Special science conversation and humanities seminar. I also welcome you this morning heartily from my cohost, brian boone and charles zimmerman. My name is vanessa summers, coordinator of the humanities, special Research Division set up to stimulate Critical Thinking at the intersection of science and the humanities and what better subject to bring science and humanity together. To discuss science and society to study the deeper relationship that people always had with trees through the ages, as meeting points, object of the light, places of peace and wellbeing. Everyone here, i am sure, will have their own favorite tree. Think about your favorite tree. What better place to speak of urban forests, famous as this place is for its unique 68 acres of forest, the oldgrowth forest that the last remnants of the 17thcentury woodlands that once blanketed this whole area, this region on the east. The same words where the indians hunted, some of the very trees standing. This is also the reason t
Good morning and welcome to the new York Botanical gardens. This is our special friday morning science conservation and humanity seminars. I also welcome you this morning very heartily from my cohost, brian and charles. My name is vanessa sellers. Im the coordinator of the humanities institute, a special Research Division in the library set up to stimulate Critical Thinking at the intersection of science and the humanities. And what better subject than urban forests to bring science and humanities together . To discuss science and society, to study the deeper relationship that people have always had with trees through the ages, as meeting points, as object of the light, as places of peace and wellbeing. And everyone here i am sure will have their own favorite tree. Think about your favorite tree for a minute. What better place than the new York Botanical garden to speak of urban forests, famous as this place is, for its unique 50 acres time forest, the old growth forest, the last remna
If we close in on a few locations well see over towards Sullivan County we are picking up the heaviest rainfall. Weve had light rain and now moderate level. It is all shifting from the west toward the east. We are anticipating more rainfall as we go into the next couple of hours. It will move its way into connecticut and long island. It is coming down at a good clip in many areas. Flooding has been an issue flood warnings have been put in effect across portions of new jersey. Heres a look at those, Flash Flood Warning till about 830 with portions of new jersey. As well as over toward Morris County near pennsylvania. This is where we see we have a report of close to 5 inches of rainfall over the last several hours. As a result that has caused creeks to overflow, roadways to be close. Continue over the next hour. The green shaded counties we have a flood advisory. We have problem conditions on some of the roadways and across new jersey and the hudson valley. That will continue to be the
Steve nypd converges on a neighborhood after officers are caught in an under cover deal gone by, shots fired. In end a suspect and a bystander were wounded. Stacy delikat to tell us what went wrong. Reporter a under cover gun sting went wrong, one of the subjects involved pointed his gun at a under cover nypd officer, that officer opened fire, striking the suspect, also hitting a innocent bystander, police say a team from organized Firearms Bureau were running a operation involving undercover buying of illegal guns, they detective met his main subject in bronx then they drove to mount vernon here. The that location, there was some discussion, a gun was put toure undercovers head. The under cover signaled to his back up team, and engaged the subject that robbed him, the suspect pointed the gun at the under cover who then fired at the suspect. Reporter the suspect was struck, and fled but then arrested with a second subject. During the suiting a bystander, a 63yearold man, who was standi
Came low to the ground, he came up and went into a corkscrew maneuver. Part way through that, he seemed to lose most of his speed and made a sudden turn towards the crowd and kind of flew a slow arc over. Once he was clear of the crowd, he lost speed and started spiralling to the ground. Steve were looking at your amazing pictures you sent us. It appears to show the tail of the plane coming off midair. Yes. Steve its an incredible sight. Given what weve seen through your pictures and the detail coming off, what does that lead you to believe as far as some structural issue with the plane . Plane itself . I know it was a g202. Its not an aircraft i was familiar with before today. Its a very small carbon fiber aircraft designed for doing these sorts of maneuvers. Obviously the tail is not supposed to fall off. Alison at what point did you wrong . Sometimes you see the tricks and theyre wild, what the guys are able to do. When did you realize it wasnt going according to plan . When the air