the latest solidarity rallies took place in yemen, santa, jordan's capital, amman and the turkish cityccupied west bank. بيعملوا برك وبيتسبعوا فيها وممنوع تسقي غنمك او جمالك او تشرب حتى. قاموا في هدم ثلاثه ابار جوفيه في المنطقه واعتقال اصحاب هذه الابر. صور المي اللي اسرائيل بتطالب انه احنا نستغلها هي ميه مجاري مجاري نابلس. اعرف ان بيتي يعني ضمر قلت يمكن ان يعني استخرج اي شيء من تحت ركام وظننت انني ساتمالك نفسي ولكن ما كنا نقول للناس عندما كنا نغطي في الاعتداءات السابقه بتحاجه لمن يقول لي حتى اهدا فكره ان نصور العاب الاطفال كنا دائما نصور العاب الاطفال بين الركام. يا الله كم هي قاسيه قاسيه جدا قاسيه على الانسان الذي دمر بيته عندما وجدت العاب اولادي انهارت عندما تخيلت ان هذا البيت لو بقينا فيه ولم نغادره كنا سنكون شهداء والان انا كانه ذكرياتي استشهدت وطفوله اولادي. وكل ما يملكون في البيت كله بات دمار خراب لماذا شقتي الجزء المدمر منها هي المكان الذي ينام فيه اطفالي قذائف قطرها نصف متر تقريبا طبعا انا لي بيتان البيت الاول دمر كليا في الشجاعيه والبيت الثاني عباره عن سقف بدون جد لماذا ماذا فعلنا ماذا فعل الاطفال حتى تدمروا لهم كل شيء كل واحد من اولادي عندما قلت له ساذهب للشقه كتب لي ورقه اري

continue in different countries as israeli carnage in gaza continues, the latest such protest in the turkish citys in the southern city. in another in another turkish city, istanbul, protesters to the streets to vent their anger at the upcoming visit by the us secretary of state, anthony blincon. they called him accomplice of israeli massacre. the jewish community in toronto held a rally to voice opposition with israeli occupation of the palestinian territories. that, as thousands of demonstrators in jakarta. held a massive rally to show their solidarity with the palestinian resistance. in france, paris and lion have once again been the scene of pro-palestine rallies condemning the french government as accomplice in israel's massacre of the palestinians. if it wasn't the biggest demonstration washington dc has seen in recent years. it was definitely one of them. thousands marched in the capital cities downtown pushing for a ceasefire in gaza, after reports of the death toll from israel strikes there, nearly reached 10,000 people, most of them women and children. it's all a continuation of um the

the latest such protest in the turkish city of adam has turned out violent. clashes erupted between police and angry protesters as they tried to storm a military base housing us forces in the southern city. in another turkish city istanbul, protesters took to the streets to vent their anger at an upcoming visit by the us secretary of state anthony blincon. they called him accomplice of israeli massacre. the jewish community in toronto held a rally to voice opposition with. occupation of the palestinian territories, that as thousands of demonstrators in jakarta held a massive rally to show their solidarity with the palestinian resistance. in france, paris and leo have once again been the scene of pro palestine vallys condemning the french government as accomplice in israel's massacre of palestinians. if it wasn't the bigger. demonstration washington dc has seen in recent years, it was definitely one of them. thousands marched in the capital cities downtown pushing for a ceasefire in gaza, after reports of the death toll from israel strikes there nearly reached

partison slamed us as accomplice of israeli massacre of palestinians, other turkish cities, enkar ands rallies for second day after blincon's visit to the country. scuffls between turkish police and angry mobs trying to storm us military base the southern turkish city of adam. meantime protesters and other parts of the world voice solidarity with palestinians and made fierce israeli onslot on the basic cause strip. and people in pakistan launched a consumer boycot campaign against us and israeli made products and protests against ongoing israeli aggression on gaza. our corresponder. reports from the pakistani capital, islamabad. as israel intensifies its military operation in gaza. public sentiment in pakistan has shifted sharply against companies and brands that are perceived to be pro israel or pro america. social media campaigns have been launched calling for boycot of popular international brands like mcdonald's, kfc, pizza hurt, coke, pepsi and many others, influencers and public figures are using their platforms to urge people to refrain from purchasing from these companies whic

between turkish police and angry protesters trying to storm a us military base in the southern turkish citytesters in other parts of the world voice their solidarity with palestinians amit the fierce. onslot against the beseged gaza strip. let's cross over to houston texas, joined by human rights activist mosan. thanks so much for being with us on this part of the news, most than 31 days have passed, more than 10,000 palestinians have been killed, and just about a half hour ago we heard the un secretary general gatterras. asking for a ceasfire now, your thoughts on that, do you think that it's going to happen, and why do you think it took him so long even ask for it? well, sees fire has to happen, because with these ongoing protests and with the constant violation of international law that israels regime keeps committing, it is only but natural. that the international community um in in its truest sense collectively starts condemning the zionist regime, i think it took so long for patrius to come out and really ask for a ceasefire is because they see the international community really movin

mideast tour. participants slammed as accomplice of the israeli massacre of palestinians, other turkish citieswere the scenes of anti-us rallies. scuffles also rerupted between turkish police and angry mobs trying to storm a us military base in the southern turkish city of adam. meantime protesters in other parts of the world. also voice solidarity with palestinians and people in pakistan launch a consumer boycott campaign against the us and israeli made products and protests against ongoing israeli aggression on gaza. as israel intensifies its military operation in gaza, public sentiment in pakistan has shifted sharply against companies and brands that are... perceived to be pro israel or pro america. social media campaigns have been launched calling for boycot of popular international brands like mcdonald's, kfc, pizzahut, coke, pepsi and many others. influencers and public figures are using their platforms to urge people to refrain from purchasing from these companies, which are seen as supportive of israel and the united states. to demonstrate - for palestinians, we can impose bans and pro

other turkish cities, ankara and istanbul have... also been the scene of anti-us rallies for the second day after blincon's visit to the country, scuffles erupted between turkish police and angry protesters trying to storm a us military base in the southern turkish city of adam. meanwhile, protesters in other parts of the world, voice solidarity with the palestinians admit the fierce israeli onslot against the besege gaza strip. i'd like to welcome my guests to this part of the program, taking closer look at the situation, ongoing uh genocide taking place out of london, peace activist, james thring, thanks so much for being with us, james, do you see that we're a crossword, is there a transition in world opinion and how they see the israeli regime? i guess actually there, sorry about that, that's uh, we're going to save that guest for later, we're going to cross over now uh to the united nations, have reportedly been killed over four week period than in any conflict in at least three decades, more united nations aid workers have been killed than in any comparable period in the history o

other turkish cities, ankara and istanbul have also been the same. of anti-us rallys for the second dayn's visit to the country, scuffles erupted between turkish police, an angry protest is trying to storm a us military base in a southern turkish city of obana. meantime, protesters and other parts of the world voice solidarity with palestinians admit the fierce israeli onslot against the besieged of script. well, i'd like to look at the situation going a little bit more detail. welcome to guests to this part of the news, our uh very own correspondent out ramala presv's monandial. and john stepling, author and commentator out of norway. thank you both for being with us. well, mona, tell us about the situation, let's start off in the west bank that uh the situation is getting uh more and more difficult for palestinians there. that's right, merzia, the situation is becoming more difficult for the palestinians, before we started in less than an hour from now, israeli forces under... recovery units raided to karim in order the occupied west bank and they encircled a palestinian vehicle, they

other turkish cities anchor and istanbul have also been the scene of anti-us rallies for the second day to the country. scuffles erupted between turkish police and angry protesters trying to storm a us military base in the southern turkish city of adam, meanwile protesters in other parts of the world voice solidarity with palestinians amid the fierce israeli onslot on the besieged. i'd like to welcome my guest to this part of the coverage, special coverage dealing with gaza, christopher halali, research and political analyst out of vermont, munir ahmed, journalist and political analysts out of islamabad, thank you both for being with me, well christopher, starting off with you, this is the 31st day of this genocide, um, your overall assessment, i'm talking about. especially people on the ground, if we go back to october 7th and now today, um, i'm not sure about the day, november the 6th, tell me your assessment of people's awareness, do you feel that it's growing or not in dealing with the israeli regime? i think overall the world is standing up with the palestinian people, i think with

district of berlin, it used to be a joke, but now in all seriousness it is called the largest turkish citysport. an interesting point, dmitrivich touched on a very interesting analogy. iraq 2003 and now palestine 2023. 20 years have passed, but. there were no such truly pro-iraqi or pro-saddam demonstrations in any major european city, but a lot has changed , firstly, a whole generation has passed, this time, the islamic world has consolidated significantly compared to 2003, this is two, it has become charismatic leaders of muslim countries who position themselves as defenders of the values ​​of the entire islamic world, first of all in this case erdogan, huge demonstrations in istanbul and demonstrations echoing in paris and berlin. another important point: neither paris nor berlin demonstratively took part in the 2003 adventure. schröder was not forgiven for this, and in fact he was then left as chancellor, precisely as revenge for the neutrals - for germany’s neutral position in 2003. now german politics is absolutely servile, puppet-like, this was not the case under schöder, it was not

of course, the situation is such that zionists dare to stay in turkish cities. and the regulations ofhe regime have been subjected to strict round-the-clock security measures. hamid kameli, sedav sima news, in front of the zionist embassy in ankara. the genre, in the name of god, the genre. in the name of god, light upon light. in the name of god, light upon light. in the name of god. light upon light. in the name of god. light upon light. in the name of god. praise be to allah who created the light, i am the light. praise be to god who created the light.

similar rallies also took place in jordan's capital amman and the turkish city of istanbul. oices to protest against the israeli aggression on gaza, here's a report. outraged syrians and palestinians gathered in their mook refugee camp in damascus to support the people of gaza against the brutal atrocities committed by the israeli regime. we have gathered today in yarmuk camp to send the message of solidarity to our. brazilian brothers and sisters in gaza were bravely paving the way back to palestine with their blood. we assured them that they are not alone. the arab people's, the resistance front and the free people of the world stand with you. we will liberate every part of palestine by god's will. we express our gratitude to syria and mr. bashar al-assad for supporting us and taking an honorable stance. we tell everyone that our people will not die by the grace of god. protester's voice there. towards western powers that have been supporting israel's war crimes, specifically the recent massacre in the jabala refugee camp, which violates all laws, norms and human ethics. wh

the latest such protest in the turkish city adana turn violence. a classes rupted between police and he tried to storm the military base housing us forces in the southern city. in another tercer city istanbul, protesters to the streets to vend their anger as an upcoming visit by the us sector of state anthony blincon, they called him accomplice of israely massacre. the jewish community in toronto held a... to voice opposition to the israeli occupation of the palestinian territories that as the thousands of demonstrators in jakarta held a massive rally to show their solidarity with the palestinian resistance in france, paris and leon have once again been the scenes of pro-palestine rallies condemning the french government as accomplice and the israeli massacre of the palestinians. okay now time now for special coverage ash shan and our correspondent in khanza is joining me with us, we also have charlotte kates, international coordinator with samidun palestinian prisoner solidarity network in vancouver. welcome to you both, beginner with you, ashref, i was just asking you about these ev

similar rallies also took place in jordan's capital aman and the turkish city of istanbul.o our resilient brothers and sisters in gaza who are bravely paving the way back to palestine with their blood. we assure them that they are not alone. the arab people's, the resistance front and the free people of the world is stand with you. we will liberate every part of palestine by god's will. we express our gratitude to syria and mr. bashar al-assad for supporting us and taking an honorable stance. we tell everyone that our people will not die by the grace of god. voice their anger towards western powers that have been supporting israel's war crimes, specifically the recent massacre in the jabala refugee camp which violates all laws, norms and human ethics. what happened in jabala and previous israeli massacres provide clear evidence of regional and international collusion, but gaza will not be left alone. we say to netanyahu and joe biden, come with all the strength and weapons you have, by land, sea and air, by god, we have. have prepared fighters who embrace martter them as fe

the height of the morning rush hour, and as you can see, cars are not driving on the streets of turkish cities, this action is the residents of turkey held in memory of the founder of the turkish republic, kimali ataturki, 85 years ago, it was at 9:00 am and 5 minutes that the founder of the turkish republic died, this is how turkish citizens honor their founder every year. well, now, to aggravate the situation in the middle east, the israel defense forces announced the liquidation of three commanders of the hamas unit. one of them took part in the attack on the territory of the jewish state on october 7. in addition, the israeli military discovered a container with launchers for unguided missiles in the south of the gaza strip. the progress of the idf operation is being monitored by the head of the middle east bureau of the vgtrk, sergei pashkov. city limits of gaza city - now a field battles. fighting is taking place in a complex of administrative buildings on the main street of salahaddin, with infantry and tanks attacking hamas bases and tunnels, located, according to military reports, nex

yemen sana, jordan union capital aman and the turkish city of istanbul as well as occupied west bank. and cities across iran are witnessing rallys of marker national student day, which is anniversary of the 1979 us embassy takeover in techwan, also known as a national day of the fight against global arrogance. on the saver iranians throng the streets venting anger at washington's. hello and welcome to this edition of gaza under attack, coming to you from the british capital, i'm saiza. the israeli bombardment of gaza continues, as the death doll rises alongside global condemnation of israeli actions, let's bring you up to speed. fears fighting between israeli forces and palestinian fighters in northern gaza is ongoing as bombardment of the besieged enclave intensifies. officials in gaza say 195 people were killed, 120 are missing, as a result of the israeli regime's bombing of jebala refugee camp. the un says the strikes twice in two days may be disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes. gaza's only medical facility serving cancer patients has been forced to shut down a

centuries of multicultural, multi ethnic existence in the city come to an end is man becomes a turkish city. the victory celebrations across the country represented trans for the young states, most, if not tomorrow, becomes a shining hero in the eyes of turkey's population. once, and for the re conquest of turkey's former territories makes the treaty of 7 worthless. forcing the allies to return to the negotiating table eventually check is new governments means the treaty of laws on which negates many of the separately conditions. on the 24th of july 1923. the, the treaty effectively legalizes the expulsion of unwelcome sections of the population in order to turn the form of a multi ethnic awesome on empire into a turkish nation state. this leads to the greatest population exchange the well, and had so far witnessed the hundreds of thousands of people are affected. lodge columns of greeks, who had been citizens of the ottoman empire, slee, turnkey, while muslims race and macedonia, make their way to the new tucker state. and many more nationalities are effected without the for i guess, as cu

, and now we are already working on the city itself and the surrounding territories, i can tell you that we currently have 124 children left, that is, the turkish city of toretsk itself, there are 84 children, this is really a lot, i’ll tell you, it’s really a lot, yes, mrs. oleksandr, we have the last minute, just tell me, please, how are you now on this, on the turkish direction, on other directions, there were cases when rusnia hunted white crews angels, in turkish... there is no deliberate shelling in the direction to try to eliminate the crews, we have 30 seconds literally, so i understand, i will tell you that this whole story, it really continues, we are constantly preparing for this, and our crews are constantly come under fire, it's true, uh thank you oleksandra havrylko, head of the communications department of the national police of the donetsk region, thank you for. conversation and for all the work that you are doing, for saving those families and those children that you care for, by the way, regarding the evacuation, gur published photos of the first evacuation of ukrainians from the gas sector, 43 people, 43 ukrainians are alread

out now. >>> coming up, the investigation into new york city mayor eric adams, the seized cell phone and ipad, reported connections to the turkishgovernment. stay with us. >>> tomorrow new york city mayor eric adams is expected to answer questions about the federal investigation into his campaign. "the new york times" gets at what is at issue. quote, fbi examining whether adams cleared red tape for turkish government, unquote, according to the report when adams was the brooklyn borough president in 2021, he pressed the new york fire department to sign off on a high-rise for the turkish government despited cited safety issues for the building. let's bring in women rash boun, eric adams said as a borough president, part of my routine role was to notify of issues of constituents and constituencies, unquote. where might he have crossed the line do you think? >> well, it's unclear, but the federal government, the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office clearly feel they had probably cause to seize his phones. that is not a low bar, particularly with a high-ranking public official. so we're just going to have to wait and see where this goe

these rarely ministry has lost as rice, neal, i ship adults hospitals on target to the turkish hospital and goes to the city and the engineering and hospital in northern gusta to all 10 hospitals in the northern part of this trip have been told to evacuate. it happens, it was booked huge strains on the few remaining hospitals and had given us data by law. and roughly, why does this leave the 2300000 people who live in gaza by forcing themselves people inc, as a city and northern garza, fia, they may never be allowed to return to their homes again. and that is where maybe planning a long minutes with presence at least 2 districts. that leaves them with only one option to really quick soft to hon. eunice data by and by the fee for many. and guys who are the space and 1948 is the best latest displacement may last for generations. okay, that's it for name on the inside. i'll be back in home now with more coverage of the one gaza for the time now is 6 30 in the morning as we enter the 26 day to witness coming. the, the bosses arrived early on friday, ready to carry people away from this town of 23002 kilometers

the other downgrade comes from citi to the overall turkish bank market. the index falling 4%. ing higher macro risks. this is now its fifth consecutive day of losses, making it the longest run of a losing streak since september 2018. over the past two days, down 4%. finally, technip also with a downgrade, this one from barclays. double downgrade. underperform now, saying that its peers trade at a significant discount, and they offer better volume. shares down a third of a percent. the market closes coming up for you next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> stocks are just finishing up the trading day in europe. pretty remarkably positive given there were no overriding catalysts. the best performing region was the ftse mid today. banks leading that. there was a little bit of upgrade action around the sale side. most of these indices gaining 6/10 of 1%. the spanish peninsula ibex up nearly 1%. if you look at the overall session today perhaps a bit of a handoff from where we left the u.s.. on friday, u.s. stocks launched their ninth day. we open higher and pretty much stayed there through th

the publication studied fuel flows between the greek plant and the turkish oil tanker. in the city of products have entered the city of morem, and 2/3 are from russia. after the introduction of sanctions against russian oil products, oil supplies from russia amounted to 2.7 million barrels. and this is almost 70%. “i don’t see any other possible conclusion other than that russian oil ends up at motor oil ellos,” said fuel expert robert aures, while analyst victor katona noted that turkish vacuum. stayed in greece for motor oil las, it is used for the production of aviation fuel, since turkey did not impose sanctions against russia, its enterprises have the right accept russian fuel, but greece is prohibited from doing so. in turn, motor oil las claims in its statement that the company does not buy, process or trade russian oil or petroleum products, and all imports have certificates of origin from countries that were not subject to sanctions. let me remind you that. barrels of aviation fuel from motor oil elas went to italy, france, spain and the uk, since march 2022, the pentagon has

, they also bombed and destroyed the soul cancer hospital, that's called the turkish friendship hospital, south. of gaza city uh and several cancer patients have died few days later. they also attacked the indonesian hospital in northern gaza and the kamal adwan in northern gaza. they've attacked an ambulance in front of nasar hospital right heres and this is just some examples what the israel regime has done. the israeli regime alleges that the leadership of of hamas and the uh the leadership, the command the command posts of the... hamas military brigades are hiding under hospitals and are hiding under schools, but definitely this is absurd as this has has never happened before, and people would have known, you mean, why would people thousands of people seek shelter and top top of a hamas, security command, that doesn't make sense, is there any indicator? what they are going to do, have they said what they're going to do? they haven't regime does not say what they want to do, but basically you can tell from the fact that they've been attacking it, that means they want to uh most people inside shifa, they i

these rarely ministry has lost as rice, neal, i ship adults hospitals on target to the turkish hospital and goes to city and the engineering and hospital in northern gusta to all 10 hospitals in the northern part of this trip have been told to evacuate. it happens it with booked huge, sprains on the few remaining hospitals and had given us data. and by the end of the well, does basically the 2300000 people who live in gaza by forcing themselves people in gaza city and northern garza, fia, they may never be allowed to return to their homes again. and that is where maybe planning a long minutes with presence, at least to a district that plays them with only one option to really quick south to 100 units that by and by the fee for many. and guys who are just based and 1948 is the best, latest displacement may last for generations. okay, that's it for me, my main site, i'll be back in half an hour with more coverage at the. busy ongoing side with the time now is 7 30 am in the morning as we entered a 25, the minutes of the world slow down. we stand for as homes with tips of global nichols reserves. indonesia

funds and currying favors for turkish officials when it comes to the opening of the turkish consulate here in new york city. now, when he had the news conference monday he did address some of these allegations, no one has been accused of wrongdoing. it's important to point that out but did address some of these questions. i want you to hear some of that. >> i did not speak to any of the individual in the fdny. i did not circumvent the commissioner. the commissioner was the person i asked, can you look into this, and that was all i spoke with. >> so that's addressing the turkish consulate questions circulating about what's being investigated here but as far as the campaign donor -- donations he has received or allegedly which is being investigated he says there are no straw donors in his administration, no quid pro quo so has addressed these but haven't given enough answers. a lot of saying we're cooperating with the investigation. again, no surprise we're hearing about these names coming out. >> all right. interesting stuff. brynn gingras. >>> that shooting in a hospital in new hampshire. we're told that t

. >>> well, tomorrow, new york city mayor eric adams says he will answer questions from reporters as he faces growing scrutiny over links between the turkish government and his campaign. adams is cooperating with investigators, his chief counsel tells cnn, after "the new york times" reported that federal authorities are investigating if he pressured city officials to allow the opening of a manhattan skyscraper, housing the turkish government's consulate, despite safety concerns. >> and that report comes after cnn reported on friday that fbi agents seized phones and an ipad from the mayor last week, as part of their investigation into campaign fund-raising. that was a major escalation of the federal probe into whether foreign money was funneled into adams' campaign. here is what adams told cnn yesterday, as president, part of my routine role was to notify government agencies of issues on behalf of constituents and constituencies. i have not been accused of wrongdoing. and that's true. he has not been accused of wrongdoing at this point. chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller is here. he was deputy commissioner of the nyp

city was under the control of isis for 2 years. in october 2016, syrian opposition fighters, with the support of turkish armored vehicles , recaptured expelled the terrorists from the city. then the positions of the militants and their propagandists were seriously shaken. the organization exploited the idea of ​​​​creating a new arab caliphate, a theocratic state that would unite all muslims. and after all, if the leader of the group abu bakr al-baghdadi was indeed the true caliph, the god on earth, who was spoken of in the koran and hadith, his army had to defeat. now it turns out that everyone who fought on the side of isis is not righteous warriors, but ordinary terrorists hiding behind islamic dogmas. it is characteristic that after the loss of control over the city, the isis digital magazine in english, named after him , which served for propaganda and recruitment of new supporters in the west, was closed and was replaced by a new magazine, rumiya, despite this, some supporters islamic state still believe that the decisive battle between good and evil will take place, and one day they will return to dabiq, a fair number of amer

familiar with the matter, officials are probing whether eric adams pressured city officials to sign off on the use of the turkish government's new consulate building in midtown manhattan prior to his election in 2021. city officials reportedly had concerns over a number of safety flaws in the building. it comes after federal agents seized electronic devices used by the mayor last week on sunday, adams said he had not been accused of wrongdoing, and will continue to cooperate with investigators. >>> looks like we got a soggy start to the week for the gulf coast. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking this latest round of storms for us good morning, michelle. >> good morning, guys. good to see you. it was a soggy weekend we're starting out soggy as well you can see the rain falling on radar. and it's heavy in spots. especially where you see the brighter colors, the reds, the oranges, the yellows, showing us where the heavy rain is coming from it's coming off the gulf here. we're going to see the rain staying in place over the next day or two and that's going to help to ease some drought concerns. that's a

turkish consulate general. paula sandoval explains. >> reporter: did new york city mayor eric adams pressure foal low new york city officials to sign off on the building that houses the turkish consulate? that's among the list of questions surrounding this probe. the outset sites three different unnamed sources saying the fbi is looking into the possibility, that mayor adams, may have pressured officials at fdny to sign off on the occupancy manhattan skyscraper that houses that consulate, despite safety issues at that building. adam responding saying that as bureau president, that adams would hear about some of the issues. they would relay the information to officials. a campaign spokesperson repeating what we heard on friday, that he had some of his electronic devices seized. the mayor has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and he continues to cooperate with federal investigators as they press forward with the public corruption probe. >>> fire damage has shut down a major freeway in southern california. a section of interstate 10 in los angeles, known as the santa monica freeway is closed after a fire broke out.

what interests do we know would the turkish government have in the election of new york city's mayor?well, good morning, victor. the connections are not entirely clear, but what we do know is that there is a turkish construction company that does a lot of business with the government. and it is executives from that company who were also looking for contracts with new york city which has a huge $100 million budget each year. they were looking for contracts and they were apparently they were maybe trying to curry favor. that is the theory that is out there. but a lot of this is just speculation. there is no accusation or wrongdoing sfrank lyfrankly cha against anyone at this point, but we know there are questions about it and the warrant that some of the reporters have seen strongly suggests that this is what they are looking for, that construction company might want a piece of a $107 billion annual city budget. and that alone is reason enough to try to curry favor with different officials including of course the mayor. >> the mayor's statement was pretty boilerplate, but in the past he