that was unfortunate. and anybody who thinks that the heat wasn t raised was saying that there was not going to be a deal i think is incorrect. but that s not why i asked for the one minute. what i asked for the one minute is, colleagues, the american people are relying on us to come together and to agree on things they know are very important to them and their families and their communities and their country. let us not accuse one another back and forth of bad faith and let s lower the heat and let s try to get that work done. . well, the gentleman wouldn t yield to me but i m glad to yield to him. mr. mccarthy: oh mr. hoyer: my friend, the majority leader. mr. mccarthy: my friend is correct in a lot but i will explain understand one thing. in this job and when we run and we re passionate about our beliefs, my parents always told me if you can t handle the heat you probably shouldn t run but the one thing that should happen, if we want to come to a conclusion, just as yo
first alert neighborhood. meteorologist krystal klei is tracking the forecast this morning. hi, guys. we are still under this first alert for the dangerous cold in place. if you had to step outside yo yesterday, you know you were quickly out and back in because it was just painful that air when it hits you. today, basically a repeat of what we saw yesterday. so the first alert for the entire area going to last all the way through tomorrow morning. i may extend this past 8:00 a.m., but the point is we re showing you through tomorrow morning what you are feeling now is what you are going to get. just ruthless cold air. and that cold air can be dangerous if you are outside for as little as 30 minutes, that s when frostbite can set in. those feels like temperatures below 5 to 25 degrees below zero. this is very, very cold conditions that we are talking about. and it s not going to let up any time soon. take a look at the feels like temperatures as they are right now. 10 below i
let s get right to your first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist krystal klei. krystal, these temperatures are just absolutely brutal. yeah. that s exactly right. that dangerous cold first alert has been in effect since yesterday. and the dangerous cold conditions are not going anywhere through today. for the entire area at least through tomorrow morning around 8:00 a.m. we have this first alert in effect. here s why. dray already said it. bitter stinging cold. you know what i m talking about. when you step outside for even an instant you can feel it on your face. any exposed skin just that sting that hits feels like temperatures between 5 and 25 below zero during the morning hours is what we re expecting today and again tomorrow. frostbite in as little as 30 minutes can set in when you have these kind of conditions. that s why we re calling it dangerous. it s not okay to be outside during this type of weather. right now actual temperatures 8 degrees in philadelp
map right now. so it is just feeling very, very cold out there. and part of the reason why not just the cold air but the winds mixing with that cold air 17-mile-per-hour winds in philly and up to 20 right now in millville. these wind gusts stay strong the rest of today. we ll talk more about what to expect on your saturday and when conditions improve coming un. thank you, krystal. this is the kind of day when your heating system will be working overtime. some families are struggling to stay warm in this bitter blast, but help is on the way. nbc10 s randy gyllenhaal is live in delaware county where one family in need of a new furnace is getting one. reporter: yeah. on the coldest day in decades a very warm gift to a local family here. this is the home of ann hoskin. she s had a tough few years. a strong summer storm came through here in 2015, did a lot of damage to the home. that cost her a lot of money. and a couple months ago this is her furnace. it gave out. it s bein
today s lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. next week, when we have our guest speaker she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. there are other aspects of the war, financing the war, women s participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. i wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the american revolution called the men who lost america. he argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst accomplished professionals, and the reason why they failed was not due to a character flaw, but because they faced insurmountable obstacles fighting a war in america. i will lay out some of those obstacles. the first thing is diplomacy. in the seven years war britain had allies. during the war for american independence they found themselves relatively alone, fighting f