I rise today to pay special tribute to congressman elijah e. Cummings. A man of great honor and a giant within the house of representatives. Congressman cummings was born in baltimore on january 18, 1951. He was one of seven children of robin and ruth robert and Ruth Cummings and although his family struggled financially, they always found a way to help others in their community. Representative cummings and his family, like thousands of other africanamericans, had to face the brutal experience of the jim crow period. When representative cummings was a child at 11, he was attacked while trying to swim in the neighborhood swimming pool. Racist adults threw rocks and bottles that resulted in injuries. But left him with a determination to study law and to become the fighter for social justice that characterized his life. He would go on to receive his bachelors degree in Political Science from howard university. And while at howard, he served as Student Government president. After gragg gra
Out of sand. And they are air lifting infants from the Neonatal Unit out of the hospital as a precaution. I feel like people are not taking this storm seriously and not heeding the warning. Voluntary and mandatory evacuations are in effect. These images from nasa show the size of the hurricane. It could stay inland for up to three days dumping up to three feet of rain in areas causing devastating floods and storm surges up to 12 feet. Here is another concern, the entire country could be effected by this hurricane because onethird of the countrys Oil Refineries are directly in the path of this storm. And until harvey passes some of them will be shut down and that could mean higher gas prices for all drivers. Reporting from new york, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. All eyes on this storm and we invite you to track the latest on Hurricane Harvey right now on 6abc. Com, youll find all the official preparations underway and details on how residents are managing to cope. While th
Mall to honor an africanamerican and the fourth to honor a nonpresident. Good afternoon im rahel solom solomon. Jim has the day off. Many people are using their time off from work on school on mlk Holiday Giving back in the spirit of the civil rights leader. David spunt is is live at Girard College in north philadelphia. David, thousands are volunteering on this day of service. Good afternoon. Rahel good afternoon it may not look busy behind me it is packed in the building behind me Beautiful Day for this day of service. It is the oldest and largest day of service in the country. People were out litter literally at the crack of dawn to help set up for this special day. 5,000 people crowded the armory at Girard College to remember Martin Luther king, jr. , and give back in his name. Be humble, be kind, be in service, god love you all, god bless you. Annual tradition kick off this morning at nine al family, friends even strangers met to build bridges in the name of service. Great day for
Honor Martin Luther king in a voluntary day of service. Its great for people to do that, lets see what the weather is going to be like. Reporter its a mild day, but were in the low teens, 18 in quakertown and 0 ts pottstown. 19 in coatsville, center city, 28. 22 in browns mills. 21 glassboro. 29 in dover, delaware. Weve got a cold start, satellite and radar showing we have clouds and showers that are down to the south right now. As you expect, the day is going to warm up just a little bit. 45 degrees, increasing clouds, youll see sunshine early with the clouds increasing through the day, by tonight its mostly cloudy skies and showers, before the daytime high of 45 degrees, comfortable with light winds turning to the southwest at about 4 to 8 miles per hour, so you should be good to go for your day of service whatever your plans are today. Weve got a warmup coming up in the seven day, ill talk about that in just a few minutes. Reporter you should be good to go for your drive. It should