,. good to go, all right. hello, new york. thank you for joining us, live at in new york city for this very, very special edition of why is this happening? he is insightful, he is big hearted, very, very very smart. admit it, he s taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, and msnbc s chris hayes. [applause] hello, everybody. hello! thank you. oh, stop. [applause] stop it! [applause] how are you? good? thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. sit down, sit down, sit down. thank you, that s extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. really, really hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it s amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city, i ve got some family here. tonight, we re gonna talk about democracy. in that word, we ve probably talked more about democracy in the last four or five years that i had in all of my time before than i would say. even that as a topic seems weird, we know a
hello new york. thank you for joining us live at a town hall in new york city for this very special edition of why is this happening? he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very smart. and, admit it, he is taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, a beloved colleague, msnbc s, chris hayes. [applause] thank you! oh, stop. stop it. [applause] how are you? good? thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you, that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. it s a hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i have family here. tonight, we will talk about democracy. that word, we have probably talked more about democracy in the last four or five years that i had in all of my time as a journalist. even that, as a topic, seems we are. we all know, america is a democracy. there is a certain history you are taug
thank you for joining, us live, at town hall in new york city for this very special addition of why is this happening? he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very smart. and, admit it, he is taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, a beloved colleague, msnbc s, chris hayes. [applause] thank you! oh, stop. stop it. [applause] how are you? good? thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you, that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. it s a hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i have family here. tonight, we will talk about democracy. that word, we have probably talked more about democracy in the last four or five years that i had in all of my time as a journalist. even that, as a topic, seems we are. we all know, america is a democracy. there is a certain history you are taught that, i think, is part of american, ci
that is tonight s hello, new york. thank you for joining us at townhall for this very special edition of why is this happening. he is talk, he is smart, please give a warm welcome to my colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey, oh, stop. how are you? good. thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me, so thank you. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i ve got some family here. so, tonight we are going to talk about democracy, and that word, we have probably talk more about democracy in the last four or five years that and all of my time as a journalist before that. even that as a topic seems a little weird. america is the democracy and there is a certain kind of history your talk that is a certain part of american civic culture, deeply, almost kind of civic religion which roughly goes to the following. the founders rebelled against t
the place but actually what hangers me more is if you look down all the trash that people leave behind. reporter: george sylvester grew up near here and today showed his new wife the fort and had a suggestion. throw big good security cameras up in the place and high enough they get it and film it and everybody knows everybody in the town you got the kids. reporter: gra greety is so extense graffiti is so extensive your eyes can hardly focus on the beauty an though the town owns most it is helped to be maintained. as they have done in the past dcr workers were trying to make a dent in the vandalism. definitely sad that people this. reporter: i realize the times we live in that graffiti happens and cleaning all this up is obviously, a losing proposition. but still, dcr keeps trying and painting over the graffiti but when they do the people have no back with the spray cans bill shields wbz news. new york man convicted of killing a popular restaurant owner will spend