>>> thousands of same-sex couples are tieing the knot today in new york. ey're taking advantage of the state's new law legalizing same-sex marriage which took effect today. well, what happens when gay and lesbian couples travel to states where their marriages are not recognized? our legal guys, avery freedman and richard herman weighed in earlier. >> from 800 newlyweds are going to tie the knot in new york city. it's going to be quite festive and gay in new york city tomorrow. that's all i can tell you. they can do it in the state of new york. like you're talking, fred, many, many states do not recognize this. the federal government does not recognize this. you know what happens when there's a conflict between federal law and state law. federal law always wins. they cannot file joint tax returns. they cannot get spousal benefits. there's a lot of, lot of, lot of problems. there's a lot of litigation that's going to arise as a result of this. >> fredricka? >> yes. >> fredricka, is fredricka asking if a minister has to perform it? >> right. because i thought

with us now from new york city m state senator jim alesi who voted for the marriage equality act lastgood to see you. and on the phone with us from buffalo, jason mcguire executive director of new yorkers for constitutional freedoms. he opposes same-sex marriage. good to have both of you. mr. mcguire, let me begin with you. the world is seeing gay and lesbian couples today marry. they're happy. there are tears of joy. why don't you support this? >> children do best raised by a mom and a dad and public policy ought to reflect that. there is something yunique thata mother and father contribute that same-sex relationships deny. >> but it is now legal. does that allow you or encourage you to embrace what is legally going to be exercised? >> no. i think that really what happened in new york was a pretty underhanded process that we will see light shed in the republican conference. that people have the opportunity to vote on the issues in new york, and then it never would have passed. >> would you be discouraging any churches from performing or recognizing marriages in the state of new york?

a historic day in new york. hundreds of couples tie the knot, but what happens when they cross state lines? >>> the appeal. what could be the last best hope for the ung american accused of murder in italy. was key evidence flawed? >>> and, making a difference. from the barrio to center stage, giving some adorable kids a reason to dance. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the tears flowed freely in norway today as a nation is shocked and saddened by friday's bombing and shooter massacre searched for comfort on a day of mourning. the death toll stands at 93. most of them kids, teenagers, trapped on a tiny island that a gunman turned into his personal killing ground. rarely do we get into the mind of a confessed mass killer so soon after such a horror. tonight, however, the man who police say admits to the attacks is talking. but, sadly, his words may only add further trauma to a hurting nation. nbc's martin fletcher has new details from oslo tonight. martin, good evening. >> reporter:

new york is a city in motion. you can see clentral park, hundreds of people running, walking dogs and riding bikes. that's the case through the day today. we urge everyone to be careful, drink plenty of water. if you've been to the city you know there are stands all over the place, i've seen a number selling nothing but gatorades, waters, things to keep hydrated out there. i guarantee you they are more popular than the burrito or kabob stand but was they'll come back in favor in time. we talked to public hospitals in new york city, they admitted 53 people on friday for heat-related issues a spike from four thursday. they say they see the most effect when you have heat over several days, five, six, seven days in a row. something we will not see here in the city. more records could be set from philadelphia southward today. more heat continues in the deep south over toward the middle of the country. no changes in store there. so heat remain a big story. we set 845 record highs since monday through saturday. but we se

it's what makes new york, new york.s a great privilege to be a part of it. >> you bring up an interesting point. if you wanted to at some earlier point, you could have gone to another state. why wait until new york? >> my step mother has a beautiful house in massachusetts overlooking the water. same-sex marriage has been legal in massachusetts for a number of years now. but we're new yorkers, we work for new york, we decided to raise our kids in new york. we're firmly sort of committed to the city. we didn't want to have to pack our bags and go somewhere else. we wanted to do it in new york where our kids are being raised and where our home is and where our kids can invite 15 of their friends to celebrate with us. it meant a lot for us to do it here and not have to go off somewhere else to do it. >> mayor bloomberg? >> i think it's great that they're doing it in new york. we want new york to be a destination for everyone, whether you're coming to get married or coming for a vacation, or you're coming to live or coming f

today is the first day that same-sex couples can get married legally in the state of new york. office inside manhattan where literally hundreds of couples have lined up to make history. >>> other stories making news across the country. in los angeles, police are saying in is not the guy. this was the first suspect arrested in the beating of brian stow. stow is the san francisco giants' fan that was attacked after a game at dodger stadium. two men arrested in connection with the beating. >>> police in kent, washington, are trying to figure out what led to a shooting yesterday afternoon at a local car show. 11 people were hurt. one witness telling affiliate kmmo, the fight started when somebody criticized a car job. >>> and ben roethlisberger yesterday was married. >>> "state of the union" with candy crowley coming your way at the top of the hour. a quick break, and then we will be right back. excuse me, whoa, whoa, whoa. i am trying to go somewhere, but we cannot go anywhere just yet. we have news to tell you about, including in norway. we have been telling you about the massacre

in new york city, the lottery, about some 800 newlyweds are going to tie the knot in new york city. going to be quite festive and gay in new york city tomorrow. that's all i can tell you. >> festive and gay. >> they can do it in the state of new york. but like you're talking, fred, many, many state dos not recognize this. the federal government does not recognize it and you know what happens when there's a conflict between federal law and state law. federal law always wins. they cannot file joint tax returns. they cannot get spousal benefits. there's a lot of problems. there's a lot of litigation that's going to arise as a result of this -- >> wait, fredricka. is fredricka asking if a minister has to perform it? was that the question? >> i thought there were some religious institutions that have already said that, we are not going to perform a marriage even though the state law says that it is allowed in new york. >> right. the answer is that -- they're not compelled. the only thing that gay people are entitled to do if they want same-sex marriage is to go to a government official.

new york city, new york state.f people have been waiting for for years. same-sex couples can now legally get married in the state of new york. we will talk to a couple in just a moment and they are just maybe a couple hours away from their wedding. also, there's a new worry about a deadline for the debt talks. the house speaker wants a deal done soon. you know how soon? actually, in a matter of hours before the asian markets open for trading. congressional leaders working round the clock on this sunday, july 24th. good morning to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. thank you so much for spending part of your day here with us. >>> for more than 20 years, joanne shane and dr. kennedy have been living together as a married couple for 20 years. they won a lottery and that means they get to skin the 24-hour waiting period that's normally required after couples get marriage licenses. that also means they are getting married today. we called them to take some time-out on their wedding day to come and do an interview on national tel

>>> hundreds of same sex couples are tieing the knot in new york. not all same sex couples in san francisco are celebrating. >>> the search is on for an armed man who police say opened fire on officers in the east bay. >>> plus, bart releases a new surveillance video the man they shot and killed a man. the reason the transit agency didn't release it right away. >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to ktvu mornings on 2. it's sunday, july 24. i'm mike mibach. >> good morning, i'm maureen naylor. >> good morning, it's sort of a ground hogs day, when it comes to weather. assuming you have seen the movie. more of the same, slightly cooler in some areas. for the afternoon, the clouds back with us this morning. a little patchy drizzle, a longer coastline around the clouds have reached inland. upper 50s along the coastline, widespread 80s for inland areas. and the bay area right in between. we'll take a look at what you can expect outside your door for the afternoon, and talk about where we go from here, in just a little bit. >>> new this morning, hundreds o

new york is going to still be new york. just a part of everything else. >> reporter: really? >> yes. >> reporter: then how did this happen? three minutes ago i was wearing a suit. i have no idea how i even got in these. >> good luck, buffalo. you'll need it. >> jon: anarchy. we'll b ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. let me tell you this. the marriage equality act passing in new york wasn't the only bit of good news here this weekend. take a look at this. >> up next, setting the record straight about our interview last week with jon stewart. >> jon: yes! finally. ( applause ) let me tell you what's going on. i do an interview with chris wallace. i mentioned fox news viewers were the most consistently misinformed viewers in every poll. politifact said i shouldn't have said every poll. just most. i brought up a 21 lie salute of politifact spot fact checki

that's a major civil rights victory. ( cheers and applause ) new york, finally, new york state's gay and lesbian community are free from the burden that was having to set foot in connecticut in order to get married. ( applause ) really? the nuptials are in stam forward? mmmm. yes, it was last friday night at 10:30 p.m. eastern gay rights time after a week of tense negotiations and protests featuring brutal gay versus jew bull fighting, the senate in al bany finally made an honest state of new york by a vote of 33 for destroying society as we know it and 29 against. the vote was in doubt right up until the last minute. as of thursday, the state senate was dead locked 31-31. marriage rights supporters had to find at least one more republican to flip. and then up stepped mark grisanti, state senator from buffalo, who had run on a platform of banning gay marriage. here's what he had to say. >> as a catholic i was raised to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> jon: so we'll move on from there. maybe they'll find a vote from someone who doesn't appear to be on elliott nes

because we're in new york. because we're competing against the met.we're competing against the moma. and so that is what has pushed and really made the move of el museo forward insofar that if we're competing with those great institutions, we have to showcase for the enlightenment of all our communities the best art. and in doing that, it's always dialogues. i mean, it's the curators that work at el museo who are working on this. we take enormous time, pride, of working closely with artists. and so for instance we have our biennial, and now we're going to be preparing for the next one. the biennial is the work of identifying latinos and latin americans that work within a two-three hours radius of our museum and see what they're doing, what they're creating. so our... we receive sometimes 600 files-- and it's called the selected files-- for unsolicited files, and it's wound down until the curators get a very close approach with each of the artists to nurture them. >> hinojosa: but what do you see when you kind of look into the future of, let's say, ten

and she's referring to being the first same-sex couple to legally mair in new york state under the newe-sex marriage law. in just a few moments we're going to take you live to gracie mansion where mayor michael bloomberg will officiate at another. coming up next on cnn, the nfl lockout. will we get to see football soon? ♪ let me make you smile ♪ let me do a few tricks ♪ some old and then some new tricks ♪ ♪ i'm very versatile ♪ so let me entertain you ♪ and we'll have a real good time ♪ [ male announcer ] with beats audio and flash, you can experience richer music and download movies straight to the new hp touchpad with webos. >>> i think we've craft add long-term agreement that can be good for the game of football, be good for the players, be good for the clubs and mostly and importantly good for our game and for our fans. >> that's right. good for fans. good for the fans. that's nfl commissioner roerj goodell after they agreed to sign the new agreement. the question now, are the players about to follow suit? joining us now is john from "sports illustrated." there's the sweeps cover w

now to the up in nuptials whiche been taking place across new york. yesterday, the state became the largest in the u.s. to recognize gay marriage and officials are hoping that with all of those weddings, the economy will be given a much-needed boost. the bbc's laura travallian went to meet happy couples. >> last minute caches on the big day for hundreds of same-sex couples queuing up in the sweltering heat, this was a moment to treasure. in a new york first, alese and her fiancee planned a double wedding with alese's brother and his partner. >> a month ago on the couch because i don't think you realize how much you want something until you get that close to it. >> this journey for the four of us collectively has been an amazing process. >> an amazing journey. >> with celebrations come spending. it's been estimated that same-sex weddings will boost new york's economy by nearly $300 million over the next three years. a handful of states that have legalized same-sex marriage, new york is the one that will draw in the crowds. it's a destination in its own

new york is setting the pace. >> new york marriages are enforceable in the state of california, no question>> reporter: he is conducting a legal clinic in san francisco tonight on new york marriages. he doesn't expects a big turnout. >> i think what i have heard among my clients and friends, people trying to consider, you know, is it appropriate in our situation. >> reporter: they say it was a matter of weighing time versus opportunity. >> i was more willing to wait for prop 8 to fall. but i am 40 and joe is 50, he said he is not getting any younger. >> reporter: that legal clinic is set for 7:00 at san francisco's lgbt center on market street. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the failed planned to play new york's flag in honor of the gay marriages have folks upset in san francisco. the flag was supposed to fly along the rainbow flag this weekend however the grommets on the new york flags didn't match the snaps on the flag pole. he blames the businesses and the markets that oversee the plaza. say the group didn't stage a test run with the flog. >> discovered there were technical pr

show a picture of dennis looking angry on the congress of the "new york daily news."is prager, younger people not opposed to same-sex marriage, do you think the media are capturing a cultural shift in america? >> yes, to a certain extent. but they've always overstated it. they were shocked that california went the other way. the most liberal state in the union, that it would have voted to keep marriage defined as a man and a woman. you see, for vast numbers of people, redefining the most central institution in human history for the first time in human history is not a simple thing of well, we just feel for people. >> that's interesting. >> this is huge. >> that's interesting. i'm confused. do the people not get it? >> i'm sorry? >> is he saying that vast numbers of americans are around the country get that maybe they're not comfortable with gay marriage? i think dennis is trying to have a culture war battle rather than talking about the media. that's my problem. >> time for a brief response. >> you were the one -- you were the one who originally raised the question ab

the police, the state of new york. the public defender came to me -- this is the craziest part of the situation. the public defender who is there to defend your constitutional rights -- she came in to see me with plastic cause and a surgical mask. i saw her walking around with all the rest of the brothers. i thought maybe she had something that she did not want to give us. [laughter] that is righteous. i respect that. whenever you have to do. then she got me into the interrogation room and she said to me, you say you have education. where did you go to school, high school? public-school of new york. this does that add up. i skipped two grades before college. where did you go to college? how did you pay for college? you went to grad school? how did you pay for law school? what did that have to do with my case? i was just going with the flow. finally, she said to me, it is my professional obligation to inform you -- not only as an attorney but as a registered nurse acting as a dentist -- you may have a bipolar disorder.

that's because new york is always hatching new scenes. significantly this year, west chelsea with the new face of the highline. readers love something new and different, and that part of new york city is actually absolutely revitalizing. you know, it's just one example of how new york new york is different and changing. of course, there's still the theater, the food scene, museums and great shopping. we love it, of course, and we're here right now. despite the heat, new york has so much to offer. all the winners have available at travelandleisure.com. >> you're part of being the digital products editor. thank you. >> thank you. >>> as we sweat out this heatwave, our air conditioner is driving up the electric bill. coming up, we'll show you cheap ways to cool off. stick around. you're watching msnbc saturday. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's

and when we're at 76 in new york, i think -- is new york the highest on the board now? it was washington, d.c., but right now the most humid spot in the whole country is right in new york city and that's why those areas, like d.c. and new york have the highest heat index today. it still feels like 94 in central park as you walk outside to start your morning. 88 in boston. it feels like 93 in d.c. without the sun, and that's only equalled by st. louis there and equalled there in the dallas area. today we have the heat warnings in place, that's well advertised all the way from coastal maine down to iryas of coastal north carolina. and back through the midwest. areas that are getting a break today, from detroit northwards up there michigan, you've cooled off. your humidity levels are a little lower. all of upstate new york and vermont and new hampshire, your humidity levels have dropped too along with our friends from the wisconsin and minnesota area. as far as temperatures go, this is just temperature. one thing people don't realize is the temperature's taken in the shade

same sex couples in new york start to tight knot. how its being received here in the bay area. >> also a show of understanding, the unique event today at the modern jewish museum ins. >> and a new pole shows the 2012 race is getting tighter. who appears to be neck and neck with the president in the race for the white house. . >>> the first gay marriages in new york were preformed just after midnight and continued throughout the day. new york is now the 6th and largest state to recognize gay weddings. thousands of proponents protested saying lawmakers mart >>> people in california are still hopeful they will be able to marry some day as well. sporters reacted to the new law with optimism and envy. >> new york state of mind. >> reporter: if woody had his way the new york state flag would fly over the castillo neighborhood. >> of course. why not? what's wrong with a party. >> reporter: there were celebrations in new york where hundreds of couples tied the knot. >> it's a breakthrough and many different levels and i think that california

>>> right now at 5:00, first day of same-sex mortgage in new york. hundreds of couples lined up to tie the knot. we'll have reaction from both coasts. >>> as norway mourns the dead, the manifesto reveals the man's grand plan and what it has to do with former cal professor ted kaczynski. >>> debt talks continue. the deadline is aweek away. we'll tell you if either side got any closer to a deal today. the news at 5 start right now. >>> good evening. i diane dwyer. this is the first day gay couples are officially marry in new york. they're doing it by the hundreds. here in california, the issue has been tied up in the courts since 2008. michelle franzen has a look and the pride and politics in new york today. >> take you, connie -- >> take you connie, to be my spouse. >> spo be my spouse. >> reporter: hundreds of couples made history today at city clerk offices in new york city. saying "i do" on the first day same-sex marriage became legal in new york state. >> by the laws of the state of new york, i now pronounce you married. >> reporter: all around th

. >> i believe in new york has sent a message to this nation loud and clear. >> a major victory for new york gov. andrew cuomo, the comeback kid. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- here is my favorite line of the week, written by david rodgers forge "politico" -- "congress has the poisonous feel of a back stabbing midwest city council arguing the sandbag techniques while flood waters rise." >> they are in one week, out one week, and then they are saying, "obama's got to step in." you have got to be here. i've been here. i've been doing afghanistan and bin laden and the greek crisis. >> the president says he wants to get working, wants us to get working. i cannot think of a better way than to have him come over today. ng.are waiting sen >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. for all the kids were outraged by the president's remarks. -- republicans were outraged by the president's remarks. but harry reid was listening. what you make of the president's performance on wednesday, mark? >> i think the president recognizes two things. over the last two years,

their hearts are full with the news coming out of new york. >> i think it is a great step in the right direction and i'm sure hoping that the good news will reach our coast some time very soon. >> i'm happy for new york. and getting ready for california is so obvious, it is time for it to happen. >> i don't think california is as open as some of the other states. but i think it is due. so, i'm hoping within the next year that it will be something that you know, is acceptable. >> many people say it is frustrating being in limbo for the courts to hammer out the legal issues. they continue to wait hoping to see same-sex marriage legal in california and in all 50 states. it is likely maryland and rhode island will be the next battleground. but for today people say they are focused on new york. live in san francisco. nbc. >> thank you kimberly. also in san francisco said. the contemporary jewish museum hosted a hand-holding event combined with an art exhibit to honor gertrudestein. the hand holding part of the event comes after a security guard told a lesbian couple last week that they were

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. ♪ >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is a "bbc world news america" reporting from washington. and i'm jane o'brien. unity in the face of tragedy, the people in norway gathered together as the man who attacked tells the court he was not acting alone. breaking her silence, the maid who accuse the dominique strauss-kahn -- who accused dominique strauss-kahn speaks out to tell her story. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. tonight, the country of norway remains in mourning as roughly 100,000 people gathered to remember those killed in friday's attacks. the show of solidarity comes on the same day? anders preeg the -- anders bregbreivik claimed that he wast acting alone and there are two others in his organization. >> this is the man accused, anders breivik, wearing a dark top and see sat next

in this instance, the new york city police and the new york city police commissioner.ew york city police commissioner at the time in question was bernard kerik, giuliani's personal choice to be police commissioner. he certainly was no one else's choice to be police commissioner. there have been fewer new york city police commissioners than there have been presidents of the united states. it is the single most prestigious police appointment in the country. and rudy giuliani decided to give it to his former chauffeur, an utterly unqualified high school drop out. how corruptible was bernie kerik? he's spending tonight in the cumberland correctional institution in cumberland, maryland, serving his sentence for tax fraud and lying to white house officials. bernie kerik was also a tool of rupert murdoch. nothing would stop bernie kerik from doing anything murdoch or his lieutenants wanted him to do. bernie kerik was and is a criminal, and he was rudy giuliani's choice to be the police commissioner of the city of new york. there is no doubt tonight that bernie kerik is at the

announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 22nd, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm bill weir. and we begin tonight with breaking news from the normally placid nation of norway, where police now say at least 80 people were killed in a shooting spree at a youth camp for that country's ruling labour party. that horrific assault came as a car bomb outside a government building shattered downtown oslo, the norwegian capital, killing at least seven more. tonight police say they have a suspect in custody, the man they believe to be responsible for both attacks. and in oslo tonight, here's abc's miguel marquez. >> reporter: it was a day of unspeakable horror and loss. people here still trying to make sense of it all. late tonight, the police said that 80 people at the summer camp were killed. the police have not released the name of the man they arrested, but norwegian media say it's this man. it all started around 3:30 on a quiet friday aftereron in oslo, the capital of norway. explosions from a car bomb roc

. >> new york has sent a message to this nanation loud and clear. >> a major victory for new york gov. andrew cuomo, the comeback kid. captioned by the national captioning institute --wwwww.ncicap.org-- here is my favorite line of the week, written by david rogers in "politico" -- "congress has the feel of some backstabbing midwest city council arguing sandbag techniques while floodwaters rise." as president obama put it at his conference -- >> they are in one week, out one week, and then they are saying that obama has got to step in here. you need to be here. i have been here. i have been doing afghanistan and bin laden and the greekk crisis. >> the president says he wants to get working. at he wants us to get working. i cannot think of a b better way than to have him come over today. we are waiting. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. republicans were outraged by the president's remarks, outrage. one said that the president ought to come down and take of valium. but harry reid was listening. he canceled the senate's fourth of july holiday -- what a sacrifice. what do you make

cnn, new york. >> not everybody in new york was cheering on sunday.allied with the national organization for marriage to protest the weddings. >> that's not what the bible says. the bible says that there is a husband and a wife and that's how we are to bring up our children. >> man marrying man, woman marrying woman, we're against that. not only that we're against it but god is. >> the march began on park avenue outside of the office of governor andrew cuomo who had championed the bill. today's talk back question? should president obama forget congress, just raise the debt limit? christina says, yes. he should. obama has done everything he can to work with the republicans and all they want to do is get him out of office. at all cost, even if it comes to bringing the u.s. down. more of your responses up ahead. >>> if you haven't booked your summer travel yet, you could end up paying a lot for for these last-minute plane tickets. allan chernoff is here with tips to help you save money that is me. i always buy these tickets at the last minute. help me ou

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

the thing about the "new york times" is as a newspaper they've been writing about food news and food trends since the 1850's. and so it's this incredible public document of american -- like american food culture. so basically i was just kind of unearthing and distilling 150 years' worth of recipes so that i could deliver them to you in a book that says here are the ones that mattered and here are some amazing gems that we've forgotten about. >> and no recipe was sent in by some yutz and not tested and they just put it in and it's terrible. every recipe, this is the whole testing process, right? >> that's right. the 19th century recipe archive, which is is incredibly bountiful, was all reader recipes. yes, they were readers -- >> you had to dust them off and try them again. >> yes. there are a couple of ones that you would not expect to find there. for instance, there's a recipe for dulce deleche, which is the ice cream flavor. and there are recipes for grenada, the shaved italian ice that we thought was invented in 1985 and indeed no. but there are recipes like something called spani

amazon sued new york and lost.ompanies like amazon are denying states millions of dollars in revenue that they so desperately need. you can see that with the california legislation expected to raise $320 million. suzanne? >> thank you. have a good holiday. >> you too. >>> three great stroories. one is going to air. here are your choices. first, libya's fighting women. they say they are answering moammar gadhafi's call by training to defend their country. are they just for show or legitimate force? that story from inside libya. second, how big is your digital footprint, an eye opening report on how your phone, car, other devices are exposing your personal information in this digital world. >>> finally, distracted driving challenge. drive along as parents and teenagers see how well they can get through an obstacle course while texting. if you're not behind the wheel, you can vote for your favorite story by texting 22360, text 1 for libya's fighting women, 2 for digital footprint and 3 for distracted driving. >>> chic

after a decade writing at the "new york times" he is writing for "new york magazine." he will talk about president obama and his chances for reelection. michael rapaport is here to talk about his film about a tribe called quest. columnist frank rich and actor michael rapaport coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is a cornerstone that we all know. it is a place where i walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nation why it works with tavis to move -- remove obstacles to economic empowerment. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from the worst like you. thank you. -- viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: always pleased to welcome frank rich back to the program. after more than 30 years with the "new york magazine" as a theater critic and opinion columnist, he makes his debut for "new york magazine." his article

. >> i believe at new york has sent a message to this nation loud and clear. >> a major victory for new york gov. andrew cuomo, the comeback kid. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- here is my favorite line of the week, written by david rogers in "politico" -- congress has the poisonous field these days of some backstabbing midwest city council arguing sandbag techniques while flood waters rise. or as president obama put it at his news conference -- >> they are in one week, out one week, and then they are saying obama's got to step in. you need to be here. i've been here. i've been doing afghanistan, bin laden, the greek crisis. >> the president says he wants to get working, wants us to get working. i cannot think of a better way than to pat him, on over to date. -- to have him come over today. we are waiting. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. republicans were outraged by the president's remarked. but harry reid was listening. the majority leader canceled the senate's fourth of july holiday -- what a sacrifice. what do you make of the president's p

new york city today, 104 degrees. deadly heat. now, i've been following this heat wave for five days now, all the way from dallas. haven't felt anything quite like this. it's been so hot here that they closed the crown of the statue of liberty for the second straight day. so hot, people are cranking up their air conditioning and pushing utility companies to the very limit. utilities from montana to new york including the nation's largest, which oversees 13 states, set new records for power use today. here in new york, con-ed blew past its previous record by 1:00 p.m. and are unsure how much the system can take. >> on the one hand, it's really exciting. on the other hand, it's kind of scary. so, yeah, we're in unchartered territory. >> reporter: that's partly because even as the heat in mega-cities like new york subsides, energy use rises. >> especially in cities, the concrete and steel and asphalt really retain that heat and just carry it for days and days. >> reporter: and with soaring energy demand comes soaring cost. energy pri

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. >> new york has sent a message to this nation loud and c clear. >> a major victory for new yk gov. andrew cuomo, the comeback kid. ptioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--rg here is my favorite line of the week, wrten by david rogers in "politico" -- "congress has the feel of some backstabbing midwest city council arguing sandbag techniques while floodwaters rise." as president obama put it at his news conference -- >> they ar in one week, out one we, and then they are saying that obama has got to step in here. you need to be here. i have beennn here. i have been doing afghanistan and bin laden a the greek crisis. >> the president says he wants to get worng. at he wants us to get working. i cannot think of a better way than to have him come over today. we are waiting. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. republicans were outraged by the president's remarks, outrage. one said that the president ought to come down and take of valium. but harry reid was listening. he canceled the senate's fourth of july holiday -- what a sacrifice. what do you make of the