and live in dignity and see one of their children go from behind their little grocery store in south jamaica to occupy the highest seat in the greatest state in the greatest nation in the only world we know. >> it was passionate, pragmatic took pride in his italian-american heritage. i think that remains one of the top 10 speeches in history. gwen: he died yesterday at the age of 82. we'll talk about cuomo a little bit more on the "washington week" extra. you can find it on pbs.org/washingtonweek. also keep up with daily developments on the pbs news hour. and we'll see you here next week on "washington week"." good night. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.visit ncicap.org] >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> how much money do you have in your pocket right now? >> $40. >> $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? if you start putting that in your retirement and let it grow overtime that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all

. >> the idea that i could come from behind my mother and father's grocery store in south jamaica and they didn't speak the language and i didn't until i was quite advanced myself, to come from one generation to this the highest seat in the state of new york. that's enough for a lifetime. >> reporter: two months ago cuomo celebrated the reelection of his son andrew, as governor of new york. it would be the last public appearance of a man with uncommon ambition. it didn't lead to pennsylvania avenue. quotecuomo was always just fine where he was. >> glor: and the wind that blew a plane off the runway when the cbs evening news continues. rry. robitussin dm max nighttime's dual action liquid instantly soothes your throat and delivers robitussin. don't suffer the coughequences. ugh... ...heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm... amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. >> glor: as 2014 came to a close so did the u.s. combat miss

south jamaica queens was all tentments.oss the street were three gin mills portuguese, spanish all side by side. it was a very poor neighborhood. there was a synagogue on the corner. everybody was poor. the jewish people, the portuguese, the black struggling to get into the middle class and compared to everybody in that neighborhood and the kids that went to ps-50 where there was no library and no bilingual education so they didn't understand names with i first went there because nobody spoke italian and could interpret. we lived well because we had food, we had our two parents home all the time because they were working in the store and we lived there, it was really a very secure comfortable and good life for me and the fact that yeah, we were poor and that i got to know them and meet them because they all came in to the store, the really poor woman, the woman with the scar on her face who happened to be working if in a house of -- it's not what we would call it now but you saw all of these people and you concluded after a

south jamaica queens was all tentments. across the street were three gin mills portuguese, spanish all side by side. it was a very poor neighborhood. there was a synagogue on the corner. everybody was poor. the jewish people, the portuguese, the black struggling to get into the middle class and compared to everybody in that neighborhood and the kids that went to ps-50 where there was no library and no bilingual education so they didn't understand names with i first went there because nobody spoke italian and could interpret. we lived well because we had food, we had our two parents home all the time because they were working in the store and we lived there, it was really a very secure comfortable and good life for me and the fact that yeah, we were poor and that i got to know them and meet them because they all came in to the store, the really poor woman, the woman with the scar on her face who happened to be working if in a house of -- it's not what we would call it now but you saw all of these people and you concluded aft

the son of italian immigrants mario cuomo rose from the basement of this grocery store in south jamaica, queens where he slept on the floor and spoke no english to the highest office in new york state. along the way, creating a political legacy and dynasty that spanned generations. his life driven by a passion for learning his catholic faith and a determination to simply work harder than the other guy. >> one of the simple things i wanted to achieve is i want to be governor i want to be the hardest working there ever was. >> after more than a decade of the full-contact politics of new york -- cuomo cal putted to national prominence were the keynote address of the 1984 democratic national convention. >> we thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. >> he challenged head-on ronald reagan's notion of a shining city on a little instead calling america a tale of two cities. >> we must get the american public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things and we'll do it not so much with speeches that sound good.

dream, the son of italian immigrants, mario cuomo rose from the basement of this grocery store in south jamaicas, where he slept on the floor and spoke no english, to the highest office in new york state. ♪♪ along the way, creating a political legacy and dynasty that spanned generations. his life driven by a passion for learning, his catholic faith, and a determination to simply work harder than the other guy. >> one of the simple things i wanted to achieve, i want to be governor, i want to be the hardest working there ever was. >> reporter: after more than a decade of the full contact politics of new york, cuomo catapulted to national prominence with the keynote address at the 1984 democratic national convention. >> we thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. >> reporter: he challenged head-on ronald reagan's notion of a shining city on a hill, instead calling america a tale of two cities. >> we must get the american public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things, and we'll do it not so much with speeches

his parents born in italy, ran a store in the south jamaica section.nchmarks of the cuomo legacy. he was also against the death penalty, vetoing several attempts to reinstate it in new york. his last public appearance november 4th, 2014, at the victory speech for his son's re-election. >> his inspiration and his legacy and his experience is what has brought this state to this point. >> reporter: bill ritter, abc news, new york. >>> to indonesia and the recovery of bodies from the air asia crash site is moving more quickly today. more than a dozen of the 162 victims have been pulled from the water. so have pieces of wreckage but the fuselage still has not been found. strong currents are moving the debris around widening the search area and the batteries for the black boxes are only good for 30 days. >>> the captain of that doomed greek ferry is speaking out. he says his thoughts are with the victims even though investigators cannot agree on how many passengers are missing. at least 11 people died during the chaotic rescue efforts. italy says there may b

the son of italian immigrants mario cuomo rose from from thegrocery store in south jamaica queens where he slept on the floor and spoke no english to the highest office in new york state. along the way creating a political legacy and dynasty that spanned generations. his life driven by a passion for learning his catholic faith and a determination to simply work harder than the other guy. >> one of the simple things i wanted to achieve is i want to be the hardest working governor there ever was. >> after more than a decade of the full-contact politics of new york cuomo catapulted to national prominence with the keynote address at the 1984 democratic national convention. >> let me thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. >> he challenged head on ronald reagan's notion of a shining city on a hill instead calling america a tale of two cities. >> we must get the american public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship to the reality, the hard substance of things and we'll do it not so much with speeches that sound good as with speeches that are good

when i go back to south jamaica i see this kid two and-a-half out in the streets surrounded by pimpsstitutes and all kinds of disorientation. in a society that looks at that child who is black or latino or whatever and poor. and concludes all kinds of stereotypical things like there's no point in trying to help him. they're not as smart as we are. when i start reading books by intelligent presumably intelligent people who are being read byaa intelligent businessmen who ask me at a meeting what about this, this study that says you know the blacks are intellectually inferior. i hear that in new york state and my only answer to the guy is are you kidding? do you believe it? is it serious. do you really sense there's something to thegs@ÑÑ thesis that because they're black they're inferior in intelligence? do you think that's worthy of discussion. absolutely, says this white businessman. i remember law school. i remember mario cuomo not being able to get. and to be aggravating to think this is the most powerful nation in the world that has given opportunity to 20 generations we still have

his spirit lives in the south bronx and in south jamaica.icer ramos and liu we miss them already. tell fabian and uncle frank and grandma and grandpa we love them. i will listen for your voice. pop, you taught us well. you inspired us. we know what we have to do and we will do it. we will make this state a better state. and we will do it together. on that you have my word. as your son. i love you, pop. and i always will. thank you. [ applause ] >> as we prepare to offer up our final prayers, the family wants you it know how grateful they are for your presence and your support and your great love through this most difficult time. they also would like to let you know that the interment at the cemetery will be a private family affair. so before we go our separate ways let us take leave of our brother mario. may our farewell express our affection for him. may it ease our sadness and strengthen our hope. one day we shall joyfully greet him again when the love of christ, which concurs all things destroys even death itself. ♪ ♪

the coast guard intercepted a speedboat south of jamaica last week. they found more than 4,000 pounds of the drug on board worth more than $3.5 million. coast guard officials say an aircraft actually spotted the enormous stash from the sky. that's when they sent a fast response cutter patrol boat to the area. >> this is the largest marijuana bust done by a cutter since they've within commissionbeen commissioned. >> officers arrested three people on the boat and the coast guard off loaded $320 million worth of marijuana last year on miami beach alone. >>> champagne wasn't the only thing on ice to start off the new year. cold temperatures gripped much of the country. nbc 10 national correspondent richard jordan looks at how some people enjoyed the weather while others say it caused nothing but trouble. >> reporter: january always tends to bring in some cold weather, but this year, even in southern california sweaters and jackets were required for the rose parade. in boston, those brave at hard had the opposite idea getting down to nearly nothing and hea

and live in dignity and see one of their children go from behind their little grocery store on south jamaica where he was born to occupy the highest seat in the greatest nation in the only world we know. it's an ineffortlessly beautiful tribute to the democratic process. and ladies and gentlemen, on january 20, 1985, it will happen again only on a much, much grander scale. we will have a new president of the united states a democrat born not to the blood of kings but to the blood of pioneers and immigrants and we will have the first woman vice president, the child of immigrants. [applause] and she -- she -- she will open with one magnificent stroke, a whole new frontier for the united states. it will happen. it will happen if we make it happen, if you and i make it happen. and i ask you now, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters for the good of all of us, for the love of this great nation, for the family of america for the love of god please make this nation remember how futures are built. thank you and god bless you. [cheers and applause] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning

south jamaica provided him with a career's worth of anecdotes. he signed a contract to place in her field -- to play centerfield for the class d brunswick pilots in georgia in 1952, reportedly receiving a $2000 signing bonus sizable for that time. mr. cuomo plays hard and will run over you if you get his way, pa pirates scout wrot'se baseball career. for a weekend forced to give up the game, leaving with a .244 batting average. he majored in line american studies, english, and philosophy. by then he had settled on a law career and married matilda, is a a fellow student. on a scholarship you enrolled in st. john's law school. while he studied there, his wife, who survives him supported them as a teacher." we are talking about mario cuomo. caller: good morning. it is a shame that republicans keep identifying themselves by conservatives, liberals radicals, as opposed to a person being a good person. it is a sign of their political affiliation. mario cuomo was a good man. i'm in very briefly -- i met him very briefly. i am italian myself. he was the

south carolina. i'm not from jamaica. >> they call us geechees. we talk like we from jamaica or something like that. >> carlton solomon jr. has lived his entire life on nearby johns island. >> it ain't got nothing. just dirt roads and trouble. that's really it. dirt roads and trouble. how you doing, buddy? >> good. >> you all right? >> now solomon has plenty of trouble. he is charged with murder, first- degree burglary and other crimes related to a terrifying home invasion on johns island. solomon has pled not guilty and is awaiting trial. >> i know the old saying that everybody is innocent in jail, but however you say it, in some cases some of us really are. >> authorities say solomon and two other men kicked in the back door of a home in the middle of the night. they say the trio encountered a 25-year-old man whom they pistol whipped and took his 27-year-old sister outside where she was shot in the pelvis and later died at a local hospital. god knows what happened. god knows who killed that lady. god knows i did not have anything to do with this

jamaica throughout the war. the ban had little impact in the south. people like washington continue to go to the theater. it was largely a northern prejudice. the great impact of the revolutionary war on the islands before the entry of the french before 1778, was the arrival of american privateers. these really have not been sufficiently studied, because some people have likened them to the militia at sea. they were immensely effective. there was a governor on the island of grenada who described them as being like gnats. he said they were everywhere. the effect was that it it became unsafe to get on a passenger boat or ship sugar or rum without a naval convoy. as early as 1776, the british had to introduce naval convoys in these islands as well as for all of their other trade. so, again, even before the entry of the french, even before the war became global, the british navy was outstretched, convoying all of these. trading vessels. congress sent to martinique an agent called william bingham. and his role was to try to cement a war between france and america. what he'd do is to encourage the privateers.