18th congressional district with live coverage now on c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. newello and welcome to the special, a live debate in the race for congress in new york s 18th congressional district, i am richard french and joining us are the candidates income of democrats sean maloney and republican challenger james o donnell. rules have been agreed to by both campaigns and candidates will have 90 seconds for opening and closing statements and we will alternate questions with candidates getting 90 seconds for their initial answers and 90 seconds for responses. 32nd the bottles or they may choose to ask questions 30 second rebuttal s or they may choose to ask questions. mr. o donnell: i would like to thank richard for having this debate, thanked the congressman, looking forward to one hour, i will begin with where i started my life. less than 20 miles from here, i grew up in the bronx with this x accent,ocks bron a native new yorker, spent my entire lif
will alternate questions with candidates getting 90 seconds for their initial answers and for the responses. i may choose ask follow-up questions at my discretion. with that let s begin. we had a quick look and for that mr. o donnell come to the first opening statement. i like to thank richard for having this debate and think the congressman, looking forward to a one hour, so i will begin with what i started my life. less than 20 miles from here i grew up in the bronx with this gorgeous rocks accent, so when i get to d.c. no one will have a problem knowing what i from. a native new yorker, spent my entire life in new york. the last 43 years i ve lived in raise my family in our congressional district. eight kids, seven grandchildren, married to my lovely wife of 45 years, high school sweethearts. she is a special ed school teacher. i know the hudson valley. i ve been here my entire life. i don t have to think about anything when there s problems in the hudson valley. i autom
chattanooga coming together in the wake of the shooting that took the lives of five members of the u.s. military. iwe begin tonight with that historic chapter in the relations between the u.s. and cuba. tomorrow in washington a cuban flag will fly over a new cuban embassy for the first time in more than 50 years. at the state department, the cuban flag will be added to the flags of other 150 other nations. in havana where the anticipation is building. havana, any other day on the island inflation. for those americans worried or concerned about missing out on retrocuba, time is on jury side. yes, change is coming to the caribbean island nation but it won t happen overnight. it could take years. the relationship between washington and havana is difficult. and the opening of an embassy is not expected to change that dynamic. but a poll taken earlier this year showed 97% of cubans supportingsupporting normalizing ties with the u.s. there s happiness and relief but also a sense
that continues to dissipate and bring us cloud cover. 50s and 60s right now. it will be a warm day again. we ll talk about the possibility of rain and the week ahead coming up. in breaking news this morning, a story you ll see only on abc 7, san jose police have arrested the man called a person of interest in the murder of five people in modesto. early this morning police spotted this man s car, a 2000 red lincoln navigator, on leward drive. moments later, officers took the man into custody. the person of interest is identified as 30-year-old martin martinez of modesto. officials have not said yet why they targeted him. yesterday afternoon officers were called for a security check at a home on knob hill court. when they arrived they found five bodies inside, two adults, three children. police have not released the victims identities, their ages whether they re related or how long they have been dead. the search is on for a shooter in the east bay. two men were shot near
80s and 90s, full details in just a few minutes. lisa, thank you. breaking news this morning, san jose police have arrested the man called a person of interest in the murders of five people in this modesto. early this morning, police spotted this man s car, a 2000 red lincoln navigator, on lucern. moments later, officers took the man into custody. the person of interest is identified as 30-year-old martin martinez of modesto. officials have not said yet why they targeted him. yesterday afternoon officers were called for a security check at a home on knob hill court. when they arrived, they found five bodies inside, two adults, three children. police have not released the victims identities, their ages, whether they re related or how long they have been dead. the search is on for a shooter in the east bay. two men were shot near keller beach park in the point richmond neighborhood. officers used dogs and walked along the shore line looking for evidence. we re told they