but today we have a different take in one of the main cities in the angle of the country and the decatur comedian has made it his go to bring back some fun and create spaces to befall. reality for boyd called me. it is his 1st performance here in done to force a deal for more than a year. this city has been gripped by tension because of a standoff between english and french speakers incomer rude. more is determined to change the mood. is important because. people just need to calm down for a little bit and focus on other things other than what i've done it creates. hate speech to me i think there's a reason why it's important where laughs but he's not the only one the show we are most loved has brought together over 20 comedians and musicians. projects in a mix of teaching french and english. many criticize politicians for their rule in the current crisis with one particular target is the president who has been in power for nearly 4 tickets. let's take that money i. just think that. it is. just too. cool for that and. it's a rare moment of relief for many truly for you know marco mumble

she is commanded ironman known as stephen decatur trenchard. trenchard is the most famous rescue at sea individual at the time. he rescued several crews. the most important was in 1856, when during a gale, he is in a coastal survey ship, the uss and nixon, uss nixon, and the ship ran a rocks 200 yards ashore. he saves every crewmember, and it is so impressive that queen victoria will give trenchard a gold presentation sword. but wait, trenchard can't have its because of the emoluments clause. the big thing is that he had to have a special act of congress to have him receive the sword. has the monitor as they toe down, they get hit by a terrible storm, 50 not wind, rain squalls, snow squalls, sleet squalls. finally, john bankhead john pine bankhead has to raise the red lantern up, and immediately, trenchard organized two ships to come over to the monitor and rescue the crew. the big problem is is that the rhode island cannot come alongside the monitor. the fear was a wave could pick it up and drop it on the monitor. or, the monitor could be thro

terms of the reaction to that from the people there's a lot of mistrust of french troops arriving in decatur fast so a lot of people say it's a throwback to the colonial era 'd in terms of whether it will actually do anything to stop the violence i think it's being sent by analysts. rather. addressing the causes of the violence so. perhaps we will see a reduction but. it's anybody's guess. staying with africa been in spawn a maint has vowed to introduce a new constitution aimed at easing a political crisis it also plans to issue an amnesty for those still detained as a result of post-election violence in april hundreds protested in the capital cotonou calling for president that's his sentiment to step down the unrest followed the electoral commission decision to ban opposition parties from standing in the election the parliamentary vote so talons are lies when old seats will be delivered. the points of innovation concerns the abolition of the death penalty the institution of general elections with the alignment of all elected mandates the setting of the 1st general elections in 2026 the publ

of the reaction to that from the not people there's a lot of mistrust of french troops arriving in decatur fast so a lot of people say it's very back to the colonial era in terms of whether it will actually do anything to stop the violence i think it's being sudden by analysts seen as a band-aid. rather than. addressing the causes of the violence so. perhaps we will see a reduction but. it's anybody's guess more than a dozen bushfires there raging across the australian state of new south wales authorities say they've received reports of people being trapped in their homes 14 of the fires are now considered to be at emergency level many people have received text messages warning them to leave their homes around 370000 hectares have burned they have been no reports of deaths or injuries so far. now voters in spain go to the polls for the 2nd time this year on sunday the election was called in september after the socialist party failed to gain enough parliamentary support to form a government one of the main issues is catalonia push for independence which has divided the nation for years when

and chris cross here in ringgold and decatur counties, i remember spending new year's eve at terrible'sino somewhere around osceola, i remember a lot and remembert's, spending caucus night in murray, not far from here, and having a chance to see for myself this part of the democratic process. there was a basketball game going on that did not pause for the selection of a nominee for the presidency that was happening in the next room over, but just seeing how american life in these communities matched up with this enormous process of the presidential being made to feel so welcome by the people that we met in communities like mount air and murray and creston and lamoni i and other areas around and otherd lemoni, areas around here. i wanted to mention another reason why that trip my friends and i took here 12 years ago was so important in my life. it settled a question i have been turning over in my head for a long time, the question of whether i would join my family's tradition of serving in the military. i had been weighing a lot of things on whether it was my term serve,e, -- my time to

a difference with the candidate we believe in and crisscrossed here in read gold -- ringgold and decatur counties. remember spending caucus night in murray which i think is not too far from here and having a chance to see myself, this part of the democratic ross s, there's a basketball game going on that did not pause for a selection of the nominee for the president. just seeing how these communities matched up with the sonorous process of a presidential election and being made to feel so welcome by the people that we met in communities like mao air -- mao air -- it is such a treat to be back. i also want to mention another theon -- another reason why trip was so important in my life and it was that it settled a question that i had been turning over my head for a long time. over then turning question of whether i would join my family's of serving in the military and i had been waiting a lot things on whether it was my turn to serve in the thing was iut me over the top cannot believe how losses when i knocked on the door and someone came and people were getting ready to go serve in the ar

history these two processes have been going on simultaneously than the other one processes were always decatur tentacles out and seeing what's out there. and we are also periodically closing ranks and saying they're coming. and bring out the swords and they have to be ready. both of those are going on and sometimes it's more of one and more of the other. >> how does the narrative-based argument account for the phenomenon that great quantity of people will follow a single leader right off a cliff and is there a tipping point where the insanity stops? and waits to go off the cliff and start over or is it not the leader, a cohesion and some random charismatic or not creature takes the reins? >> it's a combination of the two. i think one ingredient is incoherence of the current narrative. in the other ingredient is someone who spots away to supply the missing pieces so all this incoherent in all these random bits of dust floating around form up into a constellation. so it's still out there but they somehow added to a meeting. it can be good or it can be bad. i don't think we say a hitler causes na

lockheed martin and boeing, which is also developing its own rocket, about 30 miles from here in decatura. blue origin is building a new 200 million rocket engine factory in huntsville, expected to open early next year. i sat down exclusively with the ceo, bob smith, to discuss the investment and how it fits into the broader strategy at blue origin take a listen. >> huntsville is known as rocket city, it is deservingly so that's where much of the u.s. rocket capability came from, going back to the '50s and '60s, that's where it all started. it has a great receptacle of talent there that you can tap into it has been decades in building. we wanted to go to where the talent is and where you get great support. everyone from governor ivy to the mayor in huntsville are great supporters in developing the space economy there. i think huntsville is key to where we're going to be in terms of engine development. actually how we produce engines and test our engines will be key to where we have it. we will put over 300 people in that new facility, spent $200 million on it. it will be 350,000 square f

we will hear next from decatur, illinois, and rinaldo is next. caller: hi. thanks for taking my call to my question is mainly to miss going goitein, this renewal of the patriot act, this opens the door to abuse, so i am wondering, has there been any reports of any specific abuse of gathering this private information? and on the invasion of privacy of innocent law-abiding citizens. thet: thank you for question. it is an excellent one. as i was mentioning before, there's extensive evidence of misuse of the information of there is different kinds under the programs we are talking about right here, and that would include the collection of hundreds of millions of records authorizeda was not to collected yes, this is accidental, but an accidental privacy violation is still very much a privacy violation. there have been several opinions of the fisa court in addition showing other ways in which the nsa and other government agencies, including the fbi, who had access to this information, had improperly accessed it. in fact, in a recent opinion, that relates to a diff

morning that you were going to be here by charles schwab accounts went up $2.50 and i'm sure that's in decaturut i really appreciate you. i would note also our father on the floor a catholic gentleman and of course i'm southern baptist. i was asking about his stocks and he said he'd took out poverty and i said if you see my charge while the count x. that have to. >> the gentleman's time has expired and i now recognized the gentlewoman ms. jaya path for five minutes. >> what was the rate of inflation in september and how did that compare to your target? >> is a little below our target. i will just talk about core. 1.7% which is just below the target. >> not the core but the actual rate was 1.3 when you look at core and is it a sign that the economy is operating below its potential? >> it certainly is a sign that in no way is the economy under a lot of upward pressure from labor markets being too tight or the economy being too strong. there is no sign that things are overheating or anything like that. maxim kia, as have i'd been a fight several indicators some of which you have mentioned in your

one in decatur, illinois. >> what's your cost per kilowatt when you get it back into the grid and is it competitive? >> i'll give you an example. right now we sell our electricity to our local service provider for 4.8 cents per kilowatt hour. i'd say we're at break even right now. that's why the things we've looked at, electricity producers who operate are currently not eligible for the renewable fill standard and the rims that are associated with, for example, so that's one of the changes we would like to see the would like to see implemented. there's a pathway there. they've just never accepted or adopted. that would really help us achieve maybe a little improved level of profitability as well as the overall implementation of the small remooinry exception. >> my time is up. i'd love to at a different time learn more about what you're doing there. >> sure, thank you very much. >> thank you, senator braun. you touched on a very important topic that catches all of our witnesses. coop, you're up. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thanks for having this hearing on farm bill implementation

. >> adm facility in decatur, illinois, sends us waste stream. >> what is your cost per kilowatt when you generate electricity back into the grid, and is it competitive? >> i'll give you an example. right now, we sell our electricity to our local service provider for 4.8 cents a kilowatt hour. i would say we're at break even right now. that's why the things that we've looked at with renewable fuel standard -- electricity producers who operate are not eligible. also, what is associated with, for example, what goes with fuels, that transportation and liquid fuel producers can get. for example, renewable natural gas. that's one of the changes we'd like to see the epa implement. they've never expected or adopted into the applications that have been submitted for the year end's pathway. that'd really help us achieve maybe a little improved level of profitability, as well as the overall implementation of the small refinery exception. >> my time is up. i'd love to learn more about what you're doing there. >> sure. thank you very much. >> thank you, sen toator brown. you touched on an importa

we will hear next from decatur, illinois, and rinaldo is next. caller: hi.nks for taking my call to my question is mainly to miss going goitein, this renewal of the patriot act, this opens the door to abuse, so i am wondering, has there been any reports of any specific abuse of gathering this private information? and on the invasion of privacy of innocent law-abiding citizens. thet: thank you for question. it is an excellent one. as i was mentioning before, there's extensive evidence of misuse of the information of there is different kinds under the programs we are talking about right here, and that would include the collection of hundreds of millions of records authorizeda was not to collected yes, this is accidental, but an accidental privacy violation is still very much a privacy violation. there have been several opinions of the fisa court in addition showing other ways in which the nsa and other government agencies, including the fbi, who had access to this information, had improperly accessed it. in fact, in a recent opinion, that relates to a differen