Now a program from the booktv archives, the expedited expansion to the United States, and facilitated trade to the u. S. The author recounts the development for initial proposal of construction in the 1800 to the day it opened on october 26th, 1825. This is about 40 minutes. Im going to talk for 30 minutes, and then well have time for a few minutes of q a afterwards. It was not my idea to write this book. An editor asked the agent if he knew someone who could write a book. My agent said yes. The guy had written the box about new york citys water history, and the editor said great, editor called me, and i said, why . What is there new to write about a canal . Can one make history out of iconic folklore . One was written in decades for children, an indication that the subject is not Fertile Ground for adult readers. My agent answered the question why by saying when a major publisher wants to pay you money for your second book, you just say yes, and so i did say yes after resolving the is
Standard. Some bay area cities will hit freezing tonight with another freeze warning issued for the vast majority of the bay area. The bay area isnt the only place getting the win through blast. 27 states are under a Winter Weather advisory with storm systems from texas to pennsylvania. This is philadelphia. Slammed today by blizzard conditions. At least 16 deaths are blamed on the bad weather. The snow is causing treacherous conditions and massive travel delays. More on that in a moment. First, the latest on our cold snap. We have live team coverage. Lets check in with weather anchor spencer christian. Chilly speaking about lou cold it how cold it is. Clear styes and temperatures will plummet tonight and tomorrow night. We have a freeze warning for all of the bay area except San Francisco. Temperatures well below freezing, exposed pipes could burst. Please bear that in mind. And theres an increased risk of hypothermia. Lets look at the three warnings ahead, looking at a live look. Tom
A freeze warning for the next two nights for all of the bay area except for San Francisco. It will drop into the low 20s in some locations. Exposed pipes could burst in conditions like this. Risk of hypotherm ya. Er exploratorium camera looking towards the bay bridge, the next two overnights, inland lows near the low 20s. Freezing on the coast. We have a little bit less colder on tuesday night into wednesday. One more live view looking out over San Francisco. Tomorrow will also be our second consecutive spare the air day. Air quality is declining as the temperatures drop. No wood burning during spare the air alert. Its unlawful. Tomorrow the north bay will have the poorest air quality. More on our weather a little later. Spencer, thank you so much. Now to the impact this weather is having on people in the bay area. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard is showing us how people in the bay are dealing with these subfreezing temperatures. Reporter a welcome delivery of warm coats just arriv
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Well show you where the shooting happened. It happened in paramus, new jersey 15 miles from manhattan. Employees say the gunman was dressed in all black with a Motorcycle Helmet on carrying a large gun walking past stores ten minutes before closing time. I saw he looked into the store and strolled past. It was very terrifying. Straight up. A long rifle. So far police have found only one bullet casing. New at 11 00, we are hearing from one of the tsa agents hurt during fridays shooting at l. A. X. Tony grigsby said his first thought is to help the passenger. Im just a regular person. I came to tsa to protect people. Grigsby was shot when he was helping an elderly man get to safety. And he took time to remember his tsa colleague who died. Let me take time to express the sadness i feel in my heart over the last of my friend who was killed in the line of duty. Only now it has hit me that i will never see him again. Obviously an emotional time for him. Mourners gathered to remember gerardo