it not only lags behind the rest of appalachia but the rest of central appalachia, southwest virginia, north east tennessee. still an issue. partly because of access to higher education. it has gotten a little bit better. eastern kentucky university has a full-fledged campus in manchester, kentucky. that is part of the equation. i have talked to economic development officials in the region to say our job is really hard. we go out and talk to ceos and try to convince them to set up shop in this region, they want to know about quality of life across the board, schools are obviously a major part of that for ceos that are considering the idea of moving to south kentucky. susan: one of the things you say is this needs to be a well coordinated plan, private and public money. there has been some new energy in the region. one of the things we found on youtube was a video done by the city of hazard in 2020 and it was done with money that was development money for hd tv. we will pull up the clip. it shows the enthusiasm and energy you talking about. >> a city of about 5000 people, nestled in th

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tonight, alan maimon talks about his book spotlighting a small town and appalachia. he discusses the impact of the closing of co-mines, the opioid epidemic and flooding have had on the community. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcast on our free c-span now at. pp. what we do know is there were three different objects shot down over the weekend, friday, saturday and sunday by the u.s. military. what we know is not much beyond that other than where they were shot down. on friday over alaska, saturday up in canada, and sunday over lake huron. officials are not really ready to classify or describe what these objects were. the are calling them aerial objects. the reasons they were shot down is because they were in civilian airspace around 20,000 to 40,000 feet. b, they decided they were unsure of the surveillance capabilities these objects might have. president biden went ahead and made the decision to shoot them down. we still don't know where they came from, what their purpose was. there is much to be learned in the days ahead as teams work to recover the debris.

to philly, a little snow in appalachia as well. this kind of winds itself out and should be mostly dry by the morning rush. then our attention turns to the west. a couple pulses come in there, the first will be the weaker one, the lead blocker. the second one has more energy to it. significant snows in the midwest on thursday. also severe weather. look at this swath from dallas to little rock to memphis, all the way to columbus wednesday and thursday, tornadoes possible in those spots. >> we know you'll be tracking it all, rob. thank you. >>> overseas now and russia's winter assault gaining ground in eastern ukraine. this video reportedly showing russian forces seizing control of another village near the city of bakhmut. ukrainian officials now saying russia has more than 350,000 troops mobilized and ready to fight. more than doubling the number from the start of the invasion. tom soufi burridge in ukraine tonight. >> reporter: tonight, russian forces advancing, steadily, in eastern ukraine. its troops seen here claiming they've se

if you are a white from appalachia, or it is of no consequence.plsupposed to discuss it. >> the left was clever in getting rid of class, they used to be for the working man and so-called exploitation of the system, class is a few edidea they never achieved revolution in u.s. because of y upward mobility of the free market system, they substitutessed sub-- substituted race it took hold under obama administration that lane labeled 30% of the population nonwhite, like that lebron james is a victim, meghan markle is a victim, anyone can be a victim and has grievances that have to be addressed by the government if they are nonwhite, second, they have ossified cals fi -- of whiteness. we have a society fully en graded, there are about 15 ethnic groups with higher per capt capita income than whites, suicide rate of white males is higher than latinos or african-americans, you look at people who tied in iraq, and afghanistan, the white male casualties are or fatalities are double numbers in the general population, yet we had chairman of joint chief allegin

the bottom line is that these delays are bottling up the critical energy that we need in the appalachiawe surveyed about ten projects alone. four of which are about 5% of the total natural gas we use in the united states so it's significant. and can make a real difference if we have that reform. >> but nipa process if you were to cut from four to two year what is does that mean just less time t for responses as these legal suits go back and forth? how you turn that process down and still -- achieve the goals that nepa was originally written to do? >> that is the challenge that policymakers will have. we want to make sure that we do all of the environmental work that needs to be done on projects but we don't have undo delay that really ends up in many cases canceling projects that are critical for our energy infrastructure and our energy security. >> again 202-2482,000. independents 2022484,000 this is joe line for republicans. joe you're on with frank. >> good morning. thanks for taking my call. i just had several questionings. hello --ha >> what are your questions, joe? >>no yep okay i

member of any committee this member of congress, we want to know the status of america's economy in appalachia we want small businesses, families, american workers telling us the issues they are facing in biden's economy. and what are the solutions. elizabeth: we have a new fox poll. people are worried about inflation. 9 in 10, gallup saying that it is government and poor leadership that are america's number one problem. arkansas governor sarah sanders delivers the response to biden's state of the union. the problem is there is fiscal insanity in dc. you have seen it. dc is letting the economy go up side down. more and more americans are dropping out of the workforce because we're paying people to stay home. >> nancy pelosi, and president biden and chuck schumer have created an inflation crisis with their reckless spending, just in last two years they have increased federal spending by $10 tril y trillion over next 10 years that is outrageous. that means for everyone day americans they have to pay more to put food on their table, and gasoline in their cars. you got federal checks going to pris

and for the strategic partners around the world natural gas cost eight times more than in appalachia because government won't approve a pipeline just south of the great state of pennsylvania. and imported natural gas for hecl that is a sad reality of blocking pipelines and also for that permanent permitting process and her own national security our european allies chose not to develop their own resources with few options other than to rely on their hostile neighbor, the east. takes the government years to approve new liquefied natural gas terminals now the white house once industry to flip the switch to increase share of global supply. government needs to enable these investments and consistently over period of years to deliver reliable energy here and around the world that is why many congress to come together to reform permittingg now. g we know it can be done proposals in the senate share the goal oftu a modernized infrastructure. you hear today from representatives as well as the chair who have been strong bipartisan leaders in this effortno. they know it takes infrastructure to

this keeps happening to us in appalachia. we're not the people that can usually advocate for ourselves. so we need help. thank you so much for giving me that extra time and also i saw you had bill johnson on your program. we have reached out to his office at least ten times in the past several years and the organization to work with him. i challenge him to we'll be emailing again reaching out. i challenge him to come back and talk to us. the sixth district really needs him. >> john: message delivered. thank you so much. we'll keep watching this and see what develops. >> dana: now for a look how the federal government is handling it let's bring in the add min is strartors of the environmental protection agency. the residents on the ground say they don't necessarily trust the information they're being given especially if the air is being declared safe now or the water safe now, will that continue to be true down the line? does a testing actually deal with that? what can you do about this lack of trust from the people on the gro

anywhere you see the gray color, the adirondacks could see three to six into maine, so northern appalachiare than a half foot. behind this drier, cooler air and going into march, we are going to be talking about severe storms, big time, george. wednesday, thursday and friday. that whole region we will be tracking it. >> i know you will. ginger, thanks very much. >>> we're going to go overseas now to the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in the west bank. an american citizen was among those killed in a cycle of revenge. marcus moore has the story. >> reporter: this morning, the wave of violence in the west bank between israelis and palestinians escalating. elan ganeles, a 27-year-old american man with dual citizenship was killed. outrage growing over the connecticut native's death. the jewish federation of greater hartford saying overnight, a civilian was targeted by those who see violence toward the innocent as a solution. we extend our deepest condolences to the ganeles family and affirm our solidarity with the people of israel at this time of escalating violence. in s

to start the center for economic and community development in the african-american community of appalachia player plays i don't know there with us and i think i know sean is somewhere. nevertheless sean if you would stand and give you a great big round of applause. [applause] [applause] return on that moneyu can't imagine. it's happened everywhere all around. imagine these numbers. last year travelers spent $5 billion. $5 billion. federal guides all over the place say come to west virginia there's so much goodness going on i could go on forever and ever in a day. we spent $150 million upgrading the parks and you can't even get a place in a park because they are all out. they make the world to see just how good we really are. you remember back in the beginning i told you about image. it's so important. we know how good we are but the world doesn't know and they absolutely know now. they are getting it. i want to talk just a second imagine if in 2022 we did 115,745 miles of work. think about that. think about it. in the last four years we've done 364,500 miles of work in west virginia. the r

to start the center for economic and development community in the african-american community of appalachias, sean, get a big round of applause. [applause] i mean literally, whatever money you have, i don't care what it is, put it into real. doesn't matter what is, whatever money you got. you will get a return on that money like you can't imagine. that's all there is to it. imagine these numbers. imagine, last year travelers in west virginia spent $5 billion, $5 billion. and guides saying come to west virginia. there is so much goodness going on in our parks. i could go on forever and ever in a day. we spent $150 million upgrading our parks and you can't get a place in our parks because they are sold out. they make the world just see how good we really are. remember back in the beginning i told you about image. it is so, so important, literally we know how good we are, but the world didn't know but they absolutely know now. they are getting. talk a second about roads. imagine this in 2022, we did 15, 470 miles of work. think about that. in the last four years, we did 364, 500 miles of work

his employees and the privilege to give back to the community including underserved areas like appalachia. the united states allows entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams unfortunately i worry shed the right to repair policy become law that viability would be severely hampered with resulting in lost economic activity job creation technological advancements in the less competitive america. alec for transferring any questions you may have. >> we will take a brief recess. >> . >> come back to order new deal now recognize your opening statements. thank you. >> thank you for your patience and sorry we had trouble with the rural internet. good morning congressman encumbers a minimum of the committee i am from the city. i am a family farmer i work closely with our son who is the chief mechanic on the farm and strongly support to preserve the right of farmers and independent shops to prepare equipmenthearmers own and we codify traditional farmer and independent rights by passing legislation that serves the public good by leveling the economic playing field restraining monopoly control and thereby u

his employees and the privilege to give back to the community including underserved areas like appalachia. the united states allows entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams unfortunately i worry shed the right to repair policy become law that viability would be severely hampered with resulting in lost economic activity job creation technological advancements in the less competitive america. alec for transferring any questions you may have. >> we will take a brief recess. >> . >> come back to order new deal now recognize your opening statements. thank you. >> thank you for your patience and sorry we had trouble with the rural internet. good morning congressman encumbers a minimum of the committee i am from the city. i am a family farmer i work closely with our son who is the chief mechanic on the farm and strongly support to preserve the right of farmers and independent shops to prepare equipment the farmers own and we codify traditional farmer and independent rights by passing legislation that serves the public good by leveling the economic playing field restraining monopoly control and there

employees and the privilege of giving back to the community, including in underserved areas like appalachia. most equipment dealers similar stories, because the united states allows entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams. unfortunately, i worry, that should these right to repair policy has become law. the viability of the equipment distribution industry will be severely hampered, resulting in lost economic activity, job creation, technological advancements and a less competitive america. chairman golden, ranking member tenney and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the honor of appearing before you today. i look for at answering any questions you may have. thank you. >> thank you, subject to the call, the chair, we're going to take a brief recess to sort out some technological difficulties. could you help him out? >> okay, jim gerritsen, bridgewater, maine. >> we'll bring this hearing back into order and we will now recognize mr. gerritsen for five minutes for your opening statement. thank you. >> okay, thank you for your patience. sorry that we had trouble with a rural internet. good

we will continue to see another half inch or more and, when you've got elevation like you do in appalachia, that's a problem. that's why much of west virginia, the southern half is under a flood warning. all those flood warnings, well, they could move east. we're seeing heavy rain blast east and parts of the northeast will see it, delaware, maryland, virginia going to get into this. remember, it was extreme warmth. 70, new york city yesterday. first february 70 we've seen in five years. boston had a record high. you know, michael, i told you that you had to call your friends. don't call your friends by tomorrow morning. george? >> okay, ginger, thanks. >>> now to a debt crisis in our country. americans owe a record amount on their credit cards as inflation makes it harder to pay off balances. chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis has the story. good morning, rebecca. ,geor gong. btverall. thiexosion in credit card balances especially have trli. that's not only the highest ever according to the federal reserve bank of new york. it was also the biggest yearly increase on record up $13

criminal operations coming in from appalachia. doctors carrying guns under their lab coats. good. >> can you hear me? >> yep. >> oh, are you recording already? >> yeah, yeah, i started the recorder. >> okay. >> this call is from a federal prison. >> you know, this documentary is called american pain, right? >> i think so. that's the working title. >> i think i was a pioneer. do i say that? i don't know. i think i was, yeah. >> yeah, we'll get to all that later. but for starters, let's talk about growing up in florida. ♪ >> it was 1980. she gained a lot of weight. the doctor said, you're getting too big. they didn't realize that there were twins. you know, they showed you those ultrasounds. they didn't look like anything to me. we moved to wellington. i had a lot of success in the building industry. wellington is more upscale than a lot of communities. it's really known for horses and polo. prince charles played polo in wellington. i mean, there have been some famous people. it was a great place for them to grow up. there were lots of kids, lots of families. you had four-whee