He was sent to prison for his crimes. Brook aster died in 2007, at the age of 105. With her passing from the end of an American Fortune. On the one hand, the aster family leaves a legacy of civic involvement, and philanthropy. On the other hand it has a shocking legacy of capitalist, advantage taking of people who are really in dire straits. So like most great fortunes if you scratch the surface a little bit there are a lot of unfortunate lessons about human nature you can come to. The aster money may be gone in america, but you can still see the aster name all over new york city. Especially in aster place in greenwich village, but on the walls of the subway stop, especially in the stock around greenwich village. On the walls you will find ceramic tiles depicting beavers. The source of the Fortune John Aster had ruthlessly and relentlessly card of the american wellness. The book asked for the rise and fall of the American Fortune is out, now i hope you enjoy it. News continues the sour
Only rescue eight people at a time. they think a barge traveling through the bay is responsible for that ice breakage. just incredible video there. meanwhile, severe weather events are taking a very costly toll on the u.s. a new report from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says weather disasters have cost the u.s. $750 billion over just the last five years. and the country endured 20 weather and climate disasters in 2021 alone, each cost at least $1 billion in damage. we re talking the record-shattering heat wave that triggered wildfires across the west, the devastating out of season tornado outbreak near the end of last year. let s bring in now cnn chief climate correspondent, bill we re. the report was just released, bill. what are you learning about it? well, as you said, $20 billion disasters in a single year. that s only happened twice. and those two years were 2020 and 2021. and we knew it was going to be