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Being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share with you, i think, a story and a moment in American History that is one of the, for me, more important moments of the late 19th and the early 20th century. It holds a lot of significance in this period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be the subject of my new book so ive been living and breathing in this period and in this moment which again i think is very, very significant for 1916 or for the nation, in ways i will try to make clear. So what ill do today is kind of start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916, during this moment, during this sunshine, and then ill spend some time in really three parts talking about why its significant and why its important to American History and our story. But let me ....
Im come out santa maria welcome to the news grid calls for National Spanish unity in barcelona yes catalonia voted for independence and the threat to break away as soon as this week is still there but this sunday we see a reminder there are still plenty of people in the province who say that madrids will also on the grid of the Free Syrian Army advances on it les abend turkey waits and support the rebels are promising a fierce battle against anyone entering their territory but the rebels have also lost a lot of ground this year we can show you just how much and what chance they have of holding on and the end of an era approaches in liberia africas first female leader Ellen Johnson sirleaf has been president for twelve years now and so twenty candidates are campaigning to replace her in tuesdays election hell be lookin ....
Show up in the past 30 minutes and i want to show you this crowd here at Civic Center Park. As you can see, theres one gentleman holding an American Flag there, but for the most part a very sparse crowd. Maybe a few dozen here, if that, right now. But of course our rally set to the start at 2 00 p. M. At the Civic Center Park in berkeley. Lets go ahead and show you the view from our nbc sky ranger. You can see there, it is a very sparse crowd here, at least at this point, because the rally is not supposed to start for a couple of hours. But this was organized in response to ann coulters scheduled appearance today at uc berkley. It was cancelled by the university, who cited security concerns with that visit. The university tried to reschedule, but clearly it didnt work out. This comes months after the violent protest ....
Reducing the number of tax brackets from 7 to 3. The Administration Says it will boost the economy and help close the budget gap. The republicans have avoided responsibility of paying for their tax cuts. The president s tax plan would also eliminate the estate tax. Critics. Entire plan say it could add trillions to the deficit. Groups protesting today in San Francisco say the tax plan should focus on lower income workers. The demonstrators will gather at noon at the federal building. So when is Congress Expected to vote on a bill . Reporter michelle, thats still up in the air. But the initial deadline was august but the Administration Says they are hoping to get something done by the end of the year. Michelle . All right. Jessica, thank you. As lawmakers ....
Doors. Hes good. He kicks it. Yeah. And brings it home. I am sorry. Van morrisson, if youre watching, anyway. We do have mostly clear skies. We do . Yes, we do. There is cloud cover to the south. Jbm said thank you for helping me make informed commute and outfit choices. Were happy to do that. And by the way, charlie wrote me on facebook and said i am still watching you here in arkansas. Charlie in arkansas thank you for watching. We appreciate that and that is what he said. I believe him and a lot of rain in arkansas the not here and that is moving out quickly. The High Pressure is building. The breeze is a factor and that is developing later on. Fortys and 50s on the temps and 40 in kelseyville. , petaluma, bodega bay and were trying. Yes, santa rosa new north at 9 and that is a sign of things to come. Mostly sunny today, the system digging in and into the four corners. The High ....