
January 15, 2021
Back in August, Springfield Museums called for the community to submit portraits for an upcoming exhibit. The selected artwork is part of an exhibit entitled This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today, currently on display at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Springfield Quadrangle.
The collection features 53 piece of art from artists hailing from the Connecticut River Valley and northern Connecticut. Connecting Point Producer Dave Fraser talked with three artists whose work is part of the exhibit, as well as the museum’s curator Maggie North to learn more.
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Maryanne Benns, Sculptor: The first time I put my hands in it, I took a ceramics one class and I knew this was it was like love.
Terry Gibson, Photographer: I think more than ever, art will always be responsible for highlighting our times and kind of marking our times.
Wynne Dromey, Artist: I think starting freshman year of high school, that's when I really became more serious with art. And I start doing it pretty much every single day. And that's when I realized that art was something I really like to do.
Dave Fraser, Connecting Point: Three artists, all with different backgrounds and experiences, joined several others to showcase their artwork in the "This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today" exhibit at the Springfield Quadrangle's D'Amour Art Museum.
Maggie North, Curator, D'amour Museum of Fine Arts: "This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today" was inspired by a larger exhibition, "The Outwin: American Portraiture Today," which is on view at the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in our Wheeler and Barn Galleries. We thought, why not — while highlighting national portraiture — also highlight the contemporary, regional portraiture right here in western Massachusetts and also in northern Connecticut.
Dave Fraser: Submissions ranged from photography, paintings, sculptures, drawings and more, all focused on similar themes -- human connection, political climates, and social events. Terry Gibson is a self-taught street photographer who lives in Holyoke. He says his work explores the neighborhoods and communities whose residents are predominantly black and brown.
Terry Gibson: I chose the image of a young man that is standing in the center of a crowd and there is a woman's hands across his chest. He's looking on into a demonstration into a speaker. The response that I would like to hear is that folks are aware that young people are in the crowd. And so, that's being mindful of the of the example that you're setting at the protest, right? So, you could be angry and be mad — and rightly so — but you also have to be aware that there are young people out here that are watching along and this is our future. So that's really what I wanted the image to be about.
Dave Fraser: The open call for portraiture began back in August and the museum received 65 submissions. Twenty-three of the pieces are displayed on the museum walls and the others are featured on a digital slideshow.
Maggie North: This exhibition takes on a special significance today in our time of social distancing, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. And we thought that portraiture would be a wonderful way, not only to showcase local talent, but to invite our visitors to meet their neighbors and to share stories and come together within this space in order to see unmasked faces. Sometimes we, we can't do that as often as we'd like to these days.
Dave Fraser: Wynne Dromey is a senior at Longmeadow High School. Her acrylic on canvas is a portrait of her friend Sandra, who, according to Dromey, represents the strength and determination within a community.
Wynne Dromey: During quarantine, that's when the Black Lives Matter movement became really prevalent. And my friend Sandra actually started a peaceful protest for the Black Lives movement. And I think that's just kind of made me realize, like, wow, like Sandra is such an incredible, powerful person. And that definitely solidified my plan of someone submitting this portrait for the competition.
Dave Fraser: According to the museum's curator, Maggie North, they did not define portraiture when they posted the open call for this exhibit, hoping instead to let the artist choose how they wanted to define it.
Maggie North: So often when the word portraiture is used, what comes to mind is an image of a person's head and maybe their shoulders. But in fact, a portrait can be so much more than that. It doesn't have to be a painting or a photograph. It can be a sculpture or a watercolor, a mixed media piece, a work that showcases somebody's body or illustrates their story in a different way.
Dave Fraser: In the spring of 2020, when the COVID pandemic forced many businesses to close, Maryanne Benns's found herself alone in her studio in Holyoke. She said she turned inward for inspiration and created this three-dimensional clay piece.
Maryanne Benns: A lot of the work that I do has, I'm going to say, a lot of content. And sometimes it's — it's heavy, but I, I try to make it so that there's a connection, that people can have a connection. Oftentimes people will ask me what this is about. What does this mean? And I like to ask them, “what does it mean to you?” What is it, what's the connection you have to it? If you go and you look at work and you think “oh that blue is pretty” or “that green is pretty,” that's a kind of a connection. But when it when it hits you inside, that that means a lot.
Dave Fraser, Connecting Point: The exhibit runs through May 2nd of 2021 at the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield.
Back in August, Springfield Museums called for the community to submit portraits for an upcoming exhibit. The selected artwork is part of an exhibit entitled This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today, currently on display at the D’Am
Back in August, Springfield Museums called for the community to submit portraits for an upcoming exhibit. The selected artwork is part of an exhibit entitled This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today, currently on display at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Springfield Quadrangle. The collection features 53 piece of art from artists hailing from the Connecticut River Valley and northern Connecticut. Connecting Point Producer Dave Fraser talked
Back in August, Springfield Museums called for the community to submit portraits for an upcoming exhibit. The selected artwork is part of an exhibit entitled This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today, currently on display at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Springfield Quadrangle.
The collection features 53 piece of art from artists hailing from the Connecticut River Valley and northern Connecticut. Connecting Point Producer Dave Fraser talked with three artists whose work is part of the exhibit, as well as the museum’s curator Maggie North to learn more.
Read the Full Transcript
Maryanne Benns, Sculptor: The first time I put my hands in it, I took a ceramics one class and I knew this was it was like love.
Terry Gibson, Photographer: I think more than ever, art will always be responsible for highlighting our times and kind of marking our times.
Wynne Dromey, Artist: I think starting freshman year of high school, that's when I really became more serious with art. And I start doing it pretty much every single day. And that's when I realized that art was something I really like to do.
Dave Fraser, Connecting Point: Three artists, all with different backgrounds and experiences, joined several others to showcase their artwork in the "This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today" exhibit at the Springfield Quadrangle's D'Amour Art Museum.
Maggie North, Curator, D'amour Museum of Fine Arts: "This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today" was inspired by a larger exhibition, "The Outwin: American Portraiture Today," which is on view at the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in our Wheeler and Barn Galleries. We thought, why not — while highlighting national portraiture — also highlight the contemporary, regional portraiture right here in western Massachusetts and also in northern Connecticut.
Dave Fraser: Submissions ranged from photography, paintings, sculptures, drawings and more, all focused on similar themes -- human connection, political climates, and social events. Terry Gibson is a self-taught street photographer who lives in Holyoke. He says his work explores the neighborhoods and communities whose residents are predominantly black and brown.
Terry Gibson: I chose the image of a young man that is standing in the center of a crowd and there is a woman's hands across his chest. He's looking on into a demonstration into a speaker. The response that I would like to hear is that folks are aware that young people are in the crowd. And so, that's being mindful of the of the example that you're setting at the protest, right? So, you could be angry and be mad — and rightly so — but you also have to be aware that there are young people out here that are watching along and this is our future. So that's really what I wanted the image to be about.
Dave Fraser: The open call for portraiture began back in August and the museum received 65 submissions. Twenty-three of the pieces are displayed on the museum walls and the others are featured on a digital slideshow.
Maggie North: This exhibition takes on a special significance today in our time of social distancing, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. And we thought that portraiture would be a wonderful way, not only to showcase local talent, but to invite our visitors to meet their neighbors and to share stories and come together within this space in order to see unmasked faces. Sometimes we, we can't do that as often as we'd like to these days.
Dave Fraser: Wynne Dromey is a senior at Longmeadow High School. Her acrylic on canvas is a portrait of her friend Sandra, who, according to Dromey, represents the strength and determination within a community.
Wynne Dromey: During quarantine, that's when the Black Lives Matter movement became really prevalent. And my friend Sandra actually started a peaceful protest for the Black Lives movement. And I think that's just kind of made me realize, like, wow, like Sandra is such an incredible, powerful person. And that definitely solidified my plan of someone submitting this portrait for the competition.
Dave Fraser: According to the museum's curator, Maggie North, they did not define portraiture when they posted the open call for this exhibit, hoping instead to let the artist choose how they wanted to define it.
Maggie North: So often when the word portraiture is used, what comes to mind is an image of a person's head and maybe their shoulders. But in fact, a portrait can be so much more than that. It doesn't have to be a painting or a photograph. It can be a sculpture or a watercolor, a mixed media piece, a work that showcases somebody's body or illustrates their story in a different way.
Dave Fraser: In the spring of 2020, when the COVID pandemic forced many businesses to close, Maryanne Benns's found herself alone in her studio in Holyoke. She said she turned inward for inspiration and created this three-dimensional clay piece.
Maryanne Benns: A lot of the work that I do has, I'm going to say, a lot of content. And sometimes it's — it's heavy, but I, I try to make it so that there's a connection, that people can have a connection. Oftentimes people will ask me what this is about. What does this mean? And I like to ask them, “what does it mean to you?” What is it, what's the connection you have to it? If you go and you look at work and you think “oh that blue is pretty” or “that green is pretty,” that's a kind of a connection. But when it when it hits you inside, that that means a lot.
Dave Fraser, Connecting Point: The exhibit runs through May 2nd of 2021 at the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield.
Back in August, Springfield Museums called for the community to submit portraits for an upcoming exhibit. The selected artwork is part of an exhibit entitled This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today, currently on display at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Springfield Quadrangle. The collection features 53 piece of art from artists hailing from the Connecticut River Valley and northern Connecticut. Connecting Point Producer Dave Fraser talked
January 15, 2021
Eleven years ago, in May 2009, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioner decided to close Windsor State Forest to the public. Due to budget restraints, Mass DCR was no longer able to use the forest as an employee-operated park.
That changed in 2020, when the organization was able to raise funds to reopen the forest, whose history dates back nearly 100 years. With plans to welcome the public to the park in the spring of 2021, Connecting Point's Brian Sullivan headed to the Berkshires to explore this historic remote nature preserve.
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Zydalis Bauer, Connecting Point: It was 11 years ago in May of 2009, when the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation decided that due to budget restraints, the Windsor State Forest could no longer function as an employee-operated park.
That all changed in 2020, when the organization was able to raise the money needed to reopen the state forest, whose history dates back nearly 100 years. With plans to reopen the facility in the spring of 2021, Connecting Point's, Brian Sullivan headed to this remote nature preserve to take a look.
Brain Sullivan, Connecting Point: There's a place in the Berkshires where this brook and this brook converge with the east branch of the Westfield River. That seems pretty vague, seeing as they could be any number of tributaries out this way. But these waterways in particular reside on two of the more remote properties of the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Located on a winding country road in the town of Windsor, Massachusetts, is the roughly 17,500 acre tract of land known as the Windsor State Forest. Stopping by in late October of 2020, we were greeted by these signs while a number of earth-moving vehicles populated the parking lot. When we came back in December of that year, this dumpster and this backhoe were all that remained.
Now, the netting and temporary fences may not be much to look at, but they represent upgrades that have been in the works since the park was shuttered due to the costs of keeping the facility staffed all the way back in 2009.
Raul Silva, Director of Facilities Engineering, Mass DCR: With staffing comes the amenities, the bathrooms, the contact station, the interpretive services, our ability to pick up trash, all of that went away. That's all now coming back with this project.
Brian Sullivan: The good news for visitors who do make it out this way is that the forest itself never closed. Granted, there won't be anyone in the contact station until the work is completed sometime in the spring of 2021. And the same goes for the comfort station of this way. But for those who like me, would like to get out and enjoy getting back to nature, it's not only open to us, there's also plenty to go around.
Mark Jester, Mountain District Manager, Mass DCR: This part of the park runs up. It's a it's a pretty much an uphill hike. There's a number of trails are up in there and it abuts the Trustees of Reservation's property up in back. So we've got miles of wilderness behind us.
Brian Sullivan: We were heading out on what's known as the Steep Bank Brook Trail. So far, it's living up to its name. And while sporting proper footwear and dressing in layers may seem like some of the more obvious things to keep in mind when hiking in the colder months, there are some other things I like to consider when heading out to Woodlands that I've never been to before, regardless of the season.
Whenever I hike a trail for the first time, if given the option, I prefer taking one that has a river that runs alongside it. And I do that for a couple of reasons. For one thing, the river serves as sort of a makeshift compass. So my right on the way up, on my left, on the way down.
And secondly, the view is always awesome. In our experience so far, each season seems to add a different layer of beauty to the landscape.
These are the old bridge abutments at the entrance to the park in December of 2020, and here they are in the fall of that same year. The same might be said for the other property less than a mile up the road from here. Here's how it looked in the October. And then again in December.
And while drivers passing this sign along Route 9 may confuse the name of the site for that of a Berkshire summer concert series, there are those for whom the sound of rushing cascades of water is a symphony.
Mark Jester: That concert goes on year-round. When people talk about Windsor State Forest, they don't call it Windsor State Forest they call it Windsor Jambs because they, that's what they hear, that's what they think about, and that's what they see. But it's a — it's a beautiful natural waterfall that comes down through — races down through the part of it, dumps off into the Westfield River and some of it goes off and down into Pittsfield-Dalton area.
Brian Sullivan: The Jambs may not have the 50 and 60 foot falls like some other areas in the state, but what it does feature are these dramatic, sheer granite walls, some as high as 80 feet hovering over the flowing rapids below. Even though we drove to the falls, there are paths from the main site that visitors can take to get here.
And as it stands now, it won't be long until this 1.5 million dollar project is completed and more visitors will be able to come here, park, hike and recreate in what will then be a fully staffed and functioning state park for the first time in over a decade.
Raul Silva: As of today, December, we're about 85 percent complete. We're going to be back in the spring to finish up that 15 percent and we expect to be reopened to the public next spring, summer and right through the season.
Eleven years ago, in May 2009, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioner decided to close Windsor State Forest to the public. Due to budget restraints, Mass DCR was no longer able to use the forest a
Eleven years ago, in May 2009, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioner decided to close Windsor State Forest to the public. Due to budget restraints, Mass DCR was no longer able to use the forest as an employee-operated park. That changed in 2020, when the organization was able to raise funds to reopen the forest, whose history dates back nearly 100 years. With plans to welcome the public to the park in the sprin
Eleven years ago, in May 2009, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioner decided to close Windsor State Forest to the public. Due to budget restraints, Mass DCR was no longer able to use the forest as an employee-operated park.
That changed in 2020, when the organization was able to raise funds to reopen the forest, whose history dates back nearly 100 years. With plans to welcome the public to the park in the spring of 2021, Connecting Point's Brian Sullivan headed to the Berkshires to explore this historic remote nature preserve.
Read the Full Transcript
Zydalis Bauer, Connecting Point: It was 11 years ago in May of 2009, when the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation decided that due to budget restraints, the Windsor State Forest could no longer function as an employee-operated park.
That all changed in 2020, when the organization was able to raise the money needed to reopen the state forest, whose history dates back nearly 100 years. With plans to reopen the facility in the spring of 2021, Connecting Point's, Brian Sullivan headed to this remote nature preserve to take a look.
Brain Sullivan, Connecting Point: There's a place in the Berkshires where this brook and this brook converge with the east branch of the Westfield River. That seems pretty vague, seeing as they could be any number of tributaries out this way. But these waterways in particular reside on two of the more remote properties of the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Located on a winding country road in the town of Windsor, Massachusetts, is the roughly 17,500 acre tract of land known as the Windsor State Forest. Stopping by in late October of 2020, we were greeted by these signs while a number of earth-moving vehicles populated the parking lot. When we came back in December of that year, this dumpster and this backhoe were all that remained.
Now, the netting and temporary fences may not be much to look at, but they represent upgrades that have been in the works since the park was shuttered due to the costs of keeping the facility staffed all the way back in 2009.
Raul Silva, Director of Facilities Engineering, Mass DCR: With staffing comes the amenities, the bathrooms, the contact station, the interpretive services, our ability to pick up trash, all of that went away. That's all now coming back with this project.
Brian Sullivan: The good news for visitors who do make it out this way is that the forest itself never closed. Granted, there won't be anyone in the contact station until the work is completed sometime in the spring of 2021. And the same goes for the comfort station of this way. But for those who like me, would like to get out and enjoy getting back to nature, it's not only open to us, there's also plenty to go around.
Mark Jester, Mountain District Manager, Mass DCR: This part of the park runs up. It's a it's a pretty much an uphill hike. There's a number of trails are up in there and it abuts the Trustees of Reservation's property up in back. So we've got miles of wilderness behind us.
Brian Sullivan: We were heading out on what's known as the Steep Bank Brook Trail. So far, it's living up to its name. And while sporting proper footwear and dressing in layers may seem like some of the more obvious things to keep in mind when hiking in the colder months, there are some other things I like to consider when heading out to Woodlands that I've never been to before, regardless of the season.
Whenever I hike a trail for the first time, if given the option, I prefer taking one that has a river that runs alongside it. And I do that for a couple of reasons. For one thing, the river serves as sort of a makeshift compass. So my right on the way up, on my left, on the way down.
And secondly, the view is always awesome. In our experience so far, each season seems to add a different layer of beauty to the landscape.
These are the old bridge abutments at the entrance to the park in December of 2020, and here they are in the fall of that same year. The same might be said for the other property less than a mile up the road from here. Here's how it looked in the October. And then again in December.
And while drivers passing this sign along Route 9 may confuse the name of the site for that of a Berkshire summer concert series, there are those for whom the sound of rushing cascades of water is a symphony.
Mark Jester: That concert goes on year-round. When people talk about Windsor State Forest, they don't call it Windsor State Forest they call it Windsor Jambs because they, that's what they hear, that's what they think about, and that's what they see. But it's a — it's a beautiful natural waterfall that comes down through — races down through the part of it, dumps off into the Westfield River and some of it goes off and down into Pittsfield-Dalton area.
Brian Sullivan: The Jambs may not have the 50 and 60 foot falls like some other areas in the state, but what it does feature are these dramatic, sheer granite walls, some as high as 80 feet hovering over the flowing rapids below. Even though we drove to the falls, there are paths from the main site that visitors can take to get here.
And as it stands now, it won't be long until this 1.5 million dollar project is completed and more visitors will be able to come here, park, hike and recreate in what will then be a fully staffed and functioning state park for the first time in over a decade.
Raul Silva: As of today, December, we're about 85 percent complete. We're going to be back in the spring to finish up that 15 percent and we expect to be reopened to the public next spring, summer and right through the season.
Eleven years ago, in May 2009, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioner decided to close Windsor State Forest to the public. Due to budget restraints, Mass DCR was no longer able to use the forest as an employee-operated park. That changed in 2020, when the organization was able to raise funds to reopen the forest, whose history dates back nearly 100 years. With plans to welcome the public to the park in the sprin
January 15, 2021
On January 20th, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, and security will be unlike any in modern American history following last week’s riot and siege at the U.S. Capitol. Biden takes office amidst a turbulent transition from the Trump administration and a COVID-19 pandemic that gets worse by the day.
Connecting Point’s Ray Hershel spoke with political consultants Anthony Cignoli and Ryan McCollum for their perspective on where the country is headed during a Biden administration and what the future holds for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
On January 20th, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, and security will be unlike any in modern American history following last week’s riot and siege at the U.S. Capitol. Biden takes office ami
On January 20th, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, and security will be unlike any in modern American history following last week’s riot and siege at the U.S. Capitol. Biden takes office amidst a turbulent transition from the Trump administration and a COVID-19 pandemic that gets worse by the day. Connecting Point’s Ray Hershel spoke with political consultants Anthony Cignoli and Ryan McCollum for their pe
On January 20th, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, and security will be unlike any in modern American history following last week’s riot and siege at the U.S. Capitol. Biden takes office amidst a turbulent transition from the Trump administration and a COVID-19 pandemic that gets worse by the day.
Connecting Point’s Ray Hershel spoke with political consultants Anthony Cignoli and Ryan McCollum for their perspective on where the country is headed during a Biden administration and what the future holds for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
On January 20th, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, and security will be unlike any in modern American history following last week’s riot and siege at the U.S. Capitol. Biden takes office amidst a turbulent transition from the Trump administration and a COVID-19 pandemic that gets worse by the day. Connecting Point’s Ray Hershel spoke with political consultants Anthony Cignoli and Ryan McCollum for their pe
January 12, 2021
Connecting Point is a hub for local conversation and ideas at NEPM.org. Don't miss the stories of people places, and ideas from our region that Connecting Point brings us. And find all-new stories Friday nights at 6pm starting January 15th on NEPM, followed by the PBS Newshour at it's new time, 6:30pm. Connecting Point, on-air and online at NEPM.org.
Connecting Point is a hub for local conversation and ideas at NEPM.org. Don't miss the stories of people places, and ideas from our region that Connecting Point brings us. And find all-new stories Friday nights at 6pm starting Jan
Connecting Point is a hub for local conversation and ideas at NEPM.org. Don't miss the stories of people places, and ideas from our region that Connecting Point brings us. And find all-new stories Friday nights at 6pm starting January 15th on NEPM, followed by the PBS Newshour at it's new time, 6:30pm. Connecting Point, on-air and online at NEPM.org.
Connecting Point is a hub for local conversation and ideas at NEPM.org. Don't miss the stories of people places, and ideas from our region that Connecting Point brings us. And find all-new stories Friday nights at 6pm starting January 15th on NEPM, followed by the PBS Newshour at it's new time, 6:30pm. Connecting Point, on-air and online at NEPM.org.
Connecting Point is a hub for local conversation and ideas at NEPM.org. Don't miss the stories of people places, and ideas from our region that Connecting Point brings us. And find all-new stories Friday nights at 6pm starting January 15th on NEPM, followed by the PBS Newshour at it's new time, 6:30pm. Connecting Point, on-air and online at NEPM.org.
January 8, 2021
On a special edition of 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘯, Ray Hershel is joined by U.S. Congressman Richard Neal to discuss the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building by supporters of President Donald Trump as the Congress met to certify the electoral college count.
On a special edition of 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘯, Ray Hershel is joined by U.S. Congressman Richard Neal to discuss the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building by supporters of President Donald Trump as the Congress met to
On a special edition of 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘯, Ray Hershel is joined by U.S. Congressman Richard Neal to discuss the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building by supporters of President Donald Trump as the Congress met to certify the electoral college count.
On a special edition of 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘯, Ray Hershel is joined by U.S. Congressman Richard Neal to discuss the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building by supporters of President Donald Trump as the Congress met to certify the electoral college count.
On a special edition of 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘯, Ray Hershel is joined by U.S. Congressman Richard Neal to discuss the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building by supporters of President Donald Trump as the Congress met to certify the electoral college count.