I am karen taylor, Program Director of the general society. The labor, literature and landmark collections are supported in part by public funds from the new City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. For those of you who may be less familiar with the general society and how many of you here this evening with this be your first visit . Okay. A warm welcome and of course, welcome back to previous attendees. The general society was founded in 1785 by 22 artisans. Today our 234yearold organization continues to serve the peopleof the city of new york. We do this through our cultural and education programs. They include our lecture series which tonights lecture is part of, our general Society Library which will will be celebrating 200 years. Our tuition free Mechanics Institute and the john and mossman lot collection which you are welcome to visit after our talk this evening and that is upstairs. You will find more information on the blue and white postcard on
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Here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with a bitter blast of arctic air in the central and eastern u. S. More than 200 million americans will see below average temperatures today. More than a half dozen states are waking up p to temperatures near or below freezing. Temperatures are expected to plunge again beginning next week, and a Daring Rescue unfolded in the frigid waters of the Niagara River in upstate new york. First responders pulled a man from the water just above the American Falls in buffalo yesterday. Forecasters say the air temperature in Niagara Falls was 31 degrees, but it felt like 25. The cold temperatures could also bring heavy snow to many state. Parts of new england may see more than six inches of snow today. Now to campaign 2020. Michael bloomberg is positioning himself to enter the president ial race. The 77yearold billionaire and former new york city mayor would enter a crowded democratic field led by joe biden and Senators Elizabeth
Welcome to the mornings on at nine. It is good to be back in the good actually have some cooler temperatures out there playing a role in the firefighter there in the county. Really some good news for a change when it comes to the contained fire which fire crews are making significant progress the fires go just one square mile overnight to 120 square miles the real positive news is that containment has doubled from 15, to 30 now while severe wind gusts remain a concern high wind advisor was canceled overnight because wind was not as strong as predicted. They estimate that this fire will be fully contained by a week from tomorrow. It was and we want to update you on a breaking news story that was first brought you a little bit earlier here firefighters have knocked out flames of a new fire burning near the lake. This fire picked up around 730 this morning on rockwell road. Skye fox overhead so that the fire was not too big it did burn a small area of brush and there is no major damage. N
Been popping up today. Firefighters knockdown flames of a new fire near lake sonoma. This fire started around 7 30 am west of geyserville. We have video from skyfox. You can see the fire burned a small area of brush. There were no major damages. And daly city, crews put out of the grass fire an hour ago. That was reported around 10 45 am near hamilton avenue interstate 280. No one was hurt and no word on how either fire started. Firefighters are optimistic about the progress overnight against the kincade fire. Allie rasmus was after their 40 containment and firefighters are considering that a victory for now. On this ongoing battle against the fire. Reporter you can see the smoke in the distance behind the house where we are. We are east of lake sonoma. Skyfox has a view of the fire lines from the Sonoma County, the other side of the fire. Sonomalake county borta. 5000 firefighters and personnel are on the front lines. The firefighters and Engine Companies across the western u. S. , we