before we get to the new yorker and have internal dynamics of the new yorker shake this book in many ways, what do you mean by the cover-up? what was the state of play when john hersey went off to japan to do the reporting that produced is legendary peace, , hiroshima, which filled an entire issue of the new yorker? the first time that it ever happened a year after the bombing. >> on signal, the audits should know that you are a sounding board for me since the very beginning. when i first started researching this project i didn't realize the extent to which the cover-up was even play a role in this narrative at all. i just what he wanted to know the back story. i approached the story as a journalist coming and other journalist. the story has been about his outside success but don't bear looked at how in hell to get the story in first place. i started my career in nightly news from as a production correlator. they make you that sigar learn how the story comes out in time to logistics and other controls the ground controls the story. when i started looking how much general macarthur an

ordinary new yorker. there are only extraordinary new yorkers, and that is what i will celebrate this holiday season, the beauty, the love, the strength, the sharing that new yorkers brunch with us. if you went from the highest infection rate in the nation to one of the lowest. the love of new yorkers did that. the heroism of new yorkers did that, and that my friends is a beautiful thing, because it saves lives, countless lives. and that is something to celebrate. we find the light as we follow it. happy holidays. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] you are -- announcer: you are watching c-span. she spent was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. we are brought to you by these television companies to provide c-span2 viewers as a public c-span two viewers as a public service. ♪

new yorkers did that. the love of new yorkers did that. the heroism of new yorkers did that, and that my friends is a beautiful thing, because it saved lives, countless lives. and that is something to celebrate. we find the light as we follow it. happy holidays. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] >> with covid-19 relief approved by congress and vaccines being administered, use our website to follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak. watch our searchable video any time on demand and track the spread with interactive maps all as c-span.org/coronavirus. holdingdent trump is off on signing a recently passed covid-19 relief bill until congress amends the legislation to include $2000 in direct payments, which is more than double the amount currently authorized. the house and senate are holding pro forma sessions today. house speaker nancy pelosi says the house will seek unan

new yorkers did that. love of new yorkers did that. the heroism of new yorkers did that. a beautiful thing. because it saved lives. it saved countless lives. that is something to celebrate. we find the light and we follow it. happy holidays. ♪ coming up very shortly, we will take you live to the defense department for an update on vaccine distribution operation warp speed. the briefing coming up very shortly. president trump vetoing the annual defense authorization bill. we will have details on that and a briefing when it gets underway here on c-span. ♪

i want to celebrate the creativity of new yorkers, the resourcefulness, the ingenuity of new yorkers in the year 2020. unbelievable. the things people did this year to help each other. talk about making a way when there is no way. in the year 2020, new yorkers had to create like never before. whether you are talking about whatever health-care workers had to do to protect people and savor hospital system, and the first responders, what they have to do, the incredible challenges they overcame -- you are talking about the way the city ended up creating its own ppe, its own processing labs for tests -- things we did not have before, we created them all here. and we did it in record time. that is what new york city is all about. and just the way people help each other. they express their own personalities, their own hope, their own belief, whether it was designed a face masks or the way people celebrated and supported each other, cultural activities put together to support people, give them hope. this was a year for creativity if ever there was one. so a lot to be proud of, the creativity

new yorkers should be proud. world howshowed the to be strong, how to be resilient, how to look out for each other. 2021, we are going to show people what it looks like to recover and come back. we are going to do what new york city has done many times -- not just to come back, but making things better, fairer, stronger, more inclusive of all of us. we will do that in 2021. i'm not even saying we can do that. we will do that in 2021. that is where we are. i have total faith in the people of this city. i cannot wait to get started. we are just about 13 hours away. it is going to be amazing. to everyone, a very happy new year. [speaking spanish] [speaking italian] any language you want to choose of any of the lang which is spoken in this beautiful city, it also has the same thing. we are turning the page and going someplace better. thank you, everybody. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content an

he was just being a kind fellow new yorker. and that really choked me up. >> yeah i think that would choke me up. someone asks what do you think all over would have made of this era in this changed world? >> yeah i'm living in what was all over's apartment with this 130-year-old grand piano behind me. all over if he were alive would be 87 today. he saw a lot in his life including treating survivors of the encephalitis pandemic of the early 20th century and what came to be known as his -- so i think he would have drawn parallels to other careful pandemics in history. i think all over would have been absolutely horrified by president trump and his administration and his handling of this pandemic. i think you would have had been in elderly person and not getting sick reedy would have worried about the many complications and unusual symptoms. we certainly saw thus with his encephalitis studies and we are seeing that so much with coronavirus that it can manifest in different ways. but yeah i think about it a lot. sitting here in wri

senator feinstein's office has not commented on the new yorker report. >>all right, switch gears here for a moment and talk about a 4 zone forecast. it's a good one yeah, it's active chief meteorologist lawrence karnow fortunately tracking some real rain. it looks like we could see a couple raindrops as early as tomorrow as we've got a cold front that's headed toward the bay area just what we need to see some showers likely to make returns i can be a little windy in spots as we head throughout the night tonight are seeing some of those gusts over 30 miles an hour in parts of the north bay quiet out toward the golden gate bridge for the most part right now a little breezy there weak cold front coming to town you see right here is that slides in toward the bay area falling apart. and the leave behind some window for tonight so being a little blustery times to about midnight then after that things are going start to calm down not much in the way of rain to talk about around the bay area but hopefully by tomorrow evening at this time we'll be looking at some

it would force new yorkers to get the coronavirus vaccine if not enough residents voluntarily get the shot once it's available. rosenthal said the shot would be mandated if herd immunity isn't developed but does allow for medical exemptions. the bill does not define exactly what constitutes sufficient immunity. 70% maybe? it is also unclear how the mandate would be enforced. according to a recent survey, you talked about surveys, this one conducted by a new york city firefighters union, it showed about 55% of those firefighters polled would not take the vaccine. but as you say that could change. stuart: yeah, it could. still with you, ashley, it is real difficult to get a firm number on how many businesses have actually closed because of the pandemic but i believe, facebook has come up with a

it would force new yorkers to get the coronavirus vaccine if not enough residents voluntarily get the shot once it's available. rosenthal said the shot would be mandated if herd immunity isn't developed but does allow for medical exemptions. the bill does not define exactly what constitutes sufficient immunity. 70% maybe? it is also unclear how the mandate would be enforced. according to a recent survey, you talked about surveys, this one conducted by a new york city firefighters union, it showed about 55% of those firefighters polled would not take the vaccine. but as you say that could change. stuart: yeah, it could. still with you, ashley, it is real difficult to get a firm

does that mean new yorkers will have to wait to get the vaccine? i will certainly ask former new york governor george pataki about that. he's next. ♪. before voltaren arthritis pain gel, my husband would have been on the sidelines.

87 new yorkers passed away. they are in our thoughts and prayers. hospitalization, 5300. icu, 1007. into patients, 546. patients, 546. the finger lakes has the highest intubation by population. western new york which we happen focusing on for some time we have actually seen a flattening in western new york. not a reduction, but a flattening. that is good news. you see the varied picture across the state of new york. we have said from day one that for this -- that for us this is a constant calibration. we want as much economic activity is possible and respect public health and the cost of the virus. that is the calibration. yes, economic activity. yes, as much as we can, social activity balanced with public health. some states have had dramatic openings and closings. full open, full close. i think that is highly disruptive and not the best way to go through this. our approach has been different where we have always been following the data and the metrics. we had more data than any other state. new yorkers have pt

it's a countdown to the new year, and many new yorkers are ready to say good riddance to 2020. i want to say goodbye to work and to covid—19. and gun violence on the streets. i think those are great things! throw them in the shredder! let's get rid of them! goodbye! times square new year's eve host jonathan bennett loves a gimmick. three, two, one! and he's promised next year will be better. i mean everyone jokes with me that jonathan bennett, "you ruined 2020 cos you were the one standing there, bringing in the new year, and you're the one that kicked off with the ball drop." but you know what, it's not my fault and, guess what, this year we're going to have a better year by bringing in 2021. and what better way to say goodbye to the year by shredding the worst parts on good riddance day, an unofficial december 28th holiday which is needed this year more than others. we're saying good riddance to the fact that we had to cancel our honeymoon in 2020. um, being broke. covid, bad vibes and stress. and i think there's one we can all agree with. i just want to get rid of covid—

a staff writer for "the new yorker" and author of the book "surviving autocracy." of course you can catch me tomorrow night and sunday morning 10:00 a.m. can and this weekend i'm going to be bringing you stories of front line workers struggling. i'm going to hear about a black owned winery here in houston, texas, is bringing small businesses together and how a peruvian bakery is catering virtual celebrations during covid. that's it for me tonight but brian williams is going to be up with "the 11th hour" right after this. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,422 of the trump administration. it's been 34 days since the election was called for joe biden. 40 days remain until the inauguration of joe bidesen. there are two headlines, big ones this evening. and let's state them plainly. und nu

] >> seth: "the new yorker" would love to hear that. they will probably put that on the cover of "the new yorker," if you don't like it, there is something wrong with you >> and then there were things that i just always looked forward to reading out loud on stage. >> seth: right >> you know, when i was working on them i thought, "oh, good, i get to read this again." so that was -- because i originally, it was just going to be an audio book and then my publisher said, "why don't we make it a book book?" and i didn't -- because of everything going on -- i had nothing to do so i thought, "okay. >> seth: well, we are all very glad you did it. and it is always so great to see you. thank you so much for making time for us, david >> thanks, seth. thanks a million >> seth: "the best of me" is available now. we'll be right back with more "late night. ♪ t-mobile is upgrading its network at a record pace. we were the first to bring 5g nationwide. and now that sprint is a part of t-mobile we're turning up the speed. upgrading over a thousand towe

give new yorkers more confidence in the vaccination process. dr. zucker met with the new york state panel yesterday, last night, and the clinical advisory task force approved the fda decision to go forward with the vaccine. we notified the fda of that. there was no delay in the timing and new yorkers will have more confidence. we are now we are talking about a winter plan. when you are talking about a winter plan, you have to take the whole context into consideration. where we have been, where we are going. and it has been quite the journey, and the journey isn't over. it is not really going to be over until the summer, and we hit critical mass with the vaccination. and we have to calibrate our way through the journey. you change strategies as the virus changes, the season changes, the growth pattern changes. and where the growth is occurring. the current numbers in new york state, the statewide positivity without what we call "micro-clusters," 4.5%. with the micro-clusters, 4.9%. we did 212,000 tests, 87 new yorkers passed away. they are in ou

i hope new yorkers took our caution and celebrated smart. celebrate smart, avoid shutdowns. that's what my season's greeting card says this year. celebrate smart. we understand the celebration, the religious significance, lord knows after this year we need a break. but be smart. if we are smart, then we can avoid shutdowns because we control our destiny. there is nothing preordaineded here. -- preordained here. what will happen will be a consequence of our actions after the year where we felt out of control we are actually in ultimate control because we control the spread of the virus. by our actions. celebrate smart and avoid shutdowns. this is what the numbers say today. which we are not quite sure what it means. we are studying. statewide positivity without microcluster, 7ers 8. with microclusters 8.3. that is an increase from the 5.9 seven day average. positivity microcluster is 9%. and 124,000 tests taken. this is a jump from friday, saturday, to sunday. ow friday was christmas. sunday is two days after christmas. we have been talking about potential for spread during c

i hope new yorkers took our caution and celebrated smart. celebrate smart, avoid shutdowns. that's what my season's greeting card says this year. celebrate smart. we understand the celebration, the religious significance, lord knows after this year we need a break. but be smart. if we are smart, then we can avoid shutdowns because we control our destiny. there is nothing preordained here. what will happen will be a consequence of our actions. a year where we felt out of control, we are actually in ultimate control because we control the spread of the virus by our actions. celebrate smart and avoid shutdowns. this is what the numbers say today. which we are not quite sure what it means. but we are studying it. statewide positivity without micro cluster, 7.8. with microositivity clusters, a .3. that is an increase from the 5.9 seven day average. positivity micro cluster is 9%. and 124,000 tests taken. this is a jump from friday, saturday, to sunday. now, friday was christmas. sunday is two days after christmas. we have been talking about potential for spread during christmas.

a staff writer for "the new yorker" and author of the book "surviving autocracy." that is tonight's "last word." of course you can catch me tomorrow night and sunday morning 10:00 a.m. i'm in houston, texas this evening, and bringing you small businesses together and how a peruvian bakery is catering virtual celebrations during covid. that's it for me tonight but brian williams is going to be up with "the 11th hour" right after this. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,422 of the trump administration. it's been 34 days since the election was called for joe biden. 40 days remain until the inauguration of joe biden. there are two headlines, big ones this evening. and let's state them plainly. number two, medical science has held. -- has won. now some background as we come on the air tonight two history making stories are unfolding. first the president who lost the election a month ago lost again tonight in decisive fashion in the supreme court. also tonight on the humanity front the fda officially signed off on emergency use of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. here

i went out to have new yorkers really are. i have seen people come together that i did not think was possible, and i am so -- oh, does he have something wrong with him? does he need to see an endocrinologist? because now i am kind of worried. >> katie: i think kennedy should run for mayor of new york city. carley, quickly, last words. >> carley: i would describe this as a bit of a pageant question. you talk about the grit of new yorkers. you talk about how it is better when people come together. and he talked about sleep. do you think that people who lost loved ones got a lot of sleep this year? or those who lost their businesses because of his policies? or those whose businesses were destroyed during the riots? this is a totally tone-deaf response. only more tone-deaf is governor cuomo with his an emmy award and new book written for the pandemic. >> katie: disgraceful. houses of worship will be able to welcome more worshipers just in time to celebrate the birth of jesus. ♪ ♪ ♪ did you know you can go to libertymutual.co

. >> describe the world tourists and new yorkers will come back once a full shutdown is over? >> nothing, ghost town, 0, people leaving, businesses shuttered. you have the big apple, the greatest city in the world, new york, you are leaving here. nobody wants to stay in new york state anymore. everyone is saying this doesn't represent me, why are they shutting us down? it is politics as usual for democrats, do as i say, not as i do. >> new york goes out of business governor cuomo giving himself a virtual birthday party and fundraiser, star-studded affair at least it will be. we have on screen the sponsor if you want to get in on it, what message does this send to people under lockdown? >> it reminds me of hunger games where completely out of touch with what is happening with the people, $1,000 a person, headlines on derek zoo lander, people can barely afford to keep their business afloat while you have kids not going to school, crime surgeon, our most vulnerable sent to die earlier in nursing homes and this guy throwing himself a birthday fundraiser to celebrate the job he did

. >> joe's a new yorker. he's from queens and i'm actually from new york, so i wanted to make sure that all of the new yorkers out there really recognized the world of joe gardner. >> but all does not remain calm for long. joe finds himself on the way to the great beyond, the afterlife, but he escapes to the great before. >> this is where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to earth. >> meet 22. >> that soul is given life by tina fey. >> hey, look, i already know everything about earth and i don't want anything to do with it. >> i felt so excited about it because they make the performance better. they take what you did and they just amplify it and you are certainly much cuter, and it's a real gift. >> "soul" is all about finding your own spark, a passion to power you through life. tina found her spark as a teenager. >> i had a teacher in eighth grade with one of my writer. soul is owned by the same parent company as this station. i'm sandy canyon, abc 7 news. >> it should be

. >>> dianne feinstein is defending her service in the senate after a new yorker article raised questions about her ability to do her job. however, in an interview with the cnn reporter, she did not commit to serving out her full- term which expires in 2025. >> are you going to commit to serve your full six years in the senate? >> know. if it changes, i will let you know. >> what's your reaction to that article? do you feel fully able to carry out the duties of the job? >> i do. i work hard, i have good staff. i think i am productive. and i represent the people of california as best as i possibly can. >> the new yorker piece cited anonymous democrats who claimed her mental sharpness has deteriorated dramatically. when the cnn reporter asked feinstein if she found the article fair, she said no and that nobody spoke to her. however the article said her office declined to comment. >>> still ahead we talked to the bay area teen artist you made the cover of time magazine, literally. how he is getting attention from big names like lebron james and kamala harris. >>> i am in don ford come away m

you can find it on "the new yorker" website right now. you write about the behind scene arguments of the so-called travel ban. president trump restricted travel from china in early february. in your piece you called it a bold gesture but incomplete. explain why. >> it was bold in that trump is correct there was a lot of resistance inside his administration from the beginning. public health authorities were naturally resistant to travel bans. their thinking was doctors need to come and go, we need to continue trade, we -- it's probably too late by the time you discover it. and it's just a fruitless gesture. and the money people, the omb and the treasury department, didn't want to do anything drastic that would cripple the economy. so there were very few advocates for this except pat potinger, the national security advisor who was very, well, jake, i have to say he was a reporter and he called upon some skills that people outside our profession maybe don't appreciate. he was in china as a wall street journal reporter during the sars outbrea

in new york city, somebody who is a fourth-generation new yorker, covid has completely decimated new york from a public healthy perspective as well as economic perspective, and we need someone to lead us out of this crisis, someone willing to rip up the playbook and who is willing to risk it all, who does in the care about the next election. let's also not forget about what new york city, what the promise of new york is. it's a place where underdogs make it, and that promise, that no matter where you come from, what you loike, you can live yor dream in new york city. previous to covid that was slipping through new york's fingers a fingers and for many it was long gone. fwhaes we have to rescue. we will do that with bold policies, with policies that set the example not just for america, but for the world. things like a universal basic income for working new yorkers, things like k through 14 for all. and, most importantly, infrastructure projects that will end our community nightmare. it's been killing outer borough new yorkers commuting three hours day. this is possible in new york ci

[newsreader] when new yorkers pick up their tabloids, the daily news and the post each morning, they expect the headlines to pack a wallop. and they do. for died-in-the-wool new yorkers, there's nothing quite like a good juicy scandal and in the mid 80s, the press served up one after another. [jonathan mahler] crime, money, power, what was happening in this country created the sort of perfect for tabloid journalism and for this kind of moment. [fox] every day it was just a back and forth between the daily news and the new york post and it helped the new york tabloids have constant fodder, which they desperately needed every day. [michael musto] the 80s is when the tabloids really started battling it out. and the people that emerged certainly had a knack for working the media. [byfield] there was a lot of attention in the media to business and the captains of industry. they became celebrities. [glenn plaskin] this was better than dynasty. [blake carrington] damn you alexis, i'm gonna kill you. don't! [glenn plaskin] this was real life dynasty. [charles bagli] at this point, developers

shannon: final word. >> not sure i equate taxes with that but i'm one of those new yorkers who has a high tax bill and i'm happy with a lot of my dollars going towards fixing a failing education system but bill diblasio is off-base as he has been in the handling of the pandemic and governor cuomo knows we have a $13 billion deficit and you need to keep wealthy new yorkers here to keep the city and state humming along. even outside of the 5 boroughs, not with mayor diblasio on this one at least in the articulation of the problem. >> you sticking to it so we will see how it plays out policies otherwise. great to see you both. shannon: how families across the country are just -- adjusting to a different kind of christmas this year. how about you? we will report on that next. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold

it's the countdown to the new year, and many new yorkers are ready to say good riddance to 2020.|j and many new yorkers are ready to say good riddance to 2020. i want to say good riddance to 2020. i want to say goodbye to covid—19. say good riddance to 2020. i want to say goodbye to covid-19. and violence on the streets. goodbye! times square new year's eve host jonathan bennett loves a gimmick. three, two, one! and his promised next year will be better. everyone chokes with me thatjonathan bennett, you ruined 2020 because you we re bennett, you ruined 2020 because you were standing there, bringing in the new year, and you were the one that kicked off with the ball drop. you know what, it's not my fault and this year we are going to have a better year by bringing 2021. what better year by bringing 2021. what better way to say goodbye to the year than by shredding the worst parts on good riddance day, an unofficial december 28 holiday which is needed this year more than others. we are saying good riddance to the fact we had to cancel our honeymoon. being broke. covid, bad vibes

it's a countdown to the new year, and many new yorkers are ready to say good riddance to 2020. i want to say goodbye to work and to covid—19. and gun violence on the streets. i think those are great things! throw them in the shredder! let's get rid of them! goodbye! times square new year's eve host jonathan bennett loves a gimmick. three, two, one! and he's promised next year will be better. i mean, everyone jokes with me that jonathan bennett, "you ruined 2020 cos you were the one standing there, bringing in the new year, and you're the one that kicked it off with the ball drop." but you know what, it's not my fault and, guess what, this year we're going to have a better year by bringing in 2021. and what better way to say goodbye to the year by shredding the worst parts on good riddance day, an unofficial december 28th holiday which is needed this year more than others. we're saying good riddance to the fact that we had to cancel our honeymoon in 2020. um, being broke. covid, bad vibes and stress. and i think there's one we can all agree with. i just want to get rid of covi

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it's a countdown to the new year, and many new yorkers are ready to say good riddance to 2020. i want to say goodbye to work and to covid—19. and gun violence on the streets. i think those are great things! throw them in the shredder! let's get rid of them! goodbye! times square new year's eve host jonathan bennett loves a gimmick. three, two, one! and he's promised next year will be better. i mean everyone jokes with me that jonathan bennett, "you ruined 2020 cos you were the one standing there, bringing in the new year, and you're the one that kicked off with the ball drop." but you know what, it's not my fault and, guess what, this year we're going to have a better year by bringing in 2021. and what better way to say goodbye to the year by shredding the worst parts on good riddance day, an unofficial december 28th holiday which is needed this year more than others. we're saying good riddance to the fact we had to cancel our honeymoon in 2020. um, being broke. covid, bad vibes and stress. and i think there's one we can all agree with. ijust want to get rid of covid—19. by

new yorkers living up to new yorkers. they are built just a bit differently than the rest of us. check out how this five is braving the elements with a nighttime stroll on his bicycle. new york and boston are reporting up to a foot of snow this morning. that's tough shoveling. half a foot in philly. more than two feet of snow from pennsylvania's poconos into new jersey. the snowplows could barely keep up. hundreds of folks dealing without power. here's live doppler 7. it's just mainly all snow now that the cold air has been entrained into new england. i wonder if they can go to their ski resorts. if they can, wow, they'll be busy with that new snow. congratulations to them. back here we have the rain. nearly a half inch at sfo. caution if you're working from home and you want to go outside. it will be damp even though the rain will end after the morning commute. on the bay and beaches, no more advisories or king tides. they should be better. our strongest radar returns right now in the eastern part of san jose, santa clara, milpitas, alum rock and evergreen. that's sliding to the

a new study suggests 65% of new yorkers would like election talk to go away and 2 in 5 parents are wishing good riddance to remote learning. >> good-bye paper file folders. that's a fun one. >> reporter: meanwhile, preparations are under way as this year's times square celebration will go on, but not as usual. this year's guests are by invite only. everyone else can watch on tv or stream online. >> there's going to be live entertainment, the ball's going to drop. but there's not going to be people. just like here for good riddance day, it's a much smaller crowd. there's basically going to be no people that are permitted into times square. >> reporter: while everyone likely has something on their list they'd like to say good riddance to, in just three days from now the performances will begin and for the very first time 2020 will finally be hindsight. in times square, i'm >> thank you, diana. appreciate it. what would you get rid of? >> it's january 1st, right? is rent okay? can i put rent on this list? >> i have bills on the list. i got a whole list. i got between tweets, overall like nast

so obviously major contention between elected officials in new york and new yorkers in new york city. >> that's right, julie. good morning to you. christmas will look very different in the city this year especially if you are coming in from the u.k. you can expect to get a personal visit from a sheriff's deputy. this as new york city mayor bill deblasio kicks up those covid rules a notch on wednesday. thousands of u.k. travelers continue to pour into the city. anyone traveling to the state must continue to fill out a contact tracing form which includes exactly where they are staying. only now they will also be served a quarantine order by certified mail and travelers from the u.k. specifically will get an unannounced knock on the door by a sheriff's deputy at their home or hotel to confirm that they are in fact in quarantine. and anyone who fails to comply, julie, faces a $1,000 fine every day of non-compliance. the u.k. strain is believed to be 56% more contagious according to the latest study out of london. there are no confirmed cases here in the u.s. but dr. anthony fauci believes

. >>> let's go to this story where santa, like many new yorkers, likes to spend summer in the florida keys and he is sky ba diving before h ♪ from the north pole to new york city, it's live with kelly and ryan. @home for the holidays. today, the queen of christmas, the magical mariah carey. and a classic holiday performance from alanis morissette. plus our heartwarming story of a young man whose earned the nickname, kid santa. and throughout the show, funny holiday home videos courtesy of our incredible viewers. also, the live family staff and crew a special holiday message. so grab your cocoa and get comfy, because here are two of santa's favorite elves, kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. -santa: oh, no! -[crashing] woo! ah! oh! oh my goodness! oh! that was magical.

thank you for everything you've done for all new yorkers through this pandemic. i know how horrific it was. it was a modern day battlefield, and that's why the word heroes is so appropriate for what you did. you put your fear aside and you stepped up every day to serve others, and did you it magnificently well. i can't thank you enough. this vaccine is exciting because i believe this is the weapon that will end the war. it's the beginning of the last chapter of the book, but now we just have to do it. vaccine doesn't work if it's in the vial, right? so new york state has been working hard to deploy it, get it out. we have trains, planes and automobiles moving this all over the state right now. we want to get it deployed and we want to get it deployed quickly, and we're here to watch you take the first shot. so michael dowling, dr. chester, sandra lindsay, we're all with you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much, governor, and let me also express our thanks to you for your extraordinary leadership during this whole pandemic over the last number of months and obvious

a lot of new yorkers have fled for various reasons. i'm not sure how they will react to that. >> you can't redistribute wealth and the free system because wealth is not distributed, it's earned. in a free country where people are not forced to stay in new york or a particular state, you can't take money that people have earned and say you will take it from one person and give it to someone else who hasn't earned it without there being repercussions. it's good that mayor de blasio is being honest and he supports the scheme of redistributing wealth by force but it's a terrifying thing that someone could articulate that in a free country without repercussions. so i hope that people in new york who have already expressed frustration with how he is managing his city do what is necessary to make sure that people don't have their wealth taken from them. >> shannon: quick final word, jessica? >> i'm not sure that i would equate taxes with theft and necessarily but i am one of those new yorkers who does have a very high tax bill and i'm happy w

we have been very transparent and communicative with new yorkers. we have websites. i give them numbers every day. i wanted them to hear the facts. if anything, i've been accused of being overly communicative. especially at home. but the more facts people know, i think, the better. and we have been religious about following the data and the science. we do more testing than any state in the united states, by far. we have more data points, by far, and we rely on the data. it's not anecdotal, it's not political, it's not an opinion. we also started something called the surge and flex public health system management. it is something we're going to be implemented in an increased way today. surge and flex is not the most creative name, but what it says is, we surge and we flex the hospital system in this state. we start with 54,000 hospital beds statewide. we can then mandate, by the department of health, dr. howard zucker to my left, jim to his left, garreth roads, melissa. dr. zucker, melissa, you've worked with them. dr. zucker can order a 50% increase in beds, which we

plus, we will meet some new yorkers that are big fans of "live." all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: the weeknd "blinding lights." he is having quite the year. it is wednesday, december 2nd. how are you doing? >> kelly: you look like you are struggling with the thought

yorkers think about the proposal. well what happened with that england yesterday that's going to be huge i think depending on how that goes we're going to be more inspired and feel safer to take a thing that's been part of the 2 we're already questioning. you know if people have their decree actions to accedes sure even try and get it so you know there's no question starting answer i think it's a good idea for people who actually. i'm sure there's many pitfalls and it always support her civil liberties civil liberties hard hard our bill of rights fully fully support those rights but i also have to consider that there are public health risks for a flu vaccine is important but it's not mandatory as the common thing can be the same way mandating it seems like it might actually like cause more problems than a texas just because it might get people. to what their backs against the wall but i think everyone should take it i mean it is concerning but i'm the only way forward is trial and error so obviously i want to keep my

on her own which was distribute by the new yorker. jessica has a ph.d in literature from the university of texas and served as a melan writing fell explore interim writing center director at southwestern university. she has spend more than a dead cake working with refugees in austin, texas, and a part of -- rosayra pablo cruz is a business owner, mother of father and the co-author of the book of rosy, the first memoir to be published by a mother separated from her children under the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. the book was published simultaneously in june 2020 by harper one in english and harper collinses pan ol' in spanish and received a star review and named one of "people" magazine's must-read bask summer 2020. and i'm in the other co-author of the book in full disclosure. born and raised in guatemala she migrated to the out in 2013 and currently lives in new york city. welcome. i would like to start by acknowledging the donkey in the room, not the elephant. the fact that we are looking forward to a new administra

i bet a whole lot of new yorkers wish they were able to just work in general. does cuomo deserve to be on santa's nice list? tweet me. love to hear what you have to say. cv payne. we'll be right back. >> happy holiday and i'm going to have a great one. santa is going to be very good to me, i can tell. i worked hard this year. charles: new york governor andrew cuomo bragging about how hard he worked on the coronavirus pandemic. of course his ego knows no bounds. i think it is quite sickening at this point. he thinks he deserves a prize for being number two in covid deaths in this country. do you think maybe number two with covid related bankruptcies? how about the state unemployment rate of 9.6%? today the new york fed releasing a white paper on the looming eviction cliff facing new york city. i like to see him say how good he was in a year where 30% of new york city residents are looking or bracing for eviction. you know this is really tough. i mean people are going bankrupt. families grieving for lost ones, particularly those trapped in the nursing homes. andr

i support -- meals to elderly new yorkers. initiatives,f the but many of my colleague chefs have been on the forefront of supporting their cities. the first charity, one -- is the chefs, the second is the entertainer. here we are, frontline again to make sure we support our community. do youhen you are alone, cook elaborate meals for yourself? >> i like the one pot meals. lisa: join the club. >> you start by what takes the longest and gives the most flavor to what will take the least, and maybe give particular texture to it. of course, always a pinch of spice. i have a young chef i used to work with me, he is doing an amazing array of spices already mixed so you already have a pinch of that to make the dish wonderful. lisa: thank you very much, daniel boulud, we appreciate you joining us. thisof luck as we face winter and beyond with the rebirth of a number of restaurants. as we all contemplate that one pot meal with a pinch of spice, the nasdaq has turned positive on the day. s&p off of the earlier low, now down just one quar

that would raise $1 billion and incentives that new yorkers would shop local. negotiate with the nta union but that is the story. carley: you might need some tequila. >> reporter: the rock is rocking the booze world, a record-setting first year of sales according to forbes, selling 300,900 cases and ship 400,000 cases in its first year in business. he actually beat out george clooney on the sales. carley: george clooney's tequila company, giant checks after he made millions of dollars. todd: in the spirit of the holidays, that story, can you smell the distilling, she rejected it and laughed at me. it hurts. still had a legal win for restaurants in la county. a judge calling the outdoor dining been an abuse of power. >> a workaround calling it a place for peaceful protest. that owner joins us live next. ♪ it's been a tough year. and now with q4 wrapping up, the north pole has to be feeling the heat. it's okay santa, let's workflow it. workflow it...? -uh-huh. just picture it... with the now platform, we'll have the company you always imagined. efficient, produ

deduction is crushing new yorkers, crushing other states. it has been in place since the beginning of the tax code. they got rid of it in 2017. people are leaving our cities, leaving our states. coronavirus made it worse. we had a report the other day goldman sachs is thinking about taking a piece of its business bringing it down to florida. i want to say stop making financial contributions. new yorkers should stop making financial contributions to those politicians in washington that refuse to reinstate the s.a.l.t. deduction. i will start publishing the names, the names of both politicians not supporting reinstatement of the s.a.l.t. deduction and publishing the name of those new yorkers give money to the politicians that are hurting us so badly. neil: but you're not extending that to people who support the deductions themselves, right? so, let's say i'm not too keen, i live in new jersey. i'm not too keen because they also hurt me but if i'm not giving to any candidate one way or the other do you publicize my name? do you publicize those,

early satirical sketches of new yorkers firmly establish an is the first internationally recognized man of american letters. he purchased sunnyside as a retreat from his literary and social work. the charming home soon became a focal point for all the important writers, painters, and philosophers of this time. although washington irving authored many volumes not receive such praise as is critical sketchbook of geoffrey crayon. an 1864 edition was presented to ms. johnson. her bookshelf was enlarged even further, this time by a noted river historian with an autographed edition of his definitive book on the hudson and a young actor offered a spirited reading of her favorite story from the sketchbook, rip van winkle. the inspiration for his famous tail and many others were the roamingent as a child the quiet forest in the sleepy hollow area. himselfwaking he found on the low of the glen. he rubbed his eyes. it was a black sunny morning. birds were hopping among the bushes and the eagle was squealing aloft abreast the mountain breeze. ♪ he found the belly in which he descendedmpanion add

yorkers one against cota a facebook unco shaking in their boots. well i mean the european union did not directly point fingers said specific companies but there is no doubt that they are targeted targeting companies like apple google facebook and as and so companies that almost created monopolies what wall street was rather calm and what i've seen so far actually it might take years before we will see specific changes situ the laws and regulations therefore no big changes at least when you look at the stock prices of those companies there was any i'll comment out from. from some representative some here in the united states from the chamber of commerce are complaining that the european union is targeting successful u.s. companies that all told brought innovation and jumps to you were up and that's at least the comments from those guys well that's an interesting point you make because the e.u. is talking about a european approach is this crosses borders really digital platform wouldn't it make more sense for them to go global or at least. partner up

baker by new yorkn reporter peter baker and his wife, susan glasser, staff writer for "the new yorker." i know that you fully cooperated with peter and susan in the research and setting up the interviews, but you did not have any editorial control over the final product. sec. baker: no. talmage: so i'm sure you've read it. what's it like to read the biography of yourself published, by doubleday, huge reviews in "the new york times"? what did you think of the book and its presentation of your life? sec. baker: well, of course, i was a little apprehensive, because i'm a conservative republican, and the "new yorker" and "the new york times" are not necessarily conservative publications. but i determined there wasn't really anything out there for me to hide, so i gave them everything. i gave them boxes, files of correspondence from years ago with my parents and with my sib, my sister, and others. and i just said have at it, because i was not really particularly worried. was i a little apprehensive about what conclusions they might come to? you bet i was. are there some conclusions in the

and cindi lauper like most new yorkers is hopeful. >> show me your wreath? >> this too big for the door? you think? it's a great photograph. so the spirit is still here, isn't it? >> i think so, yeah. listen, we have been here, i was born here. right? >> me too. >> you cannot kill this city, this city will always come back. there's no place like new york. ♪ ♪ happy, happy christmas >>> in a time when our health care professionals are overwhelmed, one health professional in utah showed his appreciation in a unique way. here is chip reid. >> covid patient grover wilhelmson's request was from his icu bed was one that his medical team have never heard before. intubated and unable to speak at intermountain health care last month, the retired music teacher used paper and pen to ask if his wife diana could bring his v violin so he could play to the doctors and nurses. was he speaking through the violi (. >> that was the only way he could speak. >> he wrote the note to his nurse. >> what was the reaction when you first heard him play? >> i cried. >> she was so i