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Sixty minutes u. S. President donald trump threatens to withdraw aid money to palestinians if they dont resume peace talks with israel. Duckies president vows to continue military operations against a Kurdish Group in Northern Syria but the pentagon warns that could hurt the fight against eisold plus the new talks about light in paris where the city is on flood alerts as the riverside continues to rise and a scientific breakthrough meet the songs on ha ha the worlds first clothed monkeys. The u. S. President is insisting millions of dollars in american aid is going to be withheld from palestinians unless they pursue peace with israel and the World Economic forum in davos donald trump has said the controversial decision to recognize to roussillon as the capital of israel would not be changed Palestinian Leaders say a two state solution can only be achieved with East Jerusalem as their future capital on the diplomatic editor james pays reports. To the u. S. President seemed an upbeat moo
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
Unlike yesterday, the south bay will see a fair share and right now moderate rain across the north bay and some heavier rain crossing the peninsula coastline around Half Moon Bay as we track the rains at times and Flash Flood Watch continues through 6 00 sunday and new this morning a wind advisory posted for the central bay and south bay hills. Gusts of 45 Miles Per Hour. Thats for 2 00 today. For the morning, rain filling in and winds increasing towards noon and a much cooler day and highs in the mid up toer 60s and chance of thunder as well as you approach the afternoon and the evening commute. That wind might have helped take out one of our cameras here. Looking towards the peninsula side and eastbound is what were concerned with. Moving and few redlights. Over the high rise is just fine. Somewhere between the high rise and the toll plaza reports of a car that crash under to a Center Divide there and the sensors dont show any slowing and i dont see any problems, but ill continue to
As a nation, this is the kind of the best of america in action. This is something we do well and this is a living History Lesson today. Yes, all of us who are here to cover it love this sort of thing and wouldnt miss it for the world, but this is how an interest in history and politics can get kindled at a young age. And its one of the great spectacles available for free from home. Savannah guthrie, i heard someone say this past week that this time around, four years later, the highs are not so high and the lows are not so low, meaning yes, the crowd wont number 2 million. The history of this administration has already been made. But also the economy isnt in a fr fr freefall. It doesnt feel as dire as it did. As you mentioned, this is one of these moments. This is one of the symbols that we who love this democracy cherish so much. The president using this opportunity. We talk about the big moments in a presidency. This is one of them. Im told this is an inaugural address that will be f