so when he actually when he left the white house in early 53, he had had to take a loan out from a bank in washington to help make ends meet, and he also refused to commercialize the presidency. he would not take lucrative speaking fees. he would not sit on corporate boards, that sort of thing. i m glad the presidents still don t do that. so anyway, he was really kind of a poor guy. he was the last president to become a regular citizen again in a way, and so on this trip they stayed at hotels, and they ate at roadside diners, and they crashed with friends in indianapolis one night, and so it s kind of the story of this trip and also how being an ex-president has changed. yeah, they came to new york. they actually stayed at the waldorf in new york for four nights, and i was curious how they could afford that, and then harry saved all his correspondence and at the truman library i found a letter from the general manager of the waldorf saying, i hear you re coming to new york
the packard car company, which said you could go 300 miles in a day. i guess he was desperate for ads because he did not like cars. westin did not like cars just because he thought they made people walk less. ironically, westin in 1927, was crossing a street in manhattan and was hit by a car and was left crippled and never walked again and died two years later at the age of 90. o leary fareed a little better. he would stage walking exhibitions before major league baseball games. he would go out and challenge the fastest runner on the team to run around the bases twice while he walked around once and more often than not he won, and then he would pass the hat. literally, pass a hat through the stands collecting nickels and dimes and this is basically how he funded his retirement. the book, i have a scene where i imagine he performed before a game in chicago between the white sox and a s in 1927 and i imagine the players in the dugout were all born well, well after the golden ag
presidential library and museum hosted this event. first, i want to say good afternoon and thank some people. of course tim for letting me come and speak to you today. and of course samantha, who handled a lot of the publicity for the event. she did just a wonderful job. there was also a local radio station who did a great interview and between newspaper and radio, i m always appreciative of all the people who support your visit. i want to thank all of them before i get started. i m going to jump right into it and tell you why we are here. the kansas city monarchs were a negro league baseball team. perhaps most of you have heard of them. some of the great players maybe you heard of jackie robinson or satchel paige. organized 1920, 1920 four and one the first world championship. that was 90 years ago. way torying to figure a honor these brave men who purely play for the love of the game because they did not make great salaries back then. i decided i was going to visit 90 c
dow up 228 points. you re looking at a few red arrows with the dow down by 60 points. the nasdaq down by 13. a couple of other stories. let s take you through some of them this morning. february housing starts and building permits released at 8:30 eastern time. stocks expected to drop by more than 2% with the weather being a big factor. two well-known tech companies to post quarterly result afs the bell and then there s the buzz story of the day. apple tv and the wall street journal reporting this morning that the company is working with programmers to offer a bundled service of about 25 channels. now broadcasters as part of the bundle are said to include abc, cbs and fox but channels owned by cnbc s parent company comcast so far at least will not be part of the service. the price tag $30 to $40 for the bundle. they would include things like espn in that and the question that i have is whether the economics of whether we re actually seeing the true unbundling of all of th
goes down inn history as one of the most dangerous storms ever recorded. it is wreaking havoc in the pacific, crossing to the philippines and causing extensive damage with winds at 125 miles per hour. we report from the capital of manila. could be the most powerful typhoon ever to hit land. since dawn, wind up to 200 miles per hour struck the philippine central island. a the eastern province coastal town was swamped by the storm surge. streets turned into rivers of debris. satellite images tracked the typhoon s relentless progress. this is now headed to vietnam and southern china. of people have been urged to seek shelter. but some had chosen to stay. filipinos are well used to typhoons. they have had more than 20 this year, but none of them at this strength. and the country is still recovering from an earthquake last month that left hundreds dead and tens of thousands of people living in temporary shelter. today, those same people have to face a super typhoon. the leader h