Flake opened his speech saying he wished to speak that day on the state of disunion. Websteresqst daniel ue at first. He said that democratic norms and ideals were undergoing a daily thundering. The healerne, lincoln, the lincoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. That same lincoln had taken, at that time, a firm stance against slavery and was making plans against fort sumter. He was not compromising. Weve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromises. Or not. Loyalty tohether state is more important to loyalty to country or not. Reporters ny these last few months have been the gift that give that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. Asked, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him . Have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever read the gettysburg address . Just pointing that out. War, ande of the civil , theresr secession commentary ample from so many people. Jefferson davis gave a speech in late april to the Confederate C
, the lincolnncoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. , at same lincoln had taken that time, a firm stance against the expansion of slavery into the American West and was making plans against fort sumter. He was not compromising. Weve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromise that could have saved the civil war from happening. Or not. To decide whether loyalty to state is more important to loyalty to country or not. One of the many reporters a lot of us have been talking to last and these last few months have been the gift that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. One asked me, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him . What came out of me was have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever been to that cemetery . Comedy many of those guys died for their state . How many of those guys died for their state . Have you ever read the gettysburg address . What did lincoln collect what did lincoln call it . A nation. Just pointi
David and karen with the latest in accuweather and traffic, good morning. Reporter super soaker is better than icy soaker. Its mild and wet. Reporter so, as we take a look at the Weather Center we have sunshine. Early potential we have clouds that sweep in. In general there will be a day that features, increasing cloudsment ever. 24 in allentown. 17 in reading. A lot colder in spots than yesterday. 20 in wilmington, 18 in millville. Theres a little bit of wind out there. Lets see if were getting windchills. Not too much, in reading it feels like ten. Does look like its going to be milder than yesterday. 10 00 a. M. , 30 degrees. 34 by 1 00. Well get up to 39 degrees around 3 00 p. M. For the high and hold around 37 overnight because of milder air coming in. The weekend looks milder, but well be rather wet at times. Ill have the details on when the worst of that comes in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Reporter i always like it when you tease the worst of it. Thank you for
The judges at westminster, taking top dog and now hes here live. Only on gma. Back again we do say good morning, america. Great to have you all with us on this valentines day and you know who was feeling the love last night, in like flynn. Yes, top dog at the Westminster Kennel Club. And hes a bichon frise, only the second time his breed has won best in show. 5yearold flynn beat out nearly 3,000 other dogs for the award. He and his handler are here live. Well see if we can get a word or two out of flynn and he can tell us how he did it. That would be a story. But well begin with that new scandal rocking the white house. The president s lawyer now admits he personally paid Stormy Daniels, the porn star who said she had an affair with donald trump. He said it happened weeks before the 2016 vote, Campaign Watchdogs call that an Illegal Campaign contribution. An official investigation under way and tom llamas is tracking all the latest. Reporter george, good morning to you. Weve just learn
Kids ingested. Many are speculating that it was marijuana. One girl saw her friend become ill. I come to school, like, on something they come to school, like on something. They smelled like weed a couple times. Administrators sent an alert to parents describing what happened. They assured students if they came forward to ask for medical help, they would not be punished. Reporting live in San Francisco, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Thank you, amy. The white house story is shifting over who knew what and when regarding the Domestic Abuse allegations against president president s former staff secretary. The white house said the fbi was conducting rob porters background check when his exwives alleged abuse. However, in a stunning twist, the president s own fbi director told senators his agents actually gave the white house reports on porter four times starting nearly a year ago. Press secretary Sarah Sanders shifted the blame to a little known office in the white house. The white house pers