Today in 1873,Levi Strauss began marketing their patented blue jeans with copper rivets.
Today in 1891,the first public motion picture show took place when 147 women visiting Thomas Edison’s lab viewed a film of a man bowling through a one-inch hole in a pine box.
Today in 1899,Jacob German of New York City became the first driver to be arrested for speeding. The posted speed limit was 12-miles per hour.
Today in 1927,Charles Lindbergh began his historic solo flight across the Atlantic at 7:40a ET. He began in Long Island and without the benefit of heat, radio or light, traveled 3600 miles and arrived in Paris 33-1/2 hours later. He was 25 years old at the time.
can just borrow money from the taxpayers. a labor department spokesman said those entitled to black lung benefits will continue to is receive those benefits. but scott says borrowing money from taxpayers isn t the solution. he is fighting to keep coal companies paying for the tax. the last thing we ought to consider is letting it expire and the problem getting worse. kenny fleming wants to make sure coal miners aren t abandoned. if you could talk to president trump right now, what would you say to him? please help us. supposedly he was for the forgotten man and woman. and if that isn t this, that s a bunch of people forgotten. we will be watching the next seven months. will that tax on coal mining companies get cut? and if it does, will coal miners get the health care they need? john? elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. just want him to help us.
for 35 years initially supported hillary clinton but i voted for trump. maybe a mistake. but i heard him say he ll bring coal back. reporter: a mistake maybe because yunts now suffers from black lung disease. from here throw. reporter: he voted for trump to bring jobs back now fears trump s promise to kill obamacare will also end his black lung benefits. if they re going to eliminate obamacare, they may eliminate all the black lung care. it may all be done. reporter: three sentences in the affordable care act made it easier for victims of black lung to get monthly benefits if they worked 15 years or more in the mines. and if they died, the benefits automatically extended to their widows. i will be drawing $643. and i think 42 cents. once a month?
average. this area has seen a terrific decline in the number of coal mining jobs in the last five years. and those jobs tended to be high-paying job. reporter: steven sanders represents miners applying for black lung benefits. as jobs have evaporated, he says, obamacare benefits more important than ever. president-elect trump promised people that he was going to restore mining jobs. i don t think he thought about what the affordable care act might mean to miners who are aplaying for black lung benefits. reporter: linda adams husband tony died three years ago. she s now applying for black lung widow benefits. you supported donald trump is this election? i did. i did. reporter: if obamacare goes away. if obamacare care goes
along the way. longest-serving member of congress, nearly 19,000 votes cast. not a single loss at the polls. a record that speaks to the bond that he had had with you, the people of this state. transplanted to washington, his heart remained here in west virginia. in the place that shaped him with the people he loved. his heart belonged to you. of making life better here was his only agenda. giving you hope, he said, was his greatest achievement. hope in the form of new jobs and industries. hope in the form of black lung benefits and union protections. hope through roads and research centers, schools and scholarships, health clinics,