Good morning, ladies and j gentlemen. Im john allenen, president of brookings. On behalf of the institution and our partners, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast, and, of course, we always welcome the media. This morning, youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society. To bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation. Leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trust in institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has, in fact, declined, and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problems we face as a count
Nick asking vanessa to be his wife overnight. Vanessa, will you marry me. Now the newly engaged couple is telling all, joining us live right here on gma. Present and all accounted for. Good morning, america. Millions across the northeast in the path of that blizzard this morning. Heres a live look at the new jersey turnpike. A dangerous commute. Up and down the east coast. Lets look at washington right now. Thats a look at the white house. Snow coming down in washington, of course, the white house right in the middle of the battle over health care and that new report that says 24 million americans will lose Insurance Coverage under President Trumps plan. Well have more on that ahead. Heres the latest on the storm at this hour. Six states across the northeast are in states of emergency. People are being warned to stay off the roads. More than 5,000 flights have been canceled. So far were seeing winds topping 50 miles an hour. Keep in mind, gentlemen, we are just six days away from sprin
Zone. A special edition of Good Morning America starts now. Present and all accounted for. Good morning, america. Millions across the northeast in the path of that blizzard this morning. Heres a live look at the new jersey turnpike. A dangerous commute. Up and down the east coast. Lets look at washington right now. A look at the white house. Snow coming down in washington, of course, the white house right in the middle of the battle over health care and that new report that says 24 million americans will lose coverage under President Trumps plan. More on that ahead. The latest on the storm, six states across the northeast are states of emergency. More than 5,000 flights have been canceled. So far were seeing winds topping 50 miles an hour. Keep in mind, gentlemen, we are just six days away from spring. That makes the storm seem not so bad. A live look from inside the storm. Our drone is flowing over new jersey right now getting that great view of all the snowfall and if you have to be
So, walking out, you dont need the heavy coat. Maybe just a sweater vest or something of that nature. So, we are dry through noon. And look at the temperatures. They are going to hang around 60, 61 degrees, even through 3 00 in boston. Then, by 7 00, i do expect the showers to be moving in. I have got a closer look in your neighborhood with the futurecast and when the showers will be arriving and how much will fall. Now to the breaking news in boston this morning. Police shoot and kill a man after they say he attacked a it happened around 12 crong 30 in the south end. Stephanie coueignoux is live on the scene, on shawmut avenue and, stephanie, i know the Police Commissioner was out there earlier speaking with people. Yes, and Boston Police are still here on scene. The District Attorneys Office, we understand, is now investigating, but taking a look behind you can see some of the police tape, still surrounding the front of this brownstone. Morning. I do want to show you some video from
Dont let the smiles fool you because we are weeping because it is the last zip trip this season, you guys. Michelle ive excited because there are so many kids here today. Dedicated devoted fans. One guy behind us, very excited. Going to knock you over. Has to be excited because time winding down because back to schoo crazy stuff. As summer winds down we got some pretty warm muggy and even wet conditions in couple spots. Most of the showers southwestern and southern New Hampshire, back through about manchester, New Hampshire, but you can see most of the region is simply dry and partly sunny as you wake up. We have low and mid70s across all of eastern massachusetts, even over to fitchburg at 71, worcester 69 with a few more clouds, westfield at upper 60s as well. Measurable rain in keene and over the cape so far this morning. You can see how spotty these showers have been and once we get into the afternoon we are talking more scattered storms and showers later today. So temperaturewise m