American history. I thought i would start by spending five or ten minutes just talking about the book. Partly its genesis and partly the kinds of questions that arose, which for me, gave the book a kind of larger scope than i had originally intended. The quotations that are in the book, the slogans and catchphrases, up until 1955 were easy for me to remember because i am a child of the forties. That is what i learned in school. That is how we learned history in school. Either the books that we took out of the library in fourth or fifth grade, or the way history was taught. But when i got to graduate school in the sixties, i discovered that some of my fellow students who came from overseas would come to meet periodically, as one woman did, and said, who is this joe and why should he say it aint so . So i told her the story. And then, much much later, a friend of ours who is an immigrant doctor from south africa came to me and said, why do my patience, when they see me, say whats up doc
Say goodbye to a man who is being remembered as a hero. One of lieutenant steven floyds final acts was saving his fellow Corrections Officers when inmates took over at a delaware prison last week. Good evening everyone, im chris oconnell. Im dawn timmeney. It was the first chance for the public to say goodbye to the 16 year veteran. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose has more for us tonight from dover. Reporter Law Enforcement from across the region and several states came to pay tribute to lieutenant steven floyd, delawares first corrections officer killed in the line of duty. He saved a lot of people. I think that needs to be recognized. Reporter sacrifice honore honored. Hundreds gathering in Delaware State University for the public viewing for lieutenant steven floyd. The 47yearold corrections officer was killed during a prison up riding at the james t. Vaughn correctional facility in smyrna, delaware, last week. Good brother thats gone too soon. Reporter floyd was prisoners took him and thr
Highs dawn today only in the 30s. Its still cold stepping outdoors right now. Take a look at some of those current temperatures. Upper 20s right now as we move toward places like trenton, pottstown, 27. 33 degrees in physical. But temperatures actually climbing a bit because of winds out of the south. 38 degrees right now in wildwood looking at temperatures in millville right around 35 degrees. So a change in the jet stream. That will allow some of that milder air off to our south to kind of move toward the Delaware Valley for the upcoming weekend. Temperatures tomorrow will manage the low 50s in philadelphia as we move toward sunday, 47 degrees. The average for this time of year right around 42. Well hit that on monday. 46 degrees by tuesday. So were dry, quiet for tonight. Were dry for saturday. But watch what happens as we advance this clock. Were looking at thicker clouds and also look at the moisture moving in for your sunday. So sunday youll need the rain gear. We have advanced t
Highs dawn today only in the 30s. Its still cold stepping outdoors right now. Take a look at some of those current temperatures. Upper 20s right now as we move toward places like trenton, pottstown, 27. 33 degrees in physical. But temperatures actually climbing a bit because of winds out of the south. 38 degrees right now in wildwood looking at temperatures in millville right around 35 degrees. So a change in the jet stream. That will allow some of that milder air off to our south to kind of move toward the Delaware Valley for the upcoming weekend. Temperatures tomorrow will manage the low 50s in philadelphia as we move toward sunday, 47 degrees. The average for this time of year right around 42. Well hit that on monday. 46 degrees by tuesday. So were dry, quiet for tonight. Were dry for saturday. But watch what happens as we advance this clock. Were looking at thicker clouds and also look at the moisture moving in for your sunday. So sunday youll need the rain gear. We have advanced t
In prison you may have to resort to violence in order to survive that experience, so for me with use that language for so long that to me its no longer even a relevant language to use and i think we need to be honest about whats happening. We are coming home. We are getting out. We can do something to ensure that no matter what you think, that if you get out of prison, when you get out that you can get out successfully and transition in the healthiest way possible. So, my challenge is always to be honest with you mac in public and the likelihood of that happening is probably nonexistent, but this again is what makes the book so important because you get an insiders look at what happens in the system, how we can fix it, what really really works and how we can produce better outcomes. So, the idea of nonviolent versus violent offenders is nonsense. Host shaka, you are an inspiration. Oprah said that after she talked to you and after reading the book it was one of the most powerful conver