"the new yorker" came on some anniversary issue. every year around valentine's day, new yorker has its original cover. an old man in the top hat in the monocle looking at a butterfly. the name is eustace tilley. that name of the care there. so, that was the issue in which the paul haggis profile appeared. so freedom magazine is a scientology magazine that came out other cartoon of eustace tilley that was me, with coming out. and it was a slam and even took shots at the fact checkers, which annoyed me a lot. but because i think there were feeling especially stone because the fact checkers at "the new yorker" are really good. there was one checker on the article full-time for six months. at the end, we had six checkers include the head of the checking department going through this stuff. there is a way of watching about a vindictive organization as you note very carefully. that's the way to go about it. now, i will say this talk by publication in britain. and it may have different laws and may threaten to sue my publisher in a back ou

life expectancy is rising however tonight's resident takes a look at the obesity epidemic facing new yorkers especially in poor neighborhoods . and. there's an old adage about my hometown. out of new york city that if you can make it here you can make it anywhere but according to new data from the department of health fewer people are actually making it here rather they're being sidelined by their very own growing weight according to new data about one in every four people who go to hospitals in the big apple have obesity related to diabetes officials say we're experiencing a diabetes epidemic where about one in nine adults are now diagnosed with the disease about six hundred fifty thousand new yorkers were diagnosed with it in two thousand and eleven alone record numbers are dying from diabetes and related issues like andy taishan and kidney failure in fact about one new yorker dies from diabetes related issues every ninety minutes nowadays thing is new york's overall death rate is folly and its life expectancy is improving we're only seeing sharp rises in diabetes related health issues in

treat it -- >> host: do you find that there is something unique about argumentative, polarizing new yorkers? not necessarily negative, very effective arcticlatively in their views, in expressing themselves, in willing to engage in sacrifice in order to promote their objectives, to what extent is there, is the new york city environment in the context in which this unfolded unique to new york or, again, no, there may be a little bit of a different mindset among palestinians and israelis, but the fact of the matter is the battle lines can be drawn similarly this be other contexts or not really? >> guest: well, i think in new york, i mean, i think one of the things even -- there have been great protests about this place, you know? that continue to this day. and i think there may p continue to be protests, very emotionally-charged protests. there hasn't been violence, you know? no one, despite the strong feelings and despite the multiple groups and the different politics of people that you're bringing together, there has not yet been violence. and i think we can overlook that because we don't th

august twenty first chemical attack so why should her spread the story with his usual magazine the new yorker or the washington post r.t. political commentator sam fact more this is pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist seymour hersh he's been exposing u.s. military intelligence scandals since vietnam and he's got a new scoop this one alleging that the obama administration cherry picked intelligence reports when it allege that syrian president bashar al assad was behind the august twenty first chemical weapons attack near damascus published in the london review of books hersh argues the obama administration failed to acknowledge something known to the u.s. intelligence community the syrian army is not the only party in the country's civil war with access to sarah hersh goes on to say in the months before the attack the american intelligence agencies produced a series of highly classified reports citing evidence that the al nusra front as you how to group affiliated with al qaida had mastered the mechanics of creating serin and was capable of manufacturing it in quantity person or us

. >> i'm a native new yorker. i felt like it encapsulated our history. something linked to a jewish past. >> a knish is a filling usually potatoes wrap in dough. it was a fire that caused the national shortage. >> when the fire occurred on september 2 24th the machinery was destroyed. when the firefighters came in they did what they had to do but the water dabblin damage that te machine sustained rendered the machine unoperable. and since that time we have not been able to marc-andr manufacte square knishes. this is stacey and her family has the corner on the market for generations. we always new our customers loved our knishes. but we could never have imagined outcry of when they will be back. the shortage means customers have to find alternatives. bidding for them on ebay or the less popular round knisles. >> i grew up as a round person. >> and you converted? >> i would say i'm equally interested in both. >> you didn't grow up eating square ones of in one corner deep fried and processed in the other the round c carolin knish. they came in little round

. >> we lost four new yorkers this morning.ve 11 critically injured who are still in the hospitals, and i would ask all new yorkers to remember them in your prayers tonight. >> ukraine has seen a large protest as the orange revolution nine years ago. >> and the leader of protests in thailand is calling for

it's -- >> jill lepore from harvard and new yorker.the third new yorker staff writer to be nominated this year on the non-fiction category. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> congratulations to you. >>> those are the five finalist in the non-fiction category. [inaudible conversations] somebody et. cetera we want to introduce you to this evening. the national book awards. david, what is the national book foundation? what is the association with the nba? >> right response the mission is to encourage the reading of great books. and increase the impact of great book on the culture. the biggest thing we do are the national book awards themselves. it's the 64th annual national book awards. bigger than better than ever this year. >> what's the day job. ceo of the books group which is an independent book publishers. >> do you have have any finalists tonight. >> we don't. i'm just as excited as if we did. you know, the books are exciting, and it's an exciting evening. >> the numbers just came down on publishing. they are down

for the new yorker, it is this portrait by the artist, kadir nelson. he has illustrated children's books, and he spoke to us about the message he hopes his painting will convey. >> i wanted to show that fire that he had as a young man. it is a very graphic image. it has a lot of red and yellow in it in homage to the fire he had to fight the fight for freedom. my name is kadir nelson, i am an artist, illustrator and author. i created the artwork for the new yorker coffer, and i wrote -- cover, and i wrote and illustrated a book called nelson mandela. the challenge of writing a children's book about nelson mandela to zillion thsh to distill this huge story into a story that was palatable to young readers. i wanted to have him smiling a little bit, but his eyes are relaxed and that he is at peace. that was an invitation to readers to open the book. i started with my recollection of seeing nelson mandela speak, and then i began doing quite a bit of research, looking at photographs of him from his earliest times to present day. this is an image of nelson an

connected to use the author a and know him better than i do but i did a review of his books for "the new yorker." and have admired him from afar that this is the first time we have met. i am very happy to be here. we have a distinguished group of panelists that are well-known to you and the distinguished scholar of literature starting with sean wilentz professor of american history at princeton. sari. i am still out of press. literally running. [laughter] he is well known to all of you as author of numerous books the rise of american democracy jefferson toots' jackson and also a political commentator in to in "the new york times" we will talk about the feedback from that peace. we also have robert reed who is also known to all of you his specialty is career studies in the latest book is once you go black, black intellectuals of america. and also a distinguished scholar. we have brenda wineapple who is a neighbor of mine. [laughter] living on the upper west side the author of the static nation of a book about the pivotal years as civil war reid makes it self. to talk about culture a.m. the vario

the disrespect inside the org faceation transfers to rough handling of new yorkers. the biggest complaint about the new york people is not about brutality, but in routine interactions they feel disrespected, hard done by. that's the most vital thing that bill braton can do. he came to new york as the chief of the transit police. i hope that will be a top priority and will pay huge dividends if they do a change in the way cops see themselves and cop satisfaction. how much can the commissioner change moral with the men and women on the street, how much much a difference can it make. >> you can speculate it can't be done. it was done dramatically, systematically. in his last tour as commissioner in the police department and chief of the transit police. he knows the police business. he understands all the preaching and commanding and ordering will not come to anything if the people do not buy in at the bottom. you talk about human dignity. the only way to achieve that is if the cops are treated differently. that's a strength. he doesn't have. there's issues there in terms

. ♪ >> and a fair amount of usually busy new yorkers, taking time out to not only watch but tape thate must say very well done by that flash mob. and what i love and i just realized after seeing it for the second time, they're doing exactly what the peanuts were doing. >> absolutely. you can see the guy in the orange shirt there. that's my favorite dance. the guy that sort of just drops his shoulders and knocks his feet. >> i didn't realize it until i saw the two girls with pink dresses on. they're wearing very similar outfits to the peanuts. >> and nobody gets new yorkers to break stride. that's not an easy thing to do. >> and snoopy is not playing the guitar. i'm a little disappointed. >> i like that guy, too. >>> for some of you, your local news is coming up next. >> for everyone else, we'll be back with your "friday funnies." give me a few minutes, pete. give me a second, pete. go. man's second best friend. brew the love. keurig. from the big screen to small screens near and far twizzlerize your entertainment every day with twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. i'my body doesn't

spokesperson for the yankees said -- [ laughter and applause ] here's some really good news for new yorkers. there's a new study that found that new yorkers are some of the most honest people in the world. [ cheers and applause ] and on that note, i didn't really read that study. [ laughter and applause ] i read it off cue cards. that's right, new yorkers are supposed to be really honest. in fact, today i saw a lady drop a $20 bill and this guy said with complete honesty, "i'm gonna take that." [ laughter ] did you hear about this doctor in minnesota? very busy guy. very busy man. he's making news after he recently delivered 13 babies in just 24 hours. you could tell he was rushed, because he had to spank them all like this. [ slapping sounds ] [ laughter and applause ] it was unbelievable. [ applause ] this is just insane. last week police found 31 suitcases filled with cocaine on an air france flight coming back from venezuela. police say they already have a suspect. the guy had no problem paying $2,000 in checked baggage fees. [ laughter and applause ] "oh, that's it, only two grand? you

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and i would ask all new yorkers to remember them in your prayers tonight. it is most unfortunate this is coming at the holiday season and it is a reminder to all of us that life is a precious gift. take every day as exactly that , as a gift. every day is precious. with that i will turn it over to the ntsb. he is a board member who will be conducting the investigation. thank you. >> thank you, governor. as the governor said, i am a member of the national transportation safety board. the investigators from the ntsb arrived on scene today about 12:30. the ntsb is an independent federal agency charged by congress with investigating all of the related accidents. there was rail, marine highway and pipeline. we issue safety recommendations to avoid having the same accidents again. before i go any further on behalf of the ntsb, i would like to extend our condolences to the family and friends of the victims of this tragic accident. here is the factual information we have at this point in time. at approximately 7:20 this morning a metro link north railroad train was

charles schumer says this could affect over 700 thousand new yorkers. a huge deal from the individual side of things. the research and development tax credit, something that intel on the bristol miles squared -- bristol-myers rely on. tax credit for veterans. each efficiency tax credits. those are all gone tonight as well. back to the individual. private mortgage insurance write-offs. commuter benefits will really have an impact. all of that on tonight. when congress will come back to this issue is anyone's guess right now. >> these programs are so important we will see action to keep them in place. >> the hard part here is you are not going to get dave camp, the house republican chair of ways and means will not give up on reform. he really wants an opportunity to do it. so that puts another delay on it. here is another big issue, how do you pay for this? 52 point 2 billion annually. they have to be paid for. not a lot of money but congress can find for this. >> we may not be able to pay for it since we still have a big budget deficit. democrat and repu

nic thompson is with us as well with "new yorker" magazine. how is the holiday season? saw the same store sales increase in november, it was 13% which is the lowest it's been in three years. >> is it just shifting to new retail venues? have you been into a store recently? >> no. >> there is a feeling of desperation. >> what does that mean for the post-christmas sales? >some people hold off on buying things until after december 25. >> i think it will be like rummaging in a bizarre. immediately after christmas, we 70% off or more. it will be a frenzy in a will be interesting to see in january after they review the season. i think there will be few people who have done really well. >> if you search for whatever you are looking at, you get 14 things right away. i don't need a robot to do google search. why are these guys doing well? >> they are trying to build up a clientele for google glass. >> that's a good as answer as any. >> they are building up robots and trying to change the world around us. they want to change everything about life that is inefficient so they want ro

we new yorkers are very aware of that. >> i thought you going to say we new yorkers are very tasteful we are, that is what i mean. >> sure you are. how does he manage his time? claimed heoint he was working full-time at both square and twitter. >> that does not sound like someone who manages his time very well. >> he -- it is not an executive full time position at twitter if i were an investor in either company i might have some reservations except that disney is such an important company and the discussions there happen at such a high level that i think what he learns on the board will benefit both companies. that is a good thing. do think he steps back of a more from twitter now that the ipo is happened and he has management their? he has enough on his plate was square, let alone disney. >> i think squares is primary and session at the moment but he is unbelievably devoted to twitter and i don't think he is stepping back. i think he does have enormous energy. he's not married and does not have kids, he works 26 hours a day and he does spend a lot of time on twitter, even though squa

what a thrill it was for me to perform with billy in front of 110,000 of our fellow new yorkers at shea stadium, singing his ♪ "new york state of mind." ♪ billy joel... (applause) (chuckles) wow. billy joel is no less than a poet, a performer, a philosopher and today's american songbook. (applause) ♪ bennett: hicksville, long island. billy might have been the kid next door. joel: i knew i was not going to be a concert pianist. i just wanted to play music. ♪ you had to be a big shot, didn't ya ♪ bennett: he tried every style of music... and haircut. nine years of imitating other people, and he was going nowhere. he quit new york to hide out in l.a., and took a job at a piano bar. (piano playing) (harmonica playing) one night, he sat at his piano-- a painter at his easel-- creating a poignant world so real, you could see it as you heard it. ♪ it's 9:00 on a saturday ♪ the regular crowd shuffles in ♪ ♪ there's an old man... bennett: so began his journey to set to paper a young man's hopes and heartaches. ♪ a bottle of white ♪ a bottle of red ♪ perhaps a bottle of rosé instead ♪ ♪ what's th

. >> thousands of new yorkers are marching in solidarity. >> we're following multiple developments on syria at this hour. >> every hour from reporters stationed around the world and across the country. >> only on al jazeera america. the stream is uniquely interactive television. we are on the trail investigating how walmart's supply chain works here in bangladesh. does the company know when its orders are being subcontracted? is the way they source their clothing- the system itself -flawed? the garment industry is notoriously secretive, so we needed an insider. we're on our way to meet an auditor. he was hired by wal-mart to assess standards at some of its factories. it's very rare for auditors to speak on the record and he doesn't want to speak to us on camera. so we recorded the conversation secretly in bangladesh, government regulation of garment factories is lax, and international companies are not legally required to ensure working conditions are safe. some companies hire auditors to inspect the factories. >> the purchasing system of walmart is very complex. >> how so? >> because

new yorkers enjoyed warm temperatures across manhattan. >> i love it. i feel like it's may in december. 60 degrees right now. >> >> new yorkers should enjoy it while they can because monday, temperatures are expected to drop. ktvu channel "2 news." >>> that severe weather system is not having a big affect on air travel out of the bay area. we talked to a duty manager at san francisco airport, he said with the exception of a few flights plains are taking off and arriving on time. >> >> joining us in our weather center with a look at how it is shaping up -- >> bay area has one extreme, but the downstream flow, you do have the complete opposite with a potent storm developing, a clash of the air masses producing all of the severe weather and the snow across parts of the country. live "stormtracker," 2, this is the radar loop over the past 18 hours. cold air moving from the north, at the same time, warm air moving from the south. that's why new york climbed into the 60s this weekend. whenever you get the two merging, you get the severe weather. the focus of

new yorkers enjoyed warm temperatures across manhattan. >> i lover it.t feels like may in december. it is 60 degrees, beautiful. >> reporter: new yorkers soul enjoy it while they can because monday, temperatures will drop. >>> and weather has turned from dangerous to deadly in some parts of the world. a storm is being blamed for the deaths of nine people. a woman to a tornado in arkansas, in canada, five people have died from storm related highway accidents. brian? >> vicki, on the flip side, very tranquil weather in the bay area. no rain in the forecast for quite a while. a live view of san francisco. we have clear sky to night and we will see the cold temperatures despite the warm readings of the daytime numbers could get to the low 30s . tomorrow, we are warming things up through the day. going to the low to mid 60s and then as we go through the rest of this week, through christmas, even through the end of the year, sunny and warm weather will wrap up what has been a very dry year. in fact t driest year on record for the bay area. these numbers here a

also, as this day comes to a close, what is most important is we lost four new yorkers this morning.have 11 who are critically injured and who are still in the hospitals and i would ask all new yorkers to remember them inn your prayers tonight. it's most unfortunate that this comes during the holiday season and i think it's a ry a remindeo all of us that life is a precious gift and take every day exactly that bas because over ds precious. >> now i will turn it over to the ntsb. mr. warner who is conducting the investigation. i i'm earl weiner and i'm a member of the national transportation safety board the investigators fro from the ntsb arrived on scene today at about 12:30. the ntsb is an independent federal agency charged by congress to investigate all aviation related accidents and significant accident in rail, marine, highway and pipe line we also issue safety recommendations to avoid having the same accidents again. gbefore i go any further on behalf of the ntsb i would like to extend our condolences to the family and friends of the victims of the this tragic accident. here is

and while walking around new york city, we ran into tourists and new yorkers who braved the weather. >> i'm not driving. why should the weather stop me is it up to the bus driver. >> it's december and it's new york. it snows and it's cold. it's not going to stop me. i have to keep going. >> you only have a few more days left. get out there and do it. >> reporter: get out there and do it. about 32 million americans have not even started shopping yet. so if you're going to get out there, make sure you do. this last week before christmas is expected to be a big one. experts say expect big promotions and big deals as stores try to reel you in and perhaps more packed shops because people haven't been shopping the last two weekends. gregg, back to you. >> i think i spotted a couple of faux santas back there doing the pub crawl. when i came in early this morning into grand central, boy, they were at it already. it should make for an exciting evening. >> it's the holidays in new york. >> yep. thanks. >> oh, what fun it is to be in nyc. let's find out where the storm is heading. go to chief me

>> jon: for new yorkers where did you grow up los angeles? up in los angeles. >> jon: so marty scores is scorsese is like the pope of film making. >> right. >> jon: i'm so angry at you for being so close to that man. i'm not allowed within half a mile. >> no you are not. [ laughter ] >> jon: was that an incredible experience? >> he is my favorite artist of any medium. favorite filmmaker. favorite anything. good fellas is my favorite movie. that's why i wanted to make movies in the first place to. even get to be him would have been the highlight of my existence. get out to play opposite leo in a movie directed by him. >> jon: it's a little crazy. >> i play an unhinged drug addict maniacal wall street criminal. >> jon: do they have those? >> apparently not every single person who worked on wall street ever was by the book and a good person all around. >> jon: i cannot wait to see this. >> i was shocked to find this out as well. i assumed they were boy scouts walking around there. >> jon: when he -- so does he approach you for something like thi

. >> we lost four new yorkers this morning. we have 11 critically injured, in hospitals. i ask all new yorkers to remember them in your prayers tonight. >> in the ukraine - protesters are taking over buildings in the capital, demanding the president step down. >> a set back for gay rights. the european union's newest member votes to ban same-sex marriages. >> tonight rescuers worried more victims could be trapped under cars after a new york train accident. crews will turn them upright. it derailed in the bronx on its way to manhattan. here are the latest numbers. four are dead, 63 confirmed injuries. of those 11 are listed in critical condition. kilmeny duchardt is live at the scene of the accident at the bronx with the latest on the investigation. what can you tell us? . >> the ntsd just spoke to the press not too long ago. we know that they arrived on the scene at 12:30 today. for hours their team has been coming through several things. they are looking at the tracks, the signalling system, the mechanical equipment, how the crew performed and the injuries that people su

. >> thousands of new yorkers are marching in solidarity. >> we're following multiple developments onyria at this hour. >> every hour from reporters stationed around the world and across the country. >> only on al jazeera america. have been telling you in the san joaquim river, freeze warnings in effect. never seen too much in terms of rain. los angeles, you are going to be seeing some beautiful weather all the way to sunday even into the low 70 did or high 60s, partly cloudy conditions, overnight, about 44 degrees. texas also dry for you as well. we saw rain showers and a mix of precip just a little bit up here towards the north. temperatures for dallas at about 42. san antonio at 55. for houston, well, you are going to be seeing rain by the time we end the week. 59 degrees there. that will will last one day. your weekend should look better with a high of 63. over here towards the southeast, some rain showers pushing through orlando right now. atlanta is going to be about 56. an american auto maker making history. the newer ground general motor is making as it names its latest ceo. >

. >> plus, new yorkers uber irate. loyal customers accuse the san francisco car service start up of ripping them off. abc7 news yes you did. yes you did. no i didn't. no i didn't. did not. yes you did. [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. get an 8 piece meal, any recipe, with a dozen cookies baked in-restaurant. the kfc festive feast. that's a lot for just $19.99! today tastes so good. >>> a beautiful day along the coast is a surfer's dream. abc7 news joins us live with more. wayne? >> this sunset is spectacular. we've been watching waves today, they were 11 to 12 feet high, every 17 seconds. sneaker waves they call them this, is the stuff surfers live for and learn to fear. waves moving fast, one after another. >> like looking at the side of a house made of water. moving house. >> when he went to the beach he expected action and got more than that from these battering rams >> it can lead to disaster. all the more reason for marin county fire captain to keef an eye on beaches and people today. >> this is not

good for you. >> 1 million new yorkers a year still go hungry. you are involved with city harvest. you're a millionaire celebrity chef. how did the every day average american are american fight hunger. >> immigrants or people with bad luck in life. like you mentioned in new york city 1 million people need to be fed every day and city harvest is very good at bringing food to those people in need and they need help right now. we have in the bronx, in staten island twice a week mobile markets and bring fresh produce and i think that's very for feed people who are hungry some good food. >> healthy food. >> some chef volunteer to teach them what to do with fresh produce because sometimes for us a potato is easy to cook but for somebody else it's a mystery. we teach what to do. city harvest is the most dynamic program. >> very quickly the culinary explosion of 2013, the cronut. what do you think of it? >> i have had many cronuts. i love the cronut. it's been copied so quickly. i just came back from korea. every where you have kronuts. it's unbelievable. it's a very good product. beautifu

what new yorkers call the christmas miracle will surely happen again this year. nhk world, new york. >> the smiles on their faces. a storm is looming over western europe causing havoc. our meteorologist robert speta has been following this situation. robert. >> yeah, gene will people traveling across western europe today, it is going to be a slow go or no-go for many of you who plan flying. we have a monster of a storm northwest of british isles. can you see cloud cover from the southwestern peninsula through spain. that's a big storm producing gusty winds out there. i want to show you wind reports over the past 12 hours, steppeding from greenland to ice land, east into austria, 90 kilometer winds, a far reaching storm. it truly is. it's going to impact many people out there. if you do have travel plans be careful if you are getting out and about. if you don't have travel plans i would recommend staying inside, coastline of british isles, i would recommend riding this out. spend the holidays with your family if you can. it does look like this one will continue to

some new yorkers will have seen it in the subway. gap that hador been vandalized with graffiti. one model is sikh. liken him to a terrorist and include a line driving taxis."top users have been inspired to share similar photos. they have been posting under the #makelove, which is the name of gap's advertising campaign. plan forsed gap's combating racism. the campaign is proving particularly popular with the members of the sikh community. they have acknowledged and thanked gap for their support. a platformng it as to help raise awareness for this growing societal problem. >> has anyone ever died in the apartment or house you are living in? american web users can answer that very question by visiting the site deadinhouse.com, which collects obituaries with additional information. the site doesn't have every single u.s. property in its database and charges $11.99 for the service. just eight years old, he is already considered to be something of an effort -- expert in paleontology. he has devoted a youtube channel to his passion and regularly posts videos of his findings and learnin

new yorkers traveling underground packed together in urine scented sub terrainan sewage trolleys ande up to eat wet tubes of meat dispensed from soviet era metal carts. ew. >> jon: i think you are describing how most people in new york live right now. [ laughter ] >> what about crime, jon? are you ready to go back to running in fear of gangs wearing roller skates. >> jon: that's footage from the warriors. the documentary the warriors by ken burns. >> jon: i'm surprised you are not happier that nanny state bloomberg is leaving with all his laws about where you can smoke and what soda you can buy. >> i drink big soda and smoke where i want. i'm a rich person. here i am at the museum of natural history. >> jon: you are inside -- >> i'm a donor i can pet the taxidermy. >> jon: that's a maternity ward. i was handing out cigars to babies. here i am seeing how the other half live. >> jon: that's my house. >> i come and go as i please. you are out of whole milk, q-tips, half a frozen turkey and you have to replace your pillow cases. >> jon: what did you do? >> a private event weapon masks --

. >> thousands of new yorkers are marching in solidarity. >> we're following multiple developments onyria at this hour. >> every hour from reporters stationed around the world and across the country. >> only on al jazeera america. while you were asleep news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 5 to 9 am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. >> tell us exactly what is behind this story. >> from more sources around the world. >> the situation has intensified here at the border. >> start every morning, every day 5am to 9 eastern. >> with al jazeera america. >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suareza. on this day where people have gathered to memorialma memorialize nelson mandela. dave stewart, just before the break, you heard david ottaway talking about the rising anti-apartheid movement here in the united states. was there a strong sense that the world was starting to withdraw its s

. >> i am a native new yorker. i am proud to be a native new yorker and i love new york so much. a wonderful place for me, a wonderful stage for me to be on. everybody at this table is really passionate about things. i am passionate about new york. i think that at some point in my life, i could be helpful in the political arena. i do not know when that would be. i do not know what position. people say mayor to me. people say i might run for office one day. who knows? >> you are open. >> i'm open, sure. >> you're not worried about a skeleton or two in the closet? >> i'm going to put the skeletons on the table day one. i don't care about that. one thing that we all have in common -- >> skeletons? >> not only do we have skeletons, we are used to being hit on in the press. at this point, we are numb to it. >> everything anybody needs to know about bobby flay is already out there? >> totally. absolutely. do you have something i don't know? if you have something to make me more interesting, bring it out. >> tell us about the restaurant. >> i had a spanish restaurant for 15 years called

. >> new yorkers ice skating in short sleeves at the rink at rockefeller center, where it was a recorddegrees. but a very different scene in other parts of the country. at least five people died in kentucky flooding. and a tornado in arkansas killed one. all because of a powerful storm system that is producing a mix of wild wild weather. in louisville, fallen power lines sparked a fire. >> as sheets of ice fall from the roof of a outlet mall in oklahoma city on sunday. no one was hurt. and it is looking a lot like christmas in the midwest. forcing crews to work around the clock. >> when they bring in extra crews it is quite an effort to get all the crews lined up, where to go, it is a logistics nightmare. >> it caused hundreds of flights to be delayed. it is stretching all the way north to canada. >> kevin is here with a look at the weather, you have greens, you have whites, you have pinks, you -- that's nice. >> believe it or not, this is better than what we had previously. >> that's okay. >> we are going see a lot of this, as we go towards the next day. that's the good news. we are s

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just like new yorkers. let me jump away from the text and back to real life. i wonder whether or not to your mind, these kinds of identity crises are issues that the current generation of chinese americans deal with. we all know this is nothing new. there is more intermarriage in this country than ever before. it is the case that so many of us are wrestling with identity questions that are multiracial, multiethnic. you can't ways that imagine. i wonder if there is anything about the book that is relatable to the identity crisis that many of you are struggling with today? of that wouldome have dissipated or have gotten much better. i continue to meet young people that read that book or the joy luck club and identified with it. is everybody getting the same opportunities? it is a myth. people think the chinese people are the model minority and they get everything. but the greatest poverty in san francisco, for example, second to african-americans, it is the chinese. or elder abuse or suicide rates. there is a hidden part of the .roblems tavis: is that a compleme