mr. mcreynolds himself saying we respect mr. mcreynolds with merrill lynch.e continued to work with them for more than 30 years. >> what were the issues connected with this case. >> reporter: they said that merrill lynch was run like a fraternity, like a boys club. the white brokers would work like teams and exclude the black brokers. they would bring in more money, and the black brokers would earn less and those who earned more were given more clients. so they said they were disadvantaged. not the accusation that merrill lynch deliberately discriminated but there were systems in place. >> all right, john, in chicago. john, thank you. we've been telling you about the major storm working its way through the southwest of the country, and heading east. well, there is a pretty strong storm that is slamming the u.k. and i understand that pictures are pretty extreme. richelle carey is here. in. >> reporter: thank you. let's get to the picture. they are dramatic pictures off the coast of britain. winds pounded the british coast it's the worst tidal surge with winds

mr. mcreynold's ongoing contributions to merrill lynch. >> america is integrated and it's not just blackd white it's integrated and we need to be that way. >> now he will return to work and try to make that happen for the next generation. >>> this case concludes an eight year battle over why african-american brokers were less than 2% overall and generally had smaller books of business. >>> african lead ers me ers metn paris. >>> crossing into jordon syrians flee their homeland for safety. and talk about the luck of the draw. the difficulty road ahead. >>> good morning and welcome back to al jazeera america i'm rochelle carey. >>> the launch in the central african republic. but fist let's loo -- first lett temperature across the country >> that's another morning you need to bundle up. the temperatures are well bow bee lobelowzero. >> yo ritriteritright now in minnesot. in fargo it feels like -35 and it feels like -2 in omaha and in tulsa temperatures are below zero. windchill advisory have been posted today. we can see the air temperatures at -45. even a little further south we have advis