then there was this, on the senate floor ted kennedy of massachusetts, when out of his way to explain that the democratic party was absolutely not trying to replace the american population with more compliant, foreign-born voters. no way, that is an insane conspiracy theory, he explained. this bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. it will not upset the ethnic mix of our society, it will not relax the standards of admission. it will not cause american workers to lose their jobs. [laughs] it s all bitterly amusing when you look back because of course that is precisely what this bill did. it changed america completely and forever and the numbers show it. in the years since that legislation passed the united states total population exploded by 140 million people. you are seeing that chart on your screen now. what direction does appoint? steadily upward. where did all those people come from? there s nothing wrong with more people. the question is, who are they and where
Their head. Out of the game. Parts of new england could see 1. 5 feet of snow and once it falls, its not going anywhere. There are singledigit temperatures sticking around. A slew of canceled flights. More than 4000 Flights Canceled on thousands more delayed in two major new york airports, jfk and laguardia, shut down for the day. We are checking the situation at airports. We are at Reagan National in arlington. Reporter the local airports have a Ripple Effect across the region. Bwi can no longer accept diverted planes from jfk. Instead, those flights are going to Dulles Airport and passengers are told to catch a bus to new york. At Reagan National, canceled flights across the north mean a smaller than normal business day. Im heading back to indianapolis and i hope i make reporter she took her chances, showing up after a canceled flight to indiana university. Originally, i was supposed to leave at 10 00 tonight. I found out it was canceled and they rebooked us for 7 00 p. M. Tomorrow n
Around winchester, we are getting snow to clear out and virginia, some of the first places to get relief. 9 00 or so, you will see the snow around d. C. Until about 10 00 or 11, it will clear out and we will see it much longer over the eastern shore. Outside, the highs are 530 and between now and roughly 11 00, flurries and things will slow down, 12 inches around the d. C. Area. A heavier band of snow is setting up shop around Prince Georges County and has come into the eastern edge of d. C. If you are around alabama avenue southeast, you will notice moderate snow versus at th in those areas. Further north around rockville, light with a moderate band of snow between germantown and gaithersburg outside 495 and further north. La plata and waldorf, these areas have seen moderate snow through the morning and other areas have gotten a break and those bands have been favored. Moderate snow around stafford and fredericksburg and quantico. For accumulation, a dusting up to about one inch aroun
See the newborn in the onesie, so its kind of hard. Police tell me the babys mother 21yearold rasheeda center. The dad and four other family members were in the Apartment Building around 4 this morning. The 102nd precinct. Officers manned the door outside this Apartment Building, another remainder of what happened. The sentiment in this neighborhood, people are in disbelief. Theyre even disgusted. Neighbors wonder how with six people inside this home no one could have stopped what happened. Were live in queens, kala rama channel 7 Eyewitness News. We have new information on a wrongway crash on the sawmill parkway. One of the drivers have been charged with dwi. Police say the 22yearold woman was drunk when she drove her car head on into traffic hitting another vehicle in chappaqua. The driver of that other vehicle is in critical condition. At this hour. The unidentified woman who was charged was not seriously hurt. The accident closed the lanes near grant avenue for several hours. New i
Your side. Leon a belly home. A son attacked his mother with a rolling pin. Days later, she died from her injuries. Tom roussey has the latest. Leon, the police are calling this a sad case. Sits the7 in bowie Heather Hills neighborhood, a middleclass neighborhood with a lot of nice folks who were saddened after a son whose family says he is mentally ill is accused of killing his own mother as his uncles tried to stop them. On september 6, the residence of Heather Hills say the police swarmed the neighborhood. The police say that 22yearold Charles Crockett had got into an argument with his mother, roberta crockett. He grabbed a rolling pin. At some point he struck her with the rolling pin, rendering her unconscious. Uncles say they tried to step their nephew. He said he got the rolling pin from charles and knocked him out. The injuries are seen in the mug shot. Injuries were severe and she died a few days ago. A its rare that you hear of case like this, a rolling pin used as a murder we