also, noting the rating actions in the hartford.reciate the reductions for 2023 are a result of evaluating the experience. >> thank you. >> any questions or comments? hearing none, i will open up the item to public comment. >> thank you, president follansbee. instructions will be displayed and i will read them out loud. >> public comment be is available for each item on the n agenda. all public comments to the item presented. there is no obligation to engage in dialogue with the caller. state your name clearly. you may remain anonymous. when your three minutes end you will be placed on mute and we will unmute the next caller. go sfgovtv to view. you can dial 415-655-0001. access code 24842306521. press pound, pound. you will enter as attendee and dial star 3 to be added the queue. when your line is unmuted this is your time to speak. please continue to wait until the system indicated you are unmuted. we have a 45 second delay online. we will take a 45 second pause to catch up. it begins now. >> the pause ended. moderator will notify

i mean walk into any state capital you can pick hartford. i know you were in kansas recently you can go to any state capital in the country and you will see that the next century of american life is being talked about and decided upon without any input from the stakeholders in that future without any input from the taxpayers of tomorrow. i think that's a real problem. right if you're not at the table, you're on the menu, right? that's the same and and i think you know you bring up a good point of having the energy behind you right of the the people who believe in your passion in your vision. we talked about some of the mechanics of getting a campaign started and part of that is is building a team around you part of that is raising money and for most candidates, it's their least favorite part of the job fundraising and i think in the book you you describe a scene where you launch your campaign in your dorm room and completely just tap into what was i think for for you at the time an impossible sum that you raised specifically from from young

i was in a restaurant yesterday in connecticut in hartford. anybody that's been to hartford knows about [inaudible] it's closed because it can't get restaurant revitalization refunding. replenishing that is critical. i'm grateful but also to senator wicker it is a bipartisan measure and we need to do it. democrats have lead on this issue just to take one part of the program. i want to talk about president biden's appointments to the court. no president in american history has made appointments as diverse as president biden. this morning and the judiciary committee we had a testimony tem three women nominees in the federal bench. one, a woman of japanese descent whose parents were interned during world war ii. another native american woman who grew up on a navajo reservation. these kinds of appointees have broken new ground. never before have, has any president made the federal bench look like the people of america. this diversity is inclusive and strengthens the federal bench. and that's what president biden will do with his nominee to the uni

of conviviality and of intellectual exchange that was happening among many people at that time in hartford. thank you for that. and for people who might not know nook farm is the neighborhood here in hartford where both harriet beecher stowe and mark twain and his family lived right across the lawn from one another. so the harry petristo center is now museum dedicated to the heritage does legacy and of course the bartraine has read across salon supporting and furthering mark twain's legacy. so thank you for bringing that up. yes. i can't believe i forgot because i remember doing research on nook farm and now it's all coming back to me. oh well has have you been to have you been to book farm? no, i want to and i love the idea of you know writing on a billiard table. so i'm desperate to visit. we'd love to have human peter. you've been here right the mark twain house. i have driven by i haven't been inside. okay, i have to come by peter and i will take a field trip together. there we go. yes, you are invited anytime and we're gonna hold you to that. so thank you and i know jen matos is gonna

i want you both to promise to come to hartford and visit. thank you both. i can't imagine if you didn't want to purchase this book before this conversation that you're not itching to do so now. the link has been reposted in the chat. take advantage of that opportunity. i want to thank our co-hosts for joining us this evening. thank you to all of you who made donations to split between the two organizations. this has been a real banner evening. thank you so much. >> thank you, jennifer. thank you, jess. congratulations again. >> thank you. >> we'll see you next time. hopefully in person. >>> recently on our author interview program, michelle easton offered her thoughts on how to pass down conservative values to young women. here is a portion of the program. >> the core principles, religious, faith and freedom are linked. they are linked in a policy sense. they are linked in a personal sense with young women. young women who think a lot about self-esteem and we hear a lot about this in the schools, especially the government schools. okay, self-esteem is okay

. >> reporter: at the south end senior center in hartford, connecticut, rising prices have seniors likear-old hyacinth yennie feeling the burn. >> you look at your electrical bill, you look at your gas bill, you look now-- especially now, food bill. it's ridiculous. >> i like hamburger. >> reporter: retired utility worker mark demaio. >> it's up a dollar a pound. so, i cut back. >> reporter: in kennerdell, pennsylvania, where backwoods broadband is intermittent? >> i live in the country, that happens sometimes. >> reporter: 34-year-old hannah schall says she c't cut back on formula for her nine-month-old. but the price... >> it used to be, you know, $35. now we're paying $50. so that's $15 in nine months. that's crazy. >> reporter: and in greenville, south carolina, schall's fellow millennial, non-profit development manager amanda rice, got a rude awakening in december shopping for a used car. >> so, i didn't realize how expensive it was until i saw the 2021. i was like, hold on, that's around the same price that they're selling the 2015. >> reporter: car she needed for her side gig as

i started working for an aerospace company with the aircraft in hartford, connecticut. i'm sure you have been on planes , any american airlines, any plane. my point is that -- i retired at 45 years. i started right out of high school, went to an apprenticeship. when we were talking about it in the late 1980's, they were talking about automation. we had a study joint with the company. automation, what does that mean? you are going to have less people in more automation. what are you going to do with these people? you are going to have less workers, but you have automation. some of these people are in their 40's. they are not ready for retirement. they say we are going to retrain everybody. we are going to have better jobs. you say that. if you have a machine that replaces five workers, you got 20 or 30 of these machines with four plans. you have one machine that can do five, 6, 7 employees' worth of work. strong negotiation. we told them no. these people have high school education. some don't. they are not like a toolmaker or electrician. we want to hammer out some of th

a place like boston or hartford, roughly a foot of snow coming in for us.ighest elevations could pick up a foot and a half of snow. hard to believe, norah, we're talking about this kind of snow, considering temperatures today were pushing 70 in many locations, so we're going from spring-like weather, right back to winter. >> o'donnell: yeah, roller coaster, mike bettes, thank you. well, more parts of the country are dropping indoor mask requirements. soon, only hawaii will have a mandate. the nation's largest county, los angeles, has new guidance that will allow fully vaccinated people to remove their masks in indoor places like restaurants where they have to show proof. and in new york city-- this is new-- the mayor tonight is signaling he wants to get rid of the big apple's mask mandate altogether. and listen up, target shoppers. the retail giant announced today it is dropping its mask mandates. customers and employees won't be required to wear masks, as long as local laws permit it. and tonight, a new study is highlighting a growing worry over the long-t

um, so the next one has a couple votes in our question answer forum, and it said, how did hartford become insurance capital united states? so i am an expert in the really early part of this which is hard for being on a river right so lots and lots of early new england towns on. richardson but also in connecticut if you were a town on the river you are gonna possibly have a little insurance brokerage or once the age of incorporating begins. you might have a little corporation and or a bigger corporation or a corporations. that's next to your local bank, which is again one way that the higher stratum of early local merchants managed to or choosing to pool and manage their risks and make money at the same time. so they a lot of times these. corporations depend on local knowledge as they get started. my understanding is that harford becomes a big insurance capital later in the 19th century, and so first by the it so industrialization really fuels the fire insurance business when big corporations start needing fire insurance and paying a lot for it. so insurance becomes big money that way life

thank you. chose to hartford reports now from khaki eve and how a small but patriotic gathering marked unity day. oh, oh, upon us young brother's fate shall yet smile our enemies will perish, liked you. in the morning, some words of the ukrainian national anthem o koya was national dress of the ceremony in a park in the eastern city of hold give the gathering was held to mark what the ukranian president volota may zalinski called a day of unity. the flag was raised from half mast soldiers stood to attention after the national anthem, a singer tried to rouse the crowd with a popular song about morale and peace. ah, but only a few people came to watch. after posing for photographs, the choir began to leave. joe, for the unity of our country, they want to be united. we want to be very united, nearby, outside the tent, where for years people have signed up for the army and donated money. poster of the russian president and his bell rouge and ally and fellow neighbor of ukraine. but the city is calm. this before in the field, it's quiet as usual, is just a normal routine day people whacking

rob is live in hartford tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. it's so different from the blizzard we had here just this past weekend. these pulses kind of ridjestamst long duration and very, very large event with cold air included. those alerts you mentioned, we got them up now for 35 states from maine all the way to mexico. winter storm warnings. look at that ice storm warning. flood watches and tornado watches. this storm has it all. the rough stuff now moving through alabama, will get into georgia. the pinks go all the way down to southeast texas just outside of houston. icy conditions from memphis all the way in through cincinnati. i do expect more power outages tonight as the ice and snow piles up. the rain turns to an icy mix in the morning along the big cities, new york to boston. i expect over a foot of snow in northern new york and northern new england, but as this thing pushes through, the bigger story is going to be the cold air catching up to that moisture. we could see a flash freeze in some of these areas as temperatures drop throu

hartford, boston north could see upwards of a foot of snow. before this thing ends friday night.>> the wind on your mic, a sign of what's to come, rob, thank you. >>> when we come back here on the news tonight, the deadly helicopter crash at a u.s. navy >>> we also have news on the queen's health tonight. i could've waited to tell my doctor i had leg pain just walking the dog... but i didn't wait. i could've put off telling my doctor my leg was red and swollen just doing the crossword... but i didn't wait. they told their doctors. and found out their symptoms... leg pain, swelling and redness - were deep vein thrombosis. a blood clot which could travel to the lungs and lead to a pulmonary embolism. which could cause chest pain or discomfort, or difficulty breathing - and be deadly. if you have one or more of these symptoms, contact your doctor. this is no time to wait. age-related macular degeneration may lead to severe vision loss. and if you're taking a multivitamin alone, you may be missing a critical piece. preservision. preservision areds 2 contains the only clinically prove

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>> fentanyl is impacting every corner of the country on january 15th in neighboring hartford connecticutrdosed in a school bathroom. even more shocking, police have now reportedly found 100 bags of the powerful substance in his bedroom. >> another gear people that are watching, someone who may be using right now and that's watching, if you had one thing tell them just one thing -- what would that one thing be? >> keep fighting. don't give up. because might not have worked the last time but doesn't mean you can't get it -- you have to keep trying. but tomorrow might never come so -- you've got to do it now. not plan it out. it is never going to be enough. lawrence: thank you so much. i appreciate it. britney i know you're waving tonight it was an honor to meet you and i want you to thank you for having courage to talk about your journey. britney's story is one of recovery and hope. she got a second chance. but for many people who encounter fentanyl there's no second chance it took only one encounter with this drug to end it all for my next guest -- 19-year-old daughter. tragically killed

this is a new very embryonic cloth manufactory, textile manufactory in hartford so he gets from them to send them some dark brown cloth out of which he creates the suit in which he will be and i generated. it is as drab and nondescript as you can have. in front of federal hall to be inaugurated, to see him suddenly not as resplendent, with gold and a bullets on his shoulders now this drab suit as washington admitted, not of the greatest cloth whatsoever but it was american-made and that was his point. washington from the beginning realized he was tiptoeing and wanted to project this are of being in command but also wanted to make sure he wasn't accused of being a king. he had to be of the people. presidents to this day are flirting with that edge. this is the nature of what was created in america. how you project this are a of command and yet to be one of the people and washington established, played that role beautifully. and thank goodness he was our first president because there are a few people capable of that kind of seeing it so clearly. >> host: as a federalist he had to deal

hartford, connecticut, snow, sleet, freezing rain, 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon, and storm totals three to six inches, boston, six to 10 inches, periods of heavy snow ending by the evening. we're looking generally at about six to 12 inches of snow for burlington, the mountains of vermont could see 18 inches. icing continues. big problems this morning. and we're going to have airport delays boston, new york, newark, baltimore, washington, and the roads, i-90, i-87 and i-95, all are a real mess. we're going to get your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds >>> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have freezing temperatures, very cold air, especially for our inland valleys, we've dropped down to 25 in fairfield. we're in the upper 20s in the north bay. but then take a look at our afternoon. it's going to be nice. reaching the low 60s, especially compared to the start of the morning. and we do continue to warm up over the next few days with upper 60s, watching for rain chances by the middle of next week. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. >>> comi

. >> at the south end senior center in hartford, can get, rising prices have seniors like hyacinth feeling look at your electrical bill. you look at your gas bill. especially now, food bill, it is ridiculous. >> retired utility worker mark demeo. >> it is up a dollar a pound so i cut back. >> in kennard dale, pennsylvania where backwoods broadband is intermittent should >> i live in the country so that happens sometimes. >> 34-year-old hannah says she cannot cut back on formula for her nine month old but the price -- >> it used to be $35 peered know we are paying 50 up to that is $15 in nine-month. that is crazy. >> in greenville, south carolina, a fellow millennial got a rude awakening in december shopping for used car. >> i did not realize how expensive it was. i said hold on, that is around the same price as 2015. >> a car she needed for her sidekick as a ride-share driver. >> because of what is happening in our economy right now. >> what is happening is inflation. more money bitting up fewer goods and services. covid inflation pay the government printing and rolling out more money to p

and there was a new, very embryonic cloth manufacture, textile manufacturing and hartford. and he asks for them to send him some dark brown cloth out of which he creates the suit in which he will be inaugurated in. and it's as drab and nondescript as you can have. and i think it must have been a bit of a shock for people when he stepped out of the carriage in front of federal hall to be inaugurated, to see him suddenly, not as resplendent but golden it bullets on his so shoulders, but this drab suit that was, as washington admitted, not of the greatest cloth whatsoever, but it was american made. that was his point. and that was the -- washington, from the beginning realized, it was -- he was tiptoeing the line where he wanted to project this or of being in command, but he also wanted to make sure that he wasn't accused of being a king. he had to be of the people. and i think presidents to this day are flirting with that edge. and this is the nature of what was created in america. how you project this aura of command, and yet are one of the people. washington, i think, estab

if it took a party's at his home here in hartford, i'm guessing with his family that he was raising there. he probably did not do that. i for the big city. okay. oh, i'm so glad we got to look at that photograph together. and again, maybe somebody will have some insights as to what was going on there and how that came to be taken. so please pay by does. please share. let us know. so uh audience any more questions um, i i just wanted to say that. i really had had again. i only knew of bakelite as material for poker chips and earrings and necklaces and pins and stuff that i like to buy but hadn't really thought about the other applications and implications and how fascinating and how interesting that all of you have gravitated in one way or another to research study and know more about this the phenomenon and and this material what's next. what can we expect for many of you bake a light related or otherwise? above mentioned initiative well, certainly the the lh bacon project is a group of folks that hugh has assembled together, and we're interested in keeping the dialogue open about the use

that will be held in hartford, connecticut next month, and they're also going to have "sabrina the teenageat? >> the '90s-con. >> nostalgic. >>> you remember cady heron from "mean girls"? the actress was just in a planet fitness super bowl commercial, lindsay lohan. the actress just joined tiktok and left us shocked at how she pronounced her name. it's lindsay lohan. not lohan. >> we still having that debate? >> i'm so confused by all of that. >> what? >> the pronunciation of her name. >> lohan. >> she just corrected us all. >> after 3 1/2 decades. >> stand up for yourself. >> that's right. >> good to see you, will. >> good to see you. we'll be right back. k. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible... with rybelsus®. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar bels® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop rybelsus® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling

a husky win in hartford. >> r.g. cole to help uconn hold off eighth ranked villanova. the first win since the 2017 ncaa tournament. >>> brian flores is now saying he left a lot of money on the table when he refused to sign a separation agreement and dismissal from the miami dolphins that would have kept him from talking about his treatment in miami. here's what flores told bryant gumbel, since he took on that job with the steelers in pittsburgh. >> i was surprised to learn with the dolphins you were asked to sign a nda. a nondisparagement agreement. >> just silenced me. >> how much money were you leaving on the table by not choosing to sign that agreement. >> a lot. >> a good amount of money? >> what's a lot of money? >> millions of dollars. >> to coach flores' credit he wasn't going to sign that because he wanted -- it wasn't about the money, if it was about the money, he would have signed it. what he did, instead, he filed this lawsuit so he could help other coaches now and in the future. >> we're now hearing from the dolphins about that. they're saying these challen

. >>> now, let's bring it back stateside for an upset on the college court in beautiful hartford connecticute eighth ranked huskies conference winning streak dating back to march of 2013. the longest in ncaa women's basketball history. >>> major league baseball labor negotiations are finally set to resume this weekend, after an 11-day break. the saturday session in new york will be just the fifth on core economics since the lockout started on december 2nd. there is virtually no chance spring training workouts can begin as scheduled next wednesday but there is still hope for an ontime start to the season with opening day scheduled for march 31st. they better hustle. the commissioner is expected to hold a news conference later today. >>> meanwhile, as the football world gears up for super bowl lvi between the los angeles rams and the cincinnati bengals this sunday on nbc coming to us live from los angeles, the nfl commissioner roger goodell speaking outside so-fi stadium yesterday addressed questions about the league's lack of diversity which dominated recent headlines overshadowed the game an

the hartford was halfway into the bay when there was a muffled thump and the ship immediately to his right, the tecumsah reared up out of the water, stern rose up, propeller still spinning and shot down like an arrow taking most of its crew with it, sunk by a confederate torpedo, perhaps designed by hunter davidson. when that happened, the ship directly farrah gut stopped and began to back down. the ships are in a line ahead formation. when the lead ships begin backing down, you can imagine the chaos likely to ensue. this is when farrah gut took matters in hand in order to have it steam past the brooklyn directly into the marked mine field. her captain called across to tell him there were torpedos dead ahead, to which fair gut replied -- >> damn the torpedos, full steam ahead! [ laughter ] >> give me a minute. here's the thing to remember about that moment. this was not an act of unthinking bluster, a kind of forlorn charge. it was a practical response to a swiftly evolving circumstance. it was absolutely the right decision. any other decision would have led to chaos, stop, try to tu

i went to trinity college in hartford, connecticut. ri colso who's got the privileg? exactly.onth this is someone who's not capable of thinking i clearly or expressing yourself clearly or writing a coherent sentencef c and she got into harvard. so it does tell you that our system is producing isin elevating and producing likeg, the most mediocre people imaginable. that's the core problem. and they run everyryrt american institution. these people have been brought up through a system that is ht is compliantate brain dead dumb leaders and it's doing that veryat effectively. : think the american people, given what we're facing this push for higher and higher energy prices because the left thinks ten dollars a gallon isn't high enough? i mean, they want they want gas to be so unaffordable that we're all going around in those green scooters all day long. so so do you think when they're facing those high gas prices at the pumps and heating oil at homeme, do you think any of this the war drums beating ishet going to bring people along to biden's cause, the democrat party ? >