and europe might be but if you're walking around manhattan and your old in times square area or bryant parkhat you'll notice is that there is a huge amount of shopping here and a lot of i mean it's way more than last year for example it seems like more boom time right now and consumers spending more perhaps money that they don't have but nevertheless they are out here spending well it's all a function of the stock market you know the stock market's up by trillions of dollars and a lot of there are millions and millions of millionaires in america and around the world of course a lot of tourists are here and tourists from other countries were millionaires have been making millions and millions of dollars trillions of dollars based on the boom in stocks and bonds and they come here and they spend it because this is a great place to spend your money but the millionaire class in the billionaire class has been exploding to the upside and they've got a lot of dosh even there we were saying at this hotel near bryant park and to.

and you will in time square area of bryant park what you'll notice is that there is a huge amount of shopping here and a lot of i mean it's way more than last year for example it seems like more boom time right now and consumers spending more perhaps money that they don't have but nevertheless they are out here spending well it's all a function of the stock market you know the stock market's up by trillions of dollars and a lot of there are millions and millions of millionaires in america and around the world of course a lot of tourists are here and tourists from other countries were millionaires have been making millions and millions of dollars trillions of dollars based on the boom in stocks and bonds and they come here and they spend it because this is a great place to spend your money but the millionaire class in the billiard club has been exploding to the upside and they've got a lot of dosh even there we were saying at this hotel near bryant park and just an ordinary hotel and with the ordinary room it was a $1000.00 a night on a saturday night so it was that full manhattan is

exploding to the upside and they've got a lot of dosh even there we were saying at this hotel near bryant park and just an ordinary hotel with an ordinary room it was a $1000.00 a night on a saturday night so it was that full manhattan is that full right now so there has been kind of a reset that has happened since the financial crisis of 2008 to 20091 of the things we covered at that time extensively was the greek financial crisis because here we saw the troika enter and impose mass austerity measures and they still by the way have austerity measures out until the i can see that they have to run a primary surplus for example of 3 percent of g.d.p. which is on heard of in almost all nations they're maintaining that at the moment but here's a story that is remarkable in light of the fact that consumers are shopping like crazy racking up debt like crazy like they actually have jobs that are paying them great incomes here's the same post financial crash from greece one of the most ridiculous charts and financial history greece got paid by investors for issuing debt they sold 3 month debt at recor

we're opening another pop up in bryant park at end of this month.my mom baking. occasionally she would scoop out whatever dough she was doing and hand it to me. i kind of liked it. >> it is delicious. stuart: is that where the idea came from? >> exactly where my idea came from. i was obsessed with the cookies half the time they didn't maybe it to the oven. stuart: hold on a second. you brought stuff with you. is it soft. >> yes. stuart: wait a second. i'm not eating it. it is how it is served that container? >> this is shipped nationwide. it is set up like a ice scream experience. you get a scoop, one scoop, get it in ice cream, milkshake, how you want to eat it. stuart: i got it. how much is this. >> retail at $9. stuart: what? $9? >> yeah. shipping. stuart: very surprised. maybe i'm out of touch, $9? >> it, amount would make 12 cookies. stuart: but $9. someone walks out of there with plastic spoon, plastic spoon, terrible, chow down and eat the lot? >> can eat it or save it. stays in the fridge for three weeks. freezer three months. stuart: would

>> reporter: lindsay bryant said her special education student was on his way to school when a stranger harassed him tuesday. >> he had been followed by a home is man from the park through campus and he was panicked and he went to safety, which is our front office staff. >> reporter: bryant said the man took advantage of the teen's vulnerability and stole berrios' bike, his only means of transportation. >> i just felt sick about it. >> reporter: bryant said she was compelled to kick things into gear and asked her co- workers to reach into their hearts and wallets. >> i was like what if we just didn't have starbucks tomorrow and instead chipped in five bucks and we could just buy him a new bike? in half an hour i had $600. >> reporter: bryant said all the extra money that was raised will go to even more kids in need this holiday season. it will be used to buy coats, meals and gifts. just hours after the theft bryant was able to buy this new bike for the teen. >> he's so respectful and conscientious and kind, you know, has a great heart. >> reporter: a ride he now calls . >> great. >> just a huge testament to how amazing our staff is here. so it was really cool. >

so the jail at 850 bryant is falling apart and needs to be closed. the building is parke marked for demolition since 1996. to illustrate that, i'll bring in people we've been communicating inside the jails. (please stand by). >> we have people incarser rated. the worst thing i would want for anything to make the situation of my people worse. i don't know if closing 850 bryant down will make it harder for a mother to have access to her child that is incarcerated, right? i want to make one thing clear, too. you know, people talk about the criminal element. i don't like it either. i am black. blacks don't get along with the killers any better either, right? i am on the fence until i find out more information. we need more talks between the city officials, the community, and the people that is working for the solution. it is an opportunity for that engagement because they are civil servants. we need that connection between the people and civil service. what they did right here is a good example of community interaction. the people need to grab the power back. i am not sure if

so the jail at 850 bryant is falling apart and needs to be closed. the building is parke marked for demolition since 1996. to illustrate that, i'll bring in people we've been communicating inside the jails. (please stand by).

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bryant you have two minutes. >> good afternoon board of directors -- my name is john par. i affectionally live in an area which i call jurassic park. you folks watch tv. one of my favourite shows on netflix is called "stranger things." it divides humanity into two world's. the normal right side up world and the other side of the world which is called the upside down world. nothing is normal in the world called the upside down world. mind you stop at 31st and judah is part of the upside down world for over 100 years. this is my 12th visit to discuss this matter. on 31st and judah commuters can meet their doom by simply leaving or entering a light rail vehicle into an open street. this is complete insanity. other cities do not consider this normal. it's upside down behaviour. i ask the work order approved by sf muni and sean kennedy's team that this work be executed immediately and without any further or needles delay. it's minimum work. second, at some point in the near future, a capital budget allocation of $12 million be made to the street corner of 31st and judah so that finally in my lifetime and in san francisco's lifetime, th