gianaris has been a critic of the amazon deal to build a new headquarters in long island, queens, long island city. cuomo, who has long courted amazon's business, has the authority to block the appointment of gianaris, though it would likely intensify anger among the democratic lawmakers and activists who have opposed the amazon deal. on monday, republican state senators in utah passed a bill limiting medicaid expansion just a few months after voters approved the expansion in november. the medicaid expansion should

with our plans to build held quarters for amazon and we decided to stop our headquarters in long island queens for amazon the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive collaborative relationship with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the longer term while polls show that seventy percent of new yorkers support our plans and investment a number of state local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationship that we are required to go forward with the project and we have many others had in vision in long island city and here discuss are conservative commentator steve malzberg an r.t. correspondent alex mahela bitch a welcome to you both as always see bonus start with you i mean this was such a great get arlington virginia is the other one that got it just a couple blocks mile and a half or so away from where we sit in d.c. but queens was going to get a big deal that decision must be disappointing for a lot of those in new york who work to bring the thing home right. absolutely and yo

queens, new york. deirdre bolton is there in long island city with a new york state assemblyman, i think it's ron kim. go through this, the latest on kind of a rejection of amazon. reporter: that is exactly right. there have been protests here in the streets very much against amazon building half of its hq2 here in long island city in queens. so as far as the critics and what they are saying, they are saying amazon's such a big and profitable company that do they really need $8.2 billion worth of support from the city and the state? if you speak to the people who support amazon coming here, they say listen, it's 25,000 jobs for new york and that is certainly worth supporting, so governor cuomo is in that camp, as is the mayor bill de blasio but here's governor cuomo from an event on friday. >> for the state senate to

but the new amazon headquarters would have gone right here at the edge of the east river in long island city queens looking out at manhattan. the mayor of chicago sent a letter to amazon saying, sorry what happened to new york, but would love you to take a second look at chicago. >>> one year ago today, 14 students and three staff members were killed at marginally stoneman douglas high school. at 2:21 this afternoon, the city of parkland, florida paused for a moment of silence. a clock tower chimed for each those who died. maddy wilford, the most critically wounded following the attack. she shared her story with mark strassmann. >> when i used to have flash backs, it was kind of blurry. i didn't notice much detail, but now it's more vivid. >> what do you see? >> just the fear and the reality of how scared i was. >> reporter: this is maddy wilford in her ap psychology class one hour before the massacre. >> when did you know something was wrong? >> when we heard the first shots go off. boom, boom, boom. i remember sitting there trying to get in a position where i wasn't going to get shot, and i just

gianaris has been a critic of the amazon deal to build a new headquarters in long island, queens, longsland city. cuomo, who has long courted amazon's business, has the authority to block the appointment of gianaris, though it would likely intensify anger among the democratic lawmakers and activists who have opposed the amazon deal. on monday, republican state senators in utah passed a bill limiting medicaid expansion just a few months after voters approved the expansion in november. the medicaid expansion should benefit people with incomes up to 138% the povoverty levevel t the republican bill would restrict eligibility to those making less than 100% of the poverty level. utah will also seek federal permission to impose work requirements on medicaid recipients. 60% ofo, where over voters approved a medicaid expansion, lawmakers are also attempting to stymie the measure, by considering work requirements and other restrictions. in environmental news, a new report finds that at least a third of the himalayan ice cap will melt off by the end of the century, due to rising temperatures. the

kicked off celebrations at the site of what would have been amazon's new headquarters in long island city, queensw york democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio- cortez: >> i think it's incredible. i mean, it shows that everyday americans still have the power to organize. >> reporter: in a statement, amazon said "a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward." new york city was among 20 top city contenders to house a second amazon headquarters. amazon promised a $2.5 billion investment and 25,000 jobs. in return, new york offered $3 billion in state and city incentives. >> congratulations! ( cheers ) >> reporter: there were lots of protests and debates over the benefits of large tax subsidies for one of the world's largest companies, and the rising cost of housing in new york city. polls show a majority of new yorkers supported amazon's move to the state. new york governor andrew cuomo, who helped to lure amazon, condemned those who trashed the deal, saying "a

deblasio slamming amazon after they canceled plans to open parts of the hq to win long island queens. that allowed amazon to receive $3 billion in tax breaks. your thoughts. >> i will take the lead here. i don't think amazon should have never gotten tax breaks. my problem was what mayor deblasio was stating his money is in the wrong hands that he was trying to give out corporate welfare. i'm against crony capitalism, corporate welfare and that's what he was trying to do. him and the government were talking about the jobs it will create what have you but we've had apple come in, google come here and they did nasser corporate welfare get this mayor said to give it to amazon. deirdre: you don't ask him you don't get it. >> so i was again disagreeing. i think i'm to the right -- i want john to come in and help me because he's been helping me all night. >> this is ridiculous. having like i said good paying jobs with a good corporation is a good thing. this was an auction process. you put your best foot outward. they were not getting handouts. they have hurdles to get the corporate tax bene

few moments ago, it would seem that amazon is not going to be moving its headquarters to long island city, queensamazon just announcing a few moments ago, quote, after much thought and deliberation we decided not to move forward with our plans for a headquarters in amazon in long island city, queens. for amazon a commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive and collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long time. while polls show that 70% of new yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in long island city. again, word coming down just a few moments ago that the second headquarters that had been slated to go up in queens, amazon says it's not going to be happening. you'll recall shortly after word came down thatle amazon would i fact be building one of its headquarters, a number of folks in queens talked

the business behemoth cancelled its decision to open its head quarters in long island, queens, not government incentives were enough to offset a frosty reception from political progressives, who were willing to lose 25,000 jobs. according to new york mayor's office the loss is greater than 25,000. last november they noted the project was estimated to create more than 107,000 total direct and indirect jobs and over $14 billion in new tax revenue for the state and a net of $13.5 billion in city tax revenue. the project would have returned a 9-1 return on investment. amazon left no basis for its decision saying a number of state and local politician versus made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to no forward with the project. we and many others envisioned in long island city. they were talking about politicians like state majority leader andrea cousins and cousins appointed generis who had oversight on the plan and no doubt they were watching yakov aminov, aos jubilantly tweeted, anything is possible. today was t

long island city. not just astoria, but queens in general.y made a big mistake. >> new york state governor andrew cuomo was an especially ardent supporter of this deal and helped broker it in. he had argued to these local leaders who were furious over the $3 billion or so in incentive that is were going to amazon, look, we may pay $3 billion, but we're going to get $27 billion in revenue in the end, though, this may not have been a match made in heaven, because here it was, valentine's day, and new york city got dumped. >> so, contessa, what's curious about this and, again, this is not because of any position that i'm trying to take on this the issue is $3 billion worth of incentives were offered up those incentives were not a check that was going to be offered to amazon. these were tax credits, that sort of thing. we have -- >> and over ten years. >> and over ten years. we had folks like representative ale saying we could spend that money on other things, but that money is not there per se. how exactly does that sit with some of the local po

to hitome speed bumps potentially in actually closing the deal and getting this facity in long island city queens. a little bit of both. there's so, no doubt, a fair amount of posturing on both sides. this is bargainig that's playut in public. >> exactly. but assuming they do ending up going someplace else, you have visited all of the other possible locations amazon was considering. if it's not new york city, who do you think it might end up being? >> well, first of all, l's be clear that amazon is not saying that it is pulling out. >> right. >> b certainly there's talk about maybe entertaining that option. if anybody knows all the fferent options available, it's amazon. remember, there were 238 cities that bid on this project, 20 finalists. sono the company all of that and knows all of the data. at the same time, it doesn't realistically have a w of options because, remember, they couldn'tat ulty decide on one place reportedly because there weren't enough workers, high-tech workers to fill allf the jobs. so they may have to stay in new york. one option for i them to do things kind of the old fas

long island city. long island city is in queens just across the east river from manhattan. folks in that area were already concerned about rising rents and a failing subway system but city and state leaders argued that bringing in a giant tech company was going to help diversify the new york city economy and will help everyone when the next recession comes along. new york city mayor bill de blasio helped broker the deal. he tweeted today we gave amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and to do business in the greatest any the world instead of working with the community, amazon threw away that opportunity. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez who represents a neighboring district had a posed to plan. she said this. >> those jobs, there was no guarantee that those jobs were for new yorkers that were here. we were looking at a deal that was not primarily putting the community first and i think that we can answer cloutly come together to create an economic plan that invests in new yorkers in higher wages and in a dign y dignified life. >> i want to talk about this in al

ocasio-cortez that led amazon to pull the plug on the project bringing their headquarters at long island city queensand high-paying jobs with an average salary of $150,000. the catch for that of course was that amazon was promised billions of dollars in tax incentives to come here to new york and that's what got under the skin of some of those local politicians. amazon pointed to that in its statement. so they pulled the plug. some of the local leaders were not oppose. earlier today in our live broadcast i spoke to congressman gregory you meeks. here is what he told me. >> i think that, you know, it's short-sighted for my colleagues who can't want it and short-sighted for amazon for quitting so quickly. we should have had both stay at the table and work this thing out. reporter: short-sighted is how the congressman describes the whole thing. one of the surprising developments was not only did amazon cancel its move to new york, it said it's not looking elsewhere. it says instead of pick something other city, it will move forward with a similar project in northern virginia. it moved forward there and

quote, after much thought and deliberation, we've decidel decideled nd not to move forwarh long island city, queens. no information on where it will go instead. >> a lot to cover. >> that breaking news. amazon canceling its plans to build a second headquarters in new york city. >> cites issues with local representatives would oppose the plans. saying requiring positive relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long term. a number of politicians made it clear they posed our presence and william not work with us to build the type of relationships required. >> one in particular, one state senator, was at the front of this push to not have amazon. we'll be speaking to him. amazon says it does not intend to reopen the search for a new headquarters. >> interesting. joining us, nbc news technology correspondent jacob ward and nbc senior media reporter dylan byers. we know amazon promised 25,000 job, and millions of dollars in investment in exchange for 2 incentives. new york knew and had to be on some level for that kind of dough coming in the door. >> governor c

with their takes, the top story amazon announcing its canceling plans to build a campus in long island city queens this after local politicians pushed back hard, they didn't like the tax breaks, what it would do to the subway system. it is a loss for new york and the northeast as a whole. >> i'm a connecticut resident, i remember what i thought when they got hq 2 why couldn't they do it in stanford or bridgeport. there's been an exodus of companies in my home state and it could bring -- >> there's empty corpus campuses all over that. >> yes i used to work at ubs in stanford, it's the biggest trading floor in the world and it sits empty now. the idea that you could speculate about the wide ranging impacts of amazon and have it kind of pulled completely away in literally five minutes. >> and the amount of investment that's already gone into it. i was speaking to two real estate developers who bought these prime buildings hoping it would appreciate over time. >> over time it will do fine it's not to say this is a community that has nothing else going for it, but i think their whole strategy, the publ

. >> well new york overall, julie, may not have a hard time attracting jobs but in long island city queensthat area may. i wonder out of the $3 billion that was offered in incentives, $500 million of that was a grant. the rest was performance based over ten years. you have to bring in 25,000 jobs and do xyz. i'm okay with that. but maybe to jonathan's point, a company that pays nothing, zero in federal income tax because of loopholes, maybe if they get rid of the $500 million grant then progressive democrats like alexandria ocasio-cortez would have been okay with it. >> do you really think that we wouldn't have heard the push back. >> governor cuomo, mayor deblasio should they have reached out differently? instead it seems they were somewhat surprised by the backlash. >> there was a lot of surprise about the extent of the backlash. i was a member of the community advisory council. there were more than 40 of us on there. just this week they told us there would be 40 meetings. the mlu was not a finalized deal as we all know too well now. it was not a foonlized deal. it was process that was g

the retail giant canceled its plans to build a campus in long island queens, new york. >> the company abruptly did an about face. >> the decision to back out comes months after amazon nailed the city as one of two winning sites at the end of a long highly contested century. cities across the country entered a high stakes bidding war with one town in georgia offering amazon its own city. new york city's mayor who worked to get the deal done not hiding his disappointment in the company's abrupt decision to back out. >> there was no dialogue. there was no effort to work together. i don't understand it. >> reporter: the company promised to bring 25,000 jobs to long island city in a deal fueled by state and city tax incentives. >> if i gave you $3 billion and you handed me back $27 billion, that's pretty much what this deal looked like. there are a lot of sweetheart deals over the years. bad deals given for stadiums and other businesses. this was a relatively well-crafted plan. >> reporter: but community leaders didn't see it that way fiercely opposing the use of public subsidies. democrat

so we'll talk about that we'll talk about what's happening in the condo market in long island city queens since amazon announced they are coming and what's expected to happen that they announced they will leave. we have the nba commissioner adam silver. david stern was there for so long adam silver. he's done an amazing job revenues has doubled since he took over. we'll talk about the state of the nba. >> all right we'll see you. here's what's hide on "the exchange". >>> the death of toys "r" us, not just hitting toy companies looks like huawei may not need the u.s. the former uber ceo is back. and regretting that tweet? soon you may be able to clarify it it's all aadn pifihe irad re >>> welcome back let's catch you up on a few more stories. it's time for rapid fire and here with your takes is morgan brennan, michelle caruso-cabrera and john fort. first topic is newell brand. forecasting a lower outlook for 2019 what's going on with the consumer or is that not what this is about? it's all above retaliatory tariffs, strong $. organic sales weak, falling. it's a big deal. comes for a compan

the queens, long island city and queens would have benefited from the 25,000 jobs that would have been that would have averaged $150,000 in annual pay. i think the opposition from local politicians may have been misguided insofar as what subsidies mean. they don't write a blank $3 million check to amazon to come. there are tax breaks, abatements, put in place for companies that move into cities. this has been going on for quite some time. i don't personally understand the opposition because you would have had new infrastructure, you would have had new incomes, higher incomes, based on the jobs that were being offered by amazon. i think it's largely a loss for new york city more so than amazon which is going to continue to grow at a breakneck pace going forward. >> yeah. and what's now virginia area is going to benefit from that. >> and some of the other sites around the country, as well. >> that's right. something that might make the average person's blood boil here. reports that amazon will not pay any federal income taxes despite $11 billion in profits. what does that say about our c

, we've decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for amazon in long island city, queens. while polls show that 70% of new yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envision. to help us understand this breaking development, msnbc's ali velshi joins us from new york. ali, is this a surprise? >> i think we got a hint of it late last week with two things that happened. one, there is a state senator in new york, and he had been appointed to a board that could basically axe the deal. he's one of these people who really felt that the largesse that had been offered to amazon to bring them to new york was too much, about $3 billion in total. some of it was tax money, some of it was performance investment, performance incentives. he had sort of been appointed to this board. amazon then tells "the washington post" it's reconsidering its investment in new york. i think

, we've decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for amazon in long island city, queens new yorkers support our plan and investment, a number of state and local politicians made it clear they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the types of relationships that are required to go forward with this project. freshman congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez who represents a neighboring district in new york city was a vocal opponent of amazon's plans, citing the $3 billion incentive agreement used to lure the company to the city. here's how the congresswoman reacted to the news that amazon would no longer build hq-2 in new york. >> i think it's incredible. i mean, it scholes that everyday americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities and they can have more say in this country than the richest man in the world. >> congress alexandria ocasio-cortez is referring to jeff bezos, the ceo of amazon and the owner of "the washington post." when bezos bought "the washington post" in 2013, he adopted the role of a hands-off leader. but when

they were pg a complex in long island city in queens. in exchange it would get $3 billion in incentives despite the 25,000 jobs lawmakers criticized the incentives. so what does this mean for the hq2 location going up in arlington, will new york's loss be virginia's gain? julie carey has been talking with local leaders there and she's live with answers on that. >> reporter: there's a very shortnswer to all the questions swirling around this announcement today. here in arlington, they say there will be no change. that's how the arlington county board chair answered those questions after he was reassured by amazon. christian dorsey was in a metro meeting when the headlines hit social media, they were dropping plans to locate hq2 in queens. >> i wanted to make sure i spoke to them as soon as possible to make sure nothing had changed. >> reporter: amazon officials quickly contacted arlington government and business leaders to assure them theew york cision has no impact on plans foria northern virg >> nothing is changed in terms of amazon's p

the company had said its proposal would create 25,000 jobs at long island city, in the borough of queense was concern in some quarters about its impact on the local community and criticism of huge financial incentives promised by city authorities to amazon — which is one of the world's most valuable companies, run by the world's richest man. michelle fleury reports from new york. grandstanding about a block away from what would have been one of amazon's major new offices, right here in queens, new york. now, right from the beginning, the project was the source of a great deal of controversy, in pa rt the source of a great deal of controversy, in part because of the gentrification in causing this neighbourhood but also a lot of anger over the fact that the company was receiving huge tax breaks and $3 billion in subsidies to come here. 0ne billion in subsidies to come here. one of the richest tech companies in the world and from the beginning, local politicians and grassroot activists met here. now that the company has pulled out, this is where they can celebrate. it is a bit during four p

melissa, when we came across the river from manhattan to queens and long island city, we ran into a lotwalking their dogs. happens to be a dog park behind our camera location, people playing with their children in local park. i mentioned when i brought it up in the show, people mentioned about real estate. when amazon was coming here prices skyrocketed in local real estate. one gentleman, seen as original building in long island city, this neighborhood before it started to take off, a lot of people in the building were thinking about selling, thinking about getting out. they had been here, liked it for years. after the amazon effect took efebruary, thinking they would make a huge profit. they're wondering, since amazon is not coming here what will happen to those real estate prices. it is interesting. almost everybody brought up real estate. melissa: i wonder if you met regular people who were happy it wasn't happening? when you look at the all coverage, people objecting to it, local politician, local city counselors, maybe some state senators but they don't list, business owners, regul

exchange for a $3 billion sneft package amazon was supposed to usher in 25,000 jobs to long island city in queens real estate development boom. after three moves contentious city meetings the deal was reafrmd by new york governor cuomo and new york city mayor de blasio only for amend to pull out on thursday morning. it cited lack of political support on amazon's website. governor cuomo railed against local lawmakers who joined grassroots against amazon's union stance. the news garnered mix reactions from business leaders but celebrated by progressives, including alexandria occasio-cortez who represents the neighboring district of the now nixed headquarters. >> i think it's incredible. i mean it shows that every day americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities and they can have more say in this country than the richest man in the world. >> what do you say to those that criticize them pulling out that the district now will lose 25,000 jobs. >> well, one of those things is a, we were subsidizing those jobs. so for -- the city was paying for those jobs. if we were willin

of amazon's rq the retail giant canceled its plans tuild an expansive corporate campus in long island city queens, new york, blaming state and local politicians who, quote, oppose our presence and will not work with us. >> the company abruptly did an about-face. >> reporter: the decision to back outcomes months after amazon n aed the city one of twoes winning s at the end of a longighly contested search. cities acros the country entered a -thies bidding war. new york city's mayor who worked to get the deal done not hiding his disappoint in their decision to back out. >> no dialogue, no effort to work together. i don't understand it. >> reporter: the company promised to bring 25,000 jobs in a deal fueled by $3on bil in state and city tax incentives. >> if i g e you$3 billion and youanded me back $27 billion, that's what this deal looked like. there are a let of sart deals over the years, bad deals, given stadiums and other businesses. this was a relatively well-craftplans. >> reporter: community leaders didn't see it that way. fiercely us opposing these of public systems, alexandria cortez celebra

less than one week after amazon canceled the planned expansion for part of its hq2 in long island city, queensrsey senator, cory booker, governor phil murphy are trying to get amazon to reconsider newark. newark is one of the original 20 finalists in amazon year-long contest. that city and state offered amazon $7 billion worth of incentives. obviously dwarfing the close to 3 billion that new york city and new york state with a quite a hubbub over. amazon is lower on the session. walmart is down as well. the uk merger is facing challenges. that is weighing on the stock. so britain's since bury was supposed to buy walmart as a chain for 9 1/2 billion dollars n a surprise move the regulators are blocking the takeover citing antitrust concerns. analysts say that dooms the deal permanently. that hurts walmart's plan for expanding in non-u.s. markets. charlotte russe, women's clothing chain looking for buyer. it declared bankruptcy a month ago f nobody shows up, makes successful bid for the brand, it will start shutting down stores in march. the store has 500 branches all over the u.s. it has 8700 w

but now you look at long island city, you look at queens, you look at all of this and suddenly you lookw york state legislature applauding late-term abortion bills and suddenly you have given donald trump and more specifically steven miller their closing argument that would make them competitive in 2020 if the democrats keep acting this way. >> well, i think as done donni in the beginning of the show, we see a road map, which is the left-wing democrats cost 25,000 jobs in new york city and extrapolate that from the 8 million in new york from 330 million in the country, these are the jobs they're going to kill if you get them re-elected. i think that trump, you are see a huge missed opportunity for trump over the last couple of weeks and a misreading of the polls. the shutdown is over, all the polls have him going back up. you read that and you say maybe he shouldn't have listened to ann coulter and rush limbaugh on the shutdown. if he listens to them he's in the 30s, if he doesn't listen to them, he's in the 40s. he would have used that wisdom to say i'm signing this bill, we're going t

planned hq2 project for new york city. 25,000 potential jobs, no longer coming to the proposed long island city queensation. in a blog post, amazon called out state and local politicians for their opposition to the second headquarters and suggested that is what motivated the company to pull out of the deal. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, who represents the bronx and queens, initially celebrated the decision as a victory, but backtracked her comments on friday when asked about the criticism she received for celebrating the loss of 25,000 jobs. >> it wasn't a celebration. it's that everyday people in the community stood up and they wanted a say in what was happening in their own backyard. you know, it's not the community's fault that the moment they said hey, what are the details of this, where are the benefits coming from, can we secure more, they came to the negotiating table and amazon said we're not negotiating. we're just going to leave. reporter: governor andrew cuomo a major supporter of the project, putting the blame on ocasio-cortez and others, saying quote, a small group of politician

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the company had said its proposal would create 25,000 jobs at long island city in the borough of queensere was concern about its impact on the local community and criticism of huge financial incentives promised by city authorities to amazon, one of the world's most valuable companies — run by the world's richest man. michelle fleury reports from new york. i'm standing about a block away from what would have been one of amazon's major new offices, right here in queens, new york. now, right from the beginning, the project was the subject of a great deal of controversy, in part because of the gentrification it would cause in this neighbourhood, but also a lot of anger over the fact that the company was receiving huge tax breaks, some $3 billion in subsidies, to come here. one of the richest tech companies in the world, and from the beginning, local politicians and grassroot activists met here. now that the company has pulled out, this is where they came to celebrate. crowd chanting: we win, we win! it is a victory for people who want to envision a different world, that's not driven by prof

the vast project at long island city, in the borough of queens, would have created 25,000 newjobs — accordinge tech giant, as well as providing a boost for real estate developers in the former industrial area. but there was concern about its impact on the local community and criticism of $3 billion in financial incentives promised to amazon by city authorities. with me is mark davies, who is ceo of strategy consultancy, camberton. good to have you with us. when this was talked about a year ago, a much trumpeted as something that would create jobs, who is trumpeted as something that would createjobs, who is the trumpeted as something that would create jobs, who is the economy, trumpeted as something that would createjobs, who is the economy, it clearly some in the local authorities felt it would, but almost an unexpected and ferocious backlash has done this deal in. almost an unexpected and ferocious backlash has done this deal inlj think because of the amount of money they were paying them incentives, it was more than $2 billion and anyone who has been to new york recently would be able to se

the freshman representative from queens celebrated a record that amazon is reconsidering the plan to open a new campus in the long islandy neighborhood, which borders her district in queens. according to "the washington post," which is owned by amazon's ceo jeff bezos, company executives are reconsidering the move and frustrated about the opposition they got. there are still plenty of powerful proponents like andrew cuomo. he called opposition to the deal irresponsible and governmental malpractice. meanwhile, mayo de blasio remained confident it would move forward and amazon released a statement it was focused on engaging with the new neighborhoods. >>> i'll make sense of the messy fight betwe fight. we'll be right back. truecar is great for finding new cars. you're smart, you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. >>> in the read file tonight, president trump hasn't had a ton of luck getting democrats to budge on the border wall demand. first he shut down the g

. >> queens bridge, all day. long islandtogether. >> i represented queens bridge for about six years. >> and did you get to reminisce? >> i couldn't believe he was from wood side. i went to jr. high school in the neighborhood. >> junior high school in 25. >> 125. >> bring it all back to "the beat." who needs fall back? >> laura ingram needs to fall back. i heard she was saying something about the black actors in hamilton play wasn't a good depiction off america's history or something like that. the whole play is a history lesson. the people could be green for all i care in the whole play. but the whole play even teaches you more history than we learned in the schools. and it's a real butte 238 play. laura ingram needs to fall back. just calm down. this is ridiculous. >> we'll tell her you said so. i saw she was doing this in an attempt to discuss the controversy over black face. one of the fascinating things about "hamilton" is you never see actors portraying the founding fathers that way. it seemed to be lin manuel's brilli

concerns about things like, you know, housing costs and congestion in places like long island city, new york, and queensn amazon would come here, but when you willfully turn away jobs that could help improve the economy that says something about, where your priorities lie. i think this was more an issue amongst progressives in the party rather than the rank-and-file individuals in new york that didn't want this. furthermore i will say we will take, we will take your amazon jobs in ohio, all day, every day. we'll take the congestion and everything else. charles: amazon, i hope you're listening. mattie, there was also some criticism from folks who weren't only progressives. that was criticism over corporate welfare, corporate cronyism, just the idea that you would have to incentivize a company this large with that kind of a tax break when it is indeed the small businesses, the mid-size businesses that create jobs and never get offered those kind of deals? >> this is something that capri and i agree on. no reason as a state as successful in new york needs to hand out corporate welfare to a company like ama

protests here in the streets very much against amazon building half of its hq2 here in long island city in queensg, they are saying amazon's such a big and profitable company that do they really need $8.2 billion worth of support from the city and the state? if you speak to the people who support amazon coming here, they say listen, it's 25,000 jobs for new york and that is certainly worth supporting, so governor cuomo is in that camp, as is the mayor bill de blasio but here's governor cuomo from an event on friday. >> for the state senate to oppose amazon was governmental malpractice and if they stop amazon from coming to new york, they are going to have the people of new york state to explain it to. reporter: okay. so that is obviously a voice in the pro camp. i am now joined by someone who is clearly in the anti-amazon coming here camp, assemblyman ron kim. thank you so much for the time this morning and for being out here on the river. it's a little crisp. what would make you change your mind, first and foremost, if amazon said okay, we are going to support subsidize additional bus routes as

in upstate new york if you look at the specifics of this deal won't this be worse for queens, worse for long island city in the the long run. >> that's the right question to ask. >> no it's not >> yes it is >> this has been going on for 25 years. >> it's been wrong for 25 years. >> chris >> you don't have to do it but your choice that you just laid out. it to hear why that's not the right question that should be the question. why shouldn't we say if not amazon then what is the future for long island city what's is the future for job creation in new york couldn't this have given us a big advantage to jump start job creation in manhattan. >> here's the reality what amazon is trying to do in terms of their business model where they want to go is adopt more automation. amazon go store model is something they want to push. we know there's been studies that have done that show in the next decade or so the potential job losses in retail -- >> you're against amazon >> no. i'm against subsidizing multi-billion dollar companies on the backs of taxpayers because taxpayers are not in the business of having to

thought the corporate giant just simply didn't belong in new york about spread long island city come in the borough of queensg on, now that the big apple portion of the hq 2 deal is dead. amazon's plan was to build a sprawling complex that would have brought at least 25,000 jobs to the area in exchange for nearly $3 billion in state and city incentives. this deal ran into major roadblocks, as some new york lawmakers were criticized for providing subsidies to such a large corporation. locals waged a fierce campaign saying they wanted the city and state to send that earmarked money on improving low income neighborhoods. this is a serious blow to new york governor andrew cuomo and mayor bill de blasio, who lobbied hard for the headquarters. de blasio, as you mention, just released a statement. here it reads, "you have to be tough to make it a new york city. we give amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the world. instead of working with the community, amazon threw away that opportunity." amazon released their announcement about an hour ago, which reads, in part --

they were going to turn queens into long island city.onstruction workers, 25,000 americans with the jobs opened up. every time the democrats get involved in something, they screw us up. as far as climate, everyone knows it is a son. callingank you for regarding a screwup to the green deal. guest: we need to recognize the world is moving away from fossil fuels and will as the claimant crisis gets worse and worse. the project that oil demand is going up and up doesn't jive with the reality of us guessing climate crisis as it exists. wait are look -- we are looking at oil guess we won't be able to use. we need a 21st-century enemy apology that recognize that we could be leading the renewable energy economy if we invested in it. host: calling from virginia now. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am calling from virginia, where the energy is trying to build the pipeline, a disaster for public health and outdoor recreation economy. i would like to hear more from climate scientists and less from people who profit from nine the reality of t

long island city. there was a poll that showed 60% of queens voters were in favor of amazon, just 26% had the few, thismber of amazon not coming. if amazon does pull out now, would that be a lost opportunity for a lot of new yorkers? >> i don't think so. because, amazon, companies compete to go to places, they loolook at talent pool, they wee coming regardless. when they are doing now another game day, always play with cities and states they are not going to leave,. david: in they do would it be a lost opportunity. >> i don't think that we will lose any opportunity with amazon leaving, we have a robust text base in new york city, people want to come here and do business. >> but on other hand, 25 thousand jobs, payings there arr more is hard to e replicate, tht is a infusion of money into a community that would benefit of store owner, the question, do you not like amazon in particular or that not like the big handouts from new york. >> i don't like neither. the days of corporate politicians promising jobs up front to give away billions of taxpayer money it is over, after decades of lack of correlation o

queens. josh, a korean man who was adopted and raised by a jewish family, owns the wildly popular long islandas successful right away? >> joshua: yes, pretty much immediately. you know i was cooking out of my house, then we transported onto this bagel shop. we served from 7 o'clock to 9:30, ten seats at a time. it was me in the kitchen and my wife out in front and one day somebody text me he goes, "congratulations." i go "for what?" they go pete reynolds just gave you number one ramen in new york city. >> anthony: so new york times loves you? >> joshua: yeah, and i saw the article and i started crying. >> anthony: cosme is the owner of casa enrique also in long island city. it's the only mexican restaurant in new york with a michelin star. >> anthony: you didn't even do the smart thing, the smart thing of course being to make shitty mexican food because you know americans will always buy shitty mexican food. you started making really associated interesting mexican food, why? >> cosme: my brother come up with the idea to open a mexican restaurant, and i told my brother come on, i've never cook

. >>> in a moment, to long island city and a story about amazon. there's a property owner in queensmazon stood him up and now he wants, believe it or not, a nationwide boycott. we will talk about how that would work when we come back. my car insurance so i only pay for what i need. oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ state of the art technologyt makes it brilliant. the visionary lexus nx. lease the 2019 nx 300 for $359 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >>> 25,000 direct jobs, entrepreneurial opportunities for new york city and new york state businesses, so the idea that anybody in their right mind could think this is a win to scare amazon away, what it's saying is new york city and new york state is no longer open for business. connell: don peebles, the real estate developer earlier on fox business talking about amazon's changing plans and how it will hurt in his view new york, certainly more than it will hurt amazon. anti-business tone is what he was referring to and whether that's growin

was left without anyone on the ground in queens who could advocate for the project or effective compromise. that was the first problem. the feeling in long islandme is we lost the most in to begin private partnership in new york. there are people celebrating the news. as a resident of queens and a supporter of amazon i thought amazon would've anticipated some of the opposition and would've been ready to compromise. 500 millionedged dollars last month to help with the housing crisis in seattle. not amazon's responsibility to solve new york city's problems, but i think there was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in long island city for amazon to become the gold standard. david: is it over? is amazon gone. patrick: i think we have to go they are auming serious company and they would not make a declaration without being committed. i think they are gone. new york city has dealt with much more serious situations than a tech company reneging on a proposed deal and i think we will continue to innovate and be the best city in the world. alix: patrick smith, thank you very much. also with us, sarah hunt of alpine woods. what this did speak to me as the te

long island city. i think they gave up two quick, and i will blame them for that. where i will not blame them is reading the tea leaves and seeing so many of these elected officials in queens and elsewhere in new york were not willing to negotiate with them in good faith on some legitimate concerns that they will face wherever they go in any urban environment they set up in. emily: did jeff bezos respond to your letter? >> he didn't. i wish he would have. i would have offered free pizza and would have been glad to show him the sites. emily: do you think that was part of the problem, amazon was not engaged to the very top as it should be, with unions, local politicians who would argue they were cut out of this process? >> they certainly were. this was a problem with the governor and mayor who couldn't seem to agree on anything but this amazon deal. this was sort of run down the throats of some of the local elected officials. i can understand why they would have concerns over a huge company purchasing and developing huge parts of new york city. that in another itself is not a reason to be celebrating that they will not come. we have had big companies do great things in new y

long island. the 19 year veteran brian simonson will be laid to rest wednesday. simonson was shot and killed by from the fire during a robbery in queensyork city. his sergeant was hit but is expected to survive. the suspect charged with murder is recovering after being shot by police. simonson's nickname was smiles, someone who would do anything for anyone. he leaves behind a wife and two kids, sad story. florida governor ron desantis orders flags to half staff to mark one year since the parkland school shooting last valentine's day. a moment of silence will be held at 3:00 pm to honor 17 people killed by a gunman at marjorie stoneman that was high school. the governor is calling for an investigation with florida schools are complying with gun and school safety laws enacted after that tragedy. the sheriff will join us in the 6:00 hour of "fox and friends" to talk about that. jillian: one of the women accusing virginia's lieutenant governor sexual assault will meet with prosecutors to discuss her claim. vanessa tyson's lawyer set a time for that meeting has not been set. she says justin fairfax assaulted her 15 years ago in boston. in