philadelphia would have had the ball deep in dallas territory. as we come to the two-minute warning. choice will take a little extra time on the turf. philadelphia eagles taking that nonstop flight to the off-season, as they head back home. clock, right now, is stopped because of the time that choice needs on the field. miles is all smiles. >> cris: tashard had the concussion coming into this one, right? >> al: he did, yes. >> cris: and you hope that's not what we're dealing with on this one. >> al: right. >> cris: because he certainly gives them a terrific option in that wildcat formation, excellent hands. really understands pass protections. the rules are pretty stringent now on those concussions. >> al: i'm not going to speculate, but did he get a shot to the side of the helmet? so he goes to the bench. they wind the clock now once he leaves the field and this is going to take us to the two-minute warning. so 120 seconds before the celebration can begin officially and in earnest. 34-14 cowboys. . >> al: two minutes to play! keeping up with the

philadelphia would have had the ball deep in dallas territory. as we come to the two-minute warning. choice will take a little extra time on the turf. philadelphia eles taking that nonstop flight to the off-season, as they head back home. clock, right now, is stopped because of the time that choic needs on the field. miles is all smiles. >> cris: tashard had the concussion coming into ts one, right? >> al: he did, yes. >> cris: and you hope that's not what we're dealing with on this one. >> al: right. >> cris: because he certainly gives them a terrific option in that wildcat formation, excellent hands. really understands pass protections. the rules are pretty stringent now on those concussions. >> al: i'm not going to speculate, but did he get a shot to the side of the helmet? so he goes to the bench. they wind the clock now once he leaves the field and this is going to take us to the two-minute warning. so 120 seconds before the celebration can begin officially and in earnest. 34-14 cowboys. . >> al: two minutes to play! keeping up with the jone

have said the philadelphia eagles liked like the hottest team in football. to see them shut out today in dallas, pretty amazing, really, when you think about how much points this team has scored with deshone jackson, jeremy maclin, all the great threats they have, and today the cowboys had the answer. >> going to be a lot of fun. short week for us, but be sure to tune in next week for the wildcard doubleheader right hire on nbc. >>> football night to begin at 4:00 eastern. jets/cincinnati to get it started, philadelphia/dallas in the nightcap. >>> until then al michaels, cris collinsworth, andrea kremer, our entire sports crew saying good night from giants stadium. captions by vitac www.vitac.com >> more cold weather and the insta-weather plus forecast coming up. >> the ravens are headed for the playoffs. i've got fan reaction next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> on to the postseason for the ravens. check out willis magahee stiff arming the last obstacle. feeng. i am kate amara. we will have more on the win in just a minute becau

it will help us in philadelphia. the unemployment is currently 11.2%, and we are concerned in 2010 as the economy continues to struggle, that that may go up. host: the headline this morning, from the conference of mayors is that they are stressing a new round of stimulus money. how much are they asking for, how much would you like to see directly given to philadelphia? guest: as much as possible, of course, but even for the federal government, the pot is not among the dead. -- unlimited. we have to recognize the fact -- the president was cleared yesterday that more needs to be done. the federal agencies as well have their own budgets. there has been so much emphasis on certain organizations, hud, transportation, education, they also have their own budgets. the main issues that we are driving home is we need the money in ever cities now. i spoke directly to the president about targeting fiscal assistance. while we get the arra dollars, and they are helpful, we cannot use them to help our budget deficits. states can, c

the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of citizen's park with candles pile out. the phillies flag flew at half-staff. >> i literally grew up only listening and knowing the voice of harry callus for the phil

have said the philadelphia eagles liked like the hottest team in football. to see them shut out today in dallas, pretty amazing, really, when you think about how much points this team has scored with deshone jackson, jeremy maclin, all the great threats they have, and today the cowboys had the answer. >> going to be a lot of fun. short week for us, but be sure to tune in next week for the wildcard doubleheader right hire on nbc. >>> football night to begin at 4:00 eastern. jets/cincinnati to get it started, philadelphia/dallas in the nightcap. >>> until then al michaels, cris collinsworth, andrea kremer, our entire sports crew saying good night from giants stadium. captions by vitac www.vitac.com >>> the redskins lose again. bringing a dreadful season to a welcomed end it looks like it will also be marking the end of the zorn era. word today that jim zorn is out. good sunday, everyone. i'm craig melvin. rumors of jim zorn's demise started early in the year and intensified when his team could not find ways to win and he was stripped of pl-calling duties. toni

charlene wilson-doffoney is a funeral director in south philadelphia. she knows all too well that life for poor, young men in america's inner cities can often be dangerous, violent and short. we have a story from lucky severson today that gets to the tragic heart of the situation. >> reporter: the middle-aged woman cleaning up the big motorcycle is charlene wilson- doffoney who's on her wayo work at her funeral home in south philly. she says she took up cycling to get away from the dying. philadelphia may be best known as the city of brotherly love, but charlene says her neighborhood has also been called "killadelphia" because there have been so many murders, so many young victims of drive- bys, gang warfare, drug deals gone bad, and simple disagreements-- 333 killings overall in 2008. >> a little boy got shot. >> reporter: a little boy got shot right here? >> well, yeah. this part here, it is named after a young man who got killed as well. >> reporter: did you bury him? >> we did him. we did hanna. i just passed his family home around the corner. >> re

anniversary, there was a ceremony in philadelphia. and president reagan went to philadelphia to participate in the ceremony. and he invited me to go with him. he invited senator h he ein -- senator heinz as well. but he had other commitments that day and did not go and it was a fascinating experience to travel alone with the president, talk to him on air force one, talk to him in the presidential limousine. and when we arrived at independence hall, they had a great wheel. and the wheel started with george washington, the first president, and then john adams and all the way around until it came to ronald reagan right next to george washington. and he and i talked about the drama that he experienced on the wheel right next to president washington. on that particular week, we had the confirmation hearings of judge bork for the supreme court of the united states, and september 17 when i traveled to philadelphia with the president, it was a thursday and i missed my opportunity to question judge bork. and i got that opportunity on saturday

philadelphia road and joppa farm road. we're also dealing with an accident unti in the city at ors it does involve a pedestrian. both 95 southbound coming out of the white marsh area, towards the split, and the outer loop west side. the normal spots we see delays, they are back this morning. liberty, a delay in the outer loop down toward i-70. >> think warm because that's about as good as you're going to get today. >> yeah. it feels like the teens right now. the actual temperature is in the 20's. we're only headed for a high of 31 today. we could see? flurries this afternoon. looks like the warmest we're going to be this week is 38. that's not saying much considering normal is 32. good chance of snow on friday, too. get ready for it. >> thanks for joining us. >> we'll be back at 7:25. tune in to am1090 were westbound radio. traffic and weather together on the 5's.

icy conditions in joppatowne at philadelphia road and joppa farm road. at the beltway, you'll see building volume all over the area but keep in mind they are  starting a new maintenance project today on the curtis creek drawbridge, 695 will be closed between route 10 and hawkins point road. two-way traffic will get by on the inner loop but it will be a headic getting through glen burnie on the beltway. no problems on the jfx at northern parkway. back to you. >>> 6:01. in your dating life you've had a few on your list you're not proud of. but you still made it down the aisle, right? same for the ravens. yesterday wasn't pretty but they made it down to the playoff altar, right? here we are in january with the playoff team. this run may have set the tone for the next season. here we go. the playoff season. willis -- we dusted him off and he set the tone for the rest of the day. that stiff arm was a thing of beauty. when the final horn sounded the ravens beat oakland 21-13. >> we try to learn from the things we can do better and become the best ravens, best

two philadelphia kids going at it. govens is from chester but it is a suburb of philadelphia. govens, former player of the year in the state of pennsylvania. williamson picked up by williams. shot clock under 10. garrett williamson to the basket shot blocked by williams. open for three, can't get it to go and the rebound by govens. >> steve: had a lay-up and decided to dribble it out. >> tom: looked like there were two guys covering him that is why i thought it was the better decision. you see things better than i do. >> steve: i don't know about that. [laughter]. >> tom: here's allen to the basket and he decides to lay it in. >> steve: we have seen a couple of guys swoop to the basket like that. >> tom: yeah. 51-33 the score with 9:52 to play in the second half. phil martelli calls the time-out. it starts with defense when it comes to the temple owls. >> steve: this is a very nice blocked shot you will see here. garrett williamson getting to the basket. great block by williams. and great rotation by craig williams. he blocks the shot and rotates inside to make the steal and t

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and dallas over philadelphia. philadelphia looked so good last week in the first half against the broncos, played really poorly in the second half. eked out a win with the last-second field goal and then today, they don't even show up in dallas. >> dick: and with all the complications of the playoff picture, especially in the afc side down, we're down to one game tonight and that's still -- that still carries some weight. cincinnati and the jets. williams again with the call. he gets out close to the first down at the 29-yard line. tennessee state rookie, and denver uses its final timeout at the 2:25 mark. "60 minutes" to follow at the conclusion of the game here in denver. except for those of you watching on the west coast, it will be seen at the usual 7:00 time. yeah, that look -- kind of a snarly look there from andre goodman. that says all this work, all this hope, starting so well, 6-0 and to finish this way. how disappointing. >> dan: each play by derek johnson with the interception, this is one of two which

the cowboys had two touchdown passes in a dominating shutout against philadelphia 24-0. they will face the eagles again saturday night in the first round of the playoffs. >>> in oakland, baltimore's willis made gay me ran for three touchdowns as the ravens beat the raiders 3 2 #-13, baltimore dlinched an afc wild card berth and will play new england next sunday. >>> the jets thomas jones ran for two scores against the bengals, the 37-0 new york win over cincinnati gives the jets a wild card spot and they will face cincinnati again next saturday. >>> and in college basketball, a 75-foot shot at the buzzer in over time at florida. the three pointer gave the gators a stunning 62-61 win over north carolina state. what a hero. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and female persuasion. marines in afghanistan use a fresh approach to connect with afghan women. riderm® daily moisture a favorite among dermotologists? one reason, lubriderm® daily moisture contains the same nutrients naturally found in healthy skin. (announcer) lubriderm® moisture matches

a great place for a young 18 year old platform and philadelphia to go in 1944. after failing the eye examination some four months later i was admitted to the school at fort benning georgia. i was 18-years-old when i started the course, did well and was commissioned in 45, august 452nd lieutenant of infantry and sent to join the 93rd division. at that time i was 19-years-old. i joined the 369th infantry regiment just north of new guinea after the end of world war ii. now some of the old-timers, and i use that term very politely, can appreciate the anomaly but the 93rd division and 31st division nicknamed were assigned to the same throughout the war. i have yet to find anyone who can tell me why that happened that way. i was separated from active duty a year later in november of 1946 but stayed in the reserves. at college in february of 47 muhlenberg pennsylvania i entered as a second nebraskas of more premed major and his first black student. i lost my football scholarship by which i got into muhlenberg a couple months later due to an injury. in july of 1948 so 1

and icy conditions reported at philadelphia road and joppa road in the joppa region. and my guess is that's not the only spot we're go fog see some ice. speed sensors looking good. still up to speed on all the major roadways. just a slight slowdown at 49 miles per hour approaching the beltway northeast so far so good elsewhere. let's give you a live view of traffic. in the outer loop at the draw bridge that's going to shut down as they continue their road work. that's going to be into february, at least february 12. we're hearing that they are going to have traffic in the inner loop on two-way. that is around 9:00 a.m. this morning. we'll let you know how it impacts traffic. look good in that area. switching to a live view of traffic. so far so good in that area. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. we go to kurt kronke of the m.t.a. >> good morning. >> we're looking pretty good on the rails right now. no delays on the penn, camden or brunswick lines. both light rail and metro on schedule. we have a number of div

when you think of , yo of philadelphia fans. ns sbe philly fa as thetionand theyfeelat --love their sport and stick with their team till the end. >> you coach two number one picks in the draft, two guys that were multiall- stars in that league. that has to make you proud. >> well, it makes me real proud because i think a lot of the thicks you do are segmented. you want people to graduate and be good students and decent human beings but successful in the profession they're in. >> the people that play in philadelphia should cherish that, man, and should really feel good about the sport they have. it's definitely thick in that gym. i had my ups and downs towards the end. i realthiaf thos ars,w, s th thaedmetode wereng f witall e but ing invome, ow. i think some my fall. >> i have been through too much to let somebody with a pen and paperer and a microphone and a camera kill me or dry allen iverson crazy. >> some people in the organization. >> if allen feels you know, he doesn't want to practice and watoplitt workanlong >> k hesthin

at least 14 countries are on the list nearly all are muslim. >> philadelphia residents went onramped up but weren't impressed. >> they looked in my bag and missed one bag president it felt very artificial. >> the new guidelines come more than a week after a man allegedly tried to blow up a u.s. bound with plane on christmas day. >>> forced one of the buzziest airports to come to a complete stand still. >> we were simply told to vacate the area and to move upstairs. >> flights were grounded for hours at new jersey's newark airport after a man passed security by entering through a exit. thousands of passen gears had to be rescreened. >> they announced we had to go through security, so he went back to the gate and then we ended up here. >> his flight a six -- despite a six hour lock down, travelers were tired but most didn't mind. that's the attitude airport officials hope more people will have as they continue to try to keep travelers safe. in washington, wjz eyewitness news. >>> the u.s. embassy in yemen is shut down this morning they're concerns it can be prone to an attack. official

. >>> last year the philadelphia eagles dismantled the dallas cowboys in the final game of the season to eliminate dallas from the playoffs. today the cowboys exacted revenge. cowboys head coach wade phillips on the hot seat but that seat gets cooler today. third quarter, cowboys lead 17-0. tony romo to felix jones who goes 49 yards for the touchdown. dallas wins the nfc east defeating the eagles 24-0. deja vu next weekend, the cowboys will see each other one more time. >>> brett favre and vikings looking to take advantage of the eagles lost. cruising 24-0. favre throws it up to sidney rise. favre passes for four touchdowns. they crush the giants. 44-7 and secure the second seed in the nfc playoffs and get a buy. >>> the ravens need a win over the raiders to clinch a playoff spot. willis mcgahey tries to shake nudeen. he has just enough gas to take it 77 yards for the touchdown. one of three to go with a career high 167 yards rushing. ravens beat the raiders 21-13 to punch their ticket to the playoffs. they will travel to new england to face the patriots in the wild card game. uno on

we have reports of icy patches in joppatowne, philadelphia road at joppa farm road. use caution if you have to travel there. and also wind warnings still in effect at the key and bay bridges. as we look at the outer loop you will see traffic starting to build at liberty road as you make your way down towards the route 40 interchange. also expect the outer loop to be closed between route 10 and hawkins point road. this is in effect until february 12th. two-way traffic gets by on the inner loop. but expect some major delays there. as we peek downtown at the bromo tower traffic looks great through baltimore. back to you. >>> new rules are going to be in place when you fly within the united states and when you fly into the united states. just yesterday a man slipped through security at newark airport in new jersey so this morning police are still looking for that man. authorities say the man walked through the screening checkpoint exit into the secure side of the continental terminal. police are looking at surveillance tapes, they are trying to identify that man. airline

philadelphia road at joppa road, that's one location we're shearing icy. watch for that as you travel through the joppa region. we also have wind warnings in effect at all of the area brinches that includes the bay bridge this morning. be careful crossing at any of the area bridges. speed sensors look great. we are up to speed on the major roadways. we do expect the volume to return to normal as motorists make their way back to work and to school. keep that in mind. so far so good as far as delays go. let's give you a live view of traffic at the curtis creek draw bridge. this will shut down in the outer loop between route 10 and hawkins point due bridge repair. that's going to be going on until february 12. there is going to be two-way traffic set up in the inner loop. that's in effect at around 9:00 a.m. we'll keep you posted on how that impacts traffic. for now we're glook both there and here on the north side. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. we go to kurt kronke. >> good morning and happy new year. we've got a number of diversions.

the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of citizen's park with candles pile out. the phillies flag flew at half-staff. >> i literally grew up only listening and knowing the voice of harry callus for the phil

one other quick note, the dallas cowboys did beat the philadelphia eagles in the nfc wild card game. that's all the time we have on -- we have tonight. thanks for spending your night with us. a big thanks to

philadelphia eagles fans bleed green. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> one look at the players and you can see why. but the team's efforts to go green extend way beyond their uniforms. >> initially it was about recycling, it was saving energy, it was trying to purchase a percentage of our energy from green sources and you know, we started with 10% and now we are 100% green energy. >> cristina lori and her husband jeffrey own the eagles and launched team green, a team-wide eagle effort from recycled cups and napkins at concession stands to signs and bins throughout lincoln financial field, the team even has its own forest where it plants trees to offset the carbon emitted from the team's air travel for road games. according to the eagles, conservation efforts are peaking paying off. >> we've estimated well over a million dollars over the course of four years. >> not even enough to pay even a rookie's salary. hey, it's something. >> throughout their long history the eagles are no doubt what the owners and franchise want, that's a super bowl victory. tea

new york city, towards philadelphia. and down into washington, d.c. wind speeds in the teens here. however, we are getting gustswhelm beyond that. still up to 30 miles per hour. we are expecting those advisories to be expiring at 6:00 eastern time. those cold winds blowing over the warmer lake waters. lake-effect snows have been a huge issue here. picture i want to show you here out of buffalo, new york. look at this. wow. talk about a winter wonderland. had you about 6 1/2 inches of snowfall yesterday. and those numbers are going to continue to add up throughout the rest of the yeah in an and evening. we think the worst of the heavy snow bands has blown through buffalo but several inches can be expected each and every day this weekend and your temperatures staying well below the freezing mark. 14 is your current temperature but feels like a big goose egg with those bitter cold conditions. unfortunately, we are looking at more of that. look at the snowfall totals. near the buffalo area. two feet of snow in perrysburg. hannibal at 15 1/2 inches of snowfall. bitter cold temperatures

text me. >> tom: it is cold outside in the city of philadelphia. the entire northeast has been besieged by this arctic blast that will get worse in fact next couple of day -- in the next couple of days. the problem for temple is i don't think kentucky, north carolina, i don't think they are going away. >> steve: no. but look at the tradition that a school like temple has. very good for a long, long time. you have hall of fame coaches and players. this is a school that has had great basketball for a long time. >> tom: two of those hall of fame coaches are on center court. their names are on center court. john cheney and harry. fran dunphy took over for john. there you see center court at the liacouras center. >> steve: [audio indiscernible]. >> tom: ryan brooks missed shot is picked up. guzman did a nice job knifing his way through that defense. >> steve: that was a strong play. that is a play where somebody has to put him on the ground. that was a little too easy. you have to guard height and offensive rebound. one of those big guys, irwin, o'brien

it might have been right here in philadelphia. custis might be the capitol it wasn't for dolly. after they burned washington that congress voted 3-1 to move back to philadelphia which had been the tender capital before they came down there and dolly who had literally created this city and she did make it come alive with her party's and marvelous ability to charm everybody, diplomats and newcomers and congressmen so she went to see madison said this is not going to happen so donley started giving dinner parties >> host: at the octagon house. which still exists. >> guest: it's worth taking a look at. so what happens? after three or four months of her party is, congress takes another vote the vote to stay in washington. >> host: survey rebuild. let me see if we can have some fun here and talk about some a little quiz for you >> guest: i can't guarantee to get 100%. >> host: you get 100% in my book. who do you think was, of the five founders, the women of -- excuse me, the six founders -- the women they were mostly involved with, who was the smallest of these ladies? >> guest: i thi

i grew up in a very fascinating time period in the suburbs of philadelphia during the 60's. we were one of the few african-american families perhaps the only african-american family to ride the wave of millions who left urban america in that time period to go to the suburbs. at the same time many african-americans were coming off the land in rural america and going to the city's. so i fought i felt caught in between the two groups. it's like two sides and it was a time that was pre-multiculturalism. i felt internally perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white rather than african-american. >> one of the first parts of your book is a of a couple different sections in the first one called straddling the fence. how did you come to grips with your identity as an african-american male growing up in a predominantly white area of suburban philadelphia? >> it was tough. i don't think i did. i wrestle with the impact of that time period. i grew up with people who were good friends of mine, great friends from that time period but who held numerous stereotypes about african-a

we have icy conditions to report on philadelphia at joppa farm road. this is only one area that is reported in, but just be careful, you could find it in your own neighborhood as soon as you hit the roadways. as far as the main lines, no problems to report. that is better news. we can check on 95 at the whitemarsh boulevard area and here it is, it's already getting a bit busy there, but no major problems to talk about on either the northbound lanes or the southbound stretch heading toward the beltway. seeking farther down from the fort mchenry tunnel, traveling through the city, not bad an 8 minute clip at 54 miles mother hour. if you're going to opt for 895 instead from the harbor tunnel down toward 95, just a 9-minute drive, and again at 54 miles per hour. pretty calm on the beltway, wouldn't you say from 95 toward 83, running in the green, an 11-minute ride at bower miles pe54 miles perhour. and 54 with an 11 minute clip, all the way down to 795 back to you. patrice. >>> the first murder of the the year leaves police searching for a killer. a man wa

by now, most are on the cowboys band wagon or wearing philadelphia green. . >> he fumbled the snap. come on. >> reporter: marcus cooper and his dad sat it out in a corner alone. >> it's sad. you know? i come down here expecting to see everyone rooting hard for the final game of the season and see everyone caring about the cowboys and the eagles. i thought we were in d.c. here. what's going on? >> we're like the only skins fans here. and the season has been kind of dismal, but towards the end things are starting to look up a little bit for next season. it gives us a little hope for next year. >> go cowboys! >> repo at the espn zone, the game was ban issued to the small screen. for die-hards, change can't come soon enough, starting with the coach. >> i expect tomorrow. it's been a long season. we have to make a change. >> i'm still the number oe fan. maybe next year we'll have a new quarterback, new o line, new owner and might make it to the playoffs. >> i think the redskins are horrible. they need to start from the front office and just clean everything out. >> reporter: until then f

. >> guest: i think she had a midwife but he was in philadelphia >> host: martha jefferson's children one after the other were larger and larger, and i think she might have been even a diabetic. >> guest: i discussed this with some doctors and as a family tradition, it isn't anything written down that each child was bigger and bigger. this one doctor who was an expert told me that is a very strong sign of diabetes and of course they didn't even know dalia dee dee six sestak. >> host: there you were your life was just getting married and having children. >> guest: she became more and more ill and the sixth child was supposedly some people say 16 pounds but she never recovered from that birth. it was a very sad story. >> host: at the same time dolley madison, who never had any children with james madison. maybe we can almost -- her whole life was that of the hostess with the mostest, she was this early character who did so much. >> guest: you can't help but love dolly and she comes at the end of the book and casts like a globe of feminine achievement if i may call it that over the whole

would you go to new york and philadelphia in 33 minutes. we could confining shuttle. we would improve east-west air traffic all over the eastern seaboard. we shouldn't be flying people 500 isles or less. you should be putting them on a high-speed train. now ranking member thune asked a very good question. how we decide which of these projects, whether they're 2 billion or 400 billion. how will we decide which projects should be given priority? i suggest that we create a national infrastructure bank staff by professionals, not necessarily professionals all of them and transportation. it could be some former members of congress, some former secretaries of transportation and bring projects on a cost-benefit analysis, write projects on priority what they do for transportation -- transporting people, how many people, the effect on climate change. all those rings and independent rating system because the public wants that. the public does not want transportation dollars authorized to the same old system. and certainly not for projects of this magnitude. and lastly, how are

in 1954 he opens the moscow in philadelphia but also becomes the head of muslim mosque number seven and right away now becomes the key muslim, black muslim figure it goes my group of several hundred when he joined in the late forties and early fifties to over 25,000 by the time he leaves the group. what is important is between 1954 and 64 with he is the most active in the group, he really transforms that group from the sectarian group to a secular group. he transforms the group that is not on anyone's radar to a group considered to be one of the leading subversive groups and then in 1959 there is a mike wallace documentary that produced that makes not. >> the international figure. then that key african american reporter of the '50s and '60s before his untimely death is one of the key journalist to interview is not on and also becomes an expert on the nation of islam. >> host: one of the things about malcolm and all of those things if they are true it is the rob language that is a searing, piercing searing, piercing, he would say these things. a quote to during a press conference that a

in 1954 he's opening up the mosque in philadelphia, but he also becomes the head of muslim mosque number seven on west 116th street in harlem. and right away malcolm becomes the key muslim, black muslim figure in the entire group. the group goes from a group that has several hundred when he joins in the late 1940s, early '50s to over 100,000 by the time he leaves the group. when he's really the most active in the group, he leaves the nation of islam by 1964, he transforms that group from a sectarian group to a secular group. he really transforms a group that is not on anyone's radar to a group that's really considered by the fbi to be one of the leading sub subversive groups ie country can, and by 1959 there's a mike wallace documentary, news beat, five parts in the summer of 1959, that hate produced, that makes malcolm and the nation national and international figures. >> host: louis low max. >> guest: the key african-american reporter of the 1950s and '60s before his untimely death. he's one of the key black journalists who interviews malcolm, but also becomes an expert on the nation o

but the problems that the last time we've really seen himer moting like that was the race speech in philadelphia. that's probably why that speech was effective. chris: tell me something i don't know. be right back. chris: welcome back. katty, tell me something i don't know about 2010. >> chris, this is going to be a really violent period in afghanistan. but i think that we're going to get the end of this year, and there is going to be a picture that we are coming home. chris: oh. that's news. >> dan? >> well, sticking to the afghanistan theme, one of the things to look for in this year is whether the opponents of america's mission and the nato mission there whether they are able to knock down helicopters and six-wing aircraft. iran has the kind of missile which would allow them to do that. the thing to look for this year is whether they can knock down a large transport plane. the military is concerned about that. and working on it but something to look for. chris: is that what they were telling you over there? >> yes. chris: helene. >> i think this is the year that they're going to not going to

. >> larry: basketball fans, samuel, the philadelphia 76ers. samuel was born in port-au-prince, immigrated to canada when he was 14. made many trips with unicef to haiti for relief efforts to children. he's personally given $100,000 to the effort. he has family in haiti, a father, two siblings, lots of friends and relatives. how are you handling this, samuel? >> it's been tough. as you can see on tv, you know, the tragedy people are going through, the children and, you know, and still praying for hope. people praying for their life. >> larry: have you been in touch with your relatives? >> oh, yeah. i was able to get in touch three hours after the incident through e-mail. i was able to talk to, you know, my parents, my dad over there. a lot of them are safe. a couple missing. a couple injuries, but thank god, you know, a lot of them still alive. >> larry: last year haiti was hammered by three hurricanes and a tropical storm. you went there last august. you could never have expected an earthquake, did you? >> never. never. not something soon and

we bought a house in philadelphia. in june of 1948. and we were expecting our first child in december of 1948. now, i know there are some counting. december, january. ok. louise had to stop working as a registered nurse in the early fall. and the g.i. bill stipend certainly wouldn't cover our expenses. plus, no football scholarship, therefore $35 a month, which i was paid, went away. i was called to active-duty in november of 1948. and even with the executive order, i was initially eye signed to an all -- assigned to an all black unit at fort bliss, texas, following our daughter's birth. of after a refresher course, at fort bending in the infantry basics, in the summer of 1949, i joined an all black battalion to include the commander, in the second division, in fort lewis, washington, where he was there to participate in an armywide program call competitive tour to become a regular army officer, and i suspected many of you recall what that program is all about. i should point out for the youngsters, that in those days, while the army m

i was socialized as a middle-class person growing up in the suburbs of philadelphia. i am not sure anyone identity that whites have -- we do feel a sense of cultural difference whether it is real cultural difference or not. we feel a sense of in group versus out group. one day we will get over that in this country. >> why did you decide to write the book in the first place? >> i have a lot to get off my chest. my experiences were quite unique. i have three kids. having kids late in life. i did marry a white female and we now have for the first time in history a mixed race movement, a biracial movement. a lot of my thoughts today centered around racial identity. i am fascinated by mixed race today. up until the past 30 years, past 25 years if you had any african-american ancestry -- this mixed race movement -- racial identity is with us. absolutely fascinating. i really wanted to dive into writing a book about how race changed over the last 35 years. >> what is the biggest thing you have seen today versus growing up in the 60s? >> it is questionable. many people think

the dallas cowboys took the eastern thomas title as they swept past philadelphia 24-0. >> over 100,000 fans made it to the cowboys stadium for this one. the winner would secure them the nfc east title. in the end, the cowboys got the victory, 24-0. the pick of the cowboys cut stones was a 49-year run by zones in the third quarter. the team will have the psychological edge next week. jets clinched the win with a 37- 0 victory over the cincinnati bengals. brad smith did much of the damage for the jets. people up the first touchdown. smith did get the run in the second quarter. a great 32-yeaard run. the final touchdown was scored by jones, his second of the game. next week, the two sides will meet in the first round of the playoffs. >> that's it for me for now. >> ukraine has been torn apart in the past five presidential elections. a few weeks, the latest could produce more splits. the country has had a turbulent relationship with moscow. the future of relations with russia will be a major election issue. >> the wine cellars are relics of an age where these czar -- dating back to the 19t

. >> larry: basketball fans, samuel, the philadelphia 76ers. samuel was born in port-au-prince, immigrated to canada when he was 14. made many trips with unicef to haiti for relief efforts to children. he's personally given $100,000 to the effort. he has family in haiti, a father, two siblings, lots of friends and relatives. how are you handling this, samuel? >> it's been tough. as you can see on tv, you know, the tragedy people are going through, the children and, you know, and still praying for hope. people praying for their life. >> larry: have you been in touch with your relatives? >> oh, yeah. i was able to get in touch three hour s after the incident throuh e-mail. i was able to talk to, you know, my parents, my dad over there. a lot of them are safe. a couple missing. a couple injuries, but thank god, you know, a lot of them still alive. >> larry: last year haiti was hammered by three hurricanes and a tropical storm. you went there last august. you could never have expected an earthquake, did you? >> never. never. not something soon and

the dogs were responsible for checking cargo at philadelphia international. ten other airport dogs did pass the tests. >> they don't retrain them. they got to retrain them. it is not the dog's fault. the dog can't say i can't smell a bomb. >> reporter: tsa's response there are more than 700 dog teams at airports in mass transit hubs and all are supposed to be recertifiey eied occasionally. in september, when the tsa posted its screening procedures online, a leak that might aid terrorists, five employees were put on leave. just this week in bakersfield, california, the airport was evacuated, shut down for five hours, after two tsa workers found what they thought were traces of explosives on a bag in bottles. they complained they felt sick after smelling fumes from the bottles. turns out, the bottles contained honey. officials are still puzzled. on its website, the tsa says its vision is to, quote, continuously set the standard for excellence in transportation security. a vision that to some seems blinded by mishaps and confusion. and since i reported that stor

i grew up in i think it's very fascinating time period in the suburbs of philadelphia to 1960's. we were one of the few african-american families, perhaps the only african-american family to ride the wave of millions of whites who left urban america at that time to go to the suburbs for couth the same time many african-americans were coming out of rural america and going to the cities, so i felt very unique. i felt caught in between. i think two groups, like two sides and it was a time period that was pre-multiculturalism, so i felt internally that perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white. brad then african-american. >> one of the first parts of your book is, you have different sections, the first one called straddling the fence. how did you come to grips with your identity as an african-american male growing up in a predominantly white area of suburban philadelphia? >> it was tough. i don't think i did. i think i still wrestle with the impact of that time period. i grew up with people who were very good friends of mine. i had great friends from that time period who

in 1954 he is opening up the mosque in philadelphia that he also becomes the head of muslim mosque number seven on the west 116th street in harlem and right away he becomes the key muslim black muslim figure in the entire group. the group goes from several hundred when he joins in the early -- late 1940's and early fifties to have an 20,000 by the time he leaves the group. but what is really important about malcolm is between 1954 to 1964 when he is his most active in the group he leads the nation of islam by january, 1964 he transforms the group from the secretary in group to a secular group. he transforms a group that is not on anyone's radar to a group that is considered by the fbi to be one of the leading subversive groups in the country about 1959 there is a mike wallace documentary news beat five parts. a decade who produced it makes malcolm an international figure. >> host: police louis lomax? >> guest: the key african american reporter of the 1950's and 60's before his untimely death is one of the key black journalists who interviews malcolm but becomes an expert on the nation of

in 1964 he is opening up the loft in philadelphia, but he also becomes the head of muslim mosque que number seven. and right away malcolm becomes the key muslim, black muslim figure in the entire group. the group goes from a group that has several hundred when he joined in the late 1940's and early '50's to having over 25,000 by the time he leaves the group. but is really important about malcolm is between 1954 and 1964 when he is really his most active in the group, he leads the nation of islam by january 1964. he transforms that group from a sectarian group to a secular group. he really transforms a group that is no on anyone's radar to a group that is considered by the fbi to be one of the leading subversive groups in the country. by 1959 there is a mike wallace documentary in the summer of 1959 that makes malcolm and the nation in national and international figures. >> host: louis lomax. >> guest: louis lomax is the key african american reporter before his untimely death, one of the key black journalists who interviewed malcolm. also becomes an expert on the nation of islam. >> h

the doppler radar shows we don't have snow to worry about here but snow showers pick up north of philadelphia and light to moderate snow for new york city. that's the reason for the delays at newark and laguardia and up into portions of boston. temperatures around here in the mid 20s right now with wind chills in the single digits and low teens and it will stay very cold around here for at least the next 12 to 24 hours. a detailed check of your seven day coming up. >>> a sad discovery in rock creek late this morning. a driver on the parkway, noticed a car tire sticking out of the frozen creek. rescuers who tried to get to the driver were hampered by the frigid, icy waters. derrick ward is live in northwest d.c. for more on that story. >> reporter: craig, we're on 23rd street. if you look behind me you see traffic on rock creek parkway. that's south of the ramp from p street. on this side of the park subway rock creek and that's where they found the car. the police identified the occupant of the car but want to know the time of the crash and the circumstances of the crash. >> rock creek runs f

but after they burn fat in washington, the congress voted three to one to move back to philadelphia. and dolly literally created the city, don't you agree? >> host: she really did make it come alive with her parties and are marvelous ability to just charm everyone, diplomat and newcomers and congressman. and so, she went to see madison said, this is not going to happen. and so dolly started giving dinner parties. at a house called the octagon house, which is still standing in washington. it's worth going to take a look at. >> host: you can take a look at it. >> guest: so what happens? after three months of dollars parties congress vote to stay in washington. >> host: so they rebuild. let me see if we can sort of have some fun here and talk about a little quiz for you. >> guest: all rights. i can't guarantee to get 100%. >> host: you get 100% in my book. who do you think of the five founders -- of the six founders, the women they were mostly involved with, who was the smartest of these ladies? >> guest: i think the smartest was abigail adams beyond all doubt. she was a true intellectu

this philadelphia baseball dad caught a foul ball. his 3-year-old daughter quickly threw it back. all he could do is hug her, nothing like a father's love. this proposal of love made misty a little misty as dennis popped the question from an indiana field. and before the i-dos this minnesota groom and bride boogied down the aisle. the prime minister was blood deed after a protestor smashed a statuette into his face. remember the iraqi that threw a shoe into president bush. and then someone tried to put a foot in his mouth. and there was no decorum at at a dallas commissioners' meeting. maybe they could have learned a lesson of peace from knees three. yup, that is a mouse sitting on a cat sitting on a dog. this deer wasn't caught in the headlights, but better yet the christmas lights. finally not to sound cheesy but check out this five and a half foot tall santa carved out of a ton of wisconsin cheddar. it is saint nick's way of saying be good for goodness sake. drew levinson. >>> bad pun, we'll be right back. stay with us. ññ >>> when we entered into the new year, some new law