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‘We can get things done’: Sen. Angus King is running for re-election [Video]

TURNING NOW TO COMMITMENT 2024 – WE’RE HELPING YOU HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL OFFICE. TONIGHT YOU’LL HEAR FROM SENATOR ANGUS KING. THE INDEPENDENT SENATOR SAYS HE IS RUNNING FOR RE- ELECTION BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THE MIDDLE IS SHRINKING IN CONGRESS. CATE MCCUSKER REPORTS. FORMER MAINE GOVERNOR AND CURRENT SENATOR ANGUS KING IS RUNNING FOR RE- ELECTION. 00;00;42;13 – 00;01;07;29 “I RAN IN 2012, WAS REELECTED IN 18 AND REALLY DIDN’T INTEND TO RUN AGAIN THIS YEAR. BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES, REALLY MADE ME THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO SO.” AS AN INDEPENDENT – HE HOPES TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR THE MIDDLE GROUND IN CONGRESS. 00;23;11;03 – 00;23;30;06 I DON’T WANT TO SEE THE SENATE BECOME SO POLARIZED. NOBODY’S TALKING TO EACH OTHER, AND NOBODY’S GETTING ANYTHING DONE. MY WHOLE REASON FOR DOING THIS IS TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THE COUNTRY AND FOR MAINE. KING SAYS HE’S PURSUING SEVERAL WAYS TO HELP WITH THE ECONOMY 00;03;19;17 – 00;03;45;16 HOUSING IS A HIGH PRIORITY BECAUSE THAT CONTRIBUTES SO CRITICALLY TO THE COST OF LIVING. AND THEN WE’VE GOT THINGS LIKE THE HIGH COST OF OF GROCERIES. BUTTED 00;03;45;19 – 00;04;12;02 AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I’M FOCUSED ON IS WHAT I CALL CONCENTRATION IN THE ECONOMY. BUTTED 00;04;30;05 – 00;04;56;06 MY FIGHT IS ON KEEPING COMPETITION ALIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE TO BRING COSTS DOWN. IN RESPONSE TO THE LEWISTON MASS SHOOTING – KING IS WORKING TO REGULATE HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH. 00;08;30;24 – 00;08;55;14 THE GO SAFE ACT BASICALLY SAYS NO MORE THAN TEN BULLETS IN A MAGAZINE, PERIOD. CAN’T BE MODIFIED, CAN’T BE ENLARGED. AND WE BELIEVE, LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF THESE MASS SHOOTINGS, THAT WOULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. BUTTED 00;08;55;16 – 00;09;28;12 BUT THE OTHER PIECE IS, MENTAL HEALTH AND BRAIN DAMAGE. LEWISTON INVOLVED AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS IN THE MILITARY WHOSE BRAIN HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY REPEATED EXPOSURE TO EXPLOSIONS. WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE TWO TERM SENATOR – AND HE PLEDGED TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO CODIFY ROE V WADE. 00;12;56;29 – 00;13;27;14 THAT’S ONE OF MY HIGHEST PRIORITIES. AND THIS IDEA THAT IT SHOULD BE STATE BY STATE, A WOMAN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON THEIR ZIP CODE. IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. HE ALSO CRITICIZED REPUBLICANS FOR BLOCKING A BORDER SECURITY BILL – AND SAYS HE HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR A SOLUTION. 00;16;10;28 – 00;16;39;09 I’VE BEEN STRONG ON BORDER SECURITY EVER SINCE I’VE BEEN THERE. IN FACT, THE PRIOR STRONGEST BORDER SECURITY BILL I AND SENATOR MIKE ROUNDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA WERE THE PRIME SPONSORS OF. WE GOT IT TO THE FLOOR. IT WAS A PRETTY SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD BILL THAT WOULD HAVE BUILT DONALD TRUMP’S WALL AND IT WOULD HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THE DREAMERS. AND THE 80 YEAR OLD SENATOR DEFENDED HIS AGE – AND SAYS HE IS FIT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF MAINE. 00;18;57;01 – 00;19;18;01 I’M A YEAR YOUNGER THAN MICK JAGGER. BUTTED 00;19;18;03 – 00;19;43;25 I FEEL GREAT. I HAVE THE ENERGY ENGAGEMENT. I ALSO HAVE THE EXP

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Video shows attendees of a North Carolina wedding rehearsal dinner rescue woman from floodwaters [Video]

Stories of neighbors taking action to help one another in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene continue to surface. In western North Carolina, cell phone video shows attendees of a wedding rehearsal pausing to rescue a woman from floodwaters.Eddie Hunnell, the father of the groom, heard a woman had become trapped in her home near an inn in Grassy Creek, North Carolina.Hunnell asked the owner of the inn for a life jacket, rope and an oar, he told CNN. After rushing outside, he encountered the womans husband, Phil Worth, who explained his wife, Leslie, was stuck in their house and couldnt get out.Hunnell and Worth grabbed a canoe and tried to reach Leslie but couldnt.We were trying to figure out how to get her out, and we were running out of ideas, Hunnell said. I was pretty confident the house was going to eventually collapse, and my biggest concern was that it would collapse on Leslie.Eventually, the wedding party noticed the roof of another house floating downstream toward the Worth home. The roof debris struck the home where Leslie was trapped, video provided by the Hunnell family shows.Soon, her home began to tilt under the force of the floodwater, and a chunk of the house detached.Leslie was right there, standing in it, waist-deep in water, Hunnell said.Everyone began yelling at her to jump.I hopped in the canoe to try to get to her. I couldnt maneuver it well enough. The water was too fast, and the wind was blowing too much, Hunnell said.So, I jumped in and started swimming to her, he said. Id been looking for 30 minutes for a solution, and I didnt have one. So, I was out of ideas, and I just thought, my wifes going to kill me, and I jumped.Hunnell made it to Leslie, grabbed the back of her life vest and instructed her to kick as hard as she could toward the shore, he said. The two eventually got dumped into slower waters and swam ashore.Those waiting on shore broke out into tears as the pair made it back to land safely.Despite the chaotic afternoon, Hunnell invited the Worths to the wedding rehearsal dinner.They came in the clothes they had on. I think we actually got Leslie some clothes, and I think we got Phil some pants, he said.The next day the wedding carried on with about half the guest list and no power lit by more than 100 candles. Neighbors used chainsaws to clear roadways.The wedding turned out great, Hunnell said. Everything before the wedding was somewhat of a disaster.CNNs Kayla Tausche, Sam Fossum, Haley Talbot, Sara Smart, Emma Tucker, Andy Rose and Steve Almasy contributed to this report.