Next big Solar Eclipse which is in april of 2024. Yeah, and the crossroads, mark strassman, will be here again in carbondale, illinois. We had a total eclipse today, there will be another one in seven years. Tens of thousands came here to Southern Illinois university in carbondale to watch the total eclipse. Some came for fun, some for the science. Here is adriana diaz. Reporter totality was a golden opportunity for nasa scientists like lou gallo. This is game day, like the superbowl of eclipses. Reporter they gave superbowl worthy words as the u. S. Caught its first glimpse in oregon. It is amazing, fantastic. Reporter because of the potential for data collection, nasa covered it like the big game. They aimed 14 satellites, flew ten airplanes, launched upwards of 70 datacollecting balloons and deployed telescopes along the path of totality. Why is it important to study the suns corona . The most simple answer is were explores. It is in our genes so we explore the universe. Reporter ev
Mark strassman. Oh, my, it is almost complete. Reporter across america the clock work of the cosmos turned day into night, and then day again. And for one afternoon, millions of people looked up at the sky rather than down at their phones. Oh, my gosh, there it goes reporter 200 million americans live within a days drive of the path of totality, and many hit the road to witness the laws of nature go topsyturvy. Have a good time. Reporter 100,000 star gazers surged into madras, oregon, population 7,000. When the magic moment arrived, totality, people across the unit canry gaped in wonder, including our team of cbs news correspondents. This is incredible to watch. It is gone, it is gone. It is gone, were in darkness. Take off the glasses. Reporter satellite imagery showed the trajectory sweep. From the Pacific Northwest the eclipse raced 2500 miles across americas heartland in roughly 90 minutes. It was just as riveting from 30,000 feet. Youll have a nice view of the sun off the righthan
Recipient of numerous fellowships including the National Endowment for humidityities. Boston globe calls the slave clause a powerful look at the struggle to end slavery in the United States. Its as multifacetted as the movement it chronicles. Sinha we are so very delighted to have her joining us. Please join me in welcoming manisha sinha. [applause] thank you for that generous introduction, so as you can probably tell from the size of this book. I have said almost everything wanted to about abolition in it. So today i will just briefly outline the book. The slaves cause is a comprehensive history of abolition that reevaluates it as a radical, interavailable, social interracial, social movement. From far nature rowing the boundaries of freedom as selfownership and legitimatizing new forms of servitude and modern forms such as slavianor, abolition gave birth to other political passions. Not restricted to wartime emancipation, the American Abolitionist Movement unfolded in 100year drama,
Sunday valentines day starting mainly sunny. Ending mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 20s monday snow, ice rain likely with highs in the lower 30s tuesday early wintry mix then gradual clearing. Highs in the lower 40s wednesday increasing sunshine with highs in the middle 40s increasing clouds with highs in the middle 30s. Light snow showers possible mainly nrv highlands saturday morning flurries possible. Increasing time now for your timesaver traffic report. Were continuing to follow a developing story out of Campbell County. Where firefighters are still battling a massive fire this it started around three thirty thursday afternoon at the dan river plant in brookneal. And has now burned for more than twelve hours. Wsls 10s Erin Brookshier continues our coverage with details on what crews are dealing with on the scene right now. Erin. We spoke with crews on the scene just a little bit ago. They say the fire is under control right now, but still burning. Between 75to90 Fire Fighter
So, im busy, but its a fun stuff and i really in deeply satisfied with being able to communicate. Its fascinating stuff out there. I could talk to you for hours, tangents building a robotic bricklaying machine that has been the dream of engineers for pretty much 50 or 60 years. The machine is named sam. You might sit on it jobsite somewhere. It looks like a hotdog cart with a red arm that grabs a brick and put mortar on the, and does it again and again and again. Im going to make you care about bricks. [laughter] thanks so much for talking with us today. [appla [applause] thanks to everyone for coming. We now have our book signing and signing area one. That was fun. [inaudible conversations] when i tune into on the weekends as usual its authors sharing their new releases. Watching the nonfiction authors on booktv is the best television for serious readers. They can have a longer conversation and delve into the subject. Booktv weekends. They bring you author after author after author th