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Hagerstown to winchester and martinsburg. In the d. C. Metro area its just areas of freezing rain. Not a lot. Most of it is on the light side and that will continue. A lot of drizzle across the too, and thats going to be the case through the night tonight. Anything that does fall though will fall as rain and then freeze on contact. Thats what freezing rain is, and thats why we still have that winter storm warning in effect for everybody here in the pink. Winter weather advisory including montgomery county, howard county, and arn arundel county. Were going to be talking about delays. We already have school cancellations. The next part of this storm, guys, we get another batch of kind of Severe Weather early tomorrow morning. Well break that down for you as well in just a minute. All right. Thanks, doug. There was enough snow in Southern Maryland today to do anything from snowboarding to snow blowing. Now some of the counties that have already blown through their snow budgets are hoping
It is like donald trump has to see in order to firmly clinched the republican nomination. Close is not good enough. You have to have those numbers. So what happens now as the candidates crisscrossed the country on tuesday. We will get to that. First you Connell Mcshane with the stop Trump Movement that seems to be moving on all sides. Reporter coming out from the left in the right, we know about conservatives in the uppers they put together this week to stop donald trump. Weve been reporting on it, but now look from our global groups to be getting the same. We saw what happened in chicago not so long ago, that there is a United Campaign coming together of a number of liberal groups putting plants together to go after trump, leading up to the convention in cleveland this summer and including the convention. The wall street journal wrote about the 22 groups all been part of this. The antitrump demonstration we think about putting together will be in a number of major cities between now a
In North Carolina, a law was passed, house bill 2, requiring transgender people to use bathrooms based on their biological sex. It also bans discrimination lawsuits. Chris sgro, an lgbt activist, says the law targets a community and sabotages the economy. Chris this kind of bill says we are not welcoming to all, it is deadly to having a welcoming business atmosphere. We are losing major acts like bruce springsteen. We cant afford to do that. Tourism is a top attraction in North Carolina. Fernando its not just entertainers boycotting the state. Paypal Ceo Dan Schulman issued a web announcement halting plans to open a new Operations Center in charlotte, saying the law violates the companys values of inclusiveness and equality. Tourism Officials Say the area has lost more than 700,000 in cancelled events so far, and stands to lose another 24 million. And tweets are flying. Olympianturnedrealitystar Caitlyn Jenner calls on the governor to stop the attacks. Actress laverne cox calls for mob
She explains that lincoln was so unsure about his chances that he had his cabinet sign at what was known as the blind memorandum, which pledged cooperation in hi with his unknown challenger if he lost. They also expand how important the soldier vote was. This 50 minute talk was a part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war. Adjust theng to not microphone because we spent time adjusting it for meg. So i will bend over, and i apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. That is exactly what she has. [laughter] what she is. [laughter] educated by day, by night she has been working on her degree in military history. She is just about to wrap up her masters degree. In one of the most courageous acts i have seen from anybody, she is reinventing herself. It has been a great adventure for her to discover the American Civil War from the perspective serious scholar, but also from