2017 Arms Control Association annual meeting. Im the executive director of the Arms Control Association and as most of you know were an independent nonpartisan Membership Organization established in 1971 and dedicated to reducing and eliminating the threats post by the worlds most dangerous weapons which could, of course, be nuclear, biological as well as conventional weapon that is that pose particular waharm and risk to civilians. You can find out more about the Arms Control Association, its history, ongoing work and to get more information about these issues through our website, armscontrol. Org and you can follow us on twitter on arms control now. The latest issue of our arms control today just went online, so you can check that out there and you can check out resources on our arms control app which is simply arms control on all of the app stores. We are very pleased to see so many of you here today, members, friends, colleagues from the Diplomatic Community and we welcome you thos
2017 Arms Control Association annual meeting. Im the executive director of the Arms Control Association and as most of you know were an independent nonpartisan Membership Organization established in 1971 and dedicated to reducing and eliminating the threats post by the worlds most dangerous weapons which could, of course, be nuclear, biological as well as conventional weapon that is that pose particular waharm and risk to civilians. You can find out more about the Arms Control Association, its history, ongoing work and to get more information about these issues through our website, armscontrol. Org and you can follow us on twitter on arms control now. The latest issue of our arms control today just went online, so you can check that out there and you can check out resources on our arms control app which is simply arms control on all of the app stores. We are very pleased to see so many of you here today, members, friends, colleagues from the Diplomatic Community and we welcome you thos
Magnificent city made entirely of ice. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. The first major snowstorm of 2014 has arrived in full force and it pummeled on new years eve is now crippling the northeast with heavy snow and bonechilling temperatures and blamed for two deaths in illinois and another in philadelphia. New york and new jersey have each declared a state of emergency with blizzardlike conditions expected through the morning and new york city cancelled school for nearly one million kids but the sub freezing temperatures moving into the area that are the most concerning. Temperatures are expected to dip to minus ten by the weekend and its even worse further north in new england, some areas have seen 22 of snow with more expected over the next 12 hours. The lows in boston will be well below zero and part of maine could see the mercury drop to minus 30. From the midwest to the northeast more than 100 Million People are feeling the effects of this dangerou