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

i'm terrell brown in new york city. have a great day. terrell brown in new york city. have a great day. ,,,, >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> developing news in the east bay. a bicyclist was shot and killed outside a berkeley middle school on derby drive last night. these are live pictures of the active scene. good morning, it is wednesday, december 5. i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm michelle griego. time now 4:30. >>> we'll get to our developing story in berkeley in just a minute. but first, rain is back in the bay area this morning. the new weather front comes after three storms roared through the area last week and we have team coverage on the storm with gianna franco checking traffic, anne makovec on flooding concerns in mill valley but first the latest from

and so new york city is their reference to the world, right? so they have new york city, and then they have everywhere else. and they call... >> hinojosa: but what's interesting is that when they leave china, where they're leaving is actually a very beautiful place, there's a lot of green, there's a lot of lakes, there's a lot of nature. and then they come into new york city. >> which is not, like, green and lakes and nature, basically. except for maybe a small piece of central park. >> hinojosa: and it's a.. and for some... >> it's very tragic. >> hinojosa: and it's a tremendously long journey. you cover the story of one man from the golden venture. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and his journey was... >> 120 days, i think, yeah. >> hinojosa: 120 days. >> or his journey might actually have been longer, but the boat itself was about 120 days, right. and so it is... you know, it's this immense exodus, right? so that part of china, which is the northern fujian province, around the capitol citof fuzhou, is the number one chinese restaurant exporting region i

the co-owner of a popular bar, booker and dax in new york city. it's the combo, dynamic demos, extreme experimentation while inspiring a new generation of chefs. that's earned dave arnold a spot on "the next list." i'm sanjay gupta. ♪ ♪ ♪ snrk. >>> i'm the director of culinary technology here at the international culinary center. i started doing that in 2005. at that time there was no one anywhere that had this kind of position. my pitch was look, you don't want to hire a scientist because they can't really talk to chefs. and you don't really want to hire a chef because they're still cheffing right now. what you need is someone like me who can talk to chefs, know what they want. talk to scientists, get the information they want and do a good synthesis of that. >> because he's in new york city at the very influential school, he's had a tremendous influence in bringing knowledge about this stuff to a broad set of folks. he plays a really central role. >> the problem with alginate is you have to put it in water when it wants to hydrate, it wants to h

there are very few sold in new york from manufacturers in new york. new york city actually, new york state has a very stringent gun laurx three and a half mandatory years in jail if you carry an illegal loaded gun. we have in new york city very aggressive policing. we have worked very hard with kids to explain to them they just can't have guns but if they do carry guns and we catch them there will be real penalties. we've done things in new york city to make sure-- we have closed the gun show look loophole in new york city. but we can't do it for the whole country. >> david brooks, as you know, suggested that you are the wrong person to be out front on this issue because, he said t is an urban rule issue. and for you to be out front. >> what's wrong with me being an urban rule. i live urban guy, i grew up in a causei rural area what did i miss here? you know, i-- i read david brooks all the time. i think he's brilliant but i don't know where he came up with that. shame on me if i'm, as an american with the wherewithal to do something. i have the bully pulpit, i hav

new york, pennsylvania. it looks like new york city will see a little bit of snow, one to three inches. when you talk about snow cover, most of the country is impacted with some sort of white on the ground at this time. look at this, 65% of the lower 48 with snow and how does that compare to last year, only 48%, that was at the peak of winter and we're still in december so victor, i think we have ways to go and looking at a snowy start to the winter season. >> we'll get ready for it. bonnie, thanks. >>> one of the nation's biggest craft stores hobby lobby is facing up to a fine of $1 million a day, refusing to follow some of the rules in the affordable health care law. questions? anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria.

that's the guy who gets his salsa from new york city. new york city?ncer ] 'round here, there's only one word for salsa: pace. made the right way for that big bold kick. grab the southwest by the bottle. >>> finally tonight here, 24 hours from now, we'll all be counting down to the new year with our loved ones. tonight here are the resolutions and hopes from the new year already coming in from so many of you with your three words. >> a better 2013. ♪ [ laughter ] >> happy new year! ♪ >> get into college! >> continue to learn! ♪ health and happiness. >> spread more peace! >> keep snow coming! ♪ win the super bowl! >> increase the art. >> live better life. ♪ >> your three words, resolutions and hopes for the new year. that's the broadcast for tonight. "good morning america" first thing in the morning and i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night new year's eve as we countdown to 2013. have a good evening. goodnight.

the wind will be a huge concern in new york city, gusting to 60 miles an hour. interior portions of the northeast will get hit hard with snow. a foot across upstate new york, pennsylvania, you're under a winter storm warning. some could get upgraded to a blizzard warning if we continue to see the wind pick up overnight. most of new england as well, currently under a winter storm warning because of the same system that will produce the worst conditions overnight across the northeast and into your thursday morning. >> maria, back to you as the weather warrants. thank you. >> more on the tornadoes that tore through dixie, they're rare for this time of year. but they're not unheard of. elizabeth, what does the damage look like? >> it left a trail of soggy destruction. folks across the southeast spent the better half of the day cleaning debris, covering exposed roofs and trying to get power back. the system stretched through alabama, louisiana and mississippi where 34 tornadoes ripped through the area destroying homes, churches and businesses. >> we've got a lot of da

hmm, it's from new york city. new york city? i just heard there's a polly shore film festival playing downtown. uh, i'm there! music hey ya, uncles! i wanted to make an entrance with class. yeah, third class. spooky was too cheap to spring for the extra stamp. you always want to travel by scare mail. i like having someone else do the flying for me every now and then. i'm here to join up. what do you need? well let's see. first we need you to lose that stupid hat. my doubie! ah, don't sweat it! but that's the spooky trade mark. well we're not looking for a spooky type, more a casper type. time for the top secret initiation. that's nice. yeah, very hush hush. oh, makes sense. no outsiders allowed. alright already. i can take a hint. a house don't have to fall on me. see you later, spooky. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hi, i'm casper hi, i'm cas-per hi, i'm casper. hi, i'm casper. hi, i'm casper. (laughing) hi, i'm casper. i'm gonna scare the livin' daylights out of ya. by jove! i think he's got it. i'm disgusted with myself. after this i get to joi

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

new york city is putting the final touches on the festivity with a special tribute. onic new year's ball in times square has been installed with 288 new waterford crystal triangles, including in the crystal a special triangle engraved with the name dick clark. clark passed away this past april. for more than 40 years on new year's eve, clark counted down the new year with countless celebrities. his wife was on hand for the tribute. >>> in singapore, people are getting ready for the new year by floating 20,000 spheres down the singapore river. each one represents a wish. organizers say the floating display aims to connect people through a collective expression of their dreams. that's beautiful. the spheres will be lit in different colors on new year's eve and be part of a fireworks display as well. >>> delays on the metro happen. but here's a new reason why some riders were late for dinner. a woman went into labor on the red line. she didn't give birth on the train. metro stopped the train to wait for an ambulance. medics got there in time and got her to gw hospital ju

that's the guy who gets his salsa from new york city. new york city? alarm chirps ] [ male announcer ] 'round here, there's only one word for salsa: pace. made the right way for that big bold kick. grab the southwest by the bottle. >>> you are looking at an l.l. bean shipping room in maine today. scrambling to fill those last-minute deliveries by christmas. by the way, those classic l.l. bean boots are made right here in america. here at "world news," we've been asking everyone to make this a made in america christmas. each of us spending just $64 to create up to 200,000 jobs. tonight abc's david muir has the story of one item that a lot of people are buying and helped save one american company. >> hi, david, and happy holidays. >> reporter: celia melton of new jersey saw that story on the american inventor and his bionic wrench. >> for only $19.99 at sears. >> reporter: they sold more than 200,000 wrenches with sears last christmas, kept doing business this year, then suddenly no deal for this christmas. did you wonder what was going on? >> of course,

for the second time in one month, someone waiting for a new york city subway train has been pushed onto the tracks and killed. the latest incident happened last night in queens. as jummy olabanji reports, it has metro riders here on alert. >> new york city police say this surveillance video caught the suspect running from the subway station after the crime. >> i can't believe it is happening in this area. >> it happened last night around 8:00. police say an unknown woman pushed the man onto the tracks as the train approached the 40th street bashan in queens. investigators say the woman was sitting alone on a bench mumbling to herself before she got up and pushed the unsuspecting victim. witnesses told police they had no time to react. >> we heard about the incident in new york on twitter from one of my friends. >> earlier, a 58-year-old was shot inside -- in front of a train in times square. >> i am going to start standing back. >> people here in d.c. who take the train daily tell us while the two incidents in new york on very sad they do not plan to change their habits. >> i never stan

the evening's festivities are part of a public-private partnership between his firm and the city of new york. >> you've got our costs, you've got the cities costs, it's a lot of money, but it's also one of the biggest events in the world. the promotion that new york city gets from times square new year's eve when the world is watching. that's priceless. >> reporter: and, that means lots of eyeballs for marketers. the big sponsors tonight, nivea, toshiba, philips and the ball's maker, waterford. >> first and foremost. this is a civic event and we needed partners who understood that the civic nature is the priority and if we could build there marketing goals into what is the tradition of the event then it works for everybody. >> reporter: tonight's star attraction weighs in at nearly 12,000 pounds, is made up of nearly 27,000 cut crystal panels and is worth an estimated $1 million. but the celebration isn't just great exposure for the sponsors. >> after the christmas holiday people come to new york city to be part of this big event and they are going to be here having a great time and spending

hundreds of low wage workers along with various advocacy organizations marched through the streets of new york city and held rallies in some of the busiest parts of that city including times square one of those individuals who took part in this day of action is one compas a former new york city car wash worker one joins us now from our new york studios one welcome. great to have you with us so what was the scene like today. well it was great you know seeing how the workers. all workers are supporting you know. it was awesome how many people were shot showed up there what was going on you know what was your sense of any interesting stories from it to share with us. in the car wash where i used to work they wouldn't give us no supplies no boots no gloves you know we will what will acid of our moral things that will go in your hands and and so your. participation in this was to try and get better working conditions that it would be better can this in since we get paid off it the rich and. china you know china get paid seven twenty five five fifty an hour that's below the federal minimum wage how do th

that's the guy who gets his salsa from new york city. new york city?southwest by the bottle. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest is an amazing chef, best selling author and host of "tyler's ultimate" and "the great food truck race" on the food network. here is his new cook book right here, it's "tyler florence fresh" which is in stores right now. please welcome tyler florence! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> how's it going, man? >> jimmy: awesome. great cook book by the way. >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: this is awesome. it just came out this weekend, and fresh is the that is the one key ingredient. anything that is good -- if it's fresh it's good. >> so fresh food has to be something that is really, really simple, right? so packaged food for the most part, guys, you know what i'm talking about, we eat a lot of packaged food in this country. and if we're going to get healthier as a country, we have to eat fresh food, you guys agree with me or what? [ cheers ] >> jimmy: of course. that's right. >> so fresh is all there. so what we're goi

but the new york city subway used to have posters written in spanish advertising a gay, lesbian domestic violence hot line. that's how fine grained it get in new york new york city on the subway pushing welfare programs. it informs and pushes them. >> but getting back to the poverty program and they're pushing food stamps and welfare programs and they have a tendency to keep poor people poor. once you are on the dole it is hard tore get off. >> it is. incentives are wrong. they encourage people to stay on it. it is it a growth crisis. economic growth is easy and if we get the policies right, a lot of these people get off of it and i agree with victoria that we have a welfare industrial complex. and in order to keep these people on food stamps, we got to -- >> and creating a sense of depeppedency from fdr and bill clinton and senators . this is not just republicans and conservatives. >> that is it a valid. if you want to reform welfare to resolve the problems that you are raising. they are valid problems . we will not mix it up by condemning people who need help right now because times ar

in new york city alone obesity-related medical costs come to over $3.8 billion a year. if obesity rates continue to rise, the financial burden will be crippling. >> this is the single biggest step any city has ever taken to curb obesity. it is not the last step that lot of cities are going to take. we believe that it will help save lives. >> reporter: the beverage industry is fiercely opposed to the ban. workers have been holding protest outside new york city hall. >> they should really take a stand and make sure they're getting exercise and not just trying to cut the size of the drink. >> reporter: they have launched an all-out war against the city claiming the ban is invalid. many movie theaters the are also voicing their opposition. soda is cheap to buy in bulk, so the more they sell, the bigger their profits. if they have to shrink the size, they will have to lower prices and this will eat into their profits. >> concessions probably could run anywhere from 25 to 35% of the revenues of a movie theater. take that away from them, and that's a tremendous loss. concession

fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >>>> "nightline" continues fro new york city with juju chang. p >> yo>> you know >> you king kong's girlfriend. ap and naomi watrand naomi reaching new heights in hollywood with a career built on gutsy performances. her latest movie conjures up the epic title waive, but for one family on vacation, the tsunami of 2004 was a test of survival and the fierce determination of a mother's love. abc's bob woodruff talked to naomi watts for tonight's "nightline" interview. >> reporter: it started out as an idyllic vacation for a young family on the west coast of thailand, a mother and father played by naomi watts and ewan mcgregor and their three young sons. but the holiday soon turns to a living held. and an epic fight for survival in the most devastating natural disaster in modern history. it was december 26th, 2004, when a giant tsunami swept across southeast asia, destroying entire villages, killing hundreds of thousands. "the impossible" tells the whole story in excruciating detail of what happened to one family caught up with milli

heavy rain kicking up from philadelphia to new york city through the hudson valley, through scranton and binghamton, new york. that will be over the top of boston this afternoon. the back side of the storm has a lot of snow with it. areas in white. snowing hard in northern indiana through michigan. that snow will rotate through cleveland throughout the morning. very dangerous roads in cleveland as the colder air moves in. everything will be freezing. again, we're locked into the rain for the whole morning commute from philadelphia to new york city. it doesn't look like it will clear out until about noon today. so that's the bottom line for the new york city area down to philadelphia, d.c., any time after noon today your travel will be fine. breezy and windy, but not like this morning. >> thanks so much, bill. >>> a shocker on capitol hill last night as house speaker john boehner's plan b backfired. the deadline for the fiscal cliff is approaching faster than santa's sleigh. and speaker boehner's power may be severely damaged as official gop members balk at his pleas. >> reporter: the

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and gusting to 40 or 50 miles per hour, new york city, long island, connecticut and eastern portions ton and if you're flying today you could look at delays due to that wind and keep in mind that black ice is actually reported across some roadways, across the northeast and drive carefully and slowly down into florida some of the cold air has made it as far south as northern florida, in tallahassee, right now, you're looking at temperatures at the freezing mark and central florida, 40 degrees for you in tampa and orlando is cold for a floridian. so it's going to be a cold start to your day today. and you're rebounding nicely into the 60's with some sunshine today. it's a very quiet day in terms of precipitation today across most of the country in the plains in the west and also the southeast and we do have clouds right here and that's basically where the system is farming and producing wet weather across places in the mississippi valley as we head into your new year's eve around midnight. keep that in mind. otherwise the nor'easter brought snow across massachusetts and the northeast an

new york. i never want to believe i'm in new york city when i'm even here for a few hours. i'm kidding, guys. fiscal cliff cloud is lingering. here it comes, i know. defending new york city. in your three-block view. the president used last night's national christmas tree light to go remind everyone the holiday season is for merry times. >> the tree has one message, it's christmastime, not disaster time. >> within their three block radius. our friday gaggle who are all bashing me, republican strategist, former adviser to chris christie, maggie, who is the defender of new york city, senior political reporter for politico, ann reid. >> morning, brooklyn. just saying. >> she is a floridian. that's why i allow you on. come on, now. managing editor of the grio.com. fiscal cliff. mike, i want to start with you. it does seem as if there are three groups of republican thought, right? you have the conservatives saying, you know, don't relent on this. upset jim demint was critical of john boehner the day before he left the senate saying i can't believe you agreed 0 to any tax relief, where the house is

(cheers and applause) nation, i love new york city. the city that never sleeps, rat xanadu. so i was crushed to learn the metropolis i know and love has changed, not one person was murdered in new york city on monday. nypd deputy commissioner paul brown couldn't even remember the last time a day went by where not one person was shot, stabbed or slashed. (laughter) >> stephen: what happened? i remember the real new york of the '80s, when in a single night you could score some weed, catch a times square porno and then get stabbed in the neck by a coked-up lou reed. and that was a pretty good first datement now times square has become a disney bubba gump wimp company. the worst that could happen is one of those giant m & ms tries to flash you its peanut. where is the thrilling dangerous city of midnight cowboy or taxi driver? >> you talking to me? >> stephen: i wish i was talking to you. (laughter) instead of i'm talking to her. supercalifragislisticexpiali -- supercalifragislisticexpiali [bleep] me. folk, i've had it, had it. this distur

that there's the guy who gets his salsa from new york city. new york city?!only pace has that big, bold kick. anything else just ain't right. pace. grab the southwest by the bottle. ♪ [spider-man] we got this. ♪ [mom] this hero stuff is easy! >> dicky: if you're going to be in the l.a. area, go to jimmykimmellive.com. [beach sounds] ♪[music plays]♪ ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays]♪ ♪[music plays] of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.48 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. >> jimmy: tonight on the program on thursday night, they'll gym, tan and love for the very last time from jersey shore, snooki, ronnie, sammi, jwoww, deena, pauly, vinny, sleepy, dopey, and the situation are here. and then with music from this debut album it went quintuple platinum

not only surrounded by family and friends burks the current police commissioner of new york city, there is a new york mayor and there were two cardinals in attendance. >> cardinal dolan and egan who said a great homily. we're very blessed and blessed to have him, our whole lives. 91 years. we're celebrating the life. everyone has loss and our loss has been tempered by your love and thank you. >> steve: thank you, peter. all right. 19 minutes after the top of the hour. moving on, president obama's offer on the fiscal cliff cuts billions in defense spending. colonel oliver north says that will lead to disaster. he is here next. and tony hawk is here to show us a few new tricks, including one for all those parents out there whose kids will think are cool. i don't know if i'd do it in the rain, but he can. he's a prompt but olympic gabby douglas is here. a huge show! i think shaq in the house, too.

hmm, it's from new york city. new york city? i just heard there's a polly shore film festival playing downtown. uh, i'm there! music hey ya, uncles! i wanted to make an entrance with class. yeah, third class. spooky was too cheap to spring for the extra stamp. you always want to travel by scare mail. i like having someone else do the flying for me every now and then. i'm here to join up. what do you need? well let's see. first we need you to lose that stupid hat. my doubie! ah, don't sweat it! but that's the spooky trade mark. well we're not looking for a spooky type, more a casper type. time for the top secret initiation. that's nice. yeah, very hush hush. oh, makes sense. no outsiders allowed. alright already. i can take a hint. a house don't have to fall on me. see you later, spooky. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hi, i'm casper hi, i'm cas-per hi, i'm casper. hi, i'm casper. hi, i'm casper. (laughing) hi, i'm casper. i'm gonna scare the livin' daylights out of ya. by jove! i think he's got it. i'm disgusted with myself. after this i get to joi

. ♪ that there's the guy who gets his salsa from new york city. new york city?!ale announcer ] only pace has that big, bold kick. anything else just ain't right. pace. grab the southwest by the bottle. dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- ted danson, from "game of thrones", emilia clarke, and music from larry g(ee) with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi. how you doing? hello, everybody. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching and thanks for showing up. i tell you something, we were off last week. it's starting to get christmassy around here. the fake wreaths are hanging. the lattes at starbucks are spiced. the holidays are upon us and won't get off us. we're exactly two weeks away from christmas right now. it's time to start practicing your pretending to like a gift face. christmas is a major operation for me. i buy hundreds of gifts and i buy them all myself. people think i have an assistant. i do but he doesn't do anything for me. he does some things for me, belie