Northeast. Including here in Hampton Roads. At least 27 people are dead from the storms. State and federal offices stayed closed today in virginia, dc and maryland. And more than 5thousand flights were canceled or delayed today. Well, today in Hampton Roads the sun was shining and people are finally thawing out. Heres a live look now from over downtown norfolk. Todays warmup felt nice after the bitter cold temperatures we had over the weekend. But, the sunshine isnt planning on sticking around too long this week. Well have a warm up, and then another cool down. Chief meteorologist don doppler 10 Weather Center more refreezing even though its a lot warmer today a lot of those side streets saw a clear even though there are some traffic tie ups on interstate664 near powhatan parkway in hampton. A lot of accidents across the commonwealth including Hampton Roads as this storm pushed through. The most recent update sent out by state police say between friday through today more than 15hundred
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Critique of the vatican itself. His new biography is the great reformer or co. Connect with the concerns and feelings of ordinary people. But he also is a great helper because he understands what is reform. We will speak with the biographer, Austen Ivereigh about the popes views on Climate Change, capitalism cuba, war and peace. Then we will hear author and activist Bill Mckibben was announced he is stepping down from the daily leadership of 350. Org, which he cofounded in 2007 and where he is been the leading voice against Climate Change. We will play an excerpt from his recent acceptance speech for the right livelihood award known as the alternative nobel. Global warming is a test for all of us, the test in our time honored. It is a test in a sense of whether the big rain was a good adaptation after all. Clearly, that rain think it is in a good deal of trouble, but maybe, just maybe, it is a tax to begin of hard to get us out of some of the trouble. All that and more, coming up. Welc
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us for a look back at the top stories of 2014. E. J. Dionne is here, a senior at the brookings institution, columnist at washington post, and professor at georgetown university. Kev visible eckstrom editor in chief of religious news service. Kim lawton is managing editor of this program. As preparation for our discussion here is kims survey of the major religion stories of the past year. Across the u. S. , a series of incidents where unarmed africanamericans were killed by White Police Officers prompted a reexamination of inequities in the Law Enforcement system and of ongoing Racial Injustice in other areas of society. Clergy helped lead peaceful protests in many cities while houses of worship hosted town hall meetings. Religious leaders from across the spectrum urged dialogue and new efforts toward racial reconciliation reconciliation. Militants launched a Brutal Campaign to establish what they called a new caliphate or Islamic Sta
1. 2 billion catholics worldwide to take common action in a rare papal letter on Climate Change and human ecology. The move is expected to have a major impact, coming after pope francis shocked by using his annual christmas remarks to issue a scraping desk scathing critique of the vatican itself. His new biography is the great reformer or co. Connect with the concerns and feelings of ordinary people. But he also is a great helper because he understands what is reform. We will speak with the biographer, Austen Ivereigh about the popes views on Climate Change, capitalism cuba, war and peace. Then we will hear author and activist Bill Mckibben was announced he is stepping down from the daily leadership of 350. Org, which he cofounded in 2007 and where he is been the leading voice against Climate Change. We will play an excerpt from his recent acceptance speech for the right livelihood award known as the alternative nobel. Global warming is a test for all of us, the test in our time honore