[applause] [laughter] mr. Biden hey, buddy. I have to tell yall it is great to see you. Hello, cleveland [applause] dont jump folks, i was reminiscing as we drove to the station. I spent the bulk of my adult life driving to an amtrak station. I commuted every day from wilmington delaware to washington, d. C. When i got elected as a young senator after my wife and daughter were killed , and i didnt plan on staying in the senate. But i agreed i would stay for six months. [laughter] a long time ago. I started commuting. Fact is, they tell me i have logged more than 2,100,000 miles on amtrak. So it is good to be here. It is not as fast as a helicopter, but i made a lot of Family Friends on amtrak. I am looking forward to getting on a train with you guys. I want to start by saying it is great to be in ohio. So many friends, local elected officials. It is an honor to be here with tiffany. I know how hard it is for her. I say i know. I was in the position of her children. My dad went through
She talks about the photographers and images. Watch monday, beginning at 8 00 eastern. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan3. Ae legendary ladies historical interpretation group, portraying notable women from western history, including sharpshooter annie oakley and labor activist mother jones the Golden History Museum of golden colorado hosted this event and provided the video. In time to hear the stories of real women who made a Significant Impact on the west. Welcome sharon from legendary ladies. [applause] good evening and welcome. I would like to give a special thanks to megan murphy, who just left us for inviting the legendary ladies to visit with you today. The women of the west were quite varied. You need only look at the costumes they are wearing or listen to the stories they tell to understand this. Some women came west with husbands or fathers in search of gold, opportunity, or land in the west. Often, the landscape they encountered was quite differe
Documented in the effects of Global Warming in the sahara. More than a 3rd of our planet is made up of deserts and dry lands and that percentage is rising every year an additional 70000 square kilometers of fertile land turns to deserts the main course is a deforestation over grazing on the over use of Water Resources all of which deplete the soil of essential minerals with temperatures set to rise over the coming decades the rate of disaster for cation is likely to speed up considerably more to scarcity is already a problem for 1000000000 people most of them in africa. The world risk index says the situation is particularly precarious in the star held region. Lake chad in West Central Africa people here have lived from fishing and farming for thousands of years. It appears the democrat at 1st glance. But one of the worlds biggest environmental catastrophes is unfolding here. 20 years ago the lake surface shrank by 90 percent and now Climate Change has brought extreme weather thats des
Welcome back. I am excited to talk to you this afternoon. So many of us as americans, we grow up learning about the history of immigration through ellis island. Right . This is what we talked about last week. It is the history of european immigrants coming to the new world under the shadow of the statue of liberty. It is often told as a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans. But not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigration station in San Francisco, and it is an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century but also because it is so timely today. It is timely because, when we pick up any newspaper, we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Republicans slam obamas immigration townhall. Obama i will fight any attempt to reverse immigration action. Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system. House conservatives warn boehner dont cave on immigration. U. S. Im
Lukashenko have held mass protests throughout the country tens of thousands protested in the capital minsk weekly demonstrations have become the focus for the prodemocracy movement in an attempt to reassert control police have already arrested hundreds of women. The demonstrations have been taking place across europe calling for the evacuation of a crowded microcaps on the greek islands hundreds of people marched in berlin to demand that the German Government take in more than the 1500 refugees it had already agreed to relocate 9000 migrants on last boss have been moved to a new camp built to replace the morea settlement destroyed in a fire. This is de w. News from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram or visit our website they w dot com. Its hard not to get lost in europes largest google labyrinth but we will go there anyway later in the show. Hello and welcome to a new edition of the europe max and this is what else we have in store for you. And for site docs for monday t