it's caroled to over into the new world and carried over violently where in new york city new york city, orangemen would march through irish catholic sections of the city kind of rubbing their face in it, and riots ensued. that's an example of how old world resentments carried over, but tweed is representative of the possibilities of american life. most of his followers in politics were, in fact, eye -- irish catholics. tweed realized that he was in this cosmopolitan city, many different ethnic groups. ethnic groups also could vote, and you don't get votes by alienating people or dragging up old battles. so he was, tweed -- though by native anglo perspective was a little more american by virtue of being presbyterian -- nonetheless, kind of opened up to the catholic community, especially the irish catholic community. and we see this in his inner circle, the so-called tweed ring that is associated, again, with this, with this corruption. the next image i have sent out to you is of that of the tweed ring. you see a ring of people all accusing the other person of corruption. but there are f

affordable housing is the big issue in new york city. it's a desperately needed part of the city environment here. for undocumented or immigrant populations, there is a problem with earning enough income because they often find jobs that aren't at an hourly rate that would provide for — enough money for housing. consequently, they have to double—up or triple—up in housing accommodations. when climate disasters hit, they make an already strained society that much harder. poor people, people of colour in new york city, generally don't have the kind of wealth and social power to easily bounce back from a climate disaster. ida was a different type of storm. it didn't push up sea levels as much. rather, it dumped down an incredible amount of rain very rapidly, and that also flooded the subways, it flooded people's basements. i feel an incredible responsibility to get our decision—makers, corporations and government to slash pollution because i know that the place i grew up in will not survive. my office is responsible for preparing th

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>> the new york city is alive with enthusiasm and energy. it has been a perfect fall day for the 50th running of the new york city marathon. of course this is a signature event of the big apple and today it was a perfect day for it. as you mention, so many runners return to the city the marathon is back after taking 2020 off because of the pandemic which was actually on the second time there was a cancellation and the races history. the first time was in 2012 after hurricane sandy. about 33000 racers took part, that number down from over 50000 in previous years. officials agreed to reduce the size of the field of this year to prevent overcrowding with covid. those taking part in the marathon, which is still going on right now, were required to show proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19 test within 48 hours of race day and are also required to wear face coverings at the start and finish. the 26-point to mile course began on staten island, goes to the city's five boroughs and it right here in manhattan central park with more than 1 milli

back here in new york city, we have learned ever since that 5:00 p.m. deadline on friday, more than 2,000 firefighters took medical leave phillip? >> kathy, thank you. >>> white house press secretary jen psaki announcing she has contracted a breakthrough case of covid-19 after members of her household tested positive. she says she's been working from home and quarantining with her family she tested negative from wednesday to thursday andymsymps >>> new polling by nbc news shows that joe biden's approval rating has fall on the 42% and 7 in 10 adults, including half of the democrats surveyed, believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. and attention shifts to the u.n. climate conference, which begins today in scotland. the g20 leaders are facing criticism over the lack of action on climate change nbc's molly hunter joins us now. good morning were there any signs of progress during the g20 summit? >> reporter: hey, good morning from a very windy glasgow, scotland the leaders we heard this weekend in rome spoke a lot about climate change as it rela

nineteenth century new york city politics. then offer matthew rosa recounts world war ii by the 37th battalion caring for 25 people to a concentration camp. u.s. troops and survivors, 60 years after the war. later, veterans from world war ii through the iraq war and share their expenses. find more schedule information@c-span.org/history will consult your program guide. here's lectures in history. >> good morning, everyone. today's lecture, called to many catholic. we'll be looking at catholics and american policy, especially american urban politics in the late 19th century. to put this in context of what we've been looking at the past couple of weeks and what we've been looking at this struggle for american catholics to find their place in american culture. despite persistent of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war up next remained viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. a variety of reasons for this. the members of what was perceived as a foreign c

new york city forces monster. you have to fight you have to actually rush, hold with the city in order to just get the very basic necessity of life. ah. then so the idea of the city having something on its conscience, this is rather small blot, frankly. i mean, with all honor to the dead they are dead are. mm i think that city is always wanted to forget about hold island. city is wanted to forget about the people who are buried there. it's wanted to forget about the fact that there is a potter's field that there is a place where difficult stories are hidden. mm. new york city is celebrated as the place where anyone can achieve their dreams of but those dreams haven't been achieved by everyone. ah, it's true of people who are totally away digging out the titles for subways, we're building our skyscrapers is true of people who have wound up homeless or because a society shunned them as happened during the aids epidemic. mm . those stories might not be flattering to tell even more. it might tell us things about our p

and a major milestone here in new york city. phil lipof reports. >> reporter: tonight, new york city looking more like it did pre-pandemic. the world's largest marathon back after a two-year delay. >> our whole mantra has been welcome back. let's run this city. let's be back, let's come together. >> reporter: 30,000 runners required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test before the race. and tonight, the white house not backing down as the justice department vowing to defend the biden administration's vaccine mandate for all businesses with 100 employees or more after a federal appeals court blocked it this weekend, questioning its constitutionality. >> it's good for people's health and for the economy. that's why these requirements make so much sense. >> reporter: federal officials aso promising to ramp up the vaccination effort for children ages 5 through 11 this week. starting monday, new york city opening pop-up vaccination sites at all public schools where kids in that age group can get the shot. in chicago, mayor

simply obeying what new york city has ruled? >> right. and new york city is not going to change their rule, and again, it's up to the nba and kyrie to come to a full understanding on how to keep them on the nets and continue to look at all of our athletes that are coming here. and again, i think the nba and kyrie will come to a conclusion on this. >> do you want kyrie to get the shot? >> it's up to kyrie. that is his determination. i don't want to dictate for him. it's his body. he has to make that determination on what he wants to do. >> well, congratulations again, mayor-elect. you're the winner and you've got a lot going on. we appreciate your taking some time and joining us. thank you very much. >> thank you. take care. >> the mayor-elect of new york city, eric adams. >>> just ahead, the murder trial of three white men charged with killing black jogger ahmaud arbery begins with a nearly all-white jury. we have details of opening statements when we come back. helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. never settle for 25%

certainly if you are from new york city. [laughs] he had to fight a significant battle to get to the united states congress. >> we've asked you a lot of questions. thank you. >> oh, my gosh. i hope it was okay. it was great. >> i just have one final question for. you >> sure. >> what do you think your lasting legacy will be as a representative of congress? years now, when people see your name, what do you think they will say? >> oh, gosh. i don't think they will remember. i would say it was such a short period of time. it was such a blip. if there were people who could remember, i would like it to be -- if i was going to write my own legacy, let's do that. it could be that we could work across the aisle. and she could work with people with whom she didn't agree but she really respected. and always felt really proud to be part of this institution. >> sounds like a great legacy. >> thank you so much for sharing. >> thank you. [laughs] >> veterans from world war ii through the iraq war have recorded oral history interview. comi

and our new york city who's crazy in, in 89. it was cracked and stuff like that and we used to, so we'd in in drugs is buffalo done in our one a getting caught with possession and i went up going on. right. as oliver a little bit of time in those days it was, it was a 0. you could get anything, you get a knife or anything. 11 term that guy had a gun in there. it was like, like, like gladiator school every day. and so when i got short, short means that you go home, you don't have a lot of time left in your state and they gave me a job in the hodge, ireland. ah, you know they shackles on you did a little boss and didn't take you on the boat. i'm a little kid. could hang cos, i'm on the boat to get the boat's going to go down. i think the worse or whatever. and they take you to charlie and i still didn't know that harley was protest fuel. i heard a polish julie movies and stuff like that, but i didn't. i didn't even know what, what he meant. and there's only 2 offices, no french, no, not been. and there was just smell, i don't know

or limit today new york city? >> god question. it had national implications. harpers weekly was a national magazine and nast's cartoons were spread across the country. and they did -- they had a tremendous effect in terms of linking political corruption with local urban politics, but at the same time political corruption across the board in the late 1860s, the grant administration, so this is the national runner-up -- republican party rhetoric is one of kind of moral uprightness. you remember we looked at earlier grant's attack on catholic schools in name of, you know, republican political principles. still grant's administration was one of the most corrupt ever. it was corrupt up to that point. so there was a lot of graft at the national level. it's interesting that despite graft in the grant administration, the republican party still emerged as a kind of party of good governance because they spoke that rhetoric, whatever graft was going on, they spoke the language of good government and purity where the tammany

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but this person didn't just because you're dealing with a proxy in a big city like new york. that being said, is there any, have you noticed anything else being said to do, to try to make that streamline process more efficient to go along with this bill? so many times we put the horse before the card and in this case, do you feel like that could happen where you might actually have people one person being given a chance to vote in the other, not just because the paperwork didn't get processed. i see that there will be confusion with this particular as we saw that were right. so i was boating. we saw the roll out of that new system basically become disastrous. i do not want this to happen in another municipal election where you're voting for the may or the controller and so forth. this is why i think they really should ensure that there's money behind this. and we also meet so kind of read that the board of elections and take out the patriot system that exists in that particular institution to ensure that we are protecting the rights of all american citizens and non citizens.

reside in new york city and are otherwise qualified to vote. more than 800000 a green card holders and people authorize to work in the city and who have lived there at least 30 days will be allowed to participate in municipal elections. helping to elect the next mayor comptroller and a city council. they will also be allowed to vote on local ballot initiatives. so joining us today to talk about this new change in new york election lie, we welcome kerry and berg. somebody very familiar at a former candidate for new york city council. thank you for joining me. carrie anne, you for having me. okay, so this is some of the are obviously you probably know the election laws there in new york very, very well. so do you support this law? and do you believe that new yorkers would benefit from extending the franchise to non citizens would be very important to them. i believe that definitely there is a benefit to expanding that voting, who however i am not 100 percent in support of expanding to recall holders or citizens who are in route to become 3 car ho

day parade in new york city. "entertainment tonight's" kevin frazier and keltie knight will be on the parade route. >>> plus bill cowher of "nfl today" stops by the times square studio to share predictions for the football games. >>> and the impact of climate change on growing cranberries. eric fisher takes us to a massachusetts farm that's coping with irregular weather patterns. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great and happy thanksgiving. ♪ and happy thanksgiving. ♪

carley: a new mayor will come into office in new york city, former police officer, could he change things for officers and make things better for the city? >> if he brings back the quality-of-life, brings back anti-crime and pushes the das to keep these people in jail absolutely 100%. he was around at the time we did that again so we know what needs to be done, it just has to be done. >> we were talking about these progressive policies that make it impossible to be a police officer in cities across the country and this horrific crime took place in waukesha, wisconsin sunday, now we are learning the suspect is a career criminal with a massive rap sheet and he was released on $1,000 bail friday and the da admits he should still be behind bars, take a look at these headlines, in june a headline from the new york post is homeless man with 40 prior arrests busted for slugging an asian woman and this happened in new york city was a man was released after allegedly attacking a police officer displayed a past attempted murder charge of an officer. the system is broken, how do we fix it? >> truly,

new york city forward. >> one of your challenges is really getting new york city back into a pre-covid business and economic environment. how challenging do you think that's going to be and do you think this is going to be a tougher recovery than maybe folks in manhattan realize? >> it's going to be tough. we know that. but, you know, i'm a sports guy. the game was on the line in the mid-'80s when we were having 2,000 homicide a year, we put on bulletproof vests and turned around the city. we can do it again. new york is too expensive and bureaucratic to do business in. our agencies are focused on penalizing businesses and holding up businesses from opening. think about this for a moment. you build a hotel in new york, you're ready to bring in business travelers and hire people, and you will wait almost two years just to get a sprinkler inspection. or try opening a restaurant and wait two years for con edison to turn on your electricity. this condition happen in a city where we're trying to recover. the overwhelming number of our employees use the subway system every day. but it's prev

todd: new york city reportedly looking for volunteer firefighters from long island and upstate new york, citing an e-mail from an nypd sergeant to 350 volunteer firefighters throughout the state as new york city's covid vaccine mandate for city employees will be enforced today all unvaccinated will be paid on unpaid leave beginning today. carley: listen to this. an unvaccinated colorado teacher put on unpaid leave through the rest of the year, this comes despite the fact that he was granted a relidges us ex. >>> -- religious ex. exemption.teacher joins us now. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. carley: tell us your story. you filed for a religious ex ems exemption from getting the vaccine. what did the district say? >> they informed me that despite the exemption that my presence would cause an undue hardship and myself and my colleagues would be placed of on unpaid leave. carley: what was your reaction when you found that out? >> well, you remember when -- i don't know if your viewers have seen clark griswold when he got his letter from the boss about being in the jelly in the mo

but this political club in new york controls new york city politics for much of the late 19th century and into about the middle of the 20th century. and the image that you have here, which is very much an image of tammany hall, certainly suggests evil and corruption. again, from nast's perspective, from the perspective of that first political culture, that is what tammany is, political evil and corruption. the reading that you have for today, however, plunkett of tammany hall, gives a different, more positive view from within the culture itself. so first we're going to -- the next part of class, go over some of the history, the most relevant history of tammany hall in the middle of the 20th century. and then after that we will look at some selections from plunkett of tammany hall to give you a response from within that second political culture. first political culture, looking from the outside, this is all corruption, this is destroying american politics, an american version. from that first political culture, anti-catholic, around at this irish. all that being said, the charges of co

tomorrow there is election hearing in new york city. he has over the weekend urged again all municipal workers to get vaccinated but he has not committed to maintaining the mandate. that's something he'll look at and make a review and make a decision later. it's possible that they can change a couple of months. >> well, that would be a shame if that did happen. elise jordan, maybe it's just the old reagan conservative in me? going back to the air traffic controller strike. if you are ordered to go to work and you don't go to work and public safety is at risk, you are fired that day. we are not going to put the lives of new yorkers in any danger, you are fired and you are not the type of person we want in our work force any way that would put other american lives in danger. get off and we'll do what it takes to fill those spots. it may not be easy but reagan somehow managed to do it. deblasio should do. fire them. >> i can't square what we are seeing right now, firefighters who are immature high school students compare to the firefighter

. >> crime in new york city surjdz this year. the nypd is looking for this man after a woman was sexual assaulted in central park yesterday. and a 54-year-old woman jogging in another neighborhood was sexual assaulted allegedly by howard shaw who was released from prison on tuesday and now back in custody. >> julie: thank you very much. the power panel now. david and leslie. thanks for coming on today. this is disturbing on many levels. we also have a black mayor for the first time in years. you have black lives matter already planning protests and chaos in the streets if he gives the power back to the police officers to get the crime under control. david, your reaction? it's despicable. >> eric adams call winsome sears. she knows about being an elected leader trying to protect americans and being called a racist and a white supremacist which is what will happen to eric adams. though the words are not the biggest challenge for either one of them. it's the prosecuting attorneys that the progressives have elected to make sure that

york city. i think that one of the things was it was a recognition that women in leadership in a moderate and i did enter this institution at a time when it was not present a recognized in the political thing to happen i think that is being hampered by us. >> did you have any members female or male, who it's hard arm interview during the first term in congress. >> you know, everybody kind of dead in ireland can't pick one or the other and again, later on deborah price, and we all became and we would spend more time together and sometimes it would consist of others and including my now husband. and we would do things together and spend more time together but i never felt well jerry came in and campaigned against be after encouragement from is are never felt that he would be there and again what i count on them for them politically. you get where the line is drawn. but those relationships i will always cherish. then i got married and had a baby and and from women who been there, i got advice it wa

my plan a was i become the mayor of new york city and that i lost the forward party as mayor of new york city and say check itout, a new way forward . and we're going to make things happen like an illustration here in new york city. but that wasplan a and then i did not win . and the other plan, plan to a where i'm building the forward party as an independent . >> i asked yesterday on my twitter account if my readers are more followers have questions for you and there were a lot of feedback and a lot of questions but i say the right choice vote, the number one question was just concerned that a criticism that you had run as a democrat and had planned to leave the party but didn't tell anyone so what would you say to that criticism and do you understand why some of the people that supported you would have been concerned that you are representing that you're a democrat while you knew that you would possibly be leaving the party . >> i was straightforward about my policies. i think there's views of policy proposals so to me that should be why you vote for someone and why you're excited abou

you grew up in new york city in brooklyn. talk to me about this idea that the statute of thomas jefferson is coming down in new york city and a black lives matter activity who said the attack on the christmas parade is a call for revolution. where do they want to take america? >> down a road we can't go to maintain a safe society -- where people are allowed to thrive and flourish. there is no man who is perfect. thomas jefferson authored the greatest document that man ever seen. you get to rip down history to create your own today? that's outrageous. we should learn from history and not tear it down. black lives matter will only hurt people in inner cities. when people are allowed to loot and criminals roam the streets, that hurts us. >> the professor pointed out the difference between classic liberals and the far left. the far left can you identify something they are doing that makes the lives of regular folks better? >> no, i cannot. they are so far left in their views of the criminal justice system. if this is no resemblan

there has been and anne-marie citing in new york city. you mentioned euro, bank of america is negative. it is the antilock -- anti-goldilocks weighing on european equities. tom: it's getting a little chilly here come a little bit of arctic gold coming into minnesota. it's the same thing in europe. it's the sum total of europe subsiding. what does that mean for chairman powell? jonathan: that's the european situation and we reopen the bond market stateside. this treasury market has been totally whipsawed. lisa: the expectation is for that to continue. the implied volatility and treasury yield have risen to the highest since the height of the pandemic. why are stocks not responding more to the volatility we are seeing in bonds and the rise we have seen in short-term yields? jonathan: any fed speak today? lisa: john williams is speaking from the new york fed stop jonathan: let's get so the new york market was closed. yields are higher by three basis points, higher on the front end as well. we will touch on that a little bit later and crude i

new york city forces monster. you have to fight you have to actually rush, hold with the city in order to just get the very basic necessities of life. ah, then so the idea of the city having something on its conscience, this is rather small blot, frankly. i mean, with all honor to the dead they are dead are. mm i think that city is always wanted to forget about what island city is. wanted to forget about the people who are buried there. it's wanted to forget about the fact that there is a potter's field that there is a place where difficult stories are hidden. mm. new york city is celebrated as the place where anyone can achieve their dreams of but those dreams haven't been achieved by everyone. ah, it's true of people toiling away, digging out the titles for subways, we're building our skyscrapers. ah, it's true of people who have wound up homeless or because a society shunned them as happened during the aids epidemic. mm. those stories might not be flattering to tell. even more, it might tell us things about our

live in new york city with all about. reporter: mayor elect eric adams pledged to hire the first female new york city police commissioner and according to new york post, the top potential candidates are females. former seattle police chief carmen from a former work police chief roman in philadelphia first black female commissioner, daniel outlaw. following the protest and riots in new york city, adams promised to be tough on crime while at the same time holding police officers accountable. he wants to bring back nypd anti-crime unit to bring down shootings. the unit will be reinvented by recruiting less aggressive ops, making them wear body cameras. local black activist newsom told me it's not enough. >> the body cameras are not preventing cops from brutalizing people. what will prevent cops brutalizing people is sending cops who harm people to jail. as it stands, police don't stop other police officers from harming people. if they did, there would be no eric garner. reporter: he had a contentious meeting with adams on in

york city. i ended up walking into a local pharmacy at the end of the day to see if they had any extra. i got lucky. it did knock me out completely yesterday, which was a surprise because i didn't have a reaction to the first two. given that, though, and given the amount of interests that i had over the weekend, i'm wondering, because of omicron, are you seeing that from other folks you're talking to out there in times square? has there been a rush to get the booster shots? >> people i talked to were getting the booster today, katy, and there was a little bit of a line this morning, but other than that, it's been pretty steady. this is a testing facility as well as a vaccination site. new york is preparing whether or not omicron has been officially detected here yet. new york state is under a state of emergency starting this friday. all non-emergency procedures will be limited, and that is to help with hospital staffing, help with hospital supplies. new york mayor bill de blasio has instituted a

thousands of new york city workers facing a vaccine mandate that took effect today. so what happens now? >>> plus, it's a challenging task, but seating a jury in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. an update on the fate of the man who shot three people during a night of social justice protests in wisconsin. >>> and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, tracking that rainfall and more rain chances ahead. i've got my brand-new update in about ten minutes. i didn't have to shout out for help. because you didn't have another dvt. not today. one blood clot puts you at risk of having another, so we chose xarelto®, to help keep you protected. xarelto® is proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt or pe blood clots from happening again. almost 98% of people did not have another dvt or pe. don't stop taking xarelto® without talking to your doctor, as this may increase risk of blood clots. while taking, a spinal injection increases risk of blood clots, which may cause paralysis. you may bruise more easily or take longer to stop bleeding. xarelto® can cause serious and in rare c

new york city moving to allow 800,000 immigrants were not u.s. citizens or legal residents to vote in local elections. the city council is expected to approve the legislation in a matter of weeks, greatly expanding the city's voter rolls. charlie hurt's opinion editor for "the washington times." he's also fox news contributor. charlie, great to see you. even in new york. deep blue new york, this is taken about two years to push it across the finish line which is saying that because a lot of democrats are skeptical, even the mayor, bill de blasio, not sure if it's legal. >> i think you put your finger on what to me is the most interesting thing about all this. while all of this is very purposeful, major, well-thought-out designs, democrat leaders across the country. when you take these issues to regular democrat voters across the country who care about things other than just democrat power, these things are not as popular, as you point out, voters are very, very skeptical of these things. i do think that this effort is clear -- it shows just how c

it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." major developments in the kyle rittenhouse murder trial. the prosecution hopes to safe their crumbling case. asking the judge to allow for lesser charges. the judge is considering the request before closing arguments monday. liberals in the media proving they don't care about justice being fair. instead they're turning this trial into a political football. kyle rittenhouse's mom defending her son after president biden called the then 17-year-old a white supremacist. >> i was angry. president biden don't know my son whatsoever. he's not a racist or a white supremacist. he did that for the votes. i was so angry for a while at him. what he did to my son, he defamed him. >> jesse: as the case for self-defense gets stronger, the mainstream media is ramping up their smears. >> kyle rittenhouse testified like a mini brett kavanaugh. >> they're making him out to be acquire boy, if a black kid did that, how would america feel about that? >> if he is freed, it's a message to others like him tha