Now is in the southern section of puget sound, which is the Washington State and Pacific Northwest great inland water. When the Transcontinental Railroad came, there was talk about one day being able to stand puget sound. It was not an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. Federalhe depression programs, like the building of the coulee dam, there were big projects happening in the Pacific Northwest. Mid1930s there was talk about creating a bridge over puget sound. It would reach from tacoma to the kit sap peninsula. This bridge was opened on the first of july in 1940. After two years of construction. Bit of aa narrows is a wind tunnel. People working on the deck began to notice movement. Lifts like airplane wing in the bridge. Almost like Horizontal Movement they began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge, especially in the center span. Bridge,s no suspension anything like this, anywhere in the Pacific Northwest. Unfamiliarity of how a big thing like this was supposed to behave. Peop
1929, the Financial Health of the over and stated stock market plunges into a Great Depression, it grips the world. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island i want to see my country again holds a prosperity. This land was made for you and me snen send in let me insert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is, fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his 1933 speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed. The drought is persisting in key agricultural areas in the country. People must have faith. Coming up in a next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you around the country to places like oledo. In 1931, five of the six largest banks in toledo failed at the same time. Which made it the largest ranking failure of the Great Depression. To successful Infrastructure Projects impacting us today. And to one ending in tragedy. We will take you to st. Paul, where depression er
239th birthday, Law Enforcement was on guard against any attempts to crash the party. The fear is terrorists may have a circle around the fourth of july and a bullseye on an american city. Elaine quijano is in new york. Reporter 7,000 nypd officers will be deployed this weekend, some will be heavily armed, standing watch along with canine units. Others will patrol the hudson river, boats capable of detecting radiation. More officers will watch from overhead in specially equipped helicopters. James is head of the nypd counterterrorism unit. Helicopters have many capabilities, able to do a survey with radiological detection equipment. They also have cameras theyre able to see basically the dimple on someones chin from 1300 or 1400 feet in the air. Reporter at the Police Command Center Officers will keep an eye on thousands of cameras. Security is tightened across the country. In washington, 700,000 people are expected on the national mall, and police will have special patrols around majo
But the secret service has been standing out of late in ways that the new director has been tasked to change. Well take a look at those not so secret challenges for the secret service ahead in our cover story. Then its on to American Music. And an album of photos from a near mythical era with Anthony Mason well look and listen. Its almost impossible to illustrate a history of American Music in the late 60s and 70s without the pictures of henry diltz. I love this of Joni Mitchell. Her very, very, very fine house. He shot some of the most iconic album covers of the rock air a. The photographs of henry diltz later on sunday morning. Funny girl amy sewell sir extending her funny bone into a whole new medium and still keeps her sharp wit as sharp as ever. Our mo rocca can vouch for that. Amy schumer somehow found time to write and star in a movie. This is amy. I think you when you finished did you have ha moment going go, gosh. This was like really pulling back the curtain what is going on
Standing out of late in ways that the new director has been tasked to change. Well take a look at those not so secret challenges for the secret service ahead in our cover story. Then its on to American Music. And an album of photos from a near mythical era with Anthony Mason well look and listen. Its almost impossible to illustrate a history of American Music in the late 60s and 70s without the pictures of henry diltz. I love this of Joni Mitchell. Her very, very, very fine house. He shot some of the most iconic album covers of the rock air a. The photographs of henry diltz later on sunday morning. Funny girl amy sewell sir extending her funny bone into a whole new medium and still keeps her sharp wit as sharp as ever. Our mo rocca can vouch for that. Amy schumer somehow found time to write and star in a movie. This is amy. I think you when you finished did you have ha moment going go, gosh. This was like really pulling back the curtain what is going on with this girl . Do you remember