Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The icy temperatures encasing the country are having a deadly impact. The brutal weather is blamed on 21 deaths nationwide. Tuesday was one of the coldest january days for much of the u. S. While some spots are getting a break, warming up a little, for other places the cold is coming. The muchtyped polar vortex blanketed much of the nation with freezing temperatures. Some areas were colder than antarctica, and it pinched the deep south, where you dont often need winter coats, hats and gloves. The Atlanta Metro area set a low of 6 degrees. The cold killed a 70yearold homeless man, frozen to death. The temperatures dipped to 6 degrees in charlotte, north carolina. It broke a low of 12 degrees in 1884. The mercury plummeted to 30 degrees. Erica, it is slightly less cold today. Yes, tuesday broke a centuryold record of 6 degrees back in 1896. Yes, 1896. Its not so bad today. Its still really cold. We are in the Single Digits
An astride kills for people in tig roy ethiopians. Government denies civilians were among the dead. Ah, hello, im darn jordan. This is out as they are alive from dough are also coming up the f. B, i is sites Donald Trumps refusal to return secret documents as a reason to such as florida home. But un fails to agree on its review of nuclear non proliferation. Russia blocks the final declaration and a disaster of Epic Proportions in pakistan. Millions of people are homeless as rain continues to pound the country. Ah, we start in ethiopia where an air strike is killed at least 4 people, including 2 children. It happened in mecca lay in the Northern Region of tig rye. The cities been at the center of a conflict that began more than 2 years ago. Latest attack has increased fears that are already dire. Humanitarian crisis may get worse. Cateel up as hot a young has more an air strike in the capital of ethiopia as t gray region could signal a new phase of renewed fighting local media, say the
His other remarks, the glimmer of hope that there might yet be some sort of negotiated solution between moscow and ukraine and the west. Well, still ahead on Al Jazeera America, the strange standoff that could destroy a north korean oil tanker docked in libya. Libby casey is in washington conservative star sarah palin is on stage. A live report with libby casey is coming up next. Conservative Political Action conference or cpac is wrapping up with Closing Remarks by former Vice President candidate sarah palin. Libby casey joins us from the kong intervention in national harbor, maryland. What is palins message from the Party Faithful today . A lot of bashing of president obama, everything from healthcare to nsa, as she calls it, government intrusion, getting a lot of applause from the audience here tonight, jonathan. Who else has been speaking, libby . Talk to us about some of the highlights from this conference. You know, it really is a moment for conservatives to come and speak to a b
The size of tb dinners, no seconds. By 9 00 every evening, i was hungry again and had to go to churchs chicken. By our senior year, dr. Glasser was glad to see the class of 1979 leave his school, but not without one more fight. Dr. Laster had invited a civil rights leader of National Stature to be our commencement beaker. We told him his choice was not acceptable. To us, the speaker was too mainstream, and i now realize i am out on a limb with john. So in 1979, our baccalaureate was louis farrakhan, and our Commencement Speaker was the leader of the revolutionary movement in zimbabwe. Me, the four years was transformational. I told you my freshman year gpa was 1. 8. By sophomore year, something had awakened within me. I found who i was here. I became comfortable in my own skin and proud of my own skin color. In the fall some master of my sophomore year, sitting in room 217 of what was then thurman hall, now llc, and realizing there was nothing left for me to do but study. I wanted to g
Just put down political science. I spent freshman year here pretty much as i spent my high school years, asleep academically. My gpa my first year was 1. 8. 1. 8, both semesters. But something was stirring inside. I listened to the sermons and this beaches. On tuesdaysembly and chapel on thursdays. I realized i was in a special place, a kingdom. I became proud of who i was and what i was about to become. But for those of us who are freshmen here in 1975, something was missing. Did the energy, the ambition and the talent was here, but the great struggles of the civil rights movement, the marches, the siddons, the freedom rides, were largely over. Quite honestly rebels without a cause. We look for anything about which to protest or march. Eagerly accepted martys invitations to dr. Kings plan marches. The more frequent objects of our protest was food. The food in the 1970s was terrible. To those graduating today, i assure you it was worse then. We were served in green trays with five comp