the emergency declaration.
marco rubio wrote "we have a
crisis at our southern border,
but no crisis justifies
violating the constitution."
several groups, including public
citizen, have announced plans to
sue the trump administration
once the national emergency is
declared.
we'll have more on this story
after headlines.
amazon has announced it is
scrapping plans to build a major
office facility in new york city
after local politicians, unions
and grassroots activists opposed
the deal.
amazon had announced the project
in november after new york
governor andrew cuomo and new
york mayor bill deblasio offered
nearly $3 billion in tax
subsidies to build the project
which could have created 25,000
jobs
as part of the deal, new york
even offered to build a helipad
for amazon ceo jeff bezos, who
is the richest man in the world.
one of the leading opponents was
democratic congresswoman
alexandria ocasio-cortez who
represents queens, new york,
where amazon was planning to
build.