he grew up in lebanon, connecticut, north connecticut. he was the of six children, four boys, two girls. his sisters were sent to an instructor of young ladies in boston and. there they were taught to paint and embroider. and if you read jane austen, you know that emma woodhouse paints and lady de timberg is scandalized. elizabeth bennet does not paint, but the trumbull sisters learned to paint and embroider and. their works were hung over the mantel in the parlor of the family house. and john remembered as a boy lying on the floor and drawing, copying them on the floor. the nicely sanded floor. what his thought of this? i don't know. she. she probably thought well of it. she seems like she a warm person. his father didn't think of it. he was a businessman and a politician public servant. he would become governor of the colony of, connecticut. and then of the state. independence. and he wanted his youngest son to be lawyer. they many discussions about this over the years. one of the last ones john tells his father lawyers to deal with the

he grew up in lebanon, connecticut, northwest connecticut.was the youngest of six children, four boys, two girls. his sisters were sent to an instructoress of young ladies in boston and there they were taught to paint and to embroider. if you read jane austin you know that emma woodhouse paints and lady catherine scandalized that elizabeth bennett does not paint, but the trumbel sisters learned to paint and border and their works were huck over the mantle of the parlor of the family house. john remembered as a boy, lying on the floor and drawing, copying them on the floor, the nicely sanded floor. what his mother thought of this, i don't know. she probably thought well. she seems like she was a warm person. his father didn't think well of it. he was a businessman and a politician, public servant. he would become governor of the colony of connecticut and then of the state after independence, and he wanted his youngest son to be a lawyer. they had many discussions about this over the years. one of the last ones, john tells his father what lawye

senate from connecticut in 2010 and 2012.ext from the c-span archives, linda mcmahon's victory speech in the 2010 republican u.s. senate primary in connecticut. ♪ >> [crowd chanting "linda"] [applause] linda: and i love you. [laughter] i think some of my most fondest memories of this campaign trail will be little ones like that. who have shown up just spontaneously and have done little things. that really warms my heart because i'm really a sucker for kids. i want to thank all of you for being here tonight. a special thanks to my family. some of them could not be here. my friends, my tireless staff, and all of the volunteers, as many of you, all of you. [applause] because certainly without the efforts of all of our volunteers, i would not be standing here tonight having completed two rounds of the three that we have to go. i also tonight want to thank my opponents, rob simmons and peter schiff. they ran terrific races and their loyal supporters worked their hearts out for candidates and whom they really believed. this was a v

i am president of the connecticut alliance for retired americans, retired professor of english in connecticut and chair of the national repeal gpl task force. [applause] thank you. quite a few of our task force member's are here today. when i was growing up, my widowed maternal grandmother who had six children was so grateful that her social security benefits would keep her out of the poor house and there was a poorhouse a couple of blocks from her house. as a teenager i often accompanied my grandmother on saturdays when she brought her homemade bread to the poorhouse. i think the vision of the people who were there in that poorhouse motivated me and others on the task force as well. to help correct the injustice that my fellow public service workers who keep our communities writing have had to endure and we have kept that in her mind -- our mind. our task force began in may of 2020 with a small group of alliance activists and grew to include firefighters, police, postal workers, first responders, teachers and many of the others in the unions and organizations that they represented in this ro

frank pepe's sally's come to mind, that's all. >> in connecticut. >> both of them are in connecticut. pizza, pizza, pizza pizza. thanks to the time honored tradition in the land of chocolate in the keystone state, it was raining teddy bears at giant center in hershey, pennsylvania, at the annual teddy bear toss at the hershey bears hockey game against the providence bruins, a record breaking 102,343 teddy bears and other stuffed animals hit the ice, far surpassing last year's hockey world record. they try to do this every year. and why? well, the stuffed animals will be donated to more than 35 local charities, many of them for children. and topping it all off, by the way, the bears beat the bruins 5 to 1. >> i love that it all goes to charity, i do too. >> in south florida, when they throw the rats on the ice for the panthers, that doesn't go. >> it doesn't go to charity. no, i'll take the teddy bears over the rats for sure. >> and finally, from teddy bears on the ice to a monkey in a tutu, sheriff's deputies in jefferson county, missouri, managed to coax this little spider monkey int

as the connecticut ag?particularly democratic attorneys general, are ready for this fight? i was here for the second half of trump 1.0. i am on the front lines for trump 2.0, and democratic ag's are going to be a firewall for people in our states. and so if he tries to go and rescind or deny birthright citizenship, that is clear under the 14th amendment right, the 14th amendment clearly says that if you're born on american soil or in a place subject to the jurisdiction of the united states, you're a citizen. period. full stop. and the supreme court confirmed that in a famous case called wong kim ark about chinese american immigrants more than 100 years ago. so we're going to go right into court and we're going to stop him. >> attorney general, i did want to also follow up. you have said something very interesting. you said calling connecticut, for example, a sanctuary state or sanctuary jurisdiction is actually not only legally incorrect, but it kind of sends the wrong message quickly. speak about why it's

the connecticut family. [applause] our families always get along and they don't always agree but in the end stand together. whatever our disagreement primary i was one thing here our party, state and country rob simmons and enormous debt of gratitude for his service. [cheering and applauding] we owe a debt to ship economy and individual rights. [applause] all of the people connecticut. [cheering] day we started this campaign support of the voters of netiquette list out by the establishment for the pendant on the. it is interpreted by. he earned. humbled to have earned your support. [cheering] [cheering] [chanting] weekend almost 11 months ago today and send them advantage over offense and many of the house and and had the most incredible experiences leading in talking with all the people connecticut. more cities and more and more of the wonderful people of netiquette. [applause] i want to understand your problems and they want to hear about them first hand. 3000 race to know about it. [cheering] anderson peo

i live in milford, connecticut. there has been a well-publicized legal battle between our attorney general and the power grid that they illegally planted in long island sound. we personally in connecticut have spent our money preserving the sound in many ways. we also are in jeopardy with mercury. i have a question for you and you kind of touched on it earlier. children born with asthma, do you think that could be a result of or certain medical studies being done on the high mercury perhaps in your body and impregnating a woman could he passed genetically? host: thank you, let us get a response? guest: i do not know the answer and as i said, mercury is a potent mutagenic. it is a very dangerous chemical. we are not only getting it from the power plants but it has been included in vaccines for many years. and that is one of the -- that has been linked to autism. but many people have mercury in their bodies. most people do mercury loads in the bodies of most americans is coming from eating fish and probably 60% of tha

joining us now is william tong, attorney general of the great state of connecticut. mr.orney general, thanks for your time tonight. >> thanks, rachel. >> so what was it about this day one pledge, this birthright citizenship pledge trump is making that grabbed your attention? >> well, it's very personal for me and millions of americans. like millions of americans, my parents came here with nothing. my dad had 57 cents left in his pocket, to be exact, when he arrived in hartford, connecticut. they opened a chinese restaurant, and when i was born i was not yet citizens, i was the first chinese american born. that was all made possible by a right of my birth, the right to be an american citizen, a right that's given me an opportunity to have the education, the employment opportunities, the jobs that i've had, that have given me the opportunity to run for office. it is the enduring promise of america. it's what ronald reagan referred to. birthright citizenship as a part of our essential character. and it's core of the american dream. >> trump seems to think that he can undo i

the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, for five minutes mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. today, january 13, in washington, we are in a little bit of a hiatus waiting for a new administration and for new congress to begin the process of bringing forward new policy proposals and a budget. but in the meantime just in the last 13 days we have seen really, i think, groundbreaking exciting developments for the people of this country as a result of legislation that was passed in 2022 and 2023. implemented by the biden administration. the first is the pact act. in 2022, after five years of hard fought advocacy by veterans groups across the country, this measure basically opened the door for veterans of the vietnam war era, but also in the middle east era who suffered horrible cancers, heart disease, life threatening conditions to make sure that they connected to the v.a. health care system and get the help that they need. basically what it did in 2022 was allow veterans who served in those parts of the world, in those conflicts who suffered from

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i don't hit in the face i have a great dentist in connecticut. i got you. there i was alive, i was okay there trying to avoid the camera's and my blooding hand i was hiding behind a tree. when i was kneeling down is a picture like i will never forget over my mouth the blood dripping out, the voices that i heard, the darkest voices i've ever heard in my life literally like the angel devil on this shoulder. i heard someone saying that is what you get. that is what you get. think about it. my mouth is what got me in trouble for speaking up and being true to myself. of allll places for a ball to ht me from 280 yards away at what her 50 yards away, my mouth? i said i am done for god i'm so sorry i'll stop, i'll drop the lawsuit whatever it takes i hear you. this is why they say be quiet. i've got it. as on the structure, went to the hospital the other voice was like okay no you are still standing for you are alive right now for a reason. it took a while. i believe in good and evil. ii believe there's and the evill and darker trying to penetrate me when i was on

zillow forecasting a 4% increase for hartford, connecticut.necticut that's going to add another $15,000 to the typical home. now, as always, when we talk about housing, this really cuts both ways, right? because if you already own your home and you don't need to move, the fact that home prices have gone up is good news, right? it's adding to your net worth. it's giving you some added financial flexibility. but kate, as we know, the american dream of home ownership, it just feels like it's out of reach for far too many people right now. >> so is there good news in this report for anyone? >> there is good news because some cities are seeing home prices basically flatline or even go down a bit. if you look at this list, we're seeing smaller increases of less than 1% in pittsburgh, minneapolis, denver, portland. and then in some cities, including san jose, san francisco and new orleans and austin. home prices, according to zillow, are expected to dip a bit. so look, if you live in those areas or you're willing to move to to those areas, that could

host: john in connecticut.uest: i don't think hegseth i'm being overly critical of pete hegseth here, i'm trying to lay out that he is a very different kind of nominee than will be seen in the past but obviously there are a lot of values, a lot of things that he brings that president trump values here. that ability to be a strong face, strong voice. we've seen this with other trump nominees. he definitely liked the tv performance of that side of this. i don't mean that in a denigrating way. he sees that as an important way to get his message out and get that communicated. and to the loyalist points, that was the caller's word, i believe i'm trying to say here i don't think he's going to be independent from president trump here. we have seen some level of independence. for whatever criticisms you have of secretary austin, we know that there were some business between him and president biden when he didn't report his health issues and when he had some conflict there. i don't think you will see that sort of thing

have people who would understand what it is like to be on the jury in connecticut. right? you want to make sure that you have got good i partisan and brought -- bipartisan and broad support. settlements, honestly, having states that are not going to go along to get along because they want to support their sister states of the same party and are happy to stick it to them. it's great. >> good. thank you. we just had senator richard blumenthal arrived. we are excited about that. i mentioned him and he was not here. >> cases in connecticut. >> that was mentioned as well. i'm going to finish up my time and go to senator lee and then senator richard blumenthal. professor newman, one of the bipartisan reforms we mentioned and addressed was the bill i have with the merger filing fees modernization act. from your time at the ftc, can you tell us a bit about resource constraints and how they affect resource decisions. additional resources can make a difference and bring money in. >> yes, first, if i could, i'd like to thank you for your work on that. it was a shot in the arm

connecticut. something else again, it's that same old problem of how much can you compel as opposed to actually sort of asking, you have to go hand in hand in hand and ask for a revenue. right. so again, pretty problem it in terms of nationhood. the other area, a second area, i guess i should say, is is. and this again speaks to some of the financial issues of financial questions of the day. massachusetts is not the only state that is having questions about finances questions about debt, questions about how repay them. it's just that it's of explodes in massachusetts more than it does anywhere else. rhode island, for example, had a problem with that state government just issued ing paper money almost without a concern. right. so that who had to take that paper money eventually decided just to leave rather than be paid in worthless script. right. well, massachusetts experienced a different problem. if you think about it in aftermath of the revolution, you have veteran ins, you have small farmers, y

we personally in connecticut spent our money preserving this town in many ways. we also our jeopardy! mercury. i have a question for you and you kind of touched on a little earlier. were children born with asthma? do you think that could be a result of or is there any medical being done on the high mercury, perhaps in your body and impregnating woman? could this be passed genetically? explain asthma. i know. i don't know the answer to that question. and as i said, there's no. mercury is a is a potent turn. a genic and mutagenic. and it it's a very, very dangerous chemical. we're not only getting it from the power plants, also, it's been included in vaccines for many years. and that's one of the that that that has been linked to ortiz. but many, many people have mercury in their bodies, most peoples. the mercury loads in the bodies of most american is is coming from from eating fish. and probably 60% of that mercury comes those power plants, those coal burning power plants who we could easily clean. and that's really, you know, the crime here is that this is easy

chuck in connecticut, democratic caller. hello, chuck. caller: thank you for taking my call. there is a problem solvers caucus that i am very supportive of. the caucus has an opportunity to use some of the democrats ability to vote for the speakers , for speaker johnson is a way of encouraging bipartisan republican party. it will keep president trump and the republican party from voting for extremists on the republican side and i think it will usher in the beginning of a bipartisan effort by president trump and the democrats to work closely together. that is my hope. host: a close watch her of congress referencing the problem solvers caucus in washington. a group that works for bipartisan agreement. veronica, a kentucky republican. caller: i am wanting representative nancy to vote yes. -- representative massey to vote yes for johnson. they need to come together. we are from kentucky. we put representative massey in there. we want him to vote yes for johnson. host: veronica putting her support behind mike johnson. it he have the votes first-round to become speaker? emily brook

i wasn't familiar with in connecticut where i think you're from that that is true. you can have write-in candidates of mickey house and other who i guess in theory could win the presidency but if and when it gets to congress to certify what we saw today they're not going to get that given the constitution prohibits anything from being foreign born from being sworn in. host: our last caller is from georgia, it's gabe on our independent line. caller: greetings and hi. thanks for taking my call. good afternoon and happy new year to all the u.s.a. a little bit of a apology on my voice. host: you sound fine, gabe. caller: in stage 4 cancer and disabled military vet but i am an independent and i am pleased with the results of the election and i say congrats and the prayers will be for trump and vance. i don't like politics too much but it's a necessary everyily, i guess you could say. i'm glad this process is over and behind us. a question that i had, i'm not real up on the electoral college and its voting. does the 538 change each time it is called in to verify the elect

one person would say, i'm a professor of anthropology at the university of connecticut. i don't understand why netanyahu is unrunning our foreign policy and another guy who says i'm a mechanic at such and such auto repair shop. i don't understand why we're supporting our enemies against our allies. >> disconnect? >> yeah, if you have a ph.d., and fortunately i do, but it didn't completely ruin my thinking. you can't just read the basics of who's a friend and who's an enemy. >> it should be bipartisan. one of the highlights of my career was to work with senator joe lieberman. i just am really grateful and i still miss very much the chairman of the foreign affairs committee elliott engel. they were democrats against the jcpoa, which was absurd on it face. we're talking about iran, the successor to the persian empire where we talk about 3,000 to 4,000 years of history and we're talking about a 10-year window. what? that is just absurd and totally ignoring the danger that the regime in teheran never stopped development of icpm's and claiming they wanted to launch weather sat

maureen: she had the misfortune of moving into a wealthy gated community in connecticut called belhaven and among her neighbors for the skakels, ethyl kennedy, married to robert kennedy. those descriptions come from the autopsy report and crime scene photos i examined in that courthouse in connecticut before thanksgiving. i want to say it was 2021. 2028 -- 2020 or 2021. i spoke with her mom who is still alive and lives in new jersey could i have to tell you, i mean, what was done to martha was classic overkill. it was the kind of crime committed by somebody who knows the victim well and has a lot of rage towards that victim. when skakel was finally put on trial for the crime years later, and a lot of the evidence came out a report, some of which is online, but my copy came from the late dominic donne's papers, who thought there was a chance that we get sealed away, as it has, and left that for future journalist and historians to rely upon. in any event, when michael skakel is eventually tried for this crime, martha's mom, dorothy, and her brother, john, are in the courtroom, and michael

my doctor's high school in connecticut little girl.y, a boy the next, and a cat on thursday, we're okay with that, but i can't be a conservative, can't be an opinion while following your rules, i'm done. so my attorney, who got the lawsuit ready to sue the company that i loved my childhood dream, the night before the lawsuit i went to see one of my kids separately, one a freshman in college and one in high school, and this is what's happening, and through the years i've said something that made them mad they went after my kids and they threatened to rape my daughter on social media and wished me death. the levels that people go to because you have a different opinion is disgusting and i will never delete those comments you have to remember what people are about at times and call them out. i want to apologize to my children what was to come and each took it differently so when a coach or a teacher or anybody says something to you about your mother, which happened in the past, tell them to come to me, number two, remind them what diversi

and connecticut okay? i got you.ng there i was alive, i was okay they're trying to avoid the cameras seeing my blooding hands. i was hiding behind a tree is kneeling down is. a picture online i will never forget over my mouth with blood dripping out the voices ipi heard. the darkest voices i've ever heard in my life. literate like the angel, devil on thison shoulder. i heard someone saying that's what you get. that is y what you get because think about it. my mouth is what got me in trouble. speaking up and be true to myself. of all places for ball to hit me, from 280 yards away or 50 miles an hour's in my mouth? i said i'm done i said god i'm sorry, i will drop the lawsuit, whatever it takes i hear you. this is why they say be quiet. i've got it. i was on the stretcher, went to the hospital than the other voice was know it you're still standing you are alive right now for a reason. it took a while. i believe in good and evil if you believe in good you got to believe in evil i believe this in the evil and dark trying

she had the misfortune to have recentlyad moved into a very wealthy gated community in connecticut calledghbors who were relatives of ethel scapegoat kennedy married to robert kennedy. martha's body was found the morning of halloween in her own yard. those descriptions come from the autopsy report and the crime scene photos that i examined in the courthouse in connecticut right before thanksgiving i went to sales 2021. 2020 or 2021 and then i went and spoke with her mom who is still alive and lives in new jersey. and theyy have to tell you, what was done to martha was classic overkill. who's the kind of crime committed by somebody who knows the victim well and has a lot of rage towards that victim. when michael was finally put on trial for the crime years and years later, a lot of the damning evidence as well came from something called the suction report which parts of it flowed around online my copy of the sutton report gave the late dominic don's papers which are housed at the university i believe in texas. he had the foresight to know there was a chance at all that other evidence we ge

we had a wonderful snow sled we brought from connecticut and carved a trail down the side of the canyonuse and cut a vine so you get to the bottom if you grab the fan you could swing out over the briars and come back without getting hurt and use the rope to can craw to the top and pull the sled behind you. when i was in the eighth grade a failed. i brought home an f in latin. i didn't see a reason to learn it. my father was not pleased. so, the next morning he came into my room and said we are on christmas vacation do you have your hatten back? i said yes. he said whet me have it. we went it work at the warehouse. that night he taught me latin that he learned from my book that day. he did that every day of christmas vacation. the first day of the school year after christmas i went to my teacher and ask if she would let me take the final over the midterm test. she said yes is after school i took it and made 100. i owed it to my father who spent that kind of time with me. he was a boy scout leader in our town. one day we tried to get or merit badges in hiking and took a section mile hike

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[applause] >> madam president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of conne connecticut sandra: as we move around the alphabet on into the state of connecticut, chad program, if you could come back. >> this was pretty typical. before the election and the election dispute in florida in 2001, 2002 through 2,001 of course we had a very road ceremony every january 6th when they would do this. back in 2001, i was late was dispute over who won florida. the election between george w. bush and al gore. in this awkward position of presiding over his own loss. there was a famous moment. these were the old rules. you had to have one house petitioner and once in that petition to challenge a states plate of electors. this is a joint session of congress. the house and senate meeting together. you had member after member after member of the congressional black caucus coming down the well and challenging florida. al gore would say where you have a senate cosponsor? they would say no. i got to maxine waters the democratic congresswoman from california. al gore asked her, do you have a se

i'm from connecticut. that's what i identify with. that's where my government is. and that's what i'm most concerned about. and in these proceedings, if i find that at my is going to be overridden by some government created here, then i'm going to be very leery of that and stand maybe in opposition to it in the context of this, these new nationalists had fought for a nation as they it. right. they fought, as has been said often enough, under one flag and largely for one principle leader. and that leader was george washington, who, by an amazing coincidence, happens to be on my tie. washington was, as i say, the father of the country. he had laid down power. you know, he was the american cincinnatus you know, that, who they looked to. and there he was gaveling this convention into order. right. so as i say, that gave you some repose. it also gave you a little bit of repose that the that the executive authority was not going to overall all the states. well, you have to go some ultimately before you can ever come to that conclusion. there a whole bunch of questions th

[applause] >> the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of connecticut seems tofo be regulr and authentic and it appears kamala harris of the state of california received seven votes in minnesota received seven votes for vice president. [applause] >> the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of delaware appears from kamala harris of the state of california received three votes for president and tim walz of the state of minnesota received three for vice president. [applause] >> madam president, the certificate of the electoralth vote of the district of columbia seems to be in regular informed and appears kamala harris of the state of california received three votes for president and time walz of the state of minnesota received three votes for vice president. [applause] >> the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of florida seems to be regular informed and authentic and appears donald j trump of the state of florida received 30 voteses for president and j.d. vance of ohio received 30 votes for vice president. [laughter] 's. >> the certificate of the electora

one person would say, i'm a professor of anthropology at the university of connecticut. i don't understand why netanyahu is unrunning our foreign policy and another guy who says i'm a mechanic at such and such auto repair shop. i don't understand why we're supporting our enemies against our allies. >> disconnect? >> yeah, if you have a ph.d., and fortunately i do, but it didn't completely ruin my thinking. you can't just read the basics of who's a friend and who's an enemy. >> it should be bipartisan. one of the highlights of my career was to work with senator joe lieberman. i just am really grateful and i still miss very much the chairman of the foreign affairs committee elliott engel. they were democrats against the jcpoa, which was absurd on it face. we're talking about iran, the successor to the persian empire where we talk about 3,000 to 4,000 years of history and we're talking about a 10-year window. what? that is just absurd and totally ignoring the danger that the regime in teheran never stopped development of icpm's and claiming they wanted to launch weather sat

. >> madam president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of connecticut seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears therefrom that kamala d. harris of the state of california received seven votes for president and tim walz of the state of minnesota received seven votes for vice president. >> madam president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of delaware appears therefrom that kamala d. harris from the state of california received three votes for president and tim walz of the state of minnesota received three votes for vice president. >> madam president, the certificate of the electoral vote for the district of columbia seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there jen from that -- therefrom that kamala d. harris from the state of california received three votes for president and tim walz of the state of minnesota received three votes for vice president. >> madam president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of florida seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears therefrom that donald j. trump from the

ben at of connecticut, independent. -- out of connecticut, independent.aller: happy new year to all. my question was the people voting for trump where wearing these hats called make america great again. in my. opinion, america has been great all the time. what they should replace it with his, make americans great again. it is the 49 point percent of people who voted for -- 49 .9% of people who voted for donald trump, and we all know his resume. he is the one who has managed to get is from a democracy to a catastrophe. basically, we are now in a situation when we are no longer democratic. we are being dictated by the richest of the world and all the millionaires who are in his cabinet. thank you. host: this is steve out of illinois. good morning. caller: good morning, jon. happy new year. host: same to you. caller: i would think that yesterday's terrorist attack might have been prevented had the police put a vehicle on that sidewalk instead of leaving a space for that truck to do it did. -- to do what it did. it is deplorable they did not have better secur