is it really happening are we seeing the beginning of a new cycle for brunswick?ink we are, jim obviously, we had a tremendously strong back half of 2020 and that momentum has carried into 2021 and even built on that. our revenue quarter over quarter or q 1 2020 and 2019 up 40%. margins expanded 500 basis points strength is across all of our businesses, business was up 47%, our parts and accessories businesses on the strength of tremendous boating participation in the early season were up 52%. our boat business is up 44%. they did a great job despite challenges you're aware of and we have 280 locations now and 40,000 memberships so real strength across the board. >> i like something that tells me it's a new cycle. younger boat buyers, women boat buyers better than everyone else in the industry are bringing down the demo. this is fantastic for you guys. >> we're very excited what is happening with boats and brunswick. our boat buyers are two years younger than average n new boats are coming in five years younger and three years younger in the industry and more wome

it's been 250 years since the momentous decision to establish brunswick as a city. i want to recognize great citizens and public officials of brunswick who made it and continue to make it a tremendous community and place to live. let this anniversary serve as a reminder of all that we have gone through in the past and how capable we are of making it through these trying times together. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: madam speaker, i rise today in tribute of the life and legacy of miss barbara, the late mother-in-law of a member of our team, mr. peter chung. born in west oak layne in philadelphia, barbara worked tirelessly as a lab technician for many years and had the spirit that warmed and welcomed all lucky enough to cross her path. you didn't have to know her well to see and understand how deeply she valued generosity and compassion. not a day went by when barbara did not exemplify these traits. she instilled these qualit

arbery was chased and shot and killed as he was jogging through a neighborhood just outside of brunswickstate murder charges. >>> the "las vegas review journal" says an animal skeleton found dating back thousands of years was found in the back yard of a home. workers digging an in-ground pool unearthed the remains five feet below the ground. the bones from a horse or similar mammal between 6,000 to 14,000 years old. they date back to the earth's most recent ice age. >> we had joked friday while they had started digging that, great, maybe they can find a dinosaur and it will pay for our pool. obviously when they told us they found some fossils that was a shock to us. >> scientists say that the area where the bones were found was covered in springs during the ice age and served as a watering hole for wildlife. >>> and "the new york times" says michael collins, who piloted the apollo 11 spacecraft while neil armstrong and buzz aldrin walked on the moon, has died. collins died of cancer yesterday in naples, florida. he orbited above the moon alone as the two other astronauts took the histori

a commercial truck with its boom in the air hit some overhead wires in brunswick, ohio. it caused a power pole to snap and fault barely missing a passing car. no one was hurt. >>> the legal battle over whether cruise ships can set sail from the u.s. again is ramping up. another state is suing the government, but it seems americans determined to cruise are finding other options. this morning another state is joining the legal battle over the cruise industry shutdown. now, alaska is suing the cdc demanding ships be allowed to set sail from its ports again. >> i'm fighting to ensure our tourism business and communities have a chance. >> reporter: in a letter to the white house governor mike dunleavy says his state lost $3 billion due to the cruise industry stoppage in 2020. the cdc's order requires cruise lines to first submit detailed plans and conduct test cruises with volunteer passengers. alaska is joining a lawsuit already filed by florida governor ron desantis who says cruise ships should be allowed to sail immediately. >> we don't believe the federal government has t

the 25-year-old black man was out jogging near brunswick, georgia, in february of 2020 when he was chases down and shot to death. joining me is wanda cooper, the mother of ahmaud arbery. thank you for joining me. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: these are good news for cheesethese charges. are you confident that the system is working and moving forward? >> having seen the news yesterday was assurance that we are working in the right direction to get justice for ahmad. so good news yesterday. >> on the one year anniversary of his death, you filed a wrongful death case. why do you think this case has moved so slowly? >> i would have to say -- i want to say because of covid. we have had covid restrictions and that held back a lot of the court dates and hearings. i can say now that everyone is getting vaccinated and i'm hoping to have a court date here soon. >> we were going to get your attorney. do we have the attorney yet? or no? we don't have the attorney. okay. okay. so we were going to have your attorney on. we were just waiting to see if he can join us. let me ask you this as we

ar berry, a 25-year-old black man was jogging near brunswick, georgia, in february of 2020, when he was chased down and shot to death. joining me now is wanda cooper, ahmaud's mother. it's good to see you again. thank you so much for joining. i really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me again. >> these charges are good news, i would imagine, in your son's case. >> yes. >> are you feeling confident that the system is working as it should in moving towards justice for ahmaud? >> yes. after receiving that news yesterday, it was assurance that we're working in the right direction to get justice for ahmaud. so it was very good news yesterday. >> on the one-year anniversary of ahmaud's death, you filed a wrongful death lawsuit. why do you believe this investigation has moved so slowly, ms. cooper? >> i'll have to say -- i want to say because of covid. we had all these covid restrictions that we're still under, so that held back a lot of the court dates and hearings. i can say now that everyone's getting vaccinated, i'm hoping to have a court date here soon. >> mm-hmm. we were going to get

. >>> the the the the the the the just under way in brunswick. >> why is the mayor so excited.ik and it's involved in euro vision song contest, the story of fire saga. sabin kotecha is a behind the scenes pop music super star and one of the oscar nominated song writers of hosevik. >> at this point in my career i wanted to invent something that was fun and unexpected. and you know will ferrell, it's hard to say know. >> there's such a sense of pride in that song. it's fun to see it play out. >> it's fun to see it play out in real life in hoosevik they're so proud and so excited. >> how excited? the town's main street has been painted red for citizen's to create their own red carpet moments. even the children of hoosevik are committed. >> ♪ ♪ >> they're closing schools the day after the oscars so families can stay up late and watch it. for a kid from texas who was supposed to be a doctor or lawyer. to be nominated for an oscar is something i couldn't even have imagined in my wildest dreams. >>> the hoosevik song is the only nominated song that won't be performed at the new academ

>> reporter: steve is a 27-year-old musician from new brunswick, new jersey.is neighborhood trash cleanups on reddit. who would have guessed within weeks he'd have more than 12,000 followers. >> there's a sense of community on the streams. and there's that sense of connectedness that i don't think -- i think a lot of people have been missing in the pandemic. >> reporter: he calls it "trash love." but the trash isn't the star. it's steve and the positivity he spreads every morning. >> first of all, congratulations on the new job to amy. amy, this piece goes out to you. >> reporter: but then something unexpected happened -- viewers started doing their own trash cleanup walks. and not just in the u.s. steve's small act has now gone global. in munich, germany, shifa was inspired to clean up her neighborhood, and she has her own audience of 2,000 viewers. >> it wasn't just about picking up trash but also picking up spirits. i've made lots of friends all over the world. >> reporter: proving that one man's trash can be a neighborhood treasure. michael george, cbs new

brunswick is a great company it's a great stock but it has really made a run and i would prefer to see it down a little before i tell people to buy it so i can't tell you not to trim that position a little bit, just a little bit i need to go to bud in ohio. bud? >> caller: boo-yah ski daddy thank you for taking my call. >> yo. of course. >> caller: hey, jim, yesterday morning on cnbc you called bitcoin a store of value and you even joked about wanting to be paid in bitcoin. in past years when inflation entered the conversation, i always heard of gold being the store of value is bitcoin sure planting gold as a store value and is that why gold is down while other commodities are up and would you still recommend -- >> let's put it this way yes, put it this way if i said i was going to be paying bitcoin, i would have gotten a raise today here is the problem. i have always said 10% of your portfolio should be in gold. i think 5% should be in gold and 5% should be in crypto so while i still believe in gold and barrett gold, i have to believe after overseeing crypto is for real crypto is for

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. , juan. hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of elizabeth city, north carolina, for a fifth day to protest last week's police killing of andrew brown, a 42-year-old black father. on monday, authorities allowed brown's family and attorneys to watch a 20-second video clip of the shooting. the family says it shows andrew brown was shot in the back of the head while his hands were on the steering wheel of his car. his son khalil ferebee described the shooting as an execution. >> it is like we are against all odds in this world. my dad got executed just by trying to save his own life. he was not -- the officers was not in no harm of him at all. it is messed up how this happened. for real. for real. he got executed. it ain't right at all. amy: chantel cherry-lassister, an attorney for andrew brown's family, described what she saw in the 20 second video. >> andrew brown was in his d

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzalez in new brunswick. hi, juan.juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is entering its eighth day. chauvin is charged with second- and third-degree murder, as well as manslaughter for killing george floyd last may. over the past three days, numerous members of the minneapolis police department accused chauvin of violating department policy by kneeling on floyd's neck for 9.5 minutes while ignoring pleas from floyd that he could not breathe. minneapolis police chief arradondo testified against his officer in a rare move. here he is being questioned by prosecutor steve schleicher. >> when do you believe or do you have a belief as to when this restraint, restraint on the ground, should have stopped? >> once mr. floyd -- and this is based on my viewing of the videos. once mr. floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stop

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey., juan. juan: hi, amy. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: a jury in minneapolis has convicted former police officer derek chauvin on three counts for murdering george floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds lastde may. chauvin is the first white police officer in minnesota to ever be convicted of killing a black person. the jury reached its decision after 10 hours of deliberation. just after 5:00 p.m. eastern time, judge peter cahill read the jury's decision. >> we the jury as to count one, unintentional second be murder while committing a felony, find the defendant l2. we the jury as to count two, third degree murder perpetrating dangerous act, find the defendant guilty. we the jury as to count three, second-degree manslaughter, creating an reasonable risk of a find the defendant guilty. amy: moments later, derek chauvin was handcuffed and taken into custody. he will be sentenced in two months. he

of ahmaud arbery who as you recall was a 25-year-old black man shot and killed while jogging near brunswick february 23rd, 2020. greg mcmichael and his son travis were charged with felony assault and murder and a third man was charged with murder after joining the pursuit and recording the haunting cell phone video. we go to evan perez. what are you learning. >> reporter: these are federal charges and have to do with kidnapping and hate crimes against the father and son as well as william brian, the man who shot the video, and what this shows is really a reinvig raflgts civil rights division at the justice department. one of the things that we've seen just in the last few days a number of investigations of police departments for their use of force involving black people and so what we've seen is pattern an practice investigations announced by the -- by the merrick garland, the new attorney general and one of the things you're seeing in this is part of what you're now going to be seeing a lot more from the civil rights division and in this case these men are charged with hate crimes and kidn

in it you see 25-year-old ahmaud arbery jogging through the neighborhood in brunswick, georgia.y three men, two men in a pickup truck. gregory mcmichael is a former police officer. and a third person who's recording the video, william bryan. what they did is chased him down in the pickup truck. the mcmichaels cut him off as he's jogging. there's the physical confrontation and you see the gunshots ringing out. prosecutors say it was travis mcmichael who used the shotgun to eventually kill ahmaud arbery. they say they were conducting a citizen's arrest and that he had been involved in a series of burglaries in that neighborhood. i do want to read to you some of the statements and reaction we've been getting from all parties involved. arbery's mother spoke with us. wanda cooper jones says it's one step closer to justice. ben crump says this is an important milestone in an uphill battle toward racial justice and we heard from the mcmichaels' attorney. they say they're disappointed about the false narrative. bryant's attorney stated his client didn't commit a crime. and just lastly t

i'm amy goodman in new york city joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey.an: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the biden administration has unveiled plans to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan by september 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. biden will formally outline his plan today during a speech in the treaty room at the white house -- the same room where president george w. bush announced the start of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, beginning what has become the longest war in u.s. history. the war has killed more than 100,000 afghan civilians and over 2300 u.s. service members. it also cost the u.s. trillions of dollars. nato forces are also expected to withdraw its 7000 troops by september 11. white house press secretary jen psaki discussed biden's plan on tuesday. >> the president has been consistent in his view that there is not a military solution to afghanistan, that we have been there for far too long. that has been his view for some time, we

never should have taken place, that man should be alive today, and a lot of people don't realize, brunswicke site of the federal law enforcement training center, and could very well have been a federal agent that went out for a jog that they wound up killing, i mean, it's just -- the whole case is something that the justice department needed to look into, and i'm glad they did. >> jennifer, what do prosecutors need to prove, what is the standard for hate crimes? >> well, it's a challenging standard, ana, that's one of the reasons you don't see that many federal hate crimes prosecutions, prosecutors have to prove that the reason for the crime was the victim's race, that, in fact, what they did to him was because he was black. if the person isn't literally screaming racial epithets at the victim as the person is being killed it's hard to do that. we will see evidence of social media postings, communications indicating that the defendants were racist, there's also reporting that one of the defendants was standing over arbery's body and used a racial slur. that's the evidence prosecutors will u

i'm amy goodman in new york joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey., juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: more than a year into the pandemic and the economic crisis it generated, many workers continue to be excluded from receiving any government relief. these excluded workers include undocumented people -- many of them in essential services -- and people recently released from prison. well, on monday in new york, hundreds of excluded workers from across the state marched through the capitol of albany in a final push to demand lawmakere support a $3.5 billion fund that would be the first of its kind in the united states to provide financial relief and healthcare to those shut out of the current system. embattled governor andrew cuomo is now in final negotiations with legislators on a budget bill that was due last month. new york assemblymember marcela mitaynes has joined excluded workers in a weeks long hunger strike urging support for the fund. she addressed monday's rally.

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey.hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president biden is addressing a joint session of congress tonight for the first time. it comes on the eve of his 100th day in the white house. biden is expected to unveil his $1.8 trillion american families plan to expand educational opportunities, childcare, and paid family leave. biden is proposing to fund the plan in part by raising the capital gains tax for the nation's wealthiest households and cracking down on wealthy dodgers. while much of tonight's speech is expected to focus on domestic issues, we spend the hour today looking at biden's foreign policy record -- both as president and the past half-century. the intercept has just launched a sweeping project examining a half century of biden's stances on war, militarism, and the cia going back to the early 1970's when biden was first elected senator in delaware. the project is called "empire politician." it was creat

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey.uan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. jury deliberations have begun in the trial of derek chauvin, the former white minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for killing george floyd by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes last may. floyd's death sparked international protests calling for racial justice. authorities in minnesota are now bracing for a verdict in one of the most closely watched criminal trials in years. during closing arguments, state prosecutor steve schleicher repeatedly reminded jurors this case was solely about chauvin's actions, not about policing as a whole. >>'s use of force was unreasonable. it was excessive. it was grossly disproportionate. it is not an excuse the shocking abuse you saw with your own eyes. and you can believe your own eyes. this case is exactly what you thought when you saw it first, when you saw that video. it is exactly that. you can believe you

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey.hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show with a warning. a warning to our audience, this segment contains graphic footage and accounts of police violence. protests are continuing in the minneapolis area after a white police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old black man, daunte wright, during a traffic stop sunday afternoon in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center. the deadly shooting took place about 10 miles from where former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is on trial for killing george floyd. on monday, police fired tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and stun grenades as protesters defied a curfew and took to the streets brooklyn center for a second straight night. police said 40 people were arrested. more than a dozen were arrested during protests in minneapolis. just before he was killed, daunte wright called his mother to say he was being pulled over -- allegedl

pandemic christians around the holy week celebrations have been muted for a 2nd here running to go to brunswick people say they are tired of the disruption. welcome we stop in washington d.c. where a police officer has been killed at the u.s. capitol it comes less than 3 months after a mob assault at the same location u.s. president joe biden said in a statement that he and his wife were heartbroken to learn of the attack and express condolences to the victim's family. the attack happened just after 1 pm local time in washington d.c. at the u.s. capitol the alleged assailant 1st struck 2 police officers with his vehicle and then drove into a nearby security checkpoint barricade the incident occurred about 90 meters from the entrance of the building on the senate side of the capitol close circuit footage of apparently shows the alleged suspect then getting out of the car with a knife and lunging at officers police then shot the attacker who later died they are trying to discern a motive. it does not appear to be terrorism rar related but obviously all will continue to investigate to see if there

arbery was jogging in brunswick, georgia, in february of 2020 when travis mcmichael and his father gregoryind them in a separate truck and he filmed the shooting. the justice department says the mene confronted arbery becausef his race. >>> as president biden completes his first 100 days in office this morning we're checking in on many of the voters who sent him to the white house. he flipped wisconsin by just 20,000 votes and he won it with the help of urban and suburban areas like milwaukee county. trey main lee talked to black voters there who want to see more from biden. what did you learn? >> stephanie, it's great to be here with you. one thing is for certain, black voters here are not going to let joe biden forget what he said during hishe victory speech, th he would have the backs of black voters and the black community. so the voters i spoke with said give me a grade on how you think joe biden is doing so far, three bs and a c, in many ways they were dissatisfied and say there's room for improvement. let's take aom listen. >> people want to work with business they bring in the ceos

. >> here we are at our gdb soh brunswick facility. >> sullivan: south, okay.met a man who built a $180 million recycling business off of that waste. >> use and discard, and then this is where it all ends up. >> sullivan: sunil bagaria is naonal chairman of the plastics division for isri, the institutfor scrap recycling industries. his company buys throwaway plastic from some of the largest big-box stores in the u.s. oh, my god, what is this? >> this is just hangers, one type of plastic. >> sullivan (gasps): why are these all here? >> well, you would imagine that when you, you know, you take a garment off the rack and take it to the checkout counter... >> sullivan: yes. >> then this should go back. >> sullivan: that they would just reuse it. >> yeah, but they said, "oh, you know what, we'll just buy new hangers. in the meantime, let me just recycle this." >> sullivan: oh, boy. hanger gets used one time. >> one time. >> sullivan: starting in the late '90s, bagaria and other recycling brokers had a one-word answer to the growing plastic-waste problem: china. >> i

arbery was jogging in brunswick, georgia last year when the men allegedly chased and fatally shot him already face state murder charges. the u.s. senate today voted to restore regulations aimed at limiting methane emissions from oil and gas fields. trump-era rules had rolled back the rules governing the greenhouse gas. the debate divided largely down party lines. >> as we transition toward a 100% clean energy future, a future without pollution, we must do all th we can to mitigate the harm done by our current use of fossil fuels, and that's exactly what these rules are designed to do. >> we shouldn't demonize an industry that is part of the lifeblood of our economy. we should celebrate the emissions reduction accomplishments and look for ways to further incentivize those. let's focus on solutions that address our climate challenges without destroying the economic engines of growth. >> woodruff: president biden has called for cutting greenhouse federal investigators today searched the manhattan apartment and office of rudy giuliani, former president trump's personal lawyer. it's widely

for example, they're going to look at places like this, new service to brunswick, maine, and rock 'emlanding at all. the money, though, is not the point according to supporters. >> i think it will cover the cost of running the trains if you do it right. but it's still going to have -- it's still going to be a capital investment made by companies or the government just like we do with highways and■ç airports. >> reporter: and for those following the climate change agenda of the biden administration, this might be a head-scratcher. buses follow some of the same routes as amtrak discuss, and the cato institute found that buses i mitt 60 grams of greenhouse gases per passenger miles, airlines 374 grams -- 174 grams. diesel amtrak engines pipe out 167 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger mile, and this is what they're using the money to expand. still, president biden wants to keep this service going. listen. >> i'm going to push as hard as i can to change the circumstance so we can compete with the rest of the world. compete with the rest of the world. everybody around the world is investing

there's so much money sitting on the slinde lines whether it be for people who buy stocks and brunswick on tonight, that you're seeing a purchasing of boats, that's insane, but people feel like they're wealthy, they've got stock market wealth, they get checks from the government, look, every single guest that you had on this morning, said the same thing, which is look, there's just too much money, and it's inflationary, and the fed is doing this, forget that, carl, that's not our job, our job is to recognize opportunity and even though amazon is up a great deal, you will get a chance to buy it, remember what i said yesterday, we open up high and then we trade down, the winners today, they will be down at one point, and you can go buy them, and you should buy them, because these companies are for the ages they're just, it's kind of like we've got a major league, and we've got a my juror league, and the major league, there's not that many teams in, it but when you read the amazon letter, and remember the amazon conference call is always very boring because it's just about the pure financi

let's look at some the new line's barely specifically in the northeast, new service from brunswick maineey in the whole system is between washington dc and boston through new york city and other lines pueblo colorado to cheyenne wyoming, so in 2019 when people work actually traveling on rail service in covid was not around the company operated at a $29.8 million loss, that was actually an 83% improvement over the year before in the amount of money they were losing, but still supporters of amtrak say it's worth it. >> we poor like hundred billion dollars every year into our highway system and we don't do it because it makes the government money, we do it because it allows businesses to make money , allows individuals, private sector businesses. reporter: so, it's not about the money. transportation secretary wants to spend even more money and he's also now they share talking about modernizing the trains especially between the big cities, talking about chicago and milwaukee, houston and dallas adding high-speed rail at a high cost. we will see when the spending stops. back to you. ashley: