President ruben diaz jr. Held his seventh can you believe it . State of the borough address. There he is. He announced 10 million of his Capital Budget would go towards renovating the Orchard Beach pavilion. Goals for the bronx include becoming the next Silicon Valley. Yeah. He also mentioned millions in new funding for business projects, 23,000 new units of housing. The workforce Participation Rate in the bronx has never been higher. All right, well, thats the overview. Lets get down to the details. [ speaking spanish ] ruben diaz jr. Good to see you, my friend. Good to see you. Housing, education . Well, i want to start with the fact that weve been able to highlight over the last six years all the great stuff thats happening in our borough, and we want people to revisit us. We want people to think differently, think the bronx. Do you think people dont think that way . I mean, i know a part of your job is, yes, cheerleader for the bronx. Yes, look at the bronx, but but if youre always
And the applaus tadvocating for better qual y in the poorer, minority schools. Todays event was organized by families for Excellent Schools. And almost all of the parents and students of attendance came from Charter Schools. They want mayor de blasio to provide families of minority families with, quote, Excellent School options immediately. And we want to show you another live look of some of those families crossing over the brooklyn bridge, thousands are making the marks over the bridge to come here to city hall to draw attention to their fight. I spoke with the organizer of todays event, and heres what he had to say about their message to the mayor. Our message is simple, mayor de blasio, start supporting what works, stop standing in the way of great schools, parolly public Charter Schools. They need equity. Youre giving children what they need to be able to provide them a successful opportunity to learn. Es reporter and the Office Released this statement and it is focussed on ensuri
Just before her death, she had this interaction with Police Reporter the French Interior minister says officials were unaware he was in the country. We did not receive any prior information from any european country where he could have gone through before reaching france. Reporter we have chilling video from the daily mail. Com. It shows one of the attacks. Watch as people rush to hide as shots are fired into the cafe. The life of one customer is spared when a gunmans weapon jams. Hard images to look at today. Frances president plans to meet with president obama at the white house next week. Ill send it back to you. Ernie a lot going on. Sharon, thank you very much for that. Lets talk to our special guest joining me. This is a former fbi agent, security expert, manny gomez. Thanks for joining us. You know, with your working knowledge, you know, your experience, whats going on i know its old tape. Theyve confirmed that. Its not a credible threat, as they say. But theres a lot going on b
The creator did that because of, quote, potential legal action. Steve, back to you. Steve thank you, liz. Developing story out of new jersey. Officials say parts of hoboken could remain without Water Service until after thanksgiving. This after a major water main break yesterday. A 36 inch valve failed. Thats a biggie. As crews attempted to repair a break near the jersey city border. It will take several days to repair the additional damage. We will know more in the next 24 hours when theyre able to get in and make the repairs to that valve because they first need to make the repairs to the jersey city valve and then theyll be able to get access and see whats really happening in hoboken. Boil water advisory remains in effect. People should boil all water for drinking or cooking for a minute. A person crossing the street was hit by an mta bus at the corner of madison and jackson just before noon. The person was rushed to bellevue hospital. The injuries arent as bad as thought. Theyre in
They both talked to the u. N. General assembly and both were critical of one another. The president called out putin for supporting syrias president and blamed him in part for the refugee crisis. President obama started out calling for unity among nations and warned International Leaders the u. S. Cannot solve the worlds problems alone. President obama also asked for cooperation in the fight against isis and the downfall of the assad regime in syria. When a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own people, that is not just a matter of one nations internal affairs. It breeds human suffering on an order of magnitude that affects us all. I will repeat theres no room for accommodating an apocalyptic cult like isis. The United States makes no apology for using our military as part of a coalition to go after them. The president was critical of of the syrian president. Putin defended his position and also addressed the u. N. Assembly today. We think it is a mistake to refuse to coopera