they heard about the harlem renaissance and they created the négritude movement starting in 1934.ston hughes, probably the most googled and sited poet in the american cannon, translated works of these black american writers into spanish and french... >> hinojosa: that's so beautiful. >> ...because he was trilingual. so that there's been this interaction. it's sort... i presume... you're mexican, i know, of mexican descent, and i presume you were raised roman catholic. >> hinojosa: mm-hmm. >> well, the church, the roman catholic church, for the first millennium and a half after the death of christ, was like a club for intellectuals. i don't mean it in a facetious way. all of the intellectuals who were priests that related to the church, they all read latin, no matter if they were from what is now italy or germany or england or france. whereas the common people didn't know anything about each other, the intellectual class did. that's the same analogy for artists in the diaspora. >> hinojosa: so do you agree, ilan, that these... or what would be the points of intersection historicall

the harlem renaissance, aged world war i through the great depression, was born in harlem, usa. it was a social movement and explosion of culture and arts, drawing black writers, musicians and scholars to the city street. now, a growing hub of diversity and gentrification, residents are concerned, wondering which parts of new york's black cultural the go will survive. shayna seymour took a tour with abc news ron claiborne. yna: ask one dozen new yorkers about their favorite parks and you get one dozen answers. ron claiborne favors morningside park in harlem. the park sits outside the gates to columbia university, where he went to grad school. ron: i lived here because as a student, we had been told very seriously do not go into morningside park day or night. it is dangerous and it was. shayna: morningside park rn different. well kept up, you do full, quite. the people are from harlem or up in morningside heights. it is quiet, tranquil and peaceful. shayna: he reserves that enthusiasm for harlem. >> the new harlem is more diverse, exciting, places to eat, safer, jazz clubs and it

we'll be tracking the results of that study. reporting live in harlem, rana novini. >> we have another suggestion. those centers located in all five boroughs will be open through sunday with extended hours. people are urged to take advantage of these centers. to find the cooling center nearest you, head to our website, nbcnewyork.com. we'll give you the latest heat advisories, the storm threats, along with tips an how to stay cool. >>> the nypd is looking for a man who brutally attaced 74-year-old man in the bronx. a man followed his elderly victim upstairs in his apartment building so he could attack and rob him. wale aliyu is live with more. wale? >> reporter: police say this is the guy who pushed a 74-year-old man down a flight of stairs before trying to rob him. we have the video. pretends to be on his phone. watch as he then turns around, shoving 74-year-old geronimo down a flight of stairs. speaking spanish, he tells me it is very strange. i don't know him. i have never met him. he already had trouble walking and now that's even tougher. he hit me

the lower level. metro north, hudson and harlem, dealing with service changes today. they will be offering bus service and all because of the sandy resilience project. teen choice awards took a somber tone last night. jessica alba joined by teen whose have lost loved ones to gun violence took the stage to offer peace, each teen produced themselves before the actress told the audience about oh family membered killed in sandy hook, san bernardino dino -- they asked to spread the message and use e stop the violence. >>> yankees and mets will put wild card quests on hold for the battle for new york bragging rights. the series shifts to yankee stadium. logan is slated to take the mound for the mets. cc for the yanks. >>> parts of new jersey still drying out today, even with the half a billion dollars, waiting game in a small town with the winning power ball ticket in when you've been making delicious natural cheese for over 100 years like kraft has, you learn a lot about how people cook. i wish i had like four different mexican cheeses but in one super melty cheese. it does

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world to participate in harlem week. estimate take advantage of all the wonderful activities? >> well, it's estimated that about 2.5 million people participate in harlem week throughout the time frame. and they come from, obviously, throughout the city and the region, but people come from all over the country and all over the world. we get calls throughout the year from places as far away as japan, australia, england, wanting to know the dates of harlem week and wanting to know what the events are and how can they come and be a part of it. >> and the beautiful thing about harlem and this event is that there is -- it really does sort of cover the breadth of what harlem is -- all the various tastes, the art. and, you know, you really try to reflect the community, and you do. you manage to reflect the community and all that's happened and its history. >> absolutely. i mean, that's -- you know, i like to say harlem week allows for people to see everything that goes on in condensed, one-month period, so whether it's film festivals, whether it's outdoor concert

the 24th. then a group from harlem will head to havana from the 18th 18th-25th of harlem havana. harlem will be going to havana during february during black history month. havana is coming to harlem to teach each other's cultures so we're we're going to be dealing with music, dance, culinary, fashion and art. >> celebrating culture and two amazing cities. in harlem, with "fox five news". >> alison: spending the summer spinning. >> steve: the camp transforming young talented to skilled djs. >> steve: tried to make happy meals healthier by swapping out doing up? (whispering) mom said i could have a midnight snack. well, i say it's late, and you need to go to bed. why? because i am the boss. you're not the boss, mom's the boss. well, technically, we are co-bosses. technically, mom's the boss. mmmm. shhh. the family favorite. yoplait. let's feed him to the sharks! squuuuack, let's feed him to the sharks! yay! and take all of his gold! and take all of his gold! ya! and hide it from the crew! ya...? squuuuack, they're all morons anyway! i never said that. they all smell bad too. no! yo

natalie doing work that i recognized that is familiar to me but literally did the work in the harlem which made me rethink maya and experience if your marginalized in the ghetto that was also into place at the center of some other great cultural movements. >> host: are you write yourself? >> not really a to write occasionally. but i would not call myself a writer. i do think it is good to try it reminds you of how hard it is sometimes three take for granted what our authors to looking get a blank page and having to formulate ideas and conjure stories in narrative's so to do that occasionally reminds me of how difficult it is and how much i should honor that for my writer's. on occasion i will do pieces for a magazine or a web site but now. >> host: what was the process to acquire the book between the world and we was there competition? >> no. i mitt when we were younger kid we had a conversation indeed has a fantastic agent long time she said you should read this young person we sat down and we talked and we collect three years is not a good idea for a book but then we came up for an

details of the violent night in harlem that left a 61-year-old woman dead. >>> a family tragedy unfolds in queens. a woman goes to court this morning to face charges for the murder of her 9-year-old stepdaughter. >>> and ryan lochte speaks out. y blaming himself for the robbery scandal in brazil. cbs2 news sunday morning starts right now. >>> good morning. 6:00 a.m. sunday, august 21, i'm cindy hsu. >> i'm andrea grymes. the top stories are straight ahead. first a look at the forecast. >>> good morning. we saw some rain. expecting to see more rain and more widespread as the head showers and thunderstorms are likely today. so let's take a look at the temperatures right now. 77 degrees in central park. sixty-eight in monticello. and 74 in belmar and the hamptons. taking a look at the vortex satellite and radar, you can see activity offshore making its way on shore. so we have seen some showers this morning. as we look to the west, more significant activity. this is in connection with the front will be pushing its way across the area. so that is where the showers and thunderstorms will com

as can seventh graders at granger middle school in aurora, illinois, as can the kids at harlem village academy, as can the kids in singapore that i visited this summer. the ideas that are experiences -- and the kids get it, again. if they're authentic, honest and real, the kids are cool with it. it's them. they get it. i think the more exciting question for me is, or the more exciting answer is my daughter sees herself in her work. and so encouraging and empowering kids to not wait on someone else to define you for you, define yourself for yourself. that's why the writing is so important, because it allows you to find your voice, and that empowers you. >> host: kwame alexander, author, founder of book in a day program. dhonielle clayton, author and chief operating officer of we need diverse books. thanks more being on booktv. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> guest: thank you. >> booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some featured programs this weekend. tonight at 10 p.m. eastern on "after words," "wall street journal" political columni

the worst. mobile2 braved pockmarked east 119th street in east harlem. crumbling east 156th street in concourse village in the bronx, 80th in jackson heights queens and west 51st street midtown ending up here in lower manhattan. let's look down this way. >> yes. >> reporter: where the commissioner tried to explain messy broad street, snaked with wide strips of patched material from recent utility work. >> we know people get frustrated when they see at a certain point we will come back and resurface and a certain point we'll come back and reconstruct this street. >> reporter: would you say that this is acceptable? >> look, i would say i wish this road were in better condition. >> reporter: and so do drivers. >> the roads here in new york city, they're horrible! >> i lived here over 40 years bad as it is now. >> reporter: trottenberg says the department of transportation repaved 1300 lane miles last year and will fix about the same amount in 2016. so why do road problems seem worse to some? she says the answer is literally earth shaking. [ jackhammer ] >> r

so my parents settled in the town of harlem with my little brother. the threat against jews wasn't there yet so my father just lived there. >> right. but very early on there came some anti-jewish legislation. the german occupation put on essentially the laws that had been already enforced in the third reich so there was persecution shortly afterwards, is that correct? >> right. that's correct. so all the things that everybody will see when you go through the museum like jewish children were not allowed to be educated in a regular school. if you were sick, you could only go to a jewish hospital. you could only be treated by jewish doctors. you couldn't walk through parks. and in my case or my family's case our business was confiscated because it was a jewish business. >> right. but very early on, if i remember your story correctly, your family had a very traumatic experience in harlem and that had to do with the president of the jewish community there and his family who were your neighbors. >> right. right. that was in 1942. and everybody got organized

short of that you can take the harlem river, but there's been a lot of boat traffic coming through today. reason being northwest wind shelters you a little bit here. the waves stay kind of low, although the wind has picked up with some gusts to 18 miles an hour, but humidity really dry, 84 degrees. what a great day, 86 for the high today. normal is 84 for this time of year, sunset 8:04, absolutely gorgeous. tonight a beauty of a night, low humidity and clear skies. the humidity is really on hold for monday and tuesday, hazy, hot and humid wednesday. we're getting to the dog days of august. the heat turns back up for thursday into the weekend. the beautiful part about today as you look across the sunnyside queens, 16-mile an hour wind out of the northwest. we had a front push through yesterday. now the winds are ou of the northwest and when the northwest wind dries out the air mass and really clears thing out. so it's really clear this evening. we'll look at great weather as we start the day tomorrow. 64 hudson river valley, 72 around bridgeport, 74 in the park tomorrow on the guidance an

the neck. she was rushed to harlem hospital where she was was not the intended target. they are not releasing any descriptions as of yet of any suspects that they are looking for. we're live in harlem this morning, i'm crist crest, channel 7 eyewitness catch -- kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you very much. and of course we'll continue to follow the two breaking news stories throughout the morning. >> right now we're going to go over to meteorologist amy freeze with a first look at the mornings weather. >> sunday is going to look a with the exception of long island getting heavy downpours. most places got hot yesterday under a good deal of sunshine. we had 90s showing up. this morning we begin with 76 right here in the city, and the visibility has been changing depending on the angle of the sun as it comes up. we have seen glistening buildings, including the empire state building and shadows from the clouds that are forming. by the way, yesterday, it was caldwell, and also sussex all getting 87 degrees. summerville hit 91 and trenton storms moving in

max rodriguez, founder of the harlem book fair, and this is the fourth of our discussions. following this presentation by our author, we will, of course, have the tea here which is a online video book discussion program. and we have the presentation of the annual wheatley book awards. so we hope that you'll stay. i have the honor of presenting mr. eddie glaud conscientious who -- glaude who is the author of a new book titled "democracy in black: how race still enslaves the american soul." i'm going to come to that in a second. eddie glaude is a professor at princeton university teaching in the religion department and department of african-american studies. he writes for "time" magazine and "democracy now." this book i have read, it intrigues me. it's very thought-provoking, very provocative, and the title itself says that. it's actually quite off-putting, how race still enslaves the american soul. how many ideas do we have in that title, the idea of race, the idea of enslavement, the idea of the american soul. i find that very interesting because we're never really able to

i want to dress white or i want to dress black. >> to get an idea of harlem back in the day, i sat down with congressman charlie rangel. >> harlem that i had when i first went to congress was so many -- buildings with rats, roaches, crime of the high, everyone knew somebody that got mugged. >> overtime rangel said crime has come down, that brought in more developers in the area. >> what did not go up for us was jobs, and salaries. >> you do want to keep the economy going, and you want people to move into the area but you want people who have known harlem for what it is to stay, the area needs subsidies. >> people that are building they want money. so, we have to struggle because affordable housing, education, and jobs, healthcare. and to get make certain our gets are able to say i'm somebody i'm going to make it. >> a financial issue. first thing it calls for it can bsubsidies to pay higher rent that landlord wants, that is what the market demands. like any other neighborhood. >> it is going to happen. people are going to get pushed out, new people coming in, you will not be able to kee

. === angelica: and you could see this kid among the harlem globetrotters some day. === rob: dont miss the itty bitty baller it's not just team usa taking the gymnastics world by storm, we're flipping out over carl's performance this morning. one more routine to go as he rejoins us now from wildcard anchors adlib to wx anchors adlib to wx forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell high pressure is making its final exit today and a low moves into wi over the next 24 hours with rain and thunderstorms likely. the low 90s today and with dewpoints climbing into the low 70s, it will be very hot and humid. take care not to overheat today. storms arrive this afternoon and remain into the overnight. there is a risk for severe weather in our area with the main threats being large hail, downpours, flooding and strong cold front wont completely clear us until early saturday so we keep a chance for storms and the hot and humid air until the weekend but we do get more comfortable sunday and monday. today: heat index: near 100. increasing clouds. hot and humid overnight. high: 92 dewpoint: 74

school policies have a negative impact on the lives of black female students read at 8:45 from the recent harlem book fair elizabeth nunez on black writers and the state of literature. on afterwards at 9 pm eastern, dana last argues that coastal elitists don't understand the impact of their policy of america's heartland . 10 pm the greenhouse describes the supreme court under chief justice warren burger. we wrap up our sunday primetime lineup at 11 with elaine kmart on why americans lost faith in their political leaders. this happens tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> c-span. created by america's television companies and brought to you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. now, afterwards on book tv. wall street journal political columnist kimberly stossel discusses her book intimidation game in which she argues the left is utilizing tactics to usurp the political process. >> kimberly, thanks for doing this area this is your first book, it must be pretty exciting to have your first book out but it's a bit of a candle in darkening times area when you read it, it's compelling. wha

the 61-year-old odessa sims was struck by a bullet in her neck. she was rushed to harlem hospital where she was pronounced dead. this was around 144th street and lenox avenue last night. police say sims was not the intended target. >> i didn't see him, but they told me, i saw him out there runng, behind shooting at another fellow, and she went down. >> reporter: sims lived just two blocks from where this all happened. we spoke with her brother at the apartment. she was too emotional to go on camera but did tell us that sims was one of 13 brothers and sisters. police have not yet released any information about the person they are looking for in this incident. live in harlem this morning, i'm kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> what a tragedy. thank you so much. just in. a taxicab and another car crashed on the upper west side early this morning. the taxi appears to have jumped the curb near a bodega, leaving the floor's flower display in shambles. this happened near west 74th 74th street and amsterdam avenue. it's not clear what caused the accident or if anyone i

so thank you for supporting the harlem book fair. please day for the next part of our presentation, and then the award. max rodriguez, thank you so much. [applause] >> this is booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here's our primetime lineup for the sunday night. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> during booktv's recent visit to hartford, connecticut, we toured of the special collections unit of the harriet beecher stowe center which houses the letters and books related to the novel "uncle tom's cabin." >> so here we are in the harriet beecher stowe center's archive vault, as our archive storage area. it is home to our archival and printed books elections, also photographs, pamphlets, any sort of work of art on paper as well. including broadsides, posters of the 19th century. our collections focused around harriet beecher stowe, or famine and active reform work in the 19th century. so you went collections around anti-slavery and abolition in new england, specific connecticut, as well as women's history as it

. >>> and caught in the cross fire, a beloved neighbor in harlem is shot and killed now the outraged community is calling for action. good evening everyone i'm joe torrez. >> and i'm sandra bookman. we're going to begin with that another injured. a car careened past the cross divider flew into the air and slammed into other cars. >> we learned one of the victims is 29-year-old scott martella. he was the communications director for steven malone and previously worked for governor andrew cuomo. >> reporter: this is where five of those patients were taken we're told at this hour. critical condition. this as investigators tell us some of these patients flew from their cars others had to be cut out. >> three mangled cars involved in a deadly crash in the lei now the focus of an ongoing investigation. >> there's a lot of damage to the vehicles involved. there's definitely a large impact when the vehicles made contact. >> it happened just after 9:30 near exit 68 in shirley. traffic backed up for miles in people. three adults were pronounced dead at the scene. a suffolk county worker was inv

the scene. two blocks away, on 142, two men shot. police say a 24-year- old was taken to harlem hospital in stable condition. a second victim arrived at the hospital on his own, a short time later. two hours earlier, at 1:44 p.m., am lenox avenue, a 61-year-old woman shot in the neck and killed. police say the victim, odessa sims, was an innocent saturday night. police are searching for multiple armed suspects in connection with the shootings. so far, no arrests have been made. live in harlem, magdalena doris, cbs2 news. >>> a queens woman accused of strangling her stepdaughter will appear in court on a second-degree murder charge today. 55-year-old shamdai arjun was left out of a police station in handcuffs yesterday. police say bruised in the bathtub of her richmond hill apartment on friday. police have not released a motive yet. two other children in the home are now with child services. >>> an investigation underway on long island after a grizzly find in suffolk county. a man riding his bike in the woods near express drive north found a human skull yesterday. he called polic

facility you know we need that facility in the communities hands and at one time i was what they call the harlem of the west jazz places blues plans up and down and holds that has the black landmark an urban solutions it is helping the communities do that i mean, we about to explode and put on heavy programs i'm working with behaving pack about to come on board and show you something so, please support what urban solutions are doing a did i admit organization. >> thank you. >> anyone else come up in the microphone can we can see a show of hands of how many people wish to speak. >> i like to appreciate with urban solution has been doing and like the brother said we want the community benefit package to be involved because that is one reason why it is open we did when we came with the city we talked about the communities benefit and this is a good time to open up and appreciate what you all is doing. >> thank you very much. >> good evening, commissioners my name is shelly i'm in support of urban solutions and getting us a permits for the space i had the opportunity of organizing the contribute for

monday, combs attended the grand opening of the capital preparatory harlem school. mbs helped fund and organize the school along with steve p charter school opening in harlem this year. the school currently has about 180 students in 6th and 7th grades. it plans to expand to 700 students up to the 12th grade. kidd o'shea in the now.. why did taylor swift miss the vma's on sunday? was it because she wasn't asked to perform? or she wasn't nominated for any big awards? nope it was because taylor had jury duty bright and early monday morning, in nashville. taylor was seen all over social media taking pictures with her fellow prospective jurors deciding someone's fate - she was excused from service. a tidal wave of support for frank ocean's new album, blonde. he just nabbed his first number one album. blonde debuted on nabbed his first number one album. blonde debuted on top of the billboard 200 album chart with a big first week - the third biggest sales week of the year so far, behind drake's views and beyonce's lemonade. and it had the second biggest streaming week - peo

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behind the murders is believed to be the columbia point dogs. 34 were indicted, but to tie them to the harlem spree murders. the fbi wants to force apple to unlock the iphone, looking for evidence of violent crime. >> if you could get a message to her killer, what would you say? >> i would pray for them. i would say. >> there are other people out there that they know. they know. case and continued to ask anyone with information to help them in that pursuit. karen anderson, five investigates. rhondella: new at 5:30: there is a new call to crack down on ticket scalpers. new york senator chuck schumer says he is proposing a federal law to stop scalpers from using computer programs to resell the tickets at high prices. senator schumer says the idea for the new law came from conversations with hamilton creator lin manuel miranda. the space x falcon 9 rocket took off just before 1:30 this morning. spacex also continued its quest to create a re-usable rocket. the rocket used in the launch returned to earth and successfully landed on a barge stationed in the atlantic ocean. rhondella: car lovers brav

the york street project.org and donate. for more you can follow me on chasing tamra. >> guess who is back? with every change. harlem the rise. >> this is a great spot for selfie's right now. >> are you married? >> do we look like a married couple? >> it's not just a place, >> coming up next, hey don't be the bearer. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. how do we make the economy work for everyone? hillary clinton's plan starts here... by making big corporations and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes. and those companies that move overseas? she'd charge them an exit tax. then she'd use that money to make the largest investment in creating good paying jobs since world war ii. millions of jobs. you can read the plan here. >> check out this at video a little bear cub that got to the top of the deck at the house and got to all of the birdfeeders. in this house a woman was sleeping, she woke up to this the baby bear on her back porch. he wiped out all of her birdfeeders and came back the next day and wiped her out again. smart little thing, i have to say. >> brooklyn, guess who is back. it'

>> i'm here to inspire the neighborhood and community to dance and use it as exercise, therapy, and arts. >> most impressive thing of what it means to harlem. not only to get to learn from some of the best but you also get a free dance lesson. that is to for the price of one. >> i think so. >> women in new jersey hi guys! drum set? oh you guys must have time warner cable. this is gonna be some party. yeah, their free home wifi lets us connect all our devices at the same time. and there's no data cap, so... the kids must love that, huh?! hey, there's the birthday girl! let's get this party started! get more with time warner cable internet. like unlimited data and speeds up to ultra-fast 300 megs. uploading! honey, i'm goin viral! call now. get 50 megs for $39.99 a month. >>> you know what day it is? it's for freestyle friday. >> and nick cannon, dishing about mariah and the beef between drake and eminem ain't true. if it was, they wouldn't have hit the stage in vancouver. >> and -- ? need to pay damn taxes ? and ryan rockty anyway, gary, let them know. >> here i am, let's start the show! >>> what's up, everybody, welcome to "dish nation." i

boston. 48 were indicted for 40 are still looking for evidence including evidence to tie the game to the harlem street murders. >> there is someone out there and there are other people out there that no. i just want justice. mike: we had some pretty impressive rain going on. garner picking up two inches of rain. dependent on where you were at and that happened before midnight. beverages picking up for 10th of an inch of rain. and we missed out of that completely. that was this air here and that is when we saw these thunderstorms. it is hot and humid and unstable and that triggering method is out here. that son is out there. it is 86 degrees right now check out the dew points. we don't really get that that often. tomorrow the humidity should go back. cool as officially. that is how warm it will feel. overnight, it will not feel very comfortable. it will be an uncomfortable night for sleeping. as we wrap things up, we will see it moving its waste stored. keep a close eye to the sky. once the sun goes down it pretty much moves on out of here in the overnight lows are not that terribly comfortable.

the only air-conditioned venues today. it is wholly appropriate today that we have this panel on someone here in harlem, which is a place for she calls home, a place that inspires mr. roemer, a place that started her career. this year will mark the 100th anniversary of her earth and she continues to be a writer in a figure who mesmerizes us. we are fortunate to be joined by a group of people who had been quite a bit of time speaking about someone in the context in which he lived and worked. after some ultra- brief introduction to open it up and have a discussion and then we will open it up to you. first speaker is transcendent, a beloved friend in college and in many ways like herself, she writes in multiple forms. she's an accomplished poet here she's the author author of a beautiful novel that i recommend you read if you have time or even if you don't have time. she was also a literary scholar having written one of the most important on toni morrison. she teaches at barnard college. she will be our first speaker. cheryl wall is a leading scholar. i can't they give anyone who knows more about zora huston. she's the author

. >> reporter: she roams the streets of east harlem day after day. >> i actually walk -- drive my car around and see the busy streets. then i text and say tomorrow we'll be on so and so corner. that's how i do the outreach >> reporter: she's the principal of ps 375 mosaic prep instead of spending her time inside the school, every morning she's outside the school trying to recruit new students. the city credits her for making a huge impact at the school where most of the students live below the poverty line. this year mosaic was removed from the state's list of low achieving schools. >> excuse me. may i give you a flyer about we're one of the top schools. i'm the principal. how are you? >> reporter: this neighbor who was walking by says she'd considered switching schools 6789 >> it's amazing. not a lot of principals do that. >> a great principal. she likes going outside and stuff. and she likes having fun. >> reporter: she strives to make her school unique. >> we make sure we know every family personally. i'm out there getting to know parents from day one. we have a back to school >> r

the number 1-800-577-tips. reporting from harlem, ida siegel, news 4, new york. >>> the nypd is trying to find a hit-and-run driver behind a horrific incident caught on tape in brooklyn. surveillance video captured the moment of impact on fulton street in cypress the driver struck and killed two men and also hit two parked cars. he then fled the scene own foot. del mer maldonado died aed the scene and israel terse yoes died at the hospital. >>> turning to decision 2016, donald trump finding himself in the middle of a growing controversy. parents of u.s. soldiers killed in action are demanding an apology from the republican nominee for his feud with the mother and father of a decorated blasted trump at last week's democratic national convention and trump fired back with his own criticism which has been condemned by veterans groups and lawmakers from both parties. >> this candidate amazes me, his ignorance. he can get up and malign the entire nation. >> these gold star families. the loss of their son or daughter, their brother or sist

. >> they are kind of like the harlem g he catches it. look at when he picks it up. it doesn't turn. he turns it. come on. >> he tries to catch it. >> it has tape or something on it. >> it's made of rubber. it's like a nerf. guess what today is? >> russians cheating? unbelievable. i never heard of such a thing like they would be disqualified from an event. >> not listening to political i stayed up all night making these for my fellas. if you're at home, i will personally deliver these to your home, too. just tweet your address. i'm coming on by. this is a national holiday. these are gourmet ice cream sandwiches. $2.99 from cream shop. i'm a classic. i like the old fashioned ice cream sandwich. >> good humor truck. i guess they melted a little. waving a dime trying to get it to slow down. >> you're going to be risk takers? >> here in new york, i don't know about the rest of the country, here in new york there were two main ice cream trucks. regular ice cream not counting soft custard. there was good humor and thing bungalow bar. it was an ice cream truck that top of i

plays a huge role in supporting the black community throughout harlem. >> peace be unto you. mohammed mosque will always play a role, are people still act you freedom, true justice, ensure equality. >> the minister says the first step for blacks in achieving freedom is to become a financial powerhouse. >> the role of the mosque is an employment center. an employment center for truth but an employment center for the business activity of life. we have 95 or 97, 98% employment here. we don't believe in a welfare program. we believe in people being industrial. >> take that step further and what he is really saying is that blacks need to build a black economy. >> we need to separator economics. like separating our economics is ike with the chinese do with chinatown. that separate economics. >> do you agree with what he said? >> i agree agree with a little bit of what he said. you really do need economic power as a group. where i grew up in philly, the orthodox jewish community, they do not go outside their community usually in support other businesses. they make

. >> from the high line to harlem. >> from the hot neighborhood. >> this is an oasis. one stop away from manhattan. >> it has a stately home of feel to it. >> a surprise in central park. the whitney museum's new home. place one of the greatest collections of american art anywhere.

what would the riders in the harlem renaissance, the poets, the, the visionaries, the sculptors. i think as part of this movement, the art needs to be involved as well. i think that's another critical element. everybody has to play a role in everybody carries different tools in their backpack. the artists are really important [inaudible] we are in a similar moment. i think from that perspective, the artists have this amazing captivating idea. sometimes the act acronyms in the small but creative way can help galvanize the movement. they should be part of this process so i'll. >> okay, if there is no other question from media, this will be our final question. >> yes, let's go, good afternoon. this has been a great experience and we all walk away from an awesome experience and we are really excited. where are the websites and where is there additional information so we can continue to pass this forward, and as she said, make sure we have our facts and our facts are correct. if there's a website i would really like to have it. if not, maybe there's a way we can stay connected. think

this is a project we did in new york in the harlem river and columbia university. it is the marsh. it is a small, constrained urban site. it is only one acre but it has actually both a saltwater marsh system and a freshwater wetland system. and the plantings filter a lot of the rainwater and help to actually improve the water quality of the harlem river. so in a manner of the strategies , alexis, you were showing that can be taken. if you could imagine this one acre being done in many places, many universities funding and many park departments picking up initiatives like this, you can actually imagine a lot of these issues starting to get abated. and lastly, i wanted to talk actually about this project we have in seattle. it is the elliott sea wall. it is part of the ongoing project for the seattle central waterfront. the city of seattle is utilizing this infrastructural overhaul of rebuilding their seawall as an opportunity for ecological improvement and recovery. the sort of light-penetrating service that you see over here is made of transparent material. it lets light through. a

greenwich village over here and along the upper east side as well and definitely in harlem, the harlemlat. the upper west side was rocky and had bedrock very close to the surface. what happened in the 17th century, early development over here based on the creation of the bow we during the dutch period. >> you look at the grid, you make the argument that is the least desirable land that is in the center of the island. >> originally. jason: up here, the common land. >> it is expensive once the richer people move higher. that is the -- jason: ok, because to your point, geology essentially, i don't want to overstate, but geology seems irrelevant. distance to convenience became the deciding factor. those who enjoyed the luxury, the luxuries provided by shopkeepers in the -- and the hotelliers would pay for that right to do so. >> i want to say one thing. in the 1800s it had to do with [indiscernible] and the only way you access the island was by water. there were no bridges. you had the brooklyn bridge, but it was just getting started. the exterior was mostly commercial. that is a you enter

the neck. she was a mother, grandmother, wife, and longtime harlem resident. that's coming up in a live report at 6:30. >>> senator chuck schumer would like the department of homeland security to investigate a airport. it's been a week. since unfounded reports of gunfire sent them running for cover on the tarmac and inside term nams schumer says a lack of responsibility only made this situation worse. >> we need them all to put their heads together, cooperate, figure out what went wrong, and come up with a plan. so what happened last sunday will never happen again. >> senator schumer also cited a iteam, blind spots that are out of view of security at airports. >> raphael miranda's day and whatever is left of summer vacation really counts now, raphy. >> it sure does. even though it's cool, it will get hotter, we're not done with the heat or summer be i any means but we're enjoying a little break in the heat and humidity. temperatures down to the 50s. we haven't seen 60s in over two weeks. it's been so incredibly warm. 66 down the shore in long branch. mostly cle

antwan: police are looking for the killer of a 61-year-old shot dead in harlem. christina: zachary kiesch is live with details. reporter: or name is odessa simms, her death is a blow to this harlem community, the message, enough is enough, too many senseless deaths due to gun violence. people are hanging out here, much in the same way, they were last night. she was observing the game over my shoulder. we heard two shots. her blood splattered on my back. she just went to the ground. reporter: this is odessa simms, the mother of 5, she was 62, she was a beloved member of this harlem community, saturday she did what was usual. >> something have to, in our own community, fear sitting out on a bench, playing cards or checkers or chess so on a nice summer night, we have to worry about young people playing with guns. reporter: lead by community leader and other antiviolent advocates, and faith based leaders they met here this afternoon. there were a number of shootings odessa simms. we had two young people shot on 141th street, and shotted fired in 139th street, and sho

facility you know we need that facility in the communities hands and at one time i was what they call the harlem of the west jazz places blues plans up and down and holds that has the black landmark an urban solutions it is helping the communities do that i mean, we about to explode and put on heavy programs i'm working with behaving pack about to come on board and show you something so, please support what urban solutions are doing a did i admit organization. >> thank you. >> anyone else come up in the microphone can we can see a show of hands of how many people wish to speak. >> i like to appreciate with urban solution has been doing and like the brother said we want the community benefit package to be involved because that is one reason why it is open we did when we came with the city we talked about the communities benefit and this is a good time to open up and appreciate what you all is doing. >> thank you very much. >> good evening, commissioners my name is shelly i'm in support of urban solutions and getting us a permits for the space i had the opportunity of organizing the contribute for

the harlem and hudson lines service changes today and that is because of the sandy resilience project. lacking at the n and d trains, debris on the tracks and running by the d-line, 36th to coney island, our street cleaning rules in effect for today. >>> still ahead on eye witness news this morning, the call to why a new york senator wants fda to speed up its response to tainted products. [burke] at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a romantic rodent. [rickie] a romantic what? talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ? we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ? growing cause for federal off shelves. schumer is questioning whether they are doing enough. >> from the time it's known the product may have serious health consequences, like e. coli, or salmonella, and the time it's taken off the shelves can be months. >> schumer sited a case of tainted flour when an e. coli outbreak began in december. >>> all the rain overnight was one more headache for bronx homeowner who gets an extra dose of flooding.