the publisher of riverhead and riverhead is a specialized small literary imprint and our goal is to bring new voices, new perspectives to readers. so we are always looking for something, something appealing that we have not heard before. the first book i mentioned that i ever published was the book by a guy heard on the radio. i could remember his name. it was something so fresh and distinct about his voice that i had to call them up and buy that book. that was david sedaris. it turned out i was not alone. many people wanted to hear that same voice. that is what we look for. we have this irrational hope in the midst of a constant state of collapse and we continue to do it. it has been touched on here at the summit and we will probably talk about it today. the history of book publishing is a coming together of format around successful publishers who have adapted new formats and amalgamated them into a single company. paperback and riverhead publisher cease to be separate which was a problem for paperback publishers because they needed products, so they bought or started hardcover imprints.

the town of riverhead has a general fund of $45 million.ey stay here for the full year we'll reap benefit of $2.7 million. and in these economic times that is a big, big profit for the town. >> reporter: but environmentalists argue that this airport sits on top of an aquifer that supplies the region with water and there are concerns there could be chemical runnoff from the vehicles, gas, oil, anti-freeze, lubricants that could taint the water source. >> long islanders get all of their drinking water from underground. what gets into the ground gets into their water and we think it shouldn't be fluids from wrecked cars. >> reporter: well the auction company says all of the vehicles are inspected every day. they're all parked on pavement. and the all be sold off in three to six months, jenna. jenna: wow, some unbelievable pictures there of the airport. have you just walked up and down the rows, rick? have you seen anything good? are you looking for anything there? >> reporter: you know, they won't let us past the fence, jenna. so we found a hi

rick leventhal has the details of what may suddenly be the biggest parking lot in riverhead, new york, rick. >> reporter: thousands and thousands of cars and the executive air park closes every winter and typically empty during the long cold months, but not this season because the town of riverhead, which owns this property way out on eastern long island found a way to m of all of this space. leasing the space, the runways and taxi way to insurance auto auctions, inc. filled the airport with thousands of vehicles damaged by hurricane sandy. two runways, 1007 feet long, filled with cars, some of them new, auctioned off online every day and buyers have to be recyclers, rebuilders or dismant dismantlers, licensed and registered with the state and it's paying for every acre using expected to be a total of nearly 3 million dollars, but some environmentalists say it's a bad idea, that this airport since on top of an aquifer that supplies the town and long island with drinking water and that comes from underground and what goes into the ground could get into the water. so if the cars are lea

a company looking to auction all of these off and paying the town of riverhead millions of dollars toars. some residents aren't happy saying they're concerned the damaged cars could leak fuel into the ground water. i'm ainsley earhart and now back to "on the record" with greta. greta. >> this could be a huge blow to the investigation to the benghazi terror attack. tunisian authorities releasing one of the only suspects in custody. you remember in october the 26-year-old tunisian man arrested in an airport at turkey with false papers, extradited from turkey to tunisia in custody. at the time authorities saying they strongly suspected he was involved in the 9/11 attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. tunisia charged the man with membership after terrorist organization and only after senator lindsey graham intervened tunisia finally permitted our fbi to question the man, but now, a judge has freed the suspect due to lack of evidence. the national correspondent joins us live from tunisia. why did they release him and do they suspect he's part of 9/11 o

auctions iaa, which works with the insurance companies, is leasing the runways from the town of riverhead. the town says it will make nearly $2 million in six months. this automobile graveyard is turning into a giant money maker for the town, but some say it's a giant mistake. >> sandy was a natural disaster nobody could do anything about. this is a natural disaster in the making that is just simply an error of government. >> reporter: 20 local environmental and civic groups wrote to the new york department of environmental conservation in protest saying gasoline, oil, anti-freeze, lubricants and the interaction of salt water with auto parts pose a threat to long island's sole source aquifer. >> it's no different than what you would see at smith haven mall. this is less damaging to the environment. >> reporter: the town supervisor says the town sits too deep to be affected by any leaks. the d.e.t. says it's monitoring the situation but so far there's been no violations from the cars parked on the runways. they are inspected and monitored to make sure they don't leak. the most a single car

insurance auto auctions iaa, which works with the insurance ays from the town of riverhead.the town says it will make >> sandy was a natural disaster nobody could do anything about. this is a natural disaster in the making that is just simply an error of government. >> reporter: 20 local environmental and civic groups wrote to the new york department of environmental conservation in protest saying gasoline, oil, anti-freeze, lubricants and the interaction of salt water with auto parts pose a threat to long island's sole source aquifer. they're talking about the drinking water that sits deep below the ground under the airport. >> what's happening here is no different than what you would see at smith haven mall or tanger mall. this is probably less damaging to the environment. >> reporter: the town supervisor says the groundwater sits 200 'o tahoe no chain restrictions00 'o in effect. it should not be bad resource for her and a source of affection and a source of optimism for her to return to good health. >> reporter: the special bond between hillary clinton and her only child