in the 1970s, lorain, ohio, 30 miles from cleveland was a boom town.assembled 40 vans, before it thunderbird and the mercury cougar. creating thousands of good-paying, blue collar jobs. even after the ford plant closed in 2005, the town was anchored by two big steel plants, u.s. steel, and republic steel that have been around since the 1890s. but all of that has changed. so i want to start out by asking you guys to raise your hand if you work or ever worked at u.s. steel. all right. now raise your hand if you've ever worked or work at republic steel. all right. now i want you to raise your hand if you still work at either of those places. one guy. lee simons was recently forced to retired when republic steel shut down operations. shedding 200 jobs. >> when i grew up, i thought it was a place that was going to be there forever. when i personally started in the plant, we had 8,300 people working. >> went from manufacturing to dollar stores. that's the job, dollar stores. >> driving through this town of 64,000 people, it's hard to miss the number of dolla

would be assassinatedbalcony of the lorain hotel in memphis. >> still wrestling with my own -- difficulties. one day i was on the phone with jim about something or another. and i said to him, jim, how do you feel about the fact that -- that you were the one who invited martin there. and the pastor and friend that he is. he is probably picked up what i was stroog to struggle with. was trying to struggle with. what was clear to me, martin wanted to come to memphis. he said when i first call martin to invite him, he was in the staff meeting. and i can hear the voices, just booming on to the telephone. martin, tell him you can't come. martin, we have got too much to do. martin. just say no, martin. and he said, martin -- pay no attention and said okay, let's arrange it. and i was not forcing martin. it was not me primarily, martin saw those garbage workers and knew he wanted to stand with them. knew he needed to stand with them. and a burden off of my shoulders, because i too knew that this is what martin wanted, needed, to say. and -- with all of the people who said he shouldn't, if he was wil

host: stevens calling in from lorain, ohio honor democratic line. hi, steve. caller: good morning, eleanor. admirer of your liberal stance. i have one statement and a question i wanted to ask you. i really believe that the american people who had half a brain would still be catholics. [laughter] that they aref going to put a mexican imports, what do they think the largest import from mexico is? piÑata's? it is criminal. tax with 20% import spike the gasoline cost to over three dollars a gallon. senate president kenya really get irritated with trump's fiascoes, i think he may just put all of that oil on a tanker and send it to china. [laughter] what do you think we would be paying for gas then? [laughter] guest: i think you make some excellent points there. president trump approaches this as though he has got all of the cards and he is a dominant player, but mexico has some leverage over us, and you point on a very big one, and that is gas prices. you have gas prices go up and see how quickly the american people respond to that one. host: in usa today, they rep

lorain county fire says the creek has risen to 16 feet. officials say debris buildup will likely cause this creek to spell its banks. they urge people in the area to use caution. the novato creek is bursting at the seams. a viewer sent us this picture of flooding shutting down highway 37. if you take video of the wild weather in your neighborhood or even photos, you can send it to us by using the free kron 4 mobile app. >>> the rain and winds over the last 24 hours have caused the scaffolding at at least three different locations to come crashing down. on the left side of your screen, you can see what the scaffolding looks like before it fell. the right side shows you what it looked like afterward. these photos were taken in california in san francisco by janet campbell, who was out walking her dog. doesn't appear anyone was injured by the debris. in addition, scaffolding came down at 7th and market. this picture was taken by shane perry. again, no one was hurt here but there were road closures in the area as crews worked to make sure the

. >> lorain. >> they sound like the periodic table of the elements. >> are you ready.cheering] sdmshgs gavin, i don't know what to say about that. periodic table and dow joan and doomsday. >> he covered it. >> i don't know what to say. see what they are doing there. cat, you have been on the show few new year's before. are you giving tyrus information on how to hand itle >> i have hand warmers all over my body. >> posture is everything and stand tall. >> absolutely. >> new year and when everybody expects it to be different a lot of people are back here having a good time and standing here for your whole life. and how long are we standing here. >> from 9:30. >> 9:30 a.m. you just said 9:30 in the morning. >> i am good. i am good. i never done anything that long. that's commitment. you are not afraid of commitment? >> not all. you have to do it or go home. >> you have leg cramps. >> i am pretty cool. >> and cat. can can you ask her a question. >> important question. are they planet fitness. >> that's not what we want to know. >> purple and yello. >> not what we want to k

i would also like to recognize lorain voles and steve collins, leaders at this university. thank you for being here as well. we are also joined this evening and i look forward to hearing from him later for his perspective, just before we go to student questions and audience questions for our panelists, when we have our panelists up, professor stephen roberts who for years was with the "new york times," that's where i met him when he was covering, when we were both covering the reagan white house. you have covered how many presidents in one form or another? he can't remember. he does not go back to mckinley which is when white house press first started covering from in the white house but i look forward to hearing that. i want to thank college republicans and college democrats for producing this and presenting this evening with us, so thank you both, college democrats and republicans. the fact that this event is presented by smpa and this university and by college democrats and college republicans is a testament to what we are all about and why we're here. which is to create