Sentences with phrase «reporters in a news conference»

The $ 156 billion spending plan is a dream budget for the Assembly Democratic conference, Speaker Carl Heasite on Friday told reporters in a news conference.

«There was a hole cut out of the back of their cell through which these inmates escaped... and had power tools and were able to get out through this facility through tunnels, cutting their way in several spots,» New York Corrections Commissioner Anthony Annucci told reporters in a news conference Saturday.

«This transaction is in fact subject to review under the Investment Canada Act,» Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement told reporters in a news conference yesterday.

Not exact matches

At a news conference, a reporter pressed Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa to account for the number of foreign and domestic speculators in the market, compared to families who are simply trying to find a place to live.

«We are not violating any international law in performing these contracts,» he clarified to reporters at a news conference during a current visit to Iran.

In a news conference that followed the committee meeting, Silvester told reporters his company creates software for clients that's similar to tools designed for and used by Canada's three major political parties.

On Tuesday, New York Times reporter Sopan Deb, who covered the Trump campaign in 2016 as an embedded reporter for CBS News, criticized a passage in the book in which Bossie and Lewandowski said he was «literally crying» at a press conference before the second presidential debate when Trump appeared with women who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

«The truth is, we've all been in this together,» Cameron told reporters at a hastily arranged news conference Friday morning.

«We reiterated to China that they have a diplomatic responsibility to exert much greater economic and diplomatic pressure on the regime if they want to prevent further escalation in the region,» U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters at a joint news conference with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

Reporters listen to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel during a news conference after a meeting with South Korea's senior officials at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul March 17, 2015.

«I'm surprised, I'm very surprised,» Ford told reporters Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 2, in an impromptu news conference at a gas station near his home.

The condemnation descended on the president a day after he told reporters in a defiant news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan that «alt - left» demonstrators were just as responsible for the violence in Charlottesville last weekend as the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who instigated protests that led to the death of a 32 - year - old woman, struck down by a car driven by a right - wing activist.

Speaking at a news conference, Rice apologized for «the situation my wife and I were in,» and promised reporters that he is «working every day to be a father, a better husband and a better role model.»

«I have no reaction to that,» Silver told reporters in a scrum following Gov. Andrew Cuomo's DNA databank expansion news conference.

«There are certain things that under the legislative guise should be protected and I do believe in that,» Heastie told reporters at a news conference.

Reporters, already frustrated by a lack of access to lawmakers and parts of the building during the leadership fight in the Assembly, were angered when Heastie left a long - awaited news conference after three questions — a total of 90 seconds.

After the end of his news conference, in the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building, security guards made reporters leave before they could see Mr. Rangel walking out.

Levy had scheduled a Manhattan news conference to announce the proposals, but instead spoke with reporters via speakerphone because he was stuck in traffic.

Just as Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid finished his prepared remarks at a news conference in the Capitol, a reporter's phone sitting on the lectern began to ring.

One of the most egregious cases was when a reporter in a wheelchair in the front row of a news conference inadvertently, or it was thought, had inadvertently played back a little piece of his tape recorder and it sounded like — it was a noise that interrupted the on - going press conference.

Ryder told a room full of reporters at a news conference announcing the results of his investigation that he personally told Mangano that if he lied to him, «I will be the guy that walks in and puts the handcuffs on you, no problem.»

Listen to Governor Andrew Cuomo's news conference in Buffalo, September 23, 2016 (NOTE: audio levels are boosted at times to allow the listener to hear the reporters» questions.)

Pressed on specifics by reporters Tuesday after an unrelated news conference on crime statistics, the mayor spoke only in generalities, saying he relied on lawyers to interpret what they could and couldn't do.

It's been 245 days since Gov. Andrew Cuomo has held a formal news conference in Albany with the Capitol reporters who cover him on a daily basis.

In pitching themselves to reporters at a news conference on Thursday, the company's CEO and founder, Dr. Kyle Kingsley, said New York's regulatory structure is one he's comfortable with given that he has experience with Minnesota's strict medical marijuana program.

«School districts need to have certainty as to what the education budgets are,» he told reporters in a hastily assembled news conference outside his office.

After a news conference in Syracuse, a reporter asked Cuomo if he maintains he was not close with Howe despite published reports that Howe paid for and hosted a fundraiser for him in December, exchanged emails with Cuomo's top aides, had an office at a SUNY college in Albany, accompanied the governor on a tour of Syracuse economic development projects, and worked for both Cuomo and his father.

Speaking with reporters at a news conference in his office, DiNapoli said the convention would have to spend money on pay for delegates and staff and their pension credits.

Cuomo reinforced the need for shelter reforms to reporters after a Wednesday announcement about a revitalization of Penn Station, which was held at the same time de Blasio was hosting a news conference downtown on his plan to pay 50,000 more workers in the city at least $ 15 per hour by 2018.

The mayor stood up and ended the news conference at the 114th Precinct station house in Queens as a reporter pressed for details, asking: «Why can't you tell us why Ricardo Morales was fired?»

The session finally began in earnest after lunch, even as the Assembly speaker, Carl E. Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, held a celebratory news conference with reporters, promoting victories on increasing the minimum wage, establishing paid family leave for workers and increasing aid to schools.

I do not want to be responsible for that, and that is unacceptable,» Lazio told reporters at a mid-day news conference in New York City.

«The job training program was a sham,» Mr. Cuomo told reporters during a news conference in Manhattan.

I'm not a lawyer,» de Blasio told reporters during an unrelated news conference in Manhattan.

In a somewhat chaotic Tuesday news conference — in which Heastie took just three questions before departing, then returned after protests from reporters — the new speaker answered most questions on specific issues by saying that they would be the subject of future discussions within the conferencIn a somewhat chaotic Tuesday news conference — in which Heastie took just three questions before departing, then returned after protests from reporters — the new speaker answered most questions on specific issues by saying that they would be the subject of future discussions within the conferencin which Heastie took just three questions before departing, then returned after protests from reporters — the new speaker answered most questions on specific issues by saying that they would be the subject of future discussions within the conference.

«Absolutely not,» he told reporters in Albany at a news conference after Cuomo's Manhattan announcement.

In a news conference with reporters, the governor blamed political pressure on the Senate Republicans and the generational rift when it comes to views on marijuana.

Appearing at a news conference with the person he picked to fill that seat - Democratic Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand of Hudson in upstate New York - Paterson briefly answered reporters» questions about the Kennedy withdrawal, saying the decision was entirely hers.

At a news conference after proposing a bill to strengthen penalties for domestic - violence offenders, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, was asked by public - radio reporter Karen DeWitt if he would make changes in light of a lawsuit alleging a former Cuomo aide sexually assaulted a state employee.

Ryan is a hunter and showed off his shotgun to reporters at a news conference in downtown Buffalo Wednesday.

Governor - elect Eliot Spitzer, left, is joined by transition co-chair Lloyd Constantine, as he speaks to reporters during a news conference Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006 in New York.

On Dec. 7, as Cuomo was preparing to take part in a conference call to discuss the impact of the Republican tax plan, a number of reporters trooped down from the legislative press room to Cuomo's offices to stage a protest against the fact that he had gone almost six months without holding a real, live news conference at the Capitol.

(Rick Egan The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Redford answers questions from reporters at the opening news conference for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Thursday, January 18, 2018.

«I am certainly not going to allow what is possible tomorrow to sidetrack me, derail me, depress me, or defeat me in any way,» Ms. Billings told reporters at a news conference in Olympia.

To include borrowers delinquent on their non-FHA ARMs due to a rate reset or the occurrence of an extenuating circumstance but experienced no more than two 30 - day or one 60 - day late payment in the 12 months prior to the rate reset or extenuating circumstance that caused the delinquency; (In a telephone news conference with reporters when the FHASecure program was first introduced, a high - ranking HUD official explained that the program was open to delinquent borrowers regardless of how many payments had been missed — he actually mentioned six or more as an examplein the 12 months prior to the rate reset or extenuating circumstance that caused the delinquency; (In a telephone news conference with reporters when the FHASecure program was first introduced, a high - ranking HUD official explained that the program was open to delinquent borrowers regardless of how many payments had been missed — he actually mentioned six or more as an exampleIn a telephone news conference with reporters when the FHASecure program was first introduced, a high - ranking HUD official explained that the program was open to delinquent borrowers regardless of how many payments had been missed — he actually mentioned six or more as an example.)

A Norwegian reporter at the news conference noted news reports that «almost half of the Republican new members of Congress don't even believe there is an urgency in the climate matters,» and asked Stern how this would influence his work.

At a news conference in Paris Tuesday evening, Todd D. Stern, the State Department special envoy on climate, and Michael Froman, the deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, answered questions from reporters based in Europe.

In an unusual move, the research group did not allow reporters to seek outside comment on their paper before its publication in the peer - reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology and presentation at a news conference in LondoIn an unusual move, the research group did not allow reporters to seek outside comment on their paper before its publication in the peer - reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology and presentation at a news conference in Londoin the peer - reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology and presentation at a news conference in Londoin London.

At a news conference, he fended off questions from European reporters about the adequacy of President Obama's plan for emissions cuts, which is roughly parallel to what is laid out in legislation in the House and Senate.

I don't know if you follow the news or not, but there was a light - hearted bit of banter by President Bush the other day when he talked about leaking in a press - conference with foreign reporters and explained it was an inside joke.