dick thornburgh was pennsylvania's governor at the time. for the next 10 minutes, we visit the university of pittsburgh's archive service center to hear more about the accident and governor thornburgh's role. governor thornburgh: our prime concern has been, is, and remains a concern for the safety of the residents of the area, and of those workers who must carry out the responsibility of decontamination of the unit two facility. the most pressing question is which of the alternatives is the safest? if i'm satisfied that there is an alternative which meets that description, then i certainly would support it. because i am concerned about the safety of this area. ms. watson: we are at the university of pittsburgh hillman library. we are in the thornburgh room, looking at some of the thornburgh collection. dick thornburgh is a pittsburgher from the start. attended law school here. he has gone on to be governor of pennsylvania, u.s. attorney general. his collection is here now, his archive collection, at the university of pittsburgh. the thornbu

in pennsylvania, a.p.t out last week that in march pennsylvania reported the lowest unemployment rate since they've been keeping records, jim. 6.2 million workers in pennsylvania, historic all-time low, have now found work. unemployment at the lowest level since they've been keeping records. real wages have increased -- in march real wages increased 3% to hourly working rates at about $19.50 an hour. i think as long as those numbers keep going strong, this president is going to be pretty tough to beat no matter who the candidate is. >> michael nutter, you can't argue with the economic numbers. how is that resonating in the swing district. we can say the midterms democrats with economic numbers did pretty well. how does this go in 2020? the economy seems only to be getting stronger. >> jim, those overall statewide numbers, as interesting as they are, there's a different story on the ground in places like pittsburgh up through allegheny valley and certainly in philadelphia and even the philadelphia suburbs w

and then says he obviously doesn't know that pennsylvania is having one of the best economic years in its history. lowest unemployment ever, now a thriving steel industry that was dead. a great future. you don't need to look too far to see how important pennsylvania is not only for joe biden's strategy, but maybe for president trump's strategy too. >> president trump has been fairly transparent he views joe biden as one of the biggest threats in his re-election battle. and you know, the concern that the president has, which is obviously, as arlette pointed out, a key part of joe biden's

we're going to be able to do it in pennsylvania and bernnorthea pennsylvania and places where lately little bit of a struggle. but the truth of the matter is, i think we're coming back. so please, please go to joe biden.com and sign the campaign. we need your help. we need your help. >> and folks, there are three basic reasons why i'm running for president of the united states. the first is to restore the soul of the nation and the second is to rebuild the backbone of this nation. and the third is to unify this nation. we always do better when we act as one america. today, today i want to speak about the second of these three, and that's rebuilding the backbone of america. all the time i've been in public life i've been referred to as middle class joe. let me say this simply and clearly, and i mean this, the country wasn't built by wall street bankers, ceos, and hedge funds managers. it was built by you! it was built by the great american middle class! and the american middle class is built by unions, by you! look, folks, that's the story of america. when ordinary people from neighbo

next, back to pennsylvania. connell?e bernie sanders in trump country town hall coming up to night. as he tries to bring in some of the working class voters in key battle ground states including this one. martha maccallum from fox news. one of the moderators of tonight's event held down the street. he will join us next. we have breaking political news coming in. former massachusetts governor bill weld, officially throwing his hat in the 2020 ring, announcing plans to run against president trump in the republican primary. that is just in. we're back to bethlehem, pennsylvania. back in a moment. ♪ dear tech, let's talk. you blaze trails... but you have the power to do so much more. let's not just develop apps, let's develop apps that help save lives. let's make open source software the standard. let's create new plastics that are highly recyclable. it's going to take input from everyone. so let's do it all, together. ♪ ♪ let's expect more from technology. let's put smart to work. ♪ ♪ but allstate actually helps you drive s

i think we'll be able to do it in pennsylvania, western pennsylvania, northeast pennsylvania, placesre a little lately we had a little bit after struggle. but the truth of the matter is, i think we're coming back. so please, please go to joe biden.com and sign up and join our campaign. we need your help. we need your help. [cheers and applause] there are three basic reasons why i'm running for president of the united states. the first is restore the soul of the nation. and the second is to rebuild the backbone of this nation. and the third is to unnye this nation -- unify this nation. we always work together when we act of one america. i want to speak about the second of these three, rebuilding the back.of america. if we have time, all my time in public life since i've gotten involved i've been referred to as middle class, joe. it is not always meant as a compliment. it is usually meant that i'm not sophisticated. that i'm middle class joe. i'm awfully sophisticated why, how and who built this country. let me say this simply and clearly, i mean this, the country wasn't built by wall

pennsylvania, chet admitted to sarah, had not been on the competitors. there will be the army of northern northern virginia standard has always been. though disaster may be full of arms elsewhere, it has not been followed here. and by god's blessing, we hope never made. even hurt use of vicksburg. he says vicksburg is not the confederacy, and freedom did not die with her peer and, we might imagine a map of all of the places entangled in the cause and consequence of the battle that erupted at gettysburg. such a map would stretch from richmond to washington, to harrisburg, where governors and presidents tried to comprehend fast processes beyond their site in control. it would stretch from the camps of the confederacy and the union army of pennsylvania, far to the west for vicksburg was finally falling. the land would stretch into pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia, where african- americans fled the confederates, only sometime successfully. it would extend into the offices of both republican and democrat as they thought to make political vantage for needs

. >> now, look at some of the papers of formal pennsylvania republican governor dyck thornburg who was governor during the incident at the 3 mile island nuclear power plant . they include moment by moment notes of the incident, this is just over 10 minutes . >> i prime concern is a concern for the safety of the residents of the area and of the workers who must carry out the responsibility of decontamination of the unit 2 facility . >> the most pressing question is which of the alternatives is the safest and if i'm satisfied that there is an alternative that meets the description that i would certainly support it because i'm concerned about the safety of the area. >> or at the university of pittsburgh home and library in the thornburg room and were looking at some of the collections, dyck is a pittsburgher from the star and attended law school and has gone on to be governor of pennsylvania, u.s. attorney general and his collection is here now that his archived collection at the university of pittsburgh. affirmative collection is large, an understatement considering it's 1052 cartons of

. >> march 28, 1979 right outside harrisburg, pennsylvania, the next minutes we look a back at the three mile island accident, which was the partial meltdown of the reactor number 2 at the facility in pennsylvania. it occurs 40 years ago. the incident rated a 5 on the 7-point national nuclear event scale. as the story continue to unfold, here is how ed bradley covered it. >> this evacuation -- evacuation, please stay indoors with your windows closed. >> this is not a community that scares easily. major floods and hurricane agness has come here and the town survives, but for a week last month the people of middletown, pennsylvania lived with an enemy they could not see, hear, or feel. >> radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi considered the most serious nuclear power tragedy in the u.s. eric epstein is joining us live. he is the chair of the three mile island alert, which is what? >> three-mile island alert is a safe energy organization, founded in 1977, two years before the accident at three mile island, a nuclear watch group that monitors three mile island and peach bottom, thr

for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: yet is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. mr. thompson: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from washington, mr. kilmer. mr. kilmer: please join me for the pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the

than pennsylvania. tpp. for a guy who says he's with pennsylvania, sounds like it's pretty much their enemy. everything he done, the obama presidency was horrible for pennsylvania. they lost hundreds of thousands of jobs. >> laura: he said today that he's confident, brad, that if he can win pennsylvania, he takes the whole thing. let's watch. >> if i'm going to build a to beat donald trump in 2020, it's going to happen here, western pennsylvania, northeast pennsylvania, places where little lately we've had a little bit of a struggle. >> laura: a little bit of a struggle. >> florida and ohio and other places and now they're moving down the line. pennsylvania, recognize what trump has done for steel and aluminum had the economy there, lowest unemployment and 51 years i believe in pennsylvania. overall, every metric the president is doing better than obama and biden did in eight years. 40 years, that biden has been in government, he's never done anything that's helped pennsylvania anywhere like trump has d

trump's approval in 2018 in the state of pennsylvania, 42%.tional average. typically, you would think not great for a president running for re-election. but i spoke with one of the president's -- the guys who ran trump's campaign in pennsylvania in 2016. and he said that in 2016, he already had a low approval rating, around 39%, still won the state. as you cover the politics there, does that low approval rating threaten the president as he heads into 2020 or does it really depend on who the democrats put up? >> i think it depends on who the democrats put up. in terms of the president feeling threatened by the numbers, you have to look at the midterms last year here in pennsylvania. you had two candidates running for re-election. governor tom wolf and bob casey, knocked back very trumpian candidates to win re-election by wide margins, especially here in western pennsylvania with the white working-class voters that a guy like joe biden would love to secure. i do think it depends. the pennsylvania republican party is putting out messaging about h

>> joe hostile, a former congressman of pennsylvania. he happened to be my opponent in this primary. i was 19 by then, and he said will you please help me on my reelection to the statehouse? he said i will have you work with this guy, and it turns out i met my husband working on that campaign. he had i are married 35 years. we have two sons, two daughters in law, and a granddaughter who is seven. the kids have been interested in helping me all along. i always knew i wanted to run for office. i worried it would take away from them. the last one got out of high school, i thought it was my turn. >> what form to your political philosophy? >> my family certainly was at the root of it. we were a very loving, devout family. i was a little girl in the 1960's. i was very young during the assassination of john f. kennedy. i was tuned in because of the gravity i saw on my parents faces. i remember very well how much my parents admired martin luther king and how devastated they were in april of 1968. i recognized that they saw his leadership and cou

thank you to my colleague from pennsylvania. mr. speaker, i am proud to rise in support of what i consider and many consider one of the most important pieces of legislation that protect the families of america. it's the violence against women re-authorization act, because no woman, or man, or child should be ever be afraid to walk into their own home because of fear from violence from a spouse or a dating partner. so today i rise on behalf of one of my constituents named olga from florida who, on her wedding day, thought he she was entering into a dream marriage for herself and her two children. but this marriage turned into a nightmare when her husband became aggressive, violent, and controlling, imprisoning olga and her children into their own home. not even letting the children go to school. olga fled to my hometown and was nurtured back to emotional and financial health by a local necessaryic violence organization in my community. the violence against women act helps tackle the epidemic of the domestic violence stalking, dating

george isajiw is the pennsylvania director of the catholic medical association. i first met dr.on the sidewalk outside the clinic where wehot the first "frontline" film 36 years ago. >> and this is a life-size, real-size model of a pregnant uterus ten weeks from conception. and as a matter of fact, yound i were once this size and even smaller. so that's the first victim in abortion. my conviction ishat life begins at conception. and every baby, by the time you even recognize that there's a pregnancy, is already an individual, unique human being. that, and then here's where the religion comes in,y who is not oique, but the soul will survive the death. e reason i'm explaining this to you is because... >> obenhaus: dr. isajiw's activism has always been rted in the counseling of young women to reject abortion. when we first met, he was counseling as many as six women a week. >> this is the result of an abortion at about 11 weeks with thisacuum cleaner-type tube. the baby is literally pulled apart and ripped to pieces and killed by that process. >> i don't see how anybody can do that

the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. kelly: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from illinois, mr. lahood. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. mr. lahood: i rise today in strong support of h.r. 1957, the taxpayer first act. i would like to thank chairman lewis and ranking member kelly for their hard work on the ways and means subcommittee on oversight. and for introducing this important piece of legislation to modernize and improve the internal revenue service. since last congress, our committee has focused on finding legislative solutions to make needed changes at the i.r.s. dealing with the i.r.s. can can be frustrating, and ensuring an efficient and transparent i.r.s. is key to restoring the relationship between taxpayers and the agency. as well as an effective implementation of our tax code. i am pleased a bill introduced with democrat colleague, congressman tom suozzi, h.r. 1825, the improving assistance for taxpayers act is included in this bill. currently the office of the taxpaye

you are in the heartland of conservative republican bible belt pennsylvania. let's go to- host: any joining us from sugar grove, north carolina. caller: good morning, steve. i have a comment to make about your 30-day colin rule. -- call-in rule. who calls andler from north charleston, south carolina named steve. i know you know who he is. he has a very distinctive voice and he called in january 8 10, february 5, march 25. so he has called in four times in 66 days. i left comments on your comment up times.ast eat i recognize his foes. how are you doing? -- i recognize his voice. duly noted. we will do our best to make sure steve does not get through. guest: i am really sick of it. i was 24 years old when that happened when -- when the happen, three mile island happened. were decisions made in the area because of the fallout? thank you for your time. guest: but the really good question. this is an area where we were asking where are we? this is an area where people came to visit. we are right next to the amish. lancaster county. people came here for hershey and

we're going to be able to do it in pennsylvania, western pennsylvania, northeast pennsylvania, places are lately we've had a little bit of a struggle. but the truth of the matter is, i think we're coming back. so please, please go to joebiden.com. there are three basic reasons why i'm running for president of the united states. the first is to restore the soul of the nation. and the second is to rebuild the backbone of this nation. and the third is to unify this nation. we do better when we act as one america. today, today i want to speak about the second of these three, and that's rebuilding the backbone of america. and that is, we have time -- all my time in public life i've gotten involved, i've been referred to as middle class joe. it's not always a compliment. it's usually that not i'm sophisticated. but the fact of the matter is i'm sophisticated about why, how, and who built this country. let me say this simply and clearly. i mean this. the country wasn't built by wall street bankers, ceo and hedge fund makers. it was built by you. it was built by the great middle class. and th

we begin your harrisburg, pennsylvania but i guess you lives near three-mile island. this is about 90 minutes. >> "washington journal" continues. for the next 90 minutes on historyton journal" and -- american history tv, we look island's.ree mile the instrument rated a five on the 7-eleven point national nuclear event scale. this is how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. >> at this time, there is no evacuation. time, there is no evacuation. please stay indoors with your windows closed. this is not a community that scares easily. major floods of hurricane agnes came here and the town survived. but the people of middletown, pennsylvania lived in fear of an enemy they could not see, hear, or feel. host: and of course, that in the was radiation. accident-mile consider the most considerable nuclear accident in the u.s. the chair of the three-mile island alert, which was what? we were-- guest: founded two years before the accident at three-mile island when -- by a washed out group. there.ou were what you remember when the news first broke and as the story continue to unfold

we're going to be able to do it in pennsylvania. western pennsylvania. northeast pennsylvania.had a little bit of a struggle. the truth of the matter is i think we're coming back. so please, please go to joebiden.com and sign up and join our campaign. we need your help. we need your help. [cheers and applause] joe: there are three basic reasons i'm running for president of the united states. the first is to restore the soul of the nation. the second is to rebuild the backbone of this nation. and the third so to unify this nation. we always do better when we act as one america. today i want to speak about the second of these three and that's rebuilding the backbone of america. that is, we have time, all my time in public life i've gotten involved, i've been referred to as middle class joe. it's not always meant as a compliment. it's usually that i'm not sophisticated, that's why i'm middle class joe. the fact is i'm sophisticated about why, how, and who built this country. let me say this simply and clearly and i mean this. the country wasn't built by wall street bankers, c.e.o.

you're covering pennsylvania.t is important place. >> if kristin fisher had not run out of time with your friend and colleague she would ask about the president's tax returns. i will start with you. elaine's diner i hear is pretty good place in pittstown. when you go down there saturday, sunday are they talking about the president's tax returns. is this something they want democratic congress to focus on or are there other issues on their mind? >> no, they're focused on what the democrats are focused on, improving health care, making it more accessible, making it accessible with pharmaceutical medications, cleaning up our infrastructure, these are the goals of democratic house right now. that is what people are talking about at home. >> if those are the goals and so important, why spend so much time subpoenaing six years of the president's tax returns? you know will fight you on that. if you got other goals, why deal it it? >> sure, mick mulvaney was very clear as acting chief of staff at the white house they do n

so at 18 i agree to run for committeewoman in my local town of -- in pennsylvania and the very first time i voted i voted for myself. actually did a little brochure about myself and said want to get the job done, even to a busy person. i thought it was busy at 18 and 19 but yes, my family was always interested. dinnertime conversations. i'm the youngest of seven so my fathers spurred lost the conversation about politics and current events early on. >> why did you think your neighbors thought you would be good at that? >> i would have to go back and find that there they are still alive, regrettably. i had to go back and find out what they saw in me or did they just think we need somebody do this job. >> what was the first campaign you volunteered for? >> the first campaign i ever was asked to work on was for joe hostel, a former congressman from pennsylvania. he happened to be my opponent in this congressional primary. so the world turns rent in funny ways but then i was elected committeewoman. i was then i guess 19 by then, and joe said will you please help me on my reelection to the

favorably received by the state of pennsylvania. in his concluding times, he was very broadly affectionately regarded, justly, i think. >> 40 years ago, on march 28, 1979, three mile island nuclear power plant suffered a partial meltdown. the worst nuclear power accident in u.s. history. authors samuel walker and edward lydon discussed the legacy of three mile island. we begin near three mile island with a guest who lives near three mile island. this is about 90 minutes. >> march 28, 1979, the events just outside of harrisburg, pennsylvania. for the next 90 minutes, we look back at the three mile island accident, which was the partial meltdown of a reactor. it occurred 40 years ago, the incident rated a five on the seven point international nuclear event scale. as the story continue to unfold, 40 years ago here is how ed , bradley of cbs news covered it. >> it announces that there is an evacuation. please stay indoors with your windows closed. at this time there's no need for it evacuation. please stay indoors with your windows clos

it's pennsylvania. the argument will be he can win pennsylvania. some democrats are fighting if war. who can take the fight to donald trump? who can win a state like pennsylvania? of course who can raise money out of the gate which biden said is so important. the things alex said about pitfalls and there is more to discuss with biden but it's biden against everybody else. that's the change. >> you talked about the video and how there was debate until this morning at 6:00 a.m. it seems like they settled on this being their message. it's not upbeat necessarily. it is a deadly serious message. do you have anything else on how they decided to go with that one about charlottesville and trump? >> how much biography do you put in the launch, how much forward-looking agenda. they decided to give a crystalzation of the moment and why joe biden in the breadest terms might be an answer. the question is whether he's an answer to what democratic primary voters are looking for. if people want to restore a sense of normalcy or go back to what they see as the way

in the pennsylvania house where i served for six and a half years. governor wealth reinvigorated the pennsylvania commission for women. i was asked by the governor to be the one and only legislator on that commission of 20 women. i was so pleased with what he wanted to do with it. that is to shine a light on issues that are important to women, sexual assault on campuses. the governor went around the state talking at different universities to say we must end the surge of sexual violence on campus. he worked with me on issues of gun violence and clean water. i had a chance to talk to him last week on all of those issues and the fact that for our school kids and education. when i was elected here, i was surprised they asked me to stay on the commission. andmain on the commission am delighted to continue that service. host: let's go back to your student writing. where did that come from, your love of writing? rep. dean: that goes back to my father. my father was a talented writer. for those of us at a young age, it was intimidating. he would assign us a

you could say a lot of other democrats could win pennsylvania.lutely win pennsylvania. so he is very high on the trump radar. in fact, it's been reported that there's a big meeting of trump campaign people in pennsylvania tomorrow because they recognize what a threat joe biden's going to be. >> yeah, so how should they -- should they be worried about that? we're told there are a group of trump campaign advisers in pennsylvania, today as a matter of fact and they're meeting with officials today and tomorrow because they are worried. how worried should they be in 2020? >> well, they should be very worried because i think that we can make a great case that everything the president told those working class white mostly blue collar workers in '16, he's broken promise after promise after promise. and the best candidate to deliver that message is joe biden. look, the president is smart. he knows he can't win by doing anything he can control. he's got to poison the well for whoever the democratic candidate is. he's got to scare voters and he's going to s

pennsylvania's highest court sides with jordan, writing that the commonwealth of the pennsylvania failedable doubt. his conviction overturned. >> now jordan is a man. and a free one. >> the truth finally got out. >> it is incredibly rare for a supreme court to say that there is simply not enough evidence here. it's not that the court is saying 100% he's innocent. but the court is saying that there's certainly not enough evidence to convict. >> reporter: during his incarceration, jordan says he maintained a 3.9 gpa and taught himself to play guitar. he also became a pretty good basketball player. and through it all, he says he harbors no ill will. >> no, i'm not angry. i think the whole, like, what happened and the way it happened is b.s. can i say that? >> reporter: yes, you can say that. >> but i don't think i'm angry. >> reporter: how do you explain to somebody what that's like, to be accused of murder? >> well, being accused of it is just a horrible feeling. it's really embarrassing. like, being in front of people and then not knowing what they're thinking. >> reporter: because people

they live in western pennsylvania. my aunt has them. so... so they're good.l her mommy. so i was offended at first, butn understood, like, they needed a mommy, and i was not proving capable of doinghat at the time, so... w we're trying again. he's pretty special. and nobody taking this one. (chuckling) >> themay not have been able to get it right the first time or the second time or the third or the fourt but this is another chance. >> me and her dad, trinity's dad, wpartied a lot together. and we were both sent to prison, um, when i was, like, en i got out, i was homeless.r.h i was literally homeless. a week. out of my car for, >> there we go. >> (trinity whimpering) >> i know, it's okay, it's jus water. >> she has a rare, um, condition called septo-optic dysplasia. it affects the hormones in her body, and then her optic nerves are also affected. it's an abnormality in her brain. i didn't know for four months i was pregnant. i was still on birth control. and i was drinking, like, i was smoking, like, living, like, the fast life. then lo and behold, there was

look closer, pennsylvania, that trump margin, it was just 44,000 votes in pennsylvania.in michigan, about 11,000 votes in michigan. in wisconsin, that margin there, you add up his margin, trump's margin, in those three states, it comes to 77,744 votes combined across three states that no republican had won in three decades of. ed biden message is joe biden, scranton, pennsylvania, you think i'm not winning back those votes? i'm the guy who can do it. hoar's eye they've been taking it to years on joe biden, do you have a favorable/unfavorable views? very, very healthy, 56% favorable. go back in time. look at this, this was the start. he was looking at the idea of looking -- these were the numbers. democrats looked at they numbers in 2014, 2015, a lot of them said joe biden is not a strong candidate. that's a big part of the be 'tis for democrats to get behind hilla hillary, and like what happens. he stop getting some of that scrutiny, hillary clinton loses an here, he becomes the what might have been candidate and now he enters the race. did he go back down now that he's

dick thornburgh was pennsylvania's governor at the time. for the next 10 minutes, we visit the university of pittsburgh's archive service center to hear more about the accident and governor thornburgh's role. governor thornburgh: our prime concern has been, is, and remains a concern for the safety of the ren

tim pennsylvania is a love story gone bad. one of the things you have to understand about nuclear power and pennsylvania and three mile island it is the birthplace of atomic power. there is an emotional attachment and this was a magical cure to --. penn state has a -- reactor you used to be able to see joe paterno's statue from the window. at any rate this was the great thing and a wonderful development. it was christened by milt eisenhower, general eisenhower resident eisenhower's brother 1955. 57 the price anderson act and we will get back to 79 because it limited what utilities will be liable for in the event of a meltdown. shipping port, first commercial nuclear power plant was 52 megawatts. it was shipped out the ohio river actually pennsylvania river mississippi gulf of mexico pacific up to washington state. a very inappropriate way to decommission a plant especially a large one. just to give you some sense this was the site. this was the place where this was taking route. 1970s not so good if you lived through them and

this was the zeitgeist in pennsylvania. we were the place where this was taking route. 0s are not so good if you live through them. lines, twopec, gas recessions, in a general sense of malaise. andic was viewed robustly favorably and those who opposed it was on the margin. it was a minority view. nothing like a meltdown to move you from being a pariah to a messiah overnight. [laughter] tmi, let's get to the economics. it cost $1.1 billion. 1960's $70 technology, over budget, that is nuclear. that supported the bailout of three mile island. we are going to build a plant with no ways to go and no money to figure it out later -- it is great. a supporting a $987 million bailout. we thought it was better to have the company in shape rather than insolvent. then we bailed them out again. we initially won and then we lost, and then we got the next tab, $1.2 billion. 970 $8 million to bail it out and another $1.2 billion. none of it is coming from the company. this is corporate socialism. the bailout came and i was one of the people

we're going to be able to do it in pennsylvania, western pennsylvania, northeast pennsylvania. places where a little lately we've had a little struggle. the truth of the matter is, i think we're coming back. so please, please go to joebiden.com and sign up. we need your help. [applause] there's three basic reasons why i'm running for president of the united states. the first is restore the soul of the nation. the second is to rebuild the backbone of this nation. the third is to unify this nation. we always do better when we act as one america. today i want to speak about the second of these three and that's rebuilding the backbone of america. that is that we have time, all of my time in public life that i've gotten involved, i've been referred to as middle class joe. it's not always been a compliment. it's usually that i'm not sophisticated. but the fact of the matter is, i'm sophisticated and why, how and who built this country. let me say this simply and clearly. i mean this. the country wasn't built by wall street bankers, ceos and hedge funds managers. it was built by you,

in pennsylvania all-time low.-time low, historic. >> yeah, i've got -- in fact, we're going to respond to that. i have graphs on unemployment in pennsylvania. kathryn, put them up. unemployment way down. wages on the rise. the manufacturing -- yeah, the manufacturing numbers have come back. that's annual wages. mayor nutter, he is upside down in the polls, meaning pennsylvanians thursday far, the majority, saying they won't vote for donald trump. but the economic numbers are in this corner, agreed? >> well, michael, depends on where you live. we know unemployment only counts for people who are working or who are looking for work. does not count the folks who have basically given up or basically dropped out. so if you're in the middle of northern philadelphia or west philadelphia, or some places i'm sure in pittsburgh or other places in pennsylvania, those numbers are not true in any circumstance. and so, you know, there's national numbers. there's state numbers, and then there's on the ground where real people liv

so we were just talking about the commonwealth of pennsylvania.ed obama twice, voted for trump, and he says he will vote for president trump again, even though he wouldn't want to have a beer with him. is the economy strong enough that it will actually bolster his chances of even doing better in pennsylvania, perhaps? >> and that's the major question that we'll see, because if you look at the president's current approval ratings, "the washington post" just released a poll an hour or so ago, his approval ratings at 39, disapproval at 54. with how good the economy's doing, those are remarkably low numbers. you wonder how those numbers would be if this was a conventional president who didn't have the specter of a special counsel investigation hanging over, who perhaps didn't have access to a twitter account. but, clearly, the economy is going to be so paramount in these rust belt states. i've also been talking to people in wisconsin, ahead of his rally in green bay tomorrow. and while there are republicans there who say, you know, we wish you would s

right at potomac avenue and pennsylvania avenue, where they meetn here. there are neighborhoods and schools right nearby here. this, of course, is of concern for people who live and work in this area. again, at this time, no arrests. we can tell you, though, that there was a loout for potential suspects here. two males andne female said to be in their mid to late teens. we'll bring you more as it comes in to us. back inside to you. >> all right. justin finch,hank you. >>> we turn now to saturday's deadly synagogue ishooting. th an aerial look at the chabad of poway synagogue in california. w worshippere gathered inside when the gunfire erupted on the final day of passover. one woman was killed and two men including a rabbi and young girl were injured. >> cory smith has the latest developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, a tragic situation out there. hundreds of people gathered last night for a vigil.e let's t look. it was an emotional night filled with messages of peace and love at the synagogue. people there coming together to pray and

now a documentary from may 1, 1979, on the march 28, 1979 three mile island near harrisburg, pennsylvania, the program looks at the response of the local community and government officials and interviews nuclear power proponents and skeptics and seeks to learn how similar incidents can be prevented in the future. according to the nuclear regulatory commission, three mile island was the most serious accident in history of newark nuclear power plant operations. >> middletown is under evacuation. please stay indoors with your windows closed. >> this is not a community that scares easily. major floods and hurricane agnes has come here and the town has survived for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they could not see, hear, or feel. thousands left their homes, many thinking you were fleeing for their lives. when everyone returned eight days after the crisis began, they wondered if anything could ever the same again. >> it is scary to leave your house because you are born there in your house. we were evacuating the school because of the

joe biden in the all important battleground state of pennsylvania. will be the first official campaign stop. first speech in the race next hour. a live preview coming from pittsburgh. boeing ceo facing shareholders first time since the deadly 737 crash crashes, he used the black swan excuse, spreading blame without little contrition. people are upset about that. that and a whole lot more on "making money." ♪ charles: we begin with former vice president president joe biden looking to november of 2020. he is planting his flag right now in pennsylvania one of his first two home states in about an hour. pennsylvania expected to be a major factor in the electoral college but not necessarily in the primary. hillary vaughn in pittsburgh where the doors will open shortly. hillary. reporter: charles, this pittsburgh pit stop is all about winning pennsylvania back in the general election. joe biden saying he wants to win pennsylvania for the democrats in 2020 after president trump flipped it to red in 2016. our fox group hot up with the former vice president e

that's not going to play well in pennsylvania, in particular, western pennsylvania where they really voters. the shale industry, the natural gas industry is booming. we have a cracker plant being built out here in western pennsylvania that is part of the shale industry that has created 10,000 really good new paying jobs. so while these voters care about the climate, not saying that they don't. they do think there should be a balance and it shouldn't be an attack on all kinds of -- on natural gas. that's the biggest concern. the new green deal is not going to cut it with these voters and if they attack biden, if they destroy them, everyone that i interviewed in that story said they think that these voters who sort of flirted with the republican party the last time are going to be gone forever. >> you wonder if warren and bernie, and others will treat him with kid gloves knowing that. it will be interesting. he hasn't talked policy. perhaps joe biden will on gma later this morning. salena, julia, great conversation. >> he's talking about things that happened 20 years ago. >> about anit

we're going to be able to do it in pennsylvania, western pennsylvania, northeast pennsylvania, places is to rebuild the backbone of this nation. and the third is to unify this nation. we always do better when we act as one america. today -- today i want to speak about the second of these three, and that's rebuilding the backbone of america. and that is that we have time -- all my time in public life, since i've gotten involved, i've been referred to as middle class joe. it's not always meant as a compliment. it's usually i'm not sophisticated, that's why i'm middle class joe, but the fact of the matter is i'm awfully sophisticated about why, how and who built this country. let me say this simply and clearly. and i mean this. the country wasn't built by wall street bankers, ceos and hedge fund managers, it was built by you. it was built by the great american middle class. in america -- the american middle class was built by unions, by you. look, folks, you know, that's the story of america. when ordinary people from neighborhoods like yours and mine where we grew up went out and do ext

dean of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 281, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, mrs dean, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. ms. dean: thank you, madam chair. i will claim as much time as i may consume. i rise to offer the amendment -- the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. dean: thank you, madam chair. i rise to offer this amendment to h.r. 1585, the violence against women re-authorization act of 2019. my amendment allows for cross-agency coordination to collaborate on the prevention of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking for the agencys to share best practices for victims. this will allow for greater efficiency, transparency, and most importantly will allow for the sharing of best practices and information that could help urvivors of domestic violence. with every re-authorization of vawa since 1994, we have enhanced its protections, preserved its accomplishments and removed

wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania.those states, tell me who wins those states and we know who wins 2020. >> dana: some look at the 2018 midterms and say democrats did so well. that is not a choice between two people. pennsylvania is such a diverse state. >> remember, they redid the maps. the jerrymandering. much better maps for democrats. those kind of went the other way. obviously, the choices are going to be different for voters. isn't elizabeth warren standing on that stage? or is it joe biden? that's a very different choice for pennsylvania. >> dana: they didn't even poll that one. or maybe they didn't and we just don't have it. kamala harris had a great rollout. i feel like her campaign is just out there. she's from california. but this question about criminals voting came up in a town hall. then she had to reexplain last night. let's listen. >> people who are convicted, in prison, like the boston marathon bomber, on death row, people convicted of sexual assault. they should be able to vote? >> i think we should h

the power struggle for pennsylvania heating up. >> if i'm going to be able to beat donald trump in 2020, it's going to happen here. >> reporter: on his home turf trying to woo back the voters democrats lost in 2016 telling our robin roberts in an exclusive interview -- >> what i'd say is did you get any benefit from the tax cut? have your wages really gone up? they're not getting their fair share. >> reporter: the president responding tweeting, pittsburgh jobless rate hits lowest point since the early 1970s, but the state donald trump won by less than one percentage point in 2016 brought losses up and down the ballot in 2018 and in tweet after tweet, the president seemingly concerned as biden secured a key endorsement from the international association of firefighters. the former vp tweeting back, i'm sick of this president's bad-mouthing unions. as he crmsi controveies from hisinapproprias >> i take responsibility that she did not get treated well. >> reporter: even in the latest abc news/"washington post" poll and hopes his message of unity will carry him down the long road to the nom