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? josh: this sunday on "closeup," primary elections are in their rearview. only precious few weeks remind this remain. we sit with chairs of the democratic and republican parties in new hampshire. and a candid discussion with the ahead of common security new hampshire. 44 days and counting before the general election is on our doorstep. time is critical for the candidates remaining. joining me is jennifer horn from the gop and ray buckley for the
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precious part of parties position themselves? chairman horn: the have the strongest candidates we have had in a long time. senator ayotte has done a fantastic job representing the people of new hampshire. she has been a strong, independent voice. we have chris sununu running for governor, one of the most experienced, qualified candidates, who compares very well to h unknown opponent on the other side. we feel good about where we are. he had a great ground game. we are getting ready to win. josh: you had just the one primary contest, and colin van ostern came out on top. chairman buckley: we are a united party. we have 26 local offices up and running. our opponents in the primary
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and steve marchand. i think we are all working together, unlike on the republican side, where kelly ayotte refuses to endorse frank guinta. and refuses to endorse the nominee for president. compare that to the solid leadership on our ticket. josh: asked about a position change on frank guinta, and she didn't. pundits say -- the same kind of energy? are you confident the party has the energy? chairman buckley: absolutely. presidential turnout versus a state primary, there is no correlation.
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democrats have won nine out of the last 10 statewide races. in each residential election, we have swept the tickets. we anticipate to do that again. when you compare the record of donald trump, who is unfit to be president, with hillary clinton. when you compare colin van ostern to the failed person chris sununu is -- chris sununu's family customers that have gone. that is the real leadership there. josh: i have no many -- i have no idea of how many customers go there. chairman horn: are the top of the ticket, they have a president who has been running
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30 years. and she is still unable to generate the kind of enthusiasm and unity and commitment from her own base that she needs to win. you want to talk about colin van ostern, he is a paid political operative who came to the state to work for ray buckley and jeanne shaheen and maggie hassan. his resume of business is incredibly thin. he does not have any significant accomplishment onto which she can base service, who has run a major new hampshire business, has 800 employees, supports 800 jobs in our state, and has been on the executive council and a leading voice on it for trying to maintain a fiscally responsible new hampshire policy. people in new hampshire no chris sununu. they know who he is and what he stands for. i am not worried. josh: that said, democrats have
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20 years. josh: in the last dozen and a row. why will this be different? chairman horn: it will be different. it is because of the accumulated record of the last 18 years. we are a state that is at the bottom of the list for new job growth in the country. thousands of residents leave the state to work in massachusetts. we need a new approach. if we want our young people to come back here -- we are losing them. after they go somewhere else to get an education, they go somewhere else to start a family. we need a new approach, which means we need to elect chris sununu. chairman buckley: we have a 2.6 unemployment rate. the economy in new hampshire is doing much better than much of america.
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charge of the state versus when democrats are in charge, that is why voters choose a democrat each and every time. colin's been very successful, -- the other day, they had a forum between the candidates, and chris sununu did not even know what his own record was. colin van ostern had to keep mining run on the family name and he does not have any real-time experience in what would qualify him to the governor. josh: go ahead, and then i will ask you both. chairman horn: colin van ostern worked in stony bill, a job that he was given to so that he could run for governor and say he ran a business. it is pretty transparent. as far as chris sununu and
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little bit from there. what that is is a reflection of the economy in massachusetts, not a new hampshire. we need to grow new jobs in new hampshire. as long as we think the best way to keep new hampshire people employed is to send them to massachusetts, we will not have the growth we need at home. josh: these are issues that will be debated thoroughly, before you personally, as the head of your parties bernie sanders phenomenon or the donald trump craze, how different has this cycle been, how difficult hasn't been to get everyone under the same umbrella? and just your overall take on how voters are feeling now. is it changing? chairman buckley: i think we had a terrific national convention.
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that when bernie endorsed her candidacy. and bernie came back to new hampshire and spent the entire day campaigning for her. josh: but a lot of them are very unhappy. chairman buckley: the 97% of them are voting for hillary now. in new hampshire, the alternative, jill stein is in the low percentages. so we have a very united ticket from hillary clinton down. josh: so you are there are no sour grapes on the part of bernie sanders supporters. chairman buckley: if you look on the democratic -- you just have to comment to one of our 26 offices to see this energy. we have local people going door-to-door talking to neighbors and families. that will make the difference. chairman horn: well, it is clear mr. buckley is not listening to the bernie sanders supporters
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a lot of them are out there very unhappy and are looking at jill stein seriously. on our side, we have a tremendous level of enthusiasm. we have brought new people are voting and you people involved that have not been involved either ever or four years. we just open our office in nashua last night. half of the people are new to politics and to the party. there is an energy on the republican side drawing pe they are excited about it. whether it is the top of the ticket or the middle somewhere down below, they know we need a new direction. people are feeling the weight and burden of the last few years. they're looking for a forward-looking vision for our state and country. chairman buckley: that is ridiculous. no one is talking about the republican message being forward thinking or optimistic or hopeful.
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it is about going backwards. whether chris sununu running for governor or kelly ayotte running for senate. or the donald trump presidential race. it is about fear and anger. it is nothing about the future. and hope beats fear every time. and the hopeful to get is the democratic ticket. chairman horn: i find mr. buckley's evaluation fascinating, if not ludicrous. kelly ayotte has onef well-respected records in the u.s. senate tears she has been a leading voice in moving forward to protect our nation and national security, and she has ought to protect the right of women to access the health care they need for critical tests like mammograms. we are used to read. she has been a leading voice,
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small business owners have to go through every time they want to hire a new employee. you compare that to maggie hassan who has zero experience and national security, is unable to answer a question about stuttering and working her way around it have a dozen times. and when it comes to talking about the honesty and integrity of their nominee for president could not answer three times. whether it is chris sununu or anyone else, i can lay out the argument for strong republican leadership. jo obviously a liability -- that maybe they were -- on both side. because donald trump is decisive and hillary clinton has baggage. are you convinced that down ballot races in new hampshire will be insulated from questions people have about hillary clinton and her trustworthiness? chairman buckley: absolutely.
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trustworthiness of the candidates, two thirds of the time, they rate "pants on fire" for trump. when hillary clinton speaks, they have rated her one of the most trustworthy people to run for president. that is politifact. josh: same question for you. chairman horn: listen -- again, i love how mr.kl filters uses when he looks at the world. hillary clinton is clearly an widely, poll after poll, seen as the most untrustworthy, dishonest person in politics in the history of our country. she licensed and delay. when people go to the polls on election day, they will look at each race individually. they will look at the candidates one by one. there is no question kelly ayotte has earned the respect
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state. chris sununu and frank guinta have records to run on. they are strong, independent records. i think voters will look independently and choose republican down the ticket. chairman buckley: i think it will be a terrific turnout year. a lot of people are very focused on it. i look at our candidates and to get and compare that to the republican side and feel confident we will have a successful year again.jo solving these problems after the november election. we will be right back with perry plummer, the homeland security director in new hampshire. narrator: over and over it's been their agenda: anything to defund planned parenthood. kelly ayotte and washington republicans voted 6 different times to defund planned parenthood.
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new hampshire women and families depend on: cancer screenings, birth control, basic women's healthcare. kelly ayotte and washington republicans have put defunding planned parenthood at the top of their agenda... and it's time for that to change. i'm maggie hassan and i approve this message. colin van ostern: i know from my own life the difference a college education can make. narrator: colin van ostern. the son of a single mom, he went to college on student loans,
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, a top executive at southern new hampshire university's college for america. colin van ostern: most of our students graduate debt free. cutting student debt should be our goal for all state colleges to create good jobs, and keep our young families here. josh: welcome back. about the suspect in the new york and new jersey bombings. as authorities continued to piece together his background, homeland security experts everywhere reminding people to be vigilant to your if you see something, say something. my guess to discuss what new hampshire is doing is the state homeland security director perry plummer. we are having this on a weekend where there are a lot of people in the state. that continues to be the
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there is a nascar race. a number of other evidence. but we have been preparing and planning. i think we are ready. josh: it is worth asking, because we do it every time. something happens nationally, with what do you do? dir. plummer: we monitor what is going on. when something happens nationally or internationally, we get together and do they have relatives in new hampshire, come from new hampshire, by step in new hampshire, when those answers are no, we start saying what is the likelihood of that happening in new hampshire if we have events like that? what do we have to do to protect our public. so we look at those things and saying what can we do to increase the safety of our
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connection or if there is a copycat. so we put into place activities that will increase the preparedness & -- and protection. josh: we are living in an estate that has not seen anything major in terms of terrorist activity. the post-9/11, water of the creek was maybe there was not enough sharing. lookinrw communication are open? dir. plummer: four new hampshire, the lines of communication are there. we have a tremendous relationship with dhs, fbi, department of public health, state and local police. we take that information and analyze it and push it out to local law enforcement and first responders. we recently had a conference call with the governor.
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the phone, just to make sure they have everything they need, and that they have the most up-to-date information. in new hampshire, i think we have the most tremendous relationships. we are all in this together. including the public. 's the public awareness and vigilance is the first line of defense for preventive -- for josh: what it comes to see something, say something, it could be something seemingly benign. i hesitate to give an example, that figure three through. if you have questions, call someone. dir. plummer: that is a challenge. we looking for suspicious activity. the best way to look at it is if they makes you go "that doesn't
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package, or someone spending time around a critical structure. or someone buying large quantities of something or buying something strange that does not make sense, let someone know. there is a joint terrorism task force made up of state, local, and federal agencies. they follow up on those leads. a lot of them are harmless. but some are not. if you see it, say it. do not wait. the involved" or "someone else will say it" has to go away. josh: and moles, unfortunately are targeted. dir. plummer: i am confident our malls are as safe as can be. we recently had a large-scale tabletop exercise, where most of
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room. we spent a whole day with 100 people, just going through exercise and training for prevention, preparedness, and response. a lot of preparation goes into these large events of the public does not see. obviously, there is the high-profile law enforcement activities that are important. but there is a lot of stuff that goes on that is not high profile. that is undercover or preparation prior to to ensure the safety of our venues, whether it be malls, road races. josh: as far as staffing and manpower, do you have what you need? you talk about the power grid, new care power plants, road races. dir. plummer: i do not think law enforcement has the resources they need. it is a matter of finances. as far as local law enforcement, they are juggling a lot of
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are strapped for resources as well. we are all joined together, we can leverage each other's assets. that is what is working well. that said, it is challenging times for law enforcement, for event planners, for anyone having a large event. josh: i imagine information gathered from local law enforcement or the department of homeland security could be effective and applied in other areas, even if it is the od of different things. a lot of sectors. we are homeland security and emergency management. there is a lot of crossing of those lines. certainly, they are stretched thin. even though they can use the same training, they have limited resources. josh: and moving forward, that is always going to be a problem. it brings us back to the public and their role. we have 100,000 people in the
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nothing to complain about. but you guys are certainly busy. and you will move forward into the foliage season. dir. plummer: yes, the emergency management center will be open to support the race. we have had many planning meetings with training and exercises. we think that not only is the track personnel ready, our state and local agencies are ready as well to host these individuals. josh: and i do not want to say you single job security against terrorism. but you open that office of if you have a major ice storm or anything like that. there is a lot of work to be done. anything as far as the drought? dir. plummer: just as a point of reference on that, we practice all hazards planning. we plan for an active shooter or for a terrorist attack, and we use the same plans for hurricanes, tornadoes. any type of disaster. you can use those plans for a
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problem. we had a conference call recently. a lot of our communities were on the call. the department of environmental service or recommending water bans. but there is not enough water in the ground. manchester is down 60 inches from where they normally are. that is consistent throughout the state. that will not be recharged in one store. going into winter, we are concerned that wells will fail. josh to what we see in new york and new jersey. we have been fortunate, but it can happen anywhere. josh: it certainly can. hopefully, we can prevent it. if we cannot prevent it, hopefully we will be prepared and our response will be efficient and effective. josh: stay with us. it would be a lot cheaper to buy my medication from canada. kelly ayotte voted to block consumers
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lower cost generic drugs. kelly ayotte gets all that money from the big drug industry. hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. when you take all that money it just changes you. kelly ayotte's not working for us. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. we are one nation under god. that black and white, we are one nation indivisible. that republican and democrat, we are all americans. o punch him in the face. you know what they used to do to guys like that? they'd be carried out in a stretcher, folks. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. when i first found out that carl had been using heroin on and off for a year. i immediately thought not my son.
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this opioid epidemic. she's trying to do everything she can to get laws changed. so this doesn't happen again. she's definitely a leader. i just love annie. i'm annie kuster and i approved this message. josh: welcome back. as new hampshire combats the crisis of addiction, the state police crime lab is working to process a backlog of cases. this past week, governor hassan commended them for their work. but we also have a visual that is stunning. while on the right -- the vial on the right shows you what is needed for a deadly overdose of fentanyl.
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shaheen called on congress to provide emergency funding to fight the epidemic. something that has not been done since the passage of the comprehensive addiction and recovery act. that was signed into law in july. it is a bipartisan law co-authored by senators kelly ayotte and jeanne shaheen. but there are conflicting opinions about how effective this is. sinc celebrated as a major tool to fight the crisis of addiction a new hampshire. i'm congressman frank guinta -- >> we got this president to sign into law the cara law. josh: to this ad. before the second time in two weeks, jeanne shaheen took to the second floor, calling cara a
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it does not provide one penny to fight the opioid epidemic. even if congress approves the funding necessary for cara, it will be about two years before new hampshire in other states see that additional funding. josh: senator ayotte's office says millions have been delivered to new hampshire to fight the drug prices as a result of cara, is not tied to it. >> i will continue to fight for the money in cara. and i have continued to push for that. josh: as refunding cara itself, an amendment to do that failed, despite support from shaheen and ayotte. following a tour of the state friends at lap, the man overseeing the crisis addiction only has the weight. >> it is coming from washington. we have to wait. josh: it is worth noting that
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delivered nearly $5.5 billion in emergency funding. one person died in the u.s. from the virus, which is certainly tragic, but in the u.s. on average, 150 people died from drug overdose every day. that does it for us. thanks for watching. go patriots and red sox. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] but on our rights, she's squarely with donald trump: trump: planned parenthood should absolutely be defunded. vo: ayotte agrees, voting six times to do just that - defund planned parenthood. and both oppose our right to safe and legal abortion. ayotte: i certainly think that roe should be overturned... trump: ...there has to be some form of punishment. matthews: for the woman? trump: yeah, there has to be some form. vo: ayotte and trump: wrong for new hampshire women. senate majority pac
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pam griffin: our daughter courtney got caught in a web of opiate and heroin addiction. doug griffin: our insurance company indicated that courtney's problem wasn't a matter of life and death - so she wasn't eligible for treatment. pam griffin: she told me that she didn't want to live like this anymore... she begged... she begged for help, saying mom - please help me. doug griffin: our family's tragedy could happen to any family... pam griffin: we knew we had to save other families from losing their children. kelly reached out to us. pam griffin: she listened to what we had to say, who we were - she cared about us... she didn't know us. pam griffin: we talked about the ways to remove the stigma of addiction so parents can get help. doug griffin: kelly co-authored the comprehensive addiction and recovery act - this act will save kids' lives... ...and enable families to get the help they need. doug griffin: we don't want courtney to be remembered for her substance abuse, but rather for her struggle to achieve recovery. pam griffin: kelly believes recovery is possible.
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today on "matter of fact," a pipeline shutdown puts america's oil future on hold. what is the fight really about? plus, does stop and frisk policing work? is there a better way to tackle crime? but first. soledad: welcome to "matter of fact." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] soledad: hillary clinton's solid lead, is pretty much gone. the latest polling average from real clear politics does have her ahead.by inside the margin of error. so what happened? clinton's opponent, donald trump, has managed to offend some key constituencies in the

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