System unique among nations, a system that has led the United States to the pinnacle in wealth and world leadership. This series of programs is being presented to help all of us understand our advantages under our american way of life. For todays topic, lets join now a group of young people at the National Education Program Workshop in circe, arkansas. At the classroom lectern of a noted young historian. The american adventure is an unusual designation for a course in economics and clinical science. The american way of life is rather unusual, there is nothing quite like it in all of the world. All of us want to know more about our country. What makes it tick, why is it the best place on earth . Why is it worth understanding, why is it worth saving . Why have wars been fought to protect it . During the 13 weeks of this course in the american adventure, our general purpose will be to answer many questions about the american way of life, and explore the workings of the American Economic a
The original as scholars and shipwrights could make her, a gift of english men to america. This tribute to history takes the form of living adventure. Original seter the sail for the new world on the landing stage from which the pilgrims departed, they wish the Ships Company godspeed and smooth sailing. , the ceremonies are ended, the adventure about to begin with the attention of the world. Pilgrims ownom the departure from their homeland in search of freedom. And 1957 are separated by more by far more than the passage of time. Rigging,ad to master more than 50 robes, to handle the six sales. Men the more experienced learning a lot of art. A piney craft to brave the broad atlantic. Mayflower ii carries only a company of 23. These modern seafarers have added advantages, a perfected system of navigation, radio, accurate charts, and, perhaps more important, knowledge of winds and currents. Virginia,ms set for but arrived at cape cod. The captain takes advantage of the trade winds. The co
Talking about changes leading to the election day. What they will now do before the november elections. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on 2. I am dave clark. I am claudine wong, in for pam cook. It is august 19th. We have a lot to talk about in terms of weather. It has been a long few days. Meteorologist Steve Paulson is watching it for us. Good morning. The inland will still be hot. This is day six of temperatures near 100 degrees. A lot of the Higher Elevations from the lightning complex fire , santa cruz, san mateo, that grew rapidly and vertically. That is how intense that is. There are so many fires. There is a lot of haze. We are looking for temperatures, again, warm if you are inland. We have 60s for some. The city and oakland are getting ready for hazy, humid, hot. We have 90s and 100s inland. We are seeing a few high clouds to the north. Overall, it will be a hot day away from the coast. Tomorrow might have hints of c
Republicans, 202 7488001. Independencts, 202 7458002. You can also find us on facebook and twitter. You can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. The dodd frank act was named after its authors, and senator chris dodd and barney frank. It was a massive bill that required federal agencies to write hundreds of new rules. Here are some of the things that the dodd frank act did. It was signed into law by president obama on july joint first, 2010. It created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It attempted to an too big to fail bailouts of Financial Firms. In eliminated loopholes of financial products, providing shareholders a say on executive compensation, and enforce regulations on the books. Here are some polls that show just exactly the scope of this bill. A summary of the bill by a law firm shows that the bill was 22,290 six pages long. It has had 119 congressional hearings, and there have been 139 bills issued in congress to amend or repeal the act. The stats also give you a se
Airline harrison this sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans original series, first ladies influence and image. Examining the public and private lives of the women who fill position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from Martha Washington to michelle obama. Sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on american tv, on cspan3. Coming up next on cspan, from washington journal, a look at the dotfrank financial regulatory law on its fifth anniversary. That is followed by a discussion on u. S. Drug policy. Later, a discussion with transportation secretary anthony foxx at the Christian Science monitor. We are continuing our discussion about wall street reform and the dotfrank act and we are joined by a financial regulations Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation and also with julio gordon, a senior director of housing at the center for american products. Make you both so much for being here. I would like to start with a question, very broad for both of you. How effective has.