good morning everybody. i would like to welcome you all to the national cannabis policy summit at the ronald reagan building in international trade center. first i would like to start by thanking our host venue, it is safe to say for a lot of advocates seven years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago we cannot have imagined having a conversation about cannabis policy reform and cannabis legalization at the ronald reagan building. i am very happy to be here with you all today. i would like to thank our sponsor weedmp weed maps. it s a company that understands how important it is that we support and provide access to events that do not cost people money to attend. need to make sure that cannabis education is free. i would like to think we dma weedmaps for their support. i would like to thank our viewers on c-span today. thank you so much for being here today. it means a lot that we are allowed to share this information with such a broad audience. before i get started i have two
Like today. And today is the most uncomfortable day of the winter season so far. Part of the fountain at philadelphia square is frozen in place and they are starting to chip away at the ice. Spring mountain likes this kind of weather because they can make more snow overnight. Which is what they did. If you vent out our side bundle up and cover up. We face single digit windchills for most of the day. Ck of the forecast. We have plenty of sunshine as expected but one of those days where the sun is not helping and the numbers in from the National Weather service 20 in philadelphia and still 18 in trenton and 16 in allentown and 18 in reading and millville. And down the shore in cape may. 19 in airport in Atlantic City. Hes a0s and you the ndchills. Feels like 4 i oo much higher than what we had around down. 2 degree windchill in allentown and 5 in reading and millville raw conditions out there. As we look at the rest of the afternoon it stays where we are now. You are looking at temperatu
Doors today in the wake of last nights violent event that took the life of a freshman student. We opened up for students to comeou nsine together. Grief counseling taking place over thereking with the student to understan their cahe tragedy that took place. It was early evening when the Fatal Shooting took place at the Dunkin Donuts in phoenixville. Two small group his gathered and the not clear how well they knew each other other and a transaction to taking place and a disagreement and someone had a gun and reportedly fired multiple times and the 14yearold was shot and rushed to the hospital where he later avdied. Hing to say on the active investigation later today. Reporter so again the vib tim is identified as Jason Ortiz Cameron a freshman and only child and attending t phoenixville schools since at least middle counselors are hand today from 10 00 until 3 00 and january 2nd when classes resume there will be an assembly for healing. Live in phoenixville john rawlins, channel 6 acti
Degrees by 9 00 oclock with that bitter cold, bundle up at 11 00 temperatures dropping to 13. It will feel like the Single Digits once again tonight. I will have more in the full forecast but for now back to you. Chelsea, thank you. While we think we have it bad imagine how philadelphians felt 200 years ago during the coldest winters. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt has Historical Perspective as he joins us live from Franklin Square in center city with more on that. David. Reporter big light show going on right now. People outside. It doesnt seem to bother them single digit wind chills going on right now. I have to tell you it made me think about going back in time and thinking about these cold winters during the revolutionary war. It feels like the Single Digits in philadelphia, and it is not letting up. These are the faces of the american revolution, images of men and women who lived during the brutal winters of the late 1770s, in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. The peri
You told us about it in your first alert forecast. We have clear skies now. The wind is starting to diminish. Thats going to allow the temperatures to drop sharply. And just a few hours, our first alert continues through 8 00 a. M. For the entire area in the poconos and Lehigh Valley. But were likely to issue another first alert for sunday and monday. Just want to give you a heads up because thats a holiday. And well have less winds during the night tonight. So well be more looking at the actual temperatures than the feels like temperatures. Right now its 21 degrees. Thats as warm as its gotten all day. Hasnt gotten out of the teens in areas north and west. And it is just by the rer cold. We still have enough wind to make it feel like the Single Digits. Its not felt any better than this all day. We have been telling you about this that it was going to be like this. It feels like 4 00 in pottstown. As we go through the night tonight, the feels like temperature by tomorrow will be about