Watch afterwards tonight at 9 00 p. M. On cspan2s book tv. September marks the 50th anniversary of the 1957 Civil Rights Act, signed into law by president Dwight Eisenhower. Up next on American History tv, director of the eisenhower president ial library and offered David Nichols talk about president eisenhowers role in getting the legislation through congress. They also challenge myths around president eisenhowers civil rights legacy, the u. S. Commission on civil rights posted this event. It is 45 minutes. Presentation scheduled for today. President eisenhowers civil rights legacy and a creation of the u. S. Commission on civil rights. 1957,tember 9, president Dwight Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957, establishing the u. S. Commission on civil rights. This legislation was the first major civil rights legislation since the reconstruction era, creating but this commission and United States department of Justice Civil Rights Division. The law was a testament to the
I 95 heading south ward toward providence. Keep track heaviest spots and tabling flooding concerns as well. Yeah and weather concerns along the coast were high just like the tide. Weve telling you for several days about at king tide. Heather hegedus is here now with scene from boston to south shore there new coastal advisory going into aefkt for tonight. That low pressure impact what people are seeing along the coast. Now i was out in boston earlier today and saw some of this i can tell you first hand that this is viewer video from long wharf downtown right here. You can see the water lapping up over the brick walkway right there normally well above the water. Lots of folks spent their lunch out there watching the waves and checking out damage there. Heres what it looked like from above as well. Courtesy of sky fox. You can see all of the people down there as well trying to get a look at it all. In dorchester, place that is notoriously flooded a lot. This morning when water blocked all
We are tracking the potential for a rain snow mix moving into parts of our area overnight into tomorrow morning. Were looking at the snow potential for the lehigh valley, burks county and philly. This is going to start overnight about 1 00 a. M. , 2 00 a. M. Its right for that morning commute, meaning that not only do we have the concern of some areas of icy roadways north but slippery wet roadways as we move through tomorrow morning. Today is a different story. A chilly start, but an okay day. We are tracking temperatures right now that are mostly in the 40s. 43 in philadelphia, 39 in cote isville. As the cloud layer builds in later in the day and stops us from seeing a rise in those temps. This is a wide view because its a show of whats to come. Sitting to our west and southwest right now, we see areas of rain and some of the snow creeping near chicago at this point. This system is going to push some of that moisture our direction which gives us the potential of seeing rain snow mix.
Next 24 hours. You dont need to be too worried if you have plans for shopping this weekend. Our sunday looks okay. Its tonight into monday that first alert is in place for. Thats when we see the big changes. Temperatures arent bad. Were at 42 in philadelphia, 42 in wilmington. Mt. Holly, 39. Allentown right now sits at 40 degrees. These are your actual temperatures. Looking at your radar and satellite, the wide view again. For us its just scattered clouds. Thicker clouds move in later in the day. Then its the rain and snow potential. A lot of activity to our west and southwest. Some of this moisture is going to pull up our direction. Were going to tap into that chance for a rain snow mix. That will extend across the area, moving to the east through 8 00 a. M. Then it will start to move out. As we go into the rest of your monday, things look okay. Rain snow, the potential will be for the Lehigh Valley, burks county and the suburbs. It looks like especially for new jersey, delaware, it w
Foam fills an entire block in center city well have detail on what triggered that unusual sight. Thank you for waking up with us, 7 00 a. M. , looking live over the commodor barry bridge. Meteorologist is tracking rain for us. Reporter we have temperatures across the area, temperatures are mild considering the time of year. We have an interesting temperature spread this morning. Millville is down to the freezing mark of 32. Yesterday north and west youre in the 40s. How can that be . Part of the reason were seeing clear skies across south jersey thats allowing radiational cool. That means all the warmth from the sunlight yesterday has escaped under clear skies. The cloud cover to the northwest acts as a blanket so its keeping you milder. 40 in allentown. 41 in philadelphia. 32 degrees the freezing mark in millville. Heres Storm Tracker 6 live double scan, lots of moisture down to the south. A piece of this, actually this right here, will slide through overnight tonight and bring light