a fact the new yorker knew before it went to print.soundingly dismissed by a federal district court judge. the new yorker was aware of this fact but irresponsibly sought to use the claim of a, quote, investigation, to garner headlines for an otherwise stale article containing nothing but rehashed, unfounded allegations." how would you respond to that? >> i was talk to go a lot of people who had talked to the fbi. so naturally, i bumped into their investigation. and i talked to people in the fbi who are close. >> they confirmed the investigation to you? >> they confirmed it to me. >> what exactly are they investigating? what are they looking into, accord to go your reporting? >> the sources i talked to have talked to the fbi about three different things. one is the physical abuse of members of the church by the leader of the church, david miscavige. i talked to 12 people who had either been physically abused themselves or had witnessed such actions on the part of the church's leader. >> not to interrupt you, why would that be an fbi inv

thousands of new yorkers have mobilized to keep new york city well mark free the corporate the human is aggressively aiming to break ground in the big apple a bigger selection of products spending millions on ad campaigns promising to bring affordable groceries and quality jobs to new york city's low income communities but we all want to see what is going to happen when they come in. the market are going to go out of business because they're going to create more jobs where you're going to you know going to going to just leave then you're going to lose three jobs the world's largest retailer wields unmatched buying power in prices impossible for small businesses to beat past studies have shown urban wal-mart stores absorbing sales causing up to twenty five percent of surrounding shops to shut down because we're going to go to school new york city supply shop owner when he calls one mart a weapon of mass job destruction i venture you will be affected by. small business owners like you can also can't compete against wal-mart powerful influence on us politics we have small businesses we

jon soffer's book is important not just because new yorkers often forget our history, it's important because it tells a lot about new york and provides some object he is sons. of -- lessons. the first time i covered ed koch was probably not long after i got to the daily news in 1968. he might have just been elected to congress. reinvited a reporter along -- he invited a reporter along on a raid, he was going to expose the cruel way animals were being euthanized except when shelter officials explained the process, he changed his mind. instead of lobbing an easy, cheap shot, he was persuaded that he had been mistaken. it was the first time i met a public official willing to admit he was wrong. i knew then that ed koch was a man of conviction. these days you have to be careful about describing someone that way, a man of conviction -- [laughter] but you know what i mean. in 1977 nobody really knew what kind of mayor he would make, and he explained later after writing one of his early books, i'm not an author, but before i became mayor, i wasn't a mayor. [laughter] a lot of benchmarks dist

is criticize as a corporation aiming to keep workers and shoppers dependent on one mighty power new yorkers say their battle reflects a nationwide need to break free from corporate colonialism and the profits that drive them are enough for tonight r.t. new york and of course wal-mart is not the only corporation to be blamed for abusing labor and trying to skirt around environmental regulations earlier today how to filmmaker and author of this bus right here life inc douglas rushkoff he was talking me from restaurants or new york with more insight into the issue here's part of our conversation. the easy way to disable the entire system is just for people to start doing things for one another is for people to accept that there are ways to support your public school there are ways to share services with other people on the block and i feel like you know people people in america and around the world really once they adopt this kind of consumerists idea this consumerist relationship to the world they think they need to buy their way out of out of their problems rather than sharing their way out

she is a native new yorker. she knew in his ear a few times. from denver to new york. who wouldn't?uy is 27. he had 27 points, 10 rebounds. chains chains it 21 and the knicks win, beating the bucks. the warriors with the nba trading deadline tomorrow, four years ago, wright arrived by limo as the eight overall pick in the 2007 draft, today he was shipped to new jersey. coming out of north carolina, this guy had the length but was always -- injuries plagued him. you are looking at deron williams, he goes from salt lake city to the new jersey nets for a host of players. he made a lot of headline as couple of weeks ago. congratulations to the women's basketball team at mission college for picking up their first play off in in the 14 year history of the program. and tiger woods, still, 2011, without a positive step. today in a play event, he drains this baby on -- on the 18th, the play off hole, but the first play off hole, woods, trouble. way out into the desert. he was a one seed. next shot is no better. tiger woods loses in the first round of match play. winless in 2010 and 2011 so f

apparently a new article out in "the new yorker" in which paul haggis, 34 years as a scientologist, veryrector and screenwriter, now he's kind of spilling the secrets on the church in this lengthy feature in "the new yorker" and basically as a result of this, the fbi is now investigating the church for using free labor and for human trafficking. they're saying primarily the labor was used to kind of support mega star tom cruise, customization of a building, rebuild motorcycles, fixing boats, doing all tom's dirty work for like 50 bucks a week, for pennies on the dollar here. they say the head of the church himself who lives a lavish lifestyle, chartered jets, cars, custom made shoes, the chefs, the whole nine. so weird charges of human trafficking and labor based on this article. the feds are looking into it and basically all this was going to support the mundane work of tom cruise. we'll see where that investigation goes. weird story. >>> another weird one. if you heard of the plus-size model crystal renn, you won't believe what she looks like now. she's drawing a lot of flack. she went

in the new york magazine and "new yorker" came after the hoax. i would mention after the freddy's massacre, who was a story in "the times" sharpton buoyant in a storm. [laughter] >> we have jesse jackson's love child. now the double standards there are pretty vivid. i think if ralph reed had fathered a child out of wedlock and had used his organization's funds to support her, that would probably be bannered on the front page of the paper. instead jesse jackson's similar actions were buried on page 27 in a single column. obama, "the times" is in bed with him since the beginning. they delayed for an entire year stories about his relationship with the reverend jeremiah wright that they should have gone into and shamed into it. abc news got video, and it was after that jodi canter started writing what wright was all about. they allowed obama to get away with his relationship to the former weather terrorist, bill ayers, david axelrod said he was just somebody he knew from the neighborhood that kids go to school together. they had a relationship over t

hired about 100 people to work on the people including veterans from the new yorker, from forbes and "the new york post." more tech news out this morning, t mobile wanting to capitalize. the company will start selling a tablet device that can also shoot 3d video. there is no specific launch date. it has 9-inch screen, you're good that the techie stuff, two cameras on the back that capture the video, the device will have a third camera on the front for videoconferencing. so coming up next week i'll be broadcasting to you via this. >> nicole lappen in 3d. ask any one who has been through a divorce what was once a loving relation can get ugly. add children, the issue of custody can be vicious. one battle has gone global. accusations on both sides. a bay area zad a world away from his son, wondering if he'll ever see him again. >> in a redwood city apartment building you find a bedroom perfect for a 5-year-old boy. there's the sponge bob pillow case, the toys and shelves stocked with happy family pictures. the only thing missing, though, from this picture, is the 5-year-old boy. >> he'll

new yorkers lined up to get a close encounter with the golden statute and learn about the history behind the hardware. linked to hollywood's night of night the free event offers a chance to strike a pose with oscar and give that fantasy speech of thanks to the academy for all of us wannabes out there. >> would you adlib your speech or have it written. >> >> of course i would have it written. i didn't expect this. hold on one moment. i would like to thank. yeah. i'm all ready bill, when it comes. i'm lynn berry, this is "early today," your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. >>> having your cell phone go off at the wrong time can be embarrassing. but in kentucky, it can land you behind bars. seconds after a judge warned a jail time for anyone whose cell phone went off in his courtroom this man's phone did just that. he was sentenced to 72 hours behind bars and the judge says he will continue issuing jail time for cell phone offenders. tough love. >>> a lot goes into planning the world's most famous party. with two weeks to go into carnivale, samba schools are designing cost

the study followed more than 2500 new yorkers for more than nine years. the average age, 69. among those who drank diet soda every day, there was a 61% higher risk of heart attack and stroke compared to those who avoided diet sodas. >> i think this study is consistent with other studies indicating a possible association between frequent diet soda consumption and vascular disease risk. >> reporter: in the u.s., stroke is the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. more than 137,000 people die every year. a leading nutritionist says she'd like to see americans cut back on diet sodas. >> you know, occasionally once or twice a week that's just fine, but the reality is, is that there are many people out there that are getting three and four diet sodas a day and those are the people i'm particularly worried about. >> reporter: but in a statement today, the american beverage association says there is no scientific evidence to support the idea that diet soda uniquely causes increased risk of vascular event or stroke. the association goes on to say it appears tha

new york city officials confirm three new yorkers contracted cholera last month in the dominican republicthat nation shares the island with haiti where thousands have recently died from the disease. officials are testing to see if the strain is similar to the one in haiti. new york typically sees only one case a year and officials report all three people infested have recovered. for more information on this and other health stories, you can always head to the web and check out the health page online at msnbc.com. >> reporter: "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil screening kit. >> and now here's a look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,029 after gaining 29 friday. the s&p inched up 3 points. the nasdaq rose 15. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 48 points, but in hong in hong kong, the hang seng tumbled 355. >>> sunshine may be in short supply this winter, but on wall street, optimistic investors are looking on the bright side. stocks at new multi year highs despite the jobs report. still, traders took the dat

atul gawande is a staff member at the brigham and women's hospital and also a staff writer of "the new yorker," and the author of the book, "the checklist manifesto." he joins us from boston. tell me what it is that has happened in our lives over the decades, the centuries, that make checklists seoul important these days to get things right. >> our biggest struggle in this new century has become complexity. we have discovered so much new knowledge in science, how to build organizations, how to build buildings that we are now struggling with how to actually use that knowledge well. i started digging into how people in aviation or skyscraper construction got to be good at what they do. and what they use, an addition to loss of training and technology, the core tool is the simple checklist. tavis: what about people who think checklists are so rudimentary, adolescent, "i don't need a checklist to get through my day"? >> we have thought of the checklist to dumb things down, for people at the bottom of the totem pole. we don't think of it as being for the very top people because they know what they

for depression and the various kinds of anxiety that burdens so many people, so yes, there may be new yorkers taking these medications for fun, but that's not the way it is for most americans. >> she describes a cocktail party as a pill bazaar where pills are exchanged, correct? >> . yeah. i think a point that comes up with this is that there can be a fine line between medication and recreation. it's not like cancer where you can take a test and either you have it or you don't. there isn't a test to see if you have enough seratonin, which is why somebody would take prozac or another ssri. i mean, it's not as black and white. >> it's not likely you have an x-ray that shows you whether or not you have a major depression, but we do have well set out diagnostic criteria for these conditions and people either meet them or they don't. it's not just that these are set by the american psychiatrists. these diagnostics are criteria around the world. we do have diagnostic criteria and people either do or do not have certain real problems. >> one of the strong characters in your narrative here is molly s

that is where new yorkers want my focus on creating jobs. there is a willingness to work out a bipartisan basis to achieve that. tavis: debate is starting to heat up. we will be talking about that in the coming days and weeks. we are pleased to have had york's democratic senator, kirsten gillibrand. thanks for your time. >> thank you. tavis: next, r & b superstar ne- yo . e're pleased to welcome ne-yo back to this program. you can catch him in "battle from los angeles". here is video for "one in a million". you're the best i ever had ♪ you're one in a million ♪ had ♪re the best i ever ♪ oh ♪ tavis: use of this project was a tribute to michael jackson. your fans know your admiration for michael jackson. the question i want to ask is, what is the relationship like when you have an idol who was living? how does that change, how did that impact your, your work, you're dancing when that icon is no longer on the world stage, when they have transitioned as michael did? his passing was difficult for me. he was a huge inspiration. one of the reasons

instead of paris, new yorker are london. i saw the movie this morning at the press screening with other journalists, and they loved it. they love seeing their city portrayed this way in being on such a big screen, such a big movie. they loved it every single time one of their landmarks such trash train is moving. they just cheered uproariously. it is a bit of a silly film and a little derivative, but it is great fun. at the get is a great way to end the festival. >> all of the competition films have been shown. how would you rate them? >> well, i do not think it was really a great year. i only saw a couple of films that i thought were worth watching, toe honest. one film stands o, the iranian film. i think it is definitely the front runner for the golden bear. it is a personal story about a family breakup set against the backdrop of political repression in iran. both being an excellent film and given the situation in the middle east at the moment, i think the jury will definitely choose this film. if it does not win the gold

. >> barbara bush taped a video calling on new yorkers to real lies same-sex unions. that puts her at odds with her dad and her grandfather and most of the republican party when it comes to that issue. the younger generation offspring who support gay marriage include meghan mccain. >>> calling on iran to release two american hikers. penn and desmond tutu among others called to release shane bauer and fatall. shourd was freed on bail. she's engaged on one of the hikers. and there's no word on whether she'll return to iran for the trial of all three hikers. >>> questionable discipline and a scolding has landed an alaska mom in court charged with criminal child abuse and set off an international incident with russia. at issue is whether tabasco and cold showers are proper discipline. our tony ginard picks up the story. >> reporter: it's a tough job being a parent. >> what happens? >> you use hot sauce. >> reporter: and a cold shower. >> you didn't do what you were told. >> reporter: to discipline her 7-year-old adopted son for getting in trouble at school. she sent the v

principle presumably means the following everyone is innocent until they're proven to be serves the new yorker's of us a bit. according to some of the materials that the hague tribunal is expected to consider is. the police and the army of the serbian republic organized the whole field massacre of muslim residents the corpses were buried in mass graves goes on to allege we all know what's going on that day one year old a criminal and optional and i don't think those charges beings made several calls to us from the hain't got to ask me about danielle and his behavior on it he told me how do you should be treated if you should on the also asked me why didn't he was receiving the treatments recommended by him was called to wish him happy. doesn't believe that somebody who has given treatment to his child might give orders to kill people as far as his family is concerned the man sitting in the dock at the hague will be forever the good doctor davidge of geopolitical games up to private of the opportunity to cure their employees want to. come to work or that in your eyes i'm j.p. convince these court

protesting in one northern state over plans to cut worker benefits this week the president asks new yorkers how they feel when they're asked to make sacrifices that the super rich don't have to. people across the us are protesting proposed legislation intended to slash benefits for the middle class are they really protesting the fact that everyday people are being asked to make sacrifices while wall streeters continue to profit even more this week let's talk about that i'm a member of this week's middle class and we say. evening we work for the all those and first same friday we we work for ourselves that's thinks that's being do you think that people in the middle class are responsible at all for where the economy is that right now no it's wall street and bush. so why isn't vos street paying more and why aren't they being asked to contribute more to health plans because the government would prefer to buy their pay or muffin and bail them out the upper class probably pays ninety percent of the taxes or more in new york city and new york state it's probably the same thing in wisconsin i don'

millions of new yorkers kept going, didn't get lots of mental health treatment, didn't start taking medications. people by and large are really resilient, and the vulnerable ones who have some external circumstance will get tipped over. >> did you experience patients who might say we are moving in a cum tour where we have -- culture where we have gwen ten tarantino and his blood-soaked films, ghoulish crime scenes, hannibal lechter, big screens and tv screens, and twin peaks. >> to be honest, those influences are comparatively trivial. the world health organization emphasizes that in the year 2020, untreated depression is going to be the leading cause of impact on quality of life worldwide. this is not the kind -- this is from the world health organization. >> is there anything in the culture, in society that is different from before that is creating an alteration of mental outlook? >> sure. i think that the heightened security in the united states after the terrorist attacks. >> not in the world of entertainment? >> it is them as well as everybody else. >> we have the next generation of psychi

it was a compilation of four articles written by richard for "the new yorker." and that was reprinted in the early '80s with the second, the reprint didn't go anywhere commercially. so i felt six years between biographers, that's fair enough. and then i just did a little research at the library because you can have a great idea but if you can't figure out how to complete the idea, then it's useless. but i realized that the journalism of the era was so rich, you know, 12 new york city daily newspapers in english, that between the newspapers and secondary sources on things like abortion politics, the death penalty, the five points, police corruption, if you could put that together the neck of the a pretty fun book. [inaudible] >> in the public library chiefly. which is a shadow to new york public library which really is wonderful, as everyone says. they have on microfiche the major new york city newspapers. william howe died in 1902, and abraham hummel soldiers on until he gets involved in a divorce case in 1903 when a terrible table person that charles morse -- t

and of course when you're working with a band, all from new york, all new yorkers, you know, suddenlylot of my band that have no irish in them, so i introduce them into a very powerful song. and all our listeners know what "the fields of athenry" says. we have a great duet called "come in from the rain"... >> rhea: okay, well, we're going to not tell them everything right now because then they won't listen. okay, we're going to tell you now not only about the dvd, but at the $70 level we have ronan tynan: more than magic, the cd, which is the companion cd, and it has 16 glorious tunes. and if you can't decide between them, don't bother to do that, just decide to get them both. make a pledge of $140 and we'll send you both the dvd and the cd. please call the number on your screen and ask the operator about putting your contribution on a charge card. and now let's go to carolyn. >> carolyn: ronan's life and voice are nothing short of amazing and inspirational, just like the programs you watch on public television. please, call in now and support this station with a generous financial co

this played out in "the new yorker." basically what happened is he's talking about scientology.riod in his life when he went to the celebrity center in los angeles and took part in an auditing session. he says he was then included in a dinner party where john travolta and marlon brando were guests. here's where it gets a little weird. he says brando just arrived with a painful cut on his leg and brolin says travolta was like, let me help. he said he basically watched him put his hands over the guy's leg. he watched him put his hands over the guy's leg. it got very physical. he said travolta said i just reached a new level in scientology. he says, moments later brando opened his eyes and said, that really helped. travolta's rep is denying the entire situation. as for josh brolin, he's sticking to his story. he's saying, no, that's actually what really happened. it was weird. >> he was not converted. >>> talk about being a victim of your own success. mark zuckerberg, facebook founder, had to get a restraining order against a dude stalking him on facebook. all kinds of messages thr

. >> jimmy: well, she's a -- she's a new yorker, right? isn't she a new york girl? >> yeah.. >> and she can sing. >> jimmy: yeah. it's a gift. she can really sing. >> jimmy: she does. she can really sing. >> there's no kidding around. there's a section that she does, just at the piano. and that voice is right on. it's on. >> jimmy: yeah, man. it is phenomenal. >> it's on pitch. it's strong and -- >> jimmy: i've seen her do "poker face," just acoustic on the piano and -- >> yes, yes, yes. >> jimmy: talks about new york and growing up and -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: well, i mean, well, you're very -- i mean, when i think new york, i think liza minnelli. i mean, "new york, new york." [ cheers and applause ] you got to get a shout out at the garden. please. i mean, it's amazing. would you ever do a duet with lady gaga? >> oh, sure. >> jimmy: right? that'd be fun. >> of course. >> jimmy: that'd be -- what is next? i could see you on "glee." would you do "glee?" [ laughter ] >> of course. >> jimmy: you would, right? >> yes. >> jimmy: it'd be fun. you're always game for anything. >> i --

the first new sharpton complete with foreign profiles in "the new york times" magazine and the new yorker came after the hoax. i would mention that after freddie's massacre there was a story in "the new york times" i remember very vividly with the headline "sharpton boeing and in a storm." we have jesse jackson's love child, the double standards there are pretty vivid. i think if ralph reed father a child out of wedlock and used his organization's funds to support her, that would probably be a banner on the front page of the paper. instead, jesse jackson's similar transgression and actions were on page 27 in a single column. obama, the times is in bed with him since the beginning. they delayed for an entire year stories about his relationship with the reverend jeremiah wright, that they should have gone into the rushing into it. abc news got a video of him and was only after that that judy cantor, a chicago reporter started writing what she should have been writing from the get go about what wright was all about. it also allowed obama to get away with minimizing his relationship to the fo

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instead of paris, new yorker are london. i saw the movie this morning at the press screening with other journalists, and they loved it. they love seeing their city portrayed this way in being on such a big screen, such a big movie. they loved it every single time one of their landmarks such trash train is moving. they just cheered uproariously. it is a bit of a silly film and a little derivative, but it is great fun. at the get is a great way to end the festival. >> all of the competition films have been shown. how would you rate them? >> well, i do not think it was really a great year. i only saw a couple of films that i thought were worth watching, to be honest. one film stands out, the iranian film. i think it is definitely the front runner for the golden bear. it is a personal story about a family breakup set against the backdrop of political repression in iran. both being an excellent film and given the situation in the middle east at the moment, i think the jury will definitely choose this film. if it does not win the

into his door opener for "the judge" magazine, which today would be the equivalent of the "the new yorker" by sending in the work he'd done for jack o. in 1925, 26, '27, the jack o was sold alongside the harvard lampoon and columbia jester. bennett surf worked for the columbia jester. at harvard lampoon, you had figured who's names today would resonate as the names of the most familiar cartoonist and satirist. includes bentley. when geisel brought his portfolio, he got some of his cartoons published in "the judge." but he didn't get his big break in new york until a woman that was sitting in a beauty parlor paging through "the judge" magazine she had to go through the wrong beauty parlor which had the wrong magazines, and stopped her short of the her page turning. it was the image of a knight fully armoured laying supine in a bed with his huge dragon hovering over it. and the caption under the cartoon, by the former knight of the round table was "and to think i sprayed the whole castle with flint just the week before." flint was the name of a insecticide produced by mighty standard oil. t

they don't want to speak like a new yorker and don't want to speak like an upper class snoot. there is pride in being yourself. whatever it is. and i think that kind of puts the lie to egalitarianism. >> john dash e-mails in, thanks for your efforts, could you address your thoughts to religion and the role it is, should or should not be playing both here and on the world stage. >> well, i am a person of faith. my faith is public and private. i don't think there should be a division of church and state. i think the division has bonn -- i do think there should be a division of church and state. i think the division has gone too far and i don't think there should be a jihad against religion and i think religion can be discussed in school, and, can be discussed -- sex aggression and aggression management can be discussed you ought to be able to discuss the views of jesus christ and there can be a gentle roll back and could be a prayer in public schools. i think that that wouldn't offend anyone, the atheists who have such a delicate disposition aren't like the atheist whose i grew

hey, new york's health department has a new iphone app to help new yorkers find the nearest place toet free condoms. [ light laughter ] i heard the condom app is pretty good if you can figure out how to get it open. it's just not easy to -- [ laughter ] tricky. listen to this, ronnie from "jersey shore" pleaded not guilty to punching a guy outside a nightclub back in 2009. now he has to hope prosecutors don't uncover that one piece of evidence, a hit tv show where he said, "hey, i just punched a guy outside a nightclub!" [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that's how you win all of the emmy's. [ light laughter ] that's how you win all of the emmy's. this is interesting, guys. scientists just announced that the population of monarch butterflies more than doubled this winter. [ scattered cheers ] although, technically, it tripled if you're counting lower back tattoos. [ laughter ] check this out. a new study found that kids who work more than 20 hours a week at a job are more likely to have bad grades. on the other hand, china. [ laughter ] i just saw this

new yorkers actually live pretty long compared to the rest of the american population.ow, maybe it's darwinian and you drive the weaker people out -- [laughter] they're coming to northern industrial illinois. to buy vacated homes. but, um, you walk if you're in a city. public transportation is available to you. new york is a great place to anal. i happen to think the best -- age. i happen to think the best city in the world for its own people is tokyo, japan. you have to walk downstairs to get to them or upstairs to get it. the diet is very good. japanese, when they're healthy, they're very convivial too. but they an alt metize people who are sick which is a bad thing, so there's a lot of isolation in tokyo. but in general, the lifestyle there is great. and it's also the fact that cities are cognitively challenging. you know, we've all heard if you do cross word puzzles or whatever that you're going to be cognitively fit. i don't put much stock in that. i think maybe if you do crossword puzzles, you join a community, and you feel like you're making a connection, that mi

one of latest issues of the new yorker. my ipad.ike a bordello. this has been closed for a while, but it's such a comfort, my bedroom. this is something i love doing on weekends. i love to paint. i paint terribly. in ten years of painting, not one friend has ever asked me for a picture. i've got great light and they don't get you in your bathroom. nobody will knock on the door when the bathroom door is closed. it is my main closet which, again, for a new yorker, this is huge. for anybody else in america, it's like who cares. some days i come in and i try to make it a little neat erraner a figure out what i'm going to wear. it's all about drag queens and their lives. jackets, jackets, jackets. an amazing jacket, armaresmanar. what do you think some? this is something i don't always do on a sunday, which is get dressed and actually put jewelry on, but my friend is coming over and i'm going to make her lunch and we'll probably go to a museum. every year i get a christmas card from the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall and i alway

let's see, this was supposed to be a session with richard won preston, the wonderful new yorker writer who writes about smallpox and cholera and allgica kinds of biologicalble catastrophes. t mr. preston was not able to be here today, but we didn't want to just have a great gulf ofhing nothingness, so professor burtoo agreed to stay, and we're doing a continuation of a series we did earlier on the gatling gun. it's not really as disparate topics as you might think in because i used richard preston's research this my book. in the late 1840s, smallpox epidemics became a realcour scourgeover american life. they were -- steam boats were linking cities as never before,o bun of the things they -- but one of the things they brought was also the smallpox virus. b and richard preston in hisne wonderful book, "demon in the freezer," was able to describe the horrific effects of smallpox. when a friend of mine first lookedine at my book, she openet random, and it was right at the place where i was using preston's description of and then in the latter stages ofody small px, the skin falls off in bl

i don't know if it's the prayer of new yorkers, karma, punxsutawney phil, known what the case was but it worked and we're so thankful. not a lot of snow falling in new york city. we got a lot of rain this time different than other areas. we got freezing rain overnight. upstate new york, boston, now really under the gun. they may see two feet of snow before the day is over. but mother nature versus chicago. and usually, chicago would do well. it looks like like mother nature may have won the battle. >>> reporter: chicago's used to brutal winters but not like this. a megablizzard is slamming the windy city this morning with up to two feet of snow and gale- force winds. >> that snow really stings. it's a lot of wind and biting. >> reporter: drives were stranded for hours on lakeshore drive after it was shut down and for the first time in 12 years, city schools made today a snow day. hundreds of stranded drivers and passengers were rescued. all the heavy snow is too much for some buildings to handle. surveillance video captured this roof buckling at a hardware store in minnesota. five wor

where the it's a, new yorker, might be unhappy with me, off the shore of the mainland. there's a bigger issue than that. these are highly contagious diseases. if there's an outbreak, it could -- ooh, man. the economic and the food security issues that resolve around that are huge and i can't get that out of my front burner, to be honest with you. i can't -- i can't get the assurances, then compounded by being someplace where they have some pretty dog gone wicked weather patterns, but, anyway. the decision's been made but i really wish it could be revisited. with that, thank you, chairman and appreciate your work. >> thanks. i want to share i have a vision after one of your exchanges that your helicopter has picked up that recalcitrant come tums employee, official and he news to being dropped on the roof of the building in which senator tester has his office. the meeting is about to begin. >> from a very high height. no. we -- we had deal with that particular issue. that -- you know what, senator? that one i can deal with. >> okay. i'm going to stop myself from suggestin

you see, like so many new yorkers, i was not born in new york. i was born in puerto rico. and i was raised in new york and i represent the bronx in congress. puerto rico, as some may know, everyone should know, is a territory of the united states, some would say a colonny of the united states. so the one thing i didn't want to be chairman of this committee and treat washington, d.c. the way the federal government sometimes has treated my birth place and where i found myself as so many other folks with the united states, this country you love and puerto rico as your loving birth place and knowing they are attached, but somehow puerto rico doesn't get treated equally. so i said publicly to the amazement of some and laughter of others that i was going to be the first member of congress to ever relength issue power. i didn't want more power but wanted to give up power, i wanted less and less to do with the district of columbia. let them govern themselves. and so, the first thing we did is we found out that we were not allowing the district of columbia to have a sensible approa

ken all it of the new yorker who helps out on the media issues called this purchase a hail mary pass to demonstrate that a.o.l. could mount a comeback from the near dead. is that what this is? >> no. i've known ken for years. i think we probably have a big difference of opinion. i think today is a great day for the future of a.o.l. and a great day for huffington post. we're able to serve 120 million users roughly in the united states, 270 million globally with great content from the huffington post as well as our properties. and we are big believers in the next days the internet is about content. so i think today is a monumental day for us on strategy, on point with what we said we were going to do a year-and-a-half ago which was to turn a.o.l. into the next american content company and global media company. i think today is a step in that direction. we're also incredibly excited to be joined by arianna huffington who i would consider to be one of the most talented people in the media space and a great female entrepreneur for the web. >> brown: ms. huffington, what do you get out of