francisco and the city of san francisco overall, especially downtown, except for some of the new skyscrapers, has retained a lot of its old character. the mission district has not been developed that much, it's retained a lot of its character. however, i see a lot of the development going on right now where there's mixed use with commercial retail and upscale condominiums. i see this occurring throughout the boundary areas of the market-octavia corridor. but i'm also interested in our public aesthetic despite our decreasing square footage for higher income earners decreasing and decreasing opportunities for low income residents, seniors and those disabled within the boundaries of this planned district, it's important to be able to preserve and keep these as well as develop new opportunities with local nonprofit agencies which are developing such as affordable housing opportunities for a variety -- for diversity of our population which really needs the assistance, not only do we have to keep our middle class and our families in san francisco, we need to keep our entire age and income and ethn

francisco and the city of san francisco overall, especially downtown, except for some of the new skyscrapers, has retained a lot of its old character. the mission district has not been developed that much, it's retained a lot of its character. however, i see a lot of the development going on right now where there's mixed use with commercial retail and upscale condominiums. i see this occurring throughout the boundary areas of the market-octavia corridor. but i'm also interested in our public aesthetic despite our decreasing square footage for higher income earners decreasing and decreasing opportunities for low income residents, seniors and those disabled within the boundaries of this planned district, it's im

indeed, my book tells the story of the builder of more new skyscrapers than anybody in the 1920s. he got his start in the garment district. he also showed a certain strain towards irrational exuberance. he declared that 1930 would be the greatest of all building years. he died poor. [laughter] now, of course, not everything about cities is rosy, particularly once you leave the u.s. the same urban proximity that enables people to communicate ideas also enables us to communicate diseases with one another, and if you're close enough to sell someone a newspaper, you're close enough to rob them as well. from the course of, over the course of history, cities have been battling with the demons of density; crime, contagious disease, congestion. this is a map a of death rates in new york from 1800 to today. a boy born in new york city could expect to live seven years less than the national average, today life expectancies are three years longer. we don't understand fully why cities like boston and new york are healthier than denser areas. some people credit walking, more people credit soci

it's one of five new skyscrapers overlooking ground zero. >>> want to check in with sal.nd you are starting at 880, sal? >> we are. looking at that, tori. the sun has come out. the roads are a little bit better. but northbound 880 on the right you can see slow traffic drive up past the coliseum getting up to oakland, to a crowded bay bridge toll plaza. it's crowded there. it's better than it has been the last few days -- few days. no problems on the bridge. if you are driving in san jose, the traffic continues to be very slow on 101, especially after 880 in getting in mountain view and sunnyvale. look at all of the slow traffic here. it's still backed up from 92 to milpitas. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. very good morning. partly sunny, partly cloudy. we have a couple of rainbow alerts by the coast and city. it will be a good day for that. you will get the sun, clouds and you will have some rain in there. not a lot of rain with this. you can see some scattered showers picking up. also, just off the san mateo coach and san francisco coast and i do think this patte

. >> reporter: reporters in this tokyo news room braced themselves as the 7.3 quake rocked the building shaking monitors and lights and rattling nerves. skyscrapers swayed for several minutes. authorities issued a tsunami warning. the quake struck the same japanese coast devastated in last year's deadly quake and tsunami that killed 20,000 people. residents near the coast ran for cover as thousands evacuated to higher ground. workers at the fukushima nuclear plant were ordered to move so safety. last year's tsunami hit the reactor. this time the tsunami warning was lifted two hours after the tremor hit. there are no reports of serious damage from the quake but several people were hurt. tina kraus cbs news. >> more than 300,000 people are still living in temporary shelters after that massive 9.0 earthquake ask and tsunami last year. >>> one san rafael remembers the dark moments of that day, pearl harbor. he sat down with anne makovec to give his version of the attack and what he did to keep from getting killed. >> at first i said hell no i'm not going to abandon my ship. i'll fight it out. >> reporter: john will never forget the moments from decem

>> we were having a skyscraper sale in new york so we decided to participate in it.ded 2 1/2 years ago to move the first group of people downtown and since that time we've moved 6,500 people to downtown detroit and mostly young folks. they are excited about the city and not only is the auto industry doing better but there's a whole entrepreneurial tech startup scene there. venture capitalist are there. a lot of mobile development going on there. mobile app development. and it's very exciting because twitter just took an office in downtown detroit and we're talking to other big names. it's not just us. there's a lot around our area. we're very excited. >> we watch other -- >> the midwest labor force, both cleveland and detroit where we're located, i know it sounds cliche but there's a midwest work ethic. there's no question about it. there's great people and they're skilled and universities put out great people. >> it's where you grow up. we agree with you. there is a midwest work ethic. >> the young people who are coming out of our great universities, michigan and mi

save him. 70 stories above the streets of new york, a desperate man contemplates ending his life by jumping from the top of one of the city's landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out as quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police department's emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and almost immediately as soon as we finished loading up and checking our equipment, a call came over that there was a jumper up on the top of 30 rockefeller plaza. >> the detectives race to midtown manhattan where the 23-year-old man dangles his legs precariously from the 70th floor observation deck of 30 rock. >> the first thing that i see when i get up there is him furiously scribbling at the notepad. i tried to communicate with him as much as possible. >> several onlookers and the local nbc affiliate's live sky cam records the action as it unfolds. >> he was on the northeast corner standing on approximately a 2 foot by 2 foot wide piece o