skyscrapers and everything. j hammer henry mallet [inaudible] could barely fit hammer poking out like natural man's skyscraper to the concrete for deep machine sleep abouts income. don't go john henry traffic man, don't go across that street. the flood song poems were poems written in reaction to katrina. how can i enter that space of writing poems about that. i'm not from there and don't have family there. who benefits from that tragedy? who benefits from that disregard for humanity and the thought animals would benefit from that. this first poem is flood songs number 4 mosquitoes drinking didy. >> drink every hour next up this hour and every hour after. was born in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour on the hour and every hour after. in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour. there is enough to go around. drink every hour and every hour after. go to the river there is enough to go around. drink up the hours and every after burned down by the river -- drink air land is her

with towering skyscrapers is the epitome of economic expansion in the largest country on our planet on top of the moscow federation tower is the tallest bar and restaurant in new york. and to discuss the world of millionaires. and those with extravagant appetites let's meet this week's guests. nice to meet them so tell me. yes absolutely true. because of the new. and new mentality of. ok. it's it's quite interesting. how you work for the famous company. and english club which appeared in the markets more than six years ago we have individual and corporate clients basically. as a concierge what's the strangest request that you've. it was in their quest to to be invited officially invited by prince charles or by prince william to the vetting of the weather the wedding of the area but the request was not just standing nearby in the georgia nearby the quest was personal for this client and to be among this three hundred guests on this waiting tables. so you feel that you have. this moment where i think to say no to the client because originally we can of course now also you know. also amer

when he expressed clear interest in attacking a dallas skyscraper, the fbi used undercover agents to set up a sting, and three agents who spoke arabic began talking with him, first online and later in prison. he believed he had found an al qaeda sleeper sell to assist him. after months of planning, he parked what he believed was a truck bomb underneath a skyscraper and dialed a cell phone number he sought would detonate the bomb. the bomb was a fake supplied by our undercover agents, and the call signaled the agents to make the arrest. last year, he was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison. intelligence led us to him and the combined efforts of our federal, state, and local partners help us stop him before he could do any harm. in the face of this threat, we and the bureau will continue to enhance our intelligence capabilities to get the right information to the right people at the right time, and we will continue to build strong partnerships, for these tools have been the foundation for our success against terrorism over the past 10 years. we must keep adapting to these cha

on any given day, there were skyscrapers that worked. had those been eliminated, terrible to even think about it, it would not have the same repercussions on american culture and life. this was 20 acres, almost two kilo tons of constructive force in the nation's artistic capital, in the nation's literary capital, people who write our books, people who write our homes, people who dictate what our portfolios are going to look like, people who craft the federal reserve, all of the people who could see this happen, this will have ripples that will emanate through generations, it will have an affect on art, i don't know if people take a piece of metal and twist it and say it art, it will make a seriousness about literature that we may have lost. and a lot of ideologies and i admit that most of you wouldn't grow with me, but we lhad a slumber in american life and we thought that all cultures might be equal, we saw that the taliban killed women, they were a completely different culture. but a subordinate culture. if there is a subjective standa

we had a guy a few years ago show up unannounced with a 10- story modular skyscraper.t want to see what is going to happen. [laughter] >> speaking of what is going to happen, looking at the activities going on around the monumental art, the people that are in this emancipated state of mind, how does it stack up to the average city, as far as number of injuries and such, in that window of time? >> it is a remarkably safe place, actually. there is no pavement. [laughter] and you cannot drive your car. that eliminates most injuries right there. it may feel like the world is coming to an end when the dust rises and the colts the world, but it is not. it is true, your habitation could blow away if you do not secure it. but that is not the end of the world. [laughter] in terms of public safety, it is very -- and we have emergency response times that would be the envy of any city that size. we are very well organized. you are more likely to fall in your bathtub and break your hip. there are some typical injuries, but mild. we have had a couple of deaths, but from natural caus

. >>> finally, the lobby inside new york's tallest skyscraper was briefly turned into a starting line wednesday. thousands of runners participated in the 35th annual empire state building run-up. more than 700 runners made the 86 story stair climb. i'm out of breath just saying it. that ends on the famous observation deck. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist todd san tows with your weather channel forecast. good morning. >> good morning, lynn. basically the length of a cruise ship you're running straight up. >> but that is faster. you're running up and why i have an elevator. >> and passing people might be interest on the stairs. >>> if you're run in eastern pennsylvania and northern new jersey, slick spots out there. not big time snow yesterday but as we are talking about that one-inch coating enough to wipe off your car this morning too. so leave extra time for those areas. i-80 slick early on. a few areas, take a closer look in there dealing with a few light flurries. the real change this weekend that line of clouds there north of the bor

. >>> soon you'll be able to buy a piece of the empire state building when the owner of the skyscraperoes public with an ipo to raise a billion dollars for upgrades. >>> finally, delivering valentine's day flowers can be tricky. in the far north of canada getting roses to the arctic requires special wrapping to keep them cool but not frozen and then a small airline helps cupid by making the deliveries by air. that's love. >>> coming up, the heat wilt the bucks. the orangemen squeeze out a win. >>> plus love is in the water for a pair of poolside valentine's. >> where did he hide the ring? we're also watching in weather today, warmer temperatures in many areas of the country. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports last night the nba championship dallas mavericks said thanks to a former teammate and he almost ended up beating them. here's fred roggin with all your sports headlines. >> good morning. how popular have the l.a. clippers become? the vice president of china will visit los angeles l

. >>> soon you'll be able to buy a piece of the empire state building when the owner of the skyscraper goes public with an ipo to raise a billion dollars for upgrades. >>> finally, delivering valentine's day flowers can be tricky. in the far north of canada getting roses to the arctic requires special wrapping to keep them cool but not frozen and then a small airline helps cupid by making the deliveries by air. that's love. >>> coming up, the heat wilt the bucks. the orangemen squeeze out a win. >>> plus love is in the water for a pair of poolside valentine's. >> where did he hide the ring? we're also watching in weather today, warmer temperatures in many areas of the country. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." at lysol, we discovered a problem. the more products we touch around the sink, the more dirt can spread around the kitchen, and the more germs we can spread on our hands. that's why we created the lysol no-touch kitchen system. one no-touch solution for sparkling dishes, plus clean surfaces, plus healthy hands. because our mission is a healthy home made s

more jobs coming home on the 21st floor of an empty skyscraper in detroit. were looking all over the world, all over the country, to find the next location for your company? >> absolutely. >> reporter: take a look at this. this is the newest office space. we're standing in a vacant building downtown detroit. it's been empty for nearly a decade or more. we see an old conference table in the corner. signs of a failed business years ago. but they see something else. inexpensive real estate for the growing i.t. firm, connecting patients' electronic medical records across america. closer to their american clients than the workers in bangalore, india. on this day, the new workers, on the line with one of the i.t. specialists in bangalore. how are you? he makes $20,000 a year. ron, with the same job here, can make $40,000 to $60,000. factor in the other costs, the ceo says it still makes sense, which is exactly what we heard at the new lightbulb factory in houston. where tonight, those eager workers and their resumes are waiting. good luck. >> thank you so much. >>

let's take you outside to one of the tallest skyscrapers in the san francisco skyline.rans america building and looking out, you'll see mid level cloud cover streaming across the sunset, the most sunshine we have seen all deyo curing right now. now let's bring you back to our map. 60 in gilroy, 56 in nevada. a new areas of isolated patchy fog, but tuesday, here is the key. the warming is going to start with a few 70s likely, then some big time warming where we could have some upper 70s. that will also increase our fire danger this week. we had the cold front later on monday. weakening quite a bit, so it's all about high pressure building aloft and taking it very warm, air that's like with what we would see in july and august and pushing it right across the bay area. that will combine with some breezy to windy conditions over the next 48 hours and that will bump up our temperatures. and then a dry wednesday will bring widespread 70s and also gradually increase our fire danger. tonight, the mid and high level cloud cover. then tomorrow morning, we may find a few areas of

land of palm trees and skyscrapers where there is dollars enough for cell phones, sports cars and [inaudible] by the trunk full. where a suitcase of cocaine is as easy to buy as a broken stemmed rose from his white bucket. how much for that hand full of rose buds? for fingers go up. he makes change for a 20, returns clefrjed winched with b. you tip him a couple of dollars, so what. every love struck couple stairing into each other's eyes. every loner with a half empty beer even a waitress after a shift receives a visit from john nitto. he returns to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out into the neon lit street leaving behind a trail of rose petals bark as sacrificial hearts. thank you. [applause]. >> whenever i had writer's block i do research so i thought i would redo a section which started as writer's block and it took place in a library. i think all you need to know is my narrater is 19. the object of affection is 21. max's mother is a piannist and also polish. >> i saw little of rose after she moved her 2 valises into the nurses room on valentine's day of 1939. she did no

. >>> finally, the lobby inside new york city's tallest skyscraper was briefly turned into a starting line wednesday. thousands of runners participated in the 35th annual empire state building run-up. more than 700 runners made the 86 story stair climb. that ends on the famous observation deck. i think i read somewhere that winner right there, todd, he finished in like ten minutes or something, 86 stories. it's sort of shocking. >> distance wise, of course a lot bigger than just running up the side of a building. >> yeah. >> that's about 1,000 feet from the deck. >> so, anyway, for a check of your forecast. >> yes. >> here you are. >> yeah. >> take it away. >> yesterday we had a few snowflakes later yesterday in the daytime around new york city. as far as the snow today not seeing very much of it showing map. the at least the radar right now, everywhere you see green is not necessarily rain, especially through western colorado. we will talk about snow over the next couple days, but we need the colder air before it actually starts. what you're looking at across a good portion of the we

. >> it loomed up here like a skyscraper and filled the whole horizon. you could not seek out of the water anymore. >> he has long given up hope of all the missing being found of them that anyone who drowned in the sea was carried off by the current and long time ago. we lost a diver two years ago. for days, we search for him. we even found his spear gun and other things, but not him. >> recovering the costa condordia has altered life here. recovery crews have been given control of the island's only port. there's no question of things getting back to normal oany time soon. during the summer, he uses his truck to deliver for to the restaurant. the bank the ship ran aground, he used it to take shipwreck survivors to neighbors and friends and even put up 15,000 passengers himself. >> they were soaking wet, did not have the right clothes on, and many were barefoot. we first took care of those who needed help most -- children and the elderly. >> then, he worked as a singer on the cruise ship for many years. he still cannot believe what has happened just offsh

no one would like the marine at too have many skyscrapers. houses for sale in this street are described by many retailers as the best street in the marina. this would no longer be desirable. i am not opposed to homeowners modernizing their houses as long as this is not a detriment to the neighborhood or the neighbors. i asked you denied a permit until such time as the plants can be changed to be similar to the other houses on that side of the street and set back and not visible from the street. please preserve the character of rico way. thank you. >> i am a friend of the good people at 66 rico. i am disappointed that they are building a mcmansion that is out of scale and out of character. i think this setback requirements, i don't know them, of course. i am not your expert here on that matter. the setback is not far enough to the scale of this house as it has been shown in the plans. this is too big and allows -- it would cause more precedent for every home on that lot once sold, there is about 2600 to $1,601,600 feet. why? i would like to se

the crippled cruise liner has got to go, but how do you right a ship the size of a skyscraper? mark on the american team that could be asked to figure that out. >> this average 300 days a year. >> runs bisso a marine. a fifth generation family business in houston. since 1890, bisso ships and crews salvaged some of the biggest ship wrecks. >> is there enough time and money? >> refloated this freighter in brazil and stabilized this sinking oil platform in the gulf of mexico. now the costa concordia's insurance company invited bisso to send teams to survey the wreck. the crippled cruise ship could become the most complicated marine salvage operation in history and cost hundreds and millions of dollars. >> i don't think it would ever be again. >> because? >> the damage level at this point is pretty substantial, i would assume. plus, who would want to fail on it? >> a team of divers is surveying the concordia. including the 160-foot gash in its hull. >> it's 115,000 tons. all the salvage equipment couldn't fit around it and even then wouldn't have the horsepower to pick it up. >> if

. >>> when that project is finished, the skyscraper will tower 1,776 feet above ground. >> but what if instead of always building up architects decided to build down? it is the idea behind this earth scraper project. the building would go 65 stories underground. it would stretch almost 1,000 feet below the surface. the idea is to build it in mexico city with a glass core that would allow natural light to filter all wait down to every level. >>> two russian astronaut as board the international space station took a spacewalk today. they were repositioning a construction crane on the russian side of the space station. they also installed shielding on one of the station's he'dest compartments to protect against small bits of space junk. the station's four other residents, american, russian and dutch, monitored the spacewalk from inside. >>> still ahead should flags fly at half staff in honor of whitney houston? we're delving into the debate coming up. >>> new at 6:00 tonight the federal transportation department is asking carmakers to design dashboard technology such as internet browsing t

. >>> you may soon be able to buy a share of the world's best known skyscraper. the company that owns the empire state building is planning to go public and sell stock. there's no word yet how much the shares will cost. the 102-story building was the tallest in the world when it was completed back in 1931. >>> almost since the first broadcast, critics have been saying television is going to the dogs. and now, it really is. dog tv is now on the time warner and cox cable systems. it's especially for dogs whose owners are not home during the day. or whose owners are just a little too busy to play with old fido. >> what about cats? they're going to be lonely. we need a cat channel. they don't care. >>> should schools pay kids to come to class? one district is trying this radical idea. >>> plus, legal troubles for the son of hugh hefner. arrested for hitting his playmate girlfriend. >>> and later in "the pulse," the number one question among twitter users about paul mccartney. nighttime nasal congestion meant, i couldn't breathe right. i couldn't sleep right. next day

. >> originally, a skyscraper was supposed to be built above grand central, but it was too expensive,ans were scrapped. >> so instead, at the very last minute, relatively, the architect decided to put in this barrel-vaulted ceiling with a painting of the constellation. this mural was repainted on a new surface in 1940 because the original had become so dirty from automobile pollution, from smoke, from the trains, from cigarette smoke. it's kind of hard to see -- you really have to be looking for it, but that hole was cut in 1958 so that a wire could be suspended through the ceiling. it was connected to the steel structure that holds the roof of the terminal of the main concourse up. and an atlas rocket was suspended right in the middle of the space here, and the reason for that was that russia had just launched sputnik, its first satellite, and the space race was off in the united states, and americans were very nervous about russia being ahead of us technologically, by launching this rocket. so the united states chose grand central, which really is a town hall where important news is

. >>> and you may be able to buy a share of the world's best known skyscraper, the company that ownsk empire state building is planning to go public and sell stock. the 102 story building was the tallest in the world when completed in 1931. and now a cable tv channel is going to the dogs. really. dog tv's programming is similar to this sample the channel provided us. especially for dogs left home alone during the day or whose owners are too busy to play. that's america's money. happy valentine day. i am rob nelson. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> new developments this morning in the death of whitney houston. i am linda so. where her body was taken and when the funeral will be held. >>> [audio not understandable] >> after everything. [audio not understandable] >> chilling new video of a convicted murderer lying to police about the night she killed her coworker. >> also ahead are you allowed to videotape police

. >> urban expansion changed new york city in the 1940's and 1950's as skyscrapers rose and a tunnel was built near little syria. much of the old neighborhood was demolished. we have only three buildings left. a church, a tenement building, which would have been the place of residence, and a community center. i call this the trinity of the arab american immigration. in three buildings, you have all aspects of life -- church, home, and community. >> it is these three buildings local volunteers are hoping to pres. when new construction forced the family is of little syria to leave manhattan, they scattered, and some came here to brooklyn where this church became the center of the community. >> they listen to people talk about washington street, and it was certainly a modest place to live. we are not talking about living on the upper east side or fifth avenue overlooking central park. it was a modest place to live, but they love living there. the old church has already become a designated landmark, but the remaining two buildings hold an uncertain fate. >> it is important americans have

when the owner of the skyscraper goes public with an ipo to raise a billion dollars for new buildingpgrades. >>> finally, delivering valentine's day flowers can be a little tricky. especially in the far north of canada. getting roses to the arctic requires special wrapping to keep them cool but not frozen. and then a small airline helps cupid by making the deliveries which air. >>> coming up, the heat wilt the bucs, the orange men squeeze out a win and the puck pounces san jose's way. plus, in the water for a pair of poolside valentine's. she looks surprised. a look at sports ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. hey, mom? what? pay you? for what? for unloading the dishwasher?! kid, you need to pay me for making this delicious -- whoa. hold on there, mom. kitchen counselor. um, mom, i think what she means is "greasy dishes." yeah. in fact, check it out. cascade complete pacs are the ones with the real liquid top. they fight tough greasy messes better than the other tablet, which can leav

a storage box containing 6 tons of steel dangel from a skyscraper -- dangling from a sky scrape over busy street a crane was lift lifting the box when the crane malfunctioned. when the crane failed the storage boxes were left danglingnear the 50th noor. >>> two people were rescued from a burning home thanks to a good samaritan. it was caught on camera. a man who owns a convenience store across the street saw the house catch fire and rushed in to help. almost no hesitation he runs right inside the burning home like we said all caught on camera. >> we are very grateful for what he he did he saved our family. >> i am not hero. i am a guy who came to help, you know. >> and investigators believe the fire started on the front porch at that home. the cause is under investigation. >>> a suspected beef burglar in orlando caught on camera. surveillance video shows the man jumping through a hole in the roof of the family's supermarket. he grabs packages of meat and toss hem into the hole he created to break in. the store manager recognized the crook as someone from the neighborhood. he got away

i was amazed by cranes, erecting skyscrapers. in the sixth grade, i was diagnosed with dyslexia. i thought i could only be a construction worker. my grandfather taught me carpentry skills in middle school but one day while we built a fence together, he talked to me about college and inspired me to be more than a carpenter. when i joined college track, i slowly overcame my learning disability. i had one-on-one daily tutoring and high expectations from people like omar. i took school more seriously and pulled my g.p.a. from a 2.5 to a 3.5 by my senior year, around the time that omar came and joined us. my outlook changed and optioned opened up. i realized they loved the sciences and my wood shop instructor encouraged me to be an engineer. during my senior year, my great grandfather gave me the college talk. i remember him looking away from me when he started off by saying, i don't want you to be like the rest of the -- out there. i told him i wanted to be an engineer and a smile grew across his face. he said, that's all right, too. his encouragement meant so much to me but sadly du

fresno, i -- 4-11, as we in fresso --1, as we in fresno, and we have sky scrappers, had those two skyscrapers had been it would not have the same repurr indication. this was -- have the same results. this was in the nation's literary capital. people who write our books, our poems, people who dictate what our portfolios will look like, people who craft the federal reserve. all of these people were involved or could see this happen. and this will have ripples and the same thing with the pentagon. i think that it will change something about art. i'm not sure that anybody takes a piece of metal and twist it anymore and say that it is art. it will make a seriousness about literature that we may have lost. a lot of ideology and here i think i would probably admit that most of you wouldn't agree with me, but i think that there was a slumber in american life and we had certain comparable beliefs about all cultures might be equal after 9-11, we saw that the taliban was shifted, they killed homosexuals, they killed women. they were a completely different culture, not just a different culture, but a sub