York america in august of 1619. Good evening. [ applause ] im k. C. Matthews, chief of staff here at the somebuchombur center poo center. Im obviously not kevin young. Listed in your program. Kevin has been looking forward to this event for ytwo years an upset hes not able to join us tonight. Kevin is not feeling well and not able to be here. He hopes to join us tomorrow and saturday for the remainder of the program and is watching along online. It is my honor tonight to welcome all of you who are here in the audience and welcome folks who are watching online as well. This is the Second Annual conference presented by our Lapidus Center for the study of transatlantic slavery. This morning Public Library and vch shomburg city event the historical analysis of transatlantic slavery. Youll hear more about and from mr. Lapidus shortly. This is a banner week for the Schomburg Center. Just a few things i want to mention to you. We and our director are part of a documentary, t rary premiered we
Forecast. Shir. Shiri off to a quiet start. Northeast in the 50s to the 70s. 52 in norwood. 57 in bedford. 72 in boston. Lots of 60s into lawrence and nashua over to worcester. 66234 hyannis and 54 on the vineyard. Some of the cool spots leading to fog in the usual spots like around the norwood airport and down to the vineyard. A little bit of fog in place forecast have temperatures starting close to 60 degrees at 6 a. M. Moving near 70 degrees by 8 a. M. And by lunchtime today, we will be back into the mid80s. Expecting inland towns and cities. Cooler at the coastline and a town by town breakup coming up. Back to you for live drive time traffic. Julie more on that accident off the pike. You see the maps, things moving along fine on route 1 and 93 south. Southbound in the dedham area as you approach 135, but otherwise things look good. The live drive times, eight minutes on the expressway from the braintree split. 23 minutes on 93 south. 11 minutes on 128 northbound from westwood to th
Tracker Weather Center to time out comfortable conditions come to an end. We have got at least one day of perfect weather even as you wake up tomorrow morning. A little bit quiet and tomorrow is the big transition day. Today we will soak up the sunshine from tart to finish. Right now nice and bright in boston at 71 degrees. Upper 50s in beverly and down to plymouth. 53 in norwood and bedford. 57 in nashua and we have got some low 60s over the c 50s and 60s for the most part this morning, just a little touch of light fog in norwood. Fog not a big issue at all. Of course sunshine what a big issue if you dont have the sunglasses. 8 a. M. 69 degrees and we jump by another 10 degrees by 10 00. Lunchtime in metro west. 8 and upper 80s close to 90 degrees. Inland towns and cities with a shot of getting up to 90. Boston and the cape in the lower 80s. The town by town look coming coming up. Accident update. Shiri a an accident at freeport to the right hand side that is slowing things down. Nort
Coming back an were following all the leads. Police established a dedicated tip line from marcotte, which investigators say has provided hundreds of leads. The 27yearold was murdered sunday, while out for a jog here on brook station road. Sources tell fox 25, marcottes body had been burned, and she may have been raped. John marcotte last saw his daughter saturday night, she was a great kid, i could only ask for your prayers that she did. Th we are working it around the clock, and its a huge priority for us at this time. The reporter the case is now drawing National Attention for its parallels to another young woman hoe was killed while jogging in new york. When asked if there are any ties between the tragedies, the District Attorney said this we havent ruled anything out with regards to the new york homicide. We understand that there are similarities. The reporter the District Attorney also says the medical examiner completed an autopsy on Vanessa Marcotte this morning. Preliminary res
50 degrees. Not going to move the stick a whole lot today. What you see is what you get. Well take it in february. 45 plymouth, 49 degrees in boston. And 42 in worcester. Winds are gusting a bit because we do have a front coming through right now. Thats why we keep temperatures fairly steady today. Temperatures hovering right around 49, 50 degrees throughout the morning and stay there through the afternoon. So its a mild day. Check out this disturbance here back across the ohio valley. That has the possibility of some rain and change over to snow. Ill highlight those areas for you coming up. Heather police are on the hunt for an suv. Theyre remaining tight lipped right now about exactly why. Daniel an warning has been issued for an suv out lander, massachusetts place with the number you see there on your screen. To be clear, youre looking at an example of the suv from mitt heather Fox Stephanie coueignoux is live at the Revere Police department. The be on the look outcomes as police ar