in march 2008, the "uss new york" was launched. when you first saw the ship built, describe what the moment was like. >> it's kind of like what everybody says. i mean, the hair went up on the back of my head. i've always been a very emotional person, and that's basically, the "uss new york" is built on emotion. it's recycling that emotion. taking america's worst day and turning it into our greatest national symbol. and i felt that, as i was going in there that day. that this was something special that not only i, but you know, the nation can rally around. >> erika: at 684 feet, the ship is longer than two football fields. it has a crew of 360 sailors and can carry up to 700 marines. it sailed up to new york for the commissioning ceremony. as it passed the site of ground zero, the warship fired a 21 gun salute. when we return, we'll learn more about this very special ship. assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little or no cost to you. imagine... o

goodwin previously climbed the sears tower in chicago and the world trade center in new york. for "teen kids news," >> erika: on november 2nd, 2009, the "uss new york" sailed into the harbor of its namesake city for the first time. the bow of this ship is built from seven and a half tons of steel, which was recovered from the world trade center after 9/11. >> the world trade center always was the symbol of new york, and now the "uss new york" becomes that symbol itself. the ship honors the victims of the 9/11 attacks as well as those who rushed to their aid, the first responders. >> there is a very special relationship between the city of new york, "uss new york," and especially the first responders. we are the first responders of the united states military. when the president needs us to go do something, when there's a situation somewhere in the world, he's going to ask where the navy is. and we're going to be ready to go do that. >> erika: and that's where ships like the "uss new york" play a key role. this type of warship is called an lpd. that stands for landing platform do

and you described new york today to -- you say sound the alarm, there is a new drug epidemic in town and most of the city wants in on it. in certain circles of new york, it is regular table conversation. we have entered the golden age of self-medication. drugs have become like hair products or cosmetics. this is brain styling, not mind altering, and you have a serious point to make there, but what is the extent of what you see going on in new york? >> well, i mean, i think new york is the same town that brought you woody allen and brought you everybody having a psychiatrist. there not a great deal of stigma to being neurotic in new york. it is accepted to the point of maybe being desirable in certain circles. i think now that these medications are more common, new york is the place where people are going to be comfortable with it and going to be open about it. >> you make a point of saying here that this is brain styling, not mind altering. you make a clear distinction between the two, do you not? >> yeah. i think people when they have actual problems like anxiety, depression or inso

he's relishing on the new york jets' victory they play over in new jersey, a team you're familiar withry booker's with us, we were interrupted earlier because of a heavy rainstorm on the plaza but we had beside you at that moment, mark zuckerberg, founder of facebook, the largest social network in the world, just 26 years old. you met him last summer at the end of a conversation there and follow-up conversations, he agreed to commit $100 million to new york city schools. you have to match that. how are you doing it? >> we're doing pretty good. the announcement got out through the "wall street journal," we're $40 million in for the match. and we've got $60 million to go. he always calls it a challenge grant because it's not just other people to match the money he's challenging the new york residents and the community to step up like we never had. the investment he's making newark can create a model of uniform. we're not new york city with 1.2 million kids we're 45,000, we can show the nation quickly what a complete model for school and education reform can be. >> you're spending gis as

play recounting that story through the experiences of a group of women is being revived here in new yorkance to go check it out. ♪ shine, let it shine >> reporter: these are the stories of new orleans women, all survivors of hurricane katrina. >> what our story does, it allows people to put themselves in our shoes. and so, by being able to see it from our viewpoint. >> reporter: the play, "swimming upstream," first hit stages in 2008. but acclaimed playwright and activist, eve ensler, brought the play back this month in new orleans and new york, for katrina's fifth anniversary. >> in particularly in new orleans, and really everywhere, always keep the world alive after disasters, after conflicts. >> reporter: written during a year and a half by 16 new orleans women, some of whom are also performers in the show, "swimming upstream" is a mix of poetry and song. humor and pain. rage and resilience. >> this story reminds people that though we've come a long way, we still have a long way to go. >> reporter: ensler who directs the play, earned huge acclaim in the '90s for "the vagina monologues

killed his mother and then himself. >>> one experience dead after a powerful storm passed through new yorked down trees and power lines. more than 20,000 people lost electricity. 100-mile-an-hour hurricane- forced winds. >> a real mess getting home for a lot of new yorkers yesterday as you can imagine. around here, we had showers and a couple of thunderstorms overnight and wave to them. they're going bye-bye. we have a couple on the eastern shore. skies are clearing. and we have temperatures down in the 50s in the mountains in oakland and in the mid-50s in shenandoah valley and manassas now. 9:00 temperature will be 69. mostly sunny and 78 at noon, 5:00 81 and a great start to a good weekend. those details are just ahead. >>> once again, early morning problems to tell you about on the outer loop this time at connecticut. it is actually shut down. and that is because they're trying to clear up an earlier accident. take jones bridge over to 355 to get to the beltway. and we was an accident in stafford, virginia closed in both directions at cambridge street so a few things to keep on a out fo

new york is the bluest of blue states. yet there's a sense that carl paladino would present a real challenge to andrew cuomo and become the governor of new york. >> carl paladino isn't part of the solution in albany, he's part of the problem. >> reporr: this week, cuomo started attacking paladino by name. >> mr. paladino's agenda is an extreme agenda. and i thk now that the voters will be able to look at that clearly. >> reporter: cuomo cites his position opposing abortion and his suggestion that welfare recipients enroll in a digni core with housing in old prisons. on the new york city subway, most don't even recognize paladino, although that's changing with daily headlines like the one today revealing some of paladino's aides have criminal records. he readily admits he too has made mistakes in life. last year he revealed to his wife of 40 years what his chdren already knew, that he fathered a child with another woman. he sent around racist, sexist and pornographic e-mails. >> i didn't mean to offend anybody. i sent it to

new york right now joe i'm looking at this sideline bed bugs are the new sexually transmitted disease in new york what is happening in new york sitting there everywhere there are the abercrombie and fitch stores or the victoria's secret store there and airplanes there in movie theaters there at the nike store every once figured out a bottom i think bedbugs are like tenfold in the last years supposedly based there was all bedbugs were almost eradicated completely off the face of the earth until they banned. roy and stroke of insight there then ever since then they've been climbing and i guess the. elbow and the curve another mistake and i are the main source really they're hiding in donald trump's hair that is on verified unprovable but you know it certainly is good if there is any but that's not all these bedbugs are supposed to be resistant to. the past aside and they aren't forcing stores like nike town in midtown to close down this is a huge retailing space i mean you know in retailing like in the hotel business every day that goes by you not book in sales you never get that back n

story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we talked about the state of knowledge. some of it was wonderfully obvious. and water goes down hill and collection areas and some of it was breathtakingly vague trying make a billion dollar decision about something. we talked about simple solutions and bold actions and diverse drinking water systems in san diego and we heard about thinking about discipline, winning over regulators and economic development agencies and environmental groups as getting them to wor

jeff greenfield, cbs news, new york. >>> and that is the "cbs morning news" for this friday.u so much for joining us this morning. i hope you to see you a little later on for "the early show." i'm terrell brown. have a great day and great weekend, everybody. have a great day and great weekend, everybody. take care. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com >>> a new focus in the investigation into the san bruno pipeline explosion. pressure in the pipeline. >>> remains found in a san bruno house, it could mean th

speaker, we want to help the victims of 9/11 in new york city. we certainly want to help the first responders. what we don't want to do is put on the average american taxpayer all around the country $7 billion to $8 billion brand new entitlement program that compensates and health care and medicare rates $140% above the baseline -- 140% above the baseline and reopens some of these lawsuits and some of these cases that have already been solved. so, if you want to help, we're willing to help. but let's use the existing program, let's not create a new program, especially a new entitle am program which we simply cannot afford -- entitlement program which we simply cannot afford at this time. with that, mr. speaker, i want to ask unanimous consent that mr. shimkus, the ranking member of the health subcommittee, be given the opportunity to control the balance of the energy and commerce minority's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. at this t

and in new york's governor's race, where carl paladino beat party-backed candidate, rick lazio. >> if we've learned anything tonight, it's that new yorkers are mad as hell. >> reporter: it's a nationwide voter refrain. >> the career politicians need to go for a while. and we need to bring in some fresh people. >> reporter: an american university study of this year's primary races shows 4 million more republicans have voted than democrats. that voter gap could prove critical in november's midterm elections. and new york congressman, charlie rangel, won easily last night, despite 13 ethics charges that are pending against him. he told his supporters, he's returning to washington, stronger than ever. rob and vinita? >> emily schmidt, live in washington this morning. thank you. >>> a few other results now. the once-popular mayor of washington, d.c. has been ousted from office. adrian fenty conceded overnight. some voters said he had become out of touch. >> in wisconsin, district attorney and one-time mtv reality star sean duffy, won his primary for congress. >> and richard nixon's grandso

ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. >> good morning to you, betty. asian markets were in the red after new worries about european debt. japan's nikkei dropped nearly 2rs while hong kong's hang seng was also down. >>> today, wall street gets the latest measure of how much the economy is growing and a look at the weekly jobless claim numbers on wednesday, the wednesday, stocks took a Ñi breather from their september rally. the dow slipped almost 23 points, while the nasdaq gave back three. >>> fed chairman bernanke delivers an update on financial reform on capitol hill later today. although the set of new rules was passed in july, congress left most details to a team of regulators, headed by treasury secretary timothy geithner. the rule writing just under way has drawn intense lobbying from the financial industry and some critics worry the new laws won't have enough bite.Ñi >>> the foreclosure crisis continues to drag down home prices.xd according to reality trac, 24% of homes solid last quarter were in foreclosure, that'

new york is the scene of another shocker tonight. this one coming in the republican race for governor. the associated press is now reporting that carl pal dino has defeated the fellow republican rick lazio in that race. a stunning result in the new york governor's race. carl paladino has enjoyed tea party support. he has made himself famous in this campaign because there was a publishing of hard pornographic e-mails that he sent to friends and political associates. the big news so far tonight is the major upset in the state of delaware where tea party favorite cristine o'donnell has defeated mike castle mr. castle thought to be a relative lock in that race just weeks ago. with 100% of precincts now reporting, she defeated mike castle 53-47%. the other big result tonight, carl palodino defeating rick lazio. that is being called by the associated press. that is the republican primary for the governorship in the state of new york. mr. palodino will face andrew cuomo. shortly after the o'donnell versus mike castle results became official

one person was killed in new york, when a tree fell on her car. >>> the white house rolls out a new reportlions of dollars in stimulus money is being spent. it is an effort to blunt criticism about the economy from the republicans. >>> yom kippur, the jewish day of atonement begins at sundown tonight. jews around the world will atone and fast on what is the most solemn observance of the year. >>> and prince william graduates from flight school today. he's spent the last 18 months training to be a search and rescue pilot in the air force. >>> and coming up later on "good morning america," interesting story here. the sleeping on the job make you a better employee? there's a new trend among companies to allow, even encourage workers, to get shut-eye on the clock. does it work? >> i have a feeling i know what the employees think about this idea. >> no kidding. that's not bad at all. take a little nap on the desk, maybe. >>> for some of you, coming up, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, a special story comes to the stage. wgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwg thanks to the venture card from capital on

he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan. those were happy times and years later became a happy tomic with me, convinced early on that my father inhabited a magic world. a few years ago, while listening to a recording of cuban blues by chico, i remembered in new york in those stories of the 40's that chico and my father met at club cuba in manhattan and again in havana in the mid-50's. the sessions of chico's house in our neighborhood became so famous that even my father, not particularly fond of cuban jazz, c

it was not just from new york. we all remember iconically the day after september 11 if you stood on the west side highway of manhattan and looked at the license plates of the fire trucks, of the cars, of the ambulances they were from all around the country. every single district, 434, in fact, of the 435 districts, had someone who has that 9/11 call. nine years later, nine years later, 900 americans have died from 9/11 related illnesses. they are going to come here and they are going to fill up these galleries and they don't know from a motion to recommit, suspension, they don't know what the rule is, they don't know what the number is. all that they know is that by degrees every single day they are dying. they are dying from diseases they didn't have. these are some of the most vigorous people you can imagine. the fact they are coming here, you are going to see people in wheelchairs who on that day were healthy and vigorous. james zadroga, for whom the bill was named, one of the fittest guys but dead today becaus

it is a symbol of civilian suffering in war. >> new york fashion week opens today, and for the first time, the fuller figure is being not only acknowledge but celebrated. size 16 models will show off a new design tailored for the larger american woman. is fashion now obliged to embrace curves to reflect the high number of obese in the u.s.? >> she is not the traditional shape for a model, but she will be center stage in new york this week. the fashion is beginning to reflect the fact that not all women are altria fin. >> it is a great step in the right direction, and i hope retailers are starting to say this is a successful fame. >> they are recognizing the larger women want to be fashionable, too. >> a size too woman might be able to look of the size of zero women. size 14 or 18 really cannot. >> they are casting curvy women in the runway show, and they insisted is not as another fad. >> isn't -- it is a healthy trend. >> is it really healthy if they are getting fatter? >> it is about enjoying life and not minding a little bit of curves. >> 50% of american women are plus sized. not e

he called the assembly leader in new york state antichrist. so there's been a whole deluge of news from the paladino campaign. >> am i right, also, that on the mosque issue -- the way that got covered nationally, he essentially dragged rick lazio into a fight over who could be more against the downtown lower manhattan mosque, but am i right carl paladino at one point said if that community center were built they would put up photos of the 9/11 hijackers on the walls of the community center to lionize them? >> i don't remember that exactly. he did talk about taking the property with him, the domain, and did push rick lazio far to the right than probably rick wanted to go. unfortunately for rick, you can't fight the crazy with more crazy. >> although nobody ever stops trying. that's the beauty of american politics. >> that is true. >> why do you think, mark, this deluge of e-mails was sent to you? obviously i don't expect that you guys were on carl paladino's hard core porn list, someone who was sent that to you. why do you think that was? >> you

an act of god, it doesn't make it easier for us. >> reporter: the national weather service says new york has had eight confirmed tornadoes since 1960. the service will confirm if the city has now survived tornado number nine. emily schmidt, abc news. >>> our sam champion will have more on "good morning america." and a look ahead to the effects of hurricane igor, this weekend. >>> a world-famous hospital is reviewing security procedures today after a siege by a lone gunman. police say paul parnish shot a doctor that had been treating his mother. his barricaded himself in her room, as s.w.a.t. teams locked down the hospital. >> from the frontside of the building, which faces the hospital, to the back. none of us could be by any windows. >> you had to be scared. >> yeah. it's scared. >> police discovered his body and his mother in the room. the doctor identified by colleagues as orthopedic surgeon david cohen, underwent surgery. he should be okay. >>> president obama's latest trip on the campaign trail may signal trouble by democrats in a usually reliable democratic state. in connecticut, t

and is there a new york connection here? >>> also tonight, game day here in new orleans where it's not just a football team. to many here, they really are the saints who helped them get back up. >>> plus, good neighbors making a difference in difficult times. >>> plus, good neighbors making a difference in difficult times. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening from the banks of the mississippi river. we are back here in new orleans tonight. we'll have a word about why a bit later on in the broadcast. >>> but first we must begin tonight with some fast-moving events regarding the pastor from florida who was threatening to burn the holy koran on saturday to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11. tonight it apparently took a phone call from the secretary of defense to make the pastor back down. he said late today he realizes now this is not the time to burn a koran. while initially this was reported to be part of a deal that would also include moving the location of that controv

we speak to our correspondent in new york. it has been such a confusing story surrounding this pastor, who he has spoken to and who he is going to speak to. is the story clearing up? >> he has arrived in new york, presumably still seeking a meeting with the imam who is behind the plan for the community center and a mosque at couple blocks away from ground zero. the imam himself put out a statement about 12 hours ago saying that he was willing to speak to anyone seriously committed to peace, but he also said with this some day of september 11 upon us, i encourage everyone to take time for prayer and reflection, which does not seem to open the door for a meeting with pastor terry jones on september 11. perhaps the pastor has come here without a firm and is planning on attending one of the protests which will take place after the 9/11 anniversary ceremony. there will be a protest against the planned community center near ground zero. >> is still clear the pastor once the proposed religious mosque and cultural center scheduled to

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. . >> rose: we begin this evening with the dramatic political news that happened in selective primaries across the country. overall, the results underscored the strength of the tea party movement and the divisions in the republican party. all eyes were on the rublican primary for the senate seat in delaware. long shot candidate christine o'donnell backed by the tea party and sarah palin beat popular moderate republican and nine-term congressman michael castle. in the new york governor's race, political newcomer carl paladino, also supported by the tea party, defeated former congress and early favorite rick lazio. it was another surprise win. the question is, what do these results say about the midterm elections and the political outlook for the next two years. joining me now from washington, vin weber and mark halperin. let me go to vin first. tell me what this means for the republican party. >> well, i'm of the opinion that the tea party movement-- broadly defined-- is overwhelmingly a

in new york. but as ahmadinejad and iran's judiciary and military struggle for control, sarah short and the other detainees have become political footballs. >> they're being held under false pretenses, and they should be released, and we're working very hard to see that that happens. >> swiss diplomats in tehran are set to be arranging sarah short's bail, but her fate and that of the other detainees is still very much in doubt. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> mitchell: still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," a controversial pastor's hometown defends his image. >> the threatened burning of the koran drew the world's attention to small gainesville community church. most people in gainesville are not pleased with their newfound fame. >> game day program. >> reporter: this is the face of gainesville, a college town known for football championships, gatorade and now a fringe preacher named terry jones. >> just something that i wish didn't happen, and i just hope it goes away quickly. >> it's s

how is this how do you see this in new york and around the country i mean what is happening with this new generation i would imagine you're almost a part of that new generation yourself joe isn't all yeah it's kind of a real bummer for this generation i mean obviously the job market is pretty terrible but you know young people you know i know a lot of people in this generation a lot of them have taken out realistic amounts of money to pay for college to get a degree that never really had great employment prospects even in a good economy. and you know i think there is something to this idea that every year if they're under you know decades of a strong robust economy that eventually the country kind of goes off and i think that criticism is probably warrants some of the thirty or twenty five and others that kind of gone soft and we not really you know maybe need some time to talk you know i say you're recommending some kind of intergenerational warfare so you and your twenty five and under is going to go to work with grandma and grandpa to make sure they don't get any of that retirement

new york city is not seeing it but it will pull into new york this afternoon and evening. >>shepard: by the time it is time to fly it will be fine in newark, right? >>reporter: tomorrow morning you could be delayed and get out around 12:00 noon. >>shepard: thank you, sir. a big day at the white house. fox is confirmed president obama will tomorrow morning announce the chief of staff, rahm emanuel, is stepping down and the resignation is reportedly effective immediately. rahm emanuel is expected to run for mayor of chicago and according to the associated press he will leave washington this weekend so he can start campaigning monday. but the departure leave as hole in the obama administration because the chief of staff runs the day-to-day operations at the white house and the gatekeeper at the oval office. our man at the white house, mike, the reality for the chief of staff, if he wants to be mayor he needs to get to work. >>reporter: no question. rahm emanuel is famous at the white house for work ethic and he is famously said on the weekends there is only two more work days

this morning, more than 26,000 homes in new york, more than 11,000 more in northern new jersey are still without power. look at these pictures taken from the shore looking at the statue of liberty. here is some of that damage we were telling you about. police say a driver was killed and her passenger injured when a tree fell on a car in queens. neighborhood have been littered with downed trees and tree limbs and residents say the intense storm caught them completely by

last night did damage across pennsylvania and d.c., the maryland area got hit good and outside of new yorkrm reports. areas where there was tree damage and power outages. one of those cells went through central pennsylvania up into the border of new jersey and into new york city. another one of the cells came just south of pittsburgh and then down towards the d.c. area. today we won't see anything like that. well off the coast. you can see them as they pushed offshore. lots of sunshine from about philly southward. there will be a mixture of sun and clouds from new york city through new england. temperatures are a little cooler today than yesterday. especially around albany but it's going to be another steamy day around d.c. and baltimore. should easley be up there around 90 degrees again. just another -- just an amazing summer. philly, 86. new york, 80. tomorrow we do it again, another surge of warmth that's going to come up. this will probably be our last warm day we'll see for awhile. areas around d.c. could easily be into the mid-90s. 94 or so. we'll do that on friday. saturday we cool

in new york, folks are preparing for a rough commute. a violent and fast-moving storm tore through the city. at least one person was killed, commuter trains were knocked out, and roads were blocked by downed trees. hurricane-force winds were recorded, and today the national weather service will determine if a tornado touched down. packing winds near 100 miles per hour, the storm sliced through the city in just minutes. tearing trees from the ground, ripping bricks from buildings, and knocking out power to tens of thousands. >> my used-to-be car is now a convertible. i've seen bad winds. this, they said there was a tornado warning. i think it hit. >> i've been here like over 20 years and i have never seen anything like this. >> a woman died outside manhattan after a tree fell on the car she was sitting in. numerous other injuries were reported. >> we'll get power back. the trees will regrow, but to lose a life, you never get that back. >> the storm hit at rush hour. rail service between manhattan and long island was suspended. leaving cou

david muir, abc news, new york. >>> and international news now.-up this mornijpn'mnt. prime minister naoto kan took office back in june, and he's now reshuffling his cabinet and promises to make changes to improve the economy there. the entire cabinet resigned to make way for replacements. some lawmakers, though, could be reappointed. >>> there is major progress in plugging the busted gulf oil well once and for all. a relief well was connected to the blown-out well t april's environmentalisas the next step is to seal th reell.t step is to seal th 206 million gallonsf oi the broken well polluted the gulf. >>> the utility pacific gas & electric says it still has not inspected all the necessary parts that it needs to. investigators are now trying to determine why a gas pipeline blew up in suburban san francisco last week. the utility plans to inspect all high-risk gas lines in urban areas. two victims of that san bruno blast, a mother and her 13-year-old daughter, have been remembered. a memorial was held last night in san francisco. >>> and now to t

it's been getting nasty for a while, the governor's race in new york, a whole new bar for nastiness, paladino up against mario cuomo in this race, mixing it up with fred dicker, a newspaper reporter. here's part of that now: >> you're a stalking horse. you're a bird dog. you send another letter to my daughter's house, i'll take you out, buddy. >> you're going to take me out? how you going to do that? >> bill: paladino accusing reporters of going after his ten-year-old daughter and wait until you see what happens next. you'll see the rest of the confrontation. fred dicker is live, minutes from now, we'll get his version of the events then. >>> first, though, mcdonald's, not loving health care, that's the big question following reports that the fast-food chain is thinking about dropping coverage for its employees, and now the white house is stepping in and we're wondering why is that. good morning, i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom". good morning, martha, did the afternoon yesterday take care of you? martha: yes, thank you g. to be back, good morning, everybody, i'm marth

a tree falls in brooklyn and more in queens, but was it a tornado that swept through new york city? and we'll end the week by spinning a few records and watching them go down. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. we don't know if sarah palin intends to enter the presidential race. the only failed vice presidential candidate in modern times who ever went on to win the white house was franklin roosevelt. but the former governor of alaska is at the traditional starting line tonight-- iowa. and our latest cbs news/"new york times" poll, only 20% of americans overall have a favorable opinion of palin. but 50% of republicans do. and those are the votes she would need for the nomination. dean reynolds is in des moines tonight. dean, the caucuses are 17 months away, but iowa is already getting plenty of attention. >> reporter: very true, katie. there are some 50 news organizations and a thousand dinner guests here tonight in des moines, all of them drawn to this room by o