what better way to grab attention than with yard signs that say joe lhota dead kittens. (laughter) i mean all these other candidates are just going to split prot kitten voters leaving joe to sweep up in the key anti-kitten demographic of sociopath, rats large enough to vote and alf. and these, these two troublemakers named august and arthur had it coming. they call this a major transportation delay in the largest city in the country making the bad, bad kittens. now i would love to tell them that to their face and i will. please welcome august arthur and the man who took them in, stephen lew. (cheers and applause) tharmtions so-- thanks some of. >> look at that, welcome, stephen, how are the kittens doing? >> they're great. great. >> enough of that. >> all right. >> because i'm ready to open doors in the mayorral race and joe lhota is looking good. but first sir, you have to prove that when it comes to kittycide, you don't just talk the talk, you even kill these kittens. anyway you want. barry? >> that's right, stephen. for his kitten killing, joe lhota can choose from a

laughter ) folks, if you remember, last week on this very show, i endorsed republican mayoral candidate joe lhota because after two kittens stranded on the tracks forced the subway line to stop service for several hours, lhota was the only candidate with the courage to come out as pro crushing kittens. ( laughter ) folks, no surprise, that core message rez 98ed. >> a decisive win last night for joe lhota, the former m.t.a. chairman beating out billionaire john catsimatidis to win the republican nominations for new york city mayor. >> stephen: wooo! because that's what we call the colbert bump, folks, not to be confused with the bump you feel when your subway car runs over kittens. ( laughter ) lhota now moves on to the general election where he's likely facing democratic candidate bill de blasio, a man so libry, he won the gay vote against a lesbian. ( cheers and applause ) ( laughter ) of course-- ( applause ) of course, that's just in the polls. and by definition, lesbians don't go for polls. ( laughter ) folks, deblawzio, i believe-- and i mean this, de blawzio must be stopped. this mad man wa

kittens. ( laughter ) folks, no surprise, that core message rez 98ed. >> a decisive win last night for joe lhotae former m.t.a. chairman beating out billionaire john catsimatidis to win the republican nominations for new york city mayor. >> stephen: wooo! because that's what we call the colbert bump, folks, not to be confused with the bump you feel when your subway car runs over kittens. ( laughter ) lhota now moves on to the general election where he's likely facing democratic candidate bill de blasio, a man so libry, he won the gay vote against a lesbian. ( cheers and applause ) ( laughter ) of course-- ( applause ) of course, that's just in the polls. and by definition, lesbians don't go for polls. ( laughter ) folks, deblawzio, i believe-- and i mean this, de blawzio must be stopped. this mad man wants to raise taxes on thoal making more than half a million dollars a year, costing guys like me about $973. $973? i'll have to stop buying nigh yearly pair of gucci pyrotechnicon loafers. how will i know it's spring? even worse, beblasio tricked voters by running this heartwarming ad featuring hi

joe lhota. he does all the subway systems. it was really nice.n his victory speech, he made sure to thank his campaign manager -- [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] his wife -- [ mumbling ] and last, but not least, his kids -- [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] and -- [ mumbling ] junior. [ laughter ] isn't that nice -- that sweet? [ cheers and applause ] a really sweet moment. hey, i don't think you guys know this, but it is now legal to buy weed in colorado. yeah, weed is legal. [ cheers ] weed is legal. so, now they have to tax it like anything else. and so, that's got people upset. okay, in fact, i saw earlier this week, activists in colorado were handing out free marijuana to protest high taxes on weed in the state. then five minutes later, the pot activists were like, "we did what? that was my best weed, man! [ laughter ] why did we do that, man?" "i don't know. i don't get it." that's right, activists protested high taxes on weed. although i'm not sure their chant was very convincing. it was like "what do we want? wait. what do -- what we want? hold on. wha

no one can resist that, other than joe lhota. ( laughter ) i say-- i say, folks, i say, if obama reallimented to sell us syria, he should have taken a page from the people selling us siri because pushing the iphone and a war are a lot alike-- you just say that the new one is smaller, faster, and cheaper, and people will buy it, even though they've lshed got one and they're still paying off the previous model. ( cheers and applause ) people are very excited about the iphone 5s. despite the medicine's speech was moot on, arrival thanks to john kerry. >> is there asking at this point his government could do or offer that would stop an attack? >> sure, he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week, but he isn't about to do it and it can't be done, obviously. >> stephen: but remember the old saying-- you can't sell "can't" without "can." >> russia say real game plan in what some considered a gaffe, encouraging syria to take action saying we're calling on the syrian authorities to not only put weapons under international control but also

and the message from joe lhota's campaign is going to be, remember 1993, do you want to go back to thatug, we're going to have lhota on our show weekend, but -- >> i mean, had to be real fast -- >> got to finish it up here. >> one thing with lhota, keep in mind that republicans in new york are not that conservative. you know, lhota is pro gay marriage, things like that. but yeah, there are neighborhoods that people who lived here in 1993, we don't want to lose that. but i think that de blasio may also know that. the biggest question about de blasio is how effective he will be. the rhetoric, very appealing, but will he be able to get some of the things done? >> yes, executive ability, we don't know until they get there. thank you, steve kornacki, and amy davidson, and this is "hardball." the place for politics. the trucks are going farther. the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some ca

laughter ) folks, if you remember, last week on this very show, i endorsed republican mayoral candidate joe lhota after two kittens stranded on the tracks

what was joe lhota thinking. >> it's the most competitive race in years.ng bloomberg's three terms in office.> in city+] hall, nek has changed. >> it has become increasingly diverse in the last mayoral elections. now we're seeing a new slate of issues and slate of stake holders that we haven't seen as much voting power in the past. >> all this has failed to energize voters. turnout is expected to be light. only half of residents are registered to vote. each candidate hopes to get 40% of the vote. >> new york magazine published and interview with mayor bloomberg in which he threw his support behind christine quinn. >> in hawaii, the governor wants lawmakers to move quickly on a bill legalizing gay marriage. the governor called a special session for the end of october to vote on the bill. the state already allows same sex civil unions and hawaii would join 13 other states and washington, d.c. to pass a gay marriage bill. >> finally this morning, apple is expected to unveil the latest version of its iphone. that has wall street and tech jumpies chomping at t

it doesn't matter, look jonny cats is going to get crushed, let's face facts, this guy joe lhota is goinghim. >> i never said i wanted to kill a cat. >> jon: okay. (laughter) now we got ourselves a contest. never said i wanted to kill cats. why would you ever have to make that statement in a debate? >> as you know, a couple weeks ago train service was halted for a couple of hours so two stray kittens could be rescued from the track. you candidates had different opinions about whether you would have stopped the train. so mr. lhota, i'm wondering, are you comfortable with being the anti-kitten candidate. >> what i said was it's up to the person who is running the mta to make that decision, it's not a mayorral decision. >> jon: look how serious he has to be answering the kitten question. do you want to be the anti-kitten mayor! ! (laughter) that is a pretty cold hearted stance to talk about an innocent kitten who is just trying to get to work on time. (laughter) oooooçoçoçoçoçoçoçoçoçoçoóo >> jon: welcome back, my guest tonight a piltser prize winning reporter, her new book is called fi

i am joe lhota. this will be the first term of joe lhota.nt to get across in all this, probably without a doubt ply greatest strength and my weaks? i talk to everybody. i make it a point to do it and i will do that as mayor. there won't be anybody i won't talk to. there won't be anybody that i will exclude. i'm not going to necessarily listen to them. i'll make up my own mind once i listen to anybody who wants input into any decision >> will lhota, new york mayors tend to take on a giant personality and role in this country and globally. do you think that's appropriate for a new york city mayor to have such high stature, especially given bloomberg's gun debate, for example? >> i grew up in new york city. i have been stunned that they have a foreign policy, every ethnicity and nation in the world is represented here. people speak 123 different languages in the city. it becomes almost natural. we have parades all summer long into the fall, upcoming is the columbus day parade, which will be for italians, the pulaskiin day parade for pollacks an

republicans nominated joe lhota. on wall street, blue chip stocks shot up again, as jitters over syria eased. the dow jones industrial average gained 135 points to close at 15,326. the nasdaq slid four points to close at 3,725, after apple dropped 5%. the tech giant's loss came as investors registered disappointment with the new iphone lineup announced yesterday. >> woodruff: still ahead on the "newshour," mccain and brzezinski on syria; how mayor bloomberg transformed new york; egypt's prime minister on calming a political crisis and the evolving role of the internet in international adoptions. >> ifill: the president's speech has delayed but not diminished the syria debate on the international stage and on capitol hill. even some who support pursuing both military action and diplomacy still have more questions than answers. one of those is republican senator john mccain of arizona. senator mccain, thank you for joining us. so assuming that the president last night tried to do two things-- sell diplomacy, and sell m

he now faces joe lhota. the daly family dynasty is coming to an end in illinois. at least for now. former white house chief of staff bill daley is ending his campaign for governor. he says he didn't get a sense of the enormity of running for office up he got in it. >>> senator mike enzi is hitting hard at liz cheney. he says cheney's opposition to a military strike in syria is a flip-flop. he says i try to stay a bit who are consistent than that. >>> former secretary of homeland security john aetna poeith jane soon be living large. california has leased a home for her, its price nearly $10,000 a month. that's about $3,000 less than the current leader. >>> well, he has spoken. on monday pope francis encouraged the faithful to be politically active. his holiness says good citizens could not be uninterested in politics. >>> and starting today, you can get your hands on a dozen luxury items once owned by jesse jackson jr.. among other things, the marshall service is auctioning off fur coats and caping as well as music memorabilia featuring the late great michael jackson. and that's you

joe lhota has ground to make up. the republican is more than 40 points behind blasio. >>> a massachusetts state representative is out with one of the more interesting campaign ads we've seen in a while. he's running for congress and spot features him with his tea party father at the time when he came out as a massachusetts liberal. >> it was bad enough taking on the big banks and corporations in the legislature. then he wrote the buffer zone law. >> to protect women. >> it's going all the way to the supreme court. i was kind of proud of that. >> but here is the one that drives him crazy. sgle wants to go to congress to take on the nra and tea party. >> i won't give up on an assault weapons ban. >> or universal background checks or banning high capacity magazines. >> some things you don't stop fighting for. >> very clever. well, he's just one of at least five candidates running in a special election to replace ed markey. >>> president obama has finally made good on a campaign promise. on tuesday the labor department e

so many of our fellow new yorkers outside of city hall. [ applause ] >> on the republican side, joe lhota won his primary. meanwhile, former governor eliot spitzer, he got thumbs down from voters for this race for the city comptroller. scott stringer scoring the victory there. >>> a major victory for gun right supporters to tell you about in a battle that pitted michael bloomberg against the national rifle association. two colorado democrats were kicked out of office in a recall election. the two state senators provided crucial support for a tough, new gun control law. the nra said the election sends a clear message to lawmakers. they should protect gun rights and be accountable to their con sit weapons not to anti-gun billionaires. a swipe against mayor bloomberg who contributed $350,000 to the anti-recall campaign. both state legislators voted for have-round limits on ammunition magazines. of course, after the 2012 mass shootings in aurora and the school shooting in newtown, connecticut. >>> the s&p on a six-day streak of gains, all three indices finished in positive territory. the dow

among the republicans, former transit authority head joe lhota holds a commanding lead. the ultimate winner will succeed mayor michael bloomberg, who's held the office for 12 years. the justice department has released hundreds of classified documents from 2009 that depict misuse of domestic surveillan they show incidents in which the national security agency went too far, and then misled a secret oversight court about its violations. at one point, a federal judge even threatened to halt the collection of phone data. civil liberties groups sued to force release of the material. in india, a court convicted four men today in the fatal gang rape of a young woman last year. the incident triggered worldwide condemnation and reforms in india's sexual violence laws. we have a report from john sparks of independent television news. >> reporter: not long after sunrise, a police van swept past the cameras and into a district court in delhi. inside the vehicle, four men wearing hoods, four men accused of a crime that shocked and deeply shamed the people of india. outside of the gate

on the republican side joe lhota easily won the nomination.nd the other hotly contested race was for city controller. scott stringer beat out eliot spitzer. spitzer spent millions financing his own campaign, but ultimately he paid the political price for the prostitution scandal that forced him to resign as new york governor in 2008. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" now get ready for faster cheaper iphones and changes on wall street. marlie hall is here in new york with that and more. good morning, marlie. >> good morning, anne-marie. asian markets before flat despite japan's strong second quarter growth. tokyo's nikkei was unchanged. horng congress's hang seng lost a fraction. >>> on wall street an optimistic day as the risk of an attack on syria appears to be fading. the dow rose 127 points and the nasdaq gained 22 points to finish at its highest level since september 2000. >>> a big shakeup at the dow. three companies are in and three are out. alcoa, bank of america, and hewlett-packard will be dropped from the index of america's top companies b

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and the message from joe lhota's campaign is going to be, remember 1993, do you want to go back to thatyou think there is a race coming up? >> the reason i'm skeptical, shameless plug, we're going to have lhota on our show weekend, but -- >> i mean, had to be real fast -- >> got to finish it up here. >> one thing with lhota, keep in mind that republicans in new york are not that conservative. you know, lhota is pro gay marriage, things like that. but yeah, there are neighborhoods that people who lived here in 1993, we don't want to lose that. but i think that de blasio may also know that. the biggest question about de blasio is how effective he will be. the rhetoric, very appealing, but will he be able to get some of the things done? >> yes, executive ability, we don't know until they get there. thank you, steve kornacki, and amy davidson, and this is "hardball." the place for politics. ♪ i see you made yourself breakfast. how'd you know? ♪ i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a m

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bill de blasio will face republican candidate joe lhota. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. 13 people died when a former navy reservist opened fire on a naval base and washington, d.c. on monday, killing 12 people and wounding several others before dying in a shootout with police. the gunman had been identified as aaron alexis, 34-year-old who have been arrested at least twice in the past for shooting related incidents. he got security grants danger the washington navy yard. he was discharged from the navy reserve in 2011, following what officials termed a pattern of misbehavior. the associated press has just reported alexis was treated by the va for serious mental illness him including hearing voices. >> to talk more about the shooting, we are owing by matt apuzzo and adam goldman, they cowrote the new book, "enemies within: inside the nypd's secret spying unit and bin laden's final plo

. >> i voted for joe lhota.as here before i was on that morning. >> september 11th. >> he grabbed my arm, he said mayor, this is terrible. people were jumping out of buildings. he was at my side and he was a rock of gibraltar. >> this has been a democratic city, as you know, bill de blasio is the democratic front-runner. if he wins, what is it going to mean to new york city? >> it's a democratic city, no question. but for 0 years it's had a nondemocratic mayor, 8 years of me, 12 years of mike bloomberg who has been a republican and independent, never a democrat, at least not elected. the city is strongly democratic, it has shown for 20 years that it can't elect an independent, somebody independent of the democratic machine as its mayor and whatever you think of me or mike, the city is in pretty darn good shape. certainly in a lot better shape than it was in -- >> are you insinuating that bill de blasio would mess is t up. >> i certainly believe so. i think his ideas are the very ideas that had new york a disaste

de blasio will face republican joe lhota in november's general election.or michael bloomberg, who's finishing his third term. the white house said today president obama still intends to nominate someone to replace departing federal reserve chairman ben bernanke, later this fall. former treasury secretary lawrence summers dropped out of consideration on sunday. he said his senate confirmation would be too "acrimonious," with some democrats opposing his ties with wall street. still, white house spokesman jay carney defended summers' past service. >> larry was in the trenches here, making stuff decisions with the president, make thing tough recommendations on policy that were often not popular but proved to be the right things to do for our economy. >> ifill: with summers' exit, janet yellen, the fed's vice chair, could become the new front-runner for the top job. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained more than 118 points to close at 15,494. the nasdaq fell four points to close below 3718. the new miss america spent her first day on th

among the republicans, former transit authority head joe lhota holds a commanding lead. the ultimate winner will succeed mayor michael bloomberg, who's held the office for 12 years. the justice department has released hundreds of classified documents from 2009 that depict misuse of domestic surveillance. they show incidents in which the national security agency went too far, and then misled a secret oversight court about its violations. at one point, a federal judge even threatened to halt the collection of phone data. civil liberties groups sued to force release of the material. in india, a court convicted four men today in the fatal gang rape of a young woman last year. the incident triggered worldwide condemnation and reforms in india's sexual violence laws. we have a report from john sparks of independent television news. >> reporter: not long after sunrise, a police van swept past the cameras and into a district court in delhi. inside the vehicle, four men wearing hoods, four men accused of a crime that shocked and deeply shamed the people of india. outside of the g

. >> on the republican side, joe lona, the former chairman of the metropolitan lhota wins mayoral primary. joe spirits got voted down. >> that's a stunner. that's not what the polls were saying or at least their internal polls. manhattanboro president scott stringer scoring the victory there. >> unbelievable with us now. we have mike alan, chief excuse correspondent and politico. by the way, what's your reaction to that? i also want you to talk about the wonderful article about the president's spoech last night. the zig versus the zag, anybody that wants to understand the inconsistencies needs to talk politico after this segment and read that. let's talk about new york since the you guys are going all gotham on us. >> we are seeing tonight with last night's results bill depalad deblasio. he said christine quinn was likely to be the next mayor of new york. bill deblasio had a clear message. obama's consultant knows about insurient campaigns, saved his money, spent it on television and it paid off? wow. >> not in recent times have i ever seen mika, an entire campaign turned on the commercia

and on the other side of the aisle the republican candidate joe lhota has asked hollywood actress jennifer permission to use the name j-lho for himself. lopez has not responded. diplomatic negotiations with russia over syria continue today. david letterman summed up the feelings about that last night. >> do you know whose birthday it is? evil syrian president bashar al assad. 48 years old today. 48 years old. yep. >> nice. >> yeah, he got his present a day early. vladimir putin saved his ass. it would be nice if he had a surprise birthday party from s.e.a.l. team 6. that would be good. >> and speaking of putin, take a look at him beside actor daniel craig. were these two guys separated at birth? i always thought they could -- the either guy could play the other guy. definitely bearing a striking resemblance to each other. hollywood, take note. >>> finally, senator ted cruz spoke a lot about former senator jesse helms in his foreign policy speech yesterday. helms, who was notorious for opposing integration, civil rights, and hiv/aids research, was controversial enough in his own day but he'