it's not about wall street or the big banks, it's about helping the plumber in allentown pennsylvania or in virginia or the fishing guy in key west florida to grow their businesses. that's what this is all about, helping small businesses grow and for the american consumers to start new businesses. >> you mentioned small businesses. obviously a key piece of this economy and that's very good news. what about mortgages? anybody who went out and tried to buy a home in the past decade realized it was a regulatory redtape massive destruction. this could be really good for those who do have the lending capacity. >> absolutely correct. the focus is really helping hard-working americans across the country to be able to get the lending products they need whether it's mortgages or small-business loans. that was the entire focus, the entire catalyst starting with president trump, starting with the bipartisan effort in the senate and house print was on the focus to make it easier so more people could own their first home or start their first business or grow their existing business. >> and mention

, pennsylvania and you could say this about allentown.nd zero in this midterm. back in 2000 tim said florida, florida, florida. donald trump is really made 2018 about pennsylvania, pennsylvania, pennsylvania. what's it looking like there on the ground? >> reporter: it's going to be all about pennsylvania, joe. and this district in particular is smack in the middle of a race that's, you know, got extreme national consequences. you've got -- for a couple reasons, number one, the democrats in this district have diversity. they've got somebody on the far left, the progressive, you've got someone in the center, susan wild, and then you've got a conservative democrat who actually has donald trump supporting in many regards but as important as the candidates running in this race, pennsylvania as you said is going to be critical to 2018 and then 2020 because of the newly redrawn congressional district lines here. and that's what came to check out. take a look at this. >> how critical is this road going to be on tuesday night? >> people on this si

world war ii veteran saying "god bless america" during a minor league baseball game last night in allentownset up sound? he received, you bet, a standing ovation. let's listen. ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home [cheers and applause] >> bret: nice job, sir. thank you for your service and inviting us into your home tonight, that is it for "special report," fair, balanced, and unafraid prayed here is my third. >> martha: breaking tonight, blagojevich, the impeached former governor of illinois may get home to his wife and two daughters. convicted for corruption related to what the jury said was a spelling selling of the senate seat of president obama. >> i have this thing, and it is [bleep] golden. and i'm not giving it up for [bleep] nothing. >> martha: his wife patty blagojevich breaking her silence, giving us her husband's first reaction to this news from the federal prison where he has been for seven years on a 14-year sentence. and blagojevich was not the only person that

right now he is in allentown, pennsylvania, not far from where i grew up in the heart of the newly formedventh congressional district. >> how critical is this going to be to the primary election on tuesday night? >> people on this side of the road are going to vote for a new member in the ninth congressional district and voting for a new candidate in the seventh. >> everybody on both sides of the line used to be part of the 15th district. >> that's right. >> come primary election night on tuesday? >> a whole other set of characters as far as the burke's county side. >> and that's because of the redistricting. >> absolutely. >> pennsylvania supreme court ruled the state's condpregzal districts had to be redrawn because they were unfairly designed by the state legislature to benefit republicans who have won 13 of 18 seats three elections in a row. including the 15th, the long-time seat of republican charlie dent. now, redrawn to be the new seventh which cuts off burke's county. >> you are the vice chairman and this is your side of the line. >> this is our side of the new line. >> is there a

the chester county, delaware county, montgomery county, now a good shot in the lehigh valley and allentown area. they lost to that guy, the money guy, wallace over in bucks county. otherwise, sweep. what do you think happened? >> it was -- i felt the same way last night, chris. i was just thrilled. emily's list has been doing this work over three decades. as soon as we got word about the new congressional map that was developed in pennsylvania after the court case which i know you've talked about on the show, we had our staff on the ground immediately. we knew it was a huge opportunity to recruit these great women, get them staffed up, back them up and then our independent expenditure arm women vote went in for a number of these races. last night was great across the country. we had 20 women on the ballot that were endorsed by emily alleys list across the country. 14 won. one week ago, we went 20 for 20 in texas in march, we went five for five. we are seeing extraordinary energy around democratic women candidates right now. >> energy is the word. donald trump beat hillary clinton in pennsy

among the pennsylvania winners, democrat susan wild, the progressive solicitor of allentown. >> this isn't just for me. this isn't just for the next generation. this is for women who ve been waiting a long time to have an equal voice in our government and i want to be part of the group that does that. >> desjardins: to take a closer look at the results, i'm joined by dave davies. he's a senior reporter at pbs station whyy in philadelphia. dave, let me ask you, you have been covering politics for 30 years, what did primary voters tell us lasnight? >> i think in pennsylvania they told us they're ready for a change, but the biggest chareng, ly, lisa, are the changes in the playing field in pennsylvania. if you're looking inhe philly area, three things happened. one, there is a surge of activity among progressive democrats. a lot of them women who ran for offeto and contributed candidates. second, this is a seismic shift, the state supreme court retrue all of the congressional undaries, regarded them as gerrymandered in favor of republicans and the new boundaries drawn by a court ofr jus

we're going to head over to allentown where jake is back on the campaign trail look at what districtsp for grabs. jacob, explain why this is one we should be watching today. it's an interesting storyline, kind of a micro cossism of what we might see around the country. >> i'm back in my happy place outside a polling place and in nationally, because as you said, there are a multitude of democratic opinions here. people here are saying the turnout has been miserable. but whoever emerges victorious from the democratic side could be an ind can i or the of what happen -- indicator of what happens in 2020. it's the new district lines that determines the race. that's what we came to check out. watch this. how critical is this road to the primary election? >> people on this side of the road are voting for a new member in the ninth congressional district, and the other side, a new candidate in the seventh. >> everybody on both sides used to be the 15th district. and on tuesday? >> well, we're going to have another set of characters as far as the burks county side and hehigh. >> reporter: and t

in allentown, pennsylvania, with a look at one of the major races, that is up for grabs. jacob, tell us about this and why it's a district to watch. >> yes, we made our way to bethlehem, actually, the abe corridor, easton being the "e," chris. this new seventh district here in pennsylvania is key for democrats nationwide because it's almost a microcosm of what's going on at a national leave. it's not just the candidates, it's the district lines themselves. they've been redrawn and they may end up being as important as the candidates themselves. watch this. how critical is this road going to be to the primary election on tuesday night? >> people on this side of the road going to be voting for a new congressional member in the ninth congressional district. on that side, the lehigh county side, a new candidate in the seventh. >> it almost blows my mind. everybody on both sides of the line used to be part of the 15th district. >> that's correct. >> comb primary election night on tuesday? >> well, we're going to have a whole nother set of characters as far as the burkes county

>> allentown, new jersey, you know what, we got to see that again. runs to his dad. he's like, yes, they said that was the 15th time that day. please do send your "gma" moments to my facebook page. we'd love to celebrate with >>> hi, there. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. drizzle continues through the morning commute. you'll need the sunglasses this afternoon but still going to be cooler than average. cloudy tonight but not as wet tomorrow morning, but friday morning there is a chance of showers again. upper 50s, low 60s. that's the high temperature coast and san francisco. mid-60s around the bay and into the north bay, upper 60s to low 70s east bay valleys and south bay. low to mid-50s tonight. my accuweather seven-day forecast. after the showers friday, summer returns by sunday. >>> we turn to the controversial social media star lil tay. just 9 years old, she and her mom are drawing fire for the outrageous behavior posted online. juju chang sat down with both of them and this mom has a lot to answer for. >> reporter: absolutely, george. goo

committed few agencies have been trained so far but since ferguson demand is soaring i'm going to allentown the end of the year and was trying to book into twenty fifteen this is my schedule so far. the n.y.p.d. has asked for the training it's expected in pittsburgh this year. but is this a solution. just a very visceral. the city of baltimore started training its police officers against racial prejudice last year despite that young gaffer american died in april this year.