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apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those ferry services in new york harbor. the other guys who worked the harbor alongside him called him commodore as a way of teasing him. and it stuck. and then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass one of the largest fortunes in american history. the kind of fortune that leaves a mark. in 1917 right next to the then-brand new grand central station opposite vand built avenue, a huge new hotel went up with thousands of rooms. it was called the commodore hotel. it was named after correspond kneel i couldn t say, the commodore vand built. had a statute of him right out front. and that hotel was one of new york s big successful shmancy centrally located famous it was a big deal because the commodore hotel was a big landmark piece of new york real estate right next to grand central station. it also had this poetic storied connection to the great vanderbilt family. but it was a high-pro ....
people do once they get here and people who are more likely to succeed will get preference and those who are less likely to succeed divulge. what s wrong with that? took a very important points. the first is that the united states is not a company, it s not a school, it s a nation. second point, we want to make sure that we scrutinize every person coming here into the country, we want to make sure that they don t have any terrorist background, we want to make sure they don t have a violent criminal record. no one disputes that. let s get to this point, very important, the united nations ws created mainly in the declaration of independence because the king s restricted immigration, because the king of england said states, colonies, you can no longer bring people from other countries. what happened? american revolution, a beautiful idea of this nation came about. tucker: [laughs] the american revolution was spurred okay. [laughs] okay. let s back up a little bit. you said ....
funding, disaster relief, daca and border security and other important matters, that we ve been negotiating, and that i would like to bring to the floor, then they will stop their filibuster and this shutdown and let the negotiators get back to work. the congressional leaders tell me to negotiate with president trump. president trump tells me to figure it out with the congressional leaders. this political catch 22 never seen before has driven our government to dysfunction. rick: we ve got fox team coverage from our nation s capital garrett tenney at the white house with reaction from the trump administration. but let s kick things off with mike emmanuel on capitol hill. what s the latest on this bipartisan push to get a deal? we have got about two dozen moderate senators both republican and democrat meeting feeling like they need to get a deal to reopen the government as soon as possible. senator graham of south carolina is one of those senators, he
told us they need to try to g ....
On this day in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor as a gift of friendship from the people of France. It was met with great fanfare, despite having been shipped in more than 200 cases and in hundreds of individual pieces. In the months that followed, its pedestal was completed and it was reassembled, and the Statue of Liberty was officially dedicated on Oct. 28, 1886. Later, in 1924, it was designated as a National Monument. The colossal copper statue has been tended to by employees of the National Park Service since 1933. ....