Now inside the white house President Donald Trump hosting folks k through 12 years old professionals. Higher education folks and parents and students. The president speaking right now in this moment in the news conference. Talking about going back to school, how important that is not just for parents but also kids themselves. The white house saying if schools follow the cdc guidelines then opening up will be done safely. Listen to this. Very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools to get them open and it is very important. It is very important for our country. It is very important for the well being of the student and the parents. Reporter the head of cdc came out actually said urging schools to open. No one at the white house here is pushing a one size fits all approach. Health and Human Services secretary said some areas hit harder by the coronavirus will have to adjust but still can reopen. Not going to be the full experience. It will not be th
And partisan attacks. We are now in the process of defeating the radical left. And his promise about controversial monuments. Well never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues. Act of defiance. Despite the president s warning, protesters in baltimore toppling a statue of Christopher Columbus as the crowd cheers and tossing it into the harbor. The latest statue to be torn down in major cities across america. And kanyes surprise. The singer who looked comfortable during his 2018 visit to the white house, making an announcement about his future plans, setting off his own july 4th fireworks. Good morning. President trump offering some verbal fireworks before the fireworks, and unlike his mt. Rushmore event the day before, he addressed the pandemic, blaming china. Saying that country must be held accountable. The president spoke on the white house lawn where very few people were Wearing Masks. This on a day where coronavirus cases increased in 39 states. Deaths rose in 14 states. South
Exploring the american story. Book tv, American History tv, we travel to amarillo texas. Well experience in the city of about 200,000 starting with an the largest canyon. And then we will learn about kansas citys developments on amarillo. And then step in a specially made rail card used to move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later a trip to the panhandle plains. We start at the canyon state park. The experience today is a lot like it has been. Even today it is quite a sharking experience. The fact that i get to come see this every day sometimes i have to take in. The canyon has been forming for about a million years or so. It runs from here over to silverton. You can make a good case that it is at least 80 miles in length itself. It is the second largest canyon in the United States. Its not a single canyon. There are many that branch off to the sides. Were standing in an area now where we can see three canyons from where were at right now. Its much bigger than people realiz
Edward lawrence will have airline news in a minute. But, lauren, we start with you. Lauren all right. Well the good news today, guys the rally we saw all day held into the close. Look at that, the dow up 1 1 2 . The nasdaq up 2. 1 . I will give you three Major Regions for the rally today, you touched on some of them. All 50 states eased their lockdown restrictions. The fed. We got the minutes. They are discussing ways to provide even more support to the economy. And tech, once again in the drivers seat. Take a look at amazon and facebook shares. They did hit record highs. Did they close at record highs . Facebook, yes that is a record high. Amazon, oh so close. Facebook though, they announced a new on line marketplace that can compete with amazon and others. That is why you see a 13dollar gain for the stock. Dow positive for the month of may. Nasdaq and s p 500, leadership was broad. Again it was in energy, financials and materials. Much of the power behind the rally that we saw on mon
There is no phone or telephone there. There is a nice view but i have my back to the view but i wont be tempted by it. It is far enough from the house. There you see general washington and some of his soldiers marching along. I hope they show it at the end of it. Always a little slow catching up. Thats my example. Thats the one. He is hes always a little behind. I work out there because when the children were young i did not want them to have to be Walking Around it is a call for me to really look in front of me. That is one of the earliest photographs of the capital i love that photograph. It is carved as it is indicated there into that mantelpiece at the state state dining room at the white house. That is the map of boston which figures very importantly in the book i am working on now and of course it figured very importantly at a contemporary map. I take everything and there is a wonderful korean drawing i think its one of the best and most representative of him ever done. I love dr