principal goal is at the moment to to build a comprehensive method locations and trajectories of these esther here's another saying that we hear a lot about scientists warn off the danger of a massive sollars storm to our planet one that can cause a major power outage how big of an impact are we talking about i mean power stations nuclear reactor satellites the i assess is that all going to go haywire. no i mean people have been aware of this danger for quite a long time and we've had very large solar flares. that have caused things like power outages and have disrupted satellite communications and so on so it's something that everyone's aware of and we try to build systems to be robust to it but you know that's not to say that a very large event can be very disruptive but it is the impact temporary are a short life you know we're talking about a short term blackout and how big of an area kennedy impact well it again all depends upon the size of the solar event so you know you can have temporary power outages but those again can be really disruptive if you lose power for twelve hours that you know t

here tomorrow. her beloved mother, esther margaret burnett, died up expectedly, but peacefully last thursday.ate reader, esther loved poetry, she was an artist, she loved her roses, her gardens, her pets. and most of all, of course, she loved her family. she loved her husband, king, her daughters, and her nine grandchildren. esther and king met at a summer cookout on long island where they fell in love. they were married for 53 years. esther burnett was 79 years old. and erin, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. we are looking forward to seeing you back here in this seat where you belong tomorrow night. thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight here in washington with something we rarely get from the trump administration, an admission. not an admission of wrong doing, but an admission by jared kushner that he took a few meetings with the russians. kushner released a statement offering his first public account of what he says were four meetings with russians during the campaign and transit

here. you have before. >> kevin: i need something new. i'm sorry. it's my life, my choice. >> esthernd this is the way to do it -- moving 2,000 miles away? >> michael: look, you make all these plans to go to tahiti, and then, out of nowhere, you change your mind, head west, don't tell anyone what you're up to. and now you want to turn your whole life upside down? >> kevin: i know this is a surprise. >> michael: it's not a surprise. it's nonsensical. what's really going on, kevin? >> sharon: care to tell me what's going on in that mind of

now, esther reed had only been an american woman for ten years. she came herectober of 1775. when war came and her husband joined george washington's forces, esther and her four little children found themselves refugees running from place-to-place to escape the british. her former countrymen, think of it, and disease was rampant. smallpox claimed one of her babies, but she soon had another. the men came home just long enough. but with all of that hardship and really think of it just getting through the day in the 18th century was very hard. she was not worried about herself. she was worried about the troops. and so she organized. she became publicly active in a way that a good citizen should. she organized the ladies association of pennsylvania in which she was elected the leader. and then put together teams of women to go door-to-door around philadelphia and the suburbs to collect money for the troops. and the publicity about it spurred women in other states to act as well. as the first lady of pennsylvania, she wrote to all the other first ladies in the state

here. you have before. >> kevin: i need something new. i'm sorry. it's my life, my choice. >> esthernd this is the way to do it -- moving 2,000 miles away? >> michael: look, you make all these plans to go to tahiti, and then, out of nowhere, you change your mind, head west, don't tell anyone what you're up to. and now you want to turn your whole life upside down? >> kevin: i know this is a surprise. >> michael: it's not a surprise. it's nonsensical. what's really going on, kevin? >> sharon: care to tell me what's going on in that mind of

. >> it is going to be more esther i can this joke, a little high brow, politics, little washington d.c. >> here>> it sure is hot. >> how hot is it. >> it is so hot they installed a fan in the debt ceiling. >> that was great. >> high brow. >> he's here all week. >> i just don't do vaudeville stuff, this is high brow entertainment. >>> keep it coming here, what is an unusual way that you beat the heat? >> we want your tips. use #fox 29 good day so we can show it. >> this is day 45 of the heat wave. >> it feels like it. but it is only day four. >> really. >> longest one we ever had was 18 days in a row. >> 1989. >> eighty-eight. will not even be close this time. a little bit of perspective. your number is seven, excessive heat warning does continue today, and thinks still pretty dangerous heat and we have cumulative thing going day after day after day in this oppressive heat. sultry start at the shore at bus stop buddy he brought dog and beach ball. a bag of chips, because it is national junk food day. 82 degrees. we have cloud cover here in olde city but it still feels like 85. yesterday's high a

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esther burnett was 79 years old. and erin, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. we are looking forward to seeing you back here in this seat where you belong tomorrow night. thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight here in washington with something we rarely get from the trump administration, an admission. not an admission of wrong doing, but an admission by jared kushner that he took a few meetings with the russians. kushner released a statement offering his first public account of what he says were four meetings with russians during the campaign and transition. in this administration, and from this president who cries fake news any time the russian investigation comes up, it is something. for months on twitter and the rare times he's answered questions on camera, the president has dismissed anything involving russia as fake news. >> russia is fake news. this is fake news put out by the media. the entire thing has been a witch hunt. it's all fake news. i have nothing to do with russia. this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> c

here to the final question. >> good evening, i have a history teacher. i hear in cambridge, massachusetts, and i had to brief questions for you. number one, what are you currently reading right now, esther macola, for enjoyment -- david mccullough for enjoyment? >> when i'm working on a book i don't read anything but all that i need to read in order to be competent enough to write that book. so right now i read all about the northwest territory. i'm reading biographies and autobiographies of a whole cast of characters. i've always wanted to write a book about people you've never heard of. i would love to have the capacity in the story itself to get you into the tent and not rely on historic -- what's the word? celebrities, historic celebrities, to get you into the tent. i was greatly influenced a as a student in college by thorton wilder and his novels and his play and come particularly the play our tent. i thought what if you could write a book about real people in a real town and have sufficient material to get inside their lives, inside their nature, and drawing on the letters and diaries and so forth. and i found that in a collection in ohio, which was the first settlement in the no