>> we grew up in northern michigan and my father was a sculptor and sculpted these statues for churches and some institutions so he was a great artist and he was also a ski instructor in the wintertime so he traveled a lot. we had to be in a place where he could do sculpting in the summer and in the winter, where he could teach as a ski instructor and one point in our lives we had a little patch of land in the woods surrounded by birch street but we had no money so we were living in a circus tent that was donated by a traveling circus by a ringling brothers circus, donated to a church and then the church gave it to this little band of polish gypsies that were living in the area so we were living in this tent for a while and it was a huge big top tent and my father didn't believe in chopping down trees. and he says that is, the trees are permanent, the tent is temporary so we had trees growing in the middle of the 10th which was before colors of our bed. and we lived in that tent until my dad could buy hand build a little cabin in the woods. with my mother working in detroit sending up h

the owners held out the winner of northern michigan you will make it through if you have a job, you certainly on christmas eve, as the strike was essentially wearing down and dying out, they had a party for the kids of the strikers to try to encourage them, many of which were immigrants, finnish, italian. they had -- do you want me to tell the story? >> i think the song is more powerful when you are straining to understand it. >> so, they have this party and they are up there about to hand out presents and somebody walks in, never identified through, and yells fire. people panic and start going down a stairwell and can't get out and they crushed each other and then there are 74 people dead. sixtysomething of those under the age of 12. depending upon how you read this, it is either a man's murder when they yell fire and there is no finer as a deliberate act or it's a terrible accident. i will go on after the song about the debate on that if you want. but that is the lead up to it and it didn't end the strike totally because money started coming in. but it's a story that i think is a major part

it was in northern michigan, a big snowstorm. i was home alone. my brother was in school. i was in 10th grade and i had the baby alone in the house. when my parents came home my father, of course, was shocked. and disowned me. told me that i was not allowed to even finish school and i was thrown out of the house. .. to go to alaska. it was because of airman needed the car in alaska and we were going to deliver to it him by driving there. little did we know we were driving through the snowstorm of the century so we drove 4,400 miles through a devastating storm, ice fog, temperatures that were 60 below zero, and possibly more. a time when you couldn't turn the car off because the engine would freeze. no other people on the road. the the al-can was 25 areas old so it was a rugged, dangerous, treacherous road, with no guardrails, no signs, very few gas stations, little lodging areas, and we drove through that, and my mother just kept driving, and it was one of the most treacherous things, going over glaciers war were milling, over mountaintops that looked like teepees. weight

>> we grew up in northern michigan. my father was a sculpture his skull did for churches with some institutions. here's a great artist. he was a ski instructor in the winter. we traveled a lot. in the winter we had to be a place where he could teach as a ski instructor. i one point we had a patch of land in the words surrounded by birch trees. but we had no money so we are living in a circus tent that was donated by a traveling circus. the church gave it to this band of polish gypsies living in the woods. so we were living in this tent it was a huge big top tent. my father didn't believe in chopping down trees and he said trees are permanent the tent is temporary. so i had trees going in the middle of the tent which were the four pillars of our bed. we lived there until our dad could build our cabin in the woods with our mom working in detroit sending us are checks. was a fascinating childhood. we ate over bonfires that night. that was our cooking stove. we had better soon, do you have anything else my father could get

showers and thunderstorms has meandered through northern michigan and into canada. that's part of the cold front that's going to swing into our area late tonight. before that cold front arrives, we could see some scattered showers and thunderstorms. you see they're more likely to the north and into central pennsylvania than in the immediate philadelphia area or the lehigh valley or suburbs. there's a chance during the evening hours of scattered showers. at that 8:15 this evening. a chance of thunderstorm. don't be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder overnight. during the day, it's going to be dry and hot. and humid, 95 degrees. will feel like it's 95 to 98 this afternoon. 80s for tomorrow. you see the cold front bringing temperatures back down to normal for wednesday and even cooler on thursday. then much-needed rainfall arrives on friday. looks like it's going to be light rain on friday. we could see downpours with thunderstorms saturday, sunday, into monday. a break on tuesday before we get another chance of showers next wednesday. drying out next thursday.

you see it's producing some showers and some thunderstorm activity in northern michigan.t's got a long way to go. we won't see that during the day. that cold front comes through tonight. we could see a shower, possibly even an isolated thunderstorm this evening. during the day, we'll just be watching the temperatures soar. 91 degrees in philadelphia at noon. 94 at 4:00. from the 70s to near 90 at lunchtime in the suburbs. into the 90s this afternoon for the suburbs and for the lehigh valley. delaware, 78 at 8:00. near 90 at noontime. and 90s this afternoon. look at the 90s for new jersey. the exception will be the shore where it will be a little bit cooler for many locations. 84 at lunchtime. dropping to 80 by 4:00 this afternoon. you may have noticed cooler temperatures at the end of the week. the seven-day forecast scrolling at the bottom of the screen. the ten day on 10 to go into next week when i'm back in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> 6:10. we also notice that the traffic is light today. >> yeah. i think everybody stayed at the shore. maybe they're coming back later

look at the activity moving into northern michigan.the lehigh valley and some of the northern western suburbs most likely get some of these late this evening. future cast hour by hour shows at 1:00 this afternoon, 88 degrees in philadelphia but look, it's dry for the entire area. that changes as we go into the evening hours. clouds return and at 8:00 this evening you see some showers, possibly even a thunderstorm popping up to the north and west and then thunderstorms lehigh v into some of the northern suburbs in montgomery county and that's going to drop the temperatures. thunder and lightning and gusty winds. then overnight those storms clear out but that's not the end of the storm threat. the next s comes because of cindy. cindy is spreading tremendous moisture into the south aat'soid us for tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night and into saturday and nai rainfall. you can see a line of showers and another line and more wet tp coming our way as we go into the weekend. another view of the future cast. cindy is weakening

i went to every major hospital in northern michigan and all everybody wanted to do was give me those shots. through my brother's misfortune i met a doctor who looked at the same mri that i had $10,000 out of my pocket in, the government wound up taking over because i ran out of money, the government took out. they had $160,000 in treatment on my back. nine years later i'm still in the same position, and then i meet this lady. she looked at the very same mri and looked straight up and said, there's your problem right there, i can fix it in an hour, and she did. >> thanks for sharing your story. any thought on quality versus cost? >> you know, first of all, barry, i'm sorry for what you've been through. unfortunately, too many americans i think experience sort of an uneven quality situation. i think in listening to barry's story there's a really interesting piece of this, which is that bad quality is one of the things that really drives up cost. so cost and quality are often two sides of the very same coin. the reason why our medical costs are so high oftentimes is because the wrong th

so for example, last year a case of the most upset it was case university of northern michigan where students who took advantage of the counseling services were then sent scary listen, if you talk to your friends about thoughts of self harm, you will be punished. this is insane. this is some people are either depressed or anxious, they are a burden on the friends and they should isolate themselves. that does not get the same coverage. i will say when it comes to issue the last couple of months i did it for this. this is scarier. at military,steger there were students who were hit in the face with metal flagpoles. the berkeley rights were a lot worse than even i thought and they were really lucky nobody got killed. i understand the intense interest, but it does come from things that have nothing to do with politics at all on campus. i'd like there to be some more coverage of issues that are not necessarily as sexy as quote-unquote pc run amok. >> thank you. judith. >> well, first of all i want to appreciate how scott opened in this in defense of students, because we are about how some

one day my mother and father were out in northern michigan, a big snowstorm. i was home alone. my brother was in school. i was in the 10th grade. i had the baby alone in the house. when my parents came home, i father was shocked -- my father was shocked and disowned me, told me that i was not allowed to even finish school there and i was thrown out of the house. so my mother in order to protect four-year-oldtle brother and my baby son and myself, got a drive away car, man inr that an air alaska wanted, and she got the car from the church, got us in tires, a no snow faulty teacher, and we decided to go to alaska. neededbecause the airman the car and we were going to deliver it to him by driving there. it'll did we know we were driving through the snow storm of the century. through ae 4400 miles og,astating storm, ice, f temperatures that were 60 below zero and possibly more, a time when you cannot turn the car off because the engine would freeze. no other people on the road. yearswas only about 25 old at the time, so it was a rugged, dangerous, treacherous road with no guard rai

i grew up on one of those small -- in one of those small towns in claire in northern michigan, and i believe that towns like mine should be celebrated and strengthened. we want young people to go to college and feel that there's a future to come home, either back to the farm or small business or participating in the community or maybe working at the local hospital, but being part of continuing this important way of life. people in our communities deserve every community to be able to raise their families with well-paying jobs and a high quality of life, like everyone in every party of michigan and all across the country wants to have. but many rural areas and many small towns face unique challenges in developing and maintaining infrastructure, broadband -- we now need to make sure that the farm at the end of the road is connected with high-speed internet. at one point in our country's history it was the telephone, it was electric poles and being able to connect the farmer at the end of the road to the rest of the community. now it is high-speed broadband, a understand -- and i.t. cri

watching severe thunderstorm threat that hour for much of western and northern kansas and strong storms going through areas of lake michigan into areas of southern michigan. today's threat this big orange blob, risk of severe storms. we could see isolated tornado. 15 million are at risk of severe storms kansas to illinois and southeast numerous thunderstorms jha good morning. a cool start this morning. a little bit warmer than yesterday. right now temperatures in the 50s and 60s. sunshine on the way and a nice warmup too into the 80s this afternoon. neighborhood forecast at 4:30. >> we'll see you then. this is a look at what we're working on. >> a veteran and shot and killed in a philadelphia neighborhood. what we are learning that led up to that violence. >> and a close call for people inside this brew hub as a man plows through the business and he takes off running. >> and wawa america kicks off today and we have a preview of all the festivities happening around town. and sanctuary cities that could impact ful phil. nbc news today starts at 4:30. we'll see you in about 20 minutes. those details next here on "early today"

watching severe thunderstorm threat that hour for much of western and northern kansas and strong storms going through areas of lake michigan into areas ofth today's threat this big orange blob, risk of severe storms. we could see isolated tornado. 15 million are at risk of severe storms kansas to illinois and southeast numerous thunderstorms with a lot of moisture coming off the gulf. here's a closer look at your day ahead. thunderstorm activity will continue this morning get a little bit of a break and fire up this afternoon again. kansas city and airports have significant delays. more afternoon garden variety storms in florida and the southeast today. you go to a brewery looking to have a good time this could happen. in philadelphia customers with a big scare. a u-haul truck slamming through the store front. a 44-year-old man was driving the wrong way when he lost control and went right through front of the window. he tried to flee but stopped because he needed treatment for a leg injury and later charged fo luckily not more crowded. >> look how close those customers got. >>> still ahead a major illegal pot bust in legal

mentioned the severe weather threat today in sin and tomorrow more so across parts of northern ohio and eastern parts of michigantate new york and western new york could see some rumbles of thunder and maybe some winds that possibly are damagi >> good saturday morning. i'm lisa argen the first weekend of june brings a slightly cooler air your way. it will be sunny, upper 50s to near 60 with mid-80s >>> this weather report is >>> this weather report is brought to you by serta. so if you have a rain shower overhead, maybe snuggle up in your serta and just ride it out this saturday. >> how was that? >> ride it out. take a little nappy-poo. that's what i meant. >> you spend the most amount of time of your life in your shoes and on your bed so get a good mattress and good shoes. >> you were born to sell. >> it's just important. how many more hours do you spend -- >> a good mattress. and if you're looking for good viewing meryl, everyone, we want to give you a heads-up on the season's premiere episode of "in an instant." it features firsthand accounts of harrowing tales of survival. tonight, a family stranded in the s

system comes through, we mentioned the severe weather threat in wisconsin and northern ohio and eastern parts of the michiganupstate new york and western new york could see rumbles of thurnl -- thunder and winds that are damaging. that's a look at nationally, time for the local forecast. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. the big question will the thunderstorms maintain their strength as they travel east sunday, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, afternoon sunshine today, 77. take a little nappy-poo. that's what i meant. >> he spend the most amount of time of your life in your shoes and on your bed so get a good mattress and good shoes. >> you were born to sell. >> it's just important. how many more hours do you spend -- >> a good mattress. you know what else, if you need good viewing material, heads-up on the season's premiere episode of "in an instant." tonight, a family stranded in the snow in nevada's remote back country. >> give me three days. >> what do we do? >> wait and you take care of this little guy, okay. and you stay calm

michigan. he's a hundred miles from the northern border, he's however miles thousands of miles from the southern border and people are cheering that they will build a wall on the southern border. what you care what does that do to your life for what it does is that in that same kind of broken windows way, that same sort of fear of disorder and disorder as a particularly authorized non- white catalyst it says i will wall you are and i will protect you from the disorder that is threatening your material while billy. being in the full recipe. >> host: to me it seems that it stems from alongside the civil rights and you quote that this idea that the first civil right is actually. [inaudible] i was wondering, i've struggled with in my own work about the implications of domestic policy what do you think the kind of the first and foremost civil right is do you agree that it's safety? >> if you frame it that way it's hard to get away from it. at some level that's the title of the book about the way that liberals build america and it's literally a quote of nixon in that same 68 speech. at some level ther

michigan, okay? he's 100 miles from the northern border. he is however many hundreds of miles, thousands of miles from the southern port and people cheering like they will build a wall on the southern border, like what do you care? what does that do to your life? what it does in the same kind of broken windows way, in that same sort of fear of disorder and disorder as particularly kind of other nonwhite catalyst, it says i will wall you off from this disorder that is coming. i will protect you from the disorder that is threatening your material well-being. i like that's the whole recipe. >> host: for me it seems like it stems from this idea that we see emerging alongside civil rights with johnson and nixon you put this idea the first sybarite is actually safety. i was wondering, that is something i've struggled with think about what are the implications for domestic policy, it's broken windows, the wall. what do you think the kind of first and foremost sybarite is? do you agree it is safety? >> guest: if you frame it that way tardy get away

northern virginia last summer. behind the speaker was a flag for the islamic state. in michigan a man is preaching to advocate for child marriages in the name of islam. in northern virginia and imam just preached that it is okay to cut the of girls because it leads to the ability to keep hypersexuality from expressing itself in the world. what is it that we must do? we must be clear as chairman johnson was saying, we must have moral courage and intellectual courage. we must absolutely separate the reference you do not try this islamism from those who do and in that way the objective that we have to protect muslims and to be able to differentiate extremism from the large swaths that my family and others practice will be realized. we will protect muslims if we take the strategy of marginalizing the extremists. we as a nation must be committed to shut down the ideology of islamism just as we defeated fascism just with swede defeated communism. the ideology of islam is some denies us the right as men and women to sit in a room together as we are sitting today. it's a nice girls a ri

in northern california facebook promotes the page of an organization whose meeting i attended last summer. behind the speakers was a flag for the islamic state. in michigan a man preaching to advocate for child marriages in the name of islam. in northern virginia they just preached it is okay to cut the clitoris of girls because it leads for them to keep hyper sexuality from expressing itself in the world. we must be clear. we must have intellectual courage. we must separate the from those who do. in that way to be able to differentiate from the swath that my faith will be realized. we will protect muslims if we take this strategy of marginalizing the extremists. we must be economied committed defeated fascism and communism. the idealology denies us the right as men and women to sit in a room together as we are sitting today. it denies young girls and calls them doing rous women. it denies a woman like myself to sit in a bakery without being separated and then killed. between us i don't know how many death threats we have faced. we sit before you with our backs to our friends and our enemies because it is our duty. it is our duty to stand up for the huma

in michigan, a man is preaching to advocate for child marriages in the name of islam. in northern virginia, and a mom just preached that it is okay to cut the of girls because they leads to the ability to keep hypersexuality from expressing itself in the world. what is it we must do? we must have moral courage and intellectual courage. they must absolutely separateus the many muslims who don't't practice from those who do and do not way, did actively have tt protect muslims and be able to differentiate extremism from the large swaths of faith others back practice will be realized. if we marginalized thetion mus extremists. we as a nation must be commended to shut down the ideology oflamm islamism, just as we defeated fascism, just as we defeated communism. the ideology of islamism denies us the right of men and women to sit in a room together as we are sending today. the right to go to a concert and cause them dangerous women. it denies the woman like myself the right to sit in a bakery in bangladesh without being separated and killed. we have to understand that the future of our