but made in the textile mills of new england. there's over 700 of those. but most people are still living on farms, following agriculture and the land, growing things like corn over here. and living in fairly modest homes. the home behind me is on the smaller end. it's one of the few we actually built here. that's about 600 square feet which represents about a quarter or so of the -- of the housing stock of rural new england. so america was not only a younger nation, but a poorer nation than it is now. most of our buildings, though, are antiques that we've moved here from the six new england states. we've opened to the public in 1946, been open ever since, as a private, not for profit educational corporation. so we try to show people bits and pieces of everyday life from the decade of the 1830s. new england as you may or may not be aware was initially settled by english people after the native people who came here for religious reasons. they wanted to purify christianity and have a purer form in their minds of worshipping god. when they settled in the upla

and so the key to the expulsion was the new england invasion assisted and, of course, the new englanders were coming to nova scotia which was british territory, but they were to making war against the french forts in the border region. that was what was occurring. and if those attacks were successful, then they could go about the expulsion and only if the attacks were successful. it was wartime again. and sure enough, the new england men, 2,000, with some british support, most of the troops were new england, they had some british ships assisting them and a couple hundred british troops. they took over the french canadian forts, and then shortly after those forts were taken over, the year was 1755. it was the summer. the government in nova scotia, the british government decided to go ahead with the evacuation. well, the only way governor lawrence could accomplish that was through the massachusetts troops. and that is what occurred. and it was a very, very sad tragic train of events where -- and the news spread to boston tragic train of events where -- and the news spread to boston from ha

parts of new england. the disturbance spinning off the new england coast. also a little snow in niche michigan. high pressure overhead, that will be deflected to the north and we will be in good shape. let's look outside and put numbers in there. a beautiful morning. chilly though. inner harbor 36. humidity down. the barometer is rising. we have a northwest wind at 6. the breeze calmed down overnight. last night still there. won't be as windy today as it was yesterday, but it will be colder than it was yesterday. a couple days ago, it was up in the 70's. then in the 60's. today, we take a nose dive. the normal high this time of year is 51, 52 degrees where we'll be just a bit below that. but then look as we end the weekend and go into next week, we go way back and aagain. that's the way the whole winter has been, so that's not so surprising. generally at or around freezing at points around the bay. you go north, parkton only 28. frederick 30. only 18 in oakland. 22 in frostburg. and the warmest readings are in the upper 30's, like annapolis. 37 degrees righ

a living history museum that depicts early new england life from 1790 to 1840. we hear from costume historians who present what it was like to live and work in 19th century new england. the curator serves as our guide. >> sturbridge village is not a little town caught in a time warp or anything. it is a recreation of kind of a sampling of rural life in new england at the time when society was really transforming from the old order to the modern world we live in came. we're showing you the decade of the 1830s. so the american revolution was a couple generations ago. there are rumblings about slavery, but they don't know what's going to happen any more than you or i do. 1838, push comes to shove, that's our default year. 26 states in the union, michigan being the most recent, the population of the united states is probably around 17 million or so people. we do a census every ten years. but it's probably about that. it was 13.5 million back in 1830. so it's a time when the railroad is coming in, our county seat of wooster, they start making regular transatlantic st

that was one of the things that central new england where we are was known for in the 19th century. not every town had a tinner, but a lot of towns did. >> they are made with this punch and the longer holes are made with this one. we have done this before. we have a pattern. i scratched guidelines on here to go by. a person of my age would have started as an apprentice. we signed papers and when we reached the 21st birthday usually would become a tinner. start getting paid. thank you for stopping by. >> the tinners have been making things for a distant market. they are making 16 land earns in a day and things like spice graders. if he is making pound measures, 66 of them in a day. he is relying on the peddlers and sometimes hundreds of miles from the shop selling these things. your neighborhood black smith is by and large operating like a dry cleaners. in other words, serving a neighborhood. people living within a couple of miles at most of the shop and stopping by to have their houses shod and wagons repair and to have an ax rebuilt to use it longer. that's the kind of thing that m

and then tomorrow, some of that stormy weather will begin to arrive in areas of new england with some light rain. if you're watching us on whdh 7 news, see rare snapshots from the golden age of early photography with silver, salt and sunlight at the museum of fine art, boston. a little chilly, a good day to be inside at the art museum. >> exactly. here's a look at this morning's headlines and entertainment. good news for all of you ladies. the ones that are fans of "the hunger game" because technically, you still have got a shot. proposed to girlfriend mile miley cyrus, but cyrus shot down the rumors yesterday saying i only not engaged. i've worn this same ring on this finger since november. >> we just didn't notice, i guess? >> put it on the other finger, then. >> bobby brown was arrested in california for suspicion of dui after he was pulled over. >>> a 29-year-old woman was arrested for aggravated burglarly wielding a broken brick and shouting at him. >> i wonder if he critiqued her? >> cowell described it as something just like out of a horror movie. jane fonda will play first lad

here's the satellite image, showing the disturbance off the new england coast throwing a little snow rk state. pennsylvania done with theirs for a while. another air disturbance coming into the great lakes. it looks like that will pass mostly to our north. developing storm off stot to the southwest. here's what the map will look like this evening. rains developing in the plains states. there will be relatively mild temperatures. a sting of high pressure sitting over us for the weekend. all the rain travel-wise to the major destinations are transfer points. so tampa and dallas and the pacific northwest up in seattle getting the rain. everybody else looks dry and relatively nice with new york city and seattle the coolest places with highs in the 40's. for us, we're in the 40's too. sunny, these temperatures just a little below average for the season. northwest winds at 5 to 15. high pressure with us all weekend long. if you watch the timeline, that storm in the center of the nation begins to catch up with us by monday night into tuesday, and that's when the rain chances kick in. our for

anywhere from the great lakes to new england, it's going be cold and windy. in some cases the temperatures are going to be falling one of the bing things is later tonight into tomorrow morning we're expecting low temperatures in the 30s in the big cities, so it will be in the 20s in the suburbs. we're going have a freeze. of course, it's so warm we're concerned about any of the tender vegetation. >>> if you're watching us on wlbt channel 3 in jackson, mississippi, ever wonder where a chipmunk sleeps or what an eagle feeds its young, hopefully not the chip munks find out the animal secrets at the mississippi museum of natural science. that's your early event of the day. >>> movie-goers had a huge appetite for "the hunger games" this weekend. as expected, the film devoured the competition, taking in a whopping $155 million. the third highest u.s. opening of all time, the highest ever for a nonsequel. the only movies that earned more on opening weekends were the "harry potter" finale and the batman sequel. >>> after rumors miley cyrus sporting what look os to be

could get occupations accumulat higher elevations, the berkshires, even sunday morning through new england, elevations through connecticut and massachusetts could be dealing with minor accumulating snow. for new york city, philadelphia, just looks like a cold, chilly rain you'll wake up to saturday. here's your forecast today. we start with the heavy rain near chicago, then we track it through the ohio valley during the day today, also thunderstorms in the southeast. and as we get towards tomorrow morning, kind of one of those mornings, lynn, you're going to want to sleep in in southern new england and the northern mid-atlantic. not a day to be outdoors. >> i thought you told us to pack our winter clothes, bill. what about that. >> that wasn't me. must have been someone else. >> good answer. >>> coming up, more good job news, a promise from iphone makers, and how you can enjoy dinner on the "titanic," sort of. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, an nba finals rematch, a scary moment for sidney crosby, and derek fisher returns to l.a. you

and it was when he went to new england and met an army that was mostly of massachusetts and connecticut, rhode island, new hampshire men. he took an instant dislike to each other. he wrote home about new england as if he was visiting a foreign country. he said they are a nasty and a dirty people. he said they are a leveling people. and he thought they had no discipline, no order. they did not approve of washington and his heirs. they wrote many verses of yankee doodle, which are not sung by children today, which were about washington -- captain washington they called him -- and his slapping stallion. there was a great distance at the very start between washington and these men. and it grew more difficult as more men joined that army and it began a national army, at least through at least ten of the former colonies. and the the back country riflemen arrived in cambridge, massachusetts. you can see one at the stern of the boat and another wearing, i think, more of a 19th century fashion coonskin cap behind washington himself. and then just in the bell of the boat, you'll see a man who is

nearly two feet of snow in northern new england. powerful winds stirred up whiteout conditions. many schools were closed, flights were canceled. >>> a second wave of sno is zeroing in on upstate new york and new england today. several inches top ground in massachusetts and rhode island already. by tend of the day, parts of maine, and new hampshire, should be buried under the snow. we're covering it all for you later on "good morning america." >> folks were talking about a mild winter. it's officially over. >>> more breaking news from the seychelles this morning. the crippled ship finally docked. >> more than 1,000 people have been trapped on that ship since monday when the generator fire occurred. no shower, toilets, lights. so far, the disembarking process is going well. >> reporter: they seem very, very organized. buses are waiting to take them to hotels. clearly, the priority is a hot shower and a hot meal. >> best shower they'll probably ever take. they're being greeted by sticky, humid conditions in the seychelles. temperatures there in the mid 90s. >>> students at the ohio

a living history museum that depicts early new england life. on american artifacts, we hear from costume historians that present what it was like to live and work in 19th century new england. th . >> this is not a town caught in a time warp. it is a recreation, kind of a sampling of rural life in new england at the time when society was really transforming from the old order to the modern world we live in today. >> we're showing you the decade at 1830s. the american will he have lugs was a couple generations ago. it was as far from them as world war ii is to us. civil war is still a generation in the future. there are rumblings about slavery, but don't know what will happen in 20 or 30 years more than you and i do. there are 26 states in the union, michigan the most recent. population of the united states is probably around 17 million or so people. they do a census every ten years, so we don't quite know yet. it is probably about that. it was 13.5 million back in 1830. so it is a time when the railroad is coming in. worcester is connected to wa

the cold stuff is definitely there in new england. this is march. late march the sun angles high enough you'll warm up for a decent day after that cold weather. the middle of the country is just fine. colorado dry once again. we had a bad fire there with one fatality. ten houses burned down. >> bill, thank you for staying on top of that. >>> big ben now on jobs and why nimble fingers and big business go together. your "first look" at business headlines is straight ahead. >> the knicks lose two of their stars. tebow takes new york. when is a tie really a loss. you're watching "first look" on nbc. [ male announcer ] for making cupcakes and deposits at the same time. for paying your friend back for lunch from your tablet. for 26 paydays triggered with a single tap. for checking your line, then checking your portfolio. for making atms and branches appear out of thin air. simple to use websites, tools, and apps. for making your financial life a little bit easier. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable c

in new england it was in the 80s yesterday.atures. 80degrees and north winds at 6:00 and the barometer is holding steady. the humidity is down to 37%. it was 70% yesterday at this time. 80 now. and 78 ellington. 68 ocean city. walk, 81. 73 in oakland and the mountain areas to the west. they were 85 this afternoon. a lot of these areas did set records this afternoon. slightly cooler by the bay. in westminster, 83. newark down to 71. 70 in syracuse, cleveland was 83 yesterday. right now they're at 74. showers to the south and west of us. nantucket is 68 degrees. winds out of the north, northeast. and that brought in the new air mass. there were no clouds with it. but the front came through and scoured out the fog to the morning. low pressure has been spinning. we're going to to start seeing the moisture move in late tonight and as this band of rain moves into the area, the front to the north with ocean air comes in. both of them combine around the atlantic. a good chance we'll see a shower or a that you are tomorrow and rain as t

new england men and new york and new jersey men, men from the northern colonies. there were about 2,000 colonial soldiers and also british soldiers guarding this fort. let's go on. commanding in 1757 in this theater for the french was a french army officer of the highest caliber, many wars in europe or battles in europe he had fought, the marquis de montcalm, a french nobleman. you have a french general, a high ranking officer from prestigious family assisting montcalm who well after the war would explore the south pacific and tahiti. and then there was the governor general of french canada at the time and someone who believed in utilizing native warriors and using them to spread panic and terror among british colonial settlers. he did not get along well with montcalm each wanted to be the first in command, and the officers who came from france looked down upon the french colonials in a similar way often that the british officers looked down upon their own colonials. okay. in the campaign of 1757, who were the opposing sides? the french and natives under the montc

not much snow in southern new england. this is a new england special for you.ts are loving it. forecast today, warm and just fine down i-95. one of the big stories u tomorrow we're expecting another tornado outbreak. >> it is that time of the year. thanks, bill. >>> which superstar called yesterday one of the best days of her life and why? >>> and she has grabbed the spotlight thanks to some of her outrageous behavior, but this morning she's making headlines for a different reason. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. hey, heard any updates on the game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. hi. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ male announcer ] get it fast wi

in new england they were just closed for a day a lot of them because they had literally 60 feet of snow so they would shovel off the roof and be open the next day. in the midwest they were open for a -- they were closed for a week or two weeks. but why were they closed? this would give us the information. if they were closed because roads for blocked maybe we should prioritize opening those roads. if it was because they were without power, we should prioritize them getting power after the hospitals and safety people because guess what, the wal-marts of the world, the stop and shop or supermarkets of the world, they feed people every day. they do it much better than we will ever. we should not be, as we have for years opening up points of distributions in parking lots of buildings, of supermarkets. we should be working with them hand in hand to know are they open or closed? and if they are closed, what do we do to open them? so they become part of a team and not everybody opening and operating in their own silos. by doing that we'll be able to take care of the public in general and more

the exceptions, new england, northern new england especially. chillier air mass.e're watching for showers and storms in pittsburgh this morning, now in ohio. if you're watching local 2 in houston, texas see art inspired by comic book, super heroes, hip-hop at this rejection of the conquerer at the art museum of southeast texas. that's your "early today" event of the day. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. charlize theron is a mom. she has adopted an african-american boy named jackson. elsewhere, tmz reports new orleans police issued an arrest warrant for russell brand, accused of grabbing a photographer's phone monday and throwing it through the window of a nearby law firm. lindsay lohan tweeted yesterday allegations she was in a hit and run the night before were, quote, a complete lie. however, reports say witnesses saw lohan in a black porsche doing a u turn to avoid photographers, grazing a man and his car. the man is said to be considering charges. bad news for matthew mcconnaughey. "killer joe" will definitely have an nc-17 ra

the rocky mountain states were cold and new england was the coldest.it was down in the low teens in parts of northern new england. 28 to start the day in frederick. 21 at oaklyn. in western maryland, allegany was in the low 20's. freezing in some locations. down to 31 degrees. in pennsylvania, 23. it ended up their rarity this past several months -- this past several months. the low was six to raise more -- lower than the normal. you are getting deep into spring when the record amount of snow is less than half an inch. the most in has ever come down on the 27th of march in baltimore. 0.4 of 1 inch of rain. it will cool off rapidly this evening with clear skies and lighter wind. 49 in manchester. 529 westminster. toward the western part, temperatures in the low 50's. expect a few scattered clouds and prevent the temperature from dropping further. many suburban areas will be close to freezing. that might give us some patchy frost. high pressure delivered -- that delivered this shot of air is moving away. this is producing lo and gray stratus clouds but t

in new england, we had some rain showers this morning. to deal with.a pretty nice afternoon in the mid-atlantic unlike yesterday when we had thunderstorms down there in areas of virginia. the forecast for today, boston will be on the cool side. probably only highs in the mid to upper 40s. that's kind of chilly. everyone else should be okay. cooler than yesterday. but we should be breezy and sunny in the afternoon. temperatures in the big cities all the way about 60 degrees. a little heads-up for areas especially southern new england, including the new york city area. saturday looks like some heavy rain could be around. if you have weekend plans, sunday is definitely the better of the two days. could be a cold, chilly rain. some areas, the higher elevations of southern new york maybe get snow through friday night into saturday morning. as far as thursday's forecast, today's go heads-up to everyone around kansas city and omaha. maybe strong thunderstorms later today. possibility of isolated tornado. anyone traveling to the west coast. a lot of heavy rain

yesterday was a day you shake your head in areas of northern new england. sunny, perfect, beautiful. it felt like early june. mosquitos were out. 78 in boston. the low clouds and fog lingered through much of the day in the mid-atlantic. today the same. dense fog advisory on i-95. careful driving in delaware, maryland, new jersey, long island and southern connecticut. the fog will slowly burn off. cooler with patchy drizzle in those areas. sunny this afternoon. a better chance of the sun coming out today than yesterday. the temperatures could be 84 today in hartford, connecticut. it's crazy record high there. the temperatures are cooling off a little bit with rain around chicago today and heavy rain around mississippi. itis hard to believe it's going to be mid-80s in southern new england. >> it's 82 in miami, but 84 in connecticut? >> it's going to be warmer in connecticut than miami. they are coming up here for spring break. >> do you have that map right, bill karins? just kidding. >>> another hollywood baby on the way and who is hanging with ashton kutcher

now, the colonies were accustomed, apart from new england -- the new england colonies would often work together, but the colonies to the south would really operate more or less on their own individually. so the albany congress were where delegates of several colonies met in 1754 discussed how they could cooperate more effectively together and even bl themselves under british authority. now, the plans of the albany congress did not bear fruition as benjamin franklin tells us. no colonial congress or grand council as franklin conceived developed from the albany congress. nevertheless, franklin's idea which he shared with others of drawing the colonies more closely together under british rule so that they could form a common policy and front against the french and the native allies of the french, that was very important. and franklin, of course, expressed this idea through a famous cartoon that he published in the "pennsylvania gazette" in 1754 in philadelphia. and it shows the colonies as a snake, right? and either they it will join together or they'll die separately. now he chose to pic

mid 80s in some areas of new england yesterday.vernight a cold front has dropped down from the north, not that cold, but the air mass is very dry, it will be breezy in new england. your temperatures will be about ten degrees cooler and the fire danger is pretty high. it hasn't rained in about a week and a half. so temperatures still warm from d.c. to new york. it's amazing i'm saying that 70s are cool. but compared to the 80s, it will be. all of a sudden we're starting to add some rain chances into pittsburgh. it won't be until late today, right now the rain is located out here by chicago, indianapolis, and down into mississippi. atlanta, you have a chance of rain late today. the storm over the weekend, finally heads to the east coast. in the middle of the country. a beautiful weekend. the problem spots, it looks like california will get rain saturday and sunday. and in the east coast, the storm is going to linger. it moves in saturday afternoon and sunday, it will be ugly from new york to boston. temperatures much cooler behind th

still sewn by ladies at home but made in the textile mills of new england. there's over 700 of those. but most people are still living on farms, following agriculture and the land, growing things like corn over here and living in fairly modest homes. the home behind me is on the smaller end. it's one of the few we actually built here. that's about 600 square feet. which represents about a quarter or so of the housing stock of rural new england. america was not only a younger nation but a poorer nation than it is now. most of our buildings though are antiques that we've moved here from the six new england states. we've opened to the public in 1946, been open ever since as a private not-for-profit educational corporation. we're trying to show people bits and pieces of every day life from the decade of the 1830s. >> watch american artifacts every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span3's american history tv. visit c-span.org/history. coming up, a program on african-american work and life in washington, d.c., especially in the area

march you will get in the 40s in many areas of the east, 30s where there is snow on the ground in new england, the reward day begins on wednesday, that is when we quickly jump into the mid 60s from atlanta through raleigh, charlotte, all the way up in areas of new york city. lynn, thunderstorms in the midwest, those will be generic variety storms, no tornado outbreaks with this next storm system in the heartland. >> that is good news. >> they need it. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up, china wants to slow down, yahoo weighs layoffs and rush limbaugh continues to feel the heat. your "first look" at business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up sweet revenge for the bulls and trio of teams punch their tickets to the first dance. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ok, guys-- what's next ? chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast speeds. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small businesses that want to grow use

in northern new england today. you have a chance of another 80-degree day. it was all the way in caribou, maine, it was 70 degrees yesterday and they still had six inches of snow on the ground, crazy to think, maybe slush now. >> so, bill, if you get the forecast wrong, will you dye your hair pink. >> i'm guaranteed it get it right in at least one part of the country, so probably not. >> all right. data on china rattles the streets, tiffany sparkles and the ultimate in intrusive technology. >>> coming up, peyton is introduced, the penguins are flying high and britney greiner slams the gators. ♪ [ female announcer ] gross -- i'll tell you what's really gross: used dishcloths. they can have a history that they drag around with them. for a cleaner way to clean try bounty extra soft. in this lab demo, one sheet of bounty extra soft leaves this surface 3 times cleaner than a dishcloth. it's super durable too. it's the cleaner way to clean. bring it with bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. your finances can't manage themselves. but that do

most of our buildings, though, are antiques we've moved here from the six new england states. we opened to the public in 1946, been open ever since as a private not for profit educational corporation. we try to show people bits and pieces of everyday life from the deblg a decade of the 1830s. >> you can watch american artifacts every sunday 8:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. on c-span3's american history tv. for schedule information and to view programs, visit c-span.org/history. >>> there's a new web site for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from our regular weekly serieses as well as access ahtv history tweets, history it in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and foursquare. follow american history tv all weekend on c-span3 and online at c-span.org/histo c-span.org/history. >>> this week on the civil war, author william dobak discusses his board "freedom by the sword" the u.s. colored troops from 1862 to 1867. it examined how african-american troops were used in the civil war. this is 40 min

we're in the 30s up in areas of new england.winter has returned briefly but that's where it is for at least this morning. this afternoon a little bit of improvement. the exception being boston. you could have your wind coming off water. the ocean waters up there are still pretty pretty. if you're in the coastal areas, your temperatures will be lower than areas in land. we could see thunderstorms today. we see them approaching areas like pittsburgh. same with buffalo a little later today. we should be dry around d.c. and philly. maybe showers and storms moving in later on tonight. in the middle of the country we continue our amazing warm stretch. kansas and st. louis, 80 degrees. denver, beautiful by your standards, 78. montana is still warm. anyone joining us from the west coast, i've had lots of friends from seattle to portland, where's our warmth? you are suffering through this chilly weather pattern t. will continue for you even as we go into tomorrow and over the weekend you could deal with snow in the mountains outside of l

new england in the 40s which isn't that bad as long as it's sunny.he country still very warm. some of that wet weather will arrive in the east tomorrow on wednesday. only some showers. we do warm it up quickly. back in the 50s and 60s in most areas. this is it. last little slap. i think said that before. >> you said that a couple of weeks ago. let's keep pushing in the right direction. >> sports. back up quarterback are usually signed quietly and introduced to the fans only when they check into a pre-season game. not for the jets. tim tebow introduced yesterday to the new york media, a packed house at the jets practice facility. he was introduced for the first time since he was trade over from the denver broncos. he was asked about the chemistry wean him and mark sanchez. >> from my conversations with him, he was excited and he was excited about working with me. and i'm excited about work with him. i have a lot of respect for him. you know as a football player as a person. he's handled himself with so much class and integrity and won a lot of games a