in new york what is happening in new york sitting there everywhere there are the abercrombie and fitch stores or the victoria's secret store or and airplanes there in movie theaters or at the nike store everyone's forgot about them i think bedbugs are like tenfold in the last years supposedly based there was all bedbugs were almost eradicated completely off the face of the earth until they banned d.d.t. brilliant stroke of insight there then ever since then they've been climbing and i guess the. elbow and the curb another mistake and i are the main source really they're hiding in donald trump's hair that is an unverified unprovable but you know it certainly is good if there is any but sort of these bedbugs are supposed to be resistant to. the past aside and they are forcing stores like nike town in midtown to close down this is a huge retailing space i mean that you know retailing like in the hotel business every day that goes by you not book in sales you never get that back now this is got to have an impact economic. it went to just new york going back to forty seven dollars for the w

story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we talked about the state of knowledge. some of it was wonderfully obvious. and water goes down hill and collection areas and some of it was breathtakingly vague trying make a billion dollar decision about something. we talked about simple solutions and bold actions and diverse drinking water systems in san diego and we heard about thinking about discipline, winning over regulators and economic development agencies and environmental groups as getting them to wor

in new york, folks are preparing for a rough commute. a violent and fast-moving storm tore through the city. at least one person was killed, commuter trains were knocked out, and roads were blocked by downed trees. hurricane-force winds were recorded, and today the national weather service will determine if a tornado touched down. packing winds near 100 miles per hour, the storm sliced through the city in just minutes. tearing trees from the ground, ripping bricks from buildings, and knocking out power to tens of thousands. >> my used-to-be car is now a convertible. i've seen bad winds. this, they said there was a tornado warning. i think it hit. >> i've been here like over 20 years and i have never seen anything like this. >> a woman died outside manhattan after a tree fell on the car she was sitting in. numerous other injuries were reported. >> we'll get power back. the trees will regrow, but to lose a life, you never get that back. >> the storm hit at rush hour. rail service between manhattan and long island was suspended. leaving cou

new york 75. baltimore, 79. in the south, it is hot. dallas is 97. and new orleans, 91. >>> and when we come back this morning, some stunning numbers about how many americans are now living in poverty. >>> plus, many questions this morning about a story that initially attracted so much sympathy. a woman admits she made up the story of an attack that deformed her face. she now admits she did this to herself. >>> and more on our top story. a major storm affecting millions across the new york city region overnight. oh, it's not just today. with our free loyalty program, you earn great stuff like accident forgiveness and bigger discounts just by staying with us. oh! ooh! so, what you're saying is, it gets even better with age. oh! tell me we're still talking about insurance. rewarding loyalty. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> overseas markets are ending the week on a high note. tokyo's nikkei average rose 1.2% today. hong kong's hang seng is higher. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow added 22 points yesterday. and

ahmadinejad is due in new york next week for the u.n. general assembly. >>> a bomb threat shut down the eiffel tower in paris last night. several thousand people were evacuated while police searched the landmark. an anonymous caller made the threat from a pay phone. no explosives were found. and the tower reopened three hours later. a second bomb threat closed a subway station near notre dame cathedral. >>> well, it may or may not be coincidence, but the french senate voted overwhelmingly to ban the face-covering islamic veil in public. lawmakers say they were protecting the sectarian values. some muslims fear it will stigmatize them even more. >>> dutch police say they have arrested an american pilot at the amsterdam airport for being intoxicated. he was arrested in the cockpit of a passenger jet that was about to take off. officials will confirm that an unnamed crew member was suspended. and the flight from amsterdam to newark was canceled. we'll have more on this story on "good morning america." >>> in houston, a murder suspect is in

>> nuevo giro en el pastor que quiere quemar el corÁn vuela a nueva york para negociar el traslado de la mezquita propuesta para la zona cero. >> en solo horas comienzan las solemnes ceremonias marcando el noveno aniversario de los ataques terroristas. >> la comunidad en california estÁ de luto y no sale de la conmociÓn por el infierno que le cayÓ o todo su vecindario. >> los jÓvenes mueren a derribarse un parte de una discoteca en buenos aires, hay numerosos heridos. >> el presidente de mÉxico, dice en entrevista exclusiva que su gobierno no maltrata a los indocumentados centroamericanos que llegan a su territorio y defiende la guerra contra el crimen organizado. >> el mismo dÍa que llega una tercera perforadora a la mina de chile, que podrÍa agilizar el rescate de los mineros don francisco les lleva alegrÍa a los hombres que esperan ver la luz del dÍa. >> este es el noticiero univisiÓn Última hora. >> y venidos a esta noche del viernes, gracias por terminar con nosotros la semana laboral. el pastor de la florida no quemarÁ el corán como habÍa anunciado, a pesar de que

new york is the bluest of blue states. yet there's a sense that carl paladino would present a real challenge to andrew cuomo and become the governor of new york. >> carl paladino isn't part of the solution in albany, he's part of the problem. >> reporr: this week, cuomo started attacking paladino by name. >> mr. paladino's agenda is an extreme agenda. and i thk now that the voters will be able to look at that clearly. >> reporter: cuomo cites his position opposing abortion and his suggestion that welfare recipients enroll in a digni core with housing in old prisons. on the new york city subway, most don't even recognize paladino, although that's changing with daily headlines like the one today revealing some of paladino's aides have criminal records. he readily admits he too has made mistakes in life. last year he revealed to his wife of 40 years what his chdren already knew, that he fathered a child with another woman. he sent around racist, sexist and pornographic e-mails. >> i didn't mean to offend anybody. i sent it to

new york is the scene of another shocker tonight. this one coming in the republican race for governor. the associated press is now reporting that carl pal dino has defeated the fellow republican rick lazio in that race. a stunning result in the new york governor's race. carl paladino has enjoyed tea party support. he has made himself famous in this campaign because there was a publishing of hard pornographic e-mails that he sent to friends and political associates. the big news so far tonight is the major upset in the state of delaware where tea party favorite cristine o'donnell has defeated mike castle mr. castle thought to be a relative lock in that race just weeks ago. with 100% of precincts now reporting, she defeated mike castle 53-47%. the other big result tonight, carl palodino defeating rick lazio. that is being called by the associated press. that is the republican primary for the governorship in the state of new york. mr. palodino will face andrew cuomo. shortly after the o'donnell versus mike castle results became official

but i don't think new york -- republicans in new york are in a good position if this guy winds up winning tomorrow. >> mark odien, founder of wnymedia.net. thanks for your reporting on this candidacy. thanks for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me. >>> still ahead, another standout of the republican class of 2010, christine o'donnell. two years ago the idea that a candidate this extreme would have a real shot at becoming the republican nominee for senate in delaware was unthinkable. we are thinking it now. also, a 100% legit newsworthy topical, socially progressive reason to show this video. i promise. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agreeing with me. yeah, i got carried away. happens to me all the time. helping you save money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> the last big primary night is tomorrow night. there are im

there not a great deal of stigma to being neurotic in new york. it is accepted to the point of maybe being desirable in certain circles. i think now that these medications are more common, new york is the place where people are going to be comfortable with it and going to be open about it. >> you make a point of saying here that this is brain styling, not mind altering. you make a clear distinction between the two, do you not? >> yeah. i think people when they have actual problems like anxiety, depression or insomnia. they take these drugs. they become normal. they don't become drugged out. >> but you're differentiating certain kinds of drugs from very serious drugs, and you can speak to this, dr. doyle. >> sure. >> and that, say, schizophrenia. we're not in that category of drugs here, are we? >> it is highly unlikely for people in new york to pop antipsychotics for the fun of it. >> we're not talking about bipolar, are we? >> we end up talking about that, and that's in ariel's article. >> is it a national trend or just in manhattan? >> i'm sure

ask your doctor about lyrica today. >>> new york police have recovered a body from the >>> new york police have recovered a body from the hudson river thought to be that of a rutgers university student driven to suicide by a video posted on the internet. protesters at the university's new jersey campus last night held a vigil for 18-year-old tyler clementi who jumped from the george washington bridge last week. two other students are charged with secretly recording him in a sex encounter with another man. some protesters call it a hate crime. >> we want to make sure the entire community is aware what happened. >> he had a whole future ahead. of him and really sad to think his family has to deal with losing him.xd >> a family friend describes him as a fine young man and distinguished musician and the family is heart broken beyond words.ñr >>> in other news, mcdonald's is warning it may drop health care coverage for nearly 30,000 hourly workers because of the new health care reform law. the hamburger chain does not provide full health insurance for such workers but does offer so-called mini

in new york. but as ahmadinejad and iran's judiciary and military struggle for control, sarah short and the other detainees have become political footballs. >> they're being held under false pretenses, and they should be released, and we're working very hard to see that that happens. >> swiss diplomats in tehran are set to be arranging sarah short's bail, but her fate and that of the other detainees is still very much in doubt. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> mitchell: still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," a controversial pastor's hometown defends his image. >> the threatened burning of the koran drew the world's attention to small gainesville community church. most people in gainesville are not pleased with their newfound fame. >> game day program. >> reporter: this is the face of gainesville, a college town known for football championships, gatorade and now a fringe preacher named terry jones. >> just something that i wish didn't happen, and i just hope it goes away quickly. >> it's s

here at 30 rock in new york city. we've got the results of yesterday's primaries. as i said in delaware, tea part i favorite christine o'donnell defeated mike castle to win that state's republican nomination for united states senate. o'donnell finished with more than 53% of the vote. >> we're in this to win. and we're in this to win big. and win big we did. don't ever underestimate the power of we the people. >> the last several weeks have been spirited, shall we say. and the voters in the republican primary have spoken and i respect that decision. i had a very nice speech prepared here hoping i would win this race and talked about thing we'd be able to do to create jobs and reduce taxes and those things that make a difference to delaware. still a long ways to go, by the way. i still have some time in office. so i will be fervently trying to carry out my responsibilities. >> a shocking loss for mike castle. meanwhile, christine o'donnell is front page news in all the national papers. here she is on the front of the "new york times," "washington post," and the "wall

and hundreds of trees like this one remain strewn about new york city. they're blocking streets, sidewalks and have fallen on homes. tens of thousands of people remain without power so, katie, cleanup crews will have a long weekend ahead of them. >> couric: all right. michelle miller in brooklyn for us tonight. michelle, thank you. turning to afghanistan now where the polls opened just hours away from now for parliamentary elections. and the taliban have declared war on everyone associated with it-- including voters. in the last few weeks, at least 18 poll workers and one candidate have been kidnapped. in spite of that, plenty of afghans are willing to risk their lives for democracy. from kabul, here's mandy clark. >> reporter: as an afghan woman, everything about robina jalali is unconventional: ambitious, young and bristling with confidence, the 25-year-old is running for parliament. two years ago she was in a different race, running for afghanistan in the beijing olympics. she finished last then. tomorrow jalali hopes for a different result. "i repres

we speak to our correspondent in new york. it has been such a confusing story surrounding this pastor, who he has spoken to and who he is going to speak to. is the story clearing up? >> he has arrived in new york, presumably still seeking a meeting with the imam who is behind the plan for the community center and a mosque at couple blocks away from ground zero. the imam himself put out a statement about 12 hours ago saying that he was willing to speak to anyone seriously committed to peace, but he also said with this some day of september 11 upon us, i encourage everyone to take time for prayer and reflection, which does not seem to open the door for a meeting with pastor terry jones on september 11. perhaps the pastor has come here without a firm and is planning on attending one of the protests which will take place after the 9/11 anniversary ceremony. there will be a protest against the planned community center near ground zero. >> is still clear the pastor once the proposed religious mosque and cultural center scheduled to

new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have the united nations -- failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. so there's a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. things corrode, they rust. they get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. but it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. narrator: two massive underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the city's water supply. they run hundreds of feet below

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

this is queens, new york. if you are not from this area, a few miles from manhattan and a few miles from laguardia airport. and in this park, downed trees, debris everywhere. and this is just emblem attic of what you are seeing across several boroughs of new york city. storms like this particularly dangerous in urban areas. still to be determined whether it was an official tornado. but new york city and the northeast have had their share of weird weather from blistering heat to extreme cold and snow and now this. wild weather rolled across the northeast thursday, striking hard in new york city. over a thousand miles from tornado alley. tearing off roofs with reported wind gusts of over 100 miles per hour. >> it lookeddoomsday. it made it like midnight. >> reporter: tornado warnings in three of the five boroughs just after 5:00 p.m. the fury lasted minutes after bolts of lightning lit up the statue of liberty and the surrounding city. >> one of those thing that is while it may be an about of god doesn't make it

in march 2008, the "uss new york" was launched. when you first saw the ship built, describe what the moment was like. >> it's kind of like what everybody says. i mean, the hair went up on the back of my head. i've always been a very emotional person, and that's basically, the "uss new york" is built on emotion. it's recycling that emotion. taking america's worst day and turning it into our greatest national symbol. and i felt that, as i was going in there that day. that this was something special that not only i, but you know, the nation can rally around. >> erika: at 684 feet, the ship is longer than two football fields. it has a crew of 360 sailors and can carry up to 700 marines. it sailed up to new york for the commissioning ceremony. as it passed the site of ground zero, the warship fired a 21 gun salute. when we return, we'll learn more about this very special ship. assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little or no cost to you. imagine... o

cereal in new york and boston should be beautiful at 70 and sunny. watch out for stormy weather in the next two days. a lot eavy rain. minneapolis into areas of wisconsin. chicago, a chance of thunderstorms tonight. that threat of strong storms and wet weather wl continue to friday here through the great lakes and up there in the northern plas. if you're watching us on wmaq and channel 5 in good old chicago, illinois. india is calling. experience indian culture in music with live performances, yoga classes and much more at thworld's annual music festival at the chicago cultural center. >> bill, thank you. now here is a early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a slimmed down slim cut joaquin phoenix made his return to late night with day of the letterman. he apologized to the host for his bizarre appearance year ago. both made an effort to stress letterman was not in on the hoax a year ago. as for what's nextor phoenix, new york magazine reports he's in talk toes appear with leonardo dicaprio in a film about j. edgar hoover and his lo

it's not a matter of money. >> new york it's not. as mayor bloomberg said, we have a system that is funding things that just don't work, which funding broken ideas we have a belief if we put money into broken ideas they're going to produce educational challenge. this in is

>>> meanwhile the gubernatorial races in new york and california get ugly with new york republican carl pal dino nearly coming to blows with a reporter. and californian meg whitman faces about a former undocumented housekeeper. will either affect the campaigns? >>> an update on the had hit sitcom "lawrence&levi." what did lawrence reveal last night about

how is that going to get a job for anybody in new york state that doesn't have a job in upstate new york, a region where i live ravaged bibi unemployment? this clown is talking about what -- >> there's more. >> i know there's more. i want to stop here for a second. this clown is talking about andrew cuomo's personal life with his ex-wife. how is that going to get a job? >> it's not. >> how is that going to get anybody back to work? how is that going to save -- >> scary, desperate guy. >> pathetic. >> that's the word. pathetic. read the next sentence. >>> according to a story published in plitd co-last night, paladino offered no proof of his claim and made it minutes after angrily declaring his 10-year-old daughter from his own affair ten years ago was off limits to the press. politico quotes paladino saying, has anyone asked andrew cuomo about his para mores when he was married or asked him why his wife left him or threw him out of the house? has anyone ever done that? why are they intruding on my life? politico added that paladino nearly came to blows with "new york post" reporter frede

maureen dowd wrote about in the new york times a couple weeks how mrs. obama leaves the white house during tough times, you know, we've editorialized about barack obama apologizing to the u.s. >> jon: let's ask a man of the people. elliss. >> it's a marvellous story, has everything it needs except facts. the two people who-- have now through their staff, the right way to do it you don't want to climb into the gutter with these people said it's absolutely 100% untrue and the office provided no evidence. >> it's an authorized biography. >> no, it's not. >> does this story have legs, so to speak? >> moving on. where people get their news these days, according to a new poll by the pew research center more than a third, 36% of americans say they get news from both digital and traditional sources television radio and print, just shy of the number who rely on traditional sources. only 9% through the internet and mobile technology without also using traditional sources. is this good news? >> i think it's faintly heartening in the sense it does appear that people

new york at 76. typical of what you would expect mid to late september. very much feeling like fall. even into, as we go throughout this week, it will be nice. tuesday to wednesday and every single day is going to be pretty much dry out there. let's show you the forecast as we go throughout the country, looking very nice out there today and tomorrow in the southeast. it's going to be warm the next couple of days. temperatures in texas, especially north texas, in the 90s. same with areas like denver. down to the southeast we are also going to be very, very warm. not a lot changes. the only problem area is the west coast. anyone doing traveling, especially the pacific northwest, seattle, portland, that's where we will deal with shower activity and wet weather. lynn, as i mentioned, it's nice. always news for you. always something for you to talk about. every now and then i get these quiet periods. >> we try and set that up for you. when you are working so hard, we just give bill a break. >> see, yeah. >> we try. >> a giant upset at the box office this weeke

great hospital in new york city. to see the number of people that went to that hospital who worked on that pile even after they were given the all clear signal by the government, not self-imposed. what in god's name are we doing to ourselves and arguing amongst ourselves when we know that this is the right thing to do? get out of the bureaucracy nightmare. let's do something together for a change. the only thing we have to show for it is bickering over the last two years and what did that bring us? these folks deserve our help and they deserve it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. pascrell: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana, mr. boustany. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boustany: mr. speaker, everyone in this chamber salutes the heroic actions of those first responders and ordinary citi

this come to do us from new york, 25,000 trace one firefight firefighter's heroic footsteps. joining firefighters from across north america for the annual tunnel to towers run honoring stephen stiller, a new york firefighter when he heard about the 9/11 attack ran with 90 pounds of gear from brooklyn to manhattan to help save lives. stiller later died in the towers. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz and this is nr early stnbc n.toat your nbc station. io >>> just a month away from halloween, and one contest in germany shows why pumpkins aren't just for eating and carving. it is the international pumpkin boat championships where contestants turn giant pumpkins into engine-powered race boats speeding along a 650-feet-long course. this year's winner had a secret formula for success. for a month he was on a strict pumpkin-only diet. congratulations. >>> this weekend the jungle wasn't the only place where gorillas were running wild. in london, runners took to the streets in gorilla suits to raise money and awareness for endangered african gorillas. 700 runners got behind the cause, runni

. >>> a smoky fire under a bridge in new york left some commuters stranded for several hours. large plumes of smoke billowed into the air after an electrical transformer reportedly blew out, sparking the blaze. service was eventually restored after firefighters extinguished the flames and officials inspected the bridge. >>> well, in texas, a first-time mom at the dallas zoo is said to be doing a great job taking care of her 2-month-old zebra named webster. he is the zoo's fourth. the largest of all zebras and a rarity in the zebra family with only 2,500 left in africa. >>> and in ohio, being crowned king of the gridiron isn't just for burly football players. amateur video shows in-state rivals rufus the bobcat from ohio university and brutus the buckeye from ohio state throwing fists in a brawl. when the bobcat pounced on the buckeye twice. well, rufus came out on top, but the student under the mask has been banned from ohio athletics. >>> and now for a look at the national weather. we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the forecast. brutus may have won that battle, bu

ashley morrison in new york. thank you so much. >>> the commander of utah's army national guard is taking the blame for a wildfire in salt lake city. the fire has claimed three homes so far. practice rounds on the utah army national guard base sparked the blaze sin and burned six square miles in a suburb just outside salt lake and blamed for about 20% -- it's only 20% contained. the live fire training was allowed despite high wind warnings. 1600 homes were evacuated. >>> streets in southern texas were flooded, partly from rain from hurricane karl. nearly 7 inches fell in a 24-hour period. some border towns got up to three feet of water. at least one person is missing and more rain expected through tomorrow. >>> just ahead, an arrest warrant for actress lindsay lohan. >>> plus, genetically engineered solomon may be coming to your dinner table. >>> first, katie your wick a preview of the "cbs evening news." >>> campaign ads are back, many of them are paid for by groups who don't have to tell you where their money i

in new york, i'm kathryn brown. >>> in buffalo, new york, home of the famed buffalo wing, it was a case of the bigger they are, the harder they fall. petite sonia thomas defended her chicken wing eating title downing 181 wings in 12 minutes. that's almost five pounds of wings eaten by a 105-pound champion. get 'em, girl. i love them but i can't eat them like that. >>> straight ahead, your labor day weather forecast. >>> in sport, the giants are having a blast as they charge toward the top of the national league west. having a blast as they charge toward the top of the national league west. [ female announcer ] fact. when pain keeps you up, nothing is proven to help you fall asleep faster than advil pm liqui-gels. rushing real liquid relief to ease you to sleep fast. for nighttime pain, make advil pm your #1 choice. and then there's most complete, like what you get from centrum ultra women's, the most complete multivitamin for women. it has vitamin d, which emerging science suggests supports breast health, and calcium for bone health. centrum ultra women's. when allergies make them itch,

>> "new york, new york." [ laughter and applause ] i just got it. >> jimmy: "new york, new york." okay, here we go. >> it's a really hard game. >> jimmy: oh my god. all right. which one, audience? oh, man. [ laughter ] >> i better go over here. i can't see what it is. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i have no idea. is this a thing? [ horn blows ] >> that's good. >> jimmy: is the clock on? clock on? >> ah, there you go. ♪ "here comes the bride" >> jimmy: yes! [ cheers and applause ] you got one. that's amazing! my god, i am so excited. >> you play the trombone. >> jimmy: i do not play the trombone. all right. >> okay, which one? [ crowd yelling ] oh, god. [ light laughter ] why i do keep getting the string instruments? the violin. >> jimmy: it's gonna be great. >> oh! >> jimmy: look, we know it's know it's not "here comes the bride," so that's great. [ light laughter ] >> oh, it is so unfair. >> jimmy: and it's not "new york, new york." here we go. >> no. >> jimmy: hey, that was good. ♪ >> wait. wait. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ♪ here comes the bride [ laughte

peter alexander in montauk at the tip of new york's long island. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. there are more battering waves hitting this coast tonight, but be clear. there is also great relief here that this storm has largely stayed out at sea. still, by the end of today, 13 states will have felt the impact of earl. like an unwelcome guest overnight along north carolina's outer banks, hurricane earl crashed the start of the labor day weekend. al roker witnessed its arrival. >> right now, we're getting the worst of these feeder bands and i've got -- oh, my gosh. the winds are really whipping. >> reporter: punishing winds and rain pounded the coast. the weather channel's jim cantore was in cape hatteras. >> as you can see, we are still taking it on the chin. this water is compliments of pamlico sound and it continues to push up with these strong northerly winds. >> reporter: dawn revealed roads that looked like rivers and a beach full of tires that were submerged for decades as an artificial reef. but because earl's

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

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new york city, d.c., mid to upper 80s. cooler with rain coming down through chicago. if you're watching us on kprc local 2, in houston, texas, experience old art at the dynasty and dinity, ife art ancient nigeria at the museum of fine arts. >>> now here's an early look at th morning's headlines in entertaient. at least one legal issue is resolved for lindsay lohan. the actress has reportedly settled her $100 million lawsuit against e-trade. lohan accused the firm of making fun of her in a super bowl commercial. >>> meanwhile, a judge has issued an arrest warrant and set a friday hearing to determine if the actress violated probation after failing a court-ordered drug test. >>> lady gaga is going from pop to politics, again. the eccentric singer visited maine monday to urge lawmakers to repeal the don't ask don't tell policy ahead of today's senate te. >>> channeling hisarly golden gekko, michael douglas showed no difficult signs at the debut of "wall street" despite battled stage four cancer. >>> a writer for the late show with david letterman says the host was in on

a shocking political poll in new york state. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. conservative carl paladino backed by the tea party is running for governor against new york attorney general andrew cuomo whose father used to be the governor of the state. paladino is running on a mad as hell ticket saying he will dismantle what he calls the corrupt legislature in albany. >> by now, i think you're seeing the difference between me and my competitors. one wants to clean up albany with a whisk broom. the other, he might even use a mop. me, i'll clean out albany with a baseball bat. >> whoa! now, a few months ago, carl paladino was considered a fringe guy, a man who had virtually no chance to be governor of new york. listen to this, brand new poll among likely voters shows paladino just six points behind mr. cuomo. 49-43. that's beyond shocking. and he's shaking up the empire state big time. there's no question that after california, new york state is the most chaotic government in the country. new york may go in

. >> i read "the new york times" story yesterday, lawrence. my question simple. how does an 84-year-old get up and do what you do at 10:00 every night? >> i will have in makeup for about 20 hours before, before i go live. >> that's exciting. >> do this show this morning so i think my energy curve is going to hit bottom around 9:30 tonight. >> before you go on the air. >> big story tonight. we are talking about it. breaking news while the president was interviewed. snooki rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. we'll keep -- >> how could that possibly -- >> we'll keep you informed. >> what are you doing? >> snooki, not a resident of new jersey. so let's move from snooki to public education. what's your takeaway the t president? >> she is great on this issue. bill clinton, both george bushes and barack obama talks about education more passionately than any other issue. can he get republicans that don't want to work with him on anything work with him on this. >> john, it seems that this might be one issue of bipartisan agreement. >> so far the republicans are

i mean, new york, i would make it if i made it to new york and i got any job in the fashion industry. so i don't think... i don't think at that age i was looking ahead as c.e.o. and probably wasn't looking at c.e.o. even five years ago. >> rose: what did you learn along the way that has served you well today? >> it's a great question and i was fortunate to learn it my first year at university when i signed up for all of these design classes and i got in there and very quickly realized that i absolutely was not a designer. i had a really strong opinion on what they were all designing-- what was good, what was bad. but i wasn't that creative myself and i think that's really when my lightbulb went off and it was a self-discovery moment, who am i? if i'm not this, am i at. and i tell teams today what do you feel? and i feel it first and then tell them to bring me the facts. but don't bring me the facts first. and chris and i are both that way and it's scary because if we both feel it then there's no stopping us. >> rose: you mentioned christopher. i should point him. there's a photograph

guest: i could say the same about new york. >> chicago native and new york native. this prosgram is carried live on the bbc. we welcome viewers there including harry who is on the phone. good morning. the democrats went into the house with a majority of 80. they have the gains in november. they have the majority of one and then will have a majority of 21. several friends of mine have said how longly is it that these 50 gain also happen? host: we'll get a response on that what is going on with former prime minister tony blare? caller: many are row testing his choice to take back the kingdom. we believe that the united nation they are not quite right in causing a public deception. host: thank you for your call and fortuning in. 50 days before the election. guest: it is and it is fascinating what is going on in the uk. that could be a lesson of things to come here and republicans getting in control. what is happening is people and families are rationing back their spending and finding the paradox of thrift. personally, people are trying to be thrifty and that doesn't h

he was convicted of rape in new york. >> bill: yes. >> he served four years. then he moved to north carolina. >> bill: and his record moved with him. >> of course it did. >> bill: right. >> you have to register as a sex offender. >> bill: and he didn't. >> which he did not. now, under north carolina law, bill, he could have gotten 20 years in the penitentiary. >> just for that. >> just for that. but it didn't end there, okay? >> bill: wait. so the judge didn't enforce the law, let him out. >> let him out probation. >> bill: because he didn't register. then he comes back in the system beef after beef after beef. >> larceny charges. burglary charges. >> bill: keep letting him out. is there any excuse mort judge letting him out. >> no absolutely not. >> bill: coulddo you concur. >> he went to state prison and served four years, he should have been held not given bail just with that offense alone and been kept behind bars. >> bill: correct me if i am wrong. >> don't let him out. >> bill: they don't want to deal with it north carolina is supposed to be a tough plac

it was not just from new york. we all remember iconically the day after september 11 if you stood on the west side highway of manhattan and looked at the license plates of the fire trucks, of the cars, of the ambulances they were from all around the country. every single district, 434, in fact, of the 435 districts, had someone who has that 9/11 call. nine years later, nine years later, 900 americans have died from 9/11 related illnesses. they are going to come here and they are going to fill up these galleries and they don't know from a motion to recommit, suspension, they don't know what the rule is, they don't know what the number is. all that they know is that by degrees every single day they are dying. they are dying from diseases they didn't have. these are some of the most vigorous people you can imagine. the fact they are coming here, you are going to see people in wheelchairs who on that day were healthy and vigorous. james zadroga, for whom the bill was named, one of the fittest guys but dead today becaus

president mahmoud ahmadinejad is here in new york for the general assembly. we'll hear more from the american freed just last week. >> reporter: sarah shourd is saying more about her are release from the iranian prison but she's saying very little about her actual time in the prison. that's because her fiancee and best friend are still behind bars with little word as to when they may be freed. after 410 days in iranian custody, sarah shourd is back in the u.s. and thanks iran that she is. >> i want to begin by expressing my sincere thanks to the government and leaders of iran. >> reporter: shourd was accused of spying in 2008 when iran claims she, her friend josh fattal and shane bauer crossed the border. >> my disappointment in not sharing this with shane and josh was crushing. >> reporter: as shourd returned to the u.s., so did iran's president, in new york for the annual united nations general assembly. he told abc's "this week" americans should release iranians here's. >> translator: so i believe it would not be mistake to ask at that u.s. government shou

ashley morrison is here in new york with more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. markets jumped after japan intervened in the currency market for the first time in six years to stop a rising yen, japan's nikkei gained nearly 2% while the hang seng was mostly higher. wall street gets the august industrial production report from the fed. tuesday, stocks broke a four-day winning streak, despite better-than-expected retail numbers. the dow lost 17 points while the nasdaq edged up four. >>> toyota has asked a federal judge to throw out hundreds of lawsuits stemming from complaints of sudden acceleration problems in a motion filed tuesday. the auto giant said attorneying for toyota drivers had failed to identify any electronic defects in the vehicles. toyota was hit with an avalanche of lawsuits. >>> jpmorgan chase customers hope they can get back to banking online today. a technical glitch locked millions of retail and small business customers out of their online accounts starting monday night. it took the bank much of tuesday to figure out how to fix it. chase says ev

there's a lot of drizzle in new york city this morning. more of the steadier rains are down to the south. that will shift northwards during the day. if you're in especially southern new england today, make sure you have the umbrella and everywhere up and down i-95. appalachians, maybe even flooding rains over the next three days. it was 103 in l.a. yesterday. 105 in phoenix. an incredible heat wave. that continues today. contrast that with 60 degrees in chicago. here's how the forecast looks. the heat wave continues. 104 today in l.a. 106 is the record. we're close. 106 in phoenix expected. areas in the midwest, this is some of the coolest temperatures we've seen in texas in a long time. the front has kicked through. all the moisture goes up ahead. and then behind it, the cool canadian air filters in. so the east coast is where we're going to see some of the worst conditions the next two or three days. out on the plaza, we have our big education summit. luckily a lot of it's indoors. we'll give you a tour of that a little later. >> don't f