washington's life in west virginia was important, informative for him. it was because of the frontier values that were here, for the whites really were not aristocratic like in eastern virginia. they believed people were worth. they had self-worth. they believed in the individual. it was a combination of all these things coming together they gave him the idea of an american dream and gave him the building -- >> c-span is entrusting, west virginia learning about the literary scene. up next, we speak with emily hilliard on her work to document the various cultures that make up appalachian heritage. ♪ >> in west virginia, we have a lot of people across the state who may not identify as artists, but are extremely creative, extremely important and how they're preserving traditions in their community, to storytelling to fiddle tunes. so, we really want to help these people do the work they are already doing and practice their art form. with the program, we document, preserve, present, and support traditional artists, cultural heritage practitioners, and cultura

we are trying to show this is not abnormal in west virginia. this is what west virginia is.f the most open and accepting places that i have ever been. we want to represent west virginia. but he ever asked us to say -- live from the mountain state of west virginia -- i started doing that very early because i wanted to. i wanted people to know where we were from. there are times in public radio when that was not positive. they wanted you to be nowhere, so that people could put it on their station and it would seem like it was produced by their station. we said, we are not going to do it. you will always know it is from west virginia because that is who we are. we are going to tell you where we are from. we also want to represent west virginia, hopefully by the personality that the show has. we want to try to reflect what we think is a west virginia personality. by that i mean we are straightforward, we are warm, we are friendly, we are not cute. welike the people we put on, like the audience very much, and we want to give them something. west virginians are generous. west virg

virginia was divided east and west. many of the issues between these two sections were a microcosm of the larger issues that was facing the country. one of the biggest issues facing virginia were the allegheny mountains separating virginia essentially in half. these mountains were a natural barrier for transportation and communication. they affected trade, the farmers and this burgeoning industry that you have in western virginia. they found it much easier to get their goods to market on the ohio river and take them west to ohio or up to pittsburgh in western pennsylvania. as much, western virginia felt much more closely aligned to the north and west than it did to tide water, virginia. as an example, i'm from wheeling, which is up here in the northern panhandle. we're about 50 miles south of pittsburgh and more than 300 miles away from richmond. another issue facing the two sections was slavery. the census counted nearly 1.6 million people living in the state. and of that number, nearly 500,000 were slaves. that's about

do you realize in the state of west virginia today we're probably on a run rate in west virginia today of 82, 85 million tons. probably a third of that is metallurgical tons. so say we've got 50 million steam coal tons. do you know how many tons are in america? 700 million. do you know how many they can use in this process? 125 million tons. it's unbelievable. it's unbelievable. if in fact it's real, it's unbelievable what the researchers are doing and they're doing it, they're making it, they're absolutely doing it right now in wyoming, and they're making it. so now, i would like, with heno motors' steve stallmaker, to stand. mark west erwin, osling, from pietro florentini, max embrosy in for cornerstone, ed sparks and craig zoglio and with ramaco, randy atkins. they are everywhere up here and give them a monstrous round of applause, please. [ applause ] okay. now, if i can switch channels just a little bit and say just this. i believe airports are our heart. they're our heart. there's lot of things that makes us really good. but the airports are everything to us. i've got to brag jus

especially between west virginia and north carolina and while virginia's numbers look better better, mine does not. and to be heavily impacted in all the areas of cool country that looks like west virginia with the opioid crisis. we are all moved by testimony from time to time with privacy versus testimony and then to testify for her brother who could not testify because he died. he licked the problem and then was in a major car accident but because the doctors had no idea and he was unconscious and could not tell anybody, they gave him and he survived the injuries he did not survive the reintroduction of opioids into his system. we have to work on that problem. foster care. you said half of the children in foster care their >> parents had some form of drug addiction? but you didn't see in the written testimony how many that, >> was. >> we have about 12000 individuals in the foster care system. >> so roughly 6000 i thought it was that your answer to another question you mentioned the school systems to make sure there was money there. several families that have first gone through fost

i know the harm that occurred in west virginia.s. there were so much senseless death and misrepresentations went on with the pharmaceutical companies. we have to make sure there is accountability and the right amount of dollars goes to address the treatment problems in our state. >> mike: happy new year. >> same to you, my friend. >> mike: more u.s. troops head to the middle east after 2 days of disturbances at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. reaction from the panel when we come back. first sad news. former national basketball commissioner david stearn died. he was the longest serving commissioner for 30 years. he suffered a brain hemorrhage last month. david stearn was 77. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have-oh boy. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. the sleep number 360 smart bed. prices of the season on can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it senses your movements an

my district is the area stretch between west virginia and north carolina and kentucky and tennessee and virginia's numbers look better than west virginia, my district does not, have both marksville on the north carolina side it is heavily impacted, and then all areas equal country and look very much like west virginia when it comes to the opioid crisis. so i'm very concerned about a lot of these issues and we all are moved testimony from time to time it earlier you had a discussion related to privacy forces integrated medical care, testimony i remember is a man who came to testify for his brother who could not testify because he had died. he had looked the opioid problem and then was it a major car accident, because the doctors had no idea that he had an opioid problem because he was unconscious he could not tell anybody, you don't get the opioids, to give me opioids. he survived the injuries from the accident. he did not survive the reintroduction of opioids to the system so, we have to work on that problem and i appreciate all the testimony in that regard. foster care. restrictions li

i don't know if i can get west virginia in. miss mullins noted the state's treatment system has been overhauled and much of the positive work to date has occurred and been made possible as a direct result of the federal funds awarded since 2016. do you want to give us briefly some examples of how federal funds have let west virginia provide treatment and recovery services particularly in rural and financial disadvantaged parts of the state? >> specifically really it has given us the ability to expand our clinical providers who could provide. we now have people in all of our 55 counties able to receive m.a.t. and then we have prescribers in most counties. that's been the number one success we've really experienced with the federal funds. >> thank you. thank you, madam chair. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon for five minutes. >> thanks again for the hearing and to our witnesses for your participation as well. i want to start with a question about transportation issues. it's a big problem in districts like mine, j

george crook, this man pictured right here, is placed in command of the troops from the army of west virginia, hunter's force moving from the west. he will have a thousand men, cavalry, infantry andel terry -- and artillery around helzberg, virginia, and his job is to interdict the retreat of early's army. he will send cavalry south, about 500 men under the count of -- command of general william badger tibbett, and he will hit the center of jubal early's retreating column. they capture about 50 wagons and beforee of teamsters they drove off the union raters. i want to show how close it was, that when jubal early escaped. one thing often lost to history, the reasons early is able to escape and doesn't have hunter's entire army blocking his path, the rivers in west virginia were at low water. when they retreated in that direction, they thought they would be able to take riverboats down the river and up the ohio to get on the bno railroad and &o railroad time -- b and get back in time. however, mother nature helped the confederacy at that time and cost crook several days, and because of that jub

joining me now is west virginia's state attorney general patrick morrissey, it's great to have you. >you very much. >> your state has been at the forefront of the fight against the opioid epidemic. we have some stats we can put on the screen right now, west virginia has the highest age adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving opioids. 49.6 per 100,000, the sharp increase in heroin and synthetic opioid overdose is the highest prescription ove overdose rate. what have you done to tackle this problem? >> this is the challenge of our generation. people have been suffering for so long, we have lost a generation too terrible, senseless,do overdose deaths. what we have been trying to do is work on attacking the problem from a supply, a demand, and an educational perspective. when i took office, there wasn't an opioid fighting unit in the attorney general's office. now we have about a dozen people working on it, not only on enforcement but also getting out to the schools and educating them up partnering up with other law enforcement entities, we have to get to the hearts and minds of a

i visited west virginia. we had a great time. we actually presented eight different grants totaling $7 million. it's going to help the good people of west virginia recover from a lot of these problems and difficulties. so we strongly support that. the appropriators are generously providing $30 million a year for us to fill in that space. we're always standing ready to help in that. >> thank you dr. fleming. senator carper. senator carper: i'm a native west virginian from beckley, raleigh county, and one of my great-great-grandfathers was one of 15 cofounders of raleigh county. hope some of the grants makes its way to raleigh county. when i was little, a lot of our neighbors were coal miners. my grandparents, their neighbor was a coal miner. i have a great deal of feeling and empathy towards the plight they faced. happy to hear you are able to provide some real help for them. when i think about economic development -- i love economic development. as a naval flight officer in vietnam war, came back to the u.s. and moved to californ

i love wild west virginia. thank you for your support and leadership for the appalachian regional commission, we appreciate you. [applause] >> good afternoon, thank you for the great questions and look forward to joining you in a moment. to wrap up the session right now it is my honor to introduce our senator from the great state of west virginia. i will go off notes on this one because i have known her longer then before she was a member of the senate. she was not a congressional member of mine. but every single time i went to dc and came to this place i would always visit or office and although i was not a constituent she always took time to meet with me, all the different people we worked with, we have great coalitions. amy from jackson county does a phenomenal job. there is not a greater bipartisan supporter of the opioid issues and all substance abuse disorders than senator shelley capito. please give a big round of applause and welcomed the senator from west virginia, shelley capito. [applause] >> thank y

we are beginning to see that in west virginia.g way to go because we are making inroads on those prescription side of it. there is still a lot on the enforcement end, fentanyl is a significant problem. mike: there's talk about going after the purdue pharma people, they fought for $3 billion, new york's attorney general, your counterpart announced this lawsuit, take a listen. >> the nation's most extensive lawsuit against the very companies and the family behind them. those who make, distribute and have misled the american people about the true dangers of these drugs. this lawsuit contains detailed allegations about the sackler family and their attempts to and the vast fortune they collected at the expense of actual lives. >> that was march 28th. what has happened since then? >> a couple things to west virginia i filed a lawsuit against purdue and one of the members of the sackler family and as we are trying to solve this problem there has to be accountability throughout the pharmaceutical supply channel so it not only means the co

all 55 counties in west virginia are part of the a.r.c. i want to thank what you do in the association of counties. my experience in west virginia and our collective experience has been the best solutions are from the ground up. they're not generated in our office or mitch mcconnell's office or -- rob portman has been a great advocate from ohio. he's been wonderful getting legislation going from kara and 24th century cures and the support act we just recently passed. it's also a bipartisan issue as you know because it's cutting across every part of our state in a pretty tragic way. i contend as a west virginian that the solutions coming from our state, from any county in our state, are now the solutions that found their way into the support act. the crisis response teams originated that idea originated in cable county. where i live in charleston, there's a program called handle with care. that's where the local police and the local deputies are you doing handle with care in mercer? if a child has an intervention in their home where someone

following the discussion explains how she is addressing the opioid crisis in her home state of west virginia. >> hello and welcome. on behalf of the national association of counties and the appellation regional commission, i want to welcome you to opiates and appellation capstone event. representing meiko i am boot county can talkie judge executive perry moore. i am also the cochair of the city county task force on opioids that was done across the u.s. we had 20 elected officials at the city and county levels, ten city officials, ten county officials, the mayor of little rock arkansas was the cochair of the city side and i was the cochair on the county side. you will be hearing from one of those panel members today. when greg speaks. but our work that was done, was done it seems like ages ago. so much has happened since then we will be talking abed about that. the panel will be today. i want to thank those of you who are here in person as well as those of you that are here virtually. we know this is being broadcast live stream in a special thank you to arc for your partnership. what we do in

>> we started off with the farmer and west virginia, mr.nant, representing him and his family, then realizing it was in the dririnking water of e entire community, represented about the 70,000 people along the ohio riverer, ohio and west virginia. and as this contamination, the awareness of it is spreading around the country, we are now bringing a new case where we are seeking to represent everyone in the country who now has these chemicals in their blood and hopefully we can require independent scientific study to confirm exactly what this broad group of chemicals will do to us. we focused on one of them, pfoa, and that is the chemical you see focused on in the movie and in my book as well. but what we know now is pfoa is just one of many of these man-made synthetic chemicals that are getting out in our water come in our blood, and unfortunately, the rest of us don't have much information about what these other chemicals are doing. so we are trying to get indedependent scientific studies to confirm that and to have it so the rest of us are

man in west virginia the only billionaire.he said i'm going to give your race, just 1 percent a year for five years. and the teachers will really upset about that because they have 48 or pay loophole of the state. the worst. their health care premiums often went up to 300 or 500 or $700 a year. so it might $400 year, while health premiums would often go up more than that. and these two ladies, two teachers, they started a facebook page. it started slowly but won't the governor said, will going to give you this tiny raise. the facebook page exploded. thousands and tens of thousands of teachers jointed and all of a sudden they had this big movement. and people will like, they were set up. it was like we are set up and will not going to take it anymore. and it - [inaudible conversation] steven: that he was turning up and turning up and getting worse and worse and they couldn't afford, they were moving back because they were getting raises. they saw these text reps for the rich and they said, we call, recalling the rug going to to

so that at my interest piqued, and i went out to see freddy mayer in west virginia. he lived all by himself out in a small cottage out in the woods, 94. he was still in remarkable health i remember, both physically and mentally. you see a picture when i visited with him. he was still driving a car. the fact he drove meals on wheels he said for the younger people, and he had a girlfriend in her 70s, much younger woman, and he chopped wood. he shoveled his own driveway. and not only physically but he had this mental acumen as a talk to bothac his childhood growingp in germany and the espionage mission itself. he could take off the names and dates from 70 years earlier during the war of critical events during his espionage mission of tiny, tiny towns in austria where he was a spy during his time there here i'd never heard of these places but he had to spell them for me and he would take them off without missing a beat. he gladly recounted for me this incredible time in his life, spanning a couple of years as a would-be spy. in fact, he had trained with oss right up the

as all the people in west virginia turned out very well -- it's not the people in west virginia turnedwilled or unable to maintain sobriety. the circumstances of their life are so painful. so many people want to check out. we can deal with that. it's all about changing the environment. building an environment people want to be present in. >> tucker: i think that's very wise. something that not enough people are saying. thank you so much for that. >> thank you. >> tucker: that's it for us tonight. we'll be back every weeknight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. they show that is the long enemy of groupthink. happy new >> welcome to this special edition of hannity, happy new year. buckle up, what a year it will be. for the four hour tonight we will highlight some of those important monologue from the past few weeks. first up, my opening monologue from the night of the pfizer report was finally released. take a look. >> pfizer abuse report is officially out and tonight the deep state, they needed to understand they are all in deep legal jeopardy. premeditated fraud perpetrated repeatedly on the pfizer

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aisle, but i'd be interested in your perspective that there are a number of democrats, joe manchin west virginia, kyrsten sinema of arizona among them who are considering a vote to acquit. do you think that's true, and to be, if it is, what does it tell us? >> i think it's very possible, and i think what it tells was they just don't have a case. i think we are really watching here with the questioning tonight the democrats case just fall apart. i just came from the floor, we are in recess here. adam schiff just settlement for that this case is all aboute. bribery. it's about extortion, that's what's going on here. but the house didn't charge bribery or extortion. they didn't allege any of that in the articles of impeachment. it leaves you wondering why are we here? they don't even know. and so i think the democrats are something that and i wouldn't be surprised if we picked up some votes. >> tucker: so you are sitting tonight, united states

i was watching tv and saw what the teachers are doing in west virginia. said we can do that in oklahoma. - - it was really an effort by the teachers and it happened in chicago. that the system is broken. the government is not spending enough on our schools. we are tired of austerity for our schools. our kids are falling behind in our class sizes getting bigger. we have obsolete textbooks. the teachers went on strike to fight not just for wages for themselves but for a better school system. they say we are not fighting just for ourselves, we are fighting for the community. and then the recent gm strike, there's very interesting aspects. the day the strike began, the union's chief negotiator said, this strike is not just for us. it's for all americans. he explained that you are also concerned about factories moving overseas. so are we. we are very unhappy about this huge factory in ohio, closing. thousands of workers losing their jobs. gm said, we have to close the plant because demand for the car that's made their is declining. gm closed that plant but it

and i know it's the other side of the aisle but there are a number of democrats, joe manchin of west virginia, kyrsten sinema of arizona among them, who are considering a vote to acquit. do you think that is true, and if it is, what does it tell us? >> i think it's very possible, tucker, it tells her that they just do not have a case. i think we are watching here the questioning tonight, the democratic case just fall apart. i came from the floor, we are in recess here. adam schiff said on the floor that this is all about bribery, extortion. that's what's going on here. but the house did in charge bribery or extortion, they did not allege that in the articles of impeachment. we are wondering, why are we here exactly? they don't even know. i think the democrats are sensing that and i wouldn't be surprised if we picked up some votes. >> you are saying, the united

the governor of west virginia was the richest man in west virginia.he said i will give you a raise of 1 percent per year for five years. the teachers were upset because they had the 48th worst pay level of any state. the health care premiums often went up $700 per year so the governors minimum wage of $400 while the health premiums go up more than that. so they started a facebook page which started slowly but once the governor said we will freeze the rays and the facebook page exploded tens of thousands doing it now all of a sudden they have a big movement. people were fed up. were not going to take it anymore. and that spread across the heat was turning up it was getting worse. they were not getting raises with healthcare payments so in texas for the rich they said we won't tolerate this anymore they went on straight one - - strike at one they want the ability to continue going up so much and they force the governor and state legislature to pay more attention after years of starving the education budget. >> and teachers followed suit and that would s

so i explain on the teachers strikes in west virginia and oklahoma and arizona and in los angeles and chicago the teachers were tired of being beaten down we have to do something to not just increase the cave to ensure they are getting the funding they need in the class size and that we have enough money to buy the modern textbooks and the teachers strikes have sent a message to the nation about how the worker power trade unions and labor unions can help to build a fair nation. >> host: let's talk about strikes as a mechanism because they were very important in building the middle-class in this country and the. talk to us, you share both in information and stories in the book about how many strikes there were in the 50s, 60s, 70s, things like that and how both because of the wall and weakness in the labor perhaps they followed into the complete disuse and then tell us what your thoughts are about today when we are starting the teachers into a coworkers and the auto workers at gm recently. right now my kid is on strike as a graduate employee at harvard. to teltell us about that sort of

. >> bret: why you come from, west virginia seems to be make its mind up.back in 2016 voted for president trump by about 70% and the recent polls on i mpeaching and removing the president is about the same and 20% of west virginians could you convict the president and look at your constituents and say i -- you have a vote in nine months but it's so egregious we have to kick him out now. >> i've been in west virginia a long time and been elected to many positions in this great state and there's wonderful people in west virginia and a governor for two terms and they expect me to do what's fair and right and i have to be able to go home and explain it. if i can't explain it i can't vote for it. that's why i've been waiting to see all the evidence. i haven't been quick to judgment. anyone who's prejudge the president one way or another and everybody is innocent until proven guilty and that's the rule of law. >> i understand you have a couple more days here. republicans say one, the aid was released and flowed out on time. two, there was a meeting at the u.n. wi

your fellow democrat, senator joe manchin of west virginia, who really has not tipped his hat wan wayr another, just said he thinks hunter biden is a relevant witness. listen to this exchange. >> is hunter biden a relevant witness, senator? >> you know, i think so. i really do. i don't have a problem there because this is why we are where we are. now i think he can clear himself. >> would you vote to call hunter biden as a witness? >> if the judge or whoever rules it's pertinent, absolutely. >> is he right, senator? >> i disagree. hunter biden is not on trial. joe biden is not on trial. donald trump is on trial. hunter biden doesn't have any relevant -- and that's the key word -- relevant information about anything that donald trump was doing to export an investigation of the biden family out of the ukraine government in return for $391 million worth of american taxpayer, national security aid for the ukraine. so from my perspective, there is no relevance whatsoever. and it's just another red herring that donald trump and his legal team is trying to put out there. again, it's just not

siegel is commanding the arm ney west virginia at harper's ferry. he actually puts up a pretty decent short fight at harper's ferry before he's relieved and from my friend in the back there we've got sweet lou wallace, where the 8th army corps will be his initiative in many ways washington d.c. so what's going on with the federal high command here? they're headed north towards the potomac river in maryland, there are reports that there's a large enemy force operating in the valley that's getting all of the way up to the apartment and his chief of staff henry howlick, and they're forwarding that information to general grant down in petersburg. first of all, grant's like, don't worry about that. david hunter is in the valley and he'll take care of that and howard tells him i don't think he's in the valley anymore, man. you better figure something out. so for abraham lincoln and grant this becomes a good opportunity so grant believes as does lincoln that hey, if we can separate whatever force this is away from lee, let's destroy this force before he cr

aid to ukraine. >> senator from west virginia. >> thank you. i sent a question to the desk for the president's counsel. >> the senators question is what counsel for the president. you

joe manchin, the democrat from west virginia. a quick break. we'll be right back. hey, saved you a seat. this round's on me. hey, can you spot me? come on in. find your place today, with silversneakers. included in most medicare advantage plans. enroll today by calling the number on your screen or visit getsilversneakers.com and with the sxfinity stream app, screen is your big screen. which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows, or stream live tv. download your dvr'd shows and movies on the fly. even record from right where you are. whether you're travelling around the country or around the house, keep what you watch with you. download the xfinity stream app and watch all the shows you love. >> bill: back with our analysis before the senate begins again. james, welcome to our coverage. let's try to advance the conversation just a bit here. today feels a little bit like a holding pattern, waiting for the next phase of the trial to get underway. that will happen we believe saturday. we're being told that the attorneys for the presiden

that's why when i look at this, can i go home to west virginia and expense of the people of west virginia what is happening. because both sides have been hypocritical about every possession they take and what is happening. the thing about solemani, you can look at the crowds. hundreds of thousands of people. so they have been able to unite now, when iran was being divided up, and basically the average person was saying way to men, things aren't too good here in iran. they were protesting. this time, being the second person, the most powerful person in that country, having the status that he has had, and must have had for these people to honor him the way they are, next of all, then you have, the person in the parliament, i know it's just the one side parliament, basically they are voting to expel america from a country that basically has given them what little bit of democracy they have. so there's a lot of repercussions that we have to consider, are we going to be blown into full-blown war here? it is something that congress has got to be involved with. >> you pointed out, it was one sid

jenkins withdraws into west virginia. or actually into marilyn. jenkins moves back into pennsylvania on june 22 fronting the division. the new yorkers hearing infantry coming with artillery abandon ship and head back to harrisburg . now leaving the cumberland valley totally unprotected. other than a few scattered cavalry units. calgary -- calvary -- cavalry for example. but most of the cavalry in these unit's are not very experienced with the exception of the first new yorkers. the invasion is on. the rebels are coming into the cumberland valley. but jenkins fronting the infantry follows the railroad. they go to mechanicsburg and he will set up shop. the map shows you the railroad tracks on the main streets of mechanicsburg. that is the railroad hotel. it had the and furtive -- unheard of powder rooms for women and men. it had indoor plumbing. they had a very nice hotel. a very nice hotel. jenkins takes over the hotel, makes it his personal headquarters and starts selecting new york and pennsylvania and other newspapers that have been brought into

and west virginia trailer park where a lot of things were going wrong. and with the family that has done a lot of wrong in theirir lives. and with the whitete working-class guy she just moaned as she just looked at me and said what the fuck are you fucking with me? really quex. [laughter] and the trailer park has privilege and to be told by the sociology student and cornell and its mind-boggling this is where i will criticize the left that there is a belief misunderstanding how much privilege and education. and to have more provision they wanted to admit. so one of the big things that means is connection and and going to a much better college than i did and so it helped him is that he went to gail. when that education just isn't who you meet but learn the code and how to interact and speakow and not gadi neck tattoo. all these things that are not explicitly taught so a code of behavior and its connection that is the nature of our privilege and it is uncomfortable. >> both culturally and economically and with any club comes memberships that you don't know

senator byrd, a democrat from west virginia, served in the u.s. senate for more than 51 years, from 1959 till his death in 2010. he could often be heard discussing history on the senate floor. senator robert byrd, how important is this impeachment trial in the senate? senator byrd: it's very important. i don't know of any constitutional question that would excede the level of or which would even reach the level of importance, a vote convict or quitt an impeached president. how any time said he personally gone through any kind of an impeachment trial? senator byrd: i have sat through three impeachment trials of federal judges. as president pro temp of the the democrats were in control of the senate, i presided over the convictions of two federal judges, which i believe is probably the highest number of convictions over which any president progra temp has presided. i also prepared for the impeachment trial of former president nixon. host: what is the public going to see that they will be surprised about? i hope that: well, whichill see a trial in th

i remember being in one west virginia trailer park where a lot of things were going wrong. with the family who had done a lot of wrong in their lives. and i said something about privilege even as i working-class guy and said you have a lot of privilege but he looks at me and said really cracks are you fucking with me? [laughter] and worth the working-class yes perhaps it was privilege but he is not told that he is told that by a sociology student from cornell on twitter and it's just mind-boggling that this is where i will criticize the left that i think there is a belief of a misunderstanding of how much privilege and i think that is slightly uncomfortable because it makes people in my party feel a little bit like they have more privilege than they want to admit. >> i will go further than that because when you say education one of the things that means is connection. in college i read homer and greek and things that i love but you met some of my older brothers one of them went to a much better college than i did maybe he learned calculus or computer programming but when he

the guys are moving from west virginia down into this region of southwest virginia. on may 6th, crook and his men are going to skirmish at princeton. on the 8th they'll skirmish at jeffersonville. they're coming up against troops under albert jenkins and john mccausland. they've covered about 45 miles on their campaign. this brings us to the major battle? their movement. this is the battle of employed's mountain. fought on may 9th, 1864 near dublin. this battle is going to pitch about 6,000 troops under crook against about 2,080 under jenkins. the battle lasts about one hour. but the union force lost 10% of their available troops. also at this battle, we have two future presidents, rutherford b. hayes and william mckinley. the results of the battle are ruled as a union victory since crook's regimen will continue on. they'll wreck parts of dublin, virginia. >> these losses and this type of fighting is comparable to the battle of new market between sigel and breckinridge. it's a forgotten battle in a forgotten part of the campaign. it's when crook arrives at dublin tha

political one - - politico those of the vote to acquit trump it continues to name senator from west virginia and arizona and alabama as undecided whether to vote to remove the president from office and agonizing over where to land. >> we will complete the question. over the next two days their questions must be in writing and submitted to the chief justice of the clinton trial senators were thoughtful and brief with their questions and the managers and counsel were succinct in their answers we hope we can follow both of these examples at this time. >> president trump held a campaign rally in wildwood new jersey other officials in attendance included white house counselor

and from politico trio of democratic senators with a vote to acquit trump naming joe mansion of west virginia, kyrsten sinema of arizona and doug jones of alabama as undecided whether to vote to remove the president from office and agonizing over where to land. that is from politico. >> me will complete the question. over the next two days, their questions must be in writing and submitted to the chief justice. during the question. of the clinton trial, senators were thoughtful and brief with their questions and the managers and counsel versus synced in their answers. i hope we can follow both of these examples during this time

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