Diminishing in intensity a little bit. We do however have strong storms coming into the west of baltimore. These are all really cooking towards the east. This one Still Producing some warnings and well have to keep an eye on that as it pushes towards the east and closer to our neck of the woods. The dying thunderstorm we have right now is Still Producing some heavy downpours and some gusty winds briefly ahead of it. The lightning is beginning to become less of a threat. If youre in ridley park Folcroft Collingdale lance do you five after the hour youre expected to see this come through, darby a little after that. 12 minutes after 5 oclock south philadelphia will be hit by this. The main issue is now is heavy rain maybe a little bit of a wind gust ahead of it. We cant totally rule out a Lightning Strike but thats probably become less of an issue. Looks like Philadelphia Center city gets hit in about 15 minutes. Takes about 30 minutes for the storm to move the length of this red arrow an
Philadelphia police are also working on this case. The deadly shooting happened over the weekend. Just before that, investigators say the gunman fired shots at a car in Overbrook Park. Reporter as you said, police now believe that the suspect is responsible for two crimes on saturday. That shooting in Overbrook Park and the murder that happened right here. Today philly police will compare ballistics evidence from both crime scenes to confirm it. The murder victim was an accountant, a high school and Temple University graduate. Police say in the prime of his life. They are confident they will catch his killer, especially with the 5,000 reward in the case. We know somebody out there knows this guy. Reporter this is the man detectives are trying to track down. He is wanted to shooting and killing 29yearold john lee at the apartments in ardmore. According to police, lee, an accountant, had just picked up pizza from a shop and was on his way to visit a friend shortly after 6 00 saturday nig
To say since im not a can you synopsize your life in two sentences . I wanted you to just in some very brief way tell the audience what this book covers, and then i will delve in and well start through going into specifics, and then build from there. Well, thank you very much. First of all, its a great pleasure to be here with you, and to be here at the public library. So thank you very much. Youre welcome. I guess what i would say, my autobiography is really the strand of my life story because i was born in 1933 in the depression. My father was a Life Insurance salesman with i was the second of two boys in atlanta, but nobody was buying Life Insurance. So my father left atlanta, went to southwest georgia, and established the first black funeral home in blakely, georgia. But beyond that my father was the social activist because this is during the period of legally enforced segregation. And in southwest georgia in those years for blacks was not a very happy place, but my father was an a
Wondered what would happen, was a very positive experience. What about boston at that sometime. Yes. Boston was mixed. By and large, going to boston i had read about paul revere and his ride some lexington and the concord battles and the Boston Tea Party and also crispus attus was the first black to die in the revolutionary war. So i went to see the memorial for hem on the boston common. So i soaked up the hoyt the history of boston, so very positive. So my experience in boston really was very positive, but later in the late 50s the year i entered medical school was the year brown versus board of occasion, the Supreme Court decision, and so as this was implemented around the country, problems of not only in the south but in the north as well. And boston was one of those areas. So, my experience in boston was somewhat different from blacks who went to boston in the late 50s. They found with the political shenanigans of hicks i still remember him from south boston, running to be mayor, b
[inaudible conversations] hello, everyone, welcome to books at noon. The director of Public Programs and events at the library. I am happy today, thrilled to introduce doctor louis sullivan. I have to read because his long list, policy leader, Minority Health advocate, author, physician and educator, serves as secretary of the department of health and Human Services under george bush and was dean of the Morehouse School of medicine and doctor sullivan will be discussing his recent memoir, breaking ground my life in medicine. We are happy to have you. [applause] this is a bit different because often i do fiction books. Usually memoirs, but your story, there is a lot to talk about here. I wanted to begin, a hard thing to say to somebody, can you send upsize your life in two sentences . I wanted you in some brief way tell the audience what this book covers. I will delve in and we will start going into specifics and build from there. A pleasure to be here at the public library. Thank you v