Node join him. Im just going to give you the general argument about my new book, the long and disturbing story of corporations and catastrophe. I want to start just with a story. So in march of 1911 in a famous incident that many of you know, 146 young female, mostly immigrant workers died at the triangle shirtwaist factory fire in new york. And this event was, this event was precipitated by an industry that was highly exploy tative, the apparel industry. An industry where powerful garment firms, Department Stores in this case, contracted out to subcontractors to make clothing very cheaply. And the conditions in these sweatshops were terrible. There was everything there Sexual Exploitation of workers to very poor paid, safety issues. And the women went on strike in 1909 in whats called the uprising of the 20,000 in order to improve their lives. They lost on Workplace Safety, and two years later the cost of that was clear when 146 of them died. Because it was in downtown new york, famou
Susan swain Grace Coolidge was enormously popular as first lady, and influenced the taste of american women by becoming a style icon. Married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. Susan swain good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Susan swain here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Susan swain lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepare was he for the job . Amity shlaes actually, quite prepared because hed been a politician all his life. Pr
Susan swain Grace Coolidge was enormously popular as first lady, and influenced the taste of american women by becoming a style icon. Married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. Susan swain good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Susan swain here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Susan swain lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepare was he for the job . Amity shlaes actually, quite prepared because hed been a politician all his life. Pr
Right now in the room across the way, governor christie is about to speak and be interviewed by our john harwood later in the day nelson peltz and scott walper is back. We have special guests as well. And so, hello to john, kate, josh. Three big themes from delivering alpha that i want to bring you up to date on. Number one, treasury secretary jack lew there should be a Corporate Tax rate. Maybe 28 as the basic rate for corporate earnings which would bring us back down more in line with some of our economic rivals. An hour ago, retire hedge fund manag manager druckenmiller said the mr. Fed is putting the economy at risk. If you like someone other things, actaviss is up. Citigroup that made news earlier this week with its settlement with Justice Department is down 4. 5 . Kate you led the questioning with one of the guys who has never been on television before, ken griffin of citadel. You hit him with the days breaking news which Andrew Ross Sorkin broke on the bid, the offer for time wa
Well have a live report from the scene in a few moments. First that chilly accuweather forecast on this first day of fall. Here is dave murphy. Hi, david. Hey, guys, the numbers have dropped overnight. You can see that cloud cover is overhead in southern delaware and over by the shore but the rest of russ of us are looking at sunshine. 52 degrees in philadelphia but we mentioned yesterday that a lot of suburbs would get down into the 40s this morning and there you see it. Allentown 45, reading 45, wilmington 48, 47 in trenton, 46 in millville. Low 50s in Sea Isle City and in atlantic city. And as we roll through the day, its going to be similar to yesterday in terms of the temperatures. 63 by noon, then 70 by 3 oclock, a high of 71 around 3 30 and back to 67 by 6 00. One difference today not quite as windy. Temperatures go up in the seven day and we have now the threat of some midweek rain. Ill have details coming up, matt and tam. David, thanks so much. Lets get to that breaking news