he's unreachable. that was precisely why i could not forget about mario cuomo. was drawn by the power of cuomo's intellect. integrate and persona as the a bold contradiction to the stareowtypes of italians. cuomo's visions and values were compelling to me. offering a clear pathway away from my past, chance to contribute to the greater world out there and still retain my family's love. if mario cuomo could do it, faced with a set of different challenges, like not speaking english until he was ought years old, then so could i. how other could i tell mario cuomo that story would appear in the press next day linking mr. brother, hour name to john gotti. how do i talk about organized crime in my family with the one italian-american and elected foreign who personified the complete opposite? i pictured myself on the 57th 57th floor in the press conference room at the world trade center, tower number two. telling report hes that any notion of mario cuomo having mob connections was bullshit because the mob was in my family and the understand word about cuomo was that he

was bullshit, because the mob was in my family, and the inside word about cuomo was that he was unreachable. in my imaginary press conference, i resigned and condemned the rumors. instead, i condemned myself for not protecting mario cuomo from my family and from being unable to resist the pull to work for him in the first place. looking at my work for cuomo as penance for the sins of my brother and the mobsters who marred our lives, i would do good through public service. i would clean up the family name. i got up and paced around my office. finally, i sat down and wrote out a script that i would read to the governor. and this is the script. governor, i have some very unpleasant news which i feel obligated to share with you. my brother was sentenced to three months in prison for tax evasion today in federal court in uniondale. the judge in his decision also expressed the belief that my brother had some association with organized crime. two newsday reporters were present, one of whom -- irv long -- i knew. i anticipate there will be a story in tomorrow's paper, so i don't want you to learn o

propose that the state provide assistance to keep those premiums for making health care coverage unreachable for many of our fellow citizens. under obamacare the so-called affordable care act premiums for people in the individual market are going up an average of 36% this year. summers the much larger premium increases. for example christine from brown county saw her premiums go up but get this almost $2000 a month, a month and that's about 120% increase and that is unsustainable and unacceptable. thankfully, our healthcare stability program will help keep premiums at a reasonable level here in wisconsin and this is a market-driven approach to bring stability to health care in wisconsin: we found a unique way to help everyone living in poverty in wisconsin history. we have a unique way to drive down premiums and this is not a republican or democrat issue. it is a wisconsin issue. we listen to the people and pray that we find a wisconsin solution. [applause] is minnesota governor said in the past the affordable care act is no longer affordable and instead of seeking to put thousands of more p

the trappings of a new professional life loomed at unreachable heights.chores, office supplies fluorescent lights someone's legs lay across her chest the breath of the teller she was supervising came past all around her. seconds pulled out like taffy. the lobby rang with cries, shouts, and that allowed metallic bay which sparked if flurry of desperate looks than a consensus that there is no way that have been a good shot. fridge caught just as i nod toward the silent alarm button. just stared at it, all should have to do is pull her arm up return across the space extender finger up and apparent giant legs turn the corner into the station. the pile compressed with the gas. a man in a bulky gray sweatshirt and ski mask crouched on to stare at them. his eyes were blue and they seem to go through the eyeholes. laser light spike from the barrel of the gun in his right hand dancing through their torsos and limbs. the image of herself with her arm outstretched toward the button reverberated that she could barely think that she had almost done it. get up he said.

with bob long -- mob connections was full shit because they were in my family because they were unreachable so with my imaginary press conference as an eyewitness instead for not protecting cuomo from my family to resist the pull to work for him in the first place. and those mobsters who marred our lives to do good to permit lung -- public service i would pace around my office and finally i sat down to write out a script the governor and this is the script. governor, i have some very implicit news and then to be spending three months in tax evasion in federal court so with his decision expresses the belief to have some association with organized crime. so we don't want you to learn of this secondhand. so i read over my speech but there is no escaping or rationalization i could not pretend everything would be as it was. the phone on my desk rang. placing the script in front of me, hello governor. what is going on? i read my script word for word the governor was silent i finished and closed my eyes waiting for his response. >> i don't see how that should affect you. i certainly feel for you b

medicaid and medicare, i propose that the state provide assistance to keep the premiums from becoming unreachable for the citizens. under obamacare, the so called affordable care act. premiums are going up 30%, some are seeing larger increases, christine saw her premiums go up $2,000 a month. a month, that's a 120% increase, that's unsustainable and unacceptable. thankfully our healthcare stability plan keeps premiums at a reasonable level in wisconsin, this is a market driven approach to bring stability to people in wisconsin just add we did careers ago when we covered everyone living in poverty for the fist in history. we have a way to bring down premiums, this is not a republican or democrat issue, this is a wisconsin issue, we listened to the people of wisconsin. as minnesota governor dayton said in the past, the affordable care act is no longer affordable. instead of putting people under government assistance, the obamacare expansion, we help to make insurance plans for affordable and we believe it will lead fo more choices for consumers across the state -- to more choices for consumers acro

. >> and georgia, though they tried and tried, was unreachable. >> we really thought that she had gonend of lost hope i guess. >> back in indiana that night, the news ever worse, john turned on his computer and read that last e-mail from zach. >> he sent it literally ten minutes before the earthquake hit, birthday greeting. >> and said what? >> happy birthday, love you. >> it said much more than that, though. >> dearest rock inpoppy, happy birthday. whoo hoo, the wig five-oh. the more and more time we spend apart the more i realize how amazing of a father and friend you have been to me over the years and have always given me a perfect example of how a man an husband is to treat a woman and his wife. i was thinking, god, is this the last thing i hear from my son, you know. >> and it's that. >> yeah. >> saturday morning, more than 24 hours since they had any communication from their son -- >> by 8:30, we still hadn't heard anything. we still woke up to even more horrible images and then had time to think about the death tolls and all that. it was just compounding and compounding and comp

propose that the state provide assistance to keep those premiums from making health care coverage unreachable for many of our fellow citizens. under the obama -- under obamacare, the so-called affordable care act, premiums for people in the individual market are going up an average of 36% this year. some are seeing much larger premium increases. for example, christine from brown county saw her premiums go up by, get this, almost $2,000 a month. a month. that's about 120% increase. that is unsustainable and unacceptable. thankfully, our health care stability plan will help keep premiums at a reasonable level here in wisconsin. this is a market-driven approach to bring stability to health care in wisconsin. just as we did years ago, when we found a unique way to cover everyone living in poverty for the first time in wisconsin history, we have a unique way to help drive down premiums. and, you know what, this is not a republican or a democrat issue, it is a wisconsin issue. we listened to the people and created a wisconsin solution. as minnesota governor mark dayton said in the past, the afforda

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him having mob connections was -- because it was in my family and the inside word was that he was unreachable in my imaginary press conference i resigned as an eyewitness and instead i condemned myself for not protecting mary over my family. looking at my work this penance for the since my brother in the month marred our lives. i would do good through public service i clean up the family name. i paced around my office. finally i sat down and wrote out a script that i would read to the governor. this is the script. governor i have some very unpleasant news which i feel obligated to share with you. my brother was sentenced to three months in prison for tax efficient today the judge in his decision also expressed the belief that my brother had some association with organized crime. i anticipate there'll be a story in tomorrow's paper so i do not want you to learn of the secondhand. i read over my speech with hands trembling. there is no escaping now, no rationalization. i cannot pretend that everything would be as it was. the phone on my desk rang and it was the governor. i place the script in f

having connections was bullshit because it was in my family and the outside word was that he was unreachable. in my imaginary press conference threresigned as an eyewitness ie rumors instead i condemned myself for not protecting barrio from my family and for being unable to resist the work in the first place. looking at my work as penance for the sins of my father and the mobsters but ruined our lives i would do to through public service. i would clean up the family name. i got up and paced around the office and finally, i sat down and i wrote a script i would read to the governor and this is the script. governor, i have some very unpleasant news which i feel obligated to share with you. my brother was sentenced to three months in prison for tax evasion today. and in the federal court in uniondale judge bachelor in his decision expressed the belief that my brother had some association with organized crime on the two news area reporters were present, one of whom i knew and i anticipate there will be a story in tomorrow's paper, so i don't want you to learn of this secondhand. i read over my l

i think they're unreachable at this point.etting your information from the number one cable news outlet like jonathan said and you're only getting your tweets from donald trump's twitter account, you're really not learning. there's no intellectual curiosity to find anything else. they're cherry-picking the head line and retweeting this. they find it factual which is the scary part of the base that uplifts false information. >> the thing is, jan, what would you make of the white embrace of julian assange, somebody on with hannity all the time. he used to be the enemy of the right and now they've embraced? >> i think sean hannity can get his source of information, if he wants to get it from julian assange or his other sources, i think the person most damaging was mark warner himself. >> wait, wait, very deft. what do you make of the right embrace of julian assange? >> well, i think republicans are looking for all of the information coming outside. >> do you think that's hostile foreign agent? >> i think what we saw during the wi

sadly, however, the new administration posed threats that would make my hope and dreams unreachable. with the permanence taken away, our hard work will become worthless. i yearn for congress to give me a chance to give back to this country. many of the stories that i've been reading so far have been, but not all, but have have been about people in our own hemisphere. but it's important to note that many undocumented are from the asian pacific region, many are from africa or the caribbean. that's our hemisphere but not in terms of latin america but in terms of the caribbean and so some are even from other places that are not necessarily ethnically diverse. here's one, today i want to tell you about han yoon li. when she was 6 years old, her family came to the united states from south korea. she grew up in michigan. here's what she says about her childhood in the united states of america. quote, i was fortunate enough to grow up learning that diversity is encouraged and difference are not just stoll rated but welcomed. he was a -- she was a good student and committed to public service.

sadly, however, the new administration has posed threats that would make my hope and my dreams unreachable. if the permit is taken away, our hard work will begin worthless. i want to give back to this country. so i urge congress to give me that chance. we thank anna for her statement. a high school student teacher told me people like you don't go to college. i was accepted to seven colleges after graduating with honors from emsly high langley high school and you know i hold a b.f.a. from memphis college of the arts as well as m.a. and m.f.a. from the university of iowa. in july, 2012, i stood in front of the television with tears rolling down my face as i heard president obama enact the controversial executive action of the dream act. a bipartisan bill -- after the dream act. a bipartisan bill failed to reach cloture in the senate. even though those -- through those tears, i knew that my life and the lives of so many others were at risk. and that most people would never see this. i was the first in my family to graduate from high school. every undocumented person i knew other than two youn