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onely to see you all today this day. my name is donna s the dark, chair of the history department here at salem state university. thank you all for coming today. we are all here, obviously, the of bridget bishop long hot summer and thaw of 1962. this is the 325th anniversary of those events. as a history professor, i am sometimes reticent to indulge in what i called anniversary history, because i like my students to think every single day is historic. take adoes feel right to moment, take a day, and really think about what happened during that year. so that is what we are doing today. that is what the city of salem is going to be doing probably all summer long. before i introduce our distinguished guest, who will open up our symposium, the mayor of salem, kimberly jusco driscoll, i want to say thanks. at the end of the day, i will think all of the presenters, but right now, i want to thank my little committee, because we have been working on this for a year. and t ....
i thank you all for coming today. we are all here, obviously, because of rigid ship. the long hot summer and early fall of 1692. as a history professor, i am inetimes reticent to indulge anniversary history because i like my students to think that every single day is historic. to take as feel right moment, take it day and really think about what happened. that is what we are doing today. that is with the city of salem is going to be doing all summer long. before i introduce our distinguished guest who will , i want to symposium say thanks before i forget to thank everybody. while we are wrapping up this day am going to think all of the presenters contributions. right now i want to thank my little committee because we have been working on this for a year. and that would include the two women downstairs who are not going to hear my thanks. also from the salem award foundation we have shelby, who has a brief announcement to make about our special feature. [indiscernible] ....
nightly news begins now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. a deadly and powerful storm has ravage add southern california. tonight, almost 20,000 people are still without power. the lasting effect of a dangerous weather system that left millions cowering through the night as strong winds and damaging rains caused landslides, flash floods, giant sinkholes and chaos on the roads. steve patterson reports from duarte, california. reporter: traffic jams are common on southern california interstates, but not like this. it s incredible to see how big this flood is. reporter: on one of the west s biggest arteries. interstate 5 still on hold. flooding this morning, half a day after a rush hour washout snarled traffic for hours. look at that. reporter: the aftermath of a deadly storm that slammed into the region. more rain in one day than some areas see in a month. in victorvill ....
of a brighter future. nightly news begins now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. a deadly and powerful storm has ravage add southern california. tonight, almost 20,000 people are still without power. the lasting effect of a dangerous weather system that left millions cowering through the night as strong winds and damaging rains caused landslides, flash floods, giant sinkholes and chaos on the roads. steve patterson reports from duarte, california. reporter: traffic jams are common on southern california interstates, but not like this. it s incredible to see how big this flood is. reporter: on one of the west s biggest arteries. interstate 5 still on hold. flooding this morning, snarled traffic for hours. look at that. reporter: the aftermath of a deadly storm that slammed into the region. more rain in one day than some areas see in a month. in victorville, rescuers fin ....
straight to olympic city where we find melissa ageary. still at 11:00, so busy. reporter: thousands of people are still here milling about at olympic park, and taking pictures and exploring the park. we have swimmers in the pool right now, and tonight all eyes are going to be on copacabana beach because of beach volleyball, and you can imagine the rivalry tonight between usa and brazil when those teams hit the sand. and for santa clara native, kerri walsh. kerri walsh jennings making her fifth appearance, but this time with a new partner, april ross. walsh says she is excited to play on copacabana beach. it s electric to play in copacabana and i can t wait to give the fans the best show in the world. and partner ross says she is ready to rumble. i am not going to hold back at all and get out there and unleash the beast. reporter: we re going to see her unleash the beast tonight. that match is tonight, copacabana, it starts at midnight. now, if when all of th ....