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The first european settler to come to the bronx came in 1639. his name was jonas bronck. b-r-o-n-c-k. in 1874, all the areas east were -- west of the river was annexed to the city. and in 1898 they decided that the two areas previously annexed should also become a borough. but what to call it since it never had a name before. they looked at the map and right smack in the middle of the territory ran the bronx river, so they named it after the river, the borough of the bronx, and that is why it is called the bronx, and not just plain "bronx." ♪ if you have a question about the bronx, chances...

According to john's gospel, then simon peter came and went into the tomb. he saw the linen wrappings lying there. but the bible doesn't mention what happens to the linen cloths next. more than 1,300 years later, a shroud showing the crucified body of jesus appeared from out of nowhere in a small village in northeastern france. when it was moved to turin, 40,000 people were there to welcome it. then centuries later in 1898, it became a global phenomenon when italian secondo pia took the world's first photograph of the shroud.

There. but the bible doesn't mention what happens to the linen cloths next. more than 1,300 years later, a shroud showing the crucified body of jesus appeared from out of nowhere in a small village in northeastern france. when it was moved to turin, 40,000 people were there to welcome it. then centuries later, in 1898, it became a global phenomenon, when italian secondo pia took the world's first photograph of the shroud. >> all of a sudden, a negative image of the man of the shroud pops out at him. it's like staring at the face of jesus.

The mayor of vaccineville has ordered the evacuation of 450,000 -- what's that? craig? oh, sorry, craig. i thought you were speaking to me for a second. we're here at the st. john's river. we expect the storm surge to pick up here in the early afternoon, and as i was saying, this is an area that isn't used to this type of strong storm. the last major storm like this they had to deal with was back in 1898. 450,000 people ordered to evacuate. we have no way of knowing how many heeded that warning. there's a media briefing going on, and what they have been saying is if you have not left at this p...

To evacuate from the beaches, several evacuation zones, emergency shelters. right now, thankfully, we have power from the looks of it, city still has power. not expecting the worst of it to come through until the afternoon here in the jacksonville area. that's when we expect the winds in the early afternoon to get up around 70, 80 miles an hour and for the storm surge to really kick into gear. this area had not seen any impact from a category 4 storm since 1898. a lot of people think florida is used to hurricanes. well, not quite this strong, at least not here in this area. we drove down here ...