>> right here in westchester new york. >> great to be in new york. >> my parents are both doctors my dad is a dentist. my mom is a psychiatrist. my dad was very tech savvy, from early on. i talk about that a lot in the book and my first introduction to the magic of technology that came through my dad and his office. and impact it had on the whole family. and the impact that had with facebook. and how this changed all of us. when were you involved in facebook? >> 2005. and working at the advertising agency here in new york city. and i how much it was taking off. and i was working in digital marketing at the time. he needed somebody that had in digital market as a new space. and i went out to california and was blown away. by what i saw out there so i think that you know. when i read my book i had amazing experiences with facebook. and i use it all of the time. it is a positive feel good story how technology can make our lives so much more amazing. and also a little bit of a reminder to find balance. >>al have you a website. dot-com indicated.com. >> i do. >>. do the complicated so in

. >> right here in westchester new york. my parents are both doctors. my dad is a dentist, my mom a psychiatrist. my dad was very tech savvy from very early on. take not any book, my first introduction to the magic of technology through my dad and his office, and just really the impact it had on our whole family. obviously the impact it had with facebook and how it changed all of us. >> when did you had get involved in facebook? >> in 2005. i was look -- working for an advertising agency in new york city, and i started to really hear about this amazing site that my brother created. how much it was taking off, and i was working in digital marketing at the time. he need someone who had some knowledge in digital marketing, pretty new space, and i came out to california, was blown away by what i saw. so i think when you read my book, it's -- i had amazing experiences at facebook. i use facebook all the time. the book is an extremely -- it's a positiveod story about how technology can make our lives so much more amazing. but at it also a little reminder to f

new york tabloids as the marijuana mom is in court today. she's charged with running a huge growing operation from her suburban home in westchester county new federal court in brooklyn with the latest for us. >> reporter: that's true. andrea sanderlin walked into court alone and her hair in a tight bun and looked stressed out and they are vows. here's what happened a few minutes ago. andrea, you're accused of a massive put grow operation, is any of that true? do you have any partners that you work with? just tell me why you did it, how you did it. do you have anything to say, andrea? are you sorry about what you did? the 45-year-old single mom not talking to me but prosecutors say she's behind the $3 million operation. she was living large in a house? scarsdale driving her flashy mercedes suv every day to queens to check on her crops, and we're talking about thousands of pot plants she allegedly had growing inside a warehouse there, and this was no joke. sanderlin had the best, most sophisticated growing equipment around and more. we also caught up with her on her way out. can you tell me what you did with all that money. this is a big deal

>> which at one negative westchester new york. my parents are both doctors my mom is a psychiatrist and my dad is a dentist. from very early on my first introduction to the magic of technology came through my dad in his office and the impact had on our whole family obviously with facebook and it changed all of us. >> when did you get involved with facebook? >> guest: 2005 i was working here in in new york city and i started to hear about this amazing sight that my brother created and i was working in digital marketing at the time and he needed someone that had some knowledge in this new space is and i went out to california and i was blown away by what i saw. if you read a book, i had an amazing was -- experienced with facebook use of all the time and it is a positive feel good story how technology can make our lives amazing but a reminder to find balance. >> you also have a web site dot. complicated because it took a long time to publish chided want to put specific websites because you don't know what may be outdated so i launche

and there was a day -- viagra and westchester county new york, a suburb south of the city. and the son of a history buff. but unlike a lot of people who make that claim, the history buff and my family is not my father. it's my mother. and of her four children i seem to be the only ones to pass that twitter.com/booktv two. she took advantage of it. one day we were driving into the city from westchester. she pointed at a big building upon a hell. she told me that was the bronx a fee a hospital. then she said there were still man in that hospital who had never recovered from being gassed in the first world war. and this made quite an impression on a seven or a year-old me. even though i was a small child, i knew enough about or want to know that it happened a really, really long time ago. sixty years at that point. and there really struck me that there were men who had lived entire lifetime since then, still frail from what they had endured enough war. did not know much about the war and all. that did not know what it was about. pretty much all i knew was this new bill was in

there was a day -- till i grew up in westchester county new york a suburb just west of the city and the son of a history buff but unlike a lot of people who make that claim the history buff in my family is not my father. it's my mother and of her four children i seem to be the only one she passed the gene onto. she took advantage of that one day we were driving into the city from westchester and she pointed at a big building up on a hill. she told me that was the bronx va hospital and then she said something i have never forgotten. she said that there were still men in that hospital who had never recovered from being gassed in the first world war. this made quite an impression on the seven or 8-year-old even though i was a small child. i know enough about world war i to know it happened a really really long time ago. 60 years at that point and it really struck me that there were men who had lived entire lifetimes since then still frail from what they had endured in that war. i didn't know really very much about the war at all. i didn't know what it was about and pretty much all i knew w

new jersey. this morning one of our makeup artists told me in westchester county there was possibly a tornado there. in new york city it was bad. we had that flash flood warning in effect. >> we're going to talk more about that later in the show. >> thanks, maria. to other news, n.s.a. leaker edward snowden breaking his silence to go after president obama. we also just learned that snowden is seeking asylum in more than a dozen countries but he is hitting major hurdles. we're live in washington with more. >> edward snowden reportedly is making a request for asylum in countries including austria, bolivia, brazil, china, cuba and more. it appears snowden is desperately seeking a place he can call home. but without an american passport, snowden has no documents that will allow him to travel, so he remains in a transit zone at the moscow airport. with the help of wikileaks, he applied for asylum in russia but russian president vladmir putin laid out a firm condition for snowden. >> if he wishes to stay here, we have one condition. he must stop his work aimed at harming our american partner. >> snowden continues to

new york's journal news requested more information about legal gun owners in westchester. county clerk took a stand earlier this year saying it's a matter of public safety. the paper's publisher defended publishing the names. the new information apparently for a story about possible changes in gun ownership. >> gretchen: educators at one school district not making the grade. the hempstead school district. >> brian: on long island. >> gretchen: new york. released a summer reading list. one big problem? there is more than 30 errors on it. here are some. the "the great gatsby" became the greatritten by george orwell. the school district said it was george ornell. >> brian: same thing. >> gretchen: canterbury tales is now just one canterbury tale. no word yet from the school district. >> brian: all right. >> gretchen: that's sad and funny at the same time. >> steve: we've been showing you all morning long clues to who our breakfast buddy is today. >> brian: here is one of your clues. this brooklyn native knows how to control a tough crowd. even had an anchor seat on snl's week

>> the coast guard actually has a rescue boat on scene, and the new york state police, nypd and westchesterthere covering ground to search for the people. >> in light of the fact that the search was suspended overnight in which the search was not taking place, and it since has been resumed as you mentioned, is there any kind of assets, anything out there in the water that would allow them to hold on to something or to rescue themselves if they had to in this situation considering the search had been suspended? >> if they were wearing life jackets, which is unknown, that is always a positive sign for survival, and like i said, that is unknown at this time. hopefully that is the case. if perhaps the current pulled them towards the shore or a stable object, they could have grabbed a hold of that. >> do we know if the four hospitalized, were they wearing life jackets, do we know that? >> i do not know, i am sorry. >> we want to let you get back to what you guys are doing, and the search for two missing people to bring our viewers back up to speed, we are talking about breaking news, a boating a

meet with the new york times the top people a bros and was organizing in new york times he was the chief editor and he was organizing needs suburban. attachments to the paper westchester county long i'd say you want to dads and you could just see in the early seventy's the coverage of what we were doing started going just down like that i would be told by reporters in the washing beer of the of the new york times you know we send it up but it doesn't get in ralph and that's a rosenthal and of course if it doesn't get into the times it is less likely to get into the washington post and is definitely less likely be on the evening news so that i was a very important part of the corporate counterattack and i think the media forgot its role because it should have been very proud in the sixty's and early seventy's that they had a sense of newsworthiness that says that what citizen groups are put forward is really important it's document it can improve health safety economic justice and they reported it and of course a lot of these bills got through congress that were signed by lyndon johnson and richard nixon and you think to be proud of that instead they started become jus

new york? >> that's coming. that's actually coming. >> housewives of westchester? >> yes. i didn't make the cut, i guess, but, yes, it is. >> wow. >> they're everywhere. >> great shows. >> atlanta, yeah. all over the place. >> fantastic. >> orange county. >> there is someone in my household that -- >> watches them? >> yes, is there an orange county one still? >> i don't know if there still is, but -- >> there was -- i saw last night someone was reporting -- there were two of them back to back and i think they were -- >> it's you. >> there is someone -- it is a friend. a friend that shall remain nameless, someone i know. >> let's get a check on the global markets now. karen tso is standing by in london. good morning. >> good morning, becky. we're battling a few cross currencies today. earnings are out there, investors trieding ing ttryingh the numbers. there is more red creeping into the charts currently. right at the bottom, the likes of bp, reporting feared spinout today with negative numbers from a tune at chrysler. barclays as well, right at the bottom of the scale, dra

it's already exited new york city where the roads are plain old wet. from westchesterhe next hour, hour and a half. and then it will clear out. i tell you what, it is extremely humid in the east. it's not as hot. yesterday was only in the 80s, but it's still very humid. that's going to spark additional showers and storms. keep the umbrella handy. the midwest, you get relief. 79 degrees. that's a beautiful break from the summer heat. and tomorrow that front clears through new england for some great weather ahead. in washington, d.c., where it's been hot and humid, like, ten days in a row, your relief comes thursday. that should be a great day. sunshine and it's a fabulous forecast. one spot that's been raining this morning is over at buckingham palace. looks like showers have ended as we await the royal baby. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. we had never used a contractor before and didn't know where to start. at angie's list, you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on a

terribly interested in what people who are not voters in the city of new york have to say, weiner sniffed about the first couple of westchester event tuesday evening in times square with advocates for new yorkers with disabilities, the 48-year-old seemed tired, slight, and young as he was thronged by the fierce hydra-headed press beast. he looked as if he were running on raw will. he apologized for being late, saying something about the time, space continuum. one man stood up and said he had been let down once when weiner was a queens congressman and backed away from a bill he had promised to pass. how can i trust you, he asked? the question lingered in the febrile air. >> look, weiner is -- you got kids, you want him to quit. if you have kids, this is just one of the worst things that you have to deal with, and this guy encourages it. we're all trying to be as parents to get a lot of the nonsense of the cell phone under control, and here's a guy who just basically says to your kids, fire away, kids. >> every parent with teenagers. >> he's a nightmare for parents. >> huma abedin, weiner's wife, has taken extended vacation fro

new york and even new hampshire. advisories and warnings out here. yesterday we had a rough round of storms across sections of the northeast. a reported tornado in the state of new jersey. even westchestering wind. today again more showers, more storms. they are already fired up along the east coast with a slow-moving storm system. >>gretchen: maria, thank you for that update. now we have other stories to tell you about making headlines. pierce brosnan mourning the tragic death of his daughter charlotte, died of ovarian cancer, the same disease that killed her mother and grandmother. she leaves behind a husband, their 14-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. charlotte brosnan was 41 years old. >>brian: an adventure for two girls turns into a nightmare when their parasail breaks free from a boat. i was wondering if that ever happens. strong wind sent them crashing into a condo balcony then into power lines before landing on several cars in a parking lot. both girls in the hospital in serious condition. >>eric: move over mayor bloomberg. a new nanny in new york city. christine quinn says p she becomes mayor next year the first thing she'll do is add calorie limits to kids' menus, no more