there was one black doctor in southwest georgia in bainbridge south of blakely where we lived. so from age five determined i want to be like dr. griffin african-american physician. he was very successful. highly respected in the community, people really thought that he was a great citizen. but to me he was a magician. he could make people well. i decided that's what i wanted to do, so that's what i decided at age five. loved science, loved working with people. so being a doctor billy combined over those very well. >> in southwest georgia in the area you were growing up what were some of the race considerations that you had to face? >> they were very difficult. my father was an activist. he started a chapter for the naacp in blakely in 1937. my mother was a schoolteacher. as result of my father's activism, the 20 or so they lived there, my mother never got a job in blakely teaching school. she had to drive 20, 30 miles away to other towns where she worked as a teacher. but in addition to founding naacp chapter, he worked to work against the white primary that excluded blacks fro

would ask me to go with him to help because at age 5 i was curious and had a role model, in southwest georgia in bainbridge south of blakely where we live so from age 5 i wanted to be like dr. griffin. he is very successful, highly respected in the community. people thought he was a great citizen but to me he was the magician. he could make people well. i decided that was what i wanted to do. i decided at age 5, love science love working with people being a doctor combines both of those very well. >> southwest georgia in the year at that you grew up what were the race considerations you had to face? >> they were very difficult. my father was an activist. restarted a chapter for the naacp 1937. my mother was a schoolteacher. as a result of my father's activism, in 20 years my mother never got a job in blakely teaching school she had to drive 20 or 30 miles to other towns where she worked as a teacher but in addition to founding the naacp chapter she worked to really work against the white primary that excluded blacks from participating, establish an annual emancipation day celebration january

would ask me to go with him to help because at age 5 i was curious and had a role model, in southwest georgia in bainbridge south of blakely where we live so from age 5 i wanted to be like dr. griffin. he is very successful, highly respected in the community. people thought he was a great citizen but to me he was the magician. he could make people well. i decided that was what i wanted to do. i decided at age 5, love science love working with people being a doctor combines both of those very well. >> southwest georgia in the year at that you grew up what were the race considerations you had to face? >> they were very difficult. my father was an activist. restarted a chapter for the naacp 1937. my mother was a schoolteacher. as a result of my father's activism, in 20 years my mother never got a job in blakely teaching school she had to drive 20 or 30 miles to other towns where she worked as a teacher but in addition to founding the naacp chapter she worked to really work against the white primary that excluded blacks from participating, establish an annual emancipation day celebration january

based all this on the fact it's so mild in the southwest and this air mass moving this from kentucky and tennessee and georgiad south carolina. instead of 30's we'll head to the 40's to near 50 degrees for the day tomorrow. and that partly cloudy skies and head well into the 50's for the day on sunday. look like a frontal system will come down from the north on sunday -- or monday rather giving us a chance of a few showers and there's an outside chance and i throw this in for snow lovers. if the storm develops a little bit later monday maybe could bring cold air to give us a flurry or two late monday before it ends. clearing tuesday and wednesday. look at the end of the line, next friday highs in the 20's. enjoy the brief warming. winter is coming back with a vengeance. that's the latest. back to you. >> okey-doke. thank you very much. >> 50 shades of cold air. >> you did. >> you got it! 50 shades of gray. number one topic around the water cooler today with leon and the biggest question is -- what is wrong with the wizards? folks, this is a team that made a solid run in the playoffs last spring and started th

spain was moving up into the southwest from new orleans pushing into mississippi and alabama which were parts of georgia back then. georgia was on the run almost. the native americans were pushing georgia back. and you were losing a lot of the federal territories because the united states had no army, because it had no taxes. there were no -- the central government, such as it was had no ability to raise taxes, therefore, it couldn't have an army, couldn't defend the frontier, and the trade was going up through canada or going down the mississippi. so these frontier settlers, they had no interest -- well they got to the first settlers, first frontier land ownings, and they didn't want to pay him. got to the second one, there were squatters on his territory who wouldn't leave. and, in fact, he got so mad at them, he cutsed at them -- kissed at them, and -- cussed at them, and they fined him. that's how they treated george washington. and he couldn't get to the third one because the native americans were in the way and he had been warned they were going to ambush him. they had already killed his agent, sc

spain was moving up into the southwest from new orleans pushing into mississippi and alabama which were parts of georgia back then. georgia was on the run almost. the native americans were pushing georgia back. and you were losing a lot of the federal territories because the united states had no army, because it had no taxes. there were no -- the central government, such as it was had no ability to raise taxes, therefore, it couldn't have an army, couldn't defend the frontier, and the trade was going up through canada or going down the mississippi. so these frontier settlers, they had no interest -- well they got to the first settlers, first frontier land ownings, and they didn't want to pay him. got to the second one, there were squatters on his territory who wouldn't leave. and, in fact, he got so mad at them, he cutsed at them -- kissed at them, and -- cussed at them, and they fined him. that's how they treated george washington. and he couldn't get to the third one because the native americans were in the way and he had been warned they were going to ambush him. they had already killed his agent, sc

georgia avenue. local volume delay. no obstacles to report. around town virginia 95, 395, downtown traffic, volume has been building. lanes open on the westbound freeway here getting out of southwestd over toward the 14th street bridge. andrea, mike? >>> we have some breaking news from prince george's county. sky 9 is over a house fire in mount ranier, maryland in the 4000 block of 37th street. in is a two-story single family home. you see all the firefighters there, the lights. a number of firefighters are on the scene. so far no word of any injuries or the cause of the fire. as soon as we get more detail, we'll pass it along to you. >>> on a happier note, unless you bought your power ball tights in north carolina, texas or puerto rico -- tickets in north carolina, text or puerto rico, you're out of luck. you did not win the power ball. >> but you may have family members who live in that area. the huge jackpot, $564 million. the winning numbers 11, 13, 25, 39, 54 with a power ball of 19. >>> other news now, members of congress are facing a showdown with the. this morning over the key tone xl oil pipeline. both the house and senate have approved the plan to connect canada's tar sa

icing conditions from northern georgia all the way to central texas. a wintry mix into the southwestaff schools are closed today because of icing conditions. wet weather here in southern california sunshine in the pacific northwest. tomorrow that sunshine there continues. finally the sunshine returns to southern california. more snow in the four corners. icing continues. texas, into central alabama, wet weather in the southeast with light snow in the carolinas. and record lows in the northeast. . >>> 7:36. good monday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. we've got a wind advisory in place until 10:00 a.m. you can see with all the wind no cloud cover to report this morning. you want to grab a jacket for today, probably keep is fireside if you're spending time outdoors. windy start will relax throughout the day. temperatures only in the mid-50s. for us at lurching time we'll round out the day in the low to mid-60s. good news is we need rain and we have some in the forecast for you as we head into your friday. more on that in just moments. >> and that's your latest weather

georgia. i don't get out a whole lot. in fact, quite honestly, this is the first time i've ever been to the southwest border. never been to california before i went on this trip, never been to arizona. and -- although i've been to texas i've never been to the rio grande. it's an eye-opening experience for me. before i went there, i think i was like most of my constituents and like many americans. i would watch what's happening on tv and i'd holler at the tv, build a fence, build a fence. well, after you visit it and after you talk to the border patrol agents, after you talk to the ranchers, after you talk to the local officials, you realize that in each sector, that's not necessarily the answer. that in certain sectors, yes, a fence is needed. but in other areas, in other sectors, that is not what is needed. that we need more technology. that we need boots on the ground. those are the type of things we need in certain sectors. that was eye opening. that was one of the takeaways i had from this trip. ms. mcsally: would the gentleman yield? i want to point to a visual we have here. this is from the area in my