buildings in new york city including the primary office which is down on wall street. d now back to the fox report chief correspondent with new information on this. >>jonathan: we get word that new york police department has issued a warning to all new york banks not just deutch bank. all new york banks. to concentrate security efforts right now in their mailrooms after this package was found in the mailroom. it was not, in fact, on the way to new york but addressed to the outgoing c.e.o. of deutch bank based in frankfurt and that was the final destination for this package. but clearly there is great concern there could be more of the bombs out there and so the nypd is saying that all new york banks should look if their mailrooms and check every package and they are stepping up security on top of that here in new york city. and now the pulitzer prize winning journalist and fox news contributor judith miller. judith, in recent history all we had to go by is the cartridge bomb, and we traced that. my question here is, if frankfurt was the final destination for this, is th

he runs for new york city mayor and loses. many by has control of the two newspapers, the evening journal and the new york american, and he churns out really the basest appeal to people and to try to tell them that i know better, i'm a reformer, i want municipal utilities that will lower your rates. i want transparent government, you can get that if you back me. in 1918 he wants the nomination for governor and they try to figure out who is going to get this. they settle on smith. smith goes and gets elected. in 1919, immediately william randolph hearst starts to poke at smith's programs. there's a milk strike in new york city. the upstate dairies can't get milk into new york city. they then have a milk strike upstate where the producers won't ship it to new york city. well, none of this is within the purview of the governor's powers. the governor tries to get his departments of farms and markets to act. they won't because many they don't report to the governor. hearst won't take this answer and he also says you are moving too s

we work with the fbi here in new york city.sm task force. they'll have their own operation center activated. we will, as well. we have, you know, our officers in their command center and they have agents in our command center. so, a lot of communication. a lot of cross powerization. >> you will be in times square for new year's eve and the celebration. i think when we talk about all the security people tend to forget we are talking about a party and talk a little bit about that, just being down there. i mean, for people who haven't made it down to times square. it's one extraordinary event, isn't it? >> kind of a once in a lifetime deal. you have to do it once. it is a party. there is a level of excitement that starts at about 6:00 and people are really pumped up for it. now, we have other events going on in the city. we have the midnight run in central park with fireworks and a midnight run in prospect park in brooklyn with fireworks. fireworks on liberty island, statue of liberty and dinner cruises. >> you'll have police boat

new york city has a reputation and it may not be founded, being a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.> it's an entry city. people from around the world want to come here. we have record population 8.4 million highest the -- biggest the city has ever been. this year we will have 50 million tourists come to new york city. a place people want to come. >> bill: with a half million illegal aliens you are not doing what arizona does or alabama does or other states where they are cracking down and saying look, we don't really want these people here, you are not doing that in new york city. >> part of the economy, everybody that's here undocumented should find a way to get documented. this country should be in control of its borders. this country should not be undocumented but it should be open to people around the world. without that we are not going to stay a super power, bill. >> bill: what do you say to people who say mr. mayor these people cheated. there is an immigration process they went around it. they broke our laws. you are rewarding them by allowing them to stay and take part in ne

the women of new york city. first up, jesse. >> i had to say hi to you. do you mind if i sit with you? i'm really bored right now. >> reporter: three numbers in 40 minutes. did you think he was trying to pick you up or -- >> i thought he was trying to pick me up. >> reporter: you think he was cute? >> yeah. >> reporter: it didn't bother you that he was wearing a super mario costume? >> you don't ask questions in this city. you just don't. >> reporter: second up, kong. >> i can talk to you guys about jesus christ. i'm just kidding. i thought you guys were cute. i'm not about to marry you. geez. you just seem like a cool person. wait. i want to keep in contact, though. do you text? >> reporter: two numbers in 20 minutes. >> give me a hug. you're too cool. >> reporter: but then as jason common straits -- >> alyssa, jayson, nice to meet you. bye. >> reporter: it's not always as easy as it looks in their videos. >> class -- you don't have a name? love you. but this, jason says, is an important lesson. be prepared to fail. >> we should exchange numbers. >> that

even though new york city has the biggest celebration, it certainly isn't the strangest. ew year's, nobody does it like new york. it has been called the biggest party on the planet. 1 million slivering souls crammed into times square. they'll be blanketed by 2,000 pounds of confetti and kept warm by countless goofy hats and silly glasses. and this year, they'll be entertained by one lady gaga. the pop diva will ring in the new year, heating up times square, alongside ryan seacrest. who, for the seventh year, does the bulk of the hosting. dick clark, the man who first got the party rolling exactly 40 years ago today, will be there, too. >> he's excited about this year. he gets excited every year. looks forward to this. he'll make as many appearances as he wants. and i kind of stand there and take the ball when he passes it. >> reporter: justin bieber will take the stage. so will carlos santana. what they won't have is this -- or this. across america, cities big and small have their own answer to that famous times square ball. trip adviser rounded up the best of them. from c

new york city near 60. the cold air entrenched, minneapolis to chicago. down in areas of texas today. that's where the transition is. thunderstorms in houston and new orleans, but colder and chilly back in dallas, so aditi, very interesting things going on so far. winter looks to take more of a grip around the country by the weekend. >> we'll brace for it, thank you, bill. >>> all eyes on europe this week. stocks to watch on wall street and even for italian politics, right now things are pretty confused. your first look at this morning's business headlines are straight ahead. >>> coming up, the bcs title game is set, tiger finally wins and a coach ices his own kicker. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm aditi roy, here's some of the top stories making news this morning. pentagon officials are denying claims by iran that it shot down a u.s. spy drone, which is now in the possession of iran's armed forces. u.s. officials admit the military lst a remote control of the drone as it flew a surveillance mission along the

with regards the way bts treatment of the press colleagues that i know of here in new york city that were trying to cover the protests last night were you know treated as if they were spies or something traded the police were trying to keep them away from the area when they identified themselves as journalists they were shoot a way i attended protests here earlier in the week a cuny university where i saw a reporter for a new york fairly mainstream publication here in the city struck by a police officer when he simply tried to the reporter tried to step out of the area where the protesters were and onto the sidewalk he was hit in the side with baton so you know it might be the case that some officers are making an effort but we are seeing some of the same problematic behavior that was laid out in that letter that you mentioned let's talk about this sort of new chapter that's going on about occupy protesters targeting events in this case of the president i know occupy d.c. has plans to protest outside of nancy pelosi or that coming up in the next few days i know that occupy prote

looking at peer cities, they are required in boston and new york. they were in some of the other cities that we looked at. as of mid september, the five companies that were participating in the waiver program collectively had installed about 300 of the monitors. they have not fully met their obligations. and again, they were included in the waiver program as an incentive. the staff thought that this was a good thing and for the customers especially. anecdotal information suggests that driver tips would increase as well. so do they enhance the san francisco taxi experience? no one knows for sure. one of the things we were looking at was a follow-up survey back sonali mentioned. information about taxicab drivers and the way of finding information. however, more data and customer perception on the volume, the ease of use, and just in general the alternative devices, more data is necessary. director: can i interrupt with a question? i understand that sometimes more data is needed, but other cities have done this. have other cities studied this, as san fr

as we go through the afternoon new york city will see rain. rtford, boston, it won't be until after the sun sets when the rain moves into your direction. all of these big cities, it's an all rain forecast. no snow at all. only areas that will see snow eventually as we go through western new york, pittsburgh, erie, cleveland and back up into western portions of new york state so, veronica, maybe a little snow for the kids to play but most of us plain old rain. >> sounds good. who is getting married? who had a baby and who is fighting over a dog. plus a new lawsuit against lady gaga makes her sound not the greatest person to work for. your first look at entertainment straight ahead. you're watching "first look." other makeup can sit on your skin, so it looks like...makeup. but trublend has skin twin technology to actually merge with your skin. how easy breezy beautiful is that? trublend...from covergirl. nick, what are you doing? oh, there's still a few more days of chevy's giving more. got to stay loose. how do you do it? i have my little helper

: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 30th, 2011. >>> good evening, all, i'm bill weir. for american troops serving in afghanistan, one killer has surpassed all others. the improvised explosive device. they have either taken the lives or shattered the bolds of more than 8,000 u.s. service members of that war. and they are such a relens lent scourge because they are so easy to make, with a couple of ingredients that end up being disturbingly easy to buy. here's nick schifrin with our series, "nightline investigates." >> reporter: down every rutted road in afghanistan, nothing scares u.s. troops more than this. an ied, just blew up beneath this truck. >> is everyone okay? >> reporter: ieds are the u.s.'s enemy number one in afghanistan. >> oh, my ears. >> reporter: they killed or wounded more than 8,000 american troops. and the numbers are getting worse. >> [ bleep ]. this is close as we get to the source of all our problems. ieds. >> reporter: meet this sar jet. he's an explosives technician,

new york city will surpass a record 50 million visitors this year, providing an estimated $32 billion in tourist spending. >>> finally, thought to be lost for decades, orson welles' oscar for "citizen kane" was sold at auction for $62,000. the loser was magician david copperfield. >>> the buckeyes get bopped. college football bowl action. rangers and devils drop the glove almost before the puck hits the ice. plus, known as the hitman during his playing days, now you might call dodger manager don mattingly the nutcracker. is that for real? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> we're still waiting for winter in the east. warm temperatures and rain today. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, ohio state, one of the nation's most storied college football programs, will pay a hefty price for rule violations. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. unless you're ohio state. the school's football team given a one-year bowl

. >> while new york city is the safest largest city in america, crime has been going down, one of the reasons the crime is going down is because the police do make a lot of arrests. everybody who gets arrested and who doesn't get bailed out comes to us. >> get arrested in the big apple and you're almost assured of a trip to rikers island. a 400-acre penal colony on the east river, directly under the flight path of the laguardia airport. connected to the mainland by a narrow two-lane bridge the island is home to an average of 14,000 inmates in ten different facilities. >> we patrol the meanest precincts in america. when our officers go to work, everyday, they know everyone they run into is going to be a criminal. every criminal who has committed the worst act -- >> bring all your property with you. >> is coming through here if they're coming from new york city. >> they come off of the streets. they're tired, they're dirty, they're hungry. and you saw everything there, whether it was somebody who was from wall street who was charged with fraud or whether it was the lowest of the low of

: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 27th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and tonight, we begin at the check-in counter and end up at a surprise destination. maybe you're among the billimil of americans flying this holiday season and you encountered the fees airlines now charge at every turn. but you may not know that $30 checked bag fee is just one way airlines can get money out of your luggage. they can also sell it. here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: whoever coined the phrase half the fun is getting there clearly hasn't flown in awhile. and certainly not during the holidays. nearly 44 million americans are expected to crisscross the country by air, in the weeks leading up to christmas and new year's. the price tag for that holiday trip home? an average of more than $400 round trip. industry experts say airlines have increased fares nine times this year alone. and that doesn't include those dreaded fees. last year, americans shelled out an eye-popping $5.7 billion. most to che

and i did a reading in la last year, and we did the reading in new york city. and this is a show where the asians and the asian americans in the show are not necessarily portrayed as villains. there are villains... there's the good guys, and there's the villains. or what is perceived as the villain. because stereotypically a lot of asian actors in a lot of american shows would be maybe the triad leaders, or gang leaders, or what. but with this, the romantic lead is asian, the romantic lead, the leading lady is asian, and george takai is the lead guy. >> hinojosa: what i love is the fact that you are here, this international star. because your music, you've, like, what, gone multiplatinum on who knows how many records? but you still have to go in sometimes and read for a part. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: right? >> absolutely. >> hinojosa: you still have to do that. and people might not know this, because, you know... >> i still have to audition. >> hinojosa: ...people don't necessar... i always watch all of the credits on everything, especially because i have kids. wh

this year in new york city, it's the most wonderful time. the year.is in the holiday spirit. it's festive. a lot of couples will be spending their first christmas together as husband and wife. we are looking at all the big celebrity weddings of 2011 including the wedding across the pond. chris? >> was there a wedding in london? of course i'm kidding. the royal wedding. it was a huge year for i dos and one ceremony captured the hearts of the entire world. >> that incredible kiss. about 2 billion saw that moment of prince william and kate middleton's wedding. >> will and kate just arrived in a vintage ason martin. what a cool car. >> i was there as the prince prove his bribe with a "just wed" license plate and later, at the reception. the beatle and his bride. paul mccarney and nancy with a five carat ring for the i dos. >> i'm feeling married. >> the couple wed at a town hall in london. the same place he married linda eastman in 1969. >> nick lachey and vanessa m manillo exchanged vows. >> he got down on both knees. >> both knees. >> i figured one was

. >> bill: is the new york city undermining parental authority? me outlining this to the audience. we are not going to tell you guy what is they're going to teach because some of it is very, very graphic. it doesn't have to do with just man/woman. it's everything you can imagine. this is sixth grade we are talking about. these are 10, 11, 12-year-old kids. >> 12. 13, 14. sixth through 12th grades. sixth graders are 12 years old. >> bill: the younger edge of this. so the parents in new york city many of them can't afford to go to private school which i always recommend if you can afford to go to private school please do so because you don't have to deal with this craziness. they have no choice. even if they don't want their kids hearing about alternative situations, they have to. something wrong, this disturbs me. >> i appreciate that on one hand. on the other hand, bill, we spend a lot of time in this show in this segment talking about how parents these days are advocating their duties as parents being active in their kids' life and teaching kids

stacks of bunk beds in a crowded house just blocks from laguardia airport in new york city., spending the night in airline crew lounges, as seen in these pictures, taken by a pilot for abc news. raising the veil on the secret life of airline pilots. a symptom of a very serious industry-wide problem. >> it is a big concern. it matters. our passengers deserve better. >> reporter: in 2009, a continental regional jet from newark, operated by colgan air, crashed on approach to buffalo, killing 50 people. neither the pilot nor the first officeer slept in a bed the night before the flight. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> we had a captain who had actually been overnighting in the crew lounge at newark airport for two of the previous three nights. >> reporter: today's new fatigue rules from the faa are meant to prevent just such accidents. >> this new rule will afford pilots the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep before a flight. >> reporter: the rules will also reduce the number

as he strolls down a new york city sidewalk on a nice spring afternoon, he sees several city vehiclesally and decides to film them. but the man he's filming becomes increasingly agitated. >> this van, this one, and all the other vans belong to the city, the board of education. >> oh, okay. >> so all of us were told to park here. >> who told you to park here? because it's a "no standing anytime" zone. >> the board of education employee isn't standing for any more of jimmy's backtalk. >> man, get out of my face. >> you're parked on the sidewalk. >> come on, man. >> get off my camera. >> who you work for? get out of my face, man. come on. stop! >> and when the dust settles, jimmy's camera is broken. how can a video vigilante work without a camera? so when the board of education asks him what they can do to fix the situation, his request is simple. >> all i wanted was my video camera paid for and replaced, so that i could continue on my crusade to right the wrongs within the government here in new york city. >> wish granted. new camera, compliments of the board of education. >> i think it

north of new york city, one to three. philadelphia, boston, new york city, maybe flurries here and there. the ground is still warm from the temperatures the past few days. >> so the folks in arizona and florida are chuckling, but it's got to get here sooner or later. >> eventually. >> janice, thanks. always a pleasure. >>> it was 70 years ago today that nearly 2,400 americans died when japan bombed pearl harbor, an attack that drew the united states, of course, into world war ii. today the secretary of defense leon panetta laid a wreath at the memorial in washington, d.c. while in hawaii, the dwindling number of pearl harbor survivors gathered to remember those who were lost that day, and it was lost on no one. this will likely be their last such large gathering. nbc's george lewis is there for us tonight. george, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it's been a day of remembrances, nostalgia, some tears and a lot of war stories from a band of brothers, their ranks diminished by time, who lived through a pivota

>> i'm going to go with new york city. >> sorry. no. no. >> yeah. oh, sorry. >> all right. ought new york, too, but it's actually las vegas. >> that surprised me, but las vegas for the past six years has been the most popular destination on new year's eve. new york and the theater district and times square, of course, that comes in number two. as a new yorker, i was surprised. and then we've got new orleans. >> that's a fun one. >> and miami. these are great party cities. not a surprise. people have a good time wherever they go. >> back across to kath. >> finish the lyrics to this classic new year's song. ♪ should old acquaintance be forgot ♪ >> go ahead. >> i'm with her. >> i'm blank. ♪ should old acquaintance be forgot ♪ ♪ for auld lang syne >> in her defense, that was a little bit of an interesting version. a little different. >> yeah. >> tell us about that song. no one ever gets the words, including me. >> "auld lang syne" means a long time ago or old time sake. it's written by robby burns, he was like the hugh jackman of the day. he was tote 58 -- totally hot. you could

we'll be right back to new york city's great lawn after this short break.in my life, i will perform some beautiful melodies, music of riz ortolani and ennio morricone. thank you. [ applause ] ♪ i woke ♪ and you were there ♪ beside me in the night ♪ you touched me ♪ and calmed my fear ♪ turned darkness ♪ to light ♪ to light ♪ i woke ♪ and saw you there ♪ beside me ♪ as before ♪ my heart leapt ♪ to find you near ♪ to feel you close ♪ once more ♪ to feel your love ♪ once more ♪ your strength ♪ has made me strong ♪ though life ♪ tore us apart ♪ and now when ♪ the night seems long ♪ your love shines ♪ in my heart ♪ your love shines ♪ in my heart [ applause ] now, there's another big friend of us, friend of all of us. i'm sure you know, you know him very well. ladies and gentlemen, david foster. [ cheers and applause ] zahn: mr. foster has been called "the hit man," and for good reason, having not only composed a score of hit songs himself, but also having discovered and nurtured some huge stars along the way. [ cheers and applause ] good evening, andrea. hi, dav

kelly ordered it read to all 34,500 new york city police officers.ervice who unreasonably interfere with media access to incidents or who intentionally prevent or obstruct the photographing or videotaping of news in public places will be subject to disciplinary action. members of the service will not interfere with the videotaping or photographing of incidents in public places. intentional interference constitutes censorship. the media willç be given acces as close to the activity as possible with a clear line of sight. and within hearing range of the incident. ray kelly reissued the order only after being deluged with protests from new york media outlets specifying violations of this policy that reporters have suffered. there are three kinds of cops in new york. and in every big city police department concerning this kind of rule. the first and largest group are the cops who know the rule about not interfering with the press, understand the constitutional basis for it, and whether they like it or not, libby it. even in stressful circumstances. that