surprise in gainesville, georgia southern from the fcs beats florida at swamp. ncomplete, and georgia southern. they don't complete a pass, but they get the win on the road, 26-20. marcus mariota and the ducks taking on arizona. fourth quarter, blowout already, mariota, inepted near the goal line by richardson. to make matters worse, mariota injured while making the tackle. done for the day. he took a knee to the head. ducks and mariota have a tough day, 42-16, they fall, as arizona snaps a five-game losing streak to the ducks. arizona state clinches their division. on to the pac-12 championship. they hold on to beat ucla 38-33. big 10, ohio state getting ready for the rivalry game with michigan. tuning up against indiana today. first quarter, braxton miller, 37-yard touchdown run, 14-0, buckeyes. won 23-straight games. that's the longest active fbs streak. miller, ran for two, threw for two more. and ohio state wins 42-14. meantime, northwestern, yep, their season has take an downward spiral. they fall at home, 30-6. ohio state will take on michigan state in a c

otherwise, take a look at the deep south with the deep freeze on in places like southern georgia, alabama, the mississippi gulf coast all the way down into new orleans. this is a far reaching november freeze. boy, it will be a cold one tonight, crystal clear skies, aiding and abeth. a few high thin clouds and that's it. you had about parkton today. we go up into northern baltimore county. it was cold here this morning and did not warm up a whole lot today. early sunset is making it feel chilly. the air is bone dry very dry. now is a good time to fire up the whole house humid fire. otherwise it will be cold and dry. 48 by noon, low 50s by 4:00. cool tomorrow evening. you got hour by hour forecast. the current temperature maps all at the abc2 app. click over to the weather tab at the bottom to see all the information. so winds continue to blow out of the west, chilly tonight. temperatures running cold with the wind chill factor of 12 out of deep creek lake. again, very, very dry conditions, so if you've noticed the skin starting to crack a little bit, a little itchy. this is why. the cold a

florida lost first game ever to an fcf school when they fell to georgia southern. strangest thing about this game is georgia southern did not gain a single passing yard. i said not even one passing yard. they have 429 yards from the ground on 54 carries, florida meanwhile lost 4-7. georgia southern unbelievable that they won that game. that will do it for now. we'll see you a little bit later tonight with more sound from cal and stanford. >>> all right. thanks for choosing nbc bay area news at 6:00. >> we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. until then have a good night and thank you to everyone who generously donated to our nbc bay area food drive. it continue? >> until december 25th. you outdid yourselves. keep it up. >>> tonight we investigate. >> did smith receive preferential treatment? >> he did. >> the investigative unit holds law enforcement accountable. >> there are people say it was a conflict. >> do you think there was something wrong with it? >> gang homicides are down from what they were last year. >> how san jose's police department is playing a numb

remember we had companies moving to another state but i also traveled the fields, you know, in southern georgia and struggled to represent individuals who were agricultural workers who were facing removal. they're both key to maintaining a altercation of a nation of immigrants and my advice to the house side that you stay true to your priorities and the messages i want to get to the house. you've started meeting with key members of the house and don't think that the process is over because of the senate the vote this afternoon. i heard a message that was a straightforward list of concerns and needs and simple for example, fixes that could continue to strengthen your ability to bring essentially he workers but allow the workers to you strive in this economy and allow you the employer the ability to replace those workers and keep the high-level of skill you need. so continue to voice your priorities loudly >> mayor lee i want to hear from any next co- hosted by julia and kevin but the folks who will be hearing that. from a leadership prospective we're a humanely group of people but people may say

johnson in january the teenager was found dead at it rolled up jim matt and his high school in southern georgiared >> the official death as the mission said he had suffocated region for a snicker. >> first of what was the cause of his death? second was his death the result of the crime? third who committed that crime if his death was the result of a crime. >> to date the johnson family does not agree what local authorities who will his death an accident. allied his parents are convinced that there is something being covered up. >> " the only thing we ever wanted was the truth in " his parents bay appeared allied the doctors said he found newspaper steffens' for his organs should have been an evidence of trauma to his job. >> cnn's on what investigation has uncovered new details on how he died and raise questions about the sheriff's department's handling of the investigation appeared >> the family has petitioned the court for videos of his autopsy. >> the u.s. attorney's office is asking anyone for information about the case to please contact them. well we hear warnings to chick can be on hallow

in place throughout the day in central florida and including orlando and tampa and parts of southern georgia and eastern parts of the carolinas. that's the severe weather. otherwise precipitation widespread already. we have snow coming down in parts of upstate new york and pennsylvania, and again, this is only today in the afternoon. we expect this to continue overnight and tomorrow for the northeast. it is significant precipitation out there. the center of the storm right now in the southeast and heavy rain in georgia and tennessee and in the carolinas. but as the storm heads north, it will be intensifying and the wind gusts is the concern. that dark shading blue are gusts at 50 miles per hour. new york city could see 50 miles per hour wind gusts and widespread over new jersey and delaware and look at noon, worst of the conditions in terms of the wind will be in place in the city of boston. anyone flying out here in the early morning hours tis going to be tough to get out of the airport. we will see widespread delays at that time and the storm heads out of time by thursday and the wind will

, in the florida panhand panhandle, four reports of tornadoes and thunderstorms rolling into southern georgia. atlanta, rain for you and rain across much of eastern tennessee. the key here is the temperatures, temperatures have been just above freezing. you can deal with that but really concerned about central new york where the cold air can be falling. you see the purple, that's freezing rain. you cannot travel on. you can see temperatures right now in the mid to low 30s but definitely this part of central new york and central pa, more rain and thunderstorms today across the southeast, pushing on towards the mid-atlantic. d.c., mainly rain for you and new york for tomorrow, winds kick up as well. boston, dealing with rain into new england. there's the icy swath here and back towards western pa. western parts of new york, that's the snow you talked about tamron. some areas a foot to foot and a half, wouldn't be shocked to see 2-foot totals. the good news for travelers, i-95 is all rain from new york past d.c. this is through wednesday. it tapers off and it really gets cold and windy for thurs

. >> another development today, a judge here in southern georgia has decided to put a coroner's inquesthold pending the outcome of the u.s. attorney's formal review of the facts. a johnson family attorney plans to appeal. >> you'll review that video and we'll have an update on the story. thank you very much. still ahead, is the tea party cooling down? last night's alabama house race put up huge implications for the ultraconservative arm of the republican party. we'll get the first read on what went down in alabama. plus, the separation of church and state and why one small town in upstate new york finds itself before the supreme court. pete williams will join us with the latest. coming up in the gut check, she was ready to run for the goal. why did a high school cross country star decide to sit out of the biggest race of the season? it is our gut check. i think you'll want to hear this and chime in on this one. it's not the "limit the cash i earn every month" card. it's not the "i only earn decent rewards at the gas station" card. it's the no-games, no-signing up, everyday-rewarding, ku

from the day the 17-year-old was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat at his high school in southern georgiathe video is missing key time stamps. today attorneys for the johnson family are calling the release, quote, suspicious. investigators have repeatedly said the death was an accident, but johnson's parents called it murder. nbc's gabe gutierrez has been following the story from the beginning. how are authorities explaining if this it the case that there are missing portions of this tape? >> reporter: well, tamron, the video released yesterday seems to add to this mystery. it does not have any time stamp, which raises questions about the sequence of events that led to johnson's death. now, here is a portion of that new video that shows kendrick johnson in a white t-shirt entering a gym from a different angle than previously seen, but it does not show how he got in the rolled up wrestling mat. neither does other footage from about three dozen cameras. interestingly, the main camera aimed at the mats is very blurry. the sheriffs office says that's because it may have been hit with a basket

lot of people expected, and the johnson family very much wanted, the top federal prosecutor in southern georgia has decided to launch his own investigation. and we get the detailed now from a reporter who has pushed very hard, nonstop in this case, four months. victor blackwell. >> reporter: ashleigh, at this moment relatives of kendrick johnson's are standing on a street corner with a sign that reads "what happened to kendrick johnson?" . today is different, for the first time in months they know that a law enforcement agency is come in to get an answer to that question as well. not just any law enforcement agency, the fbi. [ chanting ] >> reporter: after months of rallies and protests, an announcement that the family hopes will lead to justice. >> my office will conduct a formal review of the facts and investigation surrounding the death of kept democratic johnson. >> reporter: he will soon head to georgia to conduct a federal investigation into the death of 17-year-old kendrick johnson. >> i will follow the facts whether, whether they lead. my objective is to discover the truth [ applause ]

this is from georgia southern university. look at the biography between current gsu students and some locals. kind of like the shirtless guys versus guys from church. they're kind of just jawing at each other here in the beginning and then things explode. it's just swing after swing after swing. these guys were getting hit hard. right off the bat here, the shirtless guys were taking a i think they're outnumbered. they retreat down this hallway, one guy is getting triple teamed. they're swinging away on this guy. eventually he retreats into this building. one guy has the guy in the head lock and he can't come back and do this. >> the guy who has the other guy in a head lock takes a right cross from one of those guys who comes out of the apartment there and he gets knocked out. he's down for the count, looks confused and crazed. this is almost like his view to see everybody over him with their camera shouting in that kind of ended. it seems things cool off after that. not what you want at a home coming weekend. >> we see a lot

that's the reason southern portions of georgia to northern florida have to deal with freeze warnings. here from 11 o'clock into 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. keep that in mind. it will be bitterly cold. take a look - temperatures across the south-east 15 to 25. below normal. that's the case down to jacksonville. to tampa. two days temperatures failed to rise above 60-70 degrees. it's a chilly day across the south-east in general. we'll reach lows in the 20s, memphis at 27. 36 in houston. you are looking at an isobar map. you can see across the north-east the windows dying down. the closer the lines the windier it is. the winds of high pressure built across the coast. if you travel across the new york state through way around serra cues down i-80 to pennsylvania, you may run into snow. keep that in mind. be careful if you are travelling. it will be chilly tonight into tomorrow. travelling across the north, dens fog right now across seattle, along i-90. take it easy. stay tuned. >> this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters with a look at today's top stories. vice p

i give this talk at georgia southern university and as i was getting up to speak this hells angel filled in. and the tea party guys sat in the front row. and i was like, i swallowed hard and gave my talk, and at the end, the hells angel stood up and said i am surprised, but i agree with a lot of what you said. but i am worried you are a big government nigh guy. and i said i am not. and he said i am worried you are. and he said i am a small guy. and i said let's agree we will shut the pentagon and he said not the pentagon. and i said see you are the big time government guy. i am identified with the left and with revolutionary politics, but i have believed i am in the majority of this country. i think most people want peace. i don't think most people like the incarceration state. if i could frame that properly, i am in the majority. >> hi. in 1967, i marched against the pentagon. >> we have not changed a bit. >> i am just curious why you opted for the violence route? >> you know, in "fugitive days" i do an explanation of what happened to us. i was arrested opposing the war in 1965. 15 perc

. >> jimmy carter, the peanut farmer from georgia, was a southern gentleman, at least on the surface. me because this was my first presidential special. >> are you mean? do you have a cold, hard mean streak, do those blue eyes get cold and hard? >> well, i'm mean enough to protect myself. and to win if i'm in a battle, >> and there's another moment with the carters that took me years to live down. >> i just pray that i will never disappoint the american people. >> why couldn't i have left well enough alone? >> be wise with us, governor. be good to us. >> ugg. >> read my lips. no new taxes. >> for the first president bush, the issue was credibility. he was accused of being 'too nice.' >> shall we say that terrible word? wimp factor. >> in other words, he vacillated on major issues. >> you sorry that you ever said, "read my lips, no new taxes"? >> i'm not sorry in the sense of trying to hold the line on taxes. i think it caused a credibility problem at the time. i would have to rank that as not a howling success. put it that way. >> it didn't help that mrs. bush sometimes openly contrad

earlier this year georgia power, the main subsidiary of the southern company serve 2.4 million customers in georgia out of 10 million. and almost every county of the state. they announced that they were closing 15 cold and oil fired power plants as a result of the recent regulations. this alone has significantly impacted almost 500 jobs. since the epa has announced these heightened regulations, 303 coal-fired units in the 33 states will be closing. in addition to the potential increase in the energy cost for the local communities, and it may take a few years, yes when the price of natural gas goes back up. i would like to focus on the further economic impact of the plant closers. therefore i'm going to direct my question to mr. brock and mr. ventrone and go into depth how the epa regulations have impacted your local economies. given your role, how have these regulations and plant closures impacted the local tax base with regard to sales and property taxes? >> naturally, when you don't have any competition for the purpose of a home -- purchase of a home that's going to have declining valu

with the system that's going to clip southern maryland, possibility of showers along the coast. south carolina, georgia to the pacific northwest. this is the only storm system that may cause flight delays for anybody that's got to travel back anywhere this weekend. that's the way it's looking now. no big storm systems for the weekend. really, over the next couple days around here. we'll watch the temperatures rise into the upper 40s for sunday. 48 degrees is the high temperature on monday. mostly cloudy with the partly sunny sky on tuesday. then we hit the low and mid-50s thursday and friday. this time, the average high is 52. so, finally seeing the temperatures get back to average with a little bit of rain around here expected on friday. a good looking weekend. guys? >> thanks, v.j. >>> in news 4 your health, the risk factors of alzheimers disease may start in infancy. they scanned the brains of 200 healthy babies. the brains of those who developed the genes developed differently than those without the gene. this doesn't mean the babies are destined to develop alzheimers. >>> you may be able to predic

deadly winter storms stretches southern california to texas and could make thanksgiving travel problems all the way to the atlantic. rain is expected from texas to georgia and the carolinas. by tuesday it will reach the mid-atlantic. forecaster are waiting to see if it will be severe or annoying. a lot of people are waking up to snow and ice. >> you feel like it will push you into the next lane. >> reporter: in ohio swirling snow. check out this football game. they had to scrub the snow off the goal line. downed tree and power lines. >> i heard a big crack and the ground shook. i thought it was an earth quake. >> reporter: 40 million americans are expected to travel during the thanksgiving holiday weekend. what is waiting out there? wind, sleet, snow, rain. >> reporter: the big system that came through here has been making its way across the rockies. it will push through the south east and up into the northeast for tuesday with rain along the coast. you can be sure there will be travel delays all over in the east for much of this week for the busy thanksgiving holiday. we have clear skies and light winds. we have temperatures in the coldest spots. with

. >> reporter: in rome, georgia, political chatter about what is happening in washington is as familiar as the southernharm of its main street. >> 90% of those people up there don't have a clue what is going on in the united states. >> reporter: in the foothills, rome is home to conservative republican congressman tom graves. he is one of the architects of the legislation to repeal obamacare, and voted to continue the government shutdown. he can find plenty of supporters in rome who blame the president for the failures of government. >> there are people who are vehemently opposed to the affordable care act. that's one of the things that helped to energize the tea party in its early days. >> reporter: here in rome there is an overall lack of confidence in the government, but specifically for the president of the united states. now the problem plagued rollout of the affordable care act website and the partisan bickering are adding to earlier dissatisfaction, contributing to the sinking approval ratings for president barack obama. >> i think it has hurt him tremendously. >> charlene has been an independen

. >> reporter: in rome, georgia, political chatter about what is happening in washington is as familiar as the southern charm of its main street. >> those people up there don't have a clue about what's going on in the united states. >> reporter: in the foothills of the appalachians, rome is home to conservative republican conservative tom graves. he's one of the architects of the legislation to repeal obamacare. he's also voted to continue the government shutdown. he can find plenty of supporters in rome who blame the president for the failures in government. >> people would be nationally disposed to exposing him on partisan grounds and vehemently opposed to the affordable healthcare is what unified the tea party in the early days. >> reporter: there is a lack of confidence in a washington but specifically the president of the united states. his opponent, mitt romney won this region by more than 73% of the popular vote. now the problem plagued roll out on the affordable care website and the partisan bickering that led to a partial shutdown of the federal government are adding to earlier disfaction cont

little bit more towards the east we are looking at all the way towards georgia as well as down in surn parts of alabama -- southerns of alabama. definitely bring your plants in and don't leave your pets outside in overnight hours. >> welcome to al jazeera america i'm john siegenthaler in new york. here are the top stories. there are reports of mass graves and dead bodies lining the streets in central philippines tonight where the death toll could be as high as 10,000. the united nations estimates there are about 600,000 people out of homes right now. >>> thousands are searching through rubble trying to find food and fresh water. the filipino military says it's just not able to get much-needed supplies to rural areas four days after the typhoon hit. >>> also today: >> on this hillside of solemn remembrance and in veterans halls and proud

who was the president of the southern christian leadership conference born in atlanta georgia and then there was roy wilkins, the head of the naacp for the advancement of colored people that were born in minnesota, a wonderful man comed then there was whitney young who was born in kentucky, the dean of social work at atlanta university and later became the head of the national urban league. there was another man by the name of james farmer. farmer had attended the little wiley college in texas, why we texas. and he was part of the dating team -- debate team. they deviated harvard and they won. the graduate study at harvard university became very involved with the naacp and was later one of the finalists of the racial a quality. and i guess it was the six of us that met with president kennedy in late june of 1963. >> host: in july of 63 you were planning the march on washington, and you write and walking with the wind i saw for the first time during the july 1963 trip to new york city hour meeting took place at the roosevelt hotel and provided my first real look at the personality of ro

southern how's that function? ♪ >>> major developments this week for the family of the georgia teen found dead last january insideat. authorities decided to investigate the case. attorneys made the announcement thursday. cnn has chasing the story six months following records requests along with our legal department pursuing action to force the release of key evidence. that evidence includes this surveillance video showing him walking down the hall of his high school. then into the gym. it doesn't show his death. other evidence includes photos obtained by cnn that show his face was bloated and that blood, some of it spilled on the floor soaked his dread locks. now the county sheriff's office ruled his death an accident, a decision on a possible coroners inquest is expected monday. we are going to continue to talk about this. joining me is paige. paige, what does it mean the fbi investigating the case, how does that change things here? >> for the first time, we are going to have a full blown criminal investigation into the circumstances of his death. we do not know if anyone is going to be officially charged with t

georgia governor in 2010. tougher trick to go from republican to democrat, most of those with a southern change that we saw overast generation. joining me now, your new democratic candidate for governor of florida, charlie crist. governor, good morning to you. >> good morning, chuck. how you doing? >> i'm okay. i want to start with a question that -- >> the hurricanes. >> i don't want to talk about the hurricanes yet. but -- >> i know. i know. forgive me. >> that's okay. let's start with why you did not run for re-election in 2010. why did you want to leave the governor's office in 2010 to go to the u.s. senate and why do you want to go back now? >> one of the things i was most proud of, chuck, when i was serving as governor is the fact we reached across the aisle, we had cooperation, i worked with democrats, republicans, independents, anybody who would help us in florida and do what we needed to do to help education, to help our environment, to have good ethics. and i thought we really had a spirit and a tone of cooperation in our administration in that time in tallahassee. and quite frankly, i thought that we

i give this talk at georgia southern university and as i was getting up to speak this hells angel filledty guys sat in the front row. and i was like, i swallowed hard and gave my talk, and at the end, the hells angel stood up and said i am surprised, but i agree with a lot of what you said. but i am worried you are a big government nigh guy. and i said i am not. and he said i am worried you are. and he said i am a small guy. and i said let's agree we will shut the pentagon and he said not the pentagon. and i said see you are the big time government guy. i am identified with the left and with revolutionary politics, but i have believed i am in the majority of this country. i think most people want peace. i don't think most people like the incarceration state. if i could frame that properly, i am in the majority. >> hi. in 1967, i marched against the pentagon. >> we have not changed a bit. >> i am just curious why you opted for the violence route? >> you know, in "fugitive days" i do an explanation of what happened to us. i was arrested opposing the war in 1965. 15 percent of americans opp

georgia. and the temperatures show that. 53 in atlanta. this is as far south as it will make it here. and it continuation t continuesh the southern plain as well it's a cold front and it's moving south and the cold air moving over the great lakes you are seeing lake-effect snow showers. the snow showers can make it down to the cities along i-95. the front moves south and it's all rain now and the snow and colder air a little farther north. here is the outlook. the front will move south and the lake-effect snow showers and then it will move out and clear and told temperatures. 34° in new york and 44 in the afternoon and it starts to dry out on the weekend and it will warwarm up to the up every in 5y monday. >>> w we are seeing hard freeze warnings in oklahoma anna that extends east. and a look at the headlines coming up. >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris with the day's top stories. the state department has confirmed that two americans are among the thousands who have been killed by too fan haiyan. relief works continue to work to help those who are i in the hardest hit areas. it's been confirm

georgia, who was a democrat. he was a segregationist dixiecrat. the problem was that senate russell hated earl warren. senator russell was a southernegregationist and earl warren was a pro-civil rights progressive on the supreme court, and richard russell really disliked him. when lbj told senator richard russell that he wanted him to serve on this commission alongside earl warren, senator russell said, no, he refused to do it. and when senator russell refused him, president johnson essentially lifted that senator above his head and hurled him down to earth. richard russell was a lion at the senate. they named the first senate office building after him. he was a really big deal, even as early as 1963. but just listen how to lbj leaned into him. this is a phone call between president johnson and richard russell. this is only a week after president kennedy's death. and what happens on this phone call is that senator russell is pleading, trying in vain to get out of serving on the warren commission and lbj squashes him like a bug. this is amazing. listen to this. >> well, now, mr. president, i know i don't have to tell you of my devot

his fellow southerners and the fact that he had the emotional punch of the kennedy mar tor come was a powerful combination, that got that civil rights bill passed. richard russell of georgia senator who led the segregation said we could have stopped john kennedy on civil rights, we couldn't stop lindon johnson. do i think eventually like the act would have happened because the morale force of the argument was too strong. but i think it would have been slower, i think it would have been a more a question of attacking one way or another then what johnson accomplished in the year and a half after his death. >> vietnam war is an interesting analysis, because i think that was one of the big questions. that. he had lived would he have continued on the same path. >> by far the most consequential question, is what would have happened in vietnam. you can find people that point to the 1970 speeches, his introduction of about 16,000 advisors. his occasional embrace of a domino theory. i think the evidence is the other way, we are talking about problem, not certainly. be uh the john kennedy that came out of the cuban missle crisis is different than the man that went in. and also incr

southern plains and rockies. in oklahoma city, an suv flips over on the ice, all caught on video. meanwhile, up to eight inches forecast for new mexico. heavy rain from texas to georgia, in a moment we'll get the latest on the flight situation and you will find out what to expect over the next few days. but it is not just inconvenience we're talking about. already there have been 12 deaths blamed on this storm. jason carol reports. >> reporter: the killer storm started in california where it claimed its first life. a 52-year-old woman north of sacramento was killed when a tree fell on her car. it continued its delmar across the country. flooding in arizona. heavy snow in colorado. and in new mexico, wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour, producing blinding sleet and snow. >> just stings your skin to be outside. >> reporter: two people died in new mexico. one, a 4-year-old girl when the car she was riding in slid off the road. in texas, five people were killed on the road, three of them in this pile-up on interstate 40, including one man who got out of his car to try to help and was hit by another vehicle. in eastern texas, country star willy nelson's tour bus plowed into

. >> in rome, georgia, political chatter about what's happening in washington is as familiar as the southern charm of its main street. >> 90% of those people up there don't have a clue about what's going on in the united states. >> in the foothills of the appalachians, rome is home to conservative republican congressman tom graves. he's one of the architects of the legislation to repeal obamacare. he's also voted to continue the government shutdown. he can find plenty of supporters in rome who blame the president for the failures of government. >> there are people who would be disposed to opposing him purely on partisan grounds and people are opposed to the affordable care act. it helped energize the tea party in its early days. >> here in rome, there's an overall lack of confidence in washington, but specifically with the president of the united states. that is not really surprising. back in 2012, his opponent, mitt romney, won this region by more than 73% of the popular vote. >> now the problem-plagued rollout of the health care website and bickering that led to the partial hut down of the

southern jails. i tell people, i grew up sitting down on this lunch counter stools and going to jail in places like nashville and birmingham, jackson, mississippi, and atlanta, georgia and a few other places across the south. >> host: what was the ultimate result in nashville prior to the larger civil rights movement? >> guest: the nashville community became probably one of the first major cities in the american south to segregated lunch counters and restaurants. a year later desegregate all of its theaters. in nashville, we took, we started talking about the beloved community of making nashville and open city. nashville was considered the essence of the south, and there was people in the white community, very progressive, really liberals that really wanted to see nashville make the great transition to a peaceful and open city. >> host: how'd you get a national? >> guest: i left rural alabama and in september 1957, 17 years old, traveling by bus to study. i wanted to attend a little school outside of troy, alabama, knew where i grew up. i grew up 50 miles from one country. 10 miles from detroit, and i applied to go to a school called troy state college. now known as

georgia state university. birmingham native. he is author of the book "but for birmingham: the local and national movements in the civil rights struggle," which received the frances butler simkins prize at the southern historical association, and he aauthor of the forthcoming book "johnny mercer: southern songwriter for the world." for the past several years, dr. eskew has served as lecturer and faculty director for annual neh funded teacher workshops on teaching the history of the civil rights movement. our final speaker this evening will be dr. angela k. lewis, professor of political science in the department of government at the university of alabama at birmingham. she is author of the new book "conservatism in the black community, to the right and misunderstood." and awards will be forthcoming. also a native of birmingham, dr. lewis is a regular political analyst for cox radio and alabama public radio and works with the organization am ba bam s alabama citizens for constitutional reform. please join me in welcoming dr. dan carter. >> thank you very much, jim. i'm sure most of you here are aware of what an extraordinary resource and the rare one is the birmingham public library and the archives h

southern louisiana. the green on the map is rain. it is pouring from tennessee all the way through alabama, now georgia being swallowed up in the rainvolume and the heavy rain, atlanta, charlotte, and raleigh are the three airports we could have the most significant delays and possibly cancellations late today. i think washington, d.c., and pittsburgh will do okay with lighter rain and also some snow in pittsburgh. tomorrow's the day, the most significant airport delays and the cancellations will be early tomorrow morning. the big cities, washington, d.c., especially very early with the wind, then it will improve quickly. new york city, not until about 10:00 a.m. to noon does the weather begin to improve. very high winds in the new york city area early in the morning which will cause major airport disruptions. boston it looks like pretty much into the early afternoon for you. winds could gust as high as 50 miles per hour so, that will be problematic. same for areas around providence and hartford. the snow side of the storm, the heaviest snows, the band on the backside where it will be plenty cold enough, cleveland, buffalo, syracuse

southern travel trouble. heavy rain will develop in louisiana pushing into mississippi later today. maybe a little wintry mix there areas of tn tennessee and arkansas. then on tuesday the storm moves over the top of georgia. drawing up a ton of moisture off the atlantic. a lot of heavy rain up i-95. late in the day up into new england. then as we get into wednesday, the busy travel day, snow on the backside. likely buffalo, syracuse, rochester, pittsburgh. possibly there around cleveland and erie. heavy rain over the top of new york city into new england as we go through wednesday morning. as far as the snow forecast goes, buffalo to pittsburgh the best chance of getting enough to have to shovel out there. as far as the airports go, this is for wednesday's travel for the airports. early in the morning, significant delays. d.c., new york, boston into the afternoon. the good news is all those airports, the major airports there, will clear out by the afternoon. at least the weather will. not the travelers and the delays. those will probably pile up right throughout the day. more updates during the week here on this storm that's heading for the east coast. so far, so good, though. a cold, crisp morning. you'