Were giving public works jobs and trying to make National Parks so cedar breaks in utah, fdr signed that in august of 33 and then he did capital reefs with an executive order is a monument. Today is a National Park. He took arches which is a roadside a roadside attraction and turned it into a mammoth National Park and took zion National Park quadruple. The zion National Park to enlarge the parks, these were all strategies. His secretary of war was a man named George Durden and his first term. He was a democratic governor, environment conservationist from utah. He saw the advantages of trying to market it on tv. The you taught National Parks state, this was starting with fdr in turn. Quickly, about the 10, im just curious because i would like to collect all 10. The very first one was el capitan and yosemite, adapted capitan and yosemite, adapted from a photograph ansell adams, it debuted in 234 and sold over 250,000 the first day. Others were great smoky mounts, gradient tetons, glasser
We call it trough. The concept of trough is one i want to introduce you to tonight. It means the revenue and profit numbers that these companies that have been going down down down for ages have most likely bottomed. Going up yet again today. Nasdaq declining. 40 . Another story. How can you tell the trough which is the key to buying the stock at the right time. How do you know youre at a trough. Now, something i learned at school. When im confounded by difficult questions like this, i always like to default to my betters, to someone who knows more than i do. Namely, tina turner, says theres two ways to get the job done. You can get it done the rough way or the easy way. Unlike tina who says, we never do nothing nice and easy, we do it nice and rough. The chatter tells me whether weve hit trough numbers. Were going to do the finish rough. Never losing a minutes sleep. This morning Goldman Sachs, i used to 12 for the man. Reported numbers looked horrendous. There were no big wheels turn
So as you are here with the Tucson National festival of books and the main library western National Parks association is very proud to present our special guest today , what a treat to have him back in tucson. With that, i introduce our moderator bill. Thank you. Yes, i am bill bill buckmaster i host a daily radio talkshow on kb oi a. M. 1030 the voice. Also you can listen to the program live anywhere in the world. By going to buckmaster show. Com. I hope you will check it out. Im excited to be here at the tucson festival of books and to be talking with Douglas Brinkley. Just to mention about the fest of your tax donation, taxdeductible donation really makes this all possible. It is a free eve so we do encourage you to visit the Student Union south ballroom or go to the website. Your gift will sternly make a tremendous a difference. Before we get into Douglas Brinkley i want to mention the way this will work, i will be talking oneonone with professor brinkley and then i will allow time
We have several author panels and call ins for you today. Topics range from fdr to education, women in washington, Guantanamo Bay and many in college sports. For the full schedule of events go to our website, booktv. Org and follow us on twitter to get schedule updates as well at booktv is our twitter handle. We are going to kick off todays live coverage with a conversation about Franklin Delano roosevelt and the environment, this is historian Douglas Brinkley. Booktv live from tucson. Good morning. Welcome to the tucson festival of books, the worlds greatest book festival. [applause] my name is jim cook, executive director of the National Parks association and sponsor of this session. Western National Parks association is the Nonprofit Organization partner of the National Park service. Our purpose is to educate visitors about the history, nature, cultural and recreational opportunities in 67 National Parks in 12 western states. Expose your kids to the best america has to offer. Also t
Changes are taking applauplace. Well go there live in a few minutes. The ceo of the lending club is out and the stock is falling very hard in the premarket. We will give you the latest. And donald trump saying the rich will probably pay more taxes if hes president. Will support shift now that hes backing earlier proposals to reduce taxes on all americans . Futures are off the highs of the morning following a down week for the markets, one which saw the nasdaq dip briefly into correction territory. Growth in the mix, a bigger than expected drop in chinese imports and exports last month. Overnight, shanghai fell by almost 2. 8 . Imports down 10. 9 , was a bad miss. Then we had these ongoing concerns about them pulling back on some accommodations. Yeah. Look, china and oil both negative today. This china situation looks like there wasnt a lot of speculation, obviously, buying these commodities. Now, i still believe that the domestic markets better than people think, but was it a blip up .