Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the newseums theater. I am peter prichard, chair of the newseum and we are here to mark the opening of our latest inibit, the marines and tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if youre a millennial, i will explain it. It was a coordinated offensive by viet cong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities, and american and south vietnamese military facilities. It began on the night of january 30, 1968. I remember it well because i was an intelligence clerk at the time. Our new exhibit showcases the work of john olson, who, like me, was a young draftee. He was a photographer for Stars Stripes, a daily newspaper. He spent three days in february with the marines as they took back the city of hue, in what turned out to be the bloodiest battle of the vietnam war. This exhibit features 20 large format photographs and 10 tactile versions of these photos, with touch activat
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Protests with members of the Lgbt Q Community hosted in opposition of dance party in ear should have the gop guests closing down a portion of market street. The lows hotel has now become the epicenter of republican strategy under newly inauguration. Philadelphia police and secret service are on the same page its going to be difficult to traverse the city prior to the president and Vice President s thursday arrival parking will be prohibited starting a the 6 00 a. M. And closed to cars starting at 8 00 a. M. On 13th street from chester to market, market from 11th to juniper and from 12th street from chester to arch. On top of that, police and secret Service Activity will be rerestrict Pedestrian Access in the area through the early evening hours. If youre driving around city around midday, its going to be difficult to do that. So you might want to take public transportation. Reporter some septa services will be is disrupted. Closures due to protest activities should be expected. Police
For even bigger crowds tomorrow, several streets and sidewalks will be closed for the president ial visit. Good evening, im Ukee Washington im jessica dean, this comes during the gops annual retreat. Alexandria hoff is here with what you need to know. Alex . Reporter ukee and jessica, first of all, along with the president , british Prime Minister teresa may will be arriving tomorrow as well, police say to expects traffic and tension. Officials got an evening respective of anticipated protests with members of the Lgbt Q Community hosted in opposition of dance party in ear should have the gop guests closing down a portion of market street. The lows hotel has now become the epicenter of republican strategy under newly inauguration. Philadelphia police and secret service are on the same page its going to be difficult to traverse the city prior to the president and Vice President s thursday arrival parking will be prohibited starting a the 6 00 a. M. And closed to cars starting at 8 00 a.
It is feeling more like june than april. Yeah. I havent heard any complaints. Look where temperatures are at. We are already considerably warmer than average for this time of year in philadelphia. We are at 70 degrees. I think we have more than 10 degrees to climb. We will start to see some increasing clouds. For now plenty of sunshine. Nice conditions those wind speeds are all in the single digits. Yeah, right now it is clear. Satellite would have that kind of gray overlay. There is no clouds to be seen across our entire area. It is allowing us to see sunshine. The question is how about breaking records . It is going to be a close call. These are currently set. Most of them in the mid80s. This is our forecast. It is 84 in philadelphia. It will tie the record for warmth. Allentown looking to tie a record for warmth. Atlantic city not quite as close. Why . Winds are coming on shore. It picks up cooler ocean air and as a result lower but very nice along our shore point. Coming up in a fe