Chair, the program committee. Dave and i thank you all for coming this evening to our lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be call
Lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be called the dutch canal 19th century engine of prosperity, because indeed it was. This is a
The equities tenyear yield is below the 5 we have been crossing over earlier in the week. Twoyear yield an above 5 oil is another interesting picture to watch wti has been trending up this morning after being down for the week down by over 6 . Lets bring the developing story from the middle east fighter jets launching a strike in two locations in Eastern Syria. The pentagon says this is linked to the Iran Revolutionary guard over attacks on u. S. Bases that began last week killing one u. S. Citizen and injuring 20 more the pentagon says the u. S. Does not seek escalation of any conflict and describes this as a separate issue from israel and hamas. You have to think the issues which emerged in israel with hamas have inflamed the situation. This is the Iranian Revolutionary guard with the attacks. It is hard to separate one from the other with Iranian Revolutionary guard proxies with hezbollah and hamas. If you watch the news and every time you watch it, you say this is the 17th attack s
Just watching as this subcommittee meeting coming together. The hearing featuring the lead singer of u2, bono, and also policy and foreign experts from the u. N. Here. Meeting today to talk about violent extremism. Live coverage here on cspan3. Well hear from state department and u. N. Officials and among the witnesses, again, the lead singer of the band u2. All right, folks. Take a seat. This is what its like to be chopped liver. The subcommittee will come to order. Hearing today is on the causes and consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance. I would like to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Demonstratety secretary of state tony blinken. Bono, lead singer of u2 and cofounder of one and red. General james jones, former National Security adviser, supreme allied commander in europe and president of the jones group international. And kelly complements, deputy United Nations high commissioner for refugees. Ill make a short opening statement. Let senat
100,000 a year can call 2027488002. If you are making over 100,000 a year, 2027488003. You can find us on social media as well. Each of the president ial candidates has released a tax proposal and they are dramatically different this year. The taxa chart from policy center that shows you just how different they are. Ted cruz would create a flat tax of 10 on all income. By awould decrease revenue trillion dollars over a decade. Over the decade. You can see donald trump has a similar plan, but his is lester dramatic. Less 17. 5 p 1 paying less, less than they are now. John kasichs plan is not fully fleshed out yet. Sanderss tax plan would increase the taxes on the top 1 by 33. 5 . Everyone would be paying more. Hillary clintons plan is the least dramatic. Would cost the country 1. 1 raise the taxes by 1. 1 trillion over the decade. The impact on most people would be fairly minimal. How do americans feel about these tax proposals . A recent gallup poll shows that 63 of americans support e