I have been so passionate about history for well over half my life. I first got into president s when i was seven years old. My mother brought me this book called so you want to be president . George andudith st. David small. I actually dont know why she bought me the book. I think she offered to tell me at one point that i declined because i like the mystique about it. Brian have you read the whole book . Kurt it was a very thin book. When i really liked was the illustrations. It was my first exposure to president s and i found the illustrations very funny. There is William Howard taft, who famously got stuck in the bathtub at the white house. When david smalls illustrations did was they showed president taft being lifted out of the bathtub with an industrial crane. There is an operator wearing a hard hat lifting taft out of the bathtub while he is holding a champagne glass and turkey leg. Stuff like that got me interested in president s in general. I have been passionate about it sin
Degree temperatures. But 65 in boston starting off at 59 degrees in manchester. 55 in taunton. Midday today 84 and still low in humidityment every sunshine drive home. 88 degrees and slightly cool are along the coast. We anticipate a little sea breeze developing in the heat of the afternoon hate today and dry according to the satellite and radar picture. Next chance for rain sitting over the great lakes and that will bring us a chance for some spotty showers and de timing and a look ahead at your weekend forecast coming up in the 7day. Traffic and weather together brianna brie one ooh. Reporter that he a breana. Reporter theres been a accident in the worst possible place you have to get past a disabled car in weymouth blocking the shoulder and a snag on the expressway. There was an accident it was blocking the northbound center lane at exit 14 at morrisy boulevard. The accident has been cleared and we have trouble in charlestown a truck carrying scrap metal rolled over in the rotary at
From their coach about what they did when they felt it. Elizabeth also breaking, one person is killed at least 18 people hurt in an attack on an American University in afghanistan. The suspects blew explosives and opened fire on the attack. Fox 25 inauguration other Mark Ockerbloom is here with what we know at this hour. Mark so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The military has been working for hours to free hundreds of students and teachers inside American University in western kabul. Right now, dozens are still trapped. The univsi they are still assessing the situation. The car bomb exploded outside a school for the blind next door, before at least one attacker fired at the University Campus from that school building. Right now, police arent sure if there were one or two attackers. Officials said a guard who worked at the university had been killed. 18 others were hurt. The u. S. Embassy was working to account for youll of its personnel all of its personnel. T
Can. The humidity is on its way back from the fox25 Storm Tracker Weather Center with with more on this. Shiri yeah, late week, we have the humidity coming into play. It is comfortable and even cool for some of you. 65 in boston. We are getting that dark icon. Sunshine not until 6 1. 50s and do it again in bedford and norwood and into nashua, a New Hampshire. Worcester at 61 degrees. Chatham at 64 degrees. So 50s and 60s this morning actually pretty sunrise as i said at 6 01. So already getting bright out there. Just kind of a technical as far as that icon goes. At 8 a. M. , 67 degrees. 10 a. M. , upper 70s. By lunchtime, low to mid80s for metro west. Perhaps a little cooler this afternoon boston. And metro west as well as a tampa of inland towns and cities getting into the upper 80s today. The coast in boston around 86 degrees. And 82 this afternoon. Julie grauert is up with live talking about this all morning. If you will be talking about this much garbage to clear out, quite the und
Vineyard and 67 in chatham. Sun came up at 6 01 this morning, typical to start in middle 60s like we are today. Normal High Temperature close to 80 in boston and actually going to kick that to the curb. Today above average temperatures rule and by 9 00 a. M. We are up to about 73 . In metrowest. By 11 00 a. M. 81, middle 80s at 1 00 this afternoon, you could see the 3 00 p. M. Temperature around 88 . Inland towns and cities going to be the hottest 90 and boston and coastline 86 . And cape and cool spot at 82. Town by town look at the hot, cool locations coming up and live drive time traffic in accident update. Julie we have all lanes back open in Sullivan Square in the rotary. Things have been cleared out after a scrap metal truck rolled over earlier this morning. Taking look at map. That accident car fire on pushed off to the side of the shoulder and not causing as many issues. North of the pike 93 south volume increase around route 16 and route 60. Here are live drive time, 44 minute