. >> reporter: ...otis bradley was only six years old.ret were visiting a beach house directfully the storm's path. >> there was no warning. absolutely zero warning. >> reporter: otis remembers the grown-ups in the house telling him not to look out the window-- so, of course, he did. >> dark and windy and scary. my sister says that she saw a 50-foot tidal wave. >> reporter: the category three hurricane made landfall with bellport, new york, with winds at 121 miles per hour and a storm surge that rushed into the house that otis and his sister were visiting. >> after the water started piling up, we moved up to the second floor. and then to the attic. and the men cut a hole in the roof so that if the house got washed away, we could get out. >> reporter: what do you remember feeling? >> cold and damp and wet and scared. >> reporter: in the village of westhampton beach, bob murray of the local historical society showed us just how high the water rose from the storm surge. eight feet! a mile inland. after the hurricane, so few buildings were le

elisha otis -- elijah otis successfully demonstrated the safety device he had created. even of the elevator and he cut the device, and he did not fall. everyone was impressed by that. in 1857, the oldest brother's company installed their first passenger elevator on broadway in new york. believe it or not, many of those first elevators were actually started and stopped by a hand broke. >> what drove those old elevators? what was their motive power? >> in some cases, they might have even been hp. >> and then changed to electric? >> electric cited to come in the 1890's, and that was around the time when the elevator stopped from material handling and started to be used more frequently for passengers. in 1878, there was a demonstration of the other thing that allowed architects to build taller buildings was the advent of a higher quality steel manufacturing. in 19003, the first production year track models were introduced, that it was when things took off. >> that mostly happened in new york city? >> lower manhattan was the first place that took off, then chicago. those ear

john otis grew a rational spring undermined government retaliation. i shall set the province in claim, even if i die in the attempt to shut it. as his anger fester have choices sanity, wandered into a boston tavern by british officers to provoke a fight. an officer responded by clubbing him over the head with the broad side of his sword. although he recovered from the physical wound, he drifted in and out of insanity for the rest of his life. at times it polkas head out of the window and start firing into the park of the unseen british enemies. one time he wandered into the state assembly, drew his sword and challenged the prime minister of england to come to boston and fight a duel. eventually, france tightened down on a chair and carried him to the insane asylum. despite adams depravity and otis is insanity, the stamp at protest left adamson command of a powerful force of armed thugs involved in. but the repeal of the stamp act left britain still choking from economic problems. the british government remained bankrupt with a large army in america to

i walked into thel newsroom there were pictures of otis chandler he was seuss. i looked around and thought a o k. [laughter] i t decided i would just go there and get up and said assemble a staff and basically i am a journalist i am here i think i can help you. i basically tried to be honest and appeal to the sense of athfi journalist. they traffic fairness and balance and if they think g you are honest they will give you ai chance even ifyou. they cannot stand you.he i did that and we went to work. all throughout the industry industry, we had gonet, through three or four years trying to figure out the right size of theeal newsroom, how to downsizewhol downsize, he cannot make wins were blowing forcing all of us to do things we p did not like including laying off people come eliminating jobs. it does to the point* you didn't want to do anything because if you stuck your head out you would say do you really need them? you got to the point* where you were sick of cutting back just looking for an opportunity to do something about it. that is when sam zell came the.

there. >> otis redding, you can't go wrong. >> the album is getting mixed reviews and when you are bothntastic do you need to collaborate to be great, and the answer is no, but why not try? it is fantastic and love it. a lot of fun. gavin mcgraw was attacked in the wee hours of the morning and the investigators are opening up the detalts because it is murky, he was in the east village and attacked by people and then hit by a cab and then taken to the hospital after somebody else called 911. he has a broken nose and some other injure is are. ht se going to be fine. but still -- >> he released a statement that this is the strangest story. >> strangest story ever and there has to be more police investigation to get something more definitive. >> nothing on twiter? >> no. >> okay. we will keep you up to date on that. and then a topic getting a lot of traction especially online, my scoop readers are all up in arms about this, the possible remake of "dirty dancing." kenny ortega was the original choreograph choreographer, and he made up the dirty dance and all of the grinding you see, and not

otis moss for our benediction. >> once again, please welcome the rev. otis moss., and keepers of the dream. if you have the strength, hold hands with the person next to you, recognizing that weather friend, relative, has been -- husband, wife, child, or member of your organization, you may never have the opportunity to hold this hand again in this world. we regret that sister dorothy cotton could not be with us today. her job with the southern christian leadership conference was a revolutionary task, a leading the citizenship education program. may we left up in prayer -- lift up in prayer the reverend fred shuttle's worth, whose body is now a frail, but whose legacy and laborers are immortal. many of our heads. -- may 8th we blough our heads. -- may we bow our heads. and i looked on the hill, and i saw men, women and children standing with their hands united, and each one looked into the eyes of the other, and nobody was afraid, and i asked the angel, what is this? and the angel said, this is the kingdom of god. and i asked the angel, where is this? and the angel

otis. he is accompanied by an outstanding music group. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome this group. >> it is an honor to be here at such an auspicious occasion. we feel right at home and would like to bless this house. cappella] [applause] >> we would like to mix the old with the new. how many people love motown? i know you would. we did a style called vocal play. my brother here is going to start with a little something like this. [beat boxing] that is a little bit of a new school. [vocalizing] [singing a cappella] [ready or not here i come, you can't hide, gonna find you] >> we have no use for drums or a bass guitar. give it up for them. on the trombone. [vocalizing] the guitar for year. -- for you. [vocalizing] give it up for this person. [applause] >> thanks so much. most importantly, god blast. >> please welcome rev. otis for our been addition -- benediction. once again please welcome the rev. otis moss. [applause] for those who are able, let us please stand and join hands as br

blogger danny schechter says that the reality of life in israel often go sunday otis because the country only attracts coverage for its role in conflicts. many americans think somehow the israeli government is very popular the leaders of israel are to get a lot of attention in the american media israel is presented almost as a model with the country when it's actually an extremely divided country a massive protest of the kind we've seen in israel about you just the economic realities that people there are experiencing something americans have no understanding of because there's no context in the reporting israel's only reported in a context of its conflict with iran or its conflict with palestinians the actual reality of life in israel what's happening to people there and how this right wing government in israel is handling the economy is something that we never really hear about whatsoever it's a very unstable situation the economy there is very unstable as well you know when you look at the middle east generally speaking they talk only about the arab countries only they have internal d

i walked into the newsroom and all around the news room are plastered pictures of dean bakaay and otis chandler, the god, zeus. i thought, okay, welcome. i had decided that i was just going to go there, and i was going to get up in front of the newsroom. i said right away, assemble the staff. i went out and i basically, you know, said, okay, i'm a journalist. i'm here. i think i can help you guys, and i just basically tried to be real honest to them. it appealed to the sense in journalists that they'll give you a fair shake. they traffic in fairness and balance, and if they think you're honest, they'll give you a chance even if they can't stand you. i basically did that, and we went to work and tried to do it, but all throughout the industry, you have to understand people -- we had gone through three or four years of trying to figure out, you know, the right size of the newsroom, how to downsize the newsroom. there were real economic whims blowing through the whole industry forcing us to do a lot of things we didn't like, and that included laying off people, eliminating jobs, and it go

otis moss for our benediction. >> once again, please welcome the rev. otis moss. have the strength, hold hands with the person next to you, recognizing that whether friend, relative, husband, wife, child, or member of your organization, you may never have the opportunity to hold this hand again in this world. we regret that sister dorothy cotton could not be with us today. her job with the southern christian leadership conference was a revolutionary task, a leading the citizenship education program. may we llift up in prayer the reverend fred shuttle's worth, whose body is now a frail, but whose legacy and laborers are immortal. may we bow our heads. and i looked on the hill, and i saw men, women and children standing with their hands united, and each one looked into the eyes of the other, and nobody was afraid, and i asked the angel, what is this? and the angel said, this is the kingdom of god. and i asked the angel, where is this? and the angel said, in your own heart. and i asked the angel, when is this? and the angel said, when we all learn how to love one ano

>> otis air force base has a shelter. each community has their own plan. they made phone calls yesterday across the board to communities telling them where local shelters are. people are prepared. how do you prepare for a storm like this? it will always remain a mystery to people because things will occur. for instance, in central and western massachusetts, the flooding will be the big issue. here its going to be the surge and it's going to be power outages. >> well, a hearty bunch you are there in falmouth, massachusetts, and we do appreciate your time. representative william keating there. best of luck. >> alex, thank you. this brings out the best in people, i think, in our country when we face tough times. >> it's good for us all to stick together. thank you very much, sir. good luluck. from there to kill devil hills, north carolina, where we see tremendous storm surge there with mark potter and mike seidel. kristen, you look as bad. you have trouble standing up there because of the winds. >> reporter: yeah. you know, we're not seeing the big storm surg

otis breauly, the chief medical officer of the american cancer society, and from philadelphia we're alsoto the show the lead researcher himself, dr. carl june. dr. june, i'd like to start with you. tweaking patients' own cells to attack disease isn't new, so i'm curious what you did that past researchers didn't do. >> well, thank you. there are several new innovative aspects to the trial that we just reported. first of all, our trial was the first to use an hiv-based virus to introduce the gene into the patient's good cells, the t-cells as you call them. that then turned the cells into chymerat-cells, and for an animal that's composed of two different species, and in this case we made the t-cells chymeric and then t-cells which are able to kill other cells, in this case tumor cells, so they -- they were very efficiently manufactured in the chymeric cells with express antibodies which are a known and effe effective treatment for cancer and another thing that made a difference is the cells actually replicated when we infused them into the patient. we found in all patients the cells were st

otis moss and j.t. and so on all of you on dr. king's staff, please stand, staff members of dr.r. king's staff, give them a hand, will you please. [applause] give them a big hand all of them. [applause] let me ask you a series of questions, please. how many of you have a family member in jail? please stand. if you have a family member in jail, please stand. a family member in jail, please stand. be seated. those of you who are in hong foreclosure or are behind in your hand, please stand pin someone who is in home foreclosure or behind in their rent, please stand. be seated. in your house, there is a student loan debt, please stand. we will get to it. someone in your house is in credit-card debt, please stand. how many of you need a job? please stand. [laughter] be seated. you know someone who has contemplated committing suicide, please stand. today, i consider myself blessed having just left to jail a1963 to come to the march on washington and to hear and see dr. king and will wilkens and dr. russo and whitney young and john lewis. i prayed with them, talked with him, to walk wi

otis lost jr., attorney general eric holder, and representative sheila jackson lee. our live coverage is tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span. >> ladies and gentlemen, we ask that you please take your seats. our program will now begin. please take your seats at this time. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our mistress of ceremonies for this evening -- nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of msnbc 's "andrea mitchell reports" -- andrea mitchell. [applause] >> good evening. good evening and welcome to this very special occasion. just want to say to all of you who have moved from the building museum and created this beautiful space here, which was less than 24 hours ago, i just want to say -- congratulations to all for all the hard work. [applause] funny thing happened while we were all -- i was anchoring the news and other people were gathered and doing their business in washington -- an earthquake. but as harry johnson says, when dr. king comes to town, things really shake, rattle, and roll. [applause] good evening and w

in america to restore trade relations. 1765 parliament did just that and turned sam adams and james otis into heroes in boston and elsewhere in america. now just who were these heroes? both were from wealthy families, and like many sons of wealthy new englanders, they were harvard graduates. we all make mistakes. [laughter] if the had gone to jail the would have behaved themselves and went and got decent jobs. [laughter] adams los the son of the largest brewer. you still see the name of sam adams beer has nothing to do with the original brewery. his father died when sam was 36. until then, she had into a lazy to bring a living on his own but now he had to take control of the brewery and he quickly ran it into bankruptcy and allowed the family mansion to deteriorated. he seemed unconcerned with earning money, he married and fathered two children and after his wife's death, his championing of liberty brought himself a slave and raised his children in an abject poverty. his father fought him an easy job as a city tax collector to ensure his earning enough to feed his children and his slave

looked around the pacific theater understand the global hawk is a high altitude long endurance assets otis unmanned system what in in the air force recall in rpa because it is piloted and it was the best one to satisfy this persistent dynamic imagery requirements. what does that mean? we could park the global hawk over japan flying from guam or several hours up to 20 hours staying there and then we could dynamically caskets so as new kind of requirements became evident to aid workers we could read casket, so like i said within 21 hours the global hawk was airborne en route to japan. an interesting story is that was one month earlier than we even intended for the opal hot slippery because it'd just arrived in guam and they were doing standups and so forth so the story behind it is really an incredible effort because they had to do four things. first of all they do fix communications because we were preparing to go to japan to read a figure out how the satellite medications and fix some things that weren't ready. the second thing is that somebody has to look at all of that so what we call th

expected yielded a significant increase in production resulted in no official change in opec production otisup of nations led by iran and venezuela refused to pump additional oil. today's meeting actually broke up after an acrimonious and heated exchange between saudi arabia's oil ministry and representatives from iran and venezuela. >> can you tell us what the issues are here? i assume this has something to do with events in bahrain and elsewhere in the gulf? >> is more competition than that, simon. i'll amy has asked opec countries to recognize it is in everyone's long-term economic interest to discard production targets immediately and produce the maximum possible rate while the processing plant is operating at reduced capacity. iran's representative countered saying it was time for the world's oil producing country to recognize they have a moral responsibility to use their power to direct millions of people suffering at the hands of western oppression. libya, algeria and venezuela apparently agreed with the minister. they ran representative also lash out against the united thed states ac

we just had the -- we all celebrated wildly the 150th anniversary of otis's invention of the elevatord it was with that that we then could combine new methods of construction, steel construction and other construction, to build high rise buildings. >> because after about six floors you got kind of tired of walking to your office. there was an upper limit of how tall you could build the building, and get people to walk up to the top and rent space. >> there are super-tall buildings, how fast could you make an elevator accelerate and decelerate and make people comfortable. i'm lawrence cornfield, chief building inspector. the building code is very interesting, it addresses things beyond the structure of the building and the steel and the floor. it addresses things that make people comfortable. so how fast the elevator goes is the sort of thing that the building code addresses that are sort of social issues. for example, mod yuls of elasticity of flor. you want to stiffen the floor so you don't feel uncomfortable. >> one thing you don't want to have happen, you're sitting at a desk and s