the whole war effort is starting to fall apart and then came the battle of brooklyn and the escape fromrooklyn, the miraculous night escape by washington. when you are writing a biography, you cannot stray from your subject very much. elizabeth longford, who wrote the great biography of queen victoria was saying you cannot look at your subject for more than five minutes, and she is right. you cannot. i wanted very much to write about the escape from brooklyn. i thought you cannot do it here, but you can in the next book. i began with -- which surprises some people -- george iii going before parliament to declare that the american colonies are in rebellion and that their leaders, these rabble-rousers -- rose: he calls them the unhappy americans. "unhappy americans," absolutely. they are traitors. he and the king have that british power and they will bring these people to heal and crush the rebellion. it is win that speech reaches boston on the first day of the new year because of the great delay in crossing the ocean, first day of 1776, that the people in the army under washington -- peo

and i wanted very much to write about, in some detail, about the battle of brooklyn and about the escape from brooklyn. i thought, well you can't do it here, but you can do it in the next book. and so i began, which surprises some people, i began with george iii before going to parliament in october of 1775 to declare that the american colonies are in rebellion and that their leaders, these rebel rousers -- >> rose: he calls them the unhappy americans. >> the unhappy americans, absolutely, they're traitors, he says so, and that he, the king, and the british power of the british army and british empire are going to bring these people to heel, they're going to crush the rebellion. and it's when that speech reaches boston opt first day of the new -- on the first day of the new year because of the great delay in crossing the ocean, first day of 1776, that the people in the army under washington, people everywhere realize there isn't going to be a short, unpleasant business which will wind up with reconciliation and that we better be fighting for independence. now, they don't dare say it righ

and then came the battle of brooklyn, the escape from brooklyn, the miraculous night escape by washingtonand when you are writing a biography, you cannot stray from your subject very much. elizabeth longford, who wrote the great biography of queen victoria, said you cannot leave your subject for more than five pages. and she was right, you can't. i badly wanted to write about in some detail the escape from brooklyn. you cannot do it here, but you can do it in the next book. so i began with -- which surprises some people -- with george iii going before parliament in the october of 1775 to declare the american colonies are in rebellion, and that their leaders, these rabble-rousers -- mr. rose: he calls them the unhappy americans. mr. mccullough: unhappy americans, absolutely. they are traitors. he says so. he, the king, and the british power, british army, british empire, are going to bring these people to heel. they are going to crush the rebellion. and it is when that speech reaches boston, on the first day of the new year, because of the great delay of crossing the ocean, the first day o

the brooklyn bridge looking good. hazy sunshine, unfortunately it doesn't stay dry throughout the next couple of days. we'll have a look at the rain and time it out for you in your >>> right now we are getting a stormy. tuesday, one lingering shower or two. and then by tuesday afternoon, into wednesday, we're finally drying out and warming up. back to the upper 80s by the end of the week. stay up to date with the news 4 new york pam, tap the news 4 in the corner, scroll down and select the weather tab. see the latest forecast, use our interactive radar and learn how to submit your own weather video. the news 4 new york app for iphone is available in the app store right now. pat, ove >>> look at this dramatic rescue in the raritan bay. this is from the aviation unit this was thursday. the 21-year-old victim was stranded in the waters between staten island and new jersey. wow. the man was taken to the hospital for observation and we're told he's doing okay. >>> philadelphia first man who became stuck in a sewer line. nei

coming up on september eighteenth, as the brooklyn book festival held in downtown brooklyn new york. later in the month the annual baltimore book festival will take place at the city's inner harbor. on saturday september 20. saturday september 24, for the 16th year in a row, book tv will be live with other talks and call-in segments from the national book festival hosted by the library of congress at the washington convention center. for more information on fairs and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage click the book for your staff our website, booktv.org. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill test members of congress with their reading the summer. >> first of all thank you to c-span for all you do on this front. it's very important service to give to the country. mike kids will get a kick out of the side facing the pitcher behind me. i haven't stance of reading list coming up battling for the summer but for the next year. i thought year. i thought i would start off with recommendation from folks through prayer for people under pressure by jonathan aitken ribeye forme

the blast shattered windows in manhattan, new jersey and brooklyn. >> the dark cloud of sabotage wentbove the united states. the united states was becoming painfully aware of the enemy within and black tom were on an angry nation's lips. >> the coast guard sends in groups of men to try to help put out the fire and to rescue people out of this.> some 9,000 men served the coast guard in world war i, more than 100 were killed in action up. world war i is over in 1918. >> two years after that you have prohibition. it's a major task for the coast guard to keep illegal liquor from our shores. coast guard gets the first airplane in the 1920s to scout out and look for rum runners. >> the coast guard stepped up its efforts when it was tasked to secure the fraj it waters around -- frigid waters around green land. >> the interest there was because of the cryolite mines. depp mark had fall -- denmark had fallen and it was a possession of denmark. the coast guard was up in that area to make sure that that remained out of german hands. >> but another threat loomed in asia. in an uncanny coinci

slow from the verrazano bridge to the brooklyn bridge. >>> the search is on for men wanted in a violent robbery in brooklyn. katherine creag is in williamsburg where it happened. >> reporter: kerry, the people who live and work in this area, some of tell business owners, shopkeepers, tell us this business, this accounting firm has been here many years and the victims did not deserve this. this was a the accounts firm is called y & i accounting. some people saw two men running out of the store after the robbery and police found surveillance video of one of the suspects. he looks like he's wearing a uniform for a postal delivery service. the two suspects tied up a 19-year-old woman at the accounting firm and assaulted a 60-year-old man, both workers of the business. nearby business owners who know the victim told us this. >> very surprised. very nice people. very upsetting. >> allow for something to happen like this here, very unusual for any crimes to happen here. this is a very safe place to live. >> reporter: and this happened around 5:30 in the afternoon, typically when this area is b

and the other team is the brooklyn bridge and the statue of liberty. it is an 18 to ride and we haven't put an upper age limit on it yet. >> more information can be found at see the city.com and tell me, are you going to build your trick anytime soon. tweet the show and tweet me. >> i've had my fair share of bars from the diving to the goofy. well now, -- named after the famed hit of the downtown hotel lucy goofy is truly one-of-a-kind. a great find especially this time of year. the rooftop 1180-degree views of views of the city are spectacular at sunset. they provide a breeze that is perfect for your summer days, just ask mark, director of communications for hilton. >> people come from the auto boroughs, and their in certain city. >> in that crowd here, young, hit, and eclectic just like the cocktails. one in particular is the ice pop per sec a. the marriage between a people's popular% go on top. the only of its kind in the host city. the the only thing left is which one to choose. the flavor flavor combination are made from real roots, simple syrup a

you see the rain has filled in like we expected. it's raining heavily brooklyn, queens, white stones bridge, throgs neck to manhattan and on the george washington bridge. we will be looking at rain continuing until about noontime today, through the morning commute, street and highway flooding. sun breaks out this afternoon. weather and traffic every seven minutes. weat this right here. this is a car carrier involved in an accident. this is the new england thruway on the southbound sidement we will head to the maps. southbound side near cedar street. that's where the accident is. going to the maps, we have an issue heading on to the new jersey turnpike northbound before the express and local lanes. accident off on the shoulder. we have mass transit doing just fine. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken and lori, over to you. news this morning," we are keeping on top accuweather alert in effect with the flash flood watch for the area. this is a learn look from hoboken, new jersey. >> you can track severe weather >>> on the money, asian markets are mixed. >> hon

there's lower manhattan, a few puffy clouds over the brooklyn bridge. we're at 83 degrees. a northeast wind around, and the high at 83. a nice recovery after the morning rainfall. 91 in poughkeepsie. only light rainfall amounts there. got the sunshine back earlier, and we have really been heating up. most areas in the upper 70s to mid-80s right now. an isolated shower through the early evening hours. just patchy clouds. you may have a little bit of patchy fog early, especially away from the city. we'll have partly sunny skies through early afternoon, and clouds tend to increase. looking for sunshine at the beach, plan on early afternoon and the clouds tend to filter the sunshine later in the day. there's an area of showers. now all of a sudden just as route i-84 right there, you can see they are starting to weaken through orange and sussex county. i'm not sure they'll survive in new york city. better chance they drift into northern new jersey. a few light showers into putnam, and rockland. the thing is even though this area of rainfall, there is this front snaking around to

vegas where the wizards played the third and the final summer league game this afternoon against the brooklynets. while the wi vards didn't have a -- wizards didn't have a pick in the draft, last year's pick kelly obrye junior has had prolific score something far this summer and he is looking to build off that today. he lead the team with16 eddie with the play of the day right here. coming up with a steal and a lay-in to win it for the wizards at the buzzer. 87-85. well done. meanwhile, back in d.c. united newly acquired winger lloyd sam took part in the first practice today. lloyd was part of a surprising trade from the new york red bulls. the only mls team he ever played for. while lloyd does feel at home with the new teammate, he says he has a chip on his shoulder. >> maybe a slight chip there. we won't play against them every week. i just want to get in the playoffs. erin: slight chip. united will try to bounce back after having a three-game winning streak snapped last week. they will be on the road at columbus crew, a game you can watch on newschannel8. that coverage starts a it looks li

the cell that pushed through brooklyn around the gowanus expressway, gowanus brooklyn in that area of the five boroughs of new york city. all of that is an area with heavy rain. darla miles is there with the latest. >> reporter: we have about a foot to two feet of water here on 9th street here near the gowanus bridge. i want to show you there is a city bus, mta bus that put on hazards because it will not go through the water. started about an hour ago when the flash floods came through. we were warning about this all morning long. this is a low lying area -- i'm sorry. okay. sorry. this is one of those low-lying areas where it floods all the time. you can hear someone screaming to warn drivers not to go through the water. i will show you this driver, an uber driver, when this flash fare and his car got stuck. >> i don't know. [ indiscernible ] >> i will show you ninth street. we have seen people wi bicycles walking through the water. you see the cars going through, the water seems elevated, splashing all over the place. drivers taking chances going through it. bill, back to you. >> we

the deciding game of the special playoff between the new york giants and the brooklyn dodgers. p to the world series. bobby toch son came to the plate with two men on and his giants down by two. >> the pitch, thompson swings. it's going, going, it's gone ap engiants win the pennant 5-4. >> that magnificent home run hit by bob thompson, that was like a dream come true. >> the blast that was heard around the baseball world. >> you traded uniforms. is that something some youngster should say i could do that too? >> yeah. >> they said freedom is not free. we have to fight for the freedom that we have. each and ever one of us should remember that. >> i was anxious to get back into it and get back into civilian life but i knew i was going to have a rough time because i just, i don't know, i just wasn't all there yet, you know, in any mind. i had went through a lot. >> morrie martin needed to overcome more than the war. after almost losing his leg, he needed to recover as a an athlete and make the major leagues and he did pitch in the majors for ten years. >> i'm proud to serve my coun

edelstein: we are not monitoring the brooklyn bridge, that is a case example that other people are doing. again, my vision for the control centers of the future, i really think getting into moving people and cargo more efficiently, but also access management in real-time. -- assets management in real-time. we can monitor bridges, smart buildings, or is -- with regard to energy systems. we can put sensors on water systems to see if there are any leaks. what we are looking at is a control center, again it could be a virtual control center, it does not need to be one massive building. the control center would monitor all of the assets that the agencies own, operate and maintain. and i think by doing that you will get more efficiency and i feel like it will dovetail very nicely with the smart city concept. i think there are platforms that they will be using allow everything's -- everything to be interconnected, but there needs to be a control center that monitors all of these in real-time. to gain more efficiency of the system. sen. fischer: and as you have a control center that is monitorin

. >> reporter: in new york more than 50,000 fireworks shows lit up from the brooklyn bridge to town. earlier not far from the statue of liberty the countryi welcome nearly two dozen immigrants. in philadelphia descended for those who signed the independent tapd the liberty bell 13 time for the original 13 states. president obama's white house celebration indoors. >> it is important to remember what a miracle this country is, how incredibly lucky we are that people generations ago were willing to take up arms and fight for our freedom. >>> italian police tell nbc news they made a connection with a missing american dleg student. the body of beau solomon was found three days after he vanished. he went missing friday after visiting a pub within hours after arriving for the program. his parents say thousands of dollars were charged to their son's credit cards. a homeless man has been charged with connection to the crime. >>> a suicide bombing killed four saudi security officers yesterday. it was part of a series of bombings that hit three different stis across america. it all took place du

coming up on september 18th, it's the brooklyn book festival. later in the month, the annual baltimore book festival will take place at the city's inner harbor. and on saturday, september 24th, for the 16th year in a row booktv will be live with author talks from national book festival hosted by the library of congress at the washington

he posted this photo to instagram before his first press conference as a member of the brooklyn nets today. he called this brooklyn braided. he has braids in his hair. it probably take awhile to do. >> he had the mow hawk for awhile. that was really hard to manage for awhile. >> new team, new hair do. >> that's it. since the allstar break the giants have given up 14 homers in five games. their trip to boston ended up with another loss and an >>> abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> last time the giants beat the red sox at fenway park it was 91012. 1912. granted they only played a few series there. 104 years or so. the giants will not soon forget ramirez. how about jake peavy with a sneak attack on big papi. a big hug before the game, former teammates getting together. what will the giants do about matt cain. ramirez is happy to see him back. mac williamson is up and over and taking a tour of the bull pen at fenway. 2-run jack right there. in the third and ramirez again launching deep to center field. another two-run cloud and the red sox have an early lead too. willi

. >> reporter: from the brooklyn bridge, to inside the city's subways to times square, where cameras picked me up and showed how clearly they can identify faces in the crowd. >> it's been referred to as a ring of steel. it's our way of protecting new york. >> reporter: plus 3 million vehicle license plates read every day, stored for five years. so you're essentially prepared to go to war with terrorists? >> yes. it's inevitable, that there'll be another attack in this country. >> reporter: but for all its manpower, weapons and technology, police here say the one threat that remains th most difficult to stop is the single individual, not on the radar, who decides today is the day he will attack. >> thank you. >>> we move on to the political firestorm over the meeting between bill clinton and loretta lynch. donald trump saying this is proof his opponent can not be trusted. here's david bright. >> reporter: attorney general loretta lynch today admitted her private meeting with bill clinton on the tarmac in phoenix was a mistake. >> i certainly wouldn't do it again. >> reporter: lynch an

how he turned the craze into a second career. >> reporter: brooklyn native nick johnson is the first person in north america to capture all 142 pokemon. he's been a fan of pokemon since he was just 8 years old but never had any intention of winning the game when he started to play on july from the work i do at apple co. a subject i'm passionate about. >> reporter: he works 50 hours plus at this tech company. >> i would go out after work at about 6:00, 6:30 and my girlfriend would meet me, we'd grab dinner, walk around and catch pokemon. i'd play about six to eight hours a day. i'd walk an average 8 miles a day. >> reporter: after two weeks of central park. this place is loaded with hundreds of pokemon go players that gather here in hopes of catching a pokemon and this is where johnson captured his last one. all the pokemon trainers we spoke to say even though johnson was the first to capture all the pokemon, that does not discourage them. >> it still doesn't take away from the feel of getting them all. >> i just want to fulfill my childhood dream. >> he might have all of him but his

coming up on september 18 is the brooklyn book festival held in downtown brooklyn, new york. later the annual baltimore book festival will take place at the city's inner harbor. on saturday september 24 for the for the 16th euro book tv will be live with author talks and call in segments from the national book festival hosted by the library of congress at the washington convention center. for more information about the fairs and festivals that book tv will be covering in to watch previous festival coverage, click the book pierce tab on our website, booktv.org. >> representative marshall blackburn, what is on your meaningless? >> i have a great reading list for the summer, one of one of the things i'm starting with is the constitution. so many of my constituents are reading through the constitution and the declaration. they're doing doing that with their kids this summer. so we're going to have some fun with that, do some some things working toward constitution day. i think that is exciting that so many families are going back and looking at those first principles and founding

surveillance video captured two muslim teens being beat down leaving the brooklyn muslim community center. witnesses claim the attacker yelled out you affect bomb terraced which has many in the community up in arms. they ruled that out as a hate crime for they said these teens were attacking a woman and then her boyfriend came out and took action. right now police are on the hunt for him. >> donald trump actually thought fireworks or an attack on america. >> with old bomb is unbelievably weak now were under attack on the east coast. >> that's not true but this was an awesome impression of him. >> him you got him right now they seem to be probably an associate of isis, they sound like a terror. >> alice, you're chasing a story that we have been talking about now for a good week. state budget in budget in new jersey. passed almost $35 billion of spending in the governor took out his red pen and did line item veto about 300 million plus before he jetted off for vacation he froze spending on not only on construction projects but it another 250,000,000 dollars dealing with the health care situ

he posted this photo to instagram before his first press conference as a member of the brooklyn netsay. he called this brooklyn braided. he has braids in his hair. it probably take awhile to do. >> he had the mow hawk for awhile. that was really hard to manage for awhile. >> new team, new hair do. >> that's it. since the allstar break the giants have given up 14 homers in five games. their trip to boston ended up with another loss and an outfielder over the wall. if you're a man over 50, you're in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. sfx: crowd cheering sfx: crowd booing ♪ sfx: crowd chanting ♪ sfx: crowd cheering ♪ sc johnson, a family company ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> last time the giants beat the red sox at fenway park it was 91012. 1912. granted they only played a few series there. 104 years or so. the giants will not soon forget ramirez. how about jake peavy with a sneak attack on big papi

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. >>> sixers in summer league action taking on the brooklyn nets. s ben simmons sitting on the bench hanging out nerlins noel. jahlil okafor. zig certification leading by two. holmes with the big old jam. six social security lead 55-51. 2.50 left now. six social security down by four. brandon paul with the three. sixers cut nets lead to one. clock winding down now. they need another buck. paul fading away three, new york city good. sixers fall to the nets 87-84. >>> main meanwhile dario is finally here 2014 lottery pick darrow saric arriving in philadelphia this afternoon. he's supposed to sign with the 76ers tomorrow. he can have got a will the more money if he waited one more move. said he wanted to keep his word. >> of course, after my draft in 2014 my first time here. after two years we would come here. i'm here because i was joined with this team. i'll try to make it better. >> a man of his word. welcome dario. >>> 145th british open in scotland phil mickleson with a chance to become the first pro golfer to shoot is a 62 in major championship. h

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he posted this photo to instagram before his first press conference as a member of the brooklyn netsay. he called this brooklyn braided. he has braids in his hair. it probably take awhile to do. >> he had the mow hawk for awhile. that was really hard to manage for awhile. >> new team, new hair do. >> that's it. since the allstar break the giants have given up 14 homers in five games. their trip to boston ended up with another loss and an summer. things are heating up for the wta. time to play when the emirates airline us open series hits stanford for the bank of the west classic, join the celebration of summer where the action off the court, is just as hot as the action on it. now through july 24th. it's time to shine brighter than you ever thought possible. the emirates airline us open series. we're serving up the best of summer. don't miss the wta action while it's in stanford. >>> abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> last time the giants beat the red sox at fenway park it was 91012. 1912. granted they only played a few series there. 104 years or so. the giants wil

quality-of-life public order offensives, every time i go to a police meeting in the south bronx or central harlem or central brooklyn what i hear from the residents is that they want more policing not less. they're not saying arrest the robbers, their same bring public order. they say you arrest the drug dealers and their back on the corner the next day. there are kids hanging out in my lobby, smoking weed and dealing drugs, i'm terrified to go down and pick up my mail. i spoke with a cancer amputee in the mount hope -- my point is that the police are getting these requests from the members of the community themselves. >> host: but the police also got the request and that's how we got the three lawsuits in the book, davis, fly, and logo. so those requests were from parents particular in the bronx who said my son cannot go to the store come back home without being stop of the police. there are actually some reports of people who lived in buildings being stopped in their pajamas on the way to the trashbin and asked for identification. so the notion that there's at least two sets of voices, including voices of police o

sixers, taking on the brooklyn mets, ben simmons not playing, hanging without noel on the ben.wo, with the jam, dunks, right there, and sixers lead 55-51. 2:50 left in the game. draining the three. sixers cut the lead to one. clock winding down. need another three. paul, no good. and the sixers fall 87-84. >> that's all for sport, i'm don bell, have a great day. >> thanks, don, now, you may have noticed ukee has not been anchoring much of the news this week, and that's because he's working on a special assignment. >> ukee is guest hosting the talk on cbs-3 today. it is the third time ukee has sat down with the ladies at the table. but he's talking, one. guest actor chase crawford, his brother is quarterback tony romo. so they made a little bet. >> if the cowboys finish a better record than the eagles, ill send you a case of philly authentic delicious cheese steaks. >> oh! >> now, we know that's not going to happen. >> so, what will crawford give ukee if the eagles finish with a better record? well, you will have to watch the talk this afternoon at 2:00 that's right here on cbs-

more of the city, brooklyn into queens. you have a flood advisory. that's urban and small stream flooding. poor drainage areas. you are going to see those waters and they can rise quickly. the umbrella advisory is still a flash flood watch. this is what we're talking about, heavy rain through queens and into more of manhattan on the east side and into the bronx. oo of your area, filling in more south shore here. also right around, i guess that's neptune. this is great. i mean, we need this rain. it's going to slow you down, bergen in burriss. the next bit of rain is coming in. yo u can barely see it on the tv screen. that is your sunday. a bit of a break saturday. saturday the better of the two weekend days. it's wetter this morning than a low squeezing the moisture out of the atmosphere. tomorrow's thunderstorm chance, best candidates are being to the west. so, heading to the pokinos, you see a chance for a shower or storm earlier in the day. looks better for long island and the jersey shore. sunday, we get held up. there's another approaching low th

so there is the section of brooklyn section in the final section on philosophy in all of them are part of the mind by the question. >> what are the books that simon & schuster has? >> we have a great list. probably the biggest book would be born to run. it is the first book and probably what most people want to know to even find a publisher with a performance at the super bowl to write the book on his own everything and more. for anybody that is interested in the cultural or musical history to find it fascinating. >> you should go on to worse. >> no question we would like to put it in front of an audience. we haven't figured out exactly where we will go or what we will do but we expect to. >> another title? >> how everything became more. it is a fascinating character. looking at the character she merriest with the of working for a and the lines have blurred between the supplies or. with the military all over the world. but working with ebola or writing code. lots of things that would be involved. we're having it impacts our lives. so they have done a brilliant job to reconstruct the se

yesterday we had some sunshine on the brooklyn bridge. now we have lots of clouds. even a few light showers around the five boroughs. none of that heavy stuff. that's off to the south. looking now at your flash flood watch, that's in effect until 11:00 tonight for new york city and all these counties shaded in green including northeast new jersey, nassau county and the hudson valley including orange, counties. flash flood warning in effect until 11:00 this morning. already over 3 inches of rain in some of these spots. as the cell is drifting to the south, a flash flood advisory has been expanded for southern ocean county. we can expect downpours to continue off to the south and wrest of new york city. that's where the worst weather is now. light steadier rain in the northern hudson valley. let's look at this cell. this is our flash flood warning. the box shaded in black. you can see the rain moving away from there. there could still be rising waters, lots of standing water left over. south towards forked river, that's where the heaviest rain is sliding. rainfall rate

this happened in brooklyn. the officers were not hit. officials say four men drove past the officers in a car and shot at them as the officers were walking. the suspects then fled the scene and dumped the car. authorities are still looking for the gunman and it's unclear if the officers returned fire. >> the death of a kansas police captain marks the fourth officer killed in the line of duty in the u.s. since

the situation in brooklyn we told but is getting better. andrea grimes with more. >> reporter: that's right. it's a lot better since the last time we checked with you about a half-hour ago. let me step out of the way, on 9th street between 2nd and smith. you can see the floodwaters receded this morning. let's show you video from really just a short time ago. when there was, roughly about six inches of water down the several cars braving the conditions and still just driving through it. earlier this morning there was some pounding rain, 5:00 a.m. we spoke with an uber driver earlier who didn't see the flooding in the dark, his car stalled in the middle of that water. he actually just pushed his stalled car into the parking lot here as i've been talking. in pretty decent spirits but said had he seen the water he would never have driven through it. we have reports of p jersey city but for now in this part of brooklyn the flooding is a lot better. andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >> don't be driving through the puddles. if they look too deep for your

reporter: in new york more than 50,000 fireworks shows lit up the night sky over the east river from the brooklyn bridge to midtown. police said there was no specific threat to the festivities, but heavy police presence, that's become standard at every major event since 9/11, was as evident as ever. earlier, not far from the statue of liberty, the country welcomed nearly two dozen immigrants as new citizens. a scene repeated across the country this july 4th, and in philadelphia, descendants of those who signed the declaration of independence tapped the liberty bell 13 times for the original 13 states. bad weather made celebrations in the nation's capital a bit soggy and forced president obama's final white house fourth of july celebration indoors. >> it -- it -- it's important to remember what a miracle this country is. how incredible -- how incredibly lucky we are that people generations ago were willing to take up arms and fight for our freedom. >>> italian police tell nbc that they have made an arrest in connection with the murder of a missing american college student. the body of 19-year-old

he lived when he was down here in the may flower hotel but said he never left brooklyn. the first thing he heard was a junior freshman congressman was the debate over national origins and it shook him to his core. he was deeply upset by what he heard, and then spent essentially the next 50 of his years of his life trying to reverse it. the world changed not only for manny, but for everybody in 1929, with the crash of the stock market, and then the rise of -- to power of adolf hitler, which put into motion a whole new immigration crisis of jews from germany, austria and central europe. it is quite remarkable to note that in the very active world of holocaust history, and particularly in the assessments of the role of the united states in rescue of holocaust victims and potential victims, that there is only one person in that entire literature which is mostly tremendously negative who consistently gets good marks, even for the strongest critics of american behavior, during this period, scholars like david wyman and his protege rafael medoff. celler is the only person they s

the a.m. commute into a soggy mess. this is what it looked like in brooklyn this morning. the flood prone area living up to its reputation. more rain is on the way. price this afternoon. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is not a dry weekend forecast. rain is back in the picture, but let's take a look at how much he got this morning. it was a soaker in many spots. we had over an inch of rain in central park, laguardia, and islip. some of the highest totals long island and new jersey. it's been dry throughout much of the day. we had nice sunshine by lunchtime. look at what's going on north and west of town. we have a few pop-up showers going on. now we're seeing a few showers and storms popping up because of that daytime heating. when you see the yellows and oranges back in future tracker, that means rain is back in the picture by tomorrow afternoon. will it be a washout into where to expect the rain coming up in your full forecast. >> with more storms expected this weekend, now is a great time to download the news 4 new york new york app. you can see the radar right down to w

public order offensive, every time i go to the police community meeting in the south bronx or central harlem, central brooklyn, what i hear from the residence of those neighborhoods is that they want more policing, not less. they're not saying arrest the robbers, their same bring public order, they set -- you arrest the drug dealers and their back on the corner the next day. there are kids hanging out of my lobby smoking weed in dealing drugs, i'm terrified to go down and pick up my mail. i spoke with my cancer amputee. my point is please are getting the request from the members of the committee themselves. >> host: but the police also got that request from the community and that's how we came up with a lawsuit say talk about in the book, so those requests were from parents particularly in the bronx that said, my son connected to the store come back home without being stop by the police. there actually some media reports of people who lived in buildings being stopped in their pajamas on their way to the trash can and asked for identification. so the notion that there are at least two sets of voices, including

mhm, i think so. >>> all new this half hour, more heart break for the family of a brooklyn girl who died during an dismissed the family's lawsuit and the officer after it was revealed that the officer didn't perform cpr. >> the family is speaking publicly. mallory hoff has the story. >>reporter: this is the area the mother was pulled over in back in 2010. she says what happened next that day, she will never understand. and now she wants nypd requirements to change. her mother was attempting to rush her from a carol garden's play ground to the hospital when she was stopped for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. at that time, she says nypd mendez did not provide cpr. >> said i don't do cpr and i don't know cpr. at that moment it was, like, so what do you know? he told me to call 911. i mean, you are 9 -- 91 # 1. you're stopping me from getting to a hospital. >> he drove behind her to a hospital. 6 years later, a lou suit filed against the city and the officer has been dismissed and the father's attorney says that decision by a brooklyn judge was based on the fact that there is no n

. >> reporter: matt told his mom he would be a policeman after a stint in the navy. brooklyn, ohio, by the way, one of the towns around the edge of cleveland. >> matthew alw was little. >> reporter: his dad was a 39 year veteran of the brooklyn pd. >> a point in time itting whoed like we may even work together. >> reporter: but life is full of disappointments. matt didn't get the call. and so instead he went to be work for his uncle, he's phoenix industrial powder coated engine parts for ford and other companies. >> what did he think of his job over at the factory? >> the thing that excited himd my uncle was kind of grooming him to become the boss. >> reporter: what matt wanted perhaps most of all was a family, and so when he met holly, holly mcfeeture -- >> when matthew fell in love he fell 110%, and he really loved holly. >> there are some people who plan out their lives very carefully. those people may take an issue with matt and holly, whose daughter samantha was born give or take nine mth the marriage part would come later, they decided. >> he loved being a dad. he loved

and he wrote in his autobiography something to the effect, like, he never left brooklyn, even though he lived in washington. my grandfather was catholic, my grandmother jewish, crossing over from bavaria as immigrants to the united states, the ship started to sink. my grandmother jumped overboard. my grandfather followed to save this girl he had never met. later, of course, they married and as he said here i am. to a certain extent, the business of immigration and rescue became the major themes of his life. it is important to point out that celler was a cultural jew and active cultural jew, not religious, did not attend synagogue. at 8 years of age, he says in his autobiography, important event happened in his life. his dad took him to hear william jennings bryant speak and apparently was a life changing moment. he pursued a rigorous education at boys high school in columbia college, but soon after entering the college, he ran into major family problems, his father died, five months later his mother died, and it left him in charge of the family business and going to school at the same

we saw jeff weaver in the brooklyn headquarters of hillary clinton. there is concern that the progressive wing including susan saran don is planning protest. that is a concern not only to hillary clinton campaign but senator bernie sanders' campaign. >> kaine has kept a low profile in the senate. he grew up in a suburb of kansas city and reportedly helped out in his father's iron working and welding shop. he has a degree from university of missouri in three years and went to law school. he took a year off to serve in a gesuit mission in honduras. he was governor and then elected to the senate. his wife has a long resume of public service. she is a secretary of education and former judge and daughter of a former republican governor. >> final prepations are under way in philadelphia. and security is a major concern. and the convention ceo insists that authorities are ready to keep protestors and attendees safe. >> they are riding their bikes and doing their job and wee we expect people who come to express their opinion. we have that at every convention i

but when the sun came out, there was a third of the army still in brooklyn. >> it will be full light l. there will be no hiding from the british. >> washington is trapped. a tactical error has the continental army surrounded. if he's stopped here, it will mean the end of his fight. and the declaration of independence will become nothing more than a worthless relic. [ birds chirping ] >> after a punishing defeat in brooklyn, george washington must risk everything to fight another day, potentially sacrificing himself for the cause of liberty. as day breaks, the retreat from manhattan is still under way, and the british are closing in. >> sir, they are getting closer. you must go for the sake of the cause. >> i will be on the last boat, colonel. >> when the british realize that washington was on the march out, what was left of his army could certainly be annihilated. washington's major break was the fact that a fog rolled in. >> this fog is heaven-sent. i can scarcely see a man at 6 yards. keep them moving. the fog could lift at any moment. >> the fog was something not normal to the area

. >> two of the nights are in brooklyn, singing to your hometown crowd. o special for you. and maybe emotional. >> it's not what you think, by the way. when i made the movie "current el" it was more successful in taiwan than brooklyn. where are my best audiences? germany. >> really? >> really. >> brooklyn's got love you. >> in europe, they're like,wow! she came from brooklyn. i'm like an you're sitting in brooklyn. >> she's from the streets, you know? >> come on, don't they know who they're talking to? >> i know. have to say this, barbra was so sweet, warm and funny. she doesn't like people f with her hair and make-up, that's why she likes directing so she doesn' to worry about all the primping. >> i know what you're talking about barbra. show on o! call called sweetqueen. it's set on a lo sugarcane farm where estranged siblings have reunited. it's knock short of cinematic. >> eva called me up and said i have this idea for inclusiveness, let' something that's never been done before 37 that woman's voice and point of view is something i had to a >> the best