Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. She didnt blink. Refusing to budge on issuing marriage licenses for samesex couples. But her subordinates issued them anyway and that was enough for a federal judge in kentucky today to free county clerk kim davis, who had been locked up for contempt. And while other workers in the Rowan County Clerks Office are now issuing licenses, t to gay and lesbian couples, kim davis emerged from behind bars as defiant as ever. Embraced as a hero by some on the religious right and making it clear the fight isnt over. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in grayson, kentucky. Please help me welcome to the stage kim davis reporter kim davis walked out of the Carter County Detention Center after almost five full days behind bars as a rock star. I just want to give god the glory. He is his people have rallied, and you are a strong people reporter a judge suddenly setting her free because her deputy cler
United forced to step down amid a federal investigation into whether the airline tried to influen a the head of the Port Authority of new york and new jersey David Sampson by adding twice weekly flights from newark to columbia, South Carolina where sampson owned a vacation home. Cnbcs phil lebeau covers the airline business. T re questiol is whether united added flights between newark, new jersey and columbia, South Carolina as some sort of quid pro quo as part of the negotiations for extending its leaseoa newark airport. Reporter in a Statement United Airlines says the departures announced today are in connection with the companys previously disclosed internal investigation related to the federal investigation associated with the Port Authority of new york and new jersey. Federal Law Enforcement sources tell nbc news tonight todays developments are an extension of the bridgegate scand ineslving the portw authority. David samson was forced out of rhe port authoritn last year amid that
Statistics this year we did 670 thousand more or less not a major drop but our business has has has been steady we get 120 thousand calls a month these days unfortunately 25 percent of the of the people that call us never see a cab in this day and age and to me thats an unacceptable rate and for various reasons people give us the wrong address decide to walk but 25 percent is is not we need carrots and sticks and need your help we can do it were trying to do it. Okay . Thank you. Thank you. Jim margolis. Medallion holder with yellow cab since 1977. Just on levelling the Playing Field i know that were speaking about what we can do in the taxi industry about levelling the field for example with the credit cards and making drivers what we can do is have them accept credit cards i know where were disadvantaged because the credit card isnt right at the beginning where the the people can walk out but people are using credit cards now. I wanted to talk about the levelling the Playing Field so
Thats an unacceptable rate and for various reasons people give us the wrong address decide to walk but 25 percent is is not we need carrots and sticks and need your help we can do it were trying to do it. Okay . Thank you. Thank you. Jim margolis. Medallion holder with yellow cab since 1977. Just on levelling the Playing Field i know that were speaking about what we can do in the taxi industry about levelling the field for example with the credit cards and making drivers what we can do is have them accept credit cards i know where were disadvantaged because the credit card isnt right at the beginning where the the people can walk out but people are using credit cards now. I wanted to talk about the levelling the Playing Field so levelling the Playing Field theres a certain amount we can do were not against the tncs being around but the major thing about levelling the Playing Field is dealing with legal issues seems to me being a lawyer, the issue of how many of these can operate at one
You okay . Dispatch. In august of last year, 2013, yellow cabs fleet did 672 2 thousand metered rides we have these statistics this year we did 670 thousand more or less not a major drop but our business has has has been steady we get 120 thousand calls a month these days unfortunately 25 percent of the of the people that call us never see a cab in this day and age and to me thats an unacceptable rate and for various reasons people give us the wrong address decide to walk but 25 percent is is not we need carrots and sticks and need your help we can do it were trying to do it. Okay . Thank you. Thank you. Jim margolis. Medallion holder with yellow cab since 1977. Just on levelling the Playing Field i know that were speaking about what we can do in the taxi industry about levelling the field for example with the credit cards and making drivers what we can do is have them accept credit cards i know where were disadvantaged because the credit card isnt right at the beginning where the the