book, five points when the new york city broke up 2001, and is probably one of the top read books here. mary kay and rachel are here to attest to that and he served as a consultant to martin course khazei four games of new york. although, i'm told martin did not listen to all of the suggestions. [laughter] >> his ancestors came to new york from southwest germany, poland, ukraine and russia. and joining him after he gives a bit of a presentation he will be interviewed and have a conversation. 's book was a finalist for the 2005 pulitzer prize. work has been published in the new yorker, new york time magazine, national geographic, harper's magazine, time and newsweek and has been featured on npr fresh air and all things considered. associate professor of journalism at new york university and currently working on a nonfiction book about immigrants in contemporary new york, so in that comes out tyler will come and interview him here. he was born in calcutta and raised in bombay and new york and one thing to do to-- tonight after you watch the debate if you want to be teared up, google his

when the new york city book of 2001 and it's one of the most top read books. he served as a consultant to martin -- of new york. i'm told that martin did not listen to all of the suggestions and his ancestors came to new york from germany, poland, ukraine and russia. joining him and then from new york university a speaker will interview him and have a conversation. is the author of the award-winning maximum city, bombay lost and found which was a finalist for the 2000 by pulitzer prize. his works been published in the new york times magazine, national geographic, harpers time and "newsweek". he is an associate professor of journalism at new york university. currently working on a nonfiction book about immigrants and contemporary new york. when that that comes out tyler will interview him here. he was born in calcutta and raised in bombay in new york. one thing tonight after you watch the debate, if you you want to be cheered up, google his article called the melting pot. about one building in queens that tells a story of different people were sharing an apartment building. sister that'

, it is my responsibility to convene this body under new york state law. i'm proud and honored to stand with you today, you, the electors, represent the diversity of our great state. it is a solemn and essential duty we have been chosen to perform today. a duty that is part of the fabric of our constitution and our democracy. a certified list of electors has been delivered to the do state. i will now call the roll of this electoral college. please signify by saying aye when your name is called. [roll call] >> thank you. let us proceed to the filling of the vacancies created by the absence of electors. the chair will entertain a motion to fill the vacancies. the chair now recognizes the honorable kathy sheehan of albany county. >> madam secretary, i move that the following substitutions be made. [roll call] >> thank you. the chair now recognizes the honorable scott stringer. >> madam secretary i second the motion that the substitution be made in the manner described. >> thank you. are there any further nominations? none being offered the nominations are now closed. i ask those in f

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- mariah carey, writer and star of the "new york stories," colin quinn, music from megadeth, featuring the 8g band with dave lombardo. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight out there? [ cheers and applause ] that is fantastic to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. donald trump continued his thank you tour, battle of battle ground states today in pennsylvania and hillary clinton continued her thanks for nothing tour, deeper into the woods. [ laughter ] house republicans stated that even though they plan to vote on repealing obama care early next year, the actual process to replace the law could take all of donald trump's first term. really? it could take six months? all right. [ laughter and applause ] sources -- sources say that donald trump attacked "vanity fair" this morning, because the magazine wrote a negative review of his resta

in new york city, i'm tony dokoupil. ♪ >>> it's tuesday, december 27th. 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> political dustup. president obama says he could have won a third term. to that, president-elect says no way. >>> mall chaos, fights and fireworks, and people running for safety had forced the evacuation of several malls around the country. >>> oh, that ain't good. >> thousands of travelers are still trying to make it home after a winter storm shut down after a winter storm shut down roads and cancelled flights. captioning funded by cbs >>> good >>> good morning, from the cbs 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. this morning, there's a new bone of contention between president obama and president-elect donald trump. mr. obama said had he run again against mr. trump, he would have won. not so, says the president-elect suggesting mr. obama's record would have prevented him from winning. roxana saberi is here. in new york with more. roxana, good morning. >>> good morning, meg. president-elect trump said

appeared in "the new york times," wall street journal and scientific american among others. books include the story of oil the body hunters, new drugs on the world's poorest patients and the fever held malaria has ruled in kind for 500,000 years. and tonight the pandemic, sonia shah discusses pandemics from many angles reviewing the history of outbreaks including the cause of them into the personal and civic responses as a reporter going where pandemics stood directly affect people's lives and the sort of future discussing what we now know and how we can use the knowledge to predict and contain the next outbreak. so, please welcome sonia shah. [applause] >> thank you all for coming. this is my fourth book and my third time at this bookstore and i think every time i have come here i have some deep-seated understanding that i live closer than i actually do so i'm a little late. when i first started writing this book about six years ago, i certainly didn't expect that we would be living through a pandemic of the novel pathogen right when it came out but that's where we are with this virus ki

this event. >> we are thrilled to welcome barry lewis back to the new york historical society. he is an architectural historian who specializes in european architecture of the 18th and 20th centuries. he is best known throughout new videohrough a series of walking tour is presented by channel 13 including the emmy award nominated shows 42nd street, broadway and harlem. he has lectured at numerous venues, including columbia university, the smithsonian institute and the harvard graduate -- before we begin we would like to ask everyone to turn off cell phones, electronic beepers, let's give barry lewis a warm welcome. [applause] barry: i don't need that. me, i am all over the stage. it is interesting, i had some people talking to me about this lecture. i am not talking about the brooklyn bridge as much as brooklyn. why brooklyn needed the bridge and more so than that, new york. new york would never ever admit that they needed brooklyn but they needed it. just in case people were not here, it was a series of three lectures. i did the first one about a month ago. in recouping that, rememb

author peter duffy describes the story of an fbi double agent nazi spyd expose a ring in new york city just prior to the u.s. injury into world war ii. he talked about how the mission originated and how it pioneered the use of hidden cameras to gather evidence. this talk was part of a multi-day conference at the world war ii museum in new orleans. isth: our next presenter peter duffy. many of you are probably aware of peter's other world war ii book, the bielski brothers featured in the recent film the defiance, about a group of ants that fought the nazis. the theater is here to talk about an american citizen who became a mole to expose nazi spies who infiltrated the united states. to present his book, double agent, the hero of world war ii and how the fbi outwitted and destroyed a nazi spy ring, please join me in welcoming peter duffy. ,[applause] thank you very much. this is an extraordinary facility with amazing equipment in front of us. i hope it holds while i am appear. [laughter] peter: in fact. i will touch on our b-17 issues that i will touch on in my story, the german spies we

. sebold living in new york boarded the ss "deutchland" on the west side piers of manhattan, and he sailed for nazi germany which was preparing for war. he was carrying a single suitcase and a package and left his wife behind in their east 84th street apartment and the plan was to visit his mother in mulheim in aurora valley and recover from ulcer surgery and when he arrived in passport control in hamburg he was taken aside by nazi officials in plain clothes who questioned him about his life in the united states, and after learning that he had worked briefly at the consolidated aircraft corporation of san diego, which made those sea planes, those u.s. navy pby sea planes, the men promised ominously that siebold would hear from him again. up to that point siebold had lived a wayward existence, a mechanical draftsman apprentice as a teenager in germany, and he served from age 17 to age 19 in the german army, spending eight months in the trenches during world war i and turned off by the unrest of the post-war years he decided to leave germany and he became a junior engineer on an oil c

brooklyn, new york, where more than 125 years al, laborers toiled for 14 years to build this bridge connecting brooklyn and manhattan. at least two dozen workers died in the effort. the bridge spans the east river, which played an important role in the american revolution. here a young general named george washington cross the over to manhattan and thwarted the british advantage. without that historic crossing, our first war could have had a much different outcome, and our nation might not exist. >> just down the east river from here, you can see america's beacon of freedom to the rest of the world, the statue of liberty, and ellis island, the gateway to the american dream for so many immigrants. this hour, we're taking you on a journey through america's proud past, and some stories we've brought you this year. >> our journey begins at fort hancock, new jersey, a military installation that dates back to the revolutionary war. ♪ the jersey shore, 130 miles of fun in the sun, best known for its boardwalks, arcades, and amusement parks. but it's also home to one of the most important

, organization of american historians, his second book when the new york city book of 2001 the probably among educators top read books here. and he served as a consultant to martin for gaines of new york although i am told martin didn't listen to all of the suggestive, which is another -- [laughter] >> his ancestors came to new york from southwest germany, poland, ukraine and russia. he's going to give a little bit of presentation and is going to be interviewing him and having a conversation. and author of award-winning maximum city bombai lost and found. finalist for 2005 pulitzer prize. new york times magazine, national geographic, harper's magazine, time and newsweek and has been featured on npr fresh air in all things is considered. associate professor of journalism at new york university. he's currently working on a nonfiction group of immigrants and contemporary new york. when that comes out tyler will vom and interhim here. he was raised in bombai new york. one thing to do after you watch the debate, if you want to be teared up, google his article melting his pot about one building in

2016 election. new york times reports the obama administration is working to revise a 2015 executive order gives the president authority to respond to cyber attacks overseas. the original mandate doesn't and the clock is ticking to establish that authority. >>> the president elect firing back at president obama for saying he could have won a third term if he wanted to. >> i am confident if i had run again and articulated and i think i could have mobilized majority of people to rally behind it. >> mr. trump says the lame duck democrat would not have stood a chance since he failed to help hillary clinton tweeting quote president obama campaigned hard and personally in a very important swing state and lost. the voters wanted to make america great again. well this coming as president elect names tom bosser as president to homeland security and greenblatt as special representative to international negotiation. >> for the first time ever a sitting japanese prime minister and american president visit the site of the pearl harbor attack. the japanese leader did not apologize for the 243 amer

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- vin diesel, norman reedus, musical guest, chris and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 554! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, welcome. thank you! enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself. welcome. thank you, guys. that means a lot. that makes me feel good. thank you very much. welcome. that's a hot crowd right there. [ cheers and applause ] that's a hot -- that's a hot new york city crowd. welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. this is it. thank you very, very much. here's what people are talking about. the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump is coming up in las vegas next week. that's right, and i saw that hillary's holding a contest where the winner gets to actually go watch it in person. [ laughter ] everyone was like, "yeesh, what does the loser get?" [ cheers and applause ] who wants to do that? but hill

new york, and one in maryland. white house officials said that russia had to pay a price for what they described as an extraordinary attack on us democratic systems. president obama warned that further action is to come at a time of his choosing. russia described the closing of its us compounds as the death throes of political corpses and warned it will hit back. because the cost of expelling russian diplomats is going to lead to a reduction or expelling of us diplomats from russia, it is not clear how this kind of cost is going to be one in which the united states has a clear advantage. president obama has dealt his strongest response yet to russian hacking on us soil. but he only has weeks left in office and many are now wondering what his successor will do. for more analysis, here's our north america editorjon sopel in washington. well, i think he has got a sliding scale of responses he can get to this. from the metaphorical slap on the wrist to something much firmer. this is much firmer and i think it underlines the president's view that not only was it unacceptable for russia

newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. >>> this morning travel is a mess across the northern plains where folks will be digging out following a powerful christmas storm. a blizzard warning remains in effect for much of north dakota, western south dakota, and parts of montana. the howling winds, heavy snow, and ice forced officials to shut hundreds of miles of roadways. roxana saberi is here in new york. >> reporter: good morning. the national weather service is expecting parts of the dakotas and montana to get up to 15 inches of snow today. a winter weather is expected to continue east. the unrelenting holiday storm spilled into the overnight hours covering animals and roadways wi m while the system brought a white christmas yesterday. >> it's so beautiful. >> reporter: it made driving throughout the northern plains and the southwest. this was the scene in arizona at interstate 40 was brought to a standstill by snow. in minnesota the semitruck carrying 40 pounds of chocolate flipped onto its side as freezing rain an

headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm wendy gillette. >>> this morning interior new england is hit with what may turn out to be its harshest heavy storm in a yef. some areas could see up to two feet before it stops later today. plows worked through the night, but conditions rapidly went downhill. travel is treacherous. dozens of accidents have been reported. those who had to travel say it's a tough go. >> the snow just accumulates and builds up ice and eventually stops wiping altogether. >> unless you have four-wheel drive i suggest not even getting on the road, it's that bad. >> residents are being urged to stay off the roads. beds the snow, strong winds and power outages are expected. >>> eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz, has the new year's eve forecast. >> reporter: as we look toward the weekend, lots of plans and not too much trouble but will there showers in central and southern california and low land snow in the pacific northwest and snow showers moving into the floor northeast and rain toward the gulf coast and that will probably be

. the foundation is under investigation by the new york attorney general amid questions about its spending, and a spokeswoman tweeted that it "cannot legally dissolve until the investigation is complete." there's also been some staffing drama this holiday weekend. demarco, just two days after announcing that campaign aide jason miller would be white house communications director, d. miller said he would not be taking the job in order to spend more time with his family. >> morgan: julianna, thank you. like the song says, "it's christmas time all over the world." tony dokoupil takes a holiday spin around the globe. >> reporter: pope francis sent the world a wish for christmas peace. it echoed in war-torn aleppo, syria. these u.s. troops in karamless, iraq had christmas dinner in camouflage; and in kabul, afghanistan, santa claus found a new way to fly. isis couldn't stop the christmas spirit at this town, east of mosul. australia's christmas is a beach holiday. in india, santa appeared in the sand. hanukkah lit up cities from moscow to san francisco. an i wish you all a very happy c

possible. to illustrate the point, let's take a look at the nation's largest city, new york. presidential election hillary clinton received northeasterly 79% of the vote here. donald trump 18%. big apple rock steady left. remember trump actually said he might carry new york. that was never even remotely possible and here's why. unlike san francisco, which is steeped in socialist ideology, new york city is basically a welfare state. the epic breakdown goes like this. 32% white, 29% hispanic. 24% black. 14% asian. you want diversity come to new york city. in addition, 38% of the population here is foreign born. 70% not even -- 17% are not even citizens. trying to survive in a tough environment. population of new york city is about 8.5 million. many of them can't make a living. so the government must support them. right now new york city is approaching $1 billion in debt. the city cannot possibly pay off that money. so it will borrow more and depend on you wherever you live to bail us here in new york out. 20% of new york city residents are now receiving food stamps. that's 1.7 million peopl

servers of top law firms in new york, trading on stolen information from these firms. one of the accused has been arrested in hong kong. my joins us. >> first, you think it is that enough people will be insider trading, but now it is a stealing and insider trading. they are basically being charged for two things. one, for hacking, two, for insider trading. ramy: $4 million is what they got an illicit profits by breaking into corporate law for -- law firms. seven law firms are involved here. what was unveiled was at least three hacks against three public companies. one was with intel. another is with intermune, a buy biofarmompany -- company. those hackers in 2015 bought shares and another company called altera. law firmhacked into a before that and this law firm forbeen retained by intel acquisitions services as they looked into a possibility to acquire altera. they made $1.4 million as that share price rose on media reports of air and they sold the shares before the deal was announced. another company with pitney bowes, hacked before it was publiclyd in at least announcing it wa

enemy of lying pomposity, snugnessmugness and group think. speaking of the "new york times" the paper has been under fire for the last year and a half 2016 presidential race. it isn't the usual gee the "new york times" has gotten liberal talk have you heard from conservatives for four decades. this is full throated outrage from many readers who believe the paper abandoned journalism and became advocacy organization for hillary clinton against donald trump. the criticism became so relentless two weeks ago the "times" public editor liz spade wrote a really nice piece with this headline. one thing voters agree on better campaign coverage was needed. has anything changed since she wrote that liz spade joins us now. thanks for coming on. i thought it was a good and honest piece. >> thank you. >> i want to give viewers. here is thursday november 10th "wall street journal." this is the first print edition after the election. can you see the head lane new political order and analysis pieces what does this mean. here is the "times." here your paper's first print edition after trump's election.

never seen it like this in december. >> reporter: roads from minnesota to new york, treacherous. in minneapolis, this car bursting into flames after crashing on slick roads. firefighters racing to put out the inferno. and outside of flint, michigan, that massive 33-car pileup closing a section of i-75 for hours. until the debris could be cleared. >> we got hit in each direction. pushing us one way, then to the other way. we were spun around, facing the opposite direction. >> reporter: tonight, authorities begging drivers to stay off the roads. >> we want the public to ask themselves a simple question. is this trip really necessary? >> reporter: this is the second winter wallop for millions in just days. lake effect snow battering the great lakes region. dumping more than three feet of snow in parts of western new york this weekend. and more is on the way right now. all of the snow will make for a nightmare morning commute. and temperatures are about to plunge. tuesday in chicago, it will feel well below zero. tom? >> alex, thank you. >>> and the snow is also falling in new york city

called "the last stand", it was new york times best seller. it was a new york times notable book and ala notable book and attempted into a 10 part tv series and adapted as we speak into a 10-part series and a consultant on the pbs film "custer's last stand", the good news for everyone here this evening at the moment he turns these talents to the american revolution and he published in 2013 "bunker hill", a city, a teen-ager, a revolution" and he came to speak about a couple of years ago and it, too, is a new york times best seller and the 2013 book award for nonfiction, the 2014 distinguished book award for the society of colonial wars. and the rights to book by warner brothers, a film adaptation that ben affleck may direct. not saying he will, but stay tuned on that one. he has written for "vanity fair," the new york times books review, the wall street journal, the l.a. times and the boston globe. and he's appeared on the today show, on dateline, on pbs's american experience, on c-span, npr and leads me to say we're delighted to have c-span this evening to film nat's lecture. like a

them. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm tamron hall, in for lester. he was the last of america's first astronauts. john glenn, the former astronaut and u.s. senator has died in ohio at the age of 95. tonight, he is being remembered not just for what he accomplished, but also for what he helped the nation believe about dreaming beyond the stars. tributes are pouring in tonight, including from president obama, who said, the last of america's first astronauts, has left us, but propelled by their example, we know that our future here on earth compels us to keep reaching for the heavens. on behalf of a grateful nation, god speed, john glenn. tom costello has more on his extraordinary life. >> five, four, three, two, one, zero. >> reporter: john glenn was more than an american hero. for more than half his life, he was a 20th century icon, perhaps best known for what happened on february 20th, 1962. >> two, two, one, zero. >> reporter: the first american to orbit the earth

in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> americans are expected to crowd airports and highways in record numbers and as danielle nottingham reports, many road warriors are already frustrated. >> $10? >> the headaches at l.a.x. have already started. >> i'm supposed to be going to japan but they sent me to san diego and then they made me take a taxi back here. >> reporter: stormy weather on on the west coast delayed most incoming flights on wednesday and the problems continued into thursday. passengers have been tied up in gridlock outside the airport or stuck on the tarmac and in the terminals. >> it's been four hours. yeah. and they just cancelled it after three hours waiting. >> reporter: oth longer. >> so it's going to be 36 hours. >> reporter: here at l.a.x., passenger traffic up nearly 10% compared to this time last year. aaa is predicting record year-end holiday travel across the country. more than 103 million people will travel this holiday season. that is up 1.5 million from 2015. the days leading up to christmas are expected to be the busiest at th

headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm wendy gillette. >>> this morning interior new england is hit with what may turn out to be its harshest heavy storm in a yef. some areas could see up to two feet before it stops later today. plows worked through the night, but conditions rapidly went downhill. travel is treacherous. dozens of accidents have been reported. those who had to travel say it's a tough go. >> the snow just accumulates and builds up ice and eventually stops wiping altogether. >> unless you have four-wheel drive i suggest not even getting on the road, it's that bad. >> residents are being urged to stay off the roads. floor northeast and rain toward the gulf coast and that will probably be the most impactful weather. in new york city, not bad. about 38 degrees at midnight and dry. in atlanta, some rain showers in the mid-40s. chicago, chilly, but could be worse this time of year. 25 at midnight and los angeles we have a chance of wet weather there in southern california. the stormiest weather along the gulf coast rainfall and thunderstorms are likely saturd

also intervening in the middle east. brook silva-braga is here in new york with more. >> reporter: good morning. we have already seen the president-elect get involved in manufacturing policy and government contracts. but, yesterday, something new. a highly unusual appeal to mr. trump to get involved in one of the world's most contentious foreign policy matters and it appears his intervention made a difference. hours before the president-elect was set to vote president-elect donald trump called for the draft resolution to be vetoed tweeting it was extremely unfair to all israelis. the measure put forth by egypt called israeli to settle activity in palestinian territory. in a push to stop u.n., israeli official side-stepped president obama who appeared ready to allow the resolution and reached out to mr. trump. trump spoke to egypt's president and then the vote was delayed. >> i don't know when or how a vote will be rescheduled. what we have continued to try to do is seen a two-state solution realized. >> reporter: mr. arm set off a nuclear arms race on thursday. after vladimir putin prop

mountain top in new york state are recovering. they survived 48 hours stranded in blizzard conditions in the adirondacks. michelle miller got a firsthand account of how they stayed alive long enough for rescuers to find them. >> we >> reporter: madison and her boyfriend are experienced hikers. the climb started out fine. you next two days, trapped in a snowbank would be a brutal test of will. >> i was freezing. >> reporter: madison owes her life to blake. >> what did he say to you to keep you going? >> he told me how much he loved me. and what our life would be like when we got out. >> reporter: for two freezing days and nights, rescuers searched around the clock in four feet of snow including forest ranger scott. >> there was colder weather coming. >> reporter: by that time, she and blake were hallucinating, seeing and hearing things that weren't there until they heard this. >> did you hear that? >> he goes, yeah, i heard that. we both started screaming. the first thing i can remember was him saying we will make it out of here. >> yes. >> blake is still in the hosp toes to frostbite. >>

new york and d.c. which are the two cities of parasitizing the rest of the economy. >> it's a narrow focus on those two markets. >> have a weekend, keep it right here, the number one business block continues with eric baldwin. >>> donald trump firing back at his democrats who some say are using the allegationed russian hack to try and delegitimize his election win. the president-elect says if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act? why did they only complain after hillary lost? and did president obama admit hillary was right by saying this? >> i think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections, that we need to make action, and we will. >> i'm eric bolling, welcome to cashin. now we'll start with you, should the obama administration have already taken action? and by the way, we're 34, 35 days out until donald trump takes over, should they take action now? >> they should have taken action, and that's why i think there's this viewpoint that seems to be largely political. by and la

>>> good morning, everyone, thank you so much for joining me i'm fredricka whitfield in new york this holiday weekend. live pictures right now. hong kong, taiwan and the philippines, all ringing in 2017 just a few moments ago. it's a beautiful celebration. fireworks, take a closer look at hong kong. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> spectacular or what? that was hong kong, manila, philippines, and taipei, taiwan where they're going into 2017 with an incredible beautiful bang. and of course, we'll bring you all the new year celebrations as they happen. all right, but first we're following two major stories. a vermont electric company says it has found malware linked to russian hackers on a company laptop. it's the same code that government officials believe was used by hackers to meddle in the u.s. elections. the vermont governor lashing out at russian president vladmir putin saying vermonters and all america should be both alarmed and outraged that one of the world's leading thugs, vladmir putin, has been attempting to hack our electric grid which we rely upon to support our quality of life, eco

than $1 00 million from u.s. entities. russian owned compounds, one in new york and one in maryland, will also be closed to personnel by noon today. the white house says additional covert actions against the russians will not be announced because they are highly classified. >> they don't represent the totality of our response. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence agencies say the russians were engaged in an effort to harm hillary clinton's campaign thereby helping the campaign of president-elect donald trump. investigators say a hacking unit known as apc-28 targeted democratic party officials by sending malicious e-mails in the spring of 2016 that tricked recipients into changing their passwords. u.s. intelligence officials believe this hack, likely gave russian operatives access to the information of senior democratic party officials which was then leaked to the press and publicly disclosed. >> russian attempts to undermine western democracies are going to be a problem with us for a very long time. >> reporter: longtime russian expert clifford kupchan has met clinton personally on many o

, one, go! [ cheers and applause ] revellers gathered in new york last night to watch the annual lighting of the christmas tree in rockefeller center, despite some extra tight security, the celebration went off without a hitch. this year's tree is a spruce, 94 feet tall. big tree. >> and against that holiday backdrop, police from new york to florida are on the hunt for a modern day leprechaun who stole a pot of gold. >> he brazenly took it off an crowded street in mid town manhattan. >> reporter: an investigation police are calling operation lucky charms. detectives say this man actually stole a pot of gold worth more than $1.5 million. >> do you think he knew it was a bucket of gold? >> i think he believed it was of value. it was in an armored truck with armed guards. >> take a look at the video. it happened in new york city's diamond district. the barrel taken out of the vehicle when one of the armed guards turned his back. >> so it's gold flakes, what would somebody do with that? >> it would be melted down, and put into cubes and sold. >> reporter: the barrel nearly 90 pounds.

details on the ininterest in new york. >>> new this half hour, bizarre video of birds being stolen. >> the alleged thief chose to go with a trash bag and bucket on his head for the disguise. see why he had a rough time. >>> and the excitement is heating up around this year's golden globe nominations. check out the funniest and cutest celebrity reactions coming up in the skinny. it is tuesday, december 13th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> looks like the safety dance. >> yeah. >> it did. >> from way back when. a lot of people are, like, what, safety dance? what was that? >> what was safety dance? was it -- whip it good, into shape. whip it, whip it good, into shape. we're already all the rails. >> it is tuesday morning. should we go off the rails. we start this half hour for million of americans bracing for frigid air. >> it follows a foot of snow in some parts of the great lakes region and half a foot in northern new york and new england. >> detroit doubled the daily snowfall record and the people actor magazine calls the sexiest man alive, he found the motor city t

. >>> police in new york city gearing up for an unprecedented security on new year's eve to keep people safe during celebrations. >>> plus, heavy snow has buried parts of new england and there could be more on the way as a fast moving nor'easter rolls through. >>> good morning, it is friday, december 30th, i'm chris jansing. there's new reaction this morning to the obama administration's decision to punish russia in retaliation for hacking attacks, that according to u.s. officials, sought to interfere with the presidential election. the government has leveled sanctions against the fsb. that's the spy agency that succeeded the kgb. they declare 35 diplomats who the u.s. accuses of being intelligence officers to have 72 hours to get out of the country. sanctions are also hitting the russia intelligence services and three companies suspected of supporting it. also targeted, two suspected russian-based hackers wanted by the fbi in earlier cyber crimes, including alleged attacks on banks and e-commerce sites, with one who has a $300 million bounty on his head. it's been there since february

at new york's trump tower triggering the latest twitter war but the president-elect this time was on the sidelines. a suspicious package turned out to be a bag of children's toys prompting police to evacuate the lobby. you see there. the incident triggering a back and forth between trump's team and the new york city mayor's office over the millions of dollars being spent to protect trump tower. incoming white house press secretary sean spicer tweeting back to work here at trump tower. after a false alarm. thanks, nypd. that led eric philips, spokesperson for new york's city bill de blasio to respond. no problem, we'll send you the bill. >> it was downhill from there with trump's social media director weighing in, eric philips, you are an embarrassment to the mayor's office and the amazing nypd. and then phillips fired back about the big apple with security funding on tweet tower tweeting this, that's not very nice, dan. but about that bill, work with us on it. it actually costs the city $500,000 a day to protect trump tower and trump. mayor de blasio asking for $35 million to pay for

above. and then "the new york post" tabloid on the left with "i'd like to thank amerikkka," with kkk in america. so a very clear interpretation on what happened in those hearings, and very specific senators who were in those hearings as well. this ceramics collection is our second largest collection. we have some powerful works in particular from the 1930's by an american artist we would like to share with you today. >> we are going to take a look at one of the hidden gems of the ceramics research center's collection, and that is three sculptures by russell barnett aitken, a well-known socialite, philanthropist, artist, and oddly, big game hunter who lived in new york city and hung out with a lot of the other wealthy types in new york city. these pieces were created in 1938, just before the united states entered world war ii. what we're looking at are the three pieces by russell barnett aitken. on the left we start with a sculpture of franklin delano roosevelt. he is riding on a democratic donkey. he is holding up a microphone. and tucked under his right arm is a battleship, warship.

government. a recent "new york times" article confirmed that rebel groups supported by the u.s., quote, have entered into battlefield alliances with the affiliate of al qaeda and syria formerly known as onestra. rebel groups are quote doubling down on their alliance with al qaeda. this alliance has rend derd the phrase moderate rebels meaningless. we must stop this madness. we must stop arming terrorists. i'm introducing the stop arming terrorist act today to prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to support terrorists. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 949 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. temperature -- the speaker pro tempore: would the gentleman clarify which esolution number? mr. woodall: mr. speaker, the rule we passed out of the rules committee, 949. the clerk: house calendar number 164, house resolution 949, resolved, that upon adoption of this r

travelling book moments. for example, reading moby dick straight through, nonstop, on a train from new york to california, which may be the best way to read moby dick. discovering a new favorite, h.g. wells because he was the only english language author in the library of a french trans atlantic liner and to arrive in new york and greeted by my mother thrusting a book in my hand and said, you have to read this. it was the first james bond. i have been asked about my life and letters and what inspired my latest book. the idea of life in letters amuses me because it makes me think of brilliant and prolific people who write all day and talk about books all night. my life and letters has been sporadic, intermittent and late. my first book was published in 1986 and second in 2001, and third in 2016. i clearly have not had a life in letters 6789, but all through of my books have been inspired by the same impulse, family story. my first book, the horn, was inspired by objects found in my grandfather's trunk, family momentos. and then from the revolution i to desert storm was inspired by my uncle, an

studio >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> president-elect donald trump is dismissing reports that the russians interfered on election, calling the claims ridiculous. but lawmakers from both parties are calling for an investigation. the report could complicate the possible nomination of exxonmobil rex tillerson as secretary of state. mr. trump says he does not need daily intelligence briefings because he is, quote, a smart person. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump holds mormeetings at trump tower today as he the development comes amid calls from a bipartisan group of senators for congress to investigate the cia's assessment that russia played a role in getting him elected. hours after president-elect donald trump publicly lashed out at the cia's assessment that russia intervened in the 2016 election. >> they have no ide

"the new york times," russian officials acknowledge a doping program on a massive scale and a coverup. hundreds of top athletes and officials, it was, quote, an institutional conspiracy. the article further confirms a prior groundbreaking report that russian athletes received p.e.d. cocktails and had urine samples tampered with, and members broke into sample bottles of urine. while officials admit a deputy sports minister did order cover up for years, they say the doping was not state sponsored, they claim. >>> president obama and japan's prime minister came together yesterday in a symbolic visit to pearl harbor as the two leaders worked it to reaffirm the relationship of once bitter wartime enemies turned allies. the president and shinzo abe took part in a ceremony at the u.s.s. arizona memorial before delivering remarks. mr. abe's visit comes 75 years after the attack on pearl harbor and marked the first visit to the site by a sitting japan prime minister with the u.s. prime minister. while the president did not offer a formal apology, he used the event to speak of remorse o

national seashore. and then i moved north to new york city and i have been working here at the statue of liberty and ellis island for seven years now. i have a great job. specialto protect these places not only for today. we want to leave them unimpaired for future generations. here we are at the statue of liberty, our nation's most famous national monument. a gift from the people of france. given to us, the people of this united states in 1886. friendship,te our to commemorate our democracy. you folks know that the statue has become much more than a gift of friendship. today, she is the most recognized symbol in the world. freedom, hope, liberty, change. the idea of what the statue represents. it grows, it evil, it changes. sheare a big part of what has become today. she is all over the place. you have seen her on tv and in the movies. when you look up to this wonderful work of art and see her in person, that is what it is all about. she is still awe-inspiring. we are going to head around the corner to talk about the three gentlemen from france who were the most influential in giving us

new york city studied lead in kids. >> it is a very pervasive toxic chemical and absolutely no level of lead in the human body which is safe. >> as for murad and jihad their home is lead safe. the constituenty repainted and tested their house to make sure it is okay. >> the children, it's not fair for the children to go through things like this. >> reporter: philadelphia came under major criticism from a local newspaper that spent months investigating the lead problem here. scott, the mayor announced he plans to crack down on landlord, by refusing to renew their rental licenses if they cannot prove that the properties they own are certified lead safe. >> jericka duncan tonight. thank you. >>> well arctic air over the weekend set new lows in several cities. in amarillo, texas, shaking in their boots at 3 below. hilt 37 below in aberdeen, south dako dakota. jamie yuccas in minneapolis. >> reporter: chicago temperatures dropped to 6 degrees below zero monday morning. according to nasa, that's colder than mars. at minus 2. rail lines were set on fire to keep cars moving along. commuters,

director of human rights watch. his new article for the new york review of books is headlined "what trump should do in syria." and stephen cohen, professor emeritus of russian studies and politics at new york university and princeton university. he is a consuming editor at the nation magazine. we welcome you both to democracy now! kenneth roth, what is happening in syria? >> were all focused on aleppo right now. aleppo has been the victim of several months of basically a starvation of everyone there. but to 250,000 civilians. it also has been the victim of ongoing bombardment by syrian and russian forces. what is notable about the way this war has been fought, and aleppo is no exception to this, is that the syrian-russiann combination have not simply aimed at fighters on the otherer side -- which is what you're supposed to do in war -- but deliberately targeted civilians in institutions like hospitals or markets and the like. the aim is to make life so miserable that people either flee or the enclave ultimately topples. that has been the tactic in other areas. now it has been succes

pamela paul, editor of the new york times book review. having previously served as feature editor and children's book editor she is the author of the starter marriage and the future of matrimony. she edited the collection by the book writers on literature and the literary life from the new york times book review. pamela paul has been a contributor to time magazine and columnist, her work has appeared in the atlantic, the washington post, the economist among many other venues. pamela paul has been a guest on oprah, many of you have seen her, and good morning america, the today show, the early show, i could go on and on and on. she also speaks frequently on national public radio in pr and testified about her work before congress and presented her research to parliament and is a frequent public speaker at university conferences, other venues such as miami book fair. she is joined by dave barry, terry mcmillan, jay mcirnerny and maria semple. please tell me welcome, you are getting very excited, please help me welcome pamela paul and the panelists. [applause] >> is this on? hello. thi

>> a panel discusses three political trailblazers from new york. the first african-american woman elected to the united states congress. the second jewish woman elected to congress, and the first woman from the major party to run for vice president. about hurdlestalk they encountered in their political careers and compared those to what hillary clinton faced in the 2016 presidential campaign. this talk is just over one hour and a half. frequent anda jupiter to the new york times where she was a staff reporter from 2007. she was a correspondent with newsweek, where she covered breaking news and social trends. prior to becoming a journalist, working for a consulting firm. paralegalighted as a -- her interests include eating, drinking, and spending as much time as possible. she is currently at work on the cookbook, which captures the flavors and history of new york since -- new york's history. here with us tonight, the founder and president of the bella leadership institute. with a mission to inspire young women and girls to lead the andre, to institute works professional mentoring f