and then conversations about the future with new york police commissioner ray kelly. and architecture critic paul goldberg. >> we realize that after september 11th that we had to do more to protect the city from a terrorist attack. we had an attack twice, successfully. and we knew that we had to augment the supplement of what the federal government was doing to protect our city. because new york was then and still is in the judgement of the intelligence community the number one target in america. >> i think we should have rethought all of the land. and i think we also should have had housing. because that's what people really have wanted in lower manhattan, not offices. it's what there's a need for. but there was a fear right then that people would not want to live at ground zero. that it would be too raw, too painful. in fact, now with eight years having passed, we really think of it, it's not just any few blocks, of course, it's still very special. but i don't think people would hesitate to live there had an apartment building been put up at the corner of it. >> ros

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did you see how ray kelly, the commissioner of new york, was basically mum on this entire topic when it happened last week? i found myself questioning that. why? well, now it's apparent because this was huge, and it may not be over yet. and now there's a new article out this morning saying that possibly the police and the f.b.i. stepped on each other's feet, and maybe the police had to go in and make these arrests before the f.b.i. was ready for them to make those arrests. that's why we're left with this sort of thing hanging right now about whether or not there's still a threat. there's high alert at train stations. the authorities are also telling people to be on high alert at stadiums. now we know we have the football season in action. we still have baseball in action. and i'm telling you what, premeditate still taking mass transit. but people are nervous. let's listen to ray kelly. >> i think it's important to underscore the fact that there's a lot of classified information in this investigation. the only thing i'm authorized to talk about is the complaint, the criminal complaint

. >> ray kelly and other nypd officials and homeland security had a conference call with president obamaho called them this afternoon to express his admiration in the nypda role in disrupting the terrorist plot. they pecked up a tape showing whereasy purchasing large amounts of chemicals including hicrojen peroxide. it triggered an intelligence warning that there was a potential plot coming together similar to those used in public attacks in madrid and london. the search for the alleged accomplices continues here in new york. >> what a scare and what could have been. these f.b.i. agents deserve a trophy for thank you so employ. >> newy are action from a family of a suspected terrorist accused of wanting to build up a dallas building. the father claimed that his son is he is reportedly urging the jordanian government to help earn his release. he was arrested after trying to detonate what he thought was a bomb. he faces life in prison in convicted. police dash cam video showing smadi arrested for having no driver license. the f.b.i. feared his arrest jeopardized their sting. they got in to

trained people and you heard from ray kelly a little while ago. people and our technology to keep the city safe and safer than its ever been. what we really have to focus on is around the world, we have young men and women fighting and dieing to protect us and two, on the streets of this country, we have police officers fighting and dying too as they try to get guns out of the fans of crimiha criminals. and unless you do something about the vast number of guns, you won't get the murder rate much lower than it is today. that's the first and most pressing security issue. al qaeda is something certainly serious and we're certainly focusing on that, but it's easy to change your focus to that than worrying about the number of people getting killed every single day. we have a virginia tech virtually every day in this country, and nobody focuses on that. >> sadly, we do have one of those almost -- yeah, it seems with stunning regularity. a recent study says soft targets will get -- >> you have to speak louder. we can't hear you. we have a real wind probl

this just into fox news a photo of new york police commissioner ray kelly and other nypd officials and homeland security and counter-terrorism team members having a conference call with the president. barack obama calling this afternoon to express his appreciation and admiration for the nypd's role in disrupting the terror plot. zazi is investigated as his e-mail dispatch looking for just the right bomb making recipe became more and more urgent. you can see zazi on this surveillance tape from a beauty supply warehouse from denver colorado where they allege he purchased some of the chemicals in question in large quantities including hydrogen per rocks i'd acetone and a strong acid. he was officially indicted with c conspireing to use weapons of mass destruction and a plot authorities were say aimed at commuter trains. they don't believe he was acting alone and still searching for those he was working with to put the bombing plot in motion. experts say they won't be easily spotted. >> we won't find most likely the type of perpetrators that came on 9-11. we will mostly find people part of

. >> we may have an update from the new york police commissioner ray kelly shortly.ibly this update here, talk to us a little bit more about the people who may be at large here. >> well, it's members of the suspected cell. the fbi doesn't know precisely how many people are involved, but they have several of them under surveillance. they are talking to some of them. they hope that other people who are involved in what they believe was a cell moving toward an attack plan will cooperate with authorities now and their message is cooperate with us now or face the prospect of longer sentences later. as for these latest security notices that were sent around, it's a reflection of the fact they don't know precisely what the terror plot was. but based on the fact that there are a number of searches in new york turned up backpacks that the najibullah zazi had on his computer a formula for a specific type of explosive maybe this is backpack bombs on subways and trains as had been done before. pictures on his computer and cell phone of public places in new york, sports stadiums,

this is just the kind of thing the mayor of new york and new york police commissioner ray kelly say they need funding for to track down and capture terror suspects before they strike. in a press conference today the mayor commissioner, senator joe lieberman and others challenged congress to fund the securing the city's program to protect the region from nuclear terrorism and more. >> no city in the nation relies on it mass transit more heavily than new york does, and the terrible train bombings in madrid in 2004, london in 2005 and mumbai in 2006 i think only underscores the importance of these new grants. >> reporter: we are listening more about the 24-year-old afghan immigrant. he had a fascination with cell phones and computers. he was first friendly but some of his customers now say they noticed a shift a few years ago. when zazi makes his first new york federal court appearance on fussy will hear the charges against him which could bring him life in prison if convicted. in new york laura engle fox news. >>> zazi says he is innocent. his attorney says the fbi has been unable to find

among other things, we have a special interview with the new york city police commissioner ray kellyighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. also, we're going in depth on the political scene. what's happened? it's been a dramatic scene this week. paul begala, james carville, nancy photonaur. all that and more coming up here on "the situation room." >> you're from miami, and i'm from miami. we're both cubans. you're gay. i'm not. >> you're not? >> well, there you go. you made news. >> breaking news. >> you know, you never know what's going to happen with rick. you certainly don't know what's going to happen when rick invites somebody like perez hilton to the set. in case, you missed it more of the conversation between the cubans coming up. some lunch. you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is mark with broadview security. is everything okay? no. someone just tried to break in. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security. call now to install th

the police department, ray kelly who has a phenomenal anti-terrorist unit here. we're going to hear the fbi, we're going to hear homeland security. can the authorities calm these concerns john, such that we might have a normal opening tomorrow? >> i certainly hope so. i always trust the message of the market. i think if you see the stocks open up tomorrow, that's a good sign that this is something that is passed. if they open up way down we probably have a reason to be a little bit nervous. >> all right, john tamny, there's more breaking news apart from the terrorist threat. question, could there be an unbelievable september surprise in tomorrow's federal reserve policy minutes that would suggest draining bank cash through something called reverse repos. essentially pulling cash out of the economy that would set up an unexpectedly early exit strategy? there's a late-breaking report to the effect that the fed has been talking to government bond dealers about this. we have no idea about the timing. we frankly have no idea about the depth of this story. but it comes

just this hour ray kelly said that there was no specific information about any threats.s complexes, et cetera. no specific information that would give concern for those areas. in a post-9/11 world we're concerned about a lot of things. he pointed out in new york city we devote more than 1,000 cops to protect this city from terrorist threats and he says, we have not increased that number of resources. but these warnings or alerts have been put out in an abendance of caution. just following what we heard from pete williams, as well. that does it for us this hour, i'm tamron hall and, of course, our coverage continues with our friend dr. nancy sniderman. what do you have for us? >> hi, monica and tamron. coming up on "dr. nancy" the senate begins with the health care finance bills, the balkess bill. we'll hear from linda douglass from the white house and senator tom harkin. >>> and how young is too young to consider a sex change operation? a delicate subject. happening to kids around the globe. we'll talk about it because it's approaching noon on the east coast and that mea

t ray kelly says we're already doing all we need to do. i don't think you're going to see a lot of difference in terms of what local police departments are doing. you do see in terms of transit security and that kind of thing and maybe in some of these places a little more scrutiny of backpacks. >> thanks for putting it into perspective. >>> the death toll from that heavy flooding in parts of the southeast continues to rise. >> georgia governor confirms seven people have been killed including a 2-year-old boy. an eighth person was killed in alabama. >>> take a look at this. the six flags amusement part under several feet of water from the chattahoochee river. the governor already declared a state of emergency in 17 counties. take a look at these pictures sent to us from shawn mcbride in powder springs, georgia. apparently this is normally no more than a stream. look at the road. just flooded from water from a nearby creek. if you have the pictures of the flooding, we'll like to see them. if you can do so safely, send them to us at firstper

and ray kelly in making the city safe, and, in situations where there are investigations being conducted, we have a very good working relationship and we'll continue that relationship. >> glad hear it. i know it to be the case and thank you for saying it. next question. relates to the terror alerts. as you know, tom ridge, the former secretary of the department of homeland security, recently wrote a book, it was entitled "the test of our times." the book reveals how some, including former attorney general ashcroft, former secretary of defense, rumsfeld, he said, pressured him to elevate the national security threat just days before the 2004 election, in what he suspected was an effort to influence the election, that is his characterization, not mine. furthermore, he states, you were on his side against raising the terrorist level. would you please provide us with what you know happened then, is it true that you were against raising the alertsh alert level >> i cannot speak to the particular incident that is recounted in tom ridge's book. what i can says i do believe throughout the years

. >> rose: cmissioner ray kelly. back in moment.rose: we coinue now with paul go ber, the archecture critic for the new yorkanager over the yearhe has chronicled the procesof rebuiing ground ze. in his 2005 book up from xer owe he wrote theollowing ere is anyone no instruction maal to tell us wha to do when e taest buildings are suddenly gone and the a id in its heart. i'm plsed toave him back at this table and take note of a new boohe has written called, approprtely, why architecture matte. welcome. >> thank you,harlie. >>ose: what whei read me of the things that people have said a beuse it is halled grou, peoplere yearning for memorial. >>es. >> rose: whys there not memoal. >> well the is one coming. it's justaking a very, very long time. everything abo this process has gone eitr wron or astrain some way or been delayed. it's been something of a nightmare, actual. nobody dreamed it would take as long as it has. >> rose: what e we talking about and why did itappen? >> well, ihink we made a seriesf wrong decisions in thvery beginnin

one hour ago we heard from the committee -- police commissioner ray kelly and he said the city is doing what it always does one come back in tehran. >> we have not engaged in any different practices or increased security. as i say, we do a lot every day. we devote over 1000 police officers every day to protect the state from a threat. we have not increased that number of resources. >> just to underscore, the city is not doing anything special at this time, but much of the investigation that is ongoing remained flat. martha: is pretty clear that they're trying to downplay any connection between the action they are taking right now and this investigation. we are also learning that this investigation is far reaching and there is a lot we have not been told yet, right? >> absolutely. your first point is an important one. the fbi and homeland security has repeated that these alerts have nothing to do with a specific threat. that said, an advisory have been issued for local police to look for suspicious activity at storage units. one week ago they found that pact during this terror-related pr

. >> that echoes what we heard from new york city police commissioner ray kelly.tha: how many people might be involved? we're across the country are they looking? >> this is an international case, with elements tied to pakistan and al-qaeda training camps. authorities are tracking two dozen people in this case. so far, we have seen the arrest of three people, including zazi and his father. they were charged with providing false information during three days of interrogation by the fbi. the charges may expand further. authorities say that the third man, afzali, was developed as an informant, and then allegedly tipped off the younger zazi. that work by the nypd has led to reports of a lack of coordination between it and the fbi. it appears the investigation is in a very fluid stage. martha: a lot more to be told on the story. thank you, james rosen. trace: one of the biggest worries for seniors when it comes to health care reform is that they will see their medicare benefits cut. president obama says that will not happen. breaking today, the congressional budget chi

this is the kind of thing that the mayor of new york and commissioner ray kelly say they need funding down to track down terrorists before they strike. we had a news conference, the mayor, commissioner, joe lieberman and others challenged congress to fund the secure the city program to protect regions from terrorism, among other things. yesterday afternoon, president obama had conference call with the nypd investigators commending them and the department of homeland security for bringing zazi to custody so quickly. zazi is in a brooklyn prison cell awaiting arraignment on tuesday in federal court in new york. if convicted on the charges he could receive life in prison. shannon? >> shannon: thank you for the update, laura. we have just learned that the first germa germany female chancellor will keep her job. angela merkel will keep her job and it sounds like it will be confirmed relatively soon according to the exit polls. the nation's seniors are the latest focus in the healthcare debate, with claims about slashes to medicare and program flown around, what is fact and fiction? we'll d

ray kelly wouldn't go further, the new york police commission. >> i'm not going to talk any more about it's part of an investigation going forward. >> reporter: where that investigation goes from here, isn't clear. but one u.s. intelligence official described the threat as very well. so a real threat but no word of a target. and as far as we know, and no weapons were recovered yesterday. steve. >> thank you very much. >>> and the terrorist alert could be less colorful. a special task force is expected to recommend that the obama administration keep the color coded alerts but reduce the number of colors. it was put in place after the september 11th attacks. >>> the president visited wall street one year after lehman brothers went belly-up, triggering the global financial crisis. the president warned wall street that their behavior woulcause another meltdown. he said all of the economy has -- although the economy has improved, financial giants should not expect any more government bailouts. >> those on wall street cannot resume taking risks without regard for consequences and expect that

. >> reporter: a point new york city's police commissioner ray kelly knows well. >> it's important toagainst this city since september 11th. >> reporter: those plots centered on places like the brooklyn bridge and subway system, so-called soft targets, considered more vulnerable because typically they have less security. last year, new york spent $300 million on its joint terrorism task force. receiving only $10 million from the federal government. >> we need money to help us continue the significant efforts that we've made in this city to protect it. >>> what's the key to fighting terror? new york city mayor michael bloomberg believe it's prevention. bag searches on the city's subways to the police department's 1,000-person-strong counterterrorism bureau deployed across the world. earlier on cnn's "american morning," bloomberg offered this game plan -- >> we have to invest our money in a good police department and a good army and intelligence operations and stop sitting around trying to strategize but to actually do something. it's easy to have a bunch of talking heads saying we have

rays? >> george kelly had prostate cancer. >> it's not a luctszurey to -- luxury to get radiation treatment. it's you either get it or you're not alive. and a lot of people because they don't have insurance or underinsured, are sorry suffering right now. -- are suffering right now. and that's real. >> reporter: the acquisition is holding a town hall meeting in timonium tonight. on a fact-finding mission of their own. >> how much is this going to cost? >> what does it mean to each individual and their healthcare coverage? you know, how much more are we going to have to pay in texts to subsidize the program. >> it's a lot of envelopation -- information to gather. >> there will probably be amendments to all of this legislation. so it's hard to say exactly what we will end up with. >> reporter: healthcare reform has emergency status when congress reconvenes two weeks from today. report being live, i'm pat warren, back to you on television hill. >> and there are several versions to reform for congress to consider. >>> new hope and a cold case. the 1992 murder of a maryland teen remains unsolved.

. >> reporter: a point new york's city commissioner ray kelly knows well. >> it's important to remember that we've had eight plots against this city since september 11th. >> reporter: those plots centered on places like the bridge and subway system so-called soft targets considered more vulnerable because typically they have less security. last year new york city spent $300 million on joint terrorism task force receiving only $10 million from the federal government. >> we need money to help us continue the significant efforts that we've made in this city to protect it. >> reporter: and as we come out now, i think you're seeing some live pictures of the ceremony that is taking place down at ground zero. as i look at some of the family members who come down here, tony, i think of something that a family member told me some time ago which was never again. she said never again did she want to see an attack like this on american soil and i think you know from having seen the speech you get a picture of what this country is doing to try to make sure that in fact it does not happen here again.

the chief of customs at the time was ray kelly, now the commissioner of police in new york.the country is on alert in terms of law enforcement and counterterrorism. they think they've got up to two dozen people under surveillance. but whether or not they're all part of a plot remains to be seen. but the investigators are really hard chargers and they're going after this full board. brian: we heard about the backpacks. you're worried about an initial report that you also covered, and that is about renting the biggest u-haul they could find. they weren't able to. what do you think they were up to and why weren't they able to? >> well, you may recall a little over a week ago when they raided those apartments in queens, when this whole thing began, they found a bunch of new backpacks and cell phones. of course, they started thinking about madrid and london and the rail bombings and worrying about something of those lines. sometime last week, i think mid-week, they seemed to discover that some of the people associated with the prime suspect in this case, azizi, the guy in denver

investigations could not be better and that new yorkers are well benefited by the work of nypd and ray kellyin making the city safe. and in situations where there are investigations being conducted, we have a very good working relationship, and we'll continue that relationship. >> good. i'm glad to hear it. i know it toss the case, and thank you for saying it. next question relates to the terror alerts. as you know, tom ridge, the former secretary of the department of homeland security, recently wrote a book. it was entitled "the test of our times." the book reveals how some, including former attorney general ashcroft, former secretary of defense rumsfeld, he said, pressured him to elevate the national security threat just days before the 2004 election in what he suspected was an effort to influence the election. that's his characterization, not mine. furthermore, he saints you were on his side against raising the terrorist level. could you please provide us with what you know happened then? is it true you were against raising the alert level? >> i won't speak -- i cannot speak to the partic

investigations could not be better and that new yorkers are well benefited by the work of nypd and ray kelly in making the city safe. and in situations where there are investigations being conducted, we have a very good working relationship, and we'll continue that relationship. >> good. i'm glad to hear it. i know it toss the case, and thank you for saying it. next question relates to the terror alerts. as you know, tom ridge, the former secretary of the department of homeland security, recently wrote a book. it was entitled "the test of our times." the book reveals how some, including former attorney general ashcroft, former secretary of defense rumsfeld, he said, pressured him to elevate the national security threat just days before the 2004 election in what he suspected was an effort to influence the election. that's his characteriog@ @ @ @ h considerations in those discussions. >> those specific discussions. >> throughout. >> thank you. next question relates to security of fbi databases and cyber security experts. the administration released a new national intelligence strategy yesterda

todd heap and derek mason led in receiving yards and ray price over 100 yards on the ground. yesterday kelly washington, d.c. and willis mcgahee carried the team. give a lot of credit to the offensive line. on both of magahee's touchdowns they blew up the san diego defense. he has four touchdowns on the season in two games, 3 rushing, one seeing. the knock on him last season he was never really prepared to play. harbaugh says that's not the case this year. >> when he came to camp in shape and was able to work through training camp, i don't think he missed a practice in training camp, by his own, he told me this is the best training camp he has had in his whole pro career. it's showing up in the way he is running. it's benefiting us. >> frank walker made a play when they needed it just under a minute ago. he breaks up what could have been the game-winning touchdown in the end zone. ravens face the browns sunday. >>> monday night football, colts in miami, first play of the game peyton manning to dallas clark who throws off a tackler. 80-yard touchdown shuts the crowd up on the road and then pa

kelly swoope, "2 your health." >>> 5:16. baltimore ravens linebacker ray lewis is kicking off a brand new business venture and you're going to get to enjoy it very soon. this was the groundbreaking for the new family entertainment and dining facility at the hunt valley town center. ray? >> you see the transition from 1996, the cleveland browns coming to baltimore and not really having an identity but being in the same neighborhood for now 14 years, five minutes down the road and now i'm walking into an establishment that, man could never have seen but god knew this a long time ago. >> used to see the hunt valley mall? let me tell you. we're told the new facility will offer upscale bowling, restaurants, sports bar, golf simulators. it's scheduled to open in spring of 2010. >>> 5:17. our floor director is asking what upscale bowling is. i think they are marble bowling alleys. probably not. 84 degrees yesterday. a good-looking day. last warm day of the week. on target with our guarantee from yesterday morning but it's the last warm day we're going to have. we

kelly wright. new developments in the murder case of yale grad student annie le. the murderer had reportedly tow add car from cromwell connecticut where ray mons clark was -- where raymond clark was arrest ared. he. clark has not confessed to the crime. a manhunt is underway for a criminally insane killer in washington. hes escaped to the spokane county interstate fair and authorities warned the longer he goes without his meds, well, the more dangerous he could become. he brutally murdered an elderly couple in the '80's and was committed after being acquitted by reason of insanity. forbes on fox are returns now. for the latest headlines log on to foxnews.com. >> to the czar wars! lawmakers on both sides of the aisle telling him to cool it with the czars but neil says our economy needs more of them. neil, make the case. that's a tough one. >> there's nothing wrong with czars. it's just a bureaucrat. the only thing we don't like it is that it sounds russian which is almost as bad as sounding french. it is not that we have too many. it is that we have the wrong kind. why don't we have a czar against corruption, a czar against tax increases,

kelly swoope explains. >> reporter: it's nothing special to look at, travelers pass it day in and day out but look at this. a ray of sunshine is covering farm fields in baltimore and harford counties. people are slowing, stopping, and even snapping. >> definitely different from what it usually is. >> i never noticed them before. don't know where they came from. there was green one day. yellow the next. >> reporter: zach rose is the man behind the yellow that brightened jarrettsville and other neighboring communities. >> we decided to try sun flowers, we use grow soybeans. >> reporter: he's the third generation. selling the sunflowers. >> we plant them in mid-july, we'll start harvesting them in the first of december. >> reporter: this is actually the third year for the sunflower crop. the first year they started with the 150 acres and it did so well they expanded to 600. >> a different option. gives us a different market. it helps diversify the farm a little bit. we also have beef cattle. it just helps us spread our risk out. >> reporter: and spreading the risk is important, rose says because the tough economy h

kelly clarkson. tomorrow night, david alan grier, a 10-year-old vacuuming expert and pink will be on the show. later this week, christian slater, rachael rayed o'neill and sofia vergara and shakira will be on the show. are you excited about that? are you a shakira fan? >> yes. >> who are you more excited about, sofia vergara or shark? >> both. >> both. this is guillermo, our parking lot security guard. applauding himself. [ laughter ] by the way, i want to say hello to uncle frank who's back on the job with us after -- uncle frank, how you feeling? uncle frank was in the hospital getting a vasectomy and he took off a few days. everything came out all right? >> yes, i'm fine. thank you. >> all right. no more unwanted kids, you program us -- you promise us? >> yeah. >> you know matt damon, the actor. i personally have a complicated relationship with him. matt has a new movie called "the informant" that almost did not make it to the screen because some -- i guess some of the footage got damaged an they had to reshoot a key scene, but matt couldn't make it to the reshoot. why couldn't he make it again? >> because he was at new year's eve doing