[smooth music] most famously, john jacob astor, who was the richest man in the world at the time-- hisn was equivalent today of about $2.3 billion. tom meyers: john jacob astor and his cousin, william, ran the most profitable hotel in the city for decades, the waldorf astoria. craig sopin: isidor strauss was a very rich man. greg daugherty: he made his wealth as a co-owner of the big department store macy's. don lynch: and you had benjamin guggenheim on board. greg daugherty: benjamin guggenheim was a 46-year-old industrialist. benjamin guggenheim was born into a fortune. he was not new money. he was old money. tim maltin: there was a very attractive actress on the titanic. greg daugherty: dorothy gibson. she had been a model for an illustrator, did a lot of magazine covers. craig sopin: she was also one of the highest-paid silent film actresses at the time, well known for quite a few films, even though she was in her early 20s at the time of the titanic . [melancholic music] julian fellowes: the first class on a ship like titanic were considered a kind of golden race, these marvelous

john jacob astor, of course, would never see madeleine again. and he would never see their child too whom she was carrying. isidor and ida straus were still on board. ida straus refused to leave her husband isidor aside. my great grandmother saw them sitting together holding hands. --arm in arm on deck chairs on the deck of titanic as it went down. throughout the sinking, the band was on board playing ragtime tunes to try to keep the spirits up. but things grew more dire. and at about five minutes before the actual titanic fully went down, they played one final song. [music playing] there's a controversy as to what the last song was that the band played on the ship. if i had to give my own opinion, it would be nearer my god to thee because that's what wallace hartley said he would play if he was ever on a sinking ship. [music playing] not one single member of the band survived. they all died. [music playing] the sinking really accelerated around 2:15 when water reached the bridge. as the weight of water pulled the bow lower and lower, you still

so john jacob astor, our multimillionaire, made his fortune selling beaver pelts in the wharfs of manhattan. so that's why that is there for john jacob astor. so and he would go and it's a story i have a lot of fun writing about because he would actually, you know, almost dupe jefferson and build what would become a he would create a global trade empire but he would almost clinch it by following lewis and clark's expedition across and send a boat envoy and found the first trading point on the west coast in oregon, which he would of course name after himself astoria and. so then fur would be sent from astoria. it would go to china and then it would come back by of london, pick up trade goods to new york and go round and round was quite brilliant. the only thing that was not brilliant about his scheme was that like everyone else in his time considered beavers in exhaustible resource and within years they were trapped out. so he had more beaver pelts, but he didn't care because was moved on to other things. so he into real estate by then so interesting i'm curious i left one sec so we can get

john jacob astor.th swatch, was among a number of items recovered after the sinking of the ship in 1912. this weekend, it sold for $1.485 million, setting a new record for titanic memorabilia. also on the auction block, a valise that belonged to the ship's orchestra leader, the bag held the violin he played as the titanic sank. that sold for $360,000. >> whoo! wow. that's a pretty penny. yeah. >> just get me a timex with a calculator on it. that's all i (box thuds) (water boils) (packet tears) (tea bag clanks) (water pours) - listening to people that drink bigelow tea is so important to my family, because making that perfect cup, it's the reason we do what we do hi, guys! - hi! - hey! - so what are you guys drinking? - constant comment. - when i'm drinking bigelow tea, it's just a moment for me. it's just me time. - that's what a cup of tea is. - it is. - a moment for you, someone you love. - aw! (customer sighs) - it tastes really great. - yes! it was always bigelow tea - wow! that's what my family ho

the watch belonged to business magnate john jacob astor. the time of the titanic disaster, a man. she is one of the richest people in the world with a fortune of about 87 million dollars. during the disaster, the businessman died, his wife managed to survive. the tragedy happened on april 15, 1912. crimean corner in kyiv. in the greenhouses of the national expo center of ukraine , a room dedicated to the traditions of the crimean people was arranged. in a corner, you can listen to a record of... ancient crimean tatar songs and read books that tell the history of this people. it was initiated by the singer jamala and the organizers of the book country festival. in the coffee shops of kropyvnytskyi, a charity event was started in thanksgiving of the army. from now on, you can eat in the local establishments with benefit for the armed forces of ukraine. they can pay willingly dessert for a wounded soldier. then author's sweets. they go to the hospital where the wounded are treated. our correspondents will tell you whether the charity cakes are

the watch belong to john jacob astor the 4th. he was sent to a son who had to watch restored and later passed it to the side of asked or secretary his family kept until the late 1990's when it was sold at auction. the new owner had a display in a museum to tell a deciding to sell it. now. wow. pretty penny. what a history on one. yes, stories it could tell. all right. that wraps up kron for news at 6 tonight at 10. (peaceful music) - time to get up, sweetie! (kissing) - [child voiceover] most people might not think much about all the little things you do every day, but for me, just being able to do those little things is the best part of my day. - ready, mom! - [child voiceover] it hasn't been easy, but sometimes the hardest things in life have the best rewards. (inspirational music) and it's all because of my amazing friends at the shriners hospitals for children and people like you who support them every month. when you call the number on your screen and just give $19 a month, you'll be helping other kids like me do the amazing

businessman john jacob astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912.seeing his wife madeleine safely onto a lifeboat. now, rather than attempt to get on one himself, the businessman was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger . they with a fellow passenger. they don't make them like that anymore. well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common shirts back now to . mark. common shirts back now to. mark. >> ray, lovely to have you with us this saturday night. welcome to mark dolan tonight busy show this evening in the big story, a new nightmare for rishi sunak as top tory mp and former minister doctor daniel porter defects to laboun doctor daniel porter defects to labour. i'll get reaction from britain's most experienced and respected journalist. the sun's trevor kavanagh. shocking scenes in wales yesterday as sir jacob rees—mogg is pursued by an angry mob at cardiff university. what is wrong with britain's universities? it's just a matter of time before so

businessman john jacob astor , who was 47, went down astor, who was 47, went down with the ship in 1912is own luck with another lifeboat . the luck with another lifeboat. the impeccably dressed businessman, a prominent member of the wealthy astor family, was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger . for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news complex. now back to . darren. now back to. darren. >> thank you as ever. tatiana. right, let's get stuck in to today's topics. let him get on with the job. those are the words of defence secretary grant shapps to tory mps who are considering ousting rishi sunak before the general election . before the general election. shapps says now is not the time or place to try to put in place yet another tory leader . it yet another tory leader. it comes as downing street brushed off rumours on friday that the prime minister could fire the starting gun on an election campaign next week, in a bid to thwart a possible challenge from restive mps. well, joining me no

they were able to hold the hearings there because john jacob astor, a family member, 47 years old, was one of the people who did not survive the sinking of the titanic. so rms been what did we learn from mr. ismay four days after this sinking? well, they learned a lot of things. they called not only him, but officers from the ship, the crew, passengers from every class of ticket holder and also the rescuers. and one of the things they learned was that the ship had over 2200 passing jurors, but lifeboats that could seat only about 1200 people. they found out that there was very poor training of the crew. there had been only a single safety drill where they practiced lowering two lifeboats. but that was it. they found out that they had received warnings about ice in the water and had essentially ignored those warnings. they didn't. the ship was traveling at top speed. they didn't slow it down. they didn't put out more lookouts. they didn't take any other precautions when the ship hit the iceberg. they found that there was massive confusion and disorder and disorganization in trying to ge

million at auction as ten times what the time piece was expected to sell for once belonged to john jacob astor, the fourth, who died on the titanic during his fatal voyage, the watch was found on his body when it was recovered from the accident site. since then, the item has changed hands from family to friends until it was sold in the late 19 and finally, a sumo wrestling match on any you've seen before, the competitors on the massive hulking dudes and loin cloths trying to force each other out of the ring. this time the match was between babies and whoever cries first is the one who wins around 100 babies join the annual crying sumo event in tokyo this year. for some, it took no time at all to become champions, although some babies convert smile thanks for joining me. i'll see you then use him. i'm i supposed to in london cylinders morning are both to the brain eek, you know, the story, but there's the surface how it really happened with jesse el monte sunday's at nine on cnn pain means pause on the things you'd love but breen me go cool the pain with bio free and keep on going bio freeze gr

they were able to hold the hearings there because john jacob astor, a family member, 47 years old, was one of the people who did not survive the sinking of the titanic. so rms been what did we learn from mr. ismay four days after this sinking? well, they learned a lot of things. they called not only him, but officers from the ship, the crew, passengers from every class of ticket holder and also the rescuers. and one of the things they learned was that the ship had over 2200 passing jurors, but lifeboats that could seat only about 1200 people. they found out that there was very poor training of the crew. there had been only a single safety drill where they practiced lowering two lifeboats. but that was it. they found out that they had received warnings about ice in the water and had essentially ignored those warnings. they didn't. the ship was traveling at top speed. they didn't slow it down. they didn't put out more lookouts. they didn't take any other precautions when the ship hit the iceberg. they found that there was massive confusion and disorder and disorganization in trying to ge

businessman john jacob astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912. on a lifeboat rather than attempt to get on one himself. the impeccably dressed businessman man was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger . well, for the fellow passenger. well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts back now to . nana. to. nana. >> thank you. ray, you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. it's just coming up to five minutes after 4:00. oh, the faux outrage over this. >> i come from a neighbouring country called congo. >> if you know, geographically, thatis >> if you know, geographically, that is located right next door to rwanda. and right now in goma, there's a genocide going on, and there's such a big conflict going on with people from rwanda. so had my family members come from goma on on the crossing right now, would they then be sent back to the country that they're supposedly wore in rwanda ? does that make an

the timepiece belonged to john jacob astor, the fourth, it was found with his body after the titanic sank. asked her was the richest man on the doomed ship, one of 1,500 who died in the disaster in 19 12. and the watches among a number of items being auction. this include the case that held the violin, famously played by the band leader as the ship went down in a pocket book that documents the titanic's scheduled voyages. the watch is expected to fetch up to $188,000 a 60 year-old woman is making history by running to represent argentina in the miss universe competition judges crown alejandro rodriguez as miss universe. when i say this on wednesday, now, she's on her way to compete for miss universe argentina, which takes place on may 25th, the lawyer and journalists was able to pursue the crown after the competition dropped strict age limits ahead of this year's pageant, according to the point i'm sideways times all right. >> well, if you've been living in a galaxy far, far away and never saw the star wars movies on the website finance buzz.com has an exciting job opportunity for yo

then they tried furs, which is how john jacob astor got it because he was the great fur merchant andhe actually founded astoria in washington state in order to trade with china. but then again, you know, the market for furs isn't that elastic. then they tried to seek. campbell's sandalwood, all these things. but they had they had no option. they had to turn to opium. and being american, they very pioneering and creative. so they went off to turkey and a new source of opium, and they became great pioneers of taking turkish opium to china. but again, for a while they were shut out the indian opium trade. but after the war of 1812, beginning 1815, they were able to enter the indian opium trade, many, many american business houses set up set up agencies in bombay especially, but in calcutta. so they very much involved in this. now, you know, what is really interesting this is that the people, the americans who got involved in the china trade and especially in were a very small they were a very small, tightly knit group of northeastern people, mainly based from all basic basically new eng

businessman john jacob astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912. after seeing his wife first madeline, onto a lifeboat. then, rather than attempt to get on to the boat himself, the businessman was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger. old school style. for the latest stories , sign up to the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now, as promised, our headliners . promised, our headliners. >> hello and welcome to headline is your first look at sunday's newspapers with three comedians. because comedians always tell the truth. >> apart from my joke about being a bad lover, i'm josh howie. >> i'm delighted to be joined by the ross and rachel of the headliners crew, chris de wetten and nick dixon . headliners crew, chris de wetten and nick dixon. i'm sorry i actually wrote that when paul was still doing the show, so it was still doing the show, so it was paul and nick. >> they are on a break and i'm stepping in for paul. >> i think chris does come out we

now it had been expected to fetch only around 150 k businessman john jacob astor was 47 when he wentthe ship in 1912 after seeing his wife madeline onto a lifeboat rather than attempt to get on one himself. the businessman was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger the previous highest amount paid for a titanic artefact was 1.1 million for a violin that was played as the ship sank well. for the latest stories, why not sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen right now, or go to gbnews.com slash alerts. back now to . leo. now to. leo. >> thank you ray, and welcome to the saturday night showdown . and the saturday night showdown. and what a week it's been a few days on from threatening to arrest someone for being openly jewish. london's police moved on to arresting people for being openly english. after months of standing by during the palestinian riots, they finally saw some protesters that they could batter without being called racist by the guardian and promptly kettled them, threw them on the ground and had mounted police staging

businessman john jacob astor, who was 47 when went down with the ship in 1912 after seeing new wife madeleine than try his luck with another lifeboat . the luck with another lifeboat. the impeccably dressed businessman, a prominent member of the wealthy astor family, was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger . for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now it's over to ben and . emily. >> hello. welcome back. 1107 you're with ben and emily on saturday morning live on gb news. some good news on this gloomy saturday. the king is to return to public duties next week after responding well to cancer treatment . cancer treatment. >> he is indeed. it won't yet be a full return to official engagements for the king, but the palace sound rather optimistic . optimistic. >> they do. they've said, quote, his majesty's medical team are very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the king's continued recovery. well, joining us now is the royal commentator, richard fitz

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