This was the second time in two months that united flights were grounded by computer problems and the Company Stock was taking a nose dive on wall street, and that ended abruptly when they halted all trading at 11 00 this morning the exchange blamed technical issues blaming stocks from other exchanges that was not effected. It ended just after 3 00 this afternoon while that was going on, the wall street journals home page went off line, the glitches came one after another, and leading some to speculate that the economy could be under cyber attack and president obama is monitoring the situation and there is no sign of outside interference united certainly interfered with travel plans for a lot of people. People are so dependant on technology that we condition get the flights going without it we should have been able to leave. Frustrating day . Yes very frustrating. A frustrating day for a lot of folks whose lives are ruled by computers, we are all relying on them but no word from the go
This storm. 16 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes, you hear the thunder you have to get inside. There is no safe place outside during a thunderstorm. This is the Storm Timeline the far western suburbs really under the gun for the next hour, the i95 metro area including philadelphia wilmington and trenton, that line moving between 7 00 and 9 00 and central delaware and southern new jersey between 9 00 and 11 00 tonight, if you are down the shore most of the evening should be fine the problem with these storms that there is a lot of juice with them. We are looking at abundant lightning and quick heavy downpours and strong winds and wind gusts up to 16 Miles Per Hour and a low threat of large hail and the wind profile shows north and west of philadelphia, there is a bit of sheer and change of direction, that means there is a low risk of tornadoes, well talk about the timing of the storms coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Stay ahead of Severe Weather with the Storm Tracker
Longer than ever before and that is why our prison population is so high. As republican senator, and president ial candidate ran paul, has said, and to his credit he is consistent on this issue, imprisoning nonviolent offenders for long periods of time does not make it safer, africanamericans and latinos make up 30 of our population and make up 60 of our inmates. After the string of statistics the president shifted gears talking about widespread reforms from everything from sentencing guidelines for nonviolent crimes as well as reforms in communities and more jobs for young people and reform in prison so people have a chance of reenry back into the real world a need for change from the president s perspective. Thank you john. Well, the president s day got started early with the announcement of a Nuclear Agreement with iran. It took 17 days of negotiations and months of diplomacy to reach the deal, stopping iran from developing a Nuclear Weapon for at least 10 years according to the pre
Enforcement is treating young black and latino men differently than their white peers. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the president s speech before the Naacp Convention in philadelphia. Obama left the city at 7 30 tonight after speaking to over 3,000 Convention Delegates and meeting with inmates about reentering society. And more on the visit and what he said in philadelphia. In his own words he said the system just isnt fair and it cant be ignored any longer. Saying the u. S. Is spending 80 billion a year to keep people locked up and it is time to shift the countrys mindset and its practices. Mass incarceration makes our country worse off. And we need to do something about it. President barack obama with a thoughtprovoking speech in philadelphia today on the Justice System in the United States. The criminal Justice System isnt as smart as it should be. Its not keeping us as safe as it should be. It is not as fair as it should be. The president says the
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. In the words of president obama today in philadelphia in far too many cases the punishment simply doesnt fit the crime. Laying out his vision for reforming the criminal Justice System. Obama said in too many cases Law Enforcement is treating young black and latino men differently than their white peers. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the president s speech before the Naacp Convention in philadelphia. Obama left the city at 7 30 tonight after speaking to over 3,000 Convention Delegates and meeting with inmates about reentering society. And more on the visit and what he said in philadelphia. In his own words he said the system just isnt fair and it cant be ignored any longer. Saying the u. S. Is spending 80 billion a year to keep people locked up and it is time to shift the countrys mindset and its practices. Mass incarceration makes our country worse off. And we need to do something abo