We host a continuing series and pam discussion entitled panel race in america. We had one this summer at our main connecticut avenue location and it was incredible and we are excited to keep it going. It is coordinated by the great april ryan. [applause] she has a wonderful lineup of authors including joyann reid. [applause] Mary Francis Berry. [applause] davis jones weaver. And soon to be here wes moore. Politics and prose is honored to host this conversation as we are committed to tolerance and addressing the most pressing issue of our time. We are thankful to have this partnership and our shared common values to host such a special discussion. If you are watching this at home or in the rest of the store we welcome you to participate on twitter with racematters. Now, our coordinator here tonight, april ryan, is a White House Correspondent. She is the only black female reporter covering urban issues from the white house. [applause] this is a position she has held since the clinton era
This plane as the boeing737 goes up in flames then skids off the runway during a forced landing. The investigation this morning. And swimming with the sharks . Is Michael Phelps gearing up for the toughest race of his life . Pitting the fastest swimmer of all time against a great white, the possible summer showdown that has everyone talking. Good morning, america. Great to have david here with us again. So, whats this about Michael Phelps and sharks . Somebody saying he may race a shark. Im still trying to figure it out. How do you race in a cage . Thats a good question. Why do you get in the water in the first place . A lot of news to get to including President Trumps big announcement today and well hear from new Jersey Governor Chris Christie as we ask him should the republican congressman leading that russian meddling investigation step aside . How the governor answers that. A lot of questions to answer there, but before we get to that, were going to get to those dangerous storm acr
If you know is not facing any criminal charges they are also no signs that pointed the dog being a vicious animal. The people has since been put down to her thirteen years now. Alcohol related crashes and deaths are on the decline in virginia. Data from the department of Motor Vehicles shows there were more than seventy three hundred alcohol related crashes and twenty fifteen thats compared to the nearly seventy seven hundred cases in twenty fourteen alcohol related deaths on virginia roadways also declined over the past year by twenty two percent and now the dmv is looking into whether Ride Sharing Companies like wilbur and left are contributing to these lower numbers are generally when a ride along with an uber driver to talk about what is uber driver told me that hes competent and Ride Sharing Services are taking from people of the roads especially on a friday and saturday night when people are hitting the bars. Its like fishing you never know what youre going to catch when when whe
I know mine were outside yesterday without any coats. 64degrees officially. this morning still dealing with winds 1525 Miles Per Hour sustained. gusts are still 30 plus. and that also is adding to the feel. you can see the rain that moved through and even last hour we had a few sprinkles most of that is out of herech and we will be looking at much drier weather for most of today. a slight chance of a few showers this evening. were going to track and then the next thing well track is next chance of snow, yes, it is included in our march forecast. but first we have dani with a check of your commute. happy leap day. we start east because we have two road closures. first in at state road 86, plank road closed due to a fallen tree. so that road is close. go ahead and detour 528, madison road. fire. you can detour west 80 or west 75 to get around that. other than that were looking good. normal drive times. watch for high winds and moo die na and wayne county. overnight breaking news strong w
It should be much drier. tracking snow. just in time for march. more details coming up. you say that four letter word. well, i hope all of you are enjoying your extra day in 2016. we take a looking at the traffic. looking all good. theres rain showers to the east but just waiting for the roads to clear out. heres a picture on 271 you can see, still wet here but not too wet as we saw overnight. so were looking good. those of you who take 271 between u. S. 422, its 12 minutes headed north and south. not tracking any delays. were following breaking news right now. weve been keeping an eye on this one. firefighters are at the scene of this house fire on west 77th street. our crew said that heavy smoke was pouring from the home. this is located between troy and franklin avenue. were told that the strong winds are making this even tough one to fight. no word if anyone was inside. and again, as we get more information well pass it along to you. the man accused of killing adyton pastor during