Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to greet you quite literally live from one of the most

and I mean this sincerely one of the most beautiful parts of the country.

Let me make my point here.

I drove along.

It's October 1990 at a live taping of the Phil Donahue show, which at the time was one

of the most popular talk shows in the country.

The show is filming in a huge auditorium.

In the video of this event, you can see that everyone is all smiles and cheering, like they're at a rock concert.

Now let them in.

I haven't even told them where we are.

If this isn't heartland, I don't know what is.

I want you to know something else. If we don't make it here, we don't make it anywhere.

This is Youngstown, Ohio.

The people here aren't just excited because Phil Donahue is in Youngstown.

They're cheering like this because their local hero is a special guest for this broadcast.

Ladies and gentlemen, here he is, your Congressman James Traffecan.

He was jacked.

It was packed, standing room only.

Bertrand de Souza is here to cover the show for the local newspaper, The Vindicator.

Any time Traffecan was shot up in any place, there was always overflowing crowds.

The format of the show is familiar now.

It's a televised town hall.

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