she raises it from donors, including richmond county savings, a staten island bank.s tough going. how often do you run into people who say, "look, those kids are from overseas, and we'd rather donate our money to kids here in the united states." >> montanti: often. >> pelley: it's a big problem for you? >> montanti: i've gotten hate mail, you know. >> pelley: hate mail? >> montanti: yeah. you know, "how can you help children from iraq when they're going to grow and just hate the united states? you should help the children here." >> pelley: and to those people, you would say what? >> montanti: i say, "we don't have landmines in this country, thank god. and these children are innocent." >> pelley: nearly three months into wa'ad's treatment, the kids went to an amusement park. the balloons under wa'ad's face had been successfully inflated but, remember, we said things would get worse before they got better. this was wa'ad last june. imagine what it takes to be a stranger in america and place your faith in a painful procedure you don't understand. some people need courag

because my parents are born in brooklyn, i was raised in staten island.unts, uncles, cousins, that italian-catholic family. >> jimmy: right, yeah. >> but we moved here for acting. >> jimmy: for acting? >> yeah. >> jimmy: i can't imagine my parents moving, really, for me, for any, like, doing anything. even driving me to, like, little league would have been -- [ laughter ] an achievement. but that's -- you came out here, you started doing commercials? >> yeah, i started as a ford model when i was 5 1/2. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: really? how did you get a modeling job at 5 1/2? >> it's a very long -- >> jimmy: were you a sexy baby? >> i had a great body. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: beautiful navel. >> it was weird. my mother owns dance studios. at the time, she owned two in new york. and we went to go take pictures studios and the photographer put me in a costume. naturally. >> jimmy: what kind of costume was it? >> it was like a sparkly sequinededumber. >> jimmy: perfect. and you were all right with that? >> i loved it. i don't know what that says ab

not a fancy school for the gifted and talented, just a regular old public school on new york's staten islandd yet these fifth graders are already making musical waves around the world. over 8 million you tube hits and counting. >> i'm really thankful for all of the opportunities that we had to meet celebrities like rihanna and like all the others, you know. >> reporter: all the other celebrities include tori amos, who was moved to tears when the chorus sang her music. ♪ just stay a while, stay a while, stay a while ♪ >> reporter: a link to this scene on a popular blog sent p.s. 22 into the internet big time. ♪ stay a while and on to television and stage appearances like this one with the band crowded house. ♪ try to forget you make me call your name and i'll shout it to the blue summer sky ♪ >> reporter: the teacher that makes it all happen is gregg breinberg. p.s. 22's fame is thanks to his ability to help the kids really feel the songs they're singing. ♪ time makes you bolder, even children get older ♪ >> i encourage them to find a musical connection to every song we do. we'll discuss lyri

hey, tmz, though, confirms saturday vinny was back home in staten island.jersey shore" executive producer declined to comment on the situation. the cast just began to shoot season five last week. you think somebody wants more money? who knows? >> family feud. ♪ >>> all right. time to check out the daily deals around town thissel holiday. on living social, good life. for 30 bucks, you get a family fun for four day, a round of miniature golf, small basket of produce and hay ride. it's located in darnstown, maryland in montgomery county. so far, more than 100 people have bought into this deal. good deal. >> yeah, that's sort of a nice way to spend a day with your family. >>> and let's check out groupon now. there's a good deal here for 35 bucks. you can get a $115 value of custom-designed photo books from photo book america. more than 300 people have already gotten in on this deal. >> yeah, i think wire we're up to 421 now. one day left. so you can take the pictures in darnstown and put them in a photo album in the other deal. >> yeah, a two-fer. >>> outrage t

they're offering some couples to go to brook len or staten island. >> when do they find out, or havefound out so they can make plans with their families. >> okay. was that a surprise the number of couples who applied for it that they would fill up the lottery and some were saying, oh, my gosh, this is going to be thousands and thousands that will come in just for this iconic note of having this done on the first day. >> i think they expected more, but after people got wind of all the lines and everything, i think some people -- you can get married or do we wait and just hang out as partners still. >> they're going to have to have the talk. it's not just kind of like hypothetical. >> pressure for parents as well. >> just like any heterosexual couple getting married. do you expect many more marriages in the following days? is there an indication of people keeping on filling out these applications for marriage licenses? >> i think so. you know, they have a sense that there will probably be thousands more this week, but at the same time sunday is probably exclusive i feel going to be sam

staten island animal control says one of their officers noticed something being tossed out of a car onridge but he is okay. at first think thought it was trash. but when it hit the ground, it started moving. the officer pulled over and saw it was this kitten. he called for help in rescuing it from the bridge. too young to be adopted, so he is being sent to a foster family for now. he is awfully cute. one of my adopted cats was from a shelter in new york. they're tough! >> bounces pretty good, too. >> yeah. well, you know, nine lives they say. they land on their four feet. good for them. >> all right. time for us to call it a morning. thanks for joining us today. and "weekend early edition" will be back tomorrow morning at 7:30 with phil matier talking politics. so have a good day, meantime. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,

heading to staten island from brooklyn on saturday when he happened to be behind this car.ar toss something out of the window and thought it was trash. then when he looked to the side he realized it was moving. this was what flew out of the car window. some -- blank -- threw this poor kitten out of the window. so this fellow pulled over and rescued this cat. can you see this kitty munchkin? the entire city of manhattan wants to adopt this little feline. >> that may have used up a few of his lives. we're glad he's okay. now we're into this other story that's out of canada. transport, canada is investigating why this pilot landed his ultra-light aircraft near a strip club. evidently he was drinking. you know. come on. >> he didn't want to drive, he didn't want to take a cab. who doesn't take their copter on errands like that? >> "polka" coming up. i think you're going to like this one. ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ business news from london town "nightline" pieces we got down ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ it's late at night you're wide awake and you're not wearing pan

you know, i'm someone that made commitments to the people in staten island and brooklyn.e're going to live up to those commitments. and i think that the fact that harry reid originally agreed to our plan means that we're not that far apart. and that they need to probably tweak a few things and then come back to the table and the answer here is the president. you know, that's the unknown. i don't think it's the senate, i don't think it's the house. i think at this point it is completely in the president's hands whether he wants to come to the table or not. >> okay. let's talk procedure. say they cobble together a deal and it makes it through the senate and comes back to the house. there is the challenge that speaker boehner has had over the recent weeks of bringing along tea party-supported candidates. you're one of those. what do you think will happen? >> i think if it's along the lines of what we've voted for we'll have the votes. we have faith in speaker boehner. i personally have a lot of faith in speaker boehner. i know he's not going to bring something to the house f

week to brenden o'casio who saw it unfold on the verrazano bridge which connects brooklyn and staten island to be an animal control officer, he was there to save the little kitten. he joins us here in the studio along with julie banks director of the new york city animal care and control. good morning to all of you. brenden, i know you ear holding verrazano. how is he doing? >> great, he's doing great. >> he's in foster care right now. one of our wonderful volunteers is taking care of him and says he's a perfect little kitten. >> i would second that. you were there. you're the one who rescued verrazano from the verrazano bridge. tell us what happen? >> right before my eyes, i noticed someone was discarding something out of the window. i looked, there's a four-foot median on guardrail. he clipped the top of the median, could have went over, so when he came back down, he turned toward me and he was heading toward me. so i moved out of the way and i look in the mir row and he started heading east, i was heading west. so i tried to safely stop my vehicle, my strobe light, my roof lights, no pun

host: next call, dug in, staten island, new york. caller: good morning. wanted to tell al that the whole idea of raising taxes, as he puts it, and the one that makes less than $250,000 per year, look at your pay stubs. you are paying less taxes than ever before. it has not provided a single job for anyone. before about this present -- about this president', we always talk about this large caucus. they have a budget that would basically bring us back into some kind of decent financial standing, but is never promoted during the entire idea of this president -- never print -- never promoted. the entire idea of this president being the goat -- this great compromiser, put everything on the table. we should be talking about jobs right now. we should not be talking about reducing the debt. instead, he always goes to where he thinks the opposite position is. every democrat right now -- by the way, i do not have a democrat in this fight. i have my pension, i have my social security. i have seen this president give in to these republicans again and again. host: tha

good: good morning, i was active in the campaign when president ford ran for the presidency on staten island. i was looking for something this morning and it was a campaign pin with president ford's picture on it and below it said "vote for betty's husband." i really treasure this because that is what we thought of betty here in this country. it was wonderful to have a first lady who was honest and outspoken and did not think that what she should be saying and was not worrying about political parties. she was telling the truth that she was really speaking from the heart. i don't think i have ever seen pin like that. host: the remember general reactions for the statements she would make? caller: the one thing i remember -- someone mentioned something about her speaking with her husband and she said as often as possible. i have never heard a first lady bett said she enjoyed being with her husband. she did so much for so many things and was not afraid to speak about it. she mentioned the word brass and that was a long time ago. that was never mentioned in public and she was honest enough to spe

there not be a link given i was healthy and i was fine and i worked down at ground zero or in staten island dying. >> you know, unfortunately, sometimes it takes time for us to be able to definitively get the answers and i feel for these detectives. i've seen many of them. you know, i've been a part of the world trade center programs for almost ten years now. they are our heroes. they responded. they went in there selflessly. the health consequences of this, we don't have a full answer on and while many of them are saying, you know, enough time has passed, we should have these answers, it takes time in many cases for us to see if there are enough cases that are elevated from what is a common disease overall. we do know that it seems like when you hear this one has cancer, that one has cancer, that you're saying, my goodness, something is going on. i mean, in fact, that is why we published our report because we saw this. i think, over time, we are going to have answers. i think we just need to be cautious and we want to make sure that our responders get the best science behind the cancer que

it means those who worked at ground zero and plays like landfills in staten island following the daysart of a government health program. our next guest called it an insult. he lost part of his foot at ground zero and he has respiratory problems. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> there is a lot of outrage this morning. how do you feel this morning and what are your biggest concerns about this ruling? >> as a 9/11 responder, i'm insulted. as an advocate, i'm disappointed. i goat about 200 to 300 e-mails a day on average. last night i had 900 and phone calls, people crying, grown men, wied doze and those who have husbands sick and dying in the hospital right now of cancer. this is utterly, utterly a slap in our face and it's adding insult to a wound that hasn't closed in ten years. >> do you have any sense of why the ruling came down like this? you say you've gone to more than, what, 55 funerals? >> 53. >> 53 funerals. >> 51 with cancer. >> cancer. >> uh-huh. >> these are people who had no signs of anything, any health problems before 9/11? >> never. >> why was cancer not includ

and i am happy to say that -- in staten island, and i am happy to say that all the money was eventually raised, and the first of these smart homes has been completed and brandon will be moving in soon. [applause] i saw crandon at the house -- brandon at the house yesterday and his spirits are high. he is an amazing young man. funding for the second home began with a concert in st. louis on may 27. and we will begin raising money for the third home at a concert in illinois on july 16. these courageous individuals have given so much and it is a good feeling to know there is something we can give back to them. they inspire me beyond words. often but as -- but as i said, the enormity of the need is great and there are many who need our help. i am also a privilege to support and now serve on the board of snow ball express, which creates hope and new memories for the children of military fallen heroes who have died while on active duty since 9/11. thousands of children have lost a dad or ahman in these wars. -- or a mom in these wars. i am proud that this year, along with the american airline