This event. Tonight we are very pleased to welcome to the smithsonian tony, australian born perpetual explorer, travel, writer and author of six books including napoleons privates 21 years of history unzipped, the centers grand tour, a journey through the underbelly of europe, and most recently the improbable revolution that changed world history. As a College Student tony regularly disappeared to hitchhike through the outback and travel through rural india where he briefly enjoyed an inglorious career as a film extra. Based in the east village of manhattan he makes it a point to continue exploring in iceland, beijing, tasmania to name a few. Tonys travel stories have been published in magazines like the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine and have been translated into a dozen languages having been selected 7 times for the best American Travel writing series. Hes also a regular television guest on the History Channel where he has spoken about everything from the crusades to the bir
The grantor, a journey through the historical underbelly of europe and most recently chase fedele and the improbable revolution that changed world history. As a college student, tony regularly disappeared to hitchhike through the outback and travel through rural india where he briefly enjoyed a career as an extra. Now based in the east village he makes it a point to continue to explore in iceland, tierra del fuego, beijing, and tasmania to name a few. Tonys travel stories have been published in magazines like the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine and have been translated into a dozen languages and widely anthologized, having been selected seven times for the best American Travel writing series. Is also a regular television guest on the History Channel he spoke in a but everything from the crusades to the birth of disco. His book is available for signing after the program. Please join me in welcoming tony. [ applause ]. Hey everybody, thank you for coming out on a beautiful spring
And street closures still this morning. Here is the reason why. You can see it behind me, water is still flooding the streets. We are told 30 extra officers out here at the start of the rush hour commute after this water main break that sent countless gallonof water into the streets. The streets of hoboken looking like a Bubbling Brook on sunday. Roads impassable and sidewalks covered, too. After the water main caused a break. It was denntly scary. Reporter this morning the streets are still shutdown. And accept officials are staying crews are working to restore water pressure in the high wise buildings. On sunday many businesses had to close. We had to close this morning, which was pretty terrible. Because brunch is very busy for us. Especially with football. We lost a substantial amount of money. Reporter even the emergency vehicles were stuck in the collapsed pavement. People who lived in the area left to roll up their pants and wade through the neighborhood to get to dry ground. Yo