in fact there is a severe weather threat out there as well, stretching from detroit down through houston. that means 53 million of you are under the gun for severe weather. huge metropolitan cities, again, can be affected. what is going on? we showed you the snow. there s cold, dry air. the system is moving into unusual for this time of year. look at the humidity and moisture. you get the two air masses colliding which you kipically will see in the springtime. another look at that moisture that s atypical for this time of year. that s the reason for the severe weather threat out there today. an isolated tornado is even possible tonight right on halloween. heavy rain still in the forecast, 3 to 5 inches possible through the south, ohio valley, another 1 to 2 inches is still possible. the real thing you are going to notice, especially around the lakes are going to be strong winds picking up. we re talking anywhere as high as 50 to 60 mile per hour winds will be out there this evening. th
championships in nine years makes them the team of the century in major league baseball. in the last century they won five world series. the john henry ownership came in 2002. they won three world championships in a city that waited 86 years to get one. it s pretty remarkable. there can be your head line for your column today, the team of the century. dan, it s great to meet you. congratulations to you and the city of boston. thank you. of course. all right. it is halloween. yes. they re enjoying it up there in their way. for the rest of us we re dealing with wicked and wet weather this halloween. they ll be powerful thunderstorms, packing strong winds, expected today for the eastern half of the country. you ll have to prepare. meteorologist indra petersons is going to help us just do that, following the conditions. what do we know? we re talking 53 million people tonight. really having a threat for severe weather. if you re in a major industry from detroit to memphis, ev
others, though, defending the coaches. we re definitely going to talk about it. and as the lights flicker here in traditional halloween fashion we didn t pay our bill again! new excuses kids may be hearing from meager trick or treat offerings. sorry for the bag of pennies, chocolate is too expensive. it s true, the price is going up a lot. if you re in the a choco fan, the same holds for wine. coming up. wow, that s impressive. so ally bank has a raise your rate cd that won t trap me in a rate. that s correct. cause i m really nervous about getting trapped. why s that? uh, mark?
facebook. take a look at this. shows them dressed up for halloween as black face. they re dressed as the jamaican bobsled team. the local chapter of the naacp is calling for them to be fired while players and parents are rushing to their defense. halloween brings out costumes. it does. let s back it up. tell us more about where the coaches were and what happened. last week we were talking about the university of colorado dean who was putting out these letters to students. one of the things they were telling them is to not dress up in black face. these coaches did dress up like the jamaican bobsled team on halloween, putting this picture up on facebook with the caption cool runnings. the fallout begins. there was a parent who saw the picture on facebook, thought it was offensive and called the
their own advice. there are parents saying, no, no, no, this is not right. this is disrespectful to african-americans and they need to be held accountable. you think they re being defended because of the lack of intentionality involved? maybe so. i think we ve seen that in a couple cases that have popped up recently with julian huff, the actress, who dressed up in black face. crazy eyed. my favorite character. she dressed up like her for halloween. she s such a good person, a nice lady. there wasn t malice or bad intent behind it. intent has a lot to do it. think about the history behind it. a lot of people don t see the fun, the funny. hopefully they can have a conversation at that school, about the significance of black people, what it means to the african-american community. why do we have to talk about it? obviously we do. it s also the part of the