1 00:00:16,71 --> 00:00:21,38 Long Casey can and this is twenty one this week coming up next word of election 2 00:00:21,39 --> 00:00:27,07 reversal on early voting centers Rockville City elections start toll lanes on the 3 00:00:27,08 --> 00:00:32,17 American Legion Bridge and is the Democratic presidential race over now that lunch 4 00:00:32,18 --> 00:00:33,72 bucket Joe won't give it 5 00:00:33,73 --> 00:00:38,20 a go stay tuned our panel of insiders will give you the story behind the story 6 00:00:38,55 --> 00:00:43,24 we're joined by the president of progressive Maryland Elbridge James Democratic 7 00:00:43,25 --> 00:00:48,99 Party insider Sam Statman former Republican candidate for state Senate Jerry cave 8 00:00:49,62 --> 00:00:54,55 and education activists Cynthia Rubenstein Stay tuned for these stories and more on 9 00:00:54,56 --> 00:00:56,35 the next twenty one this week. 10 00:01:17,19 --> 00:01:21,22 Last week our lead story was on the breaking controversy surrounding the Republican 11 00:01:21,23 --> 00:01:26,22 plot to suppress democratic voters in Montgomery County by moving an early voting 12 00:01:26,23 --> 00:01:29,26 location out of a Democratic majority precinct to 13 00:01:29,27 --> 00:01:34,86 a Republican one. After much outcry this week the Republican controlled local board 14 00:01:34,87 --> 00:01:40,49 of elections reversed itself Sam What makes this controversy hard to understand is 15 00:01:40,50 --> 00:01:41,76 the Democrats hold 16 00:01:42,00 --> 00:01:47,45 a three to one voter registration advantage over Republicans in the county and in 17 00:01:47,49 --> 00:01:51,66 the most recent election of the state's twenty four major jurisdictions the 18 00:01:51,67 --> 00:01:57,82 Montgomery County turnout was in twenty second place with only five point six of 19 00:01:57,83 --> 00:02:02,33 eligible voters taking advantage or early voting here in the county compared eight 20 00:02:02,34 --> 00:02:07,87 point three percent statewide this in the straw man argument of voter repression 21 00:02:08,12 --> 00:02:12,26 that actually flies in the face of the facts it's not because the Republicans are 22 00:02:12,27 --> 00:02:18,95 trying to repress the vote nobody's taking advantage of early early voting said the 23 00:02:19,25 --> 00:02:23,59 case see the nitty gritty behind the scenes of this is is that 24 00:02:23,60 --> 00:02:25,13 a couple of poor to go 25 00:02:25,66 --> 00:02:32,54 a location was proposed out in the Damascus area and it was turned down at 26 00:02:32,55 --> 00:02:36,78 some Republicans on the board and some members of the Republican party felt that 27 00:02:36,79 --> 00:02:42,84 they were snubbed by the Democrats but what people fail to realize is is that the 28 00:02:42,85 --> 00:02:47,84 locations themselves actually were to. By nonpartisan members of the Board of 29 00:02:47,85 --> 00:02:53,93 Elections staff at the locations aren't it by precinct they're based in geographic 30 00:02:53,94 --> 00:02:58,67 area by population which I believe backed them is at around five hundred thousand 31 00:02:58,90 --> 00:03:04,54 people per voter in five locations so they were moved out of one precinct to 32 00:03:04,55 --> 00:03:09,08 another they were moved based on geographic area and as 33 00:03:09,09 --> 00:03:14,45 a matter of fact it was resolved when the State Board of Elections said to our 34 00:03:14,46 --> 00:03:18,98 local board of elections you guys better work this out and don't come back because 35 00:03:18,99 --> 00:03:21,63 you're not going to be happy with our outcome so 36 00:03:21,67 --> 00:03:27,29 a compromise was worked out and that compromise was led by our county executive I 37 00:03:27,30 --> 00:03:30,89 could Legate obviously a Democrat had the decision was that 38 00:03:30,90 --> 00:03:36,16 a bill is going to be put through it in Annapolis this next session which will 39 00:03:36,17 --> 00:03:42,36 allow us one more precinct voting district and that district will be out in the 40 00:03:42,37 --> 00:03:47,16 area where the Republicans say that we're underserved it had nothing to do with 41 00:03:47,17 --> 00:03:51,48 politics don't think partisan about it where the Republicans got their dander up 42 00:03:51,49 --> 00:03:54,51 and saw an opportunity to change location Well that's 43 00:03:54,52 --> 00:03:59,01 a wonderful spend on that Sam But let's ask Jerry what he thinks about the 44 00:03:59,02 --> 00:04:05,65 controversy or were Democrats just concerned that moving the early voting. Location 45 00:04:05,88 --> 00:04:06,09 to 46 00:04:06,10 --> 00:04:11,97 a Republican majority precinct would increase voter voted for it by Republicans because 47 00:04:11,98 --> 00:04:17,85 Republicans and independents out voted Democrats in the last early voting session. 48 00:04:18,99 --> 00:04:21,55 As my mother used to say and I haven't heard in 49 00:04:21,56 --> 00:04:27,64 a long time that for Democrats to go playing about voter suppression is that. 50 00:04:29,10 --> 00:04:34,31 All they have suppressed minority votes Republican votes and you are talking about 51 00:04:34,32 --> 00:04:37,17 a trivial inconvenience people dying for 52 00:04:37,18 --> 00:04:41,09 a right to vote my vote hadn't counted in this state and decades and I'd crawl 53 00:04:41,10 --> 00:04:47,69 through broken glass to vote to brazenness as an issue is beyond trivial but it's 54 00:04:47,90 --> 00:04:52,32 unbelievable for the Democrats to do this because we are under represented and 55 00:04:53,32 --> 00:04:58,00 county state federal and and minorities are I don't have 56 00:04:58,01 --> 00:05:02,06 a good deal not only his writings of mass destruction by a Democratic or 57 00:05:02,07 --> 00:05:07,21 a Democrat when I thought of voting that guy skate sharing Mandarin it's not me on 58 00:05:07,22 --> 00:05:10,44 a yearly it's not very many I want to go to I want to go to you know half the 59 00:05:10,45 --> 00:05:12,43 representatives of the house if you want D.C. 60 00:05:12,44 --> 00:05:16,25 Candidates seventy five going to lead the way you've carved it up you've got Jim 61 00:05:16,26 --> 00:05:19,67 Crow court and you know Mandarin and the like only state that all those are going 62 00:05:19,68 --> 00:05:22,62 to side Elbridge was the outcome 63 00:05:22,63 --> 00:05:27,36 a fair one. In terms of keeping it where it was keep it where it was and adding 64 00:05:27,37 --> 00:05:31,87 another another precinct we would like to have and another precinct but in fact 65 00:05:31,88 --> 00:05:35,17 it's up to the state in the legislators to point the fact is that we do want 66 00:05:35,18 --> 00:05:39,82 anything changed at this time because right now in Bethesda you have the potential 67 00:05:39,83 --> 00:05:39,90 of 68 00:05:39,91 --> 00:05:44,95 a high voter turnout I think I would say it is the first time it was in with and that's 69 00:05:44,96 --> 00:05:48,29 usually the first times where they have lower turnout and then next time using 70 00:05:48,30 --> 00:05:52,53 picks up the point about is the boy when he got it we're going to point to another 71 00:05:52,54 --> 00:05:53,36 Tommy and this is 72 00:05:53,37 --> 00:05:57,91 a dead issue now it's been resolved the board of elections going to add 73 00:05:57,92 --> 00:06:02,95 a new precinct but it's the whole the whole allegations what what was what was 74 00:06:02,96 --> 00:06:07,75 interesting to watch All right the city of Rockville begins its election cycle for 75 00:06:07,76 --> 00:06:13,87 mayor and the four person city council this October twenty fourth in their early 76 00:06:13,88 --> 00:06:18,07 voting in most years the election in Montgomery County largest city is 77 00:06:18,08 --> 00:06:20,89 a non-controversial affair over this year 78 00:06:20,90 --> 00:06:26,13 a pro-business slate which bills itself as Team Rockville is running against the 79 00:06:26,14 --> 00:06:30,65 progressive incumbents on the on the Council earlier this year Rockville mayor 80 00:06:30,66 --> 00:06:35,92 Bridget Donnel Dhu and Councilwoman Burl Feinberg were the subject of controversy 81 00:06:36,02 --> 00:06:36,95 when they pushed through 82 00:06:36,96 --> 00:06:41,65 a zoning text amendment over the objections of the city planning board and staff 83 00:06:41,93 --> 00:06:46,22 that prevented the Sienna company from developing in abandoned warehouse into 84 00:06:46,23 --> 00:06:51,81 a self storage facility Elbridge these issues seem to be driving of late lifting 85 00:06:51,82 --> 00:06:56,03 the building moratorium in the city of Rockville and not getting 86 00:06:56,07 --> 00:07:00,45 a development plan for Rockville Pike is this why there's there's 87 00:07:00,46 --> 00:07:06,12 a push to change the council push change the council because there's no compromise 88 00:07:06,13 --> 00:07:11,51 there's no. Way the fact that we could have some growth the goal is to call smart 89 00:07:11,52 --> 00:07:16,53 growth without well overpopulating all over density the area because then you have 90 00:07:16,54 --> 00:07:20,40 a supposed to have concern with the business group coming in is that if in fact 91 00:07:20,41 --> 00:07:25,50 they get their way with their way lead to I thought I've heard about high rises 92 00:07:25,51 --> 00:07:30,76 coming up and in fact putting more pollution and traffic they'll run for Pike lot 93 00:07:30,77 --> 00:07:32,82 of us move to Rockville So in effect we had 94 00:07:32,83 --> 00:07:37,23 a small town feel like we've allowed some some amenities I've gotten phone call 95 00:07:37,24 --> 00:07:41,41 saying Don't you want this to be another Bethesda No I mean another if I can no but 96 00:07:41,42 --> 00:07:41,63 there's 97 00:07:41,64 --> 00:07:45,73 a Chevy Chase No I don't want to be another Bethesda which overtakes I want to be 98 00:07:45,74 --> 00:07:50,33 rock for I want smart growth I don't want where one side or the other side just in 99 00:07:50,34 --> 00:07:53,90 fact has their way and we have nothing but gridlock but isn't that isn't that the 100 00:07:53,91 --> 00:07:59,21 point and that's the point of the the pro rata or their team rockfall approach 101 00:07:59,50 --> 00:08:03,21 since you Julie Polk of the a current member of the council and 102 00:08:03,22 --> 00:08:07,94 a member of Team Rockville described her first two years on the council as 103 00:08:07,95 --> 00:08:12,50 disappointing but as divisive saying that some of the biggest legislative 104 00:08:12,51 --> 00:08:17,90 accomplishments come in spite of members who only listen to naysayers Why is 105 00:08:17,91 --> 00:08:24,47 development in Rockville so contentious Eldritch touched on it's between 106 00:08:24,90 --> 00:08:29,99 residents of Rockville who want to keep the small town feel and other residents of 107 00:08:30,00 --> 00:08:34,76 Rockville who want to see themselves or want the development the kind of 108 00:08:34,77 --> 00:08:39,67 development that's more along the lines of what's happening in white flat and north 109 00:08:39,71 --> 00:08:46,63 of Rockville which is more which is higher density which is more intense 110 00:08:46,92 --> 00:08:53,23 and would bring more well along with it would bring hopefully more affordable 111 00:08:53,24 --> 00:09:00,02 housing more business. And more employment but these are the two things that are 112 00:09:00,03 --> 00:09:05,06 causing the tension between the factions in Rockville is it the town of Rockville 113 00:09:05,23 --> 00:09:11,59 or is it the more Herb. NIES higher developed city of Rockville who we're really 114 00:09:11,60 --> 00:09:12,86 talking about is developing 115 00:09:12,87 --> 00:09:17,49 a war Rockville Pike people with those agree with you and your characters ation of 116 00:09:17,50 --> 00:09:22,16 the slate that's been formed as being pro-business because other people would mock 117 00:09:22,17 --> 00:09:26,66 or would say this is the progressive group this is the group that wants to put in 118 00:09:26,89 --> 00:09:31,74 rules and regulations that would allow us to have more affordable housing that 119 00:09:31,75 --> 00:09:38,71 would have more smart growth that would actually. In forming new schools. 120 00:09:39,92 --> 00:09:46,22 Be more inviting with the Board of Education and their current faucet fee of having 121 00:09:46,46 --> 00:09:50,76 so much roads and infrastructure in before more schools could be built and rock 122 00:09:50,77 --> 00:09:54,79 those who would indeed more schools where two of the incumbents the ones you just 123 00:09:54,80 --> 00:09:59,26 mention were absolutely against any of this so they were actually harming the city 124 00:09:59,48 --> 00:10:03,98 which harmed its tax breaks you know do you want an enclave with in Montgomery 125 00:10:03,99 --> 00:10:10,01 County that looks the way it did twenty years ago or do you want an enclave that 126 00:10:10,02 --> 00:10:16,27 encourages summit growth smart growth more jobs increases the tax base allows 127 00:10:16,28 --> 00:10:20,18 a city of Rockville to provide that city that's another century version of the walk 128 00:10:20,19 --> 00:10:24,40 that has been struggling with not just for the past ten years but really for the 129 00:10:24,44 --> 00:10:30,66 thirty or forty years between the the tween the controversy of whether it should 130 00:10:30,67 --> 00:10:35,07 grow or stay the same you know what I'm looking at this is for an average Rockville 131 00:10:35,08 --> 00:10:41,60 citizen. We're seeing inside politics being played out with the consequences being 132 00:10:41,61 --> 00:10:45,17 faced by the citizens and there was I would like to have their group any in 133 00:10:45,27 --> 00:10:50,76 including the current administration do more outreach to his community and do 134 00:10:50,77 --> 00:10:54,03 a more comprehensive plan well we were concerned about not having 135 00:10:54,04 --> 00:10:57,49 a place where they would do what I would hope we got wrap this up and go to go to 136 00:10:57,50 --> 00:11:00,95 break but the other point that we're talking about is the fact that we're shifting 137 00:11:00,96 --> 00:11:03,100 from a two year old lections cycle to a four years 138 00:11:04,05 --> 00:11:08,55 a life cycle so this decision is going to hear you port and you're going to keep it 139 00:11:08,56 --> 00:11:11,99 will be playing out over the next two weeks right when we come back from 140 00:11:12,00 --> 00:11:15,91 a short break should there be told lanes of the American Legion Bridge and with 141 00:11:15,92 --> 00:11:20,96 Vice President Biden exit stage left testicle reclaimed wrapped up the nomination 142 00:11:21,40 --> 00:11:21,93 state in. 143 00:11:35,25 --> 00:11:37,99 And welcome back since the early one nine hundred sixty S. 144 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:41,70 Plans to build multiple bridge crossings the Potomac River connecting Maryland and 145 00:11:41,71 --> 00:11:46,55 Virginia have been proposed and debated one early plan even had three concentric 146 00:11:46,56 --> 00:11:51,40 outer beltways with bridges in two thousand and fourteen Virginia Senator Mark 147 00:11:51,41 --> 00:11:55,37 Warner favor the building of an additional bridge saying we can't keep funneling 148 00:11:55,38 --> 00:11:59,53 the traffic into these few choke points across the river like the American Legion 149 00:11:59,54 --> 00:12:03,81 Bridge which carries the capital beltway between Montgomery County and Fairfax 150 00:12:03,82 --> 00:12:08,59 County this week Montgomery County Council and its counterpart in Fairfax County 151 00:12:09,12 --> 00:12:14,55 offered yet another proposal this one to extend the all express lanes from the 152 00:12:14,56 --> 00:12:16,89 Beltway to eye to seventy as 153 00:12:16,90 --> 00:12:22,09 a means of reducing congestion Elbridge are adding toll lanes on the American 154 00:12:22,10 --> 00:12:27,52 Legion Bridge and up to seventy the answer to our problems. Now if you don't have 155 00:12:27,53 --> 00:12:31,28 construction I think in Virginia when they added to toll roads they in fact 156 00:12:31,51 --> 00:12:36,30 expanded on the beltway if you just leave the bridge the way it is and they have 157 00:12:36,31 --> 00:12:39,99 toll lanes are you going to say this but it will increase revenue but you're going 158 00:12:40,00 --> 00:12:44,59 to force congestion into those remaining lanes you just got to be another solution 159 00:12:44,60 --> 00:12:48,62 to that you would be in favor of building another span and all the additional 160 00:12:48,88 --> 00:12:55,59 traffic flow Yes Yeah and in fact if it could be done. Environmentally 161 00:12:55,60 --> 00:13:00,97 correctly which I know it's impossible to know anything even even though the bridge 162 00:13:00,98 --> 00:13:05,08 somewhere but I think not so more and you have said or because they have pipeline 163 00:13:05,09 --> 00:13:06,69 example Senator Warner said 164 00:13:06,93 --> 00:13:10,89 a lack of insight infrastructure investment is limiting long term economic 165 00:13:10,90 --> 00:13:14,82 prosperity in the region so why is there so much opposition to building 166 00:13:14,83 --> 00:13:20,36 a bridge connecting the I two seventy corridor with the I sixty six corridor and 167 00:13:20,37 --> 00:13:26,57 bringing business from. From both sides of the river now it was announced on the 168 00:13:26,58 --> 00:13:32,22 radio but of the commentaries it shows that Northern Virginia is outgrowing 169 00:13:32,23 --> 00:13:36,87 McCaffery County so it weighs I think what Senator Warner was saying was 170 00:13:36,88 --> 00:13:42,17 self-serving for the people of Virginia but when it comes to the question of other 171 00:13:42,18 --> 00:13:47,11 bridge crossings the last bridge crossings built were in the sixty's when we built 172 00:13:47,78 --> 00:13:54,23 the beltway there were other plans. Across at Rock's point 173 00:13:54,24 --> 00:13:58,71 Iraq's would be more than acceptable I think that would be good but of course we 174 00:13:58,72 --> 00:14:03,21 all know that the biggest That objection is Kuwait through the agricultural reserve 175 00:14:03,54 --> 00:14:08,01 now why somebody has to object to a stretch of road what is it a thousand feet 176 00:14:08,21 --> 00:14:13,90 a roadway with you know it up Parkway setting to east traffic to two seventy is 177 00:14:13,91 --> 00:14:19,54 beyond me I mean I don't know how many dislocated sheep and cows are would be in 178 00:14:19,78 --> 00:14:25,21 strawberry plants but to me it would seem reasonable and it would absolutely hurt 179 00:14:25,25 --> 00:14:29,19 help McHenry County and it's developed said you know what he would think of that 180 00:14:29,20 --> 00:14:34,67 that well the keys are all the interesting points of discussion but there's no 181 00:14:34,72 --> 00:14:41,16 infrastructure funding for this in the near term mid-term are long term and so what 182 00:14:41,17 --> 00:14:46,59 I think heads of jurisdictions really have to talk about you know are the Band-Aid 183 00:14:46,59 --> 00:14:53,43 . The continuing express lanes over lead to the Legion Bridge to two to seventy 184 00:14:53,69 --> 00:14:57,58 that is the low hanging fruit I think the best they can do right now is to talk 185 00:14:57,59 --> 00:15:01,14 about those there's never enough money for cars for is never enough better than I 186 00:15:01,15 --> 00:15:07,64 would be an enormous. Infrastructure Project and it would be you think the 187 00:15:07,65 --> 00:15:08,37 I.C.C. 188 00:15:08,38 --> 00:15:13,15 Was difficult to get through after fifty years but look at another bridge at Europe 189 00:15:13,33 --> 00:15:13,72 this isn't 190 00:15:13,73 --> 00:15:18,64 a whole issue is grotesquely unfair and dangerous it's unfair to the millions of 191 00:15:18,88 --> 00:15:23,54 man hours and woman hours that are lost by people sitting in traffic do you want to 192 00:15:23,55 --> 00:15:28,95 stand that the every two days the equivalent of a pot entire population of D.C. 193 00:15:28,96 --> 00:15:31,37 Cross roads lead in a bridge and talk about 194 00:15:31,38 --> 00:15:35,76 a Band-Aid that's going to go to nowhere this is ridiculous we need another bridge 195 00:15:35,99 --> 00:15:41,82 not only so people can get home to their families for goodness sake but think about 196 00:15:41,83 --> 00:15:42,03 it from 197 00:15:42,04 --> 00:15:47,20 a security standpoint one bomb on the Legion Bridge and you going to paralyze the 198 00:15:47,21 --> 00:15:48,02 Washington D.C. 199 00:15:48,03 --> 00:15:51,57 Area which is the home of the national government for those. You have been paying 200 00:15:51,58 --> 00:15:56,84 attention to that fact so it's important to the country of the hall but I mean it's 201 00:15:56,85 --> 00:16:01,56 just unbelievable for forty years we've known we need to do this and it's called 202 00:16:01,57 --> 00:16:05,65 leadership to get it through people are going to object that's right but I 203 00:16:05,66 --> 00:16:10,56 completely agree with Sam We need to bridge and asked for this business of the 204 00:16:10,60 --> 00:16:13,51 agricultural reserve for the benefit of 205 00:16:13,52 --> 00:16:19,82 a few elitists that twice every decade drive through it to deny this to all these 206 00:16:19,83 --> 00:16:24,55 people is just reprehensible you know unfair to those who want to know it's unfair 207 00:16:24,56 --> 00:16:26,08 to the majority want to have 208 00:16:26,09 --> 00:16:30,82 a handful of people in the Agra serve denying people from getting home I mean the 209 00:16:30,83 --> 00:16:34,58 point the point that we have that is that we have to make is if we want to have 210 00:16:34,65 --> 00:16:40,62 future growth and business growth in Montgomery County we have to be connected to 211 00:16:40,74 --> 00:16:46,76 for Dulles Airport and the expressways leading in Virginia Otherwise we're we're 212 00:16:46,80 --> 00:16:51,40 we're the land we're land locking ourselves in preventing our future you don't have 213 00:16:51,41 --> 00:16:55,92 another percentage of gross it's unfair to the east or in their cars to have to sit 214 00:16:55,93 --> 00:17:01,65 and wait two points quickly never wide. The farmers in the ag zone are going to be 215 00:17:01,66 --> 00:17:05,34 able to grow less crops because a covering County just knocked out 216 00:17:05,35 --> 00:17:07,38 a lot of pesticides and he has 217 00:17:07,39 --> 00:17:12,51 a problem number two when you talk about extending the toll road to two seventy The 218 00:17:12,52 --> 00:17:16,96 question is why should it be extended further and the answer is because in the 219 00:17:16,97 --> 00:17:22,50 original design of the beltway bends and I should cage was put in between 220 00:17:22,90 --> 00:17:27,52 Connecticut Avenue and two seventy which has the highest accident right on the 221 00:17:27,53 --> 00:17:31,88 beltway that would make putting in a toll lane they're almost impossible what 222 00:17:31,89 --> 00:17:35,28 a perfect place because it's already gridlock there anyway to have the Toba 223 00:17:35,29 --> 00:17:39,41 terrible All right we're going to our last topic tonight in four weeks the best 224 00:17:39,42 --> 00:17:43,23 known secret inside the beltway was that Vice President Joe Biden was only waiting 225 00:17:43,89 --> 00:17:47,64 for that one perfect moment to announce that he was running for the Democratic 226 00:17:47,65 --> 00:17:52,11 presidential nomination the whispers were everywhere it will be after the first 227 00:17:52,12 --> 00:17:56,90 Democratic debate oh no it will be after the make the hearings get in 228 00:17:56,91 --> 00:18:00,22 a stunning turn of events the vice president reserve the Rose Garden this week 229 00:18:00,83 --> 00:18:05,49 announce that he was not running and in the opinion the same experts who were 230 00:18:05,50 --> 00:18:09,81 certain of the Biden candidacy this no guarantees the nomination for Hillary 231 00:18:09,82 --> 00:18:11,24 Clinton Cynthia 232 00:18:11,69 --> 00:18:16,13 a local basketball coach once said the operas and over until the fat lady sings to 233 00:18:16,14 --> 00:18:20,97 bolster his team's faint chances of making the playoffs Biden may not be the fat 234 00:18:20,98 --> 00:18:27,94 lady but as his withdraw and the nomination this is Clinton. If he doesn't handle 235 00:18:27,95 --> 00:18:30,43 a nomination to Mrs Clinton but it does give her 236 00:18:30,44 --> 00:18:35,49 a sense of relief because if he had entered the race he would have drawn votes away 237 00:18:35,72 --> 00:18:42,17 from her but aside from the fact what may have helped play into his decision is her 238 00:18:42,18 --> 00:18:48,48 strong performance in the debates as well as her performance. In the got old and I 239 00:18:48,49 --> 00:18:55,38 see that in the US So she's doing what the regime only been commanding and 240 00:18:55,39 --> 00:19:01,31 strong and she has given many many more reasons for American voters. 241 00:19:02,51 --> 00:19:07,78 To support her she had her biggest fundraising day the day after the big guys he 242 00:19:07,79 --> 00:19:13,26 debates but the real thing that it packs up on barrow it is oh I should come exe 243 00:19:13,27 --> 00:19:17,86 decision we want to know whether Oh I should Cummings is going to enter the race 244 00:19:18,15 --> 00:19:18,78 for the U.S. 245 00:19:18,79 --> 00:19:23,36 Senate I maybe there would be all down smooth today before we get to what I want I 246 00:19:23,37 --> 00:19:29,69 want to ask Jerry about the effect of. The nomination and Jerry you Republicans 247 00:19:29,73 --> 00:19:33,75 even care who the Democratic nominee is since you're not going to be able to settle 248 00:19:33,76 --> 00:19:33,85 on 249 00:19:33,86 --> 00:19:41,02 a candidate until hell freezes over Kacey Let me update you on the calendar. It's twenty 250 00:19:41,03 --> 00:19:42,61 fifteen elections next year we've got 251 00:19:42,62 --> 00:19:47,33 a year we have plenty of time so stop rushing us because you see in the Republican 252 00:19:47,34 --> 00:19:53,02 Party we actually have debates of ideas and people and diversity of people and on 253 00:19:53,03 --> 00:19:54,42 the Democratic side they have 254 00:19:54,43 --> 00:19:59,92 a coronation of medicine candidate to run through the democrats are you happy or 255 00:19:59,93 --> 00:20:04,10 you say you have no line as much how are they on the stand they have had an on for 256 00:20:04,11 --> 00:20:09,58 the next highlighted today than I know Martin O'Malley and no OK if your question 257 00:20:09,99 --> 00:20:15,19 Joe Biden is where he always was and the waiting room to hear the one word that 258 00:20:15,20 --> 00:20:21,01 won't come out with this administration but he is there in case and I did look this 259 00:20:21,90 --> 00:20:25,81 is going to happen it is but that's it's always come up that I was only Perry on 260 00:20:25,82 --> 00:20:29,91 the Jerry talk about being upset because of what I'm not saying that I'm not saying 261 00:20:29,92 --> 00:20:33,19 it actually was the one I was eighteen or about taking over if you want to get 262 00:20:33,20 --> 00:20:37,82 beyond this because the by the Biden thing you know dropped like 263 00:20:37,83 --> 00:20:41,99 a stone as soon as he says you know it's his resignation anyway I mean it he was 264 00:20:42,00 --> 00:20:46,60 going to say answer sam's question is Why should Cummins going to get in the race 265 00:20:46,61 --> 00:20:47,07 for the U.S. 266 00:20:47,08 --> 00:20:52,48 Senate to be very I don't know there are there are like for instance will Biden 267 00:20:52,69 --> 00:20:59,52 there are those insiders who will lack him to run I am not certain I was to 268 00:20:59,53 --> 00:21:05,13 their motives all the way but their insight is they do want want him to run and he 269 00:21:05,14 --> 00:21:11,40 is seriously considering but again like by. Being very close mouthed about it this 270 00:21:11,41 --> 00:21:17,58 is the logic of it isn't isn't isn't an Honda running behind Donna Edwards. It 271 00:21:17,59 --> 00:21:22,11 depends on the poll what polling you're looking at night and what is clear is that 272 00:21:22,12 --> 00:21:28,49 if Elijah Cummings entered the race he would he would be clearly able to hand clear 273 00:21:28,50 --> 00:21:34,26 the field so here's that link there was I ever come up with I if you're Cummings is 274 00:21:34,27 --> 00:21:41,08 a great statesman. He does they that represents the best interest of the electorate 275 00:21:41,79 --> 00:21:47,23 and I think the question that he's really looking at is is whether where he serves 276 00:21:47,24 --> 00:21:49,27 the electorate better as 277 00:21:49,28 --> 00:21:53,46 a member of Congress representing his district which as we know includes Baltimore 278 00:21:53,47 --> 00:21:58,39 City and parts of the Iran Bill I guess Howard would couple the other counties with 279 00:21:58,40 --> 00:22:01,17 way more areas manner that are probably covered or else half 280 00:22:01,18 --> 00:22:07,72 a better off staying in Congress and perhaps at one time the 281 00:22:07,73 --> 00:22:09,11 speaker the House it's 282 00:22:09,12 --> 00:22:13,61 a very very difficult choice but why has all of them how money is going to count 283 00:22:13,90 --> 00:22:18,70 and that's why I think we might have several and in all things politics one of the 284 00:22:18,71 --> 00:22:23,21 Count's and then we're going to go to our Parting Shots So stay tuned for Parting 285 00:22:23,22 --> 00:22:23,68 Shots. 286 00:22:30,79 --> 00:22:35,93 And welcome back now with Parting Shots Sam stoutly but last week I mentioned to 287 00:22:35,94 --> 00:22:41,81 you that mobile medical care my pet charity mobile medical care is has received 288 00:22:41,82 --> 00:22:45,24 a federally qualified health care organization. 289 00:22:48,86 --> 00:22:52,14 Grant Grant Grant it's four hundred thousand dollars 290 00:22:52,15 --> 00:22:56,18 a year and the object of this grant is to provide health care services in the 291 00:22:56,19 --> 00:22:57,64 under-served areas of 292 00:22:57,65 --> 00:23:02,42 a bunker every county Yes there are under-served areas of mark every county and 293 00:23:02,43 --> 00:23:07,88 this particular area that we're focusing on is the Aspen Hill area north of here up 294 00:23:07,89 --> 00:23:12,26 to about Del prairie from about replacing Brooke over to the left to about the city 295 00:23:12,27 --> 00:23:17,53 of Rockville folks if you need health care and you can't afford it or you're 296 00:23:17,54 --> 00:23:19,01 a Medicaid patient and you need 297 00:23:19,02 --> 00:23:24,90 a provider the place for you to go is to mobile medical care at St Mary's Church in 298 00:23:24,91 --> 00:23:26,54 Aspen Hill right now have 299 00:23:26,55 --> 00:23:31,70 a clinic is up to two days we'd like to see it expanded to five days we're there we 300 00:23:31,71 --> 00:23:37,02 watch you will serve you will get absolutely dynamite health care. Thank you Sam 301 00:23:37,63 --> 00:23:42,89 over James your parting shot please my party that goes to the governor again he is 302 00:23:42,93 --> 00:23:49,08 I'm going back to his veto of the returning citizens right to vote bill legislation 303 00:23:49,45 --> 00:23:55,13 we have forty thousand Marylanders Maryland citizens who have had to gain their 304 00:23:55,14 --> 00:24:00,51 right to vote is veto will be overridden and other parties part of the side this 305 00:24:00,52 --> 00:24:04,58 goes to back to the Republican Party act like you belong in terms of the board of 306 00:24:04,59 --> 00:24:09,18 election race think it through before you offer something up to get put back into 307 00:24:09,19 --> 00:24:15,17 our fix Thank you Cynthia Rubenstein your partner shot OK in the theme of education 308 00:24:15,18 --> 00:24:18,38 and youth development I want to presentation today of 309 00:24:18,39 --> 00:24:22,83 a report called connecting used to opportunity and about the eight thousand 310 00:24:22,84 --> 00:24:27,26 disconnected youth in Montgomery County who are not in school and not working and 311 00:24:27,27 --> 00:24:30,95 ways at the school system public safety institutions another mike on me County 312 00:24:30,96 --> 00:24:37,52 institutions can put those youth back in education and in the workforce Thank you 313 00:24:37,53 --> 00:24:40,74 said Jerry cave you're part shot I'd like to answer 314 00:24:40,75 --> 00:24:44,77 a question I have been asked probably never will is it all lives matter black lives 315 00:24:44,78 --> 00:24:49,32 matter and the answer is clearly black lives matter because black lives are being 316 00:24:49,33 --> 00:24:53,20 lost they're not being lost to the police they're being lost in the cities have 317 00:24:53,21 --> 00:24:57,09 been controlled by Democrats eighty percent to one hundred percent for two 318 00:24:57,10 --> 00:25:02,35 generations and they don't get solved but you have almost mass murder going on and 319 00:25:02,36 --> 00:25:07,13 Democratic districts and Republican districts that are just as small just as poor 320 00:25:07,31 --> 00:25:11,76 and have more guns they don't have murder rates like that so yes it is black lives 321 00:25:11,77 --> 00:25:15,45 matter but in the Democratic Party the Democratic governors they the mayor got 322 00:25:15,46 --> 00:25:19,81 Democratic mayors it doesn't matter much thank you Jerry more Thank you everyone 323 00:25:19,82 --> 00:25:22,96 here on the panel today for being here for 324 00:25:22,97 --> 00:25:27,50 a very lively and spirited debate on foot thank you audience for Penny to me and 325 00:25:27,78 --> 00:25:33,67 every week to Montgomery County Parks to show for twenty one this week of case you 326 00:25:33,68 --> 00:25:39,78 couldn't remember you can like us on face. 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