on april fools' day of 1920 wendell willkie reported to the firestone rubber company in akron ohio. wife edith and infant son phillip soon followed. willkie was not only a democrat he was a wilson league of nations democrat and an isolationist two weeks after the senate's final rejection of the treaty of versailles and the league of nations. firestone's new lawyer rejecting the league of nations saying that he and like-minded men and women hoped to see a reverse of that november 1920. it failed utterly when harding succeeded wilson's ohio governor gains cox and undersecretary franklin roosevelt. when the willkie's left for new york city after nine years in akron not only had firestone's prediction failed that wendell would never amount to much because he was a democrat dwindles political activism local bar association presidency and multiple board services had put them on top of akron's leadership and garnered notice by wall street kingpins. a spectacular future lay ahead, spectacular and holy unanticipated. at age 40 is committed democrat and successful lawyer would preside from ne

when the willkie's love for new york city after nine yearsin in akron firestone's prediction had failed that the wendell would never amount to much because he was a democrat when those political activism local bar association presidency and multiple board services put him atop akron's leadership and garnered notice by kingpins spectacular future lay ahead, >> tackler and holy and unanticipated. age 40 this committed democrat and successful lawyer would preside from new york and atlanta over the nations second or third largestge private utily commonwealth whose electric power companies of tennessee, alabama georgia mississippi and parts of south carolina and florida served 4.5 million citizens of the mississippi delta with efficiency. that said wilk is big business success would hardly ever put him in the crosshairs of a t.r.'s presidency. with the new deals tennessee valley authority pba and samuel insults chicago holding company. insoles commonwealth and edison behemoth serve more customers electricity and gas in 32 states and was consumed than any other country in the world. the savin

akron, the center of rubber manufacturer was home to one to have largest centers of the ku klux klan.this is the golf course behind the club still there today. no longer segregated. this is liberian labor housing. it had become an embarrassment to the u.s. state department. fire stone had a bad reputation as an employer of africans. one that was damaging to the prestige of the united states. that same year in response to fire stone segregationist practices and those of american firms like republic steel that operated large mining concession in the country, liberian president william tubman introduced an anti-segregation bill into the liberian legislature. that liberia, they needed law against racial discrimination suggest how entrenched jim crow was in the plantation and mining enclaves built by american firms on sovereign african soil. this is tubman. on the left is harvey firestone junior who would retire from the company in 1963. next to him is tubman. next to him is raymond. one of the other brothers that would assume the presidency of the company. he would go onto pursue a phd in

this is the main firestone plant in akron, akron, the center of american rubber manufacturing was homeone of the largest . although in longer segregated. housing and healthcare for white management, this is white management housing and black laborers. this is liberian labor housing -- was segregated. medical surveillance of and drug testing on workers' bodies was routine. by the late 50s, with the rise of the civil rights movement in the united states, and liberation movements in africa, firestone segregationist policies on its liberia plantations had become an embarrassment to the u.s. state department. in 1958, eisenhower special assistants for foreign economic policy warned the president of the firestone plantation's company in liberia, that firestone had, quote, a bad reputation as an employer of africans, one that was damaging to the prestige of the united states. that same year, in response to firestone's segregationist practices, and those of other american firms, like [inaudible] steel which operated a large iron ore mining concession in the country, liberian president william

this is kurt in akron, ohio. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call.m, my first election that i voted in, the first presidential election was 1996, and i was 19 years old. i voted against bob dole, not because i dislike him, i just disagreed with his policies compared to what, at the time, president clinton was talking about. when you're in college, you tend to lean liberal anyway, i never lost respect for the man. when he made his farewell address to the senate earlier that summer of 1996, i watched that in real time on c-span and i remember at the age of 19, thinking, that is one of the greatest speeches i've ever seen a politician give. two years after he left office, after he lost the presidency, he came to speak where i was going to school and spoke to the student body at kent state, which at that time was unheard of for a republican to come to a college or university that was so historically known for its antiwar, anti-republican activities from 1970. but i want to say that i really have a lot of respect for bob dole, i always did. i did not agre

police in akron say a 58-foot pedestrian bridge has vanished from a park. >> the $40,000 bridge was movedarby open field as part of a restoration project. >> before the alleged heist, the city had plans to relocate the bridge, and now they are hoping that the community can help. where would you put that? >> what would you do with it? >> good question. i look forward to getting to the bottom of that one. >>> next, one dare devil tempting fate with an incredible dive into a volcano. >> sebastian alvarez became the first person ever to plunge into and out of an active volcano crater with nothing on but a wing suit. >> i didn't even know they tracked who would be the first person to do something like this. he is a former military pilot and was reaching a top speed of 176 miles per hour before hastily pulling up. >> he calls this stunt the most extreme flight of his career. how does he top this? >> a little closer to the lava? >> go to the sun? >>> now to an unexpected sight on a beach in brazil. >> drone video shows a pod of orcas swimming close to the coastline in rio de janeiro's ipanema be

caused by the arm akron variant detected in the united states. this is not a surprise for those of you have been following this. we knew that a micron was going to be here. the first case of the ah macron variant in the united states has been detected in san francisco. the case was identified in a city resident who recently returned from south africa. that person is fully vaccinated and recovering from the virus. the case was sequenced at ucsf ktvu is jana katsuyama tells us how the bay area is leaning on local labs to help with sequencing future cases. i heard about it, actually yesterday at about three pm, dr charles two, runs a lab at ucsf and wasted no time. the international expert and his team worked through the night to determine whether the bay area travelers positive. covid test might be the omicron variant. we ran a very fast molecular test, which looks for what we call spike jean drop out to confirm the finding he needed to sequence the genome of the virus . we used a pocket sized sequence are called banana pour sequences. we can go fr

so we didn't have that surge, we are now seeing of akron dutch— surge, we are now seeing of akron dutch also facing restrictions, this is just a step _ also facing restrictions, this is just a step further to control it. that's— just a step further to control it. that's why— just a step further to control it. that's why it's a slightly different situation — that's why it's a slightly different situation than we face here. thanks for the contacts _ situation than we face here. thanks for the contacts there, _ situation than we face here. thanks for the contacts there, doctor i situation than we face here. thanks for the contacts there, doctor chris | for the contacts there, doctor chris smith, thank you. a local council has been accused of "dumping" vulnerable people, after several deaths in one set of flats used as temporary accomodation outside the city. brighton and hove city council has moved hundreds of homeless people out of the area, which experts say takes them away from vital support networks. one of those who died had mental health issues and took her own life. brighton says it

over the weekend in akron university of akron a big meet there.ard freestyle was good for a new ivy league record. smashed the record, seven second victory on the 200 yard freestyle. what do you think about this and the level of fairness for the other women who were in the sport? >> absolutely unfair. absolutely unfair and frankly, i suspect that many of these women and many of the coaches of these women are terrified to say anything for fear that they will end up targets of the woke mob on social media. if you remember, bill, this is an interesting analogy i thought. there was a transgender weight lifter at the olympics recently and when all of the female competitors were asked about that situation, they all declined comment because i believe they were so terrified of saying what they really thought for fear of being targeted. and i suspect that's what's going on here as well. this swimmer for penn, this transgender swimmer, set a new record by almost 15 seconds in the 500. that is shattering the all-time record and beating by everybody else by 1

mentioned earlier that i was aware that these kids carry heavy burdens and come from all kinds of akron said situations. look at this young man you know. they are not defined by that. they are, multifaceted people d they get here and they are trying to buy a sim card card so they can talk to their friends. they are teenagers and i wanted to understand who they were in school that day and who they were as teenagers first. in my mind and this is something we talked about throughout the process of the stories of resiliency and not simply of hardship. so much of that i feel like is not necessarily overlooked by the lot of stories about refugee narratives focus on applied in the hardship and i wanted to tell a story and that's directly out of what i was seeing inside of sullivan. the memories i have when they were there singing t and dancing with their friends and sam plugging into his phone went to gabanna got a sub 13 and putting on his favorite songs and all the boys dancing together with their classmates. there's an event they do every year and you brought this incredible architectural a

so akron first taylor bisacky. she joins us now live in the newsroom with more on this killer was going on. >> the key grant. some restaurants say that the notices began coming in weeks ago from different departments warning orders that if they didn't bring their parkland into compliance. they be slapped with hefty fines. however, one city leader says this actually isn't allowed at least until june. he says. he says also that this disorganization from local government and the city needs to do better. after pouring thousands of dollars into building these outdoor parklets some san francisco restaurants and bars say down after the city imposed ar - new rules and regulations, many of them were made aware of these changes when they received warnings of code violations. a lot of these violations. notices credibly scary in a heavy-handed sounding notes listing out list of how many. >> fines you're going to pay on day one and day 2. if you're out of compliance and demanding that things are done by december 31st like go fi

caused by the arm akron variant detected in the united states. this is not a surprise for those of you have been following this. we knew that a micron. was going to be here. a resident of san francisco was fully vaccinated, had recently been in south africa began her rather began to travel back into the united states on the 21st landed on the 22nd develop some symptoms a few days later around the 25th. got tested on the 28th. the test came back positive on the 29th. the individual was fully vaccinated and experience mild symptoms, which are improving at this point recent vaccinations, so the booster was not recommended in that respect. this individual has not been hospitalized. the individual is self quarantining and all close contacts have been contacted and all close context thus far. have tested negative, but we are hopeful of full recovery and expect nothing less based upon what we've learned again at this time. we do not anticipate changing any of our health orders. or changing any current restrictions or. imposing new restrictions on activi

host: ed, akron, ohio. your top news story. good morning. caller: the january 6 riots.hey still call it an insurrection. if it was an insurrection, somebody should have been convicted of insurrection by now. the investigation that is been going on through congress, still just another headhunting option. they don't want to know how people got in there or why people got in there. they just want to say our ex-president trump sent them there and they are out to get trump. that's what i believe. they did it from the beginning before he was ever in office and they are still going after him today. if you ask me, we had world peace with president trump in office. we were a self-sufficient country as far as energy. our president today, he ran on he's going to take care of the covid crisis. today, last week he says is not up to the federal government. i think we should defines the federal government because they don't spend our money properly. there are so many things. everything that the bided administration did, if you asked me, is -- biden administration did, if you ask me, is

of new covid-19 cases across the country, leading to a travel nightmare for the airlines as the um akron variant causes staffing shortages. flight aware, says more than 1100 flights were canceled as of monday afternoon, but not everyone was met with bad news at the airport. we were a little nervous about the fight because we heard about all the flight cancelations. honestly our flight was good. skywest was hit the hardest grounding 12% of its flights. the company runs regional flights for delta, united and american airlines, among others. this guy was saying coronavirus cases are sidelining its cruise. but no word on how long the issues could last. other airlines hit hard alaska airlines american united and delta, which tells fox business it could be seeing an improvement over the 375 flights canceled on christmas day. the airlines run thousands of flights per day in the majority of flights are landing on time. but with the amazon search showing no sign of slowing down, it's not clear staffing and cancelation issues will clear up once the holiday travel season slows down. it's a struggle

this is kurt, akron, ohio. caller: good morning, and thank you for taking my call.y first election -- i just disagreed with his policies, but i never ever lost respect for the man. i would say when he made his farewell address to the senate earlier in the summer of 1996, i watch that in real time at c-span, and i remember at the age of 19 taking that was one of the greatest speeches i had ever seen a politician gift. two years after he left office and after he lost the presidency, he actually came to can't state, where i was going to school, and actually spoke to the student body of can state, which at that time was unheard of for a republican to come to a college or university that was so historically known for its antiwar, anti-republican activities from 1970. but i just want to say that i really have a lot of respect for bob dole, always did. i did not agree with him, but even at a young age, i had a lot of respect. yesterday i told my mom and dad, i said i feel like another part of my youth died yesterday. that was my first presidential election, and even though

host: jane is calling from akron, ohio.aller: i wish the government would get the thing cleared up about the people coming over this border that's not vaccinated supposedly. my understanding is that the ones who are vaccinated are the ones that come in legally. the ones that come in illegally possibly are not vaccinated. in the next thing, all these people called in with all these different reasons why they were not going to get vaccinated because they can't sue anybody. if you are dead, you can't sue anybody anyway. i've had a couple relatives died. they all wish they had taken the vaccine. so all of you people with this ignorant stuff listening to fox news, you're crazy. thank you. host: richard calls from hagerstown, maryland. caller: the guy who said that the cdc said the transmission rate are the same. the fall back on the fact that it protects you from serious disease or death. the deaths are higher before the vaccine then before. host: are you saying that deaths are higher before there was a vaccine? caller: since we

host: ed, akron, ohio. your top news story. good morning. caller: the january 6 riots.hey still call it an insurrection. if it was an insurrection, somebody should have been convicted of insurrection by now. the investigation that is been going on through congress, still just another headhunting option. they don't want to know how people got in there or why people got in there. they just want to say our ex-president trump sent them there and they are out to get trump. that's what i believe. they did it from the beginning before he was ever in office and they are still going after him today. if you ask me, we had world peace with president trump in office. we were a self-sufficient country as far as energy. our president today, he ran on he's going to take care of the covid crisis. today, last week he says is not up to the federal government. i think we should defines the federal government because they don't spend our money properly. there are so many things. everything that the bided administration did, if you asked me, is -- biden administration did, if you ask me, is

akron, ohio. we hear from david. caller: thanks for taking my call. sadly, no, american u.s.emocracy is in peril. look at the facts. even the republican secretaries of state and the last election found there was no fraud. every single case that went to the courts was thrown out because there was no evidence of fraud. what's happening is more minorities and people of color are voting and the republicans realized that the only way they can hope our is with voter suppression or, even worse, with gerrymandering. they have taken away the people that have counted the votes. he certified the election, he said i'm sorry there's no fraud here. what did they do? they took him out of the loop when it came to vote counting. not only are they suppressing the vote, they are shutting down polling places and desk in heavily democratic areas making it so that people have to stand in line. they even made it against the law to give water to someone standing in line. this is diabolical. it's unbelievable. i can't believe it's actually happening in america. people have to stand up and wake up bec

akron, ohio we hear from david. go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my call. sadly no, u.s.cy is in peril. look at the facts. look at the facts ok? even the republican secretaries of state in the last election found there was no fraud. just every single case that went to the courts was thrown out because there was no evidence of fraud. what's happening is that more minorities and people of color are voting and the republicans realize the only way they can hold power is with voter suppression or, even worse, gerrymandering and then they have taken away the people, the fair-minded people that have counted the votes like brad raffensperger in georgia. he said, i'm sorry, there is no fraud here. what did they do? they took him out of the loop when it comes to vote counting. not only are they suppressing the vote but as the other caller said they are shutting down polling places in heavily democratic areas, making it so people have to stand in line. they even made it against the law to give water to 70 standing in line. this is diabolical. it is unbelievable. i can't believe it i

host: jane is calling from akron, ohio.aller: i wish the government would get the thing cleared up about the people coming over this border that's not vaccinated supposedly. my understanding is that the ones who are vaccinated are the ones that come in legally. the ones that come in illegally possibly are not vaccinated. in the next thing, all these people called in with all these different reasons why they were not going to get vaccinated because they can't sue anybody. if you are dead, you can't sue anybody anyway. i've had a couple relatives died. they all wish they had taken the vaccine. so all of you people with this ignorant stuff listening to fox news, you're crazy. thank you. host: richard calls from hagerstown, maryland. caller: the guy who said that the cdc said the transmission rate are the same. the fall back on the fact that it protects you from serious disease or death. the deaths are higher before the vaccine then before. host: are you saying that deaths are higher before there was a vaccine? caller: since we

any association with china for my product, and i'm going to insist that all of my shoes be made in akronry, that be an al i-like statement holding china accountable saying i believe in human rights around the world. he won't do it because he bends the knee when it comes to supporting china but my goodness that be a transformative statement if lebron would do it or if any other athlete for that matter would do it. steve: that be epic. speaking of china, and athletes we know that the white house has announced it's going to be a diplomatic boycott. the united states isn't going to send any diplomats to the olympics. big deal but it is a big deal that the nhl apparently decided you know what? we're not going to send players, just saying. >> well, you know, steve it's a great point and we're trying to figure out exactly what is going on as it pertains to the nhl' response to covid because to its credit, adam silvers came out yesterday the commissioner of the nba and basically said hey, covid is not going away, we have to learn how to live with it, we're not going to postpone or suspend very m

katie in akron helps to pay for school supplies. caitlin pays for preschool for my son. fern, preschool for both of them. the rest goes into a savings account for them. jennifer, put away for college tuition. melissa, i use part of it to buy school uniform pieces for my four-year-old. maya, food and school supplies. these parents are working hard to provide for their families and raise their kids. they're working a whole lot harder, madam president, than the c.e.o.'s and hedge fund managers who it looks like under build back better may continue to get some of their tax cuts, their tax preference, if you will. it's a lot harder for these workers than c.e.o.'s and hedge fund managers of swiss bank account holders that are always getting tax cuts from politicians in this building. we all remember what happened. madam president, we can look down the hall. we've done that of about. we've seen lobbyists line up in front of leader mcconnell's office, line up in front of the politicians who always do their bidding, pass their tax cut for the wealthy and for corporations that out