a new manhattan mansion. >>> if the layers lady's latest looks and even dating advice. >>> good morning. the threat is not over yet. powerful storms are once again threatening the nation's heartland. here's the latest. more than 80 tornadoes touched down in the past 24 hours. at least 15 people have been killed in the latest series of storms which hit oklahoma, kansas and arkansas. meanwhile, crews in joplin prepare for a fifth sweep through the rubble, though there have been no new rescues yet. >>> new images tr joplin, you see the left to right track that the city took through the city's heart. all of the damage and debris looks brown from this height. >> closer up, st. john's hospital as it looks today and joplin high school, parts of it literally flattened. >> joplin is not alone. more severe weather overnight. here is john hendren. >> reporter: the twisters just keep coming. >> oh, my god. >> that's my truck. >> reporter: dozens of tornadoes swept the midwest and south, raking the landscape and leaving a state by state tally of devastation. in oklahoma, this cyclone was caught on t

in 2008, i went to the oak ridge national laboratory and gave a talk called the new manhattan project for clean energy independence and suggested that we apply the same rigor and ambitious goals to energy research that we did to the manhattan project in world war ii, and listed several objectives of such a new manhattan project. most of them taken from the 14 grand challenges of engineering in the 21st century the vet check best of the national academy of science headset. they included solar power link, used nuclear fuel, advanced biofuels, rain buildings and even fusion. now, and you were a part dr. chu of the national academies effort to say to congress what we should do to help our country be more competitive and recall that the america competes. based upon your report. you have moved to -- in several areas and in your request you want to form more. i would like to indicate my broad agreement with that sort of strategy and work with you to find ways, even in this tight budget situation, to find, to prioritize spending and find more money for clean energy research. or example, my co

manhattan project in world war ii. and listed several objectiveses of such a new project. most of them taken from the 14 grand challenges of engineering in the 21st century. but they included plug-in electric cars, carbon capture, solar power, recycling used nuclear fuel, green buildings, and even fusion. now, you were a part, dr. chu, of the national academy's effort to say to congress what we should do to help our country be more competitive. we called it america competes based upon your report. and you have moved to form hubs, you call them, in several areas, and in your request, you want to form more. so i'd like to indicate my broad agreement with that sort of strategy and work with you to find ways even in this tight budget situation to prioritize spending and find more energy for clean energy research. for example, my colleagues have wanted to talk this week about subsidies for energy for big oil. if we're going to do that, i think we should talk about all subsidies. we might talk about big wind. the taxpayers are on the hook for $27 billion over the next 10 years t

this is the first really big case that is cyrus vance junior has had as the new relatively new manhattan district attorney. he knows that his reputation is going to rise and fall at least initially based on this case. so those prosecutors are going to have all the resources they need. >> he's the son of the former secretary of state, cyrus vance. here's a question, it goes to trial. let's say it goes to trial six months from now, a year from now, whenever it goes to trial in new york city. can he get a fair trial in new york, a jury trial given all the publicity out there, the tabloids in new york? some of whom have already convicted him for all practical purposes? what's the argument in terms of keeping the trial in new york or moving it to another location? >> well, you know, we in the news media i think, we always have this question. everybody's following this so closely. how can he get a fair trial. when you actually get to jury selection, i think i am always surprised at how much people are not following a big case. and i think that will be particularly true in a case like this. if

we'll have my visit there today and their reaction to this news. >>> back here at ground zero, lower manhattan, as you look at live picture of what is going to be the memorial, the old fool footprint of the buildings. we received news president obama will visit ground zero on thursday of this week. it was his predecessor, george w. bush who made history by grabbing that megaphone on that awful day and addressing the workers. the president again will visit here on thursday. returning to what i said before the break, a lot of americans thought osama bin laden was frankly living in a cave, on the run all these years. we were surprised, a lot of people were, to find out he was living in a very nice home, the best in that area. the question is, how many other people knew about it? our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell in our washington bureau has been working this aspect of the story all day. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. in the end, osama bin laden wasn't underground in a remote mountain cave after all. he was living in luxury in a suburb of pakistan's capital, on lan

and listed several objectives of such a new manhattan project. most of them taken from the 14 grand challenges of engineering in the 21st century that shot best at the national academy of engineering suggest. plug and electric cars, carbon kantor, soling -- solar power, advance biofuels, green building. now, and you were a part, dr. chu, of the national academies effort to say to congress what we should do to help our country be more competitive. we called it america competes -- based on your report. you have moved to form hubs in several areas and in your request the one-two for more. i want to indicate my broad agreement with that sort of strategy and work with you to find ways even in this tight budget situation to prioritize spending and find more money for clean energy research. for example, my colleagues have wanted to talk this week about subsidies for energy for big oil. if we are going to do that i think we should talk about all subsidies. i suggested on the floor this morning we might talk about big wind, taxpayers are on the hook for $

moved to a new location while waiting trial on sex assault charges he's a changed his luxury new lower manhattan apartment to a townhouse about two miles away. was released on one million dollars bail after spending several days and torrijos new york prison. crowds of greeks have shown they won't take further cuts quietly as fifteen thousand descend on the parliament building in athens and athens similar protests in spain weren't demonstrators gathered in a similar display of anger a week ago heavily in debt and greece is struggling to meet the terms of its massive bailout with creditors like germany demanding more cuts in the already struggling country. and other fifteen people are dead as intense tornadoes continue to tear through central u.s. states oklahoma arkansas and kansas are the worst hit by the twister outbreak rescuers are still plowing through debris after returning to level the downtown area of joplin missouri killing at least one hundred twenty five. it takes a certain kind of stamina to plunge into the icy ocean but it's all in a day's work for the determined divers of antarctica

. >> france's jet-setting political icon moving from a gritty new york jail to a plush manhattan apartment. new details about his house arrest. >> a developing story, american diplomats targeted in a pakistan explosion overnight. >>> imagine walking away from this. a catastrophic crash with a female racing star behind the wheel. >> and good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us on this friday. dominique strauss-kahn gets a major upgrade today in his accommodations. the former imf chief moves from rikers island to an apartment on new york city's toney east side. >> his golden parachute is said to be worth millions. so many new developments john hendren has the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. dominique strauss-kahn has been living a life of extremes. he's gone from a posh hotel suite to a jail to an upper east side apartment. now he's about to be freed, sort of. s for how long. for dominique strauss-kahn, this is prison. starting today, dsk will be here, $14,000 a month. >> i have decided i will grant a bail under the following conditions. >> reporter: tho

new york city? >> lower manhattan was the first place that took off, then chicago. those early passenger elevators always had an attendant that would take a passenger's request and then operate the car. the big change was the emergence of a electric elevators. starting in 1880, the electric elevator allowed building dollars to go much higher. we evolved from steam hydraulic elevators to the electric elevators that are not that much different from what we are going to see now at the top of the tower. this is the steam room on the top of the state st. francis. -- on top of the state francis. the equipment you see painted green, that is all the original equipment from 1972. we are just now in the middle of modernizing this equipment. >> why modernize? doesn't the equipment works fine? >> it does, it is of analog and intensive, and there are some additional controls. let me introduce the foreman to you. this is vince. he can do a better job explaining the project details. >> what is happening here, what are you doing? >> we are doing a major modernization. we are tearin

have to bring in revenue to keep their jobs through every day thousands of cash strapped new yorkers visit manhattan's finance office to pay the city for forgiveness this is going to be i don't know so this city will try to make money wherever they can get people to. see this tune their pay for driving a bicycle in the city two hundred thirty tickets at two hundred seventy bucks each have reportedly been issued to cyclists in central park this year compare that with just eleven tickets issued in all of twenty ten we just had just got on the sidewalk and some guy started yelling out. you know it's legal you can get arrested and we weren't even cycling we were just standing over our meanwhile archery silk may eventually be the last smoker left standing these are the remnants of last year's crop here in a liberal city crippled with debt and a rising tide of finance. new york and in a few minutes can money buy you happiness. websites works controversy in the u.s. over whether people are looking for love or just lust. there is a sense of romance and however there's one whether brings it with the big. switc

expensive city in the entire country for cost of living with the exception of the borough of manhattan in new york. drivers kids have gone up. there was a $12.50 gate increase a few years back. gas has gone up 153%. it was $1.69 in january 2003 when we got the meter increase. last week, it was $4.28. even drivers who are driving hybrids now are paying substantially more for gas than driving the conventional gas guzzlers back in 2003. in addition to that, you put credit card fees on the backs of drivers. drivers need this increase. do not hold it hostage to these other issues of service over which drivers have absolutely no control. [applause] the single best thing that you can do for service is to see to it that drivers have a decent income, decent working conditions, and job benefits, and you will have a cadre of experienced professional drivers who will serve the city well. [reading names] >> i just want to clarify that the public comment is for items 11 and 12. >> i'm with yellow cab. a representative on the taxi driver council. i want to address the electronic waybills. the government man

the train system is the main link manhattan and new jersey. and more than 150,000 passengers use it every day of the week. >>> it's coming up on 5:00. czeching in on our commute -- checking in on our commute let's go to sal. >>> the bart system is doing well. the bart system is up. no major problems. let's take a look at the commute on the westbound bay bridge coming up to the toll plaza it looks okay there. there are no major problems as you drive up to the toll plaza. alsos morning commute looks okay if you are drying on 880 north and southbound. the traffic is moving along pretty well. driving up past the coliseum. and this morning contra costa county. westbound traffic is moving well. you can see the road sensors are showing a little bit of slow traffic on eastbound four. also the morning commute southbound 680 looks good if you are driving to the nimitz freeway. southbound traffic is moving well from hayward to fremont. let's go to steve. >>> thank you. we do have a little bit of a breeze. mainly conformed to the offshore buoy. not as bad

new york post" is accusing will smith of getting piggy with it. so creative post. shooting "men in black iii" in tightly spaced lower manhattan, smith has angered new yorkers by parking a titanic luxury trailer on location despite having a luxury apartment nearby. the 53-foot long $9,000 a week rental with sports amovie room and all granite bathroom was moved after complaints. >>> this is from wnbc for new york in new york city where one feathered fugitive has landed back home after flying the coop. a peahen, the second bronx zoo escapee in two months, has been recaptured. missing since monday, the bird's escape produced headlines and a twitter account, which was similar to the zoo's original escapee, mya the egyptian cobra. the colorful fowl was spotted in several locations. they found her ten blocks from a zoo and all ended peacefully. i'm lynn barry and this is "early today," your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> what's the key to a better life? in china it's as easy as a flip of the switch. engineers showed off the newest advancements in robots at one exhibit, machines that write with a pen, serve food, anot

news, at least for his team, when the judge granted him bail. he can get out of jail, but with strict restrictions. jeff rossen with us from outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. jeff, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. this is basically house arrest in many ways. his wife flew in from france, and she's rented an apartment here in new york city, the defense told the judge, and they will live there together. under the veiled condition, though, it's not that simple. they will have to have extreme surveillance. he'll have an ankle bracelet on that's electronic, monitoring his every move. there will be an armed guard posted outside the door, and video cameras watching every move he makes. wearing a crisp blazer and shirt, dominique strauss-kahn appeared in court today, asking for bail for a second time this week. his defense team told the judge, despite his money and power, he's not a flight risk. in fact, they said, he wants to stay in new york to clear his name. >> this man has a right to be released from custody. >> reporter: but prosecutors argued against bail, saying strauss-kahn has a propensity for criminal behavior and could flee to france. >

of us, it staggered the new york city fire department. 343 firefighters ran into the world trade center and never made it back out. today, we revisited a fire house in manhattant day, engine 23. just to see how they were reacting to the news that the mastermind overseas was gone. >> first thing i thought of were the families of the six guys who worked there, hoping it would bring them closure to some degree. great day for the country. >> and those six are with you every second. they're on the wall, they're on the kitchen table. they're on the rig. figuratively and literally, that's a big part of their presence, is really felt here. >> yes. yes, it is. when i got to the fire house, it was one of the first things instilled in me. never forget those guys. they live on forever. >> it's a sad day that should always be remembered and never be forgotten. >> do you feel a generational pre-9/11, post-9/11 difference? >> i came on post-9/11. and we did lose a lot of experience, but we're pretty resilient. >> i think it shows a lot of resolve by the u.s. and by the fire department by bouncing back, and the commitment we have to the country to get these guys. >> a lot of

expensive city in the entire country for cost of living with the exception of the borough of manhattan in new york. drivers kids have gone up. there was a $12.50 gate increase a few years back. gas has gone up 153%. it was $1.69 in january 2003 when we got the meter increase. last week, it was $4.28. even drivers who are driving hybrids now are paying substantially more for gas than driving the conventional gas guzzlers back in 2003. in addition to that, you put credit card fees on the backs of drivers. drivers need this increase. do not hold it

the we did to the manhattan project and world war ii and listed who several objectives of such a new manhattan project. most of them had taken from the 14 grand challenges of engineering and 21st century of the national academy of engineering has edited the included plug and electric cars, carbon capture, solar power recycling nuclear fuel, advanced a biofuels green buildings and fusion. you were a part of the national academy sector to to say to congress what we should do to help our country be more competitive as we call america competes based upon your report and you moved to form ups in several areas and in the request you want to form or so i would like to indicate my broad agreement with that strategy and work with you to find ways even in this tight budget situation to prioritize spending and find more money for clean energy research. my colleagues wanted to talk this week about subsidies for energy for big oil we should talk about all subsidies i suggested on the floor this morning we might talk about the big win for the taxpayers are on the hook for $27 billion over the next ten years

president barack obama will travel to new york city on thursday to mark the death of osama bin laden right here at ground zero. i'm michelle franzen, in lower manhattan, nbc bay area news. >> what a moment that will be. all right. thank you, michelle. >>> head of the senate intelligence committee dianne feinstein announced bin laden's death before the president even did. feinstein was at a memorial in southern california for the late political consultant who helped on many democratic campaigns. feinstein tearfully praised a friend and ended by saying that within minutes president obama would announce bin laden's death. the crowd gasped and then applauded. >>> not surprisingly, the aftermath is complex. there's a global concern of backlash from al qaeda. the federal government is warning law enforcement of possible home grown terrorists. despite the warning, the nation's alert status remains unchanged at airports and transit hubs. bay area airports operating normally today but they say they're in constant contact with the tsa and local police departments. california emergency officials have not detected any credible threats following bin laden's death

attorney tells us his client will plead not guilty when he makes a court appearance here in new york in manhattan court later this afternoon. everyone thought it would be earlier than this. it's taking longer than expected. he will hear the charges, then asked to enter a plea. he will. then there might be a discussion of bail. we have to see, but the proceeding is not expected to take very long. we are learning a bit more about the alleged victim in this case. we know from police she is 32 years old. they are not releasing other information beyond that. only that she was treated for minor injuries after the alleged assault occurred on saturday. we know this, however, from the general manager of the hotel chain, he tells us that this woman did work at the hotel for three years and in his words, he was -- he is fully satisfied with her behavior and her work. above and beyond that, we are learning more and more details about what allegedly happened at the hotel on saturday. the police tell us that this is the account they received from the alleged victim. when she went in to clean the luxury suite,

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details, coming >> a rally took place at the twn lower manhattan. the newsame out that osama bin laden was killed in pakistan by people waved flags. at one point, there was an impromptu moment of silence. >> nearly 3000 people were killed by the terrorist attacks on september 11. >> tara mergener has more on the death of bin laden. >> osama bin laden was killed sunday by u.s. forces in pakistan after a decade long manhunt. >> today, and my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in pakistan. a small team of americans carried out the mission with extraordinary capability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> president obama said the helicopter raid came falling intelligence that obama had been hiding inside the mansion. bin laden was the mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks on at new york city, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. it set off a chain of events that led the united states in wars in afghan

this is ground zero, the site where the world trade center towers stood in lower manhattan in new york. people have gathered there about 1:40 in the morning east coast time. it looks like a lot of young people celebrating what happened today with the news that osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda was killed today, or at least the announcement came that he was killed and his body is now in the hands of u.s. authorities in pakistan. president obama made the announcement that osama bin laden is dead. >> during his speech tonight, he reflected on how the country united after the terrorist attack. >> american people came together. we offered our neighbors a hand and offered the wounded our blood. we reaffirmed our ties to each other and our love of community and country. on that day, no matter where we came from, what god we pray to or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one american family. >> the president also went on to say that americans were united in their resolve to protect the nation from another vicious attack. >>> we just got video in from pakistani tv and the an

manhattan. we have 30,000 new residents that moved into lower manhattan since 9/11 and is a testament to the abilityto give a message to al qaeda, that's the message we to give, we're able to rebuild. they're not able to put this city down. it's a message that resonates across the country today. >> go ahead. >> can i talk to you a second act the word closure? it's a very difficult word for us. i think if you're a family member and you've lost loved ones here, closure is really not the right word. because if somebody that you loved was murdered and certainly as publicly as this all was, there is no closure. there's justice that bin laden, you know, is no longer a threat to us, but there's no closure. it's not the correct word for this. i love that, you know, downtown is redeveloping. the world trade center site is sacred ground. we appreciate that there's going to be a memorial there to our loved ones. but closure, you know, closure canotes the end. there's not an end to terrorism. there's not an end to, you know, the pain that we feel from the loss. it's still very real for all of us. and so i -- i

which gives help to countries in financial crisis, is in jail here in new york tonight, charged with violent sex crimes at a manhattan hotel. he was a favorite in the french presidential elections where this news has gone off like a bomb. our report tonight from nbc's jeff rossen. >> dominique strauss kahn. step up. >> reporter: there he was, one of the world's most powerful men, disheveled, unshaven, and facing felonies. dominique strauss kahn, head of the international monetary fund, the imf, and french politician, now charged with violent sex crimes against a maid inside this luxury manhattan hotel. >> restrained a hotel employee inside his room. he sexually assaulted her and attempted to forcibly rape her. >> reporter: prosecutors argued with his wealth and influence, he's an extreme flight risk. the judge agreed, no bail. strauss kahn will sit in jail awaiting trial. as leader of the imf, he controls a trillion dollars. he was even about to run for president of france, but this weekend inside his expensive suite at manhattan's sofitel, police say he went on the attack. sexually assaulting the maid on the bed, dr

new life. osama bin laden is dead, and lower manhattan is pulsing with new activity.sama bin laden is dead, and new york city's spirit has never been stronger. the construction you see here is a rebuke to those who seek to destroy our freedoms and liberties. nothing will ever return our loved ones, but we are rebuilding from the ashes and tears a monument to the american spirit. new york's way is ever forward, ever skyward. ten terrible years ago, a terrible evil visited this place. today, the spirits that are all around us know some peace and justice. last night's spontaneous celebrations occurred here in lower manhattan, in times square, at the white house, in other places, private homes around the country and the world. they were a tribute to the selfless valor and dedication of our armed forces and to those who have worked to prevent terrorist attacks over the past nine and a half years. during that time, new york city's police department has built the most sophisticated counterterrorism operation of any police department in the world. today, as it does every day,

is accused of seven counts of sexual offenses against a hotel maid during a stay at manhattan's sofitel hotel. while new york officials took swift legal action, france denied any wrongdoing on the part of its potential presidential hopeful. in a poll conducted by french agency conseil sondage analyses 57% of french people believe strauss-kahn is a victim. while france has had a female prime minister, a gender milestone the u.s. has yet to achieve, some americans believe the u.s. holds the upper hand when it comes to reacting to violence against women. >> of course later resigned from the imf was freed on bail. why the attitude that they seem to have, more importantly will this incident change france's attitude that almost like a crime that hurts women is not worth pursuing an important man over. or do we have some of that here? >> well, just when i was beginning to think the french had it together here they go again with this kind of stuff. look, i think it's -- in some ways not surprised, also appalling to see the statistics of the support for him in france. this is america, our justice system like any

investigates the allegations of sexual assault that took place inside this manhattan hotel room last saturday. in documents obtained by cbs news, strauss-kahn has agreed to post a $1 million cash bail while wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet and confined to a home address in manhattan for 24 hours a day. he will surrender his diplomatic passport issued by the u.n. on wednesday, his accuser testified before a secret grand jury. the 32-year-old widow from west africa gave graphic details of the alleged sexual assault. >> the allegation is that there is not just sexual abuse but physical abuse. any kind of trace evidence that shows an association between the maid and the imf chief is going to be very important evidence. >> reporter: and defense attorneys are set to argue, a key argue in this case for them will be that if any sex did occur, it was consensual. >> michelle miller, thank you. >>> the faa says a mistake by an air traffic controller allowed two jets to come within 300 feet of each other only minutes after vice president joe biden's plan landed on monday. it happened at chicago's o'hare. an express flight was cle

this event was hosted by the manhattan institute in new york city your it's about 40 minutes. >> may have you seen pashtun many of you seen the movies i discussed before and those who have him i want to get out more. [laughter] >> this is a shot from "sex and the city." in a city as most of you know was a television series as well as the subject of two movies and the title of two movies. there's been oceans of ink has been spilled on the top of his foursome but i want to draw your attention to one fact about them that is then much less commented on. this is probably the highest educated group ever to appear on television. we have a harvard educated corporate lawyer. we have an art gallery manager. a public relations consultant. and a journalist, well, a sex colonists. they represent what i called the new girl order. now, let's go to the next image. [laughter] >> oops. more of the same, and more of the same. could this be the new boy order? i call them a child man, admittedly these characters are on the order of caricature, but their general persona has gained significant traction in