E we will we will be watchins weekend. That will do it for us, have a great day, everybody, Varney Company begins right now. Stu, on your one day back, im giving you tossing it over so late. Im so sorry, stu. Stuart maria, for fox sports you can do anything you like, its as simple as that. Good morning, maria. Good morning, everyone. President trump held 18 conversations with journalists, bob woodward, included discussions of the virus threat and how the president handled it. The recordings are now public and they are at the center of latest political storm. The allegation is that he publicly down played the severity of the virus while privately acknowledging its danger. Joe biden went into attack mode instant i will saying it was a life and death betrayal of the American People. Speaking with sean hannity last night, the president said he didnt want to scare people and he didnt want to panic, he wanted calm. Yet again the media thinks theyve got the president on the run. Its worth poi
years making him perfectly positioned to contemplate the idea of presidential transitions a subject on which we re all focused in 2020 as we meet. ted is a distinguished lecture at the macaulay honors program at the city university of new york and has been a contributor to such publications as the washington post and the new yorker and well as the new york times for the times he edited the collection of online civil war cesquare centennial essays called disunion. and just two weeks ago. he wrote a beautiful times op-ed essay on the indirect number between james buchanan and abraham lincoln in 1860 and 1861. that op-ed was drawn from his new book lincoln on the verge 13 days to washington, which you i hope you see over one of my shoulders. i this one i m not gonna try to guess which one that is. it s a riveting account of the great succession winter. focusing not only on lincoln but on his surroundings. kind of a railroad passenger. i view of the north as lincoln slowly made h
to such publications as the washington post and the new yorker and well as the new york times for the times he edited the collection of online civil war cesquare centennial essays called disunion. and just two weeks ago. he wrote a beautiful times op-ed essay on the indirect number between james buchanan and abraham lincoln in 1860 and 1861. that op-ed was drawn from his new book lincoln on the verge 13 days to washington, which you i hope you see over one of my shoulders. i this one i m not gonna try to guess which one that is. it s a riveting account of the great succession winter. focusing not only on lincoln but on his surroundings. kind of a railroad passenger. i view of the north as lincoln slowly made his way from springfield and washington to become the most looked at president in american history up to that time. so it ted i m going to lead the conversation and then in around. at around 11 11 15. we will we will go to the q&a, but we ll have a good long tongue time t
Hosted this event. Its about an hour. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to New York Historical society. Im vicepresident for public programs. Im thrilled to welcome you to our spectacular robert h. Smith auditorium. Tonights program, the battle for new york, rallying and rioting, is part of the distinguished Speaker Series which is the heart of our public programs. We always want to thank mr. Schwartz for his support which enabled us to invite so many authors and historians. He would like to thank all the Council Members for all their great work and support. Lets give them all a hand. [ applause ] the program will last an hour and include a question and answer session. The q a will be conducted on note cards. You should have received a note card and pencil as you were entering. We will have our Staff Members circulating through. Just raise your hand if you want a card. They will be collecting them a little later in the program. There will be a normal book signing with our speakers. Copie
The largest fortunes and will history. This recorded this was recorded in 2009, it is about an hour and two minutes. Cominghanks for everyone this evening. Placerst tycoon takes its this year as the biography of record. One of the greatest and most neglected figures and American Business history. Cornelius vanderbilts been shipping route roads and finance spanned an incredible epic indie industrial in the Industrial Development of this industry. Rights, youhousand 19thcentury businessman it will vanderbilt and his impact on american history. , and unprovoked to be so fundamental over a. So formative for so long. The commodore lived to be 82. From the very beginnings of steamboat travel on the hudson river to the Seminal Supreme Court case. The federaled governments right to establish. Tate congress transatlantic travel, the California Gold rush, the growth of the United States into a continental nation. The start of travel across the nation and the planting of the seed that was to beco