Month: May 2016
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‘Top Chef’ Tom Colicchio on America’s staggering waste of food. Video PBS NewsHour
The United States wastes roughly 70 billion pounds of food every year, an estimated quarter of all food produced in the country. Now, TV “Top Chef” Tom Colicchio aims to bring the issue to the highest levels of government with his “Food Policy Action” group. Political director Lisa Desjardins talks to Colicchio about how he…
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The Daily Show – President Obama’s Visit to Vietnam & Hillary Clinton’s Likability Problem. Video Comedy Central
President Obama lifts an arms embargo with Vietnam in a roundabout way of intimidating China, and Michelle Wolf encourages a scandal-plagued Hillary Clinton to be the boss America needs. Video The Daily Show now — no login required: Midtown Tribune New York USA Newspaper Magazine TV News Didgest
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Veterans develop a weapon of peace. Video CNNMoney
https://youtu.be/taN35kE1lUs Instead of dropping bombs, drop food. That’s the goal of a Helical outpost. CNNMoney’s Cristina Alesci looks at the repurposed shipping container designed to bring resources to conflict areas. CNNMoney video MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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Shields and Brooks on Obama’s historic Hiroshima visit, ‘normalizing’ Donald Trump. Video PBS NewsHour
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Obama’s groundbreaking visit to Hiroshima and subsequent call for nuclear disarmament, Donald Trump’s rapidly-normalizing relations with the GOP and how Hillary Clinton can use Elizabeth Warren to counter Trump’s vitriolic rhetoric. PBS NewsHour…
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News Wrap: G-7 leaders rebuke Beijing on South China Sea dispute. Video PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Friday, the G-7 summit in Japan ended with world leaders calling for peaceful resolutions to territorial disputes, a clear warning against China’s bid to expand its reach in the South China Sea by building man-made islands. Also, the UN Nuclear Agency reported Iran is honoring all its major obligations under the…
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In Hiroshima, Obama calls for world without nuclear weapons. Video CBS This Morning
More than 70 years after an atomic bomb decimated Hiroshima, Japan, President Obama paid his respects to the 140,000 lives lost. He is the first sitting American president to go there. Margaret Brennan reports from Hiroshima. Video CBS This Morning MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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Japan. President Obama Delivers Remarks to Service Members. The White House official video
Iwakuni, Hiroshima Japan May 2016. The White House official video MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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Cold Coffee Craze Hits the U.S. , Video Bloomberg news
Coffee makers from global giants JAB and Illy to smaller upstarts such as High Brew, La Colombe and Chameleon Cold-Brew are putting their brews on ice. Morningstar Analyst Adam Fleck weighs in on “Bloomberg ‹GO›.” Video Bloomberg News MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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How Israel’s Turning Soldiers Into Entrepreneurs . Video Bloomberg News
Unit 8200 is an elite branch of the Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, that specializes in computer security and murkier, more controversial stuff, such as espionage and cyber attacks. The Unit resembles the National Security Agency (NSA) in the U.S. So it’s not that surprising that Unit 8200 and the IDF would give rise to…
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Steven Spielberg gives Harvard commencement speech. Video CNNMoney
In a speech to Harvard University graduates, iconic film director Steven Spielberg discusses wrongs in the world and says ‘the only answer to more hate is more humanity.’ CNNMoney video MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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Elderly Women Face Eviction. Video CBS New York
Uncertain future for two elderly women in Brooklyn. Alice Singer, 91 Year-Old Resident and 93 Year-old Anne Marie Mogil from Prospect Park residence (1 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215). CBS2’s Brian Conybeare reports. Video CBS New York news MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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What would a debate look like between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders? Video CBS News
Donald Trump says he’s willing to debate with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ahead of California’s primary. CBS News imagines what a Trump vs. Sanders face-off could look like. Video CBS News MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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PBS News Hour full episode. Video News from New York
https://youtu.be/hxij8iQoGqI Thursday on the NewsHour, President Obama takes aim at Donald Trump as the billionaire clinches the GOP nomination. Also: Ecuador looks to rebuild after its devastating earthquake, new “superbug” becomes first drug-proof bacteria to hit U.S. soil, how patent trolls are shaking down American innovators, D.C.’s music scene goes “Live at 9:30” and Tim…
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Amy Poehler’s Life Advice. Video New York Magazine
https://youtu.be/7GMBWg5vXCM Amy Poehler, executive producer of Difficult People, shares some personal advice during a panel discussion at Vulture Fest 2016. Video New York Magazine MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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Ukraine’s New Weapon Against Russian Propaganda. Video Wall Street Journal
Two years into a conflict with Russian-backed separatists, Ukrainian soldiers have a new weapon against Russian propaganda: Army FM. Wall Street Journal video news MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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World leaders wary of a Donald Trump presidency. Video PBS News Hour
Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican party has perturbed many observers in the U.S., but how is the international community reacting to the New York billionaire? Judy Woodruff talks to Geoff Dyer of the Financial Times, Joyce Karam of Al-Hayat and Alan Gomez of USA Today for more on how the GOP…
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10th Annual Procurement Fair, New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Sandy, City Housing Preservation. Video NYC Mayor’s Office
• The City’s helping more Minority and Women-owned businesses win contracting opportunities through the 10th Annual Procurement Fair • Workforce1 is providing free training opportunities in construction to help low-and-middle income New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Sandy • City Housing Preservation teams are taking action against building owners whose homeless units have fallen into disrepair.…
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Can the U.S. ever get rid of its debt? Fox Business video
University of Maryland Economist Peter Morici, Fox News Latino Contributor Lili Gil Valletta and Democratic Strategist Richard Goodstein on the national debt and government spending. Fox Business video news Midtown Tribune New York USA Newspaper Magazine TV News Didgest
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“The Walking Dead” Creator Reveals Season Seven Bombshell – @midnight with Chris Hardwick. Video Comedy Central
In an effort to ease the minds of “The Walking Dead” fans, Robert Kirkman spills an important detail about the show’s next season. Video Comedy Central New York. MIDTOWN MANHATTAN NEWS VIDEO SEARCH NEW YORK USA POLITICS
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U.S. innovators dogged by money-grubbing ‘patent trolls’. Video PBS News Hour
The U.S. economy is driven by innovation, but unwelcome “patent trolls” are gunking up the system. Patent reform bills sit idle in Congress as the “trolls” set up companies for the sole purpose, critics say, of shaking down inventors while never creating anything. “We just have to write ’em a check so they’ll go away,”…