university she's also the author of down girl the logic of massage and he joins me now via skype from ithaca in new york state could have you with us on al-jazeera kate is it really too early to start talking about oprah as a potential presidential candidate or should we be taking this quite seriously. i think it's mostly speculation at this point and i'm not sure how reductive it is. i think it might be a good opportunity there are no to be distinctive barriers that women particularly women of color face when we start to see how or how important is it then that one should have a proven track record in governance not a proven track record in the media industry as we're seeing at the moment with the current president of the united states in all sorts of trouble it seems to me very important indeed and although i am a big fan she was infinitely more qualified and competent than child but that's a marrying r. and i don't think we should be looking. very worrying trend politicians particularly not president i mean to oprah winfrey level it is where she's black she's a woman. why does she have th

i am from ithaca. he is cold.r: the system has already left tens of thousands without power has canceled thousands of flights, and has claimed lives. this as the south is now dealing with frigid temperatures after the storm wednesday. meanwhile with 70 miles per hour winds forecast along the coast, blizzard warnings have been issued up through maine. winter weather emergencies have also been declared including in new york city. >> what is quite clear this. this is a ser is where, serious, serious storm between the low temperature, the strong wind, the driving snow, everyone should take this one very seriously. reporter: snowplow crews are cram ling to dollars the roads. bee hp the snow the temperatures are plummet bringing with it the potential for the damaging ice. lauren blanchard reporting for "chasing news." bill: continuing with the team chaser coverage of what i am kagging the snow ocane. thank for joining me. the jersey shore is really getting hit. how are you doing? how are your residents? reporter: you no

i go to school in ithaca and this is cold. >> reporter: the system has left tens of thousands without power and canceled thousands of flights and has claimed lives. this is the south is now dealing with frigid temperatures after the storm first hit on wednesday. meanwhile, --, with 70 mile-per- hour wind forecasts, blizzard warnings have been issued up to remain. winter weather emergencies have also been declared including new york city. >> it is quite -- quite clear this is a serious storm. between the low temperature, the strong winds, the driving snow, everyone should take this very seriously. >> reporter: snowplow crews are scrambling to clear the roads. temperatures are plummeting and with it bringing the potential for damaging eyes.>> how cold is it? >> reporter: it is too cold. i have been watching people coming up and down on the boardwalk. here are some folks right here. i do not know why they are out here. it is too cold. there they are. hello. i do not know why people are outside right now. it is way too cold for this. i will be going inside as soon as possible. >> okay, we

. >> it's too cold. [ laughter ] >> i go to school up in ithaca, and this is cold. >> reporter: the systemas already left tens of thousands without power, has canceled thousands of flights, and has claimed lives, this as the south is now dealing with frigid temperatures after the storm first hit there wednesday. meanwhile, with 70-mile-per- hour winds forecast along the new england coast, blizzard warnings have been issued up through maine. winter weather emergencies have also been declared including in new york city. >> what's quite clear is this is a serious, serious storm between the --the very low temperatures, the strong winds, the driving snow, everyone should take this one very seriously. >> reporter: and snowplow crews are scrambling to clear the roads now that the snow for the most part has stopped. the real concern is the temperature just plummeting bringing with it potential ice. ken, julie? >> it looks cold just looking at you. i just checked, lauren. it's 21 degrees in atlantic city right now but with the wind blowing it's supposed to feel like 4 degrees. i imagine you can vou

that's cayuga lake in ithaca, new york. where you'll find one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. cornell, the ivy league. big red. more than 13,000 undergrads here working towards degrees will with good fortune take their places in medicine, the law, the arts. there's no doubt a cornell education can be a gold-plated entrance to adult life. and only the best need apply, students like charlie tan. he was so kind, his classmate featured him in a video, random acts of kindness. giving gifts to complete strangers. >> not just a great kid but the greatest of great kids. >> reporter: charlie was the son of chinese immigrants who became "mr. everything." scholar, class president, the guy with the cool friends, athlete. hannah valentine opened up her parents' summerhouse to charlie and his other teenaged pals. >> he was always happy and energetic. >> the guy that tells jokes? >>> he's the one that everybody knows him. he walks in. everybody lights up. he starts telling funny stories. >> so you'd think charlie tan w

i go to school up in ithaca and this is cold. >> woodruff: in new york, city officials shuttered schools in the face of bone-chilling cold and up to eight inches of snowfall. governor andrew cuomo was one of several governors declaring states of emergency. >> this is not our first rodeo. the storms extreme weather is a reality. we're seeing storms of a severity we've never seen before. >> woodruff: forecasters classified it a "bomb cyclone," for its acute drop in atmospheric pressure. the system blew out of the gulf of mexico this week, and blasted the deep south first. flurries landed even on palm trees in florida. >> it's pretty wild. i'd never seen palm trees with snow on it before. >> woodruff: from there, it roared north, hugging the coast, with winds gusting to 70 miles an hour. blizzard warnings were in effect from the mid-atlantic to new england, with parts of massachusetts and most of rhode island bracing for up to 18 inches of snow. connecticut put nearly 650 plow trucks on the road. >> it is strongly recommended that connecticut motorists stay off the roads unless absolutely n

. >> it's too cold. [ laughter ] >> i go to school up in ithaca, and this is cold. >> reporter: the system has already left tens of thousands without power, has canceled thousands of flights, and has claimed lives, this as the south is now dealing with frigid temperatures after the storm first hit there wednesday. meanwhile, with 70-mile-per- hour winds forecast along the new england coast, blizzard warnings have been issued up through maine. winter weather emergencies have also been declared including in new york city. >> what's quite clear is this is a serious, serious storm between the -- the very low temperatures, the strong winds, the driving snow, everyone should take this one very seriously. >> reporter: and snowplow crews are scrambling to clear the roads now that the snow for the most part has stopped. the real concern is the temperature just plummeting bringing with it potential ice. ken, julie? >> lauren, you're talking about power being out in parts of new england and the east coast. it's so cold. how are people staying warm? do they have petroleum to heat their homes? >> repor

. >> [laughter] >> i go to school up in ithaca and this is cold. >> reporter: the system has alreadypower, has canceled thousands of flights and has claimed lives. this as the south is now dealing with frigid temperatures after the storm first hit there wed meanwhile with 70 miles per hour winds forecast along the new england coast, blizzard warnings have been issued up through maine. winter weather emergencies have also been declared including in new york city. >> what's quite clear is this is a serious serious storm between the very low temperature, the strong winds, the driving snow, everyone should take this one very seriously. >> reporter: and snowplow crews are scrambling to clear the roads but behind the snow the temperatures are plummeting bringing with it the potential for very damaging ice. sarah, jim. >> all right, lauren blanchard look at the wind whipping around back behind her. >> no kidding. >> thank you. >> so we've been talking about all of that. sue is standing by. >> i tell you she looks cold, doesn't she? and sometimes the folks at the beaches say these nor'easter

this is the very first edition and she was inspired vegetarian restaurant she helped establish in ithaca, new york. cookbook was incredibly important and life changing for many people who had vegetarian diet as part of a lifestyle based on andiolence environmental awareness and communal and collective values. collection contains a treasure-trove of material about the cookbook, there notebooks showing her recipe development, detailed costs as you can see of the ingredients, some original drawings you know, how to a tostada and various wentrful things that into the making of the cookbooks, but there's also a box in the archives marked mail that contains evidence of moosewood's role in creating and expanding the boundaries of a vegetarian diet, beyond the ethical and health considerations and boot realm of taste. with a few selected lines from one of those letters, the one by casey. or she says, please tell molly that the moosewood cookbook made meatless safe for the rest of us. having lived in the empty forced toenter, eat endless meals of tofu and steamed broccoli, i felt vegetarianism wa

ithaca, new york. good to hear from you again my friend. steve, so good to hear you and see you again. they're very happy new year to not only yours but everyone thatd-the-scenes at c-span puts us on each and every day and all through the day. it's pastor michael vincent cr ea and i have pro bono pastored my own human rights ministry. preface my remarks on the question today on the fact that i served in peace corps. my father had been in logistics in london and korea. went back into germany during that time and then the berlin crisis my brother served in vietnam. i felt a duty to serve the country and i served in peace corps senegal. when our government screwed up i have been back three times. i was with the rwandan refugees after the genocide in the congo. one of the things that we have to really address is the outrageous reprehensible remarks of donald trump and like it or not he is the head of the republican party. that being said my remarks first of all would like to see the republicans have some moral spine and censor him when they get

let's go to pat on the republican line from ithaca, michigan. good morning. first and foremost i want to apologize for my brother from texas. and minnesota and everyone else. this isn't about you. you're just reading the articles. they don't like what they are hearing. guff from it so i'm sorry about that. as far as politics go, we are getting what we paid for. aboutdn't want to think the policies. they never debated the policies. the debates were a farce. each and everyone pretty mostly due to the moderators. they let him run. it's just the way it is. my biggest concern really is let us say for a moment we get rid of trump. he gets impeached or the joint amendment the 25th takes back. it doesn't matter. please gone. what do you got? hence, a man who couldn't even run for president? and that's not good. and i do believe he's in on it, too. if i was mueller i wouldn't be looking at trump -- well i would, but i would be looking at pens, i would be looking at the whole cabinet, everybody involved. nuneze republicans like who is basically obstructing justice. cha