university celebration of black history month. i d like first to thank the program sponsor abs corporation for the generous support. it s this kind of support that so crucial and making the series possible as a public service to our community. our speaker this evening is university of kansas professor dave tell, author of the 2019 book titled, remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonight s program. doctor tell, who has a doctorate from penn state, has one new was around for both research and teaching. his research focuses on issue of race, memory, and the digital humanities. since 2014, he has focused in particular on the legacy of the murder of emmett till. in which he has been a long time partner with emmett till memorial commission of tallahatchie county. his work has a taunt strong public dimensions, scholarship is written for broad public audiences, he s worked extensively with the tally memorial commissio
The upper pines campground. Diask park rangers if the tree had been inspect and they couldnt comment on that, but call the tragedy extremely rare. We suggest people be aware of their surroundings, but in this situation people were in the campsite in upper pines in a designated campsite camping out just like people are doing right now. Im sad for the family and sad for the situation. Nothing you can do about it. I asked if the drought may have affected the health of the tree and they just said the incident is under investigation. Im michelle roberts. Thanks, michelle. This is not the first time a tree has fallen and killed someone in yosemite. A 21yearold counsellor died at the camp located near the national park. The unit found out in this case the leaders had warnings to arborists years before it fell. There was a death in yosemite. A tree branch struck his tree cabin. You can click on the top story box and you will find a link to our report at nbc bay area. Com. Colleagues of a deput
I ran back out. I saw smoke tons of smoke and i ran up here and saw over there was like lots of fire. Oh my god, there is a huge fire. When i got here they were hosing down the roof. The fire broke out on the 600 block of garfield avenue. When police and firefighters arrived. There was heavy flames that ripped through the roof. The doors were locked and they forced their way inside. As quickly as possible a Fire Rescue Team equipped with thermal equipment entered the home and found the man lying on the floor. He was taken out the back door and evaluated and termination was made that he had passed. Posing a challenge for firefighters a hoarding situation making it difficult to move through and distinguishing all hot spots. There is a problem with the mainance and property owner. There are always issues with the police. Hoarding conditions always add a significant amount of danger and its certainly difficult for the firefighters to negotiate. At this point it all remains under investigat
Sheets. Lets go over to david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers has traffic. Reporter we made that switch a month ago. This Winter Weather advisory kicks in at 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Snow is coming tonight after midnight. The National Weather Service Place it cautiously and posts this ahead of the game. We have warm air coming up from the south that will change the snow to rain a little bit of sleet and freezing rain in the transitional period. This could happen early in the morning even through dawn in south jersey and delaware, i think until 9 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. Youll see improvement in the i95 corridor. Allentown youll have to wait until midday or the afternoon. Things will improve. As we look at satellite you can see a lack of cloud cover. Well start out sunny and add the clouds. Were at 16 degrees in philadelphia. The coldest morning in 8 years in philadelphia. 14 in allentown. 14 in reading. 15 in wilmington, 15 in trenton. 21 degrees in cape may. Even though overall wi
Those are committed serious crimes and completed their prison sentences. Special lies this morning for those with felony convictions in your past. We want to hear your stories special lines. 2027488000. For those who work in correction, 2027488001. Is your number. A line for Law Enforcement 2027488002. A line for all others, 2027488003. You can also catch up with us on social media, twitter cspanwj, on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Good Tuesday Morning to you. We are talking about prison reentry programs. We sit a visit. This comes in the wake of the white house announcing its effort to promote this week as National Reentry week. President obama over the weekend laid out his plans for a National Reentry with some of the efforts of his administration is pushing in his weekly address. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] president obama every year, 600,00 people are released from prison. We need to ensure they are prepared to become productive, contribute and members of their famili