Lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be called the dutch canal 19th century engine of prosperity, because indeed it was. This is a
Bidens aid request for israel and ukraine. We will preview tonights state dinner honoring australian Prime Minister anthony albanese. Washington journal starts now. Host it is the washington journal for october 25. House republicans gather at noon today. Representative mike johnson gained the votes needed to secure the position. Watch that on cspan. He has been over 20 days since the house has had a speaker. To start today, we ask you if you have seen over the past three weeks and if it has affected how you View Congress and how it operates. Tell us on our phone line. 202 7488001 for republicans. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002 is how you do that. If you want to text us and tell us your view of congress has been affected by the lack of a speaker and the election process, 202 7488003 is how you do that. You can post on facebook and on x and follow the show on instagram. A recent poll by the economist is highlighted in a recent story, looking at the view of congress in
Election. The economist asks folks if the lack of a speaker was a problem. An amount saying overall it was helping government. 25 saying it had no effect and about 50 saying that the lack of a speaker was hurting government. Among democrats, that view about hurting government is shared and independents as well, as well as republicans. That is how the parties break down when it looks at the operational view of congress. Maybe this election process has impacted you and how you View Congress you can let us know how you View Congress. You can let us know on the phone lines. 202 7488001 for republicans. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. Louisiana representative mike johnson was chosen last night to become the speaker designee. That vote will take place at noon on the house floor where he will try to gain the 217 votes needed to become the House Speaker. Punch bowl takes a look at some of the things working in mr. Johnsons favor when it comes
Weekend. 50. Through what happened over the weekend. ~. , ~ through what happened over the weekend. ~. , ~ , weekend. 50, the tiktok bill was ut weekend. 50, the tiktok bill was put into weekend. 50, the tiktok bill was put into a weekend. 50, the tiktok bill was put into a package weekend. 50, the tiktok bill was put into a Package Withl was put into a package with foreign aid and that was passed through the house and now it is on the way to the senate, and based on indication of that, we have gotten, it sounds like this package will be approved, meaning that the bill will also be passed. Now, this is a massive load to tiktok but it is important to note that it is not the end yet. I am framing it more as the next chapter in tiktok s long and drawn out fight to survive here in the us, and it is a fight that is bubbly going to move pretty quickly now from congress into the courts. Of course this isnt their first rodeo and it has had some success in previous battles including in montana
Today in the bay continues right now. A very good wednesday morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. One day before thanksgiving. I have my pies ready. The weather is going to be nice. It is going to be nice. Yesterday, we were cooking greens and that needs to be ventilated, right. Open the doors and windows while you are cooking. Its a great day for that. Here is a heads up. We have seen dense fog developing. This is really going to cause a lot of problems for people heading out on the roads and in the trivalley, moving up toward the delta and the north bay. Fog advisory until 8 00. All clear in the south bay as you go for the drive. A mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. Look how nice the temperatures warm up. We will take a look at more of the bay area coming up in a few minutes. Mike, you have a new crash at sfo . We are worried because a lot of folks are headed to the harpt. This is a crash off the lane. In fact, so far off the lane, the c