Ivanka Brady?

A New York Times story published over the weekend says that President Donald Trump wishes his daughter had married the New England Patriots quarterback instead of Jared Kushner.

According to the story, Trump joked several times that he "could have had Tom Brady" as his son-in-law. "Instead, I got Jared Kushner."

The president and Brady have a long and complicated relationship.

The two have long been friends, and while running for president, Trump spoke in support of Brady following his 4-game Deflategate suspension.

Brady took a lot of heat in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election for saying that he thought Trump would make a "great" president and for displaying a "Make America Great Again" hat in his locker. So much so that his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, told him not to talk about politics anymore. 

He also skipped the Patriots' visit to the White House after the team won the Super Bowl in 2017, a move that reportedly angered Trump. And when Trump attacked NFL players for kneeling during the National Anthem, Brady called the president's comments "divisive."

The Torrington Board of Education has approved a policy that will allow Narcan at all of its six public schools. 

Currently, at least eight public school districts in Connecticut have adopted similar policies in the wake of the opioid crisis. The potentially life-saving medication can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. 

”It’s just awful that we don’t stop or educate our kids before they become addicts before they start trying to do these things,” Torrington resident Kimberly Humphrey said. 

”I think it’s a great idea because it’s going to save a life,” said Donna Lamanna, of Torrington. 

Sarah Osborne, the director of prevention at the McCall Center for Behavioral Health, has worked closely with several school districts in Litchfield County to implement their policies regarding Narcan. 

”If the layperson is walking around able to carry Narcan, why aren’t we also having our nurses have access to it as well,” Osborne asked. “It just makes sense … especially with the change in policies now where anyone can get a prescription of Narcan. I think it’s definitely smart that we also have our school nurses have the Narcan as well.” 

According to the interim superintendent of Torrington Public Schools, two doses of Narcan nasal spray will be available in September and all school nurses will be trained to administer the medication. 

“The policy was adopted in response to the nationwide epidemic. This is a preventive measure similar to having EpiPens and defibrillators available in the event of an emergency,” Sue Lobomski, the interim superintendent, said in a statement. 

President Donald Trump said Monday during a press conference he’d be willing to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani without any preconditions.

A Miramar police officer who was captured on video zigzagging through traffic on a busy South Florida highway was being pursued by the father of her children after she escaped from the couple’s home following a domestic disturbance, authorities said Monday.

Footage recorded on another driver’s dashboard camera shows Officer Ashley Abreu’s police cruiser weaving in and out of traffic lanes on I-75 Northbound shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday. A gold Nissan Altima can be seen chasing her car at a high speed — at one point accelerating so fast that smoke could be seen coming from the Nissan's tires.

The car eventually cuts off the police cruiser and slows down before the video ends. According to Plantation resident Austin Conley, who captured the video, both cars then pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway.

“To me, by everything that I observed, they knew each other by the way the officer reacted, the way the driver of the sedan reacted,” Conley said. “I guess that’s what made my alarm raise even more because it was an unusual situation."

A Florida Highway Patrol report released Monday said Abreu and her live-in partner, identified as 24-year-old Roberto Zaldivar, were involved in a domestic dispute at their Hialeah home before she left for work.

Zaldivar followed Abreu and at one point sideswiped her cruiser when she tried to exit the highway before he fled the scene, the FHP report said. Abreu was not injured and reported the incident when she got to work.

"Unfortunately, domestic violence is prevalent in every community and affects people regardless of their age, gender, socio-economic status, race or religion — and in this case their employment. Police officers are not immune to being victims of domestic abuse," Miramar Police said in a statement, adding they have offered victim services to the officer involved.

Zaldivar was arrested Monday on charges of battery by strangulation and burglary with assault or battery. He is currently being held on $20,000 bond.

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New London police are investigating a report of gunfire near a local church Monday morning.

Police said they were called to the area of Church ONEighty at 138 Garfield St. around 11:20 a.m. When they arrived they found property damage and evidence of multiple rounds being fired. No injuries were reported.

The case is under investigation. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the

New London Police Department at 860-447-5269 ext. 0 or submit an anonymous tip to the New London Tips 411 system by texting NLPDTip plus the information to Tip411 (847411).

A Lebanon woman reached out to NBC Connecticut Responds for help when an unexpected student loan charge came out of her account.

Rita Parciak says she checks her bank account daily, so she was quick to spot a charge that didn’t belong.

FedLoan Servicing, Parciak’s student loan servicer, withdrew $190.56 from Parciak’s account on June 7, 2018.

But Parciak says her payment usually comes out around the 15th of the month. It’s also less than she was charged on June 7.

Parciak contacted the company right away, but says a representative told her there was no record of the transaction. The rep asked Parciak to send proof of the charge from her bank.

Parciak sent her bank statement and says she followed up with the company regularly.

“They said it would take time, so I just kept emailing them about the situation. They said maybe we’ll look into it, it may take up to 90 days to get the refund, we’re not sure what it is,” Parciak said.

Parciak says she planned to use that money to pay some of her bills. After about a month passed with no answers, she reached out to NBC Connecticut Responds.

Our consumer team got in touch with FedLoan Servicing on Parciak’s behalf. Two days later, Parciak got a call from the company.

“I was relieved. And I really didn’t worry about it as much after that because I knew I’d eventually get my refund,” Parciak said.

Parciak says the rep told her the charge resulted from a payment plan she set up for her daughter’s student loan in 2012, before that loan was deferred.

Parciak says she and her daughter were not notified the loan was no longer in deferment.

FedLoan Servicing said federal privacy laws prevent them from discussing Parciak’s account with NBC Connecticut, but confirmed they were in contact with her.

Parciak says the company straightened everything out and she received a refund check for $190.56.

Connecticut State Police are trying to track down a driver accused of hitting a bicyclist on Route 67 (Oxford Road) in Oxford Monday.

The 18-year-old bicyclist was riding on Route 67 around 4 p.m. when he was struck by a vehicle in front of the entrance to Market 32 at 300 Oxford Road. Witnesses described the suspect vehicle as a light blue midsized SUV or van driven by a male with short blond hair between the ages of 30 and 40.

The bicyclist was helped by other drivers and taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Anyone with information on this crash should contact Troop A in Southbury at 203-267-2240.

One lane is closed on Route 2 eastbound in East Hartford due to a crash and vehicle fire, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

The highway was closed between exits 5A and 5B, but one lane has since reopened. Drivers should expect delays.

No other information was immediately available.

Yale University has just discovered it was the victim of a data breach in 2008 and 2009, and now school officials are warning personal information including social security numbers and dates of birth were stolen.

The breach occurred between April 2008 and January 2009, according to a notice from the school. In 2011, Yale deleted personal information in that database as part of an effort to protect personal information on Yale servers, but at that time IT did not realize the breach occurred. Yale learned of the breach in June 2018, when the school was testing its servers for vulnerabilities.

The information accessed includes names, social security numbers, dates of birth, and in some cases email addresses and physical addresses.

The school does not know who accessed the data and said experts believe tracking down the perpetrators is “not feasible.”

Yale has reached out to those affected directly and is offering identity monitoring services to all affected US residents.

The university took steps to protect personal information years ago, including stopping the use of social security numbers as routine identifiers, creating limitations on sharing social security numbers within the system, and testing data servers regularly for possible vulnerabilities.

Anyone who did not receive a letter but has concerns their information may be vulnerable can call 1-833-228-5711.

A black bear barged into a home in Bloomfield, surprising the homeowners when they returned home from an appointment Monday morning.

Homeowner Melissa Mcweeny said she and her daughter returned home after a doctor’s appointment around 11:30 a.m., and found a large black bear in their living room looking back at them.

"I was petrified. I didn't know what to do, I know what to do when you see a bear outside but inside your house how do you even proceed?" Mcweeny said.

She said the bear casually walked back outside and into the woods.

"I was scared because I've seen incidents where bears have gone into houses but I never thought it would happen to us,” said Mcweeny’s daughter Cailynn Danneman.

Mcweeny said thankfully the bear did not hurt anyone, including their dog who was home at the time, and that it concentrated on the pantry in the kitchen.

“He went through oats,” Mcweeny told NBC Connecticut. “He likes oats, cinnamon toast crunch, pretzels, he got into my gels that I use for running that are called honey stingers. He likes those.”

Mcweeny said the bear was able to get in through her glass sliding door, which was slightly open. She said she’ll be keeping her doors and windows locked from now on.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has been notified of the incident.

A wild crash was caught on surveillance camera in Naugatuck.

Police said they tried to stop the 14-year-old driver of a stolen Mercedes at a safety check on North Main Street Saturday evening, but the driver took off.

The driver ran a red light at the intersection of North Main and Union and crashed into a SUV, according to police.

Witnesses described the dramatic crash.

"Full speed no brakes. The taillights didn’t go on or anything," said Luke Morel.

Investigators said three juveniles, age 14, 16 and 17,  inside the car tried to flee the area of after the crash. They were taken into custody.

Police said no one was seriously hurt. There’s no word on the charges the teens will face.

NBC Connecticut will host debates in the race for the 5th Congressional District ahead of the primary election.

The Republican debate between Manny Santos, Rich DuPont and Ruby Corby O'Neill will take place on Monday, July 30.

The Democratic debate between Mary Glassman and Jahana Hayes is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 8.

The debates will start at 8:30 p.m. and run an hour.

NBC CT Political Reporter Max Reiss will moderate both debates.

Both debates will stream live on nbcconnecticut.com, in the free NBC CT app and on the NBC Connecticut Facebook page.

New Britain police have arrested a man who is accused of forcing a teenage girl into his car, then forcing her to touch him inappropriately.

Officers responded to South Burritt Street just after 12:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon to investigate reports of a kidnapping and spoke with a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl, police said.

The girls said they had been walking on Black Rock Avenue when a man in an SUV asked them for sex in exchange for money, then forced the 14 year old into his vehicle, police said.

The 15-year-old girl ran. She found a bystander and asked that person to call the police.

The man then drove back by the 15-year-old and she ran up to the vehicle to try and free her friend, but the 14-year-old managed to wiggle out of the passenger side window, falling out onto the road to escape, according to police.

The teens then ran back to the bystander and waited until police arrived.

The 14-year old told investigators that the man forced her to inappropriately touch him while they were in the car.

The witness and the girls gave a partial plate number from the vehicle the man was driving and officers identified 28-year-old Alan Damien Dejesus, of New Britain, as the suspected driver. Police said he was also identified as the perpetrator.

Dejesus was charged with first-degree kidnapping, two counts of risk of injury, third-degree sexual assault, unlawful restraint, assault in the third degree and breach of peace.

Dejesus was held on a $750,000 bond.

One person was hurt in an explosion near the D.C. Moore School in East Haven Monday.

East Haven Police said they received multiple 911 calls reporting an explosion around 1:12 p.m. A 29-year-old man suffered a serious injury to one hand, and injuries to the other hand and his abdomen as a result of the explosion, according to police. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The victim has not been publicly identified. Mayor Joseph Maturo said the man is a supervisor who oversees teens who work summer cleanup jobs for the town.

Maturo said the victim was in surgery and his injuries were serious but not life-threatening.

Authorities said there is no danger to anyone else.

Police said investigators believe the explosion may have been caused by some kind of firework, but the investigation is ongoing and the exact cause has not been confirmed.

The East Haven Fire Marshal's Office, state fire marshal, and East Haven Police Detective Division are investigating.

The D.C. Moore School has been closed for about two years.

A town leader’s show of protest continues to cause controversy in Haddam.

Dozens turned out to a public meeting Monday where once again selectman Melissa Schlag took a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance.

The meeting was moved from its usual space to the firehouse because of the anticipated turnout.

Schlag said she was motivated to protest after President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that she’s kneeling for many things, including gender and racial injustice.

Many at the meeting told NBC Connecticut that while she has a right to protest, she should do it on her own time.

“You told at least half this town I don't care if I offend you, and I'm going to act my whim. You took an oath. You took an oath,” one speaker said during public comment.

“You people make me mad. I fought to defend your rights, and you want to take them from her?” another resident said.

Most of the people who spoke at tonight’s meeting spoke out against Schlag taking the knee. And before that Board of Selectmen meeting, two rallies took place. One not condoning or condemning the Democrat’s actions, but supporting the first amendment.

“We support everybody's right to protest, everybody's right to independent thought, everybody's right to criticize, everybody's right to freedom of speech,” said Kelly Brookes of Higganum.

The other rally was a stand for the flag rally, where many felt that the selectman’s kneeling was offensive and disrespectful.

“I just love our country. I love our flag, and I'm so sick of people putting it down,” said Chris Rodgers of Winsted.

And when Schlag spoke at tonight’s meeting, many walked out or turned their backs on her.

“Liberty and justice for all is the last line of the Pledge of Allegiance. I strongly believe that we have neither. While the injustices stand in our country, I will kneel,” Schlag said.

This is still not over, as Schlag said she plans to continue kneeling.

Several people have called for her resignation.

The three candidates looking to become the GOP nominee to represent the Fifth Congressional District debated at the studios of NBC Connecticut Monday night.

Endorsed Republican Manny Santos, former college professor Ruby Corby O’Neill, and businessman Rich DuPont are vying to replace Elizabeth Esty who is not running for reelection.

The candidates discussed the future of health insurance, tax cuts, tariffs, and the influence of President Donald Trump in the race. The three candidates each had very little policy differences among them.

Each of the candidates agreed that the Affordable Care Ac should be repealed and replaced, or at the very least overhauled.

Manny Santos, the former Mayor of Meriden, criticized Rep. Esty for voting against the most recent bill in Congress that mandated a degree of work requirements for Medicaid recipients.

"Be active in finding work, filling out applications or interviews or completing some sort of training,” Santos said. “This would only require 20 percent of the able bodied workers to do this and yet our current congresswoman did not support it."

Esty announced in the spring that she would not seek reelection to her House district, a seat she’s held since 2013. Her decision came after published reports of alleged abuse by her former chief of staff. Esty had kept him on even after she learned of the allegations.

The two Democrats vying for the seat are Mary Glassman, a former First Selectman from Simsbury, and Jahana Hayes, a former “National Teacher of the Year,” aware recipient from Waterbury.

O’Neill said of healthcare that work requirements for Medicaid are a necessity, and said any discussion of universal or single-payer healthcare, would devastate the healthcare economy.

"A move toward single payer system we're going to start standing on line for healthcare the way you stand on line for the DMV,” she said.

Changes to the law, DuPont said, will lead to changes in behavior, and boost health insurance enrollment organically, and not by government intervention.

"I believe firmly that the best way that you move forward is to take the programs that incentivize people to stay home and believe that the government will always take care of them and change that.”

All three candidates credited the tax cuts passed at the end of 2017 with being the driver of the surge of economic activity in 2018.

Some Connecticut residents, including many in the Fifth Congressional District, will in fact end up paying more in taxes as a result of cuts to SALT, State and Local Tax Deductions.

O’Neill said she advocated at the start of her campaign for a higher deduction, $20,000, for families to deduct state and local taxes, even though Congress and the President capped that deduction at $10,000. She said she still wanted to see a higher deduction and maintained residents will still end up paying less in taxes even though Congress changed that key deduction for higher income taxpayers.

Flames from a large factory fire in Waterbury could be seen for miles Monday night as firefighters spent hours knocking down the blaze.

Fire officials said the fire was located at an old Anaconda Brass Building behind FW Webb at 737 Bank St. and several surrounding streets were closed while fire crews work.

Chief David Martin said the fire started around 8:50 p.m. When firefighters arrived they found a fully-involved factory fire.

NBC Connecticut Chief Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan said the smoke plume was so large it was picked up by Live First Alert Doppler Radar.

Martin said that while most of the contaminants are out of the building, timber construction and oil-soaked floors led to a speedy spread of fire. There was a partial roof collapse early on, Martin said.

There is a power plant with a gas feed next door, causing a challenge for firefighters battling the blaze. 

No injuries have been reported.

Traffic was slow on Interstate 84 East in Hartford, as well as Interstate 91, Tuesday morning and it was not because of a crash. It was because a dog was on the highway and police were following it to catch it.

Traffic cameras show state police slowly following behind the dog.

When we last spoke with state police, the dog was off the highway and on the grass. 

No additional information was immediately available.

North Texas transportation officials are studying the feasibility of building a hyperloop between Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth. But many people still know little about the brand-new technology. NBC 5 traveled to the world’s first hyperloop in the desert outside Las Vegas and the headquarters of Virgin Hyperloop One, the company that built it. The next step for Virgin Hyperloop One is to build a longer test track that would eventually become part of a commercial system. Hundreds of people at the company’s headquarters in Los Angeles are working to make that happen.