Good evening to you on this chilly night. They are calling it ice friday, the freezing storm stretching 2,000 miles from the heart land to the east coast. 124 million americans across 16 states, in its grip. Look at what some families face this weekend, cars, no match for the slick icy highways. Neighbors pitching into help out. Power lines dangerously caked in ice. So are the car windows. Sidewalks turned into skating rinks, roads icy enough for sleds. Our extreme weather team is in the storm zone tonight. And Abcs Steve Osunsami starts us off in arkansas. Reporter black ice. White ice. Theyre calling ice friday, stretching some 2,000 miles across the middle of the country. Turning roads in illinois into ice rinks with massive blowing snow, shutting down more than a dozen airports across seven states, and killing at least six people. In Northern Arkansas today a man was killed when an icy tree fell down on his home. And this was the ice versus a power line in fayetteville, the ice won
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Attended. Local restaurants provided 10,000 meals to the homeless. Who does that . On that kind of a scale . Willie brown does that. [ applause ] im so glad you are applauding. It gives me time to get water. If i were younger, hipper, i would breakout into a rap right now to talk about his virtues and his life and career. If i were to do that, it might sound Something Like this. You all ready . When you think of willie brown you want no other, hes the one you count as your brother, what else can i say . I cant say no more. Through the streets of San Francisco makes you want to sing. When you think of willie brown we like no other. Hes the kind of dude that you like as your brother. I say hes the kind of dude that you want as your brother. Hes the kind of dude that you want as your brother. [ applause ] but since im an old dude, im not going to do that because that would seem unseemly. What i do say is when this is all said and done, willie would seem to be an individual who em bodies t
Hes a celebrated presence, locally, nationally and also a dynamic leader. One can easily ascribe the words to his career, dazzling. Its a dazzling career full of deeply significant and dazzling first as weve mentioned. His mayoral inauguration included a party to which 10,000 people attended. Local restaurants provided 10,000 meals to the homeless. Who does that . On that kind of a scale . Willie brown does that. [ applause ] im so glad you are applauding. It gives me time to get water. If i were younger, hipper, i would breakout into a rap right now to talk about his virtues and his life and career. If i were to do that, it might sound Something Like this. You all ready . When you think of willie brown you want no other, hes the one you count as your brother, what else can i say . I cant say no more. Through the streets of San Francisco makes you want to sing. When you think of willie brown we like no other. Hes the kind of dude that you like as your brother. I say hes the kind of dud
[ applause ] im so glad you are applauding. It gives me time to get water. If i were younger, hipper, i would breakout into a rap right now to talk about his virtues and his life and career. If i were to do that, it might sound Something Like this. You all ready . When you think of willie brown you want no other, hes the one you count as your brother, what else can i say . I cant say no more. Through the streets of San Francisco makes you want to sing. When you think of willie brown we like no other. Hes the kind of dude that you like as your brother. I say hes the kind of dude that you want as your brother. Hes the kind of dude that you want as your brother. [ applause ] but since im an old dude, im not going to do that because that would seem unseemly. What i do say is when this is all said and done, willie would seem to be an individual who em bodies the classic american story success of invention and reinvention. Born of talent, skill, determination, brilliance, lots of plain old h