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 u

every journalist in new york knows duncan. seems that his oneness combined company is not so hot. >> half-and-half. duncan has been there for a while. what better way to do the exit of the transformational deal and make sure that there is a lot of money. not a bad way to leave. given the way that some people with wall street. he's not an old guy, he's about 55 years old. he is a very ambitious guy in a good way. and i think you would like to run something. you know, maybe he can -- maybe he can go back. i don't know. but this is the guy we're going to be talking about for a while in terms of jurors someplace else. it will be interesting to see the management. we are all focused on duncan. he is being acquired by the dude in atlanta -- what is his name? i don't talk to him. the guy that runs i.c.e. by the way, a multi-gazillion her. gerri: that's right, he's a very important dude. >> he doesn't get a lot of play, he likes staying under the radar for the last time he was out of the radar was when he teamed up in new york. gerri:

will steven move to new york?to find out those answers as well as what else we have in store, hang around for the second part of our makeover coming up. >>> like it or not, facebook's new timeline format is almost here. on march 30th, the new platform will be rolled out across the super popular media site. the changes are significant and will impact how brands talk to customers and leverage content. so what does this mean for your small business facebook page? >> jason keith is the founder and ceo of social media company facial fresh. >> thank you for having me. >> the last thing you want to do is go on to facebook on march 30th and say, what happened to my page? >> you have no idea. your website went down. >> this is great. everyone should know, it is not that hard to change, at least to do some little changes. >> it is going to look very different right away. there are some easy steps that you can do to get you where you need to be. >> i have looked at some of the people that have changed their sites. photo. the

[talking over each othe >> a computer is taking over the iconic new york stock xchange. >> the new yorkchange is primarily dealing with the market making of stocks. the buying and selling of eqties. it will bring derivatives, commodities, all of these other things, her securities that are sold by companies and traded in the market. it will bring that to a brand of the new york stock exchange, which is one of the premier brands. i think it's fair to say the new york stock exchange as the premier brand for the trading of stocks in the market. it is going to merge those two together, and that's a pretty powerful, nation. they teamed up with i.c.e. earlier in the year. we should point out that the deutsche banc teamed up as well and i created a massive and her global exchange. that was turned down by global regulators. i think it has a better shot. because it's not all the stocks in one place. gerri: you said that there is going to be a big announcement tomorrow morning. how is this going to be rolled out, do you tink? >> i think it will come out tomorrow. i don't know if there will be a pr

he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan.

>> guest: that is his funeral service back in new york. the body was sent back to new york.and in april of 1913, the funeral was held at st. george's church in manhattan, and then the burial took place in hartford, connecticut, where he was born and he was buried near his father and mother. c-span: you talk about the will. who got the money? >> guest: everything was left to his son, and when his father died in 1890, the father--the tradition in this family was very patriarchal. his father, junius, left several million--you know, a few million dollars each to his daughters. his wife--junius' wife had predeceased him, and junius left everything else to pierpont, the bank, the houses, whatever art collections junius had. and pierpont did exactly the same thing. he gave $3 million each to his daughters. his wife got the houses and a trust fund that had been set up by pierpont's own father and additional money from pierpont. but everything else was left to his son. and his will was--it opened with a resounding declaration of his episcopal faith that christ had died for his sins.

will steven move to new york? to find out those answers as well as what else we had in store for them, make sure you hang around for the second part of the makeover coming up. >>> like it or not, facebook's new time line format is almost here. m march 30th, the new platform will be rolled out across the popular social media site. the changes of the of all feel of the site are significant and how brands talk to customers and leverage content. what does this mean for your small business facebook page? jason keith is the founder of social media education company social fresh and he is here to give us a primer on the changes and how to customize the page in advance of the launch. >> thanks for having me. >> yes, the last thing you want to do is to go on the facebook on march 30th, and say, what happened to my page? >> like the site went down. >> yes, and it is good for everyone to know it is not going to be that hard to change. >> yes, it will take place right away, but there are easy steps to get you ready. >> i have

take us back to new york and you'll see we had 12 inches of snow in swain, new york.so have new pictures out of hamburg, new york, near buffalo where the snow plows are always out and about. but even the suvs are having trouble with traction on these snow-covered roads. looking at radar, the snow is moving away from buffalo and is pulling to the east so it's hitting areas hard across areas to buffalo, further to the north towards syracuse and you see temperatures getting much colder. so 39 degrees in new york city. those numbers will go down as the colder air comes in. look at the airport delays, a big travel week. we're expecting them across major metropolitan areas in the east and in the west. heavy rain through connecticut into boston providence right now. new york city, you're getting a break but there's a batch of rain headed your way and it will be wind-swept rain so the rain will be blowing sideways today. good day to hold on to your umbrella or stay inside if you can. >> a lot of people trying to get home or get back from vacation, doing all that traveling tod

new york. >> good for tina cohen. she took the dog to the vet to be scanned for a microchip and the vet tracked down the owner. she's one happy little owner. >> we're a few days until we ring in the new year. fox news is all america new year's eve starting at 11:00 p.m. eastern on new year's eve. megyn kelly and bill hemmer will bring it to you live from sometime square -- times square in new york city this coming monday. >> that's does it for us, thanks for watching. "studio b" with shepard"studio r starts now. >> the news begins anew on "studio b." the major winter storms that unleashed heavy snow and tornadoes on christmas now barreling towards the northeast. the travel delays are racking up fast. details on that ahead. the tornado threat still in effect for parts of the south after a record number of twisters rocked that region. we'll have much more on that in a moment. >>> plus, the president cutting his holiday vacation short to try to hammer out a deal on the fiscal cliff. where do we stand with six days to go?

it was different by new york pull ought 99-97 against the suns. next to the lakers, lakers dwight howard lays on a vicious flagrant foul and was tossed from the game. lakers won it. >>> and to a team that no team can be proud of, the charlotte bobcats are so bad, they managed to lose 16 games all in the same calendar year. finally, the only football game in action, little caesars pizza bowl, central michigan beating western kentucky 24-21. just ahead, kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio walk down the aisle together. and a tradition that might be right up your alley. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back. we are still seeing the airport it's recovering from the big storm that's been affecting the eastern third of the country for several days now. notice how the temperatures across the east coast are close to 40 degrees. that indicates that we are seeing that snow already having changed over to rain. and it will be mostly rain from boston right down to new york city and it will wind down through the day. it is still going t

this was the worst neighborhood in new york city 20 years ago when new york city was the worst city in the country and now they're doing much better. >> pies here? >> pies are here. steve's authentic key lime pie. fill and chill, please. >>sy can't turn that down. cheers. do you not like key lime pies? >> i don't eat them as much. >> what does the hurricane mean for you and the community? >> we've had -- it was an amazing outpour of volunteers. they were here in droves just lining up ready to do work that was not very pleasant work to do they did more in one day than it would have taken us six weeks to do. >> it's very humbling and it's very -- it's touching to feel that kind of outpouring of effort and not just me, it's every business here. two tarts? >> yeah, two tarts. >> so we're glad we're back up and running. >> on the whole >> i think it depends on you who you are, if it's the best or the worst but it didn't leave you the same. the french said tell me what you eat and i will tell you what you are. it became apparent today that where you eat and who you eat it with is just as imp

i mean, you worked for the new york times. >> i would say the new york times actually did a pretty good job on the issue of the children in chinatown through a series of immigration reporters that i actually, you know... i don't think i worked on any of those stories directly. >> hinojosa: but is it still seen kind of in the media that this is... that the chinese, the asian population, is, like, this foreign population, and therefore not american, and therefore... >> i think part of... i will say that chinatown as chinatown gets a surprising amount of coverage, not just in, you know, new york city, but in cities all over the united states, in part because of this exotic factor, for better or for worse. so if there's a crime or there is some kind of movement or there is some kind of building or there's a conflict, in certain kind of things they'll cover pretty well, compared to other immigrant groups, like, let's say, koreans or... korean americans orertainin of. like, maybe even south asian americans, i think partially because almost every major city has a chinatown or something thereof

we will see rain from boston down into new york city, although it will improve through the day. winds remain fairly strong all across the eastern seaboard, but the heaviest of the snow with perhaps another foot of snow possible in northern new york state, northern vermont and new hampshire as well. then as we go into tomorrow, a couple lighter snow showers into minneapolis and chicago with temperatures right around 30 degrees, but by tomorrow, that big storm system will move out of the northeast. >> much-needed good news. >> oh, yeah. >> thanks so much, dylan. >>> kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio walked down the aisle together. entertainment headlines are just ahead. >>> first, take a look at this. one yearly festival in peru lets people duke out their differences in a hand-to-hand face-off. a crowd watches as duos throw punches over everything from legal battles to stolen lovers. while refs are on watch, the fights usually end cordially with handshakes or hugs. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chi

-we specialize in new york or london. we will sell you services to another telecom or anyone who meets high-capacity bandwidth. >> what about this pacific? >> the pacific is -- i get a similar combination of players -- again, a similar combination of players. google funds a vast global network. they operate almost like a telecom of their own. they put out the effort and the money into building a new cable about three years ago now. it speaks of the importance of infrastructure and the need for art internet companies to have as much control as possible with their links. that ends up with interesting consequences for the way the network operators talk about geography. another important cable across the pacific is owned by tata. what i like about them is that they are very big on marketing around the world. they say we have a belt around the world. if something happened to our cable in the this is fake, -- in the pacific, we could send things to the east rather than the west. that imagination was something that fascinated me

erica ferrari in new york.nks, erica. >>> in sports a pounding finish between the knicks and the suns. ten seconds left, no,'s j.r. smith hits the fade-away jumper to tie the game at 77-77. he steps out of bounds with just a second on the clock giving the nix one last chance and once again it's j.r. smith hitting another long jumper, this time at the buzzer. it gives new york a 99-97 win. >>> in denver, kobe bryant scores 40 points for the lakers, but the nuggets are able to overcome the performance. they snap a five-game winning streak, beating the lakers, 126-114. >>> finally, get your hands up for a hockey fight. an unusual soundtrack for an all-out hockey fight. yeah, that's right. someone started playing "party in the usa" by miley cyrus during this hockey game. these teams play again in two weeks. maybe someone will play a demi lovato song if they drop the gloves again. >>> when we return, drawing fire. a newspaper addresses names and addresses of people holding handgun permits. the enamel starts to wear

- or new york beat. this is a national issue and we need help with the federal government to rebuild the mta. thank you very much for this opportunity and i look forward to your questions. [inaudible] this thread sue our entire economy. thank you very much. you are the executive director of the port authority in new york and new jersey. we will hear from you about the port authority's efforts to recover damage to the authorities damage tunnels, trains and port. i take a moment to remind you that i was a commissioner of the port authority before i came here and actually, i was driven to my interest here as a result of the traffic co. i was running, a very large company, and we had vehicles crossing the river and they took longer and longer and longer to get to the destination and backed and were it not for the technology that now you see runs ran it through our lives, we never could have done it. the situation in the new york region is really miraculous in so many ways. i think the agency is a great agenc

i'm terrell brown in new york city. have a great day. terrell brown in new york city. have a great day. ,,,, >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> developing news in the east bay. a bicyclist was shot and killed outside a berkeley middle school on derby drive last night. these are live pictures of the active scene. good morning, it is wednesday, december 5. i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm michelle griego. time now 4:30. >>> we'll get to our developing story in berkeley in just a minute. but first, rain is back in the bay area this morning. the new weather front comes after three storms roared through the area last week and we have team coverage on the storm with gianna franco checking traffic, anne makovec on flooding concerns in mill valley but first the latest from

a new york newspaper says yes. it posted the gun permits in new york counties. each red dot represents a person who has a gun permit. police -- people whose names were posted on this site they're not very happy. we did reach out for a statement from the newspaper, it sent us one "the massacre in newtown, connecticut, remains at top-of-mind for many of our readers. our readers are understandably and keenly interested to know about who owns guns in their neighborhoods." joining me to talk about this is job than lowey, legal director for the brady center to prevent gun violence. good morning, jonathan, how are you? >> good morning, carol. >> thanks for joining us. to be clear you are for gun control so everybody knows. so this newspaper who decided to publish the names of people who own gun permits, do you think it should have? >> i don't think they should have. i think this shows a lack of judgment by the newspaper, and i think that we should not be stigmatizing every law-abiding gun owner out there and i think particularly after newtown, let's engage in a convers

to new york and boston. and let me say i think it is absolutely critical that we develop that corridor. not only the regional interest but the national interest. we have the highest concentration of population, the most sophisticated delivery system and interconnection, we have light rail, subway, metro, connectors all up and down the corridor so that high-speed rail is not something that will run by itself as opposed to last week where we heard about the major red ministrations effort to produce high speed, they're doing it between bakersfield and fresno, california where there are very few people, their contention is long-term connected in population centers in san francisco and los angeles, but it will be a long time before that is accomplished. right now we do have the connectivity we need to, the population, and we also have the only corridor, 430 some mile corridor almost entirely unknown by amtrak, the american people and the taxpayers. that is opposed to the rest of amtrak service, 20,000 miles of se

nbc's katy tur is at new york's laguardia airport. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, natalie. as you know, the day after christmas is one of the busiest travel days of the year. and now it is one of the most grueling. here at laguardia airport, more than 100 flights have been cancelled, and across new york city area airports, delays can reach nearly three hours long. across the country, much of the same, as the storm is felt from coast to coast. nationwide, more than 1,400 flights cancelled today alone. and there are fears of a ripple effect into another busy holiday weekend. so far, american airlines is suffering the most. 500 flights cancelled, 200 for delta. it's rebooking for free and hopes to be back to normal by tomorrow afternoon. still, if you are headed to the airport tonight, you might want to consider packing a sandwich, or maybe even a pillow. naflt? >> and lots of patience. katy tur at laguardia, thanks so much. >>> if that's not enough, there is another storm picking up steam. kelly cass is at the weather channel

not bad in new york city later on tonight. >> negative temperatures. yikes. >> coldest air of the season. get ready for it. >> stay warm out there. thanks. top new year's resolutions made and kept by the most successful people. huge entertainment news to tell you about. kanye west, kim kardashian expecting a baby. who broke the news, how far along is she. plus it is lights out for thomas edison's 75 watt light bulb. good luck trying to find one in 2013. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. it's not for colds. it's not for pain. it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing™. ♪ zzzquil™. the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. >>> welcome back. some stories making news this morning now. in oregon, a

no problems for indianapolis, detroit, new york city and boston. you will find absolutely beautiful conditions as you head to the center of the country. we are watching a storm system to the lower left-hand corner of the screen. this is what is on its way tomorrow. it will start off as a bit of a wintry mix changing over to right now it appears mainly rain. already we do have a winter weather advisory set to go into effect late tonight into the day tomorrow. north and west of d.c., including frederick maryland, and the panhandle of west virginia. what to expect and when coming up in just a few minutes from the bill for whether -- belfort furniture weather center. >> a new york woman is charged of running a scam following the massacre newtown, conn. she posted hours after the shooting she was the kind of one of the victims. the fbi also said she sent a labyrinth text messages to a donor who fell for this game. the fbi says all of the money has been refunded. a new type of investigation after the sandy hook shooting. geneticists are studying adam lan

>> erica hill, nbc news, new york. >> oh, that is so sweet. well, coming up next, britain's queen elizabeth goes 3-d for her holiday message, plus go behind the scenes to see what it takes to decorate the nation's most famous residence. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] with over 50 delicious choices of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> in thailand, santa may be trading in dasher and dancer for a dumbo? elephants dressed in festive gear visited a group of school children to hand o

new york governor andrew cuomo and new york city mayor michael bloomberg also made similar trips to d.c. recently to push for more federal support. >>> after a delay noted by none other than "the new york times's" maureen dowd, secretary of state hillary clinton is coming to the defense of u.n. ambassador susan rice, calling her a stalwart colleague. rice is seen as a top pick to succeed clinton in the state department, but is under attack by republicans who accuse her of misleading the public in the aftermath of the september 11th attacks at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >> and it's important to remember what susan said was based on the information that had been given to every senior official in our administration, and she made very clear in her appearances that the information was subject to change as more facts were gathered and analyzed by the intelligence community. and look, as is often the case, our understanding evolved over time. and we've done our best to keep the american people and the congress informed. that was her goal, that was her mission and she should not be critici

new york city still breezy, but it is ail rain. we're done with that icy mix.e did have some flooding, especially down near the battery, but we are seeing impro improvements to that as well as the high tide starts to recede. there is still a chance across central new england that we could end up with another one to two feet of snow, again, mostly in the ski resorts, but inland massachusetts up into southern new hampshire still seeing some troubles on the roads this morning. temperatures along the coast are r running in the upper 30s and lower 40s, so it will be raining through the rest of the morning, but we will see improvements as we go into the afternoon, especially in new york city. washington, d.c., will already start to see some improvements this morning, temperatures in the 40s. and then tomorrow it looks nice and sunny through the northeast as all those airports try to get back on track with more than 1,000 airport delays yesterday. >> i know. i was a casualty. >> oh, nice. but you're here this morning, so. >> i know, sadly, i am. that's the reality. al

(cheers and applause) nation, i love new york city. the big apple, the city that never sleeps, rat xanadu. so i was crushed to learn the metropolis i know and love has changed, not one person was murdered in new york city on monday. nypd deputy commissioner paul brown couldn't even remember the last time a day went by where not one person was shot, stabbed or slashed. (laughter) >> stephen: what happened? i remember the real new york of the '80s, when in a single night you could score some weed, catch a times square porno and then get stabbed in the neck by a coked-up lou reed. and that was a pretty good first datement now times square has become a disney bubba gump wimp company. the worst that could happen is one of those giant m & ms tries to flash you its peanut. where is the thrilling dangerous city of midnight cowboy or taxi driver? >> you talking to me? >> stephen: i wish i was talking to you. (laughter) instead of i'm talking to her. supercalifragislisticexpiali -- supercalifragislisticexpiali [bleep] me. folk, i've had it, had

new york post" today.er. and it shows again that photo that was front page news yesterday that said "pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die." that is a photo he took. he is inside "the new york post" explaining his side of the story. the headlines reads "anguished photographer critics are unfair to condemn these." part of the criticism is why did you take pictures instead of running to help him. he says this, it all went so quickly from the time i heard the shouting until the time the train hit the man was about 22 seconds. >> he said he was never close. he had his camera set from shooting up in the street and he just started shooting and didn't know what those pictures were until after he turned the memory card over to the police. >> i wanted to clarify the man is in custody has not been charged with anything yet. he is in custody at this time. so as soon as this continues to develop we will bring you whatever information we get. >>> it is 17 past the hour. it's time for your early reads. yo

la policÍa acusa a un desamparado de matar a un hombre empujado a rieles del subway en nueva york.s creen que testigos pudieron haberlo salvado, nuevas revelaciones involucran a carlos salinas en un proceso judicial con el ex presidente de mÉxico cedillo, univisiÓn investiga, y dos grandes de la canciÓn, serrat y sabina pasean su mÚsica por latinoamÉrica. desde lima perÚ serrat habla en exclusiva con el "noticiero univisiÓn", comenzamos. >>> este es su "noticiero univisiÓn" con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. > >>> quÉ tal, buenas noches, jorge ramos, tiene el dÍa libre. hay imÁgenes difÍciles de digerar, y una que deja mucho de quÉ hablar, la foto de un hombre que cayÓ a rieles en un subterrÁneo de nueva york, momentos antes de ser atropellado, muchos preguntan por quÉ el fotÓgrafo y otros no hicieron algo para salvarle la vida, quÉ harÍa usted. blanca dice cÓmo termino el hombre entre rieles del tren. >>> nain davis tiene 30 aÑos, se le acusa de muerte en segundo grado, la policÍa lo estÁ interrogando. >>> el video de seguridad lo muestra el lunes en una discusiÓn con un hombr

it was housed for a short time at the intrepid air c space museum in new york city. when they no longer had room for them to search for a new home. mayor jennings felt this would be a wonderful attraction on the waterfront, he was trying to revitalize the time. and now it's the only destroy air as core still afloat and america in its original world war ii configuration. this is the kind of thing that allows people to see what it was like back then, why there was world war ii and what happened and how valuable the sailors were who served aboard these vessels. it is a remarkable testimony, i think, to a degree of -- bravery of the men back in those days. >> and no more from albany, new york, with the help of time warner cable we take a look at one of the original talking book and braille libraries. >> in new york state library goes back to 1818. one of the first state libraries in the nation with a very, very proud of a long tradition of being able to share resources with everyone. >> and certainly that talking book and barrell library is, for me, one of the cornerston

western new york will get some snow.hat's mostly lake enhanced snow on the back side of this storm later on today into tonight. tomorrow, new york state throughway will be rough and driving through west virginia will be tough. today, by far, hands down, the worst of the travel weather. the worst airport delays. if you can avoid traveling today, do so with ease as we go throughout your saturday and your sunday. much of the country looks just fine throughout the next couple of days. i know it's a rainy, ugly morning in new england. there is a chance for some light snow to move through christmas eve night and waking up christmas morning to a nice little white coating on the ground. so just keep that in mind for anyone that's really disappointed about no white christmas in new england. we're not done yet. >> we'll keep our fingers crossed. >>> we've got some sports to talk about. the jets may be ready to replace mark sanchez with a high-priced turnover prone michael vick. the "new york daily news" reporting vick who was expe

>> erica hill, nbc news, new york. >> oh, that is so sweet. well, coming up next, britain's queen elizabeth goes 3-d for her holiday message, plus go behind the scenes to see what it takes to decorate the nation's most famous residence. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. be trading if dasher and dancer for a dumbo? elephants dressed in festive gear visited a group of school children to hand out holiday gifts. students jumped to catch presents and pet the reindeer who also danced for the audience. the visit was especially heartwarming as many locals lost their homes and belongings to a flood earlier this year. >>> here is your first look at some of the other news going around now. at homes, streets and churches were dotted with tens of thousands of luminaries christmas eve burning rightly in remembrance of the m

he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan. those were happy times and years later became a happy tomic with me, convinced early on that my father inhabited a magic world. a few years ago, while listening to a recording of cuban blues by chico, i remembered in new york in those stories of the 40's that chico and my father met at club cuba in manhattan and again in havana in the mid-50's. the sessions of chico's house in our neighborhood became so famous that even my father, not particularly fond of cuban jazz, c

not bad in new york city later on tonight. >> negative temperatures. yikes. >> coldest air of the season. get ready for it. >>> the top new year's resolutions made and kept by the most successful people. and huge entertainment news to tell you about. kanye west, kim kardashian expecting a baby. who broke the news. how far along is she. it's lights out for thomas edison 75 watt light bulb. good luck trying to find one in twoet. you're watching fir"first look" msnbc. >>> welcome back. some stories making news this morning now. in oregon a tour bus crashed through a guardrail and down a steep embankment killing nine people, injuring 20. the driver lost control on a highway covered in snow and ice. >>> incredible images captured from a dashboard camera shows a plane crashing in to a hoin moscow. five crew members died. three survived. there are no passengers on board. >>> someone who didn't don't identified claimed the body of adam lanza the man who killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary in connecticut on december 14th. >>> 200 students, parents and fac

baltimore, 83, nice and clear, no delays from york road, all the way to 695. if you are heading downtown, checking in and looking at 95s fort mc henry, traffic moving along, a normal 8 minute ride, northbound, from the bellway to the toll plaza. as we look at the other time saver traffic drive time, 695, great shape knocks problems on the east -- no problems on the east side. inner loop clear down to 95. west side, no delays, 11 minutes on the outer loop, 79, down to 95. >>> it's not the first shooting or the second, there have been three fatal shootings in three years. arundel county police are looking for a suspect in the most recent, it happened yesterday around 5:30. 31-year-old jones was shot outside the bar and died at a hospital. the suspect drove off and neighboring businesses say they are sick of the constant drug activity. >> some of your customers are scared to come in. would lake to see the place coast down. >> we don't know about the suspect, he is described as black male in his 20s, 180 pounds, around 5'9". the owner had to go before the arundel

ines in syracuse, new york, it was 20 years. the colder air will filter in and temperatures will plummet down across much of the regions you see here. wind and rain impacting airports. likely to see more delays in philadelphia and washington, and heavy accumulation, a foot or more, all the way across new england. so this is going to impact vermont, maine, new hampshire, upstate new york, mixing in with sleet as time as the low pulls this energy up to the east. you'll be watching for heavy snow in the burlington area. many people might be vacationing and enjoying some skiing at this time in vermont so that's good news. but temperature plummetted in the south. it's only 32 in charlotte and 27 in memphis. so ali, unseasonably cold here in the southeast. this is more like what you'd be experiencing in new york than we would here in atlanta. >> just above freezing in atlanta and in alabama freezing and lower. bonnie, we'll check in with you through the course of the morning. this dangerous storm and it's devastating winds have severa

in fact they are asking certainly people traveling to new york to consider getting vaccinated first.r. kim mulvihill has the story. >>> reporter: just in time for the holidays, a public health advisory in new york city. an increase of serious me ming cockell disease. >> gay men who have met men online they are requesting that those men receive vaccine in new york city. >> reporter: while there is no outbreak of meningitis in san francisco, public health officials want people to be aware because there's so much travel between the two cities. >> if gay men are planning to travel to new york over the next several weeks and think they may have partners from new york city, they should be aware of this and talk to their provides about potentially getting a vaccine before they travel. >> reporter: meningococcal disease is a severe bacterial infection spread by contact of secretions of someone from the nose or mouth with the disease, with kissing, sexual or intermatt contact, coughing on sneezing. intimate contact. it's recommended for middle and high school students and students in dorms. >

the 9-1-1 call at 5:35 a.m., in sleepy webster, new york. two firefighters sped to the scene in their engine, two others drove their own cars. but when they moved in to battle the blaze, gunfire. >> reporting three firefighters injured. one taking cover in a crashed fire truck. two have been down in the street and they're serious. >> reporter: police now say it was all a trap. that a gunman was laying in wait for the first responders to arrive. all four firefighters were shot. >> fireman mike chiapperini, who is also a lieutenant with the webster police department, was deceased at the scene. >> reporter: 43-year-old chiapperini was named the webster fire department's firefighter of the year just two weeks ago. also slain, tomasz kaczowka. the department calls him a tremendous young man. >> these people get up in the middle of the night to go put out fires. they don't expect to be shot and killed. >> reporter: webster police have identified the gunman as 62-year-old william spengler, whose home burned today. he had a lengthy criminal history,

first, i know the senator of new york just left, senator schumer, and i just want the people of new york to know, all the citizens of that state, how hard he worked to get this legislation passed. the entire delegation of new york and new jersey were outstanding, but senator schum schumer, the -- when the storm was still raging, he was on the phone calling senators and congressmen and calling the white house to get help for his state and the region, and he just deserves a lot of credit for getting us here. but truthfully the delegations of all of those states really pulled together and showed a lot of leadership, so we appreciate that. also, we were so pleased that senator mikulski was able to take the lead on this. it was a lot of fun for all of us to see her in action in her first real bill that she handled on the floor as chairman of the appropriations committee. mr. president, on roll call vote 248, i voted "no." it was my intention to vote "aye." therefore, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome. the presiding officer: is t

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new york, new jersey, and portions of pennsylvania. the author recalls the importance of the region during the war and visits several sites to document their historical significance and it plans date today. from washington's crossing of the dollar to the battle of brooklyn, it is about an hour and 15. [applause] >> this subtitle of this book is old irishman. it is a great honor to introduce the author and my friend, robert sullivan. i have known to geniuses in my life. one is dead, and the other, robert sullivan, is alive. although that reversal in is not the robber solomon he was receiving. not exactly, but more but then the moment. first, brazil and is the author of seven extra hour bucks. meadowlands, will hunt, how not to get rich, rats, cross-country , the throw you don't know, and the one that brings us here, my american revolution. in mine and humble opinion each of these books is its own line and masterpiece. wonderfully idiosyncratic, uniquely incisive. each is an investigation of the american my state and song skate into rela

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ssion and that's officers from new york l.a. chicago miami there are asking for this and at the same time other groups national district attorneys association national sheriffs association they are also there in their head into this and saying look congress you should consider doing this of course it's not going to matter until congress actually goes and revamp the electronic communications privacy act which isn't going to happen till next year but it could at least be brought up and can be put on the table in it's serious and which one are they trying to store in particular the metadata or everything that's involved in them or is it clear and it's really no we're still trying to figure out what's happening and we have a lot to learn about the electronic communications privacy act and you know in the grand scheme of things this actually isn't a total loss because there was actually the e.c.p.a. as as we call it up in the scene the e.c.p.a. had a really great victory last week when it was decided that it has a law enforcement age