i recently spent two days at a care home in dorset, harbour house in west bay in bridgeport, and we wents and got a sense of the day—to—day pressures going on. any of the residents paid for themselves and they sold their homes to move on. with people living longer money ru ns on. with people living longer money runs out and the council has to pick up runs out and the council has to pick up the bill. what was really clear is that people were tired of the uncertainty in this area. some people feel worried about how long they are going to live and whether they can afford to stay here. i think it is entirely dependent on whether you can pay or whether you can't, which is wrong. it is still on the back of your mind when in five years' time i will be really struggling. it makes me think about the future and this whole thing of social funding. how we are going to pay for it. it is a very tricky balance i suppose between needing support and the cost of it. and i suppose if we have a society that thinks that looking after its people is very important, then it comes to very near the top of the l

my name is joseph kelly, and during the '80s, '83-'89, the executive director for the bridgeport chamber of commerce, and that was an interesting situation in washington years, you know? some people often confuse me with the former mayor years ago. that's not true, but i've gotten myself in interesting conversations, including harold washington. my biggest project was trying to do the -- [inaudible] at that time and trying to work with the center for neighborhood technology and everything. so it was interesting things, and i thought i'd just mention in case someone was interested in asking some questions. >> thanks. >> okay. >> anything to add? >> yeah. >> thank you. thank you. >> council wards -- >> thank you. >> -- the party of the other side with the 11th ward and -- >> it was a different time. all right. next question? >> hi. >> hi. would someone talk about the role that ed gardner played in the mayoral campaign? >> well, you know, i think maybe monroe mentioned the voter registration that was going on. harold was a reluctant candidate, and one of the things he had learned from looki

at harbour house in bridgeport, the signs of a care system under stress play out quietly in the livesin their 90s. this is the first day of the month's medication. none have severe dementia, but they have many other health conditions that come with increasing age. they're obviously coming in slightly older and frailer. so that side of it's changed. the home's manager is on her way to see bill. he's been feeling down. but a letter‘s arrived from his family. is that a good start to the morning, that letter? make me feel good all day. makes me want to cry. most people living in this not—for—profit home pay for themselves. they spend at least £36,000 a year. this is what people do on cruise ships. avoiding the rain outside, kay is getting her daily exercise. round and round. like many residents, she sold her home to meet the costs of being here. drawing on savings and family, i suppose. how much of a concern has that been? it's still in the back of your mind. when in five years' time i shall be really struggling. and nearly a third of the home's 33 residents are running out of money. she

think you and i could sustain that increase pretty comfortably for an awful lot of the families in bridgeportand sanford, difference is the difference between eating , buying medicine, saving money for their kids to go to school and drilled your answer was there are not that many people who fall into that category and that makes me happy all i'm not sure i agree necessarily introduce the number of people living in poverty. ask your answer because there's not that many people living in those conditions, you and i could sustain those rent increases by hand and i know the choices that are forced on them by program would be very difficult. so in my community, not only do i have some intense poverty and so my communities but because i. washington san francisco and new york city, right up until the upper-middle-class, people are housing rests, paying more for rent or the mortgage then is comfortable for them to do so and at some point it's not even comfort, do i get space for my children's college education because my rent is so high? that leads to things that maybe are not morally as devastating a

it also turns out that robert i jones were former employees of bridgeport and career education for-profit college and universities themselves. for you aware of the fact that you are appointing people to the enforcement and investigative unit who had a conflict of interest because of their own private careers before they joined? unitdevos: the enforcement is very robust and functioning very well. of those individuals you just referred to are not part of the enforcement unit. that is erroneous information. twice we are very focused on ensuring that colleges and -- theities opportunities that students have our quality. on the to focus opportunities and the outcomes for students. >> 33% are defaulting on their student loans and only 10% of -- students you took a dozen attorneys and cut it down to three. then you bit of the unit with people with copies of interest. it is no wonder that little or nothing has done -- been done in the way of investigation. >> your information is erroneous. what's i ask about the article from the new york times which catalyzes in detail -- i'm sure you have seen i

bridgeport only 64. 52 degrees in augusta, maine. 18 degrees below average, temperatures get a little look, but for the week, we're looking at temperatures still cooler than usual out west, though, the expanding warmth continues. not helping the wild fires out there. las vegas over 107. phoenix 109. denver 90 and as the week wears down, temperatures remain hot, >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. inlarnd areas out of the triple digit for yesterday and mid 80s today. concord and livermore, san jose up to 78 degrees. oakland 71 will be the high today. santa rosa 83 and san francisco keep those mid-60s and inland areas will be under a cooling trend with breezy winds and mostly sunny sky ez. the coolest day of the week on will be on wednesday before it it warms up this weekend. y >>> gracias, al. >>> coming up are thousands of breast cancer patients receiving unnecessacessary chemotherapy. some new findings. >>> plus, we're bonding with sandra bullock. our emotional joys of motherhood and adoption. >>> then who needs a stunt double. the making of tom cruise's most dangerous mov

the city of bridgeport -- i know you were just in connecticut and the reason i highlight that is because in those communities people who are struggling in poverty are not just struggling in poverty, they are doing it right near immense affluence. so i appreciated your testimony, but one element of the testimony stuck in my craw and when my colleagues were concerned about raising red for people at the lowest income levels assisted by hud programs and i think you and i could sustain that rent increase pretty comfortably. but for a lot of the families, that difference is the difference between eating and buying medicine and saving little money for the kids go to school. and i'm thrilled that there are not that many people that fall into that category. i'm not sure we reduced the number of people living in that kind of part poverty. you and i could sustain that, but i know that they cannot. and i know that the choices that are forced on them by that program would be very difficult. so in my community not only do i have intense poverty, but because it is a high-cost area, right up until the u

but for an awful lot othe families in bridgeport and norwalk and stanford, that difference is the difference between eating, buying medicine, saving a little money for their kids to go to school, and i'm thrilled your answer was that there are not that many people who fall into that category and that makes me happy. although, i'm not sure that as a country, we've necessarily reduced the number of people living in that kind of poverty. but i would just ask you in the context of your answer, just because there's not that many people living in those conditions, again, you and i could sustain those rent increases, but i know that they can't. i know that the choices that are forced on them by that program would be very, very difficult. so in my community, not only do i have somentense poverty, but because it's a very high-crossed area like washington, like san francisco,ik nework city, right up until the upper middle class, people are housing stressed, meaning paying more for rent or tt mortgage than is comfortable for them to do so. at some point, at some level, it's not even comfort. it's do i

likewise, the connecticut institute for refugees and immigrants, located in bridgeport, assists refugees and immigrants in resolving legal, economic, linguistic and social barriers as they immigrate into their communities. let me tell you about the journey of esa and their -- their three children. they settled in west connecticut during the 2016 election. this family fled syria to jordan after one of their members was abducted by the regime. when they arrived in the united states, esa started working as a parking attendant in a hospital parking garage r garage, and -- garage, and imina launched a catering service. their children are happy to go to school. let me tell you about rafid. he was an electrical engineer in baghdad who worked with the united states army corps of engineers during military operations in iraq, but after he received death threats from insurgents, he fled with his family to jordan and then resettled in connecticut where he works as a team leader at the ship manage -- ship manufacturing company in milford. he started his own sub-contracting company, golden gate contra