i got a call from the mayor of norwalk, ohio. she said, i do not know what to do. bank is about to close down norwalk -- i spent the day meeting with the mayor and the community and business leaders. we convinced the bank to back off, to reconsider and give the company second chance. we gave it the great company a loan and some people in the community stepped up and more than matched that loan. we save the company and save many of the jobs. one of the jobs we saved was a woman whose husband was in an auto accident and had been in a coma for several years. during those years, the only thing that kept her going, her anchor, her lifeline, was that job. i have learned that a job is much more than a paycheck. it is about hope and dignity and purpose in someone's life. i am proud of the work we have done at cooper tire, the work we have done at norwalk furniture, at schindler elevator, at goodyear, a bridgestone tire store, alcohol, and many more. am i satisfied? of course not. i'm not satisfied because there is no governor or lieutenant governor, democrat or republican

i got a call from the mayor of norwalk, ohio. she said, i do not know what to do. the bank is about to close down norwalk -- i spent the day meeting with the mayor and the community and business leaders. we convinced the bank to back off, to reconsider and give the company second chance. we gave it the great company a loan and some people in the community stepped up and more than matched that loan. we save the company and save many of the jobs. one of the jobs we saved was a woman whose husband was in an auto accident and had been in a coma for several years. during those years, the only thing that kept her going, her anchor, her lifeline, was that job. i have learned that a job is much more than a paycheck. it is about hope and dignity and purpose in someone's life. i am proud of the work we have done at cooper tire, the work we have done at norwalk furniture, at schindler elevator, at goodyear, a bridgestone tire store, alcohol, and many more. am i satisfied? of course not. i'm not satisfied because there is no governor or lieutenant governor, democrat or republi

if you are ever in norwalk, beware of loyal dog. >> eisner says she and ginger will continue to take morning walks. >>> the sun is trying to come out after a day of heavy rain. >> bob turk has the forecast after this commercial break. ,,, but, come on. $60,000 for one dinner held by the department of justice. $66 per person just for bagels at one of the nasa's shindigs. i cracked down because big government shouldn't be funding big banquets with your money. some people say i'm a bit of a tightwad. i say, i'm barbara mikulski and i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >>> frankly, out where i live, there was heavy rain for a short period of time. the rest of the time it was a steady rain. >> it was beneficial. most of us picked up a half inch to three quarters of an inch. >> .8500ths of anethch fell. it's move add cross the bay. just spotty drizzle with sun shin popping out from frederick down into northern virginia. so we might see a little sun before it sets this evening. all that rain you can see continues to move off to the east-northeast as a low pressure wil

there will be a debate again tomorrow night in norwalk. richard bloomingthol's lead, once very large lead over linda mcmahon, who you see there, has shrunk to 3%. so it's within this margin of error. mcmahon having a wealth war chest, hoas put so much money into this campage. what do you make of this? >> this is remarkable. connecticut, a very blue state. not one that democrats were ever supposed to worry about. now they're trying to spend money, sending barack obama up there. they're worried about richard blumenthal. he had a huge lead. now it's dwindled to a place where she really could take him. everywhere is the year of the outsider. richard blumenthal in a fifth turn as attorney general of connecticut. the voters there have watched him wait for an opening for something like a senate run. i think he's just, you know, in this year, longevity is really not appealing to voters. and that's why someone like mcmahon with her own baggage has been able to talk about his misstatements about vietnam and his record there and really attack him per

one day i got a call from the mayor of norwalk, ohio. i got a call from her, panicked. i cancel my schedule for the rest of the day and drove out there, spent the day meeting with business leaders. we convinced the bank to back off, to reconsider and give the company a second chance. we gave the company a loan. we saved the company and we saved many of the jobs. one of the jobs we saved was kate whose husband was in a coma for many years. she said the only thing that kept her going was that job. a job is much more than a paycheck. it is about hope, dignity, and purpose in someone's life. i am proud of the work we have done at norwalk furniture, first solar, goodyear, bridgestone, firestone, and many more. am i satisfied? of course not. i am not satisfied because until we change these policies on the federal level, there is no governor or lieutenant governor, democrat or republican, who will be able to do it. even mitch daniels, a friend of congressman portman, has said there is something beyond the control of governors that can only be fixed and that broken place called

panelists are jerrod ferrari, the editor for hearst connecticut papers, the managing editor of the norwalk and ebong udoma, a senior political reporter at a radio station. a senior political reporter for the radio. our candidates -- linda mcmahon, the democrats and dick blumenthal, the republican. >> good morning. president bush enacted cap and our candidates -- linda mcmahon, democrat. >> good morning. president bush enacted cap and trade measures to control rain pollution. you have said you are opposed to that legislation. could you explain what steps you would take to reduce fossil fuel emissions? isank everyone who here this morning. for those in attendance and those watching as electronically. i would like to say that, first of all, i think all of us want to make sure that we protect our environment. we want to make sure that we have clean air, clean water to pass along to generations to come. that is certainly our goal. i also believe that we need to balance our economic needs with our environmental needs to make sure that we keep that where it needs to be. i'm opposed to cap and tra

our panelists are the editor for hearst connecticut papers, the managing editor of the norwalk hour,udoma, a senior political reporter for the radio. our candidates -- linda mcmahon, the democrats and dick blumenthal, the republican. >> good morning. prident bush enacted cap and trade measures to control rain pollution. you have said you are opposed to that legislation. could you explain what steps you would take to reduce fossil fuel emissions? >> let me thank everyone who is here this morning. for those in attendance and those watching as electronically. i would like to say that, first of all, i think all of us want to make sure that we protect our environment. we want to make sure that we have clean air, clean water to pass along to generations to come. that is certainly our goal. i also believe that we need to balance our enomic needs with our environmental needs to make sure that we keep that where it needs to be. i'm opposed to cap and trade, otherwise known as the national energy tax, with my opponent has supported, because it is just what i said -- and national- energy tax. i

mental treatment facilities will be living on the streets of new haven and bridgeport or stamp ford or norwalkwhat people are trying to -- or stamford or what? i say we will cut everything but the safety net. the same thing will be preserved under my administration. after all, the safety net has been under attack and wealthy people have not. we need to change the balance. >> i just said i would keep the level of spending at the same level. if medicaid expenses are going up and they cannot be brought down, we will remove the expense somewhere else. we will solve the budget deficit we have hearing can get, which is a very challenging problem. but we will do it without hurting our most needing citizens, including our medicaid patients. >> this is a sports question. you have two minutes each, but no rebuttal. when the university of notre dame indicted uconn, they insisted the games be played -- invited to come, they insisted the games be played out of state. do you agree with that? >> i actually was not familiar with that decision. i assume it was done for a reason of the size of the audience. it

our panelists are the editor for hearst connecticut papers, the managing editor of the norwalk hour, and ebong udoma, a senior political reporter for the radio. our candidates -- linda mcmahon, the democrats and dick blumenthal, the republican. >> good morning. president bush enacted cap and trade measures to control rain pollution. you have said you are opposed to that legislation. could you explain what steps you would take to reduce fossil fuel emissions? >> let me thank everyone who is here this morning. for those in attendance and those watching as electronically. i would like to say that, first of all, i think all of us want to make sure that we protect our environment. we want to make sure that we have clean air, clean water to pass along to generations to come. that is certainly our goal. i also believe that we need to balance our economic needs with our environmental needs to make sure that we keep that where it needs to be. i'm opposed to cap and trade, otherwise known as the national energy tax, with my opponent has supported, because it is just what i said -- and national

our panelists are the editor for hearst connecticut papers, the managing editor of the norwalk hour,d ebong udoma, a senior political reporter for the radio. our candidates -- linda mcmahon, the democrats and dick blumenthal, the republican. >> good morning. president bush enacted cap and trade measures to control rain pollution. you have said you are opposed to that legislation. could you explain what steps you would take to reduce fossil fuel emissions? >> let me thank everyone who is here this morning. for those in attendance and those watching as electronically. i would like to say that, first of all, i think all of us want to make sure that we protect our environment. we want to make sure that we have clean air, clean water to pass along to generations to come. that is certainly our goal. i also believe that we need to balance our economic needs with our environmental needs to make sure that we keep that where it needs to be. i'm opposed to cap and trade, otherwise known as the national energy tax, with my opponent has supported, because it is just what i said -- and national- e