[applause] coming up on cspan the Funeral Service of marion barry and samuel leto governor and jeb bush discuss the bill of rights and then Funeral Service for ben bradley. On the next washington journal we look at the state of the Affordable Care act and what changes are coming in 2015. Our guests are julie robner. Well also take your calls on the healthcare law. Washington journal is live every morning at 7 00 eastern and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Marks a decade of conversations featuring an interview of the series. Tomorrow our interview with alfredo. He spoke about his memoir becoming dr. Q. And coming to the u. S. As an undocumented immigrant before becoming a brain surgeon. Watch the interview tomorrow on 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. New years day on the cspan networks. Here are some of our featured programs. 10 00 a. M. Eastern the washington ideas forum. Energy conservation with david crane and cake love owner warren brown and inventor dean cayman.
We also know how much he contributed to the growth and to the development of his beloved District Of Columbia. There are so many marion barry stories, so many instances in which the mayor for life changed someones life or opened the door of opportunity for a person or community. Like many other washingtonians i choose to remember marion barry by remembering his lifelong commitment to building up our city and working to free it from congressionally imposed shackles the servitude to which we were relegated in the District Of Columbia. Marions own story is replete with witnessing injustices here and around the country. He knew well the daunting heights of the barriers of advancement and success faced by African Americans in this nation. And he was especially gifted at getting young people involved in creating a new future for themselves and all of us. When marion barry came to washington in 1965 to work with snic, he saw a city that in many ways was every bit as segregated as the mississi
Has started to spread in the overnight hours, and condolence sense come in, plans are underway far city wide remembrance and, we have Team Coverage of his career, in politics, and how he transformed the district. We begin, with sam, im standing in front of the big chair, a landmark, in his ward and, you can hear the noise, a number of people, gathered at his house, and took a march down Martin Luther king avenue to this spot, in his memory. He was loved by. In, dc, and we saw some of his closest friends and, several had talked had to berry by phone, after he was released from the hospital,. Strong, and optimistic and, upbeat. He went to the bar and grill, for dinner and, when his driver brought him home, he just collapsed here on the steps, and, he was nonresponsive. His driver and, a passenger by, called an ambulance, which took him to medical center, and he died, at 1 46, they couldnt believe he didnt make it. She donated her kidney. Im shocked. Unbelievable. You thought a lot of him
To directly answer your questions. Well check in with them a little later to hear about whats going on now. Hard at work as usual. Folks are changing their travel plans to get ahead of tomorrows storm. People are changing flights and leaving a day early. Some airlines are offering flight changes free of charge. You should check on line first. Aaa predicted that tomorrow would be the busiest day of the week, and thats before the predicted storm. Suzanne kennedy has the traffic. Much of the state traveling up and down this roadway on i95 and i395. Typically its the southbound lanes that are busy. Right now its the northbound lanes. Want to take you further south. As you lookt the Traffic Camera shot you can see that i95 at ohka kwon, it is bumper to bumper traffic there. Everybodys got the same idea. Theyre trying to get out ahead of the storm. The threat of a thanksgiving eve storm is jamming area interstates. Thats the reason we left a day early. Allison barnett and her family, they ar
Finally, michelle, we are not freezing this morning. Today were wake up near 40 degrees in a lot of spots. So a much warmer morning. We are waking up to more cloud cover and were seeing that warm air really come into the area today. We are 16 degrees warmer in philadelphia than this time yesterday and 25 degrees warmer in mount pocono than this time yesterday. Were going to be into the 50s by this afternoon. Right now, were mainly seeing the upper 30s, 37 in allentown. 31 in lancaster. 41 in philadelphia. Well see temperatures rising to near 54 degrees. Thats back to normal finally. By 8 00, 41. 1 00, were looking at 46 degrees. By 3 00, 50 degrees. Record warm th on monday. Theyre all motivated to be out there for different reasons. Matt delucia is live on the ben franklin parkway. That one philadelphia student whos racing today used rubbing to take control of his life. Reporter rosemary, this High School Junior used running really to get off the couch and get back into shape. Hes par