there was a long effort basically by the head of the manhattan project security, by almost everybody in the army to find out who the three project scientists were and who the unnamed intermediary was but oppenheimer would only say that he revealed the names if ordered to. next slide, please. this will be forgotten in the war that he's the hero of the moment after the bomb is dropped on hiroshima the story of building the bomb comes out. oppenheimer is known as the father of the atomic bomb and is the cover of the issue of physics today and the issue is dedicated to trends in american science and all the magazine had to do to convey with the trends were is to put oppenheimer on a piece of scientific equipment and convey the message that he was preeminent in american science and was preeminent in the world. jay edgar hoover throughout this time director of the fbi is still obsessing with a retreat that didn't come forward and who is the unnamed intermediary. hoover from that in the meantime he wants to know who the devotee three are so he has the agents' interview oppenheimer. first the

shocking. >> reporter: and yet everywhere they go, in the urban jungle of manhattan, from the statueliberty -- >> good to meet you. my wife kelly. >> reporter: to times square. >> biggest tvs i ever saw. >> reporter: to central park. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: there wasn't a jaded new yorker to be found in the big, bad apple. though they did get their share of double-takes. >> oh, my gosh. how many kids do you have? >> ten girls and nine boys. >> wow. >> reporter: but for a family who dresses modestly and who goes swimming in jeans or long dresses, the manhattan sun-worshippers were downright shocking. what did you make of the male sunbathers? >> a few guys out there laying around in the park and they forgot most of their clothes. looked kind of funny to me. >> reporter: did you notice the women? >> reporter: though five of the adult kids will be in college this fall, they all still live with mom and dad in this five-bedroom home outside knoxville, tennessee. with no internet surfing, no video games and no tv. ironic, since they now have their own tv show. but the

buses in the middle of this large intersection in the middle of manhattan. jamie: we do know what it is like at 9:00 in the morning there. this is the number one tourist attraction i imagine anyone coming to new york city, especially before the holiday weekend coming up quite soon, the empire state building. outside many people. this is a bus lane in front of it that goes down the busy, bysy street, 9:00 in the morning. so many people getting off to go to work. a busy commercial and residential area off to the sides. people all over. they're calling it chaotic. bill: fire department in new york saying several injured. how many that number is, we do not know. a fox reporter is enroute. we'll bring you an update here in new york city. stay tuned for that breaking news this morning. jamie: also breaking this morning, cycling icon lance armstrong could see his name wiped from the record books by the end of today. the u.s. anti-doping agency says it plans to strip armstrong of his seven tour today frons titles, all seven. after he ended it fight against allegation

. >> historian fred siegel of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably worked to elect democrats. >> pay increases and pension increases and healthcare increases. meanwhile the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and invests in local elections. so it continues to elect people who will give the unions what it wants. >> and they also became a political force unto themselves. >> you can't act without their cooperation. >> that is because when elected officials didn't cooperate the public sector unions that fdr warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police marched and shut down the brook le brookly. public employee unions demonstrated nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like, jimmy cart. >>> the public sector unions become the get out the vote machine that the old democratic party machine once was. >> carter was renominated bu

. >> historian fred siegel of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably worked to elect democrats. >> pay increases and pension increases and healthcare increases. meanwhile the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and invests in local elections. so it continues to elect people who will give the unions what it wants. >> and they also became a political force unto themselves. >> you can't act without their cooperation. >> that is because when elected officials didn't cooperate the public sector unions that fdr warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police marched and shut down the brook le brookly. public employee unions demonstrated nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like, jimmy cart. >>> the public sector unions become the get out the vote machine that the old democratic party machine once was. >> carter was renominated bu

. >> historian fred siegel of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably worked to elect democrats. >> pay increases and pension increases and healthcare increases. meanwhile the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and invests in local elections. so it continues to elect people who will give the unions what it wants. >> and they also became a political force unto themselves. >> you can't act without their cooperation. >> that is because when elected officials didn't cooperate the public sector unions that fdr warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police marched and shut down the brook le brookly. public employee unions demonstrated nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like, jimmy cart. >>> the public sector unions become the get out the vote machine that the old democratic party machine once was. >> carter was renominated bu

we will continue to watch the investigation in midtown manhattan. aign trail as happened after the shooting in aurora, colorado, where you heard many challenging the presidency of the united states, mitt romney and obama to talk about the issue of gun control, well, today, mitt romney is. >> our hearts are touched by people who are suffering and you heard that there was a shooting in new york city at the empire state building and one person killed there and others injured and our hearts go out to those who are affected by that and the first responders there, we appreciate their service and the dedication. that is true all over to the country, and wherever the first responders are needed, they are there. we love and appreciate their sacrifice and the willingness to help our fellow americans. >> the president of the united states was notified of the shooting shortly after 9:00 a.m. this morning by the homeland security adviser john brennan and continued to get updates throughout the morning. and new york, 34th street and 5th avenue is one of the busies

the shooter? >> he lives in manhattan. >> last question, miss. >> mr. mayor, also at this point you said that there were multiple shots from officers, possibly inadvertently hitting civilians? >> that's correct. it's under investigation. we just don't know. >> the only two officers to fire shots, those that the suspected shooter tried to shoot? >> we believe the only shots were fired by the perpetrator, and by the police department. there's no evidence that anybody else was involved. the police department was two officers who were there. >> two officers. >> that's correct, that's all we know at this point in time. if it's something different, yes, if not we're going to go over the same thing. >> did the suspect come from in the building? >> we don't know. it happened to be near the empire state building but as far as we know no connection to anybody going in or out. the company he worked for is a local company but not in the empire state building, is my understanding. last question, miss. [ inaudible question ] >> yes, it's a .45 caliber pistol that has

. >> historian fred siegel of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably worked to elect democrats. >> pay increases and pension increases and healthcare increases. meanwhile the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and invests in local elections. so it continues to elect people who will give the unions what it wants. >> and they also became a political force unto themselves. >> you can't act without their cooperation. >> that is because when elected officials didn't cooperate the public sector unions that fdr warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police marched and shut down the brook le brookly. public employee unions demonstrated nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like, jimmy cart. >>> the public sector unions become the get out the vote machine that the old democratic party machine once was. >> carter was renominated bu

. >> historian fred siegel of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably worked to elect democrats. >> pay increases and pension increases and healthcare increases. meanwhile the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and invests in local elections. so it continues to elect people who will give the unions what it wants. >> and they also became a political force unto themselves. >> you can't act without their cooperation. >> that is because when elected officials didn't cooperate the public sector unions that fdr warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police marched and shut down the brook le brookly. public employee unions demonstrated nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like, jimmy cart. >>> the public sector unions become the get out the vote machine that the old democratic party machine once was. >> carter was renominated bu

. >> historian fred siegel of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably worked tolect democrats. >> pay increases and pension increases and healthcare increases. meanwhile the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and invests in local elections. so it continues to elect people who will give the unions what it wants. >> and they also became a political force unto themselves. >> you can't act without their cooperation. >> that is because when elected officials didn't cooperate the public sector unions that fdr warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police marched and shut down the brook le brookly. public employee unions demonstrated nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like, jimmy cart. >>> the public sector unions become the get out the vote machine that the old democratic party machine once was. >> carter was renominated but

we have some live pictures from the scene at midtown manhattan this is the latest information new yorkpolice have said that three or four civilians have been wounded in the shooting right near the empire state building and the shooter is dead. we are getting new information on this breaking news story we will keep you updated right after this news story we will keep you updated right after this hey, there's barely a line at space mountain. you there ! i am looking for someone, hair black as night, skin white as snow ! yeah, yeah, i got that ! she is at the castle. dad ! honey ! but she's on the move. disney mobile magic, on verizon. you wouldn't happen to have an apple ? find characters, access wait times for the park you're in, and enjoy premium features when you download disney mobile magic, powered by verizon. it's time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. and free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. new lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. how? the secret is hydrogen peroxide. it attacks tough stains and kills 99.9% of germs. new

. >> the story of fred segall of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably work tolect democrats. >> the unions get pay increases, pension increase, health care increases am and the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and invests in local elections. so it tends to elect people who will give the union what is it wants. >> and haybecame a political force unto themselves. >> it can't act without their cooperation. >> that's because when elected officials didn't cooperate, the public sector unions that fdr warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets and laid-off police marched and shut down the brooklyn bridge. public employee unions demonstrated their clout national whethey helped senator ted kennedy mount a surprisingly strong primary challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like. jimmy carter. >> the public sector unions become the get-out-the-vote machine of the old democratic party machine. >> c

. >> the story of fred seigel of manhattan institute does the unions almost invariably work to electrats. >> unions get pay increases, pension i think creases healthcare increases. the union takes some of the money that gets from the city and invests in local elections. they elt elect people who give unions what they want. >> you can't act without their cooperation. th >> that is because when elected officials didn't cooperate the public sector unions fdr warned about declares the unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police march and shut down the brooklyn bridge. unions demonstrated their clout nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy mount a surprisingly strong primary challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like. jimmy carter. >> public sector unions become the get out at vote machine the democratic party machine. >> carter was renominated but he lost to ronald reagan who had the support of at least one public sector union th

the first place made for washington is in manhattan. anyway, the thing that i really discovered was that i went through concentration. you can look into this season and i know it sounds crazy, and start seeing the path you can look at these things and compare how well then relates to now. so that when we go out and look at george washington's lookout point. when you look at those signal points, the process is there. you will be able to find them in the history books. remnants of things that were sustained points during the cold war. >> at the very same site, if i go there today, to a lot of those points around the city, i will find memorials to 9/11. people around the city went to the same sites to see manhattan. see what the british were doing. it's a natural viewpoint and we are naturally inclined to think about our place in the world. >> where is one place that you would recommend viewers be interested? >> the typical thing to do is take the ferry to the statue of liberty. and to look for the spot in the landscape over staten island,

. >> historian fred siegel of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably worked to elect democrats. >> pay increases and pension increases and healthcare increases. meanwhile the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and invests in local elections. so it continues to elect people who will give the unions what it wants. >> and they also became a political force unto themselves. >> you can't act without their cooperation. >> that is because when elected officials didn't cooperate the public sector unions that fdr warned about declared those unthinkable strikes. the most memorable case, the summer of 1975 when new york was close to bankruptcy. sanitation workers let garbage pile up in the streets while laid off police marched and shut down the brook le brookly. public employee unions demonstrated nationally when they helped senator ted kennedy challenge to a sitting democratic president they didn't like, jimmy cart. >>> the public sector unions become the get out the vote machine that the old democratic party machine once was. >> carter was renominated bu

. >> fred siegel of the manhattan institute has written extensively about cities like stockton going broke. >> stockton is a city in the midst of terrible social breakdown. not justice cal collapse but social collapse and the two are intertwine. >> stockton in the middle of the fertile farmland of california's central valley. also an inland seaport connected to san francisco bay. a navy base here anchored a bluent 20th century blew collar economy. but by the 1990s, the base and many of the factories were gone. stockton's signature waterfront had become a place to avoid. an johnson was on the city council then. >> the council and mayor at the time said we need to fix this problem in the heart of our city. >> with taxpayers' money and a seemingly limitless ability to issue municipal bonds stockton tried to spend its way back to prosperity. >> it was going to be remade and part of the greater bay area. >> $24 million for a minor league baseball park. $150 million for an 11,000 see the arena. 30,000 per slip for a yacht marina next door to new million dollars town homes. >> risky and expe

chapman shot lennon in december of 1980 outside the manhattan apartment building where the former beatleived. he was sentenced in 1981 to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder. chapman was denied parole for the sixth time in september of 2010. >>> a wildfire in idaho has grown by 15 miles overnight. fire crews are consistenting up to protect about -- setting up to protect about 66 residential buildings in the path of the 130 square mile blaze. more than 1,000 firefighters are battling the massive blaze. residents are fearing the worst. >> i'm pretty attached to this place. so it means a lot. so -- it's -- huh. it's going to be hard. but we're hopeful it's not going to come this way and it's going to be great. but my parents -- i've been up here a lot since i was a kid. >> more than 100 square miles have burned in the last week. >>> check out this scene on a highway in north carolina. authorities say a car smashed into a tractor-trailer hauling beer on a north carolina interstate last night. spilling suds all over the highway. the rig was carrying nearly

the empire state building. manuel gallegus joins us live from manhattan with the latest. >> well, we have two people dead in midtown manhattan, the alleged gunman, 53 rolled jeffrey johnson and the vice- president of the company were used to work. nine others were wounded here in midtown by gunfire. police say that johnson killed his former co-worker on the street out in front of where they used to work and then johnson was killed by police in front of the empire state building. police and emergency workers respond to a mass shooting outside of one of new york city most famous landmarks, it was around 9:00 a.m. when shots rang out near the empire state building on fifth avenue. the man identified as 53 year- old jeffrey johnson shot a former colleague were used to work. and then he got into a shootout with police outside of the empire state building. witnesses say the gunman started firing indiscriminately into the crowds of commuters and tourists. victims fell to the ground while others made it inside of the skyscraper lobby. >> we know that cops fired back, takes clearly show that he has the gun out trying to kil

america with innovation investment into these kinds of things let me give you another example the manhattan project the u.s. government to. all the geniuses they could capture put them in new mexico together and threw limitless amounts of money at them and within a very short period of time they created the wonder weapon that won the war in the pacific let me give you another example because the united states government invest more in the u.s. military than the rest of the world combined the united states has a global military dominance it's now time to apply this very successful government investment strategy into american industry and into american power generation and if we do then we'll have global dominance in those fields as well so take the kind of investment that led to map it weapons of mass destruction and that led to war dominance into more of an energy dominated solar energy ok i guess we're going to have to i don't know about trusting a governor there but i but i hear your point another thing that i want to ask about that since the private debt is the private sector debt is one

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julia is in the town once dubbed the manhattan of madrid. lie, just looking behind you, it looks pretty empty right now. the only thing we need there is a bit of tumbleweed. can you get the producer to sort that out? >> reporter: i think there's plenty of it. i don't need to ask any producers to do that. it is a wasteland, it's apartment-locked in the middle of nowhere, and there's actually huge craters where obviously foundations for other apartment blocks and buildings were supposed to be built and they've been abandoned. it's a legacy to the housing boom that peaked in 2007. now fast-forward five years, and analysts say that house prices have adjusted downwards by 20% to 25% and that probably we need to see about the same again. they actually say 25% further they need to fall if you compare it to what's happened in the u.s. and the level of adjustment that's taken place there. now, it's interesting, because they apparently sold 500 to 600 apartments here in the building that you can see on my right in the last few months, and apparently, t

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new york city police resume their search of the manhattan basement where 6-year-old etan patz was allegedly killed more than 30 years ago. in may, police arrested new jersey resident pedro hernandez in the boy's suspected killing. he disappeared while walking to a school bus stop on may 25th, 1979. hernandez confessed to the murder telling authorities that he lured at to the basement on the corner store where he once worked and strangled the boy. police say new information prompted the search but wont se lob rate on what -- elaborate on what that was. >>> fail? he walked into a mcdonald's and headed straight for one of the cash registers in indiana. whoa, whoa. yeah. changes his mind. and then of course changes his order and instead he grabs an arm full of yogurt parfaits and only worth about $5. >> if you're going get the charge for breaking in you might as well get something out of it. we've seen a little bit of everything and this is one -- it's a crime. but it was still kind of amusing for the officers that were involved. >> it was a good idea at the time. all right, now watching that s

i am the editor of the manhattan institute's city journal. it is a great pleasure to and -- introduce luigi zingales lourdes of the most charming contributing editors who is here to speak of his book "a capitalism for the people" recapturing the lost genius of american prosperity" when he first arrived in the country he enthusiastically embraced the american dream that hard work brings success. not look or who you know, which was the case in italy and other countries. this e those was essential to american capitalism making the poor rich by a global standards. but as he warns in his new book with the post financial crisis era of political insiders profiting from connections to a federal leviathan a renewed faith of government planners and struggling middle-class prosperity is that a profound risk. disturbing signs that is a burlusconi crony capitalism system prevented us from full economic recovery. how we got into this mess luigi addresses in the book. preceding up ph.d. and no a professor of entreprenuership and finance. ranging from financi