. >> and walter's book in his book you mentioned justin hall and the 1st prototypical blogger and then your creation we will blogger as a tool. you have somebody in a castle, can afford to pay a bunch of scribes to transcribe. the printing press comes along and anyone can print protest wires in the basement once it gets common enough. so blogger essentially took the architectural knowledge out of the equation. just focused on people with things to say. >> but i think walter makes a good. the internet itself was really the printing press, but it was the way i describe blogging finding one of the web's native. it was people in publishing. homepages, people spending magazines. this native form that only made sense on the web and take advantage of the fact that they're is -- you can publish many times a day. you can interact with the readers command anyone can do it. and then suddenly you have this knew form that took advantage of the network which was there for a few years before we really realized what we do with this thing. >> if i could add one of the things it does is makes it simple

there's dave weiner and justin hall.here's little things we stumble upon that become part of the fabrik but it occurs it people on the internet because it's the next adjacent thing we're all used to. >> you're making our jobs harder because it's much easier in the headline to say so-and-so created this. >> when i was in a magazine you always wondered who should i put on the cover? we put people on the cover. the age of the internet is not as dear6zto putting people on the cover or putting them on the pantheon and saying this was the one person. but i think it's actually more interesting to try to show -- computer, you're saying what was the first computer? you can have a historical argument, and if you're a romantic who talks about the lone inventor, there was a guy at iowa state who in the basement creates an electronic circuit who could do what a computer can do. he never really could get the computer working. he couldn't get the punch card to work. he goes into the navy and nobody knows what this machine is and they t

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from city hall with the details justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. for years people here in fill after been watching this mandatory sick policy and this year city hall has been the the battle ground for that issue and just a few hours that measure is expect to win support while all the of the city is watching with support from the city council and the mayor. day care center owner fatima hasan sees what happens to kid when their working parent are not allowed sick time. >> i would have parents bring their child in the tell you they are sick and leave them and find out in the middle of the day and not feeling well and then they have a fever and you have to call the parent and say come pick them up. >> reporter: for years she said she offered her staff sick time en at the expense of her bottom line. >> it seems like something that should have been automatic. >> reporter: by days even small business sick leave supporters like hasan expect city council to pass the bill and mayor nut the tore sign it not to law. s

isaacson's -- walter's book -- i'll call you walter for now, in his book, you know, he mentions justin hallnd the prototypical blogger and then your creation of blogger as a tool. and he doesn't use this analogy specifically and i'll probably get -- over it, but it seems like it is analogous to the printing press, where you have somebody in a castle who can afford to pay a bunch of scribes to translate the king james bible and the printing press comes along and anybody can print protest pliers in their basement. blogger essentially took the architectural knowledge out of the equation and just focused on people with things to say? >> yeah but i think walter makes a good point. the internet itself or the web was really the printing press. but it was the way i always describe blogging was it was finding one of the web's native forms. and it was -- people publishing people putting magazines and newspapers. but the blog was this native form that only made sense on the web. it took advantage of the fact that there is, you know, you could publish many times a day, there is no limit you could publi

we are live at city hall i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> search is on for two men wanted in a horrifying home invasion in burlington county. we have some sketches here of the men broke into a home on cheese massasoit road in medford sunday night. police say that pair duct taped a a 64 year-old man to the chair and hit him over the head again and again with the pipe. they threatened to kill him if he called police. >> it is an unusual area for two people to pick out. smaller homes. not really certain at this point in time why they chose that victim. >> the men stole some money and a car but they left behind these two bicycles. if you recognize those bikes or the men you are asked to give medford township police a call. >>> all right. right now we're coming up on 5:33 with our traffic and weather together and it will get cold. >> very cold. it is february. we expect it to be cold anyway, right but this is some below average like really really below average cold kind of cold that will be dangerous to be out in, in the just yet. we have time before that deep freeze sets in bu

"eyewitness news" reporter justin fin much is at city hall. >> reporter: cheers in the chamber as council members approved a city wide paid sick leave policy. >> this bill is really about the businesses whether or not doing the the right thing at the moment. we are not doing something one size fits all but we are asking not to have size zero when it comes to paid sick days. >> reporter: soon philadelphia businesses, and staff of ten or more will allow work tours earn up to five paid sick days per year, smaller businesses will allow job protections for workers to take five unpaid sick days. after a two passed vetoes mayor nutter sign the measure into law. >> we organize, stick together and the workers will a always win, the people will win. >> reporter: vote came just after philadelphia was selected to host 2016 democratic national convention, a bill sponsor councilman bill greenlee found that fit ting. >> i'm glad to see thinks happening on the same day because remember, president obama talked about this in his state of the union how important paid sick levies, so we're showing in the cit

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at city hall to explain is what at stake here. good morning. >> reporter: good morning,er contact yes, the tough war over mapped try sick leave have been waged for years here at city hall and today all will be watching because today in a matter of hours it could soon become law. testifying against cities mandatory sick leave measure ed gross with the philadelphia greater hotel association. >> it should be an individual company's decision not the a city mandate to adopt a more lenient sick policy. >> reporter: earlier this month gross warned cities proposal could higher in higher business cost for hospitality industry which could be passed on to customers but day care owner fati ma hasan says she has always a offered sick leave even at the expense of her bottom line. >> it seems like something that should have been automatic. >> reporter: by days even small business sick leave supporters like hasan expect city council to pass bill and for mayor nut the tore sign tonight to law. as it stand small businesses with at least ten workers

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justin anderson. >>> in the world of college hoops, they say good-bye to one-of-a-kind, hall of fame coach jerry tarkanian who died in a las vegas hospital. he took his running rebels to the final four four times and winning it all in 1990 mark the shark was 84 years old. >> definitely had an impact. thank you. >>> a way for you to control your facebook page for eternity. plus the american sniper murder trial got under way with emotional details from chris kyle's wife they yeah. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirement income. so i can focus on what matters most. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. before larry instantly transferred money from his bank of america savings account to his merrill edge retirement account. before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved season". and before he quit his friend's leaf-raking business for "not offering a 401k." larry knew the importance of preparin

place to go, that's warm today check out your county or city hall, a place for you to go in this weather here today. live in cherry hill, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. >>> a close call for a delaware county family, check this out. wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, toppled a tree that landed on that home in newtown square. it happened early sunday morning, while the family of four was sleeping in their home on spruce road. at least two people suffered minor injuries. one person was trapped in the living room. >> my granddaughter was in my daughter's arms, she passed her out to movement i pick my grandson out of his room. my son-in-law was running around he said it sounded like an avalanch coming through the house. >> police say the tree appeared to be cold could not with stands the strong wind gusts. >>> our weather coverage continues on line at cbsphilly.com. get up-to-the-minute weather conditions for your hometown, and information on how to survive these dangerously cold temperatures. >>> breaking right now from west philadelphia, take a look at these pictures, you are looking live at t

hall to find warm place for them to go. also, a reminder, bring your pets indoors. this weather for long period, is likely not survivability for them. live here in cherry hill, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, appreciate you. we'll get back to you shortly. wind gusts to up 50 miles an hour sent a tree top bling into a house in delaware county. early sunday morning its trunk and branches barely missed an family of four, and this home on spruce road newtown square. two people suffered minor injuries. >> my grand daughter in her arms i pick my grandson, my son-in-law running around said it sounded like an avalanch coming through the house. >> police tell us the tree a periods to be very old could not with stand the strong wind gusts. >> and speaking of wind gusts they also damage add church steeple in northeast philadelphia. it happened yesterday morning to the borough home baptist church 900 block of cottman avenue. that will steeple we're told was 115 years old. thankfully, no one was hurt. >>> we have complete cold weather resource guide for you on our website. cbsphilly.com. you can go on line for up-to-the-minute weather conditions, and winter wea