. >> our goal including the goal of the state is to have everyone off the metropolitan atlanta roadways by 4:00 p.m. >> road crews out ahead of the the storm, their goal is to prevent a repeat of this nightmare from three years ago when an ice storm shut down metro atlanta. >> i remember cars being everywhere and my parents got stuck. >> one of the strangest things i have ever seen. >> and out west winter storms are wreaking havoc and workers de-icining planes in denver and two people rescued from an avalanche. in new york some residents are digging out from two feet of snow. some roads in west seneca impassable for school buses forcing children to spend the night in their classroom. >> it was scary but good to know they were in safe hans at school. rather than here than on the roads somewhere. >> and forecasters say this is just round one, there is another storm brewing that could dump up to a foot of snow in charlotte and atlanta. than could affect us here and all the way up in new england this weekend. reporting from new york, i'm elizabeth herer for channel 6 "action news." >>> back

people have flooded social media describing metropolitan atlanta and surrounding is your bushsube accuracy that was not reflected in donald trump's tweets. we will see people pushing back on claims he has made that can be supported by stories and news and research. one of those examples is donald trump allegedly will be visiting the smithsonian museum tomorrow in commemoration of martin luther king day. john lewis is the representative who introduced the bill for that museum to be built. >> eugene scott live for us in washington. eugene, thank you. >>> civil rights activists who are concerned about the trump administration plan to make it known that they intend to stand up to the president-elect even before he is sworn in. this the scene in washington despite the rainy weather. some 2000 people marched saturday in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. the protest organizer, reverend al sharpton says democrats in congress need to, quote, get some backbone. organizers say they are against the targeting of muslims and fear deportation of millions of immigrants. civil rights activists say they w

. >> our goal, including the goal of the state, is to have everyone off of metropolitan atlanta roadways by 4:00 p.m. >> reporter: road crews in georgia out ahead of the storm. their goal is to prevent a repeat of this nightmare from three years ago when an ice storm shut down metro atlanta. >> i remember cars being everywhere. my parents got stuck. >> it was one of the strangest things i've ever seen. >> reporter: out west winter storms are already wreaking havoc. workers at denver's airport busy deicing planes, and drivers near reno are being asked to stay off this highway after two people were rescued from an avalanche. >> go, go! >> reporter: in new york, some residents are digging out from two feet of snow. some roads in west seneca impassable for school buses, forcing children to spend the night in their classroom. >> it was scary, but it was good to know that they were in safe hands here at school. i would rather them here than on the roads stuck somewhere. >> reporter: and forecasters say this right here, this is just round one. there's another storm brewing that could dump up to

my name is leo reichert, i am the general council of wellstar health care system in metropolitan atlanta. we have about 11 hospitals. we have a large medical group, about 1,000 providers in the medical group, about 200 ambulatory locations around the city and about 20,000 team members total. we had the privilege of acquiring from tenet, the facilities that were the subject of discussion yesterday, which is how we went from five hospitals to 11 hospitals last year. >> i'm bill pericak, a partner in the d.c. office. i've been with the firm for two years. prior to that i had a 25 year career at doj, including a stint in the fraud health care unit supervising cases in brooklyn and houston and baton rouge and getting a flavor for and including corporate health care fraud matters, which was a more recent trend of the health care fraud unit, and getting a flavor for what the department wanted to do in the corporate health care fraud context. >> thank you. as the slide recites the basic elements of the yates memo, but let me put into the broader context and tell you why it's so important that we

had the privilege of being at a clinic in atlanta, and i learned there is a zip code in atlanta within the metropolitan area of atlanta that has incredible disparities in terms of their health outcomes and health status. higher mortality, higher rates of diabetes, high rates of stroke, higher rates of myocardial infarction's, and they are surrounded by incredible healthcare facilities facilities. when we see those kinds of things, we need to drill down into those areas and say what is going on? why is that happening? address the real challenge on the ground as opposed to saying, okay, we've taken care of it because now we have an agency that is addressed to taking care of that. i think we need to do better metrics and accountability for what is going on. >> i am sure that you guys have talked at some length about rare diseases, sickle cell being one of the more important ones in the african-american population. i would love to submit some questions for the record to get your insight in your perspective on how we tackle so many of those diseases moving forward. >> i look forward to that, senator, thank

traded to the flyersment to the game, four teams, wayne scored twice to help the metropolitan division beat the atlantax. then in the finals against the pacific, wayne scored the go ahead goal under five minutes left. he won four to three, and wayne was named the game's mvp. also, villanova beats virginia, 61-59 on dante, and the buzzer, that's all for sports, i'm lesley van arsdall, have a great day. >> all right, to the. in fl pro bowl. orlando we go. yes, recognize that guy? andy reid coaching the afc. quarterback, alex smith, finds walker on the side line, saw it there, 26-yard touchdown, girls the afc a lead. later, still connecting, the younger brother of jason kelce. afc won 20 to 13. >> and >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", surprising slow down in sales for a popular coffee chain. >> we will tell you how the success of starbucks app is actually creating a problem for the company. trang? >> reporter: thousands march on the philadelphia international airport, the protest the president travel ban. i'll breakdown his executive order on immigration. >> new miss universe is cro

let's have a look, playing for the metropolitan division against the atlanta steal.s up the ice. the length of it. simmons cruising in, gives his team the 1-0 league. they're tied at one. another steel. this time right on the doorstep. some pretty stick work and the division wins. and moves on the face of pacific in the finals. that game right off the draw. taylor hall to simmons, that's a game, ander. 4-3 hat tricks. the 11 metro players split a million bucks. simmons also wins a truck for being named mvp. also recently engaged, how about that? we'll hear from simmons when i return in a half hour. until then, i'm danny, see you soon. we'll be right back. >>> wilmington family is celebrating the return of their exotic bird. it is safely back home after a week spent on the run. the macaw escaped from his owners house but was reunited. >> it was worse for me than him because he was just out flying around. probably wanted to get home, but for me, i mean, my heart was broken. >> freddie's owner says that freddie had a few run-ins with hawks, but he's doing well now that

atlanta. i learned there's a zip code and amanda within this metropolitan area of atlanta that has incredible disparities in terms of their health outcomes and status. high mortality, high rates of diabetes and high rates of stroke, high rates of myocardial infarctions. they are surrounded by incredible healthcare faciliti facilities, and when we see those kinds of things we need to drill down into the space and say what's going on? why is that happening? and address the real challenge on the grant as opposed to saying okay, we've taken care of it because now we have an agency that says it's addressed to take care of that. we need to do better metrics and accountability for what's going on. >> i'm sure you guys of talk at some length about rare diseases. >> we have spirit sickle cell being one of the more important ones in african-american population. i would love to submit a question for the record to get your insight and your perspective on how we tackle so many of those diseases moving forward speed and look forward to that. thank you. >> thank you. >> senator murray. >> thank you, mr. cha

atlanta. i learned there was a zip code in the metropolitan area of atlanta that has incredible disparities in terms of health outcomes. higher mortalities, higher rates of diabetes, stroke, myocardial infarction. when we see those kinds of things, we need to drill down in those areas. why is that happening? an address the real problem on the ground as opposed to saying we have taken care of it because we have an agency that is addressed to take care of it. i think we need to do better metrics -- metrics and better accountability. sure you talked at some length about some diseases. sickle cell is being one of the more important ones in the african-american population. i would love to submit some questions for the record to get your insight and perspective on how we tackle somewhat -- so many of those diseases moving forward. look forward to that senator. >> senator murray. murray: i did want to clarify your response to one of my previous questions. you admitted to me in our meeting that you, in your own words talked with congressman collins about innate in numeral -- in eight immuno. this insp