also tonight, a woman who became an important footnote in american history, essie mae washington-williams, who, tenures ago, revealed herself to be the secret daughter of strom thurmond, news she shared with us when we were first on the air, as we celebrate now 10 years on this network. this is coming up, right now. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. tavis: mark pinksy is the president and ceo of a nonprofit designed to align money and capital with political, economic, and social justice, opportunity finance network. ofm, and i am sure we will get to that. good to have you on the program. >> good to be here. tavis: i am not the only one continuing to do as much as we can on the issue o

essie mae washington-williams only revealed her identity nine years ago. she kept it a secret until after her father's death beause she "never wanted to do anything to harm her father." thurmond was a segregationist leader for decades. he died in 2-thousand-3 at age 100. essie mae washington-williams died of natural causes. she was 87 years old. still to come this midday more fallout for compounding pharmacies in massachusetts following last year's deadly meningitis outbreak. but first, coming up next, a new report about gun background checks and why there were less of them the number of gun background checks fell last month as retailers ran out of guns. the associated press as background checks dropped 10% nationally in january as compared to december. aho and natural gas and oil production that includes for acting as the second-biggest source of greenhouse gases second only to power plants. here's why it is such a big concern. it is associated with methane leaks. methane is more efficient at trapping radiation. a new report from the usda out yesterday sa

essie mae washington-williams did not reveal who her father was until he died. she said she doesn't want to damage his political career. fred lick douglas -- frederick douglas will find a home at the u.s. capitol. congress approved a resolution to move the douglas statue to statuary hall. it will be dedicated in february for black history month. >>> it is just about 4:35. 37 degrees as you're waking up here in northwest. wintry weather is expected, at least to the areas north and west of the city. howard is back in two minutes to tell you what you can expect. >> more americans have begun to add gas into their family's monthly budget. >> mini seems to be the trend when it comes to fast food. >> wusa9 is back in two minutes when it comes to >>> welcome back. 4:37. your weather first. a chilly morning out there. 20s and 30s to start. we are going to see partly to mostly cloudy but milder day today. low 40s up north. we'll top 50 places like fredricksburg and culpeper. we'll be in the mid-40s with a few flurries possible tonight. back in a few minutes with the full