right now, the breath of brutal video footage of the police encounter that ended in the death of tyre nichols has created a situation too big for the nation and its lawmakers to ignore. in washington, a congressional conversation around policing reform may be getting a shot. the congressional black caucus today calling for a meeting with president biden to discuss policing reform. as activists like myself are wondering whether nichols would still be alive if the last congress had passed legislation that emerged after george floyd s murder. and in memphis for the five officers now facing second degree murder charges in the killing enough tyre nichols. it is now set for february 17th. and in the so-called scorpion unit, those officers belonged to and memphis has now been disbanded. and in new york, after hosting the parents enough tyre nichols here on politicsnation, i m thinking about the eulogy of their son, i would deliver as head of the next tunnel action network in memph
Saturday, february 6. Antoinette and im Antoinette Antonio. We want to start off with this image. Take a look. Oh, my goodness. Yesterdays gornlg us sunset. Kerry foley sent this picture to us from west roxbury. So many of you sharing your photos of the calm after the storm with us. And in addition to the calm after the storm, its also that really frigid cold after the storm, danielle. Danielle thats right, antoinette and doug. Good morning. You know, you saw that snowy scene picking up anywhere from a couple of inches to 812plus inches in worcester. Worcester picking up 12. 5 inches of snow. That was the greatest total across the area. Now right now its all about the temperatures that have dropped to 25 in boston but look at orange at 18. 19 degrees right now in worcester. So temperatures in the teens and even Single Digits plus you factor in a little bit of wind. We still have that out there. It makes it feel like the Single Digits and teens in most locations. Was a wet snow. Any of
Youre watching wcvb, bostons news leader. Good morning this is newscenter 5s eyeopener. Doug good morning, everybody. Im doug meehan. Saturday morning, february 6. Antoinette and im antoinette antonio. We want to get your morning started off with this lovely image of yesterdays beautiful sunset. Kerry foley is is sending this to us from west roxbury. So many of you sharing those photos of the calm after the storm. And we just love them. Its so nice to wake up to that. You know, a blast of cold air also gets you going this morning. Danielle if you werent awake, just step outside. You get awake very fast. Temperatures are starting out this morning, doug and antoinette, eight degrees in orange. Ten in springfield. 20 in worcester. In the teens on the south shore. And then you factor in the winds. And the winds are anywhere from about 515 miles an hour now in worcester. And it makes it feel like seven degrees in worcester, like eight in lawrence. There this morning. And because we had that
Its saturday, february 6. Antoinette thank you so much for joining us. Im antoinette antonio. We want to start off this morning by taking a live look. Were on the roads, on the rose kennedy green way this morning. Look at all the snow on the left side. Its a pretty sight, but driving conditions not too bad on the main roads, danielle. It is cold out there though this morning. Danielle yes, it is indeed. You know that snow could lead to those roads being, you know, if theyre not untreated, some black ice out there this morning to talk about. Be aware and be careful out there especially with sidewalks i think in the parking lots. We picked up anywhere from 812 inches of snow in this bull preponderance eye of an area. A lot of areas seeing anywhere from 69 inches of snow in boston ray lone. 6. 8 inches of snow fell yesterday. Right now its 26 in the city though. Nine in bedford. Nine in orange. And as we go through the next 12 hours, say, worcester county, youre going to warm up above the
Robert caro has appeared on q a and is also appeared through the National Book festival in september. House of stone, you remembered that Anthony Shadid died in syria while covering syria for the Washington Post. His wife will be here representing him and that is not a lottery. Katherine boo has been nominated in the nonfiction category, behind a beautiful forevers about a slum in mumbai india and finally Anne Applebaum has been nominated for iron curtain. That book is just out and she is scheduled to appear under q a and show in december, so you will be able to see her as well and robert caro will be interviewing those others as we go and we will be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their pictures taken that right now we want to talk to the chairman of the National Book foundation and this is david steinberger. David steinberger is the head of the Perseus Book Group. If you would, tell us for those who dont know what is the National Book award . The National Boo