but what it's really about now is just manhattan and manhattan is from about 42nd street, where the new york public library is down to the tip. so if you imagine if you have francis downtown in the financial district and you walk up to the new public library, it's quite a it's still quite a big area, but everybody's tightly packed together just as there are now people each other. people don't write to each other because they bump into each other on the street. and this is the first issue that i sort of came up against this as i'm wanting to study the origins of the revolution and new york. but i don't have any documents. but when i'm going through the newspapers, i that there's this election and there's a lot of propagate what we would call propaganda that's published in the press and there's people announcing their candidacies and this is where the first characters really come into the story is that there's a family and faction in new york called the alliances and they're led by a person called james delacy junior, who's on the on the cover of the book. and he's supported by jacob walt

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i like to offer comments on manhattan. good morning, everyone.is 10:00 eastern on this friday, august 9. to the money, please. the dow is down 100 but remember, it was up 680 yesterday and the nasdaq is down 82 points, that be a half percent. remember it was up 3% yesterday. not much of a pullback so far today. the yield on the 10 year treasury coming down a little, retreating from the 4% level. we're back to 393 right now. the price of oil gradually moving up. it's a little down right now, 75.92 to be precise. bitcoin right around 60,000 bucks, 60, 500 there you have it. friday morning that's the markets and now this. this week, kamala harris moved up in the polls. the media loves her. well, donald trump stepped up to the plate to take on her rising popularity. he summoned reporters to a press conference at mar-a-lago. he delivered an angry, combative, sometimes meandering performance. in many ways it was the old trump. it doesn't seem to have worked out how to approach his new opponent, kamala harris, a woman of color. he said, "she's not smart

she's written for the manhattan city journal for a number of years.mily is a senior editor at the separate free press use contribute writer or should focus on campus sexual assault on the need for due process but before that she was a longtime contributor where she wrote many topics as well as finger advice columnist dear prudence for 10 years potomac getting abigailil and emily a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you so much. it's great to be here. i want to cover three basic things in this conversation. okay. describe the problems that you write about and bad therapy. what is it? how we got here? i may be how we can get out. so what was the spark that started this book? and tell us a couple of the most surprising things you have discovered? sure, it's right to be here. i'm crazy about city journal and the manhattan institute is a joy to write foran them. and of course to be her thermite absolute year old emily it's a great honor. thank you. >> they parodied these things in the press. but the book in some ways is not very surprising. the book says an

he ran the rackets bureau at the manhattan d.a.'ows the way this works, and to the extent that he says, "oh, i thought i'd get away with it"-- either that is simply an outright lie, or it is an indication of such massive self-deception that that also says something about what's going on and not going on in this guy's mind. right. after the first press conference, lloyd and silda spent a furious 61 hours trying to convince spitzer to remain and fight. and for the first time in his life, eliot spitzer chickened out. silda, along with me, is trying to convince him not to resign as governor. he humored us, i think. i don't think he ever seriously considered it. -he wants out. -he wants out. he doesn't wanna be a hypocrite. he wants out. because of the sex trafficking laws he pushed for. -yeah. -that's the reason? part of it. that's part of it. we made a principled argument here. you're afraid of being a hypocrite. you shouldn't elevate your sense of self over the interests of the state of new york and the people who elected you in this

i am the executive director of the adam society at the manhattan institute. and on behalf of the manhattan, it is my pleasure to welcome to tonight's discussion with abigail shrier and her new book, bad therapy. the kids aren't growing up. abigail shrier has long been raising the alarm and troubling new trends. the development of our children. her book, irreversible damage of the siren call of transgender among teenage girls. this new book, an investigation the mental health industry promises to be equally important to parents and to all who care about the development of the next generation. as many here know, manhattan institute is an organization dedicated to keeping america and its great cities, prosperous, safe and free. to our magazine city journal. and with gatherings like this, the manhattan institute amplifies and fearless voices like abigail's that stand up to conventional wisdom, to today's most pressing challenges. we are grateful to, our supporters and friends here with us this evening for your engagement in our community and for your support that

office demand finally improving in manhattan and around the country. talk to douglas ellman's noble black how the luxury space is holding up. a sharp rally in the markets. gathering steam after the bad 30-year auction. go figure. better jobs claims dow up 637 points, nasdaq up threely 3%. another step clawing back losses from earlier in the week, and eli lilly, keep mover blowing past expectations hiking its outlook of sales of its blockbuster diabetes drug surge. more on that ahead. >> and under armour sharply higher on top and bottom line beat. warner brothers discovery going the other way sinking on a miss. bumble plummeting on guidance subpoe. shares down. and jf frog dropping double digits worse than expected results down 30%. more on the movers further ahead. >>> all righty. we start today with the comeback rally. weekly jobless claims data giving a bit of a positive sign for the labor market. bring in eva autos, coo and chief adjustment strategist. earlier this week a tremendous amount of concern over maybe three things. one was the job numbers

he made the crossing queens to manhattan. there's a dream. every child of talent who stands on what he thinks is the wrong side of the water from the topless towers across the way, wrote the journalist murray kempton. still, for all the glamor and the reputed $600 million yearly haul of the gambino gotti state, conspicuously middle his favorite restaurant, a generic neapolitan dump in queens where the waiters greeted him and other patrons at the door with a challenging question. hey, you or what? unlike paul castellano, who lived a palatial state, not staten island, gotti remained at his modest two story brick and vinyl house in howard beach every 4th of july. he threw a block party for ozone parks residents replete with fireworks. he set off in defiance of city. the fbi surveillance tapes presented his trial revealed not an urban stoic. the last of the mohicans, but a man who directed constant stream of anxiety at his underlings from worries over the bills, worries not making enough money and complaints, petty slights and a soldier's lack of

the police are trying. to dampen emotions, in response , smoke bombs are flying in the center of manhattan. activists promise a continuation, during the democratic convention in chicago, they threaten to greet biden and harris and obama with fire, trump is also preparing for the convention, but this is already starting to worry his allies, who are afraid that the republican is ruining his own company. trump has published unbalanced, non-indicating statements. republican sponsors and officials are trying to understand why trump appears to be sabotaging his own campaign. one theory, sources say, is that trump is suffering from trauma from his near- death experience at the butler rally. of course, neither a maralaga press conference nor an elon musk interview nor optimistic videos like these can help trump overcome his ptsd, if that's what he really is. people who've watched too much tv think ptsd is when you you are afraid of sounds everything else, but in fact in this case a person begins to have much deeper emotional problems, there may be a loss of interest in such events that used to att

she has written for the manhattan city journal for a number of years.as a contributing writer at the atlantic where she focused on campus sexual assault and the need d for due process. beforere that she was a longtime contributor to m slade where she wrote on many top thetics as well as being an advice columnist for ten years. please join me in giving them a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you so much -- [inaudible] i want to cover three basic things in this conversation -- >> [inaudible] >> okay. >> now we can. >> describee the problem that yu write about in "bad therapy," what is it, how we got here and maybe how we can get out. so what was the spark that started this book, and tell us a couple of the most surprising things you discovered. >> sure. it's great on to here. you know, i'm crazy about city journal and the manhattan institute, it's always a joy to write for them and, of course, to be here with one of my absolute heroes is just a great honor. so thank you. so they always sort of parody these things in the press, but the book in some ways i

she is written for the manhattan institute "city journal" for a number of years. emily yoffe existing editor at the free press. prior to that she was a contributing writer at the of adequate to focus on campus sexual assault, me too and the need for due process. she was a long-time contributor to slate which a a vote on may topics as well as being their advice columnist, dear prudence, for ten years. please join me in giving abigail shrier and emily yoffe a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank thank you so much. pleasure to be here to introduce you to abigail. i want to cover three basic things in this conversation. [inaudible] >> okay. describe the problem that you write about in "bad therapy," what is it? how we got here and maybe how we can get out. so what was the spark that started this book? and tell us a couple of the most surprising things you discovered. >> sure. it's great to be here. i'm crazy that "city journal" and the manhattan institute is always a joy to write for them and, of course, to be a with one of my absolute heroes, emily yoffe, is just a grea

when manhattan has a republican d.a. so he's going to go to the d.a. and he's going to go to the press. trouble in reverse city and becker and big tim sullivan. big tim sullivan by the way, ironically, is the father of the first gun control law in the united states. the sullivan act. okay. and also involved in the murder of bnc rosenthal, which is the first drive by shooting in united states history. they just sort of go by him after after higher thing, some killers through another gambler name bridges webber, who had a farrow house at 102 west 42nd street, which is now a whole foods. okay. the one by bryant park. so rosenthal is no more. becker goes to the chair. he's the first. so many firsts in this case. the first. and i think only cop to go to the chair in the united states of america. so we have that. and sir. but surviving this mess is arnold ross rothstein and rothstein. there many, many sites that one can visit, which were associated with him in new york city, most notably the park central hotel, very near to carnegie hall, big hotel still in

when manhattan has a republican da.o it's going to go to the da is going to go to the press. trouble in river city. becker and big tim sullivan, big tim sullivan by the way of article is a father of first gun control law in the united states, sullivan act. okay? and also involved in the murder of rosenthal which is the first drive-by shooting in the united states history. they just sort of go by him after, after hiring some killers to another gambler named weber who had a feral house at 10202 west 42nd street which is now a whole foods. [laughing] okay? the one by brian park. so rosenthal is no more. becker goes to the chair picky is the first come so many firsts in this case, the first and he thinks only cop to go to the church and the united states of america. so we have that, but surviving this mess is arnold rothstein. and rothstein, there are many, many sites that one can visit which were associated with him in new york city, most notably the park central hotel very near to carnegie hall. big hotel still in busines

manhattan leasing was the third-strongest in the nation, right behind atlanta and d.c., the bts office demand index, which, of course, measures the amount of new square footage requested by employers each month, it rose 17% year over year in q-2 and has now seen annual growth for one full year and the experts at bts say that with a year of growth behind us, we can now say that office demand, at least, reached a bottom last year, melissa, that doesn't say anything about all the mortgages that are in trouble on office buildings. >> no, it doesn't. and just sort of a technical question, what is visitation rate? what qualifies as a visit? >> when they count you coming in the door. you visited the office. you came into work. >> so, let's say last year, i didn't go, and then this year, i go once a week, that's a big -- i mean -- >> the counts on the visitation. >> all right. >> it gives them a visitation of one more. >> diana, thank you. diana olick. so, hopeful, but diana mentioned, there's still a lot of potential -- >> right, so, at least maybe one headwind is abated a lit

donald trump will report to the courthouse in manhattan on september 18th when he and the world willill be. the chance of more criminal sentences to follow looks evermore likely as kamala harris climbs in the polls and is setting new fundraising records. when kamala harris wins the presidential election in november donald trump will not be able to escape the other prayer -- including the case in which the supreme court granted him partial and only partial immunity last month. the trial judge in that federal case in washington, d.c. has shown she is capable of being the fastest moving judge in the trump prosecutions when she is not being put on pause by the united states supreme court. the case officially returned to the courtroom on friday and the very next day ruled on two different motions to dismiss the case. she denied trump's motions and issued a 16 page opinion on one of those dismissal motions. an opinion she no doubt had all ready to go while the supreme court was considering trump's appeal. the supreme court ruling said that donald trump has criminal immunity for anything th

we did one in manhattan and they freak out.an borough president stood outside in 25 degree weather yelling at a building with a bullhorn and he had been invited to be on the stage. i tell you that that town hall sparked so much conversation in manhattan. the little effect that we had from doing that town hall, getting some attention for some comments he made, so incredibly important toward changing our country. you can see on our youtube channel the different town halls we have had. we started with $500. it costs a lot of money to do the town halls, i will not lie but they are incredibly important. if you have the ability to donate to moms for liberty and you feel like you want to be part of making america great again and healthy again and safe again, think about donating to us. thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [indiscernible conversations] ♪ >> to

to most readers of the pictorial press with the exception of the five points, the area in lower manhattan. is so for readers in 1863 and for scholars today, the illustrated london news engraving officers called the conflict unusual i depicting an irish working class neighborhood controlled and defended by the rioters and the unsuccessful attempt by voluntes on the afternoonf wednesday, july 15th, to break -- and establish territories. the specificity of the location, the block between 18th and 19th streets along first avenue, the relatively obscurity despite its numerous casualties of the event at the time and the absence of coverage of the incident in any pictorial paper other than the illustrated london news suggests this illustration recorded an actual scene detailing the appearance of a particular place with some data as with battlefront artists likely gathered after the violation. so rather -- violence. so rather than serving as a symbol of depravity, the liquor store in the left background could be the corner establishment, quote, from the villainous looking customers. upstate visit

it was created by an artist who is married to a manhattan project scientist. back in 1947. it was the 1st cover of the 1st magazine that the bulletin published in 1949. when the soviets tested their 1st atomic weapons, the editor of the bulletin atomic scientists moved the hands of the tomb saint cloud closer midnight. so suddenly, this passive art piece became active as science has evolved. so has the doomsday clocks. and it now really answers to fundamental questions, is humanity safer or greater risk this year compared to last year when we set it? and if you man, it is safer, a greater risk this year compared to the 75 plus years now that we've been setting it, it's a very blunt instrument, but it's a way to very concisely and immediately convey how are we doing. and we're not doing very well. the bullet 10 declared climate as an existential threat. decades ago, no longer could we talk about is humanity, safer, a greater risk without including climate the founders of our organization understood that science is moving very quickly, bringing huge opportunities, but also re

rachel: it's an amazeing cause, it's refreshing to see masculinity in a full way in manhattan.lways celebrated in the city. you helped to do that. >> well done. >> we'll see you next year. >> we'll see. >> [laughter] rachel: come on, pete. he's very serious here. [laughter] >> we'll see. this is going to be a next year decision. we'll think about it in february, march. >.>> all right. rachel: failing our children, kamala harris is radio sigh hadn't on their education agenda. i don't think any of her agenda is laid out. while her vp pick has presided over the worst reading and math had scores in two decades, what the harris walz ticket means for our kids' future. that's next. rachel: kamala harris getting an eager a plus from america's teachers unions even though she has yet to release an education platform. her past record includes support for student loan handouts and of course dei initiatives. >> meanwhile, as governor, walz saw reading and math had scores plummet during the pandemic to record lows in his state and still haven't bounced back even though school spending of cou

so, general grove ahead of the manhattan project used to say, if you could call it a decision. if you could call truman to make a decision it's the decision not the intervene. it's the decision to not upset existing plans. truman was the only one that coulde have said no to the usae of any atomic bomb. o'usually, for not saying no, criticized back then and today, probably forever. his rational, it had to be done and forced the japanese to surrender. i think you are right. here used to say, truman would say this about the bomb, a quarter of a million of the flour of young americans manhood. it was worth a couple of japanese. roosevelt'ss shadow and -- in anticipating the surrender and occupation of japan. harry truman made a fake decision. this was august of 1945. he appointed general douglas mccarther. this was specific. the year before, 1944 at the islands. elevated douglas over admiral. this ise the key and only strategist. the main strategist and specific. p truman, as a rookie president political. that's why with mccar there and made him the supreme commander. harold who wa

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shortage of talent, by the mid -eighties, the businessman had become the owner of a good half of manhattan, bought a football team, started producing alcohol, built casinos, and what not... in 1986 , forbes estimated trump's fortune at $700 million, but already in the early nineties , the politician fell into a financial hole due to the construction of the taj mahal casino. the project cost donald $1 billion. but a year later, it was not only completed, but also began to bring in crazy money. since then, trump's opponents have called him a fraud. democrats still use this trick against trump , saying that he is running as a successful businessman. in fact, he is as naked as a falcon, they even predict bankruptcy of the forty-fifth president, and let's not forget about the criminal case of fraud. on february 16, 2024, a new york court fined trump $355 million for fraud with financial reports, and the gray trail of financial schemes goes right back to the construction of the taj mahal casino. for most of his business career, as well as most of his... here we come to the notorious shot in the

host: back with us this morning is heather mac donald, fellow at the manhattan institute, author of the 2023 book "when race trumps merit." race became a part of the 2024 campaign discussion recently especially after donald trump's comments about kamala harris' racial identity to a group of voters last month. what did you make of those comments, reaction we have seen since those comments? guest: i was puzzled frankly by the spend on them. i didn't think you needed to go there. trump keeps engaging in unforced errors. i am sincerely puzzled by why it is a racist now to point out that somebody was emphasizing one ethnic identity before, which kamala harris was. there are lots of head by promoting her as the first indian americans senator, the first indian i'm vice president nominee -- american vice president nominee. understandably this is a long tradition of ethnic politics cling to whatever audience she thinks it is more important at the time, but i think it is worth noting, today, the accusation of racism on the part of trump is trump denying that kamala harris is black. although he wa

because come again, we are the semites, palestinians are more semites than jack that came from manhattan to to take their home in sheikh jarrah, i am more semite than netanyahu who came from poland and changed his name so that we'd forget about that, i think he lived in pennsylvania for a while too, i think i think that's yeah, but the name is maksy or whatever, i mean the ancestry is polish, yeah right, right, most of them are american or... european or russian i don't know where they came from, but they are colonizers, this is not their their land of the home, it's not about religion here, it's there's nothing about religion, and i don't think there's a religion in the world that calls for raping people and killing babies, and if so we don't we would all want to fight it, i mean come on, did you see the debate in the kineset, danny, they are actually debating whether it's legal or not to rape people, right, right, i know that there was an uproare among. so-called israel, yeah, the israeli settlers, there was an uproar about that on the side, in citiman, in detention, palestinians, many

because manhattan at that point is one of those rare intervals went manhattan has a republica' d.a.e's going to go to the d.a., he's going to go to the press. trouble in river city. becker and big tim sullivan ironically is the first fond of the gun-control law in the united states. the sullivan act. also involved in the murder which is the first drive-by shooting in united states history. they sort of go by him after hiring some killers through another gambler named brigitta weber who had a pharaoh house 102 west 42nd street. which is nowow whole foods. the one by a brand to park. so rosenthal is no more. becker goes to the chair so many first in this case. the first and i think only cop the only united's of america. we have that but surviving this ms is arnold rothstein. and rothstein there many, many sites one can visit which are associated with him in new york city. most notably is the park central hotel very near to carnegie hall big hotel still in business now 250 west 56th street. he is killed in an upper room there. by another gambler main georgia make manners. that is my th

there was a manhattan, kansas and good clarification. that's new york to me to number one college in commute 9.14, is that also learned that the pittsburgh in the bay area, yeah, and it's not in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. yeah. you know, they took the h off of pittsburgh in the bay area is the 5th time they've named it after pittsburgh, pennsylvania and they didn't have an age added it back into use and we were left without. we've still got the dog spelling. we got coaches, >> for we learned a lot feels like it outside. >> at a little bit of sunshine right here above the east bay hills got a little cloud cover out towards the coast, but it's starting to burn off a lot more radar shows you that we do have the cloud cover towards the coast. sunshine inland, even a little mist and drizzle for coastal areas. today. it's not just a battle of the sunshine and fog, but the high pressure and a low pressure north of us. this has resulted in the strong winds but that high pressure does briefly went out the next couple of days. temperatures up a few

and then called chase manhattan bank in downtown frankfurt, across the street from the opera house. and i said, i'm looking for a job. they said, oh have you ever worked at a bank before? i said, no. they said, do you speak german? i said, no i said do. you have a work permit which is required to work in germany? i said, i don't. and they said, why you just come down and talk to us? and they hired me, they hired me. and that was my my second ticket. the first one was getting to europe. the second ticket was a job where i could support myself and stay in europe. i think i was almost 20 when that happened. and so that was the beginning of a very interesting a very life, i might say. i was in the bank these young men were coming in. americans there was a group of them. every two weeks they'd be down in our lobby and i got to talking to them because if you're overseas for any length of time, you start of looking for americans just chat with. and i started dating one. his name was john and a year and a half after i met him i married him and switzer ireland which is the las vegas of europ

then i called chaseba manhattan bank of downtown frankfurt across the street from the opera house and i said looking for jod they said oh, have you ever worked in a bank before? i said no. inch of at work permit which is require' why don't you come down and talk to us and they hired me. me that is might second ticket the first was getting to europe and the second ticket was my job or i could support myself and stay in europe. i think i was almost 20 that happened that was the beginning of a very interesting life i might say. i waswe working and a bank for these young men were coming on these americans are a group of them every two weeks so be down in our lobby i got to talking to the viewer overseas for any length of time you start looking for americans just to chat with. when i started dating one. his name was jon. a year end a half after i met him, i married him in switzerland. which is the las vegas of europe. hes. thought his mountains and cheese and cows with bells. but behind that faÇade is a very slick process to get married, everything translated everything, stamped i do, the

what did the manhattan d.a.'s office have to say? >> well, jose, the manhattan d.a.'to say a lot on one hand and not much on the other. first they're telling judge mer shan they'll defibrillator to whatever he wants but then flag a number of issues on both sides with respect to trump's request to delay the sentencing. on one hand they take umbrage at a number of points that trump raises in his letter that appear to take pot shots at the d.a. but substantively they are acknowledging the supreme court's decision doesn't have a lot to say whether evidentiary rulings are appealable and given that and given that the sentencing is scheduled for just two days after judge mer shan is scheduled to decide whether to set aside the verdict on the basis of those evidentiary rulings, they say trump could go to an appellate court and upend preparationses for sentences which is likely to be costly and complicated and they are throwing it back to the judge to say whatever you want to do, we'll be ready. >>> antony blinken says the latest people for a cease-fire deal might be the last

my dad worked in the shoe business in manhattan and moved our family out to new jersey.re is new jersey? i see you out there. when i was a little kid. in a lot of ways, i had a typical jersey suburban childhood. i biked around the neighborhood, i took the bus to hebrew school, and i rode to little league practice in the way back of my coach's wood paneled station wagon. if we did well, we got to have a slurpee after. in my neighborhood everyone left their garage door open. wherever you ended up at dinnertime, that is the family that fed you. everyone took care of everyone else. the guys i grew up with are still my best friends. the group chat is active every day and it is probably blowing up right now, guys. when my dad had to get a new job we moved across the country to delay -- to l.a. hey, california. money was tight, so i worked at mcdonald's in high school for some extra cash. not only was i employee of the month, but i still have the framed picture, which you just saw, and there was a ring, golden arches and all. i waited tables, parked cars, i was working full-tim

so general leslie groves, the head of the manhattan project, used to say that if if you could call it a decision, if truman, if you could call truman having made a decision, it was a decision to not intervene. it was a decision essentially to not upset existing plans. yeah. now, truman truman was the only one who could have said no to the use of atomic bomb and make it stick. but. but. and he was criticized, obviously, for not saying no. criticized back, then criticized today criticized, probably forever. but his rationale, it had to be done to force the japanese to surrender. and i think was right. and. he used to say truman used to say this about the bomb. he said a quarter of a million of the flower of young american manhood is was worth a couple of japanese cities cities. roosevelt's shadow, roosevelt shadow and macarthur macarthur. and anticipating the the surrender and occupation of japan. harry truman made a fateful decision in august of 1945. although we had serious reservations, he general douglas macarthur, the supreme commander of allied powers pacific. why macarthur? roose

and it was assumed by those who directed the manhattan project that roosevelt would use the bomb. trueman -- truman regarded this as a roosevelt's legacy, in my view, an unspoken bequest to his successor. so general leslie groves, the head of the manhattan project, used to say that if you could call it -- you could call truman having made the decision, it was a decision t to not intervene. it wasas a decision, essentiall, to not upset existing plans. now, truman, truman was the only one who could have said no to the use of any atomic bomb and make it stick. and he was criticized, obviously, for not saying no, criticized back then, criticized today, c criticized probably bu his rationale, it had to be done to force the japanese to surrender, and i think he was right.. he used to say, truman used to say this about the bomb, he said, a quarter of a million of of the flower of young american manhood was worth a couple of japaneses cities. roosevelt's shadow. roosevelt's shadow and macarthur. anticipating the surrender and occupation of japan, harry truman made a fateful decision in au