it was after waco and after the l.a.iots, back in 1992, that ofbegan to see again people different ethnicities, people of different so-called races, or trying to join together -- workers trying to join together once again, and huge violence was set upon them. i take that story back to the ghost stance, back to the may day right at the beginning of capitalism in europe and 1517. and then the great ghost dance at the same time that the lands were being robbed from the native americans on the great plains and in the west, that ghost stance just scared the life out of the 1%, out of the gilded people. to this day, i don't understand it, amy, how just dancing one inch at a time could so frightened the powers that be. and it led to the great massacre of wounded knee. so these are the themes i tried to tie together and that particular chapter. amy: and there is may day of 2006, at least may 1, 2006. >> the great mobilization of hispanic speaking, which is the largest, especially in chicago and l.a. that is a tradition we need -

and not a good system developing through the afternoon and evening from areas just north and west of waco, texas, all the way into central oklahoma. a particularly high probability of tornadoes today. the storms that are peeling through memphis right now will not affect us in either. pretty much a variation of the same theme. low-pressure is going to leave us alone. we have this cool low of air that will continue as far as our hourly planner goes, cloudy skies, cool temperatures. better chances of more rain area.s across the patchy fog, isolated showers, patches of drizzle. we head through the weekend, a slighte we will have chance of showers. looks like the rain will probably start sometime later tomorrow night. for outdoor activities, i think it will be basically try and cloudy. cloudy and cooler but drive for most of the daylight hours. if you are looking for something to do in virginia, how about a sitting the national weather service? dulles,se near launching weather balloons every hour. regardless of the weather. next seven days -- rain chances, especially tomorrow night on sunday.

worth area, waco and san antonio. a few isolated storms in areas of illinois and indiana. and then houston area it looks like right around 5:00 p.m. the east coast, one more gorgeous day for you and then this rain will start to move its way towards you, especially friday afternoon and evening. look at that today. 78 and sunny in d.c. that is your national weather. here is a closer look at the day ahead. >>> so from florida to about south carolina, as nice as a day you're going to get. the low 80s. the rain, the cutoff line is from columbus, ohio, to cleveland. everywhere west of there is a chance of showers and storms. betty rain heading your way on friday for the east coast. that is the first time we have a chance of rain in a long time. >> we need rain so we will not complain. thank you, bill. >>> up next, a 24-hour waiting period for -- may be required for anyone wanting to get viagra r for sex. that is what one state legislator is proposing. >>> merriam-webster is adding the following to their 2,000 new words. we will be right back. you're watching "early today." this

ground and bring in the threat of isolated tornadoes and continuing the threat of large hail from waco all the way back up through areas here of northeast texas. especially this afternoon. now the snow side of this, the denver area, snow will be breaking out throughout the day today. 4 to 8 inches is possible with a lot more in other areas, especially at higher elevations. that is just a nasty storm there for april in denver. much of the eastern seaboard your rain will come sunday. that is your national weather. now here is a closer look at your day ahead. >>> obviously, very active day. pay attention to the sky and also your local media here, nbc stations, as we go through the afternoon in texas. in colorado, your typical april snowstorm. your snowiest month of the year. >>> weekend forecast takes the storm to the east. >> oh, great. thanks, bill. just in time. >>> okay. ahead find out what made a harvard graduation ceremony. >>> look, mom. no wheels. future? you're watching "early today." uh huh. yeah...sorry about that. think about it there must be higher love down in the heart what

waking everybody up in the middle of the night and same for you in san angelo and pushing toward the waco area. not severe stormse ut lightning with them and cause minor problems. the worst is over with in ft. wourrth and almost in the dallas area so we will continee to today a slight risk of severe storms redeveloping later on today. over 6,000 people to abilene. this is pushing down towards victoria and lake charles and 18 million people. tornado threat is low today and wind damage is the greatest concern. as far as rainfall the haest eaviest rain around sioux city. we are still beautiful. the east coast looks great today. the west coast continues with your stellar weather also. so we are finally clearing it out. amarillo to lubbock looking okay for the daylight hours. east texas watch a complex of storms this moy ing. north of it chance of storms from iowa to illinois. the east coast but. most likely friday. >> just in time for the weekend. >>> find out which state's governor hss declared pornograph a public health hazard? >>> plus, a rare fire tornado captured on video. ey have those

now over the top of waco, headed to the flood zone.how you more aerial picture, the water in houston doesn't flow out. it's very flat, the water takes a long time to head out into the gulf. not like areas where hills or mountains and the water will rush down. the stagnant water will be here for a couple of weeks. the worst of it is over. you can imagine what the insurance claims and all this work is like over the next month or two. so let's take you to the radar again. as far as later today, we get the storms headed for houston and san antonio and that line will die out as it approaches louisiana. a new round of thunderstorms will form in lubbock to abilene and you can get some minor severe weather. the eastern half of the country has been gorgeous for seven days and the west has been incredibly warm and all the rain is in the middle of the nation. st. louis, bring your umbrella with you. the gorgeous weather continues. until friday night it will be the first chance of rain in new york city in ten days. >> wow. this is good news. >> it

if you're in waco to austin, those storms are coming down at you.ter today they're near houston and down along the gulf coast. there's also some rain in illinois and indiana, especially some showery type of weather. isolated severe storms are possible. heaviest rain in the gulf coast. the flood zone could pick up another inch or two. the river levels they'll stop going down. maybe they'll go up a little bit, and then back down. as far as this evening goes, the storms will weaken. indianapolis probably a brief half hour to an hour, right around 9:00 p.m. this evening where the storms will come through. that should be after the sun sets. should be okay for the after school sports activities. today's forecast this about as nice as it gets for april. 73 in boston. 78 in d.c. low humidity, mostly sunny skies. florida looks great too. the west is still very warm. but that's going to change a little bit as a new storm moves in. all the rain today that's chicago, indianapolis, st. louis, by the time we get to friday afternoon and evening makes its way to th

and more storms heading for the waco area. thunderstorms down along the gulf coast in louisiana.we go through the day today t cold front is finally on the move. this storm system will make it to the east coast in the next two days. for today though, most of the rain showers will be up through indianapolis, ohio. thunderstorms in houston once again today. we could see one to two inches of rain there. the flash flood threat exits southeast texas and it will lessen by the time they get to midnight. for today, just a picturesque, beautiful spring day. boston all the way down to the i-99 corridor. atlanta, late day shower possible. florida looks nice today too. tomorrow, the rain arrives for the east coast. >> i like how excited you got about boston. you said boston. i get that. >> i lived up in that part of the world for a little bit. >> absolutely. all right, thank you, bill. >>> a 6.0 magnitude tremor rattled ecuador overnight and just -- in just the latest aftershock following the massive earthquake killed 525 people. many people are still missing and thousands also remain homeles

the library in waco was closed on sunday and the woman didn't have a can cell phone call for help. finally rescued on monday morning. >> wow. >> got stuck in a stall. >> that's something that would happen to me. >> you can get a lot of reading done. >> you can do a lot. >> in the restroom, though. >> i guess so. all right. well, reserve comment. let's head outside this morning along the schuylkill expressway. this is the ramp from girard avenue to the eastbound side where the vehicle ran into the wall. they're in the process of trying clear it out. you can see traffic is squeezing by on the left side of that ramp but doing so a little bit slowly. main lanes of the schuylkill are fine. getting word of a new crash in north coul coventry it's a chery hill lane. construction along route 23 cleared out. karen. >> cold out there all right. 32 degrees right now in philadelphia, 22 in allentown. 14 in mount pocono, 25 in trenton, 26 in millville. bundle up as you head out but this afternoon won't be quite as bad, 54 with lots of sunshine. although it's below the average high of 60 degrees.

tonight, probably some severe weather through parts of austin and waco. and dallas gets hit hard tonight through tomorrow morning. through austin, approaching houston, and towards louisiana. and several rounds of rain through the rest of the week. could see up to 8 inches of rainfall in southeast texas. approaching 80 in washington, d.c., and maybe warmer in other spots. >> thanks. >>> now to the race for president. the battle for new york two days hillary clinton and bernie sanders making their final push. and protesters raining money on clinton's motorcade as she arrives for a major fund-raiser. and thousands of sanders supporters attending a rally on his home turf in brooklyn. here's david wright. >> reporter: tonight, the final blitz begins. hillary danced. bernie selfied. and speaking of selfies, check out this gallery of political art. >> it's a little bit weird to see all these guys look like me on the wall. >> reporter: less than 48 hours to go, so closing arguments from clinton. >> this election is so important, and it's really about >> reporter:

of the program talking about, in 1916, jesse washington was a black man accused of a crime down in waco, texas. the authorities put him in jail. came, broke them out of jail, put them on a tree, castrated him, cut off his fingers, set them on fire, and they killed him. we all heard about lynchings. this one took place before a crowd of not 10 or 15 people but of 15,000 people. there are pictures of this crowd and they are not horrified but what they are seeing -- by what they are seeing. they are cheering or pleased by what they are seeing. 100 years later, we find this horrific. repulsion findsle this hard to conceive. what is going on here? this is because our culture has changed. pavloviant have loft dogs. in politics most of the time, we are not thinking. we are simply reacting. we have the capacity to think. this is the wonderful thing about human beings. we are not slaves to our instinct. we can actually think our way thinkh our problems if we to take the active actually thinking. host: back to your book, "political animals," you write that in mainstream politics, anger undermines

you can see right here right through parts of waco extenting town towards houston where the bulls eye is occurring. you can see the purples also that white color where 21, 24, 25-inches of rain not uncommon with over a thousand rescues in the houston area. now, the good news the heaviest rain is moved eastward. the pattern is breaking. we're watching cooler sink down from the northeast into the philadelphia area, and we will be seeing the clouds but at least texas and the southeastern part of the country will be catching a little bit of a break. 71 in philadelphia. 58 in the poconos. 67 in allentown. as temperatures continue to cool from north to south. we'll fall through the 60s into the 50s during the evening. and coming up we'll talk about more changes in our weather. a cool wind, more frost and late week rain. so no more dry days after this week. we'll talk more about that with the seven day later in the broadcast. we'll see you then. >> all right, kathy, thank you. >>> bail has been set for one of the men involved in the shooting of a philadelphia officer. bail has now been set a

folks, we want you to meet him from edinburg and waco, texas. lieutenant doing kaslow. [applause] >> are you married? >> yes i am. >> that is what we heard. >> i have a beautiful wife, by the way. >> where is she? >> san diego. she is putting her time in. >> in the hospital? >> where is she from? >> she is from maine. a long ways away. >> you bet your life. were you on deck when it was hit? >> no, sir. i was below deck having a cup of coffee, luckily. from there, i clawed my way up through the smoke to the topside where the plane had gone down. >> i guess you saw a lot of heroism that day. >> i saw very, very much. one of the nigger boys that took care of the cabins there had someone asking where he had gone. someone had asked him about the hit, andwas after the he said he went to my battle station. we asked where he said, below deck to the number three magazine, which is about as far down low as you can go. that is real heroism. [audio clip] chuck: i wanted to play that clip, because it really ,ncapsulates an american influx in change. this is a young man from texas an

from edinburg and waco, texas. a lieutenant. [applause] you married? >> yes i am. >> that's what i figured. >> i have a beautiful wife, by the way. >> where she? >> san diego. >> where she from? >> -- >> you you bet your life. on deck? >> no, sir. i was below deck having a cup of coffee. i clawed my way up through smoke. saw a lot ofu'd heroism that day. >> i saw very, very much. in the cabinss there, someone had asked him about the kamikaze, and he said he went to his battle station. we asked where auntie said below deck to the number three magazine, which is about as far down low as you can go. that is really hair was in. >> that is. sound clip] >> crack -- >> i think that really encapsulates america in the flux of change. a young man from texas who came "n" close to saying the word. i think part of it is his accent and the colloquial way of referring to african-americans at that time. and yet, the story he tells is one of incredible admiration. and so you have encapsulated in this one young man, a fighter pilot getting out of the world for the first

. >> curt, waco, texas, republican. again, apologies. go ahead, curt. >> caller: representative costello, thank you for the opportunity to call in. i do appreciate your service to our nation. >> thank you. >> caller: i have always been a proponent that not everybody fits college. some people really benefit technical school. because of their skills. but i just want to make sure that you're aware that work force development boards have a list of targeted occupations. >> yes. >> caller: that are specific to work force development board area. what can the government do or what would the government do to push down, if you will, those targeted occupations to the high school level? so that we can capture those young minds thinking about tech school, not simply focusing only on baylor university, u.t., et cetera, to help those guys out? once again, i appreciate your service to the nation. and thank you for the opportunity to speak. good day. >> that's an excellent question. and precisely that is what we're doing with the caucus that i cochair, a

that is blocking the rain that can't break through once again likely heavy rain dallas down through waco into houston later today none of that for us, our chance for some rain is coming in on friday, not a lot maybe half an inch which we definitely need then saturday into sunday it is a little cooler but should be nice for your weekend plans let's plan your ride now with kyla. >>> let's do it. thank you, john. good morning everyone, i have better news for you we'll start with the street closure in brooklyn we have hancock street avenue to marcy avenue due to fire department activity, here is the good news the earlier accident on the van wyck has cleared out. that helples us out a bunch. let's head to north brunswick due to a downed pole and wires causing trouble traffic is alternating into the southbound lanes. let's take a live look outside at the long island expressway in huntington, oh, boy we have a much better ride than yesterday looking good no delays right now on the northern state park way as well. alternate side parking is in effect today city wide. chris and mary over to you. >

host: kurt in waco, texas. republican. ,aller: congressman costello think you for the opportunity to call in and i appreciate your service to our nation. i've always been a proponent that not everybody fits college. workforce development boards have a list of targeted occupations that are specific to that workforce development board area. what can the government do or what would the government due to push down those targeted occupations to the high school level so we can capture those young minds, thinking about tech school, not simply focusing only ut, etc. university, to help those guys out? once again, i appreciate your service to the nation. guest: that is an excellent question. precisely that is what we are doing with the caucus i cochair. every region in this country is a little bit different. the private -- by making the dollars flexible, there are certain industries, nursing shortage, occupational therapy, those careers rooted in stem, that is a nationwide need. there are certain regions that have certa

so, here's the big red zone from about kearney, nebraska, through waco, texas. watches in effect. st. louis. that was not a tornado event. the tornado event is in the two big red boxes here, from carney, grand island, through wichita, oklahoma city, down to altos. there is the first set of storms that rolled through st. louis an hour ago. now we are just beginning to see the first line of storms pop up west of i-35. rosa flores looking at some storms. big gray clouds on her live shot. they will be chasing all day long into parts of wichita, i-35. this is what radar will look like in three hours, brooke. amazing event, will go from nothing to tornadoes and hail on the ground everywhere. and this is going to be an event that goes through evening hours into kansas city, back into dallas, significant weather all in those cities, we'll be here watching andern whatting for you, whether live or twitter. also cutting in when we need to during special event, obviously tonight, super tuesday number 4. >> thank you so much. >>> next -- prince's sister filed official court documents claiming

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