-- coppersville to tuscaloosa. this will provide many opportunities in the black belt. i am pleased to announce plans to connect more rural counties with access to geneva and fayette counties and others are under development. roads are the arteries of commerce. these are just a few of the minute we will use to open doors of opportunity -- of the many we will use to open doors of opportunity. we cannot have roads without state troopers. in 2020 the law enforcement agency was able to train and graduate 120 new troopers. they added personnel to our waterways and coast. i would be remiss in not acknowledging the challenges our men and women in blue face every day. and we thank them for their service and sacrifice. we can never say thank you enough. one of the most critical issues facing our state, is the dire condition of our prisons. it is no secret that the department of corrections is facing -- that are the result of decades of neglect. resolving these requires multifaceted strategy and immediate action. the corners

later this year we will turn the shovelgg on the long discussed highway 43 from thomasville to tuscaloosa. this will provide interstate connectivity for many rural counties in alabama black belt between mobile and tuscaloosa i'm also pleased to announce plans to connect to more rural counties with geneva and fayette county's and i rose to the owners of the alabama commerce this is just a few of the many one - - of the many we will use for all of our people. we all know we cannot have safe roads without safe state troopers patrolling them. the law enforcement agency had us recruit and train and graduate 123 new students also adding personnel to the gulf coast i would be remiss in not acknowledging that challenges the men and women in blue face everyday for the sacrifice but we can never say thank you enough. one of the most critical issues facing our state is the dire condition of our prisons. it's no secret the department of corrections is facing those challenges that result of decades of neglect resulting these have a strategy of immediate action and the cornerstone of the alabama prison

. >> bobby from tuscaloosa, alabama on those who make under $30,000 a morning. >> caller: good morning. good morning. >> go ahead, sir. >> caller: i was just listening and i agree with the have a from virginia and the lady from maryland. i -- i'm retired, and now i make under $30,000, but when i was looking at before i was retired, i said, well, when i retire i wanted to have my home paid for and my home is paid for. i'm retired and i get social security and a person, and it will really not impact me, but there's so many people that it will, and i don't have the answer and there is an answer and i think the republicans and the democrats should get the money to, as the one gentleman said, to the people that were impacted by this virus and laid off and have families, but it did not affecting me and my family because my home is paid for, i have an automobile that's paid for. i have good insurance and so i do have co-pays and all that, but it -- it just didn't impact me and i think if we really need take a look at how much we spend money. the government, there's so much waste and there's s

the identified one, which was the tuscaloosa. and they said, we're going to present a very comprehensive report to the community an open meeting, but not today. and they did ultimately, they came back nine months later, had an open meeting and they said, we found a couple tailed. that's it! it's 25 feet under the water. insane! not for sure if we can bring it up, might disintegrate, that's to be just a tournament. they have engineers right now that are trying to determine if they can bring it up. they did bring up some artifacts and they're doing dna testing on those artifacts. and it's been announced that ultimately, they will be on display in one of the museums in the city somewhere. but, most profound thing that took place was the fact that they validated that that was the clotilda. there is about 300, fourth fifth generation descendants the live in this community. they were finally able to bring closure. that that's the ship that their ancestors came over on. 460 years, it's been a rumor because the meaher family never valida

they identify one which is the "tuscaloosa" and he said we're going to present a very comprehensive report to the community in an open meeting but not today, and they did ultimately. they came back nine months later, had an open meeting, and they said we found "the clotilda. it's 25 feet underwater in sand. not sure if we can bring it up, might disintegrate. that's to be determined. they have engineered right now that is trying to determine if they can bring it up. they did bring up some artifacts, and they are doing dna testing on those artifacts, and it's been announced that ultimately it -- they will be on display in one of the museums in the city somewhere, but the most profound thing that took place was the fact that they validated that that was the "clotilda." there's about 300 fourth or fifth generations that live in this community. they were finally able to bring closure that that's the ship that their ancestors came over on. for 160 years it's been a rumor because the maeher family never ever value date, never presented a manifest and never stated that they had anything to do with

host: bobby, tuscaloosa, alabama, on the line for those who make under $30,000 a year. good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i agree with the gentleman from virginia and the lady from maryland. i am way tired. -- i am retired. when i retire, i want to have my home paid for, my home is paid for. i get social security and a pension. there are so many people that it will. there is an answer. the republicans and the democrats should give the money to the people impacted by this virus. it did not affect me and my family. my home is paid for, i have an automobile paid for. i have insurance. it did not impact me. we need to look at how we spend money. the government has so much waste. when they pass a bill, there are other things tacked onto the bill. i do not understand the government. they should make a bill where if they are going to give stimulus, unemployment, deal with those items and leave the other stuff they tack onto it. one day it is going to crash. i don't know when and i hope i don't be here. i plan. i am good. these people working, this may be a good lesson for t