as far as he didn't go to philadelphia, mississippi, he went to the county fair in mississippi and the campaign or in 1980, but it was the same county fair that michael dukakis addressed and jimmy carter addressed and so this idea that, you know, reagan once refused to join a country club in los angeles when he found out they had a policy that did not allow jews. he refused to join, so this was probably them-- one of the most nonjudgmental men have ever elected president of the united states. regard to south africa, i mean obviously he a poured apartheid, but he was also fighting the communists, so he had to figure how to thread this meal where he institutes a policy to desegregate south africa while still keeping south africa in the anti-communist hole because it was strategically important. it was important terms of the soviets, so he engages and announces and then puts into place a policy of construction of engagement. now, apartheid had been in existence in south africa since the time of maybe george washington. yet, fdr never did anything about it, john kennedy never do anything a

reagan with the philadelphia mississippi. bush with the heart thing, and george was doing the same thing. what really bothered me is during the nixon administration, they imported a lot of heroine during the war on drugs. admiral ortar distributors of cocaine throughout the minority community. yet, they were on television saying say no to drugs. it has caused a tremendous amount of harm and minority communities. this is an off-base. another thing about mr. reagan, one of the things i disagree with, it seems like all the time he was in cabinet meetings, he was always sleeping. he was surrounded by people like mr. reagan. he was trying to get people to fire. over and destroyed our country. that is having a tremendous negative impact on our country. host: thank you for the call. guest: i do not know how to unpack this. ronald reagan left office in january. he had a 40% approval among african-americans. which was astronomical for a republican going all the way back to eisenhower. when he left california, one of the things he note

philadelphia, mississippi. home to brandi's blues and mouth-watering barbecue.at is beautiful. we ain't in new jersey no more. >> reporter: meet the searcher in case number three. amanda holdiness, who is r dad, her biological father that she has never known. >> where am i? hi, honey. how are you? be a daddy's girl. >> reporter: amanda's mother told her she was not married when she got pregnant, and when she told the man, he left. home in one of the most important moments of amanda's life. down the aisle with their father, and i never got it.nally confronts her mother and she finally tells her the name of the man she thinks is her father. amanda gives that information to pam slaton.ive her five things about where he was from, where he lived, when they met, how old he was when they met.d she said, "guess what?" i said, "what?" she said, "i found him!" i just -- i started crying. i said, "are you serious?" >> reporter: it happened so quickly. to be true. coming up -- amanda, and the test standing between her and the reunion she's dreamed about.lady called me from the dna place, s

philadelphia, mississippi. home to brandi's blues and mouth-watering barbecue. >> wow, thatats beautiful. we ain't in new jersey no more. >> reporter: meet the searcher amanda holdiness, who is searching for her dad, her biological father that she has never known. >> where am i? hi, honey. how are you? >> i've always wanted to be a daddy's girl. >> reporter: amanda's mother told her she was not married when she got pregnanan and when she told the man, he left. the absence really hit homomin one of the most important moments of amanda's life. her wedding day. >> i've always seen ladies walk down the aisle with their father, and i never got it. >> reporter: amanda finally confronts her mother and she finally tells her the name of the man she thinks is her father. amanda gives that information to pam slaton. >> all i did was give her five things about where he was from, where he lived, when they met, how old he was when they met. she called me and she said, "guess what?" she said, "i found him!" i just -- i starte

forget the fact that just this summer three civil rights workers were brutally murdered near philadelphia, mississippi. all of this reveals to us that we have not achieved the level of brotherhood- we have not achieved the brotherhood that we need and that we must have in our nation. we still have a long, long way to go. i mentioned voter registration and the fact that we have been able to add about 800,000 new registered voters in the last two or three years, the fact that it's over two million now. i guess that sounded like real progress, and it does represent some progress. but le ge you thother , and that ithct that there are still more than 10 million negroes li in the southern part of the united states, and some six million of the negroes living in the southern part of the united states are of voting age, and yet only two million are registered. this means that four million remain unregistered, not merely because they are apathetic, not because they are complacen-- this may be true of some few- but because all types of conniving methods are still being used to keep negroes from becoming register

mississippi and louisiana. most major hubs on time. philadelphia 42. logan, all the flights on time, 40.hicago, midway and o'hare 46. all is quiet in atlanta and orlando temperatures in time 60s. >>> turning to sports, the wells fargo center will be bestowed. the flyers play the islanders the sixers tip off against toronto. >>> eagles are still looking for a new head coach. here's jeff skeverski with details. >> reporter: the eagles fired chip kelly before their final game to get a jump start on a coaching search. a week into the interview process no coach. chief's offensive coach is expected to intr view tomorrow. -- interview tomorrow. john said he has no plans to go back into coaching. >>> if the eagles are serious about hiring adam gates they better move quickly. he has a second interview with the dolphins according to espn. he originally interviewed with the eagles tuesday an interviewed with the giants yesterday. we caught with up with linebacker, jordon hicks to find out what's looking for in a new boss. >>> somebody who is always there, you know and inside the game a developer of

mississippi. it is all warnings for winter storms right now. that is a blizzard warning for washington dc, philadelphia, and a blizzard watch -- this could be one of the biggest storms locations in the northeast. we will have high pressure cruising on by. it will sink in. there is warmer air out west, i think it will take a little bit of time to get here. we will warm up a bit on saturday with warmer temperatures on sunday. futurecast, a love and :00, there is the light snow in northern iowa. we could get some a accumulation: near the minnesota border. it will drop through around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m.. the clouds hang around tomorrow. they will thin into saturday. on sunday, a couple more clouds moving in. look for partly sunny skies on sunday. temperatures tonight, cruising down to about 19. very light snow moving in. maybe about .75 inches in the metro, a tent at best. tomorrow, 26, mostly cloudy. near 30 on saturday. sunday will feel good, 36 degrees. the record for the date is 62 back in 9081. we want -- 1981. we will take what we can get. monday we could see light snow. the rest of the week looks dry

mississippi to the mid atlantic states. washington d.c. will get theirs too, maybe one to two feet of far north as philadelphia. that storm is still organizing. if i was a forecaster back for those states, i'd be nervous, because it's still a developing storm. here come a few high clouds, just a few in the morning. the thicker clouds will come through in the afternoon. not as thick as what we saw yesterday. both of the systems going north, so some stray clouds, mild temperatures with the air coming out of the pacific. i think you're still going to like your thursday, probably will like your friday even better. 35 pahrump, 38 in sandy valley for lows. laughlin jumping to 63 tomorrow, while the mountain peaks at 47. in town tonight, clear overnight, 41 for the low temperature. we will get the clouds tomorrow afternoon, i think we'll see a fair dose of morning sunshine and the clouds roll through in the afternoon. 60 degrees still for a high temperature. the seven-day forecast, i like friday better too, more sunshine, 62. 64 saturday with afternoon breezes. might get a couple of sprinkles flirt with 60 sunday and

we get a surge of air out of the southwest from the mississippi valley than will bring slightly warmer conditions. we are in the 30s here in philadelphia and raleigh 32 and you can see atlanta and memphis, temperatures in the 40s, so tomorrow we should make it up to 40 degrees, which is seasonably cold and feeling better than today and yesterday. so what is ahead tonight is another cold night and winds are calm and not a windchill factor to deal with, and right through the weekend i'm tracking a big warming trend however it will come at a cost, i'll explain that in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily, 6abc.com/weather is your place to turn as wintry weather finally arrives, you can rely on our constantly updating forecast and the latest from accuweather to get you through. >> in other news, president barack obama announced executive actions today to tighten gun control, speaking in the east room at the white house, is he said he is not plotting to take away everyone's guns but will tighten background checks to keep guns out of the wrong hands, he got emotional and actually cried when talking about the shooting in newtown

mississippi. cold air and winter storm warnings up and down the coast all the way from new york louisiana -- to louisiana. washington dc, blizzard warning and then to philadelphia and the high country, winter storm warnings. this will be a tremendous storm. probably a record setter for some cities. we have high pressure building in. there will be cloud cover. once it attracts east, we get a southerly flow and we will see the warmer air. this is futurecast -- 11:00 a little light snow. if you're north of highway 20 you could maybe squeeze out .5 inches here at the minnesota border. as it drops to the south, not much expected for central iowa. it moves through, clouds will hang around tomorrow. i think we will see some sunshine on saturday, especially by mid afternoon. sunday, a little bit of cloud cover returning with partly sunny skies. it looks to be the warmest day of the weekend. temperatures tonight, down in the upper teens. very light snow, late. north winds i've-10 miles per hour. tomorrow, cloudy and chilly. north 5-10 mile per hour. saturday, 30 degrees. sunday, 36. not going to be a big heatwave. records for the date are in the 60's. it will feel nice

mississippi valley. out to the mid-atlantic coastline, you have winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories, but we sit up here, near dc, and also in philadelphiath a blizzard warning, now, in effect, so we're essentially bearing the brunt of this storm, we're right on the northern fringe of where the worse will likely be. but, definitely, the bull's eye goes to our neighbors off to the southwest where we just heard don's report. we say blizzard, there is a specific definition that comes along with that, you need to have these things in place. falling or blowing snow at the time that there are winds of 35 plus miles per hour lead to go visibility under quarter mile. it is all going to take place for at least three hours, we think there will be nice long window of time for that to actually take place. so i completely get why the weather service upgrade in the to a warningment looking at storm scan3, it is a very well defined storm system. not only icing, snow, along with this, but heavy rain, severe weather potential, all going to be drifting north with time. now, steadfastly moving into even central virginia, and eventually getting here. so, le

philadelphia and the mid atlantic. look to the west along the gulf of mexico we're looking alt tornado watch bocks even severe thunderstorm warnings and a couple of tornado warnings right now in mississippi as well as louisiana. so this moisture it's headed right to the delaware valley. so let's time everything out. dry, quiet, cold for tonight. tomorrow morning, no problems for the morning rush. in fact the evening commute looks pretty good as well. look at the clock. here's friday, 7:00 o'clock. we're looking at some of that light snow zapsing toward the chesapeake bay area maybe southern sections of delaware. but then we'll continue to advance the clock. look at what happens. by midnight we're looking at that snow in parts of south jersey, delaware, moving into the philadelphia area especially overnight friday during the day saturday. all bets are off. take a look here. saturday morning, 7:00 a.m. we're talking moderate to heavy snow pretty much area wide to start then during the afternoon a little bit of mixing may be a lull in the action down the shore but once again, most of the day saturday we're talking about some of the that moderate to heavy snow. snowfall rates one to 2-inches

mississippi valley. here's where the winters storm warnings are. you see pink. and then orange, a blizzard warning. that could k stretch up to philadelphia. they're under a blizzard watch. they're going to wait until later tonight to see if they're going to issue. here we go. 21 states impact by this guy right there. still several hundred miles away but we're pretty certain the track, a little farther this way, then moving up this way, back to the coast, and up this way. going to be a lot of heavy snow. even southern ohio could share in six-plus inches of snow. look at these totals. 18 to 24 inches, washington, d.c., maybe even up toward new 16 for us tonight. cloudy skies. staying cold. maybe a flurry early on. tomorrow let's do 28 degrees. cloudy for the most part, slightly milder. okay, here we go. they are preparing. tens of millions of people, waiting for that monster winter storm headed to the east coast. just look at what one inch of snow did to the traffic in the nation's capital yesterday. the blizzard starts tomorrow. it could bring as much as two feet of the white stuff. that's why people are acting this big storm. they called

move down the mississippi and hang over the region for weeks meaning scenes like these are ominous preview for many in the new year. >> new this morning a one-car crash in west philadelphia has critically injured the driver at haverford avenue. police say the car went out of control and slammed into a utility pole. it took 30 minutes for firefighters to free the driver. he is being treated at hahnemann hospital. >>> it is a sad ending to the search for a missing autistic boy in allentown. the body of 5-year-old jayliel vega was found in the lehigh canal. the discovery came after a val pulled his tablet from the canal water. the little boy's water was found under 6 feet of water. the memorial stands near the site where his body was found. we'll have more from jeff chirico in the next half-hour. >> the mummers have banned one of their own for his actions during the parade. it had to do with the alleged homophobic remarks made during the parade. the captain's group said they do not condone the actions or share his opinions or express the sentiments of our proud club. the captain said they would not apologize for brucener's performance transition to kaitlin jener. >> that wa

philadelphia. there are the problems arriving quickly. doug: the cause of this is this area of the low pressure developing now. texarkana area that is creating tornado warnings around jackson, mississippi. they pick up the moisture. the upper level winds will increase. these are all things you can't see. this is the real deal. the future cast shows the snow that is making inroads to the southwestern virginia tomorrow morning. in the mid-afternoon it will arrive in the metro. you notice through the progression, the yellow, green, sleet, mix. the sleet could move to the metro area. you could see a difference in the town. there san opportunity that we could get thunderstorm thrown in. they could pick up additional areas. this is a friday, saturday, and early sunday event. winds are a big story. we are gusting 50 to 55 miles per hour along the by a. this is going to cause beach erosion. there is a combo of the rain, snow, high winds. saturday on the roads, air, rail. the power outages are a big deal. school closings. a lot of schools have decided to skip classes tomorrow. 18 to 25 inches in the higher elevations to the west. 12 to 222 in the metro. is this the final say on the numbers? no.

philadelphia six, lands will feel like one, 0 until, one below in will. after that, temperatures will be moderateing, then our attention goes to think a developing late week storm starting off in the mississippi valley tracking toward the eastern sea board and moving toward the north. this has a good chance of bringing accumulating snow friday to the delaware valley. overnight an arctic blast lows in the 20's, wind chills in the teens as we see blustery conditions with winds gusting to 35 miles an hour. tomorrow, the temperature only 29. brutally cold windchills and on your seven-day forecast, cold and blustery tuesday. better wednesday, thursday, a quiet day and a chance of accumulating snow friday into early saturday morning. not as cold sunday. quick picture from wildwood, our friend showing a snow with boardwalk. that's how -- and our fox 29 viewers loving the snow. guess what? few more chances of that in the seven-day. >> that's from cherry hill. >> is it?. >> cool. >> quickly a word of warning to people. if you turn on your furnaces and all this stuff for the first time, make sure check it first, my cat literally saved our lives da he was me you'lling for us to get to the ground level.

through philadelphia and the surrounding counties and up through trenton and the winter storm warning on both sides of that. here's the satellite and radar. you can see there's still snow in mississippi all the way up to virginia. that's a lot. you can see it moving closer to washington, d.c. there's the leading edge, not quite to washington yes but it's not supposed to get to washington before noon. here's a closer look at what we can get from the timing. we're generally okay, by 4:00 we're starting to get snow in penn county and sussex county in delaware and the darker blue indicating heavier snow so it can get heavy enough to stick pretty quickly. untreated surfaces, it's going to stick. as soon as it started by 5:00 still not into philly but we're getting heavier snow in the southern half of delaware and parts of cumberland county and cape may counties. by 6:00, we're up toward newark, delaware, close to wilmington into vineland, into atlantic city toward the end of the afternoon rush. by 7:00 we're getting close to philadelphia itself and then it spreads through the rest of the area by midnight it's getting fairly heavy. here's another view, wider view of the snow starting. by 1

, philadelphia police look for the gunman who fired more than a dozen shots at a car killing a man inside. >> historic flooding parts of the midwest brace for more flooding from the mighty mississippiiver. >> oh, baby, it's cold outside. parts of the area waking up to temperatures in the 20s. meteorologist chris sowers is outside feeling the cold, it's not very welcome. >> reporter: it's funny for a minute there, i didn't know if old man winter was going to show up this year. it's been to warm, december was the warmest december philadelphia has ever seen. now we're seeing more seasonable-like numbers. 32 in quaker. quakertown. slatington, 29. pilots, 33. center city one of the warmer spots north and west, 38. cinnaminson 37. agenda beach -- gandys beach 43. we'll top out in the mid to upper 40s, that's an arctic front coming from the pole. you hear us mention cold front they don't necessarily mean colder air, it could mean shifting winds. this guy is can you think from the pole. there's -- this guy is coming straight from the pole. there's cold air involved with the frontal system. highs will struggle to top out in the low 30s. 2:00 p.m., 47. 4:00 p.m., 46. anticipating a high of 4

philadelphia cop shooting has ties to isis.esisis 30-year-old edward archer haser been charged in the ambush: mbus right now none of the countshe are for terrorism. >> tornado in florida easinglora flooding concerns along the mississippi. those stories coming up after the break. here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it progresso. look at this sweet face. so sweet. ok, we're going to need a napkin gooey, flaky, happy. toaster strudel. >> welcome back. 5:24. major clean up under way in fpe coral florida after aal tornado touched down thisdownhis weekend. it packed 135 miles an hours hu winds and left a lot of damageog behind.hi tornado knocked down trees andda power lines and damaged aline number of homes.om officials say nearly 10,000y 100 people lost power. pow the storm also triggered someerm accidents and despite all ofd i this damage the good news isdis that no one was hurt. >> the u.s. army corps of engineers reopened the bonnet bn car spillway.pillwa many dignitaries including newln orleans mayor attended the ceremony.mony. officials made the

mississippi, arkansas and even tennessee will get snow. snow into d.c., new york city and philadelphiae south. and this is where we hate storms in the winter as they turn to the north and turn into these northeasters. there is the low. if the low travels, and this is still three days away before it is really here. if the low travels to the east and does not turn then there is no snow in boston at all. done. not too much in new york either. if the storm decides not to do that and turns to the north like that, that is when these really big city, new york, philadelphia get even more involved in the event. so here is how it shapsz up. here is how we work this. this is a very large storm. we're talking probably the size of 17 or 18 states across the northeast. there goes the low. if it goes to the north and the northeast. that is when we truly see a major snow event, blizzard, 15 inch, 20 for new york city. that is still not the forecast right now but that is the forecast for d.c. that is the forecast for a lot of big areas there in the mid atlantic, maryland, virginia, delaware, dover, all

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and ank through the mississippi river valley, strong storms and possible tornadoes down in florida and friday night here's where it really gets going.ty, washington, d.c., philadelphia, roanoke, we're looking at snow, an icy mix from atlanta to chan saturday we're going to see snow into new york city, into boston, this coastal low will start to strengthen and not only will we have snow but have strong winds, wind gusts of 60 miles per hour and coastal flooding stretching from boston all the way down to philadelphia. a full moon is going tok of this and it continues into saturday night with strong winds, heavy snow. here's what we've got. the american models is calling about a foot but washington, d.c. to charlottesville, upwards of three feet of snow. to handle this a little bit here's where the bullseye is. we're talking about upwards of three feet or more in the mountains of west virginia and virginia, about a foot to a foot in new york city and less in boston. we're going to get to your bend me shape me, any way you want me as long as you love me, it's alright , any way you want me you've got the power, to turn on the light shape the best sleep of your life. th s

mississippi. that read there in d.c. and baltimore is a blizzard warning. blizzard conditions for friday night into saturday. potentially, saturday, where we have blizzard watches for parts of delaware and philadelphia be a big wind component to this. it is coinciding with the full moon. a very long stretch of wind will be pummeling him. pummeling bout water across the coast. you will see a lot of beach erosion here. you have the coastal beach advisories going on. here you go. snowfall totals. the bull's-eye will be d.c. probably about 18-24 inches of snow in that city. neil: that is not good. time to hit the beach. thank you very much. now from honolulu. [laughter] i like the concept of this. be creative, neil. take a look at the world. i would rather be at a beach. more after this. ♪ you pay your car insurance premium like clockwork. month after month. year after year. then one night, you hydroplane into a ditch. yeah... surprise... your insurance company tells you to pay up again. why pay for insurance if you have to pay even more for using it? if you have liberty mutual deductible fund™, you could pay no deductible at all. sign up to immediately lower your deductible by $100. and keep lowering i

mississippi river valley. possible storms and possible tornadoes in florida. friday night it gets going. from new york city, washington, d.c., philadelphia, roanoke, snow. an icy mix from atlanta to charlotte. saturday we'll see snow into new york city, boston. the coastal low will start to strengthen. now we'll have snow and strong winds. wind gusts of 60 miles per hour. we may have coastal flooding from boston to philadelphia. a full moon will raise the risk of this. it continues into saturday night with strong winds, heavy snow. here is what we've got. the american model is calling new york city about a foot. but washington, d.c., to charlottesville three feet of snow. the european model which tends to handle this better, here is where the bull's eye is. 3 feet or more in the mountains of west virginia and virginia. half in new york city and less we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. bend me shape me, any way you want me you've got the power, to turn on the light shape the best sleep of your life. sleep number beds with sleepiq technology adjust any way you want it. the bed that moves you. >> and