and you start to see that in the new england churches, too. in the late 1600s, early 1700s and even breeds the type of shaman, a characteristic type of shaman that historians call the jeremiah ads. now if you know your bible well enough, you hear a name and that's from jeremiah. who was a very gloomy kind of profit. and he was the sort of profit that said to israel you have fallen away from god you need to straighten up or judgment is coming. and that kind of sermon became very common in new england, too starry and say the 1670s 1680s, early 1700s. the pastors would say you have fallen away from your first love. you have fallen away from that original mission of the founding puritan generation of the 1630s and you need to turn around, turn back to god and renew your devotion to the lord. now how reflective this is of actual reality on the ground, had the people really turned away from god? it's kind of hard to measure that. it's hard obviously to judge people's hearts, that there is some evidence that at least new england is becoming more dive

most were from new england. this idea of the importance of the mayflower becomes crucial to the whole thing. any questions? thoughts, comments? >> do you think the domination of the pilgrim narrative over jamestown was conscious or do you think it just kind of happened? idea -- one of the things you see happening is knowing glint is losing out in population and political -- is not only losing out in population and political influence. they are not getting the political significance they feel they deserve. they can give themselves of the national significance of the history. they presidents come from down there but the nation comes from here. what it stands for comes from here. there is a kind of confrontation. there is a section called bad settlers and that is about virginia. there is something conscious about the idea she does not like what they did down there and if america stands for that, that is not a nation you want to stand for yourself. it inn kind of talk about a way to move on from it and ignore it or

especially in new england. and it's the easiest story to tell about the coming of the great awakening. there's such a lineal colonial story about the puritan founding and the decline of puritanism. a sense of religious crisis in the early 1700s and then in the 1730s and 40s, an outburst of new religious commitment as signalled in the great awakening. so a lot of what i'll talk about is tracing the story, most specifically of colonial new england which is the epicenter of the great awakening in america but the other colonies are effected by the great awakening. okay? why do they have a sense of religious crisis? well, one reason is a rise apparently in greed, immorality. we already talked about this. about the signs that people were falling away from their puritan commitment. the pastors are talking all the time about how people were consumed with business affairs and are forgetting about their love for god. they're worried that society is becoming dominated by greed, business, and the immorality that they see g

new england sees the decline of puritanism. remember, they had been founded, massachusetts, connecticut especially, these kind of colonies are founded as puritan colonies. and puritanism, by the early 1700s, is in decline. we are now 70, 80 years past the time of the founding. and the puritan movement has started to fade away. historians debate about just how much puritanism is really declining. some of this may just be talk because you know that pastors especially, but lots of christians will talk about oh, you know, our founders were much more committed than we are. i don't know if you have ever heard that in a church service or something. but you know, it used to be so much better, but now we have fallen away. i mean that's a very common rhetorical move that you get in churches. you started the see that in the new england churches, too, in the late 1:1600s, the early 1700s. it even breeds a type of sermon, a characteristic kind of new england sermon that you get in this period that historians call the jeremiahds. if you know

with lawrence settled by people from new england, there was an organization called the new england immigrant company, and it recruited people who were antislavery or abolitionists, to settle in lawrence. they would raise money to help people travel out here, and they built a building called the free state hotel to house them until they could build their homes. that was the start of lawrence. people are coming across the border from missouri, with the idea kansas should be a slave state. there were tensions between them. those started to mount in later years, 1855, 1856, by that time lawrence was seen as the center of what was known as the free state movement. people who wanted kansas to be free from slavery. and lawrence became a target. as a result of the first territorial election, where voters came across the border from missouri, kansas ended up with a proslavery territorial constitution. and their capital was set up not far from lawrence, here in douglas county. but the official government was proslavery and a shadow government was set up in lawrence that was antislavery. as it turned o

with lawrence settled by people from new england, there was an organization called the new england immigrant company, and included people who were antislavery or abolitionists, to settle in lawrence. they would raise money to help people travel out here, and they built a building called the free state hotel to house them until they could build their homes. that was the start of lawrence. and people are coming across the border from missouri, with the idea kansas should be a slave state. there were tensions between them. in laterrted to mount years, 1855, 1856, by that time lawrence was seen as the center of what was known as the free state movement. beple who wanted kansas to free from slavery. and lawrence became a target. of the first territorial election, where voters came across the border from missouri, kansas ended up with a proslavery territorial constitution. and their capital was set up not far from lawrence, here in douglas county. but the official government was potent -- proslavery and a shadow government was set up in lawrence that was antislavery. as it turned out the sheriff o

them get support from places like new england and support anti-slavery settlers. he went on to become the first governor of the state of kansas when it entered the union. chair. a rocking it reflects the way people in lawrence have lived. they really built a community that would have built at home somewhere in new england. they focused on arts and culture, on knowledge and education. they wanted to live a sophisticated lifestyle. artifacts.e other he immigrated here from wales. we worked to rebuild the state hotel after was burnt in 1856. the miller to family, who are actually south carolinians. but they didn't believe in slavery. to move outspired here to do their part. and the farm they established on the eastern edge of town was a stop on the underground railroad. is from what is known as constitutional hall, which was the original site of the kansas territorial legislature. vote that original brought about a proslavery government in territorial kansas . it was clear the majority of voters in kansas supported kansas as free territory. a territorial government w

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bush was t first emigrant from new england to the sun belt. and lo and behold, look at t party today. >> that's one of the marvelous things about his life. because in many ways, the country has been governed from 1932 to 201 a by kind of figurative conversation between fdr and reagan. even president obama governed under that. then geoe h.w. bush and his son's story is both ar mir and a -- they were both a mirror and a maker of that political journey. senator prescott bush, senator from connecticut, very much a new england republican, george h.w. goes to texas. he was the first sane seed of texas politics. >> i said he washe seed. >> but there was one -- >> don't f >> there was one republican congressman who was -- in one of te ways that bush ce into the story was drive the john birch society, an extremist, cold war, they thought that george marshall and dwight eisenhower and fdr were communist conspirators. >> they were really big in dallas. >> and it was george h.w. bush who was thechairman, h job was the chairman of harris county republican

of long island and southern new england. farther twithe south w see perhaps up to four inches along le panhandle of florida which couldd to additional flooding. >> all right. thank you. >>> now to that strange blue glow that lit up both the night sky here in new york city and social media. a lot og, folks are ask what was it? well, nbc's tt bradley is at laguardia airport with answers this morning. matt, what was it? >> reporter: well, good morning, craig. well, this speculation about this lit up social media. it's not clear exactly what happened. now we are hearing it was an electric fire. this captivated new yorkers for a short time last night. as crews werefi rushing tthe problem, speculation as to its cause raged online. ysterious blue light flooding the new york city skyline and lighting up social media. >> is that an explosion? >> reporter: people expressing shock and awe. >> i was thinking it was the end. world. >> some sort of ufo or something. >> replter: an electrica a fire aton edison power plant in tqueens. >> it

the book printed a recommended menu for things giving dinner that included new england classics as well as sweet potato pudding. her hope for a national thanksgiving wasn't based on a desire to see people feast on the same food on the same day, of course, but she was realistic to know the culinary appeal of thanksgiving was another selling point for her vision of a shared celebration. at the same time she was promoting it, she wrote hundreds of letters to presidents, governors, members of congress, and other influential members across the nation, soliciting their support for a national thanksgiving. this is where we come to lincoln. in 1863, lincoln wrote a letter marked private -- hale wrote a letter marked private to president lincoln. permit me to request a few minutes of your precious time. we made a national and fixed union festival. the editor asked the president to issue his proclamation for a day of national thanksgiving for the last thursday of november. she also implored him to appeal to the governors of all the states to do the same. she concluded, plus the great union festiv

i mean,trhisches all the way from florida up through new england. we've got a lot of rain that's going to be pushing through our area. that's why we're weather alert. welso have a flood watch that goes into effect this morning. it depends on your location. it continues until tomorrow morning. you can see the rain across the areaight now. just some light stuff, heavier stuff toward the eastern shore. light stuff. i' seeing a breakn some of the precipitation as we go into gintral va and we may see a little bit of that. i don't think we're going to be dry by any stretch of the imagination. we'll have occasional drizzle. we have waves of rain that will coinue to pound o area today. flood watch through sunday morni morning for absolutely everybody. temperatures aroundh 50 w northeast winds at 10 miles per hour. it's mild out there if you're headed to wreaths across america. listen, bring extra, dry socks. temperatures in the low 50s. showers. it's not a steadily, heavy rain all the. showers throughou t

. >> with lawrence settled and settled by people from new there was an organization called the new england immigrant egg company people from new england states, people who were abolitionists to settle in lawrence. they would raise money in order travel out here and they built a building called the free state hotel to house until they could build their homes. that was the start of lawrence. at the same time, people were across the border from missouri with the idea that state, should be a slave and, of course, there were tensions between the two, and mount inlly started to later years in 1855 and 1856, time, lawrence was eally seen as the center of free stateown as the movement. lawrence became a target. as a result of the first election where voters came across the border up missouri kansas ended territory. slavery their capitol was set up not very far from lawrence here in it meant the but official government was pro slavery and a shadow government set up here in lawrence that was anti-slavery. as it turns out, sheriff of county, a man named sam and , he lived in missouri he brought men t

he was from texas, but he was a new england republican. i mean, he was born in -- >> that was a sin to some conservatives. >> yes, absolutely. he was born in massachusetts, grew up in xwrgreenwich, connecticut. it was a rough thing for him, and when he went on to ronald reagan's ticket, reagan asked that question, before i make you vice president, this is the december of 1980, i have to know if you're going run on the platform. he was talking about, above anything else, abortion. and bush, who had been pro-choice, changed his mind. >> that was the first time that issue was put into a political context. so to have reagan make that point was part of his compromise. >> right. >> you saw the compromising of this new england republicanism to the submerging conservative push from the south. >> hue, we're talking about the role george h.w. bush played and sort of the two republican parties, if you will. he was the head of one, and he would try to bridge the divide between the two. fair in your mind? >> very fair. i wrote for "the post" today. i'm

five time super bowl champions the new england patriots wrapped up the a.f.c. east title with a twenty four to two all when the over the buffalo bills for the first franchise in n.f.l. history to the pill for ten straight seasons i certainly don't take it for granted and i think i know it isn't. for my teammates and coaches that work stream hard to put us in a position to do a great job and when you have a lot of perspective and like i certainly do i realize that. you know it's incredibly difficult thing to do and i'm just very grateful steph curry is called in the last second to lift the golden state warriors two hundred twenty nine two hundred twenty seven went over the l.a. clippers in the n.b.a. elsewhere in this order twenty five points and have five assists to lead the boston celtics charlotte hornets boston one hundred nineteen two hundred three percentage . rookie sensation luka johnny shook off an injury free to return to the court with the dallas mavericks but he couldn't help them ha supporting trailblazers in lead with thirty three assholes who gave

finish it came in from new england. after four stormy weeks of the ocean, it arrived in dover filled with barrels of tar sent over by john hancock. they had leaked all over the hull. the price of the east india company's stock began to fall. the following day, the press have the just of what had happened in boston. in a few days, they had the whole story. they also knew that a similar fate was likely to default any tea that reached charleston, new york, or philadelphia. out of this shouldn't come as a surprise, and yet it did. two weeks before christmas, lord dartmouth had received a bundle of papers reporting the riot. but it was holiday time. he sat on the letter for nearly a month. in the new year, the company alerted dartmouth. but he did not share this with his colleagues. parliament nothing about the protests. then suddenly, the news was out. the press instantly saw how serious it was. the tea party became the biggest story. the month, parts of the press were saying that six regiments were already on their way to

police responding to roughout new england. and a driver plunging into deep water in hendersonville, north carolina. escaping out of the back of the sinking suv. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, that storm carving a path of destruction across the country taking aim at the east coast. multiple tractor trailers crumpled on icy interstate 89 in new hampshire. shutting down the highway. dozens of accidents near boston, cars flying off embankments, an oil truck on its side in fitchburg. it was hard just to walk around. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: this struck, submerged. more than 18 inches of snow in parts of minnesota. in st. paul, this police cruiser stops to help motorists. it's struck by a semi, which left the scene. in kansas, one person killed in a wreck on interstate 70. debbie huff among so many travelers that were forced off the roads by the blinding snow. >> zero visibility. when they said zero visibility, they meant it. >> reporter: you can see how foggy it is at jfk. more than 500 flights cancelled, and the numb

a chance of a passing snow shower in new england. and christmas day, storminess across the west. and our next storm system just starting to develop, this will be a weaker run on christmas day, chance of rain and snow showers in the ohio valley. hope everybody has a great holiday, travel safely on this stormy friday. >>> chinese hackers are indicted in a global campaign. >>> and drone investigation. new details about the security incident at britain's gatwick airport. this is the "cbs morning news." airport. this is the "cbs morning news." unlike ordinary toothpaste, colgate total fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums for 12 hours. so you're totally ready for that big moment. colgate total. be totally ready for life. our because of smoking.ital. but we still had to have a cigarette. had to. but then, we were like. what are we doing? the nicodermcq patch helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. nicodermcq. you know why, we know how. is your floor's best friend. only roomba uses 2 multi- and the roomba filter captures 99% of dog and cat allergens. if it's not from irobo

it's massachusetts tree because lawrence was founded by the new england immigrant aid company, which was in boston. that's where they organized it to bring supplies to kansas after the act was signed in 1854. that opened kansas up to white settlement. and started off the problems that became bleeding kansas. prior to that, the decision on whether the state would be slave or free was up to congress and the campus made it up to a vote of the people. which brought people in from both sides and that's where the came from.>> today what is massachusetts street? >> is the main street of town it goes right down the middle of downtown lawrence. >> i'm seeing a lot of shops and restaurants and a lot of dependent business. is it kind of the spirit of lawrence? independent spirit?>> yes and there's been a lot of effort to keep the downtown. >> where we headed now? >> we are headed toward oak hill .emetery oak hill cemetery was founded in 1863 after quantrill dray, the cemetery didn't have the space for all the people in it. that many people dying at once you have to really look for places. if th

on sunday the new england patriots dallas cowboys used them texans and seattle seahawks all punch to get tickets the seahawks speak the kansas city chiefs thirty eight thirty one to return to the postseason after a year out it's five time super bowl champions the new england patriots wrapped up the a.f.c. east title with a twenty four twelve win over the buffalo bills the first franchise in n.f.l. history to a playoff berth in ten straight seasons i certainly don't take it for granted and i think i know art is and. i show greater appreciation for my teammates and coaches that work stream that hard to put us in a position to do a great job and when you have a lot of perspective and like i certainly do i realize that. you know it's incredibly difficult thing to do and i'm just very grateful. steph curry scored in the last second to lift the golden state warriors to one hundred twenty nine one hundred twenty seven when the los angeles clippers in the n.b.a. elsewhen kyrie irving school twenty five points and had five assists to lead the boston celtics past the charlotte hornets jason ta

from florida straight through new england, the highway wrecks. and the trucker sideswiping a state trooper, then taking off. >>> the major takedown. the suspect accused of fatally shooting a california police officer. authorities saying he was in the country illegally. president trump weighing in. tonight, how they tracked him down. several others arrested. and the emotional moment the officer's brother thanked police. >>> the president's threat, saying he'll close the southern border if democrats don't give him billions for his wall. as questions mount about the treatment of children in border patrol custody. >>> inside the massacre. disturbing new timeline details and images from the parkland shooting. and new questions about the response. >>> hotel confrontation. the moment caught on camera. a white hotel security guard calls the police on a black hotel guest who was sitting in the lobby. >>> out of the blue. the electrical show that captivated millions. the night sky glowing above new york city. what exactly happened? >>> and good evening. it

rain all the way fromhe panhandle of florida all the way from northern new england, all the way back to the ohio valley. it's really har to avoid this storm, and the windy conditions and the heaviest rain, theorst oft will be early this morning into areas of new york city and then it will be towards boston this afternoon. it's about a x-hour window in a lot of the airports from philly to new york and then hartford to boston where thet wof it will be there, and then it will clear out after that. back side of the storm is not too bad. a little rain around pets burg. maybe snowshowers later on tonight. then the stormineally b to exit overnight and saturday. just looks breezy, and we clea od up all the eastern hatch of the country. if you can wait, that's the aadvice. thatook at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. well, we're fine today in areas lakes. great we'll see improving weather conditions there. obviously, the worse of it this morning right along the east coas and especially in areas of southern new england where it will be windy and heavy

it's cold and windy in northern new england and that's it. the rest of the country looks pretty good. we have been dealing with rain in the pacific northwest. if you want to talk travel issues, this is the map. thursday afternoon, thursday evening thunderstorms going from tampa to orlando once again. by the time we get to friday we kick this rainstorms northwards. there's a little bit of wintery mix on the backside of this for anyone driving through the appalachians or ohio or kentucky but i don't think it's going to be too bad. i have yet to talk about a big december snowstorm across the country. doesn't look like it's going to happen. >>> still ahead the stock market's tough december gets even worse as u.s. markets get hammered once again. >>> ♪ only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® a lot will happen in your life. wrinkles just won't. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair's derm-proven retinol works so fast, it takes only one week to reveal younger looking skin.

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rain all the way from the panhandle of florida all the way from northern new england, all the way back to the ohio valley. it's really hard to avoid this storm, and the windy conditions and the heaviest rain, the worst of it will be early this morning into areas of new york city and then it will be towards boston this afternoon. it's about a six-hour window in a lot of the airports from philly to new york and then hartford to boston where the worst of it will be there, and then it will clear out after that. back side of the storm is not too bad. a little rain around pets burg. maybe snowshowers later on tonight. then the storm really begins to exit overnight and saturday. just looks breezy, and we cleared up all of the eastern a of southern new england where it will be windy and heavy rain. the risk of some flooding. the southeast will clear up this afternoon. it's amazing that the rest of the holiday forecast was a million times better. we'll talk about that coming up. >> at least we got that. thank you. >>> social media this morning is praising a young wal-mart cashier after he took

for the new york city areas and new england friday's your day for the heavy rain and potential airport delays. eep that in mind thiseek as w advisories out there. if you want some great weather today the southeast looks nearly perfect for december. that's the december trend. warm and rainy. >> all right. thanks, bill. >>> a florida couple made a christmas tradition part of their wedding. on their first date brad and jessica bond went to target and donated to toys for tots. and they've done it every year since. on their wedding day they invited their guests to participate, giving everyone gift cards and taking them to target. >> didn't matter if it was one date or relationship, it was successful. >> the toys will all go to children in need this christmas. i love that idea. >> it is. great call. way to start off the marriage. >>> still to come an incredible archaeological find 4,400 years in the making. ks to you, st. jude children's research hospital is changing how the world treats and defeats childhood cancer. we freely share our science to help find cures and save kids with cancer ev

. >> right, he was a modern-- moderate new england republican. those things are all an oxymoron how many republicans do we have in national office from new england these days? virtually none. and the other thing is that this ras someone who was known fo reaching across the aisle, known for not talking in over-done ways about himself, not getting into brawls with people. all those things seem very antique in 2018. rhaps you and i will e a day, hari, when those things are in faion once in. >> sreenivasan: do you think that the willy horton ad against michael dukakis ushered in a new era. now, while that is still a bad ad, when you look tat now,t seems tame compared to what kind of ads are on the air every twao >> it seems tame now, but that was something that hinted at racial animosity. it was certain no means george bush's best moment. in later years, heot proud of it. best he could say was, "i make a differentation between campaigning and governing." in retrospect, he nev have allowed the ad. actually, the willy horton ad was an inependent ad, bu

on sunday the new england patriots dallas cowboys used to take sons and seattle seahawks all punch they take it the seahawks speak the kansas city chiefs that he had thirty one to return to the postseason after a year out and five time super bowl champions the new england patriots wrapped up the a.f.c. east title with a twenty four twelve win over the buffalo bulls the first franchise in n.f.l. history to earn a playoff berth in ten straight seasons i certainly don't take it for granted and i think i know art is and. i show great to appreciation for my teammates and coaches that work stream the hard to put us in a position to do a great job and when you have a lot of perspective and like i certainly do i realize that. you know it's incredibly difficult thing to do and i'm just very grateful. couple of the oldest champions river plate's have returned home to a celebration from their fans in when are sirees river beat local rivals baka juniors in the final of south america's biggest club competition earlier this month that match was controversially moved to madrid following an attack on p

for example new englanders have been subject to some of the highest electricity costs in the nation well above national average because of resistance to infrastructure development but the trump administration's infrastructure plan release earlier this year is set to change all of that with an aggressive one point five trillion dollar plan that includes a sophisticated energy pipeline but an unexpected hurdle has been president tromps recent twenty five percent tariff on steel and ten percent tariff an aluminum as tariffs on pipeline materials could be especially problematic for the industry since a large share of these products are imported at another major development and holding back the building of new pipelines has been funding we did grow from american shale in recent years the industry estimates that roughly one trillion dollar is needed in infrastructure costs over the next two decades in order to keep pace with increasing oil and gas production demands with one third of that being spent on new pipelines but the good news is that direct capital investment for the construction of n

gusty winds in the northeast and new england. sunshine along the southeastern coast down into florida. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of thewoods. >>> well, we are a little cooler. we have some more sunshine out today. now heavy rain, we are tracking that as we head into your friday and evennt early saturday morning. that could impact some travel out there. degrees look at that wind. wind at day. miles per hour. at times and ezy feel cooler.f moste day we will feel like the 30s and 40s. mid-40s for daytiay highs t by this afternoon dry.on >> and forget as you head out the door take us with you. today show's sirius xm 108. > now to ellen degeneres and her big return to stand-up comedy. >> it's howhe got her start in show biz long before t big talk show. after a 15-year hiatus, ellen is back at it. >> a friend of mine was at my house andd i t him i am going to do stand-up again. he said, really? and i said, yeah. i was hoping for more of a, really? he said, well, do you thi you are s

for example new englanders have been subject to some of the highest electricity costs in the nation well above national average because of resistance to infrastructure development but the trump administration's infrastructure plan release earlier this year is set to change all of that with an aggressive one point five trillion dollar plan that includes a sophisticated energy pipeline but an unexpected hurdle has been president tromps recent twenty five percent tariff on steel and ten percent tariff on aluminum as terrorists on pipeline materials could be especially problematic for the industry since a large share of these products are imported at another major development and holding back the building of new pipelines has been funding we did grow through american shale in recent years the industry estimates that roughly one trillion dollar is needed in infrastructure costs over the next two decades in order to keep pace with increasing oil and gas production demands with one third of that being spent on new pipelines but good news is that direct capital investment for the construction of

he came from new england, good, puritan stock. people said the same thing after barbara bush died. the two of them represented a stallwart, stern, modest character that one associated with new england, from the founding of the country onward to a lot of these families, bush was from a famous political family, went to yale, went to a prep school in new england. but finally he went off to find his own way after enlift inning the may you i have, world war ii -- navy, world war ii. he went to make his career in texas. back then, texas was still the frontier. he was a risk taker. paul: you talked to two things there. i want to talk about the military background. he en enlifted at 18. you had a conversation you mentioned earlier with a current member of the military, talking about how much they reveer the george h.w. record. tell me about that. >> i was talking to a friend of mine who is a former fighter pilot in the navy, flew off aircraft carriers in iraq, and he was telling me that to this day, george bush remains a he revered and iconic figure in the navy, especially among the fighte

takes aim at the entire east coast today. 33 million people from from a to new england in the storm zone. millions more all across the country facing major travel delays. dillon has the latest forecast just ahead. >>> mystery in the sky. an eerie blue light fills the new york skyline stunning onlookers. what officials say skaus caused that glow and shut down one of the nations busiest airport. >>> massive manhunt. an intent search in the shooting the defgt a small town police officer. >> my department is hurting. we are struggling through this. >>> the alleged gunman in the country illegal. what we're now learning about him and the victim. a husband and father gunned down just hours after celebrating christmas with his family. >>> all that plus battle over the baby. the colorado man accused of murdering his missing fiance coombs face-to-face with the parents. the courtroom showeding over custody of the young daughter. doing the impossible an inside look at an american's record setting solo journey across antarctica. and feeling lucky. we have 348 million reasons to get excited for the fi

rainfall amounts upwards of 5 inches in parts of florida. 3 to 5 inches new york on into new england. excessive rainfall, flood risks, as well. airport delays for tomorrow. atlanta, charlotte, all the way back to nashville. chicago, possible, as well. down into miami and orlando. on the roads, i-75, atlanta to miami. atlanta to raleigh on i-85. then on friday, look at airport delays from atlanta all the way up to boston, back to detroit and chicago. on the road, you're going to have problems in charlotte and cleveland. chicago to new york, along i-80. and i-95, raleigh up to boston. it's going to be a mess. and back on saturday, guys, when the system pulls away, strong winds will be moving inland, and that will cause airport delays into the midwest, as well. back to you. >> yeah, it's going to be a wind story for sure, al. thank you. >>> congress and the president have just about two days now to prevent a partial government shutdown. nbc white house correspondent peter alexander has the latest on where the negotiations stand at this hour. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, go

we're talking 1 to 3 inches in the northeast and new england. damaging winds, power outages from the southeast all the way into the northeast. look for wind gusts of 50 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour, especially as you get into new england. if that's not enough, back behind it, we're talking snow along the spine of appalachians. there could be upwards of 6 inches, guys. a lot of impact through saturday. back to you. >> all right, al. >>> now, we're going to turn to the storm's impact on your travel plans. gabe gutierrez is in atlanta, in one of the busiest airports. good morning. >> reporter: things are hopping in atlanta. but the lines are running smoothly. the biggest disruptions, in northeast. la guardia, newark, facing delays so far. yesterday, we saw 7,000 delays and 250 cancellations. today, we've seen several hundred delays so far. tsa is expecting to screen 2.7 million travelers through tomorrow. if you look at the big board here in atlanta, we can see no major delays so far. everything seems to be on time. the major airlines are no

from florida straight through new england, the highway wrecks. and the trucker sideswiping a state trooper, then taking off. >>> the major takedown. the suspect accused of fatally shooting a california police officer. authorities saying he was in the country illegally. president trump weighing in. tonight, how they tracked him down. several others arrested. and the emotional moment the officer's brother thanked police. >>> the president's threat, saying he'll close the southern border if democrats don't give him billions to pay for his wall. as questions mount about the treatment of children in border patrol custody.

it was thomas doey, was new england, the upper crust, right, new england pa trigs party, and george h.w. bush was the first immigrant if you will from new england to the sun belt and lo and behold, look at the party today. >> that's one of the marvelous things about his life. in many ways the government has been funded by a conversation. even president obama governed under that. then george h.w. bush and his son's story is both a mirror and a -- they were both a mirror and maker of that political journey. senator prescott bush from new england, very much a republican, george h.w. bush goes to texas, he was the first sane seed of texas politics. >> i said seed. don't forget seeds get wild. >> there was one republican congressman. the one way bush came into this story was to drive the john burch society, an extremist cold war that they thought that george marshall and dwight eisenhower were big conspirators. >> they were a bigger problem in dallas rather than houston back in the day. >> george h.w. bush, his first job was chairman of the republican party. he ran in '64 and then was in the

englander through and through. from let's go to lewis salisbury, north carolina. caller: good morning. i also would like to give my condolences to the bush family. what they have gone through this year alone, i know that man truly loved his wife. you can see just through the passing of one, how recent this gentleman just past. george h.w. bush was a very good president and he truly served our country. you never heard him speak badly of anyone, especially the media, especially other opponents that he had to go against. this shows you he is truly an american that loved america and our constitution. he will be missed, i am sure. thank you for my opportunity to give condolence to their family. host: one of the things we have not talked much about this morning as president george h.w. bush's love of sports. here is a tweet we see from core ofwho found a box yale versus fordham where he writes, one of my favorite box, april 12, 1941, yell captain george h.w. bush at first, a kid name vin scully in the centerfield for for

made $11 million, more than bill belichick, who coaches the new england patriots the top basketball coaches make seven oring my million door a year, people say, well, these sports programs also campus, they're making money, they're giving back to the academics. well, they're not. maybe the should but they're not. the money is used to pay the coaches, and to build these gilded facilities, locker rooms, practice facilities, weigh rooms with hot and cold tubs. so the money that is generated by the programs, they spend it. >> host: go back to college basketball. want to talk about the nan's decision to put a cap to stop -- to not allow high school players to good droningly into the nba. did that create this one and done they call it? that create this culture in the knack? >> the nba, when they decided to you couldn't go right from high school to the nba, as lebron james famously did, created this weird thing called one and done where the top player goes and just play one year in college, traded all kinds of unintended consequencees. not a great thing bus no onening reasonably say that a kid is

and then on the 19th a ship came in from new england. after four stormy weeks in the ocean, the haley arrived at dover filled with barrels of tar sent over by john hancock which perhaps as an omen had leaked all over the hold. the day after she dropped anchor, the price of the east india stock suddenly began to fall as traders with inside knowledge rushed to sell. the following day the press had the gist of what had taken place in boston. by the weekend they had the whole story complete with the mohawks and meetings of the old self and number of tea chests tossed in the harbor given precisely. they also knew a similar fate was likely to fall to any tee that reached charleston, new york and philadelphia. none of it should come as a surprise and it did. two weeks before christmas lord dartmouth had received a bundle of papers from thomas hutchinson reporting the first of the riots but it was holiday time and dartmouth set on the letter for a month before telling the governor to keep his nerve. in the new year the company alerted dartmouth

ral and northern new england. and then your lake effect snow could produce two to outhree, f inches especially near sacuse and across parts of pennsylvania as well. on the west coast, we hav another storm system that's going to move eastward. this will guarantee a white christmas for areas in the rockies. this moves eastward, the higher elevations could see as much as 2 ihes of snow through the northern sierra. also the cascades, too, and this will dive down into the four corners and produce some rain andlso some higher elevation snow. and that could be enough to make for that white christm in the mountains. >> good news for some. we'll have a white christmas. dylan, thank you. >>> there is much more to getto including supreme court ginsburg.th bader she's up and working as she recovers from cancer surgery. she's at memorial sloan-kettering here in new york after she had two malignant growths removed from her left lung on friday. doctors eound nodence of any remaining cancer but they haven't said when the -year-ol

. >> as a teenager, he excelled at andover, an upper crust new england prep school. he graduated in 1942 and joined the navy to become a fighter pilot in world war ii. >> the time i was in the service was critically important to me because i came out of it admittedly privileged background. next thing i know i was thrown into combat or going to preflight school. i was 18. just turned 18. >> he barely escaped death after being shot down. he was rescued by a navy submarine. the whole scene captured on film. >> i think natured in those days. i think i became a man from that experience. >> he returned home to proud parents. his father prescott bush was a successful investment banker. and to his sweetheart barbara pierce. they married in 1945. he enrolled in yale. and in 1946 with the birth of george w., he became a father himself. he was a standout at yale, captain of the baseball team, graduating in 1948. but he left his new england roots and with family help got into the oil business in texas. >> hellhello, everybody. i'm prescott bush, republican candidate for the unit