ryan costello and pat meehan, they're those guys.y have stood up to the speaker of the house when they didn't think it was in their best interest. they stood up to the president when they didn't think it was in the best interest of their district. and they'll vote with those folks, and they'll be rewarded for that in the end. >> and that's fine for those folks as long as they don't hatch contested primaries, and that's the problem folks are getting in. you have a contested primary, you have to filter to the right in order to get your base out, and then you have to pivot so far back in order to win a general election. >> frank lobiondo kind of surprised people this week saying -- 'cause the last time he ran, he really did it with gusto, saying, "you know what? i'm out of this." and getting out, he said, "there is no longer middle ground to honestly debate issues and put forward solutions. today a vocal and obstinate minority within both parties hijacked good legislation in pursuit of no legislation." is that where we kind of live? whe

sexual assault and harassment on the hill especially because of the fact that representatives like ryan costello and bruce palquinn are getting behind liberals so they kind of have to show that they're serious about it. and they can say we're serious about what republicans are doing on the campaign trail and we don't want this in the part and we don't want this happening on capitol hill as of now. >> so let's talk about a little bit of time, eric garcia from roll call thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks so much. >> let's talk about a high profile case over alleged harassment. s president trumple will not be on the campaign trail for roy moore. he'll not go before the special election. he's attacked moore democratic opponent saying it would be a daughter agenter to vote for his opponent. >> the longstanding feud between president trump and cnn was reiing nated over the weekend. did you see this? president trump tweeted fox news is much more important in the united states than cnn but outside of the u.s. cnn international is still a major source of fake news. cnn fired back with own tweet and

i have ryan costello who lives just blocks from here and just did a town hall there as his congressman job and he talk to the residents there. he will tell us how big and how many people when we see you next. >>> we are taking a look at west chester now that the sun has come up but the damage, at the barclay friend assisted living facility we are waiting to hear how many people were injured in this fire. we know at least 100 people were displaced and waiting out in the cold while fire fighters for the and they are still dealing with hot spots this morning. >> most important coverage is where families are gathering, and we will take through in a bit. >>> real quickly there we have new numbers in about an hour ago about how much we will all be spending for thanksgiving dinner next thursday. >> good news. >> good news, dinner is now, is going to be the cheapest it has been since 2013. >> well, why is that tracie. >> well, good morning to you, yes this comes from the american farm bureau federations annual price survey they found that the average meal of 10 for thanksgiving is going to be

. >> republican congressman ryan costello represents the republican friendly sixth district including chester county and pat meehan in delaware county. he is making no predictions a lot can happen in a year's time. >> if i'm a republican congressman and looking at the local results i have concerns for what will happen next year. >> so no predicts here concerning a trump effect in 2018 but a lot of people are watching that is for sure. but a nonbinding statewide ballot question passed in pennsylvania and could pave the way to replacing some property taxes down the road if harrisburg gets on board. live in westchester, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> phil murphy was among the democrats swept into office last night winning the race for new jersey governor. todaye from beating celebrating after beating kim guadagno. he will kick off the transition sometime this evening. >>> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report midweek. matt pellman is standing by with a first check this afternoon. >> good afternoon a few problems on this hump day afternoon northbou

joining me now, republican congressman ryan costello of pennsylvania.an, thank you for taking the time to join me tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you represent a suburban district in the philadelphia area, which puts you in a little bit of a different situation than some other members of your party on questions of what to do when we are faced with something like this and we shouldn't know if these guns were obtained legally, illegally. and pete williams said he was possibly dishonorably discharged from the military which would prevent him from owning any weapons at all. >> it's horrific and it really is a solemn overcoat to any other subject that we would talk about. until all the facts come out, i would be reluctant to wade too deeply into what should or shouldn't be done relative to what happened today. if we go back to las vegas and look at the bumpstock issue -- and this happens a lot with firearms-type issues, a lot of americans don't know what they don't know about these sorts of issues. i didn't know what a bumpstock was but to learn tha

here to react is kimberly waley, professor of law at the university of baltimore and congressman ryan costello, a republican from pennsylvania. it's great to see both of you. happy thanksgiving and all that jazz. professor, let's talk to you. this is some wild stuff. i mean, we have had accusations more recent than others, some really old sweep both hollywood, business, media and politics. what is your take on this conyers issue now that we know he used his own budget, his office budget to pay some of these settlements? >> well, some -- one thing that's been striking to me is the fact that the -- our elected officials seem to be less accountable than those in the private sector, right, so we've seen it sweep through hollywood and we've seen it happen in the halls of corporate america. and retribution is swift and people are moved out and new people moved in presumably and the notion is that there's money at stake, right? and so when it comes to our elected officials, without a will to actually remove them from office, from the voters' standpoint, there's really not much that we can do, the con

pennsylvania republican congress and ryan costello tweeted, " proud to support local small businesses on small business saturday and every day. aude into john dr downtown lebanon for helping to pick the perfect train set to run under the christmas tree." oregon democratic senator john merkley posted this. "happy small biz saturday. cap small and support local businesses like tender loving empire, which sells locally made goods like records press that cascade pressing that create local jobs, power local economies and add so much hard to our communities." tonight on c-span, david brooks and historian ronald white discuss character and the presidency. comparing past administrations to the trump white house. david brooks talks about dwight eisenhower. character you build is to identify your core sin and fight it. we all have some weakness, and for one of my characters, dwight eisenhower, is weakness was his temper. the story i told was ike at eight or nine going trick-or-treating. his mom would not let him. he got said that he punched a tree in the front yard and rubbed all the skin off h

female colleagues we know there is legislation looking at this from a couple of my colleagues, ryan costello jackie speier, looking at how we deal with this and frankly how we deal with this as a society. there is a greater conversation happening and it should be happening and i'm glad it's happening even though it's an ugly conversation, one that needs to be had. stuart: you can't say this disappearing, resolution come i can't see that. i see this as a long-running nasty story of great pain for so many women. i just don't see it going away. stuart: sexual harassment is not going it's going to be around and that's why we need to take serious steps towards addressing it. stuart: extraordinary series of revolutions. stuart: the amazing part in one of those affidavit that says they use congressional resources to find people from washington d.c. and if that's the case you ought to resign. >> bill hyde think republican of michigan thank you. we appreciate that. high tax states facing in accidents, a huge outflow of taxpayers who enters the question. how does big government survived with high inco