ah, appalachia was once widely known for its cold production. these days, almost all the mines are closed down. it is often said that the american dream got lost somewhere along the way to here. ah. the appalachian region with a predominantly white population is where the poorest counties in the country are found. ah, during the summer, at lunchtime, this food truck travels up and down the disadvantage to areas of roanoke loose. and stacy are 2 volunteers that give out free meals to children all when school system you get lunch and you get breakfast. so a lot, a lot of families depend on that lunch or breakfast that they don't necessarily have to buy if that makes sense. because the school system will provide it for them . but in the summer, from june to mid august, there is no school. so then where are those move coming from? so that's where we kind of step in. they serve up to 200 meals a day, and every time they arrive, they are eagerly awaited like i'm doing good. how are you all here because you really? yes i are being i'm guess on today's

she investigated housing in appalachia and then work to get experimental communities homesteads open. 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 s she testified before congress. congressional committees. she was invited more than once, she testified twice, that was the first time that anybody had done that. so she broke the mold. she showed the possibility of the job really. i think that's what you can say. she showed what a president's wife could do to add to his legacy but also on her own. >> one of the practice of a first lady having a public initiative begin? and which of those initiatives have been the most successful? which have received some pushback? >> i think from the beginning, presidents wives have often taken on some sort of charity or goodwill work. and orphanage in washington, or

over time from going to a region drug in the use where it was primarily in the west, midwest to appalachiationalized drug where meth is should go up in areas that it never showed up before. from 2012, 2020, there's been a 3,000% increase in meth seized in the united states and we did an operation crystal shield in dea to attack the transportation and we have made a difference but we have seen huge increase in the last several months. in new york, for example, they've seized 3 times as much meth in the first 4 months of this year than they had in the entire year of 2020 and that's just a tremendous increase. in new england where it was ravaged by opioids, it's now seeing meth in large numbers. in fact, da officials in new england have called it meth country which was never the case before. so you're seeing a huge shift and a huge increase in the amount of drugs coming into this country. maria: well, it's unbelievable that these cartels are taking advantage of america's wide open borders which is what we saw last weekend when we were on the ground there. i know that in the past, like in the

go from a regional drug in the united states where it was primarily in the west and midwest and appalachianationalized drug where meth is showing up in areas it never was before. .jillian: colorado police are searching for a motive after a gunman killed six people before turning the gun on himself. the shooting happened at a birthday party yesterday morning. victims were all adults. children were at the party but none were injured. >> you could hear how they were crying. >> it was just like sad, because like somebody lost their mother and right before mother's day. i don't want that happening to my family. jillian: police believe the gunman was the boyfriend of one of the victims. todd: a manhunt intensifying for a person of of interest in a times square shooting that injured three people including a little girl. jillian: ashley strohmier here now with what we know so far. >> the nypd thought they found 31-year-old farcan mohammed but its was their brother they spoke to. the man told them mohammed meant to shoot him but instead hit three bystanders. among those shot, a 4-year-old shopping

we've had a substantial problem with job losses, not as bad as appalachia, but substantial. i think it's delusional to think we can replace these with green energy jobs. we just can't. it's going to hollow out huge portions of our country. you mentioned this, i think, in your testimony, but do you believe that carbon capture and sequestration is part of the solution to get us to a zero carbon emissions position? >> i do. >> and do you think that fossil fuel resources, then, are necessary to ensure energy reliability as we incorporate more renewable sources of energy into the mix? >> we know that the fossil fuel resources that we have are not going away, other than what the market is doing particularly with respect to coal. the intergovernmental panel on climate change has said that we can't get to the goal of net zero carbon emissions without the technology to reduce co2 emissions, so i agree with you. i don't know that we're that far apart on this. i know you started out by saying otherwise, but i think we're not in a different place. i'm just saying that i'm trying to offe

well below we use the terminology black lives matter anthony is in there as is kyle who grew up in appalachia with a mother addicted to opioids. these all happen to be there, half the book is people who are not men but i picked three examples who happen to be male, they are in there because the persistence, insistence, work ethic, honing of the self, who am i, how will i be in the face of these circumstances is so powerful and i want young people who had it far easier and feeling malaise and i don't know if i want to adult, i want them to be inspired by the stories of folks who had it much harder. >> thank you for that, thank you and i love -- we will talk about the structure of the book but i love the idea of your own life narrative, your own lens with that of others but let's talk about your writing trajectory. what sparked your interest in writing about parenting and adolescent development and black and biracial identity and so on? i know your work at stanford, they referred to you is dean julie, was critical in shaping the types of books you want to tell but where do you draw your inspira

lots of small businesses in appalachia as well. one of the areas, community developing financial institutions. the federal government, and i have to give former secretary mnuchin some credit and people like senator scott, who was a partner on this, we put up $12 billion to help cfi's who lend to disenfranchised communities and low and moderate income communities. $12 billion in grants. almost all of my conversations with you, you've always had some kind of regulatory reason why you cannot do more. i will need you to lean in on this issue going forward, not just with cdfi's. i read most each week about your institutions and many of the daily political rags talking about what your institution is doing to help. what i do not see is how do we get a quarterly update on this? i think there a moment in time where working with cdfi, whether housing proposal we've been working on that would create a 20 year mortgage product for first generation homebuyers that would double the rate of wealth accumulation. we have tried to price this with an

yeah, john, i was really privileged to get down to nelsonville, ohio, which is a small town in appalachia virginia border. there's this beautiful historic opera house there called stewart's. it's been around since the late 19th century and it's gone through some incredible periods of tumult and has almost burned down twice. it is still standing as sort of a symbol of that region's resilience. after shutting down for a year due to covid, it reopened back in march and i had the chance to be there as it reopened. it was really quite a scene to be around a lot of folks who had been holed up for much of the past year and some folks, frankly, who didn't know if they were going to survive covid. i think it just sort of stood as a testament to not only the joys of reopening but frankly also to some of the trauma and the guilt and the things that people are carrying with them beyond this pandemic that they have experienced over this period of time. it was -- it was an incredible experience for me to be there and i hope people get a chance to read about it. >> they should absolutely go read it. do

used the terminology, "black lives matter," and anthony is in there, as is kyle who grew up in appalachiamother addicted to opioids. i'm putting these three -- all happen to be -- half the book is people who are not men, but i happen to pick three examples who happened female, they're in there because the persistence, the insistence, the work ethic, the honing of the self, who am i, how will i be? in the face of these circumstances. is so powerful and i want young people who have had it far easier and are feeling malaise some stuckedness and i don't know if 2009 adult or can adult. i want them to be inspired by in the stories of folks who have had it much harder. >> thank you for that. i love how the book -- we'll talk about the structure of the book -- but i love the idea of pairing your own life narrative, your own lens with that ofs of let's talk but you writerly trajectory. what sparked your interest in writing about parenting and adolescent development and black and biracial identities and so on? i know, for instance, your work at stanford where you were beloved by students who retur

in the heart of appalachia, practicing public health in virginia might look different from public health and other parts of the country but what all local health departments have in common is the shared goal of protecting and promoting the health of the community. the response to the pandemic has been the epitome of what the public health does for the community. we know the community as well including the barriers to care, distinct local culture, the living situations that might pose challenges as well as the community level partners and organizations that must be included to be successful. we live in our community and serve our neighbors. in the fall of 2020 prior to the authorization of the vaccines the region experienced a surge of hospitalizations and deaths. our area experiences disproportionately poor health outcomes due to chronic disease and elderly populations and limited healthcare access. in the winter, this strict caseload spiked [inaudible] contact tracing we advised schools to go virtual and local hospital capacity teetered on the brink of being overrun. at the peak of the

doing to ensure we are getting accurate mapping to put broadband where it is needed throughout appalachia, the south and the rest. there are two or three organizations that i believe can get us to rural broadband coverage most efficiently -- -- they have done similar things and i believe they can do it again. let them set competitive rates that allow them to be profitable without being subsidized by the government because the biden/harris plan being proposed just doesn't work and there's numerous examples where these plans have failed. senator bernie sanders in vermont, the city tried to build its own broadband network and it was unable to service the debt for the project. in provo, utah, network subscriptions were not enough to cover the debt and the city had to pay up to $2 million a year from the surplus funds. philadelphia, chicago, portland and others, they have government sponsored broadband and the loss was in the billions. saulsberry, north carolina, they ultimately had -- in connecticut, this seat wound up 27 point $5 million in debt, even after selling off their network and now

about americas broadband affordability gap, a paper entitled broadband build a future by reimagined appalachia. policy proposal from the student internet equity coalition, a letter from the u.s. telecoms, the broadband association, report from the fcc submitted by ranking member latta, study entitled 2020 broadband pricing by, arthur and business planning incorporated. article in the brookings, entitle broadband adoption is on the rise and states can do much more. by laura and abby. study from the phoenix center for advanced legal and public policy studies entitled cost of connectivity 2020 reported critical review by doctor george ford, a study from the phoenix center for advanced legal and public policy studies, entitled subsidizing broadband price relevance by doctor george ford. a study from the phoenix center from the public policy studies entitled are broadband prices declining? a look at the fcc's survey date by george ford. a study from the technology policy institute. a study from the advanced communications law policy institute at the new york school of law. a study from the technolo