So, did congress not see the movie Groundhog Day . They are about to live it. Thats tonight on the special two hour edition of laura coates live. All right, congress, pull the parkas out of the closet. Shop on the snowshoes. There is a Blizzard Heading straight for washington d. C. If you are one of the 535 lawmakers who served with the people, you are in store for a very long winter. Why . Well, congress has a lot and i do mean a lot to do. The headlines they are in kansas. Lawmakers fear january met beautiful urgent to todo list. Now, it would be one thing if Congress Just had to take the groceries or put the Christmas Tree out on the curb for trash pickup, but, lawmakers are staring down some of the most politically polarizing issues confronting this entire nation. Things like Border Security and aid for ukraine, funding the government, twice, and the first Shutdown Deadline is when . Is january 19. The second one is february 2nd. By the way, the actual Groundhog Day. So, back to th
Light showers at 11 00 this morning. Temperatures will be climbing ahead of the rain. Theres no icing threat here. Youll need your umbrella during the day. Just light showers for philadelphia. Suburbs, new jersey, shore see light rain showers in the area. D. C. Could see some light showers as well. For the Lehigh Valley and delaware, temperatures in the 40s later today. Ill take you through it hour by hour when im back in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington has first alert traffic. Starting on the boulevard this morning. Cameras right around broad street where were watching here. All lanes are open. We typically see construction start little bit later on in the morning. About 9 00 a. M. Into the middle of the afternoon, but right now all lanes open. See some of that construction. At least the equipment over to the side there. North and south on the boulevard looks like a good drive. Septa dealing with 20 minute delay due to earlier equipment problem. Patco, new jersey trance its, am a
Pretty much the same way only to discover that that is not true. We also, of course, have formalized this notion, and it is something called the one drop rule, which we used to distinguish Race Relations on most of mainland america, or compare race or understanding race on mainland north america from elsewhere in the world, and it of course speaks to the fact that African Americans and africans have had a common enemy and have had a shared experience, all of which complicates our understanding of the question of who is black, and those of you who were here last night, when our discussions kind of mobilized and moved notions of identity, the question of exactly what blackness means clearly grew and became on the floor. We know this from a historical perspective, we know people who were dragged across the atlantic started off not as africans but as congols, and angolans. On that trip, as sidney mintz and Richard Price tell us, there is something called shipmates that began to arise with
African descent has the same opinions, shares the same music, can play and dance pretty much the same way only to discover that that is not true. Course, have formalized this notion, and it is something called the one drop rule, which we used to distinguish Race Relations on america, orland compare race or understanding race on mainland north america from elsewhere in the world, and it of course speaks to the fact that africanamericans and africans have had a common enemy and have had a shared experience, all of which complicates our understanding of ,he question of who is black and those of you who were here last night, when our discussions kind of mobilized and moved notions of identity, the question of exactly what blackness means clearly grew and became on the floor. We know this from a historical perspective, we know people who were dragged across the atlantic started off not as africans but golans angd olans. On that trip, as sidney mintz and Richard Price tell us, there is somet
Bases where civilians could be facing furlough. The u. S. Government is now hours away from a shutdown. It hasnt happened in 17 years. Today democrats and republicans were blaming each other as president obama warned the country about the consequences of failing to fund the federal government. Mike viqueira joining us live from capitol hill with the latest. Mike . John there is no deal at this point. President obama called all four leaders of congress, basically laid down the law once again, he would not allow obamacare to be held hostage to a spending bill or a little bit later a debt ceiling bill. Unfortunately right now House Republicans continue to tie funding of the government to idealogical demands like limits a womans access to contraception or delaying the Affordable Care act, all to save face after making some impossible promises to the extreme rightwing of their party. Lets get you caught up to date of what has hand over the course of the last several hours. It was last satur