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Thank you for that introduction. I feel like going to door number one or door number two. Thank you for coming. I am the pitching machine, he is the slugger tonight. The immediate peg for this evening is the ratification of the 13th amendment. Lets begin by backing up a bit. April 18, 65. Richmond falls and the army of Northern Virginia surrenders. The civil war is over. What do the victors, what are the unions plans for the south for the freed men . , i dont think there was any single fixed plan, even though president lincoln had put forward various ideas, plans of reconstruction during the c...

On to vehicles with people trapped inside. At about 9 30 last night the freeway was shut in both directions near broadway in burlingame after a crane hit a electrical tower. An rubin reports. Reporter ann rubin reports. Reporter the transmission tower is being taken down. But work to replace the lines out here is far from over. At 2 30 a p. M. 30 p. M. Lanes reopened, 4 30 the other lanes reopened. Terrible. Reporter this was the scene after a construction crew accidentally toppled a transmission tower sending high voltage power lines on to the overpass pedestrian bridge and cars on highway 10...

In about 1 4 of the states. You can see that on the map, all the states in pink, red orange and purple have closed and results are beginning to come in. In fact, the Associated Press has called races in kentucky where Mitch Mcconnell is declared the victor and the two South Carolina senate races, and in West Virginia all going to the g. O. P. We have cameras at the headquarters for Mitch Mcconnell and Allison Grimes and you see rand paul talking to supporters at the mcconnell headquarters and what it looks like over at the Allison Grimes headquarters in kentucky. Later on tonight as their spee...

Iraq and is committed to consulting with congress and congressional leaders regularly. The president hoshosted a meeting the last week in july or first week in august where he invited democrats and republicans from the house and senate to talk to this. And there is consultation that has been done from senior members to congress members. Those conversations continue. But in terms of what maybe required if the president were to take or order a specific action i am not in a position to guess. This can be done with the consent of congress or it can be done passively by attaching it to a bill that ...

The government of bhutan, i should say the king of bhutan about 30 years ago realized that a process of development, of economic development, was great. It would pull millions of people out of poverty. People wouldnt starve to death, but it wasnt enough for human flourishing. So instead of counting narrowly the amount of money people had per capita, he had the idea of trying to measure the amount of happiness. He started an index called Gross National happiness. Thats wher he started an index called Gross National happiness. That is where the expression comes from. Host what did he find . Gues...