the freedom that matters is the freedom to speak your mind, the freedom of speech. that s the most basic and essential of all the freedoms. and that s why it s enshrined in the very first amendment to the bill of rights. it s central not simply to freedom, but to humanity. it s not opposable thumbs that separate us from the animalsk. that s our power. words in the beginning was the word, declares john . at the opening of the fourth gospel, the word the word is the most important thing that we have. take away our ability to choose our own words, and we are no longer fully human. we are subjects. we re chattel. authoritarians understand this. above all, that s why they hate freedom of speech. in fact, if you gave them a choice, they d let you have a fully automatic 50 caliber machine gun before they allowed you to say exactly what you want with a gun, you might be able to kill people, but with words you can expose them . with words you can change the world. in fact, there has n
Damper the spirit. Wednesday afternoon construction crews and village vendors put the finishing touches ons we always got michael toledoo made their trip from boston. We flew drone watch 3. They say 90 of love park will be open in the morning its one of the most if not the most iconic park it opened in 1965 and became popular for the love sign, the renovation is pushing 26 million, almost 10 million over the original budget. When crews began digging a year and a half ago, they ran into multiple structural problems. Its an incredibly complicated project. Its partially over a parking garage and partially over the septa con course. The delays dont seem to bother him it will be cleaned up transformation of love park is once in a lifetime. I dont want it to happen again in my lifetime. But we have to get right it. It has to be really match the iconic status of this amazing park. Reporter and that beautiful love statue, that love sign, that is coming back, its been gone almost two years now,
Years, people will be allowed back inside love park. Good evening, im Ukee Washington im jessica dean. Love parks reopening parks the return of Christmas Village. Eyewitness news david spunt is live at the park and david, this has been a long time coming. Reporter yes, it has, almost two years, people will officially be allowed back in for the grand opening and dedication in the spring, but tomorrow, for Christmas Village, thousands expected to go through and despite the problems and delays, the head of parks and recreations says it will not damper the spirit. Wednesday afternoon construction crews and village vendors put the finishing touches ons we always got michael toledoo made their trip from boston. We flew drone watch 3. They say 90 of love park will be open in the morning its one of the most if not the most iconic park it opened in 1965 and became popular for the love sign, the renovation is pushing 26 million, almost 10 million over the original budget. When crews began diggin
Forecast with katie and meisha good morning, ladies, happy friday. So on my way in this morning, i saw some spun out vehicles, and it is still very, very slick on the on and offer ramps. Like we were talking about the side streets, as well, stowe will be another long morning. I wont be shocked by that at all. I wouldnt be shocked that a lot of schools are closing today. So much clean up needs to be done, then just too harsh for the kids. You dont want them out waiting for the bus in this kind of harsh cold. But at least the storm is gone , yes. First things first. Im realist, we are seeing the end of this storm system, it is out of here at this point, the storm itself is actually still spinning away and churning across atlantic canada, at this point, but it is long gone from our area, and the sky has cleared out very, very nicely. But, the winds, that is not going anywhere just yet. Of course it will knock your feelslike values down, now that the storm is gone, up next this is cold and
Own Tamala Edwards sat down with the two authors of tasting freedom. A book about the life of Octavious Catto a little known philadelphia civil rights activist from the 1800s. Take a look. Authors murray dubin and Daniel Bittle published tasting freedom in 2010, a biography about forgotten philadelphia hero octavius catto. He was a civil rights hero at a time in this countrys history when African American civil rights heroes were just not very well known. Catto was born in South Carolina in 1839 and moved to philadelphia at nine years old. Explain during his lifetime what it was like in philadelphia in general when it comes to race. You were unable to vote until 1870. You couldnt sit in a, in a jury. You could not go to the academy of music. You couldnt go to a Public School where white students went. Your job choices were very, very limited. It was a difficult life and your life was in danger on the street both from whites and from people who would want to kidnap you and send you sout