And how many were enslaved including those born free in the north. Enjoy American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now, a hearing on the Health Concerns of veterans exposed to dangerous chemicals in uzbekistan known as k2. A veteran told members of the House Oversight committee that more Scientific Data is needed before providing health care and disability benefits to veterans who served at the base between 2001 and 2005. Hearin this is about 90 minutes. Ecur ity all right. Good morning, everyone. O welcome to todays hybrid will hearing of the national Oversight Committee on the committee of oversight and me government reform. Pursuant to house rules, some persons will appear remotely anl some in person via webex. Ce mas. Let me remind everyone from thea latest guidance from the house. Physician all individuals attending this hearing in persos will have to wear a face mask. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaki
Country. Already getting crowded out there, including to chicago and los angeles. Always crowded in los angeles. Speaking of l. A. , the mayor Eric Garcetti is urging people not to travel or he will fine you. Also ahead, we have one Restaurant Owner who is openly defying his states mask mandate. No masks for customers, no masks for employees. Hes here in the 10 00 a. M. Hour to explain. But lets take a look at the futures, why dont we. One day after the dow surged past that 30,000 mark, just down a little bit in the premarket, as you can see on the dow and s p. The nasdaq up about. 25 . We will see where it goes today. Yes, weve got a big show lined up. Varney Company Begins right now. Ashley little bit of funk courtesy of sly and the family on this eve of thanksgiving, get you in the mood. We are also going to bring you this. Cdc director Robert Redfield on vaccine distribution. Roll it. The vaccine is going to begin to be rolled out probably by the end of the second week of december.
1926. 26 . How old are you . I will be 91 this friday. Be 91. Look too young to what is the secret . George my wife. She kept me. How long have you been married to her . Onrge it will be 66 years june 17. Years, wherer 66 were you born . Born in the state of washington in 1926. Tell me about your family, when you were growing up. George my dad worked for the railroad and we originally came from North Carolina so i grew up in North Carolina. I have been in two states mostly. How many schools have you went to . Bonlee high school beard high school. Bonlee high school . Washington . Of george it was in North Carolina. When did you graduate . George in 1945. Since 1926, you went through the Great Depression . George you were four years old yes. You were four years old when the Great Depression happened. How was it . George my great grand father got laid off by it. I got to know him as a kid. We lived on a farm in north acres, about 90 acres of farmland. It must have been hard. George oh ye
To act in libya following the resignation of the Un Special Envoy and support the Asian Champions League continues to be disrupted by the corona Virus Outbreak only one in 8 groupings will be going ahead as planned as asian as malaysian champions j d t prepare to house see one of the wings. Starting in syria where Turkish Forces have shot down a Syrian Government warplanes in a province the military says its all part of a new operation against damascus in northwestern syria also 8 civilians killed in this explosion in city which is rebel controlled dozens of others injured there Syrian Government forces backed by rusher of been conducting strikes on the area for months theyve taken control of a sort of keep city as well that is in the country side of it live but also southern syria an increase in finding their Government Forces have killed 5 civilians in daraa have burned homes theyve taken dozens of young men to Detention Centers as well. Yeah we are telling you to get the army out of
Further. Bp shares jump after it sheds alaska assets for 5. 6 billion pulling out of the state after 60 years as it seeks to boost its Balance Sheet thomas cook agrees to key terms of a rescue package with stake holders sending shares sharply lower as brokers warn it may lead to a delisting of the stock a very warm welcome to street signs big day in italy not only on a political front but we have a little bit of data on the confidence front we have Italian Consumer confidence for the month of august thats fallen to 111. 9 versus july at 113. 3. In terms of business confidence, that has fallen to 98. 9 versus 101. 2 in july so that is below the 100 level. Thats fallen to 9. 7 a ton census looking for 99. 8 and thats dropl whiche have seen in july. So moral taking a hit. He called the end to the coalition and called for a snap election now you just saw there on the screen, the euro trading slightly higher versus the dollar you can see its fairly resilient. Let me bring you up to speed in