Thank you good evening. Im bret baier. Israel expanding Ground Operation in lebanon warning some communities to evacuate and for the second night in a row, massive explosions just within the past few minutes inside beirut. Here at home, as some residents return home in North Carolina, another huge storm threatens to strike the east coast. Well bring you the radar and where its headed. And a report from the Homeland Security Department watchdog claims current Vetting Practices for migrants could be creating risks for u. S. Citizens. Bret but, breaking tonight, officials are warning the strike at ports along the East And Gulf coast of the u. S. Could impact hurricane relief, President Biden saying Today Proprogress is being made in negotiations, some governors are not having it with states with major ports they are saying its crucial for the union to reach an agreement and soon. The comments come as the number of vessels stuck nears 50 tonight with the backlog estimated to double by The
He steered him towards a career in retail and lined up an internship for j. C. Junior and he started understanding retail from those experiences. Thats where he cut his teeth. He had agricultural projects but his plan was to work his way up the store. Is father died from t. B. And j. C. Was at risk of that. His initial move was to come out west to denver of all places and started as a sales clerk in what was called a department store, one of the Main Department stores that has been taken over by dillards. He had the opportunity to use his savings and buy his own butcher shop north of denver. He wasnt happy in a big city and moved. And he had deep religious values that forbade him from drinking. His dad had a big influence. He didnt realize that his greatest clients were the local hotel and chef that was there but the chef expected a bolt of whiskey with every order of meat. J. C. Provided the bolt of whiskey and felt guilty and decided im not going to do it anymore and lost the busines
At the end of the day, 31 democrats joined all of the republicans in the vote to begin the impeachment inquiry into president clinton. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road, with support from our spectrum cable partners. This weekend we traveled to laramie, wyoming. Coming up in the next hour and 10 minutes, well experience the history of this western city with a population of about 32,000. In about 10 minutes, well learn about senator Allen Simpson through his papers at the American Heritage center. After that, a tour of the wyoming territorial prison, where outlaws of the wild west were held, including Butch Cassidy. And later, we visit the deerwood ranch wild horse ecosanctuary to hear about its relationship with the bureau of Land Management. We begin our special feature with a visit to a mansion to hear about the early days of the city. Were in the mansion that edward ivenson built in 1892, and it is now the h
The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as we take booktv and American History tv on the road. With support from our spectrum cable partners, this weekend we travel to laramie, wyoming. In about ten minutes, hear about the influence that the Energy Industry has in the state of wyoming, and then after that, a visit to ivanson mansion to learn about the early days of the city. Then, in about 45 minutes, hear how the sport of rodeo became a symbol of the american west. We begin our special feature with a conversation about retail pioneer jcpenney. Like most people in wyoming at the turn of the century, he was a transplant. He was born and raised in missouri, but i think j. C. Penney was a country boy at heart. I think we see that in terms of the life that he lived. Even though he was in wyoming for roughly ten years and spent the balance of his life in new york city, he never lost that essence of who he really was as this country boy who liked small towns. And so when you lo
Mansion thatn the Edward Ivinson built in laramie, wyoming in 1892. It is now the home of the Laramie Plains museum. It has been restored. For about 10 years, it was vacant. People broke in vandalized the , building. It has been a long and fruitful to make it into this Wonderful Museum we have here that highlights the ivinson family and historical issues from the past in laramie, wyoming. Edward ivinson was born on the island of st. Croix in the caribbean. He lived there for seven years. His father moved there from northwestern england to manage a sugarcane plantation. He wound up in new york city. While he was there, he met a young woman. He was 23, she was they ran away 16. To jersey city, new jersey to get married. Eventually like a lot of young folks, they moved west to make their fame and fortune. And eventually wound up in laramie, wyoming. The family had been living in memphis, tennessee. He decided to move the family to california. And the way he thought he would get to califor