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"WELL, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE IS UNDER FIRE AFTER ZORAN MAMDANI'S INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER REPORTEDLY MADE PLANS TO MEET WITH IRAN'S U.N. AMBASSADOR EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE TIMING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORSE. AND THE NEW YORK POST REPORTING THIS, THE SCHEDULED MEETING WOULD HAVE..."
[0:00] WELL, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR'S
[0:01] OFFICE IS UNDER FIRE AFTER
[0:03] ZORAN MAMDANI'S INTERNATIONAL
[0:05] AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER REPORTEDLY
[0:07] MADE PLANS TO MEET WITH IRAN'S
[0:10] U.N. AMBASSADOR EARLIER THIS
[0:11] WEEK.
[0:12] THE TIMING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
[0:14] WORSE.
[0:14] AND THE NEW YORK POST REPORTING
[0:16] THIS, THE SCHEDULED MEETING
[0:17] WOULD HAVE UNFOLDED AFTER
[0:19] IRANIAN TROOPS FIRED MISSILES
[0:21] AT TWO COMMERCIAL SHIPS
[0:22] TRAVERSING THE STREET OF
[0:23] HORMOUZ.
[0:24] AN ACTION MONDAY IN DIRECT
[0:26] DEFIANCE OF AN INTERIM PEACE
[0:28] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S.
[0:30] AND IRAN.
[0:30] MAYOR MAMDANI WAS ASKED ABOUT
[0:32] THIS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY.
[0:33] WATCH.
[0:35] THAT MEETING DID NOT TAKE
[0:36] PLACE.
[0:36] IT WILL NOT TAKE PLACE.
[0:38] AND I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT
[0:39] UNTIL THERE WAS A PRESS INQUIRY
[0:40] REGARDING IT.
[0:41] AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORK OF
[0:45] OUR COMMISSIONER AND OUR
[0:46] INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OFFICE,
[0:47] IT'S TO ENSURE THAT AS WE ARE A
[0:49] CITY OF THE WORLD, THAT WE ARE
[0:51] ALSO THERE TO MEET WITH LEADERS
[0:52] FROM ACROSS THE WORLD.
[0:54] THE FOCUS IS ALWAYS ON OUR
[0:55] CITY AND OUR RELATIONSHIP.
[0:57] THE COMMISSIONER RECOGNIZES THAT
[1:00] THIS WAS MADE AN ERROR AND WE ARE
[1:02] WORKING ON A NEW PROCESS IN
[1:03] TERMS OF NEW MEETING REQUESTS.
[1:04] A NEW PROCESS?
[1:05] WHAT ABOUT COMPETENCE?
[1:06] WELL, THIS COMES AS THE WALL
[1:08] STREET JOURNAL REPORTS ISRAEL
[1:09] WARNED THE U.S. THAT IRAN HATCHED
[1:11] A NEW PLAN TO ASSASSINATE
[1:12] PRESIDENT TRUMP.
[1:13] IRAN HAS REPEATEDLY VOWED TO
[1:15] RETALIATE AGAINST OUR PRESIDENT
[1:16] FOR ORDERING THE KILLING OF
[1:18] IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
[1:19] GENERAL KASIM SOLEMANI.
[1:20] PRESIDENT TRUMP REITERATED
[1:21] THAT THIS WEEK.
[1:22] THEY'VE BEEN TROUBLE FOR 47
[1:28] YEARS AND WE TOOK OUT THEIR
[1:29] FIRST SET OF LEADERS.
[1:30] WE TOOK OUT THEIR SECOND SET OF
[1:31] LEADERS.
[1:32] THEY WANT TO TAKE OUT THE U.S.
[1:33] LEADER, ME.
[1:34] I'M ON EVERY LIST.
[1:36] I SAW THINGS THIS MORNING.
[1:37] I'M ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR
[1:38] LISTS.
[1:39] AND SO FAR I GUESS I'VE BEEN A
[1:41] LITTLE BIT LUCKY.
[1:42] BUT THAT MAYBE DOESN'T LAST VERY
[1:43] LONG.
[1:44] THE PRESIDENT TOLD THE POST
[1:46] TODAY, QUOTE, I'VE LEFT INSTRUCTIONS,
[1:48] IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, TO JUST
[1:49] LITERALLY BOMB THEM AT LEVELS
[1:50] THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
[1:52] REBECCA, IT'S SO FRIGHTENING TO
[1:54] EVEN DISCUSS THIS.
[1:55] I CAN'T EVEN WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND
[1:57] IT.
[1:58] LET'S GO BACK TO NEW YORK CITY FOR
[2:00] A SECOND.
[2:01] YOU HAVE TO BE A PRETTY SPECIAL
[2:03] FORM OF I'D SAY INCOMPETENCE AND
[2:05] BLINDNESS TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN ON
[2:06] YOUR WATCH.
[2:07] OKAY.
[2:08] EXCEPT THAT ACCORDING TO THE
[2:10] CITY JOURNAL WHO SAW SOME
[2:12] INTERNAL MESSAGES FROM THIS
[2:15] COMMISSIONER TO MEMDANI'S
[2:16] INTERNAL STAFF THAT THEY WERE TO
[2:18] TAKE MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN
[2:19] LEADERS WHO, QUOTE, ARE IN
[2:21] POLITICAL ALIGNMENT SLASH
[2:22] LEFTIST.
[2:23] AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHY DID
[2:26] THEY THINK THAT THE IRANIAN
[2:28] REGIME IS IN POLITICAL ALIGNMENT
[2:30] OR LEFTIST WITH THEM WHEN, YES,
[2:33] THE IRAN REGIME IS FIRING ON
[2:35] COMMERCIAL SHIPPING.
[2:36] THEY'RE ALSO FIRING AT AMERICANS,
[2:38] AT AMERICAN WAR SHIPS, AT
[2:39] AMERICANS BASED OVERSEAS IN
[2:41] KUWAIT AND BARRAIN AND SAUDI
[2:43] ARABIA.
[2:44] AND SO THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT
[2:46] THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
[2:47] MAMDANI ADMINISTRATION WAS
[2:48] SEEKING TO DO.
[2:49] AND ALSO, OF COURSE, WE KNOW
[2:51] THAT NEW YORK HAS BEEN REALLY
[2:53] STRUGGLING WITH ANTI-SEMITISM.
[2:54] AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
[2:56] BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAMDANI.
[2:57] HE HAS BEEN FUELING THIS
[2:58] ANTI-SEMITISM AND HAS BEEN
[2:59] VERY ANTI-ISRAEL.
[3:00] SO THE WHOLE THING IS VERY
[3:01] CONCERNING THAT THE MAMDANI
[3:02] ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE ANY
[3:03] INTEREST IN MEETING WITH AN IRAN
[3:04] OFFICIAL.
[3:05] YEAH.
[3:06] WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
[3:07] CONCERNS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE
[3:08] WOULD HAVE TO WITH YOUR
[3:09] EXPERIENCE?
[3:10] INVOLVING NEW YORK IN THE
[3:11] MEETING?
[3:12] YEAH.
[3:13] FIRST OF ALL, I TOTALLY
[3:14] BELIEVE MAYOR MANDANI.
[3:15] I'M CERTAIN THAT HIS
[3:16] COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNATIONAL
[3:17] AFFAIRS, HE WAS GOING TO MEET
[3:18] WITH THE IRANIANS TO HELP THEM
[3:19] FIND THE BEST BAGELS IN NEW
[3:20] YORK CITY.
[3:21] I AM SURE IT'S GOING TO BE A
[3:23] FRIENDLY COME TO NEW YORK, WE
[3:25] LOVE YOU MEETING.
[3:26] THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
[3:27] I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE ZORAN
[3:29] MANDANI WANTED TO HAVE A
[3:30] MEETING WITH PEOPLE WHO SAY
[3:32] DEATH TO AMERICA, DEATH TO
[3:33] ISRAEL, FOR ANY OTHER REASON
[3:35] THAN TO BE NICE.
[3:36] WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS EXACTLY
[3:38] RIGHT, REBECCA.
[3:39] THIS WAS POLITICS.
[3:40] THIS IS WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
[3:42] THIS IS WHO THEY SEEK OUT TO
[3:44] HAVE A SYMPATHETIC VIEW AND
[3:45] SYMPATHETIC EAR WITH.
[3:46] THIS IS FRIGHTENING.
[3:47] THIS IS NOT WHAT NEW YORK
[3:48] SHOULD BE DOING AND THE MAYOR
[3:50] LIES AND COVERS UP.
[3:51] HE SOUNDS LIKE GRAND PLATNER
[3:53] DENYING THE REALITY THAT IS
[3:54] RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM, WHICH IS
[3:56] WHY HIS STAFF FEELS THEY ARE
[3:57] LICENCED TO GO OUT AND MEET
[3:58] WITH THEIR MEETINGS.
[4:00] I WISH THE MEETING TOOK PLACE
[4:02] AND THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE
[4:04] DEMANDED TO KNOW WHAT THEY
[4:05] TALKED ABOUT AND HOLD THE MAYOR
[4:07] TO ACCOUNT FOR IT.
[4:08] IT REALLY IS TOO BAD THAT THEY
[4:10] STOPPED IT BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[4:11] BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT REALLY
[4:12] MOTIVATES THESE PEOPLE.
[4:13] THERE REALLY SEEMS TO BE
[4:15] THIS SORT OF LIKE WEASELING
[4:16] THAT HAPPENS HERE, LISA, WHERE
[4:17] THE MAYOR GETS AWAY WITH THINGS
[4:19] BY SMILING AND DENYING AND,
[4:21] YOU KNOW, REMEMBER IT TOOK
[4:22] THEM WHAT, THREE TIMES TO GET
[4:24] A PAYCHECK OUT TO NYPD
[4:25] OFFICERS AND IT'S ALWAYS, OH,
[4:26] THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE.
[4:29] IT'S NOT A LONG TIME.
[4:30] IT'S NOT A LONG TIME.
[4:31] IT SEEMS REALLY MEALY-MOUTHED
[4:32] HERE BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY
[4:34] IT'S NEW YORKERS WHO SAFETY IS
[4:36] BEING COMPROMISED LET ALONE OUR
[4:37] NATION'S SECURITY THAT'S BEING
[4:38] COMPROMISED IF THIS WERE TO
[4:39] HAPPEN.
[4:40] I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE ASKING
[4:42] WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON IN ALL OF
[4:43] THIS.
[4:44] RIGHT?
[4:45] AND YOU WOULD THINK, WON'T YOU
[4:46] KNOW IF YOUR INTERNATIONAL
[4:48] AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER IS TRYING
[4:49] TO MEET WITH IRANIAN OFFICIALS?
[4:51] BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GO DOWN THE
[4:52] LIST, YOU ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF
[4:54] THE TWEETS AND THE VARIOUS
[4:56] THINGS THAT HIS WIFE HAS LIKED
[4:58] SURROUNDING THE EVENTS OF
[4:59] OCTOBER 7th AS WELL.
[5:00] IT STARTS TO PAINT A LITTLE BIT
[5:01] OF A PICTURE.
[5:02] EVEN GOING BACK TO THE BIDEN
[5:03] ADMINISTRATION, REBECKAH IS
[5:04] GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
[5:05] YOU'VE GOT ROBERT MALLEY WHO WAS
[5:07] THE ENVOY FOR IRAN FOR THE
[5:09] BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
[5:10] HE HAD A SECURITY CLEARANCE
[5:12] REVOKED FROM HIM, ALSO WAS UNDER
[5:13] FBI INVESTIGATION.
[5:14] YOU HAD ANOTHER TOP OFFICIAL
[5:16] WHO WAS PART OF THE IRAN
[5:19] EXPERTS INITIATIVE WHICH SEEM
[5:20] BEFORE HAD REPORTED ABOUT
[5:22] GOVERNMENT LEAKED E-MAILS WHERE
[5:24] IRANIAN OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT
[5:25] OFFICIALS WERE COORDINATING
[5:27] WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED
[5:28] STATES THAT WERE PART OF THIS
[5:30] INITIATIVE TO TRY TO SHAPE
[5:32] PUBLIC OPINION HERE IN THE
[5:34] UNITED STATES AND THE WEST
[5:36] MORE FAVORABLY FOR THE IRANIAN
[5:38] REGIME SO WHOSE SIDE ARE SOME
[5:41] OF THESE PEOPLE ON?
[5:42] IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
[5:44] AMERICA.
[5:45] YEAH, JUST POINTING OUT AND
[5:48] YOU POINTED THIS OUT TOO, MOM
[5:50] DONNIE SAYS I WASN'T INFORMED
[5:51] ABOUT THIS MEETING AND
[5:52] APPARENTLY SHE HAS BEEN
[5:53] REPRIMANDED.
[5:54] BUT MY QUESTION IS YOU SHOULD
[5:56] KNOW WHAT YOUR STAFF IS DOING
[5:58] IF SOMEONE ON YOUR STAFF TAKES
[6:00] A MEETING WITH IRAN AND THE
[6:02] MAYOR DOESN'T KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE
[6:03] YOU HAVE A LOT OF OTHER
[6:04] PROBLEMS.
[6:05] I THOUGHT THE SAME AS YOU WHEN
[6:07] YOU HAVE A LOT OF OTHER
[6:08] REGIMES WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THAT
[6:09] FROM MOM DONNIE.
[6:10] HE TRIED TO MEET WITH THE
[6:11] COLUMBIAN PRESIDENT, PETRO,
[6:12] THE STATE DEPARTMENT
[6:13] INTERVENED.
[6:14] THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
[6:15] PETRO WAS AT A RALLY WITH HIM
[6:17] AT ONE POINT IN SEPTEMBER.
[6:18] SO HE DOES COZY UP TO THE LEFT.
[6:20] BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE
[6:21] DIPLOMATIC MISSION THAT THIS
[6:22] WOMAN WAS A PART OF SAYS THAT
[6:23] THEY WANT AN EQUITABLE AND
[6:24] INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.
[6:25] WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IRAN IT
[6:27] IS NOT THAT.
[6:28] WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IRAN IT IS
[6:30] NOT THAT.
[6:31] AND I THINK ABOUT 22-YEAR-OLD
[6:33] MASA AMINI WHO I BRING UP
[6:34] REPEATEDLY ON THE SHOW WHO WAS
[6:35] ARRESTED BY THE MORALITY
[6:37] POLICE, BEATEN AND IN IRANIAN
[6:38] CUSTODY WAS KILLED.
[6:39] SHE IS ONE WOMAN OF MANY.
[6:41] TENS OF THOUSANDS OF IRANIAN
[6:42] CITIZENS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.
[6:43] IF YOU WANT TO BE EQUITABLE AND
[6:44] INCLUSIVE, YOU ARE DOING THE
[6:45] EXACT OPPOSITE BY TAKING A
[6:46] MEETING WITH IRAN.
[6:47] YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
[6:48] WE ARE THE FREEST COUNTRY IN THE
[6:49] WORLD, THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE
[6:50] WORLD.
[6:51] YOU ARE COZYING UP TO SOMEONE WHO
[6:53] KILLS YOUNG MUSLIM WOMEN.
[6:54] PEOPLE YOU PURPORTEDLY SAY YOU
[6:56] CARE ABOUT.
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