a gentleman who has an insurance company in groton. and he described how what's happened to housing prices and jobs, and the guy from the bowling alley said what's happened with all these layoffs is industry has moved offshore and we lost patent protection, is that we see an increase in drug use. a beautiful shoreline community, it's just changing and the changing rapidly. just a couple of weeks ago i called a gentleman who i interviewed who ran anca insurae company there in groton, tell in the book is out and his quota. he said thank you but i had to tell them i had shut down my business. so the loss of these businesses is having a profound effect on communities around the united states. you don't hear in the major newspapers. you might hear in thee local paper but it's a devastating to people, to the families. in the case of the pharmaceutical, very highly trained people. talk about wind more people in the s.t.e.m. fields. we have people in the s.t.e.m. fields but some of them are devastated and meanwhile companies are setting up ver

one of the people just heard from, her name is christine gosselin she owns a hair salon in groton, connecticut, in theillage there. she said, "i'm so frustrated that businesses publicly traded companies, their c.e.o.s making more money than i will make in a time took advantage of a program that was designed to help people like me, people whh needmoney so we can survive." what do you say to somne lik miss gosselin? >> she's on the money. i agree with her. my dad was a small businessman. he was an exterminator. he had a rough time every day and that was without covid. the bottom line is that we instructed the banks to not gobu for big boythe small, little businesses like miss gosselin, and what we did in covid 3.5, which is just happening now, we walled off $125 billion that can't go to t the big boat goes to minority banks, that goes to small banks, that goes to credit unions, that goes to rur areas. we need to make sure the administration gets this money t, and just let me make one more point. >> woodruff: can that happen, senator? yes. one of the big problems here is this administration -- we

there's a reporter in the room who later wrote in his diary, we all knew that roosevelt had gone to groton and then harvard and that roosevelt had come from a old well-to-do family, that he moved in what is known as the best circles all of his life. truman was a small town midwesterner missourian, the contrast was in appearance, voice mannerisms and even their attire. president roosevelt, while a casual dresser, was very well tailored. truman dressed like he had just walked off main street in independence, missouri. now, truman knocked them dead that day. he knocked them dead. at the end of this press conference, the crowd of people erupted into spontaneous applause. isn't that wonderful? why? he was funnier than people thought. he was an amusing guy. two, he spoke in this way that they weren't used to. they had a question, he answered it. roosevelt, they were used to. they would ask a question. he would take his cigarette holder, like he was conducting an orchestra and entrance people. into understanding that he would never answer the question and say whatever he wanted to say. truman ans

to groton, go georgia. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call.hink we should listen to him with a skeptical mind. there is an article in the atlantic saying why mitch mcconnell wants states to go bankrupt. people,he american republicans, democrats can hear this. act canult sovereign decide for itself which of any debts can be paid in full. contrast, it, by is a legal process which the judge decides the debts will be paid in which order in which amount. bankruptcy is a power entirely reserved to the federal government. american bankruptcy is overseen and a federal court, overseen by a federal judge according to federal law. you guys want to put it all on the federal government whether i go ahead and respond to that, mitch. guest: i am not calling for changes in bankruptcy states tocalling on have more power to decide how to fund.e coronavirus relief i think the caller brings up a very valid point about all of the intricacies involved in bankruptcy law. i think there might be some totes that are going to ask have that permission to be able to clair