We want to introduce you to eric nelson. Easy executive director and ceo of the National Nordic museum. Mr. Nelson, why is there a National Nordic museum in seattle and generally, whats the history of the nordic people in the us . So fascinating question. I often wonder myself sometimes about the location of the museum i certainly wondered when i first took the position 15 years ago, but theres a huge you start with the history of the nordic people, which is a little diverse, but for the most part due to a number of factors, push and pull, there was a major emigration from the Nordic Region, and particularly norway, sweden, denmark, also finland and iceland are included, but about 30 of the population left those countries. Between 1865 and 1910. And again, a number of reasons were pulling them and pushing them. The homestead act was offering free, free land in the middle of the. So a lot of folks once they arrived in the east coast, moved their way to the midwest after it, generation o
We want to introduce you to eric nelson. Easy executive director and ceo of the National Nordic museum. Mr. Nelson, why is there a National Nordic museum in seattle and generally, whats the history of the nordic people in the us . So fascinating question. I often wonder myself sometimes about the location of the museum i certainly wondered when i first took the position 15 years ago, but theres a huge you start with the history of the nordic people, which is a little diverse, but for the most part due to a number of factors, push and pull, there was a major emigration from the Nordic Region, and particularly norway, sweden, denmark, also finland and iceland are included, but about 30 of the population left those countries. Between 1865 and 1910. And again, a number of reasons were pulling them and pushing them. The homestead act was offering free, free land in the middle of the. So a lot of folks once they arrived in the east coast, moved their way to the midwest after it, generation o
International terminal of airport and opened fire before blowing up themselves. I was in there and people were shooting. We all ran the other way. And then bombs went off. And people were start running the other way and there was more shooting. We came out and i think there was another bomb. Reporter First Responders arrived to find people running out of the airport. While inside, nervous passengers huddled together in stores. You can see total strangers cramped together for safety in this Instagram Post. Officials say two of the attackers struck inside the terminals after police started firing shots. A third blue himself up in the parking lot. According to information i have received at the entrance to the Airport International terminal terrorist first opened fire with and blue themselves up. Reporter in addition to the injured about three dozen people so far are reported dead. The death toll is expected to rise. Officials say all indications suggest the islam tick state group is behi
Better for you. Reads this tweet that i just posted. Oh, that appears to be trending. Lol. Right now new details in dead al tack at one europes busiest airports and the death toll keeps climbing. We do know three suicide bombers were suspected ties to isis target the the airport tonight. Leaving dozen dead. Good evening, im iain page. Im dawn timmeney in more lucy noland. It started with gunshots and ended with three explosions. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in our newsroom. Shawnette, none of these bombers got past security checks at the terminal. Reporter thats right, dawn. Heres what we can tell you. Officials say the attackers detonated those explosives at the entrance to the International Term nag which is actual particularly you enter the xray security check. So far we know 36 people are reported dead. Nearly 200 hurt. Including police officers. Total chaos in instant bull. Taxi drivers scoop up dozen wounded people and take them to the hospital. This after three suicide bombe
I might have seen you. Such. Great view. Awesome. Always top notch. Yes. Did you know yesterday the Marriage Bureau Office Issued more than 1200 licenses on valentines day because people want it stamped on that day. You have a year to use your marriage license. But they went in because also people took advantage of the threeday holiday weekend. More people arulprefill out online. Coming upoda singing in the rain to support phil harm plus, making sure all new seniors get nutritious meals. Free meals available. First up, this is black History Month. And on saturday, the springs preserve is celebrating the contributions of africanamericans and honoring their culture at the annual festival music, food and dance. Here with the taste of whats to come, festival coordinator damon hodge, along with the owner, ben hearon, jr. Good morning to both of you and welcome. Thank you for having us. Can you tell us about the festival coming up . We are very excited. Its our 7th annual black History Month