My parents lived in metropolis, illinois, which was across the river from paducah. Paducah was the closest hospital. I grew up in metropolis, illinois. If you could tell us a little bit about your upbringing and if you see anything in the way that you are raised, the family that you are from that may have caused you to become involved in the movement. Were ofow my parents modest means. Both of them were from farm families that had come over from germany and were , and to get land here every German Family had a plot of 80 acres. Im not quite sure how that where my but thats a farm,ents lived, on and both of my parents grew up on a farm. My mom was able to go to Southern Illinois Teachers College and became a teacher. He farmed, and he also had a furniture store, so we lived the town was very small. 6000 people, and it is still 6000 people. Metropolis is just, you know, a farm town and very, very far away from urban centers. Its, like, halfway between st. Louis and memphis, so the big li
You are watching tv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. Good evening, welcome to covered books. Its my honor to introduce to you jim jenkins who was an editor, editorial writer and columnist on the editorial page 431 years. He will introduce our special guest, help me welcome jim jenkins. [applause] in 1973, i saw him first across a loud profane my filthy newsroom in downtown raleigh. Right out of school, i was still in school. I looked across and set to someone, whos that . Thats david. Hes going to be the new star here. He had long dark hair over his shoulders, thick jet black mustache. As a long time ago. [laughter] david is a grad of the Journalism School and a member now of the journalist of hall of fame. In raleigh, he became famous very quickly in the newsroom when a new young editor came in and sent out a memo to the staff saying each order, submit to the editor every morning and itinerary for his plans for the
For new jersey, philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, a big warmup up to 57 in delaware. 61 today. Ill break it down hour by hour, show when youre most likely to need the umbrella in your neighborhood in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington watching your first alert traffic. Thanks. Yeah, were starting on the schuylkill expressway. An update here around the vine. Everythings back open. Just watched the last construction vehicles move out of the way. The eastbound side of the expressway, good to go. By the time you head out, construction vehicles should be gone, as well. Watching 95, no problems at all. This is actually super light now. 11 minutes on the southbound side from woodhaven moving to the vine street expressway. Speeds are way up. Moving toward center city, not seeing any problems there. Watch for the clearing of this. It should be clearing about now out in belmawr, the 42 freeways northbound side. Headed northbound toward the philadelphia area. You have to get to 295, the ramp was
Morristown seeing light rain showers. More of a sprinkle than anything. The showers wont last. Theyre here to start. So far, mild temperatures. Temperatures in the 30s now. 36 in the Lehigh Valley. 39 in delaware, and above freezing for the suburbs, too. No wish icing. Most neighborhoods no issue with icing. Most neighborhoods are dry, in the 40s. Turning partly sunny for philadelphia and the suburbs, up to 46 in new jersey and at the shore. The clouds will break. Partly sunny, close to 50 this afternoon. Ill break the forecast down hour by hour, show you what the day looks like when i head out the door when im back in ten minutes. Now to Jessica Boyington. Starting on the vine street expressway. Cameras at the ben franklin parkway. We still are watching whats left of a crash here. Actually looks like some cleared out of the way in the last few seconds. On the westbound side, theres a crash here partially blocking some of the offramp, too. Traffic is getting by again. Not seeing proble
Thoses those places will be used as an educational space theres a lot of passion but theyll remain open as multi use areas i would say that a lot of the trees on Mount Davidson are old they have lifespan of around one and 20 years and these trees are aging impacted by drought and disease and they didnt receive maintenance as they were growing so theyre not very structurally sound theyre on trails which put people realistic i hope you tree lovers dont go up there they whether or when windy roots not structurally sound i had a lot of time working in the presidio that was very hideous when that happened removed hundreds of healthy trees and replaced them with plant it took ifd thousand plants i was able to monitor what was there and keep statistics over what happens ether time it is successful and mammals use that thank you. Ive been here for 5 hours i took the day off work we all care thank you. Hi there im rachel and i first became aware of the plan on bernal hill a student at universit