>> Jeff: I'LL HOLD FOR A FEW MINUTES LET'S START WITH YOUR BOOK ON THE PRESIDENCY AND PRESIDENT CARTER FOR TWO REASONS.

FIRST, YOU WORKED FOR HIM AND SECOND HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY IS JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY.

OF COURSE HE IS IN ILL HEALTH BUT YOU HAVE A CHAPTER ON PRESIDENT CHARTER.

>> YES, I DID WORK FOR HIM WHEN I WAS 27 YEARS OLD.

HE WAS 52 WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT HE WILL BE 100 YEARS OLD.

THE ODDEST EVER FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HE WAS CRITICIZED FOR NOT BEING ADEQUATE IN SOME AREAS.

HIS 40 PLUS YEARS SINCE HE LEFT THE PRESIDENCY MADE HIM A MUCH MORE POPULAR FIGURE AND HIS PRESIDENCY IS BEING REEXAMINED AND PEOPLE SEE HE GOT MUCH MORE DONE THAN PEOPLE THOUGHT AT THE TIME.

>> Charles: HE WAS THE CHANGE AGENT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AT THE TIME WHEN YOU CONSIDER HIS RESUME, MILITARY SERVICE, NAVAL ACADEMY AND THE GOVERNOR OF A STATE, THAT IS A TYPICAL RESUME.

IS THERE AN IDEAL RESUME TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

>> WELL THERE'S NO IDEAL RESUME BECAUSE OUR GREATEST PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SERVED IN CONGRESS FOR TWO YEARS AND HAD NO EXPERIENCE OF AN EXECUTIVE AND GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A GENERAL WHEN HE WAS NOT A FARMER.

YOU CAN ARGUE HE DID NOT HAVE THE PERFECT EXPERIENCE.

IN THE MODERN ERA, THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON TO BE PRESIDENT WHO WAS PRESIDENT WAS GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH.

EIGHT YEARS AS VICE-PRESIDENT.

HE WAS AN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N., AMBASSADOR TO CHINA MUNG OTHER THINGS AND HE OBVIOUSLY WAS EXPERIENCED BUT HE DIDN'T GET REELECTED.

EVEN BEING EXPERIENCED DOESN'T MEAN YOU WILL BE LOVED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> Jeff: YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF BOOKS ON THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO WRITE THIS ONE?

>> WELL, I WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND I HAD NOT WRITTEN ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

I'VE A LOVE AND AFFINITY FOR THE PRESIDENCY EVER SINCE I WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND BEFORE THAT.

I THOUGHT I INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAD BEEN PRESIDENT AND I INTERVIEWED PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS AND BEFORE MY TIME IS GONE AND I WOPTS' BE ABLE TO WRITE SUCH A BOOK I WANTED TO PUT MY THOUGHTS OUT THERE ON THE PRESIDENCY.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT IT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT JOB IN THE WORLD A JOB THAT AFFECTS ALL EIGHT BILLION PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND 80 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE.

80 MILLION PEOPLE WHO COULD VOTE DOPTSD'S VOTE.

SO I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY TO MAKE INFORMEDDED DECISIONS.

>> Jeff: YOU HAVE LED ORGANIZATIONS AS A C.E.O.

AND BOARD CHAIRMAN, THE JOB OF PRESIDENT IS SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT?

>> THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ALL THE DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE COME TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

IT IS A JOB WHERE YOU ARE UNDER 24 HOUR SCRUTINY BY THE UNITED STATES AND EVERYBODY AROUND THE WORLD.

IT IS WHAT I CALLED IN THE BOOK THE HIGHEST CALLING.

BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO SEEK THIS JOB, ARE RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB YOU CAN UNDER TAKE IN THE WESTERN WORLD PROBABLY IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB AND AS I POINT OUT, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THEY KILL THEMSELVES FOR TWO YEARS TO TRY TO BE PRESIDENT.

TRAVELING ALL THE TIME THEY ARE NOT IN GOOD SHAPE WHEN THEY FINISH THE CAMPAIGN YET LOOK WHAT HAPPENED JOHN KENNEDY ASSASSINATED.

THEN LINDEN JOHNSON DRIVEN OUT OF OFFICE.

RICHARD NIXON FORCED OUT OF OFFICE.

CARTER COULD NOT GET REELECTED.

RONALD REAGAN ALMOST ASSASSINATED.

WHY DO PEOPLE WANT THIS JOB?

>> Jeff: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT THIS JOB.

WOULD YOU WANT THIS JOB?

IF YOU SUCCEED THROUGH THAT WHEN YOU ARE PRESIDENTED YOU ARE DETESTED BY 40% OF THE COUNTRY?

>> IT'S TRUE YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY PEOPLE WANT THE JOB BUT EVERYBODY IN POLITICS WANTS TO BE THERE IF YOU ARE A UNITED STATES SENATOR YOU SEE A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES A FUTURE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

I WOULDN'T WANT THE JOB.

I'M TOO YOUNG TO TRY TO GET IT I'M ONLY 75 YEARS OLD AND YOU NEED TO BE MORE AGED TO GET THAT JOB.

IT IS A JOB THAT DOES AGE PEOPLE HONESTLY.

PEOPLE COME IN LOOKING YOUNG AND FRESH AND THEY LEAVE THE JOB WITH MORE LINES AND GRAY HAIR.

BUT ON THE WHOLE, I DO THINK WE HAVE REASONABLY GOOD PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THE JOB.

IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE HAD PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OTHER POSITIONS IN LIFE ALSO PARTICIPATE.

PEOPLE WHO LIKE THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD OTHER THINGS THEY DID IN LIFE OTHER THAN JUST BE A POLITICIAN.

IF WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS CORPORATION LEADERS, SCHOLARS, OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENT IF THEY WOULD TRY TO BE PRESIDENT MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER SELECTION.

>> Jeff: SPEAKING OF UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS I HEARD AN INTERVIEW WHERE YOU MENTIONED THAT WILSON WAS REALLY THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE GLOBALLY IMPORTANT.

>> THAT'S CORREC.

>> Jeff: I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

THE EARLY PRESIDENTS THIS WAS A SMALL COUNTRY FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THE ACTION WAS IN EUROPE?

>> WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS PRESIDENT WE HAD 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IT WAS A SMALL COUNTRY AND WE WEREN'T THAT SIGNIFICANT NOT UNTIL WOODROW WILSON WENT TO PARIS, THE FIRST TIME A PRESIDENT LEFT THE COUNTRY AS PRESIDENT AND TRIED TO BE PEACE THROUGH THE WORLD, HE WAS GLORIFIED IN PARIS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT TO THANK HIM FOR COMING OUT AND TRYING TO END THE WAR.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME AMERICANS REALIZED THEIR PRESIDENT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD.

SOME WEREN'T AS SIGNIFICANT SINCE WILSON BUT FDR HAS BEEN THE LEADER OF THE WORLD.

>> Jeff: LAST QUESTION ON THE BOOK.

SHOULD THE NEXT PRESIDENT READ THIS BOOK?

AND WHAT WOULD THEY GET OUT OF IT?

>> I HOPE PRESIDENTS WILL READ IT.

I DID INTERVIEW DONALD TRUMP FOR THE BOOK.

I INTERVIEWED JOE BIDEN THINK HE WOULD BE A CANDIDATE.

ANYBODY WHO BECOMES PRESIDENT SHOULD READ THE BOOK TO SEE WHAT OTHER PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE AND THE MISTAKES THEY'VE MADE AND THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE CORRECTLY.

IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA.

NOW YOU'VE SUGGESTED MAYBE I WILL SUGGEST IT TO WHOEVER THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS AND I'LL SEND THEM A COPY.

>> Jeff: LET'S TALK BASEBALL.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS AN ORANGE TIE.

>> YES,.

>> Jeff: YOU HAVE BEEN OWNER OF THE ORIOLES SIX MONTHS HEADING INTO THE PLAYOFFS YOUR THOUGHTS YOUR EXPECTATIONS AS PLAYOFF BASEBALL GETS STARTED NEXT WEEK?

>> WE HAD INJURIES THIS YEAR THAT WERE KEY BILLTATING IN MANY WAYS.

FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WE WERE ABOUT THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL AND ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING TEAMS IN BASEBALL THEN THE INJURIES CAME AND WE HAD STRUGGLES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.

WE'VE GOTTEN MANY PLAYERS BACK WE HAVE PITCHING CHALLENGES BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GO ALL THE WAY.

WE HAVE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET LUCKY BREAKS SOON.

WE START IN BALTIMORE ON TUESDAY.

AND I WILL BE THERE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

AND I WILL HAVE A SELLOUT I'M PRETTY SURE.

BALTIMORE IS VERY SIGNIFICANT CITY, BUT I THINK THE ORIOLES HELP MAKE IT MORE SIGNIFICANT AND THE ORIOLES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE CITY.

I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE GAME AND ROOT FOR THE ORIOLES.

>> Jeff: ANYTHING THAT SURPRISED YOU ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE OWNER?

YOU HAVE A LOT OF ORANGE TIES NOW.

AND YOU WERE OUT THERE FOR ONE GAME WITH THE SPRINKLER AS THE GUEST Mr. OF SPLASH.

>> CORRECT.

>> Jeff: WAS THAT WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR?

>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MAINE TO BE AN OWNER OF A BASEBALL TEAM.

I'VE CHAIRED NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO WHO THE OWNER IS AND WHETHER HE IS THERE ROOTING FOR THE TEAM AND I TRY TO MIX WITH THE FANNINGS AND BE ONE OF THE AVERAGE FANS.

I RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE WANT MY AUTOGRAPHS AND I KPTD'S UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS.

BECAUSE MY HANDWRITING IS I ILLEGIBLE.

>> Jeff: HOW IS YOUR FASTBALL?

>> BETWEEN 5-10-MILES-PER-HOUR ON A GOOD DAY.

I WISH I HAD ADVICE TO GIVE GIVE ADVICE TO THE PLAYERS AND BE AS FRIENDLY AS I CAN.

21-YEAR-OLD PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING ADVICE FROM 75-YEAR-OLD PEOPLE HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL.

>> Jeff: SAME DAY THE GENERAL MANAGER WILL COME WITH A PROPOSED CONTRACT IT WILL BE NINE FIGURES OR MORE FOR A STAR PLAYER.

HOW I'M SURE YOU'VE THOUGHT AHEAD ON THAT.

YOUR THOUGHTS WHAT THE ORIOLES CAN DO IN BIG TIME FREE AGENCY AS A SMALL MARKET TEAM THE WAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS SETUP.

>> THE WAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS SETUP YOU HAVE AN UNUSUAL SITUATION THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN BASKETBALL OR FASTBALL BECAUSE THERE IS NO SALARY CAP.

FREE AGENCY THERE IS NO LIMIT HOW MUCH YOU CAN PAY A PLAYER.

MY OWNERS PARTNERS AND I ARE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER THE GENERAL MANAGER RECOMMENDS TO US.

MIKE ELIAS IS THE BEST GENERAL MANAGER IN BASEBALL.

AND I FOLLOW HIS RECOMMENDATION.

HE'S A LOT MORE CAREFUL THAN I AM AND WILLING TO PUT OUT CONTRACTS AND SO FORTH.

IF HE THINKS SOMETHING IS A GOOD IDEA MY PARTNERS AND I WILL CERTAINLY THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA AS WELL.

>> Jeff: DAVID RUBENSTEIN WILL BE WEARING ORANGE OVER MANY WEEKS AS HE HAWKS THE NEW BOOK ON THE PRESIDENCY.

SIR, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

>> Jeff: THANKS TO DAVID RUBENSTEIN THE BOOK IS BOCH BOOK CONVERSATIONS ON THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

AND CONTINUING OUR CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS IN WHAT POLLS SAY IS MARYLAND'S CLOSEST CONTEST FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HERE'S NANCY AMATA.

>> JOINING ME IS NEIL PARROTT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR MARYLAND'S SOIKSZTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

THIS IS YOUR THIRD RUN, YOU RAN IN 2020, 2022 AND YOU ARE RUNNING AGAIN FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US WHY YOU ARE THE BEST CANDIDATE TO REPLACE DAVID TRONE.

>> I'M THANKFUL TO BE RUNNING AGAIN.

THE THIRD TIME IS A CHARM.

THINGS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF I'VE BEEN IN MARYLAND MY ENTIRE LIFE.

MY WIFE GREW UP IN ANAYANSI LASSO-PIROT COUNTY.

AND SO I WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WHEN I GRADUATED GOT A DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING I WORK FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FOR 15 YEARS HALF IN ANNAPOLIS AND HALF WHEN I GOT MARRIED IN 1999 AND WENT TO THE FREDERICK OFFICE FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.

ABOUT SEVEN-AND-A-HALF YEARS THERE IN FREDERICK.

LEFT THERE AND WORKED AS THE CITY ENGINEER THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR ENGINEERING BUT IT'S THE CITY ENGINEER.

SO I GOT MY MBA AT MOUNT ST.MARY'S UNIVERSITY.

I STARTED MY OWN COMPANY TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED AND IT'S GOING FOR A LONGTIME NOW.

THANKSFUL FOR THAT BUSINESS IT'S POSITIVE.

I GOT THE PROMOTION IN '99 AND MOVED TO MIDDLETOWN MY WIFE TOUT AT MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL.

FROM THERE WE MOVED TO HAGERSTOWN, AND THAT IS WHERE I GREW UP WITH OUR KIDS WE HAVE THEE DIFFERENT CHILDREN THANKFUL FOR EACH ONE OF THEM.

TWO GIRLS AND A BOY.

AND WE CHOSE TO GROW OUR FAMILY WE CHOSE WESTERN MARYLAND.

THANKFUL TO BE HERE.

THAT IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

AND YOU ASKED WHY I'M THE BEST PERSON FOR THIS POSITION.

WE DID TALK HOW I'VE RUNED THREE I AM TOOS I'VE BEEN A DELEGATE FOR THREE YEARS.

BEEN INVOLVED AND INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

MY GOAL IS TO SERVE PEOPLE.

AS A DELEGATE YOU ARE NOT JUST MAKING LAWS YOU ARE WORKING WITH CONSTITUENTS AND HELPING THEM.

AND TRYING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER.

AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT A LOT AS A DELEGATE AND I WANT TO DO THAT WHEN I GO TO DC AS A CONGRESSMAN.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT, WESTERN MARYLAND, GARRET, ALLEGHENY, WASHINGTON TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO HAS SOMEONE WHEN THEY GO SHOPPING OR CHURCH, WHEN THEY GO TO WORK THEY ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST LIKE THEM AND BE ABLE TO HEAR THEIR NEEDS.

THAT IS HOW YOU HAVE YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND WHEN YOU LIVE HERE AND MY OPPONENT, LIVES 20 MINUTES SHE LIVES IN THE DC SUBURBS SHE HAS TO DRIVE 20 MINUTES TO GET TO THE OUTERMOST PART OF THE DISTRICT IT IS A A TRIP FOR HER.

I'M TALKING WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME AND HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONGTIME.

>> THANKFUL TO BE IN THE POSITION IT IS AN EXCITING RACE.

THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO 40 DAYS NOW UNTIL THE ELECTION WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CAMPAIGN A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN.

OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED.

PEOPLE THAT ARE DOOR KNOCKING, SIGN WAVING THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS BUT THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE LOCAL REPRESENT THIS AREA AGAIN IN DC.

>> YOU MUST BE ENCOURAGED BY THE GONZALES POLL THAT SUGGESTS YOU ARE TWO POINTS AHEAD OF YOUR OPPONENT.

THERE'S TWO NONPARTISAN RATINGS AGENCIES THAT PUT THE SIXTH DISTRICT AS LIKELY DEMOCRAT.

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL?

ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT?

>> WELL, ONE THING THEY JUST HAVE NOT ADJUSTED THEIR NUMBERS.

THEY'VE KENT IT WHERE IT WAS.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS RACE.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS ALL OVER.

AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT I'M THE LOCAL PERSON THAT IS GOING TO REPRESENT THEM WELL AND THE ISSUES TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND BEFORE THAT.

WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THE ISSUES, THEY ARE LOOKING AT INFLATION AND SEEING GROCERY PRICES HAVE GONE UP 25%.

ELECTRICITY COSTS 30%.

GASOLINE COSTS DOUBLED FOR THREE YEARS AGO.

AND PEOPLE ARE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME AFFORDING JUST LIVING.

I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED ON A FIXED INCOME AND THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE THING OR ANOTHER.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SPENDING AT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

AND DELANEY MY OPPONENT SHE WORKED FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

SHE WAS APPOINTED BY THEM IN THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT.

SHE IS PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR WHERE WE ARE IN THE COUNTRY AND SHE SUPPORTS THOSE POLICIES.

ALSO WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BRING GOOD-PAYING JOBS BACK TO WESTERN MARYLAND ESPECIALLY MANUFACTURING JOBS AND THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT SEEN MANUFACTURING JOBS COME BACK.

WE SAW IT UNDER TRUMP.

WE NEED TO HAVE POLICIES THAT WILL BRING MANUFACTURING JOBS TO THE UNITED STATES.

AND FOR THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU WANT THOSE PLFERRING JOBS HERE NOT IN CHINA.

WE HAVE LAWS RIGHT NOW THAT MAKE US ONE OF THE CLEANEST PLACES TO MANUFACTURE ANYTHING.

YET IN CHINA, THEY ARE BUILDING TWO NEW COAL POWER PLANTS EVERY WEEK THAT IS THE AVERAGE.

AND THESE ARE NOT THE CLEAN POWER PLANTS.

IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY THEY CLOSED A COAL POWER PLANT IN THE FALL THE SPRING, SORRY THIS SPRING.

BUT WHEN THEY CLOSED THAT, THAT WAS A GOOD SOURCE OF POWER AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE ELECTRICITY COSTS GO UP AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST COAL POWER PLANTS AND THEY CLOSE TO DO BECAUSE THE OWNERS WANTED TO SAY WE'RE GOING FOR SOLAR OR WIND.

AND YET THOSE THINGS COST MORE AND MARYLANDERS ARE PAYING FOR FOR HER ELECTRICITY COSTS I WANT TO BRING THE PRICES TOWN AND POLICIES THAT WILL HELP US BRING JOBS BACK.

THE LAST THING I CARE ABOUT, AND I TALK TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE DISTRICT THEY WANT A SECURE BORDER.

WE WANT TO HAVE A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY LEGALLY AND THAT IS STREAMLINED.

IT TAKES SO LONG.

BUT PEOPLE ARE COMING IN ILLEGALLY.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE COMING IN.

BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPEN BORDER YOU HAVE FENTANYL POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY.

THE COST FOR FENTANYL HAS GONE DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT.

AND IN MARYLAND THE RESULTS ARE CATASTROPHIC.

2,000 PEOPLE IN JUST ONE YEAR AND THIS IS YEAR AFTER YEAR HAVE DIED OF FENTANYL.

WE HAVE GOT TO SECURE THE BORDER.

STOP THIS FLOW OF DRUGS COMING RIGHT INTO OUR COUNTRY AND ALSO IT'S VERY, VERY SAD HUMAN TRAFFICKING PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND THEY ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN THIS COUNTRY.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW THEY ARE HERE.

WE HAVE NOT TRACKED THEM LIKE WE SHOULD.

AND THE LAST THING IS TERRORISTS.

WE KNOW 350 PEOPLE AND 0 THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT BORDER AND BEEN CAUGHT.

BUT THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE NOT CAUGHT AND I'M CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COUNTRY GOING FORWARD THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE MIGHT BE TERROR CELLS THAT IS WAITING TO CAUSE HAVOC IN OUR COUNTRY.

WE CAN DO BETTER WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE BORDER.

>> REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IS A HOT BUTTON ISSUE.

APRIL MCCLAIN DELANEY IS CHARACTERIZED YOU AS AN EXTREMIST AS IT RELATES TO ABORTION ACCESS AND CLAIMS AT THAT TIME YOUR VOTING RECORD SHOWS THAT YOU VOTED IN THE PAST FOR WEAKER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THESE ALLEGATIONS AND SOME OF THE FLYERS AND THE ADS COMING OUT ABOUT YOU?

>> IT'S ONE THING TO LIE ABOUT YOUR OPPONENT BUT TO LIE TO THE CONSTITUENTS YOU SAY YOU WANT TO REPRESENT THAT IS INEXCUSABLE.

AND HERE WE HAVE APRIL MCCLAIN DELANEY LYING ABOUT MY POSITIONS.

SHE HAS PUT OUT A FLYER SAYING THAT I HAD NO EXEMPTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST OR THE MOTHER.

SHE HAS A REFERENCE TO THERE AND THE ONLY REFERENCE IS THAT AN ORGANIZATION NOT ME ENDORSED ME TO RUN FOR U.S. CONGRESS THAT IS THE REFERENCE?

THAT IS COMPLETELY NOT TRUE.

AND IT'S A SHAME.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXTREMES.

WHAT IS EXTREME ON THIS ABORTION ISSUE IS APRIL MCCLAIN DELANEY'S POSITION SHE WANTS TO HAVE ABORTION UP UNTIL BIRTH ALL THE TIME FOR NO EXCUSE, NO REASONS.

I THINK THAT'S WRONG.

I THINK MOST AMERICANS THINK IT'S WRONG AND THE BIGGER PICTURE, IS I'M RUNNING FOR U.S. CONGRESS AND THE DECISIONS ON ABORTION HAVE RETURNED TO THE STATES.

IN MARYLAND, THAT ISSUE IS PART OF A AMENDMENT ONE DECISION THAT PEOPLE CAN VOTE ON.

I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST AMENDMENT ONE BUT THAT IS WHERE THE DECISION IS GOING TO BE HELD AND SHE KNOWS THAT.

>> NEIL PARROTT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE SIXTH CONGRESS AT DISTRICT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> Jeff: OUR CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS CAN BE FOUND AT MPT.ORG/VOTE 2024.

>>> NOW WHERE DO FASHION, ART AND FOOD DESIGN COME TOGETHER AT THE BALTIMORE MET GALA.

HERE'S CHARLES ROBINSON.

>> BALTIMORE IS FULL OF CREATIVE CULINARY ARTS, DESIGNERS, STYLERS, MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLISTS, DESIGNERS LIKE ME.

WE'RE EVERYWHERE IN BALTIMORE.

>> EARL IS JUST ONE OF 11 DESIGNERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS ON THE RUNWAY.

LITERALLY, YOU ARE IMMERSED IN ART FROM THE MOMENT YOU ENTER ON THE GREEN CARPET TO MULTIPLE DISPLAYS OF CULINARY ARTIST INDUSTRY AND, YES, PAINTINGS AND DESIGNS.

>> HERE EVERYBODY IS EQUAL AND EVERYBODY'S DOING THEIR DREAM.

MODELS ARE DOING THEIR DREAM.

DESIGNERS ARE DOING THEIR DREAM.

SO WHEN ALL OF US DREAMERS GET TOGETHER IT'S JUST FUN.

AND IT BREEDS INTO THE AUDIENCE.

>> THE BALTIMORE GALA ALWAYS HAS A THEME AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS ADAM AND EVE.

>> MY INTERPRETATION WAS THE TREE OF LIFE.

AND ALL THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS TO OFFER.

SO MY INSPIRATION WAS BASED ON OPULENCE, GROWTH, EXPANSION ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.

ELEGANCE AND SO THAT'S WHAT I USED TO BE INSPIRED.

AND BALTIMORE IS LOADED WITH GIFTED PEOPLE AND I'M THANKFUL TO BE BORN AND RAISED IN BALTIMORE AND TO BE USING MY GIFTS AND TALENTS TO REPRESENT BALTIMORE.

>> ONE OF THIS YEAR'S HONOREES WAS TRAVIS.

HIS FASHION CAREER SPANS NEARLY FIVE DECADES.

>> WE LOVE YOU TRAVIS!

>> MY NAME IS TRAVIS WINKY FROM BALTIMORE MARYLAND I LOVE MY CITY AND I'M GETTING THE ICON AWARD TONIGHT.

ALL THE PEOPLE MODEL FOR ME.

ABOUT 102 PEOPLE FROM MY STUDIO THAT HAD THEIR OWN BUSINESSES IN DIFFERENT TOWNS.

SOME OVERSEAS SOME HERE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY.

>> THE BALTIMORE MET GALA IS PUT ON BY THE BEN GROUP WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO BLACK GIRLS VOTE.

IT'S ABOUT ART.

CULINARY, FASHION, AND PHILANTHROPY.

THOSE WHO ATTEND SHES THIS AS A REFLECTION WHO THEY ARE AND WHO THEY COULD BE.

AT THE HALL OF THE MARYLAND LIVE HOTEL I'M CHARLES ROBINSON.

>> Jeff: WITH OUR SALUTE TO VETERANS HERE IS NANCY AMATA.

>> I'VE BEEN COMPETING FOR FOUR YEARS AND I'M 65 YEARS OLD I WILL BE 66 ON THE 27TH.

>> RENE SIMMONS IS PROUD TO BE REPRESENTING MARYLAND IN THE NATIONAL VETERANS GOLDEN AGE GAMES IN UTAH.

THE EVENTS IS OPEN TO VETERANS 55 YEARS AND OLDER WITH ATHLETES COMPETING IN 19 DIFFERENT SPORTING EVENTS.

>> I WILL BE COMPETING IN BOTCHY BALL, CORN HOLE AND.

>> THE BILL REGARDS.

>> I WILL BE DOING TABLE TENNIS, PICKLEBALL.

>> JAVELIN AND FREE THROW BASKETBALL.

>> SOME OF THE ATHLETES ARE IN THEIR 70s AND 80s.

PENDING THEIR GOLDEN YEARS EARNING GOLD.

>> I WON 12 GOLD MEDALS MY FIRST WAS IN 2017.

>> OTHERS ARE COMPETING AGAINST THEMSELVES TO BE STRONGER, FASTER OR MORE ACCURATE THAN YESTERDAY.

>> ONE TIME I COULD WALK A COUPLE BLOCKS I WEIGHED MORE.

NOW I CAN WALK FOUR OR FIVE MILES.

>> I LOVE IT.

I COULDN'T WOULDN'T SURVIVE IF I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING.

IT'S MY ESCAPE.

MY RELAXATION, I'M JUST OBSESSED WITH IT.

>> MODIFICATIONS ARE ALLOWED SO PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITIES CAN PARTICIPATE.

>> THE BIGGEST GRATIFICATION AND THEY SAID I WON A GOAL TO WALK UP THE STAIRS WITHOUT LOSING MY BREATH AND THEY ARE COMPETING IN A CYCLING RACE OR WATCHING THEM GET A GOLD MEDAL IN THEY SPORT THEY NEVER PLAYED BEFORE AND THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND HEARING THEIR MOTIVATION SOME DAYS I DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT OF THE BED UNTIL I BECAME PART OF A TEAM.

WE ARE MORE OF A FAMILY THAN JUST A TEAM OF OTHER VETERANS.

>> THE 61 YEARS OLD SHE NEVER IMAGINED HER SOFTBALL ARM WOULD GIVE HER AN ADVANTAGES A JAVELIN THROWER.

>> I THINK THE MOST CHALLENGING PART ABOUT THAT IS CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF.

THAT'S THE MOST CHALLENGING PART.

YOU CAN GET IT DOWN PAT BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE AS GREAT.

>> THE FIRST TIME COMPETITOR PATRICIA GRAVES.

>> IT CHANGED MY LIFE.

>> IT LED HER TO LOSE 85 POUNDS.

>> IT OPENED UP MY LIFE AND GAVE ME A PURPOSE AND IT'S CHANGED MY WHOLE LIFE I'M BACK DOING THE THINGS I LOVED.

>> GOALS REACHED AND SURPASSED ONE SHOT, WALK AND THROW AT A TIME.

I'M NANCY AMATA FOR "STATE CIRCLE".

>> Jeff: AND THAT IS "STATE CIRCLE" FOR THIS WEEK.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE MONDAY EVENING AT 7:00 P.M. FOR "DIRECT CONNECTION".

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