i'm a native staten islander.p living pretty close to the landfill, now becoming a park. it's really moving to be here now and to think of a new beginning, a new life. and to see -- like, i just saw a butterfly, and i was like, oh, my gosh. you know, it's -- ahh. reporter: today, new life is being breathed into the former garbage dump. choreographer kathy westwater is taking the audience on a very special trip. kathy: we're physicalizing a sort of process that is happening within the landfill. and maybe that is a form of a metaphor. i think there's this form of rebirth within all of that. how things come apart, come back together again, matter. reporter: dancing on the garbage left behind in prosperity's wake. marisa: it was beautiful. i kept looking around and seeing how the dancers were moving with the motion of nature, how the wind was moving and everything, and they were also -- the reeds were little dancers, too. reporter: amid the skyscrapers of manhattan, we meet the man who has already designed a park in t

staten island kind of gets what people in staten island the shaft compared to the rest of the boroughst let me tell you, a lot of not only the nypd but the fdny and city workers at the core of who is serving new york city and the point of being out there, i left at about 11:00 a.m. and some headquarters here and saw thousands of officers between 48th street in the upper west side. standing on the corner and they are from 12-14 hours the entire time and all of the people that came all over the world. my question is when you get a young man like this you don't know a whole lot about but clearly troubled, lost family members and covering a horrible situation but on our guardian watch list, how is he able to get on the amtrak and come to a highly populated area? how closely was he being watched? there are a lot of questions despite our first responders. they are doing the best they can but at the end of the day, this young man was on a list that we should be watching. >> emily: that is the point, kevin, if it pulls through the cracks the results might unfortunately be a fatality. thank god

back to new york, staten island. democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. this is the first time every caller, i agree with them on almost everything. i am talking all three parties. i feel pretty good. the sunshine state, i feel as though a lot of the things they said were kind of on point. my concern is the pattern of mass shootings. these people are hired, they are criminals but they are hired. the right to bear arms, the nra, the connections to putin on what the report said. unfortunately, the doj, bill barr was not helping that held accountable for lying. -- bill barr was not held accountable for lying. who knows? host: are you saying trust in government is your biggest concern? caller: yeah. corruption, the key word. more from an independent standpoint, i feel as though -- the fall out, we knew it was going to happen. it is not backed. too many people have been taken. the christianity movement, i've been catholic all my life. i feel as though even our own religion has been taken hostage. host: we will continue with your calls in just a second. we've b

right, there's a couple things like i found this print which is view of the newer quarantine and staten island which is always cool material. yes, that is real. that the actual newspaper from the herald. yeah. from the herald tribune that isn't so. and then i love the lights. yeah. this i restored. i put this back together. it was all broken pieces. it took a while and i just want to tell you my friends and family in here and can. and then i've got the space out there to work on and for community stuff. and then i want to show you my last, this is my big project i've been working on. so this will take it off. is my coffin, or what do you think? oh my goodness. yeah. where did you meet? oh god. okay. alright. this way. oh, okay. this exactly fits me. so this is my, this is mike berry, i hope god and you like that. we really want to mention, i mean, we know we want to mention, i just want to make sure that i, this is my final apartment. you know, that i end up in this i like the fact that it's not finished. it's not, as you can say that it's not finished, not even close. i wish i would have been

there's a couple things like i found this print, which is view other than your quarantine and staten island, which i thought was cool. material fixed. yes. that is real. that's actual newspaper. on the harold. yeah. from the herald tribune that isn't the so and then i love the lights. yeah. than this i restored. i put this back together. was all broken pieces. it took a wild for just want touch you my friends and here the rambling in here and can. and then i've got the space out there to work on and for community stuff. and then i want to show you my lat. this is my big project. i've been working on so this we take it off. is my coffin, or what are your name or my group? yeah. is it where did you are? oh god. okay. all right, we this way. okay. oh, okay. this exactly fits me. so this is my, this is my barry hope. gov and you like that. or we really don't wanna mention, you know, we want to mention, i just want to make sure that i, this is my final a apartment. you know that i end up in this i like the fact that it's not finished. it's not even as you can really say that it's not finished, n

staten island at arthur kill terminal site turning into the line and one blade of the new wind turbinesnew jersey shore and one of the things about the infrastructure law that i'm most excited about and all american workers. all american workers. by the way all of it, all of it is union labor. to ensure major projects are handled with well trained, highly skilled workers and resolved students ahead of time and safer work sites and avoiding disruptions and work stoppages that can cause expensive and extensive delays down the line. we're not just good for workers and taxpayers too. the hudson river tunnel project to 72,000 good paying jobs over this lifetime. labors electricians, carpenters, cement base and carpenters and good jobs to raise a family on. most don't require a college degree but they do require four years of partnerships and training programs and one of the reasons why the united states has the best trained worker in the world. that's not a hyperbole, we do. it's about making things here in america again. it's about good jobs and dignity of work and my dad says joey, this ca

on staten island where upgrading the port at arthur kill terminal site to turn into a state of the arty site for wind turbines. by the way, just one blade in these new wind turbines is 102 yards long. 102 yards long hundred two yards long. the ships during this equipment are huge so we're trudging a 35-foot basins of the ships can reach the site. with the support of the government of new jersey we reconstituting nearly three miles of highway that still structurally obsolete leading to the port. and repairing the canal in cape main canal, critical waterways that are gyms in the new jersey shore. one of the things about the infrastructure law that are most excited about is where doing all of this with all american workers. all american workers. [applause] and by the way, and all of it, all of it is union labor. all of it. [applause] every freaking one. union labor. you don't think i'm kidding. i'm not. yesterday in baltimore i announce we are building the project under the new project labor agreement. we are making sure it's one of his projects as well here. the agreement to contractors

but if you don't fancy the walk up, why not take in the views from the staten island ferry?an hour and it is free. if you are travelling in the spring, the brooklyn botanic garden offers a quiet refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city. its sprawling 52—acre grounds feature a variety of plants, flowers and trees, including their beautiful cherry blossoms, which are celebrated at an annual festival, usually held in april and early a may. and here is a fascinating fact for you. in spite of all those famous movie scenes showing yellow new york taxis honking their horns when they are caught in trafficjams, it is actually illegal to honk your horn in frustration. 0k, still to come on the travel show: we find out what happens when chinese new year meets a scottish tradition. about an hour's flight south of cairo, hugging the banks of the river nile, lies the city of luxor. it used to be called thebes and was the capital of ancient egypt. among luxor�*s best—known treasures is the burial chamber of the boy king tutankhamen. last year was the centenary of its discovery in 1922,

who were not about to use their tax money to buy off slave holders in the hudson valley or in staten island in places that. and so it's the addition of counties like montgomery and dago and ontario and steuben and tonga and delaware, herkimer, that takes the whole notion of directly compensate slaveholders off the agenda and makes it possible to move gradual emancipation all the way to the governor's desk. actually, the council of revisions a constitutional apparatus that no longer exists so, you know, despite what his sister in law, judith what livingston watkins imagined might the future of this part of the state, western new york, this part of the state did not envision itself as having a vested interest in the expansion of the state or the maintenance slavery that did not. however, that all was a good in light and a march of progress was underway as peter augustus jay john jay, his older son, discovered at the new york constitutional convention of 1821, which was called by martin van buren and his allies to radically change john jay, 1777 constitution their vision expanding democ racy b

travelers mentioning the charming streets of old havana play on vietnam came in second followed risha staten island nation in the indian ocean nown for its beaches. cambodia came in 4th, followed by chiang mai thailand and grand cayman caribbean. good, a scuba diving. they're the top destinations in the u.s. include juneau, alaska, followed by page arizona, salem, massachusetts, and the various very own. >> sonoma, the only california city to make the list. obviously known for its wine and >> chill atmosphere. terra verde, florida came in 5th. that's just off the coast of tampa, followed by philadelphia. i think you added the philly, what i'm philly. so i think you tried at anaheim because that's where disney but that didn't make it either. and that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. so we have a lot more ahead on kron. 4 news at 06:00pm. ken the careful what you start and thank you so much. san francisco's district attorney. >> making a major announcement in the investigation into the art gallery owner who sprayed his hose at an unhoused woman. we have details ahead. and after a mostly dry day around the

think about the video of eric gardner is staten island, new york. how long it took our kareem on that one? think about all these cases out in sterling, silky in barrels. lee then own video. think about pamela toner, houston, texas. kil, don't video took years for the on the brain charges in her case even on i had the video day one think about ronald green in louisiana. i me had that video for day one took over year to her brand charges against them. i me. so man, man, my go think about 4 to yo to me or rice own bid a young and why justice did move swiftly plane. it is black people when they were killed by white police officers. so we hafta make the point exceedingly clear. we now have the blueprint, america, and we want except last go forward in the future. we will how black officers treat it differently than white officers. we will equal justice under the low tire reading of it to mere wife deserve it, run a green deserve it out. in style and deserve it, are gone to deserve it. pamela town to deserve it. oh, our children, barry williams deserve it.

but if you don't fancy the walk up, why not take in the views from the staten island ferry?n the spring, the brooklyn botanic garden offers a quiet refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city. its sprawling 52—acre grounds feature a variety of plants, flowers and trees, including their beautiful cherry usually held in april and early may. and here's a fascinating fact for you. in spite of all those famous movie scenes showing yellow new york taxis honking their horns when they're caught in trafficjams, it's actually illegal to honk your horn in frustration. 0k. still to come on the travel show... we find out what happens when chinese new year meets a scottish tradition. slainte mhath. about an hour's flight south of cairo, hugging the banks of the river nile, lies the city of luxor. it used to be called thebes, and was the capital of ancient egypt. among luxor�*s best—known treasures is the burial chamber of the boy king tutankhamun. last year was the centenary of its discovery in 1922, and we were here to cover it for the travel show. incredible. absolutely astonishing. b

. >> robert from staten island. what's up, robert ? staten island. how are you doing? >> all right. what's going on ? you how are you? so, sean, if the republicansansr are fortunate enough to takenk r back the white house in twenty four , how long do you think before the economic policies we saw in the trump presidency would kick infr? take a couple of years? if you look at reagan, it kicked in. you basically in eighty three .o and then he went on to win forty nine states in his? reelection, which was amazing. what i'm worried about is republicans have got to understand that their model of elections, democrats,ec they don'ttions, want a debate,i they don't do press availses, they don't kiss babies, they don't shake hands. they they don't do town halls. they don't do rallies. they pay for negative ads. and then they go out hunting for votes. and they do ballot harvesting, which is legal in most states . and republicans don't do that.vh they got to get overbout vot the reluctance and resistance about voting early and votingvol by mail and they also got to do the ballot harvesting lega

somebody at 5:45 on the corner of, like, ninth avenue and 43rd. [ light laughter ] >> to drive off to staten island shooting it. and i vomited the morning i got up, i was so nervous >> seth: wow >> i upchucked i knew my lines. i knew my dialogue, but just the whole concept of being in a movie was terrifying >> seth: now, when the agent called and told you you have the part, did they say "bring your own jacket"? >> uh. [ light laughter ] they, you know, it was like. the movie cost like $400,000 or something like that. [ light laughter ] >> they just said, "somebody will call you," and thank god somebody did >> seth: i think this is the first time i saw you on-screen, was this film "mazes and monsters." >> oh, my god. >> seth: now, "mazes and monsters," by the poster, you think this is a super cool sort of, you know, "lord of the rings"-type film that is not the case >> no. by the way, they could be some damn chiseled good looks there >> seth: yeah, they really >> that's something else by the way, this was not the billing when we made it. >> seth: no, absolutely. >> it was on cbs steven stern directe

well lou, a criminal defense attorney on staten island and a cigar. you're aware of disparities why with cigars? 95% on cigars and 13 president on weed that increases your chance of getting schizophrenia. why is this? >> thank you for having me, tucker. i'm a cigar smoker. it seems like the government won't be happy unless we're all eating kale, drinking carrot juice, and smoking weed. they're not happy with a nice good cigar. to tax something at 95% is absurd. they want to tax is it into extinction. why? you know who is hurt here is the mom and pop cigar shop on the corner. that is who is hurt. not the rich people. you know where they buy the cigars? illill market. the cubans on the illegal market. full boxes that are not taxed. the average joe who wants a nice cigar on the porch with a glass of wine or martini, he's getting hurt. like always, right. >> tucker: ofpbg as always. i don't understand the justification for it if you moderately smoke cigars and don't inhale them and burn like ten a day, the health risk is negligent. it's true. clearly no p

and they chose this image here a map because we have to remember of course that new york the staten island island this is a rural there forests this is green this is not built up the way it is today. so obviously, when these troops arrived they saw country and what they described as rolling hills, lush forests, springs. there was an abundance wheat, corn, other grains there were many orchards, chestnuts, peaches, cherries, apples, pears, plums, apricots and other fruit. the livestock was well nourished. the farms neatly kept. long island was described as the garden of all of north america. the german impression of new york city was very positive, as they admired its streets, beautiful church, this stately college. sadly, this prosperity seemed to have corrupted the inhabitants. indeed, the view of the land was so the view of the land was so that many of german observers speculated that the reason for the rebellion could not possibly be oppression by the mother country as the were claiming from their perspective, the colonies had little reason to complain if anything, many had become lazy a

. >> a cop came in from staten island. >> sending them our best and wishing them well. >> more news.is the video the white house decided to release. watch. >> today offers proof that the soul america vibrant, the future america is bright and the promise of america is real. it is never easy, but we are proving that no matter what, progress does come. >> i just became a citizen. >> that video was posted yesterday. that was his new year's eve. there is not a single thing america cannot deal. a lot of people will say it is making it a lot harder. a lot more difficult to accomplish the goals. >> a few key things that matter. the highest inflation in 40 years. just to work through these. these inflationary pressures to the point of number one there. exacerbate the recession. that we currently have. we are in a nice little warm spell care. when title 42 ultimately goes away, we know that it will happen at some point. they just kick the can down the road. the situation at the border will get exponentially worse. it will not go away just because the supreme court gave a reprieve. that will le

i did not have to get on a plane, i didn't have to get on the staten island ferry. could see the world because i had books. that education where i learned everything from latin to biology and all the sciences, mathematics, french, history, political economy. like anthony fauci, it was a great jesuit liberal arts education. "in the death of learning," i am not sure it is still that available, at least not where it used to be. second, studying political science, it wasn't political science like the world knows political science. poles and power structures and intergovernmental relations. it was more or less principles of politics, principles of political philosophy and also a lot of reading of things like the federalist papers, understanding the constitution, learning about politics at the deepest level. the last thing that just totally took me by surprise. i have a friend who told me once that the most satisfying thing to do as an educator is to teach post-tyranny children. post-tierney adolescence. -- post-tyranny adolescence. he was doing this in poland, czechoslov

and worked at a college on staten island where we saw a huge problem with the drugs that were laced with, students whose prescriptions had lapsed so they're going out and finding other ways. so yeah, that is a huge problem that our young people are dealing with. partly because as senator tuberville said, they can't medicaid it and they don't have access to medications and they're trying to find it wherever they can. it is a growing problem particularly for students trying to take care of themselves. >> ms. williams, i don't want to get too personal, do you see any problems, are students able to find those types of things online? do you see in it your school? any concerns about it >> you mean drugs? >> specifically fake pills laced with fentanyl. like people are troig find xanax or adderall and it's been laced with fentanyl. ms. williams: never in my experience have i heard of that. dr. weiss: i think one thing you bring up is important, every community is different in terms of what their emergent substance use problem is going on. in new orleans we have a major problem with sy

however, prior to xavier -- i loved it staten island, i worked with a liberal arts college and staten island where we saw a huge problem with the drugs that were laced with -- students whose prescriptions had lapsed, so now they're going out and finding other ways. yeah, that is a huge problem that our young people are dealing with. partly because they are medicated, now they don't have access, they're trying to find them anywhere they can. it is a growing problem, particularly for students who are trying to take care of themselves. >> miss williams, i don't want to get too personal, i always tell my patients, you can pass in any of my questions. do you see any problems, are students able to find those types of things online? do you see it in your school, or any concerns about it? >> you mean drugs? >> the specifically, fake pills laced with fentanyl. people are trying to find xanax, or adderall, and my goodness, it's been laced with fentanyl. >> never in my experience have i heard of anyone doing that, no. >> all right. thank you so much. dr. weiss, anything to add? >> i think one th

the union intimidated employees to sway voters the staten island warehouse voted to be the first americanon last april amazon losing that appeal. we'rba aerhie ckft ts. >>> all eyes on inflation gearing up for the big cpi number what that read could mean for the markets and your money. >>> proxy fight prospect disney looking to fight nelson peltz and his desire to join the board. >>> and appetite for a sale for subway >>> and it is thursday, january 12th this is "worldwide exchange" here on cnbc >>> welcome or welcome back. good thursday morning. i'm brian sullivan thanks for being with us jump in with your money and futures. they are muted as one would expect the massive cpi number out i'll tell you the markets will not do anything ahead of that. dow futures down 17. it is coming off an up day for the major averages all indexes up across the board. the cpi number could change everything bonds as we talked about yesterday have been relatively quiet lately same this morning. we are not going to see a major market move unless we get crazy headline between now and 8:30 a.m. it will not happe

but if you don't fancy the walk up, why not take in the views from the staten island ferry?ooklyn botanic garden offers a quiet refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city. its sprawling 52 acre grounds feature a variety of plants, flowers and trees, including their beautiful cherry blossoms, which are celebrated at an annual festival. usually held in april and early may. and here's a fascinating fact for you, in spite of all the famous movie scene showing yellow new york taxis honking their horns when they are caught in trafficjams, it's actually illegal to honk your horn in frustration. 0k, still to come on a travel show. we find out what happens when chinese new year needs a scottish tradition. about an hours flight south of cairo, hugging the banks of the river nile lies the city of luxor. it used to be called thebes and was the capital of ancient egypt. among luxor is best known treasures is the burial chamber of the boy king tutankhamen. last year was the centenary of its discovery in 1922 and we were here to cover it for the travel show. incredible. absolutely aston

. >> it doesn't matter if the brooklyn cruise terminal or staten island, i just had to come here whent its too cold. my brother got on shorts. about the food not being here, healthy food, even snacks not healthy. we need to stop the anxiety. >> in the meantime once the tents are cleared along the streets, there is nothing illegal about sleeping outside. as of this month 40,000 asylum-seekers posted to new york costing the city upwards of $1 billion, todd, ashley. >> ashley: brooke, thank you. jesse watters said which model out migrants to shop. listen. >> our rules, our house. we pay the bills. it is a big bill, at least $1 million a month for the hotels. now the migrants extended check out? how extended? how long are we paying for the migrants to live free in times square? these migrants that are shacking up aren't even families. you heard the guy, they were single men. so ladies, if you're interested they are staking at the watson and they were giving the rest of the migrants a bad rap here they come here saying they want to work and then protest if they don't get free rent. they we

last april, staten island warehouse workers won their historic union vote to form the very first amazonios reports that there were 374 worker strikes started in 2022, out of 39% from 2021 in just a year. during this surge in labor action, americans approval of unions is at its highest level since 1965. 71%, according to gallup. however, the majority rule, the defenders of unfair capitalism have an ally in the u.s. supreme court. sure enough today, the court heard oral arguments in a case where they appeared to be leaning towards allowing companies to more easily sue unions for property damage from strikes. that case involves a concrete company called glacier northwest ink, which is to a local union affiliate after truck drivers walked off the job in 2017. the company alleges that the walkout intentionally damaged the concrete, and workers say that they left the mixing drawings under trucks running. the ruling against the union by the conservatives on the court without derisively have a chilling effect on union action and strikes in the u.s., and would be wildly there -- that of course i

. >> even though they had that video on day one, think about the video of eric garner in staten island, new york. how long it took. think about all these cases, on video in baton rouge. think go pamela turner, houston, texas, killed on video. took a year for them to bring charges in her case even though they had the video day one. think about ronald green in louisiana. i mean, had that video from day one, took over a year to bring charges against him. i mean, so many -- my god. think about 14-year-old tamir rice on video and why justice didn't move swiftly for any of these black people when they were killed by white police officers so we have to make the point exceedingly clear, we now have the blueprint, america, and we won't accept less going forward in the future. we won't have black officers treated differently than white officers. we want equal justice under the law. tyre deserved it. tamir rice deserved it. ronald green deserved. alton sterling, pamela turner, eric garner deserved it. i mean, being killed for riding a bicycle while being black in las vegas and yet the investigati

think about the video of eric garner in staten island, new york. how long it took on that one. think about all these cases. think about pamela turner, houston, texas, killed on video. it took a year for them to bring charges even though they had the video day one. think about ronald green in louisiana. they had the video for day one. took over a year to bring charges against them. so many -- my god, think about 14-year-old tamir rice on video. why justice didn't move swiftly for these black people when they were killed by white police officers. we have to make the point exceedingly clear, we now have the blueprint, america. we won't accept less going forward in the future. we won't have black officers treated differently than white officers. we want equal justice under the law. tyre deserved it. all our children. barry williams was killed for riding a bicycle while black in las vegas on video. and yet the investigation is still going on over a year. we have a precedent that has been set here in memphis. we intend to hold this blueprint for all america from this day forward. >>

then you've got no choice, you have to buckle down, face the music, and blogger staten island ferry forwhat's funny about that is that he, and pete davidson, own a staten island ferry. i think that's a pretty good explanation about why raising the debt ceiling is so important. i think you mentioned it before. it's past spending. not future spending. >> yeah, that's exactly right, it's ironic that kevin mccarthy and his fellow republicans in the house are now suddenly discovering that debt is this important issue, because they're the same folks who voted to raise the debt ceiling, and never said a word when donald trump was adding more to our national debt than any president in our american history, this is an argument of convenience for them, they don't know what they want other than to recap back. >> you know, congressman boyle, a week ago it was reported that republicans had that blind to prioritize payments of the debt ceiling is breached. this is the same thought, or idea, that came up in 2011, during the last really serious that ceiling crisis. is that a viable backup plan? priorit

labor relations board throughout amazon's objections to a union drive at the company's massive staten islandrehouse known as jfk 8, declaring the amazon labor union won last april's election. to date, the only successful unit -- unionization campaign at an amazon facility. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. when we come back, california is reeling after three mass shootings in three days. we will go to california for the latest. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now!'s juan gonzÁlez in chicago. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's california, which is reeling after three mass shootings over three days. on monday, a gunman shot dead seven people in half moon bay, a seaside town located about 30 miles of san francisco. the gunman targeted a mushroom farm and a nearby trucking facility. the vice mayor of half m

. >> in 18, i had surgery at staten island university hospital. aill from the attorney saying i owed $100,000 for that surgery. i am still receiving bills. it is affecting my credit. i am striving hard and i did not know what the future was gng to hold for me. i am receiving social security. i have a small pension. i am a homeowner. i have to get around so you have a car. this needs to be heardand not just to get my vote. listen to the people. listen to the people that are hurting. see the people that are hurting, that are losing -- some of them are losing their livelihoods. most of all, their health. we really need to do something about it. amy: they were recorded by we the patients ny. for more on medical debt, who has it and what to do about it, we are joined by elisabeth benjamin, vice president of health initiatives at the community service society of new york and co-founder of the health care for all new york campaign. welcome back to democracy now! can you test lay out this issue that bernie sanders addressed last night and so many people a

these officers, they know about george floyd, eric garner on staten island, all the other cases whereolice. they know they're wearing body cams, and yet they even high-fived each other at the end of this. it was appalling and disgusting. why would they do that knowing this was all going to be seen? it's hard to fathom. >> my only thought on that is that they believed that they can get away with it. that's the only thing that i can think of. and if what you mentioned, if there was a pattern and a practice of this in that police department before chief davis took over, then it makes all the sense in the world. yes, they think they can get away with it, and we've seen this happen with a number of other police departments across the country. that's why you see the consent decrees, because the doj will go in and investigate and determine that this has been a culture. so that's my only -- howard: i think you put your finger on it. they thought they could get away with it, and maybe 20 years ago they would have -- >> absolutely, they would have. howard: gianno caldwell, griff jenkins, thanks

a police officer has been suspended after a video emerged of him beating a teenage girl near a staten island middle school tuesday. police say the attack occurred after two officers attempted to break up a fight among a group of girls. on wednesday, new york mayor eric adams, himself a former police captain, said he was not pleased with what he saw in the video. but mayor adams claimed new yorkers continue trust the police. >> i don't care who you are, you could be the staunchest critic of a police officer but you know three numbers in the city, 911. and you are happy when they pull up. you are happy to see them late at night. you are happy if your child is out somewhere knowing they are the street. these incidents are not going to erode the relationship that people of the city have with the men and women of new york city police department. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. coming up, the u.n. security council is planning to hold an emergency meeting on israel just days after the israeli prime minister benjamin netan

their houses are broken into and this is a neighborhood you're familiar with on the south shore of staten islandted kidnapping recently so crime has gone from on the back bench in neighborhoods that were once safe to at the forefront and it really does all come down to raise the age, less is more, and bail reform. three legislative agenda items for progressives that they passed and have done nothing but made our city much less safe. lauren: yeah, we're from the same area, joe, and it used to be a great area where you didn't have to worry and things have changed. thank you for the time. good to see you. >> thank you. lauren: now this. some convenience stores are using an unconventional tactic to keep homeless people away. they're blasting classical music . ♪ lauren: the guy who owns that 7-eleven in austin, texas, says he got the idea from other stores who are doing the same thing in california. they play the opera really loudly so people don't want to camp out in front of their stores. it's also too loud for people to hang out and have conversations, do drugs or just loiter around, so they do wh