Good afternoon, and welcome to a house divided coming to you from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago if its on our shelves, its history. My name is bjorn scapton and i will be the host for todays episode of a house divided. And we will be discussing a house built by slaves with the author of that fine book professor Jonathan W White and will be talking with john in just a moment here. This program is coming to you from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago. We are a retail bookshop in independent bookshop 83 years 83 years old now. Independent antiquarian bookshop. We specialize in American History and specifically that means books about the life and presidency. Of Abraham Lincoln the us civil war and the us presidency we carry both old and new books antiquarian books that we sell on the second and market and new books like this one. You can get from Abraham Lincoln book shop. We also have many other historical artifacts you can get from us autographs photographs prints statuary. You
Came out, republicans believed st. Louis public radio is doing the books were cooked and the same. Democrats believed they were not. I do not know what the truth is. The broadcasts is also been streamed live on ksdk. Com and stlpublicradio. Org. But i am worried about the fact that we have become so partisan we also invite you to take part that we cannot distinguish the on social media on twitter. True anymore. All we care about is what were being told by the party masters. The fact is, for me, id like to finally, our appreciation to the city police and fire department, as well as the School District of clayton for respect the terms of the debate. Hosting tonights event. Please do not tear or anything like that. In least during my time. At least during my time. Before we begin, id like to review the debate format. Each candidate will give a 3 minute Opening Statement and a 3minute closing statement. I lost the question, i am sorry next, our panel will ask questions of both candidates.
Were going to both of them whah us. All of that when we come back. Please stay with us. Welcome back to the continuation of her one our prime time live debate for Congressional District 18 covering parts of Palm Beach County, barton county. With us today, congressman allen west and his challenger for the new district here, democrat Patrick Murphy in its first run for office. We thank you both for being with us. Will continue our question on the broad topic of taxes. Moderator we left everyone hanging on the deficit. Lets pick up without again. You are opposed to raising taxes. The deficit this past year was a think 1. 1 coding dollars which was an improvement over the previous year. If youre not going to raise taxes, what are some things you could cut to get anywhere close the erasing of 1. 1 trillion question. West we are supposed of the deficit cut in half which is 458 billion. We should be about 230 billion but weve had 1. 42 trillion, 1. 29, 1. 1. I think we have to look at certain
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Ready for the storms and they are loading up on sandbags. 15, 20 pounds but not too heavy or you wont be able to line them up correctly. Reporter san anselmo is no stranger to flooding. The downtown area was heavily damaged in 2005 so residents and merchants alike take the warnings of whats in store seriously. Michael feldmans art gallery still displays a plaque which shows the high watermark in 2005 halfway up the main entrance. I think this one is going to be strong. A lot of news on the street about people getting worried that the flood might happen. Reporter also gearing up for the heavy rains the california highway patrol. The inundation of rain is going to bring all the oils to the surface creating a slick roadway. Reporter he says the first major storms of the season could be extra hazardous for drivers. And thats really important that you drive slow and create a lot of space like snow and ice. Reporter back in san Anselmo Joe Elliott is offering his services for free to help pe