Three to five years was the average life of the steamboat on the river. Thet of boats like arabia saying here. It was buried for 132 years until we dug it up. Was builtoat arabia in brownsville, pennsylvania in 1853. They traveled from the ohio to the mississippi. In 1855, he came up to the Missouri River and traveled until it sank. The vote was built with white oak. The big structure behind you and myself is the very back, or the stern section. The rudder. The tiller arm for the look to the pilot house. The wheel pulled the arms and helped steer the boat. Travelers traveled on the main deck. Minutes. A sank within the passengers, 150 of them are terrified. They were not great swimmers nor were they dressed. To swim they ran to the very top of the boat and then with a lifeboat, cargo more than anything, brought it into sure one little boat at arrived. No one died in the sinking, but they lost all their freight. The 1850s on the Missouri River was called the golden age of steamboats. Mo
Go ahead. Thank you. The president of this great United States of america, president trump. Thank you for inviting us navajo code talkers to the capital and to the white house of this great nation we call the United States. Today we have with us three of the 13 surviving navajo code talkers of world war ii. First, a 97yearold veteran of world war ii. He survived a battle. His Landing Craft was blown up and he literally had to swim to the beach to survive. Also, on saipan, he landed where he got shot up badly, survived one year in the naval hospital. We have thomas, also one of the code talkers who was on iwo jima. A tough battle. Three Marine Divisions landed on iwo jima. The fifth Marine Division, he was part of the code talkers within the fifth Marine Division. Him him him also, as if the marine corps was not enough, he enlisted to the United States army and served in the korean war and survived that awful battle. My name is Peter Macdonald and i am the president of the 13 surviving
Organization which seeks to divide communities through the use of hateful narratives that spread lies and stokes tensions. The leader of britain first is overct to a criminal trial the alleged to distribution of leaflets and the posting of online material. Overwhelmingly reject the president s record of the far right, which is the antithesis of the values this country cherishes, we will stand with them in doing so. This is why we launched our extremism strategy in 2015. Speak clearhould that this government will not tolerate any groups who spread any groups who spread hate and who raise Community Fears and tensions. And we are being clear. President donald trump was wrong to retweet videos posted by far right group written first britain first. At the wider picture, the relationship between the u. K. And america, though i know how valuable the relationship is, i can tell the the importance of the relationship between our countries, the unparalleled sharing of intelligence between our co
He discusses his book, the high cost of good intentions the history of the federal Entitlement Programs. Brian john cogan, author of the high cost of good intentions. When did you get interested in entitlements . John it goes back to my years in washington in the 1980s during the Ronald Reagan administration. I served for a few years at the office of management and budget. It was at that point i saw how these entitlements grew and how difficult they were to control. That was the origins of my interest. Brian how long were you there . John i was there for three years at omb. I served prior to that at the department of labor. I left omb in the mid1980s, and then returned in 1988 to serve as the deputy at omb and returned return to stanford. And then left again and returned to stanford. Brian what were the lessons that you learned working at the office of management and budget. John the main lesson was just how difficult it is to control spending. It seem like all of the forces in washing
Suggest missing malaysian report flight 370 could have been deliberately flown west. The white house says the search may be moved to the indian ocean. Well bring you the latest press conference in 30 minutes. Announcer youre watching Worldwide Exchange bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello. Warm welcome. Terrific to have you on the program this day. Come on to the bigger and the better program. And you have to warm up. And done on a day when were not feeling great, investors. Yeah, investors are not feeling great. In fact, take a look at the markets. Theyre all in the red this morning, arent they . Look, decliners outpacing investors. Thats a lot of red. Thats why i put a red tie and poppy square on this morning. Take a look at this, the russian markets are being hit hard this morning ahead of this weekends referendum in crimea. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry has just arrived in downing street. In london to meet with the british Prime Minister. Kerry will then me