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"Good afternoon, we are very happy that you're with us on this Wednesday, December the 21st, the winter solstice 45°. And it'll eventually be getting cold. I'm Hillary Howard. And I'm Sean Anderson, our top local story this hour is the cold and if you think it's cold now. Yes, just wait. The blast of Arctic air is heading toward our region, and it's coming just in time for the Christmas weekend. Storm team four is Emilia Draper on what you can expect starting with a flood warning tomorrow morning that will be in effect all day. We'll be tracking rain and a wintry mix in spots early tomorrow morning and then rain throughout the day, but the biggest focus will be on a sharp temperature drop Friday from 40s, early into the teens and 20s by the late afternoon and evening hours, with strong winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour, a flash freeze Friday during the late morning and midday hours would be worst case scenario something we are monitoring, but believe it is pretty unlikely, thankfully, across the region, and then Saturday and Sunday we'll have windchills in the single digits and teens, even some subzero windchills Friday night in two Saturday. Now, winter weather advisory takes effect at 4 a.m. tomorrow for Frederick county, Maryland, and for western loudoun and fakir counties in Virginia, you'll want to stay with your weather alert station double DOP throughout the holiday weekend for the latest conditions every ten minutes on the 8th. With that approaching icy cold it is time to talk about preventing the winter plague of burst pipes. Here's WTO's Valerie bunk. If the pipes in your home freeze and get backed up when it's cold, you could have a major issue on your hands. Sometimes it can be a very large leak, a half inch copper pipe, for example, can discharge ten or 12 gallons a minute. Art Shapiro acting director of the Howard county department
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"BWI Marshall, $74. We have 76° at Reagan national. And it's 9 41, knew this morning, the man who was 17 years old when he shot and killed his mother in 6 year old brother in their Fokker county home more than two years ago, has pleaded guilty, and he could face life in prison. Levi Norwood pleaded guilty this morning and fakir county circuit court to the Valentine's Day, 2020 murders of his mother, Jennifer, and his brother, Wyatt, he'll be sentenced in November. The defense is about to present its case in the trial of admitted school shooter at Nicholas Cruz. His lawyers will get their chance to present why they believe he murdered 14 students and three staff members at marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida for four years ago. They hope to get him sentenced to life without parole instead of death. He pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first degree murder. The trial is only to decide his sentence. Montgomery county students are headed back to school in one week, leaders there are focused on student safety ahead of the new academic year. Students should have what Montgomery county school superintendent monifa mcknight calls a psychologically safe school environment. And that means that they have to feel safe when they're walking into our schools and that means they have to feel safe as they are engaging in their communities. After January shooting inside magruder high school, parents and students called for changes to address safety and at last week's announcement about a gun buyback event in Rockville, mcknight said, we hope to launch a campaign to educate our young people about gun prevalence, gun laws, and the consequences of guns. Mcknight did not offer specifics, but said the school system was proud to support efforts to keep guns out of the hands of young people. Kate Ryan, WTO P news. It was a head movie in 1990. Now the musical version of ghost is coming to Toby's dinner theater in Colombia. It's a beautiful romantic love story. It's timeless, it's a bit fantasy. Ashley Johnson Moore plays medium oda Mae Brown who helps the ghost of Sam wheat find his murderer and comfort his grieving lover Molly. But I love about Whoopi Goldberg's brilliance. It's almost like she's looking through him. The song book takes unchained melody to the next level. The oh my
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"40. A petition asking fakir county to rename Lee highway and John S Mosby highway has now been signed by more than 300 people, a 14 year old rising freshman at kettle run high school who started this drive by going door to door, says naming roadways and erecting statues of historical figures was an attempt to protect the honor of the southern states and make the confederacy seem better than it was. Maya Heller says she will wait until she has at least 500 signatures before she brings the issue to the Fokker board of supervisors and state legislators. Some area kids are laying out their school clothes and supplies today, students in Fredericksburg city are headed back to school tomorrow. The first kids in our region to do so, then on Tuesday, Stafford county students head back to classrooms, and they will try an hour long lunch for the first time. During this block, students will eat lunch, have the opportunity to get academic support, finish their homework, meet with teachers, and recharge for the remainder of the school day. When students go back to school in Prince William county, they could see bigger class sizes and longer waits for the bus. In a letter to parents Friday, superintendent latanya mcdade says the school system will have to continue double bus runs this year as they struggle with the national bus driver shortage, so your kids may have to wait a little longer to get home. PWC PS also faces a shortage of teachers. They are currently working to fill 318 instructional openings that comes on top of the nearly 900 new staff, averty hired for this year to help offset the short staffing they are upping bonuses for middle and high school teachers if they pick up an extra section and an elementary school mcdade says class sizes may be larger than preferred, but will not exceed state requirements. Students in Alexandria can also expect some changes when they head back to school later this month. There will be additional security officers at middle and high schools and all students at those schools will be required to carry student IDs. Those are among security updates released this week by the Alexandria public school system. We're very excited in my vision is really just to continue to collaborate with our school leadership to make sure that we ensure the social emotional and academic learning of our students. Interim superintendent Melanie K Wyatt tells NBC four that every school will have designated entrances for students staff and visitors as a way to better control who enters the buildings. Nick hi Nelly, WTO news. Straight ahead on WTO not a good day for fans of the gnats or the O's, but if you like Pennsylvania teams, well, it's a very different story. 6 44. Hi, this is Kathy on your fried chip from Northern Virginia. I've lived with MS for 28 years and a passionate about raising funds and awareness for the national MS society. I do this by leaving a family team of walkers each year for local walk MS by participating and working on our together for cure luncheon and being involved in other MS related activities held by the national MS society. I do this so that they continue to provide funding for research and services to allow people like me to live their best lives possible. My greatest hope is to help in any way I can to move us closer to a cure. So no
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"Time for money news, which we always have for you at 25 and 55 after the hour, Jeff claypot, how's it going? Closing bell in 5 minutes. The Dow is up, although just 60 points, the S&P 500 Index is up 7. The NASDAQ is up 11 points. The pricey D.C. housing market is cooling. The greater capital area association of realtors is the median price of a home that sold in the district last month was $650,000 that's 5 and a half percent lower than a year ago, it was also a 7% drop from the previous month. Fed George Jerome Powell, speaking in front of the Senate banking committee today, said a recession is certainly possible and said a soft landing, whereas rising rates don't cause economic disruption. It could be a challenge. More of us are kicking back at home. Lazy boy had a record two and a half $1 billion in sales last quarter. That was up 36% from a year ago. La-Z-Boy's been around since 1927, its first recliner was in outdoor porch chair. Jeff Klebold news. All right, Jeff, thanks. We continue to watch heavy weather that's in the WTO listening area. We still have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until four 15 for a pretty wide swath of area of southeastern Washington and southwestern Frederick counties in Maryland along with loudoun county in Virginia, also east central Frederick and Clark counties in Virginia, along with fakir, and then the West Virginia Panhandle. There's this storm system that's been moving north to south basically right now to the southeast of martinsburg. That's the heaviest point. But this is throwing off some strong stuff here this afternoon and we'll keep an eye on that for you as we go through the afternoon. It's also throwing some rain into Montgomery county. That part of the storm system not rated severe at this time, but it's going to be an active afternoon. You want to stay with WTO for the fairy latest. And we've got traffic and weather coming action next That never, when you take care of your ride, we take care of you. That's why a $25 digital gift card can be yours when you buy ten quarts of Pennzoil platinum full synthetic motor
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"fakir" Discussed on WTOP
"Mix of clouds and sun on Sunday with highs around 80 I'm storm team four meteorologist stimuli at Draper So we have two active severe thunderstorm warnings in effect right now The one is in northern Stafford county along with southwestern fairfax southeastern fakir southern Prince William and the city of manassas That one until 6 30 And then our other one that just dropped most recently It's in effect four parts of northeastern Stafford county along with southeastern Prince William and Virginia And then west central Charles county that's in effect until 7 o'clock tonight and what we have is a pretty long string of storms Just to the south of the two 11 corridor between warrenton and Washington it's stretching all the way past 29 to Quantico and then toward the Potomac river past the 95 corridor heading for western Charles county So it's pretty good storm system going there Plus we've got some pretty good activity right now in the Germantown area heading down to Rockville along with east of Damascus along the I 70 corridor and also up around west of Odin tin south of Columbia So things are really starting to pop tonight Keep it here on WTO for the latest temperatures starting to drop where at 81 in buoy 80 in Annapolis and we've got 82 in northwest D.C. and it's all brought to you this afternoon by design There we go Pay for half of your new roof later The other half never more new look home design dot com Just ahead A fatal crash here in upper Marlboro after a driver ran from the cops What's next I'm John doman 6 22 Are you shopping for your first home Or fourth or 5th At cap center there's an easier way And a less expensive way Cap your stress by using.
The Final Furlong Podcast
"fakir" Discussed on The Final Furlong Podcast
"There's more to come. And it does put a different twist on what we were told. It does put a different twist on what's there. I still have a major issue with what went on with that poor horse, it was left abandoned in the field, but in what you read, Lucy and what you've heard. How concerned are you about Irish racing and what has come from this? And indeed, Jim bolger's comments as well. Well, there's a number of issues, isn't there going on, but as you said, and I think most importantly, the comment that Jim bolger made when was it in 2020. I think that comment that he made is just, you know, people are not going to forget about that comment. Anytime soon, are they? I think that's sort of remained in a lot of people's minds. The comment that Jim bolder made and this ongoing scenario with. The man story of with Stephen mayhem who obviously it seems like the information he's provided is not being taken seriously. Is that what the article has been written about? It seems as though that seems. I'm trying to read into what Paul kimmage has said to you, but it appears as though we'll pull images alleging is that Stephen Mann passed on information. The information was then either leaked, because somehow that trainer realized they were going to be raided by the Arya or B and instead.
The Final Furlong Podcast
"fakir" Discussed on The Final Furlong Podcast
"Paste dual with those who ends up finishing second top till then. Boss. She's just emptied and she's won on heavy before, so it was quite disappointing. Stairs hurdle and the mayor's hurdle or options for her look as a stormy island backer and fan. There's a power to me going. Yes. There's another part of me going. That's not nice. But look, she's fine. But that's not a great preparation. And if she goes and wins at cheltenham. I kind of feel as though my sister Sarah went over there. When an argument was taken on as a cider to give, I mean, she's finished second in a race where she's picked up some black type. So there's nothing wrong with it. But it was to give the William on his team an idea of just how strong is the mayor's division in the UK? And I think stormy Ireland is going to take all the basic in the mayor's hurdles. So, but she was the worst. I was most afraid of. And yeah, not an ideal preparation for it all, so you need to be careful as you proceed with caution with Molly always, which is whether it's the stairs or the mayor's article because that's not the kind of preparation that you want, but fantastic for good old stone. He won't go to Sheldon. He will go to entry for the Liverpool hurdle. So what a fantastic performance. And well done to the team. Last race we're going to look at is blu Sari hammering a grand party just by the 13 links with 24 links back to Siberian prince for Noel mead. Blue Sari was a very talented horse last season. Almost certain.
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"fakir" Discussed on The Final Furlong Podcast
"And adagio are the two horses and 5 year olds and champion hurdles warning alert. But this is, it's gonna be a small field. I mean, it's a small field as it is. And a lot of these sources are just not going to turn up. Like, can you see us rocking up to the champion hurdle on the back of that? No, I mean, I was blown away with him, it felt last year in the JCB. Me too. Yeah, so I kind of thought he had everything going the right way for him at Shelton last year and he was two to one. And I actually bet on him that day I was pretty pleased with the price because he wasn't favorite but I thought he would he would go on from that and he's in the unfortunately he hasn't. So to me he doesn't look too much of a danger for, well, certainly for honeysuckle anyway. It's quite remarkable to have the second that does you has progressed in the manner that he has. Lumping top boys in a great wooden just being denied. Damn you Dan skilled. Damn you cool alexius and Lucy rosalie Hughes as well for screw me out of my drawing for a little bit. But burning performance from cool, who had just joined Henry bromhead, pairing in mind. But again, Henry sources don't just throw in and out. This is becoming a bit more of a concern now because we're getting closer to cheltenham. So the pole nickels thing is also becoming more of a concern because we're getting closer to cheltenham. It's now a.
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"fakir" Discussed on The Final Furlong Podcast
"Then went on to win the champion. Yeah, I mean, he justified of Justin, didn't he tear poo and to be fair, and you mentioned their previous winners of this race. I thought in all honesty, it was a pretty good contest for a greater, although a couple of the horses, their form is a little bit questionable, but they're good names in themselves, aren't they? If you look at the likes of clicks in the os. Sadler and Felix Jersey, there's G they're all courses in the past that have, you know, they've done themselves justice on the race course, I think. So but the winner is a horse very much on the improve. I think the other horse I just mentioned never their form is a little bit questionable and they sort of gone down in grade, whereas this force to me looks like he's on the up on the improvement and going up in grades, whereas the rest of the field unfortunately have lost their way a bit. It's one of the most disappointing horses for me, given the fact that he was a child and festival when a last season, he pretty much walked away, didn't he with the winner cheltenham last season as a four year old, so in the JCB and to be fair, he has disappointed me since. So I think tier two is very much on the improve yet very much going the right way. Whereas I think the rest of the field are going the other way, if you see what I mean, but I think the show well, he's out there pretty much all the way around, but what I was impressed with most was his tennis foot from the last hurdle to the winning line. So that's what impressed me most with him. With the greatest respect to everybody else, I mean, honey circle obviously sets an incredibly high bar and a phenomenally high standard. She's a champion Harlow winner. She's a three time Irish champion of the winner. The standard that she sets is phenomenal. Outside of her does not really that much to fear, and I include appreciated in that for the reasons I gave. So tipo.
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"Worries yet out of akiko on two ten move in north out of Waldorf through brandywine on 5 and moving out of upper Marlboro north down en route four Jack Taylor WTO traffic Mike Steiner we've got some snow moving through that might scare some people this morning Yeah I'm getting some reports of some slick roadways in our Fox your county from this band of snow that went through earlier is no longer snowing in that area but we did have a band of heavy snow moves through Fredericksburg about a half hour ago now moving into the northern neck and do wash out for some slick roadways here as temperatures are well below freezing To the north we've got some light snow showers and flurries across northern loudoun county and pushing the Leesburg area and we also have some flurries and snow showers in between urbana and clarksburg on two 70 So a little bit of slick spots this morning later today partly to mostly sunny skies and breezy our highs will be in the mid to upper 30s but wind chills in the teens and 20s throughout the day clear colder tonight the winds will die down those mid teens to lower 20s sunshine with a warmer trend Tuesday and Wednesday a little bit 40s tomorrow low to mid 50s on Wednesday spring like on Thursday highsmith 60s will watch out for our late day shower and thunder shower Frederick had that heavy snow earlier is 28° warrant in 28 and Bruce and Joan we have a temperature of 29 orega national Okay Mike thank you And it's brought to you by Lynn the plumber trusted same day service 7 days a week It's 5 21 Just into WTO Fredericksburg city public schools will open two hours late today again that's a two hour delay for students in Fredericksburg city schools Also we have a few other delays this morning as well in Virginia culpepper fakir and sylvana county public.
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"He was a fireman through and through Dempsey tells NBC four that received the squad's award for paramedic of the year in 2016 and two years after that he was honored for helping to save a pedestrian who had been hit by a car Nika and Ellie doubled TOP news Montgomery county police are investigating a dead body found yesterday afternoon in Germantown officers have been called to the scene at grotto lane a residential street off great Seneca highway when they arrived police say the officers found a body described only as an African American male heavy set possibly in his late teens anybody with information is being asked to call police A triple shooting in fakir county on Sunday evening left two people dead including a county teacher The faulkier county school system says 30 year old bengue beach Lee had been an ESL teacher at grace Miller elementary school in bealeton since 2018 She was found dead inside her belt in home Sunday evening and the fog here county sheriff's office says her ex-husband 51 year old John beachley was also there Both of them died of gunshot wounds It's being called an apparent murder suicide A third person in the home was also shot and taken to the hospital but the sheriff's office hasn't offered any details about their identity That person is said to be recovering John Doe and W TOP news Now if you or someone you know needs help please call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 802 7 three 8 two 5 5 A federal jury has convicted an Afghan refugee of sexually abusing a three year old girl while the two were being housed at the Marine Corps base at Quantico A marine arrested 24 year old Muhammad Tariq after witnessing the abuse the victim and Tariq were unrelated however both Tariq and the victim and her family had recently been evacuated from Afghanistan and brought to the United States to retrieve to explain through interpreters that his conduct was acceptable in his culture and then effort to have his statements suppressed were rejected by the judge he faces a maximum term of life in prison when he sentenced in April Still to come here in money news a shark is taking a bite out of the cost of prescription drugs It's 8.
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"Here And I'll be back just a couple of minutes with your complete forecast Okay thank you Mike and it's now 7 O four We'll anticipate a winter weather has caused some closures and delays this morning federal offices in the D.C. area opening under a two hour delayed arrive all employees who have the option of unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework In Virginia rappahannock fakir and loudon counties as well as Arlington manassas city falls church city and manassas Park City public schools are all closed Stafford and spotsylvania county public schools are also closed today They will learn virtually though Fairfax county schools are switching to remote learning There will be a two hour delay for the middle and high schoolers elementary schools start instruction at ten 30 this morning virtual instruction and fairfax county will end two hours early Prince William county public schools are going virtual but it'll be an asynchronous learning day for students while non emergency employees there can work remotely and Alexandria city public schools will have virtual learning today D.C. public schools are on a two hour delay this morning and in Maryland public schools in Queen Anne's Carol and arundel and Howard counties are closed now Montgomery county Frederick county and Washington county public schools are on a two hour delay Prince George's county schools will have virtual learning for all students at the regularly scheduled time in West Virginia Jefferson county public schools will open two hours late and don't forget whenever they are closings or delays of any kind You can find the full list anytime at WT dot com 7 O 6 and masks will stay on in loudoun county public schools That's cool district is the latest in Northern Virginia to announce it'll defy governor Glenn's executive order that allows parents to decide whether their kids will mask up The loudoun county school board voted to support the superintendent's recommendation that the school system keep its mask mandate Superintendent Scott ziegler says in a statement that masks must continue to be worn by students staff and visitors inside school buildings in order to comply with a state law passed last year but some other COVID related school rules have changed a testing requirement for student athletes has been dropped and testing and vaccination mandates for school staff have been suspended indefinitely Michelle bash news While we were told to expect it now we're seeing the number of COVID cases beginning to decline in some parts of our region In the district and Maryland case numbers dropped by more than 40% in just the last two weeks In Virginia case numbers of leveled off the number of hospitalizations is still increasing but that was expected because hospitalizations have lagged infections throughout the pandemic We've also learned that while the number of people dying from the coronavirus has increased it is still far below what the region was experiencing at this time last year Up ahead here on WTO P will take you out to Leesburg to see how road conditions are It's 7 O 7 Today's innovation and government report highlights the government's IT modernization opportunities Chris ahern the vice president of federal at smartsheet says using a collaborative work management platform has shown agencies can improve productivity in some cases by as much as 40% From a project management perspective almost every project involves multiple people multiple teams it becomes a natural bottleneck if you can't share the data in terms of what's going on Typically if I'm running a project you know I need people to review various documents and things like that I need people to approve things doing that And some of the old school legacy products if you will is difficult to do So it was really that ability to have a simpler interface and get more work done And allow people to see what you're doing And in a cloud based instance single source of truth probably a little bit overused but there's a lot of limiting to it Let smartsheet Keras off in their reseller partners help you imagine what your agency is capable of Listen to the full program at federal news network dot com Keyword innovation in government Decor if you dream of having these brands in your kitchen and now you can experience them at The Home Depot.
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"And details at Washington auto show dot com Mask and proof of accent vaccination required Jack Taylor WTP traffic Okay Mike Jennifer we've got some changing temperatures now and some snow is now headed our way The good news for us is that some new computer models are delaying the change over to snow So our updated forecast clown for range changing over to snow by about 9 o'clock this morning due to the later change over I think we're going to see generally a one to two inch snow came in mission across most of the area The winter weather advisory continues until early afternoon The big story too is that this will also delight temperatures falling to around freezing So much of the rush hour should be okay the worst of the weather coming in about 9 to 11 o'clock this morning as temperatures fall to around freezing so oh no A little bit of weather forecast than we had earlier today Overnight cloud cover breezy coat or lows in the teens cloud cover and cold tomorrow highs 25 to 30 a slight chance of lifestyle flurries on Saturday the bulk of that snow stays well to our south Otherwise that I just turning sunny but still called the highs that loaded mid 30s Attempts are still well above phrasing that is good news for travelers 36 had photographed out Delos airport 40 BW Marsha 41 in boosted Jen We have a temperature of 42 at Reagan national And it's 41° in friendship heights now brought to you by dulles glass for all your glass mirror and shower door needs visit dulles glass dot com dulles glass love your glass And just into the TLP newsroom both fuck here and Queen Anne's county public schools are closed today due to that snow that is being forecasted Now earlier this morning both of those school systems said that they would have delayed openings but once again fakir and Queen Anne's county public schools will be closed today 6 52 now.
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"Back now to Rick McClure in the traffic center Hi Michelle Let's take you through the district court getting a first report of a crash along the southbound side of the third street tun approaching the southeast Southwest freeway where one vehicle might be on its side metro police and D dot are on the way will have more for you on that one in our next report Virginia I 95 north through New England the crash of the fairfax county Parkway was cleared from your travel lanes the remains removed to the right shoulder 66 travelers had at western fakir county or back on the move The crash of the marcom exit was cleared the left lanes you're back on the move up and down 66 tune across Instead of Maryland we have a work zone set up through a Silver Spring along eastbound university boulevard between Georgia and arcola avenues and last check the left lane was getting by Route 50 still quiet both sides inside and outside the beltway across the bay bridge you're on the move three lanes west and two lanes east crossed bay BW Parkway north near NASA dotted the crash was cleared from the right side to the laser gone I two 70 had a work zone set up after 9 near the truck scales as long the right sides are expect some slowdowns headed south through high ex town and we're checking on a crash up in Frederick affecting the northbound ramp from route 15 to westbound I 70 Last check the left side of the ramp was compromised The holzman laser vision team focuses on safety and results with calming and comforting care by taking the fear out of your visit Visit holes been laser vision dot com that's holzman laser vision dot com Rick McClure WTO P traffic Your storm team four four day forecast from Samara Theodore a mostly clear night ahead with temperatures down into the 20s Sunny skies for your Monday highs in the mid 40s and then Tuesday most of the cloudy with heisler 50° For your Wednesday highs are in the low 50s so.
Wendell's World & Sports
"fakir" Discussed on Wendell's World & Sports
"Fakir the remaining the only remaining member of the four tops. I could talk to that man about just anything. Levi stubbs Obie benson you know. I could talk about you. Know how they started. You know what was up in terms of when the four tops got started. They all met at a party when they were kids. Not kids but teenagers and it was like stubs. And abdul fakir knew each other and lawrence payton and obie benson knew each other. They were both from different schools. I think one went to I forgot which one but they both went to help but the the pair went to different high schools in detroit so they were at this party this little highschool party and was like hey man you know. Why don't y'all get together a single song. They were like all right. Let's go ahead and do that. Levi go ahead and send something and we'll just back you up. So as soon as they started singing it was like man we knew we had something magical and so that next day we got together and we started putting shit together and decided what we wanted to do. And after that. That's how the four tops. Gus started back when they were teenagers. I would love the first question. I would ask do. Faquir would be a. How world did you guys even get together in terms of. Hey you to meet you to those two and get together and do some things. How did you guys even get the notion of doing that. What song did you sing. A one may jolt say levi. Go ahead and do the vocals. Why didn't why didn't obie benson. Or why didn't lord payton lewis. Payton has a great voice. Why didn't he. Why wasn't he the one that said you know what i'll go ahead allah lead and you guys back me up. What made that. What was what went into that decision. And then you know you're speaking about a situation where these guys learned under You know count basie and this guy. The four tops. Before they put the motown mean they did ten years. You know doing jazz and working with jazz groups and all there folks. So i would just love me back in the fifties and stuff such as i would love to to go ahead and to speak to do faquir about you. Know being on the road and working with those guys and what did you learn when you went to motown at you ever think that you would be this big and could you imagine that sugar pie. Honey bunch would be this huge still going forward and you know the relationship the friendships the brotherhood that you have the other three members and now that they're all gone. How much do you miss him. I mean i would love to sit there and talk to do for cure for hours and hours hour about stuff man. You know doing their thing during the civil rights movement and you know segregation and all those things in the other two people who would love to interview from the sports world would be bill. Belichick in gregg popovich bill belichick. I would stick to the history of pro football. I'm a guy of history if it comes to was going down in this country and his past four hundred years three hundred years two hundred years and I'm a freak. When it comes to history and sports..
WGN Radio
"fakir" Discussed on WGN Radio
"Even as a parent to my daughters is you can't hurry love that. I think that that is like my favorite like that's my anthem of life. Yeah, I love singing that on stage because it is so true, You know, it's just you and I could hear my mom saying things like that, even though she never said that, But I'm acting in here. That's what they're saying. Just cool out. You know, apparently Mary Wilson with us. She was in the Supremes longer than anyone. Guess. And Duke Fakir from the legendary four tops the only surviving member of that great group You mentioned there were four originally what happened? And how did you become three? We would call the primates and at the time Betty, the first girl, as I mentioned was a little older than the three of us. And so she got married, and then we got another young lady Barbara Martin, who stayed with us. In fact, Barber was on our first album, Meet the Supremes. She was a supreme as well. But she fell in love and left the group. So we said, Well, looks like nobody loves us, So we'll just stay three that we got from Fayed was three. But I tell you really messed up our harmonies because we really had good harmony. And when we had three, then we no longer have that really quartet kind of harmony. But that's how we ended up with three. Was there a big rivalry with the Supremes? The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and your other Motown label mates? No. You know why people often ask that But there was a certain kind of there was a competitiveness, but it wasn't out of trans people trying to outdo each other. It was we all were great, but I remember doing some of the tours. The contours would open and they would make that stage so hot, they said. Now top that so whoever would go out next, we'll try to top that. And, you know, keep growing, but we all admired And love being around each other. We were we were like friends. I remember seeing Marvin Gaye at the piano and just sitting there just swooning for them. And first time I saw you do got me. I just fell in love with him Another story, but I mean, we're what it wasn't. It wasn't competitive in in in a negative way. It was like we everyone was great, and we all wanted to be together. The guys all the guy groups would play sports together. It was like Marvin Gaye. With the football and they played golf and they get the girls the girls. We were kind of, you know, dressing and things like that. So we were really friends. It was really a wonderful environment at Motown. It will work. I'd say it's fun to play Motown and then watch Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Duke. Secure the four tops doing the dance moves right here in the WGN studio. Do you guys still remember the first.
KCRW
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"Seniors in the Seattle area. My name is Lester. Fuck is it? I am care coordinator asked Neighbors House and originally from each okay. Mr Fakir manages the care for seniors like House Hydra. Who initially struggle to navigate the sign up process. Ah, but uncle but never really wanted that for myself. It was difficult to get the vaccine. I don't know where to go all the way to get it. She was able to help out around, get a shot at a nearby pop up clinic. Janice Taguchi, executive director of Neighborhood House, says their clients were also given early access to sign up for the mass vaccine site. That would definitely be an example of what worked. More of that would be great, she says. Doses should go directly to primary care doctors in non white communities and the state needs a centralized waiting list. So when vaccine is available, people aren't overlooked before we just go to the next round, which is gonna be kind of a mad dash that we ensure that there is equity and that the Smaller populations have access. The data from the Seattle area does show that overall communities of color are getting vaccinated at lower rates than whites, Public health director Patty Hayes says in part that reflects the lack of diversity in the health care workforce, the first group to get vaccinated, But early data from their mass vaccine sites show promise. They're twice as effective at getting black residents vaccinated. I can look at our data and I'm really pleased with where it's going. Right now. We're being transparent as to where we need to look and emphasize, so we always could do better. At least Seattle has this data. The CDC says. For about half of Americans who've been vaccinated, there is no race and ethnicity data. What does exist show just about 5% of doses have gone to black Americans and around 11% to Latinos. If we could, at least to skip the data that gives us a starting point, Dr Joya career Perry is with the we must count coalition, which has pushed for race and ethnicity data since the start of the pandemic. Moving around blindly trying to make decisions around where to send vaccine without having information. That's what kills communities who are not centered, Perry says. Unless there's pressure on states to collect this information, it won't happen. Biden administration is now calling on states to get more consistent data. Dr. Helene Gayle led a national Academies of Medicine Committee on vaccine equity, sometimes in the rush to get his many people vaccinated. We're not thinking about making sure that we're focusing on the people who are at greatest risk, but Gil says there's still plenty of time for a coordinated national strategy to turn this around. For NPR News. I'm will stone today In Florida Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill that would repeal a law often called Stand your Ground. It's a measure that allows people to use deadly force when acting in self defense. The law is controversial. But in the 16 years since Florida past it Stand. Your ground has been adopted by most U. S. States. NPR's Greg Allen reports. Democrats have attempted to repeal or modify Florida Standard ground statute nearly every year since 2012 that was the year neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman confronted then shot and killed. Teenager Trayvon Martin has returned home from a gas station. Jury determined Zimmerman acted in self defense and acquitted him, sparking a national outcry. Cheryl Anderson's with Florida Moms Demand action A group fighting to stop gun violence. Stand your ground. Must end. For two young men forever 17. Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin, whose birthdays are this month, Jordan Davis and African American Like Trayvon. Martin was shot and killed by a white man in a dispute over loud music stand. Your ground was sided, but his assailant was convicted of murder. Chevron Jones, a Democratic state senator, says stand your ground laws make communities less safe. We know for a fact stand your ground, promotes the gigantism and allows people to shoot first. Acts questions later. But more importantly, Put black people And other people of color and the greater risk of gun violence in states with stand your ground laws and analysis of FBI data found when the gunman is white, and the victim is black homicides are five times more likely to be deemed justified then when the situation is reversed. After Florida passed the first standard ground law in 2005. Robin Thomas, with the Giffords Law Center to prevent Gun violence, says many other states followed suit, largely because of intense lobbying by the National Rifle Association. These laws just past sort of methodically, particularly in Red states State by state by state. Over the course of about 10 years, 27 States now have stand your ground laws, high profile cases like those involving Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis. Helped build opposition to stand your ground laws. But so far no state has repealed its version in Florida. Even the sponsor of the repeal measure, Senator Jones is an optimistic has a chance in a chamber controlled by Republicans in Florida. We just have to continue making a noise on letting them know that we won't shut up feel these deals. Spokesperson for Florida's An.