but now the president is in jackson, mississippi and of course we'll take you live again to jackson, mississippi the civil rights museum when the president begins his remarks. athena jones is at the opening of that civil rights museum. so what more can you tell us when the plan for the president and how he is being greeted? >> reporter: well, according to the notes we're getting from the small pool of reporters that are fooling h following him, he has concluded the tour. he saw an exhibit on the freedom riders and he also saw an exhibit on the murdered civil rights activist whose widow will be he speaking as part of this program today. and in a few minutes time, we expect to see him address a small group of folks gathered inside this museum, civil rights veterans, museum patrons and elected officials. he is not as you know taking place in the fanfare outside the museum right here on this plaza. he will not be speaking as part of this program. and his invitation by mississippi governor phil bryant has drawn a lot of criticism. there are a lot of folks who say that this president has no

i certainly agree that the people of jackson, mississippi, and, frankly, the people of mississippi and america should be celebrating the fact that this museum is opening. in my father's lifetime, my grandparents' lifetime, my mother's lifetime, you know, there were times when it wasn't clear civil rights would prevail and certainly not celebrated in this great way. the problem that we have is that economic development and good economic projects and even a good museum doesn't deal with the fact that monday morning we have somebody who's going to wake up in the white house who dmouts seem to actually believe in the things that metger evers gave his life for which is that we have an aggressive forward thinking people, bringing them together torque use common law and the things associated with it. those are things not associated with the white house and that sun fortunate. i also want to say, you know, john lewis showed tremendous kounch as a young man being willing to go places nobody else was willing to go. he was beaten, arrested, on a bus that was bombed and burned. he showed courage a

friends but this to me does look like a marketing ploy. >> fox news alert, life pictures of jackson, mississippild trump there for the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum. he will be addressing the crowd in a couple minutes. this is a pretty longshot. the president getting a tour of some of the exhibits that takes folks through the civil rights movement starting from the plight of african-americans in mississippi in the 1800s in 1900s through the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. among those honored at the museum is medgar evers, civil rights leader shot and killed by a white supremacist, noteworthy that evers's widow has decided not to attend the ceremony with the president and the mississippi governor out of for lack of a better term protest. a couple of other folks including congressman lewis, a member of the georgia delegation and famed civil rights leader in his own way will not be attending either and you can see some of the exhibits as the president is walking through this museum is expected to give a speech in a couple minutes. we are told by the white house those re

. >> today, president trump was in jackson, mississippi for the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum of history. he spoke during a private event after a tour of the new museum. this is just over 10 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, good morning. please, please. as we walk through the civil rights museum, judge anderson, the group and the president of the united states of america, i was moved again. of the emotion that comes over you in waves as you see the past , the struggle, the conflict, i am so very proud that the president of the united states was here to see and witness it. i am proud that dr. ben carson, is here today,d, with his wonderful wife, candy. i do not want to keep you are him waiting or the wonderful people outside, it was difficult for this president, as much as he has traveled, as much of the responsibilities, to rise early this morning and washington, d.c. to board air force one. came inutiful plane with the snow furling out behind it i thought, what a wonderful day this is the for us all. president of the united states is here to talk about our museum. and

president trump is expected back in south florida in about 30 minutes or so after visiting jackson, mississippi attending the opening of a new civil rights museum and many top leaders boycotted his appearance, in a brief speech, trump paid tribute to those who fought and died for civil rights and past injustices. >> the civil rights museum records the impression, cruelty and injut inflicted on the african-american community. the fight to end slooifavery, td segregation and to gain the right to vote and achieve the sacred birth right of equality here. [ applause ] >> that's big stuff. that's big stuff. very big phrase, very big words. here, we memorial ease the brave men and women who struggled to sacrifice and sacrificed so much. so that others might live in freedom. >> all right. that was inside. there was also another ceremony taking place outside. let's go to athena jones who is bringing us a view of that. two different events. but then there was an unfolding of another program outside. >>reporter: that's right. outside the larger program you had several elected officials or former elected o

gabriel is on the and jackson mississippi thank you. protesters are accusing south african president jacob zuma of allowing businesses to control the government via corruption state capture is a key issue for the governing party the african national congress is choosing a successor to president jacob zuma next week the new page reports from pretoria. these activists are among the south africans who say president jacob zuma has allowed some business leaders to use corrupt practices to take control of the state is the first not. particularly members of the gupta family both the president and the group does reject the corruption allegations but the scandal won't go away in fact it's widening recently several international brands have been linked to the scandal british public relations company part and it's a pity the german software giant as well as order to escape p.m.g. and several banks the u.k.'s h.s.b.c. and standard chartered and india's bank of baroda they've all had to defend themselves against allegations they either knowingly or

he's right now touring this civil rights museum, this huge event here in jackson, mississippi. in terms of what people are protesting, in terms of why people have boycotted this event, you have civil rights icon congressman john lewis of georgia saying that effectively the president has done more to increase the racial diversions and divide this nation instead of unify it. and so that's why he has said he's not coming along with congressman bennie thompson. they released a joint statement calling the president's presence here today hurtful. the naacp held a news conference about why they didn't want to be here and why they wanted to pay tribute to all the civil rights leaders honored in this museum. take a listen to what the mayor of jackson had to say. he also boycotted this event. >> we ask people to come both near and far to this museum. today what we're doing is standing on principle. we're standing in accord with what the ideals of this civil rights movement means. and that is why we choose not to share a stage with donald trump. >> i spoke to someone close to president tr

the mississippi state funded civil rights museum there in jackson, mississippi. ldings. and it is to tell the story of a mississippi movement that helped to change the nation. many civil rights movements there. the governor, you know, personally invited the president of the united states to be there. among the many people, supporters of this museum, who were invited to be there, many of whom are the subject of some of the exhibits there have chosen not to be in attendance today, among them congressman john lewis who along with whbene thompson in a joint statement on why they would not attend the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum, and they said in a joint at the same time thstat care consideration and conversations, we have decided not to attend or participate in the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum. president trump's attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this simple rights museum. the struggles represented in this museum exemplify the truth of what really happened in mississippi and president trump'

akuno, co-founder and co-director of cooperation jackson, network of worker cooperatives in jackson, mississippihe's the author of "jackson rising: the struggle for economic democracy and black self-determination in jackson, mississippi." and in denver, we're joined by david sirota, senior editor for investigations at the international business times. he is the one who broke the story donald trump and gop leaders could be enriched by last-minute tax break inserted into final bill. david, why don't we begin with you? explain what you discovered. >> sure. this is all about pass-through income come income generated limited liability companies, llc's, and other kinds of partnerships. and basically, what happened was the house in its bill had a sweeping tax reduction for income earned from those kinds of entities. in the senate bill -- a key point -- the senate bill that bob corker voted on and voted against included various restrictions in the bill designed to prevent a tax cut for income earned through these pass-through entities from those pass-through entities that aren't employing people. it inc

recoup for a minute before the president arrives after the president speaks and to jackson, mississippi the president's remarks. i am struck, it is hard to imagine except in today's times a situation where the president is going to give a speech, politicians boycotting that speech. president obama going to give a speech in birmingham, alabama, walked across the bridge, politicians said i am boycotting going to that speech because i don't believe he is honoring civil rights in a right way there might be a different reaction to that. >> the white house pushed back against portents of controversy, in this iconic location downtown, the president is honored to be here, the president has enjoyed commemorating the achievements and advances, the course of the campaign, every right to be there representing interests of all americans, democrats politicizing today, this capable. this is what white house are saying. >> the president has every right to be there, for the past 200 plus years, the president going anywhere, a great honor, and the president has every right to be there. where is the disco

so a different tone here from what was said today in jackson, mississippi. this being held -- this campaign style rally held just four days before the senate special election was to happen, 25 miles away from the alabama state line. and just a short time ago doug jones gave remarks at selma historic brown chapel ame church. vaughn hilliard is in selma with the race there. and how did it go and what did he say? >> reporter: david, we should know that he is in selma. this is a county here -- a county 80% black. he was joined here by alabama lone democratic congressman terry seoul and massachusetts governor joined him out there and he went on about roy moore calling him the groundhog noting while he is out on the campaign trail, roy moore hasn't been seen and he is not wrong. he is not campaigning this weekend and we won't see him until monday in a pre-election eve rally where he will be joined by louie gomer and steve bannon returning to the state. but to note where this race is at. doug jones is here in selma and heading to montgomery for another rally with n

today, president trump is in jackson mississippi for the opening ceremony of the mississippi civil rights museum and the museum of mississippi history. he just tweeted, and headed to the great state of mississippi at the invitation of their governor phil bryant. looking forward to seeing the new civil rights museum. he will tour the museum and give live remarks about one hour from now. we will bring you live coverage. , presidents week trump hosted a reception. his family was also in attendance. this is 20 minutes. i know for a fact there are a lot of happy people in this room. jerusalem. thank you. are thrilled to welcome you in so many wonderful friends to the white house. we wish you a very happy hanukkah. i want to thank vice president pence and his wife. they can get under the ropes, they are young and strong. , on up. -- come on up. well as secretary mnuchin and secretary shulkin, i also want to thank our incredible first lady milani a -- our incredible first lady milani a. she has worked hard to make the white house a special place for this joyous season. we have done this so many

president trump's visit here to the new civil rights museum here in jackson mississippi was very controversial many civil rights leaders boycotted his visit did not actually attend the opening of the museum because trump was here they said that they were seeing this is a one photo op for trump a man if they consider to be someone that hasn't done enough to bridge the racial divide in america however we spoke to several people that listen to trump's private speech here including many black americans who they said that they appreciated what trump had to say that he tried to reach out to african-americans and the struggles that they have had for many decades in the civil rights movement in the last century or so in the united states and many people said that they did appreciate trump visiting here this museum he toured inside looked at some of the exhibits and then he spoke talking about how he thought that this was an important museum. graduating the people of this state that made this happen so in one way trump very much offering a conciliatory message one piece and one of trying to reach out t

in jackson mississippi thank you. well the white house has moved to dismiss concerns about the health of the u.s. president earlier this week donald trump concluded an important speech by slurring and mispronouncing familia was i want house correspondent kimberly hellcats explains. the white house says it was nothing more than a dry throat this week when president trump slurred his speech wrapping up an important foreign policy announcement god bless the united church thank you very much but many reporters and the american public have been questioning that explanation so much so white house press secretary sarah sanders was forced to acknowledge the concern dismissing the inquiries as frankly pretty ridiculous questions but questions of trump's fitness for office are not new given his reported love of fast food and refusal to exercise them there is his penchant for confrontational speeches break news they will be met with fire of fury and taunting attacks and social media against foes like north korean leader kim jong

houston, all the way up to jackson, mississippi, and atlanta. rain in the gulf coast and snow coming in just -- all the way to brownsville. that's amazing to see. i've seen a couple of people on twitter send out that to see snow this time of year in south texas is really rare. i would say so. back here where it's dry. not as windy as yesterday. fallbrook, 61 degrees. 13% north at 12. there's a northeast 20. some of the higher elevations. humidity up for a few. fremont canyon is 9%. and for southern california and toe panga canyon. 10% to 19% humidity. there's just no relief here. a strong area of high pressure. for those of you who have a barometer, it's probably at 30, 43-inches of mercury. they're running into drier air. and we get a few drifting over us right here. and really that's the only fly in the ointment if you will. the lows are cooler because our easterly breezes tapered off. a lot of 30s. novato is 32. and towards the santa clara valley. gilroy 33 here. socal and santa cruz at 42. yesterday they were running seven to 8 degrees warme

president donald trump is visiting jackson mississippi for the opening of a civil rights museum event has been mined in controversy with a number of civil rights leaders deciding to boycott the event because they say the president has a record of racial division i have cited trump blaming both sides for the violence a shot at still romney and his criticism of n.f.l. players kneeling during the national anthem to protest racism more in the story gable of his own that joins us live from jackson mississippi this yet more control the sea sponsored by visit how people are feeling now what do they think about this trip. yeah it really has been controversial no doubt about it and there are a lot of civil rights leaders that have simply boycotted trump's visit here to this civil rights museum and to give you an idea the mayor of this town jackson mississippi is an african-american man he himself has boycotted trump's visit here this is the opening of a very important museum that lays out decades of civil rights struggle for african-americans here and it was an important opening of this museum

the ceremony boycotted by john lewis, benny thompson and mayor the jackson, mississippi. the president did not mention the controversy in his remarks. he stayed on message, highlighting the importance of the museum. >> the civil rights museum records the oppression, cruelty and injustice inflicted on the african american community, the fight to end slavery, to break down jim crow, to end segregation, to gain the right to vote, and to achieve the sacred birth right of equality. >> there in jackson, mississippi, nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen? >> reporter: hi, richard, good afternoon to you. president trump stuck to his script when he spoke here at the civil rights museum in jackson, mississippi. he paid tribute to all of those who have fought and risked their lives in the civil rights movement. he particularly focused on medgar evers, a civil rights leader who was shot and killed right here in jackson, mississippi, where he lived with his family. his widow was here today, as well as his brother. in fact, he greeted president trump on the tarmac.

[applause] ♪ >> president trump just wrapped up his speech in jackson, mississippi.e heads back to d.c. tomorrow. next, we will take you live for the democratic national committee's unity reform commission, day two other meeting. this is live coverage on c-span. two will --

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. >>> the president is heading to jackson, mississippi, this morning for the dedication of a civil rightsuseum, where he's expected to deliver remarks. but several civil rights leaders and speakers are now boycotting the event because of the president's appearance. nbc's kristin welker is in jackson for us. the president is facing a lot of backlash for his decision to attend. it's forcing the white house to make some changes to the itinerary. what can you tell us? >> reporter: dara, there's no doubt that tensions are simmering here. president trump is set to touchdown in just a few hours from now. you have some people here saying they're absolutely honored by the president's visit, but others say that the president has done very little to heal the racial divide in america. they say, in fact, he has made it worse. now, as you point out, the white house making this a very short trip here to visit in jackson. we know there's been extra security here. there may be protesters, for example. really at the forefront of this, you have civil rights icon, congressman john lewis, cancelling his plann

and then to jackson, mississippi. it's a beautiful, beautiful town. and this is what i look at. this is an opportunity for job growth and for opportunities for a lot of people that live in jackson. and i think it's really unfortunate that congressman lewis who we're seeing here on cnn in the fifth district would stick way over there in jackson, mississippi, and make a comment like that when he should be worrying about his own district and his own constituents which he was voted for by the people. he's voted as -- he should stay in the fifth district where his people are. where his congress district is. >> van, it sounds like he's saying, he's saying it's all about the money. that's what it sounds like he's saying to me. >> no, i see it as a job opportunity for everyone. >> van. >> economic development. don, that's what i see. >> van, go. >> let me say a couple things. in some ways, you know, president trump is in kind of a damned if you you and if you don't situation. if in fact he'd been asked and turned it down, that would have been a reason for some concern. but it's just unfo

he rallied supporters in pensacola florida and then went to jackson, mississippi where he spoke at the incredible tribute, not only to the state of mississippi. a state that i love. they state that i had great success. this is a tribute to the nation. at the highest level. this is a great thing you have done. >> a powerful speech in mississippi. phil is in west palm beach. is this president and for the night? >> he is and he is still tweeting. not only bashing the washington post but congratulation the army, air force one landing in west palm beach this afternoon for mississippi. getting the president to the winter white house for the opening kickoff of today's army-navy classic. the final score by the way was army 14 and maybe 13. aboard air force one he told them he would be rooting for both teams give very politically correct for the man that hates political correctness. in jackson mississippi had toward the brand-new $100 million civil rights museum. a spotlight everything as intended. protesters there because donald trump is there. and several civil rights activists boycotted this

. >> jackson knew one thing would be the key to victory. this was all about the mississippi. >> when the british army wanted to attack jackson's line, he had to fit his army between the mississippi river and an impenetrable swamp about 800 yards away. they went north 7 - 9 miles. the british know if the waters get too shallow to bring the fleet in, they can't really come up river so they make a landing with their army and come down and sees this. >> but it's not their defense. they anticipated exactly where they would land. they built the mud burned. >> he comes in along this line where he sets it behind him almost 800 yards. >> we come back, how that simple man-made berm may have saved the united states as we know it today. we will hear from the people who want to tear down the monuments of andrew jackson and get a behind-the-scenes to her. >> this is a front parlor of the mansion. if you are coming to visit, he would have been invited to come in here and wait for him. he would let you wait long enough to look at the things he had in this room that would tell you he is an i

particularly focused on med garr evers, shot in jackson, mississippi where he lived with his family.ow was here today as well as brother. greeted him on the tarmac. president trump talked about the significance of people like med garr evers. i spoke with people here today, they said that they were largely pleased with the president's remarks. he didn't talk about the controversy at the backdrop of his visit. the fact that there were dozens of protest es that greeted him or the fact that many decided to boycott including congressman john lewis who said his mere appearance was hurtful. because he says the president has done more to divide this country to unite it. but i did talk to a lot of people after this event today. here's what they had to say. >> i felt the need to be here based on the sacrifices that had been made by a number of people that you will see in the museum. and i thought it was my responsibility to be here for them since they are no longer with us. >> the important thing is to engage. and i think if they would have come and been able to meet the president and talk to

amy: i'm looking at a piece by jackson, mississippi, investigative reporter jerry mitchell who said theississippi civil rights museum is the first of its kind in the nation to be state-sponsored in state-funded. another $19 million has been raised privately for the exhibits millions more been raised to ensure that every ninth grade in mississippi can visit the civil rights and mississippi history museums. can you talk about this, mayor lumumba? >> well, we celebrate the work that has been done to bring this to fruition. both from the state's standpoint and many unnamed individuals. there is been a lot of work that is gone into it, bringing the exhibits forward. the courage of the individuals who survived this movement and continue to push forward the ideals of the movement, you know, those are necessary contributions. at the top of our discussion, we encourage people both locally and abroad to visit these museums, to learn of this history, and ago on several occasions -- and to go on several occasions. this is a necessary point in our history. where we are speaking to a necessary story.

in jackson, mississippi, president trump took a private y.ur of the civil rights museum that opened todaye president spoke to a small crowd that included family members of assassinated civil rights leader medgar evers. but another icon who marched in the movement boycotted the event in protest. here's errol barnett. >> this is a tribute to our nation at the highest level. >> reporter: appearing at the opening of jackson, mississippi's new civil rights museum today, president trump honored civil rights leaders and their legacy. >> today, we pay solemn tribute to our heroes of the past and dedicate ourselves to building a future of freedom, equality, justice, and peace. >> reporter: civil rights icon congressman john lewis, and mississippi congressman bennie thompson boycotted the event, saying in a joint statement, "president trump's attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum." in response, the white house said, "it's unfortunate members of congress wouldn't join the president in honoring civil rights leaders." >> so, once again, m

> up next, president trump speaks at the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum in jackson, mississippi. from saturday, this is just over ten minutes. >> thank you. good morning. please, please. as we walk through the civil rights museum with judge anderson, the group, and the president of the united states of america, i was moved again. the emotion that comes over you in waves as you see the past. the struggle, and conflict. i'm so very proud today that the president of the united states was here to see and witness it. i'm proud that dr. ben carson, secretary of hud is here with us and his wonderful wife candy. so i will not keep him or you waiting or the wonderful people outside. it was difficult for this president, as much as he has traveled, as much as the responsibilities have been upon him to take his time to rise early this morning in washington, d.c. to board air force one and that beautiful plane came in as the snow was furling out behind it, i thought what a wonderful day this is for us all. 200 years, the president of the united states is here to talk about our museum and our

brief tour the president made remarks at the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum in jackson, mississippi. he spoke at a private gathering before the official opening ceremony took place. some civil rights leaders including the georgia congressman john lewis objected to the president being invited. the president is introduced by the mississippi governor phil bryant. >> thank you. good morning! \[applause] >> as we walk through the civil rights museum with judge anderson, the group, and the president of the united states of america, i was moved again. the emotion that comes over you in waves as you see the past. the struggle, the conflict. i am so very proud today that the president of the united states was here to see and witness it. i'm proud that dr. ben carson, secretary of hud is here with us and his wonderful wife, candy. \[applause] i will not keep him or you waiting or the wonderful people outside. it was difficult for this president as much as he has traveled, as much as the responsibilities have been upon him, to take his time to rise early this morning in washington, d.c. to boa

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ever elizondo reports on jackson mississippi. they gathered to pay tribute to the long struggle for racial equality in america it was a grand opening of a new nineteen million dollars civil rights museum that traces the history of black americans who led that fight but when donald trump said he would attend some african-americans boycotted including congressman and prominent civil rights leader john lewis the national association for the advancement for colored people or and pete the most storied civil rights organization in america had asked trump not to come. we really do to allow individuals to stay this wonderful thing of honoring individuals who sacrifice. when they work so hard to sure people have access to affordable health care and he seek it to undermine it at every turn. trump was slow to condemn racist groups it protested in charlottesville virginia earlier this year you had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent but he has relented so he condemned n.f.l. playe

has more from jackson mississippi. president trump's visit here to the new civil rights museum here in jackson mississippi was very controversial many civil rights leaders boycotted his visit did not actually attend the opening of the museum because trump was here they said that they were seeing this is a one photo op for trump a man if they consider to be someone that hasn't done enough to bridge the racial divide in america however we spoke to several people that listen to trump's private speech here including many black americans who they said that they appreciated what trump had to say that he tried to reach out to african-americans in the struggles that they have had for many decades in the civil rights movement in the last century or so in the united states and many people said that they did appreciate trump visiting here this museum he toured inside looked at some of the exhibits and then spoke talking about how he thought that this was an important museum. graduating the people of this state that made this happ

air force one was delayed in jackson, mississippi, which hadn't experienced that much snowfall in threeecades. warmer temperatures are expected in the south all this week. take a look at this, a reminder of how dangerous ice can be. this car in rockville on montrose parkway ... flipped on its side after jumping the curb and then hitting a pole. amazingly the driver wasn't hurt. that driver says she was very fortunate. other drivers told us they expected conditions to be much worse-- and were grateful they weren't. remember, you can stay on top of the changing conditions by downloading the free stormwatch seven app on your phone. developing now.. video of a deadly officer-involved shooting in broward county, florida is going viral. the video shows the suspect charging at a sheriff's deputy, and dragging him along the ground. erielle reshef has more. the winners of this year's nobel peace prize are warning, "the deaths one tiny tantrum away." the group, the "international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons" received the award at a ceremony in oslo, norway sunday. the nobel committee prai

and greeting him on tarmac in jackson, mississippi, at the airport were governor phil bryant who invitedremony of the mississippi civil rights museum, also there senator roger wicker and charles evers, civil rights activist and brother of medgar evers who fought and died at the hands of klansmen during the struggle. the president took an abbreviated tour of the brand new $100 million museum which takes visitors through mississippi's tumultuous history including slavery as well as the segregated and jim crow '50s and '60s touched on in the president's speech. >> this is an incredible tribute not only to the state of mississippi finish a state that i love, a state where i've had great success -- this is a tribute the our nation at the highest level. >> reporter: last night in pensacola trump held a packed make america great again rally, very reminiscent of last year's campaign trail. and being just 20 miles east of alabama, he again urged alabamians to vote for accused sex offender roy moore in tuesday's potential senate election. >> this country, future of this country cannot afford to lo

i'm from jackson, mississippi. i'm a white guy. i was raised in jackson, mississippi.t is so clear to me is that mississippi has this history of trying to make overtures of civil rights. but when they do it's very common to pair it up with expresses of white power. so mississippi is one of only three states that celebrates robert e. lee's birthday. mississippi, alabama and arkansas. basically they paired it with robert e. lee's birthday with martin luther king, jr.'s birthday. over and over and over again we celebrate black history month, but governor bryant has also declared april regularly during his tenure there as confederate heritage month. >>i wish we had more time. thank you guys so much. we're going to have to reassemble this panel and do it again. more after the break. my experience with usaa has been excellent. they always refer to me as master sergeant. they really appreciate the military family, and it really shows. we've got auto insurance, homeowners insurance. had an accident with a vehicle, i actually called usaa before we called the police. usaa was th

the weather will do. >> weather delaying air force one finally landing on a snowy runway in jackson mississippir a foot of snow. >> >> cars stuck and spinning all the way to the carolina the coast. >> right now 160,000 without power from mississippi to maine. airline traffic snarled a second day. the storm forcing cancellation of 2,000 flights delaying 3,000 more. and in new jersey crews working to keep the roads clear. the plow trucks are out but more important it's the salt with in storm. >> farther north enough snow to cause the wrecks in new york state. both drivers okay tonight. more like slush in the city but some spots freeze over tonight maybe. as the snow comes down and new yorkers struggle to navigate the winter mess. and in philadelphia a snowy matchup for the army navy game. >>> archaeologies are showing off a mummy and and possibly relevantics from egypt's new kingdom unearthed after 3,500 years. this was found inside two tombs unexplored until now. the mummy belonging to a senior official to one of the ancient kings. german researchers discovered the tomb 25 years ago but kept sea

livelook at the mississippi civil rights museum which is having its opening ceremony today in jackson, mississippi. president trump will be there to tour the museum and make remarks from inside. that is -- that is happening at 12:30 p.m. eastern. we will take you back when the event get started. until then, here's a portion of today's washington journal. joining us now is eric morath, economy reporter with the "wall street journal." he is here to break down the november jobs of report. thank you for joining us this morning. let's start with the headline -- "the u.s. economy is hitting while stones not seen in more than a decade, marked by a --ust hiring that has led to nonfarm payrolls a seasonally adjusted record 86 straight ." its of expansion also says "the unemployment rate is down to 4.1%, down for two straight months the holding at a 17-year low." what is the reason for some of these positive figures? guest: we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion to we have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are starting to see that they all for mor

. >> georgia, texas, louisiana, new orleans, jackson, mississippi, it's not snowflakes, 7" in corpusi and 10" in northern georgia tonight. >> i know. >> and this frontal system over performed in every southern sfwlait over performed, it's an over achiever. >> it's def anyly over ach achiever. places that don't get snow it's piling up. you can imagine their panic level. there and home here it's quiet as we look live outside. we're waiting on snow which we hope doesn't over perform h here. 2 to 4" on saturday is enough nor washington and some areas south and east of us will see more than that. we'll see you in a minute. first tomorrow daily snowfall record is in jeep day. you know it will be first snowfall of the season. and it's coming raetly early. december 9 not necessarily considered in the heart of snow fall season for us and the daily snowfall record out at reagan national 1.6 forecasting swaj of 2 to 4 d.c. and the only thing that will hurt us this is wet snow that accumulate on grassy surfaces if know board is picking up flakes easily we should break daily snowfall record. stra

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jackson, mississippi will not be there. naacp boycotting. should they be going and do what jack said and be there to share some common ground? >> normally if you were looking at somebody who was sensible and somebody who was looking to expand their horizons and curious about other opinions and somebody who did not think they were right every single minute of every single day. i would say jack is right and the civil rights leaders boyc t boycotting the opening of the mu museum should go. they are not dealing with a normal person. they are dealing with the president of the united states. he has a history of being against civil rights. he has a history of attacking people who have worked for their whole lives on civil rights issues. he has a history of starting the birther movement against the first african-american president of the united states. i think they have made a decision which i think is the right one. no matter what you do and what you say and how sensible you are, this president is never going to change. he has proven that. time and

paris and in sweden. >>> president trump attended the opening of a new civil rights museum in jackson mississippi visitors through the state's history during is segregation. he spoke about the sacrifices people made. his appearance drew criticism from some civil lights leaders who say his policies undermine the values and goals of the movement. >>> on can capitol hill the fall-out continues on the wave of sexual harassments. >> caroline shively has the latest. >> reporter: sexual harassment scandals forced congressman john couldn'tiers and trent franks plus al franken to quit this week, the pressure had been building for weeks but franks was a surprise oh to washington. it reportedly offered a female staffer five million dollars if she would conceive a child with him. the congressman denies intimidating or trying to have sex with anyone in his office. but quit effective yesterday after his wife was hospitalized. on thursday, franks said, quote, in the midst of this current cultural and media climate i'm convinced i would be unable to complete a fair house ethics investigation. we're also learning

. >>> president trump has arrived in jackson, mississippi this morning for the opening of a civil rightseum, a visit that's drawing controversy. meanwhile, the president was at a rally last night, pushing back at his opponents. abc news' david wright has the details. >> let me begin by wishing each and every one of you a very merry christmas, right? >> reporter: this was the donald trump who once claimed he could stand on fifth avenue and shoot someone and still not lose voters. >> and i can think of no better christmas present for the american people than giving you a massive tax cut. that's what's happening. >> reporter: this crowd still very much behind trump. >> look at these guys. blacks for trump. i love you. >> reporter: even as some prominent civil rights leaders, including congressman john lewis, are skipping today's opening of the new civil rights museum in jackson, mississippi, because the president will be there too. in pensacola, trump both of theed he has sing-- boasted he handedly transformed american politics. >> big media, special interests, phonies all. they're not here