he is from central appalachia, an area hit hard by the collapse of tobacco and coal.here 1 in 3 people live below the poverty line. >> you know, we shut down the coal mines and no one said what is next. >> reporter: app harvest has created 500 jobs in the one facility. the company has given stock options to its employees. >> we have people in tears. people had that never owned a car. never owned house. >> reporter: at the top of the vines we met up with sam smith, who used to harvest a different crop. tobacco. >> that came to the halt, and so did the money. so, it's hard to find, you know, good consistent work like this. you know, it's a blessing. >> reporter: webb believes he and his orange army are building a new future for appalachia. >> it's a run away freight train. now it's a matter how big is it going to be? how fast are we going to go? >> when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm look

millions of people in appalachia a short distance from washington d.c. lined up for healthcare, they lined up heart conditions, diabetes, asthma and all sorts of pre-existing conditions they never treated, they've never treated before and they lined up people appalachia and it was all because of government regulation. >> okay, you want to respond? >> if you give away free health insurance for what appears to be free health insurance, some will sign up and that is also the good. as i mentioned before, the problem is that it just throws money at the problem and takes away your freedom to choose another approach that might provide a better solution, not drive up prices as health insurance premiums do but constrain them by bringing healthcare within reaching more and more people so they don't have to depend on government or access to care so you will not be a threat if government hits a budget constraint, it doesn't get as much money as it's been following and are also things the government does that makes healthcare more expensive and puts it out of reach o

millions of people in appalachia lined up for health care. they lined up for heart conditions, diabetes, asthma, all sorts of pre-existing conditions that they had never treated before. millions of people in appalachia did that and it was all because of government regulations. host: do you want to respond? guest: if you give away free health insurance to people or what appears to be free health insurance, people will sign up for it. the problem is that it always does. it just throws money at this problem and takes away your freedom to choose another approach that might provide a better solution. it might bring health care within the reach of more and more people so they don't have to depend on government for their access to health care. their access to care may not be affected if they had a budget restraint because they cannot borrow as much money as they have been. we have talked about some of them, but unfortunately, congress is not talking about getting rid of those measures. states are talking about these problems to some extent because t

she investigated housing in appalachia and then work to get experimental communities homesteads open. she wrote a column, of course. nobody no first lady ever had a my day column. she testified before congress congressional committees. she was invited more than once and but she testified twice. that was the first time anybody had done that so she really broke the most she showed the possibility in the job. really? i think that's what we can say. she showed what a president's wife could do add to his legacy. it also on her own. when did the practice of a first lady having a public initiative begin? and which of those initiatives have been the most successful and which ones have received some pushback? well, i think from the beginning president's wives have often taken on some sort of charity or goodwill work, you know visiting an orphanage in washington or later being a sponsor of girl scouts or something like that ellen wilson, for example the first wife of woodrow wilson was very active in getting housing reform in washington dc, but i think you can say that the real the public initi

appalachia, -- kahlua -- these were the original tribes of florida. so what we do know historically, they would decimated two to disease, labor he early on as europeans came to this part of the world. so, what's became known as someone else is they became to settle in this area here as early as 1700s. that name began to be associated with those particular tribal people groups. the capital of today, as people will call tallahassee is actually probably about where this name is. right along in this top house -- tell houses right along this area, a five got the estimation of the map here. and tallahassee is actually in my tribal town, that's a tribal town that i come from. we have seminoles have tribal towns, what we called bands today in the formation of our tribal republican. we also have plans, so my client is -- which is bird clan and all of this derives from my mother side. so our matrilineal, one every mother is his to line that you follow, especially with your clan. that constitutionally, today, if your mother is not a member of the seminal nation,

. >> going right to the source of the country's pain during the depression, leaving minors in appalachiaging southern democrats to support anti-lynching legislation, and during world war ii, visiting internment camps where japanese americans were imprisoned simply because of their race. the first lady was often alone at the wheel driving herself cross country. >> now that is balancesy as hell, eleanor roosevelt was so politically active she visited the japanese internment camp that her husband set up. it is so classic for a wife to go around cleaning up her husband's mess. she was probably at those internment camps saying i i'm sorry, work has been really stressful, he's not normally this way, really, really he isn't. >> and she even took road trips by herself. which was very gutsy in the 19 pos. there was no phone, no gps, you know, although i guess it's hard to get lost when there are only like two roads in the entire country? >> okay, jowng buck, listen up. you want to get from california to the white house, pay attention. you want to turn on-- are you listening? you want to turn on t

a lot of coal miners were promised better, cleaner jobs in appalachia, only to not see those promisesy of workers in the personal mean basin in texas and the shale fields of the dakotas wondering what will happen to them in the new economy. >> thanks to all of our correspondents for the reports. >>> pricing errors don't get much bigger than $16 billion. an independent monitor said ercot accidentally over charged power companies that whopping sum following the deadly sum that crashed texas's electric grid. the market monitor said ercot kept prices too high for nearly two days. texans were hit with sky high bills. no comment so far from ercot. >>> let's look at markets around the world to end this trading week. asian shares all closed lower. europe has opened a trading mix here in the early hours of european trading on wall street. futures wavering down a little bit but those are not big moves. it was a tough day, an improving economy sparking inflation. the dow fell 345 points. the nasdaq fell 2.1% nearly dipping into correction territory. powell said while there is improvement to the

millions of people in appalachia lined up for health care.up for heart conditions, diabetes, asthma, all sorts of pre-existing conditions that they had never treated before. millions of people in appalachia did that and it was all because of government regulations. host: do you want to respond? guest: if you give away free health insurance to people or what appears to be free health insurance, people will sign up for it. the problem is that it always does. it just throws money at this problem and takes away your freedom to choose another approach that might provide a better solution. it might bring health care within the reach of more and more people so they don't have to depend on government for their access to health care. their access to care may not be affected if they had a budget restraint because they cannot borrow as much money as they have been. we have talked about some of them, but unfortunately, congress is not talking about getting rid of those measures. states are talking about these problems to some extent because they have sus

. >> and it is true, you could put these tanks so to speak, in appalachia, you could put them where theres, in the bread basket of california, which unfortunately is no, is just a terrible poverty struck area you can put them there right? they can be put where you want them >> yeah, absolutely. what we need is access to quality and quantity of good water, good sources of energy, and we want it to be renewable and we want it really to be in the heartland. you know. >> right >> part of our purpose is, is really about rural rejuvenation. it's two-fold, how do we take jobs and opportunity to rural america and how do we locate our farms close to under served communities. >> right >> so we can bring a really healthy nutritious protein in an affordable price to those consumers. >> one last question, did you know that kathy wood was buying the stock? have you met her she likes disruptive technologies. >> she does and we work closely with one of her team and yes, we do know that arc was making an investment and we are proud of that fact. >> there's very goodvideo, if you want to learn more, you gi

trying to turn appalachia into an indoor garden for vine crops and leafy greens like so many spacs, they, surging when it became purpose, merging with special acquisition vehicle. coming back to earth just under $22 today. could this be a buying opportunity? jonathan webb, founder and ceo of app harvest, to learn more about the company and his vision for the future, welcome to "mad money. >> hey, jim, thanks for coming me. >> thank you for coming on we both know, we're growers. we have a broken food system in this country i think in particular it's broken for french vegetables we get vegetables that look good, that are doused with chemicals that tend to come from mexico been on the way for five or six days have very little taste, and nutrition, i don't know. how can app harvest fix this >> jim, unfortunately, not nearly as many people in the media understand this as well as you do you know, our team's certainly been following you, know that you grow in your backyard. we encourage every american household, go plant a garden, the best place to get your fresh fruit and vegetables, in your

it was even after appalachia in 57 that he kept an eye on, he kept that line. so when anna said that's because he had the picture. so the problem as you pointed out with this sort of thing is you can't just run to the press and say kennedy assassination saul, here it goes. because a lot of these guys like to talk. they like totell stories . another gangster i know said that it was johnny roselli who was shooting from a sewer and shop kennedy. now, when i mentioned this to gotti junior he said johnny had bad eyesight, he could never make the shot. this is the kind of banter you get when you're dealing with some of these guys. it's delicious. and it's great but it's not something i would call and hold acongressional committee hearing on . >> we don't take it as the only reason why j edgarcooper and robert kennedy didn't get along when he was attorney general . >> exactly where he didn't want the mafia attached that's probably not the only basis i'm sure. >> i cover a lot of this in my book ticking clock so i just urge everybody totake a look . short versions of s

with families directly through grassroot programs, in america's hardest hit areas, like here in appalachia for you guys today you're going to have a reading from the author of the comics "dog man," "captain underpants," his name is dave pilkey. cross your fingers >> hey, everybody. >> good morning. >> reporter: there he is >> i know you just started reading this, and i was thinking that maybe i could read the first chapter for you. >> reporter: would y'all love that >> hey, guys welcome to the first meeting of the cap kids comic club. hooray >> at this time where our lives have become closed in, reading is a no-cost ticket to see the world. every child sees their best self through reading. we hope we can help. >> reporter: back in new york, it's take more than a pandemic to dampen a love of reading. it's important to keep reading, right? >> yup >> reporter: did ms. parsons encourage you to read more >> world reader is tapping into the fact that even in underserved communities, most americans do have access to a computer or a smartphone if you want more information, head to today.com. for a

bring manufacturing opportunity to the state ahead of the anticipated expansion of the industry in appalachia. additionally, he has 30 years of experience in the power industry. he came to west virginia university in 2013. he was ceo of the massachusetts based company with power generation technologies. prior to that, he was deputy assistant secretary of the office of clean coal for president obama and was responsible for a $4.5 million project based on carbon capture and storage, fuel cells. i am really happy to have jim, i have relied upon him as an expert. we are happy to have him that wvu and pleased to have him on the committee today. >> mr. wood, welcome. it is good to have another west virginia and in the room. i want to recognize the senator and introduce the mayor of the largest city in california. >> thank you, mr. chair and ranking member capito for inviting me and allowing me to introduce my friend, the mayor of the second largest city in america, mayor garcetti. he is a fourth-generation angeleno, born and raised in the san fernando valley. he is a true public servant. we served

force is bringing manufacturing opportunities to the state ahead of the petrochemical industry in appalachia. additionally, jim has eight as years of experience in the power industry. he came to us in 2013 where he n wasol ceo of the massachusetts-based company focused on wastewater treatment and power-generated oal technologies. prior to that, jim was deputy assistant of doe's office of 4.5 clean coal for president obama, and he was responsible for a $4.5 billion program for research and demonstration projects related to c carbon to capture and storage, generation cycles, fuel cells and advanced processes. i'm really happy to have jim. ap i relied on him as an expert toe help me. we're happy to have him in west virginia and we're really pleased to have him today. thank you. >> mr. wood, welcome. born in beckley, so it's nice to have another west virginian in the room, even if virtually. next i want to see if you might introduce another one of our witnesses whose name has been e mentioned, the mayor of the city of angels. >> thank you, mr. chair, and itn ranking member capito for inviting me

the poorest persons in appalachia first to go to first, first to get infected, the first to get sicksome people but restaurant workers.2.13 an hour. this is a time we have to make a decision of whether we're going to play to the corporate interest or whether we're going to finally establish justice, establish justice for all people and particular for the low-wage workers who have kept this country alive in the midst of a pandemic. >> reverend barber is not alone of this request of the vice president to push past the senate parliamentarian and overrule that decision that the $15 minimum wage hike could not be included in this covid relief bill. bernie sanders called for that, elizabeth warren among others in the senate. is there a chance this could happen because we heard from leadership, senator dick durbin said this is not the way to go, we should create separate legislation, stay on this but do it in a separate piece of legislation to raise the minimum wage? is there a shot that vice president harris might heed the call of reverend barber and others? >> yes. you're absolutely right

in appalachia, and low income whites, young people are dying from prescription drugs. are doing at the woodson center is to unite the groups in so that we can stop looking at life through the prism of race because it is preventing us from addressing the moral and spiritual freefall that is consuming our young people. lack, white, brown -- black, white, and brown. what we are doing on april 6 is that i will be chairing a forum with jd vance, the author of " hillbilly elegy," and clarence page a celebrated pulitzer prize-winning journalist who is from middletown, ohio. and we will be talking about strategies to desegregate poverty and also to deracialize race. we must challenge the naysayers that are trying to pervert the civil rights movement and use that perversion to keep us separated to suggest that somehow we should be defined by our color rather than our kind. i do not know about you but i am more interested in knowing whether or not someone is my kind then whether or not they are my color. if you share the values of self-determination, of personal agency and if yo