before we get to the new yorker and have internal dynamics of the new yorker shake this book in many ways, what do you mean by the cover-up? what was the state of play when john hersey went off to japan to do the reporting that produced is legendary peace, , hiroshima, which filled an entire issue of the new yorker? the first time that it ever happened a year after the bombing. >> on signal, the audits should know that you are a sounding board for me since the very beginning. when i first started researching this project i didn't realize the extent to which the cover-up was even play a role in this narrative at all. i just what he wanted to know the back story. i approached the story as a journalist coming and other journalist. the story has been about his outside success but don't bear looked at how in hell to get the story in first place. i started my career in nightly news from as a production correlator. they make you that sigar learn how the story comes out in time to logistics and other controls the ground controls the story. when i started looking how much general macarthur an

ordinary new yorker. there are only extraordinary new yorkers, and that is what i will celebrate this holiday season, the beauty, the love, the strength, the sharing that new yorkers brunch with us. if you went from the highest infection rate in the nation to one of the lowest. the love of new yorkers did that. the heroism of new yorkers did that, and that my friends is a beautiful thing, because it saves lives, countless lives. and that is something to celebrate. we find the light as we follow it. happy holidays. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] you are -- announcer: you are watching c-span. she spent was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. we are brought to you by these television companies to provide c-span2 viewers as a public c-span two viewers as a public service. ♪

new yorkers did that. love of new yorkers did that. the heroism of new yorkers did that.eautiful thing. because it saved lives. it saved countless lives. that is something to celebrate. we find the light and we follow it. happy holidays. ♪ coming up very shortly, we will take you live to the defense department for an update on vaccine distribution operation warp speed. the briefing coming up very shortly. president trump vetoing the annual defense authorization bill. we will have details on that and a briefing when it gets underway here on c-span. ♪

new yorkers did that. the love of new yorkers did that. the heroism of new yorkers did that, and that my friends is a beautiful thing, because it saved lives, countless lives. and that is something to celebrate. we find the light as we follow it. happy holidays. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] >> with covid-19 relief approved by congress and vaccines being administered, use our website to follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak. watch our searchable video any time on demand and track the spread with interactive maps all as c-span.org/coronavirus. holdingdent trump is off on signing a recently passed covid-19 relief bill until congress amends the legislation to include $2000 in direct payments, which is more than double the amount currently authorized. the house and senate are holding pro forma sessions today. house speaker nancy pelosi says the house will seek unan

in the month of january, we will vaccinate one million new yorkers. one million people we will reach in january. this city can do it. the amazing health care professionals of this city already. we are going to set up new sites all over the city, on top of the many that are already operational. we will expand from her and clinics to locations set up all over the city. our goal is to get upwards of 250 locations citywide. this will be a massive effort. this will be part of the largest single vaccination effort in the history of new york city. it's going to take a lot of work. it will take urgency and focus. and we will need help from the federal government, we will need help from the state government and from the vaccine manufacturers. but we are making clear to the world, we can achieve one million vaccinations in january. we will make it happen. we have the ability to make it happen on the ground and we are anxious to get it done. president-elect joe biden said it right, this whole country is behind the pace where we need to be. we need to go faster to

your cartons began appearing in the new yorker in 1978 where she has since published more than 1000. she wrote and illustrated a number one new york times bestseller can we talk about something more pleasant, a national book critics circle award and carcassprize winner and finalist for the national book award. what i hate from a to z and her cartoon collection party . hayes is the author of insomniac city in a forthcoming history of exercise published by bloomsbury. recipient of a guggenheim fellowship in nonfiction is a frequent contributor to the new york times . a collection of his photography, new york resort was published by. she has created the screenplay for an screen adaptation of insomniac city is a coeditor in new york. i'll hand it over, thank you. >> hi billy. >> hello roz, everyone. welcome. >> hi everybody. great to see you, billy. very excited about this and we're here to talk about your upcoming book. certainly do and i guess i want to start by asking you when you first realize that this wasn't just another news story about some virus but it wasactually something that

does that mean new yorkers will have to wait to get the vaccine? i will certainly ask former new york governor george pataki about that. he's next. ♪. before voltaren arthritis pain gel, my husband would have been on the sidelines.

senator feinstein's office has not commented on the new yorker report. >>all right, switch gears here for a moment and talk about a 4 zone forecast. it's a good one yeah, it's active chief meteorologist lawrence karnow fortunately tracking some real rain. it looks like we could see a couple raindrops as early as tomorrow as we've got a cold front that's headed toward the bay area just what we need to see some showers likely to make returns i can be a little windy in spots as we head throughout the night tonight are seeing some of those gusts over 30 miles an hour in parts of the north bay quiet out toward the golden gate bridge for the most part right now a little breezy there weak cold front coming to town you see right here is that slides in toward the bay area falling apart. and the leave behind some window for tonight so being a little blustery times to about midnight then after that things are going start to calm down not much in the way of rain to talk about around the bay area but hopefully by tomorrow evening at this time we'll be looking at some

it would force new yorkers to get the coronavirus vaccine if not enough residents voluntarily get the shot once it's available. rosenthal said the shot would be mandated if herd immunity isn't developed but does allow for medical exemptions. the bill does not define exactly what constitutes sufficient immunity. 70% maybe? it is also unclear how the mandate would be enforced. according to a recent survey, you talked about surveys, this one conducted by a new york city firefighters union, it showed about 55% of those firefighters polled would not take the vaccine. but as you say that could change. stuart: yeah, it could. still with you, ashley, it is real difficult to get a firm number on how many businesses have actually closed because of the pandemic but i believe, facebook has come up with a

we will have the new york state panel review the actions and recommendations of the fda to give new yorkers more confidence in the vaccination process. met with the new york state panel yesterday -- last night and the clinical advisory task force. they approved the fda incision to go forward with the vaccine -- the fda decision to go forward with the vaccine. we notified the fda of that. there was no delay in the timing and new yorkers will have more confidence. we are talking about a winter plan now. when you are talking about a winter plan, you have to take the whole context into consideration. where we have been, where we are going. it has been quite the journey and the journey isn't over. it is not going to be over until the summer and we hit critical mass with the vaccination. we have to calibrate our way through -- you change strategies as the virus changes, the season changes, the growth pattern changes. the current numbers in new york positivitystatewide without what we call %.icro-clusters" 4.5 tests, 87 new yorkers passed away. they are in our thoughts and prayers. hospitalization

] >> seth: "the new yorker" would love to hear that.ing wrong with you >> and then there were things that i just always looked forward to reading out loud on stage. >> seth: right >> you know, when i was working on them i thought, "oh, good, i get to read this again." so that was -- because i originally, it was just going to be an audio book and then my publisher said, "why don't we make it a book book?" and i didn't -- because of everything going on -- i had nothing to do so i thought, "okay. >> seth: well, we are all very glad you did it. and it is always so great to see you. thank you so much for making time for us, david >> thanks, seth. thanks a million >> seth: "the best of me" is available now. we'll be right back with more "late night. ♪ t-mobile is upgrading its network at a record pace. we were the first to bring 5g nationwide. and now that sprint is a part of t-mobile we're turning up the speed. upgrading over a thousand towers a month with ultra capacity 5g. to bring speeds as fast as wifi to cities and towns across america.

a staff writer for "the new yorker" and author of the book "surviving autocracy."ch me tomorrow night and sunday morning 10:00 a.m. can and this weekend i'm going to be bringing you stories of front line workers struggling. i'm going to hear about a black owned winery here in houston, texas, is bringing small businesses together and how a peruvian bakery is catering virtual celebrations during covid. that's it for me tonight but brian williams is going to be up with "the 11th hour" right after this. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,422 of the trump administration. it's been 34 days since the election was called for joe biden. 40 days remain until the inauguration of joe bidesen. there are two headlines, big ones this evening. and let's state them plainly. und nu

new yorkers are saying good riddance to 2020 with a public shredder. 0ur reporter freya cole explains0. i want to say goodbye to work and to covid—19. and gun violence on the streets. i think those are great things! throw them in the shredder! let's get rid of them! goodbye! times square new year's eve host jonathan bennett loves a gimmick. three, two, one! and he's promised next year will be better. i mean everyone jokes with me that jonathan bennett, "you ruined 2020 cos you were the one standing there, bringing in the new year, and you're the one that kicked off with the ball drop." but you know what, it's not my fault and, guess what, this year we're going to have a better year by bringing in 2021. and what better way to say goodbye to the year by shredding the worst parts on good riddance day, an unofficial december 28th holiday which is needed this year more than others. we're saying good riddance to the fact that we had to cancel our honeymoon in 2020. um, being broke. covid, bad vibes and stress. and i think there's one we can all agree with. i just want to get rid of covid—19

we did 212,000 tests, 87 new yorkers passed away. they are in our thoughts and prayers. hospitalization, 5300. icu, 1007. intubations, 546. finger lakes has the highest rate of hospitalization by population. western new and york, which we happen focusing on for quite some time. we have actually seen a flattening in western new york. not a reduction, but a flattening in the increase. that is good news. but you see the varied picture across the state of new york. we have said from day one that that for us, this is a constant calibration. we want as much economic activity as possible, and respect public health and the cost of the virus. right? so that is always the calibration. yes, economic activity. yes, as much as we can, social activity, balanced with public health. some states have had dramatic openings and closings. full open, full close. full open, full close. i think that is highly disruptive and not the best way to go through this. our approach has been different, where we have always been following the data and the metrics. and we have more data than any other stat

what matters is is getting it into people's arms. 140,000 new yorkers have already received one vaccine. that would put new york at the top of the national chart on number of vaccines that have actually been given to people. we expect another 259,000 vaccines this week. 139 from pfizer. 119 from moderna. where are the vac seeps going? this is where the vaccines will have gone to date by the end of this week. we are shipping as we speak. and by the end of this week this is how many vaccines will be given out all across the state. they will not have been necessarily administered, but they will have been delivered. why does one place get more than the other? this is, again, math. this is proportionate to the number of people eligible for he vaccine in that region. it's probably roughly proportionate to the population, but that's how we do the allocation. it's not that we like capital region more than central new yorkers. it's all on the math. who is getting the vac convenient -- vaccine? we have priority populations. as we have more vaccines the priority populations expand. we are going do

a staff writer for "the new yorker" and author of the book "surviving autocracy."d." of course you can catch me tomorrow night and sunday morning 10:00 a.m. i'm in houston, texas this evening, and bringing you small businesses together and how a peruvian bakery is catering virtual celebrations during covid. that's it for me tonight but brian williams is going to be up with "the 11th hour" right after this. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,422 of the trump administration. it's been 34 days since the election was called for joe biden. 40 days remain until the inauguration of joe biden. there are two headlines, big ones this evening. and let's state them plainly. number two, medical science has held. -- has won. now some background as we come on the air tonight two history making stories are unfolding. first the president who lost the election a month ago lost again tonight in decisive fashion in the supreme court. also tonight on the humanity front the fda officially signed off on emergency use of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. here is a portion of the white h

i went out to have new yorkers really are.e together that i did not think was possible, and i am so -- oh, does he have something wrong with him? does he need to see an endocrinologist? because now i am kind of worried. >> katie: i think kennedy should run for mayor of new york city. carley, quickly, last words. >> carley: i would describe this as a bit of a pageant question. you talk about the grit of new yorkers. you talk about how it is better when people come together. and he talked about sleep. do you think that people who lost loved ones got a lot of sleep this year? or those who lost their businesses because of his policies? or those whose businesses were destroyed during the riots? this is a totally tone-deaf response. only more tone-deaf is governor cuomo with his an emmy award and new book written for the pandemic. >> katie: disgraceful. houses of worship will be able to welcome more worshipers just in time to celebrate the birth of jesus. ♪ ♪ ♪ did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insu

. >> describe the world tourists and new yorkers will come back once a full shutdown is over? hing, ghost town, 0, people leaving, businesses shuttered. you have the big apple, the greatest city in the world, new york, you are leaving here. nobody wants to stay in new york state anymore. everyone is saying this doesn't represent me, why are they shutting us down? it is politics as usual for democrats, do as i say, not as i do. >> new york goes out of business governor cuomo giving himself a virtual birthday party and fundraiser, star-studded affair at least it will be. we have on screen the sponsor if you want to get in on it, what message does this send to people under lockdown? >> it reminds me of hunger games where completely out of touch with what is happening with the people, $1,000 a person, headlines on derek zoo lander, people can barely afford to keep their business afloat while you have kids not going to school, crime surgeon, our most vulnerable sent to die earlier in nursing homes and this guy throwing himself a birthday fundraiser to celebrate the job he did. imagi

look, when you look at new york city, and i say this as a proud new yorker, someone raising my family is a fourth-generation new yorker, covid has completely decimated new york from a public healthy perspective as well as economic perspective, and we need someone to lead us out of this crisis, someone willing to rip up the playbook and who is willing to risk it all, who does in the care about the next election. let's also not forget about what new york city, what the promise of new york is. it's a place where underdogs make it, and that promise, that no matter where you come from, what you loike, you can live yor dream in new york city. previous to covid that was slipping through new york's fingers a fingers and for many it was long gone. fwhaes we have to rescue. we will do that with bold policies, with policies that set the example not just for america, but for the world. things like a universal basic income for working new yorkers, things like k through 14 for all. and, most importantly, infrastructure projects that will end our community nightmare. it's been killing outer borough

you can find it on "the new yorker" website right now.bout the behind scene arguments of the so-called travel ban. president trump restricted travel from china in early february. in your piece you called it a bold gesture but incomplete. explain why. >> it was bold in that trump is correct there was a lot of resistance inside his administration from the beginning. public health authorities were naturally resistant to travel bans. their thinking was doctors need to come and go, we need to continue trade, we -- it's probably too late by the time you discover it. and it's just a fruitless gesture. and the money people, the omb and the treasury department, didn't want to do anything drastic that would cripple the economy. so there were very few advocates for this except pat potinger, the national security advisor who was very, well, jake, i have to say he was a reporter and he called upon some skills that people outside our profession maybe don't appreciate. he was in china as a wall street journal reporter during the sars outbreak, and he wu

. >>> dianne feinstein is defending her service in the senate after a new yorker article raised questions about her ability to do her job. however, in an interview with the cnn reporter, she did not commit to serving out her full- term which expires in 2025. >> are you going to commit to serve your full six years in the senate? >> know. if it changes, i will let you know. >> what's your reaction to that article? do you feel fully able to carry out the duties of the job? >> i do. i work hard, i have good staff. i think i am productive. and i represent the people of california as best as i possibly can. >> the new yorker piece cited anonymous democrats who claimed her mental sharpness has deteriorated dramatically. when the cnn reporter asked feinstein if she found the article fair, she said no and that nobody spoke to her. however the article said her office declined to comment. >>> still ahead we talked to the bay area teen artist you made the cover of time magazine, literally. how he is getting attention from big names like lebron james and kamala harris. >>> i am in don ford come away m

. >> joe's a new yorker. he's from queens and i'm actually from new york, so i wanted to make sure that all of the new yorkers out there really recognized the world of joe gardner. >> but all does not remain calm for long. joe finds himself on the way to the great beyond, the afterlife, but he escapes to the great before. >> this is where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to earth. >> meet 22. >> that soul is given life by tina fey. >> hey, look, i already know everything about earth and i don't want anything to do with it. >> i felt so excited about it because they make the performance better. they take what you did and they just amplify it and you are certainly much cuter, and it's a real gift. >> "soul" is all about finding your own spark, a passion to power you through life. tina found her spark as a teenager. >> i had a teacher in eighth grade with one of my writer. soul is owned by the same parent company as this station. i'm sandy canyon, abc 7 news. >> it should be

[newsreader] when new yorkers pick up their tabloids, the daily news and the post each morning, they expect the headlines to pack a wallop. and they do. for died-in-the-wool new yorkers, there's nothing quite like a good juicy scandal and in the mid 80s, the press served up one after another. [jonathan mahler] crime, money, power, what was happening in this country created the sort of perfect for tabloid journalism and for this kind of moment. [fox] every day it was just a back and forth between the daily news and the new york post and it helped the new york tabloids have constant fodder, which they desperately needed every day. [michael musto] the 80s is when the tabloids really started battling it out. and the people that emerged certainly had a knack for working the media. [byfield] there was a lot of attention in the media to business and the captains of industry. they became celebrities. [glenn plaskin] this was better than dynasty. [blake carrington] damn you alexis, i'm gonna kill you. don't! [glenn plaskin] this was real life dynasty. [charles bagli] at this point, developers

shannon: final word. >> not sure i equate taxes with that but i'm one of those new yorkers who has a high tax bill and i'm happy with a lot of my dollars going towards fixing a failing education system but bill diblasio is off-base as he has been in the handling of the pandemic and governor cuomo knows we have a $13 billion deficit and you need to keep wealthy new yorkers here to keep the city and state humming along. even outside of the 5 boroughs, not with mayor diblasio on this one at least in the articulation of the problem. >> you sticking to it so we will see how it plays out policies otherwise. great to see you both. shannon: how families across the country are just -- adjusting to a different kind of christmas this year. how about you? we will report on that next. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold

and how new yorkers are banishing the bad memories of 2020 with the aid of a paper shredder.lo, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. there've been a record number of cases of coronavirus in the uk over the past 2a hours. the figure, more than 41,000, may include cases not recorded over the christmas period, but it underlines the worsening situation as a new, more infectious variant of the virus appears to be gaining ground. more than 350 new deaths have also been recorded, taking the overall total in the uk above 71,000. here's our health editor hugh pym. there was a stark message today from homerton university hospital in east london. nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched caring for very sick patients. no one should underestimate the impact the infection can have. 0ne hospital in south—east london has declared an internal incident because of the high number of covid patients. the queen elizabeth hospital in greenwich said it was working with health partners and patients were getting the care they needed. elsewhere in the capital, patient number

new yorkers living up to new yorkers. they are built just a bit differently than the rest of us. check out how this five is braving the elements with a nighttime stroll on his bicycle. new york and boston are reporting up to a foot of snow this morning. that's tough shoveling. half a foot in philly. more than two feet of snow from pennsylvania's poconos into new jersey. the snowplows could barely keep up. hundreds of folks dealing without power. here's live doppler 7. it's just mainly all snow now that the cold air has been entrained into new england. i wonder if they can go to their ski resorts. if they can, wow, they'll be busy with that new snow. congratulations to them. back here we have the rain. nearly a half inch at sfo. caution if you're working from home and you want to go outside. it will be damp even though the rain will end after the morning commute. on the bay and beaches, no more advisories or king tides. they should be better. our strongest radar returns right now in the eastern part of san jose, santa clara, milpitas, alum rock and evergreen. that's sliding to the

|j and many new yorkers are ready to say good riddance to 2020.ovid—19. say good riddance to 2020. i want to say goodbye to covid-19. and violence on the streets. goodbye! times square new year's eve host jonathan bennett loves a gimmick. three, two, one! and his promised next year will be better. everyone chokes with me thatjonathan bennett, you ruined 2020 because you we re bennett, you ruined 2020 because you were standing there, bringing in the new year, and you were the one that kicked off with the ball drop. you know what, it's not my fault and this year we are going to have a better year by bringing 2021. what better year by bringing 2021. what better way to say goodbye to the year than by shredding the worst parts on good riddance day, an unofficial december 28 holiday which is needed this year more than others. we are saying good riddance to the fact we had to cancel our honeymoon. being broke. covid, bad vibes and stress. and one we can all agree with. i want to get rid of covid—19. hopefully we'll get vaccinated and we don't miss the sm

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so obviously major contention between elected officials in new york and new yorkers in new york city.g to you. christmas will look very different in the city this year especially if you are coming in from the u.k. you can expect to get a personal visit from a sheriff's deputy. this as new york city mayor bill deblasio kicks up those covid rules a notch on wednesday. thousands of u.k. travelers continue to pour into the city. anyone traveling to the state must continue to fill out a contact tracing form which includes exactly where they are staying. only now they will also be served a quarantine order by certified mail and travelers from the u.k. specifically will get an unannounced knock on the door by a sheriff's deputy at their home or hotel to confirm that they are in fact in quarantine. and anyone who fails to comply, julie, faces a $1,000 fine every day of non-compliance. the u.k. strain is believed to be 56% more contagious according to the latest study out of london. there are no confirmed cases here in the u.s. but dr. anthony fauci believes it is already here and the mayor do

soon the most at-risk front line workers will be among the first new yorkers vaccinated. s listen in and see what they're going to do. >> good to see you, michael dowling, president and ceo of northwell health, which is the largest health system in the state of new york. it's very good to be with you. dr. chester, pleasure. >> good morning. >> and to you, the person who is going to take the first vaccine in the state of new york, maybe the first vaccine shot in the united states, sandra lindsay, an icu nurse. it's a pleasure to be with you. you are in long island jewish medical center, which is in a borough of queens. good things come from queens. [ laughter ] let me start by saying thank you. thank you, doctor, thank you, nurse, thank you, mr. dowling. thank you for everything you've done for all new yorkers through this pandemic. i know how horrific it was. it was a modern day battlefield, and that's why the word heroes is so appropriate for what you did. you put your fear aside and you stepped up every day to serve others, and did you it magnificently well. i can't than

on her own which was distribute by the new yorker. jessica has a ph.d in literature from the university of texas and served as a melan writing fell explore interim writing center director at southwestern university. she has spend more than a dead cake working with refugees in austin, texas, and a part of -- rosayra pablo cruz is a business owner, mother of father and the co-author of the book of rosy, the first memoir to be published by a mother separated from her children under the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. the book was published simultaneously in june 2020 by harper one in english and harper collinses pan ol' in spanish and received a star review and named one of "people" magazine's must-read bask summer 2020. and i'm in the other co-author of the book in full disclosure. born and raised in guatemala she migrated to the out in 2013 and currently lives in new york city. welcome. i would like to start by acknowledging the donkey in the room, not the elephant. the fact that we are looking forward to a new administra

we have been very transparent and communicative with new yorkers. we have websites. i give them numbers every day. i wanted them to hear the facts. if anything, i've been accused of being overly communicative. especially at home. but the more facts people know, i think, the better. and we have been religious about following the data and the science. we do more testing than any state in the united states, by far. we have more data points, by far, and we rely on the data. it's not anecdotal, it's not political, it's not an opinion. we also started something called the surge and flex public health system management. it is something we're going to be implemented in an increased way today. surge and flex is not the most creative name, but what it says is, we surge and we flex the hospital system in this state. we start with 54,000 hospital beds statewide. we can then mandate, by the department of health, dr. howard zucker to my left, jim to his left, garreth roads, melissa. dr. zucker, melissa, you've worked with them. dr. zucker can order a 50% increase in beds, which we

a lot of new yorkers have fled for various reasons. how they will react to that. >> you can't redistribute wealth and the free system because wealth is not distributed, it's earned. in a free country where people are not forced to stay in new york or a particular state, you can't take money that people have earned and say you will take it from one person and give it to someone else who hasn't earned it without there being repercussions. it's good that mayor de blasio is being honest and he supports the scheme of redistributing wealth by force but it's a terrifying thing that someone could articulate that in a free country without repercussions. so i hope that people in new york who have already expressed frustration with how he is managing his city do what is necessary to make sure that people don't have their wealth taken from them. >> shannon: quick final word, jessica? >> i'm not sure that i would equate taxes with theft and necessarily but i am one of those new yorkers who does have a very high tax bill and i'm happy with my dollar

. >>> let's go to this story where santa, like many new yorkers, likes to spend summer in the floridathe north pole to new york city, it's live with kelly and ryan. @home for the holidays. today, the queen of christmas, the magical mariah carey. and a classic holiday performance from alanis morissette. plus our heartwarming story of a young man whose earned the nickname, kid santa. and throughout the show, funny holiday home videos courtesy of our incredible viewers. also, the live family staff and crew a special holiday message. so grab your cocoa and get comfy, because here are two of santa's favorite elves, kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. -santa: oh, no! -[crashing] woo! ah! oh! oh my goodness! oh! that was magical.

physicians and surgeons say is doing so with a month to violation of human rights here is what new yorkers think about the proposal. well what happened with that england yesterday that's going to be huge i think depending on how that goes we're going to be more inspired and feel safer to take a thing that's been part of the 2 we're already questioning. you know if people have their decree actions to accedes sure even try and get it so you know there's no question starting answer i think it's a good idea for people who actually. i'm sure there's many pitfalls and it always support her civil liberties civil liberties hard hard our bill of rights fully fully support those rights but i also have to consider that there are public health risks for a flu vaccine is important but it's not mandatory as the common thing can be the same way mandating it seems like it might actually like cause more problems than a texas just because it might get people. to what their backs against the wall but i think everyone should take it i mean it is concerning but i'm the only way forward is trial and error so ob

a new study suggests 65% of new yorkers would like election talk to go away and 2 in 5 parents are wishingo remote learning. >> good-bye paper file folders. that's a fun one. >> reporter: meanwhile, preparations are under way as this year's times square celebration will go on, but not as usual. this year's guests are by invite only. everyone else can watch on tv or stream online. >> there's going to be live entertainment, the ball's going to drop. but there's not going to be people. just like here for good riddance day, it's a much smaller crowd. there's basically going to be no people that are permitted into times square. >> reporter: while everyone likely has something on their list they'd like to say good riddance to, in just three days from now the performances will begin and for the very first time 2020 will finally be hindsight. in times square, i'm >> thank you, diana. appreciate it. what would you get rid of? >> it's january 1st, right? is rent okay? can i put rent on this list? >> i have bills on the list. i got a whole list. i got between tweets, overall like nastiness online. th

plus, we will meet some new yorkers that are big fans of "live." all next on "live!"cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: the weeknd "blinding lights." he is having quite the year. it is wednesday, december 2nd. how are you doing? >> kelly: you look like you are struggling with the thought

i want to bring in a new yorker who has the ear for what is going on in this country and understands han anyone else. joe borelli, councilmember from staten island. joe, it has been a long time since we've seen each other. i can imagine your thoughts but share with me and the audience if you will? >> charles, thank you for having me. it is so frustrating to see a man so detached from reality as though new york leading in terms of hospitalizations, deaths, in terms of revenue lost. i mean our state budget is bankrupted. we have businesses that are going under. we have businesses getting evicted. we have tenants getting evicted from their apartments because they are unemployed. only in this man's mind can he be considering himself for santa's good list t says more about the moral fiber of this man about anything else or any decisions he makes as far as policy think about it, charles. this is a guy who goes on television almost every day and tells us that new york is falling apart from coronavirus. and in the same breath he plugs his own book telling us how he solved coronavirus this is

i support -- meals to elderly new yorkers.ives,f the but many of my colleague chefs have been on the forefront of supporting their cities. the first charity, one -- is the chefs, the second is the entertainer. here we are, frontline again to make sure we support our community. do youhen you are alone, cook elaborate meals for yourself? >> i like the one pot meals. lisa: join the club. >> you start by what takes the longest and gives the most flavor to what will take the least, and maybe give particular texture to it. of course, always a pinch of spice. i have a young chef i used to work with me, he is doing an amazing array of spices already mixed so you already have a pinch of that to make the dish wonderful. lisa: thank you very much, daniel boulud, we appreciate you joining us. thisof luck as we face winter and beyond with the rebirth of a number of restaurants. as we all contemplate that one pot meal with a pinch of spice, the nasdaq has turned positive on the day. s&p off of the earlier low, now down just one quarter of 1

of the trump tax plan initiated back in the beginning of the trump presidency but for a lot of new yorkers of californians, a lot of those in massachusetts, other high-taxed states it is costing them a bundle. enter congressman thomas aossi, a new york congressman at that. sits on the ways and means committee. he has an idea to embarass those who oppose a salt cap repeal. congressman, good to have you, how are you going to do that? >> neil, thanks for having me on i appreciate it. the cap on the s.a.l.t. deduction is crushing new yorkers, crushing other states. it has been in place since the beginning of the tax code. they got rid of it in 2017. people are leaving our cities, leaving our states. coronavirus made it worse. we had a report the other day goldman sachs is thinking about taking a piece of its business bringing it down to florida. i want to say stop making financial contributions. new yorkers should stop making financial contributions to those politicians in washington that refuse to reinstate the s.a.l.t. deduction. i will start publishing the names, the names of both politicia

to everything except medicine and food delivery that would raise $1 billion and incentives that new yorkers negotiate with the nta union but that is the story. carley: you might need some tequila. >> reporter: the rock is rocking the booze world, a record-setting first year of sales according to forbes, selling 300,900 cases and ship 400,000 cases in its first year in business. he actually beat out george clooney on the sales. carley: george clooney's tequila company, giant checks after he made millions of dollars. todd: in the spirit of the holidays, that story, can you smell the distilling, she rejected it and laughed at me. it hurts. still had a legal win for restaurants in la county. a judge calling the outdoor dining been an abuse of power. >> a workaround calling it a place for peaceful protest. that owner joins us live next. ♪ it's been a tough year. and now with q4 wrapping up, the north pole has to be feeling the heat. it's okay santa, let's workflow it. workflow it...? -uh-huh. just picture it... with the now platform, we'll have the company you always imagined. efficient, product

reverse all of the policies of the trump administration that unfortunately have adversely affected new yorkersh as salt deductions, the $10,000 cap on property tax deductions, that was a limit placed by the trump administration on new york city, issues such as the affordable care act which is critically important for individuals with pre-existing conditions, and and those who have minors who have access to health care. before the affordable care act, the number one reason individuals across this country were filing bankruptcy was because of medical expenses. it is important we defend the united states postal service. the trump administration tried to dismantle and affect operations of the postal service prior to the election. it is important right now to stand up for immigrants who are standing in the shadow of the government. we are a nation of immigrants, as evidenced by a book authored by the late john f. kennedy, and it is important individuals understand the contributions of immigrants to our country. that and other policies, litigation and regulation we have to reverse, including standin

: well, of course, i was a little apprehensive, because i'm a conservative republican, and the "new yorkerand "the new york times" are not necessarily conservative publications. but i determined there wasn't really anything out there for me to hide, so i gave them everything. i gave them boxes, files of correspondence from years ago with my parents and with my sib, my sister, and others. and i just said have at it, because i was not really particularly worried. was i a little apprehensive about what conclusions they might come to? you bet i was. are there some conclusions in the book that i would tend to disagree with? you bet there are. do i think on balance that this is a really fair and complete, full-throated biography of my life? i do. i think it was fair. it certainly covers everything. there were some things in there that i didn't necessarily know. i disagree with some of the authors' -- some of peter and susan's conclusions, but on balance i think it was good to turn everything over to them and let them write a full throated biography. that had the good and the bad. i tell everyone

early satirical sketches of new yorkers firmly establish an is the first internationally recognized manside as a retreat from his literary and social work. the charming home soon became a focal point for all the important writers, painters, and philosophers of this time. although washington irving authored many volumes not receive such praise as is critical sketchbook of geoffrey crayon. an 1864 edition was presented to ms. johnson. her bookshelf was enlarged even further, this time by a noted river historian with an autographed edition of his definitive book on the hudson and a young actor offered a spirited reading of her favorite story from the sketchbook, rip van winkle. the inspiration for his famous tail and many others were the roamingent as a child the quiet forest in the sleepy hollow area. himselfwaking he found on the low of the glen. he rubbed his eyes. it was a black sunny morning. birds were hopping among the bushes and the eagle was squealing aloft abreast the mountain breeze. ♪ he found the belly in which he descendedmpanion add the preceding evening but a mountain strea

but new york is not going to wait from the federal government to protect new yorkers. e that mistake back in the spring. i called the airlines flying in, and i said, you have 120 countries on the list that require testing. please add new york to those 120 countries. and they agreed to do it. british airways has done it. they're testing for 120 other countries, but they will add new york. but it doesn't do new york any good unless it works for the nation, right? otherwise you will vus have people flying to chicago or somewhere else and then fly to new york. you can't control this virus state by state. it is impossible. we are one nation. so i took action as new york, but really this nation should just say we want to join the other 120 nations that require testing. you can't fly into the united states unless you test negative for covid or this covid variant. that is just common sense. >> gorvernor, i want to make sue i understand. are you saying now that delta and vir defines agreed that that as well? >> yes. british air wways agrees this morning. delta has agreed. i have