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again holds a prosperity. this land was made for you and me firmt me insert my belief that the only thing we have to fear is, fear itself. franklin time roosevelt gives his 1933 speech, a quarter of the nation is unemployed. the drought is persisting in key agricultural areas in the country. faith.le must have next hour,p in a stories from the great depression as we take you around the country to places like toledo. in 1931, 5 of the six largest banks which made it the largest ranking failure of the great depression. to successful infrastructure projects impacting us today. and to one ending in tragedy. paul,l take you to st. where depression era gangsters and the police force struck a bargain. impact ofplore the new deal programs like the asilian conservation corps we have just outside amarillo, texas. we would not have this year if it was not for the occupation core. ps. and we will hear about artists who tell details. feature our cities tour with a tr ....
now is in the southern section of puget sound, which is the washington state and pacific northwest great inland water. when the transcontinental railroad came, there was talk about one day being able to stand puget sound. it was not an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. federalhe depression programs, like the building of the coulee dam, there were big projects happening in the pacific northwest. mid-1930 s there was talk about creating a bridge over puget sound. it would reach from tacoma to the kit sap peninsula. this bridge was opened on the first of july in 1940. after two years of construction. bit of aa narrows is a wind tunnel. people working on the deck began to notice movement. lifts like airplane wing in the bridge. almost like horizontal movement they began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge, especially in the center span. bridge,s no suspension anything like this, anywhere in the pacific northwest. unfamiliarity of how a big thing like this was suppos ....
british protest singer billy bragg and will coffman. history has a habit of repeating itself every now and then and the songs that he was riding in the 1930 s an 1940 s and 50 s can often have an amazing relevance for what is going on now. i think it is about time people started listening to woody guthrie again. and we hear the legendary folk singer pete seeger describe his first meeting with woody guthrie. he took over for 20 minutes and entranced everybody. i come from oklahoma, you know. it is a rich state. if you want lead, we have lead. if you want coal, we have coal in oklahoma. woody guthrie. all that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. amy goodman: commemorations are being held across the country this year to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of the country s greatest songwriters, woody guthrie. born on july 14, 1912, in okemah, oklahoma, guthrie wrote hundreds of folk ....
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s friday, february 22nd. with us on set, as we take a live look at times square, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. with the former governor of pennsylvania and nbc news political analyst ed rendell and the host of politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. hi, reverend al. good morning. good morning. good morning, everyone. good morning. it s friday, huh? it is friday, right? is it? i think it is. the oscars this weekend, academy awards. and of course, hollywood is very excited about this. yes. louis bergdorf is going to be storming on the big parties. he s going to be going all to the fast food joints and stuffing food in his mouth on videotape. look at that. see, he s a very healthy boy. so anyway. isn t he supposed to be working for us? no. no. he s he s having fun. but, you know did you say he could do that? i think anybody in the control room, ....
sudd savor and explore, s dona the great indoors friskies indoor delights. feed the senses. why are why are you awake? producer john tower, you ve got a few good ones. i do. biff in new york. i want to nominate louis for an oscar for his inspiring performance on way too early. kristin also writes, i m up trying to figure out how way too early got chris kattan to guest host. ouch! i think of mr. peepers, that guy who ate the apple, like, in four seconds. and louis, i don t have any comments on. chris kattan, really? night at the roxbury. i don t even know how to do that. morning joe starts right now. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s friday, february 22nd. with us on set, as we take a live look at times square, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. with the former governor of pennsylvania and nbc news political analyst ed rendell and the host of politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpto ....