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Mining and ranching interests. Tv reporter the town of ely cod experience the most impacts from the gat basin naonal park. My resides lieve thathe parks popularity could spill over into ely and rejuvenate an otherwise dormant economy. Christensen when he heard that there was support for a national park, he saw a solution. Reid i was willing to compromise significantly. Laxalt didnt kill it. Im sure he uld have, buhe didnt. Because of him, i made it smalr than it should have been, and i also allowed grazing ont. Cows d sheep uld graze there. I got it passed, and so there was talk about the seetary of agriculture at that time. Was recommending to president reagan to veto that. Ronald reagan democrats and republicans must join together not to do whats easy, but to do what is right. Reid so i called william penn mott, the director of park service, and i said, mr. Mott, theres talk about vetoing my park. How do you feel about it . He said, i, as a young park ranger, was asked by one of the
When they headed out for a daylong fishing trip. Reporter hundreds of volunteers gathered early this morning to continue the ocean search for the two missing firefighters. Today we are pushing 80 boats now. Over 200 people out there actively searching. That does not include the ten volunteer aircraft we have out there as well. Jacksonville firefighters search near the shore. The u. S. Coast guard is off short. Brian mcclunney and Justin Walker went out fishing last friday morning and havent been seen since. Walkers wife, natasha, took to the air to help with the search. I need to be up there and feel like i am searching too. Crews covered more than 50,000 square miles searching for the men, their boat or debris as far north as charleston, south carolina. Yesterday search crews found a tackle bag about 50 miles off of the coast of st. Augustine and that helped them to narrow their search in the vast ocean. If anyone has the skill and ability to survive this, it is brian. Keith power say
The president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] [applause] [cheers] [applause] pres. Obama thank you so much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, everybody. Good evening pres. Obama on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. Over the past eight years, this has always been one of our favorite nights, and this year i was especially looking forward to seeing how joe walsh cleans up. [laughter] pres. Obama pretty good. I want to begin by once again thanking everybody who makes this wonderful evening possible, including dave rubenstein, the Kennedy Center trustees im getting a big echo back there and the Kennedy Center president. Give them a big round of applause. [applause] pres. Obama we have some outstanding members of congress here tonight, and we are honored also to have Vicki Kennedy and three of her grandchildren with us here. [applause] pres. Obama the arts have always been part of life at the white house, because the arts are alw
The president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] [applause] [cheers] [applause] pres. Obama thank you so much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, everybody. Good evening pres. Obama on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. Over the past eight years, this has always been one of our favorite nights, and this year i was especially looking forward to seeing how joe walsh cleans up. [laughter] pres. Obama pretty good. I want to begin by once again thanking everybody who makes this wonderful evening possible, including dave rubenstein, the Kennedy Center trustees im getting a big echo back there and the Kennedy Center president. Give them a big round of applause. [applause] pres. Obama we have some outstanding members of congress here tonight, and we are honored also to have Vicki Kennedy and three of her grandchildren with us here. [applause] pres. Obama the arts have always been part of life at the white house, because the arts are alw