new yorkers, i think, certainly as a visit to new york city on a regular basis.lege, my sons and daughter lives there. the freedom to go out at night, go to a nice restaurant at midnight, to come out on the subway, the freedom to live there. can a liberal maintain that if they loosen up on things, can you maintain the atmosphere of safety, even if you liberalize have things? >> well, i think there was a point where some new yorkers were not feeling safe. you know, young black and hispanics in new york, including bill de blasios children, his wife, they made a powerful commercial where they talked about, ending this era, where somebody like him, this bright kid couldn't walk down the street and enjoy the city in the same way. i don't think that people are angry at bloomberg or personally rejecting him on the whole, but they just want a moment where a little balance is pulled back, and they felt -- >> who was the last mayor of new york in your account? last true blue liberal? i'm thinking lindsey, what do you think? >> i'm thinking there is something to be said for

please welcome pulitzer prize winning writer for the "new yorker" and dean of the columbia school of journalism steve coll, steve thank you so much for joining us. good to see you again. steve, you gotten a article in the new new yorker here called "crossing the line" right? steve, help me out with something here. i never thought i'd say this but i'm not sure if i want america to get into another war with the middle eastern country with no clear objective. and i know that sounds ugly to say. why don't i want to follow barack obama into battle. where do you think he's screwing the pooch? >> well, the weight of the last two wars that he inherited, the 4,500 dead in iraq for a war fought in the name of weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist. >> stephen: why didn't he bomb them and say "hey, i just saved a bunch of kids in syria, you people can have your academic discussions about whether i should have done it"? >> the problem is he's fighting about a war with a global idea. >> stephen: if it's a serious matter, why isn't the president pushing it harder? >> i think he is cautioned

it is now my pleasure to introduce george packer a staff writer for "the new yorker" and author of the new block "the unwinding" an inner history of the new america." born here in the bay area and raised in palo alto a child of silicon valley before it was called back. served in the peace corps then became a journalist and author written for "the new york times" magazine, mother jones, "harper's" and a staff writer at "the new yorker" 10 years ago. he has ridden 10 novels and the award winning off-broadway play cover the iraq war and about the assassins gates and reported from africa, the middle east and all over america and chosen as a guggenheim fellow in 2001 has taught at harvard tin -- chardins colombia and we now welcome george packer. [applause] >> thank you last year and a think the assassins gate came out so it is wonderful to be back at the commonwealth club and a special welcome to my extended family here in the front row. when i announced where did the book, from in one way it did come from iraq oddly enough although this book is very much focused on america. then i was cov

this was a man who the new yorker rejected story after story after story. instead of taking the rejections and moving on he would write them back letters and tell them here's what wrong with your stories. >> rose: later became his great great great friend, the editor. >> yes. what's awe maiding his editor before sean actually wrote a letter we have in the book basically saying we don't think this j.d. salinger is right for us. of course he becomes their signature writer. >> rose: you inserted my interview. >> we did. he says j.d. salinger's idea of perfection is really perfection and that comes from a very funny story which is that they were doing this story of salinger's and they got down to the final proof and they changed a comma in the story. and when they changed a comma, the quote from the editor was that salinger was very melancholy about that comma. so he was very furious. he would not have been a great filmmaker. >> rose: but they rejected him because what? they didn't think he was good. >> well, they were not on the level of the stories that he wr

or is this really a parochial battle, passing but a parochial battle for the hearts and minds of new yorkers? >> guest: it's about new york insofar as the constraints on the land. it was a piece of land and one of the most expensive as of the city and the financial district. you could imagine if this happened in other places, there might have been more freedom to think about how this land could be used, beyond certain commercial or noncommercial uses. but here, ma no restriction. this was one of the most valuable pieces of land in the world. but because it's one of the most valuable pieces of land in the world i think it does offer some more universal lessons about how we decide who the land belongs to. i mean, battles over land happen. they are one of the most universal things that we fight over in countries, you know, i was thinking often, it's a much different situation but the israeli-palestinian conflict over land. you just a very fundamental beliefs about what the land is. it's very emotionally and religiously, they think of the land very differently. it's a question of who it belongs

steve, you just described "the new yorker"s that i know.nd to be liberal, pro-choice, pro gay rights. they live outside. they need police to do their job and to create a certain atmosphere. they seem to be now to be tilting toward the liberal side. but it got to be rough on them in regard to stop and frisk. >> it's a been 12 years of michael bloomberg. you're going to get tired of that person after a certain amount of time. ed koch went for the fourth term, couldn't get out of the democratic primary. >>> they really do make a spontaneous, exciting, dynamic decision and they don't go for the jokes, just out of weirdness, go ahead, your thoughts. >> yes, also, the polls that you mentioned, when weiner was ahead, the second place was about, ending this era, where somebody like him, this bright kid couldn't walk down the street and enjoy the city in the same way. i don't think that people are angry at bloomberg or personally rejecting him on the whole, but they just want a moment where a little balance is pulled back, and they felt -- >> who wa

well you know the new yorkers responding to the sentiment in the country. people are very frustrated with wars and with military involvements and you know if you look at the middle east we've had the crisis in egypt we've had the benghazi were people were killed arm bassett or was killed the situation in right now in syria where you know hundreds of thousands have been killed i think it's basically a war weariness and a reflection on the american view that let's concentrate on our economy on jobs on our own people there's a little sense of isolationism out there and the new yorker which is you know a very good strong mainstream publication is reflecting that view what if it goes to congress and this is the again a what if and congress rejects it then what well then i think it's going to be very tough for the president to move with a military strike you know he chose courageously to go to congress for approval if one house says now and one says yes it's going to be very tough for him to say i'm going to go on nonetheless because he chose that path it was the

our economy on jobs on our own people there's a little sense of isolationism out there and the new yorker which is you know a very good strong mainstream publication is reflecting that view what if it goes to congress and this is the again a what if and congress rejects it then what. well then i think it's going to be very tough for the president to move with a military strike you know he chose courageously to go to congress for approval if one house says now and one says yes it's going to be very tough for him to say i'm going to go on nonetheless because he chose that path it was the constitutional correct path it showed courage honest part that he wanted the whole country to debate this issue i just think that hopefully the diplomatic solution will prevent some kind of an outcome like that you had an incredible career in diplomacy and major major accomplishments you successfully released hostages american servicemen in prison as in north korea in iraq cuba sudan. if you if you were in the middle of us now the diplomatic a member of president clinton telling me once that if you thought

that, i kind of realized there was something different i wanted to go with my life, being a native new yorkeromething i could be a part of that is bigger than myself. so i decided i was going to take the job at the new york city fire department, and shortly thereafter i joined the military. so i went full bore ahead to just doing my part. >> reporter: in the wake of 9/11, while the country continued to grieve, the world of sports was at a stand still, until one franchise took center stage and the healing process began. what was the weight like being the first real team to play a sport here in new york city? >> it was a little nerve-racking, i remember that game and the mayor at the time, and he was very much in favor of, hey, we got to get back to business at usual. [ technical difficulties ] >> reporter: to this day it is a lasting moment for those involved in the game and beyond. >> my greatest moment was watching that mike piazza home run after 9/11. >> this one has a chance! home run. >> for that split second, you know, kind of diverting the attention to, you know, a silly game and having

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thank god "the new yorker" is one of them and they continue but there was value to having strong independentnews organizations. they were professional. there was a level of competence and expertise that was expected. as that dies we have twitter facebook, social media which is this powerful tool that more and more people can use soap power is diffused and everyone has their own news organization. we have this new thing called citizen journalists which there is a chapter in the book about and bright park -- breitbart. anyone can be a citizen journalist and it's fun but do we talk about citizen brain surgeon's? to me it suggests the kind of contempt for what i do as if anyone can do it. it's not that hard and in fact better get out of the way and let people with fresh energy takeover. i can't help seeing that as a trade-off that might not be rth >> you what we are a say in our newsroom this isn't brain surgery. >> it's not brain surgery but it's not tweeting either. >> i just want to remind her radio audience you are listening to the commonwealth public california. this is george packer staff

they now account for roughly one out of every six new yorkers. e-friendly new york city was launched in 2009. funding of $4 million has been provided by the mayor's office, the new york city council and the new york academy of medicine, along with the assistance of many foundation grants. >> the population that is 65 and older has just surpassed the population that is 18 and younger. >> sreenivasan: linda gibbs is the city's deputy mayor for health and human services. >> what were really trying to do is change the culture of the city as a whole so that we... instead of seeing elderly new yorkers as a deficit, as a problem to be solved, instead we say the world is fundamentally a changing place. we're living longer, we're living healthier, and older new yorkers now are here in numbers that have surpassed anything in history. >> sreenivasan: one key ingredient to the initiative is listening to seniors, according to ruth finkelstein of the new york academy of medicine. she leads the initiatives private sector efforts. >> everything we do is grounded

his relapse was not taken lightly by new yorkers. >> that's a charming guy right there.harming. >> charming. >> takes one to know one j ------. >> sex scandals do not go over well from --w with voters. eliot spitzer used high-priced prostitutes while he was attorney general and later as governor. he was running to become democratic comptroller of new york city. he lost to scott stringer. >> now to the story of a traitor who used to help his cousin in the evenings with his schoolwork. he would post videos online to help her. videos that began being watched by more and more children. videos that have now been seen some 200 million times. what was help for the family has become something of an empire. >> he might be the world's most famous math teacher. most of his near 6 million students would not recognize his face kid that is because his classroom is virtual. he records his lessons at his office in silicon valley, california, and they are accessed around the world. >> let's say that this side right over here is three units long. and my question for you is what is the len

are new yorkers beyond that? york and there is no doubt that we are safe? >> no. i think that, you know, we are -- you're never safe 100%. i think the president has said that already. and i think that new yorkers are keeping their eyes open and ears open. i think the message has gotten clear. if you see a package don't know who it belongs to, call someone. i think we're doing that. people are to focused on what is important to them day-to-day basis. >> are you supporting a candidate today/tonight? >> yes. i'm with bill thompson who i think will be the next mayor. >> bill de blasio is bringing attention to stop and frisk. what are you telling constituents about this practice? >> i think everyone has brought attention to stop and frisk. i think, in fact, if bill thompson was elected mayor four years ago, we wouldn't be talking about it today because thompson as mayor would have stopped it and will stop it. and make sure that it's utilized appropriately and not inappropriately. it's something being reported on largel

what we wanted to do was let new yorkers know what the department was doing.obviously that once the muslim community found out they were upset. we were at a book signing in brooklyn, there is a heavy muslim presence out there, and they're very upset about this, and ray kelly doesn't care. he simply doesn't care. >> let's talk about ray kelly. he has stridently defended the program. he called it his baby. there is "the third jihad." a muslim brotherhood having a take over in the u.s. and they secretly labeled mosques as a terrorist location and spying on those in the mosque without specific wrongdoing. >> we have an agreement authorized by a federal judge. we follow that agreement to the level or that stipulation, i should say, and it authorizes us to do a whole series of things, certainly investigations are part of it. we follow leads wherever they take us. we're not intimidated to where that lead takes us, and we're doing that to protect the people of new york city. we've had 16 plots against new york, since september 11th, none of them have succeeded. >> he

, health care costs have skyrocketed for new yorkers, the cost of living is extremely high for new yorkersor has any sort of relation to that. nor do you get a sense that some of the candidates he would support have a relation to that. so to have somebody like bill de blasio talk like that really works in new york city. >> it works in the primary. >> well, in a city that's overwhelmingly democratic, it doesn't hurt to win the democratic primary. >>> we shall see. big day at the polls tomorrow. coming up christine quinn will be the guest and anthony weiner joins us right here at 1:00. >>> let's check the news feed. a faulty amusement ride sent a dozen children crashing into each other in connecticut. mechanical failure caused this accident. most of the injuries were minor with an 8-year-old being taken to the hospital. >>> arkansas police are investigating the shooting of a 107-year-old man who was legally blind and nearly deaf. he got into a shootout with police after police say he threatened two people with a gun and then shot at police. the s.w.a.t. team sent gas, assuming he'd surrender

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>> chris, are you a new yorker. you are a new yorker. even though you don't like the idea of stop and frisk, you like the idea of stop and frisk because you want to be safer, right? >> every new yorker has that struggle. if you don't you haven't thought about it. the thing is i have not experienced gun violence and i have not experienced being profiled in that way. for me to make an educated -- i can't make an educated comment about it really. >> i think you can. i make educated comments about stuff i have nothing to do with every day. >> you make comments about stuff. >> i make nonsense cal comments about things i know nothing about. this i know because i live here, jedediah. is it too soon to draw conclusions or not soon enough? >> you won't want cops being afraid to do their jobs. i don't want police sitting on the sidelines and waiting for something to happen and then violence happens and it ensues and you say why? cops were afraid to do anything beforehand as they were afraid they would get sued. it is a huge problem. it is partiall

spokesperson for the yankees said -- [ laughter and applause ] here's some really good news for new yorkersthought this was great. there's a new study that found that new yorkers are some of the most honest people in the world. [ cheers and applause ] and on that note, i didn't really read that study. [ laughter and applause ] i read it off cue cards. that's right, new yorkers are supposed to be really honest. in fact, today i saw a lady drop a $20 bill and this guy said with complete honesty, "i'm gonna take that." [ laughter ] did you hear about this doctor in minnesota? very busy guy. very busy man. he's making news after he recently delivered 13 babies in just 24 hours. you could tell he was rushed, because he had to spank them all like this. [ slapping sounds ] [ laughter and applause ] it was unbelievable. [ applause ] this is just insane. last week police found 31 suitcases filled with cocaine on an air france flight coming back from venezuela. police say they already have a suspect. the guy had no problem paying $2,000 in checked baggage fees. [ laughter and applause ] "oh, that's i

the race to are he place new york city's mayor after months of mud slinging and dirty poll tips, new yorkershe polls for primary day. we'll give you a preview. ♪ ♪ >> a court in india is set to deliver a verdict against a group of mena used of savagely attacking a woman on a bus in new deli. the four suspects have been charged with raping and kidnapping a 23-year-old medical student who later died from her injuries. the incident last december sparked massive protest as cross india and we have a report from new dehli. >> reporter: a call to arms to protect the rights of women. actors from the theater group in new dehli traumatized the daily struggles women face from harassment to acid attacks. it's a message told mostly by men for other men. >> we are trying our level best to make it safe for ourselves, our children, for our girls, everybody and also our -- for all of our friends who are seeing this and all over the world. >> reporter: the horrific gang rape i've 23-year-old student in new dehli last december focused the world's attention on the country's prejudices against women. thousands p

lawyers want to move 350 new yorkers from hotels into homeless shelters. they argue the emergency program is running out of money. so far it has cost the government 73 million dollars. critics say its evidence federal and local officials need a more cost conscious alternative for disaster aid. an initial estimate of flood damage in colorado puts the price tag at more than two- billion dollars. that number comes from catastrophe risk consultants eqecat. the company cited 15-hundred homes destoyed and thousands more damaged across 17-counties. compounding matters---a report from usa today that says most colorado residents do not have flood insurance. chinese internet company alibaba is reportedly moving forward with plans for an i-p-o in the u.s.a. according the new york times the e-commerce company has ended talks with the hong kong exhcange and hired an american law firm to work on a stock offering. the listing may be worth up to $15 billion dollars. amazon is upping the anti with its new lineup of tablets. the updated devices inlcude its new kindle fire h

. >> what is your sense of new yorkers that you built up in your time working in the police department is your sense about their spirit? >> new york is very resilient. they are tough. interesting, someone told me, and i've heard it a couple times, the population of new york city has basically turned over. like 50% of the people who live here were not here ten years ago. so there is an influx of new people. but i think the spirit is strong. new yorkers pride themselves on being tough, resilient people and i think god forbid there is another event, we'll rebound and, you know, if it's such a traumatic event on september 11th, now it's a little bit in the back of people's heads that we'll be able to rebound very quickly. >> final question, commissioner, did you believe that new york is a safer city than it was on september the 11th? >> oh, undoubtedly, no question about it. we've invested a lot. the federal government has invested a lot. and we have been able in some way, shape or form with the federal government to prevent these attacks, so we're much stronger. there is no guarantees. th

under bloomberg, new yorkers added 400 miles of new bike lanes across the city and two new subway lines are being dug. >> now zoning is done 20 blocks at a time. almost 20% of the whole city has been rezoned under mike bloomberg. >> sreenivasan: bill de blasio, who researched the most votes in yesterday's mayoral primary carbon monoxide on a platform to address the inequality between the rich and poor in new york. what role any mayor can play in brimming that divide is unclear, but many believe it remains one of the great challenges for the city going forward. >> ifill: we shouldn't be surprised that new york had a crazy election, that it went from someone being way ahead to bill de blasio coming out of nowhere, and incredible bad blood between deblawlzio and mike bloomberg. you saw his family there and there was a question whether he was using his family because he is married to a black woman and has black kids. >> woodruff: the issue of the stop and frisk issue you became an issue that really had not been discussed to one that was on everyone's minds and one could argue helped determi

can you say you care most about new yorkers? how does this fit into your overall strategy? the everything in the kitchen sink strategy here at the end. even msnbc made the cut. >> ouch. by your own admission, you were not truthful with voters when you launched your campaign as mayor of new york. you didn't tell them your inappropriate texting continued after you resigned from congress. my question is why should new yorkers believe you now when eye your own admission you weren't truthful initially. >> i was true. i said it had been going on for a long time, things in my background, all in the past. all of that is true. >> mr. wooerner, you did withhold information, is that accurate? >> no, it didn't. people wanted a specific date when things began and ended. i was clear the moment i got in the race i had several interviews including with nbc affiliates i said these things were in my background, wasn't far, they had gone on over an extended period of time. i said all these things. some of the people made fun of me, big headline stories, said there's more to come, i said those

i ask new yorkers on the evening of september 11th to be stronger as a result of the attack and new yorkers made this city twice as strong. >> that's my reflection, too. mayor giuliani. i remember on that monday, september 17th, you were up there in the podium, ringing the opening bell with the firemen, with the police department, with all of those heroes that we remember. >> right. >> it just gave the whole city, the new york stock exchange, the world, a feeling of we will rise again. >> it did. i don't think anybody will ever know. you do, maria, how difficult it was to get this place open on september 17th. power was out in all of lower manhattan. we didn't get the police department up. dick grasso is one of the great heroes of september 11th in getting this place up. it just lifted the whole spirit of america. it showed that we're see ril yant. we can take a terrible attack but these people can't tower is. >> if we have a mayor who is -- there's a big field out there, but if there's a weak mayor and eliot spitzer wins comptroller, is eliot spitzer running the city? >> it's not over unti

now my pleasure to introduce our distinguished speakers george packer is a staff writer for "the new yorker" and author of the new book "the unwinding" an inner history of the new america. george packer is born in the bay area in santa clara raised in palo alto a child of silicon valley before was called that. he went to yale served in the peace corps in togo and became a journalist and author. his written for "the new york times magazine" dissent "mother jones" "harper's" and became a staff writer for new yorker 10 years ago. he is written to models five books of nonfiction and billboard wedding off-broadway play. he covered the iraq war and wrote the acclaimed book the assassins gate about the conflict. he is reported from africa the middle east and all of america. he was chosen as a guggenheguggenhe i am fellow in 2001 and taught at harvard pennington and columbia. even though he is from the bay area he now lives in brooklyn. please don't hold that against him as we will come george packer. [applause] >> thanks, dead. it was last year when the assassins gate came out so it's wonderful to

and new yorkers, it's what they're telling me.have made a decision in the final hours, they want a mayor who can improve the city, leave no one behind, and you need to have done that to be able to do that. >> let me ask you real quickly, though. i know you haven't had a chance to see the charlie rose interview with ba sashar al ass. but he said to expect everything if the u.s. goes ahead to strike syria. i know you agree with general barry mccaffrey why this guy is getting so much air time. but ray kelly has said no candidate has asked for a terrorism briefing. based on what assad is saying now, do you worry about what this means for new york city residents if we have somebody, a regime dictator, that is looking to play dirty? >> but, first of all, my staff is constantly in touch with ray kelly's staff at the police department getting regular updates, checking in and getting briefings on a regular basis. we have to worry every day in new york city about being a terror attack. we've been attacked twice. the day after tomorrow is th

. >> host: back in 09 come you got a piece for "the new yorker," "david and goliath.". is that when your interest started? >> guest: yeah, i wrote a story. although nothing in the article i wrote for "the new yorker" made its way into the book. it is what got me thinking about it. it was an article i read about a guy, started with a guy who was an indian immigrant living in silicon valley tries to coach his daughter's basketball team and merrill 12, 13. there are the doctors of software engineering in silicon valley and they can't pass, shoot, dribble, they can't do anything that resembles basketball. he decides what they'll do is play the maniacal defense. but the full-court press, 100% of every game. that proved so devastating effect that they cooperate to the national championship. the idea was that he responded to a weakness. by adapting. by adapting in a way that proved to be pretty devastating and also by breaking the rules because people don't expect 12 little girls to play the full-court press. in fact, it's a little bit on 14 because the skill level is such th

they are now reporting to the new yorker that says that after the first argument, chief justice roberts drafted an opinion that would resolve things on narrow grounds. and he circulated it and it just wouldn't fly. he couldn't get people to sign on it. so they needed to have an argument for us to focus on the issues that trouble the justices who didn't find this satisfactory. >> how sensitive do you think the justices are to the reaction of there does it contain positions? do they care? >> i think that that is an interesting situation. they also don't hang out with everybody. they hang out with a certain circle of people. and i think that they -- they are sensitive to what people in their circles care about. what they think of them. but the people are most likely going to be very supportive pretty much no matter what. chief justice roberts is not going to get into this for a while. but he made it in in a year or two. they don't like what he did in the affordable care act. but he goes on to say that the american bar association meetings were other places and he will be deferential to his

. >>> plus the choices new yorkers v in a primary vote for mayor. ♪ >> welcome back to al jazeera, i'msiegenthaler. here are the top stories. russia is offering an alternative solution to the syrian crisis. it's syrian's chemical weapons to be placed under international control and destroyed. the foreign minister approves the idea. john kerry said syria could avoid a situation if it turns over his chemical weapons by the end of the week. >> it's possible if it's real. and i think it's certainly a positive development when the russians and the syrians both make gestures towards dealing with these chemical weapons. >> president obama is calling the proposal a potential break through. during interviews with u.s. television networks today, the president says he remains stepty call. >>> according to the latest pugh research center poll, more americans say they don't want the u.s. involvd in syria. 28% of americans say they support a strike, down 1% from last week. 63% oppose the strike, up 48% from a week ago. now 9% weren't sure, and that's down 23% last week. >>> the latest "washington po

. >>> new yorkers denied two bids. elliot spitz serve resigned as new york governor five years ago after a prostitution scandal. anthony weiner was caught sexing for a second time and lost his job as mayor. the general election takes place november 5th to replace mayor bloomberg. >>> it was cooler out there today. temperatures were down as much as 20 degrees. it was a big shift in the north today. only in the 70s today because of widespread fog coverage. the fog coverage is sitting over the north bay. drizzle near the coast. cooler tomorrow but we'll warm by the end of the week. widespread fog to the north today. it's going to clear down south first but linger to the north. 10:00 hour it's still there, noon hour still there. temperatures will be affect today the north. we're looking at a few 80s out there. also going to be in the 80s in the inland valleys but the low 80s. coast line will be in the low 60s. no surprise there. up in the north, i just down graded a couple of temperatures. i've taken them down to the low to

all new yorkers, all americans, should absolutely praise the job a kelly has done. he kept the city safe, this city as the commissioner said, is the prime target of those who' to inflict pain on american. neil: he was criticizes those who want to run this city. >> he should be worried, we as new yorkers should be worried. re kelly -- ray kelly has devised most elaborate and effective counterterrorism program in the history of this country, new york city is the plumplum of the terrorist eye. you heard him say 16 plots over last 4 years new york city at the center. they have kept us safe, i think our mayoral hopefuls would do well to sit with ray kelly, take histic po tease, i say -- expertise, and hope they are smart enough to find a way to keep ray kelly involved. neil: i do want to ask you a question on the subject, why didn't you run? >> i had a great fear that i would win. neil: i see, but you also thought ray kelly would run? >> he was my candidate. >> why do you think he didn't? >> you know, ray is a private man, i think that he spend 12 years most successful p

being a native new yorker, i felt there was something that i could do.ned the fire department and then shortly thereafter i joined the military. i went full board ahead to just do my part in being a good new yorker and a good american. >> in the wake of 9/11 as the country continued to grieve the world of sports was at a standstill. until one group took center stage. >> what was it like the first team who was going play a sport. >> it was a little nerve-wracking. i remember that game and narrow giuliani at the time, when we should play it, when we shouldn't play it, and he was very much in favor of getting back to business in usual even though it will never be business as usual. >> to this day it's a lasting memory for those involved in the game. >> my greatest moment was watching mike peaza, for that split second diverting the attention to a silly game, and having people cheer probably for the first time in quite some time. to be able to come in here and show appreciation for what these men and women do every day, it is as important, and it's a cool vis

. >> what is your sense of new yorkers that you built up in your time working in the police departmentyork is very resilient. they are tough. interesting, someone told me, and i've heard it a couple times, the population of new york city has basically turned over. like 50% of the people who live here were not here ten years ago. so there is an influx of new people. but i think the spirit is strong. new yorkers pride themselves on being tough, resilient people and i think god forbid there is another event, we'll rebound and, you know, if it's such a traumatic event on september 11th, now it's a little bit in the back of people's heads that we'll be able to rebound very quickly. >> final question, commissioner, did you believe that new york is a safer city than it was on september the 11th? >> oh, undoubtedly, no question about it. we invested a lot. the federal government invested a lot. we've been able in someway shape or form with the federal government to prevent these attacks. we're much stronger. there is no guarantees. there is always a possibility of something happening here. >>