you know, senator flanagan mentioned education and senator flanagan's right, we do a lot to try to tampdown some of those crazy ideas. but also quite frankly the state senate republicans stop a lot of those crazy ideas ever becoming law. bills that pass in the assembly but don't pass in the senate. governor cuomo's ideas to give free tuition, college tuition to inmates, free college tuition for illegal aliens, those bills go nowhere in the state senate. [applause] but some of the things that i'm very proud of, you know, several years ago, the governor put in his budget, or i should say, took out of his budget, over $95 million in support for the developmentally disabled community. it was an outrage. on the debate floor on that bill we debated the assembly democrats who say they're the protectors of the average joe. well, they're not. they have got their own political agenda and when you turn your back on the families that need us most, that is outright shameful act. with our debate and efforts going out to the public afterwards, that funding got restored. [applause] corruption, probably

has been coming down fast and hard causing ponding and flooding on the roadways right here off flanagan's lane. you can see all these cars have to be slowdown. it has been too much for nearby sewer drains to handle and police have closed off other roads in this area. drivers should use extreme to avoid route 1 here and route 522 and new road. in south brunswick, aj ross. >> thank you. >>> we're going to chase this breaking story all night long. you can get heat safety tips with our abc7ny app and that's free for apple and android devices. >>> a hot air balloon disaster in texas. 16 people killed in balloon in the u.s. ever. ntsb investigators are heading to the scene. kristin from our system station ktrak is at the scene in lockhart texas. christine. >>reporter: sandra, it was an early morning hot air balloon ride in the texas hill country that went terribly wrong. the caldwell county sheriff's department said they received 911 calls after 7:30. they said many of the eyewitnesss thought they were looking at a car ac flames, but when the first responders got here to the pasture, they say t

[applause] areas, senator flanagan mentioned education. senator flanagan is right. we do a lot to try to camp down some of the crazy ideas. also, quite frankly, the state senate republicans stop a lot of those crazy ideas from ever becoming law. bills that passed in the assembly don't pass in the senate. governor cuomo's idea is to give free tuition, college tuition, to inmates. free college tuition for illegal aliens. those bills go nowhere in the state senate. [applause] but some of the things that i am very proud of -- several years ago the governor put in his budget, or i should say took out millionudget, over $95 in support for the developmentally disabled community. it was an outrage. on the debate floor of that bill, we debated decently democrats, who say they are the protectors of the average joe. they are not. politicaltheir own agenda, and when you turned your back on the families that need it most, it is an outright shameful act. and to our debate and efforts going out into the public afterwards, that funding got restored. [applause] corruption. you proba

my name is dan flanagan friends of the urban forest.i have to say does my heart good to hear so many supervisors identified that we have a very long-standing problem that you want to fix. we all are right now in the process of trying to fix it and i think that's a great situation. i want to thank all of you for trying to fix a problem that's been outstanding for years. i do have a couple of concerns i want to-the first one let's start with supervisor yee's opposition. i'm a little concerned if it was passed it would be incentivize folks to try and come and solve the problem in november because as such we would take back responsibly of the city and put us in a situation where gasoline oh money. so i don't think that is a really positive thing. i think it's a great idea to take up every thing that we dedicated funding sources absolutely is vital. i hate the idea of a tax. i don't like it. i don't like 66.6%. i do think this is the only way to fix this problem. i do recognize this could be a tremendous amount of issues ahead of us in novem

jim flanagan at the helm this morning, i thank you, sir, for providing this beautiful live weathercame san jose area. overcast, with some clearing. it will be cooler today. details coming up in less than 4 minutes. >>> sacramento officials are investigating a freak 4th of july accident that left a disability activist dead. 60-year-old lori hyrup was on a boat with family and friends with friends. her wheelchair slipped off the dock. her husband couldn't save her. >> the water was just too deep. i couldn't find her in the dark in the mud. and by the time i did and got a rope around her and pulled her up it was at least 5 to 7 minutes and it was just too long. they couldn't bring her back. >> lori was a well-known disability rights activist who had been appointed by governor schwarzenegger to the state council on developmental disabilities. she also published several books about living with disabilities. >>> the group safe kids worldwide is reminding parents to stay alert around the water this summer. about 800 children drown every year. two-thirds happen between may and august. it only

my name is dan flanagan friends of the urban forest.i have to say does my heart good to hear so many supervisors identified that we have a very long-standing problem that you want to fix. we all are right now in the process of trying to fix it and i think that's a great situation. i want to thank all of you for trying to fix a problem that's been outstanding for years. i do have a couple of concerns i want to-the first one let's start with supervisor yee's opposition. i'm a little concerned if it was passed it would be incentivize folks to try and come and solve the problem in november because as such we would take back responsibly of the city and put us in a situation where gasoline oh money. so i don't think that is a really positive thing. i think it's a great idea to take up every thing that we dedicated funding sources absolutely is vital. i hate the idea of a tax. i don't like it. i don't like 66.6%. i do think this is the only way to fix this problem. i do recognize this could be a tremendous amount of issues ahead of us in novem

. >> [cheers and applause] announcer: please welcome state representative peggy flanagan from minnesota thank you . i'm a state representative and organizer and a proud citizen. i am also a mom. and my three and a half-year-old daughter reports that when she grows up, she wants to be president. >> [cheers and applause] >> so i wrote her this letter. siobhan, politics isn't always fun. sometimes you run into some pretty mean people who don't like you simply for being you, like that not a guy donald trump on tv, the one who says all those nasty things about women and about native americans like us. i'm so sorry you had to hear that, my girl. pocahontas. not it is siobhan. and you should never let anyone make you feel anything less than proud of who you are. because despite everything that has happened to our people, and no matter what donald trump says, we are still here." >> [cheers and applause] "and i want you to grow up with our people's values, honoring our elders, showing gratitude to our warriors, cherishing our children as gifts from the creator. i also want you to grow up knowing

i'll start with a plug for one of my favorite fiction writers, richard flanagan. i want to thank you for attending, thank tim for a terrific -- [applause] and i hope you all become friends of the festival and, please, i'll ask you to, please, vacate the room because there's another panel coming in the here. you can meet timothy out at the book-signing area. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. hi, everybody. welcome to "the atlantic's cocktail caucus with refinery 29. hope you're having a good time this week. i'm senior vice president of atlantic media. the topic today is young woman rising, america's top voter. that is the question mark we'll be talking about, the focus millenial women. for those perhaps of an older generation, refinery 29 is a digital destination designed to help millenial women live in their words, a stylish, creative and inspired life. period. millenials are a pretty big topic today, we can agree. they are currently largest share of living population surpassing baby boomers. we're talking specifically about young women and t

i'll start with a plug for one of my favorite fiction writers, richard flanagan. i want to thank you for attending, thank tim for a terrific -- [applause] and i hope you all become friends of the festival and, please, i'll ask you to, please, vacate the room because there's another panel coming in the here. you can meet in happier flag day. of. [applause] i hope i have communicated -- communicated happy i am the flag day did anybody read what i wrote about today's paper? i wrote the op-ed today about flag day and i will talk about that i will talk about that later on the nymex cited and by that date is important and it ties into the theme of the book. ion introducing myself first i did that the last time, let me back up if you don't know what socrates in the city is people have now idea i want to say first of all, thank you for wrapping up the early bird dinner i appreciate that it is tough to pull yourself away golden corral is tough to pull yourself away. [laughter] sees bin in gets mighty river cry has been there before but i want to say this is any event but i