why utica for refugees?utica was close to syracuse, and tom cruise is from syracuse, so i thought i was going to see tom cruise. >> reporter: sadly, for bosnian refugee ibrahim rosic, no cruise, happily, the mohawk valley resource center. >> we receive $1,125 federal to be spent on behalf of each arriving refugee. >> reporter: with those dollars, says executive director shelly callahan, the refugee center rents an apartment, furnishes it, gets the utilities turned on, and starts teaching the basics. >> so, it's how to lock your door, how to work the stove, the thermostat, the plumbing. >> reporter: there are also english lessons. >> is somebody sitting to the left of you? >> left? >> yes. >> right? >> left, right. >> you have got to shop around. >> reporter: introductions to strange new foods. >> celery. we're going to make celery and kale. >> reporter: and for those who can drive, the all-important class in parking tickets, a veritable auditorium of babel. but within a few months, they're on their own. >> t

good morning, utica. utica weather in a second. but first kenny has tennis highlights. >> sorry to interrupt your international news. but we have international tennis, something that's never happened before. a male human being winning the wimbledon singles title eight times, is that guy, roger federer, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in front of prince william, princess kate, emotional after winning or he's allergic to grass. first win in wimbledon in straight sets since bjorn borg won it in '76. >> because you're up so early, you might have gone to bed early last night and so you might have missed lonzo ball wearing air jordan 31s. his fourth different pair of shoe. there's a wing three. later this is fun. i love a drive with the right side but use your left hand. always enjoy that type of layup. not a lot of humidity in las vegas, so it gets very dry, so you got to drink a lot of water or you could get cramps. that's what happened to ball. he left early. we'll see if he plays monday. a lot of humidny in utica. chance of thunderstorms all day today

good morning, utica.her beautiful day this utica. >> perfect. >> we begin with baseball highlights. you were probably in bed had this ended. >> you missed maybe the most dustin pedroia play of his career. this is what necessitated it. mike napoli off craig kimbrel, tying home run. next pitch. carlos is pedroia backing up thela and they get gomez at first. look at him falling down. just the presentation of mind to even be there backing up the play and then the incredible athleticism to get him at first. fast forward to the 11th. andrew got all of that or enough of it anyway. red sox in dramatic fashion win it in 11, 7-5. >> 76ers are playing in utah. foltz, 17 points in 22 minutes. 11 in the fourth and the celtics win. >> happy fourth of july, everybody. enjoy the day, for john buccigross, i'm kevin connors, good morning america. >> thanks, boys. >>> now a bit of christmas in july. some people in california are ditching the beaches and barbecues to hit the slopes this independence day. >> ye are out in dro

now, this weekend i had the good experience once again to go to the utica broiler maker. it is a famous road race in my dad's hometown. 15k race. the largest in the country. people from 45 states participate. and as usual, i walked through the crowd con grgratulating peo and they were sweaty but happy. i came across three men in wheelchairs. just after they crossed the finish line the first thing they said to me was senator, please protect medicaid. we would be lost without it. these were proud men. they deserve to be proud for finishing a difficult race made harder by their disability. they could be forgiven for taking a moment to celebrate but instead they wheeled up to me to talk about how important medicaid was to them. these are not slackers. they wouldn't bow in a race like this if they were but they needed help and were disabled. i don't know how their disability came about. probably from work. they looked like strong guys. we will take away their medicare so we can give tax breaks to the wealthiest people in america? i hope not. these folks don't know it is a life

good morning, utica. another beautiful day in utica today. >> gorgeous. >> perfect.egin with baseball highlights. you were probably in bed when this game ended. >> and you know what, you missed maybe the most dustin pedroia play of dustin pedroia's career. this is what necessitated it. mike napoli off craig kimbrel, game-tying home run. next pitch, carlos gomez will check swing. here is pedroia backing up the play, and they get gomez at first. look at him falling down. just the presence of mind to even be there backing up the play and then the incredible athleticism to get him at first. fast forward to the 11th. andrew benintendi got all of that one or enough of it anyway. red sox in dramatic fashion win it in 11, 7-5. >>> nba summer league game last night, markelle fultz of the 76ers, they're playing this game in utah. fultz, 17 points in 22 minutes. jason tatum had 21 points, 11 in the fourth quarter, and the celtics win. >> happy fourth of july, everybody. enjoy the day. for john buccigross, i'm kevin connors, good morning, america. >> thanks, boys. >>> now a bit

homes in utica.injuries. >> today looks like the winner of the weekend. >> reporter: by far, that humidity was wringing out a sponge. it was so thick. and here come the downpours. let's get you outside, no downpours today. it will be very, very nice with the humidity levels dropping off this afternoon. it's a treat this afternoon. beautiful shot in penns landing, still dealing with a little bit of haze. the humidity levels are high is of now. give it a couple of hours the drier air from canada will work its way in. there's the line from halifax from the carolinas to the virginias. it will work out to sea and clear the coast. the headlines this morning it will be hot over the neck few days, but the big story is the lowering humidity levels and becomes much more comfortable this afternoon. spotty thunderstorm on the 4th. i'll talk about that in a minute we're a few degrees above the seasonal average, started out about #. the normal lie 68. 74 in physical. millville, 72. dover, checking in at 73. cape m

good morning, utica. john bouchard grogs and kennen connors. begin with bryce harper.. >> as american as apple pie and titanic home runs sunday night baseball as seen on espn against the cardinals. top one, he's headed to his fifth all-star game and she's a goner. 19th homer of the year. two-run shot but he was just getting started. brush through that hair between the first and third inning and then whatever he did paid off. third multihome run game of the season, 13th of his career came off carlos martinez, a name brand who is headed to the all-star game himself. nationals in the n.l., mookie betts is starting to get going for the red sox. they were in toronto sunday and betts, yard, what a game. for mookie betts. two home run, that one was 15 feet off the ground. he finished with 8 rbis. only mookie betts and nomar garciaparra, only red sox players to have two career eight rbi games. >> all right. highlights from our guys at espn, thank you, guys. >>> up next in "the pulse," the world's greatest competitor eaters are ready to weigh in and stare down the competition a

heavy downpours in utica, new york causing widespread flooding. multiple cars were submerged in water as residents were forced to walk through flooded streets and subway stations in germany subway stations flooded. bill karins has a better outlook for this holiday. we like that. >> things are looking really nice. a nice two day period. bright sunshine through the west. temperatures are warm. 108 in phoenix. 95 in oregon. 66 san francisco. that's very typical of this mid-summer weather. all the bad weather in the east. fourth of july, getting warmer, 112, phoenix, 81 in areas around los angeles and fireworks forecast looks dry. to the pacific northwest. right now it's split between coast and areas of the mountains. the how about this for cute video of the day. a baby elephant wanted to have fun like we did. watch as he lies on her belly and slides down the hill. the amusing moment was caught by her trainer in china. the 2-year-old elephant was brought there after she was found alone and injured. she's fully recovered and having a blast in the mud.

binghamton, utica, and glen falls and saratoga. by 11:00 p.m.kills and poconos, skps a few trying to make their way. nothing bad. the heat will be on. as i mentioned brks a half hour ago, statistically this is the warmest week of the summer for the lower 48. as we go throughout the day today and into tomorrow, the heat really is building already excessive heat watch in effect from areas from kansas through missouri. today the temperatures are the highest in california. sacramento, redding. they're still on track for one of the hottest summers ever for places like las vegas, salt lake city, even phoenix with a very hot stretch earlier this summer too. by tuesday the heat moves to denver, to amarillo, and it's not until the middle to the end of the week that we see our first sustained heat wave. look at st. louis. this is not the heat index. this is the actual temperatures. 100, 102, 102. it doesn't quite make it to chicago. you will get lucky in the great lakes, but through the central plains and will spread towards d.c. too by the end of the wee

an award winning brewery, they are famous for their pale ale logger utica club. ms. tenney: the first beer license for sale after prohibition. they are currently among the 15 largest beer producers in the nation. and the family continues to develop new recipes each year. their brewery has played an important role in our local community by hosting thursdays, a weekly summer concert series where a portion of the proceeds are donated to the united way of utica. they also host the postrace celebration for the world famous utica boilermaker 15-k road race. thank you to fred, nick, and everyone at the brewery for eir hard work, ingenuity and hard work in our community. i encourage my colleagues to stop by my office and try some of their great products. on a personal note, as a life long friend of the family, i will always be grateful to lily and duffy who taught me how to ride a bicycle. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? ou don't seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recog

utica, weather starts off cloudy, keeps getting better as the day goes along. that's my favorite kind of days. >> beautiful. by the way, the stanton kid or judge, i'm sorry, fantastic. 30 homers already, that's the yankee rookie record. he's got a whole second half. >> his parents are retired schoolteachers. >> smart. >>> up next in "the pulse," kermit the frog is getting a new voice for the first time in decades. >>> and a lucky teen who's got more lottery wins than most people get in a lifetime. >>> and don't forget to curou f. see what author j.k. rowling is saying about something she's written that may never be published on atmfans.com. (avo) come with us... ...to a new world. deeper than the ocean. as unfathomable as the universe. a world that doesn't exist outside you... ...but within you. where breakthrough science is replacing chemotherapy with immunotherapy. where we can now attack the causes of disease, not just the symptoms. where medicines once produced for all, are now designed to fit you. today 140,000 biopharmaceutical researchers go bodly to dis

and check out this flooding in utica, new york, that rough weather snapping those power lines. also, dangerous winds and flash marciano is here. >> reporter: hey, tom, some of the same areas getting hit again tonight. but look at this severe thunderstorm watch from d.c. through philly, a waterspout in maine. now going through philadelphia and new jersey, could have some damaging winds with that. tomorrow, much less humid and we're looking at some storms across the southeast. that's where the scattered storms will be. much quieter, dry out west but warm across the northeast. a quieter day for sunday. we had a pretty rough start for this holiday weekend. >> all right, rob, thank you. >>> tennis star venus williams breaking her silence tonight about that car crash that left a man dead. she posting to her facebook page, saying she's devastated and heartbroken by that accident last month in florida. she faces a wrongful death lawsuit from the family. the police report said williams violated the right of way of the car his wife was driving. >>> and a new development tonight involving

torrential rain wreaking havoc on holiday travel, swamping roadways in utica, new york. >> the water just came gushing down here. >> reporter: this road in new hampshire, nearly washed away by heavy rain. >> third alarm water rescue with a mayday. >> reporter: in new hampton, flash floods engulfing 160 campsites, rescue boats required to get campers out, everyone safe tonight. >> they did see it on fire and saw it come down. >> reporter: a plane crashing in georgia, killing its four passengers. a thunderstorm in the area may have contributed. and in the southwest, -- in pennsylvania, 60-plus mile per hour winds flipping over this plane. and in the southwest, hard-hitting hail ricocheting off the ground in new mexico, forming a river of ice and water. >> rob joins us now. what is the weather forecast looking like? >> a little less organized, but pop-up thunderstorms can sometimes pack a punch. flash floods, 60-plus mile an hour winds, and they will continue to press off to the east. the southeast, moisture, humidity, scattered thunderstorms, tonight and tomorrow. warm and dry out west

the next one was sent in by kevin morales in utica, new york.a game on his phone when he got this notification. "would you like to be automatically notified when your balls have been recharged?" >> steve: hey, oh! [ laughter and applause ] call cialis. >> jimmy: yeah, i would. i would. i would like to be notified. >> steve: please, just let me know. >> jimmy: please let me know, when that's happening. >> steve: if you don't know, nobody does. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i don't know, yeah. someone else is gonna tell me, i don't know. this next one was sent in by kris wilson in olathe, kansas. he was watching an old baseball game between royals and the yankees, and spotted a shot of two of the players names. look at this. "coke. cain." [ laughter and applause ] those two have a lot of energy. >> steve: they have a lot of energy, those guys. the balls got recharged. >> jimmy: that game was over in -- in ten minutes. [ laughter ] the fastest baseball game ever played. this next one was sent in by matthew mannix, in virginia beach. he was loo

significant rainfall totals for this area led to some significant flooding across downtown utica.from the salvation army emergency disaster services. we have video footage, as well. four feet of water inundated the downtown parts of this location and made it almost impossible for people to drive. look at the flooded roads there. some of the vehicles getting stuck in the water, as well. not good to try and traverse over flooded roadways, regardless of what we're seeing there on tv. scary moments for residents there. fortunately, the waters have receded and are starting to dry out. >> thank you. >>> when you dig underneath rome, you never know what you're going to find. >> this discovery is sort of ao. during the excavation of rome's newest subway line, dating back 18 centuries. neutralizing 44% more acid than tums® for fast, powerful relief of your worst heartburn. i trust my rolaids®. r-o-l-a-i-d-s spells relief. we send our kids out into the world, full of hope. and we don't want something like meningitis b getting in their way. meningococcal group b disease, or meningitis b, is

rome and utica. the erie canal was transformative in establishing new york as the empire state. the canal opened the interior of our nation, allowing for westward expansion and the free flow of goods. ms. tenney: with a drastic 90% reduction of shipping costs, the canal established our region as a hub of economic activity in the early 20th century, and made new york the busiest port in the entire nation. in addition to the vast economic impact, the er irving e canal had an important -- erie canal had an important cultural effect. nearly 80% of upstate new york's population lives within 25 miles of the canal. to buffalo, today the erie canal is designated as a national her intelligent area, continue -- heritage area, continuing its rich legacy. this saturday, a first dig celebration in rome, new york, will recognize this historic and monumental achievement in both new york's and our nation's history. and in the words of the famous erie canal song, you'll always know your neighbor and you'll always know your pal, if you've and in the words of the erie canal song, you'll always kno

these are images from utica. no one was injured but multiple cars were submerged in this water.oining me for a look at the weather headlines, the weather channel's reynolds wolf. break it down. holiday weekends. >> happy sunday to you, thomas. a chance of storms today scattered across parts of the south. maybe some severe storms moving across the plains. beautiful in seattle with 78 degrees. tomorrow severe storms back again central plains. notice we may have some in new york city by the afternoon with 89 degrees. atlanta with scattered activity. maybe some across parts of the gulf coast. out west, los angeles, beautiful times. 77 for your high. denver, high times along parts of the frontal range. cooler weather. get to high elevation farther out to the west. boise, 101 on tuesday. for the fourth of july, atlanta, stormy one. atlanta with showers early. new york spectacular but warm times with 86 grease. chicago, 82 and plenty of sun. bismarck going to 96 and phoenix 111 degrees. hot times out west. let's send it back to you. >> reynolds, thank you very much. happy fourth to you

utica high dosage of vote so that the information is reduced but i don't know how that works in termshis is confusing. the weather, were told, is going to bea the weather, were told, is going to be a lot of sunshine particularly in the south today. cover—up, please. lovely to see this morning. there is one person who knows exactly what is going on. good morning. i think what often catches people out as well regarding sunburn and sunshine is the temperature. people think it is temperature related and it is not. it is how much sun is in the sky. there was a lot of sunshine on offer today. it might only be 16 in the north but it is strong sunshine. we had 30 yesterday. the seventh time this year that we have had 30 degrees. we we re year that we have had 30 degrees. we were not make it a today but we should do better in glasgow. it's all to through the type of air that we've got over the country but it would not have mattered without was 16 and sunny in glasgow 30 and sunny in glasgow, the sun is stronger this type of year. if you're heading to wimbledon, there have been issues with the

i'm deirdre from new york fromand we are searching slave rescue in utica. one of the people rescue described how the person who was pursuing them, the bounty hunter would gamble away money in new york city and captured people and take them down south to sell them so we had more money to gamble. i kind of wonder what percentage of people who were kidnapped in new york for example actually had any legal process whatsoever and word just dragged out of there? , i represent gwen the lest we forget museum in philadelphia. i have a question about the conversation as relates to harriet. in my readings i understand she only got her pension later in life and i wonder if it had to do with the fact he was a female as opposed to some of these white men. i heard she got it later in life and that she never got any. >> my question is relating to the community aspect of the underground railroad. escape -- justice kagan slave people. are there people who escaped without the aid of stations or stationmaster's? of thatunderstanding definition in terms of escape, are there any

appalachian area, not just coal, but if you are in pittsburgh standing over the maricela shell over the uticaal i visiting a plan in long view west virginia, a highly efficient low emission plan one of the most effective plants in the world that is using west virginia, pennsylvania coal. so there is a real future for coal in the country from standpoint being able to dwell unreasonable source going to last for snurs not just decade but cent release. >> joe manchin, senator kapieto as well -- leaders of that part of the state who understand democrats and republicans that the future of that region lies with energy and i think of you are going to see just in the future clear evidence of a plan to be put in place to revitalize the economy, of that entire region not just west virginia but pennsylvania, ohio kentucky, an area that is really taken in it chops if you you will from the last administration, and he hopefully, you know, four years down the road we look back we will sigh o that is how you revitalize a region using their energy resources. >> we know you have a big agenda we will watch the d

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this weekend, i had a good experience once again to go to the utica boilermaker. it is a famous race in my dads hometown. 15 k race, the largest in the country. people from 45 states participated. as usual, i walked through the crowd afterward congratulating people on a great race. they were sweaty but they were happy. and i came upon three men in wheelchairs. here they are. just after they crossed the finish line, the first thing that they said to me was senator, please protect medicaid. we would be lost without it. these were proud men. and they deserve to be proud for finishing a difficult race made harder by the disability. they could be forgiven for taking a moment to celebrate. but instead, they wheeled off to me to talk about how important medicaid was to them. these are not slackers! they were not being a race like this if they were! but they needed somehow, they are disabled. i do not have their disabilities came about, probably from work. they looked like really strong guys. we're going to take away their medicaid? so that we can give tax breaks to the w

now, this weekend, i had the good experience once again to go to the utica boilermaker. it's a famous road race in my dad's hometown. 15-k race, the largest in the country. people from 45 states participated. and as usual, i walked through the crowd afterwards, congratulating people on a great race. they were sweaty but they were happy. and i came upon three men in wheelchairs. here they are. just after they crossed the finish line, the first thing they said to me was, senator, please protect medicaid. we'd be lost without it. these were proud men, and they deserve to be proud for finishing a difficult race made harder by their disability. they could be forgiven for taking a moment to celebrate, but instead they wheeled up to me to talk about how important medicaid was to them. these are not slackers. they wouldn't be in a race like this if they were. but they needed some help. they're disabled. i don't know how their disabilities came about. probably from work. they look like really strong guys. we're going to take away their medicaid so we can give tax breaks to the we