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DECISION?
LET'S BRING IN GAIL BREWER,
SHE'S THE MANHATTAN MAYOR.
>> THE TEMPERATURES WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE WARMER.
I SPOKE TO ALL OF THE
SUPERINTENDENTS IN MANHATTAN AND
THE ATTENDANCE IS LOW.
PARENTS WHO WANTED TO KEEP THEIR
KIDS AT HOME DID.
THOSE WHO HAD TO WORK, HOWEVER,
BROUGHT THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL.
THERE IS HOT LUNCH AND THERE IS
THE THERE ARE TEACHERS THERE BUT
IT'S A ROCK IN THE HARD PLACE.
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR PEDESTRIANS
TO CROSS.
THERE'S A LOT OF SLUSH AT EVERY
CROSSWALK.
THE ROADS ARE CLEAR BUT THE
PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IS VERY
CHALLENGING.
>> GAIL, AL ROCKER FROM NBC GOT
INTO SOMETHING OF A SPAT WITH
THE MAYOR ABOUT THE SCHOOL
CLOSINGS.
HE TWEETED, "I KNEW THIS A.M.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE NEW YORK CITY
SCHOOLS WOULD CLOSE SCHOOLS.
TALK ABOUT A BAD PREDICTION.
LONG-RANGE DE BLASIO'S FORECAST,
ONE TERM.
>> I RESPECT AL ROCKKER A LOT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT THING TO RUN
THE CITY AND GIVE THE WEATHER ON
TV.
>> OUCH.
AL ROKER RESPONDED THIS WAY.
MR. MAYOR, I KNOW I COULD NOT
RUN NYC BUT I KNOW WHEN IT'S
TIME TO KEEP KIDS HOME FROM
SCHOOL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, IN
RETROSPECT, IS AL ROKER CORRECT?
>> I KNOW AL ROKER AND HIS WIFE
AND HIS FAMILY.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF
LEARNING GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS
AND I THINK THAT IF YOU WANTED
TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME, YOU
COULD.
BUT FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO HAD TO
WORK AND FOR THOSE KIDS WHO HAD
TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE
WASN'T ANYBODY AT HOME, IT'S A
SAFE PLACE.
SO I DO THINK THAT SAFETY HAS A
DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
IF YOU FEEL IT'S UNSAFE TO WALK
YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, I AGREE.
STAY HOME.