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 sh

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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.

the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i now yield three minutes to the author of this joint resolution, the gentleman from california, mr. khanna. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. khanna: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, chairman engel, for your extraordinary leadership to help bring a war in yemen to an end. i want to thank you and chairman mcgovern, speaker pelosi, and majority leader-hour for finally speaking up for the millions of yem knees who are on -- yemenis who are on the brink of starvation. this is not a complex issue. for the last two years, we have been assisting the saudis in bombing yemenis civilians and the reports say there are 14 million yemenis who face starvation. 14 million. let's put that in context. 800,000 people died in rwanda. 100 in bosnia. -- 100,000 in bosnia. and 14,000 face famine in yemen. it's because there is a systematic bombing preventing the food and medicine to get in. we want to send the food. we want to send medicine. but the saudis aren't allowing that food an

i think it is a blow for new york and a blow for amazon also. i had looked forward to amazon coming, creating 25,000 plus jobs and making the kind of diversifying our economy of new york, so that we not just be dependent upon the financial services industry, but the technical industry also, the tech industry. where jobs are being created for the future. so i think it, you know,

headquarters here in new york. day 761 of the trump administration and the "new york times," as we mentioned, is out with an incredibly detailed account of the president's two-year effort to derail and discredit the investigations now encircling him and some of his associates. the reporting is the work of four journalists, including michael schmidt, who joins us in just a moment. the trump presidency is under criminal investigation, and trump's public battles against the inquiries have become a signature of his administration thus far. a number of actions, including the firing of james comey, reportedly ordering the white house counsel to fire robert mueller and calling on former attorney general jeff sessions to end the mueller effort have raised questions about obstruction. however, this new "times" report, quote, reveals the extent of an even more sustained, more secretive assault of mr. trump on the machinery of federal law enforcement. perhaps the biggest revelation in this piece is that trump may have tried t

today broke just before we got this ton of bricks dropped by "the new york times." a several thousand word piece on the front page of the times as of this afternoon that is basically a look at obstruction of justice issues, this white house and this president may ultimately have to answer for some day, somehow in the russia investigation. everything from one of the president's russia lawyers reportedly offering pardons, presidential pardons to mike flynn and paul manafort after each of them had been charged. and while each of them were making important desighcisions t their potential testimony or cooperation deals with prosecutors, presidents of course have the right to pardon anyone they want to pardon but if the president through his legal team was explicitly dangling pardons to potential witnesses for the purpose of dissuading them from providing evidence that might hurt himself or his administration or his family orbi business, that's a different matter. and that's just one of them. "the new york times" today runs down the whole gammitt to the efforts to coordin

>> new york will be just fine. amazon is not bigger than new york, at least not yet. new york has been adding about 90,000 jobs every single year for the last decade or so. these jobs, 2% of the normal job growth at new york city experiences. new york will be just fine with or without amazon. >> all right, new york state senator, thank you for joining us. >> amazon is not bigger than new york city. >> nothing is. >> thank you for watching "velshi & ruhle." >> this is my new partner. >> right now we'll hand it off to our friend, katy tur. >> about a week ago, i didn't get the name right. >> i feel like something going on here. you make each other tongue tied. is there a drinking going on during the commercial break? >> you are high on life. >> getting consensus. a ali realtime fact-check. >> i can't throw any shades with that because i can't read it through half the time. we are all special. >> we are all flawed beings. >> thanks guys, it is 2:00 p.m. in the east. the most controversial day of donald trump's presidency. following the firing of james comey, for the firs

>> all right, marc liverman here in new york. thanks a lot, marc. >>> there's new fallout from explosive comments by former deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe. in an interview with "60 minutes," he describes why he was so concerned in a meeting with the president after fbi director james comey was fired two years ago. paula reid reports. >> i was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency and won the election for the presidency and who might have done so with the aid of the government of russia, our most formidable adversary on the world stage. and that was something that troubled me greatly. >> reporter: mccabe says days later he opened criminal and counterintelligence investigations into the president. >> i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground, and if somebody came in behind me and closed it and tried to walk away from it, they would not be able to do that without creating a record of why they made that decision. >> reporter: mccabe told "60 minutes" correspondent scott pelley that following

york city, drawing new attention to new york's unfriendly business climate. scott hodge is president of the tax foundation. good to see you again. i want to ask about the amazon decision first, all right. the state and city were offering amazon $3 billion in subsidies and yet amazon walked away. what do you make of that decision? why do you think they did it? >> i think there seems to be a populist objection, a revolt, these sort of give-aways especially for large firms like amazon. i was in new york and i heard a lot of anti-subsidy sentiment and i think that contributed to a lot of that. and that's not unusual. we're seeing that more and more across the country as states try to reach these kind of subsidy deals with big companies and it creates a lot of real objection among people who are there in the state, especially businesses who are paying full freight and see someone with more political clout come in and get big subsidies. it really creates a lot of hostility and it's quite understand. paul: well, but you and i both know, we watched this for a lock ti

he has a lot of contacts in new york. that helps. >> are you talking about financial people on wall street? >> he is very adept. i think his favorite job is maybe head of the democratic senatorial campaign committee. even if other people have taken that job, he is still the head of the democratic senatorial campaign committee. to. emanuel did this when they were trying to take over. they went and got conservative moderate centrists who they thought were more accessible. i don't know if you can do that now. it will be tough for the democrats. maybe in montana. >> quietus wall street support senator schumer? pretty cageyn about how much to tax wall street and whether to go over the carried interest. the special deal there. because of worries from. -- where he's from. is.hat a hard worker he this guy is a hercules worker. he works his but off. butt off. 1982, there was the democratic redistricting. he was the freshman. his seat was on the chopping block. called everyone in new york. i'm not sure what inside track he had. tha

with us in new york, former u.s. attorney joyce vance and one of two people here who knew michael cohen pretty well and have been in contact with him through this whole escapade, donny deutsche of "vanity fair" senior reporter and lane jane fox, who was inside the hearing throughout the day. emily, let me start with you on your thoughts on the sound we played that michael cohen has knowledge of criminal conduct but he can't talk about it before congress because it relates to an ongoing investigation out of the southern district of new york. >> this is a moment -- there were many moments today that i think stopped people who were paying attention to all of this testimony and questions being asked. this was a moment where i sat there and realized we have known for quite some time that the southern district poses a threat to many of the things president trump holds dear, but the fact that michael cohen is continuing to participate with investigations, investigations that we may know nothing about yet, has to be a chilli

york and itve new is in my bones. so thank you. >> i was in the times newsroom in new york, a couple of blocks from there, sensing what was happening. a pretty good had idea that he wasn't going to be the senate majority leader. was.s what the expectation the republicans thought he was going to be sent majority -- going to be senate majority leader. rusk feingold was going to win in wisconsin, and there was a lot of anticipation and he was going to be senate majority leader i think he probably was hedging a bit there, it seemed like to me. but this was a big, big thing. he was going to become the senate majority leader from new york and have all this power, and all of a sudden it was yanked away. it was a real shock. managing to use the power that he has. cycle couldtion have been much worse for them. barr into've gotten the minority and managed to win a couple of races, maybe they shouldn't have had arizona, and he has got himself set up that they have a chance in 2020 to get the senate back. it will be tough for the

the southern district of new york is known as the sovereign district of new york, because it is fiercely independent, stoe historically, from the doj. and we're seeing that again now. we have all said this many, many times, that the southern district of new york investigation poses a far greater threat to the president than the mueller probe does. >> yeah. you believe that too, jeffrey? >> i'm not sure. i think the mueller probe presents a great threat, too. but i think maggie's extraordinary reporting does establish that the president is very concerned about the southern district probe and went to the -- you know, incredibly inappropriate step of asking -- of asking whitaker to change the leadership of that probe. whitaker, whether out of morality or practicality or for whatever reason, didn't apparently -- >> i was just going to say, it's not exactly clear what he did. but here's the quote, he does tell associates that prosecutors in new york needed, quote, adult supervision. it's not exactly legalese. what does that mean? >> you know, i'm not entirely sure what it means. i think he wa

the new york edition. new reporting in "the new york times" making clear that donald trump sought to interfere with the investigations out of the southern district of"times" als reporting on the obstruction of justice case into the president likely being assembled by robert s. mueller. we start with the cases out of new york which many trump allies believe represent a grave legal threat to the president. from the "times" today, "as federal prosecutors in manhattan gathered evidence late last year about president trump's role in silencing women with hush payments during the 2016 campaign, mr. trump called matthew whitaker, his newly installed a.g., with a question. he asked whether jeff berman, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, and a trump ally, could be put in charge of the widening investigation." that's according to several american officials with direct knowledge of the call. the "times" also writes this, "mr. whitaker, who had privately told associates that part of his role at th

with the "new york times." president trump claims he has received reassurances from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein that the president is not a target or subject of robert mueller's investigation. "he told the attorneys that i'm not a subject, i'm not a target, mr. trump said. asked if that also covered the separate investigation by federal prosecutors in new york, he said, i don't know about that." trump also denied having ever spoke nguyen his long-time associate roger stone about wikileaks and e-mails stolen from the democratic national committee and the clinton campaign. he went on to tell the "times" that he's always liked roger stone and that he considers him a character and that he believes stone's early morning arrest by the fbi was a very sad thing for this country. roger stone's newfound celebrity status is a dream come true for roger stone. every head in the room swiveled when he walked in. that is according to the reliable source, gossip column in the "washington post" today. the heads were s

in new york city. deirdre bose has more. >> amazon says it will not build a headquarters in new york after mounting opposition, according to a company statement and multiple reports we have reached out, we'll update when we hear back of course, david, there has been a lot of opposition from local politicians and advocacy groups to the project last week "the washington post" reported that amazon was reconsidering plans to open up there, hire as many as 25,000 employees, putting huge amounts of investments the controversy was a lot surrounding the tax breaks and incentives that new york wanted to give amazon remember, there were high profile names, representative alexandria ocasio-cortezagains this amazon saying according to multiple reports, they will not build that new headquarters in new york >> thank you personally as a lifelong new yorker, i was surprised to a certain extent but very much pleased as were the vast majority of new yorkers that amazon would consider and be building a second headquarter

york state and the mayor of new york city and new york city mayor bill deblasio has somewhat changed 0 tune on amazon saying, hey, we gave amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor an do business in the greatest city in the world instead of working with the community, amazon threw away that opportunity i mean, the lesson here from neighbors is that maybe if you want to come in and get more support, amazon says that they had 70% support from new york state, but if you want more support locally, come in and involve the community in the groundbreaking you do to say, can we come in here? how much are you willing to pay in tax incentives? what does it do to the transit and the real estate prices in this case, the opponents won. guys >> contessa, thank you very much for that to discuss further, joining us is executive editor cara swisher. you called this essentially. >> yeah. >> now that it happened what is your take? >> i wasn't surprised. i don't think amazon wanted the headache and growing and growing and had not just local and state politicians but someone like representative ocasio

out there no i did the new york times is not known for producing fake news and if true it could spell trouble for whitaker who said this to congress under oath at no time has the white house asked to work nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. mind congress is a crime the justice department is denying the new york times story but the paper is also reporting the lawyers for the president reached out to lawyers for two of his former top aides to talk about potential pardons his former national security advisor michael flynn who has pled guilty to mind the f.b.i. and his former campaign chairman paul metaphor who has been convicted of a litany of other crimes this is a story of a president already under investigation for obstructing justice potentially making it much worse for himself at the very least giving special counsel robert mueller even more to look into. al jazeera washington a british teenager who joined i saw in syria when she was fifteen years old could be about to lose her citizenship shamima

york city and get away from new york city mayor now he also says that he's a supporter of u.s. president donald trump now this change will say to the law doesn't affect. other. garments we'll call them relate related to health and safety and also we're going to hear now from a mississippi t.v. anchor who says that she was actually fired because of her hair. i didn't mind because my father told me i did a little of the beauty and then i naturally it was best known now my theory all anyone wants to talk about i didn't is that happy so that's a woman in mississippi so this is not just a new york situation no it's a york city in fact and the thing is of course across the rest of the united states this is going to you know it's really got a lot of interest but it's not just there it's across the water in the united kingdom in fact and in africa where many black women straighten their hair or even wear wigs to cover their natural hair using and we're just seeing here a tweet from charlie bring curst cofs she's an award winning magazine writer and she says well you know new york city

what was going in in that new york courtroom. what was going on with these prosecutors and what cohen was admitting to. whitaker was asked about these reports that he had been pressured by the white house about the cohen prosecution. he was asked about these reports when he testified before the house judiciary committee a couple of weeks ago. after his testimony, that committee's chairman, new york democrat jerry nadler, wrote a letter to whitaker that basically confronted him with the allegation that whitaker had lied under oath to the committee when they had questioned him on that very subject. quote, although the committee appreciates your decision to appear, members on both sides of the aisle found many of your answers to be unsatisfactory, incomplete or contradicted by the evidence. excuse me, contradicted by other evidence. quote, for example, our members asked you about reports that president trump called you at least twice to express his frustration after michael cohen, his former lawyer, pleaded guilty in the southern di

i'm not reading the "new york times." it>> well, i mean, and defy, i think, you know, the most problematic, and i've been -- you know, intensely vocal in a way that no one listens to, is the bicycles, seth.. the bicycl >> seth: you're no fan of the bicycles. >> just listen, who loves the environment more than me? and yet, this bicycle lane is a nightmare for the ci remember jaywalking? >> seth: yeah. >> jaywalking was the best. it was like, i'm a new yorker. [ laughter ] right? [ cheers and applause ] look at this. jaywalking. and littering! littering! no, no. littering is bad. [ laughter ] but jaywalking wne like a real york joy. because you looked kind of cool. you looked over your shoulder, you know what i mean? >> seth: yeah. >> you felt like lou reed. and now, instead it's like a bicycle zipping by in all directions. >> seth: and, again, i'm a fan of bikes, as well. i don't want to be negative bikes. >> no, i love -- like i said -- very clearly. i love the environment.et >> yeah. >> we're pro bikes. [ light laughter

grow up in new york, as donald trump did. the "times'" exclusive report from the oval office tonight by peter baker and mageo haberman quotes the president as saying that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has said the president is not a target of the mueller investigation. "he told me -- he told the attorneys that i'm not a subject, i'm not a target." when asked if he is a target of federal prosecutors in new york city, the president said, "i don't know about that." the president told the "times" that he has given up on negotiations with congress for his border wall and he made it very clear in the interview that he fears elizabeth warren most as a presidential candidate. he did that by attacking elizabeth warren, using what the "new york times" described as the president's "favorite slur" for elizabeth warren, and he praised the candidacy of senator kamala harris. the "times" notes that the president does not know how to pronounce her name. the president said, "i would say the best opening so far would be kamala harris.

this is new day, wednesday, february 20th. 6:00 here in new york. i see you're now prepared and have your papers all arranged. >> i think i'm ready. let's go. >> hi. >> hi. >>> we have a lot to report because this morning there's an explosive report in the "new york times" and it raises new questions about whether president trump tried to obstruct justice. the times reveals the president asked then acting attorney general matthew whitaker continue to stainstall a u.s. attorney who had supported mr. trump to take charge of that probe into hush money payments made by the president's former attorney michael cohen. times says whit kaker revuds. >> did the president's words and actions constitute an effort to obstruct justice? is there corrupt intent? what matters from

york state and mayor bill de blasio of new york city work together now they're political enemies and they don't like each other but they worked together to get this deal done and they got the deal done and then of course they face a lot of pushback from city council and others who said well we weren't involved but you know cuomo has called this when last friday's report came out the washington post saying that amazon might pull out he said if they do that it's going to be political malpractise on the part of those politicians that drove them away from the deal he's blaming the politicians who have spoken out against this deal for driving amazon away he went so far as to say i'll change my name to the admins on cuomo if i have to to keep them here but it wasn't enough bill de blasio on the other hand the mayor of new york city today is taking a slightly different tack he's going after amazon saying well if they don't want to be here if they're not happy or that you know we don't want to buy it why is as the statement from amazon read it was really outspoken political opposition that d

we're going to he see ice and we're going to see eventually rain in new york city, south of new york city mainly we think a rain event as well, depending on where you live. we have winter weather advisories in anticipation of this next storm system, also across the upper midwest and the great lakes. here's the forecast precipitation. we're going to see the potential for snow, west of new york city, north of new york city and right along that fine line of ice. so that's going to be the big story and then we have another system moving into the northwest. it's going to be an active week in weather for much of the country. back to you ladies. gerri: we'll be watching you every single day to get all the news. thank you so much. janice: you got it. cheryl: i want to have a chat with the groundhog. i'm just saying. thanks, janice. a lot of headlines we're watching this morning. taking a look at futures, we have a green start to your monday. dow up 95, s&p up 10 and three quarters, nasdaq up 35 and a quarter. we have more earnings coming out this week. we'll she how the market digests the nu

york mayor bill de blasio says you got to be tough to make it here in new york. he says amazon had an opportunity here but it chose to walk away, and throw that opportunity away. for its part, amazon says it is not restarting the discussions about where hq2 will go. northern virginia will still get the bulk of those 25,000 jobs. nashville will also get some. brian? >> tom costello reporting the story for us tonight. tom, thanks. >>> and coming up, the results are in. what the president's doctor had to say about the president's health when "the 11th hour" continues. " "the 11th hour continues. oh, wow. you two are going to have such a great trip. thanks to you, we will. this is why voya helps reach today's goals... all while helping you to and through retirement. can you help with these? we're more of the plan, invest and protect kind of help... voya. helping you to and through retirement. you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical t

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they moved out of new york and places like new york and into places like florida and texas. places that have no income tax. on a personal level, full disclosure, i would love to be able to deduct that. it's bad for those of us who live on the east and west coast and big blue state tax areas. however, i think there is a little bit of irony here. now we see a democrat andrew cuomo complaining that taxes are just too high. gentlemen, sir, they are. joining me right now with his perspective on all of this. presidential historian doug wead. he finally gets that you just can't tax and tax and tax. because ultimately people won't and for it. they will leave. we saw this with corporations and all those shot-gun marriages over in ireland because they were looking for a cheaper tax rate. or over in venezuela so many people migrated out of that country or had taken their money and moved it out because people cannot deal with extreme taxation. >> this is so hilarious to me, trish. here you have the governor of new york, new york, the state that just elected a socialist to the u.s. congr

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. >>> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. donald trump's former fixer and personal lawyer is back on capitol hill today answering questions about donald trump and russia in a closed-door hearing of the house intel committee. that committee likely interested in his testimony about negotiations between the president and russia over building a tower in moscow, and the lies told about those negotiations by cohen, trump and others in the president's inner circle. the house committee also possibly picking up on other lines of questioning exposed in yesterday's explosive hearing. from "the washington post," quote -- during bombshell testimony wednesday before the house oversight committee, cohen told lawmakers that trump knew in advance that the anti-secrecy organization wikileaks would release e-mails damaging to former secretary of state hillary clinton. cohen also displayed copy u.s. of financial statements he said trump used to inflate his assets and procure a loan from deutsche bank. he also produced copies of checks the presid

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

the new york investigation is especially crucial. as we reported on this very show, federal prosecutors there are famously independent, work can outlast mueller on the time line, they were the prosecutors that threw the book at michael cohen and have the open probe that involves the "national enquirer" drama. the times is reporting trump tried specifically to get doj to get a loyalist to take over the probe, this is as the feds bear down on the hush money trail that dates back to 2016. the account specifically as trump called his own new acting attorney general matthew whitaker who replaced jeff sessions and pushed for burman to take it over. he already recused himself of the probe, an echo of sessions that angered trump. that's big on its own. the "new york times" report is that matthew whitaker refused. you may know that's the kind of leak that would benefit whitaker who left his post as acting a.g. and benefits him more than it would donald trump, and the report notes against trump's interests that he soured on whitaker. what does

we know from the new york attorney's office in the southern district of new york that david pecker, michael cohen, and trump himself conspired to have "the national enquirer" their information about trump's relationships with a porn star and playmate, and that they had a long-standing history of doing that for trump, and that the national enquirer was an advocate for trump during the 2016 campaign. there is a long relationship there. i think it would be logical for bezos to wonder why when he is kind of a battle with the president over everything from the tax rates amazon pays for its shipping to the coverage in "the washington post" that "the national enquirer" gets its hands on damaging information and especially come as bezos describes it correctly, tries to extort and blackmail him. this begins with "the national enquirer" publishing a round of pictures that is essentially stolen property, in bezos' view. he launches an investigation of that come and "the national enquirer" comes back and says we don't like this investigation of stolen property. we have more stolen property and we will

new york. they are welcome to amazon with open arms. not like they don't have a home. >> looking on twitter see if i find something from the governor of tennessee, mayor of nashville, nothing yet on twitter. here is what the company is saying back in new york, thawing governor cuomo and de blasio for their efforts. we're not building the headquarters in long island city. for amazon to build a new headquarters needs corroborative and collaborative relationships over long term. they add, while polls show, to your point, david, while polls show in amazon's voice here, that 70% of new yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians made it clear that they opposed our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project. so that in its essence is the rational and reasoning here. 25,000 jobs for long island city. average pay of $150,000. now the state giving some $3 billion in subsidies to amazon, to g

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 our way. there was a lot of energy in th community. and it

in new york here right now. i know detroit very much was interested in having that hq2 from amazon there. what are your initial thoughts about amazon's decision, particularly because it was based on politics, the resistance at the state and local level? >> i am surprised i did not know behind-the-scenes of what was happening in new york, but i would say you are welcome in detroit. detroit is the happening place right now. people say, oh, detroit is coming back. no, it detroit is back and growing by the dissent bounce. it is a great place to do business. david: as a public official and legislator, is her point at which the state and local government can go too far in making concessions for some of these companies? >> it is always a balance, for sure. we certainly want the jobs. we also know corporate responsibility is part of that. part of contributing to the economy is being part of contributing to the services in the community they are benefiting from. i think it is a balance. david: let's go back to medicare f

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that is the southern district of new york. they're investigating a lot of things not necessarily that happened since president trump took office, but that happened when he was in business, the hush money payments, we hear they're investigating potential other illegalities by the president. i think that that's going to be very important, too. both the mueller report and what we end up hearing over time from the southern district in new york is going to play a much bigger role than anything michael cohen says in potential impeachment. >> dana: it is interesting, democrats as chad pergram pointed out, one of the ways they won the majority they won in moderate directs and suburban districts. they have to show by the time the legislate election comes around they should be allowed to continue to be the majority, they have to have a record to point to. if this is any indication, if we do a lot of legal stories and always going after the president, and covering that, it's not going to leave a lot of room for them to show that they can

all that said, i still feel very bullish on new york, i feel bullish on tech in new york. we can talk about that a little more if you want. but what amazon was doing is making a big bet. and it's those big bets that i worry that we've put a chilling effect on. >> looks to me like listening to deblasio, like he really isn't taking ownership of the fact that he blew it. he has a role to play. his bully pulpit is to corral the activist and convince them don't ruin things guys and girls. they did. he's saying the right things but i don't blame amazon for running from that disaster. it was only going to get worse. >> i mean, amazon is a company and they needed some kind of security, they needed some certainty. they were making real investments here in long island. hindsight is 2020. i could give you a list of things that everyone did wrong. here we are today, it's friday, the day after, and now that 25 to 45,000 new tech jobs are not coming to long island city. >> first of all deblasio has never seen anything like this because it never would have happened under block berg. this

york federal prosecutors from that southern district of new york have already described president trump as personally implicated in two of the felonies to which cohen pled guilty. well, on top of that, one of the surprise revelations from today's hearing came in an interaction between michael cohen and democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi. in that interaction, cohen revealed that those same prosecutors in the southern district of new york are, according to him, looking at other things that may also relate to the president himself. >> when was the last communication with president trump or someone acting on his behalf? >> i don't have the specific date, but it was a while ago. >> okay. do you have a general time frame? >> i would suspect it was within two months post the raid of my home. >> okay. >> hotel. >> so early fall of last year? generally? >> generally. >> and what did he or his agent communicate to you? >> unfortunately, this topic is actually something that's being investigated right now by the southern district of new york, and i've been asked by them not to discuss it,

miscalculate ny york or did new york maybe misrepre >> well, it's hard to imagine, e, that new york didn't put its best foot forward, maybe put a rosie picture on things, so maybe there's a little bit of that. on the flip sare it's to imagine that amazon, with everything it knows about all of these cities that have bid on this project didn't realizthat is a b diverse city, it's a union town, and that it was going to hitome speed bumps potentially in actually closing the deal and getting this facity in long island city queens. a little bit of both. there's so, no doubt, a fair amount of posturing on both sides. this is bargainig that's playut in public. >> exactly. but assuming they do ending up going someplace else, you have visited all of the other possible locations amazon was considering. if it's not new york city, who do you think it might end up being? >> well, first of all, l's be clear that amazon is not saying that it is pulling out. >> right. >> b certainly there's talk about maybe entertaining that option. if anybody knows all the fferent options available, it's amazon. remember,

>> well, look, don, i mean this is just such a stain on the city of new york and the state of new york. it's a real disgrace. i mean, you're talking about 25,000 jobs for an area that's fairly economically depressed. the folks would have loved to have had access to those jobs. now it looks like what's going to happen is that that facility will move. they're going to move some of those operations to nashville, tennessee, which is a state that has no income tax. new york has lost 1.3 million people in the last decade. i'm going to say that again. 1.3 million people have left new york because of policy craziness in new york. the highest taxes, income taxes in the country. very anti-business policies. one of the reasons amazon said they were going to leave new york and not build there is because the politicians there said you have to only use union labor. i mean, government officials can't tell private businesses how to run their operations. >> i want nina to respond. >> these states like new york -- these states like tennessee and texas and florida are going to be very, very happy to take

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 think it is a blow for new york and a blow for amazon also. i had looked forward to amazon coming, creating 25,000 plus jobs and making the kind of diversifying our economy of new york, so that we not just be dependent upon the financial services industry, but the technical industry also, the tech industry. where jobs are being created for the future. so i think it, you know, shortsighted for my colleagues that didn't want it here and shortsighted by amazon for moving, for quitting so quickly. we should both stay at the table to work this thing out. connell: that is interesting, to your point many of your own colleagues, d

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martha mccallum is here in new york. let's start this off now with the chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. i know this is a lot to cover. i have too much paperwork here. you've been there all morning. you've been covering this story from the beginning. wrap this up in how you see it. >> reporter: thank you. i want to draw people's attention to two key pieces of testimony that suggest on going legal exposure for president trump and both of these events grow out of the case in the southern district of new york and not russia collusion. the first has to do with the raid on michael cohen's businesses and his apartment in april of 2018. this has to do with the eventual guilty pleas for bank and tax fraud, as well as campaign finance violation. cohen testified today that he was specifically instructed by the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york not to talk about his conversations with the president after that raid. here's that piece of sound. >> unfortunately, this topic is actually something tha

as we start a new week from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 746 of the trump administration. the eve, of course, of the president's second state of the union address. and tonight, the feds have spoken once again. the brampnch of the u.s. justic department that covers the southern district of new york has tonight issued what is apparently a wide-ranging subpoena to the trump inaugural committee. this is a new legal front dating back to before trump was president trump. this is more pressure on the trump legal team, of course, by the feds. we'll have all of it covered as we go along the way here tonight. the trump white house, don't forget, was already dealing with the damage done by a huge leak, someone handed over to axios copies of the president's private schedule for virtually every day over the past three months. that covers nearly every working day since the midterm elections. they show that trump has spent around 60% of his scheduled time over the past three months in what is called, quote, unstructured executive time. for example, fi

great to see you in new york. time.back any >> coming up, fedex throwing wall street for a lap after top after departs just weeks joining the board. it's our stock of the hour next. this is bloomberg. this is bloomberg. >> headlines coming to you from mattel.maker we had a bit of a jump. down by 2.3%. this as we hear first quarter ross revenue is expected to be lower in the first quarter of 2018. at the you're looking estimates on the function it was expected to be $700 million in $708 was the number for 2018. be a always expected to 1% drop but maybe this is for investors. year-on-yeara flat in 2019. expected in the low 40%. volume with mattel pick up as well. let's move on to the storm of eyebrows acing some after a key executive decided to depart. we're talking about david -- he has stepped aside and this comes after taking a board seat. here to explain is david wilson. this?o you explain >> that's an interesting question. you have to kind of back up and say, look, fedex is dealing with challenges from amazon.c