is night and have it harrisburg university is nightand a have it harrisburg university is night andndustrial city, but its young universities focused on the future. anna believes he can use gaming to get noticed as interest grows across america. nearby in philadelphia, a multimillion dollar is sports stadium is being built. it will host tournaments like the recent competition in new york that attracted huge crowds to watch people playing the game fortnite. your world champion! it was viewed online all over the world and there was big prize money. it's like, the professional level at the top is very cutthroat. you need to pay ten -- play very cutthroat. you need to pay ten —— play10— 12 very cutthroat. you need to pay ten —— play 10— 12 hours a day, i don't know if i want to do that. i want to have a balanced life stop this university team is all—male, that is likely to change of are recognised and rewarded as 21st century sports stars. chris buckler, bbc news, harrisburg. and finally, the world drone racing championship grand final was held on saturday in china. and it's the closest

it's harrisburg! harrisburg is your champion! with some of the best equipment, including some of the fastest computers. and harrisburg university is committing another $2 million a year on coaching is teams and providing scholarships. this is a big investment for the college. competitive video gaming that we have it harrisburg university is night and day different to casual gaming on your couch, eating doughnuts and drinking diet coke. this is not that. harrisburg is an old industrial city, but its young universities focused on the future. anna believes he can use gaming to get noticed as interest grows across america. nearby in philadelphia, a multimillion dollar is sports stadium is being built. it will host tournaments like the recent competition in new york that attracted huge crowds to watch people playing the game fortnite. your world champion! it was viewed online all over the world and there was big prize money. it's, like, a professional level at the top is very cut—throat. you need to play ten, ii, 12 hours a day. i don

sports network, espn. >> harrisburg is your champion! cost around $1.3 million, building and fitting out this training facility with some of the best equipment and some of the fastest computers. harrisburg university is committing another $2 million a year on coaching its teams and providing scholarships. oris is a big investment fhe college. >> competitive video gaming at harrisburg university is night and day different than casual gaming on your couch, eating donuts and drinking coke. this is not that. >> harrisburg is an old industrial city, but its younuniversity is focused on the future. it believes it can use gaming to across america.interest grows nearby in philadelphia, a multimillion dollar e-orts stadium is being built. it will host tournaments like the rent competition in new crowdshat attracted huge am watch the game fortnite. >> your world pion!ed >> it was viewnline all over the world, and there was big prize money. >> a professional at the top level, it is very cutthroat. you need to play 10, 12 hours a day. i don't ow if

harrisburg is your champion!g facility and fitting it out with some of the best equipment, including some of the fastest computers, and harrisburg university is spending another £1.5 million every year on coaching its teams and providing scholarships. this is a big investment for the college. competitive video gaming that we have at harrisburg university is night and day different than casual gaming on your couch, eating doughnuts and drinking diet coke. this is not that. harrisburg is an old industrial city, but its young university is focused on the future and it believes it can use gaming to get noticed as interest grows across america. nearby, in philadelphia, a multi—million dollar e—sport stadium is being built. it will host tournaments like the recent competition in new york that attracted huge crowds to watch people playing the game fortnite. your world champion! it was viewed online all over the world and there was big prize money. as a professional at the top level, it's very cut—throat and you need to

and i had a letter from the mayor of harrisburg. >> saying? >> russ pritchard is the official representative of the national civil war museum in the city of harrisburg. >> did you get a letter from the mayor because you asked for credentials? >> no. >> it just arrived. >> that's exactly right. >> next thing you know, russ pritchard just arrives uninvited in wilmington and, boy, is he persistent. >> russ wanted to be my new best friend. he followed me around like a puppy -- helped me carry drywall to a construction site, he had sat on the beach with my children while my wife and went surfing. he kept asking, you know, "can i see the artifacts? when can i see them?" >> ed finally agrees to show pritchard what's inside that old family suitcase. the next few hours are a revelation for ed. that old cap is called a kepi, and it was worn by general pickett at gettysburg. there's his blood-stained uniform sleeve, personal letters, photos, his military sash, and this -- pickett's own hand-drawn map of the gettysburg battlefield. >> he was very knowledg

a dozen miles south of harrisburg. at about 4:00 this morning two water pumps that helped cool reactor number two shut down. officials say some 50 to 60,000 gallons of radioactive water escaped into the reactor building and that the radioactivity penetrated the plant's walls. steam escaped into the atmosphere and radiation was detected as far as a mile away. at least 50 workers and perhaps twice that number were at the plant when the accident occurred. a spokesman admitted that some were exposed to radioactivity and may have been contaminated but he claimed no one was injured. all workers were given extensive checks with geiger counters as they left the plant. reporters were not permitted inside the facility today but this is what reactor number two's control room looked like last september when it was still undergoing testing. it went into commercial service only three months ago. >> cbs news coverage in march 1979 a live view of three mile island. joining us here is samuel walker, the author of "three mile island: a

competitive video gaming that we have at harrisburg university is night and have at harrisburg universitygaming on your couch, eating doughnuts, and drinking diet coke. this is not that. harrisburg is an old industrial city, but its young university is focused on the future and believes he can use gaming to get noticed, as interest grows across america. nearby in philadelphia, a multimillion dollar esports stadium is being built. it will host tournaments like the recent competition in new york that attracted huge crowds to watch people playing the game fortnight. it was viewed online all over the world and there was big prize money. for a professional at the top level it is very cutthroat and you need to play like ten, 11, 12 hours a day. and i don't know if they have that in me orwant and i don't know if they have that in me or want to do that. they would rather have a more balanced life. one thing striking about this university team is it is all real. it is likely to change if they are recognised as 20% response does. —— 21st—ce ntu ry recognised as 20% response does. —— 21st—century sp

theaters in the harrisburg area. and they put on extra showings on friday and saturday nights which were the most tense days, the most anxiety-filled days of the five days of crisis after the accident occurred. on those two nights, the two theaters in harrisburg put on extra showings of the china syndrome. unsolvable? it seems like to never goes away. and the second one, what is the status of the hannaford plant in east washington? >> thank you, we'll get a response. >> those are great questions. did i write a back on radioactive waste sometime after thai mai book on three mile island. the history of that is in there. and it was not well handled by the atomic merge commission, the nrc's predecessor or by successor agencies and the scientists. and these are good scientists think that there's a technical solution that's reasonable. you're never going to get a solution that satisfies everybody. but the political equation were the political problem might be and probably is more insoluble than the technical issues. in ter

after things called in harrisburg, event behooved washington to find out what was going to go on, or had gone on. the united states senate, for example, just in april 19, wrote to governor thornburgh and said we are pleased to invite you to be our leadoff witness in our committee. we would like your presence. and any principal state officials you wish. one of the pages i pulled out here i thought was particularly telling. his quote from his speech was the toughest decision of all, however, is the one i had to make 24 hours a day throughout the crisis. that was, of course, the decision not to order an evacuation that would have been unprecedented in its nature as well as its potential for harm. despite having starting off his career as governor, a two-term governor with a massive emergency, his team and his policies, and is balanced budgets were favorably received by the state of pennsylvania. in his concluding times, he was very broadly affectionately regarded nash justly, i think.

as a result from that, assurance from harold denton and the president flew up to harrisburg the nextay with mrs. carter and met with harold, the governor, and lieutenant governor, and they actually had a tour of the control room and this is all because they had assurance it was not going to blow up, of course, and they could go and talk to the engineers there. after the tour of the control room, the president had a -- held a press conference including harold denton and lieutenant governor stanton and it's on his part commending the population in the area for their careful thinking and caution in the case of the accident and praising dick thornburg, the governor. after the president left and the population or the populous knew there was not going to be an explosion, people who did leave returned to their homes, but mothers and children that had been away from their homes for a little while returned and things began to really be calm and the news reports were no longer accident meltdown, but thornburg did a great job. he was in crisis, a builder of confidence where his capacity for han

harrisburg is not the only place to see gaming as a future sport for players and spectators.ifically to hold tournaments like the recent world for another game, fortnite. that contest offered millions of dollars of prize money. it is very cut—throat and you need to play like ten, 11, 12 hours a day andi to play like ten, 11, 12 hours a day and i don't know if i have that in me or and i don't know if i have that in meori and i don't know if i have that in me or i want to do that. one thing is striking about this university tea m is striking about this university team is it is all male, but that is likely to change if players are recognised and rewarded as 21st century stars. almost lost for words! time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. it is probably the perfect day to day to have been sat in front of a gaming station. this is a fairly typical picture of the countryside across pretty much the whole of the uk at the moment. it is soggy and buggy and it's been fairly miserable. widespread rain moving across england and wales today, starting to ease away. some snow t

harrisburg is your champion!ers, and harrisburg university is spending another £1.5 million every year on coaching its teams and providing scholarships. this is a big investment for the college. competitive video gaming that we have at harrisburg university is night and day different than casual gaming on your couch, eating doughnuts and drinking diet coke. this is not that. harrisburg is an old industrial city, but its young university is focused on the future and it believes it can use gaming to get noticed as interest grows across america. nearby, in philadelphia, a multi—million dollar e—sport stadium is being built. it will host tournaments like the recent competition in new york that attracted huge crowds to watch people playing the game fortnite. your world champion! it was viewed online all over the world and there was big prize money. as a professional at the top level, it's very cut—throat and you need to play like ten, 11, 12 hours a day, and i don't know if i have that in me or want to do that, i'd ra

but you're saying here in harrisburg, there's homeless problems?se. >> this place is start up coworking space. >> let's find out. >> so if the economy is on the up and up here, you'd know in a place like this. >> by the end of next year, 40% of the workforce is going to be remote, freelance, independent in some form of fashion. >> what are you doing sm. >> right now? >> tweeting about racism. actually, i think the state is coming together. >> pennsylvania? >> yeah. >> is it divided? >> i think it is. >> most importantly, do you follow either of us? can i check? >> you can. >> katy has a lot of followers. there she is. >> probably has a lot more than i do. can i follow you? >> yes. >> joining me now, the lieutenant governor of pennsylvania. and just this morning, he tweeted whoever wins pennsylvania is is president. also with me, msnbc correspondent, jacob, my partner in crime. all right, so whoever wins president. what i got a sense from this morning is people who had more opportunity generally felt like the government wasn't necessarily responsibl

march 28th, 1970, nine the events just outside harrisburg, pennsylvania, the next 90 minutes here on c-span's washington journal and c-span 3 is american history tv. we look back at the three mile island accident which was the partial meltdown of every actor, reactor number two, at the facility in dauphin county, pennsylvania. it occurred 40 years, ago the incident rated of five on the seven point international nuclear events scale. as the story continued to unfold, for two years ago, here is how head -- and bradley of cbs news covered it.

when we became aware of the accident in harrisburg pennsylvania it was just 2 weeks after the german green party had been founded so what happened during the european parliament election campaign you could say that the party's campaign was a political response to the events in harrisburg and. it was 2 women had to go on the task of creating the new green party in the background theologian cliff stop in the spotlight. a political scientist and activist with international experience. he had wished actually encouraged me and said if you have to found the green party with me i don't want to do it on my own women can't go it alone we have to learn to work in a team i'll be the top party candidate you will be next in line who was visiting next as i once was into i guess we functioned in tandem we were 2 very different people i was much more rooted in the west german and he nuclear left and feminist movements and pater had a lot of perspective from the us. through her i became better acquainted with the civil rights and women's movements in the us doesn't women taking part in the election c

. >>> march 28th, 1979, the events just outside of harrisburg, pennsylvania.t the three mile island accident which was the partial meltdown of a reactor, reactor number two at the facility. it occurred 40 years ago, the incident rated a 5 on the 7 point international nuclear events scale. as the story continued to unfold 40 years ago, he's how ed bradley of cbs news

i am going to use harrisburg, our principal city. it is over twice the national average. performance rates, despite the fact that the school district -- 7.1% proficiency in algebra. 13 .6% proficiency in english. the mayor of harrisburg, the state representative, each of them sends their children to private schools. why can't everybody have that opportunity, if they want it? we see the school choice as a way to say that one size does not fit all. think that in infused program , we already have the program in place. opportunities,ed but we really went big. on wait listss were not able to take advantage of these reticular scholarships. we will continue to pursue that endeavor. we are going to work hand-in-hand with the state scholarships to provide semi opportunities for 70 students across the u.s., and we truly support your work. we will work strongly in our state. thank you for your leadership. pres. trump: thank you. you are doing a great job and our schools are doing a great job. how are things going? how are the records? >> the lowest unemployment rate in recorded time

. >> march 28th, 1979 the events just outside of harrisburg, pennsylvania, for the next 90 minutes here tv we look back at the three mile island accident which was the partial meltdown of a reactor, reactor

. >> did he, lee, ever declare a specific objective like harrisburg? daniel: it depends on who you listen to and which account you read. some accounts suggest he declared harrisburg and objective but i don't think he actually did. i think his objective is a victory in the field over union forces. folks, thank you for coming out today, thank you for joining us. i will be happy to sign copies of my book afterward. it is so nice to see all of you. again, thank you for being here today. >> we have books for sale up in the house and dan will be signing copies and we have a basket for donations. thank you again, everybody. thank you for coming out and thank you c-span. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> american history tv is on social media, follow us at c-span history. american history tv on c-span three, looks at the impeachment of president trump -- president nixon and clinton, today starting at 6:00 p.m. on oral histories, former representatives tren

there's an inscription on one of the state government buildings i worked in in harrisburg, pennsylvania, for ten years. beautiful inscription of public service that applies to you personally and your integrity and to the work i've done. all public service is a trust, given in faith and accepted in honor. you have always accepted that trust for the people of juror -- that the people of georgia gave. you've returned that with honor. we're grateful to be your friend. congratulations on your work. god bless you. and i yield the floor. mr. boozman: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. boozman: in the interest of time, i'm going to put my remarks in the record. but i do want to take just a moment to thank johnny for his friendship. i want -- i won a special election to the house of representatives and was assigned to the transportation committee. literally, johnny was one of the first people i met there. he was an important person on transportation. i was the 435th member of the house and he was so, so very kind in helping me get acclimated. his wife dianne was

march 28th, 1970, nine the events just outside harrisburg, pennsylvania, the next 90 minutes here on c-span's washington journal and c-span 3 is american history tv. we look back at the three mile island accident which was the partial meltdown of every actor, reactor number two, at the facility in dauphin county, pennsylvania. it occurred 40 years, ago the incident rated of five on the seven point international nuclear events scale. as the story continued to unfold, for two years ago, here is how head -- and bradley of cbs news covered it. >> it announces that -- ath this time there is an evacuation. please stay indoors with your windows closed. >> this is not a community that scares easily. major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the town has survived, but for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldn't see, hear, or feel. >> that is from cbs news. the fear is radiation following the meltdown at the nuclear generating station. consider the most serious nuclear power accident in the history of the u.s. for the

and our abc station in harrisburg, abc 27 news, whtm, for sponsoring this incredible event. >> incrediblea wonderful cause. >>> another community is coming together for a worthy cause. >> a little boy and his family are facing a heartbreaking health challenge, but the 3-year-old is beating his own odds. abc's marci gonzalez has that story. >> reporter: this is what a typical day can look like for nash steinman. >> strong boy. >> reporter: wires, oxygen masks, and those dreaded needles, just a part of the toddler's battle with a rare disease called spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress, smard, that doctors said would end his life by the time he turned 2. >> say good night? at least give one smile? >> reporter: yet here he is on his 3rd birthday with something pretty special to smile about. his whole community in lincolnshire, illinois, coming together, throwing a parade. more than 100 trucks, flashing lights, all those balloons, celebrating the milestone little nash wasn't expected to reach. >> we were beaming inside. nash was beaming inside. >> he is literally the strongest pe

. >>> march 28th, 1979, the events just outside of harrisburg, pennsylvania. for the next 90 minutes on washington journal and american history tv, we look back at the three mile island accident which was the partial meltdown of a reactor, reactor number two at the facility. it occurred 40 years ago, the incident rated a 5 on the 7 point international nuclear events scale. as the story continued to unfold 40 years ago, he's how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. >> please stay indoors with your windows closed. >> this is not a community that scares easily. major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the town has survived. but for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldn't see, hear or feel. >> from cbs news and of course that fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi generating station, considered the most serious nuclear power accident in the history of the u.s. for the next 90 minutes we'll look back at the events that occurred. eric epstein is joining us live. he's the cha

just the is a senior policy analyst for africa in the middle east at the heritage foundation in harrisburg pennsylvania he says violence has been building in boundaries peak 5 district for some time. p.-k 5 has been a flashpoint in the capital bangui that has seen various levels of violence for years now it was the bastion of safety for muslims who fled to peek a 5 during the sectarian violence that broke out in the country between christians and muslims so very restive very volatile and again this is just yeah i'm out there round of violence in the capital city and in this neighborhood car is desperately complex environment there was a recent peace agreement signed in february there were 14 armed groups that were signatories to that agreement and that doesn't represent all the armed groups in the countries that gives you some sense of again the complexity of this so this is a very difficult situation in a desperately poor country very corrupt it's one of the least developed on earth a man suspected of attacking 5 orthodox jews with a machete in upstate new york he's facing 5 charges of at

approaching, all of the reserves in the banks in chambersburg were put on the train and headed north to harrisburg for good keeping. mccausland arrives, the people of chambersburg don't know what to do so they don't respond. they know they don't have the money. mccausland realizes something is up and he burns the town to the ground. hundreds of homes and businesses are going to be destroyed. families are destitute. watchinglk about entire cows being consumed by the flames. it was a hideous scene. at thehers were away army and no one was there to take care of the mothers and children afterwards. this is what abraham lincoln is trying to get reelected on. if things work that enough on july 30, 1864, that's the same date of the catastrophe of the mine in petersburg but cost the lives of thousands killed wounded and captured. things are heading south for abraham lincoln and this action is going to bring on the memo that mark had mentioned earlier, the blind memorandum about having to win the war between the election and the swearing-in of the new president in the spring of 1864. to come back here and

have tom from harrisburg, pennsylvania, independent. caller: good morning. i think the problem with the democratic party which i used to , i'm seeing these other brainless -- hijacked party. donald trump's platform was the democratic platform in the 80's and 90's america first. if president obama ran in the democratic primary he could not win the democratic primary. that is how far left the democrats of gone. agree.: i it is a wear of world where republicans act like democrats and democrats -- doug: what issues? trump does. phillip: the republican party is behind him. the president has nominated five openly gay ambassadors, would that have happened in a 2004 administration? probably not. he signed the first step act which is mandatory minimums which affects a large proportion of african-americans. that was something i don't believe a republican would have signed in the past. it is a sort of bizarro world in a good way. these are good steps the republican party needs to take. >> one thing is averting a touchdown with -- shutdown -- >> the democrats should get

but right now we're looking at places like state college and pennsylvania towards harrisburg. an icy mix is in store going into the afternoon. fredricka, when is just a gigantic headache for people who are trying to head home after having fond memories of a thanksgiving turkey day. this is not going to be adding to that. >> no, it's not. you are so right, karen. it couldn't come at a worse time because this is one of the year's busiest travel days. thank you so much, karen. let me check in with athena jones. she is at laguardia airport in new york. and so lots of cancellations, lots of delays. what are people experiencing? >> hi, fredricka. this is the biggest -- it's expected to be the biggest travel day for u.s. airlines ever according to an industry trade organization. 3.1 million passengers expected to fly today and that's on top of what's already a record, almost 32 million who are traveling over the course of the entire thanksgiving holiday, period, on airlines. now, here at laguardia we're seeing there's a traffic management in place. so they're delaying the arrivals of

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most if he is a senior policy analyst for africa in the middle east at the heritage foundation in harrisburg pennsylvania he says violence has been building a bank way p.k. 5 district for some time p.k. 5 has been a flashpoint in the capital bangui that has seen various levels of violence for years now it was a bastion of safety for muslims who fled to p.k. 5 during the sectarian violence that broke out in the country between christians and muslims so very restive very volatile and again this is just yeah i'm out there are round of violence in the capital city and in this neighborhood car is desperately complex environment there was a recent peace agreement signed in in february there were 14 armed groups that were signatories to that agreement and that doesn't represent all the armed groups in the countries that gives you some sense of again the complexity of this so this is a very difficult situation in a desperately poor country very corrupt it's one of the least developed on earth. india's opposition congress party is describing the new citizenship law as an attack on indian traditions c

after the fort was abandoned, the city of harrisburg was founded a year later in 1816. hereow a family had a farm on this land. they knew what these earth works were and what fort meigs was. they only grazed cattle here instead of tilling it up. without them, this would not be here. the ohio history connection was able to reconstruct the fort to look as it would have. we hope that when visitors come andort meigs, they pause think about what happened at the fort. we tend to forget about the war of 1812. i think it is important for us to remember that men fought and died for this war, both american, british, native american, canadian. we want to honor and remember all of those people. away withople to come a sense of reverence, a sense of respect for what took place here. when -- we are woodlawn cemetary in toledo. this is a perfect example of the rural cemetery movement built by toledo's elite. the one built behind us now was built for a ticket agent for a local railroad. he had an office downtown. ks saw newsboys and boot blac working the street every day in the 1980's.

policy analyst of africa in the middle east at the heritage foundation who joins us on skype from harrisburg in pennsylvania ed joshua good to have your company 1st of all walt saw these taxes that are behind this recent spike in violence essentially using these are our protection fees that local militias are charging businessmen merchants in order to continue operating so a lot like organized crime actually where they will be armed groups who come to merchants say if you don't want to trouble us we'll continue to do your business in peace you have to pay us a tax the protection of some sort of other weekly or monthly and that the refusal of these traders to continue things are sort of a new one it's unclear exactly what the dynamics here are appears to have sparked this latest round of violence and just so we're talking on way about a particular district of bungie called p k 5 just give us a little bit more local context as to what's happening there. yeah so p.k. 5 has been a flashpoint in the catholic bengie that has seen various levels of violence for years now the international peacekeep

harrisburg mark on by championing critical transportation legislation, elping make pennsylvania a safer, more connected commonwealth. i can attribute doyle's i am today when e convinced me in 2002 to follow in his footsteps as chairman. pennsylvanians, it's clear doyle will be sorely missed but his legacy not soon forgotten. i'd like to offer my prayers and deepest condolences to becky and the entire family. you, mr. speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, sir. through december 15, first baptist church of present carols by candlelight, a much-love music tradition in mississippi that good news of the birth of our savior, jesus christ, through a man anyway sent christmas concert. its year they celebrate 50th anniversary. with more than 325 choir 60 orchestra members and hundreds of volunteers, they

survey is a senior policy analyst for africa and the middle east at the heritage foundation in harrisburg pennsylvania and he explains how and why the changes are being harassed for taxes. these are protection fees that local militias are charging businessmen or merchants in order to continue operating and so a lot like organized crime actually where they will these armed groups will come to a merchant and say if you don't want any trouble you want to be able to continue to do your business in peace you will have to pay us a tax protection fee of some $7.00 mount other weekly or monthly and that the refusal of these traders to continue paying this tax or pay a new $1.00 it's unclear exactly what the dynamics here are appears to have sparked this latest round of violence p.k. 5 has been a flashpoint in the capital bangui that has seen various levels of violence for years now the international peacekeeping the un peacekeeping operation there in the new sky the local or the federal government rather neither have been able to really bring peace and security to that restive area it was a. bast

joseph green jr., pastor and cofounder of the antioch assembly in harrisburg, pennsylvania, and chairn history federal commission. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> it is a privilege to be here before you on behalf of the 400-year african-american history commission and all the commissioners have one of these very beautiful pieces of garment that was custom made in ghana and sent to us, so they're very appreciative of that, and on behalf of my family, my wife gwendolyn, my mother, my daughter shayla, and more importantly my granddaughter eden, and the reason i mention eden is because as we are here today to honor our ancestors, we are also here to write a new history for our children's children. [ applause ] yesterday i was at the tucker family memorial, and it was so impactful, and i was so taken by the heaviness and the weightiness of that. it was such a honorable occasion, and i appreciate you guys for sharing, but the same scripture that came to my mind while i was at the tucker family cemetery is the same scripture that i think is appropriate for today, and so as i -- as we in

have tom from harrisburg, pennsylvania, independent. caller: good morning.hink the problem with the democratic party which i used to , i'm seeing these other brainless -- hijacked party. donald trump's platform was the democratic platform in the 80's and 90's america first. if president obama ran in the democratic primary he could not win the democratic primary. that is how far left the democrats of gone. agree.: i it is a wear of world where republicans act like democrats and democrats -- doug: what issues? trump does. phillip: the republican party is behind him. the president has nominated five openly gay ambassadors, would that have happened in a 2004 administration? probably not. he signed the first step act which is mandatory minimums which affects a large proportion of african-americans. that was something i don't believe a republican would have signed in the past. it is a sort of bizarro world in a good way. these are good steps the republican party needs to take. >> one thing is averting a touchdown with -- shutdown -- >> the democrats should get som