in this rather pristine development is hudson yard, made up ofa development is hudson yard, made up ofing mall, offices and apartments. it is estimated to have cost, are you ready, $25 billion. since the yard has opened in march, it has been heaving with visitors and it could get even busier next year when the observation deck opens. at more than 1000 feet of the ground, it will reportedly become the highest out your deck in the united states and with a glass bottom floor, you will be able to see all the way down. there is no question it's lit but with if all those shops and skyscrapers leave you cold, you might be enticed by the shed, a brand—new cultural centre/ bang in the middle of the yards. the shed really is pa rt the middle of the yards. the shed really is part museum, part performing arts centre, part pop venue. performing arts centre, part pop venue. we produce and commission all the work, so everything is new. if you add, i call it the p word, if you add, i call it the p word, if you add, i call it the p word, if you add pop into the equation, it immediately brings a much wi

and this rather pristine development is hudson yard, made up of a 7—storey shopping mall, offices and been heaving with visitors, and it could get even busier next year when the observation deck opens. at more than 1,000 feet of the ground, it will reportedly become the highest outdoor deck in the united states, and with a glass—bottomed floor, you‘ll be able to see all the way down. there‘s no question it‘s slick, but if all those shops and skyscrapers leave you cold, you might be enticed by the shed, a brand—new cultural centre slap bang in the middle of the yards. the shed really is part museum, part performing arts centre, part pop venue. we produce and commission all the work, so everything‘s new. if you add, i call it the p word, if you add pop into the equation, it immediately brings a much wider range of interest. i mean, one example of what i‘m talking about is a big kind of summer show called dragon spring phoenix rise. it‘s kind of a kung fu musical. but we can also do things like a celebration of classical music and painting. we really are kind of a hybrid venue. still to

not in philadelphia but in hudson yards, new york city. the college board, the folks who administer the s.a.t., the scholastic aptitude test have just announced there will be what is referred to as an adversity score in addition to math and verbal skills. college board chief executive david coleman will join me in a moment to talk about what he refers to as context data. here are some of the concerns that i'm eager to raise with him and allow him to respond, of course. the range will be between 1 and 100. we know the considerations will be given to 15 factors including the student's high school and poverty level of the neighborhood. race will not be considered. students will not get to see the score. while i think the intent to level the playing field is noble, i have questions as to the approach. even before this news, i've explained that i think way too much consideration is given to this one exam. with regard to adversity. my view is that a college application should convey a variety of background information about the upbringing of an

this is our new studio in new york city's hudson yards, a bit of a fancy set.hat do you think of our new digs. >> so far so good. we'll bring you all the news from the new studio. >> not a quiet day to welcome you to our new studio. we start with breaking news. the u.s. deploying a carrier strike group and a bomber task force in response to what the white house is calling troubling actions by iran. officials not detailing the nature of the threats but telling cnn they were against u.s., sea and land forces in the middle east, and the deployments are aimed specifically at deterring any iranian military action. fred pleitgen joining us. >> reporter: a clear source of force, as the tensions continue to ratchet up between teheran and the trump administration. national security adviser saying the following, the u.s. wants to send a clear and unmistakable message that any attack on united states interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. it's quite interesting. over the past couple of months i have been able to speak to senior iranian lea

"early start" from hudson yards in new york city continues right now. >>> tensions flare in three global hot spots, the u.s. deploying a strike group to counter iran, a tenuous cease fire between israel and gaza, and global markets plummet after the president threatens new tariffs in his trade war with china. >> the president reverses course and says bob mueller should not testify. why try and keep the special counsel quiet? >> 41 people including an american perished when a russian jet crashes during an emergency landing. >>> and after a historic disqualification, the owner of maximum security could take the kentucky derby results to court. what a mess it was over the weekend, and well beyond the track, good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start" in our new studios in hudson wards. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans, monday, may 6th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. so far everything is working here. the u.s. is deploying a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to deter what the white house calls troubling actions by iran. officials are not detailing the nature of the threats bu

. >> they included hudson yard, the skyline from roosevelt island and the butte.ne world trade center. new york, you pretty. ♪ >>> some people say i ate something and it turned on me. well, this one turned on her before she was able to eat it. >> supposed to swallow it backwards, that makes the tentacles close so it won't get stuck on your throat. it's crazy to see. i had to have it chopped up when i did it. if you don't chew it, it grabs onto your throat and you die. >> i'm feeling really bad for the act poctopus right now. >> this octopus held its own. >> oh, my god. look at it. she was doing a live stream. that was the goal of this video, but it became something completely different and went completely viral. >> her eye is in danger here, along with her nose. you can hear her cries. >> i don't feel bad for you one bit. i don't feel bad. >> look how big that is. normally we get those little octopus when we order this -- >> even if she did it the right way, she would have choked to death. no way. she should be happy this thing turned on her. >> wait. which side i

. >> they have created prominent new structures like hudson yards. the idea is that the new santa clara space will become the face of the city and the destination for visitors. >> while different developers and blocks will have micro centers, there is one main center to engage and it to energize it. to make sure people on their lunge break, or in the evening, sort of center around this global food market. >> crews will break ground on the project early next year. >> we talked with golfers and many told us they were not happy about converting this outdoor property into commercialized indoor space. they said they do plan to incorporate outdoor space with the project. abc7 news. >>> the task of rebuilding getting more difficult for some families. they claim they're getting taken advantage of. >>> and crime seems to be going up. is it? a look how policing is changing in the listen to your mom, knuckleheads. hand em over. hand what over? video games, whatever you got. let's go. you can watch videos of people playing video games in the morning. is that eve

. >> reporter: in new york, hudson yards features 750,000 feet of space paired with a hotel and any servicesneed. decathlon sports decided to open its first full-scale store in emeryville, featuring 47,000 feet of retail and space to test sports equipment. >> they wanted to be more exciting and predictably unique. >> reporter: while online shopping still tops brick and mortar, kit yarrow says they still want the human experience. >> they just don't want to do it in the old, boring way. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> more than 40 years of hard work is paying off for a san francisco school principal. it's finally time to retire. >> we sat down to hear her story as part of teacher appreciation week. >> it's nice doing here in san francisco. >> they were one of the biggest stories of the '60s, talking about the beatles. >> we dug into the archives to find the so, you went online and got so confused. that your brain went offline. next time, ask your helpful cvs pharmacist. we created a proprietary search tool that analyzes ways to help lower your prescription costs. just

in new york the recently opened hudson yards features 750,000 square feet of retail space paired with a hotel, restaurants and any service a person could need. decathlon sport who is provided this video recently decided to open its first full scare store in emeryville. while online shopping still tops brick and mortar for general merchandise, consumer psychologist kit yaro says humans still want that retail experience. >> they just don't want to do it in the old fashioned boring way that it has been. redictlyique.to be more exciting >> reporter: something rent the runway and other retailers are counting on. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >>> we are very proud to be celebrating our 70 anniversary of serving the bay area here at abc 7. we've been digging through the station archives and at memorable moments from abc 7's history. here's a look at 1965 and beatle mania. >> san francisco is once again in the grip of that malady known as beatle mania. what's fast becoming an annual invasion by the english species of the beatles. while hundreds of young things, hearts fluttering the quartet i

he insisted that the hudson yards alone put his network at $5 billion at the time. we had no way to corroborate it. but is there any chance that he was worth anything near $1 billion during the 2000s? >> no. one day i asked what is your network and he said $3 billion and i said i don't believe you. he was like what? you know? and i said donald, you can't pay your bills. i'm just a reporter and i can pay all of my bills as they come due. if you're really worth $3 billion you'd find a way to pay your bills. he just makes it up, chris. he just makes it up. >> now here's a little bit of food for thought here and i want to get into what we learned. what do you say about the initial push back? i don't care. he still has a lot of money. he has a lot more money than i'll ever have. i don't care how you pick it apart. all those rich guys find a way to use the tax code like he did. what's your take on that? >> that just doesn't match. he was at the outer spectrum year after year. either the top number or second from the bottom. really a poor performance and that's remarkable.

we're coming to you live from our new studio in hudson yards, fully equipped with aromavision. >> this is not smell-o-vision. we are bright and shine any. our studio is beautiful. let's show you around a little bit. you can see we have all these beautiful colors. there's more red in the studio. you will look at our new seating area over here for interviews. we have a beautiful couch area. it's having a renewal effect on us. >> we have foot-tv which is a new invention. yes, we have a tv at our feet. >> we do? >> the pedestal lights up and we can watch ourselves at our feet. >> huh. >> that's true. >> sounds like we have to be contortionists. >> if you look at your feet, they can put pictures on that. >> i didn't know we had that technology. >> yeah. >> it's great. i feel like you all will see a marked improvement in our performance. >> no one told me that. all right. this morning a republican congressman has broken ranks saying the president engaged in impeachable conduct and a second member has called that stance courageous. the question, will more follow? well, don't bet the farm. jus

. >> cnn's new home here at hudson yards in new york has been in the works for seven years, seven years of the most state of the art broadcast facilities on planet earth. we would just like to thank everyone who has been involved from the beginning. the entire technical staff for making this all a reality. >> if somebody could show me how do get from here to my office. i have no idea where to go. >> where's the bathroom? >> i don't either. we really need to find our way around here. >>> the war of wrds between president trump and iran is ramping up. newsroom begins after this break. borhood with a lot of other young couples. then we noticed something...strange. oh, could you, uh, make me a burger? -poof -- you're a burger. [ laughter ] -everyone acts like their parents. -you have a tattoo. -yes. -fun. do you not work? -so, what kind of mower you got, seth? -i don't know. some kid comes over. we pay him to do it. -but it's not all bad. someone even showed us how we can save money by bundling home and auto with progressive. progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents. but we

. >> the sunrise is stunning here over hudson yards. i just watched it from one of the green rooms. i mean, it is spectacular. >> hypnotic. so hypnotic, i almost didn't make it on the set. >> that's a problem. >> you are glued to watching it. >> we will fetch you tomorrow, make sure you're here. welcome to viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it is tuesday, may 21st, 6:00 here in new york. this morning, the house judiciary committee was hoping to get answers from don mcgahn, but the former white house counsel and vital witness is refusing to testify and defying a subpoena. judiciary chairman jerry nadler threatening to do whatever necessary to get mcgahn to appear. nadler tells cnn the first thing he'll do is hold mcgahn in contempt of congress. >> there is new reporting overnig overnight that more and more democrats, some in the leadership team, are calling for impeachment proceedings, in open rebellion against nancy pelosi, who is against the move. this as a federal judge sided in a big way over financial records. the house intelligence committ

i want to bring in cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin high atop manhattan's hudson yards, john dean. how big a deal is this? >> this is a big deal for one particular reason. the accountants don't work for donald trump. they are not part of the government. so if there's a court ruling requiring them to turn over documents, they're probably going to turn over documents. the president can't order them the way he can order parts of the government to keep appealing, to be found in contempt. they really are going to produce these -- these documents if there's no stay entered by the court of appeals. >> and what is the likelihood that there would be a stay entered by the court of appeals. >> i don't think there dsh th-- is a very tough case. some of these are complicated. we'll talk about the don mcgahn issues. those are difficult legal issues. the idea that congress simply doesn't have the right to get these documents i think is an almost frivolous argument. the idea that congress doesn't have a legislative interest in these. no judge has held that kind of -- made a ruling on those ground

we're coming to you live from our new studio in hudson yards, fully equipped with aromavision. >> thist smell-o-vision. we are bright and shine any. our studio is beautiful. let's show you around a little bit. you can see we have all these beautiful colors. there's more red in the studio. you will look at our new seating area over here for interviews. we have a beautiful couch area. it's having a renewal effect on us. >> we have foot-tv which is a new invention. yes, we have a tv at our feet. >> we do? >> the pedestal lights up and we can watch ourselves at our feet. >> huh. >> that's true. >> sounds like we have to be contortionists. >> if

not in philadelphia but in hudson yards, new york city.lks who administer the s.a.t., the scholastic aptitude test have just announced there will be what is referred to as an adversity score in addition to math and verbal skills. college board chief executive david

. >> the sunrise is stunning here over hudson yards. i just watched it from one of the green rooms.ke it on the set. >> that's a problem. >> you are glued to watching it. >> we will fetch you tomorrow, make sure you're here. welcome to viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it is tuesday, may 21st, 6:00 here in new york. this morning, the house judiciary committee was hoping to get answers from don mcgahn, but the former white house counsel and vital witness is refusing to testify and defying a subpoena. judiciary chairman jerry nadler threatening to do whatever necessary to get mcgahn to appear. nadler tells cnn the first thing he'll do is hold mcgahn in contempt of congress. >> there is new reporting overnig overnight that more and more democrats, some in the leadership team, are calling for impeachment

it is monday, may 20th and you're looking at our brand new office space, hudson yards in new york. >>s over them. this is also shiny, our beautiful bright studio. >> with the foot tv. >> and now i understand. >> we have a tv -- >> at our feet. i thought you meant they were going to be showing our feet which i think would attract a different demographic of viewer, i felt. >> we don't want to exclude that demographic and if you are into our feet that is completely okay. >> that's fine too. >> for the first time a republican member of congress says the president has engaged in impeachment conduct. will more republicans follow justin amash. amash already facing a coordinated attack by the president and his allies. he seemed to anticipate this and accused the attorney general of intentionally misleading the public on the mueller report and said some of his republican colleagues haven't read it. >>> trump turning up the rhetoric on iran and warned in a tweet, quote, that will be the official end of iran. iran's foreign minister firing back insisting that, quote, genocidal taunts will not en

here in the new digs at hudson yards we have fancy bells and whistles i'm obsessed with the parkling in every kitchen. but you know what i'd take over all the cool new perks, one degree warmer on the thermostat. you feel me, ladies. i know you do. it's an ages old battle of the sexes. who controls the office temperature. for decades it's been men, most modern offices use climate control systems based on the metabolic rate of average 40-year-old man. that temperature is five degrees cooler than a woman's ideal temp which is why you see us huddled over space heaters wrapped in shawls and blankets and sipping piping hot tea in summer. as my husband is fond of saying you can always add layers. i can only take so many off. well there is a reason to crank up the office thermostat. a new study shows women are in fact more productive when the office temperature is a tick warmer. science. in this latest study published by the journal plos 1 women scored bert on math and verbal tests when the thermostat was higher. just upping the temperature by one degree celsius was linked with a 1.76% incre

. >> it's a beautiful morning over hudson yards.ented power to declassify intelligence and do his own version of a russia investigation. yes, another one. meanwhile, the president's allies are peddling this doctored video that tries to make house speaker nancy pelosi look like she's slurring her speech. so we'll show you the real one and then we'll show you the fake one. >> the speaker says president trump is crying out for impeachment and suggests a trump family intervention might be needed. a source close to the white house claims to cnn that pelosi has not gotten under the president's skin. the evidence might suggest otherwise. the president demanded that top aides, including at least one who was not in the room,

. >> it's a beautiful morning over hudson yards. president trump is giving his attorney general unprecedented power to declassify intelligence and do his own version of a russia investigation. yes, another one. meanwhile, the president's allies are peddling this doctored video that tries to make house speaker nancy pelosi look like she's slurring her speech. so we'll show you the real one and then we'll show you the fake one. >> the speaker says president trump is crying out for impeachment and suggests a trump family intervention might be needed. a source close to the white house claims to cnn that pelosi has not gotten under the president's skin. the evidence might suggest otherwise. the president demanded that top aides, including at least one who was not in the room, deliver public testimonials that he was calm when he walked out of an infrastructure meeting. >> kellyanne, what was my temperament yesterday? >> very calm, no temper tantrum. >> what was my temperament? >> kellyanne is right. >> you were very calm and very direct.

david, he insisted that the hudson yards alone, the west side yards, put his net worth at $5 billion at the time. we wound up just getting away from having to report it because we had no way to corroborate it. but is there any chance that he was worth anything near a billion dollars during this period that we know about into the 2000s? >> no. and in fact, one day i asked donald, what's your net worth? and that day he said 3 billion. and i looked at him and said i don't believe you. and he was -- what? you know. and i said donald, you can't pay your bills. i'm just a reporter. i can pay all my bills as they come due. if you're really worth $3 billion you'd find a way to pay your bills. later that same day he told another reporter he was worth $5 billion. he just makes it up, chris. he just makes it up. >> now, here's a little bit of food for thought here and i want to keep getting into the weeds with you guys into what we've learned. russ, what do you say to the initial pushback of -- because everything's rorschach these days. right? everything gets looked at through the partisan lens

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. >> reporter: with more than 30 restaurants now including his new market littl spain at hudson yardsange. >> yes, it does. he invited some of his friends from his favorite organization. wellness in the schools to be our official taste testers. thank you s much, kids, for being here. first of all, let's talk about this organization. why is this important to you. >> it's one of the best. great menus made with lots of food, vegetables, fruits, fish. at the same dollar amount any her school in america has. so we can feed our children better. and the schls are doing that with leadership of a great chef. one of the best chefs. >> what are we making this moing? >> well, my book. what are we doing? we are unleashing the power of vegetables. ef you've got every vegetable. baby onions, green peppers, red peppers, eggplant. we're bringing all those beautiful vegetables from the goodness of the earth and putting them together into this big pan and jus making a very simple dish that you can feed entire families. >> vegetable paella. >> what makes it paella, chef? >> pple are watching in spain whe

we have opened at the wynn resort in las vegas, in new york in soho, and hudson yards.d experience in the u.s. we love the market. we have all of our systems in place and we are trading well. tom: joining us now is brian duffy from the most dangerous store in the royal exchange. the business has always been a fractured is this. you are a marketing whiz with polo from years ago. how are you going to market watches and differentiate yourself in an exceptionally crowded field? how will you differentiate yourself from the cozy corner at harrods? brian: harrods does a great job with everything they do, including watches, but we are a specialist. we have been in the industry a long time. people want to know that you are getting expertise, heritage, and choice. selfridge's and harrods are very good retailers. how do we differentiate ourselves? a better technology play advance. we are active in digital media. we have storms that are very welcoming -- stores that are very welcoming, and we appear to the younger audience. tom: speaking of the younger audience, if you strap a herm

these are pictures coming in from the yard, because the helicopter has crashed into the hudson river.cene of course, no injuries to report, the pilot out of the water, the helicopter is secure there. so he was the only one on board as we understand it. bringing more as we get it. the headlines on bbc news... itv‘sjeremy kyle show is axed for good following the death of a participant in the programme. the trial of a man who claimed he knew about a vip paedophile ring is told he was himself a paedophile. cabinet ministers warn theresa may's brexit deal will be "dead" if the bill does not pass in the commons injune. and coming up — the head of the national police chiefs' council has urged the government not to adopt an official definition of islamophobia. shortly we'll discuss the issue with representatives from the conservative muslim forum and the muslim council of britain. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, joining us and sarah. that evening, let's start. it's all eyes on elland road this evening as leeds host derby in the second leg of their championship s