i am quoting new york state rifle and pistol association by the united states supreme u cou. for example in many states you can't own a bazooka. that's a reasonable restriction. you are right to own a gun can also be restricted if you suffer from mental ill miss. that is what we have concluded as a society, as a reasonable restriction. the issue today is very simple. whatever president biden's bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms new rule in effect banning or at minimum severely restricting pistol braces is a reasonable restriction on the constitution. that's what we are discussing today. a trigger warning, this is a pistol brace. i know it's scary. this is a pistol brace. it fits on your forearm like this. here it is, right here. the pistol brace is adding another piece that grips the handgun . that is what we are talking aboutng here. a pistol brace is also known, this scary piece of equipment here is also known as a stabilizing brace or an arm brace. it's a simple device that's mounted to the rear of the pistol and it's designed to anchor the pistol to the shooter's arm

in new york state, how much will it cost to change the logo of this school?>> well, to change the name and imagery throughout our schools, it could be around $2 million. >> who pays that? >> taxpayers of massapequa. >> brian: what is the need? >> our students are affected from covid lockdowns and mandates and masks. we know learning gaps still exist, there are many programs we could use the money for. >> brian: you are determined to ep coo the legacy alive. this has been the symbol of the town. how many other school districts are affected? >> i believe 60 districts throughout new york state. it is not a mascot to us. mascot is a furry puppet and acts silly at games. that is not us, it is image of a chief and it is respectful and honorable and represents our community. it is not just the school districts, chamber of commerce, our fire department, all organizations throughout massapequa use it. >> brian: not sure who this service /* serves. >> we will push back to say we should keep our name. what i important and i want to stress, it is not just a team name eit

in a new york state of mind ♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> and goodning. i'm tom llamas, in for lester tonight we begin with that extreme weather creating chaos in parts of texas right now. this video just coming into our newsroom. look at this -- highways under water, cars there submerged, drivers forced to abandon their vehicles even a fire engine trying to make it through the flooding and on this first day of hurricane season, we're now tracking this, a storm system growing in the gulf of mexico late today, that storm was upgraded to a tropical depression, and it's set to soak florida over the next few days priscilla thompson starts us off tonight from texas >> reporter: water rushing onto a highway in western texas, submerging cars and forcing drivers to abandon their vehicles >> trying to get you, man. i'm coming. >> reporter: this man, who loses control of his car, climbs out a window to escape >> here, i got you. >> reporter: emergency crews also unable to move many who had to leave their cars forced to navigate waist-high waters after 3 to 5 i

what the threshold lowering would do to family farms and potentially hurt farms in new york state and the benefit of other states if you have an observation there. >> sure, when you talk about overtime with farm workers, it's a different conversation then it would in most production of anything else. we are, we are driven by the weather and the elements outside. it could be full speed ahead. we might be harvest. you have to go long hours to get it done. it might be rain and might not do anything. a farmer is a businessman and if you force him to pay overtime. you made your 40 hours and i'll hire someone else. the workers don't like that. they want to work. they don't mind working overtime. >> emphasis that. the state of new york em posed the overtime standard. many don't like it. i came to make money and not vacation. what does that mean for new york farms. >> it means there is a shortage of help. finding someone else is difficult. that when crops need to be harvested they are harvested. >> as much as i ed like to speak mr. chair we will revisit that. a broader land right protecting f

_ states at this subpoena from the new york state prosecutors interfered with his _ york state prosecutorsd with his presidential duties and nomadic— with his presidential duties and nomadic in 2020 and that was rejected —— in 2020. they sided with the prosecutors. a criminal trial, whether— the prosecutors. a criminal trial, whether it — the prosecutors. a criminal trial, whether it would be allowed with a sitting _ whether it would be allowed with a sitting president, we will see, we will see _ sitting president, we will see, we will see what the courts will do. i want _ will see what the courts will do. i want to— will see what the courts will do. i want to emphasise that there is an ongoing _ want to emphasise that there is an ongoing investigation by the department ofjustice of the whole another— department ofjustice of the whole another set of charges for sedition and insurrection in connection with generate _ and insurrection in connection with generate six of 2021, and if he were to be _ generate six of 2021, and if he were to be charged with sedition or insurrection, there are eve

it is not so bad in new york state anymore as far as the winters are concerned. host: all right, john. let's go to the independent line. ted is calling from boston. caller: good morning. i don't know where to begin. it is bad in new york, to that last caller, when there is no real winter. [phone ringing] host: ted, did we lose you? will lost ted -- we lost ted. i want to bring up the comments we are receiving on facebook in response to our question, what are your thoughts about climate change? albert writes, i think president biden is doing an amazing job listen to the scientists. but i think you do not have to be a scientist to know our climate is in big trouble. rich says, it is the government's new religion -- anything to full of people. steve says, climate has always been changing. the earth revolves around the sun on an axis. the sun has gravitational pull on the earth. the earth will someday be close to the sun and everything on earth will die. man has nothing to do with that fact. debbie alice says, if you do not believe the world's climate is changing due

states . just that there was a reason to believe that it might happen. it is a standard of actual injury that was established in the pentagon papers case, in "new york timesnited states. so you could challenge the constitutionality of the espionage act under the first amendment. he has never suggested that he would do that. in the past, he praised the espionage act will apply to others. but i believe that it's his best defense. otherwise, you don't have to under the fifth amendment to have any defense, just tell the prosecutors they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that i had reason to believe this would be damaging to the interest of the united states and i shared it with people not authorized . it is not the strongest case in the world if you are not taking your own defense, but he might do that. folly: john, do you agree? how do you prepare a defense when it is right there on tape? guest: certainly that different bruce talked about is one that he is likely to raise. he has also talked extensively about the presidential records act and his belief that he had a right to have those documents , this is an audio tape, not a videotape. he could argue

here waiting for your change of heart ♪ ashley: beautiful shot looking at lake george in new york, up stateork, where it is currently very nice 61 degrees. great part of the state. all right, well now this. congress is set to vote on on the save our gas stoves about to block government overreach from the department of energy. claudia tenney is the republican s from new york. a friend of the show. she joins me now. good morning, congresswoman. look, even if this makes it to the president's desk, how can we stop this overreach? i mean, it's ridiculous that we're even talking about it, right? >> absolutely, and this is insane. 40 million people have gas stove s. i actually am not one of them, but i think my new home that i'm moving into does have a gas stove so i'm going to be cutoff because of this crazy law new york state is now run by hard left democrats one party rule, and they cast this extraordinary bill, which is, i think, it's not just about gas stoves. it's banning the use of fossil fuels which is new york state is so dependent on especially in update new york. i look at the energy gr

this work is improving water quality throughout new york state. during her time as executive director and distributed several hundred of thousands of dollars. i thank you for your decades of service which have helped provide so many workers with more reliable and cleaner water. congratulations on your well deserved retirement. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of house concurrent resolution 43 which authorizes the use for the capitol grounds for the soapbox derby. it began in 1934, the birth place of and ingenuity, 350 qualifiersmake their way for the world championship supported by more than 1,000 volunteers and 10,000. the soap box derby supports educational development for youth. it empowers young people who built their own steam driverren

interesting considering the fact we kind of have a template for this going back earlier this year to new york state charges on which trump was indicted in watching the gop field react to those. from several candidates including florida governor ron desantis and also former south carolina governor nikki haley, we have heard verbiage around a weaponization of the department of justice. fellow republicans are questioning the biden administration's take on not only a former president from the opposing party but also potentially bidens rival for the 2024 presidential race. we are seeing that characterization from some in the field and we are seeing some like former our concert governor asa hutchinson -- former arkansas governor asa hutchinson telling trump to pull out of the race. he says the country doesn't need to be dealing with. there are others like the biotech entrepreneur who has not only joined others in condemning this weaponization of the federal judicial system and prosecutorial system but also saying he would pardon trump if he reelected to the nation's highest office. there is definitely a

sorry to interrupt you, sir, but why on earth are they doing this with crime in such a sorry state in new york >> well, you know, we have gang and gun violence. we have fentanyl and opioid overdose crisis, not only in suffolk county but across the state and the country, but this is what they focus on. what they really should be focusing on -- stuart: there's got to be a reason for this. what is the reason? >> i just think that their priorities are not in order. they pay lip service to public safety, but they don't enact statutes and laws that are going to further the cause of public safety. stuart: got it. now a separate bill sent to governor hochul would create a committee on slave reparations. that would make new york the second state to have one after california. what do you make of reparations? >> well, i mean, you know that's sort of outside of a district attorney but again, you know, we need to address our opioid overdose crisis, and money and any money and resources that the state may have should go into not only prosecuting those cases but also for helping victims and providing service

states. just that there was reason to believe that it might happen. it's a standard of actually injury that was established in the pentagon papers case and new york times versus united states. so we could challenge the constitutionality, the, you know, jack, under the 1st amendment is never suggested. they would do that in the past. he'd kind of praise the espionage act as applied to others, but i believe that is his best defense. otherwise, you don't have to under the 5th amendment to have any defense. all just tell the prosecutors got approved beyond a reasonable doubt. you know that i had reason to believe this would be damaging to the interest the united states and i shared with people not authorized this, not the strongest case in the world if you're not taking your own defense. but he might do that. john, do you agree with, with both? how do you prepare a defense when it's right there and take? well i certainly the defensive piece has talked about is one he is likely to raise . he has also talked extensively about the presidential records act that his belief that he had a right to have those documents. this is an audio tape, not a video tape. i s

an important part of the bureau of criminal investigation of the new york state police is this laboratory in which science is brought to bear on the apprehension of criminals. wpa is helping in this vitally important work by supplying trained laboratory technicians and clerical workers. the reports of the cases with the laboratory has helped us all make a thrilling omniverse of true detective stories. stories like that of the waterford safecracker. this case started early one sunday morning. good morning, sergeant. sit down. what have you got on the waterford safe case? i got a great deal, sir. looks like an inside job. although the word on his fingerprints. we've got some good progress made in the alley after the rain and i passed the measurements made and sent them to the lab. good. let's see what they say about them. connect me without the curse. blake, please. good morning, doctor. have you checked those tablets yet? yes. the report just came to my desk and the record. yours are practically new. the front light fluttering on the left. no pattern on the right. thank you, doctor. you've

york in the last 10 months. when i talk to the comptroller of the state of new york on, a couple weeks ago on my show sales taxesay numbers are going to be f they're going to be down 40% in the month of april, how is new york state, may is same way, how is new york state going to pay the bills? the other report was, that, of the people, moved out, it is going to cost new york state $50 billion. how, they're busy raising the budget. how are they going to pay for the budget if all these people are moving out? the exodus continues. cheryl: look, if you're, if you're a new york city lawmaker, if you're eric adams who is the mayor of this city you're fully aware you need your tax base to stick around. he is hog-tied by albany to be clear here. there was some move on the cash bail. there was more discretion given to judges. >> not enough. cheryl: i knew you were going to say that not enough,. >> not enough. professional crooks, people continuously killing people and victimizing people, they're not, they should not be part of society. we are either going to have a lawful society like we always had, or, let's arm, let's

the state of florida -- we have millions of more people than new york state has now. budget is half the size of new york state. when there is excessive spending, i veto it. don't tell me cannot be done. we're not destined to plunge this country into debt ridden destitution. we need a new way of thinking. we also need to unleash all of our domestic energy in this country. we have resources. don't force people into electric cars. don't force them to use when meals. let's use what we have. it is better for your pocketbook. but it is also better for our national security. i will finally be the president to bring the issue of our open southern border to a conclusion. i've heard about this since i have been an adult. for decades we have complained about the open border. we complained about everything happening. now is the time to act. on day one we declare a national emergency. we mobilize all assets including the military. we build a border wall. but we stop the invasion and we hold the drug cartels accountable for the carnage that they are causing in this country. [applau

and now new york's governor warning it's coming to parts of new york state, as well? >> reporter: so, some of the poorest air quality in the world over the midwest right now. it expands towards d.c. first and then some of it across western and central new york state, into the new york city area late week, but not to the levels we saw early in the season. >> so, david, it's more moderate air quality, bordering on unhealthy for sensitive groups. >> david: all right, lee goldberg with us tonight. thank you, as always. >>> we continue with the news tonight, and to former president trump. this evening, you will hear the audio recording of the former president after leaving the white house. speaking about what he calls highly confidential secret information, a potential u.s. attack plan on iran. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: donald trump once claimed that as president, he had the power to declassify documents just by thinking about it. but tonight, the audio recording. trump heard showing information he describes as secret, saying he

new york state ex-presidents.e was again nominally taken into custody, however, in fact , his freedom throughout the entire process will never be limited on federal charges, which trump categorically denies, he faces from 100 to 400 years in prison. today we have witnessed the most egregious abuse of power in our nation's history, a corrupt, incumbent president arrests his top political opponent on a false and trumped-up charge. moreover, he himself and many other presidents can be accused of the same, he is clearly losing the elections, what he does is called interference, elections , attempts to falsify and steal presidential elections is politi. czech persecution and joe biden will forever go down in history not only as the most corrupt president of our country, but as the president who along with a gang of associates, thugs, losers, marxists, destroyed american democracy. however, the opponents of the former head of the white house have little chance of success. the litigation can drag on for many years. and i

interesting considering the fact we kind of have a template for this going back earlier this year to new york state charges on which trump was indicted in watching the gop field react to those. from several candidates including florida governor ron desantis and also former south carolina governor nikki haley, we have heard verbiage around a weaponization of the department of justice. fellow republicans are questioning the biden administration's take on not only a former president from the opposing party but also potentially bidens rival for the 2024 presidential race. we are seeing that characterization from some in the field and we are seeing some like former our concert governor asa hutchinson -- former arkansas governor asa hutchinson telling trump to pull out of the race. he says the country doesn't need to be dealing with. there are others like the biotech entrepreneur who has not only joined others in condemning this weaponization of the federal judicial system and prosecutorial system but also saying he would pardon trump if he reelected to the nation's highest office. there is definitely a

in new york state, it goes, a, b, c, d, e.re of what he's facing. >> based on the limited evidence you've seen so far, do you think prosecutor versus a strong case here? >> so, i think the defense has a number of things to overcome. what is that? i think that they will examine the prosecutors will, really number one, the recklessness that i spoke to. but then the defense will make arguments as it relates to self-defense. the issue will be twofold. one is the immediacy of the threat. did in fact at the time you had a person dead here and was he and should he be dead? what threat did he pose? was that threat one of life or death? that would be an issue and a problem. the other issue, john, would be the proportionality of the force. did it take the prolonged hold on the neck to achieve the objective of ultimately subduing him. the answer to that is no, the defense has a further problem. and then new york state, remember, it's not stand your ground, to introduce that doesn't apply. new york doesn't have that. you have a duty to re

. >> you were in a new york state of mind. >> yes. >> good seats. >> a favorite song?> we'll sing them. >> net new york state of mine. >> only the good die young. >> that that is all our time, thank you for joining is, we'll see you next weekend hope company back. right now stay tuned for "life, liberty and levin." enjoy the sounds of billy joel on the way out, ♪ ♪ a big shot ♪ ♪ you had to have the last word. ♪ ♪ [music] mark: hello america, i'm mark levin this is "life, liberty and levin." all that debt talk and ceilings and you are for it or against it. i hope watch carefully our program tonight, we're getting to great stuff. before we do, that let's set

york yankees game as well. miguel, thank you very much. it is impacting air travel throughout the united states. poor visibility in airports in new york and philadelphia. cnn aviation expert joining us just outside of washington, d.c. update our viewers. >> visibility keeps going down on the delays keep going up. 4400 flights delayed and nationwide right now. the faa is warning about delays here all the way up to boston. in philadelphia, delays to that airport have exceeded 30 minutes. one third of all flights have been delayed today. the ground stop there is over. in new york, the airport that has the worst visibility of any airport nationwide. he said not flying into the red smoke was like the apocalypse. you could smell the smoke from his seat as the plane came in to land. this is not much of a safety issue for commercial issues. more of a scheduling issue. we know that when there are widespread delays and cancellations, that can lead to can skating cancellations. it is holding steady at hundred and 50 nationwide. >> thank you. more on where the smoke is going next. let's check in with jonatha

now, it is expected that the smoke should be coming back east again in the new york state area. city, thatis area. how much nzb new york city, that is yet to be seen, but we are not expecting to see those crazy images of those orange skies again. what kind of health warnings are in place? depending on where the smoke is, there are a number of air—quality warnings for young children, older adults and anybody who is working outside or who has to do a lot of physical activity outdoors. depending on your level of raspadori issue, people are being advised to wear a mask outside if they need to try and stay inside as much is possible and just to be able to avoid any of the health concerns. this is not the first time this week we have seen some of these us dates affected. this has been going on now for a little bit under a month, at least in the united states, as those wildfires are really continuing to rage across canada. 0n the east coast, we are being impacted by some of the fires are the quebec area in canada. this is something people are hoping can clear up relatively soon. good t

. >> you were in a new york state of mind. >> yes. >> good seats. >> a favorite song?'ll sing them. >> networ new york state of mine. >> only the good die young. >> that assau that is all our time, thank you for joining is, we'll see you next weekend hope company back. right now stay tuned for "life, liberty and levin." enjoy the sounds of billy joel on the way out, ♪ ♪ a big shot ♪ ♪ you had to i am shannon bream. more candidates prepared to enter the front of the white house and in iowa the gloves come off. ♪ flex i am going to counterpunch i'm going to fight back by. >> adult is going to be number two of her lungs heading south very rapidly for courts of front runners for the gop nomination trading shots in trying to sway voters. they join a massive roster of candidates in 2024 hopefuls revving up their messages ahead of next year's caucuses. >> they really want to make sure they get this righ

remember, today is just one of a multiple set of legal issues at the new york state attorney general is doing is company. he is, you know, he was just found liable for sexually assaulting eugene carol in manhattan. there's the january 6th investigations. this is just one of many that the former president is facing. yeah, fighting on many fronts and his team is actually trying to sort of paint this as a weapon. i zation of the justice system by the government. i by the guys fighting governments, try and prevent him from getting re elected. and it seems that using this court date as a way of come painting in next year is race, doesn't that? yes, i mean, that's absolutely accurate it's, it's really specious. it actually to some degree quite reprehensible to see people coming out and claiming that it is some kind of a, a vendetta, which is ridiculous. even trump's own attorney general build. busy bar has come out and said the facts as lead forth in the indictments are quite damming, and of donald trump's own doings that he's in this trouble. so it's a grand jury of average americans that

we're united around the fact that we want to grow the middle class in new york state and across the country. we're united around the fact that we want to defend reproductive freedom while the other side of the aisle wants to criminalize abortion care and impose a nationwide ban. we're united around the fact that we need to do something meaningful around gun safety and to stop the gun violence epidemic in the united states of america, the extreme maga republicans this week, including every single new york republican, voted to make it easier to kill americans and unleash carnage on children. voted to make it easier, consistent with the n.r. a. so i've -- n.r.a. so i've got no concern as it relates to whether in new york or in any other part of the country democrats are going to be restrained or constrained in our ability to draw a contrast with the people on the other side of the aisle. we're team normal. we're team reasonable. we're team get stuff done. republicans are team chaos. team dysfunction. and team extreme. reporter: mr. leader. thank you. it's been months since a number of supreme

but someplace, for example, new york state leasing visibility is below one kilometers. that's enough to make it so airplanes can take off or land j. f. k. airport l, a ga airport in new york city, some of the busiest in the world had drowned stops earlier on because the airplanes literally couldn't see it's a very problematic thing affecting all walks of life. and one other thing i want to note, you know, this smoke is toxic, obviously we're not seeing a ton of super dense smoke what it is, toxic. and there have been peer review papers that have connected episodes like this to an increase in excess mortality. in other words, additional people who might have underlying condition to unfortunately perish and episodes of this nature. so really a high impact event. and one that is tied to climate change and these us the smoke coming from canada. i'm enough that the fire as well as we can over a month ago if i, if i recall how big is the area affected and do you expect this smoky situation to get was to yes, about 3 and a half 1000000 hector is a burg here. it's a record star

taylor still faces possible state prosecution. a new yorkattorney returns to court next week in boston, where he's accused of being a serial rapist. on monday, prosecutors explain how they use dna and a drinking glass to catch him. here's abc's erielle reshef. 35 year old manhattan corporate attorney matthew nilo facing a boston judge. how do you plead to those offenses? guilty or not guilty? not guilty . nilo accused of sexually assaulting four women in 2007 and 2008 in the charlestown area of boston, in a series of incidents that shocked the city. 15 years after the trail ran cold, authorities revisited the investigation using forensic investigative genealogy. they determined nilo, who went to school in boston at the time, was a person of interest. eight fbi agents in the new york area placing him under surveillance. s fbi agents were able to obtain various utensils and drinking glasses. they watched the defendant use at a corporate event at from one of the glasses, the boston police crime lab was able to obtain a male dna profile, which i

, further out in new york state.and that was why the currents were very happy for fermoy to travel. so far more traveled extensively across the eastern seaboard. she went to north to boston providence, hartford and all the areas in new york, albany and troy and then she went south. so she went all the way south to south carolina, north. and then from there went to cuba because clearly the objects were being sent and wide via the, you know, ship and then came back to florida. that was in pensacola fla, went by steamboat from pensacola to new orleans, and then went all the way up the mississippi river into and into pennsylvania to pittsburgh. so she traveled probably. between 1502 thousand miles across the united states to cuba and the reason why there was doing this is because the objects were being distributed very broadly so people would both see her and purchase the objects. wow she has quite a map for sort of a network of the united states and beyond the continent as well. and that's really exciting to explore. i