MetroFocus: August 7, 2017
8/7/2017 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
"ROBIN HOOD" SUBWAY FIX? VICTORY OVER CANCER. KOKO KEEPS CONVERSING.
Mayor de Blasio plays a ‘Robin Hood’ of sorts with a plan to tax the city's wealthiest to pay for our broken subway system. Marilu Henner joins us with her husband Michael Brown to discuss how they beat Brown’s bladder and lung cancer. The documentary, Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks, explores this remarkable animal’s life and the controversy surrounding her.
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MetroFocus: August 7, 2017
8/7/2017 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Mayor de Blasio plays a ‘Robin Hood’ of sorts with a plan to tax the city's wealthiest to pay for our broken subway system. Marilu Henner joins us with her husband Michael Brown to discuss how they beat Brown’s bladder and lung cancer. The documentary, Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks, explores this remarkable animal’s life and the controversy surrounding her.
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Clip: 8/7/2017 | 7m 48s | The documentary, Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks, explores this remarkable animal’s life. (7m 48s)
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Clip: 8/7/2017 | 7m 58s | Marilu Henner tells the story of how she helped her husband beat cancer. (7m 58s)
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