we're awaiting live comments from the mayor of new york city, mayor michael bloomberg, he'll be giving a briefing shortly. he is the new york city mayor who has been very outspoken when it comes to gun control, not just in his city but across this country as well. he's the founder of the coalition mayors against illegal guns, he's not just critical of democrats or republicans both, he says president obama and mitt romney haven't done enough in their campaign to address the issue of, that he says is pi spiraling out of control across the country. let me take to you rebecca fox, who works across the street from the empire state building. she's a new york city resident and she's live with us now, one of the people who witnessed a lot of this melee. rebecca, take me through this incredibly chaotic morning where it would have been any other day when you were getting coffee but for what you saw next. >> i was getting coffee and i was walking on the street on 34th and 5th and i saw a lot of people running, and i actually thought it was a celebrity sighting, i never thought that it would be a

, who believe that new york city is a dangerous city. it is not borne out by the statistics, and in fact because it was the target of terrorists attacks on 9/11 you could argue there are few places in the world that have such well-organized security, where the police are aware of where a target might be, whether it's a terrorist attack, which this is not, or if it's a random person that wants to cause destruction, but our latest report coming from our affiliate here in new york city is that it may be a workplace-related incident. ron allen is there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we're just told that the police are going to try to have a briefing in about 20 minutes or so. we'll see if that actually happens. they're obviously trying to secure the crime scene and understand what happened there. at the moment they have pushed the crowd back quite far. i'm at the me and 5th, just around the corner from the empire state building. mostly now they are trying to deal with the number of pedestrians and workers who were trying to determine wh

new york city is the safest big city and we are on pace to get the lowest number of murders this yearwe are not a new loan to the national problem of gun violence. commissioner kelly. >> thank you, mr. mayor. let me stress that this is preliminary information and it is an ongoing investigation. 9:0310 west 33rd st. a disgruntled former employee at that address shot and killed a former co-worker striking him three times. the subject, jeffrey johnson, beach 53 flat eastbound on west 33rd street towards that ave. he walked northbound along the curved line with a 45 caliber handgun and a black bag that he had under his arm. a construction worker who had followed johnson from west 33rd street alerted two different officers that were on posed in front of the empire state to alting. as part of our counter- terrorism coverage. as the two uniformed officers approached johnson he pulled the semiautomatic pistol from his back and fired on the officers. they returned fire and killed him. in addition, nine individuals were wounded or injured. six are in bellevue hospital and the three are at new y

what i can tell you is since we last spoke new york city police commission ray kelly along with new yorkmberg went into a nearby building to be briefed. i spoke briefly on the phone with the deputy commissioner, the man right under ray kelly, the deputy commissioner of the new york city police department, mr. paul brown, i asked if he had a moment to speak. he said we don't right now, getting ready for an 11:00 a.m. press conference. we'll hear the latest from him, from the commissioner and the mayor. i can tell you 9:30 a.m. approximately president obama was briefed on this by john brennan so we know the president is aware. look, this is new york city and a place where they take extra precaution given past events and given, carol, the fact that this is an incredibly busy commercial part of the city, it's right in midtown, the heart of manhattan, full of offices, commercial business, also a major tourist attraction, about 4 million people visit the observation deck of the empire state building every single year. so you've got to believe that this morning it was filled with not only peopl

panic and bloodshed outside one of new york city's most popular tourist attractions. one a shooter opens fire, leegd to a police gun fight. two dead and nine injured. >>> think yourself thin? can you get the affects of gastric bypass simply by imagining you had the surgery? one woman's journey to lose major pounds, using only the power of her mind. >>> and, in dude they trust. the path to enlightningment? some say the answer lies with the star of "the big lebowski." inside the bathrobe wearing church of the latter day dude. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 24th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. well, the crowds were thick in the shadow of the empire state building this morning when a gunman sent tourists and pedestrians running for cover in the streets. while the shooter and his intended target both lost their lives, the hail of police bullets and the density of the crowd left nine jourped in the gun fight. abc's ron claiborne has more of the latest

can you imagine home people on the sidewalks and streets of new york city at that hour? this is a scene above on board the chopper. i'm not sure if this is wabc or wnyw. the local fill wrats here this new york scrambled to get in the scene. all traffic is stopped. obvious why they would do that now. buses in the middle of this large intersection in the middle of manhattan. jamie: we do know what it is like at 9:00 in the morning there. this is the number one tourist attraction i imagine anyone coming to new york city, especially before the holiday weekend coming up quite soon, the empire state building. outside many people. this is a bus lane in front of it that goes down the busy, bysy street, 9:00 in the morning. so many people getting off to go to work. a busy commercial and residential area off to the sides. people all over. they're calling it chaotic. bill: fire department in new york saying several injured. how many that number is, we do not know. a fox reporter is enroute. we'll bring you an update here in new york city. stay tuned for that breaking news this morni

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

certainly cements the reputation that some toushists v probably a false reputation of years gone by of new york cityof the safest big cities in america now, but sometimes people look at it through the eyes of 20 or 30 years ago. it's quite a scene now, it's a little disturbing how many people come down these streets every day, especially those coming to work. we don't know how many people were cut down. this might have been some kind of robbery gone wrong, it's unclear. >> let's just reset this story for folks who are just tuning in, this is breaking news, there has been a shooting outside of the empire state building, that iconic landmark in new york city, known around the world for its stature and it's architectural prowess. we believe from the nypd that there's at least four people that have been shot. there's been reports of up to eight. upon coming to the scene t new york police department shot and killed the shooter. the shooter is now dead on arrival, as it was reported. there is a level one mobilization from the emergency personnel in the area. our own lester holt told us the surrounding str

for tourists in this area, it's great weather, friday morning in new york city, so people walking to work, but the tourists especially in that area, because it's so close to herald square. >> it is close to herald square, and you have the shopping at rockefeller center, you come down to the empire state building, you walk down to the flat iron, and it's a great, busy street. when i walk this street, especially during the summer, you know, i call it serumen continuing my way past the shooting, thank ghness there is always a police presence here. we know it's a potential target, so the nypd has taken great care in stationing special police units to keep an eye on folks. they're friendly, often pose with tourists as they wait to get up there, but they are there, and it's a constant presence, meant to be a deterrent. in fact, if this is a workplace type of shooting, probably wouldn't have the same effect. >> yeah, there is a heavy police presence from the new york police department as well as the private security that works inside the empire state building. we're hearing that two differe

jon: we begin with this fox news alert on that mass shooting, just outside new york city's empire stateuilding. according to the new york fire department two people are dead, eight others injured. the gunman shot dead by police. we are waiting for a police conference with mayor bloomberg and the new york city police commissioner. this terrifying incident happening on the crowded streets of manhattan, 34th streets and 5th avenue after 9:00am this morning local time. emergency units on the scene minutes after getting the call. witnesses say the gunman reportedly a recently fired employee, was shooting indiscriminately into the crowd and people began running for their lives. the attack happening outside the iconic sky scraper at the height of the morning rush-hour in an area packed with tourists, and ordinary new yorkers on their way to work. federal officials saying the attack is not related to terrorism but was some kind of a work-place dispute. joining us now with new information pat brosnan a former new york city police detective and the ceo of brosnan work consultants. a work-place sh

in new york city, it is 5%.ple purchasing these are still under a heavy burden, and i hope that will get reduced further. to me, using the drivers fund for down payment assistance would be a good idea. the ideal performance standard for companies is very critical. what is happening now is the companies thatjf cut corners can offer way more money to medallion holders to all line with their companies -- a ligj -- align with their companies. i hope you will move on that soon. the medallion waiting list is a monster. i have a tremendous amount of and the nearest the top and zero for the people nearest the bottom. people are in limbo all their lives wondering where their name is going to come up. i know you are having this legislation, changing "shall" to "may." i think you should make a verbal commitment today that you will give some and come back and say how many. the guillotine was invented -- it is a great oxymoron, humane execution, but that is what it is for. i do not think you should pull the rug out right now

. >>> we have breaking news from new york city. a shooting outside of the empire statete building. >>> we have new information. >>> a bomb squad is called into an apartment after the discovery of suspicious pipes. what they have determined about the devices. >>> crews are at the scene of a fire. >>> i just got off the phone with a young man who made the morning paper. >>> good morning to you, welcome to mornings on 2. >> it is friday, august 24th. we have developing news from new york city. there is a shooting outside of the empire state building. this is at 34th street. at least four people are injured. they say that the gunman is dead, shot by the police. the gunfire was reported an area ago. >>> the gunman was firing at people t was a sawed off -- it was a sawed off shotgun. this is a very busy part of new york city. another witness said there were a lot of tourists, waiting to get inside. you can see traffic is blocked off. 5th and 34th. there is construction. tourists, lot of chaos at this point. we're monitoring the story, we'

c-span: have you ever spent much time out of new york city? >> guest: yes, i spent six, seven months in ireland. i'm amazed at something like that. the fellow obviously doesn't know. you're not going to have a country without new york city. they think they can get along without it, but i don't think they really understand you cannot get along without vitality, without culture. it's the center of all these things. it's the center of all these ideas. c-span: you said earlier that you can't go a day without writing about and thinking about race in new york city. >> guest: well, it hits you in the face in new york city. it's all there is. c-span: ok. is the problem -- and i don't know whether you call it a problem or not -- but will the problem be solved? >> guest: it's a very new problem, and we've got a long way to go with it. c-span: why is it new? >> guest: well, it didn't start until -- when did it start in new york city? i told you a movie was made in 1950 that only had two blacks in it -- shoeshine people -- and now we're in 1991 and we're b

biological kids are packing their bags for a trip from rural tennessee to the flashy streets of new york city. but can an ultraconservative mega-sized family make it in the urban jungle? >>> and pinheads. who's got more metal than anyone else at the games? surprisingly, it's this guy. inside the secret world of wheeling and dealing in olympic pins. >> announcer: from the global resours of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and juju chang in new york city and bill weir in london, this is "nightline," august 8th, 2012. >> good evening, i'm juju chang. tonight, it is an uprising that started in the hopeful days of the arab spring last year, when tyrants from egypt to libya were being overthrown. but the tight in syria has dragged on and on and spiraled into a brutal civil war. but now, it may be reaching a tipping point. abc's alex marquardt traveled behind rebel lines to bring us this dramatic report from just outside aleppo, syria. >> reporter: it's the most decisive battle of the 17-month long uprising. the fight for aleppo. victory by rebels here could mean the end of the 40-year d

finger on, but after more than a decade, probably after two decades of just sort of safety, where new york city went from having more than 2,000 murders a year to being the safest city in the united states and other cities across the country emulating what new york does, we've gone from a feeling where you could walk anywhere, feel safe in any community, to right now just this summer in the last month and a half, where no one feels safe anywhere. >> i think what sort of separates these horrific acts of violence, ben, is that each one represents sort of a loss of innocence. the idea of the movie theater no longer being safe. that a house of worship is no longer safe. as a new yorker, the empire state building, there was actually a shooting there in 1997, but these are sort of coded landmarks for new yorkers and so you know, while the numbers are obviously still -- nothing is firm in terms of the victims are in the hospital, of course, they are expected to survive, the numbers may not be as big as those in colorado. for new yorkers, when you see something like this happen at the empire state buil

new york city, flying through the streets, like superman over new york city. here's the deal. ou to the folks that tell you everything you need to know about it. and one of the cool things, lara, if you're still there, standing up there, you're looking into the windows, just like you'd imagine you could. it's not that frightening. there's a line of people ready to do it. it does require a certain amount of upper body strength, i'm sure. that's what it looks like. lara, are you still there? >> i am, sam. that was remarkable. your form, i need judges' awards on that. 8.5. really spectacular. >> i felt like i was in the pike position for some of the excursion down. i think my toes were kind of pointed. so, i think i really deserve that 9. >> listen, you can go again, if you don't mind. and this time, we want a double-twist. >> we will go back. but andy samberg is coming up live on "gma." stay with us. uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu [ cheers and applause ] >>> excited crowd here in times square. it was muggy out here this morning, huh, guys? that's not going to keep the crowd away from the pa

to and near the empire state building, but because it is one of the top tourist attractions of new york cityo you think that in any way this event is going to precipitate any heightened security around any of the other location around new york city that is enjoyed by a number of tourists, and particularly this time of year as we head into a big holiday weekend of labor day weekend. >> well, i'm going to have to say that we have to seriously entertain that possibility, because if you observe the pattern of the police department and the mayor's office, when the mumbai attacks occurred in india, we had uniformed police officers outside of all of the hotels, and when the shooting occurred in aurora, kcolorado, with the batman premier, we suddenly had police officers outside of the front of every movie theater, so we could anticipate for a short window or period of time a more heightened visual presence, to deter possibly, you know, some of them might be a copycat, although this is not the type of copycat occurrence that would conventionally exist, but you might just sort of say to the public, ma

new york city police reacted fast and killed the suspect. business suit carrying a briefcase. police say 58-year-old jeffrey johnson had already shot and killed a former co-worker. nine others were wounded in the gunfire. a new yorker saw the chaoschaos. >> i was scared and shock andshaking. someone said there's been shots fired. man had been chasing another man down the street and had shot him dead on the corner. when i walked across the street, i saw a woman was shot in the foot. she was in shock sitting there. there were cop cars and ambulances in 30 seconds. i walk across the street like nothing and i see there's blood on the corner. a woman's woman was covered in blood on the corner. i looked across and there was an ambulance and people were taking another woman in there into the ambulance. >> the mayor of new york city is michael bloomberg he said the gunman went after police officers. >> he tried to shoot at cops. whether he got off any bullet, to be determined. how many he shot earlier to be determined. we know the cops fired back. t

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

to civilize this time mayor bloomberg has his sights on baby formula as the new york post reports beginning september third city hospitals in new york will be instructed to walk up their baby formula keep tabs on it and track it as though it's medication hospital staff will also be instructed to inform others who ask for baby formula and it's more beneficial to their newborns to breastfeed instead the city is taking the most proactive steps of any other city in the nation to encourage more mothers to breastfeed rather than formula feed said in numerous studies that show breast feeding is more beneficial to babies strengthening their immune and digestive systems as well as helping the mother recover from childbirth more quickly some hospital's already been participating in the baby formula lock down and according to reports of breastfeeding has increased in the city from thirty nine percent to sixty eight percent thanks to this program is this really an appropriate role for government my next guest is and thinks so marco joins me now he's a libertarian commentator attorney and author of the book observations of

. >> coming up on 6:30 breaking news out of new york city. e looking at live pictures this is happening right now new york city police investigating a shooting that happened near the empire state building in midtown manhattan our sister station wabc in new york reports multiple people have been shot, we are also hearing unconfirmed reports that number may be five. also, police have one person in custody and that person is said to be shot as well. as a result, a large amount of police activity has closed didn't nearby streets, including fifth avenue. we'll continue to follow this and bring updates as they become availability. again, multiple people shot near the empire state building in new york city. >> i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >>> and i'm eric thomas. first a check on the forecast. >>> flight arrival delays into sfo because of the clouds not thick enough to drop moisture doppler showing a dry commute so far this morning. let's talk about what is going to happen as we look at your planner along the coast, a lot of cloud cover tod

new york. in september, in new york city, cab fares are going up. st week, the new york city taxi and cab association voted to raise fares by 17%, which people tlant happy about. the woman you're about to see could well be one of those unhappy people. but i'm not entirely sure. hillary whittier was reporting on the fare hike when this happened. >> the last hike was in 2005. people are saying it could be about time for another one. the decision -- excuse me, i'm online. that decision will be made at 10:00. we're live in columbus circle. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm not sure i agree with her delivery message, but she makes an excellent point. let's slow that down and watch it again and see if we can figure out what she was saying there. [ woman speaking ] >> jimmy: oh -- that's what she was saying. i guess it missed it the first time. more big news this week from the set of "american idol." on thursday, you probably heard, steven tyler is not returning. then, on friday, jennifer lopez said she's leaving, too. said she's going to leave the show to pursue

of the amusing details, andre had to put on civilian clothes and go back to his headquarters in new york cityby horseback. so we have washington and his entourage headed for west point. andre going lickety-split by horseback down to new york city to get the troops mobilized, get up the hudson river and get to west point. when andre gets to the bridge in tarrytown across the river i think he is stopped by three men. some people say they were thieves. some people say they were militiamen on guard duty. and they couldn't agree on a price. he took off his boots and will some say he was carrying spy information and some say he had money in his boots. they found maps of west point and documents. one of them said we had better turn this guy in. so they took him to a place in westchester where their kernal was. the kernal was -- he didn't know what to do. he knew washington was traveling to harvard so he print -- sent a note to general washington saying he had found something suspicious, so in effect there is a race going on. how to get to washington before the note gets to arnold. and washington is

new york. you will see the showers and storms across cities like dc, philadelphia and new york city as we head through later on this afternoon. >> maria molina, thanks. now to stories you can bank on this morning. despite the consumer protection laws you are getting socked with higher bank fees. here with more on that is lauren simonetti. higher fees from banks. >> by annual survey by money rates.com consumers were more nickelled and dimed in the first half of this year compared to last year. fees increased in every category. monthly service fees shot up to averag average $12. minimum balance rose by more than 800 dloorls to over 4400. what you pay to take your own money out at an atm at a bank you don't do service at 3.50 cents. >> speaking of fees spirit airlines having high fees. >> spirit is known for their low prices and high fees. passenger usage fees they raked in 142 million for the airline over three years according to a personal finances. they were slapped with a lawsuit which says it is a deceptive way to increase air fair. >> luxury cars not doing well for the latest crash test. >>

. >>> in new york city police are investigating a stunning security breach at jfk airport. it happened over the weekend when a lost jet skier who was stranded on the water, swam ashore, scaled a fence and walked across two runways before entering a terminal, this despite a $100 million intrusion detection system. the new york port authority which runs the airport has called for an expedited review. the lost jet skier was charged with criminal trespassing. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in florida a bus driver was attacked by a woman who just began punching and fighting with him after paying her fare. the driver, who suffered a concussion, can be seen pushing the wambach out of the bus. she has been since arrested. no word yet on what may have set her off. >>> in indiana some scary moments at a state fair when a stagecoach flipped over injured five people. among them, the state fair queen who was riding atop the buggy. it's not clear what went wrong. fortunately no one was seriously hurt and the fair queen was back to work

that is the tallest building in new york city. we will let you know what's happening with that. >>> welcome back. a live look from new york city this morning where there's reports of a fire on the 88th floor of 1 world trade center. it is under construction there this morning. the smoke was reported about 4:45 our time. we look at the live pictures. you can see so many fire personnel live on the scene there. we're told that there's no one inside the building, so that is good news. we don't know the cause just yet. >>> 5:27, still ahead call this one a card room shuffle as the south bay takes on a gamble at a new casino. >>> the smoke has cleared, but is the air really safe to breathe? the latest on the fallout from the fire in richmond. >>> a town hall meeting draws a large, angry crowd. i'll tell you what ted to say. >>> good morning. i'm bob riddell, we're live in the south bay after months of delay, casino matrix finally opens here in san jose. we take you here live coming up. >>> if you thought yesterday was hot, try a ten-degr

city. thanks to mayor guiliani and mayor bloomberg, new york's become a very safe big city. but a shooting like this on the streets in front of one of the premier buildings in new york creates an atmosphere that could at least in the short run depress tourism. and of course so much of new york's economy is based on tourism. >> right. >> so you really -- you know, so many thoughts go through your head when you're mayor and something like this happens. you want to make sure people know it's an aberration, that it wasn't a normal street crime. it wasn't a robbery. it was over a firing on the job. you try to create as best a spin as you can from it. but it's extraordinarily difficult. and i know that this wasn't the case here. it's not aurora. it's not tucson. it's not virginia tech. but lord knows we have to have a real discussion about guns in this country and i don't know if you noticed the virginia tech survivors and family victims join the tucson family of victims calling on both governor romney and president obama to present to the people a plan for how we'll start curbing

this is 34th andç 54th street new york city this morning. hering on the ground. there was a shooting at the empire state building. >> we continue to follow the breaking news out of new york city. giving you a live look here any minute of the scene that is under way at the empire state building just outside that building, 34th street and fifth avenue, new york city officials say several people have been shot right outside the empire state building. the gunman is reported to be dead. police say three to four civilians have been hurt in this morning shooting called in to firefighters just after 9:00 a.m. local time. >> we'll have more on this developing story when we come back. nice for your car.s do somg chevron with techron. care for your car. >> lance armstrong will be stripped of all of his tour de france titles. armstrong making it clear he is not admitting guilt. late thursday night he announced enough is enough and said he would no longer fight the doping charges levied by the u.s. anti-doping agency. in the past hour espn is reporting th