Everybody in lake charles, we were saying, probably have many weeks if not months of no power, trouble with the water system and even people as far north as shreveport and monroe, still without power. We are here today with jack davis in conversation, a professor of history so specializing in environmental history and sustainability and the author of Pulitzer Prize winning the gulf the making of an american city. New york times book review calls this book a beautiful homage to a neglected in addition to the Pulitzer Prize, notable book for 2017, made several other lists including the Washington Post and npr and forbes. Welcome. A pleasure to have you with us today. I turn the floor to jack and derek and have a conversation. One final thing, people have questions they can write in the chat room and get to the question if not during the talk, at the very end. And encourage people who have signed copies at the bookshop and go to our website, www. Districtbookshop. Com. Give us a call anyw
Career in business. Like mosted working, folks, when i was 13, doing all kinds of odds and ends. I was a construction laborer and a rough carpenter when i graduated from college, became a superintendent. After about four years, i had told some regional malls around the country. I had saved 8,000. When i was 25 years old, i went into business. I started doing a lot of repeat work, Small Projects where i could be paid quickly. The company grew at about 80 a year. Shoppingp Building Centers around the country. It was an energizing and a great place to be. The energy, when you come in to the front door, it will almost knock you down. I sold that one i was 30 72 a young man who had worked with me for many years. I have done several things sense. I acquired a good deal of real but i loved being in business. I loved everything i have ever done. With amy clover one on Amy Klobuchar being in the senate and being a mother. She said they we cant wear a bikini at the pool party, but we and dade ta
Been described. They have to do that with 100 . Epublican vote. We stand ready our members have signed letters and petitions to open government, that we are therefore a coin legislation to open the government, clean legislation to lift the debt ceiling, that would take us on budget deal in any and all issues can be discussed. That is where we are. I am optimistic here at i believe because of the impact of not lifting the debt ceiling, on , is soalone actually catastrophic there will be those in the Republican Party who will see the light. We stand ready to supply the vote. If they go on the path they are on, they will need 100 republican vote. Thank you. I agree with the leader this was a very positive meeting. The president is very committed to getting the government open. Obviously, making sure america pays its bills. Thatsured the president those two objectives have the overwhelming almost unanimous support of our caucus. We have a letter signed on the debt limit and will be the ope
I wanted to follow on the question, just to clarify, is the president negotiating on whether or not to reopen the government and raise the debt limit . Our position has been no ransom for reopening the government or congress responsibility. Is he not negotiating . The president has had it depends on what you mean by negotiate. He has been having conversations with lawmakers. What he has firmly made clear again and again is give the tea party its ideological agenda wish list in exchange for Congress Opening the government or congress raising the debt ceiling so the United States doesnt default. That has been his position all along. It is clear in its simplicity, open the government, pay our bills, stop threatening default and stop doing harm to the economy and American People. That has been our position all along. And reiterating those points. It was to make clear that we see progress in the senate. We see in the senate process, the kind of bipartisan effort is the path to resolving the
Ladies and gentlemen, may have your attention please. We have expresident s. As you can see we are in fact robbing your bank. Melissa so it noise the expresident s. It is uncle sam himself. He wants jpmorgan and some of the biggest banks on wall street to pay up. It is costing them and shareholders, by the way, billions. We know jpmorgan alone is said to have reach ad tentative deal to pay the government a record 13 about dollars fine. It doesnt end there 13 billion fine. Many banks are looking at billions of dollars in fine. Many say it is highway robbery by government. It is all the talk on wall street. We have susan ochs and from the wall street journal and also fox news contributor, steve moore is with us as well. Peter, let me start with you, what troubles me the most about this 80 of the mortgagebacked securities they are being punished for were acquired when they got bear stearns and wamu, something they did at the behest of the government anyway. Now they are being punished for