Before there was ever a Grand Central station in new york city, there was a Grand Central depot that Cornelius Vanderbilt created as a terminal for his train lines in new york city. To this day theres a street that runs right up one side of Grand Central station thats called vanderbilt avenue. Thats named after him. And for years, for decades, on the other side of Grand Central station, on the other side of it from vanderbilt avenue, there was another monument to vanderbilt that didnt use his last name. It used his nickname. The nickname that everybody used for Cornelius Vanderbilt was the commodore. Commodore is a high rank in the navy. Cornelius vanderbilt never served in the navy, but apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor along side him called him commodore basically as a way of teasing him, and it stuck. Then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass
Transportation. He got into the business of shipping by sea and also by land. By the civil war era Cornelius Vanderbilt was one of americas Great Railroad tycoons. Before there was ever a Grand Central station in new york city, there was a Grand Central depot that Cornelius Vanderbilt created as a terminal for his train lines in new york city. To this day theres a street that runs right up one side of Grand Central station thats called vanderbilt avenue. Thats named after him. And for years, for decades, on the other side of Grand Central station, on the other side of it from vanderbilt avenue, there was another monument to va vanderbilt that didnt use his last name. It used his nickname. The nickname that everybody used for Cornelius Vanderbilt was the commodore. Commodore is a high rank in the navy. Cornelius vanderbilt never served in the navy, but apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who
Day 427 of the trump administration, and yet again, here we are tonight covering breaking news out of this white house. As we said, two men who were members of this president s inner circle at this time last night are gone tonight. His lead personal lawyer on rush ai is gone, and of greater impact to our country, so is his National Security adviser. H. R. Mcmaster, the threestar active duty u. S. Army general and combat veteran is out, and will retire from the u. S. Military. And john bolton is in. Bolton is a former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , well known as a neocon and a hawk on military matters. Hes advocating iran and north korea, and then some. John bolton will be trumps National Security adviser in 14 months. The president announced this latest move on twitter, his medium of choice, saying the change will be effective april 9, thanking mcmaster for an outstanding job on the way out. We mentioned john boltons service as u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. He was a recess appointee f
Harassment. He calls it retiring. Plus, what to make of the fbi agent yanked from the russia investigation after making his political views. And Robert Mueller has subpoena add bank on President Trumps bank records. The latest record, that is wrong. The white house will explain. Lets get to it. Waiting to hear from the white house now. Sarah sanders set to take questions from reporters at any moment. This comes as water hearing the special counsel leading the russia investigation is demanding information on President Trumps business dealings from a german bank. That is according to the reporting of multiple news outlets, including a german newspaper where it began and now confirmed by the wall street journal with which fox news shares common ownership. That said, a source who is said to be familiar with the investigation is disputing this report. Thats according to the reporting of our own john roberts. So theres a lot in the mix here and well get to it. The journal is reporting, the w
What the times published last night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern was a list of nearly 50 questions that special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly wanted to ask the president in the russia scandal, if he gets the president to sit down for an interview in that matter. According to the times last night, that list was based on information that was relayed to the president s legal team during a meeting between muellers office and the president s legal team in march. The president s lawyers took notes during that session about what mueller and his prosecutors wanted to ask the president. And that is how that list of 49 questions came to be. The times published it last night. It gave us the widest window we have yet had into the president s potential personal legal liability and how he figures into the special counsel investigation and the russia scandal more broadly. Were still sort of absorbing the news in terms of the implications of the content of those questions. Well have more on that tonight,