amy was pregnant.ews first. >> i was disappointed, to be honest with you. my kids know about contraceptives, even though they were raised to be absent in until marriage. >> you try to raise your kids to do the right thing, sometimes they don't. now, amy was going to have to go a fast. pregnant at 16, moving in with her boyfriend, was she ready for all of this? maybe not. >> she was always very outgoing, and liked having her independence. >> and girls just want to have? fun >> exactly. >> in fact, right away, amy invited her best friends, jennifer and sarah, local pageant queen, to move into. either one of them wanted to be stuck at home under parental watch. and, pregnant or no, there was fun to be had. jennifer stirring up trouble, as usual. broader jogging funds over to visit, though amy insisted that because she was pregnant, she wasn't using. >> did she seem at all resentful about the idea that she couldn't do the fun things anymore? >> well, a party girl becoming pregnant, it's kind of hard, becau

amy: absolutely.i am not a native. my girlfriend is an oakland native and likes to hold that over me a little bit that i have been here since 2009 and i told people that my expectation is that this is where i will live the rest of my life. i fell in love as soon as i moved here with the city, with california in general and i just cannot imagine wanting to live anywhere else. kristen: and we would not want you to live anywhere else. your last episode was taped in early november. that was a long time to keep a secret. are you a little relieved that you can go about now and do things? amy: absolutely. the whole time having to keep and i are in myself and making sure that i was not hinting at anything -- that was a little burden. i am someone that tries to be a very transparent person so holding this secret inside was a little bit of a challenge. i am glad that part of it is over. kristen: you could not tell anybody. looking back and it was an amazing run but what do you cherish most when you look at the

amy: u.s. and russia began talks as nato calls on russia to remove its forces from ukraine and russian troops help suppress daily protests in kazakhstan. we will go to moscow for an update. then to australia where a judge has allowed unvaccinated tennis star nina khrushcheva -- event took the rich to be released. we will look at how his case has intensified international scrutiny over australia's treatment of refugees jailed in the same rundown hotel he was. hopes to bring attention to our plight? amy: nearly a quarter of u.s. hospitals are reporting critical staff shortages as the omicron coronavirus variant drives and precedented surge in cases. >> some heah care systems are going to collapse and those desperate you've seen are going to get even higher when that happens. when doctors and nurses simply cannot any longer take care of every patient. amy: you speak with reporter ed yong about how hospitals are in serious trouble. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracyn

amy: explain.the many technicians and the faa folks even knew what mcas was. >> worse than that, a lot of the pilots did not know what it was step so that mcat system was basically a computer system. this plane was built based on a model from 737 model that was built in the 1960's. it was basically retrofitted with larger engines because boeing wanted to get to market faster and wanted to save money. so they retrofitted -- they put these very large engines and the aerodynamics of the plane did not function properly in certain conditions. so inste of rebuilding the planes, in an effort to save money, they decided to rely on this system, a computer stem to fix the problem. basically, what this give your system did was push the nose of the plane downward. the problem -- i mean, one of the many problems was that it relied on a single sensor, which is not consistent with regulations. you can't have one sensor that could have a catastrophic impact. that sensor broke. it isn't erroneous information to thi

i'm amy goodman. today is the first anniversary of the deadly insurrection of january 6 when supporters of donald trump attacked the capitol in a bid to overturn the 2020 election. president joe biden and vice president kamala harris will address the nation today. white house press secretary jen psaki said biden will lay out "the singular responsibility president trump has for the chaos and carnage that we saw." on wednesday, attorney general merrick garland vowed to continue investigating who -- the insurrection. he said so far 725 defendants have been arrested and charged. >> the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6 perpetrators at any level accountable under law, whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. we will follow the facts wherever they lead. amy: trump's former press secretary stephanie grisham met wednesday with the house select committee investigating the insurrection. former president jimmy carter

i'm amy goodman. secretary of state antony blinken met with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in geneva today. it's the highest level talks between the u.s. and russia since president biden warned that a russian invasion of ukraine appears likely and that it would prompt a "a severe and coordinated economic response." the u.s. says 100,000 russian troops have massed near the ukrainian border. russia denies it's planning an invasion but wants guarantees nato will not expand to include ukraine or any other former soviet nations. ahead of the 90-minute meeting, lavrov said he did not expect a breakthrough. blinken also spoke ahead of the talks. >> this is a critical moment. you're right, we don't expect to resolve our differences here today, but i do hope and expect we can test whether the past -- pastor policy, dialogue remains open. amy: washington give approval this week to three baltic nato members to send american-made arms to ukraine. the house select committee investigating the january 6 capi

i'm amy goodman. a british judge has ruled wikileaks founder julian assange can appeal a december court decision to extradite him to the u.s. assange faces espionage charges and up to 175 years in prison for publishing evidence of u.s. war crimes in iraq and afghanistan. his fiancÉe stella morse just spoke in front of the courthouse. >> that we had raised points of law of general public importance and that the supreme court has stood ground to hear this appeal . the situation now is the supreme court has to decide whether it will hear the appeal. but make no mistake, we won today in court. amy: julian assange's lawyers and advocates have warned his mental and physical health have been steadily deteriorating, and a lower court judge last year ruled assange should not be extradited as he posed a possible suicide risk if locked up in the united states. in pandemic news, u.s. health officials say they are cautiously optimistic the omicron-fueled surge would soon pass its peak, though many hospitals contin

amy: dr.gel, your response to the progressive caucus demanding the biden administration lift economic sanctions imposed after the taliban took over? the congressional caucus tweeting if the current u.s. economic policy toward afghanistan continues, "there could be more civilian deaths this year than there were in 20 years of war." what has been the biden response to the progressives? >> i would nuance the idea of saying lifting sanctions versus ensuring there is sufficient humanitarian exceptions as we have seen in venezuela and in yemen, amongst other countries. so whether it is completely stopping the sanctions -- i think that is a political decision. regardless whether it is stopped, there can be very clear humanitarian exemptions to be able to ensure or at least -- the money flows, and the people are able to undertake interventions. since our returned -- i returned around mid-december -- the biden administration has made clear some of the humanitarian exemptions. i have spoken to the field

i'm amy goodman. the world health organization says the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide soared to 15 million last week, by far the highest weekly toll since the beginning of the pandemic. countries across the globe, from mexico to argentina to the philippines, have shattered previous records for new infections. hospitalizations are rising rapidly in many places. in canada, quebec's premier said tuesday he will begin levying fines on adults who refuse to be vaccinated for non-medical reasons. german chancellor olaf scholz told parliament wednesday he'd like to make vaccinations mandatory for all adults. in france, tens of thousands of unionized teachers have walked off the job to demand a coherent policy for covid-19 in schools and to demand greater protections for teachers and students. >> wave ached a level of exasperation tiredness, and anger. we had nchoice but to send a strong message to the government. amy: in britain, some senior members of prime minister's boris johnson's conser

amy: from pacifica radio, this is democracy now! amy: 25 years ago in 1996 democracy now! went on the air. today we take a free wheeling journey through the years. >> chevron just like shell uses the military to protect its oil and they drill and they kill. >> you listen to me. you ask the questions and i'm going to answer. you have asked questions in a hostile, combative and disrespectful tone and never been able to combat the facts. >> are you telling the dogs to bite them? # why are you letting those dogs bite them? >> we are in occupied western sahara in laayoune the gallon of what many call africa's last colony. >> outside the john f. contend can airport terminal 4 where thousands have gathered to protest the trump administration executive order. amy: 25 years ago democracy now! started on nine stations. it is now on offense 1500 around globe. all that and more coming up. amy: this is democracy now! democracy now! org, the war and peace report. today a democracy now! special celebrating 25 years on the air. on february 19, 1996, on the eve of the new hampshire preside

leonard, this is amy goodman from democracy now! >> oh, hi, amy. how are you? amy: hi. i'm good.as wondering if you have a message for president obama? >> i just hope he can, you know, stop the wars that are going on in this world, and stop getting -- killing all those people getting killed, and, you know, give the black hills back to my people and turn me loose. amy: can you share with people at the news conference and with president obama your case for why you should be -- your sentence should be commuted, why you want clemency? >> well, i never got a fair trial, for one. woulnot allome to puup a dense. nufacted evidee, nufacted witnesses and tortured witnesses. the list goes on. think i'm a very good candidate aft 37 years f clemency or house arrest, at least. amy: that was leonard peltier nine years ago in prison from florida. judge sharp, now leonard peltier 's lawyer, can you talk about the significance of what he said in these two conversations and also the first one speaking to him during clinton, in fact, wasn't president clinton close to granting him clemency and and un

amy: dr. peter hotez, thank you for being with us, codirector center for vaccine development at texas children's hospital. just came up with a vaccine that is being made, available patent-free, to the world. dr. hotez's latest book, "preventing the next pandemic: vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science." facing a shortage of covid tests, we will speak to a scientist who developed a test two years ago but the fda would not approve it. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "dÉjÀ vu" by crosby, stills, nash & young. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. as u.s. faces a shortage of tests, the omicron surge, we turn to speak to a scientist who developed an inexpensive rapid at-home covid tests nearly two years ago but the fda refused to approve it. irene bosch is the founder of the diagnostic company e25bio and a visiting professor at m.i.t. adjunct professor of , medicine at mount sinai. in march 2020, she is submitted the test for emergency authorization. the fda approval never came. it would

i'm amy goodman. president biden has publicly endorsed changing senate rules to prevent republicans from using the filibuster to block voting rights legislation. biden spoke tuesday in atlanta, georgia. pres. biden: to protect our democracy, support changing the senate rules. whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. when it comes to protecting majority rule, in america, the majority should rule in the united states senate. amy: senate majority leader chuck schumer is expected to introduce proposals to change the filibuster rules as early as today in an effort to pass the john lewis voting rights advancement act and the freedom to vote act. but it remains unclear if democrats will have enough votes due to possible opposition from senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. a number of voting rights groups in georgia boycotted biden's speech saying they needed concrete action, not a "photo op." we will speak to two prominent voting right

i'm amy goodman. the pentagon has placed 8500 troops on heightened alert to potentially deploy to eastern europe over concerns russia may soon invade ukraine. the u.s. and nato allies have accused russia of amassing 100,000 troops near the ukrainian border but russia has denied it's planning an invasion. white house press secretary jen psaki spoke monday. >> we have a sacred obligation to support the security of our eastern flank countries. it is important to remember who the aggressor is, it is not the u.s. or the eastern flank countries, it is russia who has tens of thousands of troops on the border of ukraine. amy: this comes as other nato nations are planning to send additional troops, ships, and fighter jets to eastern europe. on monday, the kremlin accused the united states and nato of escalating tension in the region. meanwhile, negotiations to resolve the crisis are ongoing, with officials from russia, ukraine, france, and germany scheduled to meet in paris on wednesday. we'll have more on the

i'm amy goodman. global coronavirus cases have skyrocketed to a new record high, with more than 2.2 million confirmed cases reported on monday. in southern africa, cases are skyrocketing in mozambique, where president filipe nyusi said monday he and his wife had tested positive for coronavirus and were self-isolating. botswana's president mokgweetsi masisi also entered isolation monday after a positive test. australia recorded nearly 50,000 daily cases, a record high in a country that until recently had prevented large-scale community spread of the virus. in france, lawmakers are debating a vaccine pass law that would require anyone 12 or older to present a vaccination certificate to enter restaurants and other public venues. >> let us not lose side of the fact the objective of this law is not to restrict people, the objective of this law is to save lives. it is to protect our hospitals and relieve the workload of our health care workers. amy: across the united states, more than 1 million positive cor

amy: wow.and then come back to our conversation with james yee, former u.s. army captain who served as the muslim chaplain at guantÁnamo before the military falsely accused him of spying and imprisoned. all of the charges were dropped and he received an honorable discharge. his book is called "for god and country: faith and patriotism under fire." when we come back, we will speak to mansoor adayfi, former guantÁnamo prisoner who was held for 14 years without charge before being released in 2016 not to his own country, but to serbia. he would write a letter to the former chaplain james yee. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "tefham" by kabreet. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. as we continue to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the u.s. military prison at guantanamo, where there are still 39 men being held at the cost of something like more than $13 million per prisoner per year that the u.s. taxpayers are paying

i'm amy goodman. -- we will look at the case of aafia siddiqui. during saturday synagogue standoff, the armed gunmen repeatedly called for her release. we will speak to her attorney. >> [indiscernible] characters who she has no ties to. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. senate democrats are opening debate today on legislation that would protect communities of color from republican led efforts to roll back voting rights. the effort appears doomed after two senate democrats, joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, said they will not vote for full a buster carveout that would allow it to pass with the civil majority. on monday, the federal holiday marking martin luther king jr. day, the family of dr. king marched with thousands of others in washington, d.c., to demand manchin and sinema drop their support for the senate filibuster. this is dr. king's granddaughter. >> all the elected leaders out there who are tweeting, posti

i'm amy goodman. president biden said he would consider personal sanctions against russian president vladimir putin tuesday amid mounting tensions over ukraine. russia has ordered a series of military drills as the u.s. and nato build up their military presence in the region, and the u.s. announced plans to ensure adequate fuel supplies to europe in the event of a russian embargo. meanwhile, ukrainian leadership is warning against spreading panic, saying no decisive moves towards an incursion have been made. some 100,000 russian troops have been massed near the ukrainian border for weeks. biden addressed the escalating situation at a press event tuesday. pres. biden: will be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade as he could the entire country or a lot less than that as well, for russia -- not only in terms of economic consequences and political consequences, but enormous consequences worldwide. this would be the largest -- if you were to move in with all those horses come the largest in

i'm amy goodman. democrats have failed in their bid to change senate rules in order to pass major voting rights legislation. on wednesday evening, democrats joe manchin and kyrsten sinema joined all 50 republican senators in voting "no" on a change to the filibuster that would have allowed the voting rights measure to move forward with a simple majority. it was the fifth time this session republicans have successfully used the filibuster to block voting rights legislation. that capped hours of debate wednesday that saw some democrats compare gop-led voter suppression efforts to racial discrimination under jim crow. this is georgia democratic senator raphael warnock, one of just three african americans in the senate. >> history is watching us. our children are counting on us. and i hope we will have the courage to do what is right for our communities and for our country, the courage to cross this bridge, to do the hard work in this defining moral moment in america for the sake of communities that sent

amy: dr.pencer, thank you for being with us, director of global health and emergency medicine at columbia university medical center an emergency room doctor in new york city, treating coronavirus patients since the pandemic began. coming, three protesters are killed in sudan, bringing the total to around 60 killed since october's military coup. we will go to khartoum for the latest. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "limaza" by abdel-karim el-kabli. the sudanese singer, composer, and humanitarian passed away last month at the age of 89. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to sudan, where at least three people were killed thursday during protests against military rule. the demonstration came four days after abdalla hamdok resigned as sudan's prime minister. he was deposed in a military coup on october 25 and then restored to power in november by the military because of public outcry. protesters have been demanding civilian rule in sudan for years

i'm amy goodman. the biden administration has launched its program to distribute free covid-19 tests to u.s. residents by mail. visitors to the website covidtests.gov can order four tests per household, which will be delivered by the u.s. postal service. the government will also start issuing 400 million n95 masks from the national stockpile. they will be available for free at community health centers and pharmacies across the u.s. some health experts say n95 masks should also be sent directly to every u.s. household. the latest efforts from the biden administration come amid the ongoing winter surge, with daily cases averaging over 750,000 and an average daily death toll in the united states close to 2000. the supreme court rejected a bid to block mask mandate on airplanes. the application was filed by a passenger who says he and his son are unable to wear masks for long periods of time for medical reasons. in other pandemic news justice , sonia sotomayor has been listening to arguments and participa

amy: dr.ll valdÉs-sosa, thank you for been with us, director of the cuban center for neuroscience. next up, we will talk to business reporter christopher leonard, author of "the lords of easy money." he says that that has broken the u.s. economy. back in 30 seconds. ♪♪ [music break] amy: neil young, who demanded joe rogan the permit from spotify. neil young said they could have rogan or young, not both. spotify is removing his music. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. amid growing concerns about inflation in the united states, the federal reserve's announced people and everyonet hiking be on the 1%, we're joined by christopher leonard, longtime business reporter, whose new book is out this week "the lords of easy money: how the federal reserve broke the american economy." welcome to democracy now! if you can start off with federal reserve 101, what does it mean to lift interest rates and why do you say it is broken, the american economy? >> great question. the federal

amy: u.s. authorities have arrested a retired colombian military commando for his alleged involvement in last year's assassination of haiti's president jovenel moÏse. the man, mario antonio palacios, was arrested in panama while traveling to columbia after being deported from jamaica. he was then flown to miami where he appeared in court on tuesday. palacios is accused of being part of a mercenary team hired to carry out the president's execution. it is still unknown who hired the mercenaries to attack moÏse's home. a palestinian prisoner has ended a 141-day hunger strike after israel agreed to release him next month. hisham abu hawash began the hunger strike to protest what's known as administrative detention where israel holds palestinians without charge or trial. his brother imad celebrated the news tuesday. >> can't describe how happy i am. i can't express how happy i am. today we are happy forhisham. today he achieved victory for all of the prisoners, martyrs, all of the palestinians, even

amy: i am amy freeze we are tracking a vicious storm.en doing the social distancing thing so there's a bit of a delay, we are on top of this as the snow continues to cut out this morning visibility and blowing snow, it's been a concern more than a foot has been recorded in portions of new jersey it is been one of those storms all coming together. we have been talking about this. amy: we see wins and nantucket 69 miles an hour and a foot of snow at the jersey shore, as required throughout the day the storm has a lot to produce, especially in new england, looking at a live view of ocean city new jersey on the left and the right you can see here were looking at scituate massachusetts, both of those coming to us from massachusetts low visibility ocean city maryland the boardwalk is covered that is the flag saluting mother nature and the nor'easter pushes the england, there it is the americas in your top right hand corner, they are removing the snow but just as quickly as they get it off of the sidewalk the winds are blowing it back into plac

hi amy. my daughter is in the rotc where she goes to school if you could give her some advice, what would you tell her? she an army or navy army. awesome that's great. i would tell her stick with it. there's going to be good days. there's going to be bad days. just she's gonna look back and never regret it. that's what i would tell her. i i see you coming. i'm coming. right here. pardon me? if you'll stand up, please. so i've read your book kathy and of course, i love it, but i have a question what and this is just piddly but why do they call that position leg get it sounds like you have to be a lawyer. so can you explain that a little bit? that is a question that every legat has asked fbi headquarters since the legal attachÉ offices were open. um the department of justice actually sends attaches over to embassies as well and they are called the i don't know. doj attache or something like that. and so the fbi said well, we send attaches over they have to have a different name so they came up

amy: i am amy freeze, this is america's weather weekend. fox whether live of the nor'easter through 10:00 o'clock eastern time, it has been wild already, 69 per mile hour winds at nantucket, since inches of snow in new jersey, the storm is happening. we have you covered all boarding long from the jersey shore to massachusetts, just noting this, the story which is a low pressure system has dropped significantly in 18 hour. drop more than the threshold, were added 35-millibar drop, that is a massive drop in less than 24 hours signified the intensity of the storm. craig: just incredible and to be considered a bomb cycle enough to drop a minimum of 24 millibars and 24 hours. when you are talking those numbers you can see how intense that storm is. what does that mean specifically, the lower the number the stronger the store. ocean city new jersey, straight out horizontal with the winds so strong out here. invisibility is way down, blizzard warning and effect until 4:00 p.m. eastern for coastal communities of new jersey, accumulation 5 - 10 inch

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amy: dr.ll valdÉs-sosa, thank you for been with us, director of the cuban center for neuroscience. next up, we will talk to business reporter christopher leonard, author of "the lords of easy money." he says that that has broken the u.s. economy. back in 30 seconds. ♪♪ [music break] reserve hiked interest rates today or cut interestwell, here is why. over the last decade, the fed has really moved itself to the center of american economic life. the fed has engaged in an unprecedented series of experiments in printing new money. let me put it this way. in the first century of its existence, the fed expanded the pool of base money, what the economist cald the monetary base, e fed expanded that to about $900 billion. that is $1 trillion in printing money over a century. but then after the crash of 2008, between 2000 8-2014, the fed print 3.5 trahan dollars. that is three to have centuries worth of money printed in three short years. that money is not a neutral force. when the fed creates new dolla

kumasi: amy is so cool. jobina, because i watch the questions you came up for these two and amy, and they were acting like they put you through a lot and you really did not. jobina: thank you, friend. kumasi: i was like, answer it. reggie: we were trying. that was like a graduate-level. kumasi: really? reggie: if you do not know what you are talking about, she did a jeopardy but not jeopardy contest with us and amy and you can find that on any of our social media and our website, abc7news.com. it is really fun. drew: i knew going up against her i was not going to win. jobina: you got one. drew: only because we talked about it the week before. had we not talk about -- talked about that question. kumasi: you got one too. reggie: my question was -- let t us be real. thank you for being -- for bringing that in. drew: we love you, you are a quiz master. jobina: put me on your team, i have got you. drew: let us get amy to host stuff. i want to see her on jeopardy hosting and i want to see her on what was the name

amy: amy freeze "america's weather weekend" fox best live extending coverage nor oovrt through 10:00 eastern time, and craig so far, i mean this is jaw-dropping we are over 80 mile-per-hour winds, so, if we have much of the storm yet to go we could be looking at consecutive hours hurricane-force winds out of nor'easter incredible, we've had amazing reports coming from other reporters across the east coast, lots to show people what is happening with this storm. craig: many spots reported 12 up to 15 inches fresh snow out there amy, we've got the team here weather command helping update numbers ocean city new jersey warning in effect until 4 pm each of time coastal communities, accumulations 5, 10 inches possible spots a whole lot more, more than a foot the wind gusting as high as 15 miles per hour left side where it says ocean as to any time a storm millibars, 9, 75 when they drop 24 millibars or more 24 hours is considered a bomb cycle, you heard us talking about that off basically the lower the stronger the storm is, high pressure to the north, sandwiched between two black lines bar

amy: i'm ama daetz. you are watching abc7 news at 5:00.live here on abc7, hulu live and wherever you stream. dan: abc7 news reporter tim job -- tim johns how to order your at home free test and why some experts say it's too little, too late. tim: the free tests are available to order online at a government website. people can go to covidtest.gov and are redirected to a page run by the united states postal service. from there, just enter your contact and shipping information. the after people go ahead and order their tests here online, they can inspect them at their front door and -- in seven to 12 days. the federal government is picking up the cost of the tests so ordering them online is free. and you don't need a credit card number to do so. but some health experts say it's too little, too late. >> i think that we missed the boat. >> dr. monica gandhi is an infectious disease expert at ucsf examine said while she supports people using the tests they would have been more helpful if the government had been issuing them before the omicron su

president, right away you should and the person should be amy coney barrett.eph kennedy retired and in 2018 and her name had been mentioned. eventually kavanaugh and. [inaudible]. so the support of the time, that was just kind of the icing on the cake and something that of course they talk about shortlist when she submitted and the president, actually thought of her from the very beginning. >> so they did exactly the same thing as gorbachev and it was breadcrumbs and i know you've done research and some news organizations that he had a thing for anything grown down in florida and they saw her and ron desantis was very excited about the possibility but just like he led the reporters on a bit of a case, during the jury selection, he tried to do that alludes a bit in the amy coney barrett situation in fact we know from the filings that then judge amy coney barrett had to produce but the president offered job letting her interview ont monda. >> that's were trump is very different. [inaudible]. i think that's even less i think. >> and it did, and on march 19th, and

amy: welcome back to "america's weather weekend".'s get to philadelphia, 6 inches at the airport we get up close and personal, drew anderson giving us fox 29's city of brotherly love snow report. good morning to you. >> reporter: we are feeling the love that independence hall. look at that snow blowing off the roof. that gives you a feeling that snow is light and fluffy in the wind is cranking up like it is up and down the east coast. we have these guys clearing sidewalk, national park service getting ready to go but the snow is blowing onto the sidewalk as the wind continues to bro that light fresh fluffy snow. the reason it is so fluffy is the temperatures. a lot of times it philadelphia it is close to freezing. it is good snowball snow snow but when we try to make a snowball, not that great, because it is lighter. the is dry when it gets really cold and temperatures in the 20s to low 20s. it is good snow for doing this. it blows right back with that wind and it means it's a good snow shoveling. the key for the philadelphia areas y