harnessing the wind could help cities cope with climate change. tomorrow to day, the d. w. sun show heat waves in the northern hemisphere, reco temperatures around the globe from dubai to delhi, to paris. 2015 was the hottest years whose records began. according to the world material, logical organization, it could soon get even more sweltering. but before we take a look at ways to keep cities livable, despite rising temperatures, we hear what our fee will have to say. ah, do you live in a city or a region where it gets really hot? how do you cope? what s the local saw? she s due to tackle the problem. that s what we asked you on social media insight, writes in el salvador. nothing is being done. everyone just buys their own air conditioner. mm. audrianna into kuta and colombia says the city is always been hot, so you need to keep hydrated with sunscreen, use clothing, and sandal. unfortunately not much has being done to protect the environment. in another post from the south
the biden strint. the president looking to get everybody a vaccine by may 1th. now 10% of the population is fully vaccinated. to get to 4herd immunity, we ar nowhere close right now, and one major challenge is people choorsing not to get vaccinated. like everything else in the country, right now, a lot of the choice comes down to politics. just listen to brian temp today. we are seeing vaccine he is tansy really as the pharmacists and i were talking about, making south. a lot of that is dealing with white republicans quite honestly. macon south, white republicans, quite honestly. the governor of georgia came out and said it. and the poll shows what he said, 36% of respondents, of that group, nearly 60% are republican. so just imagine if trump had made a big public showing of his vaccination, stuck him arm out there, and did it on video just like his pretdecessors have don here. we have lost enough people and suffered enough damage. it s important for the fellow citize
to have you here director at the library. and we have a great speech today for presidents day weekend. the day in the life of the president. how many of you are members raise your hand. oh, wow look at that fantastic so those of you who aren t members you become a member today you get a 25% discounts on paul s book which you can buy in the store he will be ding a book signing immediately after the program. so you can get a new become and have him sign before we go today. we have a new kick the that will be opening in april. i want to tell you about it s called art of war. it s an exhibit that look at poster art from our collection we have about 3,000 posters in our collection. and we re going to be doing an exhibit starting april 21st, and then the art is quite remarkable by some of our greatest artists norman rockwell and andrew and others so we do hope you ll join us for that. now we re lucky today paul is beth a working correspondent with the west wing reports and
back in 1788, this was how everyone shared important news of the day like whether or not to ratify the new constitution. luckily, with me today i have steve of the american historical bill chrystal and we will have thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton tells about exactly why we should or should not have a bill of rights. just to set a little context , in 1788 we have successfully revolted from england. we are trying to form a new nation and we have the articles of confederation, which unfortunately are not working very well. we have a government, but it is tenuous and we think what we really need to do is to create a new constitution that will bring us all together. the question is should this constitution be ratified? is it good enough? mr. hamilton, i hear you have some very strong opinions about this? there is a rumor you might have been writing under the name in some newspapers. could you tell me about why we should or should not sign on to this new constitution? m
he is best known throughout new york for the series of video walking tours presented by channel 13, including the emmy award nominated shows 42nd street, broadway and harlem. he lectured at numerous vienna venues, including columbia, university of pennsylvania and smithsonian and harvard graduate school of planning and architecture. we always like to ask everyone to turn off cell phones and electronic beepers. now let s give barry lewis a warm welcome. thank you. [applause] professor lewis: i don t need that. you know me. i m all over the stage. actually it is interesting there it i had people talking to me about the lecture. i m not really talking about the the brooklyn bridge as much as brooklyn. new york would never admit it needed brooklyn but it needed it. again, just in case people were not here, it s a series of three lectures. i did the first one about a month ago. remember new york and staten island becomes a premier city by the 1820 s and 180 s. 1830 s. 60,000