organizations. you can find different ways to contribute to helping the bahamas. the 2020 election just around the corner. just over a year away. democrats running for president are back on the campaign trail. after thursday night s debate in the state of texas, now comes the second-guessing, the cleanups and even a few high-fives. jeff zeleny has this. joe biden brushing aside another round of attacks on the democratic debate stage. this time from castro. biden s campaign is calling that moment a cheap shot and a low bel blow in an email to supporters. but the democrat says his age is fair game. last night is the closest we came to a debate. castro defending his words, but not repeating them.
further generate. new york offered 3 billion in incentives and some real estate we ll refer to as prime, and then the opposition went to work, and today they won. amazon has pulled out, and now a festival of second-guessing will make new york politics even more toxic. and that s hard to do. here s how nbc news correspondent tom costello reported the story tonight. reporter: tonight, the world s biggest company is saying no thanks to the world s financial capital. amazon had announced it would bring 25,000 jobs to new york s long island city as part of its hq2 initiative, splitting 50,000 jobs with northern virginia. but almost immediately it faced stiff opposition. amazon has got to go. reporter: opposed to the potential impact on traffic, housing, schools and the financial agreement amazon struck with the city and state. now three months later, the company is pulling the plug on its new york plans. it shows that everyday
to new york s decrepit subway, crumbling infrastructure and housing challenges, but amazon chose to come to new york and promised to deliver, though maybe not overnight, 25,000 jobs with them. and those jobs all those people would further generate. new york offered 3 billion in incentives and some real estate we ll refer to as prime, and then the opposition went to work, and today they won. amazon has pulled out, and now a festival of second-guessing will make new york politics even more toxic. and that s hard to do. here s how nbc news correspondent tom costello reported the story tonight. reporter: tonight, the world s biggest company is saying no thanks to the world s financial capital. amazon had announced it would bring 25,000 jobs to new york s long island city as part of its hq2 initiative, splitting 50,000 jobs with northern virginia. but almost immediately it faced stiff opposition.
almost three months to the day after governor cuomo and mayor de blasio announced the blockbuster amazon deal to much fanfare that company abruptly did an about-face. for good reason it is the lead story tonight here in new york city, where the city has pulled off the once unthinkable, they have scared off the biggest company on the planet. to be candid, a good many of us were surprised that amazon was willing to expose its employees to new york s decrepit subway, crumbling infrastructure and housing challenges, but amazon chose to come to new york and promised to deliver, though not overnight, 25,000 jobs with them. the jobs all those people would further generate. new york offered 3 billion in incentives and some real estate we ll refer to as prime, and then the opposition went to work, and today they won. amazon has pulled out, and now a festival of second-guessing will make new york politics even more toxic. and that s hard to do.
so there is this continued mantra of gee, the military is so much better. i m not sure it is. and in fact, one of the concerns i have is the continued politicization of the military. who s on the left? who s on the right? that s all being skrernted by politicians, not the military themselves because they swear their oath to the constitution. this is damaging to men and women who wear the uniform. they sign up to do a job. they don t fight for one individual. they support and defend the constitution of the united states. and the politicalization of the military, the intelligence community and law enforcement is increasingly dangerous in my view. i ll come back to that in just a second. max boot, to you. because as the president somehow comes across and comes up with this criticism of the bin laden raid, you know this falls neatly into a pattern that this president has, which is making his career on second-guessing. he is a genius at decision making but only after the facts. he loves