Kiwi FM Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning is in a chilly New York City. On the morning of President's Day (NZ time) he spoke to Kiwi FM's Wallace Chapman about President Bush's battle with Congress on Iraq war funding, the upcoming presidential campaign and his own adventures in and impressions of New York.

Kiwi FM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Selwyn Manning from New York (9:37, 2.75MB)
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ALSO: SPECIAL SCOOP ASSIGNMENT: STATE OF IT by Selwyn Manning in New York - On arrival in New York I managed to get a ride in from John F Kennedy Airport to Manhattan in the back seat of a jet-black Lincoln. Five minutes into the trip, I realised I was sitting in the 'hit-seat' – that's the rear-right seat for those who haven't read the 'Dapper Don' John Gotti's exploits. But at 60 miles per hour (115 kph) and with the signs for Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan (and other vehicles) blurring passed the vehicle I realised speed would save me from a bullet. See... Scoop In New York: On President's Day Eve