we saw new yorkers helping other new yorkers, stories of new yorkers getting out and managing trafficintersections, new yorkers helping neighbors, new yorkers bringing neighbors who had medical devices that needed power to places where they could get power. so i applaud all new yorkers, when things are at their worst, new yorkers are at their best. and they were at their best tonight. as i said, job one is restore the power, get it up and running, and make sure that's 100%. job two is finding out exactly what happened. i'm going to go with mr. mcavoy and we're going to look at the first transformer that blew tonight. we have to make sure the system is designed in a way that this does not happen. when you are talking about a blackout or a potential blackout or significant area of the city having a blackout, you are really dealing with potential chaos and public safety threats. and the system has to be better than that, period. period. and we're going to work with con ed. but that's what new yorkers deserve and that's what new yorkers will get. >> reporter: there's been a lot of discuss

do you have any message for new yorkers tonight? >> be the best new yorker today. new yorkers are accustomed to hardship. we deal with all sorts of things. this is an inconvenience. stay home. don't drive. and let's be the best new yorkers we can be. power is out, but we are going to behave with the courtcy and manners that we always do in new york. >> what a message. all right, governor cuomo, thank you so much for taking time it speak to the members of your state tonight and to the members of this country. we appreciate your service and thank you for going to look at those transformers. have a good rest of your evening. >> thank you, thank you. >> we just heard from con edison. they just wrapped up their press conference this evening. they have confirmed that there were no injuries, and they said that they do have a list of individuals with life-saving equipment so they're giving priority to the people who may need their assistance. they said that this outage began at 6:47 p.m. eastern here in new york city. it affected 73,000 customers. again, customers are not

we saw the exact on the we saw new yorkers at best helping other new yorkers, new yorkers getting outnd managing traffic at intersections, new yorkers helping neighbors, new yorkers bringing neighbors who had medical devices that needed power to places where they could get power. so i applaud all new yorkers when things are at their worse, new yorkers are at their best at their best tonight, as i said, job one is restoring the power getting up and running. and making sure that is one hundred percent. job two is findings out exactly what happened i am going with mr. mack elvoy going to look at the first transformer that blew tonight, we have to make sure the system is designed in a way that this does not happen. when you are talking about a blackout, or potential blackout, or a significant area of the city, having a blackout, you are -- you are really dealing with potential chaos and public safety threats, and the system has to be better than that period. period. and we are going to work with con-ed, but that is what new yorkers deserve that is what new yorkers will get. >> there has b

we will ensure the safety and security of new yorkers that's the latest hoping to restore power by midnightts an investigation into how this can happen. one of the most iconic parts of new york, broadway has been forced to cancel shows. that sent hundreds of disappointed audience members pouring into the streets outside, take a look at this. this video from earlier this evening as the sun was setting, a lot of these people now just waiting to see what's next. the cancellations did not stop one group of actors from performing. we want to show you an amazing moment from the cast of a broadway musical. their show was cancelled, they took it outside. ♪ >> again, that's from the cast of come from away on broadway. living up to the old adage, the show must go on. blackout or not. paolo sandoval is with us now. that was a fun moment. i'm sure at this point, a couple hours later, people are starting to say what's up? update us on where you are. >> it seems like it's come in stages, there was concern in the beginning, and then as people begin to get word there's no foul play involved. there's -- as

>> it is one of those things that do bring new yorkers together. why don't you hang on there for a moment. i do have with me the weekend anchor for "nbc nightly news." kate, i was watching my story air on your newscast. and then the lights went out. i was hoping wasn't something i said. >> yeah. so i anchor the broadcast normally on sundays. today is saturday. we are on the air at 6:30 as well. our studio is behind where you are right now in 30 rockefeller plaza. the back-up generator went on but unfortunately, not enough light for us to go on television as far as the lights. luckily my mic was still on so we had the picture and that's what i did. so people on the east coast might have noticed that suddenly they didn't see me anymore that you they did hear my voice. >> did i walk over to your studio. i heard we were doing news with a little flashlight. >> luckily we had another studio that's rigged up with more back-up generators. >> take shot again. you can sense, not to make it about us, it gives you a sense. all of this -- >> this would all be li

it sounded like he doesn't want new yorkers to worry. he talked about the commercial zone in terms of times square but it is a deeply residential area. especially in the northern part. there are so many young families there. >> i live on the upper west side and i'm still not doing the strollers of yet. we'll hold off on that. i was looking at twitter and i know we have the video that we'll get in there. there was a major concert expected to happen at madison square garden today with jennifer lopez. that was taking place at 32nd street. about ten blocks south of where the power outage started. it appears the lights went out. we're going to continue to look at all the of that. >> there were several shows completely shut down. we thought the concert would continue as is. >> it is a big home coming for jennifer lopez. you can imagine if there is any sort of delay, any sort of problem. it is because this is a significant power outage and it is a really rae big deal. it looked fairly packed even at this early hour. we'll see if the show does g

a new yorker who experienced all of this. y copp, a new york city photographer. making your way through the blackout last night. you were initially stuck, right, on the 35th floor of a hotel in manhattan. what happened when you came to the realization that, oh, okay, power is out everywhere? >> yeah, i was here. i have some friends in town and we went up -- i took them up to the 35th floor of the mandarin hotel, the restaurant that has the best views of central park. i thought we'd have a good time up there. we were talking, everybody was laughing. the restaurant was packed actually. all of a sudden the music, everything came to a full stop. lights go out, nothing. blackout. there are all these windows so the restaurant itself was not dark because of all the light from the windows, but it was concerning. we didn't know what was going on. the kitchen closed down. and then someone on the intercom came over and said that there was a power outage and the generators are working and they're trying to figure out and get to the bottom

some pedestrians stepped in to direct traffic. >> trevor: see, that's what new yorkers do, baby!ing a crisis, huh?! ( applause ) basically, new yorkers are doing every policeman's job, directing traffic, checking in on old people. except for the one person who tried to take over a hostage negotiation -- don't worry, i got this, hey, tough guy, shoot one to let them know you're serious, let's see! ( laughter ) even broadway actors made the best out of the blackout. >> how do you handle things when the lights go out on broadway? the cast of several musicals took their act to the streets during saturday night's blackout in manhattan. ( singing ) >> trevor: see, you've got to love broadway, man. the show must go on! ( cheers and applause ) that's real talent. because the power also went out at the movie theaters. at amc. did you see john wick come out of the screen and kick people's asses in real life? no, but couldn't stop broadway. the singers came out, the thespians outside, and the cast of the lion king brought their performance to life in the streets by malling seven people to d

what you're experiencing there. >> reporter: i'm probably living the experience of thousands of new yorkers, 18 floors up in my apartment with no electricity or power, looking out and seeing thousands of apartments, the canyons of upper manhattan, new york, dark. the sun is still out but fading. people are checking for flashlights. neighbors in new york who don't talk to each other for five years are opening their door to offer help and then going back inside their apartment. memories of the big blackout of 1965, in november, and memories of the 2003 blackout, come rushing back. i was watching television and suddenly all the power went off. last night my microwave lost power and i thought initially i had blacked out the whole city, but that doesn't appear to be true. you hear a lot of police sirens and see more than usual on a saturday night. on a night like this, on a weekend, you wouldn't have that much activity outside. things are picking up a bit. i can't say i'm seeing signs of many people going downstairs, because you have to work in some cases 18 floors before you decide to do that,

here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: in the incredibly candid interview with "the new yorker," 49-year-old hunter biden lays bare his struggle with drugs and alcohol, recounting this moment at his father's rally in philadelphia >> the biden family is ready. sand we will do this as we always have, as a family. >> reporter: hunter biden noticeably absent that day, telling the "new yorker," "it's heartbreaking for me. it's killing me and it's killing him. dad says, 'be here.' mom says, 'be here.' but at what cost?" hunter says he skipped the rally because he'd become the subject of negative stories. now, in wrenching detail, he opens up about his spiral into addiction, including at least five trips to rehab. "there's addiction in every family," he says. "i was in that darkness. i was in that tunnel, it's a never-ending tunnel. you don't get rid of it. you figure out how to deal with it." he shares multiple harrowing experiences, from trying to smoke crack by stuffing it into a cigarette, from getting discharged from the naval reserves after testing positive for cocaine, to having a gu

this is a night that new yorkers won't soon forget.eeing the iconic lights of times square going out in an instant. people left confused, startled by what was happening. it lasted for some five hours. the outages affecting some 40 blocks of manhattan's west side. what we know from officials right now, what we know from con-ed was this was not a physical attack, not a cyberattack and not about over usage of the system. they are essentially saying that a substation failed in midtown and affected five other substations. and that's what put some 73,000 customers in the dark. traffic lights were out. traffic was at a standstill. broadway shows letting out. the lights here out. people on the streets trying to figure out what was going on. hundreds of extra police officers instantly deployed with fire officials and people throughout to control the traffic. and another 93 ambulances hitting the streets in that neighborhood. some 400 elevator rescues made and 2800 people talken off of stalled subway cars. mayor bill de blasio saying new yorkers

i am a writer for the new yorker website. i cover culture. i got there probably through the most -- >> walk us through a peer started with college peer. >> it was just my 10 year reunion so -- [laughter] i did not attend! >> i graduated 2009 from wesleyan university with a degree in sociology. i just read in the wall street journal that 2009 was the worst job market for generations. i had the good fortune to walk straight into that. after my internships and my parents in music for a while i worked at a literary agency for a couple of years in new york. after that joined doing a netflix or e-book type. i was there just for three months. it was just supposed to be that i was the person that knew about books and publishing. it was a four-person company want to join three of four founders. from there went to san francisco and worked at a data analytics startup. at that it would be a great application for my sociology degree. little did i know i wasn't what they were looking for. i did the 18 months which is probably the longest 18 months of my li

let's come over here and we have some new yorkers. excuse me, sir let me stop you for a second. ow are you? >> new york is that small-town buddhism mike schreibman who's been an old friend. i didn't know you lived here. >> i live a few blocks away but it was dark in the apartment so i came out here. >> you were in the apartment. >> all the lights when out and i have a ups battery that was beeping and went to the basement of building and that's where we are like the whole building was out. the whole neighborhood was out. it was mayhem. the traffic lights were out and the traffic was bad. eric: new york has come together and obviously back that it's on. >> i could go home right now but there's a bar that we were all sitting at in the blackout and was a great time. we had a lot of people from their and i'm going to go back at and hang out with them. >> have a great time. >> it's good to see you again. >> only eric would you run into one of your good friends on the street in new york city headed back to blackout party. we are going to check back in one minute. want to bring in bernar

this new yorker, this is a long new yorker story, phillip.. there's a lot of reporting here about this photo everybody is familiar with where he mimics a groping gesture on a fellow performer who is asleep. it takes awhile in this article, but it does get to the fact there were a number of women who subsequently came out and said -- with allegations of kissing or groping. what did you make of what we're hearing from franken here and what is reported here? >> yeah, i think the fascinating aspect to this is if you're al franken, i think it is quite natural that you would feel as though you were forced out of the senate prematurely. i think that is a natural thing for him to feel. but i think the argument that there was some due process that should have been involved, that, you know, that was all based on this one photo which is some of the allegations you've seen in the aftermath of this, i think all these things sort of upped cut the idea that what we're talking about is not crim senator al franken procedure, we're talking about politics. the

she has been writing for the "the new yorker," "the new yorkw york times" for many years now, and many of you probably noticed because you're but in all of work she has this super home able to make every detail fascinating and crystal clear. in this one casey works to layout two intertwine can mysteries, one in the story of reverend willy maxwell and his trials and the other in the unissued work of a beloved literary market and she has contagious dedication to seeing them through and doing them as much justice as possible. trust me, and also every person i think who works in this book store in this room, this is a book that you actually cannot put down and i mean it seriously. i'm about 20 pages from the end and very sad i'm not reading it. casey, we are so excited to have you tonight. thank you so much for coming. in conversation with casey today is patrick keith, pat is a staffer for the "the new yorker." [applause] awe author of three books. and patrick, thank you so much for joining us. just an fyi, we'll be having a signing after this so stick around afterwards and grab a copy of

what's the point of this article in th the new yorker? for him, he's the victim.ou talked about that photo of leanne tweed and, she was asleep. he got away with that in part and they are making excuses for it now because, oh, he's a comedian. what's the point of the article in the new yorker, to send a message to democrats and liberal men of like, next time we will go easy on you. but to the republicans, they will bake, fry and microwave you until there is nothing left. >> juan: while, i think he is still president. so greg, i was thinking about this and i thought to myself, what sanctions are in place? you get someone like that guy like steve king, republicans can script to him but they don't make him resign. the democrats made him get out. >> they didn't make him do anything. >> jesse: 's party ate him alive. however, he is not innocent. i know personally to people that he did this to. we talked about it, not just liana. we know kathy lee got -- if frank gifford were alive today he would beat the out of al franken. so i think everybody knew this about al franken

are at their worst, new yorkers are atth their best and 're at their best tonight. >> reporter: a city brought back to life fiveours later >> president trump igniting a w firestorm this morning with a tweet targeting progressive congress women he suggested they go back and he help fix t totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. while he didn't mention anyone by name, he appeared to be referencing four freshmen democrats, none of whom are white, and all but one from the united states. nbc's craig boswell has more from d.c. this morning craig, good morning. so democrats have denounced the' presidens comments as racist >> reporter: phillip, good morning. a firestorm of reaions to this racist being the keyword that many people are using after this president tweeted eea series of tw attacking four progressive congress women when you take a look at some of these tweets the president s out on sunday, you just alludedo tone of them, the president saying go back andth help fie totally broken and crime infested places from which they came, the president also adding to that,

for hours, new yorkers were trapped on subways, traffic was at a standstill, and there wasti no air condiingen the blackout hit. [ laughter ] but is is new york city. so new yorkers rallied and managed to keep calm then everyone's phone battery reacd 5% and all hell broke loose. [ laughter ] "i will cut you, man!" get this thoughi heard that the blackoutn affected some weddings at the plaza hotel, the lights o went right before a couple exchanged vows [ audience ohs ] even worse, the bride had just said, "god, if this is a a mistake, please give me a sign." [ laughter andpplause across the city when the traffic lights went out, some new yorkers decided to step into the street and direct traffic themselves check it out [ horn honking ] >> jimmy: that's exacthat you want five strangers pointing in different directions at the same time. [ laughter ] then after about five hours, the power came back on and people were really excited watch, this is real. watch this cheers and applause >> jimmy: yeah [ applause ] that's like when your friend shows up at the party with more beer it's like, "oh!" [ c

. >> o'donnell: and why new yorkers are being warned more blackouts could be coming this summer. is is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good evening. it's good to be with you. this is our western edition. and we begin with breaking news in washington, four democratic congresswomen of color have just spoken publicly as a group for the first time about the racist tweets aimed at them by the president of the united states. president trump continued his attacks at the white house today, again inviting these congresswomen to leave the country. and cbs news has learned that speaker nancy pelosi met with her leadership team tonight to discuss a house resolution denouncing the president's language. republican leadership in congress, they've been noticeably silent. white house correspondent weijia jiang begins tonight's war of words. >> it's time for us to impeach this president. >> reporter: late this afternoon, four freshman congresswomen of color known as "the squad" fired back at president trump after he tweeted over the weekend "they should go back and help f

there's addiction in every family, he told "the new yorker." i was in that darkness. i was in that tunnel. it's a never-ending tunnel. you don't get rid of it. you figure out how to deal with it. >> he told his dad that he was okay even when he wasn't, and it took his father, you know, taking a suburban and a very small secret service detail to his apartment to literally knock on his door and say, son, you know, i need you to get help. >> reporter: hunter says he relapsed after the death of his older brother beau back in 2015 and soon after he also struck up a brief romantic relationship with beau's widow tellg sharing a very specific grief. and there's also the matter of hunter biden's business dealings, allegations that he leveraged his father's name to win business in ukraine and china. biden denies those claims. >>> the u.s. women's soccer team takes on england this afternoon. but off the field there's already a battle over spying accusations. it comes after two members of team usa staff were spotted inside the hotel where england's team is staying reportedly ente

now mayor bill de blasio is saying it will be a long process, but new yorkers will learn the answerso those questions. >> we as in every situation are going to fully analyze every detail, working with con edison to figure out exactly what happened, exactly how we can make sure it does not happen again. we're also going to review all of the response to look for any lessons we can learn about how to do that even better in the future. >> reporter: de blasio went on to plays new yorkers for their strength, for their resilience, for keeping calm during these five hours of darkness. he's also answering critics who say that he should have immediately returned from iowa by saying there were logistical concerns in terms of getting back from iowa on a saturday night. there was also the need to stay constantly in touch, which he has assured the people of new york that he was doing. he said he was the steady hand on the wheel. as for con ed, they say there are redundancies in the system. they believe this will not happen again and they are trying to get that word out to new yorkers as we expect

. >> martha: earlier this week we told you about the new yorker's jane mayer who wrote a hit piece ont year during the whole confirmation process. she really in that piece used hearsay, something somebody remembered telling them as evidence in the judge kavanaugh piece, but now she wrote a lengthy piece in the new yorker about al franken, saying he had railroaded in the main woman accusing him was not credible. the ladies at "the view" were talking about this collision course between people's politics and #metoo. >> it would be very uncomfortable for democrats if al franken was sitting there busting brett kavanaugh. i do not think #metoo should be about what party you voted for. >> his personality, the way biden has been able to get out of those accusations. they disappeared the minute he resigned. >> joe biden putting his -- >> martha: here now for our own ladies' night, lisa boothe, this guitar love, good to have you here jessica tarlov, good to have you here. suddenly when jane mayer is defending al franken after thrashing brett kavanaugh on the thinnest threat of someone telling h

> joe biden's 2020 campaign is bringing up new scrutiny of his own family, a new profile in the new yorkernes his son hunter's controversial business dealings, and his tumultuous personal life, including his battle with drug and alcohol abuse. it poses a new question today, will hunter biden jeopardize his father's campaign. why he had such a candid interview. >> i think after his father announced he was running for president, there have been a reprising of some of these in some cases old controversies about his personal relationships. there have been slices of the story of his drug abuse in the media. and i think he wanted to be able to basically tell his story. rather than having other people tell it in ways that i think he thought were -- would be misleading. >> cnn senior washington correspondent, jeff zeleny, and cnn political correspondent, sara murray are with me. jeff, in choosing to speak now and in this huge piece in the "new yorker," what's the strategy for getting this out from the perspective from team biden? >> well, brooke, i think it's clearly as adam was saying there, it i

and when adversity shows up, new yorkers deal with it in an amazing way. as we saw and we've seen in other situations as well, people immediately looked out for each other, made sure that anyone who needed help was getting it. it was another moment to be proud of the city the way people handled it. and thank god the incident lasted five hours only, but during those five hours, new yorkers distinguished themselves. also crucial to say, and i'll probably say it several times -- our first responders did an absolutely exemplary job. pressed into service in large numbers very quickly, making sure that folks stuck in elevators were rescued, making sure that folks on those two subway trains were brought to safety, making sure that traffic was controlled. an amazing job by fdny, nypd, emergency management, d.o.t., so many agencies immediately deployed because they have been preparing for situations like this, and they knew what to do and they brought a huge amount of personnel in to do it. but i want to thank all of our first responders. there are a lot of people

he has led down black and brown new yorkers and all new yorkers who believe in justice when it comes to police doing wrong. he has done this. this is fully in his wheelhouse. anything else is bs. he needs toown this and do right by this family. juan: you as a public advocate in the unlikely case bill de blasio is successful in his run for president, you would step in as the mayor, right? successor.signated so you would deaf know then admittedly fire pantaleo if you ended up becoming mayor? r. kelly, really people who believe daniel pantaleo should not be fired is -- apparently, the only people who believe daniel pantaleo should not be fired. books i want to turn to richard donoghue speaking during a news conference on tuesday as he announced the federal government would not charge officerer dann know pennzoil in them that the eric garner. >> thororoughly consider this ce i made a decision himself and that is the decision of the department. officer pantaleo was not engaged in a chokehold on mr. garner when he said he could not breathe. another officer pantaleo nor any other officer ap

the new yorkers seemed in many cases less inspired than last time.s hotter, 90 degrees again today. as city officials urged people to stay at home. not everyone did. looting and vandalism have been disappointingly widespread. in short this blackout, unlike 1965, brought out the worst in people as well as the best. james walker explains what that meant last night. >> new york's clocks were frozen, marking the time when the city's ugliest night began. when thousands of new yorkers under cover of the blackout started looting. roving gangs set fires in brooklyn, the harlem section of manhattan, and the bronx. firefighters battled 80-degree temperatures as they raced through the city's five boroughs. police department operators received over 5,000 calls, pleas for ambulances to assist, and for emergency crews to free people stranded in elevators. help also came from volunteers, some who moved into the streets to keep traffic flowing. others entertained, like in this lobby, while residents waited to get to their highrise apartments. james walker, abc news,

they're justin >> jimmy: new yorkers don't care yeah, they're like - >> they've seen crazier thingsthey were like - >> jimmy: "yeah, we're good. yeah >> jimmy: i want to show everyone a clip from this past season of the show here's rachel brosnahan in "the marvelous mrs. maisel. take a look. >> so this is the first time i've ever been on television there's no way you could possibly know that because, you see, television demands an unerring instinct for knowing where the camera is at all times. [ laughter ] not something you can learn. pure instinct. so i am not a singer you would know that if i -- well, sang i am actually a comedian i talk to people for a living. not that i'm making a living really, this whole comedian thing was all just a ruse to get on this telethon today [ laughter ] nathan, i'll take that $7 [ laughter ] arthritis be damned. that's right this an extremely unlikely stickup. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: it'se aneveryone rachel and i are playing a a brand new game when we come back stick around [ cheers and applause ♪ see ya later. i'm out of here.

new yorkers are regaining their footing today. moments after celebrity singer jennifer lopez started her show at madison square garden. here's how j. lo reacted. >> we're going to reschedule this show. there's the alarm going off telling everybody in the announcements to evacuate. i am, obviously, heartbroken and devastated. here we go. >> citywide power outage. we're going to interrupt this event. >> i'm very sad. >> and it actually has rescheduled that show for monday. let's get right out to alexandra field. you just heard from officials. what are they saying? >> reporter: hey there, ana. con-ed regrets the disruption. five hours in the dark. the power outage affecting some 40 blocks in manhattan on the west side. but they are saying it will take months to figure out exactly what went wrong as they take a look at what malfunctioned. they are ensuring there are redundancy in the system to prevent something like this from happening again in the next few days with the temperature expected to tick upward. what we know is there was a

the start of the new yorker sure you know it's a treat so 1st the embryos were created and then we met robin. that was 6 months later or and we liked her right away we thought she was great and we knew we could picture going on this journey with her. again and she felt the same way on 6 so as of april 24th we knew if all goes well we'll be pregnant so. robin carried the children to term as a surrogate mother they'd been conceived in a laboratory with 2 eggs donated by a different woman and sperm from each of the fathers. in germany it's against the law to donate eggs or act as a surrogate but it is allowed in california funding of humans in. the process is hugely expensive especially if you want to do it in the u.s. and you could probably afford your own home with that kind of money maybe not downtown but you could definitely get an apartment in a smaller city it was in one off an apartment the common way. stefen and johnny were lucky and everything went well with joy never. that johnny was in the operating theatre i was outside looking through across the plains and since it was a twin

dollars, many outspoken voices at the rally that's being held this weekend happens to come from new yorkeror and trump lawyer rudy giuliani, let's listen to what mr. giuliani told the group. >> when a french company or german company does business with them, that money, that is going to be used to kill people in syria or kill people someone else or send people to albania to kill us or to send people to france like they did last year to kill and us, that's what they are funding, don't you realize it? are you so blind that you don't realize you are funding murderers? >> is this european blood money that they are willing to cut off or don't want to because it just pays too much? >> well, i think excellent points made by rudy giuliani, common sense on iran issue, i have to say that iran nuclear deal disagreement that was put together by the european union also by the obama administration together with the chinese and the russians and the iranians, this is a tremendous deal for iran's dictatorship, this is a deal that enables iran to enrich itself using western funds, a lot of the money is funn

. >> he's a new yorker and you're a new yorker. what is your response to the president?a new yorker. >> he still has a place -- >> and i'm not sure he's welcome back when this is over. so the bottom line, wolf, he's wrong on prettych every score. new york city economy is adding jobs since amazon made the decision and that is the crucial point. amazon made the decision. >> do you blame her in part for amazon -- because she was one of those urging amazon to get out of new york city. she thought it would hurt the working class? >> she was wrong in my opinion. and i said that at the time. because it was a plan that would have brought us tens of thousands of jobs and a huge amount of tax revenue that we could have done things with. >> it is a major setback for new york city. on that you agree with the president. >> but i disagree with the way he thinks it went down. amazon walked away. we had a deal and they walked away from the deal. >> you understand why they walked away given the political pressure? >> i don't buy it. >> because there were so many other communities across

telling "the new yorker" "it's heartbreaking for me, it's killing me and it's killing him.ere, at what cost?" hunter said he skipped the rally because he'd become the subject of negative stories. now in wrenching detail he opens up about his spiral into addiction, including at least five trips to rehab. there's addiction in every family, he says. i was in that darkness, i was in that tunnel, it's a never-ending tunnel, you don't get rid of it, you figure out how to deal with it. he shares multiple harrowing experiences, from trying to smoke crack by stuffing it into a cigarette, to getting discharged from the naval reserves after testing positive for cocaine. to having a gun pointed at his head while trying to buy drugs in a homeless encampment. and he says he relapsed after the 2015 death of his older brother beau. soon after he also struck up a brief romantic relationship with beau's widow. then in may hunter biden proposed to another woman after knowing her for just one week. >> is hunter getting married? >> yes. >> reporter: and then there's the matter of hunter biden's

new yorker did not want him to run for top job.he chronically tardy mayor, 8% hold a favorable view, 45% think he is a royal ass hat, they are soo underwater you need a submarine to see the margin of error, bill de blasio is least likeable of all ding bats running to unseat trump, he is showing the country whanew york are spot on about wn they scream from the skyscrapers, de blasio must go, they refer to hell, not to washington. that is the memo. kennedy: mayor de blasio policies are also terrible, he wants government to take over health care industry. he hates charter schools. and he wants a top marginal tax rate of 70%, he proposed banning glass and steel skyscrapers, in the land of glass and steel sky scrapers, the party panel is back. kat, there are so many reason that bill de blasio is a bad mayor, he accidentally got the job because a anthony wiener imploded in his own hot dog. >> he sure did. you might not be giving him enough credit, i heard he secured two votes. kennedy: what! >> him and his wife. kennedy: she actually lik

first, but the yankees stuck with them and when gary sanchez struck in a two run rbi it put the new yorkersseal a series win in the english capital. and the nba free agency period is underway where it's understood kevin durant has agreed a four year deal tojoin the brooklyn nets. durant has been at the golden state warriors since 2016 where he won two championships and then tore his achilles tendon as the warriors were beaten to the title by toronto this yearyou can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. uk forecasts coming up in a moment but first of all, we'll start off with a look at what has been an incredible week in europe. a week that's seen newjune temperature records set in all of these countries, most impressively in france where the new record of 46 beat the old record by five degrees celsius. that extreme heatwave is now beginning to come to an end because we have cooler and fresher air day

the back of their minds, what is donald trump hiding we have a responsibility as lawmakers, as new yorkers to help congress answer that question and we have the responsibility to understand how the new tax laws passed by this president is benefiting himself and his family personally. >> we are talking tax returns that predate his time in elected officer running for office. this thing has been passed but doesn't think democrats in washington are in a hurry to use it and get these returns. why wouldn't they. i would imagine is plenty of information that would give them some of what they are looking for. >> absolutely. there some transfer between one and the other but maybe democrats in the house are smarter than i'm giving them credit for because they realize it's going to be turned around for them but given the new standards of using the words of politicians against the military and approximate emotionality of statutes, what he said proves my point. he's out in a witch hunt for the president and this is specifically targeted at him, curiosity about what he did way back when and that is a fa

. >> stephen: i understand you're a born and bred new yorker. >> yes. >> stephen: what borough are youeens, okay. ( cheers and applause ) do you spend much time in the city still? >> when i have to, yeah. >> stephen: so it's a love affair, when you have to. >> it's a love affair. >> stephen: were you here this past weekend when the blackout happened? >> i was, yes. >> stephen: did you get caught in it? >> so what happened, screening of "the farewell," it was supposed to happen five minutes after it ended, so the entire theater shut down. >> stephen: you were in a screening for this and ifghts about to end and the screen went black? >> i was in brooklyn, they told us to get in the car, the city went dark, don't come. another screening was happening in the city and their movie screen still worked, so we drove into the blackout to do the q&a. >> stephen: did they move to another audience where the screen was working. >> no. >> stephen: they didn't see the end? >> no. >> stephen: ( laughter ) >> stephen: how important are the last five minutes of the movie? >> excruciatingly important, yes

. >> police officers and regular new yorkers pitched in to keep traffic moving.nd this stunning photo from across the river half of the the iconic skyline blacked out. >> it's like a zombie apocalypse. >> reporter: the city say it is wasn't terrorism or a hack. by sunday it was the blame game. >> you just can't have a power outage of this magnitude in this city. it is too dangerous. >> it shouldn't happen at all. >> new york city mayor played damage control after he returned from campaigning in iowa. >> you have to be in charge where you are. it's as simple as that. >> there's redundancy in terms of our capacity. >> the president of the power company cohn edison. >> you have redundancy and yet a huge swath of this city was plunged into darkness for five hours. >> that's fair. >> reporter: saturday's blackout happened on the 42nd an verse rir of the 189 197 power outage that sent the city into darkness and chaos. this time order was maintained and there were no injuries. the broigt lights of broadway may have flick ered out, but th show went on. outside carnegie h

it was led by bayonet welding new yorkers. it was savage hand-to-hand combat. the assault failed.it was an all-american fight. we don't have time for that, i am sorry. anyway, greene and his army defeated once more. they marched away after the failed attack once again, greene attacked them he was the strategic winter. 96 was almost out of positions. he thought it impossible to furnish it with the necessary supplies. i therefore resolved to withdraw the garrison. gave the tories a choice. they would defend at the district, he would leave a small party to assist them. the attachments now and then if they drove forces into the district. harrison chose to leave and take up residence on abandon plantations. on 2010, he marched off with part of his force. they marched down country. 50 soldiers and those heavy woolen uniforms. they collapsed and died. he left the tories to make up their minds. their morale had bottomed out. despite the temporary deliverance over many months, rebel partisan militia had proven superior. they chose to leave not long after. they were escorted by battalions.

. >> and for folks whoon know, she is no longer living and a film critic published in the new yorker. >> and she had roots in the bay area. she was from a jewish family. it's the local spotlight film and a local story we will. we'll follow the film with a panel of film critics. we hope everybody will join us. we would love to show the clip. >> wonderful. here we go. >>> the one review she wrote that ended up meaning something to me in a big way was for a band of outsiders. she said it was as if a bunch of movie mad young french boys had taken up a now american crime novel and translated the poetry they had read between the line. it was like that is my aesthetic. right there. that's what i hope i can do. . >>> good morning and welcome back to mosaic. we're middle of a wonderful conversation about the jewish film festival. it's the 39th year from july 18th to august 4th throw the bay area. and this is the executive director of the institute and jay, the program director. welcome back. so let's continue to have conversations about what the themes are and look at some of the clips along t

stories of new yorkers getting out and managing traffic at intersections. >>> ironically it was 42 yearso the day when new york experienced another massive power outage. those at the j.lo concert, there is good news. she is reselling the concert from monday. reporting from new york, megan tevrizian, abc 7 news. >>> i was scanning social media and a lot of my friends were posting on instagram as all of this was happening. megan, i know you're relatively new to new york. i have to ask, what was it like for you being there in the middle of the outage? >> good question. you know, this is the first time i've been in new york where there was such a massive power outage. we were standing on this block. it was pretty chaotic. you couldn't see too far ahead of you. the shops, the restaurants were closed early on a friday night or saturday night, which is unusual. walking across the street the stoplights were down so it was pretty dangerous. again, just a few feet ahead of you, it was so dark. you couldn't see the person standing right in front of you. chris. >>> time now is 6:14. in the east bay,