for american cities. and i thank you for that. i want to acknowledge my mayor, mayor de blasio and congratulate first lady for her award and all the other awardees. there are so many friends here i wouldn t have time to say anything else. but i do have to say that the mayor of little rock, he went to work for me in 1974, i m pretty sure he wasn t old enough to vote. and if not, he ll appreciate the exaggeration. the long-time mayor of boston tom manino who was a good friend of hillary s and mine once said the true privilege of being mayor is that i have the opportunity to be everyone s
moist, heavy snow, and it s going to be a mess here soon. the sights and sounds of a fierce winter storm. overnight, the large swath of snow and ice moved into the northeast, packing a punch that has many in the region digging in for a long winter. we ve got plenty of salt, the back roads are starting to stick a little bit. it looks like it s coming down pretty good now, though. they might get a little worse, especially the back roads. i m going to stay in for this and get out of the way. boston s mayor, tom manino, cautioning everyone this holiday season before the worst hits his city. be very careful. the roadways, there ll be snow on them. and i ask you, when you celebrate, celebrate responsibly. this is a snowstorm that is a
reporter: the sights and sounds of a fierce winter storm. overnight, the large swath of snow and ice moved into the northeast, packing a punch that has many in the region digging in for a long winter. we ve got plenty of salt, but the back roads are starting to stick a little bit. it looks like it s coming down pretty good now, though. they might get a little worse, especially the back roads. i m going to stay in for this and get out of the way. reporter: who s s mayor, tom manino, cautioning everyone in holiday season before the worst hits his city. be very careful. the roads, there ll be snow on them, and just ask you, celebrate responsibly. this is a snowstorm that is not a major portion. reporter: the 1,000-mile path of this system has put from kansas to maine in the bull s-eye, with winter storm
the city council is set to vote on the initiative. if passed, and then signed by the mayor, d.c. s minimum wage will be the highest in the country. pamela and victor, that s what s coming up on wall street. alison, thank you so much. if you re up for a little light read this morning, you might want to check this out. and it is light. really light, let me tell you. oxford university has digitized a 550-year-old guttenberg bible and put the whole thing online. that s right. if you really want to read it, you ll need to know latin, just a minor thing there, you know what i mean? the book is translated putting the guttenberg bible is part of a project by the palonzi foundation. we re expecting arizona senator john mccain to take the stage any minute in opposition to a rally in the ukraine. we re seeing here this rally live right now. a protest began when the
the truth of the matter is these are human beings. and the toughest thing i have to do is go to a hospital, try to get there before the parents or the spouse or the children get there, and i take it on as my responsibility as mayor to look them in the eye and tell them that their loved one s never coming home. and you do that, you really start to understand this is not just numbers, it s not just slogans, it s not just business, this is human life. these are people who are on this earth along with you and me and they have a right to live safely. and we talk about democracy. democracy is being able to walk the streets not looking over your shoulder. and if everybody s armed, i don t think you re going to be able to have that. but particularly if you let guns go to the hands of these people who just don t have the wherewithal or the credentials under existing federal law to own a gun. an eloquent last word on this subject tonight. mr. mayor, thank you very much