we see innovators like jon in new bedford, they're really leading the way.ith covid, i think we're seeing a large innovation emerging from cities. we were the first city to have an eviction moratorium. in l.a. they're testing using really rapid low-cost testing that i think could be informative if we can adopt it as a way to make predictions on outbreaks ahead of time. a lot of mayors are really willing to take risks because they know the consequences are too great if they don't. i hope that now with a new federal administration we're going to have a president and an administration that's going to embrace the innovation that's happening in cities throughout the country to address these crises. >> mayor liccardo, mayor mitchell, thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> it was a delight to have you. i was excited to learn about your two cities. thank you. >>> we have a great line-up for next week, so please mark your calendars. on monday president obama will be at "washington post" live at 11:30 in the morning eastern to talk about his new book, his mem

then, in the mid-1800s, certainly new bedford began to take over.hey were a number of things that happened on nantucket that ended the whaling business, one of those being the great fire of 1846, the discovery of gold in california that took so many men away from here, the discovery of oil in pennsylvania which produced kerosene and the civil war. a number of things happened in a short period of time the ended whaling on nantucket and new bedford was the next big whaling center. after that, san francisco also got into whaling, so it was over by the time of the civil war. forhy was it so uncommon the crewmembers to not know how to swim? >> that is a good question, i think that is true, i have heard that is true. you think about it now, all our children go in pools and oceans and take swimming lessons, but ocean were not using the around us as a resort or recreation, this was business, so i think probably the thought of learning to swim never occurred to them. >> some of them came from farms. >> right. question -- >> did women ever travel on whaling s

fighting, several hundred native americans gave themselves up to the authorities in modern-day new bedford. they thought this is what we were supposed to do if we are going to stay out of this. josiah and other authorities and plymouth colony would crowd them into a ship, sell them to the caribbean where they were sold as slaves to the sugar plantations. if you had told me two decades ago that slavery was an issue in the history of plymouth colony i would have been very surprised but it's sure. is in this 76 year span you see so much of what will be issues in america and is very confined space. when church heard about this enslavement of the indians, he was outraged. he said look, if we do this, this means no indian in his right mind will surrender to us. this will only prolong the war. that is exactly what would happen. native groups throughout new england of the were began to say philip may be right. the only alternative we have is to fight. it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. so, half the towns in new england would be burned and abandoned. in that first year it was just a terrifying t

. >> conrad grew up around the new fishing town of new bedford, massachusetts, where his father and grandfather run a tugboat and barge business. his dad said he was destined to take to the sea from day one. >> i think he was two days old and we took him on the tugboat. >> i was hoping he would take over the business some day. >> not only was conrad the first born, he was also the first grandchild. his aunt chrissy roy says his cousins adored him. >> my youngest henry would follow him around like a duck. he was the cousin that all of the kids look up to. >> but during his sophomore year in high school, her happy-go-lucky son started to change. >> his father and i got divorced and i don't know one child that doesn't get affected by divorce. >> he was 16 at time. >> yeah. and it is going through the hormones and he obviously had anxiety and depression. it just manifested at that time. >> he talked about it in this video diary. >> i feel like i'm definitely wired different from everyone else. like there is something wrong with me. >> it was at 16 while struggling with anxiety and depression that c

health experts ramping up testing across pennsylvania to try to slow the spread nbc nbc news's josh letterman in bedford, pennsylvania. how many people are getting tested a day >> reporter: up to 450 at each of five pop-up sites that are opening just this week it's quiet here now, but today we watched for more than nine hours as the line of cars spilled down the street into a parking lot at another nearby school one couple telling me they waited three hours here to get a covid test because while in major cities like philadelphia, pittsburgh, testing is generally available, for so many rural americans it is still the only option to go to a site like this. and it's pennsylvania setting another record for daily cases today. the doctor who set up this test site tells me the situation is spiraling out of control >> when we started coming here a few weeks ago we had 5%, 8%. we would really be concerned about 12%. but now the last couple of weeks before thanksgiving and after thanksgiving the numbers have gone up to 25%, 26% positivity rate it is a really big problem most of the people have full-blown ppe and

shutdown showdown at the end of the month with funding set to run out days before the new congress comes in? chris bedfordfederalist. good morning to you. two days before christmas where do you see things stand at this moment considering the president last night called this thing a disgrace? >> this is a place where people on the hard left and people on the conservative right are largely in agreement on this bill being a disgrace. congress over the past number of years has basically given up on doing its job. the judiciary and executive do everything do it for them and they throw checks out the door. it was an embarrassing bill. the amount of money that went to things it shouldn't have been going toward. a lot of people have to work on christmas. a sad thing. a lot of people have to work on christmas eve which is a sad thing. congress i don't feel bad on this matter. they set up so they could even pop in from vacation on their laptops. it looks like they'll have to get back to work and slow down their vacations a little bit and get this done. the american people need it. while $600 is nothing to sneeze it

new york. castro banned christmas. there is lot of strange associations going on in georgia. a lot of mud just like we expect. elizabeth: chris bedfordo see you. up next former u.s. attorney brett tolman joins us on vaccines coming on strong. this as states like california has the worst covid outbreak and tightest restriction in the country. more americans protest botched shutdowns saying to lawmakers we're going to shut you down. we're going to toss you out of government. the story next. now is the time for a new bath from bath fitter. every bath fitter bath is installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. go from old to new. from worn to wow. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. we've been creating moments like these for 35 years, and we're here to help you get started. book your free virtual or in-home design consultation today. save without even leaving your house. just keep your phone and switch to xfinity mobile. you can get it by ordering a free sim card online. once you activate, you'll only have to pay for the data you need starting a

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bedford, like to see you coming back on soon. you're great. thanks for your insights. >> thank you. elizabeth: coming up former u.s. attorney brett tolman on newmountings over exactly where the hunter biden probe is headed in a joe biden presidency as the president-elect dodges reporters about two separate investigations. we have press secretary kayleigh mcenany going after "the new york times" and "the washington post" for covering up the biden stories before the election. other media did too. we got the story next. >> these associations and the millions of dollars that passed between and among hunter biden, james biden and others create criminal financial and counterintelligence and extortion concerns. that's why i have written to the justice department about the risks that hunter and james biden essentially served as agents of the communist government for purposes of their registering under the foreign agents registration act. some hot cocoa? mom, look! are you okay? head home this holiday with the one you love. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event. help the

some of these people in bedford had been told to evacuate them home some were rescued from their cars and they are evacuation centers set up i believe but also at the same time this new strain that we are told is more transmissible so these people are out of their homes maybe in these rescue centers increasing the likelihood of transmission expression or a toll that so many people asymptomatic but many people in the u.k. will be waking up to these dramatic scenes of flooding there's been 2 danger to life warnings protected by the meterological office here which is the u.k.'s national weather service and 98 further flood warnings now in many of these areas the rivers rivers have been rising. and people have been told to evacuate their homes or leave if they can again and tear for this been power cuts in some areas train services either delayed or canceled and also we've been told that this possible delays for 1st services between dover and cali in france and taking into account last week's destruction because of covert 19 that could be quite significant many people in these areas already had to spend christmas alone or within their own household bubbles and this is a

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