. >> i was and then i was in natchez, mississippi a beautiful time if you ever get a chance to go. >> there on the river. >> and memphis, too, right there on the river. a lot of mississippi in my blood over the last week. it is fairly nice around here. that green you see around trenton is ground clutter. a scant shower beginning to develop. most of that will hold off until late this morning and late this afternoon here in our neck of the woods. as we take a look outside we have sky6. there's the airport and we are currently looking at dry conditions across the region and temperatures treating us okay. we're in the 60's in most neighborhoods right now. in fact, in philadelphia the upper 60's at 67 degrees. your ocean temperature is 72. winds not all that strong and again, dry across most of the region right now. you got to go way out to the north and west beyond allentown and redding to to see any rain at this hour. we get into the noon hour and there's a chance of a couple of us seeing a sprinkle or perhaps a little bit of drizzle. later this afternoon by 3 o'clock there could be more

he was run out so he headed to natchez mississippi. natchez mississippi is the beginning of what we in nashville know at the nashville trail, 400 miles of traveling that went what people had to do when they took these unpowered boats, they would go with the current. we went to survey the ohio river a few months ago and i realized there were lots blocking everything. you could do the whole tour in a boat. they didn't have locks back then, if it was just a river, that was all flowing to new orleans. so people would park their boat they are, scrap it, break it up, make firewood and they would hike or horseback or whatever back to their homes in tennessee, kentucky, ohio and indiana he became a land pirate. >> how's that for cross training? so it took some skill. >> shortly after that, that was early 1800s, a group called the house appeared, new york street gang members. i don't know if you study gangs of new york history but there were gangs in new york as early as 1800 and in the 1840s they were popular. if you've seen gangs of new york,

so he headed to natchez mississippi perhaps you're you are familiar with that term. it is the beginning of what we in nashville know as the chase. people have to do and we took that. we went to survey the ohio river a few months ago. i realize realized that there were lots blocking everything. i rented a note. it was just the river that was flowing all towards nor orland. and then people would park the boat there. scrap it sell it break it up. and they would horseback or whatever back to their homes in tennessee and kentucky. and so he became a land pirate when he stopped being a river pirate. how is that for cross training. that was early 1800s. a group called the hounds appeared were new york street gang members. they were gangs in new york as early as and they were popular. have you seen gangs of new york. will talk more about them in a minute. they were new york street gang members who joined the army to fight the mexican american war. they were discharged in what was that brand-new united states territory. and they were dropped off in a place called san francisc

she frequents the performances of celebrities, such as a former slave from natchez, mississippi, who was known popularly as the black swan. she was frederick douglass' favorite. she would open for him, singing in anticipation, to warm up the crowd. greenfield moved to philadelphia where she was freed, and raised by quakers. she apparently had an enchanting voice and classical repertoire. no wonder she was a favorite of frederick douglass. emilie also went with a friend to see a performer called blind tom, or thomas wiggins. a former slave who toured concert halls performing songs by memory. tom was an incredible talent, performing two songs on two different pianos at the same time. and also, capable of singing a third song at the same time. raise your hand if you can do that. emilie declared herself much pleased with the performance, "except that we had to sit upstairs, which made me furious." she had to shuffle up to the balcony at the same venue where she had attended lectures by frederick douglass and francis harper, and it was too much for emilie, who expected more from whites in