new york at its finest. so my friends, what is the state of new york state? the state of new york state is that new york state is rising. new york state is rising because it's more unified than ever before. new york state is rising to build back better and stronger than ever before. new york state is rising to build a smarter, stronger state than we ever had before. new york state is rising with a passion and a commitment to make this state better than it's ever been with a brighter future than it has ever had for your family and my family and new york is rising. with us together as one committed to that vision and making it a reality this year. thank you and god bless you. [applause] , bob macdonald delivers his state of the commonwealth address. education and mental issues. this is just under one hour. [applause] [applause]

new york at its finest. so my friends, what is the state of new york state? the state of new york state is that new york state is rising. new york state is rising because its more unified than ever before. new york state is rising to build back better and stronger than ever before. new york state is rising to build a smarter, stronger state than we ever had before. new york state is rising with a passion and a commitment to make this state better than its ever been with a brighter future than it has ever had for your family and my family and new york is rising. with us together as one committed to that vision and making it a reality this year. thank you and god bless you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for coming and that ends the 2013 state of the state. thank you very much. >> new york governor speaking almost an hour and 20 minutes laying out his agenda, the state of the state taking place in the convex center. he covered issues from tourism to education. we're going to focus on his comments about the assault weapons. the seven-point plan

of new york has become the first state in the country since that tragedy to reform its gun laws. and it reformed its gun laws dramatically. as of tonight, as of tonight, new york has just enacted the toughest set of gun laws in the country. the state senate, which is run by a republican-dominated coalition passed the measure last night by a vote of 43-18. that was last night. then it was this afternoon the heavily democratic assembly voting. the margin in the assembly was 144-43. and then tonight, less than an hour after it won final passage in the legislature, governor andrew cuomo signed it, signed it into law. parts of it take effect immediately. new york's new law bans any gun magazines that can hold more than seven rounds of ammunition. seven. it expands an existing state assault weapons ban to ban guns that are semiautomatic and have detachable magazines and that have one what they call military style feature such as a flash suppresser or a bayonet mount. it used to be you needed two of those features in addition to being a semiautomatic weapon. now you just n

and we think of new york state as being dominated by new york city. but new york state is a diverse state. and prosecutors from all over the state delivered to the governor a list of measures they support in terms of gun control. the list of prosecutors who signed that letter are overwhelmingly mostly republicans. and some of them, like franklin county district attorney derek champagne, which is definitely the best name in news today are themselves gun owners and gun enthusiasts. after signing that letter of support for common sense gun law reforms, derek champagne said part of the reason that he and other gunowners feel comfortable with this list of new reforms that they have given to the governor is that they as gunowners grew up in new york state, which has gun restrictions that are already among the tough nest the country. and from that experience, they know that gun reforms are not the end of the world. quote, at the end of the day, i know that i can still hunt. i can still fish. i can still have my handgun. and under any of these proposals, my la

a key new jersey democrat is saying people from new york, new jersey and connecticut pay their fair share. three state, 16% of the taxes. you ask the question: who suffered because of super storm sandy? certainly, our neighbors in new york and new jersey and connecticut suffered the most. but all americans will suffer if this economic engine is not rebuilt. >> reporter: a number of lawmakers have made the point, it is all about the northeast. but tomorrow, it could be a quake in california. it could be tornados in the midwest or a hurricane in florida. so they're suggesting you may want to be careful taking a hard line on disaster relief money, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel, thank you. veterans are having a hard time getting jobs in many cases. now, a job for every veteran returning who wants one. that, from wal-mart. its u.s. president says they plan to hire more than 100,000 veterans over five years. the program starts on memorial day. he says all vets without a dishonorable disharj are eligible. first lady michelle obama called the decision historic and says she will urge other companies to do the

the controversial use of fracking behind the natural gas boom has met with stiff resistance in new york statewhere there has been a moratorium against the process. that moratorium can soon expire. new york governor andrew cuomo has until february 27 to make a decision. he has previously promised not to lift the moratorium until research proves it can be done safely. thousand -- thousands are expected to protest next wednesday at his state of the state address, calling on him to keep the moratorium in place. that is in part because the areas where fracngking would ocr could impact the water supply to millions of people in new york city. now in the analysis by the state health department concludes the much debated drilling technology could be conducted safely. to dive into this firestorm of debate, we host a round-table discussion with two supporters of fracking and two opponents of fracking. here in new york we're joined by kate hudson, the watershed program director at river keeper, new york's clean water advocate. and phelim mcaleer, a filmmaker who did the pro fracking documentary called "f

new york at its finest. so my friends, what is the state of new york state? the state of new york state is that new york state is rising. new york state is rising because it's more unified than ever before. new york state is rising to build back better and stronger than ever before. new york state is rising to build a smarter, stronger state than we ever had before. new york state is rising with a passion and a commitment to make this state better than it's ever been with a brighter future than it has ever had for your family and my family and new york is rising. with us together as one committed to that vision and making it a reality this year. thank you and god bless you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] >> next, the removal of troops scheduled for 2014. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i am delighted to have you all. distinguished guests. it is pretty rare to get three extraordinary ambassador sitting next to one another. each has

new laws out of washington. they're looking for more involvement in their communities and their families, at the state level rather than the washingtonian law. >> new york state is taking action today. the toughest gun laws in the country. again, if things are not done at the federal level, guns move across state borders very, very easily. doesn't there need to be some federal law? >> there are obviously plenty of laws, and that's one concern i do have is the failure to enforce current laws. unless we're going to enforce the current laws on the books and that states at the administration, starts at the state level as well, and it doesn't make sense to pile more laws on top of it, and the numbers we've seen is the declining law enforcement of our current gun laws, and that starts with the administration and moves on down, and i think republicans and democrats can agree on that, that let's look at the enforcement and see if we're following through on the other laws we've passed because there's this send tendency to say, hey, let's pass a new law when the problem is lack of enforcement. i think that should be part of the debate. >> of course, the gun law l

[applause] through these chris sis, government work, new york state government worked, the agent heads deserve credit, the people who drive the trucks deserve credit t people who drive the heavy equipment deserve credit, let's give the state workers a round of applause for their great work. [applause]

it is now the law of the land in new york state under the leadership of governor and drew cuomo, new york state has become first state to act with tough new gun control laws covering a ban on assault weapons, a ban on those high-capacity magazine clips and a requirement that every purchase of every gun include a criminal background check. new york state has shown the lead. president obama will announce his plan with vice president biden today. is congress ready to follow the lead of new york state? boy, that and a whole lot more here this morning on the "full-court press." but first, we get the latest. today's current news update, was a ferguson's got it out in los angeles. lisa, good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. that's right. we will here from president obama today, what his new proposals on gun control will be. he invites president beside -- he and vice president biden are making that from the white house before noon eastern. no package will be a call to congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban and to strength be federal background checks. obama has previously

in close proximity to someone with those symptoms you can contract the flu. >> the outbreak in new york state officials have declared a public health emergency. new york's governor has suspended a law that limited where children could get vaccinated. now kids between the ages of 6 months and 18 years of age can come to pharmacies like this and get the flu shot. it may not be easy to find. >> i had to get prescriptions filled and i was counting on getting my flu shot and they are out of flu shots. >>> although there are reports of shortages, the stores and clinics are restocking. this year manufacturers shipped 130,000 doses. the flu season can last through march so doctors say it is not too late to protect yourself. erica ferrari for cbs news new york. >>> rain is making an impact, the bayer building forced to vacate because of a slipping hillside. >>> families arriving to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the tragic crew ship on sunday. we will have that story coming up. >>> sunny skies may have chased away real storms but the danger is hidden in bay area hillsides. one of those saturate

could be used as a role model for other states that would like to enact something of new york'sell, i hope so. you know, new york, it's a little different and more progressive in a lot of areas than some other states and some of the southern areas have cultures that we have to overcome but we do have a model set of what republicans and democrats, conservatives and liberals, have come together and put the party labels behind them and come forward with something that says hey, we may disagree but one thing is clear, that we have to do something, and that's exactly what they have done. and for the person who said that we're criminalizing people that want to be associated with arms, i don't know whether he knows, but you have to have criminal intent, criminal intent, in order to be indicted or convicted of anything. so the whole idea that you go to sleep one night legal and wake up the next night a criminal makes no sense in common law, statutory law or in due process. >> congressman, i want to get your take on what happened, the victory last night for those affected by hurricane sa

>> we did it because it is the right thing to do under new york state laws. the pennal law in new york state says that the names and addresses of pistol permit holders shall be public information. >> judge jeanine: no doubt about it. let me add my confirmation to that. i was a judge who would sign pistol permitsers not for everybody. especially the guy who said he needed a pistol permit for hunting and fishing. got that one. you don't shoot fish. he didn't get that. but your aright it is public information. what did the journal news want from you? >> everything. the types of guns and how many they had and what judge signed and they wanted to know everything included in an application for a pistol permit. >> judge jeanine: you have all of that information. >> we do and, as a matter of fact, the county clerks have the discretion of releasing it. i did not. i thought they were going way too far. >> judge jeanine: the additional information you didn't release. >> right, i did not. >> judge jeanine: did you speak to them and say look i'm not going to give everythin

look, new york state passes -- >> -- but guns are being -- that's truex september the guns are going state lines. >> bill: no, all the feds have to do is draconian penalties. >> i have heard you talk about that here is my question back to that bill. >> how are you going to -- you are not going to set up border searches for every state. to see where people are carrying guns against state line. >> tobacco and firearms responsible for this. like you have fda and fbi. >> how would it work? if somebody buys an assault weapon? you take take assault rifle or certain type of weapon across state lines ever. if we find you doing that or you traffic in it, you get a mandatory federal sentence. >> how do you trust them? >> when you bust them. when there is a criminal that uses a gun. you trace it back to where it came from. and then they go in and you slap out all gun crimes should be federalized. you know that take it out off the state realm. >> i'm all for cracking down on gun enforcement. >> bill: let me go to your question. how are you going to enforce it? you are not going to be able to for

at a signing ceremony today, he repeatedly said how proud he is of new york state and how he believes this legislation makes the people of new york much safer, listen. we saw, we learned, we responded, we acted and we are doing something about it we are not victims. we can strike back and we can defend ourselves. but we are going to do it intelligently. and we're going to do it prudently. we will put rules in place that actually protect innocent people in society. >> now, this bill was passed on a bipartisan basis but that does not say there are not knows vehemently opposed. here is one of them. >> this gun bill does nothing to protect the law abiding citizens of oour great state. it was crystal clear to me that this bill will not stop one criminal from committing a heinous act. this bill does infringe upon and weaken our second amendment rights. national rifle association issued a statement late this evening in which they also condemned the legislation n strikingly similar language to that used by its opponents in albany today, shep. >> shepard: part of this law in new york state add

the governor of new york, the madness has to stop, the big state of the state address and wants new york to have the toughest gun laws in the country and by the way connecticut had one of the toughest gun laws in the country, but he used the word earlier confiscation. >> sean. >> sean: yes, go ahead. >> as a senator from that area people have to realize this governor is on the record talking about confiscation and people have got to get activated throughout the state of new york. there are bills out there sending state police to the people are obey the law and knock on the door and turn the individuals into criminals and that's where the governor wants to go with that. preaching at the top of his lungs, you don't need ten bullets to kill a deer. and this is-- >> will the republicans have control of the senate. >> it's a coalition. >> people need to get on that damn phone and call their senators. >> will they hold the line. >> you're looking at one senator who is working every hour from now until next-- >> to make that-- >> make sure this governor's bill which started as a gun confiscatio

reasonable control in the state of new york. make this state safer. save lives. set an example for the rest of the nation. let them look at new york and say, this is what you can do and this is what you should do. this is new york, the capital you show them how you leave. >> sean: he just made sure he will never be president. you tell how this law makes it safer for a stay at home mom or maybe a woman that lives alone after a divorce and a restraining order against a crazy ex-husband or ex-boyfriend. how does it make it safer. >> it makes it harder with the person with the restraining order to have damage against them and the children going to school. >> sean: you've got to be kidding. you've got to be on drugs, with all due respect. >> no, i'm not. no need for you to say that-- >> thank you. >> sean: with all due respect, for the criminals to-- you're not listening to me, i'm not the one on drugs, i don't appreciate the-- >> we're saying we'll make it as difficult as possible for them to excertificate the maximum pain as possible. they won't be able to shoot rapi

means an enormous amount of thousands of people that descended upon ground zero in new york so i was a former new york state e.m.t. i was certified for six years so i wasn't actually certified at the time of the attacks but there were only so many people in new york state on manhattan island at that time so you did what anyone else would have done you went down to help out your city so that's what i did i volunteered initially on day one at chelsea piers doing triage work and then i headed downtown the next day to volunteer at ground zero doing rescue and recovery work obviously jamie no way to know that when you did that when you kind of stepped up and to step in that you were you know no way to know that you were a risk for you know illness talk to me about your story what kind of illnesses you can contract and you know how did you know for sure that they're actually a result of you volunteering at ground zero. well the truth is at first i really didn't know christina had no clue why i couldn't breathe happened you know a lot of the physical the psychological symptoms they sit in fairly quickly and i suff

and today we're seeing like 20 to 30, 40, 50 cases a day. >> new york state reports 20,000 cases. the flu is spreading fast in the city. >> coughing, sneezing, being in close proximity with someone you can contract the flu. >> the out break in new york state is so bad, officials. >> children could get vaccinated. now kids between the ages of 6 months and 18 years of age can come to pharmacies like this one and get the flu shot. >> but it may not be easy to find. >> i had to get some prescriptions filled and i was counting on getting my flu shot and they are out. >> although there are reports of shortages stores and clinics say they are restocking. manufacturers shipped 130 million doses of the vaccine. it's a good mass for the strains making people sick. the flu season can last through march. it's not too late to protect yourself. cbs news, new york. >> all right. already told us it's going to be koltd tonight. i wonder if there's a warmup. >> not really. i don't notice any rain. considerable cloudiness but no rain until about february 5th. unless something changes this is a pretty

state governors though are making some progress on new gun laws. new york's other lawmakers from the state reached a deal yesterday on a range of new gun laws including banning assault weapons and preventing mentally ill people from buying firearms. the assembly will bring that package to a vote today and it is expected to pass. more bill is coming up after the break. we would love to hear from you in our chat room. join us there at current.com/billpress. right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. irene, drop the itch. we dropped the itch, you can too. maximum strength scalpicin® is not a shampoo so you can stop intense itch fast, wherever you are. i dropped

get natural gas and oil out of the shale under the surface, could bring thousands of jobs to new york state dakota's economy boom, but a group of chefs, yes, chefs, if they get their way, no fracking in new york state. we will talk to the executive pastry chef, she's among 150 big name chefs who sent a letter to governor cuomo urging him to ban fracking. she makes her case. chefs against fracking at 10:35. >>> there's always an excuse. for the last four years, every time the economy turns sour, the white house tells us that really everything is okay. it's just that pesky storm or the japanese or the europeans and of course there's always president bush to blame. here's my take, enough with the excuses. the president's economic policies have failed. we have the worst so-called recovery since world war ii. and now we find the economy is actually shrinking, again. so the administration gives out the excuses, the big storm, sandy, a drop in defense spending that's why things are going badly now. in previous years it was the fault of japan's tsunami or the slowdown in europe or those republicans

of the westchester county detectives association and affiliated police association of new york, fbi and new york stateice firearms instructor, and spent 23 years in law enforcement on the city, federal and county level. and i can tell you that there's case law that came out in december of 2011, judge solomon in new york supreme court, new york county, ruled in the new york times versus n.y.p.d. in article foia action that active and retired law enforcement officers, not the just n.y.p.d. and active and retired government employees must be redacted from the list that the n.y.p.d. turned over to the new york times in their foia action, that speaks volumes towards case law and may work towards the pending legislation in the assembly and senate which in the justification clearly says that the exposure of this information does the record holder, their families and the public at large a great disservice and puts them at risk. >> let me dove-tail off this. yeah, you can clap. [applause] >> you know, you're a lawyer, you argue for a living and you're obviously very good at your job, you've been doing it for a

but as new york congressman steve israel said today more federal and state actions are needed too. >> if those weapons can permeate new york's borders, it makes it tougher. >> john: for more, i'm now joined by a key figure in the guns debate, virginia democratic congressman bobby scott is the ranking member of the crime terrorism and homeland security subcommittee and vice chair of the gun violence prevention task force. he joins us this evening. what a pleasure to have you. >> thank you. >> john: sir you've talked about the need for a comprehensive approach to tackle gun violence. it sounds like you and the president agree. so what do you think of the proposals you've heard so far? >> the proposals haven't come out. they'll come out tomorrow. and we look forward to that. the vice president was making recommendations and we met with him yesterday and it is clear to me he wants some evidence-based comprehensive approach, recognizing that no one initiative can solve the problem that we saw in newtown connecticut. we need a comprehensive approach. obviously it will include some gun safet

new york is 1.2, 1.5, $2.2 million. >> this is an island here. >> a bubble. >> i89s' not the same as the rest of the world. >> exactly my point. >> new york state, let's talk te and new jersey, home sales have been increasing. mortgage refinances very, very strong. this is a clear sign of a movement up. i wouldn't say it's a tremendous rally. >> are you talking about volume of home sales? >> yes. >> i think they are starting to churn with it. that doesn't mean the prices are going up. they were at a level where people started getting -- >> if you look at nationwide numbers including new york state, i think you'll find home prices are up over the same period last year. >> so the debate continues. gentleman, we'll leave it there. let's head down to the nasdaq and good day for technology today? >> a lot of good news. buckle up, simon. we're going to go fast. first, semiconductor stocks outperforming the others. taiwan semiconductor had a demand for chips specifically in the smartphone and tablets phase. they're providing a nice lift including but not limited to kay link and cord. that's the top performing stock. putting chip stocks aside for a second, we'll co

that is in new york, state of new york, the town of carmel.who is publishing this information now, david lee? good morning there? >> reporter: good morning, bill. we're talking about a suburban new york newspaper owned by gannett called "the journal news". this controversy created so much of a stir, the paper, fearing for the safety of its staff has hired armed security guards. now the controversy began last month when "the journal news" under freedom of information act requested from three counties the names and addresses of residents with pistol permits. two counties complied. one county has said no. that is putnam county. and that's the county from which i'm speaking to you right now. putnam county says to release this information would endanger residents. the county executive says, specifically at risk would be the many current and retired law enforcement officers who live within the county. listen. >> we're hearing from retired police officers who have taken their criminals and put them into jail and they're afraid of the retribution. we

red states have been decreasing regulation, blue states, like new york, have been increasing regulationin states where there are a high percentage of gun owners, they have been looking to reduce the law and not pass anything that would regulation the possession of firearms, so the country's going in different directions that way. when it comes to the issue of mental health, i believe that is true. there are definitely privacy issues, and it's not an easy thing to make any kind of decision about whether somebody's mental state would actually lead them to go shoot up a school or kill their partner, anything like that. i think those are tough issues and it's not as easy as some people say it's going to be, because it will infringe on privacy. so i think there's interesting ways to reckon with that, and i think the president in his press conference today actually talked about doing more research on these kind of things, which is definitely needed. >> and research, which there is, in fact, research on gun use that the nra and other lobbyists have blocked for decades. thank you very much, ric

to the republican, new york state senator says strip this now. john, good to have you back.hat do you make of this and how -- tell me what s going on here? >> well, what i make of it is just common sense to stop people from using what is like an atm card. it is an electronic benefits transaction card where you can actually use the money you are are getting for public assistance and food stamps to go forward and pay for sin type events. whether it be sex exhibits at a stripperrer club whether it be alcohol, whether it be tobacco, whether it be a lottery ticket and just makes no sense and we have known that this has been happening in new york state and the senate controlled by republicans passed this bill 59-3 and unfortunately the assembly won't even take it up. >> neil: why won't they even take it up. >> that s a good question. if someone can give me a reason we might be able to deal with it. the only reason i heard of by some of the people that are against it and the few that are at least in the senate is that people should be able to use their income just like if they were

there are over 1 million assault rifles in new york state.ould have a million. this is not something that would fix us for tomorrow. but hopefully the next generation won't have to deal with the amount of assault rifles and weapons of mass destruction. dagen: charles is talking about gang-related violence, seeing an increase in deaths from these high magazine clips. >> in my location we do not see it. however, two miles away, we do see drive-by shootings and somebody letting go with a 30 round clip and spraying houses, spraying cars and people caught in crossfire. stuart: police chief john aresta, appropriate name, we appreciate you being with us and we would like to hear your point of view. thank you very much. how times have changed. four years ago president obama promised an end to the discord in washington. how is that working out? my take on this is next. >> we gather because we have chosen hope over fear. unity of purpose over conflict. on this day we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievancess and false promises, recriminations an

who is going to win in new york state. >> i hope reality and the pot of gold would win, new york stateey do, but judge-- you've got a guy like andrew cuomo, a guy who thinks he wants to be president, he think he makes them happy and studies it and then once again study it more. stuart: but they'd be walking away from billions and billions a year. >> billions. and this is money that could be used to shore up defenses against the next hurricane that may come in and destroy parts of the new york city and may put in seawalls and pay for it that way, that would be a brilliant idea. there's job creation and natural gas that would help us reduce our dependency on oil from areas like algeria, just this weekend an american killed. stuart: and there are massive oil reserves you could get at via fracking. >> and in california, the gas regulator, it's been going on for many years, and-- >> you've done your homework. >> i quote 11 environmental regulators and a study where they talked to 15 states and not one, not one example of ground water contamination due to fracking and this is a much better c

that will extend into new york state a little later.or us we have the jet stream coming across the gulf of mexico. got all this moisture down here. only cloudiness is making it up toward us with rain in the carolinas just sneaking in toward southeastern virginia this morning. that's going to be the case. so nice and quiet. we'll see the southern system sort of slide away from us look for more sunshine this afternoon. here are your lake snows up in new york, northwest pennsylvania. then tonight it's going to be quiet. clear, cold. tomorrow looks like a nice sunny but breezy day tomorrow. then the weekend a little milder but the mild stuff almost warm, relative for this time of year. that will be late in the seven- day. today chilly. a mix of sun and clouds with more sun this afternoon. tonight clear and cold down in the 20s to low 30s. tomorrow 43. it will be breezy but sunny. saturday 44. a mix of sun and clouds with more clouds late. saturday night slight chance of a sprinkle or flurry. that's it. really more clouds than anything. then

new york state has a five year contract for 32000000, with pearsoo, and i'm wondering are we gettingour left over test questions? >> well, job the answer -- i don'ttknow the answer to that. >> or we just negotiated a better deal in texas. you've got very powerful lobbyists in theestaae of texas. >> there are occcsional powerfuu lobbyists, that's true. i've heard you say the test takers -- the test makers should be required to take the test they make. >> no, no did the test makers. there are some ppople in very high public office, like governors and -- [laughter] -- and, know, state commissioner of education, they think that the testing is great, and i would say that there ought to be written into law, if úou're an advocate for high stakes teeting. >> right. >> you must take the 8th gradde& math test and publish your score. >> and see if they -- see if they pass. >> absolutely. >> might actually make thht -- make it into a game show. are you smarter than rick perry? are you smarter thanndrew cuomo. we could measure ourselves against the elected officials. tests has been such a big par

advisories as the snow continues to fall in that area also we're getting snow reports out of western new york state like effect snow up there. meanwhile, in chicago the clotting as has been eroding steadily so we actually have clear skies out there but i mentioned to western new york state specifically lake ontario and just on the north edge of lake erie. it looks like for chicago it will be quiet once we get these clubs out of the way until we get into the weekend where there is another chance of maybe a little precipitation. as we head towards the weekend that could be snow producing cloudiness you see. no accumulation of consequence expected. low temperature 18-23. then for tomorrow, partly cloudy, winds will pick up. on saturday clouds will increase and that is going to produce some late in the day snow showers temperatures still expected to be in the '30's as we go into the weekend but not a great day with this snow coming. this again is not expected to be an accumulating snow just a series of snow showers perhaps moving through the area late saturday. there have actually been some revisions t