Around freezing as that first drizzle moves in north of boston, so we will keep a close eye on that situation, but by lunchtime we are in the mid to upper 30s north of boston, lower 40s south of boston and you could see the prime location really does end being the north shore, sea coast for some of those showers today. 36 to 44 though, increasing clouds, chance for drizzle turns into a much heavier rain over the weekend. We will talk more about that coming up. Here is Julie Grauert with live dive time traffic. Julie, where are the slow spots now . Julie many of the slow spots this typical trouble areas and route 3 for south shower commuters moving along fine 228 in rockland once you start to approach weymouth and braintree. 24, 95 also still moving along well as you approach 128 but like i told shiri, expressway 12 minutes on 24 from 106 to 128 and 19 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to columbia road. Gene and sara, back to you. Gene we continue to follow developing n
For millions of children, a snow day. The European Union moving closer to imposing more sanctions on russia. And escalation infighting in ukraine. Latvias president says the eu is likely to expand the list of those facing asset freezes and visa bans. Vladimir putin says ukraine is responsible for the violence. European finance ministers willing to work with greeces new government if the new Prime Minister drops his demands for the countrys debt to be written off. Europe may extend the deadline for greece to qualify for its next aid package. Word of another government intelligence Gathering Program aimed at drivers in the u. S. The Justice Department has built a database to track vehicles in real. And intelligence Gathering Program that involves storing hundreds of records about motorists. The goal is to fight drug tracking drug trafficking. In pro football, robert kraft, new England Patriots owner, says his team may be owed an apology. He says if the nfl fines the patriots did nothing
Of reconstruction. I would suggest that probably very few of you could pick these rebels out of the group. William sylvan died young, so there could be a reason why youd dont William Sylvis died very young, said there could be a reason why you dont recognize them. Red cloud yes, most of you recognize him. He won a war against the u. S. Government, and he had largely been written out of American History. And you might have a shot of recognizing Susan B Anthony or elizabeth caddy stanton. These are not faces that you would know if you think about reconstruction or you think about the reconstruction days. These are people you read about in your textbooks that you dont think about them in popular culture. Lets try this. The marlboro man has been recognized in every single country in the world, and i will talk more about the marble man marlboro man in a moment. The image that everybody in america and most people in the world recognize is the american cowboy. The american cowboy operates fro
Their symbol has far outweighed their numbers, and it was not a viable job. This hourlong talk was part of a symposium hosted by the vermont humanities council. This afternoon i am supposed to be talking about why cowboys mattered in the postwar years. They mattered more than anything else. I want to show you some images of reconstruction. I would suggest that probably very few of you could pick these rebels out of the group. William sylvis died very young said there could be a reason why you dont recognize them. Red cloud, yes, most of you recognize him. He was the most important indian in america at that time. If you came off a boat, you would have known who red cloud was. He won a war against the u. S. Government, and he had largely been written out of American History. And you might have a shot of recognizing susan b. Anthony or elizabeth caddy stanton. But you might not. These are not faces that you would know if you think about reconstruction or you think about the reconstruction
Seeing single digit cold temperatures. Quite a different scene earlier this evening when the flurries were flying around Rittenhouse Square. The story tonight, that bitter cold weather. Good evening everyone, im chris oconnell. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Temperatures certainly are tumbling. Scott williams live outside our old city studios. Hope youre bundled up, scott. Well, i am bundled up as much as i can be right now dawn and chris. Its an arctic assault taking place across our area. Winds have been gusting over 40 Miles Per Hour and those temperatures are tumbling. Lets get to the maps and show you whats happening. That front has been blowing through this evening. Snow squalls across the area some locations picking up a coating up to an inch with those fastmoving clippers. Now, as we look at the wind chills right now, you can see already feeling like 9 degrees right here in center city. It feels like allege below already in the pocono mountains and what about 11 degrees current