In 1830, and he was appointed as a territorial secretary at 19, which is a record probably that will never be broken. Another record that certainly will never be broken was 1835 when at age 24, he was elected the first states governor. And in time the people of michigan and the people of detroit came to trust him as, even though a young person, a very skilled and dedicated leader. Well, mason was regarded first of all by the people in his own territory as a bit of an interloper, just coming in from kentucky. When the logical thing for jackson to do what it into a point in michigan person, a detroit politician for the number two position in the territory. But because mason had made such an impression on jackson himself, they had met and jackson thought this young man had a lot of confidence in itself and a vision, so that i will appoint him. The strip of land that was dispute between michigan and ohio actually dated back to the northwest ordinance when that ordinance determined that the
We will start this morning on the domestic front. You have seen the headlines about the heightened volume of flu this year and the decision of some Health Care Workers not to get vaccinated, a choice that has cost some of them their jobs. What are your thoughts on mandated vaccinations for Health Care Workers . All others can call in, 202585 3882. Yuka post your thoughts on facebook, twitter, or email us. Dr. Anthony fauci is the director of the National Institutes of allergy and infectious diseases, joining us on the phone. The Houston Chronicle headline this morning what is going on . Guest you never know why, with influenza. Its unpredictable accept that we have a flu season every year. What we are seeing this year and what is spurring the headlines is the way this started off earlier than usual with a strain of flu that is a bad sprain in the sense that its making people more ill than some other strains, we are on the way to what looks like as bad a year as we have had since 2003 a
Day guide ner made rounds on capitol hill. This is ten minutes. Good morning, everyone. The president has warned us about the dangers of going over the fiscal cliff. But his actions have not matched his public statements. Members of his own party seem quite comfortable with sending the economy over the fiscal cliff. On tuesday, we had productive conversation at the white house. Despite the claims that the president supports a balanced approach, the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts. Secondly, no substantive progress has been made in the talks between the white house and the house over the last two weeks. This is not a game. Jobs are on the line. The American Economy is on the line. This is a moment for adult leadership. Campaignstyle rallies are not the way to get things done in washington. A discussion with the treasury secretary was frank and direct. We hope to see a specific plan for cutting spending. We sought to find out what the president is willing to do
Him for about 20 years. He was on this issue in the early 1990s and probably understood it probably even before that. He is that smart. He is that visionary in terms of the issues are essential not just to massachusetts, but to our planet. And it has been migrate honor to have served with you, john and to have called you my friend and colleague overall of these years and we thank you so much for what you have done for us and for the country and thank you. And with that the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Under the speakers announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from indiana, mr. Burton, is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. Mr. Burton rather than hang the parliamentarian, i yield five minutes to my colleague from massachusetts. Mr. Markey now on barney frank, barney frank is at the same time the smartest member and the witnessiest member of the United States congress wittiest member. He has a Nuclear Power plant for a brain. There is not
It is politics and the republicans wrap themselves in the flag and they say how they support the veterans. Theres no better chance than to do it right now unanimously passing in a republican house. We have blumenthal isaacson mccain, Reid Mcconnell all saying they want to support it. If they want me to address t. Im there tomorrow. Call me. Thank you, sir. That is the ed show. Politics nation with reverend al sharpton starts now. Good evening, rev. \s. Good evening, ed. Tonights lead the power of the veto. Today president obama met with leaders in congress saying he will work with republican where he can. But less than an hour before that meeting, Speaker Boehner showed why that wont always be possible. Vowing to attack the president s historic immigration action. Were voting to block the
president s overreach, his executive overreach, which i believe is beyond his constitutional duty and frankly violates the constitution itself. Its a frontal assault on one of the president s key achi