Now a man stepped forward saying he was there when the swimmers were at the gas station and he knows exactly what happened when they were arguing with the Security Guards. His name is fernando. He says he actually intervened to held. Sw help the swimmers. He tried to explain to the swimmers that the gas station owner wanted them to pay for the damage they had done to the bathroom. The owner said the swimmered had damaged the bathroom. Thats when the Security Guard pulled out the gun and was pointing it at the ground to stop the swimmers from running a aw away. He said the Security Guards never pointed the gun at the police. No, no police. No police, no police. Reporter he said the swimmers insisted on not having the police called, said no, dont call the police. Thats when they opened their wallets and he told them to calm down and that he asked the owner of the gas station how much it would be to fix the damage. He said 100, and then he told the swimmers pay what you broke, oka okay .
Symbols around which conversations and disagreements over racial issues took place. This class is about one hour and 10 minutes. Matthew andrews we have been exploring the question of gender and womens rights and sports. We will return our focus to race relations. Were going to explore what i like to call the return of the great white hope in the 1980s. You know all about the original great white hope. You did research on it. Jim jefferies in 1910. He comes out of retirements and tries to redeem the white race and defeat jack johnson. Was unsuccessful. He failed. In the 1980s there were a few white athletes who are thought of in the same way. These were white athletes that White Americans hoped would score symbolic victories in sports and the attitudes towards these athletes suggested that perhaps the nation had not come as far as many people like to think. The United States may have entered what commentators were calling a postcivil rights era. The 1970s and the 1980s. Clearly race wa
Improving. And farther to the north, with we have steady snow, and the temperature temperatures way down in the 20s, and out to the west, west Chester County, and it is heavier snow getting a band near the pennsylvania turnpike, and in central new jersey, all snow, steady snow. The map shows you the heaviness of the snow. Pottstown, trenton and all sorts of areas with some small snow accumulation, but not towards the southern half of delaware and south jersey where we have already seen the changes, and the temperature going at or above freezing from dover up to atlantic city. The temperatures are going up, but creeping up as you go towards philadelphia and points to the north. Theres the freezing line coming right through the philadelphia area through 5 00, and then it will start to move to the north, but it is a pink area of sleet and freezing rain to make form some difficult conditions, and now nbc 10 meteorologist Sheena Parveen will take a closer look. Yes, glenn, we will see the a
And sue saj still on the ground. The water support but sewage is still there. And some of the pump trucks and would you we are washers are still in this neighborhood tonight. That advisory is still in effect here in the downtown area talking about the the new river. Well let you know as soon as it is lifted. Were live in loud tonight. Jeff lennox 7 news. Danielle also in the news today, emergency riewz the r crews at the ready when the cargo plane experiencinintrouble on touch down. You see it touching down there. But that jet blue one of its siers shortly after take off from Miami International a airport. And what comes up must come down. 7s omar lewis reports on this runway draw ma. We are understanding that there is a plane that has a potential high descro ik or other control issues coming in to its Miami International airport. Reporter well wednesday morning started with an emergency for a crew theyd beau sky force above it all, steven jay gray. And they blew all the airplane way f
Does not over indulge and get herself sick. She seems happy to be with people and has a foster family parttime with other dogs but it will take months before she is healthy enough to be with her forever family. After starving for months, she showed a deep well to live. Dogs are survivors. They have the will to survive and they can do whatever they can. She is a pitbull mix and they say they have to find a home outside of denver if need be which is nursed back to health. They just want to talk and find out more about her background. Even if it cant be in denver we want them to find her a home. Cats need a good home too. Kids are actually reading books to them. Still ahead, the reason behind and History Lesson gone too two young girls were targeted for what they were wearing. To two managers wearing muslim headscarves were a good as they walked to school. Witness as three men jumped out of a white suv and started throwing eggs at the girls for apparently no other reason than their religi