courtney of connecticut. the chair: the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: this is a simple amendment that would designate $300,000 for the new england national scenic trail. this is an amendment that was offered last year and adopted by voice vote by an en bloc amendment and the language is identical. the new england trail was designated as a national scenic trail in 2009 making one of the newest. the trail is 223 miles long and winds through 41 communities in connecticut and massachusetts. two million people live within 10 miles of the trail making it one of the most scenic trails in the country. it was passed in 2007 when mmang john oliver and rosa delauro and chris murry and myself passed the law. unfortunately, the trail is woefully underfunded for the last five years. the trail system has received 37,000 and the appalachian mountain club. of the approximately 43,000 entity receives, the vast majority goes to volunteer organi

this is the hearing of the connecticut board of pardons and paroles. back in connecticut a young inmate named joshua strachan has just entered the system. joshua is currently serving a sentence of three years for sale. well business stuff and why are they selling heroin. and of they going to wait. to do something. i mean you're a young guy if you've never had a job how about starting their life and if you look for a job people do want to hi amy. oh. let's go question what is your thought. i was thinking about if. i had a chance to do it and had the chance because you're out there selling heroin how much money we make and. thirty five. thirty five hundred a week. that's a lot of money we're going to make that when you get out. more. now . i want to start. i want to be able to be a small. family it's a little more than bad choices and running with the wrong crowd with you to selling drugs because you were helping your mom. me you know. where. people used to because. it was dirty to be starving. or stuff like. your mom had six kids. she was by yourself or

back in connecticut a young inmate named joshua strachan has just entered the system. joshua is currently serving a sentence of three years for sale to narcotics well business stuff and why are they selling heroin. and of the only way. to do something and. i mean you're a young guy and you've never had a job have a starting marriage quite but if you look for a job people do want to hi amy. oh. let's go question what is your thought. i was thinking about if. i had seen. it had the chance because you're out there selling heroin how much money we make and. thirty. week. we're going to make that when you get out. more. i want to start. i want to be able to be a. family it's a little more than bad choices and running with the wrong crowd with you. selling drugs because you were helping your mom. me. or. your mom had six kids. she was. ok just i want you just sit tight relax a little bit we're going to deliberate about your case and figure out what we're going to do with you in that we're going to come back on the record and take a vote ok. we are back on the record has the

hello, i amhal: senator richard blumenthal, proud to represent connecticut. we are at a historic turning point for our country. . of june, supreme court justice anthony kennedy announced his retirement and barely a week later, president trump nominated a replacement, judge brett kavanaugh. now, the senate itself is also at a crossroads. it is our constitutional responsibility with the support of our constituents to consider the next justice of the united states supreme court, the highest court in the land, a branch of government that will shape the law and culture of this country for generations to come. all of us will have to answer to history. ordinarily, presidents make every effort to persuade us that their nominees will sit on the basis of merit, not medical dogma. but we now live -- not medical dogma.cal this president, in a dramatic departure from his predecessors, set extreme ideological litmus tests for his nominees. promised toe trump erode metal health care protections, saying that he was robertsinted in justice , because he gave us a obamacare." a

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back in connecticut a young inmate named joshua strachan has just entered the system. joshua is currently serving a sentence of three years for sale. well business stuff and why are they selling heroin. and of the only way. to do something and. i mean you're a young guy and you've never had a job have a starting their life and if you look for a job people don't want to hi amy. oh. that's a good question what is your thought that i was thinking about him. i had seen. it had the chance because you're out there selling heroin how much money we make and. thirty. week. i want to. i want to be able to be a. family it's a little more. because you were helping your mom. having food or stuff like that now why not do what i did was wrong. your mom had six kids she was fire itself are you the oldest boy it always bored. ok just i want you just sit tight relax a little bit we're going to deliberate about your case and figure out what we're going to do with you in that we're going to come back on the record and take a vote ok. we are back on the record has the board reach a decisio

another community that embraced the broken windows theory is new haven connecticut the city might be known as the home of yale university but it's also ranked as the second most dangerous mid-size city in the country in an effort to combine a growing drug trafficking problem city and state officials created so-called drug free zones which are geographic sanctuaries around schools the premise behind the law was that selling drugs near schools posed a danger to kids anyone caught with drugs inside one of these drug free school zones would get mandatory additional jail time added to their sentence an additional year for using drug paraphernalia two years for possession and three for drug sales drug free school zones became so popular that their radius increased from a thousand to fifteen hundred feet then daycare center and finally public housing. because of the geography of new haven it means basically virtually all of new haven with the exception of the golf course at yale university is a drug free zone and this results in mass incarceration of people because with a mandatory minimum

the broken windows theory is new haven connecticut the city might be known as the home of yale university but it's also ranked as the second most dangerous mid-size city in the country in an effort to combine a growing drug trafficking problem city and state officials created so-called drug free zones which are geographic sanctuaries around schools the premise behind the law was that selling drugs near schools posed a danger to kids anyone caught with drugs inside one of these drug free school zones would get mandatory additional jail time added to their sentence an additional year for using drug paraphernalia two years for possession and three for drug sales drug free school zones became so popular that their radius increased from a thousand to fifteen hundred feet then daycare center and finally all public housing . because of the geography of new haven it means basically virtually all of new haven with the exception of the golf course at yale university is a drug free zone and this results in mass incarceration of people because with a mandatory minimum sentence added on to the basic s

broken windows theory is new haven connecticut the city might be known as the home of yale university but it's also ranked as the second most dangerous mid-size city in the country in an effort to combine a growing drug trafficking problem city and state officials created so-called drug free zones which are in geographic sanctuaries around schools the premise behind the law was that selling drugs near schools posed a danger to kids anyone caught with drugs inside one of these drug free school zones would get mandatory additional jail time added to their sentence an additional year for using drug paraphernalia two years for possession and three for drug sales drug free school zones became so popular that their radius increased from a thousand to fifteen hundred feet then daycare centers were added and finally all public housing. because of the geography of new haven it means basically virtually all of new haven with the exception of the golf course at yale university is a drug free zone and this results in mass incarceration of people because with a mandatory minimum sentence added on

to the patients who came to my town halls in connecticut and spoke so powerfully about their fear of what would happen to them and their insurance coverage if preexisting conditions were declared in violation of those insurance policies, your time has come. to all who care about civil rights, civil liberties, workers rights, gay rights, your time has come and we need to hear your voice here just as we did during the helicopter debate as power -- health care debate as powerfully and the power is yours in stopping this nomination as it is our responsibility to demand specific answers that this nominee refuse himself from any consideration of the president's financial dealings or the special counsel, to reject the phony platitudes and evasive and vague answers that have been accepted before because we know that the old platitude adhering to settle precedent is meaningless. we do not live in ordinary times. we need extraordinary efforts to make sure that the united states supreme court remains faithful to the rule of law. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. blunt: mr. presid

we actually went to hartford, connecticut, and spoke to families staying a one hotel there. >> . two days before maria hi israel sold the family's two cars, and with savings bought fine plane tickets to the mainland. >> ( translated ): i could have stayed. i'm an adult. i don't care. but i thought about my girls. the hurricane, the force with ich it was coming-- category 5. i said, "this will groi everything." >> he was right. most of their town still has no power. the federal emergency management agency has placed almost 4,000 famili in hotels across 41 states and puerto rico. 168 of them in connecticut. >> sreenivasan: so give us an update. are these families still living in hotels? >> so as of this mon are about 1,000 families still living in the hotels. the latest upate is that the program, the transitional housing program has been extended through thenning of august. >> sreenivasan: one of the things you notice in those shots is the kids. what happens to something as simple as school? >> since hurricane maria, about 24,000 school-agechildren have entered u.s. mainland school

we're talking about the outer loop here at connecticut avenue. a bigck . only getting by on the right side of the roadway because of this crash. now, there's two reported crashes topf the beltway, o outer lp, just before nnecticut and after connecticut. this five-mile backup, jus mess for a lot of people. this is going to have a huge impact on the morning commute. we don't have any other major problems right now. we have an issue, inner loom approachin i-270 and suitland parkway. the inner loop is moving just fine, but the outer loop is jammed. the icc is looking good here a this morning. you want to spend the money at this point, as we look at all of this behind me. guys? >>> we have storm team 4 weather alert for you today. a slight risk for severe storms coming ouray this afternoon. not the way we wanted to finish the week. >> yesterday was so hot humid. today, we wanted a break from the humidity. maybe a break from the rain. >> break from the humidity, that's in eseptember. >> yesterdayas verysteamy. today, it will be steamy general. and this afrnoon,

elected to congress from connecticut.d there was a story about minority candidates running this environment. their campaigns face distinct challenge, difficulty finding initial support, a need to trust stereotypes and that members of their own party, a minority, that they can succeed in a predominantly white district. >> do you think that's a problem, that you can succeed in a predominantly white district? >> there are lots of conversations about my race that have entered this primary season. there's nothing i can do about that. i've always been represented by white congressman and women. they've been able to represent my interests. i don't think you have to look like someone. there is something to be said about starting a conversation with all people feel like they're included, all communities feel like our voice is being recognized and we belong here. we get to be a part of this conversation. it is difficult because i was not a part of that inner circle. i have a message that is very different but it's a necessary messa

connectic connecticut, the two left lanes getting by. in the district, after suit land parkway, left lane getting by. as we widen out a little bit, 66 looks okay right now. in stafford, southbound 95 after quantico, right lane is the only thing getting by the bridge work there. as we take a look at 66 here, fairfax county parkway to the beltway otime. 63 miles per hour. going to take you nine minutes. it eun? >>> big news forocal art fans. >> the fringe festival is back. we're giving you a look at some of the work y ou >>> 4:23 right now. if you're a fan of the arts, your calendar is about to fill up. >> the capital fringe fest is back. a marathon of performances and shows are taking place in aew ighborhood this year. news 4's justin finch has more. >> reporter: a fun and free flowing number by d.c. performance collective, aerial woman. they have happen to be dance trained and in search of an outlet. >> applications for capital fringe are open. that's a deadline and that's a show. we appliednd now we're doing it in just a couple days. >>

we start this episode in connecticut where the parole system has undergone an overhaul to improve its procedures. across the street from this historic waterbury park the parole board is gathering for a hearing. the greed to give us an inside look at how they operate so tell me what's going on today ok so the process you're about to observe are going to turn revocation hearings first this is not a live hearing so it means appear to say by video. family members are allowed to attend these hearings in our conference in from another facility in new haven connecticut these inmates and you'll be seeing are asking for early release on discretionary. erica tyndall was appointed as the chair of the connecticut parole board in two thousand and eleven she and her staff oversee an average of forty cases per week we sit in panels of three. and it's by majority vote so you need two people to agree to either release or not. this hearing is. for. the. rays again. were you drinking. case. you think there's ever an acceptable time to put your hands on someone else oh no no what if they are in your face

officials say that in connecticut state law requires them to allow athletes to compete under whateverder they identify as. even if they've undergone no hormone her think. johanna harper is a trained athlete and joins us tonight. thank you for joining us tonight. i guess the question is, is there unfairness. you have acknowledged in a good way that, this does give biological men competing as women, as transgender athletes, some advantage. is that fair. to the by lom cal girls they're competing against. the biological girls. >> it is absolutely true that biological men have advantages over biological women. i think for adult competitive sports it's important to separate those two groups. in high school sports, things are a little different. high school sports, we're not talking about adults, it's more about participation. still, i would personally draw a line at winning state titles. if i were making the rules would i allow them to participate in the state meet but not win medals. >> tucker: huh. that's interesting. but that's not -- that seems like a fairer accommodation than what's go

larson of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 996, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. larson, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to offer an amendment to require a federal study on the financial impact of a disaster known as crumbling foundations. that is plaguing parts of the northeast, including my home state of connecticut, and massachusetts, and with further study we believe it will impact much of the northeastern region of our country. this amendment simply asks for the treasury to lead a joint study with our federal regulators to assess the financial impact of this disaster and provide recommendations to help mitigate federal and local losses and help the suffering homeowners who through no fault of their own have experienced a catastrophic disaster. there's no one who's worked harder on this in our state of connecticut than joe courtney. joe has been a leader in this, bo

litigator former attorney general and member of the judiciary committee, senator blumenthal of connecticut blumenthal: thank you for bringing us together. i worked for a time in this building and i was a law blackmunjustice harry the year after he wrote the majority opinion in roe v. wade. i have argued cases in this building, four of them. i have deep respect, in fact, reverence for the united states supreme court as a central pillar of our democracy. truth to the powers across the street and down pennsylvania avenue. say'm here with sadness to don't belongh, you in this building as a justice. judge kavanagh, you should not as arving in this building supreme court justice. because you have demonstrated an extraordinary hostility to the rights and liberties precious in this country that make this nation great. memo to the park -- if you care about common sense gun violence protection, judge kavanagh is your worst nightmare. checks ort background ban on assault weapons or any of the other common sense sensible measures that we haven't connecticut or california or new york, judge kavanagh wi

outer loop, connecticut lan and before connecticut, lanes blked, as well.hopper 4 will show you in a minute. nontroblems town or out of town. taking a look at your travel times, 0 loo great. top of the beltway, does not. outer loop between and270, going only 15 miles per hour. it will take you almost 40 minutes this morning. 66 inbound, and 95 northbound,in in vi, no worries. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car today. >>> we're want to thank all of you so much for supporting our schools. >> molette green wasct colg backpacks for kids and checking out how the community showed up for us. day one in the books. we have a bin full of school supplies and more coming. we really appreciate it. all right. if you didn't make it out to oui t prince george's county location, there's still time for you to donate online at nbcwashington.com. and don't worry. in a couple weeks i'll be at the apple credit union in an alia. we'll do this all again. we'll fill up bins and take monetary donation.00 elementary schoolchildren, the goal, a backpack to start off th

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so we're headed out to new haven connecticut where we're going to meet derek hamilton derek was accused of a murder in brooklyn in one thousand nine hundred one problem is he claims he was in new haven at the time and yet he spent twenty one years in prison for a crime he claims he didn't commit derrick's case is one of the cases handled by the. louis scarcella that are under review by the brooklyn district attorney's office he's out on parole because the parole board is sympathetic to his claims of innocence but he still needs to go through a legal procedure to clear his name. and you don't have to be story. story this is. my nephew i don't know you're only six twenty one right there you know ironically i was about that age when he came on my son's about this so you can imagine. you know the type of situations you know you don't think of the fact that you know whatever you want to in school i wasn't it every grade graduations that he went through i was a private he was a private how did you maintain your sanity so you story right there was a god used to bang on walls in the prison and

that's not -- that seems like a fairer accommodation than what's going on in connecticut. what do you think of the law there that says you can compete as the gender you identify with, even if you haven't received hormones or had physical changes whatsoever? >> well, for most people it's going to be pretty recently. i mean, for yourself, for instance, you're a 27-minute 5k runner as i understand, so your progeny probably won't a state titles in the girls championship. >> probably not. >> for fairly talent athletes, there should be a cap put on, and i wouldte do it at the state level. i would allow them to participate, but not win at the state level. >> what would it be worth having an entirely separate category? at some point you bump up against basic questions why would you have, in a moment where we're not acknowledging that there are just two sexes, why would you have sporting events segregated by sex in the first place? >>>> well, we have sports segregated by sex in the first place so women have a chance to win things. i think that's an important thing to preserve. and

in wisconsin, minnesota, connecticut. when radical reconstruction begins, it is not only redefining democracy in the south, it is doing that to the nation as a whole. the 14th and 15th amendment told it put forth a democracy that simply did not exist before in the united states. those ideas, we are still contesting those. today's go back after class, i really do want you to read the speeches, read the 14th amendment, read the reconstruction active 1867 and we will figure out whether this was a time in which the vindictive north tried to impose rules in the south or a time in which black rights and the idea of black citizenship flowered for a brief moment and american history. one last question. >> i just have a question about the kkk. i know you are allowed the freedom of assembly but if they're doing what they are doing, would that not be against the constitution? you are infringing on other people's rights. therefore you should not really exist as an organization. professor sinha: what has happened is that the bill of r

courtney of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 965, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to salute mr. young and mr. huffman on their hard work. this legislation requires a lot of interests to be balanced and hopefully as the process moves forward through the next chamber, we'll get to that sweet spot for good policy for our nation. mr. speaker, the amendment at the desk is a simple amendment which creates a five-year pilot survey for the new england and mid atlantic fishery councils. it will follow a model used in the pacific northwest. the reason i'm offering this bipartisan amendment with congressman lee zeldin is that surveys have been hampered by mechanical with noaa. for example, from august, 2017 to march, 2018, big low missed while in shipyard. even when it is operation national the tralls are not performing and they have yie

on nebraska avenue near connecticut avenue. cars having to make a u-turn or take a side street to get around it. take a look at this mess in election san degreeia. captured this down tree in her r neighbod. huge oak tree.se ral vehicles got stuck in the water there. drivers had to deal with steady rain most of the day. been talking about this a lot today. here's video from the beltway connecticut avenue insi kenton maryland. brake lights. low speeds for many drivers acrosshe region. >>> a local man isrd facing a charge after he ran over his own sister. the sheriff's office says he took off after he struck his sister. she later died t thehospital. later found him in maryland. he is being held at detention center. what agonizing it has been in ten-year-old girl shot and killed as she went out for ice cream. her mom cradling her in as stook her last breath. search for her killer continues. live now on v emotionalil organized by the communi tonight. >> the rain did not stop.ng co together as one. justice. on a wet and soggy saturda

litigator, former attorney general and member of the judiciary committee, senator blumenthal of connecticut. >> thank you. thank you, senator coons, thank you, senator schumer for bringing us together. the fact is, i worked for a time in this building. i was a law clerk to justice harry blackmun, the year after he wrote the majority opinion in roe v. wade. i have argued cases in this building, four of them. i have deep respect in fact, reference for the united states supreme court as a central pillar of our democracy. to speak truth to the powers across the street and down pennsylvania avenue. so i'm here with sadness to say, judge kavanaugh, you don't belong in this building as a justice. judge kavanaugh, you should not be serving in this building as a supreme court justice. .. here is a memo to the parkland students. if you care about common sense and done violence protection, judge kavanaugh is your worst nightmare. if you want background checks for a man on assault weapons or any of the other common sense sensible measures that wehave in connecticut or california or new york , kavanaugh

in chevy chase, at connecticut avenue, a work z be iscking that right lane. that's not impacting things much at all. elis morning, you see the rest of theay is looking good. looking outer loop is good. as you're looking at 95 in maryland, 32 to the beltway. on time this morning. 65 miles per hour. it's going to take y 11 minutes right now. if you're headed northbound on 95, looking good, a well. through prince george's county, no problems there. >>> we really want to thank all of you for supporting our schools. >> molette green was ie princ george's county collecting backpas for ds. check out how the community really showed up. day one in the books. we have a bin full of school supplies and mor coming. we really appreciate it. all right. if you didn't make it out to our first prince george's county location, there's s time for you to donate online at nbcwashington.com. and don't worry. in a couple weeks i'll be at the apple credit union in alexandria. we'll do this all again. we'llill up bins and take monetary donation. 4,000 elementary schoolchildren, the go

jillian: taking a stand for the flag the connecticut town outraged after an elected official defend hero neil during the pledge of allegiance. rob: jackie ibanez with more on the brewing backlash in that town. >> reporter: a move usually seen from nfl players hitting home for one connecticut town. elected official melissa slapped taking a be while reciting the pledge of allegiance at the start of a board meeting, defending her decision after major back lash writing, quote, i reached a point in my life i feel i need to send a message by kneeling that none of this is okay and all of this is unpatriotic as it can get and the antithesis of what america stands for. there for as long as donald j trump is president of the united states i will neil. many officials calling for her resignation and others expressed their disappointment after samaria residents refused to visit the town. >> why should those business owners who have done nothing be punished because of an act for attention? >> reporter: the official standing behind slapped said he couldn't believe what he was seeing, trying to repair

it is not just the people in connecticut thinking about how do we make sure that public education isit is not just the people in connecticut talking about we have to make sure that medicare and social security are sustainable for another hundred years. so i think my state is just geography. i know that the concerns are shared concerns. i know that the issues are shared issues. so my role would be to bring the perspective of the people of connecticut to a conversation that is already happening nationally. >> i imagine there is becoming a bit of community of outsiders. you look here in new york, alexander cortez had got attention since she defeated joe crowley, she wasn't endorsed and you are in a similar situation and it makes me think about the role of the party today. what does it mean for your candidacy that you don't have the democratic party backing? could it help you not being aligned with the party? >> well, i would be lie field goal i said i wasn't disappointed. but at the same time, i thought how incredibly amazing is this. i entered this race nine days before the convention

darcy spencer with the niece of the man who brought the popular diner to connecticut avenue. >> reporte this iconi diner has served countless customers in northwest washington for decades. as the sign says it's time for the american city diner to close after 30 years. dana is the niece of the original owner and waited tables here when she was a teen. >> i can't tell your the num of people who have commented on growing up here and coming to this der when they were kids and now bringing their kids here. so many amazing memories for so ma people. >> they did a nice job. >> jeffrey opened the diner. this video from 1988 shows the original building being hauled to its rightful place on connecticut avenue. it was his life, his but he died a year ago. it has been a struggle for the family to kee the business going. there wasn't enough money coming in. a recent electrical outag forced them to close for about a week. it was a tough decision but the family decided it was time. >> it was b ourgest wish to keep it going as lauong as we could. >> reporter: the facebook post received many comments fr

the good senator for connectic connecticut. >> thank you very much. i come to the floor today to talk for just a few quick moment about what the stakes are as we begin this debate over a new swing vote on the united states supreme court. they can take away our healthcare if you have a history of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, cerebral palsy, lupus, epilepsy, parkinson's, the list tes on and on. the reason for this is the new priority for those that oppose the affordable care act and the protections that are built in it for americans who are sick or been sick their new strategy is to use the court system and the means to try to invalidate. it's the way that republicans said they supported during the debate over the affordable care act. it's texas versus the united states and it is broad interest because of the exceptional. the trump administration decided to weigh in on behalf of the petitioners abandoning the traditional role of the executive to defend the statute traditionally an executive will defend the statute regardless of whether they support

. >> for just under $20 billion this estate in greenwich, connecticut, is the former home of mel gibson who bought it while filming "braveheart. every inch of the 16,000 square foot residence has a middle ages feel from the great room with stained glass windows to the library's oak paneling even the game room feels medieval check out the walls of the breakfast room >> the murals aput in by the owner before mel gibson, a close friend of picasso and very much entrenched in the arts community. >> the 15-bedroom residence also has a movie theater, where gibson screened his own film out back there are four formal gardens, an english maze and a swimming pool and if that's not enough -- >> this is the private island on a private lake how many properties have their own island >> write the owner a check for just under $20 million and you can own one of the largest estates in all of greenwich, connecticut. and a funny little story about that place, mel gibson hung his "braveheart" sword over the fireplace. the current owner wanted to buy it but mel said no way and didn't include it with the house

give him a seat on this court and you can say good-bye to the measures in new york and connecticut and california that have helped save lives. 'm a no on this nominee. my colleagues should be a no on his nominee unless judge kavanagh specifically commits that he will recuse himself on any issue that involves president trump's personal financial deal organization the special counsel. he will be the swing vote. judge kavanagh, if he's a justice, will be a swing vote in deciding whether he can pardon himself. get out of jail free pass. that's the accountability that will be lost if judge kavanag h is confirmed. likewise whether he can be called before a grand jury. whether he can be indicted while still president. whether he'll be stopped from violating the emoluments clause of the united states constitution, which he's doing every day by taking foreign gifts and payments without oming to congress for consent. our lawsuit, 200 of my leagues have joined in this lawsuit to top him from violating the emoluments clause, he'll decide if that lawsuit can go forward. the question we're asked mos

president, i thank the senator from connecticut. i'm happy he's bringing to the attention of the senate this critical issue of the future of the supreme court and the impact it will have on families across america. certainly when it comes to something as basic as our health insurance, we understand this. there are forces in work in washington in the trump administration that are trying to put in the affordable care act and in congress many members of congress, the house and senate, have voted 60 times to appeal the affordable care act. we barely saw it survive just a few months ago when senator john mccain in the middle of the night came and stood in that well and voted no along with two other republican senators. they saved the affordable care act. most americans had their own questions about the affordable care act and how important it was, but they couldn't understand how the republicans would come to us and say get rid of it and have no replacement. we realized as the senator from connecticut just explained that under the old ru

so let's talk to the connecticut attorney general who is one of several states suing to stop this. >>after his face-to-face historic meeting with kim jong-un, the president has maintained that the north is not a nuclear threat. but according to some new reporting, including satellite images, they are proving otherwise. so is this a breach of the handshake deal between these two? we'll discuss that ahead. -we're in a small room. what?! -welcome. -[ gasps ] a bigger room?! -how many of you use car insurance? -oh. -well, what if i showed you this? -[ laughing ] ho-ho-ho! -wow. -it's a computer. -we compare rates to help you get the price and coverage that's right for you. -that's amazing! the only thing that would make this better is if my mom were here. what?! an unexpected ending! >>> they are being called unstoppable, untraceable and a quote downloadable death. and tonight, the american public will get the chance to download plans for 3-d plastic guns. i'm going to explain how these actually work in just a moment, but first, lawmakers are surrounding the alarm. several attorneys gener

give him a seat on this court and you can say goodbye to the measures in your, connecticut, and california that help save lives. i am a no on this nominee. my colleagues should be a no on this nominee unless judge kavanaugh specifically commits that he will recuse himself on any issue that involves president trumps personal financial dealings are special counsel. he will be the swing vote. judge kavanaugh, if he is a justice would be a swing vote in deciding whether he can pardon himself, get out of jail free pass. that is the accountability that will be lost if judge kavanaugh is confirmed. likewise, whether he can speak before it grand jury, whether he can be indicted while president. whether he will be stopped from violating the emoluments clause of the united states constitution by taken foreign gifts and payments without coming to congress for consent. whether our law students have held him accountable and whether that can go forward. here is a memo to the american people. the question we are asked most often is, can you stop him. you are in the minority. the answer is, republicans co

serving 13 years -- months in federal prison in 13 connecticut and became somewhat of a cause cÉlÈbreerhaps the government being too aggressive with their prosecution of him. while he's in church, ever the businessman, he makes plans to found the "washington times" newspaper, which he did after he gets out, and the moon family takes great pride in that. , including sean and justin moon. they regard what he did with the "washington times" as the first powerful alternative conservative voice in american media, predating in their minds, the precursor to breitbart, info infowars, the drudge report, whatever. they felt reverend moon never got full credit for that. but by the late 1990's, there had been a tell-all book written by one of his daughters-in-law. brian: he had how many total children with the two wives? tom: there's also talk of a third wife in his early days. but he and his second wife, they had 14 children. one child died in childbirth. 13 lived into adulthood. three of those children died early in adulthood. one son died in a car accident. another son died of heart complicati

i'm congressman jim heinz of connecticut and i'm here, a big fan of will marshall. i'm here in my capacity as chairman of the new democrat coalition. many of you may know we get called the centrist and moderate, pragmatists in-house. we actually prefer a different definition. we like to think of ourselves as we are probably younger than average because we have more private-sector experience. we like to think of ourselves not as (but as really trying to figure out what the future of progressive politics looks like and that's why i'm here to talk for a couple minutes this afternoon. we are now, there's the eight of us and it's a lot longer after november things go as we anticipate it will. we imagine we will pick up people in the purple districts lots of new democrats come from we have engaged ourselves on a lot of things that we do but we've really devoted a lot of time, energy and resources to what we call our future of work project. and there's a whole bunch of good things about the future of work projects. first of all, energized with everything you just for my go

i'm congressman jim hymes from connecticut. i'm here as chairman of the new democratic coalition. many of you will know that the new democratic coalition, we get called the centrists, the moderates, the pragmatists in the house. we prefer a different definition. we like to think of ourselves, because we are probably younger than average, because we have more private sector than on average, we like to think of ourselves as really trying to figure out what the future of progressive politics looks like. that's what i'm here to talk about this afternoon. we are now -- there's 68 of us. we anticipate being a lot larger after november. we imagine we'll pick up people in the kind of purple districts that new democrats come from. so we have engaged ourselves on a lot of things as we do. but we have really devoted a lot of time, energy, and resources to what we call our future of work project. and there's a whole bunch of good things about the future. first of all, it jibes with the theme that has -- [ inaudible ] is that the time limit? >> no, i'm sorry. i hit the wrong button. >> when i

i'm congressman jim heinz of connecticut and i'm here, a big fan of will marshall. i'm here in my capacity as chairman of the new democrat coalition. many of you may know we get called the centrist and moderate, pragmatists in-house. we actually prefer a different definition. we like to think of ourselves as we are probably younger than average because we have more private-sector experience. we like to think of ourselves not as >> is a time limit? >> i'm sorry. >> when i was a kid there was a gong. anyway, we, the problem and the center just said. the problem is now obvious. the rate of economic change, what economists call disruption. this is a terribly clinical work for people in places like ohio and illinois, bridgeport connecticut, having their livelihoods obliterated by economic change, yes by globalization and yes by automation. april found the problem that is not just a human problem, it's a political problem which is not the moment to go into this or 20 minutes, i think we are where we are today with the delegitimization of both parties because both parties

this is on nebraska near connecticut avenue. thankfully we can say this morning it's all clear. >> julie car rie shot a picture of this tree that fell on a pick-up truck. thankfully no one was hurt. >> bloflooded on bradley boulev. as lauren was saying, turn 't around, don try to venture through it. >>> according to aaa, the law requires windshield wipers to be on, in d.c. and virginia, headlights are required visibility is below 500 lepe >>> a local man is facing a murder charge after police say he ran ove his own sister. this happened yesterday morning near the intersection. police later found marino in maryland. police have not said why he allegedly did this. >>> one woman who was working at a trader joe's in california was killed in an hours long hostage situation. this happened yesterday in the los angeles neighborhood of silver lake. the man shot his grandmother ane girl, he then led police on a chase through the city. that chase ended up with him crashingnta pole and then running through a packed supermarket. six people w

jillian: this is a move usually seen from nfl players now heading home for one connecticut down.lissa slagged taking a knee while reciting the pledge of allegiance at the start of a board meeting. she defended her decision after major back lash writing i have reached a point in my life when i feel i need to send a message by kneeling, that none of this is okay and all of this is as unpatriotic as it gets and the antithesis of what america stands for. as long as donald j trump is president of the united states, i will neil. many officials calling for resignation and others express their disappointment after some area residents refuse to visit the town. >> washer those business owners who have done nothing be punished because of an act for attention. >> reporter: official standing behind flags that he couldn't believe what he had seen, he is trying to repair the town its reputation as you can imagine with acts of patriotism. >> i want to see a flag every 20 feet. i want to see flags. we can order a bunch of them. >> the board of education has all stand. >> more room due to the expe

smith began leasing the right to farm this 20-acre plot of water in 2011 from the state of connecticutfirst commercial seaweed farm in the state. now there are nine, with a half dozen more in the works. >> smith: we hope, you know, in 10, 20 years, there are thousands of farmers doing this. we think it's the future, the time to move out in the ocean, and luckily, we can do it the right way. >> stahl: smith spent most of his life working the oceans in what he now considers the wrong way-- on industrial fishing boats, going after lobster, tuna, and cod. >> smith: we were tearing up whole ecosystems with our waters, and just really ing>>tak about the idea that you were depleting the population of fish? >> smith: yeah, no, the oceans just seemed boundless. >> stahl: boundless, and bountiful. >> smith: the sense of meaning, of helping feed my country. you know, fishermen-- there's some jobs, you know, coal-- coal workers, farmers, i think steelworkers, and fishermen, where, you know, they're jobs that are soul-filling. you know, they're jobs that we write and sing songs about. and i just, i