but 16 floors above, american rochelle stimey knows nothing about the blazing inferno below. no alarm, no phone call, no notice at all. her husband is in china away on business, and she's in her hotel room with her 7-year-old daughter sona, when something catches sona's eye outside their window. >> i noticed some smoke. then i noticed it was coming from straight down below the window. and then i heard people screaming. >> rochelle panicked, rushes to the door, only to discover the hallway is filled with smoke. >> my daughter yelled, we're going to die. there were no emergency lights in the hallway, so it was pitch black, and i wasn't confident that in smoky conditions with my daughter and myself upset that i could make it. >> so rochelle makes a tough decision. staying in the room is their best hope. >> i said, you know what, sona, the fire department is here. let's wait. they'll put out the fire and we'll walk down the stairs. >> turns out, it's the right choice. for many at the hotel, there would be no way out. the hotel has no sprinklers, no smoke detectors and no working

administers naomi kelly she's been working with the staff and working with supervisor avalos and rochelle that's not much to add you have the organizations first, the warriors he made a mandatory local hiring commitment and waterfronts through this process they've made the ordinance better and upped the commitment to supervisor avalos said to increase that to thirty percent meaning more jobs dedicated for the community members thank you for doing that. one thing he's going to get embarrassed but a lot of us have been through here for pat mulligan thank you to city director pat mulligan a round of applause. thank you all supervisors this is great >> just in time. >> next speaker. >> jake representing forest city with the development working on pier 70 we're proud to be following the leadership of the board of supervisors in particularly supervisor avalos. and his staff in taking what has been a local hire component that was primarily structured around public works ideally because we get to build things quickly and being the first project to build now housing and parks and places where peop

write this so you know end of the song for the concerts in the east one which washington accuses rochelle finding but as we report later america's sanctioned plans are putting a snag at home. poland's foreign minister has been the secretly taped to comparing his country's relations with the u.s. to.

towards europe this so low end of the song for the conference in the east one which washington accuses rochelle finding but as we report later america's sanctioned plans are letting us lag at home. poland's foreign minister has been secretly taped comparing his country's relations with the us to a sexual act according to a lead to buy a polish online magazine. sikorsky believes his country is essentially pleasing america was little in return which according to him makes warsaw a subservient popping up in fact he says it gets worse not only is alliance with america worthless but it has alienated poland's biggest neighbors russia and germany moscow was somewhat sympathetic to his comments though saying the cross language was most likely a response to similar hurtful comments made by the u.s. deputy secretary of state so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. . but it's not just so the us the polish foreign minister is less than satisfied with sokolsky pulled no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealings with the

towards the euro the still no endurance like of the conflict in the east on which washington accuses rochelle finding but as we report later america's sanctions plans are hitting a snag at home. poland's foreign minister has been secretly taped comparing his country's relationship with the us to a sexual act according to a league by a polish online magazine. sikorsky believes his country is essentially pleasing america with little in return which according to him makes warsaw a subservient partner in fact he says it gets worse not only is alliance with america worthless but it has alienated poland's biggest neighbors russia and germany most or some want to sympathetic to his comments are saying the crass language was most likely a response to similar hurtful comments made by the us deputy secretary of state so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. but it's not just the u.s. polish our foreign minister is lessons that is followed where the sikorsky pulled no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealings with the

other businesses on ocean avenue and i seen the law come up and crying try to arrest people for rochelle the centers we need a self health center we have two pharmacies out there and i don't see any robberies there but i've seen robberies at some of the others we should continue the matter we don't need this on ocean avenue. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i believe the city attorney had input. >> deputy city attorney marla burn i want to remind you under the invested rights doctrine until you'll received our construction on the permit on the site you don't have the right to construct it and the city can expose any laws on the construction from my understanding of talking with the staff the legislation was, in fact, signed by the may on may 13th that is in effective on june 12th so unless the practice writing project can get all it's permits and the construction the city can oppose the effective election on prevention the committee can choose to hear it i and i recommend you not do so or so but apply the law and it has all the discretionary review p

rochelle, what can you tell me about oysters? >> they are in trouble but they are sort of the canary in the coal mine. i went up to the coast to figure out how science is working to figure out what's going on. why don't we take a swim? >> it's not every day you can tag along with the california oyster farmer. >> that little island out there? >> it's so small. >> i know. >> when you do, it's truly exhilarating. >> this floating in the water we called sand waves, one of the ways we grow our baby oysters. >> the 15 mile long bay is peppered with some of the largest oyster farms including the world famous hog island oyster company. >> these are those racks that they are pulling now. each one of those will have 800 oysters in it. demanding? there? oifters. >> the pay-off is delicious t terri sawyer has been farming shellfish on this bay for over 25 years. his company provides up to 3 million oysters a year to area. >> we've got water coming in bringing in all of the oxygen, the food, everything these guys need to grow. >> as you can i

. >>> the old rivalry between the dog and the mail man has cost some homes in rochelle park in burginounty their door-to-door postal service. meet max, the chocolate lab. the postal service says he's attacked three letter carriers this year alone with one mail man suffering six bites on his arm last month. people live in a cluster of homes near max are not too keen about having to retrieve their mail from the local post office. >> as long as the dog is in that house, you're not delivering mail for us. what if the dog lives for nine years. >> they're not going to deliver to me as long as i live. i'll probably die before the dog. >> that's the spirit there. for now, max can stay with his owner. we'll follow the story to see if anything can be worked out between the postal service and the family. >>> a montgomery county man accused of pox poexposing himse women while holding swiss cheese will not spend any time in jail. he pleaded guilty to harassment. a judge sentenced him to eight years of probation. here's pagano with a piece of swiss in one of the encounters. >>> the government relea

permit holder: steven greenwald & rochelle alpert. project #1: 27 roof mounted solar pv modules, 250 watts per module; 1 interactive inverter, 250w power rating, ttl no. of rating 6.75kw905039, meter main electrical service will also be upgraded/replaced with new. project #2: remove existing roofing down to workable surface; install new 3-ply bur consisting of 1-ply 371 lb. base, 1 layer black diamond and 1-ply g&a mineral cap sheet, request. sf 51234 we can hear from the requester attorney first, mr. soriano. >> good evening, members of the board. i'm brian soriano on behalf of the jurisdiction request. some of you probably recognize me from the numerous appearances made between these same two parts last year . i'm sorry to be back here again. we are not here out of so, you of did -- sour grapes. we are not here for solar panels. it's the manner of installation that we have a problem with and that no explanation has been offered for it and this manner of installation does not obviously appear to maximize the efficiency of solar panel

this is happening in rochelle park in burgin county, not for from new york city.ax, the chocolate lab. the postal service says he's attacked three letter carriers this year alone with one mail man suffering six bites on his arm last month. f homes near max are not too keen about having to retrieve their mail from the local post office. >> as long as the dog is in that house, you're not delivering mail for us. what if the dog lives for nine years. >> they're not going to deliver to me as long as i live. i'll probably die before the dog. >> well, for now, max can stay with his owner. we'll follow the story to see if anything can be worked out between the postal service and the family. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> cooler, more pleasant this morning. clouds move out, the humidity is also headed out. right now, temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. here at nbc 10, 65 degrees. the weather is in good shape. how about the traffic, jillian? >> it's decent on a lot of the major roadways. the roads are dry. we don't have accidents on the highways to report. thi

alongside her late husband ozzie davis much her family sz she died pose physical at her home in new rochelle, new york. she 91 years old. >> facebook certainly has a lot more information about you than just your friends and likes. we know facebook is always collected data on its 1.2 billion users. now, though, it's going to use that information to tailor ads more directly to its customers. but for the first time facebook will also allow its users to see what it calls ad preferences which should give the user little more control. >> facebook is in the business of gathering data and so they should be careful about what they share knowing that everything that they do there is going to be part of facebook's database. >> facebook will allow users to alter their ad preferences. they'll also able to opt out of receiving those targeted ads. >> slowly but surely kathy the rain is making its way out. we're getting toward better weekend. >>> we certainly are. we've been waiting all week. >> right. >> great weekend last weekend and the weekend before this could be three in row but we have to get through

i'm a cost there's still no end in sight for the conflict in the east one which washington accuses rochelle finding but as we reported later america's sanctions plans are hitting a snag at home. poland's foreign minister has been secretly taped comparing his country's relationship with the us to a sexual act according to a leaked by a polish line magazine wrote of course he believes his country is essentially pleasing america with little in return which according to him makes warsaw a subservient partner in fact he says it gets worse not only is the alliance with america worthless but it is elian needed poland's biggest in the ebers russia and germany. moscow was somewhat sympathetic to his comments though saying the cross language was most likely a response to similar hurtful comments made by the us deputy secretary of state so that would be great i think to help blew this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. but it's not just the us the polish foreign minister is less than satisfied sikorsky pulling no punches when speaking about the u.k. prime minister's dealings wi

rochelle the whole ukrainian crisis is an issue do you think the country will go along with that i mean especially taken into consideration how much russian money they're raised invested and british economy as of today. i think is a nonsense oldest for tat sanctions against russia russia's a sovereign nation and we can't do business with russia if we if we treat it like that some sort of pariah we simply can't do the sort of thing we have to respect russia's integrity we have to respect from two years and zones of influence i think this is not the way to go about things with russia people should talk quietly in the corridors of power we should not be having a shouting match with megaphones this is absolutely not the way to do things now you have slater recalled to proposal of partnership with ukraine a massive predication he said this demonstrates danger of foreign policy what do you think maybe joining the could now help ukraine. no i don't think so i don't think european union got the money to do with it who's going to pay for this is going to be the german the british taxpayer well i

the creative bad guy how to a diet and how to prove wanting that rochelle of a should was permitted to terrorism until they died but what there was within hours after that a dyke with it was announced that there was agreement between the turkish government and the other day to. decide the previous stage probably just as a second surgery. ok for some more inside let's discuss the issue further with kurdish activist. mystery song so much for taking the time to speak to us today no nato says russian had no power to get the courts to do anything what are your thoughts on the statement. well turkey had been trying to get done mark to close the doors to the ever since it was launched in two thousand and fourteen and they repeatedly complains and but they were unsuccessful until press musson big to become the next nato secretary general in two thousand and nine and turkey did not make it a secret that closure was a condition for them to support rasmussen and suddenly in the next year the danish government decided to prosecute rush t.v. and this isn't a very this doesn't really come as a shock

your competition they don't want industrial attentional of ukraine to team up with rochelle or somebody else it's the same thing they did in the balkans and nine and if we talk about how hurtful our western intervention is i think the biggest crisis right now internationally speaking is. ukraine iraq and once again. you come about as a result of western. importing democracy. libya iraq ukraine we have the same result we have the same sponsors well finally as opposed before we let you go i mean do you expect some sort of reaction to the downing of a plane from kiev's foreign backers. oh well absolutely i mean well they're just going to blame russia blame you for the past several weeks you know this is supposed to be an escalation on the part of russia how do these people manage to downplay i mean it. has its own military in the street but they're going to pin the blame on russia because the real target russia. piece or the east of ukraine so i guess but. only of the ones from nato. fortunately. thank you so much for your views that was political analyst always an impoverished talking to

debt and has just days left now to pay at least half of what it owes if the deadline is not met rochelle will start only delivering gas that's been paid for up front kevin i want to talk to our two correspondents about the deadlock. so are these latest gas price talks of collapse we seem to be back to square one who's holding it up is ukraine or is it russia was the picture all depends on whom you ask for example ukraine says that russia's price is too high and moscow says that kiev demands are simply absurd so let's have a look at the facts first starters ukraine admittedly owes billions of dollars to russia and gazprom has actually moved the deadline for payment back four times and now it's seven rounds of negotiations persecute here though there's still to be purty there will talk about what kind of strong position ukraine is in a moment but their economy is so bad that the moment we're going to pay them that is true but remember that i.m.f. loan that ukraine has already gotten and that is actually enough to cover part of their debt and the fact is russia is not even asking them to pa

and rochelle will monitor the ceasefire very closely and one of the conditions by the self-defense forces here was that ukrainian military must stop old old military movements around the east a ukrainian and course they also said that they were working this cease fire will it will help to free always see representatives here as well. now there were no the size didn't answer any questions to the media and basically it was just statements after about a four hour or hour conversation and they're hoping for the consultations of further negotiations will be held in the near future and of course these four days that are left until the end of the cease fire of course it's hold that. old those people have been displaced all those people in the gonski area in the slowdowns area now suffering without a water electricity or food this will give them enough time to recuperate possibly bury their dead or help tend to the wounded as well as a little relief as you saw him to come this week. and we'll be following this story closely thanks for the update there this is a just come through to us and in the

that's where they would be discharged from camp upton which is the new rochelle area of long island sound there was an order from general mcmichael who was the commandant of that camp that the black soldiers could only visit a black hostess club which is like a canteen for the soldiers at that can't. and that became -- here we have these men who fought for freedom, a war to make the world safe for democracy and new york safe for democracy. well, we are not safe in it. been the parade, some people see the parade which is by many accounts a glorious occasion, no question when you see the reaction of the crowd but there's a back story there. the war department didn't want the parade to happen at all. they just wanted to release the men. then there was, once again, some white help from a group called the rocky mount club which is a group of mining engineers, herbert hoover was a member of it. they pressed for allowing these people -- wanamaker was also important as well. ronald wanamaker department store which was big in philadelphia in new york, and then so the war department says, we will l

her husband, ozzie davis, and she took her final bow with her friends and family at home in new rochelleoup of comedians are banning together to get tmz to take down the graphic video of tracy morgan's bus crash, it injured morgan and killed jack mcnair. they are saying please take down the accident victim and louis c.k. saying take it down now please. they feel it's disrespectful to the family, a lot of people were injured in the crash. >> animal alert, too close for comfort in two separate communities. >>> and . >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, shirleen allicot and brian taff. >>> hello again, 4:30 and "action news" continues with the growing outrage of the jailed death of a berks county mom being punished for her kid's school absences. >>> a man runs towards a fire ball not once but twice to save a stranger in need. >> and heartless and cruel, and inhumane, those are the words used to describe the tools to make t make the mean streets even meaner. >> we begin with a bear scare in camden county, yesterday morning a black bear was spotted along wharton avenue

a rep for the hollywood stars say she died peacefully at her new rochelle, n.y., home on wednesday.ichele turner to quebec at the hollywood star life and career 3 >> reporter: 6 the camera always seem to love actors ruby she stepped into the spotlight and the jackie robinson story in 1950. she then followed up her burgeoning star stardom and a raisin in the sun opposite sitting 48. >> it was happening in my life that i shall never forget a turning point in the terms of possibilities. >> reporter: ruby in wallace was born on october 27th 1922 in cleveland, ohio. however she grew up in york harlem dreaming of the possibilities. the actors began performing in various places for the american negro theater. it was in the theater the she met her husband ozzie davis in 1948. they were inseparable, and fact, the couple often shared the stage and screen included films such as spike lee's to the right thing and jungle fever. both were supporters of the civil rights movement, they marched with dr. martin luther king jr. and davis delivered the eulogy for mock attacks. in 2004, the couple becam

rochelle, nike on twitter asks who is the funniest on the set? >> oh, who is the funniest? >> you?n, i burp a lot. >> yes. >> she burps for sure. >> it cracks people up. >> she's like, hold on. >> every scene when you psych yourself in. >> yes. >> for a scene. >> i have to go into the moment before and i have to talk to you guys because this is where we just came from. >> i love it. i love it. >> doesn't bother us any more. i just say god bless you and move on. bless you. >> we love it. you can see the chemistry is totally real and you can watch the season two premiere of "mistresses" that airs tonight 10:009:00 central on abc, lady, thank you for being with us. and more good stuff coming. singer/songwriter matt goss performing live so stay with us. ♪ right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything is possible. i earned a scholarship to mit. and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business. so we create jobs and opportunity for all californians

this is happening in rochelle park, bergen county. meet max the chocolate lab.fice says he's attacked three letter carriers just this year with one mail man suffering six bites in his arm last month. people living in a cluster of homes near max are not too happy about having to retrieve their mail from the local post office. >> as long as the dog is in that house, they're not delivering mail to us. what if the dog lives for nine years. >> they're not going to deliver to me anymore as long as i live. >> right. >> because i'll probably die before the dog. >> well, now max can stay with his owner. we'll follow the story and keep you apprised of any new developments. >>> 6:47. back here at home, a protest over where to pray. pri parishioners are angry over the philadelphia archdiocese plan to merge their parish with our lady of peace in milmont park. they have a petition with more than 3,000 signatures and they say the archdiocese is making a mistake. >> we have everything we can offer for a parish and we should be an example of what a parish should be instead of an

give me rochelle. let's go.

rochell miller was suspended. cotton laughs at people on her facebook page at people who are without jobs. the school district spokesman says her position with the district is uncertain. >>> a bike rider pleading in to felony assault charges and an apparent road rage incident. jeffrey smock is seen here in a promotional video made while he was the ceo of a tech company in atlanta. he is accused of pulling a 55- year-old truck driver out of his truck, and then beating him up. it happened in april at the intersection of east blithesdale and camino valley. the preliminary hearing is set for august 27. >>> it is related to the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. in a regulatory filing, pg and e said several prosecutors would file what's called a superseding indictment. that would allow charges to be added, or altered. we'll learn more about the specifics next month, when prosecutors are expected to take action. >>> the family of a 16-year-old girl who ran away from a grou

we are told she died peacefully in her home yesterday in new rochelle, new york.roadway plays no notably opposite sidney port ie in "a raisin in the sun" and also starred with her husband and he died in 2005. ruby dee was 91 years old. take a look at your screen. the man you are seeing falling gently to earth is none other than the 41st president of the united states of america and today, george h.w. bush is tu turning 90. he's celebrating with a tandem skydive. did i just say he's turning 90? that was not a mistake. it is the same way he celebrated his 80 eth birthday and 85th birthday and the former president's spokesperson says he just loves the thrill and adrenaline jolt. not sure about the landing. i would be terrified. here's the best part of the story, the former first lady, barbara, apparently she is just fine. just fine with all of that. how about it, folks? take a look at that. you want inspiration, you've got inspiration. 90 years old today. by the way, just cause, this sunday is father's day, we are going to be airing something very special. 41 america

dee was surrounded by family and friends when she passed away wednesday night at her home in new rochellew york. she was 91 years old. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. islamic militants in iraq pushed forward toward baghdad, and president obama said iraq might need u.s. support. army sergeant bowe bergdahl who was held captive in afghanistan for five years is headed back to the u.s. for further medical treatment at an army base in texas. and, the first day of soccer's world cup got underway in brazil, with the host country winning its first game. >> ifill: on the newshour online right now, one of the most resonant voices of his generation, charles wright has been named america's next poet laureate. the 78-year-old writer has spent his career exploring the "inexhaustable power of words." we talked to wright about his craft in 2011, at his home in charlottesville, virginia: you can watch that entire profile, plus charles wright reading a number of his poems on our poetry page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour

. >> ruby dee, the great actress and activist died at home in new rochelle, new york on wednesday.she was 91 years old. and the broadway actress audra mcdonald paid homage to ruby dee as she made history this week at the tony awards. she won best lead actress for her role as billie holiday in the production "lady day." she is the first actress to win six tonys, and the first to do so in four different categories of performance. she began her acceptance speech by thanking her late parents, and concluded by honoring the legacy of other african-american women performers. >> i want to thank my mom and my -- up inn heaven heaven for disobeying doctors orders and not medicating their hyperactive girl and finding out what she was into instead, and pushing her into the theater. thank you, mom. i want to thank all the shoulders of the strong and brave and courageous women that i am standing on. i'm standing eileen horns shoulders. maya angelou and ruby and most of all, billie holiday. you deserve so much more than you were given when you are on this planet. this is for you. thank you so muc

rochelle is in lancaster, california. are you in kevin mccarthy's district? >> yes i am, as a matter of fact. it's like they're pulling a train full of empty cars. i don't have any hopes that anything will be any different. for me, i think it must just be them saying hey, look at me. that is my comment. >> gary is on the independent line. >> to me it doesn't matter if it's democrat or republican or even independent. the weight is going nowadays. they are saying that basically everything has gone to crap. they are not hearing the american people. i'm 28 years old. when i was growing up, things were a whole lot different than they are now. i don't know why politicians don't listen to the american people. >> we are hoping to hear from the winners of today's gop nominations. kevin mccarthy will take over that role once eric cantor steps down in july. due to the lengthy -- thursday's contest really sets the leadership for the next couple of years. they quote representative tom cole of oklahoma saying people will want to give them a full term. so far we know kevin

forget the exact year, but bayard had had a heart attack, and his executive assistant was rhode rochelle hoz who was married to tom donohue, still is married to tom donohue, and was employed for many years at the aft and a wonderful, wonderful person. and, but she was in working for bayard in the a. philip randolph institute. and the phone rang one night about 10:00, and she said that, she was hysterical, and bayard had been arrested for carrying a sword game on times square. and he was in jail, and he was recovering from a heart attack, and she said you've got to get him out of jail. well, so i got dressed, i went down to the police station. though a member of the bar, i've never, ever had to get anybody out of jail in my life, so i didn't know quite how to go about it. there was this tough looking police sergeant sitting at the desk, and i said i'm hear representing will rustin, he's a very famous, distinguished man, a friend of the president of the united states, and he's just recovering from a heart attack. guy says, well, i just read his record. he's a homo and a -- [inaudible] and

rochelle la fev wasachelle lefevre was one of those trapped inside. you guys did it.better than that that stephen king. >> right. and steven spielberg, who's our executive producer. between the two of them -- >> you couldn't be luckier. i heard he visits the set sometimes. >> he does. he has a cameo in our season premiere this season which because he wrote it, he finally did -- he does a cameo in all his things. he did a cameo. >> has your character evolved? >> she has, yeah. our theme this season is about transformations and i actually joke all the time that i did the first season to get to the second season because they told -- they promised me -- they promised me that i could kick butt in the second season as long as i did the first season. so i was very intellectual poised pragmatic the first season and now i get to kick butt. >> >> do you like to kick butt? >> yeah. let me blow somebody else. >> from the first episode, you can tell she's turning into a little bit of a badass your character julia, as reporters often do. here's the thing. i understand you were disc

their help in the long hours spent putting together this delicate report in this bill as well as rochelle, katie and all of mr. farr's staff. when the subcommittee began the f.y. 2015 appropriations process, i asked my colleagues to keep in mind three guiding principles. the first was to ensure the proper use of funds for robust oversight, ensuring the appropriate level of regulation to protect producers and the public, and to assure funding is targeted to vital programs. these three principles guided us from the very first when our president's budget was submitted to the subcommittee and put before - and is put put the house today. these helped us set priorities in the 10 budget hearings we had throughout the spring that covered all of usda's mission areas, the u.s. food and drug administration and included the commodities future trading commission. they also, regarding the frameworks, regarded a principles to consider as we move forward with our colleagues on this bill. in particular, we received more than 3,900 requests from 326 members to support, to reduce, or amend funding levels in

. >> good morning, rochelle. we are hearing from secretary of state john kerry who appeared on number, saying that the u.s. might be sharing information with iran about the spread of the insurgency knew sweeping iraq, but that america does not intend to work together with iran to address the crisis, kerry saying that information sharing is intended to help both sides avoid making mistakes. kerry also underscored the administration's continuing insistence that in order for malaki to receive assistance, he must change the way he does business. >> what the united states is doing is about iraq, it is not about malaki, and nothing that the president decides to do is going to be focused specifically on prime minister malaki, it is focused on the people of iraq. >> so far, no announcement from the white house about the decision the president is making on the use of military force. force. >> members of congress weighed in yesterday. >> that happened in conjunction with a senate hearing. chuck hagel made an appearance the

activist ruby dee died wednesday night at the age of 91 surrounded by loved ones at her home in new rochelle. her list of credits spans more than 60 years including classics like the glass menagerie and the best known works of william shiks spear in which she became the first african-american woman to have lead rolls at the shakespeare festival. thee initiated the role of ruth younger in the premier of the american theater classic "a raisin in the sun." beyond her work on stage, her legacy as a performer reached the widest audiences through her work on screen when she repriced her role in a raisin in this sun two years later it was in an america where complex fully realized portrayals of african-americans on screen were few and far between. and dee's performances on film and television particularly during the turbulent '50s and '60s when african-americans were struggling ftorek nigs revealed the dignity and humanity of black life. she appeared in more than 50 films including a role in "american gangster"ing that at age 85 earned her an academy award nomination for best supporting actress. an

let's go to rochelle, new york, democrats line. michael, what do you think of the news over the last 24 hours, particularly here, the resignation of eric cantor. go ahead and may make sure your mute your television there, michael. go ahead . >> caller: i say he's referring to everything bad under obama. and if you look at the market, which has been fantastic for on and on and on, in other words, it certainly is ridiculous to say that we're doing that bad. general motors, the economy and everything has been much better. actually he's just being very conservative republican taking a shot at obama. of course, obama, he's not the greatest in the world but he's doing reasonable well. that's all. >> tom is in key largo, florida, independent caller. tom, do us a favor and make sure you mute your television or your video and then go ahead with your comments. hello, key largo, are you there? >> caller: i'm call from eufaula. my name is tom. >> go ahead. >> i wanted to make a comment stating that leader cantor's time simply was to be stepped

just in the same way that naafa in america was never going to be the only trade agreement there rochelle also forging ahead with economic cooperation with china moscow and beijing recently signing a four hundred billion dollar natural gas agreement and prompted commentary on the deal potential to reshape global energy markets and some economists also predicted could reduce the influence of the dollar as the world reserve currency david kuo c.e.o. of financial advisory firm the motley for singapore shared his views. america needs to be very aware of what is going on because what is happening will be china will be paying for gas probably in rubles and so consequently. what will happen between the two countries is that they will be trading in that in their own respective talents these consequently they will not be holding u.s. dollars as the result previously what you had to do was to say let's go and buy some u.s. dollars and use that for paying for the gas over in russia and that may not happen in this particular case because i think both countries want to move away from holding too much

. >> hello to connie and rochelle. and also my sisters abby and stacy. >> where do they all live?vie, because this movie you play a foul-mouthed little standup comic with issues. >> right. yeah. you know, i think my grandmother really liked it because it's really thoughtful and modern, and i think she probably screened out some of the more scatalogical humor and focused on the logic of the film, is that everybody, male or female, should make choices that are good for them. >> what was it about the script that kind of drew you in? >> i think selfishly as a performer, i read it and thought, well, the comedy's very good. but the sensitive parts are also really real, and i haven't had a chance to do that type of dynamic performing. and i also like that it was a romantic comedy, which i am addicted to and love, but that the story was modern. >> and you have a great cast, too, don't you? who else is in this movie? >> we've got gaby hoffman. my best friend plays joey. richard kind. max is played by jake lacy. >> and who directed this? >> oh, yes. the film is directed by gillian robbs pie