Spicey [ light laughter ] according to a new poll, americans find former fbi director james comey to be more trustworthy than president trump. Also more americans prefer pepsi to the bottle marked rat poison. [ light laughter ] shocking polls. There are some shocking polls out there. [ light laughter ] labor secretary Alexander Acosta spoke to the press this afternoon and pushed for wider use of Apprenticeship Training for people who, quote, learn better by doing. Of course learning by doing doesnt always work for everyone. [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] attorney general Jeff Sessions will testify tomorrow in front of the Senate Intelligence committee in an open hearing. Though he almost didnt have to. [ laughter ] just got in there. President trump yesterday called former fbi director james comey cowardly. Though, if comey is the cowardly one, im pretty sure trump is the one without a brain. [ cheers and applause ] puerto rico this weekend voted to ask congress to recogniz
The state department is no longer cancelling the visas of those from countries mentioned in president Donald Trumps executive order. Good news for those who have been protesting the ban at airports all over the country. Kron fours Spencer Blake is live at sfo tonight with more on what this reversal means. Spencer. I spoke to an immigration attorney todayand she says everything is back to the status quo right nowso people on flights to the us right now ashould have a much easier time when they arrive at the airport. Because of a washingon state federal judges ruling fridaythe controversial travel ban youve heard so much about is not currently in effect. Usually a stay is an Equitable Relief to stop things until there can be a full hearing. To fall in line with the ruling, the state department is now allowing anyone with a valid visa to enter the us. The department of Homeland Security is no longer telling airlines to stop visa holders from boarding planes to the us in those seven mostly
Mrs. Pratt had five of them. The largest collection outside of russia, more than the queen of england owns and she had them here in this house. Later on she donated them to the Virginia State museum. So today you could see them in one of the rooms down there. She predeceased mr. Pratt by a number of years. He lived here by himself up until 1975 when well into his 90s he died and at that point he gave the house to the National Park service. Realizing its historical importance. Thanks to the jens rossty of this man that we are able to show the house to you. I hope you enjoy it. If the you have any questions ask me and of course, we have a lot of interesting things going on on the front grounds today as well. So please take advantage of those as well. The gardens were on the front of the house. Entirely obliterated. If you look at pictures, we have one on the fireplace, of that side of the house during the war, youll see no garden. After the war was over in the 1920s they then moved the g
Original ceremony was held on may 10, 1869. Included on this ties a list of the dignitaries from that company, including leland stanford, and the big four are all marked there. Another thing you can see on this site is a connection with the resources that would have the twoilable to companies building the railroad. We have mocked up everything to make it as authentic as possible. If you look on the west side, you will see the cut ties. The Central Pacific had they cut all of their ties and brought them down from the mountain. The Union Pacific from the east had to hand cut their ties wherever they could find wood. Not a lot available in the area so they would split them and you can see them mocked up, how they would cut them and bring them out when they could. The Transcontinental Railroad was happening at the end of the victorian age as you are going into the industrial age. It was a perfect time for the United States. When that Transcontinental Railroad was complete, it made a major
Presbyterian ministry. When he first came to augusta, he was making 2,500 a year and was provided a home on green street, but in 1860, they liked him so much and they wanted him to stay, so they sweetened the pot, so to speak, and raised his salary to 3,000 a year. And bought a new house which is the one were in today. Where the family moved in 1860. To give you an idea of what 3,000 was in those days, most families in the United States depending on where they lived and their certain circumstances, but most families lived on between 300 and 800 a year, so he was making first 2,500 and then 3,000 a year, which was a large income. And we today own exactly the same property that the wilsons occupied in 1860s. This is the pass through study that Joseph Wilson would have spent a lot of his time during his congregational work, preparing sermons, meeting with parishioners, keeping congregational records. But it was remembered by Woodrow Wilsons younger brother Joseph Wilson jr. As being lined