Everybody in our area. Please turn around and dont drown. We saw a lotf water rescues. And we want to remind our viewers at a stay ahead of any Severe Weather coming through. You will get all the latest updates. One step forward, two steps back. Before the house took up the measure, the president threw a wrench intol the d saying he wouldnt support it. Now, lawmakers are heading back to the drawing board no clear options. This all starts with the president demanding 5 billion for a border wall. In some the senate left out of its temporary funding bill. Now the president said h wont sign that doesnt address border security. And theres anoer issue. Many members have already left town. The u. S. House is getting ready 5 a procedural vote that billion for a border wall. Theyre also voting on 8 billion for disaster funding and t ting resolution, or cr. Meantime, we jlared the president in the last couple hours. He said to given lawmakers a out, he wouldnt call it a wall but said there must
Nimal power h been restored and trains are starting to resume service, but we have learned that one train thatrv es bwi is still experiencing some issues. In fact, a lot of peoe have en taking to twitter to express their frustratn. Look, dozens of passengers spenu hours on a train right outside Union Station. An nbc producer shot this video on board the train. The passengers could see Union Station and the platforms, but they were not allowed to get off. Ne another o of those passengers was anne thompson. She posted updates throughout the ordeal. Its 1 11 00 a. M. Its still raining and were still stuck. Im told we are just five minutes from Union Station. But so far we have beenaiting n hour and 15 minutes to get there. She wouldnt get there until almost 3 00 in the morning. Take a lookhere. Anne tweeted this out. Freed a 2 52 a. M. Amtrak is saying poweras knocked out after 11 00 last night. We are seeing a problem with one of the trains that services dwi marshall. Well update you as
Mostly on the light side but inirly steady. Already s the roadways. The heavier rain moves in around and just into the evening ru. Take a look. Heres the latest radar and you can see rain everywhere across our region. And it is a cold rain, too. 42 degrees in d. C. It is a very cold afternoon with that rain coming down. To the south, we are seeing warmer air making its way our way. It is 60 in Virginia Beach and the warmer air along with t heavier rain is going to be making its way in. If youre thinkin of traveling, i95, a mess. People trying on travel to orgia, to florida along the nroadways, yeah, youre for a very slow go of things. Possible strong to severe storms are moving o way. Now the flood watch in effect right through day tomorrow. That iludes everybody i our rea and a couple of local coastal flood hewa heavier rain moving in. Watching for strong winds and of course, tracking the plans. L ive got it all for you. If you have fratravel plans, yol want to tu on news4. Well have
exonerations by five exonerations by dna, every one of those stories would make a great book, the book should be written, every wrongful conviction is a story from the point of view about plot, the suffering, the drama, the deceit , the fact that the rapist is still out there raping when someone else is savoring his time. these are fantastic stories but the system is broken i would have written all of him but i can t do that. to answer your question i would love to be able to write another book of nonfiction, i m not sure do it. it would take so much time away from the novels, the the kids books and other books i enjoy doing. host: thank you for stopping by book tv. guest: my pleasure it s always in pleasure talking to. guest: and we are back live on book tv for the first-ever mississippi book book festival in jackson. the next panel beginning now is looking at the history of civil rights in america. .. the moderator for today s panels robbie luckett. robbie luckett recei
commission. we are being recorded live on c-span s booktv so if you have not already please silence your cell phones. if you have not purchased the books, the panels have written you will have an opportunity to do that after outside. the authors will also be signing immediately after this panel in the authors attempt. the moderator for today s panel is robbie luckett. robbie luckett received his ph.d. from the university offr l georgia with a focus on civilve rights history, the native mississippian he returned home to accept the position ofas associate professor ofci histord and director of the margaret wolter center for the study of the african-american experiencef at jackson state university. look at as a member verse festival s advisory board. thanks chris. it s my great pleasure to moderate this panel on civil rights history that i think it s particularly important for two reasons. one is to understand the importance of thisim building ad what it meant particularly f