new york. every summer the humpback whales migrate here in search of food and are now believed to have strayed as far as the busy shipping lanes of new york harbor. sylvia ackerman works for the gotham whales conservation group and is out here almost every day on the lookout for humpbacks. that whales. have recovered significantly since the day. well in that protection and our waters now also we are. then they've been in decades. of ox cart and then we see the 1st 2 whales spouting. a sign that they're on the hunt. the whale watchers are then also treated to a pod of young dolphins a key prey for both dolphins and humpback whales is menhaden. come. it's an oily forage fish that isn't rich supply in these waters. what looks like rain hitting the water is actually a dense school of fish the menhaden often cluster in such concentrations that they can be easily spotted from the air off the coast of long island. the fish feed off algae and plankton that have absorbed carbon dioxide. as such manhattan are both invaluable filter fish for the ocean and a vital part of the marine food chain. they not only supply the whales and dolphins but also for other

a poem written to raise money for the statue of liberty, which goes up in new york harder -- new york harbor. 1896, the crossings gold speech. important principle about the equality of men and women in the workplace and in the economy. 1940 franklin roosevelt's ofeside chat, the arsenal democracy. he is saying america's commitment to liberty involves preserving liberty in britain. it will help britain defend itself. year before we enter world war ii. one, ronald reagan's tear down this wall speech in berlin. 1987. he says our commitment to liberty requires us to tell the soviet union at the berlin wall cannot be a permanent landmark. a permanent scar on the face of central europe. of central and all and eastern europe will ultimately have to be free. those are the 13 documents. there could be another set. probably, he would certainly want the declaration of independence and the get a burger address, and the constitution to be in anyone's list of american liberty documents. you could have other ones also. they are junior or varsity, i'm not saying they are less important. we have generated ot

gold to $300000.00 worth at the time to france when they showed up with their naval ship in the new york harbor so there was a cost to it then they got to unhinge it and they of course it was a magic trick right but the boomers have a mentality that they are somehow. in daoud with amazing ability and entrepreneurial and wonderful talent and wealth creation when we see the magic trick they were nothing special they were not unique the only thing unique about them is they had no alleged cost to their debt but now we have a new generation who wants a similar trick done for them entering the workforce and there is no trick you know we were trying things like quantitative easing and negative interest rates we had never been tried in 5000 years and that's not doing the trick yet you know if i'm right and i think anyone richard nixon couldn't afford the war anymore because he had to pay in gold for the money he was borrowing so he cut us off from the gold standard then you entered a world of purely feel myself you have money refers other feet of money it's a bit regress right there all the yen the eur

yacht in new york harbor. i had sent him up copy of a picture with my wife and with him on the boat. elected i got from him after the election the picture of the three of us with the statue of liberty in the background with a note on it, congratulations. all of those that were elected, i think you have the best chance of rising to leadership. >> by the way -- >> it really struck me at the time. until he got in poor health, i would periodically call and seek his advice. >> it has been a while, but why did you have doubts about granada? >> i didn't know anything about what was going on. i didn't know why. sureember i just wasn't direct military action was really called for. even though i am a republican and had been supporting the vietnam war over the years i learned, don't just jump out there when military action is involved. take your time and check it out a little bit. i think that was it. i wasn't sure why that was the right move. didn't know a lot about the region. i figured he would and he did. >> when ira

he had done a fundraiser for me on a yacht in new york harbor, and i had sent him a copy of a picture of my wife on the boat. , i got the elected withre of the three of us the statue of liberty in the background, with a note on it saying congratulations and all of those who were elected, i think you have the best chance of rising. >> it really struck me at the time. until he got into poor health, i would periodically call to seek his advice. about did you have doubts grenada? >> i do not remember why. remember, i was not sure that direct military action was called for. i am a republican and have been supportive of the vietnam war, .ut over the years i learned take your time and check it out a little bit. i just was not sure why that was the right move. did not know a lot about the region and i figured that he did. use some of your watergate experience to give counsel to the reagan administration? >> i probably did. gavesure whatever advice i was along the lines of the careful about what you say and what you do. do not underestimate this. bring in strong people. when howardleased baker

gold to $300000.00 worth at the time to france when they showed up with their naval ship in the new york harbor so there was a cost to it then they got to unhinge it and they of course it was a magic trick right but the boomers have a mentality that they are somehow. in daoud with amazing ability and entrepreneur and wonderful talent and wealth creation when we see the magic trick they were nothing special they were not unique the only thing unique about them is they had no alleged cost to their debt but now we have a new generation who wants a similar trick done for them entering the workforce and there is no trick you know we've were trying things like quantitative easing and negative interest rates we had never been tried in 5000 years and that's not doing the trick yet you know if i'm right and i think anyone richard nixon couldn't afford the war anymore because he had to pay in gold for the money he was borrowing so he cut us off from the gold standard then you entered a world of purely a selfie of money refers other feet of money it's a bit regress right there all the yen the euro the dol

i don't know where you are, but based on that shot you're sitting somewhere in the middle of new york harboryou are on a large or something because there's water all around. >> you don't tell anyone don't tell anyone that i'm sitting in the harbor on a sunny day of new york. >> thank you very much, steve. appreciate it. >>> on deck, a stunning amount of people are getting rejected lately for car loans why? it's a very different story than mortgages and credit cards we're going to take a look into that. >>> plus amazon stepping up its shipping game and stepping on fedex in the process but are all these localized individual shippers really a good thing for amazon in we'll dive in on that as well. the dow is up, more new records and "the exchange" is back right after this were in jeopardy.eer and bus i called reputation defender. vo: take control of your online reputation. get your free reputation report card at reputationdefender.com. find out your online reputation today and let the experts help you repair it. woman: they were able to restore my good name. vo: visit reputationdefender.com or

required that has pilotage for the particular area that they're coming into, whether it's it's new york harborr amsterdam or prince william sound. now, to require two people on the vessel that all have pilotage for each area they come into would be an added requirement. i don't object to that. we ought to look at it. but don't think they don't have someone qualified to run it from the bridge. they have four. that first mate, who has had a lot of trips in the valdez, to run that ship up on the beach, there's something awful happened on that bridge. some kind of loss of continuity, a loss of something we don't know yet. but there's no reason that third mate wasn't completely competent to run that ship in the area he was. he had the competency. the master should have been on the bridge. that's false. we have a guy that's well licensed and trained. >> and by way of viblt, he should have been able to see the channel markers. >> well, yes, sir. it was a clear night. you could see forever. he almost ran over the buoy to get on the rock. >> that's what i was thinking because i think your comment has a

officer required that house pilotage for the particular area they're coming into whether it's new york harbor or amsterdam or prince williams town. to require two people on the vessel that all have pilotage for each area they come into would be an added requirement. i don't object to that, we ought to look at it. but don't think that they don't have somebody who is qualified to run that ship, they have four people. and for that third mate who is a qualified officer, has passed the examinations, who has had a lot of trips in the valleys, to a run that ship up on the beach and something awful happen on the bridge, some kind of a loss of continuity of something that we don't know yet, there is no reason that that third mate wasn't completely competent around the ship and the area that he was. he had the competence, he didn't have the license in the master should be on the bridge, those were false, but we don't have someone who is a bumbling idiot on the bridge we have someone who is licensed untrained. >> -- >> yes sorry we can see it was a clear night, he almost ran over the buoy to get on the

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day, but -- their rations were a gallon of your day, but they were between two of the greatest harbors, new york and boston and they went in circles until they found a place to settle, plymouth. they had to drink beer, because they cannot drink water. the way you drink water, they drink beer. if there's any possible thing that might have needed to do with a clear head, that was difficult for them. [laughter] that is not the point of this paragraph. for bradford, the pilgrim story was parallel to the biblical story of exodus. israelites had with gods help finally found their canon. bradford's view of history, like many of his companions on the mayflower was entirely shaped by , his knowledge of the king james bible old testament that was completed a few years earlier. every seat was the red the. every voyage was the voyage of the israelites. every hardship was bellicose. bradford's worldview -- every hardship was biblical. theever happened to pilgrims happened in a larger spiritual, historic context overseen by an erratic but loving god this was the controlling idea through which he saw and under

new york, i'm christina ruffini. >>> it's thursday, december 5th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, pearl harbor kills two civilians then himself. the attack comes just days before the 78th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. >>> constitutional clash. legal scholars debate whether president trump's conduct was impeachable. >> the president did commit an impeachable abuse of office. >> same answer. >> you three are unanimous. this is the narrowest impeachment in history. >> we'll break down both sides of the debate, plus what happens next. >>> building on the border. cbs news has an exclusive first look at construction on the look at construction on the border wall. captioning funded by cbs

million people in australia kicked off the new year with the traditional fireworks display at sydney harbor and in taiwan light of hope taiwan. here in new yorkand a half people are expected to ring in the new year in times square and nypd says times square is likely the safest place on planet earth tonight. joining us now live from times square, nbc's stephanie gosk. steph, the police confident they're ready for anything tonight. >> reporter: yeah. that's for sure. this is something that they do every year. it's really a well-oiled machine and depending on what kind of threats they may be facing they tweak things here and there. there's no threat to this event they know of at this point and you have what we have seen year after year which is officers all over the ground. excuse me. the speakers just kicked in. entertainment. so you have officers on the ground and officers in these hotels that ring times square. you have bomb-sniffing dogs, drones, magnetometers and peoples in the corrals, the pens, all day long and the police say that really when you look at the levels of security the public plays an important role in the security at an even

new york >> good morning. we start with breaking news overnight. a lockdown has ended after a shooting at the pearl harborhip yard in hawaii. a u.s. navy officer shot and killed two and then killed himself. there is no indication yet whether the civilians were targeted or if this was a random attack >>> house democrats laying out their articles for impeachment three constitutional scholars said the president's actions were an abuse of power another the republicans brought in disagreed it is unclear but the president's legal team has until tomorrow to decide a few hours ago, the world famous christmas tree here was lit in rockefeller center everybody loves it but we have nbc employees that have to get to work and so we divert >> it is officially christmas in new york stock futures half way through the hour this time around. we could have two days in a row. we'll halt the slide the dow would be up about 85 points and the s&p about 9 points and the nasdaq about 35 points eunice break this down for us. what is the challenge and what does the company have to do to win in its efforts here? >> huawei is talking

ahead of the anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor that plunged the united states into world war ii. richard cantu, abc news, new yorknks to richard. the president has been briefed on the situation at pearl harbor. we'll continue to monitor that breaking story. >>> we do turn to the other big story, the impeachment showdown taking a combative turn. >> three law professors handpicked by the democrats say there is no doubt the president abused his power. but the professor invited by the republicans argued there's not enough evidence and warned that democrats are rushing the case. >> ask one witness apologized after mentioning the president's 13-year-old son to make a point. abc's terry moran has the details. >> reporter: it was a highly partisan and dramatic day. the first high-stakes hearing in the judiciary committee featuring constitutional scholars and the issue before the panel, does the evidence show that what president trump did on ukraine rises to the level of an impeachable offense? >> if we do not act to hold him in check now, president trump will almost certainly try again to solicit interference in the elec

the harbor national memorial will commemorate 78 years since the attack on pearl harbor on december 7th, 1941. in new york, fox news. . >>> time 5:16. happening today, don't be surprised to see a lot of emergency crews near locksburg landing but it's just a drill. star willing at 9 a.m. a. rescue exercise involving smart train and marin county safety officials will train as if a southbound smart train suddenly lost power in the cal park hill tunnel. between larksbur and san rafael they will practice how to evacuate passengers and treat injured. it will end about 11:00 this morning. the smart train says service will begin saturday december 14th. . >>> and today in oakland, a public hearing on how gun violence affects a mental health of young people. leaders from gun control groups, medical professionals and community groups will be speaking. that hearing will be at the state building in downtown oakland starting at 4:00 this afternoon. . >>> local teachers are going to benefit from tomorrow's pac 12football championship game. pac 12 conference is donating more than $36,000 in education grants. that money w

the new york yankees worked on record gains a record that still stands and of course the attack on pearl harbor. in the course of my research, i came across the name of joseph and his efforts to orchestrate an agreement between japan and the united states to avoid the war he saw coming. i was intrigued and the more i researched, the more i realized the story had never been told and so i switched gears to tell the story. in, writing this book, i wanted to bring the characters alive for the reader. he is a central figure in this and you see roosevelt standing in the well of the united states house of representatives 1941 saying that december 7, 1941, the date that will live in infamy, and yet as we discussed, here is a man that had been stricken by polio and couldn't walk. i was thinking about it as i was writing the book. you and i get up ino the mornin, we come back, get dressed and go about our day. that assistancest wasn't going o be provided by his wife, moeanor, he had his own bedroom down the hall in the white house and was almost always traveling. instead, roosevelt relied on a valet. i t

new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we're going to begin with breaking developments overnight in a deadly shooting at pearl harbor. a u.s. sailor shot three civilians, killing two of them before taking his own life. it happened yesterday at the pearl harbor naval shipyard in hawaii. the base was placed on lockdown. this unfolded three days before the 78th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. matt piper reports. >> reporter: the chaos and confusion began around 2:30 local time wednesday afternoon. >> i did report that joint base security personnel did respond to the report of an active shooter today. >> reporter: the military says a navy sailor armed with a gun just started shooting. >> i looked out in time to see the shooter who was -- i assume a sailor because he was in uniform. >> reporter: three civilians were shot, two of them were killed. they were both employees at the department of defense. the third victim was hospitalized. the base went into lockdown. >> we heard the intercom. the gates were closed. we kind of hung around out there. >> reporter: investigators identified the gunman as an act

harbor at this time no update on the condition of the injured. i'm steve patterson in los angeles. now back to lester in new york >>> president trump returning from the u tonight, leaving one humiliation behind only to face another here at home before leaving the nato meetings in london, the id mic moment caught on camera then abruptly calling off a scheduled news conference and as he was in the air, back on capitol scholars were telling democrats exactly what they wanted to hear, that the president has indeed committed impeachable offenses and that's where we start with nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight house democrats leaning on history to make their case for impeaching president trump. >> if what we're talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable. >> reporter: inviting a panel of constitutional scholars to bolster their investigation. >> president trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly abusing the office of the presidency >> what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before, a president who has doubled do

harbor will go on as planned. and r. kelly is hit with new charges. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the new york times" says r.ly is facing new bribery charges linked to his marriage to the late singer aaliyah. new york federal prosecutors say kelly bribed an illinois official to get a fake i.d. for an unnamed female in 1994. the charges allege it happened one day before he secretly tied the knot with aaliyah who was 15 at the time. falsified paperwork had her listed as 18. the marriage was later annulled. kelly's attorney called the latest charge ridiculous and absurd. >>> "usa today" reports a blind death row inmate in tennessee was executed last night. 53-year-old lee hall died by electric chair. he was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago. authorities say that he had chosen the electric chair over lethal injection. it is the fourth time the state used the method since 2018. >>> "reuters" is reporting the world health organization is outraged over measles outbreaks around the world. officials say measles infected nearly ten million people in 2018 and killed 140,000. children make

harbor, k-9, got dogs, tools, drones. jackie: not just the nypd. they team up with the new york state police, >> absolutely.t, and it's even public/private partnerships as well, and that's what makes it all happen. it's the collaboration of it all that allows them to develop that intelligence, that inside baseball, and informing their strategies which is really labor, technology and the tools. the drones are going to be one -- that's going to be a big one. i'm excited to see it. >> and times square basically in our backyard here. i saw people lining up today going through those screening checkpoints, very rigorous standards. no backpacks, no chairs, no coolers, you're not supposed to have alcohol, you know, to keep everybody safe. pat? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. it's draconian, to be very frank with you. there's 65 pens, there's a million and a half people. everybody's wanded with a hand held magnetometer for weapons, crushed into the pens, and can i tell you i've been down there many times myself working as an nypd detective and socially as well, and the fact is i think it's an unbelievable night. it's an am

the new york yankees joe dimaggio, 56 consecutive games, a record which still stands and of course japan attacked pearl harbor. in the course of my research, i came across the name of joseph grew and his effort to orchestrate an agreement between japan and the united states to avoid the war he saw coming. i was intrigued, and the more i researched, the more i realized that grew's story had never been told. and so i switched gears to tell that story. in writing this book, i wanted to bring the characters alive for the reader. take president roosevelt, he's an essential figure in this drama. when you see roosevelt, standing on the well, of the united states house of representatives, on december 8th, 1941, saying that december 7th, 1941, is a date that will live in infamy, he looks so strong. he sounds so vibrant. and yet as we discussed, here's a man who had been stricken by polio and couldn't walk. i was thinking about it when i was writing the book. you and i we get up in the morning, we go to the bathroom, we do our business, we come back, we get dressed, we go about our day. roosevelt could not do all of th

harbor. it is always a great scene every year. live from new york ♪ ♪ where we've talked about the markets overall may head in 2020 and where the risks may live. now we want to delve into the specific sectors and what we met expect in the new year. still with us this kathryn rooney vera of bulltick. give us your overall sense of sectors. kathryn: our top picks are going to be real estate, staples, financials. those are the top three we see outperforming this year in terms of valuations. if you have the more bullish scenario to which i attach a 60% probability, you're going to see the market priced in sectors that have heretofore underperformed. i am not overweight on tech. it has done so spectacularly well. it has really brought the market to where it is now. i think we need to be market neutral there. but with regard to where we see interest rates staying in the u.s. economy evolving in 2020, i would have to go with my top being financials. brooke: i noticed you have industrials underweight. that is near and dear to my heart, covering industrials.

harbor. and let us see what it says. mr. stan lee, editor captain america comics, 330 west 42nd street, new york, new york. dear mr., we welcome the opportunity of congratulating you on the patriotic thought behind your new adventure comic strip, roddy colt, u.s. defense agent. remember, roddy colt is the civilian identity of the secret stamp. you can't forget that. we like the idea very much. and believe such a strip will be effective in connection with the plan promoted by newspaper publishers now reaching national proportions to sell defense saving stamps through approximately 500,000 loyal, young american newsboys from maine to california. sincerely yours, eugene w. sloan, director, defense saving stamps, treasuring department, washington, dc. wow! this guy got the government's attention. take the opportunity to buy some of these. these are on kindle and ibooks. you can get a lot of golden age comics for just a dollar just by reading these. it's not bad, the secret stamp. he's a kid who is mad when bullies knock over a bicycle and take all of the defense stamps for themselves, so what does he do? he puts on thi

the "new york times" also reports six saudi nationals were detained for questioning near the scene, including three who allegedly filmed the shooting. >>> a very somber remembrance today at pearl harboral base. not only not mark the 78th anniversary of the attack on the shipyard, also four days since the sailor opened fire there. a commander says the community has received an outpouring of support following the shooting that killed two civilians. the remembrance ceremony went on as planned. veterans and military personnel came together to honor 2000 soldiers who lost their lives on that fateful day. >> december 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. >> he was right about that. franklin delano roosevelt delivered his speech the next day when the u.s. declared war on the empire of japan, war that would continue for almost 4 years, ending in august, 1945 with the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. >>> former vice president, joe biden, paused to think pearl harbor survivors and all usair service members on the campaign trail in iowa today. >> we have one serious obligation, one most sacred obligation we have in the nation, those that we send to war, that we support them, an

/suicide at the pearl harbor navy shipyard just days before ceremonies to commemorate the 1941 attack. we have a live report on what happened next. we're reporters from the new yorking pot of impacted species. everywhere is going to get touched by climate change. ( ♪ ) introducing the marilyn monroe collection of fine jewellery. exclusively at zales, the "diamonds are a girl's best friend" store. woman: friction points, those obstacles that limit a company's growth. i try to find companies that turn these challenges into opportunities. but by going out in the field, and meeting management, suppliers, competitors. in the end, it's these unique companies with creative business models that will generate value for our investors. that's why i go beyond the numbers. >>> developing overnight, the u.s. navy investigating a murder/suicide at the pearl harbor naval shipyard in hawaii. an active duty sailor killed two employees and wounded a third before taking his own life. barbara starr is live at the pentagon with more. what have you learned? >> reporter: good morning. the navy still investigating, trying to figure out the motive for this incident. two shipyard employees

harbor. more than 300 aircraft was destroyed. >> how many times did you have sex in the circumstances you described. >> three times. >> where was that? >> in the townhouse in london, new yorkey's island in the carribean. it was disgusting. he wasn't mean or anything. but he would laugh and said thanks and walked out. and i sat there in bed just horrified and ashamed and felt dirty. i had to get up and grab a shower. the next day he came in and said i did a really good job. jesse: that was virginia guiffre describing how she had sex with prince andrew. in an exclusive interview, former miami detective mike first ston. when you were tasked by one of these victim's attorneys to look into epstein, you interviewed some of his private pilots. what did you find? >> that was the most interesting part. i tried to contact his pilots. the first pilot who is his most dedicated pilot wouldn't talk to us. we knew he wouldn't because he basically is in cahoots with jeffrey. but we were able to you find his co-pilots. i will never forget sitting in this guy's living room talking to him and he's telling me i can't tell you anything. i want to, but i can't. i look over his shoulder and i se

going in there very carefully along the right-hand side coming out halifax harbor is a ship called the email. trying to get to new yorkose who have been bbombed. the captain is a hothead. he has no idea what mont blanc has got on it. no emissions why going up that makes the target. it's basically a secret.he's going way too fast leaving the harbor and passing ships on the left on the left on the left, as with cars you should not do this.you keep doing this sooner or later you find somebody in your lane going your direction that's eexactly what happens at 8:30 a.m. december 6. he sees mont blanc, mont blanc sees the imo and mont blanc can't believe the captain is paralyzed. freezers he has blasted the horn which is nautical language for i'm in the right lane, you are not, adapt to me. imo comes back with two blast which means screw you, i don't care. i'm going full blast fraud in the bow going too fast and is not backing off.again one blast and again two blast. the amount block captain cannot believe this. playing a game of chicken what you do sooner or later you don't care about the laws you build to the curb. so what

and harbor no hate any religious groups and grew up in a household that embrace all faiths and religions. we bring you up to speed throughout the afternoon, allison. >> kathy park from muncie, new york. thank you very much. >>> lawmakers demanded actions after saturday's attack, calling for federal funding to keep synagogues safe. earlier on msnbc, mayor deblasio promised to take action. >> the answer to the challenges to be additionally vigilant to put more police presence out. we'll have community members of different ethnic backgrounds joining together to patrol streets and inhibit this kind of violence and we are focusing on our young people and our schools adding to our curriculum immediately to teach young people any act of hate ultimately becomes backup and hurting everyone. >> why is this out there and why do we allow it to go on? no people group should be terrorized by others who simply hate them. >> we are in a different community, we are calling out frequently and aggressively as we can. looking at the laws would be helpful. >> joining us now, david harris, the director of the jewish community. the defamation says between january and november, anti-semitic incidents were

new york times" likes to refer to white wing radio host. you know my grandfather, my mother's father served in united states marine corps. he joined marine corps. after we were attacked pearl harbore was 34 years old reached limit, and he fought at iwo jima and john mccain he joined the military the same time as his brother-in-law. my great uncle teddy he fought at the canal. my father was 17 at the time. again after we were attacked at pearl harbor, he joined the army and then later the army air corps. 17 years old. my father, well, as a young man he grew up in a very, very, very poor environment. they lived about a mile away from the cigar factory and after my dad would go to elementary school, he would go gown to the cigar factory and work until midnight since family needed money. and he would join the assembly line with his had mother my grandmother sarah. my an seis tores came from russia and ukraine so that either means i'm bipartisan or i'm a suspect. i don't know. i have no particular love for either country. i have a love for this country. now, i served eight years in the reagan administration. several years at the high fest level of the government including chief of sta

new york. >> they are lined up this morning. harry, thank you very much. >>> this week we highlight another life well lived. on this date, 78 years ago, december 8th, 1941, a day after pearl harborswestern. a young girl, mary taylor, was among them. the group was held inside the school for a year before being moved to internment camp. mary surrounded by her teachers and classmates. mary was 12 years old when a group of troopers fell from the sky like angels and liberated the cans. she collected the soldiers' autograph. she was married and named mary previte, she began to teach english in new jersey, camden. she took a job at the youth center making it a national model by treating trouble juvenile with humanity and giving them a safe haven. mary was inspired by those teachers back in internment camp. she also ran for and won a seat in the state's general assembly. she traveled the united states and visited the four living american soldiers. in 2016, she completed her mission when she flew to china to reunite with wang chang han. she spent her adult life helping children died last month in camden, new jersey, she was 87 years old. ow! so, you think santa will like these red and gr

harbor bridge. it also went down in sydney, australia, just about 30 minutes ago, above its famed opera house. their firerks. ustlia citi to n hee led lookr at new york'shere police are expecting more than 1 million people to watch the iconic ball drop at midnight. last-minute preparations have the waterford crystal ball ready to shine. security is beefed up at the crossroads of the world. and for the first time, drones will be used for surveillance. this here, science teachers and students will help flip the switch to bring in 20op. rtunit> press the button. >>> at the eiffel tower, there is heightened security for new year's eve. but that is not stopping some american tourists. and brazil's copacabana beach is ready to host 2 million people for its fireworks display. >>> a public counquered rest stop is not so popular anymore. travelers said that the parking ride near willow pass road is too dangerous and ready to use. minnie driver say that they want to avoid issues like this. parks full of trash. caltrans workers keep tidying things up. but it is difficult to keep up. neighbors say that car break- ins are becoming more common as well. the people wh

harbor of havana. the accusation the spaniards bombed it. it turns out maybe they didn't. maybe it was just a boiler explosion and a tragedy. we went to war over that. the new york newspapers of hearst and pulitzer led us there. that is fake news, arguably. as this is happening, there's more objective journalism, the idea we are not going to sell to half of the country. it really picks up steam in the 20th century. the new york times and the washington post are important forces in this effort. how objective were they really? back in the good old days, when you could get your news from one of three sources on tv. they were picking their news based on what the new york times put on its front page that day. do you remember that? was it as objective as people are claiming? i don't think so. i'm reminded of walter cronkite, one of the most trusted man in america. who misreported the results of the tet offensive in 1968, and possibly turned americans against the vietnam war permanently based on false information. permanently based on false information. saidr cronkite, who later he would have been walter cronkite, who later said he would have been delighted if george m

new york times book review for being too obviously gay, explicit according to that clinic critic had eclipsed whatever small talents i might have had. it was only my fifth published book that was favorably received. harbors green magazine in england once declared me the mostmaligned man in america . now that is no longer true if it ever was. today i am happy to say that there are many brilliant gay writers at work. andrew sean greer won the pulitzer. peter cameron wrote a masterpiece which i read in manuscript. the hit play on broadway is the inheritor.ellen hollinghurst won the booker and in my opinion is the best novelist in the uk. even people who are gay are willing to write about gay men now everything is so confused that my forthcoming novel a saint from texas is about twin sisters, a nun and a barrenness who are only gay around the edges. when i first started getting published in the 1970s , writers oddly enough were the only gays visible. now tv series and major films and celebrities are usually lesbian or gay or if they are up to speed, transgender or gender fluid. gay subject matter is represented in every genre. there are gay mysteries,gay children's books and if one is japanese, gay comics .

. >> gorgeous, sydney harbor is always spectacular on this day, leading the way for us that means, what, you know, about 16 hours from now, they'll be doing it in new yorkot smiling what's wrong with you. >> we also enjoy our viewers like our friends in the crowd at home with video shoutouts. if you want to be in the open, remember #mytodayplaza we bring in the roaring '20s >> good stuff. let's get to your news at eight. final preps are underway just down the street in times square. more than a million revelers will be there to bring in the new year nbc's stephanie gosk is there. tell me, do you get a break before, i hope, before you have to celebrate at midnight, my goodness. >> reporter: i will have a break, and like i said, sheinelle, there's a spot for you right on 45th street, i'm going to reserve it. you can't bring your backpack or your cooler but we can stand there for hours together waiting for the ball to drop, and i know you'll love it. a couple of the 1.5 million people they expect later on tonight for the celebration. new york city officials have an elaborate security plan in place, and although they say there is no credible threat, they do

harbor. authorities in pensacola have a lot to do. the questions about the gunman and shooter they refused to answer. let's get back to new yorkra: another update this afternoon. the jobs report this morning for november, it is out and there was not just some but a lot of good news in there for the economy. employers adding 266,000 jobs last month. unemployment rate did fall. what is it, a 50-year low. 3.5% matching its lowest level in five decades. charles payne joins us now. pardon my cold this morning. it's going around the building. charles, a rocking report. no matter how you slice it i was watching maria bartiromo this morning. she had an analysts and investors. if you were trying to find something negative in the report you couldn't. it was a -- it paints a picture of a robust economy. >> it is absolutely remarkable. the numbers that you had on the screen were phenomenal. as i went deeper into it, i love wages. up 3.1% year-over-year. more than anticipated. that was big because it's the lower economic rung. they continue to make more money. more money year-over-year than they've made in decades. manufacturing rebounded.

new york mets as they team up on streaming deal. responding after massive online backlash over holiday ad, we will tell you back in a minute. maria: welcome back, fatal shooting at pearl harborryl casone with the details. cheryl: 2 people are dead after u.s. sailor opened fire, this happened in hawaii, officials say the gunman was a petty officer who turned the gun on himself, the shooting before 78th commemoration of pearl harbor attack, motive has not jet been -- yet been determined. done deal, excuse me, the merger putting the cbs televisioner network under one roof. the combined company shares start trading today on nasdaq under ticker and mets fan will be hope in off season, deal to purchase majority stake on franchise from the family, currently owns an 8% stake in the team, ultimate goal to provide service, maria, on subscription basis. that's your baseball news for me this morning. [laughter] maria: i saw that the nba ratings are down after their response to china which was also interesting, in terms of the amazon situation, as they are waiting for this, some of the technology companies they want that market share in terms of the rights for sports, everybody wants liv