordnance is already picking up support from mayor newsom. >> what was exempted closing that loophole. >> reporter: so far retailers aren't saying they're going to fight the changes but some are saying they would like to see help with the transition. >> perhaps the government wants us to change the way we do business, they should give us a good monetary incentive. perhaps they can cut all our business fees in half. >> reporter: and supervisor mayor corini says he's expecting a expect -- mayor mirkarimi says he's expecting his law to exp