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nbc sports is broadcasting from stamford, connecticut.urance companies are moving in -- apple, one of the biggest insurers of ship rate moved from another state into connecticut. we are growing jobs, we have seen the creation of 75 to 80,000 jobs while i have been governor, having said that demographic change our behavior. we live in a different world, a more competitive road, and that is why we enlarged the university of connecticut engineering program by 70% to make sure that those great jet engines made by companies in our state continue to be made. we are the third most countries concentrated stake in aerospace, we are a leader in manufacturing and health care and leader in insurance. and hardll that tough stories because you're going to lose a state-by-state competition just as you are going to win, but there is a lot of very good things happening in connecticut. david: let's put a quick point on that governor, you have stories of general electric leaving. gov. malloy: how is that working for ge right now? i want you guys on a regula
nbc sports is broadcasting from stamford, connecticut.urance companies are moving in -- apple, one of the biggest insurers of ship rate moved from another state into connecticut. we are growing jobs, we have seen the creation of 75 to 80,000 jobs while i have been governor, having said that demographic change our behavior. we live in a different world, a more competitive road, and that is why we enlarged the university of connecticut engineering program by 70% to make sure that those great jet...
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many survivors chose to come to places like connecticut.the state has deep puerto rican roots, with waves of migration that date back to the 1940s. re in haford, connecticut's capitol, 34% of the population identifies as puerto rican. the federal emergency management agency has placed almost 4,000 families in hotels acro 41 states and puerto rico, 168 of them in connecticut. most of the displaced filed aiclaims with fema and areng to hear if they qualify for financial or other additional assistance. the rira's came to hartford with that money, isrl bought a car that cost $300, insurance, food, and warm cthing for the family. israel found a job as a machine operator at the window factory within days of arriving that pays about $365 a week. but it wasn't enough, and the family was approved for food stamp assistance. >> ( translated ): i am the type of person who doesn't wait for things to come to my doorstep. i believe in hard work. if you give me some help, i'll be grateful and i'll work hard to earn what i deserve. >> reporter: hisife milli
many survivors chose to come to places like connecticut.the state has deep puerto rican roots, with waves of migration that date back to the 1940s. re in haford, connecticut's capitol, 34% of the population identifies as puerto rican. the federal emergency management agency has placed almost 4,000 families in hotels acro 41 states and puerto rico, 168 of them in connecticut. most of the displaced filed aiclaims with fema and areng to hear if they qualify for financial or other additional...
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connecticut governor dan malloy joins me now.tate did pass gun control laws in the wake of the sandy hook massacre. is that the reality that this will have to be done state by state unfortunately when states either see it happen to them or near them? >> i think it is. and it does have to be done state by state. the nra has paid for washington. you have senators who have received 5, 6, 7 million dollars of contributions. they are highly unlikely to do the right thing in large part because they have been bought off, let's be honest. if you look at the top ten states with respect to their death rate by guns, there are three to four times the bottom ten. a place like florida has ale death rate that is over -- or about three times as high as connecticut's death rate per 100,000. >> let's emphasize the point to give people context. the percentage of ownership in a state winds up being inverse correlation to the amount of death in that state. the more guns you have the more death you have. that upsets a lot of people's sense of more gun
connecticut governor dan malloy joins me now.tate did pass gun control laws in the wake of the sandy hook massacre. is that the reality that this will have to be done state by state unfortunately when states either see it happen to them or near them? >> i think it is. and it does have to be done state by state. the nra has paid for washington. you have senators who have received 5, 6, 7 million dollars of contributions. they are highly unlikely to do the right thing in large part because...
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there's not much moving into connecticut these days. so this is an opportunity and we keep using the word opportunity and it's so fitting, this is an opportunity to help a community like mine. the poverty rate is high enough but we're small enough that even an invest of a couple million dollars would have the ability to transform lives and direct lives. and we're grateful. thank you. president trump: how did you feel when connecticut lost general electric? that was not a good day. >> no. president trump: not supposed to happen. >> and only the first of many. president trump: and if you were governor it would not have happened. ic it would not have happened. >> it would not have, sir. president trump: you've done a great job. >> i think an important key point is to realize treasury is working hard on getting guidance out. we have investors in the room who are interested and engaged in the process. one of the things that would be helpful for us is written comments as far as how to steer guidance in the right direction to benefit the commu
there's not much moving into connecticut these days. so this is an opportunity and we keep using the word opportunity and it's so fitting, this is an opportunity to help a community like mine. the poverty rate is high enough but we're small enough that even an invest of a couple million dollars would have the ability to transform lives and direct lives. and we're grateful. thank you. president trump: how did you feel when connecticut lost general electric? that was not a good day. >> no....
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the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, for five minutes. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, last tuesday the i.r.s. and department of treasury issued a ruling which was good news for folks who live in north central and eastern connecticut as well as western massachusetts. in a nutshell what the i.r.s. did it extended a property casualty loss deduction for homeowners who had foundations built over the last 20 years from material from a quarry which contained a metal substance which when exposed to moisture over time spider web cracks, and the houses are subject to full collapse. i have here a photograph which shows, again, a contractor who is repairing one of the foundations of an affected home which shows, again, how fragile the concrete foundation becomes as a result of this condition. so last year the i.r.s. issued a ruling that said that homeowners no make the repairs, which can cost up to $150,000 to $200,000, you have to lift the house, pull out the old foundation, poor a new one, and relower
the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, for five minutes. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, last tuesday the i.r.s. and department of treasury issued a ruling which was good news for folks who live in north central and eastern connecticut as well as western massachusetts. in a nutshell what the i.r.s. did it extended a property casualty loss deduction for homeowners who had foundations built over the last 20 years from...
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look at connecticut.cticut, i don't have to tell you, that's your state, after newtown, everybody thought things would change. congress couldn't figure out how to do it. so your state of connecticut did it on its own. when they passed more strict gun laws, gun deaths went down in connecticut. there is a direct core hraeurel. >> the facts are incontrovertible here. there is example after example. in the 1990s when there was a brutal mass killing in australia, they passed laws to make it hard to get your hands on weapons of war like the ar-15. they haven't had this sort of thing in australia since the mid-1990s. marco rubio, speaker ryan, and most republicans in congress, and to be fair, a few democrats, they can't allow the conversation to go to facts. they try to scare americans. they go to fear. people want to take away your guns. nobody wants to take away people's guns. we don't want to be any different than canada, great britain or australia. you can't get weapons of war. you are checked out. they have
look at connecticut.cticut, i don't have to tell you, that's your state, after newtown, everybody thought things would change. congress couldn't figure out how to do it. so your state of connecticut did it on its own. when they passed more strict gun laws, gun deaths went down in connecticut. there is a direct core hraeurel. >> the facts are incontrovertible here. there is example after example. in the 1990s when there was a brutal mass killing in australia, they passed laws to make it...
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i grew up in connecticut. buying a gun was not a big deal, a lot of people had guns, they still do, a lot more laws there now. we never had thought of having a drill for something like this. something has shifted in society both with us as individuals, with families, with common sense, with us caring about each other. i think we have to think about -- those are big issues. >> people have made people think that way. >> laura: i swear we had more guns in connecticut when i was growing up. >> there are other victims of mass shootings like a man i personally know, officer rob young of california. he was shot at the stockton california school as a first grader. he completely advocates teachers, principals. he says we can't get there quickly enough. same thing with patrick knebel, a survivor of columbine, says the same thing. >> laura: anecdotally. >> you grew up in connecticut. connecticut after newtown changed its minimum law from 19 to 21. why is it bad to make florida the same thing? he couldn't get a handgun at
i grew up in connecticut. buying a gun was not a big deal, a lot of people had guns, they still do, a lot more laws there now. we never had thought of having a drill for something like this. something has shifted in society both with us as individuals, with families, with common sense, with us caring about each other. i think we have to think about -- those are big issues. >> people have made people think that way. >> laura: i swear we had more guns in connecticut when i was growing...
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i'm in connecticut i came by this place phillies last night for a cheesesteak. >> can i get a whiz withgot you. >> beautiful. how about them apples. nobody else in connecticut knows what to means. [ laughter ] >> people were telling me the philly' social security good. evan and his brother are philly guys they get their bread from am ma rosas i had no idea. >> belly buster. >> when i sat down to eat it, a party broke out. >> on the road to victory. my take that's what happens when philadelphians go out of town, we bring our city with us. >> oh yeah. >> start with the glenn brothers nate and wilbur here if connecticut brother mike in philadelphia. they got season tickets. they make the trip. >> 256 miles one way every time we got to go. eight times out of the year. we okay. we get pre seasons at least we go. >> of course. because wilbur defense contractor and air force veteran has been around but in his heart he really never left philly. >> waited for this for long ti time. >> none of these e patriots did. >> this is home away from home. this is -- they have real cheesesteaks. they have
i'm in connecticut i came by this place phillies last night for a cheesesteak. >> can i get a whiz withgot you. >> beautiful. how about them apples. nobody else in connecticut knows what to means. [ laughter ] >> people were telling me the philly' social security good. evan and his brother are philly guys they get their bread from am ma rosas i had no idea. >> belly buster. >> when i sat down to eat it, a party broke out. >> on the road to victory. my take...
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his activists in connecticut and founder of the peace center of connecticut which will help to organizeand host an event similar to this one in connecticut. after that, we hear from rebecca morgan frank reading her poem, gunning for. she's the author three collections most recently, were all living in a foreign country. she is a poet in residence at brandeis. brian is unable to be here from south carolina so brian clements will read his response matthew cannot be here tonight, i'll be return to read his poem in response to that is from shannon, founder of mom's demand action who cannot be here tonight, but amy is here to represent mom's demand action following that, will have closing comments before discussion from doctor bell who is the er dr. on duty at danbury hospital where some victims of the sandy hook shooting were taken. >> anything, before i read my poem i want to say this is an incredibly humbling experience. i didn't know what to expect. i want to say thank you tell of you for sharing your powerful stories. i was the first responder at hartford and i've been to the scene of o
his activists in connecticut and founder of the peace center of connecticut which will help to organizeand host an event similar to this one in connecticut. after that, we hear from rebecca morgan frank reading her poem, gunning for. she's the author three collections most recently, were all living in a foreign country. she is a poet in residence at brandeis. brian is unable to be here from south carolina so brian clements will read his response matthew cannot be here tonight, i'll be return to...
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my daughter was born in connecticut. one of the reasons i came to coral springs because of the school this is really, really good school. >> very good neighborhood. i hope very soon you'll be reunited with your daughter. thank you for speaking with us. >> i want to take my daughter safe to home. and you know, tell her that i love her very much. >> give her a hug. thank you very much. hopefully that will happen very soon. >> i appreciate it. >> reporter: as you can see, hours and hours and hours after this happened, parents are still here still hoping to hug their children and see them and squeeze them and it's very emotional time for a lot of parents out here. chris? >> tami, i noticed notice police procedure, it may be a regimental reason to do it, but they had all the students there drop their packs. kids today carry all their books in bags, they don't go to lockers anymore. they had to separate their packs and leave them in a big pile on ground. what was that about? do we know what that procedure was about? >> reporte
my daughter was born in connecticut. one of the reasons i came to coral springs because of the school this is really, really good school. >> very good neighborhood. i hope very soon you'll be reunited with your daughter. thank you for speaking with us. >> i want to take my daughter safe to home. and you know, tell her that i love her very much. >> give her a hug. thank you very much. hopefully that will happen very soon. >> i appreciate it. >> reporter: as you can...
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"the new york times" reports since the sandy hook elementary massacre in newtown, connecticut, in 2012, more than 400 people have been shot in over 200 school shootings. this is connecticut democratic senator chris murphy speaking during a senate debate after the shooting wednesday. >> this epidemic of mass slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school it only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inactioion. we are responsible. level of mass atrocity that happens in this countntry with zero parallel. and he got after the headlines, we will go to florida for the latest on the shooting. president trump said wednesday he is totally opposed to domestic violence, ending days of silence over the case of former white house staff secretary rob porter, who resigned last week after evidence surfaced that he had abused his two ex-wives. >> we are leaving. pres. trump: i'm totally opposed anyomestic violence of kind. everyone knows that. it always would not even have to be said. so now you hear it, but you all know it. amy: trump's
"the new york times" reports since the sandy hook elementary massacre in newtown, connecticut, in 2012, more than 400 people have been shot in over 200 school shootings. this is connecticut democratic senator chris murphy speaking during a senate debate after the shooting wednesday. >> this epidemic of mass slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school it only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inactioion. we...
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i was born and raised in connecticut, so it's nice to have someone from connecticut here just outside of the hartford area, actually. i think what the committee needs is some pinpointing by you of specifics that will actually remove impediments to employment. now, i mean it as a softball question because i have legislation on it. and neither bill costs a dime. but anyway, to both of you? whomever wants to go first. want to do it alphabetically? >> thank you. i couldn't agree more about importance of some of those particular issues, and we've talked a lot about rural challenges, but i would say that there are some very acute urban challenges that, unfortunately, get a lot less discussion. i think sometimes they're not even recognized. for example, small business areas in urban and suburban areas are remarkably less served in many cases than residential customers, and that is because the traditional footprint of the cable industry -- to its credit -- was to go to all of the residences in a community. that is great in most metropolitan areas because there'll be a -- >> but you see all th
i was born and raised in connecticut, so it's nice to have someone from connecticut here just outside of the hartford area, actually. i think what the committee needs is some pinpointing by you of specifics that will actually remove impediments to employment. now, i mean it as a softball question because i have legislation on it. and neither bill costs a dime. but anyway, to both of you? whomever wants to go first. want to do it alphabetically? >> thank you. i couldn't agree more about...
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. >> joining me now, democratic governor, dana malloy of connecticut. we appreciate you being here this afternoon. we know that states like florida are looking at you to try to figure out what source of reforms they can implement after the steps you took in connecticut in the wake of the sand hy hook shooting. how do you think the debate is different this time around, if you think it's different? >> there's a whole lot of things you're asking, aaron. i think, number one, some of the steps that might have prevented this shooting from taking place should have taken place after torn the orlando shooting. the availability of these weapons of mass destruction, and, you know, is quite outrageous when you consider how many school shootings we've had since sandy hook. we know that if you limit the sale of those weapons, then you're going to limit the use of those weapons. it follows. in fact, since we passed our legislation in connecticut, what was comprehensive in nature, in 2013, we've had the largest drop in violent crime of any state in the nation bay subst
. >> joining me now, democratic governor, dana malloy of connecticut. we appreciate you being here this afternoon. we know that states like florida are looking at you to try to figure out what source of reforms they can implement after the steps you took in connecticut in the wake of the sand hy hook shooting. how do you think the debate is different this time around, if you think it's different? >> there's a whole lot of things you're asking, aaron. i think, number one, some of the...
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she's lived in connecticut for 17 years. she works for connecticut students for a dream advocating for her fellow dreamers. and she has been working on securing for those undocumented immigrants, their rights to safety, to higher education, to health care, and to live in a country without fear and discrimination. she shared with me some of the difficulty, her family had while she was growing up. she and her five siblings are supported by their parents who work in minimum-wage jobs. she hopes that if the dream act passes, she'll be able to take on some of that economic burden that her parents now carry. and she hopes that she'll be able to make enough money to support herself and her family. she's currently in her first year of college at a community college where she's faced many financial challenges. not being able to get a job at 18 years old is frustrating and sometimes devastating. if the dream act were to pass, she could finish her two years of community college -- at community college and transfer to a four-year instit
she's lived in connecticut for 17 years. she works for connecticut students for a dream advocating for her fellow dreamers. and she has been working on securing for those undocumented immigrants, their rights to safety, to higher education, to health care, and to live in a country without fear and discrimination. she shared with me some of the difficulty, her family had while she was growing up. she and her five siblings are supported by their parents who work in minimum-wage jobs. she hopes...
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republican senator john cornyn of texas on friday about the bipartisan bill that he and chris murphy of connecticut introduced to improve federal compliance with criminal background check legislation. while discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check
republican senator john cornyn of texas on friday about the bipartisan bill that he and chris murphy of connecticut introduced to improve federal compliance with criminal background check legislation. while discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check
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you condition buy that weapon now in connecticut.check. buy ammunitt a permit. of course, we made our state safer. but are we as safe as we could be? the answer is no, because a bunch of cowards in washington won't do their job. >> let me ask you this. i was talking to andy card earlier, former chief of staff to george bush, and i made a simple statement about the nra being a powerful lobby for the gun industry and i got pushed back from him on that. the nra is a powerful lobby for the gun industry. we can't seem to come to terms with the role they have in our political system. >> was he on our planet when you had that conversation with him? because, of course, nra is calling the shots for the republican party. he knows that. and by the way, you talk about people who are responsible for what's going on in our country. under the bush administration in 2004, the ban that we had on the sale of the types of weapons that have been used in many, many of these shootings was allowed to expire. why? because the nra wanted it to expire. why? b
you condition buy that weapon now in connecticut.check. buy ammunitt a permit. of course, we made our state safer. but are we as safe as we could be? the answer is no, because a bunch of cowards in washington won't do their job. >> let me ask you this. i was talking to andy card earlier, former chief of staff to george bush, and i made a simple statement about the nra being a powerful lobby for the gun industry and i got pushed back from him on that. the nra is a powerful lobby for the...
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host: stephen is up first from connecticut. independent. go ahead.r: thanks for taking my call. like air are kind of coming out of a balloon. it really was a disappointment to me. me,know what interests honestly, is the midterms coming up. elections,bout ways -- wave elections, and i think it is true. i think it is comparable to what happened to obama. mccain,ant to say john new hampshire's favorite son, we are pulling for you. to pennsylvania's 18th district. that by double digits. there will be the will be watching. host: congressman himes, what will you be watching? guest: [laughter] guest: it will be extended see. there is a lot in the question. i am gratified that lots of americans in rural places are standing up and saying i am not comfortable with this president and i am going to express that discomfort by going to the polls, showing up in march is. i am the democrat -- marches. democrat appear. but when the president -- in my first speech a republican stood president obama and city you live. when the president says you're not clapping for me
host: stephen is up first from connecticut. independent. go ahead.r: thanks for taking my call. like air are kind of coming out of a balloon. it really was a disappointment to me. me,know what interests honestly, is the midterms coming up. elections,bout ways -- wave elections, and i think it is true. i think it is comparable to what happened to obama. mccain,ant to say john new hampshire's favorite son, we are pulling for you. to pennsylvania's 18th district. that by double digits. there will...
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there was also another flip tonight in connecticut.rats clawed back a seat held by republicans in a district that hillary clinton had actually won in 2016. phil young won tonight in the house district 120 in connecticut. he'll be the first democrat to represent that district in connecticut in 44 years. so there were three special elections tonight. democratic pickup in new hampshire, democratic pickup in connecticut. that i think makes 39 total democratic flips from red seats to blue seats since december 2016. but check out the result tonight in the third special election tonight. that happened in kentucky. now in this one the democrat lost. this is a kentucky special election for a house seat. but frankly, it's news here that the democrats even tried to contest this seat. this seat, house district 89 in kentucky is a district that donald trump won by a margin of 62 points. the democrat lost there tonight, but she still swung the district almost 30 points in the democrats' favor compared to 2016. so, again, tonight, there were three sp
there was also another flip tonight in connecticut.rats clawed back a seat held by republicans in a district that hillary clinton had actually won in 2016. phil young won tonight in the house district 120 in connecticut. he'll be the first democrat to represent that district in connecticut in 44 years. so there were three special elections tonight. democratic pickup in new hampshire, democratic pickup in connecticut. that i think makes 39 total democratic flips from red seats to blue seats...
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reportero: por eso, los gobernadores de nueva york, new jersey, connecticut y road islands crearon unacceso a un arma. si tiene un problema mental, no debe tener acceso. son armas de fuego de alto calibre, que son necesarias para la guerra. no para protecciÓn de su casa. reportero: bajo esta coaliciÓn, los estados crearÁ una base de datos y compartirÁn informaciÓnde las personas que tienen prohibido comprar o poseer armas en sus estados. ademÁs, rastrean las armas usadas y detendrÁn alos que pasen sus fronteras estatales con armas ilegales. >> si la policÍa va un incidente de problema domÉstico con informaciÓn de que tienen armas de fuego, parte del protocolo es sacar esas armas de fuego. aquÍ tenemos un caso, dÓnde tuvieron mÚltiples llamadas y nadie hizo nada. reportero: con el fin de reducir la violencia con armas, los estados que forman parte de esta coaliciÓn tambiÉn planean realizar estudios sobre la violencia armada y tienen previsto proporcionar estos detalles a sus fuerzas de seguridad. los gobernadores dijeron que trabajarÁn hasta lograr que otros estados se unan a esta causa
reportero: por eso, los gobernadores de nueva york, new jersey, connecticut y road islands crearon unacceso a un arma. si tiene un problema mental, no debe tener acceso. son armas de fuego de alto calibre, que son necesarias para la guerra. no para protecciÓn de su casa. reportero: bajo esta coaliciÓn, los estados crearÁ una base de datos y compartirÁn informaciÓnde las personas que tienen prohibido comprar o poseer armas en sus estados. ademÁs, rastrean las armas usadas y detendrÁn alos...
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connecticut is about 5544. new jersey it thousand 722. the point is, i run into it all the time were trying to get broadband out there and get power into our communities took three years to get power poles. so there is an issue here. i think there's more there than what you represent your testimony. mr. gilling, thank you for your testimony as well. as you know we have seen the situations with various federal and state laws that have delayed. in 2016 a company was looking to expand by adding a 14 by 10-foot area adjacent to its existing facility in a parking lot. the study took five months to complete and cost thousands of dollars. have your anyone else tell us about the things you've run into what you like about these bills is this a problem or not? on one end we hear it's [inaudible] the other we here it is. i live at it in a district like mine firsthand. >> this is something we face every day for running into challenges that particularly when we talk about things like this that to install 22 in a park in the it takes many months and co
connecticut is about 5544. new jersey it thousand 722. the point is, i run into it all the time were trying to get broadband out there and get power into our communities took three years to get power poles. so there is an issue here. i think there's more there than what you represent your testimony. mr. gilling, thank you for your testimony as well. as you know we have seen the situations with various federal and state laws that have delayed. in 2016 a company was looking to expand by adding a...
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abc's gio benitez in connecticut tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a scaring out at a connecticut hospital. >> attention car three, middlesex hospital, 28 crescentthe e.r. car into the building, reported fire. >> reporter: police say 27-year-old steven ellam crashed into the entrance of the middlesex hospital's emergency room. that's elem being treated shortly after the crash, when he set hi >> mr. elem drove into the sliding glass doors of the walk n crescent street. at that point, he set himself on fire. >> reporter: inside the car, gas cans.incident triggering e hospital and elem's home. you can see a huge police presence, the fbi and atf joining the local bomb squad, and bomb sniffing dogs. >> we don't know what mr. elem's motives were, we would not speculate. >> reporter: he was transported by helicopter to a burn center. his condition is unknown. and david, he didn't make it very far into the e.r., so only one security guard was injured, treatedon.elem has been known to polic since he was 14 years old. david? >> gio, thank you. overseas tonight, we continue to follow those images out
abc's gio benitez in connecticut tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a scaring out at a connecticut hospital. >> attention car three, middlesex hospital, 28 crescentthe e.r. car into the building, reported fire. >> reporter: police say 27-year-old steven ellam crashed into the entrance of the middlesex hospital's emergency room. that's elem being treated shortly after the crash, when he set hi >> mr. elem drove into the sliding glass doors of the walk n crescent street. at...
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lots of states, including my state of connecticut, assault weapon ban.. number of people who die in this country as a result of assault weapons, though they make the headlines, that is a relatively small percentage. >> tucker: i'm aware of that. >> nonetheless, i don't want people to have guns thatat allow them and most police officers don't want them to have guns that allow them to squeeze off 20 to 30 rounds very rapidly without reloading. look, you asked about barrel shrouds -- >> tucker: i'm sorry, congressman, i think i letet you unpack it all and i appreciate your willingness l to come on and explain your views on this. thank you very much. >> okay. thank you, tucker. >> tucker: rachel campos duffy is a fox news contributor and she joins us tonight. rachel, thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me, tucker. >> tucker: you talked to these politicians about what just happened last week in parkland. the story is at least in part about the failures of the government, of the fbi, of local police, but really the federal authorities to respond to a lot
lots of states, including my state of connecticut, assault weapon ban.. number of people who die in this country as a result of assault weapons, though they make the headlines, that is a relatively small percentage. >> tucker: i'm aware of that. >> nonetheless, i don't want people to have guns thatat allow them and most police officers don't want them to have guns that allow them to squeeze off 20 to 30 rounds very rapidly without reloading. look, you asked about barrel shrouds --...
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and then in connecticut have local law enforcement issue a permit in addition to the background check. maybe the shooter would be denied if he to go and look a local law enforcement in the eye before he got a gun. we require that in connecticut and studies show it has reduced our homicides by 40%. >> what do you say to voters who say democrats aren't going to take care of this issue. not to long ago they were in power and didn't take care of this issue. it is not a republican or a democrat thing, it is a lawmaker thing, period. >> well, that is -- the facts belie that argument when the democrats were in power, we had 50 votes to pass universal background checks. it was republicans mounting a filibuster that stopped us from passing that legislation. so democrats, which frankly used to have a little bit more diversity on these issues, today by enlarge are all supportive of background checks. 90% of americans support background and 90% of congress and only 5% of republicans support background checks and that tells you where the problem is. >> connecticut senator chris murphy. thank you f
and then in connecticut have local law enforcement issue a permit in addition to the background check. maybe the shooter would be denied if he to go and look a local law enforcement in the eye before he got a gun. we require that in connecticut and studies show it has reduced our homicides by 40%. >> what do you say to voters who say democrats aren't going to take care of this issue. not to long ago they were in power and didn't take care of this issue. it is not a republican or a...
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history after virginia tech in 2007 and newtown, connecticut, in 2012. we've got a little tape here that i want to show you which is some of the students who were caught up in this today, speaking earlier today about what they went through. watch. >> i ran. i called my mom immediately. yes, i told her there is a shooter, there's a shooter. she started like -- she went crazy. i ran to my classroom. i saw my teacher. he saw me. he didn't let me in. i was like kind of really mad about that. i banged on the door, like let me in, let me in, let me in, me and my friend didn't know where to go. we finally saw a classroom and he let us in and i ran immediately in the closet and i just started hysterical crying. >> we thought it was blanks because we were thinking it was a drill. we're inside and then he gets a notification that we have to go hide. so, we all hide and they barricade the back door. we're all sitting in there. i'm calling my mom, telling her that, you know, i'm okay and we're safe in the room. >> a happy day. >> reporter: why are you so happy? >> i
history after virginia tech in 2007 and newtown, connecticut, in 2012. we've got a little tape here that i want to show you which is some of the students who were caught up in this today, speaking earlier today about what they went through. watch. >> i ran. i called my mom immediately. yes, i told her there is a shooter, there's a shooter. she started like -- she went crazy. i ran to my classroom. i saw my teacher. he saw me. he didn't let me in. i was like kind of really mad about that....
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planning two events in connecticut in the coming months. one in new haven and one in hartford. is idea is legislatures will attend and learn more and spread the message. we think by spreading the message, that's the way to get this done. >> if you want to do something specifically today e-mail a guy in oregon and schedule the house for a vote. happens to be a partisan democrat standing in the way of the enactment. fe you would just schedule the house bill for a vote, there would be more electoral votes in the national popular vote interstate exact. if you want to do something really productive today. you can do that. the second thing i'll say is talked to state legislatures across the country on this issue. that's what we do. legislative work. recruit the sponsors, put them on the bill. enacted the bill in all 11 states. passed them through 12 legislative chambers. legislative advocates from both sides of the aisle. republican support continues to be our republican support. i've been in front of grownup conservative activists around the country who believe that grownup conserva
planning two events in connecticut in the coming months. one in new haven and one in hartford. is idea is legislatures will attend and learn more and spread the message. we think by spreading the message, that's the way to get this done. >> if you want to do something specifically today e-mail a guy in oregon and schedule the house for a vote. happens to be a partisan democrat standing in the way of the enactment. fe you would just schedule the house bill for a vote, there would be more...
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connecticut provides part of the answer. we passed common sense measures that have actually reduced violence. things like background checks, ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, other common sense steps. a number of pending before congress right now. i sponsored them with republican colleagues. if we can break the glacier of complicity in congress, we can get measures done. >> you can't do it state by state. if you don't have one rule, you wind up having all kinds of, you know, all of this variability. you look at florida, laws are so different than they are in connecticut. but overall, you have 39 states in this country don't make it legally required to even say if someone is selling a weapon. what makes republicans want to deal with this? dave jolley talked about this last night. >> let's be brutally honest about what we do know. republicans will never do anything on gun control. consider last summer you had republican members nearly shot and killed during softball practice and they did nothing. after pulse
connecticut provides part of the answer. we passed common sense measures that have actually reduced violence. things like background checks, ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, other common sense steps. a number of pending before congress right now. i sponsored them with republican colleagues. if we can break the glacier of complicity in congress, we can get measures done. >> you can't do it state by state. if you don't have one rule, you wind up having all kinds of, you...
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and secretary of state ce # denise merrill from connecticut. we thank you both. >> thank you. >> thai. >> woodruff: over the last two weeks, miles o'brien has takenn ustour of what's publicly known about north korea'sap nuclear s program. in the third and final part of his series, les looks at how ose bombs might be delivered. tonight, on the leadge of science, the sleuths searching through open source clues to nogh korea's fast-developin missilorprogram. >> rr: north korean missiles are flying much farther and muchore frequently since kim jong-un became supreme leader in 2011. he has reigned over more than 80 launches, so far. the outside world watches warily, with a network of early warning radar, ssors and satellites that track the missiles in re time to be sure they are indeed tests. once the basic data is released by norad, the sleuthing work begins for people like jeffrey lewis. >> we can usually add quite a bit of detail because we can model the missile and we can ncually find the precise l location using photographs. >> reporter: lewis
and secretary of state ce # denise merrill from connecticut. we thank you both. >> thank you. >> thai. >> woodruff: over the last two weeks, miles o'brien has takenn ustour of what's publicly known about north korea'sap nuclear s program. in the third and final part of his series, les looks at how ose bombs might be delivered. tonight, on the leadge of science, the sleuths searching through open source clues to nogh korea's fast-developin missilorprogram. >> rr: north...
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nobody else in connecticut knows what that means. [ laughter ] >> people were telling me philly's ise philly guys they get their bread from am ma rosa's i had no idea. >> belly buster. >> then when i sat down to eat it, a party broke out. >> on the road to victory. eagles hi! >> that's what happens when philadelphians go out of town we bring our city with us. >> oh yeah. >> start with the glenn brothers 98 and wilbur here in connecticut. brother mike in philadelphia. they got season tickets. they make the trip. >> 256 miles one way every time we got to go. eight times out of the year. we okay. we get pre seasons away at least we go. >> of course. because wilbur a defense contractor and air force veteran has been around but in his heart really never left philly. >> waiting for this for long time. >> none of these ex patriots d did. >> this is home away from home. they have real cheesesteaks. they have hoagies, not grinders. >> yeah. >> they got water ice. it's the greatest here. >> philly fans tell me it's tough to be in new england as a super bowl approaches but they make it look eas
nobody else in connecticut knows what that means. [ laughter ] >> people were telling me philly's ise philly guys they get their bread from am ma rosa's i had no idea. >> belly buster. >> then when i sat down to eat it, a party broke out. >> on the road to victory. eagles hi! >> that's what happens when philadelphians go out of town we bring our city with us. >> oh yeah. >> start with the glenn brothers 98 and wilbur here in connecticut. brother mike in...
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connecticut has good laws. rhode island has good laws. new jersey has good laws. the problem is, you are limited biure own borders. so i can enforce those laws and i have that data in my state, but if somebody tries to cross the border and goes to connecticut to buy a gun, they don't have that information. so if the federal government won't act and you can't get a 50-state solution well, then get what you can. and start with state coalitions and that's exactly what we're doing now we have databases on mental health, on protective orders. we have databases on warrants for arrests, all of which would stop a purchaser in the state of new york. share those databases with the other states, so you're take wack are good laws and you are now expanding the foot print of that to a northeast coalition. >> what do you expect to be the financial implications of this pact among these four states? do you expect you will need a lot of new funding to be approved by the legislature, for example, in your is that it to get this going? >> money is tight especially after what the feder
connecticut has good laws. rhode island has good laws. new jersey has good laws. the problem is, you are limited biure own borders. so i can enforce those laws and i have that data in my state, but if somebody tries to cross the border and goes to connecticut to buy a gun, they don't have that information. so if the federal government won't act and you can't get a 50-state solution well, then get what you can. and start with state coalitions and that's exactly what we're doing now we have...
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my good friend from connecticut, mr. larson, and i introduced this legislation to make much-needed reforms to social security representative payee programs. congress first authorized social security to designated representative payees all the way back in 1939. the program was last updated in 2004. for those unfamiliar, social security representative payee program designates a payee to help manage the benefits of those who need assistance managing their benefits. and we're talking about quite a few. in fact, you may be surprised to learn that there are about eight million beneficiaries with payees. in my home state of texas, we're talking about more than 625,000 people with payees. to put a face on this program, we're talking about folks like the aging relative or the elderly neighbor next door. people you may know but didn't realize had a representative payee. with 10,000 americans retiring a day, this vitally important program is only going to grow in demand, but here's the problem. multiple reports have raised serious
my good friend from connecticut, mr. larson, and i introduced this legislation to make much-needed reforms to social security representative payee programs. congress first authorized social security to designated representative payees all the way back in 1939. the program was last updated in 2004. for those unfamiliar, social security representative payee program designates a payee to help manage the benefits of those who need assistance managing their benefits. and we're talking about quite a...
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i want to talk about john cruz, a student at southern connecticut state university. he is here and i am behind him because he was attending a rally support of the dreamers but i had the privilege of meeting jonathan well before thrally. -- before thrally. and and he shared his story with me. jonathan was born in mexico. he came to the united states when he was just 4 years old. the united states is his home. it's the only country he has ever known. he is set to graduate this spring with honors in economics and math after receiving a full scholarship to attend southern connecticut state university. and like many, due to the president's rescission of daca, and this chamber's failure to act, which is complicity, jonathan has been compelled to delay his dream of continuing his education and attending law school. but jonathan hasn't abandoned his steadfast commitment to helping others and giving back to connecticut and his nation. i recently had the honor of writing a letter of recommendation on his behalf in pursuit of his public policy fellowship. despite the uncertaint
i want to talk about john cruz, a student at southern connecticut state university. he is here and i am behind him because he was attending a rally support of the dreamers but i had the privilege of meeting jonathan well before thrally. -- before thrally. and and he shared his story with me. jonathan was born in mexico. he came to the united states when he was just 4 years old. the united states is his home. it's the only country he has ever known. he is set to graduate this spring with honors...
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two republican seats in new hampshire and connecticut state races.doocy has all the details on this midterm mania. >> reporter: democrats are using local races to test out their national plan to win back the house. they think they struck gold picking up houses in new hampshire and connecticut last night. now the dlcz is looking at this contest and saying tonight's win is a perfect example of the win strategy. the dlcc made significant structural investments in its chamber which allowed our legislative leaders to build a strong team to recruit the best candidates and flip five seats from red to blue across the state. notice, no mention of president trump in that statement declaring victory. there wassen any mention of him in a similar announcement about another victory last night in connecticut either. since his inauguration, republicans have watched 39 house seats slip away in state houses from coast to coast. that is as republicans try to campaign on the things that republicans in d.c. are doing. last night's winner in the gop primary to replace tre
two republican seats in new hampshire and connecticut state races.doocy has all the details on this midterm mania. >> reporter: democrats are using local races to test out their national plan to win back the house. they think they struck gold picking up houses in new hampshire and connecticut last night. now the dlcz is looking at this contest and saying tonight's win is a perfect example of the win strategy. the dlcc made significant structural investments in its chamber which allowed...
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when he moved to connecticut, he married the daughter of a coal baron. he became the least southern southerner he had ever met. -ized.ally yankee of generaln admirer grant. when he met general grant the second time and his friend that was going to introduce them said he wasn't sure that grant would remember him, and he said he will remember me because the last time i was the only person in line who did not ask him for a job. [laughter] alan: late in life, twain wrote war prayer which is an anti-war document. i think he always respected soldiers and respected officers and had tremendous affection for grant but had mixed feelings about the business of war. >> why did he choose the pen name mark twain? alan: you know, scholars will be arguing about that forever. apparently it is a term of measuring the depth on the passage of a riverboat. but it has turned out in recent years that there was someone else in new orleans, louisiana, who wrote short items about the riverboat trade who used the name mark twain. so he did not invent that. he purloined it, i think
when he moved to connecticut, he married the daughter of a coal baron. he became the least southern southerner he had ever met. -ized.ally yankee of generaln admirer grant. when he met general grant the second time and his friend that was going to introduce them said he wasn't sure that grant would remember him, and he said he will remember me because the last time i was the only person in line who did not ask him for a job. [laughter] alan: late in life, twain wrote war prayer which is an...
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ante la inacciÓn del gobierno federal, los estados de new jersey, new york y connecticut, han creados. jorge: gracias. ilia: mÁs adelante conoceremos la escuela que tiene la mÁs altacalificaciÓn en seguridad contra potenciales pistoleros. mira papá, ¡un pandicorn! nos puedes dar un pandicorn, ¿por favor? panda y unicornio por $8. ¡pero ahí dice $5! esa es la tarifa básica: 1 solo globo, 1 solo giro. hay que sumar... cargo por acceso de globo. cargo por giros adicionales. más el impuesto de cruce de especies. ¡no me lo puedo creer! ¿quieren otro? ¡no no no no! ¡no te conformes con las sorpresas en la factura! en t-mobile los impuestos y cargos ya están incluidos. por tiempo limitado, llévate 4 líneas por $35 cada una. Únete a t-mobile. en estos dias despues de la ilia: en estos dÍas, despuÉs de la masacre, el debate nacional se estÁ enfocando en cÓmo hacer que las escuelas sean mÁs seguras. una secundaria en indiana, parece haber encontrado la respuesta. algunos creen que es la escuela mÁs segura del paÍs. luis: dÓnde estÁ y cÓmo luce la escuela mÁs segura del paÍs?el alguacil de indi
ante la inacciÓn del gobierno federal, los estados de new jersey, new york y connecticut, han creados. jorge: gracias. ilia: mÁs adelante conoceremos la escuela que tiene la mÁs altacalificaciÓn en seguridad contra potenciales pistoleros. mira papá, ¡un pandicorn! nos puedes dar un pandicorn, ¿por favor? panda y unicornio por $8. ¡pero ahí dice $5! esa es la tarifa básica: 1 solo globo, 1 solo giro. hay que sumar... cargo por acceso de globo. cargo por giros adicionales. más el...
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we are also doing a poll in connecticut. we do not have results yet, but we are confident it will have similar strengths. if you put those poll results in front of legislators and show them their constituents care about this issue, you need to make them take a position and make them say it aloud if their position is going against the will of the people. >> i absolutely hope that their issue in bringing this front of ordinary people and making it the central political issue. my fear is that so much anxiety and attention has been drawn towards one issue we disagree about, this issue of, like, who is controlling our country and resistance to that control, that it is hard to get oxygen for the issues that i, frankly, think are much more important. fundamentally -- fundamental issues of democratic reform. whatever you think of the president, the president is not going to be there in four or eight years, at least, but these problems will still be there because we are not paying enough attention to them. i hope they are successful,
we are also doing a poll in connecticut. we do not have results yet, but we are confident it will have similar strengths. if you put those poll results in front of legislators and show them their constituents care about this issue, you need to make them take a position and make them say it aloud if their position is going against the will of the people. >> i absolutely hope that their issue in bringing this front of ordinary people and making it the central political issue. my fear is...