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ethan allen was one of vermont s founding fathers. he was the first colonel commandant of the original green mountain boys, and the green mountain boys were at one time the largest paramilitary force in north america, if not for the actions of ethan allen, and the other green mountain boys, vermont may very well have looked different than it does today. announcer: welcome to burlington, vermont on american history tv. located on lake champlain, about 45 minutes south of the canadian border. it is home to the university of vermont, and it is the state s most popular city with about 42,000 residents. our comcastp of cable partners, over the next 75 minutes, we will explore the city and region. we begin on the waters of lake champlain. to hear how important it was to the city s origins. welcome to lake champlain. we are out here today on the spirit of ethan allen interiors. great opportunity to tip to talk about america s first great lake when it comes to historic si ....
weekend, every weekend on c-span three. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. the history of burlington, vermont is tied directly to lumber, textiles and even politics. next, we speak with local historians about the history of burlington and its role in vermont. vince: we are standing above what in the 1790 s was referred to as burlington bay on lake champlain. of course, the fact that it is on lake champlain is part of the reasons why we have the city here today. the early europeans, the new englanders who came up here, allen, saw the potential of burlington bay as a port city. lake champlain flows north and it flows into the richelieu river. which then flows into the st. which gives burlington, interestingly enough even though it is an in land place, access to the atlantic ocean. early settlers saw that and became interested. but the area really did not take off, despite the attempts by ira allen to make this an important place by putting ....
morning. i will always answer your phone calls, willie. save that voice. thank you for saving the day. coming up this morning, dylan has a hopeful forecast for the end of this record-breaking weather. plus, after the white house was shaken by that new behind-the-scenes tell-all book fire and fury, president trump held a rare q&a session with reporters on saturday, this just hours after he wrote on twitter that he s a very stable genius. we ll talk to chuck todd about it all in just a moment. and we ll head to hollywood where there s a big spotlight on the golden globe awards in the wake of the sexual harassment scandals that have rocked the entertainment world. the question now, what protests are in store tonight? and later, willie s sunday sit-down with one of the nominees, liev schreiber, who is nominated for a fifth straight year. his two sons with actress naomi watts are quick to remind dad that he s still looking for his first globe. are the kids comi ....
two sides are talking again. it took the olympics to bring them together but there s hopes that the talks will lead to deeper discussions on other topics like north korea s controversial nuclear missile program. ben tracey has more. this scene seemed unthinkable just weeks ago. five men from the south, five from the north shaking hands. dire warnings of war replaced with warmth. the north koreans said they are serious and sincere offering invaluable results. they could afford the optimism because the conversation was not about kim jong un s nuclear program, instead focusing mainly on north korea s attendance at next month s winter olympics. the north offered to send a high level delegation including athletes, a cheering squad and sports groups. the south asked that the two countries marched together and resume reunions of families separated. it s a big win for south korean president moon jae-in who called it the peace olympics. the olympics is not going to sol ....
rising. but general feeling is one of where we are down for the third day in four days after dropping for the first week. equities are declining and stocks falling, currencies falling against the dollar include the pound, the euro, the danish krone, the swiss franc. rising, andare getting back to the bond market, betting on spanish bond outperformance versus italy s performance is a question many are asking. the upgrade from fish, traders have been lessened there s a listen through the e-cig about italian less enthusiastic about italian trading. chart, see this from the from a low 24 basis points a month ago. our police strategists recommend barclays strategists recommended closing the trade against spanish bonds. spainis underperforming and the bulk of a divergence is done. time will tell. a big week for eurozone data, wonderful chart highlighting economic confidence. the blue line s employment growth in the white line is gdp growth rate the green bars, a lot of ....