if you look at the eastern seaboard, you will notice that the darker areas indicate the more slaveryhere was. the commonwealth of virginia was growing things like tobacco, cultivating cotton. and you can see how intense or how populous the enslaved people were here in virginia at the time. let's go down to georgia. they were growing rice and different things here. once again, we have a concentration of enslaved individuals. the mississippi river valley, same thing. they are growing cotton and other cultivating cash crops that are allowing whites to be able to capitalize on that. once again, look at the concentration of enslaved people in the mississippi river valley. in may of 1861, there was a perfect storm. several things came together to create what we call today the contraband decision. the first thing that occurred is that abraham lincoln promoted and assigned major general benjamin butler to come and take command of fort monroe. almost on the heels of that, the commonwealth of virginia, who had been sitting on the fence whether or not to stay under the protection of the united

. ♪ meteorologist: a good deal quieter across the eastern seaboard. you can see this massive cloud. s what we make of the northeastern, now pulling away from newfoundland, the eastern side of canada. things are quieting down nicely as we go through saturday. it will be a crisp day, one or two cells for new york and d.c. some very heavy rain from texas pushing into louisiana. that's going to make its way to the eastern seaboard. we go on through sunday, slowly but surely starting to pick up. we will see snow pushing up to that western side of canada, some wet weather there into washington state, across california into new mexico and indeed into mexico. a bit of wet weather across cuba for a time, but much of the caribbean looks good the next day or so. there will be a few showers into the woodwards for a time -- windward's for a time. more sunshine than showers. ♪ >> i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents. and this is me. fighting both isis and outside. -- assad. >> the second of a two-part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father, the son, and the

how are you a good joke watson now across the eastern seaboard of the u.s. some places say you can see this massive cloud that sees what remains of a nor'easter as snow made this fighting across the eastern side of the u.s. now pulling away from newfoundland that eastern side of canada so i think squatting down quite nicely as we go on through saturday which will be a crisp day one to 2 celsius stephanie york and forty's say another area of cloud and right and snow affecting quebec pulling down across the lakes down into the deep south some very heavy rain there into the eastern side of texas pushing into louisiana that's all going to make its way further east which gradually it'll push towards the eastern seaboard mixed see the thaw getting underway here as we go on through sunday say temper just slowly but surely start to pick up but there's more snow behind we'll see snow just around the prairie is pushing up so that western side of canada so wet weather there into washington state further south it is generally fine interact cross california down into new

central canada lake effect snow you have us there in the full cost quads weather around the eastern seaboard 6 celsius for new york just about getting up into double figures for d.c. but could see a few showers just spilling outs of virginia out of pennsylvania as we go on into a choose day possibility of a little bit of snow is awakening features not going to cause too many problems it just not just the temperature in new york 4 degrees celsius 7 that they say new york could well be up around 11 or 12 as you go up to his christmas with some heavier running gradually pushing for that moisture is coming out of this kolarov as snowy weather that we have around the mountain states and a grassy sweep its way for the south what's at a switch as we go to the middle and latter part of the way for the caribbean it can get over the next couple of days lots of 5 and try weather lots of tropical sunshine there will be some showers and a lesser antilles pushing into the lay would saddle say into the wind was as we go on in sea choose day more of the same but dry for the west. nile virus is indiscriminat

we have a spiral of quotes whether it's a stern parts of north america them i'm just from the eastern seaboard of the u.s. but we got a fair amount of clout around here specially disturbed weather that are rolling across western parts as we go on through the next couple of days some snow there into central canada lake effect snow yes there in the forecast quotes weather around the eastern seaboard 6 celsius for new york just about getting up into double figures for d.c. but could see a few showers just spilling outs of virginia out of pennsylvania as we go on into a choose day possibility of a little bit of snow is a weakening feature is not going to cause too many problems it just notice the temperature in new york 4 degrees celsius 7 the day see new york could well be up around 11 or 12 as you go on to is christmas with some heavier rain gradually pushing for that moisture is coming out of this kolarov that's snowy weather that we have around the mountain states and a grassy sweep its way for the south which had a switch as we go to the middle and latter part of the way for the caribbean it

look how wet up and down the eastern seaboard.n fact, rip-roaring upper level and midlevel jet stream. wind gusts plab to 70 miles an hour. power outages from d.c. to philly to new york city and boston and especially coastal new england. a big storm and it's all rain. the western side it is snow. there will be some accumulation. this is interesting. one to two feet of snow on the ground. heavy rain run ago cross that. going to melt really quickly. possibility of flash flooding for upstate new york and also parts of pennsylvania as well. a lot of the snow will be gone. temperaturewise. arctic air plunging south. chicago 55 today. watch what happens tomorrow. temperatures plummeted into the teens and stay there. that cold air rushes towards the eastern seaboard. 60ss tomorrow. boston 61 degrees on christmas morning. but florida is near freezing right around 30. vlad, looking for a white christmas, a better chance in atlanta than in boston. >> wow! >> 2020, baby. >> i was definitely not expecting a wet christmas thank you very much f

we have a spell of quater whether it's a stun pots of north america them i'm just from the eastern seaboard of the u.s. but we got a fair amount of clout around here specially just the weather that we're rolling across western parts as we go on through the next couple of days some snow that ensue central canada lake effect snow yes there in the full cost quotes whether those around the eastern seaboard $6.00 celsius for new york just about getting up into double figures for d.c. but could see a few showers just spilling outs of virginia out of pennsylvania as we go on into a choose day possibility of a little bit of snow is awakening features not going to cause too many problems it's just not just the temperature in new york 4 degrees celsius 7 that they see new york could well be up around 11 or 12 as you go up to his christmas with some heavier rain gradually pushing for that moisture is coming out of this kolarov that's snowy weather that we have around the mountain states and a grassy sweep its way for the south which had a switch as we go to the middle and latter part of the way for th

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>>and it's going to put itself together now and work its way toward the eastern seaboard, here's the very latest forecast watch the track here all that moisture coming together with all that cold air behind it then that thing just a rupp says it makes its way along the east coast going to see a mixture of heavy rain in the pink there you've got some freezing rain which is always a mess and behind that you've got that cold air and plenty of snow we're not talking just a dusting of snow we're talking feet of snow that is likely to fall across their impact winter storm warnings in red there all the way from the boston area through new york all the way to the south and the carolinas were expected as much as a foot maybe 2 feet of snow across that area in purple you see the winter weather advisories. but you get the idea they are in for one kind of storm and they could see gusts maybe upwards of 50 miles per hours that storm races across that area and certainly with vaccine and the trouble with the pandemic certainly folks out going to be stuck. indoors and that certainly more dangerous d

and then as we push through into saturday, it should finally clear the entire eastern seaboard and we'll start to see some improvements. now, behind it we've got some cold air that's going to rush right in so we're dealing with the rain, the winds, even the snow today as far as the cold air, we're going to see temperatures plummet. for a lot of my friends, even here in d.c., we've been in the 60s all day. as i fast forward pushing into tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m., temperatures will be down to the 20s in the mid-atlantic, up towards areas in pennsylvania, down to the teens back in west virginia and even into parts of ohio so it's going to be a wild ride out there, you guys. stay warm and stay safe. back to you. >> somara, thank you very much merry christmas to you. >>> thousands in southern california have to evacuate their homes just before christmas. a fast-moving wildfire broke out yesterday near a military base about 50 miles north of san diego. the creek fire forced about 7,000 people to leave their homes for safety officials say it's burned more than 3,000 acres, and fire crews are

hello a good joke watson now across the eastern seaboard of the u.s. some places so you can see this massive cloud that sees what remains of a nor'easter snow maker this thread and across the eastern side of the u.s. now pulling away from newfoundland that eastern side of canada so i think squatting down quite nicely as we go on through saturday which will be a crisp day one to 2 celsius stephanie ok and for the same other area of cloud and right and snow affecting quebec pulling down across the lakes down into the deep south some very heavy rain there into the east side of texas pushing into louisiana that's all going to make its way further east which gradually it'll push towards the eastern seaboard mixed see the thaw getting underway here as we go on through sundays as temp just slowly but surely start to pick up but there's more snow behind we'll see snow just around the prairie is pushing up to that western side of canada some wet weather there into washington state further south it is generally finance right cross california down into new mexico

it's going to pick up all that moisture as it moves along the eastern seaboard.s we go into the weekend, some heavy rainfall possibly and some flash flooding into virginia and the carolinas as we go into saturday. look at this, toronto into new york and down to atlanta all looking at wet weather. bone dry in los angeles. 23 degrees as we go through friday. meanwhile in east asia, we are still seeing some cold air coming in from the north into the korean peninsula, where we saw morning lows at 4 below in seoul through friday morning. a low pressure system is going to be moving across japan and that's going to help bring a little instability along the sea of japan side of the nation. some sea-effect snow and rain possible, but we're going to be seeing a disturbance near tokyo that's going to cloud up the skies on saturday, maybe showers possible. ulaanbaatar, you're going to be chilly, below average for daytime highs as we go through the weekend. hope you have a good day wherever you are. >>> that concludes this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo.

across north america, we do have this nor'easter that raced along the eastern seaboard and departing out of the area. we have two systems, one across the central portion of canada, one into the central portion of the united states. both will be pushing toward the east, and that will bring the chance for some rain, possibly snow up toward the north. looking at the forecast for new york, staying dry for the next couple of days. you need a little time to recover from all that snow. rain in the picture for sunday and monday. that's a look at the forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. >>> that's all for now on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. coming up next is "newsline biz" with ramin mellegard, so don't go away. ♪ ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz," i'm ramin mellegard. the bank of japan has decided to keep its current monetary-easing policy unchanged. it also decided to extend its program to support companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. policymakers decided on friday that the central bank will maintain the negative short-term interest rate and buy

cuba for a time further north of course it's all been about that winter storm sweeping up the eastern seaboard of the u.s. maybe 3 pretty quickly thankfully thursday sees it making it way away from that eastern side of canada with price but co-direct coming in behind. al-jazeera. by their income that al this is the news our live from doha coming up. french president becomes the latest well they did test positive for covert 90. south africa counts more than 10000 infections in a day as the 2nd wave gathers pace there and elsewhere on the continent. the u.s. government confirms its networks are under attack from a significant hacking operation that's still ongoing. and plans for a new.

how high that one place society that they went to storm that's been sweeping up the eastern seaboard of the us is least moving pretty quickly so that's some saving grace at the moment we're looking at the system just off the coast of new york that grassy pushing further northwards and a swiss by the time we come to saturday will be a thing of the past week dragging in what a cool breeze crisp sunshine sparkling sunshine a blue sky there as we go on through friday there's going to be colored temperatures no higher than around one degree about phrasing their full neocon just a top temperature 3 degrees there they say but at least it should be dry by the state ice will be something to watch out for most snow coming into central parts of canada will snow coming into western parts of canada and that will really pack pop as it makes its way further inland as we go on through saturday rains making its way into base a into the pacific northwest some very heavy downpours coming through here further south is generally dry for a good part of that western side of the us but he comes out west to

traveling you're in for a big storm coming our way tomorrow that once the really wall of much of the eastern seaboardaybe 45, maybe 60 million people going to be affected by the storm system. >>going to see some very heavy snow maybe some blizzard conditions as maybe a foot maybe a couple feet of snow across parts of new york boston area you're going to be socked in with all kinds of snow to looking at sfo right now you've got some partly cloudy skies people getting ready to depart, but this is what i'm watching right down here watch this storm system making its way right now across the country's midsection picking up some of the moisture out of the gulf of mexico now that's going to start to mix with some of the cold air to the north and then here we go we put it into motion you can see a combined right along the east coast and there you go what a mess. we're going to see see the areas in pink there that has some sleet some freezing rain behind that cold enough that we're talking about all of that snow upwards of 2 feet of snow and then a lot of heavy rains of stormy weather, the throne, some gusty

spent time looking into these pain clinics and there it was i mean it was cars from all over the eastern seaboard as far away as west virginia and kentucky and ohio and they'd come even bus loads of people may come and see this parking lot full of chorus from out of state and these body guards outside these pain clinics and these lines of people waiting outside these pain clinics and inside you get in and then i went in with us a camera super camera and i just was able to see how easy it was to get your hands on you know a bottle of oxy carton and percocet and whatever it was you needed and i mean it was as easy as me going in and talking to the receptionist and telling them you know i'd love to see the doctor i'd love to get some have my hands on some prescriptions i have a back pain and she's like yeah we can give you this this this and this and gave me the whole list of prescriptions that i was going to be able to get and then we followed the trail of prescriptions and saw sort of the trail of devastation and death all the way up to kentucky and west virginia and yeah it was it was incredible

how they're what i'm pleased to say that they went to storm that's been sweeping up the eastern seaboard of the us is least moving pretty quickly so that's some saving grace at the moment we're looking at the system just off the coast of new york there grassy pushing further north woods and a swiss by the time we come to sas they will be a thing of the past with dragging in what a cool breeze crisp sunshine sparkling sunshine so blue sky there as we go on through friday it is going to be culled temperatures no higher than around one degree above freezing their full neocon just a top temperature 3 degrees there in d.c. but at least it should be dry by the state ice will be something to watch out for more snow coming into central parts of canada will snow coming into western parts of canada and that will really pack pop as it makes its way further inland as we go on through saturday rains making its way into basi into the pacific northwest some very heavy downpours coming through here further south is fairly dry for a good part of that western side of the u.s. but he comes out west of weat

well off to add very all wet christmas day we're now looking at drive weather coming into the eastern seaboard of the u.s. an area of low pressure has pushed its way further race was this cold front has gone through and as the name implies much colder air talking in behind will get up to around 45 maybe 6 celsius the new york conforte see some snow flurries moving across the midwest further west speckling of snow coming through but not too bad that it was a west coast some wet and windy weather into that so western side of canada pushing down across the pacific northwest the main snowy area by monday is going to be across the rockies quite widespread snow fall coming through hey that's good news and cool stop the reservoirs in the process a fair bit of snow to into the east and sort of kind of the around quick back over towards canadian maritimes a much milder there for new york and they say temperatures creeping up towards double figures that they stay for the south it is generally dry and fighting not too bad too across the caribbean basin co-direct coming in harris well behind that same col

storm system is being felt from ohio to maine with dangerous winter weather all the way down the eastern seaboardivers across ohio spinning their wheels as up to a foot of a foot of and wind gusts up to heavy snow and wind gus 35 miles per hour caused whiteout conditions, the state declaring a snow emergency in several counties. the one word that sums up today? >> devastating. devastating. >> reporter: shaker heights public works assistance director john becker says his snow plow operators are working 12-hour shifts, but we saw firsthand it isn't enough. >> i guess we should get out of the way so you can help this guy out. >> we appreciate that. >> reporter: an investigation under way in amherst tonight after this freight train derailed amid the snowstorm. no one was injured. high winds in maine sent trees crashing into homes, and a tornado touching down in northern florida causing minor damage. and back here in ohio, there's more to come. arctic air is actually following this entire system, so wednesday and thursday's temperatures in the morning here outside of cleveland will feel like 20 e 20ee

because of the election he does not want to alienate any of those constituencies along the north—eastern seaboardian company that has to shut down and lose but a british company has to stay open because of some perceived advantage that the uk has there is a very big political price to pay for that and it is now highly political so, yes the french have been pushing ha rd yes the french have been pushing hard on the fisheries question but not only the french, the danes, the netherlands, the dutch and the belgians have also been pushing hard. it is a small industry as you say but real communities will suffer and they will suffer disproportionately if european boats are suddenly sucked out of british waters after decades, sometimes entries are fishing in them.“ waters after decades, sometimes entries are fishing in them. if it is good cop french cup, whether the irish stand? is it irish good cop?” think the irish would prefer to be a var on this one on the sidelines try to alienate either side. the irish have a huge amount to lose from a nodal brexit. they are already going to lose a lot from a deal

it all becomes rainy for the eastern seaboard. all those northeastern cities that picked up the snow last week, kind of setting the table for a white christmas, a lot of that is going to get washed away. it's primarily just raining, maybe a little snow on the backside when the cold air sets up. but, really, much more rain moves into the area. you're taking a look at temperatures dropping almost 20, even 30 degrees in some spots. 62, philadelphia, thursday, 6:00 p.m. you're in the 20s when you go back out around, say, chicago. all that cold air will overwhelm the east coast later on but too late to turn that rain to snow. norah, let's go back to you. >> o'donnell: oh, i'll miss the snow. lonnie quinn, thank you. well, there's still much more news ahead tonight on the "cbs evening news." the department of justice takes on walmart. did the retail giant help fuel the opioid crisis? and look at these flames. what caused a truck filled with hundreds of propane tanks flip on a busy highway? hway? with a top-rated app that lets you deposi

dinner, we agreed, hey, let's get up in the morning and go climb the highest mountain on the eastern seaboard and hike the end of the appalachian trail. we will climb and retrace the steps of henry david thorough's attempt to climb mount katahdin, sure enough we were true to our word and got up at 3:00 a.m. and drove from the coast to the trail head, arriving at 7:00 a.m. we spent one of the most memorable days on the trail that i can recall. wassummit of mount katahdin thick as pea soup, you can tell from our smiles the long trip up and down was worth every step. congressman roe you have fought the good fight, kept the faith, and like every good scout you have left your campsite cleaner than when you found it. now it's time for a few less cross fires and a few more late night campfires. martha and i wish you and your wife, your combined families, and your three kids and their families many, many happy days on the trail to come. you'll be missed here in the people's house. you'll be missed by your friends. these halls will be a little emptyier without your smile, your voice, and your love exp

roads, take vehicles off the roads so plows could do their job. 600 flight cancellations on the eastern seaboardng here as you can see. another three hours or so before the sun will start to shine and change the landscape here. really spectacular. back to you. >> make it prettier. i'm a little jealous, got a little snow, little sleet and slush. was looking forward to making a snowman with my son. thank you so much, appreciate it. thank you for joining us. brianna keilar picks up coverage after a quick break. a real idaho potato farmer. genuine idaho potatoes not just a side dish anymore. always look for the grown in idaho seal. just between us, you know what's better than mopping? anything! at the end of a long day, it's the last thing i want to do. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. it's an all-in-one so it's ready to go when i am. the cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. and the pad absorbs it deep inside. so, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. plus, it's safe to use on all my floors, even wood. glad i got that off my chest and the day off m

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