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There were perhaps over 45,000 workers working at different times on the canal. In total there were about, oh workers from perhaps 40 different countries. It is said you can go into the top of the hill and you can see all the nations of the world represented. The u. S. Was always interested in trying to find a short route to the west. And that became more apparent during the spanishamerican war. One ship was asked to go to fight in cuba. So it left san francisco. On the west coast. And it took t...

Takes you to museums and historic places. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the panama canal opening, curators presented items from their collection for a special exhibit. Work on the canal began in 1904. Workers came to panama to build it. The canal was not only an engineering feat but a subject of fascination for americans. Who follow the progress of this construction with keen interest. Sheet music was produced about the canal, newspapers published regular updates. And photographers took h...

Tax returns will help unravel this puzzle, but only b available to some so the last few years, weve seen this tax rate really defined as the tax collection divided by profit has been low. We think there will be some recovery in that for the longer term average because we are making an edgeucated guess thats whats happened in the last few years is because of circumstanceses of the last few years, so there will be rebound over the next few years. The same time, theres a different thing going on wh...

Host you can also catch up with us on social media. Host a very good monday morning to you. The president s fiscal 2016 plan which kicks in october 1, proposes to spend 3. 99 trillion on the budget plan, just under 4 trillion, and projects revenues of 3. 53 join dollars. That would leave a budget deficit of four and 74 billion kit that will be the topic of conversation throughout the this morning on washington journal and is the topic of conversation on the front page of many newspapers. Los Ang...

Republican lawmakers to raise taxes on the rich while helping to boost middleclass americans. Loopholes lead to inequality by allowing the top 1 to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. We can use that money doubt more families pay for childcare and send her kids to college. Joining us to discuss the speech, congressman Keith Ellison of the house progressive caucus, longtime consumer advocate and former president ial candidate ralph nader, phylllis bennis of the institute for policy st...

And a mass death sentence is imposed on violent protestors. Ifill then, from disneyland to the heartland, the return of the measles once thought to be eradicated. The vaccination debate that may have sparked the latest contagious outbreak. Plus, director Richard Linklater on using the passage of time as a storytelling device in making his oscarnominated film boyhood. All film is a construct. Its just how you want to be perceived and how you want an audience to take in your particular story. I wa...

Reporter we have some changes coming in this way we will see them for at least a few days there is a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge on the monday morning where jelly went to clear skies out there this morning temperatures of once a fairly comfortable once again right now San Francisco 51 degrees of a 47 san jose good morning to you you at 49 degrees. Concord 45¢ a roll the youre coming in at 43 degrees we have a little bit of fall out their blessings of fog of for some parts of the note th...

Happened, alcohol could be a factor. Alecia reid standup chp says theres no indication the driver tried breaking before hitting the embankment running into this tree and breaking it in half. The suv then burst into flames. A passerby saw the vehicle on fire and called 9 11. Highway patrol is urging anyone that witnessed the crash, to call authoritiesreporting in san jose. Vicki liviakis today the family of david runzel held a memorial hike. The teacher and avid hiker was killed on the huckleberr...

Report. Darya 3 people are dead at the oppressed and saw the red. Mark forecasters say the latest northeast is far reaching. Mark on the left you can see slippery Road Conditions in chicago. Mark the storms already dumped over a foot of snow on the chicago area and could leave up to 16 inches in boston. And on the right snowplows trying to keep the roads and parking lots clear in toledo, ohio. Mark with more on the latest storm, lets go to James Fletcher james we had widespread rain along the ea...

Once the fire was out authorities found 2 men and a woman inside. At least 2 of the victims were in their mid thirties. Chp officials tell me its too early in the investigation to figure out how fast the driver was going when it veered off the 101 south near story road. Ryan fifield says there couldve been a number of factors that contributed to the 2am crash. Sot due to the nature of the collision also the time it happened, alcohol could be a factor. Standup chp says theres no indication the dr...