. >> and that's the owner of koch. and what other brands? >> koch.y own. >> kate spade and. >> they own. >> stuart weitzman. >> i think the. >> highlight today of this earnings release was koch. sales up 10%, which everybody's laser focused. >> on right now. >> to me, there are two much. >> more important. >> data points. underlying that growth. number one, koch. >> is. >> attracting a younger customer at higher price points, which every brand really wants. >> right. >> and number two, they're doing it at higher margins. gross margins were up 280 basis points this quarter. that was a huge surprise. and both of these factors. really highlight the strength of the. brand and the consistency of what we'd expect. >> on a go forward basis. >> you know, i should have known if everything else is coming back into style from 20 or 30 years ago, that koch would be the logical next choice. where else, rl? i know that's not one you cover per se, but they had a strong period. it's an odd moment for retail. i mean, you have names like peloton popping you. you know,

that whole chunk, eddie murphy right there, mayor koch, we had so much fun.l in the book. i didn't throw anybody under the bus. i took the high road. is that okay? rachel: i love that you take the high road. that's why people love you. >> i tried. i have tried. but it's exciting and i think that folks will dig it because unlike -- like danny accrowd, a, he's my idol. he actually wrote by back stage. hopefully it's a good read and everybody likes it. rachel: we have the back stage stories for you. congratulations on the book. thanks for joining us. you could sing us out. >> what are you going to do? fly me to the moon. we could do that or. ♪ start spreading the news. ♪ i'm leaving today. ♪ i want to be a part of it. ♪ new york, new york. rachel: new york, new york. >> congratulations on everything. i can't believe, all that you do, god bless you. rachel: you're the best. thanks for this. i appreciate you signing this. t i manage it well. ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance... ♪ ♪ ...at each day's start. ♪ ♪ as time

and in fact, howard koch was one of the screenwriters, for it was himself very close to hollywood left and was blacklisted in. the 1950s. so yeah they were a major force for a moment in american culture and of that continued in the person of pete seeger who had joined the young communist league at harvard in the 1930s and through a number of groups, the almanac singers, the early forties, the weavers, the start of the fifties, and then as a cultural force on his own for many decades thereafter carried on some of that. he had long since left party, but he carried on some of that popular front cultural tradition. you you don't mince words your critique of the communist party in this book and i want to read just one paragraph to give a flavor. morris is a wonderful writer, by the way. here this is a chapter of speaking their own since communists morris writes, taken as individuals, be altogether admirable. people, intelligent, compassionate to a fault. and yet, whatever their personal qualities, the movement to which they devoted their lives or base based on lies, not about everything, bu

heckler and koch mp five and glock 18 both of these items have the ability to go fully automatic and we do not currently deploy them or have used them in the past year. next slide please. kinetic breaching tool is an item that we have that's an alternative to other breaching methods the ones that we showed previously was the breaching shotgun. this is a tool that is specifically designed for breaching a locked doors or hinges. it's on order not currently in our inventory. >> and these next items here are items that we use to make sure that staff remain safe and we can get an idea of what's going on in a certain situation without having to send people in. one of one of which is called the recon scout. this recon scout that you see here in the image is an item that we actually phasing out of our inventory but it's currently in our inventory. you'll see what we're phasing it out for in the next slide. but this item is basically a throw robot. we can throw it into an environment and get visuals through the use of video surveillance to know what's going on inside of that area. they have n

you know, ed koch once said to me, and i appreciated.t with presidents, when he dealt. with governors, he had a simple standard. if they did something to help new york city, he'd thanked them, he'd praised them. they did something that hurt new york city. he'd confront them. i think mayor adams can live by that clear standard. >> and if. >> he does that, it puts the lie to the notion that there's the quote unquote, sword of damocles over him. but it's imperative that. he is objective about fighting for the people of this city. >> and i. >> know new yorkers know the difference if he's doing that or not. >> based on your experience, and the last time you were on this program, you reminded people that the administration under trump in the first term threatened new york, threatened funding and other things you're dealing with. is it your understanding that this is their goal to misuse power against adams, to get cooperation? i don't. >> know that it certainly is consistent. with everything else they've done, but i don't know the specific mot

the koch group host the first of 2 free health clinics. contagious illness that can be deadly for dogs. the virus is spread through contaminated droppings. a spokesperson for the spca shared some symptoms to look out for. >> usually would see some signs of vomiting and diarrhea, sometimes with allied on g and so we encourage anyone who has a dog that's experiencing that to contact about immediately. >> the spca says part can be prevented with a vaccine. they're hosting 2 free dog clinics in the tenderloin to curb the outbreak. those clinics happen tomorrow, february 3rd and monday. watch 3rd at the golden gate greenway on golden gate avenue near jones street services include vaccinations, flea control de warming and microchips. animal care control. san francisco reminds residents to keep pets safe during the stormy weather by law. dogs left outside must have a sturdy shelter with clean, dry bedding. animal care control encourages residents, bring pets inside during the kind of weather that we've been experiencing these past few days. if yo