they have had some glitches and the expansion program. but we had glitches when we were building it back in the early 1900s. history in the making. possibly history in the taking. is this a borrow or a keep for me? you know what? you can keep that. if anybody else wants to hold it they can say they actually have held a piece of panama because i was on the show today. i will tell you what, i will give you this back, it has been an honor to hold it and touch a piece of history right here. author of global passage. everyone should check that out. thank you for being here this morning. good to be here. the boardwalk is about to get regulated? latest overreach coming out of washington that could wreck on your summer fun. and then a troubling trend regarding president obama. his leadership, and his fundraising during times of crisis. we are going to explore this. you better believe it coming up.
front row seat to events leading up to the canal s transfer from the townhouse pan matchett bob mcmillen is a former chairman of the panama canal mission and author of global passage. good morning, sir. it s great to have you here. great to be here particularly everything else going on in the world. it s a unique time in the world, essentially a dangerous one. this is history-making of course. you actually have a piece of the canal in your hand. can you tell us about this? well, why don t you just take it for a minute. okay. i. now you can say you actually felt a piece of panama in your hands. remarkable. what happened is we were to get the canal ready for the transfer, whether you like the transfer or not, it was the law, and so we were widening the gal ladder cut. rocks had to be blasted out to widen the cut. most of it was put on barges and taken out into the ocean and dropped where it was maybe two or 3,000 feet depth. i took a few home. i gave a rock like this to a