Although originally it was a county courthouse of philadelphia. But in the years that washington, d. C. Was being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary u. S. Capital. This room is for the house of representatives. The second floor was the United States senate. The house of representatives, each representative at that point in our history represented 30,000 people. We had a population around 3. 75 million. We had 106 members of the house he would sit in this room, and eventually from 16 states. The story of philadelphia as the u. S. Capital, we are taking the new constitution and doing things like adding new states to the original 13. Also the bill of rights would become a part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. In fact, secretary of state Thomas Jefferson would formally announce the amendments to the constitution by basically coming to congress here in this building and officially announcing that we have changed our constitution, which of course, the bill of
Athough originally it was county courthouse of philadelphia. But in the years that washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary u. S. Capital. This room is for the house of representatives. The second floor was the United States senate. The house of representatives , each representative at that point in our history represented 30,000 people. Around 3. 75ulation million. We had 106 members of the house he would sit in this room, and eventually from 16 states. The story of philadelphia as the u. S. Capital, we are taking the new constitution and doing things like adding new states to the original 13. Also the bill of rights would become a part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. In fact, secretary of state Thomas Jefferson would formally announce the amendments to the by basically coming to congress here in this building and officially announcing that we have changed our constitution, which of course, the bill of rights is a huge part of our
How the white house has celebrated the fourth of july through history. Washington journal is next. Good morning. It is Independence Day in america. At the white house later today President Trump will headline a salute to america event involving a flyover the washington on you meant. The head of those festivities ahead of those festivities, we are spending this morning asking viewers how you feel about this country this morning . Are you proud to be an american . If you live in the eastern time zone, call 202 7488000. If you live in the pacific time zone, the number is 202 7488001. You can also send us a text this morning. 202 7488003. Please involve include your name. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling in now about this question. Asking this question in the wake of a gallup poll last month that found u. S. National pride has fallen to record lows. From that pole, although a majority of adults in the u. S. Say they are either extremely proud or very proud, these
At that event celebrating the fourth of july. Saying, there are plenty of reasons to be proud to be an american. [video clip] the most important day in the history of nations, july 4, 1776. Americanwords, every heart should swell with pride prime a with pride. Every American Family should cheer with delight and every American Patriot should be filled with joy because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world. And it will soon be greater than ever before. [applause] our founders launched not only a revolution in government but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of america and no people have done more to promote Human Progress than the citizens of our great nation. It was made possible by patriots who gathered in philadelphia and signed the declaration of independence. [applause] they enshrined a divine truth that changed the world fore
Right now. Welcome. Our Investment Committee today, jim lebenthal, jon and Pete Najarian, brenda, adam parker is the ceo of triveria Capital Management lp. Much of the focus today on the drop in bond yields. The 30year hitting a record low. Some saying the countdown clock for a recession has started. So, pete, i turn to you and i want you to answer the question i asked at the top where is the best place to invest people want ideas. Sure. And i still think the gold and silver trade is on what were seeing today, scott, some of these individual names are still moving to the up side. Gld, slv have been a smart place to be. If you go back to the end of may. Thats been a great place to be. The slv in the last month up about 10 . Its still playing catch up. Those are more on the conservative side. You think thats the best weve got . Gold and silver and 10 in a month isnt so bad if you annual ize that out i ask, i dont hear tickers i hear gold and silver oh, im excited to talk tickers early, b