andrew cuomo has not been baited very much by anybody except bill de blasio. we'll see if he falls for this. he might find the glasses so fetching, they bring him in. and it could rise up to the main event under certain circumstances. >> david, you brought up the broader point here, which is bobby jindal saysovernors are the future of the party. and you look at the governors, and it is not exactly rosy picture. to the jeb bush question. because i think we're talking in terms of serious contenders here, jeb bush is allege mentwa mentioned. how much is it an issue that he did work on behalf of lehman brothers trying to convince carlos slim to rescue lehman before the crash? >> as well as that big hospital in favor of obamacare. >> which may be the worst of them all, right? >> mark and i can probably come up with three dozen problems with jeb bush. he had the immigration statement that put him far outside and and i will yep natualienates him fr base of the part iity. he doesn't have the social media age. it allows him to be attacked from different directions. the

cuomo, 1984. look at how andrew governed the state. it's a great psychological mystery. be a cautionary tale for democrats nationally. >> i was not surprised by the washington post story. cuomo a campaigned as a progressive, a liberal on things like raising the minimum wage. things like marriage equality. things like guns. things like ethics. he delivered on some of them early on but over the last couple of months has backed away. campaign finance reform is one where progressives were disappointed in him. they thought new york would be a place where there would be a great model to say here is the agenda alive in the state. he backed away from things. i don't think they recognize the damage done. in new york it was a specific case with the working families party. the dynamics may work out they can't run are somebody else. it's done damage to him nationally. if he were the to try to run for president in the event that hillary doesn't run, i think he'll are have more trouble with progressives because they feel he made promises and didn't keep them. that's worse than not doin

so governor perry came to new york today to challenge governor andrew cuomo to a debate. backed out. we took the opportunity to interview governor perry. take a look. >> look at the record, look at the data. almost 30% of the all the jobs created in the last decade were in the state of the texas. texas is the number one technology exporting state. you don't see technology companies moving to new york. you don't see, as a matter of fact, migration out of new york and california been some of the highest in the country, per cap tax those two states have led the nation. so, you moved up from 50th best job climate to 48. my hat's off to governor cuomo. david: by the way, governor cuomo you challenged him to debate. i guess declined that debate. >> he has. that is not to say we shouldn't continue discuss whether or not we can get together. it is not about new york versus texas. it is actually about the concept of should states be given authority to compete against each other, whether delivering health care or education policies? this one size fits all that comes out of washingt

. >> omentum for national popular vote grows as new york governor andrew cuomo signed the compact toward its electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the majority of the popular vote. we will speak with "new yorker" writer hendrik hertzberg. the new details emerge about the key role of the air force in the cia's secret overseas drone war. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. ukraine are slated to hold the first direct talks today amidst rising unrest. in an overnight clash, ukrainian security forces killed three pro-russian separatists, wounded 13, and took 63 cap this after they tried to storm a military base. thefinding comes just after collapse of the ukrainian operation to retake government buildings in several towns. separatists seized ukrainian armored vehicles and crowds surrounded another column, forcing troops to hand over the pins from the rifles and retreat. four partyments, as talks begin in geneva today between russia, ukraine, the european union, and the united states. we will

andrew cuomo -- a remarkable speech. i of you showed me the words and didn't tell me who said it, would say it was deliver by a conservative republican. he said we spend more money in new york state per capita unanimous anywhere necessary the nation but yet number 32 in the nation. he is saying we got to have the school choice in this area. so what i'm saying in the book -- and going beyond the universities -- is that some of my liberal friends are for choice on abortion are against choice when it comes to public schools and especially for poor and minority children. we have a reversal of george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door to keep african-americans out, more than 50 years ago. we now have people standing in the schoolhouse door, the poor schools, to keep children in, when we all know that a good education is a ticket to a child's success and competition, whether it's package delivery or restaurants, improves everyone, and so all i'm saying is, let's have choice on education. let's let parents decide which sc

andrew cuomo in his speech a few days ago a remarkable speech. if you had shown me the words and didn't tell me who said that i would have said it would have been delivered by a conservative republican. he said we spend more money in new york state per-capita than anywhere in the country on public education if he said we are number 32 in the nation in terms of achievement in math and reading and essentials that everybody would be are required to make anything out of your life. he is saying we have to have a school choice in this area. what i'm saying in the book and i'm going beyond the university some of my liberal friends are against choice when it comes to public schools and especially for poor and minority children. we have a reversal of george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door to keep african-americans out more than 50 years ago. we now have people standing in the schoolhouse door of the poor schools to keep children and am we all know a good education is the ticket to a child's success in competition whether it's package delivery res

andrew cuomo in a speech a few days ago, a remarkable speech, if you show me the words and didn't tell me who said, i would've said it was delivered by conservative republican. he said we spend more money in your state per capita than anywhere else on public education. and get we are number 32 in the nation in terms of achievement in math, reading and other essentials that we would agree are up so they required to make anything out of her life. so he same without have this school choice in this area. what i'm saying in the book and cornell university is so my liberal friends are for choice or against choice when it comes to public schools. and especially are poor and minority children. we have a reversal of george wallace standing in the schoolhouse door to keep african-americans out more than 50 years ago, we now have people standing in the schoolhouse door, the poor school, to keep children and women all know a good education is a ticket to a child's success and competition whether its package delivery or restaurant, improves everyone. so all i'm saying is let's have choice in educat

. >> andrew cuomo. they think they can run for president. >> they do think so, but -- gwen: but things change, you know? and the things we think are true two years out change, no? >> yes, they do, you're right. gwen: you give me one, i give you one. we move on and we're both wrong it turns out, thank you, amy. the presidency has its power and its limits. in a moment, we'll talk about how presidential power changed civil rights law. but this week when it came to gender pay equity, the president's power was limited to signing executive orders calling for transparency and accountability for federal contractors. the next day, the senate blocked a more far-reaching pay equity bill. was this debate real, for show, or really about something else? >> you know, no one made any bones about saying it was about turning out democratic voters that will be needed in a mid-term election when democrats, including president obama, have been candid and forthright about how they're expecting what the president calls hibern

here in new york state, for example, governor andrew cuomo, of the wall street wing of the democraticty, and legislators from both parties killed a commission investigating political corruption. they also killed a promising plan for a more level playing field in state elections. and they did so while handing wealthy individuals in wealthy communities, those are the biggest contributors to elections, some very big tax breaks. and in washington, as you've heard by now, in the mccutcheon case, the supreme court five, the pro-corporate bloc, struck down limits on how much money can be given to candidates, parties and political action committees. one prominent right-winger says the justices merely "reinstated the first amendment for all americans." sure. by doubling down on their earlier ruling in the infamous citizens united case equating money with speech, the justices have actually decreed that you're entitled to all the free speech you can buy. you'll be on equal footing with the koch brothers if you have their money. the prevailing myth in america has been that the rich have a right t

i would suggest to you all across this country andrew cuomo would be a better fit for the health caree made from new york. there are some things i am jealous. jon: let me touch on this. bringing back the bodies of american servicemen who died. >> this project, there have been around for 22 years, private-sector effort, a technology biotech expert out in san francisco, were trying to recruit his business to the state some seven years ago and he shared with me his passion of going to the area, retrieving the remains from world war ii servicemen who have been lost and unfortunately forever had not done for him. i took a 91-year-old navy seal, we went back and helped search, we had some success, and the closure to be able to bring home the remains of someone who the family forever quizzical about what happened, the closure of being able to do that is a powerful gift to those families. my hats off to them for doing that. jon: you are busy guy. first it seems be be running well itself. >> the matter where you are coming in keep up with what is going on in the world. 140 days every other yea

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vice president joe biden, senator elizabeth warren, andrew cuomo or governor martin o'malley.e president is the only one of them not polling in the single digits. so you got to ask, if not hilary, then who? >> that decision hasn't been made, for real. >> i have been preparing in terms of the thought work, the policy work and the groundwork necessary to offer a better direction forward for our country. >> is the presidency off the table here, governor? long-time people thought you were going to run for president? is hillary clinton in that seat? >> i'm sorry, i'm losing you. we're having difficulty. >> i'm not running for president. and i plan to serve out my term. >> i just want to say personally having known chelsea as a teen in the white house, i'm happy for her and mark. our panel is back. that didn't belong there. let's talk about this. is hillary clinton going to run now that she's going to be a grandmother? >> can hillary clinton have it all? i mean that's just a preposterous question. of course, she can be a grandmother and a presidential candidate. we have had grandpar

then andrew cuomo came in and now eric schneiderman. what is been there response to these abuses?reat question. we saw the attorney general's office advantage, which is one of the landlords and benjamin's building, for systemic attempt to force people out by sending illegal eviction notices. you have to highlight, these are illegal actions, sending illegal eviction notices by cutting off the heat and hot water. or haven't we seen prosecution of these crimes? it is a question i get all the time. and the same question i asked back. why are we surprised they're getting away with these abuses? these are the same prices -- crimes and abuses we saw a rampant. this is part of the too big filming talladega. this is part of a process the bloomberg administration really made official housing policy to gentrify the stateaid. to turn it into a gilded city. i spoke to a lot of people for this article who work inside the agencies. they say the city agencies that would prosecute these are underfunded but there's also a lack of political will. >> one point you raise in your article is there has b

she mixes it up with democrats like governor andrew cuomo. last year she bashed his pension plan.nts to attract attention in cities across the state like syracuse. last democrat, ithica's mayor, youngest mayor ever elected in the city's history. started on the city council while attending cornell. he shies away from that, but says the president has inspired him. let's move to the republicans. all county execs. first up, westchester county exec rob astorino. astorino is currently in his second term as executive in a heavily democratic county, along with 23 years in local politics, he's been a satellite radio host. many of our experts think he has a bright future in state politics. next up, executive joni mahoney. her alliance with stephanie miner led to unprecedented collaboration to resolve the syracuse fiscal problem and is also told to be a potential running mate of governor cuomo. finally, a third county executive, mark molanaro. this isn't a coincidence. republicans are making in roads on the county level. he began his political career at age 1995 at the age of 18. he was the

to me, the question that jumps out at me, i have a lot of respect for the governor of new york, andrew cuomo. and this story keeps percolating in my head. a conversation occurred in which the governor of new jersey, your governor called upon the governor of new york to basically call off the probe. he didn't like all this push from the other side of the bridge commission people. >> right. >> going into this thing. he didn't like foye's attitude. do you think there is any way you guys can ask the governor of new york to testify before your legislative committee and find out what happened in that conversation? because it's critical. >> chris, that's one of the major components of this investigation that we've yet to fully examine. but we have to look at those facts. we have to look at whether or not that conversation happened and what was said. but what is really disturbing here is every time we turn over one set of facts, we see that there are more unanswered questions, such as the one you just pointed out. what we need to have is -- let's be fair. this is not just about chris christie. this

back in 2010, andrew cuomo -- it is -- it has had an impact before, 1970. james buckley, won a u.s.ht, running only on the conservative party line and was a republican before, that he was able to defeat, and a democrat. in 1993, rudy giuliani was endorsed by the liberal party line as well as the republicans. liberals made the difference delivering about 62,000 votes for giuliani, more than his official winning margin over david dinken at the time. according to the swing state parties, working family parties, one of three parties that pull weight in new york, have provided the margin of victory in five house races in the past 12 years. how unusual is this system? it only exists in seven states. it's only practiced in five. new york, of course, is the biggest one. and the other 43 states, it's not only off the table, it's actually banned outright. so the question is, is this healthy for political parties or not? joining me now a little bit of a coalition of source, syracuse mayor, stephanie minor, and dan cantor, the executive director of the working families party. so, let me start w

new york's democratic governor andrew cuomo has said execution of the standards was "flawed". >> brown: the program still has its champions, though. one is the republican former florida governor, jeb bush. last sunday on fox news, he made a push for common core. >> if you don't have high expectations, high standards, you're not going to go anywhere. the idea that it's a federal program is based... is just not true. it's just not. it was voluntarily created by governors. >> brown: meanwhile, the repeal move is gathering momentum. it's expected to clear the oklahoma legislature in the next few weeks. and we go to oklahoma now to explore all of this. we're joined by two state representatives, republican jason nelson is co-author of bill to repeal the standards. democrat emily virgin is opposed to such repeal. representative nelson, why is something that looked good in 2010 no long interest right way to go? >> well, what i think most legislators in oklahoma have looked for in 2010 was higher standards. i think a lot of states struggle with setting high standards and maintaining them, not w

. >> governor andrew cuomo!governor cuomo to the rally: political contributions. the hedge industry has donated close to a million dollars. >> reporter: what wall street wants in return, gottbaum says, is worth far more. >> it's a money making venture, education is a $1 trillion business. huge. but they can't get to it if the system isn't privatized. >> it's a very convenient narrative. the folks who are giving philanthropically are giving to a variety of causes. they have no interest in making this a business. they're interested in at-risk kids getting access to opportunities. >> reporter: governor cuomo's office denied he was influenced by contributions, saying they represent a fraction of his $33 million reelection fund, and pointing to statements like this one from 2010. >> i want you to know my beliefs. i believe public education is the new civil rights battle and i support charter schools. >> reporter: in late march, governor cuomo pushed through legislation prohibiting mayor de blasio from charging charte

pre-kindergarten classes, thanks to a new $300 million state program announced jointly by new york governor andrew cuomo and city mayor bill de blasio. educators hoping to expand pre-k on the national level are keeping an eye on cost, and quality. special correspondent john tulenko of "learning matters" has our report. >> the problem is were still not reaching enough kids, and were not reaching them in time and that has to change. >> reporter: the president is talking about preschool. this year, federal spending on early childhood education, which had been around $7.5 billion , will increase by a billion more. preschool is also getting attention from big city mayors, including new york city mayor, bill de blasio. >> we must achieve the tax plan i put forward for full-day pre-k for every child in this city. >> reporter: florida, oklahoma, west virginia and georgia already offer preschool to everyone. and 30 governors are proposing to expand it in their states, so children get a boost. >> kids develop better cognitive skills and success breeds success. >> reporter: rutgers university professor steve barne

>> well, it won't happen, because andrew cuomo doesn't have a lot to debate, unfortunately.d debate. it's kind of like paul krugman. you may win a nobel prize and you may debate against a guy who was reading "sports illustrated" in the back of a economy 101 class. >> i still can't believe you did that. >> i read good "sports illustrated." >> my dad called right before and says, does joel know that he's a nobel prize winner? >> yeah, but he's a nobel prize winner on the wrong side. so david axelrod, i want to talk about rick perry here. years ago, we don't know how the reinvention is going to work. but i must say, it's not like he has just gone to safe talk radio shows. he's been on jimmy kimmel. he's gone on our show. we absolutely massacred him in 2012. i don't think we made fun of anybody any more than rick perry. i personally was downright mean. and a sign of a great politician is a guy that comes back. smiles. you know. >> yeah. >> his wife has written -- his wife has written me a note, very gracious. but he's coming back with a smile on his face. and i don't know, this

andrew cuomo agreed to provide more than $300 million a year to fund what program -- >> krystall. >>ten. >> 300 points for krystall. >> he never would have participated if he knew it was bankrolled by don blankenship, the former ceo -- >> massy energy. >> 300 point question. one of the targets of bill marr's flip a district campaign, new york republican -- >> michael grimm. >> michael grimm fought back this week is correct. 300 point question. politically active -- >> crystal? that's the end of the match. krystal has won for the national championship with 1400 points. the balloon drop begins. it falls on the wrong person. what a touch. krystal with 1400 points. the last question gives you the title. kate, 1100. here's somebody to congratulate you. and, krystal, before we talk to you for a second, our special guest tom coliccio will tell you what you just won. >> on behalf of everyone here at craft and coliccio, i wish to extend my most heartful and sign zero congratulations on his or her victory in up against the clock tournament of champions. we look forward to seeing you here for y

new york governor andrew cuomo jumped into the fray listing top ten reasons why david letterman is aate for that that other coat. tv critics say the biggest sight won't be over where the new talk show will be located but who will replace david letterman. tv guide's match roush? in terms of it they have to go younger to a certain extent. e i'm curious whether they're going something other than male. that would be interesting. there's all kinds of names being floated around. >> when letterman walks away next year, he'll end the longest late night hosting run in television history. so far mr. moonves has not commented on what his plans are for the post-letterman era. anthony, vinita. >> i don't want him to leave the ed sullivan theater. >> i'm having a hard time. plenty to f people are raising their hands who would happily take that job. >> that's for sure. >>> up next, a closer look at the ring of fire. it surrounds the recent earthquakes around the world but is it a sign of more earthquakes to come. noelt ♪ hi. i just finished an energy audit of this building and started my own dog wa

he is challenging new york governor andrew cuomo to a showdown of sorts.mo to a debate during an appearance at an albany radio station. listen to this. >> i think that would be a not only interesting and fun, but also for us as a country to have a discussion between two of the major states in america talking about which one of these policies are actually better for our people. >> governor perry promising low taxes and major incentives for businesses that relocate to texas. >>> caught on camera, new video showing a pair of tsa agents giving two young children full body pat-downs at a u.s. airport. the little boy in the striped shirt, just two years old. his sister in the pink, six years old. their father was outraged by the whole thing. he filmed it. the tsa says it was necessary to screen these kids because they came in contact with their father after he had already been selected for a security check. you may remember this back in 2011. the tsa had amended its policy to reduce pat-downs of children under 12 years of age. what do you think of this? >>> and

a new york daily news pointed out the lynchburg crash comes the same day the new york governor andrew cuomo sent a letter to the white house and officials in washington arguing for more federal action to protect new york and all states from crude oil transportation disasters and well the federal government already has some regulations in place to ensure the safe transport of crude oil across the country turns all federal officials may not be enforcing those regulations thus putting americans lives at risk joining me now for more on that is cole stanky a staff writer with in these times his most recent article looks at how federal officials may be tipping off oil railyard workers in north dakota coal welcome back to be back great to have you with us so. who is tipping whom off about what ok so you have this disaster in quebec last july but a month after that is certain tell us what that ok if you have this train that derailed in quebec killing forty seven people. carrying oil from north dakota and this brought new attention to spotlight on shipping practices so about a month after this happe