in germantown, maryland, i'm joie chen for "matter of fact."nnouncer: coming up on "matter of fact," she's the first trans woman to win a golden globe. >> my walk of life is different from the next girl's walk of life. but i like to approach it with love. announcer: actress michaela jae rodriguez on living your truth. soledad: if you have ever watched an award show, whether it was the oscars, emmys, or golden globes, you'll often hear an actor say, "it's an honor just to be nominated." while true, for some actors it's more than that. it's validation. michaela jae rodriguez is getting lots of validation lately for her work. she is the first trans woman to win a golden globe award, taking home the prize for lead actress in a drama series for her performance in "pose." she's also an emmy-nominated actress and an activist who has called her win a sign that a door has swung open. i spoke to her recently about what she calls "living in joy." soledad: hi, nice to see you. >> hello, hello, thank you for having me today. soledad: of course, of course. y

we've stumbled on the cutest little germantown they were driving through . they want to take a stab of pronouncing it garbage, part partic, kirk and yeah, garments part of kirk and that's the one. but it's pretty incredible. it is super charming and fitting at the base of all these mountain clouds or what's been around here. we have made it to the very 1st cam site of our road trip. it is actually at the zig spits resort and it sits just beneath the mountain that's it ran over there. you can't tell. it's a lot taller than that, but the clouds are covering the very tippy top. apparently there is a restaurant up there. i think there's hiking, there's all sorts of stuff we're for sure. going to be doing that. but before we do, i think we gotta charge this baby app if we can figure it out. yeah, so so of course our vehicle comes with the typical connector to charge it, but it also comes with a whole heap of adapter. so let's see if we can find the right one. i think this one matches the pedestal over there. this chord here has this juice booster thing. i don't r

host: paul in germantown, maryland. caller: am i on? thank you for taking my call. the problem in the housing market -- i'm a builder. i build smaller homes. i see builders building massive homes. if you build it so big, it will cost a lot. i had a question about up zoning and how that could affect the housing prices. if you can fit more houses on smaller lots and so forth. she said it is not as desirable maybe. i will take my answer off the air. guest: i would say i'm not sure buildings are building larger houses. if you look at the data, the average size has dropped nationwide. millennials want to, more environmentally friendly, efficient homes. maybe some of that in the larger homes in some places because of this new work from home and the fear we might be stuck in our homes again at some point. everyone wants to have enough space. i tend to see outdoor building. people building out. they have those tiny homes. i would say that the pencil with market you are in. when you talk about density, it is a controversial issue. while i cover real estate, i also cover clim

the beat is sent in huge quantities to the local sugar factory in the northern germantown of ulster. 80 percent of the sugar is water, the sugar is extracted, but they aim to re use the water that is unable to bring us a substantial amount. you can imagine that if you irrigate a field with about 30 liters per square meter and not wood water, $4700.00 hector's blue, that's the equivalent in area of $6500.00 soccer pitches. the collecting basin is where the beat water from the sugar factory is stored. the farmers use it to irrigate their fields, and some of the water seeps down into the earth and replenish the ground water reserves. clouds pass overhead with they don't bring rain. the collecting basin was the idea of the district, the head of local water and land associations. we have an, an oil pond dotted with a germany globally and principle finished. and we will have to retain water in lots of places in response to climate change while that because ultimately water is pivotal when it comes to climate change. you ma, vanetta, they will have to hurry because groundwater levels are si

that means a federal regulator will take control of a large refinery in the eastern germantown of fate, which used to draw 100 percent of its oil from russia. germany has committed to ending all russian oil imports and is looking for alternative sources to keep the refinery running. and the russian president vladimir putin, his hail, the growing influence of what he called new centers of power. at the summit with asian leaders, including china's vision ping in pakistan, who is keen to show russia has not been fully isolated by the conflict in ukraine. burton also denounced the use of sanctions by western nations over his invasion video of it, watching t w. still to come, the final section of a new berlin museum opens to the public with an exhibition that central to a very heated debates. stay with us for a look at some of what's on the display. now as people around the world moon, the death of britons, queen elizabeth some commonwealth countries are examining their relationship to the monarchy. feelings are mixed in places, especially in britain's former colonies. like kenya, d, w. 's

now the move means a federal regulator will control a large refinery in eastern germantown feet was used to draw 100 percent of its oil from russia, as well as 2 other refineries. now shout said the decision was based on security considerations. does this, i know right, this is a far reaching energy policy decision to safeguard our country was long. russia, as we know, is no longer reliable energy supplier sandwich to the last few weeks of shown us not doubling. his chief, political correspondent, melinda crane, is at the chance. henri and central berlin, melinda, what else did the chancellor have to say about energy security? well, he said that this is an important step, not only to secure short term energy supply, but also the longer term development of the northeastern german region, including jobs. and what's important to know is that this refinery inch rate does supply nearly 90 percent of the oil that comes to berlin. and it also employes 1200 people in the region around straight directly and many more indirectly. and people who work with the company had been growing increasingly c

trusteeship, that means a federal regulator will take control of a large refinery in the eastern germantown of fleet, which used to draw 100 percent of its oil from russia. germany has committed to ending all russian oil imports and is now looking for alternative sources to keep the refinery running. russian president vladimir putin has hailed the growing influence of what he called new centers of power. at for the summit with asian leaders, including china's vision hang in as becker's done, he's keen to show russia has not been fully isolated by the conflict in ukraine. putin also denounced the use of sanctions. i went by western nations over his invasion to do who jeffrey of pope frances and said he believes it's morally right for countries to supply weapons to help ukraine defend itself against russia. the pontiff was commenting to journalists on a plane after returning from a religious conference in kazakhstan. he said the catholic church is just war. principles allow for proportional use of deadly weapons. smart voices have let him hear putin's russia poses the greatest current threat

supply and if that's the dynamic of the market, prices will go up for rent.nt >> host: paul, in germantown,ma maryland, democratic caller. >> am i on? >> host: yes, you are. >> thanks for taking me call. you know, the problem we see in the housing market now -- and i'm a builder but i build smaller homes, >> and i see a lot of other builders building massive, massive homes and you build it so big it's going to cost a lot. i had a question about your guest about up zoning and how it might affect the housing prices and get more houses on smaller lots and so forth. that's not even the question. >> not sure builders are building larger houses and look at data of the larger house size and they want to see smaller more environmentally friendly efficient homes and maybe some of that you're seeing in a larger home in some places because of the news work from home and the fear after the pandemic that we might be stuck in our holmes again at this point if everyone wants to have enough space and the outdoor building that right now that people building out and have adus on their property that's buildi

james bays al jazeera of the united nations and his 1st speech to the general assembly germantown was off sholtes referred to what he called russia's imperial ambitions. my county has more on the chancellor's comments . all of sholtes warned off the thread tough a common use of war to achieve political power pointing to the invasion of ukraine. as an example, he insisted like many of the other leaders who spoke in the course of the day that provided me a putin on russia, must be sharply condemned for this ongoing action. he said that vladimir putin would not give up until he knew that he had lost. and he said that the united nations itself as a very serious role to play in this ongoing conflict on that's who to contact the international order does not happen by itself. if we do nothing, and this charter is brought a piece of paper, this charter calls in all of us to uphold its purposes and principles. and we must not stand idly by when a major nuclear power armed the t. a founding member of the united nations and a permanent member of the un security council, no less seeks to shift bo

lieu hands, supper asia and cason cavan as western allies have dismissed the referendums as a sham germantown. so love sholtes has met the amir of cattle shake to me than hammered al tawny. here in doha, as he looks, full, tentative energy supplies to replace russian gas importance. both leaders say talks and now underway to get liquefied natural gas from casara to germany. this is under fo to quit infinity and exit russian attack on ukraine threatens energy security worldwide. here in doha, i spoke to the mere about l. n. g supplies in light of the current energy crisis. and we want to make further progress on this soon. lights on october, natasha had yet been a thought that looked thoughtful discussions now are being held between cut that energy and the german energy companies. and i hope our partnership will lead to an agreement that we're pleased both parties the set of cut that is one of the major foreign investors in germany. corporate investment authority is looking for new investment opportunities and the german economy, which we trust is strength and great potentials that the palesti

we have germantown, in historic queensboro. our mission is to not only preserve our historic sites but also to provide related cultural educational historical programming. i thought it would be interesting to talk a little bit about how we came about. our organization, as i mentioned, is 89 year old. 90 next year. we were founded in 1931 by a woman called francis anne worcester. much like mount vernon, we were founded by a very strong matriarch. the organization was born, essentially to save the powel house from demolition. it was slated to be knocked down for a taxi cab parking lot. francis and and her colleagues and friends rally together in managed to raise about $30,000 in the height of the great depression to save not only the powel house but the house that was next door, originally. a lot of advocacy became long term stewardship. they were able to acquire more properties. that is who we are. we are excited [inaudible] feel like this is going to be really helpful for elizabeth story in particular [inaudible] so [inaudible]

owns uncle bob's coffee and books and is the founding director of the people's education center, a germantown based nonprofit organization devoted to community education. todd brewster is the co-author with peter jennings of the number one y

we have grumble corp, which is in germantown and historic waynesboro, which is out in paoli and our mission is to not only preserve our core historic sites, but also to provide related cultural educational and historical programming. i thought it might be interesting to talk maybe a little bit about how we came about because our organization as i mentioned is 89 years old. i'd be 90 next year exciting and we're founded in 1931. named francis anne worcester so much like mount vernon. we were we were founded by a very strong matriarch and the organization was born essentially to save the pal house from demolition. it was slated to be knocked down for a taxi cab parking lot and francis ann and her her colleagues and friends rally together and managed to raise about $30,000 at the height of the great depression to save not only the pau house but the house that was next door originally and from there long. well advocacy turned into long-time stewardship and we started to acquire more and more properties. so that's that's who we are and we're excited to be we're excited for sam's research. we fee

we have germantown, in historic queensboro. our mission is to not only preserve our historic sites but also to provide related cultural educational historical programming. i thought it would be interesting to talk a little bit about how we came about. our organization, as i mentioned, is 89 year old. 90 next year. we were founded in 1931 by a woman called francis anne worcester. much like mount vernon, we were founded by a very strong matriarch. the organization was born, essentially to save the powel house from demolition. it was slated to be knocked down for a taxi cab parking lot. francis and and her colleagues and friends rally together in managed to raise about $30,000 in the height of the great depression to save not only the powel house but the house that was next door, originally. a lot of advocacy became long term stewardship. they were able to acquire more properties. that is who we are. we are excited [inaudible] feel like this is going to be really helpful for elizabeth story in particular [inaudible] so [inaudible]

owns uncle bob's coffee and books and is the founding director of the people's education center, a germantown based nonprofit organization devoted to community education. todd brewster is the co-author with peter jennings of the number one new york times bestseller of the century. his other work includes the books lincoln's gamble and in search of america. he also taught journalism at temple university was a knight fellow at yale law school and was the founding director of the center for l history at west point. he is also the executive producer of the documentary into harm's way. in their new book, seen and unseen, the authors examine the uniqueness of this moment in the overall history of civil rights movements in the united states. joining them in conversation this evening is award winner, award winning broadcast master and journalist tracie madison. please join me in welcoming our guests back to the free library. who will? good evening, everyone. thank you so much for sharing your evening with us. what a delight it is to be back in person. so we're thrilled to see you all. thank you again

. >> like in neighborhood where i stand, the prosecuted of the area germantown neighborhoods philadelphiaent. cheryl: certainly is, heartbreaking for a lot of americans, that are struggling not just for rent but struggling to pay, forget food on the table and fill up tanks you've done all those stories as well for us jeff new york thank you, sir. great to see you this morning pressure. >> it good to see you cheryl. cheryl: all right. >> thank you. cheryl: next hour "mornings with maria" got mark tepper mercedes schlapp. >> good morning. i'm cheryl casone in for maria bartiromo. thursday, september 1, top stories 8:00 a.m. eastern time, president trump making a bid today, for special master to read documents taken in mar-a-lago search team slamming doj response that request lacked merit saying department is overstepping, who he can analyze unprecedented raid on the story all morning long white house in complete denial about just how bad the border crisis is by saying things are indeed secure. despite record amount of fentanyl coming through. >> you have seen 200% increase of fentanyl seize

host: paul in germantown, maryland. caller: am i on? thank you for taking my call. problem in the housing market -- i'm a builder. i build smaller homes. i see builders building massive homes. if you build it so big, it will cost a lot. i had a question about up zoning and how that could affect the housing prices. if you can fit more houses on smaller lots and so forth. she said it is not as desirable maybe. i will take my answer off the air. guest: i would say i'm not sure buildings are building larger houses. if you look at the data, the average size has dropped nationwide. millennials want to, more environmentally friendly, efficient homes. maybe some of that in the larger homes in some places because of this new work from home and the fear we might be stuck in our homes again at some point. everyone wants to have enough space. i tend to see outdoor building. people building out. they have those tiny homes. i would say that the pencil with market you are in. when you talk about density, it is a controversial issue. while i cover real estate, i also cover climate.

>> reporter: germantown neighborhood here in philadelphia, much of it made up of rental properties likee, ashley. i tell ya, cities like philadelphia across the country rents are out of control even in places where there's rent control like new york city. take a look at the map with the worst offenders. yeah, new york city now the average one-bedroom apartment almost $4,000 a month. in san francisco it's $3,000. in san jose, california, and boston, $2700 plus a month for a one-bedroom. that means, according to the u.s. census bureau, 8.5 million people are now behind in their rent, and almost 4 million of those say they expect to be evicted. we checked in with the eviction lab, an organization that keeps track on six states across 31 cities. since march of 2020 they have e reported 1.1 million eviction filings, and in the past week 8,50 plus eviction -- 8,500 eviction filings. we talked to the head of an organization here in philadelphia, he says it's tough both for the tenants and the landlords these days, many of whom are mom and pops with only one or two ten habits. listen. >> both a

host: germantown, maryland. joanna. good morning. caller: good morning.gressman i think you are being a bit disingenuous. it is a fact that eitan has reduced the deficit by over one third. with the inflation reduction act and a couple of the other things he's done, he is heaving to reduce. secondly, trump exploded the deficit when he gave your billionaire cronies all the money in tax relief. it's important to put out that -- put out fact instead of trying to something. sorry, i'm nervous. i find it outrageous that you guys cannot be truthful. he has reduced the deficit and i will tell you something else. he, trump shut down the government. i know at least twice. one for a very long. of time. a friend at my church lost her job because of that. she worked for a company that was a government company. guest: let me respond. first, president biden saying he has cut the deficit, that is from the cares act of appropriating $5 trillion to fight the pandemic. but if you look at the ongoing budget in the budget deficit and percentage of gdp for the next 10 years, w

susan in germantown, maryland. good morning, how are you? caller: i'm fine. still drink bottled water in maryland. i know it's cheap if you know where to get it, to use slang. but mainly what's happening in jackson, mississippi and others, it's all over. it's global warming plain and simple. look at what's happening in some states where it's drying up and other water sources are drying up. you can tell it's global warming and we have a president and a president that don't even believe that climate change exists. i think it's just climate change. biden can do so much. what he passed was a good thing but he can only do so much. our allies have to do the others. if we don't, we are in for a very dark days in the years ahead. we really are. host: recent article from "the washington post," extreme weather triggering the name water crisis," echoing what you were saying. here's a quote from an environmental engineer at purdue university advising utilities in the u.s. army on water safety issues. every public drinking water system in the country is vulnerable to natu