-- MORE PERSONAL VIEW.
WMUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR ADAM SEXTON GIVES US A LOOK.
ADAM: PULLING UP A CHAIR AT THE AIRPORT DINER IN MANCHESTER, ANDREW YANG OPENED UP TO NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS, SHARING STORIES OF HIS UPBRINGING AS THE SON OF IMMIGRANT
MR. YANG: MY FATHER GREW UP ON A PEANUT FARM IN ASIA WITH NO FLOOR.
WHEN I VISITED HIS CHILDHOOD HOME, I WAS LIKE, NO WAY.
LOOKING AROUND THIS FARMING VILLAGE, AND I WAS LIKE HOW DID YOU GO FROM HERE TO, SO THEN MY FATHER ENDED UP GETTING HIS PHD IN PHYSICS FROM BERKELEY, WHERE HE MET MY MO
ADAM: YANG’S PARENTS WORKED HARD TO SEND HIM TO ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY, PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY.
MR. YANG: SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, I CAME OF AGE HERE, I WENT TO COLLEGE AT BROWN, WHICH IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY, I GREW UP IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, SO I CONSIDER
MYSELF A NEW ENGLAND PRODUCT.
ADAM: YANG SAYS WHILE HE DIDN’T EXACTLY ENJOY HIS PREP SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, ONE ESCAPE WAS MUSIC AND ATTENDING CONCERTS.
MR. YANG: U2, THE CURE, DEPECHE MODE, I WENT TO THE FIRST THRE LOLLAPALOOZAS, SO I SAW ALL OF THAT STUFF ADAM: THE ENTREPRENEUR TURNED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS A
MARRIED FATHER OF TWO SONS -- ONE LIVES WITH AUTISM.
MR. YANG: I HAVE A FEELING, AND WE SAW THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT TEEN WHO’S A CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST, BUT I FEEL LIKE HE JUST SEES THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND ONE OF THE MESSAGES I HAVE IN THE CAMPAIGN IS THAT BEING ATYPICAL IS THE NEW NORMAL.
ADAM: EVEN THOUGH YANG IS BUSY CAMPAIGNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HE VACATIONED THIS SUMMER ON THE SEACOAST, BRINGING HIS FAMILY TO HAMPTON BEACH.
MR. YANG: MY KIDS LOVED THOS BOARDWALK H ARCADES, WHER