but she started as a teenage dreamer on staten island. look at her humble beginnings where she wrote the songs that shot her to stardom. here's abc's zachary kiesch. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you, thank you so much. >> reporter: pop star bebe rexha taking us on a ride. on the ferry to her hometown of staten island, new york city. >> so proud of you. >> thank you. >> it's funny, i remember taking the ferry like 4:00 in the morning or after school. now taking it out there with the whole glam squad. >> first time going back like this? >> yeah, this is cool. ♪ i can see you hurting >> reporter: at 28, the singer and songwriter has mastered the art of making hits. ♪ i got you you >> reporter: serving sex appeal on "i got you." defying genres. ♪ i don't mean to be so uptight ♪ >> reporter: with "meant to be" with florida georgia line, it's been number one on the charts for 38 weeks in a row. ♪ if it's meant to be it will be it will be baby just let it be ♪ ♪ so won't you ride with me ride with me ♪ >> reporter: despite her rise, be

. —— staten island.l city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: he did nothing wrong. berardo charges against him. —— there are no charges against him. the white house remains defiant as donald trump rid

nick bryant, bbc news, staten island.s begun to fall considerably, with just over three million marriages recorded in the first three months of this year. that's down almost 30% since 2013, when the figure stood at about 4.2 million, according to official numbers. and while the marriage rate is decreasing, the divorce rate is increasing. government figures released in 2016 showed that the divorce rate had doubled over the previous decade — a trend that is on track to repeat itself. but what's behind the changing attitude to marriage? joining me via webcam is drjieyu liu, deputy director of the soas china institute. thank you so much forjoining us. why are divorce rates rising in china? there are several reasons contributing to this trend. first, young people in china are under great pressure to get married from their peers, parents and the society. as a result, many people get married in their 20s because they get married for the sake of marriage. many of them do end up making a choice they are not entirely sure about. se

nick bryant bbc news, staten , island. jane: our correspondent has been speaking to other trump supporters around the country. she joined me earlier. yoi kno've been speaking to them because i have been listening to your conversations. what have they been telling you are the reasons they are still supporting president trump? regina: i spoke to about half a dozen of them across a number of different states. they believe this is all a conspiracy against the president. many of those who i talked to squarely accusing the fbi of corruption. the prident has not been favorable toward the fbi in the first place. another thing they are all g ying is that people are focusing on the wrsue. let me read you two quotes. this one is from james in virginia. "this is the sort of stuff that should'e in 'people magazin it's more important to get north korea to give up their nuclear armshan to worry about whether he had sex with someone years ago." a similar sentiment from kathy in new hampshire, who says, don't care if he paid off a poor and

i worked for the people of staten island. so i did not think it was an issue for me in terms of these people were so wonderful. that if i was homesick with my child it would not have been an issue at all.'s are growing families and people that would just never come in. i was given the gift of being able to come back and bond with my baby. i'm a big proponent of family leave and maternity and paternity leave. i just did not have to make that decision. as i said, we took the closets where you hang your coat, and i made a dressing table. i had a crib there. there was no -- if susan could not sleep, i would take her in the swing and go back and forth. just a little ride. but she loved it. she would go right back to sleep. it did give me the opportunity. and one of the reasons, right after i had given birth, we had this vietnam wall. which is a miniature replica of the vietnam wall. and it was just being taken to places around the country. and it was coming to fort hamilton in my district. and i really felt very strongly about hav

nick bryant, bbc news, staten island. to the pacific island chain. officials have warned of flash flooding and landslides. the west it is ready coping with the eruption of the killer whale volcano on the big island that has been going on for three months. european space agency has launched a satellite to measure wind speeds across the earth. the spacecraft blasted off from french guiana on wednesday. it will fire a powerful laser into the earth's atmosphere, it is to trace the movement of air particles. it is to improve weather forecasts. it is being reported that saudi arabia has called off plans to list its vast state oil company on domestic and international stock markets. the leadership had been talking up selling at 5% stake in the company to find ambitious economic plans to reduce the kingdom's reliance on oil. some analysts have described this as unrealistic. the hugely controversial issue of so—called gay conversion therapy is the subject of a new film receiving critical acclaim. the miseducation of cameron post s

nick bryant, bbc news, staten island. for a series of visits with relatives they haven't seen since the end of the korean war, 60 years ago. this report by laura bicker contains flash photography. this is why some call these reunions ‘the second separation‘. after brief moments together, they're once again torn apart. "let's meet again when our countries are reunited," she says. but north and south korea are still at war, divided — and look likely to remain so. earlier, the families were given one extra hour over lunch. they've had 12 hours in total together over three days. precious time for this 82—year—old to spend with her sisters, or this uncle to teach his niece this about the family tree. and for a father to hear one last story from his daughter. "i hope whenever i pray for you, you will hear it" says his mother. but when they leave this resort, all further contact will be impossible. it was a moment few thought about when they were first reunited, especially this 92—year—old who flung herself in her estranged son'

nick bryant, bbc news, staten island. of the unfolding economic crisis. the introduction of a new currency just days ago has failed to curb massive inflation and millions have fled the country since 2015. many have crossed into colombia over the simon bolivar international bridge which straddles the border in the eastern andes. from there, our correspondent katy watson reports. the sun hasn't yet risen but rush—hour has begun. this bridge has become a lifeline to buy food, get medical treatment, or to escape, once and for all. this woman says the economic crisis has taken its toll. she and her family are heading to columbia's capital bogota to find work. translation: we are leaving lots of things behind. you lose everything you ever worked for. we have to start from scratch. for many, venezuela has become unliveable. erica is just 17 and a single mother of three. translation: when my baby was born, the hospital had no needles, nothing. hospitals are contaminated, too. when i gave birth, i wanted to leave so badly because

nick bryant, bbc news, staten island.former us attorney general — under president george w bush. i asked him what he made of this situation and what advice he might have given where he and the white house today. it is distracting for the president himself, but also distracting for the staff. having worked in the white house for four yea rs, worked in the white house for four years, i know how bad news, particularly about the president, and personal actions by the president, can be very demoralising and distracting to the staff. chief of staffjohn kelly has a special burden to try to maintain the morale of the staff, to make sure the staff understands that the best way to serve the president is to continue to serve the people of the united states. but nonetheless, it is externally distracting for the president, and for the white house, 110w. president, and for the white house, now. the question about that. we we re now. the question about that. we were speaking to david rivkin, who is worked under president reagan, and the

across the waters from lower manhattan, the trump stronghold of staten island.borough of new york to vote for the hometown presidential candidate. from here you can almost see the court complex where michael cohen made the explosive claim that donald trump directed him to commit a crime. but do people here care? you know, he is what this country needed at this time. local businessmen steve believes donald trump is making america great again, and yesterday's bombshell allegations don't trouble him. so yesterday, donald trump's personal lawyer stood up in court and implicated the president and said, "he told me to break the law." that doesn't worry you? no. the people that hate him are going to use it and that's all you're going to hear for the next six months and through the elections. that's all you're going to hear. the people that like what he's doing, whether or not they like him as a human being, are going to care less. 0n the beaches of staten island, what is widely viewed by donald trump's critics as the darkest day of his presidency casts few shadows. i t

nick bryant, bbc news, staten island. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house.the white house insists he has done nothing wrong but the question is, has donald trump broken the law? well, if it is, as michael cohen swore on oath yesterday, that he was directed to infringe campaign finance laws, then donald trump has broken the law. you have the white house today hitting back, saying there was no breach of the law. the white house problem, though, is that there have been three different accou nts there have been three different accounts from donald trump. there is accounts from donald trump. there is a tape that michael cohen released seeming to suggest that michael cohen knew about it from the beginning. then there is the interview he has given this afternoon in which he seems to say, i knew about it, but later on. then there is what he said on air force 0ne there is what he said on air force one where he said he knew nothing about it at all. i was at the briefing that sarah sanders gave and i have got to say that the white house look exhausted by the events of

pointsnt trump won by 17 on staten island.u think you're going to be able to turn this district democratic come november? guest: it is not about turning something democratic. what it is about is giving people real option, a real choice, a real vision for how they can see their problems solved by a congress in washington, d.c. made up of people who have integrity and courage. when they see that, they will vote democratic. my district vote for the person, not the party, and their problems have been here for so long. i wish i could put it into more complex terms. people are dying from overdoses. they are scared of gun violence. their commuting times are hellish. the cost of living is skyrocketing. they want to see solutions to that. they want to see politicians to work together to fix a problem, and that's how we are going to win, by talking about those things and actually doing them. shery: you are an army veteran. be stopping'll campaigning to attend training with the national guard. think this group of army veterans among the

there will be something unique and different that nobody else on staten island will have.d we're gonna start over. is that clear? tranchina: i like that very much. sammy: i'm ready. i'm ready. lemonis: but we got a lot of damn work to do. let's get to work. come on. so, fuji, one of the things that we're gonna do -- we're gonna start over on the menu. now that we've got the chef back, the thing i'm most excited about is getting him into that kitchen to come up with new ideas. i'm looking to kind of see the gold inside of here -come out in here. -fuji: all righty. tranchina: what do you think about doing a mixture, like doing a little pork with a little beef or something? meatballs -- sometimes that meat is so juicy 'cause it's got that fat from the pork in there. maybe, like, some jalapeÑos with some brown sugar -- like, they balance each other out. you got to play around, try different stuff. lemonis: it's important for me to be very clear with these guys on whose job is what. i wanted to clarify something so we don't keep having these bumpy roads. so, who's in charge of

i worked for the people of staten island. i don't think it was an issue for me in terms of -- these people were so wonderful. if i missed votes because i was home with my child, it would not of been an issue. these are glorious family people that would never comment. again, i was given a gift of being able to come back to work and bond with my baby. i am a big proponent of family leave and maternity and paternity leave. i just did not have to make a decision. we took the closets where you hang your coats. and i got a piece of wood and made a dressing table. i had the crib there. if susan could not sleep, i would take her to the train. going back and forth between the house, it was a little ride, but she would love it and go right to sleep. it did give me an opportunity -- one of the reasons right after i had given birth, we had a miniature replica of the vietnam wall. it was able to be taken to places around the country. it was coming to fort hamilton in my district. and i really felt very strongly about having to be there. t

nick bryant, bbc news, staten island. is writing about the reaction of trump supporters for our website and joins us now. you have been speaking to trump supporters all morning, what are you hearing, the same as the people nick brya nt hearing, the same as the people nick bryant was speaking to? it is, impassioned support for donald trump. 0ne quote from a trump supporter called james who says it is more important to get new north korea to give up their nuclear arms to worry about whether he had sex with somebody years ago. kathy in new hampshire said, i don't care if he paid off a porn star or a playboy bunny, it doesn't impact his policy—making. people say tax cuts, building the wall and the policies his base support love, they say let's talk about this because everything else is a distraction. where this will matter is in the blue and red states, among suburban voters and particularly white, suburban voting women, are you getting a feel about them? yes, a number of white women who voted for donald trump in key states,

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but they were just a handful of voters on staten island in new york.and what the electorate at large is feeling. polls don't always get it right — as we learned in the 2016 election — but when they're carefully conducted they can give us a steer on issues like a president's popularity, for example. anthony salvento is the chief pollsterfor cbs news, his new book is "where did you get that number?" hejoins us now. thank you for coming in. a tonne to talk about. the events of the past week, we spoke to a handful of supporters. how easy would it be to gauge whether people who voted for donald trump at large are affected by an incident like this week? how would you go about finding that out? we've been trying to measure this as it gone along and what we have seen from the gecko is that the russian investigation generally splits people into hard and fast potters camps, very much like you just saw. you have republicans who tell us not only that they feel that the matter isa only that they feel that the matter is a politically motivated, they even use the ter

so many others, staten island, then donovan in staten island was down.endorsed him and i think he won by 24 points. all my life i have heard endorsements do not mean anything. they said if you get an endorsement from ronald reagan -- we like ronald reagan -- it was a wonderful thing to have, but it did not move the needle. if you get an endorsement from a was nice toe, it have, but it did not mean anything. they are going 20, 30, 40, 50 point. crazy. [applause] willyou watch the news, this endorsement mean anything? care, we have to get senators in. we have really no majority. if you look at it, probably we 49-49, 51-49. we have people who were not able to vote. we have people who were a little unreliable and do not like what i have done to their career. they do not love what i have done, and that is ok. i do not like what they have done either. elect five, six, or even seven more senators. i think we can do it. we have to start with hachette morrissey, he is going to be -- we have to start with patrick morrissey. if you vote for joe manchin or any other

irst game in this nex tournament is a match-up with a team from staten island, new york.e district, molette green, news 4. >> happy for these guys. good luck. last week, all-african-american team to win d.c.'s 12 and under championship. >> pretty awesome. they play their first game in the ramional tournent on sunday. >>> still ahead on news 4 today, stunning allegations against one of the most we-known names in college football. urban meyer, on leave amid allegations. >> that he knew about domestic a abu abuse. >>> all this rain has caused serious flooding and a messn the chesapeake bay. the problem is getting worse. the work next to get it cleaned up. stay with us. >>> news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> we begin this morning with a live look ouide. another rainy night for the d.c. area. thunder and lightning lit up the sky for some of you. and plenty of rain fell, too. flood watches and warnings are still in effe. and this morning, we are in weather alertdde. >>> heavy rain caused significant flooding in northern ofrginia. we brought you somhese images.

the statue of liberty, staten island ferry also struck in the last 24 hours. and there are more storms possible this evening. chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all for us. ginger? >> reporter: david, daily records broken again today. l.a.x., 93, and some of the numbers on the map are going to be super high in the next 24 hours. 103 in bend. that's with the excessive heat warnings. but we have fire watches from northern california through montana, because of this low pressure system that's g's goin come with strong winds. we wish on the east coast we could get rid of the humidity, making it feel much hotter than it really is. 97, the feels like in philadelphia. david? >> ginger, thank you. >>> and there is a manhunt at this hour in camden, new jersey, tonight, after two undercover police officers sitting at a red light in an unmarked car were fired upon at close range. abc's linsey davis on their conditions. >> reporter: tonight, an urgent manhunt is underway in new jersey for two suspects who police say opened fire on two detectives. >> all units to b

from linda, staten island, new york, republican line. caller: good morning. was listening on the c-span app and i heard you read from your newspaper a critical analysis of a retired judge about the high profile case. that is something we don't hear too much about, another judge criticizing the actions of another judge. my other comment is about journalism in general that today, from my perspective, i believe most of the journalists on tv or newsprint, i believe it is more or less defamation journalism and we have laws against that because there is a difference between critical journalism and defamation journalism and most of it is defamation. thank you for taking my call. as a story this morning. saying it was senate democrats warning they planned to suit the national archives for brett kavanaugh's records if the freedom of information act request fails. chuck schumer said democrats will not file the lawsuit, but try to get the documents which augh'ses capital -- kavan time with president bush. here is a little bit from the minority leader of the senate, chuc

the statue of liberty, staten island ferry also struck in the last 24 hours. and there are now more storms possible this evening. chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all for us. ginger? >> reporter: david, daily records broken again today. l.a.x., 93, and some of the other numbers on the map are going to be super high in the next 24 hours. spokane, 105. 103, bend. that's with the excessive heat warnings. but we also have fire watches from northern california through montana, because of this low pressure system that's going to try to break down that ridge and all that heat, it's going to come with strong southerly winds, really low relative humidities. we wish on the east coast we could get rid of some of this humidit humidity, it's making it feel hotter than it really is. 97, the feels like this afternoon, david, in philadelphia. >> ginger zee with us again tonight. thank you, ginger. >>> and there is a manhunt at this hour in camden, new jersey, tonight, after two undercover police officers sitting at a red light in an unmarked car were fired upon at c

he now faces democrat incumbent debbie staten island the general and in kansas the state secretary ofhris kobach's great dad in the gubernatorial primary after an 11th hour endorsement from president trump. this raises also told too close to call. president trump as confident as long as i campaign within reason. they will win. cheryl: thank you so much. we want to stick with topic in bringing our political panel jesse james dataset that democratic strategists. good morning to both of you. you know, the donald trump effect certainly cut both ways. do you see a blue wave, a blue raindrop or is the president treat, a red wave coming? >> we will know in 90 days obviously. in this case these near misses are great for some of the enthusiasm and showing the races that wouldn't be competitive for being powered by a lot of democratic enthusiasm. i do think democrats are ready for some wins. if we don't pick up seats before november. dems came close in four key races. alabama, georgia, montana, south carolina and maybe more to come. what does that say to you? >> you miss your target it doesn't

first game in this next tournament is a match- with a team from staten island, new york.rict, molette green, news 4. >> i excited for mamie johnson's little league team. i hope they make it. last week, the team became the first all-african-american team nder n d.c.'s 12 and championship. >> impressive, for sure. they play the first game of the regional tournament on sunday. good luck, guys. >> yes. >>> still ahead, stunning legations against one of the most well-known names in college football. urban meyer on leave this morning,id concerns over how he handled allegations of domestic abuse against one of his coaches. >>> plus, all of this rain has caused serious flooding and a mess in the chesapeake bay. the work under way to clean it up. stay with us. >>> news 4 team 4 weather alert. >> we begin this morning with a live look outsght now. a beaiful picture but another rainy night for the d.c. area. thunder and lightning lit up the sky for some of you. and plenty of rain fell. flood watches and warnings are in effect. ing, we're in weather alert mode. >> r heavyn around thi

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if you take a look at congressman donovan from staten island, he's down by 10 and wins by 24. so we've had a lot of impact. and that's why i'm going around. >> man, he's clearly enjoying this. kind of looking at the polls and in the weeds on this. the value of his endorsement seems to have gone up. he wants to do more. >> and he doesn't name brian kemp in there, who's running for governor in georgia. the lack of familiarity with these candidates is kind of interesting. and it's not like he's ushering in ideologues. he's not backing people because of their ideology, often. he's backing them because they like him. he's ushering in a new group of people who really like donald trump. you see that with ron desantis and some of his ads in florida. they're really hugging close to trump. that does -- you know, it's part of the enduring parts of his presidency, the support he still has within that base of the republican party. they're all, you know, clinging to him in ads, which is unusual at this time of year, for people to be clinging to an incumbent president ahead of a midterm cycl

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voluntary company that marched off the coast of new jersey general washington posted them across from staten island'sintending to bring them into action depending on what happened. they never got call to action and the enlistments were first short period. when the enlistments ended everybody in the outfit went back to philadelphia, but not pain. pain went north up to new jersey where general nathaniel greene was headquartered. he volunteered to serve green as secretary. so, pain was in washington's retreat a cross new jersey and november of 1776. pain came under fire during that retreat. he said at one point he was giving exaggeration. it was probably true that enough cannonballs was over his head and he get use to the sound of it and didn't flinch. the other thing to mention was pain sold lots of copies of common sense, far more than any other pamphlet published during the coming of the revolution. now, we know as the results of some good historical work that he probably cannot publish quite as many copies of common sense that was once thought. but he did publish several thousands of them and could

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an indictment in upstate new york is not the same as an indictment in staten island.n upstate new york, they're not going to like that. they're not going to like the fact that they voted him in so he could represent them and instead he turned around and tried to make money off of a weird australian pharmaceutical company. that's not what they were sending him to congress for. >> nate, take a look at collins endorsing trump. here he was at the rnc convention. >> i have the honor of seconding the nomination of donald j. trump as the next president of the united states of america. what's your message to republican voters in your very red district who still like that he did that and like trump, but may have second thoughts about him with regard to corruption? >> well, a lot of people love donald trump in this district. there is no -- that is a fact. and they love him because he said he's going to represent the forgotten man. now that's why mr. collins clings to him like a life preserver, because nobody believes that mr. collins represents western new york. he was arrested

through november, although there are examples like with michael graham, the former congressman from staten islande was re-elected while under indictment. but i think we're going to see on collins perhaps to step aside. he's clearly very damaged goods heading into midterms that obviously are already tough for republicans and democrats are going to try to capitalize on this. there's not a way for republicans to get him off the ballot unless he agrees to it, so we'll see how it plays out. and i think that the issues that are raised here, for example, the fact that members of congress are permitted to serve on boards of publicly traded companies as long as they don't receive compensation for that really kind of bears further scrutiny and may receive that in light of this indictment. >> collins is in court right now. earlier today his lawyer said collins will have something to say later today. we will keep an eye on that. kristen welker and erica warner, thanks very much. >>> scheming, embezzlement, an extramarital affair. is that your idea of a great day? apparently it is for paul manafort. let's do

out, because this was in middle, we were fighting the eric garner case, i didn't have to go to staten islandry politically aware of what she was doing and what she wanted to weigh in and what she wanted to support and what she didn't. i'm talking about decades. i'm talking about from the '60 when she was very young all the way up to those of us active in that civil rights phase now. >> we talk obviously whenever anyone of stature dies we talk about their legacy. lessons, as you think about the way that she handled her commitment to civil rights and as is he showed her passion for her home town of detroit and stayed close to the people that mattered to her. as she reached out as we heard to young women, who were journalists or young women -- black women of achievement, to offer encouragement, what's the lesson to be learned when people reach a certain level of fame, of wealth, of influence, about how she handled herself and how she could show others how to handle that. >> i think the legacy is that she probably is the greatest female vocalist of all times, but she had a purpose she wanted to

i think that in staten island there are still problems with that. i don't know, we might see changes moving forward? it's a good idea to have those talks. but when you have those community talks it's a russian of how safe people can feel in voicing their opinions and if you are from a community that has been targeted, you might not feel safe in opening up what's going on with the policing when only certain people show up for those sorts of things. i think that there has to be some structural level of change in how police are trained, recruited, the types of people who are drawn to this type of occupation, this type of training that they are receiving. more accountability. i know for example in the case of tamir rice, which wasn't in new york city, but the issues there were clear. that officer was i believe fired from his previous job in his supervisor wrote all sorts of troubling things about this man's mental emotional health, yet he was still hired elsewhere and then shot tamir rice. there has to be more theuntability in looking at police officers

superhero story in which the american eagle intervenes in a police meeting of an african-american on staten islandthis was inspired by an matt taibbi book. and he discovers that in his likeness and humanity they are contingent. having turned on the 30s he becomes racialized just as early as the person who took the beating and it is about his journey from there. and what it means for him to a symbol of american to be a symbol of something that presents existential risk to the power structures of america and then i wrote a third one that i just finished last week which is called radicalized and it's about super respectable middle-class white dude who is abwatch their loved ones died of illnesses that are preventible because insurances turn them down and they become radicalized and kill health insurance executives and about how long it tells us to start calling white dudes terrorists and about what happens when people who represent the respectable and in some ways immune face of america go beyond the peal -- pale and even when the cause is just. my publisher read all these and got really excited and

from staten island, joe, republican line. go ahead. caller: that's a dangerous job.nd they make a lot of money, the i.c.e. people. it is a dangerous job to build a wall and it would be cheaper and more cost-effective. host: you are saying if the wall came up, the work of i.c.e. and customs border protection would go down? that is what you think? caller: yes. host: what draws you to that conclusion? caller: i don't want to arrest a bunch of mexicans. physical labor and they have weapons, dangerous. just physical. they just have to look through the wall. host: we have set aside a line for those of you who live in border states and if you want to get a comment, it is 202-748-8003. is terry in-- this arizona, democrats line and lives along the border. caller: i moved out here mexicoy 15 years ago and -- mexicans actually lived in this state before we took over. i appreciate i.c.e., but i think i.c.e. is wasting their time. they should be in nebraska in the meatpacking plants checking ids. i don't know how they get away from importing all the labor without themnd run bein

you, is you look at a terrible situation and you call out the injustice, but then like we saw on staten islandleems did in the late 1960s you tell everybody to stay calm. and your message has been, again, in private and public, when we've talked over the past several years that -- and i like what meacham, the quote meacham likes to say. as bad as it's been the arc of civilization is always moving upward and we always are moving forward no matter what the obstacles are in front of us today. do you still believe that? and is that message still critical for people who want to advance civil rights? >> it is critical, it's even more critical now. you know a year ago we had charlottesville. this sun i'll be preaching at mount zion in charlottesville because the real testimony is that there were those that stood up against racism and supremacy that we cannot forget. we can't forget the girl that died. but we also cannot forget the tremendous push back against the president's ugly statements, and martin luther king jr. said the measure of a man or woman is not where they stand in the time of convenien

host: elizabeth from staten island, new york. caller: hi.d the vitriol from some of callers to be absolutely disgusting honestly. is a friend of communism. so it seems. i am from new york. many of us from here have followed his career for a long time. know a lot about him, as well as about wall street, lower manhattan. and international business. manafort,ing on with with trump's administration, with the investigation, they all consider themselves consultants. it -- the southern district of new york has everything to do with international business. street.ian bank, wall and just a lot of corruption. i am very much a bernie sanders supporter. partly because of that. host: james in georgia, republican. james, it is your turn. caller: good morning. something that troubles me know is the term democratic socialist. that is kind of a contradiction in terms as far as i am concerned. a vegetarianell be while you chow down on a t-bone steak. socialism and democracy are antithetical to each other. sooner or later socialists -- it is insidious and it i

the winning ticket was sold in staten island, new york.where are they hiding? >> i don't know. >> we'll bring it to you as soon as we know. >>> president trump slamming the fbi tweeting why isn't the fbi giving andy mccabe's text message to judicial watch or appropriate governmental authorities. fbi said they won't give up even one. i may have to get involved. do not destroy. what are they hiding. >> judicial watch president who has been fighting for the texts weighed in earlier on our show. here's what he said. >> i just cannot believe, given everything we've fought with the obama administration, people that reportedly report to this president would presume that he doesn't want this transparency. it's pretty clear he does. to me this is just another deep state coverup. >> here to react, author of the "the new york times" best seller "the case against impeaching trump" professor alan dershowitz. good morning. the text messages that andrew mccabe sent should be a public record but the fi fbi is tryingo say it isn't. do you think the preside

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george, an area of staten island right next to the ferry to manhattan. developers are very much interested in that. in new york, we see a lot of stories about the tactics used to promote this gentrification and real estate development. things like landlord's not doing repairs on apartments, turning off the heat, making living conditions unbearable for tenants to leave. he and others -- like him -- [no audio] trump is certainly in support of these real estate practices. he and his father in the 1970's racially for profiling, putting the letter c if it was a person of color looking to get into their apartment buildings. host: some of the comments we andd this morning, racism, the plight of the middle class, people not just talking about income levels, but in one case neighborhoods causing white flight, and those middle-class people being forced out of their neighborhoods in cities like baltimore and such. sounds like a similar situation in new york city, that this spreads beyond just being a racial issue. guest: well, it is both race and class. a a lot of