Atlanta today. Nbc 10s drew smith is live at Philadelphia International airport with more on how this power outage is having a major impact even in philadelphia. This time of year were looking at the sky and hoping that snow wont mess up the plans and did not expect a major power outage to impact thousands of flights around the country. Power outage causes pandemonium so im not in the pandemonium stage yet. Passengers reading up on the bad news when they talk about when they can lead philadelphia after a power loss at atlantas airport that puts the transit hub in the dark. It is a hunk airport so theres no and out of there now. Its closed. We really want to get out of here so i dont want to stay other in atlanta. Delta is the maine carrier to atlanta and already had to cancel several Outgoing Flights other at phl. Passengers say the airline is not putting people up at hotels so they are scrambling avoiding to spend time in the terminal. I have to call some friends to pick me up. Georgi
No problems so far. Ill update you again for the rest of the morning when i come back in ten minutes. Developing now, the powers back on at the worlds Busiest Airport in atlanta. The outage, the power outage lasted for hours yesterday. It canceled hundreds of outgoing flights. The problem triggered a travel nightmare across the country including nearly two dozen canceled flights from philadelphia. Stranded passengers had mixed reactions about the problems. We havent gotten an email or text. Im surprised about that. Get a different flight because the system is down. This is a mess. Santa claus and mrs. Claus came around ringing bells and personing us a merry and wishing us a merry christmas. Lightened the mood a little bit. Power Officials Say an underground fire caused extensive damage to the electrical system. Yesterdays power outage is impacting flights at Philadelphia National airport this morning. We find matt delucia live to talk about the ongoing problems passengers are facing th
About flag day and then we realized that in fact there were three flags being stored here and one in the collection of the museum of the American Revolution, two that are the property of an anonymous, very generous owner and lender, who has consented to have them on display for this afternoon. So this is an extraordinary opportunity. Im not sure there is anywhere else on the planet why you can stand in the room and be in the presence of three banners of liberty from the American Revolution. So congratulations to all of you for not going to the beach this weekend or not mowing the grass in the hot weather and choosing to come and sit in the dark with me for about an hour. I would like to start actually with an exercise to get you to think about the role that flags play and the images you have in your minds eye about the American Revolution. And so actually im going to close your eyes for a minute. Because were going to think about how poets and painters have painted the vision we have o
And people still of associate omaha with the. You still want to get an omaha steak when you visit and things like that. Find out where the cspan cities tour is going next online at www. Cspan. Org cities tour. You are watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan three. Each week on American History tvs american artifacts take you to museums and historic places. Up next in the second of the museum of the American Revolution, we visit the highland collection. I am scott stevenson. Im in charge of the team developing exhibitions and programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century or fish a century old print we have been working on the project since five years. We expect to open in 2017. We want a place to show up these wonderful and amazing original object from the revolutionary era. For a general view where looking at firearms, they tend to look alike that this is a significant fees, one that really speaks to the power of the ideas tha
Us on facebook. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. In the second of the museum of the American Revolution, we visit the artifact collection. I am scott stevenson. I am the director of interpretations for the museum. Im in charge of the team developing exhibitions and programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century old startup. We have been working on the project in philadelphia, the final stages, for about five years. We expect to open early in 2017 and have a place to show off all of these wonderful and amazing original objects from the revolutionary era. For a general view looking at 18thcentury firearms, they tend to look alike after a while. This is a significant piece that speaks to the power of the idea that we are animating the men and women who made the country and particularly the men who served under arms during the revolution. If you look at these pieces of continental currency, you wi