actually compared to cities that we like to compare ourselves to, whether it's chicago or new york or philadelphia, or boston or washington, we have many fewer, substantially fewer, historic districts than those other cities. there are very, very few historic districts. when you walk around the city, there are areas that are spectacular that you would think would be historic districts and aren't. i would say that i have maybe a little bit of a response to president miguel's response to the history of the city. when i walk around the western addition, i think of the city in different ways. when i go to the western edition, i think, what would this neighbor be like if it had not been completely demolished and devastated? would we have had preservation controls that have kept the character of that neighborhood and kept its community intact? so i think that there obviously are places the city has improved and changed and developed, but there are large parts of the city where we have not had good planning. and the destruction of these historic resources has had a terribly negative impact on the city. i

possibly over boston, new york or philadelphia. >>> what looked like a routine demolition in ohio turned into a manmade disaster. crews set off the explosives. but the 275-foot smokestack toppled in the wrong direction, toward the crowd, sending people literally running for their lives. it crashed on to the power plant. 8,000 homes lost power. thankfully no one was hurt. crews say an undetected crack in the tower may have caused the mishap. >>> now, we told you yesterday that everyone at google is getting a 10% raise and a holiday bonus this year. well, not everyone is celebrating. and not everyone's getting a raise. the employee who tipped off the media was fired hours after leaking that internal company memo. ouch. >> probably thought he was helping the company out. >> i know. good public. oh, well. thanks, juju. >>> time, now, for the weather. back from nashville, tennessee, is sam champion. you had such a great time yesterday, sam. >> i had the best time ever. good morning, everyone. we went through one of the semi-nude body scanners yesterday. and i asked the checker if they wanted

also sincerely feel with a grain of salt that when we go to see the dire ms in new york or chicago or here in philadelphia we cannot help but feel deeply affected. for me the experience of standing in front of one of the dioramas and looking in at these animals forever frozen in time each seem hermetically sealed for eternity. it always gives me a sense of what akeley himself must have felt when he had his own moment with the gorillas. when he was standing there, you are not at all aware of the glass. you feel as though he could walk right into the scenery. the effect is like nothing else and ultimately these are works of art. and they say that because these dioramas continue to do the job of what art is supposed to accomplish, which is to make us see the world more clearly and with compassion. thank you very much. [applause] yes, i will take questions. >> i ask if you have a question please come down explicitly uses microphone for the c-span audience. thank you. >> thank you. [laughter] yes, sir. >> hi. i want to thank you with all my heart on behalf of the national association and every taxidermist in t

i do also sincerely feel if with a grain of salt that when we go to see them in new york or chicago or here in philadelphia, we cannot help but feel deeply affected. for me the experience of standing many front of one of the die ram mas and looking in at these animals forever frozen in time, each scene hermetically sealed for eternity, always gives me a sense of what akeley himself must have felt when he had his own moment with the gorillas. when he was standing there -- when you're standing there, you're not at all aware of the glass. you feel as though you can walk right into the scenery. the effect is like nothing else. and ultimately, these are works of art, and i say that because these die ram mas continue to do the job of what art is supposed to accomplish. to make us see the world more clearly and with compassion. thank you very much. [applause] >> yes, i will take questions. i might scoot over here. >> we just ask if of a question, please, explicitly use this microphone for the c-span audience. thank you. >> thank you. [laughter] oh, okay. >> nice try. >> yes, sir. hi, john. >> before i get into an

new york city and philadelphia. triple-a anticipates 94% people traveling 50 miles or more will be doing so by car. >>> the weather is going to be a major factor. the upper midwest and west on this thanksgiving holiday, here was the scene in fargo, north dakota which got hit with heavy snow today and where more is expected tomorrow. heavy snow also forecast for parts of the west. >>> breaking news tonight. tom delay was once one of the most powerful people in congress. tonight, he faces the possibility of life in prison after a jury verdict this evening. our justice correspondent pete williams is in our washington bureau now. pete? >> reporter: lester, these are the charges that brought tom delay's political career to an end, forcing him to resign five years after he was indicted. he stepped down from his powerful position as the house majority leader, but tonight a jury in a texas state court convicted him of illegally channeling nearly $200,000 in corporate donations to candidates who were running for the state legislature. prosecutors accused him of doing it to get more republicans in the legislature who would dra

rain goes, the roads are wet from new york city to hartford and in boston and providence, another hour or two and you'll have light rain heading your way. philadelphia and d.c., showers for you early today. it's not going to pour all day up and is down the east coast. the only areas that's going to see really avy rain is down here in georgia from man, savannah, columbia, south carolina, is going to get a lot of rain. here are the thunderstorms rolling from mobile to tallahassee. the middle of thecountry, you're just fine, no problem. montana has really bad weather, too. it's the east coast, if you're traveling today, give yourself some extra time. that's a look at your forecast. nohere is a look at the weather outside your window. the ohio valley will end up with a lot o rain tonight into tomorrow. during the day today, the ohio valley should be mostly dry. so columbus, clouds will increase. rain will move in late in the day and be heavy later on tonight. lynn, a soggy tuesday unfortunately is going to lead to a pretty soggy wednesday for some. i'll tell you who, coming up. >> bill, thanks. >>> also coming up, dollar woies canceled out retail optimi

to kill as many people as possible hoping it would explode over a city like new york or boston or on the way to philadelphiaround and talk about dozen or maybe hundreds of people on the ground. in lockerbie, we saw up to 10 people being killed on the ground which is in a rural area of scotland, so the trajectory of the plot is concerning, and certainly the option of the plane exploding over land than the ocean. >> this bombmaker is very much at large in yemen some place, and presumably he and his associates, they can go ahead and build some more of these bombs. >> well, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula said that precisely, more plots are under way and they will share this idea with other al qaeda affiliates throughout the world. you have a bombmaker in yemen still at large and skilled at making petn which is impossible to protect. the brits when they were trying to find this substance, it took hours inside of the printer cartridge. so there could be following attempts in the weeks ahead, wolf. >> do you accept this notion that it is strictly a coincidence that the u.p.s. cargo plane, a 747 that blew up in

or two. >> bad? >> it's not just rain and wind but even sere thunderstorms are now rolling thrgh eas of new jersey. they just exited philadelphia now heading fo new york city. this line goes right through the heart of new jersey at the current time. there are severehunderstorm warnings all along this line for 60-mile-per-hour winds. that's going to wake a lot of people up an should be heading through new york within the next houand ould be gone by the heart of the morning rush hour. by then it should be up here in connecticut and massachusetts. the line of storms goes fr albany down through southern w york and through new jersey. swing and pivot through new england this morning. a shield of heavy rain from heart hartford to boston. the big storm system will make it very windy for a lot of people in the ohio valley, m mid-atlant mid-atlantic. and pennsylvania and nework tooxt the storm will be leaving by about noon. but from now through the morning rush hour it's going to be difficult. the next system coming down through the rockies, a little bit of snow in denver and nebraska. not a big storm, but enough to cause nor inconveniences. yo forecast today

philadelphia, new york and d.c. >>> qantas airlines says its six grounded airbus 380 jumbo jets could be back in the air in a day or the passengers who were on the qantas flight that suffered the mid engine blowout, are back in the air this morning. they have all left for australia. one executive said it is still too early to say what caused the blowout. but they believe one cause is faulty engine design. and they say maintenance was not a significant factor. >>> in nearby indonesia, the death toll from the eruption of the mt. merapi volcano is on the rise. another eruption this morning killed at least another 54 people. pushing the number of victims to more than 100. most have died because of the volcano's blistering hot gases. >>> to health news now. and a possible breakthrough. a new study finds that a single test can reduce deaths from lung cancer by 20%. our dr. richard besser has more on the promising research. >> reporter: it is the holy grail of modern medicine. the largest study ever of lung cancer screening out today provides a way to save lives. >> it showed that there was decrease in deaths from lung ca

also sincerely feel with a grain of salt, that when we go to see the dioramas in new york or chicago, or here in philadelphia, we cannot help but feel deeply affected. for me the expense of standing in front of one of the dioramas and looking in at the animals forever frozen in time, it each scene grammatically sealed for eternity, it always gives me a sense of what akeley himself must've felt when he had his own moment with the guerrillas. when he was standing there, you are not at all aware of the class, you feel as though you could walk right into the scenery. the effect is like nothing else. and ultimately these are works of art. and i say that because these dioramas continue to do the job what art is supposed to accomplish, which is to make us see the world more clearly and with compassion. thank you very much. [applause] >> yes, i will take questions. >> we would just ask if you have a question, please use this microphone for c-span audience. thank you. >> thank you. [laughter] >> okay. >> yes, sir. >> hi, john. >> i need to thank you with all my heart on behalf of the national association, that every

new york, boston and philadelphia. john was free to tour in the south, edwin said, were cities were small, further apart and profits for less. but the north, orthe big money and crowds were was going to be edwin. so john's first experience of touring at the start was in montgomery, alabama in the fall of 1860. this was the turbulent presidential election that put the union. it was a disastrous experience for john wilkes. the people of montgomery, instead of coming to see his plays, were too busy debating secession and forming militia companies and drilling in the streets to ever walk into a theater. and worse, john's manager, a draft, accidentally shot him in the rear at this juncture and put an end to his attempts at performing for the season. but in 1861, when the civil war began, john had recovered from an injury. his sympathies for the south were strong. his childhood spent in maryland in the years he spent working in richmond that shaped his political feelings. and he was not afraid of a fight, but he did not enlist in the confederacy, even though he was inclined to do it. she had a golden opportunity. when war broke out, edwin left the