interesting when reagan announced in 1980, put on his shirt sleeves and he went to liberty park and he went in front of the statue of liberty and he said, this is a broad movement not a narrow one. it seems to me one of the things the fellows and lady on this stage want to do is show that they mean it. they're serious. they're passionate. they're sincere. but they are not in the thrall of ideology. you know what i mean? they can't make themselves small to win now and then be larger. >> i watched that on nbc news that night at a bar in georgetown because i had written carter's speech that day. i went and saw your candidate at that time, ronald reagan, standing there with a statue of liberty behind him and i said, my god. he's rediscovered an american icon the statue of liberty which is the statement of all immigrant americans which is most of us and he took it back from the democrats. >> yes. >> in one afternoon. it was so dramatic. howard, let me respond. we got a new poll that shows republicans are polled by "the washington post" and abc. look at this number now. it's about who people think is most likely to bea

. >> i am looking towards the direction of the statue of liberty. the plane is getting closer, i can hear the sound of the engine. total acceleration. i dropped the phone and i screamed, lord, i can't do this, you take over. >> the men had never met. >> brian told me how a discussion about what to do was interrupted by the sound of stanley seeking help. >> i heard, health, i can't breathe. >> the only way out of here is for you to come up the wall, so he scrambled up. i caught something and we fell back down on the ground. he gave me this big kiss and as a, i am brian. he said, i am stanley. >> all my life, i was an only child, born and raised in canada. i always wanted a brother and i found that men today. he put his hand on my shoulder and he said, come on, buddy, let's go home. >> just minutes after the men escaped from the south tower, the unthinkable happened. before losing one another in the confusion, stanley have given brian his business card. >> i have this feeling that there was no stanley. a guardian angel concept that was there and i ima

that was really good. ( laughter ) last question, you made-- you once made the statue of liberty disappear yes. >> stephen: in the 1980s. >> yes. >> stephen: okay. can i give you some advice? >> yes. >> stephen: don't try that now. ( laughter ) ( applause ) or i think you might disappear. and reappear magically in guantanamo bay. ( laughter ) ( applause ) david copperfield. thank you so much. david copperfield. the book is "bane works" and he is the king of ♪ i'm a speck of dust alone in the wire jungle. some dust rags say i'm unreachable, [ grunting ] but that's how i like it. unattached, free, indep... i've changed my mind. ♪ i believe in miracles [ female announcer ] swiffer attracts dust. new and improved swiffer dusters with dust lock adhesive picks up two times more dust than a dry dust rag and locks it away. you're very adventurous! [ female announcer ] swiffer gives cleaning a whole new meaning. >> stephen: well that's it for the report. before we go, one last trick. i want you to think of the ace of hearts. have it? keep it in your mind. is this your card? ( laughter )

park service, the keeper of the nation's most important heritage from yellowstone to the the statue of liberty, from concorde and lexington to manassas and shiloh to here, all for we the people to enjoy, to reflect upon and to learn about our nation from. these partners, however, barely reflect the many people who have given of themselves to arrive at today. they include the flight 93 ambassadors, local people who took it upon themselves to help visitors starting within days of 9/11. [applaus [applause] >> first responders in the corner, the newly formed friends of flight 93, all of you please join us. volunteers, contractors, consultants, public officers holder, government employees, construction workers, and governors, generals, cabinet members, senators, congressmen, presidents and first ladies, plus, over 75,000 individuals who have donated their money to create this memorial and over one thousand businesses and individuals for international design competition. this has been a truly american undertaking, no one asked except to be friendly, who are you, where are you from? why are you here?

half the statue of liberty and this beautiful factory, which will still be him along and pig as membership as 1100 apes. ( laughter ) so does failure of one company discredit the entire idea of a green energy economy? of course not. but if in, let's say, 1936, you spoke about the growing importance of air travel in front of, i don't know, the hind'd hindenburg, you'd be right about the future of air travel. but you'd still be on ( bleep ) fire. ( laughter ) oh, the stupidity! ( cheers and applause ) so the administration, maybe their hearts are in the right place and they just bet on the wrong horse. it's not like there's any damning evidence they knew in advance that the horse was a donkey. >> house republican investigators have unearthed e-mails reviewed by nbc which reveal repeated warnings by government staff bears the loan. "this deal is not retread for prime time" days before final approval a warning that one model showed the project would run out of cash in september 2011. ( laughter ) >> jon: burn on you. solyndra went out of business, september 6, 2011. on the plus side, how about

that was really good. ( laughter ) last question, you made-- you once made the statue of liberty disappear yes. >> stephen: in the 1980s. >> yes. >> stephen: okay. can i give you some advice? >> yes. >> stephen: don't try that now. ( laughter ) ( applause ) or i think you might disappear. and reappear magically in guantanamo bay. ( laughter ) ( applause ) david copperfield. thank you so much. david copperfield. the book is "bane works" and he is the king of >> stephen: well that's it for the report. before we go, one last trick. i want you to think of the ace of hearts. have it? keep it in your mind. is this your card? ( laughter )ú4 ?@'pvxí [ radio tuning ]

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that was really good. ( laughter ) last question, you made-- you once made the statue of liberty disappear yes. >> stephen: in the 1980s. >> yes. >> stephen: okay. can i give you some advice? >> yes. >> stephen: don't try that now. ( laughter ) ( applause ) or i think you might disappear. and reappear magically in guantanamo bay. ( laughter ) ( applause ) david copperfield. thank you so much. david copperfield. the book is "bane works" and he is the king of

of memorial cars are touring the east coast stopping in the nation's capital, finally in new york, providing a fitting tribute on 9/11's tenth anniversary on liberty island right there alongside the statue of liberty. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> a pair of giraffes are a welcome addition to one zoo in jerusalem. owen and jasmine were born a few months apart, but the babies have become fast friends. the african giraffe don't exactly look like newborns, and they've actually got lots of growing to do. they'll eventually tower at 19 feet tall and weigh in at 4,400 pounds. the pair joined four other giraffes in their new home. >>> well, spectacular new images show the wonder of space travel. nasa's spacecraft circling the moon has captured the sharpest photos ever seen of past apollo missions. taken from about 15 miles away, one can still see astronaut's tracks from moon walks. experts were even able to identify backpacks and other trash left behind on visits from 1969 to 1972. >>> and in china the sounds of violinists plucking away at their instruments have folks scratching their head. take a listen. ♪ the musicians ar

that was really good. ( laughter ) last question, you made-- you once made the statue of liberty disappear yes. >> stephen: in the 1980s. >> yes. >> stephen: okay. can i give you some advice? >> yes. >> stephen: don't try that now. ( laughter ) ( applause ) or i think you might disappear. and reappear magically in guantanamo bay. ( laughter ) ( applause ) david copperfield. thank you so much. david copperfield. the book is "bane works" and he is the king of >> stephen: well that's it for the report. before we go, one last trick. i want you to think of the ace of hearts. have it? keep it in your mind. is this your card? ( laughter ) [phone ringing] you've reached the home of leonard nimoy. anybody but bill shatner please leave a message. [beep] uh, this is william shatner. leonard, will you pick up? i want to invite you to the roast. it's gonna be fantastic. pick up the phone, leonard. hello? leonard! billy. great. bill, are you in trouble? what are you-- i saw something on tv about your toast. roast, you idiot. turn up the sound on your hearing aid. oh, bill, those roasts are terrible. you

a formal speech with a beautiful view of the statue of liberty in the background. ike ronald reagan did. that will be awesome. except when jon huntsman did it, his campaign neglected to frame the shot so you could see the statue of liberty. instead it was jon huntsman as you see here, his head bisected by a parked tour boat. for the members of the media who covered the jon huntsman launch with the tour boat, they got these press credentials which said they were in new york. they were not. they were in new jersey. which featured jon huntsman name spelled wrong. they handed out press badges that had their own candidate's name misspelled. end when the press tried to follow the candidate from his announcement to his first campaign event in new hampshire that day, the press were led accidentally to a plane that was actually bound not for new hampshire but for saudi arabia. so is a logistically troubled campaign launch day for jon huntsman. you know what? whatever. everybody has their moments. last night we did half of this show without a teleprompter. when these things h

. >> when it's finished it'll we a great lighthouse and also like another statue of liberty. a laser beakon going out for miles calling you to new york. >> now, maryland's most powerful radar. >> rain coming down heavy and steady. after dodging most of the weekend and a lot of the day if you are in the eastern shore now the rain over spreading most of the state. 70 right now. humidity check it out, 97%, the air soaked, nearly 100% humidity. if it weren't for that wind, 20 miles an hour we could see fog develop. current flash flood warnings, baltimore county and city, howard and montgomery, these blue shaded are coastal flood advisories. here is a look at the radar. where is the wet stuff now? just a few showers here on the eastern shore but heavier from cecil, hartford back through baltimore and down in to the city. this rain reaches well south and west. moisture back into west virginia. it's a solid 50-mile across from west to east and is moving limited movement from west to east. it's training precipitation with more moderate showers out in the western part of the state. rai

it's the 125th anniversary of the statue of liberty, a gift to the united states from france.sident sarkozy is in town for the big u.n. gathering. new york mayor michael bloomberg played host though we all know lady liberty carries a torch for jersey. >>> and we learned more about ourselves today as part of the new census numbers about who we are, what's become part of our lives. they are telling fascinating stories like the average american commute. now a little over 25 minutes. the good people of maryland have the worst average commute in the country, over a half hour each. for the quickest ride to work you have to work in the dakotas. north and south share the best commute honors, just over 16 minutes. >>> a 10-year-old's plea that his father not be forgotten inspires a world of kindness. it's our "making a difference" report tonight. >>> when that american chinook helicopter was shot down in afghanistan last month that killed 30 americans and left a lot of american kids back home without a father. one of those kids got everybody's attention, reminding us all to focus on ea

this in giant letters that had a picture of the statue of liberty and said welcome to the usa home of five percent of the world's population and twenty five percent of the world's prisoners now. that's the reality that poster presented to every person who was there poured. it like you have through a mum story which is going to add that african-americans make up a disproportionate amount of that twenty five percent and as we know today they are also far more likely to be executed and are whites what do we do about the bigger problem here the problem with the racism that seems to be built into our criminal justice system particularly in the south. the first look in racism does not exist it is still effects. the income gap and the education gap and the wealth gap and the life and death gap while we proud of having an african-american president in the one infant mortality in the one in short life expectancy the more than force most home till college because of banks toggles the reason is a very much a part of the of the of the d.n.a. of our country and we still see it the redoubts have le

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grant's tomb was an icon before the statue of liberty. i urge you are here. please pay attention. postcode abraham lincoln according to alvin felzenberg gets five all the way across all six categories. george washington comes in second. teddy roosevelt comes in third place at 4.5. a couple of new biographies, recently. you have been down at 20 right below george w. bush. he gets a one character and a five incompetence. >> james polk are themselves decided he was going to grab two thirds in mexico, all by himself. and it wasn't clear if they wanted that, or slave states. he did it -- let's say he was called open mendacious by his opponents for pretty good reasons. but he did achieve his goal, so he got the confidence. postcode george w. bush you have in this book. this book came out obviously just very recently, that you have him trained, tied with jimmy carter. george w. bush, three and carried her. why? >> guest: well, now maybe his papers come out in bbs beginning to his bio, we will see a little more. the family saga, i won't call it tallis, but who's going to carry the father'

national park service, the keeper of the nation's most important heritage from yellowstone to the statue of liberty, from concord and lexington to manassass and shiloh to here, all for the people to enjoy, to reflect upon and to learn about our nation from. these partners, however, barely reflect the many people who have given of themselves to arrive at today. they include the flight 93 ambassadors, local people who took it upon themselves to help visitors starting within days of 9/11. [ applause ] first responders and the coroner, the newly-formed friends of flight 93, all of you please join. volunteers, contractors, consultants, public office holders, government employees, construction workers and governors, generals, cabinet members, senators, congressmen, presidents and first ladies. plus over 75,000 individuals who have donated their money to create this memorial, and the over 1,000 people and firms who share their vision in international design competition. this outpouring has been and continues to be a truly american undertaking. no one asked except to be friendly, who are you? where are you

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grant's tomb was an icon before the statue of liberty or the lincoln memorial. urge readers to pay attention to the grand story. >> host: abraham lincoln gets five all the way across in all six categories. george washington comes in second with overall rating of 4.67. teddy roosevelt is in third place. 4.5 tied with ronald reagan at 4.5. james capel -- polk is at number 20 below george h. w. bush. he gets 1 in character and five in confidence. >> guest: james polk decided to grab mexico by himself. wasn't clear the united states wanted that. more slave states. he was called polk the nation by his opponent for good reason. he did achieve his goal. he gets 1 in character. >> host: george w. bush came out very recently, you have in ranked tied with jimmy carter. george w. bush, 3 in character. >> guest: maybe as papers come out and his files we will see a little more. the family saga -- won't call it dallas. who will carry father's mantle and why did he want to be president? what gold did he want to achieve? it is very unclear. i take him at his word that he became

national park service, the keeper of the nation's most important heritage from yellowstone to the statue of liberty, from concorde and lexington to manassas and shiloh to here. all for we the people to enjoy, to reflect upon, and to learn about our nation. these partners, however, barely reflect the many people who have given of themselves to arrive at today. they include the flight 93 ambassadors, local people who took it upon themselves to help visitors starting within days of 9/11. [ applause ] first responders and the coroner, the newly formed friends of flight 93, all of you please join. volunteers, contractors, consultants, public office holders, government employees, construction workers, and governors, generals, cabinet members, senators, congressmen, presidents, and first ladies. plus over 75,000 individuals who have donated their money to create this memorial and the over 1,000 people and firms who shared their vision in an international design competition. this outpouring has been and continues to be a truly american undertaking. no one asks except to be friendly, who are you, where are

. >> the cameras can see a lot more than the statue of liberty. n read license plates, see in infrared, and take thermal images so precise, they can pick out a single squirrel in central park. >> this camera can pick up the heat of a lit cigarette about a mile away. >> nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel and rachel maddow will debut "days of destruction -- decade of war" coming up. the documentary explores america's response to the attacks on 9/11 and what progress has been made since. joining me now is co-host of that new documentary, "day of destruction decade of war" and nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. thank you for joining me. >> it's a pleasure. and it's three hours long. one hour tonight. we could have had 10 hours. >> don't scare them off with the three hour thing. >> tonight it's an hour. that's all i'm asking. >> and then there's tomorrow night. richard, what -- do you get to a conclusion about the net value of all of the measures that have been taken since 9/11 versus their net cost? i mean, there is som

i was amazed at how many americans paid money for the restoration of the statue of liberty. at was an important icon. but this is an icon of heroism and we need to do this. there's no question, chris. we need to get this done. these 40 families are incredible. they've staid together. they've waited for this day. somebody asked me how i feel and of course, there's always grief coming here, but today there's a sense of accomplishment. but we have more to do and people have to help us get it done. >> i haven't been involved as you folks have, but i feel like everybody about what happened that day. and what this part of the memorial, this part here is really about defiance. again, this is about people who got the word in and tried to do something. the only americans that could fight back that day. they knew what was happening to their loved ones, they were talking from their seats. they saw these guys killing people. they said this is not a standard hijacking. this is going to be a human bomb, this plane is going to be a weapon against washington. and they knew what they had to d

for no apparent reason in mid-sentence just raised my dead toward the statue of liberty.at i'm seeing is a big giant aircraft, grey with red letter on the wing and tail, coming straight, eye level forwards me. the next thing i know, i dove under my desk, huddled in a fetal position, screaming, crying and the plane crashed in the building. the plane from coming straight towards me and the bottom wing is wedged in my office door, 20 feet from where i was under the desk. >> a lot came down the shafts and blew out everything elevator cable snap. when you hear a 10,000 pound, 40,000 pound elevator coming down a shaft and hearing people screaming and you don't hear them screaming, you know they just died, just silence. >> at 9:03 or whatever time it was when the second plane hit boom, boom, double explosion. i learned later it was the plane hitting the building then exploding. for the next 10 seconds, i was terrified. >> impact was so great and the sound that it made was so loud i got temporarily deaf. i couldn't hear anything. it looked like a demolition crew came in and knock

for no apparent reason in mid-sentence just raised my dead toward the statue of liberty.at i'm seeing is a big giant aircraft, grey with red letter on the wing and tail, coming straight, eye level forwards me. the next thing i know, i dove under my desk, huddled in a fetal position, screaming, crying and the plane crashed in the building. the plane from coming straight towards me and the bottom wing is wedged in my office door, 20 feet from where i was under the desk. >> a lot came down the shafts and blew out everything elevator cable snap. when you hear a 10,000 pound, 40,000 pound elevator coming down a shaft and hearing people screaming and you don't hear them screaming, you know they just died, just silence. >> at 9:03 or whatever time it was when the second plane hit boom, boom, double explosion. i learned later it was the plane hitting the building then exploding. for the next 10 seconds, i was terrified. >> impact was so great and the sound that it made was so loud i got temporarily deaf. i couldn't hear anything. it looked like a demolition crew came in and knock

for no apparent reason in mid-sentence just raised my dead toward the statue of liberty.at i'm seeing is a big giant aircraft, grey with red letter on the wing and tail, coming straight, eye level forwards me. the next thing i know, i dove under my desk, huddled in a fetal position, screaming, crying and the plane crashed in the building. the plane from coming straight towards me and the bottom wing is wedged in my office door, 20 feet from where i was under the desk. >> a lot came down the shafts and blew out everything elevator cable snap. when you hear a 10,000 pound, 40,000 pound elevator coming down a shaft and hearing people screaming and you don't hear them screaming, you know they just died, just silence. >> at 9:03 or whatever time it was when the second plane hit boom, boom, double explosion. i learned later it was the plane hitting the building then exploding. for the next 10 seconds, i was terrified. >> impact was so great and the sound that it made was so loud i got temporarily deaf. i couldn't hear anything. it looked like a demolition crew came in and knock

for no apparent reason in mid-sentence just raised my dead toward the statue of liberty.at i'm seeing is a big giant aircraft, grey with red letter on the wing and tail, coming straight, eye level forwards me. the next thing i know, i dove under my desk, huddled in a fetal position, screaming, crying and the plane crashed in the building. the plane from coming straight towards me and the bottom wing is wedged in my office door, 20 feet from where i was under the desk. >> a lot came down the shafts and blew out everything elevator cable snap. when you hear a 10,000 pound, 40,000 pound elevator coming down a shaft and hearing people screaming and you don't hear them screaming, you know they just died, just silence. >> at 9:03 or whatever time it was when the second plane hit boom, boom, double explosion. i learned later it was the plane hitting the building then exploding. for the next 10 seconds, i was terrified. >> impact was so great and the sound that it made was so loud i got temporarily deaf. i couldn't hear anything. it looked like a demolition crew came in and knock

the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible with a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free hoveround information kit that includes a video and full color brochure. dennis celorie: "it's by far the best chair i've ever owned." terri: "last year, 9 out of 10 people got their hoveround for little or no money." jim plunkitt: "no cost. absolutely no cost to me." breaking news...when you call today, we'll include a free hoveround collapsible grabber with the purchase of your power chair. it reaches, it grabs, it's collapsible and it's portable. it goes wherever you go. get it free while supplies last. call the number on your screen to get your free video, brochure and your free hoveround collapsible grabber. call the number on your screen. >> chris: the republican presidential race is now at a crucial stage with the fox news google florida gop debate set for next thursday. we continue our 2012 one on one series of interviews now with a candidate

for no apparent reason in mid-sentence just raised my dead toward the statue of liberty.at i'm seeing is a big giant aircraft, grey with red letter on the wing and tail, coming straight, eye level forwards me. the next thing i know, i dove under my desk, huddled in a fetal position, screaming, crying and the plane crashed in the building. the plane from coming straight towards me and the bottom wing is wedged in my office door, 20 feet from where i was under the desk. >> a lot came down the shafts and blew out everything elevator cable snap. when you hear a 10,000 pound, 40,000 pound elevator coming down a shaft and hearing people screaming and you don't hear them screaming, you know they just died, just silence. >> at 9:03 or whatever time it was when the second plane hit boom, boom, double explosion. i learned later it was the plane hitting the building then exploding. for the next 10 seconds, i was terrified. >> impact was so great and the sound that it made was so loud i got temporarily deaf. i couldn't hear anything. it looked like a demolition crew came in and knock