Revisits the 16th president s ejg. Just six weeks before his assassination. Mj considered one ofa ir t h the m iconic speeches in American History. We are honored to welcome harold back to New York Historical. He is the director of the roosevelt house of policy and institute at hunter college. He previously served as chairman of the Abraham Lincoln. And the United States lincoln bicentennial commission. He is the author of numerous books. His most recent the monument man the life and art of Daniel Chester french. He was part of the chief historicals 2009 and 2010 exhibition. Please turn off your Electronic Devices and join me in welcoming our guests. Thank you. Good evening. Happy lincolns birthday. Im so proud and grateful to be asked to do another lincolns birthday talk here at the New York Historical society. Last year it was sleeting with ice, so i think lincoln may have been another president who was not too happy about global warming. Just a guess. Tonight i want to talk, give a
lot of people head back to work, a lot of kids heading back to school, the wind chill will make it feel like 2 degrees below zero in philadelphia, it stays cold on wednesday. but it eases. everything s relative. wind chill wednesday morning 11 degrees. but then i m tracking a nor easter developing on thursday. a big question where does it track and that has a big impact on how much snow we would see. i ll have details on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. rick. all right, cecily we ll check back in later. thank you. chopper6 flew over the 2018 mummers parade as the performers marched from philadelphia city hall down broad street. but it appears the frigid forecast kept some of the fans away. there were sparse crowds along the parade route today and those who did show up were bundled up tight. action news reporter bob brooks has reaction from the spectators who did brave the cold on this new year s day 2018 and he joins us live in center city tonight. hey,
A human lighting rod for speculation, new dad Caeleb Dressel is entered in 6 events, but past history implies he may scratch out of several. What he swims and how fast leads several story lines in Atlanta.