program was started by a three person committee, but they wanted they wanted to take it possible for american cities to commission an original work of art for that city. we were the first city to ever receive a grant from the endowment to be used specifically to commission an original work of art for a specific civic site. it was 16 years old. it was in the spring of 1930 and he was working at bill s place when he noticed a new car pulled up and stopped in front of this store. this big fellow stepped out any stepped into the entryway of the sedre and cost pau for a long time. ford asked him if you help him. the man city where leslie lynch king junior. he said no, i m gerald ford junior. he said you are my son, i m your father. i want to take you to lunch. welcome to grand rapids on american history tv. with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next 90 minutes we will take you to michigan s second-largest city. once called furniture city. we begin with a tour
constantly having conversations about what we are about screens and these characters. it is person. we debate all the time how truthful it is, and how personal it is. and some days it is like this is really personal, this isn t like us at all. so we change our opinion moment to moment,. rose: al hunt, julianna goldman, george stevens, paul rud, leslie mann and paul apatow when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following kohl qol captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. . rose: we re in washington where fiscal cliff negotiations continue. as we taped this program it is 5:30 p.m. the house of representatives is expected to vote on the republican plan b later it this evening. house majority leader eric cantor urged democrats to support the bill which extends the bush tax cuts on income over 1 million. we house republicans are taking concrete actions to avoid the fiscal cliff. absent a
constantly having conversations about what we are about screens and these characters. it is person. we debate all the time how truthful it is, and how personal it is. and some days it is like this is really personal, this isn t like us at all. so we change our opinion moment to moment,. rose: al hunt, julianna goldman, george stevens, paul rud, leslie mann and paul apatow when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following kohl qol captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. . rose: we re in washington where fiscal cliff negotiations continue. as we taped this program it is 5:30 p.m. the house of representatives is expected to vote on the republican plan b later it this evening. house majority leader eric cantor urged democrats to support the bill which extends the bush tax cuts on income over 1 million. we house republicans are taking concrete actions to avoid the fiscal cliff. absent a
welcome to the program. we re in washington for a conversation with al hunt and julianna goldman of blockberg news about the events this week, 9 fiscal cliff, questions about gun control, and others. was talking toome negotiating experts this week as i was work on a story about the relationship between the speaker and the president. and they say that in effective negotiation the person with the leverage needs to let the other party save face. and in this situation the president does hold the cards. he has the leverage and by giving the concessions on medicare, on medicaid, on social security, he would have taken a lot of heat from progressives who were already starting to hear that this week. and they that would have been through the saving face that could have helped john bayne never this. we continue with george stens founder of the kennedy center honors program and the american film institute. president kennedy said i look forward to an america that will not be afr
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