It is very different being an analyst in Washington looking at data as opposed to being here in New York, where you have to take responsibility to protect people's lives, |
It was more specific as to target, it was more specific as to timing, and some of the sources had more information that would lead one to believe that it was not the kind of thing that appears in the intelligence community every day, |
It wasn't easy. Certainly serious economic harm was inflicted. But we did what we had to do to keep the city running and running safely. |
It would be have been outrageous to grant them immunity when firearms kill 7,000 people in this country every year, |
It's a lovely evening, isn't it? |
It's a very sad day for New York, ... It is a great tragedy. |
It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach, |
It's part of our culture, ... They bring a lot of business here. I don't think they belong anyplace else other than New York City. |
It's two people dead and, fortunately, we had a very heroic police officer, Richard Burt, who probably saved an awful lot of lives, |
Last night was just a typical New York event. -- your average 750,000 people getting together on Wednesday night to enjoy themselves. |
Let me reiterate: There is no threat that we received against the hotels at the moment. It's a normal kind of precaution. Whenever we think that there is a need, we will increase the security. We've been doing it before, we will do it again and let us all hope that we're doing it and don't need it done. |
Look, there is a fine line here between freedom of expression and going out and encouraging people to hurt this city. Defacing subway cars is hardly a joke. |
make plans, assuming that there is a strike, and when they wake up in the morning, we all hope that they will be pleasantly surprised. |
making sure there are things going on that are unpredictable. |
Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for, |