AI data center protesters rally outside Sen. Chuck Schumer's home in Brooklyn

Francis, I don't know if you were able to listen to what Moses and I were talking about, but why don't you weigh in from where you are and bring us up to speed with where things are there. Yeah, so we're actually in Park Slope, Antoine and Robert, outside of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's house. You can see there is a ton of security, NYPD officers, barricades and blockades, and that is because there was a planned protest for this morning. There's been some back and forth over whether or not the protesters can be here on the sidewalk. They've now kind of congregated across the street. We do have video we want to show you. They even put up sort of a mock data center. But they talked about Election Day and what voters in this country clearly want. We saw a lot of local races where there were tighter restrictions voters voted for when it came to the development of some of these AI data structures. We saw newly elected governors who had campaigned on the promise of being more restrictive when it comes to the development of these types of centers. And so they're saying, based off of the results we're seeing from Election Day, this is clearly what voters care about. They're clearly voting that they do not want AI data centers. to go further. And so they are asking Senator Schumer to essentially put a stop to a federal bill that is up for discussion come Monday. That bill, Antoine, would basically overhaul the federal permitting process and make it easier for some of these companies to develop their energy and infrastructure projects that really support some of these AI data centers that have really been controversial recently over the past few years, especially. You know, Francis, we were talking about that just Before we came to you and before we came on the air, just as we were getting ready for the show, a lot of concentration on AI data centers. And, you know, this, what I imagine, is certainly going to send a strong message to the minority Senate leader. What's the feel? Are they angry? Are they more just... How are you gauging the emotions of those that you get engaged with? Well, they're definitely passionate. I wouldn't say angry. They seem very open and flexible to having these sorts of discussions. There was actually a plan, Antoine, to march from Senator Schumer's home here in Park Slope, Brooklyn, to Congressman Hakeem Jeffries' office in downtown Brooklyn later this morning. But they said we are no longer going to make that move because apparently they had some sort of conversation with the congressman or maybe heard from his office to where they felt he was a little more open to what they had to say. It's unclear exactly But that plan has already changed this morning. So to your point, Antoine, they seem open to having these discussions. They just want to make sure their voices are heard. And they're trying to draw attention to this subject, especially following the outcome we saw on Election Day with a lot of AI data center related measures on many of those local races all across the country. All right. Francis Wang, thank you for reporting for us in Brooklyn. We know that you've got a lot going on there. We'll check back in with you at some point today in the newscast. Thank you, Francis, for being You know, just this will be a subject with us. of a lot of attention going forward. All right, Cap. Thank you so much for being with us. Robert Moses, congratulations also on the marathon last weekend. Thank you. All right, Tyler, we should go to break. Correct, sir. And when we do that, we're gonna have more news from live when we come back. And you're also going to meet the team. A quick break and we'll be right back.