He either has to reverse these things or he keeps up. Thats a wrap up of the days top headlines for now, but you can always head to our web site, r. T. Dot com for the details on all those stories. And many more. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show. And ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics. Sports business, im show business. Ill see you then. Greetings and salutation is the definition of the American Dream. By james, true slow, adams in 193131 was quite simply that quote, life should be better and richer for and fuller for everyone. With opportunity for each according to ability or achievement, regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. Now that is a sales pitch and its a beautiful dream. But as the late great, George Carlin observed the reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it. Yes. Tragically the promise of a richer, fuller life regardless of social class or circumstances, is just not the actual reality.
State rice, great city, this least systemic dissent says so which we build as well. When watching the hawks are over the earth and im a crop. Yeah, man, the American Dream. Youve got to be asleep to believe theres the little darlings in the greatest lines ever. But the sub, the waking American Dream is that it seems like all our big corporations and our most common household names. All essentially make billions and millions and millions and millions of workers who are literally on food stamps or literally are on medicaid because thats they, they fall below the poverty line and have to have to use government subsidies to eat and get healthy. No, absolutely. I think that in terms of walmart, you know, reports have been coming out about them for a long time. Still, for anyone who assumed that maybe theyd get their act together. That clearly they have not in the numbers have only multiplied since the original reports came. I think that the more we see this, the more recognition there has t
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im crossing the Delaware River from pennsylvania into new jersey. Yes, im following the route that general George Washington took to his big victory during the revolutionary war the battle of trenton. Im tracking down what i believe is the most intriguing strange inheritance ive heard of so far, something the father of our country may have been carrying that fateful night his wallet. My name is Barbara Farwell, and this is my daughter, linda. I inherited something from my mother, and one day my daughter will inherit it from me. For reasons that will become clearer as we follow the twists and turns of this story, the farwells have let their heirloom go on display right here in trenton. Barbara, how are you . Im jamie. So nice to meet you. Im glad to meet you. Hi, linda. How are you . Hi. Im fine. Thank you. So, whered you bring me . This is the Old Barracks Museum. And you keep something from your family here . Yes, we do. Come in. During the revo
The life of Wendell Willkie. I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some damages some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with David Willkie. I want you to introduce the cabinet audiences of some of the fervor. Your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. Was seeking a third term. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac. Grew up in elwood. When they married, this was the place they generally call home. In the family, my great great grandfather had lost his shirt during the depression. Instead of giving his father in law a handout, when the willkie and bought a farm land. He asked his fatherinlaw if he would manage it. How much time did he spend no ques
From washington. Of blake, we start with you, my friend. Reporter connell, the headline over here in washington is that the white house has increased its offer for a revised covid19 relief package. A Senior Administration official telling me the new number is, give or take, 1. 8 trillion. The white house has come up from the 1. 6 trillion range that it was previously at. Larry kudlow revealed the news on fox business earlier this morning saying there was an oval office with President Trump, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and chief of staff mark meadows in which the president gave the green light on the new offer. Mnuchin held a phone call with nancy pelosi this afternoon to go over the offer. However, the goalposts for President Trump have been shifting, because as that employees i pelosi hi mnuchin phone call was happening, the president was on the phone with Rush Limbaugh saying he wanted even more. Listen here. I would like to see a bugger stimulus package, frankly, than either th