[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] [ midtempo music plays ] im jamie colby, and today im heading to the annual blueberry festival in plymouth, indiana. Its not exactly the kind of place youd expect to see a massive california redwood, but this tree rocks because it rolls. My name is jamie allen, and, in 1985, when i was 23, my father passed away, and he left me something that his father left him, and its kept me on the road all my life. Jamie . Jamie . [ chuckles ] how are you . Its really great to meet you. And how funny we have the same name. Lets get started, then. All right, here we go. This is one serious tree trunk. [ midtempo folk music plays ] and the root of the story, according to jamie, is in the late 1930s. When her grandfather, james allen, is a lumberjack in northern california. James, a widower with a son in the army, sees redwood trees so massive that several men can easily fit inside the hollowed trunks. One day, during a sudden rain squal
Again back in business. And excited to welcome doctor chris fourmac. And for those of you in the know, is of course secretary of state for international. It previously done a tour on President Trump. He worked previously in capitol hill brent naval reserve, but most important link all around great guy. And through these conversations going to be a lot of fun. He held from cincinnati. Home of finley market i might add. Not bad. [laughter]. Will give a few framing remarks and then give you a little time to ask clarifying questions. That went out, chris, welcome back. [applause]. Thanks ryan, its great to be back here. I applaud your assistance. After last time in rescheduling this of the explosion. Its actually not that bad. Those of you have been around washington the long remembered there was a series of exploding mantles in georgetown in the mid 1990s are so afraid thank you for cheaping at it and thanks to all of you are wheeling to come back. It is been nearly ten years since the la
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. I direct the center for global liberty and prosperity here at cato the title and style of the book were featuring today, socialism sucks, is admittedly more irrev vanity than the typical more staid Public Policy books but i can assure you that the authors that we are featuring today are serious, accomplishments economyis whose decade of scholarly work inform the publication. Thesen title two economists drink the way through the unfree world gives a flavor nor unton generalizational approach. That subtitlele didnt surprise me. I tend to run into ben powell and bob lawson at economic or academic conferences around the country, and around the world, and inevitably they have drinks in their hands. Probably because we chat at receptions, hotel bars and the like. But the conversation is always interesting, informative and fun. And thats also true of this new book. This is a light book about a heavy topic so its fortu
The list and flat screen televisions this will take pressure off retailers ahead of the Christmas Holiday season still other product that will get hit. Only a little pressure. Because in the breakdown that some conducted for the items hit with tariffs on september 1st versus december 15th there are still tens of billions of dollars of foot wear and apparel categories that will be included in september 1st you have Musical Instruments, sporting goods, and a lot of food items that will be hit on september 1st. Musical instruments, is that a big market in the United States chinese made Musical Instruments . I dont know im happy that today youre serious today. It is a big show it is a big show. It is a big show every day thats the part that bothers me sometimes it is not. You say it is. Other times he says i will be honest with you. Im like really . Thats nice. In this one vignette you will be honest youre not always maybe honest but you say its a big show every day. You have backish today
Thank you very much. The beverages are still here, so you may enjoy one another. Our photographer has a few photos to take. Thank you so much. Each week museums, Historic Sites around the country. Next library of congress in washington, d. C. , to learn about baseballs origins and early days. Welcome to the library of congress. Im susan rayburn, curator of baseball americana. This was a collaboration the library did with Major League Baseball, espn and Baseball Hall of fame in cooperstown. Weve got incredible things on display, things youve probably never seen before. Lets start with some of the earliest. So right now were standing in the front of the exhibit looking at origins and early days where weve got some interesting artifacts that suggest that baseball has a history thats much longer than the 19th century. In fact, weve got an example from a medieval manuscript. These are little miniature figures that are part of the border of a book produced in 1344. You can see weve got a mon