at in my paper at the conference is what happened in new york city. so new york city they had human rights laws that were more expansive than the federal laws. so it protected people in housing, employment accommodation. as a disability, somebody who was discriminated because they had aids could go to this legislation, they could go to the human rights commission of new york city and new york state and file a complaint and have it investigated and potentially get their job back or get help with housing. the commissions looked at funeral homes and looked at hospitals, so that was, i kind of look at that line about how being disabled gave people with aids some civil rights that they didn't have. >> and how do you research the other part of that component, those with physical disabilities as part of the a.d.a.? >> because there were a couple of organizations, like the leadership conference on civil rights and it included the members, national gay task

if new york city says no, it's done. out the west of the state except in new york city and it's got -- with the left taking control of new york city, what we are seeing is a meltdown and the rest of the state is done with it. >> so redistricting is a very political -- politically sensitive subject and i can only think of one time in history, 1864, west virginia in the civil war, prounion splait from virginia, otherwise it's very difficult to do, i mean, is this even constitutional, something that the state senate want for new york? >> this is something that's going to be needed, this is going to split into 3 autonomous regions and as soon as we do, i with tell you, that other two regions would become texas overnight, the economies will start flying in the rest of the state. >> do you think they will start flying without the economic engine of new york city? that'll be a good thing in your opinion? >> economic driver in new york city does not help us. the unfunded mandate that is they put on the rest of the state, burden u

city programs. welfare.emand for new york city had its own hospitals. hospital costs are going up during this time. new york is becoming slightly poorer. again, white flight. menhave white middle-class -- residents leaving the city. that impacts negatively the tax base. people who remain tend to be slightly poor. city -- what the city does, they had done this early -- in the early 1960's, a lot of borrowing. there is nothing wrong with that per se. borrowed a lot and a lot of its bonds were short term. during this time, interest rates are going up. in 1975s up happening is the banks are not confident enough in new york city to learn the more money. they are saying, we will not lend you more money. these notes are due at the end of the month. stateappened is new york takes over the fiscal control of the city. a board to take over the budgeting. they create another organization called knack which selves bonds -- sells bonds. raise moneyle to that way. the city cannot make -- raise money but that could. it leads to what has been called the era of austerity.

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in amazon canceling its plan to move to new york city. here new york state assemblyman ron kim. ron, great to have you. talk about northern virginia first off, they finally approved the final 23 million-dollar incentive package, 150 million-dollar incentive package to lure amazon to build the second headquarters in that state. yesterday after six 1/2 hours of protest, discussions they finally made the approval. a lot of people showing up, angry, shouting shame, shame, shame. they had the same concerns that new yorkers had as well which is boosting up rents, making it unaffordable, congestion, traffic, also the overflow into the schools. what did they do wrong maybe new york city did right in your view? >> government should never be in the business of picking winners and losers. i think virginia has made a big mistake, committing taxpayer dollars to the growth of one of the biggest megamonopolies in the world. you have ever seen in the history of humankind. we should not be sub sy sizing

there's greater demand for city programs, greater demand for .elfare new york city has its own hospitals, hospital costs are going up during this time. new york is becoming slightly poorer. , whitewhite flight middle-class, upper middle class residents are leaving the city. that impacts negatively the tax base. people who remain tend to be slightly poorer, greater demand for social services. what the cityservices. what the city does, they had done this in the early 1960's, a lot of borrowing. there is nothing wrong with that per se. how do you think many these buildings are built? borrowing. there is nothing wrong with that per se. the city borrowed a lot and a lot of its bonds were short term. during this time, interest rates are going up. what ends up happening in 1975 is the banks are not confident enough in new york city to learn --lend them anymore money. by the way these notes are due , at the end of the month. what happened is new york state takes over the fiscal control of the city. they create the emergency financial control board to take over the budgeting. they create another

i know you love new york city.t but they going to move kbt you add two and two together and see what the unintended consequence of this is going to be. >> as a responsible legislator, i know that -- >> hopefully you don't do things that are going to be negative. >> we have to moderate and understand what those are. but we're talking about real estate that is valued at $5 million or more. we're talking about really a handful of people. 5,000 people is the estimate who are going to be impacted by this >> 5,000 that you don't need in new york then. >> we're also looking at foreign nationals who purchase property. russian, chinese, saudis who purchase property in new york that they're using the apartments as security deposits in the sky this is a real estate proposition that should make money on it. >> other cities in the world have done this but those cities that have, look at london, paris, sydney all of those real estate markets fell after this tax. now, there could be other reasons for that for instance, brexit in

passport sent back to new york city to conduct some type of --. we were set up in new york city to have a of detectives who ran undercover. these were detectives who were skilled running under covers with informants for narcotics and -- to penetrate terrorist cells in and around new york city. we also had an analyst that recruited from the same place you get cia analysts. we were looking to find individuals in new york who were radicalizing. low and behold [ inaudible ] low and behold in late 2007 we find out about a new yorker or someone from long island who had done that. he has escaped our nets and we have not detected him in new york city and low and behold he is gone and we believed connected to al qaeda and even more dangerous he is connected to groups of young men in new york city who we have investigations on who are very much similar to the groups we saw in the uk about committing violent acts. that is where we were in late 2007. when you hear about brian's existence not even by name at first. >> how did you get there from queens? >> it is

new york city's return is 86% compared to 75% nationally. perhaps most important thing to remember is new york city's crime rates have continued to plummet, making new york city one of the safest cities in america. so imagining a pretrial justice system without being used as a proxy for race or class, we need to center ourselves in a conversation and ask ourselves what you would want if your loved one were in the system. for some of you come of that may seem unimaginable or too far-fetched, but it is probably not for the person sitting next to you or the person in front of you or behind you because new data shows one into america -- in two american families have had an immediate family member booked into jail. we cannot have bad policy driven by the exception. how do we find our way and envision a fair pretrial justice system? the answer is simply than you think. may mean building into our system a presumption of release for most people. the data we have been collecting at the veil project as we have may mean building into our system a presum

trish: venezuelans gathering in new york city to protest the "new york times" suggestions that nicolas maduro was not responsible for the blowing up of a humanitarian aid truck. a witness says a maduro protester was the one who ignited the truck. regardless of who threw what, what matter's here, what matters more than anything is that people were understandably rightfully enraged because the man that is supposed to protect their country, their so-called president, refused the entry of so much needed humanitarian aid. food, medicine, and commit, it gets worse. the likes of socialist freshman congresswoman ocasio-cortez, and ilhan omar, who is seemingly anti-american, if you ask me. they are joined together tonight in peddling conspiracy theories that this tragedy in venezuela is all driven by the united states of america. wrong it's driven by socialism. it is driven by nicolas maduro who has deprived his people of dreams. these women are so anti-trump and so naive and ignorant and i will add so inhumane that they would prefer to see millions of people suffer than show a little generosit

a park in 3d. >> new york is absolutely a soaring vertical city. >> reporter: over 150 staircases, nearly 2,500 steps to get to the highest point. and we're almost there. we weren't alone. during today's grand opening some of new york's living icons putting in a whole lot of legwork. >> incredible. >> i like that it's not just one staircase. >> it's a magnificent addition to new york city. >> reporter: the view from the top worth every single step. i mean, look at this. a soaring new perspective of new york city. and lester, this whole thing cost a pretty penny to build. we're talking $200 million. but the best part about it, it is free, it is open to the public. so if you haven't gotten your steps in, come on down. >> it's quite the view, gadi, thanks very much. that's "nightly news" for this friday. we're happy to get you to your weekend. i'm lester holt. see you later for "dateline" friday. from all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. taking the message to th streets. kids across the nation, demanding that >>> right now at 6:00 taking the message to the streets. k

anyone living in a big city knows just how bad congestion can get. from mumbai to newtrafficjams are a part of every day life. now, lawmakers in the big apple are trying to ease congestion by charging people to use their cars. but samira hussain reports, it's not without controversy. traffic in the big apple. new yorkers have been battling gridlock for decades. it is definitely not new but without a doubt it is getting worse. navigating new york is becoming unbearable. 0ur regional population has grown, from 19 million, expected to reach 21 million in 2020. the failing train system has driven more commuters to cars, which has in turn generated more traffic. lawmakers are finally addressing the issue. they want to implement congestion pricing, so that means charging cars and trucks a fee for driving into the city. the money it makes will go directly into improving new york's ageing subway lines. new york is late to the game. copenhagen is the latest city to implement congestion pricing. when london did it, back in 2003, there was a dramatic drop in the number of cars en

and yemeni new yorkers across the city are being impacted by it. a really horrible war happening in yemen right now. and there are a lot of family members of yemenis living in new york who -- in refugee camps in jabudi two years ago would have been able to join their father, their husband, their son, whoever it may be, that they have in new york city and now they just can't. and there's this very complibted waiver process that's very -- complicated waiver process that's very opaque and nobody understands is subject to a lot of legal battles as well. so the travel ban is definitely something that we're seeing a lot of. the public charge rule, i'm not sure if you guys are familiar with that. but basically it's a rule that came down from the department of homeland security expanding what's known as public charge which means when somebody applies for a naturalization or a green card, they're questioned about whether or not they will become a public charge. so there's certain programs that -- if you've been subscribed to could affect your application so

we will continue the conversation on this issue when we are joined live by former commissioner new york cityolice department. justice rolls on in a moment. jeanine: will come back. let's talk more about the jusse smollett case that has outrage so many across the country. here with reaction former new york city police commissioner. pleasure to have you here. let's talk about this how many police were under you quick. >> 41000. >> you are a cop. how do you view what happened in this case? . >> it is a slap in the face to every cop that works in the department and that worked the case. it jeopardizes their safety, their jobs. imagine this is one of the highest profile cases in chicag chicago. teams of detectives are looking for two white guys that violently beat a guy because he was black and gay. really? cops get aggressive they go out there and jeopardize their position not to mention chicago has one of the highest murder rates you pull resources from on the bogus charge. >> talk about the police superintendent and the lifeline the da may be a forget her name ms. fox the criticism is incredib

york city, traffic jams are get. from mumbai to new of everyday life. now lawmakers are trying to ease congestion in the big apple. but it is not without controversy. traffic in the big apple. new yorkers have been battling gridlock by decades. it is definitely not new but without a doubt it is getting worse. navigating new york is becoming an barrabool. our regional population has grown, expecting to reach 21 million in 2020. —— becoming unbearable. lawmakers are finally addressing the issue. they wa nt to finally addressing the issue. they want to implement congestion prices, charging cars and trucks and feet the driving into the city. the money it makes will go directly into improving the ageing subway line. new york is late to the game. coquelin when london zoo back in 2003, there was a dramatic drop stop —— when london did it. with the popularity of car sharing companies, it has skyrocketed. new york has levied congestion on taxis and for higher cars at it is challenged in court. the new york subway system is in desperate need of

nine people have been killed and dozens wounded twenty of them seriously in twin attacks in the new zealand city of christchurch that has happened to mosques the first to be our new mosque in the center of the city that's where the majority of victims lost their lives the second was in the suburb of lynwood where several more fatalities were reported police say a man in his late twenty's has been charged with murder and will appear in court on saturday prime minister jacinta are down has described the events as one of new zealand's darkest days world leaders have joined in condemning the attack in a country where gun violence is rare. christchurch new zealand a city in shock. health officials put mass casualty plans into action off to college unfolded at the busiest of times at the biggest mosque in the country. question has it friday prayers described a man dressed in military clothing and for mass murder and here helmer and he's given the gun. and here's the address of the military and he's very gun machine gun of it was used in one. of the another get a gun. and here bust a what they're doing

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city journal. pays closeit attention to new york city for us. what does it mean they can't account for it? >> a billion here, a billion there. soon you've got real money. this is 250-million-dollar a year program and it was ill conceived from the beginning. thrive nyc is a mental wellness program. shirley mccrea's pet project is to get everyone into therapy. get everybody who is sad or lonely or a little anxious to get them treatment. so, she devised this program. it got hundreds of millions,la close to a billion dollarse in funding and it, you know, it trains people in how to observe your neighbors and see if they are sad or not and teaches to you engage with them in conversation. there is a lot of advertising. they set up a phone bank where you can call if you are feeling sad. >> tucker: i'm confused, if i am a cashier at wendy's and i can't account at the end of the night for 170 bucks, i could be brought up on theft b charges. so, where -- i mean, this sounds like theft to me. if they can't account for $850 million, why is no one in jail? >>

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you wake up, it feels like 8 in new york city, or 6 below in buffalo. but let's go ahead and quickly check the west, because there's a storm already happening. the worst of the rain from burbank up to santa barbara would come tonight into tomorrow on a burn scar, an inch or half inch of rain is going to end up causing a potential mudslide or debris floe, david? >> ginger, thank you. >>> next tonight here, the white house is now defying a request from congress for information about jared kushner's top secret security clearance. it comes after the democrats made 81 new requests for information. the president tonight calling the democrats, quote, stone-cold crazy. here's abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: calling the request overly intrusive, the white house today refused to provide democrats any information about whether president trump, against the recommendation of intelligence officials, ordered that his son-in-law, jared kushner, be granted top secret security clearance. but when we asked the president about it today, no

>> welcome him to a new city. are things getting steamy in here? march 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> ken and jack are cackling in the back at that video, because that's how you welcome a teammate home, right? >> um, yes. >> nothing says welcome home like a mankini. >> a very expensive speedo. >> he just wants to welcome his teammate to the city of brotherly love, properly. >> get ready for the jokes. a lot coming up, though. >> a lot coming up. we'll get to the speedos in a moment. we begin this half hour with president trump's former fixer, michael cohen, opening the door to new investigations and witnesses after appearing before congress three days in a row. >> cohen will return to capitol hill next week to follow up on the testimony. a new batch of potential witnesses could include the president's children. abc's daria albinger has the latest.nt trump's former attorney, michael cohen spent his third day on capitol hill in front of the house committee. >> as i said, i'm committed to telling the truth. >> reporter:

forces in the long island in the new york city area. the society of cincinnati recently acquired a rare oil painting of colonel delancey and is furnished uniform. next, on american history tv, the deputy director and curator emily parsons displays the painting and discusses the life and career of colonel delancey. this is about 45 minutes. good afternoon and welcome to of theember talk american revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati at anderson home. the institute promotes knowledge and appreciation of the achievements of american attendance five supporting advanced study, exhibition, and public program, preservation and providing resources to classrooms. atwood, and today it is my privilege to introduce our speaker. emily parsons is the deputy director and curator for the society of the cincinnati of anderson house. a position she has held since 2003. she had the museum program including collections, exhibition and interpretation. she has researched 18th-century american history and material culture for more than 15 year

jeff: we have seven levels of retail in the middle of new york city. ing in new york city anchored by neiman marcus, 100 different shops and 20 different restaurants. ise you said, retail changed, even from one we started construction. we redesigned who would be inside. neiman marcus adjusted their business plan. we changed. a lot of restaurants, a day out. people do not need to go to the mall to buy a shirt. they can do that online. they like to make an event out of it. have dinner, go to a shed and maybe buy shirts on the way out. david: is this a destination for people who do not live in the vicinity or is it more people who will be there? yup a lot of people living in the area. jeff: it will be both. we think everyone who comes to new york will come here to shop. it is not just retail. the high line has become the number one tourist attraction. over 8 million people year walk the high line. it happens to dead end into our retail. you spend a couple hours on the highline and have lunch in our retail. lisa: i wonder how difficult it was to market all

from new york city, that does it for us. much more from us next friday. 1:00 p.m. new york time.t will be 6 p.m. in london. from new york city, this was bloomberg real yield. have a great weekend. this is bloomberg tv. ♪ >> the major stories driving headlines this week. u.k. lawmakers voted on brexit options and failed to pass any of them. a key government supporter refused to back theresa may. was thelds and focus, grind down an overreaction? bid toconfirmed its transition away from oil. the $69 billion deal will be the biggest ever seen in the middle east. uber announced a $3 billion

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>> unquestionably but not a decision made by new york city or new york state in the end. our day. this was extraordinary. >> so your fellow lawmakers celebrating this are wrong? >> of course they're wrong. >> i want to get to one more thing. i want to nail down one more time, you believe that part of the reason perhaps this deal unravelled is because of what was happening sbrnlly at am von with the ceo. >> there was a lot of turmoil. >> the turmoil was an affair. >> over many things. >> you clearly are suggesting that. >> i've just said what i've said. >> let me ask you about the resiliency plan for lower manhattan. we all saw, we all lived through twapd in 2012 with hurricane sandy. what's the idea here? how do you put it into place and what do you hope it will prevent? >> the idea is that we have to deal with the threat of global warming. that's no clie gnat deniers hardly left in new york city. sandy, 44 lives lost, $19 billion in property damage. thousands of people lost their home. people get it now and we've got to be serious about protecting lower manhattan. 75% of

i love you, new york city. i'll see you guys next week. nd gentlemen, seth meyers. >>h:how is everybody doing toni? [ cheers and applause ] in that case, let's get to the news. president trump spoke at the national prayer breakfast this morning, specifically, "are you going to finish that?" [ laughter ]

from new york city, this was bloomberg nearly -- this was bloomberg real yield. is bloomberg. ♪ >> let's get to first word news. minister's efforts to get her brexit deal through parliament have failed again. a third vote failed. theresa may said the latest results will have great consequences. fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this house. this house has rejected no deal. it has rejected no brexit. on wednesday, it rejected all the variations of the deal on the table. and today it has rejecting approving the withdrawal agreement alone, continuing a process on the future. i will continue to press the case for the orderly brexit that the result of the referendum demands. >> there will be another chance on monday to come up with their own proposal with how or if britain leaves the european union. president trump says he will close the southern border next week unless mexico immediately stops illegal migration into the united states. he has per

now, it makes me life it here in new york city. is snowing. the ve 3 inch es or so o ground. have flurries now. the storm system will move across new engld, continuing through the next several hours. you'll be seeing snow for a while. twe have lake-effect snoough michigan. snow filling in across the plains. heavy rain out west. that is going to be the next storm system to race across the country. it'll bring mntain snow to th sierra nevadara mountaie, to denver tonight. showers and storms will fill in across the southe we're looking for snow to come to an end here in the northeast as we go through the day. that's a look at the weather across the country.e' now, h a peek out your window. >> well, we're cloudy outside our window today. we're dry and cloudy all throughout the day. rnybe a few peeks of sunshine later this afn. now, tomorrow, we've got snow. we have aat winter storm north and west of d.c. monday, we're dry and breezy.da tu partly sunny. watch out for icy patches out there this morning, especially through upper montgomery county, the i-81 corridor. what to expect,

storm number two snowfall, this is for saturday, new york city not much at all. you get just north of the new york city, southern new england, four to six inches. a few spots could get eight inches of snow. this has increased in the snow amounts. areas of portions of new england be prepared. when we come back i'll talk about the coast to coast storm that starts saturday in california and a nor'easter going northeast by monday morning. >> that's enough snow on that model to snuggle up with some of these. >> product placement here. bill karins doing his daughter's job for her. >> she worked very hard. she wrote your name on the box. >> that's so sweet. she spelled it wrong. >> she a brownie? i forget the ranks. >> she's the cutest girl. >> bryce harper sweepstakes over. why he has 330 million reasons to celebrate in the city of brotherly love. detail next in sports. rts.ly open your nose right back up. ♪ breathe better. sleep better. breathe right. but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex, to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes an

san francisco doing the same, new york city, minneapolis as well and just a few moments ago the u.s. ambassador to new zealand put out a statement saying he is heartbroken over the events in christchurch today and that the u.s. stands with new zealand. >> so many developments in new zealand and here at home. we'll be watching this all morning and will have another update later this morning. stephanie ramos in washington, thank you. >> a few moments ago we spoke with steve gomez, a former fbi counterterrorism official.e attack is unheard of in new zealand, authorities in the region are prepared. >> i personally have attended a leadership in counterterrorism conference where there were a number of new zealanders and australians, and they do this every year so they have the kind of capability and understanding of terrorism and counterterrorism operations so that's a very good thing and they're going to be working hand in hand, the new zealanders with the australians with other government agencies from other countries to ensure that the intelligence is flowing to new zealanders who will c

i love you, new york city. i'll see you guys next week. meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] in that case, let's get to the news. president trump spokat the national prayer breakfast this morning, specifically, "are you going to finish that?" [ laughter ] that's right, president trump at

new landmark. >>> good evening, everyone. almost 7,000 miles from the u.s. mainland, the city of christchurch, new zealand, is unspeakable horror tonight. the brazen murders of at least 49 people, men, women and children shot down during friday prayers at two mosques. a nearly equal number left injured. the attack allegedly carried out by a man described as a white supremacist who livestreamed his rampage on facebook. tonight he is under arrest as authorities study an anti-muslim manifesto in which he decried what he called invaders. our richard engel starts our coverage. >> reporter: it was no accidentz that nland's deadliest terrorist attack began around 1:45 in the afternoon.nm a gu storming the al noor mosque when it was packed with hundreds of muslims performing friday afternoon prayers. an>> i could hear screamin crying. i saw some people drop dead. ay>> reporter: witnesses she attacker came in through the front door wearing all black. police say he had at least two d assault rifles shotgun. >> i saw in the mainon the right-hand side, there were 20-plus people. some of t

muslim community part of our community we are a very diverse city and christ we have welcomed new people and. we are talking about people in the city who have lived here for years and years and years they are our friends they are our neighbors we embrace them at this time and i know that i speak for all of the people in christchurch when i say how much we want to come together to support them so we want to give the communities to ensure we do the. appropriately and and support and give them the time and the space that they need to deal with the immediate issues at hand we still have injured people in the hospital so we will find a time and a place for us to come together. and shear sense of grief and loss but also to shear see it sir. love compassion and support that we feel for these communities. the next thing as people have said that they want to lay floral tributes or other tributes in memory and in respect of those who have died and so we have made available the. garden all along. the reason we chose that price is because it's close to the hospital very close to the hospital and so