Brian david mccullough, your from 1989,peeches when did you get the idea to do this. Last summer. The summer of 2016. I was not discouraged, but distressed by the tone of the Political Campaign and the animosity and nastiness of some of it. I thought, ive got to do something to help bring some balance back and remind people of who we are and how we got to be where we are, and what we stand for. I thought, ive been speaking up and down the land for 40 years or more. Maybe some of those speeches, if we dusted them off and put them together, not as an anthology, but speeches where id addressed ideas or subjects that pertain to reminding us about who we are and what our values have been down the years. And my daughter, who has been arranging all my speaking dates all these years, wanted very much to help with it. She had whatever records we had. Many of those speeches, there was no record of what i said. But we had enough that there were manuscripts of it. I never wanted to give a commence
Board but very quickly the temperatures are going to rebound because today we are looking at sunshine returning to the board. Some clouds still at 8 00 a. M. , but look at 11 00 a. M. , now were tracking the sunnier conditions. Wind will be a problem as well. Well talk more about the wind gusts for the day coming up, but right now well go to traffic with jessica. Thanks, crystal. The express way this morning, our cameras right around belmont avenue. I tried to get this in our camera shot here. They moved the camera over so you can actually see a little bit, little bit of flashing light over to the side. Police activity there with the disabled vehicle. So, traffic still getting by so its not anything too major that is bugging anybody this morning. South philly watch for a crash 95 northbound ramp to the walt whit man is closed from an investigation from an earlier crash. The pico substation fire that happened yesterday in north philly, the fire is under control but fox street is closed
Peoples friday night out. You can see its still really active break from this rain until sometime tomorrow morning. Parts up with more than 2inches of rainy. Im Chris Oconnell much its around whether for anyone youre trying to walk around, driving, letsilams to final out when this is going to finally let up. Nd dawn. The good news the heaviest of the rainfall continuingo sea bun area of low pressure still off to of pennsylvania. So we still havezzle low visibility as we take a live look outside our studios still look at the rainfall totals so far. Philadelphia little over an look at wilmington. Closing in on 2inches of rainfall. Plac inch inch. Atlantic city about an inch and a half. Take look at some of the area in particular in downington Brandywine Creek we have a Flood Warning there as it continues a. Other problems in parts of New Castle County around thehe areas highlighted in green mainly wesd advisory through late tonight of those creeks and streams. So what t next 12 hours. A
Host this week on q a, historian david mccullough, discussing his book, who we are and what we stand for. Host when did you get the idea to do this . Mr. Mcculloch i was upset by the tone of the political andaign and the animosity the nastiness of some of it. And i thought, i have got to do to bring someelp balance back to remind people of who we are and how we got to be where we are and what we stand thought speaking up and down the land for 40 years or more, maybe there are some of those speeches, if we tested them off and put them together, speeches where i subjects thator pertain to reminding us about who we are, and what our values have been down the years. , who has beenr arranging all of my speaking dates all of these years, wanted very much to help with it, and she had whatever records we had. Nomany speeches, there was record of what i said, but we that there were manuscripts of it. I never wanted to give a commencement speech or speech celebrating some Important National even
Host this week on q a, historian david mccullough, discussing his book, who we are and what we stand for. Host when did you get the idea to do this . Mr. Mcculloch i was upset by the tone of the political andaign and the animosity the nastiness of some of it. And i thought, i have got to do to bring someelp balance back to remind people of who we are and how we got to be where we are and what we stand thought speaking up and down the land for 40 years or more, maybe there are some of those speeches, if we tested them off and put them together, speeches where i subjects thator pertain to reminding us about who we are, and what our values have been down the years. , who has beenr arranging all of my speaking dates all of these years, wanted very much to help with it, and she had whatever records we had. Nomany speeches, there was record of what i said, but we that there were manuscripts of it. I never wanted to give a commencement speech or speech celebrating some Important National even