our stop in new bedford, massachusetts, the sign outside they're hiring.it has now for three decades. 800 workers, cut and sew more than 1,000 men's suits every day for the man joseph aboud. we went to find the man. >> what a success story? after all these years? >> that's a form of survival isn't it. 30 years. >> reporter: aboud suits made in america. the new bedford factory 30 miles from where he grew up and where he discovered his high school, voted him best dressed. >> we looked back at your high school yearbook. >> yes, okay. thank you for doing that. >> pretty prophetic, right? >> amazing, yes. best dressed. it was, i always thought that d after years of success, he sold his business. his trademark, had to stay good-bye to employees. later began working with men's warehouse. >> you left, never thought you would work with your name again. >> never knew if i would. didn't know. >> reporter: the incredible thing. it would turn out, the owner of men's warehouse would buy aboud's trademark back, reuniting the man with his brand and americ >> when i walked

>> reporter: our made in america team all across new england, our stop in new bedford, massachusetts.outside, they're hiring. inside the factory coming to life just as it has now for three decades. 800 workers cut and sew more than 1,000 men's suits every day for the brand joseph abboud. >> what a success story after all these years. >> that's a form of survival, isn't it, 30 years. >> reporter: for 30 years abboud suits have been made in america. the new bedford factory just 30 miles from where he grew up and from where we discovered his high school voted him best dressed. >> we looked back at your high school year book. >> oh, yes, okay. thank you for doing that. >> prophetic, right? >> that's amazing. >> best dressed. >> best dressed. i always thought that dressing well opened doors. >> reporter: and it did. and after years of success, he sold his business, his trademark, but had to say good-bye to his employees. later he began working for men's warehouse. >> you never thought you would work with your name again. >> i never knew if i would. >> that's the incredible thing. >> yeah.

and tonight, our stop in new bedford, massachusetts. the sign right outside, they're hiring.he factory coming to life, just as it has now for 3 decades, 800 workers cut and sew more than 1,000 men's suits every day here for the brand, joseph abboud. and we went to find the man behind it. >> what a success story after all these years. >> you know that's a form of survival, isn't it? you know 30 years. >> reporter: for 30 years, abboud's suits, made in america. the new bedford factory, just 30 miles from where he grew up, where his high school voted him best dressed. >> we looked back at your high school yearbook. >> oh, yes. okay, thank you for doing that. >> pretty prophetic right. >> well, it's amazing. >> best dressed. >> i always thought that dressing will open doors. >> reporter: and it did. and after years of success, he sold his business, his trademark, but had to say good-bye to his employees. later, he began working with men's wearhouse. >> you left. you never thought you would work with your name again. >> i never knew if i would. yeah, i didn't know. >> that's the i

john from bedford, new hampshire. good morning. republican line. guest: good morning, john. caller: yes, good morning. thank you for c-span. a question i have is about 75% of americans, correct me if i'm wrong if my numbers are incorrect, but i'd say the vast majority of americans have health care through their employer. i am a small business owner. my wife is a school teacher. we have insurance through her. through the whole process of negotiating with their district, their coverage has been getting decreased more and more because of things like the cadillac tax. so with all that being said, is there a long-range plan of thinking about how the obama care is going to affect people who have insurance because many of those people being covered are going to be affected in the long haul because their insurance is being decreased and there are some places that are just going to say, i'm going to pay the penalty. here's a few pennies. figure it out. thank you. host: thank you. guest: that is a great point. employer sponsored health care plans is between 45% and 50% of those who ha

arthel: christopher bedford, editor-in-chief for the daily caller news foundation.re we go, a call for a coherent strategy in syria including dealing with isis there, but president trump saying, listen, flexibility is key. so who gets their way and on what does it depend? >> so "the new york times" have gotten pretty excited, but i wouldn't think this is the beginning of a war. trump really doesn't want to get involved with a war, in a war with syria. it's way too complicated on the ground. russia's got a say, iran, al-qaeda, hezbollah, isis, assad, all these different forces, and part of his campaign promise was not getting us entangled in another middle east war, at least dramatically. and now we've seen russia -- which was publicly embarrassed by these people, -- by this, thy had people on the base. guys, never do this again. if you do this, there'll be a reaction. to so trump probably doesn't want to get involved and he's going to try and avoid this unless assad breaks the rules again, and he doesn't have a good reason to. arthel: at some point world leaders wil

bedford stifereson. she was a woman of high distinction and real new yorker, a real brooklynite. survived by three children and nine grandchildren who will never forget her kindness and love. i, too, was very fortunate in my youth to have been a part of the extended family of the williams. i befriended their youngest daughter and we grew up together in the quintessential village that raised its children in the prospect community of brooklyn where we were neighbors. mrs. williams and her family embraced me and reinforced the values of my home and family. she shared the expectations of becoming highly educated and well-rounded young adults, always encouraging through conversations filled with laughter. her support and encouragement helped me in my formative years to focus on my educational goals and lifelong aspirations. o my dearest cheryl conrad and celeste, i extend my deepest, most profound condolences. now she's returned to the ancestors, let us always remember her timeless pursuit of public service. . for familiar her love for family and community, she's now in the arms of go

to various programs in bedford stuyvesant, in the south bronx, you know, anti-poverty programs, programs designed to get the kids into college, that kind of thing. so he went to new york every dah just like the other dads, but his job was very different. he was very active in the civil rights movement also. so my mom, everybody always asks -- not everybody, but aev question i am often asked is where did you get your sense of humor. and my dad was a funny guy, he. appreciated humor, but my mom was funny. she was edgy funny. she was what they called a housewife. she had four kids, raised four kids in new york. she cooked dinner for us every night, washed the clothes, d cleaned the house. but she was funny. she was college-educated, she went to the university of nebraska. she was a stenographer in thetep manhattan project in chicago. she worked at the university of chicago where they had the reactor in the basement? she claimed, i don't know why she would lie, she was not a person -- she claims she once took dictation from fermi. she had security clearance. anyway, after she and dad got married, they moved to new york because dad worked in new yorkrk city. and she w

news and discussion. it still won't be warm today, we start off frosty in the south of the uk, this was a typical scene in bedfordand east, 1a degrees possible for edinburgh, typically 11 celsius under the cloud. the cloud brings bands of showers this evening. they clear away from the east of the uk, keep a few showers out towards wales, the west country, west of scotland, the lowest temperatures in the east, two or three degrees in rural areas, a chilly start, early sunshine, some coastal showers perhaps, some towards wales, western scotland, south—west england, those would amount to much, most places will be dry today, the cloud could limit the sunshine to a certain extent, dry and bright for the most pa rt extent, dry and bright for the most part with sunshine at times and those temperatures creeping up to 15 possible in the south of england. the start of the weekend looks like this, dry weather, sunshine at times, it will be milder, the breeze will strengthen and that is the simple part of the weather this weekend, stronger winds likely, lifting this temperatures, threat of rain particularly towards the south