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liz: that was amazon battling the hard left new york city council. amazon may be ditching building its headquarters in new york city because of backlash. the bills were approved and given to them by democrats. andrew cuomo, the governor and bill deblasio the mayor of new york city. jeff bezos who runs "the washington post" and amazon accused the "national enquirer" of blackmail and extortion. we have more details on that story coming up. to alexandria ocasio-cortez doing olympic level head-turning flip-flops on her grand green new deal. she said yes her plan to remake the entire american economy requires government intervention. but then she said the exact opposite as a lot of moderate are not on board, including nancy pelosi who ridiculed it. it has big economic impacts for your family. while venezuela's nicolas maduro keeps blocking food eye to starving people in his country. people on the streets of venezuela scavenging for food out of the back after garbage truck. amazon may reportedly not build its second headquarters in long island city quiens a

liz: that was amazon battling the hard left new york city council. amazon may be ditching

amazon is not. you had the city council speaker of new york city excoriate the amazon representative a couple of weeksor their lack of support for unions but i don't know how you -- as somebody who grew up here in queens, in the '70s, really don't want to go back there. >> one last point on amazon, journal puts on page one a piece about bezos and basically how he went from as they put it private family man to hollywood party magnate and i guess there is some takeaways in terms of how apparently close bezos is emotionally to the studios, to amazon studios and how he reached out to the tolkinest state. >> and transfor natimation and whether or not it is distracting. >> full disclosure, i'm going out wednesday call, saying, look, let's face it, this is most competitive guy we have ever met, i would go into amazon just because he's reading this, also, by the way, the weekend press about "the national enquirer" versus him, he's look a guardian of truth. wow. >> it got enormous amounts of press. >> on secured bscured my birthd. >> it did? >> people didn't talk about my birthday. >> we'll spend the rest of t

amazon in general. you have new york city council members talking about recognition, facial recognition and if amazon shouldvernments. you have amazon as a nonunion ugh these are blue-collar jobs. it is not comfortable or what jeff bezos had in mind. very uncomfortable for them and threatening to pull back. that feels like a negotiating tactic. emily: we spoke to one of the state senators who had the vote on the committee to decide yet youea or nay. listen to what he had to say. is a type of extortion by amazon that got us in this mess. they think they can sit there and dictate terms and hope governments bend to their will, and it will not work. emily: by threatening to pull out, that is extortion. does this uncertainty have any impact on the company? >> not really, and i cannot think of another company that has two headquarters. it is an odd thing to begin with. how many companies do this? walmart is in one place, boeing has one headquarters. the idea is that amazon would have a material economic benefit . i think that is true. leverage,negotiating and nobody is forcing new york city to do this deal. an im

amazon we've got this dumpy. were going to grease the wheels and bypass the city council. everything will be great. e did rise up. right now jimmy saying that if it comes to amazon either fixing they what they find offensive in this deal and higher 25000 people with it, then he is happy saying, goodbye amazon. these are both long island cities. >> that is right. first and foremost, i did contact amazon to ask to respond to that, but they have not gotten back. but that wasn't the only one against the plan. we know there have been protest in the street. from the city in the state. i spoke with a local politician. he grew up in queens. ron kim, here's what he told me. >> going the wrong direction, the bigger you are, we been giving away incentives and taxpayers money. we should've subsidize that. we shouldn't be supporting that. >> so, he actually is the son of local merchants. he said his story and perspective is very personable. i said what about the $25000 jobs. normally they pay a little bit better-than-average. he just said, listen if the city in the state are willing to subsidize the businesses,

years ago, amazon was going head-to-head with our city council and were cast as villains.do not want to have to deal with that all over in. they want to go someplace where they will be welcomed with open arms. they don't want to get into issues like housing affordability are wealth inequality. how will this impact the real estate market? to some of our real estate agents in long island city and they told us that it was already on the up and up. there was are a lot of investment before amazon made its announcement and there has been a lot of growth and new construction. amazon leaving probably won't change that. island city long for a good reason. they have a really good approximate location to manhattan. have a chart here showing the distribution of amazon's real estate. the majority of it goes to data centers. office space is blue. so this is really a tiny portion of amazon's real estate expansion, which probably speaks to your point. what does it mean for northern virginia? will it bring benefits when it comes to the real estate market? or could we see pushback from thos

york city and declare themselves anti-union, so much so that they will say, before the city council, as amazonxecutives did, we're going to fight to crush any organizing opportunities that come our workers' way, then we want those companies to rethink those values. we want them to come here and adopt our values. they can can come, but they have to talk to the values we have in new york city. >> david, come in here, how much do you view amazon's the way they handled this? with a general problem of perhaps not realizing the backlash. big companies and big tech. that sort of appreciating the power of that given that in many cases we haven't really -- with all the talk we haven't seen much organized opposition. >> clearly they didn't figure what they were heading into. i think amazon has been highhanded from the beginning of the announcement that they were going to search for a second h.q. the secrecy of it. the idea they were gathering data from all these cities and who knows what they were going to use that data for. that was a subject of a lot of criticism. i think they didn't really engage wit

the most of offensive thing that happened here is when amazon talked to the city council about providinghe residents of a local public housing project and giving them jobs afterwards. they didn't even pay attention. and aoc didn't let that factor into her decision at all. the new york housing authority that she used to go after amazon. they said this is grandstanding. you never talked to us. it would have brought in revenue to our housing agency. >> they were going to train and hire people inside the public housing. this was an enormous chance to turn around their lives courtesy of amazon. and amazon that aoc called greedy and ex ploy day tough. time for adults in her party to speak up and thank heavens they have. >> some democrats still on the fence about the green new deal. chicago police seeking a sit-down interview with jussie smollett as this actor faces claims he may have orchestrated and paid for that attack on him. no more excuses with cologuard. we all make excuses for the things we don't want to do. but when it comes to colon cancer screening... i'm not doin' that. i eat plenty

the announcement that amazon was canceling plans to move to this new york neighborhood brought cheers from city council member jimmy bramer and a grassroots coalition of opponents amazon chose to walk away rather than fight for what it believed in. but not everyone was celebrating. oh some local residents came out to heckle the politician a minute jamie upset over the loss of jobs amazon had promised to bring twenty five thousand of them and local investment these guys didn't act on the behest of the community act in the behest of their own political careers period new york's mayor and governor were among dozens around the country that fought to woo amazon offering nearly three billion dollars in tax incentives and construction grants to bring the company right to this neighborhood in new york city but almost as soon as the deal was announced there was opposition and backlash. local legislators who weren't consulted on the deal held hearings and citizens berated amazon representatives concerned about increasing congestion as well as the cost of living in their neighborhood. while property owners and so

hether it's amazon web services or some other type of -- >> reporter: council members say they're readyages and housing for workers. >> we put together a competitive incentive for amazon. we are open for business, we e a probusiness county. >> we believe we can a worb thos will not be able to be absorbed in that area, maybe up individuals. not to mention those who they're coming here with and the ancillary businesses. we're 6 miles away, we can do . >> reporter: spokes people with the county tell me there are conversations with amazon about a future here in prince george's county, those conversationsre just beginning. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> wh amazon officially pulling out of its new york plan, there is no clear direction on what could come next. >> we're joined now. we saw prince george's county. is there going to be a nice d disbersment now out of new york? do they have a shot? >> amazon said it will not reopen the search. it is committed to the investment it is making in virginia and a smaller investment planned in nashville as well. but officials in virginia are ec optimisti

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can't believe amazon did not consider ahead of time, this is at a surprise there is a anticorporate sentiment in new york city. do have you any insight to that. >> i think, first, on city councilte elected officials, who have been weighing in. i believe that it is a great thing if amazon comes in, we provided a business climate that lures them, we have proximity to new york city, east end of long island is beautiful, we have beaches and great opportunity on education front, there is a reason why people live here and love here, it is it appealing, u have to aimprove the be climate, i remember, not that long ago where there was a tax proposed on hedge fund managers, and while new york state proposed that tax, it is real popular to tap to resentment some base has toward success, governor of connecticut personally called the ceos, of hedge funds, saying move to connecticut, and that is the breaking point. where other governors view their role -- that was past governor of connecticut. , unfortunately, it is hard to get a return a phone call from state of new york, not just governor. >> congressman zeldin from new york thank you. >> thank you. david: facebook said it wants to change

i traveled to seattle and i visited the amazon campus and i spoke with seattle council people.f what big tech is doing throughout the country and the great concentration of power they accumulated to the point they can land through the city. maybe it is time that somebody stood up and inspired a national conversation about this type of corporate subsidies. there is a reason europe bans it. we should think the united states as well. there is to reason why the richest among us can shake us all down just to graze it with their presence and today new york took the stance. >> what if they came and did ask for the tax break? >> well, that would have been a different conversation. the point i was making earlier, the point that mayor de blas io making, they never showed their interests. nothing happened other than this community putting up our hands, wait a minute, let's ask some questions of what it means for us. rather to engage in that conversation, they left. >> don't be humble about this whole thing. you are about to be in a position having been able to kill this deal bus me fl inf

amazon. >> and assemblyman kim, even in the heart of silicon valley, san jose, google wants to bring 20,000 jobs there, protests at city councilwhat it would do to the housing situation there. they're still tuoughing that out what's the lesson the way amazon engaged and the way they walked out? >> there's something fundamentally wrong in our country when politicians, mayors, governors are competing to give away taxpayer money. that's what happened the last two years. there's absolutely no statistical correlation between jobs, economic growth and corporate give aways number of economists testified to that fact we continue to double down and executives continue to justify the corporate give aways we give 8 to $10 billion of corporate welfare with no return up state new york, tesla, one job costs us almost a million dollars now. instead of putting money towards the corporate incentives, we should reinvest every dollar the next ten years of affordable housing, subways, broken schools that has long term sustainable growth. >> i think we need to make it clear. there's a lot of miscommunication and misreporting out there now the $3 b

we have seen in seattle amazon does not like something the local city council is doing, it flexes itse and gets them to reduce their course. this is dangerous. governments exist to be a avenue for the public to express itself and make decisions about itself. if we are going to secede that to corporate powers, we are going down very dangerous road. emily: if there was one thing that amazon could do to change your mind, what would that be? >> it would have to be several things. start with setting this deal is not a good deal for the people of new york, we will throw it away. that would be the first thing necessary. emily: what if it was and spend the incentives on school, infrastructure, improvements to the community, other benefits? >> i'm not here to negotiate with you or have hypotheticals. today's activity and statements by amazon and the representatives makes clear they are not interested in having real conversations about what it would take. all the are saying is this is what we want. if we don't get it, we are leaving. if that is their view, they should leave. emily: the mayor an

the announcement that amazon was canceling plans to move to this new york neighborhood brought cheers from city council member jimmy bramer and a grassroots coalition of opponents amazon chose to walk away rather than fight for what it believed in him. but not everyone was celebrating. oh some local residents came out to heckle the politician a minute upset over the loss of jobs amazon had promised to bring twenty five thousand of them and local investment these guys didn't act on the behest of the community act in the behest of their own political careers period new york's mayor and governor were among dozens around the country that fought to woo amazon offering nearly three billion dollars in tax incentives and construction grants to bring the company right to this neighborhood in new york city but almost as soon as the deal was announced there was opposition and backlash. local legislators who weren't consulted on the deal held hearings and citizens paraded amazon representatives concerned about increasing congestion as well as the cost of living in their neighborhood. while property owners and some

location was at the heart of seattle's corporate tax debate between the city council and several large companies with amazontax wasn't repealed which it eventually was amazon now leaving anyway. of course, all of this follows the very public departure of the company at its hq2 from new york city but guys, it's just, this is one to watch because there seems to be a much more specific spotlight on this company in the fallout from that hq2 pullout in new york city. you've got down in what's supposed to be national landing the other hq2 for amazon in virginia you've got some more local officials there and protesters there beginning to raise questions, too >> the focus and the pr they get from these decisions now is intense. >> it is. >> i would say, i don't know if the building was the sole part of their threat last time around or a broaderpart of we won't keep investing in the area they still are investing in the area on top of that, they're subletting that part of the block. it's not like they've torn up the lease. >> they're not going to occupy it they are building a big addition to their campus elsewhere in

the announcement that amazon was canceling plans to move to this new york neighborhood brought cheers from city council member jimmy bramer and a grassroots coalition of opponents amazon chose to walk away rather than fight for what it believed in. but not everyone was celebrating the. goal was some local residents came out to heckle the politician a minute jamie upset over the loss of jobs amazon had promised to bring twenty five thousand of them and local investment these guys didn't act on the behest of the community act in the behest of their own political careers period new york's mayor and governor were among dozens around the country that fought to woo amazon offering nearly three billion dollars in tax incentives and construction grants to bring the company right to this neighborhood in new york city but almost as soon as the deal was announced there was opposition and backlash. local legislators who weren't consulted on the deal held hearings and citizens paraded amazon representatives concerned about increasing congestion as well as the cost of living in their neighborhood. while property own

the announcement that amazon was canceling plans to move to this new york neighborhood brought cheers from city council member jimmy bramer and a grassroots coalition of opponents amazon chose to walk away rather than fight for what it believed in. but not everyone was celebrating. oh some local residents came out to heckle the politician a minute upset over the loss of jobs amazon had promised to bring twenty five thousand of them and local investment these guys didn't act on the behest of the community act in the behest of their own political careers period new york's mayor and governor were among dozens around the country that fought to woo amazon offering nearly three billion dollars in tax incentives and construction grants to bring the company right to this neighborhood in new york city but almost as soon as the deal was announced there was opposition and backlash. local legislators who weren't consulted on the deal held hearings and citizens berated amazon representatives concerned about increasing congestion as well as the cost of living in their neighborhood. while property owners and some tra

you have new york city council numbers talking about facial recognition feature and whether amazon shouldg it to governments. you have a lot of discussion about amazon not being a being a nonunion shop. it has to be uncomfortable and not at all what jeff bezos had in mind when he bestowed the board on amazon. very uncomfortable for them. they threatened to pull back. it seems like that is a negotiating tactic but we have to see where this goes from here. emily: last time we spoke to one of thie state senators who can decide on this, state senator michael gianiaris. he had tok at what say about new york city backing out. >> this is the type of extortion by amazon that got us in this mason the first place. they think they can sit there in seattle and dictate terms and hope that governments bent to their will. it is not going to work. emily: by threatening to pull out, the senator is saying that is extortion. does this have any impact on the company? >> not really. i cannot think of another company that has 2.5 headquarters. what are we doing? it's an odd thing to begin with. how many other

>> we made it clear with amazon we are ready to reengage them for any type of p amazonsence they would like. whether it's the headquarters or the web services. >> some council members say they are ready to discuss incentive packages. coming up, megan mcgrath will have more on what amazon's decision means for this region d northern virginia. >>> you may have seen the wild video by now. it's the taser takedown at the foot of the washington monument. the man is accused of setting a fire in restaurant. he was charged with arson on thursday. now, we're hearing from the student who was at the national mall to capture the unusual arrest. >> police came and tried to confront him and tried to arrest him when he was sitting down. he started resisti i right away. a new twist, prosecutors say he posted a video on his n rents youtube page, suggesting that the world is a global pedophile ring. it was a repost of the pizzagate conspiracy theory. these theories inspired a shooting in that restaurant in 2016. >>> metro leadersed are div when it comes to your commute on the metro system. yesterday in a meeting, board members made it clear they want longer metro hrs to return

council. the first of the meetings is tonight on remington drive. >>> amazon center is open to the public. it is roughly 28 football fields with more than 20 miles carrying items all day long. tours are free to give visitors a closer look at what it means to order online and build up tourism for tracy. >> people are set. i love it here. it is awesome. >> the facility is holding free public tours monday through friday pick they hope to launch a furl >>> program. >>> president obama will host a gathering of my brother's keeper . steph curry and john legend will host the event. the my brother's keeper alliance focuses on ways men of color can approve their lives. >> it is the opportunity to look at young men, to say we see you. we affirm you. we need you. >> the event is scheduled february 18th through the 20 -- 20th. >>> have you ever regretted a message you sent? the facebook messenger app is giving users the option to un-send a message back it will give you a 10- minute window to remove messages. just tap on the message and you have the option to remove the message for you or for everyone

council meetings. they were insisting on labor control when amazon pays very well and was actually going to pay more than $15 per hour minimum wage in new york. they were saying we oppose gentrification, what is that really? that is economic growth, rise of community's overall wealth. those are based on i don't ideo. charles: i was substituting for maria. i had congressman garamendi on. he thought the democratic party would be socialist party. they are moving to the left. all the candidate are on board with the green new deal. no one criticized what happened in new york city this week. is this a move that can turn? do you understand the party? you understand the challenges because feels like from outside watching in, this is serious moment of truth for the democratic party? >> i think there will be 2020 candidates trying to get to a left of each other. partly the way of primaries. extremes of party comes out in the primaries happens on the right, general election they make a pivot. see that with the president. charles: i'm asking about the democrats are they becoming a socialist, some american socialism

. >> made it clear to amazon we are ready to reengage them f any type ofhemazon presence t would like. whether it's headquarters or web services. >> some council members say they e ready to discuss incentive packages. amon says it doesn't plan to take new bids. coming up, julie will have more on what it means for virginia. >>> look at this dramatic vide a bus driver was able to get the kids out safely. we're told the student smelled somethingng bur and the driver spotted smoke from the engine on thursday afternoon. the driver pulled over and they evacuated the bus and took the kids farther away. the driver tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher. but the fire department was needed. the schl released a statement saying the bus driver and aide should bed. commen >>> yesterday in a meeting board members made it clear they want longer hours to return to the metro, especially late night on the weekends. we're talking about metrorail, obviously. the leaders blocked the plan to continue to oterate the s on shorter hours to allow for more maintenance time. locals who need to get around town ear in the morning or late at night, says shorter hour

amazon is looking for alternate headquarters because the seattle city council got to negative and aggressiveusiness in the world has to accept a bat deal. money, unfortunately politicians, money flows like water where it will be treated best. stuart: what was that, 9,000 amazon jobs near where you are, going unfilled, is that accurate? >> if my memory is correct, last time i looked, 9,000 jobs on offer for amazon alone in this city. stuart: amazing. let's get serious about money. trade talks with china, apparently will resume next week, resume in washington this week i should say. there may be a summit. xi xinping, president trump. so, keith, this is my opinion. i think any deal of any kind, as soon as it is announced the market goes up. what say you? >> absolute agree. i think the deal is a lot closer than portrayed in the press. the reason comes down to translation. the chinese word for hopeful, picked up in english, hopefully a trump agreement, conveyance of optimism. we have to culturally portray we're taking a hard-line but i think the negotiators are actually a lot closer than people t

the city council has the final say on the fire station's fate. >>> amazon will not build a second headquarters in new york city after all. >> amazon wrote in a statement on its blog a number of politicians, quote, have made it clear that they oppose our presence. in 2017, the company received proposals from -- >> affected community raised its hand and said i have questions about this deal we know nothing about. instead of dealing with the questions in a responsible way, amazon took its ball and left town. >> we apologize. i was saying that they chose several locations, northern virginia and new york ciw yorka the headquarters by offering $3 billion and then they have pulled out of that deal. amazon doesn't plan to look for another location but will move forward with office expansion this is virginia as well as tennessee. >>> a san francisco tradition lives on. >> okay. abc 7 new was the embarcadero center where people gathered to celebrate valentine's day with a pillow fight. it's not about letting out frustration they say. they claim there's no better way to show love than smacking loved ones

high taxpayer, but apparently he's going to bend on this to get amazon to move in his state if he can make them do it. new york city councilwhip job or rally. he thinks this is a mistake for amazon, but can you blame them? >> no, no. it says more about the problem about having a high tax state like new york and new jersey if governor murphy gets its way and only able to attract big businesses by dangling financial incentives. ideally, a company should want to come to new york to customer highly educated workforce near the quality of life here in the ability to make a profit. but that is not the case with new york without incentivizing them vis-À-vis big tax breaks. >> you are one of the very few republicans. i think three republicans out of 51 members. i am just wondering if the politicians, democrats continue to do things that are so opposed to what the people want because they showed that new yorkers wanted amazon here, mike hurt democrats in the coming election? >> what you're seeing on the local level is the adoption of the national model where we are fighting to just gain support of a very small base of far left democ

council member. >> we're a [ bleep ] embarrassment to new york city now because of you guys. >> reporter: moments after amazon abruptly pulled the plug on building half of its second headquarters in this queens neighborhood. amazon saying a number of local politicians "made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward." the governor and mayor of new york enticing the retail giant after its nationwide search with nearly three billion dollars in tax incentives and subsidies, even a private helipad. in return, at least 25,000 jobs. the governor recently defending the deal and those jobs. >> it is irresponsible to allow political opposition to overcome sound government policy. >> reporter: but opponents saying "no thank you." >> workers united will never be defeated. >> reporter: opponents like democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, whose district was next to the proposed site. >> if we were willing to give away $3 billion for this deal, we could invest that ourselves if we wanted to. we can hire out more teachers,

council and jeff bezos did not make an appearance. those executives were on the defensive. they had to defend amazon's deal to move to the city, a deal with i support facial recognition to support-- ice facial recognition technology. they found themselves having to justify amazon itself rather than just this one real estate. carol: they've had over a week to digest this story. what does it mean more broadly for commercial real estate, companies looking to come and play city, this whole idea of incentives? >> bill de blasio's administration is incredibly frustrated by this. the vast majority of these subsidies came from the state, came from andrew cuomo. they felt like they were already doing their part to protect the city and they are getting a bad rap. long island city is already booming. a lot of developers are afraid there will be a glut of housing that. g -- a glut of housing there. carol: i wonder if there's a ripple effect in other states, other big tech companies, perhaps. big tech is on everyone's radar. there will whether be backlash against other big tech around the country. >> sure. fromw a

council promising prepitsas. >> does bernie sanders believe this or not believe this. jeff bay dose doesn't own amazonshareholder it's a publicly traded company. amazon went years without making a profit. this is the tax code. unless he's rewriting the tax code, this is the basic tax code and it makes me angry he continued to conflate the issues. >> the hold point is, you didn't build that. they say jeff bezos, it's public wealth. we should be thankful jeff bay zoals is a multi-billionaire. he benefited all of us in the meantime. with bernie sanders no property rieghts are possible. >> if amazon didn't pay tax, get a flat tax in there. everybody pays something. david: flat tax would get rid of all deductions. you could bring down the top rate from 15% but everybody would have to pay their fair share. is everybody for that? >> i'm for that. carol is the loner. we have to leave it at that. that does it for bulls and bears. see you tomorrow. >> today the house is voting on a resolution that gets to the very nature of our democracy. >> one thing that's not in debate in our conference, we think there is a

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of pushback from city council and others who said well we weren't involved but you know cuomo has called this when last friday's report came out the washington post saying that amazon might pull out he said if they do that it's going to be political malpractise on the part of those politicians that drove them away from the deal he's blaming the politicians who have spoken out against this deal for driving amazon away he went so far as to say i'll change my name to to advise on cuomo if i have to to keep them here but it wasn't enough bill de blasio on the other hand the mayor of new york city today is taking a slightly different tack he's going after amazon saying well if they don't want to be here if they're not happy or that you know we don't want to buy it why is as the statement from amazon read it was really outspoken political opposition that drove the matter you can't be here when the the legislative bodies that run everything don't want you here and you know it be they were going to get like twenty seven billion dollars in revenue over a bunch of years so that the three billion i mean you do the math and it seems like boy what it what a deal hey alex i want

how animated andrew ross sorkin was about amazon pulling out of new york city and how quickly it happened and unraveled and how the local people in the city councilghborhood organizers took on and took down a very powerful governor and mayor. >> i understand why people right in the heart of it don't want the development and the disruption and the short-term headache the onus on everybody else to make the case to them. make the sacrifice here's why it's worth it. >> happy valentine's day ♪ >>> good afternoon welcome to the "closing bell." i'm wilfred frost. >> i'm sara eisen. amazon canceling plans for a new headquarters in long island city, new york we'll talk to representative gregory meeks who says it is a major loss for the city. >>> plus, we'll dive into today's retail sales bombshell a top analyst gives a within dm name to buy. >>> invidi

if amazon had come to new york, we would have been the high tech capital of the east coast. as a former city council of congress, i worked for decades with leaders in new york and leaders of various mayors to diversify our economy. we are far too depend daant on financial services. this was an opportunity to solidify the tax base of our city and certainly attract more jobs. now, you can be more a project and still work to improve it. we were literally in meetings. i'm going to one later on today with public housing leadership and members who wanted entry level jobs. you have to have a high, high education to be a high tech person paid at $150,000 a year. that's 25,000 jobs. unheard of. i talked yesterday to a business analyst. he said throughout the city everyone was raising their benefits and their salaries to match amazon. in other words, they were afraid of losing their personnel to them. >> your self description is a progressive, but pragmatic. are you sensing what happened here is a reflection of progressive ideology, but lack of pragmatism? >> maybe a breakdown of communication. there were man

three months -- their appearances at the city council were dreadfully bad and they to maneuver what they were going through. emily: how much damage has amazonone to itself here? brad: i think it will recover easily long terms -- long-term, and those jobs will go to another virginia, nashville and other places were amazon has offices. they will not change their antiunion stance or where they sell their technology. i think new york loses out. could amazon have done this differently? i think they were unprepared for selecting a location with this level of opposition. they did not have the tools in their disposal to counter the groundswell of opposition from alexandria ocasio cortez and her allies, they could have done things differently. but i also think that new york is sacrificing the longer-term economic benefits that amazon would have brought the city. emily: mr. van bramer, are you at all concerned about political consequences for you? >> look. i understand that there are people angry today because of what happened. there are consequences when we take stands. but i am willing to stand up for what i believe in. i'm willing to fight even th

council were dreadfully bad. they were simply unable to move and maneuver through what they were going through. emily: how much damage has amazonone to itself here? >> they will recover easily. those jobs will go elsewhere. they will not change their antiunion stance. i think new york and queens of particular loses out. could they have done it differently? i think they were unprepared for choosing a location that had this much opposition. they did not have the tools to counter the groundswell of action that came from aoc and her allies. they could've have done things that relate, but new york is, unfortunately, sacrificing the longer-term economic benefits that amazon would have brought the city. emily: are you at all concerned about political consequences? >> i understand there are people angry today because of what happens. and look, there are consequences when we take stances. i am willing to stand up for what i believe in. i'm willing to fight even the most powerful man in the world because of where i come from and what i believe. if there are people who will not support me going forward because i chose to defend working me

his city council, the local interests in newark have been very supportive of an arrangement with amazon fair. we have long ago presented something that is fair. i would say the same thing at the state level. i'm not an expert in what happened in long island, but i noticed level of support in new york and new jersey and it is high. press statement amazon said they are not interested in a second alternative. you said that might still be open. are they returning your phone calls? gov. murphy: we have a good relationship. i do not want to speak for them. i did -- i want to make sure i'm not getting ahead of myself. we have a good relationship with amazon. they already employ thousands of folks in new jersey. we have a very good relationship and we have good exchanges throughout this process, even respecting their decisions to go to virginia and new york. we never stop speaking. that will continue to be the case. while it is early to tell, i want to make sure the world knows that they know that everyone knows the newark story remains extremely compelling for amazon. is there a plan b for new

amazon moved in. google is trying to expand in san jose high paying jobs around 20,000 of them and there were protesters outside the city council saying housing not google so, there are these kinds of issues where if they were paying attention they should have known that there would be push back. the poll numbers were still in their favor. to me there's still a question why did they pull out instead of decideding to fight this one >> why fight eight when all the signs not just a fight to get the thing started it will be a fight through and through and into eternity. >> amazon really needed to make a decision between do we want to mick the place we most want to be or do we want this bidding war, beauty contest, reality show it seemed they went in the other direction. if do you that you might as well take an area that embraces you, that wants you >> so many wrars did the fascinating thing is this was such a publicly conducted search process and yet a privately negotiated actual transaction. so the transparency, they had it on the one hand and not on the other. >> sure. i mean obviously virginia made all the sense in the world nea

amazon jobs and revenue, and it was not in the budget somewhere. radical freshman congresswoman, there's a lot of those going around, omar was scheduled to raise money in march on the council000 during her run for congress. she has since repeatedly made headlines for her anti-semitic remarks. most recently, suggesting support of israel is bought and paid for by the american israel public affairs committee. at some point, anti-semitic remarks result in being an anti-semite, it seems. joining me tonight is matt, the chairman of the american conservative union. why is that the left is so reluctant to say what is obvious? they have an anti- somatic strain within their party and on capitol hill and are not dealing with it. >> i completely agree with you, lou. i think it is more cynical than this. i think the democratic party has shed its longtime support of the state of israel. i think they're moving away from this policy point of view. i think it gives donald trump, who has done everything he has said he would do, getting rid of the iran deal, moving the embassy, gray chance with the voters. not with the liberal leaders potential of this community, but with everyday voters who

amazon had a track record before this. they had a railroad of driving up homelessness in seattle. they have been sued but the austin city council not following through on their deal. this community stripped of resources. m.t.a. in debt. public housing is $32 billion in debt. we generate more wealth than anywhere on the planet. long island city is the fastest growing community in the country. we are not going to have a problem with recruiting to long island city. this is a handout to the richest man and no reinvestment in the community. >> one estimate is $25 billion would have come in, in the next 25 years to the locality. phil oluva ran as a republican for congress in new york said the people who proposed the economic security for those unwilling to work, part of the doreen deal, celebrate kill tag,000 high paying jobs for willing. #socialism kills. the far left is happy about this and say they have won one. >> why do you celebrate driving 25,000 jobs out of long island city? what's ridiculous. amazon shouldn't get the tax subsidiaries but new york doesn't win when they lose all the jobs. you see the governor talk about the lo