his number one contributor, united continental holdings. at's the owner and operator of united airlines. charlotte huffman from cbs philly again. >> for weeks we call the congressman's office and zen e-mails but they were never return. so we went to capitol hill. >> i'm with cbs-3 out of philadelphia. i want to ask you if your top contributors are the reason you're blocking the bill, sir. >> congress is the one whose going to have the bloodshed and that are hands. it will not be on my hands. >> it will either to come to vet because we succeed and making the case with your help, with the public's help that this is the right thing to do, or it will happen were you one day after the next attack. >> reporter: the house bill was introduced by representative mike fitzpatrick from bucks county and he tells us now more than ever america deserve the protection that this bill provides. >> wow. >> 13 years removed from 9/11. it's amazing that still nothing has happened along these lines. >> it really is. >> charlotte, we know you'll keep an eye on it.

so the first went to hawaii, but by the 1900s, more were coming to the continental united states. >> host: how big was that wave? >> guest: we are talking -- it is easy to work backwards, but by the eve of world war ii, there were 125,000 japanese-americans cover 22 thirds of whom were american war and in the continental united states and about 150,000 in hawaii. post go again, on the eve of world war ii, 120,000 japanese americans in the united states. just as there were several thousand in the east coast. >> guest: eisai means literally first-generation. it refers to the japanese immigrants. nisei been second-generation and it refers to the u.s. generation american-born children. >> host: so is there a third-generation as well? >> guest: >> guest: there certainly >> guest: there certain names. the sensei. i am in fact one of the third generations. >> host: so your grandparents came to the state? >> guest: they did. >> host: what do you know about them? >> guest: my mother's father came over 100 years ago in the family story is to get conscription into the imperial army. certainly s

united, continental, american, southwest all lower along with the rest of the market overall. >> we are approaching the lows of the day with the dow jones industrial average on the down side by better than 80 points. s&p, nasdaq leading declines. >> that will do it for this edition of "power lunch." >> "street signs" right now. >>> three dig stories that we are all over on "street signs." the nasdaq getting slammed, a big development in the fight against ebola and black berry getting a makeover. is it enough to rescue? >> that is the question. the big market story developing now. the nasdaq having the worst day since july. let's get to bertha coombs. >> it started with the small caps. the small caps had been having a horrible quarter after hitting an all-time high. if you take a look at the russell versus the nasdaq has just been sliding and under performing. it is now off about 7% from its all-time high. now this afternoon we are also starting to see that sort of negativity spread to the big cap momentum names. take a look. yahoo, of course, big decliner. two down grades today. really

airline industry but could outperform ratings on delta, american airlines and air topic with united continentalhe group overall. many of these names are up 30, 40, 50% this year. more fox business coming up. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. hi, are we still on for tomorrow? tomorrow. quick look at the weather. nice day, beautiful tomorrow. tomorrow is full of promise. we can come back tomorrrow. and we promise to keep it that way. driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. stuart: halftime report, they're real halftime report, tres knippa

united, continental, american, southwest all lower along with the rest of the market overall. >> we are approaching the lows of the day with the dow jones industrial average on the down side by better than 80 points. s&p, nasdaq leading declines. >> that will do it for this edition of "power lunch." >> "street signs" right now. >>> three dig stories that we are all over on "street signs." the nasdaq getting slammed, a big development in the fight against ebola and black berry getting a makeover. is it enough to rescue? >> that is the question. the big market story developing now. the nasdaq having the worst day since july. let's get to bertha coombs. >> it started with the small caps. the small caps had been having a horrible quarter after hitting an all-time high. if you take a look at the rul

his number one contributor, united continental holdings. that is the owner and operator of united airlines. charlotte, cbs philly. for weeks we called the congressman's office and sent emails, but they were never return. so we went to capitol hill. cbs-3 out of philadelphia. i want to ask you if your top contributors are the reason you are blocking the bill, sir. >> congress is the one who is going have the bloodshed on their hands. it will not be on my hands. >> it will either come to a vote because we succeed in making the case, with your help, with the public's help, that this is the right thing to do. or it will happen about one day after the next attack. >> the bill was introduced by representative mike fitzpatrick, of bucks county, he tells us, now, more than ever, america deserves the protection that this bill provides. charlotte, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> we are looking at fantastic sunday in front us. great day to watch football, but it feels like a day maybe go to the pool or something? >> if there were any open. >> right. >> y

take a look at american, united continental, delta, southwest. volatile but they are still with the price of oil. always an industry to keep track of when we talk about falling energy prices. >> thanks so much. stocks eking out modest gains. the dow up 20 points. the nasdaq up 22. it's the biggest percentage gainer of the three major indices. bob pisani is going to give us the trading action from the nyse floor. >> two issues. number one, we're getting problems with interest rates today. number two, we're getting problems with some of the mid-level names sort of stalling out on me. my friend jeff saw it over there. strategist noted that of the 1,025 stocks in his analyst universe, the average stock is 23% off the 52-week high. that means a lot of the mid-cap names and smaller cap names aren't doing that much anymore. they are just languishing. that is sign of internal market weakness. the 10-year yield is moving up again. we are at six-week highs in a 10-year. and we get pressure on certain sectors. we noted the eem, that's the big etf for the em

delta and united continental. >> both were hitting today. delta was on the weekly option september 12th. a week from today those are going to be expiring. you're looking at the 40 calls there. large buying. then later in the day it was united airlines, ual. both aggressively bought. this is a stock that hit new highs today. well over $50 a share. both have been moving to the upsed. ual is finally playing that catch-up i expected. >> you're in both? >> i'm in both, have been for quite a while. >>> all right. elon musk sinks his own stock. we have more after the break. ...for the year. hi. sorry. just want to say, i bundled home and auto with state farm, saved 760 bucks. love this guy. so sorry. okay, does it bother anybody else that the mime is talking? frrreeeeaky! [ male announcer ] savings worth talking about. state farm. frrreeeeaky! dovisit tripadvisor new york. with millions of reviews, tripadvisor makes any destination better. who would have thought masterthree cheese lasagna would go with chocolate cake and ceviche? the same guy who t

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the faa approves the first commercial drone use in the continental united states. why it is a big win for six hollywood production companies who want to use drones to shoot video from the sky. stick around. ♪ welcome to "taking stock." a big move by u.s. officials. >> thank you for having me on. >> talk to us about this development and what it means for the folks of your association. you have members like boeing and lockheed martin. >> for the first time there are commercial applications in a wide manner for the use of unmanned aircraft system. the thing that flies as part of it. the payload, the camera carries, and the operator make up the system. now the movie industry, these companies have been authorized to go forward and use this technology at specific applications movie sets that will allow them to do their job and effective and life-saving way. >> the faa is working on more restrictions, rules regarding drones. in terms of what we got from them today how does that set the tone for what we might hear later on? >> to fly in the national airspace for a manned o

it is to prevent another attack on the continental united states. and in the end that is a long movie, heather. is a long war. we avoided a al qaeda directed attack for 13 years. our track record is pretty good. i'm not interested in transforming this region. we'll not be able to do that. we have to protect america. heather: a lot of our folks would agree with you. we want to keep america safe at this point. thanks so much for joining us and your expertise. >> thank you, heather. heather: all right, jon. jon: speaking of isis, what about social media? is that helping the terror group grow even more dangerous? coming up we'll look how the media coverage of their brutality might actually be helping isis recruit. >>> plus, it came onshore as a category three hurricane, clamming a resort town with damaging wind and rain. we're tracking hurricane odile as it moves north through mexico, closer to the u.s. southwest. >>> call it an honor way overdue. a first lieutenant from the american civil war about to receive the medal of honor. $21. could something th

united states. >> how big was the wave? >> guest: by the eve of world war ii there were 20,000 japanese americans, two thirds of whom were american-born in the continentalited states and about 150,000 in hawaii. >> so again on the eve of world war ii 120,000 japanese-americans japanese americans inside the united states. >> who were in fact incarcerated and that there were several thousand in the east coast. >> when one hears the term esay what is that quick >> it is literally first chapter of he beat generation that refers to the japanese. it refers to the u.s. citizen american-born children of the esay. >> ..

>> there is always pre-9/11 i used to fly around the continental united states all the time, norad really had nothing to do with it. it was essentially a fully air traffic control, federal aviation administration operation except in military operating areas. after 9/11, norad has significant oversight capability, responsiblity, works closely with faa. anytime with a aircraft that does not respond to faa directions or falls off of its assigned airway, norad is getting involved pretty quickly. in this case we've got two f-15s scrambled to see what the aircraft was up to. melissa: with 9/11 next week, everyone is on edge. chris, thank you so much for your insight. we appreciate it. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonnell, and wife maureen, found guilty of essentially selling their office for thousands and thousands of loans and gifts. they were already in financial straits when they entered office. that doesn't excuse anything they did but some sense may explain some of the actions they took. despite politicians recent efforts to downplay wealth, we're asking a provocative question, would

withdrawal from europe and the reduction of a key power more in line with the united states than continental europe, especially with europe's energy dependence on russia. the u.k. has u.s. provided nuclear submarine station in scotland, it's unclear what an independent scotland does with the warships, leaving it in the hands of the united states, and this is a time when the united states is pressuring europe and nato countries to finally spend a little more on their own defense. neil: rich edson, we shall see, thank you very much. >>> back to rupert murdoch, the name rings a bell. what is happening in scotland is not staying in scotland. >> it goes beyond scotland, and there's a great set of anti-establishment groundswell. you can go to the united states and take middle america, what do they think of washington and wall street for that matter? there's a -- people are looking for change. neil: it's an interesting premise, this is not a political left or right thing, it's just whoever is in power, respective capital and scene of government, throw the bums out, we're tired of it. whether you wa

number one, keeping the continental united states secure, and number two, trying to help minimize thehreat from isil to our allies. that means essentially, and immediately, finding a way to brunt, undermine, and con strain isis advances, and over time, through attrition, through attacking its leaders, and its material support, decimating it. and then hopefully, trying to figure out what you're going to do with the iraqi and syrian humpty dumpty. but this really is a long-term project, and whether it's a democrat or a republican next time around in washington, they're going to be still working on it. >> as aaron david miller mentioned, if u.s.-led forces are to defeat isis, they'll probably have to take out its top leaders. >> despite numerous air strikes over the past several weeks, the head of the terror organization has yet to be targeted. >> reporter: he's considered the new bin laden, the man behind the isis tactics of beheadings, mass executions, kidnapping. but so far al baghdadi has not been in the sights of american warplanes. a pentagon spokesman saying, quote, we have not co

we started that morning with 4000 500 aircraft over the continental united states.ll those airliners general aviation, commercial aviation, private jets, military -- 4500 aircraft over the united states, and we want them all on the ground now. the secretaries working the phones, clearing the skies. norad, the north american era space defense command -- they are out there in colorado. they run the air spores -- the air force and offenses. they assume control. the faa is overwhelmed. you cannot go to the faa and say clear 4500 planes out of the sky and think they can handle it. everything we could get to do command and control, and we ordered every airliner to land at the next suitable landing field. try to imagine professional pilots with 300 people sitting behind you. you are responsible for those people. you think you are going to san diego, and someone tells you you are going to land in missouri. that's a big deal. they have to land safely on the ground and worry about those people. we cleared the skies of 4500 aircraft. we did not have one jet run off the runway.

it is to weaken isis's capacity to strike at the continental united states.t is the one area where barack obama, frankly in his own policies, has been risk ready rather than risk averse. >> the politics of this for barack obama, obviously he came in saying he didn't want to fight dumb wars. it's clear he doesn't want to topple the government of bashar al assad. even if isis fighters are -- i want to let everybody know that is secretary of state john kerry. he arrived in the hearing room of the senate foreign relations committee. we'll wait for him to begin speaking. he's shaking hands, doing some glad-handing. americans want to see no more americans beheaded. americans are not interested, i gather, in an overwhelming ground war in the middle east. is the president politically on safe ground when we're ra ratcheting up the talk of war. >> the short answer is, no. i've been talking to democrats who are in the house. and they're agonizing right now because in just a few hours -- >> lynn, i'm going to let you continue. anti-war protesters from code pink are on th

but that plane was flying cross-country, across the midsection of the continental united states, pre-9/11 now and those pilots were prepared to actually settle their jet down on top of that private plane and push its nose downward and force it to crash in an up populated area. again, when you talk to some of these pilots, they say it's a heavy burden to think that you would purposely crash a plane with somebody onboard, not knowing for sure whether any are alive or dead. but quite frankly, it's something that they train to do. >> that would be a heavy burden. mik, stay right there. tom costello, let's bring you back in. do you have new information for us? >> nbc news has learned that in fact air traffic control was in communication with this plane, with the pilot at one point while he was at 28,000 feet. the pilot said that they had some sort of a problem onboard. he asked for clearance to a lower altitude. he was approved to go to 25,000 feet. he was asked if he wanted to declare an emergency. he said no, not yet. they cleared him to go to 20,000 feet, but then he never responded. so

commercial join strikes in the continental united states. production copies would be allowed to use the small unmanned aircraft. that is according to people with knowledge of the plans. 40 other u.s. company's have asked for permission to fly drones. >> the u.s. and its arab allies are going after one source of the islamic state's finances. they bond oil refineries in eastern syria and estimated twomic states takes up to -- makes up to $2 million a day from oil. iphone 6ok called the the best role ever. but many customers have been complaining the iphone 6 plus gets bent out of shape if you keep it in your pocket and an upgrade to the operating system blocked users from making phone calls. those are to do big snafus, i would say. paul, what do you make of all of this? it is great if you don't want to get phone calls, otherwise, it is kind of lousy. this is disappointing. if you think about the way historically soft or copies rollout -- these are called patches, minor updates. it, apple does it, everyone does it. the key is to test the thing

if i could wall up continental united states and somehow assure you that the people of west virginia would remain safe i would do it, but we can't. so we have three tools in the military arsenal. one is we can do things ourselves. we call that direct action. second, we can build partners and we can enable others like we are doing with the french. what we have tried to do over the past few years is do less ourselves, more with partners and enable others. that's the right path. we should do less ourselves, enable partners and build partners. if we fail to address all three we are back to doing it all ourselves. so what we are suggesting is a strategy where we can get others not only to do some of the lifting but maybe pay for it, as well. i think that is the message to the people of west virginia. we have to be engaged because people, we are antithetical. most of isil's ideology is antithetical to our values. you can't just let them fester. do we do it ourselves or try to do it with others? i think it is the right path. >> thank you very much. senator graham. >> that is a good way to b

agreement comes as the airline struggles to trim their employee rankings and united has been overstaffed since merging with continental the deal could cut the costs from senior flight attendants could be replaced with those hired at a lower pay raise. >> "dancing with the stars" is back. >> stars hit the dance floor last night and 12 will compete in season 19. alphonso ribeiro and his partner had the highest store and lola jones is in second to last after misdirection, if you will, with night two tonight on abc7 but if you follow twitter, the most popular person is bethany, the star from youtube who has seven million subscribers built in. >> that could explain her choice for "dancing with the stars" although it looks like she was thinking too much. you could see her counting. >> just do it. feel it. that is why carleton has a better chance. >> she is from iowa. give her a break. >> i know. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and the forecast. >>> now a look at our wind. 17 minute in fair and the rest of us are light and variable although we have low pressure near us we are not seeing much in the way of wind bu

offense imposing a devastating economic blockade that simply treated the united states as another part of napoleon's continentaltem, something to be blockaded and economically ruined. initially, a shortage of ships and limited rules of engagement hampered warren's business. but even in late 1812, he began the difficult job of capturing and incarcerating american privateer fleet. as they filled with sailors, the privateer fleet would begin to falter. five months after war did warren learn americans were determined to continue the conflict. he was then tasked with setting up system to protect shipping from new world to old, caribbean and british north america into british ports. by this stage over 150 british merchant ships had already been captured and more privateers were fitting out. there was money to be made in private earring. it was an attractive option. london underestimating the scale of the threat and ignorant of the length and complexity of the united states coastline sent in very few resources. what they did send initially were not of the first quality. they woke up when the united states navy won thr

if i could wall up continental united states and somehow assure you that the people of west virginia would remain safe i would do it, but we can't. so we have three tools in the military arsenal. one is we can do things ourselves. we call that direct action. second, we can build partners and we can enable others like we are doing with the french. what we have tried to do over the past few years is do less ourselves, more with partners and enable others. that's the right path. we should do less ourselves, enable partners and build partners. if we fail to address all three we are back to doing it all ourselves. so what we are suggesting is a strategy where we can get others not only to do some of the lifting but maybe pay for it, as well. i think that is the message to the people of west virginia. we have to be engaged because people, we are antithetical. most of isil's ideology is antithetical to our values. you can't just let them fester. do we do it ourselves or try to do it with others? i think it is the right path. >> thank you very much. senator graham. >> that is a good way to b

it was on this day in 1776 that the continental congress declared the united states a free nation, no longer part of the british empire. adams believed that the second day of july, 1776, will be the most memorable in the history of america. as it turned out, we now se celebrate the day the 4th of july that congress told the world of its brave action with the declaration of independence. this afternoon, elizabeth mitchell will tell us about another symbol of our independence, the statue of liberty. she stands as a beacon for those who come to our shores in search of the american dream. our guest will reveal how lady liberty herself came to our shores. before we get into this afternoon's program, i would like to tell you about exciting things coming up at the national archives in the next few days. on friday, our annual independence day celebration will begin at 10:00 a.m. on the constitution steps facing the mall. it will be a dramatic reading of the declaration of independence by re-enactors. then from 11:00 to 4:00, we'll have a program of family activities. come and join us for some

more of the to do next indian and continental -- conceptis pop-up shop unique to the united states or is this something you have experienced globally? >> we have seen this before. our concept is a little different. our pop-up seleka table of juices. >> like a regular restaurant? >> like a regular restaurant. everything is done for each and everything that each and every event. it depends on the food. everything is getting changed. >> how did you come together to do this? >> this is a tightly knit group. it's a long story. >> you decided to do it again? the one to gois out there and get it done. that is what i needed. i don't think that is a better thing to do. >> our pop-up shops -- is that a way to also create a catering operation? >> absolutely. news also a way to create a market segment, captured before you even jump into a property, and obviously to try out new experience and ideas. >> we were talking about essence. a chef who knows the science and engineers those things and comes up with a special menu -- >> what would be on the menu in this case? >> my chef and guest chef would

if i could wall up continental united states and somehow assure you that the people of west virginiauld remain safe i would do it, but we can't. so we have three tools in the military arsenal. one is we can do things ourselves. we call that direct action. second, we can build partners and we can enable others like we are doing with the french. what we have tried to do over the past few years is do less ourselves, more with partners and enable others. that's the right path. we should do less ourselves, enable partners and build partners. if we fail to address all three we are back to doing it all ourselves. so what we are suggesting is a strategy where we can get others not only to do some of the lifting but maybe pay for it, as well. i think that is the message to the people of west virginia. we have to be engaged because people, we are antithetical. most of isil's ideology is antithetical to our values. you can't just let them fester. do we do it ourselves or try to do it with others? i think it is the right path. >> thank you very much. senator graham. >> that is a good way to begi

offense imposing a devastating economic blockade that simply treated the united states as another part of napoleon's continentaltially, a shortage of ships and limited rules of engagement hampered warren's business. but even in late 1812, he began the difficult job of capturing and incarcerating american privateer fleet. as they filled with sailors, the privateer fleet would begin to falter. five months after war did warren learn americans were determined to continue the conflict. he was then tasked with setting up system to protect shipping from new world to old, caribbean and british north america into british ports. by this stage over 150 british merchant ships had already been captured and more privateers were fitting out. there was money to be made in private earring. it was an attractive option. london underestimating the scale of the threat and ignorant of the length and complexity of the united states coastline sent in very few resources. what they did send initially were not of the first quality. they woke up when the united states navy won three shattering victories over the royal navy. these successe

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offense imposing a devastating economic blockade that simply treated the united states as another part of napoleon's continental system, something to be blockaded and economically ruined. initially, shortage of ships and limited rules of engagement hampered warren's business, but even in late 1812 he began the difficult job of capturing and incarcerating the american privateer fleet. as british prisons filled with american sailors, the privateer effort would finally begin to falter. only in mid-november some five and a half months after the declaration of war did warren learn that the americans' work drped to continue the conflict. he was then tasked to the set up a fully effective convoy shipping transiting from the new world to the old, from the caribbean and from british north america into british ports. by this stage, over 150 british merchant ship his already been captured and more privateers were fitting out. there was more money to be made in privateering and it was an attractive option in 1812. his masters in london underestimating the scaling of a privateer threat and rather ignorant of the length and

united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon made an emergency appeal last week for medical workers and supplies. and he asked for $600 million in aid. >>> japanese leaders will expand the nation's continental shelf. it's to gain better access to natural resources under the sea. the decision follows a u.n. ruling recognizing japan's expanded claims. the u.n. designates 200 nautical miles from shore, or 370 kilometers the size of the nation's continental shelf. the u.n. convention on the law of the sea calls these areas exclusive economic zones, or eezs. the countries are allowed to expand their continental shelf if certain conditions are met. two years ago a u.n. commission recognized japan's claim over several areas. one area totals about 174,000 square kilometers, that is located north of okidaitojima island. on tuesday, japan's cabinet officially ordered the two sea areas incorporated into japan's continental shelf from october 1st. chief cabinet secretary suga said japan will exercise its sovereign rights in these waters, in accordance with the u.n. convention. >> translator: i believe resource developments in the area will enhance japan's national interests. >> the u.n. commission shel

united states during american revolution. the call to freedom, african-americans responded to it, a quarter of the continental navy was african-american. as you point out, after the american revolution, many slave holders tried to recapture their property. men would say, why can't i serve in my state militia or the massachusetts militia? because they were -- their complexion was their crime. this is something they wrote about very powerfully and i just have to say as a historian of the american past i write on many topics. i write on slavery and i write on women's history and african-americans. i'm very moved by these stories and i believe they should get out there. so for example, i've written a children's book called the black soldier which deals with this problem all the way through and tubman as a woman warrior was denied her pension for her work. she had to receive it as the widow of a veteran. these battles are still on going. but i think we need to recognize them. i agree with you that representation is an issue but i believe each of us has our story to tell. each should get the word out. one of my problems was i was teaching s

have served in the armed forces of the united states during the american revolution, the call to freedom. african americans responded to it. a quarter of the continental navy was african american. as you point out, fighting for liberty they thought it would guarantee their liberty, many slave holders tried to recapture their property. why can't i serve in the massachusetts militia, because their complexion was their crime and this is something they wrote about very powerfully and very movingly. as a historian of the american past, i write on very many topi topics, i'm very moved by these stories and i believe they should get out there. for example, i've written a children's book called the black soldier which deals with this problem all the way through and how harriet tubman, as a woman warrior, was denied her pension for her work, she had to receive it as the widow of a veteran. so these battles are still ongoing, i still think we need to recognize them and i agree with you that representation is an issue. i believe each of us has our story to tell. one of my problems was that i was teaching students, i was trying to tell them how compelling i found

have served in the armed forces of the united states, during the american revolution, the call to freedom, african-americans responded to it. a quarter of the continental navy was african-american. as you point out, after the american revolution when people thought service in the american armed forces, fighting for liberty, would guarantee them their liberty, many slave-holders went in and tried to recapture their property. men would say "why can't i serve in my state militia? why can't i serve in the pennsylvania or the massachusetts state militia?" because their complexion was their crime. and this is something they wrote about very powerfully, very movingly, and i just have to say as a historian of the american past, i write on many topics. i write on slavery. i write on women's history. i write on african-americans. and i am very moved by these stories and i think they should get out there and i wrote a children's book called "the black soldier" which deals with this problem all the way flew and how harriet tubman as a woman warrior was denied her pension for her work. she had to receive it as the widow of a veteran. so these battles are still ongo

united states come from massachusetts and virginia. those are the big states. virginia is the biggest state in the union by far. but, within the continental congress, pennsylvania is really big. it is a big state and it is a moderate state meaning the source of the moderate movement that are reluctant to declare revolution. new york is also a moderate state. these other middle states play a role but they don't assume leadership for the revolution. they are resistant to it until the very end. a lot of guys from pennsylvania -- everybody thinks there is this moment and this is the thing in 1776 on july 4 where they go inside the document, right? it never happened. never happened. they never signed the document all at once. most of them signed it on august 2. the real vote was what adams thought was the anniversary of the independence which was july 2. there are some guys assigning in october from like philadelphia -- pennsylvania and new york. robert marx was one of last once the sign and he sighed at the very top. he was there first but he was n't. the importance of massachusetts and virginia is true. leadership comes from those colonies,

the story of the trails ends with the continental railroad bringing in mass populations very rapidly through the western united states. it also begins a new chapter with the modern highway that we now have today. i hope visitors take away from the interpretive center here in appreciation of the people that settled the american west. they were not large people. they were tough people with a mindset that there was a better life ahead of them. they set out with a determination. with a strong determination, you can accomplish many things. >> next on our american history tour, the colorado river. there were floods on the river and the development of u.s. arizona. the colorado river is the life lead of the southwest. it starts off in the mountains in colorado and it drains all of the ice melts throughout the mountains and it is the source of the water for the entire southwest. it travels 1200 miles down through here and ends up at the mexican border. it is basically the sourcally tf water for every community in the southwest and for our food stuff all over the country. there are both good and bad things about the co