The next pandemic. Hopefully its not the next pandemic right here. You might think that the Natural History museum is not the best place to have a meeting like this. I would suggest that the Natural History museum is the best placed at the meeting like this. This museum is the largest Natural Museum and has 145 million objects. I say that objects whatever but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last 300 years and preserving those objects in museums and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth so the records have collect and over the expansion of humans. In any given year, 400 phd is working behind the scenes. Last year, over 400 new species were described. At the same time, we welcome 6 million visitors. Most of those visitors are tourists which means the next year is a different 6 million so in a decade you might get as many as 50 Million People in this building. We live in Interesting Times with human population is growing. There are so many thi
Good afternoon, everyone. I am the director of the museum and staff director of the museum of Natural History. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the next pandemic. Hopefully its not the next pandemic right here. You might think that the Natural History museum is not the best placed at the meeting like this. This museum is the largest Natural Museum and has 145 million objects. I say that objects, whatever, but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last frontiers in preserving preserving those objects in museums, and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth, so the records have collect and over the years 300 years preserved at acceptable by research scientists. Last year over 400 species were described by scientists working the building. At the same time we welcome 6 million visitors. Most of those visitors are tourists which means the next years a different 6 million, the world plus largest collection, visit by the Worlds Largest is the audience,
The weekend. Long range trends suggest cooling with a chance of showers by around president s day. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya breaking news this morning. Tesla road and Corral Hollow at i580 in livermore are closed. james chp says there was a crash earlier this morning, that is now an active crime scene investigation. Kron 4s will tran is live in livermore with the details. Will . darya thanks will. We will check back with you through out the morning. James Oakland police tried to stop a thief from stealing a truck. But instead the man led officers on a nearly thirty mile chase into antioch. Sunday afternoon the man drove the stolen escalade to antioch and parked it in a driveway. Police say he refused to get out of the truck. So they fired a substa
Region wednesday night. After another period of dry conditions, a third system is possible late in the upcoming weekend. No major hot spots. Bay no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. james our top story this morning. A man is in Critical Condition after a shooting near an amtrak station in the east bay. It happened just before 9 15 last night in emeryville. A man was shot on 59th street near horton street. Police have not yet released his name. They say the gunman ran off and is still on the loose. Police do not have a description of the shooter. james a Man Leads Police on a 30 mile chase in the east bay. It started when police found the man trying to steal a tuck in oakland. The chase ended in antioch. Kron 4s Ella Sogomonian has more on what happened. Sot Ella Sogomonian, ellasogomonian that pursuit ended in this front driveway of a
marty we begin this morning with breakiing news. 71 people are dead after a plane crashed southeast of moscow. Here are new pictures of debris from the crash. Russias Emergencies Ministry says. Those on board included. 65 passengers and six crew members. The plane disappeared shortly after it took off from moscow. marty back here in the states. At least three people have died after a helicopter crashed in the grand canyon. It happened yesterday afternoon. Police say the chopper was carrying a pilot and six passengers. It reportedly crashed near quartermaster canyon. Rescue efforts are becoming difficult to due rugged terrain and poor conditions. The National Transportation safety board is investigating. marty closer to home now. New this morning. An unoccupied classic car caught fire after it was hit by a train in atherton. The crash happened just after 8 oclock last night. At the Railroad Crossing at fairoaks lane. Firefighters rushed to put out the fire burning the 1950s austin heale