-- akron is a disaster, sir.t is a disaster. it is the heroine addiction capital of the universe, for crying out loud. i don't know what your point is, sir. host: go ahead, simon. guest: in the article, i point out that akron, the medium wages $35,000 a year. it does have heroin addiction. the population is down a third peak.ts the point is not that akron is back to the glory days and it may never get back there. the point is it is trying to find a part out of it. when i talk about brain belt, it is not my term. .t comes from an academic there are many places that are not winners, where the jobs are not coming back. and as you say, that leaves a heavy toll in terms of unemployment and poverty. you have to look at what akron has, which others don't have. they have a strong research university, which works in polymer science, and that supports an ecosystem of plastics and other companies and tires. they still make the nascar tires and you still have the research facilities for tire makers there. so they still have

funds in greater akron. been a long he's time reader of tac. which i'm happy to hear that we reader in akron. second panelist to the left is gracie olmsted. the former colleague of mine at the american conservative. now the associate managing federalist.e weekly news letter for women. besidesread her writing in the federalist and american conservative. and catholictoday real life and gracie will talk about howy in part all these lessons apply also to towns and rural areas lessons aree lesson continuum. finally, unfortunately michael had a family emergency and had to cancel. formerpy to say my colleague jonathan coppage represents our r street. this event. is visiting senior fella with the r street institute will be stepping in an r street, john researches urbanism in built environment and previously, the americangue at conservative. initially started this whole new urbanism initiative three years ago around this time today. to all our panelist for being here. with jason. maybe giving us remarks. you herepy t

it will appeal to the worker in akron who is only being paid $11 an hour, it will appeal to the young woman getting out of college in los angeles and wants a bright future, it will appeal to the single mom in buffalo who is cleaning toilets for minimum wage. >> do you worry that your party is too fixated on the russia investigation? >> no. >> tim kaine of west virginia said that donald trump's ideas are simply treasonous. do you worry that you're playing into donald trump's hands that way? >> no, i believe we're spending our time fighting this health dare bill where we're resonating with average voters and average workers and we've been spending time putting together our better deal which we announced today. those are our two big focuses. obviously russia is in the news. we want mueller to be able to pursue and our committees to be able to pursue their investigations unimpeded, but our focus is on health care and now on the economic well-being of the working family, a better deal for the working family. >> you say your focus and on health care, but i know there are congressional democ

. >> reporter: this school board in akron, ohio voted 5-1 to equip its middle and high schools with naloxone, the heroin antidote better known by its brand name, narcan. >> it's very heartbreaking to have to talk about putting something like this in our schools. but you do hope what you're doing is potentially saving a life. >> reporter: nine states have adopted laws on the use of narcan in schools. some require it, others simply encourage it. the maker of narcan began offering a free carton of the antidote to all u.s. high schools last year. in ohio, the heart of the nation's heroin epidemic, 29 teenagers died of opioid overdoses in 2016. but not everyone thinks narcan is the answer. >> i've never used narcan. won't use it till the courts make me. >> reporter: richard jones is the sheriff in butler county, ohio. he refuses to allow his deputies to carry the antidote because he believes it encourages drug use. >> narcan's not a cure-all, and i'm not going to have my guys do it. >> reporter: in akron the school board's only no vote said she was worried about the message stocking naloxone woul

. >> i spent the entire day here yesterday, hugh, in youngstown, akron, basrberton and not one. the russia issue is very important. that's not to diminish the issue. the two committees in the house and senate headed up by publicans. mueller's investigation is critically important and central to our democratic process, no question about it. but we need to focus on jobs, economy, health care because back in places like youngstown and barberton and akron, ohio, people are talking about jobs, wages an growth. >> let me ask you about the leadership 06 your party. elizabeth warren, joe biden, nancy pelosi and elizabeth warren, these are not spry young faces on the stage out there. when do you turn the page, congressman ryan -- i heard you say you're not interested in challenging nancy pelosi again. it looks like your party has to turn a page to a new generation of leadership. do you agree with that? >> i don't think there's any question. i'm still being very vocal. i'm still traveling, still going on tv. i'm personally trying to go to places that democrats haven't gone in a long, long

a factory worker in akron is now making $11 an hour. >> a mom in buffalo paying unemployment on minimum wage. the party exists to work on behalf of the wealthy corporate interests. furthering their dream of lower taxes for the top, fewer consumer protections, unfettered access and influence to the already favored you, we know what america looks like with those policies today. inspire new deals, government silence and corporations and wealthy speculators indirect economy. we workthis out my panic, recession , for decades. when american workers were low, you can see economic forces beyond their control. we democrats are offering a better deal. a phrase that intentionally evokes the new deal because we can afford to go back to those but we cannot afford to go back to those times. >> american people deserve an economy that works for them. not the powerful. better deal, not just our slogan. >> it is our mission. >> it's about reorienting governments first on behalf of people and families. not going to be the work of only one congress, it should be the work of only one party. >> so for many r

merkel and germany, and akron in france, and i don't think he is going to last he have long and now we'reg the emergence of who is a ter terrible, terrible person with horrible racist views who may become the next prime minister of our strongest ally, england. so i think that to the extent that we can help encourage established in the european countries, that is good for america, and that is good, i think generally for the world. >> armstrong: we will take a quick break, and get our guest commentator in on this conversation. we will have questions from the examiner. alan ♪ ♪ >> armstrong: welcome back to the broadcast. attorney alan dershowitz is our guest with this breaking news reporter with the wash examiner. she will be asking questions. first, did the nine supreme court decision immigration in texas, did that bother you? did it set a precedent? what does it tell us where the country is going? >> guest: , you know, well, youi think the country is very concerned about immigration. it's a big issue, the supreme court will have something to say argument in october. you know, we have to r

now we're going from this event akron, the top 50 will be there. t's going to be quite a scene. includes jordan spieth. ian: and so many of the top players in the world in really all form and they're competing against each other the next two weeks. hat's what i love. they reset at the wyndham. see who makes it through to the playoffs. an exciting time of the season. jim: as far as quail hollow goes n two weeks. there's going to be so much discussion about jordan spieth going for the career grand slam. we've covered so many events at came hollow. hat do you think it's going to take to win there? ian: i think a good driver of the ball. i think rory mcilroy. obviously jordan spieth in good form. fowler a good driver of the ball. has won there b. rory had his first win in the nited states here. it's going to be an exciting time. we'll be bringing it to you too. has a good track record there at quail hollow. ian: yes. llow and by the way, congratulations to sergio and angela. they got married last night down texas. the masters champion. ian: another longhorn right there. jim: yeah. j

about the experience and as long as they have a good time they are still winners and winners head to akronio that begins on the 16th of the month. channel 6 "action news." >> security is going be tight in new york city for the independence day celebrations today. authorities say there is no credible threats but extra officers and k-9 teams for all events including the biggest fireworks display the macy's show. they inspected all the barges and security is with them around the clock. >> boston's big 4th of july celebration massachusetts state police are coordinating security from an operation center from an undisclosed location. they have hundreds of cameras and using a tethered drone to get an aerial view of the crowds. >>> the stars and stripes were flying high over atlanta for a 4th of july tradition. the peach tree road race. the 10 k race went off without incident and they said that humidity was their biggest challenge. the world's largest 10 k race now in its 28 and year. >>> americans spend big on the 4th of july and it's not just for cookouts but everything from hats to fireworks, a

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now we're going from this event akron, the top 50 will be there. it's going to be quite a includes jordan spieth. ian: and so many of the top players in the world in really all form and they're competing against each other the next two weeks. hat's what i love. they reset at the wyndham. see who makes it through to the playoffs. an exciting time of the season. jim: as far as quail hollow goes n two weeks. there's going to be so much discussion about jordan spieth going for the career grand slam. we've covered so many events at came hollow. hat do you think it's going to take to win there? ian: i think a good driver of the ball. i think rory mcilroy. obviously jordan spieth in good form. fowler a good driver of the ball. has won there b. rory had his first win in the nited states here. it's going to be an exciting time. we'll be bringing it to you too. has a good track record there at quail hollow. y llow and by the way, congratulations to sergio and angela. they got married last night down texas. the masters champion. ian: another longhorn right th

eight games are up for grabs but the paris in los angeles is all about who gets what yeah i'm from akron and sames getting first place is a big deal bigger than usual for a head of state he's already made his pitch in switzerland an unusual move for a country's leader who normally any make an appearance at the host city vote which is not until september trump was absent while the poll paris man who spent head of the french bid before macro to grab the reins was noticeably eclipsed by the president we hold the stage and then there's the campaigning has been enthusiastic to say the least showcasing his school sing prowess and trying hard to show just wasn't all round he is a defender olympic values and. they're under threat and questioned by many people today so it's the best money to defend. the olympic flame appears to be very much close to mykonos heart they made headlines after promising to make his leadership style the tarion channeling the french king louis the great who was himself once portrayed as jupiter at the head of the roman gods and of course as the father of old gods he req

aside from akron, ohio, independent line, first with our guest. go ahead. caller: good morning. of u.s. taxes ty have gone to the illegal, countries bing of 14 since 1980, afghanistan, iraq, libya, sudan, etc, media ignore peace movement which represents vast majority of americans. trump was selected on false to be a peace candidate. host: okay, to ray in bronx, new ray, go ahead, you're next. caller: i want to talk about, ou know, corporate business taxes, but what about for the working person? them?are they doing for host: let's switch to the individual side, what are ideas republican pros pose? there are planning to cut tax rate on the individual side, s well, they also want to significantly increase the would d deduction, which help also to lower taxes for individuals and it would mean people are itemizing, which would help to make filing their taxes simpler. i think that republicans have actually three real big goals on tax reform. is to provide tax relief for working families. code ais to make the tax lot simpler and the third is to make businesses more competitive economi

you win elections because you can implement your ideas and in my him -- estimation to help people in akron and youngstown. you will be headed up to new hampshire next month for something called the new hampshire young democrats cookout on the 16th in hampton. what should we be reading into a visit to new hampshire? guest: i went to school there. i've been up there a bunch over the net -- course of my career. and i got invited. and at the point now where i got a young family. the young democrats called up and wanted me to calm up. statesne of those swing that they barely one. new hampshire is one of those states where we have got to be there. we have two members of congress there, a good state that i think we should be able to hold those states -- seats. it's a working-class state. host: our guest has been tim ryan, democrat from ohio. 13th district. we appreciate your time this morning. guest: thank you. host: we will take another short time out and talk about nafta and what the trump administration would like to do to change the treaty. the wall street journal's william all will talk abou

stripes and appeal to the young woman who graduated from college in los angeles, the factory worker in akron is only making $11 and a single mom in buffalo cleaning toilets on minimum wage. the republican party seems to work on behalf of the wealthy and corporate interests, furthering their dreams of lower taxes at the top and fewer consumer protections and unfeathered influences access for a favored few. we know what that policy looks like. prior to the new deal, government sat silently as wealthy speculators wrecked the economy. we were beset by depressions every few decades. there was a time when american workers were alone the raging sea of economic forces beyond their control. we democrats are offering a better deal, a phrase that invokes the new deal because we can afford to go but we cannot afford to go back to those times. the american people deserves an economy that works for them, not for the powerful. a better deal is not just our slogan, it is our mission. it's about reorienting government to work on behalf of people and families. not going to be the work of only one congress or

kids like benjamin from akron with down syndrome. w he visited recently with his parents. ohio schools lose out $12 million a year. 22% of rural hospitals would be at risk of closing. goes on and on and on. these are problems created by this bill behind door number three britain by lobbyists down the hall and senator mcconnell's office by drug companies and insurance companies and wall street lobbyists. that's the bill. an undisclosed and unknown until he regurgitated it on the senate floor and gave us this bill. "the cleveland plain dealer"ath proposed $200 billion per ace a, funding. this too would pale compared with a loss. governor kasich's key republican democrat governor kasich's said this is spitting in the ocean. that is what's behind door number three. higher costs lower coverage. that brings us to less coverage. that brings us to door number four. mr. president we have no idea. it's a mystery plan. w do you know what's uncertainty has done to a high old counties? ohio's most conservative newspaper said to me a month and a half ago uncertainty is like carbon monox

. >> today's winners head to akron, ohio for the championships that begin on the 16th of this month.> one bucks county community celebrated this 4th with a full day of activities. ♪ ♪ a big parade complete with the aqua spring ban kicked off south hampton day and the procession and shriners color guard on horse back and a country fair and tonight a concert and fireworks. >>> ocean city's annual bike parade brought out everyone's patriotic spirit hats and bows to t-shirts. riders made their way along central avenue to 53rd street and the route ended at the playground where prizes were handed out to those with the best decorated bikes. >>> well, still to come on "action news" tonight. they are pretty to look at but could cause panic and confusion for the four-legged friends we are talking about the fireworks, advice for owners on how to keep your pets safe and calm during the night's festivities. hold on to your stomachs another tradition commenced on coney island, the nathans hot dog eating contest. we'll tell you who is top dog. adam joseph to the left. >> adam is keeping an eye on t

one of the stories i read in the book, university of akron team 2009, that basically under the pressure of needing to win because there a newhe school just built stadium and then also the first hurt, the second stringers weren't really up to the job and so there was a lot to get guys back on, in culture of using pain pills people with pain and get back playing again quickly. asically destroyed that team, half the team, according to guys on the team got addicted, a died of heroin overdose, one of the corner backs, son of a friend of mine ohio, also died of a heroin overdose. affected is has sports, high school and college me.ts massively, if you ask football is the extreme example, ut you also find this in wrestling, lacrosse, baseball and other sports. missouri, paul affected by ahead.abuse, go caller: just a comment and question from mr. sam quinones. suffered from chronic pain relateddes, due to work injuries. have also been impacted by the opioid epidemic with the loss of family member. guest: i'm sorry. caller: it's a very complicated problem. sufferer, i ic pain want to ask mr. sam

. >> reporter: the school board in akron, ohio, voted 5 to 1 to equip its middle and high schools withthe heroin antidote, narcan. >> it's very heartbreaking to have to talk about schools but you do hope that what you're doing is potentially saving a life. >> reporter: in the last few years, at least nine states have adopted laws on the use of this drug in schools. some require it. others simply encourage it. the maker of the drug began offering a free carton of the antidote to all u.s. hooigh schools last year. in ohio, the heart of the nation's heroin epidemic, 29 teenagers died of opioid overdoses in 2016, but not everyone thinks narcan is the answer. >> i've never used narcan, won't use it until the courts make me. >> reporter: richard jones is the sheriff in butler county, ohio. he refuses to allow his deputies to carry the antidote because he believes it encourages drug use. >> narcan is not a cure-all and i mean not going to have my guys do it. >> reporter: the only no vote said she was worried about the message stocking naloxone would send to kids. only trained resource officer

the "akron beacon journal" a few days ago wrote an extraordinary editorial about ralph regula. the last paragraph sums congressman regula up best. what would benefit congress and the country today are more lawmakers like ralph regula, devoted to their districts without losing sight of e larger picture. he wasn't just superb at legislating. he delivered wha governing requires. i couldn't say it any better. we in ohio losa truly wonderful person, a great american. and ohio's lost three of them in the last year that i served with here in the united states congress, who made this body a better place. who made this country a better place. nearly a year ago, steve latourette from northeastern ohio, earlier this year mike oxley, and now ralph regula. ralph regula's -- ralph regula was the dean of the delegation even before i got here and he was the dean of the delegation when i came here in 2001. one of the great things that ralph regula did on our side of the aisle, when we were in the minority and then when we were in the majority, is he strategically placed members of our team from

my piece would be look in plays like youngstown, akron, we need investors. we need people to make inve investments in our community to hire the workers that we talk about. you can't love the employee and hate the employer. keep business taxes low. you need to keep the codes simplified. as people make money and as really high-end people start to make money, top 1%, top 1/2 of 1%, top 1/10 of the 1%, capture that money as it comes in as income. let's keep business taxes simple and low and allow for growth an entrepreneurship and steer it to areas that are not wall street or silicon valley to grow jobs in the midwest. >> neil: it's interesting this week, six months after he took office that democrats or democratic leadership came out with a response that they're not the party in opposition. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer among the leaders saying they have an agenda for the middle class to advance their cause. many say this is a little late to that argument. they further said that republican policies are inciting violence. those were paraphrasing here, the appro

about it, i'm joined by dr bruce cohen — the director of the neurodevelopmental science centre at akronin mitochondrial disease — the type of disease that charlie gard suffers from. hello, and thank you for being with us. hello, and thank you for being with us. just explain this potential treatment from dr hirano, if you can? shore. this baby has a disorder that results in the dna not replicating properly and in time it becomes depleted from the body. you need this dna to make the building blocks of the mitochondrial. in this child's situation, many patients, the ratio and concentration of those building blocks are just out of whack. the purpose of the nucleoside bypass therapy is to re—establish normal ratios, so dna can be made properly. ok, so what are the chances of an improvement in little charlie gard's condition, if he does get some of this treatment? in some animal models and in some humans, the use of this therapy has been helpful in establishing relatively normal mitochondria dna concentrations, and improvement of clinical symptoms. to the best of my knowledge, it has not been

will appeal to the young woman who just graduated from college in los angeles, the factory worker in akron who is now only making $11 an hour, and the single mom in buffalo cleaning toilets on minimum wage. the republican party seemingly exist to work on behalf of the wealthy and corporate interests, furthering their dream of lower taxes at the very top, fewer consumer protections, unfettered access and influence from the already favored few. but we know what america looks like when those policies role the day. prior to the new deal, government sat silently as corporations and wealthy spectators wrecked the economy. we were beset by panics, recessions, depressions every few decades. it was a time when american workers were alone against the raging sea of economic forces beyond their control. we democrats are offering a better deal, a phrase that intentionally evokes the new deal, because we can afford to go back, but we cannot afford to go back to those times. the american people deserve an economy that works for them, not for the powerful. a better deal is not just our slogan, it is our m

james joining us next, good morning from akron, ohio, you're next. caller: yes, you know, it's a few things that concerns me about president trump. one thank conditioners me, i don't hear anybody talking too much about, it i'm concerned about him selling off assets that belong to the united states that we will never be table give back. he's using his office as a business for his family. another thing, people demall and say we gave iran money, and they they continue. you know, we paid iran the money that was owed them, and i'm sure it was some type of a deal that was made in order for them to get the money. but we got what we wanted and didn't give up anything but what we owed them. but these are the kind of things that concern most people out here, and he's making a mockery of the country. people in the street and everybody, even his supporters think that he's not competent to do this job. toe ople are trying to the republican line. this isn't about republican or democrat. this is about the country. at some point, i think the people here in america s

well dr bruce cohen is the director of the neuro developmental science centre at akron children's hospitalin mitochondrial disease, and has been following the charlie gard case. thank you very much indeed for joining us. it is good to see you. chris gard, charlie's father, said, we will have to live with the what if the mac for the rest of our lives. and the argument from the family is very much that the doctors are great ormond street did not act quickly enough, that the brain deterioration from last january until now is simply too far gone for any kind of help to be given to charlie. is that a fair assessment? well, i first heard charlie. is that a fair assessment? well, ifirst heard of charlie. is that a fair assessment? well, i first heard of charlie's pa rents‘ well, i first heard of charlie's parents‘ decision a few moments ago. iam parents‘ decision a few moments ago. i am deeply moved by both his mother and father's comments. i want to point out one of the things his father said. charlie, in point out one of the things his fathersaid. charlie, in his point out one of the things his

barbara to akron had good influence on me as a writer of history, said that there is no trick to teaching history effectively or writing about history, tell stories. that is what i tried to do but also tried to bring down to front and center stage people who have been in the background more than they deserve to have been like john adams, like the builders of the brooklyn bridge or the people who made the success at panama happen. and women, abigail adams, emily roebling, the wife of the owner of the brooklyn bridge and catherine right, the sister of the wright brothers without whom i don't think they would have succeeded. she has never gone adequate credit for that and i hope my book does that and brings her to the point where she is recognized as not only having been important but interesting and admirable as a human being. >> host: i'm interested in how history gets revised over the years, there are people seen as heroes and then perhaps don't fare as well in historians eyes, they can come back in there is a renaissance etc.. how do you think john kennedy is bearing? >> very well but i

to undercut the tax that china pays, bring back our steel industry, let's get back so ving detroit, akron, any of the great american -- midwestern states had model cities and people were working and there weren't the big slums because things were going great. that day can come back, but it will not come back to the extent it could with a 20% or 21% corporate tax, but oh, my goodness, we cut our corporate tax to 15%, this united states economy will explode. this less than 2% that we had growth under president obama, lowest for any eight years in our history, that would end overnight. if i might ask how much time i have. the speaker pro tempore: 23 minutes. mr. gohmert: so thank you, mr. speaker. i want to direct attention to this ongoing narrative about collusion with russia. we still desperately need an independent council to vestigate the mueller, clinton, lynch relationship. it appears that mueller is on a -- and it appears he will james comey, they were buddies. they colluded together so much. comey trying to get an independent council appointed. he was able by leaking illegally pullin