World Trade Center spire hoisted atop building

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK -- The first section of the spire that will crown One World Trade Center has been hoisted atop the building.

It was lifted onto the 104-story building on Wednesday.

Nine of 18 giant steel pieces of the spire arrived at the site in New York City Tuesday via barge from Port Newark, N.J.

The arrival marked the end of a 1,500-nautical-mile journey that started in Canada on Nov. 16.

A plant outside Montreal produced the 18 pieces. The spire will make the tower the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

The remaining nine pieces of the 408-foot, $20 million spire are being trucked in from Canada and another plant in South Plainfield, N.J.

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Christie, Booker trade jabs

  Eyewitness NewsTRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker jabbed at one other on Wednesday in an early sign of a potential rivalry.

Booker told an audience at the Democratic National Convention "the world wouldn't know who Christie is" if more Democrats had turned out in 2009.

At his own news conference later in Trenton, Christie brushed off the criticism, but took aim at his potential rival.

His comment: "I have a great personal relationship and professional relationship with Cory Booker. ... I'm confident that we'll continue to work very well together after he gets home so we can deal with the really severe financial difficulties that are going on in Newark that we're running out of time to deal with."

Booker is reportedly considering challenging Christie in 2013.

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