Article, to what generations of the people have done to build this amphitheater and this extraordinary campus. The only surprise for me in this article was the revelation that there are now several chataquas in the United States. I had not realized that, and thats a measure of the success of your brand, because all of us know this is the true place, the mother ship. [applause] so i wanted to start this morning by paying tribute. The reality tv rush hourfree zone, which is one of its appeals. Now, i cant claim and i am not a true native chataquan like many of you, that go back four, five, seeven six generations. In fact, i grew up outside of boston, massachusetts. I am a patriots fan. Admittedly behind enemy lines here in Buffalo Bills territory. But i was born in buffalo general hospital. So, mr. President , id like to apply again for citizenship in chaw tack qua nation. Chautauqua nation. Im pleased to be discussing diplomacy. Im glad that chautauqua has decided to spend some time tal
Was interested in so many things. It it was not clear why she had empathy andrest for advocacy for native americans island i wonder if your guests could explain about that. I think there were some indian chieftans who came to the white house to visit, and i think they made a great impression on her, and she became interested in indian welfare. And she was interested in their education. She was interested in their medical well being and health. Which was a very it was a proper thing for her to be interested in. Nobody is going to be objecting to educating children or taking care of people who were sick. So it was certainly a good thing for her to do. The indians thought of her as their great white mother. You talked about the first lady and the white house. She had connections to the Johns Hopkins hospital and the pediatric unit she set up. Well talk about that in a minute. A question from jenny webber. Harriet lane had a cutter named after her. Also, i heard she got into trouble for th
Economy. Is the debt ceiling negotiable . Your thoughts . Send us a tweet or post your comment on facebook. You can also send us an email. President obama held his last official News Conference of the first term yesterday in the east room of the white house. Heres what he had to say on the debt ceiling debate. [video clip] republicans and congress have two choices. They can act responsibly and pay americas bills or they can act irresponsibly and put america through another economic crisis. But they will not collect ransomed in exchange for not crashing the American Economy. The Financial Wellbeing of the American People wellbeing is not a leverage to be used. The full faith and credit of the United States is not a bargaining chip. They had better choose quickly, because time is running short. The last time republicans in Congress Even flirted with this idea, r. Triplea Credit Rating was downgraded for the first time in our mystery, our businesses created the few jobs in any month in ne
Rare chance to propose and pushed through an agenda for Public Safety. The assault weapon ban should be renewed and tightened with a special emphasis on those that hold more than 10 rounds. Offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, we give us thanks for giving us another day. The peoples house gathers today and celebrates in its gathering the wonder of our constitutional form of government. Our nation has once again achieved something so often lacking in our world history, the peaceful transition of democratic government. The major change of party in control did not take place, it is still the American Experience that our streets are peaceful and winners and losers of elections move on with their lives of dignity. We thank you again for the inspiration of our nations founders and the legacy they left us with. May the members of this assembly and all americans be worthy of that legacy. May all that is done this day be for your greater hono
Despite with whats going on with apple breaking down . Clinging to green, approached the 1500 level not seen in years. If we end higher, thats the 7th consecutive day of gains, the longest winning streak in more than six years for the s p. And no longer the apple of wall streets eye. It pummeledded as they posted the fourth most Profitable Company ever. The state of the unions, organized work falling to new low levels. In all is fair in love and hair . Where men and women can be paying the same price for the trip to the salon. Lets get updated on the the markets. Its been 15 minutes since we checked in with nicole. S p topping the mark, and all eyes zeroing in, nicole. It is exciting, lori and melissa, along the market of 401 k s, irs, and everybody watched the financial crisis when the dow was at 6500 after having been at 14,000, to see it come all the way back up and not far from 14,000 is a good feeling for folks who really lost a lot during that time. The dow today, right now, at 1