So this station that were standing in been mothballed, wasnt being used. Cars had been squirreled away in a few yards. Turnstiles were squirreled away in a few places. And so the people that worked here were able to organize bringing all of these cars into this station, and opened the facility as an exhibit called the new York City Transit exhibit. It was only supposed to stay open from 4th of july until labor day of that year, 1976. But weve never closed. So it was obviously very popular, and weve grown it from then until now, into really a worldclass museum that is very much about new york citys infrastructure and the history of its development as a worldclass city. As you walk down the steps from our entrance, you find yourself in a 1936 decommissioned new york city subway station. How did that all come about . There were three general phases of subway construction. In 1900 was when it started, and the first line of the subway system opened in 1904. In that era, the design style was
Working with the committee. Even as we have learned from the past, we must be able to put the past behind us to devote our selves to the challenges ahead of us. G. S. 9 rn in as a officer never believing that one day i would have the honor and privilege of leading the courageous, dedicated and exceptional talented men and women of c. I. A. I go to the main lobby once a month to administer the oath of office to our newest employees. Many speak several languages. Some have had successful careers in the private sector and want to give Something Back to their country. For all of them, this moment is a culmination of years of hard work and see the enthusiasm in their eyes. As i watched them raise their right hands, i feel a sense of obligation to these officers. They have chosen a profession that is filled with great rewards but also have challenges and sometimes grave danger and its my job to prepare them for it. From day one, i want them to understand they are joining more than an organiz
Moving closer to the 1 million mark with 916,000 confirmed cases, more than 51,000 people have died from covid19 in the u. S. But we just told today is down fairly significantly from yesterday. This time and antibody study from Miamidade County in florida, it mirrors the study showing that about 6 of the population, or 165,000 miamidade residents have already had coronavirus. That is 16 times the number of confirmed cases. Like california and new york, it puts the fatality rate at about 0. 1 . Drastically lower than previous estimates. The state of georgia slowly reopening, the streets remain relatively quiet but some nonessential businesses like nail salons and barbershops have reopened. If there was a question about customers coming back, listen to this barbara. Thats what ive been doing since 6 00 this morning, i walked in at six and i started cutting here, this is the first time i have slowed down. At one nail salon, women waited in line two hours. Its notable that businesses in le
Peters from california joining us tomorrow. Well see you then. Announcer this is the bill press show. [ theme music ] stephanie okay. Thats not working. Hello. Welcome current tv land. I cant hear jacki. Okay. Stephanie all right then. Good morning, everybody we have a new pope. Who wants to throw out the first pope joke . Okay. Ummmmm. A priest and rabbi stephanie you are lucky he even popes for you. He is pope francis. And he has one lung. Stephanie dont cry argentina, the truth is he never left you. He is italian decent. As many in italy are. Stephanie in the meantime here is Jacki Schechner in the current news center. Good morning, we do have a new pope today a lot sooner than expected. The cardinals picked pope francis after just five rounds of voting. He is 76 years old and the first pope from latin america. He is known to be simple and pastoral, but not expected to modernize any of the issues like aborg, gay marriage or allowing women to become priest. President obama congratula
September 8th. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im frances rivera. Congress is back to work today after a fiveweek break, and the biggest topic, handling the ongoing and growing isis threat. The Extremist Group released new propaganda video purportedly showing how isis used i ttactico capture an air base. And in iraq, near the countrys second largest dam, one u. S. Official says there were air strikes that completely wiped out the isis patrol in the area. President obama meets with congressional members tuesday to discuss a strategy to defeat isis militants and on wednesday deliver a speech to the nation. Support from the arab league could help the president create a coalition against isis. Urging members to confront the threat of isis militants and other extremists. Nbcs tracie potts is in the nations capitol. We can expect a busy week in washington. Reporter its going to be a busy week and were actually inside one of the Senate Buildings where a lot of that work gets done, frances,