2015. I hereby appoint the honorable Randy Hultgren to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. We give you thanks, o god, for giving us another day. As you make available to your people the grace and knowledge to meet the needs of the day, we pray that your spirit will be upon the members of this peoples house, giving them the richness of your wisdom. Bless the members of the Minority Party as they gather these next days. May they, with those who accompany them, travel safely and meet in peace. Bless, also, the Majority Party as they return to their constituencies. Give them hearts and ears to listen well to all those whom they represent. May the power of your truth and our faith in your providence give them all the confidence they must have to do the good work required for service to our nation. May all that i
Im excited to be here on the 150th anniversary of the date godfrey weitzal occupy the house. People are surprised, they have not heard of him before. Over the next hour i will tell you why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when he walked out of here when you walk out of here. I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What an understatement that is to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive ben morris and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather was born in the United States in ohio. His parents were immigrants. His parents died at a young age when george was 18 months old. Im a blood wetiitzel. We have weitzels in the Confederate White House. We have some weitzels here today. Probab
He discusses his involvement in the fall of richmond in 1865. The museum of the confederacy hosted this event. [applause] mr. Quatman mr. Quatman a thank you for joining me. It is a visiting story the story that very few civil war buffs know. Ive given this talk all over the country and people are surprised, they have not heard of him before. Over the next hour i will tell you why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when you walk out of here. The book is actually on sale upstairs in the gift shop. I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What an understatement that is to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive and memoirs and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather was born in the U
Market makers. Happy halloween, im Erik Schatzker. Straight to get business. I can talk about the childrens holiday. Top business stories of the morning. U. S. Stock in record territory today. It is crazy. The dow and s p have been above their alltime closing highs. Investors getting a boost from japan central bank. The bank of japan unexpectedly increase the amount of money it is pumping into the system. That sent stocks jumping in japan and europe for the really moved over to the u. S. Isnwhile, the japanese yen getting hammered, falling to its lowest level in on the seven years. Earlier here, we heard from legend or hedge fund titan. I think it is a deliberate effort of the japanese to keep in their currency. Look, the governments all over the world are trying to cheapen their currency and cheapen bonds. Im in, we have a bubble now developing because we have forced bonds to almost no yield. Cheapen their currency. We will hear more from chilean oil, the julian price of crude tumbles
Kenosha, wisconsin, overnight. Police are searching for a man with a long gun who apparently opened fire on protesters and agitators. Police say two people are dead this morning and one injured after a group of heavily armed vigilantes took it upon themselves to police the streets. Many videos on social media show the chaos as some of these shootings played out. [ gunfire ] [ screaming ] he just shot that guy in the stomach [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] people are getting shot all around us people are just getting shot everywhere, guys. [ bleep ] its been three days since jacob blake was shot in the back seven times in front of his children. His family says he is paralyzed. Police have still not explained what happened or why they shot him. This morning, we have new video of the moments right before that shooting. Also breaking just moments ago, we just got word that hurricane laura is rapidly gaining strength and is now forecast to become a very powerful category 4 storm tod