of new york city. where do you think the biggest fault lies? what happened here, amazon has a ton of power. when you are making a deal, you want the best deal possible, you don't want to leave the counterparty in a situation feeling like they had been had. unfortunately for amazon, they kind of misjudged their own power, the optics of what this would look like. this enormous tax incentives, particularly, if you go back to when this deal was announced, google also announce it was adding jobs in new york without any tax incentives. it just led to a narrative that this was a company holding up some taxpayers. then you have this swirl of news happening elsewhere in the country, including in wisconsin, where we had a governor basically lose a reelection bid because of a tax incentive situation. it was a situation where amazon misjudged their own deal and maybe misjudged how their power was going to be seen. a statement from michael gianaris, who was opposed to the deal. he says today's behavior by amazon sh

as a new yorker, this is not that big of a deal for the new york tech economy. the scale of google's expansion. they just announced a new campus in addition to the one they already have. i do think it would have been better for new york if this deal had gone through, but i also know there's tremendous concerns about gentrification and amazon did not engage with the community effectively. i think it is somewhat petulant as the state senator in your earlier segment suggested. when they got resistance, they just said, you know what? we're going home. i don't admire that. emily: amazon could have stuck at the table longer and try to work it out, right? >> they certainly could have. one of the things that is hard to internalize if you are on the outside, particularly if you are in early-stage tech, i think we do not understand how hard it is for these very large companies to make moves quickly, so for amazon to make a big investment and continuing this process with a very uncertain outcome right now, the populace and the politicians are all over the map. i think it is

>> that's where the people of new york i hope wake up. we need new government in albany with a new philosophy that embraces business opportunity, that embraces an environment upon which small business new york can thrive again. this excessive tax and regulatory framework in new york is killing us and driving our people out. that's going to be up to the people to say this is not acceptable to us. >> congressman -- >> i'm sorry, jonathan. here in long island city throughout the day talking to a number of people who told me earlier today that they were concerned about the drop in real estate values, that they were excited when amazon announced it was coming in, that the prices were going up, and now they are starting to get concerned about their local community, that the price of the property that they own might go down. do you share that concern? >> absolutely. when you have an opportunity like this, obviously we want the economic development. we want companies like amazon to come to new york because they are coming because of the business c

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-- escape from new york.'s proposed expansion in new york no more. the deal's proponents are very upset. we will hear from congressman carolyn maloney about why she is not happy for her constituents. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: back to the big story of the week. amazon canceling its plans for a new york campus. from the beginning, amazon was criticized for failing to disclose, keeping most of the process secret. the company is now being called out, quickly pulling the plug instead of negotiating with the community. but, what do other tech leaders think of amazon's exit? joining us to discuss is surveymonkey ceo zander lurie. do you think they prematurely walked away? zander: this is a big story. amazon is one of the most respected, most valuable companies in the world. amazon would have created $30 billion in tax revenue for the community. maybe the credits got a disproportionate share of the attention. we did a survey of 10,000 people. we found detroit is the city that wanted amazon the most. over 78% of d

>> new york will be just fine. amazon is not bigger than new york, at least not yet.out 90,000 jobs every single year for the last decade or so. these jobs, 2% of the normal job growth at new york city experiences. new york will be just fine with or without amazon. >> all right, new york state senator, thank you for joining us. >> amazon is not bigger than new york city. >> nothing is. >> thank you for watching "velshi & ruhle." >> this is my new partner. >> right now we'll hand it off to our friend, katy tur. >> about a week ago, i didn't get the name right. >> i feel like something going on here. you make each other tongue tied. is there a drinking going on during the commercial break? >> you are high on life. >> getting consensus. a ali realtime fact-check. >> i can't throw any shades with that because i can't read it through half the time. we are all special. >> we are all flawed beings. >> thanks guys, it is 2:00 p.m. in the east. the most controversial day of donald trump's presidency. following the firing of james comey, for the first time we are hearing how wo

new york. they are welcome to amazon with open arms. not like they don't have a home. >> looking on twitter see if i find something from the governor of tennessee, mayor of nashville, nothing yet on twitter. here is what the company is saying back in new york, thawing governor cuomo and de blasio for their efforts. we're not building the headquarters in long island city. for amazon to build a new headquarters needs corroborative and collaborative relationships over long term. they add, while polls show, to your point, david, while polls show in amazon's voice here, that 70% of new yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians made it clear that they opposed our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project. so that in its essence is the rational and reasoning here. 25,000 jobs for long island city. average pay of $150,000. now the state giving some $3 billion in subsidies to amazon, to g

as shimon pointed out we don't know what the status of the southern district of new york's potential new obstructions like that in "the new york times" report today, would that also flow into these investigations? so i think you have democrats on capitol hill who aren't just going to be able to dismiss these things just because there's no easy answer to what to do about a presidential pattern and practice of trying to obstruct and shutdown all of the investigations against him, as far as i can tell. at some point congress is likely going to be forced to grapple with whether that rises to the level of something that is impeachable. i just think that although it's become a little bit political conventional wisdom in washington that somehow this may all go away just because some new devastating allegation is not produced, i think that fails to reckon with the seriousness of the allegations and the credible evidence that's already been amassed especially on the obstruction side. remember what we already know publicly in many ways is more serious and more documented than the allegations th

in new york here right now. know detroit very much was interested in having that hq2 from amazon there. what are your initial thoughts about amazon's decision, particularly because it was based on politics, the resistance at the state and local level? >> i am surprised i did not know behind-the-scenes of what was happening in new york, but i would say you are welcome in detroit. detroit is the happening place right now. people say, oh, detroit is coming back. no, it detroit is back and growing by the dissent bounce. it is a great place to do business. david: as a public official and legislator, is her point at which the state and local government can go too far in making concessions for some of these companies? >> it is always a balance, for sure. we certainly want the jobs. we also know corporate responsibility is part of that. part of contributing to the economy is being part of contributing to the services in the community they are benefiting from. i think it is a balance. david: let's go back to medicare for

and bank of new york me n melon. know that these positions are as of december 31st and may have changed in the six weeks it gives us a snap shot of what they were doing in the fourth quarter. >> what do you think the take-away is especially given how bad the fourth quarter was in the markets what are you gleening from these filings? >> i think it's a risk-off environment for hedge funds, and based on people i've spoken with that trade with hedge funds, that risk-off attitude has continued in the six weeks since. despite the fa account that the market has gone up despite the fact that people are, you know, maybe feeling a bit more bullish. >> does that mean they're missing out on the rally >> it is hedge funds have taken off leverage ever since the fourth quarter. they've also, you know, looked at places that they can find a little bit more stability, and i think the big issue for them is just really this idea of all the headline risk out there. they didn't know what was going on with the shutdown >> akman has done pr

new york. elizabeth luskin, amazon hq2 advisory committee member. jonas max ferris joins us from max funds.com. let us begin with the special coverage of the amazon decision, with congressman meeks joining us from capitol hill. congressman, good to have you. you were in favor of bringing amazon to new york. what is your reaction today? >> i am somewhat shocked and saddened. i think it is a blow for new york and a blow for amazon also. i had looked forward to amazon coming, creating 25,000 plus jobs and making the kind of diversifying our economy of new york, so that we not just be dependent upon the financial services industry, but the technical industry also, the tech industry. where jobs are being created for the future. so i think it, you know, shortsighted for my colleagues that didn't want it here and shortsighted by amazon for moving, for quitting so quickly. we should both stay at the table to work this thing out. connell: that is interesting, to your point many of your own colleagues, d

he has, in the course of particular research for this project, received a couple of honors -- the new york state library cunningham research residency, both to conduct research on governor alford smith, and part of his next research project, on mary t norton, the congresswoman from the state of new jersey, and an advocate for the fair labor standards act. he has also received a grant from the new jersey historical commission to carry that research out. inis familiar to many people this room, i would imagine, because he is a frequent lecturer in u.s. history here at goucher, and he has also visited as a lecturer at loyola university of maryland, and is the senior lecturer of history at the university of maryland, returning to the alma mater. so he is talking to you tonight about his first book, published in early 2018 by cornell university press. and the title of the book and the talk up there on the screen, "the revolution of '28: al smith, american progressivism, and the coming of the new deal." thank you, very much. welcome, dr. chiles. [applause] dr. chiles: thank you, everybody, for be

out of this plan to build a second headquarters in new york city prime no slime, say the new yorkers. the fallout, ahead the biggest retail sales drop in a decade, time to fear a recession or a one-month blip where exzong us in factors played a role. rolling out jpmorgan cryptocurrency, why? will he give crypto more cred? a vigorous "power lunch" begins right now. >> welcome to "power lunch." i'm melissa lee. stocks going back more than 230 on the dow jones industrial average. looking at flatline, down 30 points. s&p down 1.5 nasdaq higher than a quarter of a percent. coca-cola, having the biggest one-day drop following mixed earnings and weak outlook. >>> we begin with the big story. amazon backing out of its plan to build a second headquarters in new york city following the amazon h q2 story since the start, deidra. >> this is nothing short of a stunning reversalle facing mounting opposition to the project but pulling out altogether is a major defeat for the company and the lawmakers that fought hard for it like government cuomo and mayor bill de blasio. amazon says it is disappoint

in new york shook the world of real estate. blankfein led a course leaders-- chorus of decrying the news. polls show 70% of new yorkers were in favor. victory lap for them, not for new york city. we welcome on the telephone a leader in new york real estate, bill rudin. thank you for joining us today. we knew amazon was thinking about it. i was not prepared for it. was the real estate community prepared for it? bill: we all had a sense that something was in the winds. we were hopeful. we started seeing a more forceful response by community leaders. reverend taylor and april simpson, who runs the queensbury housing, they organized a press conference this week. people went up to albany to present their case of why they wanted these jobs and why it was important to have amazon come to long island city. it was about creating opportunities for people, not just in long island city, but throughout new york. it was very disappointing. there's an article in "the new york times," why tech could keep getting ground in new york without amaz

new york state senate has done tremendous damage.the freshman congresswoman who represents the neighborhood. >> it is incredible. it shows every day americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities and can have more say than the richest man in the world. >> about with the calculations on the return on investment democratic socialist lobbied against the new headquarters tweeting in november amazon is a $1 billion company. the idea that it will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks when our subways are coming in communities need more investment, not less, is extremely concerning to residents year. a number of other democrats including new york mayor bill diblasio said they were disappointed amazon bailed without working out deals with local leaders was no word where amazon might go instead. rob: new york misses out on a lot of money and a lot of jobs. jillian: is the amazon dealing example of what the country could look like with far left liberals in charge? new york already has a problem of bu

the new york times had a big story on this a few months ago. this is a rehash of old news.ell a book. cbs wants everyone to watch 60 minutes on sunday night was all this stuff about nine days in may between the time rosenstein wrote the memo for the president it was used initially as the explanation for firing comey until the 17th when rosenstein appointed mueller and all the things in between, the 25th amendment or wiring up against the president, we heard this already and i have no doubt they discussed it but they are rehashing something we heard. shannon: they hope they will go under oath and americans have to decide what they think. thank you all very much, happy valentine's day. a woman arrested, she says, for calling a transgender woman a man on twitter. the culture clash popping up in britain, that is where this happened. nigel farage joins us from london, he is up really really early. happy to have him next. what do you look for when you trade? i want free access to research. yep, td ameritrade's got that. free access to every platform. yeah, that too. i don't want

i think it is a blow for new york and a blow for amazon also. i had looked forward to amazon coming, creating 25,000 plus jobs and making the kind of diversifying our economy of new york, so that we not just be dependent upon the financial services industry, but the technical industry also, the tech industry. where jobs are being created for the future. so i think it, you know,

and coming up for us, more from today's bombshell "new york times" reporting. tails on how the white house came up with what to say about michael flynn's firing. the pushback that explanation received from inside the white house. none of it did we know in real time. when we come back. we come back. >>> new details about what the >>> welcome back and returning to what we've been talking about tonight, the "new york times" shedding new light on the trump administration efforts, the efforts by this president to contain, some say obstruct, the russia investigation from the very beginning. former national security adviser michael flynn resigned just 24 days into this presidency. he had become one of the first trump associates charged as part of the mueller investigation. according to "the times," the president himself directed sean spicer, his press secretary, to intentionally mislead the american people from the podium about what exactly had happened. here's what spicer said at the time. >> the evolving and eroding level of trust as a result of this situation and a

he probably called everyone in new york. he was in the assembly and had contacts but he raised so much money that the democrats were like, we cannot cut his seat. we have to keep him in the house. fast-forward to 1998 when he ran against al d'amato. ,hen they pulled that primary at the end of 1997, geraldine for arrow, vice presidential candidate, mark green, the new york public advocate, they were all pulling well ahead of schumer. he was in third place. he did not have as big names as they did that he had out -- dramatically outraised to them. before the race even started he had $6 million in the bank. and green had something like $500,000. and for arrow was wondering if she even wanted to run. i think that sums up why he won. where hes cagey about is with wall street. earlier in his career, he was much more upfront about being supportive of wall street. separation --the the famous glass steel separation between commercial banks. earlier in my career on the hell i wrote a piece about how schumer, and this has caused fricti

today broke just before we got this ton of bricks dropped by "the new york times." a several thousand word piece on the front page of the times as of this afternoon that is basically a look at obstruction of justice issues, this white house and this president may ultimately have to answer for some day, somehow in the russia investigation. everything from one of the president's russia lawyers reportedly offering pardons, presidential pardons to mike flynn and paul manafort after each of them had been charged. and while each of them were making important desighcisions t their potential testimony or cooperation deals with prosecutors, presidents of course have the right to pardon anyone they want to pardon but if the president through his legal team was explicitly dangling pardons to potential witnesses for the purpose of dissuading them from providing evidence that might hurt himself or his administration or his family orbi business, that's a different matter. and that's just one of them. "the new york times" today runs down the whole gammitt to the efforts to coordin

>> all right, marc liverman here in new york. thanks a lot, marc. >>> there's new fallout from explosive comments by former deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe. in an interview with "60 minutes," he describes why he was so concerned in a meeting with the president after fbi director james comey was fired two years ago. paula reid reports. >> i was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency and won the election for the presidency and who might have done so with the aid of the government of russia, our most formidable adversary on the world stage. and that was something that troubled me greatly. >> reporter: mccabe says days later he opened criminal and counterintelligence investigations into the president. >> i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground, and if somebody came in behind me and closed it and tried to walk away from it, they would not be able to do that without creating a record of why they made that decision. >> reporter: mccabe told "60 minutes" correspondent scott pelley that following c

today's "new york times" story about the president trying to interfere with the federal investigations of himself and his associates will join "the 11th hour with brian williams" which starts now. >>> the breaking news we're covering tonight in the "new york times," bombshell piece of reporting detailing possible attempts to obstruct justice. among them president trump asking his hand-picked attorney general whether he could put an ally in charge of the cohen investigation being run by the feds out of new york. one of "the times" reporters standing by to talk with us tonight. >>> plus another stunner from andrew mccabe who says this evening it's possible donald trump could be a russian asset. the president, of course, seeing all of this, hearing all of this and lashing out on social media as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a tuesday night. >>> and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 761 of the trump administration and the "new york times," as we mentioned, is out with an incredibly detailed account of the president's two-year effort to derail a

the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: madam chair, i yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from texas, ranking member of the house armed services committee, mr. thornberry. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: thank you, madam chair. i appreciate the gentleman yielding. madam chair, this resolution is misguided, and let me take a few moments to illustrate some of the reasons. number one, as ranking member of foreign affairs, mr. mccaul, has described this is a misuse of the war powers resolution. it conflates two different sections. it has definitional problems. i'm not going to repeat all of the arguments he has used. my point is that if we use this powerful law, it should be clear, direct, and applicable to misuse it in this ways actually -- applicable. to misuse it in this way actually is different than what the chairman was talking about. it's clear, we do not

could be in the new york area.omeone from staten island saying come here there's still a lot of communities that want them and so, they wanted probably an easier road than this noisy part of the world. >> new york wanted them. right? the polling was suggested that a majority of new yorkers wanted it the governor and the mayor rarely agree, an i greegreed ito thing for jobs and tax revenue. >> if that's the case. i think that's the question is i think they did it without cooperation of everyone in the community and you can't do that in this day and age. you just can't and i think that it's very -- it's hard to predict what would have happened there and should have addressed concerns around gentrification, the subway system and how we spend our money and i think it's fine to have disagreements i think the issue is can we have disagreements an come to compromise which i think is very hard thing in this country these days and in general and in particular here and so amazon didn't want to deal with it and the people who

we'll go in-depth on that sweeping "new york times" piece. good morning. willie we have mike barnicle, katty kay is here. and msnbc news

and if you look at new york, for instance, people in upstate new york, let's say st.rage itemized deduction of $2,000. in westchester countying countye average itemize itemized deducts $16,000. paul: in terms of the state revenues, i think the 1% of income earners pay well above 40%, i think, i haven't checked the latest data but it's up there, of all state tax revenue. if they drive those people out to florida, texas or tennessee which don't have an income tax, that really hurts. >> it does. we're seeing the effects of a progressive income tax system and the attempts to try to deal with inequality through the tax code. you knock lots of people off the bottom. you put the burden on the top and the consequence is people find friendlier tax climates. new york is the best thing that's ever happened to texas and florida and as you say tennessee, states with much better tax climates. paul: thank you, scott. appreciate it. as the 2020 democratic deal continues to grow, a closer look at the latest entrants and what amy blo klobuchar brings to a re already crowded with fellow

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amazon had announced the project in november after new york governor andrew cuomo and new york mayor bill deblasio offered nearly $3 billion in tax subsidies to build the project which could have created 25,000 jobs as part of the deal, new york even offered to build a helipad for amazon ceo jeff bezos, who is the richest man in the world. one of the leading opponents was democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez who represents queens, new york, where amazon was planning to build.

they moved out of new york and places like new york and into places like florida and texas.e no income tax. on a personal level, full disclosure, i would love to be able to deduct that. it's bad for those of us who live on the east and west coast and big blue state tax areas. however, i think there is a little bit of irony here. now we see a democrat andrew cuomo complaining that taxes are just too high. gentlemen, sir, they are. joining me right now with his perspective on all of this. presidential historian doug wead. he finally gets that you just can't tax and tax and tax. because ultimately people won't and for it. they will leave. we saw this with corporations and all those shot-gun marriages over in ireland because they were looking for a cheaper tax rate. or over in venezuela so many people migrated out of that country or had taken their money and moved it out because people cannot deal with extreme taxation. >> this is so hilarious to me, trish. here you have the governor of new york, new york, the state that just elected a socialist to the u.s. congress and he's com

the special counsel investigation, southern district of new york, the new york state attorney generalu.s. attorney in washington, the u.s. attorney in northern virginia, all the committees in the house and the senate. the white house must be freaking out. >> you can tell that the president is freaking out, because all you need to do is follow him on twitter and wait for him to say something. every day, every week, at least, is talking about how these investigations are witch hunts. it really reflects how worried he is about the direction that these investigations are going and how it reflects on him and his presidency. of course, how he gets wrapped up in this potentially. >> even after the mueller investigation is concluded, all these other investigations, including congressional investigations, they are continuing. some of them only just beginning. stick around. more on the breaking news right after this. 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. with retirem

all that said, i still feel very bullish on new york, i feel bullish on tech in new york.ut that a little more if you want. but what amazon was doing is making a big bet. and it's those big bets that i worry that we've put a chilling effect on. >> looks to me like listening to deblasio, like he really isn't taking ownership of the fact that he blew it. he has a role to play. his bully pulpit is to corral the activist and convince them don't ruin things guys and girls. they did. he's saying the right things but i don't blame amazon for running from that disaster. it was only going to get worse. >> i mean, amazon is a company and they needed some kind of security, they needed some certainty. they were making real investments here in long island. hindsight is 2020. i could give you a list of things that everyone did wrong. here we are today, it's friday, the day after, and now that 25 to 45,000 new tech jobs are not coming to long island city. >> first of all deblasio has never seen anything like this because it never would have happened under block berg. this deal would have

new york. welcome to our ongoing breaking news coverage of the michael cohen hearings. it's been a blockbuster day on capitol hill. the president's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, delivering hours of explosive testimony today in front of the house oversight committee, in which he alternately defended his own credibility and detailed his first-person account of donald trump's corruption, criminal conduct and racism. cohen describing himself as remorseful about the lies he told and explaining many of the things he did wrong were things he did in service of this president. the headlines from today include, michael cohen's accusation that donald trump was deeply involved in the scheme to pay off porn star stormy daniels, even after taking office. cohen's assertion that donald trump had advance knowledge of the wikileaks dump of hacked e-mail from the dnc and an apology, an apology for lying to the congress in the past about the timing of the trump tower moscow negotiations. cohen adding today that the president's personal lawyers knew exactly what cohen would say ab

the southern district of new york is known as the sovereign district of new york, because it is fiercelydent, stoe historically, from the doj. and we're seeing that again now. we have all said this many, many times, that the southern district of new york investigation poses a far greater threat to the president than the mueller probe does. >> yeah. you believe that too, jeffrey? >> i'm not sure. i think the mueller probe presents a great threat, too. but i think maggie's extraordinary reporting does establish that the president is very concerned about the southern district probe and went to the -- you know, incredibly inappropriate step of asking -- of asking whitaker to change the leadership of that probe. whitaker, whether out of morality or practicality or for whatever reason, didn't apparently -- >> i was just going to say, it's not exactly clear what he did. but here's the quote, he does tell associates that prosecutors in new york needed, quote, adult supervision. it's not exactly legalese. what does that mean? >> you know, i'm not entirely sure what it means. i think he was trying

scrapping plans to build a campus in new york city. before the payment of the plug, e-commercehe the plug, there was one person that could have potentially scuttled the deal single-handedly, and that is michael g norris -- michael gianaris. he joins us now from new york. also here, tom giles. senator, thank you for coming back here. do you think this is really a win for you? sen. gianaris: i do not view this as a day to celebrate, but just a matter of standing up for new york and hopefully beginning a conversation nationally about if these corporate subsidy and incentive programs are with it. -- are worth it. the largest company in the world coming to new york but only if they are able to squeeze 3 billion public$3

>> well, look, don, this is just such a stain on the city of new york and the state of new york. disgrace. you're talking about 25,000 jobs for an area that's fairly economically depressed. folks would have loved to have had access to those jobs. now it looks like what's going to happen is that facility will move -- they're going to move some of those operations to nashville, tennessee, which is a state that has no income tax. new york has lost 1.3 million people in the last decade. 1.3 million people have left new york because of policy craziness in new york, the highest taxes in the country, very anti-business policies, one of the reasons amazon said we're going to leave new york and not build there is because the politicians there said you have to only use union labor. government officials can't tell private businesses how to run their operations. these states like new york, these states like tennessee and texas and florida, are going to be very, very happy to take these jobs from new york because people in new york are the big losers. >> the politicians were taking the leads

you heard a lot about the southern district of new york today. the legal filings on michael cohen by the prosecutors of the southern district of new york became a major component in all of the republicans' questioning in that hearing today. we have tim o'brien who wrote a book about donald trump and his businesses. a book that got tim o'brien sued by donald trump. a lawsuit that tim o'brien won. tim o'brien was the first person to said the words allen weissleberg to me when he identified the chief financial officer of the trump organization as a key player in the investigation of the trump business. we heard michael cohen making repeated references today to allen weissleberg, who may now be called before that committee. and no one can take up inside the trump business -- no one can talk about the inside of the trump businesses better than tim o'brien. so we're very lucky to have him here tonight. and we have a first guest tonight who has played a very special role in the michael cohen story for me personally. you know, whenever i meet members of

michelle fleury reports from new york. g 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 people who want to envision a different world, that is not driven by profits are billionaires, but actually is about a sting working people, the poor. and that is part of what we are fighting for. —— victory. and that is part of what we are fighting for. -- victory. i'm a business owner in t

what was going in in that new york courtroom. what was going on with these prosecutors and what cohen was admitting to. whitaker was asked about these reports that he had been pressured by the white house about the cohen prosecution. he was asked about these reports when he testified before the house judiciary committee a couple of weeks ago. after his testimony, that committee's chairman, new york democrat jerry nadler, wrote a letter to whitaker that basically confronted him with the allegation that whitaker had lied under oath to the committee when they had questioned him on that very subject. quote, although the committee appreciates your decision to appear, members on both sides of the aisle found many of your answers to be unsatisfactory, incomplete or contradicted by the evidence. excuse me, contradicted by other evidence. quote, for example, our members asked you about reports that president trump called you at least twice to express his frustration after michael cohen, his former lawyer, pleaded guilty in the southern di

grow up in new york, as donald trump did. the "times'" exclusive report from the oval office tonight by peter baker and mageo haberman quotes the president as saying that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has said the president is not a target of the mueller investigation. "he told me -- he told the attorneys that i'm not a subject, i'm not a target." when asked if he is a target of federal prosecutors in new york city, the president said, "i don't know about that." the president told the "times" that he has given up on negotiations with congress for his border wall and he made it very clear in the interview that he fears elizabeth warren most as a presidential candidate. he did that by attacking elizabeth warren, using what the "new york times" described as the president's "favorite slur" for elizabeth warren, and he praised the candidacy of senator kamala harris. the "times" notes that the president does not know how to pronounce her name. the president said, "i would say the best opening so far would be kamala harris.

. >> why. >> even though the secret is thank you both. >> thank you. >>> up next we'll debate if new yorkd for business after the backlash over billions in government incentives led to amazon canceling the new headquarters plans. >>> plus, former sacks ceo steve sadove previews next week's numbers. when you look at the critical issues facing our world, what do you see? we see a billion more people breathing free. we see access to fresh food being the global norm, not the exception. we see homes staying cooler, without the planet getting warmer. at emerson, when issues become inspiration, focusing core strengths to create a better world isn't just a result, it's a responsibility. emerson. consider it solved. >>> welcome back to "closing bell." bad deal bad company? bad billionaire? that was a report of new york communities for change criticizes amazon's hq2 plans and now that amazon canceled the plans to come to new york will other businesses be concerned? >> joining us now is jonathan westin, executive director at new york communities for change and katherine wild, ceo of partnerships for

attorney and trump ally jeff berman in charge of the southern district of new york investigation intohush money payments, he said, quote, no, not at all, i don't know who gave you that, and he described it as fake news. we'll turn the tape for those comments just moments from now. but we wanted to make sure we told you that, as that information came in to us. and just like the president predicted, his national emergency for the wall is heading to court. do all 16 states suing have standing? we'll break it down next. standing we'll break it down next >>> we're back now on msnbc. i'm peter alexander in today for katy tur. 16 states have joined a lawsuit against the president's plan to use a national emergency declaration to get funds to build his border wall. they argue it is unconstitutional to redirect money from funds intended for military construction, drug interception, and law enforcement under the pretext of a, quote, manufactured crisis. and their lawsuit turns the president's own words against him, words he first spoke to me the day he declared that emergency last week. >> will

we thank you for being here with us and good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. om nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> this morning president trump's attorneys appear to be bracing for robert mueller's final report the president's lawyer rudy giuliani said they have not heard from the special counsel in weeks. >>> plus, a federal judge puts a strict gag order on long-time trump ally roger stone after he appeared in court to answer for a co and innt north carolina, the go congressional candidate in that disputed midterm race makes a stunning reversal. republican mark harris is now calling for a special election.

it's arguably not just new york. google and some other companies are facing pushback from san jose in the heart of silicon valley about their plans to build based on the expected impacts on the cost of living. so we'll have to see where that goes into what's so amazing to me and jim, i want to get your thoughts on this what's so amazing is just a couple years ago, every city it seems in the u.s. was looking to be the next big tech hub what is the signal about the shift in sentiment >> i think it's very significant. there's this resentment that has grown up of the success of the technology sector among people apparently do not see any upside i do agree that you know, not just to amazon, the tech giants have been very arrogant themselves they have not done a great job of communicating the benefits they bring to communities. but they do have a story to tell which is it's not just tech jobs that come when they arrive in an area, it's all the supporting jobs, the restaurants, the retail operations, it's the housing. there

the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: madam chair, i yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from texas, ranking member of the house armed services committee, mr. thornberry. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: thank you, madam chair. i appreciate the gentleman yielding. madam chair, this resolution is misguided, and let me take a few moments to illustrate some of the reasons. number one, as ranking member of foreign affairs, mr. mccaul, has described this is a misuse of the war powers resolution. it conflates two different sections. it has definitional problems. i'm not going to repeat all of the arguments he has used. my point is that if we use this powerful law, it should be clear, direct, and applicable to misuse it in this ways actually -- applicable. to misuse it in this way actually is different than what the chairman was talking about. it's clear, we do not

attorney for the southern district of new york. preet, you just heard the congressman talk about the investigations ongoing right now in the southern district of new york. you used to run that office. the special counsel robert mueller has a narrow mandate, but the sdny as it's called doesn't have that same mandate. do you think the southern district of new york is what the president should really be worried about right now? >> well, i used to run that office, and some people didn't like it, but we viewed our ambit as very, very broad. we thought it was our responsibility to look at. especially when other offices may not have been as aggressive enough to look at. so the ambit is broad. not covered by any special counsel regulation or appointment like mueller was by rod rosenstein that's set forth in a particular memo that talks about what the scope is supposed to be. and the motto of any good u.s. attorney's office is, if you see a serious federal crime being committed, you investigate it. and if there's enough evidence beyond a re