Special science conversation and humanities seminar. I also welcome you this morning heartily from my cohost, brian boone and charles zimmerman. My name is vanessa summers, coordinator of the humanities, special Research Division set up to stimulate Critical Thinking at the intersection of science and the humanities and what better subject to bring science and humanity together. To discuss science and society to study the deeper relationship that people always had with trees through the ages, as meeting points, object of the light, places of peace and wellbeing. Everyone here, i am sure, will have their own favorite tree. Think about your favorite tree. What better place to speak of urban forests, famous as this place is for its unique 68 acres of forest, the oldgrowth forest that the last remnants of the 17thcentury woodlands that once blanketed this whole area, this region on the east. The same words where the indians hunted, some of the very trees standing. This is also the reason t
Good morning and welcome to the new York Botanical gardens. This is our special friday morning science conservation and humanity seminars. I also welcome you this morning very heartily from my cohost, brian and charles. My name is vanessa sellers. Im the coordinator of the humanities institute, a special Research Division in the library set up to stimulate Critical Thinking at the intersection of science and the humanities. And what better subject than urban forests to bring science and humanities together . To discuss science and society, to study the deeper relationship that people have always had with trees through the ages, as meeting points, as object of the light, as places of peace and wellbeing. And everyone here i am sure will have their own favorite tree. Think about your favorite tree for a minute. What better place than the new York Botanical garden to speak of urban forests, famous as this place is, for its unique 50 acres time forest, the old growth forest, the last remna
We are at the scene with the latest on the cleanup efforts. John . Believe it or not, 10 hours later, crews are still cleaning removing the thousands of boxes of fruit. You can see that 18wheeler is still on its side. From news choppers 7, you can see the back up stretches for miles and miles on the outer loop. It took me an hour to get here just to old georgetown. It was ridiculous. This is what snarl the traffic all morning long. The driver of this 18wheeler for some reason lost control and overturned his tractortrailer. It is the worst day i could imagine. Inside, thousands of boxes of blueberries and pineapples. All damaged goods now. The recovery spent an entire day on loading the produce and reloading it on another 50foot trailer. Box by box. I dangerous task on this busy highway. It is still unclear where the driver was headed, but he was able to walk away from the accident with minor cuts and bruises. An accident investigation will shed some light on what caused the wreck and i
And good thursday morning. We begin with the new details in the terror attack on canadas capital. Investigators believe that the gunmaning acted alone when killed a soldier and opened fire inside parliament. This was the attack, members of Parliament Running to safety. It was the quick action by the sergeant at arms. All happening just 60 miles from the u. S. Border. Elizabeth herr has the latest. Reporter well, reena and t. J. , as you mentioned, police say this morning they believe they know who was responsible. But they dont know why this 32yearold committed what the Prime Minister is calling a terrorist act. A day of mayhem and fear in the halls of Canadas Parliament and on the streets of ottawa. It all began shortly before 10 00 a. M. At canadas national war memorial. A man with a rifle shot and killed Corporal Nathan cirillo who was guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier. The victim was a member of the Canadian Armed forces. It was fatal. Reporter and they were looking for the
Shes moving out of the Isolation Unit but will stay at emory until she fully regains her strength. And nina pham is still battling ebola at the National Institutes of health in maryland where shes lifted in Good Condition. A tiny North Carolina infant is fighting to stay alive. Adlynn gregory weighed less than a pound when she was born four months ago. She now weighs 4 pounds but remains on life support. In her short life, she had pneumonia twice and a blood infection. Its making her heart work extra hard and her heart is trying to want to give out on her. So theyre having to give her medicines for it. Tons of medicines. The babys mother is asking everyone for prayers. She was born four months premature. We are eating much less transfat and saturated fat than ever before. Still too much, though. Both increase the risk of heart disease. Transfat is found in baked goods. Researchers looked at the diets of 13,000 people over 30 years and participants still ate about twice the amount of tr