jay rockefeller? because you have -- i've got a quote here that says, "jay is welcome in our house but not in our hearts." >> guest: right. when the governor was running for re-election in early 1991, jay rockefeller, who was the former governor who's now the us senator from west virginia, was approached to get behind gaston caperton and also to hold a fund-raiser for him. at that time, gaston's poll ratings were very, very low because he had made somewhat of a promise in his first campaign not to raise taxes. in fact, he had raised taxes when he got in there and discovered that, in fact, the state's finances were much worse than anyone had predicted. and when they went to the rockefellers to ask to give a fund-raiser, he was rebuffed. and gaston is a politician and so understands how these things work, but rachael was very hurt by that and so said, you know, that "they're welcome in our homes but not in our hearts," and i thought that that was a pretty honest reaction to what a lot of people in polit

the rest guys are bankers and they represented the din city of jpmorgan and the rockefeller dynasty. they had connections. they were connectioned to the roth childs in england. and max there. there was. he had connections to the brother max who was the head of the banks that banking consortium in germany and the nether land. we have a international group here, really. representing international people. and it was the e peed my of the bad bankers of the world theeps were quites. what happened is they knew that there was going to be a move to control banking. they knew that congress was going to pass some kind of haw to regulate banking. instead of being stupid and sitting back and saying i hope they don't too bad. they decided to take the lead. they said we'll write the bill and make sure it toast to our liking. that's what it is about. they tboant yessing l high land. nobody knew their going there. they had meeting with a great deal of sect sei. they denied that they went. but they actually drafted the federal reserve act on jekyll island in 1910. the next three years. they to be tha

them to profit from and we can't forget the trilateral commission created by the good old david rockefeller as a way of better cooperation between the us and europe and japan some of its most notable members include george bush dick cheney bill clinton henry kissinger madeleine albright as well as a whole host of well known politicians and c.e.o.'s of multinational corporations like goldman sachs exxon mobil shell citigroup and others but folks this isn't anything new check out what ron paul had to say about these groups back in one thousand nine hundred ninety. years now it's been claimed by many and there's pretty good evidence that those who are involved in trilateral commission. and the council formulation usually ends up in positions of power and i believe this is true but i think this is important point here because i think money is in paul in involved here powers involved in oil is involved there keep in mind ron paul was saying that these think tanks were the ones running the show one two years ago just imagine how much more pervasive it it is now who needs a continuity of governmen

the ice rink opened today at rockefeller center signaling the opening of the season.o the lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree in late november, right near nbc, of course. the ice rink opened christmas day 1936 and attracts more than a million skaters every year. beautiful. >>> thank you for joining us for the special edition of nbc bay area news. we have plenty more news at the top of the hour including a report from at&t park where the giant hit the field today. we'll be right back.

live from studio 1-a rockefeller plaza. >>> well, everybody, there is some good news in the world, and that is booze day tuesday october 16,2012. >> here we are. we crashed another website. >> we did. >> we crashed one, full on belly flop we crashed it. it's gallagher's. there's a restaurant. >> gallagher's steakhouse. >> and we have offered up lunch with us on wednesdays before the matinee, and because of the overwhelming response, we're adding another day. >> i feel like barbara streisand at the barclays center. >> except not exactly. >> we're excited about it, you guys. thank you very much, very much. i would like to welcome myself and frank for happy hour every night before the performance. >> you know where to find her, at gallagher's. you never know who might sit at your table. >> i might bring neil sedaka one time, i might bridge the reg man, who knows. >>> today's the day of the hunk, we're declaring it. we have a couple of hotties with us, we have matthew morrison from "glee," who is so cute. >> tony nominee, grammy nominee, golden globe. >> we know him from "glee." he is a te

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the astors, the rockefellers. the sbarros. - yes, i know, jack. you think i don't want to know what pizzarina sbarro is gonna be wearing? - then come. - we both know that is a bad idea. which is why i scheduled a conflict for this weekend i can't get out of. - what is it? - well, if you must know, i'm on dodecacil. the pill where you only get your period once a year.

i don't think mitt romney is a rockefeller republican, i think he's probably a fiscal reformer in ways don't understand. and the fiscal reform of taxes, spending and entitlements could spell growth, even a romney economic growth boom if we got some of this government out of the way. >> i think that's the best of mitt romney. he's a transformational leader. what he's done all his life is go into situations where things weren't working and reform them. we had olympics $300 million in the hole and right after 9/11, we're giving up on that thing, he transformed that. the business world, it wasn't just the investment business, but it was applying that investment business to an economy where industry was more stagnantly 80s and 90s and helped transform that. i think he can go to washington and you can see someone who will sell every other republican building and replace it with three websites and start growing not washington's economy but america's economy. that's what he's good at. >> and matt miller, my challenge to you in terms of your man, barack obama, i see him as a pretty old fashione

the winter season officially kicks off here at 30 rock with the opening of the rockefeller center ice rink. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. ryan seacrest goes one on one with first lady michelle obama about the debates and how much the president looks to her for encouragement. >> does he look at you for encouragement? >> with the lights, you just never can tell. does he know exactly where i'm sitting? can he see me? so i just prepare myself. i assume that he can so i make sure that i'm always giving him that positive love. >>> and that is ahead this morning on "today." >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

we're throwing a dance party on rockefeller plaza.how us your moves competition. they are about to compete for the grand prize. >> what is the grand prize? >> i think it's a trophy. and a trip to new york. that's not too bad. >> celebrity judges are going to look at their work in a little while. we'll get to them in a couple of minutes. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. >> ahead we'll talk about pippa middleton, she has a new book out. she was out to celebrate it last night. she does admit she is nervous about the attention but i suppose will get used to it. we'll hear from her. >> you remember the story i think last week, obey the dog, way too heavy. now this dog weighed twice the normal weight. there is a lawsuit involving obey, a custody dispute, one owner suing another owner. we'll fill you in on that. >> all right. by the way, next week halloween, we have a huge party planned hoping nobody rains on our parade, hurricane sandy. we'll have a costume party on the plaza. we're getting dressed up. we'll have celebrity surpri

in what is known as rockefeller center. we are one of the buildings of rockefeller center.ur generators allow us to keep these huge monitors open. this is a picture from times square. no, warwick hotel. this is right outside our building where and sixth avenue. and that is 50th street that's crossing. and apparently there is some action in the city streets there. as you can see, the lights have come back on in our studio and can i show you, times square over here as well. so the lights are back on in much of midtown it seems we just took a power surge. there is the camera that you often see. that's the one you would see on new year's eve. would you look at times square. two lone people crossing the street and a couple of vehicles. new york city is at a virtual stand still tonight. i have just gotten a couple updates. the building collapsed on 8th avenue and 14th street in the heart of new york city in the chelsey neighborhood. i have just gotten word that there are no injuries in this. somehow they were able to avoid injury as the facade collapsed from the thing. i'm also g

yes, the ice rink i'm told is now open in rockefeller plaza, october 16th.that true, that's open, you can go ice skating right now? awfully warm out to do that. i guess summer might be over. i'm starting to come to terms with that. let's go to bill karins for the weather. >> it will be warm this week. they keep it open until april, too. >> i don't get down there much. >> they have a good cooling system. >> it is warm across the country. the storm in new england brought the heavy rain last night is now exiting. once that storm is gone, the one in the northwest is the only one we have to deal with over the next couple days. you're next in portland, maine, you'll have been ahour's worth of rain and then it will be over for you. breezy and dry, temperatures in the 60s this time of year. you'll take it in new england. beautiful in d.c. and philadelphia where the leaves are just beginning to change. temperatures in the mid-60s. warmth, middle of the country, we're 83 today in kansas city. all the way from denver to dallas, oklahoma city to st. louis. just beautifu

edition of "today," decision 2012, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, liar from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer. here we go again. at any time's debate at hofstra university about a half hour from here on long island. it's going to be different, as you mentioned, town hall style, and the questions are coming from undecided voters. >> it's a different dynamic. tricky for both candidates. the president hoping to do better than in the first debate and mitt romney would love a repeat of his last performance to lock in momentum and we'll get the details straight ahead. first lady michelle obama opens up in an interview are ryan seacrest about the pressure facing her husband. >>> we all know campaigns are about creating images. some are paying attention to this image, paul ryan, washing dishes at a soup kitchen in ohio over the weekend but now the charity's presidents says the dishes he were washing was already clean. would we do that? we'll talk about that, and if you know savannah, she

a live picture of the plaza outside of rockefeller center. a check of the weather from bill karins. >> happy together. >> and to you, sir. >> rain continues in the southeast, a storm exiting northern new england with rain and chilly weather. if you're watching from the west coast, 100 degrees today in los angeles. one of the hottest days of the year on october 1st. a little wild out there this morning. you can see the storms, one up there in northern new england, the other plaguing areas from mississippi to the carolinas. this brought tremendous rain in the areas of texas, louisiana, mississippi and alabama. now that rain is pushing up through tennessee. we have one tornado warn together northeast of montgomerie, alabama. flying down at hartsfield airport, could see possible delays. watch out birmingham, month g montgomermonth gogomery and macon, it will be stormy. d.c., the clouds on the increase with a chance of show others from dinner time through this evening. you don't need the umbrella this morning. going home from work, showers for you

in what could be a new rockefeller center or additional embarkadero center that could happen in transbay and be the logical business center of california and western united states, which i think is important. i think it was a really good presentation. reminds me of the time we were considering another issue some years ago. this happened to be 555 washington. many nights i would run to maritime plaza and try to imagine that one sliver of time when the sunlight might go past the buildings that were blocking maritime plaza. i don't know if i was ever long enough to stay that sliver of time there might be a shadow cast on a park during the time i was doing my run. i think that is instructive. of course the part of the few shadow is very important. if you are a long ways a way, it is an analogy to twilight. you block part by this distance building, some perforated in the case of the transbay tower, but you still get a lot of the light that turns around through the perforation, around the connicle top. * and there is a difference between a full and diffused shadow. you pointed out parks in the

this is the calm before the storm right outside our building in rockefeller plaza.e're waiting for hurricane sandy to turn left and come on shore in new jersey later today. much more on sandy's path in a minute with bill karins. while the east coast was locked in on that hurricane, they were celebrating a world series title last night clear across the country. the san francisco giants were one win away from sweeping the tigers out of the world series and taking their second world series in the past three years. pick it up in the bottom of the third, giants up 1-0. miguel cabrera going the other way. sneaks it over the right field wall, two run home run. tigers find some offense. 2-run lead. buster posey just hammers one into left field. that's a two run home run. first of the world series for posey. giants on top 3-2. the clock is ticking for the tigers. delmon young comes through, a solo home run off matt cain. that ties the game at 3-3. they stayed tied through 9. we go to extras. top of the tenth. two outs for marco scutaro. traded to the giants mid season. deliv

the project started in 1973, pushed by then new york governor nelson rockefeller.n part by new york city. but before construction could begin, new york city went broke. nelson rockefeller left the governor's office to become vice president, and louis kahn, the architect with the vision for this place, died of a heart attack while carrying plans for the park in his briefcase. it began to look like all this would remain just a noble pipe dream. >> the office at 1501 walnut street was the last place i saw my father. >> reporter: then nine years ago, 30 years after the park was first commissioned, nathaniel kahn made a movie about about his father the architect and mentioned the f.d.r. park as a project that seemed to die when kahn did. >> the list of jobs that fell through and didn't get built kept getting longer and longer. >> reporter: the film helpd rekindle interest in finally building the park, enough interest to raise from private sources the $50 million it cost. to look around this room, this place, to feel him. it feels like his architecture. you know, after t

5:43 in the morning as we look at a beautiful live picture from the top of our building here at rockefeller center looking south. battery park city. let's get a check of your weather from bill karins. good morning. >> cold air but clear skies. it's going to be a nice fall afternoon. chilly start to everyone's morning out there. the cold front cleared the east coast along it with, a lot of the rain and showers. we have clear skies from chicago all the way down through the southeast. expect a lot of sunshine today. umbrellas going to be left at home. it's cold. wind chills in the 20s this morning around detroit, chicago, all of michigan, down to pittsburgh, even on the east coast. the big cities are a little warmer. in the suburbs, there is a chill in the air. later this afternoon, thankfully the october sun is still strong. moving up there about 60 degrees in many areas. so no problems there. airports look great today. no issues whatsoever. middle of the country, you're dry today. the only troublesome weather in the west where we could see a few showers and storms. otherwise, it looks pretty

we're throwing a dance party on rockefeller plaza.r finalists from our show us your moves competition, and they are about to compete for the grand prize. what is the grand prize, by the way? >> you know what? i think it's a trophy. >> okay. >> and a trip to new york. that's not too bad. >> celebrity judgments. we're going to be taking a look at hair work in just a little while, and we'll get to them in a couple of minutes. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. a busy morning here. >> we do. just ahead, we'll talk about pippa middleton, a new book out. out at a book party to celebrate it last night, and she does admit she's a little bit nervous about all of this attention. she should get used to it. we'll talk to her just ahead. >> remember obie the dog that's way, way too heavy. this dog weighed twice the normal weight. now there is a lawsuit involving the dog, a custody dispute. one owner suing another ownerch we'll fill you in on that. >> all right. by the way, next week, halloween. we have a huge party planned hoping nobody r

and a legendary musical act coming to rockefeller plaza when we get started on a monday here on "today6:51. coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> we'll take a last look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. this morning we asked -- what was your favorite moment from the 2012 orioles season? >> all right. >> i would agree with that. >> a round of applause for the orioles this year. >> i cannot wait for april. >> we have an accident on southbound 95. watch for a crash at mill river -- middle river at eastern boulevard. a quick live look. delays are easing up just a bit. you may want to consider 295. it backed up on the southwest corner because of the 95 delays at wilkens. >> i local natural with the hair -- i will go natural with the hair. > >> 40% chance for a shower today. it will be mild. will make it up to 73 -- we will make it up to 73. >> some stories you'll find at 7:00 a.m. >> we told you about fearless felix. he wasn't the only reco

they talk about, you know, the situation in parts of new york where you have a cluster of like rockefeller center, for example, and you have a lot of open space that the public can enjoy in close proximity to business towers and to the center of the city. * acres. this is exactly where business would want to be. and if i were in the kind of business that needed a downtown office, this is certainly where i would want to have my business. >> commoditier. -- commissioner borden. >> project sponsor, do you have a pick two of the original design that won the competition? i thought it would be interesting if you had it. and if you could talk about what has changed not just the height -- we know the height changed, but what are kind of some of the more subtantive changes originally from what was contemplate and had what we're seeing today? >>> we're digging for that photograph. i don't know that we have it with us. but not a lot has changed, to be honest with you. the tower is shorter. at the time of the competition, i'll be very honest with you. both we and heinz were guessing at what size the b

was drawn up by the late senator byrd of west virginia it's been buttressed and expanded by jay rockefeller and senator from west virginia and this law would address those issues about making sure there's some kind of coverage for directors for c.e.o.'s and the like some sort of liability of liability or possibly criminal actions so and so are they. is the difference between the banks and the mines that the banks have. have rules that make people vulnerable or that the mines have rules that make people in vulnerable anywhere where is the outlaw piece of ice that's preventing i'm not sure that the point of the legislation i'm discussing it's nowhere it's been defeated in two thousand and ten when the report republicans gain the house so there is no one right now so there is no law right now and so they've not been able to piers piers that corporate veil and go after blankenship or anybody like him why i mean this is. you know these are twenty nine lives these are these are human beings this is. why. is it even possible that in the united states of america we can have the kind of conditions t

a great warm day on rockefeller plaza as we say hello and good morning to our crowd.or us in a moment. however, not musically. >> she is also really good in the kitchen. she's got her own show, a cooking show. she's done cook books. she will make a recipe for us this morning. you all like chili. >> love it. >> she will do fancy chili, a southern favorite. we'll be here with trisha in just a couple of minutes. >> also. two other huge stars here with us as well. dame judi dench, of course, starring in the newest james bond film. she's here, and uggie, the dog. who can forget his star performance in "the artist" so we're looking forward to catching up with them as well. >> hi, uggie. >> and, of course, it's never too early to start thinking about holiday shopping. >> no, really. >> at mitt it, you've already bought some gifts. >> you're probably done with it. >> no, not done yet, no, no. >> you're slacking this year. >> a little bit behind. >> but i'll shoal you what you can do to score some great deals right now. >> all right. >> we want to remind everybody we've got ou

rockefeller and our view but now it is easier for a businessman to combine their philanthropic goals with business through social impact bonds ok a social impact on is known as paper success bond it's a partnership between governments private investors and non-profits the bond is a loan made to it by investors to pay for social programs and then they require government to pay the investors of return on their principal investment only if the program meets its agreed upon goals dimitris it's like a market incentive for philanthropy good thing bad thing interesting a person first saw this i thought this was some comic scam by the financial sector is still maybe i don't know but it seemed kind of interesting after i read about it for the good the guy who wrote about it on the phone i could reach them it's all complicated but it looks like essentially what it is is it's a way to infuse public enterprise public institutions or philanthropic institutions with certain market incentives to the people they're giving it to so for example to try to support this at rikers island and in fact jamie

we have a lovely crowd on a fine beautiful sunny day on rockefeller plaza.tart on their weekend. we'll say hello to them. good morning, again, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer and natalie morales and mr. al roker. our studio, did you notice it's a bit more sparkly in. >> very sparkly and also filled with security guards. >> exactly. all because of this, janstonenn anniston's engagement ring. it's $15 million. going on auction. and also have some other pretty jewels. >> also a watch that's maybe going to go for 2.5 million to $3 million. >> not just any watch. >> anthony buourdain is in the studio known for traveling the world and also known for torching his fellow celebrity chefs. last night he got a taste of his own medicine. he was roasted at the new york wine and food festival and here to tell us how that felt. >> i'm sure it will be great. and if you're planning to do a little outlet shopping this weekend, we've got the five things that you need to score the best deal and don't get taken for a run. >> soleil moon frye, frequent guest o

from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> all right, it's been a very long week, hasn't it? but you have made it to tri-day friday, hoda woman. it's october 26th. we're so happy you're with us today. >> i have a lot of chest showing, i'm noticing. >> on you, honey, it looks good. modest and slim for tonight. she likes to think ahead. never thinks through, but she thinks ahead. >>> all right, so we've talked about the subject before, but in restaurants people often have their cell phones, movie theaters, broadway shows, by the way, at your broadway show, ring, ring, i heard two. >> i know. >> happens, happened to us too. >> it happens. i got to fix that on my phone. i put it on off. >> that's what you claim. it happened the other day at rehearsal. i said i just turned the dang thing off. >> allegedly. >> dang, dang, dang. >> they have these things now -- oh! your name came up. >> okay. anyway, here's what you do in restaurants. they have a cell lockup. you lock your cell here in this cell thing, it's locked. now you can't get your cell phone out. >> until when, hell freezes o

>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> a good ole good morning to everybody. fun day monday. it's october 22. and this is going to be more fun than ever, because barry manilow is in the house. barry manilow fans, yeah, one of the greats of all-time. one of the nicest guys. he's been such a good pal to me through the years. he's got a new cd called "15 minutes." then he's going to sing a lot for us today. >> i love him. >> how about "we almost made it." no, no -- yeah, that one. there's so many. my favorite, i think, "when october goes." that kills me. ♪ >> i want him to come to our opening night. ♪ he just needs to come. hoda, you had a wild weekend, huh? >> starting friday night, we had such a nice wedding. the pr director of the "today" show got married to a wonderful man named brett. let's live here for a minute. they were saying their vows -- >> right on the hudson river. >> you can see the sun was going down. >> it was beautiful. >> and just when megan was going through her vows and they were like, do you,