You may have noticed this event originally called for our speaker bill fowler to be here. He is my predecessor at the Historical Society, which many of you already know. He is a distinguished repressor of history at northeastern professor of history at northeastern. We realized that such a fundamental story of the irish in boston would benefit from additional perspectives. He suggested, i will give him credit, this conversation would have more depth if we invited others, leading subject experts on the irish famine in the american response. We are pleased bill is joined tonight by catherine shannon, the guest historian of exhibition at westfield state university. We have christine can nearly, author and founding director of irelands Great Hunger Institute at quinnipiac university. Please welcome me in joining join me in welcoming, bill, christine, and kathleen. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you to all of your staff and trustees for hosting this exhibit. Louder. Louder, ok. Close
You walk outside and it already feels like it is very oppressive. Wherever you see that reddish color, easternmost massachusetts, the dew points are off the charts. This will be with us for the entire day. You can see it is down to about half a mile, so th that it may slow you down this morning. The air quality becomes an issue later today, especially if you have respiratory issues. Keep that in mind for later today. Temperatures were now running in the 70s, as cool as it has been , lowtomid 70s right now and once we burn off the fog sunshine throughout the day, temperatures by noon time around 95 in boston, 98 in lawrence so it will already be feeling close to 90 degrees and that feels like heat index will be around 100 degrees. Lets get you out of the roads, this may slow some folks down. Olessa this stretch looks ok, the expressway by the south a model, and traffic is getting by without any delays. Lets get to the maps and check out the rest of your trip. So far, so good into boston
The he can it. 19 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. Gene and catherine, back to you. Americans are deciding how they view a rare primetime obama. He wanted to calm fears about the terrorists in the wake of the mass shoot information california. Fox25s Daniel Miller joins us with joins with reaction to what the president said. Daniel gene, good morning daniel gene, good morning. Just the president s third speech from the oval office and follows the terrorist attacks in paris and spwern. The president said the threat of terrorism is real, and they promise to track down isis and any other organization that threatens americans. They made it clear that it was not directed by any overseas operation like isis but said they had gone down the dark path of radicalization like the Boston Marathon bombers. As the internet reraces the difference between countries, to poison the minds of people like the Boston Marathon bombings bombers and the san bernandino killers. Daniel the president s
Want to be right now, thats where we have temperatures in the sarah getting to the 40s in the morning, 50s by this afternoon, above average in all spots with partly to mostly sunny skies, notice clouds thickening up once again later on tonight, but take a look at these afternoon temperatures, ten to 15 above where we should be this time of year. However, we will be tracking risk of few showers this week, timing those out for you coming up in just a little bit but need to get a check of traffic now with julie grauert. How are things going out there. Both of those accidents i have been telling you about on route 3 have been cleared. Still a little bit of residual delays stretching from route 18 back to 228 in rockland. Expressway typical slowing from columbia road and take you to 93 south where we are seeing slow speeds about 16 Miles Per Hour on 93 south through medford. Route 1 in saugus bumpertobumper as you approach lynn fells parkway. Here are live drive times, 36 minutes at route 3
With occasional political opportunism and definite media excess. The fbi, the doj, missouri governor, the u. S. Attorney general, even the president of the United States has all weighed in repeatedly as the National Chorus has demanded justice for Michael Brown. But has all the fury overwhelmed the facts . Isnt justice supposed to be blind and for all . Tonight we investigate the facts thus far, what the witnesses say, what the autopsy shows and what the law allows. With us tonight homicide detective mark furhman, Michael Browns family attorney, darryl parks, former Police Officer and lawyer judge alex. Forensic pathologist dr. Michael baden who performed an autopsy on mr. Brown. Jay Christian Adams and attorneys mike ieglarsh. We begin at 11 50 a. M. On a street in ferguson. And Trace Gallagher has the story. Megyn, we still havent heard Police Officer Darren Wilsons version of events. And the st. Louis county Prosecutor Says we wont until this case goes to trial. So we are left to te