. >> mayor bill de blasio commissions a task force. and make for a recommendation on what should be done with them in manhattan, ashley johnson with chasing news. >> thank you. >> all right bring in our panel to break it down, welcome back, happy to have you here, jenette hoffman, and jim mcqueeny, start with you, columbus circle, an iconic part of manhattan, history it happened, columbus discovered america. >> historical, hypocrisy, it is ridiculous the way that is going on. where does it end. >> it is getting out of control, we need to take a stip back and look at it is before we you know, get rid of spha stats -- statues every where, history is important. >> you want to take down some. >> there are other issues. >> any statues you would take down. >> i don't. >> why not. >> you think about people -- >> because history is important, you get these elected officials jumping out there for headline, enough already, get too real business, go to work, let's not focus so much on tearing down statues, this is an important part of our history

bill de blasio, a new plan to tax wealthy new yorkers.ryl: i don't know about, here is tax i think i can get behind. one restaurant's plan to charge men more than women. lauren: maybe. cheryl: it is for a good cause. lauren: maybe. cheryl: we'll explain when we come back. ♪ it's time to rethink what's possible. rethink the experience. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief uses unique mistpro technology and helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. rethink your allergy relief. flonase sensimist. ♪ cheryl: we'll take another look at these markets and how they closed. you have the dow and s&p 500 closing at brand new record highs. that was the ninth in a row for the dow and first for the s&p for the month of august. lauren, obviously good numbers. we're loving it. lauren: september and october more volatile so we will see. stay tuned. >>> new york city has a big problem with its subways, if you ride them you might know and democratic mayo

bill de blasio is a bully with a bad attitude. that is according to the "new york post." s tamper tantrums against his own staff. in one of the e-mails, de blasio lambasted his communication aides because they didn't use phonetic spellings that he found hard to pronounce. do what i do, mispronounce them. the mayor writes, what do i need to do to get you to follow a direct order? do you need to experience consequences? guys, i'm fed up, which he writes his own headlines. de blasio blames his staff for his verbal stumbles. he said between all of you, you haven't fixed the problem which is bluntly unprofessional. according to the post, insiders call de blasio condescending and arrogant. the embarrassing and typewritten e-mails differ greatly from how de blasio presents himself. take a look at this. >> i also think there's a place for a thing we call good morale. where you're honors, you're respected, you're work is put on the pedestal it should be put on and you're told every day by a mayor and a chancellor, we need you, we appreciate you, we thank you. >> based on a true sto

new york city mayor bill de blasio is a bully with a bad attitude.rding to newly leaked emails published by "the new york post" with details. some of his temper tantrums against his own staff. in one ofil these emails, de blasio lambasted communication aids because they didn'tau use phonetic spellings for hard words he found difficult to pronounce. dodo what i do, just prints pronounce them. another diatribe, the mayor writes, "what we need to get you guys of all the direct order? do you need to experience consequences? "in a follow-up email, he says, guys, i am fed up. he blames his staff for his verbal scuffles and says, "between all of you, you haven't fixed the problem, which is bluntly unprofessional." he is condescending and arrogant. you think so? the emails were an accurate portrayal of how he treats his staff. the embarrassing emails are different from how he presents himself. take a look at this. >> i also think there is a place for a thing we call good morale. where you are honored, you're respected, your work is put on the pedal stole it

on the long list of monuments that will be reviewed by city officials this is a part of mayor bill de blasio as efforts to reevaluate quote symbols of hate on city property. something city officials are doing all across the nation the deadly violence in charlottesville gave a new urgency to the process of taking down confederate monuments. being vandalized before their removal was on monday the president at the university of texas at austin ordered the immediate removal of statues of robert e. lee and other prominent confederate figures from the main area of campus saying such monuments have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo nazi ism i believe. represent. a system of oppression violence and exploitation against a community they did just community in the black community. reminders of white supremacy do not need the protection and do not need the public space that they have and over the weekend duke university in north carolina remove the statue from the entrance of duke chapel after parts of lee's face were vandalized other states removing confederate statues include california

york's governor has deployed more than 100 air national guard personel to the gulf coast and mayor bill de blasio announced that the city will be sending 120 emergency personnel to texas. new yorkers are no strangers to the crippling effects of a major storm. this october marks five years since superstorm sandy rolled through the city. developing now.. people in clovis, new mexico, are shaken up this morning .. after a deadly shooting inside a public library. witnesses say a man walked in yesterday afternoon, and started firing shots. he fatally shot two women, and wounded four other people. one of the witnesses spoke to reporters about how he was able to escape. police quickly arrived, and the shooter surrendered. there's still no shooter surrendered. there's still no word on a motive, or if the gunman had any connection to his victims. another story developing at this hour.. the expulsion of 18 american university students. they were allegedly involved in an underground group that the school has banned for years. jay korff has more. a rare world war two b-17 bomber is touring the country.. and

they agree with bill de blasio. a lot in this country feel their history has been ignored or fronts to their history have been tolerated, as if history were race specific and each interest group gets their own version. that's what the left believes. your kids are learning that in schooling. the rest of the country looks on in bewilderment. outside of the richest zip codes, confederate statues are not a threat. the real issues are economic, a huge percentage of this country has no net worth at all and moving backward at high speed. according to a harris poll released today, 78% of americans say they live paycheck to paycheck. more than a quarter save no money at all. three quarters are in debt to big banks and half of those think they always will be. the middle class is getting poorer and it's dying younger, which means our leaders have failed. there's no clearer measure of that. that may account for the renewed emphasis on race politics. what about my paycheck you ask? shut up they respond. racism. and numchosky is

critics could have his eye on the white house, the new york post reporting new york city's mayor bill de blasior president in 2020 as well. bill de blasio who will win and try to convince progressives that he's a better option than senator warren or bernie sanders for president and new york's governor andrew cuomo also largely to run in 2020. everybody taking a shot. heather: they all have the tattoos, that might be the key. now checking with adam who is standing by in the weather center to talk about the weather forecast for the week ahead, good morning. >> good morning, i have really good news across the country. mild start to this week, calm start to the week as well. we have seen severe weather in the last couple of days. here is the temperatures, upper 70's, mid 70's, we do continue to see very heavy showers not in the eastern half of the country, shouldn't be too bad today but the western half of the country still monsoonal-type of moisture. we do see an explosion of moisture. the other thing we want to show you tropical storm continue to spin off the coast of florida, that's going to lif

and mayor bill de blasio has a plan to raise funds for the subway system.ried couples that make $1 million or more or individuals making a half million. it would cut untracked cut the cost of a metro card in half. >> i am your chief meteorologist and i have your weather. another round of heavy rain on monday. improvements as we move into tuesday. i will tell you what their monitors will do in your complete forecast coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's time, america. there's work to be done. it's not going to be easy but there's grit inside of you. and if you need extra motivation the grad fund at strayer university can help push you forward. because up to your last year of classes could be on us. that's right. on us. today is the day. strayer university. let's get it, america. >> still a few showers and drizzle overnight. there could be thought through tuesday morning commute. ♪ ♪ >> sinead o'connor famously sang "nothing compares to you", took to facebook to talk about her loneliness and suicidal tendencies. >> there's absolutely nobody in my life except my doctor. [

la Última palabra la tendrÍa el alcalde bill de blasio. e nieguen serÍan multados se irÍan a la cÁrcel. javier: los pacientes del campus hispano advirtieron sobre la posibilidad de que esta ley antiinmigrante se extienda al resto del paÍs. ahÍ esta el temor de una gran cantidad de personas que estÁn dentro de las diferentescÁmaras en cada estado con referencia a ese punto. existe esa posibilidad? ccuanto mÁs para que se extienda esta ley otros lugares del paÍs? algunos dicen que no es posible, que hay tiene que correr mucha agua por debajo del rÍo para que se extienda. carolina: una relaciÓn para tratar, como se dirÍa, con pinzas. asÍ estÁ la tensiÓn entre el presidente donald trump y el lÍder de la mayoría republicana en el senado, mitch mcdonnell. javier: todo por el fracaso para eliminar obamacare, algunos republicanos dejaron de dirigirse la palabra. segÚn reportesalgo terminÓ con gritos. mcconnell especificÓ que ambos estaban comprometidos en impulsar los puntos de la agenda que comparten. sin embargo, el presidente trump volviÓ a arre

new york mayor bill de blasio praising the officer and saying he was definitely saved by his vest. >>> a woman who works for an orlando daycare center arrested in the death of a 3-year-old boy. police say debra denise st. charles left miles hill inside a daycare van all day. they say the temperature inside the vehicle soared as high as 144 degrees. authorities also say the 51-year-old was not an approved driver for the daycare center, did not do a proper head count. miles hill was found dead on the floor of the van on monday. >>> a miracle baby who spent three days stuffed inside a garbage bag is recovering this morning in a new york state hospital. doctors in elmira say the 8-month-old girl is doing well. she was discovered by a neighbor who heard a noise coming from a bag and ripped it open. the child was badly dehydrated and had stopped breathing. the infant's mother, identified as 17-year-olds harriet ohio of spay, is charged with attempted murder. that is horrible. >> yeah. >>> almost 17 minutes past the hour. the governor of louisiana declaring a state of emergency in new orlean

connell: so new york city mayor bill de blasio, would tax rich people in a way to have subway systemt transit crippled with train delays and closures. we'll talk more about that in the next hour of "cavuto: coast to coast." this whole idea from mayor de blasio. >>> another mayor in the news. mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel, sued the federal government today over the sanctuary city crackdown. >> chicago may be the first to bring a lawsuit, but i'm confident we'll not be the last because other cities knows these are false choices the trump justice department is asking us to make. connell: the justice department fired back at mayor mayor emanuel in the statement, in 2016 more chicago wants were murdered than in new york city and los angeles combined. starerring that he is concerned with that figure instead of. gop consultant, giana callwell is with us. former obama 08 campaign, with is us. i believe you're out in l.a. today. you're a chick -- you're a chicago guy, right. >> yes, i am. connell: tell me about your city and what you think of mayor of your hometown with this lawsuit? >> well

the media and the political class agreed with bill de blasio.lot of people in the country feel of their history has been ignored or reference to their history have been tolerated." as a huge instant insurance grs its own story. meanwhile, the rest of the country looks on in on in bewilderment.wi outside of the carefully concluded campus, confederate statues don't seem like an imminent threat. the real issues are economic, as they always are. a huge percentage of this country has no network at all. they are moving backward. at high speed. according to a harris poll, released today, fully 78% of americans say they live paycheck to paycheck. more than a quarterer save no money at all. nearly three quarters are in debt to big banks, and half of those think they always will be. the middle class is getting poorer, and is dying younger, which means that the leaders will fail. there is no clear measure of that. that may account for the renewed emphasis on race politics. what about my paycheck, you ask? shut up, you respond. racism. norm chomsky is an ol

on the long list of monuments that will be reviewed by city officials this is a part of mayor bill de blasio efforts to re-evaluate quote symbols of hate on city property something city officials are doing all across the nation the deadly violence in charlottesville gave a new urgency to the process of taking down confederate monuments. being vandalized before their removal was on monday the president at the university of texas at austin ordered the immediate removal of statues of robert e. lee and other prominent confederate figures from the main area of campus saying such monuments have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo nazi ism i believe. represent. a system of oppression violence exploitation against a community community in the black community. do not need the protection of the public space and over the weekend duke university in north carolina remove the statue from the entrance of duke chapel after parts of lee's face were vandalized other states removing confederate statues include california florida and ohio just to name a few and the bronx. community college also rem

. >>> new york city's mayor bill de blasio wants to impose a millionaire's tax on the city's wealthiest. he says the funds will be used to fix the city's aging subway system, but is it a smart move for cities like new york and others to raise taxes on the rich? tim spiece is co-chairman of the tax practice and joins us now to discuss. tim, welcome. how do you view this? there are lots of ways, obviously, to pay for upgrades to infrastructure. tax is one. bonds are another. user fees are a third. what do you think? >> well, there's more. first let me just go to the highlights on the plan which, by the way, would have to go through a legislative process. so it's roughly one-half of a percent. so a single person at $500,000 would pay an additional $2,500 per anum. a person or household at $1 million would pay $5,000. item one. >> right. >> item two, going to be used to fund about 800,000 residents that are below a certain income level and help subsidize their transportation. and the other fact -- >> if i can just broaden it out a little bit, because new york city, i think, is such an unusu

on the long list of monuments that will be reviewed by city officials this is a part of mayor bill de blasio efforts to reevaluate quote symbols of hate on city property something city officials are doing all across the nation the deadly violence in charlottesville gave a new urgency to the process of taking down confederate monuments. being vandalized before their removal on monday the president of the university of texas at austin ordered the immediate removal of statues of robert e. lee and other prominent confederate figures from the main area of campus saying such monuments have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo nazi ism. represent. a system of oppression. against a community community in the black community. the following is a severe thunderstorm watch announcement from the national weather service the national weather service has issued severe thunderstorm watch number four six for effective until midnight wednesday this watch includes the following counties in pennsylvania thanks and become very remember or storm watch means that conditions are favorable for the develo

who have encouraged this type of behavior for their constant bashing of police officers" mayor bill de blasiocommented on the incident, saying that refusing service is "illegal" and "unacceptable."dunkin' donuts and the owner of that particular store has apologized for what happened. (vicki) after winning the 2017 nba finals... warriors star steph curry has been pretty busy this offseason. coming up next - mark carpenter joins us on set to show us what the two-time mvp has been up too. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break. when you're clocking out. i'm the one clocking in & sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can even warm these to help you fall asleep faster. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. there's a new bandit in the bay area the feds are on the hunt for... pam moore is in the newsroom with what we are working on for kron 4 news at six.

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new york city mayor bill de blasio prepared to follow in footsteps of rahm emanuel, chicago's mayor,aying he will take legal action if justice department withholding money from their sanctuary city's status. or because of it. 8 cities and counties have filed federal lawsuit challenging the president's sanctuary city policy. joining me now to discuss this lawless sanctuary cities. president's messages to mueller and much more greg jarrett, fox news contributor. >> good to be here. lou: let's start with these messages between president and bob mueller. >> you know, it is is not unusual, as long as president is not communicating directly with mueller. this is routine, i would communicate all of the time on behalf of clients and prosecutors, you try to bend their arms a little bit. lou: pleasantries. >> do you remember, president tweeted that mueller had a disqualifying conflict of interest, the president is right, he does. this was softening it a little bit. you know nothing really. lou: nothing to see here, moving on. >> nothing. lou: to sanctuary cities and de blasio, and rahm emanuel

but on the other hand, we had bill de blasio, the leftest mayor of new york now questioning the christopherbus statue at the center of columbus circle. you also have a legislature in new york talking about grants two. he was a union soldier, not a confederate. but apparently he was an anti-semite according to this legislature and that's why grant's tomb should be torn down. it's happening all over. where will it stop? >> the madness will not end, and i have to admit, david. i'm not surprised at comrade de blasio, and i just pray that many of the candidates and several of the candidates will take him on and give him a run for his money and liberate new york. david: well, they need to be liberated from him. final last point because i have to talk about the president and what happened last night. he had a number of prominent african-americans, alveda king, the niece of martin luther king jr. ben carson, who was in his cabinet, et cetera. to make that case is kind of insulting in and of itself. but, again, the wall street editorial page used to talk about something called the liberal plantation

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except in bill de blasio's new york. it is now allowed, why is that? to "the new york post," it's allowed because of the naked women are illegal aliens, they have special rates in the city. the city is not willing to arrest or restrain or punish them anyway. it even plans to have them register as panhandlers in a city database, have been killed because they are illegal aliens, undocumented workers. being anything less than hyper pledge to them is of course racism. being illegal doesn't just mean having the same rights as everybody else, it means having more rights than everybody else including the invented rights to hassle tourists without consequence. in new york city, american citizens are second-class citizens, how did that happen? an ethics group is filing a complaint against florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz over an extended implement of a pakistani i.t. worker, she was a arrested aftr trying to flee the country back to pakistan after bank fraud. she kept her on her payroll along with other members of his family. even after he was ban

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you look at bill de blasio and he said we need to have a review of all symbols of hate. that mean? it is subjective. you ken -- 's >> eboni: we can look at all these groups and see what good they serve. we have to sag by to to our specialists, congressman ron desantis and jessica tarlov. up next, it's "wait, what." stay with us. roller derby. ♪ now give up half of 'em. do i have to? this is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. but, if we start saving even just 1% more of our annual income... we could keep doing all the things we love. prudential. bring your challenges. at the lexus golden uncoopportunity sales event before it ends. choose from the is turbo, es 350 or nx turbo for $299 a month for 36 months if you lease now. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we nev

. >> bill de blasio, new york city. >> mark: let's go to the tape. >> is it true that you taken nap afterous. >> do you take a nap? >> ridiculous. >> maybe you're meditating. >> no, i don't get a chance to meditate. >> mark: stop spreading the news, he u wants to wake up in e city that goes straight back to sleep. bill deblasio, the napping mayor. shannon, one point ahead. >>ne she usually is. >> mark: it's like "the hunger games" here. long-standing double act. a this could break them apart. which member of the obama administration used the alias elizabeth carlisle to write -- [bell] >> shannon? >> i believe it's the>> former attorney general loretta lynch. mark, thank you. >> the lady always wins, that's okay. >> mark: i'll tell you what, let's have a bonus to decide that question. >> i can allow her to win, i'm okay with that. >> mark: the epa administrator, lisa jackson, also used an alias. remember that one? >> eric holder was lou alcinder. >> that can count for a tie. >> right. >> what was lisa jackson using? >> mark:ks richard windsor. they all sound like jane austen characters. >>

mayor bill de blasio commented on the incident, saying, that refusing service is "illegal" and "unacceptable' donuts and the owner of that particular store ... have apologized for what happened. (pam) starbucks says .. beware of fake ads popping up online. starbucks says, the entire campaign is a hoax. the fake ads are promoting "starbucks dreamers day," which is supposed to be on august 11. on this day... all undocumented americans will get 40-percent off any menu item. the fake ads even include the hashtag "border- free- coffee." since their appearance, starbucks officials say, the ads are completely false.. (steve) the city of chicago is suing the department of justice over threats of losing federal funding.(steve) this comes after... attorney general jeff sessions demands for sanctuary cities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. sessions has even threatened to reject crime-fighting money to those who fail to comply. chicago now joins bay area's san francisco and santa clara counties.. both counties sued the administration earlier this year. (steve) president trump took a br

the city mayor bill de blasio says he will push for a tax on multi-new yorkers to tape or essential upgrades to the ailing subway system which has been engulfed in crisis. the so-called millionaires tax in which deblasio is announcing today, requires approval from state lawmakers. martinhedge funder shkreli is facing decades in prison after being convicted of three counts of fraud. shkreli has been done the most hated man in america after he hacked the price of a life-saving drug by more than 5000% overnight. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm one gonzalez. we begin today in texas where there is growing concern that a new "show me your papers" law targeting immigrants is threatening public safety even before it goes into effect september 1. texas governor greg abbott signed senate bill four into law in may, making it a class a misdemeanor for local law enforcement officials to limit cooperation with federal immigration agents. the law orders police to comply with detainer requests from immigratio

fox 5 in new york as bill de blasio proposes taxing the wealthest 1% to fund repairs for the city's beleagueredsystem. andrew cuomo continue to squabble over who is responsible for fixing the nation's largest transit operation. de blasio's new tax would affect about 32,000 new yorkers and could bring in around $800 million a year. and this is a live look at tampa from fox 13. the big story there tonight, engineers evaluating more residents in the landolakes neighborhood being swallowed by a giant sinkhole there. two more homes were deemed unsafe yesterday, bringing the total to 7 in that area. authorities are now trying to decide how much to spend on this disaster. the price tag stands at about $700,000. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ >> bret: democratic party desperate to pick up seats in congress may be thinking of changing what has become a staple of democrat politics in recent months. a hard line on the issue of abortion. correspondent doug mckel way reports tonight on the possibility of party support for pro-life democrats. >> i

chaos engulfs the new york city long island railroad system and the subway system, new york city bill de blasio blaming everyone else and his stock answer is this: tax the rich to pay for subway repairs, which comes nowhere near covering the total bill as people in the upper brackets lead the city enough. but first, let's check what happened to the markets today. let's check with nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. the ninth record close for the dow. >> that's right. people are loving what they're seeing with the dow jones industrial average. the s&p 500 record close there as well, so we take it higher by 25 points on the dow jones average. 35th under president trump for the dow. some of the winners there, you could say thank you to apple because those apple gain had a second record close in four sessions, that helped boost the dow because we boosted at least 15 dow points. so there's a look at apple, it gained 2.42 dollars. the banks have done so well. goldman sachs up about three bucks. walmart, a lot of hope in some of these retailers, at least back for school some of the e

i read that mayor bill de blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1% of new yorkers to pay for subway repairseers ] in response, wealthy new yorkers said, "what is a a subway?" [ laughter ] it's a train -- it's train that -- oh, forget it. you guys, college football is starting up soon. i saw that one of the -- [ cheers ] baylor's assistant coaches decided to have a race against a robotic tackling dummy. so he wanted to race the robot and he actually won. well, kind of, watch this -- [ yelling ] [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: oop, there you go. nice -- nice, a spare. yeah. and finally, the fda just recalled a brand of instant coffee because it contains the same ingredients as viagra and cialis. [ cheers ] on the bright side, it definitely helps you get up in the morning. >> steve: oh! [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: all right, you guys, we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: guys, it is monday. we're very happy to be back. we have a big week of shows coming up. billy crystal will be here. >> steve: oh! [ c

new york city mayor bill de blasio announced yesterday that the city will conduct a 90-day review of racist symbols on city property in an effort to determine which ones ought to be removed. well let me give you a head start. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] axios, today published a list of groups that president trump has alienated during his first seven months of office, and now the world is out of paper. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] in a new interview, kim kardashian revealed that she did karaoke with former president obama, said obama, that was just the national anthem. [ light laer this week, chuck e. cheese announced plans to remove some of its animatronic performers. oh no. don't get these guys riled up again. [ laughter ] that is the pizza of this country! [ light laughter ] that mouse raised me! "american idol" is reportedly having trouble finding judges to join katy perry for its upcoming reboot. they're so desperate they're thinking of adding these two. [ light laughter ] yeah, you're right. you know what? you're right. it's been too long since right and left shark.

new york city mayor bill de blasio says he may order the removal of the columbus statue. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. renee: i'm renee feltz. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. a catastrophic storm has hit houston, texas, and the flooding is expected to only worsen in the coming days. houston is the nation's fourth largest city and home to the largest refining and petrochemical complex in the united states. the crisis began on friday when hurricane harvey made landfall in rockport, texas. it was the most powerful hurricane to hit the state in more than 50 years. but much of the damage has been caused not by the wind or tides but the massive rainfall. , some parts of texas have already received 30 inches of rain and could top 50 inches. entire highways in houston are now underwater. amy: according to the "washington post," the storm has already dumped more than 9 trillion gallons of water -- enough water to fill the great salt l