american car and foundry alone employs 9,000 people, building railroad cars.ncent, a classic go-getter, sets up his own tailor shop on front street. >> my father's a workaholic, and he's a perfectionist. he was very successful because he just was determined to be successful. >> from tailoring men's suits to selling them, vincent's reputation spreads beyond his corner store. >> he had people from all over come to buy the suits from him because no one else could fit suits like my father could. >> through the '60s and early '70s, vincent is in his element. he's confident in the future and borrows money to expand. in fact, he borrows more than he should. >> he started to put women's clothing in, and then when another store became available, he bought that one, as well, and opened up and made a bigger women's shop. >> vincent becomes so used to things booming that he's slow to react when factories like american car and foundry shut down and big new malls start luring shoppers away from the old downtown. >> my father just kept trying to reinvent himself. he was doin

all foundries have a furnace. the solid metal into this that and it becomes mobile, -- becomes molten, just like in the movie "terminator." cast, whichough then goes to the finishing processes. that it has to be welded. after that is accomplished, then it goes to be powder coated. curederally is baked and into this super hard, durable finish, much better than paint. all of our loudspeakers have steel stands or infrastructure. all of those elements are powder coated. the mill is essentially our laboratory. it is our reference, listening space, where we can put elements , evaluated together them, and decide what direction we want to take with new products and technologies. there are things we have never surpassed in terms of sound quality. waysndustry has moved in that aren't about the ultimate sound quality, but about size, convenience, and cost. none of this stuff is convenient, small, or cheap, but it does represent the best sound that has really ever been made. all of our loudspeakers are made out of pennsylvani

old foundries, they have a furnace.it becomes molten, like just out of the movie "terminator." it's poured into a sand mold, it goes in, hardens. the sand is blasted away, and you have a rough casting, which then goes to the various finishing processes. ♪ jonathan: then it has to be welded, edge treatment. after that is accomplished, then it goes to be powder coated, where it literally is baked and cured like into this super hard, durable finish, much better than paint. all of our loudspeakers have steel stands or infrastructure, and all of those elements are powder coated. ♪ jonathan: the mill is essentially our laboratory. it's our reference listening space. it's where we can put elements, new and old together, listen to them, evaluate them, and decide what direction we want to take with new products, new technologies. there are things that were never surpassed in terms of sound quality. the industry has moved in ways that are not about ultimate sound quality, but about size, convenience, and cost. and none of this st

. ♪ jonathan: old foundries, they have a furnace. molten, like just out of the movie "terminator." it's poured into a sand mold, it goes in, hardens. the sand is blasted away, and you have a rough casting, which then goes to the various finishing processes. ♪ jonathan: then it has to be welded, edge treatment. after that, that is accomplished, then it goes to be powder coated, where it literally is baked and cured like into this super hard, durable finish, much better than paint. all of our loudspeakers have steel stands or infrastructure, and all of those elements are powder coated. ♪ jonathan: the mill is essentially our laboratory. it's our reference listening space. it's where we can put elements, new and old, together, listen to them, evaluate them, and decide what direction we want to take with new products, new technologies. there are things that were never surpassed in terms of sound quality. the industry has moved in ways that are not about the ultimate sound quality, but about size, convenience, and cost. and none of this s

meow: welcome to bio foundry, australia's first open access molecular biology lab.inister as it can sometimes sound, biohacking has turned into an exciting new field. it is do-it-yourself meddling with dna on the cheap to tweak nature, and this is australia's first bio hacker lab, open to anyone willing to pay a membership fee. meow: let's get into it. ♪ ashlee: and the name of this biohacking pioneer? meow meow. do you prefer to be mr. meow? meow: mr. meow meow. no, meow -- meow is fine. ashlee: meow hit up generous friends for a lot of this scientific gear. he hopes the lab will inspire people of all stripes to give biotech a try. it is about pulling people in with hands-on experiments, like extracting dna from a strawberry. meow: if you stir where the alcohol touches the strawberry, you should be able to pull out some stringy stuff. that is the dna. that is the instructions to make a strawberry. this is the first step in a bio hacker lab. pretty much anything we will do with microbiology, we will need to get that dna out. the flavor genes, the pigment genes, we c

to break all of this down for us, i'm joined now by rick tyler, cofounder at foundry strategies, andd ford junior. . you refuse to shorten it, even though i have asked you to numerous times, harvey funding will get tied to the debt ceiling it looks like. steve mnuchin was talking about that over the weekend. >> we believe it should be tied to the harvey funding. we want the state to get money, it is critical, if i don't have the ability to borrow more money and pay for it, we can't get that money to the state. >> you said it well at the outset. the president, mistakically said that he could not support a debt ceiling increase. this makes it easier for him and frankly because they're only doing it as a down payment, they will have to come back two or three times so there will be time to add additional things. so tax reform that is still unlikely to happen, but because you have the harvey funding, it's more likely than not more things will get down. >> i was going to say it allowi wall being included. though tying harvey to the debt ceiling, rick, is there going to be an issue or poten

louis davenport came to spokane, he built a foundry. he was an extremely sharp businessman, a nice person, and he built a restaurant following that. the restaurant became very successful. it wasn't long he was recognized as a key man for that type of business. once they built the hotel, that's where the activity took off. a beautiful hotel, marble floors, beautiful rooms, up-to-date service in 1914. a lot of famous people stayed here. six presidents of the united states, princes, lindbergh, a millionaire airport -- amelia ehrhardt. it was a place to stay in spokane. when they built the dam, that's when i formulated a plan. they put the plant together -- the plans together for the hotel. the hotel was purchased and brought back. it is a key spot to stay in spokane if you're ever here. one of the very helpful things 74, thatne was expo was the 1974 world's fair. we were the smallest community ever to have the fair. it was a tremendous undertaking. spokane'she city of worst crime-ridden place, i know it because i worked there as a policema