Watch live on cspan, any time on cspan. Org and listen wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. Former Vice President and 2020 democratic president ial candidate joe biden was in his home town of scranton, pennsylvania to talk about his economic proposals and other issues facing middle class families. Please welcome rosemary baldwin. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. And welcome to scranton, pennsylvania. My name is rosemary bol land and im a teacher and the president of the Scranton Federation of teachers, local 1147. [ applause ] i thank you for that. That is not usually how im greeted. I would like to say im a member and proud one of the aft, American Federation of teachers. Im on the executive board of the American Federation of teachers pennsylvania. And im a Vice President of the aflcio of pennsylvania, if that tells you who i am. Im extremely proud and honored that i was asked to do this introduction this morning. Im a little old lady School Teacher from the south sid
[applause] it really is good to be home. Kid, no, when you are a matter how long you live here, climbs into your heart and occupies you. So many people you know are from scranton. So many people from scranton, and some degree people here. Mother eugenia, raised in scranton, first 30 five years of her life before moving to delaware. She lived to age 92, thank god. The last 10 years of life, she lived with me. Passed, she moved in, but it was a struggle to get her to move in because when i was growing up in delaware in our three bedroom, split level home for most of my life, we always had a relative living with us, either my grandpa or my great aunt or an uncle. There was always someone in our home with four kids and mom and dad. It was great for the kids. It really was. Great having my grandpa with us and so on. But the fact of the matter was my mother, looking back on it, those walls were pretty thin. So after my dad passed away, i tried to get mom to move in with me in a home we had j
Continue to commute in this morning. I want to move back over to livermore quickly because i am learning that that big rig that was turned over on its side involved in that threecar crash, this is westbound 580 past greenville road should all be cleared up in the slow lane in about half an hour or so. Hopefully that will be done. Guys . Governor newsom calling for an investigation into why gas prices are so high. A new Analysis Shows drivers pay as much as 1 per gallon than the rest of the country. The National Average you can see is 2. 64, but not here in california. The average is 4. 13. Abc 7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez is live with a look at what is going on. Good morning, lauren. Reporter good morning, kumasi and reggie. A new report from the California Energy commission is suggesting that Big Oil Companies are misleading and overcharging drivers by as much as 1 per gallon. Now the report says brand retailers like 76, chevron and shell often charge more because they say their ga
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