Ondie Mitchell News Today

On air, ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee travels the country forecasting and reporting on the nation's weather and the latest issues in the climate crisis. At home, Zee is a mom of two who, like parents everywhere, has the task of explaining topics as big as global warming and the climate crisis to her two young sons. Zee told Mitchell and Kohlberg that she starts by letting her sons know that neither she nor anyone has all the answers about the Earth and its changing climate.

It’s been nearly 15 years since Ondie Mitchell’s husband Chuck was diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease, Spinocerebellar ataxia. And although their journey has been a difficult and sometimes heart-breaking one, Mitchell says it’s been made easier knowing they’re not alone. The couple will gather with those who share their plight and their desire to raise awareness of the disease this Saturday for the inaugural Country Skies Xtreme Hike & Festival for Ataxia Awareness. ...