we see innovators like jon in new bedford, they're really leading the way.ith covid, i think we're seeing a large innovation emerging from cities. we were the first city to have an eviction moratorium. in l.a. they're testing using really rapid low-cost testing that i think could be informative if we can adopt it as a way to make predictions on outbreaks ahead of time. a lot of mayors are really willing to take risks because they know the consequences are too great if they don't. i hope that now with a new federal administration we're going to have a president and an administration that's going to embrace the innovation that's happening in cities throughout the country to address these crises. >> mayor liccardo, mayor mitchell, thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> it was a delight to have you. i was excited to learn about your two cities. thank you. >>> we have a great line-up for next week, so please mark your calendars. on monday president obama will be at "washington post" live at 11:30 in the morning eastern to talk about his new book, his mem

kennedy: oh chris bedford with a commanding lead.not to point over his closest competitor david smith. dave this is your last quote. there is no drug users have been an appetite for drug there be no market for them. who said that joe biden, donald trump, or pablo escobar. >> donald trump. kennedy: no, no, you lose. alright kevin you can only hope for second place. or you go, this is your last quote kevin. it's time for the human race to enter the solar system. who said that, joe biden, donald trump or my sexy boyfriend dan quayle? i would say old-school dan quayle. i miss dan quayle periods before you're going to" that's good enough for second place. chris bedford tops the podium, dave smith maria man? oh well. >> i'm coming in third place. before alright bedford is going to the nonaggression, congratulations my friend. thank you all for playing come see a few moments. going to talk about time magazine. they're about to announce a person of the year. outside he who made the shortlist and who should have been on it. that is next. libe

or a challenge joins us now from bedford. where the river has burst its banks what's happening there henri. yeah this behind me is the great river as you can see at the moment it's considerably greater than he usually is it's swallowing significantly as you say burst its banks the good news is. the water level now is forming it's actually been a pretty peaceful day across this part of the u.k. at least it was on christmas eve as the water levels are rising that the police started going around 1300 homes along the river bedford and its surrounding villages warning people that there was likely to be serious flooding that they should think about where they might go to take refuge from it now of course that houses this time of. a particular problem because this is tier 4 where i am that's the highest level of coverage restrictions in the u.k. and that means that you're not supposed to be staying away from home you're not supposed to be staying in someone else's house so what do you do if a policeman comes along and tells you to g

bedford international athletics stadium was one of the emergency assistance centres set up for peoplell of the measures in place to protect people from the spread of the virus. it was christmas day yesterday, boxing day today, obviously. and our hearts just go out to people that have now, with all that going on, have now had some of the highest level floods for over 20 years thrown at them. here in bedford town centre, the levels of the river great ouse peaked in the early hours of this morning. it is now, the authorities say, receding. more rain is expected, as different parts of the country prepare for storm bella. anisa kadri, bbc news. the uk's chief brexit negotiator has hailed the new trade deal with the eu as "one of the biggest and broadest agreements ever". lord frost says it marks "the beginning of a moment of national renewal." parliament is being recalled on wednesday to debate and vote on the agreement. the former mi6 officer george blake, who became one of the cold war‘s most infamous double agents, has died at the age of 98. as a soviet spy, he betrayed hundreds of west

elizabeth: chris bedford, good to see you. up next former u.s.brett tolman joins us on vaccines coming on strong. this as states like california has the worst covid outbreak and tightest restriction in the country. more americans protest botched shutdowns saying to lawmakers we're going to shut you down. we're going to toss you out of government. the story two medical societies have strongly recommended to doctors to treat acute, non-low back muscle and joint pain with topical nsaids first. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. salonpas. it's good medicine. hisamitsu. the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope. donate now at redcross.org ♪ jo okay, let's talk about botched covid shutdowns. welcome former u.s. attorney brett tolman. great to have you back on. we had nearly 19 million americans infected with covid-19. more than 333,000 deaths. we have lockdown abuse. we have another salon owner stockton, california, the workers there saying local officials burst into their

elizabeth: chris bedford, good to see you. up next former u.s.y brett tolman joins us on vaccines coming on strong. this as states like california has the worst covid outbreak and tightest restriction in the country. more americans protest botched shutdowns saying to lawmakers we're going to shut you down. we're going to toss you out of government. the story next. now is the time for a new bath from bath fitter. every bath fitter bath is installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. go from old to new. from worn to wow. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. we've been creating moments like these for 35 years, and we're here to help you get started. book your free virtual or in-home design consultation today. save without even leaving your house. just keep your phone and switch to xfinity mobile. you can get it by ordering a free sim card online. once you activate, you'll only have to pay for the data you need starting at just $15 a month. there are no term

bedford international athletics stadium was one of the emergency assistance centres set up for people had nowhere else to go. we have had all of the measures in place to protect people from the spread of the virus. it was christmas day yesterday, boxing day today, obviously. and our hearts just go out to people that have now, with all that going on, have now had some of the highest level floods for over 20 years thrown at them. here in bedford town centre, the levels of the river great ouse peaked in the early hours of this morning. it is now, the authorities say, receding. more rain is expected, as different parts of the country prepare for storm bella. anisa kadri, bbc news. now on bbc news, philippa thomas hears from people around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic and how covid—19 has changed their lives. welcome. on coronavirus: your stories this year we have been hearing from people around the world about some of the extraordinary ways in which covid—19 has changed our lives. on the programme, we have heard from more than 50 guests across 25 coun

bedford international athletics stadium was one of the emergency assistance centres set up for peoplemeasures in place to protect people from the spread of the virus. it was christmas day yesterday, boxing day today, obviously. and our hearts just go out to people that have now, with all that going on, have now had some of the highest level floods for over 20 years thrown at them. here in bedford town centre, the levels of the river great ouse peaked in the early hours of this morning. it is now, the authorities say, receding. more rain is expected, as different parts of the country prepare for storm bella. anisa kadri, bbc news. authorities have searched a house in the nashville area on saturday as they investigated a large blast that ripped through the downtown area of the southern us city on christmas morning. the operation in the antioch neighbourhood came as us media reports sent a 63—year—old person of interest had been identified in connection with the explosion. the blast came from a parked motorhome that had broadcast a warning minutes before it blew up. no deaths have been c

bedford international athletics stadium was one of the emergency assistance centres set up for peoplethe measures in place to protect people from the spread of the virus. it was christmas day yesterday, boxing day today, obviously. and our hearts just go out to people that have now, with all that going on, have now had some of the highest level floods for over 20 years thrown at them. here in bedford town centre, the levels of the river great ouse peaked in the early hours of this morning. it is now, the authorities say, receding. more rain is expected, as different parts of the country prepare for storm bella. anisa kadri, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. our main headline: the new coronavirus strain that first emerged in england is spreading across many european countries and has now been confirmed in canada and japan. let's stay with that now — and i've been speaking to jason kindrachuk, assistant professor of emerging viruses at the university of manitoba in canada. i asked him how he felt about the new strain. i live in a perpetual state of worry because of the work we do, bu

elizabeth: joining me now is "the federalist" christopher bedford.arlier in the year, chris, great to see you by the way. the media, democrats, experts, they were tossing cold water on the president saying we'll have vaccines by the end of the year. now we have the largest vaccination effort in u.s. history. what's with the media, democrats and scientific experts saying this is not going to happen? what is going on here? >> good to see you too. science has been weaponized against the right, against the center, against republicans against anyone who pushes back against more and more control. you saw this more and more broadly with things like the global warming conspiracy, people who were more apocalyptic on that front but covid is kind of a micro study what this battle of ever changing science agenda means for americans. one of the most illustrative parts of this entire media screwup, "new york times," "washington post," nbc news, were comfortable enough to say that donald trump and the american people were incapable of delivering a vaccine. they fac

weather from the approaching storm ballot rivers have been rising particularly high in the county of bedford ship and many homes have been evacuated or a challenge says this update from clapham in bed with a river is burst its banks. the river here is called the river great and as you can see it's considerably greater than normal at the moment it's burst its banks it has flooded parts of the town of bedford and surrounding villages on christmas day 1300 residents were told that they should seriously think about moving out and finding somewhere else to stay it's not only in bed but sure the council of north hampton sure has also experienced flooding with another 1000 people they're being told that they should seek emergency accommodation on christmas day as well it's the 25th of december it's going down now that is something to be thankful for also something to be thankful for is that the code. restrictions we are in the toughest here of covert us restrictions in the u.k. here here for which basically means that the people who should be staying inside and and not seeing friends and family wha

then, in the mid-1800s, certainly new bedford began to take over.hey were a number of things that happened on nantucket that ended the whaling business, one of those being the great fire of 1846, the discovery of gold in california that took so many men away from here, the discovery of oil in pennsylvania which produced kerosene and the civil war. a number of things happened in a short period of time the ended whaling on nantucket and new bedford was the next big whaling center. after that, san francisco also got into whaling, so it was over by the time of the civil war. forhy was it so uncommon the crewmembers to not know how to swim? >> that is a good question, i think that is true, i have heard that is true. you think about it now, all our children go in pools and oceans and take swimming lessons, but ocean were not using the around us as a resort or recreation, this was business, so i think probably the thought of learning to swim never occurred to them. >> some of them came from farms. >> right. question -- >> did women ever travel on whaling s

chris bedford is a senior editor of "the federalist," he joins ui tonight.r coming on. we spend almost no time talking about beauty, aesthetics, the quality of our public spaces. we should. tell us what this order will do. >> we absolutely should. winston churchill said -- to paraphrase, we build our buildings and afterwards they shapeld us because they are part of our civilization. o they connect us with our forefathers with our national values, with what justice means. you look at an old-fashioned courthouse, supreme court, you know that's a place for justice. you look at a new federalst courthouse, nowadays it's very difficult to see that and i unle ase book where you can choose to pick it up and read it or unlike even a painting where you can choose to go see it at them as em, this is civic architecture, its public space and it's in ous public square either attacking us everyday or uplifting as everyday. now, president trump has removed this from the experts for the first time in about 60 or so years. without rule by experts in architecture where they ar

chris bedford is the senior editor at "the federalist" and joins us tonight. much for coming on. we spend the most no time talking about beauty, aestheti aesthetics, the quality of our public spaces. we should. tell us what this order will do, do you think? >> we absolutely should. -winston churchill -- toparaphr buildings and they shape us because they are part of our civilization. they help us, they connect us with our forefathers, with our national values, with what justice means. you look at an old-fashioned courthouse, the supreme court, you know that is a place for justice. the federal courthouse, now days, it is very difficult to see that appear on like a book o pick it up and read it, or unlike a painting where you can refuse to see in a museum, it is the civic architecture in our public space, either attacking us every day or lifting us every day. president trump remove this from the experts for the first time in about 60 or so years. we have had ruled by experts in architecture where they are deciding what is beautiful, and well, 70% or more than for

weather from the approaching storm balla rivers have been rising particularly high in the county of bedford ship where many homes have been evacuated or a challenge says this update from clapham in bed to cheer for the river's best its banks. the river here is called the river great and as you can see it's considerably greater than normal at the moment it's burst its banks it has flooded parts of the town of bedford and surrounding villages on christmas day 1300 residents were told that they should seriously think about moving out and finding somewhere else to stay it's not only in bed but sure the council of north hampton sure has also experience fighting with another 1000 people they're being told that they should seek a merge and see accommodation on christmas day as well as the 25th of december it's going down now that is something to be thankful for also something to be thankful for is that the covert restrictions we are in the toughest here of covert us restrictions in the u.k. here here for which basically means that the people who should be staying inside and and not seeing friends

from the approaching storm balla rivers have been rising particularly high the in the currency of bedford share where many homes have been evacuated. well the nefarious and refugees and migrants are stranded in the open in freezing weather in bosnia herzegovina of our this week destroyed much of their camp near the croatian border katia lopez hardy and reports. that these migrants have nowhere to go they're stranded in a refugee camp and most are herzegovina their goal is to reach western europe but for now their focus is surviving the winter storm the lip a camp near the croatian border has no heat and no proper facilities lined outside in subzero temperatures refugees wait for a donated meal and perhaps a sleeping bag from the red cross we are living like and the most human and well lou like better. so please i request. you i know i us all and yours to help us because if they cannot help us we really die so please help us a fire broke out on wednesday the same day the camp was meant to be shut down a un official says it was likely said by migrants frustrated with the schedule closure an

the peak in bedford has now passed, it seems.ges further downstream are still at risk, and severe warnings are still in place. obviously evacuating people from their homes at christmas is not an easy thing to do. have most people been willing to go when they have been asked to go?m most people been willing to go when they have been asked to go? it is of course a dreadful thing. when we have faced all of these months of difficulty and restriction, and then at christmas time to then go to people to say we want you to evacuate your home is because there isa evacuate your home is because there is a real danger you are going to be flooded, of course that is a terrible message to deliver. but people have absolutely been very cooperative. some have elected to stay at home and try to protect themselves. some have gone to alternative accommodation. and a few have gone to the rescue centres. whatever your officer has been doing specifically in the last day or so? of course, we have been responding to incidents. we been trying to divert dif

which part of bedford is this?ove that, so we've been waiting to hear. we've been told electrics might be going out. it's all been a bit confusing, really. a p pa re ntly all been a bit confusing, really. apparently some of your neighbours have been out digging trenches? inaudible can you hear me, elizabeth? sorry, poor connection. i gather some of your neighbours have been out digging trenches? that's correct. about 3am the night before, and they we re about 3am the night before, and they were up until 6am, putting up temporary sandbags and digging trenches. we kept them there just in case but we willjust have to see if we need any more. currently we think we need any more. currently we think we are ok. so, not an idealway we need any more. currently we think we are ok. so, not an ideal way to spend your christmas? definitely not, but it has been a great reason to procrastinate with deadlines. university isn't the thing we are focusing on at the moment, which is a safe thing to say for most people in the area —— m

weather from the approaching storm bella rivers have been rising particularly high in the county of bedford in england's east midlands where many homes have been evacuated. last month ethiopia's military launched an offensive against the leaders of the tigre a region in the north prime minister abbey ahmed described it as an operation against those who want to break the country apart but it spiraled into an ethnic conflict. on wed looks at recent events and where ethiopia stands now. where the hero peon government troops took control of the to grain regional capital of mackay last month prime minister abi ahmed said the law enforcement operation against the to crane people's liberation front. was over others said the conflict had only just begun. he said no civilians are being killed by government troops both sides have been accused of rights abuses we've seen targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure with heavy artillery fire we have seen widespread looting of private property in many towns in western cheek i we've seen extrajudicial executions of individuals and that's to be link

bedford international athletic stadium was one of the emergency assistance centres set up for peoplee to go out. people have had a terrible time. we've had all of the measures in place to protect people from the spread of the virus. it was christmas day yesterday, boxing day today, obviously, and our hearts just go out to people that have now, with all of that going on, have had some of the highest level floods for over 20 years thrown at them. well, you can see the river's water levels have risen. the water is seeping onto this path here and the bin submerged in the water is proving to be quite the photo opportunity this morning. the environment agency and other authorities are keeping a close eye on the situation. more rain's expected as different parts of the country prepare for storm bella. anisa kadri, bbc news. it's been difficult 2020 for many of us but, for one baby boy in the uk, 2020 was extraordinarily special. ethan had been awaiting a heart transplant. well, this year, he got one. tim muffett caught up with the family as they prepared for a very different christmas to th

anisa kadri is in bedford — and forecasts of more rain on the way? yes, that is right.and it has been farfrom ideal christmas for the people that were told to leave their houses because of the flooding risk. first came those tearful restrictions then came the heavy rain, so really a difficult time of year. —— is here for restrictions. it should have been a happy time of year. 1300 houses were told to leave their houses. as you can see behind me, the water levels here in the river great 0use are rising and you can probably make out that been submerged in the water there. the advice of people who are leaving their houses do the basic things like turn of the electricity, move the valuables upstairs. those people are allowed to break tier 4 rules because they are allowed to go and stay with family and friends because they have been told to leave their homes so what the police are saying is the flooding situation overrides the coronavirus restrictions. all right, thank you very much indeed. let us talk to one of those people who did have to his home. james adams and his fami

weather from the approaching storm bella rivers have been rising particularly high in the county of bedford share federal investigators in the u.s. is searching the homes they look for clues into the large explosion in the southern city of nashville on christmas day. and that's you up to date to keep it here on al-jazeera the u.s. continues after inside story. pushing for independence after bragg's its 1st minister nicola sturgeon says scotland has the right to decide its future she argues the divorce with the e.u. happened against the will of the country so can scotland become independent this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. after 8 months of negotiations and 7 days before the braggs a deadline the european union and the u.k. finally a trade and security deal british prime minister boris johnson calls it an agreement that will how the u.k. take control of its destiny but in scotland pro independence leader nicola sturgeon says it's time for the country to become an independent european nation the 1st minister to it of that's what's happening is against scotland's well in

joining me now is chris bedford, senior editor at the federalists.is, joe biden and china versus donald trump big difference or is it a chasm an d the difference between strategy and approach? >> there is no comparison to this. it's amazing that someone like joe biden his biggest strength is not being the other guy, and he got called person of the year by timing when xi jinping took a massive disaster and by the end of it, you would?pa the and hong kong and expanded his prison camps. he got away scot-free, with the help of willful elites who were more on the side of china than they were on the and took down president donald trump who at the beginning of this year if you remember looks pretty much unassailable and united states of course for the first time in decades. >> laura: we have never had an american president speak the truth about china and do something about it. have the guts to define wall streete big business, it doesn't matter what their ultimate goals are globally, hen stood up for american sovereignty and independence. do you expect the

london northwestern, buses replace trains between bedford and bletchley, and between watford junctionosed westbound at beckton — water main works. now the weather with sara thornton. good morning to you. another chilly start this morning across london and the south east. temperatures again and freezing or slightly below. we've got a met office weather warning starting at 10am running until tomorrow morning for the possibility of some snow and ice later but the bulk of the day today is actually dry with some sunshine, not that that sunshine helps the feel of things. it is going to be a chilly day once more. again, temperatures mid—to—single figures at best. it is this evening when we see cloud and rain pushing towards us from the south and west. the track of this keeps changing but as it interacts with cold air, especially further south, over higher ground, it could bring some settling snow. it is not a nailed on certainty and this will change back to the risk out towards the southern suburbs are specially of seeing a bit of snow tomorrow morning and certainly ice could be a real facto

chris bedford senior editor for "the federalist." steve, joe biden said that the climate change agenda was going to rescue us from the coronavirus pandemic. how exactly does that happen? >> i'm not sure what he's talking about. since the coronavirus pandemic started, they have been talking how we can go from coronavirus lockdown to a claimant lockdown. that is what the great reset is all about. senator merkley supported it. at first joe biden exercised emergency powers as president to basically get us into a state of claimant lockdown. they liked the fact missions work up 5-7% because of the covid lockdown. they would like to do that every year. >> jesse: so they can just declare a crisis and over regulate everything and then just continue the lockdown of fossil fuel industry, drilling, cracking and all of that. all right, chris, we have this woman deb holland native american and nominated to the interior secretary. here is what she said the agenda for the interior department is going to be. listen to this. >> decisions at interior o

she was raised in bedford, massachusetts on public assistance when her parents got divorced and achieved american dream. got into ivy league schools and worked in politics. republicans will really oppose her. bernie sanders won't suppose her. warren and brown support her. that's not going to be the problem here. it will be republicans in the senate who gave donald trump a pass on everything they are accusing her of including tweeting. >> dana: i won't play this because i don't want to take up your time. lindsey graham said that republicans better make sure that they get out and vote in the georgia run offs on january 5th to prevent neera tanden from being confirmed. the republicans they will get united pretty quickly to deal with this. that won't be a luxury that biden has? >> no. as it relates to georgia, the idea of a joe biden presidency and what it represents and morphs into what is really is, senate control is not the most compelling argument. it will work here. i am sure you see republicans singing off the same sheet of music. i don't know that democrats have found their message in

bedford health care system. and she is also the first v.a. patient nationwide to receive the vaccine. today, the first health care workers here in massachusetts will be vaccinated. and phase one of the vaccine plan is very much underway. and nonclinical health care workers providing direct and covid-facing care are getting vaccinated first so we can protect our health care system. vaccines are being delivered directly from the federal government to the hospitals, and in line with the state's vaccine prioritization framework, hospitals have developed plans to vaccinate their eligible staff members. we expect the rollout of vaccinations to this group to last several weeks for most hospitals. vaccinations will start for long-term care families, rest homes, and assisted living facilities for both residents and staff. cvs and walgreens will assist with vaccinations, and we anticipate this phase will begin around the 20th of december. -- aro decemberund 28. -- around december 28. dosesect another 120,000 of the vaccine to be sent to massachusetts t

pictured on far-left is bedford brown of north carolina, was the sole married man. next to him, is robert carter nicholas of virginia, who was a bachelor. john pendleton king of georgia, another bachelor. finally, on the far right is william henry road of virginia. a widower. pictured in the back ground is f street, where you can see the federal style townhouses that served as boarding houses during that period. interestingly, doctors eventually left congress, and after a short time, each man married. by contrast, buchanan and king stayed in the senate, and each man never married. political ambition played a part in their decision, but equally, the friendship formed brought -- formed and brought the pair together on a personal level. as buchanan later wrote, he lived with king as a brother. during the 1840's after the wig party took control of the white house and congress, buchanan and king took to the future. each man yearned for higher office. by that time, the democrats had fallen into a rhythm of nominating one northerner and one southerner for president and vic

and it was in bedford, massachusetts that the first va patient, the first patient at a va facility got a vaccine. a world war ii veteran, a woman named margaret clussens. margaret clussens is 84 years old. she wears her hair in a ponytail on top of her head like a boss. she said she wished she would have gotten attention for something like this when she was 16 instead of 96, but at 96 she'll take it. >> the nurse come up and told me that the vaccine was in, and she said i was going to get a dose of it. so i get up, i was happy. >> reporter: clussens, who is originally from charlestown served in the women's army corps. she worked in georgia through the war and said on monday she was surprised how fast the vaccine came in. >> that's what i thought when the nurse come up to me. i thought, oh, they really did get it in early. and i thought everybody was going to get it. then i find out that i'm the only woman down there to get it. >> i'm proud of her, i really am. >> sally clussens is one of margaret's four children. she didn't know her mom got it until her mother called. >> i'm glad she g

i would just talking with michael from bedford, saying, why are we counting 100 million?t are we doing about business in america? and i don't mean big pharma or big technology like bloomberg. what are we doing right now in washington speak about small business america? kevin: this is where it comes down to with the grants, as well as the loans. if you look carefully at what senator marco rubio, republican of florida, democrat from maryland, what they have been looking for my french bill from arkansas -- looking for, french arkansas, with regards to main street. tom: the economist jon ferro has us nailed. he's looking for income substitution. kevin: i feel like this is a broader conversation you and i should be having. all of my favorite people to the hay adams because they've got a great green smoothie for breakfast, so i feel it we should continue this. tom: it's closed. lisa: over a liquid breakfast. kevin: we could have john have johnjoin us -- malkovich join us. by the way, it's also john malkovich's birthday. jonathan: happy birthday to him, too.isa: -- to him, i don

and it was in bedford, massachusetts that the first va patient, the first patient at a va facility gotaccine. a world war ii veteran, a woman named margaret clussens. margaret clussens is 96 years old. she wears her hair in a ponytail on top like a boss. she's a great

josh is in bedford where right now, josh, as we understand it. the covid positivity rate is above 20%. tell us what these strike teams are, what they're going to be designed to do. >> reporter: they call them strike teams, craig. i call them test site in a box. it all fits in the back of a moving truck, generators, tents like the ones you see behind me, ppe, everything they need to quickly open up a test site. the reality is, craig, even now, nine months into this pandemic, pennsylvania does not have the resources they need to be able to have consistent, accessible testing in all of the 61 or so rural counties that don't have their own health department. what they've done is set up the teams that can go into a county, set up for five days, do up to 450 tests per day, then close up shop and quickly move on to another county so they can provide even more tests to someone else. i spoke with dr. jorge jimenez who set up this site this morning. take a listen to what he had to say about how things have changed here just in the last few weeks. >> when w

. >> conrad grew up around the new fishing town of new bedford, massachusetts, where his father and grandfather run a tugboat and barge business. his dad said he was destined to take to the sea from day one. >> i think he was two days old and we took him on the tugboat. >> i was hoping he would take over the business some day. >> not only was conrad the first born, he was also the first grandchild. his aunt chrissy roy says his cousins adored him. >> my youngest henry would follow him around like a duck. he was the cousin that all of the kids look up to. >> but during his sophomore year in high school, her happy-go-lucky son started to change. >> his father and i got divorced and i don't know one child that doesn't get affected by divorce. >> he was 16 at time. >> yeah. and it is going through the hormones and he obviously had anxiety and depression. it just manifested at that time. >> he talked about it in this video diary. >> i feel like i'm definitely wired different from everyone else. like there is something wrong with me. >> it was at 16 while struggling with anxiety and depression that c

fighting, several hundred native americans gave themselves up to the authorities in modern-day new bedford. they thought this is what we were supposed to do if we are going to stay out of this. josiah and other authorities and plymouth colony would crowd them into a ship, sell them to the caribbean where they were sold as slaves to the sugar plantations. if you had told me two decades ago that slavery was an issue in the history of plymouth colony i would have been very surprised but it's sure. is in this 76 year span you see so much of what will be issues in america and is very confined space. when church heard about this enslavement of the indians, he was outraged. he said look, if we do this, this means no indian in his right mind will surrender to us. this will only prolong the war. that is exactly what would happen. native groups throughout new england of the were began to say philip may be right. the only alternative we have is to fight. it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. so, half the towns in new england would be burned and abandoned. in that first year it was just a terrifying t

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she got a job as a travel agent and before long she was able to buy us our own home in bedford, massachusetts, and eventually see her children off to college and beyond. i am here today thanks to my mother's grit but also thanks to a country that had faith in us and that invested in her humanity and in our dreams. i am here today because of social programs, because of budgetary choices, because of a government that saw my mother's dignity and gave her a chance. now it is my profound honor to help shape the budgets and programs to keep lifting americans up, to pull families back from the brink, to give everybody the fair chance my mom got, and that every single person deserves. that's the america they were drawn to, the america the president-elect and vice president-elect are ready to grow. i believe so strongly that our government is meant to serve all the american people, republicans, democrats, and independents alike, all of whom deserve to know their government has their back. i look forward to working together alongside the dedicated career professionals of the omb to expand possibilities

so, tell us about what happened where you are in bedford.neighbourand her asked for help. we had an amazing response. my neighbour and her sons started to make sandbags. we all had help from robert, who came with a truckload he was going to deliver elsewhere but instead he delivered to us. we delivered something like... we made and delivered something like over 300 sandbags to each dwelling. there is a lot of flooding in our road and a lot of people have conditions and ourselves isolating. so we helped them protect their home so helpfully if it didn't rise too high they would not have to leave. that is just rise too high they would not have to leave. that isjust what rise too high they would not have to leave. that is just what we rise too high they would not have to leave. that isjust what we do. rise too high they would not have to leave. that is just what we do. so, what is the situation now? did you manage to keep the water out? is it still raining? how concerned are you? what still raining? how concerned are you ? what is still raining?

ramping up testing across pennsylvania to try to slow the spread nbc nbc news's josh letterman in bedford, pennsylvania. how many people are getting tested a day >> reporter: up to 450 at each of five pop-up sites that are opening just this week it's quiet here now, but today we watched for more than nine hours as the line of cars spilled down the street into a parking lot at another nearby school one couple telling me they waited three hours here to get a covid test because while in major cities like philadelphia, pittsburgh, testing is generally available, for so many rural americans it is still the only option to go to a site like this. and it's pennsylvania setting another record for daily cases today. the doctor who set up this test site tells me the situation is spiraling out of control >> when we started coming here a few weeks ago we had 5%, 8%. we would really be concerned about 12%. but now the last couple of weeks before thanksgiving and after thanksgiving the numbers have gone up to 25%, 26% positivity rate it is a really big problem most of the people have full-blown ppe and