Thank you. Thank you all very much. Lieutenant governor, madam speaker, mr. President , members of our congressional delegation, members of the supreme court, members of our legislator, and fellow nunalance, since George Washington delivered the first state of the union in new york city on this day, in 1790, it has been the tradition of executive leaders to report on the condition of the nation and the state at the beginning of a legislative year. And so today it is my honor and pleasure to give you this report on the state of our state. One year ago, we were scheduled to gather on this second tuesday in january when our friend and colleague alice decroach passed suddenly the night before. Causing us to delay this report. I miss his card work and kind spirit and think of him often in this job. Im so pleased to see his wife here in this chamber as the duely elected member of the Assembly Continues his hard work and does honor to his memory. Thank you. Just three months ago, we were proc
So we punch up the shot. First thing out of our mouths, thats in the a small train that hit that building because it was giant gaping hole as you know by now, so talking about oh, okay. Planes do fly down the hudson riverment major corridor, flying in and out of new york, you take the east river, but the hudson river. No question about it. But that cant be a small plane, because of the size of the hole. Then you wonder did somebody pass out behind the controls of the airplane . Or was it something . It wasnt weather. We new that, it was a beautiful day. But clearly it seemed like an accident. It was cents a beautiful day. Crystal clear blue skies,. Oh, how could this have happened . You werent sitting here at the desk. No, working on the program, at tower arboretum, five minutes from where i live. Yes. And beautiful day, talking the eagles were playing sunday, wishing them good luck. And it was just, you know, just a day. At that point still like an accident. Right. Where were you. Lit
Good evening. It happened once before this season, but its still rare to be able to report that during the day today it was below freezing somewhere in each of our 50 states, and yes, that includes hawaii. Its further proof that the winter of 2014 is proving unusually cold. And again tonight the story is how far south its spreading, like snow in louisiana, Single Digits in north carolina. There are states of emergency in the south tonight as a lot of places are preparing for prolonged cold. Janet shamlian starts us off tonight from houston. Good evening, janet. Reporter hi, brian. It was a dose of winter this area has little experience with, ice and snow, and it hit this region hard. We have at least two weatherrelated deaths and it brought cities like houston to a stand still. The arctic blast dipped deep into texas with a rare snowfall, heavy sleet, and in houston, freezing rain that crippled the city. Its been real slippery, a lot of crashes, a lot of people losing control. Reporter