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And i think this is really a great result. not only for lower manhattan, but for new york city and the country as a whole. we have to remember that this would have to occurred in the financial district. the financial capital of our country, the only neighborhood that's been attacked twice by terrorists. why on earth would we have a trial there and risk shutting down the new york stock exchange, stock market and risk further economic damage to the country not to mention thousands of residents who live next to the foley courthouse. >> mike: not the to mention any favorite chinese restaurant in c...

Court. [ applause ] >> mike: our audience agrees. mr. commissioner, thank you very much for joining us here today. when we come back -- >> good to be with you, governor. >> mike: -- we talk to people who live in lower manhattan who led the charge to get the trial moved out of their area. stay with us. ah, auto! sir? finding everything okay? i work for a different insurance company. my auto policy's just getting a little too expensive. with progressive, you get the "name your price" option, so we build a policy to fit your budget. wow! the price gun. ♪ ah! wish we had this. we'd just tell peo...

The attorney general made his big pronouncement that it's coming to new york you said this is okay and you wrote an op-ed piece. you since definitely and clearly changed your mind and now you are one of the leading voices against this being in new york. what changed? >> what changed my mind is basically the fact that the nypd released the security segment that showed there be 2,000 check points over lower manhattan and it would cost $200 million a year in security. as lawyer, it's soliquiotor is speaking for itself, it's patently unsafe to have the trial in lower manhattan. the community board...

Tribunal. certainly not in a civilian court. [ applause ] >> mike: our audience agrees. mr. commissioner, thank you very much for joining us here today. when we come back -- >> good to be with you, governor. >> mike: -- we talk to people who live in lower manhattan who led the charge to get the trial moved out of their area. stay with us.

Take into account the serious issues of security and costs that go with the trial because they thought of it a normal civilian case and it's not. >> jamie: that seems very naive. we've seen the blind sheikh and other terror trials and they have come to a conclusion that many people were satisfied with. what is so different about this case from a former federal prosecutor who handled terrorism cases, your point of view? >> well because you have the links to al qaeda, there are serious security concerns we have never seen before in civilian trial. you saw that when mayor bloomberg and the new yo...