and jay dickey the congressman who opposed cdc and who's amendment took away the funding for firearmesearch has over the years become a friend, and we both agree that this research is so important. it's a matter of life and death, and jay dickey could today say that was a mistake and we need to do everything we can to get this research going again. >> important discussion given how many people are dying. >> thank you. >> and doctor appreciate you both for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. it's important to be here. >> thank you for focusing on this important issue. >>> switching to the crisis in ukraine, pro-russian activists continued to hold buildings and man road blacks in the eastern region. they control the city of slaviansk where they reportedly seized a bus carrying international observers. and with russian troops reportedly within 1100 yards of ukraine's border at one point, acti acting yushgian president warned . . . meanwhile president obama threatened russian president vladimir putin with a new round of sanctions if russia continued to stall on de-escalating

. >> our coverage continues at accuweather with meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. we're entering the heart of severe weather season. as such, we'll see dangerous thunderstorms after an active weekend. area of low pressure responsible for all of that, more or less, will slowly crawl its way eastward, sparking off rounds of thunderstorms here. the threat slowly shifting its way eastward. soaking rainfall into the northeast, back in the upper midwest, plains, upper midwest could see snow mixing in, in spots as well. as far as the thunderstorms are concerned, the threat shifts a bit further eastward. through the early morning hours, still storms, missouri, arkansas, across louisiana, shifting eastward throughout the day. watch out in the tennessee valley, threat for tornadoes and damaging winds and large hail. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> the coast guard has been searching for a pilot in the northern part of san francisco bay area after two small planes collided in midair, the two aircraft had t

. >> on ji >> dickey: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight -- billy bob thornton. katy perry. and music from chromeo with cleto and the cletones. and now, as scheduled, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming. thank you for watching. thank you for -- [ cheers and applause ] so nice to be here tonight. i hope you had a good easter sunday. i had an interesting day yesterday. as is tradition, our family gathered at my cousin ann's house. it's very nice. we do it every year. there's one thing -- i'll start by saying this. every year my mother gets me an easter basket. it started when i was 6 months old and continued without interruption from there. every year no, matter how old i get or how far away i live, and i've lived in a lot of places. brooklyn, vegas. phoenix, seattle, tampa, palm springs, tucson, l.a. it didn't matter. however far away from home i went every easter morning there's a basket. chocolate, comic books, mad magazines. pez dispensers. and then

meteorologist jim dickey has the latest.. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. a massive area of low pressure continues to dominate the weather across much of the country here. bringing rainfall, snow across the northern plains soaking rain to the northeast and more in the way of severe thunderstorms across the southeast. another round much tornadoes expected here today. the conditions stay ripe for dangerous, long track tornadoes. the threat shifts eastward. eastern louisiana across eastern mississippi, central alabama to northwestern georgia along with widespread damaging winds and large hail and the storms as far north at southern ohio. in to our wednesday, threat further eastward, not nearly the tornado threat but gusty. large hail and the same. and flooding. the storms over the same areas will lead to widespread flash flooding and river flooding as we head through midweek. john and diana, back to you. >>> now for the forecast for the rest of the nation. raining from the great lakes to the northeast. wintry mix of

. >> on ji >> dickey: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight -- billy bob thornton.aty perry. and music from chromeo with cleto and the cletones. and now, as scheduled, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming. thank you for watching. thank you for -- [ cheers and applause ] so

more on what's in store for today, here's accuweather's jim dickey. >> good morning, john and diana. storm system marching eastward today. wide impacts from that soaking rainfall and some snow. it's being fueled by a push of arctic air that's moving east. and all of the areas outlined in blue here. you see the jet stream diving southward, allowing the cold air to move in. challenging record lows this morning. many spots below the freezing point certainly. and with that, we're going to see snow continuing. ohio valley, into the great lakes. severe storms possible in the southeast. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> prosecutors in kansas are calling the deadly attack on jewish community centers there a hate crime. the suspect could be charged as soon as today after what appears to be a life of bigotry. abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: police say the man with the bullhorn in these volumes of videos from yesteryear is the face of hate. frazier glenn cross, who also goes by the last name miller, is now 73 years old. and according to groups who have been trackin

. >> accuweather's jim dickey is joining us with more on the track of the storm. jim? >> good morning, john and diana. another round of heavy thunderstorms expected today. now, the good news is not nearly the tornado threat we've been dealing with since the weekend. the storms today, mainly bringing just damaging winds. but also, torrential rainfall. as you see, numerous rounds, thunderstorms in these areas. plenty of soaking rainfall, flash flooding and river flooding, a major concern, for portions of pennsylvania and new jersey, all the way south and westward, to the gulf of mexico. john and dana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. abc news tracking the storms and flooding. we'll have the very latest coming up on "good morning america." >>> now, to the other big story this morning. the aftermath of the racial controversy that threatened to engulf the nba. it led to the owner of the l.a. clippers to be banned from the league for life. and last night, the team made an emphatic statement in the best way possible. abc's tahman bradley reports. >> the los angeles clippers ha

accuweather's jim dickey now joining us with the very latest. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. after an active weekend across the nation's midsection, we keep the threat for storms in place though it shifts a bit further to the east as we go through the early part of this workweek here. so as far as today is concerned, we're watching from northern illinois all the way down to the gulf of mexico in particular and in around the mississippi river towards the nashville area. that's where storms are strongest. gusty winds, large hail and again the threat for tornadoes and the threat tracks a bit further eastward on into tuesday. john and diana, back to you. >> all right, jim, thank you. stay with abc news. we will have live team coverage of the deadly tornadoes coming up on "good morning america." >>> also making headlines this morning, the nba players union and the owners are calling for immediate sanctions against los angeles clippers owner donald sterling. tmz released a recording it says is sterling berating his ex-girlfriend f

>> accuweather meteorologist jim dickey joins us with the maps and the numbers. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. drying things out today, after widespread flooding, rainfall and snow. that cold air moves out to sea. the cold air has moved in behind it. these are your expected early-morning lows. down to 20, burlington, syracuse. down to 18, buffalo. 24, detroit, challenging record lows there. and meanwhile, another snowstorm is forming across the midwest. snow spreads down to south dakota, across the twin cities, into northern wisconsin, heavy at times here. six to ten inches expected to the south in duluth. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> there's emergency meetings over the crisis in ukraine. secretary of state kerry meets with his counterparts to consider new sanctions against russia. this is russian vladimir putin, warns that ukraine is on the brink of civil war. >>> double amputee athlete oscar pistorius will get a few weeks' break. the trial for the murder of his girlfriend is on recess until may 5th. the prosecution's

accuweather's jim dickey joins us now with the very latest. good morning, jimg. >> good morning, john and diana. conditions ripe for another round of dangerous tornadoes here today. the threat shifts slightly eastward. from eastern louisiana into central alabama and northwestern georgia. the threat for dangerous, long-track tornadoes. and the threat shifts further east on wednesday. this is not the tornado threat. but certainly some gusty winds and large hail. and these storms bringing rounds of torrential rainfall. flash flooding and river flooding a major concern, heading through midweek. john and diana, back to you. >> all right, jim. thank you. stay with abc news for the very latest on the severe weather. live team coverage coming up on "good morning america." >>> new this morning, a close call for passengers in australia. nearly 100 people were onboard this regional plane when the engine caught fire shortly after takeoff from perth. you can see the flames trailing from the british aerospace jet. the pilot had to make an emergency landing

>> accuweather's jim dickey joining us now for a look at today. jim. >> good morning, john and diana. the storm system that brought so much severe weather to the nation's midsection on thursday tracking toward the eastern seaboard headed on through the day on friday. as the cold front sweeps into the ohio valley down to east tennessee looking for strong to severe thunderstorms. the main threat will be for strong gusty winds, and soaking rainfall then spreads towards new york, towards pennsylvania. across the mid-atlantic, we still deal with snowfall in the upper midwest. snow winds down in the amp, not before we pick up 6 to 12 inches, minneapolis, duluth and into ontario. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> we turn now to our other top story, the deadly shooting at ft. hood in texas. >> we're learning new details this morning about the gunman, 34-year-old ivan lopez who shot and killed three fellow soldiers and wounded 16 others before killing himself. abc's marci gonzalez is live in ft. hood with the very latest. good morning, ma

accuweather's jim dickey is here with details. >> good morning, john and diana. an area of low pressure will strengthen across the plains today having a wide range of impacts. first of all, dangerous thunderstorms expected. this is the second round in these areas. the highest threat for severe weather, st. louis, south and west of little rock, damaging winds, large hail and even tornadoes, a higher chance of tornadoes than what we saw yesterday and then to the north where there's cold air in place, arctic air in place, and that coal air continues to be drawn in. we'll see some snowfall from the great lakes south and west to the front range of the rockies. this will last into friday. by the time all is said and done, some spots, especially the twin cities north and eastward, 6 to 12 inches of a heavy, wet snow. along the system's warm front and soaking rain for most of the ohio valley with flooding as a concern. john and diana, back to you. >> all right, jim. thank you. >>> there was a frightening last night moment for passengers aboard a delta flight. the plane m

. >>> check in with accu-weather where meteorologist jim dickey has the latest.rning, john and diana. sort of stuck in a rut here as far as the weather across the country is concerned. an area of low pressure has been spinning for days now across the nation's mid section. over the weekend, back in kansas, now only nosing toward the great lakes. that's what kept the numerous rounds of severe thunderstorms in place in the south. more strong storms expected here today. nothing like the threat the last couple of days. the tornado threat the last couple of days but storms capable of producing powerful winds, isolated tornados and torrential rain. we have seen so much rain in these storms, stuck in a rut storm after storm. so with that flooding a major concern from the mid-atlantic to the gulf of mexico, flash flooding and river flooding in some spots, 4 to 6 inches of rainfall through the day. john and diana, back to you. >> thank you for that. >>> officials coordinating the search for the missing malaysian airliner are dismissing claims that a private surveyor may ha

. >>> for details on what's in store, we turn to meteorologist jim dickey.morning, john, diana. all of the storm systems march to the east. it's being fueled by a push of arctic air that's moved south into texas. see the jet stream diving south, allowing that arctic air moving in to the north. any outlined or shaded in blue, challenging record lows in early morning hours. well down below the freezing point. with that freeze warning across the plains. ahead of that, dealing with precipitation, soaking rainfall up and down the eastern seaboard. watch out for flooding. these areas outlined here in red, that's where you could see strong storms with powerful winds and, again, some snowfall back towards the great lakes. in most spots accumulation is negligible. an inch or so in buffalo. and into eastern michigan. john and diana, back to you. >> an uptick in prices at the pump, on average, regular unleaded gas is 3.66 a gallon. up six cents in the past week. that's 11 cents higher than this time last year. west coast prices are even higher than that hitting 4.16 a

accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the very latest.diana. drying things out across the southeast after widespread flooding rain fall. even snow. cold air moved in behind it. these are expected early morning lows down to 20. burlington, syracuse down to 18 in buffalo, 24 in detroit, challenging record lows there. and meanwhile, another snowstorm forming up across the upper midwest. snow spreads out of south dakota across the twin cities into northern wisconsin. it will be heavy at times here. 6 to 10 inches south of duluth. john and diana, back to you. >> there are few things better than seeing a kid live a dream. that's why this is our favorite story of the day. >> the kid we are talking about is an 8-year-old named max burton. he suffers from a disease that weakens his muscles. he loves to pretend to fly like a superhero. >> he got the chance to did that at an indoor skydiving facility. then met one of his heroes, iron man. even got to put on an iron man costume. calling him iron max for the day. good going, iron max. >> what a cute k

we get the very latest forecast from accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. jim?cross the nation's midsection is moving into the great lakes. cold front moves across the ohio valley. with that, storms track through. could be quite strong in the afternoon. maybe the threat we saw on thursday, but gusty winds, a strong possibility and these storms that do fire and soaking rain spreads into the northeast. this snow continues to pile up in the upper midwest in the morning, winds down in the afternoon, not before minneapolis, duluth, picks up 6 to 12 inches of a heavy, wet snow. along with, this these areas have seen substantial rainfall through the past 48 hours so flooding remains a concern. especially indianapolis east onto the pittsburgh area. into the weekend we quiet things down but the next storm system forms sunday into monday along the gulf coast. back to you. >> thank you. >>> to our other top stories. new details surfacing out of ft. hood, texas. >> america's largest army base still stunned after iraq veteran open fire, killed three, wounded 16 before he tur

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dickey affects.avoided mention of the haitian revolution in his public speeches, debates, and interviews. the abolitionist knew the perceptions of the event all too well. for some the revolution had been an object lesson. in the inevitable social and economic ruin that would attend any form of emancipation. for others it signaled blood, a veritable like massacre. yet this would not change that the haitian revolution was a watershed event. >> ask a question about colonization. you devote four chapters in your book. so could you summarize why colonization was so attractive to so many different kinds of people. >> well, in the beginning going way back to the 18th century, the minds of people simply returning africans, those who have been born and brought from africa, recruiting them back to their continent. so for example, samuel hopkins, a descendant, a protege of jonathan edwards who was motivated by disinterested benevolence, when he moved in 1770 to newport, rhode island he wanted to do something ab

. >> accuweather's jim dickey has the latest. good morning, jim. >> good morning john and diana.at shifts a bit farther eastward, and the tornado threat has increased from what we saw on wednesday. watching for st. louis, through little rock, main threat damaging winds and large hail. tornadoes not out of the question. and especially late afternoon into the early evening hours if the cold front tracks eastward attached to a massive low, bringing heavy snowfall to parts of the midwest, and back on the front range of the rockies. john and diana, back to you. >> thank you. >>> now time for you to strap yourselves in as we head into the french alps. that's where a couple of guys combined a ski jump, a bicycle and a go-pro camera. this is a wild video. riding the bike down the ramp and hang on until they get to the ground. >> what else do you do with a ski slope when skiers aren't jumping off of it? strap yourself to a bike. there you go. of course, you don't want to try this at home. leave this to pros or the very crazy who want to do this. >> and be sure to have the camera on so eve

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in the area concentrated around the town of is you not far from there in the town of slavyansk and dickey of activists have reportedly captured a local t.v. station and put russian to the channels bombed by. it also made those channels available to people living in another defined town where journalists ground phillips went to talk to locals. now here come a torch guy inside this occupied it ministers a building in the center which has been in the hands of these anti kiev government activists since last week and in the week we've seen developments involving the ukrainian army nearby coming into the city of locals turning out stephanie against the armored vehicles of course followed by defections what we're also not seen in terms of developments is something rather interesting connected to the information war when the kiev government came to power in a coup but we can deprive you of the twenty second twenty third one of the first actions was to block access to russian t.v. stations but this was received very badly in this part of the country the west of georgia here speak russian and they