new york police department confiscated 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks this year.hey decided to blow the all of the dissent on this weekend. take a look. -- they turned -- they decided to blow them all up at the same time this weekend. take a look. oh my. look at that. the explosion went on for more than a minute. if you want to watch it again, you can get to ourw websitetojla.com or you can head down to the national mall where there will be a more choreographed fireworks display. >> that was cool. i am glad they decided to go out with a bang, i guess you could say. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>

new york police department destroyed more than 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. it is illegal in the city to buy, sell, transport or use fireworks. this year police arrested 73 people in connection with illegal fireworks. the seized fireworks was set off at the weapons range. >>> someone strapped a tiny camera to fireworks to get their perspective on the fourth of july. check it out. >>> we aren't sure how much this costs but the video has picked up 325,000 hits since friday. >>> and police will be on local waterways today. they want to make sure people aren't drinking and boating this fourth of july. on holiday weekend alcohol is a major factor in drowning. a lot of times victims aren't wearing life jackets. another problem, knowing our region's rivers. there are water demonstration classes boat owners can take which are specifically designed for our area. >> a lot of it is knowing the water here. there is dangerous parts in the water and you have to recharge the maps to know where the rocks are and the branches sticking up. >>> boaters even need a a coast guard

collect taxes on and she doesn't buy it from the store and i called out one hero cop from the new york police department for stopping the brutality of his partner and it was caught on camera and i got some mixed up on you tube the writer was straight by reason and logic we were right watch the full video the good cop is the one going after the camera which tells me his actions were based on the fact that they were being filmed a camera possibly save the guy's life this time but it was blaze an asian for twenty screenname by the way who laid it out hero cop bullshit he told that camera shot to scare off in order to cover up for his bonehead partner police refer to themselves as a brotherhood for a reason they look out for one another so i mistakenly thought it was the bad crowd going after the camera but it was the cop that i thought was the good cop so maybe he was just stopping the beat down his buddy would get intro. well you know if i get more details on this case as we are still waiting for the investigation from the u.s. attorneys on this case. we'll have updates on that thursday when we sit down f

. >> actually, ann, we've got up over on top of it, the new york city police department for the first time in my memory for our concert series has closed off 48th street from vehicular traffic and they closed off 49th street, our biggest concert crowd ever. 12,000 people. you can see there the intersection of rockefeller center and 49th street is now closed off. it is completely filled with people. folks have been camping out for this concert since wednesday. overnight, the line stretched on 5th avenue all of the way to 51st street for chris brown. people have been waiting for this concert to see this young man who is on the top of the charts and really just ready for a big, big concert. matt? >> i tell you, al, this represents this morning, the motorcade had to actually move these people out of the way. anyway, we'll get back to you in a couple of minutes. >>> meanwhile, there has been a major development in the ongoing budget negotiations. president obama suspended the talks for the today. we'll tell you why and we'll talk to one of the senators who has been inside the negotiating r

>> the sense of the police got on the phone with the police out in new jersey and they start working with the new york police department that said we had a rash of problems in the manhattan area and then they went to work and this is what they found. >> any word from lugo's attorney ? >> his attorney is asking that his client looked at by a doctor, possible psychiatric problems. we know that he is supposed to be in court tomorrow, so there is a lot to do with this case the we have a lot more on this case later on. >> a lot of art gallery people filling very good ideas finding their artwork. thank you. we have a follow- up to tell you about to carjacking with a baby in the backseat. the district attorney says that this woman suspected of stealing the car has turned herself in. she surrendered to police on monday, police said that she and another man to the keys to another woman infinity on may 31st it was parked outside of the reach out food bank in morgan hill. the baby in the car were recovered a few hours later police are still searching for the man involved. >> this is into the kron4 newsroom we are hearing about a

police spokesperson says the f.b.i. has contacted the new york city police department to see whether news corp employees tried to hack the phones of 9/11 victims. >>> sacramento superior court judge is allowing a lawsuit against have a schwarzenegger to go forward. the family of murder medicine stan zbiag. nunez is the former son of assembly speaker. former governor violated a law that required victims ton notified when a reduction in sentencing is being considered. >> the devil's slide tunnel project is at least a year behind schedule. crews working on the two tunnels have encountered soil movement that requires extra reinforcement work that will push the completion dated. and pushed up the cost of $350 million project. caltrans was hoping to have them completed by the end of this year. work begin in 20 zo 7. >> at&t has won a three-year battle to reply bri a new service to the san francisco. they have approved the plan to install boxes throughout the city. at&t says the boxes will mean faster internet speed, better phone service and better cable but opponents complain that the boxes are an eyesore and will attract graf

i recently spoke with ernie, a former detective with the new york city police department, who was onehe was diagnosed with an aggressive stage three lymphoma. >> if there was a study that came out tomorrow, ernie, that said, we now know that people getting sick at ground zero had nothing to do with the environment, how would that make you feel? >> i would have to say it would be a total lie. any doctors i have spoken to or nurses, they all say the same thing. it is definitely related. we have so many rescue workers, especially cops and firefighters. >> you hear that sentiment a bit as we have been investigating this. talking with doctors who suspect a cancer connection. something they are racing to sort out to get the right help for people who are sick and dying right now. you can see the full investigation in few weeks. >>> i want to show you something for a second that i'm excited about. it is called "my life's dream." this is what you will find. scroll up here and you have a life's dream. find my tweets and videos and podcasts. this show you can find by clicking podcasts. photos we

i spoke with a former detective of the new york city police department who was one of the first respondersrs later he was diagnosed with a stage three lymphoma, a type of cancer. if there was a study that came out tomorrow, ernie, that said we now know people getting sick at ground zero had nothing to do with the environment, how would that make you feel? >> well, i would have to say it would be a total lie. because any doctors i've spoken to, even nurses, they all say the same thing. it's definitely related. we're getting so many rescue workers in here. >> you hear that sentiment quite a bit as we've been investigating this, talking with doctors, talking with searchers who do suspect a cancer connection. something they're racing to sort out to see if they can get the right help for people who are sick, even dying, right now. see the full investigation, "terror in the dust: 9/11" in a few more weeks, set to run september 11th. >>> now my life's dream, go to cnn.com/sanjay to find it. this is what you'll find. scroll up here. you have a life stream. you find my various tweets, videos, blogs

it's corrupted the metropolitan police their equivalent of our you know arguably new york city police department or maybe actually much marja them much more important that in one thousand nine hundred three in the united states we've got a graphic on this site i believe it here is in one thousand nine hundred three fifty corporations control the majority of us media the two thousand and four this is from the bend. he updates every couple years two thousand and four was lost i mean updated it five corporations control the majority the media in the united states is a troubling that the only way that a republican can get any kind of national office now is to go through fox news if you don't have murdoch's and force just like in the u.k. you had you've had five prime ministers that have had to literally go to murdoch and beg for his indorsement tony blair convinced him to flip parties even and every single time or endorses them they win and same thing here in the united states if you don't if you don't have sean hannity on your side you're maybe you're out of luck maybe just the opposite he's endors

the impression they were working at the new york police department theory on television. and all of a sudden now they say, come on, prosecute events, the men who pushed into rikers island prison now comes up and say the house -- the maid at the soffitel hotel is not reliable, she's lying. so the french say, my god, what kind of justice do america have? >> sure, but like you say, it happened here in the united states. have you to respect the u.s. justice system. i want to point out this poll coming out tomorrow, saying 54% of the french do not want strauss-kahn to run for president. back to the socialist party here, why is it that the socialist party seems willing to bend its own rules? maybe change that july 13th deadline to allow a little more time to determine whether this man wants to run for president. >> you are right to pose this question. i think the game should be over very soon, most of the socialists now realize that he's thrust into the political game inside the socialist party might be hurting them, and they definitely want to try to win this election desperat

new york this tweak understand. this weekend. the new york police department destroyed more than 2 1/2 tons of illegal fireworks.ested. >>> and you can actually hit the slopes on the fourth of july ski areas in idaho, colorado and other western states are open today thanks to record snowfall. it's a chance to get a tan, practice your downhill racing moves. >>thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now here's erica. >>> if you ask most kids these days what they want to be when they grow up chances are they're not going to say farmers. centuries ago nearly half were farmers. these days nearly 1%. good morning. >> very exciting good morning to you erica. an average child can identify more than 1,000 corporate labels but only ten plants and animals in his or her own backyard. how do you deal with that lack of knowledge? some kids get to go to farm camp. >> want to be nice to the chickens. >> reporter: on a sun drenched farm 25 minutes north of new york city there are plenty of discoveries to be made. >> feels kind of warm. >> reporter: stone barn center for food and agriculture opened its gates in 2004. >> why d

for comparison, the new york city police department has a wonderful harbor unit, wonderful emergency service unit that trains with special forces at fort bragg, and they have an unbelievable aviation unit which would respond in an instant. >> now, anthony, do you think that is because we are so prepared, having lived through what we've lived through? i mean, i wonder if we would have had the same conversation about new york city's preparedness ten years ago now prior to 9/11. >> i don't believe so. the emergency service unit has been in existence for a very long time and is an incredibly proficient unit. the norwegian society and the fundamental culture of norwegians is a trusting, open society. their security by no means matches what we have in new york city. and their preparedness apparently does not either. i think this is a wake-up call for them. >> what do you make of the suspect claiming to have acted alone and in part i guess the incredulous concept of 86 people killed on that island? do you think he was capable of doing it all by himself, and is it the time that allowed him t

why didn't the new york city police department with those very fine and experienced detectives of thetims squad attempt to ask dominique strauss-kahn whether he had attempted to rape or sexually assaulted the victim. it does not make sense. it is policing 101. that when you have a suspect in custody for a very serious crime of rape, murder, robbery, one of the first things you do is you try to get them to make statements. they didn't do that in this case. instead, for five hours, he sat there and no one had the guts to go up to him and ask him whether he had committed these acts. on his own at 9:00 that night, dominique strauss-kahn said, i want to speak to my lawyer. can i have my cell phone. >>? and he spoke to his lawyers, hung up and at that point, detectives said, do you want to talk about the incident? he said, i was all ready to talk about the incident, but my lawyers told me not to. so i ask d.a. cy vance why wasn't dominique strauss-kahn questioned before he asked to speak to his lawyer? d.a. cy vance had no answer. at all. that does not make sense. so now, what you have to u

police department and the harris county, where houston is, sheriffs department has been instrumental in helping provide active serving, spanish-speaking investigative personnel for the mexican federal political investigators. n.y.p.d., new york police department, promoded creole speaking police officers for haiti and the l.a. sheriff part has been supportive of inl's development in thailand and cambodia. we are partnering with 15 lawsuit organizations to provide training and mentoring in the u.s. for iraqi police officers. in the area of corrections, we recently concluded a training in colorado for hoduran prison staff and earlier we worked with the state of maryland to work with the republic of georgia on the best practices and procedures. but our involvement does not end there. we work with the host country to both track and follow up on that training back within country support within they return home. we are acutely aware that it is difficult for agencies who are strapped for personnel to allow active professionals to be gone for long periods of time. we have worked very closely with agencies to accommodate that where people are gone for as short as 30 days and sometimes up to 90 days or longer, depending on the agencies

new york and one other place. in 1982 -- it became operational in 1983. the occ was originally an office inside the police department, but it later became independence and served under the supervision of the police commission, which is a billion, also. the office of citizen complaints investigates civilian complaints against san francisco police officers, and we also make policy recommendations for the san francisco police department policies and practices. in california, law enforcement agencies must have procedures to investigate complaints by members of the public against peace officers. the office of citizens complain serves that function for the san francisco police department. the occ is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who have never served as a san francisco police officers. some have served as law enforcement officers in other agencies. the occ has 35 staff members, the majority of which are investigators. there are attorneys and support staff. the goal of the occ is to increase public trust in law enforcement by being the bridge between the public and the police in matters of police conduct as well

police. they got a warrant on a separate charge of child pornography. >>> according to "the new york times," a homeland security departmentnternal report concludes 27 people with terrorist connections were wrongly issued licenses as pilots and aircraft mechanics. those licenses were later canceled. the report also reveals that the transportation security administration could not confirm the identities of thousands to have received licenses. part of the problem is that the federal aviation administration can't require a social security number from applicants. the report was requested two years ago after it was determined that the man convicted in the bombing of pan am flight 103 still held an faa license along with others who should not have happened. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. >>> a couple of of aspiring robbers failed to close a deal at an ohio gas station. the suspect did plenty of break, but it was the entering part that wasn't successful. they quit trying to hammer their way in, and they were arrested soon after leaving the scene. >>> a rash of smash and grab robberies c

high ranking officials in the police department resisted pay cuts so jobs went out the window they voted for layoffs and so they kept their salaries but a lot of new york had to shrink its police force and murders went up by more than fifty percent compared to the same period last year as a result with locals protecting themselves the best way they know how like harry and ron are. probably in my. room shooting stabbings broad breeze and carjackings are a big part of life in new york this is a right. chad we'll. have is why all. throughout the city drug gang rivalry is a major cause of violence locals tell us that this is one of many areas in new york where people come to buy and sell drugs crime. has become such a big part of daily life here that much of the unlawful noise goes unnoticed and under reported on the d r t was in the city several shootings took place one person died over a dozen were wounded some see the situation is so out of control that the few police officers still on payroll just start trying to say. the same. thing for the story. so just my opinion says priorities have to change in newark he wants to leave the town and move away from

police. they got a warrant on a separate charge of child pornography. >>> according to the "new york times," a homeland security department internal report concludes 27 people with terrorist connections were wrongly issued licenses as pilots and aircraft meks. those licenses were later canceled. the report also reveals that the transportation security administration could not confirm the identities of thousands who have received licenses. part of the problem is that the federal aviation administration can't require a social security number from applicants. the report was requested two years ago after it was determined that the man convicted in the bombing of pan am flight 103 still held an faa license along with others who should not have had them. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news today in america. >>> a couple of of aspiring robbers failed to close a deal at an ohio gas station. the suspect did plenty of break, but it was the entering part that wasn't successful. they tried to hammer their way in, and they were arrested soon after leaving the scene. >>> a rash of smash and grab robberies continue to spr

department's fleet. the mayor is hoping other local corporations will join in helping oakland to reach that goal. >>> a fugitive from upstate new york who taunted police on his facebook page to catch me if you can? he's been caught. he was aested. the new york daily news ez u.s. marshals and nypd detectives tracked his hymn down to an apartment in brooklyn monday night. he was sitting at his computer with a facebook page open, wanted on charges of domestic violence and harassing his ex-girlfriend. >> pg&e has been ordered to dig up a section of pipe part of a line that wlu up last year. california public utilities commission ordered as part of an investigation into that explosion. and this pipe segment was installed in 1948. but it's been inactive since mid 1950s. >> there is a 250 foot section part of the original line 132 project and then, it was removed from service when rerouting in 1956. for the development. >> the quality of the pipe and welds have come under scrutiny. the national transportation safety board investigators have found welds were bad. eight people died and 38 homes were destroyed in the explosion in september. >> and there is a fe

police service. u.s. law enforcement expertise is spread across the country in various departments. inl has agreements and working relationships with corrections and police departments in new york, chicago, new mexico, nebraska, colorado, california, maryland, and texas, to name a few, that allow us to utilize current expertise with minimal burden on the contributing agency. these partnerships allow us to leverage the best these agencies have to offer with the particular needs of the host nation government. we are also working closely with law enforcement organizations whose reach extends beyond individual police departments. through these partnerships, police departments can contact and firsthand knowledge from direct involvement with their counterparts in countries of interest to their own work at home. let me give up examples of the work we are undertaking in this regard. the chicago police department and the harris county sheriff's department have and -- have been instrumental in providing spanish-speaking personnel who have trained a new cadre of mexican as investigators. nypd provided it real speaking haitian american officers to participate in our policemen during a trai

new york and harlem and february the public health department, the vision of the contagious infection disease said the vaccination squad to the neighborhood. there were 125 physicians accompanied by an equal number of police. the corner of this district on a couple blocks within the area where they had people hiding sick children and they entered the battle of the night. they waited until they thought everybody would be asleep, they burst into the place and went from home to home inspecting covers and closets, looking for people with smallpox and also vaccinating everyone and they would inspect the vaccinations car and insist seeing the are, looking at the scar. public health officials claimed they could read someone's score and get a sense of how recent it was and if it was still good and there were these seems of a man running out back doors, leaping over fences and the light, with men fighting with health officers and police as they took infected children, and they did find infected children, away from their mothers to take them to the isolation hospital which was then on north brother island so it's quite a move from the community. and i understand from my reading of the history of the ottilie and imm

new york, an italian harlem. in the middle of the night, february night, the public health department, sent a vaccination squad to this neighborhood. there were 125, accompanied by an equal number of club carrying police. they cordoned off the tenement district on a couple of blocks in the area where they had heard reports people were hiding sick children, and entered. they waited until they thought everybody would be asleep. and went from home to home inspecting cupboards and closets looking for people with smallpox, and also vaccinating everyone. they would inspect the vaccination scar. they would look at the arm, see this car, public health officials claimed they could read someone's car and get a sense of how recently it was and if it was still good. in these scenes of men running out backdoors, leaping over fences and the like, women fighting, literally struggling with health officers and police as they took infected children. and they did find infected children, away from their mothers, to take into the isolation hospital which was bent on, up by rikers. it was quite removed from the community. and i understand from my reading the history of the italian immigrant community during this period tha

police would crack down on distracted drivers? to find out, department of transportation paid for programs in syracuse, new york. the results are in. >> we ended up issuing over 9,000 citations for drivers. and we also found a substantial change of behavior. >> reporter: in syracuse the number of drivers u ung hand-held cell phones or texting, dropped 57%. texting while driving plummeted 72%. >> the key is consistent, focus, dedicated enforcement. >> reporter: at a connecticut racetrack, i tried to text and drive. my speed slowed. and i hit twice as many cones. still, drivers still think they can do this safely. the study shows it takes tickets to stop talking and texting. for "good morning america," lisa stark, abc news, washington. >> that's an eye-opener. so scary. when you see something. put it down. >>> let's go to will and kate. back home this morning after a triumphant trip across north america. the royal couple spent a whirlwind weekend in california, where even hollywood selects were star-struck by the couple. bob woodruff was there and has so much more for us. >> reporter: it was a royal flush. three f

police cracked down on distracted drivers? to find out, the department of transportation helped pay for r enforcement programs in hartford, connecticut, and syracuse, new yorke in. >> we ended up issuing over 9,000 citations for cell phone use by drivers. and we also found a substantial change in behavior. >> reporter: in syracuse, the number of drivers using hand-held cell phones or texting dropped 32%. in hartford, hand-held cell phone use dropped 57%. and texting while driving plummeted 72%. >> the key is going to be consistent and focused, , dedicated enforcement. >> reporter: at a connecticut racetrack, i tried to text and drive. my speed slowed. i hit twice as many cones. still, drivers think they can do is safely. the study shows it takes tickets to stop talking and texting. lisa stark, abc news, washington. >> you know, in addition to enforcememt there are also apps that will prevent you from texting while driving. if you need a little help. >> which is good. most cars you can't punch in your gps while you're driving which is a safety precaution. right now 14 states have banned texting while driving. some people, of course, you can't use a phone any

justice department also will investigate news corporation to see if american emplployees engaged in a conspiracy to pay bribes to british police. scott goldbebe for abc news, new yorkteresting background. a bit on the tabloid side. you saw her sort of stand up and defend him instantly. in fact, take a look at this. it's another shot of this person who brought the shaving cream pie so to speak. maybe she would have gotten -- there's wendi deng, four years older than her stepson. >> like a 40-year agaggap. she's four years older than his stepson. got married in 1999. lucky he married a younger woman because he had someone to save him. >> she sprang into action, his infamous ego saying, nope, i have no blame to shoulder here. he continues on, that's for sure. >>> look what happened as well to news corp. stock price during murdoch's testimony, it kept ticking higher. at the end of the day shares rose more than 5%. the company restored more than $2.5 billion. that's a fraction of the $8 billion lost since the scandal first broke. >>> and now here at home to washington where president obama says that it's time to talk turkey now that a debt deal is in sight. as that augu

new york. harlem. in the middle of the night, february 9th the public-health department contagions an infectious diseases sent a squad to this neighborhood. there were 125 physicians accompanied by an equal number of club carrying police. they cordoned off the district a couple of blocks where they had people hiding sick children. they entered in the middle of the night. they waited until the thought there would be asleep, burst into the place, and when from home to home inspecting cupboards and closets looking for people with smallpox and vaccinating everyone. they would insist upon seeing the arm, looking at the star. public health officials claimed that they could read someone's car and get a sense of how reason did was, if it was still good. the scene of men running out of back doors, leaping over fences and the like, women fighting with, literally struggling with health office and police as they took infected children. in they did find infected children. away from their mothers into the isolation hospital which was then on north brother is island of directors. quite the move from the community. and i understand from my reading of some of the history of this immigrant community during this time that there was so m