in order to understand theation.portance of grand central, you have to understand the importance of the railroads to the united states and to the world at that time. before the railroads came along, the only way to get across the country or from any point was either by horse-and-carriage or by canal, which was very slow. the railroads revolutionized the ability to move quickly across the country, and they became an extraordinarily powerful business. >> so powerful, in fact, that in 1947, over 65 million people -- the equivalent of almost half our nation's population at the time -- passed through grand central in just one year. that gave birth to a popular saying in the 1940s -- "busier than grand central station." except, that name is not quite correct. >> the real name of this building is grand central terminal, and the reason for that is that the trains terminate here. >> of course, trains also originate from here. grand central is a sprawling complex of ramps, stores, tracks, and huge spaces. >> what you see, actu

they are of the opinion that it is theations tha subome t scrinati and tierney. it's the nation who surrenders to dictatorship and greed. its the nations that accept the expanseless powers. is the nations who are fluenced by the prompting and tacticof ps aos our world are the result of the passive attitudes with the inclination to live under the supremacy of the world powers. these are the arguments raised by those who tend to blame naonsor thepor coions prevailing in the world with the intention to justify the attitudes and destructive behaviors of the ruling minority. these claims supposedly authentic cannot in any way juify a continuation of the present oppressive international order. >> we've been listening to president mahmoud ahmadinejad at the address of united general sembly. as you saw several cutaways, the seats are empty. prestetheratd outside the u.n. objecting to the iranian leader being given a world stage for this often inflammatory rhetoric that we've heard in the past. this is his eighth time appearing there. many also objecting to him speaking o

. >> ruby law with theation-american donor program is fighting for the congress family.he lost a friend on tuesday. she got nearly 400,000 youtube views after posting a plea for a donor online. she got a bone marrow transplant after waiting three years. that was last week. law says that was too long. >> it normally takes 45 days for the cells to take after a transplant. because she already received 15 rounds of chemotherapy, her body was really weak. >> getting people to sign up for the registry is difficult. they blame east asian superstition. >> they don't want to talk about the medical needs. they don't want to talk about what could happen or what could possibly happen. don't say it or you'll jifrpg it. >> but these young parents are fighting not for one future but for two. this is when jeremy first felt his brother kicking. she is eight months pregnant. she wants jeremy to get the chance to grow up. >> he's such a great little guy. we can't think about what a great older brother he would be. >> i love you. >> if you are a match, you just get a swab on the inside of y

andrew sullivan, also theeth tor of the dish and also joining is ari mel bor, a correspondent for theationntlemen, tha u. ouai fon you and your big brain, andrew, my friend, because it's hard for me to figure out what "newsweek" has been doing the last few months because every front cover is different from the other one. one trashes oba. this one brilliantly ihink celebrates the potential of a certain electn result. give mr e, h got into this idea of even thinking about the next four years given all our focus here at "hardball" and elsewhere on what's going to happen in six weeks. >> bause he, the president, has been thinking about it for four years already, and if you ve seen he's always played a long game, and part of that long game was always re-election. most presidents deal with the middle east in t last two years. he started his first go. he inherited the worst recession but he phed through health care reform at the very begiing. w tng would take time, and so he set it up in a way to enable the big payoff to come later, which i a high-risk/high-reward strategy. on the debt, of cose,