this is not simply tradition brockton manny, thanks. ah ah! and finally on this check in luke, i stag ahead to munich for october fest reopened after a 2 year pandemic break. of course, when you go to the october 5th, do you want to look the part traditional costumes are really popular during octoberfest? mm. women have done this, and the men have leather pants, lead out with molina was, is it a leader hoses special of course. so do you only see them at octoberfest, or will you see them at the office to walk garden as an incident that you own it is in this region later, who is an artist warrant for specially vad sick? if this was trim the clock and get poorest like to wear them to get her into the swing of things that i'm told rough anyhow, but isn't gone. but for us, they're just a pair of pants we'd wear on an ordinary day and horse at the 2 house him i'll talk aka, talking that about there. do i look like a real bavarian boy, a bio, shall you? yeah. oh thanks alex. ah, so now i'm ready to go check out the festival once it. if you come here,

we have older infrastructure in massachusetts, especially the city of boston and city of brockton and city of quincy. over $8.5 billion will be allocated to massachusetts to support that infrastructure, to rebuild it over the next five years. in fact, this year alone, $2 billion in new federal funding has been announced for our state to date, including more than $1.7 billion identified for key transportation and infrastructure projects considering that 472 of our state bridges and more than 1,100 miles of massachusetts highway has been declared deficient or in poor condition. this funding will not only be used for structural repairs but also serve to reinforce our coastal infrastructure against the devastating impacts of climate change. our state has already received nearly $190 million in bipartisan infrastructure law funding this year to support lead pipe replacement and other clean and safe water improvements. this funding will be critical to some of our older historic cities like the city of brockton that struggle with toxic chemicals in their water supply. as it does in all 50 st

yet, you go into brockton, or you go into the cities you tend to find a larger minority community.he answers. >> facing the rising sun, of our new day begun. ♪ ♪ ♪ let us march on until victory is won. >> they say shadow beneath our hand. may it forever stand. true to our god, true to our native land. see, you guys were tricky. my native land, what does it make up? >> our land. what does us mean to you? what was reconstruction? when was it? >> after slavery. >> after slavery, yes,. after the civil war. this is when black people tried to teach america how to have a real democracy. during reconstruction, black people who were able to vote in the south, and they got in the state legislatures and passed laws. to say things like, everybody should go to school for free. white people, yeah poor white people too. this man like here, came out of slavery in virginia. he came to d. c. as a congressman from virginia. this man was born into slavery. [inaudible] i mean, it's congressman langston now. that's why i love reconstruction. we have real heroes. are we any different than these people we

i love quincy and brockton. i just want to say, to your credit, we're trying to rebuild over 1000 deeply affordable housing units in the city. miriam, mccormick housing development. one of the oldest public housing developments in the history of the country. that allows not only to do thousands of deeply affordable units but also workforce housing. so, people in the middle of it seem to be priced out in our area. but i want to thank, you because bank of america has committed funding to that sometime ago. but it's good work, and we appreciate it. i had a chance to sit with me hall chamberlain, who represents you in our area. and the diversity, equity and inclusion subcommittee here with miss beatty, i asked him about progress on our hiring goals within the city of boston and brockton, in my district. the numbers were much improved, but i'd like to hear you talk about the system more generally. not just in my district. one area where i think we do need a lot more progress is that, as a chair mentioned, i chair the

i love quincy and brockton. just want to say, to your credit, we're trying to rebuild over 1000 deeply affordable housing units in the city. miriam, mccormick housing development. one of the oldest public housing developments in the history of the country. that allows not only to do thousands of deeply affordable units but also workforce housing. so, people in the middle of it seem to be priced out in our area. but i want to thank, you because bank of america has committed funding to that sometime ago. but it's good work, and we appreciate it. i had a chance to sit with me hall chamberlain, who represents you in our area. and the diversity, equity and inclusion subcommittee here with miss beatty, i asked him about progress on our hiring goals within the city of boston and brockton, in my district. the numbers were much improved, but i'd like to hear you talk about the system more generally. not just in my district. one area where i think we do need a lot more progress is that, as a chair mentioned, i chair the t