back out of plans to build a campus in new york city. the deal had promised for 2000 jobs with an average salary of $150,000. local opposition was fervent from the beginning. lawmakers resented being excluded from negotiations. community groups fear that rising rents would kick out residence. governor andrew cuomo said the new york senate has done a lot of damage for this lost economic opportunity. joining us to discuss is the democratic queens city councilmember. also here with me in the studio is brad stone. victory here,ng running a sort of victory lap, but is this really a win? >> no one is running a victory lap. this is a victory because we fought for our values. the steel from the beginning because amazon has a track record of not treating its workers right and is being horribly antiunion. we exposed that during this process over the last few months when they declared once and for all that they would fight any attempts of any employees to organize. that is antithetical to my values as a progressive new york city democrat. i think it is antithetical to most of us in new york

headquarters in new york city prime no slime, say the new yorkers. the fallout, ahead the biggest retail sales drop in a decade, time to fear a recession or a one-month blip where exzong us in factors played a role. rolling out jpmorgan cryptocurrency, why? will he give crypto more cred? a vigorous "power lunch" begins right now. >> welcome to "power lunch." i'm melissa lee. stocks going back more than 230 on the dow jones industrial average. looking at flatline, down 30 points. s&p down 1.5 nasdaq higher than a quarter of a percent. coca-cola, having the biggest one-day drop following mixed earnings and weak outlook. >>> we begin with the big story. amazon backing out of its plan to build a second headquarters in new york city following the amazon h q2 story since the start, deidra. >> this is nothing short of a stunning reversalle facing mounting opposition to the project but pulling out altogether is a major defeat for the company and the lawmakers that fought hard for it like government cuomo and mayor bill de blasio. amazon says it is disappointed but that, quote, a number of

its plans to move forward with a second headquarters they were going to locate here in new york city. we will turn to michael mckee to explain exactly what is going on. -- michael: they split between washington, d c, new york city with a smaller campus in nashville. they say they will go ahead with washington and nashville, but not going to build the proposed 25,000 of 40,000 person campus in long island city in new york. -- 2500 to 4000 person caps on long island city new york. how much did they give away to amazon and tax breaks? opposition for politicians who said this was briefly this year $1 trillion company. do we really have to mortgage the farm to bring the men? new york argued this would bring in $27 billion over 25 years to the city and people said, where do you get those figures? there was a lot of opposition to this deal and amazon says it does not want to deal with that. david: this is where the world of politics meets the world of his miss. in the press release you show me, is said, we love new york. 70% of new yorkers one is there but there are state and local politicians

of new york city, your home city and home state. >> it is a big loss. deal, but ift the you look at the deal it was not a great deal, they could've made a better deal. a much better deal. but i think it is a norse -- a loss to new york city. over time,in taxes they will never see. they are taking a lot of taxes. i think it is a big loss for new york city. it's the kind of thinking our country is going to on the radical left, and ultimately is not good for jobs, not good for the economy, but i think it was a big loss for new york city. i love new york city. it was a big loss for new york city. >> [indiscernible] arrested guard member [indiscernible] >> i'm getting a final briefing and a complete briefing in about two hours. i think it is a shame. i think it is a shame when things like that happen. i have expressed that. i'm getting a complete briefing in about two hours. >> [indiscernible] >> no, i don't, i think my language is very nice. >> [indiscernible] >> people's daily? >> [indiscernible] >> great cooperation. both ways with china. a lot of good things are happening. so many pe

quickly and non-invasively. plus new york bans it appears style discrimination the city makes it illegal to target people based on their natural hair or on their hair stock the new legal guidance is aiming at ending discrimination against the way black new yorkers and we're there here. i bring it off it's good to have you with us it. is and on president a summit on sex abuse today at the vatican pope francis kicked off an historic summit with bishops from around the world to address clerical sexual abuse francis began the four day meeting by saying that the church must listen to abuse victims but some survivors say that the pope's efforts don't go far enough and that he's been too slow to act the summit comes after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests accusing them of molesting children and raping nuns we pull our rightly as it's uncharted territory for the one hundred ninety heads of bishops conferences and religious orders present here. they were summoned to the vatican to publicly address the child abuse crisis within the catholic church it's a meeting marked b

that amazon is reconsidering its plan to open its sprawling new hq2 campus in new york city, due to political opposition and protests from the local community. the new york state senate recently appointed michael gianaris, a vocal critic of the amazon deal, to a board charged with reviewing the plan. activists, union leaders and other politicians have spoken out against the deal, including new york city congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez. in political news, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar both formally launched their presidential campaigns over the weekend. there are now an unprecedented six women seeking the democratic nomination. klobuchar launched her campaign sunday with an outdoor rally in minneapolis during a heavy snowstorm. >> i do not have a political machine, i do and a come from money.

governor of new york and the mayor of new york city. where do you think the biggest fault lies? what happened here, amazon has a ton of power. when you are making a deal, you want the best deal possible, you don't want to leave the counterparty in a situation feeling like they had been had. unfortunately for amazon, they kind of misjudged their own power, the optics of what this would look like. this enormous tax incentives, particularly, if you go back to when this deal was announced, google also announce it was adding jobs in new york without any tax incentives. it just led to a narrative that this was a company holding up some taxpayers. then you have this swirl of news happening elsewhere in the country, including in wisconsin, where we had a governor basically lose a reelection bid because of a tax incentive situation. it was a situation where amazon misjudged their own deal and maybe misjudged how their power was going to be seen. a statement from michael gianaris, who was opposed to the deal. he says today's behavior by amazon shows why they would have been a bad partner

its plans to build a second headquarters in new york city. >> cites issues with local representatives would oppose the plans. saying requiring positive relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long term. a number of politicians made it clear they posed our presence and william not work with us to build the type of relationships required. >> one in particular, one state senator, was at the front of this push to not have amazon. we'll be speaking to him. amazon says it does not intend to reopen the search for a new headquarters. >> interesting. joining us, nbc news technology correspondent jacob ward and nbc senior media reporter dylan byers. we know amazon promised 25,000 job, and millions of dollars in investment in exchange for 2 incentives. new york knew and had to be on some level for that kind of dough coming in the door. >> governor cuomo had said he tried to get a business with 100 jobs and the loss of 25,000 jobs a very big deal. the larger objection that so many people had is when you bring in a tech company. a huge $25,000 job tech

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you as it happens. >>> first, you have got to be tough to make in the new york city. that from the city's mayor after amazon's stunning decision to cancel its planned headquarters in new york. you may remember, amazon went all out, they put on quite the show when it announced its nationwide search for its new headquarters. it collected information on cities, detailed intimate information from cities coast to coast before announcing quite predictably that it would land in new york city and northern virginia just outside of d.c. the announcement fuelled protests and a fierce debate between locals and city and state leaders. in a statement today, amazon said, quote, after much thought and deliberation we have decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for amazon in long island city, queens. while polls show that 70% of new yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and won't work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project. the

emily: this is "bloomberg technology." amazon pulls out of new york, scrapping its plans to build a second headquarters in the city after backlash from some residents and politicians. we will speak with local officials who opposed the deal. plus, amazon had pledged to hire thousands of new workers but was it a size $43 billion in an financial incentives. will this impact help other take firms explained. and congress works to get a new -- the green new deal off the ground as the senate just best a spending bill to avert the government shutdown. now to the top text story of the day. a backlash of government officials has caused amazon to back out of plans to build a campus in new york city. the deal had promised for 2000 -- 40,000 jobs with an average salary of $150,000. local opposition was fervent from the beginning. lawmakers resented being excluded from negotiations. community groups fear that rising rents would kick out residents. governor andrew cuomo said the new york senate has done a lot of damage for this lost economic opportunity. joining us to discuss is the democratic queens city councilmember. also here with

break some news. amazon is definitively saying it will not build a second headquarters in new york city. several publications are citing a statement from the company that amazon hq2 is not going to be built in new york city. amazon is lower on the session, paring those losses just a little bit but down about 1.25%. amazon, according to a statement, is not going to build in new york city. we shall cover that momentarily. back to activism and jim rossman. there are several activists trying to break up these apart, break them into three. are these wise strategies in a day -- i mean, it is not quite clear whether setting something up is the best idea? tide, the in a rising long part of the cycle with very positive equity returns. i think this year is going to be a much more challenging year for developing -- you can't just break up a company, try to unlock the some of the parts. this is going to be the stock pickers year. we're potentially facing an earnings recession, facing much more challenging issues for companies around performance and cops against prior years. i think already we've seen as ref

frost. >> i'm sara eisen. amazon canceling plans for a new headquarters in long island city, new york we'll talk to representative gregory meeks who says it is a major loss for the city. >>> plus, we'll dive into today's retail sales bombshell a top analyst gives a within dm name to buy. >>> invidia reports after the bell with cbs and canopy growth and bringing the numbers in an hour's time. >>> check out the marks. we have come back from earlier losses the dow only down 40 points. earlier at the lows it was down 235. s&p down 21 at the lows climbing back toward the flat line. technology leading us there with the nasdaq up a quarter of 1%. small caps doing even better digesting the retail sales numbers which were sort of shockingly bad at first. weakness in nine years and thinking this is old news, maybe it was -- maybe it was brought lower by the shutdown and then the stock swoon we had in december either way, we talk about what it means for the consumer. >> if we can switch to the intraday chart of the dow or the s&p it talks to that theme in terms of how people started to digest those de

attorney general if we do anything. go ahead. >> your response to amazon pulling out of new york city, your home city. president trump: i think it is a big loss. the deal was not a great deal from the standpoint that they could have made a better deal. a much better deal. i come from new york city. i love new york city. yes. final briefing in a couple of hours. sad when likevery that happens i'm actually getting a very complete rethink about two hours. shame. it is a thing whenis a sad that happens. i have expressed that. you bear any responsibility for moderating your language? president trump: no. my languages very nice. been oneconflict have year. what do you think? president trump: who are you with? >> people's daily newspaper china. the cooperation. president trump: we have great cooperation both ways with china. a lot of good things are happening. so many people everyday, they are going to make a deal, they aren't going to make a deal. it is fake news. do they have fake news in china? i think so. are they going to make a deal? i think we have a very good chance of making a deal. both

go forward with the project. now the move is a major hit to new york governor andrew cuomo. also to the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. both of them lobbied for the headquarters. de blasio responded in a statement, you have to be tough to make it in new york city. we gave amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and to do business in the greatest city in the world. amazon for its part, said it is not reopening the search for another location. so what does all this mean for the company at large? we'll talk about it at this hour. we as part of our special coverage, have all-star guests lined up. new york congressman gregory meeks joins us from just a moment in washington. talk to ron kim, democratic assemblyman from the state of new york. elizabeth luskin, amazon hq2 advisory committee member. jonas max ferris joins us from max funds.com. let us begin with the special coverage of the amazon decision, with congressman meeks joining us from capitol hill. congressman, good to have you. you were in favor of bringing amazon to new york. what is your reaction today? >> i am somewhat shocked and saddened. i thin

cancel button on its planned new york city headquarters. >>> and a monster storm drenches california, unleashing flash floods and mudslides. washing away homes, roads, and forcing residents to evacuate. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a budget deal to avert a government shutdown is headed to president trump's desk after being approved by congress. while mr. trump is expected to sign it, he announced that he will also declare a national emergency to get more money for a border wall. marc liverman is here with reaction. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. a national emergency declaration may come as a surprise to some lawmakers, but the president has been talking about it for months to get his wall. the move is already coming with a lot of pushback from democrats and even some republicans. president trump is planning to declare a national emergency today, arguing the situation at the southern border is a humanitarian crisis. >> the yeas are 83, the nays are 16. >> reporter: ov

politicians won and the people lost. >> this is huge loss for new york city. put politics aside and bill de blasio. i was speaking with local assemblymen as well. they feel like the people have spoken. one they're saying amazon doesn't need subsidies from anywhere. it is an extremely profitable company. the ceo and founder is certainly richest man in the united states. top three in the world we have to assume. $140 billion worth. they say local businesses don't get any subsidies from the state or the government. i think more to the point, this is the point that i really began to understand their point of view on, google, for example, we're talking about building a one billion dollar campus here in new york city, spending $13 billion overall in 14 different cities around the u.s., not asking for subsidies from anyone people of long island city wanted this. the people of new york state wanted this. there is multiplier effect. it is not only jobs amazon planning on being here. job, everything from soda fountains to dry cleaners. all those jobs are not going to happen now? >> absolutely. david,

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weighed in from new york city are to have more. the decision could limit the ability of police to seize property from criminal suspects but in recent years a law enforcement authorities have dramatically increased their use of civil forfeiture when police seize property from people accused of crimes the proceeds from the sale often go directly to the agency that took it so for some local sources is a big source of revenue therefore excessive fines are often imposed but usually the practice leads to low income defendants furtherance of poverty crime or prison according to the american bar association nearly two thirds of prisoners have little prospect of paying the fines back after their release the a.c.l.u. said in a statement imposing monetary penalties that bury people under mountains of accumulating debt has devastating consequences on individuals families and entire communities particularly low income communities of color the ruling comes after justice ruth bader ginsburg who just returned to the bench wrote the opinion in favor of tyson tens of marion indiana saying protectio

, beautiful smiles for life. david: amazon might be saying so long to new york city several local lawmakers have inviting the retail giant plans to build second headquarters in the big apple in new york governor andrew cuomo addressing the threats earlier today and here is what he had to say. >> it would be a tremendous loss and it is the largest economic development transaction in the history of the state of new york. i understand politics very well. but i have never seen a more absurd situation where political pandering and obvious pandering, defeat the economic development project. david: is he right? is new york city blowing a great opportunity, turning out is lee, executive director of tech nyc and its working network of tech leaders in the city. julie, i can understand his position and you must be going out of your mind. everyone in long island city appears to want this thing but politicians are blocking it. >> identical what the governor said. the deal makes sense. the framework of the deal makes sense for tens of thousands of new jobs to new york, high-tech, good paying jo

to love, no love lost in new york city as neighbors and local politicians duked it outnd amazon announces it's pulling out from its new york city deal. this was supposed to be the largest economic development deal in new york ate's history, a deal that would bring 25,000 to40 00 jobs. jobs that would average $150,000 a year. w york governor andrew cuomo is pointing the finger at localr leaders ending this deal. a small group of politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community. one of those outspoken opponents was local new york city councilman jim van bremer and he did a victory lap news conference. >> we are proud that we fought for our values, proud that we fought for our values. our values in new york city are to defend m workingen and women. >> but the constituentsho live here, neighbors and local businessmen, are furious. >> job killer, everybody! >> ty feel likehey have lost out on the opportunities, and they pushed back loudly during that news conference. >> i think it's a sad day for the community, i really do. there were a lot of jobs coming ou

new york city. [applause] it will be open this year. we have more underway. the albany airport is being transfigured so you will be able to get there faster and easier. the train hall which will replace the need to have to go into penn station which is going to be the state-of-the-art facility, opens in 2020 and we have a new long island railroad entrance going in on 33rd street in manhattan. the jones revival position is going back to robert moses, that opens in 2020. the state park renovations, voted the number one state park in the nation, believe it or not, it is magnificent and it's going to be more magnificent. [applause the empire trail which is the largest recreational trail in the united states will be finished in 2020, and new laguardia airport which is already being open right now, will be finished in 2021. [applause] new jfk airport which is going to be open in 2025. [applause] the bronx is getting for new metro's north state going into penn station. [applause] long island, after 70 years of talking about expending the long island railroad, we are putting in a second a

area, you know, he said there's a financial literacy epidemic in america. quick lesson: new york city wasn't handing cash to amazon. it was an incentive program based on job creation producing tax revenue. there isn't a $3 billion pile of money that can now be spent on subways or education. and the problem is by people who didn't understand that and ignored over 80% of latinos in the new york area and 70% of black americans in the new york area who needed these jobs, who wanted these jobs. end of the line, the people who wasn't the jobs the least to come to the area were white elites in manhattan, according to all of the polls. >> white morons in manhattan. who would have thought on a day our portly president declared an emergency this would be the second inane move of the day. when you have alexandria ocasio-cortez, i hope she doesn't tweet, donnie, who are you, to basically come out and point out that we can take that money and give it to teacher, it doesn't exist. $27 billion, we put down 3. that's what happened. you attach this to the green deal and president trump now gets to go, oh, th

. what he says about that image. >>> the tragedy here in new york city. two nypd detectives racing to the scene and then shot by friendly fire when other officers arrive. a veteran detective is killed, another in the hospital tonight. >>> will he sign it? president trump and what he said today on the deal from democrat and republican negotiators. deal or no deal? with another shutdown now looming. >>> the former u.s. air force counterintelligence specialist now accused of turning on the u.s. spying for iran. what she allegedly revealed about american agents and missions. >>> the fire onboard a passenger plane in the overhead bin. what has authorities so concerned tonight? >>> the cruise ship scare. the dangerous wind gusts just as american passengers were getting ready with that ship pulling into port. >>> and the extremely rare sight tonight. the photographer in kenya, and what he captured on camera. the first time in 100 years? >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. and we're going to begin tonight with that midair scare for passeng

issue in new york city after a period of facing sweeping opposition breaks down the days those big bail in a few moments plus if you think steel is important to consumers still support consumers economists we're here want to hear this what we here for you want to iron ore prices really amazing they teach us also around the world and we'll tell you why those numbers matter a lot of more with the bubble trading will join us for a deeper dig and finally discuss the many uses from drones but today one zoom in on the media and other businesses which are using drones to give us the story from the skies on cook break it all down for all that directly ahead but first let's get some headlines let's go. to the future of the internet in india leads our globe report today is the government of prime minister narendra modi proposes what many are calling a chinese model of censorship the rules go into effect today after the official comment period expired and will require internet service providers to actively prevent the posting of unlawful information or content and empower the indian government to

stay in college and graduate. that transformed the university of new york including her alma mater brooklyn college from being all white to resembling more of the diversity of new york city. it was a fantastic accomplishment. >> did she grow up in brooklyn? >> she spent seven formative years on the island of barbados and barbados i think really was transformative for her in many ways even though she was a young girl. she was raised mainly by her aunt and her grandmother, two stern but very loving and capable women. she also was in barbados at a moment where the struggle for independence begins, the struggle for labor rights begins, one of her uncles wrote for the black newspaper and i am convinced she had her racial and consciousness raised by those seven years in barbados. >> she took office 50 years ago in 1969 and was elected in 1968 . the civil rights movement was at its peak, the voting rights was signed into law, what did it mean for her to be elected? >> it was the front page of the new york times, prior to that they never mentioned her by name and it was as much of an earthquake and the only thing that comes close to it was the election of which was well how did this

republican senator rob johnson of wisconsin. >> amazon ditches its new york city plans after protests by progressives. >> everyday americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities. >> but amazon's decision exposes a split among progressive democrats. >> i'll take on any progressive anywhere that thinks it's a good idea to lose jobs and revenue because i think that's out of touch with what working people want. >> that progressive versus centrist rift can play a big role in 2020. my guests are bill de blasio and the head of the democratic committee tom perez. joining me for insight and analysis are amy walter, eliana johnson and eddie glaude jr. jonah goldberg. senior editor at national review. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. when president trump declared a national emergency on friday it revealed another emergency for the president much closer to home. his own. it's a political emergency and one of his own

stop talking about and neither can new york city and really frankly, around the country right now. amazon's decision to abandon a planned new york headquarters is reverb rating throughout the headquarters others labelling it a disaster the 2.5 billion dollar project would have brought in 25,000 jobs to the long island city area over the next decade. it became hot button issue among local politicians. some of whom said the economic initiatives incentives offered to amazon were too generous. amazon says it won't seek a replacement for the planned new york city project, and will focus instead on its new headquarters in northern virginia and in nashville. >> the "new york times" editorial page came down >> the journal's take has it exactly right. >> you had a situation where i don't know if you had a twitter war, but these are real jobs >> i think it's bigger than a twitter war. i think there's a real sense amazon creates homelessness. we stood up to a big corporation. this is deeper than just that. >> take it away, andrew. take it away, buddy. i'm going to take -- i'm going to have a

, none of the items were new york items. i don't even see cheesecake here. so this is -- i should not think about this as like a new york traditional deli. -corey: yeah. lemonis: don't pay attention to new york city bagel deli? why have italian capers? corey: you use probably a couple cases a week with your lox sandwich. so the rest of 'em sit here. we need one, hey, dump it in the thing. but i can't tell you the last time we sold one of these. lemonis: look, bagels have amazing margins, but it's the ancillary products that will actually build on to the size of the order if the products that are there are things that people actually want to buy. so what are the locations? we're on north avenue. corey: this is the original. and then the second one, which is dearborn -- dearborn and grant, and the willis tower. lemonis: like a kiosk? corey: yeah, a little bit more than a kiosk, but... -lemonis: not a full store. -corey: not a full store. lemonis: and then the revenue out of this location? corey: this is good for about $95,000, $100,000 a month. -lemonis: and dearborn? -corey: about the same. lemonis: and willis? corey: $50,000 a month. i want 10 more of them. -lemonis: [ laughing ] yeah. -corey: yeah. le

accidents. >> here in new york city we have a wintry mix changing over to rain and more snow to the north of us. more rain to the south. >> accuweather's paul williams has the forecast. paul, good morning. >> good morning, janai, devin. a low pressure system will pick a fight with the northeast creating snow showers from toronto to boston, and that's going to be problematic. thoi tueesneayhuday with a massive storm starting in toward theouth and track its way ending upn e northeast, bringing snow, sleet, rain and thunderstorms to the deep south. speaking of the deep south, big time problems, excessive rain. travel disruptions and flooding aggravated and we could see ten inches of rain in some areas causing big problems along the mississippi river, tennessee river and green river. janai, devin? our thanks to paul. >>> chicago police want another sit down with actor jussie smollett amid claims the alleged bias attack against him was a hoax. a law enforcement official tells abc news the two brothers seen in this video questioned by the police claim smollett paid them to stage the incid

amazon to drop out of building a campus in a new york city. 40,000l had promised jobs with an average salary of $150,000. one problem -- local opposition was for rent the beginning. lawmakers presented being excluded from negotiations of the deal and committees groups feared rising rents in the neighborhood would push out long-term residents. cosooke to a long-term member who had opposed the deal from the start, and bloomberg's senior executive editor, brad stone. >> they are running a victory lap, but this is a victory for ourwe fought values, we cherish the deal from the beginning because amazon has treatingecord of not its workers right, and is horribly antiunion. we expose them during this process the last few months that they declared the they would fight any attempts of employees to organize. it is antithetical to my values as a progressive new york city in newt and most of us york city. they refused to budge. at the end of the day, amazon chose to leave. no one killed amazon. amazon walked off the field because they refuse to change their ways and simply did not think,

amazon after they yanked their expansion plans. new york city mayor bill d de blasio went on meet the press and went after the 1%. >> obviously a group of powerful people, the ultimate members of the 1% got together in a board room in seattle and made an ash tear trarbitrary decision. we couldn't have seen that coming. what progressives need to do is show working people we will get more for them, that we will stop this reality of concentration of power in the hands of 1%. cheryl: will cities face more progressive opposition from the lights of democratic representative alexandria ocasio-cortez. michael leme is here. that's the question after the fallout from the amazon deal, that other technology companies are going to look at new york and go you know what, they're closed for business. >> yeah, i don't believe that for a second. i don't understand why amazon needed the subsidies, where google, roku, broadcom, hewlett-packard, apple, facebook, none of them got subsidies to move here. people are making the argument that it's socialist to push them out. i would make the argument that it's

amazon pulled the plug on plans to build new york city headquarters. jillian: alexandria ocasio-cortez slamming the company for exploiting workers. live in studio, the details. >> reporter: this has democrats blaming democrats and nobody is more angry than andrew cuomo who brokered the deal. leaving behind $3 billion in taxes, amazon pulled the plug, some lawmakers opposed the subsidy. they hamstrung the operation in the long run. governor cuomo said this amounted to a loss of $30 billion for transit improvement, new housing and 25,000 jobs. he said the state senate should be held accountable writing a small group of politicians put their own narrow political interests above the community. new york state senate has done tremendous damage. cheers from the freshman congresswoman who represents the neighborhood. >> it is incredible. it shows every day americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities and can have more say than the richest man in the world. >> about with the calculations on the return on investment democratic socialist lobbied against the new headq

, local leaders lashing out. amazon is out, ditching plans for a new headquarters in new york city and taking thousands of jobs with it. are certain lawmakers really happy about this? >>> plus, neither red nor blue. worried about your green as the nation debt now $22 trillion and counting. you wouldn't know it with another presidential election coming. is this the national emergency everyone should be watching? "cavuto live" starts right now. >>> in a fox news alert, we are getting word police will be providing new information on that deadly workplace shooting in aurora, illinois. the gunman killing five co-workers at the henry pratt manufacturing plant before police killed him. five officers also wounded in the rampage. what are investigators learning about the suspect? a press conference will be getting under way at the top of the next hour. >>> meanwhile, to our top story this hour. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto. president trump is at mar-a-lago after declaring a national emergency at the border and the lawsuits are already piling up. fox news is in west palm beach with the l

agreement. yeah, go ahead. reporter: we haven't gotten your response on amazon pulling out of new york city. >> i think it's a big loss for new york city. i think it's a big loss. i think if you look at the deal, the deal was not a great deal from the standpoint of they could have made a better deal than that, a much better deal, but still, i think it's a loss for new york city. and the $3 billion wasn't a check, it was a form of taxes over a period of time that now they will never see because, you know, they were going to take in a lot of jobs, they were going to take in a lot of taxes. i think it's a big loss for new york city. it's the kind of thinking that our country's going to on the left, on the radical left, but ultimately it's not good for jobs and it's not good for the economy but i think it was a big loss for new york city. i come from new york city. i love new york city. i think it was a big loss for new york city. yes. reporter: what about the coast guard member who was arrested for threatening democrats? >> i'm actually getting a very final briefing, a very complete briefing in abou

then we look at the fallout after amazon scrapped its plans to build a major office in new york due to widespread community protests. we will speak to new york city councilmember ron kim, who opposed giving amazon $3 billion in taxpayer subsidies. instead of bailing out the people in new york, our own democratic governor was willing to give my transfer wealth out of new york and give it directly to the pockets of the richest man on the planet? it iss ridiculous and about time we step up as democrats, as progressives, andd realally put an end to corporate welfare. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump held a rally in miami florida monday where he addressed members of the local venezuelan community, reinforcing his support for opposition leader self-proclaimed president juan guaido and calling for the

their ipo plans. its regulatory battles with new york city are heating up. cooper is suing the city. joining us to discuss is eric newcomer. what is the significance of the suit? ic: uber is playing it hot and cold with the city. uber is trying to fight back on the caps that limit how many drivers it can have on the streets. i think it is seizing a moment where amazon has just left new york and there is a friday afternoon announcement that it is going back to war with the city after a brief cooling-off. . what does that mean for longer-term plans in new york city? toc: i think it is trying walk a fine line here. this is not a scorched earth suit. it is clearly something that uber has felt strongly about. pushing for congestion pricing as they focus instead of a heart cap. it is not going to win over the mayor's office, which has pretty much had a hostile relationship with the company. they do not have a very good working relationship. the ideas we will not win over the mayor. we can fight them in court. emily: talk to us about these financials. down 15% for the full year. eric: ther

students going to the city university of new york so that they could attend college and get the resources needed to stay in college and to graduate. that transformed the city university of new york, the various colleges, including her alma mater brooklyn college from being all white to resembling more of the diversity of new york city. a fantastic accomplishment. >> did she grow up in brooklyn? >> she spent seven formative years on the island of barbados. and, barbados was transformative to her even though she was a young girl. she was raised mainly by her aunt and her grandmother, two stern but very loving and capable women. she also was in barbados at a moment where the struggle for independence begins. the struggle for labor rights begins. one of her uncles wrote for the black newspaper. and i am absolutely convinced that she had her racial and gender consciousness raised those years in barbados. host: put in perspective the significance of her election, she took office 50 years ago in 1969. elected in 1968. the civil rights movement was at its peak. the voting rights act signed into law. what did it mean for her to be elected? >> well, it was the front page of "t

its second headqrters between our area and new york city could pose possible problem. the state senate majority leader in new york has nominated an outspoken critic to serve on a state board that would have the power to reject it. state senator michael gianaris called the giving blions in subsidies offensive. the government ctld rej that, arguing amazon is expected to bring at least 25,00 jobs. it is not clear tonight any move to stop the project would have implications here in norern virginia. >>> the public health emergency involving measles cases in washington state is worsening. 50 e are now more than reported cases and only one b patient hadn vaccinated for the virus. as a result, hospitals in the outbreaks epicenter are on high alert. >> a lot of precautions tot prevnyone from entering with signs and symptoms of

socialist venezuela. amazon pulled the plug on plans to bring its second headquarters to new york city. this is proof the far left democrats are working against the people they claim to be champions for. "trish regan primetime" begins right now. [♪] i'm susan li in for trish regan tonight. congress set to stave off another government shutdown. the white house says that president trump will sign that legislation but also declare a national emergency to get even more funding for the wall. edward lawrence is in washington, d.c. with the latest for us tonight. reporter: a bombshell today and a breakthrough. the vote will be final on a compromise spending bill that gives $1.37 billion for border security and then it goes to the president's december wreck says he'll seen it. the president says he'll also declare a national emergency. the president believes he has political cover here. republicans calling on the president to declare a national emergency, including the senate majority leader. >> i indicated to him i'm going to support the national emergency declaration. reporter: democrats adding

included in the agreement. >> we haven't gotten your response of amazon pulling out of new york city. >> i think it's a big loss for new york city. i think it's a big loss. i think if you look at the deal, the deal was not a great deal from the standpoint of they could have made a better deal than that, a much better deal, but still it's a loss to new york city. the $3 billion wasn't a check. it was a form of taxes over time that now they'll never see. they were going to take in a lot of jobs, take in a lot of taxes. it's a big loss for new york city. it's the kind of thinking that our country is doing to on the left, on the radical left, but ultimately it's not good for jobs and it's not good for the economy. i think it was a big loss for new york city. i come from new york city. i love new york city. a big loss. >> and on the coast guard member that was arrested for threatening democrats and other members -- >> i'm getting a very final briefing and a very complete briefing in about two hours after this. >> you have any thoughts -- >> it's a shame. it's a very sad thing when a thing like

siege, the retail giant may pull out of if hq2 plans in new york city. this as the company's chief, jeff bezos, finds himself in a street fight with the national enquirer over alleged extortion. cheryl: some big names set to report earnings this week, we've got coke versus pepsi, cisco and cbs to name a few. >>> u.s. stock market futures have been focused on china and trade negotiations. the s&p is up 12. the nasdaq up 39. cheryl: taking a look at european markets. also green on your screen. in fact, all of the major averages up more than 1%. >>> in asia the nikkei was closed for a holiday. the rest of the markets higher. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. cheryl: 5:01 in new york. googoodmorning. i'm cheryl casone. gerri: i'm gerri willis in for lauren simonetti. cheryl: bipartisan talks hitting a snag over the weekend as the two sides clashed over immigrant detention policy. democrats now want to limit the number of migrants that immigration and customs enforcement groups can he detain at one time. mick mulvaney is not ruling out another government shut down. >> i'm not in a position

in new york city after local politicians, unions and grassroots activists opposed the deal. amazon had announced the project in november after new york governor andrew cuomo and new york mayor bill deblasio offered nearly $3 billion in tax subsidies to build the project which could have created 25,000 jobs as part of the deal, new york even offered to build a helipad for amazon ceo jeff bezos, who is the richest man in the world. one of the leading opponents was democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez who represents queens, new york, where amazon was planning to build.

hours after the robin roberts exclusive. >>> the major controversy in new york city tonight. the stunning decision by amazon to suddenly pull out, canceling plans for its new headquarters. tens of thousands of jobs vanishing. tonight, some community members outraged. >>> the valentine's scare at this hour. more than two dozen children rushed to the hospital. the numbers growing. sickened by valentine's candy. >>> the unbelievable story from the young jogger himself tonight, attacked by that mountain lion, killing the lion to save his own life. tonight, in his own words, how he did it. >>> breaking news involving r. kelly. what's now been reportedly turned over to the authorities. >>> and there is important news tonight on the flu. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. and we begin tonight with the president. the white house tonight saying he will declare a national emergency to get money to build his border wall. it comes as the president is expected to sign a funding bill in the coming hours that will keep the government open, b