Next, we travel about 15 miles northwest of washington, d. C. To Great Falls Tavern Visitors Center where well take a boat ride to learn about the history of the chesapeake and ohio canal. I would like to introduce myself. My name is cassandra and i am a seasonal park ranger here at the chesapeake and ohio canal. I think were going to cast off here shortly, but well go ahead and start to give you a brief history of here on the canal. So it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, but definitely doesnt reach the Chesapeake Bay or doesnt go all the way up to the ohio river, which is your intention of the canal when we first started building it july 4th of 1828. We wanted to try to connect the Eastern Shore with what was considered the west back then. The west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. We wanted to connect pittsburgh to the Chesapeake Bay, and so what we did was we started building this canal. We tried earlier, it was George Washingtons dream to actually use the Potomac Riv
His supporters are defining the president s showing no signs of conceding as he passed a challenge ballot counts in several states. That hasnt stopped leaders from around the world applauding joe biden including many who have walkie relations were trying to. Welcome 800100 hours g. M. T. 7 pm in washington d. C. And the days of anxious waiting the United States has reached a fateful moment in its history Democratic Party candidate joe biden is now president elect having obtained 290 electoral votes so far if course needed 270 to take the white house. Well this is what finally put joe biden across the finish line a projected victory in pennsylvania with its 20 Electoral College votes and nevada with 6 hes also leading in georgia but that race is still too close to call current President Donald Trump has 214. 00 electoral votes all together. Looking at the breakdown of numbers its a picture of a nation divided bidens won more votes than any other president ial candidate before him but tr
Commented he has not come out with the statement regarding the outcome of the elections in the United States he is touring the southern part of the country places that have been affected by heavy rains from the remnants of hurricane ada which slammed into Central America earlier last week but if we look at it from the perspective of different political leaders here in mexico especially those that work in the area of International Politics the politics those that work in the area of International Trade surely they are breathing a collective sigh of relief a biden presidency for mexico and for political leaders in mexico just like with many other countries of the world represents a return to traditional diplomacy a departure away from threats issued over twitter of tariffs if mexico doesnt comply with it with immigration standards in a style that the United States will insist on it represents a return to traditional negotiation tactics when it comes when it comes to trade more so than an
Increase you dont have to sell your stocks to beat some kind of Capital Gains rate that is quo going to be punitive for rich people im not saying it is solely business as usual. But i am saying that if you own tech stocks, which a lot of people do, there is nothing to keep the stocks from going higher remarkable night, pollsters seem to think there would be this blue wave that got avoided if anything, there is, i think, a recognition that whatever the heck we had before election day seems to be the same after so, david, you know, i feel kind of business as usual for us. Well, it is, carl, not business as usual this morning as you say as the votes continue to be counted in important battleground states. Three you mentioned. Want to add georgia in there, potentially North Carolina, still those early votes, carl, being counted and tabulated and were paying close attention we are, guys. In fact, front and center this hour, the president ial election remains unsettled as voting continues as
Museums and historic places. Next we travel about 15 miles northwest of washington, d. C. To Great Falls Tavern Visitors Center where we will take a boat ride to learn more about the of the the history of the chesapeake and the ohio canal. [foghorn] i would like to introduce myself. My name is cassondra, and i seasonal park ranger here at the am a chesapeake and ohio canal. I think we are going to cast off shortly. We are going to go ahead and start and give you a brief history of here on the canal. All right, it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, but doesnt reach the Chesapeake Bay or go up to the ohio river, and when we first started building the canal in 1828, we wanted to try to connect the Eastern Shore with what was considered the west back then. The west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. We wanted to connect pittsburgh to the Chesapeake Bay. So what we did was, we started building this canal. We tried earlier, it was George Washingtons dream to use the Potomac River