Mostly cloudi, and during the day a bit of a breeze coming out of the south. Thats going to boost temperatures even higher. For foiphiladelphia, 36. Breaks of sunshine at noon. Look at the winds out of the south at nine miles per hour. That will boost temperatures into the 40s and 50s this afternoon. Pretty mild for the first day of winter. Ill break it down hour by hour when i come back in a few minutes. First katy zachry is watching the roads on a friday morning. Good morning. I want to start with 95 southbound right at girard avenue, and you see from the emergency vehicles out here, there is some kind of road obstruction debris in the middle of the road. Theyre in the process of clearing that. I checked drive times, they arent too bad. Just be aware of that. Youll want to tap your brakes as you make your way southbound on 95 passing by girard. 95, 76, the blue route, no crashes, no overnight construction hampering things. Were following road obstruction issues. Upper merion on the p
Morning if it was left outside. 30 in new jersey. It drop aid degree in dropped a degree in the last hour. Once the sun comes up at about 7 20, well see the temperatures shoot into the upper 30s and low 40s this afternoon. Sunny skies for new jersey, the suburbs, and philadelphia. At the shore, temperatures are already above freezing. Up to 41 degrees this afternoon. The big melt is already underway. At the jersey shore and delaware beaches. Ill break the forecast down hour by hour when i come back in ten minutes and show you how quickly its going to warm up. First, Jessica Boyington is watching for the icy spots with the first alert traffic. Yeah, so were watching the boulevard. It looks like it just went out on us. Trying to watch that around 9th street. I swear its empty now. Some slippery spots to report on the on and off ramps. The highways are going to be the best bet to be honest this morning when youre heading out the door. Also the most time it will take is getting ice off you
You do the solutions issue. Tell us about this issue. You have a lot of stories that tackle tough problems. What is the thinking . Jim often, we look back at things that happen in the past couple weeks or sometimes throw things ahead to think about financial issues. We wanted to say there are a lot of things that people who are interested in been is business and management worry about the big problems of life. Julia take us to india now, trying to do magical things with waste. Jim its interesting because india you think of as a place with a waste problem and it does. Less than a quarter of waste in india is actually even processed. Most of it is dumped and often in places where it can foul water, where people can get eaten by the livestock they used to eat. So its a really big problem. So theres a city in Southern India now and it is looking at innovative ways to basically transform waste into revenue. Its a mixture of tax incentives and getting people more involved and its separating
Section in depth. Youll see special guests like Walter Mosley, last month we had david ignatius, the Washington Post columnist in the thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month we are pleased to have the Pulitzer Prize author Colson Whitehead as the guest comments most recent book he underground railroad. What is the appropriate response when your books are praised by oprah, president obama, you win the Pulitzer Committee National Book award, so what is the appropriate response . [laughter] guest this book has taken off in a way that was unexpected so most of the i just thank my lucky stars and sleep a little betterne and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Host why does that put you in a better mood . Guest ive been writing for 20 something years and sometimes you write a book and people dig it and understand it and other times nobody cares and it sort of disappears. So i have the pride thinking i did a good job on the book and the bonus of other people thinkin
Feedback welcome to book tv indepth program this is our special year of fiction on indepth. You will see authors who writes about the cia and such. We are pleased to have Colson Whitehead as our guest. Ci mr. Whitehead what is the appropriate response when your books are praised by oprah, president obama and the National Book award. In a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. I just think my lucky stars. And they tried to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does that put you in a better mood. I had been writing for 20 something years and it sort of disappears. The bonus of other peoplee as well. Of l of theater repair people how to sell a book like that. My agentnd it to either its too big of a concept or you dont. You are along for the ride or the description or not. My second attempt as it at a novel. In the agent the agent dumped me. They make fun of me. Eventually after a year and a half of writing that i finally got it downen what sounded like an interesting book in m