. >> congressman connecticut witho this ranking member of the intelligencett committee. he is with us about 20 more minutes going to start calling in this morning from lenses user public (202)748-0013 democrats (202)748-8000 per independence (202)748-8002 be joining us at the beginning of all be a long day on capitol hill. state of the unit 9:00 p.m. tonight c-span coverage ends at 8:00 p.m. eastern tree bringing tonight? >> and bringing a guy who is a constituent who rents an organization called the childcare learning centersat of stanford which is onerd of the best early childhood childcare, child education centers in the country. why is this important? we are not supporting our youngest americans nearly as well as we should be to many of our 5-year-old arriving in kindergarten not ready to learn that's partly because we just don't have enough support for families paid by the way it's not just about children. single-parent households mom or dad or whoever the single-parent is does not have a good option for their child to year old,n three oh, for it they are not in the

in connecticut, there are 17 homes on the market, when there's usually north of 200 in greenwich, connecticut, we have 140 homes on the market and usually it's over 800. so there is no intersection of supply and demand, so you see what's going on in connecticut and palm beach where you have good supply and demand, there's more fluidness like in new york city where we are seeing a decent amount of movement in the market >> north jersey, same thing. there's just not much there. so when you look back at the last couple of years and wonder if we have had this great reset, where the millennial population moved out of the cities. there is more of them than there were the previous generation so there were fewer houses to grab so it was like a giant game of musical chairs everybody raced for a property after the pandemic, and the people who didn't get one are still looking for one, but there's nothing left there to pick is that right? >> it's true the pandemic spurred this housing boom we saw it in connecticut and palm beach, the hamptons, as well now we're back to a more guarded environment, rates h

i stayed at the connecticut mental health center and new haven connecticut. that was career changing for me to be able to do my internship there and my training. people typically stay where they are trained. that is a nice opportunity to enhance and continue to expand the workforce. i'm going to stop there. again, a pleasure to be here. thank you so much for the invitation. really looking forward to our questions and the session. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for your remarks this afternoon and your leadership alongside your colleagues at samsa to provide the necessary resources for us to do our work on the local level. we will now open up the floor for questions from the audience. if you have a question, please approach one of the standing mics in the room to be recognized. as we wait for people to come to the microphone, i'm going to kick off things with a question for you. we know the launch of the 988 suicide lifeline was only the beginning. and that we must continue to build the infrastructure to support care continuum that is both efficient and app

how do you think that's playing in connecticut? >> listen, the point you are we're making earlier -- the republicans talk in the sort of overtly overly politically politicized terms, crt, won't mobs -- the president is using terminology everybody understands. ticketmaster sucks. >> [laughter] >> and it just speaks to people. but it is micro politics. but it speaks to a broader theme, which is, folks just don't feel like they have control any longer. their lives have become more complicated and more loaded up with hassle than ever before. and they want the government to just help simplify their lives a little bit. protect my kids when they go online, make sure i'm not gouge when i'm buying a plane ticket when i go to see my ailing grandmother. and so, yeah, he's talking about really specific issues that people face. but he's speaking to this broad imbalance that people feel between the power that these companies and corporations have and the power that they feel that they should have. >> democratic senator chris murphy of connecticu

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how do you think that's playing in connecticut? >> listen, the point you are making earlier, republicans talking in the sort of overtly overly politicized, terms here to, you look mobs, presidencies in terminology that everybody understands. ticketmaster socks. it's michael, politics but it speaks to a broader theme. so senate control any longer, the lies come more, complicated more loaded up with hassle the nether but for, and they want the government to just help simplify their lives a little bit, right? protect my kids when they go online. make sure i don't get gouged one and bynum plane tickets go see my ailing grandmother. so yeah, he's talking about really specific issues with people face, but speaking to this broad inbounds and people feel, between the power that these companies incorporations, have in the power they feel they should have. >> democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut. sir, is really great to have you with us tonight. as a, set is been a long night, already thank you very much. >> thank you. >> all, righ

i want to start by telling you a story about a famous san franciscoian, born in 1835 held from connecticut and named the niantic. yes it's appropriate that we gather at a pier today because the niantic was a ship, a commercial ship destined for trade with khien' until in 1849 her captain got word that hundreds of migrants were in panama looking for transportation to san francisco where no doubt their fortune and gold awaited. so the niantic crew rebuilt her for a passenger ship and left panama with nearly 250 pioneers. arrived in san francisco as one of the first ship to bring 49ers ashore. legend has it, newcomers would jump ship before it could even drop anchor in san francisco bay. within a few days, most of the nianic crew abandoned her for the gold rush too. so the captain sailed the niantic as close to land as they could get, running her aground on the shore where clay and montgomery streets now meet. there, the niantic became a store, offices and hotel. somebody cut a door in her side and inscribed rest for the weary and storage for trunk, at last, a great fire in 1851 burned much o

and they struck that back at a town called wethersfield, connecticut. a few months after that, the massachusetts and connecticut militias kind of joined forces in order to retaliate and the retaliate the retaliation really came through to the village of connecticut and it was a slaughter after this kind of ambush in mystic, connecticut, the women and children were enslaved in new england. so you get refugees right from this, from this, from what happened in being kind of fanned out as enslaved people across new england. but the men and boys who were considered to threatening. right if they were to stay in the region they might be able to amass and kind of regroup up and attack again. they were actually traded down to the caribbean, down to to the into slave markets of the caribbean. and they were actually put on a ship, the name of the ship was the ship desire. and they were sent down a ship that had been built in new england. it was built with new england timber, and this ship was sent down to the caribbean and they were sold these the men boys were so

he also has a law degree from university connecticut school ov law. congressman wittman will follow up here we didn't based on alphabetical order, just like they do and they vote over in the house. he is serving the first congressional district down in virginia. he has been down that since the 2006 -- 2007 timeframe. hiss focus is also been on strengthening our military and supporting veterans programs as well as economic development and working to fix our crumbling infrastructure as well as increasing access to high-speed internet and also stem programs. he currently serves on the board of the naval academy board of business. he was chairman of the readiness subcommittee on the hill for four years as well as serving on the house armed services committee. he holds a phd in public policy for the virginia commonwealth and received his bachelor of science degreeanan b in biology. so that further ado i will ask congressman courtney to come up and address the audience. [applause] >> good morning. thank you admiral blake for your kind introduction. it is gr

we are for members of the house armed services committee connecticut representative joe courtney and virginia's robert wittman. this is about 45 minutes. [background noises] [background noises] [backgroundct noises] [background noises] >> good morning. [inaudible] welcome to date to of the symposium. i will begin with some but all questions for this event should be submitted electronically. digital attendees during asked the question button on your app. those of you who are here in person the qr code on the back of your badge to assess the question. please note of cult regency. ultimately you can address me the address on the screen. the tablet that takes care of the housekeeping bread this morning we are both a privilege to have members of the house armed services committee representative courtney and representative atnt whitman. i'll give a short background on their bio. they both came onto the hill about the same time. representative courtney cochairs the bipartisan congressional caucus along with representative whitman. while representative on the hill he has worked tirelessly fo

was the governor of connecticut, but he was the guy who saved the connecticut charter from that despot 90 years ago, named governor andros. he was the one that saved the charter and headed in the charter oak tree that robert tree. so on. they go to philadelphia having listened to robert treat paine go on and on about his ancestors when arriving in philadelphia here at a banquet hosted by pennsylvania delegate thomas mifflin, paine offers a timely toast. the john adams duly records quote, i. i love this way. the collision of british flint and american steel produced that spark of liberty which will illuminate the latest posterity. yes, lock, stock and barrel. the metaphor suits the times and expresses paine scientific bent and lifelong fascination with powder that is, powder used in firearms and or in fireworks, but not necessarily the powder used for wigs. meanwhile, back in taunton, while the continental congress is meeting patriotism is on fire. bob's sister writes, we all rejoice that our whole continent have been so happy in their choice of patriots to compose this noble assembly.

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joining us now with more is nbc news correspondent, kristin dahlgren live from connecticut. what are the conditions like where you are? >> reporter: hey, there, josÉ. it's transitioning to more of a rain mix or a freezing rain, and we have four or five inches of snow that we have gotten since last night here. the connecticut state police says over the past 24 hours they have gotten more than 40 calls for car accidents that they responded to and luckily those have just been minor injuries. the road is certainly slick here. as we see the first significant snow in this area of this winter, even boston seeing snow now, and it has not seen a whole lot of snow this winter. new york has only seen half an inch so far this winter and then today got another inch to two inches, so it's finally beginning to look a little more like winter in new england, josÉ. >> i thank you so much. >>> coming up, new details coming out about classified documents found at the trump, biden and pence homes. what top lawmakers are expected to learn today. >>> plus, the war in ukraine pushing russian men

. >> host: sheila in connecticut. connecticut. hello. your next up. >> caller: good morning. i respect what you're talking about because i have credit cards and i guess my question is, following which are telling us about, about -- [inaudible] because they give you, they send out these huge discount card, take this card, look at the rates, it's like 288, 36, very high. i think are the actually seeking out, i hate to say low income areas like where i'm from? [inaudible] things happen and you lose a job, you might miss a payment. and then charge of astronomical amounts. it seems like there putting us back in the whole but by the same instance they will still send out these cards, like you know that they're going to gain more from us. intermittently, maybe not long-term but with the volume of people that are taking these may be fromki lack of knowledge or just an immediate need for money because there are so many. i mean, it seems almost like they are, i think they're taking our money intentionally because it's a business too do so. is that the kind of legislation we're trying,

outrage growing over the connecticut native's death. the jewish federation of greater hartford saying overnight, a civilian was targeted by those who see violence toward the innocent as a solution. we extend our deepest condolences to the ganeles family and affirm our solidarity with the people of israel at this time of escalating violence. in some of the worst such violence the region has seen in decades, scores of israeli settlers rampaged injuring 360 people killing one palestinian man and setting fire to homes and businesses to avenge the killing of two settlers by a palestinian gunman. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he held the israeli government responsible for what he called, quote, the terrorist acts carried out by settlers under the protection of the occupation forces. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the incidents in a video statement posted to twitter saying, quote, i ask even when the blood is boiling not to take the law in one's hands. back to the american who was killed, we've learne

i want to start by telling you a story about a famous san franciscoian, born in 1835 held from connecticut and named the niantic. yes it's appropriate that we gather at a pier today because the niantic was a ship, a commercial ship destined for trade with khien' until in 1849 her captain got word that hundreds of migrants were in panama looking for transportation to san francisco where no doubt their fortune and gold awaited. so the niantic crew rebuilt her for a passenger ship and left panama with nearly 250 pioneers. arrived in san francisco as one of the first ship to bring 49ers ashore. legend has it, newcomers would jump ship before it could even drop anchor in san francisco bay. within a few days, most of the nianic crew abandoned her for the gold rush too. so the captain sailed the niantic as close to land as they could get, running her aground on the shore where clay and montgomery streets now meet. there, the niantic became a store, offices and hotel. somebody cut a door in her side and inscribed rest for the weary and storage for trunk, at last, a great fire in 1851 burned much o

♪ ♪ >>> a group of latino lawmakers in connecticut are calling for a statewide ban of the term latinx from official government documents. they say it's a woke term that's offensive to connecticut's large puerto rican populations. >> joining us more is representative geraldo reyes jr. thanks for your time. explain why this term is offensive. >> thank you for the question. i'm one of the sponsors. i want to clarify there are six sponsors on the bill. repres representative rosario, gonzalez, santiago and myself all find the term offensive. it's a term that we believe is unnecessary because the spanish language which is 1,500 plus years old already identifies male, female and neutrality. we don't believe it's necessary. if you don't like the word latino and latina, you can use the word latin which is the proper term. >> here's what the act or john leguzamo says about the term. he says, i love it. i think it's about time. i i love it's latinx and it's all inclusive and i love that. he's saying using latino is gendered because it's the male adjective. >> that's correct. i represent john. i

linda is up first out of connecticut, the land for democrats. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have been listening all day and the colors keep missing the point. is not about joe biden, it is not about republicans in congress. i don't know why so many of you are ignoring the fact that alan block is trying to possibly newspaper union. that should be a bigger story on your network. host: a couple of colors -- callers brought that up. is not an editorial issue we discussed here. do you have a question for toure? okay, we will go on to mike in michigan. caller: there are 36,000 black millionaires in this country. 11 black billionaires in this country. who is the victim? host: do you want to think that -- do you want to take that? guest: there is a small number of black people who have been able to acquire wealth. that does not speak to the vast majority of black people who have not been able to acquire any wealth and are living in the working-class and have a history of wage theft and other ways of stealing their wealth or income throughout history. when we think about victims, t

with me democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut, he has made gun safety legislation his life's work since the tragedy at sandy hook elementary. today he is reintroducing legislation to expand federal background checks to all gun sales. good morning, senator. >> good morning. >> let's show people this picture, last year you went to msu. you spoke to students and you have tweeted about gun tragedy after gun tragedy. look at michigan, right, kalamazoo, oxford, now msu. could you speak about what you are reintroducing again, the background check expansion act, and do you think it could have saved these three students' lives? >> i was proud to be at michigan state last year. part of my work is trying to help build a national anti-gun violence movement that will make our kids safer. i was there in part to thank a small group of michigan state students that were starting a chapter of an anti-gun violence organization. it also pains me that children have to spend their time trying to convince adults to just do the right thing. the fact that my 14-year-old has to talk to his friends abo

plows here, hundreds of plows in connecticut, out on the roads, keeping things clear. they pre-salted the roads. so traffic is moving, although people are being told, if you don't have to go out, stay inside a little bit longer or do be careful if you're on the roads. >> thank you. as people dig out, i understand there's another major storm system building up. what should we expect? >> we should expect an impactful weather week for us. not just the snow we're watching moving out for parts of new england and upstate new york, dealing with snow falling. once this gets out of the picture, we're going to see things amplify, on the west coast. it's a cross country storm system that starts to develop. we have people dealing with winter weather alerts, and add on inches of snow, especially in extreme northern portions of new england. that's where we still could see some of that additional snow through the day today, but notice how it all moves out as we get into really the evening hours tonight and by tomorrow. we've already seen that transition over in places like new york c

host: susan in rockville, connecticut, democrats' line. caller: i'm calling -- i am a member of a group. we are mostly older liberal ladies from connecticut. we are reading " madam speaker." we are critical of what the other side are saying, that we are be out of firing her. why does the other side dislike her so much? is itan -- is it an ethics violation what she did when she refused to see the bill about refusing people investing in stock? how -- if we look critically at both sides may be we would make more progress. guest: the caller makes a great point. if republicans screw up, we will point that out. if democrats screw up we will point that out too. nancy pelosi was a central figure in the saga about personal finances of members of congress because in late december of 2021, she said we live in a free-market economy and members of congress should be able to participate in that economy. agree with it or don't agree but what that set in motion was a lot of anger, and even fury among republicans who are very happy to beat up nancy pelosi

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in connecticut and massachusetts. you name it memb many states n face this threat, communities are told you must be high rise affordable housing. next to the single family home, if you worked years to afford that house that is your biggest investment and exsomeone is building a high-rise across the street with a parking lot, the price of your house, value of your biggest asset and your lifestyle, your dream kaput. mark: you know betsy mccoy. tomorrow government is supposed to be limited in power. but they can't stop trying to control everything we do. the type of vehicle we drive. we'll ban you know, gasoline powers engines, the kind of schools we send our kids, to okay no you can't send them to pr private schools, i could go on. as i was talking with mike gonzalez prior gif guest, it seems that push is on now, they see a window of opportunity, they want to control our communities our housing, i suspect they will want to control transportation. density, parks. baseball fields libraries, won't they get their foot in th

host: this is a headline from the hill: kevin is in windsor, connecticut on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i think ukraine is the front line of democracy right now. people forgot that when hitler's declared war on the u.s. and pearl harbor, the ocean is not going to separate us. you've got the hitler's regime and the republican party. you've got the hitler's governor in florida taking books away. these are playbooks out of hitler's. we've got to unite this country. that's all i have to say. host: this is from the new york times this morning, an opinion piece. ukraine and russia may be headed to a cease-fire. were asking about the threat of a new cold war. your thoughts on that. republicans (202) 748-8001. democrats (202) 748-8000. independents (202) 748-8002. in wisconsin that, john is on the democrats line. go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my call. i just wanted to correct the first caller who stated that biden had met with zelenskyy. he was not president of ukraine when biden took office. do your homework before you spread the disinformation. this

they have passed laws outlawing single family joining zone, in oregon, california, new york connecticut and massachusetts, many states face this threat. they are told, you mustou build high-rise affordable housing next to the single family homes. a the price of your house, thee, value of your biggest asset and your life style, your dream are kaput.ow mark: betsy mccaughey, federal government b is supposed to be limited in power. they have constitutions, state governments have constitutions took but theyon can't stoptr trying to control everything that we do, the type of vehicle we're driving, banning gasoline powered engineers and the, schools thatto we sense our kids to, i can go on. and as i was talking with mike gonzalez, it really seems that the push on now. they see a window of opportunity, they want to control our communities, ourr housing, i suspect they will want to control transportation. density, parks, baseball fields, libraries. once they get their foot in the door and the courts uphold it there is snowme stoppis no stopping it. >> u.s. supreme court in conf1926 ruled that n

and also representative john larson democratic from kentucky -- from connecticut. and we will discuss the future of social security and the meaning of president biden set to meet with kevin mccarthy and we will find out what they talk about we expect to hear comments from him and the speaker after the meeting. a busy day in washington and on capitol hill. yesterday the president of the united states was in new york to talk about transportation issues and infrastructure issues we talked about them all week long yesterday focusing on a $300 million grant for the hudson river tunnel project. this is a little bit of president biden talking yesterday in new york. >> for too long we have talked about building the best economy in the world, but to have the best economy in the world, you have to have the best infrastructure in the world. people do not build factories that are rail stations, ports, or access to highways, they do not attract businesses unless you have good infrastructure and create thousands of good paying jobs. for most of the last century our economy led t

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host: a vietnam vet in woodberry, connecticut. good morning, barry. caller: i have two questions for you. number one. there was a book written about 15 years ago or so called "vietnam reconsidered." it was a naval professor who was allowed into the archives and he concluded that the vietnamese, the north vietnamese thought they would have to stand down if americans put enough artillery bases on the mountain tops on the ho chi minh trail. that would have at least pulled them out of the conflict. it could have been temporary. in years they could have started up again. i want your opinion on that. do you think -- guest: those are very good questions. the artillery on the mountaintops. i worked in the vietnamese archives for almost 45 years. i go to hanoi almost every year and dig through those archives. i have never seen anything about artillery being something, a major concern for the vietnamese communist authorities. what was a concern was the bombing. the american bombing of northern vietnam. so, the continued presence of the air force could have chan