Here in portland as a doctor of chiropractic and hes a trained psychotherapist. Hes also the Award Winning author of 12 works of fiction and nonfiction. Hes the recipient of the award of africanamerican literature and numerous awards for his books. Hes been a guest on the oprah show, npr and radio and tv programs across the nation. Clyde is here tonight to talk about his latest book think black which was just short listed for the 2019 goddard resso book prize. Would you welcome him at the science and industry, clyde w. Ford. [applause]. Thank you, leslie and this you all for beinger hoo being here. And i cant tell you how it is to be here again and reliving my First Experience here over 40 years ago when it was up at Washington Park and i was a volunteer and working with a group at omsi with software. Id gone to Chiropractic College and i needed to do that, and i was able to get computer time exchanging my work for the omsi compiler, and anyone who knows how it is dates yourself. And i
some dying in snow buried cars, others in homes with no power. conditions so bad rescuers needed rescuing. and the travel nightmare continues for thousands of americans, so far more than 3,000 flights have been canceled today, the majority are southwest flights. plus, how a toy and a car led police to find a kidnapped baby. welcome to the lead i m phil mattingly in today for jake tapper. we begin with the rising death toll from the vicious winter weather across the country. at least 49 people across nine states have died from storms, at least 27 of those deaths are centered in buffalo, new york, and surrounding erie county which were hit with a blizzard, winds so fierce they reached hurricane strength, rescuers had to be sent out to help stranded rescue crews facing, quote, some of the worst conditions that any of us have ever seen. many roads around buffalo remain impassable, driving bans still in place in some areas as crews try to clear the streets to restore power
of the state. buffalo and other cities are struggling to dig out of 43 inches of snow and freezing temperatures and power outages. i ll talk with the buffalo police commissioner this hour. many americans are still feeling the effects of the arctic blast, including millions of air travelers. southwest airlines experiencing massive disruptions, with more than 65% of its flights canceled just today, adding to the holiday travel chaos. also tonight, vladimir putin claims he s ready to negotiate a solution to the ukraine war, but a key ukrainian official says the russian president needs to get back to reality, as moscow continues to slaughter innocent civilians. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the deadly weather emergency in western new york. governor kathy hochul is calling it, and i m quoting her, the blizzard of the century and she is warning it is far from over.
Supplies are loud as its ready, strikes, talking to ports and causes and during your visit part of your suggestion there is no excuse. There is no justification for these trust support for israel. The us extra estate tells Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu United States as his countrys bad news. Fair is no safe place and goes with this is rosa strikes have been constant and unsparing. More than 1500 palestinians have not been killed in that number is rising fast. In time neighborhoods have been destroyed at least 338000 palestinians fled forth to take shelter elsewhere and 1200 as rays have been killed. And how must his Ministry Operation are . These are there is of, of come on to is really attacking the policy. This includes a refugee account. Its really a strikes of also hit time. Ive been adjusting the hospital, thousands of patients and just based palestinians were inside of the time. Is there any problems of left massive crisis in the ones bustling neighborhoods of the subsidies i
Forces throughout the six year civil war hospitals in gaza have been forced to cancel operations in hospitals after cleaners went on strike over delayed salary payments the Health Ministry says planned surgeries cannot go ahead as operating theatres arent ready the cleaning staff are demanding overdue pay from the palestinian Health Ministry which is run by the National Consensus government those are the headlines coming up next its the stream of half an hour of. Protons neutrons and electrons quarks ever heard of a quark i have but i need a little help explaining it luckily we have someone today to help us do just that astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson is here to explain astrophysics to people in a hurry his new book stay with us. And there is. A look that in my d. N. A. Remember the. Industry. From the Big Bang Theory to Quantum Mechanics astrophysics comes up the great images of space and Time Concepts out of reach for some people the Popular American astrophysicist and podcast ho