it told how greensboro black students at north carolina a&t for the third day in a row had sat in. a phrase we didn't know; sat in.. >> yeah. >> .woolworth's lunch counter, and he said to me, he said, what do you think about that? i said, i think it's great. he said, don't you think it ought to happen here in atlanta where we are? i said, sure, it's going to happen here. he said, why don't we make it happen here? and before i could say we, he said, you take this side of the cafÉ. i'll take this side. [laughter] >> literally. >> yes. >> at that moment. >> yes. and we'll call a meeting and we'll do it. and he was a football player at my college. he was a big guy. lonnie king was his name. >> yeah. >> and you did what he said. [laughter] i did what he said and we called a meeting and our numbers grew and grew and grew and grew. >> yeah. >> and in about two weeks we had our first sit-ins in atlanta. >> had it occurred to you before that point to be politi. you know, "political" in your orientation? >> no. no. i had no thought of myself doing this. i had, i had been inspired by the nine

a tractor-trailer carrying a load crashed into a guards rail in greensboro, north carolina. one section of the highway was closed for eight hours while crews worked to clear the debris. >>> people are without power in vest -- in west virginia after a heavy snowstorm. as many as 52,000 customers were affected by outages yesterday and today. crews are still hard at work trying to get the power restored. >>> what a difference a day can maifnlgt i mean, we were did have some pretty active weather across southern maryland. snow is in the southern part of the state but none of that today. crystal clear. our satellite picture including down through central virginia where they did get several inches of snow a lot of melting with the sunshine. temperatures well above fried freeze -- above freezing. goldsboro 43. we had light snow, 42. 46 -- the rest of the evening will fall through the evening. things will begin to change last we were move toward the latter part of the week. this won't be more winter like this time, just the opposite. >>> 50 years ago today john glenn made history as

we will get another break but right now, greensboro in on the heavier rain. and denton and goldboro and henderson, so caroline county yes you getting pounded as of now. and we will start to see improving conditions. we are watching fog this morning. we have reduced visibility into easton and also dc and hagerstown. let's check your traffic good morning angela how is it looking out there because we have the fog and we have the rain. a doocy. >> reporter: a double -- doozy. >> reporter: yes, fog and rain. we are getting reports of on and on pocket delays. getting reports of delays around the beltway right now. and an incident for those of you traveling northbound 895 as you approach the bw parkway. the car has been moved off to the left. but attracting some attention. let's get a live view of traffic flow on the harrisburg expressway. nothing to report here. we are good to go but if you are traveling on the west side of 695, this is liberty road on the left side of the screen. you are seeing heavy traffic on that west side. maryland state police say lanes are o

around tawnytown and woodsboro and walkersville and also heading over along the eastern shore around greensboro and denton we will see showers this morning. i am going to tell you when the heaviest stuff gets here. you have to stick around for that. let's check the traffic with angela. how is it looking now? >> reporter: well, we are mainly dealing with just overnight work zones to watch for. no early accidents reported to slow you down. as a matter of fact, how to check some of the major routes on the harrisburg expressway heading out to i-83. should be a great southbound drive for you especially coming through the sparks linko area and here's a live view of the harrisburg express weigh through cockeysville. it should be trouble free and heading towards the top side of 695, a live view. of -- live view of i-83 and the north side. >>> she says not enough americans are being screened for colon breast and cervical cancer. 72% of women were being screened for 72 -- best cranser below the -- breast cancer below the target of 83%. the same year 83% were screen. so more than half a americans were scr

one was, of course, the sit-ins in greensboro, north carolina starting in 1960. the spillover in baltimore, which was a border state city at the time. the schools had been integrated under the leadership of david fisher's father, who was the superintendent of the baltimore school system, but many other facilities in baltimore and other parts of maryland were still segregated. this still was the jim crow era, although the end of the jim crow era. of course the civil rights movement had generated a lot of hostility and violence in the south especially in 1961 during freedom riders going through alabama and mississippi. i began to think twice about whether i wanted to go down and spend six months or a year in alabama county court houses and the state archives driving around the state with a car with a northern license plate during those years. but more important in the decision, a fairly important decision i made was the context of the civil rights movement with northern activists, black and white traveling through the south trying to bring about change in race rela

you can have wonderful technology but you've got have the iconic treasure, you've got to have the greensboro lunch counter or the wright flyer. what we're going to do this morning is we're going to go out to our storage area, out in maryland, to give you a sense of just some of the wondrous collections that we've been able to find. right now we're in the storage units of the national museum of culture. this is heart of the museum. what's behind me and what we'll see today are many of the objects that are going to be the sole of this museum. this is an opportunity to sort of preview some of the material that the public will see when the museum opens its doors. one of the things crucially important, as you'll see, so much of the museum's time and resources are spent on caring of the collections. that we have amazing experts who know how to preserve and make sure this material will be with us for generations. and we've opened this storage unit and we are coming to this wonderful piece of headgear. this is a boxing headgear that was worn by muhammad ali. as we know, in many ways muhammad ali sta

going this way, you can see heavier rain in the yellows around denton and more of the same into greensboroild in the 50s into towson. let's check of your traffic with angela. good morning record good morning. -- >> reporter: good morning. dealing couple accidents in the city where monument at highland also pasadena we continue to block a right lane of eastbound 100 at mack mcafee. heavy delays for those traveling southbound 83 on the jfx traffic is creeping along as you make your way past coal spring lane coming from rouxton and west -- ruxton and west side outer loop delays from 795 past old court here to baltimore national pike. over to you charley. >>> a bill proposed in and alleys could create a more streamline plan to find missing children in the state. this is a talk of naming the bill aimed at improving cooperation between state agencies and local groups naming it for phylicia barnes. it's called the missing children's act and it would include more resource for police including a dna data base. >>> maryland state police say both drivers killed in a wrong way crash on route 50 saturd

dispatcher faces involuntary death charges in a tour bus crash police arrested the 40-year-old of greensboro north carolina this weekend the driver of the sky express bus already faces involuntary manslaughter charges the driver says he told the dispatcher he was too tired to drive but was ordered to drive any way ♪ [ music ] ♪ >>> emotional funeral for whitney houston at the new jersey church where she got her start her hit i will always love you played as poll bearers carried her casket out of the sanctuary. it lasted four hours. ♪ [ music ] >> at her home church in her hometown they turned out to say farewell to a music legend. >> god is in heaven and with him is one of our angels, whitney houston. >> some of the biggest names in the music industry were there to honor her from steevie wonder ♪ we were blessed, so incredibly, with a sound so incredibly ♪ >> to visibly emotional alicia keys ♪ [ music ] ♪ can you send an angel ♪ >> there were celebrity tributes from her mentor live davis. >> you wait for a voice like that for a lifetime you wait for a smile like that, a presence like that fo

they have a date tonight in upper marlboro and also tomorrow night in greensboro and actually sunday they are due to perform here in newark but we can't take that as any necessary sign that he is going to be here on saturday. >> all right. thank you, mark. >>> back close to home today the george huguely murder trial in charlottesville did not continue as planned today. it was postponed until tomorrow because one of his defense attorneys is sick. huguely of course is the former uva la crosse player accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend yardley love. when the trial resumes the defense will continue with more testimony to challenge the murder charges against him. >>> well, if we've learned anything during the 112th congress it is a deal isn't done until the final votes have been counted. but it looks like the payroll tax cut extension is moving toward a vote. democrats are crowing. republicans are grousing. but the bipartisan agreement appears to be holding. steve handelsman has the latest now from capitol hill. >> we have reached an agreement. >> reporter: house republican david camp

x-factor usa.com or call -- open calls will take place in kansas city, austin, san francisco and greensboroes may be added, still up in the air who will replace the judges. >>> her uncle is a well known congressman, but swimsuit model kate upton is making a big splash of her own. she got the cover of this year's sports illustrated swimsuit edition and her uncle fred couldn't be prouder. fox's adam housley with the story. >> reporter: kate upton is now one of the most talked about models around gracing the cover of the hugely popular 2012 sports illustrated swimsuit issue. >> it's such an honor. i'm so happy to be on the cover. i always looked at the swimsuit issue growing up and saw these beautiful confident fun sexy women and wanted to be one of them and now i'm on the cover. >> reporter: reaching more than 70 million people annually, the swimsuit franchise began way back in 1964. it has launched the careers of many top models. >> looking at the past cover models it's changed their

snowed on sunday anywhere from 1 to 2 inches fell in the raleigh area about, 2 or 3 inches fell in greensboro and about 3 inches fell in danville just over the line. now we're looking at temperatures chilly but tell you what, for late february pretty nice, 49 downtown, 46 gaithersburg and also in frederick, 45 leesburg and 48 that n manassas, clear skies, winds -- in manassas, clear skies, winds diminishing, clear to partly cloudy and cold, light winds. we'll come back and show ask you some of those pictures viewers just sent in, didn't miss us by 20 miles or so and we'll talk about maybe some spring-like when before the end of the week. >>> did you know the federal holiday we're observing today isn't officially called presidents day but rather washington's birthday? still ahead we put people's knowledge of presidential trivia to the test. >>> police have used dogs to sniff out bombs for years but never like this, the elite canine unit fighting terrorism in d.c. >>> jurors in yeardley love murder trial have three full dales to considerate evidence before deliberations -- days days to consider

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from people in chicago, denver, philadelphia, sflo san antonio, oklahoma city, tucson, nashville, greensboro, and more. one of the objections to doing a national parade to welcome home the troops at the end of the iraq war has, of course, been that there isn't a national appetite to do this, that people don't care enough to do this. turns out people care. a lot of people want to do this. anecdotally, that's been our experience of the response we have had just covering this issue. adding some urgency to this debate now is the fact after the super bowl this weekend, either boston or new york will likely be throwing a parade for their football team for winning this weekend's game. iraq and afghanistan veterans of america have challenged the mayors of new york and boston with a petition saying, if the giants and patriots deserve a super bowl parade, don't iraq vets? responding to the objection raised by new york mayor michael bloomberg, that he doesn't want new york to host a parade for the end of the iraq war because the afghanistan war is still happening, excuse me, the head of iraq and afghan

the 40-year-old driver from greensboro, north carolina was arrested friday. the freelance star newspaper reports. investigators say the driver of sky express tour bus told the dispatcher he was too tired to drive but chen ordered him to drive anyway. the driver fell asleep at the wheel during a trip to new york city. the bus hit an embankment and overturned and four passengers were killed that day. >>> if you drive you cannot help but have noticed that gasoline prices are getting ridiculous. and word is that the worst is yet to come. michelle franzen reports now that we could be paying $4 a gallon in the near future. >> reporter: if you're feeling the pinch on your wallet every time you fill up the tank -- >> it's definitely hurting me in the pocket. >> reporter: you're not alone. >> just like almost can't afford it but it's hard because you have to buy gas to get around. >> reporter: gas prices are at an all time high for this time of year. the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.56. it's eating into monthly budgets. >> pretty high. it takes $120 to

the singer is expected to perform with the group again in greensboro and will make his way to newark for the funeral. >> let's talk more about the weather. >> let's see what we got as we get into our favorite segment of the day. thinks -- >> oh, what a picture. >> yes. >> thinks makaya. get this, how old do we think she is? >> two? >> good, allison, very close. she turns three this week. or next week. and she's going to celebrate -- this is how i want to celebrate my birthday, too, with a dora birthday party and a special sell station at chuck e cheese. >> i've been to those chuck e cheese parties. they are fun. >> they are fun. >> i get into it, too, i start playing those games,skee ball. >> you have to be careful not to give them too much soda. >> that's her birthday. >> she is a doll. >> she is very cute. happy birthday. >> to accepted us a pic, go to fox. >> thinks so important. just a few short years ago. >> that's amazing how they go through the stages. >> right now, she loves dora. >> dora is a great show. not that i watch it by myself. >> uh-huh. >> let's go to the map. 38 in

he grew up in greensboro, north carolina.d learn the latest dances, hear the latest music, see the latest fashion. and he really had such a connect to youth culture, don cornelius did. and the "soul train" show is just a legacy that would be there for him always. his favorite love, peace, and soul as a way of signing off will go down in history. it's changed the way that people have danced and he is such a kr creative businessman. other than soul train, the only thing on tv at the time was a show called it "julia" which starred diana carol. he did so much to uplift our artists and to give artists young america. from motown artists and other labels, he was such a great, charming man. i've met him personally many times. he usually comes to clyde davis' annual grammy party which will happen next week. i know it's going to be really sad for him not to be there. the last time he was on b.e.t. was at our 2009 b.e.t. awards program. he paid tribute to the o.j.s and told great story about the o.j.s and their history. as gladys knight

this is dennis in greensboro. we had eight years of bullish. nobody had any problems. take obama. put a white face on him. people do not understand -- look at the anchor in their face. -- anchorage in their face. all they want to do is say what obama did not do. we have congress. congress put lost together. -- laws together. host: we have your point. is racism at play? guest: negativity is, unfortunately. that turns people off from voting. many people say the president has been held to higher standards, but the president has a record to run on. he has taken bold leadership moves to take -- to actually create jobs. he has a great plan to help create more jobs. he has help american families, definitely michigan families. he understands the importance of investing in detroit and urban areas. not everything is fair in politics. we all get a chance to vote, participate, and choose the person we think is the best person. the president is a tough guy. i met him years ago when we were both in the state senate. he is not concerned about personal attacks. he wants to see this country provid