in new york city. >> live from new york, it's saturday night! >> reporter: any night of the week in the city, one can find more men and women performing comedy than any other city in the country. for that, two comedians tell us we can thank or blame not the size of new york's metro area, the sense of humor of the populous or the local market for funny jokes, but instead, the new york city subway system. >> it's so easy to pack a huge amount of people and get around the city. be at a 7:00 show, an 8:30 and others. >> these comedians advise comedians wanting to be on television or movies, to move to los angeles. >> there's more acting. >> you can't have a comic doing five spots a night because they'd be stuck in traffic. >> reporter: for those beginning careers or looking to maximize performances in a night or performing standup, new york is the comedy capital of the english speaking world. >> you can get the greatest range of audiences. >> new york, you can get on stage five to 10 times a night. >> reporter: we met these two on one of the stages

new york new york 8.4 million people call the city home. >> it's snowing hard in central park and 20 in midtown and snowfall one to two feet and saying we could have snow hour. >> the coldest winter in 81 years and coincides with a grim reality. more people in new york city are homeless today than at any point since the 1930s. floors. >> it's really difficult once you find ways to just get through day-to-day from finding clothing to finding shelter to finding where you will eat. >> today it's hectic because of the snow outside and not a places for us to sleep now and everybody is kind of coming in. >> in just a decade the number of people living in new york's homeless shelters has nearly doubled and reaching 60,000 a night last year. it's a homelessness crisis unprecedented in any city. >> what we see today, the homeless that we see, the exodus from this city, families doubling, tripling up, the rent sky rocketing, this has been a crisis that has been cooking for 20 years. >> why are so many in new york homeless? this week fault lines looks at the forces that are displacing thousands

in the story of the new york times, neuman suggested the new york ear directness and the willingness to argue may endear her to strangers or voters. >> i love what i am doing. i love my business. i built a great company. >> we are the wealthiest nation in the history of the world. >> camille opped not to discuss how a new york accent may sr. the campaigns of donald trum or bernie sanders but on for the thought anded a hit med may help her to charm the customers. >> i think they feel home my with it. it is comforting. >> with you postally regulars flock to the garden force the square pizza, the sausage then pork chops and the ice on which a mool's grandfather founded this sta establishment 76 years ago in whatever accent sold the most ice cream. >> fill the holes in. >> in bensonhurst, matt king, "fox 5 news." >> and i mean, look that. born ny is brooklyn. done ailed queens. >> yeah. >> and they are are both, you know. >> they are both new yorkers shake it. >> but like they do. they respond to it. you mow what i mean? it is larger than life. love. >> i and part of that studies the abi

new york. the we talked to senator grassley about the locker case. >> let's go through few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people. in fact, the story of the baker whose cave gives rise to an era that defined the supreme court for the next 34 years. let me introduce you to our guests. randy barnett is at georgetown university. he is the author of a book restoring the lost constitution of congressional liberty and he is argued in court. her other guests actually read the book on lochner. his home base is texas state university. in telling people it should be interested in this, when to explain why? symbolcase has become a it was made into a political symbol by teddy roosevelt when he ran for president in 1912. it was a symbol of how roosevelt claimed the court had overreached and overstepped its bounds and blocks legislation from being enacted. ever since then it has been a because itlashpoint was made one in a presi

. >>> right now on news 4 new york, all hell broke loose. words from a scared passenger aboard a train that went off the tracks today. that train bound for d.c., but skenl wld to scheduled to sfaup right here in new york city. right now we know the national transportation safety. >> when five of the train's cars careened off the tracks after it hit a rockslide in north field. that's just ten miles north of the state capital. vermont's governor said it doesn't look like any way to avoid the crash. >> one person onboard headed to new jersey snapped this picture from inside the train. one of the cars down an embankment. jack is in northfield tonight where he spoke with shaken up passengers. >> the passengers who didn't need medical treatment were brought here to the campus of norwich university. they were picked up on coach buses and now on their way to continue their journeys and all have very harrowing stories to tell. jean thompson was on the amtrak vermonter and took these photos after it struck a rock slide in northfield, vermont, en route

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you want to stay up to date with the news 4 new york app. tap the news 4 logo in the corner, scroll down, select the weather tab. you can see the latest forecasts, interactive radar, and how to submit your own weather video. the news 4 new york app for iphone is available in the app store right now. >>> well, look at this. people waking up in staten island saying, wait a minute, how did i get to australia? that's buster the kangaroo. he actually lives upstate new york and was visiting the city with his owner, but he hopped out, checking out the island. there he is hopping around the travis neighborhood. his owner and police wrangled him. we're told he's a legal pet. his owner won't face any charges. >> buster in the city. somewhere there's a children's book to be made of this situation. >> yeah, he's cute, isn't he? >> he is cute. and legal upstate. glad buster's okay. >> definitely. some stuff could have happened to buster. >>> coming up on "today in new york," we're going to introduce you to wednesday's child. >>> plus, an inside look at a

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new york city is going to do well as well. lightest amounts, maybe parts of the jersey shore where an inch is probably the high end, maybe even we get an inch and a quarter on the jersey shore. you see the heaviest rain. we're going to get a lull after we go through the 6:00 hour. that may last till 9-ish or so. the heaviest rain of the entire event, they start to occur during the overnight period. while the rain is moving away, because we'll have be ponding and areas for the overnight commute. then things improve. with the gusty winds coming on tide, the next high tide cycle going around midnight that we have to be concerned about. a point look out near 9:00. really between 830 and 9:30. there's the hev --heaviest rain from danbury and monroe. over to cortland manner and ossining, over to connecticut near new canen. that extends to port jeff on the island. heavy rain near ramsey and heavier pockets near passaic and northern morris. there's the break in get lighter. it will still be blowing around. there's the next batch comin

some popular new i'm michael douglas, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world. and there's no time to see it like the fall. take metro north to take in the beautiful fall foliage from high above the hudson. swing a club at one of america's greatest courses... see spectacular sights underground... ...or thrilling sights above it. there's so many incredible ways to experience the fun of fall in new york state. plan your trip at iloveny.com. >>> an upstate couple is charged with beating their 19-year-old son to death inside a church. the victim's brother is also in the hospital. four other church members are facing assault charges. abc's marci gonzalez has more on what happened. >> a disturbing case inside this secretive new york church where police say a teen was beaten to death by his own parents. bruce and deborah leonard charged with manslaughter after police say their 19-year-old son lucas was brought to a hospital monday with injuries so severe, doctors at first thought he'd been shot. the teen pronounced dead, the s.w.a

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headquarters in new york. thanks for joining us. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. >>> after a router problem shut it down for over an hour last night. the glitch led to long delays for international passengers. problems were reported in new york, boston, los angeles, atlanta, dallas/ft. worth and other points of entry. don champion is at new york's kennedy airport. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meg. this is the computer system that checked airline passengers against terrorism watch lists. the outage lasted about 90 minutes and created headaches and long delays at several airports. >> i never thought anything like thousands of travelers. there were long waits on customs lines for passengers entering the u.s. and for those checking in for international flights. >> the people up there were people that couldn't walk. it was crazy. crazy. people in wheelchair that were, like, crying, waiting there for hours. >> reporter: during the computer breakdown, the customs and border protection agency

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my first time in new york city. i'm thinking, this is the best thing ever. [ laughter ] i'm telling my parents, no. i want to go see elmo, but that's not the truth. >> it's not about elmo? yes. >> seth: how do you do this? 'cause this is -- this is sort of almost like a first amendment issue with -- for these performers? >> it very much is. >> seth: how do you approach this issue? >> so, we got the costume characters, the elmos and the others, we have the painted women, we have dvd sellers, we have all sorts of folks in times square, who unfortunately are making it a less positive environment, but they also do have first amendment rights. what do you do about it? we think they're all businesses. they are. i mean, people are selling a product. so, we're gonna regulate them. we're gonna -- they have to have a permit. they have to do like anybody else who has a business. and we think that will help us to create a little more balance in the situation. i'm always going to respect constitutional rights, but at the same ti

that is approaching new york city within the hour. the line has the heaviest storms near philadelphia. this feature cast shows what the line will look like within an hour. the heaviest rain could be salt and east of new york city by 6:30 p.m. the entire event waits until 8:00 tonight to leave. these are storms from connecticut to western long island and just departing brooklyn it maclean's. it should be leaving the east end of long island. here is what you need to know. rain will last until about 8:00 p.m. downpours then, clearing with a cool wind. don't forget the heavier jacket for later tonight. back to you for now. >>> we are hearing from the worker who saved a baby from falling out of a window. the girl was close to falling from the ledge on the second floor. we have more on how the child managed to get out on the ledge. >> reporter: clearly a lot of people are grateful that he saved this little girl. a mechanic for con edison was called with a team for a reported gas leak when suddenly -- >> right here on the second floor. >> re

the new york mets are back. within the past hour, mets manager terry collins talked about the first two losses in the world series. it may not team wants but they are not losing hope. rob powers is in the newsroom. >> reporter: first order of business to get home. up next getting back in the world series. they come back to citi field for games 3, 4 and 5. they chose to forgo the formal workout in favor of rest. a scheduled off day. noah got his work in. royals chose not to have a formal workout either. next game is the next chance to get something going. a 14 inning loss in game one and 16 in game 2. syndergaard pitches game 3. learn from the games in kc, move past, win one game and get on the board. let the royals know they are in a series. >> we are down but not out. we fought back so many times this is another challenge that we have to meet and so far we have met them all. >> same game, just a little louder, different atmosphere. travis is still sitting 60 feet 6 inches away. you have to execute every pitch.

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in new york. thanks for joining us. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. >>> parts of the eastern u.s. got an early taste of went. fries warnings answers watches, as well as frost advisories are in effect this morning from northern mississippi into northern massachusetts. the colder temperatures are in the mid-atlantic and the northeast. on sunday, people in northern michigan saw their first snow of the season but the wintry scenes won't last long. highs today in michigan will hit 60 degrees. >>> up next on "cbs this morning," we will track the fall freeze and get your full weather forecast. >>> a major commercial highway in southern california will stay closed for at least several more days after major mudslides. state route 58 is still covered in mud that is six feet deep in some are areas. it's about 100 miles north of los angeles. last week, a 30-minute downpour turned the highway into a mud pit, trapping 300 people in their cars. >>> at least 60% of the hidden pine fire is contained this m

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the church is located in new hartford in upstate new york, about 250 miles north of new york city. two of those in custody are the boys' parents. isana diaz reports. >> reporter: 65-year-old bruce leonard and his 59-year-old wife debra are charged with manslaughter after police say they beat their 19-year-old son lucas to death. >> we are not alleging they intended to kill their son but alleging they tried to seriously hurt their son and, ultimately, he died from those injuries. >> reporter: the new hartford police chief says lucas and his 17-year-old brother christopher were brutally attacked inside the world of life christian church sanctuary after sunday evening services. investigators say church members counseling session. >> both brothers were continually subjected to physical punishment over the course of several hours in the hopes that each would confess the prior sins and ask for forgiveness. >> reporter: the police complainat says lucas suffered injuries to the thigh and other areas of his body. he stopped breathing and taken to the hospital later. later, police stormed th

. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. thanks for joining us. i'm anne-marie green. >>> paul ryan's message to fellow house republicans was to the highway -- meet my conditions and i'll run for speaker, otherwise, find another candidate. this morning, the gop caucus is considering his terms. ryan is a reluctant candidate but finally agreed to run if he is backed by all factions of the party. brook silva-braga is in new york with the latest. >> reporter: the republicans have been desperate to find someone to replace john boehner. kevin mccarthy of california abruptly dropped his bid to be speaker when can became clear some republicans wouldn't support him but finding anyone with broad gop support has been difficult, at least until last night. it's not a job he wanted, but wisconsin congressman paul ryan now says he is willing to run for speaker of the house. vacuum left by outgoing speaker john boehner. >> i came to the conclusion this is a dire moment. not just for congress and the republican party but for our our country

live at citi field, i'm bruce beck, news 4 new york. rob and natalie, back to you. >> thank you so much. we cannot wait to get things started here. go to michael george who's been talking to the pumped up fans. >> natalie, right now fans are arriving behind me. the excitement is out of control. more than a typical nlcs and part of the reason for that is mets fans have been hoping and praying for this moment for nearly a decade. >> let's go mets! >> reporter: after a long wait, mets fans are finally getting their day. many told us they have been waiting for this moment for years. >> it is surreal. nine years of waiting and finally here. >> this is our time to shine as a community of mets fans. >> reporter: outside of citi field fans are starting to gather and tailgating has already begun. the mets amazing run has brought new energy to fan a's who haven't had much to cheer about for a while. >> hopefully tonight, hopefully we bring it. >> i have my sweatshirt, my my matt harvey t-shirt. hat, gloves. we're all set. >> he can't remember the

the news continues at 6:00. >> live from studio 3c in rockefeller center, this is news 4 new york. >> now at 6:00, no patients. a local health care accompany under fire. >> it's full of rats. i can't describe how many rats are back there. >> rats running wild complaints at an all time high in new york city but is the problem really getting worse? >> the i team exposed this mom begging for money with her baby. now she skipped court and skipped town. >> we begin with that penny saver add singling out a specific minority group. it's as you can see says no hagss. tonight the accompany is under fire and apologizing. >> we are joined live with the story. >> reporter: we'll get to that in a minute. this is distributed across new york every single week. next week in rockland county readers are not only going to get the classified in coupons, they're going to get something else, an apology. turn to the back page of the penny center and you'll see a

a live look here from new york city. a beautiful look actually at the sun just sinking below the horizon here as we look over toward new york harbor. temperature right now 47. that wind coming in from the northwest at 9 gusting up to 21 miles an hour. the wind is still brisk, and it will continue that way through the evening. the high on the day eked up to the 50-degree mark, way below average. 10 to 15 degrees below average this time of the year. the sun just setting at 6:12. here we go, temperatures tumbling into the 20s, and most of the suburbs tonight with a hard freeze. it's low to mid-30s for new york city and the coast where we could actually see conditions, but there could be some frost on vegetation in the five boroughs of new york city. still cool tomorrow, but a big turn around starting on tuesday, and we're talking temperatures in the low 70s by the middle part of the week. 45 right now in teterboro, most importantly, 47 in flushing right near citi field where we have windchills down around 40 with that wind

new york state parks are a gift. plan your vacation at iloveny.com. >>> we have new information tonight about plans to change the look of times square. >> from taxing those costume characters to designated areas for street entertainers. details on how it could all shake out. >> we're hearing a lot of mixed emotions out here, mixed feelings about the situation. one man actually giving out these fake tickets. it says public space call for free speech. he's actually handing these out to people he says aren't having enough fun in times square. he says this ticket. disagree. >> reporter: the spectacle that is times square complete with costumed characters, painted women, tourists with selfie sticks, and new yorkers making their way to work may be about to change. mayor de blasio's times square task force has unveiled its final improvements. they include special zones designated for costumed characters and painted women. taxing costumed characters as businesses. and short-term measures to improve congestion and traffic flo

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4 new york. >>> and that will do it. thank you so much for watching. stay with us as the news continues at 6:00. >>> police use a cellphone to track down a convicted trail rapist on parole. >>> and de blasio makes a trip to israel and plans to meet with israeli and palestinian children. >>> and do you find those little tvs in the back of taxicabs annoy annoying annoying? some could be disappearing. >>> and we begin with the arrest of a rapist. i'd today see >> reporter: most people who have smartphones have the find my phone app. well, police say so did one of the victims in this case. whand they found the phone, they also found a convicted rapist right at the intersection behind me here. and now they think that same man raped another woman after getting out of prison. the 36-year-old is back behind bars tonight, the registered sex offender released from prison just a few months ago for raining an 8-year-old girl is charged with attack again. >> it's very jerry. i live here with my two

plus, a passenger plane the news starts in seconds. >>> live from the cbs broadcast center in new york city this is cbs2 at 11. >>> right now where is the police intensifying their search for a gun used to kill one of their own and it could affect your drive. >>> less testing more learning. president obama's call for overhaul of classrooms. >>> and the championship chase shifts to kansas city. i am jessica schneider in tonight for cindy hsu. fly series. we are now three days away from game one against the royals and cbs2's steve overmyer begins mound first. >> that is the big story with the mets right now. it has been airdrome season. contenders. the mets are flying out tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. citi field. we found out the mets' ace matt harvey about start game one of the world series. in 12 innings this post-season, he has six strikeouts and two he wants the ball because he likes to rise to the occasion. >> i called them in today, with the rotations. and i said, i said are you ready for it? and he looked at me and he said, damn right. so -- and i told him, listen, there might be

. >> this was a small item in the new york times i picked up. may 1970, small puerto rican independence group set off a bomb in the theater in the bronx during the liberation of jones. bombs were so prevalent by that time. and according to the new york city times when the police tried to cleanup the theater after the bomb no one wanted to leave and wanted to see the rest of the movie. it was like we are new yorkers, it is a bomb already. >> and the box score in the san francisco chronicle. >> san francisco had so many bombs during the 1970's the chronicle ran a box score of how many there were and who was in the lead. but the scope of domestic violence, what we would call domestic terrorism today, i don't call it terrorism because by and large these bombs were not intended to kill indiscriminately. most were protest bombs set off in empty buildings, court houses, exploding press releases. they were not intended to kill they were intended to draw the media and police focus to communicate and that would take to the bottom of the pay phone or sent

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york new york city schools. thousands of marchers will cross e brooklyn bridge for a rally at city hall. thouey'll call on the mayor for reform. organizers say many black and hispanic children are confined tohi the city's worst schools. cee lebrities like jennifer hudson d aloeeblack are expected to be there. >>> it was a very short postseason for the new york yankees. they hosted the astros in the american league wild card game. masahiro tanaka gave up i home run to kolby rasmus in the second inning. a-rod had a chance to even things up in the bottom of the sixth. two on two, out, but dallas keuchel got him to fly out. >> this was a club that fought all year long. and there's aonot of character in that room and this hurtll just didn't get it done. >> you work your butt off, you try as hard as you can, and you're still a little short. that was our year. >> that was the year astros keep going. they're going to face kansas city in the a.l. division series. too bad for them. but now we have the mets to root for. >>

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news". reporting tonight, thomas roberts. >>> good evening. tonight millions of americans are bracing for winter weather from mother nature and only four weeks into fall. in fact, some parts of michigan have already reported more than 5 1/2 inches of snow. from the midwest to the northeast and far south to alabama, there are freeze warnings and watches. out west, more rain is in the forecast, which could add insult to injury if more mudslides are triggered where waist-deep mud already shut down roads and trapped drivers this week. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer starts us off. >> reporter: a winter blast across the northeast and parts of the midwest today, from new york to michigan and pennsylvania. it's only october. >> i woke up this morning, and i said, "happy birthday" to my husband, "i got you a gift." there's snow outside, two inches of snow, and he goes, you've got to be kidding me. >> reporter: virginia have. vermont's resort isn't scheduled to open, but the trails are covered

live in long beach, michael george, news 4 new york. in connecticut the governor is asking everyone to continue to prepare for joaquin in case the forecast changes again. they are expecting minor to moderate flooding starting with the nor'easter coming tomorrow. he says everyone should have a basic emergency supply kit ready, including a three day supply of water, three days worth of nonperishable food, battery operated radio, flash light and first aid supplies. make sure you have the nbc 4 app as we track hurricane joaquin. you can get veer alerts sent to your smartphone. go to nbc new york.com and click on the tabatha says get severe storm alerts. >>> as we continue, murder on a quiet suburban street. the strange turn of events when cops are ready to burst in to a long island home. >>> concern and afraid. hundreds at the epicenter of the latest legionnaires' outbreak pack a town hall meeting demanding answers. >> if you signed up for a cell phone in the past two years your >>> new tonight, long island police are tight lipped about the

here in new york. what are you telling people who here? >> well, like i said, we're sending buses to the scene so that anyone who is traveling is able to do so, and we will continue to develop more information here as we go through the day. >> very good. and i know you are so relieved that this wasn't as serious as it could have been. >> thank you for taking the time out to join us. craig schulz amtrak spokesperson. >>> new york's attorney general with warnings this afternoon. baseball fans to be alert. he's giving a warning about ticket scams as the yankees and mets head into the playoffs. sandra bookman outside yankees stadium with more. >> reporter: having both teams, both local teams in the playoffs at the same time for the first time in several years, well, mr. snyderman believes that makes these playoff games prime targets for ticket scams. fans desperate to be part of all the excitement, all the action, desperate to get their hands on their tickets may not be as careful as they need to be when it comes to buying those tickets, and t

also tonight, from the new york mets, the new york mets are on their way to the world series. matt harvey, jacob degrom, wilmer flores and david wright are here. tickets to see the mets for the world series games in new york respect they're saying they're going to be the most expensive tickets in baseball history. the average price for a scalped ticket to the mets game is $1,700. it's terrible. the only people who can afford to go to a mets game are derek jeter and a-rod right now. but the mets will be here tonight for free. and then we'll have music from public enemy. [ cheers and applause ] a legendary group. together chucky and flavor flav have created some of the finest socially conscious hip-hop and vh1 reality dating shows ever. public enemy's biggest hit is "fight the power" on the soundtrack to the movie "do the most iconic brooklyn movies of all-time. maybe the most. such a great movie, such a great song. fight the power was the song that inspired me to stand up and demand that starbucks start carrying coconut milk. "do the right thing" came out in 1989. brooklyn has

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come to new york where things are happening. new york is the gateway where i american ideas go to europe and european ideas come to america. this will be a global phenomenon. and it works out vertically. he gets to new york city at just the right moment when things are beginning to happen. one of those things is the irish nationalist movement is exploding. he is not irish, but his message has great resonance with irish catholics who are one of the largest ethnic groups in america. he finds this is a great way to get noticed and get speaking takes and to find his real first audience. he also becomes well-known in great britain as a result. so why does he appeal to workers? when he writes his book, he's thinking of just going to wow everybody. it turns out his first real core group on american workers. one of the main reasons is that he challenges that fundamental or traditional understanding of poverty, the one we saw lowell touching on. the traditional interpretation was it's inevitable. you really can't do anything about it. an

what have italian-americans meant to new york? governor cuomo and mayor de blasio tried to sum it up. >> about family and community. >> we could not have this community without italians. >> reporter: costumed dancers got into the spirtd it of the day. they were enjoying the stage. the crowd of spectators was enthusiastic. a solitary old-timer. >> bring the food, the main thing, the food. >> reporter: really? >> italian food. nobody can change that. >> reporter: clergy on the steps of st. patrick's cathedral. >> we are the backbone of what >> reporter: actor tony danza, an honorary grand marshal seemed more enthusiastic than anyone. >> being a kid from new york, a kid from brooklyn whose father was a garbage man. >> reporter: the mother of a family speaks out. >> the music, the food. >> happy columbus day. >> reporter: i have sentimental feelings about the parade. in 1967, i met my wife, an immigrant from norway right here. she told me norwegians didn't believe columbus discovered america. they believe that leif erickson did. >> we

. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. i'm anne-marie green. >>> in the third republican presidential debate the and the media. there were testy exchanges is the candidates focused on the economy and those trailing in the polls, like jeb bush, marco rubio, and ted cruz tried to make their mark. craig boswell has more from boulder, colorado. >> reporter: standing next to one another, jeb bush and marco rubio had one of the most heated exchanges, both under pressure for strong debate performances. overall, the candidate in the center of the stage was quiet for a long stretch of time. the two top polling candidates, washington outsiders ben carson and donald trump, left much of the early contentious debating to the other eight other candidates on stage. john kasich questioned their ability. >> folks, we have to wake up. we cannot elect somebody that doesn't know how to do the job. >> reporter: jeb bush had to cut spending and reorganize his campaign structure went after marco rubio. >> when you signed up for this, this was a

new york public schools. serves on the board of trusty of jersey, statewide education organization and is also chairperson of the new york trust for education. >> thank you. [applause] >> can everyone hear me? so when i was asked to do this panel i had to pause a bit because it's in many ways i think, you know, the last four years has been a real opportunity to reflect on a national conversation that is happening about public education, and from where i sit and the experiences that i've had as a native, someone who started the career working in the norc public schools. nonprofit lidar that provide model. it's very interesting to see kind of the multiple perspective and the complexity of this problem. but before i give my reflections on the role of philantropy and the observations that she experienced, i want to thank the public library for hosting such an important convening, diverse stakeholders in this room demonstrates that there hasn't been a lot of opportunities to have conversation. we are all accountab

new york. his home base is texas state university. why is this case important? the case has become a political symbol. and it was made into a political symbol by teddy roosevelt when he ran for president in 1912. symbol of how court had overreached and overstepped its bounds. ever since then, it has been a political flashpoint because it was made a political flashpoint in a presidential campaign. host: for which side? guest: roosevelt claimed that this was a product of laissez-faire economics, which is what he got from the dissenting opinion of justice holmes. roosevelt put justice holmes on the court and was extolling him as a model of what a justice should be. he put them on the court when he was president, and he's running to be reelected in 1912, so he and elevates his case, called the bakeshop case. political importance that it did not have until the campaign. this was the battle between progressives, who are arguing for increasing state regulation, of all kinds of economic activities, and

a frequent guest on "good day new york." rosanna: let's talk about another headline that is happening in our town. a dermatologist on dead in a highway. greg: her patients nowhere as doctor rick and bob. all signs needed to point to a drug overdose at this point. let's get to liz. >> reporter: this is the building behind me where she was found. the nypd still carting it this morning. the exact cause of death could take weeks to finally figure out. her last night was filled with partying, drinking and doing cocaine. a prominent dermatologist and mother of three young children was found sunday morning. the 38-year-old came into the city saturday for a girls night out. it started at a bar on the lower east side. it involves alcohol and cocaine. greg: working on a pilot program hbo. surveillance photo shows johnson johnson called 911 and directed arimidex, but left the scene. she was taken to grant which village and pronounced it. detectives apparently question johnson. he was released without being charged. investigators still

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brook silva-braga is in new york with more. >> reporter: joe biden did give a speech here in new york city over the weekend, but staying true to form, he didn't make any reference to a possible presidential bid. he did discuss terrorism and religious extremism which are major topics at the moment with talks of 9/11 and the benghazi attacks. hillary clinton says she doesn't when she testified in front of a republican-controlled house committee on the american attack on the compound in benghazi. >> i will do my best to answer their questions but i don't really know what their objective is right now joot former secretary of state has testified twice before. she says the investigation has turned political. >> i think it's pretty clear that whatever they might have thought they were doing, they ended up becoming a partisan arm of the republican national committee. >> reporter: representative trey gowdy who chairs the committee says he is not concerned with the 2016 campaign and is only concerned about find youing on the security failures that led to the death of four americans. >> i have t

keep watching "today in new york." download the news 4 new york app >>> breaking news. live pictures from chopper 4. a car slamming into a store front in brooklyn. we're live over the scene. >>> a former nba star fighting for his life following a medical emergency inside a well-known nevada brothel. >>> and also ahead, we'll show you the top moment from the democratic presidential debate. "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning, everybody. 6:30 a.m. on this wednesday, october 14th. i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. chris is off this morning. forecast. hey, dave. >> pleasant morning taking shape as we begin the day. 59 degrees outside. temperatures pretty much in the upper 40s to upper 50s. 60 degrees at jfk. 53 in white plains. as we head through the wide picture, cooler temperatures as we head to the north and the west. sussex at 43. as we head to bridgewater, just about 54 degrees. same in long branch. as far as the day goes, we are going to begin with nice conditions. clear skies for the most part. noontime hour is going to see the beginning of