>> i went to new york city spent the day riding around with cab drivers to test out cool technology, tric taxis in new york city. >> we want to hear what you think about these stories. join the conversation by following us on twitter and at my name's nicole deford and i'm a senior product manager in digital for al jazeera america. i was born in thailand, grew up in hong kong and singapore and graduated high school there. i think the most rigorous assignment i've ever been a part of is actually what we're doing right now. they're building a network from the ground up, and al jazeera is a really great place to be right now. there are a lot of stories out there that are under-covered that people really want to see in the news. we're going to tell stories in a new and different, exciting way, and i think people are going to be really surprised and impressed with what they see. >> welcome back. i'm phil torres, an i'm with lindsay and costa. you were telling us about your c.i.a. days with taxi drivers. >> when i was in the agency i always struck up conversations with cab drivers. they're a

york's gorgeous mosaic. i'd add you back on the program, sir. glad to have you back on the program, sir. we will get straight to the text. there is a major race happening in the city of new york. michael bloomberg got the city council to give him a third term. herself in terms of being the next mayor, but one of those finalists got his start working for you. tell me you have endorsed and take it away. >> i endorse bill thompson, the past controller. mike bloomberg did pretty well. lost by four or five points. but the mayor spent over $100 million. billorsed him again, but one. he worked in our office in city hall and worked with bill lynch, known to many as a rumpled genius. it brought him along as he has done so many others. bill is dead now and has his reward. but he has left quite a legacy. >> you endorse him now that he is one of the two finalists? >> absolutely. i called them on election night and congratulated him, offering to do whatever i could the help. -- to help. he not only worked for us, but his wife did, too. she worked in our speech office. the office of the reporters, the news office. she was terrific. very pleased that they are together. i suppose

>> i went to new york city spent the day riding around with cab drivers to test out cool technology, tric taxis in new york city. >> we want to hear what you think about these stories. join the conversation by following us on twitter and at >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. find out what happened and what to expect. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. (vo) tonight: faultlines chases the flames as they spread throughout the west. >> there's a thick, acrid smoke smell in the air and we're following a strike team now to the top of the mountains where the fire line begins. (vo) it's a war being fought by air and on land costing millions of dollars every year. >> you will make an individual decision to build a home there, but what's the cost to the rest of us? (vo) what's going wrong with the war on wildfires and what are the true costs of putting them out? >> welcome back. i'm phil torres, an i'm with lindsay and costa. you were telling us about your c.i.a. d

>> i went to new york city spent the day riding around with cab drivers to test out cool technology, tric taxis in new york city. >> we want to hear what you think about these stories. join the conversation by following us on twitter and at [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> welcome back. i'm phil torres, an i'm with lindsay and costa. you were telling us about your c.i.a. days with taxi drivers. >> when i was in the agency i always struck up conversations with cab drivers. they're almost always from other countries and you nevada know who they are. they could be physicists. it in is a pilot program going on in new york city where they're driving around completely electric vehicles. it's a really cool story. >> imagine a new york city with taxi fleet dominated by electric vehicles. now imagine the year,

>> our book looks at the most significant terror plot that al qaeda unleashed on new york city since . this is a plot that one of bin laden's top deputies hatched and set in motion and it was a plot to bomb the new york city subways in 2009. what we found in with the book shows in the form of a thriller really is this the plot is unfolding the nypd has a million opportunities -- the secret program 7 million opportunities to catch saucy and his friends and at every term the programs fail. >> who is nazibullah zazi? >> he is the central antagonists of this vote. zazi is this kid an afghan american who came here as a child was a westernized kid. he was supporting the invasion of afghanistan after 9/11 let a lot of kids who fall out of the system dropped out of high school and became disenchanted and a little bit angry and then turned to the internet and became radicalized by futures like anwar al-awlaki. he became convinced that like the russians before us that we in the united states have become occupiers and invaders in afghanistan and he and two friends decided they were going to go a

>>> police in new york city arrested one biker and the second turned himself in following that extremee of road rage that played out in new york city sunday. as michelle miller reports, police are searching for even more suspects in the roadway attack. >> reporter: the incident was recorded by a helmet camera by one of the riders trailing the suv. police don't know what started the confrontation. the suv was forced to a stop when one of the bikers slowed down and was rear ended. new york city police commissioner ray kelly. >> we had over 200 calls just on sunday about this particular group operating in a reckless manner. >> reporter: inside the suv was alexian lien and his wife and infant daughter. police say he became frightened when approached by the bikers. he ran over two people while trying to flee. a two-mile chase followed. at one point a biker tried to open up his door. when they finally caught up to him, they smashed his window. they say he was pulled from the car and beaten. police blame the bikers and have not charged the driver. it's believed the bikers were holding what's

the new york city law will go into effect six months after it's signed by mayor michael bloomberg, who's supporter of smoking restrictions. joining me now, the new york city councilman who sponsored the bill. thank you so much for joiningfo. >> as i understand it, your mother started smoking when she was 18. you say it took her life and that is what prompted you to do this. >> it did. yeah, she smoked for about 30 years. the last 20 years of her life were smoke free, but the damage had been done. you just see this so often. i felt like it was important to try to do something. and the city of new york has done wonderful things. when we first came in, in 2002, within six years we had reduced teen smoking by 50%. so when the government takes action, we really can do good things, but since 2007 we kind of plateaued at about 8.5% in a rate of teen smoking, which is much lower than the country as a whole, but we feel we can do better. what we found in new york city is that if people can make it to 21 without smoking, they're probably not going to start. so we think this could lead to a reducti

and the driver after that stunning motorcycle chase in new york city. when the "cbs evening news" continues. >> jeff: the men who stepped between a gang of bikers and the driver they were beating says he felt intense danger. sergio consuegra was on his way to church last sunday when he stepped in in new york city and he is speaking out for the first time tonight. michelle miller has his story. >> reporter: sergio consuegra lives just a few blocks from the new york city street corner where a mob of angry bike others confronted the driver of an suv and began beating him with a motorcycle helmet. >> i wasn't sure if he was dead or unconscious or whatever. but i knew he was in bad shape because there was a lot of blood. >> reporter: once he saw the bikers approaching the wife and infant, the 51-year-old says he had to take a chance. >> i got to do something. i got to help that family. i heard a lot of people screaming and telling the men no, not the woman, not the woman. there is a child. >> reporter: this father of ten says he got between four to six of the

and the new york city mayor. it would require sunnyvale gun owners to report firearm thefts to police within 48 hours, lockup the guns at home and get rid of magazines that hold more than ten rounds. dealers would have to keep logs of ammunition sales. the n.r.a. has threatened to sue. >> train service and flights are cancel in britain as a major storm with hurricane-force winds slashes the area. flood alerts are issued and 7,000 homes are without power dealing with 99-mile-per-hour wind and heavy rain. forecasters say it is the worst storm to hit britain in years. a teen boy is feared dead after being swept to see while playing in the surf. >> watch for a parade of

love with progressive's claims service. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. new yorkmostly sunny with a high of 85. thunderstorms in miami. sunshine in chicago. dallas, morning clouds, and sunshine in los angeles today. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" now, carl icahn wants apple to dig a little deeper, and putting the brakes on car sales. gigi stone is here with that and more. good morning, gigi. >> good morning, anne-marie. tokyo's nikkei fell 2%. hong kong's hang seng added half a percent. but the first day the government sat down didn't seem to impact investors on wall street. the dow finish the day at 62 points. the nasdaq climbed 46. >>> it was technology stocks that lifted the nasdaq to reaching a milestone from a recovery from the recession. "usa today" reports it's the first of the big indices to triple. the tech-heavy exchange received much of its gains from surging pharmaceutical and retail stocks as well as new companies such as facebook, linkedin and yelp. icahn said he believes the company is undervalued, turning it into a bargain. it comes following a dinner

the streets in support of immigration reformer. protestors marched in american cities. we have a report from right here in the new york city. reform that will carve a path to citizenship for one million documented immigrants. the families are getting destroyed. the children are getting left alone in their homes. they don't know when their parents are coming back home. once they find out they don't have anywhere to go. >> the new york city demonstrators talked about what life is like without citizenship. felix geu guzman's family is in mexico. >> 20 years since i have seen my family. >> they say they won't give up the fight. >> thousands of new yor new yore marching in solidarity calling for immigration reform. they are not alonely. this is happening in 100 cities across the city. in arizona 3000 protestors marched a mile to city hall. >> we are all here because wiree are americans. we are americanized and our roots are here. we are american. >> those sentiments echoed in chicago and miami, atlanta, nashville, tennessee, philadelphia and los angeles. >> they called it a national day of dignity and respect. one person stood ou

devastating bomb the you return to the united states and build it and it is a 48 hour race inside the york city to prevent the bomb. >> host: was the n.y.p.d. intel aware prior to afghanistan? >>.o, he i no.en thece intelligence divisionike had the huge programs to infiltrate the mosque in g infiltratedr the co-conspirators to do groups all the restaurants in the neighborhood even to the live ymca down where he had lived beme they were all intended toa catch somebody like this the before they became aryt terrorist you and they failed every turn that meanwhile this machine is peopl generating huge amounts of information. two people were talking add about of coffee shop but they thought about thee "state of the union" the event to people at a m barbershop discussing muslimhere pe attire that goes into the police file.tu where people watch cricket it had a huge amount of data but they did not catch a. there was a process in place and hopefully we leaveyou american jews with a sense of with the help a lot ofch zazi what failed solid 9/11 did work in the end. bu we know the subway did not blow up bu

narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but it's cut down a lot. hurwitz: city tunnel number 3 w

go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built up

new details in the case of baby hope, the toddler's body was found in a picnic cool air long the new york cityk in 19 nineties one. this week the nypd identified her child and her fa pho* they are for the first time. they now sea that they want tok the little girl's father but stopped short of naming him as a sus specific he's believed to be living in new york city or mexico. and california a jury found toyota not liable for the death of a woman in a crash back in 2009. the suit to filed by the family claims that her camry unexpectedly accelerated before crashing in to a tree. after six days of deliberations jurors rejected that claim that toyota had a hands in her death. the case was the first i've group of bell weather cases against toyota to go to trial. blackberry could find itself in the center of a bidding war according to securities filing cofounder michael is considering buying the entire company. he is also increased his stake in the struggling smart phone maker. the financial holdings has already put in a nearly $5 billion off for blackberry after the company put itself up for sale i

new york city, you'll be next by later on this afternoon. over the next 72 hours, the long-range european models the heaviest rains will focus the coastlines much new jersey, new york city, all the way through maryland. as much as 2 to 3 inches. a lot of high tide cycles with beach erosion. possibly by sunday we begin to get rid of this mess. three days in a row of this while the rest of the country, you look beautiful. i mean, it's still fantastic from the northern plains all the way down to the southeast. i mean, the fact that minneapolis is near 80 degrees is getting a little ridiculous. >> what day is it? ? october already. >> it feels like summer still. >> the gop's approval rating is sinking faster than a lead balloon. >> the government shutdown inspired south carolina's chris cox to go above and beyond the call next. >> starti well i drove grandpa to his speed dating this week,

the manhattan historically true of this city. but i think what i key in on here is bloomberg literally had a vision of the new york city as of high-end of the economy, the industries that we would embrace, tech, wall street, it would be luxury housing, that narrow vision has helped to exacerbate the inequality of the city. as we build affordable housing, we're still cognizant of the market housing. we're not suggesting we can drop that down at any time and any manner. it's got to be in development with what's already happening. with that being said, if we continue on a path in which we constantly exclude poor folks, working class folks, now even more folks that you and i would consider middle class folks, i don't think it becomes a functioning city in the future. i think a functioning strongsy is one in which opportunity is broughtly available. >> burrow by burrow? >> all burrows. but the point is there has to be not just a ree alty of opportunities stand are substantiating to expand again in a truly meaningful way. one that we know every person has a chance. many people are in structurely negative place in terms of employment. so wh

figures there are close to one thousand four hundred federal civil rights cases pending against the new york city police department reporting from new york. r.t. the caucuses republic of georgia has voted for a new president drawing mikhail saakashvili as decade in power to a close and it looks like his bitter rival is heading for a victory signaling that people want to clear break from the past as maria financial reports. they are among the maze determined detractors of georgia's outgoing president. they follow me how selfish really everywhere to leave him in no doubt of where they stand. circus really was the once popular leader of the rose revolution the first color revolutions which so power change in post soviet republics. in the last days of his near ten year presidency even former allies are on the attack. after his successes start of building an authoritarian regime the media was attacked one million people fled one quarter of the population went through the penal system they were either arrested or interrogated in two thousand and seven police used tear gas and rubber bullets against pro

figures there are close to one thousand four hundred federal civil rights cases pending against the new york city police department reporting from new york. r.t. . the curtain is about to fall on me how saakashvili is decade long rule in georgia as voters head to the polls to decide who will be there next president with twenty three names on the ballot experts predict they run our vote between three candidates meanwhile tampers are riding high at the polls with one of the front runners accusing prime minister visited iran ishmael you of violating campaign rules analysts say the country is moving closer to a parliamentary democracy with keep hours being handed to the prime minister's office but is still far from overcoming political instability art is where you finish looks into saakashvili conover szell legacy. they are among the maze determined detractors all judges i would go with the president. they follow me how selfishly everywhere to leave him in no doubt to where they stand. circus really was the once popular leader of the rose revolution the first color revolutions which saw power change

the last thing he needs is to be forced to raise taxes on people and hurt the, city -- the new york city most people think it's a hair-brained plan to take money out of the hands people are -- the new york city is not doing that great. the banks are laying people off. so to raise taxes on people that spending money -- >> you're organizement schumer has a vested -- it's all about andrew cuomo. >> does he prefer cuomo or hillary clinton. >> everybody says his religiousship wives hillary clinton is kind of testy. they both were senators from new york state at one time, and he -- she was the junior senator but not really. >> if people -- i'm always saying people outside new york are watching us talking and talking about this guy might be the next mayor and they say, why should i care? >> because new york city is about to elect a socialist as mayor. i never would -- when people asked me, even on this network, people say president is a socialist? i dope think he is. i think bill deblasio is a socialist. someone who honeymooned in cuba, hung out with the sandinistas and you can consider those y

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as they chase the range rover up the west side highway in new york city. when another biker opens the driver's door, he climbs off his bike but the driver trying to protect his family speeds off. when the luxury range rover is finally cornered, you can see the off-duty officer approaching the passenger side. is he trying to rescue the family? just the opposite according to a prosecutor who describe what had the cop allegedly did next. >> this defendant is on video breaking the rear window of the suv, causing it to shatter. after breaking the window, he wants to the passenger side of the suv where he is also on video kicking the passenger rear door and window area multiple times. this defendant is continuing to terrorize the rest of the family on the other side of the vehicle. >> doesn't make me feel too safe knowing that someone who is supposed to protect us is being the aggressor. >> he is a police officer. he is supposed to serve and protect. >> reporter: he is a 10-year veteran and worked undercover at the occupy wall street pope benedict tests in new yo

was known back then and so the york city didn't have the riots that you found in watson in and in detroit over that period there was a certain communication channel established between the inner city and and and and it's a city hall who uses for said cyril it was several de grasse tyson i might have meant i would have come to view them asking i've done of doing his fifty six years of an interview many many many figures in the civil rights movement you know the sixty's i was in that movement he was in a non elective office but he was in the back backroom trying to get stuff done by the so by the way my mother was a housewife with who would later go to college once we were nearing empty nest so there was no force operating say thou shall be a scientist but what they saw is that when i expressed this interest in the universe at age nine they nurtured it they didn't they didn't make it what it was a whole can do it in several exactly and that's a different kind of way you're a somebody. we all know people who became whatever it was because t

the security costs involved to new york city and costs incurred by the federal government and medicalosts incurred connected with this individual. it isap expensive proposition. but it is one that the u.s. government felt it was the way to go. >> it sounds like you are okay with it being in the new york city. the evidence is 15 years old. how good is it? >> i am not suggesting that i am okay. but i don't have all of the information that the federal government relied on in making the decision. but concern as a prosecutor is whether or not, are the witnesses available? some may have died and some may have vanished and is the evident good? can we bring this person to justice without compromising sense sources and methods. as a prosecutor you have to ask these questions to yourself in making the decision in prosecutions in criminal court. >> on the financial side of it, is gitmocheaper? >> it is certainly the capacity to insure the safety. guantanamo was created and additions were made for this kind of purpose to detain high value detainees and the united states invested a large amount of

food on the table for your family where you can do in an effort to house supply meet demand the new york city rescue mission recently began a run of the nations to expand its space from three floors to six next year twice the amount of people that and twice the amount of beds will be provided to the hungry and homeless many of whom are working americans former u.s. president jimmy carter has spent three decades promoting and building affordable homes he says america's income inequality is causing members of today's middle class to resemble those who lived in poverty when he was in office in the late seventy's compared to when i left the white house the difference is twice as great as it was between the richest people and poor charmaine was once a freelance makeup artist for revlon and vantage to a cosmetic store life changed following the financial crisis of two thousand and eight when she lost her job so when she hears today u.s. officials brag about an economic recovery they're saying it but they don't really take a look at it because it's not true i see more people struggling out here and

a local man is honored for his peacekeeping work at home during the summit in new york city. education nation is in full swing at the public library in new york city. students had a chance to voice their opinions about their schools and the quality of education they receive. they discuss the challenges they face inside and outside the classroom. during the events in new york today, the winners of the first prize weree first announced any young man from baltimore was among them. >> i'm an advocate for peace between young people and police. >> he helped to train more than 400 baltimore city police officers on ways to improve communication with teenagers. the nonprofit organization will pay each winner $50,000 over two years to continue their peacemaking work. tim tooten will have more on nbc's education nation on monday. when is it going to start feeling more like fall? in another 48 hours, fall will finally arrive. we will talk about the strong storms that could be on the way tomorrow. right now, we have a few clouds. for the most art, we have seen sunshine. aboutre learning mo

the new york city council has approved a measure raising the age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. michael bloomberg has pledged to sign the bill. new york is the first major city to take action following similar measures in smaller municipalities. the council also approved setting a minimum price of $10.50 per pack. those are some of the headlines. democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. >> i am juan gonzalez. killeda drone strike three people in northwest pakistan earlier today, marking the first such attack since prime minister nawaz sharif publicly called president obama to end the strikes. just last week amnesty international said the united states could be committing war crimes by killing innocent pakistanis to billions in drone strikes. study twoort, amnesty drone strikes in 2012, including one that killed a 68-year-old woman in north waziristan who was picking the balls in the field with her grandchildren. >> on tuesday, the woman's son and her grandchildren, who were with her in the field, spoke at a congressional hearing at .ashington, d c. nine-year-o

new developments this morning in the shocking road rage incident here in new york city. man seen in the video, this one here, using his helmet to break the window of an suv, has surrendered and is being questioned by police. another biker is also being questioned. neither has been charged. jonathan is outside the police station where they are being questioned. what's the the latest in this

the manhattan historically true of this city. but i think what i key in on here is bloomberg literally had a vision of the new york city as of high-end of the economy, the industries that we would embrace, tech, wall street, it would be luxury housing, that narrow vision has helped to exacerbate the inequality crisis of the city. as we build affordable housing, we're still cognizant of the market realities. we are not suggesting that we can drop down affordable housing anywhere, any time in any manner. it has to be in a coordination of development already happening. with that being said, if we continue on a path in which we constantly exclude poor folks, working class folks, now even more and more folks that you and i would consider middle class folks, if they're being pushed out of this city incessantly, i don't think it's a functioning city in the future. i think a functioning, strongly is one in which opportunity is broadly available. >> borough by borough? >> all boroughs. absolutely. even if jobs may be more concentrated in manhattan and people commute in, that's fine. but the point is, there has to be not just a perception but

figures there are close to one thousand four hundred federal civil rights cases pending against the new york city police department reporting from new york. r.t. british m.p.'s already tell the truth and unlikely to make a mistake recent u.k. poll yet again politicians on top of the most mistrust of professions list. the streets of london to find out more. cash for questions selling access to the prime minister and of course m.p.'s abusing their expense accounts the story that just keeps on giving all of these scandals and more have come together to undermine the moral capital of politicians and the amount of trust the able to command with the public a poll done earlier this year said britons think politicians tell the truth less than buying because it's all real estate agents don't to nicholas allen co-author of a new book on ethics and politics says this creeping loss of trust goes right to the heart of the legitimacy of all governments and there is a perception i think that politicians have. become less and less onerous less ethical in the way they conduct they say politics if people perceive

cold front much cooler high temperature only 60 today. 56 in chicago. 76, though, ahead of the system in new york cityld for october. once the system pushes on through it will be getting a little cooler high in new york city by then tomorrow only 70. only in the 60s in your home of north carolina ladies. getting cooler in parts of the carol lane gnaws. >> all right. call your mom, heather. let them know. >> she is watching. she saw. thank you maria. it is now 41 after the top of the hour. new video emerging showing the moment a good samaritan over came the feeling of intense danger and stopped six bikers were assaulting a man. why he says he risked his life to help a stranger. >> survey on coffee lovers proving the addiction is real. what most say they are willing to give up for a cup of joe. [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made o why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pai it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include he

temperatures across the board just like yesterday 70s and 80s. 85 from d.c. to new york city. we are watching that area of disturbed weather. it flared up a little bit. the reason it hasn't been developing is dry air ahead of the system and humid air behind it where the showers and thunderstorms are concentrated. forecast for today not a lot of travel trouble. maybe isolated storms new orleans to miami. otherwise just another beautiful, beautiful fall day. that is your national forecast. here is a look at the weather outside your window. >>> so today as we mentioned near record heat. temperatures in charlotte 84 degrees and sunny. humidity levels are high today. that is like a summer forecast. >>> i don't know, 80s this wide spread in october is pretty rare. >> i am a southern girl so i love the heat. >> this could be the warmest day for a long time. >> keep it coming. >>> straight ahead did police overreach when they strip searched a 33-year-old woman arrested for dui. >>> the department of education will be the hardest hit cabinet-level agency furloughing 95% of the workforce

[laughter] >> the phone is definitely ringing, though. >> haskins: "theater talk" is made possible in part by... >> from new york city, this is "theater talk." i'm susan haskins. >> and i'm michael riedel of the new york post. >> haskins: so, michael, we have seen a wonderful play this week. >> absolutely, a terrific, terrific play by horton foote called the old friends at the signature theater. beautifully written, very nasty, vicious kind of thing. and it is -- [laughter] but it is also a tremendous production with three of the great, great stage actors in the city. we are joined tonight by hallie foote, horton foote's daughter. welcome back to "theater talk." >> thank you, thank you. >> you were last here a few years ago with your father. >> 2008, i believe, towards the end of his life. >> riedel: one of the last interviews that he did >> yes, it was. >> the legendary, brilliantly talented lois smith, making her first appearance on "theater talk." we've been trying to get you for years. and i must say, a dear, dear, dear friend of mine, the great betty buckley. >> thanks, michael. >> in a rip-roaring performance a

meant to be an homage to new york by the man who come posed this city's anthem "empire state of mind y controversial however this week after two young african-american shoppers came out to say they were racially profiled at barney's. >> very embarrassing. very. >> trayon christian, a college student says he bought a $350 belt with his debit card. after he left the store he says two undercover cops chased him down the street and handcuffed him. >> undercover cops, on the left side, had regular clothes on, stopped me. and i got a call from barney's saying your card is not real. they had me in the cell for an hour or two. just in there waiting, patiently waiting. after that an hour or two go past. i'm sorry your car was real. sorry for awful this. they let me go. >> christian is suing barney's. so potentially is a 21-year-old nursing student whose own brother is a new york city cop. she came forward the day after christian with a similar story. >> i was feeling helpless, demeaned, confused, hurt, embarrassed, humiliated. >> she says she used tax rebate money to buy the $2,300 bag at barn

the case. she couldn't be identified so she was known as "baby hope." until yesterday. new york city ray kelly announced they have an i.d. >> i do, again, want to commend the detectives for never giving up, staying on this case. >> reporter: a tip came in after police posted fliers in the area this summer. someone came forward saying they might know a relative and that led detectives to the child's mother. her d.n.a. was a match. for the time being, police are not releasing baby hope's name, nor the name of the mother or father fearing it might compromise the investigation. there are times when you thought this case was never going to be solved? >> no. >> reporter: you were always hopeful? >> absolutely. >> reporter: gorgio retired in july so he will not be making an arrest. but he says as the case nears completion there is one more thing he can do: make sure the tombstone gets changed so the child known for 22 years as "hope" finally gets her real name back. jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around

a-rod, alex rodriguez, filing a lawsuit against the yankees' team physician, the new york city hospital and everybody in new york city. claiming the medical staff failed to inform him an mri revealed a tear in his hip joint and allowed him to play injured during last year's playoffs. attorneys for jodi arias seeking to bartell phone coverage during a retrial to determine the sentence. back in may jurors convicted her in the death of her former boyfriend, but they decided to to -- they failed to decide on whether she should get loif or death. get life or death. >>> pope francis is now on instagram. the pontif already has three million followers on twitter and now he hopes to use instagram as another way to connect with the faithful. >>> well, the tea party is certainly getting a lot of attention these days. the government shutdown drags on and on and the new york times is referring to tea party-backed congressman as one of the, quote, hard line conservatives standing in the way of speaker boehner's efforts to reach a deal. well guess what, he joins us now . he joins us now from washingto