The reality is they opened up but it was to be an outreach to our kind of people there. Thank you. I just had a quick question. Do you think the majority of the people, do you have any information on this, left for political reasons, not wanting to live under yankee rule or was it more economics hoping to reestablish a Slave Institution in brazil or elsewhere . And also, do you have any information perhaps about the states that they were more likely to have left were deep south states like alabama, mississippi or upper south states, which i would think it would be deep south states but im just guessing on that . Well, let me start with your last question, yes, it was predominantly deep south states where it was where the brazilian government advertised and also the ports lended themselves to transportation to brazil as well. Although, there were some virginians. They would have left from norfolk and there was a man in lynchburg whose last name was noonen who was sort of the point perso
Derrick jeter says this season will be his last. Well tonight, historic Winter Weather gripping the eastern half of the us. 100 Million People, from the gulf coast to the New England States are at risk. Crippling ice has knocked out power for hundreds of thousands. In atlanta roads were closed and most people stayed home. Streets virtually empty. A different story in North Carolina, roads were backed up around raleigh and charlotte. We have reporters along this storm path, erica, obviously many drivers spent hours on the roads, right . They sure did. Its been slowing and sleeting all afternoon in charlotte. The real issue is ice. Those roads were slick out there. Cars were stuck along our major highways earlier this afternoon. Fortunately thats been cleared now theres cars stuck along the rahrah leraleigh highways. That ice could settle on there and bring those power lines down. More coming in about Power Outages but we are hearing over a half million throughout southeast. Officials ha
A former athlete shares his story of coming out at the height of his college career. 95 years old. Still going strong, how americas oldest paper boy proves that age is state of mind. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Much of the south is now directly in the path of a severe winter storm. The National Weather service is using words like mined bog lipping, and historic so describe it. Ice will be a major problem. Roads could be glazed over, making driving nearly impossible. The ice is threatening to cause widespread Power Outages. More than 3,000 flights have been cancelled. The storm is on track to go up from georgia up through the carolinas, to the northeast. Several governors declared states of emergency. That inclues georgia, including areas that shut them down last month. That is where robert ray is. How are things looking. I see that its already raining. Reporter good morning. It looks like rain, but its a sleet. The temperatures dropped here in the p
High noon here in the east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Become to weekends with alex witt. Breaking news, two americans who had been detained in north korea are on their way home. A short time ago, the state department announced the release of kenneth bae and Matthew Todd Miller. James clapper is personally accompanying the men to the u. S. Bae was arrested two years ago as he entered a northeastern city just near the border with china. North korea says he used his business to form groups to overthrow the government and sentenced him to 15 years hard labor. Matthew todd miller was arrested in april after destroying his tourist visa and demanding asylum. He was sentenced to six years of hard labor for whats described as hostile acts. The release following the release of another american, jeffrey fowle. Ian joins us. What are you hearing . Reporter what we can say for sure is they are on their way home accompanied by James Clapper who was in pyongyang. Whos been in pyongyang since midweek. Alth
Miller and kenneth bae, two other americans being held here. Clearly a signal from north korea and negotiated by swedish diplomats who represent the United States since we do not have diplomatic relations with the north and that it was by a pentagon plane, which came in, landed at the International Airport in pyonyang and took him out and hes on his way home via guam. You did have a u. S. Government plane able to fly in and take him out of there. The u. S. Has been trying to, as you said, seek the release of these other men. The highlevel delegations. Talk about how that works and the back channeling works with the government like the one in pyongy pyongyang that we have no diplomatic relationships with. Between north korean and american diplomats. Sometimes working through beijing, through the chinese, sometimes working on the ground through the swedes who represent us there in the north korean capital. So, there has been back channels. There has been recent communications between nor