University of tennessee, where he completed his ph. D. In history. And we know that dr. Hardy is a man of good sense because hes stayed is now an east tennessean, and its even rumored that he wears the color throughout the year save basketball season. After all, no man is perfect. Oh, what, dr. Hardy continues to perfect, though, is is of the past. He and i first met when he was working here for the east Tennessee Historical society and the Education Department. And he, alongside lisa oakley, whos with us today, worked tirelessly to build a network of teachers throughout the region who understood the power local history in the classroom. They also worked tirelessly to create a network of students in high school and middle school who are competing at the highest levels in the National History day competitions. Despite that workload, dr. Hardy was always generous with his time. With me in the curatorial department. He proved to be an invaluable resource on projects dealing with Abraham L
Dozen crew members on board. Happening today, thanksgiving travel is expected to be at its highest in over a decade but weve got you covered no matter how youre trying to get to that holiday destination. Some of us are dealing with some rain if youre getting an Early Morning start but accuweather says the day will not be a washout. Good morning, its 5 30 on this wednesday november 22nd. I got my turkey brined, i made my compound butter. Were keeping an eye. Katherine scott is watching 30th street station. Jeanette reyes is at the airport. Tam was talking about the but she melts and freezes it. Shes done a lot of work. Im going her house. Weve got cloud cover out there and there have been some showers that have been creeping up the coast as expected. Storm tracker6 live double scan shows this to you and a lot of this is over by the coast, some of it pretty heavy. The heaviest rain off the coast. You also see lightning off the coast so dont be surprised if youre down near the shore youre
Region but this is also, primarily an issue, in the next couple of hours. That is good news. Skies will clear out for everyone. Even if you do not see a drop of rainy expect that too. Fiftytwo currently at the airport. Fiftyfive in atlantic city. You will not see temperatures rebound from these points all that much and as day goes on even as skies clear out and sun returns, it is, still looking like a more seasonal day just as cool air starts to play catch up here. Fiftyfive is our expect high in philadelphia, by about that point when you are hitting the road you may have traffic out there but wont to have deal with the rain drops also falling in tandem with that. My advice, even though you are saying it gets off to a rough start already, if you can wait out the rain, i would add vei that. It is out of here, quickly but coming down heavily in spots. That is great advice absolutely if you can wait that out because we know because it is so busy already in those areas, that especially whe
Vine street expressway underneath where there are no traffic lights is also of course jam packed across town. Getting onto 95 northbound, 54 minutes going on an hour on the northbound side. Thats about four times what it should be. At least you can see the lanes here. The lanes are mostly wet but theyre slippery enough that people are really needing to slow down and as we look at the big picture, you get a sense of all the red and all the single digit speeds around the region. It really is nasty. We had an overturned vehicle on the southbound northeast extension near quakertown. Looks like thats now off to the side so just starting to improve there with speeds in the 30s and in south jersey our travel times, a little better than it was earlier but still a really slow pace on the southbound side of 42. Delaware also has its fair share of single digit speeds. Yeah, its bad. Stopped in a lot of spots this evening. Jim. Matt pelman, thank you. Now the latest on the accuweather alert from m
Republicans expected to vote yes slicing the rate from 35 to 21 . I think the American People will begin to feel that the country is moving again after eight years of relative stagnation. Republicans will rue the day that they passed this tax bill. Rue the day. Because its so unfair to the middle class. The senator is expected to vote and pass this tax bill late tonight, so it can be on the president s desk by tomorrow. Kenneth moton, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. Of course our coverage of the tax reform vote continues on 6abc. Com. Threw find arguments on both sides of this contentious debate and an explanation of how the plan can benefit families. And a hit and run victim in his 80s was rushed to the hospital. The driver ran from the scene leaving the suv sitting in someones front yard and action news learns that another vehicle may have been involved. We have the full story this afternoon. Chad pradelli is live. Detectives arrived in this West Oak Lane neighborhood and