they would indict the entire accounting firm, that served enron, and they won. >> the author of the enrong firm was found guilty of obstructing justice in the enron investigation. >> this case was really about a simple principle, which is when you expect the police don't destroy evidence. >> now that actual indictment was controversial for the very reasons critics warned about. thousands of employees did lose their jobs when the company shuttered, and after that conviction, ultimately the supreme court unanimously overturned it. a legal ruling that part of the strategy just went too far, indicting entire corporations is one thing. indicting defendants' families is another. now in general, federal guidelines do discourage prosecutors to use tricks to pit family against each other. there is also a spousal privilege which generally protects a spouse from being forced to testify against their partner. now weissmann didn't break those explicit rules, but he took an aggressive stance by indicting the wife of chief financial officer andrew fastow on a misdemeanor when fastow was resisting pressu

the chief of the enron task force when it was first created with the collapse of enron. so they targeted arthur anderson to begin with. mark: they investigate enron and they targeted arthur anderson? for what quick. >> destroying evidence is what they called it. but they did it by making up a crime of combining two separate statutes to make a crime of something that wasn't. they destroyed arthur anderson they knew they would destroy it by indicting it. mark: because they are the financial advisors to enron. >> exactly auditors and financial backers. mark: a manufactured crime by two different statutes were combined. >> exactly. mark: how may people worked for arthur anderson? . >> 85000. mark: and wiseman was the lead investigator. >> he was the lead prosecutor. >> reported in part the director of the fbi at the time reporting under mueller. >> yes. they knew they would destroy the company when they indicted it because anderson represented 2500 publicly traded companies and no auditor can function as an auditor when they are indicted. 's so they sealed the indictment for

caldwell and the collapse of enron.they targeted arthur anderson to begin with, accounting firm. >> they are investigating enron? >> yes. >> and they target arthur anderson, for what? >> for destroying evidence, it's what they called it but they did it by making up a crime, combining two separate statutes to create a crime out of something that wasn't. so they destroyed arthur anderson. >> how did they destroy arthur anderson? >> indicted it. >> financial advisers to enron?i >> auditors and financial advisers to enron. >> they manufactured crime by combining two different statutes? >> exactly. >> and at that time how many people worked for arthur anderson? >> 85,000 people. >> 85,000 people and weissmann was the lead investigator. >> lead prosecutor on that case. >> he reported in part, the director of the fbi at the time mueller. >> yes. >> okay. what did they do? >> well, they knew they were going to destroy the company when they indicted it because anderson represented 2500 publicly traded companies and no auditor wh

from the enron case earlier to what you can tell. and yet, the lesson is learned and now is being unlearned. given that story, can you talk about the unlearning of the lesson and the efforts to dismantle some of the safeguards, props of dodd frank and the like? you do address this quite well in the book. >> i do. i do go for the first 140 years of our country. i do that in, i spend less time on that than i do from that period forward. i spend a lot of time, the most amount of time in the book i spend on modern crises and what is going to happen. so, i think what we have have, hate to say, we need campaign-finance reform is really like the mov woody allen movie. this person is speaking for the insurance industry, this person, good people, many of them, some of the best on both sides of the aisle. i think people both sides of the aisle that were incorruptible, there for the right reasons. yet, they still have to run for office. i do think i am fine with people being able to contribute as much as they want. i think it should be public w

melinda you are right i mean she covered a huge array of topics in this speech terrorism global security enron africa and development now one important issue that she didn't mention was the global refugee crisis can you tell us a little bit about what she said about. well she said in this is a message she had given here a couple of years ago as well in her speech the fact that we got that enormous influx of refugees in two thousand and fifteen had to do with the fact that we ignored this crisis prior to that and she has certainly taken responsibility for that neglect herself and then she said but we must find a way to work with the countries of origin of migration meaning with africa with the middle east to ensure that there are sufficient opportunities for the young and that they will not feel impelled to leave their countries and this was in the context of talking about security as a holistic issue saying we can't take this solely military approach to these challenges that again is also an interactive message on the u.s. the u.s. has been pushing and pushing for germany to increase its coope

you very much for that for now that says jimi and with the latest lines out of new delhi let's go to enron he's standing by for us and the pakistani capital islamabad it's been a very confusing picture of the last sort of twenty four to thirty alice and ron what again completely different narratives depending on who you're talking to it started with the pakistanis saying that the indian if force had released a payload on pakistani territory and that no one was injured that there was no damage no casualties we heard from the indian foreign ministry saying that many feiss were killed and now this latest incident with the pakistani government saying that they have shot down two indian fighter jets so what is the pakistani government doing about all of this now. well the pakistani government is about to issue a statement that. is going to give a televised address to the nations were addressed everything that's going on so far with a military i absolutely insisted that they did shoot down two. indian administered kashmir. and pakistani administered kashmir and that they have captured two fighte

as was enron's ceo. what is the difference between naive optimism and willful blindness. unpleasant --g an the implicit message that people should cover up problems and not bring them up. anddo people in watchdogs by yourthis was covered previous answer, striking the right bounce between skepticism and optimism? don't think skepticism and optimism are on two different sides of the coin. i think they are these it -- the exact same thing. in order to believe in the long-term prospects of a company, you need to be skeptical about management. at this point in history, we face a problem where investors seem to be quite the success of the business to the success of the executive. on the ceodependent and founder's. this is probably due to the rise of technology companies. we expect that that ceo or founder who has all of the power within the company, in terms of making decisions and there are no checks and balances. andpplaud those executives we surround themselves with employees that are yes-man, with boards that are yes-man, and no one wants to take accountability anymore. it'

prepared for mahama been some on what you make of it you know given the promises that we heard from enron khan especially on the campaign trail on being a very different kind of leader could really stand up for human rights. i think that we have seen that they would often as a white even a lot of credit would give is to with him and started the moment new to foreign direct investment in leading the government is expecting some kind of investment which could create the job market that's why we are looking at this a visit very significant and but what about you know the fact that mohamed bin psalm on has been facing a lot of criticism a lot of condemnation especially following the murder of journalist jamal kushal and again as i mentioned him on khan talking about how he was going to be a different kind of leader does what's going on now with this welcome in pakistan show that foreign direct investment that investment and pakistan the economy is a little bit at the end of the day more important to enron kahn and to the country look. this is very important when we look about this murder of t

he was convicted in connection with enron's collapse.ears in prison, but that sentence was later reduced >>> european union ministers are beginning discussions today on how and when to start trade talks with the united states this comes amid the possibility on eu car imports. have asked eu countries to approve mandates so formal talks can begin. >>> high-level talks between the united states and china wrapping up today in d.c. kayla tausche joins us with more on that front. good morning again >> good morning, becky those high-level talks with close with a meeting at the highest level. president trump at 2:30 today will begin receive the chinese vice premier as special envoy. as for what's happened in the last month since the two met, there have been two more rounds of high level talks. lots of paper passed back and forth. and the contours of a deal emerging around these six issues including forced technology transfers and intellectual property to this begins. and china has also increased the offer to buy agriculture and energy products.

understand their argument and i agree with a lot of what professor dershowitz said in terms of doing an enron or a side order congress suspending powers however i think it's a very risky gambit i think ultimately the courts and i've spent the past several weeks and i few pages at a time rereading the book that was made into a movie vice about dick cheney and his decades long quest to expand presidential power i think ultimately however the national emergency or national crisis has defied that i get i agree with some of those definitions i think ultimately the courts wind up siding with the president's ability to decide what is a national emergency at how to address it almost separate and apart from the facts in this specific. case in the politics in this case but rather the courts will be loath to curtail a president unilaterally acting as that ultimately fall the. plainest commander in chief so therefore future presidents could declaim claim helps the national emergency climate or climate change absolutely do you agree it was better davo well i don't completely agree with michael on this the

mean if you have to go on we deal i mean i stop here because this is not an interview but look at enron story look at the realm i don't want to go on we don't want you don't want to go on with if you have serious questions about our policy proposal or secretely question but not going to ask you not advice from the first about the. eleven or i don't have time to waste this is ok questions about ourselves not as you know so here you have questions about and all these issues of the leader of this government our view about the next the european union that's fine if you want to go on asking fake news or n.g.o.s they collaboration all saying. and i was an admiration of these you may not like the statements but they know i don't you want to waste my time in every interview with a journalist that is tacking from the first second reading the news i mean these one i have an interview saying you have seen easily have said this when you have said that's not an interview so you are a journalist is a course it's not true that it's not an interview if you don't stand michael i don't stand by the thing

want to capture images that would make other people feel that way but have you ever found yourself in enron that were locals were resentful to the idea bank rotorcraft i mean for instance when he were shooting palestinian tunnels in gaza that didn't they suspect of being an israeli spies sniffing around yeah absolutely i mean you know people will suspect you of you know a million different things and you a lot of times have to prove yourself i mean you know there was a lot of times where i had to carry a portfolio with me and show people the types of images that i'd captured and what i'd done in order to try and gain their trust and of course you know of course a lot of times you're unable to gain a certain person's trust and you know in that in that situation you. you have to move on you know you can't get it get everyone to trust you all the time. so you put yourself in a line of danger multiple times tell me when you're in the middle of war a callous and she take photos where you are scared that this is it. generally scared to death before i go and when i get back those are the times tha

europeans like you to respond to donald trump telling them to take these i still find his background as enron says that many of them and even from europe. nor this has been a crucial issue for germany the u.k. and france from quite some time although they remain quite tight lipped about the number of the. european detainees in the camps are run by the s.d.s. forces and this became more pronounced in december when the s.d.f. threatened to release all of those fighters and there was a concern that if they managed to get back to you of their would a leash major security concerns yesterday for example here at the munich security conference there was a panel discussion about syria and to mattingly all the european countries said basically that the decision by the u.s. to withdraw from syria is premature and could pose a significant threat they have also been asking the turkish government not to move ahead with a plan to take over members and i think one of the reasons why they are pretty much concerned about the are pretty much concerned about their withdrawal is basically because of the issue of

another thing to focus on is that in the last pg&e bankruptcy after enron they took $5 billion and shuttled to the wall street parent corporation and then the ratepayers paid $5 billion for no reason whatsoever except for the shell game. we need to protect ourselves both locally and on the state level against games like that. then i want to also one quick note on the uber lyft thing, it would be helpful to the public if the executive officer could start putting the words such as uber and lyft in the lines of that item. a lay person wouldn't know it is about uber and lyft. it would be nice if you could indulges that. that is one piece we need to pay attention to ab56. i believe it is assembly member garcia. i think i am right on the name. what it will do is centralize all energy procurement decisions

a stark warning from enron it says there's a great risk of conflict with israel. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president donald trump says european allies should take back hundreds of myself i says and put them on trial. he finds is in yemen say they've launched a major attack cross the border with saudi arabia because of the killing saudi soldiers. and the u.s. and there's tons of aid to colombia destined for venezuela but president has but dora's says it will never cross the border. iran's foreign minister has warned wald leaders that there's a heightened risk of conflict with israel speaking at a major security conference in name mohammed serif said israel is looking for conflict with iran you also criticized what he called washington's obsession with his country after u.s. five mike pence called leaders to withdraw from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal. certainly some people are looking for war we are in syria who is looking israel we are in syria on the invitation of the syrian government for the sole purpose of fighting terrorism no other n

. >> in my book about enron, his own wife, the suspect's own wife went to the fbi said, this is a guy me he was a mole in congress. he knows so much about congressman that he will never get in trouble. she went to the fbi and said he's currently blackmailing me. he was blackmailing his wife. the fbi actually stood in front of this woman story to make sure she cannot go to the bogus hearing where they actually made fun of donald trump and did not charge this guy with anything. they're keeping the witness from telling the judge what went on. >> lou: we congratulate you on the book. the title is obstruction of justice, how the deep state -- i'm going to put you in mind, needless for longest uptake of titles. how the deep state risk national security to -- the democrats. we recommend the book to you. >> up next, how the leader of the house committee trying to remove god from the oath witness, witnesses prior to their testimony, stay with us for that. the washington times, tammy bruce, and mark simone germany right after this quick break. guys, it's that time... and nothin's happenin'. wel

john, this is the first time that an emergency declaration has been used in this manner, enron aroundngress, do you see it as constitutional issue >> well, the national emergency gives president authority, it's been invoked over 60 times by presidents in the past, it's never been challenged in court. before the act taking place challenges to president to take unilateral action sometimes successfully. i don't know what's going to happen. there's been two lawsuits filed one by public accident and another by group called crude, both in district in aclu and javier becerra will be filing lawsuits and the presidents too, the president is not flouting the law, he cited the other statutory authority that he needs to do in order to take funds and build barrier along the southern border. he certainly didn't help himself by the statement he made that he didn't need to do this. the president had been known to make statements but i don't see extraordinary and i think the president is on fairly solid legal ground, a shame that it had to come to this. eric: the other 60 times don't have to do with t

leisure club he was a pretty smart guy of course but in the criminal world you need to have brains enron which by necessity is not interesting. after a mass brawl between most good men and a group of tradesmen the gang will put on trial the boss spend a letter threatening the authorities in no uncertain terms writing. one thing we swear if you dare to hand down a bogus verdict will mobilize you cowards can call the entire nation back billy's force we are all expecting an acquittal. defense lawyer ever try was in fact able to see most of the accused acquitted after a wave of witnesses and was drawing their testimony. puts the police chief wasn't the only one pulling his hair out not from the not the entire criminal investigation force was to it was on the him link they insisted they gathered enough evidence linking the network to specific crimes so that most school adalah for his close associates could be put behind bars for a while new science and get on sobering aba this i shut. once again it wasn't enough the outcome of this trial led to a number of police investigators dismissing the

another thing to focus on is that in the last pg&e bankruptcy after enron they took $5 billion and shuttled to the wall street parent corporation and then the ratepayers paid $5 billion for no reason whatsoever except for the shell game. we need to protect ourselves both locally and on the state level against games like that. then i want to also one quick note on the uber lyft thing, it would be helpful to the public if the executive officer could start putting the words such as uber and lyft in the lines of that item. a lay person wouldn't know it is about uber and lyft. it would be nice if you could indulges that. that is one piece we need to pay attention to ab56. i believe it is assembly member garcia. i think i am right on the name. what it will do is centralize all energy procurement decisions under a state agency. that would clearly be really bad for local communities that want to make their own energy decisions and for community choice programs especially. if we municipalized if we had a state agency telling us how to procure agency would not be good. >> thank you. >> madam chair i

d the enronment ere was so hostilthat whethey complain about athingthey were bically td to shuup orouto tuble. in thdocument it is a hypocry of donald trump as president and the donald trump that still holds his interests in his businesses. morales, what was it like to be sitting there last night at the state of the union address, seeing her former boss, president trump, talking about undocumented immigrants? it is hypocrisy because he always talks badly about immigrants. he is a horrible person. he is very aggressive concerning us. at least the that congress people listen to us. we are raising our voice. i think -- i thank them. they're good people. there are many people who love us. there are people who are helping us here at amy: can you tell us your story, victorina? tell us how you came to work at the bedminster golf course of president trump to clean his room, to make his bed. translator: ok, i came in 2013 to work in that place. at the beginning, when he was -- president, we saw him as he s a good pson. times. tipped three an iade his d and clned his hotel made theed of t first

his case is not about murder, drug cartels, organized crime, the madoff ponzi scheme or collapse of enron, i didn't do any of those, either. the reports are also not quote related to the primary focus of the special counsel investigation, any links or coordination between the russian government or individuals associated with donald trump. never nevertheless, these offenses led to mr. manafort being vilified in a manner this country has not experienced in decades. manafort's lawyers argue the special counsel's office charged manafort with the crimes he eventually pled guilty to only because they couldn't establish that manafort engaged in any quote russia collusion. in other words, what manafort is going for in the filing tonight is the argument that he didn't do anything that bad, that he's the victim of a political prosecution and even though his defense is sort of constrained by the fact that manafort pled guilty already and conceded what the sentencing guidelines would be in this case, they are still arguing for stuff to be as lenient as they can make it. how will that go for him? join

. >> we will not have an enron around the congress of the united states. >> reporter: the bill only provides for a fraction of the wall money president trump wanted tonight some republicans firmly backing him. >> i think he has all the legal authority in the world to do this, and i will stand behind him. >> reporter: others in his party calling it a bad idea. >> you know, i have been very clear on my concerns about the president dough clairing this as an emergency >> reporter: the white house says they are prepared for a possible legal challenge and say with this action, the president is keeping his campaign promise to build the wall. >> reporter: tonight the hop republican on the house armed services committee says he does not want the president to take money from the military, saying that it would be detrimental to the troops blaine alexander, nbc news, washington >>> well, coming up on the show, spain heads to the polls as prime minister pedro sanchez calls a general election for the end of april stay with us are azpliefrmts there are serious doubts that they'll be able to get a withdrawa

. >> we will not have an enron around the congress of the united states. >> reporter: even some republicans are concerned the emergency declaration sets a bad precedent. >> i think it will be a terrible idea. >> reporter: in addition to the budget deal, president trump plans to build the wall with $600 million from a treasury department drug fund, $2.5 billion from a pentagon drug program, and $3.5 billion in pentagon construction funds, some of that money was earmarked to rebuild puerto rico, after hurricane maria. the island's governor tweets "is it now puerto rico and california, american citizens, that will pay for the wall? if this is the case, we'll see you in court." tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> later for you this hour, analysis of all the news out of washington this morning. scott mcgrew has the checks and balances coming up at 6:45. you can also follow him on twitter and facebook. >>> right now at 6:07, we're still tracking some rain across the bay area. you can see it coming in waves on our storm ranger radar, even some snow in some of our higher elevations across the ba

skilling at enron and mr. evers, the ceo of worldcom and michael milken in the trump scandal and over 800 people in the savings and loan scandal going all the way up to the top guy, charles keating. in 2000 or so, the justice department's view changed. the nominal reason that they gave for the change, which was to go after companies that was that certain companies had an overly aggressive kind of culture and that if we really wanted to deter widespread white-collar corporate crime in the long run, we needed to change the culture of these companies through compliance measures and the like. . even on its face, i think that was misguided and the professor brandon garrett who did a definitive study of all the corporate prosecutions between 1996 and 2014, has concluded that there is a high rate of recidivism and much less changing corporate culture on a part of those corporations most needing change then it was hypothesized would occur. but, i think that really the reason the department of justice changed its polic

case is not about murder, drug cartels, organized crime, the madoff ponzi scheme or the collapse of enron. so according to paul manafort's lawyers, anyone who didn't commit one of those crimes doesn't deserve a heavy sentence which will come as a big surprise to the millions of prisoners with heavy sentences for not committing those crimes. joining our discussion now, jill banks, and harry litman, a former u.s. attorney and attorney general. we had it told us by the "new york times" that president trump spoke to matthew whitaker about can you get him to recuse himself so i can see this, and what do you make of this development that the house judiciary committee has this evidence? >> it's very interesting they may have it. it also means there is a possible perjury by mr. whitaker who has denied that he had any conversations like this. it's completely consistent with how all of the people surrounding donald trump behave. they deny, they deny, they deny. donald trump has trained them if you don't admit it, you're not guilty. that's something that should cause concern to all citizens in ameri

there's never been a national emergency inv to deliberately do an enron around congress.s has spoken here and if you listen to the pro-trump caucus, what congress passed is outrageous becau it's going to make illegal immigration worse in some ways, but he signed it. >> right. >> and then he said i'm going to do all of this other stop that is monarchial and it's against the spirit of the country and i don't care if the congress approved this, it is still terrible because it is simply a violasyon of how the em is supposed to work? if he's hoping for court approval he may hav harmed himself at thega rosen press conference and it is with this sound bite in particular. i could do th wall over a longer period of time, ididn't need to do this and i want to do it much faster. i've already done a lot o wall for the election, 2020 and the only reason we're up here talking about this is because of the election. >> with the leadof the aclu press reless. >> absolutely. heou oby doesn't understand the meaning of the word emergency because he didn't have to do it, right? an emergency ne

this case is not about murder, drug cartels, the made-up ponzi scheme or the collapse of enron.rgument is, he isn't the worstest human on planet earth. >> they say necessary is the mother of invention. criminal defense is the mother of invention. >> will his lawyers be arguing drug offenses for young boys? come on now. >> you play the hand you're dealt with. sorry for all of the cliches, card-playing, football. they're in a tough box. the guy is really, really in a tough legal spot, obviously. >> that he created for himself. there's nothing to feel -- nobody feels sorry for paul manafort right now, though. >> paul manafort does. >> paul manafort does. apparently his family doesn't feel sorry for him because there's been a lot of negative reports coming out about who he is as a person, lately. the important connection, if we bring it back to michael cohen and to testimony that we shouldn't ignore, there's a lot of ongoing investigations related to all of the issues we're discussing. and prosecutors and investigators do not want those investigations to be interfered with. part of

but he did learn a lasting economics lesson at age 14, when the energy high flyer enron went bust due to corporate malfeasance, and put his dad out of a job. >> i just remember that economically changing in our household too.om my dad out, he's a black guy that's it, there's 15,000 people all wanting the same job. for him to try to find a job in that space, not being able to find work for a long period of ti-- >> reporter: in houston? >> in houston. and at that moment is when i realized inwas to be a entrepreneur the rest of my life. i never wanted to work for anybody because the circumstances that we went through as a family wasn't because of my dad, it was because of the people at the top of a company that he worked with. >> reporter: seven years later, bennett was a high draft pick in the n.f.l. what was your signing bonus? >> was it 2.5 or was it 1.5? whatever it wa it wasn't enough. >> reporter: you're talking 1.5 or $2.5 million? >> yeah, million dollars, yeah. >> reporter: and what did you do with the money? >> i don't have any of that money from that contract don't know where

. >> you're not going to have to go through enron. tim will know this. if you've been up to the trump organization, it's a dusty office. here is donald. here are the three kids. here is the cfo. >> stuck in the 1980s. >> if you went to one of those little, you know, coffee bars. >> right. >> so you don't have to pick through a lot of layers. it is a mom and pop licensing company. so it is -- and it was run that way. and as you see donald trump at -- see the way he conducts himself as president? just in front of everybody beyond the law, imagine as a private citizen when nobody's watching. imagine in the real estate business, which is a pretty slimy business even if you're a straight shooter to begin with. imagine the antics that he was up to. we're not going to have to imagine. i thank you for those nice things that you said, but i want to extend a future invitation to myself when the -- >> permanent invitation. >> okay. >> so, mimi, donny tells us more -- certainly to say this is going to end up in a rico prosecution. and my experience with donny on thi

. >> we will not have an enron around the congress of the united states. >> reporter: some republicans are concerned the emergency declaration sets a bad precedent. >> i think it will be aer itish idea. >> reporter: in addition to the budget deal, president trump plans to build the wall with $600 million from a treasury department drug fund, $2.5 billion from a pentagon drug program, and $3.5 billion in pentagon construction funds, some of that money was earmarked to rebuild puerto rico, after hurricane maria. the island's governor tweets "is it now puerto rico and california, american citizens that, will pay for the wall? if this is the case, we'll see you in court." tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> as scott mcgrew grows even more in-depth on the deal, he'll have more on his checks and balances segment coming up in 40 minutes. >>> happening today, oroville dam officials head to court in sacramento, the fight over the spillway which you can see in the time lapse video is still under construction, work expected to last until spring. it comes two years after 188,000 people living n

herote a piece on how intervened with the ruling that laterrmer chairman said led to the collapse of enron. i remember when i wrote that he called my editor-in-chief at the time and really complained about it. it is something he is sensitive about, the idea that he is cozy with wall street. you write about. to demonstrateg andhow he sold class rings that could not have been easy. >> guy could sell will stop guyink people said this will make a deal, so let's keep a connection with him. >> november 8, 2016. >> i will work every day to be deserving of your trust. i will never forget what it means that you gave me the honor of working with you and tonight, there is another thing that could happen. there's a chance i could become the majority leader of the united states senate. [laughter] >> but i promise you if i get that honor, i will be working for new york as hard as ever because i love new york and it is in my bones. night?e were you that >> i was a couple of blocks. i think at that time, i had a pretty good idea that he was not going to be a senate majority leader. you cannot underestimat

and democrats in a rule about sec rulemaking, and fcc chairman arthur levitt, and the collapse of enron, if that rule had been in place maybe the collapse would not have happened. schumer was very upset and he called my editor-in-chief at the time and really complained about . it's something he has been sensitive about, the idea that he is cozy with wall street. he is very, very sensitive. host: you need to be extremely accurate, or you will hear about. the guy can sell, he really can't. and i think people who have contributed to him see this pragmatism, so let's keep our connection with him. let's listen to november 8, 2016. mr. schumer: i will work every day to be deserving of your trust. i will never forget what it means that you give me the honor of working with you. and tonight there is another thing that could happen. there is a chance i could become the majority leader of the united states senate. mr. schumer: but i promise you, if i get that honor, i will be working for new york as hard as ever, because i love new york, and it is in my bones, so thank you all. >> i was in the ti