the program she is most proud of is the bronx environmental stewardship training program. the ten-week program gives trainees solid skills for the future. >> we do have a very high level of folks that were formerly incarcera incarcerated. we have an even higher level of folks that have never had a job before. >> after high school i didn't know what to do, so i just went into the street, you know, and started doing bad things and got incarcerated, came out of jail. i heard about this program. it's a great opportunity, because when you come home, there's not a lot of opportunities. you get a lot of doors shut in your face because of your past. >> i was in an abusive relationship before, and i had little to what i was able to do. being in the training program helped me re-evaluate my life in a sense where i had to get out of that environment to get into a new environment. and they made me believe in myself, helped me believe in myself. >> my vision for the future would be that there would be no communities as vulnerable politically, environmentally, economically or socially as

instead like many families they remained in the south bronx and inwood touting apartment living. most of the offspring of this family, detesting this condition, diligently sought a place in the middle class. some struggled and failed. most attained stability through service to the city. others surpassed their assigned status and rose to positions of influence in many areas of the society, reaching as far as the u.s. senate. still others perished along the way, succumbing to the ills of all ghettos in spite of their dubious romance provide in abundance. kenny's father was tommy romero, a puerto rican boy born in east harlem, a different kind of ghetto that produced some successes. before he was 10, the romero family took flight to the williams burg section of brooklyn because of the numbered streets such as south 6th and south 7th which carried their direction. in time, the south street became puerto rican, displacing the italians, who moved deeper into brooklyn. the north streets were remained polish extending into green point. his parents purchased a house cheaply and over the ye

as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid, destined obviously to be a poet. i was this big at 13 and i was a good rollerskater and the kids were amazed and they befriended me. after a while, they recognized that i had some sort of athletic ability and because i was so spaced out, they mistook it for great courage and if they pushed me, i pushed them back. it was just like a game. so they took to me and asked me to join the shamrocks. i even changed my name from ed vega to ed mcveigh. and this is how they passed me off because most of the teams they played were other irish kids. this was a regular football team so, consequently, they listed me as eddie mcveigh. it was great fun and my friends were jimmy flynn, paddy o'connor.

>>> sweet lou bids adieu and the yankees drop a dime in the bronx. you're watching "early today." back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. according to the obama administration, next week the president is planning a major speech on iraq soon after he returns from his martha vineyard vacation. the address comes after the last u.s. combat brigade left iraq last week. >>> investigators have found that two iowa farms at the root of a nationwide egg recall of a half a billion eggs used the same suppliers of chickens and feed. however, the cause of the salmonella outbreak that has made 1300 people sick is still unknown. several lawsuits have already been filed. >>> a famous van gogh painting is missing from a museum in egypt in the wake of a stunning security breach. officials say none of the alarms and only a few of its surveillance cameras were working when van gogh's famous work, known as both poppy flowers and vase with flowers was stolen. >>> two iconic landmarks in cape town, south africa didn't take long to come tumbling dow

as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid,

we go to the bronx. the yankees taking on the tigers.om of the first inning, jeremy bonderman serving mark teixeira. that's pretty good eating. 27th big fly this season. top of the fourth, the yanks up two. it's miguel cabrera. he's going yard. opposite field action for him. he had two jacks in the game. tigers cut the lead in half. bottom of the fifth inning now. yankees up 6-4. and it's curtis granderson. the grandey man going yard. third home run in his last five games. yankees win 9-5. >>> tampa bay, trying to keep pace. here we go. rays, hosting the rangers. evan longoria. 16th jack of the season. his first four-rbi game since may. rays up by one. bottom five, b.j. upton. get up and get gone. the rays win it 8-6. they sweep the rangers. they're tied with the yankees for first place in the a.l. east. >>> phillies and giants. jimmy rollins, j-roll, going deep to right. giving back to the people at citizens bank park. the phillies take a 5-1 lead. bottom eighth, it's domonic brown, the rookie. that's a huge blast. that's to the upper d

we go straight to the bronx. we pick it up in the bottom of the seventh inning. rodriguez looking for career jack number 600. and that is not going to be it. lazy fly ball to center field. a-rod, 0 for 3 with a k on the ninth. jose batista, a solo for him. batista leads the major with 31 jacks. >>> sean rodriguez hoping to have a little more luck than alex rodriguez. twins and rays from st. pete's. rodriguez, to center field. seventh of the year. rays up 3-1. bottom seven. b.j. upton. come in long, send it long. top of the ninth we go. twins down, 6-1. delmon young, slow roller to short. that's your ball game. rays win, 6-4. they take sole possession of first place in the a.l. east. >>> to the national league. matt latos and the first-place dodgers -- padres, taking on the dodgers. dodgers down 2-0. and check out the dive by chris. that's off of russell martin's bat. dodgers lead 2-1. ted lilly, making his dodgers' debut. top of the seventh inning. strikes out hunley swinging. lilly only gives up one run. >>> that's all for your update. wac to you in the studio.

brick from the bronx center has done a great job. brick center has done a great job. sometimes statistics can throw you off. knowing the baseline for us, the midnight hours, the prime crime time from midnight until 7:00 in the morning, maybe 7:00 until 5:00, we compressed and contracted assignments. we adjusted robbery. the robbery of great men team -- abatement team. this is where an officer was robbed on the street. there is real time data and it helps our schedule. nine arrests for robbery where the officer was robbed. reduce prescription fills. legal narcotics sales, it is disturbing to me. they are carrying oxycontin and prescription pills. the prescription pills are stifling the neighborhood. we try internal programs. walgreens will come in next month and help us identify phony prescriptions. a dea task force is coming in. again, we have to have some intervention with this. i am not naive. it is not illegal to possess prescription drugs, but it is illegal to sell them. our society is got into the point -- we cracked -- i cracked the century mark. i cractake lipit

. >>> plus, the bronx bombers prove they can also do it with their gloves. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> as we head into the weekend, the temperatures will be the big story. you could see some near record highs. your weekend forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." sweet n' sour filled twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, as we told you earlier, the rocket has landed in hot water as legendary pitcher roger clemens now faces federal charges related to steroid use. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi, there. good morning. roger clemens is one of the biggest names in baseball to be linked with performance-enhancing drugs. in 2008 he took the stand and said this to a congressional committee. >> let me be clear. i have never taken steroids or hgh. >> well, the government thinks he was lying. clemens was indicted yesterday on six counts, including obstruction of justice, perjury, and making false sta

moments later, marcus thames puts the bronx bombers on top, rbi single to give the yankees a 7-6 lead. yanks become the first team to win 70 games this season with a 7-6 come-from-behind win. >>> the red sox brought a hit parade to toronto. bill hall hit two home runs against the blue jays, one in the second inning, the other in the fifth. j.d. drew and adrian beltre also left the park. sox win, 10-1. >>> out west, angels and royals needed extra innings. bobby abreu ends it with a towering walk-off homer in the tenth. halos sweep kc with a 2-1 win. >>> the mets may be third in the nl east, but they're number one in something. they have given up more grand slams than any other team in baseball. the rockies' melvin mora are doing the honors. colorado wins it, 6-2. >>> speaking of grand slams, atlanta's brian mccann hits one in the tenth inning against the astros. braves score six runs in the frame after houston tied the game in the ninth. braves win, 8-2. >>> and, finally, if you thought that was a lot of home runs, you haven't seen anything yet. the d'backs had a home run derby of thei

trees are closely monitoring the situation in the bronx region the territory which is contaminated from going to. farms and their radionuclides can be released into the year or. more could become contaminated emergency ministry has dispatched more fire crews to combat fires that threaten the briana region there were two fires that are put that were put out in the matter of about two hours so the ministry is keeping a close eye on the situation it's a very serious situation no matter what if you're in the line of fire or if you are just on the outside now in the moscow region which is one in which it's been a natural disaster and then this small village i'm going to have my of my caravan andre follow me if i just take a look at the damage here homes here along the way nothing is recognizable you could see a boot. a bicycle but you can't really see anything else and if you take a look to out here you can see the amount of houses and just the serious damage that these fires have had on the moscow region and you can see the smog in the air which is also a major concern because of the the ai

. >> at number 5, welcome back to the bronx, johnny damon. robs the former yankee and the yankees beat the tigers, number 4 you won't confuse the philly fanatic with the lord of the dance. he pulls up. we can all get on with our lives. it appears brett favre will play for the vikings. >> so what. >> at number 2 adrian beltre wishes the yankees never moved torii hunter to right field. this is the 36th time he has robbed someone of a home run. seriously. >> really. >> look it up. juan hernandez, made his pro debut last weekend, with an absolute bang. this fight lasted 22 seconds and the problem is they cannot get an opponent for juan hernandez. >> wow. >> our huge audience in neilsburg loving that tonight. a big audience in heelsburg tonight for some reason. >> uh-huh. >> i don't know why. wandered in and can't get an opponent. >> yeah, amazing. juan hernandez. >> giants can't get a win. >> playing a very weak team right now. >> and the padres. >> thank you. ,,,,,,,, in 2008 i quit venture capital ,,,,,,,, to follow my passion for food. i saw a

we start with alex rodriguez, looking for history in the bronx. blue jays and yankees. rod looking for career jack number 600. bottom of three. he's fanning in the summer heat. he goes down. top of the fifth inning, now. blue jays lead 3-2. and jose batista, outside of the batter's box. back to the wall it goes. two runs will score. and the blue jays lead it 5-2. bottom nine. yanks trail 8-6. two out. there's rodriguez, grounding weakly to short. rodriguez, 0 for 5. the blue jays win 8-6. >>> indians and red sox from fenway park. bottom one, two out. no score. kevin youkilis, soft liner. but youkilis, jammed so badly by the pitch. he sprained his right thumb. he left the game. bottom seven. red sox down by four. daniel maher singles to right. shin soo chu, into sar los santana. victor martinez, david ortiz, looking on with concern. look at the play. legs are not supposed to do that. santana, taken off by a cart. his leg was in an air cast. and the indians win that thing, 6-5. >>> that's all for your sports update. i'm don bell. now, back to you in new york. >>> it is a c

he's now got 30 homers, but the bronx bombers won't go away quietly. curtis granderson getting it done against his former team. his second homer in as many days. yankees keep pace with the rays by winning, 9-5. >>> finally, just when you thought you'd seen every wild basketball shot imaginable, these kids from alabama took the game to new heights. from atop an amusement park ride, watch as the ball free falls right into the hoop. here's how it looked from the ground. nothing but net. don't know if it's real or fake, but one thing is for sure -- air jordan never soared that high. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today sports" is brought to you by just for men mustache and beard. keep your edge. >>> well, a laundry list of big named hollywood stars get more than just a manicure at the beauty salon. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a bittersweet discovery in georgia with meaning for all americans. you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back on this thu

. >>> a re >>> a record here in new york k day. , the bronx, alex rodriguez of the yankees hit his 600th, becoming the youngest player to do so. he's 35. some argue that the record needs an asterisk, though. a-rod admitted using steroids arly in his career. put on nature put on a pectacular show last night. look at the photographs of the northern lights over wisconsin and canada. and sol a result of a solar tsunami, a huge solar storm ending highly charged particles hurtling forwards earth. and an encore performance is performance is >>> still ahead, what one >>> st college student is doing to pursue his dream. i have fallen in love with making bird houses. honestly, i'd love to do this for the rest of my life so i have to take care of myself. [ male announcer ] to keep doing what you love, keep your heart healthy. cheerios can help. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. it's simple; love your heart so you can do what you love. it's simple; waking up with morning pain can drain the energy right out of you. fight it with new... it combines extra strength bayer aspirin to treat

. >>> in sports, a clutch ninth inning rally for the bronx bombers. [ woman ] most of us don't get enough fiber in our diets. to get more of the fiber you need every day, try fiberchoice. with the natural fiber found in fruits and vegetables and 33% more fiber per serving than benefiber. go to fiberchoice.com to get savings and rewards. ♪ take a picture of a pretty day ♪ [ coughs ] [ laughs ] ♪ oh, a wish is just a wish away ♪ [ sneezes ] ♪ it's a present, little something new ♪ [ female announcer ] your hands are only as clean as the towel used to dry them. so why use the same hand towel over and over... instead of a clean, fresh one every time? new kleenex® brand hand towels. a clean, fresh towel every time. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york, showers, 83. miami, partly cloudy, 90. chicago, sunny, 93. denver, 92 degrees there. and l.a. is a sunny 82 degrees. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows scattered clouds entering the northeast and swirling over the southeast. it's mostly clear over the sout

gave up 8 runs in 4 innings in the first start in the bronx. jeter aging like fine wine. in the hole on the jumper for kevin. a's get rolled in the broncs 11-5. campbell back at practice today. terrific news for the silver and black. had he 2 injuries after saturday night pre-season clash with the forty-niner. campbell hit from the blind side by travis. boy suffered a shoulder stinger down for several minutes. hurt throwing wrist but threw pass ins practice. seattle on thursday and they split time with campbell sitting out. >> 3 quarter back are very experienced so it is definitely a luxury to have definitely something that we need with as much as quarterback can go down in the nfl. >>reporter: and opening night of the u.s. open. all you need is one point from federer. thinks it. shot of the tournament what we are seeing two week from his now. classic between the leg. reaction of opponent brian. what are you going to do? i don't know. federer wins in straight sets. >> no hesitation. >> exactly. no fear. >> thanks. that's our report. nature line up next. >> for all of us h

we have history on tap in the bronx. blue jays and yankees. ex rodriguez, looking for career home run number 600. go to the highlights. we pick it up in the bottom of the first inning. a-rod, one swing away from history. >> the 2-0. line drive, center field. deep. going for the hills. looking up. see ya. there it is. number 600. alex rodriguez, the youngest man ever to get to 600 home runs. >> the 600 mark comes against shawn marcum. and alex rodriguez gets the curtain call. fifth inning, to mark teixeira. a laser to left. the yankees win, 5-1. they snap a three-game losing streak. >>> evan longoria and the rays hosting the twins. bottom nine. rays down by one. longoria at the dish. a little bloop to left center. delmon young can't get there. longoria hits a double. two batters later, dan johnson, driving him home. so, we are tied at 1-1. we fast-forward to the top of the 13th. game still tied at 1-1. delmon young finds the gap. and twins win 2-1. yankees and red sox are tied for first place in the a.l. east. >>> giants at rockies, in san franc

the bronx-born vince scully will stay in the booth another year and thus all is well in southern californiaveteran correspondent harold dow has died. he'll be remembered as a ground-breaker, story-breaker and a ubiquitous face on the evening news, "48 hours" and other broadcasts, those of us in the business will remember him as such a nice man. he died of an apparent severe asthma attack. he leaves his wife and three children. harold dow was 62 years old. >>> and in his own quiet way, eddie kean made a contribution to american culture during a very different time in america. he wrote the song "it's howdy doody time" which became an anthem with young kids. he also wrote most of the shows and created the word cowabunga later put to use by bart simpson. eddie kean was 85 years old. >>> and coming up, an entire nation is breathing easier after trapped miners are found alive. problem is now comes the hard part. i'm a random windstorm. [ grunts ] ♪ i'm a hot babe out jogging. ♪ call me mayhem. [ tires screech ] i'm every reason to have the right insurance. [ tires screech ] but a lot of you are c

castle burger so why not just switch to crack i'm sure you can get some if you take the subway out of the bronx not that anybody who works on wall street would ever take the subway anyway that was a bad joke i prefer anyone who would be holding my money to be sober and well rested but i guess us normal folk can feel least a tiny bit better knowing that two percent of those on wall street are cutting down on their spending too now today we're going to tell you about some musicians that you may have heard of but probably don't know much about or called insane clown posse it's an american hip hop group out of detroit who has been around since the early ninety's ninety's and i've been putting out records on a regular basis now throughout these years they've also gained quite a following their followers or groupies are called juggalos and the females are called jekyll let's now these people identify closely with insane clown posse and even consider themselves one big family for the most part these juggalos share many characteristics or face paint just like the musicians do during a detroit soda call

he was working at his family's snack food business in the bronx. on was the dipsy doodle chip. and he wondered if the corn meal was tube shaped, not flat, and baked, and not tried. covered with cheddar cheese. well, the cheese doodle was born. he sold the business to borden, where his next job? choosing the toys put in cracker jacks boxes. what great life's work. morrie yohai was 90 years old. >>> when we return, setting sail for a new life. the family that gave up everything to spend seven years the family that gave up everything to spend seven years together at sea. had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike. a heart attack that's caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming dangerous clots. ask your doctor if plavix

our own ron allen is at yankee stadium in the bronx with more on today's new criminal charges. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. yes, during his greatest days as a yankee pitcher, roger clemens had a reputation for being a tough, aggressive competitor who never backed down. he took that same defiant attitude in the congressional hearing room in 2008 repeatedly denying ever using performance-enhancing drugs. however, his primary accuser is a former trainer and close friend who claims he has physical evidence that he injected clemens more than 16 times over several seasons. the trainer has been cooperating with investigators in exchange for not being prosecuted himself. late today, clemens in a twitter message said, "i never took hdh human growth hormone or steroids and i did not lie to congress. i'm happy to finally have my day in court." brian? >> at the stadium tonight in new york, ron, thanks. >>> a story out of california tonight that has enraged a lot of people, especially veterans. you would think it would be illegal to walk around claiming you ha

and it's not realistic but so there is a chance for a's in the bronx tonight. id on the cell phone. he's these two old guy guys just won't shut up. jeff layerish, the kid to center, 3-0, a's in a flash. there is mark teixeira that, is gone. back to back in the third, and yanks take a lead. cahill gives up eight runs in four innings. this is why they call derek jeter the captain. there is ending an a's threat two on in the 5th. and roger clemens pled not guilty today. and he said he never used steroids. the award winner will go on trial next april. that is two weeks after the barry bonds case. the rocket would likely face at least a year of jail time. and clemens flew from washington, d.c. to south carolina to play in a pro am golf tournament. the raiders almost lost two of the offensive players. michael bish broke his thumb. and there is two injuries, campbell took a blindside hit and suffered a shoulder stinger as well as injury to his wrist. wrist injury may be the worst. and the good news came today. and he threw some passes. the final game is thursday night

mysticism and one more thing-- he invented the cheez doodle at a snack food factory he owned in the bronxagine his pride when he visited a museum and saw this work called "cocktail party" all the guests covered in cheez doodles. he was 90. you might remember actor dan resin as dr. beeper in the comedy classic "caddyshack." but he secured a place in tv history as the motor boat captain who sailed the blue waters of... well, he was the ty-d-bol man. >> it was the only way to improve it. >> couric: dan resin was 79. we're going to need a bigger boat to tell you about the family that spent seven years sailing around the world. all the nutrition of total, plus 10% daily value omega-3 ala, and a delicious honey almond crunch. new total plus omega-3. the medicine in advil is their #1 choice for pain relief. more than the medicines in tylenol or aleve. use the medicine doctors use for themselves. one more reason to make advil your #1 choice. use for themselves. there's oil out there we've got to capture. my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil f

my question is, how was life different living from the bronx to princeton university? >> the first week i was in princeton, i spent virtually every night looking for the cricket who was making noise in my room. [laughter] the only cricket i had ever seen was in a cartoon about "jiminy cricket." i knew it had long legs and made bad boys. i took that route apart every single night. -- room apart every single night. on the weekend, one of my friends came to visit me. i told him about the credit. he started to laugh. he told me, it is not in the room. it is on the three outside the window. i had never -- on the tree outside the window. i had never had a tree outside my window. i felt like i was in an alien land. that is how often described it. it was totally different from anything i had ever experienced. first of all, i do not know if you have seen pictures of princeton. if you have not come and go on the internet and look. it is made up of gothic -- collegiate gothic architecture. it is like it is out of a storybook. there is grass everywhere, trees everywhere, big, beaut

. >> the bronx say, when they first arrived to the u.s.e late 1990s, they never intended to stay. but now with three children, a home in san francisco and successful careers, they're glad to have become citizens. >> i feel that i'm connected more here. >> i can't say if it's wrong off the bat. because sometimes if you dig into the individual cases, maybe it's justified. >> i can understand it from an emotional perspective or a visceral perspective, but not -- i think that the, for people who made a to come to the united states third do it the right way. i think it's a good journey to go through. >> reporter: the american born says he's glad to have mom, dad and teenage sister as female citizens. >> it's now kind of complete, i guess. >> reporter: the next naturalization ceremony is scheduled for next month. another 1,300 people are expected to be there. reporting live in oakland, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 action news. >>> the deaths of two sea otters off the california coast were likely victims of great white sharks. marine biologists say

a storm in the melting pot recent violence against immigrants in the u.s. bronx fears over a new era of racial hatred. in the u.k. thousands of eastern european guest workers struggle to survive in the streets while waiting for new regulations which will broaden their right. also a growing number of russians are choosing cheap copies or real luxury brands but psychologist caution buying stakes can lead to living a fake wife. was in the top stories here in our so we back at the top of the hour with more updates coming up next though in our special series james brown continues he's journey across russia the time he's in the southern region. no i'll be the first to admit to making films and traveling around russia is a great way to earn a living. on the road can get a little tiring so when i heard that there was an area of the country where rest and relaxation is the number one priority would seem to take place to visit. the stabber pool region in the north caucasus is home to the cool cajun mineral waters results a series of wells and spawns that have been soothing

my question is, how was life different living from the bronx to princeton university? >> the first week i was in princeton, i spent virtually every night loong for the cricke who was makg noise in my room. [laughter] the only cricket i had ever seen was in a cartoon about "jiminy cricket." i knew it had long legs and made bad boys. i tookhat route apart every single night. -- room apart every single night. on the weekend, one of my friends came to visit me. i told him about the credit. he started to laugh. he told me, it is not in t room. it is on the three outside the window. i had never -- on the tree outside the window. i had never had a tree outside my window. i felt like i was in an alien land that is h often described it. it was totally different from anything i had ever experienced. first of all, i do not know if you have seen pictures of princeton. if you have not come and go on the internet and look. it is made up of gothic -- collegiate gothic architecture. it is like it is out of a storybook. there is grass everywhere, trees everywhere, big, beautiful buildin

a storm in the melting pot recent violence against hispanics immigrants in the u.s. bronx fears over a new era of racial hatred. in the u.k. thousands of eastern european guest workers struggle to survive on the streets while waiting for new regulations which will broaden their rights. also a growing number of russians are choosing cheap over luxury brands but psychologists caution by fakes can lead to living a fake life. well we had lines here in our teen x. martin andrus travels around old russian cities in his gold ring trail series. hello welcome to sunday ross stuff as we continue our. golden ring cities and towns only two hundred kilometers north of the crazy capital moscow was a difference with the traffic to be seen there is fresh from the pace is slow. one of the smallest golden ring destinations time in restored seems to stand still green lanes dusty tracks and faded old buildings lined the main high street if it's a simple quiet and relaxed russian town you're looking for you to arrive at the right place it's best to visit real stuff by car if you want to take p

plus the newest bronx bomber breaks in his pinstripes. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> a heat wave will grip much of the country this week and also something should be forming in the tropics. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning to you. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, yesterday the tampa rays denied rodriguez his 600th homer and pulled within one game of the new york yankees in the american league east. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. as we head into august, the race in the al east is starting to heat up, just one game separates the first place yankees and tampa bay rays. lance berkman made his yankee debut at first in the second inning. a bloop to berkman, tried to make the play. came up empty. fell right on his wallet. that scored a run and the rays were up 1-0. alex rodriguez remained stuck on a 599 homers, came into pinch hit and struck out looking. the rays won it 3-0. tied

my question is, how was life different living from the bronx to princeton university? >> the first week i was in princeton, i spent virtually every night looking for the cricket who was making noise in my room. [laughter] the only cricket i had ever seen was in a cartoon about "jiminy cricket." i knew it had long legs and made bad boys. i took that route apart every single night. -- room apart every single night. on the weekend, one of my friends came to visit me. i told him about the credit. he started to laugh. he told me, it is not in the room. it is on the three outside the window. i had never -- on the tree outside the window. i had never had a tree outside my window. i felt like i was in an alien land. that is how often described it. it was totally different from anything i had ever experienced. first of all, i do not know if you have se pictures of princeton. if you have not come and go on the inteet and look. it is made up of gothic -- collegiate gothic architecture. it is like it is out of a storybook. there is grass everywhere, trees everywhere, big, beautiful

my question is, how was life different living from the bronx to princeton university? k i was in princeton, i spent virtually every night looking for the cricket who was making noise in my room. [laughter] the only cricket i had ever seen was in a cartoon about "jiminy cricket." i knew it had long legs and made bad boys. i took that route apart every single night. -- room apart every single night. on the weekend, one of my friends came to visit me. i told him about the credit. he started to laugh. he told me, it is not in the room. it is on the three outside the window. i had never -- on the tree outside the window. i had never had a tree outside my window. i felt like i was in an alien land. that is how often described it. it was totally different from anything i had ever experienced. first of all, i do not know if you have seen pictures of princeton. if you have not come and go on the internet and look. it is made up of gothic -- collegiate gothic architecture. it is like it is out of a storybook. there is grass everywhere, trees everywhere, big, beautiful buildings.

that she lived on board avenue. 3 blocks away from the street isn't bronx i grew up on. just what are you getting out june abonus, that an alphabet, i would be visiting on a masterpiece and writing a bistro of poems. scones. 47 years later. she has long since ash, the world has become unmitigated cash. a woman gazing into the face of a cell phone. i gave me lover a cherry and lived on. endure these bitter hips and hot heads and the empty collapse. night will still holdup after all these years. summer snap. >> virginia tech. the loner is here. the one who stopped listening. the one with the hidden fuse. with the fist. with the hole in his heart. with the cool guns, the one who blasts away. who kills just because. who kills as well because there's nothing left but the dead. kills himself. suicide on top of all these kills and now you know, what a mar gin in old baghdad in the wrong place at the wrong time why you're mourning is going in one ear of the deaf tomorrow. and out the deafening utter. air cane. one, the sorrow these many months isn't because celebrities put eyes

my question is, how was life different living from the bronx to princeton university? >> the first week i was in princeton, i spent virtually every night looking for the cricket who was making noise in my room. [laughter] the only cricket i had ever seen was in a cartoon about "jiminy cricket." i knew it had long legs and made bad boys. i took that route apart every single night. -- room apart every single night. on the weekend, one of my friends came to visit me. i told him about the credit. he started to laugh. he told me, it is not in the room. it is on the three outside the window. i had never -- on the tree outside the window. i had never had a tree outside my window. i felt like i was in an alien land. that is how often described it. it was totally different from anything i had ever experienced. first of all, i do not know if you have seen pictures of princeton. if you have not come and go on the internet and look. it is made up of gothic -- collegiate gothic architecture. it is like it is out of a storybook. there is grass everywhere, trees everywhere, big, beaut

tomorrow, we clean up a park, van courtly park in the bronx.f various artists performing in new york. so, top blues will be out there. >> top that, fleet week, huh? no. we appreciate all that our services, that they provide for us. and that is so creepy how it can turn its head. the falcon can turn its head. we wanted to recognize it's air force week. you're good-looking. thank you so much. oh. sam? >> by creepy, she means it's really cool, how the animal can turn its head that way. >> what was that? >> all right. slightly creepy. way cool. >>> let's get to the boards. one or two things we want to talk about as you head out the door on your -- somebody help me. is this really wednesday? i'm a little confused because it's been rainy and cloudy for four days. not in chicagoland. that's right. if you're not watching wls, unplug the set in chicago. you're just wasting your time. look at the gorgeous shot out there. and the numbers are just as beautiful. 79 degrees in chicago. 74 in minneapolis. st. louis, showing up with about 80 degrees today. and

bronx, new york. caller: people have been complaining about president obama. the stimulus, health care, the tax reduction, equal pay for men and women for the same work, general motors and chrysler bailout, 55,000 people coming back to work. education is the pell grant, stopping the free-fall of jobs in the iraq war have been just about ended, i have got to tell you, white people should be falling at his feet. they are going to benefit more from these packages than anyone else. health care, who works? basically, flights. -- whitres. -- whites. having their children stay on until they are 26, that is a blessing in disguise. host: you do not see these policies helping racial minorities? caller: they will, but only a few. more white people will have pink slips because they are the ones with the job, but chrysler calling back 55,000 people? who is in that package? basically, whites. host: basically people that did not have jobs with chrysler before. talking about the situation in europe, they're right here -- host: camden county, new jersey, democratic line, bill, go

sonja is from the bronx, from brooklyn, the net as from the queen's end elena born and bred in manhattan. >> people are curious, of course, about what the dynamics is on this remarkable body. from my perspective of a -- and anlace faculty meeting where you are locked in the same room with the same nine people for a long time, how you get along? you have a bipartisan frontier with justice scalia. you have spent years with him. you love opera. what are the ways that you have bonded most with justice scalia? >> i think sandra will back me up on this. of all the places i have worked, all of the law faculties i have been a member of, there is no workplace that i have found more collegial than the u.s. supreme court. we are in a real sense a family, no matter how strongly we disagree on important questions, and we do, we genuinely respect, like and care about each other. summer -- some remember my first bout with cancer. i have colorectal cancer in 1999. shera's advice to me was -- gave me first advise when i had to have chemotherapy. she said, do it on friday and you get over it on the weeken

. >> reporter: the exhibition remains on view at new york's bronx museum until the 29th of this monthew york. >>> and that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thank you for being here with us. we hope you'll join us later for "the early show." i'm emily smith. "the early show." i'm emily smith. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning everyone. monday morning it is the 9th after ought. i am sydnie kohara. john kesler is on vacation. tracy elizabeth is here

. >> mason: the "road to freedom" exhibition remains on view at new york's bronx museum until the 29thf this month. up knox on tonightee "cbs evening news", the strong stylings of dick van dyke's favorite supermarket clerk. >> mason: finally tonight, if you don't like to shop for groceries, then you aren't shopping at ralph's in malibu. bill whitaker explains why there is singing in the aisles. >> reporter: malibu, california, home to some of hollywood's biggest stars. but one of malibu's most popular celebrities won't be found on the beach. she's in a grocery store. >> ♪ i'm going to treat you right you give me fever. ♪ >> reporter: for nearly 34 years, ralph's supermarket clerk deborah caraway has been singing for customers. ♪ rolling home >> she should be on broadway, not in the grocery store. >> reporter: at the register.. ♪ you had gone... >> reporter: ...in the grocery aisle, she knows how to please an audience. >> this is my stage right here, my own personal. >> reporter: and this is the spotlight. >> this is my spotlight. >> reporter: deborah first began belting out tunes when

. >> couric: pacino was raised on the rough streets of the south bronx by a single mother and his grandparents mean, when i was a kid... >> couric: he dropped out of high school at 16 and eventually headed to greenwich village to act in small plays. his only money came from tips. he was broke and homeless. >> pacino: you learn to go without food. >> couric: but you were sleeping under storefronts and... >> pacino: well, i... i remember. >> couric: ... and stages. >> pacino: i remember, at one point, i would sleep there at night on the stage. they had a lovely couch. it was very comfortable. well, this is it. >> couric: but he got his first break when he was accepted at the actor's studio in midtown manhattan, where marlon brando, james dean and paul newman were trained in method acting, which teaches actors to draw on their own life experiences. do you think you'd be successful if this place hadn't been here in new york? >> pacino: well, it think it had a lot to do with my success, because when i was younger, they weren't hiring people like me to play in shakespeare, or anything else, or molie

if they would take at 13-story mosque and bill the in the bronx, i am all for it. but to pick a site close to the world trader in -- world trade center and expect the rest of us to be too timid did do something so profoundly wrong, this is a political statement. this is not a religious statement. i reject does that claim it is about our tolerance. i am tired of being lectured on tolerance by someone who said that america was an accomplice in 9/11, who refuse to condemn hezbollah, who refuses to condemn sharia, and he is going to lecture us on tolerance? i do not think so. >> i am an author of a blog perhaps 6000 readers. one of the commoners project, interest said that are inherent liberty does not stem from caught but from the fact that we are human. is not far off from what we're saying that it is not quite there. >> that is not explicitly not true. you respond by saying, a purely secular model of liberty is in danger of being subverted by totalitarianism. the structure and project the destruction of the christian values system was at the heart of nazism and commu

i am from the bronx. former new yorker now living in florida. i'd like to ask callers don't they get upset when they see president bush holding hands with the president of saudi arabia and don't they get upset when they have a tele than to promote terrorism. doesn't it be bother them the department of antiterrorism was removed before 9/11 happened? host: tim, thanks very much. he brings up the president's position and a side bar of debate has been the president's positioning and leadership skills, communication skills from the white house. let's listen to the original comments as he began to talk about the mosque at the ceremony. >> let me be clear. as a citizen, and as president, i believe that muslims have right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. and that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower manhattan in accordance with local laws and ordinance. this is america and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable. the principal that people of all fourt