Ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky, and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. And we are in henry clays parlor r parlor right now. Let me introduce you to jim plotter, historian. Thank you for being with us. Good to be here. Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . On a couple of accounts, his famous quote, i would rather be right than be president. Its a call to people whatever were doing, which is to do the right thing. In a sense, politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country and i think that is still something that we need to remember, as well and the man known as the great compromiser, and a man that forges these compromises that not only kept the nation together, but were constructive and those are the kinds of things we need to remember about henry clay as well as the things that he did in
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Good evening. I am delighted and really honored to be here to talk about the battle for life champlain in 1814. Been thinking about for several years have i seen the bicentennial coming. I have not been a student of the war of 18 well my whole life. I of 1812 my whole life. I connected with the shipwrecks through Lake Champlain. Over the last several years, we have been traveling with our our Reach Program in interpreting the war of 1812, knowing that in 1914, we were going to have an opportunity to talk about the things that happened here, which we think are really very important and very special. Its also important to acknowledge that september 11 is a powerful date in history. I spoke to my elderly mom today in new york city, and she told me she was watching tv where they were reciting the names of all the folks who lost their lives back in. My brother, my cousin, my dad, all of those losses that hap pened. I feel for that. In fact, in the aftermath of 9 11, i was traumatized enough
That in just a few minutes. Rate growing faster than expected in january. Lets bring Stephen Engle to flesh out the numbers. Better here. A little better is right. 16. 1 increase in Foreign Direct Investment into china in january after a 3. 3 increase in december. We were expecting about a two and a half percent increase, so it was a sizable jump on word upwards in investment. If you are looking at the number 206 billion. S we are getting numbers from a press conference saying this jump in january was in line with their expectations, even though it didnt match the median expectation by economists. Also they are saying this 15 rise was due largely to growth in Services Industry investment, and the spokesperson goes on to say this momentum will continue throughout the year. This is the 12th straight month of fdi increases into china following eight straight month of declines during 2012, so there is increasing optimism the sustainability of the chinese economy is going to reap rewards fo
Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. It is 6 00 here in london on a tuesday morning. Moberg reports are standing by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Bloomberg reporters are standing by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Why it is chilcote will talk about the possible data Ryan Chilcote will talk about the deal. Le activis Jonathan Ferro has more. We are looking ahead to car sales figures next hour. Another month of growth would keep the industry on track. Since 2000expansion seven. News overnight from the bank of japan that boosted Lending Programs a while sticking to the plants unprecedented asset purchases. Zeb joins us. Good morning to you. The bank of japan is signaling to the market that the stimulus perhaps is on the way after the disappointing gdp report we got yesterday showing a slowness and weakness in terms of the economic recovery. The third arrow of abenomics may not be working as planned. The bank of japan said it will double t
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