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Its unlikely to be known tomorrow night exactly who the winner is and were going to have to have patience, something new yorkers are not known for. but we will actually then be able to really have a vote that is counted and counted well, and reflects the majority of new york citys views. >> one big issue has been a big spike in shootings and other kinds of attacks, subway attacks against asians, against jews. how are you going to address the rising violence while being sensitive to the treatment...

In an exclusive interview, CeFaan Kim talks to a woman who believes she was the victim of a violent hate crime after a random, unprovoked attack on a subway train left her bloodied and beaten. Herbert, who is founder of the statewide organization "Advocates Without Borders," emphasized that certain things in the local government need to be done in order for the streets to be safer. "We dont want our police forces defunded, so that way we can get these individuals off the street," he said. "We h...

Loo says he was infuriated and says it was inspiration for him to create the task force. "Historically Asian Americans have been victims at a disproportionate rate in New York City," Loo said. "And the service they get from the police department, they dont really look for it because they dont speak English, theyre afraid of the police, theres cultural barriers and differences." But a number of community leaders have been questioning how effective the task force has been, including community lea...

The NYPD has been slow to classify the attacks as hate crimes. "Asian Americans - we work hard and were raised to work hard. This attack is being done by a very small bad actor," said rallygoer Van Le. A solidarity walk was held Saturday night in Chinatown, organized by SafeWalks, to show further support for the Asian community. "We are definitely here to help, in what way we are still finding out," said SafeWalks volunteer Jen Goma. The SafeWalks group was founded just last month by Peter Kerr...

Hundreds from across New York City and the Tri-State showed up in Washington Square Park on Saturday to denounce recent crimes against Asians in New York City and show support for the Asian community.

The evening as if nothing happened. but, of course, that couldnt be further from the reality because this morning was very chaotic and bloody indeed. two suicide bombers detonating their suicide belts on this metro station here in lubyanko in the center of moscow and another station on the same line a short distance away killing 38 people in total and another 63 people still in hospital. some of them, as you can imagine with very grave injuries, indeed. there has been no claim of responsibility ...

Theyve landed claim in the caucasus mountains for a long time. russian president boris yeltsin sent in troops. two years later the forces withdrew. russia and chechnya declared cease-fire. a second war followed from 1999 to 2009, killing an estimated 15,000 russian soldiers. many of the ireporters moved quickly after the attacks. streaming pictures. and video over the internet. this ireporter arrived on the scene minutes after the blasts. and also some images, and filed this report. >> reaction ...

Attacks took place. from the north caucasus region. 38 people killed. more than 60 people laid up in hospital a short distance from here. some of them with very critical, very grave injuries indeed, as you can imagine. >> and matthew, any claim of responsibility that is credible at this point? >> reporter: no. there hasnt been. we had some information earlier, which were reported that there had been a claim of responsibility. but that was incorrect. there has been no claim of responsibility for ...

Subways. the attack killed dozens and injured dozens more. matthew chance is outside one of the stations that was targeted and he joins us live now. ive got to tell you, matthew, i was struck by your comments last hour on how quickly the city has gone back to work today after these attacks. >> reporter: yeah, its incredible. the president of the company said that he wanted the security services to do everything they could and the emergency workers as well to make sure the transport system was op...

Lets get you caught up on top stories now. moscow is in shock following a pair of deadly attacks on the busy subway systems. at least 30 people killed by suicide bombers. security now tightened in new york and d.c. subway systems. investigators are trying to find the cause of the fire at a historic ice rink in sacramento. it was initially called in as a vehicle fire. firefighters say when they got there the back side of the building was in flames. the 70-year-old rink was destroyed. we dont ofte...