widening out, the low pressure is near nantucket and going nowhere fast. it's pulling in moisture from the atlantic pulling away from upstate new york, and that is making that low pressure not moving tonight or tomorrow. in a will bring more snow showers. and the winter weather advisory will be posted in the poconos, and this is where the wet snow could accumulate an additional 1 to 3 inches in the overnight hours. we are not looking at anything of that, below freezing and snow showers. we could end up with a coating in the northwest suburbs, at 3:00 in the morning we city snow showers developing in the northwest suburbs, they continue on and off through the day tomorrow. 8:00 a few more and plenty of clouds and more substantial as we head into the afternoon hours. some rain and snow showers, very unsettled and the temperatures again are on the cool side and 26 degrees in allentown, 32 in philadelphia, and untreated roads there could be slippery spots, allentown reporting a low of 26 degrees, and 34 degrees in cape may, and tomorrow if you like today you'l

they took her to a shelter in nantucket. that's because animals are easier to place from nantucket.gy will now live in delaware with beau biden and his family. delaware's attorney general and the biden family spent thanksgiving in nantucket. they saw peggy when a worker at the shelter had her on a work. she was wearing a scarf that said "adopt me" and the family did. >> they are both in massachusetts at the same time. unbelievable. >>> a local rapper is in critical condition after someone shot him today. >> he was shot by gunfire outside of his pleasantville home. police have not arrested anybody in this case. >>> also, a montgomery county woman is under arrest on charges they set the fire that burnt down a police officer's home. the policeman and woman are neighbors in pottsgrove township. >> i believe he believes in his own warped mind that he loved us and what he did was love. >> sandusky speaks out. matt sandusky, the adoptive son of the notorious penn state former football coach convicted of sexually abusing kids is in our area. today he shares what he calls his own abuse at th

you have german troops in the unit and then you have these nantucket whalers and some irish in the unitthen there was the other division besides class between the abolitionists which holmes was at if beginning and sort of the non-abolitionists led by henry abbot. and i was just wondering if you thought -- did that change holmes' ideas about class? and difference? here's someone who befriended a lot of people, you know. he sort of was accepted of people of all different sort of religions and nationalities. i just wanted to know if you thought that had any influence. >> i think his experience in that regimen certainly democratized his attitude, social attitudes in many ways. i think he came to admire courage and all of these different groups, the whaling of people from nantucket, the german americans from boston, the irish. this was a tough regimen. at the same time, i think the harvard cast of the officers, the cast to some degree, not all of them were harvard men, but many of them came from the upper middle class of bostonians. they forged a relationship of respect and deference partly

you had german troops in the unit, and then you had these nantucket whalers. >> and some irish. >> ands abolitionists, which holmes was at the beginning and not at the en, and the nonabolitionists led by henry abbott. i was just sort of wondering, did that change holmes' ideas about class and difference and, you know, because here's someone who really befriended a lot of people who boston brahmans wouldn't accept. i just wanted to know if you thought that had any influence on sort of his acceptance of lots of different types of people. >> well, i think his experience in that regiment certainly democrat tiesed his attitude in many ways different ways. i think he came to enjoy courage and all these different groups, the whaling people from nantucket, the german-americans from boston, the irish, demonstrated courage because this was a tough regiment. at the same time, i think the harvard cast of the officers, the brahman cast to some degree, not all were harvard men, but many came from the upper class of boss tone ytonians. they forged a relationship of class, indeference. the officers re

and what records could be recovered took many many months from 60 miles off nantucket.b and various other recovery organizations really put out a great deal of effort. it took a long long time. the fact that people are now so soon after the crash recovering the evidence it does seem to me that that's one thing that's going to enable these people who are in this situation to move on because as i say, you need something to bury. >> jim brokaw thank you for sharing that with us. we're back in a moment. when heartburn comes creeping up on you... fight back with relief so smooth... ...it's fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum, tum tum tum...♪ smoothies! only from tums. >>> here on the east coast it's nine hours and 15 minutes from the new year. it's already new year's day on the other side of the world. we want to show you a look at how sydney and hong kong celebrated. 's eve's celebrations which have already taken place. next up to ring in the new year is dubai and some people who woul

you had german troops in the unit, and then you had these nantucket whalers. >> and some irish. >> and some irish in the unit. and then there was the other division among class of abolitionis abolitionists, which holmes was at the beginning and not at the en, and the nonabolitionists led by henry abbott. i was just sort of wondering, did that change holmes' ideas about class and difference and, you know, because here's someone who really befriended a lot of people who boston brahmans wouldn't accept. i just wanted to know if you thought that had any influence on sort of his acceptance of lots of different types of people. >> well, i think his experience in that regiment certainly democrat tiesed his attitude in many ways different ways. i think he came to enjoy courage and all these different groups, the whaling people from nantucket, the german-americans from boston, the irish, demonstrated courage because this was a tough regiment. at the same time, i think the harvard cast of the officers, the brahman cast to some degree, not all were harvard men, but many came from the upper class

with action radar showing why, that low pressure that was our nor'easter stalled off the coast of nantucket any heavy precipitation is missing up, up near upstate new york, we are getting the wrap around and that brings us the cloudy windy conditions with the snow showers. this is what i'm worried about, some snow showers in the northern west suburbs and that could cause slick spots and maybe a few breaks of sunshine mainly to the east of philadelphia and the system reloads and we'll see more showers at 2:00 in the afternoon on thursday, so another unsettled day, and temperatures are on the cool side and winds out of the northwest, the high is only 39 degrees, and lots of clouds and occasional snow showers. and good-bye, it's breezy and windy and peeks of sunshine and the good guy, the high pressure will take over for the weekend and temperatures are a bit milder, the next 12 hours. some snow showers north of philadelphia, could cause slick spots and low in the suburbs of 32 in the city and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, one more gloomy day, breezy and chilly and clouds and a

this big pin wheel in the a atmosphere, that is low pressure, our nor'easter and it stalled near nantucketn moisture from the atlantic, all of the heavy stuff up to the north across northern new england, upstate insuring but we are getting left overs and this is what is producing the clouds and the snow showers. future tracker showing at 7:00 o'clock tomorrow morning lots of clouds, a few more snow showers west of philadelphia and as we head through the day it will be very similar to today where it is cloudy, breezy, cool with a few showers cropping up, anytime during the day and some of them will be snow showers. so very unsettled for your thursday, 39 degrees the high, cloudy, breezy, with some snow showers. good news is weather starts to get a little bit better by friday as low pressure moves to the east and this means we will see sunshine, breezy, but not as windy and cold, 42 degrees and high pressure takes over for the weekend. that high pressure will squeeze moisture out of the atmosphere bring us more sunshine and bring us warmer temperatures. call from accu weather for tonight sno

saying i am the nantucket expert, the one you need to talk to yeah. >> why should i go to you insteadyelp? >> here is an e-mail from christina. i own a busy business sharpening knives and tools. a good decision to have internet store. how do you go from retail to implementing an e-commerce component? ideas? >> well, i'm not sure if she's looking to extend to selling knives or looking to have the service going through, where you're mailing things back and forth at the postal service. if it's that, sounds like it might be that, you've got to remove the barriers. people aren't used to buying shoes through the mail until zappa made every possible. returns, doesn't fit, send it back. no harm, no foul. or dollar shave club. look at that. razor blades in the mail. >> in a box, put your knives in here. sending you the box and ship them back to you in two days. i'd send my knives out to get sharpened. >> and take away the need to drive somewhere and drive back. >> exactly. how does she get the first customers? >> a great question. build it and they may not come. right? >> right. >> for us, we

. >> got it let's move to the next question from susan who runs a review website in nantucket. she writes, how does a tiny business, we have a staff of five, stay up to date, relevant and keep one the bigger guys? our main challenge now is competing with yelp, trip adviser and the other huge corporate sites that are not local. wary taney company with a small budget so we have to be selective with advertising. >> that could be a benefit though, to be tiny, she place up on that. >> yeah. local is key. word of mouth marketing is so important. it is the cheapest and most powerful way to get your word out there. so, really activate your loyal customers. another thing that a lot of were ennewers are a little scared of but is so effect stiff pr. and people get a little scared of it because they think, how i do get into the local paper or even in a national magazine and it is a lot easier than you think, diw pr. reporters, they want good stories so, if you have got a great story to share, don't be shy to contact your local reporter. and the third thing is, i don't know if you've heard

from the island of nantucket to get on a ship to search out for piracy. who his father was, he continued on the path for the naval officer. on this particular deployment left in 1842, after doing algiers, ant visit in noted --in of the ship was is captain mckenzie cohorting in the enlisted man. his hands onto get alcohol and tobacco. it was quite popular. a large ed the help of bosun's mate named cromwell and smalls. named they were thinking about how to take over the ship so they could go out and do piracy. crew found out put him in they shackles. they shackled both of them. in december in 1842, the mutiny nt for a planned is, of course, death by hanging, without trial. you can imagine when this ship came in with the son of the of war now dead it was outraged with the country. they were exonerated. and from that action, our george y of the navy, appointed without any money to put the institution on from nks of the severn which we took the institution from the army base. just that interesting story brings us to understanding some of the great stories you'

he had escaped from the island of nantucket to get on a ship to search out for piracy. because of who his father was, he continued on the path to commission as a naval officer. on this particular deployment, they left in 1842. after doing a port visit in algiers, the captain of the ship summers noted, this was captain mackenzie, that midshipman spencer was courting with the enlisted men. midshipman spencer had a way of getting his hands on alcohol and tobacco and was quite popular. he enlisted the help of a large mate named cromwell and another seaman named smalls. they were thinking about how to take over the ship so they could go out and do piracy. the officer crew found out about this print they put him in shackles. cromwell was a big guy. they were afraid of him. they shackled both of them. cromwell and smalls. the punishment for a planned mutiny was death by hanging, which they did without trial. so you can imagine when this ship came in with the son of the secretary of war, now dead, it was quite an outrage in the country. the captain was tried. there was a court

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us that the nor'easter really stalled near nantucket. the close-up view shows us the snow showers are light and north of philadelphia, near wilmington right now, some light snow showers and off near chadds ford, they are all moving in from the north and west and a stream of moisture there, farther to the north near allentown they are dealing with snow showers, and these have a little more beef to them near bethlehem and slatington, they are moving to the north down the northeast extension from the southeast extension and the poconos could end up with an inch or two of snow from the system as it rolls in. winds today, even stronger than yesterday, inland, philadelphia reporting a peak wind gustd of 30 miles per hour, and trenton 40 and wilmington 38, yesterday the jersey shore had wind gusts in the mid-50s, so not quite as strong and a wind gust of 38 miles per hour. it's cloudy and chilly, 48 in philadelphia, currently wilmington 42 and temperature noz where near that. 41 in millville and 34 in allentown, and the problem with the snow sh

that just keeps giving, satellite six with action radar showing that stalled low pressure, near nantucket and it is going no where fast. what this is doggies pulling in moisture from the atlantic across northern new england and upstate new york and by the time it gets here it is lost most of its punch but it is still leaving a coating in spots and this will continue as we head through overnight hours. future tracker showing 6:30 in the morning lots of clouds and snow showers in the poconos also in the far north and western suburbs and throughout the day tomorrow it will be very similar to today. lots of clouds, windy, chilly with occasional showers and snow showers just showing at 2:00. snow showers and showers across south jersey. temperatures will really have a tough time making it out of the 30's. national weather service has issued that winter weather advisory in effect for poconos until 4:00 in the morning looking at an additional one to 3 inches of wet snow across the poconos tonight which is, of course, great news for ski resorts, lot of them will be opening up foresees on by frida

. $30 million to build a mansion in boca raton, acquiring homes in nantucket and colorado, and just looseillion, for endeavour, a vintage yacht. wealth meant one thing, social acceptance another. he and his second wife, karen mayo, spent millions on paintings. he joined the board of the whitney museum. for a pied-a-terre in new york, he had tyco buy a $19 million apartment and decorated it with $11 million worth of stuff. the poor kid from newark was stepping out on fifth avenue. would dennis kozlowski, a few years ago, even contemplated going to europe to buy old master paintings? >> no, absolutely not. you know, it came with earning the amount of money i was earning at the time. >> was it your idea, or were you invited to join the board of the whitney? >> oh, it was not my idea at all. i was invited to join the board, and i never made a board meeting. >> but you were invited because they like having really rich guys on the board. >> i assume it wasn't for my knowledge of art. [laughter] [ticking] >> coming up, dennis kozlowski and his extravagant lifestyle. donald trump called your beha

. >> i saw it at the nantucket film festival. loved it. thank you both for coming on.o the difference between women and young girls. i'm talking about young people. >> chiming in there. >> please believe me. anyway, ted johnson, thank you, s coming up. >>> pope francis calls out the church. >>> plus, who made the naughty list this year. you bet it's cheney, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >> staten island congressman pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion. the republican from new york was set to stand trial on february on charges that he hid a million dollars in sales and wages obtained from his manhattan restaurant. today's plea means he'll be sentenced on june 8, could face up to 30 months in prison, which is lower than he would have faced. back in october, u.s. congressman grimm said he would step down if he was not able to serve. and the dccc is calling for his resignation. that's the democratic campaign committee. ♪ the ford c-max hybrid. with an epa-estimated range of 540 miles on a tank of gas. and all the room you need to enjoy the trip. go stret

he had gotten infatuated with the eastern seaboard south where luke spends a lot of time on nantucket. so i called one of my friends in the midwest, and i said, how is he going to do? he said, one line, he said, he doesn't wear socks. and it was that summer kind of thing that you see in the eastern seaboard. you can't do that in farm country. >> right. >> so that became for tim and me, shorthand for a candidate who didn't have a clue about where they were going. how are they going to do? he doesn't wear socks. okay. >> and i use that to this day. it's a great descripter for those kinds of candidates. let's open it up to the audience. shelby. >> shelby coffey, mr. brokaw. you delivered a wonderful eulogy for our friend ben bradley at the washington national cathedral this week, and i wondered, it was great for the cathedral. you're now in a temple of free speech, so if you had another couple anecdotes about ben and what it was like to be with ben, kind of resemble being with james bond, we'd love to hear those. >> so question from shelby there, any more anecdotes about ben bradley? you

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next caller comes from nantucket, massachusetts. welcome to the program. thank you for c-span.t is a wonderful program. i want to make a comment on the person that called from tennessee. tennessee is the leading welfare state in the country. he should increase his medication and stop listening to the crazy people on the radio. have anyn we do not respect in this country is because we get rigid -- because he gets ridiculed as president. he is the president of our country. they are trying to make him look like a full. thank you for your program. host: fred applegate has this point. the actions of our own government are more of a threat than isis. if anyone hassays not noticed, we are in a new age, terror-wise. get your gun permit, learn how to shoot, and protect yourself and your family. democrats line, boston, good morning. caller: the gentleman who remarked on the caller from tennessee, he just took all of the words for me. i agree. i am worried about isis and other terrorist attacks, but what we need to do is stop listening to people like dick cheney, whose definition of terro