history unfolding tonight in new york. the empire state now the sixth and largest state to legalize same-sex marriage. after weeks of negotiations and days of last-minute dealing, new york state senators first approved a package of amendments to address religious concerns, then just after 10:30 eastern time they cast their vote on the final bill. >> in relation to calendar 1545, those recording negative are senators ball, bonicek, defrancisco, diaz, farley, flanagan, fuchilo, gal van, golden, griffo, than nen, johnson, lanza, larkin, lavalle, livis, little, marcelino. naziarz -- richey, row back, seward, skelos, young and zeldin. ayes 33, nays 29. >> that was it with a vote of 33-29 it pass the. joining me now is mary snow in albany who has been monitoring the debate all evening long. mary, we did get a sense as the vote approached because of the public statements of at least one republican who had been undecided, he said he was -- he had decided to vote for it. even before the vote was taken there was a sense that this wa

york times monopoly over assessing the scene in new york. particularly in certain niches, the time is really dominated. dieter, restaurants, etc.. today it is a little bit different, but the times sort of ordered the world when i was growing up. gay talese talks about that a lot, the idea that something did not exist unless it was in the pages of the times. today, that is really quite different, but i think many would argue effectively that the authority of the times persists, but in a very different way. >> here is another clip of another person you featured from you documentary. >> a lot of the people in the baghdad bureau had been to kabul, and they ask if anyone wanted to volunteer for baghdad, so i am going to iraq. >> capital cases, death row. tim is just one of the guys who wants answers to very basic questions. >> iraq is kind of of people's radar screens, but we still have 120,000 soldiers there, at a crucial point in terms of seeing what the last chapter is for our country there. >> the locals who have worked for us, some have been

for more on new york and beyond we're joined by daniel o'donnell, a democratic member of the new york state assembly. and maggie gallagher, co-founder and chair of the national organization for marriage, a group that lobbies around the country to keep marriage between a man and a woman. mr. o'donnell starting with you, two years ago this bill was rejected by a democrat-led majority senate. this time it passed through a republican-majority senate. what changed? >> many things have changed in the last two years. when i first got this bill passed in 2007, the polling on this subject was in the low 40s. the polling these days in new york is close to 60% of new yorkers support my right to equality. so we had a governor who was fully supportive and was willing to commit his political good will. we had money behind it. and we had coordination of all the groups that are in favor, worked very closely together. so all those things allowed the decision to be made by the leadership of the senate to put the bill on the floor. i have known for at least a month that the bill was put on the floor tha

it was real new york pizza. >> jon: no! no! it's not! unless real authentic new york pizza can also be found in terminal four of the phoenix airport. governor palin new york disrespect to you, you're a guest in our city, we should offer you the finest that our hospitality has to offer you. i just would have thought captain combover could have pulled that one offer. i mean, for [bleeped] sake, it's new york city. i hate to use this term this close to ground zero, but we're a bit of a pizza mi mean, you kt lombardi's... [cheers and applause] honestly, lombardi's. oldest pizza rhea in town, little italy, they make their own pork sausage. go to grimaldi's under the brooklyn bridge. go there early. totonno's, coney island, thin crust, sweet sauce.

you've got six other options in new york. the new york media's not going to let this go. the second issue, the second reason he's been in congress is to be a tv star. which he's emergencied as. part of that is part of his strategy to run for mayor in 2013. his base in new york the blue collar voters. he's expanded that base appealing to man hat tan liberals, liberals in brownstone brooklyn. it's a successful coalition. but can he really be on tv as the congressman? >> yes, he can come on this show tomorrow night. i won't ask him a single question about it. he answered every question today that i could possibly have. >> that's noble of you, i would say you're probably in the minority. >> definitely. >> i don't think he can be anthony weiner for the next year otwo. i don't think he can be mayor in 2013. i don't think his rational for being in congress applies anymore. >> two words. barney frank got in much, much worse trouble than this involving a full ethics committee investigation. he went on to become a very powerful chairman. his future in the house was not hindered by

york's business owners will still be celebrating. >> i think it's going to be fantastic for new york city. >> reporter: craig markham of the crosby street hotel says he expects to see a wedding related bump in business for his industry and beyond. >> there are so many businesses associated with weddings. you have florists. you have cake decorators. you have caterers. >> reporter: new york is already one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. the city estimates the new law will bring more than $180 million to the state in the next three years. 41 states have specifically xd banned same-sex marriage. but national polls show support is steadily increasing. and for the first time ever, opposition has fallen below 50%. the financial benefits could be one more reason for other states to follow new york. >> there is a kind of race going on. every state that legalizes gay marriage, they get a burst of spending and a bunch of activity, you know, thousands of couples that had been wanting to get married are able to do so. >> reporter: free to marry. a new reason to celebrate. turnin

there was an explosion of cheers across new york, and especially here, new york city's stonewall inn, considered the birthplace of the gay rights movement. in a down-to-the-wire vote, new york's republican-controlled senate narrowly passed a marriage equality bill by just four votes. >> ayes, 33, nays, 29. [ applause ] >> reporter: it brought applause from the chamber floor, and new york governor andrew cuomo who quickly signed the bill into law. >> democracy works when the people speak, and the people spoke in volumes over these past few months, and this legislature responded this week to their calls. >> reporter: but opponents remain resolute. new york's catholic archbishop issuing a statement, "the passage by the legislature of a bill to alter radically and forever humanity's historic understanding of marriage leaves us deeply disappointed and troubled." new york is now the sixth state to allow gay marriage, plus the district of columbia. it's still a hot button issue. a recent gallup poll shows a slight majority of americans, 53%, support the issue of same-sex marriage. and the pr

that's a major civil rights victory. ( cheers and applause ) new york, finally, new york state's gay and lesbian community are free from the burden that was having to set foot in connecticut in order to get married. ( applause ) really? the nuptials are in stam forward? mmmm. yes, it was last friday night at 10:30 p.m. eastern gay rights time after a week of tense negotiations and protests featuring brutal gay versus jew bull fighting, the senate in al bany finally made an honest state of new york by a vote of 33 for destroying society as we know it and 29 against. the vote was in doubt right up until the last minute. as of thursday, the state senate was dead locked 31-31. marriage rights supporters had to find at least one more republican to flip. and then up stepped mark grisanti, state senator from buffalo, who had run on a platform of banning gay marriage. here's what he had to say. >> as a catholic i was raised to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. >> jon: so we'll move on from there. maybe they'll find a vote from someone who doesn't appear to be on elliott nes

in new york, effective july 24th. cuomo talked about the new law during today's celebration. >> i believe new york has sent a message to this nation loud and clear. it is time for marriage equality all across this country. new york for many years -- new york for many, many years has served as the progressive beacon for this country. and passing marriage equality, i think, advances the entire discussion in term of social justice. and i was so proud and honored to be the governor of this state signing this law into effect. >> comedian margaret cho is an outspoken supporter of gay rights. face to face she told me her thoughts on the new york law. >> i think it's time. i think it's time that people realize -- people realize now, i think conservatives realize that they cannot legislate morality. and they cannot continue to discriminate against a group of people in order to kind of fulfill their political agenda. that discrimination can no longer be part of your political agenda. i think this is what conservatives now are g

"the new york times" reports the fbi is giving significant new search powers to its agents. they'll be given more leeway to search databases, go through household trash, and use surveillance teams to scrutinize targets. even in investigations without firm evidence for suspecting criminal or terrorist activity. >>> "the new york times" is also reporting the u.s. navy recently forced a north korean ship suspected of carrying missile technology to myanmar to return home. it happened two weeks ago, resulting in a standoff at sea for several days. following diplomatic pressure from washington and asian nations, the ship turned around. >>> although arizona's massive wildfire is only 6% contained, it has burned 700 square miles, fire crews now say they're finally turning the corner in their fight with the inferno. >>> christchurch, new zealand, has been rocked by another wave of earthquakes, including a 6.0. two people were safely pulled from the rubble of one building. this comes almost four months after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed 181 people. >>> and this weekend there was

i mean, for [bleeped] sake, it's new york city. i hate to use this term this close to ground zero, but we're a bit of a pizza mi mean, you kt lombardi's... [cheers and applause] honestly, lombardi's. oldest pizza rhea in town, little italy, they make their own pork sausage. go to grimaldi's under the brooklyn bridge. go there early. totonno's, coney island, thin crust, sweet sauce. go to the one on bleecker's. that's full. but the pies, mmm. denino's on staten island, the bred crumbs on the island. go to joseph's. [bleeped]. i get it. i get it. [applause] you're in a hurry. maybe there's security concerns. i'll forgive you the selection. i apologize. let's just go to the content of your meeting and then we'll just -- son of a bitch. you stab your slices, donald? with all due respect, you stab slices of pizza, the steam from the bottom of the slice is going to make the top crust [bleeped]. maybe all those years, all those years of making your hair do whatever it is that it does, you think you can go around layering any [bleeped] thi

new york. one undecided republican senator moments ago announced he has now decided to vote for same sex marge. now a majority of senators are on the record saying they will support same-sex marriage. marie snow has the latest on what could be history happening right now. mary, what's the latest? >> reporter: an incredibly emotional on the senate floor, anderson. what we just saw was a vote for an amendment to the bill. that was an amendment that guaranteed protection for religious organizations. that had been the sticking point all along. and that vote sass pased -- passed 36-26. as soon as that was announced, you heard cheers erupt in the senate chamber. and there are people outside, supporters in the hallways, that loud cheer went up as soon as that was announced. what you're seeing now is a democratic same-sex marriage bill -- blasting republicans for bringing this bill to a vote. now what we waiting for is the vote on the main bill. >> mary, do you know when the actual vote will take place

than new york city. it's a very large diverse state. it has led on a variety of social issues, whether it's women's voting or the abolition movement. all those things were started here in new york state. and in the end, new york city is an international city which people look to and come to all the time and so i am hopeful that this victory will be able to be mimicked and copied in other states and i'm certainly available to go anywhere in the country anyone want nose try to help to allow the citizens of those states to get the same rights i finally will have on july 24th which turns out to be my partner's birthday. >> happy birthday to him early. did you happen to get a chance to talk to your sister rosie about this, did you have a conversation, celebration? >> i'm sort of new to the tweeter thing and so she started following me on twitter after we passed the bill and she and i had a late lunch/early dinner on saturday. i only got back from albany saturday afternoon and i saw her saturday night and then

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

new york is going to still be new york. just a part of everything else. >> reporter: really? >> yes. >> reporter: then how did this happen? three minutes ago i was wearing a suit. i have no idea how i even got in these. >> good luck, buffalo. you'll need it. >> jon: anarchy. ok, people. show me the best way to design a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. let me tell you this. the marriage equality act passing in new york wasn't the only bit of good news here this weekend. take a look at this. >> up next, setting the record straight about our interview last week with jon stewart. >> jon: yes! finally. ( applause ) let me tell you what's going on. i do an interview with chris wallace. i mentioned fox news viewers were the most consistently misinformed vie

the new york daily news had tried to go up against him. the daily news was a morning paper and the post was afternoon. the daily news was locked in a battle with him and the opened an afternoon paper to go head-to-head with murdoch in new york and he was a pretty greasy afternoon paper. he called the popular press. it wasn't a down market. he called the popular press. it was a nicely to describes something like that. they were ashamed of the kind of breeziness they were going to have to do. he pulled back they put out a morning paper in the afternoon which doesn't fly, not in new york. while i was writing this report, they closed the daily news afternoon paper and murdoch said to me the wind behind him. i'm not ashamed of what i do. as an audience, i like it but as for them to their audience likes it they are not ashamed c-span: the bouck -- you look back at the beginning. are there two or three moments where something happened in the media that made a difference? you look back and go through the -- i can't find a word but why did this hap

david joins me now from new york. this was a republican-led senate that actually gave the deciding votes last night. the first time we've seen that in this country. but democrats had to do some deal-making. >> there was likely some horse trading, you're right, t.j., that was happening behind the scenes. the legislative session ended on monday and we extended it all the way out to friday without a deal. it was only until late friday night when governor cuomo signed this bill almost at the strike of midnight that the same-sex marriage bill actually became law. it will take effect in about 30 days. cuomo may have had some political capital to burn. it was with the republicans. he enacted some belt-tightening measures earlier this year without raising taxes, but he also enacted a sort of widespread state campaign that many people who have been studying this have said that it just simply wasn't the same case two years ago when the bill failed in new york state senate. here in new york, there are celebrations, and the posit

of new york come from. >> three communities and 70% of the state's prison population come from these three communities? >> these three areas. these three counties in new york city. ♪ mi♪ mcnugget time 's ♪ at mcdonald's ♪ six sauces, so you can dunk 'em ♪ [ male announcer introducing a new lineup of sauces for your mcdonald's chicken mcnuggets. six delicious flavors including sweet chili, honey mustard and tangy barbeque. ♪ six sauces, so you can dunk 'em ♪ [ male announcer so your crispy juicy made with white meat chicken mcnuggets are a slam dunk every time. it's the simple joy of throwing down. ♪ ba-da-ba-ba-ba >>> according to all reports, the united states has the highest incarceration rate on the planet. at the current moment, more than 7.3 million people are either paroled, on probation or incarcerated. although african-americans comprise only 12% of the u.s. population, they make up 41% of the nation's prison population. joining me to discuss the incarceration crisis are barry sheck,

same-sex marriage in new york. word is the vote is now 31-4-- 31 for, 31 against. so right now they are looking to turn one vote gay, i guess. (laughter) >> jon: even for a night. (laughter) >> jon: six pack of twiquiza, let's get in there and vote. we are getting word that there has been a vote in the new york senate extended session. let's go right to it. >> the summertime favorite is now the official state vegetable. the lawmakers divided to quiv sweet corn two thumbs up over onions. >> jon: it's raining men-- wait, what? wait w what did you vote for? really? a state vegetable, corn, first of all-- first of all, don't get cocky, corn. you beat onions. (laughter) >> jon: second of all y are we talking about a state vegetable in an extended session of the senate, no less. >> the importance of this legislation is not whether we have sweet corn or onion or any other vegetable but it's important that we do recognize and have a state vegetable for new york. (laughter) >> jon: yes. otherwise it would be chaos. (laughte

new york times. i am pleased to have them all here to talk about this movie. what did you think of the movie what did it do? what i what it accolish? >> it reaffirmed for me it is still the kingdom and theower. these people are the new members of the times hierarchy and stardom, as you say, david and so is bryan, which t me is pretty much like the old paper, in that it is guided by the same spirit of right very hard and sometimes very successfully to tell the truth. >> re: how did this film come into being? >> i knew andrew. >> the director of page 1 had made a previous film, about the rebirth of 2000 and i had a cameo in there, because i was making video at the time, he came to interview maine about another documentary he is working on, a web 2.0, in new york, and he said, i want to shoot the media meltdown, the story of the media meltdown over your shoulder and i just said, well, that is a great idea, andrew, go ask my bosses about that. thinking i can get rid of him that way. >> rose: very clever.

york, the way new yorkers -- new york is recording its conversion or the way new york is recording its visitors or its literature is the same as california, florida, illinois, there has to be standardization in data collection. >> excellent. thank you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate it. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. let me thank the witnesses, this has been a terrific hearing. i thought all four of you gave extremely valuable information. i think the question at the end set the tone, we have to go from here to get some positive results from the hearing. certainly as far as setting some sort of standardization. i want to thank you for the testimony, members of the committee may have additional questions, we'll ask you to respond in write if you will. the hearing record will be held open for 10 days. without objection, the committee stands adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> presidential candidate and former house speaker newt gingrich speaking at the 2011 republican conference in

york. >> yes. >> new york's annual gay pride parade took on new meaning this weekend after passage of a bill allowing same-sex couples to get married. >> quite the celebration in the streets of new york. the star of the parade was new york's governor andrew cuomo, who fought for the bill in the republican-led senate. cuomo says new york is a beacon for other states. >> i believe new york has sent a message to this nation loud and clear. it is time for marriage equality all across this country. >> new york's archbishop disagrees with governor cuomo, saying we worry that both marriage and the family will be undermined by this tragic presumption of government. >> as you can imagine there are folks who disagree with this and we have made this our question of the day on our facebook page. wnnfans.com. really lighting up with a lot of discussion. a lot of people are in favor of it, though, we should say. they know people who have been wanting to get married as a same-sex couple in new york for quite some time and they're very excited about doing it. on the other hand, people have strong fee

winick reporting from new york. t.j., thanks to you. >>> we turn, now, to washington tonight, where president obama is taking control of those high-stakes talks with republicans to increase the nation's debt limit. the two sides now at an impasse. he has summoned leaders of both parties to the white house on monday. and economists say, if congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the u.s. would default on its bonds, sending economic shock waves around the world and increasing the chances of another recession in this country. let's bring in the anchor of abc's "this week," christiane amanpour, in washington. christiane, you and i were talking. they made some headway on spending cuts. where does the impasse stand right now? >> well, it is at a critical juncture because a senior administration official tells me, in the talks with the vice president, members of congress have agreed to between $1.4 trillion and $2 trillion worth of cuts. but there needs to be more. what the republicans are saying is, no new taxes. while

it is also the best new thing in the world. >>> coming clean, after days of denials, new york congressman anthony weiner admits sending sexually suggestive photos. >>> tornado terror. a security camera captures the sheer force of massachusetts' deadly twister. >>> and life on mars. a self-described arm declare astronomer spots a mysterious structure on the red planet. good morning, everyone, i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead on msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with a stunning confession. after days of denial, married congressman anthony weiner admitted yesterday that he did in fact send a lewd photo to one of his female twitter followers. weener, however, says he has no plans to resign. nancy pelosi has called for an ethices investigation which new york says he will fully cooperate with. tracie potts is in washington with more. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. weener certainly hopes to keep his job, he said, he's sorry, he takes full responsibility, but when it comes to his work here on capitol hill he said the voters should decide. >> the picture i

let's get to the news at 5:30 here at 30 rock in new york city. president obama says he will soon make an announcement about the number of troops he plans to withdraw from afghanistan. after meeting with his national security team yesterday, the president said the u.s. has already accomplished large parts of its mission in afghanistan. >> by us killing osama bin laden, getting al qaeda back on its heels, stabilizing much of the country in afghanistan so the taliban can't take it over, it's now time for us to recognize that we've accomplished a big chunk of our mission. and that it's time for the afghans to take more responsibility. >> a lot of people reading into that statement. and about whether or not the u.s. is, quote, winning this war. >> we're making progress. they'll try to come back, though. that's why they say the gains while significant are fragile. >> and we have have not had a declared victory in a war with the possible exception of the first darfur since world war ii. it is the the phenomenon of modern conflict. are the american peopl

meanwhile new york city has seen a small town of its own a few blocks away from wall street in new york city the callous protesters on the steps and on a collapse of always different is that. the people pushing camp out here are saying this is just the beginning people spend the night here so their message is heard. a loud no to goof balls budget cuts that will throw more jobs out there when bill. really. the banks are sitting on trillions of dollars of our money. we're going to stay here until we get it we want to share we're all prepared so here we actually have pillows this resistance is inspired by global alpha course to protests over the last year not only of the governments here in our country but the governments abroad don't seem to want anybody to have any kind of subsistence of living. citizen journalists are here. i mean stream media is not once you go outside the us you go outside of her and you start covering the unions and workers or are fighting against can't bear to look for mayor and they want wall street to. your tax who's well those are likely your sponsors if you're a

that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. we're learning more tonight about that deadly train acct

tonight from new york. well today speaker nancy pelosi formally requested an ethics investigation of her own. tonight the "new york times" reports that 15 minutes before the press conference yesterday anthony weiner told leader pelosi in no uncertain terms that he was not going to resign his seat. end of discussion, he said. well, we're still going to discuss it here on "the ed show." let's get to work. >> you can just see former speaker pelosi is furious. >> democrats are mad. republicans are licking their chops. anthony weiner refuses to budge. >> a message to me every day. >> reporter: as weiner's women continue to come out of the woodwork accusations from a porn star that he helped coach her on hiding their activity. tonight we'll find out what his constituents think about all of this. and the gop 2012? tim pawlenty's new plan to shaft the middle class is out. michele bachmann hired a new campaign manager who is already taking shots at sarah palin. good to have you with us tonight. lots to talk about. a

and it's going to be a big celebration in new york tonight, i think. >> a lot of gay people in new york on the streets already. >> it's interesting it's gay pride weekend in new york. and it's interesting to see that crowd outside the stonewall. that is a bar in new york where many people believe or would say that the movement for gay equal rights really began. >> that is right. decades ago. it's been a long work to get here. but the one thing i want to add to what richard said is that though this is a momentous day and a huge step forward and a day to celebrate, we still have to work. we still have to.. we still have to have the conversations with our fellow americans about why marriage matters. we have to help allay the kind of concerns that were addressed tonight that new york took a big step in transcending. change doesn't happen overnight. and it doesn't come easily. and every group in america has had to work to hold our country -- >> on the one hand you're saying suddenly now a lot will change but on the other hand you're also saying really everybody will wake up tomorrow and the

in new york, terrell, thanks a lot. have a great weekend. >> you too. >>> here in new york an advanced case of justin bieber fever. the teen singer was promoting his new perfume and he drew a huge crowd, when he came out, there was a scuffle, when a barricade fell. bieber's security team rushed him back into the store, but then police struggled with a man who turned out to be one of bieber's security guards. bieber was not hurt. >>> straight ahead your friday morning weather, and in sports, here he is, the top pick in the nba draft. at bayer, we've been relieving pain for over 100 years. and today, we're re-inventing aspirin for pain relief. with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief right to the site of your tough pain. ♪ in fact, it's clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. extra strength pain relief, twice as fast. at cousin everett's blueberry farm, to talk about our blueberry juice drinks. they're

drum, new york. larry jacobs reports on what's at stake for the president. >> reporter: on wednesday the president's final answer on how many troops he will bring home from afghanistan starting next month. >> that is what will happen and that is the decision, the size and scope of that drawdown is the only decision on the table. >> reporter: white house spokesman jay carney adds the president will visit ft. drum new york this week where thousands of soldiers have been deployed to afghanistan. polls have showed at least half of americans say the afghanistan war is not worth the cost. >> i think that when you look at the situation on the ground in afghanistan, it's bleak. >> reporter: the size of this first drawdown will be a balancing act. it has been large enough to keep the president's promise to withdraw surge forces beginning next month, small enough to satisfy the military commanders that worry that afghanistan remains too fragile. and diplomatic relations with afghanistan are fragile after presi

new york may be on the verge of legalizing same-sex marriage. the bill has already passed the assembly, but being held up in the senate. >> leslie miller and of the show are both doctors and mothers of two children and are hoping that the lawmakers in albany will give them something that they have ever had, a legal marriage. one >> i believe we are sending a and a message to and that what they're our family are life, our love for each other if it is a legitimate and not the kids are watching. >> a big supporter of same- sex marriages and the new york city mayor michael bloomberg to reach out are trying to give and to sway lawmakers. he is an independent. the new york archbishop timothy is trying to get them to sway the bill. the last time i consulted and at less he rides, it is clear that we live in new york in the united states of america, not china or north korea. it has unleashed are also weighing in, former new york giants and david tyree has joined the fight against same-sex marriages. >> if this comes fourth, this will be the beginning of

now people are out here professing to love new york. this plaza is expected to be filled with even more revelers. the party started long before the sunset. the castro, the ultimate destination of the evening. but there were events throughout the day. the annual transmarch attracted dozens of people. at pier 27, professional and volunteer float makers, feverishly worked all afternoon. >> i want to see floats that are choreographed and havee theatrics. like a show. i mean it's the gay pride parade, let's have some fun. >> reporter: police plan to keep sell praeugss in check, but excitement here -- keep celebrations in check. but excitement here is heightened. >> we're going to go to new york and get married. >> reporter: with the news that marriage has been legalized in new york. >> it's going to be a more energized celebration. >> it's big for california. >> california should have had gay marriage a long time ago. >> reporter: half an hour ago i talked to a beat officer who says there's been no problems so far. but as you can see the exc

he is anthony weiner's fellow democrat from new york. he also happens to be in an important position politically. he's in charge of getting democrats elected in 2012. he called and said he's going to resign, he gave him the news. i'm told from a source that's familiar with this conversation, he went to nancy pelosi said, you've got to hear this, and the two went over to a tree to have some privacy, because, of course, the white house picnic was quite crowded, and then weiner proceeded to talk to both of them. i'm told he said he would resign and that he apologized for being a distraction. i'm told he was very remorseful about what he had done to his family, to his colleagues, to the party, and, you know, kyra, i was told by several sources, many sources over the past few weeks, who had spoken to anthony weiner, that he was really, really emotional. one says he was in despair, the other said he was turbulent. i'm told in this conversation he was more clear-headed in quite some time, where he would resign. at that point i'm told he had not

new york city and philadelphia, 96 to 98. we're still very who hot in the southern half of the country. thursday, it's warmer than in the middle of the country. a pair the of 98s in new york and d.c. >>> if you're watching us in norfolk, virginia, bring your bicycles and pedal through 12 miles of the garden pathways at bike night at the norfolk botanical garden. that's your "early today" event of the day. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is one starlet has apparently scored hollywood's hottest new bachelor and it has his perks. "us weekly" reports through venice and the french riviera, leonardo dicaprio and blake lively took in a trip to disneyland. once source told the magazine, quote, i've never seen him like this with a girl. >>> see anna miller has settled phone hacking claims against news of the world, an english tabloid run by rupert murdock's news corporation for over $160,000. miller accepted damages. her legal costs and an uncond

but beyond that, this is new york. new york is a global face of america. new york sends a message. new york is going to be giving the rest of the country and indeed the world a chance to really see that when marriage discrimination ends, families are helped and no one's hurt. with all the power that new york brings. >> so your hope is, if it happens here, because so many more people will have that freedom to marry, that right to marry, that those who oppose it currently will see that their marriages aren't affected, their lives aren't affected, nothing really changes? >> that's exactly right. as jeff said that's exactly what we've seen in other states. when people see it for real, not just in scary ads, they realize actually it takes nothing away from my family for the family across the street to be stronger and better off. that's why actually now six polls have shown that a majority in this country do support the freedom to marry. >> evan wilson, we'll talk to you in the coming days. jeff toobin as well. breaks news in the casey anthony trial. casey anthony's parents do not think

flash flooding through downtown my yak, new york, suburb of new york city, pouring through the streets there. 911 calls, people stranded in their cars, swift water rescues being done across this area. scary moment in spots as this water just rushed through the town in a dangerous fashion. we can expect similar -- well not similar scenes like that, but the potential for that especially now the ground has been so saturated across the northeast, expect more in the way of showers. rough night in knoxville as well. possible tornado touch down there and then another cell of thunderstorms rolling through this area right now creating a little bit of a in mess for the morning commute there. thunder and lightning and thunderstorms expected across the northeast as the front makes its way to the south and east. we will see delays because of the scattered showers in the afternoon. from boston to new york city to cleveland and atlanta, georgia, as well. as far as daytime highs are concerned, looking at 90s across the south, although it will be just a little bit cooler with the system moving in. 87 d

from comedy central world's news headquarters in new york, this is the "daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme song playing] [applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. big one tonight. oh, yeah, baby. that's right, jon stewart, host of "the daily show" in 2011. and yet i've been in the business for over 20 years, so there are other things that i've done that you could mention. [laughter] when i was younger. [cheering and applause] i feel like the audience tonight just looked me up on wikipedia. when they're asking me questions. you were in elmo palooza 2002. on the show tonight, trey parker and matt stone. no, no! you know what, matt stone and trey parker are on the show. that's right. it ends tonight. earlier this week, earlier this week whilst republican candidates sparred over who best could even slightly delay the inevitable decay of america into a gay, islamic califant, president obama fulfilled a campaign promise to return to the island of puerto rico, though like most new yorkers, i assumed it was the president's

i love y'all, new york. thank you, comedy central. [ cheers and applause ] -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> june 23rd, 2011, from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central >> jon: welcome to the daily show, my name is jon stewart. we have a good one tonight. our guest tonight, bruce headlam here to discuss page 1, a documentary about "the new york times", which reviewing the same film "the new york times" raved about it, a mess, does little to illuminate. so i'm thinking it must be pretty good. let's start quickly right here in new york, our state legislature the most dysfunctional in the nation raves new york university is in an extended summer session in an attempt to pass a landmark bill legalizing same-sex marriage in new york. word is the vote is now 31-4-- 31 for, 31 against. so right now they are looking to turn one vote gay, i guess. (laughter) >> jon: even for a night. (laughter)

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

partly cloudy and 77 in new york. miami, sunny and 88. partly cloudy and 92 in chicago. 101 in dallas and sunny, and 71 and sunny in los angeles. a few thunderstorms are hanging on in the southeast and southern plains. skies are mostly clear in the northeast. later today, summer like heat continues in the south and plains with high temperatures reaching as far north as minnesota. northern plains could see some severe storms and rain in california. >>> in sports this morning, miami is halfway to winning the nba finals. in dallas the heat got the go ahead jumper from chris bosh. a little under 40 seconds off, dirt nowitzki missed a tough jumper. the heat win it. game four tuesday in dallas. in baseball, a walkoff home run. 11th inning, albert pujols cracks a long homer to left. this gave the cards a 3-2 victory over the cubs. pujols did this on saturday, too. he's only the 11th in history to hit two consecutive game-ending home runs. at the french open, rafael nadal won his sixth men's final on the clay in paris. and finally, plaxico burres

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

this is from "the new york times" this morning -- host: that is "the new york times." we finish up with "the new yor post" this morning. host: again, new york papers waiting in this morning. we have asked to new york residence to call in this morning. matt, manhattan. what do you think about resignation? caller: i do not think that he should resign. only if they determine that some of the e-mails to these e-mail addresses were with -- if it was an underage thing, he should get out. it is a whole lot of nothing, i think. if this were a whole other country, it would be water under the bridge. i think that with all of the discussion so far, what people are not taking into account is not dissimilar to this congreman. my background, my location, all of the rest of that. he was a funny looking kid. i know this seems like it was more psychological than political. but he has a very funny last name. i grew up with a kid like that. we tormented that kid. this is the results of a history -- he was not a great looking kid. probably did not have a decent looking girlfriend until he

new york said yes to gay marriage. >> and san francisco mayor race a lot coming up first topping or news. >> san francisco police are blaming gangs for last night's violent shoot out. >> officers are holding two suspects after a shooting spree in broad daylight. it happened around 6:15 p.m. last night in the tenderloin neighbourhood market and jones five people were shot and sent to hospital. investigators closed off market, mccallister and jones streets not far from where gay pride festivities were wrapping up. all victims have nonlife threatening injuries four of them were just passer bys, one is a 45-year-old man visiting from england, witnesses saw two groups of people involved in some sort of fight before the shooting the spite filled over in -- the fight spilled over in foot traffic from pride events. >> it is an ongoing problem. we have narcotics and other things, gang related. not due to the proximity of pride events at all. >>> two suspects in custody are 16 and 18 years old, charged with several felonies including assault with a deadly weapon and gang related charges the gang t

i would assume if you're going to be the mayor of new york for any kind of politician in new york, you have to be able to deal with a lot of people. did that come up in discussions? >> and also personal baggage. well publicized with his family. >> phone calls. >> huge advocate for divorced fathers and their rights and on and on. yeah -- >> lots to say. >> i think a temper works for you in new york city. >> might do. >> a little of that anger is good for you. >> it's an interesting topic, nonetheless. good to see you. >> jury deliberations begin in the political corruption retrial now of former illinois governor rod blagojevich. blagojevich was thrown out of office back in 2009 accused of trying to sell president obama's former senate seat. last august the jury was deadlocked on all but one of the 24 charges he faced. closing arguments in trial number two wrapped up yesterday with blagojevich at times wiping away tears. >> just got back from chicago. that's all everybody was talking about while i was there. while everybody else is talking about anthony weiner they were focused on blago.