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for new york city? >> that's what was put together after the staeventh buyer the crisis and >> said that we almost lost new york and i want to organize business to be really committed to caring about a great new york city and keeping it that way. >> how big of an organization is it? >> in terms of size, we have 15 employees and about 300 members that represent the top c.e.o.s of the new york and metropolitan region. >> i know that is hardly 300 and what are the big names? >> we have immediate c.e.o. of macy, and murdock of news co corporation and most names of the fashion and retail of new york. >> i have a quote that you uttered in 2009, you said it's not an easy time to defend rich. i guess it never is, and we have the millionaire tax and we have to think about our society in complex ways. being part of the global economy is the key to what brought our city and america and the world's greatest cities back into economic health. if you recall in the 60's and 70's we were writing off urban america and the
for new york city? >> that's what was put together after the staeventh buyer the crisis and >> said that we almost lost new york and i want to organize business to be really committed to caring about a great new york city and keeping it that way. >> how big of an organization is it? >> in terms of size, we have 15 employees and about 300 members that represent the top c.e.o.s of the new york and metropolitan region. >> i know that is hardly 300 and what are the big...
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benchmarking of periodic energy audits in major buildings are very similar to a provision of new york city's greener, greater buildings plan, which we enact it back in 2009. that is part of new york city's plan, which had the goal of reducing our cities carbon footprint by 30% by the year 2030. as our cities go forward in implementing these laws, think he can profit from the others experiences. just as companies that own buildings in both our cities will benefit from similarities between these laws as they adapt and comply with them. we rely on carbon-efficient mass transit to a far greater extent than other american cities do, and for that reason, it is buildings that create 80% of the emissions in our city and transportation only 20%. really, the exact reverse of what most other cities do, and that is why we think our building laws will make a difference. we anticipate that when fully implemented, we will be able to save new yorkers something like $700 million a year in energy costs and greatly enhance our economic competitiveness, create something like 17,000 jobs and shrink our carbon fo
benchmarking of periodic energy audits in major buildings are very similar to a provision of new york city's greener, greater buildings plan, which we enact it back in 2009. that is part of new york city's plan, which had the goal of reducing our cities carbon footprint by 30% by the year 2030. as our cities go forward in implementing these laws, think he can profit from the others experiences. just as companies that own buildings in both our cities will benefit from similarities between these...
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. >> kathryn, what is the partnership for new york city? >> it is a group put together at the end of the 1970's after the end of the city's fiscal crisis. david rockefeller lead that effort and he said we almost lost new york. we were not paying attention to the needs of the city. i want to organize business not to be a chamber of commerce. i want to organize business to be committed to caring about a great city. >> how big an organization is it? >> we are about 15 employees. we have 300 members who represent the top ceo's of international companies based in new york. >> these are big names. >> the big names are ken from american express, the ceo of acy's, our past chairs were lloyd blankfein, and most of the names that lead the finance media and fashion and retail industries of new york. >> i have a quote you uttered, you said it is not an easy time to defend the rich. >> right now we have the threat of a millionaire's tax coming over us. it is one of those things where we have to think about our society in complex ways being part of the gl
. >> kathryn, what is the partnership for new york city? >> it is a group put together at the end of the 1970's after the end of the city's fiscal crisis. david rockefeller lead that effort and he said we almost lost new york. we were not paying attention to the needs of the city. i want to organize business not to be a chamber of commerce. i want to organize business to be committed to caring about a great city. >> how big an organization is it? >> we are about 15...
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city regarding water issues. this is the first outreach which was a supplement in new york times and daily news which i think is the most circulated paper in new york city. and getting bigger as time goes on we'll try to engage in some of this thinking where people are thinking of this early and not just presented with a plan to go, thumbs up or down on it. the idea of putting sustained conversation with consistent information is very important. this is new york city does not preclude the water utilities thinking about climate change and water and the things that go along with that and trying reach out nationally. one more. last one. >> i'm representing the endangered species coalition. made up of four hundred different groups. i guess my question from yesterday revolved the impacts of global warming like the, eco basis. >> i don't want to disappoint you but we're not going to be able to do questions. so i hope you can make this a comment. >> i would encourage water managers and people included in water matters try to preclude or include other species and in the process early on rather than late in the game which h
city regarding water issues. this is the first outreach which was a supplement in new york times and daily news which i think is the most circulated paper in new york city. and getting bigger as time goes on we'll try to engage in some of this thinking where people are thinking of this early and not just presented with a plan to go, thumbs up or down on it. the idea of putting sustained conversation with consistent information is very important. this is new york city does not preclude the water...
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in the end, mass transit is the solution for every big city, certainly for new york city. if not mass transit, then you have to take the roads, and roads are not just for automobiles. they are for bicyclist and pedestrians as well. we used to have a number of deaths every year by a traffic accident in herald square and times square, and today, i think there is virtually none. the number of traffic deaths in new york city has gone down to below the lowest when we started keeping records, which was about 1909 or 1910, something along those lines, and keeping people say is one of the transportation commissioners jobs, and she has done a great job. controversial, yes, but if you do not have a commission that is controversial, you do not have a commission that is trying new things. >> [inaudible] >> don't take hours. i do not think he would come. >> [inaudible] >> yes, you have to have somebody that understands the first job is to make the streets safe so you do not have to look over your shoulder. they have to do it consistent with the constitution of the united states, but i
in the end, mass transit is the solution for every big city, certainly for new york city. if not mass transit, then you have to take the roads, and roads are not just for automobiles. they are for bicyclist and pedestrians as well. we used to have a number of deaths every year by a traffic accident in herald square and times square, and today, i think there is virtually none. the number of traffic deaths in new york city has gone down to below the lowest when we started keeping records, which...
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. >> three communities in new york city where 70% of the prisoners throughout the state of new york come from. >> three communities and 70% of the state's population come from these three communities. >> oh, my gosh. >> these three counties in new york city. . >>> according to all reports, the united states has the highest incarceration rate on the planet. at the current moment, more than 7.3 million people are either paroled, an probation or incarcerated. although african-american comprise only 12% of the u.s. population they make up 41% of the nation's prison population. joining me to discuss the incarceration crisis are barry scheck, attorney for the innocence project, monifa, program manager for the national coalition on black civic participation and michael rd, trial lawyer and activist. thank you for joining us. i think the most stunning number i've ever seen is the fact that in 1970, there were only somewhere between 250 and 300,000 people incarcerated in the whole country. 40 years later, 2.5 million people are incarcerated. how do we get from 250,000 in 1970 to 2.5 million in 20
. >> three communities in new york city where 70% of the prisoners throughout the state of new york come from. >> three communities and 70% of the state's population come from these three communities. >> oh, my gosh. >> these three counties in new york city. . >>> according to all reports, the united states has the highest incarceration rate on the planet. at the current moment, more than 7.3 million people are either paroled, an probation or incarcerated....
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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-mile-long delaware 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
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...
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quickly and relinquish them to the shelters. >> reporter: but these 14 dogs that are headed to new york city will definitely get a home. last year when they did this the director told us that there was a line around the block in new york city waiting for these dogs to be adopted. now if you're thinking to yourself that you could give one of these dogs a good home but you think you're out of luck, you're not because there were so many at the san francisco shelter 20 had to be left behind. they're still adoptable and have to go down to the center in san francisco and adopt one. if you would like to follow these dogs on their journey as we are this morning you can log onto facebook and twitter. both will have messages and we'll be following these dog along to new york city. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:08. muni fighting back responding against some harsh criticism. a very aggressive defense against accusations it calls overblown and unfair. top executive from the state puc says the current condition of san francisco's transit system is the worst in califor
quickly and relinquish them to the shelters. >> reporter: but these 14 dogs that are headed to new york city will definitely get a home. last year when they did this the director told us that there was a line around the block in new york city waiting for these dogs to be adopted. now if you're thinking to yourself that you could give one of these dogs a good home but you think you're out of luck, you're not because there were so many at the san francisco shelter 20 had to be left behind....
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cities become ungodly unaffordable. that's one of the challenges that new york faces. cities like chicago which has been very friendly towards construction has made it possible for young people without a lot of means actually live in chicago. new york under the bloomberg administration has moved productively to align more production. if you look at the brought that in a 1970s and '90s, just as prices indices were rising, as he was making it more and more difficulty -- difficult to build. so currently 15% of the land area in manhattan south of 96th street is in a preservation district. it's not as if i don't with your our architectural legacies. but not a post grip brick building is to bury preserve. i draw a lot on the wisdom of j. jacobs in his book. she serving as to the magic. but this what you got wrong. jane jacobs wisdom came wandering around cities. she observed that old buildings were cheap and new buildings were expensive. this letter to thank the way to keep new york, other states affordable, was to make sure he kept the old buildings and not let anybody build
cities become ungodly unaffordable. that's one of the challenges that new york faces. cities like chicago which has been very friendly towards construction has made it possible for young people without a lot of means actually live in chicago. new york under the bloomberg administration has moved productively to align more production. if you look at the brought that in a 1970s and '90s, just as prices indices were rising, as he was making it more and more difficulty -- difficult to build. so...
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city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but it's cut down a lot. hurwitz: city tunnel number 3 will be an
city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to...
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actually exist the the dollar stores so one market is desperate to open up a new market which is the cities chicago new york washington d.c. boston and there's about a hundred billion dollars of new sales in those cities terraces. that you know that house in town so it wants that house and as a consequence wal-mart has in fact made some just years maybe sometimes even more than just yours. to say well. we want to be as we want to accommodate obama we want our comedy kind of politics of new york city so for example. how about sustainability initiatives to make their factories and suppliers have a smaller carbon footprint a cooperative show obama want to have project out less sugar in foods yeah nelson they're so anti-union and let's not forget unions are the single biggest as a funding for the democratic party tell them how in fact are they courting obama that well i mean that right they are not courting obama or not certainly our quote of the union that when it comes to that they always say we have a we have sort of a home and we have enemies are enemies of the unions when it comes to environmentalist. afri
actually exist the the dollar stores so one market is desperate to open up a new market which is the cities chicago new york washington d.c. boston and there's about a hundred billion dollars of new sales in those cities terraces. that you know that house in town so it wants that house and as a consequence wal-mart has in fact made some just years maybe sometimes even more than just yours. to say well. we want to be as we want to accommodate obama we want our comedy kind of politics of new york...
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now, things didn't always look so bright in new york city. when i was a kid growing up here in the 1970s, it looked as if not just the president ford, but history itself was telling new york to drop dead. the city seems mired in crime and disorder. the climate of that garment industry felt it left the city essentially unmourned. know, that situation -- now, that situation was not on usual for new york. they were going through a process of deindustrialization. it was common for all of america's older cities. one of the themes for the book is that the american dream doesn't have to lie behind a white picket fence in the suburb, and that cities have been as intrinsic for american history and our experiences in the nation as any place else. the very birth of america has roots in boston in the 1730s between john hancock who wanted the political change to be created by a mob and sam adams who like many proveighers of liquor could conjure a mob. [laughter] it changed america and helped create this great country of ours. in the 19th century, the great
now, things didn't always look so bright in new york city. when i was a kid growing up here in the 1970s, it looked as if not just the president ford, but history itself was telling new york to drop dead. the city seems mired in crime and disorder. the climate of that garment industry felt it left the city essentially unmourned. know, that situation -- now, that situation was not on usual for new york. they were going through a process of deindustrialization. it was common for all of america's...
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president obama made an unscheduled stop at the new york city science and engineering fair after a speech at the museum of natural history tuesday. he toured the displays from the city's largest high school research competition, which boasts more than 1,000 participants. students got to show off their cutting edge designs, shake hands and bump fists with the nation's leader. can you imagine that, bill, just the president stopping by. >> you have the science fair showing off your exhibit and all of the sudden you hear the big crowd, rush of camras. >> doing the fist bump with obama, come on. >> fist bump with the president. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> england's royal couple are popping off the pages, literally. that's because they're featured at paper cutouts and pop-up features in a new book. 50,000 copies are being sold and more are being printed. outfits they can be dressed in include kate's blue dress and william's royal air force uniform. >>> speaking of royals, a pair of tiny santas got the roya
president obama made an unscheduled stop at the new york city science and engineering fair after a speech at the museum of natural history tuesday. he toured the displays from the city's largest high school research competition, which boasts more than 1,000 participants. students got to show off their cutting edge designs, shake hands and bump fists with the nation's leader. can you imagine that, bill, just the president stopping by. >> you have the science fair showing off your exhibit...
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new york city. charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: that's right. say that new york city, a city of more than 8 million people, has a high probability of having a deadly earthquake in the next 50 years. there are six seismic faults threatening the country. the most dangerous zone isn't out west, but in the midwest in this red zone, at the cross section of missouri, kentucky, tennessee and arkansas. and if a major quake hit there, the destruction could be much worse. >> the central united states is a hard coal slab that allows energy to travel very efficiently. in california, the rocks are relatively hot and shattered and energy dissipates quicker. >> reporter: and today, a record from the national academy of sciences, warning that the united states has failed to prepare. they're calling on the government to deploy earthquake early warning systems. do a better job of identifying high risk areas and improve emergency preparedness. that's something many californians are doing on their own. >> what happened in japan, our earthquake supplies have been se
new york city. charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: that's right. say that new york city, a city of more than 8 million people, has a high probability of having a deadly earthquake in the next 50 years. there are six seismic faults threatening the country. the most dangerous zone isn't out west, but in the midwest in this red zone, at the cross section of missouri, kentucky, tennessee and arkansas. and if a major quake hit there, the destruction could be much worse. >> the...
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that's a new york city crowd. that's a new york crowd right there. welcome, everybody! welcome.hank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. lots of big news around the world. yesterday, u.n. ambassador susan rice said libyan president said moammar gadhafi sounds delusional and disconnected from reality. when he heard that, gadhafi was like, "duh, winning." [ laughter ] you've been following the whole charlie sheen mess? [ scattered cheers ] well, today on abc, charlie sheen introduced his two 24-year-old girlfriends, rachel and natalie. and they're actually pretty interesting. one is a doctor and one -- the other's a law professor. i'm kidding, they're probably strippers. [ laughter and applause ] i'm just joking. they probably are interesting, though. i don't know. last night on piers morgan's show, charlie sheen brought out a drug test to prove he was clean. yeah. and then he answered some questions to prove he's not. [ laughter ] it was a whirlwind. it was a roller coaster. happy birthday to justin bieber, who turned 17 today
that's a new york city crowd. that's a new york crowd right there. welcome, everybody! welcome.hank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. lots of big news around the world. yesterday, u.n. ambassador susan rice said libyan president said moammar gadhafi sounds delusional and disconnected from reality. when he heard that, gadhafi was like, "duh, winning." [ laughter ] you've been following the whole charlie sheen mess? [...
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announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 25th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the tiniest speck of inhaled plutonium can bring lung cancer, experts tell us, which is why tonight's news from japan is more tire than any since the mop administer quake and tsunami there. authorities suspect a large crack has formed in the core container of a reactor at fukushima. meaning that highly radioactive material, uranium and plutonium, is exposed and potentially spreading through air and water. here now is david wright with the latest. >> reporter: this was the news everyone here has been dreading for two weeks now, since the nuclear crisis began. a suspected breach of the reactor core. today, the prime minister himself called the situation grave and serious. "we need to be extremely vigila vigilant," he said, adding darkly, "this is not a time for optimism." >> think of the little dutch boy putting his finger in this crack and this crack. suddenly, a huge crack begins to open up. >> reporter: the canar
announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 25th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the tiniest speck of inhaled plutonium can bring lung cancer, experts tell us, which is why tonight's news from japan is more tire than any since the mop administer quake and tsunami there. authorities suspect a large crack has formed in the core container of a reactor at fukushima. meaning...
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still to come on tonight's cbs evening news, a deadly tour bus accident in america's biggest city. >> mitchell: veteran new york police officers said an early-morning highway accident today of the most horrific they've ever seen. the crash of a bus carrying casino patrons on outskirts of new york city killed at least 14 people. jay dow tells us what happened. >> reporter: the tour bus was packed with passengers returning from a connecticut casino as it headed for chinatown in lower manhattan. the driver apparently lost control trying to avoid a tractor trailer at the new york city border. >> in an effort to avoid that activity, the bus driver swerves all the way over to the right. he strikes the guardrail. the bus goes-- along the guardrail. >> reporter: the tractor trailer driver kept going. the tour bus hit a sign post and rolled on to its right side, its roof sheered off by the pole. 13 people died at the scene. 19 more were taken to the hospital. firefighters called it a gruesome scene. >> the majority of the occupants in the bus got pushed forward into the bus, into the forward third of the bus, including
still to come on tonight's cbs evening news, a deadly tour bus accident in america's biggest city. >> mitchell: veteran new york police officers said an early-morning highway accident today of the most horrific they've ever seen. the crash of a bus carrying casino patrons on outskirts of new york city killed at least 14 people. jay dow tells us what happened. >> reporter: the tour bus was packed with passengers returning from a connecticut casino as it headed for chinatown in lower...
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case in point, the indian point nuclear plant just outside new york city. it's equipped with an earthquake safety device that would help keep water from leaking out of the reactor if something catastrophic happens. but the nrc found that the safety device is leaking, and believe it or not it's been leaking for 18 years. a lack of water to cool the fuel rods has been the most critical policemen at the fukushima plant in japan after the earthquake. last week, a spokesman for entergy, the company that owns the plant, said the leakage has been captured, analyzed and determined to pose no safety iss issue. the nrc declined an abc news request for an interview. but in recent testimony, the agency declared the nation's nuclear power plants safe and ready for catastrophic events. including earthquakes. >> i'm quite confident, we've looked at all the information that we're getting from japan. we've looked at the design basis for the u.s. reactors. we continue with the inspection program and we have a high degree of confidence that the 104 currently operating reactor
case in point, the indian point nuclear plant just outside new york city. it's equipped with an earthquake safety device that would help keep water from leaking out of the reactor if something catastrophic happens. but the nrc found that the safety device is leaking, and believe it or not it's been leaking for 18 years. a lack of water to cool the fuel rods has been the most critical policemen at the fukushima plant in japan after the earthquake. last week, a spokesman for entergy, the company...
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that if you do not allow supply to keep up with demand, the city's become under godly and an affordable and that is one of the challenges new york faces that cities like chicago which is very friendly toward construction makes it possible without a lot of means to live in chicago. new york under the bloomberg administration moving productively but if you look at the broad path, just as prices were rising, the city was making it more difficult to build with the increasing swath of preservation. 15% of the land area were part of the preservation district. it is not as i revere our architectural legacy, the nondescript post for needs to be preserved. [laughter] i draw a lot of wisdom and understanding the magic but got this wrong but along of jacobs was wandering around observing things and observing old buildings are cheap and new were expensive and the letter was to keep them affordable was make sure you keep the old building and not let anybody build on top of them. that is not how supply and demand works. would be restrict building for whatever reason prices will go through the roof and that is what we see in new york and in th
that if you do not allow supply to keep up with demand, the city's become under godly and an affordable and that is one of the challenges new york faces that cities like chicago which is very friendly toward construction makes it possible without a lot of means to live in chicago. new york under the bloomberg administration moving productively but if you look at the broad path, just as prices were rising, the city was making it more difficult to build with the increasing swath of preservation....
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and this plant in this proximity to new york city was never a good risk. >> reporter: in the 40 years since indian point was built, scientists have discovered it sits about a mile from two earthquake faults, which they say could trigger a 7.0 quake. a ten-mile evacuation zone would affect 450,000 people. a 50-mile zone, like the u.s. set in japan, would include some 20 million people, including all of new york city. >> i think some of that data is interpreted incorrectly. >> reporter: sean murray is mayor of buchanan, new york, home to indian point. he's also a nuclear technician there. >> we are convinced that an issue like what's occurring in japan can't occur in new york. >> reporter: most people we talked to say it's a quiet vilage and they're not worried about indian plant. >> that big tower there is part of the plant. >> reporter: margaret gibbs, a retired teacher's aide, lives about 100 yards from the plant. >> and we've lived here all our life, and we're not scared. >> reporter: all the scrutiny comes at a critical time for indian point and not just because of the japanese dis
and this plant in this proximity to new york city was never a good risk. >> reporter: in the 40 years since indian point was built, scientists have discovered it sits about a mile from two earthquake faults, which they say could trigger a 7.0 quake. a ten-mile evacuation zone would affect 450,000 people. a 50-mile zone, like the u.s. set in japan, would include some 20 million people, including all of new york city. >> i think some of that data is interpreted incorrectly. >>...
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yesterday in new york city, i mean, that was one of those like classic, new york city days. ucky enough to be here for that. >> she's taking credit for it. >> i brought it with me. >> i love it in new york city, all of the streets are covered in tables. like what happens is the second the sun comes out here, every single restaurant rolls out, you know, the balcony or whatever. >> the patio. >> in front of them and all of a sudden you can eat outdoors at all these places that look like, you know, they had only indoor -- >> some of them you didn't even know they were there. >> exactly. >> even on wednesday when it wasn't so warm outside walking down the streets, folks are outside bundled up. >> we just want it to be spring so fast, we will do anything to act like it. >> from a official standpoint, one of the worst winters on record nationwide? >> absolutely. i mean, look at new york. >> well, i know. we felt it certainly. >> yeah but you know, spring starts tomorrow, of course as you know just because it starts on the calendar doesn't mean we'll feel or see it necessarily right
yesterday in new york city, i mean, that was one of those like classic, new york city days. ucky enough to be here for that. >> she's taking credit for it. >> i brought it with me. >> i love it in new york city, all of the streets are covered in tables. like what happens is the second the sun comes out here, every single restaurant rolls out, you know, the balcony or whatever. >> the patio. >> in front of them and all of a sudden you can eat outdoors at all these...
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funding provided by these funders: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> tonight a distinguished group of mayors look at cities, the urban experience with all of its possibilities and challenges. they face tough decisions, how to meet overwhelming financial commitments with limited resources. as we have seen in wisconsin and other states, these issues have sparked a national debate about the role of government and the cost of government. michael nutter is mayor of philadelphia. kasim reed is mayor of atlanta, jerry sanders is mayor of san diego, r.t. rybak is mayor of minneapolis. bill white is the former mayor of houston and michael bloomberg is now serving his third term as mayor of new york estimate i'm please to do have all of them here at this im -table to talk about cities and the challenges they face. talk to me about how you see the challenge of being mayor, especially the budgetary decisions and pension reform. >> today cities face the same thing. revenues are down, pensions are up, particularly pension costs. federal gov
funding provided by these funders: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> tonight a distinguished group of mayors look at cities, the urban experience with all of its possibilities and challenges. they face tough decisions, how to meet overwhelming financial commitments with limited resources. as we have seen in wisconsin and other states, these issues have sparked a national debate about the role of government and the cost...
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>> new york city. although i've lived in washington on and off for many years. my base now is new york city. >> why new york? >> i was raised there. my dad moved us there when i was three and it's been my home pretty much since then on and off except for the decade i spent here in washington. so it's where i'm from. >> your father dan jenkins for those who don't follow sports still writes some but wrote what? >> he was a senior writer at "sports illustrated" for 35 years. that was his main gig. but he also became a very successful novelist. i wrote a great novel called "semitough" that was a big best seller in the '70's and got made into a movie with burt reynolds. so that would probably be the most notable thing people would recognize him for. but he's a hall of fame sportswriter. he writes for "golf digest" magazine now. he's probably one of the greatest golf writers that ever lived. he knows more about golf than any human being on the planet. >> here's the cliff of senator joe biden back in 2003. >> the bowls have a deep and important history part of football.
>> new york city. although i've lived in washington on and off for many years. my base now is new york city. >> why new york? >> i was raised there. my dad moved us there when i was three and it's been my home pretty much since then on and off except for the decade i spent here in washington. so it's where i'm from. >> your father dan jenkins for those who don't follow sports still writes some but wrote what? >> he was a senior writer at "sports...
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it was performed in left-wing circles in new york city throughout the late 1930s, at rallies for the he spanish civil war, you know, among sort of left-wing types at their bungalow colonies in the catskills or rural new jersey, wherever they went. it was sort of just a cult song in those circles, and somebody who was connected with the show at madison square garden, where the song was performed, was also running the entertainment at the new cafe society, which was the first integrated nightclub in america and happened to be where billie holiday was opening in early 1939. and a marriage of sorts was made, and somebody arranged for meeropol, who wrote under the name louis allen, to come in, sit down at the piano, and play the song for billie holiday. and that's how it got to her. and do you have any sense of what her initial reaction was to this song? i think that this an area of considerable debate. i think that she didn't quite know what to make of it, and i think that she had little natural inclination to sing it, in fact. i mean, according to meeropol as he later told the story, she
it was performed in left-wing circles in new york city throughout the late 1930s, at rallies for the he spanish civil war, you know, among sort of left-wing types at their bungalow colonies in the catskills or rural new jersey, wherever they went. it was sort of just a cult song in those circles, and somebody who was connected with the show at madison square garden, where the song was performed, was also running the entertainment at the new cafe society, which was the first integrated nightclub...
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for twenty five cents an hour what am i doing paying these guys you know thirty bucks an hour in new york city to do bookkeeping in the back office and they answered and he literally claims credit for having predated white collar and this is general electric why would the president and states president obama the democratic president hire the head of this company that does this kind of stuff that does this kind of stuff as his jobs advice or what what my misson here the reason is that the general electric is one of the most powerful corporations in the world not our own america not only are they a large corporation they own several major media the own n.b.c. and i miss n.b.c. . they sold a good chunk of that to was surprised and hurt rise oddly still in forty nine percent of the corporation. so there's still a huge chunk of n.b.c. doing the message universe yeah don't mess with g.e. but on top of that i think it shows which side to present is really on the president doesn't have to pass any legislation here he just doesn't need someone who's actively shipping jobs overseas including workers' wa
for twenty five cents an hour what am i doing paying these guys you know thirty bucks an hour in new york city to do bookkeeping in the back office and they answered and he literally claims credit for having predated white collar and this is general electric why would the president and states president obama the democratic president hire the head of this company that does this kind of stuff that does this kind of stuff as his jobs advice or what what my misson here the reason is that the...
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tens of thousands of loyalists moved to safety into new york and other british held cities. this withdrawal raised questions about their future. what kind of treatment could they expect in the new united states? jailed? attacked? retain their property or hold on to their jobs? confronting real doubts about their lives, liberty, and potential happiness in the united states, 60,000 loyalists decide to take their chances and follow the british elsewhere into the british empire. they took 15,000 black slaves with them bringing the exodus to 75,000 people or 1 in 40 members of the american population. they traveled to canada, britain, and the baa ham mas and some even to africa and india. wherever they went, the voyage of exile was a trip into the unknown. they left behind relatives, friends, careers and land. the entire world in which they built their lives. for them, america was a less of an asylum than a potential period of time. it was the british empire that was their asylum providing incentives to help them start over. evacuation day didn't mark the end. it was a fresh begin
tens of thousands of loyalists moved to safety into new york and other british held cities. this withdrawal raised questions about their future. what kind of treatment could they expect in the new united states? jailed? attacked? retain their property or hold on to their jobs? confronting real doubts about their lives, liberty, and potential happiness in the united states, 60,000 loyalists decide to take their chances and follow the british elsewhere into the british empire. they took 15,000...
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new york city right there, everybody! cheers and applause ] welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." thank you for watching. thank you for coming tonight. welcome to the show. i hope you had a great day. [ cheers ] i hope you have a great night. hello, everyone. hey, believe it or not, we had some snow flurries here in new york today. [ scattered boos ] >> jimmy: it was -- i mean, i thought i saw some yesterday, but it turns out they were just shards of glass from chris brown's dressing room. [ laughter and ohs ] this story is crazy. chris brown had a huge outburst on "good morning america," but he's been given an opportunity perform on next week's "dancing with the stars." it just goes to prove that old saying, "when god closes one door, he smashes a window." [ laughter ] i just saw this, president obama is cutting his trip to latin america short by a few hours because of the situation in libya. so, to everyone who said obama didn't care about libya, you're wrong. he cares three hours worth. [ light laughter ] hey, it'
new york city right there, everybody! cheers and applause ] welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." thank you for watching. thank you for coming tonight. welcome to the show. i hope you had a great day. [ cheers ] i hope you have a great night. hello, everyone. hey, believe it or not, we had some snow flurries here in new york today. [ scattered boos ] >> jimmy: it was -- i mean, i thought i saw some yesterday, but it turns out they were just shards of glass from chris...
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whiter teeth, try listerine® total care plus whitening. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from new york cityerry moran. >>> we turn now to japan and the fight to stabilize a nuclear plant there. but first, shocking new video emerges today of a car nearly succumbing to the tsunami. the driver races along a dike as the waves begin to flow over and then, watch this, it engulfed the vehicle. incredibly this was a survival story. but dire news tonight from the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, which now has sent radiation all the way to california. trace levels of radiation from the plant have been detected in sacramento, berkeley, and elsewhere. scientists however say the radiation did not pose health risks. here's david wright. >> reporter: today the managing director of the tokyo electric power company wept as he left a news conference. after acknowledging for the first time publicly that the radiation being released at the fukushima power plant is indeed powerful enough to kill people. the temperature has gone up slightly since yesterday in reactor number four. part of the concrete ca
whiter teeth, try listerine® total care plus whitening. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from new york cityerry moran. >>> we turn now to japan and the fight to stabilize a nuclear plant there. but first, shocking new video emerges today of a car nearly succumbing to the tsunami. the driver races along a dike as the waves begin to flow over and then, watch this, it engulfed the vehicle. incredibly this was a survival story. but dire news tonight from the crippled...
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co-founder of krypton dot org john young has been exposing government secrets on his website for from new york city for about fifteen years now and r.t. his loyalists are also not work a seedy cripps the streets of new york city. a winter's day rendezvous with an unusual tour guide and cryptic critic we are here with john young he started the website or he got to the game about ten years before wiki leaks did write releasing classified and secret documents of governments from all over the world on his site and another thing that he does is he goes all over photographing what you call sensitive sites right here where we're near some right now he bought a graph from and puts him on his website for the world to see and he's going to tag along and he's going to show us new york city through his eyes we begin outside the federal courthouse where terrorism suspects are tried otos john is published in places like this as well as the police in judicial headquarters known as the ring of steel where he's taking us now and led the f.b.i. to visit him and critics to say he's putting national security at risk i
co-founder of krypton dot org john young has been exposing government secrets on his website for from new york city for about fifteen years now and r.t. his loyalists are also not work a seedy cripps the streets of new york city. a winter's day rendezvous with an unusual tour guide and cryptic critic we are here with john young he started the website or he got to the game about ten years before wiki leaks did write releasing classified and secret documents of governments from all over the world...
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thousands of new yorkers have mobilized to keep new york city well mark free the corporate to him it is aggressively aiming to break ground in the big apple a bigger selection of products spending millions on ad campaigns promising to bring affordable groceries and quality jobs new york city's low income communities but we all want to see what is going to happen with the coming of the little boat. some are going to go out of business or is there going to be more jobs where you're going to get you know going to going to god with then you're going to lose three jobs the roots largest retailer wields unmatched buying power in prices impossible for small businesses to beat past studies have shown urban wal-mart stores are absorbing sales causing up to twenty five percent of surrounding shops to shut down the river to get into new york city supply shop owner lenny juco calls won't mark a weapon of mass job destruction of eventually will be affected by. small business owners like you also can't compete against wal-mart powerful influence on us politics we have small businesses we don't hav
thousands of new yorkers have mobilized to keep new york city well mark free the corporate to him it is aggressively aiming to break ground in the big apple a bigger selection of products spending millions on ad campaigns promising to bring affordable groceries and quality jobs new york city's low income communities but we all want to see what is going to happen with the coming of the little boat. some are going to go out of business or is there going to be more jobs where you're going to get...
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elevator is the elevator with a safety device that was built in new york in 1853 in response to a freight elevator accident in new york city. until that time, elevators were quite common in buildings but typically used just for handling freight. elisha otis -- elijah otis successfully demonstrated the safety device he had created. even of the elevator and he cut the device, and he did not fall. everyone was impressed by that. in 1857, the oldest brother's company installed their first passenger elevator on broadway in new york. believe it or not, many of those first elevators were actually started and stopped by a hand broke. >> what drove those old elevators? what was their motive power? >> in some cases, they might have even been hp. >> and then changed to electric? >> electric cited to come in the 1890's, and that was around the time when the elevator stopped from material handling and started to be used more frequently for passengers. in 1878, there was a demonstration of the other thing that allowed architects to build taller buildings was the advent of a higher quality steel manufacturing. in 19003, the first product
elevator is the elevator with a safety device that was built in new york in 1853 in response to a freight elevator accident in new york city. until that time, elevators were quite common in buildings but typically used just for handling freight. elisha otis -- elijah otis successfully demonstrated the safety device he had created. even of the elevator and he cut the device, and he did not fall. everyone was impressed by that. in 1857, the oldest brother's company installed their first passenger...