cheers and applause stephen welcome to the report. Thank you for joining us. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Stephen Stephen Stephen Stephen Stephen Stephen Stephen stephen thank you so much. cheers and applause . Folks, thanks so much. You know i need to folks, right off the top of the show, lets get to the big story tonight, the Mayoral Election right here in new york city. With zero precincts reporting, as far as i bothered to research, were prepared to name bill deblasio the next mayor of new york city beating noted kitten grinder joe lhota. Mayor deblasio, i support you, and so does my 64ounce mountain dew. Sir, youve got some very small shoes to fill. Of course the bigger mayoral news comes to us out of toronto, and the drug scandal engulfing chris farley tribute mayor rob ford. After months and months of his denials, on thursday, Toronto Police confirmed that ford appears in a video that allegedly depicts the mayor smoking crack cocaine. But, but on the bright side he is person
In brooklyn is connected to it. It was totally filled with water. Both tubes, from one end to the other, from the manhattan end to the brooklyn end. Ere were close to 100 million gallons of water that had to be pumped out of that tunnel and its still not back up to snuff. Thats one of many examples. Theres so many. The mta did a very good job. I want to congratulate joe lhota. They moved their Rolling Stock to high ground. Tried to barricade this awful flood in the best way they could. Boy, its awful. The mta is the largest Public Transportation system in the country. Its the life blood of new york. Its our circulatory system. 3. 5 Million People g on and off Manhattan Island every day to work. Wow. 3. 5 Million People. I guess thats more than the people in mississippi and probably more than the people in dade county, any way. And we depend on it. 2. 63 billion trips a year. As i said, the mta took a lot of necessary precautions. But this is 108yearold system. Its the first major subwa
My customers can shop around; see who does good work and compare costs. It can also work that way with healthcare. With united healthcare, i get information on quality ratings of doctors, Treatment Options and estimates for how much ill pay. That helps me and my guys make informed decisions. I dont like guesses with my business and definitely not with our health. Thats health in numbers. United healthcare. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the u. S. Economy turned in surprisingly strong jobs numbers for october. The Labor Department reported today that employers added 204,000 positions despite the partial Government Shutdown. At the same time, the Unemployment Rate ticked up a tenth to 7. 3 . Paul solman will have more on the numbers and what they mean right after the news summ
There. Zip it a little more. Little less shirt. Senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post sam stein. And msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. Im rochablely overdressed. In washington, White House Correspondent for the associated press, julie page joins us. Good to have you all on board this morning. We have a lot to get to. A couple of things. Hillary clinton is back in the news. She got some good news but got heckled at an event. Well show you how she handled it. How the former secretary of state was hammered on benghazi but she handled it pretty well. I think. You decide. Also made accommodate in america, why are you all looking at me. Medicaid in america. Actually a very serious story prescription pills account for 75 of deadly drug overdoses in the u. S. So the fda is working to try to do something about that and dr. Nancy will be joining us to give us details on that. Also just a ti
Good morning, everyone, its wednesday, october 16th. At least there is some good news for boston. For boston. With us on set, not washington. National Affairs Analyst john heilman is with us. Hello, george. Hi. Add to that, we have donny deutsche, incorporated. Donny deutsche. And in washington, White House Correspondent for the associated press, julie pace and kelly odonnell. So now we raise the bar. Willie, in either circumstance, we would be talking about the historic effectiveness of the Detroit Tigers pitching because their pitching has been extraordinary, verlander, again we seen this three games strikeout after strikeout, that man the best pitcher in baseball without a doubt, unbelievable. Of course. One strike after another strikeout after another strikeout. Yet the tigers couldnt hit and the red sox carrying about a. 132 game average. I thought the red sox had one run on napolis home run. Thats all they needed. You can see it on verlanders face what do i have to do, exactly .