busch was born in new haven, connecticut.ugh signs that called attention to him being from there turned out to be an awkward, crammed gesture. they were not welcome. he did not really want to be known as being the president from new haven born at the yale hospital. his official bio made no mention of where he was born, no mention of new haven, yale, connecticut, just that he was raised in midland, texas. that he's from texas line was one of the psychological sidebars of the presidential era era. before he started running for president in nineteen ninety nine, they decided they ought to build him his very own texas ranch palace on a fifteen hundred acre parcel outside of waco. he didn't even move in until after he became president but that ranch, while it was under construction, helped him to find himself as superduper texan and outdoorsy during the campaign. that was part of the presidential rollout, especially for his run for president. he didn't move into it until after he started being president president. once he was no l

from connecticut decided she wanted her state to pay tribute to the new president of the united states, george w. bush. she wanted connecticut to put up signs along the interstate leading into new havenquote, welcome to new haven, birthplace of george w. bush, 43rd approximated president of the united states. although george w. push is most often thought of and affiliated with the great state of texas, where he was governor, president george w. bush was actually born in new haven, connecticut. those signs that called attention to him being from there turned out to be kind of an awkward grand gesture on connecticut's part. george w. bush didn't really want to be known as being the president from new haven who was born at the yale hospital. his official white house bioat the time made no mention of where he was born. no mention of new haven, no mention of yale, no mention of connecticut. it just raised that he was raised in midland, texas. the he's from texas line turned out to be one of the more interesting psychological sidebars of the george w. bush era. just before he started running for president in 1999, they decided they ought to build him his very own texas ranch palace on a 15

33rd streets, it will have 122 rooms and the very first one was called the study at yale in new haven connecticut. still to come on "action news" at noon, video from inside of a commercial jet that filled with smoke, how delta is expected to explain the scary flight for passengers and the scam involving girl scout cookies and the accusations against a father coming up. and melissa magee is back with a closer look at the seven-day forecast including mothers day when "action news" at noon continues in just a moment. woman: i was tired of my chronic constipation and the way it made me feel the discomfort the bloating the straining. i'd just felt this way for too long. so i finally talked to my doctor about my symptoms. i'd tried laxatives before. he prescribed amitiza (lubiprostone) for my chronic constipation. it works differently than laxatives. man: amitiza is clinically shown to help relieve common symptoms like bloating abdominal discomfort hard stools, and straining and help people with chronic constipation go more often. don't take amitiza, if you have a bowel blockage or severe diarrhea. tel

amtrak has installed the system on all 156 miles of rail between new haven connecticut and boston, but on on 50 meals of the 226 mile track between washington d.c. and new york. it is not in place at the location where the sent occurred. amtrak chief joe boardman defended the company's progress on positive train chrome. >> i believe we'll be the only railroad to have positive train control in the northern hemisphere. >>> the national transportation safety board said the man at the control of the train has dread -- agreed to talk to investigators. >> we look board to talking to him. we feel that will provide us a lot of information. >> reporter: one thing investigators don't know is was the engineer 32-year-old brandon bastian, manually agreeing the speed prior to the accident. his attorney told al jazeera america that the crash left him with leg injuries 15 staples in his head and he has no memory of the accident. >> he does not remember deploying the emergency break. we know that it was deployed. the last thing he remembers is coming to looking for his bag. >> his attorney was not on

delaware and another between trenton, new jersey and new brunswick, new jersey, and then between new haven connecticut and boston. we're told it has not been installed anywhere in the philadelphia region including the curve where the accident happened today. and the ntsb just mentioned positive train control within the last hour for the first time in its press conference. >> we are very keen on positive train control. we feel if such a system had been installed in this part of the track this know would not have occurred. >> the big question now is if this section was supposed to get this technology any time in the near future, we are looking into it and we will keep you posted on what we final. news4 i-team. >> thank you. >>> a really serious traffic story developing this evening right here. the icc in montgomery don't has been close in the both directions near new hampshire avenue. a county dump truck hauling asphalt flipped over and crashed. the driver was pinned in the cab. firefighters rescued the driver from the truck. he is now in a hospital. he is said to be in critical condition. some of the w

amtrak installed the system on 156 miles between new haven connecticut and boston but only 50 miles of the 226 mile track between washington d.c. and new york. it is not in place at the location where the accident occurred. amtrak chief joe boardman defend the company's progress on positive train control. >> i believe we'll be the only railroad in the united states and northern hemisphere to have positive train control, and that has not been reported well. we have delivered a leadership roll in positive train control in the united states. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board said the engineer at the control of the train agreed to talk to investigators. that may happen in the next few days. >> we look forward to the opportunity to interview him. we appreciate the opportunity, we feel it will provide us a lot of information. one thing investigators don't know is was the engineer 32-year-old brandon bostian manually increasing the speed before the accident. his attorney sold abc news that the crash left him with leg injuries 15 staples in his head and a concussion, and he

sections of amtrak's heavily trafficked northeast corridor from new haven, connecticut to boston and philadelphia to washington have ptc installed. but not on the stretch of track where amtrak train 188 took a curve too quickly. >> we feel that had such a system been installed in this section of track this accident would not have occurred. >> reporter: experts say it could have saved lives. >> we expect to continue to get updates throughout the day from philadelphia. there are a number of ways to stay on top of this story. follow us on twitter and facebook and download the nbc washington app. >> right now police in prince george's county are asking for your help in finding a man wanted for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. the attack happened yesterday morning at an apartment building along brooks drive in forestville. take a look at this surveillance video. this is the man police are looking for. police say he has a tattoo on his left forearm and shoulder length dreadlocks. you can take another look, a closer look at the man on our nbc washington app. >> in just a few hours, c

between perryville maryland and delaware and brunswick, new jersey and new haven, connecticut, and boston, but it has not been installed anywhere in the philadelphia region. >> today, we are committing to, and i'm committing to meeting the requirement of train control that will happen on the northeast corridor by the end o ff this year. >>> congress did order the rail lines to install pct by 2008. >>> and as you might expect amtrak is working on the modified routes as there are routes between philadelphia and new york and those rail services have been canceled at this moment. >> and now, john boehner lashed out to those criticizing the cut of amtrack funds. >> are you really going to ask such a stupid question? it is all about funding and it is all about funding they started it yesterday. it is not obviously about funding. the train was going twice the speed limit. >> the lawmakers in the house did pass a spending bill after cutting the funds for amtrak by more than $200 million, and most of the democrats were against that plan. and remember if anything breaks with the story, we will send

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chicago milwaukee and boston offices as well, as well as los angeles and in connecticut -- in new haven connecticut. you learned about the policy, but essentially what you have. reflected in these records is the indiscriminate nature, relatively, of fbi break in operations. these operations continued after 1936, which raised questions about who were's order banning break-ins -- regarding hoover's order banning break-ins, which raises a whole series of questions about the nature of fbi operations. the second file that the fbi did not provide to the church committee was this massive security index. the fbi assigned symbol numbers to its sources in order to safeguard their identity. in the case of sensitive sources , there is an asterisk. there is the acronym of an office, and then an asterisk would indicate -- and what the index would establish is the target of the fbi break-ins, the name of the organizations and the individuals, and the day of termination -- and i am going to end soon -- so what you have here is a tremendous finding aid and it would've been helpful to the committee to be able to loo

host: muriel in new haven connecticut on our democrats line. caller: hey, peter and walter and jim. have to say this, on the issue of war and peace, i support peace 100%. here is the thing -- walter and jim represent what is really great and true americanism. they support our flag, they support our country and they know what war means to families their sons, their daughters, their husbands. a famous poet wrote "the poppies grow amid the crosses row on row." wars do not solve anything. the only thing i want to say more than what i already said, if you support our flag, if you support our country, this issue of having a debate among our people that represent us is the most important thing to the republic. host: we will leave it there. guest: i appreciate her statement. i agree. i think it is a very american thing to have this debate. it's a very american thing to have to set. -- have dissent. that's the way this country operates. in coffee shops all across the country, people talk about these things. if i want to go to a diner in worchester, people ask why we are still in afghanistan.

host: muriel in new haven connecticut on our democrats line. caller: hey, peter and walter and jim. say this, on the issue of war and peace, i support peace 100%. here is the thing -- walter and jim represent what is really great and true americanism. they support our flag, they support our country and they know what war means to families their sons, their daughters, their husbands. a famous poet wrote "the poppies grow amid the crosses row on row." wars do not solve anything. the only thing i want to say more than what i already said, if you support our flag, if you support our country, this issue of having a debate among our people that represent us is the most important thing to the republic. host: we will leave it there. guest: i appreciate her statement. i agree. i think it is a very american thing to have this debate. it's a very american thing to have to set. -- have dissent. that's the way this country operates. in coffee shops all across the country, people talk about these things. if i want to go to a diner in worchester, people ask why we are still in afghanistan. they wo

sections of the northeast corridor from new haven, connecticut to boston and philadelphia to washingtonk train 188 took a curve too quickly. >> we feel had such a system been installed this accident would not have occurred. >> reporter: technology experts say that could have saved lives. >> that was peter alexander reporting. we continue to learn more about the seven people who were killed in the train derailment. their loved ones are completely devastated. each one left a mark on those around them. natalie morales has more on those who did not survive and the loss for their families and friends. the family of 20-year-old justin zemser had been expecting him home. >> he was absolutely wonderful. everybody looked up to my son. there are no other words i can say. >> reporter: her sentiments echoed by many as word spread he had been killed. he played football at the academy. >> i can't imagine losing a teammate so quickly and so unexpectedly. >> jim gaines was a father of two. co workers at the the associated press describe him as the nicest person any of them had ever met. >> remember jim

thank you first for making your first official visit when corm confirmed as secretary to new haven connecticut. we appreciate that in part because of the attention that you were paying then and have paid to the northeastern rail corridor, and i really wanted to build off senator coons' questions. he was talking about the budge it for amtrak writ large. but i wanted to drill down on the northeastern rail corridor. we are talking about a section of the country that's only about 2% of the nation's land mass but has 20% of the rail traffic and about 19% of the nation's gdp. and when i heard senator daines talk about a pipe which was constructed and welded in 1950, i think about how envious we would be of construction that was only 60 years old when it comes to the rail lines and the bridges that run up the northeast corridor. we've got a bridge in nor walk that you know a lot about that opens occasionally when we want it to open because it was built in the grover cleveland administration. and we're finally thanks to your help rebuilding that bridge. but i want to thank you for your recognition tha

alice joining us from new haven connecticut. good morning. caller: yes, i would like to say that we need to keep the conversation and its context. and the context is right now is that the state who has the power to exercise violence against individuals. in this case, we're talking about black men. we need to keep it in the context. it has nothing to do right now with poverty which is a side issue that we can have. we can also have a side issue about black men committing crimes with each other because there's no phenomenon called black-on-black crime. because when it happens in sandy hook in connecticut, when it happened at the movie theater in ohio, you never heard the media once say white-on-white crime. all crimes happen within its own demographics. so therefore, the issue is how are these white officers are going to be trained to deal with young black men? you live all your life ok? you live all your life listening to the negative stereotypes the bias, the bigotry against this class of people, in this case african-americans, and how you ex

deborah is from new haven, connecticut. what are your thoughts on yesterday's decision?aller: good morning. i just have a problem with the death penalty. i believe in the law. if that state supports the death penalty, then so be it. the problem i have with the death penalty bristly is that it does not have a very good track record in this country because a lot of innocent people have been put to death. if the system were perfect, i would be more inclined to support it. i do think however that this young man -- this whole thing started out, he was very young. very much influenced by his brother. by the time the whole thing is over with, i believe that his whole mindset is going to change. people say, he will be martyred, given what he wants, by do not think that will be the case by the time this whole process is over. he was a very young man. he was age, mature, his mindset will change. he is going to be exposed to a lot of different things by the time this is all over. his whole attitude will change. you might think -- you might even say, and i will say this because you

>> good morning, new haven, connecticut! >> hello! york city! >> we're here celebrating 20! turning 20! >>> we're back now, 8:00 on a friday morning. the 15th day of may, 2015. out on the plaza with a huge springtime crowd and our buddy wrangler here as well being a very, very good boy today. >> aww. like every day. >> you hold the kibble in your hand -- >> you own the key to the world. >> you own the key to the universe. >> he even sat without you asking because he wants more. >> that's right. >> by the way, one week from today, meghan trainor will be on this plaza. >> oh! >> the concert series starts. >> perfect. >> meanwhile -- >> natalie has got the top stories of the morning. hey, natt. >> good morning, once again, everyone. after days of intense searches a u.s. marine helicopter missing in nepal has been found. a rescue helicopter today spotted the wreckage on a very steep slope near mt. everest. the helicopter disappeared on tuesday while on an earthquake relief mission. it was carrying six marines and two nepalis soldiers. loc

. >> host: next call is muriel in new haven, connecticut on her democrat line. jim mcgovern and walter jones. >> caller: hey peter and walter and jim. i have to say this. on the issue of war and peace, i support peace 100%. but here is the thing. walter and jim represent what is really great and true and americanism. they support our flag. they support our country and they know what war means to families that have to send their brothers their son their daughters, there has been. a famous poet wrote once in flanders fields the poppies grow amid the crosses row on row. wars don't solve anything. the only thing i want to say more than what i have already said, if you support our flag if you support our country, then this issue of having to did date among our people that rep resents us is the most important thing to the republic. >> host: muriel, we are going to leave it there. mr. mcgovern come any response? >> guest: i appreciate muriel statement and i agree. i think it is a very american thing to have dissent. i think that is the way the country operate and i thi

come to one of our rail stations and/or airports in connecticut to give us some idea of what you think the security threats are, either in new haven, stanford or hartford? >> senator, i would be happy to do that and if confirmed i look forward to getting out quite a bit to understand is what -- not only to talk about what the current threats are, but to see how individual components of the system are addressing those threats and working collectively to ensure the security. >> i appreciate your commitment to come to connecticut. i will be in touch with your office if you are confirmed and i look guard to receiving more information in writing about implementation of public law 11053. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you senator blumenthal. >> thank you so much mr. chairman. thank you. and congratulations on your nomination. obviously you have a very important job, and it's often said it's one of the hardest jobs in washington. i think that's reflective in some of the questions you have today. in my home state, as you probably know, we've had several people charged with november since traveling or attempting to travel to the middle ea

come to one of our rail stations and/or airports in connecticut to give us some idea of what you think the security threats are, either in new haven, stanford, or hartford. >> senator, i would be happy to do that, and if confirmed, i look forward to getting out quite a bit to understand what -- not only to talk about what the current threats are, but to see how individual components of the system are addressing those threats, and working collectively to ensure the security. >> i appreciate your commitment to come to connecticut. i will be in touch with your office if you are confirmed, and i look forward to receiving more information in writing about implementation of public law 11053. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you. >> thank you senator blumenthal. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. thank you. and congratulations on your nomination. i just wanted to start -- obviously you have a very important job, and it's often said it's one of the hardest jobs in washington. i think that's reflective in some of the questions you have gotten today. in my home state, as you probably know, we've had several people charged since november sin