we will speak to new york city councilmember ron kim, who opposed giving amazon $3 billion in taxpayer subsidies. instead of bailing out the people in new york, our own democratic governor was willing to give my transfer wealth out of new york and give it directly to the pockets of the richest man on the planet? it iss ridiculous and about time we step up as democrats, as progressives, andd realally put an end to corporate welfare. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump held a rally in miami florida monday where he addressed members of the local venezuelan community, reinforcing his support for opposition leader self-proclaimed president juan guaido and calling for the

talk to ron kim, democratic assemblyman from the state of new york. elizabeth luskin, amazon hq2 advisory committee member. jonas max ferris joins us from max funds.com. let us begin with the special coverage of the amazon decision, with congressman meeks joining us from capitol hill. congressman, good to have you. you were in favor of bringing amazon to new york. what is your reaction today? >> i am somewhat shocked and saddened. i think it is a blow for new york and a blow for amazon also. i had looked forward to amazon coming, creating 25,000 plus jobs and making the kind of diversifying our economy of new york, so that we not just be dependent upon the financial services industry, but the technical industry also, the tech industry. where jobs are being created for the future. so i think it, you know,

deirdre bolton is there in long island city with a new york state assemblyman, i think it's ron kim. go through this, the latest on kind of a rejection of amazon. reporter: that is exactly right. there have been protests here in the streets very much against amazon building half of its hq2 here in long island city in queens. so as far as the critics and what they are saying, they are saying amazon's such a big and profitable company that do they really need $8.2 billion worth of support from the city and the state? if you speak to the people who support amazon coming here, they say listen, it's 25,000 jobs for new york and that is certainly worth supporting, so governor cuomo is in that camp, as is the mayor bill de blasio but here's governor cuomo from an event on friday. >> for the state senate to

the amazon debate, assemblyman ron kim who opposed that package and bronx assemblyman michael blake that supported amazon's move into new york good morning to you both thanks for being with us >> good morning. >> assemblyman blake, one of the things that confounds me, apple, google, sap all moving to new york, not looking for this kind of deal, and polling numbers seem to be on amazon's side. why do you think they pulled out instead of explaining themselves and fighting for their position? >> definitely should have been opportunity to engage more at the table. that's what a lot of us thought was occurring. i signed the original letter and said if you had the opportunity to help people of color, low income communities get jobs, higher wages, that could have been a game changer. why did they pull out? i thought there were loud voices pushing back rather than saying let's be responsible in this approach when we said what can be further, yes, union protections, stepping up for women and people of color, making sure immigrants

well, we are joined by one of those numbers, ron kim.introduced the end of corporate welfare act to the new york state legislature earlier this month. his recent piece for buzzfeed is headlined "amazon shows it's time for states to stop the corporate welfare bidding wars." assemblymember ron kim, welcome to democracy now! talk about what happened. were you shocked when amazon said they were pulling out? >> i was a bit taken back. i thought they were going to stick around to talk to our groups, labor unions, politicians, to figure out some sort of a reasonable compromise to coexist and be good neighbors and for them to actually have meetings the day before with the mayor's office, the labor grououps, and then all of aa sudden, without any notice, they're pulling out. this is dicatitive of what amazon hasas done before is s a corporation. they say one thing and do another. this time, i'm actually reminded an urban philosopher m mike tyson who wants said, everyone has a plan unless you get punched in the mouth. i think amazon, they got punc

i spoke with an assemblyman of fourthth district, ron kim. >> we've been going in wrong direction, theou are. giving away incentives with taxpayer money. we should not be supporting the growth of super monopoly. reporter: saying if city and state want to sou souq decide -- subsidize businesses they should look at local businesses, the fight will continue, back to you. connell: all right. thank you. >> hungry for love, for great fe flowers, o olive garden with a twist, a bouquet of bread stic sticks. connell: if it leads to wednesdayy bell -- wedding bells we found your cake. costco selling cake made of afteartisan cheese, it does reqe self assembly. melissa: cheesecake. oh,. >> david: president trump aboard air force one, on his wray to el paso, texas. time is running out for congress to avoid another government shut down, key lawmaker are meeting right now on capitol hill to try to hammer out a deal before the deadline on friday, amid reports that progress has stalled. we'll take you live in capitol hill, this is bulls and bears, i am glad you can join us, i am david asman. with me, l

last hour in our broadcast of "after the bell" i spoke to a local state assemblyman, ron kim, who was opposed to amazon. here's what he told me. >> we invest that money in local growth, local economy, the talent pool that's already here, instead of supporting a monopoly that's designed to destroy competition and local businesses, that can actually create better long-term jobs that will hire locally. those things can actually come to fruition as tangible. giving money to amazon is not going to result in tangible outcomes. reporter: you hear there, he saw this as either/or, either the local businesses or the large corporation in amazon. obviously amazon and its supporters would argue the exact opposite. the bottom line, the company is not coming here to new york. it will stick with its plans in northern virginia and a smaller plan to move to nashville, tennessee. david: that will affect the bottom line in new york and their finances. joining us, new york republican congressman tom reed. congressman, you weren't happy about amazon tax breaks. we had you on before to talk about that. but

lisa: we appreciate you for being with us, ron kim, thank you. we will continue to discuss going forward. i want to bring breaking news, the financial times reported smith and nephew, a british medical device maker, is holding talks to buy you basic, a maker of medical insurance in spinal injury, which could be worth $3 billion, the largest acquisition by the british group. affording to people who spoke with the times, the terms are unclear as the talks could fall uprt but nuvasive shares are 28% in after-hours. this is bloomberg. ♪ romaine: jeff bezos is acquiring -- accusing the national enquirer of exposing him. he addressed this in a blog post and took aim at the ceo of the magazine's parent company david packer. he pointed out he has previously worked on behalf of president trump. the accusation is igniting a long simmering food -- simmering feud between jeff bezos and donald trump. this is the executive editor at bloomberg opinion. i am not an expert on blackmail but like nailing the world --hest man doesn't seem like blackmailing the world

i am now joined by someone who is clearly in the anti-amazon coming here camp, assemblyman ron kim.or being out here on the river. it's a little crisp. what would make you change your mind, first and foremost, if amazon said okay, we are going to support subsidize additional bus routes as they have in seattle, would that make a difference to you? >> first of all, i wouldn't change my mind about amazon, period. amazon is a company that we shouldn't be supporting at all in terms of subsidies or corporate give-aways. none of that should be going to a mega-monopoly like amazon. reporter: let me ask you why not. 25,000 jobs would come. we have seen it in other areas, they are normally jobs that attract a highly educated work force, they are normally jobs that would improve businesses, local businesses, local restaurants. >> there is no statistical correlation for corporate incentives and economic growth and jobs. every economist has come out and proved that. governor cuomo and mayor de blasio need to look at wisconsin, where their internal auditors came out and said foxconn in order to g

ron kim, here's what he told me. >> going the wrong direction, the bigger you are, we been giving awayyers money. we should've subsidize that. we shouldn't be supporting that. >> so, he actually is the son of local merchants. he said his story and perspective is very personable. i said what about the $25000 jobs. normally they pay a little bit better-than-average. he just said, listen if the city in the state are willing to subsidize the businesses, they should be subsidizing local businesses that will flourish and be a part of the community. he likened amazon's relationship with the merchant to a very dramatic word. >> thank you. i have other events concerning the ceo of amazon. but first, your reaction. >> the politicians don't understand economics one oh one. 25000 jobs average raise between 75 and 125,000 what is that due for the local economy as well for the conference of the government. these people should put the high ideology aside and be grateful that that kind of economic growth is about to come in their neighborhood. instead, they said not in my backyard. >> his biggest thin

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well, we are joined by one of those numbers, ron kim. he introduced the end of corporate welfare act to the new york state legislature earlier this month. his recent piece for buzzfeed is headlined "amazon shows it's time for states to stop the corporate welfare bidding wars." assemblymember ron kim, welcome to democracy now! talk about what happened. were you shocked when amazon said they were pulling out? >> i was a bit taken back. i thought they were going to stick around to talk to our groups, labor unions, politicians, to figure out some sort of a reasonable compromise to coexist and be good neighbors and for them to actually have meetings the day before with the mayor's office, the labor grououps, and then all of aa sudden, without any notice,