let's be honest. >> jay: staten island. that's what it was.s your worst show? absolute worst? >> absolute worst show. well i was going to say the atlanta funny farm which closed which is inside a go cart -- there was also an indoor go cart course. >> jay: right. >> you would have liked it. cars, right. >> jay: i would have liked it. >> so, then they wouldn't give you free food, they wouldn't give you free drinks but they would pay you in free go-cart rides. [ laughter ] so yeah. you're on stage and i got -- i played ski ball there because i was so depressed in between shows. people would just walk by me like eww throwing lit cigarettes at me. i got pink eye. so, i had to perform with my eyes crusted shut. it was like, "is anyone from out of town?" and just hope that they clap. but i rode the go-carts finally. >> jay: oh, good. >> and hearing vroom while you're on stage. i was just like, "i hope a tree just pops up and i can just slam this go-cart right into it." [ light laughter ] >> jay: now, you were class clown i assume as well? >> yes. i w

staten island, long island, and manhattan. whoever controls the seed control for the battle. and there is no question about who controls the see. in retrospect, even at the time, new york is indefensible. so why do we side -- so why do we decide to defend it? while this is where the store, the military side of the store and the local side keep interacting. the british fleet lands on jul july 2, the entering seconds of the british fleet, july 2. that's the day the colonists vote on independence. the resolution from virginia, that these colonies are and have every right to the independent states. okay, the continental congress says look, how would it look if we just be clear independence? and then the army retreats to the main, either connecticut or new jersey? another question that might have been asked is how would it look at the army doesn't retreat and is annihilated? [laughter] there's a second reason why they defend it. but washington is a blade and civilian control your dog is wants him to defend new york, he's going to defend new york. there's another reason. washington

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i'm from staten island, and i met elaine because we teach classes at st. francis college.ecting our first child. pat: oh, good! elaine: which means i'm gonna be an auntie very soon. i'm so excited about that. i'm elaine, and in addition to teaching at st. francis, i also teach at queensborough community college. when i'm not doing that, i'm spending time with my daughter, courtney. okay. and you plan to win an amount of money tonight. lots of money. all right. good to have you both here. and, gentlemen, your turn. my name's jeremy kaplan. i'm from roslyn heights, new york. i work for a digital media company, and mike and i have been best friends for 15 years, since the 5th grade. wow. thanks, jeremy. [ audience awws ] aww. in addition to that, we also lived together in new york city for over six years. currently, i'm an mba student at zicklin school of business, getting an mba in entrepreneurship. wow. i thought these were some of my finest interviews. [ laughter ] nice job, everybody. get ready. we'll do another "toss up." this one is worth $2,000, and the category is "rh

anyway, every year ted and i go in together on this big money pool out in staten island. ted: yeah.inner gets $100,000 stuffed in a duffel bag. and you get to keep the duffel bag. why do you guys put yourselves through this? you lose every year. ted: that's because in the past, we were just guessing. this year, we watched every game, read box scores, tracked injuries. this isn't march madness. this is march meticulously thought-outness. your team lost 20 minutes ago. i didn't know they were playing today. (sighs) you okay, barney? something strange is going on. i was down at the hardware store, trying to get a little somethin' somethin'. wait. you go to the hardware store to pick up girls? there are four kinds of women who go to the hardware store by themselves. of course there are. single, recently single, recently divorced, lesbian who will let me watch. you could not be more evil. sorry. five. recently widowed. mm. so, i'm talking to this girl... look, i'm sure he's in a better place. now let's find you a sturdier ladder. i was only gone for a second when... see? skid-proof. the

. >> reporter: or even with a group of rappers from staten island, new york. ♪ swift ♪ all up in thed wu tang." >> kung fu always had a part of my life because we used to watch the karate flicks. they used to come on at 3:00 and come outside and act like we the snake or something. sss, sss. you know, do all of that. >> reporter: even those from china can appreciate why americans would share their love of kung fu films. >> everyone wants to fly. and wants to have this, you know, special ability. >> reporter: "the grandmaster" echoes the thematic old school martial arts movie. >> it's one storyline i can relate to because a lot of these stories is about revenge or brotherhood or loyalty. ♪ my swag on >> reporter: an inspiration that stuck with raekwon through a career that spanned over two decades with his latest single released last week. ♪ more money more problems you got to be kidding ♪ and proof that while bruce lee may have passed 40 years ago the story of his grandmaster, ip man, will continue to shape the kung fu legend that endures today. >> what is the true spirit of kung fu?

. >> the judge should move into bedsty or up in some of the difficult areas of staten island where this has made -- this has saved lives, this policy. >> stopping and frisking anyone that they feel is suspicious, and they're doing it. it doesn't matter if you're white, black, latino, you're going to get stop and frisked if they have a suspicion. it's not profiling if that's the case. >> the so-called stop and frisk measure, which is not only a law enforcement measure, but also tactic. but also an anti-terrorism tactic. >> now, barbara, are they thinking that people are hallucinating? that's the people that have come out and said it's profiling, the people that live in bedsty and parts of staten island. that's who has been our marches and rallies saying this, and the judge is saying this. and what kills me is when they say, well, that's where the crime is. well, how do they explain in areas where it is overwhelmingly white, the people that are stopped most are blacks? they don't live in that neighborhood. they're not doing the crimes. this is racial profiling. this a federal judge says u

matched this head to a body that they found in staten island last week.ead and hands had been cut off. now, the body is bruised, probably from a fight. fits with the cause of death. blunt force trauma to the back of the head. except for finding his head... he might never have been identified. [telephone rings] eames. 1985? no kidding. thank you very much. a banker, a screenwriter, and now a missing heiress. latent found a fresh print on the vegetable bin. belongs to a hilary marsden. her parents reported her missing in 1985. in hong kong. (mala) god, my parents spent a fortune trying to find my sister. if hilary were alive, she would have contacted us. (eames) there's no mistake, mala. it's her fingerprint, and it's recent. the missing persons report mentions hilary was getting married? yeah. she called us from hong kong. said she had met her soul mate, and she sounded so happy. then we didn't hear from her again. that must have been hard for you, huh? you were young when your sister disappeared. it must have made the world a frightening place for you, hu

i live on staten island. i am a volunteer in the fire department. i'm sorry.ave been trying to come to terms with this for awhile. >> you live in brooklyn. >> you said one volunteer noted that it was tough to judge the lab grown beef. >> yes. >> you said bacon and not motor oil. >> honest mistake. >> running of the bulls may come to america. mike, hemming way aside there is no romance of the running of the bulls and the auto racing fans don't watch to see people die you ?ooty hipster elitists. >> i can see a theme developing here. i won't say it is wrong. we have had this out before. you actually are a big racing fan. i don't know that because i don't watch the show and we are not really good friends. when i went outside he told me that i couldn't believe andy levy. >> it was a big racist fan. he loves being racist. >> that's what i thought too. >> bottle service and you said there is a tinge of the absurd to this story. >> i don't think the guy is serious. >> there is nothing more pathetic. grow a pair and shut up. >> me? >> not you. >> all right. how much ti

. -- staten island to live with her mother. so there are enslaved people left behind.nd it is reported that some of them take over the plantation. certainly the house is -- there are some things that are done by the union army, probably, and perhaps by local people as well. the plantation is in a bit of a mess when the war is over. this is not that unusual for plantations in certain areas of the south. at that time. they certainly do -- enslaved people certainly do suffer during the war but they get their freedom as a consequence of it as well. and so there is an incident where julia writes to president lincoln because one of her eighbors, who is a notorious you is sessionest -- secessionist is arrested by the union army and it happens to be a part of the union army that's under the control of general wilede who is commander of the african -- wilde who is commander of the african brigade. and some of the people attached to that unit had been enslaved by this gentleman, and they are allowed to beat him and julia is absolutely enraged at the idea. she's also concerned as

>> i was on the staten island ferry, doing the tourist thing today.ake shack. >> jimmy: this is my fave -- [ cheers and applause ] i mean, look at how excited. shake shack right there, baby. that's as new york as you're going to get right there. >> and that is when someone from britain recognized me and said "can i have your photo," when i was inhaling a burger. i was so embarrassed. [ laughter ] can i just say, i did have raspberry on my custard -- frozen custard, which is one of your five a day. so that's -- >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] so actually a little -- >> yeah, so it's healthy -- >> jimmy: smart, thank you for that. >> thank you. >> jimmy: how is everything in england? they still buzzing about the royal baby? >> we got a bit excited about that, yeah. >> jimmy: very excited about that. >> prince george is old news. we're gossiping, the big talk the fallon princess. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: in england everyone talking about that. >> everyone is talking about that. prince george is whatever. >> jimmy: whatever, that's over with now. co

he moved to staten island and later abandoned my father, my man and my uncle twice. growing up i never knew anything about him. because my father refused to talk about it. so the book alternates between the real storm in 1935 and my grandfather who created his own storms. i wrote this book because after i saw the movie the perfect storm, i sat in the theater and that movie just resonated with me. i'm irish. i'm connected to the water. i just said i to being a journalist for 30 years but i said i can do that. and two years later when i talked to my father and i said i want to write books, and she said what kinds? i said sort of like the perfect storm. he said give a story like that in your family. then he starts telling me about this august gale that killed several of her ancestors in this tiny newfoundland village. and all he knew was that potentially his great uncle was lashed to the wheel and many of them died. wow, a great story. until the another piece about my grandfather, the man i never knew who at the time it immigrated to staten island a few days after the g

michael millicent, staten island, new york.m beckigging you to sto putting miller on the air. we love him. he was out of control last night. you saved him from himself, bill. i always do that. >> hey mr. o, i like lincoln's last days and kennedy's last days. it will be out in time for christmas, jim. the adult version, killing jesus, comes out september 24th. on monday, this coming monday, bill o'reilly.com will begin to take orders for killing jesus and i think you'll like the book. the fact or tip of the day. the waistline becomes an issue. i'm a big dessert guy, ice cream, cookies, you name it. but every mouthful means a certain amount of situps which i do not like. so i constantly search for good tasting desserts that will not put me on my back for an hour. there is a dessert website that i found which has great stuff. it's semi healthy. i posted the website on bill o'reilly.com. if you are a dessert person, you might want to seek this out. tip of the day. still have to do sit-ups but fewer of them. don't even. >> that's it

it's like the rockaway at staten island lost her life lines.t is up to us as architects and engineers and professionals to say, we are not going to let this happen again. we are going to build a strong city. you have already met our regional rubber manager. -- project manager. rachel. toare incredibly fortunate have an amazing staff. this year, we have three emerging professionals. they were either our chapters area they are dedicated to see how architecture can make a difference. they have a five-point plan. we are helping. that is the short answer. see, those of you were not in new york and did not see the devastation. it is pretty rough. it is not what you saw in the coffee shops wall street. this is breezy point. this the rockaway's. seaside heights. this a building disaster. this is where we can really respond. we are doing a couple of things. we are going to be announcing very soon we are going to be repairing and building three sports facilities for new york city schools. there's a recon some designer. will it be looking for a couple of

my friend rick who depends on an undocumented immigrant to take care of his elderly mother in staten island every day and wouldn't he love to know that his caregiver has a pathway to citizenship and doesn't risk deportation on her way to work every day i mean it's it's this question is a question for every american and there is broad popular support in this country to get this done absolutely your organization represents domestic workers specifically what sort of dangers and threats to undocumented mr workers face because of the current system. well domestic workers are already working in very isolated conditions to fat despite the fact that they do some of the most important work in the kind. terry taking care of our loved ones our children our families our homes they are working in the shadows isolated incredibly vulnerable there are very little standards and protections to regulate what's happening to them and employers are essentially it's a it's like the wild west and so some have wonderful employers who treat them with respect and you'll find the whole other end of the spectrum where

albert wrote to their managing editor, were found by sidney's grandchildren and a family stable on staten island and gave them to columbia university, and most of them are quite legible. and they were covering the war and when they were in prison too. that was a godsend to me and i don't think i could have written a book without them. yes, sir? >> thanks for your presentation, very interesting. >> thank you, the book is even better. >> i think you mentioned that some point along the way that either or both junius and albert had contact to some extent with lincoln and grant. could you expand on that a bit if that is the case? >> i am glad you asked that because it relates to the reporter. in late 1860's to shortly after the battle of fredericksburg there was a battle near vicksburg in which general sherman send his eyes against confederate positions for of like pittsburgh and they got mowed down and so it was an incredibly horrible defeat for the union and a reporter named thomas knox for the herald was there as were some other reporters, not albert and junius. junius kept missing battles. kind o

he campaigned on staten island on friday of last week, and a retired school teacher came up to him and had done what he had done, she would have been fired. by the same token, he is getting a warm reception in his old congressional district in queens and campaigning in much safer ground this week. he has been getting applause. he has been finding that crowds will listen do his message, but it's been a little bit of a delicate balance. he knows there are some new yorkers who are truly disgusted by his behavior and haven't moved beyond it. he says that's okay. i think there are enough other new yorkers who know my record who will vote for me. >> well, in a wide primary, that makes sense, michael. a wide primary. what's he need to get into the runoff? 35? 40? >> no, he could score somewhere in the low 20s even and make into it the second part because it's such a splintered field this year. >> really? you'd have to beat out thompson who never seems to get above 20. so you'd have to squeak above thompson, go in against quinn. and he wouldn't be able to beat her, would he? >> i don't think s

staten island, new york. >> we're brothers and sisters. >> come on. >> new jersey. >> yeah.tes, right? >> yeah. >> you ready for this? what songs do you want to hear today? >> "island girl." >> i know "summertime." but i don't know all of it. can you start it? who knows it? who can start? you ready? okay, go. ♪ summertime is finally here ♪ ♪ that old ballpark man, is back in gear ♪ ♪ out on 49 man, i can see the lights ♪ >> we're live in central park, by the way. kenny chesney coming up on stage. you do not want to miss the "gma" summer concert series, live in central park. stay with us. >>> good morning i am roosevelt leftwich. testimony continues today in the murder for hire trial against karla porter who is accused of arranging her husband's murder n court porter took the stand and told the jury her husband repeatedly beat her and the abuse was so bad she had no choice but to kill him. the state pointed out she never reported any abuse or threats to police. now over to hippette. >> we are monitoring maryland's most powerful radar this morning -- lynette. >> we are monitor

staten island, new york. >> sam, we're brothers and sisters. >> come on. >> new jersey. >> yeah.minutes, right? >> yeah. >> you ready for this? what songs do you want to hear today? what are you looking forward to? >> "island girl." >> i know "summertime." but i don't know all of it. tell me. can you start it? can you start it? really? truly? who knows it? who can start? you ready? okay, go. ♪ summertime is finally here ♪ that old ballpark man, is back in gear ♪ >> we're live in central park, by the way. kenny chesney coming up on stage. you do not want to miss the "gma" summer concert series, live in central park. stay with us. >>> good morning. i'm kristen sze. crews will resume their search at the solana city council ti fair grounds in vallejo this morning looking for a missing oakland woman. 50-year-old sandra coke has been missing since sunday. police are not say ing who provided information that led them to the search areas. they are questioning 56-year-old randy alana, a registered sex offender who is in custody on an unrelated offense. he was seen with coke the ni

host: the next caller is from staten island, a democratic caller. caller: i think the main reason is the invasion of iraq. guest: the politics are complicated. the syrian situation is distinct from what happened previously in iraq when the united states was involved. i think this is a conflict that has been going on for about two years and has more to do with internal syrian politics. there are certainly extra players involved as well. host: the brochure for doctors of the world usa talks about priority initiatives. we talked about mali. what is your organization doing? what are you seeing on the ground? guest: we have emergency relief operations. we work in places where there is the need for development as well. our organization has been working in mali for over 10 years. when you discussed it, it was probably in relation to recent events that have resulted in the imposition of a new humanitarian emergency on what was already a difficult situation. we modified our programs. we increased our efforts to meet the humanitarian needs of the population.

you like the staten island ferry. >> i do. 20 million americans, new yorkers take the staten island ferryn get incredible sunset views of new york city and the beautiful statue of liberty at sunset. >> and people think of las vegas and they think of gambling but you like the conservatory at the bilagio hotel. >> it's 13,000 square feet of greenery, and ponds inside the bellagio. everything is bigger and better. >> and quickly up in portland man, the prubrewery. do you get a free beer? >> you get four free beers. it's one of the primary fantastic craft brews of this country. you have to go to portland and check it out. it's free. >> our crew just left. >> see you there. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> just ahead, al is going to go one-on-one with oprah. but first, we're back after these messages. >>> good wednesday morning to you, it is 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. america's cup action returns to the san francisco bay today. sweden's artemis racing looking to get its first win, the louis vuitton cup. yesterday, the team lost to italy's luna rosa in race one in the best of seven s

>> sleeves and she goes to -- she leaves and she goes to staten island to live with her mother and she spends the entire war -- i think she actually goes to bermuda for -- >> yes. so she's not at sherwood forest. and, of course, she's impacted financially by the war because she loses her enslaved laborers, first of all. and she doesn't really, she returns there to try to get it to some kind of order, but she doesn't live there again, i don't believe. she spends the remaining years, i believe, in richmond. she has rented a home there and she spends a lot of time in richmond. but not in the county. >> and what is the public perception of her? post-war? >> well, in the south, quite good. in the north, not so good. she's still referred to as in the south as the ex-president-ress and something she insists upon. john tyler's memory is still revered in the south after the war as being somebody who's able to legitimize the cause of the confederacy. and julia gardner tyler certainly is contributing to kind of this lost cause notion of something that she refers to as the holy southern cause. she

signed off on a warrant to snoop on rosen's e-mails and phone records and including his parents in staten island, new york. elizabeth plan in washington. what was in the report, elizabeth? >> reporter: hi, bill. in the 70-page report house committee members accuse eric holder of tampering with the truth. he attempted to go around proper congressional oversight and accountability specifically during that may 15th testimony. >> they would tell the court as they did in the rosen case that it was, they had probable cause he was at least an ader, abetter or could conspirator in a espionage case and turn around and tell us we never had any intention proves cuting him. seems as though a contrived way to get access to the e-mails of reporters which is exactly what they did in the rosen case. >> reporter: they say rosen's holder's congressional testimony was suspect when. a warrant did approve rosen to be a suspect and allowed access to e-mail and phones in that original warrant. some lawmakers say holder is failing within his role in the department and they called the administration to make a change in

for earners, new york city, it has burned about two-thirds of new york, bronx, brooklyn, queens, staten island, two-thirds of new york city has been burned right on these grounds, right to the west of the national park right now. the northwestern park of yosemite, much of it has been burned but that is not where the tourists go. we just came back from a tour of the area where the fire is burning. this reminded me when i was in iceland covering the volcano that went off. it's completely agree in parts. you look up at the sky and look at the sun and it looks like a bright orange ball because you can't see anything else in front of you. we saw a camp ground that has been decimated by flames. it was obvious the people got out quickly because we still saw personal belongings on the ground, we saw cabins decimated, a swimming pool that had the children's toys in the pool, we saw a car incinerated right near that camp ground. we were scared because during the tsunami in japan when we were walking through and saw cars sadly and tragically, we saw bodies in those cars, that's still something i think ab

. -- staten island to live with her mother. so there are enslaved people left behind. and it is reported that some of them take over the plantation. certainly the house is -- there are some things that are done by the union army, probably, and perhaps by local people as well. the plantation is in a bit of a mess when the war is over. this is not that unusual for plantations in certain areas of the south. at that time. they certainly do -- enslaved people certainly do suffer during the war but they get their freedom as a consequence of it as well. and so there is an incident where julia writes to president lincoln because one of her neighbors, who is a notorious you is sessionest -- secessionist is arrested by the union army and it happens to be a part of the union army that's under the control of general wilede who is commander of the african -- wilde who is commander of the african brigade. and some of the people attached to that unit had been enslaved by this gentleman, and they are allowed to beat him and julia is absolutely enraged at the idea. she's also concerned

if dell is joining us from staff is joining uselle from staten island, new york.aller: where are the democrats this morning yo? have people forgotten that the data president morsi stood side- theide to stand up for palestinians during the last conflict they had in egypt, i knew that day that that man was finished. hillary clinton raise him, everyone praised him for bringing this conflict between and israel to a close, and shortly afterwards, you have all of this uprising. that is all i have to say. people have a short memories. the day he said with the palestinians, which no other person would do, he was finished. thank you. host: thank you for the call. the opinion section of the "wall street journal," the author is a senior fellow at stanford, he has a couple of points on the "wall street journal," he points out that host: this morning from inside the opinion section of the "wall street journal." next is a viewer from new york. good morning, independent line. what's i am afraid in egypt is what we had seen in out. in the 1990's when the muslim group over there -

a 22-year-old man from staten island was arrested this week for attempting to sell his girlfriend's babychase babies and kids. he wrote hey, i have -- i have -- custom infomercial music. i have a 2-month-old baby named -- redacted. i'm guessing the name was actually not redacted. >> but you never know. >> stephanie: she loves to play and have her fun. only one problem, the doctor says she has asthma. if she turns a certain way, she can stop breathing. she's really getting on my nerves and i don't want her. please e-mail. then he posted a second ad the next day. he says he posted the ad to get back at the girlfriend. he also included the woman's number in the advertisement and the woman received one call. $100, bargain. a little asthma, how much could a little inhaler be? >> in the current news center, they monitor the closed captioning. she sent me a screen cap and it just says oh, that's going to be bad. [gurgling sounds] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: oh, dear. take your organ out for me, please. don't you hate when this happens, jim. boston clergyman found with a prostitute behind the cem

to move into this -- the judge should move into bedside or up in some of the difficult areas of staten islandy. >> clayton: take a look at your screen there. this is where the judge lives. her neighborhood. she lives in with zero murders this past year, robbery, 68. shooting victims, one, compared to east part of new york, eight murders. 535 robberies and 35 shooting victims. >> gretchen: i know so much of her decision was based on her own personal experience or was it politics? >> this is typical evolving standards of the constitution jurisprudence that conservatives have been talking about for decades, where a judge substitutes her on view of the world, her own utopian view of how the world should be for the way the real life is, for the people who are trying to get by, not get killed, not get robbed, not get raped on the streets of new york. mayor bloomberg is exactly right. this judge is way off base and the 195-page ruling that could have been frankly five pages long. this was a constitutional measure that saved lives and it is not an unreasonable search nor is it an unreasonable seizure

went to mexico three years ago to see if these issues could be brought to brooklyn and queens and staten island to generate that program to create and a sense ofip. co-states holder ship in society. this brings us to very important in the the role of cities. reinvention of communities. i think that it is very fitting we are in denver that has been reinvented and has reinvented itself. cities have become the new hubs of innovation. when you see gridlock in washington, it is the mayors that is reinventing.that is where it is happening. and it is happening not only the united states but in mexico city. there's a very interesting connection between all these issues that are playing out where the cities become the new hubs of innovation and diversity.of human talents. >> john, you are famously a very strong libertarian. what you think about that government intervention that arturo is talking about with cash transfers increasing a social policy that does keep pace? >> i am a libertarian but i am also pragmatic being an engineer. if it works, great, do it. the issue is so many government programs that

so the question is, if you have two neighborhoods, all right, staten island, which has virtually no crimed should you be saying, gee, let's be mathematically equal and make sure that we stop people in neighborhoods that hasn't had any crime just to feel better. >> newt, that's not the argument, you shouldn't have heavy policing in high crime neighborhoods, the judge didn't get rid of stop and frisk, just simply said there needs to be some sort of implementation that's racially fair. you can still stop people, they want you to have probable cause. >> newt, how do you deal with the fact the man sitting to my left, who's a columbia professor, was stopped and frisked by police in his car for no good reason. go to the numbers, almost 90% of your stops don't result in an arrest. how do you deal with that in terms of tactics? >> you have to ask a very simple question, and this is an experiment, remember, with people's lives. we can take an area, go to a dramatically more reduced stop and frisk and see whether more people are getting killed. what the police are trying to do, and this goes all the

staten island, new york. >> we're brothers and sisters. >> come on. >> new jersey. >> yeah.nutes, right? >> yeah. >> you ready for this? what songs do you want to hear today? >> "island girl." >> i know "summertime." but i don't know all of it. can you start it? o knows it? who can start? you ready? okay, go. ♪ summertime is finally here ♪ ♪ that old ballpark man, is back in gear ♪ ♪ out on 49 man, i can see the lights ♪ >> we're live in central park, by the way. kenny chesney coming up on stage. you do not want to miss the "gma" summer concert series, live in central park. stay with us. >> live and in hd. this is an abc 7 news update. morning, i am scott thuman. in the virginia governor's race, the two main candidates will take -- will face off in a race. they will answer questions from a panel of business leaders in manassas. the battleground for him begins at 10:00 at the hilton performing arts center. if you are looking for something to do this weekend, check out the arlington county fair through sunday at the thomas jefferson community center. emcee at last night's open

went to mexico three years ago to see if these issues could be brought to brooklyn and queens and staten island to generate that program to create entrepreneurship. this brings us to very important facts, the role of cities. it is very fitting we are in denver that has been reinvented and has reinvented itself. cities have become the new hopes of innovation. when you see gridlock in washington, it is the mayors that is reinventing. not only the united states but in mexico city. there's a very interesting connection between all these issues that are playing out where the cities become the new hubs of innovation and diversity. >> john, you are famously a very strong libertarian. what you think about that government intervention that arturo is tab about with cash transfers increasing a social policy that does keep pace? >> i am a libertarian but i am also pragmatic being an engineer. if it works, great, do it. the issue is so many government programs that do not work as become burdensome and never go away. the cumulative buildup that becomes a burden on society. it is all about education and these

. >> we go next to staten island, new york. lois is on the line. >> how are you doing, sarah?me and my coworkers are very confused. we have private insurance union contracts, but we are a small group. we are in need of jobs. we are very skillful. our healthcare just keeps going up and up and up erie it we work for a billion-dollar corporation. people keep getting these million dollar bonuses, but every contract, our health insurance skyrockets. it has tripled since i have been here seven years ago. obama said it would be more affordable we were going to be able to keep it. it has gotten worse. coverage has been worse. co-pays are higher. i just want to know -- i do not have time to read that huge obamacare act. nobody does. all we do is work to pay off these fees, surcharges, taxes, everything. i want to know what is there to help the middle-class blue- collar workers because we are very confused. thank you. >> thank you. -- ie affordable care act can't talk about some of the cost-containment provisions in a moment, but it is like what massachusetts did, which was saying, "let

. >> we go next to staten island, new york. lois is on the line. >> how are you doing, sarah? me and my coworkers are very confused. we have private insurance union contracts, but we are a small group. we are in need of jobs. we are very skillful. our healthcare just keeps going up and up and up erie it we work for a billion-dollar corporation. people keep getting these million dollar bonuses, but every contract, our health insurance skyrockets. it has tripled since i have been here seven years ago. obama said it would be more affordable we were going to be able to keep it. it has gotten worse. coverage has been worse. co-pays are higher. i just want to know -- i do not have time to read that huge obamacare act. nobody does. all we do is work to pay off these fees, surcharges, taxes, everything. i want to know what is there to help the middle-class blue- collar workers because we are very confused. thank you. >> thank you. >> the affordable care act -- i can't talk about some of the cost-containment provisions in a moment, but it is like what massachusetts did, which was sayin

lysis like the rockaways in staten island lost their lifeline.us, as architects, engineers and building professionals to say you know what, we're not going to let this happen again. we're going to build a strong city. you've already met our regional program manager, rachel. shows up here just earlier getting the topaz metal. we're and currently fortunate to have just amazing stuff. this year we have three in emerging professionals. so one yesterday, that worked with either our chapters or our organization. and their dedicated to sing how architecture can make a difference. they have at the high point plan. we have no time for. we're helping, that's the short answer. [laughter] for the you can see those of you were not in new york and saw the devastation, it's pretty rough. it's not time what you saw in the coffee shops in wall street. this is breezy point. this is the rockaways, seaside heights. this is a building disaster. this is where we can really respond. so we are doing a of things. we are going to be announcing very soon that we will be pr

some of these issues could be tongue-in-cheek tropical ice and rock of brooklyn and queens and staten islandgenerate that and create entrepreneurship in a sense of society. this brings us all to very important facts, which is the role of cities. i think it's very fitting that we are in denver, a city that has been reinvented and reinvent the itself. because cities have become the new hubs of innovation of enlightened public policy. when you see gridlock in washington, it is the mayors that are reinventing public policy. that is where it's happening. it's happening in places like mexico city. so there's a very interesting connection where the cities become the new hubs of cultural diversity and mentality. >> you are famously a strong libertarian. have you feel about the kind of government intervention with things like cash transfers and trying to create a social policy that in a sense does keep pace? >> i am a libertarian. but i'm also pragmatic. it works, great, do it. the issue is there are so many programs that don't work. and it becomes burdensome and never goes away. he can let his is wh

host: the next caller is from staten island, a democratic caller. caller: i think the main reason is the invasion of iraq. guest: the politics are complicated. the syrian situation is distinct from what happened previously in iraq when the united states was involved. i think this is a conflict that has been going on for about two years and has more to do with internal syrian politics. there are certainly external players involved as well. host: the brochure for doctors of the world talks about priority initiatives. we talked about mali. what is your organization doing? what are you seeing on the ground? guest: we have emergency relief operations. we work in places where there is the need for development as well. our organization has been working in mali for over 10 years. when you discussed it, it was probably in relation to recent events that have resulted in the imposition of a new humanitarian emergency on what was already a difficult situation. we modified our programs. we increased our efforts to meet the humanitarian needs of the population. w

let's take a question now from bill in staten island, new york. hi, bill, you're on the program. welcome. hi, how are you doing? >> hi. side bar.another in the book about aaron buhr, he trueuates that buhr is the father of martin van buren. how serious is that claim? >> it's called burr, the novel. tale. delightful he did look at something like that that it's almost impossible. during the campaign of 1840, that was raised. a close had been associate of aaron buhr, jackson been a close associate of aaron buhr as well. him.charmed by martin van od that buren's mother living in the kintderhook new york after having the kids already, she had been married before, having an affair with aaron buhr is highly unlikely. >> bethany johnson on twitter. would like to know if angelica had any kids. >> yes, she did. that's one thing about the women n the white house, they're pregnant much of the time. they're pregnant, given birth, dies and r the child they're in mourning. that was her situation. pregnant twice in the white house. the first child she lost, rebecca. shortly after that tableau sc

we are going to go to doug from staten island new york on our employees line. good morning, you are on the jay hancock. >> caller: good morning and thank you very much for c-span. mr. hancock with walmart being the largest employer u.s.-canada mexico the largest private employer in the service industry this country -- will have to be looked into. my question is two quick points. on the ups story just to clarify its spouses are not working are they still covered and what about the family's? on my own point i have special catastrophic policy that i-5 which gives me $10 million in coverage in case god forbid i would get something terminal confident not terminal but a terrible accident that would expand my medical costs. if the obamacare at the aca would not get rid of the lifetime cost this additional policy which cost me $70 a month extra -- [inaudible] >> guest: the first question on ups the answer is yes. if the spouse is not working he or she still covered by ups. if you have kids they are still covered in any case even if the spouse is working. your other que