Here due to the conflicts between two european empires, france and spain in the 18th century. Spain had, of course, established itself well in latin america and south america and in mexico. France was over to the northeast in louisiana, and it was up it reached up to the northern border of new spain along the red river. It was causing trouble with the indians and looking into the reaches of texas into the silver mines. The spaniards knew they had to have some sort of defense, and they came upon san antonio. So in 1618, 302 years ago, san antonio was established here. The first thing the priest did when they set up a Community Like san antonio is to build a church. The second thing they did was to set up a water system, and in texas, you have rivers, but you dont really have a lot of green fertile areas too far away from them. So to address that, they drew from their experience in spain, which had come from arabia, which had come from the roman empire, a system of irrigation ditches. Th
When he passed awaypeithis wido helped get his autobiography completed about his last days and parting message. And taking a stand. Baseball fans shut out of their stadiums are doing anything to catch a glimpse of their beloved teams. How a handful with pulling it off, and why this is history repeating itself. First we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. It will be a woman. Is that okay . [ cheers ] does anybody have any objections to that . Confirming President Trump has made up his mind on his next Supreme Court nominee. He plans to choose Amy Coney Barrett. Shes 48 years old. So if she is confirmed, she could be on the u. S. Supreme court for 30, maybe even 40year rro pandemic, florida is back in business. Governor ron desantis lifting restrictions against bars and restaurants. Were going to be able to host the super bowl in february. Reporter Breonna Taylors family remains outraged by the decision not to charge three officers with killing taylor. I was
Will ask as many questions as time permits. To submit a question, please ha email headliners press. Org. The two candidates, incumbent President Donald Trump and former Vice President joe biden are spending millions on advertising to spread their message and turn the tide in battleground states. But this election is unusual. The covid19 pandemic is squelching the usual meet and greets and rallies and then theres the Lincoln Project, a Political Action committee founded by several current and former influential republicans including george conway, jennifer horn, mike madrid, and john weaver and our guests here today, rick wilson and steve schmitt. A republican pac doesnt sound that unusual, but unlike traditional republican pacs, theyre spending millions to defeat the republican president ial candidate. Today, the two Lincoln Project founders, rick wilson and steve schmitt, will give us an update on the state of the 2020 race and the Lincoln Projects home stretch strategy. Rick got his
The two candidates, donald trump and former Vice President joe biden. To spread their message and turn the tide to battleground states, this election is rather unusual. They are squelching the campaign trail in rallies. Then there is the Lincoln Project, Political Action committee by influential republicans including attorney george conway, New Hampshire gop chair jennifer horn, republican political strategist retailing, and john weaver and our guest here today, rick wilson and Steve Schmidt. Republican pack founded by a bunch of republicans doesnt sound that unusual but unlike traditional republican packs the Lincoln Project is spending millions to defeat the republican president ial candidate and his supporters in the senate. Wilson and Steve Schmidt will give us an update on the state of the 2020 raising the Lincoln Project, rick got his start as a political strategist in the 1988 president ial campaign of george w. Bush, provided Strategic Counsel to political candidates, National
Traveled to california, the physical geography of the area and evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning everybody. The topic of our lecture is the history of the gold rush and i will talk mainly about california in the years following 1848. But gold played a very, very Important Role in American History. Think back to the conquistadors, one of the things they were fascinating about was the quest for gold. An unquenchable desire for Precious Metals, gold above all, but also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold wa