of really important historic civil war sights in this area if you go a few miles to the east in historic frederick, you ll see the national museum of civil war medicine, which is an excellent place to go if you d like to have a fun way of learning about how medical advances made in the civil war impact us and beneficial way even today nearby. that is the battlefield at monocacy important battle of the civil war now. if you go a bit west from this farm, you ll see the battlefield of antietam one of the most pivotal battles of the civil war and not far beyond that is harper s ferry historic site in the united states. so all of this is in this area if you re visiting these places the farm here at south mountain creamery is a great place to stop by you got great dairy and other food products here that you can enjoy here or bring home. so i highly recommend it and we re really fortunate to have the owner of south mountain creamery here tony, brusco and tony. would you like to tell
book that year and confederate goliath earned the prestigious award for civil war history given out yearly from the new york city civil war roundtable. let s give rod gragg a warm welcome. [applause] rod: thank you. rod: thank you. it is a pleasure for me to be in a room full of historians and i say that seriously because i have learned that i may write a lot but the folks who really know the civil war are those of you who read a lot. and i appreciate that. before i begin, if you don t mind, i d like to tell you the story about the young history major who decided after he got a bachelor s degree in history, he probably ought to get a masters degree in business so he could earn a living. [laughter] rod: so he was accepted, enrolled in a distant prestigious school of business and wondered soon after he got there if he made the right decision because he failed his first exam and so did everyone in the class. now, the professor was notoriously irascible, he came in after the ex
leaders talk about the president. heart pounding video shows police officer saving in arizona family from a burning home. fox and friends first starts right now. got the music benjamin: good morning from london. i am feeling rather reflective today when year after covid-19 being the credit pandemic and you have to look at the last year and wonder if the right choices were made, the right decisions, whether the cure is worse than the disease in your package coming up. looking forward to that. jillian: i feel sad over everything in the last year, the countless number of lives that have been lost as i feel hopeful that we have vaccines out there and we are on a path to moving forward and getting back to our lives and there are a lot of mixed emotions. benjamin: operation warp speed hopefully giving us the path out. we ve got to be grateful for that. good morning. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. jillian: thank you for joining us. the bid
Mr. Morath happy to be here. Host lets start with the headline from the wall street journal today the u. S. Economy , is hitting milestones not seen in more than a decade, marked by a robust hiring that has led to lowered unemployment and sustained pickup and output, Labor Department data shows nonfarm payrolls a seasonally adjusted record 86 straight months of expansion. It also says the Unemployment Rate is down to 4. 1 , down for two straight months holding at a 17year low. What is the reason for some of these positive figures . Mr. Morath we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion. We have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are seeing that starting to pay off for more and more americans. Businesses are seeing demands for their products and services, and they need workers to meet that demand. Host are there any surprises in this report so far . Is the economy over performing . Mr. Morath i think it is performing pretty close to
Its of expansion also says the Unemployment Rate is down to 4. 1 , down for two straight months the holding at a 17year low. What is the reason for some of these positive figures . Guest we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion to we have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are starting to see that they all for more and more americans. Businesses are seeing demands for their products and services, and they need workers to meet those demands. Are there any surprises in this report so far . Is the economy over performing . Guest i think it is performing pretty close to its peak capacity, which is what a lot of people are reporting. The other is the wages figure. We are not seeing the pickup in wages that we have seen when the Unemployment Rate has been near 4 . Host what does this say about the outlook . Ahe can we expect to come ad . Can we expect to see this continual uptick . The jobs far as market, i would expect to see a bit o