Pentagon with the prospects of avoiding war. We begin with ed henry and interesting comments from the president about terrorism. Good evening. The president dismissed Terror Threats as largely being media hype saying if it bleeds it leads. At a News Conference with german chancellor Angela Merkel dominated by threats around the world president obama barely mentioned Islamic State terrorists. With regard to isil germany and the United States remain united in the determination to destroy this barbaric organization. Reporter the president is down playing the threat declaring it a vox. Com interview the media is overhyping terror and Climate Change could be a bigger long term problem. It is all about ratings. And the problems of terrorism and dysfunction and chaos along with plane crashes and a few other things, thats the equivalent when it comes to covering international affairs. Climate change is one that is happening at such a broad scale and such a complex system that it is a hard stor
As chairman of the president s Advisory Board on historically black colleges and universities. Actually this started under president jimmy carter and every president democrat and republican since then has appointed a board as well as a chair so i was privileged to serve president obama and the Obama Administration and hbcus in this capacity. The chief reason for us is to be an advocate for the very good work that so many of our historically black colleges and universities are doing. Host so as part of the work you do on the board talk a little bit about some of the issues you are dealing with not only related to your university but other universities as well and as the white house responsive to those issues . Guest there are a number of issues we are dealing with. We just had a meeting in washington yesterday as an example and we do have some concerns on a number of issues. One of them deals with the Rating System that has been proposed. The good thing about that is that secretary dunc
It is a first alert weather day. Look at the windchill and the winds. This is a live look from the ben franklin parkway with the windchills making it feel colder. And wait until you hear about the weekend. Ill let bill henley do the rest. Good morning welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. And its a weekend for getting indoor activities. And meteorologist bill henley is here with a look at the first alert forecast. The windchills are making it feel like below zero in much of the area. The pocano mountains feel like 20 below. In philadelphia it feels like well below zero. And even at cape may, the temperatures feel like they are well below zero this morning. The temperatures are not going to feel warm at all during the day today. It is a first alert weather day. And we are looking at readings right now in philadelphia of just 11 degrees. With the winds gusting to 35 miles an hour, it feels like it is 9 below zero. So we have issued a first alert weather day for today. Dangerou
Falling. Look at the flag in center city. A live view from center city. But temperatures now 12 in philadelphia. 6 in allentown. 3 below zero in mount pocano. But everybody is seeing the wind. So in the pocano mountain it feels like 26 below zero. Trenton is 12 below zero. And 6 below right now in philadelphia. So very cold start to your day. And actually cold all day long. At 7 00 10 degrees. At 9 00 a. M. 13 degrees. Well be in the teens at noon despite the sunshine. Well go through the forecast hour by hour when i come back in ten. Now well go to jillian mele. A live look at 95 in delaware right at route 896. Both directions are quiet and clear. 495 is looking good. Route 1 is free of incidents. Traveling the pennsylvania turnpike this morning, you can see the lines of green out there. Nothing to deal with as far as any accidents or delays go. Drive times are average, 23 minutes both ways between ben salem and valley forge. As we heard from meteorologist bill henley the dangerous co
Im Katherine Sawyer in juba ill be telling you how the South African conflict and a fall in oil prices affects the economy here. We begin with a war in syria, which is going into the fifth year, 21 leading aid organizations accusing the u. N. Security council failing to help the people. The group says measures have not been in force much the latest pictures are said to show the aftermath of a barrel bombing, the Syrian Government accused of the financing to hughes the illegal weapons on civilians. The battle for aleppo split the country. As part of our special coverage to mark the conflict entering its fifth year, zoed reports on how zeina khodr reports on how the fighting split what was syrias commercial center. Reporter it is one of the oldest cities in the world. The Historical Center is in ruins. Aleppo has been an urban Battle Ground since the summer of 2012. Syrias largest city has been divided by front lines, and many sheets and drapes are used as cover from snipers. The governm