Consider Caroline Harrison as one of the most underage or to serve in this role. Well learn why in this segment of first ladies, influence and image. Here to tell us more about Caroline Harrison or two guests who know the office well. The first ladys historian, the director meredith of that enormously popular first ladies exhibit at this milled sonia. Its edi i thank you for coming in. And bills seale, white house historian, has spent his professional career understanding the history of that buildings. Among his books is the president s white house. And doctors, were going to start with an illustration tonight. For the government was spending a lot of money. Its she got into it by wanting to create a house, they were crammed in this house. The only lived upstairs. You see, understand on the picture, the middle of the upper picture, the columns and the street side of it the office was on the left. Its the east room was below that, and the other public rooms on the ground floor. Then the
The, there are on average 3 Train Derailments in the United States every single day. 3. Thats more than 1000. 00 derailments every year. Most of those are not serious enough to make that summer disasters trains to rail walk hurrying, dangerous chemicals or petroleum products. They catch fire, they contaminate land and ground water, they lead to the death and farm animals and sometimes even Railroad Employees and members of the public. Why is safety such a serious issue with the American Railroad industries . Why is the United States so very far behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to its railroads . And why has the government over the course of decades over the course of a century . Done almost nothing about it. Im john curiosity. Welcome to the whistle blowers. 2 2 2 2 2 2 here in the United States, were proud of the fact that we invented railroads. They were a product of American Ingenuity in the middle of the 19th century. It was the railroads that opened the west fo
For the airlines who most certainly do not want a National Training system. Those lobbyist also make Huge Campaign contributions to members of congress that in the end keep them in line and voting for the airlines over the railroads. But another reason is corporate greed. Why spend money on infrastructure when the federal government isnt committed to it any way . Why not just take the money that otherwise wouldnt have been spent and put it in the pockets of Corporate Executives and stockholders . Why not make trains longer so long when they pass through a town that everything has to come to a halt literally until they pass. That would save money after all and it would lead to even bigger profits. The most important issue here is of course safety. It seems like safety always comes 2nd to profits. How in the world that it becomes so normal in the United States to have 3 railroad the realm, its every single day, more than 1000. 00 a year. How did that become so normal, but its not even re
Politics as well . Well, going on l home cut could they is really posted in Affairs Expert from the university of tron. Thank you. Thanks. And as a countdown begins before the promised and read it idea of ground operation, the red cross has reported that more humanitarian planes arrived at the egypt sin i peninsula on saturday. Or 8 is held for Safe Delivery to gaza. Tricky, it has also sent aircraft carrying 8 supplies for gaza residents, which egypt is distributing following the violet escalation in christ to submit all the darkness. Some positives do shine, palestinians have seen a wave of support across the world with tens of thousands of people rallying in support of gaza from across the middle east, asia and the west. To enjoy it in which shares a border with palestine. Thousands of people flooded the streets of a mon to express their support for their neighbors. Hundreds of people were forcibly dispersed by jordanian riot police, with the officials banning anti is rarely protest
A product of American Ingenuity in the middle of the 19th century. It was the railroads that opened the west for settlement. Railroads made it possible for americans to settle california and to make it what it is today. Railroads made it possible for huge amounts of goods to be carried efficiently and cost effectively from one corner of the country to the other. So why hasnt the American Railroad industry evolved like it has in the rest of the developed world . Why, for example, does the us not have bullet trains . Why do many of the tunnels that are trans use the, to the period of the American Civil War in the 18 sixtys wire train sometimes so long that they block emergency vehicles, like ambulances, from getting people to hospitals until they die. Why does the United States not have a truly National Passenger train system . Like most other countries do . And why do they seem to constantly do rail often causing environmental disasters and the loss of life . Reasons are several fold. F