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erie ag tong's dad connecticut. tong's priority is to protect consumers. he took on pharmaceuticals, secured $6 billion for those affected by the opioid crisis, held exxon mobil accountable for lies regarding their role in climate change, he is a graduate of phillips academy in andover, brown university and the university of chicago law school. he practiced for 18 years as a litigator in state and federal courts and went on to serve 12 years in the connecticut house of representatives. a connecticut native, ag tong is the oldest of five children and grew up working in his family's chinese restaurant. he and his wife live in connecticut with their three children and too many pets, according to ag tong. welcome, ag tong. next to ag tong, we have california attorney general rob bonta. [applause] in 2021, ag bonta was sworn in as 35th attorney general of the state of california, the first person of latino dissent and second asian-american to occupy the decision. he has passion for justice and fairness instilled in him b
erie ag tong's dad connecticut. tong's priority is to protect consumers. he took on pharmaceuticals, secured $6 billion for those affected by the opioid crisis, held exxon mobil accountable for lies regarding their role in climate change, he is a graduate of phillips academy in andover, brown university and the university of chicago law school. he practiced for 18 years as a litigator in state and federal courts and went on to serve 12 years in the connecticut house of representatives. a...
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he was joined by attorneys general from new york, minnesota connecticut -- minnesota and connecticut at a conference in pittsburgh talking about legal protections for abortion providers, state sovereignty and the importance of down ballot election races. host: welcome to the panel, the aftermath of dobbs, states attorneys general and the right to protect access. i am a special assistant attorney general at the california department of justice. we are happy to have leading progressive attorneys general on the panel which will be moderated by written a jenkins. access to abortion has been under threat since the u.s. supreme court's dobbs decision which overturned roe v. wade. in today's panel, we will understand the special role attorneys general have in protecting abortion access and reproductive health care. i am privileged to introduce our panelists and will start with new york attorney general tish james, who you can see on the screen remotely. [applause] ag james is the 67th attorney general of new york at first woman of color to hold statewide office in new york and first woman e
he was joined by attorneys general from new york, minnesota connecticut -- minnesota and connecticut at a conference in pittsburgh talking about legal protections for abortion providers, state sovereignty and the importance of down ballot election races. host: welcome to the panel, the aftermath of dobbs, states attorneys general and the right to protect access. i am a special assistant attorney general at the california department of justice. we are happy to have leading progressive attorneys...
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people in connecticut. our family and friends in other states don't have the same rights we do. in an instant, my wife and my sisters and my mom and my daughters became less free and less safe. it was a terrible day in june. it's important that we recognize particularly in blue states that we are not fine and we are not safe and that the fall of roe was not the end of the discussion. it was just the beginning. what you are seeing now, kansas was good for a moment than the next day, look at what happened in indiana and south carolina. when they are done in those states, they will come for us. you know that every year, even though these bills don't pass, there are bills that they and up appealing. late-term abortion bans, things that sound appealing and if you don't understand them or dig into them and understand what they really drive that, they can deceive people into thinking that's good policy. despite the fact we have codified roe v. wade, there is always the right to choose in connecticut and they will
people in connecticut. our family and friends in other states don't have the same rights we do. in an instant, my wife and my sisters and my mom and my daughters became less free and less safe. it was a terrible day in june. it's important that we recognize particularly in blue states that we are not fine and we are not safe and that the fall of roe was not the end of the discussion. it was just the beginning. what you are seeing now, kansas was good for a moment than the next day, look at what...
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they settled in new haven, connecticut, came back to connecticut. and four-year-old, so she continued to work with the refugee agency. its headquarters were up in new york, and you got tired of the commute. so she quit. and went looking for other work. but she had to kind of particular skill set as an administrator that wasn't an enormous demand for a woman in new haven, connecticut, in the early 1950s, so it took her about a year to get the job. finally, in 1953, she got a job that she thought would be interesting. she was hired as the executive director of the connecticut branch of planned parenthood. the nation's leading advocate for birth control. now, she said afterwards she had no idea about birth control when she took this job. didn't know what a diaphragm was. but she thought the work could be interesting, and she had administrative skills. trying to prohibit in one way or another birth control. and connecticut was one of two states massachusetts was the other one that had particularly stringent laws in connecticut from 1879 forward. it was
they settled in new haven, connecticut, came back to connecticut. and four-year-old, so she continued to work with the refugee agency. its headquarters were up in new york, and you got tired of the commute. so she quit. and went looking for other work. but she had to kind of particular skill set as an administrator that wasn't an enormous demand for a woman in new haven, connecticut, in the early 1950s, so it took her about a year to get the job. finally, in 1953, she got a job that she thought...
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they settled in new haven connecticut came back to connecticut. and for a year or so she continued to work with the refugee agency, but it's headquarters were up in new york and she got tired of the commute. so she quit. and what looking for other work, but she had a kind of particular skill set as an administrator that wasn't an enormous demand for a woman in new haven connecticut in 19 nearly 1950. so it took her about a year or two to get a job finally in 1953. she got a job that she thought would be interesting. she was hired as the executive director of the connecticut branch of planned parenthood. the nation's leading advocate for birth control. now she said afterwards. no idea about birth control. when she took this job. she didn't know where to diaphragm was. she thought that work could be interesting and she hadn't been the strait of skills. the work turned out to be very very interesting. in the late 19th century any number of states had passed laws. trying to prohibit in one way or another birth control. and connecticut was one of two s
they settled in new haven connecticut came back to connecticut. and for a year or so she continued to work with the refugee agency, but it's headquarters were up in new york and she got tired of the commute. so she quit. and what looking for other work, but she had a kind of particular skill set as an administrator that wasn't an enormous demand for a woman in new haven connecticut in 19 nearly 1950. so it took her about a year or two to get a job finally in 1953. she got a job that she thought...
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send a republican from connecticut to washington and make national news, we will show that connecticutis turning, the republican wave is here and we're part of it and making it happen. >> todd: are you finding a lot of democratic voters, specifically black voters are making the switch to you because they are tired of democratic party? >> moderate democrats, republicans are on board, 40% unafilliated voters are tired of the left leaning democrats. when you go into the inner city and urban areas like danbury and where i live, the message is the same, whether in an inner city or suburban area, the difference is republicans are going into the communities with our message of family value, free enterprise, equal opportunity and seeing assistance and help at the national level. opened an ofls in my district for community outreach and we're having great success with getting activities and bringing folks to our fold. folks are looking for a change, we are the better alternative and we will win this election and flip the house of representative and get rid of nancy pelosi as speaker. folks are e
send a republican from connecticut to washington and make national news, we will show that connecticutis turning, the republican wave is here and we're part of it and making it happen. >> todd: are you finding a lot of democratic voters, specifically black voters are making the switch to you because they are tired of democratic party? >> moderate democrats, republicans are on board, 40% unafilliated voters are tired of the left leaning democrats. when you go into the inner city and...
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indeed. >> tom mullen, connecticut people, come on, we were talking about connecticut. >> thank you for your work at yale, that is great. are you and your brothers donors? >> we are. >> he is much older. he is four minutes older. he is aging badly. he is slipping. he is slipping. >> shouldn't be an assumed plan that everybody wants to be an donor? what is the downside? i heard you about that you do not want to take it too soon. >> the downside is, with an opt out system, in each case when the event occurred, you ask the family. if he asked the family, you're basically having the same question. we would like permission for a donation, as opposed to, we are going to take the kidney unless you object appeared to us, this seems like a less successful and effective conversation. you have to have the conversation in either case. what we did with a lot of our ethics, if you really opt out to the extreme, than it is basically public ownership of the dead body. there are countries that do that. that is a different model. if you look at spain, which typically gets the best transplants per thousan
indeed. >> tom mullen, connecticut people, come on, we were talking about connecticut. >> thank you for your work at yale, that is great. are you and your brothers donors? >> we are. >> he is much older. he is four minutes older. he is aging badly. he is slipping. he is slipping. >> shouldn't be an assumed plan that everybody wants to be an donor? what is the downside? i heard you about that you do not want to take it too soon. >> the downside is, with an opt...
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also, election deniers here in connecticut.e have someone who has filed many claims of fraud, which were debunked. it's really troubling, but if anything, i feel like more people don't know what to think versus debunking these lies and these narratives. the only counter to that is to have more people show up at the polls and express their displeasure, but more and more, we are seeing what used to be considered moderate republicans losing to these election deniers, and i think that is a very troubling trend. i hope the democratic party independents, et cetera start to reach out and vote and try to reject this narrative that is so harmful, i think, to our country. >> a lot of us are thinking about secretaries of states right now, because the issue of voting rights that is so critical. but of course, this is not the only -- in the office. tell us a little bit about your other priorities, including your state small businesses. especially entrepreneurial -- >> absolutely. i'm a small business owner myself. i know how it takes such a
also, election deniers here in connecticut.e have someone who has filed many claims of fraud, which were debunked. it's really troubling, but if anything, i feel like more people don't know what to think versus debunking these lies and these narratives. the only counter to that is to have more people show up at the polls and express their displeasure, but more and more, we are seeing what used to be considered moderate republicans losing to these election deniers, and i think that is a very...
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so they're basically following the connecticut river valley moving up into new hampshire and then across into what will be vermont. so he describes the various towns and peoples of this trek. they move out in three divisions, essentially. what would have been three battalions within the regiment itself as they saw it moving up first through to springfield, massachusetts at springfield hawkins records at daybreak on 14 april all three divisions, march out followed by a baggage tree. he records eight wagons 21 teams. 21 teams to be pulling these wagons. those have got to be really heavy wagons and they definitely are because what's on them loaded with spades shovels axes picks carbines horseman's swords pistols and other military stores carpenters tools armorers tools provisions. they are out to really cut this road and they're taking all the tools with them. so think for a minute what that would look like. to the communities through which this baggage train is going with these soldiers in these three divisions. who may not have seen a lot of soldiers up to this point? but they are moving
so they're basically following the connecticut river valley moving up into new hampshire and then across into what will be vermont. so he describes the various towns and peoples of this trek. they move out in three divisions, essentially. what would have been three battalions within the regiment itself as they saw it moving up first through to springfield, massachusetts at springfield hawkins records at daybreak on 14 april all three divisions, march out followed by a baggage tree. he records...
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actually want to join the canadian regiment if they're from pennsylvania, new jersey, maryland, connecticut, rhode island? which is where they're trying to recruit. in the middle of that, certainly by the end of 76, going into 77, we see than the advertisements going out, the recruiting going out for congress's own regiment. this is not something necessarily that congress had authorized, it seems to have come out of the regiment itself. i think it actually probably came from lieutenant colonel antel who was part of this. he was more of a thinker, i think, then moses hazen was, quite frankly. i see hazen as the pugilist. he was always rather irritating as an individual, from what i can see. i think it's commanding officers saw him as that. certainly, general knocks at the end of it said that this was a man who was blessed with one of the most obstinate tempers he had ever seen. but it was a kind of temper that meant this regiment continued in action through the rest of the war. but given, this it starts going out for recruiting for congress's own, so you can see what's going on here. you can
actually want to join the canadian regiment if they're from pennsylvania, new jersey, maryland, connecticut, rhode island? which is where they're trying to recruit. in the middle of that, certainly by the end of 76, going into 77, we see than the advertisements going out, the recruiting going out for congress's own regiment. this is not something necessarily that congress had authorized, it seems to have come out of the regiment itself. i think it actually probably came from lieutenant colonel...
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this is the year that connecticut has at least one red seat in either congress or the senate?this midterm election is one of the most significant elections since reagan, not on the lincoln. we are fighting for the soul of this country. what's happening right now, there is a confrontation between two irreconcilable political entities with his state is a man is what is happening last night with president trump raid. the fbi actually raided his residence. we have to defeat statism. the scope and weight of the government in the united states is beyond the constitutional limit because of the founding fathers wanted us to have a government with enumerator towers and right now, i think the government doesn't have the enumerator powers because they have become part of every aspect of our iceberg i think it would be a bill that they does pathway go up to 87,000 irs agents that we are going to hire. that is the greater force than the united kingdom because i were to go over ordinary folks like you and i. >> carley: that's something that former president talked about a lot when he says t
this is the year that connecticut has at least one red seat in either congress or the senate?this midterm election is one of the most significant elections since reagan, not on the lincoln. we are fighting for the soul of this country. what's happening right now, there is a confrontation between two irreconcilable political entities with his state is a man is what is happening last night with president trump raid. the fbi actually raided his residence. we have to defeat statism. the scope and...
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the folks i represent in connecticut -- connecticut are really worried. the ethos on the supreme court that seeks to put government more and more in charge about our bodies, personal lives. the most personal choice we have to make is when to have a child. the issue of abortion is hotly contested. i completely understand people who make the decision that they are morally opposed to abortion. but because it is so anchored in personal morality, it is the last subject government should be dictating to individuals. that question of whether to proceed with the pregnancy should be the choice of the individual, her family, and doctor. i worry this is the tip of the iceberg. in that dobbs decision, the court previewed that they may, very shortly, come after other protections that have been long in law, some more recent, whether it be the protection to have access to contraception, birth control, or marry whoever you love. regardless of sexual orientation. my belief is this is a time where we need to step up as a body, for the basic idea of personal liberty and fre
the folks i represent in connecticut -- connecticut are really worried. the ethos on the supreme court that seeks to put government more and more in charge about our bodies, personal lives. the most personal choice we have to make is when to have a child. the issue of abortion is hotly contested. i completely understand people who make the decision that they are morally opposed to abortion. but because it is so anchored in personal morality, it is the last subject government should be dictating...
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mario coju is one of the handful of new lifeguards keeping connecticut beaches safe this summer. >> whethers being up in the tower or walking on foot patrol along the shoreline, we're really just looking out for any sort of emergency that may come. >> reporter: 18 years old and headed to college in the fall. spending his senior summer working the local beach didn't sound like such a bad idea. but mario's actually part of a dying breed. of lifeguards. just months ago mario's boss wasn't sure they'd be able to fill all their watch towers for the summer season. >> going into the spring, we were only seeing maybe one or two dozen applicants that came through, and that plus our 30 lifeguards that decided to return to us for this season put our numbers at only 40%. >> what does 40% of lifeguards staffed look like on a beach if it were to go this way into beach season? >> it's our policy if we do not have enough lifeguards it's swim at your own risk. >> reporter: and it's not just connecticut. nationwide a lifeguard shortage is shuttering pools and leaving beaches defenseless. the past two years o
mario coju is one of the handful of new lifeguards keeping connecticut beaches safe this summer. >> whethers being up in the tower or walking on foot patrol along the shoreline, we're really just looking out for any sort of emergency that may come. >> reporter: 18 years old and headed to college in the fall. spending his senior summer working the local beach didn't sound like such a bad idea. but mario's actually part of a dying breed. of lifeguards. just months ago mario's boss...
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. >> next, senators rob portman of ohio and chris murphy of connecticut debated key issues facing the u.s. including the economy, immigration, and gun violence. that is part of the bipartisan senate project and hosted by george washington university in d.c.. >> good evening. thank you for joining us on what is turning into a very busy newsnight and hopefully tonight will be no exception. i want to welcome you to the jack morton auditorium on the campus of george washington university in our nations capital. i am nikole killion. tonight's debate is the second in a series, part of the senate project which is a partnership between the bipartisan policy sector to her, the orangey hatch center, and the edward kennedy center. these organizations are giving senators a forum to debate the issues, exchange ideas, and where possible, together on some of the major issues of our time. the audience has promised remain silent. i will hold you to that, except for right now i would ask you to please welcome senator rob portman, republican from ohio, and senator chris murphy, democrat from connecticut
. >> next, senators rob portman of ohio and chris murphy of connecticut debated key issues facing the u.s. including the economy, immigration, and gun violence. that is part of the bipartisan senate project and hosted by george washington university in d.c.. >> good evening. thank you for joining us on what is turning into a very busy newsnight and hopefully tonight will be no exception. i want to welcome you to the jack morton auditorium on the campus of george washington...
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by the way i did this when i go to union halls in connecticut. a lot approach on sentiment. there's a correlation between education and support for donald trump these are complicated issues in your very strong issues about dividing people who are not on the winning segment and not on the winning category here in the united states. if you look at the devastated communities in ohio industrial midwest it sounds like the democrats dropped the ball and the democrats figure that out and play to those communities in a way that we bear some blame for doing. you agree with that. >> yes. >> we totally agree i talk about my book and i talk about it quite a bit. donald trump is a symptom in a cause. he is the cause of tremendous pain and divisiveness and racism in xenophobia and everything else. he is also a symptom. he was elected because there were too many people across this country including those in white working class neighborhoods but also black folks and brown folks across the country who were disenchanted with democrats and didn't believe that we fought for them. they were conf
by the way i did this when i go to union halls in connecticut. a lot approach on sentiment. there's a correlation between education and support for donald trump these are complicated issues in your very strong issues about dividing people who are not on the winning segment and not on the winning category here in the united states. if you look at the devastated communities in ohio industrial midwest it sounds like the democrats dropped the ball and the democrats figure that out and play to those...
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i've not done a lot of thinking about non-binary, i represent southwestern connecticut. my question at the end of that speech is how do we make sure that we are bringing people in and saying to ourselves you may not be as far along the journey as others but we want to help you rather than being condescending or attacking you are calling you bigoted because i think that's not just with republican say about us but what a presidential candidate calling people deplorables, when we call somebody who struggling with these issues bigoted i think we bear some blame for how we talk about these things. it is a remarkable page in your book but how do we get to people in a graceful and constructive way on social issues? >> always approach life with generosity in abundance, not with scarcity and fear and i think about that when i talk to people about having a non-binary child, many of my friends are confused about these pronouns. my mother is in india and she took a whole course, she still can't get the pronouns right and it is okay because she loves us and i tried to come at it from
i've not done a lot of thinking about non-binary, i represent southwestern connecticut. my question at the end of that speech is how do we make sure that we are bringing people in and saying to ourselves you may not be as far along the journey as others but we want to help you rather than being condescending or attacking you are calling you bigoted because i think that's not just with republican say about us but what a presidential candidate calling people deplorables, when we call somebody who...
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mika and i, of course because of our connecticut es, we're looking at the connecticut race.eal shocker in the connectit republican primary as well. it shows against yet another republan candidate that the republican establishnts absolutely loved and had for a very long time -- this wasn't evenlose, but trump had some problems early on in this primary season, but man, we've gotten to a stage now where donald tmp endorses you in a republican primary, you're most likely going to win. talk about that. >> we're not expecting this to be a particularly competitive general election race in connecticut in november, but levy comes in here. at the last minute donald trump weighs in with an endorsement in this race and all of a sudden levy wins with a 16-point margin in the republican primary. i'm not expecting this to be an election we're talking about in november. it's hard to say she wins without that trump endorsement. we showed you wisconsin a minute ago. the other piece of news donald trump picked up last night, this is in washington state. remember, it takes them about 16 1/2 yea
mika and i, of course because of our connecticut es, we're looking at the connecticut race.eal shocker in the connectit republican primary as well. it shows against yet another republan candidate that the republican establishnts absolutely loved and had for a very long time -- this wasn't evenlose, but trump had some problems early on in this primary season, but man, we've gotten to a stage now where donald tmp endorses you in a republican primary, you're most likely going to win. talk about...
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he told me the story of illegal guns in connecticut.t was a big deal when we picked up a gun in a traffic stop. or when we went to the house for domestic service. so about 10 years ago, it started to be a regular occurrence. every week we would run into an illegal gun or two. he said today, we find them every single day. it shows how many more weapons are in circulation. so many of those are illegal weapons, weapons they get bought in states with looser background check laws, gun shows or online, and brought to states with tougher laws. in order to get our hands wrapped around this full epidemic including violence in cities, you have to do something about this pipeline of guns, universal background checks. i thank rob for what he said, he took a risk as well. republicans have to go up against opposition to this bill. he mentioned the mental health spending in this bill. i will leave you with this. i have mixed feelings about the inclusion of mental health spending in a bill about gun violence, because i worry, i imagine republicans have
he told me the story of illegal guns in connecticut.t was a big deal when we picked up a gun in a traffic stop. or when we went to the house for domestic service. so about 10 years ago, it started to be a regular occurrence. every week we would run into an illegal gun or two. he said today, we find them every single day. it shows how many more weapons are in circulation. so many of those are illegal weapons, weapons they get bought in states with looser background check laws, gun shows or...
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officials in connecticut are being pressured to reject a proposal from insurance companies that couldor health care plans sky rocketing. under the proposal, rates on individual plans could jump by 20%. it is not just residents of the nutmeg state pfacing rising costs. bertha is covering this. i did a double take when i saw this story i'm glad you are covering this this would be a massive hike >> we haven't seen a big hike like this since 2017 insurers are asking for hefty increases on the exchanges citing inflation the average increase over 8% the states in the light blue, according to aca sign ups, about a dozen states, look at the orange states, asking for double digit rate hikes the ones in red, new york and connecticut, requesting 20% on average. idaho in dark blue with insurers proposing a 3% rate cut. citing higher prices from doctor groups and hospitals with wage pressures for the increases. regulators will push back. you will not see as big as increase as they are asking. brian, subsidies will bring costs down for people who buy on exchanges and inflation reduction act extende
officials in connecticut are being pressured to reject a proposal from insurance companies that couldor health care plans sky rocketing. under the proposal, rates on individual plans could jump by 20%. it is not just residents of the nutmeg state pfacing rising costs. bertha is covering this. i did a double take when i saw this story i'm glad you are covering this this would be a massive hike >> we haven't seen a big hike like this since 2017 insurers are asking for hefty increases on the...
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is under extreme drought conditions >> the grass is dead >> reporter: nearly all of new jersey, connecticut and new hampshire are also in varying levels of drought. dairy farms in vermont are struggling to feed livestock new york's rockland county is instituting mandatory restrictions can you only water lawns on certain days restaurants can't serve water unless customers specifically ask. this landscaping company has lost nearly half its business. >> reporter: this river is much drier than usual normally, i'd be standing in water here local officials say this is the worst drought they've seen in at least six years. it's the next phase of a punishing drought that has already ravaged the southwestern u.s. >> this, i think, is the worst year we've ever had. >> reporter: in texas, two reservoirs of the rio grande are drying up. >> drought's going to be a huge issue in the coming decades. it's going to affect water supply and growing food. both of those are critical to our economy. it means we can't keepive willing the way we don't. >> reporter: experts say climate change is reaching unprecedent
is under extreme drought conditions >> the grass is dead >> reporter: nearly all of new jersey, connecticut and new hampshire are also in varying levels of drought. dairy farms in vermont are struggling to feed livestock new york's rockland county is instituting mandatory restrictions can you only water lawns on certain days restaurants can't serve water unless customers specifically ask. this landscaping company has lost nearly half its business. >> reporter: this river is...
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congressman jim himes is in his seventh term as a member of congress from connecticut. he started his career from the finance sector but became really passionate about access to housing for low and moderate income communities. full disclosure, i am a very proud member of that organization. at enterprise, he oversaw the financing of construction of thousands of portable housing units in the reader new york metro area. that experience motivated his involvements of politics or serving in the commission, becoming an elected member of the town finance board, setting a budget policy for the city and led to his run for on breast rated he is -- his run for congress. he now sits on two committees. one of them is the select committee on economic disparity and fairness in growth. where he led the committee in a whole series of hearings and conversations about what the right strategies are to try to try to tackle the growing disparity in prosperity opportunities in places. we are really excited that he has joined us to talk about what congress has learned. there are going to talk a
congressman jim himes is in his seventh term as a member of congress from connecticut. he started his career from the finance sector but became really passionate about access to housing for low and moderate income communities. full disclosure, i am a very proud member of that organization. at enterprise, he oversaw the financing of construction of thousands of portable housing units in the reader new york metro area. that experience motivated his involvements of politics or serving in the...
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parents of children killed in the sandy hook elementary school massacre in connecticut are describingil how his false claims about the shooting have made their lives a nightmare. >> i was blessed with 6 1/2 years. >> reporter: emotional testimony from neil heslin, the father of 6-year-old jesse lewis, who was killed in the massacre at sandy hook elementary in connecticut in 2012. >> i cherish those days, those years. >> reporter: heslin and jesse's mother, scarlett lewis, are one of several families that have already successfully sued "infowars" host alex jones for defamation after jones claimed the sandy hook shooting was a hoax and claimed the victims' parents were actors. >> sandy hook is a synthetic completely fake with actors. >> reporter: now heslin and lewis are in court seeking $150 million in damages from jones, telling a jury that jones and the conspiracy theorists he enabled made their lives miserable. >> i can't even describe the last 9 1/2 years of the living hell that i and others have had to endure because of the negligence and the recklessness of alex jones. >> reporte
parents of children killed in the sandy hook elementary school massacre in connecticut are describingil how his false claims about the shooting have made their lives a nightmare. >> i was blessed with 6 1/2 years. >> reporter: emotional testimony from neil heslin, the father of 6-year-old jesse lewis, who was killed in the massacre at sandy hook elementary in connecticut in 2012. >> i cherish those days, those years. >> reporter: heslin and jesse's mother, scarlett...
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. >> in connecticut tonight, a moment of unity, members of the connecticut sun joining the mercury at half court for 42 seconds of silence, of reflection, in recognition of the verdict today. 42, brittney griner's number. and i'll tell you hearts were very heavy when these players took the court earlier this evening. the mercury came up just a little short in this game, a game that has playoff implications. but honestly, who could blame them, their friend, their sister, a world away receiving the news that so many expected but weren't ready to hear. >> we come out here and we're still supposed to play the [ bleep ] game. nobody even wanted to play today. how are you supposed to approach the game, approach the court with a clear mind and the whole group is crying before the game. because you try to honor her and you try to come out and still play heard for her and you know regardless if she here or not, right now we still got to try to keep our spirit alive, to honor her spirit and try to get some momentum for the team, something to feed off this. >> the bottom line today is just wanti
. >> in connecticut tonight, a moment of unity, members of the connecticut sun joining the mercury at half court for 42 seconds of silence, of reflection, in recognition of the verdict today. 42, brittney griner's number. and i'll tell you hearts were very heavy when these players took the court earlier this evening. the mercury came up just a little short in this game, a game that has playoff implications. but honestly, who could blame them, their friend, their sister, a world away...
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we're going to tom in connecticut. >> hello, i am tom from connecticut. i'm a member of the investment club. i want to thank you, jeff, and your crew for all you do. my five stocks are, google, apple, lockheed martin, co. tara, and pioneer natural resources. i know i have two energy companies in their, in view of today's economy, that might work. i hope you will say i am diversified. thank you for all you do. >> think you for joining the investing club. i will bless us. this is a yield play. this is the natural gas play. this is what i've been teaching. if you're member of the club, you know how much i like these. alphabet is the premier technology company. apple technology, pure technology, and lockheed martin is defense. i wish we owned this for the trust. i am blessing this for tom, because this is the yield. this is natural gas, which we need for national security. i will go with it. let's go to jeff. >> this is jeff from georgia. thank you for having me on today. my five stocks are chevron, general motors, barrick gold corporation, coca-cola and alte
we're going to tom in connecticut. >> hello, i am tom from connecticut. i'm a member of the investment club. i want to thank you, jeff, and your crew for all you do. my five stocks are, google, apple, lockheed martin, co. tara, and pioneer natural resources. i know i have two energy companies in their, in view of today's economy, that might work. i hope you will say i am diversified. thank you for all you do. >> think you for joining the investing club. i will bless us. this is a...
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how i know by sunday when you said you didn't have text message about saying courts in texas and connecticutave already found jones liable for defamation for spreading his conspiracy theories. >> that was markie. martin reporting tonight. coming up, donald trump junior and trump have testified in a civil tax fraud investigation. why the former president is accused of >> illegal financial dealings and wnba star brittney griner found guilty of drug possession in a russian court. the white house now pledging to find a way to try to bring her home. plus, the battle over the future of san francisco's laguna honda hospital continues. the city attorney's office now stepping in to sue the federal health department. details ahead. after my car accident, i wondered what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. when that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasn't fair. so i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. at the barnes firm, our injury attorneys work hard to get you the best result possible. call us now and find out what your case could be worth. you might be surprised
how i know by sunday when you said you didn't have text message about saying courts in texas and connecticutave already found jones liable for defamation for spreading his conspiracy theories. >> that was markie. martin reporting tonight. coming up, donald trump junior and trump have testified in a civil tax fraud investigation. why the former president is accused of >> illegal financial dealings and wnba star brittney griner found guilty of drug possession in a russian court. the...
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not just a visitor, but i moved here about six months utago from the wilds of connecticut where i was residing for the previous 20 years. but my children you will hear more about our getting older, showbiz had shut down because of covid. i wasn't making any money and we thought it is a good time to sellll our house. so we sold and i googled what is the best small city in america and savannah georgia came up on the list. we looked at a house down here in within one week we made an offer and within a few months we became the van a residence. we moved here in august and that was terrible. [laughter] that was a terrible decision on our part. so much so we moved into our house it was an old 1867 house. then we discovered there were roaches infested. and it was august. by week number two i was googling what is another place i could live? [laughter] but the exterminators came in the weather broke and now we are happily ensconced in savannah georgia. my first time at the church so it's my pleasure to be a part of my hometown book festival. [laughter] the book that i will speak to about today
not just a visitor, but i moved here about six months utago from the wilds of connecticut where i was residing for the previous 20 years. but my children you will hear more about our getting older, showbiz had shut down because of covid. i wasn't making any money and we thought it is a good time to sellll our house. so we sold and i googled what is the best small city in america and savannah georgia came up on the list. we looked at a house down here in within one week we made an offer and...
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i had the epidemiologist in connecticut on speed dial. i didn't know what they did before the pandemic intentional partnerships that were different is the norm. we must make that tangible. we must make that the expectation in all places because we have students who are hungry, we have, you have students who are housing insecure, you have students that suffer from mental health needs. and if you think college completion doesn't involve that you're missing the point. so intentional collab but you don't have to do it all. you don't have to be the experts in mental health. you don't have to be the experts in housing or in food insecure. you don't have to be intentional collaboration with the the village around you. those schools that opened the quickest, higher education institution that opened the quickest and serve the students the best were the ones that did that because that was part of their dna before the pandemic. so partner partnership is important. do not assign technical band aids to adaptive problems. there's a need for a culture s
i had the epidemiologist in connecticut on speed dial. i didn't know what they did before the pandemic intentional partnerships that were different is the norm. we must make that tangible. we must make that the expectation in all places because we have students who are hungry, we have, you have students who are housing insecure, you have students that suffer from mental health needs. and if you think college completion doesn't involve that you're missing the point. so intentional collab but you...
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i'm told that this game tonight in connecticut, the phoenix mercury here to play the connecticut sun,will proceed as scheduled. we will probably see a little bit of protests, t-shirts as we have seen that unwavering support from the wnba community for months at this point. i am also told that her teammates, the players on phoenix mercury, are not going to address this verdict tonight. i am not sure if that means that they are still processing the weight of this verdict. i think we will have more answers in the next couple of hours. >> thank you to both of you. let's talk about this with our panel here. international lawyer william pom rents, beth saner, and david whelan. david is the brother of paul whelan would we mentioned several times already, currently serving a 16-year sentence in russian custody. you heard fred note there that the russian court didn't seem to take into account anything that griner's attorneys were taable to -- any defense or explanation. it reminded me when we covered the trevor reed story. as soon as the companies figured out he was an american, the political
i'm told that this game tonight in connecticut, the phoenix mercury here to play the connecticut sun,will proceed as scheduled. we will probably see a little bit of protests, t-shirts as we have seen that unwavering support from the wnba community for months at this point. i am also told that her teammates, the players on phoenix mercury, are not going to address this verdict tonight. i am not sure if that means that they are still processing the weight of this verdict. i think we will have...
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let's try john in connecticut. caller: this is john from connecticut. i want to know if you think that john kennedy, senator from louisiana, would be a good presidential candidate in 2024. host: thank you, we are going to leave it there, we are running short on time. guest: john kennedy is a very smart man. i will leave it there. host: is he somebody you know? when you are in the white house, how often did you talk with senators? constantly? guest: tons. i had a lot of dealings with senator kennedy. i introduced him -- he spoke here at the state party fundraiser, he was on a tv show recently, he is a very smart guy. host: frank, florida. you are on the air. caller: that is kirk in washington. host: i apologize. caller: you asked a wonderful question of mr. kudlow and i happen to enjoy watching mr. kudlow. i somewhat agree with some of his positions, but some of them i do not. one of them -- i think the caller had mentioned about spending of the trump administration. that has always been -- people in the state of washington think the republicans drive up
let's try john in connecticut. caller: this is john from connecticut. i want to know if you think that john kennedy, senator from louisiana, would be a good presidential candidate in 2024. host: thank you, we are going to leave it there, we are running short on time. guest: john kennedy is a very smart man. i will leave it there. host: is he somebody you know? when you are in the white house, how often did you talk with senators? constantly? guest: tons. i had a lot of dealings with senator...
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i am not just the visitor to savannah i moved here about six months ago from the wilds of connecticut where i was resigning for the previous 20 years but my children who you will hear more about were getting older, showbiz have shut down because of covid, i was not making any money and we thought maybe it is a good time to sell our house. so we sold and i googled what's the best small city in america, savannah georgia came up on the list. we looked at a house down here and in within a week we made an offer in within a few months we became savannah residents and we moved here in august and that was terrible. that was a terrible decision on our part. we moved into our house in 1867 house and this is a charming house and we discovered there was roaches investedd in the house and it was august and byk about week two i was googling was another place that i could live the extraordinary nurse came in the weather broke and we are happy in savannah georgia so it's my first time in the church, certainly not the first time at the square is a pleasure to be here and be a part of my hometown festi
i am not just the visitor to savannah i moved here about six months ago from the wilds of connecticut where i was resigning for the previous 20 years but my children who you will hear more about were getting older, showbiz have shut down because of covid, i was not making any money and we thought maybe it is a good time to sell our house. so we sold and i googled what's the best small city in america, savannah georgia came up on the list. we looked at a house down here and in within a week we...
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connecticut democrat congressman jim himes joins the conversation. live coverage is here on c-span. >> we are going to hear from chairman congressman jim himes in a fireside chat with the urban president. then we are going to hear from some folks in the field doing this work, of u.s. transformation in a few different communities across the country. let us jump in with housekeeping. first, if your friends missed it or you want to rewatch it, it will be posted online at the event page at the same place. you can hide or add captions on the live transcript button in the zoom feature bar at this button. speaker bios are online. you will be muted throughout the duration of the event but we want to get your engagement. there is a q&a box at the bottom. we would love for you to ask questions and we'll try to filter them into the panel we will be having at the second half of the event. we will also send out a survey because we want to get better at structuring these events. hope you can complete that. i want to start by framing us and walk us through some dat
connecticut democrat congressman jim himes joins the conversation. live coverage is here on c-span. >> we are going to hear from chairman congressman jim himes in a fireside chat with the urban president. then we are going to hear from some folks in the field doing this work, of u.s. transformation in a few different communities across the country. let us jump in with housekeeping. first, if your friends missed it or you want to rewatch it, it will be posted online at the event page at...
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a court in connecticut has already are rather a judge in connecticut has already ruled against him in a similar lawsuit. >> coming up here at 3 oakland, police continue to search for suspects behind a smash and grab caught on camera. and dangerous moments for a southern california teens stuck in a mall escalator. what she's saying about the moment rescuers came to save her. and researchers say the pandemic is hurting the development of young children. what experts recommend parents keep an eye out for and how you can help next. >> plus is a hot sunny day, >> plus is a hot sunny day, but a cooldown is headed in a recent clinical study, patients using salonpas patch reported reductions in pain severity, using less or a lot less oral pain medicines. and improved quality of life. that's why we recommend salonpas. it's good medicine. >> now to our covid coverage. the cdc is expected to ease quarantine recommendations for people exposed to the virus. the agency is expected to dm full-size, social distancing and even regular screening for covid in schools. these changes could be released som
a court in connecticut has already are rather a judge in connecticut has already ruled against him in a similar lawsuit. >> coming up here at 3 oakland, police continue to search for suspects behind a smash and grab caught on camera. and dangerous moments for a southern california teens stuck in a mall escalator. what she's saying about the moment rescuers came to save her. and researchers say the pandemic is hurting the development of young children. what experts recommend parents keep...
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it's a i love this homeowner in connecticut. hartford, by the way, i'm from connecticut.a house in connecticut anyway, especially in hartford. but there he is in the middle a hallway. this guy's house and then went to the garage. looks like it was just. it food still went into like the garage fridge when in the kitchen. but year you see he was able koch said or reprimanded out of the house out. >> house in broad daylight. go on. get out of here. >> that's amazing. all right, 8.55, and nobody was hurt to always happy ending. that's the case. >> all right. we're taking a look at what's going on live this morning in berkeley because the police are there and are they in for a standoff? protesters refused to leave people's park. we'll tell you about this bad. and the legionnaires outbreak in the north bay causing multiple hospitalizations and one person has died from the disease. plus, there's monkeypox and help on the way 10,000 vaccines headed to san francisco. [ indistinct conversations ] ♪ hey, class. this is lily. ♪ when you see things differently, you can be the differen
it's a i love this homeowner in connecticut. hartford, by the way, i'm from connecticut.a house in connecticut anyway, especially in hartford. but there he is in the middle a hallway. this guy's house and then went to the garage. looks like it was just. it food still went into like the garage fridge when in the kitchen. but year you see he was able koch said or reprimanded out of the house out. >> house in broad daylight. go on. get out of here. >> that's amazing. all right, 8.55,...
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. >> in connecticut, the connecticut school transportation association estimates about 1,000 bus driversd statewide. and the anchorage school district in alaska is only allowing one-third of students to get bus transportation at a time due to the shortage. nadya ramirez is following this for us. >> reporter: this is a huge problem from parents, for students and teachers because for some of these kids, they'll be arriving to school late, which means they will walk into the classroom behind schedule. so i'm here outside of one of the school bus depots for fulton county school district and the atlanta area and they tell us that they're short about 200 bus drivers. and it's an issue they had last year because of the covid-19 pandemic and other shortages, other reasons and we're still seeing that again this school district. they're telling parents you can expect a delay, sending some drivers back around the block to pick up for kids so those kids will be dropped off late arriving at school. now, right now, there are two recruiting vents happening in the atlanta area to try to attract more dri
. >> in connecticut, the connecticut school transportation association estimates about 1,000 bus driversd statewide. and the anchorage school district in alaska is only allowing one-third of students to get bus transportation at a time due to the shortage. nadya ramirez is following this for us. >> reporter: this is a huge problem from parents, for students and teachers because for some of these kids, they'll be arriving to school late, which means they will walk into the classroom...
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new hampshire and virginia and new york and massachusetts and connecticut and pennsylvania and virginia to all have the same rights, so they wanted an authority over them, but they couldn't figure out what it be so they came up with a model. that's a model that persisted today and i'm going to take a little license here and show you graphic that a friend helped me come up with they needed an umpire. they needed something that wasn't an empire. they needed. something that would coordinate between the states call people out when they're wrong, but then get out of the way and let the game resume let everybody be equal within this game. and so essentially what happened is that they revised the constitution they rewrote the whole thing by the way were people happy about that. no anybody who didn't attend the meeting was like, you know, that's not what you were supposed to be doing at that meeting and also by the way, they did it behind closed doors. and this was also big no. no, they're like well like what are you guys cooking up in there? so there was a big protest there was a lot of contro
new hampshire and virginia and new york and massachusetts and connecticut and pennsylvania and virginia to all have the same rights, so they wanted an authority over them, but they couldn't figure out what it be so they came up with a model. that's a model that persisted today and i'm going to take a little license here and show you graphic that a friend helped me come up with they needed an umpire. they needed something that wasn't an empire. they needed. something that would coordinate...