Because the space race was a Major Initiative within the cold war. Tminus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Ignition. We are in the campus of the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. I am standing in front of the morehead building, home of the morehead planetarium. Which is now the morehead planetarium and science center. John morgan iii is from a famous North Carolina family. Grandfather was the governor of North Carolina. John morehead iii attended carolina for undergraduate school in chemistry. Made an accidental discovery in a Chemistry Lab as an undergraduate that ultimately led to the founding of Union Carbide and he became an extremely wealthy man, and he conceived of this idea, what he did as a leading Science Education contribution was he built the planetarium. When we opened in 1949, the planetarium was the first one in the south. His contribution was significant. We are also the first planetarium in the world on a university campus. So he visited a planetarium in chi
Why she says it was selfdefense. Breaking right now, an Emergency Declaration in florida. Tropical storm eta slamming ashore. Where the storm is headed next. Country musics golden night. The big performances. Then god whispered your name and the big winners at the cma awards. From the Delivery Driver who took a wrong turn to the risky art restoration that ended in disaster to the goose in love with a car. All the trending stories for your thursday morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Im kenneth moton. Im erielle reshef. Mona is off. We begin with the recordbreaking surge in coronavirus cases here in the u. S. States from coast to coast are setting new highs. Hospitals in several states are running low on staff, and experts are now warning about substantial growth in covid cases in the northeast and midatlantic states. And the virus now impacting more of our pop culture. Several acts at the Country Music awards had to cancel because of covid concerns, and in the sports world, at le
Why she says it was selfdefense. Breaking right now, an Emergency Declaration in florida. Tropical storm eta slamming ashore. Where the storm is headed next. Country musics golden night. The big performances. Then god whispered your name and the big winners at the cma awards. From the Delivery Driver who took a wrong turn to the risky art restoration that ended in disaster to the goose in love with a car. All the trending stories for your thursday morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Im kenneth moton. Im erielle reshef. Mona is off. We begin with the recordbreaking surge in coronavirus cases here in the u. S. States from coast to coast are setting new highs. Hospitals in several states are running low on staff, and experts are now warning about substantial growth in covid cases in the northeast and midatlantic states. And the virus now impacting more of our pop culture. Several acts at the Country Music awards had to cancel because of covid concerns, and in the sports world, at le
Hours, even though were starting cooler, the extra sunshine compared to yesterday and no threat of wet weather todayeans temperatures jump m back to the low to mid 60s in most neighborhoods. Mid 50s along the coast. Still expecting wet weather tomorrow. Well talk about that coming up. Could the u. S. Be headed to a National Lockdown . Experts are split on the idea. We do have an answer from dr. Fauci. Jobina fortson has more on what he is saying this morning. Thank you. As the u. S. Faces a massive surge in cases, dr. Anthony fauci says americans need to wear masks distancing to avoid another lockdown. He was talking to Robin Roberts this morning. The idea of a four to sixweek nationwide lockdown has been floated to control the spread of the virus. Dr. Fauci says it doesnt seem likely to happen. There is no appetite for locking down on the american public. But i believe we can do it without a lock john. I really do. Help is really on the way. You know, if you think of it metaphorically
There. Thank you very much. Thank you, caller. Supervisor peskin any other members of the public for general Public Comment for todays meeting . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed and were adjourned. Thank you, chair. Please remember to remain on team. Sfgovtv and producers, getting ready for timm this meeting will come to order. And welcome to the september 25th special meeting of the joint city, School District, and city college select committee. Im supervisor haney, chair of the committee. Our clerk today is erica major. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect the City Employees and the public, the elective chamber and Committee Room are closed. Members will be participating remotely. This precaution is taken to the local state and orders and directives. The members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if physically present. However, Public Comment will be available