all of these will be part of the new york summit that new york will sponsor and in september, that will be right part of our innovation month. in early 2014 we'll have a similar event hosted here in san francisco. this will be a great way to have our two cities work together with our private partners. i know that between us, mayor bloomberg, we have our rivalries and compassionate collaboration going on. whether it's our giants playing your mets or yankees or your giants playing 49ers or whether it's brooklyn bridge or golden gate bridge, i think they are great compliments for our city and we strategically continue to learn what that has done and how you sped that out to all of us. the only thing i will say in this competition is you have something that i enjoy not having, that is removing snow every winter. that's something i enjoy not having to do here in this city. apart from that, i think we have a lot more passion about what we do as cities, what we create for people, how we signal the culture of american through our cities. you, all of you in this room are part of here in san fran

temperatures new york, 84 degrees.oday, during the heating of the day, the heat index was up to 107-degrees for new york. a lot of other cities were 105. we do have thunderstorms that will reerupt tomorrow afternoon. dropping down to 75-degrees. by the time we get to sunday. we are not going the to see a high temperature of 7 73 and overnight lows are going to be in the high 50s. it's down to the southwest unfortunately and parts of new mexico and colorado. we're talking about another six inches of rain and localized areas in the next two or three days. so flash flooding a major potential there. that's a look at your national weather. your headlines are coming up in just a moment. .

i want to correct something one of our guests said about judith miller said about leaving the new york times over her iraq reporting. she resigned from the paper and is now a fox news contributor. send me a tweet. i will read the best one after the program. after the break a veteran journalist has been weighing in on the syria bough date and giving a -- debate and giving a platform to those people. he will be here. >>> the syria debate has been echoing across the media landscape and especially on the web which opens the dialogue to far more voices than television ever could. the national correspondent of "the atlantic" has been a mercinary of the debate. he joins me now. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> you are skeptical of syria. talk about the rebuttals on your blog including one case from a military officer and an officer's wife. >> this is a kind of journalism that wasn't possible when you and i started a generation ago which is to have in realtime a range of opinion, and not just the views or the gut viceral expression, but people in realtime are with the military and are in th

and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mileong laware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built up by

without her, i just went to pieces. >> intent on getting back together with yoko john returned to new yorknd it became a year gf news, yoko became pregnant. their son was born on john's 34th birthday, october 9th. john learned he won his immigration battle choosing family over career. >> i didn't think about music. my guitar was behind the bed. >> i don't have to do anything. i can spend time with my new son and wife. >> it was into early 60s he was signed to a record deal. he was john lennon beatle or ex-beatle. he could rediscover who he was. >> older, wiser, see his own short comings. so determined no one would be closer to his son than he is to sean. five years he chose to foot slogging bairnt a stroller with sean looking after him, putting him to bed, singing him songs being the atentive dad he hadn't been at all before. >> years went by, lennon seemed to be enjoying his life style. but competitive rock star still lurking inside him. >> still watching what paul mccartney was doing, what mick jagger was doing. feeling he should be there in the top 20. >> when a deranged beatles fan con

that, hey, there are bad guys in new york, there are bad guys in new york, al qaeda in new york.elieved it. he said himself he sort of drink the kool-aid. as he went on running this unit, he began to get frustrated to see he had really talented detectives with really great when which skills -- language skills, and they were making any cases. it was more about effectiveness, is this an effective way to use resources of talent to police investigators? these were guys who are used to putting bad guys in jail, right? taking drugs off the street, taking guns off the streets. guns kill people. instead, he was writing intelligence reports about what people think of the state of the union address. i think he got frustrated and disillusioned with the program. >> can you talk about the issue of oversight? first of all, this raises a lot of civil rights issues. has there been a response from the justice department on the white house? talk about what kind of oversight exists. >> and what is happening now? >> everything we talk about in the book, with the exception of a few sort of insular pr

the other is new york and you can see a growth in new york and in new york the model is different. in that case the cruise lines said we'll like to be able to sale cruises to those in the northeast of the united states next to california. they're not relying to flying people all over the world, but they're relying people to drive and come to their port and grow. the future of san francisco is some where in between the two because it's not the gateway strategy. you have some gateway capabilities but there's no way to beat seattle because we're reaching the atlantic market faster or going south. there's potential. you have hawaii, but the local sources and that's region. that goes into three or four hundred miles away. it's a great potential for san francisco and the future for growing. you're about to embark on this new terminal. we'll give you that ability to embark on that growth model and we think that the next year or so as the new ships are coming in place and are beginning to sale on a regular basis rather than passing by. i think if they get good deals you're going to see the

the homeless population in new york has also grown in recent years to more than 50,000 people. >> new york inequality is really quite staggering. if you compare the incomes of the top 20% to the woman 20%-- to the bottom 20%, our income ratios are worse than many developing african countries. that's because we have rich people here. it's not bad to have rich people in new york. we want them here. but what we need is a smarter economic development strategy that will use the city's economic strength to create good jobs for low-income people. >> sreenivasan: perhaps the most indurg legacy the next mayor will inherit is how safe new york city is today. for those who lived here in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, the drop in crime is nothing short of remarkable. while crime had fallen sharply during rudy giuliani's administration, it has continued to do so under bloomberg. since 2001, car thefts are down 73%, burglaries 41%; assualts, 17%; rapes, 27%, and murders are down 35%. n.y.u.'s mitchell moss argues the city's drop in crime goes hand in hand with economic development. >> if you want to make a

because as they trend, new york democrats trend away and that is not good for president obama. >> it a sweet approach how we cover news. none of electrifying figures and that is what they care about. people watch year neither because bill is not making anyone's heart go pitter pat. >> and we could have the first lesbian and first woman to lead new york city. why is that not a natural singer? >> he is a national joke. that is -- we can't -- people cannot get their mind around what he did and he nearly won this thing. >> sex and new york politics, why is there a sudden interest in the new york city comptroller race that includes spitzer? >> he is not inherently fascinating election? >> come back story is election but isn't it about spitzer and the circumstances under which he resigned which was for frat fraternizing prostitutes. >> we would never cover that election at all. even client number cannot get up interest in that. >> so wrong. so wrong. >> that drives me crazy. the los angeles race and the new york mayor's race and the amount of national team that either got for non-he jinx-r

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we've had two major attacks in new york city that exceeded. that's hour operating sumps that people thought w they would come here and kill new yorkers. >> we have to look over the horizon and over the whole world and see if aims are aimed at us. that is a responsibility of the federal government. we rely on the government t. they keep their ear to the grouped, but we're concerned about those organizations mentioned. now al-qaeda in iraq. and we have al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula in yemen. so these are areas where al-qaeda movement is strong. it's per meanting. and we have to be concerned about it. >> of course security in new york and across the united states has spent drastically to prevent another attack. and ali velshi reports business is booming forecontracters. >> 12 years after that faithful day in america america's security secretarier is booming. the government spends six times what it spent in 2001 fueling the nation's security apparatus. funding accounted for more than one-half billion dollars. >> since september will will there

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so there are the odds that lhota is up against. >> people are away from new york and boston, they makea visit to new york city on a regular basis. i love the freedom that they have, the crime being done, and young women going to college, my sons and daughter lives there. the freedom to go out at night, go to a nice restaurant at midnight, to come out on the subway, the freedom to live there. can a liberal maintain that if they loosen up on things, can you maintain the atmosphere of safety, even if you liberalize have things? >> well, i think there was a point where some new yorkers were not feeling safe. you know, young black and hispanics in new york, including bill de blasios children, his wife, they made a powerful commercial where they talked about, ending this era, where somebody like him, this bright kid couldn't walk down the street and enjoy the city in the same way. i don't think that people are angry at bloomberg or personally rejecting him on the whole, but they just want a moment where a little balance is pulled back, and they felt -- >> who was the last mayor of new york i

and during bloomberg's three terms in offers at city hall, new york has changed. >> new york has becomediverse. since the last several mayoral elects that we have seen and now we are seeing a new slate of issues and a slate of sort of stakeholders that we haven't seen in -- we haven't seen maintain as much voting power in the past. >> reporter: all of this seems to have failed to energize voters. turn out tuesday is expected to be light. of the city's 8 million residents, only half are registered to vote in the primary. each of the candidates hope to his get at least 40% of the vote. enough to avoid a run-off election in october. barely moments ahead of november's general election. al jazerra, new york. >> on tuesday, apple is expected to release its latest iphone and that has wall street and tech junkies chomping at the bit. everybody is talking about new possible fingerprint technology, but more, important, however may be what ceo tim cook says about happeapple's china plant of thes theres a lot speculation that they will unveil a cheaper version of iphone five aimed at china's lucrat

let me read from vladimir putin's op-ed in the "new york times" today. it's certainly raising eyebrows around the world. besides backing the plan to disarm syria of its chemical weapons the russian leader also took the opportunity according to some to lecture america. "it is alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the united states. is it in america's long-term interest? i doubt it. millions around the world increasingly see america not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan you're either with us or against us." putin also chided president obama's exceptional nation comment this week. according to putin, "it is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation." your thoughts, michael. he certainly knows whoever helped him with this bit of aj-it propp knew what they were doing. >> and i gather he did have a washington p.r. firm helping. any good foreign leader would. chris,

for some kind of financial aid or medicaid. >> that is about 3.2 million in new york? there are 19 million people in the state, 2.3 million are uninsured, so they're expecting about 1.1 lead people to go into the marketplace. >> i want to turn to a new ad on the affordable care act fetish reduced by generation opportunity, an activist group with funding ties to the conservative koch brothers. it shows a nurse escorting a young woman into an exam room for gynecological exam. i will do some narration for our radio listeners. chose obama you care. >> it is my first time here. >> here we are, then, change into a down and the doctor will be with you soon. >> your vitals looked good. any change in your diet or exercise? swing on over, screwed on down and try to make yourself comfortable. ok, let's have a look. >> the doctor walked out of the room, the woman is alone with her legs in stirrups. and all of a sudden, uncle sam pops up between her legs. she screams. the note says "don't let the government play doctor. opt out of obamacare." he is holding up a speculum and it says

>> a dress. >> in new york jenna lee, fox news. >> now your einformed -- you're informed. here's will thomas with your fox 5 top five. >> up first free flights on united. number five good news if you're one of the lucky few who got the free tickets. united will honor your purchase. an online mistake allowed travellers to get tickets for free. they only had to pay 5-10 dollars security fee. once united noticed the mistake it shut down it's booking website. >> number four 7-11 is going healthy. they're soon going to offer healthy snack options. the cost is two to $6. look for them in the first aisle -- >> number three the cost of chocolate is going up up up and just in time for the holidays. the reason the price of cocoa butter is the special in yeed yent that gives chocolate that melt in the mouth texture -- ingredient. it's jumped sky-high. some have raised prices 30-40%. >> number two good and bad news on the jobs front. women have recovered all the jobs they lost during the recession but not men. 76 million men were employed last month but that is 2 million less than six

as "the new york times" editorial board wrote last month, a new executive order could ensure that thets is based on the quality of jobs created, challenging the notion that the best contractor is the one with the lowest labor costs, which would seem like a very good idea, especially for someone like president obama. >> whatever executive authority i have to help the middle class, i'll use it. >> joining us now is democratic congressman from minnesota's fifth district, cochair of the progressive caucus, keith ellison. thanks for joining us. on a day where not enough attention is being paid to what you're doing there at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, are you optimistic about the white house moving on this? >> yes, i am optimistic. you know, we got 49 members of the house, 15 members of the senate standing with federal workers saying, look, people have got to be able to make a living wage. it's not right for the federal government to be among those employers who could pay or could have workers get paid more but who won't. the reality is 2 million workers could have their pay increased with an

7:28 a moment of silence to mark the fall of the north tower of the world trade center. >> from new york city to the bay area in 45 minutes san francisco firefighters will hold their own 9/11 remembrance ceremony the abc7 news ace matt keller is at fire station seven. >> the ceremony starts at 6:45 at fire stations across the city san francisco. at the end of the ceremony the names of all new york city firefighters killed in the line of duty on 9/11 will be read out loud. this is last year's ceremony honoring the people and emergency workers killed. today is the 12th information of -- anniversary that killed 2,900people. many of the people open flight 93 lived or worked here in the bay area. this morning, the ceremonies begin at 6:45. at 6:58 fire personnel gather in front of the flagpole and the bell will ring at 6:59 for the last alarm when the south tower of the world trade center collapsed and at 7:00 the flags are lowered to half staff and a minute of silence. at 7:02 the names of the firefighters are read out loud. a ceremony is held in young city the at flight 93 memorial that sta

, what is new york? what does it produce? it is the financial capital of the world. judgwhy is it that financial cal of world imposes highest capital. that would be like nebraska putting tax on corner oil. you know. charles: matte ? >> true, and to steve's point, there are twice as many voters in red states than in blue, something that blue state governors like new york and california that continue to drive the people out. should consider, you are right, right now new york, states like california, that want to continue to propagate the policies are run like socialist presidents like france that should cause concern. >> thank you see you soon. charles: coming up vladimir putin blasting america in the "new york times," is that a sign of the times and a bad sign. >> white house saying, fixing immigration will fix the economy,eet the guy saying that is deed wrong, and he has the numbers to prove it. [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe your financial advisor should focus on your long-term goals, not

wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie. asian stocks were mixed after a report of corpse tax cuts in japan. tokyo's nikkei added more than 1%. hong kong's hang seng lost a quarter percent. >>> worries about the economy and looming budget battles sent stocks on wall street lower. the dow jones lost 61 pointses the nasdaq composite was down seven points. jpmorgan is in settlement over is claims prior to the recession over $11 billion. they have been investigated over the securities which lost value after the housing market plunged, leading to financial crisis. the settlement would include $7 billion in cash and $4 billion to consumers. >> the financially strapped post office wants to raise the price of a first class stamp to 49 cents. that would be a 3-cent increase. they say raising postal stamp is the last resort. if it is imposed, it would go into effect january 26th. >>> a new high-tech $100 bill is scheduled to go into circulation on november 28th. it still bears benjamin

but the idea is catching on in seattle, san francisco, new york, boston, washington d.c., providence and cleveland. they have all been pursuing projects to develop this new model. it's an idea that may be new to north america but countries like japan have looked to micro apartments as a solution to high population. >> the housing really does correspond with this population need. >> reporter: sarah watson is the deputy director of a nonprofit research group in new york, the citizens housing and planning counsel. for the last five years the organization has been studying new concepts in housing. watson says the number of people living by themselves in the united states has increased dramatically. in the 40s and 50s, it was less than ten percent. today that population is closer to 30 percent. people are getting married later. getting divorced at higher rates than they once did and are living longer. watson says the supply of housing for single people has been kept up with this changing demographic. >> if the population changes but there is not housing supply to follow, what happens is pe

the untold loss of life in new york alone. we only know that there have been hundreds of burn victims brought to various hospitals. both twin trade tower centers have collapsed to the ground. that's a densely populated area obviously. we don't know the number of casualties yet at the pentagon and we don't know the number of deaths in that plane that went down as katie pointed, north of pittsburgh. >> we've left out a piece of information. we know for a fact that one of these planes that was crashed into the world trade center was hienl hijacked from boston this morning. it was american airlines flight 11 en route from boston to los angeles. we had reports it had been diverted to jfk and perhaps while fainingeigning a landing at jfk, it diverted into the world trade center. >> all air travel has been stopped. air travel has been closed across the country in terms of planes departing. planes en route it is unclear if they made emergency landings. the white house has been evacuated. the state department the cia has been evacuated

the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the ways and means committee, mr. levin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. levin: i urge we need to pause to consider the real meaning of what's happening tonight. this is more than about a vote or two. i think this is a fateful occasion. it signifies this. the republican party in the house is being thoroughly radicalized. there are republicans cheering, as the u.s. ship of state goes over the cliff. the house republican colleague of ours as report the -- reported today. i do believe republicans will be blamed. there are some, i think, would relish a showdown. i think that's unfortunate. it's worse than unfortunate. it's historically reckless and radical. this is an eventful, and i think shameful night for the republican party in the house of representatives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman fr

one was a 24-year-old from rochester, new york. the other a junior at the university of new hampshire. unh students say the drus is a pure form of ecstasy and is common on campus. >> i've just heard that it's pretty recreational use around here. it's around most colleges too. >> it's getting more and more popular i think and especially at a concert where it was sort of trippy music and a festival so i think people are getting more and more hooked on it because of the effects. >> a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner said autopsy results were inconclusive and further testing and toxicology is needed to

three were arrested in new york when they tried to deliver a petition to a board member. "consider this" is up next and you can follow news www.aljazeera.com. >> the bomb grows louder, the brutality of rebels and their terrorist connections. the humanitarian atrocities committed by president bashar al-assadout weigh the possibility that we could find ourselves supporting extremist groups. also what about muslims in america? the nypd has been secretly surveilling muslims in new york and around the world. have they gone too fo far or are they doing what they can to protect the city. and we know excess sugar leads to obesity, so where is there sugar quietly loaded in yogurt and flavored water. >>> a lot of people are asking whom will we really help if we attack. at the g-20 summit in russia the president shook hands with vladimir putin. president obama would like to win support from g-20 nations besides turkey, france, and saudi arabia who said they would more or less fall in line. he needs more support from congress where there is skepticism about military strike and opposit

vladimir putin, lecturing about policy and democracy and new york times.is up now, sure to stir reaction from the white house and across the country, starting about 30 seconds ago. we'll be right back. >>> have you ever found yourself wondering about say, a really sensitive issue in the middle east? questions about intelligence, weapons, america's credibility in the world? have you ever found yourself wondering about those things, and suddenly, you are struck with a desire to know what karl rove thinks about them? no, no. well, at the fox news channel, that is just who they have been waiting to hear from. >> the toughest president for the question will be this one, bill, does he ask for authorization? >> i think he has to do that. >> he has to go to congress. >> and he will get it, because what politician wants to be labelled -- >> he has to go to congress, because karl rove says to repeat what happened in libya when president obama authorized strikes there without the congressional approval, that would be a disaster, he has to get approval. and so he must

today in every school in every neighborhood in new york city. eans the 4% of 5-year-olds who used to miss out on kindergarten and started first grade, you know, a year behind, that's not going to happen anymore. and new yorkers, it's what they're telling me. they have made a decision in the final hours, they want a mayor who can improve the city, leave no one behind, and you need to have done that to be able to do that. >> let me ask you real quickly, though. i know you haven't had a chance to see the charlie rose interview with ba sashar al ass. but he said to expect everything if the u.s. goes ahead to strike syria. i know you agree with general barry mccaffrey why this guy is getting so much air time. but ray kelly has said no candidate has asked for a terrorism briefing. based on what assad is saying now, do you worry about what this means for new york city residents if we have somebody, a regime dictator, that is looking to play dirty? >> but, first of all, my staff is constantly in touch with ray kelly's staff at the police department getti

, a new york battle? or to put it another way, to what extent are the battle lines drawn because of the characteristics and the political environment, and the social environment, that is new york city? or to what extent do you glean from the battle here more universal lessons? or is this really a parochial battle, passing but a parochial battle for the hearts and minds of new yorkers? >> guest: it's about new york insofar as the constraints on the land. it was a piece of land and one of the most expensive as of the city and the financial district. you could imagine if this happened in other places, there might have been more freedom to think about how this land could be used, beyond certain commercial or noncommercial uses. but here, ma no restriction. this was one of the most valuable pieces of land in the world. but because it's one of the most valuable pieces of land in the world i think it does offer some more universal lessons about how we decide who the land belongs to. i mean, battles over land hap

jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> from bionic limbs to nasal transplants, a chinese man's whose faceamaged during a car crash is getting a new nose and doctors grew it on his own forehead. they placed tissue expanders into his forehead stretching the skin into the shape of his nose and implanted cartilage from his ribs. it's taken nine bus, but surgery will be performed soon. this is the "cbs morning news." be performed soon. this is the "cbs morning news." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. i'm linh bui in for don scott. the morning's top head lines in just a moment. first to marty for a look at today's weather. >>> let's take a look at what's going to be another really nice day. it's 54 degrees right now. yesterday at this time it was 47. warmer, more humid this morning. 74 at lunch on its way to a high of 78. the normal is 74. >>> here's what we have our eye on today. president obama will be in largo to deliver remarks at prince george's community college. he's expected to talk about the middle class and health care. >>> a prince george's man has been sentenced to life plus 20 years

we have had two major attacks in new york city that succeeded. hese other efforts we talked about, and that's our operating assumption that people still want to come here and kill new yorkers. >> how challenging is the international threat environment? i'm thinking about the number of organizations around the world, whether they are in yemen, in somalia, or in syria, how challenging is the international threat to a city like new york at this point? >> obviously the world has become much smaller after 9/11. so we have to look throughout the world to see if there are threats aimed at us, and we rely on the federal government to give us information in that regard. we have our own officers assigned overseas to keep their ear on the ground, but we're concerned about those locations you mentioned. al nusha is an outgrowth of al qaeda in iraq, which has now resurfaced, and we have alka -- al qaeda in yemen. so these are movements that are strong and fermenting, and we have to be concerned. >> was there any thought given to raising the threat level here i

in a new york times op ed he warned against u.s. strike on syria, suggesting it would unleash a new wave of terrorism across the region, syria appears ready to i have did up weapons to avoid u.s. military action. the process of finding and destroying what is said to be one of the largest stockpile in the world could take years, in missouri they take a look at gun laws, a override of a bill falls one vote short. wounded warriors on a spacial mission traveling hundreds of miles by sea to pay their researches at the world trade sent orcenter on 9/11. ♪ ♪ >> russian president putin is make his case on syria. in a new york times op ed piece, putin cautioned the u.s. against military strikes. putin's message was delivered just hours before secretary of state john kerry and russia's foreign minister are set to meet in geneva al jazerra's roxanne a reports. >> reporter: russia's president says he feels compelled to speak directly to the american people about the dangers of military intervention in syria. in a new york times op ed on wednesda

new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have the united nations -- failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. so there's a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. things corrode, they rust. they get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. but it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. narrator: two massive underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the city's water supply. they run hundreds of feet below

and in new york today, president obama addressed the u.n. eneral assembly, reaching out to iran's new leader and demanding that the u.n. act against syria's current leader. >> if we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the united nations is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws. >> woodruff: and ray suarez talks to the author of a book that sheds new light on the life o

i want to correct something one of our guests said about judith miller said about leaving the new yorkimes over her iraq reporting. she resigned from the paper and is now a fox news contributor. send me a tweet. i will read the best one after the program. after the break a veteran journalist has been weighing in on the syria bough date and giving a -- debate and giving a platform to those people. >>> the syria debate has been echoing across the media landscape and especially on the web which opens the dialogue to far more voices than television ever could. the national correspondent of "the atlantic" has been a mercinary of the debate. he joins me now. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> you are skeptical of syria. talk about the rebuttals on your blog including one case from a military officer and an officer's wife. >> this is a kind of journalism that wasn't possible when you and i started a generation ago which is to have in realtime a range of opinion, and not just the views or the gut viceral expression, but people in realtime are with the military and are in the middle east and t

this is the air traffic operation at new york center.'s the largest control room in the united states. >> mike mccormick sprinted to the floor of new york's air traffic control and went directly to an already crowded screen displaying the airspace where the plane was headed. area b. >> their altitude and the fact they were turning southbound i knew that it was going to be area b so it could be with the controllers, be with the supervisors and look at the radar display. >> you wanted to see that plane? >> absolutely. walked up to the radar screens right in here, and went back and forth between the radar screens looking at the activity and take appropriate abbings and make the right decisions. >> with flight 11 not responding, controllers turned to other eyes in the sky asking other commercial airline pilots if they could spot the american airlines jet. one of the crews responding, united flight 175. >> you can see american 767 out there, please? >> okay, we're looking. negative contact. united 175, you have him at your 12:00 now? five to