certainly in new york state more generally but probably in new york city even more so. >> i think there is anxiety around testing and the roles of testing. i think there is a sense that filling out bubbles endlessly is not productive. i would agree. that it is not productive. i think just because a test is multiple-choice does not it's -- you can have high-quality i'm making a poor multiple-choice test. you can pour short response test are really thoughtful interesting and engaging problems. the problem is not the formant the test commits the quality of the question is have to ponder. i think the new york state tests are relatively good test. i think the mathematics test is not sufficiently difficult. i think i'm the only person boost math test are not hard enough. a lot of the test anxiety is misplaced. we do not get these outstanding results to through test prep. we get that because our students are reading a poem a day and their learning how to write and learning mathematical reasoning. you cannot bases, cortes lester in instruction every hour every day strong. you also can i get the

now let's return to our breaking news story also it is in new york have confirmed that they believe a blast on the subway it was an attempted terror attack they also said that a low tech device was detonated and police also confirmed that one person also a suspect has known life threatening injuries along with three other people. and here we can see what's believed to be a video of the botched attack you can see here hello by a crowd of point smoke and people fleeing the scene well as the smoke clears one person can be seen lying on the ground and. no you know we're going to have another problem. well let's discuss this further with our correspondent jacqueline vega was jackie we've seen the pictures then haven't we have new woman can you tell us well things are do you sort of returning back to normal we do have information that the port authority station the bus station main bus station in new york city has reopened and they're working on getting the metro back to full service it all started this morning at seven twenty am when the police were called after reports of an explosion tha

without me, the "new york times" will indeed be not the failing "new york times" but the failed "new york times." the president added that the media basically will let him win. we will let him win reelection in 2020. >>> okay. >> yes, that happened. >> i don't know what to say. speechless. >> no. you shouldn't. >> interestingly enough, i mean maybe the ratings would be impacted but to put an end to certain media outlets -- >> bit of a stretch. >> quick end, blunt end to roy moore's senator hopes. a circuit judge denying the attempt to delay the certification of results after claiming voter fraud. moore refuses to concede though jones won by more than 21,000 votes. moorish eued moore issued a statement calling it fraud leaulent. >>> here in new york city. >> this is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century. >> devastating. 12 dead including a 1-year-old, as a fire rages through a bronx apartment building. hear from the fire commissioner next. ♪ holy night ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪ sleep in heavenly peace vof hundreds of families, he'se hmo

york, thus overriding new york's laws. now we have heard it said that we have -- that this bill is necessary to protect the second amendment constitutional rights of gun owners. but the fact is, there is no second amendment constitutional right for concealed carry. in the district of columbia versus heller case in which the supreme court said the second amendment established a personal right, justice scalia's opinion was that it was entirely consistent with the constitution and said the majority of american courts to consider the questionville held that prohibitions on carrying concealed weapons were lawful under the second amendment or state analogies. so the second amendment argument is simply wrong or disingenuous. we are living in an epidemic of gun violence. 33,000 americans are killed every year. no other country approaches this. no country other than those at war, but no country in peace ime has 172, and we have 33,000. it's not because of mental illness but large presence of guns. 2017 stanford university study fou

new york city. one of the busiest transportation hubs in the country. a suspect is in custody and that suspect was the only person injured in that explosion. >> bill: we get word from the white house president trump has been briefed on this and reports the f.b.i. is investigating it as a possible terror attack. the former nypd commissioner bill bratton on television an hour ago saying he sees so far there is evidence suggesting this appears to be isis-inspired. this is what he said on that. >> preliminary information from police services, i emphasize they're preliminary and subject to change. it is a man in his middle 20s probably. possibly from bangladesh, been in the country about seven year who supposedly was setting the device up in the name of isis, definitely a terrorist attack, definitely intended. >> sandra: rick leventhal at the scene in mid town manhattan. good morning to you. i remind everyone this happened at 7:30 a.m. eastern time was the first report of that explosion happening. that i

this is new york. the reality is that we are a target by many who would like to make a statement against democracy, against freedom. we have the statue of liberty in our harbor, and that makes us an international target. we understand that. with the internet now, anyone can go on the internet and download garbage and vileness on how to put together an amateur-level explosive device. and that is the reality that we live with. the counter reality is that this is new york and we all pitch together and we are a savvy people and we keep our eyes open and that's what see something, say something is all about. and we have the best law enforcement on the globe. and we're all working together extraordinarily well. i want to thank the mayor and the mayor's office for doing a great job this morning. and we'll go forward and we'll go forward together. all the service will resume. let's go back to work. we're not going to allow them to disrupt us. that is exactly what they want. and that's exactly what they're not

new york they say the cause of the blast is as yet. there's no information yet regarding any casualties or injuries there was also a report that as we had on social media looking to us well of a stampede following what some described as an explosion the blast is said to have happened at manhattan's port or fucking bus time and as a head there from kaleb which is situated between the forty second and eighth street police on the twitter feed all warning people to stay away from the area and it's been evacuated eyewitnesses say there are a lot of police at the scene and as we've seen there from the live pictures also a lot of the emergency services and we'll have more details on this as it comes. meanwhile president putin has ordered the start of the ritual of russian forces from syria that's just days after he announced the complete defeat of islamic state in syria well russia's latest declaration that syria has been liberated from isis sparked a new rift between key foreign forces fighting terrorists in the country and it didn't sit wel

tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. >>> in a new interview president trump tells "the new york times" he doesn't know how long the special counsel's investigation into russian meddling will last. during that impromptu interview at his golf course in florida, mr. trump said he thinks bob mueller will be fair and everybody knows there was no collusion with his campaign. the president said he thought a prolonged investigation makes the country look back. on other issues mr. trump said he hopes democrats will work with him on health care, immigration, and infrastructure. chip reid has more on that. >> reporter: fixing the nation's deteriorating infrastructure appears to be at the top of the president's agenda for next year. >>> republicans and democrats, we're going to have tremendous infrastructure -- >> reporter: in fact, it's not that simple. democrats want to spend $1 trillion on the program. many republicans want to spend one-fifth of that, $200 billion. democrats say it will never work. reaching a compromise in an election year when the two sides are that far apart will not be easy.

that explosion this morning in new york city. the mayor called it an attempt to terror attack. it happened near times square in an underground passageway packed with commuters. authorities say a 27-year-old man intentionally set up a pipe bomb that was strapped to his body. for people who including the attacker. he was the worst of the injuries. the other had concussion type injuries, that sort of thing. we are told they're going to be okay. we are following the story. we will bring you all the new developments as we get them. >> kennedy: this is a fox news alert in just about 24 hours, voters go to the polls in alabama special senate race. democrat doug johnson republican roy moore making their final pitches. president trump also stepping up his involvement after endorsing him last week. here's white house counsel filling in conway. >> i think the president could be more clear about how he feels about this race. he has said this is the president talking now, the president has said go vote roy moore. he's made it very clear he wa

without me, the "new york times" will indeed be not the failing "new york times" but the failed "new york times." by the way, the last time we cable people and newspapers have had these sort of ratings was during when barack obama took office and they were even higher then. so that's a reality here. so he, of course, said that directly to the "new york times" reporter though, what's your thoughts on that? >> well, i think he ain't whistling dixie. i think he's absolutely right. i mean, look at us right now, here we are just talking about donald trump. i mean, you know, everybody was having a nice set of pre-new year's eve rest and suddenly he's out there talking about collusion and i can do anything i want with the justice department and if that's not speaking softly and carrying a big stick, i don't know what it is. it's of course mueller's going to treat me fairly because there's no collusion. however, i can do anything i want with the justice department. so, i mean, i think -- you know, he's definitely great copy for newspapers, he's great on television. and i think he may not be

this is new york. the reality is that we are a target by many who would like to make a statement against democracy, against freedom. we are the statue of liberty in our harbor. and that makes us an international target. we understand that. with the internet now, anyone can go on the internet and downlead garbage and vileness on how to put together a amateur level explosive device. and that is the reality that we live with. the counterreality is that this is new york. and we all pitch together. and we are a savvy people. we keep our eyes open. and that's what see something say something is all about. and we have the best law enforcement on the globe. and we're all working together extraordinarily well. i want to thank the mayor and the mayor's office for doing a great job this morning. and we will go forward and we'll go forward together. all the service will resume. we're not going to allow them to disrupt us. that's exactly what they want. that is exactly what they're not going to get. thank you. >> t

he, despite the criticism, the failing "new york times", he likes being in the "new york times", being on the front page. and i think his comments about the media and the election reflect that too. it's a little bit tongue in cheek, to be fair. i think the president is just trying to mess around with us here. but on some level it reflects the idea that the president always likes being at the front of people's minds. he likes being on the front page on on cable news, every single morning. that is what drives a lot of his behavior day to day. so the fact that the president would have been golfing earlier in the morning runs into a "new york times" reporter at his property and just decides to sit down and chat is really what trump does. he often does these without many of his aides or his communications really having any idea about what is going on. >> one of the revealing things i thought was that it reveals he wants another four years, okay. >> yeah. >> so we heard from some places like steve bannon who gave a 30% chance of finishing out his first term. here he said he will win the next

new york, the new york legislature, new york people through the legislature determined that people who committed violent misdemeanors should not be permitted to carry concealed weapons in new york. this bill would say never mind that, if someone comes from a state with a contrary determination, it prevails in new york. mr. woodall: the licenses are recognized. mr. nadler: not just that the licenses are recognized. cop new york city cop or a upstate stops someone for speeding or whatever and finds out that he's carrying a concealed weapon and finds out at he is a misdemeanant, committed a violent misdemeanor in the past, under new york law he'd be arrested for illegally carrying a gun. under this law he would not because a new york law in effect is overridden. if he comes from a state that permits it. the real question is why should you permit the law of one state to override the law of a different state which may prevail under different circumstances. we generally allow, unless the federal government is going to say, our general requirement for uniformity for some reason, we demand the

news but you know i mean effectively it could have been such a bad news story for new york maybe it's not as bad as we'd failed what would be nice. well we're here on eighth avenue and we're just a block away from the port authority building now from what we understand the incident took place underground on in the subway in the passage from one subway station to the other and at this point what we understand the port authority building that's the bus station in which the buses from new jersey greyhound buses and others are deposited into new york where people get off into manhattan that is fully operational at this point life is coming back to normal now the subways are not at this point back to normal from what we understand of the service people are not getting off at forty second street yet and as you can see around me the streets are a little bare you know the the road is blocked off with there's fire department vehicles there's new york city police department vehicles there's helicopters flying above and the situation is a little bit tense but the roads are not packed and people

under new york law, if i am 16 years old, i am not allowed to drive in new york city. i am prohibited from driving in the city, yet with my georgia license i can drive around. yorke legislature new found that was accommodation, privilege. craig stone to recognize the licensure, the traffic laws of new york continue to apply. >> the difference here is that there is no federal constitutional right to drive a car. there is a federal constitutional right to keep and bear arms. therefore, the ability to transport that firearm if the concealed carry permit has been granted to the individual by a state that has been through a process that will make that determination, the gentleman from new york brought up the wisconsin determination which is correct, that they have determined there be no minimum firearm.ssess a wisconsin is not the first one to the game on this. they are the 34th state to permit individuals to possess firearms based upon no minimum age requirement. however, wisconsin has an age 21 concealed carry permit. so someone shows up in new york and they have conceale

welcomego to new york historical society. i'm historical president and ceo, i'm thrilled to welcome all of you to beautiful robert a. smith auditorium. this each's program presented in conjunction with new exhibition mapping america's road from revolution to independence which will be on view in our galleries through march 11th. i know that some of you have alreadyy enjoyed exhibition preview this evening for those of you we have not, we invite you to join you as our guest following our program on second floor where exhibition viewing will continue along with open bar. that should be pretty good enticement. some of us, anyway. tonight's program revolution song, a story of american freedom is part of distinguished speaker series which is the heart of our public programs and as though i would like to thank mr. shorto, thank for prominents to new york historical. i would like to thank trustees this evening and i would like to thank pam for great partnership and leadership of this splendid institution. thank you, pam. [applause]

new york pays some of the highest state taxes. so he may have to lower new york's state tax. not just up to the federal government to lower taxes for new york state. if you want to prevent residents from leaving your state to move to lower-taxed states like florida. so he is going to have to take a look in the mirror and work on lowering his own taxes. david: jack, i want to move on to something that is very important concern to a lot of people out there, millions of small businesses are trying to figure out how the new tax law is going to affect them. there are different tax code, new tax codes, depending on how you define yourself as a small business and a lot of lawyers and accountants are having trouble figuring that one out. >> it will be a bonanza trying to cheat on their taxes in the year ahead, spoiler alert. david: or just paying taxes, jack. >> you have to let me on the comment. david: go ahead. >> he has to stop crying on this issue but he has a valid point. averager spends 2400 than they receive. average alabamaian receives $6,000. it is unfair for new york but re

"new york times." lu lurking in the back of our minds we couldn't live with suppressing this material. it would later be learned that we had not published it and that would have been such a disgrace. >> you can catch this, daniel elsberg and the pentagon papers tonight from 9 to 11:00 p.m. eastern time right here on msnbc. coming up new details on the russia investigation, just who was in the room to interview the president's long time assistant. plus what's behind the new subpoena of jared kushner's company. >>> hello everybody i'm david gura msnbc headquarters in new york. "new york times" reporting a bomb shell that president trump made insensitive comments about immigrants during a meeting at the white house back in skrjune. president trump said haitian immigrants come to the country have aides. said they have seen the united states for africa, they would never, quote go back to the huts in after kachlt the white house is denying he used those words. first let's go to kelly o'donnell with the presi

now with breaking news here in new york. learning more about the suspect who detonated a pipe bomb this morning in a subway near times square. it was strapped to his body. the man is seen here in this disturbing image posted on twitter and confirmed by senior law enforcement officials. four other people reported minor injuries. this 27-year-old man, for some information, is an immigrant from bangladesh, who currently lives in brooklyn. authorities indicate he made some comments about isis but wouldn't elaboration. the new york city mayor said it appears he did act alone. >> let's be clear, as new yorkers, our lives revolve around the subways. when we hear of an attack in the subway, it is incredibly unsettling. let's be also clear, this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. >> we will go forward together, all the service will resume. let's go back to work. we're not going to allow them to disrupt us. that's exactly what they want. and that is exactly what they're not

howie: joining us from new york, roy hoffman. how did the "washington post" handle these explosive and fake allegations trying to trap the "post" reporters to say incriminating things about roy moore that could be captured on videotape. >> they have been transparent about how they uncovered her identity and pursued this story. and then when mr. o'keefe was exposed he put out videos of other "post" reporters in candid settings being very professional and being a little critical of their editorial side for being overly critical of the president. if this is an attempt to show bias on the part of the "washington post," it backfired spectacularly. howie: he said the news side is trying to call bull when there is bull and give him credit when there is credit. you say james o'he keefe based this -- james o'keefe based this on an assumption how the mainstream media worked and they would rush into print with a half-baked allegation. >> i can only imagine the ignorance and malice on the part of o'keefe and his colleagues. they assumed it w

without me "the new york times" will be the failed "the new york times." they basically have to let me win, donald trump argues tonight. eventually six months before the election they'll be loving me saying, please, please, don't lose, donald trump. daniel? >> let's get this straight. media the fake media because it's so mean to trump but come election time the media's going to be begging for trump victory and therefore going to be nice to him to save itself. it just doesn't make sense. it's -- >> do you think he believes it? >> i don't know. so hard to get into his head. i think what we know is see in the interview is this combination of narcissist and true winner of the popular vote. it's, you know, he's been the most powerful man in the world a year now and can't get over anything that might suggest he is not the best and coolest in ever possible way. it is astonishing. >> yeah. karine, the claims he makes suggests he wants to jump from the campaign promises to when it's all done. you really get the feeling the middle has no interest to him and so the o

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he attacked just a few weeks ago we need new york on as well some thwarted attacks in new york by one in two thousand and one kid doesn't sixteen in chelsea which ended up wounding he for a team to actually kill anyone in new york has been a comment or a gift of and furthermore the fact that the terrorists are targeting public transit is unsurprising we've seen attacks like that for example in russia in madrid in london in. oh oh so all of this is very much sort of consistent with their terrorism when. do you think that we can take any comfort from this in the sense that nobody was killed on this occasion and it seems as if they say explosive device they say was was pretty poorly made does that suggest that it is actually still even in this day and age quite difficult to make a homemade explosive. what it suggests is that there is wide variation in the quality of terrorists some terrorists are able to follow instructions maybe they have direct training maybe they spent time for example in libya are we going to risk there or in syria for example. this guy you know clearly comes across

other thing you have to understand, knots just new york. not just new york. so take a look at boston high of 14. monday 11. chicago high of 5 on monday morning. for any of these cities, more layers you can put on, better off you'll be. >> hi of negative 5. i just don't see how those two things go together. >> yeah. >> brr thank you for that update. that is dangerously cold. thank you. >>> up next, o1% chance to live. remarkable survival story this colorado cop shot on the job. stay with us. i use herpecin l.re, it penetrates deep to treat. it soothes, moisturizes, and creates an spf 30 barrier, to protect against flare-ups caused by the sun. herpecin l. >>> the bullet that hit a colorado detective responding to a call did so much damage. doctors gave him less than a 1% chance of survival. well, more than a year later that detective is back on duty pushing past his brush with death and pushing the odds again. showing how he is going beyond the call of duty. >> reporter: colorado direct is deputy is back with the officers. officers called to a denver suburb ove

new york ady from reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you very much, mrs. lowey. here we are again, mr. speaker. two weeks ago the republican majority asked for another two weeks to write an appropriations package to fund the government. now they're asking to kick the can down the road one more time . we all knew that those two weeks were a pretense for getting the votes to pass their tax bill. we didn't make any progress on a bipartisan appropriation bill. before that republicans asked or an additional 12 weeks in september. we all voted to give that 12 weeks. all of us know exactly why the can keeps being kicked farther and farther down the road. it's because the majority cannot muster the majority of their own members to support bipartisan funding bills. because the governing party which controls the house, senate, and white house has

new york city hit by residential fire last night. the fire spread through every floor of a five-story building, it happened in the bronx within matter of minutes killing 12 people. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire. alabama declaring doug jones winner of u.s. senate election, the state certified jones' win after judge rejected republican roy moore last-minute request to delay certification. the first democratic senate victory in alabama in a quarter century. and united airlines passenger whose first-class seat was given to congressman sheila jackson lee firing back at democratic lawmakers accusation of racism. gene mary saying, quote, i could not see who had boarded the flight, i didn't even know who she was. that's what's happening now, lauren. lauren: coming up. millions of americans getting ready to ring in 2018 in new york city. >> we are ready to have a great celebration and i want to emphasize what you heard from the commissioner, there are no credible and specific threats against new york city at this

new york city failed suicide bomber. breaking news here. the new york bombing suspect told officials he was inspired by isis and that he chose the new york city subway because of its christmas-themed posters. also invoking isis stripes in europe against holiday markets. he injured himself and three others after detonating a pipe bomb in a underground subway passageway at the port authority near time square. this is the third terror attack in new york city since september 2016. and now this. the failed suicide bomber entered the u.s. on a chain migration visa because he had family ties here. it has been called an abused back door into the u.s. that president trump wants to shut. we've got the details and more. also, this story for you. to the special election showdown in alabama. the polls all over the map on the senate race between republican roy moore and democrat doug jones. the vote is tomorrow. we break down the latest fox results on who is in the lead. now, this race could affect tax reform and your with all the. and bitcoin stock pric

york novel but kind of a fairytale of new york. it was arabian knights story taking place in new york city and genies and flying urns, genies writing on flying urns. when i finished this, i thought i think i have taken this kind of writing as far as it can go. as far as i can take it, there is not much more for me to do down this particular road. i thought do something else. do something opposite. so this novel is a way that in part the answer to that instructionth to myself. which is you know, hold the flying carpets. never mind about the magic noses, you know, '86 the genies. to write the novel, a different sort of novel in new york which in many ways is a kind of social panoramic novel. aa novel which i prepared with,i read books i'm not often associated with, books trying to do what i would try to do, capture a moment of the history of the city and the country. like, edith wharton's age of sentence. james baldwin's another country, novels like that. i also, this is novel about evil old patriarch with three messed up sons. and t

you're watching the news a recap of the breaking story coming in from new york new york authorities say and explosion at the city's port authority bus terminal was an attempted terrorist attack one suspect has been taken into custody and few people were reported injured new york matt believe the c.e.o. said apologies new normal credible or specific threats to new york and he said quote the people there are safe. we have more news coming up for you in just a few minutes sara how much is standing by to save the d.w. if your cat. and living in germany she's reminded of what that means on a daily basis. this presenter. if you see. she travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. for your country but you're still the black. germany. in fifteen minutes. official estimates more than one point two. legally and illegally. return to. to visit friends i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure flailing witness global news that matters. made for mines and their w. me speak your language they don't get

york, continues to get the brunt of this, so many people live in new york. they keep trying, they are going to be successful, we need to be vigilant and event of an take steps to give local, state and federal officials the ability to be proactive in tracking down terror cells and organizations. rob: to stop these things, very adequate at their jobs and they stop a lot, how many of these are foiled every week, every month, some squeeze through, thank you for coming on, appreciate it. jillian: 50 illegal immigrants rounded up by the fed in two states, a four they ice operation ending with the arrest of 27 illegals, 87% have a committal history and five were previously deported. in kentucky, 22 arrested, all of them from guatemala, mexico or malaguena. ice announced a 40% spike in arrests over the last year. >> protesters crashing over joe honoring kate steinle who was combined illegal immigrant, anti-trump students showing up on campus of uc berkeley across the bay saying they refuse to accept a fascist america. a poster of steinle found in the trashcan. colle

the governor andrew cuomo saint, new york is a major target and always will be >> this is new york. the reality is we are a target by many, who would like to make a statement against democracy, against freedom. we have a statue of liberty and our harbor, and that makes us an international target. >> neil: i have the pleasure -- like it or not, the city and many others are targets for those who wish us ill. here we go again. this could have been a whole lot worse, but it is a reminder that bad guys like going after big cities, the big apple, chief among them. >> absolutely. this is concerning, but is not surprising. this attack should not be surprising for a number reasons for number one, new york city. that has always been on the terrorist watch list in terms of targets. number two, transportation hub. we saw this happen in the crosswords of the times square area and port authority underground. unknown type of target. number three, devin calling for these types of attacks and we have seen this over the past year. i guess also number four, the fact that there is an online -- seems to

new york times." sitting down with reporters for a 30-minute impromptu conversation, even his staff unaware of reportedly. the times reporting president trump believes special counsel robert mueller will, quote, treat him fairly, contradicting some members of his party who have waged a weeks long campaign to try to discredit mr. mueller and the continuing inquiry. the report continues saying, the president did not demand an end to the russia investigation swirling around his administration, but insisted 16 times that there has been no collusion discovered by the inquiry. and it seems that may just be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the wide ranging and headline making interview. for more let's go to nbc's edward lawrence in washington. edward, interesting part of it, many parts, but his team not knowing about it, at least some of them. >> reporter: you know, that was very interesting. but not surprising with this president. you know, in true president trump fashion, he did not hold back on thi

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york, thus overriding new york's laws. now we have heard it said that we have -- that this bill is necessary to protect the second amendment constitutional rights of gun owners. but the fact is, there is no second amendment constitutional right for concealed carry. in the district of columbia versus heller case in which the supreme court said the second amendment established a personal right, justice scalia's opinion was that it was entirely consistent with the constitution and said the majority of american courts to consider the questionville held that prohibitions on carrying concealed weapons were lawful under the second amendment or state analogies. so the second amendment argument is simply wrong or disingenuous. we are living in an epidemic of gun violence. 33,000 americans are killed every year. no other country approaches this. no country other than those at war, but no country in peace ime has 172, and we have 33,000. it's not because of mental illness but large presence of guns. 2017 stanford university study fou

new york, the new york legislature, new york people through the legislature determined that people who committed violent misdemeanors should not be permitted to carry concealed weapons in new york. this bill would say never mind that, if someone comes from a state with a contrary determination, it prevails in new york. mr. woodall: the licenses are recognized. mr. nadler: not just that the licenses are recognized. if a new york city cop or a cop upstate stops someone for speeding or whatever and finds out that he's carrying a concealed weapon and finds out that he is a misdemeanant, committed a violent misdemeanor in the past, under new york law he'd be arrested for illegally carrying a gun. under this law he would not because a new york law in effect is overridden. if he comes from a state that permits it. the real question is why should you permit the law of one state to override the law of a different state which may prevail under different circumstances. we generally allow, unless the federal government is going to say, our general requirement for uniformity for some reason, we dem

york and leave new york for the suburbs. there are a lot of subway lines underneath port authority. so it is very, very busy. you have rush hour, port authority, and christmastime. a recipe for disaster if you're an isis identify inspired terrorist that commissioner bill is the case here. the mayor is on the way. the president has been briefed. it is an active crime scene. the port authority is closed as authorities are there making sure there are not any other bombs that are hidden there in the subway. this did apparently explode on the subway platform. if you're jumping onto the subway right before you jump on, there's the platform that everybody waits. lots of people would be waiting this morning, and that's where the bomb allegedly went off. so, dan, if you're coming to new york, if you're watching this, and you have a vacation scheduled because it's very busy, it's christmastime or if you're here in new york or you are a new yorker, you have so much experience as an nypd officer and a secret service agent. what do you r

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joining me here in new york. still ahead very cold new year's eve in new york city. looking at a live shot. where security is in gear. after the break we'll explain why officials are taking extra precautions this year. >>> welcome back. i'm david gura. major cities across the country ramming up security for tomorrow. in times square more than 2 million people will brave sub freezing temperatures to watch the ball drop live and they won't be alive. thousands of police officers, snipers and bomb sniffing dogs will be standing guard in the wake of two terror attacks. in las vegas just three months after the worst mass shooting in american history, police there unprecedented number of officers on duty. joining me chief executive reporter in new york. let me ask you about the preparations. what are we seeing that's new or novel this year? >> hi, david. nypd said this is the tightest, more than 20 blocks of security perimeter, and there will be checkpoints. everyone has to come through a checkpoint who is going to it be attending this ball drop. and those checkpoints will

and in new york state more generally. or even more so. but to fill out the bubbles endlessly is not productive and i would agree it is not productive but just because a test is multiple-choice doesn't mean it isn't high quality you could have high quality multiple-choice test orqu low-quality with poor short response test or thoughtful and interesting and engaging problems. it isn't the format but the quality of the question that the kids are asked to ponder. . . . . outstanding results bece our kids are reading a poem a day and learning how to write and learning mathematical reasoning. unless your instruction every hour and every day is strong, you also can't get these outstanding results that was mentioned in the seventh largest school district in sight of new york number one in terms of student achievement. we took the 25 spots in math and the wholinthe whole state of ned outperformed the highly selected even though it's a random school you can't get those results if you are not teaching kids well all along. kids have a negative experi

york city this new year's eve. and they will find the tightest security ever in place. in addition to a huge police presence on the ground, they will also be monitoring the crowds and because of what happened in las vegas, extra attention on those buildings from above. abc's gio benitez on what the nypd and police across the country are doing that they've never done before. >> reporter: tonight, the nypd taking unprecedented steps to protect the 1 million people expected to pack times square. closing off a wider perimeter this year than ever before, heavily armed police at multiple checkpoints. >> we have cop cars all over the place. there you go, there you go. >> reporter: the police commissioner in giving us a rare look at some of the 10,000 cameras keeping a watchful eye. from the ground to the air, helicopters lazering in on the grounds. what are your pilots going to be looking for on new year's eve from the air? >> they're going to be able to provide an overwatch for the decision makers, the commanders, and th

>> kelly, also tonight, there is a new report from the "new york times" today on the russia investigation specifically about why federal authorities decided to investigate in the first place. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: is it a mystery solved, kate? it appears the "new york times" has a clue about what got this started in the beginning, and they point to the young former foreign policy advisor george papadopoulos who has pleaded guilty for lying in the investigation. they say that back in may of 2016 he was in london and spoke to an australian diplomat, telling him that the russians had unflattering emails of hillary clinton. when those emails later became public, the diplomat went to the fbi, who asked for permission to investigate under the foreign intelligence surveillance act. so maybe that is what started it all. now today, the white house responded saying that out of respect for the special counsel, it would not comment, hoping that the inquiry would be completed expeditiously. kate? >> kelly o'donnell with the president in florida, kelly, thank you. >>> a growing

if you are a bad guy looking at new york city new york city looks and vulnerable. there is the shield around the city. on october 31st that shield was pierced and it was demonstrated that an attack can be carried out in new york city and we have less than six weeks later a second attack, the first suicide bomber in new york city. >> that is what he was attempting to do and he was incompetent and we got lucky. >> only the fact that he couldn't make it work but there's nothing to stop him from exploding a few blocks from here. >> is the nypd as you observed doing something differently now than it did in the past? >> there is a political question that has to be asked, bill diblasio ran for mayor, he ran to some degree against the nypd. that is who he positioned himself against and shortly after coming into office a lot of media attention was garnered because they issued a press release when they shut down the demographics unit. don't know how many times when the unit of half a dozen people is shut down, justified a press release. >> what did that demographics unit do

she also has a recent op-ed piece in "the new york times." judge scheindlin, thank you for joining us. talk about what is happening now with the federal judiciary. right now. happening as you already said, at record speed. you mentioned 12 circuit judges have been confirmed. the previous high was three,and obama got three circuit judges confirmed in his first year. so we're seeing a rapid effort to pack the courts with what can only be termed a very conservative judges and justices. we have one supreme court justice and everybody pays a lot of attention to that, but the reality is, the lower courts is where the action is. circuit courts, they write 60,000 opinions. 62.eme court right the final word in most cases is that the appellate level. the trial court write several hundred thousand opinions per year. 170e are a total of about nine circuit judges throughout the country. 677 district court judges. as you know, supreme court vacancies are very rare. so if those lower courts become filled with very conservative judges them all of whom have l

terror striking the heart of new york city. [sirens] >> this is new york. the reality is we are a target like many who would like to make a statement against democracy, against freedom. melissa: the second attack in just two months. a man wearing explosive device detonating a bomb inside of the city's subway system. an investigation is currently underway into the suspect. his background and his motive. how the effects of the attack are spreading across the country two weeks before christmas. >>> plus president trump is looking to deliver on tax reform. new details on the president's closing arguments to overhaul our nation's tax code. >>> we'll take to you the alabama where it is the final day of campaigning between republican roy moore and democrat roy jones. david: less than 24 hours away. meanwhile a recap of the markets. the dow shrugging off a attempted terror attack in the financial capital of the world, closing at a new high for the 66th time under president trump. nicole petallides, any sign at all there was a terror attack in this town? >> you're a

breaking news a suspect is injured as an explosion rocks a central bus station in manhattan in new york we'll bring you live updates in just a few moments. the backlash continues to escalate against president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital protests around the world include attempts to storm the u.s. embassy and demands for the american ambassadors resignation. graphic bodycount video is released in the u.s. showing a police officer shooting dead an unarmed man who was later cleared of murder and manslaughter. you're watching our international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. and we start with our breaking news story new york police department are responding to a blast at the central bus station in manhattan they say the course of the explosion is currently unclear and why p.t.d. also say that one person who is also a suspect has known life threatening injuries. now joining us live now with the details on the telephone has artie's correspondent caleb moore could hi there caleb so what more do we know. well now we are hearin

eve in new york city history. the first ball drop in at 1917 was at a 1 degree here in new york city, and then this would be the coldest since 1962. but look at, you are pretty much on your own in terms of preparation. let's take a listen. we spoke about whether or not they are going to brave the temperatures. >> i couldn't do it, i actually don't understand how they do it. >> no, we are flying back home. we decided not to put up for the fight with a cross. >> no, i think it is more fun to do it in the cold actually. because yeah. >> more fun. [laughs] that is 25 million pieces of confetti that will drop it. and some of those confetti messes actually have messages written about people's wishes and 2018. as you can see, tours are throwing it around and playing with it here. so already, the festivities are beginning. >> jon: will come of the good news is you are only a couple of blocks away from our mothership here. so if you get called it, you can come to the office for some hot chocolate, okay? >> i appreciate tha