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grover unloading long boats that came in to fayetteville, new york, off the erie canal and delivering them throughout the neighborhood all, all year long. and at one point, he said he said, okay, i'm out to cleveland, ohio, where your relatives is. long, long distance relatives found that that town he was stopped there by one of my uncles who said, why don't you stay here and work the farm, which he did. one thing led to another and he became sheriff of erie county and talked about things you don't know, this one doesn't usually show up on jeopardy, but grover is the only president that ever executed two people. he hanged two people when he was sheriff of erie county. he also made a of saying it was a very unpleasant task. the reason why he pulled lever was because he did not feel it. usually a deputy did it. he did not. a subordinate should have to do the work. so that's why he went and did that, he had a he had a be a meteoric rise to it mildly became of buffalo governor of new york and then was nominated to be president. and it's it's a it's a really kind of get a kick out of the f

>> he's almost the definition of pharyngocandidate despite the fayetteville nows name of his family.ault and he's stuck on the anti-vax crusade for a listening time and it looks like a french scanned date and deep satisfaction and democratic party with president biden. >> bret: biden's 2024 campaign begins and you might miss it at first and this is the new york times. mr. biden has no immediate plans to barn storm key battlegrounds and bunt asking not found and rallies come later and the next steps look like his recent ones leveraging the white house to burn irk his record with ribbon cuttings, seeding the station and republican presidential primary descending into a dog fight .s that what we're going to see, you think? more of the same and maybe what we saw in 2020? >> i would have put it that way and the president is steadfast on doing what's one won for him before and continuing to win w. i look at poll numbers especially women pulling away and happened before the hid term and i was nervous about that and when you look at polling on abortion, book bans and some of the other issues

i've lived in fayetteville, hope mills since 1995.ter in the united states sometimes depends on your zip code. we should not have to rely on being wealthy or being in a community that happens to have a lot of resources in order to have water that's safe and low income communities and communities of color and native american communities. we're seeing that they do not have safe drinking water. and that needs to be fixed cellphone, accidental activists . we want one. where do we want it? i don't think that i was a cheerleader for environmental, justice, environmental health, but i think i am now because of the situation i accidentally fell into. unfortunately it's hurting communities that look like me underserved. communities . i think that the black and brown latino indian communities when it hits fully, it's gonna hurt them the most, because they're not going to have an option. it's scary admitting to any violations. the comores company has taken steps to clean up the pollution and agreed to a $12 million fine in 2018 hour america. tro

it was a dance studio in fayetteville, just northeast of mnntgomery.u see the hundreds of people came together over the weekend for a prayer vigil. to remember the victims. one of those victims was the brother of the teen who was celebrating her birthday. that victim high school senior was planning on playing college football. investigators haven't made any arrests yet or announced any possible motive. we'll keep you updated. meanwhile, 2 teenagers are recovering from gunshot wounds after police say hundreds of teens took to the streets over the weekend in chicago. and here you can see in the video, the chaos that broke out in downtown chicago saturday night as hundreds of these young people crowded the streets participating in what's called wilding, where they jump on cars and smashed windows and break property. pretty much just go on a destructive rampage. police say the 2 teens who were shot are now recovering 15 people in all were arrested. >> time now is 8.26. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news next. the cherry blossom festival. grand parade

i have lived in fayetteville since 1995.king water in the united states sometimes depends on your zip code. we should not have to rely on being wealthy or being in a community that happens to have a lot of resources in order to have water that is safe. low income communities and communities of color and native american communities we are seeing that they do not have safe drinking water and that needs to be fixed. >> i call myself an accidental activist. i don't think i was a cheerleader for environmental justice or environmental health, but i think i am now because of the situation i accidentally fell into. unfortunately, it is hurting communities that look like me. underserved communities. i think that the black and brown latino indian communities when it hits fully, it's going to hurt them the most. because they aren't going to have an option. it's scary. >> we don't need incremental action. we need strong forceful responses that can correct 40 years of damage and 40 years of neglect. >> president biden took this issue ver

the walmart foundation provided a grant to fayetteville's school district to help them recruit diverse teachers, promote literacy and support efforts by teachers to help students of all backgrounds feel welcome and included it is not direct or encourage any specific curriculum around crt . >> aaron samarium joins us now.h he writeins forbeacon. the washington free beacon. it sounds like wal-mart's doing some damage control. they have set up classes. they've offerer d it to teachere for free. what are they really the up to ? well, brian , when they first pu reached out to bentonville public schools, they offeredblch to put bentonville in touch with the racial equity institute, which does wal-mart's own diversity trainings and the racial equity institute explicitly says that y every aspect of the united states is rooted in white supremacy. it even calls perfectionism a kind of white supremacy. that was the group thatf di wal-mart's head of diversity recommended that all teachers in bentonville use for teacher training. so whatever wal-mart has to say about that grantto, it's prettyr clea

and is also currently the dean of fayetteville state university right outside beautiful fort north carolina. oh the. previously many of you know him from town here where he's associate dean of graduate studies xavier and a graduate ph.d. from northwestern an and an expert on african-american military history. and so it's great to have these two amazing scholars and comrades on the stage with us today. and with that, marcus, i'll turn it over to you. and sir, you much. thank you so much. thank you everybody for being here. thank you, mike. and everyone, this is a great opportunity to learn a little bit more about what's happening in the united states and in particular what african-americans. i'm honored and very privileged to be up here with dr. matthew delmont. matt is going to start off and do a brief overview of his, and then i'm going to up with some few questions of my own, and then we're going to open it up to the audience. so thank you very much being here, matt. thanks for joining. good afternoon, everybody. let me start by saying how much of a privilege is to be here and thank mike

host: we will go to greg in fayetteville, north carolina. good morning. caller: i am not living paycheck-to-paycheck. however, that is because i'm working two jobs. some that is not being talked enough about is the cost of rent . my rent went up $180 a month which is a drastic increase. shopping around to other places is not better. the other part is also, the uncertainty and it does not look like it is going to get better in the next couple of years even though inflation has gone down a little. there is a lot of pessimism about what the economy is going to be doing which does not help things. so i am thankful i'm not living paycheck-to-paycheck. but again, i am having to work two jobs to make that happen. host: how old are you? caller: i'm 63. host: i appreciate it. andrew from brooklyn heights, ohio. hi there. caller: i wanted to call in with the project, i would love to know what is being done to address global poverty issues/ . host: sure, go ahead. caller: what we can do domestically speaking is important, but i think one of the most foundational he

with this chilly air you're going to see frost and freeze alerts from memphis, tennessee, back to fayettevilleindianapolis is already at 30 this morning. numbers are going to say similar but tick upward. we're below average. not gonna set any records. even new york city staying three to four degrees below average for the rest of the week. little chill. >> a little. thank you, ginger. >>> now to bed, bath and beyond. they've filed for bankruptcy. chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis has the latest. >> hey, george. whether you're recently married, had a baby shower or you're stockpiling those coupons, chances are this will have an impact. let's break it down. 360 bed bath and beyond locations and 120 bye bye baby location, that's the sister store, should stay open for now. but they are expected to close by june. and there are reports some discount retailers like tj maxx and burlington coat factory are already moving in. take over some of the locations. also planet fitness may even be eyeing some of those locations. but, as for those returns and those exchanges, if you bought it yesterday

host: next is rebecca in fayetteville, north carolina, democratic caller. go ahead.st of all, no matter what you do and who you work with, each religion tied themselves together. different countries and stuff like that, listen to them. you said the same thing i am saying. i tried to tell a worker that worked with me and stuff, he was a christian. but after he came over and they gave him the job, i was working as a contractor with over 250 immigrants from all over. there were a lot of things different but they never through their religion in my face. that was respected me and i respected them too. i pretty much tell citizens learn their culture before you go over because you might think your stuff is it, but when you start hitting on countries like germany, belgium, saudi, iraq, afghanistan? they are not going to play with you. go on over, leave america while you are walking. host: let's go to rick calling from pennsylvania on the republican line. go ahead. caller: biden took an oath. is oath was to protect the united states. he opened up the borders which broke his o

host: next is rebecca in fayetteville, north carolina, democratic caller. go ahead.st of all, no matter what you do and who you work with, each religion tied themselves together. different countries and stuff like that, listen to them. you said the same thing i am saying. i tried to tell a worker that worked with me and stuff, he was a christian. but after he came over and they gave him the job, i was working as a contractor with over 250 immigrants from all over. there were a lot of things different but they never through their religion in my face. that was respected me and i respected them too. i pretty much tell citizens learn their culture before you go over because you might think your stuff is it, but when you start hitting on countries like germany, belgium, saudi, iraq, afghanistan? they are not going to play with you. go on over, leave america while you are walking. host: let's go to rick calling from pennsylvania on the republican line. go ahead. caller: biden took an oath. is oath was to protect the united states. he opened up the borders which broke his o

we will go to martin in fayetteville, north carolina. republican line. good morning.ing. i have a question i watch c-span every morning, just to get their opinion about things. the other day they had a lady who was an expert on taxes and she claimed the irs only answered 13% of the phone calls made with questions on how to do the taxes. right after that they had a congressman from california on and she claimed 90% of the phone calls were answered. is anybody that regulates the irs? are there any requirements, what kind of education they have? host: eric touched on that but if you want to repeat what you've heard about where that answer number is these days? guest: as strange as it seems i can say both of those are or were correct. in the last couple of years, 2021, 2022, first of all the number of calls the irs was getting skyrocketed. there were a lot of complications with covid relief funds in the stimulus payments people were getting and how that impacted taxes. the irs was not equipped to handle it and they basically stopped answering the phone most of the time. t

on this topic of president biden's possible reelection announcement, we have got joseph in fayettevillenorth carolina who sent us a text "bden -- biden was able to do what others could not do with their career. if you run for president again, i would be happy. he proves he has to vote. age is just a number. we can accuse any politician of being crazy or incompetent." truth sayers says, "no, i would prefer him not to run. we need someone who will unite us. i do not think that is possible with either of them." susan. caller: thank you for taking my call. not have mercy on us. we need a new leader. president biden should retire for good. look at what is happening in this country. i read in the news that people who have bad credits are getting more priority. if they cannot pay, they can get more loans. what the hike is going on? i want one of the squad to run. please have mercy on us all. president biden should retire and enjoy the remaining of his life. host: denise is a democrat in st. thomas, virgin islands. in morning -- good morning. caller: thank you for taking my calls. i live in an

on this topic of president biden's possible reelection announcement, we have got joseph in fayettevillenorth carolina who sent us a text "bden -- biden was able to do what others could not do with their career. if you run for president again, i would be happy. he proves he has to vote. age is just a number. we can accuse any politician of being crazy or incompetent." truth sayers says, "no, i would prefer him not to run. we need someone who will unite us. i do not think that is possible with either of them." susan. caller: thank you for taking my call. not have mercy on us. we need a new leader. president biden should retire for good. look at what is happening in this country. i read in the news that people who have bad credits are getting more priority. if they cannot pay, they can get more loans. what the hike is going on? i want one of the squad to run. please have mercy on us all. president biden should retire and enjoy the remaining of his life. host: denise is a democrat in st. thomas, virgin islands. in morning -- good morning. caller: thank you for taking my calls. i live in an

host: we will go to greg in fayetteville, north carolina. good morning. caller: i am not living paycheck-to-paycheck. however, that is because i'm working two jobs. some that is not being talked enough about is the cost of rent . my rent went up $180 a month which is a drastic increase. shopping around to other places is not better. the other part is also, the uncertainty and it does not look like it is going to get better in the next couple of years even though inflation has gone down a little. there is a lot of pessimism about what the economy is going to be doing which does not help things. so i am thankful i'm not living paycheck-to-paycheck. but again, i am having to work two jobs to make that happen. host: how old are you? caller: i'm 63. host: i appreciate it. andrew from brooklyn heights, ohio. hi there. caller: i wanted to call in with the project, i would love to know what is being done to address global poverty issues/ . host: sure, go ahead. caller: what we can do domestically speaking is important, but i think one of the most foundational he

host: do you notice those taking place in arkansas overall or in fayetteville? caller: yes.hey are trying to pass a law to make it a criminal penalty for librarians that someone underage check out a book that someone deems is not proper for them to check out. host: ok. margaret there in arkansas. linda is next in mississippi on the democrats line. hi. caller: hi. host: high. -- hi. caller: pedro, i want to know, why are these republicans picking on hunter biden? trump's children that worked in the white house. hunter biden is a private citizen. they are doing this to try to bring biden down. host: do you think it is simple to say he is a private citizen when he is also the son of a president? caller: he is a private citizen. he is not serving in the government in any way. as a private citizen just like you or me. host: what do you make of the fact that the justice department is looking into his activities? this is a justice department under his current father, president biden. caller: that is their job. if they have not found anything yet, they are investigating trump and he