For some people. As we look live at the brng ben franklin parkway in philadelphia, the winds are brisk but the streets are empty. Its friday night. The big story is the start of a weekend that could see cold weather records fall by the weekend. Jeff chirico is live in center city philadelphia. First, lets get the latest facts and figures from adam joseph. The winds, when you see them whipping sky 6 on Benjamin Franklin parkway, it feels worse. The air temperature 11. Same for new york, air temperature in syracuse, four. We have the direct shot from canada around the noreaster pulling down the cold air, seven below in the city of philadelphia, 14 below in boston, 15 below in pittsburg as well as syracuse. The numbers continue to tumble overnight. A windchill advisory in effect through tomorrow, tomorrow night, sunday morning 10 00 a. M. Thats when its set to expire. Basically, the advisory means if you dont have your extremities covered, you can get frostbite in 30 minutes. In the pocon
Covered, you can get frostbite in 30 minutes. In the poconos, Lehigh Valley, 15 to 30 below zero. Aside from the dangerous windchills, record lows fall tonight and tomorrow night and by tomorrow night and sunday morning, well see the coldest temperatures in the city of philadelphia in 24 years, and to begin next week, another wintery mix coming in. We chat about that and on the flip side, a warm up, january thaw in the sevenday forecast. Thank you, jim. Lets go live to South Broad Street in philadelphia where jeff chirico has discovered the biting cold has had an impact on businesses. Jeff, what have you learned . Hey, jim, i dont think im the only one that would rather eat a frozen dinner on my couch than brave the frozen tundra to go out to dinner. Thats not good news for restaurants unless delivery is your gig. In this weather, you can make cold, hard cash. On this night, happy hour in center city is an intimateaffair. The management says of the brutal cold that lingered more than a
Were in their height, the number of private security contractors outnumbered the us troops. How did that come to be . Again, i think we are like that one of the unintended consequences of relying on the all volunteer force and allowing the country to slide into a condition of permanent war. We ended up with too much work, too few warriors and so policymakers and the pentagon turned to the notion of defense contractors to try to fill the gap. At a very high cost. At a very high cost and i would argue with little evidence that they that they were worth the money. I know youre going to stay around and sign some books i want to thank you, colonel, professor,. You know, we barely scratched the surface of this book, so i really encourage you to pick up a copy and you will have a very indepth although somewhat pessimistic understanding of the wars of the middle east. Thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this is book tv on cspan 2, television for serious readers. H
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