San antonio and dallas. In about five minutes, we take you inside the george h. W. Bush president ial library and museum for film footage of george bush and barbara bush on their honeymoon and the final resting place of the 41st president and the first lady on the grounds of the library. In about 20 minutes t history of the area as we travel to the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History and later a trip to the campus of texas a m university for the story of cadets, a student military organization dating to 1876. We begin our special feature with the mayors of bryan and College Station as they talk about the history and special relationship between the two cities. One of the wonderful things about Bryan College station, youve got two cities, one community. The university started in the 1870s, the city of bryan started just a couple of years before, really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here, stopped before the civil war, an
The europeans today. Their central bank will pump trillions into the euro zone economy. Thats called stimulus. Investors like it. So the dow is going to be down maybe 100. S p, 17. The nasdaq, about 26. Thats not a big pullback after yesterdays big gain and this weeks very big gains. Opening up the economy, thats a big deal for investors. This week, many theme parks and vegas casinos will open up again, albeit with limited capacity rules in place. And gms Ceo Mary Barra says auto plants will be back to previrus levels by the end of this month. Opening up, very important. Heres what you are waking up to this morning. Lot of boarding up of storefronts in the big cities. That appears to have cut down on the looting. Heavier charges against the Police Officer involved in the killing of george floyd. Its now Second Degree murder. In addition, the other three officers involved have been arrested and Face Criminal Charges for the first time. Following that, the protests were just as big but t
It explains its history and some of the traditions that we have. Texas a m was opened on october the 4th, 1876. But unfortunately, they did not have the student population to actually start classes. So on october 6, 1876, 2 days later, it actually opened its doors to 40 students. From that point to today where we are not only the Largest University in the state of texas, but we started as the Largest University in the United States. We have approximately 60,000 students here on campus, of which 2300 of those were members of the corps of cadets. From 1876 for the next 24 years, a m had to struggle in order to be able to maintain a university here in College Station. It was not until a former governor of the state of texas came here in 1890 that the university took off. At that point, his reputation allowed the mothers and fathers of the state of texas to want to actually send their sons here to the university. Because it was established under the morrill act of 1862, a m was an all male
New york city who is helping us to h great and educated guide fr teachers speeded you canan finih watching this if you go to our website at cspan. Org. We will live there to take your life to a conference on federal spending and debt. Current debt, which is around 100 of gdp is at a level we havent seen since world war ii and is a growing cause of concern. Tackling this problem presents a variety of challenges. Today were fortunate to have a group of very smart and accomplished people who are going to share their insights. Well get to hear a variety of perspectives. To do this, we have a mix of panels, discussions and speakers. Well hear about the economic and fiscal challenges caused by the debt. The impact of debt on invests and consumers, the roles played by Social Security. Approaches for analysting fiscal policies and finally a discussion of potential policy options. And a number of dimensions of the debt challenge. For our first panel we have two distinguished speakers, arguably
Tuck its beautiful out there but look at the sun glare on the roads. 66 on the eastbound side from 234 Prince William parkway to the beltway youre basically parked. Going to take you about an hour and 15point in get to the beltway. Leave early from manassas or centreville. Taking a look at metro. Metro is on time except for safetrack impacting the green line and yellow rush plus. Allison and steve back to you. Our top story this morning is the second time the charm . In just a matter of hours the house set to vote on a new healthcare bill. While republicans say they have enough votes for it to pass it could be a different story when it comes to the democrats. Foxs doug luzader live on capitol hill with the latest now. Doug. Reporter good morning. Well, yeah, this is kind of the second bite at the apple for republicans. This time, though, they think they have the votes to get this thing done. From the white house to capitol hill, the lobbying effort has been furious. Based on our and th