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sadly, the scourge of opioid abuse in appalachia makes the road that much longer. the opioid mortality and overdose rates in appalachia are shocking with rates in west virginia reaching three times the national rate. moreover drug abuse jeopardizes with gion's development high performing work force that is healthy and drug free. unfortunately, this tragic backdrop highlights the failed campaign promises of president trump. president trump campaigned about the scourge of opioids and how he would designate the opioid crisis as a national emergency and combat the problem. however, the president did not declare this epidemic and emergency under the stafford act and provided little to no new funding to combat this epidemic conway withlly anne no public health background as the point person on the opioid crisis. . because trump administration refuses to take substantive action, congress must take the lead on this issue. the a.r.c. and mission to promote economic development in the region has always understood the grave threat of opioid addiction to the economic viability

we have people suffering still in appalachia and still in mississippi, still in our inner cities and still in our rural towns because income inequality has surged, over four decades, we have seen the workers' wages flat or declining, the of everything gup, from healthcare to housing to the cost of a child attempting to attend college. and while we may have come a long way from the fire hoses and dogs turned against peaceful protester, demanding voting rights and civil rights, a long way since attorney general kennedy crusaded for civil rights, calling in the national rsity to register the unive of alabama's first african-american students. whil mayeave come a long way on that trail, we still have a long way to go as saw in charlottesvilllast year, as we saw through the last several adnistration in which the mptation too often has come from the oval office to denigrate different groups of americans whether they be african-americans or haitian americans or latin americans or women americans or americans with disabilities, and when we hear that, let us remember the vision of america, of

the life of the outstretched fist.not the clenched he lived it in appalachia and the mississippi deltaations,n among farmworkers who had no one else to look after them. townshipse way to the of south africa still growing under apartheid. ever once give up his plan? or his tribe? no. he said, what does that have to do with whether we can live together or if we have to acknowledge our common enemy is even more important than our interesting differences? he did something unusual for a politician back then, when you could not check every word every day. he said the same thing everywhere he went. [laughter] he would go into a working-class neighborhood and tell them exactly the same thing he would say in a poor neighborhood of african-americans. synagoguetand in the to say the same thing he would say at day knights of columbus meeting. a large muslim population back then, he would have gone to them and said, you too can be part of america if you share our values and vision. [laughter] -- [applause] the native americans, the national congress of american for his workribes gave him a tribal n

he lived in appalachia and mississippi delta, on native american reservations, among farmworkers whoafter them, and all the way to the townships of south africa, still groaning under apartheid. did he ever wants give up his clan or his tribe? no. he said, what does that have to do with if we can live together? what does that have to do with acknowledging our common humanity or our interesting differences? and he did something unusual for a politician back then, when you could not check every word every day -- he actually said the same thing everywhere he went. [laughter] president clinton: he would go into a working class neighborhood and tell them exactly the same thing he would say in a poor neighborhood of african-americans. he would stand in the synagogue and say the same thing he would say at a knights of columbus meeting. and if we had had a large muslim population back then, he would have gone to them and said, "you, too, can be part of america if you share our values and our vision." [applause] president clinton: the native americans, literally the national congress of americ

he lived in appalachia and mississippi delta and on native american reservations, among farmworkers whoe way to the township of south africa still growing under apartheid. did he ever once give up his plan? or his tribe? no. he said what does that have to do with if we can live together or if we have to knowledge our common enemy is more important in our differences? and he did something unusual for a politician back then you cannot check every word every day he said the same thing everywhere he went. [laughter] he would go into a working class neighborhood and tell them exactly the same thing and say in the poor neighborhood. he would stand in the synagogue to say the same thing that he would say at the knights of columbus meeting. and if we had had the muslim population back then he would have gone to them and said you two can be part of america if you share our values and vision 17 the native americans american indians, 90 tribes for his work with them gave him a tribal name. his braveheart took him to california a 200-mile trip across appalachia to see the shacks where parents strug

people suffering still in appalachia, still in mississippi, still in our inner cities, and still in our role towns -- rural towns. income equality -- inequality has surged over four decades. we have seen the workers wages decline, the cost of everything goes up from health care to housing, to the cost of a child attempting to attend college. while we may have come a long way from the fire hoses and dogs turned against peaceful protesters, demanding voting a long and civil rights, way since attorney general kennedy, we still have a long way to go. votes will be taken in the following order. the motion to recommit, passage . h.r. 8 and motion to concur the first eleroni wilte e conducted as a 15-mi vote. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of offered by the gentlewoman from new york on which the yeas and nays are the clerkmotio to recommit on

it referred to appalachia, farmers in mississippi and alabama and georgia, and chicano farmers in the southwest united states demanding land. for themselves, land that was stolen. those were all really important. we had this encampment. people came from chicago. i was already living in d.c. i was working back and forth from chicago, but i was also helped start the liberation news service, working with the washington free press. the encampment actually had the confederate flag flying in the poor white encampment. one of the symbols on the jacket of the young patriots, was the confederate flag. very different time in perception of what that meant. they used it as a way to teach other poor white folks what racism was about. and what that flag meant. how it also could be a flag of rebellion, of change. it was interesting, the way people looked at it then and how it was used at that moment. people got really sick in that camp. they stopped in dayton. they said that the food was poisoned along the way. many of them were sick during that part of the encampment. the thing about this was there

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the land to man's marc talked about referred to appalachia, seven farmers in mississippi, alabama, and georgia, and chicago farmers in the southwest united states demanding land. for themselves, land that was stolen. so those were all really important. so we had this encampment there. peggy terry was there, youngblood was there, people came up from chicago. i was already living in d.c. i was at the time working with them, back and forth from chicago, but i was also helping start the liberation news service, working with the washington free press. so i was in the middle of stuff in d.c. as well. and that encampment actually had the confederate flag flying in the poor white and cap meant -- poor white in cap meant -- poor white incampment from uptown. one of the symbols on the jackets of the young patriots was the confederate flag. very different time and perception of what that meant. and they used it as a way to teach other poor white folks what racism was about and what that flag, but how it could also be a flag of rebellion for change. so it was interesting, the way people looked at

she's sitting next to a casket that's carrying the hope of my family, black americans, people from appalachiarobert kennedy. that's imprinted in my head, in my mind. i'll never forget that. >> reporter: the images of the last goodbye, for the man and e rehope he represented. john dickerson, cbs news, baltimore. >> glor: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. i'm jeff glor. good night. see you tomorrow. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ps.. and >>> kpix 5 news begins with the race for mayor of san francisco still up for grabs. the frontrunner flips and with tens of thousands of ballots still to count, anything can happen. good evening. i am allen martin. >> and i am elizabeth cook. leno now leads by a difference of only 1100 votes. there are tens of thousands of votes still to be counted. >> reporter: this race could go anyway -- any way. let's take a look. thanks to an unusually high turnout, city hall workers today are still busy sorting and counting some 85,000 ballots from yesterday's election. >> nothing has been determined. whatever we

i found it harder to be honest reporting in appalachia than in eastern congo. one of the reasons is because i'm implicated in the story in the way am with foreign policy abroad. but come home to america and go out to communities where i rely on resources without thinking much about the communities that supply them, one of the amazing pieces but i had no idea about was that the role divide really begins in pennsylvania. withhe irish settlers going all the way back to the revolutionary war and before. showing up as a good old quaker from pennsylvania. my family lived on the same lan since the 1700s. washington troops came to my family's land. that was not really a history where george washington led an army of people. it's a place for the federal government is not loved. >> thank you so much. it was wonderful. [applause] [applause] >> thank you for coming. books can be purchased and signed outside of the auditori auditorium. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] >> good afternoon and welcome to the 34th annual chicago tribune

the last car standing there, i see a lady with a veil sitting next to a americans, people from appalachiad in that box was robert kennedy. it is imprinted in my head, in my mind. i will never forget that. >> reporter: the images of the last good-bye. for the man and the hope he represented. john dickerson, cbs news, baltimore. >>> that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. york.e welcome you to the the family of kate spade offering the first insight into what may have caused the celebrated fashion designer to take her own life. the 55-year-old mother and wife found dead in her new york city apartment tuesday. in an e-mail her sister says she believed that spade suffered from bipolar disorder a mental illness that affects more than 5 million americans. jericka duncan has more. >> the motto for spade's fashion line is live colorfully. beneath the exterior, police tell cbs this morning that spade was wrestling with financial and family, use. police say a housekeeper found kate spade hanging from a red scarf tied to a door knob in her time. the designer left a suicide note addressed to h

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his appeal was to really the most disenfranchised classes, people who lived in appalachia, blacks whos. very similar to martin luther king focusing on the poor and working people. >> in the aftermath of dr. king's assassination, it's coretta scott king who has the legacy of her husband to draw upon to make the case that change was needed now. >> my husband always said that if anything happened to him to carry on his work for his people. >> coretta was always an activist. before martin was an activist. and she continued to be outspoken in order to make the point that you can kill my husband, but this movement is going to go on. >> we have seen the power of nonviolence in the movement for civil rights. the campaign for the poor must go on. >> king's notion was to try to put pressure on congress to try to do something about the issue of poverty. he was proposing, to use modern terms, an occupy movement on the national mall, not for a day or two, but to stay. >> i declare this to be the site our new city, resurrection city usa. >> as dr. king had dreamed, they built a shanty town to expos

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the campaign trail getting mad at staffers who thought he was wasting his time when he went to appalachiabeing here on this very important anniversary. the book is "robert f. kennedy, ripples of hope". >> be sure to follow me at jake tapper and tweet at "the lead" and cnn reads them. stay tuned. next is going to be wolf blitzer. he's next door in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news. e the law. the white house said no one is above the law after president trump suggested he is. tweeting he has the absolute right to pardon himself and slamming the appointment of robert mueller as unconstitutional. refusing to answer. white house press secretary sarah sanders dodges questions about why she told reporters the president had no role in drafting a statement defending son's meeting with russians when his lawyers say he dictated the entire thing. why wouldn't the white house admit that it changes itstory. >>> first appearance. after more than three w

yet this state is the worst poverty rate in the region in rate in theh 25.4% appalachia portion versushe rest of the state. gone andmines are long the promise to bring them back is alive from the pits of hell. >> i come in front of you today african-american trench gender woman -- transgender woman wiout health care. with serious health issues. but i stand here today to tell you after earning a bachelor's degree in history of political yearse, after working 30 of my life with a good paying job, i, too, have been set back. i have been diagnosed with kidney disease stage v. i fell behind in my payments. i was two months behind and i made a double payment, but they had some grace period that they told me after the fact, so as i lay on my deathbed, i am still here and i will be fighting to the end. i want to say thank you for finding for me. i want to say thank you for fighting for you. and i want to say thank you for fighting for a moral america. i love you! people, a -- you can, your sister. i stand here in solidarity with kenya from californiaa. she could not be here but she is watching

good african-americans and the people of puerto rican background you have white people from appalachiaso the idea that you can combine all of these different ethnic backgrounds into one unified message was another challenge they face. i am interested in a civil rights question. you get into all of the dimensions of him as a human. as a writer what would you say would be a moment where you felt the most personal connection to king i think i would say that one i can't that while i can understand his courage i think it's towards the end of the speech you see his courage facing death and coming to terms with it and being willing to talk about it so openly and billy felt a great emotional identity with him. or compassion with him. and i think i was thinking about that and the enormous pressures he was under. the night before he was killed i think that's the moment it was a very good question. interesting. they used to do eulogies for each other. they thought about how may they would be harmed. i'm king says in the speech. from the century before. we will have to face horse in the physical d

it's the heart of appalachia and that's the part of poverty and startin salary at that plant is going to be $65,000 in a community where the average median household income is $44,000, well below the national average. maria: all very good news. >> no president has brought the war on poverty better than donald j. trump. african american unemployment and hispanic employment is at record lows so all this idea about people worried about los ing their jobs not going to happen. maria: because we haven't seen the impact of these tariffs yet that's precisely why i bring up this point. i mean, i recognize what the president and the administration has done in terms of triggering economic growth, animal spirits once again, the federal reserve just said that we're looking at 4.7% growth for the second quarter, things are good, but the point is once you actually see these higher tariffs and these countries our allies by the way fight back and raise their tariffs that's only going to increase prices is it not? it's going to force producers to actuly increase their prices and ultimately fall on the

they were not more impoverished than the contingent from appalachia. some who had grown up without but gonzalesng, record that some of the job was to gather the extra shoes and jackets thank give it to the white counterparts. some produced a more sophisticated way to view poverty being exposed to poverty of all kinds in the organizing tradition but it gave younger activists something to think about. it was the first time in u.s. had contact with that election . you have never been that of the state not even more than 100 miles to come in contact with these people in different cultures and subcultures with education. it helped to crystallize the concept to his head. i went from a nationalist to internationalist perspective. my perspective changed. men,r than vilifying white he began to criticize the structure of rich white men. invaluable asoved a war organizer later on. this is one of the big takeaways that participants in the poor people's campaign had. the opportunity to interact with folks they did not really have a chance to normally, such as the a

one of my favorite books. >> came out in 1962 about appalachia and about the raping of appalachia andause of coal. there's this line, i went back to take a look at it. >> oh, wow. >> yeah. and there's this moment where he says we will continue to ignore them -- and he's talking about those in the very community he wrote about -- at peril to ourselves ask and our posterity. and i thought, my god, how fresh shenlt. >> yep. -- fresh yet. >> you know, one thing i love, somebody was commenting today on the book and they said, you know, clean air and pure water are not a liberal issue, they're not a conservative issue, they're a pant call issue of common sense. and we need to return to that, you know? we need to return to that because what's happened with fracking in particular is that it's become a political football where if you say fracking ask you say that to a liberal or conservative person, you pretty much know what you're going to get back. so how can we find our shared values in the very things that we need to survive and for our kids to survive. >> and i'm curious while you were in

we had a $1.5 billion rolling milling, aluminum rolling mill in appalachia, a great achievement by, byet, peter. the idea of, we'll make our own. that will make up for the imbalance. you know, that is a minority th >> imbalance? >> whatever short coming there is because of the tariffs, whatever supply we lose, okay, make up with more jobs here that's an ambitious proposal. you have two effects with the tariffs. oneis you raise prices and they get passed along. >> the alleged downstream effect. >> that's part of the economic theory. and the other one is, they find other markets. you do this to the chinese and they sell the same properties and a very transferake places.t. how do we win? >> we don't care if china makes their money or canada makes their money. what we care about, chris, is having viable steal, aluminum industries. they haven't earned a positive rate of return to speak of. that's all we're trying to do here. you say this is a national way? security issue. >> the best way to do it is it works.ariffs. let's look at results here, chris. we turn these two industries around in t

it also cuts transportation improvements in rural appalachia, national and community service programs as well as funding for energy efficiency and advanced technology loan programs that we know are sure fire job creators. neglecting these health, energy, and job needs is a policy failure on all fronts. it neglects to make smart reinvestments that will benefit workers and taxpayers in the coming months and years ahead. and it shamelessly pretends to put this nation's fiscal house in order while still leaving future generations saddled with crushing debt. it is rich that republicans are suggesting that they are the protectors of our deficit when they pushed through into law a tax scam bill that added more than $1.5 trillion to our annual deficit that gives massive handouts to corporations and the wealthy. budgets are a financial expression of our values, and this trump recisions bill just confirms that republicans care more about the wealthiest among us while the rest of america must fend for itself. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

it also cuts transportation improvements in rural appalachia, national and community service programs as well as funding for energy efficiency and advanced technology loan programs that we know are sure fire job creators. neglecting these health, energy, and job needs is a policy failure on all fronts. it neglects to make smart reinvestments that will benefit workers and taxpayers in the coming months and years ahead. and it shamelessly pretends to put this nation's fiscal house in order while still leaving future generations saddled with crushing debt. it is rich that republicans are suggesting that they are the protectors of our deficit when they pushed through into law a tax scam bill that added more than $1.5 trillion to our annual deficit that gives massive handouts to corporations and the wealthy. budgets are a financial expression of our values, and this trump recisions bill just confirms that republicans care more about the wealthiest among us while the rest of america must fend for itself. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

if you're in south was again or west virginia these coal towns are all on appalachia. >> did drake exist? >> i like making up places. i made it up. it was a place that had a military footprint. there's an object of there, this enormous dome that sits there, a murder, comes across this enormous dome left over from military for you to kind of a knows what's inside the dome. it's all covered. for me i like going to small towns and going to the small towns seeking at out its histoy little by little and showing that action is secrets nobody was really aware of. it's almost like i'm peeling the layers of an onion in chile get to the core. i love that. i love reading books where writers do that and i like concocting stories what i turn the tap on a logo, turn it off, turn it on and people sort of overtime realize oh my god, i never saw that coming. >> are the places from world war ii with our abandoned sites that have dangerous material and then such as you depict in this? >> all over the place. there's a lot of it that it was easier back then, '50s and 60s, 70s, maybe we weren't as conscious a

last friday we had a plant groundbreaking in ashland, kentucky, the heart of poverty in america in appalachiallbecause of the tax and tariff policy. to our allies and friends, there is really two messages. one, we have to do steel and aluminum tariffs in the interests of our national security. we aren't aiming these at you. >> sandra: i think that's the issue. i think that's the issue that the canadian prime minister trudeau was having with this. the premise behind it is that it's a national security concern. so then to do this to canada justin trudeau's question is canada a threat to the united states? >> i would say simply to the prime minister these tariffs are not aimed at canada or china or russia or any other country. it's simply a way to defend ourselves, our industries so we can build the ships and the planes and whatever to defend this nation and by the way, to defend our allies. thsecond point i wanted to make is a broader point about the president's trade policy. as he has tweeted we lose close to $800 billion a year and we have lost the trade war. a lot of it is because of the unf

speaker, when i aught many years ago, at appalachia state university, at kohlwell community college, i often encouraged students to participate in activities outside the classroom because so much impressive learning can go on outside of sitting in a seat listening to a teacher lecturing. and we need to do more of that. students, again, have access to so many opportunities where they could be deemed proficient in an area and be able to get credit for that which would speed up their earning a degree. we repeal the antiquated and rigid definition of distance education, making it possible for institutions to develop more creative methods of delivering post-secondary education. we allow through the prosper act minority serving students and historically black colleges and universitys to use grant funds for certain initiatives such as pay for sess -- pay for success, dual enrollment, and the development of career-centered programs. it's time, again, mr. speaker, for us to acknowledge that there are many, many opportunities out there for students to gain the skills that they need to be able

it also cuts transportation improvements in rural appalachia, national and community service programs as well as funding for energy efficiency and advanced technology loan programs that we know are sure fire job creators. neglecting these health, energy, and job needs is a policy failure on all fronts. it neglects to make smart reinvestments that will benefit workers and taxpayers in the coming months and years ahead. and it shamelessly pretends to put this nation's fiscal house in order while still leaving future generations saddled with crushing debt. it is rich that republicans are suggesting that they are the protectors of our deficit when they pushed through into law a tax scam bill that added more than $1.5 trillion to our annual deficit that gives massive handouts to corporations and the wealthy. budgets are a financial expression of our values, and this trump recisions bill just confirms that republicans care more about the wealthiest among us while the rest of america must fend for itself. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

in my home state of ohio and many other areas in the midwest and appalachia, the production of natural gas and the valuable liquid byproducts is providing a much-needed boost to our local economies. let me give you some figures. 2011 to the end of may, 2018, the lowest drop in unemployment in my -- in the counties that comprise my 18-county district is over 48%. some of those counties, especially the ones that have the heavy shale plates, have seen drops of unemployment upwards of 60%. it is unbelievable. in addition to the direct benefits, the natural gas industry also supports hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs across the country and supplies our industries with the reliable and affordable source of domestic energy. next week, as thousands of visitors and dignitaries from around the world arrive here in d.c. to attend the world gas conference, we should reflect on our country's energy dominance. you heard that term several our and how that effects standing on the world stage. the united states has remained the world's top producer of natural gas ever since 2009 when we surpa

kaine, who isim on the armed services committee, and ask him why are the people in appalachia being subjectede company that makes eclipse and why is the u.s. army giving cover to this time of environmental degradation at the expense of taxpayers? those are questions we need answered in the senate. host: we started the program asking about the trade, tariffs announced yesterday on the eu, mexico, canada, president trump saying that canada has treated our agricultural business and farmers very poorly for a long time. highly restrictive on trade, they must open their markets and take down trade barriers. they report a high surplus on trade with us through timber and lumber in the u.s.. lisbon, ohio, republican line, elaine. caller: i would like to comment on gun control. i do not know if people realize that, in germany, and world war said, we will make your streets safe, you give us your gun and we will take care of you. and he murdered millions of people. now, when you talk about gun control, the only people that will live by the law are law-abiding people. if you take guns away from law-abidin

>> no, i think especially in districts like that in appalachia we claim that too and cross the midwest it's good for democrats to be able to say i'm not voting for her and this is where pelosi's situation is precarious. she said she'll stay with the democrats and return as speaker and i'm sure she'd like to lead her people back to the promised land but right now there's too much advantage for too many democrats and two many districts liberal and conservative, i should point out, to use her as a foil to say i'm not that kind of democrat and over time that will add up to big trouble for the former speaker. >> bill: i think we can talk about this a hundred more times in the next month. >> i think you're right. >> bill: thank you, buddy. come on out. we have room for you. >> get baier out on the links, okay. >> bill: i will do that. i'll send you the picture. thanks, chris. >> sandra: i don't know if i'm ever seen hemmer smile that much. looking good out there, hemmer. >>> next up, an update on an extremely story we brought you yesterday. the wily raccoon. it climbed 25 flights up a skyscr

i do not care if you're in appalachia or the city of chicago.icians are playing games on both sides of the aisle, especially with the poor people all over fighting. peopleep spewing racism, are being erratic allies all all on -- being radaliz over on these talk shows, they do not know what is going on because we are being lied to by all of the politicians. host: maryland is one of those states with primaries today. the front page of "the washington times." democratic risks eme emerging on policy date -- emerging on primary day. here's another headline, president trump went to one of those primary runoff states, south carolina, last night for a rally for one of those republicans seeking the governor spot. president trump flew monday night to vote for henry mcmaster. the president also had a lot else on his mind, "the washington post" notes. it was the ultimate presidential political favor to mcmaster. trump andor endorsed opponent has been fielding questions about how he could be the outsider alternative if trump was in south carolina to support

campaign, but his career in the united states senate, the senate nutrition committee, the tour of appalachia was a time in our country when we had a candidate, your dad, who chose to speak in terms of unifying the country as opposed to the tribalism of today and the fact we have leaders of a specific party, the republican party would try to divide the country. so the people you spoke to, ways their connection to that time or what was their connection to that time? how did they talk about that time in terms of what's going on today? >> so there's a wide range of people in the book. some of them knew my father well and worked closely with him. like john lewis and harry belafonte, and gloria steinem. but others never knew my father but admire him and view him as one of their heroes. people like george clooney and bono, tim cook from apple and howard shultz from starbucks and others. and of course joe scarborough who gave me a great, great interview. but i think more and more, all of them come back to the vision of him as somebody who could bring people together, black and white, young and old,

we have people suffering still in appalachia and still in mississippi, still in our inner cities and still in our rural towns, because income equality has surged. over four decades we have seen the workers' wages flat or declining while the costs of everything goes up from health care to housing to the cost of a child attempting to attend college. and while we may have come a long way from the fire hoses and dogs turned against peaceful protester demanding voting rights and civil rights, a long way since attorney general kennedy crusaded for civil rights calling in the national guard to register the university of alabama's first african american students, while we may have come a long way on that trail, we still have a long way to go as we saw in charlottesville last year, as we saw through the last several years of campaigning, an administration in which the temptation too often has come from the oval office to denigrate different groups of americans, whether they be african americans or haitian americans or latin americans or women americans or americans with disabilities or muslim