Editorinchief, james bennet. Thank you, commissioner, for being with us today. [applause] i thought id open with a familiar, oftrepeated statistic that i thought i should repeat again. Youll correct me if i have it wrong. In 1990, there were 2,245 homicide in the city of new york, which i think was the record mark. And last year there were 333 homicides in the city of new york. Though the population had grown by a Million People in the meantime, and there are however many millions more visitors to the city every year. I can remember what the social implications of that statistic were for neighborhoods across the city in the early 90s, and the transformation is nothing short of astonishing. You arrived in new york to lead the Transit Police this 1990. In 1990. And while there are no doubt many factors that explain the decrease, the source of strategies and tactics you put in place from aggressively implementing the broken windows philosophy to pursuing datadriven methods of policing are
I Martha Maccallum in new york and this is the story. Today, the enemy is a very different one. Is a virus here at home and the country is indeed in the grip of a fierce spiral. Some families afraid to leave their homes, others afraid to have their own relatives, but if fear is really justified as a question that may only be known in historical hindsight but at the moment, it is clear to say that in many ways, it is dictating American Life and putting into question our natural bent towards resilience and what makes us who we are. Our school system, our economy, our work life in the office, even our favorite past time are now in question for this fall. But for an overwhelming majority of parents say they are concerned about sending their kids back to school and they feel as you look at the numbers there that that is not a risk worth taking. This look at some other numbers to inform this in a bigger way. According to the cdc, 30 children in america have died from covid19. 32 many, to be
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , september 11, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable tom reed to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the house will now observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001. Will all present please rise for a moment of silence. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no eve
Rain that lasts for 36 hours once the storm starts to hit later tonight into early tomorrow morning. We all know what this means for some communities in new jersey. Its been one of our priorities to give these communities so often hard hit by the flooding and the necessary flexibility to act. And so act first and worry about the dep later, okay . This is one of those times that uses one of my favorite sayings. Its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, all right . Get done what you need to get done. Good morning. It is monday, october 29th. Thats ocean city, maryland, youre looking at right now. With us on set, msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle and msnbc and time senior political analyst, Mark Halperin. Well get right to the latest on Hurricane Sandy. Flights are canceled. Subways are shut down and millions of people are bracing for an historic storm up and down the eastern seaboard. High winds and rains are beginning to hit places like ocean city, maryland. Hurricane sandy will
Hour,me in our and approaching the 50 anniversary of his assassination. In the studio, the editorin chief of the atlantic. Could you tell us what this is about, and why you decided to put out this edition . Thet were approaching 50th anniversary of the assassination of jfk and the john f. Kennedy. Kennedy remains with us today. His legacy is so contested. Views of him are still all over the map. Historians to rate him that high. The put them in the top 20. Americans rate him extremely high. He remains the most popular president of the 20th century besides of franklin roosevelt. Atlantic has been around for a long time. We covered the Kennedy Administration thoroughly. Our writers have struggled with the question of what impact his administration had, and what he was like as a man. Forommission new stories the insights and revelations of the 50 years since he was killed. Putting that together with great pieces by Walter Litman and other writers. Trying to produce a composite orchard of