Also on the program, aarons here of course talking about the companies that has wall street salivating. Its the burger joint taking america by storm. And what started as one hot dog cart in new york city 14 years ago is now a global chain, valued at 745 million. So, yeah well take a look at the shake shack shares as they start trading today on the new york stock exchange. Hello. Its 12 00 noon in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington 2 00 p. M. In south africa where the notorious apartheid era death squad leader eugene de kock has been granted parole. Hes been in prison for 20 years. The government says that its decision will help the process of national reconciliation. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, Mike Wooldridge reports. Reporter the Police Officer was highly decorated by the Apartheid Regime he served with a ruthlessness that earned him a prison sentence totaling more than 200 years. Eugene de kock with officials of south africas truth and Reconciliation Commission ins
D. C. This is about an hour and ten minutes. Thank you, peter. And most importantly thank you for all of you coming out and supporting this wonderful institution. It is my Favorite Museum in washington. Im biased because my father helped found it. But when you come in here and see the First Amendment plaque from the press and the Fourth Estate and i think it is less popular than hmos but the new generation is trying to do better on that. But lets talk to a living legend, as i like to say, tom brokaw. If you mentioned him, you will get some people who say i woke up with him every morning with the today show. And ate dinner with him every night on the nbc nightly news. I grew up, it was tom brokaw at the dinner table every night with my mom and dad it. Was great to get all types of stories and instant History Lesson at any time. We are approaching the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. Dy some research today. You were the only network news anchor there the only broadcast. T
For philadelphia itself it will indicate we expect a coating to one inch of snow and the gfs at one inch and nam and euro less than an inch, just a nuisance event but it will create slick travel later this evening. When we come back well talk about a sharp shot of arctic air coming in for the weekend and another round of snow possible for the weekend. We had an active pattern coming up in the forecast. 6 abc Storm Tracker app has you covered this winter showing you the path for the snow and the hourly forecast, its free to download for your apple or android device. Action news learn that Pennsylvania State treasure rob mccord is under federal investigation, sources tell us that the widespread probe is looking into whether mccord used funds. And he is stepping down in two weeks despite the fact that he has two years left in his term. It will be up to Governor Tom Wolf to appoint a new treasurer. A local doctor and his receptionist are accused of selling Prescription Drugs out of his off
But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The United States begins a new chapter in our relationship with cuba. Handshake diplomacy in a historic facetoface meeting. President obama and raul castro have met over a handshake. Theyre expected to meet over the summits of the americas. This is after 50 years of hostile relations. I mean this is the worst day of my life. There were 17 reports of tornados across illinois into iowa. Homes were leveled and deprepiles unbelievable. Hillary clinton will announce online on sunday that she is runs for president. This is it. All the people who thought she wasnt going to run, and there were some are wrong. Disturbing case of child abuse in california goes viral. Justinington is in jail facing charges. A giant, and we mean giant boulder that fell on a highway in southern ohio. It weighed 1,500 tons. Astronomy pictures capturing breathtaking images. All that there is a new bundle of joy at the dallas zoo. The baby is
Its a little teeny chilly but fine. The best day all week i think . Yes, sir. Cold and dry, and crisp. I get a little cold and put my hands in my pockets, im prepared. Well, things may go downhill over the next 24 to 48 hours things may fall out of the sky in the way of snow and it looks like the mercury might plunge, after talking to folks here at the italian market philadelphians think its a nice day to be out and b john rawlins channel 6 action news. Thank you john. Now to meteorologist, david murphy outside of our studios with the latest from accuweather, a slight improvement from yesterday. John hit it on the nose, not as much wind today so not as bad as yesterday and a turn in the temperatures after a brief warmup tomorrow to much cooler conditions tomorrow night and the start of weekend morning lows this morning were pretty bold 2 degrees, we got down to 2 in allentown and a single digit low of 7 in lancaster and 11 in millville. And 21 in philadelphia with all the buildings and