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a complete flip before landing back on its wheels. we'll have more on that in just a bit. >> also coming up, the latest on the rizzo controversy, we will hear from rizzo' son about the vandalism. >> no winner again the powerball jackpot soars to $650 million. >> a pleasant good morning to you, 7:00 a.m. on a sunday morning, sky6 live hd giving you a beautiful shot there as we start your sunday morning. >> let's go outside now to meteorologist david murphy here with accuweather in for chris sowers good morning. david. >> reporter: good morning everybody, we're off to a beautiful start, the sun is up over the horizon no moon in front of it just yet. we have comfortable conditions. take a look at satellite, we had showers and thunderstorms out to the west of us yesterday that's gone and fell a part and pushed toward the east. temperatures are treating us
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well, 69 in philadelphia. 66 in wilmington. low 60s in allentown reading and lancaster. 65 in trenton. 74 a bit warmer in cape may. the dewpoints this morning have been dropped off it's been an improving pattern as we went through yesterday and overnight last night and now we've got a lot of numbers around 60. that's not humid that 69 in cape may is stickier, but hey you got the ocean water right there and maybe a little breeze kicking around at times. here's how it will go today. 89 degrees by noon. if you want to get a workout run or something like that in over the next couple of hours you're in good shape. 88 degrees at 3:00 p.m. low humidity, lots of sunshine, probably a pop up fair weather cumulus or cirrus clouds around today. 7:00 p.m., 83. all eyes on the sun interacting with the moon on monday. we have total eclipse in the central portion of the country
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wrapping around the southern states. around here, 80% coverage. i'll give you the timing on that, the latest forecast for tomorrow. maybe a fly in the ointment tomorrow one model has that. we'll talk about. for now a beautiful morning and nice afternoon, nydia. >> now we want to take you to developing news, 24 are hospitalized as they recover from a crash on i-78 in north hampton county. limousine bulls lost control in williams -- limousine bus lost control in williams township. we'll bring you more details as they come in. >> two people are pulled out a burning rv in abington township. video shows firefighters putting out the flame on lamont avenue.
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the fire traveled to the house where the rv was parked. no injuries inside the home. it took a half-hour for crews to get the scene under control. developing this morning, a block party ended with police shooting a man in north philadelphia. an investigation into that shooting is happening right now. the party was happening on the 2500 block of north alder street. one of the attendees notice a man with a gun and was not a party guest and flagged down police. when the officers approached the man ran toward an alley and followed him. that's when they say he aimed at the officers and they opened fire. a witness said he did not aim at the officers. >> is my friend was putting his hands up, he started shooting, you know how he wasn't shooting just to shoot he shot once and took his time and shot two more times. >> the man was shot in the leg and temple university hospital
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in critical condition. after the shooting, several man began pelting them with rocks and bottles. no officers were hurt. >> 7:05 a.m. if you're just waking up with us, the son of late philadelphia mayor and police commissioner, frank rizzo is speaking out. in the past vadgesdz -- vandals have taken aim at the statue and the mural. jeff chirico has the latest information. >> shame on them, they should finds something else to do. >> reporter: from white paints on a mural to black power on a monument. the likenesses of former mayor frank rizzo under assault. frank junior reacts. >> in any instance you have to remember it's one or two people, noits -- it's not a majority.
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>> reporter: vandals struck the mural writing kill killer cops and relationship david. the words were quickly recovered and removed. it's horrifying for joe debella that helped paint the mural in 1965. >> it's not once it's ten times. >> reporter: a germantown man spray painted a statue of rizzo at the municipal services building. the monument coming under attack by helen grim. rizzo was a controversial figure among some, he said he was a heavy handed law enforcer, but not a racist. >> he didn't care if a person was white black yellow or purple he enforced the laws. >> reporter: mural arts raised
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the possibility of removing the rizzo mural some calling it divisive. others say it should stay. >> we live in 2017. those things should not matter, we should be worrying about the war that's starting in the white house. >> he's been mayor of the city for 8 years and a big figure in the city. i may not like everything he did. >> why would they want to remove the mural of my dad in south philadelphia that mural is there for people to learn about philadelphia. >> reporter: rizzo tells me his 101-year-old mother heard about the vandalism, he said it bothers her but said she is used to it since her husband took shots from critics most of his life. still those shots continue. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> to boston, 40,000 people chanted through the streets
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chanting make nazi scared again and love your neighborhood. >> it was a counter protest forea free speech rally where conservatives planned to deliver speeches where the event was called off early. the large crowds were mostly peaceful. >> the president tweeted saying our great country has been divided for decades sometimes you need protests in order to heal and we'll he'll -- we'll heal and be stronger than ever before. meantime tensions escalated at a rally against white petroleumcy -- supremacy in dallas texas. here's abc lind's did a -- will i -- linda lopez.
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>> reporter: a tense day in boston, 30,000 people marching against hate and racism. white nationalist will join a small group of conservatives hold a free speech rally. police avoiding clashes by avoiding the small group away from the area. >> you are here to oppress my rights. >> reporter: police remaining calm even when taunted. president trump weighing in online with his series of tweets saying looks like many antipolicage -- antipolice agitators in boston. >> i want to thank all of you to share that message of love not hate. >> no one got hurt, nobody got killed. >> reporter: police casting a watchful eye on several other protests around the country.
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in memphis police arrested 6 people placing sheets over the statue of a confederate general animal slave trader. nearly 500 protesters gathered in a houston park saturday to push for the removal of a confederate statue. 75 counter protest he shalls turned up. abc news, new york. >> your time, 7:10 have you heard about this, the powerball jackpot skyrocketed to a stunning $650 million. no one matched all six numbers in the drawing worth a cool 5,335,000,000, so, -- $535 million. here the numbers 17, 19, 39, 43 68, the powerball in red insure 1. the next drawing on wednesday
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night -- number 13. the neck drawing on wednesday night. you can see the numbers after the accuweather forecast. >> it is now 7:11 a.m. there's much more to come on "action news" sunday morning. remembrances are pouring in for legendary comedian dick gregory who fought for civil rights on and off stage. >> the phillies break out the lumber and crush the giants he could two long losing -- ending two long losing streaks. >> reporter: it's comfortable out there across the region. it's going fob a nice one for summer lovers. 88 degrees lots of sun and what about eclipse monday? we'll have the latest coming up from accuweather.
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the heavens. >> people our area are scrambling to get their hands on glasses to safely celestial event. bob brooks is on the eclipse watch. >> reporter: even though we know the eclipse has been coming for a long time, but like other things in life, so many waited to get the glasses. >> i called around many places, i'm a procrastinator, i'm very, very happy. >> reporter: she was one of the so many people coming into mainland optical in ardmore to get the glasses. she and several others we spoke to said had she not found some said -- >> we would have taken our chance and look at the sun. >> very very damaging, people don't realize that years later the damage comes out. >> we're sold out of the
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eclipse glasses. >> reporter: they had five hundred pairs available but they are all accounted for. >> we could have gotten another 2,000. >> reporter: how do we look? you can't see anything. that's the point. he said that's the point. >> these block out 99.99% of the light. >> reporter: at the philadelphia zoo, the line, well it speaks for itself, the first man in line said seeing something like that is special. >> i got to see one in 1979. it was a wonderful thing. >> reporter: that's why he is running onoday than usual. i had one hour sleep i've been here since 6:10le. >> today is my birthday, i thought it would be fitting for me, you know, i mean, to do something for my family since they do so much for me. >> reporter: in case you're wondering i had to return the
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pair that i was trying on. we heard from someone they might ch protective eye ware, we't want people to do that. if you don't get the glasses do not look at the eclipse. bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> listen to bob abc will special coverage as the eclipse makes its way across the country 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. after "action news." we would like to remind you, adam joseph is in missouri a cool assignment, a place that will give you a view of the total solar eclipse. his reports begin tonight on "action news." you can find a special section at 6abc.com/eclipse as we prepare for the celestial eventful weekend on monday we'll have live cameras from coast to coast, 2:00 p.m. join us for a special edition of "action news" at 6abc.com as the delaware and lehigh valleys watch the 2017 solar eclipse. >> everyone hoping for good weather. david murphy don't let us down. >> reporter: i'm hoping not too
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most of the models suggesting that it's going to be okay tomorrow. one model a fly in the ointment might bring us a shower. that's come up in the model last night. most of them are looking good. there's the ben franklin bridge, you can see we have plenty of sunshine across the region, so lieu life is good and it feels comfortable with low humidity. 69 degrees in philadelphia. the dewpoint at 60. during that barometer is on the rise. 69 in beach haven. 62 comfortable degrees in allentown, 69 degrees in trenton. 69 -- or 65 in trenton. 69 in philadelphia. 66 in wilmington and millville. 75 in cape may, new jersey. as we take a look at satellite we're looking at cloud-free skies for the most part. there's a little bit of cloud cover off to the north and west.
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it's a day when we're going mostly sunny, we could see pop up cumulus clouds or cirrus clouds coming through. general idea you'll need the shades most of the day.in the lehigh valley, 84 degrees humidity on the low side up north. down the shore lots of sun, we have low risk of rip currents, the moderate risk we had for the last several days is out of the picture. high temperatures along the beach in 80s for the most part. in the # 70s in the water. good day at the beach. in philadelphia, mostly sunny warm 88 degrees. we'll have humidity on the low side all the way. winds as high as 14 miles per hour but not all that breezy. overnight tonight mainly clear and comfortable winds ease back a bit. the temperature 69 tomorrow morning. tomorrow we're looking at the eclipse, 80% coverage.
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the events starts at 2:30 p.m. is when it's at its best. good viewing with clouds on most models. 89 head of the front on it to the west. maybe more humid as the day goes on. most of the models have the front far away from us, where we don't see anything more than patchy clouds. there's a model last night that has been bringing the clouds in faster and wants to put a bit of rain across the region and that model would be the rpm although the latest model run there it about a inch on the model. as you look at the other rainfall amounts you don't have to worry about those, this would shower activity tomorrow night after the eclipse is over. this model has a shower popping in the afternoon. we'll see sometimes that
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outlier is right. 88 today sunny nice, low humidity. tomorrow 89. hopefully the clouds hold off until we are finished with the eclipse viewing. hotter on tuesday warm an wednesday, more humid through here tuesday night thunderstorm is possible, an afternoon and evening thunderstorm possible on wednesday. thursday friday, saturday, lots of sun low humidity and lower temperatures as we head toward the end of summer. nydia? >> loving it, david. glmpletion thank you. gles a -- there's a bench warrant for a 24-year-old ticket owing $228 for failing to pay for the ticket 24 years ago. she said she took care of the
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citation. she hired a lawyer to help her iron out this troubling situation. 24 years old. >> okay, 7:21 a.m. we're back right after this. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the
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>> you want to beat the summer heat or change up your exercise routine with something new working out in the pool can improve strength and flexibility and cardiovascular health. people enjoy water based exercises more than working out on land. it's good for mental helm and good for people with arthritis and osteoporosis. if exercises classes are complicated, just swim. but it's best to ask your doctor before you begin.
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time for the social corner. police officers go for a swim while in uniform. >> that story in a moment, but first the wild pitch that made people cringe. this may go down as one of the worst ceremonial worst pitches in history. oh boy you saw the red sox fan heave the ball toward home plate. he pelted the photographer in a sensitive area. i should not be laughing at this. the photographer said he is okay. he cracked a few jokes minutes after the wild and crazy painful pitch. a swimming video has gone viral. police in arlington county virginia donned bathing caps and dove into a pool in uniform for synchronized swimming. the video is to promote the annual police fire and sheriff's block party. the officers said getting in
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>> phillies 6 game losing streak is over and so is there 11 game losing streak. out if san francisco rookie reese hopkins belted a three-run homer to give the phillies 3-4 lead. it was his 4th homer. the phillies win 12-9. a local museum is welcoming a local attraction. this historic car train dates
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information you need to know about. >> first let's go outside to meteorologist david murphy in for chris sowers with the forecast. >> reporter: all right guys we're off to a nice day lots of sunshine up over the horizon. you can see cloud cover from late last night and showers out in western pennsylvania that's done. we're looking at basically sunny skies and occasional clouds popping up. 69 degrees comfortable across the region. up in allentown reading lang, low 60s. 66 in millville. 75 in cape may. dewpoints are nice and low down around 60 from philadelphia on up north through the lehigh valley and berks county. mid 60s millville. we get into the upper 60s in cape may. a little bit stickier there for most of you if you have an early walk, you're in great shape to get that done. 88 in the city. in the poconos we'll go for a
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cooler high of 76 degrees, mostly sunny and appellants. of course, tomorrow -- sunny and pleasant. of course, tomorrow is monday. around here it's 80% coverage and in a moment i'll give you a forecast for tomorrow, most of the models treating us well tomorrow. we have an uptick iny inesday and the seven now, a gorgeous morning and afternoon ahead. >> wakin back. numbers in the drawing. the next one on wednesday night will be one of the largest ever. now last night's numbers were here 17, 19 39, 43, 68. the powerball was 13. you can watch wednesday's numbers on "action news" at 11:00 p.m. after the accuweather forecast. >> 7:32 a.m. if you're just waking up with us, civil activist and gr4.sf he promoted social jus blacks.
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totality a business boom. makeshift campgrounds filling up. and those solar glasses selling out. >> we ran through now. expected to most t history.he awas may expecting about 100,00 the leastlngon, marcy gonzalez channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> west chester un democrat -- planarium is hosting a party. princeton is hosting viewing party aare. adam joseph missouri a place at will giviewou a of a total eclipse. k on "action news." can find a s section up right now on our for the celestial event. now, monday we'll have
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atm. join us a special edition of "action news" n 6abc.com as and lehigh val watch solarclipse wayntry from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. have glasses for you. mor new phia focuses achievements of people in syria and iraou a r: i'm registered sun during the eclipse could affect your and damage y vision. make sure you're wearing solar eclipse glasses. we have more at 6abc.com. what you you can't fake steak. longhorn steakhouse. tonight's special, nter-cut sirloin with plus a starter, or dew burgers.
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>> we gave them two runs, that's not us. >> that's a pep talk, right the pep talk played off to the boys of -- paid off for the boys at jackson, new jersey. they will play right in the middle of eclipse. >> they put on glasses look up okay. now back to play ball. that one kid i looks like reese hopkins whose swinging the bat for the phils. sky6 live hd bright sunshine across the region. you can see that on sky6 live hd looking at center city. the humidity is low and
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temperatures are not that bad if you have a mind to get out there and get a walk or run in this morning you're in great shape. the temperature in philadelphia, 69 degrees dewpoint is down at 60 degrees just where we barely begin to talk about humidity. it feels good out there. winds out of the northwest at 7:00. the ocean temperature 72 degrees. satellite and radar shows you there was a little bit of a shower and thunderstorm out west where we had a watch box briefly. that's all gone and now there's sunshine. at times we'll see pop up cumulus and cirrus cloud cover. 70 degrees by 8:00. 10:00 a.m., 76 not bad. 81 by noon we'll get warm this afternoon, it is august in philadelphia after all, high of 88 degrees humidity on the low side. 6:00 p.m. 84 degrees. high temperatures across the region mid 80s in trenton, allentown, reading lancaster wilmington millville. looks like 83 in cape may and 86
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on boardwalk. everybody looking sunny and comfortable. of course, tomorrow, is the partial solar eclipse 80% coverage and most models are suggesting good viewing with a few clouds around. this gingers at 1:21 p.m. the peak is at between 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. the best viewing will be. 4:01 p.m. the whole thing is over. we have a frontal boundary off to the west tomorrow. most models suggest it stays to the west. during the eclipse we'll see sunny skies and clouds around, warm 89. more humid as the day goes on. there's a model that has this pushing a little closer that would throw a few more clouds in and shower in the afternoon. the rest of the models are holding the showers off until nighttime. we're hoping for mostly sunny skies, i want to mention there's a one issue with the one model. again, as you prepare for this, remember you can't look at the
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sun unless you have the special eclipse glasses regular sunglasses will not do. finds a watch party they are hardening out glasses. hope for clear skies, most of the models saying we'll see it, but we have to wait that out. 88 degrees today. sunny and nice, low humidity, decent conditions overall. tomorrow hoping for mostly sunny skies, and eventually clouds thicken up during the day and later at night. we'll see a shower at night 89 degrees. the humidity might pop up in the afternoon and evening tomorrow. probably not too bad. the heat and humidity builds back in on tuesday hot and humid, high of 91. at night in particular there's a chance of a thunderstorm. wednesday, it's humid not as hot, high of 84. in the afternoon and evening a front arrives there could more showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. thursday that front is gone, humidity drops we set ourselves up for a nice late august pattern. we've got 82 on thursday, less
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humid, good for eagles fans, phillies looking good in through here too. 79 bright and beautiful on friday saturday a lot going on, union at home, phillies at home, a nice day afternoon high of 81. lots of sun and low humidity and nice evening if you have plans maybe the union and the phillies are part of that. >> cross our fingers for good weather tomorrow. car owners in england got the shock. a parking garage in central england collapsed leaving central vehicles at this at this -- teetering on the edge. no vehicles were damage. wreckage from world war ii were found in the pacific ocean. the u.s.s. indianapolis was torpedoed after parts of the atomic bomb was dropped on her robber me. 1,000 sailors had to jump into
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>> welcome back everybody these dancers showed 0 off their talent in south philadelphia. they are trained in various styles of dance. programs artistic curriculum chooses an education in the arts an mathematics. the showcase was held at the philadelphia high school for creative and performing arts. 7:50 a.m. a philadelphia museum puts the spotlight on the people living in two war-torn countries. karen rogers takes a closures look. >> reporter: cultures in the crossfire is the name of the exhibition. it explores the heritage and achievements of syria and iraq
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and highlights aiding refugees in the country. the exhibition is divided into themes that explore identity, daily life and the movement of people. >> we have a medley of things on display a rattle that is 6,000 years old and platters that would have been used for feasts. >> reporter: another theme focuses on scholarship. >> alphabet was introduced along the syrian coast. >> reporter: and there are works commission by a syrian born artist. >> his work is in a number of different media. >> reporter: a video reflex on the airstrikes in syria lost is the commentary on the refugee children who drown trying to enter greece in 2015. >> syrian children made a grave tombstones for them.
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>> reporter: and you can learn about the work in the adjacent artifact lab. >> we wanted to give people a sense of what was being destroyed what the cultures of this area were. >> reporter: cultures in the crossfire is on display at the penn museum through november 26. we posted the link for tickets at 6abc.com/loves the arts. for 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. >> a huge fixture across the pobd -- pond goes silent tomorrow. big ben's famous chimes are being does he recollected to allow -- disconnected for repair and cleaning. big ben is a way of life in england. the great bell has gone off on the hour for 157 years. it signals the start of the
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>> welcome back on this sunday morning, it is beautiful out there. i hope you have fun plans, sky6 live hd looking live at the center city skyline. i hope we have weather like this tomorrow david for the solar eclipse. >> reporter: definitely nice today. we have satellite and radar showing you there's very little cloud cover out there. we might get pop up fair weather cumulus later on. rain came through overnight that's gone. temperatures will pop up in the 70s in a couple of spots in wilmington and cape may. most of us in the 60s very comfortable with low humidity, a great morning to get out to
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church services or do that early exercise walk or run. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 88 degrees, low humidity nice summer august afternoon building. 69 degrees overnight tonight. we're expecting clear skies and low humidity tonight. tomorrow sun and patchy clouds there's a model that want to be a jerk, clouds and shower in the afternoon. we're leaning through mostly sunny forecast. >> name calling the models. 7:56 we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> here's a look ahead. >> reporter: good sunday morning, coming up this morning, tensions are running high across the country. thousands flooded streets nationwide. in boston police arrested dozens after demonstrators hoped to end the free speech rally. the president weighed in. plus, the trump
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administration is trying to move on after steve bannon departure. what does this mean for the white house agenda going forward. we're one day away from the solar eclipse. we'll have full team cover on on the latest. how you might enjoy the rare if phenomena with objects in your kitchen. see you soon. >> "good morning america" weekend is next on channel 6. "action news" continues later this morning. >> here's a look at the stories we're working on for you. police are searching for the criminal who stabbed a center city convenience store clerk and got away with cigarettes. >> plus if you're planning to watch the solar eclipse tomorrow we have tips, too how to do it safely to protect your vision. plus, david murphy will have more in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. for gray hall and chris sowers and the entire "action news" team i'm nydia han.
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good morning, america. new overnight, beating back hate. protests across the country from dallas -- to atlanta. >> love will conquer hate. >> and to boston. and this massive show of support. with tensions flaring. the message? hate has no place to hide. looking ahead, president trump's planned political rally. what he hopes to accomplish. and will he hand out a presidential pardon to this controversial figure? as the freshly ousted chief strategist, steve bannon, weighs in on the problems he's leaving behind. and terror manhunt.
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