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In american history, some of which are happening as i speak, when people have struggled for basic autonomy, solidarity it, and protection for themselves in the places they work. sometimes we think all that stuff that happened in the 19th and 20th centuries, it's just some story, a fairytale from the past. this bottle is not in the past. it is very much in the present. this is bangladesh, a country of 150 million people. and last week, the country suffered the single most lethal incident in the history of the garment industry there. rana plaza, made out of concrete and glass located in the outs...

Lost to history. we forget about all the labor tragedies and triumphs along the way. on a day like today, we think about the 1911 triangle shirt waste factory fire. we think about all the moments in american history, some of which are happening as i speak, when people have struggle led for basic autonomy, solidarity it, and protection for themselves in the places they work. sometimes we think all that stuff that happened in the 19th and 20th centuries, it's just some story, a fairytale from the past. this bottle is not in the past. it is very much in the present. this is bangladesh, a country ...

As a matter of fact, from the site now, archeology molly mcdonald joins us. molly, thank you. you're at the world trade center. it's probably a little loud there. so what do you think it's from? the 18th century here, and what does it mean? >> exactly. the ship was probably sunk here in the very early 19th century. so most likely the ship itself was build sometime in the 1700s. >> so the ship was probably built in the -- you said it sunk here? >> yes. >> it wasn't something that washed up i imagine? something used as landfill? >> exact ly. that's what we imagine. throughout lower manhattan the...

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19th and the early 20th centuries. there is a rationale for that at those times. what is the rationale now? filling up the land doesn't hold anymore. the frontier was declared closed by the federal government in the late 1800s. so i mean -- >> tucker: i mean, i think you are asking the most basic question that nobody asks and i'm glad that you did and i hope that your piece today sets off a national conversation on the subject. michael, thank you for joining us. >> thanks a lot. >> tucker: instead of encouraging that conversation, which is important, i think, democratic politicians are now pus...