>> the new york post is reporting the groundhog, hoisted into the air and dropped by mayor bill deblasiofebruary, died from internal injuries a week after the groundhog day festivities. >> stephen: that's right, staten island chuck died after bill deblasio dropped him. of course, chuck had been dropped by a mayor before, but but that was mayor bloomberg, so he only fell a few inches. now, at the time, it seemed like an accident, but think about it: staten island is the only borough that deblasio lost in the mayoral election. so, clearly, he responded the only way staten island understands-- with a mob-style execution of their most beloved resident. it was a cold-blooded groundhog hit job straight out of "woodfellas," ( laughter ) ( applause ) but the conspiracy goes even deeper, folks because after the mayor made sure chuck had seen his last shadow, staten island zoo officials went to great lengths to hide the death from the public-- possibly because the zoo gets nearly half its $3.5 million annual $3.5 million annual funding from the city. that's right. the mayor bought the zoo's silenc

to prove that he along with bill deblasio road the subways so, too, did governor cuomo.t was an effort to calm a some what jittery public as iraq prime minister said his country discovered an eminent plot to strike subways in the u.s. snent much of the day discrediting that claim. >> new york might be a target, think again. new york is more prepared than ever before. a oo so the big theme yesterday really was the fact that the subway system in new york city is safe despite what they said. the homeland security minister is unaware of any eminent plot here. that's the latest from times square this morning. back to you. >>> 9 minute held on suspicion of encouraging terrorism. bridge security services have monitored choudary who openly praised september 1st # 1 attack. you may remember this recent interview with john hahnity. >> you don't know anything about it it is coming to a place near you. >> you are threatening to come and get me. >> choudary denies he supports terrorism. >> niem now to brew on this. the president is encouraging people to live in the united states ille

. >> former vice president al gore, bill bill bill deblasio, . secretary ban ki-moon. >> jon: whoa!top the parade! ban ki-moon? the biggest climate change in history. come straight from the audition from "you're a good man, charlie brown"? wearing your camp clothes? ban ki-moon! by the way, what a get for u.n. radio. u.n. radio getting ban ki-moon. no, no, i can't tell you. oh! (laughter) of course, politician is only one of the big shots. there were movie stars like mark ruffalo and edward norton, both have become acutely aware of environmental dangers since their encounters with gamma radiation. (laughter) (applause) >> jon: with that star power, you know cable news gave it everything they have. >> describe the scene for us earlier. >> earlier? this is happening as we speak. latc(laughter) >> jon: it's happening right now. perhaps you can tell by the fact nobody can see me il my own news report. come on, cnn! this is crowd footage 101! you put the reporter in front of the crowd! msnbc, show them. >> we have ned resnikoff who's stand by -- >> jon: oh, jesus! not that far! come on!

mayor bill deblasio: >> with the evening rush hour about to gip, i have a simple message for all new yorkers-- there is no immediate credible threat to our subway system. >> reporter: police commissioner bill bratton: >> the people of this city should feel very comfortable and secure moving through the subways. >> reporter: the police presence in new york and new jersey was already increased by up to 50% in some places starting this week because of world leaders at the united nations, and the general threats by isis. new york governor andrew cuomo said the large number of officers now visible on streets and in the subways was a sign of protection, not panic. >> you're going to see a greater police presence than you have seen before. don't be alarmed. if anything, that should be comforting. >> reporter: but the mayor repeated the mantra adopted by the city after 9/11. >> if you see something, please, say something immediately. >> reporter: 5.5 million people commute in and out of new york city every day. officers will now be checking more bags for explosives at transit hubs and any hig

they are here illegally but new york city mayor bill deblasio giving illegal immigrants id cards andses to places like the zoo and the ballet. what do the taxpayers get? >> want to skip the as trin? you can eat cherries instead. the surprising food that can help heal you. out. robert? >> heather and ainsley i am asking that very question myself. good morning to you. this line stretches the better part of ten blocks maybe more. a massive line people described it to me as larger than any they have seen before. let's talk about the new phones. the iphone 6 and 6 plus have larger displays than the 5 s. that's one of the bigger points. the demand has been incredible. according to apple in the first 24-hours more than 4 million phones were preordered because demand exceeded supply some of those who preordered won't be getting their phones until october. that's why a lot of these people in line say i didn't preorder i want to get my phone today. they have just about two more hours to wait. the apple store will open at 8:00 this morning. they will have access at that point. by the way so wil

energy lives here. >>> an update on the groundhog that died a week after new york city mayor bill deblasiodropped it. the zoo considering changes for the event so the mayor won't have to handle the groundhog. the zoo's spokesperson person who blamed a rode -- rodent handler who have not -- prevented the mayor from getting a good grasp. >> a north carolina veterinarian is creating a prosthetic paw and will take it off every night like humans do. he is so cute. thank you for being part of the story. here's shep. >> more money. publish the war in iraq and syria is costing $7 million to $10 million a day, and now the defense secretary saysÑi we need more money. plus the brush parliament vote. all in on iraq, but syria? forget about it. plus, beheading in america. today a man in oklahoma city, who tried to get coworkers to convert to islam, and when one woman would not, cops say he cut off her head. and the manhunt for the cop killer in pennsylvania, new details expected at a news conference scheduled to begin right now, fresh from the scene, worth the survivalist intent to kill again holed up

this decision also comes as mayor bill deblasio once again threatened to boycott the parade himself. >>> a man learned his fate in a detroit courtroom. >> for the second degree murder conviction i'm going to sentence you to 15 to 30 years for the statutory manslaughter, seven to 30 years .1. >> 35 year old wafer will spend at least 25 years for the murder of ranisha mcbride. wafer testified he was terrified and shot her only in defense. then her sister spoke of her grove and pain. >> from my fear i caused the loss of a life. that was too young to leave this world. that for now, carry that guilt in sorrow forever. >> somewhere down the line in life i have to forgive you in order to be accepted into heaven myself but i will never forget the pain, the hurt, the heartache or the devastation you caused my family. >> the judge who does say she believed wafer was remorseful called it one of the saddest cases she has ever presided over. >>> six months after a little washington, d.c. girl disappeared from a homeless center, the city could not have done anything differently it says to have pre

but mayor bill deblasio denied that the police officers were given orders to back off. >> since garner's death, how have you seen things change? >> it has changed a lot, to where police are more afraid of the camera and like i said they do not want to be the next daniel pantaleo getting caught on camera doing something like that. >> while la salle is taking the battle to the streets, richard emery is taking it to the courts. >> we sue the police and continue to do this in this law firm. we are a private law firm here and often do civil rights cases of all variety, often police cases, we're suing rykers island right now. >> in july the mayor tapped him to lead the ccrb a citizen group which investigates police misconduct complaints. >> effective policing is by definition constitutional and respectful policing. >> the ccrb is essentially the bridge between the communities and the police department. and it arises out of the fact that people don't trust the police to discipline themselves. they want some independent entity to make determinations about police misconduct. >> emery acknowledges

former vice president al gore and bill deblasio join a massive call to action to combat climate change. the route was jam packed sunday and more than 300,000 people with environmentalalists sending a loud message to the un general assembly. it should be a larger part of policy debates across the world. that was not only in new york from london to berlin and paris and rio, climate activists took to the streets in support of the movement and the message. i ask our customers what problem keeps them awake at night. and columbia forest products had a tough one. they make plywood. and the panels look perfect when they leave the factory. but a company they sell to is demanding refunds. refunds for defects that only appear when the finish is applied. it's hurting their profits, so i offered to help. at ge capital, we do a whole lot more than just the financing. we bring expertise from across ge. so i call in our access ge engineers, and together with columbia, we work backwards. from the cabinet factory, to the finishing plant, to the place they peel the logs. and sure enough, we find the sour

new york, officials are taking precautions following these reported threats but the mayor there bill deblasio saying the threats are in the confirmed. >> we have received information which in the eyes of the united states government and nypd is not verified. so what we're doggies taking precautions until we have more information. again, you will see heightened security presence in certain locations but until we have something more specific we are not in the position to devote additional resources. it is in the smart to do that until we have something credible. >> iraq's prime minister says he has intelligence of the potential attack on subway systems in the united states and in france. >>> funerals for two of the three retired fire fighters who worked together at ground zero and died on the same day from cancer will be held today. since september 11th, 92 fire fighters have died of cancer and pulmonary diseases believed to be connect to the air at ground zero right after the attack. in 2011, president obama signed an october which set aside machine toy treat first respond hours have become si

. >>> in new york officials taking precautions following those reported threats, but mayor bill deblasio stresses those threats are in the confirmed. >> we have received information which in the eyes of the united states and nypd is not verified. so what we're doggies taking precautions until we have more information, again, you will see a height even security presence in some locations but until we have something more specific we are not in the position to devote additional resources. it is not smart until we have something credible. >> iraq prime minister says he has intelligence of a potential attack on the subway systems in as we mentioned both the you had and france. >>> we have new information about the suspect wanted in the deadly shooting of a pennsylvania state trooper. according to fox 29 sources, eric frein in a even if call earlier this month to his parents, which helped investigators narrow their manhunt to monroe and pike counties. now police are being extra careful as they search this rugged terrain but investigators search his parent's home and they found bomb making mate

what happened to this groundhog seen here with new york mayor bill deblasio?t's a story you have to hear. >>> are you starting to miss the beach now that it's actually fall? virgin atlantic ceo now allowing some employees to take as much vacation as they want. that brings us -- oh, look at that picture. that brings us to our question of the day. how many unpaid vacation days would you take? tweet me@gretchen carlson and use the _#the real story. we will read your comments at the end of the show. not paid. unpaid vacation days, folks. let me know. >>> welcome back. groundhog day coming back to haunt new york city's mayor. remember this? watch what happens. he dropped the groundhog. now we're finding out the groundhog died a week later from internal injuries consistent with the fall. word still, there's talk of a coverup. the staten island zoo hushing the whole thing up, apparently, claiming that the animal died of old age. that's according to the new york post. the zoo now saying it appears unlikely there's any link between the fall and the groundhog's death. s

bus mayor bill gloi deblasio, said. >> it has changed to a point where police now are more afraid and like i said, they don't want to be the next daniel pantaleo actually getting caught on camera doing something like this. >> richard emery is fighting against system. by day, emery is often battling the police. >> we are a private law firm here and we often do civil rights cases of all variety. often police cases pursuing rykers island right now. >> now he is another side to the system. in july the mayor tapped him to head the civilian complaint review board or ccrb. >> effective policing is by definition constitutional and respectful policing. >> the ccrp is essentially the bridgen -- ccrb is essentially the bridge between the communities and the police department and it arises out of the fact that people don't trust police to police themselves. >> emery admits he was brought in as a major overhaul of the organization which has never gained traction or trust from the public. >> how effective has it again? >> it has never been effective to put it bluntly. in the early days it was an in

mayor bill deblasio signing an executive order to extend the living wage law. 18,000 workers could be covered. those with health insurance will get $11.50 an hour. >> speaking of salaries, let's look at some of the other stories caught in other global net. >> monday counselors were told they could face $10,000 in fines and two and a half years in jail if the races kick in before the next election. >> you can always give the next incoming council a pay raise but not yourself. >> during monday night football, kansas city chief safety penalized because he prayed after a touchdown, calling it excessive celebration. he takes just a moment to praise on the ground, and some say it's similar to tim tebow's celebration that made him famous. a lot of players will cross their chest and point up. >> i don't see the difference between what he did and tebow did. >> as was the case with most of the people who saw that. >> have you ever been stuck listening to a stranger's cell phone conversation? >> yes. >> the north korean government taking the issue seriously. mobile phone use there is on the rise

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. >> remember on february 2nd, mayor bill deblasio dropped groundhog chuck on groundhog day. >> oh, wellwe're just learning now in -- >> look, look. >> hazmat gloves. >> what are those gloves? >> what are the gloves? oh, my. >> the other guy has bare hands. >> the woman there with the bare hands and deblasio has hazmat gloves on. >> may i get to the story? it's explosive. i'll read this graph from the story. a week after his owner dropped staten isla staten island chuck in a front, died of internal injuries and then the cover up began. >> what? >> staten island zoo officials went to great lengths to hide the death from the public keep secret that chuck was actually charlotte, a female. it died. this is a statement from the mayor's office. we were unaware that staten island chuck had passed, but we're sorry to hear of the loss. >> did they put the animal down? >> it wasn't chuck, it was charlotte, charlotte was found dead in her enclosure one week later and they determined she died from acute internal injuries. >> he killed charlotte. okay, this is not just a cover up, this is a conspirac

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bill that would add subjective criteria such as community service and grade point average, which in new york, is often is is result of social promotion. the naa is suing for discrimination and mayor deblasiond of the teacher's union vigorously supporting junking the test only policy. a few pertinent numbers. of the 1.1 million students in new york's public schools, 70% are black or hispanic. the student there's no white privilege here, no discrimination, just a measure of ability. if anything, the left's complaints are an assault on asian students. renowned for family values, respect for authority and long hours of study. the fact that many of them are poor only weakens the arguments of those who would brand these schools as elitist. as for many other american cities, the social engineers would rather try discrimination rather than the causes. single parent family, the battle over level playing fields is absurd enough to remind us of gilbert and sullivan. a team who's lasting satirical musicals are still performed in much of the western world. the rest of the -- claiming to be king. after a riot of plot turns, we hear the final judgment. when everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody. >