{"id":226546,"date":"2025-09-14T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/226546\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:22:11","slug":"up-close-with-bill-ritter-congressman-tom-suozzi-discusses-charlie-kirks-assassination-latest-polls-in-nyc-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/226546\/","title":{"rendered":"Up Close with Bill Ritter: Congressman Tom Suozzi discusses Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination; latest polls in NYC mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK CITY (WABC) &#8212; The assassination of Charlie Kirk has rocked the nation at a time when there is already heated political debate in the country about what direction we&#8217;re headed in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On this edition of Up Close, we talk to Congressman Tom Suozzi, a centrist Democrat, about the murder of Kirk, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, who had very strong opinions about that direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In addition, we analyze the latest polls in the New York City mayoral race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Three new polls that have come out this past week all give Zohran Mamdani a big lead over his opponents, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Independent candidate Jim Walden dropped out more than a week ago, and he&#8217;s urging some others to drop out and narrow the field to beat Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Walden came to our studio after he dropped out and talked to Eyewitness News anchor Mike Marza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Up Close airs Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. on Channel 7, WABC-TV in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE TO THE UP CLOSE PODCAST<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">WATCH: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Up Close on our Connected TV apps for Fire, Roku, Apple TV and Android TV.  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