So, we had been, while other towns built cars, we built lots of cars. Prior to 1900, the detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufacturing. A lot of it, based in building carriage bodies, but iron stoves and building railroad cars, building railroad wheels. Detroit understood the manufacturing process, but also understood how to deal with steel, deal with iron, deal with wood, deal with rubber. Detroit had all of the talent and the designers and the toolmakers here, and the things it took to make an automobile. So why dont we go inside . Lets see the first car that traveled on the streets of detroit. What we are looking at here looks very much like an oldfashioned wagon. We just do not have a horse in front of it. In fact the horses are sitting inside the vehicle. It says a motorized carriage, a horseless carriage. This was the very first car to operate on the streets of detroit. Charles brady king, not henry ford, Charles Brady king was the guy who designed this car, designed the
Groups new report and the Perception Gap between partisans. As always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, july 1. Congress is away from capitol hill for the fourth of july break. We begin with Vice President mike pence from over the weekend on the morality of Border Security. The Vice President told a gathering of conservative activists there is nothing compassionate about open borders. Phone lines as usual. Democrats, 2027488000, is the number. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Special line for border state residents. That number, 2027488003. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling in now as we show you the Vice President saturday night speaking at the conservative faith and Freedom Coalitions annual dinner in washington, d. C. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] majors wee
Security out there we need to get started because things are still moving fast and furious. As a wrap up business for the break they are about to take. This is a unique opportunity because for this afternoon has accumulated quite a reputation and resume on the issues of the house of representatives. But Marsha Blackburn has immediately become a stalled board in the senate on all these issues. With a new legislative session given an important position on the Senate Judiciary committee to not only see all the legislative work but significant voices when the time comes that only the Circuit Court judges that may come about. So as we work through so welcome to the stage senator blackburn from tennessee. [applause] greetings to meet off campus is usually where vr when i have joined you. Each year i want to say thank you to you for your interest and your willingness to pay your own way here to attend a conference that will really sure you up to give you the information that you need to your
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Up next here on cspan 3 a discussion from the Woodrow Wilson center on trade, Border Security and other issues along the u. S. mexico border. This lasts about an hour. All right, were going to get started here. Over the next i would say most important part of the day. Thank you all. Im the chair of the Border Trade Alliance and my day job is Vice President of the San Diego Regional Chamber of commerce. I have to start by saying this is my favorite conference each year. You know, whether youre new to the conversation on the u. S. mexico relationship and the border or youre an expert, the pan lists and the speakers provide thought provoking comments. Al and this panel is no exception. Were really pleased to hear and have them here. Ill run through and introduce them, but to kind of frame the conversation, you know, these panelists they have lived and breathed and in a couple cases run the border the Border Management ports of entry. So well cover a variety of factors that Border Manageme