. >> translator: rather than designing buildings based on how i think the world will looin 20 years, would like to design buildings based on the future i want to see. i hope the buildings i create will help shape the future. ♪ >>> for world weather, we turn to our meteorologist yoko k kumagata. let's start with the intense winter storm impacting the northeast u.s. what are the main concerns? >> the storm is moving away from the coast areas thursday. winds and showers are winding down. snow with freezing temperatures may create dangerous driving conditions friday. that could affect morning commuters in new york city. the winter storm has brought more than one meter of snowfall in parts of new england, leading to some destructive situations. look at this video. the first major snowstorm blanketed new york city thursday. the snow recorded from wednesday into thursday was more than the total amounts of the whole season last year. central park had 27 centimeters of snowfall, the heaviest sie 2016. many cars and buildings were covered in white. sunny skies into the northeastern u.s. as the

can you talk a little bit about some of those details, so people have a sense of the time looine of howthese things happen? >> absolutely. as i am learning from my archivist, there's a varying reasons. i believe that we are -- we as a country are probably one of the most transparent in the documents of our government. but with that goes certain protections. for example, you know, patrick, if you were to write a letter to president bush in saying dear, mr. president, you were a fantastic president, signed patrick madden and you put your home address there and your phone number. well, that's personally identifiable information. so, you know, when we talk about why does an archivist have to go through these documents? well, they have to go through the documents because there are varying things that could slip into documents, you know, occasionally something that borders onto maybe a classified topic that needs to be protected and we move that into the right category, that's rare but it happens. to anything that's like personally identifiable information and we have to protect an american c