the district was staten island and part of brooklyn. bay ridge, bensonhurst, i my logo was the bridge because it connected the two parts of the district. at the time it was predominantly italian american, irish american, a large and growing jewish population. very ethnic, very second and third generation. probably second generation of brooklyn and maybe third generation by the time they moved to staten island. really lively, really loving, just a terrifically warm place where everybody assumes they know everybody and usually does. there is one degree of separation in the district as it was then. so it was a really great and gracious place to live and serve and have my first babies. >> we asked about your dad and the role he played in your campaign. what about once you were elected? did he offer you any advice? >> my dad and i worked together a lot, less on advice in coordinating. again, starting off, he was in congress, i was in the city council. we would talk about needing a new ferry. i would say, look, i can get such and such, can yo

>> first of all, i didn't work for them, i work for the people of staten island. so i don't think it was an issue for me in terms of these people were so wonderful. it was an initial, these are glorious family people that would just never come in. again, i was given the gift of being able to come back to work and bond with my baby. i'm a big proponent of family the venomous finnegan fortunately. i just couldn't make that decision. as i said, we took the -- there was no -- if she likened sleep, i put her on the train. it's the odd but i think that she would love it because for the rest of sleep. it gives me an opportunity. one of the reasons why, we were moving a replica of the vietnam all. and as a replica. i feel very strongly about having it there. so that got me started getting back into work. and then there are days one you just do what you have to do. i was back early just because i can extraordinary circumstance >> besides her husband, whether they're members who could've helped you out in case you need to vote or meet with someone? >> i remember being on th

>> note first of all it didn't work for them i work for the people of staten island. i don't think it was an issue for me. these people were so wonderful if i missed votes because i was home with my child would not have been an issue at all. these are glorious family people that would never come in. again i was given the 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 that decision. as i said the closets where you hang your coat and i got a piece of wood and i made a dressing table. i had a crib there. if susan couldn't sleep i would take her on the train back and forth it's a little ride but she loved it and emma go right to sleep. it did give me an opportunity that got me started getting back into work. there are days when susan wasn't sick and you do what you have to do as a mother that was just never an issue. but again i went back early because i couldn't because of my extraordinary circumstances. >> besides her husband were there other members that

you had never been to staten island, despite being a new yorker >> i think i was there at some point,was there at some point. >> seth: gotcha. >> i hadn't been there in years. >> seth: and in your return to it, was it nice to have pete as a sort of a tour guide to the finer points of -- >> he is the mayor he is the mayor of staten island. that is for sure, yes. >> seth: are people really happy to see him >> oh, yeah. yeah, people were really happy to see him, and he knows all the right pizza places and he knows where to eat and, yeah, it's his home turf. i loved being there with him >> seth: that's great. what about holiday plans what are you gonna do? >> i'm gonna eat a lot >> seth: okay, great and you get to come back here for it >> loaf around a lot >> seth: okay. is your family -- are your east coast family so happy when you come back? >> yes and i'm so happy to see them my brother's in la i'm in la as of now. but everyone else is here, so -- >> seth: that's great. >> and we didn't have christmas last year. >> seth: no. last year was a huge dud, so i'm really hoping -- this has go

. >> jimmy: so this is in staten island? so - >> the cop was like, "oh, is that a joint?" >> jimmy: "you got to smoke it like that. [ laughter ] >> oh, no. >> jimmy: so did you know you were going to smoke pot? >> we made a plan. i skipped math class because i was like, "i'm never going to figure it out, ever. why? might as well get into this thing for the next, i guess, rest of my life. and i went with this guy i met, mike and we went out to the train station. we rolled up a blunt at the train station and smoked it there. >> don't they always say that like a lie just has way too many details like, this seems too -- there's no way you remember. you smoke a lot of weed. you don't remember this story in this much detail. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: right? his name was mike. a guy named mike >> yeah, mike. i would say his last name but i don't know what he's doing right now. >> jimmy: i mean, exactly. did you eat a big mac after? [ laughter ] >> with the boys with the boys. always with the boys >> i vote lie. >> jimmy: lie, i'll go

for you tonight. [ cheers and applause you know him from "saturday night live" and "the king of staten islandend pete davidson will be here in studio [ cheers and applause we're always so happy to see pete he's got a new animated show called "the freak brothers" out this weekend i always look forward to talking to my friend and she is of an actress, a supermodel, a businesswoman and an author, her first book "my body" is out now emily ratajkowski will be here she is back in studio as well. [ cheers and applause before we get to all that, rudy giuliani admitted in a deposition that he didn't try to verify his insane voter fraud lies and ted cruz decided to pick a fight with big bird. for more on this it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause >> seth: if you opened twitter or flipped past cable news on your tv in the past week, you probably heard that democrats lost an election in virginia and won an election in new jersey where governor phil murphy became the first democrat to win re-election since the 1970s. so of course, on cue, the usual suspects once again are claiming there w

. >> caller: big boo-yah from staten island, new york. >> we don't get enough people from staten islandhat's happening >> caller: that's where the wall street money is. >> i like that, beautiful. >> caller: i like to do -- i did investing, like looking for small companies that i think is going to be up-and-coming. did research on company inty >> i got to tell you, that one makes no sense it's down here. i think it's really good one maybe buy even more than you have i don't get it, i think this stock -- remember this company actually makes money it's real good, big boys are going to come to it. nice call. marc in south carolina >> hi, jim, watching ever since you recommended regeneron at $5 a share. >> my first guess. >> caller: i know. exciting about this company, amazon are major investors, and one of the most successful biotech firms in history with shares buying hand over fist, flush with cash. 350 million in the bank. naut >> nautilus, that's interesting company. look, this one is too small for me to point and say you're going to love it i got to do work on it does seem strange beca

host: michelle out of staten island. out of that column looking into u.s. support for taiwan, praising the president for inviting to -- invited taiwan to share expertise at the global covid-19 summits and continue to provide taiwan with the defense capabilities it needs to defend itself against chinese aggression. his initiation worked hard to beat back efforts by the people's republic of china to squeeze countries to wreck it -- 2d recognize taiwan. caller: i was going to support the taiwan. i was wanting to implicate the fact that some of -- i used to be a democrat, but now i'm from michigan. and the thing about it is a lot of things in this country run on polymeric procedure. parliamentarian procedure. totally exclude independent, so what we have is a thing that goes more cordial in our own government that is creating a dysfunction about the way we treat american citizens as themselves worried about taiwan and the simple fact is i be better if i just mailed my american citizenship to mexico and came back. they are paying these people and none of this is

that was stephen island in staten island, new york.rian in phoenix, arizona on the line for others. hello. caller: hello. i appreciate you taking my call. where would you like me to begin? host: how would you assess the job market currently? caller: i know the pandemic has caused a lot of bad situations for small business. basically our middle income class people. i definitely see a lot of things opening up. the stores, the walmarts, a lead of things to get people back in it. when i moved to phoenix in 2009, right when the obama administration got in, back east with the auto industry and whatnot it was really shut down. i moved to phoenix in 2009, got into a program, was homeless, but they had a good homeless academic college campus style. within a matter of time i got housing vouchers and before the pandemic i was paying third income and doing quite well. no food stamps, i was doing everything on my own. then the pandemic hit. they worked with me on that and then i had another management come in and the apartments, when they bought it

. >> what's the most famous thing about staten island? people can't afford a $1,000 cup of coffee. >> totally. >> who is this for? >> for whoever wants to collect art, be a part of this moment. but there is something for everybody. i've been saying, the vibes are free. come in, walk around, enjoy the music, enjoy the people, enjoy the atmosphere, look the my art. i did want to make sure there was something for everybody. >> reporter: this type of immersive art experience is his way of visualizing his unusual transition from the digital to physical space. >> in a weird way, my whole story and progression of art happened totally flipped compared to most people today. a lot of physical artists are figuring out how to turn digital. and it's a little bit of a mad dash. but with me, i've been digital my whole life. it wasn't until quarantine when i was really bored and i thought, hey, why not get some canvas, pass the time, figure out how to do physical art? >> reporter: no matter what form the experience comes in, there seems to be consensus t

the resolution now faces an uphill battle in the democrat-controlled house a new staten island found that nursing the home residents are much more likely to die of covid in facilities where the staff is largely unvaccinated research in the new england journal of medicine says this finding was consistent regardless of how many residents were vaccinated. meanwhile, pfizer has shared an optimistic development in the fight against the omicron variant. nbc news' chris pollone explains. >> reporter: the head of crime maker pfizer show its covid vaccine is less effective against the omicron variant for people that had two shots without a booster. add in that third dose, project seems to jump. >> two doses are almost equivalent against the original variant. >> reporter: but that's not to say having two shots is worthless against omicron, which has been discovered in more than a third of the country skype tifts say two doses might not be enough. they would likely stop severe illness and death. >> there is tremendous volume compared to if have you only one or any. >> reporter: president biden

people, wealthy people, you have got people from foreign countries and people from the bronx and staten islandn. but that remarkable diversity melds into one as we all realize we are children of god, sons of a loving father who loved us so much he sent his only begotten son. that brings people together in unity during the christmas season. judge jeanine: fox news contributor jonathan morris joins us now. that was an amazing clip of st. patrick's. st. patrick's is one of those places wherever you are from when you come to new york, it's one of those landmarks you have to visit. i was there this week. you see so many different people as you heard in that video who all walks of life, young and old and rich and poor and i didn't know they were liberal or conservative if i didn't peak to them obviously. what but what is the fascination? >> it's the architecture. that what draws people in. people who have no faith at all til have to get to st. patrick's to see it. when they see that unbelievable expression of neogothic architecture is beauty. and my believe and the belief of christians is that draws

care to share your favorite staten island pizza place? good to see you. here's the pizza story. a one dollar pizza is a staple in new york city. they are on all the street corners, it is pretty good. restaurants raising their prices $0.50. mark tepper, it was the dollar store and now the dollar pizza. inflation has had everybody. >> that is it. you heard the dollar store is raising prices by 25% as well as don't know if they will rebrand as the dollar 25 store. when you look at pizza shop -- pizza shop owners they are facing the uphill battle. they have costs going up, rents are up, when example in the story, 15,$000 a month for rent, that is crazy. for a pizza shop it was $9,500 a month 3 covid and there's only two ways inflation can affect pizza. prices go up for the consumer and you get shrink relation where you buy a place but the slices smaller. number triangle pieces but maybe you can get one of those little squares for a dollar but nobody really wants the square, you want the triangle. lauren: i will eat any pizza. if you tell me t

said some of the activity that happened in chicago today was independent of what was happening in staten island. caroline: perhaps not working quite as holistically as might be anticipated. remind us -- there are a myriad of things amazon is trying to take on to their putting masks back on either warehouses. the other key part of amazon is amazon web services. kriti was telling us how the ftc was eyeing it should >> our colleagues in washington had a big skip about this. the ftc had started this probe under the trump administration looking into the amazon web services, which is the back of the internet. it provides a lot of access to websites. they are focused on the antitrust and competition side. they are looking at how amazon interacts with companies that use aws and those who don't as well. they have spoken with companies in the last week or so could it is clear this probe is advancing . caroline: just to add to the angst, ws had a bit of an outage. >> it is the third outage this month. i woke up this morning and i saw that. it kind of felt like it was last week again because that with the

host: michelle out of staten island. out of that column looking into u.s.upport for taiwan, praising the president for inviting to -- invited taiwan to share expertise at the global covid-19 summits and continue to provide taiwan with the defense capabilities it needs to defend itself against chinese aggression. his initiation worked hard to beat back efforts by the people's republic of china to squeeze countries to wreck it -- 2d recognize taiwan. caller: i was going to support the taiwan. i was wanting to implicate the fact that some of -- i used to be a democrat, but now i'm from michigan. and the thing about it is a lot of things in this country run on polymeric procedure. parliamentarian procedure. totally exclude independent, so what we have is a thing that goes more cordial in our own government that is creating a dysfunction about the way we treat american citizens as themselves worried about taiwan and the simple fact is i be better if i just mailed my american citizenship to mexico and came back. they are paying these people and none of this is be

if you look for a house on staten island where i am from, the same price as the christmas santa clausouse and 1.3-million dollars. are you kidding me? i could own santa claus's house for less than that? let's do it. it's crazy. it's a steal! >> brian: so get it. move in with santa. >> absolutely. >> brian: with the new york giants the football season ending, the team decided to reward season ticket holders with a free medium pepsi. only the winners get the large. it went as bad as you can imagine. just one member of the family. what is your reaction to this? >> i tell you what, if you had not been to giants stadium, i will show you a medium soft drink. this is a medium. don't get me started on the small. this is a medium. ration your beverage during halftime. >> brian: [laughing]. that's a medium? >> that's what they have on top the scope. it's not a medium. the weirdest encounter on tv was at giants stadium. >> brian: we ran out of time. tell me real quick. >> a man in halftime in the men's room turned to me at the urinal and said am i on tv? i said you are on giants stadium halftime

undetermined amount of time the move which impacts stores in manhattan, brooklyn, the bronx and staten island does not amount to a total shutdown, however, as customers can still visit them to pick up online orders >> staffing shortage is real thank you for joining us >> you got it. >>> back to the markets. the santa claus rally getting off to a great start the s&p 500 rising about 1.4% yesterday, that is the best first day of the santa claus rally since 2000 according to the stock trader's almanac, it's the third time in 40 years the s&p gained 1% to kick off this period let's talk about the markets with malcolm altridge. good morning to you. >> good morning. >>> the market's performance in recent days would suggest investors are less concerned about ridsing covid cases tell us why, why is the market looking past these challenges? >> i think it have more to do with what you just ran through which is the santa claus rally the santa claus rally we could expect it to be a little more on steroids than it normally would be, because we'd be spending that money to fly and travel and visit relatives

wu-tang client, how they use their influence with kung flu -- kung fu movies, these brothers from staten islanding hip-hop culture and kung fu, chinese culture together. expression. when kids the access to that thing that can never be taken from them, giving them the tools to capitalize them in this world. that is safe, self-determination. that's what we are pushing for. i recently participated in the climate music justice project at the conservatory of music in san francisco. climate change is a think it's's going to kill more brown people than anything. people are like you are really into this, i'm like yeah, i'm really pro black. i want everything that is killing black people to stop. >> i have been wanting to say something. do you think anybody? >> everybody is welcome. you've got to bust it out. >> here we go. i'm a full blooded puerto rican. we are us citizens with our -- aoc, can you see, we are don't throw paper towels at tows that is so bogus. >> this is what happens when you mess with hip hop for change, we will get you wrapping. think about black art, culture, that is healing for our

what we're seeing, fdny, nypd, ems and the staten island ferry running short-staffed. that pushed on to the private sector. we're hoping the new mayor will reevaluate this situation and at minimum allow people to have the testing option. i believe that covid is here to stay. it's taking various forms, various mutations, yes, but we have to learn to live with it and adapt to it. i think treatments and therapeutics is really the answer. >> trace: the "wall street journal" had an interesting op-ed. they're asking how is it that we're adopting these authoritarian nations tactics when freedom has just worked so well. strongly oppose government vaccine mandates. if you're crazy about hondas, but don't think the government should force everyone to buy a honda, are you anti-honda? it's a fair point. >> i agree. i encourage the vaccine but i'm against the mandates. i believe the reason why i had mild symptoms is because i was vaccinated. but i do believe that we need to have many tools in the arsenal. the vaccines are one. treatments and therapeutics are another. we need to lea

and there are places like long island, staten island and new jersey where people still want to go out long island says he will take it. if you come, is he going to one of your shows. brian: absolutely. carley: we wish you the best of luck. we understand what small business owners like you are going through. keep people laughing and smiling. mental health is a big element of keeping people healthy through the pandemic. so, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> appreciate it. thank you. carley: all right. coming up the lone star state unveiling first portion of state built border wall. land commissioner george p. bush joins us as his state takes the border crisis into their own hands. ♪ groceries, gifts, & more fast and easy. so last minute guests are the only thing you'll be waiting on. ♪ joy. fully. ♪ is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes knocking you out of your zone? joy. fully. lowering your a1c with once-weekly ozempic® can help you get back in it. oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! my zone... lowering my a1c, cv risk, and losing some weight... now, back to the game! oz

just hours ago at staten island -based law form filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of all unvaccinatedorkers across new york city. this lawsuit files that announced it meant of the vaccine mandate for the private sector. it's a first mandate of its kin in the nation coming with is he heads out of office. here are the dates you need to know for this rollout on december 14th, new york city requiring kids 5-11 years old show proof of one vaccine dose rate kids will have to show tha prove to get into places like restaurants, movie theaters, an other indoor spaces. under december 27, more sweepin changes. that's the day when everyone 12 and up and also all private sector employees have to show proof of vaccination. this is for employees in the office impacting at least 184,000 businesses. many who say this puts them in tough spot sprayed. >> as a business owner i don't want to be in the position to enforce my employees to do something great i want them to make the decision on their own. obviously the employees are not vaccinated, continue to wear a mask, we do where that guidance fred can g

he is from staten island so i know -- carley: he's one of the good ones. >> they're all good.c and they're all resilient. we have quite a few of them that know they will be living there. we will build it, they will come. and it's going to be a place that everyone will want to go and live there in this type of situation. ashley: i love that. carley: it's such a great idea. really quickly, they told us to wrap, but how do you come up with the idea? >> to be frank with you, the land was donated to us. we never thought we would do something like this but it's so perfect, so good, so just and so needed. carley: and you're changing so many lives for the better. thank you for joining us. the time is 40 minutes after the hour. americans give biden a failing grade on his handling of the nation's crime crisis. ashley: this as more scenes of chaos are playing out across american's major cities. those details, next. hello, for the last few years, i've been a little obsessed with chasing the big idaho potato truck. but it's not like that's my only interest. i also love cooking with heart-h

he's an emergency room physician at staten island university and director of global health at northwellng here with us. really appreciate everything that you are doing right now. you are in what is again the epicenter in new york which reported its highest case count ever this christmas eve. nearly 50,000 new cases, which is just mind boggling, but at the same time hospitalizations are nowhere near where they were during those early, awful days of the pandemic, which is a good thing, except, except for what's happening with kids. that's what i want to ask you about. there's been this four-fold increase in hospitalizations among kids in new york city. why do you think that's happening? >> so i think -- good morning, by the way. thank you for having me. i think that the increase in pediatric case probably is is twofold. number one, that it represents a population in new york city that isn't fully vaccinated yet or may not be fully vaccinated. under 5 may not be eligible for vaccination so we are going to see, i think, more cases. i think the other thing that may happen is because omicron

all this happened near a staten island high school.the bronx game the been a 14-year-old, monday him in broad daylight throwing him to the ground and repeat the punching and kicking him before printing up reportedly put the victim's cell phone. the teenager at a broken nose and they're asking for anyone with information and if you see anything, please let police kno. and police investigating a shooting from last night at the hollywood walk of fame where according to witness a gunman shot toward the group while people were gathered below for a memorial to honor the late sinker fernandez. they say no one was hurt. of russian woman charged with felony theft after shoplifting more than $300,000 worth of designer goods from california stores. investigators believe she was selling the items online according to the daily mail and also in los angeles, smash and grab or first robin of the store -- store. one owner said you just can't rely on law enforcement to get there to protect his business from shoplifters. >> it's my business. this is my l

. -- it's a part of routine of overdoes, here's another one on staten island his temper. >> one of myt day with me got into an elevator, in the capital. in an elevator we were joined by your han or more. [inaudible] well it was just lost three in there and i looked over and i said, we look at there is the jihad squad! he [noise] -- >> same racist stories toby 40s replacing the officer with the staffer. republican house leadership is doing closer nothing about this so republicans and spoken up. and it's not going well for them. following congresswoman nancy mason carolina is a did it from a district that is historically conservative. she came out and condemn their comments, colleagues -- in the gop conference and said it is not conservative she's pro abort. and suggesting that they may escort go hang with a real gal pals, with the jihad squad. and then she responded quote, i'm a pro-life issue conservatives who attacked by the left all weekend. the thing is congresswoman mazes sort of an interesting character. she is trying to straddle would i call the kings inter line. she is trying t

there were complaints coming out of warehouses in staten island and chicago that they had been basically from warehouse management from doing so and they said that was their time to get together with other workers and talk about the possibility of unionizing. under the agreement that came out earlier this week, they can stick around and they can pull the trigger on enforcement actions faster than before. we are seeing a sharper aattack. in this one there's no denial of wrong doing, so some new teeth we are seeing. but more broadly, we are talking about a company that at its founding was going to be named relentless, and that was the original name for the company and it was a model that he invented was going to be temporarily, never intending them to work there for a whole career, and it is bumping up against the new wind of unionizations. amazon, again, the second largest private employer in the united states, lindsay. >> thank you so much. >>> that does it for this hour. next hour we are live in miami as people line up for those covid tests who are seeing family for the holidays. so wha

madison alworth is live on staten island, new york with more. madison.ccine mandate a lot of businesses i've been speaking to they have more questions than answers when it comes to all of this. what we do know this is one of the widest reaching vaccine mandates we've seen across the united states all announced yesterday. so in that vaccine mandate announced by mayor bill de blasio, it effectively makes in-lawful for kids young as five up to adults to go into a restaurant, a gym, or an entertainment space without a vaccine. that is new, that five-year-old and up threshold. another big one, especially for the business community, that all private employees in new york city, they will need to be vaccinated by december 27th, essentially if you are not vaccinated you are barred from working in new york city. this is leaving the business community furious. partnership for new york city, include large corporations that call new york home, includes pfizer, american express, deloitte, to name a few. look what they told us about these new requirements. quote, the b

the staten island rap group sold over 45 million albums worldwide, and he was integral from the startstone's list of the greatest albums of all time. as these moments pile up, it is a reminder that a once young art form is now at a different stage with time for reflection, and that's what raekwon is doing in his new memoir, from staircase to stage, the story of raekwon and wu tang. our special guest, honor to have you sir. >> thanks for having me. how you doing? >> going into the hall of fame with obama having his back. what does that mean to you as you reflect on how far hip-hop has come? >> oh, man, it's a beautiful thing, man. i'm so proud of jay-z. you know, and everything that he has been doing. i tell people all the time, you know, this was a dream for all of us, you know, to be able to use our voice and what we learn and experiences of being in the street to just doing what we love to do and making it -- making a statement out of it, you know. so i'm proud to sue one of my brothers, my peers inside the game reach that pinnacle, because, you know, we always felt that we had it i

new york republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis, sorry about that, represents staten island andt of brooklyn and will join us in just a moment, but first, lauren green is live in new york city with the latest on all of this. >> reporter: hey, molly. covid is bringing chaos to the holidays as a rise in cases is causing shutdowns throughout the country for the second year in a row, and word is it's also threatening to shut down tonight's "saturday night live" show. there will be no live audience, and the show will have limited cast and crew. the spike in covid cases in new york has already forced several broadway shows to cancel performances including the famous christmas spectacular for the rest of the season. finish the show is based at rock center: new york posted its highest single-day total since the earliest days of the pandemic. long lines greet people looking to get tested before holiday gathererrings. the highly transmissable omicron variant is to blaum for the surge and now -- blame for the surge and now in 44 statements. it forced the postponement of several nfl games a

this story also with us, former democratic congressman max rose running again for his old seat in staten islandd note we invited his opponent to join us and haven't heard back. let's take a look at these retail numbers, inflation numbers. how is our economy doing? put it in perspective. >> you know, i think it's a challenge to the economy, stephanie. i'm not running against max rose, i'm not the opponent. so just to be clear, you have this high inflation on the one hand, but pretty good growth and low unemployment and good job on the other hand. there's really two things happening. one is the economy is still adjusting with these supply shocks we've had with people not having returned to the work force. you don't have oil production up where it was. you have the ships that are backed up having trouble getting goods. you have car production down. all that's happening. meanwhile, your november number was down, but october was really strong. i'm putting the two numbers together and saying we're still having a decent holiday spending season. people started shopping early, which makes sense if price

here's a video of her at an event in staten island in september. >> one of my staffers on his first dayr we were joined by ilhan omar. well, it was just us three in there. and i looked over and i said, well, lookey there, it's the jihad squad. [ applause ] i do have to say, she didn't have a backpack that she dropped and started running, so we were okay. >> same made up story she told before just replacing the officer with a staffer. we reached out to congresswoman boebert about this latest video but have not heard back. and while republican house leadership has done close to nothing about this some republicans have spoken up. and it's not gone well for them. republican congresswoman nancy mace of south carolina, who represents the district that is historically very conservative, came out and condemned boebert's comments. her republican colleague congresswoman marjorie taylor greene then called her the trash in the gop conference adding "she's not conservative. she's pro abort." and suggesting mace "just go hang with herr real gal pals, the jihad squad." mace responded, "i'm a pro-life

. >> reporter: that's right, and the judge ultimately staten island -- decided to go with the prosecution setting that bail at $500,000. much of that explanation had to do with what you saw in the past 24 hours. after that noon press conference there was an arraignment scheduled for 4:00 p.m. yesterday where we were expecting to see these suspects for their first court appearance. that never happened. it was a be on the lookout and then a manhunt with the u.s. marshals, the fbi and the county sheriff before those suspects were apprehended. i want to take you inside the courtroom. this was all virtual. i want to take you inside that debate that was happening between the defense attorneys and the prosecution. listen here. >> last night and throughout the day, we were in contact with our clients. they were scared. they were terrified. they were not at home. they were figuring out what to do getting finances in order. there is absolutely no doubt, but our clients were absolutely going to turn themselves in. it was just a matter of logistics. >> nobody needs permission. these defendants did no

it was called big staten island. [ laughter ] people think it's named after the isle of jersey in theel. but actually, the first settlers to discover it were a bunch of dudes in track suits with gold changes. [ laughter ] "oh, look at this [ bleep place. it [ bleep ] pastoral. [ laughter ] "let's manifest some freaking destiny and plant some gabogool." [ laughter ] guys, they were here this week and they had huge influence on me [ laughter ] so yes, the results were bad for democrats. and yes, they absolutely need to learn some real lessons from it. but you didn't need an election result in virginia to tell you that things aren't exactly great for democrats right now. biden's poll numbers are in the toilet concerns about the economy and inflation are on the rise. people are exhausted and angry after 20 months of pandemic life and democrats in congress who spent what feels like an eternity haggling over a bill to deliver on biden's agenda and they still can't agree on a deal just this week, democratic leaders put paid family leave back in the bill because it's extremely popular. and on

i went on to study social work at the college of staten island where i was constantly missed gendered by my professors and eventually ran off campus for protesting for an out lesbian judge, judge bernstein, in 1994 against her remarks -- remarks by the president that she was an out lesbian and not fit to serve as attorney general of new york state. i was forced to leave college and not able to finish my education. i was forced to leave school abruptly. i was the leader of the lesbian-gay group at csi. i protested for the judge and called all kinds of names, students called all kind of epithets. i was not able to complete my education as a social worker. in 1988 i was severely injured in a car accident which served as a catalyst for me to come to terms with my identity as a woman and i decided life is too short for me to i tried to find medical care to assist with my transition, but was turned away, laughed at, and at times declared mentally ill. one of my doctors called me schizophrenic and prescribed for medication for condition i didn't have. it was virtually impossible to find doct

bridge would just be an off-ramp into the water and new yorkers would have to get to brooklyn from staten island. "oh, what's with this freaking thing? if it were any smaller, i'd have to leave my balls in the glove compartment, oh. [ laughter ] also, biden's numbers were falling off a cliff. biden's numbers are in the toilet for sure. but the only recent president with worse numbers was you this is like if you walked into the jets locker room and you heard them making fun of the jacksonville jaguars that's right everybody we are still doing jets jokes after they failed to win back to back games and thank god it's the last easy new york punch line that we have now that the knicks got good, laguardia's been renovated, and deblasio's leaving office. even the cigarette smoking cockroaches are using a nicotine patch now. [ laughter ] it's not the same but it takes the edge off [ laughter ] the major divide in our politics right now is that one movement, for its many flaws is actively interested in doing things, while the other is trying to purge anyone who participates in making our government funct

presidents day sale "hear ye, hear ye, come on down to ye olde joey petrocelli's kia dealership of staten islandices are so low, you'll have to 'two if by land, one if by sea' for yourself." [ laughter ] by the way, trump is referencing a debunked theory, floated by his supporters, that thomas jefferson somehow used his power as vice president, overseeing the counting of electoral votes in 1800, to make himself president. a theory disproven by, among others, an article with the headline "no, thomas jefferson didn't rig the 1800 vote count." [ laughter ] it's a real sign of the times how many headlines sound like they should start with a big, old heavy sigh "ugh no you can't cure covid with listerine! [ laughter ] with all due respect to o'reilly and trump, we might as well get our history tour from a gym teacher who had to sub in last minute because the real teacher had a covid exposure "who we doing today? jefferson? okay, uh, bear with coach because it's been a while since i cracked open a history book. [ laughter ] oh, boy, if memory serves, jefferson ran on two platforms one, don't let fish

. >> brangham: republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis represents nearby staten island, new york.letter to attorney general merrick garland asking the d.o.j. to close these“ unlawful” sites. >> i don't see this ending in a good place. it's just going to further deteriorate communities. it's going to further attract the criminal element. drug dealers are goingo know where to go to get clients. i think it's a very dangerous, slippery slope. and i feel that what you're doing is you're enabling somebody's habit. >> brangham: another concern that's raised is where these sites are located. a group of long-time harlem residents complain that new york city over many years has put too many drug treatment sites in one small area, becoming a magnet for crime and disorder. >> i saw them dealing drugs. it was unbelievable! >> they've been just dumping these types of facilities in black and brown areas because they get less political support. >> brangham: syderia asberry- chresfield has lived in harlem for 30 years and helped organize local protests. >> it's systemic racism. this has been going

people are voting with their feet, so i'm curious, staten island, southern brooklyn, your district i'vei think it's very split, but there are people who have had enough of the overreach of government and they are concerned and it's businesses too. look we had a round table in washington from industry leaders particularly those in transportation sector, that are saying that this is going to have a huge impact if the biden administration's vaccine mandate actually takes effect. now two things are happening, right? next week we'll get a new mayor here in new york city and we're hoping that mayor will revisit some of these policies and the supreme court will be looking at the biden mandate as well so let's hope things loosen up and we focus more on treatment and therapeutics going forward because we have to learn to live with this virus. will: yeah, and then the question, we'll see what the new mayor does you're absolutely right and then the question becomes do new yorkers get what they vote for? is this what they want or is it time to pack up your bags like so many have. >> elections matte

that was stephen island in staten island, new york. brian in phoenix, arizona on the line for others. hello. caller: hello. i appreciate you taking my call. where would you like me to begin? host: how would you assess the job market currently? caller: i know the pandemic has caused a lot of bad situations for small business. basically our middle income class people. i definitely see a lot of things opening up. the stores, the walmarts, a lead of things to get people back in it. when i moved to phoenix in 2009, right when the obama administration got in, back east with the auto industry and whatnot it was really shut down. i moved to phoenix in 2009, got into a program, was homeless, but they had a good homeless academic college campus style. within a matter of time i got housing vouchers and before the pandemic i was paying third income and doing quite well. no food stamps, i was doing everything on my own. then the pandemic hit. they worked with me on that and then i had another management come in and the apartments, when they bought

the move affecting as many as 184,000 businesses one staten island attorney says he'll sue. >> airlines are packed. restaurants are packed. is this an emergency or is it a problem? >> reporter: stricter and more controversial rules coming as more than a third of states are already reporting the variant with texas just the latest. though delta is still the dominant strain in the u.s., fashioning the possibility omicron could find fertile ground to spread. >> i worry about states that have high vaccination rates, hydel to exposure. that describes a lot of states in the south right now which i think could be vulnerable to omicron because they're relying a lot of on delta immunity. >> reporter: dr. david andrews leads variant tracking for jackson health in miami. do you worry you're going to see a repeat in the coming weeks? >> yes, that's what we're all concerned about. >> reporter: he stresses unvaccinated adults and children pose the greatest risk. >> we know that a lot of breakthrough infections in individuals who have been vaccinated have come through there children who were unvaccinat

also stores in manhattan, brooklyn, the bronx, staten island also being affected as well.reas. you have apple select stores closing in parts of l.a., d.c., ohio, texas, maryland, and even in florida. you wonder if other retailers might follow suit especially if apple is going to take these steps. from a business perspective not much impact on apple's bottom line since they sell most of the devices online these days. apple's stock still within striking distance of crossing the that 3 trillion-dollar market cap, if they do that, this he would be the first company to ever cross that mark. but that 182.86 demarcation line in price is a bit elusive and sticky resistance there. $3 trillion doesn't seem expensive for a company that makes over a third of a trillion dollars in sales each year in each of its business segments are fortune 100 company on its own. those numbers are staggering. other companies are also reacting to omicron. that includes on wall street, goldman sachs taking the lead here, a trendsetter. goldman mandating boosters, extra testing for the staff, targeting r

madison alworth is following reaction right now in staten island, new york. madison.eporter: hey, neil. yeah, this mandate has been announced by mayor de blasio is one of the most aggressive mandates we've seen across the u.s. the businesses i've spoken to, a lot of them say they were blindsided by this. right now they have more questions than answers because here's the thing, we know about the mandate but implementation and enforcement, details around that, neil, they will not be announced till december 15th. let's look what we do know about the vaccine mandate. first those key to nyc businesses, restaurants, entainment spaces, gyms for those bases you need two doses of the vaccine if you're 12 and up. for kid five to 11, this is also new. they will need at least one shot of the vaccine. finally that business piece, every single employee in new york city will need to be vaccinated by december 27th. so on that day, if you are not vaccinated, you are barred from working in new york city. that is huge for businesses here. shane is a business owner. we're at moraki hair

. >> merrick garland ran, he won brooklyn and queens and staten island. >> they're thinking somehow they're go wait a second, you live on the upper east side. you don't live in the toughest parts of the broncs. is it tough for you? they're not on the upper east side. there are truly a disadvantage who are fighting just to get by in the broncs. >> public safety, people want to feel safe no matter where they live. >> good luck, when do you start? >> beginning of january 1st. i am not in aggressive meetings to be able to hit the ground and running. >> in coming commissioner sewell. >> and good luck with your voice. >> and maybe i will get some sleep. >> you are not going to get that for about four years. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> coming up, republicans have criticized the covid relief money are now spending it in their states. no problem at all. i will have the new reporting. >>> plus, chuck schumer sets up a marathon series of votes to get president biden's ambassador nominees passed. "morning joe" is back in a moment. passed. "morning joe" is back in a moment i've spent centuri

i hear from people all the time having the same consideration, friends in staten island whose kids are moving on. i don't see the focusing on the children we should have, moving past the pandemic and making sure kids are leading a normal healthy life. stuart: you are moving on by moving to florida. you must have family and friends left behind. are they calling you a deserted? >> they are asking where they should go in florida. it is hard to leave new york, it is the husband we grew up in. we are feel new yorkers and the fact that we are leaving, i love the city, i love everything about it. i was the biggest cheerleader but we are in a bad place and the thing is i don't see new yorkers wanting to climb out of that bad place. the moving on, i understand it is a pandemic and covid is serious. i don't treat it as nonserious but we have to put kids first and we haven't done that and we will look at the data that says kids live their normal lives. stuart: we understand why you are leaving and we will miss you but report from florida when you get down there. left-hand side of the screen, 6 av