tisch: pretty amazing. think of my father and what he went through to afford us this opportunity to be partners in the giants. betty: in 1991, bob tisch, john's father, fulfilled a lifelong dream when he bought a 50% stake in the giants for a reported $80 million. today, the team is valued at an estimate of $1.3 billion. it is co-owned by two families. if loews corporation was a football team, what is your position? tisch: probably the coach. i'm not there day-to-day. very much true in the hotel business. i can sit in my office on madison avenue, but i'm not checking people into the rooms or making the beds. in that regard, i guess i would be the coach. understanding what is in your game plan, the playbook, and then you have to articulate it, and then you have to perform it. it ain't easy. in the hotel business, it's 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and you have to get it right every time. betty: i know your family is a big football family. but why do you like football? tisch: i like watc

it is co-owned by the tisch and mara families.f loews corporation was a football team, what is your position? jonathan: probably the coach. i'm not there day-to-day. very much true in the hotel business. i can sit in my office on madison avenue, but i'm not checking people into the rooms or making the beds. in that regard, i guess i would be the coach. understanding what is in your game plan, the playbook, and then you have to articulate it, and then you have to perform it. it ain't easy. in the hotel business, it's 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and you have to get it right every time. betty: i know your family is a big football family. but why do you like football? jonathan: i like watching football because you never know what will happen. a play can change the course of a game. a pass can be intercepted or a runner can fumble. you never know what will happen. a pass could be intercepted, a ball could be fumbled. it is exciting. the fans get involved. people are aspirational when it comes to their players. a

tisch was born and raised in a new york family. in 1959, his family branched out and bought loews theaters. today, the loews corporation has $80 billion in assets that generate $15 billion in annual revenue with interest from everything in hotels, insurance, to oil and gas. jonathan tisch runs the company with his cousin and is also the this area and made it guest friendly. >> true to his roots, he just completed a massive luxury renovation of the flagship regency hotel that is near and dear to his heart. >> i grew up in this hotel. >> but that work has not stopped him from writing three business strategy books. and bringing the super bowl to the new york region. >> you get about six hours of sleep? >> 5 to 6 hours of sleep. you will get an e-mail from me at 3:00 in the morning. >> despite a grueling schedule, he tries to make it to every giants home game. i caught up with him at his team's home turf -- metlife stadium. ♪ >> it is incredible to be out on the field. how does it make you feel? >> pretty amazing. i think of my father

jonathan tisch was instrumental in getting it built.the only stadium that houses two nfl teams -- giants and the jets. it's also the largest in terms of seating capacity. all of those seats came with a hefty price tag. >> this is an amazing building. it cost $1.6 billion to build. people say to us -- why is there no roof on it? that would have been another $400 million. it is important to note that there has been not a dime of public money in this building. it is all privately financed. it was quite a remarkable accomplishment. >> the stadium will be in the spotlight in early february when it plays host to the most-watched sporting event in the world -- the super bowl. >> super bowl is a great opportunity for this region, for new york and new jersey. this is a super bowl of a lot of firsts. this is the first time it is being hosted by two teams, the jets and the giants. the first time it is being hosted by two states and one big city. the first time the game is being played in a northern city in a building without a roof. >> bringing th

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with the assistance of institutions such as tisch college, you have shown yourselves to be active citizensm proud that this commitment to public service was recognized when the truman scholarship foundation, which i chair, named tufts its honor institution last year. so there is an awful lot to congratulate you on today. but, as i said earlier, i want to challenge you to do far, far more after you leave this wonderful place. for while there was a time when you could say that you did not know enough, today, armed with this extraordinary education , there can be no doubt that you can help produce enough food build enough shelter, deliver enough medicine, and share enough knowledge to allow people everywhere to live better and more productive lives. now, i don't intend to put the weight of the world upon your shoulders, because that is always be your parent's job. but i do hope, actually, i insist, that each of you, after bidding farewell to jumbo, and having your last drink at the burren, use the knowledge gained here at tufts to be more than a consumer of liberty. i insist that you also be

to put it another way, you got through tisch, big deal. [ cheers and applause ] well, it's a start.f triumphantly graduating, a new door is opening for you. a door to a lifetime of rejection. it's inevitable. it's what graduates call the real world. >> that was actor robert de niro talking to the graduates of tisch school. according to the young american's foundation among the top 100 universities liberal commencement speakers outnumber conservatives 6-1. the same survey notes that among the top 50 universities the ratio increases to 9 liberals to every 1 conservative. in the top ten, zero conservatives, nine liberal speakers. >> the conservatives usually who do get invited to give commencement speeches are invited to either evangelical schools or public universities in the south, large public universities or to some catholic schools. fewer and fewer are willing to do that. >> one rare exception, former president george w. bush. >> you live in a land that is compassionate and decent. because we believe in the rights and dignity of our own citizenry. america has liberated millions ar

. >>> tough talk from robert de niro to the tisch graduates. >> tisc graduates, you made it and you're]. >> he pulled no punches but he told them to follow their dreams and reach for their destiny. >>> and a man from london was a guest of honor at a big party in hollywood. sean o'brien called the dans man was mocked online for his dance moves but this weekend he was a big hit in california. lori perez from our los angeles station kcbs reports. >> reporter: all eyes are own sean o'brien as he's dancing and this time he's feeling the love. a far cry from this night in london back in march when strangers laughed, took these pictures of him dancing and posted these pictures online with body shaming messages. >> i just ask why. what did they hope to achieve? why did they feel better trying to post an anom miss image. >> he felt better after supporters who saw it. two echo part women went so far as to find him and organize this party in l.a. to keep him dancing. we got the vendors and music, the plane tick and hotel, all donated. celebrities of all sorts stepped forward to help and start a c

you got through tssch, that's a big deal or to put it another way, you got through tisch, big deal. [] well, it's a start. on this day of triumphantly graduating a knew door is opening for you. a door to a lifetime of rejection. it's inevitable. it's what graduates call the real world. >> all right, that was actor robert de niro speaking to graduates of new york iefrts's tisch skoofl the arts. it seems these days when you hear a graduation speech more often than not it's given by a liberal. among the top 100 universities liberal commencement speakers outnumber conservatives 6-1. and notes that among the top 50 universities the ratio increases to nine liberals to every one conservative. among the top ten, zero conservatives, nine liberal speakers. author zev shefitz discussed this on the program. >> the conservatives who do get invited are invited either to evangelical schools or to public universities in the south, large public many universities or some catholic schools, fewer and fewer. >> yeah. >> willing to do that. >> one rare exception former president george w. bush. >> you live

jonathan tisch, co-chairman of the loews corporation and co-owner of the new york giants.born and raised in a new york family. in 1959, his family branched out and bought loews theaters.

jonathan tisch, co-chairman of the loews corporation and co-owner of the new york giants.born and raised in a new york family. in 1959, his family branched out and bought loews theaters. today, the loews have billions of dollars in assets that generate $15 billion in annual revenue with interest from everything in hotels, insurance, oil and gas.

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin with the massive rescue effort and growing humanitarian crisis off the coast of libya. the italian coast guard says it has saved more than 4,200 migrants in 22 separate ocean rescue operations over the past 24 hours. the migrants are trying to reach europe, to escape war, poverty and persecution in africa and the mideast. but smugglers are putting them on ships which end up stranded in rough seas. more than 78,000 migrants have reportedly reached european shores since january. most are scattered throughout italy and greece. while the british, belgian, irish and german navies have joined the rescue operation, most are against a proposed quota system to distribute the refugees across europe. an earthquake that struck off the coast of one of japan's most remote islands was so deep and so powerful it shook buildings, stopped train service and cut power to parts of tokyo, 620 miles north of the epicenter. the quake struck 421 miles deep but did not touch

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. protesters marched in cleveland today after police officer michael brelo was found not guilty on all counts in the shooting deaths of two black, unarmed suspects. brelo was among the 13 officers who fired 137 bullets at a car during and after a high-speed chase in november of 2012. once the suspects stopped, brelo jumped onto the hood and fired 15 rounds into the windshield. 43-year-old driver timothy russell and 30-year-old passenger malissa williams were killed. this morning, judge john o'donnell spent nearly an hour explaining that officer brelo's bullets could not be proved to be the fatal shots beyond a doubt, and that the decision to fire his weapon was constitutionally reasonable. >> i find that by a preponderance of the evidence that brelo's decision to use deadly force against russell and williams was based on probable cause to believe that they threatened imminent, serious bodily harm to him and the other officers, not to mention the public. >> sre

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight in baltimore where a throng of people, some chanting “take back the city" and calling for an end to the curfew, gathered peacefully today outside city hall. this, following the release on bail last night of the six baltimore police officers, who were arrested in connection with the death of freddie gray. the 25-year-old died in police custody touching off days of riots. for the latest from baltimore, we are joined once again tonight by luke broadwater of the baltimore sun. what's the timetable for the prosecution? the charges came down very quickly. what kind of a timeline are we looking for now that we know these six officers are out on bail? >> felony charges in maryland have to go before a grand jury so a grand jury is going to have to hear these charges. obviously that's a one-side situation where only the prosecution gets to present evidence. that will have to happen within 30 days. if the grand jury decide to bring charges against the off

oscar-winning actor robert de niro was speaking colorfully at the commencement for new york university's tisch school of the arts. >> the school of medicine graduates, each one will get a job. the proud graduates of the ny school of law, they're covered. and if they're not, who cares, they're lawyers. it's what graduates call the real world. you'll experience it, auditioning for a part or a place in a company. >> reporter: at commencement exercises across the country over the weekend -- >> you may also be feeling some real anxiety about venturing out into the world beyond these walls. >> reporter: -- sharing hard truths was in season. >> here it is. no one has any idea what's going to happen. >> those of you who are graduating this afternoon with high honors, awards and distinctions, i say, well done. and, as i like to tell the "c" students, you, too, can be president. >> reporter: they spoke long about the inevitability of rejection and moving past it. >> your mantra, your battle cry, "next." you didn't get that part -- that's my point. next. you'll get the next one or the next one after that

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin with late breaking developments in the middle east. isis fighters have taken control of ramadi and iraqi forces have fled. a spokesman for the governor of anbar province says, "the city has fallen." ramadi is now the first major urban center seized by insurgents in iraq since isis launched attacks there last year, this despite continuous air strikes by the u.s. and its allies. the battle reportedly claimed the lives of some 500 civilians and soldiers just in the past two days. meanwhile in syria, officials say islamic state militants have been pushed back from the site of ancient ruins in palmyra. nearly 300 people have reportedly died in the past four days of fighting to protect the world heritage site. for the latest on the event from ramadi, we are joined by nour malas of the "wall street journal." >> another major iraqi city in the hands of the islamic state now ramadi is the capital of iraq's largest province. also a huge setback for a governme

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. national guard troops today began leaving baltimore and the emergency curfew in the city has been lifted. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake broke the news about the end of the curfew in a tweet she sent out this morning. the 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew had been imposed after rioting broke out following the death in police custody of a 25-year-old african-american man, freddy gray. today, the former governor of maryland, martin o'malley, said the nation needs to stop treating people of color as he put it, "disposable citizens." >> what's happened in baltimore should be a wake up call for the entire country, what's happened in new york and philadelphia and other cities. we have deep problems as a country and we need deeper understanding if we're going to give our children a better future. >> sreenivasan: o'malley, a democrat, said urban issues would be a key part of his campaign for the presidency and said he would make his announcement in baltimore. vermont senator be

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with news in the fight against isis. late last night, president obama authorized a rare and successful ground raid into eastern syria. the white house says u.s. commandos killed a senior islamic state leader, captured his wife and confiscated isis computer data in al-amr. officials say isis senior leader abu sayyaf was involved in military operations and oversaw illicit oil and gas operations funding terrorist attacks. his wife, umm sayyaf, is also accused of playing an important role in terrorist attacks and may have helped enslave a woman who was rescued in last night's raid. sayyaf's wife is being detained in iraq. in a statement, u.s. defense secretary ashton carter called the raid a "significant blow to isil" and added: the ground raid comes just as the u.s. and its allies conducted six air strikes in syria and 15 more in iraq, all targeting islamic state fighters. but at the same time, iraqi government forces suffered a serious setback, l

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening thanks for joining us. new criticism of iraqi troops is casting doubt on whether they can actually beat back isis in major cities. the u.s. secretary of defense commented for the first time since militants took the city of ramadi, telling c.n.n. that iraqi forces pulled back even though they vastly outnumbered the isis fighters. >> what apparently happened was that the iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. air-strikes are effective, but neither they nor anything they do can substitute for the iraqi forces will to fight. they are they ones who have to beat isil. >> sreenivasan: some 3,000 u.s. military personnel are serving in non-combat areas, right now restricted to training iraqi fighters. however, senator john mccain told cbs' "face the nation" he wants to send thousands more american troops to join the fight against isis. >> forward air controllers special forces, training, equipping. right now it's shia militia, the same ones that we fought against during the surge that are

from the tisch wnet studios in austin, texas, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. for the third time in the past six months, china's central bank has slashed interest rates, this in an effort to boost growth in the world's second largest economy. officially, china is still growing at more than 7% a year. but last year's growth rate was the slowest in a quarter century. the central bank said today "china's economy is still facing relatively big downward pressure." the death toll from the earthquake in nepal has now surpassed 8,000. and avalanches and poor weather conditions have forced rescuers to call off their search for missing hikers. another 16,000 people were injured in the magnitude 7.8 quake and hundreds of thousands of people are still in need of shelter. we'll have more later in the broadcast. the taliban in pakistan is claiming responsibility for shooting down a helicopter carrying foreign diplomats. seven people were killed in the incident friday, including the ambassadors to pakistan from the philippines and norway. today, the mil

. >> tisch graduates, you made it and you're [ bleep ] up. >> yesterday legendary tough guy robert decheck during his commencement address at new york university tisch school of arts. >> a new door is opening to you, the door of a lifetime of rejection. >> it follows mindy's speech. >> you will defend bp from birds. >> and stevenphen colbert. >> the future is a dark yawning of future cass. but you don't have to worry for two hoirs. >> de niro said the new graduates made him hopeful about the future of the arts. >> i know you're going to make it all of you. break a leg next. thank you. >> you heard him say next there. the actual theme was very clever. life is full of rejections and full of ups and downs and move on to the next thing. that's how you succeed. >> very good advice. speaking of next -- >> talk about a sand trap why this is not par for the course for one golfer in missouri. for some of you, your local news is next. for the rest of you stick around. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." >>> good morning everyone i'm nicole brewer. traffic along the eastbound schuylkil

jonathan tisch is here co-owner of new york giants. he joins us now with more.good morning, guys. >> things are looking good sounds like in your world. >> if you look at the summer ahead, economy is holding steady businesses feel good about sending their men and women on the road. group business is up a little bit. gas prices are down. so, all signs are that it is going to be a strong summer. but that said there are some dark clouds on the horizon. the stronger dollar, which means potentially less international travelers coming to the states. it could be an issue. >> advance bookings are down? >> no advance bookings are up. >> international advance bookings are down? >> it's now pretty steady. if the dollar continues to strengthen, especially against the euro. also you're going to have the opportunity for americans now to go overseas because it's less expensive. >> joe over there trying to take advantage of the euro situation. >> they are lowering fares to europe. because they know that more americans now have the ability to spend more when they get to europe. >

. >> tisch graduates, you made it. and you're [ bleep ].rks. excuse me. >> it was the laughs that did not stop there. guess what? the colonel is back. in the form of snl alum darrell hammond. >> hi folks, it's me colonel sanders. i've been gone for a while. boy have things changed. have the international space station and cargo pants. what you don't have is kentucky fried chicken. i'm here to change that. i'm colonel sanders and i'm back america! i'm back america! >> so there are a set of ads that will launch on monday. brilliant to celebrate the anniversary of kfc. look at the resemblance of darrell and the colonel. >> the best advice to the graduates and the valium and vicodin and vodka. >> that is the pop star for the weekend. >>> skilltill to come we have more george clooney for you. "tomorrowland" is opening this weekend. we will have a list of what you need to make a point to see. but first this is "today" on nbc. >>> still to come on "today," the issues leading up to the indy 500 crash. >>> and sunny anderson is here with the grillin

a great scene and this weekend the graduates of tisch school of the arts at new york university wereing when they heard his commencement speech. take a listen. >> you're a dancer a singer a choreographer, musician filmmaker, a writer photographer a director a producer an actor, an artist. yeah you're [ bleep ]. he went on to talk about the rejection they would face even when trying to get jobs as waiters and bartenders. the grads loved the straight talk from the oscar winner who gave them a real picture of what life will be like after graduation. >> you're here to pause and celebrate your accomplishments so far as you move on to a rich and challenging future. and, me i'm here to hand out my pictures and resumes to the directing and producing graduates. [ laughter and applause ] >> i don't know about you guys but i kind of appreciate the straight talk. >> yeah. >> i would have loved that one. >> he hit the mark that most commencement addresses miss. he was memorable. >> well the thing no one warns you about you come out of college always rising to the next grade and then the 20s, you

] >> oh robert de niro telling it like it is to the graduates of new york university's tisch schoolabout a job, college graduates are very worried about the mountains of student loan debt they'll have to pay off. check out this poll. 53% say student loan debt stresses them out the most. that's followed by credit card debt finding or maintaining a job, then rent then housing expenses. graduates more concerned about student loan debt than finding a job. jarrett bernstein, former top economic advisor to vice president biden, also the author of the new book "the reconnection agenda reunited growth and prosperity." always good to see you, sir, thanks for being with me. >> my pleasure. >> the plain spoken robert de niro. i don't want to beep him out but our producers made me. what are the job prospects for today's graduates? >> well they're pretty good and they're certainly a lot better for today's graduates than for today's non-graduates. if you look at the unemployment rate among college graduates, it's in the 2% to 3% range. new college graduates, it's higher than that much lower than