they have actually improved in manhattan sales of apartments here in manhattan have improved briskly sharply over last year well as you mentioned we've had numbers come out dismal numbers about both existing home sales and new home sales that are down to record lows really making people to doubt any kind of improvement in the economy and definitely no improvement in housing so it's a very deep divide between the rest of the country and what's going on here in manhattan yet talk about a deep divide july's median home sale price in manhattan was nine hundred thousand . in dollars that's the median price and nationwide that's compared to two hundred eighty two thousand and six hundred dollars i mean that is a big divide that's a shocking difference there. it is a shocking difference and i guess it wouldn't be surprising that the value of the median household or apartment sold in new york would be so much higher than the rest of the country new york is a lot more expensive real estate however what's interesting is that that median sale price is higher than it was quarter over quarter by

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at a manhattan restaurant, ingredients don't come from a farm, but from a cutting edge roof top garden. is this the latest food trend, or is it the future? >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," august 5th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with the case of the diamonds, the dictator and the supermodel. when abc news first confronted naomi campbell about a mysterious gift of diamonds, she denied the allegations. but today, on the witness stand, at the war crimes trial of former liberian dictator charles taylor, campbell told a very different story. now, she says, the dictator's henchmen paid her a late night visit, delivering a pouch of uncut, unpolished precious stones. but were they so-called blood diamonds? but were they so-called blood diamonds? the secret currency with which taylor funded his reign of terror? brian ross investigates. >> i swear on the bible -- >> i swear on the bible -- >> reporter: on the stand at the war crimes tr

and you joined the jewish community center on the west side of manhattan. >> i did. that's new york though. that's new york. >> reporter: this facility that is being debated all around the world is universally known as the ground zero mosque. what do you call it? >> it should be universally known as a hub of culture, a hub of co-existence, a hub of bringing people together. >> reporter: this is the hub he's talking about: an abandoned burlington coat factory store two blocks from ground zero. you can't see the world trade center site from here. el gamal intends to put in a swimming pool, cooking school, meeting hall and, yes, an islamic prayer room. did it occur to you when you were putting this together that that was two blocks too close to a place that many, many people feel very strongly about? >> not at all. it did not even cross my mind once. >> reporter: why not? >> because i did not hold myself or my faith accountable for that tragedy. >> reporter: el gamal didn't spring this on the neighborhood. he says it took eight years to negotiate the purchase. you don't

i went to manhattan in the fall of 2005 and the big boss of the whole group, nancy shepherd and carlin coburn in publicity. we met in a little room and i stated my case and they said, this is your first book so you need to listen to a few things here. first of all only 12 percent of nonfiction books make a profit and 2/3 are pre chosen by the publisher. we'd like to put our marketing arm behind us but your having to fight tear riz m to this. since i grew up in africa and worked pakistan for many years you never settle a deal without driving a hard bargain so i said if the hard cover doesn't do well, i'd like the subtitle changed later on for the paper back. julia and our other board relently pounded away month after month. i was in pakistan of december of 2006 and there was a new editor on the book and they said they decided to change the title to one man's mission to promote peace. the hard cover didn't do that well. sold 20,000 copies. while the paper back came out on january 30th of this year and since out it's been on the new york times best seller selling over 700,000 copies now.

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. >> the manhattan mosque. >> i believe the muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. [applause]. that includethe right to build a place of worship in a community center on private propty in lower manhattan. >> this poll was taken before he made the remarks. the public doesn't see the present in church often. the obams have gone to church only a handful of times. though the president did she they go to church when they are at camp david. >> the white house respond to our request for a comment with the following statement: president obama is a committed christian and his faith is an important part of his daily life. he prays everyday and seeks a small circle of christian pastors to give him spiritual advice and counseling. his christian faith is a part of who he is but not a part of the public and what he is focussed on everyday. he doesn't wear it on his sleeve. we turn to dr. charles dunn, dean of regent university's school of government. sir, does thpresident have a real perception problem when it comes to his faith? >> yes. perception is the mo

for lower manhattan. so it's not looming over ground zero. the only way you'd be able to see it from ground zero is if you were up in the freedom tower. secondly, the memorial will be finished in one year and one month from today. the memorial will. the museum will be finished a year after that. people can't see it because there's fences up around there. the freedom tower is going up. so the statements that there's nothing else happening around here and the statement that this building is towering over ground zero is totally false. this building is going to have, my understanding and i'm not an expert, it's going to have a swimming pool, a 400-seat theater, auditorium, art center. people outside of new york city don't know how valuable this is. we've already got a similar building built by the jewish community uptown called the 92nd second street. i don't see any problem here except that which is manufactured by people who really don't know what's going on. >> brown: neda bolourchi, come back here. you're outside of new york. does that convin

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, couldn't resist dropping in once in a while at the much-talked about terrace. i listened to the rumba of chico's suite, then i would imagine chico back in new york doing arrangements for count bassie and ringo starr and i see myself turning into a big fan during my teenage years in havana. so that gives you a little idea about all these connections. i was born in havana in the mid-50's and my memory have many sounds. my history of my family has given me a variety of experiences and languages. my memory is like an orgy of

dan harris, abc news, in lower manhattan. >>> a group of scientists says most of the oil of the bp spill is still in the water. they're releasing the report at the university of georgia, saying 80% of the oil remains below the surface. that's contrary to government findings. the scientists say the government figure is based on misinterpreted data. >>> despite the report, fishermen returning for the official start of shrimping season in louisiana, are reporting an oil-free catch. but many remain anxiournment say the government says the shrimp are safe. and samples tested by abc news came back to be clean. but demand has drove shrimp prices down almost 50%. >>> police in south carolina are trying to determine whether the tragic drowning of two, little boys was an accident. the bodice from a car submerged in the river. a camera caught the scene. the boys were strapped in their car seats. police are questioning their mother, who has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident. >>> and chilling details about the jailhouse suicide of the accused craigslist killer. former medical student

we weren't surprised by the results on whether there should be a mosque in lower manhattan. what surprised us is the intensity of feelings and i'll mention two in particular. a full third of american public believes that a muslim american should not be allowed to even run for president. and a similar margin does not think a muslim american should be allowed to sit on the supreme court. that puts that group of people in line with americans about the 18 40's that thought only white males should have full citizenship. another amazing number is the one you rempsed, nearly a quarter think barack obama is a muslim. that is two creers after he was -- that is two years after he was inaugurated. those are astonishing figures. we can see fears. there are 2,000 mosques in the united states. the language and the contentiousness can be found in other places. even this month in california, florida, wisconsin. and on the web, those fights are much more toxic and just as big as this one has become. and i think this began to take deep root after 9/11. there was supressing factor in the first

dueling demonstrations in lower manhattan opponents against supporters. with midterm elections approaching in november some say it's no coincidence this new york city issue has become politicized around the nation and they are in tough economic times when we're in tough economic times people turn to desperate measures to gain power a lot of politicians have demonized the muslim community and we're here to say no. we've seen it before and certainly. probably see it again unfortunately the right words are growing while less and less is being said about the country's crippling economic situation here inside new york city's largest department of labor office happens. americans are fighting to keep food on the table it's bigger things like it's unemployment here in new york everywhere. for people living on the streets of new york city is at great depression levels ten percent of the country is out of a job and last month nearly one hundred thousand homes were foreclosed on. it's a house of worship something struggling americans are concerned with me personally

. >> now we must all recognize and respect the sensitivities surrounding the development of lower manhattan. the 9/11 attacks were deeply traumatic for our country and the pain and the experience of suffering by those who lost loved ones is just unimaginable. so i understand the emotions that this issue engenders in ground zero -- and ground zero is indeed hallowed ground, but let me be clear. as a citizen and as president, i believe that muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. [ applause ] >> that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower manhattan in accordance with local laws and ordinances. this is america. our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. the principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country and that they will not be treated differently by their government is essential to who we are. again - that ortion of the writ of the founders must endure. tonight. if you'd like to see them in on to our >> just a portion of the president's remarks tonight. if yo

think that picture will go to america he will go on trial in manhattan and he'll be found guilty on the narrow charges of agreeing to supply the park i don't think that's necessary for but that's what's going to happen. still plenty more for you in the next hour. the man thinking to the world and to the kremlin. with the recent checkered history russia has left a lot of people with claims to property some ludicrous serious. we'll meet a self-proclaimed royals seeking to vic the russian president from the kremlin claiming it's his family home. the head of russia's federal security service says nearly discovered documents the man believed to be behind the mosque a met with international terrorist organizations the evidence that was found. back up off with kill the special operation last week. basically these secret documents don't only contain information on what i mean by gum of contents in the proposition but also international context with international terrorist organisations the r forty six claim also that the now i know that the last phone told me that owned by gum also cell phone w

today as demonstrators gathered in the shadow of the world trade center site and joins us from lower manhattan with more. >> the proposed mosque site is across the street here on park place and two blocks away from the site where the twin towers once stood. this issue has divided new yorkers in a way that they have not experienced in the years since 9/11. now even president obama has weighed in, turning this into a political national debate. >> no mosque, not here, not now, not ever! >> the debate over the proposed building of an islamic mosque and center near the site of the 9/11 attacks resonated from the streets of lower manhattan to washington, d.c. >> what is your view about whether it should be built? >> well ultimately that's going to be decided by the people of new york. >> near ground zero, two duelling rallies just blocks apart. on one side, the coalition to honor ground zero, a mix of first responders, construction workers and 9/11 families who say the proposed site is too close to ground zero. and insensitive to families still grieving and recovering. >> there are many people that

service to the pentagon or whoever else i think that picture will go to america he will go on far in manhattan and he will be found guilty on the narrow charges of of agreeing to supply the fark i don't think that's necessarily fair but that's what's going to happen. well you know with the we've got plenty more ahead for you this hour including music to most scary as it is that the legendary irish rock is easy to bring the world's most expensive concert to the city with some eighty thousand people backing until. now the head of russia's federal security service says a newly discovered documents link the man believed to be behind the mosque a metro blast with international terrorist organizations for the details as calls live downtown d.c. for the spinoff he got a wall significance of this find. well basically these secret documents don't let me contain information about me and my bias contacts in the proper search but also international context with international terrorist organizations the our forty's claim also about the now knowing that the last phone told me that owned by god also a cell p

manhattan voted 85% for barack obama, 15% for john mccain and manhattan opposes this. this is an issue why i don't know why the president has weighed in so deeply. this touches a raw nerve with a lot of people. yes, it's a right in this country to build a religious institution anywhere you want, but sometimes part of exercising our rights is being delicate and sensitive enough to say i choose not to here. that's what i wish we could see more from the muslim community in manhattan. that's how you bridge gaps and bring people together and build it in a place where new yorkers say yes, we all support it. let's put it here. >> larry: got to get a break. time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a liquid gel. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. presenting the cadillac "summer's best" sales event. a fantastic opportunity to get a great offer on a new cadillac cts sport sedan... ..the most acclaimed vehicle in its class and a car and driver 10 best third year in a r

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service to the pentagon or whoever else i think that picture will go to america he will go on trial in manhattan and he will be found guilty on the narrow charges of of agreeing to supply the park i don't think that's necessarily fair but that's what's going to happen. now the whistle blowing web site but i'm glad the pentagon by publishing ninety thousand secret u.s. files is now set to review a see only a paper we can leaks maybe announcement has its founder julian assange is under investigation in sweden on suspicion of one of station with more let's cross live to our european correspondents. nora what can we expect from the new information that we could be x. is about to reveal. well we know very little at the moment about what kind of information is going to be released later on today we do know that wiki leaks released a message on twitter saying that today wednesday would be the day that they released a new set of information make a new leak we're not sure what time that's going to happen we're still waiting for it at the moment and we're also not care about whether it's related to the af

got an exclusive tour of that nineteenth century building in lower manhattan it turns out it's already been serving as a temporary mosque for the past year as a citizen. and as president. believe that muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country and throughout the country the new york dispute has become a central campaign issue perceiving the november elections some would say the national debate surrounding the so-called ground zero mosque has pitted freedom of speech against. of religion now it's quite clear in this case you have become a political issue but it's also become an issue of security people who are here just thirty feet from the building a park police car it stands here all day to make sure things are mean say. hurry up or nine am our team leader. it's been seventy years since leon trotsky a leader of the nine hundred seventeen bolshevik revolution was assassinated by an undercover soviet agent he'd been set at the exile for strongly opposing stalin but continued to develop his own views today his socialist ideas are still fighting som

service to the pentagon or whoever else i think the victor will go to america he will go on trial in manhattan and he will be found guilty on the narrow charges of agreeing to supply the power i don't think that's necessary for the last was going to happen. you're with me still got plenty more ahead for you this hour including. thousands are flooding out of the metro ready to fill up the eighty five thousand feet luzhniki stadium for tonight's u two concert. the head of russia's federal security service says newly discovered don't commence link the man believed to be behind the mosque. with international terrorist organizations with the evidence was found. killed in a special operation and weak. housen ruled out publishing the documents by gallup all thought was a fool to have planned the deadly twin blasts in moscow in march that killed forty and injured a one hundred he was on the federal and international wanted list for over two years. or more than forty people have been killed in a string of bombings that have rocked iraq in baghdad alone over twenty bombs exploded and twelve separate inc

kristen welker, manhattan beach, california. >> she's all over my house. >>> that is "nbc nightly news" for this saturday night. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. for lester holt and all of us here at nbc news, thanks for watching. here at nbc news, thanks for watching. have a great night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. in san francisco, police are trying to determine what led to a deadly hit aupd run collision that killed a 21-year-old bicyclist. about

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still, for many, even near ground zero in lower manhattan is just too close. ron allen, nbc news, new york. >>> now we turn to politics. it's primary day tomorrow in alaska, florida, vermont and arizona, where john mccain, just two years ago his party's nominee for president, has been fighting hard and spending a lot to hang onto his seat in the u.s. senate. our report from nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: after 28 years in congress and a presidential run, tomorrow's primary comes down to this. who do arizona republicans think john mccain really is? >> listen, i have to prove myself to every voter who will consider voting for me. and i will stand on my record. >> reporter: critics say mccain has run from his record, taking a hard right on key issues. a maverick who once partnered with ted kennedy for comprehensive immigration reform, the mccain of 2010 became all about border security. >> complete the dang fence. >> reporter: mccain looked vulnerable in the spring when former congressman j.d. hayworth accused him of supporting amnesty. >> if people really w

of course whenever i'm traveling the streets of manhattan i always prefer to take the subway where you can find more on the stories we're covering on our website r.t. dot com here's a little quick look at what else is online right now. russia has one month to prove that it's the legal owner of the kremlin descendants of the country's founding dynasty the rexx are suing the state to get back the property they say their forefathers built and lived in. and find out why some german and american tourists on a russian cruise ship refused to leave the boat after it collided with a cargo ship all the details are to dot com. now a chance to discover parts of russia cut off or a cut off from the traditional tourist trail our close up team is on hand to take you on the diverse and undiscovered areas of the country without leaving your seat . as when we visited the coastal region of our skin northwest russia for generations the local people's livelihood and heritage has been intertwined with the white sea communities of sailors fishermen and carpenters have derived from the natural resources of th

got an exclusive tour of that nineteenth century building in lower manhattan it turns out it's already been serving as a temporary mosque for the past year as a citizen. and as president. i believe that muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country and throughout the country the new york dispute has become a central campaign issue perceiving the november elections some would say the national debate surrounding the so-called ground zero mosque has pitted freedom of speech against. up religion now it's quite clear in this case you have become a political issue but it's also become an issue of security to cover here just thirty feet from the building a park police car extends here all day to make sure things are made safe. we are. shifting gears now our team takes you to our close up takes you on a journey to one of russia's hidden pearls. time we're going a thousand kilometers north north of moscow to the small town of cargo ball there's history dates back as far as the eleventh century something reflected in the towers art and architecture artists ar

he has run a mosque in lower manhattan for 27 years. he spoke today while overseas on a state department tour promoting religious tolerance. >> reporter: his friends consider him a leader of interfaith outreach. samir, a christian pastor, has known him for ten years. >> his goal is to be part of the community and to be part of humanity, not to make people muslims or anything. >> reporter: but that has become a hard sell. the project fueled divisions with no money: fundraising for the $100 million budget has yet to begin. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: there is more disturbing news this sunday about an iowa egg producer involved in the recall of more than a half-billion eggs. the eggs have been linked to as many as 1,300 cases of salmonella poisoning. barry peterson has the latest. >> reporter: the recall centers on a company with a long list of legal woes owned by austin jack decoster, who turned a farm with 125 chickens into an operation with 15 million hens. decoster's troubles go back to 1997 and a $2 million fine.

to talk about the controversy surrounding plans for build a mosque and a community center in lower manhattan near the site of ground zero. here is "time" magazine out on newsstands now, is america islamaphobic? we know that it is their right to build a community center and mosque near ground zero. my question for you is, is it the wise thing to do? >> obviously this is not about freedom of religion in america. typically these kinds of decisions are made by local officials. what's been different about this one is you have the president of the united states weighing in on this issue on each side of the issue within 24 hours, which helped stimulate a great national debate and not about freedom of religion, but about the appropriateness of the location. >> what's your view about whether it should be built? >> ultimately that's going to be decided by the people of new york, but i think because of the nature of the attack on 9/11, a lot of people not just in new york but around the country have strong views about this. i hope the people of new york who make the decision take into account public op

don't build ten more in lower manhattan. it is just this one area, this one place that is in the footprint that suffered damage from the plane that is a little more sensitive than the rest of the buildings. why is that building taken on such an importance to the imam and the people who want to foster understanding in this world and in this community? >> larry: marc, surely you understand that, right? you understand the sensitivity? >> i understand the sensitivity. my heart goes out to everyone who lost someone on 9/11, christians and muslims. if islam were responsible for this, i totally would understand. this is about al qaeda. this is not about islam. islam did not cause this. why are we going to single them out and say you cannot have a mosque here? if a church was being built there, there would be no public conversation, if there were a synagogue, there would be no public conversation. since 9/11, we're going to prosecute a war on terror, that has become a proxy as a war on islam. there have been attempts to block the bu

the jcc in manhattan was imagined in 1990. built the building, we opened, actually, two days after 9/11. and we've been thriving. up to 2,500 people walk through the doors every day. we were really honored to be able to unpack what we've learned. some of the things we learned. >> what was it meant to be, the islamic center? is it a building with minarets? a mosque with a dome and loud calls to prayer several times a day? what is it? >> all religions have been americanized over time. they go place from worship to a place of service. communities have been developed. the jewish community has developed the jcc. the muslim community is going to have such a center. so when i visited joy and i saw the jcc, i said, this is what we have to do. it's a community center. but it also has a prayer space within it because it will meet the needs of the muslim community's need to worship on fridays. >> what about it will be the community center? >> there will be a 500-seat auditorium. a swimming pool. athletic facilities. cooking classes. ther