Untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. Hear her journey about writing this remarkable story that combines the rich intersection of the civil rights era, the space race, the cold war and the movement for gender equality. As an anthropologist with an admiration for history, i was curious about this date, september 8th. What happened with nasa on this date. So september 8th, 1967, the surveyor v launched. 1983, sat com vii launched. And today, september 8th, 2016, Margot Lee Shetterly publicly launches her book [laughter] Hidden Figures into the literary world. [applause] so a little bit on margot. I know many of you you know her, or went to school with her. Margot was raised right here in hampton, virginia. She graduated from the university of virginia with a degree in finance. A journalist, independent researcher, entrepreneur and cocreator of an englishlanguage monthly magazine with her husband, aaron, margot is the daughter of one of the first na
Later this week it will start feeling and looking more like spring. Most of the area really clearing up today from the early snow. But we do have it hugging the shore. In delaware along the beaches here, its moving out. Its movining quick now, gettin out of the area. Atlantic city, ocean city, seeing the light snow falling, ill up towards beach haven. This is clearing out quickly and its clearly just along the shore. Still in ocean county along the shore. It will be moving out within the next 20 minutes or so. We should see it really leaving the area. But whats left behind, wet roadways, even some slippery roadways, especially where we had the snow this morning. 35 degrees in philadelphia right now. 29 in doylestown, 28 in pottstown. Its getting colder. Youll want the heavy coat this morning. 33 Cape May Point and along the shore where were still seeing light snow, cape may courthouse coming in at 32 degrees in this area. Woodbine coming in at 32 degrees. Slick spots possible and throu
Pelley freedom never seemed so far away for the desperate families who fled wars at home, only to be caught up in more suffering in europe. Today, children, men, and women, were stuffed into buses, destination unknown. Germany has offered refuge, but countries along the way have thrown up roadblocks, overwhelmed by these crowds, and hoping to shift the burden to neighbors. Mark phillips is with the refugees in croatia. Reporter their trek away from war and toward a new life did not need a detour and did not need more uncertainty, but it got both. The refugees had been refused entry into hungary from serbia, and now thousands of them have come here, to next door croatia, instead, and here they were stuck, syrians, afghanis, iraqis, like sarmad. They all had one thought. Where do you want to go . I didnt decide yet, but any country thats safe for me. Reporter after the chaotic clash with hungarian Border Guards earlier in the week, the croatians imposed order on the 14,000 they said had
They would light up. Pelley freedom never seemed so far away for the desperate families who fled wars at home, only to be caught up in more suffering in europe. Today, children, men, and women, were stuffed into buses, destination unknown. Germany has offered refuge, but countries along the way have thrown up roadblocks, overwhelmed by these crowds, and hoping to shift the burden to neighbors. Mark phillips is with the refugees in croatia. Reporter their trek away from war and toward a new life did not need a detour and did not need more uncertainty, but it got both. The refugees had been refused entry into hungary from serbia, and now thousands of them have come here, to next door croatia, instead, and here they were stuck, syrians, afghanis, iraqis, like sarmad. Where do you want to go . I didnt decide yet, but any country thats safe for me. Reporter after the chaotic clash with hungarian Border Guards earlier in the week, the croatians imposed order on the 14,000 they said had come
Pelley freedom never seemed so far away for the desperate families who fled wars at home, only to be caught up in more suffering in europe. Today, children, men, and women, were stuffed into buses, destination unknown. Germany has offered refuge, but countries along the way have thrown up roadblocks, overwhelmed by these crowds, and hoping to shift the burden to neighbors. Mark phillips is with the refugees in croatia. Reporter their trek away from war and toward a new life did not need a detour and did not need more uncertainty, but it got both. The refugees had been refused entry into hungary from serbia, and now thousands of them have come here, to next door croatia, instead, and here they were stuck, syrians, afghanis, iraqis, like sarmad. They all had one thought. Where do you want to go . I didnt decide yet, but any country thats se for me. Reporter after the chaotic clash with hungarian Border Guards earlier in the week, the croatians imposed order on the 14,000 they said had co