this is a new york city public school with a curriculum that is mandated by the state of new york all of the classes and the whole curriculum is set up by the department of education. having spent a good part of my life. fighting against racism. what happened to debbie and what has happened to the school. is is nothing less than races. when we were in the cell. the discrimination and the terror against black people. the stereotypes about their behavior. some of these diri types are playing a game. and it's forty five years later. it's a coup or sixth grade curriculum that these kids are starting with which is the basics math english history science and the kids are also going to be learning arabic which is an incredibly exciting and unique opportunity for these kids religion plays absolutely no part in the school this is a public school that wouldn't play a part in any of our schools the idea i mean sure does new york city support jewish schools back to schools catholic schools the school is absolutely not a religious school it's a public school without a public curriculum and kids ar

well, good afternoon, new york. it is a better afternoon then die. 2200 people are here today to talk about their government and the way they never has before. afternoonnew yo good afternoon, new york.fternoon okay, first let me begin by me acknowledging a truly extraordinary public servant. he was a great mayor of rochester. he is going to be -- that's rochester.going he is going to be a phenomenalg lieutenant governor. lieutenant governor, bob duffy. [applause] [cheers and applause] to my colleague and congratulations to the reelected controller, thomas dinapoli. [applause] two are brand-new, right out of the box attorney general eric the bo schneiderman. [applause] to majority leader, dean's fellows, thank you very much coming team. scal assembly speakers sheldonheldon s silver. [applause] senate minority leader, john sands in. [applause] jo assembly minority leader, brian cole. [applause] to the judges of our great court of appeals, it's another to beg withes you. it's an honor to be with you and a special thank

here in new york city more than three feet of snow already has fallen this winter. the average for the entire season is less than two feet. >> ready for the warmth. >> reporter: off the coast of new england storm surge is the main worry. >> we get socks the size of potatoes sometimes thrown at these. >> reporter: later this morning the system will finally taper off. >> i'm hoping that today will be it. no more snow. we don't want no more snow. news cast, no snow. >> reporter: but that's exactly what's in the forecast over the next few days. and here in new york, mayor michael bloomberg has more than 2,000 salt spreaders, snow plows and other vehicles on the roads trying to prevent a repeat of that christmas blizzard that paralyzed this city. betty? >> no one wants that again. okay, scott goldberg here in snowy new york. stay warm out there. >>> in other news, it's reported this morning that before the tucson massacre, accused shooter jared loughner did online research on assassinations and the death penalty. meanwhile, congresswoman gabrielle giffords is amazing doct

in do you find new york city. hungry for the full story we've got it for the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the. wealthy british style. was frantic. target. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy in cars a report on our. good to have you with us this hour this is from the russian capital top stories now this out a green light to the land of opportunity proves a bad bet for some immigrants into the u.s. doctors and engineers who when the green card lottery often end up sweeping floors to scrape a living. the wife of alleged russian arms date of it to boot says she's faced tough questioning from new york immigration and her rival in the u.s. whose family travel to the city where he's being held in custody while he awaits trial. america's billion dollar rebuilding scheme is leaving the poorest iraq is behind sectarian violence has driven files in some of the homes forcing them to live in junkyards. those are the headlines for you not with

engel, the gentleman from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i rise in opposition to this amendment. it seems that the openness of the new majority promised us lasted half a day. and changed the order remain the same. i urge my colleagues to vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, if we are able to beat the previous question, i will move to amend the rule to make in order a bill, h.r. 2378, from the last congress, e currency reform for fair trade act, which invokes our anti-dumping laws and provides relief for american workers and companies injured by unfair exchange rate policies. . i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the text of the currency reform for the fair trade act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: and i yield to the gentleman from new york for a parliamentary inquiry. >> madam speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquir mr. weiner: what is the current whole number of

in defined new york city on our. world to. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms of russia. we've got the future covered. is. it what you need to live from moscow reminder of the top story sticks to city or doomsday thousands of dead birds and fish are dividing opinions and causing a media frenzy more deaths have now been reported and it all we were over a thousand dogs have been found dead in the past five days. sudanese refugees in israel say they want to return home but they fear persecution for seeking asylum in us that so cold and only stay this comes ahead of a referendum in southern sudan over whether to split from the north some say authorities there will have refugees killed if they find out they have returned from israel. and they're trying to serve and protect the country but it takes a lot more of bite off modern threats brings you a day in the life of russia's elite special forces. well we'll have more on those stories about thirty minutes time right now though let's take a look at the spe

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

in new york city. children dow see about eight thousand murders by the end of elementary school five two hundred thousand violent acts by the age of eighteen from movies to television shows to video games to children. twenty four hour news channels ration is now seen every day formulate a stable industrial in. those flooded for shakespeare those while those who. if this link above. the artistic and journalistic future most of the violence get to see what i call. god came down from heaven and stopped. at the. moment in a pretty what. makes the pill easier to swallow. everybody was come. soon which brightened if you knew about sound from found stupid. stunts on t.v. dot com. says r t moskos one thirty am now i'm kevin on the top stories for you and extreme weather humpers efforts to rescue two vessels trapped in the ice shelf russia's far east coast for over a week. also among the stories that shape the week math deaths of birds and fish around the globe conspiracy and apocalyptic theories as some say sc

in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and touring for a chance to win. a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them so for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when i meet one of them my name is owen gemini and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigrants from nepal they entered and won the united states diversity visa lottery this lottery is a congressional mandate it's supposed to be an opportunity for people to come to america from countries with historically low rates of immigration the jackpot with permanent residency the prize is not cash but green cards and this startling experience is due to a lot of we have to start from scratch from zero once we got here two years of struggling with joblessness after finding their education in nepal doesn't count in the u.s. setbacks they never expected this to we didn't know people used to say you'

new york, 37. and miami sounds nice at 78. >>> when we come back, texting behind the wheel is now a no-no. could texting while walking be next? >> wow. >>> get ready to pay more for the food you eat, even at the golden arches. >>> plus, the mystery at the library of congress. how did that hawk get inside? >>> overseas markets are reacting as the dow closes in on 12,000. tokyo's nikkei average rose 1.2% today. hong kong's hang seng dipped slightly. in london, the ftse opened slightly lower. on wall street, the dow surged 108 points yesterday, closing at its highest level since june of 2008. the nasdaq added 28 points. >>> general motors could soon be number one again. the automaker's worldwide sales came within 30,000 of beating toyota for the top spot. and gm expects its sales to be even better this year. one reason for gm's surge is china. it sold more vehicles there than in the u.s. last year. the first time in its 102-year history that it sold more vehicles in a foreign market than here at home.

jóvenes hispanos que pensaban recibir el 2011 en new york.etención porque fueron arrestados por agentes de inmigracn en una parada de tren en buffalo. liz gonzález nos dice lo que sucedió. >>> guadalupe hernández y marcela rodríguez, planearon el viaje a new york por 4 meses queremos estar ahí todos y ver este momento. y ver donde baja la bola. y puede celebrar año nuevo. los 3 amigos viajaban con ella fueron detenidos en buffalo. . >>> dígame, son ilegales como que no los... ya lo sabemos. y lo que llegó, si llegó y fue él que hizo el comentario. ystos son los criminales. >>> josé alberto hernández, el novio de guadalupe, iván villalobos están en el centro de detención de buffalo está detenida en la cárcel del condado de pittsburgh, los 3on mexicanos. las chicas tienen que pagar una fianza de 5.000 dólares por cada uno de sus amigos. y los 3 para jóvenes probablemente estarán detenidos hasta el lunes. >>> josé iván pueden llamarla del centro de detención hablamos con josé, dijo que fueron esposados en una camioneta, y que luego los fotografi

it's a vital project for new york and for the future of new york. and one of the things that pat understood was the need for new york to keep growing and the importance of continuing to build infrastructure that would sustain growth. it's been the history of our state and city whether it's the building of the eri sex canal -- eri sex canal, rebuilding the brooklyn bridge or the reservoir system that still quenches our city's thirst that new york has thrived as we always built for the future, and no one was more aware of that than senator moynihan. at the same time, the building rights a historical wrong, the destruction of the old penn station, and will be a great public work, a new landmark for the city and the region, to quote pat directly. it also represents the sort of thing that government does well, public works projects. and this is a moment when it's helpful to be reminded of exactly that. something pat understood and argued for almost better than anybody else. but above all, what i think makes moynihan station so aptly named is that the pro

> reporter: according to the government, the mob's influence and control stretches all along the new yorkrsey waterfront. including the extortion of christmastime bonuses received by members of the long shoreman's union. today's coordinated strike was driven by wiretaps, informants, and increasingly, sources say, cooperating witnesses. turncoats no longer married to the mob. >> the vow of silence that is part of the oath of omerta is more myth than reality today. >> reporter: and while today's takedown will certainly grab headlines it will also provide an unwanted service. allowing others to fill the void, and move up the ranks of organized crime. armen keteyian, cbs news, brooklyn, new york. >>> coming up a little later on "the early show," more on gabrielle giffords' move to rehab in houston today. we'll hear from giffords' close aide in an exclusive interview. >>> also working online from home is getting increasingly popular. don't get scammed. advice on how to find legitimate work from home. and action star jason taylor will be in the studio this morning to talk about his new movie "t

the wife of alleged russian arms dealer victor who faces tough questioning by new york immigration her husband is awaiting trial. and the holy day has come to russia believe us celebrate the birth of christ with family and fun outside. world wide news live from moscow this is artsy for the millions of immigrants that dream of a better life in america the green card symbolizes entrance to a. and of opportunity but winning the lottery for the right to work is not always all it seems that's why qualified doctors and teachers often end up driving cabs or cleaning floors if they're lucky long list of reports. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and train for a chance to win or a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them to and for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when i meet one of them my name is owen gemini and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigran

>> richard ravitch, lieutenant governor of new york, and new york senator charles schumer. it's about an hour, 40 minutes. the editorial directer and public policy fellow at the peterson institute for international economics and previously was chief international economics correspondent for "the new york times." he was a journalist with the times for many years, first becoming acquainted with senator moynihan when he was reporting on new york politics and later as a correspondent in washington d.c. steve also served as the bureau chief for the times in new delhi, india, where he coveredded ambassador moynihan. steve hess is a presidential historenior fellow emeritus in governance studies at the brookings institution which he joined in 1972. he served on the white house staff of presidents dwight eisenhower and richard nixon, and he was an adviser to presidents jimmy carter and gerald ford. of his experience in nixon's white house as deputy assistant to the president for urban affairs, he once said, basically, i was the chief of staff to daniel patrick moynihan. [laughter] p

from steven slater's jetblue escape to the late night wars to the bedbug infestation of new york. and the madcap genius who started it all is this man, billionaire, offered referred to as the rupert murdoch of southeast asia. >> when you turn the news into image, it's so much more impactful. it's much more sensational. like tiger woods, that was the first we put out that was all over the world. we're media people. we know, you know, what makes the sensation of news, what makes people pay attention to. >> reporter: he tapped into taiwan's video game industry turning their animation workforce into his own with more than 250 employees that work 24 hours, seven days a week, to churn out 20 minutes of animation every day. many are tied to u.s. news events. how do you decide which stories from, let's say, the united states become part of one of your animations? >> well, at the end of the day it's really the viewers that decide. of course, we have an editorial team who -- who scans the news every day and they know the topics that will do well on an animation. >> reporter: and in the inter

more than 120 mafia suspects are arrested in new york and neighboring states.hina's president says his country has no interest in pursuing an arms race with the u.s. and the protests continues as the interim government institutes a series of peaceful reforms. welcome to "bbc world news." coming up later for you, and american woman who was abducted has been reunited with her biological parents 23 years later. and as britain prepares to celebrate the latest royal wedding -- more than 120 people suspected of involvement with the mafia were arrested in new york and neighboring american state. the u.s. attorney general eric holder says the suspects face charges including racketeering, extortion, murder, and drug dealing. new york's five organized crime families are among those targeted. >> just before dawn, over 100 mafia members were arrested across three states. hundreds of fbi agents swept through the five maiffia families. >> this is one of the largest single day operations against the mafia in the fbi's history, both in terms of the number of defendants arreste

travel to new york where he's being held in custody while he awaits trial. in early days come to russia as. the birth of christ and family dinners in winter fun. christmas thirteen days later the most christians according to the. count. with the headlines by the way you can find more stories news and analysis at our website dot com i'll be back with more. in the meantime it's our special report stay with us for that. brooklyn surely is a place that represents the world community. the opportunity to teach arabic to students here in brooklyn i think is an opportunity that we should we shouldn't miss. and so one people made statements that were truly discriminatory of course of pain me and said me. certain feel mongering groups the claim that the school would be a religious school which is a public school in america it could never be and it will not be easy situations with the scray strolled into full brick and racist outlets and groups should be ashamed of themselves we have the word in your dish a shunt. i believe there is an apology owed to debbie on it's us

suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. klaus, happy new year and welcome back. >> hello, happy new year, susie. >> susie: all right, so you had a very bullish forecast for the year. and for the decade. what's going to drive that growth and are you basically saying that the global economy has turned the corner? >> well, i don't know whether i call it bullish. if you just look at aluminum demand 2010 we actually started out with saying demand will increase by 10%. and it ended up increasing by 13%. what we project for next year is 12% increase. >> susie: all right. but and where is that growth goinging to come from? we see that a lot of your business is in the united states and europe where the economies have been pretty weak. you have a low profile in china. are you goinging to be stepping up your business in china especially since a lot of the china is closing a lot of its out of date aluminum plants? >> well, this is the worldwide market so it's not about just going present there. but it's also about importing selling to c

the intense winter storm is hitting the new york region. ew england. >> our john berman has been driving the snowy streets of new york all night. and shows us what it is like out there. >> reporter: we've been out all night. and some of the snowplows in new york, we've seen dozens and dozens of them on the street. they had a light on a backhoe clearing out an intersection. they're taking this storm very, very seriously. and they want to have these roads as clean as they possible can. we have just seen the emergency operation center. they've been so far, so good here. the only problem they've seen is some disabled vehicles on the road. they've been able to clear them out fairly quickly. the emergency vehicles have been able to get where they need to go. it is snowing very hard. you can see it. coming down an inch or two an hour. i can't tell if it will accumulate the inches that were predicted. so far, the streets are drivable, passable. i wouldn't recommend it unless you have a four-wheel drive week like this. and a great driver here. >> tha

more than a foot of snow is expected in the new york area. forecasters say it could be even worse in new england. blizzardlike conditions are in the forecast. and in new jersey, sandra hughes was surprised at how quickly the snow piled up. >> i came out to all the snow coming down, so welcome winter once again. >> reporter: here in times square, plows and spreaders have been keeping up with the snow so far. mayor michael bloomberg promised to do a better job this time, after the christmas weekend blizzard left parts of this city paralyzed for days. >> we didn't do the job that new yorkers rightly expect of us in the last storm. and we intend to make sure that that does not happen again. >> reporter: and while the northeast is dealing with its third storm in three weeks, the south is in a deep freeze. from louisiana to the carolinas, thick ice has caused hundreds of highway accidents. >> ice of this magnitude is just unknown for us. >> reporter: frozen atlanta has been hit hard. the city's been virtually shut down for the past two days. thousan

on the newshour tonight, we talk to our public media colleagues in california, ohio, and new york about state budget woes greeting the new leaders. >> ifill: ray suarez gets the details of goldman sachs' big investment in social networking giant facebook from andrew ross sorkin of the "new york times." >> woodruff: jeffrey kaye reports on the dire health conditions facing southern sudan as it prepares for a vote on independence. >> reporter: most people have no access to health care so the challenge is not so much to improve the system. it's to create one. >> ifill: we examine the costs and consequences as >> ifill: then we examine the costs and consequences as millions of baby boomers turn 65. >> woodruff: plus paul solman looks at the job prospects for recent college graduates, who got their degrees in the midst >> once they look at of the recession. and figure i've been out of college for a while it becomes an issue, a tainted issue. why have other people overlooked you? >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> movi

the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i want to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, who as i said is disenfranchised by this rule, millions of americans will be under-represented, ms. norton, one minu. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the disict of columbia is recognized. ms. norton: i thank the gentlelady from new york for yielding. madam speaker, for myself and for the delegates of the american samoa, guam, virgin islands and northern mariana islands i offer the motion earlier that the house conduct a full and complete study of the constitutionality of the vote of the committee in the whole of delegates which are eliminated by this rule. this is the same motion that the republicans offered when we first were granted the right to vote on the house floor. it was challenged by the court and found constitutional. madam speaker this vote is a mere recognition of our american citizenship. delegates are no different from others in this house. it is one thing

tight security in times square and beyond as new york rings in the new year. tonight, the extraordinary mission under water to prevent the unthinkable. >>> "making a difference." americans helping one anotr and changing lives in the process. a closer look at the impact you had this year. >>> and on this new year's eve, the celebrations already under way around the world. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. i'm kate snow in for brian on this new year's eve. we begin with a line of deadly storms that's swept across the middle of the country. there were 20 tornadoes reported today across four states. arkansas, missouri, illinois and oklahoma. at least six people have died, and there is tremendous damage. homes destroyed, roofs ripped off, and trees and power lines down. it's all due to a huge ms of warm and unstable air that swept across the middle of the country, from the gulf coast all the way north to michigan and wisconsin. we are covering all of it tonight starting with michelle hofland in sunset hills,

new york. and staying in new york where the wife of the alleged russian arms dealer viktor booed she and her children were detained for hours and questioned on arrival to the u.s. boots family travel to the city where he's being held in custody while he waits trial pretrial hearings have been postponed until the end of the month and associate his latest. the family of victor boot arrived to new york for the first time since his extradition from thailand took place two months ago and we did speak exclusively with his wife all aboot outside the airport after they were held inside the airport for over two and a half hours and she didn't really seem quite traumatized by the experience she was telling us how her self her teenage daughter and victor boots mother who is over seventy years old were held by u.s. officials and alibi was questioned they were scooped up by officials as soon as they stepped off the airplane and really asked calculus questions take a listen to how she described this situatio

in all those transitions, new york led the way. and new york came out first. why?ause we were fast and we were faster and more sophisticated and we won in the transition. we can win in the trapsition again. and we can make -- we can make january 5, 2011, the day that we seized the opportunity and the state of new york strikes back. i want to leave you -- i want to leave you with one personal point, if i may. as the new governor. to my colleagues in the legislature, at one point in my life i wanted to join the clinton administration. i was a life long new yorker and bill clinton took office, and i had the opportunity to join the federal government, and i did. and it was a good experience. i needed it. i was one of those people who thought the new yorker cartoon was the accurate depiction that the west coast was really new jersey. i was a real -- i was a real new yorker. so i went down in the beginning of the clinton administration, assistant secretary of the department of housing and urban development and i became a member of bill clinton's cabinet and it was a fasc

the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter spm i'm -- ms. slaughter: i'm pleased to yield one minute to mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ellison: i thank the gentlelady for the time. i rise in opposition to this rule but in one way i'm thankful for it because it does help to go right to the heart of the matter, right to the thing that divides us most, on the one hand, republicans want to give tax cuts to the wealthiest americans and shrink government services, on the other hand, democrats want to have adequate funds to fund services that are necessary for the american people. and this rule, which i ask all members to oppose, the republican rule, tax cuts will no longer have to be paid for. they will -- don't have to be budget neutral. so tax cuts passed by the house can increase the deficit. also in the republican rule, increases to mandatory spending must be paid for by reducing spending somewhere else. therefore, if the house wanted to extend the child tax credit

customs officials in new york. billions of u.s. reconstruction dollars flooding into iraq some families are still left on the rubbish heap of sectarian violence has forced from their homes to the only safe place they could find. those were the headlines up next is a special report on the difficulties facing the muslim community in new york. brooklyn truly is a place that represents the world community. the opportunity to teach arabic to students here in brooklyn i think is an opportunity that we we shouldn't we shouldn't miss. and so when people made statements that would truly discriminatory of course of pain me and said me. certain feel mongering groups the play of the disco all would be a religious school which is a public school in america it could never be and it will not be these a situations with the strace fold so phobic and racist these outlets and groups should be ashamed of themselves we have the word in your dish a shunt i believe there is an apology owed to debbie i'm obsessive i've known her for almost twenty years an

a snowy 38 here in new york. 60s in miami, new orleans and dallas. >>> and still ahead, the insurance giant, raising rates by nearly 60%. >>> plus, the coolest gadgets for the whole family as the consumer electronics show in las vegas. >>> and science weighs in on what a woman's tears do to a guy's libido. Ñ >>> the december jobs report will be the main event on wall street today. economists predict businesses added about 145,000 workers last month. >>> overseas, markets are mixed ahead of the report. tokyo's nikkei average rose 0.1% today. hong kong's hang seng fell 0.4%. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow fell 26 points. and the nasdaq added 28 points. >>> christmas was as not as fair as retailers hoped it would be. the deals were too good in november. it was still the best holiday shopping season since 2006. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerberg says he is in no rush to go public. but the time may soon be right. it sets the stage for an ipo next year. under s.e.c. rules, if the social network does not go public by then, it would have to disclose financial info

new york city needs to be careful not to mount the conservative element of surprise to many children as their spirit held the department of education is going to let tabloid newspapers influence policy is beyond me and it's atrocious and it's unacceptable if this is the deal only school why are they standing behind it as the mayor where is a. gray . area. why over thirty days is the arabic language such a threat. we found ourselves in the crossfire of a media war against dilute your brand academy because we produced t. shirts a few years ago that were the slogan in the fight n.y.c. . my name is money. i'm founding director of arab women active in the arts and media. the educational programs that we provide for young women are not your average kind of program that you would see for us we engage in media production. and we start from their backyards. the mission of a way is to. basically encourage leadership among young women of color and community organizing with the focus being on empowerment through the media. once i was gone from school and the minute i stuck inside the bus some ol

the gentlewoman from new york. ms. laughter: thank you, madam speaker. and i am pleased to say this morning i am delighted to be here. i want to give my congratulations to mr. dreier on reclaiming the rules seat, and we are very keen on our side to make our case before you today. actually, my head is somewhat spinning because not 20 minutes ago the new speaker of the house of representatives stood where you are and said he's going to be listening to people but the first order of business before the house came from the delegates who this rule disenfranchises, not only the delegate of the district of columbia but all the teverers to -- territories, they didn't get to say a word. my head is spinning at that point. and we hope they can get unanimous consent so they can get some message into the record. but it's, again, part of the rhetoric of the last campaign that keeps spinning in our heads. all we want to do, they said, was to bring down the deficit. we're going over the cliff, we have to bring down the deficit. as we st

guest: no, i live in new york. i have an apartment in new york. but we lose no opportunity to run to the delaware river. c-span: when you write, what time of day do you write? guest: in the morning like my father. i've--i have a lot of his early morning habits. c-span: what time do you start? guest: sometimes seven, eight, some--i'll make coffee and give it to ellen in the bed. i'm a very good husband. everybody should have me for a husband if they want coffee in the morning. c-span: how long do you write on any given day? guest: it depends on how it's coming. some days i just want to put a pin through my brain because it's so difficult. but on a--on--on certain good days i would write nine or 10 pages... c-span: how long? guest: ...handwritten. c-span: do you give it up after a certain amount of time? guest: no, if it's coming, it's coming. and i stay with it. i'm not like anthony trollope who used to write 3,000 words every single morning before he got on his horse and inspected post offices. i couldn't do that. i didn't have a set amount. c-spa

faces tough questioning by new york immigration husband is awaiting trial. speaks with all of them in an exclusive interview all the details from new york ahead in the program. this hour stuck at the bottom of the heap america's billion dollar rebuilding the poorest iraqis behind forcing them to make. the news from russia and around the world this is our t. here in moscow good to have you with us this hour for the millions of immigrants that dream of a better life in america the green card symbolizes entrance to a land of opportunity but winning the lottery for the right to work is not always all it seems that's why qualified doctors and teachers often end up driving cabs or cleaning floors if they're lucky as this report. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and touring for a chance to win or a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them so for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery a

engel, the gentleman from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i rise in opposition to this amendment. it seems that the openness of the new majority promised us lasted half a day. and changed the order remain the same. i urge my colleagues to vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, if we are able to beat the previous question, i will move to amend the rule to make in order a bill, h.r. 2378, from the last congress, the currency reform for fair trade act, which invokes our anti-dumping laws and provides relief for american workers and companies injured by unfair exchange rate policies. . i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the text of the currency reform for the fair trade act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: and i yield to the gentleman from new york for a parliamentary inquiry. >> madam speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. weiner: what is the current whole numbe

she claims she was detained along with her children and question for hours by airport officials in new york meanwhile boots preliminary hearing has been pushed back to the end of january. one of the two ships stuck in the ice off russia's pacific coastline the vessels have been stranded for over a week in. authorities say they. have enough supplies to see them through the rest. those are the headlines coming up next in our special report on the difficulties facing the muslim community in new york. when chile is a place that represents the world community. the opportunity to teach arabic to students here in brooklyn i think is an opportunity that we we shouldn't we shouldn't miss. and so when people made statements that were truly discriminatory of course of pain me and said me. certain feel mongering groups the play of the disco all would be a religious school which is a public school in america it could never be and it will not be these are situations with the strace told so phobic and racist these outlets and groups should be ashamed of themselves we have the words in your dish a shocking