A historian who studies american politics. Business and capitalism. He is absent to discuss his new book, the land of enterprise. A Business History of the United States. Please welcome benjamin waterhouse. [applause] thank you very much. A pleasure to be here at the regulator this evening. I am going to read a little bit from this book, the land of enterprise. To start, i would start by saying that the purpose behind this book is to explore the connection between American History and American Business. Americans like to think that the country has been inherently entrepreneurial throughout its history and its nations path to greatness and provo power was laid by exceptionally capitalist value system that we held the mighty railroads and the marbles that define the ages from steam engines to automobiles and telephones. We tell the story focus on disembodied questions of ideology or cultural identity or politics. Too often we relegate business through the margins of the tail as other mer
But will use selfie sticks to sell his Signature Health care law get anyone to sign up . Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with our world lead today. The widow at the center of a worldwide terror dragnet reappeared in a cover story on an isis magazine. There are no pictures but an isis affiliated journal says it interviewed Hayat Boumeddiene and she is now protected by the terrorists who are deep inside syria. Barely more than a month ago, as you might recall boumeddienes husband rampaged through the kosher supermarket in france killing four innocent men after having killed a female police officer. Its unclear what role she played in those terrorist attacks and the burqawearing extremist remains cloaked in mystery as well. But a video unearthed since then shows her and her husband casing jewish sites in paris, hinting at her deadly intentions. This interview, assuming it is legitimate sends a clear and chilling message to wouldbe terrorists throughout the we
The first lady. Inappropriate president ial behavior in the time of global chaos. Thanks obama. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We begin with disturbing new developments in the war on isis. As hundreds of u. S. Troops in the path of advancing militant fighters. Just a short time ago isis seized the town of al baghdadi in Northern Iraq and then immediately unleashed mortars and rockets on al assad airbase fewer than ten miles away. More than 300 u. S. Troops are there. Theyre training iraqi forces. Those iraqis have pro felled waves of suicide bombers trying to breach the airbase. U. S. Troops have called in for reinforcements. Phil black is in Northern Iraq. He joins us by phone to tell us more. Hi phil. Reporter hey, carol. The information on the ground its still a bit patchy. This is very much an unfolding situation. Certainly local Security Forces on the ground iraqi Security Forces on the ground in al baghda
Retrial for charges of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. A charge they both very strongly deny. And we have this tweet from his brother that says my brother has been released from the Police Station. Im going on vacation before they arrest him again. Thank you all. We move on here in the show and go to the state of North Carolina where the fbi has opened a preliminary inquiry into the shooting deaths of three Muslim College students. Investigators plan to look into whether the triple murder violated federal hate crime laws. Police believe the shooting was fueled by rage over a parking space, but investigators say they havent found evidence that would indicate it was a hate crime. Thursday, the three victims, just 19 21 and 23 years old, all were laid to rest. Tributes and Prayer Services were held on campuses of their universities. In the u. S. Capital, around 200 people there attended a vigil at a nation wide show of support for the victims. Cnn correspondent jean casarez is followin
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