Biggest day on record busiest day on record. 99 million was paid out that day. Hectic. Everything was done manually. No computers. The money was sent out to local banks around south florida , including the First National bank of homestead. We got deliveries every day, every morning early. We got large amounts of cash and lots of march bills. The fed essentially give us whatever we wanted, whatever we needed. Thursday, august recess, south florida is just beginning the long process of rebuilding. Hurricane andrew has left more than 300,000 people without homes. It is the most expensive Natural Disaster in u. S. History. Many people did everything they could to help their neighbors, including workers at the fed. The Federal Reserve is like that main bank. You go to your mom for help. That is what they were doing. The banks were in need of cash. The people were in need of cash. We were there for all of the banks and all of the people. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. 1979, cspan was cr
For the next hour, an history tv exclusive, our cities tour visited spokane, washington, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. Or six years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities bringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. Can watch more of our visits on cspan. Org slash citiestour. Thing about bing crosby, is legacy and memory was that he was well balanced. He was not needing for fame. Even seek it. It totally surprised him. In s often mentioned today general 20th century histories influenceshe calming on American History. He was the voice that people istened to in the 1930s on hard. When things were so that was bings role in american be sort of ind of he nextdoor neighbor, commonsensical approach to, you know, life and so forth. He modelled that. Goes back to his life neighborhood. Tomah, s born in to washington, on the west side of his state. His family f 3, moved to spokane. His dad took a position at a in spokane. Y they rented a house just a
The fighting was near the city of marja where the taliban has made recent gains. A medical helicopter sent to rescue casualties was forced to land and has yet to be recovered. It is confirmed that the at least one american was killed. And president obamas plan for unilateral gun control. Craig boswell is at the white house with details on why the president is taking the action and what opponents are saying. Craig president obama says he wont wait for congress to take action on gun control. President obama every year more than 30,000 americans have their lives cut short by guns. Craig the president s plan includes requiring dealers that sell guns on the internet and at gun shows to provide background checks. Changing a federal privacy rule to keep people from Mental Program from possessing guns. Asking people at the bureau of alcohol tobacco and explosives and hiring more than 200 30 additional fbi employees to process background checks. President obama thats what we are here today, not
Planes as well had the same exact problem. And now, according to flight 182 entrout denver from spokane, it was delayed because the plane was on the taxiway at 5 40 this morning and hit slippery conditions causing the nose heels to slide off. Luckily none of the 160 passengers or seven crew members aboard the plane were injured. And united got tte passengers off the plane, and it was a long and probably scary day for those 160 passengers today. Live from the d. I. A. , denver 7. Sally, thann you. And another breaking story a u. S. Ssrvice member was killed and two others wounded during an aatack in afghanistan today. This happened during an operation in the hellman province of afghanistan. We will keep you updated as we learn more. They cannot hold america hostage. We do not have to accept this carnage at the price of freedom. President obama addressing his executive on gun control. He says despite his ove, lawmakers still need to address this issue. He even got emotional at one point,
Like, feinstein didnt offer specifics but she borrowed another page from the president s republican critics warning of paris style attacks here. I think they do have the capability to hit in the United States. Reporter essentially, suggesting that preventing an attack in the United States now requires sending more troops to the middle east. If we dont change our strategy and come up with a ground component, there will be another 9 11. What i do know do is to take actions either because it is going to work politically or in the abstract make america look tough. Or make me look tough. Reporter so growing pressure on the president to do more. What exactly that should look like, theres no consensus. But here you have Dianne Feinstein rejecting the president s policy and warning of possible attacks here in the United States. And the other day the president used rhetoric saying that his critics were popping off but i dont think you can look at Dianne Feinstein and say she is popping off. She