mr. barkley. >> members of the commission, my name is alice barkley. the project before you is recommend recommended before you for one reason, and that is because we are not legalize the illegal unit. i think this case is unusual in the fact that most illegal units are in an existing building that is built illegally, and they put an extra unit in that. but in this case, we have two buildings, both of them in the rear yard, totally in the rear yard, and the rear building, which is the illegal unit that the staff is diagnoasking to b legalized is built without any building permits. and so in consultation with the department of building inspection, the project architect has been told that that illegal unit has to be totally demolished, and if the department or this commission want it to be rebuilt, they have to literally build a new building in the same square footage, but they will have to raise the ceiling height because there's a lot of problem, and the architect is here to answer questions about the illegality of that building and why it has to be de

mr. russell. everybody does. he calls me one day and i saw his number come up. he says charles barkley, i said yes, sir, mr.rew up in alabama, right? i said, yes, sir. did you go to public school? i say, yes, sir. did the cops every come to your neighborhood? i say yes, sir. he says, okay, did a house catch on fire and the fire people cam came. i say you know what, mr. russell, you will never hear my complain about my taxes again, and it was a very interesting lesson for me, because i do think rich people should pay more taxes. i'm blessed to me one of them and we should pay more in taxes. but i learned my lesson. >> the thing that was interesting about that, he was resistant to having a statue in boston in part because he dealt with racism there. when he finally agreed to have the statue built he asked it be put outside the public library not the arena. and when you spoke there you talked about education, not about basketball. and you said you never talked to him about basketball. is education a civil rights issue of our time? >> education -- the problem is with black kids, they have brainwashed our kids t

mr. president, there's ask your wife for stop calling me for snl ticks. hey, melania, we got charles barkleye reading these twitter wars, you are not quite in the mood they are in so it is hard. >> you are making an excuse for us just bombing that story. >> yeah, i tried. >> let's move on. the hollywood's biggest night of the year marks the end o f the entertainment awards of the last season. all eyes will be on how antisexual harassment movement will be represented it. leaders, it is time's up. celebrities dressed in black at the golden globes to support victims and ginger equality. we'll wait and see. >> one of the fimlms at the oscars is "get out." it has beaten the odds of nominations in four categories. >> stephanie elam takes a look at this. >> good to see another brother around here. >> oh, yes. >> of course, it is. >> a thriller that caused only $4.5 million to make. >> how do you feel now? >> i cannot move. "get out" has grossed more than $250 million worldwide and it is the best picture contender at the academy awards. >> people are going to put their money on three billboards and

mr. president, please ask your wife to stop calling me for snl tickets. we have charles barkley saturday. we'll wrap things up for this hour. i'm steve kornacki in for katy tur and ali velshi will pick things up. and we have a storm brewing outside and -- >> and inside. all over. i was going to say, i'm not ready. i need a couple of minutes. i can never get fully up to speed on everything going on. >> we started the last hour by saying it is only 2:00 and the last few weeks we might have more breaking news. i sat down in this chair and i said in my ear, we have breaking news. >> that is the world we have. you have a good afternoon. good afternoon, i'm ali velshi. it is a wild week for the trump administration and a few hours. it is only fitting we end the week with a slew of major headlines breaking in the last two hours. first nbc news is learning that special counsel robert mueller's team is asking if the president's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner's foreign business ties have influenced trump policy. in another exclusive report, we're learning what was the driving