we live in west virginia.e proud and we should take care of our kids in the best possible manner. i think we reach agreement on that. and so there have been challenges for a number of years. i know the legislature has been slowly trying to address some of those changes, but i think that this is an area that's really going to benefit from a lot of the auditing the performance reviews. and i think steve would agree with this to be able to find the right people. this is such an important area and the people who work in cps and foster care. these people are one of some of the dedicated state workers you're ever going to find. i know in the attorney general's office because we have dhr and lawyers, they're some of the lowest paid people. we don't control that. you actually have to be competitive. we have to have the right people and make sure that the kids are being looked out for. so i want to make sure we're taking care of the kids. there are a lot of important ways that we do that. i think we can find a lot more

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west virginia, west virginia, southern west virginia, eastern. and some of these counties in south west virginia as well that is what we call appalachia, coal. right. so exactly. persistent poverty is heavily centered in those areas in within appalachia. what else do we notice? there's some other things that this map tells us as well that we can just touch on. yes, right here, a big proportion along mississippi river, big portion along the mississippi river, right. certainly, this is something that we've talked about when we the antebellum south. right. the black belt that you can see here, also the mississippi river valley. so this map is also demonstrating structural inequalities or structural poverty in areas historically align with plantation agriculture and the and the slave system in the united states. another map that i know shown you before, this is a map of excess mortality rates in really what we see is. you can kind of lay this map directly over the one that we were just looking at with poverty as well. so again, we're kind of getting

it was cash, to west virginia. to disperse. people in west virginia that were going to disperse it. the only question that bobby kennedy ever had about what transpired, according to sonny, was not whether it was legal or illegal. they knew it was illegal and everything like that. it was how much sonny took out of the bag between leaving for boston before they arrived to pick >> up one point somebody in the kennedy group, or the mob, goes to some preacher and says, what do i need? what you need to win this at your county? and he says, 35. and he has some $35,000. and the guy goes, i only need $3500. and he says, keep it. that's all right. they had plenty of cash. >> i think at this point, for people that are watching the horrified and say, oh my gosh, the democrats stole that race, there were charges of corruption on both sides. of course the mob in chicago. beforehand, when he had pat buchanan on, we asked pat one time, why didn't you challenge the race? they still illinois. they stole west virginia. and pat's answer was, becau

we'll start with west virginia.mer wheeling mayor glenn elliott and current governor are facing up for a seat and play because of the retirement of independent joe manchin. fox news power rankings rank this race as a solidly republican. let's look at montana for incumbent jon tester is facing a stiff challenge with trump backed recent polling put up by eight points. but, ohio a much tighter race. much less certain got incumbent brown facing trump backed be bernie. currently this is the only senate tossup in our fox news power ratings. if the map as a 50/50 as you know the newly elected vice president, whoever that is will be the one casting those tie-breaking votes. so let's talk about it with arsenic of usa today white house correspondent francesca chambers. maria harford former states person. army intelligence captain jeremy hunt and josh kraushaar. i've magically made it back to the desk after show and tell. josh, which of the senate races -- but are there any surprises you see on the horizon? >> or republicans h

>> you know, it impacts every state west virginia governor justice be new united states senator knowse methamphetamine a huge problem coming from southern border we know that. . we know coming through mexican cartels into our country. and killing, it is killing people, we see the crime statistics you know murders rapes around the country you find out in some cases these are people waiting for their asylum claim to be heard, or in venezuelan gang or, they've been here unaccounted for, that hurtles parents that hurts people that -- doesn't have to be this way i read article yesterday said oh, well you know vice president harris is going to do what president biden is doing cracking down right now this has 3 1/2 years to do this. if only reason they put a crack -- a -- they put it put it down a little bit, is because they realizes it is a huge election issue. >> for sure senator, thanks very as much for the being here we so appreciate your time we will be watching. >> this you senator shelley moore caputo. >> a game he featuring trump navigating a season, the creator of grand theft trump

like he has to go on to west virginia.that's where he faces the religious issue head on for the first time in a major sense. and he does very well there as well. this question has been sent in name withheld from charleston, the roman catholic church's position on truth versus error assumes a right to discriminate against protestants in some countries where catholics are in the majority. do you agree with the church's reported attitude that we're protestants? i am an authority. they shouldn't be permitted equal status. well, i hope we disagree, but i couldn't disagree more. i think that using the power of the state against any group forcing using the state to force a group to be of one faith or another or of a state, i think is wholly repugnant to our experience. i wholly disagree with that. now there are some states where there is no separation between church and state. the queen of england is the head of the church of england, as well as the state. there are other states in europe where the relationship is intimate. in sp

and if democrats can win one of those, it balance out, it balances out that loss in west virginia and it gives democrats a chance. now that being said, the map is still difficult for democrats because sherrod brown in ohio is vulnerable. you have multiple pull senators in presidential battlegrounds, multiple democratic senators and presidential battlegrounds that are competitive, invulnerable, as well as well as maryland so the bottom line is, i expect republicans to be in control of the senate next year. but republicans find ways to lose winnable races. and we'll see if they do that again. >> democratic senator jon tester. i mean, he is one of the most vulnerable of incumbents, right. fighting for a fourth term in the deep red state of montana. what are you seeing there? >> tester is behind right now. he's behind the republican tim sheehy and one of the challenges that tester has is that he's running in montana where trump is like khalid, a win by about between 12 and 15 points. and that means test or needs an incredible amount of ticket splitting from people who vote for trump for t

we going to talk about west virginia. that one seemingly off the board. jon tester leans republican in montana. then a pair of tossup seats right now. it is michigan's open seat and sharad brown in ohio. guest: ohio is the next most vulnerable. if we look back to the decrease in ticket-splitting we have seen over the last two presidential cycles in 2016 every single senate race went the same way the presidential race that. in 2020 only student -- susan collins managed to maintain reelection. i think the math is much tougher for jon tester. he is also running against a stronger opponent. but in ohio that is a state that trump won twice by eight points. the margin is smaller for sharad brown to perform. he is sort of the last democrat standing in the buckeye state. he has a populist image. yes been able to appeal to this disaffected white working-class voters democrats struggle with. he needs an extraordinary number of tickets letters this election cycle as well. his opponent is a former luxury car dealer. he is a colombian immigrant. but brown has been abl

as a west virginia, catherine used her toughness and grit to surpass societal barriers and turn her dreamsreality. her legacy will be remembered every single time we look at the moon and remember how her work and their work took us there for the first time i'm not only inspired by catherine's story, i'm also inspired, i got abilities. i have no doubt that generations of little girls who also inspire -- will draw strength and inspiring them this legacy. catherine's work is no longer in by the shadows of the men she put on the moon and i am inspired by the artemis journey for the first women and she will be a star in the mountains state and across the country. so i will end with this. and catherine's daughters were growing up, she would ask them when they came home from school, what did you learn today. so today, at the end of this day, may we all say, we learned a lot about these remarkable women who exemplified the best of what humanity can offer. hidden know more. thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable christopher , u.s. senator from delaware. >> good afternoon. it

townsend mentioned the wheeling, west virginia speech in 1950. historian margaret brennan talked about senator mccarthy's speech. here she is. now, it was at the time of the lincoln day dinner, all across the country, republicans were fanning out speakers to speak at the great gatherings of the lincoln day dinners. and so mccarthy it was a sign to wheeling. now, wheeling at that time was not a big city. we had 59,000 people. it was thursday, february the ninth, 1950. the dinner itself was held at the mcclure hotel colonnade room. it was to start at 630. it was the ohio county republican women's club, and it was in the papers four days before how they were organizing. this was a big deal for wheeling, he was introduced by william callahan, who was the regional republican bigwig, and they describe him the talk that he gave as intimate and humorous and kind of folksy. he, he he had an irish wit about me. he could be very ingratiating when he wanted to be beautiful. big grin and he pretty much talked about the republican platform as it was laid out.

like he has to go on to west virginia.that's where he faces the religious issue head on for the first time in a major sense. and he does very well there as well. this question has been sent in name withheld from charleston, the roman catholic church's position on truth versus error assumes a right to discriminate against protestants in some countries where catholics are in the majority. do you agree with the church's reported attitude that we're protestants? i am an authority. they shouldn't be permitted equal status. well, i hope we disagree, but i couldn't disagree more. i think that using the power of the state against any group forcing using the state to force a group to be of one faith or another or of a state, i think is wholly repugnant to our experience. i wholly disagree with that. now there are some states where there is no separation between church and state. the queen of england is the head of the church of england, as well as the state. there are other states in europe where the relationship is intimate. in sp

we'll start with west virginia.mer wheeling mayor glenn elliott and current governor are facing up for a seat and play because of the retirement of independent joe manchin. fox news power rankings rank this race as a solidly republican. let's look at montana for incumbent jon tester is facing a stiff challenge with trump backed recent polling put up by eight points. but, ohio a much tighter race. much less certain got incumbent brown facing trump backed bern bernie. currently this is the only senate tossup in our fox news power ratings. if the map as a 50/50 as you know the newly elected vice president, whoever that is will be the one casting those tie-breaking votes. so let's talk about it with arsenic of usa today white house correspondent francesca chambers. maria harford former states person. army intelligence captain jeremy hunt and josh kraushaar. i've magically made it back to the desk after show and tell. josh, which of the senate races -- but are there any surprises you see on the horizon? >> or republicans

west virginia point guard to owner.t's the most surprising part of sitting in the chair and being a decision maker? >> i'm glad you said west virginia. shoutout to my family watching right now. the most surprising thing, it's going to take time. when you get in there, the whole ownership group. larry g., and susanne, we wanted to do so much in a documentary. he says i want to blow it up quick, but you can't. there's rules how much you can gift a player and different parameters where you have to color inside of the lines. i think it was the more surprising thing. you may be mad at a pothole and yelling at the president. vote local. you have to talk to your local officials. you didn't know who to be mad at. when you get in the position, you're like, i see why things are the way they are. >> support for the liberty here in new york is electric. it's exciting as a woman to see the league blowing up in this way. why now? what is it about the league that has americans captivated? god bless the nba. i love a men's basketball g

. >> republican patrick morrissey and democrat steve williams held a debate in the west virginia governor's the republican candidate is favored to win the race, according to a nonpartisan report. the hour-long debate was hosted by west virginia metro news. ♪ >> tonight, live from the campus of fairmont state university, metro news brings together the two leading candidates for ve

and it was one of his victims, a 12—year—old girl in west virginia, who took her own life as a resulte inflicted by mccartney. cimarron thomas shut us up with her family's legally held a firearm just minutes after an online interaction with mccartney. she did not want to comply with his request. he wanted her to involve a younger sibling, but instead she tragically killed herself. he was 18 months later that her father also took his own life due to the guilt of what had happened. the family at that point did not know what was happening, did not know what mccartney had been inflicting, and that is why we have this manslaughter charge, which was brought by prosecutors and which mccartney admitted to. and as a result, a direct result of his actions, cimarron thomas took her own life. she was one of many, many victims, 3500 victims worldwide the police estimate, that were targeted by mccartney, and many of those victims and we heard from some victim impact statements in court over the last number of weeks, many of those victims still living with the effects. they have anxiety, they have i

we going to talk about west virginia. that one seemingly off the board. jon tester leans republican in montana. then a pair of tossup seats right now. it is michigan's open seat and sharad brown in ohio. guest: ohio is the next most vulnerable. if we look back to the decrease in ticket-splitting we have seen over the last two presidential cycles in 2016 every single senate race went the same way the presidential race that. in 2020 only student -- susan collins managed to maintain reelection. i think the math is much tougher for jon tester. he is also running against a stronger opponent. but in ohio that is a state that trump won twice by eight points. the margin is smaller for sharad brown to perform. he is sort of the last democrat standing in the buckeye state. he has a populist image. yes been able to appeal to this disaffected white working-class voters democrats struggle with. he needs an extraordinary number of tickets letters this election cycle as well. his opponent is a former luxury car dealer. he is a colombian immigrant. but brown has been abl

wanted it as an election issue for the midterm's and they didn't want to upset joe manchin in west virginia. i believe and term limits so i don't subscribe to sitting back trying to maneuver how we can have control this day or that day or i don't care if there is a republican west virginia. i care about massachusetts and so john deaton was in the senate , as a republican i would have demanded every united states senator take a stand now. that's what advocacy is. sen. warren: we have voted on roe v. wade and i stood up and said we should vote on this and the problem we have is because the republicans filibustered it. we could not get to 60 votes. we put everyone on record, the credits and republicans on where you are on roe v. wade. mr. deaton is just wrong. he doesn't know what happened here. when he defends the filibuster, what he's doing is saying don't get anything done in the united states. moderator: that's time. moderator: you had radically different reactions to a pair of decisions handed down this past year. the chevron doctrine was overturned by the court. it had granted broad auth

we're going to get to west virginia. we need to win two seats to get the outright majority., tim sheehy continues to run very strong. we've not seen a poll with him behind since early august. he's running 5 to 8 points ahead in montana. he's going to fish strong. you mentioned owe -- finish strong. he mentioned ohio. president trump will win by 10 points. bernie marino, we're showing leads between 1 and 3 points. he likely wins by probably 4 or 5 points based on what jd vance did in '22 and with president trump winning by 10. you mentioned the blue wall. wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. our latest polls in those states show every one of those race as tied. we're tied in michigan, we're tied in wisconsin. we've seen up 1, we've seen rogers up 1 and dave mccormick is surging. we've seen two polls with dave mccormick up about 1, each 2 points in pennsylvania. so these are all tossups. a prognosticator that's respected by both sides show all three states as tossups for the u.s.. nevada and arizona kari lake and sam brown, the polling numbers are within the margin and moving in

but west virginia has a red state. and those miners who are voting a trump and very anti-union people. why don't we like joe answer your question. sure thank you. and debbie you offer your own thoughts. i would just say most those people probably are not union anymore. and that in a way what has happened in the coalfields is a similar story. i think to what debbie tells in this book a story of the arrival finance, finance, capitalism and, how that changes things and how the competition within that field began to break down. there used to be about 2 minutes coal operators association that sectoral bargain with the mineworkers and that fell apart so that was among the of changes that happened in the why did the miners their vote. why did the miners vote republican. well in some cases i think as debbie story shows, were voting for democrats who were putting through some of these deregulatory policies and it wasn't this any partizan story. debbie has, it happened did it happen at cwa too, or are they still union members wh

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he settles in berkeley county, which is now in west virginia, because of the civil war happened and west virginia separated. and he builds a house there, calls travelers rest. is house obviously still stands today. it is privately owned asou might be. hotel gates and not enjoy a satellite tv tv like on the on the left there but it is privately owned the woman who owns it she was nice enough let me come visit over the summer and she's lived there since 1965. such owned it for almost 60 years so she knows a lot about the house but gates builds his house right after he moves to move virginia and and he becomes immersed in virginia society. his radical big ideas are more and more accepted and one way that it becomes more like an american or more like a virginian is it becomes a slaveholder as begins purchasing enslaved people and becomes, by the standards of berkeley county, is not the tidewater of virginia becomes a fairly substantial slaveholder in that particular county. gates views in america intensified his all all of us have been set in motion years earlier. concerns about corruption a

i am a democrat from west virginia. i told them i was from west virginia. host: ok.ell me about your voting experience. caller: sure. first of all, good saturday morning. my favorite day of the week. yes. am i the only one who ever read barack obama's book called " dreams of my father's?" has anybody else read that. it was written in 2012. is anyone familiar? host: have you voted early? caller: yes. host: did you do it by mail or in person? caller: after reading that -- that book i voted republican. host: cheryl in new york, line for democrats. good morning. caller: hello and good morning. i usually go to the polls, but since my father had a stroke, it has been difficult for him to vote as well as myself in a different county on the day of. so, this year i planned to bring him on sunday in new york, and then i will then vote monday early voting. so just the situations of life. he always encouraged us to vote, and i encourage all of the republican, democrat and independent will vote for kamala harris. have a lovely day. host: karen in connecticut. line for republicans

but west virginia has become a red state. and those were miners who were voting for trump and very antiunion people. >> what we let to answer your question? >> sure. >> thank you. >> and debbie, you of your own thoughts. i would you say most of those people probably are not union anymore. and that is, in a way, what has happened in the coalfields is similar to the story, i think, to what debbie tells in this book. a story of the arrival of finance capitalism and how that changes things. and how the competition within that field began to break down. used to be a bituminous coal operators association that so poorly bargained with them. that was among the kind of changes that happened. >> why did the miners change their votes? why do they vote republican? >> i think in some cases, is debbie's story shows, they were voting for democrats were putting through some of these regulatory policies. it wasn't necessarily a neat partisan story. >> did happen it cwa? or are they still union members who are prounion? >> yeah, our members ar

thomas was a private in the 12th west virginia infantry from the time of his enlistment, the summer of 1862, until he mustered out three years later. he spent a lot of time in the valley at various at various places. he witnessed war being waged against civilians nearly three decades after the conflict or took time to reflect on those wartime experience and to really offer up those experiences to future generations as lessons about first and foremost what it means to go war, and then how war consists of much more than armies fighting each other on a battlefield. i think, quite frankly, orr's postwar writings, he was very bothered by how things were becoming romanticized and and his comrades did not see war as something romantic. they saw it as tragic and cataclysmic. a lesson to be learned from one of the reasons i love authors writing is because he puts on paper what i teach to my students all the time. that history is a powerful lesson is a great teacher. you need to have history that is usable to learn from. and he certainly thinks that the civil war is something that people learn f

that shall we call them in west virginia, helping to beat back the challenge from hubert humphrey in the presidential primary. there's even a story which is extraordinary, but this gives you a sense of how politics was played back then. so the archdiocese it's a boston, gives all of their contributions to the church and richard cardinal cushing, the cardinal of boston gibbs, all of that money to joe kennedy, untraceable cash, kennedy then gives a check covering that amount to the church, accepts a donation, and then takes that cache and gives it to the mob to hand out to preachers in west virginia and cushing actually brags about it to the man who got beaten that primary, hubert humphrey says, it was good for the church. it was good for the cardinals. i mean, for the preachers, and it was good for the candidate. >> so as also as you noted, this was not only the first year of a televised presidential debate, this is the first time and that there was a presidential debate between the two party nominees? no, that's right and just extraordinary and eisenhower did not think that that nixo

west virginia, trump's going to win montana by 20 points even you watch republicans are pulling backthey feel very comfortable. then look at ohio and trump will carry by eight points and that'll be a tight race. then michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. the best candidate in the entire country is dave mckormick in pennsylvania. larry: my pal. >> i'll tell you a sleeper is wisconsin. it's moving and people aren't looking at that as much. larry: how deep? >> yeah, smart. larry: businessman. >> i think it's mo moving and mckormick looks like he's pulling ahead. the biggest telling that republicans are going to win the senate is democrat income pants are running ads with president trump, not kamala. unbelievable. larry: she's worried about adolph hitler and they're putting trump in their ads and i don't believe a word she says anyway. >> she says fascist and hitler. to me it's jumping the shark. because the thing you've got to know is here we are, she spent $1 billion. can you name me the three things she'll do if she wins? i say this to democrats. they can name one thing. create inflat

he settles in berkeley county, which is now in west virginia, because of the civil war happened and west virginia parated. and he builds a house there, calls travelers rest. thse oiously still stands today. ght be.rivately owned as you hotel gates and not enjoy a satellite tv tv like on the on the left there but it is privately owned the woman who owns it she was nice enough let me come visit over the summer and she's lived there since 1965. such owned it for almost 60 years so she knows a lot about the house but gates builds his house right after he moves to move virginia and and he becomes immersed in virginia society. his radical big ideas are more and more accepted and one way that it becomes more like an american or more like a virginian is it becomes a slaveholder as begins purchasing enslaved people and becomes, by the standards of berkeley county, is not the tidewater of virginia becomes a fairly substantial slaveholder in that particular county. gates views in america intensified his all all of us have been set in motion years earlier. concerns about corruption and autocracy in

you have west virginia, trump will win montana by 20.blicans pulling back money on monte montana you like to ohio, trump will carry it by 8. a tight race. then michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. i think best candidate in country is david mccormick in pennsylvania, a sleeper is wisconsin. moving people are not looking at that. larry: h hovde. >> yes, and biggest telling, that the democrat incumbents are running ads with trump, not against the him. t to cam kamala, she is worried about hitler, they put trump in their positive ads. they all note hav --y. >> said fascist and hitler, it is to me jumping the shark. the thing you have to know, here we are spent a billion dollars can you name my three things she would she would do if she wins. i say this to democrats,. larry: you like the senate, g.o.p. you like senate, to the house. >> house is 5 seat majority, last time there was a presidential race we lost first since 1994 no republican incumbent lost, we had a big night. this time i'm afraid that republicans have not done well with money

cimarron thomas was a 12—year—old schoolgirl from west virginia.ake persona to befriend her online. he convinced her to share compromising photographs, and then he turned on her, telling her that unless she did exactly as he said, the images would be posted. four days later, mccartney returned using another fake persona. he demanded she engage in acts of degradation and depravity. she said she would shoot herself. he told her she had 30 seconds to decide. she was found three minutes later by her younger sister, who thought she'd heard a balloon pop. 911, what's the address of your emergency? what happened? what's your address? are you next to her? 18 months later, simran�*s father, ben, took his own life 18 months later, cimarron�*s father, ben, took his own life without knowing what had led to his daughter's death. in an upcoming bbc documentary, cimarron�*s grandparents spoke of their loss. cimarron would have been 13 injuly and so she has bright red lipstick on getting into that stage of her life to be a teenager, she almost was. why? why was th

this is carl in west virginia. he said he's planning on voting for former president trump at the earliest time possible because he is 86 years old and if he dies before election day, i want my kids to know i was thinking of their future. there is a reason there. maybe you share that or there are other reasons why you participate on election day itself or you go the early voting or mailing route. text us if you wish, post on social media if you like, and let us know what your plan is when it comes to early voting or election day voting or otherwise. massachusetts, independent line. hello. caller: thanks for having me on c-span. i will vote on election day. i think the biggest problem with voting early is that people have not heard enough from each candidate and their positions and what they are going to do when they are president and other things that come up during that period of time. when people vote early, other things come out of that. the information they did not know about so really when people are voting ear

this case, it was brought by prosecutors after they were able to prove a 12—year—old, thomas from west virginiawn life after mccartney targeted her. the emergency services were called to her family home just minutes after her last interaction with mccartney will stop she had shot herself with her family's legally owned firearm and tragically her own father took his own life 18 months later as result of the guilt, the family knew it for —— never knew why and never knew it was because of the actions of mccartney. the court has previously heard he has been utterly remorseless, that he was offending around the clock and after an almost five year process he will find out how long he will spend in prison this afternoon. we long he will spend in prison this afternoon.— long he will spend in prison this afternoon. we will be back with ou this afternoon. we will be back with you a _ this afternoon. we will be back with you a little _ this afternoon. we will be back with you a little later, - this afternoon. we will be back with you a little later, thank. with you a little later, thank you so much for th