[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening, folks. we are going to ahead and get started. if you haven t gotten a copy of the book outside, please do so. first of all, welcome to the open society foundation in new york city. it s our pleasure to host you for what promises to be a terrific event for the boldly titled book, the end of white christian america . it s my honor to introduce tonight s events. i grew up in the way to sit in the united states committed beautiful state of maine and the united church of christ of this conversation hits close to home for me and professionally. i d like to thank robert jones was known for robbie for several years and sam tanenhaus for joining us that i d like to think elizabeth berg newcomer nathan mckie and the society team for putting the event together. in addition to the foundation, tonight s event is cosponsored by the carnegie corporation of new york, ford foundation and the new world foundation. i m a longt
much above freezing for a while. ; reporter: going to have to wait until next week before we see a significant warm up. we re looking out over ward s road in lynchburg. the temperature dropped to 21. that light blue number is the wind chill. that s how cold it feels. actual temperatures teens and 20s. virginia tech you re down to 16. danville at 26. this map shows how cold it feels now. single digit wind chills in roanoke. when you wake up tomorrow morning it is going to be cold everywhere with temps in the teens. coming up later we ll let you know when we will see warmer weather and when we could see some snow returning to virginia. ; anchor: state police are looking for a man who they said fled the scene of an accident. troopers said they were in they say the car hit another vehicle near web road on route 2 220 flipped and caught fire. 4 people were taken to the hospital. canine units are searching the area for the man who took off. with temperatures dropping so low overn
and that s because vdot is distributing brine. it will help keep snow from sticking sticking to the highways. a spokesperson for vdot says that no one will stop them from being on the roads. we ll be at work. it doesn t matter the holiday. we don t stop because of the holiday. it s our job. we re out here to make sure that people are safe on the roadways. mark: vdot will have a skeleton crew this weekend and will continue to monitor the situation. robert trent is charged with production of child porn, taking indecent liberties with a child under 13 and using a computer or communication system in the commission of it s a multiagency investigation. he is currently being held without bond at the lynchburg detention center. the rubble at the dan river plant are still smoldering. crews worked overnight and into the morning putting out those flames. the campbell county school system provided two school busses so firefighters could get out of the cold and rest up. the verd
black residents make up 30% of lynchburg population. ; with that being said the police department is nowhere close to that representation. ; reporter: as for hispanics. ; that one%. that s other. i assume that s me. that one%. ; reporter: the first order of business sorry getting out in the community to make sure all heard. next hiring more women, local residents and people of color. ; no one should believe that in order to hire minorities you have to lower your hiring levels levels. that s not true. that s a falsehood. ; reporter: chief diaz hire twod african americans to join the team. officer joe tucker. ; i would like to be somebody the community thinks they can upon depend on and count on. ; reporter: empowers diversity in the police force in and the community. ; it s important. people want someone who they can somebody who understands them as a person. ; reporter: whether they are white, black or brown male or female when he s with his coworkers. ; you re part of a fami
the last two weeks, he says he s had to get his scooter re-aligned twice. and cars don t have it any better. it shakes up everything in the engine, it shakes up your axle, it shakes everything in your car so you gon be spendin. he s right. mechanics at harris tire say the damage done by potholes bring in the big bucks. it could cost 60 dollars almost to thousands. take a look at this. another victim. if you ride around with low tire pressure and you hit a good pothole that s all it takes to do something like this and if you do have a face-off with a pothole here s what public works recommends you should do. first call 856-city to report it. we send people as quick as we possibly can because once someone hits it we don t want someone duplicating that. but if they do, they can file a claim with the city s risk manager. they are usually pretty good about doing the right thing by citizens. still, every situation.. like potholes.. is different. which is why on the